Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 446-400, Nathaniel Winslow, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Winslow, Nathaniel
B.L.H. 446-400
CONTENTS

N o 446.
Nath l Winstow Major.
W th ifued & Del d 10. July. 1809.
to Mr. Barker M.C.

This claim is good a warrant to you

Know all Men by these Presents, that We Nathaniel Winslow, William Winslow, Ebenezer Copeland and Sarah his Wife in her right, Nancy Winslow, Elisha Tolman and Judith his Wife in her right, and Lydia Winslow, all of Situate, in the County of Plymouth, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have constituted and made, and do by these Presents constitute and make, the Hon ble Joseph Barker, of Middleborough, in the same County & Commonwealth Esq r , and a Representative in Congress for Plymouth District, Our True and Lawful Attorney, for Us, and the name, and to the Use of the said Nathaniel, William, Sarah, Nancy, Judith, & Lydia, Children & Heirs at Law of Nathaniel Winslow late of said Situate, in said County & Commonwealth, and a Major in the late American Army, Deceased, to receive of the proper Officer of the United States, a Warrant for the Lands belonging to the said Nathaniel Winslow deceased, for his service aforesaid in said Army; and in Our names to make and execute receipts acquittances and discharges, and generally to do and perform all Lawful acts necessary & requisite for effecting the premises, as fully, to all intents & purposes, as we could do if personally present.  In Witness whereof We have hereunto Set our Hands & Seals, this Twenty third Day of January, in the year of Our Lord, One thousand Eight hundred & Nine.
Nath: Winslow
In presence of
William Winslow
Thomas Waterman Chas: Turner Esq r
Ebenezer Copeland
Sarah Copeland
Nancy Winslow
Elisha Tolman Judith Tolman
Lydia Winslow
Plymouth ss Jan y . 23. 1809. Then personally appeared Nath l Winslow, William Winslow, Ebenezer Copeland Sarah Copeland Nancy Winslow, Elisha Tolman, Judith Tolman & Lydia Winslow, & acknowledged the above letter of attorney by them subscribed, to be their free Act - Before me Chas: Turner Esq r J. of Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Plymouth ss. Probate Office December 15 th 1808.
Ebenezer Copeland and Nathaniel Winslow were duly appointed Administrators, on the estate of Nathaniel Winslow late of Scituate in said county of Plymouth Esquire died on the eighteenth day of Octo- ber last past, and that time, gave bond to execute said trust, as the law directs,
Copy from record
Attest Jno B. Thomas Reg d Pro. tem
Town of Scituate in the County of Plymouth Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Jan y 23 d A.D. 1809
This Certifies that Nathaniel Winslow, William Winslow, Sarah Copeland, Nancy Winslow, Judith Solomon, and Lydia Winslow, and Children, and Heirs at Law of Nathaniel Winslow, late a Major in the American Army, and who lived in said Scituate until his decease in August last, and that there are no other Children or Heirs than the abovenamed
Nath l Winslow } Administrators Ebene r Copeland } on said Nath l Winslow's Estate

This pawn is null & void both parties being dead.

I know all Men by these Presents that I Nathaniel Winslow of Situate in the County of Plymouth Gentleman and by these Presents Do make, ordain, Authorize, nominate and appoint Josiah Smith of Pembroke in said County Esquire my True and Lawfull Attorney, for me and in my Name, and for my own Proper use and Benefit, to ask, Recover, and Receive a Certificate of all the Land that I am Entitled to, from the Congress of the United States of America, for my Services as Major in the army of the United States of America, for and During the War with Great-Britain, and for every Part and Parcel thereof and to have use and take all Lawfull ways & means for me and in my Name, and to Do all Lawfull acts and things whatsoever concerning the Premises, as fully and in every respect as I myself might or could Do were I Personally Present at the Doing thereof. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and And Seal the Sixteenth Day of November in the Year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and two.
Signed Sealed & Delivered In Presence of — Samuel Fuller Jonathan Turner
Nathaniel Winslow
Plymouth ss. State of Massachusetts November the Sixteenth Eighteen Hundred & two then Personally appeared the above mentioned Nathaniel Winslow and made oath that he had never Sold or otherwise disposed of his Military Bounty Lands, and further that then he acknowledged the above Letter of Attorney to be his free act and Devised that it might be Received as such
Before me Elijah Turner Just Peace