Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,544, Nathaniel Turner, Conn. Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. Continental
Turner, Nathaniel
S. 42,544
CONTENTS

d. Jan 9, 1839 16, 248 New York
Nathaniel Turner
of Victor in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Barnes of the Regt commanded by Colonel Sergeant in the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year , from January 1778 to _____ 17
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 day of May 1819 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd of Dec r 1819 and sent to S. Phelps , Canandaigua, N.Y.
Continued on the Roll on 5 th day of July 1831 and notification sent to P. A. Mower at Canandaigua, N.Y. Pension commencing on the 30 of June 1831.
Amount due on 4th of Sept: 1831. }
$ 17. 32
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820. }

Pension Office Nov. 25 1830

State of New York Ontario County
On this sixteenth day of November 1830 personally appeared in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario being a Court of record in and for said County Nathaniel Furner resident in said County aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and of the 1 st May 1820 - That he the said Nathaniel Furner enlisted for the term of one year in the month of January in the year 1775 in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Capt. Asa Barnes in the Regiment commanded by Col: Sargent in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment - That he continued to serve in said Corps until the sixteenth day of November following when he was taken prisoner at Fort Washington and remained a prisoner until the termination of the Revolutionary War - That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present - That his name has been placed on the pension list, that the number of his certificate is 11248 and that he several years since exhibited a schedule of his property and his papers were entrusted to Dudley Marvin Esq. formerly a

Representative to Congress from the District in which this applicant resides - that he has never been able to learn from said Marion the fate of his papers although he has repeatedly applied to him for that purpose - but that this applicant has reason to believe and does believe that said Marion utterly neglects to attend to them and that they are lost -
And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820 I do Solemnly Swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th of March 1818 and that I have not by gift Sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed -
Two cows - - - - - $24.00
old harness - - - - - 4.00
Joiners tools - - - - - 7.57
Bible and a few books - 3.00
a watch - - - - - 8.00
47.57
Nathaniel Turnet

That I have not owned any land or real estate since the 18 th of March 1818 and that no material change has taken place in my property since that time - That I am by occupation a Carpenter by that my age and feebleness prevent my earning a livelihood by my trade - That I have no family - That I have one Son in Ohio who has a large family and is poor - Sworn to in open court this 16 th day of November 1838 before me Nathaniel Turner Chester Loomis one of the Judges of the Ontario County Courts
I, Ralph Lester Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Ontario aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Nathaniel Turner did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the Continental establishment - I also certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the records of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said papers were ...

Count that the total amount in Value of the property exhib- ited in the aforesaid schedule is forty six dollars and fifty cents - In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Count this 18th day of November 1830 -
Ralph Lester Clerk
Per Custodian

Nathaniel Turner 4382 Declaration May 15 th 1819
Stephen Phelps Judge Canandaigua, N.Y. Rec d July 14. 1819.
Hon ble
Secretary of War
Mass line Col P. D. Sergeant Services 1776-1778
See the other side
The Applicant's own statement, & the deposition of his witnesses, do not make out a service of nine months on the con- tinental. His service as a volunteer in a company of "Rangers" was not conti- nental.
Rejected.
Nathaniel Turner Private
76 — to 77 P.D. Sergeant Mass line
Regt.
Admitted

State of New York Ontario County ss On this fifteenth day of May 1819 before Stephen Phelps a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas personally appeared Nathaniel Turner aged 64 years resident in the Town of Victor in the County of Ontario who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the Pensions made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain Persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service in the Revolutionary war that he the said Nathaniel Turner enlisted in the Month of January in the year 1776 in the Town of Rehobeth in the State of Massachusetts into the Continental Service as a Private Soldier in Captain Asa Barnes Company in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Sargeants in the Massachusetts line and that he continued in said Corps until August or September following when he Volunteered as a Ranger in Capt. Nalins Company in Colonel Knowltons Regiment he being in- troduced by the Enemy on the 16 th day of November following at Fort Washington on York Island and was exchanged or paroled same time in January 1777 after the Term of his Enlistment expired and returned home and that he is in Reduced Circumstances and in need of the Assistance of his Country for support and that he has no other Evidence except what is herewith transmitted now in his Power of his said Service -
Nathaniel Turner
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
Stephen Phelps Judge &c.

State of New York & Ontario County ss
I Nathan Turner the aforesaid Applicant being duly sworn deposes and saith that in addition to the above that it was by the Order and Request of his Officers that he volunteered in to the Regiment of Rangers aforesaid and that he considered the American Continental as it was by Order of Genl. Washington and that he was liable at any time to be again ordered to join his Regiment and that he received his monthly pay from the Paymaster of Col. Sargents Regiment aforesaid before and after his captivity above mentioned
Nathan Turner
Sworn and subscribed this 16 th day of September 1819 before me
Stephen Phelps a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas

State of New York Ontario County ss I Stephen Phelps a Judge of Ontario County do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Nathaniel Turner did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding Declaration against the Common Enemy for the term of nine months or more on the Continental Establish- ment and that he the said Applicant is in Reduc- ed Circumstances and in need of the as- sistance of his Country for Support and I now transmit the proceedings and Testimony taken and laid before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress.
Canandaigua May 15 th 1819
Stephen Phelps Judge

State of New York Ontario County ss. On the 5 th day of July 1819 personally appeared Capt. John Dyer to me personally known to be a credible witness who being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is personally acquainted with Nathaniel Turner Now a President of the Town of Patten in the County of Ontario whose Application for a Pension is her- unto attached and that he was well acquaint- ed with the said Turner in the Revolutionary Army and knows that he entered some time in the month of January 1776 for one year in to what was then called the Continental Service and that he saw said Turner in the month of July following doing duty as a private Soldier in Capt. Baine's Company in Colonel Sergeant's Regiment in the Massachusetts Line and that by general Information and what he very likely to be true the said Turner was captured by the Enemy at Fort Washington New York in the fall of the same year and was paroled in January 1777 and returned home in the ensuing Spring
John Dyer
Sworn to and Subscribed This 5 th day of July 1819 before me
Stephen Phelps Jr. Judge of Ontario. Comptroller
Stephen Phelps Jr. Judge etc.

Affidavit in favor of Nathl. Turner

The Honorable Secretary of War if my claim be allowed will please to forward a certificate to the Stephen Phelps Esq. of Canandaigua who is authorized to receive the same for me — May 15 th 1819
Patrick Tunnane

State of New York Ontario County ss
Clerks Office
In Testimony That Stephen Phelps whose name is subscribed to the foregoing declaration and affidavits was on the days of the dates a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas and that the same is his Signature I hereunto subscribe My name and affix the County Seal at Canandaigua this 15 th day of July 1819
Wm M c Neil Esq. Clk

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Nathaniel Turner a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. F. 42544.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan. 1776 to Aug. or Sept. 76 Pvt. Asa Barnes Sargent Mass.   Immediately after Holmes Knowlton   was captured Nov. 16, 1776, at Fort Washington, and exchanged or paroled in January, 1777.  
Battles engaged in, See above.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Rehobeth, Mass.
Date of application for pension, May 15, 1819. His cl. was al
Residence at date of application, Victor, Ontario Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, 64 yrs. He died Jan. 9, 1839.
Remarks: In 1830, he referred to a son, name not stated, living in Ohio.
Respectfully,
Date of death taken  from Agency Book - Oct. 19, 1917. Commissioner.

See letter to P. A. Mower 10 March 1831
16 245 New York
Nathaniel Turner
of Victor in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel D. D. Sergeant of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One Year
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 of May 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd Sept 1818 and sent to Stephen Phelps Esq. Canandaigua N. York
  Arrears to 4th of  Sep. 1819.  29. 44    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  June 1820.  48. 00    3 Mo. 17 3/4      31 30   $77. 44  
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Affidavit
John Maynard in favor of Nath. Turner
See also p 10 in same volume

State of New York Ontario County ss
On the 20 th day of May 1819 before me Stephen Phelps a Judge of Ontario Com. Pleas personally appeared Jonathan Mawmbeur of the Town of P'keepsie in the County aforesaid aged 66- years A credible witness who being Sworn deposeth and saith that he is personally acquaint- ed with Nathaniel Turner whose application for a Pension is herunto attached and that he Deponent and said Turner was born and bred in the Town of Rehoboth in the State of Mass- achusetts also in the same Neighborhood and that Turner enlisted as a private in the Town of Rehoboth aforesaid in the month of January 1776 for the term of one year in the Company commanded by Capt. Asa Burn in Paul W. Ledyard's Regiment being 16 th Massachusetts Reg t  as he believes on the Contin- ental Establishment and that he S d Turner continued in said Regiment until September following to the best of his recollection when there was a detachment of Ranges called for and S d Turner volunteered and served in Col. H. Knowlton's Regiment in the Connecticut Line until he was captured by the enemy on the 16 th of November following Sometime in January 1777 he was paroled and returned home and that he Deponent served in the same company in the several services aforesaid with the said Turner and was also a prisoner with him and paroled at the same time and for this this Deponent saith not
Sworn to & subscribed this day and year aforesaid before me
Jonathan Mawmbeur
Stephen Phelps Jr. Judge of Ont. Com. Pleas

State of New York Ontario County ss
Jonathan Macomber The aforesaid Defendant being sworn deposes and saith that he considered the detachment of Rangers named in his sum and indictment on the continental establishment of which the said Nathaniel Turner was one, as it was by the Order of the Commander in Chief that a Regiment of Rangers should be detached from six Regiments each forty from each Regiment and were encouraged & requested by an Officer to volunteer as it was considered the most dangerous and arduous service. And that Defendant considered said detachment subject at any time to be ordered to join their respective Regiments and that said Defendant received then monthly wages from the paymaster of said Col. Seymour's Regiment both before and after they returned from captivity
Sworn and subscribed this 16 th day of September 1819 before me
Jonathan Macomber
Stephen P. Hildreth Judge of Ontario Com. pleas —

Con
pen: to cm: 30 June 1831
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P. A. Mower, Esq. Canandaigua N. York

State of New York } Ontario County } Nathaniel Turner being Duly Sworn deposes and says that no material change has taken place in his property since the 18 day of March 1818 - That he cannot now positively recollect of what property he was then possessed about that time but his best belief is that it consisted of a set of joiners tools which were worth about the sum of fifty dollars - about twenty sheep worth twenty dollars - two or three or perhaps four cows the value of which he cannot state - That he remembers about the corn and sheep because it was his practice for a great number of years before and since the period above

mentioned to keep a few of each to let out -
And this deponent further says that in the year 1821 he received a bequest from Thomas Turner deceased and who was a brother of this deponent, of one hundred dollars and that on the receipt of this money his circumstances in relation to property were better than they had been since March 1818 or long before that or since. That the changes from this state of things to that mentioned in his schedule have been gradual and it is out of the power of this deponent to state them particularly -
On this 10 th day of May, 1831, before me the Subscriber One of the Judges of the County Courts of Ontario County appeared

Before me Nathaniel Turner above named long well known to me and whose character for truth and in all respect, is good, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit
Samuel Rawson
Ralph Lester Clerk of the County of Ontario aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel Rawson whose signature appears to the jurat in the fore- going affidavit, was, on the day of taking the same one of the Judges of the County Courts of said County duly commissioned and sworn and authorized

by law to take the foregoing af- =fidavit - Witness my hand and official seal at Canandaigua in said County this 23 rd day of June 1831. Ralph Lesser Clerk.

J.W. Rev. War Section
October 19, 1917
Mrs. Berenice McCormick, Corner State Street and Manor Avenue, Albany, Indiana.
Madam:
In response to your letter of the twelfth instant, relative to the claim of Nathaniel Turner, S. F. No. 42,544, Rev. War, you are advised that the date and place of his birth are not stated. He died January 9, 1839, place not stated.
There is no reference to his wife, in said claim, and the data furnished you on September 26, 1917, comprises all the family data contained therein.
For the last known residence of soldier and the name of the person to whom the last payment of his pension was paid, you should address the Auditor for the Interior Department, Washington, D. C., giving all of the following data:
"Nathaniel Turner, Cert. No. 16,248, issued December 3, 1819, at $8 per month from May 15, 1819, under the Act of March 18, 1818, New York Agency."
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev 1-11-16
McCORNICK BROS. COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET METAL AND TIN SPECIALTIES
CORNER STATE STREET AND MANOR AVE.
ALBANY, INDIANA,
October 12th, 1917.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
This is an acknowledgment of your favor of Sept. 26th giving statement of Military History of Nathaniel Turner.
I wish to thank you for same.
Can you give me the following additional information regarding same party?
Date of birth .....Place.....
Date of death .....Place .....
His wife's name was Fannie Ashley Turner.
If possible supply the following information,
Date of her birth .....Place .....
Date of marriage .....
Date of death .....Place .....
Thanking you for any of the information you can give as requested above, I am,
Sincerely yours,
AMcC/EC
Mrs. Berenice M. Forwick

One 2c. stamped env. recd Stamped env. recd ✓ Rev 1 SB
MCCORMICK BROS. COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET METAL AND TIN SPECIALTIES
CORNER STATE STREET AND MANOR AVE.
ALBANY, INDIANA,
Sept. 20th, 1917.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Please advise if your department could give us the following information.
Did the following named parties receive pension as veterans of the Rev. War?
Nathaniel Turner last place of residence Victor, N.Y.
Jonathan Culver last place of residence Victor, N.Y.
Elisha Farnum or Elisha Farnham last place of residence Deerfield, Ohio.
I have left space above and if more convenient you can fill in such information as you may have on extra sheet attach and return to me.
The above information is desired in order that I may trace ancestors entitling me to membership in D.A.R.
Thanking you for this information, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Berenice W. McCormick

42 544
Rev INVALID.
File No. 42, 544 Nathaniel Turner Pr. No. 100
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 577
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1917, Dept. 26. Hist. to Mrs. Berenice M c Conick
1917, Oct. 19. To Mrs. Berenice M c Conick, to address Auditor for last known residence re. See carbon. F.W.