Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11741, Nathan Whitney, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
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continental mass
Whitney, Nathan
S. 11741
CONTENTS
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Ref d . see letter at to Payt Sept 22 d 1845 Litt le (P. C. 11) dism Col. 17. 45.
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30,627
Ohio, Pittsburgh Agency
Nathan Whitney
of Seneca Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Green of the regt, commanded by Col. Larned in the Mass. * line for 17 months Mass. * Continental Service completed  May 20/15
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831. Increased from $40
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Augt. 1845 and sent to A. H. Cromwell, Huron. Ohio.
Arrears to the 14th of Semi-annual allowance ending Formal payments to be deducted
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D Brown Clerk Book E 2. Vol. 5. Page 158

Nathan Whitney - Nathan Whitney Ohio
Mr W. Patterson

The State of Ohio Summit County ss On this fifth day of October A. D. 1872 Personally appeared
before the Court of Common Pleas, being a court of record, of said county in open Court Nathan Whitney a resident of the Township of Thompson said county aged seventy six years and a little more than one month who being first duly sworn according to law in open court doth on his said oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed March seventh A. D. 1832 —
That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775, with Lieut. William  Major Hlayton, and served in the second Regiment of the Massachusetts line under the following named officers — Colonel Ebenezer Learned, Lieut. Col. — Major Reyer Halsman — Capt. Joel Cypreen, Lieut. Reuben Hlayton, Ensign
Sectoray Whitcomb. My enlistment was for eight months which I served, but before said eight months expired I enlisted again for one year to commence the first day of January 1776 which was the expiration of my first term. I served said term of one year under the same Col. or before and the same Numbered Regiment same line other officers were Lieut. Col. Wm Shepherd, Major Ebenezer Sproat, Capt. Isaac Bailyter, Lieut. Reuben Hlayton, Ensign, Sectoray Whitcomb. At the expiration of the last mentioned term of one year I enlisted again in the same Regiment for one more year which I served and except a few days of the last month when I recd a discharge because of my time was so near expired and the Army marching south it was not thought best to retain me. This was December after the surrender of Burgoyne. My discharge is lost — I did not consider it valuable

At the commencement of my last term of service Col. Ebenezer Dorr was promoted to Brig. General - when Mr. Shepherd was said to Col. and, - I went to Hunt Col. and the same the first time
When I served in Brookfield Worcester Co. Massachusetts -
I enlisted the first time at said Brookfield I joined the main army at Rocky Hill where I remained until the last of March or first of April 1776 when the British left Boston when I marched to N. York I was on Long Island when I was taken and in New York when it was taken and returned with the army, sick on Long Island. from N. York to N. Jersey, sick; then back through  to Bedford In 1777 we marched to Mt. Bonyon, I was in the Battle with against Bonyon, and was with the army at Saratoga when he surrendered when my other service closed -
The hereby declaring every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and hereby declaring that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state
William H. Whitney
Given to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court Joseph Howard, Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further states that it appears to them that Benjamin Whitmore & Henry H. Brown who have signed the certificate herewith annexed are residents of the Township of Thompson in this County, are credible persons & that their statements are entitled to credit
J. H. Higgins Pres. Judge
Sebastian G. Hales Benjamin Pittsfield } Associates Agur Ingraham

In testimony of the foregoing I Joseph Harvard have hereunto set my hand
In testimony I Joseph Harvard Clerk of the court of common pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing and succeeding containing the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Nathan Whitney for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fifth day of October A.D. 1832

We Benjamin Whitson & Henry H. Brown residing in the neighbourhood of the within applicant do hereby certify that there is no clergyman in our neighbourhood and also that we are well acquainted with Nathan Whitney who has subscribed to the and sworn to the within declaration that we believe him to be of the age which he has sworn himself to be that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Benjamin Whitson Henry H. Brown
Sworn, and subscribed the day and year within mentioned in open court. --- Joseph Heward, clerk,
I Joseph Heward clerk of the court of common pleas aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in matter of the application of Nathan Whitney for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Joseph Heward, clerk,

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File No. 11741
Nathan Whitney
Briv Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 404
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ohio, Pittsburgh, 30. b2
Nathan Whitney of Seneca Co. in the State of Ohio who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Green of the reg t commanded by Col Lander in the Mass s ★ time for one year
Mass s ★ Continental
Records completed
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio, Pittsburgh at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of May 1836 — and sent to Hon. Mr Patterson, H.R.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1836 $200. — Semi-ant. allowance ending 29 Sep — 20. —
$220. —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. Allison Clerk, Book 6. 2 Vol. 8 3 Page 158
Letter to A. H. Cramere Esq 28 Feb. 1845

Payment to be made at Pittsburgh by M. Tiernan Esq r Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Pittsburgh.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book 6. 2 Vol. 5 Page 158 by Wm L. Allison Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Nathan Whitney of Ohio, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Forty dollars and  cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this ninth day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six,
L. D. Bishop
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. §
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Ohio
Feb 22 '45
FREE
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H. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions City Washington D.C.
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Wapakoneta Ohio Feby 13 th 1846
Sir
Nathan Whitney of Seneca County Ohio. is now a pensioner under the act of June 7 th 1832. at the rate of forty Dollars per Annum. at the time he made application not knowing that any records of his Service existed he relied upon living witnesses to prove his Service. one of the witnesses made a mistake in the first name of one of the captains under whom he served. and he only received forty Dollars a Year. and if the records that have since been discovered and are now in your office should support his declaration. he hopes you will be so good as to give him the benefit of the records and increase his pay.
Respectfully Your
Most O bt Servant
A. N. Cromwell

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
May 28 1845.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Nathan Whitney is borne as a private from Brookfield, upon a muster roll of Capt o Joel Green, Col. Eben t Learned in the 8 months service of 1775 taken to Aug. 1, — enlisted May 3; — Upon a return of the same dated Roxbury Camp, Oct. 6, — and upon the Coat roll dated Dec r 19; — Upon a pay abstract of Capt o Daniel * Gilbert, Col. Job Cushing for service at Bennington from July 30 to Sep r 2, 1777, 1 month, 4 days; — and 96 miles travel; — the residence is not given upon this roll; — Upon a pay abstract of a comp y of volunteers under the command of Capt o Asa Danforth, who marched from Brookfield Sep r 23 1777 to join the army under the command of Gen l Gates, 22 days; — and upon a pay roll of Capt o Joel Green's Comp y Col. Ezra Woods' reg t . service at Poughkeepsie and White Plains from June 1, 1778 to
* no rolls of Asa.

Jan y . 31, 1779, including 8 days allowed for travel, - 8 months, 8 days. There are no rolls of Capt n . Isaac Bolster subsequent to 1775, and the preceding is all the evidence of service in the case.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Searcy, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his Office of my Service in the War of the Revolution.
I was a Native of the Town of Brookfield in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts. I enlisted from the Town of Brookfield in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts in the year 1775 as a private in the Company Commanded by Capt. Joel Green in Massachusetts Line Regiment and I served as follows: Six Eight Months under Capt. Joel Green Col Ebenezer Larnard in the year 1776. I served one year under Capt. Isaac Bolster Col Ebenezer Larnard. Entered the Service in 1777 under Capt. Asa Gilbert and Capt. Asa Sanford. About the first of June and continued in the Service until about the 20th of October.

I am now eighty eight years old and my Memory does not enable me to state my services more fully than above stated
Witness my hand at Thompson this 19th day of March A.D. 1845
Rev. J. W. Wiley
Signed by said in my presence
David Underhill S.C.
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Genl. Frank Lloyd Actg. Comr of Pensions

Washington October 10 th 1845
My Sir,
I am requested by Mr. A. H. Cromwell of Ohio to call your attention to the claim of Nathan Whitney, under the act of 1832, which has been, through mistake, recently increased from $40 to $56.67 1/2. an instead of $80.
Mr. Whitney it appears claimed for several tours of service in the Mass. line, amounting in all to 2 1/2 years, and when the claim was originally examined it was allowed for the tour of service of 12 months in 1776, under Capt. Bulster, Lt. Col. Shepard of the Regiment commanded by Col. Hedges, afterward, by Col. Larned, in what was called the 12 months service in 1776. And he was required to furnish record evidence of the other tours, before they could be allowed. This after a lapse of several years was procured by Mr. Cromwell from the Secy of State of Mass. and forwarded to you in June last viz: 8 months in 1775 - 1 month 26 days in 1777 & 8 months 8 days in 1778, making 18 months & 4 days, exclusive of the 12 months in '76 for which he had been originally allowed.

And yet, you will perceive, he has been allow- ed for only 17 months.
I have respectfully to request a re-examination of the case and that a duplicate may be issued without delay for the full pension of $50 pr. an.
I am, very respectfully Yr. mo. ob. S r . W. H. Addison
Mr. Crump Esq. Col. B. Com. of Pensions

Nathan Whitney, Ohio
Suma allowed
In 1775 — 8 mo's
1777 — 22 days
1778 — 8 mo's 8 days 17 mo's
$56.66 per Annum from payment to be deducted.
A. H. Bromell, Huron, Ohio.

Sept 22 45
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J. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington
Nathan Whitney Pitt St 32

Pension Agency Pittsburgh Pa Sept. 18 1845
J S Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir
By your letter of 7th August last I am informed of the increase of Pension to Nathan Whitney Pensioner Under Act of 7th June 1832, from 400 per Annum to fifty six dollars and sixty six Cents, and am directed to pay the Amount due from the 14th of March 1846.
I have his Voucher Asking Payment from the 14th of March 1831, but have deferred the payment until further instructed by you
I am most Respectfully Your Obedient Servant
W. M. Lewis Pension Agent

House of Reps. 9 th May 1836
J S Edwards Esq.
Sir. I have consulted the agent of Mr Whiting, who informs me that he is willing to accept of his pension for one year, as intimated in yours of the 27 th February. herin inclosed
I have the Honor to be your Respectfully Wm Patterson

June 19. 1865 BOSTON JUN 19
Re Nathan Whitney for incurs.
PAID
V. L. Edwards Esq. Commissions of Pensions City of Washington D.C.

Worcester March 14th 1848
Sir
I enclose you the papers of Nathan Whitney for an increase of Pension. also his pay Certificate for forty dollars per annum. which I expect was granted him on parole testimony for the year Service done in 1776 as no Record of that years Service is known to exist. The Certificate of the Secretary Massachusetts gives about 18 months. which will be sufficient to give Mr. Whitney full pay.
At the time Mr. Whitney made his Supplemental Statement he was very unwell and his memory very imperfect and consequently could not make so full a statement as he did when he made his papers under the act of 1832
Respectfully yours &c. A. H. Cromwell
W. L. Putnam Esq.

Feb 26
Chas
J S Edwards Esqr Commissioner of pensions
Mr W. Patterson A.M.

House of Reps. 24 th Feb 1836
J S Edwards Esq
Sir I enclose the letter of Abel Rawson with a case of Pension claim to which I respectfully ask your attention
Very Respectfully yours Wm Patterson

STATE OF VERMONT,
Windham County, ss.
I Marshall Miller — Clerk of the County Court, in the County and State aforesaid, do certify, that Sanford Plumb — is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his commission was dated on the seventh day of November A. D. 1834 and will expire on the 30 th day of November A. D. 1835 and that his signature above written is genuine
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of the said County Court, at Newfane, in said County, this 23 rd day of October A. D. 1835
Attest. Marshall Miller Clerk

I Elazer Whitney (Revolutionary pensioner) of Halifax in the County of Windham and State of Vermont aged Eighty years do testify depose and say that in the latter part of April in the year 1775 Nathan Whitney then of Brookfield in the County of Worcester in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, But now of Shoupers in the County of Seneca in the State of Ohio, enlisted as a private in the Army of the Revolution for the term of eight months in the Company Commanded by Capt Joel Green of Shuners in said Worcester County in Col Larnards Regiment and that said Nathan Whitney did duty as a private in said Company during the term of said Eight months and that in the latter part of December in the same year 1775 He the said Nathan Whitney enlisted as a private in the Company with me at Roxbury, Mass. under the command of Capt Joel Bolster of Sutton in said Worcester County in said Larnards Regiment for the term of one year and that said Nathan Whitney served in the capacity of a private in said Bolsters Company during the said year for which he enlisted And I also well remember of seeing him the said Nathan Whitney in the army in the year 1777 at or near the taking of Gen. Burgoyne but cannot say how long he served as a private in the army that year Elazer Whitney
State of Vermont Windham County ss } Halifax October 21 st A/D 1835 Then personally appeared Elazer Whitney the Subwriter to the foregoing affidavit and made oath to the truth of the same before me Horaford Phoenix Justice of the peace

State of Vermont ss { Halifax October 21 st 1825 Windham County } I hereby Certify that Ebenezer Whitney within named sustains an unimpeachable character for truth and veracity. Sampson Plumb Justice of the peace

Whitney! Pension affidavit
Sec. 2

State of Ohio } Isabella County } aff
Nathan Whitney of the Town of Thompson in the County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following Supplemental Statement, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision of the acts of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he is now eight eight years old that he entered the service of his Country in 1775 in Capt Joel Green's Company Col. Ebenezer Darrac's Regt. as a private soldier in the State of Massachusetts and continued to serve in said Company and Regiment eight months and served in the same Regiment under Capt Isaac Bolster one year in 1776 Entered the service about the first of June 1777 under Capt Asa Sanford and Capt Asa Gilbert he enlisted under Gilbert but Gilbert went home and he served the rest of his time under Capt Sanford was under him at the taking of Burgoyne. Was at New York at the time the British took possession of the City. Was then under Capt Isaac Bolster & was commanded by Col. Ebenezer Darrac, in the year 1777 he enlisted about the first of June and continued in the service until about the 20 th of October. he was also in the battle of Long Island in 1776
Nathan Whitney
Sworn and subscribed before me this 19 th day of March 1845
David Armstrong & Co.

State of Ohio } ss Seneca County }
I Charles F. Duesbach Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that David Underhill who has signed the within is a Justice of the peace for the said County of Seneca, in the State of Ohio, and that his signature thereunto subscribed is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of Office this 7th day of June 1843 at Tiffin in the State of Ohio Charles F. Duesbach Clerk by Lane Stoner Dept Clerk

James H Bratty being duly sworn according to law says that in the month of Febry. last. he had a Conversation with Nathan Whitney who has subscribed the forgoing State- ment. About his services in the War of the Revolution. At that time his mem- ory appeared to be clear and strong in naming the different towns of service Officers and dates and made out about 30 months service. but was soon after taken sick and was very feeble when he made his declaration his memory appeared to be very much impaired and did not or could not make his statement so full and with the same regularity as he done in February. His mind appeared flighty and would fly from one period of his service to another and he did not make so full and correct a Statement as before
James H Bratty
Sworn to and Subscribed before me David Underhill P.P.