Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20099, Nathan Upright, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Upright, Nathan Mary
N 20099
CONTENTS

Dead. See letter, Aug. 16. 1823. to J. N. Mitchelle P. Agt.
10,032
R
New York Nathan Wright
of _____ in the state of who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Canvass of the N. York line, for the term of 3 years .
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20. of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of July 19 and sent to Burke  Wm Shanahan  Esq.  Ulster Co.
Arrears to 4th of March 19  83.91 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 11 Sept 19  28 131.96
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent to Charles Stephen Junr Esq. October 1820. Kingston, New York

119 New York City Mary Upright widow of Nathan Upright
NY who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Recd from $80 Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March , 1848.
1 st of July Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of March 1851 and sent to
J. Ellis Bloomingburgh N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 281, Vol. 4
281

2848
3369
No 20 Jan 1793
A.D. 3 Feb 1831
The Rev Mr Enright
Admitted to be naturalized for further advancement
Admitted
Pirate 2 years
I Beaty Kirkcaldy N.Y.

M Wright

Married. Nathan Upright To Mary Servilletigar Jan. 20, 1793.
Nathan Upright was born 1757.
Oct. 14, — " "
Mary Upright " " 1775.
April 11, — " "
Hannah Upright " " 1777.
Dec. 22, — " "
Fanny Upright " " 1779.
Jan. 10, — " "
Elizabeth Upright " " 1800.
Feb. 3, — " "
Nancy Upright " " 1804.
May, 10, — " "
Maria Upright " " 1802.
Sarah Upright " " 1809.
Metilda Upright " " 1809.
July 5, — " "
H. C. Upright " " 1811.
March 2, 31, — " "

THE NEW TESTAMENT
OF OUR
LORD AND SAVIOUR,
JESUS CHRIST
TRANSLATED OUT OF
THE ORIGINAL GREEK,
AND WITH THE
FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED
STEREOTYPED
FOR THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY
BY D. & G. BRUCE.
NEW-YORK,
1827.
Handwritten notes and scribbles at the bottom of the page, including the name "J. M. [illegible]" and the date "1827".

State of New York } S. Ulster County } 3
On this 30th day of August 1838 personally appeared before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County Mary Upright a Resident of the town of Sharronville in Said County County and State aged 63 years on the 11th day of April Last. past who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 1838 intitled Act Granting half pay and pensions to Certain Widows that She is the Widow of Nathan Upright who was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution and was a pensioner under the Act of Congress of the 18th March 1818 She further declares that She was married to her Husband the Said Nathan Upright on the 20th day of January 1793. by Revend Freighley and that her Husband the Aforesaid Nathan Upright died on the 3rd day of Feb y 1831 and that She has Remained a Widow ever Since. that her Name before marriage was Mary Terwillegu and that the marriage did not take place prior to his leaving the Service But the Marriage took place previous to first of January 1794 viz at the time above stated
Sworn and Subscribed
Mary her Upright mark
to Day and Year above
Written before me Hon. A. Deyo one of the Judges of the Ulster County Courts

I the Said Judge do certify that Mary Upright who signed and was sworn to the foregoing Declaration cannot attend Court on account of ill health and bodily infirmities      Affm of Deyo one of the Judges of the Ulster County Courts
State of New York      § Ulster County      }
On this 30 th day of August 1838 Personally Appeared before me James Cox a Resident of the town of Shaw- gunk in Said County who being duly sworn according to law saith on his oath that that he is of the age of forty three years and that he has Resided near and been in the family of the within named Nathan and Mary Upright and frequently saw the family Record was kept by them on a piece of loose paper and they got Mr. Hote to copy it off into their Bible it was done in the present of his Deponent more than eleven years since and that the Said Nathan Upright was a pensioner and that he died at the time stated in the foregoing Declaration and that the Said Mary Upright has Remained a Widow ever since his death Sworn and Subscribed to the day and year
James Cox
Above Written before me Affm of Deyo one of the Judges of the Ulster County Courts

I the said Judge do certify that the Statement of the Witness of the foregoing Affidavit is by entitled to full Credit and Belief and that the words says and at the time and the age of the Deponent James Cox and the word Eleven the length of time of his knowledge of the Record was fill out and intantined before Executed John D. Deyo one of the Judges of the Ulster County Courts
State of New York
Ulster County ss:
I John Ferguson Clerk of the County of Ulster do hereby certify that Abraham D. Deyo Esq. before whom the foregoing Af- fidavits of Mary Wright & James Cox purport to have been taken & who subscribed the certificates accompanying the same was at the respective dates of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Ulster. And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Judge & verify below signature to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said County this 16 th day of November 1838
John Ferguson Clerk.

Nathan Upright 20 ap l 1818 private Gansevoorts NYK Regt 1777 to 1780.
Wanted the judge's certificate of the adverse circumstances of the applicant.
Adm c .

Nathan Wrights Application—

State of New York Ulster County ss: On this twentieth day of April 1818 before me the subscriber One of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Ulster in the State of New York personally appears Nathan Wright aged Fifty seven Years resident in the town of Shawangunk in the said County of Ulster who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war - That the said Nathan Wright enlisted at Ramapo in New Jersey in the company commanded by Capt. Cornelius J. Jansen in the 3 rd New York Regiment commanded by Col. Peter Gansevoort in the month of February about the 16 th in the Year 1777. That he continued to serve in the said corps until the 16 th day of February 1780. when he was discharged from service at Morris Town in the State of New Jersey at which time he received his discharge from Col. Gansevoort which he hath since lost - That he was at the Battle of Peeks Kill, Fort Stanwix and with the detachment commanded by General Sullivan sent against the Indians and that he is in reduced circumstances,

and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. I attribute his upright living and declared before me the day after of said.
James Kain
I James Kain Judge & as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Nathan upright did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common Enemy and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony had before me to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress.
James Kain
Ulster County Clerk's Office B: I certify that the above named James Kain is duly Commissioned & qualified as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Ulster and that the above signature of his name is of his own proper hand writing with which I am well acquainted. Witness the seal of the said Court of which Court I am the Clerk. Dated April 21. 1818
Ch. Chapman

I Jonathan Dubois Judge &c do hereby certify that the said Nathan Wright is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the as- sistance of his country for support
Jonathan Dubois
State of New York. Ulster County Clerks Office S. I certify that the above named Jonathan Dubois is Duly commissioned & qualified as a Judge of the court of Common Pleas of said county of Ulster & that the above signature of his name is his own proper hand writing as I truly believe being acquainted with it I attest the seal of said court of which I am clerk. Dated April 7 th 1819. Ch. Tappan Jr.

Nathan Upright
No 10.032
Dec r 20 Ap l 1878
Calif. 30 Ap l 1879

State of New York } Ulster County } ss
On the fourth day of July in the year One thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas held in Kingston in and for the County of Ulster (the same being a Court of Record by a law of the said State, which proceeds according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a Record of its proceedings, having a Clerk and a Seal and having the power of fine and imprisonment) Nathan Wrigbt aged sixty years resident in Shawangunk in said County who being first duly sworn according to law states on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows.
That he enlisted in the Company commanded by Cornelius Jansen in Colonel Ganswoort's Regiment U.S. Troop - that he enlisted for three years and remained in said service until the period of his enlistment was completed when he received an honorable discharge that his Original declaration been dated the 20 th day of April 1818 that he has received a pension since that time that the certificate of said Pension is Not Mutilated And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818 and that I have Not since that time by gift, sale or in any other manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions 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" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 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 & by me subscribed
Schedule
Real Estate None
Personal Estate
One Cow Valued at $15.00 One Sow & two pigs $3.00
One Calf Ten Shillings (3 Cups 3 Saucers, 1 Teapot 1 Tea Kettle, 2 iron pots, 2 pails, 2 Milk Pails)
$2.50.
My family is composed of a wife and six children. My wife is aged 45 years, one of my is aged 18 - another 16 - another 14 another 11 another 9 & another 3 years. My occupation is that of a day laborer
This Sworn to & declared on the Nathan & Upright 4 th day of July 1820 before M c Kinley
Lucas Elmendorf first Judge
I Christopher Tappan Junior Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the originals on file in the office of said Clerk and that it is the opinion of said Court that Nathan Upright is dependent on the aid of his country for support and that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is twenty two dollars $22.00 My Hand and the Seal of said Court this 5 th July 1820
Ch. Tappan Jr.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20099
Marg Wpright widow of Nathan Wpright Prj New York
Act Feb 29 48
Index: Vol. M , Page 291
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20099
Marg Wpright widow of Nathan Wpright Prj Rev War
Act Feb 29 48
Index: Vol. M , Page 291
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Payment to be made at New York City ? by
Benj n S. Hartley
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of New York
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1818, Page 231 Vol. 4
Glo. Spruill Clerk.
Joseph Ellis Attorney Bloomington Pa P.O. Box 100
Along Walnut Sept 4th 1820 she has aged in West County Pa for over 77 years and pension has her in are other place

Mary Deprestit Sept 14th 1850 She has resided in Ulster County NY for over 77 years and previous there to in no other place
Joseph Ellis Attorney Bloomingburgh
of members 60 7 1/2 Sullivan Co N.Y.
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 24, 1818, Page 23 Vol. 11
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Payment to be made at New York by Oliver G. Huntley Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of New York

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Mary Upright, widow of Nathan Upright, who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and  cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this twenty third day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
W. L. Marcy
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Mary Sprague's Declaration for an increase of pay under the Joint Resolution of that July 1828 and of 1829
George B. Lovejoy Bloomingburgh Sullivan County N.Y.
Indefinite, beg for an copy 1 July 1848
Mary Hall
J. Ellis Bloomingburgh, N.Y.

At a Surrogates court held in and for the county of Sullivan in the State of New York on the fifth day of October 1850, the same being a court of records held at the Surrogates office in The village of Bloomingburgh in
Said County. I Alphens Dinnick Surrogate of said County of Sullivan do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said court that Mary Upright who subscribed her name and made oath to the annexed declaration is a resident of the county of Ulster in the State of New York and that she still remains the widow of Nathan Upright & deceased late of said County of Ulster and that she is now in the receipt of a pension at the rate of $80 per annum under the act of February 2 nd 1848 and that the annexed is the certificate of pension on which she the said Mary Upright drew her pension and that Joseph Ellis before whom the annexed declaration was executed sworn and subscribed was an acting Justice of the peace duly authorized by the laws of the State of New York to administer oaths in and for the county of Sullivan on the 4 th day of September 1850 the day on which the said declaration was executed and that the signature of said Justice to said declaration is in his genuine hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Bloomingburgh this 5 th day of October 1850
A Dinnick Surrogate as above stated

State of New York County of Sullivan } Is:
On this 4th day of September A.D. 1850 Before me a justice of the peace, within and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Mary Wright aged over seventy years who being sworn, upon her oath makes the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining the full benefit of the act of Cong- ress of 29 th July 1848, and the joint resolution of 1 st July 1848 to wit, that she is the widow of Nathan Wright deceas- ed late of Ulster County State of New York deceased who was a revolutiona- ry pensioner at the rate of $46 per annum - That since the decease of her said husband, she has been placed upon the pension roll at the rate of $30 - per annum and is now in the receipt of said pension - And she further states that she has been advised that by virtue of said act of 29 th July 1848 and said joint resolution of 1 st July 1848 she is entitled to receive the same rate of pension that her said husband received in his lifetime - She therefore herewith returns the certificate she now holds, and prays that a new certificate may be issued to her, for such increase of pension as she may be entitled to by law
Sworn and subscribed by
Making her mark this 4th
of March 1850 Joseph Ellis justice of the peace
her Mary J Wright

a declaration of the widow Mary represented widow of Nathan represented
Admitted
Hon D. B. H. John Nob R

State of New York } Sullivan County } ss
Be it known that on this 15 th day of June 1848 personally appeared before me Joseph Ellis a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Sullivan aforesaid Mary Updegraff a Resident of the County of Ulster aged 73 years who being first duly sworn according to law and oath on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 24 th day of February 1848 granting pensions to certain Widows of persons that served during the Revolutionary War that she is the widow of Nathan Updegraff who was a Soldier and served as a private she thinks in the New York Line during the War of the Revolution and that she was a prisoner of the united States and drew a pension under the act of 1844 at the rate of eighty dollars per annum under said act
Sworn and subscribed by } Mary Updegraff making her mark the day } mark and year above written } before me Joseph Ellis J.P. }
I the said justice do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Mary Updegraff and that I know her to be in the receipt and draw a pension under the act of 1844 at the rate of eighty dollars per annum under said act as stated by her in the above Affidavit.
Joseph Ellis Justice of the peace

I certify that I am personally acquainted with Joseph Ellis who subscribed his name to the within and know him to be an acting justice of the peace in and for the County of Sullivan State of New York and that the within is his signature
D. B. H. Johnson June 20 th 1848

419. New York City. Mary Upright widow of Nathan Upright, who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Reported to G. B. Cox, Nov 18, 1830
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of June 1848 and sent to
Hm D. B. W. John Hof R.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 231 Vol. 4

Rep?
New York 1882
Mary Upright
widow of Nathan Upright who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of Sept. 1843 and sent to Joseph Ellis Bloomingburgh, Sullivan Co. N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 115.

New York 2848
Mary Upright widow of Nathan Upright
who was a pensioner under the Act of March 1818 and who died on the 3 rd Feb. 1831 of Ulster Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Gansvoort in the N. York line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of May 1839 and sent to O. Beatty Westerloough, N. Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March '39 240.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep. " 40.00 $280.00
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk. Book 1. Vol. 2 Page 107

Mary Wright
Joseph Ellis
agent
Bloomingburgh
Sullivan Co NY
$80 per am
June 26/43
Mary Wright
March 2 1843
N.Y.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. County of Ulster
On this Eighteenth day of May — in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty- three before the subscriber, a Justice in and for the County of Ulster aforesaid
personally appeared Mary Upright a resident of the town of Shawangunk in said county, aged Sixty eight years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3d of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolu- tionary war:
That she is the widow of Nathan Upright who in the revolutionary war was a private Soldier in defense of his country for which he was award- ed a pension under the act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum which he continued to receive until the day of his death
She further declares that she was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the said act was Eighty dollars for five years from the 1 st of March 1836 until the 1 st of March 1841
She further declares that she is still a widow, as will more fully appear by reference to the affidavit of Charles W. Upright hereto annexed
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } and year first above written. } before me by making her mark
her Mary Upright mark
Jansen T. Bruyn Justice of the Peace
I Certify that the above declarant is personally known to me, and still remains the widow of Nathan Upright deceased
Jansen T. Bruyn Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. County of
I, _____ clerk of said county, do hereby certify that _____ was on the day of the date of the above jurat and certificate, a in and for the said county, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature above, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of of- fice and subscribed my name, this _____ day of _____ 184 _____

State of New York County of Ulster ss.
Charles M. Upright of the town of Shawangunk County of Ulster and State of New York being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he is the Son of Mary Upright widow of Nathan Upright deceased. That she has not intermarried but still remains the widow of the said Nathan Upright was a pensioner for five years and is the identical Mary Upright who is now an applicant for a pension under a late Law of Congress hereto annexed and further this de- ponent saith not -
Sworn to and Subscribed on this 18 th day of May 1843 before me and certify that Charles M. Upright he is a respectable citizen entitled to full
credit Jansen Brouyn Justice of the peace
State of New York
Ulster County Clerks ss. I George A. Glay Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County aforesaid, certify, that Jansen Brouyn Esq. is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my official Seal of office, and Subscribed my name this fourteenth day of June in the year 1843
Geo. A. Glay Clerk by Reich. H. Norton Dep. Clerk