Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,817, Nathan Webster, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Webster, Nathan.
S. 14817
Carded.
CONTENTS

20 Feby 34, transp to Pa. New York N.Y. Sept 1/33 - notice rec.
Hon. R. Day H - R -
See let. Horace Clark, Mar. 14 '35 - (appl. for tra. interest)
rather not shown in either agency book.
New York - Ohio) Pittsburgh.
Nathan Webster.
of Geauga, in the State of Ohio, who was a Private in the Comp. by Captain Seymour of the Regt. by Col. Noah Phelps the Court, time for
sixteen months & twenty one days.
Inscribed on the Roll of (Ohio), Pittsburgh at the rate of 55. Dollars 66. Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of March 1833, and sent to. Paine & Phelps Chardon, Ohio.
Arrears to the 14th of Mar 1833. 111.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. Sept. 1833. 27.83
$139.15
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W.W.K. Palmer Book E. Vol. 8, Page 132

Nathan Webster Pension Declaration

The State of Ohio
Guanga County ss On the tenth day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio — — in and for said County of Guanga, in open court, now sitting. Nathan Webster, a resident in Park- man in said County, aged sixty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law- aths on his Oaths Make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Con- gress, passed June 7. 1832 —
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated, to wit —
Prior to the year 1775 he enlisted, at New Hart- ford in the State of Connecticut, into a company of Light Infantry, for cavalry commanded by Captain Micah Seymour in Colonel Noah Phelps Regiment. (it being an Independent Regiment raised by voluntary enlistment, designed to act as minute men, and bound to March forthwith, when ordered) and remained a mem- ber of that Company during the whole of the Revolutionary war, excepting about seven months while engaged in Captain Hubble's Company of Militia. That he served in said Company of horse under Captain Seymour, six distinct terms of duty in the Revolutionary war, to wit: First . About the 20 th of April 1775 he was ordered to Lexington, Concord &c. when the Company arrived soon after those places were destroyed by the enemy, was dismissed after serving about one month. Second . In June 1776 he was again called out

thence he marched directly to Boston, and remained in active service in that vicinity until the expiration of his term of enlistment. He was quartered on Winster-hill. Genl. Gens head quarters were a few rods in front of the ground occupied by Captain Hubbels Company -
At the request of his Officers he continued in the service one month after the expiration of his first term of enlistment. Making seven months in the whole tour.
That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to prove his service. That he resided at New Hartford during the Revolutionary War. when not in the service of the United States.
From the year 1812 to June 1832 he resided in Auburn in the County of Cayuga in the State New York. in the Month of June last he removed to Parkman. Geauga County Ohio, where he now resides. That there is no clergyman in his neighborhood with whom he is well acquainted.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity except the present - and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll in any agency in any State.
Sworn to & subscribed this 3
tenth day of August 1832 Nathan Welfer. in Open Court - 3
Edward Paine And Clerk.

We Jonathan Moore and Ira Webster of Parkman in the County of Geauga in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that we have many years been well acquainted with who has fully justified & been our testis upon declaration Nathan Webster now of Parkman aforesaid. That said Ira  he resided in Aurlius in the State of New York several years. and was near neighbors to the said Nathan Webster. That we believe him to be seventy nine years of age. That he was respected & believed in the neigh- borhood where he lived in Aurlius to have been a soldier of the Revolution. and that we concur in that opinion - Jonathan Moore Ira Webster Subscribed the tenth day of August 1832
Edward Paine Jnd. Clerk.
And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion after the investigation of the matter. and after perusing the interrogatories prescribed by the War department. That the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that there is no clergyman in the vicinity of the applicant but that the said Jonathan Moore & Ira Webster who signed the preceding certificate are residents of Parkman & are credible persons & their statement entitled to credit. Edward Paine Jnd. Clerk.
Nathan Webster Aurion Declaration
files and to be

I Edward Paine Jr. Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio in and for the County of Trumbull do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the applica- tion of Nathan Wiltsie for a Prosequi
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 18 th day of August 1837
Edward Paine Jr. Clerk.

thence he marched directly to Boston, and remained in active service in that vicinity until the expiration of his term of enlistment. He was quartered on Winster hill. Genl. Gens head quarters were a few rods in front of the ground occupied by Captain Hubbels Company -
At the request of his Officers he continued in the service one month after the expiration of his first term of enlistment. Making seven months in the whole term.
That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to prove his service. That he resided at New Bedford during the Revolutionary War. when not in the service of the United States.
From the year 1812 to June 1832 he resided in Auburn in the County of Cayuga in the State New York. in the Month of June last he removed to Parkman. Geauga County Ohio, where he now resides. That there is no Clergyman in his neighborhood with whom he is well acquainted.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity except the present - And declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll in any agency in any State.
Sworn to & subscribed this 3
tenth day of August 1833 Nathan Welster. in Open Court - 3
Edward Paine Ind Clerk.

3 Nathan Webster
Pension Declaration

The State of Ohio Guangal County ss
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a justice of the peace in and for the County & State aforesaid Nathan Webster the applicant for a pension whose name is mentioned in the foregoing declaration, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:
For one month as a private soldier in April & May 1775
For three months as a private soldier in the year 1776-
For one month as a private soldier in April & May 1777-
For three months as a private soldier afterwards in the same year
For three weeks as a private soldier in the year 1779-
For one month as a private soldier in the year 1781-
For seven months as a private soldier in a company of Militia commanded by Captain Habbel in Col. Webb's Regiment of Connecticut Militia, beginning the last mentioned tour of service in the month of June 1775, making in all not less than sixteen months and three weeks in actual service under the officers named in the declaration; and for such service I claim a pension.
Nathan Webster
Sworn and subscribed before me at Parkman in said County this fifteenth day of December in the year 1832
Before me T. B. F. Ferris
Justice of the Peace
Cook over the day

The State of Ohio } Geauga County ss }
I, J. D. Aiken, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Barton H. Avery Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Nathan Webster appears to have been taken, & whose name, in his own proper hand writing
is hereunto subscribed, is a Justice of the peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, according to Law.
In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand & af- fix the seal of said Court, at Chardon, this fifteenth day of December A.D. 1832.
J. D. Aiken, Clerk.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Nathan Webster , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 20, 1775 1 mo. Private Uriah Lymour Noah Phelps Conn.   June 1775 3 mos. Uriah Lymour Noah Phelps   June 1776 3 mos. Uriah Lymour Noah Phelps   Apr. 1777 1 mo.   July 1777 3 mos.   July 1779 3 mos.   Sept 1781 1 mo.  
Battles engaged in, White Plains . Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Britain, Conn. Date of application for pension, Aug. 10, 1832. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Portage Co. Ohio, Sept. 1832. Age at date of application, 57 years.
Remarks: He states that from 1812 until 1815 he served at Annapolis, Md. & N.Y., and moved from Portage Co. Ohio to Annapolis, Md. Sept. 1832.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

N. Webster's Case

This applicant has recently removed from Aurora, in the State of New York. he says that he was well acquainted with Mr. Doubleday, a Member of Congress from that District. whose testimony he can procure to prove his reputation at that place, both as a man of integri- ty, and as a soldier of the Revolution if deemed necessary by the Department.
E. Paine

Chardon Dec: 15. 1832.
Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War
The accompanying pension papers are returned amended agreeably to the directions received from the pension office.
Mr Webster, the applicant, has placed them in our hands, in consequence of the death of Eleazer Paine Esq. who had the charge of this claim
Very Respectfully Paine & Phelps.

House Rep. Feb. 8. 1834
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
I enclose you herewith the papers of Mr Webster asking his pension transferred to the N York agency, please sir make the transfer as early as you convenient will permit, so that I may send it to Mr Webster in season to make his papers on the 4th March next.
I am Sir very Respectfully your Obt. Servant R Day

State of New York County of Cayuga ss Nathan Webster of Venice in the County of Cayuga being duly sworn deposos and says that he is the same person mentioned in the accompanying certificate issued to Nathan Webster of the State of Ohio who was a private in the army of the "Revolution" by which he is entitled in conformity to the law of the United States of the 7 th June 1832 to receive fifty five dollars and sixty six cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4 th of March 1831 and payable semi annually on the fourth of March and fourth of September in every year - which said certificate is dated on the 23 rd day of March 1833 - that at the time said certificate was issued he resided in the town of Parkman in the County of Geauga and State of Ohio - that in the month of September last, and since the time of drawing the last instalment by virtue of said certificate he removed from that place to the town of Venice in the County of Cayuga and State of New York where he has resided ever since and where he intends to spend the remainder of his days, and he therefore wishes his name transferred from the agency of Ohio at Pittsburgh to the Agency of New York City in the State of New York -
Sworn this 30 th day of January 1834 before me
John Grover Justice of the Peace
Nathan Webster
I certify my opinion that the said Webster is a man of truth and veracity - John Grover Justice of the Peace

State of New York Cayuga County } ss Nathan Webster Jr of Venice in said County being duly sworn deposes and says that he is a Son of the said Nathan Webster mentioned and described in the foregoing affidavit made by him, and knows him to be the same person he therein represents himself to be. And further saith not Sworn this 30 day of January } Nathan Webster 1834 before me John Grover Jr Justice of the Peace
I certify my opinion that said Nathan Webster Junior is a man of truth & veracity John Grover Justice
State of New York Cayuga County, Clerks office } ss. I certify that John Grover Esq. is a Justice of the Peace of said County; and I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe that his signatures to the foregoing affidavits & the certificates accompanying them are genuine.
With my hand & the seal of said County, this 30th day of January A.D. 1834 J. H. Millerd Dep. Clerk

Rec. of Paymt. in G. A. O. on this
Special of Pension.
(no Rec brch.)

Nathan Webster $55.66 a yr. Conn Militia (1st Lt) Mch 23, 1833 placed on pension roll Pension commenced. ✓ Mch 4, 1831 - 80 yrs old From Ohio Pittsburg Agency from Sept 4, 1833
Cayuga County - N.Y.

arrear to 4/mar/1833 111.32 due allowance end - 9/4/33 27.83 $139.15
BE 132 VE
2/20/34 trans new york

Mr. Manning No. 393
Reconciliation and Clearance Division (4 reff.)
Gen. Accounting Office
Wash D.C. ✓

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING: Whereas, there has been deposited in the hands of the said [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] the sum of [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] for and on account of [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] Witnesseth, the hand and seal of the said [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] Given under my hand and the seal of the said [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] this [illegible] day of [illegible] in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [illegible] and of the Independence of the United States the [illegible]

December 6, 1941
Mrs. W. W. Smith 2851 Grinstead Drive Louisville, Kentucky
DAC-B
WEBSTER, Nathan
no 201 12-16-41 H Dear Madam:
Receipt is acknowledged of your letter, referred to below. The letter is receiving attention and you will be advised relative to the subject-matter thereof at the earliest practicable date.
Date of letter: Undated
Subject. Relative to certain payments made in the case of the above-captioned pensioner.
Very truly yours,
S. Knowlden H. V. STIRLING, Director of Finance.

IDENTIFICATION AND DATA SLIP
Payee NATHAN WEBSTER
Number assigned ( C I )
War WWI
Rate, $ _____ Code Classification _____
Date 11-29-41 Clerk ap
DATA FOR CORRESPONDENCE OR DISPOSITION
(Use reverse side if additional space is necessary) (MUST BE INITIALED AND DATED BY CLERK SUPPLYING DATA)

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON
CLAIMS DIVISION IN REPLY PLEASE QUOTE Serv-154072-EX
NOV 24 1941
Pension Service, Veterans' Administration, Washington, D. C.
Sirs:
Forwarded herewith for attention is inquiry from Regina C. Smith, 2851 Grinstead Drive, Louisville, Kentucky, relative to the number of payments received by one Nathan Webster on account of pension; the date of discontinuance of the pension; and record of his death.
The correspondent has been advised of this reference.
For the Comptroller General of the United States.
Respectfully,
H. Lansche Claims Reviewer.
Inclosure okja
C 154072-1 154072-2 154072-3 RT

Serv-15,072-MAK
Pension Service, Veterans' Administration, Washington, D. C.
Sirs:
Forwarded herewith for attention is inquiry from Regina C. Smith, 2851 Grinstead Drive, Louisville, Kentucky, relative to the number of payments received by one Nathan Webster on account of pension; the date of discontinuance of the pension; and record of his death.
The correspondent has been advised of this reference.
For the Comptroller General of the United States.
Respectfully,
Claims Reviewer.
Inclosure hp

_____
_____
No rec in Pension Index of War of 1812 11-13-43 ED
January 8, 1942
Service-154072-MAK
General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C.
DAC-B
WEBSTER, Nathan
at Archives War of 1812 - 3/20/43 Send to Archives ngm 11/10/42
Gentlemen:
Receipt is acknowledged of your letter of November 24, 1941 forwarding to this Administration a communication from Regina C. Smith, 2851 Grinstead Drive, Louisville, Kentucky relative to the number of payments received by one Nathan Webster on account of pension, the date of discontinuance of the pension and the record of his death.
It is noted statement is made in letter addressed to Mrs. Smith by National Archives that pension certificate No. 7,721 was issued March 23, 1833 to Nathan Webster, rate $55.66 per annum Act of June 7, 1832, New York Agency (transferred from Ohio (Pittsburgh) Agency).
There is no further payment information on this case on file in this Administration and the above-cited communication is therefore returned.
Very truly yours,
(Signed)
M. M. SNELL, Chief of Subdivision
Enc. (1)
READY FOR FILE JAN 9 1942 Spalton
PJ:DSP PK RD

Revman
14814 INVALID.
1918 Nov. 1. History to Francis B. Culver, P.
File No. 14 817
Nathan Webster
Pr. New War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 408
[Arrangement of 1870.]

HERALDRY
NEALOGY
BIOGRAPHY
MEMBER OF SCIONS OF COLONIAL CAVALIERS SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIETY WAR OF 1812
FRANCIS B. CULVER
2203 NORTH CHARLES STREET BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
MEMBER OF MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY THE ORDER OF WASHINGTON KNIGHTS OF GOLDEN HORSESHOE ORDER OF LAFAYETTE
27 OCT. 1918
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions:
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: Referring to the written communication from your Bureau requesting more complete data for the purpose of identification of Nathan Webster , whose Revolutionary War record, and personal data are desired, I beg to state that the said Nathan Webster was placed on your Pension Records 23 March 1833, for service as a private in the Connecticut Militia during the Revolution. He was transferred from the Ohio (Pittsburgh Agency) and was living at time of application granted, in Cayuga County, New York.
He served in Capt. Seth Smith's Company; also in Capt. John Mills' Company, 2 nd Conn. Regt. also in Capt. James Judson's Company Militia. Light Horse, in Major John Skinner's Regiment of Connecticut.
As before stated, he was placed on Pension Rolls 23 March 1833, as from Cayuga County, New York, originally from Ohio (Pittsburgh Agency).
Yours truly,
Francis B. Culver

V.L.M.
Rev. War Section.
2-1985
Rev War H
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
October 18, 1918.
Mr. Francis B. Culver, 2203 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 9 th instant, you are advised that in order to identify a Revolutionary War claim if on file for Nathan Webster the subject of your inquiry, in addition to his full name some of the following data is essential: the name of some officer under whom he served, place of residence at enlistment and after service, approximate dates of his birth and death and given name of his widow.
Very respectfully,
J. M. Cartwright
Commissioner.
Placed on Pension Rolls 2 March 1822 residing in Cayuga Co. N.Y. transferred from Ohio (Pittsburgh agency)