Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43232, Mason Wattles, Continental Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Wattles, Mason
S. 43232
Mass
{ B.L.H. 2301-300 - Capt. Issued May 21, 1798. No papers.
CONTENTS

New York Rolls.
979
Mason Wattles, Captain, 4 Colo Nixon Mass
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 d of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th of June 1818, and sent to the Hon. R. Riker, New York.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818
5 months 23/30
Nixon
$102.38
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Massachusetts Line 8 years
W. Broom Deed - see roll.

State of New-York.
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, ss.
I, BENJAMIN FERRIS, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County,
Do hereby certify, That Richard Riker, Esq.
before whom the annexed Affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavits were made and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New-York and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further, that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New-York, and that the signature of R. RIKER subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand writing of the said Richard Riker.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this twenty second day of April 181 8
Benj. Ferris Clerk

Mason Wallis
Officer
Officer
6 th Massachusetts Rgt.
Correct

State of New-York, ss.
To the Hon. Richard Riker
Recorder of the City of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New-York.
The Declaration under Oath of Mason Wattles formerly a Captain — engaged in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, now a Citizen of the United States and resident of the City and County  Town of Union in the County of Broome in the State of New-York, respectfully sheweth,
THAT the said Mason Wattles sometime in the Month of April 1775 he entered into the Army of the United States as a Volunteer that in the latter end of that year he received an Ensigns Commission that he served in that Capacity until sometime in the beginning of the year 1777 he received a first Lieutenants Commission in the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col d Thomas, upon that he served in that Capacity until sometime in the year 1779 when he was promoted to a Captaincy in the said Regiment and that he continued to serve in that Capacity in the said Sixth Regiment until the Termination of the Revolutionary War
And the declaration further sheweth, that the said Mason Wattles  born in the County of Rensselaer in the State of New-York is now a citizen of the United States, resides in the city of New-York, and is, by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support
Therefore the said Mason Wattles conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," approved 18th March, 1818, and requests your Honor will examine into the truth of the matter aforesaid, certify and transmit

the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case made and provided. And in support of the facts above set forth, the said Mason Wattles refers to a certain Patent for several thousand acres of land town lots N o 3,485 in the first, in the eighth Township in the Eleventh range of the 2 nd tract appropriated for the satisfying Warrants for Military Services bearing date the first day of February 1805 granted to the said Mason Wattles a Captain in the late Army of the United States in consideration of his Military Services signed by Thomas Jefferson then President of the United States
City and County of New-York, ss. Mason Wattles of the City and County of New-York being duly sworn, saith, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Sworn before me this Second day of April — 1818, }
L. W. Hays
P. P. Pike
Records of the City of New-York
City and County of New-York, ss. Samuel Young of the Town of Mount Pleasant in the County of Westchester and State
of New-York being sworn, saith, that he is well acquainted with Mason Wattles the above applicant that he knew him from some time in the year 1777 until the commencement of the Revolutionary War that he held Mason Wattles as a Lieutenant until some time in the year 1779 when this Deponent was informed he was promoted to a captaincy
Sam l Young
Sworn before me this Second day of April — 1818 }
P. P. Pike
Rec d

City and State of NEW-YORK, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this second day of April — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me Richard Riker Recorder of the City of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record, personally appeared the aforesaid
Mason Wattles
who being by me duly sworn to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing Declaration and
he having also produced the original affidavits of Samuel Young & Theodore Fowler, which were known to me as true to the patent of President Jefferson as stated above.
WHEREUPON I being satisfied that the said Mason Wattles did serve in the army of the United States on the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit: for the term and the manner stated in the Declaration of the said applicant; and that the said applicant is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid. THEREFORE I DO HEREBY CERTIFY and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said Court, in the City of NEW-YORK, this second day of April — in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
R. Riker

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GENERAL LAND OFFICE WASHINGTON
Oct. 2, 1917.
ADDRESS ONLY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE
Advising.
The Commissioner, Of Pensions. My dear Mr. Saltzgaber:
Replying to your letter of September 24, 1917, respecting the location of bounty land warrant No. 2301 for 300 acres,
"issued May 21, 1798 on account of the service of Captain Mason Wattles of Massachusetts Continental Line, Army of the Revolution,"
you are advised that after an extensive search of the records of this office, relating to the Revolutionary War, I am unable to identify the issuance and location of the warrant to which you refer.
As Massachusetts is one of the original thirteen states, which gave bounty lands to their soldiers for services in the Revolutionary War, it is probable that the soldier to whom you refer received
Note: awd. Oct. 10, 1917
This claim has no bearing on the case at all as the Warrant quoted was recorded on the U.S. Bounty Lands issued prior to 1800 - see old record book

736954 "K" HWH
a grant of land from the state of Massachusetts, he being a soldier of the Continental Line of that State.
Very respectfully,
D. K. Farnols
Acting Assistant Commissioner.

Madam;
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Mason Wattles S. F. 43 232 , 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. In April 1775 entered the service as a volunteer; the end of the year was commissioned as ensign, the beginning of 1777 was commissioned as 1st Lieut in Col Thomas Nixon's 6 mrs regt; in 1779 was promoted to Captain, 8 mrs regt. and served as such until the end of the war.
Battles engaged in, None stated.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Not stated
Date of application for pension, April 2. 1818.
Residence at date of application, Union Broome Co N.Y.
Age at date of application, Not stated.
Remarks: No family data.

43 232
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 43 232
Mason Fatties
Capt Gen Ind
Act: 1 st March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 536
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1906 June 30- History to Mrs. Luther Derwent. M.B.H.
1906, Sept. 14- Mrs. Luther Derwent advised no date of birth, M.B.H.
1917 Sept. 24, Com. Gen. Land Office for location of bounty land warrant aw

Rockford Chapter
MRS. LUTHER DERWENT, Regent MISS JESSIE I. SPAFFORD, Vice Regent MRS. E. A. IRVINE, Rec. Sec'y. MISS FRANCES E. WALKER, Cor. Sec'y. MRS. CHAS. E. SHELDON, Registrar MRS. PERCY H. STEVENS, Treas. MRS. W. F. BARNES, Historian MRS. H. W. TAYLOR, Chaplain
Bureau of Pensions Did Abijah Gregory a priv rate in the fifth Reg of Connect- icut Inf in Col. David Waterbury of Stamford Conn.

her a pension and also in contain his birth and death date - I need these for old military to the D.A.R here - Also does the pension of Capt. Mason Wootles contain his birth date - I shall be greatly obliged if I can get these dates at once -
Yours sincerely
Mrs. Lutha Dornan 110 Sheridan St Rockford Ills

COPY.
L.M.H.
Sept. 15, 1906.
Mrs. Luther Derwent, No. 118 Sheridan Street, Rockford, Illinois.
Madam:-
In reply to your letter without date, received on the 10th instant, you are advised that the papers in the claim of Nattles  Watters , Survivor's File No. 43232, fail to show the date of his birth.
A careful search of the records of this Bureau fails to show that a claim for pension was filed for the service of Abijah Gregory, Connecticut service, Revolutionary War.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

MILITARY SECRETARY'S OFFICE
1140665
WAR DEPARTMENT
Rockford, Ill. June - , 1906.
Mason Wattles Capt., Mass. Rev. War. Co. _____, Reg't _____
Mrs. Luther Derwent Wants to know where record of birth date and name of first wife of above can be found.
WRAPPER.
(M.S.O. 128)
Address: "The Military Secretary, War Department, Washington, D. C."
1140665
WAR DEPARTMENT,
THE MILITARY SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, June 22, 1906.
Respectfully returned to
Mrs. Luther Derwent, Rockford, Illinois.
The Revolutionary war records filed in this Department are of a military character and afford no information such as that requested within.
It is suggested as a possibility that, if a pension was granted on ac- count of the service of the officer in question, the desired information can be obtained from the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
If not here where can we find trace of Capt. Mason Wattles which we keep pay & the name of his wife -
H. M. McArthur The Military Secretary.
(M.S.O. 72-1)

ROCKFORD CHAPTER
MRS. LUTHER DERWENT, Regent MRS. CARRIE S. BRETT, Vice Regent MRS. E. A. IRVINE, Rec. Sec'y MRS. WILLIAM J. BURR, Cor. Sec'y MRS. H. H. HAMILTON, Registrar MISS ELEANOR WOODRUFF, Treas. MRS. W. F. BARNES, Historian
War Department - Washington D.C. - Capt. Mason Wattles enlisted in Mass on is looking in birth date and name of first wife - He was retired on half pay.

Where can we find the record - He was a Rev. S. L. Allen -
Yours sincerely
Mr. Luther DeMuth - Rockford Ills -
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This Certifies that Mason Wallis joined in the Revolutionary war between America and Great Britain as a Continental officer and at the close of the war with the rank of a Captain in the regular army New York 2 nd April 1818
The undersigned a Captain in 2 nd New York Regt. Sworn this 2 nd April 1878 P. P. Pike

CW Rev. War Section.
Sept. 24, 1917.
The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
For use in connection with the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau you are requested to furnish the location of the bounty land warrant No. 2301 for three hundred acres, which issued May 21, 1798, on account of the services of Captain Mason Wattles of the Massachusetts Continental Line, Army of the Revolution.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.