Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2,033, Nathaniel Hix West, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R.I.
West Nathaniel Hix Nelly
N. 2,033
CONTENTS
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No 19,970
Rhode Island
Nathaniel Hix West
of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Throop & Barr of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Richmond in the Rhode Island line, for the term of One year from November 1775 to November 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 rd day of August 1828.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd of September 1828 and sent to John R Richmond Esq. Bristol R. Island
  Arrears to 4th of Septm r 1828  3. 38    Semi-ann. all ce ending 1 st of March 1829  48. 00     51 38  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March, 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
Lib to S.S. Smith until Aug 24. 1846

Rhode Island
Kitty West
widow of Nathaniel H. West
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a
Private R I Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
90 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March. 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
8 th day of Dec r 1847
and sent to
Alfred Bosworth Warren R. I.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 28/1848, Page 119 Vol. 1
July
P.
Adm

United States of America. Rhode Island District. County of Bristol ss. Court of Common Pleas, January Term A.D. 1826.
Personally appeared here in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for the County of Bristol aforesaid, Nathaniel Hias West, Aged Seventy five Years, residing in the Town of Bristol, in said County Laboure, who being first duly Sworn according to law, doth on his Oath declare and say, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows (in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818. and May first 1820.) to wit, that he enlisted for One Year in the Month of November A.D. 1775. as a private Soldier into a Company under the Command of Captain Billings Throop, belonging to Col. William Richmond's Regiment, which Company and Regiment was of the Army of the United States, and of the Rhode Island Line, that after the Death of said Throop, Caleb Carr succeeded to the Command of said Company, that during said Year for which the affiant enlisted as aforesaid, he was with said Company on Rhode Island, was in an engagement upon Prudence, was at the Battle on Long Island and received an honourable discharge from said Army after having served out the term for which he enlisted.
And I the said Nathaniel Hias West do furthermore solemnly Swear, that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March, Eighteen Hundred & Eighteen, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so 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 Eighteen Hundred and Eighteen, 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. -
Witness Rich d Smith Clk
Nathaniel his X His West mark
A Schedule of the property and income (nursery Clothing and Bedding excepted of Nathaniel His West.
  Six old Windsor Chairs } 1. -   one pine, and one old maple table }   pair Iron Dogs - Iron Shovel & tongs " 30   1 Axe, one Hoe, one Rake - - - - - " 75   1 Iron pot, 1 Kettle, 6 Iron Spoons " 75   6 Tea cups & Saucers, 1 Coffe pot, one } 2. 25   old Maple dish, 1 Chest drawers - - -   1 quill Wheel, 2 pails, 1 Iron Candlestick - " 75   5. 80 
And the affiant further declares that he is too infirm for labour, is bent down with the infirmities of age and must suffer without the aid of his Country.
Witness Rich d Smith Clk
Nathaniel his X His West mark
On the Second Day of the Term of said Court, the above Inventory of Nathaniel His West being rendered by him, and sworn to as above, the said Court had the same under consideration, & thereupon did consider, appraise, and adjudge the same to be of the value of Five Dollars and Eighty Cents, & no more -
Attest. Rich d Smith Clk
States Office Court of Common Pleas

Clerks Office Court of Common Pleas County of Bristol
I do hereby certify, that the foregoing two pages contains a true Copy, from the original Record in this Office. and that said Court of Common Pleas, is a Court of Record. —
In Testimony whereof, I do hereby set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court at Bristol, this Fourth day of February in the year 1826.
Rich d Smith Clerk
State of Rhode- Island &c.
Bristol Sc.
Be it known to all whom it may concern that Richard Smith whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate is known to me as Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bristol & Nathaniel Bullock is also known to me as a justice of the Peace in & for the said County and that full faith & credit are due to their respective attesta- tions & acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this ninth day of February A.D. 1826
John Howe Pub. Notary

I Caleb Carr of Warren in the County of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island, aged eighty two years, do testify and say, that I was Lieutenant in Captain Billings Throop's company, Richmond's Regiment of the Rhode Island line, in November 1775, and after the death of said Throop I succeeded him in the office of Captain of said company, and continued in the service till 1779- and I do well recollect Nathaniel Hix West, then and still of Bristol, in said county, and I do further testify, that said Nathaniel Hix West was a private soldier in said company, and that he enlisted into said company in November 1775 for one year, and that he continued in said company as a private, during that time and conducted himself as this deponent can testify as a good & faithful soldier, and was finally hon- orably discharged - But this deponent living at a distance of more than four miles from said West is not particularly acquainted with his pecuniary circumstances but knows he never had much property, and believes that he is now destitute of property, and needs the assistance of his country
Caleb Carr
State of Rhode Island
Warrenton Feb 4 th 1826-
Personally came Caleb Carr, the subscriber of the above deposition and made solemn oath to the truth thereof before me Nathl. Bullock Jus Peace
State of Rhode Island

The State of Rhode Island &c Bristol ss Bristol, June 7 th 1826
I, Nathaniel Bullock, the same Magistrate before whom the annexed depositions of Caleb Carr, Samuel Hicks, Thomas Diman, and Henry Wight, purport to have been taken and sworn to, do hereby certify that I am acquainted, with said several de- ponents, respectively and that they are each and every of them credible witnesses and men of undoubted veracity
Nath l Bullock J us Peace
State of Rhode Island &c.
Bristol ss. I Richard Smith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Bristol in the State aforesaid, being a Court of Record and having unlimited Jurisdiction in point of amount, and I do hereby certify that it is such; and I do further certify that Nathaniel Bullock Esquire whose Signature appears above upon this paper is at present a Justice of the Peace for the said County and has been such for more than Year last past. and I do further certify that his Signature above and also his Signatures under the Deposition of Caleb Carr, Samuel Hicks, Thomas Diman & Henry Wight are his own proper hand writing and I do further certify that said Justice of the Peace is fully empowered to administer Oaths.
In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and Seal of said Court at Bristol this Seventh Day of June in the Year 1826.
Rich d Smith Clk

I, Samuel Hicks of Warren in the County of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island, Esquire, aged seventy eight years, do testify and say, that I was first a Sergeant and afterward ensign in Captain Caleb Garni Company, in Colonel William Richmond's Regiment, in the Rhode Island Line, from November 1775, for one year, and afterward in further service in the army, and I do further testify that during said first year, from November 1775 to November 1776, Nathaniel Hip West of Bristol was a private soldier in said company, and served the whole of said year, - And I do further testify that in the course of said year, I recollect that said West was with said company in a skirmish at Providence, also that he was in the engagements on Long Island, but in what other engagements, this deponent does not rec- ollect, He also testifies that said West was an obedient and faithful soldier - This deponent does further testify, that he has always been ac- quainted with said West and knows he has al- ways been a hard labouring man, that he never possessed but very little property and believes he has expended that for a support, and that he is now too infirm for labour - and further the deponent saith not
Samuel Hicks
At Warren this Feb. 6 th 1826 Personally came Samuel Hicks the subscriber to the above deposition and made solemn oath to the truth thereof before me Nathan B. Bullock J. Peace

I, Thomas Dinnon of Bristol, in the county of Bristol, Esquire, aged seventy nine years, do testify and say that I have been intimately acquainted with Nathaniel Higgs West of the said Bristol, labourer, from my boyhood, and am now a neighbour of his, that said West has been always an industrious and honest man, and by his personal labour has till within a few years been able to provide a comfortable support for himself & family, that of late he has become very infirm and unable to labour but a very little, that he is now poor and as this deponent believes must hereafter depend on public charity for support unless he shall procure assistance from his country that he has also an aged wife and that tho' he has several children he has none who has it in their power to support him, as they are themselves all day labourers and have families of their own and are also poor.
Thomas Dinnon
State of Rhode Island &c
Bristol 4th February 1826
Personally came Thomas Dinnon, the above subscribing deponent and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition and subscribed the same
Before me Nath l Bullock pro Reum

I, Henry Wight of Bristol, in the County of Bristol Pastor of the Congregational Society & Church in said town, and aged seventy years, do testify & say that I am acquainted with Nathaniel H is West of Bristol aforesaid, Labourer, and have been ac- quainted with him for many years, and I do further testify that said West is a sober, in- dustrious and this deponent believes a pious man, that he has become too aged and infirm to do much bodily labour and is now poor, that he has an aged wife, and this de- ponent believes he really stands in need of the assistance of his country, that this de- ponent has no particular knowledge of what service the said West rendered during the war of the Revolution as he, the deponent did not at that time reside in Bristol, but from what he has always understood from those who were in the public service, he has no doubt that said West was a soldier in Captain Moor's company long enough to entitle him to a pension - and further the deponent says not -
Henry Wight
State of Rhode Island
Bristol ss Bristol, February 10 th 1826 - Personally came the Rev Henry Wight, the above subscribing deponent and made solemn oaths to the truth of the above deposition
before me Nath l Bullock Justice

Know all Men by these presents that I Nathaniel H West of Bristol in the county of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island & C yeoman - in consideration of the sum of two hundred dollars to me in hand well and truly paid by son William E West of the same Bristol labourer the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge do hereby give grant sell and convey unto the said William E West his heirs and assigns forever one acre and a half acre of land being the most southerly part of my Asher lot so called bounded Easterly on the back road so called southerly on land of the heirs of Nathaniel Howland dec. Westerly on land of said heirs & Northerly partly on land of said Asher lot the Northerly line to be parallel with the line between heirs land and the land hereby granted on the South and to run across said Asher lot so as to embrace just one acre & half acre of land as aforesaid. To have and to hold the same to the said William E. West his heirs and assigns to his and their use and behoof forever and I do covenant with the said William E. West his heirs and assigns that I am lawfully seized in fee of the premises that they are free of all incumbrances that I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said William - West his heirs & assigns and that I will warrant and defend the same to the said William E. West his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twentieth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one and of American Independence the
3 3 3
Nathaniel H his West marks
John W Brown H. Smith
3 3 3
Bristol Jc Bristol Ap. 9 1821
Then the above named Nathaniel H West personally appearing acknowledged the above written instrument to be his voluntary act and deed before me
John W Brown J. Pea

State of Rhode Island & C. Town Clerks Office
Bristol July 6 th A.D. 1827
I do hereby Certify that the within is a true Copy from the records in this office Intestimony whereof I hereto set my official seal
Am Reynolds Town Clerk

Know all Men by these Presents, that I
Nathaniel H West of Bristol in the County of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island Yeoman in consideration of the sum of Two hundred dollars to me in hand well and truly paid by son William E. West of the same Bristol Labourer
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell and convey unto the said William E. West his heirs and assigns forever one acre and a half one acre of land being the Most Southerly part of my Asker lot, so called bounded Easterly on the back road South- easterly on land of the heirs of Nathaniel Howland dec. westerly on land of said heirs and Northerly partly on land of said Asker lot, the Northerly line to be par- allel with the line between heirs land and the land hereby granted on the South and to run across said Asker lot so as to embrace just one acre & half acre of land as aforesaid
To HAVE AND TO HOLD the same to the said William E West his Heirs and Assigns to his and their use and behoof forever.
AND I do covenant with the said William E West his Heirs and Assigns, that I am lawfully seized in Fee of the Premises, that they are free of all Incumbrances, that I have good Right to sell and convey the same to the said William West his heirs and assigns and that I will Warrant and Defend the same to the said William E West his Heirs and Assigns forever, against the lawful Claims and Demands of all Persons.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this twentieth day of March in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and twenty one and of American Independence the his
SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED, IN PRESENCE OF US,
Nathl H West  Mark
John W Brown J G Smith
Received this DEED for Record at _____ o'clock _____ noon. WITNESS _____ T. CLERK. This DEED is recorded in page _____ of Book No. _____ of Land-Evidence, for _____ T. CLERK. WITNESS _____
Bristol Bristol R.I. - 1821 THEN the above named
Nathaniel H West
personally appearing, acknowledged the above- written Instrument to be his voluntary act and deed before me,
John W Brown J.P.

I certify that this is the copy of the Deed referred to by the Deponent, and is by me annexed to his Deposition.
John R. Richmond Just Peace

Received this deed for record April 9 - 1821 at two O'clock after noon and recorded the same day
witness John W Brown S. Clerk
Town Clerk's Office
Bristow Sept. 10 th 1824
I do hereby certify the above and foregoing to be a true copy from the record in this office
John Reynolds Town Cle

I, William E. West of Providence, in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island & District, on solemn oath do depose and say that on the 20 th day of March A.D. 1821 I purchased of my Father Nathaniel H. West of Bristol, the piece of Land described in a deed of which the annex'd is a true copy — and paid him the consideration therein expressed, — And I do further testify & say that the whole transaction was bona fide and that my Father was at that time in debt and was under the necessity of disposing of said piece of Land — And I do further testify, that the piece of Land so purchased by me was by far the most valuable part of what was called the Ulver Lot — — and that the same Lot, a piece of Land would not now command half the price which I paid for it —
William E. West
Bristol ss { Bristol September 22. 1827
Personally came William E. West, Subscriber to the above deposition, and made solemn oath to the truth thereof, before me, and I do hereby certify, that the said deponent sustains the character of being a man of strict veracity and creditability. John R. Richmond, Justice of Peace

I Edward Usher of Bristol Town and County, State of Rhode Island & Geoman, aged sixty five Years do testify and say — That a Number of years since, say fifteen or sixteen, I sold Nathaniel Hicks West of said Bristol, a Lot of Land, containing I think about four acres, that said West paid me at about the time of the purchase a part of the purchase money, that about this time said West lost, a part of his property which was always very small, by the insolv- ency of a Mr Whitcomb, that said West thereby did not pay me, until some time in the year 1821, and after he had sold a part of said Lot to his Son William and I presume, he raised the money to pay out of that sale — I also testify that said West is now poor, and his Land fell upon his hands while he was in debt for it, so that he is now entirely destitute of property and further your deponent saith not —
Edward Usher
Bristol R. Bristol Decm 6 th 1827
Personally came Edward Usher the Signer of the above Deposition, and made solemn oath, to the truth of the same before me — John V Richmond Justice of Peace
And I do further certify that the said Edward Usher is a man of credibility J V Richmond Justice of Peace

Bristol sc.
The State of Rhode Island &c. Clerks Office, Court of Common Pleas, December 6 th A.D. 1827.
I Richard Smith, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Bristol, and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that John R. Richmond, before whom, the annexed deposition of William E. West and Edward Elsher, purport to have been taken, and certified, is, at present, & has been for more than one year, last past, a Justice of the Peace, and Notary Public, for the said County of Bristol, and as such, is qualified to take evidence & administer Oaths to Witnesses, both in, and out of Court, and that full faith & credit are due to his acts & doings, both as a Justice and Notary Public.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Bristol, the day & year above written. -
Rich d Smith Clerk

I, Samuel Bosworth of Bristol, in the County of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island, Esquire, aged seventy years do testify and say that I have been well acquainted from my infancy with two different persons both living in said Bristol, one of the name of Nathaniel West and one by the name of Nathaniel Hip West, who are cousins, one being the son of William West & the other of John West, long since deceased, and I do further testify that I was quarter master sergeant of Col William Richmond Regiment during the Revolutionary war and belonged to Captain Caleb Gavis company, to which said Na- thaniel Hip West & said Nathaniel West both belonged, that I well recollect them both, that they I enlisted at the same time with them both, which was for one year, and that they as well as myself served out the time, and that all three of us were dis- charged from the service at the same time
Sam l Bosworth
Bristol for Bristol, March 13 th 1826.
Personally came Samuel Bosworth the above subscribing deponent and made solemn oaths to the truth of his aid deposition
Before me Nath l Bullock for Deane

I Lemuel W. Briggs of Bristol, in the County of Bristol, in the State of Rhode Island, Port master of said town, do testify and say that there is one person in said Bristol, by the name of Nathaniel West and another & different person by the name of Nathaniel Hix West, both still living, that I am well acquainted with them both, and that Nathaniel West to whom a pension has been granted is not the same person who is now applying for a pension by the name of Nathaniel Hix West, both are aged men in fine and poor and as their deponents believe stand in need of the assistance of their country Lemuel W. Briggs
Bristol Bristol, March 13 th 1826
Personally came Lemuel W. Briggs the subscriber to the above deposition and made solemn oath to the truth thereof
Before me Nath l Bullock Jas Dean

I Richard Smith of Bristol in the county of Bristol, in the State of Rhode Island, Esquire, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County, do testify and say that for more than fifty years last past, I have been acquainted with Nathaniel West of said Bristol, who has received a pension from the United States, and that I have been as long acquainted with another person of the name of Nathaniel West also of said Bristol, who made his deposition for a pension at the last Term of the Court of Common Pleas for this County, that the latter lives about a mile from my residence, & the former but a few rods, that they are entirely different & distinct persons, tho' cousins to each other, that both are aged men & infirm and need the assistance of their country and further the deponent saith not
Rich d Smith
Bristol
Bristol, March 13 th 1826.
Personally came Richard Smith the subscriber to the above deposition and made solemn oath to the truth thereof.
Before me Nath l Bullock For Clerk

The State of Rhode Island &c
Bristol June 7 th 1826
I, Nathaniel Bullock, the same Magistrate before whom the preceding depositions of Samuel Bosworth, Samuel W. Briggs & Richard Smith, purport to have been taken & sworn to, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with each & all of said deponents and I do certify that they are respectively cred- ible witnesses and of undoubted truth and veracity Nath l Bullock Justice Peace
State of Rhode Island &c Bristol ss.
I Richard Smith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Bristol, in the State aforesaid, being a Court of Record, and having unlimited Jurisdiction in point of amount, and I do certify it to be such, do certify that Nathaniel Bullock Esquire is at present a Justice of the Peace for said County, and has been such for more than a year last past, and that the signature purporting to be his above upon this paper and also his signatures to the Depositions of Samuel Bosworth, Samuel W. Briggs and Richard Smith contained on this same sheet are the proper hand writing of the said Bullock, and I do further certify, that he has full power and ever has had full power for more than a year last past as Justice of the Peace to administer Oaths
In Testimony whereof I, hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Bristol, this Seventh Day of June in the year 1826.
Rich d Smith Clk.
Richard Smith

Deposition of Edw. Sher relation to Natl. H. H. West Pension
h hat on val D 3 D 1 h

I William E. West, now of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, distiller, deposed and say, that at the time, my Father Nathaniel H. West, conveyed to me a part of the Urker lot, that is to say in March 1821, his motive so far as I could judge, was merely to pay his debts, that neither at, nor before that time, had I ever heard him express any intention of procuring a a pension, nor did he even to my knowledge contemplate applying for one, until after he had become too infirm for labour, and entirely incapable thereof — That at the time of said Conveyance, I had a family of my own, and did not live with my Father — that I then resided, however, in Bristol and went into the improvement of the land and held it until I came to Providence, where I have ever since resided, that the land is still improved by a Mr Peckham under me, that as to the application of the proceeds of the purchase of said Lot, I cannot positively say, further than that my Father was then indebted to Edward Urker, and had been urged for payment by him, and soon after I had settled for the Lot, I found that Urker was paid, and I do not know, nor believe that my Father had, at that time, any other means of paying said debt, but that, with which I furnished him for the same. William E. West

State of Rhode Island ss. Burlol ss. August 23. 1828
Personally came William C. West, Subscriber to the above Deposition & made solemn oath to the truth thereof, before me - And I do hereby certify, that the said Deponent, sustains the character of being a man of strict veracity & credibility. John R. Richmond Justice of Peace

New Evidence
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I, Edward Urner of Bristol, in the State of Rhode Island & Koman, being called upon again to testify in behalf of Nathaniel Hix, West, an applicant for a pension, do depose and say, in answer to the following questions —
What proportion of the money that became due to you from said West, on the sale of your Lot to him, was paid after the sale of the Lot to his son in March 1821?
I cannot recollect exactly, but according to the best of my recollection, it was about one hundred fifty or one hundred & sixty Dollars; I am confident, it was as much as one hundred fifty Dollars. —
Did said West ever inform you before he made the last payment for said Land, that he must sell it before he could pay you? —
He told me severall times before that payment, that he must sell his land or some of it before he could pay me — and I have no doubt, he did pay me the very money he had from his son Edward Urner.
State of Rhode Island & Koman Bristol ss. August 23. 1828
Personally came Edward Urner, subscriber to the above Deposition and made solemn oath to the truth thereof before me — and I do hereby certify that said Deposition contains the character of being a man of strict veracity & creditability. John R. Richmond Justice of Peace

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 2d. day of July 29 th  February A.D. 1848.
On this 29 th . day of September A.D. 1849 personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Su- preme Court of the State of Rhode Island &c. being the highest court of Record in said State, Nelly West a resident of Bristol in the county of Bristol in said State aged eighty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 29 th  February 2d. 1848: That She was married to Nathaniel Hicks West on the _____ day of March in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety eight, who was a private soldier in the army of the revolution and served in the manner specified in the act passed the Seventh day of June eighteen hundred and thirty two, entitled "an act supplementary to an act for the re- lief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution" and that her said husband according to the best of her knowledge and belief, obtained a pension under the act of congress of eighteen hundred and eighteen-

She further declares that her husband the aforesaid Nathaniel Hicks West died on the thirtieth day of January A D 1836 and that she has remained his widow ever since that period - as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed, and to the evidence on file in the pension office, connected with the applica- -tion of her said husband for a pension under the said act of eighteen hundred and eighteen -
Witness Alfred Borth
her Nelly X West mark
State of Rhode Island &c } Bristol ss. Thereon Sept. 29th. 1849 }
I certify that the above-named Nelly West personally appearing this day before me, made oath to the truth of the foregoing dec- laration according to law, and signed the same by making her mark in my presence, and in the presence of Alfred Borth, being unable to write her name: I further certify that said declarant is, in my opinion, by rea- son of bodily infirmity, unable to attend court
Levi Hailie Justice of the Supreme Court

This may certify that on the                      day of March Seventeen Hundred and ninety eight Mr. Nathaniel Hicks West of Bristol Rhode Island, was married to Miss Nelly Easterbrooks of Warren Rhode Island. By me
Luther Baker
Minister of the Gospel
Town clerk's office Warren Oct. 4. 1849
I Samuel Randall, town clerk of the town of Warren, in the county of Bristol, in the State of Rhode Island do certify the above is is a true copy of the record of the marriage above named Nathaniel Hicks West and Nelly Easterbrooks on the record of Marriages in his office, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows viz. "on the                      day of March 1798" (The space between "the" and "day" is a blank on the record.
Witness my hand the day and year aforewritten. Samuel Randall Town clerk
I Samuel Randall above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of town clerk of Warren in the county, town and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me - the words "marriage," being interlined in the said certificate before it was signed by me
Samuel Randall Town clerk.
Sworn to before me Alfred Bournworth Justice of the peace

I Joseph Munroe of Bristol in the county of Bristol, in the state of Rhode Island &c. on oath do testify say that I am in my eighty ninth year of age and am a revolutionary pensioner. I was ac- quainted Nathaniel H. West late of Bristol deceased. I knew him in the war of the rebellion and knew that he enlisted into capt. Caleb Burns company in Col. Brays regiment of state troops in the latter part of the year 1876 and served twelve months and was discharged. He then afterwards enlisted into the same company and served fifteen months. He did other service at various times until the army was disbanded the particulars of which I cannot precisely state
Witness Alfred Bowne Paschal Allen
Joseph X Munroe mark

State of Rhode Island &c
Bristol sc. Bristol April 17 1849
Then personally appeared the within named Joseph Munroe and made oath to the truth of the within written affidavit and signed the same with his mark being unable from bodily infirmity to write his name; and I certify that I am acquainted with said Joseph Munroe and that he is a credible person whose statements are entitled to credit, before me
Alfred B. Dorrington Justice of the peace
State

I Amy E Wilson of Bristol in the county of Bristol aged Sixty four years on oath do depone and say that I was well acquainted with Nathaniel Hicks West formerly of Bristol deceased, and am well acquainted with Nelly West his widow. Said Nathaniel Hicks West died at Bristol on the Thirteenth day of January AD 1836 and the said Nelly West has not intermarried since his decease but is now living in Bristol his widow
Amy E Wilson
Bristol fc. Bristol November 7th. 1849 Then personally appeared the above named Amy E. Wilson and signed the foregoing deposition in my presence and made oath to the truth of the same before me: And I certify that said Amy E Wilson is a credible person with whom I am well acquainted and that her testimony is entitled to credit
Alfred Broomfield Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations County of Bristol ss
I. Mr. T. Bennett Clerk of the Supreme Court in the County, and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Levi Waile Esq. is a Justice of the Supreme Court, of said State, being the highest Court of Record in the State and that his signature affixed to the aforesaid certificate is genuine, and also that Alfred Bosworth Esq. is and has been for the last two years a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized and qualified, and that his signature attached to the aforesaid depositions is genuine -
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court. This seventh day of November A.D. 1849 -
M. T. Bennett Clerk of the Supreme Court

Febry 2-1901 Lewis R. Beckford Prov. R. D.
Revtran
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2033
Nelly West, Widow Nathaniel H. West, Prov. Rev. War.
Act: July 29. 1848.
Index:—Vol. M , Page 318
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Providence R.I. Jan 22/1901
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Please send me statement of military record of Nathaniel Hix West who had pension granted Aug - Sept 1828
Very truly
Lewis F. Beckford
224 Carpenter St

2372
Gber
Providence R.I. Oct 29/1900
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Please send me the military record in the war of the Revolution of Nathaniel Hicks West of Bristol R.I. and did he or his widow Nellie Easterbrook West ever receive a pension.?
Also record of James Calder who was on Pension Roll as late as 1841, living with John Calder, Providence R.I.
And oblige Very truly Lewis F. Beckford 224 Carpenter St Prov. R.I.

No 550
Nelly West wid of Nathaniel H. West R.I.
act 29 May 48
Married 1798
Must aid 1834
Adm'd #96 00 per per 4 March 48
Alfred Roseworth Warren R.I.

Warren R.I. Nov. 13 1849
Dear Sir
I herewith forward the claim of Mrs. Kelly West for a pension; and I solicit your attention thereto as early as may be convenient -
Very Respectfully
Yours &c
Alfred Somerset
Wm. J. L. Edwards Commission of Pensions Washington

Nathaniel Dix West. R.I. Act 18 March 1818/96 o
To What time was he last paid? G. B. A.
Pension Office Decr. 1 st 1849
Died 31 Jan y 1836 p o in full W. B.

Bristol R. I. Augt. 20. 1840
Sir,
I am requested by Mrs. Nelly West, widow of the late Mr. Nathaniel Hicks West, who was a pensioner, to enquire if she is not entitled to a Pension, under the Act of July 24. 1838 providing for the widows of the deceased soldiers of the Revolution. Mr. Hicks was married in the year 1796; has received the benefit of a pension three months, under some law, prior to that of 1838, and after which it was stopped. All her papers are now at Nottingham, and can be produced.
In the event I am aware that if Mrs. West has any claim to a pension, she will be obliged to obtain her evidence of the fact anew; but, as I do not wish to subject so poor an old lady to an unprofitable expense, I respectfully ask that you will be kind enough to inform me, if it appears from her papers now in your department, that she has any claim on the bounty of her country:
Yours very Obediently & truly
J. S. Southworth.
Reporter for the Bost. Post.
Hon. J. L. Edmunds
Commissioner of Pensions.
Nottingham. —

I Dute. I. Pearce do upon solemn oath declare and say, that I have examined all the transfers of the estate by Nathaniel Hicks West from 1820 to the present time, and from all and the best information I can get, derived as well from the examination of the records of land evidence in Bristol, as from the parties to the transfers, do declare that they were bona fide made and for a valuable consideration. I further certify that from all I can learn of said West, he is very poor and destitute. —
Dute. J. Pearce
Newport R.I. November 23. 1827.
Sworn to before me
George Burner Justice of the Peace

Hon: James M c Barbour Secretary of War Washington

Bristol / R I / December 7 th 1827
Sir Nathaniel Bullock Elquin, through whom application was heretofore made, by Nathaniel H. West, for a pension, having declined practice, Mr West, some months since, requested me to procure and forward to you, the supplemental evidence required, by your letter to Mr Bullock of the 16 th of July last, to support his claim to said pension.
I have therefore, the Honor, of enclosing that evidence, which I hope and trust, will be found satisfactory. This evidence, would have been sooner transmitted, had not one of the witnesses resided out of Town, and Mr West could not command the means of obtaining the testimony abroad.
If there still exists any doubt of the extreme poverty of the applicant, there is no difficulty, except the expense of establishing the fact.
Yours obed Serv t John R Richmond
Hon: James M c Barbour Secretary of War

J. L. Edwards, Esq. War Department Washington

Bristol, R. I. July 10 th . 1827.
J. L. Edwards, Esquire,
Sir, I now transmit copies of the several deeds from Nathaniel Hix West certified from the records under seal as directed by yours of the 10 th of April, and also return the other evidence heretofore sent you. As the consideration mentioned in the deed of 1821 from the applicant to W. E. West, is greatly disproportionate to the present value of the adjoining land since sold by the applicant, I deemed it proper to explain that circumstance by shewing that the land sold in 1821, was the most valuable, in itself and that the price of all lands in that neighbourhood had declined in value & price. This I trust has been done to the satisfaction of the department, should further proof, however upon the point be thought necessary it can be procured in abundance.
I am very Respectfully
Your Ob st Serv t .
Nath l Bullock

Recd 1 Feb 1828 [Signature]
pen: to com: 23 d Aug. 1828 5
Hon: Peter B. Porter
Secretary at War

Bristol (R I) August 23. 1828.
Sir. Yours of the 15 th December last, requiring further evidence, before a decision could be had relative to the pension of Nathaniel Hix. West, was duly received; and further evidence would have been furnished before this date, had there not existed a hope that Congress, would make provision for Mr West's case in the act passed at their last session.
And since the promulgation of that act there has been no opportunity of examining one of the Deponents until now, without additional expense which the applicant had no means of defraying.
I now return the former depositions of Mr William E. West & Edward Wheeler, and new depositions of the same persons, more fully upon the point, which the Secretary required further proof of, and which I hope and trust will be found sufficient to entitle the applicant to a pension.
I am Sir
Your Ob st Serv t John R Richmond
Hon: Peter B Porter Secretary at War

I, Ichabod Davis of Bristol, in the County of Bristol and State of Rhode Island do certify and say - That I am and have been a Public Auctioneer for several years last past, and as such was called upon to sell the right of Redemption of Nathaniel Hix's West, in a piece of Land containing from somewhere from five to seven acres, There I did accordingly publicly advertise said right of Redemption and did sell the same at public Auction to Samuel Butts, who was the highest bidder, for between Twenty & Twenty five dollars which the  do which the said Butts paid the said West, by giving him a written receipt for so much on account, The sale I have no doubt was a bona fide one and the Land was all that said West possessed and I believe all that he ever owned and the said Butts went into the possession of said Land at or about the time of said sale. Ichabod Davis
State of Rhode Island &c Bristol ss. Bristol March 27 th 1827
Personally came Ichabod Davis the signer of the preceding Deposition and made solemn oath to the truth thereof before me the subscriber - And I do certify that the said Davis is a credible witness and a man of truth and veracity
John R. Richmond Justice of Peace
act & read before me J Davis - Mr. Pease

Copy
I know all men, by these presents, that I Nathaniel Hix, West of Bristol, in the County of Bristol and State of Rhode Island, Suborne, in Consideration of the sum of Twenty one Dollars to me in hand paid, by Samuel Butts of the same Bristol Yeoman, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell and convey unto the said Butts, his heirs, and assigns forever, all my right, title and interest, property, claim and demand which I now have, or of right ought to have or claim in and to those two pieces of Land, Situated in said Bristol, where I now live and adjoining to each other, containing about seven acres, with the house standing on the same, bounded Northerly, by what is called Crooked Lane partly & partly by Land of E. Munro, Westerly on a Lane or drift way Southerly by said Munro, and East by Land of Smith partly & partly and by said Munro — — And I do hereby release, remise and forever quit- claim all my right, title, and interest to the premises aforesaid to him the said Butts his heirs and assigns forever — To have and to hold the same to the said Butts his heirs and assigns, to him and his use and behoof forever — In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 20 th day of December in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five
Signed Sealed & delivered in presence of us Nathaniel Davis John Childwick
Nathaniel Hix his mark
Bristol 20 th December 1825
Personally came N. Hix, West of acknowledged the above written instrument to be his voluntary act & deed before me J Davis - Not Public

I, Samuel Butts of Bristol, in the County of Bristol and State of Rhode Island, do testify and say - That some time past in the month of December Eighteen hundred and Twenty five I purchased of Nathaniel His West of Saia Bristol the right of occupation in a piece of Land lying on the back Road to Calla and near my then residence for Twenty one Dollars, there were previous incumbrances on the property to nearly or quite its value - The old Man was indebted to me to the amount of at least Twenty five Dollars for money I had lent him in small sums from time to time in sickness, for wood, for flour, and other necessaries of life, and when the Land was sold, as it did not bring so much as said West was in hope it would, I gave him three dollars in money and a Receipt for on account for the amount of the Sale - The Sale was at public Auction - it was a very rough and rocky piece of Land. And this Deponent further says that he has never received any thing further on his claim against the said West, nor does he expect to, being sensible that he is too poor to pay him or any other creditor of whom there are several, to the knowledge of this Deponent - And this Deponent testifies that the said West is very poor & has been for the year past destitute of the  many necessaries of life, that he is unfit for labor and depends on charity - The annexed is a true copy of the Deed given me by the said West marked A Samuel Butts

The State of Rhode Island &c Bristol ss. Bristol March 26 th 1827
Personally came Samuel Bull, Jr. the signor of the foregoing Deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me the subscriber — and I do certify that said Bull is a credible witness, and may be relied on for truth and veracity —————
John R. Richmond
Justice of Peace
Bristol ss. State of Rhode Island &c.
Clerks Office, Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Bristol aforesaid.
I Richard Smith Clerk of said Court, do hereby Certify that John R. Richmond Esquire whose name appears above, and whose name appears also under the Deposition of Ichabod Davis on this same sheet is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County, and as such has full power and is duly qualified to administer Oaths — and that the above Signature purporting to his and also the Signature purporting to be his, at the bottom of the Deposition of Ichabod Davis are both his own proper Signatures and in his own hand writing
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court This twenty seventh Day of March A.D. 1827.
Rich d Smith Clerk

Copy I know all men by these presents, that I Nathaniel Hiv. West of Bristol, in the County of Bristol, and State of Rhode Island &c for in consideration of the sum of Three hundred Dollars in hand paid to me by Royall Thrasher of Bristol aforesaid, Yeoman, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby give grant, sell and convey unto the said Thrasher, his heirs and assigns forever all that lot of land, situated in said Bristol where I now live; containing four acres, more or less with the building thereon, said bounded Northerly by crooked Land and land of Ephraim Munro, Easterly by said Munro and Westerly by a Lane, also all that Lot of Land which I bought of Edward Usher, situated on the back road, except that part of said Lot, which I heretofore conveyed to William E. West, for boundaries reference is had to Usher's deed to me & mine to W.E. West So have and to hold the same to the said Thrasher his heirs and assigns to his and their use and behoof forever. And I do covenant with the said Thrasher his heirs and assigns that I am lawfully seised in fee of the premises, that they are free of all encumbrances, that I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said Thrasher & that I will warrant and defend the same to the said Thrasher his heirs and assigns forever against the lawfull claims and demands of all persons, - Provided nevertheless, and the condition of the above written instrument is such, that if I the said Nathaniel Hiv. West my heirs

executors, or administrators, shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid, to the said Shetha his executors, administrators or assigns, the full and just sum of Two hundred, Ninety one Dollars and ten cents on or before the sixth day of December, which shall be in the Year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, tog- ether with lawfull interest for the same until paid, then the above written deed, as also a Note of hand, made by me to the said Shetha for said sum payable at the time aforesaid, shall be void, otherwise shall be and remain in full force and virtue —
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this sixth day of December in the Year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and twenty five. Nathaniel His Mark
Signed sealed & delivered in presence of us Nathaniel Bullock Ichabod Davis
Bristol ss Bristol Jan y 11 th 1825
The the above named Nathaniel His Mark, personally appearing acknowledged the above written instrument to be his voluntary act and deed before me — N. Bullock Justice of Peace

I Royall Thrasher of Bristol, in the County of Bristol And State of Rhode Island, Do testify and say that in the Year Eighteen hundred and sixteen, I accommodated Nathaniel Glix West, with a loan of Two hundred Dollars, in the amount at an interest of six per cent. which the said West, had occasion to hire, to make payment for a piece of Land which he had sometime before purchased, but had not paid for - That said West offered to secure me at that time on the Land, but this Deponent Knowing that said West, was a very industrious and honest man did not think it necessary at that time to exact a Mortgage. The Deponent finding however, sometime afterwards, that said West could not pay the principal & interest, and that he had lost his health and had become so infirm, that there was no probability that he would be even able to pay said money, Calcula- zated the amount due on said note and took a new note therefor and a Mortgage to secure payment thereof on the fifth December sometime in the Year 1825 which note remains unpaid and is secured upon about seven acres of Land formerly belonging to said West and which this Deponent believes is the only Land that was ever owned by said West, said last Note amounts to Two Hundred Ninety one Dollars 75 cents exclusive of interest
Royall Thrasher

The State of Rhode Island ss. Bristol ss. Bristol March 26 th 1827
Personally came Royall Thrasher the signor of the within Deposition and made solemn oath to the truth thereof before me the subscriber - And I do certify that the said Thrasher is a credible witness and a man of the first rate ability for truth and veracity John R. Richmond Justice of Peace
State of Rhode Island ss. Bristol ss. Clerk's Office, Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Bristol aforesaid. -
I Richard Smith Clerk of said Court do hereby Certify that John R. Richmond Esquire whose name appears above is a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County, and as such is duly qualified to administer Oaths - And that the signature above purporting to be his is in his own proper hand writing.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court this twenty seventh day of March A.D. 1827.
Rich d Smith Clerk

I, Nehemiah Cole of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island, Gentleman of lawful age and engaged according to law do testify and say, that I am well acquainted with the lot of land lately owned by Nathaniel H. West and which he pur- chased of Edward Ashford and examined it several times with a view of purchasing it. Of this something like fifteen years past, the lot contained I think about four acres and the price was one hundred dollars per acre, such land was then held at prices twice as high as it has been at for several years past, but I declined purchasing on account of the price and Mrs West bought it. In my opinion this land would not command at the present time fifty dollars per acre, certain lay not more, including that part sold by said West to William E. West, which was the most valuable part of the lot on account of its having had a large number of trees upon it especially locusts, I further testify that in the course of three or four years past a number of lots of land have been sold directly in the neighbourhood of the land in question and I be- lieve that none of them have sold so high as fifty dollars per acre yet some of them lots are much more valuable than Mrs West's lot Nehemiah Cole

Brattle Street, July 10 th 1827
Personally came Nathaniel Colver, the subscriber to the within deposition and made solemn oath to the truth thereof before me, and I do hereby certify that the said Nathaniel Colver is well known to me and that he is a credible witness and of unquestionable veracity.
Nathaniel Colver
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Notary Public

I, Daniel Linsley of Bristol, in the State of Rhode Island do hereby testify & say that, I have often been upon the lot of Land of William B. West, which he purchased of Nathaniel B. West and also under all the Land of the latter and especially upon the whole lot of Land and I am fully of opinion that no part of said lot would sell now or would have sold for several years past for more than fifty dollars per acre, I have often understood that N. H. West paid much higher for his said Land than the price I have mentioned but such lands and indeed most other lands in this town have fallen fifty per cent in the course of seven or eight years past. The south part of the said Asher lot, now owned by William B. West, was heretofore much the most valuable part of that lot on account of a grove of trees of various kinds that stood upon it a few years past but which are now mostly cut away - I know of no lands situated near said Mr. West that have been sold as high as fifty dollars per acre for the last three or four years, tho' a number of such lots have been sold, within that time. Indeed those parts of the town are so situated upon a Bay Road that they will probably never be very valuable until the day

Bristol ss Bristol, July 10 th 1827
Personally came Daniel Lunder, the within Subscribing deponent and made solemn oath to the truth of the deposition by him described before me and I do certify that I am well acquainted with the said deponent and that he is a credible witness and a man of undoubted veracity
Nathaniel Bullock Justice
State of Rhode Island ss July 10 th A.D. 1827
Bristol ss
I Richard Smith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bristol in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Nathaniel Bullock Esquire whose signature appears to this record is a Justice of the Peace for the said County and that his said signature as also his signature at the bottom of the preceding Deposition of Richard Cole was each respectively his own hand writing and that full Faith & Credit should be given to his attestations.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court. Richard Smith Clerk
Seal
affixed here

New Evidence

I, Allen Wardwell of Bristol, in the State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, Esquire of lawful age and engaged according to law, do testify and say, that I am perfectly well acquainted with the land of which Nathan's Hill West, was heretofore the owner and owned in private lands in itself, in the same neighbourhood, and I testify that all said lands have fallen in price, in the course of seven years, at least one half, and I testify that in my opinion, the Ashes lot, so called, would not sell now, or at any time, within three years past, for more than fifty dollars per acre, I also testify that the southerly part of said lot, was by far the most valuable, six years past, on account of the wood & timber there upon it, which was, in my view, worth more than the land, without the wood & timber - a lot to the south of the Ashes lot, and bounded by it, sold about three years since for less than fifty dollars per acre, and is better land than the Ashes lot, as I consider it, and the lot adjoining it on another side, sold for about forty dollars per acre since that time.
Allen Wardwell
[Signature]

Bristol, July 10th 1827
Personally came Allen Wardwell, Esquire, the within mentioned deponent and read his solemn oath to the truth of his said deposition - said he certify that said Wardwell is a credible witness and bears witness of truth and accuracy.
W. B. Carpenter
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Allen Wardwell

Supplementary Declaration
No. 19.909

Supplementary declaration County of Bristol ss.
Court of Common Pleas June Term A.D. 1826.
On the Fourth day of the Term of said Court, being a Court of Record, within & for the said County, personally came Nathaniel Hicks West, Aged Seventy six years and residing in Bristol in said County, and being duly sworn, made the following declaration supplementary to the declaration made by him at the last January Term of said Court (in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Acts of Congress of March 18 th 1818. and of the first of May 1820.) that he hereby relinquishes every Claim to a pension, except the present one, which he now solicits, that his name is not on the pension Roll of any State, and that the following are the reasons for his not making an earlier application for a pension, namely, that untill he was more than Seventy years of age he had been in the habit of hard labour, and was able thereby to provide for himself & family; that he owned for a number of years two Lots of hard rocky Land which laid together, and contained about nine Acres, with a very small house upon one of them untill 1821. when he was obliged to sell a part of one of them (which he had Mortgaged when it was bought to secure payment for it) and the proceeds were applied to the payment, that he continued to cultivate the rest of his Land and the Land of other people in the neighbourhood, some of which he hired, and some he took on Shares, and thereby obtained a livelihood, while he had strength to labour; That about three years past, he was seized with a violent attack of the Rheumatism, and has never since been able to labour, and for the last year has depended on the kindness and charity of his neighbours for the comforts of life - That the only change made in his property since the 18 th of March 1818. (besides the before mentioned sale of two Acres of Land in 1821.) is as follow; on the 6 th day of December 1825. he executed a Mortgage to Royal Thrasher to secure to him the payment of two hundred and ninety one Dollars and some Cents, which was the principal & Interest due said Thrasher for a sum of Money he hired to me in the year 1816. and with which I paid another person a debt that had been long due for my other Land - At the time this applicant hired the Money in 1816. he promised said Thrasher

a Mortgage when he should require it, but said Thrasher did not call for one, nor for his Money till the Summer of 1825. when the applicant having been sick, and there be no probability of his ever being able to pay said debt, said Thrasher insisted on his pay or Security on the Land, which however was not done till December 6 th 1825. and which debt still remains due him - That immediately after this applicant had Mortgaged his estate to said Thrasher, his other Creditors, of which there were and still are several, pressed him for payment, and he concluded to sell the right of Redemption in his Land at public auction, and was in hopes it would sell for enough to pay his Creditors such parts of their debts at least, as would induce them to relinquish their ballances, but he was disappointed, the redemption being struck off at Auction for only twenty one Dollars by Samuel Butts, who paid for it by giving him a receipt for that sum on account which paid but a part of the debt due him from the applicant. -
Attest. Rich d Smith
Nathaniel F. his West Mark
Sworn to and declared, on the fourth day of the Term before the said Court. -
Attest. Rich d Smith Clerk
I Richard Smith Clerk of said Court, do hereby Certify, that the above and foregoing page, is a true Copy of the supplementary declaration of Nathaniel Ficks West, Copied from the original Record of this Court. -
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, on this the second day of April in the Year 1827.
Rich d Smith Clerk of the Court of Com. Pleas County of Bristol

I know all Men by these presents that I Nathaniel Hinckest of Bristol in the County of Bristol in the state of Rhode Island & C in consideration of the sum of three hundred dollars to me in hand paid by Royal Thresher of Bristol aforesaid yeoman. - The receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge do hereby give grant sell and convey unto the said Royal Thresher his heirs and assigns forever all that lot of land situated in said Bristol where I now live Containing four acres (more or less) with the buildings thereon and bounded Northerly by Crooked lane and land of Ephriam Munro Easterly by said Munro and the heirs of Samuel Smith Southerly by said Munro and Westerly by a lane Also all that lot of land which I bought of Edward Asker situated on the back road except that part of said lot which I have heretofore conveyed to William G West for boundaries reference is had to Asker's deed to me and mine to W. E. West.
To have and to hold the same to the said Thresher his heirs and assigns to his and their use and behoof forever And I do covenant with the said Thresher his heirs and assigns that I am lawfully seized in fee of the premises that they are free of all encumbrances that I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said Thresher and that I will warrant and defend the same to the said Thresher his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demand of all persons. Provided nevertheless and the condition of the above written instrument is such that if I the said N. H. West my heirs executors or administrators shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid to the said Thresher his heirs executors administrators or assigns the full and just sum of two hundred and ninety one dollars and ten cents on or before the sixth day of December which shall be in the year of our L. V. one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven to gather with lawfull interest for the same until paid then

The above written deed as also a note of hand made by me to the said Shnecsher for said sum payable at the time aforesaid. Shall be void shall be void otherwise shall be and remain in full force and virtue.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this sixth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five. and of American Inde- pendence the -
signed sealed and delivered in presence of us
Nath l Bullock
Ichabod Davis
his Nathaniel H e West Mark
Bristol J c January 12 1825
Then the above named N o West personally appearing acknowledged the above written instrument to be his voluntary act and deed. before me N o Bullock J c Peace
Town
State of Rhode Island J c Town Clerks Office
Bristol July 6 th AD 1827
I do hereby certify that the above is true copy from the record in this office. In testimony whereof
I hereunto set my official seal
John Reynolds Town Clerk

Know all Men by these presents that I Nathaniel Hix west of Bristol in the county of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island, Labourer in consideration of the sum of Twenty one dollars to me in hand paid by Samuel Butts Jr. of the same Bristol yeoman. The receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge do hereby give grant sell and convey unto the said Butts his heirs and assigns forever all my right title interest property claim and demand which I now have or of right ought to have or claim in and to those two pieces of land situated in said Bristol where I now live and adjoining to each other containing about seven acres with the House Standing on the same bounded as follows by what is called crooked Lane partly and partly by land of E. Munro Westerly on a lane or drift way Southerly by said Munro and east by Samuel Smith partly and partly by said Munro. And I do hereby remise release and forever quitclaim all my right title and interest to the premises aforesaid to him the said Butts his heirs and assigns forever To have and to hold the same to the said Butts his heirs and assigns to him and his use and behoof forever. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 20 th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five and of American Independence the —
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of us Ichabod Davis John Chadwick
Nathaniel Hix his mark X West Marks
Bristol Jo Dec 20 1825
Then the above named Nathaniel Hix west personally appearing acknowledged the above written instrument to be his voluntary act and deed before me
State of Rhode Island &c Ichabod Davis Justice Peace Town clerk's office Bristol July 7-1827
I do hereby certify that the above is a true copy from the record in his office B. Reynolds Town Clerk

1 State of Rhode Island &c. Bristol ss. Clerks Office, Court of Common Pleas. July 6 th AD 1827.
I Richard Smith Clerk of said Court for said County, do hereby certify that William Reynolds who has certified the three preceding Copies of Deeds from Nathaniel Hicks West, to be true Copies, is Town Clerk for the Town of Bristol in this County. —
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set the Seal of this Court. —
Rich d Smith Clerk.