Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46646, Nathan Towle, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
M.H.
Powle, Nathan
S. 46646
CONTENTS
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Rev. Invalid Rev. Invalid
File No. 46.646
Nathan Lowle Pres. Col. Board of Miss.
Act Rev. June 7. 1832
Index: Vol. A., Page 258.
[Arrangement of 1870.]
27556

Certif. issued in favor of Heirs. See within papers — Repeated. 27. Feb. 32
27. 193.
New Hampshire
Nathan Howle (Heirs of) of Grafton, in the State of N. Hampshire who was a Private in the C. O. command by Captain Leavitt of the Col. command by Col. Bowes. in the (N. H.) line for twenty months. The names of the children are B. H. Howle, Lucy Drake, Nathan Howle, Polly Kimball, Levi Howle, & Abigail Shepherd.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 66. Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Feb. 1834, and sent to the H. Hattori. by Rep.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 135.21 Per annum allowance ending 100.00 Die 21. March 1833. 135.21
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by William R. Saltonstall Clerk, Book E Vol. one Page 85.

Nathan Fawle app n
Wed. 21. March. 1833.
20 m.
66. 66
make return to
Henry Hubbard
Box 12
Adams
 135.21   1.67  2.2  133.32 
2.0
Or sent
Deacons & Wilson

War Department Pension Office December 16 1833
In She will return the declaration of Nathan Towle deceased and have to state that the a- mount which he would have been entitled to have received at the time of his death belongs to the minor if there be one, and if not then to the child or children of the deceased, and in neither case than to the legal representatives. The parties concerned must go before a Court of record to prove their relationship to the deceased and when he died. The facts proven must be certified by the Clerk of the Court under his Seal of Office
I am, Very Respectfully Your most obedt Servt J. G. Edwards
Simonds W. Hovey Esq Cayuga New Hampshire

This soldier's name appears on 1835 list as "Fowle", also on the Agency Book, and in the declaration papers. The only place it appears as "Fowle" is on the certificate jacket which was made in the bureau.
The claim was filed as "Fowle" until April 28, 1930 when it was filed in its proper place under "Fowle".

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 of the State of New Hampshire County of Grafton } ss.
On this 18 th day of September A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of Probate for said County now sitting Nathan Towle a resident of Piermont in the County of Grafton & State of N.H. aged 87 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
First in a company commanded by Capt. Moses Leavitt & Lieut. Brown. He entered said company as a volunteer the last of March or first of April A.D. 1775 & with the company was sta- tioned in the towns of Rye & Hampton in the State of New- Hampshire as a guard on the seacoast till the battle of Bunker Hill, when the said company was ordered to the neighborhood of Boston, Mass. - He there served at Winter Hill, Cambridge, Mass. till the following autumn having served full eight months in the whole. Col. Powis, & Major Lilly were officers of the regiment he belonged to at Winter Hill. At the time of entering the service he lived at said Rye & continued to reside there till in the year 1777 when he removed to Danfield, N.H., & lived there till 1819 when he removed to said Piermont, where he has ever since resided. Immediately upon his return from Winter Hill in December 1775 he entered a company commanded by Capt. Elkins & was stationed at Portsmouth N.H. to guard the town there being two British regiments, the Scarborough & Cuncan, off there. He at this time served two months. - At the expiration of this time he again entered early in the year 1776 a company commanded by Capt. Joseph Pearson - marched to Newcastle - N.H. was employed in building a fort & as a guard. He served at this time two months. In April or May 1776 he again entered the service in a company commanded by Capt. Colfe, in Col. Gilman's regiment - was stationed at Great Island sometime & was then under Major Moony building a fort - & was employed to guard the coast. He served in the whole at this time eight months. He had no written discharge. He at all said times entered the service as a volunteer - Was born at said Rye May 29. 1745 - There is a record of his age - the Town records of said Rye. He has no documentary evidence of his previous & knows of no person living, who can testify to his previous. - Said Rye is in the County of Rockingham.

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 of the Agency or State.
Nathan Fowl
Sworn to and subscribed, the day 4 year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
We, Richard Jennings residing in Purmort and Nathan Bean residing in Purmort hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Nathan Fowl , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 87 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day 8 year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Richard Jennings Nathan Bean
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court certifies, that it appears to them that Richard Jennings who has signed the preceding certificate, is a reputable resident in the town of Barnes and that Nathan Bean , who has also signed the same is a resident in the said Purmort and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edward Webbe Judge of Probate I, Moses Dorr Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Nathan Fowl for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this eighteenth day of Sept. A.D. 1832 -
Moses Dorr

State of New Hampshire } Grafton ss. } at a Court of Probate holden before the Judge of said Court - & for said County on the 17 th day of September A.D. 1833 - it has been made to appear to my satisfaction of said Court that at the time of making the within application or since, no clergymen lived in the immediate vicinity of the within applicant, acquainted with the said applicant.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal Official the day and year above written. Moses Davis Reg d Probate
State of New Hampshire } at a Court of Probate holden before the Grafton ss. } Judge of said Court in & for said County on
the 21 st day of January A.D. 1834 - It has been proved to the satisfaction of said Court that the within named Nathan Towle the applicant for a pension, died on the twenty first day of March A.D. 1833 - That he left no widow - & that the following persons are the children & the only children of said applicant living at his decease - to wit - Benjamin H. Towle, Lucy Drake, wife of Joseph Drake, Nathan Towle, Polly Kimball, wife of Jonathan Kimball, Levi Towle, & Abigail Shepherd, widow of Isaac Shepherd Jr. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal official the day & year above written. Moses Davis Reg d Probate
Nathan Towle 231 Grafton 20. Mar 34 Rev. S. D. H. S. or Rev. S. D. H. S. Pension Comp. 5- Nov 1793