Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1684, Nathaniel Wilson, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Wilson, Nathaniel
W 1684
Ann
B.L.Wt. 8020-160-55
or Anna
CONTENTS

87. Mary Ann Wilson widow of Nathl Wilson who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Lieutenant Mary Sine Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars 43 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of March 49 and sent to Wm H Clark Member of Congress
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act March 2. 1848, Page 21 Vol. 1
29 July, book D
Repnt a Let to Wm H Clark March 24, 1849

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Ann Wilson and Nathaniel Wilson Lienk.
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Rufus Price Turner Maine
Vol. Ws-6.

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF OXFORD, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court.
I, ELISHA WINTER, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, within and for the COUNTY OF OXFORD, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, hereby certify that
John M. Wilson Esquire, whose genuine signature appears to the Certificates hereunto annexed, was at the respective dates thereof, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for the County and  County and State aforesaid, duly authorized to administer OATHS, and take acknowledgment of DEEDS and other Instruments; and that the Court aforesaid is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of our said Court this Seventh day of April 1855.
Elisha Winter Clerk.

STATE OF MAINE.
County of York ss.
On this thirtyfirst day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Anne Wilson aged ninety nine years, a resident of Township N o 5 Range 2 in the County and State aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, on oath declares that she is the widow of Nathaniel Wilson deceased, who was a Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Captain  Revolutionary War in the Regiment of that she is commanded by Colonel  now a Pensioner in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the eighteenth day of June, 1812. under the Act of 29 th July A d 1848 at the rate of one hundred dollars and forty three cents per annum, commencing on the fourth of March 1848
That the certificate of which is not numbered but is on or about the dated thirtwelfth day of March 1849 for  the term of  and she refers the Department and continued in actual  service in said war for the term of  to her declaration and the  and was honorably discharged at  evidence accompanying the same  day of upon which A.D. she as will appear by  obtained said  certificate for proof of service marriage  and death of her said husband that said
She further states, that she was married to the said  certificate at the  Maine Agency Portland Maine  day of  and signed  A. D. by one  by T. Ewing Secretary of the Interior
a  , and that her name before her said marriage was ; that her said husband died at on the day of A. D. and that she is now
a widow. She also declares that she has not received a Warrant for Bounty land, under this or

any other Act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor, and believes that her said husband never applied for or received Bounty land under any Act of Congress, in his life time.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act of Congress, approved March 3d, 1855.
And for the purpose of this application, I, the said Ann Wilson do hereby constitute and appoint Job Prince of Turner in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of the Interior, a warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid: and I fully authorize and empower him to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purpose therein expressed, hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my Attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do in the premises.
Ann Wilson Mark
We Sylvanus P. Wilson and Luther D. Fickell residents of Township N o 5. Range 2 in the County of Oxford and State of Maine on oath depose and say, that the foregoing declaration and Power of Attorney was signed and acknowledged by Ann Wilson in our presence, and we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, and our personal knowledge of her for many years past, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be in her declaration. and that she now has said persons certificate in her possession  Sylvanus P. Wilson  Luther D. Fickell
63190
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me, on the day and year first above written, by
Ann Wilson the declarant above named, and by Sylvanus P. Wilson and Luther D. Fickell witnesses above named, and I certify that
I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
John W. Wilson Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine County of Oxford
On this twenty fourth day of January A D 1849, personally appeared, before me Job Prince Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Oxford, Anna Wilson a resident of an unincorporated Township in said County known as N o 5 in the 2 d Range, aged ninety four years who being first sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 29 th 1848 that she is the widow of Nathaniel Wilson, who served as Second Lieutenant in a Company of Volunteers in the Revolutionary War, eight months or more in the year 1778. That said Company was raised in the town of Falmouth in the County of Cumberland in this State, where he resided at the time he joined the Company, that said Company was commanded by Capt Partridge and belonged to Col Greaton's Regt - She further declares that she

was married to the said Nathaniel Wilson on the second day of November Seventeen hundred ninety seven, that said marriage was solemnised by Revd Thomas Lancaster, and in the town of Scarborough in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, that her maiden name was March, that her husband the aforesaid Nathaniel Wilson died in the town of Westbrook in this state on the twenty eighth day of October eighteen hundred and eighteen, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second day of January eighteen hundred and eighteen, at the time above stated -
She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a Pension
Anna key Wilson March
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year first above written, by said Deponent, who is unable, by reason of bodily infirmity to attend Court - Before me J. O. Prince } Judge of the Probate Court for said County

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
December 20 th 1848.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Nathaniel Wilson is borne upon a List of Militia Officers commissioned for the County of Cumberland as 3rd Lieutenant in a Company of Volunteers commanded by Capt Jesse Partridge. Commissioned "April 9 1778." Wm Cobb was also Commissioned 1st Lieutenant of said Company.
The Pay Roll of Capt Jesse Partridges Company of Falmouth Volunteers shows 8 months service in Col Greaton's Regt, from April 1 1778. and contains only the names of the privates.
There is no other Pay Roll of his Company in this Office

13569 And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Wm Butts Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Military Rolls in his Office of the Service of my late father, Nathaniel Wilson in the Resolute Loan. The said Nathaniel Wilson joined a Volunteer Company raised in the town of Falmouth (now Portland) in the State (then District) of Maine, was chosen and served as 2 d Lieutenant in said Company about one year, under Capt Partridge in Col. Braytons Regt and Nixons Brigade was at White Plains during a portion of the year - The evidence of Service is wanted to procure a Pension for my Mother Anne Wilson, widow of the said Nathaniel deceased who now resides in an unincorporated Township in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, thirty miles distant from any justice of the Peace or Post Office and ninety four years of age and this declaration is made in her behalf.
John M. Wilson. Jan 1. 1898 Signed by said John M. Wilson in my presence - Col. Prime justice of the Peace

Col. Nathan Raymond M.D.
Nathaniel Wilson Lieut. Colonel Entered 1 st April 78 8 mos. 16 days 7 mos 16 days
No 124 Ann Wilson wid of Nathaniel M.D. act 29 July 1848 Married 1797 husband died 1878 adms. 7 mos 16 days $100 43 / 1000 Jan 4 March 1848
Hon. Franklin Clark House of Reps

I John M. Wilson of No 5. Second Ridge of Townships in the county of Oxford and State of Maine aged fifty years, depose and say that I am the oldest child of Nathaniel and Anna Wilson, that I resided in my fathers family until the time of his death, which death took place on the twenty eighth day of October eighteen hundred and eighteen that my Mother the said Anna Wilson has continued to reside in my family to the present time and has remained a widow and unmarried.
I further testify that in the large Bible belonging to my late father the said Nathaniel Wilson, and which has remained in my possession ever since his decease, the family Record of the said Nathaniel and Anna Wilson has been kept, and I certify that the following is a true copy of said Record in my own hand writing and which I recorded at the time of his death Viz, "Deaths, Nathaniel Wilson October twenty eighth eighteen hundred and eighteen." I certify that the above is a true extract from said family Record

with the exception of the date which is expressed on said family Record in fair legible figures as follows, viz October 28 th 1878
John M c Wilson
State of Maine } Oxford County } ss
On this twenty fifth day of of January 1849, John M c Wilson well known to me as a credible witness, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed
Before Me
Colb Prince: Judge of the Probate Court for said County

State of Maine. County of Oxford, ss:
I, the subscriber, Register of the Courts of Probate within and for said County, it being a Court of Records, hereby certify that Job Prince, whose genuine signature is affixed to the foregoing declara- tions of Anna Wilson, and the deposition of John N. Wilson, is Judge of said Court, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty sixth day of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-nine.
Geo. R. Shaw, Register.

"A Record of Marriages in the Town of Scarborough from April 1797, to April 1798 - Major Nathaniel Wilson and Anna March, Nov 2 Second, A. D. One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Seven. —
I hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of the original entry of the marriage of Major Nath l Wilson & Anna March entered by the Town Clerk of Scarborough in the Records of said Town, with his certificate that the above marriage was performed by Rev. Thomas Lancaster - with the exception of the date which is expressed in the original records in fair & legible figures as follows, viz. "Nov 2 2, 1797." —
Scarborough Jan 16. 1849. Attest. Henry G. Stone Town Clerk { of Scarborough
I, Henry G. Stone, above named, depose and say that I hold the office of town clerk in the town of Scarborough and County of Cumberland and State of Maine, and that the above is a true extract from the Record of Marriages of said town with the exceptions as above certified by me Henry G. Stone.
State of Maine } Cumberland ss January 16th 1849 Subscribed and sworn to,
Before Me
Job Prince, Justice of the Peace

Maine District ss: U. S. Circuit Court Clerk's Office
I the subscriber Clerk of the Circuit Court of the United States within and for said Maine District, hereby certify that Job Prince, whose genuine signature is affixed to the deposition of Henry G. Storer, herunto annexed, is a Justice of the Peace in each and every County throughout the State of Maine, duly commissioned and qualified, and full faith and credit are due to his acts as such -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this seventeenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine,
Geo. F. Gomery Clerk

December 19, 1928
Mrs. Pearl Wilson Lamson Oxford Massachusetts
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 1684, it appears that Nathaniel Wilson, while a resident of Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, was commissioned, April 9, 1778, second lieutenant in Captain Jesse Partridge's Company in Colonel Greaton's Massachusetts Regiment and served eight months.
He married, November 2, 1797, in Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine, Anna March.
He died, October 28, 1818, in Westbrook, Maine.
His widow, Anna, was allowed pension on his application executed January 24, 1849, at which time she was ninety-four years of age and was living in Oxford County, Maine, in the unincorporated township known as # 5, Second Range, with her oldest child, John M. Wilson, who was then fifty years of age.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
1928. Dec. 19. hist. to Mrs. Earl W. Samson m.c.
File No. 1684
Ann Wilson
Widow
Nathl. Wilson
Lt. Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1878
Index: Vol. M. , Page 336
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No. 63190
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 12 1855.
Nathaniel Wilson Rev: War
Warrant 8020-160-55
Rufus Prince
Turner
Manis

✓ 8020
Very long

Phila. 29 th July, 48. Me. Boroughton,

Heads of Rep March 3 rd 1849
Sir:
May I ask your early attention to the case of Mrs Anna Wilson refered to in the enclosed letter and oblige
Yours truly Matthew Clark
J. Edwards Esq. Com tee of Leavers Washington D.C.

House of Reps February 2 d 1849.
Sir: Please find herewith the Declaration of Anna Wilson (widow of Nath l Wilson, Will you be kind enough to give this matter your early attention and oblige Your obed t servant Nathaniel Clark
J. G. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Oxford, Mass..
Mar. 6, 1928.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Can you verify, from your pension records, the service in the Revolutionary War of one Nathaniel Wilson?
My father, the son of John M. Wilson who was the son of Nathaniel Wilson , remembers distinctly that his grandmother who was the widow of said Nathaniel Wilson received a pension. Her name was Anne Wilson (nee March) and she lived to be 103 years and 8 months of age.
I should like to get if possible the rank and the designation of the organization in which Nathaniel Wilson served.
All the records I have place him in Cumberland County in

the state of Maine but Maine at that time was a part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I do not know where he entered service.
I have a communication from the Adjutant General's Office in Washington saying that a Nathaniel Wilson (surname not borne as Wilson) served as a lieutenant in the 3 rd Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. John Greaton.
Since all my records of Nathaniel Wilson are written with only one I used in Wilson I am in doubt as to whether the record they found was the one I seek, especially as they also state that several of that name served in that war in different organizations from other states.
If any of the Nathaniel Wilsons could be linked by pension records to Anne Wilson (nee March) who was his wife at the time

of his death - and who received the pension, it would be proof of the one I seek.
I do not know the exact date of his death but his will was probated in the year 1818 which would - approximately fix the time of death.
The Nathaniel Wilson whose record I seek was born Nov. 17, 1740.
Thanking you for any information you may have, I am
Yours respectfully, (Mrs) Pearl Wilson Lamson.