Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3617, for Naphtali Streeter, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
N. H.
Streeter, Naphtali. Elizabeth
W 3617
R. S. 1
Elizabeth
B LWE 88009_160-55
CONTENTS

Ohio 19. 698 Pittsburg
Naphthali Streeter
of Trumbull in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Whiting of the Regt commanded by Col Reed in the Rhode Island Line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio - Pittsburg at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of August 1832 and sent to Benjamin Fodd Warren
Arrears to the 4th of March 1830 $ 160. 00 Semimant. allowance ending 4 Sep " 40. 00
$ 200. 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by A. J. Evans Clerk,
Book E Vol. 8 Page 127

Raphali Stratton Application for a Pension -
23573
Filed Oct 2. 1832

The State of Ohio } On this day of October A.D. 1832 Trumbull County } personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas for Trumbull Ohio now sitting Nathaniel Stratton a resident of Eaststown in the county of Trumbull and state of Ohio aged sixty nine 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 March 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - (viz)
That he entered the service of the United States in the spring of 1777 as a volunteer and served three months - that he does not recollect the number of the Regiment - but states that the Regiment was commanded by Colonel ———— Reed Major's name not recollected - that the company was commanded by Captain or Lieutenant ———— Hine that he resided at the time he entered the service at Gloucester in the State of Rhode Island - that he was engaged in the battle fought at New Port, Rhode Island that he marched from Gloucester to Providence - from thence to New Port - and from New Port back to Gloucester - that he became acquainted with one Capt Brown and others whose names he has now forgotten - that he did not receive a discharge for this term of service - but why he is unable to say -
That he again entered the service in the spring of 1778 as a volunteer, and served for the period of six months - that the Regiment was commanded by the same Colonel ———— Reed - other field officers not recollected that his company was commanded by Captain Caleb Whiting - and Lieutenant ———— Brown - that he said when he entered upon this term of duty in Gloucester aforesaid - was not engaged in any battle - that he marched from Gloucester to Roxbury in Massachusetts - from thence to Boston - and from Boston  Boston in Rhode Island to Bristol and from thence to Providence Rhode Island and from Providence back to Gloucester where he received a regular discharge from Capt Whiting which he has

lost - That in the spring of 1779 he removed from Gloucester in Rhode Island to Landaff in the State of New Hampshire - that he there joined the Company of Rangers commanded by Capt a Luther Richardson - that the Regiment was commanded by Major Whitcomb - there was also a Colonel Beattle who had something to do with the Regiment but whether he was Colonel of the Regiment or not he is unable to say - that he served in said Company until the close of the war - but did not receive a discharge that he was at Royalton in Vt a short time after it was burnt - that he was frequently at the Upper Cohos - and also at Haverhill New Hampshire - and was frequently engaged after the Indians - That he has no documentary evidence of his service - and that he knows of no person who can testify to his service -
That he was born in Gloucester Rhode Island in the year AD 1763 - That he has no record of his age -
That he served in Gloucester when he entered the service - that immediately after the close of the war he moved from Landaff New Hampshire to Lansingburgh N.Y. where he resided two or three years - when he moved to Grafton near Perry where he resided eighteen years when he removed to Gustavus Franklin Co Ohio where he now resides - That he is acquainted in his present neighborhood with the Rev Joseph Badger a clergyman of said Gustavus and also with Abiah Meacham Esq r who he believes will testify as to his character for truth and veracity - and who believes that he served as a soldier of the Revolution -
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 of any State
Christopher Grafton
In one to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid - Christopher Grafton

The amended declaration of Nathali Streeton of Trumbull Co Ohio in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
The State of Ohio } Trumbull County ss } Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace in and for said County Nathali Streeton who being duly sworn deposes and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades -
For three months I served as a private in the year 1777 -
For six months I served as a private in the year 1778
For two years I served as a private in the years 1779 - 1780, 1781 and 1782. and for such service I claim a pension
Nathali Streeton
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th day of July AD 1833 -
Thomas Griswold Justice of the Peace
We Joseph Badger a clergyman residing in the Town of Gustavus County of Trumbull Ohio and Jehiel Mearham of the same place hereby certify that We are well acquainted with Nathali Streeton who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be about seventy 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.
Joseph Badger Jehiel Mearham
Oben

The State of Ohio } contains July 10th A.D. 1880 Trumbull County ss } This day personally appeared Joseph Badger a clergyman and Abiel Mearns, both residents of said Gustobus and before me subscribed and made oath to the within certificate, and I further certify that they are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
Thompson Griswold Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio } I George Parsons clerk of the court of common pleas in and for said county do hereby certify that Thompson Griswold, whose signature in his own proper hand writing is affixed to the above certificate is and was at the time of subscribing the same a duly qualified justice of the peace within and for said county duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to the laws of said State, and to whom official acts full faith and credit are and ought to be given.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court at Warren this thirteenth day of July 1880.
George Parsons clerk By N. G. Smith P.M. dep.

The State of Ohio
Trumbull County ss
Gustavus township October 1st 1832
We Joseph Badger a clergyman residing in said Gustavus and Jehiel Medcalf also a resident in said township hereby certify that we believe him to be well acquainted with Mr. Nathaniel Strater, that we believe him to be about the age of sixty-nine years, that he is reported & believed in the neighborhood, where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Joseph Badger Jehiel Medcalf
Sworn to & Subscribed before me the day & year as above written — Henry Griswold Justice of the Peace

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 further certifies that it appears to them that Joseph Badger who has signed the certificate hereto attached is a legitimate resident in the township of Lyndhurst County of Trumbull Ohio - and that Nehiah Meacham who has also signed said certificate is a resident of said Lyndhurst and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit -
I George Parsons, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Trumbull Co Ohio, do certify that the fore- going contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Martha
li Stredon for a pension Also that Adam Linsford who certified to hereto attached was at the time of subscribing the same an acting justice of the peace duly qualified and sworn according to the laws of said State the testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office this 19th day of October A.D. 1832 - George Parsons Clerk.

Amerase  124
New Jersey
Elizabeth Streeter widow of Naphtali, Streeter
R D who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 180  Dollars  or
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.  Declined
30 th Sept 1865
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 d  day of Nov 1868
and sent to Phil Dickinson Pens agt Trenton
N.J.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July
29, 1848, Page  174  Vol. II
Jt Res 18. Feb 67
Ent
J. M. Smith
Date of death not on list

Clarence Smith Pullman Bldg Huron, S.D. Apr 1 1908

The State of New Jersey On this 28 th day of January Humbert Allen County p. 3 AD 1858 - Personally appeared before me Isaac R. Sprose one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas for said County Elizabeth Streeter a resident of Union in the County of Humbert Allen in the State of New Jersey aged 53 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her said oath make the following Declaration in Order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed On the 27 day of July AD 1848, and said declarant also claims the benefit of the subsequent act of Congress passed February 3 rd 1853, providing she may not be deemed entitled under the provisions of the act first above mentioned.
Said declarant on oath says that on the Seventeenth day of February AD 1798 she she was married to Nathaniel Streeter at Nights- Town, then Burlington, now in the county of Mercer in the State of New Jersey, by the Rev Peter Wilson a Baptist Clergyman, that the marriage took place at the residence of the said Rev Peter Wilson in Nights town aforesaid, - that her name before marriage to said Streeter was Elizabeth Reynolds, - that at the time of said marriage aforesaid her brother and sister Thomas & Lucy Reynolds were present at the time of the marriage aforesaid, - that after the said marriage aforesaid, she and her husband went to living at a place called, then now some two or three miles East of Trenton, and continued to reside in that neighborhood for about eight years, when the said Streeter left her the said Elizabeth and went to parts unknown to this de- clarant, for many years after his departure, - that while said declarant and said Streeter lived and

Cohabited together the eight years aforesaid, they had been born unto them, three  four Children, to wit: Naphtali who died in Infancy - Aaron, William, and Terresa who are now living and reside in the County of Hunterdon Essex & Warren in the State of New Jersey.
The declarant further states on her said oath, from information and belief, the said Naphtali Steuber was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum on account of the Revolutionary service of him the said Naphtali Steuber in the War of the Revolutions (so called) - that he was in the receipt of said pension at the date of his decease.
The declarant further states on her said oath that after her said husband left her she knew but little of him, she has been informed and believes that he died at Galloway in the County of Humboldt in the State of Ohio, some ten or fifteen years since but the exact date she is unable to give.
The declarant further states on her said oath, that she has not intermarried since the decease of the said Naphtali Steuber, and continues the widow of him the said Naphtali, - that from the date of said marriage to the date of the death of him the said Naphtali Steuber aforesaid she continued his lawful wife.
The declarant further states on her said oath that at the time of her said marriage to said Naphtali, he was a widower and that he had by his former wife deceased three Children, some of whom are now living in Humboldt County aforesaid, where my said husband died.
The declarant further says on her

said oath that she has never applied for any pension under and by virtue the above acts or any other acts of Congress granting pensions to widows of Revolutionary Soldiers and has never received a pension under any act of Congress.
Declarant refers to the proofs and exhibits hereto attached, and Prays that a Certificate of Pension may be granted to her as provided by the law, in such cases made and provided.
In presence of Elizabeth Straker Isaac R. Sipe Nathan Straker
Sworn to before me, and subscribed by the said Elizabeth Straker in my presence the day and year first above mentioned and I hereby certify that the above declarant is a person of truth & probity, and from old age and bodily infirmity unable to attend Court. I hereby certify the words "four" "the" were interlined before signing, and that the words, "three" "the" were erased before signing, and the words "lessen & warren" interlined before signing.
Isaac R. Sipe Judge
State of New Jersey } Charles Tomlinson Clerk Hudson County } of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that Isaac R. Sipe Esquire whose Genuine Signature appears above is at present and was at the time of signing the same a Judge of

the Court of Common Pleas for said County duly commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take affidavits &c and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal at Flemington this Thirtieth day of December A D Eighteen hundred and fifty eight Charles Tomlinson Clerk
Charles Tomlinson Public Notary Hudson Co. N.J. for 50 yrs

State of New Jersey Middlesex County } ss
I George A. Vroom Clerk of the said County of Middlesex do hereby certify that it appears by the records of Marriages recorded in this office on the 13 th day of August AD 1789, that Nathaniel Streeter and Eliza B. Reynolds were married on the fifteenth day of February Seventeen hundred and ninety Eight by Peter Wilson, Minister of the Gospel
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the County Seal this 10 th day of January AD 1859
Geo. A. Vroom Clerk

I John Sneter aged sixty eight years a resident of the Township of Goshen County of Trumbull and State of Ohio do on my oath depose and say that I am a Son of Daphthali Sneter who formerly resided at this place and who was a pensioner of the United States and died on the 15 th day of September A.D. 1839 - That when I was a child about eight years old (my own Mother being dead) my Father again married one Elizabeth Reynolds for his second wife, They were married in Mercer County State of New Jersey - That they lived together about eight years, and within a few miles of Trenton in the State of New Jersey - and had four Children the fruits of said marriage - Their names being Daphthali Aaron William Terrence and the last three I believe to be living at the present time - That my Father and Step Mother did not live agreeably or happily together and my Father the said Daphthali went off and left my Step Mother the said Elizabeth, and the Children and came to Ohio and obtained the pension above referred to of eighty dollars per annum and died in the Goshen at the time above mentioned and leaving said Elizabeth Sneter his lawful widow having never been divorced from her to my knowledge or belief - That said Elizabeth is now a widow as I firmly believe and resides in Haddon, County of Hunterdon in the State of New Jersey John Sneter 88 yrs
Also I Elizabeth Sneter wife of John Sneter and daughter in law of the said Daphthali Sneter upon my oath do say that I was personally acquainted with the said Daphthali Sneter that the statement above made by my husband I believe to be true having full knowledge of many of the facts there stated "to wit:"

That he resided in Goshute and was a pensioner of the United States that I have good reason to and do believe that the said Elizabeth Sturtevant in name is the lawful widow of said Nathaniel having heard it from his own lips in his life time, and also that he was never legally divorced from her and that he died in said Goshute at the date and time within mentioned. Elizabeth Sturtevant
The State of Ohio } Goshute Township. Trumbull County ss } January 13, 1859
I Bruce Barnes Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly authorized to administer oaths do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration and Affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I also certify that I am personally acquainted with both the above & foregoing named John Sturtevant and Elizabeth Sturtevant and believe them to be persons of truth and veracity I also certify that I was personally acquainted with the said Nathaniel Sturtevant in his life time and that he was a pensioner of the United States and that I did many times as justice of the peace certify to his vouchers for receiving his Pension.
Bruce Barnes Justice of the Peace
THE STATE OF OHIO.
TRUMBULL COUNTY.
I, Almon D. Webb, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, hereby certify, that Bruce Barnes Esq. , by and before whom the annexed and foregoing Affidavits were was taken, was at the time of taking the same, an acting Justice of the Peace of said County, duly authorized by law to take such Affidavits that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is true and genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at the Court House, in Warren, in said County, this 29 th day of January A. D. 1859.
By Almon D. Webb Clerk. By _____ Deputy.

William Lee of Hamilton Township in the County of Mercer and State of New Jersey the subscriber to the following deposition, doth depose and say, that he knew Naphthali Streeter, that he lived in the Neighborhood where said Lee formerly lived in Burlington Co. that whilst he lived there his first wife deceased, that afterwards he said Streeter lived with Elizabeth Reynolds (that being her name prior to marriage with said Streeter), that they had several children whilst they lived in the same Neighborhood with said Lee, and that they lived together as husband and wife for several years - in said Neighborhood, and that said Naphthali Streeter went away, and his wife remained after he left, and that said Naphthali Streeter never was divorced from said Elizabeth to the best of his knowledge and belief - and that he never heard that he ever was divorced from his wife said Elizabeth, and that when said Streeter went away, he went to parts unknown to said Lee - and that the Neighborhood spoken of or where the said Streeter formerly lived was a little East of the City of Trenton -
Affirmed and Subscribed
January 13 th 1859 before
Me J. H. ELLSBERG a William Lee.
Justice of the Peace in the County of Mercer

Lucy Scott of the City of Trenton, on her oath doth depose and say that she knew Naphthali Streeter and became acquainted with about the year A.D. Seventeen hundred and ninety eight — and that about that time he was married to Miss Elizabeth Reynolds, that he lived with her as husband and wife until they had three Sons born, and that said Naphthali Streeter went away to parts unknown to said Deponent, and within three months after he left, his wife had a Daughter born, & that said deponent never knew of said Streeter being divorced from his wife said Elizabeth, nor did she ever hear of his being divorced from her, said deponent further saith that the said Miss Elizabeth Reynolds, (now Streeter) is her Sister, that she was present at the wedding or marriage of said Naphthali Streeter and Miss Elizabeth Reynolds which took place at Hightstown, before Peter Wilson — but the precise time of years they lived together she cannot fix to a certainty —
Sworn and subscribed January 13 th 1859 before me C. H. B. Platt Justice of the Peace in the County of Mercer
Lucy Scott
State of New Jersey Mercer County ss. I Robert C. Brille Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for

the County of Mercer do hereby certify that James P. Coleman, before whom the foregoing depositions were taken and whose genuine signature is appended hereto, is and was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and as such duly qualified to take the same and that to all his official acts full faith and credit are and of right ought to be attached.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Trenton this Twenty Seventh day of January A.D. 1859.
A. C. Scholl Clerk

act Mar 3/55 298,365. Rec. Feb 28/59
Elizabeth Streeter widow of Naphthali Streeter dec d p.w.
Capt. 8809 Col. Mar of Revolution No. 160 A.C. May 12/59. B.D. W.
Ent d Ad 29 July 48. 1248 Sein c Shea B.
Lewis Elliott Hampden Geauga Co. Ohio.
Ebene B. Butts
Vol 52. page 120.

State of New Jersey } ss. Hunterdon County }
On this 14 th day of February A D 1869 Personally appeared before me Sylvester A. Smith a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Elizabeth Streater aged 83 years a resident of Union County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Nathaniel Streater who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and pensioner of the United States That she has but little information relating to said Nathaniel service in said war but thinks that he was a private in Rheadland States Troops That her husband the said Nathaniel obtained his pension while a resident of Trumbull County Ohio under act of Congress of 1832 at the rate of eighty dollars per annum and for further proof of his service in said war she refers to the declaration of said Nathaniel now on file in the pension Office That she was married to said Nathaniel Streater on the seventeenth day of February 1798 in the town of Hightstown now in the County of Mercer and State of New Jersey by the Rev. Peter Wilson - That she and the said Nathaniel Streater lived together as husband and wife a few miles from Trenton City New Jersey about eight years when he the said Nathaniel went off and left her and his family to parts unknown to her for many years that he afterwards came to the State of Ohio and obtained a pension as before stated and she has been informed

within a few weeks past that he the said Sophia died in the Township of Guadalupe County of Newburgh and State of Ohio on the fifteenth day of September 1839 that he the said Sophia never did obtain a divorce from her and she is now his lawful widow - That her name before marriage to said Sophia Stretter was Elizabeth Reynolds that about six weeks ago she made an application for a pension under act of Congress of 1848 granting pensions to widows and for further proof of her claim she refers to her declaration made at time and other papers on file in said case she also refers to the certificate of her marriage herewith annexed that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 1853 and she hereby authorizes Lewis Elliott of Hampden Geauga County Ohio to receive said warrant as her attorney that she has never received any Bounty and has not made any application before this for a pension
We Ira C. Anderson and Joseph Sano residents of Union
County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Stretter in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is identical person she represents herself to be and that she is now a widow and we swear we are disinterested witnesses
Ira C. Anderson
Joseph Sano
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to

and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the Claimant is the person she represents her- self to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
Sylvester H. Smith Justice of the Peace
I Aaron Stretter of lawful age a resident of Union County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey do on my oath depose and say that I am a son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Stretter That I believe everything set forth by my Mother in her foregoing declaration to be the truth
Aaron Stretter
State of New Jersey Hunterdon County ss
On this 14th day of February A.D. 1889 Personally appeared before me Sylvester H. Smith a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and State aforesaid Aaron Stretter and made oath and subscribed the above affidavit in due form of law
Sylvester H. Smith Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey } S. Charles. Pringle Hunterdon County } Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that Sylvester H. Smith Esq. to wit whom the within abovementioned affidavit was made and taken and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly Elected Commissioned and sworn and that his signature thereto is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal at Flemington this Sixteenth day of February A.D. One thousand Eight hundred and fifty nine.
Charles Pringle Clerk

23573
Napthali Strul Sremul 60 Phio
Adm 2 years $80.-
Return if
Birchard & Ladd Agts Warren Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
28 th June ~ 183 3
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Nathaniel Strutton Tremble 6 th Ohio
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol 1777 3 Private Col Rhea 69   " 1778 6 Capt Calib Whitson Fluorister Traditionary   to the battle of the Clouds Capt Richard Aspre 2 d Island   the Battle of the Clouds Major Whitson  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declarations; that we believe him to be 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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about here a few months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the term, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
This traditional evidence is not certified as credible.  Geo. B. Whiting

August 12, 1931
Mrs. D.D. Marvin Cortland Ohio
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section REL
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.3617, that Naphtali Streater was born in 1763, in Gloucester, Rhode Island.
While residing in Gloucester, Rhode Island, he volunteered in the fall of 1777, served three months as a private under Lieutenant or Captain Hine, Colonel Reed's Rhode Island Regiment ; and again enlisted in the spring of 1778, and served six months in Captain Caleb Whiting's Company, Colonel Reed's Regiment. He was in the battle of Newport. Could not identify these officers from the said use R.I.
In the spring of 1779, he moved from Gloucester, Rhode Island, to Landaff, New Hampshire, enlisted there and served during the years 1779, 1780, 1781 and 1782, on tours amounting to two years in all, as a private in Captain Luther Richardson's Company of Rangers, Colonel Bedel's New Hampshire Regiment.
Immediately after the close of the war, he moved from Landaff, New Hampshire, to Lansingburgh, New York, where he lived three years; then moved to Trenton, New Jersey, where he resided eighteen years; then moved to Gustavus, Trumbull County, Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 19, 1832, while residing in Gustavus, Ohio.
He died September 15, 1839, in Gustavus, Ohio.
The soldier married, name of wife and date of their marriage not given. She died, date not shown, in Burlington County, New Jersey, and he married February 15, 1798 or February 17, 1798 (both dates appear in the claim) at Hightstown, Burlington (later Mercer) County,

New Jersey, Elizabeth Reynolds. After their marriage, they lived at Nottingham, within two or three miles of Trenton, New Jersey.
Soldier's widow, Elizabeth, was allowed pension on her application executed December 28, 1858, at which time she was aged eighty-three years and resided in Union, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. In 1868, she was still living in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
The soldier had three children by his first wife, only name given is John Streater, who, in 1859, was aged sixty-eight years and resided in Gustavus, Ohio. The name of John Streater's wife was Elizabeth.
Naphthali and Elizabeth Streater had four children as follows: Naphthalia, who died in infancy; Aaron, William and Terressa, who, in 1858, were residing in Hunterdon, Essex and Warren Counties, New Jersey. In 1859, said Aaron was a resident of Union, New Jersey.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLIER Assistant to Administrator.
Date of her death not on Q.B.
Bro Thos. & sister Lucy Reynolds were present at her wedding in Hunterdon Co. N.J. in 1859

No. 1506.
Elizabeth Streeter widow of Thomas
Hunterdon Co. New Jersey
Admitted, Oct 29. 1848, at rate of $80 per annum, Commencing 4 th March 1848.
Pay widow
State amount due on certificate
Send Certificate to
Lewis Elliott Esq. Hampden Geauga Co Ohio.
1858 9 4 1858 3 4 1858 6 4 84/10 800 800 84/10

4248. New Jersey Elizabeth Streeter, widow of Thomas
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80. Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of February 1859 and sent to
Laura Elliott, Hampden, Geauga Co - Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 174. Vol. H.
Louis Elliott Mch 19. 1859
4248.34 1858.34 11.00
80 80 80

1248
New Jersey
Elizabeth Streeter, widow of Naphthali Streeter,
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80. Dollars 00.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of April 1859. and sent to
Lewis Elliott Hampden Geauga Co. Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 174. Vol. H.

3 3/4 1 3/4 4 3/4 1 3/4 4 4/6 2 2 3/4
H MAY 1859
FREE official Business
1859 MAY 19
Hon. George E. Stratton Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
40

88,009
Wadsworth

FREE
Official Business
Hon. George E. Wharton Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Wilsons Social Claim

O.H.M.
C
No. 115 Wayne St., Jersey City, N.J. July 19, 1906.
Commissioner Of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
The undersigned, a direct descendant in the male line of NAPHTALI STREETER, wishes to establish his eligibility for membership in the Sons of the Revolution by virtue of the fact that the widow of the aforesaid Naphtali Streeter, Elizabeth Reynolds Streeter, was the recipient of a pension granted because of the services of her husband in the regular United States Army, presumably during the War of the Revolution.
Naphtali Streeter was born in Douglass, Mass., June 30, 1762 and died in Ohio in 1839. Elizabeth Reynolds Streeter was born December 26, 1776 and lived to be ninety-seven years old. Her residence during the time she was recipient of the pension was at Pattenburg, Hunterdon Co., N. J. The amount of the arrears paid at the time the pension was granted approximated $1100.
If with the aid of this data you can give me such information as will accomplish the object stated above you will do the undersigned a lasting and appreciated service.
Very truly yours,
W.W. Streeter

NY
#115 Wayne St., Jersey City, N.J. September 28, 1906.
Commissioner of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
On August 4th., in compliance with my request of July 19th., you furnished me with the military history of Naphtali Streeter, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, in order that I, his great grand son, might qualify for membership in the Society of Sons of the Revolution.
The record received is very satisfactory but I find that to answer my purpose copies in triplicate will be required, and as I wish these copies to bear the stamp of your department, I write to ask if I can secure from your department two more copies of this record, which according to the head of the letter is listed I. S. C., Wid. File #3617, Rev. War.
Will you be kind enough to give the above request your most favorable consideration at your early convenience and oblige,
Very truly yours,
W.W. Streeter

W. & N. DIV. OCT 1906 FILES
PENSION U. S. OCT 1 1906 OFFICE

September 5, 1907.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Kindly send me for use in connection with an application for membership to the Society of the Sons of the Revolution, a copy of the Military History of NAPHTALI STREETER, who was the recipient for a considerable period of a pension for his services during the Revolutionary War, and whose widow, Elizabeth Reynolds Streeter, received a pension on account of such services after his death.
Very truly yours,
A. N. Streeter, 152 Jerusalem St., Belleville, New Jersey.

September 5, 1907.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Kindly send me for use in connection with an application for membership to the Society of the Sons of the Revolution, a copy of the Military History of NAPHTALI STREETER, who was the recipient for a considerable period of a pension for his services during the Revolutionary War, and whose widow, Elizabeth Reynolds Streeter, received a pension on account of such services after his death.
Very truly yours,
N. D. Streeter 940 Ridge Ave. Phila. Pa.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3617
Elizabeth Streeter Widow Joseph Streeter Pr. Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848 Index: Vol. M. Page 239
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1906 Aug. 4. Hist. to M. M. Streeter c 1906 Oct. 29. History to L. B. Wilson - c 1907 Oct. 4. Hist. to A. M. Streeter c 1907 Oct. 21 " " M. D. Streeter c 1931 Aug. 12 - Hist. to Miss D. D. Marois Ecl

3 rd Auditor's Office Feby 22/69
Sir,
Nashville Street Pittsburgh Pa. Act 1832. at $80. - herewith appears to have been paid to Sept. 4. 1839. Very Resp ly a James Audett
Geo. C. Whiting Esq. 3 (Comm ee of Planners)

Pension Office, Febj 21. 1859
The Ex d Auditor will please certify the date to which within named pension was paid, and name of his widow if she drew the arrears at his death Very resp y .
Wm Lloyd for Commissioner
(Ends)

Bureau of Pensions Department of Rev. and war of 1842 Washington D.C.
Gentlemen, data on Nephthali  Streater and Johathan  Prescott Soldiers from Trumbull county Ohio, will be much appreciated.
Thanking you for the favor of a reply I am very respectfully
Mrs. Allicia Marvin
Mrs. D.D. Marvin
Cortland
Trumbull Co Ohio

Hampden Geauga County Ohio February 2 nd 1867
Hon George C Whiting Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I have the honor of transmitting you the papers of widow Elizabeth Streater in support of her claim to a pension Please make return to me to the above place
Respectfully yours
Lewis Elliott agent
Hon. George C Whiting Commissioner of Pensions

Payment to be made at Winton by
J. Dickenson Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
See Winton
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February - 20 th 1848, Page 174 Vol. 11
Y. Kelly Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 29, 1848.
Elizabeth Widow —
widow of Thomas  Shylock —
who was a private ————— in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of — Eighty ————— -dollars and ————— cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Cancelled 1859
Given at the Department of the Interior thirty-fifth-day of February — one thousand eight hundred and fifty- nine —
D. M. [Signature]
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned
[Signature] Commissioner of Pensions.

Elizabeth Streeter
Payment to be made at Trenton by
P. Dickinson Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
New Jersey
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February, July 29 th 1848, Page 174 Vol. 11
G. L. Getty Clerk.
Pattenburg Hunterdon County

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 29, 1848,
Elizabeth Streeter
widow of Nathaniel Streeter , who was a private, _____ in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of _____ Eighty _____ dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. This certificate is issued in lieu of one dated February 23 d 1839, which has been cancelled.
Given at the Department of the Interior this _____ fourth _____ day of April _____ one thousand eight hundred and fiftythree.
Z. Maysfield
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned
Macawherty
Commissioner of Pensions.

Paid to H March 1859- Paid to H Sep 1859 Paid to H Mar 1860 Paid to H Sep 1860 Paid to H Mar 1861 Paid to H Sep 1861 Paid to H Mar 1862 Paid to H Sep 1862 Paid to H Mar 1863 Paid to H Sep 1863 Paid to H Mar 1864 Paid to H Sep 1864 " " Sep 1865 " " Mar 1866 " " Mar 1867
12418

Hampden Geauga County Ohio
March 11 th 1859
Hon. George C. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions Sir (a few days ago) I received a Pension Certificate as the agent of widow Elizabeth Streater widow of Nathali Streeter S.F. and it appears that the Department made a mistake in writing the husband name for his name was not Thomas as written in the Certificate but Nathali now Sir will you please to inform me what is to be done to get the money
The Certificate is payable at Newton S.F. and is recorded on the roll of Pensioners under act of July 29- 1848 Page 174 Vol 11 Respectfully yours Lewis Elliott
Hon. George C. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions

Hampden Geauga County Ohio
March 28 - 1859
Hon. George C. Whitney Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I herewith return the Certificate as directed in your letter of the 19 th inst. you will see by the papers on file that there is a mistake made by the Department in writing the first name of the husband his name was not Thomas Streeter but Nathaniel Streeter
Please return the certificate to my address to Hampden P.O. Geauga County Ohio as soon as possible Respectfully yours Lewis Elliott agent
Hon. George C. Whitney Commissioner of Pensions

Ent Nov 20. 1868

Increase Brief in the Case of 1248 Elizabeth Streeter, Widow of Nathaniel Streeter, Prio Rev. Pattenburg Hunterdon County and State of New Jersey Act 2 d Sec Feb. 3. 1843
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE, Joint Res of Feb 18. 1867
PROOF EXHIBITED,
Pension roll of New Jersey at $80. per annum. Certificate returned with application for same. as provided by Joint Res of Feb. 18. 1867
Married Feb 15. 1798, evidence in case.
Admitted Nov 20. 1868 to a pension at $180. per ann. to commence, Sep 30. 1865. deducting pay. since.
Name and residence of Agent.
Phil Dickinson P. Ag Trenton New Jersey.
W. E. Trask Examining Clerk.

Brief in the case of Elizabeth Streater, wid: of Naphthali Hunterdon County and State of New Jersey! act 29 th July, 1848.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
A Certificate of Pensions issued to the Claimant on the 25 th of Feb. last, at the rate of $80 per An. under Pensions Act.
The Certificate issued to her as the widow of Thomas . This was a mistake. Her husband's name was Naphthali Streater . The Certificate or a new one should issue. (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Levers Elliott Esq. Hampden
Name and residence of Agent
Granville Ohio,
A. C. McLaughlin Examining Clerk.

Brief in the case of Elizabeth Stucker, widow of Thomas Hunterden County and State of New Jersey - act July 29. 1848.
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner of the United States at rate of $80 per annum, and was paid to Sept 4. 1839, as per 3 d auditor's report. He died on the 15 th of that month, as shown by bill.
Marriage, on the 15 th of February, 1798. (If for increase.) proved by record evidence. Certified
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
by Clerk of County Court
Identity and present widowhood proved by several witnesses.
Allowance accordingly.
Lewis Elliott Esq. Hampden,
Name and residence of Agent
W. D. D. W. Examining Clerk.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
146 BROADWAY, (Room 409.)
New York, Oct. 20th. 1906
Bureau of Pensions Washington D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Mr. W. Walter Streeter has applied for membership in this Society and bases his claim upon the services of his ancestor, Private Naphitali Streeter, who served in the Rhode Island and New Hampshire militia during two years and nine months from 1777 to 1782.
He has received a certificate from the Pension Department but does not wish to have it go out of his hands, and as our rules require that a copy shall be attached to the application could you accommodate us by sending us a duplicate.
Yours very truly,
A. B. Wilson Asst. Secretary.

Mid. file 0611 Naphthali Streiter
12
NOV 1 1906
10 X 10

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
146 BROADWAY, (Room 409.)
New York, Oct. 31st. 1906
Hon. V. Warner, Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I beg to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the Certificate giving the service of Naphtali Streeter, a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
Yours very truly,
Henry Russell Drowne Secretary.
10 00 AM OCT 1 1906

Hampden Geauga County Ohio May 12 - 1869
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions. Sir
Some three months ago I transmitted you the land claim of Elizabeth Streeter of New Jersey under act of 1853 - Since that time she has obtained a Pension of eighty hundred dollars per annum under act of 1848 and I should think it was time to receive her warrant She No of claim 298-365
Her Pension was granted the fourth day of April 1869 under act of 1848 Respectfully Yours Lewis Elliott
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions

Hampden Geauga County Ohio
February 23 d 1869
Hon. George C. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I have the honor of transmitting you the papers of widow Elizabeth Stretter in support of her claim to a land warrant
About two or three weeks ago I sent her declaration to the Pension Office claiming a pension under act of 1848 with these papers there is a certificate of the Clerk of the Court of Middlesex County N.J. showing when the claimant was married
Please make return to me Respectfully yours
Lewis C. Bennett
Hon. George C. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions.

1906 Oct 10 to N. N. Streeter Jersey City, N.J.

Oct. 11, 1906.
Mr. W. W. Streeter, 115 Wayne St., Jersey City, N. J.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 28th ultimo, and received on the 1st instant, you are advised that it is not the practice of this Bureau to furnish more than one certificate of service of a Revolutionary War soldier to any one correspondent; nor have any of the patriotic societies ever requested this Bureau to furnish such certificates in triplicate.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

File mit. file 3617 Rev. War.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Maphtali Streater , 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.     Sp. 1777 3 years Priv. Capt. or Lt. Stear Reid R.I.   Sp. 1778 6 " " Caleb Whiting   Sp. 1779 1780, 1781 1782 2 years " Luther Richardson Bedd N.H.  
Battles engaged in, Newport R.I.  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Gloucester R.I.  Date of application for pension, Oct. 19, 1832  Residence at date of application, Waverly, Trumbull Co., Oh.  Age at date of application, 70  Remarks: was married with one ch - when he  Solomon Feb. 15, 1798 at Northampton, N.H. - Elizabeth Reynolds  son John ac 68 in 1859  at Mansfield, Oh. Sept. 15, 1839  ms. appl. Dec. 28, 1858 at Mansfield, Trumbull Co., N.H. at 83. Her children:  Maphtali died in infancy, Aaron, Wm & Jerusha - living in 1858.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
1857 68 1791

0248
Elizabeth Streeter
No.
DECLARATION
FOR
INCREASE OF PENSION.
for alligion of Claimant and affidavits of Continental widowhood
Please acknowledge receipt to the corner to M c DICKINSON P. Agent N. Jersey

DECLARATION FOR INCREASE OF PENSION.
Under Section 13, Act of July 27, 1868.
State of New Jersey, }
COUNTY OF Hunterdon }
On this 21st day of October A. D. one thousand eight hundred and
Sixty-eight personally appeared before me Elizabeth Street
Elizabeth Street widow of Nathaniel Street, aged 92 years, a resident of
Hunterdon County in the State of New Jersey,
who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that She
is the identical Elizabeth Street to whom was granted pension certificate No. Number
payable at Trenton N. J. at the rate of Eighty dollars per month, Annum
issued under the act of July 29, 1848; that She
makes this declaration in order to secure the increase of her pension
to which She is entitled under the thirteenth section of the act of July 27, 1868.
My Post Office address is as follows:
Patterson N. Jersey
Witnesses,
Elizabeth Street
Signature of Claimant.
Also personally appeared John B. Lane
and Alfred M. Williams
residents of Hunterdon County persons
whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn, say that they
affirmed Elizabeth Street made the above
STATE OF NEW JERSEY, } ss.
HUNTERDON COUNTY.
I, A. B. Rittenhouse Clerk of the
Circuit Court of said
County.
do hereby certify that William Egbert Esq., before
whom the foregoing Affidavit was taken
and has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a
Justice of the Peace
in and for the County and State above named, duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that his signature thereunto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, at Flemington, this 23rd
day of October A. D., 1868
A. B. Rittenhouse Clerk.