Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20242, for Nathaniel Mason, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Mason Nathaniel
N. 20242
Mass
Phebe
B.L.Wt. 1758-100
CONTENTS

2191.
New York City
Phoebe Mason widow of Nathl Mason NY who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Dec. 1843 and sent to
P. U. Irving,
No 15 1/2 Wall Street N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book • 2 Vol. 1 Page 109

Dead. In letters to R. Baldwin & Pen. Agt, May 5. 1832 Do. to P. Agt June 4. 1834
8735 1/2 New York Roll.
Nathaniel Mason,
of Cortlandt in the state of N. Yk. who was a Private  armstrong's legion in the regiment commanded by Colonel of the  war line, for the term of
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13. of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1. of April 1819, and sent to Wm Nelson, Esq. Peekskill,  N. York.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 ... 85. 83 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept. 4. 1819 ... 48. " ann o 10m: 18/30-4/31. $ 133. 83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }  Board  Notif n sent Dec. 8. 1820  to Wm Nelson  Peekskill Westchester Co  N. Yk.

Mason Nathaniel Watt priv. Armand's Legion 1783 - 13 April 1818
Nathaniel Mason
Adm.
The wife of the Judge, who was a circumlocution in 1818.

State of New York } Westchester County } ss.
On the 13 th day of April in the year 1818 before me the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westchester in the State of New York, personally appeared Nathaniel Elafon aged 76. years resident in the Town of Cortland in the State and County aforesaid who being solemnly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Provisional Pension by the late 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" —
That the said Nathaniel Elafon resides in Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts on the seventh day of July in the year 1775 in a company commanded by Captain Pison of the Artillery in Col. Glover's Reg t and Genl. Knox's Brigade, that on the 13 th November 1776 he was taken prisoner at Fort Washington, that he was carried to New York and left in an encampment near New Market, that afterwards he was taken by Col. Morgan's Riflemen, that he then entered the Service of the said State under Col. White and was again taken prisoner in Georgia by the British under the Command of Genl. Cornwallis, and was again taken by the American Troops under Genl. George Washington that he again entered the Service under Genl. Greene and continued in the same until the close of the War when he was honorably discharged (as appears by the annexed certificate from the same commanding Genl.) in York Town in Virginia and that he is in inclement circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for subsistence and that he has no other means now in his power to be said services —
A true and correct before me on the day and year aforesaid
Nathaniel Elafon
John Constant

State of New York } Herkshire County } ss.
I H. John Constant one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the cause of a former action did seem in the resolution than against the Common Pleas, as is stated in the preceding declaration, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the direction of the aforesaid Act of Congress.
H John Constant
I H. John Constant the judge above named do further certify that I am satisfied that the within named Nathaniel Mason is in poor & reduced circumstances & stands in need of his country for support -- 23 March 1819 --
H John Constant

Nathaniel Mason
No 12.
8730
April 189
Portland
Maine
May
Em

Westchester Common Pleas State of New York
At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House at Bedford in and for the said County of Westchester, before the Judges of the said Court on the fourth Monday in September, in the Year One thousand Eight hundred and Twenty
PRESENT the Honorable William Jay, Jonathan Ferris & Stephen B. Hoffman Esquire, Judges of said Court Westchester County ss. Be it Remembered , That on the twenty seventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the said Court of Common Pleas.
in open court, the said court being a court of record for the state of New York created such by stat- and proceeding according to the course of the Common Law with unlimited Ju- isdiction as to amount. - - - - - aged about seventy five years, Nathanial Mason - - - - - resident in Cortlandtown in the said County of Westchester - - - - - who being first duly Sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: That he enlisted in General Knox's Regiment and served in the War of the Revolution from the time, of his enlistment which was at the commencement of the said War, until the close of the War That he a part of the time belonged to General Mants- Care of Horse where he served as a farius, that the deponent being now so un- well, weak and feeble, and so far deprived of his recollection, that he cannot state the particulars of his service, that he believes that his dis- charge, accompanied his Original Application, for a pension - under the late Act, that his family consists of himself and Wife aged about sixty Years, that he is by occupation a Blacksmith that from age and ill health he is altogether unable to labour
and that his original declaration is dated the First _____ day of April one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen and that his pension certificate is No. 8735 Eight Thousand Seven hundred & Thirty five

AND I do solemnly Swear — that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, 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 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: and 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, to wit:
   Six old chairs value $ 1.50   2 Pots ————— 0.50   2 Kettles ————— 0.50   1 Tea kettle ————— 0.37 \frac{1}{2}   6 knives and forks ————— 0.37 \frac{1}{2}   1 Small chest ————— 0.50   6 Spoons ————— 0.25 \frac{1}{2}   1 Table ————— 0.37 \frac{1}{2}   2 Trammells ————— 1.0   6 plates ————— 0.25   6 Tea cups & saucers ————— 0.25   1 churn ————— 0.50   1 Wash Tub ————— 0.50   2 Water Pails ————— 0.50   1 Pr. And Irons ————— 0.75   Shovel & Tongs ————— 0.50   $ 8.32  
Sworn in Open Court this 27 day of Sept 1820. Nathaniel  his  X  Mason mark  Wm. H. Burroughs Clk

I, William Reguer
Clerk of the Witchester Common Pleas
Do hereby certify, That the foregoing Deposition and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Eight Dollars & Thirty two cents .
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this fifth day of October 1820
William Reguer

Nathaniel Mason N o 1758

State of New York } ss. County of Westchester } ss.
I, Nathaniel Mason aged Eighty four years, do upon oath testify and declare, that about or in the year one thousand seven hundred and Seventy Seven I entered or enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of during the war, and served in the a Corps of Dragoon regiment of the line, commanded by Colonel Armand, and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, when I was regularly discharged from the same Corps regiment of the line, under the command of Colonel Armand and when I was a Fugitive I do further declare, that I have never received a Warrant for the bounty Land promised me on the part of the United States, nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever: Therefore, KNOW all men by these presents, that I, Nathaniel Mason aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Reuben Baldwin to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorised and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed
Attest, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my mark and seal this Eighteenth day of July 1831
Witness Dawid Lent
Nathaniel Mason his mark
I, Dannie Mosher aged - 62 - years do upon oath declare that I am well acquainted with Nathaniel Mason who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and do well know him to be the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and further I know or do believe he did perform the military service therein stated.
Attest,
Subscribed and subscribed This 18th day of July 1831
Dannie Mosher
Before me Dawid Lent Justice of the Peace
State of New York } ss. County of Westchester } ss.
Before me Dawid Lent a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared the above named Nathaniel Mason subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; and likewise personally appeared Dannie Mosher subscriber to the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed. Dated this 18th day of July 1831.
July 1831
Dawid Lent Justice of the Peace
State of New York } ss. County of Westchester } ss.
In testimony that the above written Dawid Lent was a magistrate authorised to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c. in the state of New York at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Westchester County this 21 day of July 1831.
N. Bayles
County Clerk, &c.

I hereby certify - that Nathaniel Mason the Subscriber to the within declaration and power of Attorney cannot write his Name in consequence of having a shock of the Numb Palsy. Cortland Town July 18 th 1831 —
David Lent { Justin Dean

2625
In the matter of the application of Thebe Mason under act of July 7 th 1838 -
June 2 nd 1839 Burg. for Assembly Dist.
Admitted Pm to 2 years
Sam Ward Esq, Sing Sing New York
Not R

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the seventh July 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"
State of New York County of Westchester
On this ninth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the undersigned a Supreme Court Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the People of the State of New York, Phebe Mason a resident of the town of Cortlandt in the County of Westchester aforesaid aged seventy three 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 "Entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of Nathaniel Mason who was a private in the war of the revolution and served as the declarant believes in and always understood in Armands Legion. That the said Nathaniel Mason was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the time of his death and was placed on the pension roll the declarant believes on the first day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
She further declares that she was married to the said Nathaniel Mason in the month of February in the year one thousand seven

hundred and eighty four  sixty at Cortlandt town aforesaid by the reverend Mr Ward, that she has no record of her marriage nor does she know of any record thereof.
That her husband the aforesaid Nathaniel Mason died on the sixteenth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty one at the town of Cortlandt in said County That she was not married to him prior to his leav- ing the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four Viz at the time above stated
Sworn to & subscribed  Phebe X Mason this 9 th day of October  mark 1838 before me 
Albert Lockwood Supreme Court Commissioner
State of New York County of Westchester  ss I, Albert Lockwood Supreme Court Commissioner as aforesaid do hereby certify that Phebe Mason who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration is in my opinion unable to attend the courts of record in this county to make her declaration in open court, in consequence of bodily infirmity. Dated this 9 th day of October 1838
Albert Lockwood Supreme Court Commissioner

State of New York County of Westchester ss William Lent of the town of Cortlandt in said county being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is now seventy one years of age and is well acquainted with Phebe Mason the widow of Nathaniel Mason who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the time of his death: That he the said William Lent was present and saw the said Phebe married to the said Nathaniel Mason in the month of February in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty four; that the deponent cannot tell the precise day of the month on which the said marriage took place further than as above stated: that the deponent recol- lects that the said Phebe and Nathaniel were married by a clergyman whose name the deponent has forgotten. And the deponent further saith that the said marriage took place in the town of Cortlandt aforesaid. And the deponent further saith that he was well acquainted with the said Nathaniel Mason in his life time and that the said Nathaniel died on the sixteenth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty one at Cortlandt aforesaid and that the said Phebe Mason has remained a widow ever since the death of the said Nathaniel Mason and further deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed his William X Lent this 9 th day of October 1838. mark before me Albert Lockwood Supreme Court Commissioner

State of New York } County of Westchester } ss
I certify that William Lent who has subscribed the foregoing affidavit by making his mark to the same and who has sworn to the same is in my opinion a credible witness Dated October 9th 1838
Albert Lockwood Supreme Court Commissioner

County of Westchester S p Samuel Wheeler of the town of Cortlandt in the County of Westchester aforesaid being duly sworn deposes and says that he is now seventy seven years of age and that he is well acquainted with Phebe Mason the widow of Nathaniel Mason who was a private in the war of the revolution and a revo- lutionary pensioner of the United States at the time of his death: that this deponent was present at the marriage of the said Phebe Mason to the said Nathaniel Mason and saw them joined together in lawful wedlock by the Reverend Mr Ward then a Baptist minister in said town of Cort- landt. That the said marriage took place in the month of February in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty four at Cortlandt town in said County and that this deponent well recollects the said marriage at the time above stated but does not recollect the day of the month it took place on and the deponent further saith that the said Reverend Mr Ward was not then a settled minister in Cortlandt town aforesaid but occasionally preached in said town and in other places, in said County of Westchester and that the said Ward has been dead many years and did not leave to the deponents knowledge any relation in this part of the County And the deponent further saith that he was well acquainted with said

William Mason at the time of his death and that the said William died several years ago in Scotland aforesaid and that the said Phebe has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband and further deponent saith not. Sworn to and subscribed this 9th day of October 1888 before me Samuel Wheeler
Albert Lockwood Supreme Court Commissioner
State of New York County of Westchester ss. I certify that Samuel Wheeler who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit is a credible witness. Dated Oct. 9. 1888
Albert Lockwood Supreme Court Commissioner
State of New York County of Westchester ss. I John H. Smith Clerk of the said County. Certify that Albert Lockwood before whom the foregoing affidavits purporting to have been taken was on the day of the date of taking the said affidavits a Supreme Court Commissioner residing in the said County duly commissioned and sworn and authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Albert Lockwood and verify believe the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have

hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County the 13 th day of October A.D. 1838
John H. Smith Clerk

Ready
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20242
Phoebe Nease
wid of
Nathaniel Nease
Prin Rev War
Act March 2 d  1742
Index: Vol. M , Page 18
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York 723
Phoebe Mason
widow of Nathaniel Mason
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18. March 1818 and who died on the 16. October 1831 of Westchester Co, in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Armand, of the Legion commanded by _____ in the Revolution time for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d day of Oct, 1838 and sent to Hon. A. Ward Sing Sing, N. York
Arrears to the 4th of Sep r 38 200. 00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th March 39. 40. 00
$240. 00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A, Vol. 2 Page 89

Ph. Mason
$80 per an
P. M. Irving N o 15 \frac{1}{2} Wall Street New York

State of New York } Westchester County } ss: On this Ninth day of September, in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Three, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for Westchester County, Phoebe Mason, a resident of Cortlandtville in said County, aged Seventy Six years, who, being first duly sworn, ac- cording to law, doth, on her oath make the fol- lowing declaration, in order to obtain the bene- fits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3 d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. — That she is the widow of Nathaniel Mason, who was a Private in the war of the Revolution, and that she received a pension at the New York City agency under the act of July 7 th 1838 at the rate of Eighty dol- lars per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow. Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written Phebe her Mason before me mark David Lord Justin Peck
I, the Magistrate before whom the foregoing depo-

sition was taken, hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the declarant, & that she is known to me to be the identical party described in said deposition.
David Lent Justice Peace
State of New York Westchester County
§ I Charles A Pundy Clerk of the County of Westchester and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby certify that David Lent Esq. before whom the within deposition of Phoebe Mason was taken was on the day of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Elected and sworn and duly authorized by law to take the same, and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and truly believe the signature of going purporting to be his are genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court & County this 12 th day of September A D 1821
Charles A Pundy Clk

New York. Sept 19 - 1843
Sir
I herewith transmit application of Mrs Phebe Mason for a pension under Act March 3. 1843 -
Very respectfully
Your obedient servant Diana M. King 1576 Wall N.Y.
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City