Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,547, for Nathan Lord, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Lord Nathan
S. 17,547
carded
CONTENTS

598
McAme
Nathan Lord
of Lebanon in the State of Maine who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Smith of the Reg t commanded by Col n Sprout in the line for 3 Years from May 1777.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of Eighty Dollars — Cents per to commence on the 24th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Sep r 1832 and sent to Gordon Alfred Maine
  Arrears to 24th of Sep r 1832  $ 120    Pension allowance ending 21 Mar 33  40     $160  
de. Nov. 26, 1833
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. McBlain Cler k Book D Vol. 1 st Page 67

Nathan Lord's application for Pension.
1 March 1823
Maine.
(Sept 1891)

State of Maine.
COUNTY OF YORK, ss.
ON this thirteenth day of February , 1829 , in open Court, being the Court of Common Pleas , held at Alfred , within and for the County of York on the Second Tuesday of February , A. D. 1829 , Present the Hon. Ezekiel Whitman , Chief Justice of said Court; said Court keeping a record of their proceedings, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having the power to fine and imprison, and being a Court of Record in said County, personally appeared Nathan Lord , of Lebanon resident in said county, aged seventy two years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18th March, 1818, and the 1st May, 1820, that he the said Nathan Lord , enlisted for the term of three years as a private, about 19th day of May , in the year 1777 in the state of Massachusetts , in the company commanded by captain Pilsbury , Smith  Solters , in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wigglesworth , Spencer & Smith , in the line of the State of Massachusetts , on the Continental establishment ; that he continued to serve in said corps until about the 19th. May, 1780 , when he was discharged from the said service, in West Point , in the State of New York , that his name has been placed on the pension list and dropped therefrom on account of his property.
And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st May, 1820, 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 Na- val service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March 1818; 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.
And I further declare on oath, that my original application and declaration for pension was made on or about the seventh day of April , 1818 , on which application a pension certificate was granted me, bearing date March 16, 1819 , which original certificate is now in my possession.
Nathan Lord.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
I own about 20 acres of tillage and pasture land, part of which is wild; 50 acres of swamp and waste land, of no income; an old, decayed, unfinished house, one fifth part of a barn 80 feet long. I also own two cows, 6 sheep, two pigs; also 6 old chairs, 2 tables, 1 tea kettle, 1 kettle, and various other articles of furniture, not worth in the whole more than twenty dollars, exclusive of two beds and necessary bedding.
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Nathan Lord, _____ who, by occupation am a farmer, _____ which I am unable to pursue by reason of old age and infirmity.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Sarah Lord, my wife, — 67 years Sickly, decipid and unable to labour!   Hannah Lord, daughter, — 53 — " Sickly, able to do some labour.   Dolly Downs, a daughter-in-law, — 53 — " Ill health, unable to support herself.  
That since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property.
I own about the same property as in 1820, when my last schedule was made; but I am owing to my two sons Nathan Lord, junr. and Benjamin Lord, junr. over 1500 00 for moneys advanced for me and aid rendered towards my support within twenty years past; and I am besides owing about two hundred and thirty three dollars to the following individuals, to wit: to Mess rs Parks & Harris, John C. Chase, Oliver Worcester, David Legro, Thomas and Theo. F. Jewett, Wm Smith, Mark Wood, Timothy Ferguson, John Lord and John Goodwin, and to some other individuals.
Nathan Lord.
SWORN to and declared on the 13th. day of February, 1829. before
Ezekiel Whitman.
I Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas — do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Nathan Lord did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedules thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of 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 six hundred dollars and the income  thereof thirty six dollars yearly a no more
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this second day of March 18 29
Jere. Bradbury CLERK of the C.C.P.

Declaration of Nathan Lord. for pension under law June 7, 1832.
$80 per annum
Lebanon
Spout-
J. Goodwin
Alfred
James
April 6 - 1832

State of Maine.
County of York, ss. Town of Alfred, on this twenty eighth of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, before Jeremiah Goodwin of said Alfred, a Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum, as also a Notary Public, within and for the county of York aforesaid, personally ap- peared Nathan Lord of the town of Lebanon in said county of York, who, being duly sworn according to law, doth on oath declare, that he is about seventy five years of age, and doth make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary Army, under the following officers, and served as herein after stated, to wit; That he enlisted in the Army of the United States under capt. Daniel Pillsbury on or about the nineteenth of May, 1777, for the period of three years, at Berwick in said county of York, and served as a private soldier in the Company commanded by captain Pillsbury, Smith & others, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Col. Wigglesworth, Sprout & Smith in the Massachusetts line on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in said corps till May 20 th in the year 1780, when he was honorably discharged from said service, at West Point in the state of New York, or opposite West Point.
And he further declares, that, under the law of the 18 th March, 1818, (at which time he was, and ever since has been, a resident citizen of the United States, at said Lebanon) his name has been placed on the pension list, Maine agency, and dropped therefrom on account of his property; that his original application for pension was made on or about the 7 th of April, 1818, on which application a Pension Certificate was granted him, dated March 16, 1819, & number 7,685; and at which application, as evidence of his services, affidavits of his fellow soldiers in the same company, were forwarded to the United States War Department, his origin-

original discharge having been previously lost. That under the act of May 1, 1830, by which his pension was discontinued, he again applied February 13, 1831, but failed of being restored.
And he hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension or annuity, except under the present application; and declares he has drawn no pension money since 1830, when his name was stricken off as aforesaid.
And he further swears, that he is the identical Nathan Lord named in the original pension certificate, before referred to, that he resided in the town of Berwick in the county of York aforesaid, at the time of his enlistment as aforesaid, in 1777, and that since about 1780 he has resided in said Lebanon.
Witness: Jeremiah Goodwin, } John D. Grant. } Nathan Lord
And at the same time, personally appeared before me, said magistrate, Josiah Clark of said Lebanon, to me personally known, and made solemn oath that he has intimately known the aforesaid Nathan Lord (who is now personally present & signed the above declaration in his view) for over seventy years, having lived a near neighbor to him at said Lebanon for over fifty years, & previously at Berwick aforesaid. And he further swears that Nathan Lord was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, as he always understood from him & all the old neighbors & friends, at three several tours, in all nearly five years, but at one time three years from 1777 to 1780.
Witness: Jeremiah Goodwin, } John D. Grant. }
Josiah Clark mark
Sworn and subscribed to, this 28 th July, 1832,
Before me, Jeremiah Goodwin, Justice of the Peace & Notary Public.

State of Maine.
Yorks, ss. Town of Alfred, this twenty eighth day of July, A.D. 1832, before Jeremiah Goodwin, a Justice of the Peace & of the Quorum, and also a Notary Public, within & for said county, personally came the aforementioned Nathan Lord, the applicant, to me well known, and made solemn oath, in due form of law, to the truth of the foregoing declaration, by him subscribed in my presence and the presence of John L. Grant.
And I do hereby certify, that I have known the said Nathan Lord about twelve years past, and believe him a highly credible witness; and during my acquaintance with him I have always understood he was a Revolutionary soldier.
Witness my hand & Notarial seal, the day & year aforesaid. Jeremiah Goodwin, Justice of the Peace & of the Quorum, & a Notary Public.
State of Maine
Yorks County ss.
I Jeremiah Bradbury, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for said County of York, certify that Jeremiah Goodwin is a Justice of the Peace and of the quorum and a Notary Public as above stated and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Witness whereof I hereunto set my name and affix my official seal this thirty first day of July A.D. 1832. Jere. Bradbury Clerk of the Judicial Courts York County.

Rev. 41812 Wars Section. ADY
January 25, 1930.
Mrs. Roscoe M. Packard, 175 Mount Vernon Street, West Newton, Massachusetts.
Dear Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 17547, it appears that Nathan Lord while residing in Berwick, York County, enlisted about May 19, 1777 and served three years as a private in Captains Daniel Pilsbury's and Smith's Companies, Colonels Wigglesworth's, Smith's and Sprout's Massachusetts Regiments.
About 1781 he moved to Lebanon, York County, Massachusetts (Maine).
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1818 while a resident of Lebanon, Massachusetts, aged sixty-two years.
He died November 26, 1833.
Soldier had two sons, Nathan Lord, Jr. and Benjamin Lord, their ages not stated.
In 1820 soldier's wife, Sarah, aged fifty-eight years, a daughter, Hannah, aged thirty-four years and a daughter-in-law, Dolly Downs, aged forty-four years were living with him. There are no further family data.
This is the history of the only soldier named Nathan Lord found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH, Commissioner.

Nathan Lord
7600.
John Lord
Nov 10/19

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
23 acres of tillage & pasture land part of which is wild - 50 acres swamp & waste land of no income whatever - 1 old house wholly unfinished & very much decayed - 1/3 part of a barn 80 ft. by 26 feet - 2 cows - 2 heifers - 6 sheep - 1 pig -
I owe 170 dollars
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me who, by occupation am a farmer reason of age & infirmity
Nathan Lord which I am unable to pursue by
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     wife - Sarah - 58 - sickly & infirm   daughter Hannah 34 - sickly - not able to work   Dolly Downs 44 very helpless & dependant on me for support -  
Nathan Lord
STATE OF MAINE.
I, W.B. Sewall of the county of York ss.
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record 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 two hundred sixty six dollars and said Lord owes 170.00 IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
W.B. Sewall
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York
266.00 170.00 96.-

STATE OF MAINE.
York ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the First Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York — within and for the County of York on the first Tuesday being the seventeenth  eighteenth day of July and by adjournment at Alfred in Respect from day to day, on the eighteenth day of July — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene Chief Justice Judge of said Court.
ON this eighteenth day of July — in the year 1820, personally appeared in open court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said County  Nathan Lord — aged sixty two years, resident in Lebanon — in said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private — in the company commanded by Capt. Daniel Pilsbury in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wigglesworth in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the seventh day of April — A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 7.688 — was granted. 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, 1818: 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
Nathan Lord
Sworn to and declared, on the 18th day of July — A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Benj a Greene { Chief Justice One of the Judges of the said Court. Ad d Daniel Sewall, Clerk

Nathan Lord ( Private )
Wiggleworth's M ty . Regt.
May 1777 to 25 th May 1780 -
7 th April 1810 -
barred

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss. } ON this Seventh day of April A. D. 1818, before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appears Nathan Lord aged sixtytwo years resident in Lebanon in said county of York, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made 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 he the said Nathan Lord in the month of May AD 1777 enlisted as a private soldier in the continental army under Capt m Daniel Pillsbury of the Regiment commanded by Col l Wigglesworth of the Massachusetts Line, for three years - That he continued to serve in said company & Reg t untill the time for which he enlisted had expired, when he was honourably discharged at High Lands in the State of New York on the 20th of May A D 1780. but that he has lost his discharge.
He further testifies, & proves by the certificate of the selectmen & overseers of the Poor of the Town of Lebanon -
That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year above said.
Benj t Greene
I, BENJAMIN GREENE, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Nathan Lord did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid—and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support.—And I do now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War; pursuant to the directions of the before mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this
Twenty fifth day of June
Anno Domini, 1818
Benj t Greene
Heads place on Pauson. Roll Boston

Nathan Lord of Lebanon.
Payable semi-annually---the first pay- ment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of September next,
at the Cumberland Bank, Portland.
Recorded D
Nathan Lord

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, _____
Nathan Lord late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pen- sion List, Roll of the District of Maine Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the _____ seventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Sixteenth day of _____ March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

RECEIVED
RECEIVED
PROPERTY THAT IS LOAN OF THE UNITED STATES, of the kind of which there is...
in the hands of the Revolutions in the hands of the... one thousand eight hundred and...
PROPERTY of the kind of which there is...
1685
see memorandum relative to return of this paper to the Bureau on private correspondence * signed "Justice" dated Indianapolis Ind. Sept. 5, 1923 - (*locked up in cupboard)

see letter to J. Goodwin April 27. 1829.
7,685
Maine.
Nathan Lord 41
of Lebanon in the Dist of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wigglesworth of the Massachusetts, for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Dist. of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th of March 1819 and sent to Hon Ben: Greene Esq, South Berwick, Maine
  Arrears to 4th of March 1819-  87.43    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep r 1819-  48    10. 24 / 30  4 / 30  8135.43  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued
Nathan Lord to David Chase Esq. Tunkook Maine 31 July 1820

7,685
Maine.
Nathan Lord 41
of Lebanon in the Dist of Maine
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wigglesworth of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Dist. of Maine
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7th April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th of March 1819 and sent to Hon Ben: Greene Judge, South Berwick, Maine
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 87.43
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep. 1819 - 48
10. 24/305 4/30 $135.43
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued
see letter to J. Goodwin April 27. 1829.
Official warrant to S. S. Chase Esq. Treasurer of Maine 31 July 1820

Rec.
17.547 INVALID.
17.547
File No. 16931
Waltham Lord
Pre Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 228
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mch. 11-98 Howard N. Concord, N. H.
1930 Jan. 25. Hist. to Mrs. Abel M. Packard, A.P.O.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
March 11, 1898.
Sir:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Nathan Lord made an application for pension on April 7, 1818, at which time he was 62 years of age and residing at Lebanon, Mass., and his pension was allowed for three years' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Smith and Col. Sproat. Place of his enlistment not stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Howard T. Hill,
Concord, N. H.
69 South Main St.

MRS. ROSCOE M. PACKARD 178 MOUNT VERNON STREET WEST NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Nov 29 1929
U. S. Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
I find in list of pensioners Nathan Lord enrolled Mar. 26, 1819
He was probably in a Maine Company.
May I have his Revolutionary record, with all his application personal data & dates which it shows?
I wish then for genealogical search for a descendant
Yours truly L. P. Packard (Mrs. R.)

Ans. Jan 25, 1930 ADJ.
MRS. ROSCOE M. PACKARD 175 MOUNT VERNON STREET WEST NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Commissioners of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Will you please furnish me with what your records show of the Rev. Service and all other data of
Nathan Lord
who was 77 when enrolled in 1819
This data is desired for a descendant of D. L. R. papers.
Yours truly L. P. Packard (Mrs. R. M.)
Jan 10 1929

69 SOUTH MAIN ST.
(NEW NUMBER.)
L
Concord, N. H., March 2, 1898.
Commissioner of Pensions-
Dear Sir:
I am writing the life of Nathan Lord, of South Berwick and Kittery, Me., and Rollinsford, N. H., to whom a Revolutionary War pension was granted but who never received any sum therefrom, as I understand. I am anxious to obtain certified copies of any papers, especially any statement from himself or family in regard to services. I have N.H. and Mass. official certificates of his service. He was in regiments from those states, serving from private to captain. There is no other person of his name holding commission in Revolution. We are anxious to fill various gaps left by papers of record. Would be more than willing to pay any costs or fees incurred in this inquiry. I think the pension was from Congressional vote. We are anxious to find out the anatomical and geographical locality where he was wounded.
Very Truly Yours,
Harold T. Kille
X From N.H. or Mass., at least.