Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14682, for Nathan Thompson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Thompson, Nathan
S. 14682
CONTENTS
Guarded

8409 New York
Nathan Thompson
of Onondaga in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Smith in the N o apts — time for 3 Years — — — — —
★ Continental Mass.
Records completed 2/27/32.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York — — — at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of Ap l , 1833 — — — and See No. 16444 H. Evans Providence
Arrears to the 14th of Ma. '33 $ 160 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4/2/33 40 $ 200
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. } Old State
Recorded by _____ Clerk, Book 6. Vol. 4. Page 32

Nathan Thompson
Allowed
In the matter of the Application of Nathan Thompson for a Pension Under the act of June 7. 1832
Melville H. Crane, Fredonia Chautauque County, N.Y. Agents.
10m d
3 years pri
80 Y
Postal
10 X 10 50

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
State of New York } Chautauqua County } ss:
On this twelfth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty two, personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Chautauqua and State of New York, being a Court of Record, now sitting, Nathan Thompson a resident of the town of Sheridan in the said County of Chautauqua & State of New York formerly of Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, aged sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 That he entered the service of the United States, as a private in the Revolutionary war under the following named officers and served as herein stated, viz;
That he volunteered & enlisted in the month of March, as he believes, in the year 1781, in the town of Charlton, in the County of Worcester & State of Massachusetts for the term of three years, and without then joining any company, was marched with about fifty or sixty men through Connecticut to West Point in the State of New York, where he joined the army & was attached to Captain Chambers Company in the Regiment commanded by Lt. Col. Smith, in the Brigade commanded as he believes, by General Graton, being the Sixth Regiment and third Brigade of Massachusetts troops — that he resided at Charlton aforesaid at the time of his said enlistment. — That after remaining some weeks at West Point disciplining, he was marched to Pekskeville, New York, & from thence to Kingsbridge, New York, to White Plains, Valentines Hill, Nelsons Point, opposite West Point Verplanchs Point & Snake Hill, all in the State of New York, at which last place he heard the news of peace & was then marched to West Point aforesaid where he remained until the summer of the year 1783, when he, with others, was ordered to March to Philadelphia to suppress a rebellion and an insurrection against Congress — that he met the American Congress, at Princeton New Jersey, on his march to Philadelphia where he remained about two months & then marched back to West Point where he remained until the month of June, as he believes, in the year 1784 when he was discharged from the service at West Point aforesaid, being then in the only Regiment in the United States service, called "The American Regiment."
The Declarant further saith, that from the time that he first entered the service of the United States as aforesaid, he continued to serve without any interruption until about the month of March in the year 1784 when the time for which he enlisted had expired, and when, without leaving the Army, he took the place of a Soldier who then had two years to serve, as his sub-

Statute, & continued to serve at West Point until the following June as aforesaid, when he received his Discharge from the Army, which was signed by General Jackson, according to his best recollection, & which said Discharge was in the year 1819, as near as he can recollect, sent to the War Department, and is now, as he supposes, on file in said Department. —
That he received the Certificate of Pension herunto annexed, and drew but one semi-annual payment thereon in March in the year 1820.
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, only on that of the Agency of the State of New York, to the best of his knowledge.
Subscribed to & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid in open Court James B. Borry Clk
Nathan Thompson
And to Interrogatories propounded by the said Court of Common Pleas, the said Nathan Thompson says, that he was born in the town of Glocester in the County of in the State of Rhode Island on the fifth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty four and that he has no record of his age except in his family bible now in his possession
That when he entered the Revolutionary Army he resided in the town of Charlton in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts. That after the Revolutionary war he moved from Charlton aforesaid, to Cheshire Massachusetts where he married his wife & moved from there to Argyle, to Marcellus, & then to Sheridan aforesaid New York where he now resides, & has resided there for some years past
That he was called into the Revolutionary Service & served in the manner above in his declaration stated and, was acquainted with Generals Washington, Heath, Gates, & Putnam, Colonels Jackson of the 9th Regiment Col. William Hull, Col. Sprout, Col. Tupper, Major Prencott & many others — that he knew the third, ninth & first Massachusetts Regiments.
That he received a Discharge from his Service at West Point aforesaid signed by a General Jackson, as he verily believes, in the month of June in the year 1784, which said Discharge was forwarded to the War Department at the time & in the manner above stated.
He is personally acquainted with many of the inhabitants of the said town of Sheridan among which are Seth Snow Esquire, Enoch Haskin, Post Master, Thomas Chapman
to whom he refers as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Affirmed to & subscribed in open Court before the judges thereof the day & year first above mentioned.
Nathan Thompson
James B. Borry Clk.

We Griffin Sweet a Clergyman residing in the town of Sheridan in the County of Chautauqua & State of New York and Thomas Chapman residing in the same town, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathan Thompson, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; That we believe him to be sixty eight years of age; That he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed in open Court this day & year aforesaid.
Griffin Sweet Thomas Chapman
James B. Lowny Clerk
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 Nathan Thompson, the above named applicant, was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Griffin Sweet who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the town of Sheridan aforesaid and that Thomas Chapman who has also signed the same certificate is also a resident in the same, and that they both are credible persons, & that their statements are entitled to Credit.
I James B. Lowny Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Chautauqua aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathan Thompson for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office, being the seal of the said Court, at Mayville in the County of Chautauqua aforesaid this twentyth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two.
James B. Lowny Clerk

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
March 10, 1924.
Mrs. Harriet W. Thomas, 117 Main St., Silver Creek, N. Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.14682, it appears that Nathan Thompson was born at Gloucester, Rhode Island, June 5, 1764. While a resident of Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, he enlisted in March 1781 as a private in Captain Chambers' Company, Colonel Smith's Massachusetts Regiment, transferred to Captain Main's Company, Colonel Sprout's Massachusetts Regiment, transferred to Captain Haskell's Company, Colonel Henry Jackson's Regiment, and was discharged June 30, 1784.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 24, 1819, while a resident of Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York.
After the Revolution he moved to Cheshire, Massachusetts, where he married, name of wife not stated. In 1832 he was a resident of Sheridan, Chautauqua County, New York. There is no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Reborn
14682
INVALID.
File No. 14 682
Nathan Thompson Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 374
[Arrangement of 1870.]
May-8-1903-Hist Geo E. McKenney Sheridan N.Y.
1914 Dec. 12 Hist. to Miss. Mabel Orr.
1924 Mch. 10 - Hist. to Mrs. Harriet W. Thomas, N.Y.

15. 416 R New York
Nathan Thompson of Onondago in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Smith of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years Continental Mass Records completed 1816-1820
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 th of Sep 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d of Oct 1819 and sent to Joshua Forman Esq. Onondago New York
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1820 $ 42.89 5 mo 7/30 to 4/31 $ 42.89
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Nathan Thomps on Puwater the American _____ Regiment, being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York, the 30 th _____ Day of June
By the General's Command, 1784 St. Williams
E. Selver Cap ty  82
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
E. Selver Adjutant

Nathan Thompson
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, in the City of New York at the Branch Bank of the United States
Pay to the order of

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, _____
Nathan Thompson late a private _____ in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York _____ Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the twenty fourth day of September , one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twenty second day of October one thousand eight hundred and nineteen _____
H Calhoun
Secretary of War.

Nathan Thompson
Sept. 22, 1889.
✓
Adm?
Onondaga, N.Y.

State of New-York, } ss :— Onondaga County, }
On this twenty fourth day of September 1819, before me the subscriber, First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said county of Onondaga, personally appears Nathan Thompson aged fifty five years, resident in the town of Marcellus in the said county, 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 Thompson enlisted in February or March in the year 1781 at Charlton in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Chambers in Col. Smith's Regiment of the Massachusetts line; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the 30th day of June 1784, when he was discharged from service at West Point in the state of New York that he was in the battles of Transfand at the brook of the war into Captain Brainerd's company in Col. Spratt's Regiment in which he served till the fall or winter before his discharge when he was transferred into Captain Haskell's company in the American Regiment commanded by Col. Henry Jackson - That his discharge is hereby annulled and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of 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 aforesaid.
Nathan Thompson
Joshua Forman
I, Joshua Forman - First Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Nathan Thompson did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; And I 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 aforementioned act of Congress. And that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support - Onondaga September 24th 1819.
Joshua Forman

14682
Nathan Thompson
Sgt. M. 1814 - 55 Marcellus N.Y.
4th or 5th Charlton Mass Apt. Chambers Col. Smith
Bat. 4 June 30 1782
In 1832. he lived in Sheridan N.Y.
Born Gloucester Rd. June 5, 1764
No Bat

THE MAPLES SILVER CREEK, NEW YORK
Feb 7 th 1924.
Rev. Soldier Dept.
Will you kindly send me the war record of Nathan Thompson, who is buried in the Sheridan Cemetery - of Sheridan, Chaut- Co, New York. We have located the grave but have no data for reference and the work we are not now doing.
Yours sincerely yours (Mrs) Harriet W. Thomas, D. A. R. Historian, 117 Main St, Silver Creek, N. Y.

OFFICE OF GEORGE E. McLAURY, Supervisor Town of Sheridan.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, N. Y.
   TOWN SUPERVISOR POST OFFICE     Arkwright, Marvin Horton, R.F.D. 3, Fredonia   Busti, Fred A. Bentley, Jamestown   Carroll, John Venman, Frewsburg.   Charlotte, Edwin F. Lake, Charlotte Center.   Chautauqua, August Anderson, Mayville.   Cherry Creek, Chas. L. Wheeler, Cherry Creek.   Clymer, Dr. L. P. McCray, Clymer.   Dunkirk, John K. Patterson, Jr., Dunkirk.   Dunkirk, Thomas J. Cummings, Dunkirk.   Ellery, Frank F. Pickard, Bemus Point.   Ellicott, Merritt B. Pratt, Jamestown.   Ellington, Theodore A. Case, Ellington.   French Creek, Henry R. Case, Cutting.   Gerry, Orson N. Salisbury, Gerry.   Hanover, David T. Smith, Forestville.  
   TOWN SUPERVISOR POST OFFICE     Harmony, E. W. Connelly, Ashville.   Jamestown, James A. Clary, Jamestown.   Jamestown, Archibald D. Falconer, Jamestown.   Jamestown, Chas. J. Anderson, Jamestown.   Kiantone, Alonzo J. Martin, Jamestown.   Mina, W. L. Nuttall, Findley Lake.   Poland, John H. Anderson, Kennedy.   Pomfret, Gaius M. Tremaine Jr. Fredonia.   Portland, Charles F. Crandall, Brocton.   Ripley, Jos. A. McGinnies, Ripley.   Sheridan, George E. McLaury, Sheridan.   Sherman, Albert B. Sheldon, Sherman.   Stockton, Lucien C. Warren, Stockton.   Villenova, Wallace J. French, Hamlet.   Westfield, S. Frederick Nixon, Westfield.  
Sheridan, N. Y., April 29 1903
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
My Dear Sir: from the data given in the enclosed pension certificate can you give me the Company Regiment etc to which the pensioner Nathan Thompson belonged. I sent it to the War Department but he returned it to me with instructions to send it to you for the required information.
Thanking you in advance for what you may do I remain
Most Respectfully Yours
Geo. E. McLaury

U. S. WAR & NAVY MAY 2 1903 FII 3. P. B.
June

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Nathan Thompson 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.     Feb 24th 1781 Pvt. Chamberlain Smith Mass.   Main Hersey   Hatch Henry Jackson Cont.   Discharged June 30, 1784.  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Charlton Worcester Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Sept 20 1849
Residence at date of application, Marshall, Onondaga Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, at Glencoe R.L. June 5, 1764
Remarks: After the Rev. moved to Cheshire Mass. when he married name of wife is not stated. In 1833 he was a resident of Sheridan Chautauqua Co. N.Y. No other family data.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.