Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20000, for Nathan Lewis, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass
Lewis, Nathan Pratt, Hannah
W 20000.
(Former widow.)
CONTENTS

Certificate issued May 24 1852, in favor of.
Hannah Bragg for the sum of $198.84 one of 5 heirs of Hannah Pratt dear, the whole amount pension having been paid to four of the heirs Pension Agent notified same day
Certificate sent to H. C. Hassler Pension Agent
1 June 54, Let to H. C. Hassler 3 " " " " Pension Act
No Certificate issued for the sum of $195.51 receiving the above from H. C. and sent to H. C. Hassler present. Pension agent notified same day
Book A 100.2 page 262
8316 New York, Albany Hannah Pratt, 8000 widow of Nathan Lewis who was a Banker in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 108 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
May 11 March 1847 Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of May 1848 and sent to
Wm G. P. Wausle House of Reps
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 82
File inside envelope for correspondence

Col. J. R. Welch Cook July 30 '47
1779 Nov 179
Nathan Davis Artificer Massachusetts Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 th of April , 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th of April , 1818. and sent to Wm: John Palmer Bureau of Dept. U. States
Arrearages to 4 th Sep 1818  $39.74
$39.74
{ Revolutionary claims, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
Death not on A.B.
4 Sep 1818

Application Hannah Bragg one of the Heirs of Hannah Pratt formerly Lewis Pensioned on N.Y. Rolls: act 1848
Copy
filed 23 Feb 1854 P.E. Hassler P

State of New York } ss: Tioga County }
Be it known, that before me, Joseph Belcher, a justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Hannah Bragg, and made oath, in due form of law, that she is the Daughter of Nathan & Hannah Lewis, & that she has not received any portion of the pension due her late Mother, which she understands has been drawn by other parties, and that she makes this affidavit for the purpose of obtaining her portion of said pension money.
Sworn and Subscribed this
Hannah Bragg
20 th day of February 1854 before me
Joseph Belcher Justice of the Peace
State of New-York, } ss. COUNTY OF TIOGA.
I, LE ROY W. KINGSLEY Clerk of the County of Tioga, do certify that the foregoing  affidavit of Joseph Belcher Esq., by whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same, an acting Jus- tice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, that I am acquainted with his signature and verily believe the above to be genuine, and that the same is in due form, and in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, the 21 st day of February 1854
L. W. Kingsley Clerk.

Washington City D.C. Febr. 23. 1854
Hon L. Waldo Sir & Commissioner of Pensions
Enclosed please find an affidavit of Hannah Bragg as an heir of Hannah Pratt, formerly Widow Nathan Lewis - admitted on the New York Rolls act 1848. and I respectfully request that an examina- tion of her rights may be made, & any further proofs necessary will be asked for of
Yours at Servt,
J. F. Hassler

State of New York
On this ninth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one personally appeared in open court called a court of common pleas being a court of record having the power of fine and imprisonment and keeping record of its proceedings Mathew Lewis aged fifty seven years resident in the town of Lewis in the county of Oneida who being first duly sworn, according to law on his oath doth depose and say that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows Colonel Clancey Clancey's Regiment Captain Brisban's Company was in more months service in the Massachusetts line and that the number of his enlistment is 179 and that he has received something like $184. and that the date of his en- listment declaration is the 5th of April
1808
And I solemnly swear that I was a res- ident citizen of the United States on

The 18 th day of March 1818 and since I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposal of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to do diminish it as being my self within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for cer- tain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the united states in the revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person entrusted for me any property or any 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
M Nathan Lewis
1 st Real Estate none
2 nd Personal Estate as follows
one yoke of oxen 2 cows 2 gristlings in hand one ox yoke 7 hogs heads one

broken Chain one Pitch fork one ax one fire pail kettles one Broken 5 pail Do 1000 broken 1 tea pot kettles one Brake pan one dish kettles one Skillet one frying pan shovel and tongs 1 hair fork one old loom 1 chest sized Chain one old lawn one thread 8 old pails one Shovel one tray 3 milk pails one coffee pot one stove Do one pudding pan six plates six butter plates 2 butter dishes six tea cups and saucers six spoons six tea spoons 3 knives and six forks 100 wt of pork Tubbs one sugar tub one old wheel one one half bushel  little wheel 2 small pigs 2 reeds 2 tons of hay one Bushel of grain 20 Bushels of potatoes
Mathan Lewis
The undersigned is hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the same of _____ 8/13.19
The undersigned has done to him from the undersigned persons from whom he expects to get nothing or next to nothing of any thing about _____ 8/15.

The defendant is by occupation a farmer is effected by mental weak- ness in the whole system or general debility and infirm and age has a wife aged 52 years tolerable health for a woman of her age and daugh- -ter living with her aged 15 years is in tolerable health and is able to contribute much of any his support
Mathew Lewis
Sworn to and read in open Court the 9 th day of January 1821
before me
Essex County ss. Clerk's office
I, Ashley Pond Deputy Clerk of the Court aforesaid certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copies 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 one hundred and twenty dollars
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- scribed my name & affixed the seal of said Court at Charlestown this 23 rd day of January 1821 (in the absence of Thos. Storer Clerk) Ashley Pond Deputy Clerk

State of New York
Of my knowledge: Nathan Lewis of the town of Lewis in said County being duly sworn doth depose, declare and say that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five one Captain Manion entitled the deponent to serve for eight months and that in pursuance of said enlistment the deponent did serve for eight months in the service of the United States a part of the time as a volunteer in the expedition against Lincoln under Generals Burnside and Montgomery - That after the return of the deponent he did in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six enlist into the regiment commanded by Colonel John Graton  Graton and did serve therein as a common soldier for the space of one year and that the company to which the deponent belonged in the said Regiment was commanded by Captain Moses Whiting - That in the year eighteen hundred and seventy seven the deponent enlisted into the Army of the United States under Lieutenant General

Deedham in the State of Massachusetts for the term of three years and that he served for that space of time in the regiment commanded by Colonel John Crane and in the company commanded by Captain Bussy. His given name the deponent does not remember - That in the year 1861 he was in the Massachusetts Line and that during his three years service he was in a regiment of artillery attached to the brigade of General Ropes - That in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty he was honorably discharged from the service having served with reputation during his term of enlistment - And the de- ponent further says that he has never been placed on the pension roll of the United States nor received any thing by way of pension for his services - And the deponent further says that he is in indigent circum- stances having a wife and two children to support and that he is not a free holder of any lands

and that he was and does now support himself by his manual labor. That previous and at the time of his said discharge from his three years service he was a bond and in the regiment to which he belonged and that he is the same person mentioned therein by the name of Nathan Lewis and that the said paper purporting to be his discharge and which is hereto attached is genuine. And further the deponent saith not.
To the Secretary of the department of War -
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Nathan Lewis that he did on the first day of April 1818 personally appear before me and make oath that the above statement is true and that being acquainted with his character I am fully convinced of the same and that he has made of the estate of Congress for his comfortable support.
Given under my hands
! The first day of April 1818.
Sworn & subscribed this 1 st day of April 1818 before me J. M. R. first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Essex
Nathan Lewis

State of New York County of Essex
I Thomas Stowe Clerk of the County of Essex aforesaid certify that Daniel Ray Esquire before whom the for- going affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County aforesaid And that his name written under the said affi- davit & certificate subjoined to it is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said County at Plattsburgh this 10th day of April 1810
Thos Stowe Clerk By Ashley Dand Dpt
Katharine Lewis
(cannot) / may not

Hannah Lewis St. Johnsbury
Sept 29. - 47
N 13525
Hannah Pratt die d wid. Nathan Lewis
Vermont
Act 7 July 1838
in before 94 d 28. widow died 18 March 1847 adm d
2 years Bombardier
$108
Act 43 & 44
$108
Gen. Geo. Marsh HR

State of New York Dutch County
On this twenty ninth day of September, A.D. 1847 Personally appeared in open court in and for said county Florence Lewis of said county aged forty six years and after being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows and the act of Congress passed August 23 1842 And the act of March 3 1843 and the act of June 17 1844
That he is the son of Nathan and Hannah Lewis deceased and that his father the said Nathan Lewis was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and previous to his serving in said war resided in the town of Ditcham state of Massachusetts as he often told this declarant in his lifetime and belonged to the Massachusetts troops and was pensioned as such under the act of Congress passed March 18 th 1818 at the rate of Ninety six dollars per Annum This declarant does not remember the names of the officers under whom his father said he served but refers to his declaration and proofs supposed to be on file in the pension Office
This declarant further states that his mothers maiden name was Hannah Tupper and he has often heard his parents state that their marriage took place in the town of Lynchborough state of New Hampshire and that it was solemnized by Levi Spaulding Esq then a Justice of the Peace for said Town - This declarant does not know the precise time of the marriage there being no record of the event to his knowledge but has heard them

state that it was about the close of the Revolutionary war in the A.D. 1782 or 1783. And he further says that his parents have told him that his two eldest sisters Betsey and Polly were born in Frances-Town New Hampshire when my parents lived some years subsequent to their marriage and that they moved from Frances-town to Hancock Vermont in the A.D. 1790- when they lived a few years and then removed to Cornwall Vermont where they lived till the A.D. 1809- when they moved to the town of Lewis in this county where they continued to reside until the death of my father which occurred in the month of April in the A.D. 1828
And this declarant further says that his mother widow of the above named Nathan Lewis was afterwards married to Ephraim Pratt of the town of Lewis in said county in the month of October A.D. 1831 The marriage to the said Pratt was solemnized by Charles D. Lee then a Justice of the Peace in presence of this declarant and others. And he further says that his said mother lived with the said Pratt until his death which occurred on the 12 day of June A.D. 1842. And he further says that after the death of the said Pratt his mother claimed to be entitled to a pension on account of the military services of her former husband Nathan Lewis and made some exertions to establish her claim to the pension but an application to the court was delayed until the month of March last when John Doullet Esq one of the Judges of said court was engaged to visit her residence for the purpose of taking her declaration she being unable on account of the infirmities of age to appear in open court, but on the day the said Judge so attend

her mental faculties were so impaired as to be incapable of making a declaration - And further says that she died on the 18. day of March A.D. 1847 - And that his eldest sister Betsey alluded to in this declaration died in the A.D. 18 4 and that his other sister also alluded to by the name of Polly Lewis and who after- wards married Sally Bowne died in Ferry County July 28. 1847-
This declarant now asks that the amount of Pension due his late mother on account of the military services of his father the above named Nathan Lewis, for the proof of the facts stated in the foregoing declaration the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions is referred to the accompanying documents
Given before me this 29th day of Sept A.D. 1847
Hon. Lewis
J. Williams Clerk
I swear that Elizabethtown in said county on the day and year before written And the said court certifies that the declarant is known to him and that he is a person of truth and credibility and his statements entitled to credit - Dated Sept 29. 1847
Henry A. Ross County Judge
State of New York County of Essex
Town of Elizabethtown I, Edmund H. Williams Clerk of the County of Essex and Clerk of Essex County Courts do hereby certify that the above named Nathan Lewis appeared in open court and took & subscribed the foregoing affidavit or declaration

before me as Clerk thereof and that the same was satisfactory to said Court and that the signature of Henry W. Rep. Judge of Essex County Court is genuine and made at the time.
Given under my hand and seal this 29th day of September A.D. 1887.
J. Williams Clerk

Owego Tioga County New York September 22 d 1855
To the Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir
Nathan Lewis was a pensioner, he drew his pension till he died about the year 1828. His widow Hannah survived him & died about 1848, or 9. she never drew a pension
This widow Hannah after Mr Lewis' death intermarried with one Mr Pratt
After the death of Hannah (widow of Nathan Lewis) (I believe in the name) Pratt, a Pension was applied for by a portion of all the heirs of Nathan Lewis & his wife Hannah.
The names of the children of Nathan Lewis & Hannah - were as follows. Horace Lewis, (now dead) Irene wife of Israel Randall, Dorcas Lewis - Hannah wife of David Bragg. Reuben Lewis - Polly wife of Gaby Brown (now dead)
A part of these Children never executed any papers, never joined in the application & never authorized any person to make the application for the Pension due to Hannah (Pratt) as widow of Nathan Lewis but such Pension has been obtained, & the money received by a person acting ostensively as agent
We wish to know if Hannah Bragg is not entitled to Pension money as the child & heir of Hannah widow of Nathan Lewis - And also if there has not been either forgery or perjury on both counts in proceedings to get the Pension & receiving the money
The existence & residence of Mrs Bragg was well known to the Agent at the time of doing the business -
Yours Respectfully A. Miner

I Horace Lewis of the town of Lewis Essex county State of New York do hereby certify that I am the son of Nathan and Hannah Lewis, and that my parents and their descendant resided in the same family mostly until the death of the father in A.D. 1828 - and this descendant believes there is no family record but has always been told by his parents the ages of his brothers and sisters were as follows viz. Betsey Lewis born Feb. 1786. Polly Lewis now Mrs. Bower born Feb. 1788 Both of which were born in Farmington New Hampshire Irene Lewis born Dec. 1792 Nathan C. Lewis born 1794 Hannah Lewis born 1797 Hannah Lewis born 1799 Horace Lewis born Dec. 1801 - all the children of the above named Nathan and Hannah Lewis of which it is believed by this descendant none survive except Mrs. Bower Mrs. Randall and this descendant - the residence of Mrs. Bower being in Cayuga county New York and Mrs. Randall not known but supposed to be in the northern part of Ohio -
Horace Lewis
Sworn to and subscribed before me at Lewis this 4th day of June 1847 - and I certify that I am acquainted with the above descendant & that he is a person of truth and credibility J. S. Gilbert Justice

Washington D.C. I certify that I am personally acquainted with all the members of the Department that they are all persons of good character, morality & integrity. — Dec. 14 th 1847
A. Kellogg M.B. of H. C. Eng. Dist. St. Louis

Ref  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20,000
Hannah Pratt Widow of Nathan Lewis Bombardier Rev. War
Act: Mar. 3 rd 1873
Index:—Vol. M , Page 1412
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1925 Oct 21. B. S. Newell, Hotel Canterbury, San Francisco, Cal. info of names of sol. parents and date & place of birth not on record, see letter in Ebenezer Newell S1130 vol. 111

Hannah Pratt. died formerly widow of Nathaniel Lewis - New York
Act July 7. 1838 &c
admitted claim of Hannah Bragg for one 5th of $108. per annum from March 4. 1836 to May 18 th 1847, when the deceased (Hannah Pratt) died. $21.60 per annum = $1988 87
Certificate payable to Hannah Bragg of Tioga Co. N. York
Atty F. E. Halper Present.

Breif in the case of Hannah Pratt , deceased, formerly widow of Nathan Lewis County and State of New York act July 7. 1838.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
The claim of Hannah Pratt was admitted and a certificate at the rate of $108. was issued Feby 9. 1848. payable to Horace Lewis - Isere Randall - Doreas Lewis and Reuben Lewis - as her only surviving children - from Mar 4. 1836 to Mar 4, 1841 & from Mar 4. 1843 to May 18, 1847. the amount of which was paid to them. There was proof that
(If for increase.) Hannah was one of the children born to Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Nathan & Hannah Lewis - and no proof of her death was filed - but a certificate of court states the number of the only surviving children - upon which the Certificates for arrears issued.
This is an application for a distributive share of the arrears. and the proof is clear that Hannah Pratt was one of 5 only surviving children entitled to share in the arrears. and is still living.
Name and residence of Agent
F. E. Hafaler Present.
J. G. Dodge
Examining Clerk.

Payment to be made at by Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September in each year.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book Vol. Page by
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the acts of July 7, 1838, + its supplements, Hannah Pratt, due for widow of Nathan Dorr, who was a Private and died on the in April day of 1828, is entitled to receive a pension at the rate of One hundred dollars and eight cents per annum, commencing on the 4th day of March, 1836, and ending 4th March 1841. death or marriage of said widow before the 4th of March, 1841, and in case of the the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death. not to the 4th March 1843, and ending 4th March 1847, when she died. Given at the War Office of the United States, this 9th day of Feb'y, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.
Payable to Children. See Enclosure.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Albany Pension Agency June 20. 1854
L. P. Waldo Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 14 th inst. to return the notification of May 24 th , in the case of Hannah Bragg, one of the children of Hannah Pratt dec d . I would state, that the same was forwarded by me to you on the 29 th of May last, assigning the reasons for its return, viz: that said letter contemplated an overpayment.
Very Respectfully Your Ob t Serv t .
James M. French Pension Agent by C. Glenc.

Nathan Lewis, N.Y. act 18 March 1818 $96 00 per ann.
To what time was he last paid? 46 A
Pension Office } Paid, on a Book, to Fily 4/48 } 4 th Mar. 1828.
W.D.B.

Brief in the case of
Hannah Bragg, chld of Hannah Pratt County and State of New York act 5 2 July 1838
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
A certificate was issued the 24 May 1854, for the share of Hannah Bragg one of the children of Hannah Pratt. An error has been discovered in the certificate, it being for $198. 84, 3\frac{63}{100} too much. This erroneous certificate being surrendered & cancelled, another for the right amount $195. 21 is now issued.
Name and residence of Agent
J. E. Haskell Esq. P'keepsie.
R. M. [unclear] Examining Clerk.

Payment to be made at Albany by James M. French Esq. Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of
New York
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book 14, Vol- ume 2, Page 82, by
Clerk.
Henry P. Weighman

Richford June 9 th 1852
Esq. Haslen
Dear Sir
En lo a herewith is the Certificate of Mrs Bragg for her pension The Agents letter from Albany explains Please see that they do the business right this time, & that it is attended to without delay
Truly Yours
Joseph Belcher

Albany Pension Agency June 5 th 1854
Mr Joseph Belcher Sir.
There is an error in the allowing pension to Mrs Hannah Blegg Certificate sent you, & I have been directed to delay payment until the same is corrected. Send your Certificate to Washington, directed to L. P. Waldo Esq. Commissioner & he writes me that he will have another prepared and sent to this Office. On its receipt I will enclose it to you with the necessary blanks for preparing the papers in behalf of Mrs Blegg.
Your name is on our list of Justices & it will not therefore be necessary for you to get the Clerks Certificate.
Mr John F. Jenkins of this City is familiar with pension affairs & would collect & remit the pension to Mrs Blegg for a small compensation.
Yours &c
Jas M French Pension Agt

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the laws of the United States, of the 7 th July 1838, 3 rd March 1843 and 17 th June 1844, Hannah Hall deceased, widow of Nathan Lewis, who was a Pensioner in the Revolution, was entitled to a pension, and having died on the 28 th May 1847, Hannah Bragg, one of five surviving children, who did not receive her proportion, is entitled to the amount of one hundred and ninety eight 84 / 100 dollars, being one fifth of the whole amount of pension, improperly paid to four of her surviving children.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this twenty  fourth day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four
W. L. C. Randolph Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned. S
J. M. Wats Commissioner of Pensions.

Pension Off. = The Certificate Should be correct as suggested by the Pension Act. — =
Write to Hassler to return Certificate
Pension Act. written to annex that he has advised return of Certificate —
Issue new Certificate to Hannah Pratt for $195. 21 , in lieu of Certificate of 24 May '54
L. E. Hassler Pension

Pension Office May 24 1854
Sir.
You will please inscribe on your roll, acts 7. July 1838, 3 d March 1843 and 17. June 1844, the name of Hannah Pratt, deceased, formerly widow of Nathan Lewis, who was a Bombardier in the Revolution, and pay to Hannah Bragg, (one of five surviving children of Hannah Pratt, deceased, who did not receive her proportion) the sum of one hundred and ninety eight \frac{84}{100} dollars, being one fifth of the whole amount of pension which was improperly paid to four of her surviving children.
Respectfully Your obed. servt. J. P. Waldo Commissioner
James W. French Esq. Pension Agent Albany New York

Albany Pension agency May 29. 1854.
S. R. Waldo Esq Commr of Pensions.
Sir. I take the liberty of returning the inclosed notification, for the purpose of saying, that the Books of the agency show that the Children of Hannah Pratt Dec d were paid on the 30 June 1848, under Act of 7 th July 1838, (5 years) the sum of $540.00 Same date, under act of 1843: 1844 (4 yrs. 14 days) " " " 436.06 Making whole amount paid $976.06 \frac{1}{5} of which would be $195.21 instead of $198. 84 / 100 . Diff ce $3. 63 / 100
Allow me to ask your further instructions in the premises.
Very Respectfully Your Ob t . Serv t . Jas M. Funch Pension ag t .

Letter Case of Hannah Bragg heiress of Hannah Pratt formerly Keannah Lewis.
Revolutionary
T. E. Hassler Washington

Washington City D.C. June 1 st 1854
Dear Sir,
I regret exceedingly that it will probably be out of my power to return the Certificate of Pension in the case of Hannah Bragg, the Claimant having become impatient from the delay in the final decision of the case, & attributing it to me. I felt it my duty to forward the certificate the day subsequent to its receipt. Still it will afford me great pleasure when it is known to refund the error to the U. S. through such channel as you will be pleased to indicate to
Yours respectfully, P. E. Hassler

Albany Pension Agency 5th June 1884
Sir:
Yours in relation to the case of Mrs Hannah Bragg has been rec d .
I have written to Joseph Belcher, (the person to whom Mrs Bragg's Certificate was sent) informing him of the error & advising him to return the Certificate to your Office;
And that on its receipt a new one would be prepared & sent to this Office.
L. P. Waldo, Esq. Commiss. Pension. Washington.
Very Respectfully Yours.
Jas M French Pension Agt

V
135 25
Kenneth Pratt, Dec.
Vermont
Dr. to Hon. G. P. Marsh
Dec 22 '47

Pension Office
5 th May 1854.
Albany Hall, N. York. Act of July 1838. $108.- per annum.
Hannah Pratt dec? formerly widow of Nathan Lewis.
Sir,
Will you be good enough to state particularly , the amount of pension paid, and the names of the children to whom it was paid?
I Prayers Commissioner.
Francis Burt Esqr.
  30  180  (60  Third Auditor.      49       450     30  90  30       4.20   
  6  108      9      972      18      4.20      994.20   
  540     436.06     976.06   
Horace Lewis, Irene Randall, Dorsey Lewis Nathan Lewis

Hannah Pratt.
And her children, Horace Lewis Irene Randall, Seorcas Lewis & Ruben Lewis, $976.06 from 4 Mar 1836 to 18 May 1847 when she died, at $108 per Annum
J. B. Barth Auditor

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Stockton May 18 th 1854
Esqr Harrison
Dear Sir
I sent you additional testimony in Mrs Braggs case some 3 or 4 weeks since, which we thought must be satisfactory to the Department. Will you please drop us a line stating how far you have progressed in the investigation.
Mrs Bragg is quite anxious to know the result of her application, and particularly its state of progression -
You will bear with her somewhat childish anxiety, as she has been so long confined by debility that she fears that she may not be benefitted by her application unless the department takes an early opportu- nity of looking into the matter.
Yours truly
Joseph Brecher

Copy of Notification in case of Hannah Bragg 5 th heir of Hannah Pratt, decd, of Kings Co. N.Y. a/c 38,43444
H.R.W.

Pension Office May 24. 1854
Sir,
You will please inscribe on your roll acts 7. July 1838, 3 d March 1843 & 17 th June 1844, the name of Hannah Pratt, deceased, formerly widow of Nathan Lewis, who was a Bombardier in the Revolution, and pay to Hannah Pragg, (one of the five surviving children of Hannah Pratt, decd.) who never received her proportion the sum of one hundred and ninety eight 84 / 100 dollars, being one fifth of the whole amount of pension which was improperly paid to four of her surviving children
{ Certificate issued in conformity with the above
W. W. French Rev. Agt Albany (N.Y.)

House of Rep June 21 1848
Sir
I forward additional evidence in the case of Lewis heir of Hannah Bratt, widow of Nathan Lewis - Law
Yours respectfully Geo. Marsh
Col. Edward G. Com. Pensions

House of Representatives Washington Nov 28 '48
Sir
I enclose herewith a letter in relation to the Pension lately allowed to the heir of Lewis a Revolutionary Pensioner. Will you do me the favor to cause an ex- amination of the question made by the writer to be had, and the result to be communicated to
Yours respectfully Geo B. Manche Col J S Edward Com. Pensions

Letter
Relating to the claim of Hannah Bragg, heir of Hannah Pratt former widow of Nathan Lewis
N. York. Suspended Revolutionary.
Col
F. E. Wassler Washington.
// To be sent when proof is received

Washington D.C.
29 th March 1854
Hon. S. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
In reference to your letter of the 27 th inst. in the claim of Hannah Bragg, of N. York, for her proportion of a Revolutionary pension I wish, with all due deference, to remark that I cannot conceive how, with propriety, the U. States can divest itself of a debt by the acquiescence of a party to whom they are indebted, unless that authority or acquiescence was made in writing (the same as a payee to an endorser of a note,) at some date prior, and by later laws subsequent, to the allowance of a claim, and more particularly in a pension claim, against which even any written alienation of any right accruing through the pension laws the acts are themselves so clearly prohibitory.
The claimant at once negatives the idea of acquiescence by asserting her right , and it devolves upon the U. States to disprove her affidavit. She could not prove both a negative and a positive on one single point. It is true she may add that she has never sold her right (as is now required in money claims) but cur bono ? Could the Office recognize as valid a sale of that which she might recover under any law prohibiting such sale transfer, acquiescence or transfer alienation? A claimant for bounty land can state in his affidavit claiming land, that he has sold his right. Does this protect, legally, the purchaser? A minor daughter

may have a claim for land does it issue in the name of the husband, if she be married?
These queries bring me to the latter part of your letter. I cannot acquiesce in the declaration that all the witnesses are interested, but admit that the affidavit of Hannah Bragg is interested, still by the laws of New York and of the U. States the property she acquires by inheritance, through pension laws more especially, remains in her own right and not her husband's, consequently her husband is not an interested party in the eye of the law.
As for Dorcas Tibbets' affidavit. I think that the fact of her having profited by an improper allowance, and certainly having no claim for further allowance, but on the contrary, in principle, equity and justice, called upon to refund that which her affidavit goes to prove she had improperly received, divests it of all and any suspicion of being trumped up or made for the occasion, and is most unequivocally entitled to full faith and credit.
I will with pleasure attend to the proofs going to show that claimant is one, if not the only one, of the heirs who have not received their proportion of the pension money.
I am Sir, Very Respectfully, Your Ob t . Servant
J. E. Hassler

Pension Office. 26 th April 1854.
Albany Roll, N. York Act 7 July 1838. $108. - per annum.
Hannah Pratt dec. formerly widow of Nathan Lewis.
Please state the amount of pension paid; and to whom it was paid.
J. B. Malac.
(commis n )
Francis Buel Esqr. Phila. & Phila.

Hannah Pratt, Act. 1838, &c. $108 per annum. Died 18 May 1847. Paid.
J. Burch Administrator

State of New York Essex County ss
I Henry H. Ross County Judge of the said county of Essex and by office Surrogate of the said county do certify that on this tenth day of January 1848 satisfactory evidence was produced before me to establish the following facts to wit. That Hannah Pratt late of Lewis in the said county was the widow of Nathan Lewis formerly of the same Town of Lewis aforesaid a Revolutionary Soldier and that the said Hannah Pratt died in said Town on the 18 th day of March 1844 and that she left her surviving - & only heirs. Very her children by the said Nathan Lewis. The following to wit. Horace Lewis of Lewis aforesaid. Irene Rand all & Dorcas Lewis wife of Daniel Rand all & Dorcas Lewis who are supposed to reside in the State of Ohio and Reuben Lewis whose place of residence is not known.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and the seal of the Surrogate's Office this 10 th day of January 1848
Henry H. Ross
I hereby certify that Henry H. Ross is County Judge of the county of Essex in the State of New York & by office Surrogate of said county, & that the foregoing seal & signature are genuine.
House of Representatives Jan'y 24 1848
W. Hallay Member Congress from 14 th Can't. Dist. N. York

Know all men by these presents: That I Hannah Bragg, of the town of Richford County of Tioga & State of New York, do hereby constitute & appoint T. C. Hassler my true & lawful Attorney, for me, & in my name to examine all papers that may be deposited in the Pension Office at Washington, in relation to the services of my Father, Nathan Lewis; in the Revolutionary war & on which papers he was awarded a pension; & also to examine the papers in said Office on which his widow, or any of her Heirs may have drawn a pension as such widow, or Heirs; Subsequent to his Death, & his Widow also Date Richford July 2 nd 1854
Hannah Bragg

State of New York
Tioga County ss:
On this second day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & fifty four, before me personally came Hannah Bragg, to me known to be the individual, described in, and who executed the within letter of Attorney, and acknowledged that she executed the same, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Joseph Belcher justice of the Peace in & for said County
Notarial
Form of attorney hereof
Nathan Lewis
Joseph Belcher
Deed Jan 10. 1854
J. S. Harker
Brick, I

I Alanson Wilder of the town of Lewis Eddy County and State of New-York agree partly fours upon and say that I was acquainted with Matthew Lewis of this town who died in the A.D. 1828 as near as I recollect and I have heard him in his life time relate incidents of events in which he was engaged in the revolutionary war - and was a pensioner as this deponent believes under the act of congress passed March 1818 - This deponent was also well acquainted with his widow Mrs. Hannah Lewis who after wards married Ephraim Pratt with whom she lived until his death as I believe in 1842 - subsequent to the death of S d Pratt his widow the S d Hannah and former widow of the S d Lewis claimed to be entitled to a pension for the services of her former husband the S d Matthew Lewis and solicited this deponent to assist in obtaining S d pension for her and further saith that the S d Hannah widow of the above named Pratt and Lewis died in the month of March 1847 without having obtained as is believed the pension she claimed to due her This deponent further saith he is acquainted with Mrs. Polly Bower wife of Joby Bower and daughter of the above named Matthew & Hannah Lewis and should think her about sixty years of age and believes the S d Polly Bower and Horace Lewis now of this town are the only children known to be living of the above named Matthew & Hannah Lewis of whom there were formerly quite a number
A. Wilder
Sworn to and subscribed at Lewis Eddy by this 14 th day of June 1847 and I certify I am acquainted with the above deponent and that he is a person of truth and credibility
B. R. Gillet Jr.

State of New York Essex County ss. I Edmund F. Williams Clerk of the Common Pleas Court of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Benjamin R. Gilbert is a justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified, that his term of office commenced on the first day of January A.D. 1845. and will expire on the 31st day of December A.D. 1848. (Eight hundred forty Eight) and that his signature to the annexed deposition was genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this fourth day of June A.D. 1847.
E. Williams Clerk By J. G. Nicholson Deputy (Clerk absent)

I John Govee of the town of Egan Egan County and state of New York do hereby certify one years before and say that I am one of the judges of the County court for Egan County and that in the month of March last past was requested to go to the town of Lewis in the County of Egan in order to take the declaration of Mrs. Hannah Govee formerly the widow of Nathan Lewis in order that she might obtain the pension she claimed to be due her on account of the military services of her former husband Nathan Lewis - And I further testify that I appointed a day to attend and take such declaration but before arriving at her residence was told that her health was such that it would be inexpedient to do it and from the representations made I judged her to be incapable of making a declaration under oath - I further testify that a short time subsequent to the above period I heard of her death
M c Govee
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3 rd day of June A D 1847 - B. K. Galt Clerk

I Charles I live of the town of Lewis Essex County state of New York aged seventy three years before and say that I have resided in this town forty years and that I was acquainted with Nathan Lewis and Hannah Lewis his wife that they often spoke of having removed from Farmington New Hampshire I have often heard the above named Nathan Lewis say that he was a soldier in the Revolution -very soon and relate events in which he was personally engaged - and the above named Nathan died about twenty years ago - And I further testify and declare that I held the office of Justice of the Peace for some years and and during that period I was called upon to solemnize a marriage between the above named Hannah Lewis widow of the above named Nathan Lewis and Ephraim Pratt also of the town Lewis - And the said Ephraim and Hannah were joined together in marriage in the month of Sept. A.D. 1831. and lived together until the death of the said Ephraim which occurred in the month of June A.D. 1842 And I further testify that the above named Hannah widow of the said Ephraim and formerly widow of the above named Nathan Lewis died in the month of March 1847. And I further testify that after the death of the above named Ephraim Pratt the above named Hannah often claimed that she was entitled to a pension on account of the military services of her former husband Nathan Lewis and as not being in a situation to get one then was no one

To assist her
And I further testify that when Matthew Lewis and his family removed to this town they had a large family of children none of which are now living as this deponent believes except Horace Lewis of this town and Mrs Polly Bowen of Say, wife of Julius Bowen. And this deponent thinks Mrs Bowen about sixty years of age and makes this opinion from an acquaintance since the A.D. 1809. This deponent further says he made a record at time Ephraim Pratt and Hannah Lewis were married and that it was Oct. 13. th 1831
Charles Lee
Sworn to and subscribed by Lewis Ely on this 4th day of June 1847. and I certify I am acquainted with the above deponent and that he is a person of truth and credibility
Berg. K G Elbert John Pease

State of New Hampshire Hillsborough County
I Nabby Morse of Francestown in said County aged eighty two years depose and say that I was married in the month of October 1786 of which event I have a record, and that in the month of March next following the marriage (1787) I with my husband re- moved to this town. And that soon after I came to this town I became acquainted with Nathan Lewis and his wife Hannah, who lived about one mile from this deponent and who were said to have been married a few years before my acquaintance with them and they then lived together as husband and wife and had children born unto them, this deponent being present at the birth of one either in the winter of 1788 or A.D. 1789, which year she does not now recollect and that child a daughter. This deponent recollects it was in the winter as she was conveyed from her own residence to that of the Lewises on an ox-sled & the roads were much drifted with snow, and had to go through the fields and woods. She further says that the above named Nathan Lewis & wife and family removed from this town soon after the foregoing events took place.
State of New Hampshire
Nabby Morse
Hillsborough S.S. Francestown August 25 th 1847
Personally appeared before the subscriber the above named Nabby Morse and made oath that the above af- fidavit by her subscribed contains the truth. And I cer- tify that the above deponent is a person of truth and credibility Nathan Dane Justice of the Peace

6 Nathan Darr Appointments
State of New Hampshire } Set. Hillsborough County
I Perry Dorr Clerk of the Superior Court of Justice of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Nathan Darr of Frankestown in said County is and being justified of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified; That his Commission was dated on the sixth day of July 1846. and will expire on the fifth day of July 1851. And that his signature within written is genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said County this third day of September 1847.
Perry Dorr Clerk.

State of New York
Essex County ss
I, Gabriel Bowen of said county aged fiftythree years do hereby depose and say that I became acquainted with Nathan Lewis about forty years ago and also with his wife Hannah whose maiden name was Hannah Tupper - said Nathan Lewis said he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and at the time he entirely lived lived in the town of Dedham Massachusetts - This deponent also testifies that said Lewis was in the receipt of a pension from the government of the United States for several years previous to his death at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum and that said Lewis died in the A.D. 1828 - And further said that his widow the above named Hannah was afterwarde married to Ephraim Pratt who died in the A.D. 1842 - And that the widow of the above named Pratt and former widow of said Lewis was residing with this deponent in the winter of 1847 - and that in the month of March last arrangement was made with one of the Judges of the court of said county to visit the said Hannah for the purpose of taking her declaration in order to obtain the pension she claimed to be due her on account of the military services of her former husband Nathan Lewis and
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That she was not able to make a declaration at That time and died a day or two after
This deponent further saith that he often heard the aforementioned Hannah say that she was married to the aforementioned Nathan Lewis at Lyndeborough New Hampshire at about the close of the revolutionary war and that the marriage was solemnized by one Levi Spaulding Just. Peace, and that the said Nathan & Hannah lived in Francetown N. H. several years after marriage and that the two eldest children Betsey and Polly were born in Francetown. And he further says that said Nathan & Hannah cohab- ited together as husband and wife from his first acquaintance with them until the death of said Lewis in the A.D. 1828 And further saith that he was married to Polly Lewis daughter of the above named Nathan and Hannah Lewis in A.D. 1814 which will account for his intimate acquaintance with the above named Nathan & Hannah Lewis - and that my wife the above named Polly died July 31 st 1847 - and that Betsey the eldest of the family died in the A.D. 1809 and further saith not
Attest Peter G. Merrill his James X Bowers
Personally appeared before the Justice  summoned at Jay Essex County N.Y. James Bowers the signer of the foregoing disposition and made oath that it contains the truth to the best of his knowledge & belief And I certify that I am acquainted with said deponent and that he is a person of truth & credibility James Jay October 1847 George G. Tobey Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW YORK, ESSEX COUNTY.
{ ss. } George S. Nicholson Dept.
Clerk of said County. Do Certify that George G. Tobey Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of acknowledgment of the annexed First Certificate , on the day of the date of the said Certificate, is Justice of the Peace in and for said County, dwelling therein, duly qualified and authorized by law to take the Proof and Acknowledgment of Deeds, &c. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said George G. Tobey and verily believe the signature to said Certificate to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, this Nineteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty Seven .
Geo. S. Nicholson Dept. Clerk (Clerk absent)

I Luther Cram of the town of Lyndeborough county of Hillsborough state of New Hampshire aged 25 years of age and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of the town of Lyndeborough county, & state aforesaid and by request examined the records of said town in order to find the record of the marriage of Nathan Lewis and Hannah Tupper and say after diligent search that I am not able to find any such record. And this deponent further saith that from record and other evidence which he believes true that there resided in this town one Levi Spaulding in the A.D. 1782 and for several years subsequent to that period and for some years held the Office of Just-Peace and that the above named Levi Spaulding removed from this town about the A.D. 1786 to Vermont or New York
Luther Cram Town Clerk of Lyndeborough
Hillsborough April 26 th 1847
Personally appeared Luther Cram who was mentioned and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just & true before me
Flint W. Eastman, J. D.

State of New Hampshire Hillsborough County } Set
I Perry Doyen Clerk of the Superior Court of Jurisdiction of the County and State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that James N. Haseltine is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that his commission was dated on the 8th day of August 1843. and will expire on the 7th day of August 1848 and that his signature within written is genuine
Given under my hand and the seal of said County this 29th day of April 1847 Perry Doyen Clerk
L. L. L.
A. F. ...
John Cleveland General Manager
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Copy -
Pension Office, Washington, July 20. 1841.
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 6 th inst, I have to inform you that the evidence filed, in the case of Nathan Lewis, a pensioner under the Act of 18 th March 1818 in the State of New York is satisfactory to establish his service for more than two years. If he left a widow to whom he was married, prior to January 1, 1814, who is now living, she may possibly obtain a full pension, under the Act of 7 th July 1838, upon the production of such evidence, as the regulations under that Act require -
The records of this Office show that a Bonyon Land Warrant, was issued to the Representative of Col. Seth Warner, on the 29 th June, 1790 -
I am respectfully Your obedt Servt J L Edwards
James R. Pitkin Esq New York -

Francestown, N.H. Sept. 17. 1847
I certify that I have, for many years, been acquainted with Aaron Lewis and Nabby Moore, both of this town, who, I have been informed, lately made their affidavits to be used in the application of Hannah Lewis, widow of Nathan Lewis, for a pension; and I do further certify, that the said Aaron Lewis and Nabby Moore are persons of good character and entitled to full credit as witnesses.
Titus Brown, also here present at law and formerly a member of Congress, from this State
Rev. Nelson member of Congress is well acquainted with Mr. Brown — so is Mr. Burke Commissioner of Patents and may be referred to at Washington
Oct 1. 1847
74 N. 1847
Hon. Geo. P. Marsh M. Congress

(Copy)
New York 10 th July 1847.
Sir
Will you have the kindness to inform me, whether the evidence on file, in your Office, in the case of Nathan Lewis (who was pensioned under the Act of 1818) is sufficient, to entitle his widow, to a full pension, under the Act of 1838; and if not, to how large a pension?
Also please inform me whether Col Seth Warner, ever received his Bounty Land, from the Govt, due him as an Officer who served to the end of the Revolutionary War.
With respect Your most obt Servt James R Hitchcock
James L Edwards Esqr Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Additional — July 19. 1847.
I have taken the liberty of sending a copy, of my letter of 10 th inst, fearing from having received no reply, that it may have miscarried. James R Hitchcock

New York, 6th July 1847
Sir,
Will you have the kindness, to inform me whether the evidence on file in your Office, in the case of Nathan Lewis, (who was pensioned under the Act of 1838,) is sufficient to entitle his widow, to a full pension, under the Act of 1838, and if not, to how large a pension?
Also, please inform me whether Col Seth Warner, ever received his Bounty Land, from the Govt, due as him, as an Officer who served to the end, of the Revolutionary War.
With respect
Your most ob't serv't.
James A. Hitchcock
James I Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.
Said document and Esther Warner's record May 29 1792

ms A. 9. 2. 17 No 13525
Hannah Pratt de fms wid of Nathan Lewis N.
Act 7 July 1838
Adm te 2yrs bondsmen $108 00 per ann
From 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841. Payable to Horace Lewis, Irena Randall, Dorea Lewis, and Reuben Lewis and their children of Hannah Pratt ad te
Adm te Act 3 March 1843 and 17 June 44, $108 00 per ann
From 4 March 1843 to 18 March 1847 the day of her death, payable to children alive named
Hannah Hon. G. B. Marsh House of Reps.

8316 New York  Albany Martha Pratt nee Fox widow of Nathan DeWitt who was a Bombardier in the Regiment
New York  April 1828,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 108 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843 and ending 18th March, 1847, when she recd Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Febry 1848, and sent to
Mrs. G. P. Marsh New York
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book a 2 Vol. 2 Page 82
Report
Rev. G. P. Marsh March 11 1847 Pension Chapman I am in my Pension I am in my Pension
March 27/47 G. P. Marsh

10401
New York
Wannah Pratt dec. formerly Widow of Nathan Nunn who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 6 th April 1828 of Essex Co in the State of New York who was a Bombardier in the Company commanded by Captain Dugay of the King's commanded by Col. M c Lean in the War in Louisiana for the year 1814
Inscribed on the Roll of S. C. H. C. at the rate of 108 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Feb. 1848 and sent to Hon. S. P. Marsh, Hon. of Reps.
Total amount, 7 $ 5 40 00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H. Hampton Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 Page 175
Elizabeth & Marianne Dorothy & Dorothea Dorothy & Dorothea Dorothy & Dorothea

Nathan Lewis late Portland in the 2 nd Regiment of Artillery commanded by Col. John Cagin having served out the time for which he enlisted in the Regiment and Standard honorable Discharge from the same the (one) one day on 1 st to finish his Promotion till his arrival at Boston Massachusetts May 3 rd 1780 Morning 22 nd April 1780 James Gendron (Care of) M c Key

I Remember I was born in Franconia and county of Hillsborough state of New Hampshire and nearly three years before and say that my mother's name was Rebecca Goffe and that I had a sister named Hannah Goffe who with this deponent resided in this town in the A.D. 1784 and for some years previous and subsequent to that period. And that my sister the above named Hannah Goffe was married to one Nathan Lewis who at the period of the marriage was a soldier of the Massachusetts troops and was at Franconia as is believed by this deponent on a furlough this deponent does not recollect definitely the period of the above marriage but believes it was in the fall of the A.D. 1783. The marriage ceremony was performed by one Levi Spaulding then a Just. Peace of Lyndeborough After the marriage the above named Hannah resided for a while in the family of Robert Bradford until the above named Nathan Lewis was discharged from the army soon after the close of the war the above named Nathan & Hannah commenced housekeeping in this town. This deponent further saith that the above named Nathan and Hannah had several children born in this town the eldest of which this deponent thinks was born in the A.D. 1786. which they called Betsy - and a younger one they called Polly

This informant further saith that the northern band Knothan and Harroch removed from this town about the AD 1790. to Vermont and at a subsequent period to New York as she was told and believed
Remarques Sauvage

I Aaron Lewis of of Franconia Hillsborough County and state of New Hampshire aged 75 years before and say that in my boyhood I knew one Levi Spaulding a Justice Peace in Lyndeborough in this county and often heard him speak of performing the marriage ceremony of Nathan Lewis and Hannah Tiffin There was some peculiarity in the appearance of one or other of the parties that made the above named Spaulding speak of the occurrence and laugh about it as I often heard him and which is probably the reason why I have remembered it for so long a period. This deponent further saith that the above named Nathan Lewis and his wife the above named Hannah resided in this town several years after they were married and had several children born, and about the A.D. 1790 removed from this place.
Barnesboro
Hillsborough ss April 26 1847 Then personally appeared the above named Aaron Lewis before  affidavit and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just and true and I further certify that the above deponent is a person known to me to be true and worthy as far as I know.
James W. W. Russell & G. G. G. G.

4.25
Mrs Fanny
& Anna Lewis
Deerborn
State of New Hampshire } ss Hillsborough County }
I Perley Dacey Clerk of the Superior Court of Justice of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that James W Hartline is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned and qualified. That his commission was dated on the 8th day of August 1843. and will expire on the 7th day of August 1848 and that his signatures within are genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County this 29th day of April 1847 Perley Dacey Clerk

Revolutionary Additional Evidence Case of Hannah Bragg one of the heirs of Nathan & Hannah Levis
W York admitted
Colo
Filed 20 March 1834
J. E. Hassler
Washington
April 9 - 1834

The State of Ohio Cuyahoga County ss. Personally appeared before me M c . W. Bartlett a Justice of the peace in & for said County one Joseph Tippets who made Oath that he is well acquainted with Hannah Brady and that she was the Child of Nathan & Hannah Lewis and that Hannah Lewis afterwards married Ephraim Pratt he further says that he was well acquainted with said Hannah Brady for many years when she lived in her Fathers family when she was quite young and she was acknowledged by said Nathan & Hannah to be their Child And he further states that Emma Wife of Myron Randall died on or about the last of October 1832 Joseph Tippets
Sworn to and subscribed before me this first day of February in the Year 1834
M c . W. Bartlett Justice of the peace of the aforesaid County

The State of Ohio,
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, ss.
I, JAMES D. CLEVELAND, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County,
do hereby Certify, that M. A. Bartlett before whom the foregoing Affidavit was taken  made , and who has thereunto subscribed his name officially, in his own hand writing, was at the date of the said
Affidavit and now is an acting Justice of the Peace  affidavits  acknowledgment as aforesaid, and within and for said Cuyahoga County, authorized by the laws of the State of Ohio, to take acknowledgment as aforesaid, and duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose official acts, full faith and credit are due, and ought to be given throughout the United States and elsewhere, and that said Affidavit is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of Ohio.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the Seal of said Court, at Cleveland, this 15 th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
James D Cleveland Clerk. By Geo. Bingham Deputy Clerk.

The State of Ohio Guadalupe County ss
Personally appeared before me Mr. W. Bartlett a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Dorcas Tippet who made oath that she is well acquainted with Hannah Briggs and that she was the child of Nathan and Hannah Lewis and that Hannah Lewis afterwards married Ephraim Pratt. She further says that she was the sister of the said Hannah & that the said Hannah was acknowledged as the child of Nathan and Hannah Lewis. And I further state that Hannah Wife of Michael Randall died on or about the last of October in the year 1832.
Dorcas Tippet Sworn to and Subscribed Before me this first day of February in the year 1834.
Mr. W. Bartlett Justice of the peace of the (said County)
I do hereby certify that I am not in any way interested in the trial of the cause to this before me and not connected with any of them.
W. W. Bartlett J. Peace

State of New York
County of Dutchess Co. David Bragg of Poughkeepsie in said County being duly sworn deposes & says that he is the husband of Hannah Bragg who resides in the said town of Poughkeepsie. That he was married to the said Hannah in the town of Lewis in the County of Essex, State of New York.
That the name of the said Hannah before her marriage as deponent was Hannah Lewis & that he was well acquainted with the said Hannah Lewis before her said marriage. That his said wife was reported to be the daughter of Nathan & Hannah Lewis who resided in Lewis Essex County aforesaid. That the father of the said Hannah Bragg died before deponent became acquainted with her but that the said Hannah his said wife was reported to be the child of the said Nathan & Hannah Lewis & was acknowledged & treated as such child by the said Hannah his said wife mother & by her relations acquaintances & brother & sisters.
Deponent further says that after the death of the said Nathan Lewis the said Hannah Lewis his widow became the wife of Ephraim Pratt.
David Bragg
Subscribed & sworn This 16 th day of March A.D. 1854 before me &

I hereby certify that I am in no way concerned in the prosecution of this case nor in its result nor in any way interested therein & that I believe the said David Bragg to be a creditable person.
Charles A. Muncy Special County Judge of Wayne County

State of New York (County of Niagara)
Hannah Bragg of Richford in the County of Niagara aforesaid being duly sworn say that she resides in said Richford & is the wife of David Bragg That she was married to the said David in the town of Lewis in the County of Essex in said State. That Deponent is the daughter of Nathan Lewis & Hannah Lewis who resided in Lewis, County of Essex & State of New York. That she lived with them from her infancy & was acknowledged & treated by them as such child in all respects.
That the said Nathan Lewis the father of the Deponent died & that the said Mother Hannah Lewis afterwards became the wife of Ephraim Pratt, who has since died.
Hannah Bragg
Subscribed & sworn this 16 th day of March A.D. 1834 before me Charles A Munger Special Court Judge of Niagara County & I hereby certify that I am in no way interested or concerned in the prosecution or result of this case & that I believe the said Hannah Bragg to be a credible person
Charles A. Munger Special Court Judge of Niagara County

State of New York
County of Niagara, I Charles A. Munger Special County Judge of Niagara County do hereby cer- tify that satisfactory proof has been exhib- ited before a County Court of the County of Niagara in the State of New York held before me (the Hon Charles P. Avery County Judge of said County being unable from sickness to hold the said Court) on the 16 th day of March 1854 by the affidavits of Hannah Bragg & David Bragg taken before me in open Court who are credible persons & by the affidavits of Joseph Tip- pels & Doreas Tippels whom I believe to be credible persons all of which said affidavits are herewith attached that Hannah Bragg is the child of Nathan Lewis & Hannah Lewis who resided in Lewis Esop County N.Y. & that the said Hannah Lewis after the death of her husband the said Nathan Lewis became the wife of Ephraim Pratt both of whom have since died
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office at Oswego in said County this 16 th day of March A.D., 1854
Charles A. Munger
Special County Judge of Niagara

State of New-York, } ss. COUNTY OF TIOGA.
I, L. B. W. KINGMAN Clerk of the County of Tioga, do certify that Charles A. Mungay Esq., by whom the foregoing acknowledgment was taken, was at the time of taking the same, an acting Special Comm. Judge  of the in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, that I am acquainted with his signature and verily believe the above to be genuine, and that the same is in due form, and in accordance with the laws of the State of New-York.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, the . . . 18 th day of March . . . 185 7
L. B. Kingman Clerk.

Revolutionary Additional Evidence Claim of One of the heirs of Hannah Pratt formerly widow of Nathan Lewis
Act
Col
Filed 20 Apr 1854
J. E. Napier Washington

Washington City D.C. April 20 th 1854.
Hon. J. P. Waldo.
Sir: Commissioner of Pensions
I enclose you additional proofs in the case of Hannah Bragg who claims her proportion of a pension paid the rest of the heirs of Hannah Pratt formerly widow of Nathan Lewis. hitherto withheld from her, - I also enclose the letter of Joseph Belcher J.P. in order that it may be compared with mine to your Department dated about 29 th March 1854. Hannah Pratt was pensioned & placed on the New York Rolls.
Yours respectfully F. Hassler

Richford April 18 th 1854
Col. H. H. Allen
Dear Sir
Yours of a recent date, enclosing names of pensioners in this, & adjacent counties was duly received, but I fear I shall not be able to assist you in that matter, but will institute enquiry, & do the best I can for you - -
I now forward further Testimony in Mrs Bragg's case, which I trust will give ample satisfaction to the Department - -
M c Waldo, said in his letter, after stating, that where within has failed to receive their share of the pension, a new certificate will be granted "Still the facts in the case must clearly negative the idea of acquiescence of such parties in the original application". I know no way further to negative that idea, than by the oath of the applicant herself & accordingly I send her affidavit to that effect Should the Department still ask for further testimony - Please give the form, & substance of it so clearly that we can fully meet their views upon the subject - - It is extremely difficult to reach positive testimony of the death of the brother, or the exact time that his, & the sister's death occurred, but I think enough is shown in the affidavits to satisfy the department on that head - -
Please do the best you can & let me hear again from you soon - Truly Yours Joseph A. Belcher

State of New York Tioga County ss:
JB
Be it known, that before me, Joseph Belcher, a Justice of the peace, in & for the County aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer Oaths, personally appeared Hannah Bragg and made Oath in due form of law, that she did not know that application had been made at the Pension Office, by any of the Heirs of Hannah Lewis, her late Mother, for any portion of the money she might have been entitled to at the time of her Death, as the Widow of Nathan Lewis until years after it appears, that the money was drawn from said Office; that she has never acquiesced in or sanctioned the proceedings had to obtain said Pension that she has never known which of the Heirs had applied, or how much money they had drawn from the Department, until she was recently informed of those facts by her Attorney, at Washington, for procuring her portion of the Pension of her said Mother.
Sworn and subscribed, this 18 th day of April 1854 before me.
Hannah Bragg
Joseph Belcher Justice of the Peace

State of New York:
County of Essex ss: On this Eleventh day of April 1854, personally appeared in open court before the County Court of said County of Essex now sitting, Russell Gibbs a resident of the town of Lewis in said County & State, who being first duly sworn did depose & say that he resides in Lewis aforesaid & is aged fifty two years & is a farmer. That said deponent was formerly well acquainted with Nathan Lewis & Hannah Lewis of Lewis aforesaid & now deceased, & their family. That Polly Lewis one of the children of said Nathan & Polly  Hannah intermarried with Jabez Bowen Jr., of Lewis aforesaid, & is now dead. That said Polly died more than five years since, though the precise time of her death, said deponent is unable to state.
That said deponent has no interest in any claim for arrears of pension of said Nathan or Hannah.
Subscribed & sworn in open court this 11 th day of April 1854, before me J. B. McKim Clerk
Russell Gibbs

State of New York:
County of Essex ss: On this Eleventh day of April 1854, personally appeared in open court before the County Court of said County of Essex, now sitting, Luke Rice a resident of the town of Elizabethtown in the County & state aforesaid, who being first duly sworn did depose & say that he resides in Elizabethtown aforesaid, & is aged fifty four years & is a farmer. That said deponent was formerly well acquainted with Nathan Lewis then of the town of Lewis in the County & state aforesaid, now deceased, & with Hannah Lewis his wife also now deceased, & with their family. That the children of the said Nathan Lewis & Hannah Lewis were Colburn Lewis, who is now reputed to be dead & to have died in one of the Western states, Reuben Lewis, Horace Lewis, now of Lewis aforesaid, Irene Lewis, afterwards Irene Randall wife of Wm. Randall of Lewis aforesaid, said Irene is now reputed to be dead & to have died in the state of Ohio, Hannah Lewis, now the wife of David Bragg of Richford in the County of Tioga & state of New York, Dorcas Lewis, now of the state of Ohio, & Polly Lewis, afterwards Polly Boren, the wife of Jabez Boren Jr., of Lewis aforesaid, now deceased. -
That said deponent was well acquainted with the said Hannah Bragg, formerly Hannah Lewis, both before & after her marriage with

the said David Bragg & knew her to be the same identical Hannah Lewis, daughter of the said Nathan & Hannah Lewis.
That after the death of the said Nathan Lewis his widow the said Hannah Lewis intermarried with Ephraim Pratt of Lewis aforesaid. That said deponent was acquainted with the said Hannah after her marriage with the said Ephraim. That at the time of her marriage with said Pratt, said Hannah was as said deponent believes not less than sixty five years of age, & that there was no issue of the said last named marriage, & that the said persons above named as the children of the said Nathan & Hannah were as the said deponent believes the only children of the said Hannah.
That the acquaintance of said deponent with said Nathan & Hannah commenced about the year 1870, & continued down to about the time of the deaths of said Nathan & Hannah respectively.
That said deponent has no interest in any claim for arrears of pension of said Hannah or Nathan.
signed & sworn in open court } this 11 th day of April 1884, } before me
Luke Price
J E M c Kim Court Clerk

State of New York:
County of Essex ss: On this Eleventh day of April 1854, personally appeared in open court before the County Court of the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, Polly Sanders a resident of the Town of Elizabethtown in the County & State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn did depose & say that she resides in Elizabethtown aforesaid, & is the wife of John Sanders, farmer, & is aged sixty eight years.
That said deponent was formerly well acquainted with Nathan Lewis then of Lewis in the County & State aforesaid, now deceased, & with Hannah Lewis, his wife, also now deceased, & with their family. That the acquaintance of said deponent with said Nathan & Hannah & their family commenced about forty years ago & continued down to the death of said Nathan, & her acquaintance with said Hannah continued down to the death of Ephraim Pratt hereinafter named. That the children of said Nathan & Hannah Lewis were Colburn Lewis, Horace Lewis, Reuben Lewis, Polly Lewis, afterwards Polly Bowen wife of Jabez Bowen Jr., Irene Lewis, afterwards Irene Randall wife of Wm. Randall, Dorcas Lewis, & Hannah Lewis, afterwards Hannah Bragg, wife of David Bragg, now of Richford, Franklin County, New York.
That said deponent was well acquainted

ed with the said Hannah Lewis, afterwards Hannah Bragg, both before & after her marriage with said David Bragg, & knew the said Hannah Bragg to be the same person that Hannah Lewis, above named is, daughter of said Nathan & Hannah Lewis.
That said Nathan Lewis died according to said deponent's best recollection within two or three years after the year 1827, & the said Hannah, widow of the said Nathan, within a few years thereafter intermarried with Ephraim Pratt of Lewis aforesaid. That at the time of her marriage with said Pratt said Hannah was as deponent believes not less than sixty years of age. That there was no issue of the marriage of said Hannah with said Pratt, & that the children above named as children of said Nathan & Hannah Lewis were as said deponent believes the only children of said Hannah Lewis, afterwards Hannah Pratt, and except one child or more who died before said deponent was first acquainted with said Hannah.
That said deponent has no interest in any claim for arrears of pension of said Nathan or Hannah.
signed & sworn in open court] this 11 th day of April 1854] before me
Polly Sanders
J. C. McVickie Assistant Clerk

State of Arkank:
County of Essex ss: On this Thirteenth day of April 1857, personally appeared in open court before the County Court of the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, Simon Bowen of the town of Lewis in the County, & State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn did depose & say that he resides in the town of Lewis aforesaid, & is aged fifty four years & is a farmer. That deponent was formerly well acquainted with Nathan Lewis & Hannah Lewis his wife, of Lewis aforesaid, now deceased, & with their family. That Jabez Bowen Jr. a brother of said deponent married Polly Lewis, a daughter of said Nathan & Hannah. That said Polly Bowen is now dead & that she died before the area heretofore drawn of pension, were drawn by the other children of said Nathan & Polly Hannah, but the precise time of her death said deponent is unable to state. That said deponent was also formerly acquainted with Nathan C. Lewis, otherwise called Collum Lewis, a son of said Nathan & Hannah. That said Nathan C. removed into the western country, many years ago. That deponent understood that he removed first into the state of Pennsylvania & afterwards into the state of Illinois. That deponent was also acquainted with the relatives of said Nathan C. remaining in the county of Essex aforesaid, & that it was reputed among the family & relatives of said Nathan C., in said county of Essex some six or eight years
Mr. Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Mr. Lewis

age that said Nathan C. had then recently died in the state of Illinois, & that letter had been received from his relatives, there by said relatives in said County of Essex informing them of his death. That it has ever since been reported among said family & relatives in said county of Essex that said Nathan C. was dead, & deponent merely believes that he is dead & that he died between six & eight years ago.
Said deponent further says that he has no interest in any claim for a pension of said Nathan Lewis or said Hannah Lewis.
(Signed & sworn in open court) This 13 th day of April 1854 before me
J. E. McKim Essex Co. Judge
Simon Bowers
State of Brooklyn:
County of Essex ss: I John E. McKim, County Judge of the County of Essex do certify that the foregoing depositions of Lake Rice, Polly Sanders, Russell Gibbs & Simon Bowers were taken & sworn before me in open court in the Essex County Court, on the Eleventh & Thirteenth days of April in the year 1854. That the said deponents are credible persons, & that satisfactory proof has been thereby exhibited to me that Nathan C. Lewis, the

wife called Colburn Lewis, Horace Lewis, Reuben Lewis, Polly Lewis, afterwards Polly Bowen, the wife of John Bowen Jr., Irene Randall, wife of Lewis, afterwards Irene Randall, wife of Wm. Randall, Dreas Lewis, & Hannah Lewis afterwards Hannah Bragg, wife of David Bragg, were the only children of Hannah Lewis, afterwards Hannah Pratt, wife & widow of Nathan Lewis, formerly of Lewis in the County & State aforesaid now deceased. That the said Horace Lewis, Reuben Lewis, Dreas Lewis & Hannah Bragg are now living, & that the said Nathan C. Lewis & Polly Bowen are now dead, & died more than five years ago, & before the drawing of the arrear of pension of said Hannah Lewis heretofore drawn.
And that I the said Judge have no interest in any claim for arrear of pension of the said Hannah Lewis & Nathan Lewis, or either of them. —
Given under my hand at Elizabethtown in the County & State aforesaid the Thirteenth day of April in the year 1854. —
J. E. McVine Essex Co. Judge
State of Ark:
County of Essex Co: I, Elisha A. Adams, clerk of the County of Essex do certify that John E. McVine, Esq. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was at the date of said certificate County Judge of said County of

Essex, & sole judge of the Essex County Court, a court of record having a clerk & seal, of which court I am ex officio clerk. That the signature to said certificate is the genuine signature of said Judge. That the foregoing depositions were taken subscribed & sworn in open court in the said Essex County Court, on the Eleventh & Thirteenth days of April 1854.
Witness my hand & the seal of the said Essex County Court the Thirteenth day of April in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred & Fifty Four. Elisha A Adams Clerk

Claim of Horace Lewis for arrears of pension due his mother Hannah Pratt widow of Nathan Lewis
1. The services of Nathan Lewis as a Lieutenant five days as a bombardier thirty five weeks and twenty nine days as a private three months and eight days
are proved by the certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, &
2. The sufficiency of this proof appears to be recognised by a letter from the Commr. of Pensions, a copy of which accompanies the papers.
The claimants suppose that the Pension in the case of a bombardier is the same as in that of an artificer or #144 per annum.

In regard to the marriage, it appears
3. by the certificate of the Town Clerk of Lanesborough that no record exists, and that she Justice of Peace supposed to have returned the marriage lived in Lanesborough from 1782 to 1786, and was there well in charge 4. The fact of the marriage is proved by the deposition of Remembrance Savage sister of Hannah Lewis 5. By that of Aaron Lewis 6. By that of Nabby Morse 7. The credibility of these witnesses is established by the certificate of Titus Atwood late M.C. 8. The identity of Hannah Pratt as the widow of Nathan Lewis appears from the affidavit of Hannah Lewis attached to No 1, and 9. By that of John Bowen 10. Additional evidence is found in the affidavits of John Gould and others, whose credibility is attested by Mr Kellogg M.C.

A Wilder - sworn June 4, 1847. Believes Polly Bowen and Horace Lewis are the only children surviving -
Henry H. Ross - County Judge of Essex Co. N.Y.
Certified Jan'y 10, 1848 -
That the widow left as her only surviving heirs being children of Nathan -
Horace Lewis
Irene Randall
Dorcas Lewis &
Reuben Lewis -
Certificate issued Feby 15th 9, 1848 & paid to Horace Lewis, Irene Randall, Dorcas Lewis, and Reuben Lewis -
from Mar 4, 1836 - to May 18, 1847 - at $108 - per annum
( Subtract excepting 2 yrs.) = $994.20
Application of Hannah Bragg - as one of the children - for distributive share of the pension arrears paid, as above -
Joseph Tappets & Cuyahoga Co. O. Feby 1. 1854
Dorcas Tappets }
Hannah Bragg was the child of Nathan & Hannah Lewis - so acknowledged. Dorcas is her sister. - Irene Randall died in Octo 1852

Nathan Lewis - declared Jany 29, 1821, that he had in his family his wife, &c - and a daughter aged 16 yrs. did not give her name.
Horace Lewis son of Nathan. declared Sept 29, 1847.
That Betsey & Polly his two eldest sisters born between 1782 or 3 - and 1790 - are dead.
Jabez Bown - Oct 1847. Married Polly in 1814 - she died in July 47. Betsey died in 1809.
Horace Lewis - sworn June 4. 1847. Swears to what his parents told him of births of the family - as follows
Betsey Lewis - born Feb. 1786 } both born in Farmington Polly, now Mrs Bown " Feb 1788 Irene Lewis " Dec 1792 Nathan b. " " 1794 Reuben " " 1797 Hannah " " 1799 Horace " " Dec. 1801
Of which he believes none survive except Mrs Bown Mrs Randall & deponent.
Chas J. Lee - sworn June 4. 1847 - says he married Mrs Lewis to Pratt in 1831 - Thinks the only surviving children are Horace Lewis and Polly Bown, wife of Jabez.

Daniel Bragg - Tioga Co. N.Y. - Is husband of Hannah
Hannah - Depts wife - was reported & acknowledged daughter of Nathan & Hannah.
Hannah Bragg - Is their daughter.
Certif of County Judge - to same effect.
Hannah Bragg - May 18. 1854 -
Did not know of the application of the other children, nor that the money was drawn - and never requested in it.
Rufell Gibbs - of Essex Co. - aged 52 - Apr 11. 54
Polly Bower is dead more than 5 yrs since
Suke Rice - Essex - same date.
The children of Nathan & Hannah were
Colburn Lewis - reported dead. Nathan Lewis
Horace Lewis. Irene Ponderall - reported dead.
Hannah Bragg - Horace Lewis
Polly Bower - dead.
Well knew Hannah - she was daughter -
No love of the 2 d marriage of the widow The above named were the only children as left understood. Knew them from 1810.

Polly Bowers - Essex Co.
Well knew the family from 40 yrs ago - The children were
Calburn, Horace & Reuben Lewis
Polly Bowers - Irene Randall - Dorcas Lewis and Hannah Hagg
Well knew Hannah to be daughter
no issue of her 2 d marriage.
The children above named were the only ones except one or more before who died before affiant knew the family.
Simeon Bowers - Essex Co. Well knew the family -
Affiant's brother married Polly - who died before the arrears were paid.
Knew Nathan C. Lewis (called Calburn Lewis) a son of Nathan Hagg - He removed west. afft understood he removed first to Pa & then to Illinois Knew his relatives remaining in Essex Co & it was reported among the family & relatives some 6 or 8 yrs ago that Nathan C. had then recently died in Ill's & that letter announ- cing his death had been read. Such continued to be the understanding & is deponent's belief.

Certificate of County Judge to effect fore going.
It appears from the testimony of Horace Lewis (in the original application) - Polly Sanders, Luke Rice and others and Simon Bowen. the three last being disinterested. That the family consisted of four daughters and three sons. namely
Patsy Lewis - who died in 1809 Polly Bowen - " " " July 1847 - Irnera Randall " " " Oct 1852 - Dorcas Typpett now living & shared in arrears Nathan Colburn Lewis " about 1844 or '46 Reuben Lewis now living & shared in arrears Horace Lewis " " " " " Hannah Pragg " " the applicant
There is no direct proof of how the money was distributed. It is certain that the amount payable was - $994.20. of which it appears Mrs Pragg was entitled to one fourth fifth. = $248.55 which I recommend should be paid her = $198.74 -

Hannah Pratt - deceased formerly widow of Nathaniel Lewis
Memo of Hannah Briggs claim as one of the heirs
Dodge

The commissioner will please commu- nicate the decision on the accompa- nying papers to the subscriber House of Reps Dec 24/47 Geo. D. Marsh

1 Certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
September 1847.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Nathan Lewis is borne upon a Pay Roll of Capt William Bullard's company, in Col William McIntosh's regt. from the South Parish in Dedham, on the alarm the 4th March 1776, as a Lieutenant 3 days.
Upon an Account in Army Books as a Bombardier of Dedham in Capt Brethingham's company, in Col Ciane's regt and there credited by his service from April 27 1777 to December 31 1779. 32 months and 4 days. at $4 per month.
Upon another account in said books, as a Bombardier in Capt Brethingham's company, Col Ciane's regt, and there credited by his service from January 1 to April 25 1780, 3 months and 25 days. at $4 per month. Upon a Muster

Roll of Capt Thomas Mearns's Comp in Lt Col Joseph Wells regt for service at Peaks hill N.Y. as a private from September 8 to December 5 1781, including allowance of 11 days leave. 3 Months and 1 day
Signed to an order on Treasurer of State for payment of 3 Months service as a soldier in Capt Mearns's Company Col Wells regt time of service not mentioned.
This Order is dated, Dedham December 31 1781
And I further Certify, That before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said appli- cation, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John D. Denny.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of New York Essex County ss
I Horace Lewis of the town of Lewis in said county do declare that my father Nathan Lewis resided in said state of Massachusetts and I have often heard him state that he entered the army of the Revolution at an early period and served about six years but I do not recollect the names of the officers under whom he served. That my father died in A.D. 1828. That my mother Hannah Lewis is dead on the 16 day of March 1847 and was entitled to a pension on account of the military services of my father the above named Nathan Lewis.
Free I hereby authorize Henry Ward of Kingsbury Chittenden county Vermont my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to to procure from the Secretary of State of Massachusetts evidence of my father's services and to do any other lawful act necessary to be done to obtain the balance of pension due my late mother at the time of her death. Witness my hand and seal this 14 day of June 1847.
Horace Lewis
Resided in presence of Nascentius Lewis
State of New York Essex County
I the above named Horace Lewis personally appeared and made oath that the facts above stated are true to the best of his knowledge and belief and he also acknowledged the above power of attorney to be his free act and deed before me & I certify that he is a man of truth and credibility.
B. R. Gilbert Not Public

State of New York County of Essex ss 3 Clerk of the County of Essex and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that Benjamin R. Gilbert Esquire who administered the foregoing Oath and who made the foregoing Certificate was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified residing within the said County and authorized to act as such and I further Certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and believe the foregoing official signature "B. R. Gilbert" to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Seal of Office at Elizabethtown this 11th day of June A. D. 1847.
J. Williams Clerk.