Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26902, for Nathan Pilsbery, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Pilsberg Nathan Pillsbury or Pillsberry
N. 26902
CONTENTS
Lucy

Nathaniel Pillsbury Thomaston, Maine sent to Ebenezer Thatcher Sept. 11. 1820
11.411 M 55 a me D District of Maine
Nathan Pillsbury Thomaston, in the state of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Baileys of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 rd of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of June 1819 and sent to Ebenezer Thatcher Esq. Lincoln District of Maine
  Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819 83.16   Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep. 1819. 48.00   10 Mo \frac{3}{30}  \frac{4}{31} $131.16 
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued

Nathan Pillsbury

District of Maine - State of Massachusetts County of Lincoln ss. On this twenty third day of April A D 1810 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Cir- cuit Court of Common Pleas in the State of Massachu- setts personally appears Nathan Pillsbury aged 80 years resident in Thomaston in the County and State aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn according to law - doth on his oath make the fol- lowing declaration in order to obtain the provi- sion 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 Pillsbury enlisted in the Army of the United States in the War of the Revolution in the town of Kittery in the State aforesaid in the Month of February A D 1777 in the State aforesaid. in the Company commanded by Captain Darby in the second Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Colonel Bailey that he continued to serve in said Corps, & in the ser- vice of the United States until the month of February A D 1780 when he was discharged at West Point - That in the Month of April then next follow- ing viz in April A D 1781 he again enlisted in Cap- tain Ebenezer Smith's company in the 16 th Massachu- setts Regiment commanded by Colonel Smith and continued to serve in said last mentioned Corps & in other Corps in the Service of the United States against the Common enemy until the Month of December A D 1783 - When he was finally discharged at West Point on Hudsons River - by General Michael Jackson. That he was in the Battle of the Capture of Burgoyne - the Battle of Monmouth - and at the Storming of the

fort at Stoney Point - during the term of his said first enlistment - and afterwards in the last term of his said service was at the taking of Lord Cornwall his fort York Town; And that he is in reduced circum- stances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support & that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services -
Nathan Pilsbury
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid -

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT, Nov. 9 th 1818
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that Nathan Pillsbury served as a Soldier in Capt. 2 d Colo's Company, and Col. Bailey's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from Feby. 11 th 1777 to Feby. 12 th 1780, being three years and months .
Holden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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I Samuel Hinds of lawful age do testify and say that I was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and was personally acquainted with Nathan Pillsbury of Thomaston - who was also a soldier and belonged belonged to the Massachusetts line I knew said Pillsbury at the siege and taking of Lord Cornwallis at York town I was knowing to Pills- bury being in actual service on the continental establishment more than nine months farther I say not
Samuel Hinds
Lincoln 30 August 1 1818
Personally appeared the above named Samuel Hinds and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me
Hezekiah Prince Justice of Peace

April 23 rd  1818 1810
Nathan Pillsbury Thomastown
In Feb y 1847. enlisted in Col d Maine Inf ty Reg t - served for 3 years
on roll
Ebenezer Thatcher Esq.
Admitted

mut Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Nathan Pillsbury , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Thomaston , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the twenty third day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the Pension List of the United States, agreeably to the provision of an Act, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by said applicant are hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a Soldier in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, this first day of November - in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Ebenezer Thatcher
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LINCOLN, ss.
I the subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the Honorable EBENEZER THATCHER, Esquire , before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:—Dated at Wiscasset, in said County of Lincoln, this first day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Nathl. Coffin

Nathan Pilsbury

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Waltham  being the 14 th day of January within and for the County of Lincoln, on the second Monday of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two. Before the Honorable Samuel E. Smith, Ebenezer Thaxter & Sanford Kingsbury } Judges of said Court.
ON this fourteenth day of January in the year 1822 personally appeared Nathan Pilsbury of Thomaston in said County, in open Court,
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Nathan Pilsbury aged sixty two years, resident in Thomaston in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Samuel Danby of New York in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Bailey in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the twenty third day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 11,411 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Witness Hon. Prince
Nathan Pilsbury
County of Lincoln ss. both declaration & schedule Sworn to and declared, on the fifteenth day of January A. D. 1822
BEFORE the subscriber, a Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas E. Eastern Circuit, State of Maine - in open Court } One of the Judges of the said Court Eben Thaxter

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Two old chests & table, worth about two dollars Tea kettle & spider ————— " ————— one dollar Shovel & tongs ————— " ————— one dollar Use of hand ————— " ————— one dollar One Swine ————— " ————— two dollars
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Nathan Pillsbury who, by occupation am a laborer which I am unable to pursue by reason of infirmary of body, being troubled with a nervous head ache & debility
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     My wife Sarah Pillsbury aged 66 years always a weekly woman   Daughter Sally Pillsbury — " — 27 — weekly constitution   Son Nathan Pillsbury — " — 17 — a common laborer    Nathan Pillsbury  Attest Nat. Coffin Clerk
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN , Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Seven dollars and cents .
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty ninth day of January A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty two
Nath. Coffin
Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

Wane 3176
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 50 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of June 1839 and sent to Hugh Prince, Thomaston, Maine.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1839 $ 240.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 39 40.00
$280.00
{ Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by S. M. Cundy Clerk Book I. Vol. 1. Page 19.

State of Maine
Grant
County of Lincoln ss. At a Probate Court held at Thomaston in and for said County on the nineteenth day of September A.D. 1838.
Be it known, that Lucy Pillsbury of said Thomaston Widow of Nathan Pillsbury personally appeared in open Court. - the same being a Court of record and keeping a record of wills & estates of persons deceased within the same County - and caused the annexed declaration to be read. Printing and dictated the same under oath and the same being read and understood by her, she subscribed her name thereto and made solemn oath that the same and every part thereof was true.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name as judge of said Court and affixed the seal thereof the day & year aforesaid
Nathl. Groton Judge of Probate for the County of Lincoln
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. LINCOLN COUNTY, }
I JACOB SMITH, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Nathaniel Groton is the Judge of Probate for the County of Lincoln, and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of the said County, this second day of October eighteen hundred and thirty-eight
Jacob Smith Clerk.
L.S.

State of Maine Cont
County of Lincoln ss. At a Probate Court held at Thomaston in and for said County on the nineteenth day of September A.D. 1838
Be it known, that Lucy Pillsbury of said Thomaston Widow of Nathan Pillsbury personally appeared in open Court. - the same being a Court of record and keeping a record of wills & estates of persons deceased within the same County - and caused the annexed declaration to be received. Printing and dictated the same under oath and the same being read and understood by her, she subscribed her name thereto and made solemn oath that the same and every part thereof was true.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name as judge of said Court and affixed the seal thereof the day & year aforesaid
Nathl. Groton Judge of Probate for the County of Lincoln
I JACOB SMITH, Clerk of the Sup. Groton is the Judge of Probate for the County of
Given under my hand and seal of the said County, this of October eighteen hundred and thirty
L. S.
Jacob Smith

4640
Lucy Pillsbury Wid of Nathan Me
Married 1788
died 1826
Ad July 7. 1835
Allows 2 nd son $80 per ann. Map box line. Col. Early Ref.
Hz L Prince Memoraton Me

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF MAINE—LINCOLN, ss:—
On this nineteenth day of September A.D. 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the County of Lincoln of the Lucy Pillsbury a resident of Thomaston in the county of Lincoln aged seventy six years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:" That she is the widow of Nathan Pillsbury who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and was a pensioner under the act of Congress of 1818, and was duly pensioned and received his certificate as such and upon the twenty third day of May A.D. 1826, which certificate was surrendered on receipt of balance of pension due at his death. He was a native of Rutland in this State he served at Dorchester Heights, was at the capture of Burgoyne, at the battle of Monmouth & at the capture of Cornwallis at Yorktown, for his further & more particular service she refers to papers on file when he obtained his pension. She declares that she was married to the said Nathan Pillsbury at Thomaston , her maiden name was Lucy Emery and that she lived with her said husband as his wife till his death, and that she has never intermarried with any other person. She was married by Elder Isaac Case .
She further declares that she was married to the said Nathan Pillsbury on the eighteenth day of April in the year seventeen hundred and eighty eight ; that her husband, the aforesaid Nathan Pillsbury died on the twenty third day of May A.D. 1826; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated.
Attest H. Prince
Lucy Pillsbury
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before
W. G. Grooton Judge of Probate.

JOHN FAIRFIELD,
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MAINE.
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS,
GREETING:
Know Ye, That Hezekiah Prince, Esquire, of Thomaston, in the county of Lincoln, whose name is borne upon the paper hereunto annexed, is, and was at the time of subscribing his name thereto, a Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum, for each and every county in our State —
John Fairfield " "
duly nominated and appointed, commissioned and qualified; and that to his — Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed. GIVEN under my hand at AUGUSTA, this twenty second day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- nine and in the sixty- third year of the Independence of the United States of America.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
J. B. Nichols , Secretary of State.

I Isaac Case of Readfield State of Maine aged 78 years do testify and say that I have been a regular Ordained Minister of the Gospel more than fifty years and that on the eighteenth day of April Seventeen hundred & eighty eight I joined in Marriage (at Thomaston where I was a settled minister) Nathan Pillsbury to Lucy Emery both of Thomaston - and that I have ever since known them living together as - lawfull husband & wife and that the said - Lucy is now the widow of the said Nathan Pillsbury never having married since his death
Isaac Case
State of Maine } Kennebec ss } January 22 nd 1839
Personally appeared the above named Isaac Case a minister of the Gospel and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed - and I further testify that the said Case is a man of truth & veracity
His Excellency Justice of the Peace and Juror for the State

Nathan Pillsbury Pensioner.
Ruggles.

State of Maine County of Lincoln ss at the Court of Common Pleas begun & Shobden at Warren in & for said County of Lincoln on the fourth Tuesday of December A.D. 1823. by the Hon. Sam l E. Smith, one of the Justices of said Court On this 24 th day of December A.D. 1823 personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the county of Lincoln. Nathan Pillsbury. resident in said County aged Sixty four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 & the 1 st of May 1820 that he the said Pillsbury enlisted for the term of three years in the first three years service in February 1777 in the State of Massachusetts. in the company commanded by Capt Sam l Dorby. in the regiment common ly Col d John Bailey - 2 d Massachusetts Regiment in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment that he continued to serve in the said corps during 1 st term untill Feby 1780 when he was discharged in the State of New York Also he served afterwards three years in the 6 th Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col d Smith as contained in his first Statement. that his name has been placed on the pension list and dropt therefrom on account of his property And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress intitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War"

Passed the 10 th day of March 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. That since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property. The land contained in the 1 st schedule has been disposed of to pay my just debts. The swine & killed the names of the persons to whom sold. Times of sale and of pay Rec d .    Nathaniel Pillsbury  Jany 13  1821  to a debt I owed him of 400$    Joshua Adams  Dec 10  1821  to pay a note due him from me 400$  
Schedule of Property now owned by me no real estate - one swine one ax. one hoe sundry household furniture of the value of ten dollars.
My occupation is a labourer but am unable to pursue it by reason of the rheumatism in my head which is very distressing. I have three in family viz my wife Lucy who has been infirm for many years and unable to attend to the labour of the family. my daughter Sally aged thirty years does the family work & her child age seven years.  Witness John Ruggles Nathan his Pillsbury
Sworn to and declared on the 24 th day of December 1823 before me Samuel E. Smith, Jr. C. Com. Pleas.
Attest Nat. Coffin Clerk - Copy Attest Nat. Coffin Clerk Nathaniel Coffin Clerk of the Circuit Court Judicial Common Pleas for the county of Lincoln do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the said Nathan Pillsbury did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the continental establishment.

I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the records of the Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount of in Value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Fourteen Dollars & Fifty Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this twenty fourth day of December A. D. 1823.
Nath. Coffin

Nathan Pillsbury of Thomaston, County of Lincoln and State of Maine, Labourer, under oath deposeth and saith, in explanation of the two schedules of property, given in by him as an applicant for a pension to the U.S. which are lodged in the War Office, - that 50 acres of the land mentioned in the first schedule had been bargained away to and the consideration therefor, a full and valuable one, had been received, but the conveyance thereof had not been executed . The remaining 75 acres was worth not quite as much as the sum in which said Applicant was indebted, & he had had some conversation with one of his principal creditors respecting taking the same and discharging his debts, but no bargain had been conclusively made. Subsequent to the first schedule & previous to the making of the second, the aforesaid Applicant conveyed the 50 acres pursuant to the above mentioned bargain & agreement, and also conveyed the remaining 75 acres, and buildings in satisfaction of his debts so far as it would go, as also some small articles of personal property of but little value, leaving him absolutely worth "nothing."
Nathan Pillsbury
State of Maine
Sinclair Jp. Aug. 7th. 1822. Then personally appeared the above named Nathan Pillsbury, before me John Ruggles, Notary Public duly appointed, admitted sworn & residing at Thomaston, and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal.
John Ruggles Not. Pub.

I hereby certify that Nathan Pillsbury was examined & sworn before me the subscriber while a Judge of the C.C.C. Pleadings in the State of Maine relative to the value of Property exhibited by him in a Schedule annexed to an application to the War Department to be continued on the Pension Roll. And that I well recollect that respectable witnesses were introduced before me who testified that said Pillsbury Altho in possession of some land on which he lived; was in fact indebted to a much larger amount than the value of the land - I therefore presume that the value of the property was stated to be "nothing" inasmuch as his debts exceeded the value of his means of paying them - In the second schedule where no land is exhibited by said Pillsbury, It was probably made to appear to the Court that he had sold the land and applied the proceeds to the payment of his debts -
Ebenezer Thatcher

We the subscribers, selectmen of the Town of Thomaston hereby certify, that we have been acquainted with Nathan Pillsbury of said Thomaston for many years, that he enjoys the reputation of having served his country faithfully in the Revolutionary war and has always sustained the character of an upright, honest, industrious & poor man, and is, we believe, considered, by all who know him and his destitute circumstances, as having strong claims to the favor & bounty of his country.
Dated at Thomaston Me. } William Heard August 7 th . 1822 } Job Washburn } Selectmen of Thomaston.
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P. O.
Nathan Pillsbury
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
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1930 Apr. 28. Photos mailed to Edw. H. Gould. See David Kelloch, W. 2976. G.N.Y.
WIDOW, &c. 269.02
File No.
4688
Lucy Pillsbury
Wid of
Nathan Pillsbury
Brn Mass line
Act July 7th 1838
Index: Vol.
D
Page
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nathan Pillsbury Me 1818 when paid 2 Due 4 th May 1826 for that period AH J/H

Hamaston Jan'y 5 1823
Sir - agreeable to instructions from -
J. S. Edwards on Augt 14 1823 - I now forward the application of Mr Pillsbury to be restored on the pension list.
Mr Pillsbury is in need of the comforts of life - he was a faithful Soldier of the Revolution -
Please to forward any communication on the subject to me -
Respectfully
Hon J. C. Calhoun
Hezekiah Prime

I Joshua Adams of Thomaston in the State of Maine, of lawful age, upon solemn oath testify and say, that on the tenth day of December A.D. 1821, Nathan Pillsbury of said Thomaston conveyed to me by deed sixty seven acres of land lying in said Thomaston, being all that he then owned. The consideration of the same deed was the sum of Four hundred dollars which was due to me partly for goods out of my store from time to time from the year 1815 to the date of the deed, and a greater part on a note of hand said Pillsbury gave me on the 4th day of December A.D. 1815 for the sum of two hundred & sixty two 85/100 and interest, all of which was then due & unpaid. The aforesaid note was given for goods he had received from my store from time to time for a number of years prior to the date thereof, and expressed the amount found due on settlement. — The above mentioned land is not in my opinion worth any more than the amount of the debts thus cancelled.
I further state, that I have been a near neighbour of said Pillsbury for near thirty years, have always found him a conscientious, upright man, and believe him altogether incapable of attempting to gain any advantage to himself through dishonest means.
Joshua Adams
State of Maine, Lincoln ss. On this Fifth day of April in the year of Our Lord Eighteen hundred and twenty four personally appeared before

me John Ruggles Notary Public, by competent authority duly appointed Commissioned and sworn and residing at Thomaston in said County of Lincoln. - the above named Joshua Adams Esquire, of said Thomaston and gave the foregoing deposition by him signed, and being duly cautioned, made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me the said Notary Public - and which deposition was taken at the request of Nathan Pillsbury of said Thomaston.
In witness whereof I the said Notary Public have hereunto affixed my Notarial seal the day & year aforesaid.
John Ruggles Notary Public.

Thomaston Ap d 6 1824
J. S. Edwards Esq
Sir I herein enclose the Depositions of Adams & Pillsbury Agreeable to your directions of the 12 th Ultimo - if any thing further is necessary please to give me notice - Respectfully
Hezekiah Prince

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT
I Nathan Pilsbury of Thomaston, In the County of Lincoln Yeoman, in Consideration of four hundred Dollars paid by Nathaniel Pilsbury of S d Thomaston, Joiner
the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell and convey unto the said Nathaniel Pilsbury his heirs & assignors forever. or a certain parcel of land situated in Thomaston aforesaid, containing fifty acres bounded as follows, beginning at long branch brook so call- ed at a hemlock stump, at the Southeast corner of land owned by Charles Dyer & the heirs of the late Isaac Dyer, thence running West by South three hundred thirty nine rods to stake & stones, thence South by East twenty four rods thence East by North about three hundred & thirty six rods to the brook aforesaid, thence up said brook to the first mentioned bounds.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the afore-granted Premises to the said Nathaniel Pilsbury his Heirs and Assigns, to his & their Use and Behoof forever. And I do covenant with the said Nathaniel Pilsbury his Heirs and Assigns, That I am lawfully seized in Fee of the afore-granted Premises; That they are free of all Incumbrances; That I have good Right to Sell and Convey the same to the said Nathaniel Pilsbury And that I will warrant and defend the same Premises to the said Nath l Pilsbury his Heirs and Assigns forever, against the lawful Claims and Demands of all Persons.

In witness whereof I the said Nathan Pillsbury have hereunto set my hand & seal this thirteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty one -
Signed, sealed, & delivered in presence of us
Nathan Pillsbury & a seal
Haz. Prince
Isabella Prince Jr.
Lincolnss. January 13 th 1821 then the abovenamed Nathan Pillsbury acknowledged the above instrument to be his free act & deed before me Haz. Prince Just. of Peace -
Rec d October 18: 1821 Ventered & examined
by Warren Rice Reg d
Lincolnss Nov 29. 1823. Copy from the Records for Deeds - for said County
Lib 115 Fol 201
Warren Rice Reg d
Fee 50 c s
Lincoln ss. Clerk's Office Sep. 17. 1824.
I Nathaniel Coffin clerk of all the Judicial Courts within for the County of Lincoln Certify that Warren Rice whose name is set above, is Register of Deeds for said County. That the above is his signature, and that he has just now in required by law to have an official
seal.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Lincoln, this seventeenth day of September - 1824
Nat. Coffin Cl.

I Nathaniel Pillsbury of Thomaston in the State of Maine of lawful age upon solemn oath testify and say, that Nathan Pillsbury of said Thomaston on the thirteenth day of Jan'y. A.D. 1821, conveyed to me by deed Fifty acres of land lying in said Thomaston in my opinion not exceeding in value the sum of Four hundred dollars. I had made an agreement for said land a number of years before, and paid for the same as follows. — On the 8 th of May A.D. 1813, there was found due to me on settlement One hundred twenty six dollars 65/100 for so much cash I had paid for and to said Nathan. and One hundred nine dollars fifty eight cents for articles I had before let him have. From that time to 1820. there accrued in my favour principally on account of supplies for his family, a balance of Seventy six dollars 84/100 — I also paid to Wm. & Lucy Heard on his account Twenty five dollars — to Joshua Adams Esq. Four dollars 33/100 — to Doct. Ezekiel Dodge Eleven dollars 18/100 — to Wm. Heard Twenty seven dollars 49/100 and in taxes, Thirty five dollars, and he was also indebted to me for some labour. These debts were cancelled by the aforesaid deed being then due and and unpaid. The all accrued prior to the year 1820.
The land above mentioned is a part of real estate owned by said Nathan at the time of making his disclosure and schedule of property in 1820, pursuant to an Act of the U. States passed in May of that year relating to pensioners.
Nathaniel Pillsbury
State of Maine, Lincoln Co. On this Fifth day of April

in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and twenty four, personally appeared before me John Ruggles Notary Public, by Competent Authority duly appointed, Commissioned & Sworn, and Residing at Thomaston in said County of Lincoln, - the above named Nathaniel Pillsbury and gave the foregoing deposition by him signed, and being duly examined, made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me the said Notary Public, and which deposition was taken at the request of Nathan Pillsbury of said Thomaston.
In witness whereof I the said Notary Public have hereunto affixed my Notarial Seal the day & year aforesaid.
John Ruggles Notary Public

Nathan Pillsbury
MS 1.1 v. 2
11. 411
Sept. 1819

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the tenth twelfth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.
ON this Sixth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared before Ebenezer Thatcher a Judge of the C.C.P. Pleas 2 d Eastern Circuit
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Nathan Pilsbury aged Sixty years, resident in Thomaston in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Derby in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Bailey in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the twenty third day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 11.411 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Nathan Pilsbury
Sworn to and declared, on the Sixth day of July A. D. 1820.
BEFORE Ebenezer Thatcher
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
One hundred twenty five acres of land & buildings thereon. One cow, two yearlings, five sheep, four swine - I owe six hundred & sixty dollars in debts Farming tools - One sled two hoes one shovel. Furniture - Six chairs one pine table two chests Sundry cooking utensils worth six dollars Nathan Pilsbury
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Nathan Pilsbury who, by occupation am a farmer which I am unable to pursue by reason of decay of health
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Lucy 58 years my wife - in health   Samuel 18 years in health   Nathan 15 years in health    Nathan Pilsbury  Attest Nat. Coffin Clerk
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Nothing dollars and cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat. Coffin { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

Thomaston Feb y 2 d 1822
Dear Sir
you will confer a favour on a destitute but honest family if you could get - Mr Nathan Pillsbury restored to his pension - he served his country faith- fully - during great part of the Revolutionary war - and has always conducted himself as a worthy good citizen he has never been addicted to any vice - but he is poor he has been struck from the pension list on account of his property - when in reality he has no property - I presume you have rec d - a communication from Joshua Adams Esq Respecting Pillsbury Perhaps no person in this vicinity - more deserves a pension than Mr Pillsbury any assistance you can render will be gratefully received -
Yours respectfully
Mark L. Hill Esq
Hezekiah Prince
Washington Feb y . 10 th . 1822
Sir
I ask the Attention of the war Department to Mr. Pillsbury's case, on which I presume there can be no doubt.
Respectfully &c.
M. L. Hill.

FREE
Hon d Prince P t Master
Mark L Hill Esquire Phipsburg

Thomaston Aug 9 1822
Dear Sir be so kind as to forward the inclosed to the War department & oblige your esteemed friend
Mark L. Hill Esq Horehiah Prince

Philipsburg Aug. 12 Free
The Hon. J. C. Calhoun
(Pension Office Dep.)
Washington City.
William Phillipsburg for Recomendation Recd 19 Aug 1822

Thomaston Septem r 18 1824
Sir in compliance with your direction of 20 th August I have obtained the Clerks certificate to the deeds in Nathan Pillsbury's case - I do sincerely hope that Mr Pillsbury may be restored soon as his family are very destitute and no doubt can exist but he ought in propriety to receive a pension if any one has in Maine yours respectfully
Hezekiah Prindle
J. S. Edwards Esq

FREE
am. Apr. 18 1835.
J. S. Edwards Esqr Commissioner of pensions Washington City
Vertical handwritten notes on the left margin: Apr. 17 William H. ... Mr. ...

Stamuston April 10 th 1835
J. L. Edouards Esq - Commissioner of Pensions
Sir, By a resolve of the Legislature of Maine 2000 acres of land is to be given to Soldiers of the Revolution or their Widows, my Mother the Widow of Nathan Pillsbury will be entitled to said land - if proof can be procured of my father's services, he was a prisoner under the act of 1818 - will you have the goodness to send me a copy of his original application for a pension in your office which will furnish us with the proof required
Yours with Respect
Nathan Pillsbury
P.S. My Father (Nathan Pillsbury) died in 1826 - May 23 rd

Know all Men by these Presents, That
Nathan Pilsbery of Thomaston in the County of Lincoln, Yeoman,
in Consideration of four hundred Dollars paid by Joshua Adams of sd Thomaston, Esquire,
the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell, and convey unto the said Joshua Adams his heirs & assigns for- ever a certain parcel of land situated in Thomaston aforesaid, containing sixty seven acres, bounded as follows, beginning at a pine tree at ash point creek so called, thence running West & by South three hundred & thirty six rods. to a stake & stones, thence North by West thirty two rods to stake & stones, thence East by North about three hundred & thirty six rods to the Creek aforesaid & by sd Creek Southerly to the first men- tioned bounds.
To HAVE AND TO HOLD the afore-granted Premises to the said Joshua Adams his Heirs and Assigns, to his & Use and Behoof forever.
And I do covenant with the said Adams his Heirs and Assigns, That I am lawfully seized in Fee of the afore-granted Premises; That they are free of all Incumbrances; That I have good Right to Sell and Convey the same to the said Adams
And that I will warrant and defend the same Premises to the said Joshua Adams his Heirs and Assigns forever, against the lawful Claims and Demands of all Persons.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I the said Nathan Pilsbery
have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this tenth Day of December in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and twenty one
Nathan Pilsbery & a seal
Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of us,
Hez. Prince Jr. Hezekiah Prince
Lincoln ss. Dec 10 1821 Then the above-named Nathan Pilsbery acknowledged the above instrument to be his free Act and Deed—before me,
Hezekiah Prince. Justice of Peace.
Rec Nov 29. 1823. Entered & examined by Warren Rice Reg

Lincolns } State of Maine } I Nathan C. Coffin, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in the said County of Lincoln, Certify that Warren Luce Esq. whose name is affixed to the within Certificate, is Regulated Justice duly appointed Commissioned for said County. That the within is his own proper signature, and that he has not by law required to have any Official Seal. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand, & the seal of the Court of Com- mon Pleas for said County this seventeenth day of September A.D. 1824 Nath l . Coffin.

Rec November 29. 1823 entered & examined.
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Lincoln Nov 29. 1823. copy from the Records for Deeds for said County Lib 119 Fol 147 See 50 c p o ~ Warren Rue Reg.