Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,393, for Nathaniel Munro, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
R. J
Munro, Nathaniel
S. 21,393
CONTENTS

21.113 Rhode Island
Atk. Sluiter Master in the State of R. Island who was a PM in the Marine commanded by Captain Atkinson of the Regt commanded by Col Crane in the R. Island for Boston
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1832. from 4 Sep to 4 Dec 1838. Ag t notified 30 th March 1841.
Enrolled on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of $13-Dollars 33-Cents per annum. commence on the 14 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of Aug 1833 and said John Luis Potsburgh R.I.
Arrears to the 14 th of March 1833 $86.66 Femi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep 21.67 $108.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N. Wood Clerk, Vol. 2 a Page 120

23651
Nathaniel Monroe
Mass
Rhode Island
Printed 13 Malls
508
John Cross Portsmouth R. Island

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Nathaniel Monroe Bristol City Rhode Island
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Ent. 1776 2 9 20 Seaman Capt Godfrey On Board the Privateer Lady Washington 80 years Bristol Traditionary Evidence and 2 Affidavits   Disch 1777 1 1 — Capt Crossman Rhode Island   " 1 1 — Col Godfrey Mass   " 1 1 — Capt Crossman   " 1 1 — Same   1778 2 5 — Col Crary   1779 3 — — Capt Shrop   3 — — Col Cook  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. Q This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion; after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the years, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 6 th 1841.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The child ren of Nathaniel Munroe, dec d , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Rhode Island Agency, at the rate of Forty three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1838, to the 4 th Dec r . 1838.
Respectfully yours,
William L. Tarrington Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
State of Rhode Island } County of Bristol } ss.
On this Eighth day of December 1882 personally appeared in open court before the judges or justices of the Court of Probate, a court of record, for the Town of Bristol in the County of Bristol, now sitting, Nathaniel Mouser, resident of said Bristol in the County of Bristol and State of Rhode Island, aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declarations, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 —
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers - and served as herein stated - That is to say: —
In the month of October 1775 he lived in said Bristol, which lying on the shores of Narragansett Bay, was liable to be burned by the enemy, who now had possession of said Bay, with an armed force under the command of Sir James Wallace - who had rendered himself extensively known, to all the Borderers on said Bay by his severe, relentless and barbarous conduct - Nothing escaped him that he could destroy, and the worst of rebels, deserved a bitter fate, than those, who had the misfortune to fall into his hands - He spared neither, the Hospital dedicated to Humanity - the Humble cot - tages, the refuge of the poor, Nor the buildings dedicated to the Worship of God - He had already threatened to destroy said Town of Bristol and had once fired upon the Town from his ships - Under this state of things your declarant was induced by his wife, whom he tenderly loved to remove to a place of greater safety - and for her sake he removed in 1 st Oct. 1775 to Taunton in the State of Massachusetts - He did not however forget his old enemy the enemy - In Augt. 1776 he entered on board the Privateer Lady Washington of eight guns at Newport R.I. and sailed on a cruise on the coast of the United States and off the east of the West Indies in order to intercept the enemys vessels to or from the West Indies - James Godfrey was capt - one Wheaton 1 st Lt - and one Shevat an Italian was 2 nd Lt - Augustus Newman was capt & Nathan Williams Lt. of Marines - during the cruise which was two months we captured the ship Marshall bound from Tobago to London, capt. Lowly loaded with Sugar and Rum - and a Brig also loaded with rum and sugar - he was put on board the ship Marshall and brought her safely into the harbor of Boston - the Brig he believes arrived safe at Plymouth, in this service he was two months - he was discharged in Boston and he returned home. — He was then enrolled the Militia Company in said Taunton then under the command of capt. Robert Crossman and one — Lincoln was Lt. of 1 st company, — the company was attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Godfrey who then resided in said

Taunton - In January 1777 he was drafted from said Company of Militia for one month and was marched to Tiverton R.I. and was stationed near Howlands ferry he was under Capt Crossman - He believes that General Leonard had the command in Chief of the troops at said Howlands ferry - He served out his month when he was discharged and he returned home - In June 1777 he was again drafted from 1 st Company for one month, and was marched under Capt Crossman to Gardner's neck in the Town of Swanzy on the Northern shore of Mount Hope Bay, to check the incursions of the enemy from the Island of Rhode Island, and to prevent the enemy from selling them cattle and provision - He served his time out and he returned home Again in November 1777 he was again drafted from 1 st Company for one month and was marched under Capt Crossman to Bristol Rhode Island - at this time he saw Col. Crary and the Regt. under his command at and in the vicinity of Bristol He served his month out and returned home - In the month of March 1778 he removed from 1 st Taunton back to 1 st Bristol - and was immediately enrolled in the militia Company of 1 st Bristol then under the command of Capt William Throop - Jonathan Dimond was Lt. of 1 st Company and Anthony Van Dorn was Ensign This Company of Militia had been in the public service, doing duty by turns in guarding the shores, even since the enemy had taken possession of the Island of Rhode Island - from this Company he was drafted for one month at a time, for many times and until the enemy evacuated Rhode Island in Nov r 1779 - 1 st town of Bristol was exposed to the attacks of the enemy as much or more than any one on the border of the bay - as it is entirely surrounded by the waters of 1 st bay except on the North where it joined to Warren - He cannot now remember the exact days in which he was drafted from 1 st Company and ordered into the public service - but according to the best of his recollection and belief it was for at least one half of the time, and he doth solemnly declare the fact - these services were performed in guarding the shores on almost every side of the town - but more particularly near Bristol Ferry when there was a fort - and at Popasquash point and on the necks at Pecks farms - He was under some one of his own company officers - and he has served at divers times under each of them in 1 st service during the time aforesaid - Soon after he removed back to 1 st Bristol and in the month of May 1778 - the enemy with strong force landed above the town - and with great dispatch proceeded to Kirkcannet and destroyed some boats there, and then attacked Bristol - they partially succeeded in burning it and would have wholly destroyed it, had it not been for the bravery of the militia - they were compelled to retreat before they had completed the whole work of destruction contemplated - Again in one of 1 st drafts from 1 st Company in Aug t 1778 he was marched on to Rhode Island under Genl. Sullivan, & was then in the action - Capt Throop commanded the Company and was attached to the Regt. of Col. Cook - he went on in the 2 nd draft and was there when the Army retreated off - Capt. Throop's Co. belonged to the Regt. of Col. Nathan Miller of which Peter Church was Lt. Col - in the Expedition on R.I. he saw Genl. Greene and Col. Greene who commanded the Black Regt. And said Mousoe avers that he truly and faithfully performed all the aforesaid services in his Country's defence in the War of the Revolution, and received pay for the same, making in all fifteen months - being two months under Capt. Cudney - three months under Capt Crossman and ten

months under Capt. Throop. - And he further declares that he was born in said Bristol on the 22 d day of Nov r 1752. and that he hath no record of his age. That he lived at the time he entered the service aforesaid on board of the Privateer Lady Washington and under Capt. Crossman, in Farmington in the state of Massachusetts - and that he lived in said Bristol when he was called into the public service under Captain Throop - where he hath ever lived since March 1778 - and when he always lived except about two and half years when he lived in Farmington as before stated - where he still resides - That he never received and written discharge from any of said services, but was discharged verbally by his Commanding officers - that he hath no documentary evidence of any of said services - That he refers to Rev. Henry Wright & Thomas Church Esqrs his present neighbours, and citizens of said town of Bristol who testify to his character for veracity and to their belief that he was a soldier of the revolution, and also to the annexed depositions - The foregoing services performed as a common mariner, or private soldier, - That by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise time he served as aforesaid, but that according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the period of time in the grades aforesaid - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and Subscribed { the day & year aforesaid }
Nathaniel Munroe
Witness, Wm. Throop Esq r
Rev. Henry Wright and a clergyman residing in said Bristol and Thomas Church residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Munroe who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be eighty years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & Subscribed { the day & year aforesaid }
Henry Wright Thos. Church
Witness, Wm. Throop Esq r
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certify, that it appears to them, that Rev. Henry Wright who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in said Bristol and that Thomas Church who has also signed the same is a resident in said Bristol, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Witness, Wm. Throop Esq r
I, William Throop, Clerk of the Court of Probate of said Bristol, a Court of Record, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Munroe for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this eighth day of December, in the year of our Lord, One thousand

eight hundred and thirty two, and of Amer- ican Independence the Fifty seventh.
Wm Shropshire.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
O. W. & N. Div. F. S. M. E. C. I. 21393.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 28, 1896.
Miss:
In returning herewith your letter of March 20, 1896, you are advised that Nathaniel Munro made an application for pension on December 8, 1832, at which time he was residing in Bristol, R. I., and eighty years of age, and his pension was allowed for thirteen months actual service as a private in the Rhode Island troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time served under Capt. Robert Crossman and Col. Crary.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Miss Grace H. Monroe, 37 - 42nd Place, Chicago, Ill.

Nathaniel Monroe
23657

Provisions
21393 INVALID.
Mar. 28/56 Soldier punished Miss Grace H. Monroe, Chicago, Ill. Mel.
File No. 21,398
Nathaniel Monroe
Dis Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 289
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I, Nathaniel H. West of Bristol, County of Bristol and State of Rhode Island, Aged eighty one years under solemn oath, depose, that I have long been acquainted with Nathaniel Munro of said Bristol an applicant for a pension, under the late act of Congress. we both being natives of said Bristol.
During the War of the Revolution, we were both enrolled in the company in said Bristol under the command of Capt. William Shroop, and did guard duty in protecting said town from the incursions of the British Troops who then had possession of Newport and the Island of Rhode Island, which is separated from said Bristol by a water passage of less than a mile,
At the Attack made by the American forces on said Island which I think was in the year 1778 - our said company or a part of it, was marched over to the Island, under Capt. Shroop and said Munro and myself were there, and at the time of the Battle which there took place.
And further the Deponent is of opinion that said Munro was engaged in the Military service of his Country the principle part of the time during the war of the Revolution, as and further the deponent saith not.
Nathaniel his  X H. West. mark
Bristol ss at Bristol, State of Rhode Island Dec. 8th, 1832
Personally appeared the abovenamed Nathaniel H. West and made solemn oath to the truth of his foregoing Deposition and subscribed the same, before me.
And I further certify that said Deponent is personally known to me, and sustains a good character for truth and veracity.
Wm Shroop Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,
Clerk's Office, Court of Common Pleas County of Bristol,
I hereby certify that William Throop, whose signature is affixed in his own proper handwriting to the taking of the foregoing Depositions of Moyal Sanford and Nathaniel H. West was at the time and is now, a Judge or Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, duly commissioned and  sworn under the seal of said State, and engaged thereon according to Law. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of our said Court this eighth day of December in the year of our Lord, Eighteen hundred and thirty two, and of American Independence the fifty seventh -
J Davis Clk

State of Rhode Island
County of Bristol } ss.
Personally appeared before me, a justice of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Bristol, Nathaniel Monroe, an applicant for a pension, who being duly sworn, deposeth, and saith, that, by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the periods of the war mentioned, in the following grades: Namely He was on board of the Privateer Lady Washington Capt. Godfrey from August to October 1776 at least two months - In Jan'y. 1777 in Capt. Lewis's company of Militia of Taunton, marched to Swanton one month - in June 1777 one month under Capt. Crossman, at Gardner's Neck - in November 1777 one month under Capt. Crossman, at Bristol R.I. - In Capt. Throop's company of Militia of Bristol R.I. in the months of April, June, August, October and December, in the year 1778 five times of one month each, all at Br. except the August service when he was marched on to Rhode Island in the Expedition in the same company of Capt. Throop, in the months of February, April, June, August and October 1779 five tours of one month each, making in all fifteen months service as a private soldier and company man, for which he claims a pension - Said services performed in Capt. Throop's Company of Militia, were all in Bristol, except one month on Rhode Island in Sept. 1778, at the guard posts in said Town - The company was divided into two classes - and these classes took turns, one being in the service all the time - this arrangement was permanently made and perfectly understood and some persons who hired substitutes for themselves calculated for one half of the time to be in the service; besides this we all had to be out on all the alarms - I have served at all the guard posts in the Town, but at the ferry the oftener - In May 1778 the Town was burnt by the enemy, I was in the action and helped drive them on board of their shipping. In addition to the officers of said company mentioned in my declaration I have also served under Lt. Joseph Reynolds And I further solemnly declare that for at least the time mentioned above I was in actual military service, and was not engaged in any civil pursuit, and that the companies to which I belonged were ordered into the service by lawful authority, & that said Privateer Lady Washington was duly commissioned, And further declare that I do not know of any living Witness who was with me in the military service of Capt. Crossman, or who was with me on board of the Lady Washington.
Not 10 11 21 50 1

State of Rhode Island &c.
Bristol ss 7 At Bristol July 24 th A. D. 1833.
Personally came Nathaniel Memo the within named Deponent and made solemn oath to the truth of his foregoing deposition and subscribed the same before me. And I further certify that said deponent is personally well known to me and sustains a good character for truth and veracity. W m Throop Justice Court of Common Pleas
State of Rhode Island. &c.
Clerk's Office, Court of Common Pleas, County of Bristol
I hereby certify that W m Throop whose signature is affixed in his own proper hand writing to the taking of the foregoing deposition, is a Justice of the Court aforesaid, duly commissioned under the seal of said State, and engaged thereon according to Law
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court this 25 th day of July in the year 1833, and in the fifty eighth year of American Independence.
W m Bradford C lerk .

I Royal Sanford of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island aged Seventy two years, on solemn oath, depose - That I have always been acquainted with Nathaniel Monroe of said Bristol, who is now an Applicant for a pension under the the late act of Congress - In the time of the Revolutionary War - After the year that the Battle was fought on Rhode Island (in 1778) said Nathaniel belonged to the militia company in Bristol under the command of Captain William Throop - and was drafted therefrom, and did duty in the public service in guarding the shores of the Bay at the different guard posts in said town.
He has been with me, in said service at most if not all the guard posts - and under the officers of said militia company at that time - our regular duty was for a month at a time - he cannot tell the exact amt. of time that said Nathaniel served, but he remembers that he served his full share of one half of the time, while the British were on the Island - He further says that said Nathaniel was on Rhode Island in Augt. 1778 in one of the drafts in Sullivan's Expedition - He further saith not.
Royal Sanford
Bristol ss. at Bristol, Rhode Island Dec. 8th 1832 - Personally appeared the abovenamed Royal Sanford, and made solemn oath to the truth of his foregoing deposition, and subscribed the same, before me. And I further certify that said deponent is personally known to me, and sustains a good character for truth and veracity -
Wm Throop - Justice of the Court of C. Pleas.