Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6750, for Nathaniel Prentice, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn. Privateer
Prentice, Nathaniel Margaret
W 6750 B. L. Wt. 31566-160-55
CONTENTS

Cis to Pa Aged 15 June 1838. To La Fayette Indiana from 4 Sept 1837 to 2 July 1838. No -tification sent to Isaac Spencer Sparta - Indiana
Letter to Pa aged 83 Auditor 4 Jany 1839
Paid at the Treasury under the acts of the 16 April 1838 from 4 Sept 1837 to 4 March 1838 Aged notified 15 Jany 1839
20.809  100 100
Nathanial Prentice
of Genesee in the State of New York who was a Private in the Corps commanded by Captain Miles of the Regt commanded by Col. Swift in the Cont. line for 1 Year
Indiana La Fayette
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 10 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Oct. 1833 and sent to Mr. Farnham Attica
Arrears to the 4th of Sept '33 $ 100 Semi-ann. allowance ending 1st Mch '34 20 $ 120
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by John S. H. Clerk, Book E. Vol. 4. Page 72

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7, 1832
State of New York } ss. County of Greene }
On this Sixteenth day of October in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Greene aforesaid now sitting Nathaniel Prentice a resident of the town of Otis in the said County of Greene and State of New York aged Sixty nine years and Seven months who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7, 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated -
About the first of May in the year Twenty hundred and Twenty nine he entered the service as a substitute for Stephen Branch who was drafted and served as such substitute for the term of six weeks in the Militia of the State of Connecticut under Ensign Joseph Babcock - That when he so

entered the service as such substitute he resi- ded in the Town of Preston County of New London in the State of Connecticut - That he served the term aforesaid at Fort Griswold opposite to New London - That he had no cap- tain or any other commanding officer of a higher rank than Ensign Joseph Babcock above named under whom he served as a private during the term aforesaid - That there were no other commissioned officers there belonging to the Militia that he was acquainted with Ezekiel Babcy and Prentiss Bruch who were sergeants belonging to his company and who served with him during the term aforesaid - That there was an artillery company stationed there dur- ing the said term commanded by William Lathan Captain, Henry Denison Lieutenant that the said artillery company belonged to the Militia of the State of Connecticut as he believes but does not know but they were regulars that the said artillery company and and the said company of Militia were under the command of Colonel William Ledyard who was then a colonel or soon afterwards and was killed soon after the said fort Griswold surrendered to the British - That he the said Nathaniel Prentiss was discharged at the said fort Griswold in the month of June after he so entered the service; but received no written discharge - That after he entered the service he only marched from Preston aforesaid to fort Griswold aforesaid.

That in the Month of July in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy nine the said Mathanah Prentiss was drafted in the Militia of the State of Connecticut for one month and that he served the term of one month as a private by virtue of such draft at Granton near said fort Griswold com- mencing in July aforesaid and was discharged in the month of August following at Granton aforesaid but received no written discharge that when he was so drafted he resided at Preston aforesaid and marched directly from Preston to Granton where I joined each other - that as such drafted private he served the said term of one month under Captain John Williams, Lieutenant Daniel Trumbull and Ensign George  John Palmer and John  George Steadman first Sergeant - That there were one or two other Militia companies Stationed on Granton hill but who com- manded them he did not know - That there were no field officers to his recollection commanding at that Station during the said month; but probably the said Colonel Ledyard commanded there

That in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty or at all events in the year that Major Andre the British Spy was executed and about the first of July in the same year he the said Nathaniel Prentiss resided at Preston aforesaid and then and there enlisted for six months into the company commanded by Captain Charles Miles; that he joined said company at a tavern kept by Joshua Downer in a place called Preston City in said Town of Preston about the seventh day of July last aforesaid and then the said company to which the said Nathaniel Prentiss belonged left the said town to join the army and that he the said Prentiss marched with said company under the command of said Captain Miles from Preston City aforesaid through Norwich Lebanon and on the direct Road to Hartford in the State of Connecticut at which place the said company drew provisions and immediately from there, marched directly to Danbury in Connecticut and from Danbury aforesaid he marched with said company under the command of said Captain Miles to Peksill-Hill on the East side of the Hudson River in the State of New York where he joined the American Army and was attached to the Eighth Company in the Seventh Connecticut Regiment at Peksill aforesaid - that when he was was stationed at Peksill a week or fortnight the said Eighth company was comman- ded by Captain Hill whose Christian name he did not recollect and Charles McC. Daniel's first

Serjeant - that said Company had no Lieutenant or ensign - that the said Regiment was com- manded by Lieutenant Colonel Ezekiah Hol- drick - that at Poughkeepsie aforesaid he was acquainted with and saw General George Washington, General Green, General Parsons - and General Huntington commanded the Brig- ade to which the said Company and Regiment was attached - From Poughkeepsie aforesaid he the said Nathaniel Preston marched belonging to the said Company Regiment and Brigade under the officers aforesaid directly to Kings Ferry and then crossed onto the West side of the Hudson River from whence he marched under the command of the officers aforesaid and with the said Army to Tappan & Tatomwa - That the said army was at Tappan or Tatomwa about two months & that he was with the said army during that time as a private soldier and about the last of November or the first of December he with the said army marched back to the said Hudson River and crossed the same at Kings Ferry and went into winter quarters in the Highlands near the Hudson River - and there he helped build bar- racks for the soldiers - And when he returned to the said Highlands the said Seventh Regiment was commanded by Colonel Herman Swift and before the army crossed Kings Ferry the last time the said Eighth Company to which he belonged was commanded by Captain Stephen Billings - that about the middle of December next following he

was discharged by receiving a written discharge from the said Colonel Hiram Swift signed by him as commandant of the said Seventh Regiment - That during the said term of six months which he served as aforesaid he knew the following commissioned officers of the said Seventh Regiment and who served therein during the term aforesaid; Colonel Hiram Swift Lieutenant Colonel Ezekiel Haldrick, Captains Hill, Ellis and Billings above mentioned, also Captains Stephens, Conner & Baldwin, That he saw Baron Steuben frequently during the term aforesaid - That during the said campaign he knew Colonel Starr, Colonel Johnson and Colonel Hoyt who belonged to and served in the Second Brigade of the Connecticut troops in which Brigade he the said Prentiss served as above stated - that during said campaign he was in no battles; and that the said General Parsons commanded the first Brigade of the Connecticut troops which composed a part of the army above mentioned and he belonged to the Second Brigade of the Connecticut troops under the command of General Huntington whose christian name he has forgotten -
That the said discharge which he received from the said Colonel Swift has been lost or destroyed more than forty years ago - That he knew Captain Chamberlain who belonged to and served in the said Seventh Regiment in the Second Brigade

That in the month of July but on what day he did not know in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty One he entered the service of the United States as a substitute for Israel Burton Junior who was drafted into the Militia Service for the term of three months; that when he so entered the service as such substitute for the said Israel Burton he resided at Preston aforesaid and in the month of July last aforesaid but on what day he did not recollect he marched from Preston aforesaid under the command of Serjeant Stevens directly to Norwich in the State of Connecticut at which place he was attached to a Militia Company under the command of Captain Joseph Curran, Henry Denison first Lieutenant Seldon Second Lieutenant and whose Christian name forgotten and Ensign Morton and from Norwich aforesaid under the command of the officers aforesaid he marched with said company being attached thereto directly to Hartford in the State of Connecticut and from Hartford he marched with said company and officers through Litchfield and Fishkill to West Point on the West side of the Hudson River in the State of New York at which place he served as a private soldier in the said company under the command of the said commissioned officers for the term of three months and at the expiration of three months which was in the latter part of October or the first of November following he was regularly discharged from the

service in the army at West Point aforesaid That when he served in the army as aforesaid at West Point during the term aforesaid the said company in which he served was attached to the Regiment of Connecticut Militia troops under the command of Colonel Canfield - that he knew Captain Cook, Captain Sander, Captain Vaughan who belonged to and served in said Regiment at West Point during the said term of three months - that there were two other Regiments stationed there at the same time from the State of Massachusetts one of which Regiments was under the command of Colonel Drowny There were some regular troops stationed there at the same time but how many he does not know under the command of General McClellan - That while he served at West Point as aforesaid his company was commanded by the said Captain Cook Lieutenants Denison and Seldon and ensign Norton and Colonel Can- field - That he was two weeks marching from Preston aforesaid to West Point; that he served three months at West Point as aforesaid and after he was discharged at the time aforesaid (but had no written discharge) he was one week mar- ching home making in the whole term of service that campaign three months and three weeks and that when marching from Preston to West Point the company stopped one week at Nor- wich aforesaid

And that in the month of August in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty Two he the said Nathaniel Prentice enlisted at Stoning Point in the state of Connecticut into the Naval Service service on board the Privateer Sloop Randolph commanded by Nicholas Hoddick Captain and Lieutenants Thompson and Reider and Sailing master Isaac Champlin and in the month of August aforesaid he sailed in the said Privateer as a private under the command of the said officers on a cruise off Sandy Hook and on the next day after the said Privateer sailed she took two prizes one a small privateer and the other a small sloop and brought the said prizes into New London Connecticut in less than one week after the said Privateer sailed -
And that after they had disposed of the said prizes he sailed in the said privateer on the next day after they came into port under the command of the said officers and in about one week they took a British Brig as a prize and that he was sent in to the Port of New London with the said prize and remained there till the said privateer returned which was about the middle of September following which was six weeks in the whole after the said privateer first sailed; then the said privateer fitted for another cruise and on the first of October following the said privateer sailed again and he the said Prentice went on board of her as a private. She sailed from the port

of New London aforesaid under the command of Captain Augustus Peck Lieutenants Boideu and Champlin and the sailing master's name he had forgotten - That he as a private cruised in the said private under the said Officers off Sandy-Hook till about the middle of October then instant at which time the said private was captured by the British Frigate Vestal and he the said Nathaniel was taken a prisoner of war and was carried into the City of New York and was there put into a prison ship which lay near the old Jersey prison ship and was confined as a prisoner of war on board the said prison ship from two to four weeks and then he was put on board of a British Man of war of sixty four guns by the name of Brother which the British had taken from the French which ship belonged to the British fleet under the command of Admiral Hood and that he was confined as a prisoner of war on board the said Brother for the term of four months three months of which time she cruised in the West Indies and that he was put on board of her in the City of New York and she was about one month sailing from New York to the West Indies and the said Brother went into Port Royal in the Island of Jamaica and in said Port Royal he was confined in the hold of said Brother for refusing to duty on board of her and there some time in the month of

following he was taken out of the said Prison and put into Prison at Kingston in the Island of Jamaica and remained in Prison there till he heard that peace was made between Great Britain and the United States and then he was put on board of a British vessel name unknown and sailed to Portau Prince and at that place he got on board of an American merchant vessel by the name of Liberty and from Portau Prince sailed to Newport in Rhode Island and from there he travelled home to Preston aforesaid at which place he arrived on the Sixth or Seventh day of July in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty three; that at the time last aforesaid when he entered into the Naval Service as aforesaid he resided at Preston aforesaid - that the foregoing comprises all the services which he rendered in the army of the Revolutionary war - that he always enlisted and served therein as a private soldier and that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to the foregoing services or any part thereof in the Revolutionary war -
That he has stated all his Revolutionary services as near as he can remember and the names of all the officers companies and Regiments - That he knows of no

documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service -
That he was born at Preston aforesaid in the year 1763 -
That he has no record of his age
That he resided at Preston aforesaid when called into service -
That since the Revolutionary War he has resided in Preston aforesaid - at Charlton Saratoga County New York - also Sterdan and Broad Alston, Montgomery County New York and Attica Genesee County New York.
That he now lives in Attica aforesaid -
That the names of persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution are Robert Earl Yates Judge of Genesee County and Landon Hood a clergyman

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pen- sion roll of the agency of any state.
Nathaniel Prescott
Sworn to and subscribed } the day and year aforesaid } in open Court
Timothy Fitch Clerk
We Landon Hoadley a clergyman residing in the Town of Attleboro in said County of Bristol and Robert Earl Junior residing in said Town of Attleboro hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Prescott who has subscri- bed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that

we concur in that opinion -
Sworn and subscribed } the day and year aforesaid } in open Court
Samuel P. Hester Landon Hood Robert Earl Jr
Timothy Fitch Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states - And the board further certifies that it appears to them that Landon Hood who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Attica in said county of Genesee and that Robert Earl Junior one of the Judges of this court resident in the town of Attica in said county who has also signed the said certificate are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit
Isaac Wilson William Mitchell Robert Earl Jr

who has also signed the same is a Resident of the said Town of Athens and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Timothy Fitch Clerk of the board of Common Pleas in and for the County of Greene do hereby certify that the fore- going contains the original proceedings of the said board in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Preston for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventeenth day of October in the year 1832-
T. Fitch Clerk

State of New York } ss Josiah Butler of Bennington in said Greene County } County and Sat Buys of Alexander in said County being duly sworn do severally depose and say that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Prentiss of Oxford in said County who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration for a pension hereunto annexed And further we depose and say that in the month of June in the year 1780 we enlisted as private soldiers for the term of six months into Colonel Butlers Regi- ment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Hays of the six months levies to increase the continental army which Regiment was attached to General Huntingtons Brigade - That they joined the American army ad- near Fishkill on the Hudson River - That they served in said Regiment and Brigade for the term of six months and were duly discharged - That they crossed the Hudson River at Kings ferry on to the West side of the Hudson and marched with the American Army to Tappan Tottowa Hackensack and in the vicinity of those places till fall and were discharged on the East side of the Hudson River - And further their Deponents say that they have recently conversed with the said Nathaniel Prentiss and heard him relate a number of circumstances of the campaign of 1780 of the American Army which he the said Prentiss could not have known unless he served in that campaign - That he related a number of facts and circumstances relating to said campaign which we well remember - And from the facts and circumstances which he has related to us concerning the

Said campaign and improvements of the American Army we have no doubt but that the said Prentiss served in the American Army for the term of six months as he has stated in the above declaration herunto an- nexed - And further say that the said Josiah Butler is sixty eight years of age and that the said Latt Burge is sixty nine years of age - And further that the said Prentiss is a man of truth and veracity  Subscribed & sworn to this 16 th day of October 1832  Latt Burge Josiah Butler  in open court T. Fitch Clerk
I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named Latt Burge and Josiah Butler and that they are credible persons and reputable for truth and veracity and that they subscribed the above affidavit and made oath to the same before me - Dated June 13, 1833  T. Fitch Clerk
Nathaniel Prentiss Pension Papers
18043

State of New York } Genesee County } ss. On this 29 th day of May 1833 personally appeared before me Frederick C. Farnham the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Genesee Nathaniel Prentice of the Town of Attin in said County who being first duly sworn deposeth and saith that he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades for one month and fourteen days served as a private soldier - for one month Served as a private soldier - for six months Served as a private soldier - for three months and twenty one days Served as a private soldier - for eleven months as a private Served on board the private Sloop Randolph and as a prisoner of war making in the whole One year Eleven months and five days and for such service I claim a pension - And further this Deponent saith that he is the very identical same Nathaniel Prentice described and mentioned in the declaration for a pension hereto annexed and who has sworn to and subscribed the declaration for a pension hereto annexed - And further this Deponent saith that he served as a private on board the said private Sloop Randolph for the term of two months before he

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was taken prisoner as aforesaid and that he was a prisoner as aforesaid for the term of Nine months And this Deponent further saith that in the first term of his service stated in said declaration he served as a substitute and in Garrison at Fort Gris would for the full term of One month and fourteen days as in said declaration mentioned - That he had no Colonel or other field officer - That he served under Ensign Joseph Babcock - That he entered the service in May 1779 That in the second term of his service he served as a drafted man for the term of one month at Granton in Garrison in Captain John Williams Company and had no field officers nor attached to any Regiment that he entered the service July 1779 and served as in said declaration mentioned
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That he enlisted in the forepart of July in the year 1780 he enlisted and served as a private soldier in Captain Ellis Company and Colonel Swifts Regiment for the term of six months as he has stated in his said declaration - That he served in the field - That he was discharged before his said term of six months expired and he arrived home five days before his time ex- pired but received pay for six months and was cred- ited for Six months service - That he was discharged twelve days before his term expired so that he actu- ally served in the field five months and Eighteen days besides traveling home - that the above was his third term of service - That he never requested to be discharged and that it was voluntarily delivered to him
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That in the fourth term of his service he served in Garrison at West point for the term of three months and served there would be in marching to and from West point which service was performed in Captain

Barrows Company and Colonel Banfield's Regiment - That he served at each and in all said terms in an embodied Corps called into service by competent authority and for the time which said service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit - And further saith not - Nathaniel Prentice
Sworn to and subscribed this 29 th day of May 1800 before me
Frederick C. Tammann Justice Peace
State of New York } ss Josiah Battle of the Town Greene County } of Bennington in said County and Lott Bays of Alexander in said County being duty sworn do severally depose and say that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Prentice of Athens in said County who has sub- scribed and sworn to the above declaration for a pension hereunto annexed - And further we depose and say that in the month of June in the year 1780 we enlisted as private soldiers for the term of six months into Colonel Butler's Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Hoyt of the six months lines to increase the Continental Army which Regiment was attached to General Huntington's Brigade - That they joined the American Army near Fishkill on the Hud- son River - That they served in said Regiment and Brigade for the term of six months and were duly discharged - That they crossed the Hudson River at Kings Ferry onto the West side

of the Hudson and marched with the American Army to Tappan Tappan and Hockinsack and in the vicinity of these places till fall and winter's charged on the East side of the Hudson River And further these Deponents say that they have recently conversed with the said Nathaniel Prentice and heard him relate a number of circumstances of the campaign of 1780 of the American Army which he the said Nathaniel Prentice could not have known unless he served in that Campaign - That he related a number of facts and circumstances relating to said Campaign which we well remember and from the facts and circumstances which he has related to us concerning the said Campaign and movements of the American Army we believe have no doubt but that the said Prentice served in the American Army for the term of six months as he has stated in the above declaration herunto annexed - And further say that he the said Josiah Butte is sixty eight Nine years of age and that the said Lott Burge is seventy years of age - And further that the said Prentice is a man of truth and veracity
Sworn to and subscribed this 29. day of May 1833 before me
Josiah Butte Lott Burge
Frederick C. Hartmann Justice Peace
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Josiah Butte and
Nathaniel Prentice
Pension Papers

Sixty Buyers who have subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit and that they are credible persons and reputable for truth and veracity and strict integrity. Dated May 29. 1833
Frederick C. Farnam Justice Peace
State of New York Genesee County ss I. Timothy Fitch, Clerk of said County certify, that Frederick C. Farnam before whom the foregoing affidavits purport to have been taken and made was at the date of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and readily believe his name subscribed to said affidavits to be genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and seal of office this thirteenth day of June 1833 -
Timothy Fitch Clerk By B. Pringle Dep Clerk

No. 4,667 Indiand. Info
Margaret Prentice, widow of Conn Nathaniel Prentice who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 dollars ——— cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 28 th day of Oct, 1852, and sent to Rich d M. Young Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 190 Vol. A
W. R. Wilson
Rep
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State of Indiana } County of Noble } Oct.
Be it remembered, that on this 23 rd day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four, personally appeared before the Common Pleas Court, in the County of Noble and State of Indiana, Margaret Prentice a resident of the County and State aforesaid, aged Seventy Eight years who being first duly sworn  affirmed according to law, doth on her oath  affirmation make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the third day of February A. D. 1853, granting pensions to the widows of persons, who served during the revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Nathaniel Prentice, who was a private, and entered the Militia Service in the year 1779 in the State of Connecticut, and served on various Campaigns under Ensign Babcock, Capt. Hill, Capt. Charles Miles, and Capt. Cureau, and under Colonels Ledyard, Swift, and Campbell, and under General Parsons, from May 1779 to August 1782, though not continuously, but making upwards of twelve months Service in all, during the Revolutionary War. That her said deceased husband made his Declaration for a pension on account of said Services during the revolutionary war, on the 16 th of October A. D. 1832, under the act of Congress of June the 7 th 1832; that he was at that time a resident of the town of Attica, County of Seneca, and State of New York; that a pension was granted to him, and his name was inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of forty dollars per annum from the 4 th of March A. D. 1831. that the Certificate of Pension was issued 5 th of October A. D. 1833; that he afterwards moved from the State of New York to the County of Noble and State of Indiana in the year 1837, and became a resident of the State of Indiana; that in =

= the month of May 1838, he applied for a transfer from the pension agency of New York, to the pension agency of Indiana - and the transfer made in the month of June of the same year - all which will more fully appear by reference to the records and papers in the Pension office at Washington City.
She further declares that she was married to the said Nathaniel Prentice in the county of Saratoga  Herkshire and State of New York, on the Ninth day of August A.D. 1800 ; that her maiden name was Margaret Hedden, and her residence before her first marriage was at Newark, in the State of New Jersey; that she first married a man by the name of Boyer, who died about the year A.D. 1798, and hence her name of Margaret Boyer at the time of her second marriage with the said Nathaniel Prentice! That her said last husband Nathaniel Prentice died in Noble County, in the State of Indiana on the 28 th day of January A.D. 1839; that she was not married to him prior to the 2 nd day of January A.D. 1800, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow, and has so continued, ever since the death of her said last husband as aforesaid. She further hereby also applies for any arrearages of pension, which may have been due and unpaid to her said husband at the time of his death aforesaid, if the same has not been since paid to his legal Representatives.
And finally she hereby appoints Richard M. Young of Washington City, to prosecute her said application for a pension, and to receive the Certificate of pension when ready for delivery. Subscribed and sworn to, on the day and year above written.
Signed in the presence of Levi B. Payles Daniel Johnson
Margaret Prentice mark

Also saw H. V. Eliza about one year old, and that about the year AD 1819 William their last child was born. He further states that his acquaintance with the said Nathaniel & Margaret Prentice continued from the time first stated until the death of the said Nathaniel Prentice which occurred on the 23 d day of January, AD 1839. That he was present at the time the said Nathaniel Prentice died and attended his funeral. He further says that the said Nathaniel Prentice at the time of his death was a Revolutionary Pensioner, and had been for several years. That the said Nathaniel Prentice moved from the town of Covington aforesaid to the town of Attica in the Genesee County New York in the year AD 1825 and from thence to Noble County Indiana in the year 1837 where he died at the time above stated and that the said Nathaniel & Margaret Prentice continued to live together as husband & wife from 1817 to the time of the death of the said Nathaniel and that the said Margaret Prentice is still the widow of the said Nathaniel Prentice deceased & has not been married since his death & that she now resides in Noble County Indiana, Leander B Eagles
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12 day of June AD 1884
John C Johnson Esq
Justice of the Peace
State of Indiana } Personally appeared before the undersigned a Noble County ss 3 Justice of the Peace in and for said
County Daniel Johnson aged Sixty Six years who being duly sworn according to law on oath says that he is personally acquainted with Margaret Prentice who signed the foregoing application for a pension & that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, that he was acquainted with Nathaniel Prentice deceased. That his acquaintance with the said Nathaniel & Margaret commenced in the year 1825 at which time they resided in Attica Genesee County in the State of New York and were living together as husband

and wife: that his acquaintance continued till May 1838 during all which time they continued live together as husband & wife. That he was acquainted with the following children of the said Nathaniel & Margaret Prentice, to wit: Lucy, (now the wife of Leander B. Eagles) Catharina, Nathaniel, John, Nelson, Eliza & William and that the said Nathaniel Prentice was reputed to be a Revolutionary Pensioner & that the said Margaret is now his widow
Daniel Johnson
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16 day of June AD 1852
John C. Johnson Seal
Justice of the Peace
State of Indiana
Noble County ss. Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Nathaniel P. Eagles and Charles D. Eagles both of lawful age and being by me duly sworn on oath say that they were acquainted with Nathaniel Prentice deceased, and that he died in Noble County and State of Indiana on the 23 d day of January AD 1839, and that they were both present at his funeral and that Margaret Prentice who signed the foregoing application for a pension is his widow & that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner.
Charles D. Eagles
Subscribed and sworn to before Nathaniel P. Eagles me this 21 st day of June A.D. 1854
John C. Johnson Seal Justice of the Peace

State of Indiana } County of Noble } Oct.
I Nelson Prentiss Clerk of the Common Pleas Court, within and for the County of Noble and State of Indiana, do hereby certify that the within Margaret Prentice, who is well known to the said Court to be the identical person she describes herself to be, in and by her said declaration for a pension, this day subscribed, and made oath to the truth of the facts set forth, in the same, in open Court according to law. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at my office in Albion this 23 rd day of April A. D. 1854.
Nelson Prentiss Clerk. Court C.P. Noble Co
State of Indiana } Noble County ss } Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Noble Leander B. Eagles aged about fifty nine years. Who being by me duly sworn on his oath says that he is personally acquainted with Margaret Prentice the person who signed the foregoing application for a pension, that the said Margaret Prentice is the husband identical person that she represents herself to be. That he was well acquainted with Nathaniel Prentice deceased. That he first became acquainted with the said Nathaniel & Margaret Prentice in the month of March AD 1817. That at that time they resided in the Town of Covington in the County of Genesee & State of New York that at that time they were living together as husband and wife. and that the names and ages of their children at that time were Lucy aged about 13 years Nathaniel aged about 11 Nathaniel 9. John 6.

State of Indiana } I Nelson Prentiss Clarke of the Noble County ss } Noble Circuit Court in the Tenth Judicial Circuit of the State of Indiana and Ex Officio Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Noble County do hereby certify that John K. Johnson Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits were subscribed and sworn to was the the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected Commissioned and qualified, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and his signature to said affidavits is genuine And that full faith & credit are due to his official acts. In Witness whereof I have here- unto set my hand the Seal of said Circuit Court at my Office in Albion this 30 th day of June A.D. 1852
Nelson Prentiss Clarke A. G. G.
Richard H. Young att

168.065 { Act. Anan } June 15 { 58 }
Margaret Prentice wigg Nathaniel Prentice hon pmv
Capt. Col. Ent. Dis.
No 21.566.28
Rev. War.
Mr. S. Burdine
Needhurst
India May 53-4667
AW: 1600 AG p.m. 28/54 Blyth
BA
Richard M. Young Washington City D.C.
Vol P. page 143.

169.0685
Declaration
of Margaret Prentice of Indiana, widow of Nathan Prentice decd. for Bounty Land under act of March 3. 1855.
Services in the Revolutionary war.
Richard M Young atty of Washington City

Declaration for Bounty Land under Act of March 3 rd 1855.
State of Indiana } Noble County } Set.
This day personally appeared before me John G Johnson a Justice of the Peace, within, and for the County and State aforesaid Margaret Prentice aged seventy nine years, now a resident of the County of Noble and State of Indiana, who being first duly sworn according to law, declares upon her oath, that she is the identical person who lately applied for a pension as the widow of Nathaniel Prentice or Prentiss deceased for services performed by him in the Revolutionary war. That her declaration and papers were filed in the Pension office under the act of February 3. 1853, on or about the 10 th of July 1854. That the said Nathaniel Prentice was a United States Pensioner under the act of June 7. 1832, at the rate of $40 per annum from March 4. 1831, until he died in Noble County, Indiana January 23. 1839. That she is the identical Margaret Prentice to whom a Pension Certificate was issued as the widow of the said Nathaniel Prentice, dated October 28. 1854, for $40 per annum from the 3 rd of February 1853, and that she is still a widow. She refers to the Declaration and papers in the case of the application of the said Nathaniel Prentice, and to her own application on file in the Pension office as evidence of the truth of her said statements. She makes this Declaration

for the purpose of obtaining the 160 acres of bounty land to which she is entitled under the act of Congress of March the 3 rd 1855 as the widow of a Soldier of the Revolutionary war - and further declares that she has not heretofore received any bounty land, under any act of Congress whatever, nor did her late husband, Nathaniel Prentice, to her knowledge. and finally she hereby constitutes and appoints Richard de Young of Washington City her attorney in fact to prosecute her said claim for Bounty Land, and to receive her land warrant therefor, when ready for delivery.
Two witnesses - attest:
Daniel Johnson } Eliza Johnson }
Margaret Prentice (Seal)
The foregoing declaration was subscribed, attested, and sworn to by the claimant before me this 30 th day of March 1855. I also certify that Daniel Johnson and Eliza Johnson, the subscribing witnesses to the said declaration, are citizens of the County of Noble and State of Indiana, and well known to me as credible witnesses, also personally came before me at the same time, and made oath that they personally well know the said Margaret Prentice to be the identical person she describes herself to be, in, and by her said declaration, and that she is still a widow, and living in the County of Noble and State of Indiana. Given under my hand and seal this 30 th day of March 1855.
John C. Johnson J.P. (Seal)
Justice of the Peace for Noble County, Indiana.

State of Indiana Noble County ss } I, Nelson Prentiss Clerk of the Noble Circuit Court do certify that John O Johnson before whom the within declaration and affidavit were made and who subscribed his name thereto was at the time of so doing to wit on the 30 th day of March A.D. 1855 an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and that his signature thereto is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Albion this 6 th day of June A.D. 1855
Nelson Prentiss Clerk
By J. Orr Supt

18043
Nathaniel Paitice Guerra co
C. L. J.
adm d
12
Monkton Farmham Attica N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 17 183 3
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 subjjoined 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, shewing the Service of Nathaniel Puntice County of Genesee New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     May 1779 " 1 14 priv ensign St Gris wld Boston   Sub Backcock stratford Connecticut   July 1779 " 1 " do granton Boston   Arptude Connecticut   1780 " 6 " priv Capt. Miles Col. Swift Norwich Testimony of living witnesses   Enl? Genl Parsons Pelkils   July 1781 " 3 31 priv Bureau Col. Campfield Hartford   Substituted W point   August 1782 on board Puvalin Col. Randolph Fosark Capt. n   enlisted took two prizes 16 months since again since   2 d vessel some months taken Prison   age 69 years 7 months  
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. [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 day 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 he 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 required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper 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 proper 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 tours, 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. [k] The notes from [a] to [i] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases. [t] 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.

No. 4849
Margaret Prntice Jdn of Nathaniel.
Set. to Hon. Rich. D. Duff. July. 12/54.
ACK 524.

✓ 21 566
J Moran

Hon. Lorenzo P. Waldo Comm. of Pensions Washington City

Brief in the case of Margaret Prentice widow of Nathaniel Noble County and State of Indiana act 3 rd Feb y 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase" )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was a pensioner under the act of 1832 at $20 a year (senior privs in his papers)
Scrap of proof in her case; Marriage, identity and his death. These facts are established upon the testimony of Leander B. Ragle , Deaf.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Johnson & Charles D. Ragle , who all know her to be with him as his wife. That he was a pensioner & that she's still a widow, and the widow of the man who was a pensioner of Noble Co. Indiana
Name and residence of Agent Richard M. Youngly Present
Thornton Tipton Examining Clerk.

Nathaniel A. Prentiss
31566

Navy Department January 17, 1845.
Sir,
I have examined the case of Nathaniel A. Prentiss, a Master in the Navy, to whom a pension was granted but which has been discontinued under a late Act of Congress.
I am satisfied by the evidence, that Mr. Prentiss has been employed in an inferior grade, in consequence of his disability, and that the Act of the last session does not deprive him of his pension.
I am Very resp y Yours
J. G. Mason
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

Margaret Prentice widow of Nathaniel Noble Esq. Ind 56 3 / 5 adm d Feby 3 / 1853 12 mos per $40 per annum from 3 rd Feby 1853
cert to Richard Young Esq Present

Washington City July 10. 1854.
Hon. Loren P. Waldo
Commission of Pensions,
Sir,
Enclosed I send
You the application of Margaret Prentice of Noble County Indiana, (widow of Nathaniel Prentice dec'd) who was a U. S. Pensioner for services rendered in the revolutionary war - for a Pension under the act of Congress of July 3. 1853.
She also thinks that something is due to her on account of the arrearages of her late husband's pension, and makes a claim for it in her declaration - will you please have that matter examined into also.
Very Respectfully &c
Richard M. Young
Atty for Margaret Prentice of Indiana

Washington City Oct. 23. 1853.
Hon. Loren P. Waldo Com te of Pensions
Sir Enclosed I send you the Evidence required by Your letter of July 12. 1853. in the matter of the application of Margaret Prentice of Indiana for a revolutionary Pension as widow of Nathaniel Prentice dec d . under act of Feby 3. 1853.
Please send the Certificate of Pension to my care when ready for delivery -
Very Respectfully &c Richard M Young Atty. for Margaret Prentice of Indiana.

Richard M Young Atty.

Pension Office July 12 th 1834,
Sir, The claim of Mrs. Margaret Prentice, for a pension as the widow of Nathaniel, has been received, examined & suspended. Alexander B. Eagles, Daniel Johnson, Nathaniel P. Eagles, & Charles D. Eagles, witnesses whose affidavits are filed in support of the application of Mrs. Prentice, are not certified to be credible. Such certification should be made.
I am Respectfully Your obed. Servt, S. P. Hildreth Commissioner
Wm. Richd. M. Young, Present,

State of Indiana } County of Noble } Set.
I John C. Johnson a Justice of the Peace within, and for the County of Noble and State of Indiana, do hereby Certify, that I am personally well acquainted with Leander B. Eagles, Daniel Johnson, Nathaniel P. Eagles, and Charles D Eagles, Witnesses, whose affidavits are on file in the Pension Office at Washington City, in support of the application of Margaret Prentice, widow of Nathaniel Prentice for a pension - being the same persons, mentioned in the letter of the Commissioners of Pensions (Hon. Loren P. Waldo) on the first page of this sheet - that said witnesses are all men of respectable character, and that their said evidence is entitled to full credit and belief.
Given under my hand and seal this Eighteenth day of August 1854.
John C Johnson J. P. (Seal) Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Noble, and State of Indiana.

State of Indiana Noble County ss
I Nelson Prentiss Clerk of the Noble Circuit Court do hereby certify that John C. Johnson who signed the Certificate on the foregoing page was at the date there- of, to wit August 18 th AD 1854 a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Noble, duly commissioned & qual- ified, as such, & I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said John C. Johnson and the signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Noble Circuit Court at my office in Albion this 13 th day of October AD 1852
Nelson Prentiss Clerk Noble Cir. Court

June 29 Mr. Lewis
James L. Edwards Esq. Camp 2 d of Pioneers War Dept. City of Washington

MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK,
Albany Pension Agency,
June 26. 1838
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 15 th inst. I have to state, that Nathaniel Prentice a Pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832 — at Fifty — Dollars per annum was last paid to the 4 day of Sept. 1837.
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully,
Your ob't serv't,
Thos. M. Cleland
PRES'T, AND PENSION AGENT.
The letter to which this is an answer was mislaid, or it would have answered sooner.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 12 th , 1839.
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," Nathaniel Prentice, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Indiana Agency, at the rate of Forty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept., 1837, to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
William H. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

11335 June 5 1878
3
Pension Office
Mr. Evans

Sparta Ind May 13 th 1838
Sir
Herewith is transmitted an application for a transfer of a Pension in the name of Nathaniel Prentice - Revolutionary Claim 20.809. appended thereto is a Copy of said Claim
You will please to make said Pension hereafter payable in the State of Indiana as convenient to the residence of the Claimant in the North part of the State as convenient
NB Any Communication on this subject may be directed to Sparta Noble County Ind
Isaac Spencer
Hon Secretary of War Washington City D.C.

Three
Hon. Secretary of War Washington City D. C. [Signature]

Waltham Inst. for the Advancement of Learning Oct 25 1858
Pen H. Oct 25 1858
Sir
Nathaniel Prentice, Ind. Res., $40 a year, Please state to what time paid, very Respectfully A. A. Atkinson Esq 40 58 S. Cole This order Chas. B. Knapp Triplatt

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
6750
Margaret Prentice
Wid"
Nathaniel Prentice
Print Rev. War
Act: _____
July 3.
1853
Index:—Vol. _____
16
Page _____
142
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nathaniel Prentice deed filed 14 th June 169065-
Ref d to Mr Boynton Mar 7 /56 2-
Rich d M c Intosh Present

Washington City May 7. 1856. Hon. Josiah Minot Comr. of Pensions Sir,
I filed the application of Margaret Prentice, widow of Nathaniel Prentice dec d of the State of Indiana, for a bounty land warrant, under Act of March 3. 1855 - on the 14 th of June 1855 - and have not as yet heard from her application. Her late husband was a U.S. Revolutionary Pensioner at $40 per annum - and she is now a U.S. Pensioner at the same rate - and as such applies for bounty land. As the time of rotation has passed, will you please have her land warrant issued, if she should appear to be entitled to one.
Very Respectfully &c Richard M Young atty for Margaret Prentice of Indiana

SX335.

Application For a Transfer
State of Indiana
Noble County ss
On this 7 th day of May AD 1838 Before me a justice of the Peace in and for said County of Noble personally appeared Nathaniel Prentice who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company Commanded by Captains — Hill and Chas. Miles in the regiment of Com manded by Colonel Weman Swift in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York from whence he lately removed that he now resides in the State of Indiana where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future, the reasons I have for removing from New York to the State of Indiana are as follows — That three of my sons lived in the latter State and further this deponent saith not — Subscribed and sworn to before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County } Nathaniel Prentice May 7 th 1838 — Jacob Wolf J. P. (Seal)
State of Indiana
Noble County ss
I Isaac Spencer Clerk of the Noble Circuit Court do hereby certify that that Jacob Wolf Esq — whose signature is annexed to the above and foregoing was at the time of signing the same and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected Commis -ioned & qualified according to Law and that all faith is due to his Official acts as such and that the above is his genuine signature
In Testimony whereof I have herunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Said Court on this 7 th day of May AD 1838
Isaac Spencer Clerk

State of Indiana Noble County ss } On this 7 th day of May A D 1838 Before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County personally came Isaac Spen- -cer who upon his oath saith that Nathaniel Prentice is the same person who is named in the within affidavit and that he knows him to be the man whom he represen- -ts himself to be and further he saith not Sworn to and subscribed } before me the day and year } Isaac Spencer above written Jacob Wolf J P (Seal)
State of Indiana Noble County ss I Isaac Spencer Clerk of the Noble Circuit Court do hereby certify that Jacob Wolf Esquire whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing acknowledgement was at the time of subscribing the same and now is an acting justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected Commissioned & qualified and that all faith is due to his official acts as such In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and the Seal of said Circuit Court this 7 th day of May A D 1838 Isaac Spencer Clerk of N. C. C.

War Department Revolutionary Claims
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th of June 1832 Nathaniel Prentice of the State of New York who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is Entitled to Forty Dollars per Annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and and payable semi annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year
Given at the War Office of the United States this 5th day of October One thousand Eight hundred and thirty three
John Robb Acting Secretary of War
Examined and Countersigned
J. S. Edwards Commissioners of Pensions
20809
State of Indiana Noble County S.S.
I Isaac Spencer Clerk of the Noble Circuit Court do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true Copy of a certificate of a Revolutionary claim belonging to Nathaniel Prentice -
Witness Isaac Spencer Clerk and the Seal of the Noble Circuit Court this 7th day of May A.D. 1838 -
Isaac Spencer Clerk

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Prentice, Samuel GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4840 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Apr. 1, 1790
To not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.