Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3,850, for Nathaniel Mitchell, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Mitchell, Nathaniel Nancy
N. 3,850
CONTENTS

2199 Ohio
Nancy Mitchell widow of Nathaniel Mitchell of Pa who was a private in the Pennsylvania line
Reported 20 Dec 1843
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of December 1843 and sent to G. Dudley Olive Ohio.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1 Page 160.

4,930
Ohio
Nathaniel Mitchell, private,
Pennsylvania line, 3 years In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
inscribed on the Roll of — Ohio — at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 29 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of Dec r 1818 and sent to the Hon. L. Barker, House of Reps. U.S.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 — 33 00 Semi-ann. all'co ending 4th March 1819 48 00
4 mo. 930 th $ 81 00
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent September 6th 1820 to George Dunsen Esq. Farmer, Ohio.
1 50 3 00 4 50

State of Ohio Washington County (S)
personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the associate judges for Washington County in said state Nathaniel Mitchell of the Township of Lawrence, County & State aforesaid who deposes and says that some time in August, he thinks on the Tenth day, in the year of our Lord 1776 he entered the service of the United States as a private soldier in the Infantry, in a company commanded by Captain David Kilgore, in the 8th Regiment of the Pennsylvania line, commanded by Col Enos McCoy, & that he continued to serve in the American army for the term of three years, two months & sixteen days, the term he at first engaged to serve for was three years - he has never applied for, nor received any pension from the United States - he received an honorable discharge from Col Byard at Pittsburgh, when he quitted the service - that he is now in reduced circumstances - is seventy eight years old & needs the assistance of his country - he has lost his discharge, being cut to pieces by moths or crickets in his chest - & further this Deponent saith not
Nathaniel his Mitchell mark
Admitted
Sworn to, & subscribed before me this 29th day of April A.D. 1818
John Sharp, Judge C.C.P. Washington County
I John Sharp Judge of the Court of Common Pleas as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Nathaniel Mitchell did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of three months on the Continental Establishment; & I now transmit proceedings & testimony taken & read before me to the Secretary of the Department of war pursuant to the directions of the late act of Congress
Lawrence, April 30th 1818
John Sharp.
The Judge's certificate as to reduced circumstances is wanted
Susp? for Perm? Rolls

State of Ohio } Washington County }
Personally appeared before me the sub- -scriber a judge of the court in & for the said County, Henry Golly, who being legally sworn depaeth & sayeth, that he was acquainted with the within named Nathaniel Mitchel in the year 1776, that he was at that time a Private Soldier in the eighth Regiment of pennsylvan- -nia commanded Col. James McCoy, & that this said deponent very well knows that the said Mitchell served in sd Regt. on Continental Establishment until sometime in the year 1779
Henry Golly
Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 30th Day of April 1818
John Sharp, Asst. Judge C.C.P. Washington County
State of Ohio } Washington County }
Personally came before the subscriber one of the Asst. Judges for Washington County, Thomas Dickerson, of the County & State afore- -said who Deposes & Says, that he was acquainted with the within named Nathaniel Mitchell in the revolu- -tionary army of the United States, in the year 1776, that he belonged to the eighth Pennsylvania Regiment as a private soldier on the Continental Establishment that he served until some time in the year 1779.
Thomas his Dickerson Mark
Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 30th Day of April 1818 witness my hand
John Sharp, Asst. Judge C.C.P.
Washington County
I am personally acquainted with the within named Nathaniel Mitchell  Henry Golly who knows his circumstances to be such as to entitle him to a pension. Washington Dec 9. 1818
Lt. Colonel Secretary of War

Washburn Mitchell
4930. Dec. 18
Can
Mar. 19

State of Ohio
Washington county
§3
On this 25 th day of July 1820. Personally appeared in Open court being a court of Record for the said county Nathaniel Mitchell aged eighty years resident in said county in said State of Ohio who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows (to wit) in captain Daniel Hagans company in the eighth Regiment of the Pennsylvania line commanded by Col. M c Call, that he applied for a pension on the twenty ninth day of April 1818 & received a pension certificate Number 4,930.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818. and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to be diminished as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818. & that I have not nor has any person on trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Nathaniel Mitchell mark
Schedule
12 th acres land one old man, one cow & calf, four yearling calves, four swine, seven sheep, one Iron ten gallon Kettle, one Iron trap & a half gallon Kettle, one small Dutch oven, one Spigot, one old spinning wheel, one old Bureau, one old chest, one rule, nine chairs, one Baskets, one Churn & one washing Tub, 6 knives & forks, 6 white earthen plates, one white dish & 6 spoons, one old axe & one Iron shovel, one pair of old trace chains, a collar & harness, eleven horned cattle, one old small looking glass.
one

One Debt Due to me of 35 Dollars but I have no hope of ever getting it
Debts due by me to others
To Justus Morse One hundred and eleven dollars
To James Mitchell One hundred Dollars
To Green & Dodge sixty Dollars
Summary other small debts to the amount of eight dollars
Nathaniel Mitchell marks
I am by occupation a person but from age & infirmity I am utterly unable to work at it my children are all of age & working for themselves the youngest being 22 years of age, my wife is fifty five years of age and very infirm. I have one child a grandson that has been given to me to bring up I think five years old
Nathaniel Mitchell mark
Sworn to and declared on the 25th day of July 1820 before the court of Common Pleas of Washington County in person
Attest Geo. Dunlevy Clerk
The court doth certify that the declarant is unable to perform any kind of labor
Attest Geo. Dunlevy Clerk

I, George Dunlevy, Clerk of the court of common Pleas within and for the County of Washington in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of said court. And I do further certify that in the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is one hundred eighty seven dollars and sixty two Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court on this twenty eighth day of July Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Geo. Dunlevy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Washington Ky. Ohio

Declaration of Nancy Mitchell, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of Ohio } ss. Washington County } On this seventh day of January 1839, personally before the subscriber, one of the Associate Judges in and for the county aforesaid, Nancy Mitchell, a resident of Marietta Township, in the said county of Washington, and State of Ohio, aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7th 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Nathaniel Mitchell, who was a private soldier in Captain David Kelgor's Company in the Eighth Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line, commanded by Colonel McKey, and that he applied for a pension on the Twenty ninth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen (1818) and received a Pension certificate numbered Four thousand nine hundred and thirty (L 93,) which Pension he held to the day of his death, and that proof of which facts will more clearly be had, by reference to the files of the War Department.
She further states that she was married to the said Nathaniel Mitchell on the Twenty seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty two, (1782) = that her husband

husband, the aforesaid Nathaniel Mitchell, died on the Twentieth day of May, in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight Hundred and Thirty Six (1836,) that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, Seventeen hundred and ninety four (1794) viz: at the time above stated. and that she has not been married since.
Nancy Mitchell
The State of Ohio. Washington County ss. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me, and I do hereby certify that the said Nancy Mitchell cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court, and that her testimony is entitled to full credit.
John Bolton, Associate Judge
Evidence of Elizabeth Nison, in relation to the marriage of Nathaniel Mitchell to Nancy Stephenson (now Nancy Mitchell)
State of Ohio } Marietta Township. Washington County } ss. Before me, Elias Cook, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the Township aforesaid, came Elizabeth Nison, of the Township aforesaid, and county aforesaid, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith. That she was present at the time that Nathaniel Mitchell, the individual represented in the Declaration of Nancy Mitchell, was

was married to Nancy Stephenson (now Nancy Mitchell) and that said marriage took place on or about the Twenty seventh day of December, in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty two (1782) and that the said Nathaniel Mitchell, had, previous to the time of said marriage, left the service, and that the said Nathaniel Mitchell, died on the Twentieth day of May, in the year one Thousand eight hundred and thirty six (1836) and that I have been intimately acquainted with the said Nancy Mitchell, ever since her marriage with the said Nathaniel Mitchell, and that she has not, to my knowledge, been married since that time. I will further state, that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz, on or about the time above stated
Elizabeth Sim Nixon deponent
Sworn to, and subscribed before me, this 2 d day of January, 1839.
Silas Cook Justice of the Peace
I do further certify, that I have been acquainted with the said Elizabeth Nixon, whose deposition is given above, for the last twenty years, and that during that time she has sustained a good character, and that her testimony is entitled to full credit
Silas Cook Justice of the Peace

4410
V Nancy Mitchell Nathan Ohio.
My testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands, affixed the seal of said farm, 20th Janu y 1839 I have attested this instrument this 20th day of January 1839 M c Clure
Seal in m p 80
Cap Kilgore Dr. M c C
Wed 20 Nov 1836
Aug July 28
Silas Cook Marietta Ohio

The state of Ohio } Thomas M. Ewart, clerk of the Court of Washington County ss } Common Pleas within and for said County hereby certify that John Cotton Esq. is an acting Associate Judge in & for said County & that Silas Cook Esq. is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for Marietta Township in said County and that they are respectively commissioned & qualified as such officers and that so far as I know & have understood Nancy Mitchell has not been married since the death of her husband in 1836 I further certify that the signatures of sd John Cotton & Silas Cook within written are respectively genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands & affixed the seal of said Court at Marietta this 20th day of January 1839
Thomas M. Ewart Clerk Nancy Mitchell Ohio 4410
Capt. Kilgore P.M. 1839
Dec 20 1838
207 Jan 28
Silas Cook Justice Ohio

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
Ans
July 21, 1925
Ella H. Mitchell 537 Laurel Ave Zanesville, Ohio.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 3850, it appears that Nathaniel Mitchell enlisted August 10, 1776 and was a private in Captain David Kilgore's Company, Colonel Aenas Mackey's Pennsylvania Regiment and served three years, two months and sixteen days.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 29, 1818, while a resident of Lawrence Township, Washington County, Ohio, aged seventy-eight years. He died May 20, 1836.
In 1820, he stated that his children were all of age, the youngest being twenty-two years old, and that he had a grandson, five years old, but he did

not mention the names of any of them.
Soldier married December 27, 1782, Nancy Stephenson. She was allowed pension on her application executed January 7, 1839, while a resident of Marietta Township, Washington County, Ohio, aged seventy-three years.
In 1843, she was living in Olive Township, Morgan County, Ohio.
There is no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

10-1897- History to W. J. McCullough Davenport, Iowa
19-1897- History to W. J. McCullough W. 3 rd st. Davenport - Iowa
1925 July 21. Hist to Ella H. Mitchell awg.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3850
Nancy Mitchell Wid.
Nath l Mitchell Patt. Par. line
Act: Mch. 8 th 18
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 48
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Apr. Mr.
June Mr. 124-

537 Laurel Ave.
Zanesville, O.
May 16, 1925.
Dept. of Interior Bureau of Pensions Rev. War Section Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
My great grandfather Nathaniel Mitchell was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army - Pennsylvania.
He later removed to Ohio. I find his name among those in Ohio who were on the pension roll.
Will you kindly

send me a copy of his services.
Thanking you very much for so doing I remain
Yours Truly
Ella Helen Mitchell.

Thos. McCulloch's Sons.  Importing Tailors
M C CULLOUGH BUILDING, N OS 122 & 124 WEST THIRD ST.
Davenport, Iowa May 6th/97. 189
Hon H. Clay Evans.
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir :-
I am in receipt of your favor of April 10th, marked L. W. B. W. 3850.
Can you give me any further information in regard to Nathaniel Mitchell and his wife Nancy? ( on the Revolutionary Pension list )
You say that Nancy rec'd a pension as the widow of Nathaniel, can you give me the name of the place that this pension money was sent to?.
As regards Archibald Rhea, I am satisfied that he was in the battle of "Kings Mountain", Have these men, who kept back the British, and their Indian allies, from attacking Washington on three occasions, ever rec'd any recognition?.
Yours very respectfully.

6 / 1818 1828 1832 1806 el - 18 1805 1806 1805 1806
- 650

Thos. McCullough's Sons. Importing Tailors
M C CULLOUGH BUILDING. Nos 122 & 124 WEST THIRD ST.
Davenport, Iowa Feby 10th/97. 189
R T M
Commissioner of Pensions . Washington D . C .
My Dear Sir :-
NATHANIEL MITCHELL . ) ARCHIBALD RHEA . ) both from Virginia .
Will you kindly let me know if either of the above names, appear on the "Records of the Revolutionary War", in your office.
I know that they were both in the service at that time, but am having trouble in proving same.
Yours very respectfully .
W. J. McCullough

June 19, 1897.
Sir:
Replying to your communication of recent date, wherein you request further information concerning Nathaniel Mitchell, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that certificate of pension of Nancy, widow of Nathaniel Mitchell, was issued the 20th of December, 1843, and sent to G. Dudley, Olive, Ohio, and the pension was paid at the Ohio agency, under certificate number 2199. Information concerning the amount of pension and date of last payment can probably be obtained upon application to the Hon. Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury Department, giving the following data:- Cert. No. 2199; Ohio Agency; Act of March 3, 1843. Nancy, widow of Nathaniel Mitchell.
In regard to the men who participated in the battle of King's Mountain, you are advised that they were not enlisted men, and while it is possible that in some instances they

They may have received a grant of land for service rendered, it was probably issued by the State from which they served.
Application to the Adjutant General of the State of N. Tennessee and of North Carolina may elicit the desired information.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. W. J. Mc Cullough,
124 West Third Street,
Davenport, Iowa.

L. W. B. W. 3850.
Bureau can furnish the military only such Revolutionary soldiers pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services. Much of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the war of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Depart- ment. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolution- ary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
April 10, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Archibald Rhea and Nathaniel Mitchell, soldiers of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that a very careful search has been made and from the data given the name of Archibald Rhea has not been found upon the Revolutionary war pension records on file in this Bureau.
Nathaniel Mitchell made an application for pension on April 29, 1818, at which time he was 78 years of age and residing in Washington County, Ohio, and his pension was allowed for three years' actual service as a private in the Penna. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Kilgore and Col. McCoy. Place of his enlistment not stated.
His widow, Nancy, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. W. J. McCullough,
Davenport, Iowa.

Ohio 4137
Nancy Mitchell widow of Nathaniel Mitchell acc d the 20
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 20th May 1836 of Washington in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Comp y H. commanded by Captain Gilgore of the Reg t commanded by Col l M c Coy in the Penn a line for 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 20th May 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Sept r 1839 and sent to Mrs. Nancy Mitchell Marietta Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 1839 $263.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 2 nd Ma rch 40. 40.00
$303.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by N. Addison Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 a Page 218
see let to Silas Cook Esq
May 27. 1840
do — 26 — do to 3 rd and 1 st :
Paid at the Treasury under Act of the 6 th April 1838 from May 1836. to 4 th Sep r 1839. Ag t notified 16 th June 1840
Letter to Robert M c Kee of Fla da 3 rd April 1842.
Paid as above from 4 th Sept r 1840 to March 4 th 1841. Ag t notified May 3 rd 1842

Nathaniel Mitchell Ohio, Act March 18, 1818 to what time p o ? Pen: Office.
June 4, 1839.
Died 20 th May 1836 p o to that period OH
died 20 May 1836

Nancy Mitchell Ohio.
Suspended
Act. 5 th June 1839 Silas Cook.
Act 7 July 1838

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 6 th , 1842.
Sir:
Under the date 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," Nancy Mitchell, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of Eighty — Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th July 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1840, to the 4 th March 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Albin B. Parsons
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 21 st 1840.
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," Nancy Mitchell , — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of Eighty — Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th July 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 20 th of May 1836, to the 4 th Sept. 1839.
Respectfully yours,
William B. Harris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

June 22 d Ohio Addison Nancy Mitchell
1890 To V. S. G. Commissioner of Customs Washington City D. C.

Marietta June the 14 th 1839
Sir I Received by your letter of the 5 th of June that it is necessary that if there be a family record that it should be exhibited, if there be none the fact should be established under oath, there was a family record but it has been lost and cannot be found Nancy Mitchel the Wife of Nathaniel Mitchel Deceased makes the following affidavit.
State of Ohio } Washington County } Marietta Township Vis Personally appeared before me Silas Cook a Justice of the Peace of Township aforesaid came Nancy Mitchel Wife of Nathaniel Mitchel Deceased and after being duly sworn according to Deposits and saiths that there was a family record but it is now lost and is not to be found the book in which the record was made has been destroyed by the unparing hand of time the trouble and disappointments since that time has prevented her from having it reme d until to late, and farther the Deponent saiths not
Sworn to and subscribed before Nancy Mitchel me this June the 15 th 1839 Nancy Wife of Mitchel Silas Cook Justice of the Peace Marietta June the 15 th 1839
Sir I wish you would if consistent with your duty and the law of this land grant this petition which would present a worthy old lady and the wife of a Veteran old soldier of the revolution from Public Expense upon the bounty and oblige this worthy old lady and your humble servant
Silas Cook

The State of Ohio } Washington Co. } I Thomas Wowan clerk of the court of Common Pleas within and for said county hereby certify that Silas Cook was on the fifteenth day of June 1839 an acting Justice of the peace in & for Marietta Town- ship duly commissioned and qualified as such and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine In Testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said Court at Marietta this fifteenth day of June A.D. 1839 Thos Wowan Clerk

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Pension Agent

Marietta Ohio, January 7 1839.
Sir:
Herewith you will receive the "declaration of Mrs. Nancy Mitchell, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of July 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." Together with the evidence of Elizabeth Nixon, in relation to her marriage, with the certificate of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas as to the fact of John Cotton being an Associate Judge, and the undersigned a Justice of the Peace.
It possibly may be the case, that the enclosed may lack some of the necessary proof to enable Mrs. Mitchell to establish her claim, if so, you would pay me under an additional obligation if you would inform me of the fact. She is very poor, and needs the assistance of the Government as soon as she can obtain it.
Very respectfully
your obedient servant
Silas Cask
Hon J. L. Edwards Pension Agent Washington City.

4574
N. Mitchell
$80 per a
G. Dudley
Olive
Ohio

State of Ohio } ss Morgan County } On this 24 th day of August 1843 Personally appeared before the subscribers a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid Nancy Mitchell a resident of Olive Township in the county aforesaid aged seventyseven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed the 3 rd March 1843 granting Pensions to widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary war that she is the widow of Nathaniel Mitchell deceased who was a private in the Army cannot say in what Regiment but thinks it was in the Pennsylvania Line that she did receive a pension certificate under act of 7 July 1838 dated Sept r 7 th 1839 calling for Eighty Dollars per annum She further declares that she is still a widow Nancy his Mitchell mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before James L. Warren J.P.
I do hereby certify that the above named Declarant Nancy Mitchell is personally known by me
James L. Warren J.P.
The State of Ohio } ss } James M. Gaylord Clerk Morgan County } of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that James L. Warren Esq r is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified to act as such, and that the above signature pur- porting to be his is genuine. ~
In testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at McConnelsville this 14 th day of September A.D. 1843 J. M. Gaylord Clerk.