Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,415, for Benjamin Nason, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mark
Nason, Benjamin
S 22 4/5-
CONTENTS

The certificate first issued in the name of Benj Mason has been returned and filed within and a new one issued for Benj Mason, with the same date as the original upon the 11 Oct. 1831 Sackett to P. Wentworth. 24 Oct. 1832.
Head Paid at the Treasury under the Act of April 1838 from 4 Sep 1839 to 5 Nov 1839. Agt Notified 22 Oct 44
New Hampshire
Benjamin Mason
of Heber in the State of New Hampshire who was a Corporal in the Company commanded by Captain ... of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Brown in the Infantry line, for the term of 90 days from January 17/97 to ...
Described on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of Eight Dollars per month , to commence on the 2nd day of March 1801 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 15th of August  1832 and sent to Genl Mason  Concord N Hampshire
the Roll on ... day of  1832 and notification sent to it Pension commencing on the of 1832
Amount due on 4th of June 1832 $ 25 due annual also Sept " 25 $ 50
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820. } June 1832
Recorded Book 5 Folio Page 193

I Benjamin Nason of Sanbornton in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire depose and say, that I was placed on the pension List of the United States for services rendered during the Revolutionary War under the act of 18 March 1818 as appears by the Certificate herunto annexed, that his name was dropped from the pension List, as he did not make the declaration required by a subsequent Law, making it necessary to exhibit a Schedule of property - He further states he served as a Corporal for the term of three years in Capt Jenkins's Company. Col. Bowens Regt. in Genl. Patterson's Brigade, my present place of residence is Sanbornton, and when I made application under the Act of 18 March 1818 & was placed on Pension List I resided in Eaton in said County of Strafford - and he now prays to be restored to the Pension List under the Act of June 7 th 1832. Benjamin Nason
State of New Hampshire, Strafford County. Then personally appeared the above named Benjamin Nason and made solemn oath that the above declaration by him submitted is just and true before me A. Peirce Jus. Peace
I Andrew Peirce Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said County of Strafford certify that Andrew Peirce Esq. whose signature is affixed to the above document, is a Justice of the Peace for said County, and that his signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, this first day of August, A.D. 1832. A. Peirce, Clerk

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 20 th 1843.
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," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The adm n : of Benjamin Nason, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Portsmouth, N.H. Agency, at the rate of eighty eight 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. 1839, to the 5 th Nov. 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
 William L. Gass
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Revolution
22 415 INVALID.
File No. 22 415
Benjamin Wilson Capt. Ben. Wilson
Act: June 7 th 1890
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 294
[Arrangement of 1870.]

7031
New Hampshire Roll
Benjamin Dason
of Eaton in the state of New Hampshire who was a Corporal in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 29 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th of March 1819 and put to Genl Silas Merrill Rev Bartlett Com d of St
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 10 m th  \frac{2}{30}  \frac{1}{3} 81:56
Semi-anl. all ce ending 4 th Sept r 1819 — 48:—
$129:56
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

I hereby certify that Benjamin Nason of Caton County of Stratford State of New Hampshire entered the service of the United States in the revolutionary war, as a Corporal in my Company Col. Saml. Browne Regt Genl. John Patterson Brig- ade and served the term of three years from from Jan y 1. 1777 to Dec r  Jan y 1780 at which time he was discharged at West Point. He was at the taking of Burgoyne the Battle of Monmouth Storming Stony Point &c. he is of advanced age and I have not a doubt but that he is in need of assistance from his Country
Gorham July 1. 1818
Josiah Jenkins
Cumberland ss July 1. 1818 Personally appeared Josiah Jenkins above named and made oath to the truth of the above certificate before me David Harding Jr. Justice Peace

This may certify that Benjamin Mason formerly of Haverhill in the County of York and State of Massachusetts, is now a resident in this place; and that he owns no real estate to our knowledge.
Eaton June 23 rd 1870
I am not sure - Eli Glines
} Selectmen

Sandwich Ms. Sept. 14.
Sept. 20 th
Public Service Pension Office
Free.
Hon Lewis Cass Secy at War Washington City

Sandwich N.H. Sep. 12. 1832 —
Sir,
There appears to be a mistake in the name of the enclosed certificate, it should be Benjamin Nason — Mr Nason called on me to make out his papers to draw his money and named the mistake, I made them out for him and the office at Portsmouth refuses payment to Mr Nason — Can you alter the certificate and direct the payment under my present papers having paid out $1. — Mr Nason resides in the town of Tamworth N.H. —
With high consideration and Respect I am your Ob st
Sir. Paul Wentworth
Hon Lewis Cass Sec of War

Betsy Mason Act of 7. June 1832
Payments to be made at Portsmouth N Hampshire by the First National Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of N Hampshire
Recorded by J H McLean Clerk, in Book 6 Vol. 1 st page 70

W 248 WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June 1832. Benjamin Mason of the state of New Hampshire who was a Corporal in the Army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Eighty Eight dollars, and  cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, 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 13 th day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
John B. B. Acting Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards

Payable semi-annually---the first pay- ment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, At First State Branch bank
Portsmouth N.H.
Recomca

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, _____
Benjamin Nason _____ late a Corporal _____ _____ in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New Hampshire _____ Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the _____ 29 th day of April _____ one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 15 th day of March one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen .
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

I Noah Cluff of lawful age testify & say, that I am personally acquainted with Benjamin Nason formerly of Arundel in the County of York, & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, but now of Eaton in the County of Strafford in the State of New Hampshire. that he with myself, enlisted in the service of the United States in the year seventeen hundred & seventy five, on the first of may, there about in the Company commanded by Capt. Jesse Dorman of said Arundel, for eight months, and marched with said Dorman to Cambridge, and served under said Dorman about four months; then said Nason & myself enlisted under Capt. William * Gutteridge, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Arnold, and marched with him to Quebec, and served there in Canada four months more viz. til the last day of December in said year on which day I was taken Prisoner in the attack on the City and I did not see said Nason after that day, at that time but he was there with me in the engagement aforesaid. and I saw him in the Northern Army in 1777. and understood he was in the three years service.
* perhaps it is right to have been in the good work.
Attest Seth Burnham.
Noah Cluff mark
York ss. Town of Arundel June the twenty sixth. 1818. in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred & eighteen. Personally appeared before the subscriber, the aforesaid

and after being carefully examined, and duly cautioned to testify the whole truth and nothing but the truth, made oath that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed, is true. before me
Seth Burnham Justice of the Peace
Taken at the request of Benjamin Nason of Eaton in the State of New Hampshire, to be used by the Honorable Judge Mederve.
agreeably to an order from the Hon Secretary of War of the United States, respecting the Law of granting Pensions to the Revolutionary Soldiers.
Seth Burnham Justice of the Peace
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Brigham Mason N.H.

Benjamin Nelson a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of the town of Easton in the County of Strafford in the State of New Hampshire aged 54 years, on Oath declare, that at Groton in the County of York in the State of Massachusetts, in the month of May A D 1775 that I enlisted into the company commanded by Capt Josiah Dorman of the Regiment commanded by Col o Seamen for the term of eight months, & continued to serve in said company about four months, & that some time in the month of September 1775 I enlisted in to the company commanded by Capt o W m Gutteridge of the regiment commanded by Col o Arnold, for the term of one year, on the Canada expedition, and served agreeable to my enlistment, and that I was dismissed from service at Trenton in the fall of 1776 and that at Boston in the month of January A D 1777 I enlisted again in to the company commanded by Capt Josiah Jenkins of the regiment commanded by Col o Brown in the Massachusetts line, to serve in the same as a private soldier in the war of the revolution for the term of three years, and that I served agreeable to said enlistment until the month of December  or January 1800, when I received an honorable discharge, from service at Westport in the State of New York, which I have since lost, * I further testify that I am not born on any pension list & that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life am in need of the assistance from my country for support wherefore I pray this application may be transmitted to the Sec- retary of war to the end that I may be placed on the pension list of the United States agreeable to an act of Congress March 18 th 1818 entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the re- volutionary war
Benjamin Nelson
* that I was in the battles of Quebec, Saratoga, Monmouth, and Stone Hill

to give in evidence a correct statement of an account due in the Revolutionary war Benjamin Nelson
* that I was in the battles of Bunker's Hill, Saratoga, Monmouth, and Stony Point,
State of New Hampshire Coos ss } on the 24 th day of April A D 1848 before me the subscriber one of the judges of the court of common pleas in & for the County of Coos in said State, personally appeared Ben- jamin Nelson aged fifty nine years resident in the town of Easton in the County of Strafford in said State, who being by me first du- ly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled, an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war, that in the said Benjamin Nelson enlisted in the month of May 1775 in the company commanded by Capt Jesse Dorman of the reg- iment commanded by Col o Seamon in the Massachusetts line for the term of eight months, that he continued to serve in said company till the month of September 1775, that he then enlisted into the company commanded by Capt W m Gutteridge of the regiment commanded by Col o Dorman, for the term of one year, on the remainder expiration, that he served agreeable to his enlistment until the fall of 1776, when he was discharged from service at Tienderoga in the State of New York, and that at Boston in the month of January 1777 he enlisted again into the company commanded by Capt Josiah Jenkins of the regiment commanded by Col o Dorman in the Massachusetts line to serve in the same, as a corporal or private soldier for the term of three years, that he served agreeable to his enlistment until the month of Jan'y 1780, when he received an honorable discharge from service at White Point in the State of New York, which discharge he has since lost, that he was in the battles of Bunker's Hill, Saratoga, Mon- mouth & Stony Point, and that he is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, & that he has no other evidence than is herewith exhibited, of his said services, now in his power, sworn to & declared to before me the day and year aforesaid, and I Silas Wheeler Judge of Coos aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Benjamin Nelson did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, and that he is in reduced circumstances and needs the

in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, and that he is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony, taken and had before me to the secretary for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress of March 15 th 1818
Silas Munroe
associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Coos in sd State
I John Wilson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Coos in the State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that the above named Silas Munroe is an associate judge of the court of common pleas in and for said County of Coos, duly commissioned and sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties attached to the office of an associate judge in and for said County, and that the above application and caption is in the hand writing of the said judge, in testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said court at Lancaster the 24 th day of May A D 1818
John Wilson C.C.C. Pleas

PAID
Secretary of War
$88 3/4
Pension Application
Washington
Aug 7 1862 Pension Office Chairman Committee on Pensions

Hon. Col. J. W. War Dear Sir
I herewith enclose my application to be restored to the Pension List, the Clerk thought the application should be known to in Court, but my impression is that the evidence is all you will require, as all my papers are in the Pension Office, you will please answer this request to me at Tamworth, Stafford County N. H. Respectfully, Yours & etc.
Aug 1. 1832
Benjamin F. Dyer