Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23, 347, for Nathan Osborn, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Osborn, Nathan
S. 23,347
CONTENTS

New York Collection - 31,30
Nathan Osborn 31354
of Calais in the State of Connecticut  A. York who was a Pvt. - in the Com. Coy. commanded by Captain Davis of the Regt. commanded by Col. Gould in the Com. line for 13 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut  Albany at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per mensem, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of March 1838, and entitled to John A. S. Parker, Jr. f. Rep.
Arrears to the 14th of mch. $ 303 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Sep. 21. : $ 324.97
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1838. }
Recorded by R. Bangs Clerk, Book 62 - Vol. 4 Page 53.

32,069 Nathan Osborn for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1882
Nathan Osborn
adm d 13 mo pre $4333-
Matthew Hale Clegg Hale Clegg N.Y. Hon. A. J. Parker

State of New York Delaware County
on the 18 th day of June, 1834, personally appeared in Glencoe, before the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Delaware, now sitting, Matthew Adam, a resident of the town of Middlesex, in the County of Delaware, and State of New York, aged 72 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, with an oath, made the following Deponent, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed Dec. 7 th , 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated, in the month of April, 1775, he joined in the town of Fairfield, County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, and entered the service of the United States, as a substitute for his brother Stephen, who had been drafted for three months. Captain Stephen Lyon, had the command of the Company of which this Deponent was a member, Samuel Root was the Lieutenant of the Company, and Henry Darius the Ensign, Colonel Gail, had the command of the regiment to which the Company belonged. At the time this Deponent first joined it, he joined the Company at the town of Fairfield, (so said), and was stationed in the village of Old Fairfield, until the British troops landed at a place called Compo, about 5 or 6 miles west of the village of Old Fairfield, and marched for Danbury. The British arrived in the night and commenced their work for Danbury, the next day, as soon as the artillery could be brought forward, the Regiment under Colonel Gail, commenced their march for Danbury, where they arrived the next morning after the store houses had been burned, and while they were yet burning, on arriving at Danbury, & finding that the British forces had retreated by the way of Ridgefield, the American troops followed in pursuit, and overtook them at Ridgefield, at which place they had a battle, in which there was a number killed on both sides, and among them Colonel Gail was commanded the Regiment to which this Deponent belonged, after this battle or skirmish the British army continued their

Retreat, and the American forces the pursuit, until they drove them on board their Ships, after which this Deponent with the Company to which he belonged, marched to the Village of Old Fairfield, where they were Stationed in Quarters until the expiration of the three months for which he first entered the Service as a Substitute as aforesaid, - guarding the place and the Coast thereabouts, - after the Death of Colonel Gould, at Ridgfield, one Captain Almadge, took the command of the regiment until after the British got on board their Ships, and after that, for the remainder of the term of Service Colonel Simond commanded the Regiment to which he this Deponent belonged, after the expiration of the three months, this Deponent received a verbal Discharge, and returned to his fathers house in Fairfield aforesaid, where he continued to reside until the month of October, of the same year, when he was drafted for one month, and was Stationed at a place called Mill River, in Fairfield County, in a company commanded by a Captain Wash, Colonel Simond had the command of the Station, but this Deponent does not now recollect of seeing the Colonel, but once during this period of one month, his business was to keep guard at Mill River aforesaid, the Subaltern officers at this place at time, were Samuel Thayer Lieutenant, and Ebenezer Downs Ensign, after the expiration of the month for which he this Deponent was drafted, and which he served, he again returned to his fathers house in Fairfield, and continued to reside there until about the first of April, 1778, at which time he volunteered, or enlisted for six months in a Company commanded by Captain Gileabert Thayer, Lieutenant Seth Bradley, and Ensign Ebenezer Downs, upon the Subaltern officers of the Company, and Colonel Simond, commanded the Regiment to which the Company belonged, although not present all the time where the Company was Stationed, but he had the command of the post, he joined the company at the time at the Village of Old Fairfield, after joining the Company, they were ordered to a place called Greens Farms, about 4 miles west of Old Fairfield Village, where they were Stationed as a guard, and continued at that place, until some time in the month of July, when they received

needs, that a party of British had landed at or near Howarth, and were plundering, & committing depredations, upon the inhab- itants, upon which the Company to which this Deponent belongs were ordered, and marched to Howarth, where they arrived late in the evening, the next morning after their arrival this Deponent with eight others, to wit, Ephralet & Hezekiah Hull, Mather & Francis Bradley, Aaron Banks, Ephraim Osborn, Simon Bradley and Nathan Minton, went down from Howarth upon the Beach, or shore of the Sound as a Patrol, to see what they could discover, and while upon a neck, or point of land projecting into the Sound, they were hemmed in by a party of British Soldiers, about 20 in number, and were compelled to surrender, and were taken on board the enemys shipping, and taken to New York as prisoners of War, and confined in a place called the Sugar house, where this Deponent, Ephralet Hull, Mather Bradley and Aaron Banks continued between two, and three months, suffering greatly for want of provision, and with Fith & Vermin, the other four that were made prisoners with them escaped, by enlisting in the British army, and then Deserting, after being exchanged which as before stated was between 2 & 3 months after they were first made prisoners, the six months for which he originally volunteered, or enlisted, being expired, he again returned to his fathers house in Fairfield, and con- tinued there until sometime about the last of October of the same year, when he was again drafted for one month, and joined the Company at Fairfield, which was at this time commanded by Captain Williams, Lieut Samuelthrop, & Joseph Olney Darrow, upon the rebuttal of the Company at this time, of tendering the Company at this time, they were marched to a place called Horse Creek, in the Parish of Greens Farms, & and stationed there to keep guard, where this Deponent continued the month for which he was drafted, & was discharged, & returned home to his fathers house in Fairfield, Colonel Simonds had the command of the Station at this time, but was not present in person -

In 1874, this Deponent again entered the service of the United States, and the part of Asa a Substitute for one Jonas Lee, who had enlisted for nine months, and after serving three months of the time, he hired this Deponent to serve the remaining six months when he first commenced this tour of service, he joined the company at Pechskill, Westchester County, State of New York, where it was then stationed, under the command of a Captain Hamtramack sergeant by birth an Irishman, - after joining the company at Pechskill, it continued there, or about one month, when they were marched to West Point, where they continued between 2 & 3 months, they were then marched back to Pechskill, & from that place to Tarrytown, or from Tarrytown to Redford; the company under the command of Captain Hamtramack, being a light infantry company kept, moving from place to place to guard the lines, until the expiration of the nine months, for which the aforesaid Jonas Lee enlisted, or volunteered, and the six months for which this Deponent became his Substitute, had expired, this Deponent was discharged at a place called Gallows Hill, near Pechskill. This Deponent further says, that during this tour of service, being the Substitute of Jonas Lee aforesaid, he always at roll call answered to Lee's name, and that his name was never to his knowledge, up on the roll and that the discharge was given in said Jonas Lee's name, & by this Deponent surrendered to him - the discharge was as this Deponent believes signed by Colonel Cortlandt who commanded the Regiment to which Captain Hamtramack's company belonged -

That the first of April, 1780, this Deponent again volunteered, or enlisted, for nine months, in a company commanded by Captain Isaac Lewis, (Lieutenants name not recollect- ed) Ebenezer Darrow was the ensign, he joined the company at this time, at a place called Black Rock Battery, about two miles from the village of Old Fairfield, where a part of the company were stationed as a guard, while the remaining part of the company were stationed in the village of Old Fairfield, this Deponent continued with that part of the company, that was stationed in the battery, between three and four months, after which he was transferred to that part of the company, that was stationed in the village of Old Fairfield, in the guard house, where he continued until the expiration of the nine months, for which he originally enlisted, while stationed in the guard house at Old Fairfield, this Deponent was one of a guard, placed under the command of a Sergeant Nathan Banks, and ordered to convey a num- ber of British Prisoners to Hartford, which duty they performed, by conveying the prisoners to that place, and loading them in a Cart, after which they returned to Fairfield as before stationed and continued in the guard house, as a guard for the remainder of the nine months - , Colonel Dimond had the command of the troops, at Station, but was present but a small part of the time, where this Deponent was stationed, this Deponent further says that he received a written discharge, signed by Colonel Dimond, which is now lost, after being discharged he again returned to his fathers house, in Fairfield, and remained there through the winter following (except a part of the time when he was on a visit to Boston)
That the first of April, 1781, this Deponent again volunteered, or enlisted, for the term of three months, in a company under the command of Captain Lacy, and joined the company at a guard house at a place called Kings Point, about one mile from the village of Old Fairfield, at which place

This Deponent was stationed in the Company to which he belonged, to keep guard, which Duty he continued to perform for the term of nine months for which he first volunteered or enlisted, - he received a written Discharge from Colonel Driemon, who commanded the Station, during the period of his Service, under this enlistment, or engagement. The Lieutenant now in the term of Service is not now recalled, but Colonel Parsons before mentioned was the Major of the Company, after the expiration of the last mentioned nine months, this Deponent performed no other Service as a Soldier. During the war of the Revolution, all the Service performed by this Deponent during the War of the Revolution, was performed as a private Soldier. He was born in the town of Fairfield, County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, in the year 1762, he has no record of his age, he was residing in the town of Fairfield, County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, when he first entered the Service of the United States, and continued to reside there until after the close of the revolutionary war, when he removed into the County of Dutchess, (now Putnam) where he continued to reside until about the year 1792, when he removed into the County of Delaware, and State of New York, where he has Resided the principal part of the time since, and now resides in the town of Middletown, in said County, when he first entered the Service it was as a Substitute for his Brother Ephraim, the 10 months in the fall of 1777 he was Drafted, when he entered the Service in 1778, for six months, he volunteered, or enlisted, in the fall of 1778 he was Drafted for one month, the Service performed in 1779, was as a Substitute for Jonas Lee, and two periods of 9 months each in 1780, & 1781, - he volunteered, or enlisted, - he was acquainted with General Parsons, Colonel Flamstead, and Colonel Cortlandt, who as he believes, all belonged to the Regular Continental Army.

h is name. Received only written Discharges except for the two terms of six months, & the two terms of 9 months, all which are now lost, or destroyed, except the one given in the name of Snass Lee, for whom he was a substitute, and that he does not know what Lee ever did with, he was in no battle during the war of the revolution, except the one before mentioned at Redfield, in 1777, the Reverend Salmon Scott, Charles E. Graves, Charles Tenney, Hezekiah Tenney, and Matthew Harkness are all persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood, and who can testify to his veracity, and to their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
This Deponent further says, that he attended the Court of Common Pleas held in, & for, the County of Delaware, in September  October 1832, with a view of making application for a Pension, & was advised that if he would make oath that he had no living witnesses, he could obtain his pension, which oath he could not conscientiously make without making enquiry in the place where he lived during the war of the Revolution, & that it has not been convenient for him to make such enquiry until last February, & that since his return from Farmfield where he went to procure the deposition herunto annexed, there has been no term of the Court of Common Pleas until the present.
He has no written, or other documentary, evidence to prove his services as herein set forth or any part thereof, neither does he now know of any witnesses living by whom he can prove the same, further than what is set forth in the annexed affidavits of Lewis Gilbert, Nathan Banks, & Reuben Sherwood.

he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of any agency, in any State, Town or Subscribed the Day of year aforesaid
Nathan Osborn
C. B. Sheldon Clerk
We Salmon Scott, a Clergyman, Residing in the town of Middletown, in the County of Delaware, and State of New York, and Matthew Haleatt residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Nathan Osborn, who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be 72 years of age, that he is respected and beloved, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that Opinion
Sworn & Subscribed the Day of year aforesaid
C. B. Sheldon Clerk
Salmon Scott Matthew Haleatt
And the said Court, do hereby declare their opinion after 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 Salmon Scott who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Middletown, County of Delaware and State of New York, and that Matthew Haleatt who has signed the same is a resident in the same town and County and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Cranford B Sheldon Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the applic- ation of Nathan Osborn for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 18 th day of June 1834.
C. B. Sheldon Clerk.

Reproduction
23347 INVALID.
File No. 23,347
Waltham Osborn
Rev Rev. Davis
Act: June 7 th 1892
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 314
[Arrangement of 1870.]

32069
Newark
Stephen Osborn Esquire
Deed to M. Healcott
5 Dec 1834
Deed to Hon. A. Johnson 26 Feb 1835 " " R. Henningson 27 April " " to M. Healcott Volume 1835 " Hon. A. J. Park Feb. 16. 38

Nathan Osborn
   1777  0. 3. 0  —  Capt. E. Lymn     0. 1. 0  ✓  " Nath    1778  0. 6. 0  "  Thos. Col Dimond     0. 1. 0  "  Williams     0. 9. 0  "  Hautbrunck Cortland    1780  0. 9. 0  ✓  " Isaac Jervis - Fairfield    1781  0. 4. 8  2  " Lacy. Fairfield   
Pay Tnry
10. 0
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House of Reps March 8, 1838 }
J. L. Edwards Esq. Sir,
I suppose Mr Nathan Osborn is now a resident of Delaware County, N. Y. I should like to find him a certificate payable at Albany - The enclosed is payable at Hartford Conn't. Will you correct the certificate -
Your very Resp't A. J. Parker

H. Osborn
Feb. 1. In-act.
Sued afterward in D.C.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office Washington
H. A. [unclear]

Washington January 30. 1838
J. S. Edwards Esq. Sir,
Will you inform me what decision has been made in the case of Nathan Osborn an applicant for a pension - and if it has not been allowed, will you also inform me for what reasons, that proof may be supplied,
Very Resp'y
Your ob't Serv't
Samuel J. Parker

Feb 28
In at.
W. Edwards Esq. Pension Office Washington
H. A. Parker H. R.

House of Rep's 28. Feby 1838. }
Honored Engr. Sir,
Yours of yesterday informing me that my acceptance of a pension for Nathan Osborn for 13 months service would not preclude me from asserting & establishing his claim for a greater stipend is received.
I have therefore to request that you will enclose to me the certificate in
Very Resp't
Your Affec't
Anna J. Parker

State of Connecticut } Frankfield County ss }
Lewis Gilbert of the town of Frankfield County of Franklin - a State of Vermont aged 71 years Deponeth and saith that in in the year 1780 he Resided in the town of Frankfield, County of Franklin, and State of Connecticut, and continued to reside there for several years thereafter & until after the close of the revolutionary war, in the year 1780 this Deponent was an enlisted Soldier under one Captain Isaac Lewis for the term of one year, he enlisted about the month of April of that year - when he first entered upon duty under this enlistment, he was stationed at a place called Black Rock Battery, about one mile from the Village of old Frankfield, & was continued there during the year for which he originally enlisted, & this Deponent further says, that - Nathaniel Olson, who was then a resident of the same place in which this Deponent resided, was also a soldier in the same Company in which this Deponent belonged & continued in the Battery at Black Rock for the space of at least three months after they first entered the Service, under said Captain Lewis, after which said Olson was ordered from the Battery aforesaid upon other duty, or to another place - , & this Deponent further saith, that he has this day seen the said Nathaniel Olson to whom he refers, & that he is the identical person to whom he alludes in this Deposition & who he understands at the time now resides in the town of Middlesex County of Delaware a State of New York as further this Deponent saith not
Frankfield County ss Frankfield February 24th A.D. 1834 I have read the foregoing before me
Lewis Gilbert
on the 24th day of Feb 1834
Rufus Warkeman Justice of Peace

I certify that I have made enquiry (not being personally acquainted with the Deponent) in relation to the credibility of the Deponent who subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Deposition and am satisfied that he is a creditable person and that his Statements are entitled to credit -
Rufus Blackman justice of Peace

State of Connecticut } Fairfield County ss. }
Nathan Banks of the Town of Fairfield County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut Deponent and Saith that he will be 74 years of age in the month of May next; that he was as he understands and believes born in the same Town County & State where he now resides and that he has since changed his place of Residence - During the war of the Revolution he was at various times & places on Duty as a Soldier of the revolutionary Army & now holds a Pension certificate under the act of June 7 th 1832 - in the year 1780 this Deponent says he was a Sergeant in a Company commanded by Captain Isaac Lewis. and was at that time and still is well acquainted with Nathan Orsborn who then Resided in the same Town County & State - but who now resides in the Town of Middletown County of Delaware and State of New York & this Deponent further says that he is knowing to Nathan Orsborn aforesaid Serving as a private Soldier in the Company under the aforesaid Captain Lewis in the year 1780. for some considerable length of time but how long this Deponent in consequence of the great length of time elapsed cannot now ascertain but this Deponent distinctly recollects that he the said Orsborn was one of a Guard placed under the Command of this Deponent to convey a number of British Prisoners to Hartford where they were taken & lodged in Jail - & further this Deponent Saith
not Fairfield County ss. February 24 th 1834 Deponent subscribed before me the 24 th Day of February 1834
Nathan Banks
Nyphus Wakeman Justice of Peace

I certify that I am personally acquainted with William Banks who subscribed and swore to the preceding Deposition and that he is a creditable person so that his statements are entitled to credit. Dated Feb 24 th 1834. —
Rufus Wadsworth Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut Fairfield County
Reuben Sherwood of the Town of Fairfield County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged 79 Depones and Says that During the war of the Revolution he Resided in the place where he now Resides and was acquainted with Nathan Coburn who was then a resident of the same Place but now Resides as this Deponent is informed and believes in the Town of Middletown in the State County of Delaware or State of New York or this Deponent further Says that he is knowing to the said Nathan Coburn being a Soldier in Service of the United States and Stationed at a place called Kings Point in the Town of Fairfield aforesaid to keep guard at which Place this Deponent was also on Duty which Service was performed as near as this Deponent can now recollect in the year 1781 or this Deponent also further Says that he cannot now in consequence of the great length of time elapsed ascertain the length of time for which the said Coburn enlisted but from present Impressions he believes the time to have been nine months - or further this Deponent Says not -
Reuben Sherwood Fairfield County ss Fairfield personally offered before me the above named Reuben Sherwood or duly made oath to the foregoing Deposition -
Rufus Wakeman justice of Peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Reuben Sherwood the person who subscribed or swore to the foregoing Deposition or that he is a creditable person or that his Statements are entitled to Credit -
Rufus Wakeman justice of Peace

State of Connecticut Fairfield County
{ P s I Thomas B Osborne Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Rufus Blakeman Esquire is now & for more than one year last past has been a Justice of the Peace in and for Fairfield County duly commissioned & qualified & duly authorized to administer oaths & take Depositions &c I further certify that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Rufus Blakeman Esquire & that I verily believe that the official signatures to the Certificates on the foregoing Depositions of Lewis Gilbert, Nathan Banks and Reuben Sherwood, purporting to be the signatures of the said Rufus Blakeman Esquire, are all genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 25 th day of February A D 1834.
Thomas B Osborne Clerk

Certificate of Completion of Commission in Class of Nathan P. Rankin

Letter of request to William Osborn
State of Connecticut Comptroller's office Hartford 1 st May 1835
On examination of the books and files of this office it appears that in March 1777. Brigadier General Silliman ordered the 4 th Regiment of militia to perform duty as guards at Fairfield & Stratford, under the command of Samuel Whiting Colonel, Abraham Gould Lieutenant Colonel, Jonathan Dimer Major; That Ephraim Lyon was a Lieutenant in said regiment and in said service That Thomas Nash was a captain in said service. That on the 5 th day of September 1777 Col Samuel Whiting received an order on the Treasurer for the amount of the payroll for his regiment militia at Fairfield & £1502. 2. 9
That on the 27 th day of May 1778. Captain Eliphalet Thorp received cash on account of his company then raising.
That on the 25 th day of January 1779. Captain Eliphalet Thorp rendered his account for his company mustered at Fairfield amounting to £729. 14. 0-
That on the 29 th day of March 1781. Captain Isaac Davis received an order on the Treasurer for the amount of his payroll coast guards at Fairfield. . . £1584. 15. 3 and on the 22 nd Jan y 1784. Captain Davis rec d an order for the amount of rations for his company in 1780 . . . . . £102. 15. 11
That on the 30 th day of January 1782. Ensign Daniel Lacey rec d an order for the guard at Fairfield . . . . . £56. 13. 9
That there are no payrolls of said services in this office Certified by Roger Huntington Comptroller of Public Accounts