Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,398, for Nathan Raymond, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Raymond, Nathan
S. 29,398
CONTENTS

Maine 11,553
Nathan Raymond of Oak Grove in the State of Maine who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Ray of the Regt commanded by Col Pickering in the Mass s State Troops.
17 Mo 13 Ds. Sept 87.13
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 7 / 10 Dollars 13 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of May 1833 and sent to Nathl B Palmer, Decd.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 174.26 Pension allowance ending 4 Sept 43.56
217.82
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. D. Sprague Clerk, Book C Vol. 1 Page 48

Maine District
Special District Court of the U. States Brunswick August 7. 1832
On this seventh day of August aforesaid personally appeared in open Court before the District Judge
Nathan Raymond a resident of Lyman, in the county of York, and State of Maine, aged 79 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 act of Congress, passed Jan y 7 th 1832.
That he served as herein stated.
In the year 1776 I enlisted into Capt. Joseph Bays company in Col. John D. Sleeper  the Regiment for three months, and about the first of December of that year we marched to Danbury in the state of Connecticut, and from there to Fort Independence near King's bridge, and to Southomber, in New Jersey where we remained until the expiration of our service and were discharged in March 1777.
Some time in April or the first of May 1777 I enlisted into Capt. Job Paine (it may be Joseph) company for six months as sergeant and served with Col. Danford Hovey's Regiment of Berks, Massachusetts, we joined the company at Little Compton Rhode Island, below Providence, in Rhode Island, soon after we embarked in boats to Narragansett, and were at Point Judith, at the entrance of New Bed Harbour, where we remained some time. In autumn, we returned to Providence where we remained until the expiration of our service and were discharged.
In the spring of the year 1778 the town of Berks was called on, when I then resided, to furnish their quota of troops, for an eight months service, I enlisted into that service and served as sergeant in Capt. James Pease's company, in Col. Thomas Paine's Regiment, we went to the state of New York, were at White Plains and

and West Point, and at the expiration, of our service, were discharged at Kings Ferry, on the North River, in said state, some of the Regiment were discharged at West Point, I think it probable some at other places, for the want of clothing. The whole of my service in the war was one year and five months.
I was born in Beverly, Massachusetts, in the year 1754 - have resided, in Lyman, in the state of Maine, - thirty-one years, went voluntarily into the service, and served as I have stated. There may be persons living by whom my service could be proved but there is none in this state, and I know of no individual living.
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.
Witness my hand and seal this day and year aforesaid in open court.
When Warin J. P. (the U.S. Dist. Ct. Maine)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
John Nufsey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Nathan Raymond for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this seventh day of August A.D. 1832.
John Nufsey Clerk

and should give full credit to any statement he should make - Kennebec. Aug. 23. 1832 -  Joseph Dane
I Horace Porter a Senator in the State Legislature of Maine and residing in the town of Kennebec, hereby certify that I am acquainted with Nathan Raymond of Lyman the person who has signed the annexed application for a pension, he is reputed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and I concur in that opinion expressed by Barnabas Palmer & Joseph Dane of the character of said Raymond -
State of Maine. Horace Porter
Subscribed to August 23 1832 Then personally appeared Joseph Dane Esq. and Horace Porter Esq. of Kennebec and made oath to the truth of the declarations by them respectively signed.
Before me Barnabas Palmer Justice of the Peace -
No 58-
4699. Nathan Raymond
I certify that the above named documents Barnabas Palmer Joseph Dane Horace Porter are entitled to full credit & worthy of belief. Merrill Wane Judge
Maine District
District Clerk's Office August 24. 1832
In testimony that Barnabas Palmer & George Hufsey Esqrs who took the above & within depositions are Justices of the Peace duly qualified & that their official attestations are entitled to full faith & credit I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the day & year above written
John Hufsey Clerk U.S. Courts

I Benjamin Palmer, Collector of the customs for the District of Kennebec for the District of Kennebec in the State of Maine and residing, in the town of Kennebec hereby certify that I am acquainted with Nathan Raymond of Symon in the County of York. Who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration in order to obtain a pension; that I believe him to be the age he represents, and he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a revolutionary soldier and I concur in that opinion, and from a personal acquaintance with the said Raymond, I add on it that of my belief he is a man of strict integrity of character for truth, and his statements entitled to credit.
Benjamin Palmer.
State of Maine.
York ss. Kennebec August 22 1832. Sworn and subscribed to before me on the day last above mentioned. George H. Dickey Justice of the Peace
I Joseph Dane formerly member of Congress from York District in Maine, certify that I have known Capt. Nathan who has subscribed the adjoining declaration Raymond of Symon, from my youth - he formerly residing in Beverly in Massachu- setts. where he was born as I have always understood. That also being my native place - for thirty years past I have resided in Kennebec in Maine - adjoining Symon - & only a few miles distant from the residence of said Raymond. I have been well acquainted with him during the latter period - seeing him frequently every year in the village of Kennebec - the natural place of resort for the sale of his produce & the purchase of his family stores - I have never heard his veracity ques- tioned - nor his character in any respect impeached

and should give full credit to any statement he should make - Kennebec. Aug. 23. 1832 -  Joseph Dane
I Horace Porter a Senator in the State Legislature of Maine and residing in the town of Kennebec, hereby certify that I am acquainted with Nathan Raymond of Lyman the person who has signed the annexed application for a pension, he is reputed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and I concur in that opinion and the opinion expressed by Barnabas Palmer & Joseph Dane of the character of said Raymond -
State of Maine.
Horace Porter
Book 30. August 23 1832 Then personally appeared Joseph Dane Esq. and Horace Porter Esq. of Kennebec and made oath to the truth of the declarations by them respectively signed.
Before me Barnabas Palmer Justice of the Peace -
No 58-
4699. Nathan Raymond
I certify that the above named deponents Barnabas Palmer Justice of the Peace Horace Porter are credible witnesses & worthy of belief.
Almon Wane Judge
Maine District
District Clerk's Office August 24. 1832
In testimony that Barnabas Palmer & George Hufsey Equine who took the above & within depositions are Justices of the Peace duly qualified & that their official attestations are entitled to full faith & credit I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the day & year above written
John Hufsey Clerk U.S. Court

29398 Ry INVALID.
File No. 29,398
Sethon Raymond
Ph. Rec. 1898
Act: June 7 1898
Index — Vol. 9, Page 398
[Arrangement of 1876.]
June 8. 1912. Hist. to Emily J. Raymond, Newton, Kans. 1918, Sept. 18. History to J. B. Raymond

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B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Nathan Raymond which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
No
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
No
XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
3 subsequent
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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 the 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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

I Nathan Raymond a Revolutionary soldier of Lyndon aged seventy eight years the same who subscribed to and made oath to the above foregoing - declaration before judge Ware of the United States District Court Maine District on the 9th of August last 1832 in order to obtain the benefit of the Pension law of the 9th of June 1832 - In explanation of the same further testify and declare that I have made diligent search from the time of making said declaration before judge Ware to the present time and cannot find or hear of any person living who was with me in the service (except such evidence as is herewith annexed) from whom I can derive any additional testimony in support of my declaration. I resided in Beverly in the State of Massachusetts at the time I entered the service but have resided in Lyndon in the State of Maine over thirty years as stated in my original declaration. I went voluntarily into the service as I have stated. I was not a substitute for any one. I do not recollect that I ever had a written discharge and think I never had one. I was a sergeant during the whole of my service and I was one year and five months in the service as I before stated. I have no record of my age - unless it be on the town books of Beverly.
Attest Albert Kelly Esq.
State of Maine Nathan Raymond
York ss. New mch Nov 4 - 1833 - Then personally appeared Nathan Raymond of Lyndon in the County of York and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him signed.
Barabas Palmer - Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
York County ss
I Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the Judicial Court for said County, certify, that Barnabas Palmer is a magistrate as within stated & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine -
In witness whereof I hereunto set my name and affix my official seal this sixth day of May Anno Domini 1888
Jer. Bradbury Clerk &c

Evidence of service in Capt. Prince's company
I Aaron Lord, of Ipswich in the county of Essex and commonwealth of Massachusetts, testify and say that I was intimately acquainted with Nathan Raymond, of Beverly in said county, before, and during and after the close of the revolutionary war. The said Nathan Raymond was a sergeant in capt. Prince's company of militia six months stationed at Newport in the state of Rhode Island and at other places in that state. Col. Danforth Kepe, of Beverly, Massachusetts, commanded the regiment in which said Raymond served. This regiment was discharged in the autumn of the year 1777, having been enlisted for the term of six months in April or May (I think) of the year 1777. These facts I well know, because I was a sergeant in the same company during the term of service above stated, and was well acquainted with sergeant Raymond during the whole time. We entered the service at the same time and were discharged together. We served a little more than six months. I have not known or seen said Raymond, to my recollection, for more than twenty years. I have understood that he removed to the state of Maine. I well recollect also that said Raymond was a sergeant in
With Col. Pickering's regiment
Col. Pickering's regiment from Salem and went to the state of New York the year before he served at Rhode Island. I knew him at the time, but was not in that service with him. I resided in Ipswich and he in Beverly about eight miles from where I lived. My first wife was a near neighbor of him. I am now in the seventy fifth year of my age. I was orderly sergeant of capt. Prince's company and Nathan Raymond was the second sergeant of the company, when we served together, as I have stated.
Aaron Lord
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Essex ss. May 9. 1833. Aaron Lord makes oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed; - and I certify that he is a credible witness. - Before Charles Kimball, justice of the peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex, ss. Probate office, May 9, 1833.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate for said county of Essex, hereby certify, that Charles Kimball esquire, before whom the within written affidavit purports to have been taken, is a justice of the peace for said county; and that the signature of his name to the certificate thereon is his genuine signature.
Given under my hand and seal of office.
Nath. Lord Jr.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex, ss. Probate office, May 9, 1833.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate for said county of Essex, hereby certify, that Charles Kimball esquire, before whom the within written affidavit purports to have been taken, is a justice of the peace for said county; and that the signature of his name to the certificate thereon is his genuine signature.
Given under my hand and seal of office.
Nath. Lord Jr.

We John Greenleaf and Nathaniel Littlefield, a clergyman of Zion in the county of York and State of Maine on oath testify and say that we are acquainted with Nathan Raymond of Zion a revolutionary soldier of Zion in said county and we believe him to be of the age he represents himself to be in his declaration before Judge Ware on the 18th day of August last. viz. Seventy eight years old, and said Nathan Raymond is reputed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolutionary war, and we are fully of the opinion that the said Raymond was a soldier and served and served at various periods of said war.
We further state that the said Raymond has an unimpeached character for truth and we believe his statements on oath to be entitled to full credit and belief.
John Greenleaf
Nathaniel Littlefield
State of Maine
York ss - Jan. 28. 1833
Then personally appeared Rev. John Greenleaf and Rev. Nath. Littlefield both of Zion and made oath to the truth of the above statement to them signed - and I hereby certify that the said John Greenleaf and Nath. Littlefield are both respectable clergymen of said town.
Before me Levi J. Ham, Just. Peace.
State of Maine.
York ss. I William Cutter Allen Register of the court of Probate for the county aforesaid, hereby certify that Levi J. Ham is a Justice of the peace for said court of probate as above stated, and that the signature and printing to be his is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 29th day of January A.D. 1833.
Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of Probate.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Dec. 24 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Nathan Roymsord was a Serjeant in Capt James Bemp's company in Colonel Thomas Poore Regiment enlisted the tenth day June 1778 and was discharged the Eleventh day of February 1779. He served eight months and one day, and the whole time of service including days to return home was eight months and thirteen days -
Edward D Bangs Secy

ack JUN 5 - 1912 sw

Newton, Kansas. 1
May 28, 1912.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
Do you have any records of the military histories of Alicajah Griffin , Revolutionary War 1775 North Caro- lina; Henry Swanner Revolutionary War 1775

North Carolina; or of Nathan Raymond S29398 Revolutionary War, Massachusetts.
I shall be grate- ful for any state- ment which you may send.
Sincerely yours Emily G. Raymond.

Rept. Sept 1, 1918.
To whom it may concern:-
Will you please send me the Revolutionary War history of Amos Griffin, and names of his children, a private in the Maryland Continental line who was on the Pension Roll in 1819 of Rockingham County, North Carolina.
Finish also the military history of my ancestor Nathan 2.29.318. v Raymond who served in the Revolution, from Beverly, Massachusetts. He was a doctor, I think. (Not certain of this)

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Nathan Raymond a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 1776 3 mos. Sergt. Joseph Ray James Pickering Mass   Apr. or May, 1777 6 " " Prince Stephen Hays "   June 10, 1778 to Feb. 11, '79. " " James Barry Thos. Paine "  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Beverly Mass
Date of application for pension, August 7, 1832
Residence at date of application, Lyman, York Co. Me.
Age at date of application, B. 1754. Beverly Mass.
Remarks: No family data