Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,654, Nathaniel Bradford, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
NUMBER
Bradford, Nathaniel S. 29,654
CONTENTS
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8124.
Massachusetts
Nathaniel Bradford of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Harlow of the regt commanded by Col Cotton in the Spars line for 8 May.
85 Plymouth
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of March 1833 and sent (from S 2 Adams St of Rep)
  Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833  $53.32    Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept " 1833  13.33     $66.65  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H McBlain Clerk Book D. Vol. 2 nd Page 4.

Pension petition
Nath Bradford
22 7/1
7 Months 8 Months
$26.66
H. L. Adams
the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that the above-mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states, that matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the
the day and year aforesaid.
the records, and we concur in that opinion.
reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of
declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is
disputed with who has subscribed and sworn to the above
residing in the town of
He a clergyman, residing in the

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, SS.
ON this 4 th day of Dec r 183 2 personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common pleas now sitting at Plymouth within and for said County of Plymouth, Wathaniel Bradford a resident of Plymouth in said County of Plymouth, and Common- wealth of Massachusetts, aged 84 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 June 7, 1832. He hereby relinquish- es every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. That is to say, that he entered the service of or of this Commonwealth the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. Viz I enlisted into a company
in 1776 commanded by Capt. Isaac Harlow Timothy Goodwin , & James Churchill Esq r and served therein eight, or nine months I cannot declare which, in a garrison at the entrance of said Plymouth Harbour and was duly discharged at the end of said term. I was born, and have always lived in said Plymouth, & the re- cord of my birth is on its books.
I never had any pension & renounce all but the present.
Theophilus Cotton was my colonel, &

For character I refer Major Joseph Thomas and Dr James Thacker both of them lawyers and veterans of the Revolutions
- If I ever had a discharge, it is lost.
North Bradford
Sworn to & subscribed before the Court of Common Pleas on the day & year aforesaid.
Attest M c Manus Clerk

We, James Kendall a clergyman, residing in the town of Rhymney . John B. Thomas  residing in the same town hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Brad  ford who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 84 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
James Kendall J Bartlett
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. before the Court of Common Pleas  W. B. Thomas 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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that James Kendall who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Rhymney and that John B. Bartlett who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Rhymney and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By order of the Court W. B. Thomas Clerk
I, W. B. Thomas 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 application of Nathaniel Bradford for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
W. B. Thomas

29654 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 29,654
Nathaniel Bradford Rev Rev
Act: June 1 st 1825
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 59
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Saint Lucas for N- Bradford

2 I Samuel Lucas of Carver in the State of Massachusetts testify that I was privately in various campaigns in the Reddition war. & particularly I was privately for eight months at Plymouth in said State in a fort & garrison at the Gurnet at the entrance of Plymouth harbor. Our company was commanded by Capt. Hose. Its names included in & among others. This I believe was in 1776. I testify also, that Lucas Nathaniel Bradford of Plymouth from distinctly naming our officers, even the sergeants of the company, & naming also and others at that time from Captain Manly's entering the said Plymouth harbor with a small squadron, & from a short battle by two American privateers, & Capt. Dawson in sight of said garrison & other circumstances he has fully convinced me that he was in said company Samuel Lucas

Massachusetts - Plymouth ss Nov. 16 1832
Then the within named Samuel Lucas subscribe & swears attests to the truth of the deposition, & I declare him a credible witness
Lachey Bartlett
Justice of peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Warrant of J. Pillsbury Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of Plymouth, hereby testifying that Lachey Bartlett before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth, and that his name that subscribed is his true & proper name.
Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court on this first day of January A.D. 1883
[Handwritten signature]

Lucius Bryant for N. Bradford
for 200 bushels of corn at 1.00 per bushel Lucius Bryant
for 200 bushels of corn at 1.00 per bushel Lucius Bryant

I Lucas Bryant of Plympton, Massachu- setts, testify, that I was a drummer in the war of the Revolution for nine months in a garrison at Plymouth harbor in said State in a company commanded by Capt. Simeon Hawley, I believe in 1776. That Nathaniel Bradford of said Plym- pton, was a private in said company, & to the best of my recollection was duly discharged at the end of his term of engagement - which I be- lieve to have been nine months. Lucas Bryant
Massachusetts - Plymouth ss. Nov 24 1832 Then said Lucas Bryant subscribed, & made oath to the truth of this deposition, & I de- clare him to be a credible witness by those who know him best. Lachem Bartlett Justice of peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Weymouth ss. of Middlesex Clerk of the Judicial Court
In the County of Plymouth hereby testify, that Lachem Bartlett by before whom this foregoing affidavit was sworn is a justice of the peace for the County of Plymouth, and that his name there subscribed is his true & proper signature - Witness my hand & seal hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the

Federal Court on the first day of January A.D. 1883 M. M. M. M. M.
Leviathan for St. Paul's