Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,946, Nathan Butland, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
Butland, Nathan
NUMBER
S 36946
CONTENTS
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36946 Rev  INVALID
File No. 86,946
Nathan Butland Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index — Vol. 2 , Page 99
[Arrangement of 1870.]

12.620 Maine
Nathan Butland
of Wells in the dist. of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Patterson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 1 year.
Inscribed on the Roll of the dist. of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of July 1819 and sent to Benj. Greene Esq. South Berwick Me.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 10 \frac{23.4}{30.31} 07.16 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 — 40.00
$135.16
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Contested York County
With location blank Daniel Small July 21 st 1820 Sturtevant Maine

Nathan Butland
Nathan Butland (private)
Col. Patterson Regt.
Mass. line
1776-12 months
Decla April 8. 1818
Approved
Col. Patterson Regt. Mass. line 1776-12 months
Rejected
Admitted
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss. }
ON this eighth
day of April
A. D. 1818,
before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appears Nathan Butland aged sixty seven years resident in said county of York, who being by me first duly 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 and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War:"
That he the said Nathan Butland, in the month of January 1776, enlisted as a private soldier in the Continental Army under Capt. Samuel Sawyer in the Reg t 6 Com d by Col. Patterson of the Massachusetts Line, that he continued to do his duty in said Company & Reg t in the various places, in which they were stationed, until the term of his enlistment expired  ten or eleven months when being sick and unfit for duty he was discharged. That in March 1777 he enlisted again as a private soldier under Capt. Waterhouse & served three months, which was the term of his enlistment as one of the guards of Burgoyne's army when he was honorably discharged, but had lost his discharge.
And the said Nathan Butland further testifies - & by the certificate of the selectmen of Wells aforesaid proves -
(And Nath s Sawyer Daniel Stewart & Ben d Morrison three creditable witnesses personally appear, and being by me first duly sworn according to law, they upon their oaths do say that the aforesaid Nathan Butland did serve in the continental Army in Capt. Sawyers Company of Col. Pattersons Reg t ten or eleven months as he has declared, that they served in the same Company & Reg t with him, that he enlisted for twelve months but in consequence of his having the small pox & being too sick for duty, he was discharged about a month before the term of his enlistment had expired)
That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year above said.
By J a Greene
I, BENJAMIN GREENE, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Nathan Butland did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid - and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support. - And I do 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 before mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this Tenth - day of June Anno Domini, 1818.
By J a Greene

Senior President - { for the Council of State } Clerk of the Royal Council
 the said Court on this 24th day of March A.D. 1908, personally appeared and known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed. My Commission Expires July 1, 1908 Notary Public in and for the State of New York. My Commission Expires July 1, 1908   I hereby certify that the foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 24th day of March A.D. 1908, by John J. [?] to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and that the laws of the State of New York were complied with in the execution of the said instrument. Notary Public in and for the State of New York. My Commission Expires July 1, 1908   I, Clare J. [?] Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Franklin do hereby certify that the foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 24th day of March A.D. 1908, by John J. [?] to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and that the laws of the State of New York were complied with in the execution of the said instrument. Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Franklin . 
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Nathan Butland
Wells
12.620
1811
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 Example 70: Example 70 

STATE OF MAINE.
York ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first — Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York within and for the County of York on the first tuesday of July being the fourth — day of said month and by adjournment  from day to day, on the  day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene, chief Justice  Judge of said Court.
ON this fourth — day of July — in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court —
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having “the power of fine and imprisonment,” and being a Court of Record for said Circuit , county, Nathan Butland aged seventy — years, resident in Wells — in said Circuit , county who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private — in the company commanded by Capt. Samuel Sayer — in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Patterson — in the line of the State of Massachusetts — on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the eighth day of April — A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 12620 — was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 so to diminish it 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 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Wit: Joseph Gilman, Josiah Littlefield.
his Nathan Butland mark.
Sworn to and declared, on the 4th day of July — A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE Benjamin Greene
Ch. Justice } One of the Judges of the said Court.
Attt: Daniel Sewall, Clerk.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Cash on hand _____ 5.
Wit: Joseph Gilman, Josias Littlefield.
Nathan his  Butland mark.
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Nathan Butland — who, by occupation am a labourer — which I am unable to pursue by reason of bodily infirmities & a rupture & almost blind.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     No family but myself  Nathan his  Butland mark.  Wit: Joseph Gilman, Josias Littlefield.   
STATE OF MAINE.
I, York 33. Daniel Sewall, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of _____ do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto an- nected, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is five dollars and _____ cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eighth day of July , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Daniel Sewall, { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York