Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34171, Nathaniel Card, Mass. Mass. Sea Service War Of 1812

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Cord, Nathaniel
S. 34171
Mass. Sea Service
War of 1812.
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1485
Massachusetts Roll
Wathaniel Lard
Capt Symonds Private
Mass Line 1775 - 9 months
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of June 1818 and sent to Hon. Saml Putnam Salem Mass
Arrears to 4th of Septm 1818 Semi annual pec ending 4 Mo 17/30ths $36.53
Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818
Continued
✓
Salem Essex Co
Notification sent July 26/16 1820 John D. Sleeper Salem Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Be it remembered, That Nathaniel Card of Salem in the County of Essex in the Commonwealth aforesaid, doth make upon oath the following DECLARATION, to wit,
That on the first day of May Anno Domini seventeen hundred and seventy five I enlisted as a Private in Capt. Francis Symonds Company of the 21 Regt. Col John Glover of the Mass't Line went to Cambridge and remained there until the last of December, then was permitted by General Wash- ington to go into the Naval service & was entered on board the Schooner Franklin in the United States service under Commodore Manley where I served six months and was honorably discharged. That he is sixty three years old -
That the Declarant is infirm; that from his reduced circumstances in life he is now in need of assistance from his country for support; and that he hereby relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States.
his Nath'l Card mark.

AFFIDAVIT.
I Benjamin Dennis of Marlborough in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, Yeman do on oath depose and testify,
That I was in the same service with the aforesaid Card, and well know that he said in the American Revolutionary war the term of time he has stated in his open written affidavit
Benj Dennis

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ff.
On this eighteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally appeared before me Samuel Putnam one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the said Commonwealth.
the aforementioned Nathl. Card & Benj. Dennis and in my presence severally subscribed and made solemn oath to the aforeswritten Declaration and AFFIDAVIT , by them respectively made as aforesaid:—And it appearing to my satisfaction, that the aforementioned Nathl. Card served more than NINE MONTHS, to wit, from the first day of May — A. D. 1775 — to the first day of June A. D. 1776 — at one period of the Revolutionary War, on the Continental Establishment, against the common enemy, I do hereby certify the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the Department of War.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the Court aforesaid, at Marblehead , this eighteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass. }

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See at movements months at any time fired - in print killed openly that which often be entire the way - not at all - had person
See Journals of Continen. Congress Vol. I. pp. 197 - 203.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Ex p I Ichabod Tucker Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of S t ate in & for the County of Essex do certify that the Hon Samuel Putnam is a judge of said Supreme Judicial Court, that the within signature is his proper handwriting & that the seal hereto affixed is the seal of said Court
Dalem April 20 1818
Att y Ichabod Tucker

1,485
Nath. Card
June 1818
Salem Can
age 65 marr worth $40. disabi?
Sept 1818

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Nathaniel Bard resident in Salem late of Marblehead in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 1,485 - now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Nathaniel Bard - - - - - late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight - - - dollars per month, to commence on the eighteenth day of April - - - one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
***** L. S. *****
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Thirtieth day of June - - - one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
(No Real Estate.)
A one story Hut, standing on land of Robert Perkins in Salem, containing one room and a pantry - - - - - $ 30,00 four chairs, knife, fork, & few cups - - - - - 2,00
He declares he was formerly a Mariner, now a day labourer. That he is sixty five years of age - That his constitution is broken by serving in three wars, first in the Revolution, in 1798 in the Baltimore U. S. Sloop of War, Capt. Phillips, and in the late war under Com. Barney in the flotilla at Baltimore,

Pig point, Washington City and at Bladensburg, when he fought when Com. Barney was wounded in the thigh.
That his wife aged 58 is living and he has no other family.
He served as a years man all 1776 in Capt. Symonds' Company in Col. Glover's Regiment in Massachusetts Line.
Nathl. his X Card mark

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. W m Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Nath l Card do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me GOD.
His Nath l X Card mark
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Nathaniel Card took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me
W m Wetmore , Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, 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
forty dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex,
on this 17 th day of July A. D. 1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker

for a statement of the military history of Nathaniel Card , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. F. 34,171.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1, 1775 to Dec 1775 7 mos Pri. Francis Symonds John Glover Mass.   Dec. 1775 6 mos Marine under Commodore Manley on Schooner "Franklin"   1798 Served under Capt. Phillips on U.S. Ship of War "Baltimore"   War of 1812 under Com. Barney in a flotilla, and at battle of Bladensburg.  
Battles engaged in, see above.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 18, 1818. Chd June 30, 1818.
Residence at date of application, Salem, Essex Co Mass.
Age at date of application, 63.
Remarks: In 1820, soldier refers to his wife, 58 yrs. of age, name not stated, and states that he has no other family. No further family data.

34 171 Pay INVALID.
May 23, '08. Hist. to Lester Card. J.W.
File No. 34, 171
Nathaniel Card
Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 66
[Arrangement of 1870.]

ADDITIONAL
PROOF.
I, George Wipping of Methuen in the County of ESSEX, in the COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU- SETTS, Solomon do on solemn oath testify and depose, as follows:—
That I well know Nathaniel Gard, who subscribed the annexed declaration, and I know that he served as a Soldier in the American Revolutionary war from May 1775 until some time in the month of May 1776. first in the Land Service in Col Glover's Regt. about eight months and then in the Naval service the remainder of the term, that the said service was upon the Continental establishment - his George X Wipping mark
Sworn to June 26. 1818. Then George Wipping person- ally subscribed and made solemn oath to the above written affidavit Before me Redfield K. French J. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
I, SAMUEL PUTNAM, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid, hereby certify, that the
aforenamed Deponents, Benjamin Dennis and George Wishing
are credible and disinterested witnesses; and that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Declarant served in the Revolutionary Army on the continental establishment against the common enemy more than nine months at one period of continued service; and I further certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Declarant is in reduced circumstances in life, and stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 30 th day of June Anno Domini 1818.
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass s .
I, Ichabod Tucker , Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court aforesaid, do certify, that the Hon. Samuel Putnam is a Judge of said Court, that the above is his signature, that the seal affixed is the seal of said Court, that the within named Ralph H. French Esq. who has certified the aforewritten depositions, is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Essex, duly empowered and qualified to administer oaths.
Ichabod Tucker Clerk.

Commissioner Pension.
Washington D.C.
5/15/08.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly furnish me with full military and as much of family history as is known of Nathaniel Card.
Pension commenced. Apr 18. 1818. Placed on Roll. June 30 1818. Essex County Mass.
record of Pension
And oblige
Lester Card Ansonia Conn.
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