Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19231, Nathan Carpenter, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 16.
Carpenter, Nathan
S. 19231
CONTENTS
carded

24886
New York
Nathan Carpenter
of Essex Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Co. of Inf ry commanded by Captain H. Schuyler of the Reg t commanded by Col. Winjate in the N.Y. State Militia line for eleven months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of Mar. 1831, and sent to E. Williams Elizabeth Town Essex Co. N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1834 $109:98 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1. Sep '34 18:33
$128:31
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book 6
Geo. B. Whiting, Clerk, Vol. 1, Page 130.

Nathan C. Spencer
222/44
1803.
Second Floor etc.

State of New York } In this 11th day of January County of Essex } 1833 Personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex now sitting Nathan Carpenter a Resident of the Town of Day County of Essex and State of New York aged Eighty One 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 Provision made by the act of Congress Passed June 7. 1832 That he Enlisted in the Service of the United States in the Year 1778. with the Company Commanded by Captain William Humphrey Colonel Muzgates Regiment (doth Re- member the line) under the following named Officers
That he Entered the Service in the month of June in the Year 1778. by Enlisting into the Company Commanded by Captain William Humphrey Lieutenant Simonds Ensign Moses Belden & Ser- geant Elias was the Orderly Sergeant Colonel Muzgate Commanded the Regiment General Starkes Brigade Says he was living at the time he Entered the Service in the Town of Surrey County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire and joined the said Company at the latter Place says that he was marched immediately from Surrey to Charlestown N. H. and Remained there three days and was marched from there to Fort Ticonderoga in the State of New York and situate on the West side of Lake Champlain and that he marched through the following Towns in his way from Charlestown to Fort Ticonderoga Viz. Springfield Vermont Cavendish Vermont Ludlow Mendon Vermont Holley Vermont Rutland Vermont and that they Remained in Rutland two days and then proceeded to Fort Ticonderoga where Says they Remained at Ticonderoga about one week and then went across the Lake

into the State of Vermont (and went into Mount Independence just across the Lake from Fort Ticonderoga (and in sight of the last mentioned Fort (and that he Remained at Mount Independence until the month of November 1776 Having not left there about Five months that he was out at that time (and that he then Returned home to Surrey County of Cheshire (and State of Massachusetts New Hampshire says he was Employed while on Mount Independence in building huts to live in (and Erecting a Fort says that he was in no Engagement during this term of service says that One of the British Ships came and lay off the Mount three or four Days at a Place called Three mile Point (and drove in some of their small boats (and Boats (and then went away to the North towards St Johns Lower Canada where he understood the rest of their Fleet was laying says he thinks General Gates had Command of Fort Ticonderoga while he was there and at Mount Independence but has forgot who Commanded at the Mount " says it was in the Hampshire line so called at the time he thinks upon Reflection.
That he Enlisted again in the month of May in the Year 1780. at Walpole County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire in the Company Commanded by Captain Moody Preston Cidely Sergeant Tyler which says the Lieutenant and Ensign was absent all the time he belonged to the Company Colonel Joseph Selby Commanded the Regiment and Remembers the General that he done duty under this Enlistment six months (and then Returned home that he went from Walpole aforesaid to Winchester same County and State and remained there.

about a Week and Past mustered there and then man- =Ched from there to West Point in the State of New York And situate On the North River and Past through the following Places from Winchester aforesaid to West Point Northfield Massachusetts there down the Connieticut River as far as Hadley Massachusetts. and from there to West Point his memory being bad does not now Recollect the different Places he Past through and Remained at West Point about three Weeks and was Employed in Exerciseing and learning to march and wheel And then he went towards New York and made a stand at a Place called the English Neighbour- hood and Remained there about two Weeks and was Employed in keeping Guard and Exerciseing And that he went to Hackensack or Bergen County (which Place he does not now distinctly Recollect) And Remained there about a fortnight and then he was marched back to West Point and Remained there about a Week and then was called out to go and chop wood about five miles up the North River from West Point and was Engaged in chopping wood about six weeks and then he Return- ed to West Point and went On to White Plains Scouting about and observing the movements of the British and was out on that duty four or five days and then Returned back to West Point and Remained there two or three days and then they moved across the River with his Brigade On to Constitution Island and was there a few days and then went to a Place called Soldiers Fortune and went to building Huts for Winter Quarters And then Received his discharge in the month of the month of November or December being out not less than about six months. And then Returned home had a written discharge signed by Colneil Joseph Kelley

And that he sold his discharge after his Return home to One General Benjamin V. Bellows who owned the Place where he lived never was in any Battle in either of his Engagements
And that there is no Militia resides in his neighbourhood with whom he is acquainted
He hereby Relinquishes Every Claim Whatever to a Pension or Annuity Except the Present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State
Edmund T. Williams Witness as to his marking his mark Sworn to and subscribed his Nathan X Carpenter The day and year aforesaid his Mark Edward Stone clerk
And the said Court do as hereby declare their Opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states
I Lemard Stone Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and Clerk of the County of Essex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Nathan Carpenter for a Pension
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand And seal of Office the 11th day of January 1833.
Edward Stone clerk
Nathan Carpenter
22244

22244
Nathan Carpenter
James Carpenter
on rolls of Capt Humphrey, Confederates
Admitted
Private 11 months
Edmund Williams
Elizabethtown Essex County
N.York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Nathan Carpenter, Esq. , County of Essex New York
   Period when the service rendered Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1776 Enlisted not less than 5 months Capt Humphrey Col Mingay Genl Stark none Fort Ticonderoga Saratoga Crown Point Dunbar Chittenden New Hampshire Shire   May 1780 Enlisted not less than 6 months Duster Col Tilly West Point age 81 years None  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.,
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Rev War
19.231
INVALID.
File No. 19.231
Nathan Carpenter
Rev War
Act: June 7" 39
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 60
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Blindsville N.Y. Feb. 11. Pension Office Feb 9 17 th 1834. New York ret
Rev Miss Cass Secretary of War Washington City

Clintonville Clinton Co. N.Y. Feb. 11. 1834
Hon. Lewis Cass. Secy. of War Sir,
By request of Mr. Nathan Carpenter a venerable old relic of the revolution I send you the enclosed papers and trust they will prove satisfactory in authenticating his claim — At the longest he can enjoy the benefit of his Country but for a short time
Respectfully
Yours obed Serv
E. Williams P.M.
3666 3 109:98

Disposition: for Nathan Grafton

I Benjamin Carpenter of Surry in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire do hereby depose and say that in the year 1780. I served in the Revolutionary Army six months - went from said Surry - was in Captain Easton's Company in Col. Gilley's New Hampshire Regiment - went first at Waterville - and during the whole six months in the vicinity of the North River - and was discharged there.
That Nathan Carpenter then of Walpole in said County of Cheshire, and now of Jay in the County of Essex and State of New York, was in the same service - in the same company, Regiment & was with me as aforesaid - during the said term. - Benjamin Carpenter Mark
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss - January the 14 1834 - Subscribed Sworn to, Before me Benjamin Carpenter Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above deponent is a credible witness. Benjamin Carpenter Justice of the Peace

I Daniel Day of Keene in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire depose and say that in the year 1780. I was in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary Army Six months. - went from said Keene - to West point New York was in Lieut. Col. Dearborn's  company  Company of the Third New Hampshire Rangers  Regiment Col. Billings New Hampshire Regiment - was during the whole term in the vicinity of the North River. - was then well ac- quainted with Nathan Carpenter from Walpole in said County, now of Gay New York as I am informed, and know that he was in said service during the said term of six months - in Col Billings regiment aforesaid, in Captain Dustin's company. - I knew said Carpenter before, and in, & since said service - Daniel Day
January 14 1834.
Cheshire ss. Subscribed Sworn to
Before me Benjamin Carpenter Esq. Clerk
I certify that the above deponent is a credible person. Benjamin Carpenter Justice of the Peace.

Cheshire J. January 14. 1834
Salma Hale, Clerk of the Superior Court of Indicture for said county certify that Benjamin Carpenter is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and that the four foregoing signatures are in his own hand writing. — In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of said court
S. Hale Clerk

Depositions
for Nathan Carpenter

I Henry Ellis of Keene in the County of Cheshire State of New Hampshire depose and say that in the year 1776 I served in the Revolutionary War in the Northern Army, five months. - went from Keene aforesaid - Marched to Ticonderoga & was stationed on Mount Independence, & dismissed there at the end of my term - was in Capt. William Humphreys Company, in Col Mangal's Regiment - That Nathan Carpenter then of Surry in said County of Cheshire, & now as I am informed of Jay in the County of Essex State of New York, was a private in said Service, in the same Company aforesaid with me, and served during the said term of five months. I was acquainted with said Carpenter before said Service & many years after. -
Henry Ellis

Cheshire Pa - January 15 th 1834 - Personally appear Henry Ellis, named in the foregoing deposition & made oath that the same by him subscribed is true
Before me Benjamin Carpenter Jr Justice of the Peace
I certify that the said deponent Henry Ellis is known to me, and is a credible person. -
Benjamin Carpenter Jr Justice of the Peace
I Asa Wilcox of Surry in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire depose and say that in the year 1776 I served five months in the same Company and Regiment with Henry Ellis & Nathan Carpenter before named, to wit in Captain Humphrey Cowsy, & Col. Wentworth Regiment went from said Surry to Ticonderoga & was stationed most of the time on Mount - Independence. & and discharged

There at the end of the term - That I was well acquainted with said Nathan carpenter before said time & since - & that we went from the same town -
Aza Wilcox
Cheshire p. Jan 7 th 1834, Subscribed & sworn to
Before me Benjamin Carpenter Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above deponent Aza Wilcox is known to me and is a credible witness.
Benjamin Carpenter Justice of the Peace.
Cheshire p. Jan 14. 1834
I Salmo Hale, clerk of the Superior Court of Jurisdiction for sd County certify that Benjamin Carpenter is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and that the four fore- going official signatures are his. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of our Superior Court
S. Hale, Clerk