Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45313, Nathan Button, R.I.

SERVICE
Button, Nathan
NUMBER
S. 45 3/3
Rel
CONTENTS

17398 New York R
Nathan Button
of New Windsor in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Green of the R Island line, for the term of three years, War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of June 1820 and sent to S. W. Eager Esq. age Orange Co Wardsbridge, New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1820. 22 mos 30.31 10.4 179.69 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1820 48 —
$ 227.69
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
State of New York 1820 Nathan Button S. W. Eager

Hopkinton B.C.
March 5.
To Nathan Benton Esq. Hillsborough Orange Co North Carolina
State of New York
In the case of the lost master who is at liberty to claim it from and passions  of it  whome  accords
Plenitude of 3 Tenures ~~~~~

State of New York or an go county ss on this 21 day of April 1878 before me the following one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for orange county personally appears Nathan Batten aged Sixty seven years resident in the town of New Windsor in orange county aforesaid who being sworn first duly sworn according to law after then his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of congress entitled "an act to provide for cer- -tain persons engaged in the Land and naval ser- -vice of the United States in the Revolutionary war,, - That he the said Nathan Batten en- -listed in the town of Hopkinton in the State of Rhode Island by a class and came on with one Stewart an early Sergeant to West Point in the State of New York and from thence to some new Kets about 16 Miles east of West Point and joined the company commanded by Captain Cole of the Infantry in the Regiment commanded by Col Christopher Greene thereby in the month of April 1781 That he the said Nathan Batten enlisted for three years - That he continued to serve in the same Regiment but not in the same com- -pany from April 1781 untill the winter of 1783 the day before Christmas when he was discharged from service at Saratoga

in the State of New York - That the said Regiment in which the said Nathan Britton served was generally called the Rhode Island Regiment - That he received an Honorable discharge signed by Lieutenant Col Jerry Oney but that the same is lost - That he was in skirmish with the Refugees at Kingsbridge in the State of New York and was at the taking of Lord Cornwallis at York Town in Virginia in 1781 - That he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for such part; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services Nathan Britton Known to me and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
John Blake one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Orange County
I John Blake one of the Judges as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Nathan Britton did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, and now transmits the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of War, here - sent to the directions of the aforesaid act of congress
Dated April 21-1818
John Blake one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Orange County

State of New York or an go county ss I David M Westcott clerk of the court of common pleas in and for or an go county in the State of New York Do hereby certify that John Blake at the date of the annexed deposition and certificate was one of the judges of the said court of common pleas in and for or an go county and that the signatures thereto are the proper handwriting of the said John Blake. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said court at Goshen the 23 d day of April 1818
D M Westcott
I John Blake I do as aforesaid do hereby further certify that the said Nathan Buttan who makes this application for a pension is in pecuniary and destitute circumstances in life and that he now stands in need of the assistance of his country for support John Blake

State of New York
Sullivan District
orange county ss on this 5 th day of September 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of Record for said county, Nathan Batten aged Sixty years resident in the Town of Montgom- ery in said county who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows that he enlisted as a volunteer in the Town of Hopkin- -ton; county of Washington and State of Rhode -Island in the year 1781 for three years in the com- -pany commanded by Captain Joseph Coles in the Regiment commanded by Col Christopher Green in the Rhode Island Line, there he continued to serve till 1783 in December when he was dis- -charged at Saratoga in the State of New York. That his original discharge was made on the 21 st day of April 1818 and the number of his pension certificate is 17,398 - and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner or mode 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 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, con- -tracts or debts due to me nor have I any in common other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me sub- -scribed. That I am by occupation a cooper

and from age and infirmity occasioned by Rheumatism in my left knee and hip am unable to do much labour, and that I have no family to provide for or who provide for me except myself.  I now to subscribe this 5th day of Sept. 1820 in Open Court Jas M c Clintock Dep. Clk  Nathan Brutton
I James W Wilkin clerk of the court of common pleas in and for Orange county do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and annexed inventory are truly copied from the Record of 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 of the test in the aforesaid schedule is Seven Dollars and twenty five cents.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this fifteenth day of September 1820.  Jas W. Wilkin Clerk by Jas M c Clintock Dep. Clk
  1 Smoothing Plane 8.75   2 Drawing Knives 2.00   1 adz 1.00   1 Pair work haps .50   1 Darning counter .50   5 Iron Hooks .62 1/2   7 Trep Hooks .87 1/2   1 Board ax 1.00   7.25 
sent to J. M c Clintock Oct 10 1820 Nathan Brutton
Nathan Brutton 17398 Oct 10 1820

45 313
Rev INVALID.
File No. 45-313
Nathan Button
Pri, Rev, War.
Act: 18 March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 70
[Arrangement of 1870.]

It appears by the Regimental Book, that Nathan Patton, now residing in Orange County - State of New York, on the fourteenth day of February 1781 enlisted into the Service of the United States a Private Soldier to serve for the term of three years; — That he did serve in the Regiment successfully commanded by Colonel Christopher Greene and Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Jeremiah Olney, in the Rhode Island Line, on the Continental Establishment, from the time of his enlistment aforesaid until the twenty fifth day of December 1783, when he was honorably discharged from said Regiment at Saratoga in said State of New-York. —
Wm Dexter ss Major of said Reg t at the end of the War. —
Providence January 11 th 1820. —

I William Tannen of Hopkinton in the County of Washington & State of Rhode Island do testify & say that I was formerly acquainted with one Nathan Buttan formerly of s d Hop- kinton that in the early part of the Revolution his Parents were Residents of s d Hopkinton When they both died with the Small Pox near the same time & at the time of their death s d Nathan was a Minor & my Father -
Abel Tannen Esq r who was then living & an Inhabitant of s d Hopkinton was appo- inted Guardian to s d Nathan that s d Nathan came to my Father's to live When he made it his home until after he be- came of age I well recollect he enlisted - as a soldier I understood for three years I think he went away in the - year 1781 & that after the expiration of s d War he returned back to my Father's House When he made it his home as usual & that I saw his discharge - Several times & further saith not
January 4 th A 1820 --
William Tannen
Washington ss. At Hopkinton in the State of Rhode Island on the 4th Day of January A 1820 Personally appeared the above Subscribed William Tannen and gave solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition before Samuel Peckham Judge of the C. C. Pleas for said County

I Samuel Button of Hopkinton in the County of Washington & State of Rhode Island do hereby do say that I was formerly acquainted with one Nathan Button formerly of s d Hopkinton & in the year 1781 when I was myself a Soldier & belonged to the Connecticut line I saw him at the place called White Plains in the State of New York that he was then a soldier in the Rhode Island Regiment & that I saw him several times that he remained a Soldier in s d Regiment until that Regiment left the Station & marched to the Southward I saw him no more until after the close of the war when we both returned home to s d Hopkinton & further saith not January 4 th 1820 Samuel Button
Washington ss at Hopkinton State of Rhode Island January the 4 th 1820 Personally appeared the above Subscribed Samuel Button and gave solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition before Samuel Duxham Judge of the C. C. Pleas for said County

Nathan Buttons Deportment assessments for a Pension
Admitted 5 June 1820

I, Perry Edwards of Hopkinton in the County of Washington & State of Rhode Island do Testify & Say that I was formerly acquainted with one Nathan Butten formerly of s d Hopkinton that I was my self a Soldier in the Revolutionary War in the Rhode Island Regiment & under the continental establishment & in the year 1781 when s d Regiment was commanded by Col. Christopher Greene & was stationed in the State of New York at a place called the Rhode Island Village s d Butten joined s d Regiment I think in the month of April being enlisted for three years & that he remained a Soldier in s d Service until the year 1783 in July at which time I was discharged from s d Service & left him then a Soldier & that Col. Jeremiah Olney had the Command of s d Regiment at the time of my discharge & further saith not January 4 th A D 1820 Perry Edwards
Washington ss { at Hopkinton State of Rhode Island on the 4 th Day of January A D 1820 Personally appeared the above Subscriber Perry Edwards and gave Sallom oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition before Samuel Packham Judge of the C. C. Pleas for said County of Washington