Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17269, Nathan Beers, Conn. Conninental

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
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Bears, Nathan
N. 17269
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Mary
{ B.L.Wt. 147-200-Subst. Issued Oct. 6. 1789. No papers
CONTENTS

Connecticut 32.054
Reported to Agent, see letter
Nathan Beers
of New Haven in the State of Connecticut who was a Lieutenant & Paymaster } in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the regt. commanded by Col. Webb in the Connecticut line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 600 Dollars _____ Cents per an to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831. Pensions under act May 15. 1828 since 4th March 1831, to be deducted.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15. day of July 1843 and sent to Pensions New Haven, Conn.
Arrears to the 14th of Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk. Book E. 2. Vol. 3. Page 6.

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Ape 26 } 55-
Mary Beers wid. Nathan Beers J. Paymast & Lieut.
Cont. Lois. }
Rev 9 avar
Rev 9 pensions Cunn July 22 - 4728
Res. Rec. 200 ac
WE #147-200.1776
Wilson H. Clark New Haven, Conn.
Resisted Sub W. H. Clark Dec 3 8/5-5-

4728.  Elophat  Connecticut Mary Beers widow of Nathan Beers who died on the 10th Feb. 1847 of New-Haven in the State of Conn. who was a 1st Sgt in the Compy commanded by Captain Musler of the Regt commanded by Col. Webb in the Conn. Revolution line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn. at the rate of 600 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 10th day of March, 1849. Feb.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of April, 1849, and sent to Hon. R. S. Baldwin,
U.S. Senator Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3rd }
Recorded by T. L. Rankin Clerk, Book C Vol. 1 Page 70

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the army of the Revolution" approved on the 15 th of May 1828 I Nathan Beers of the City & County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut do hereby declare that I was an Officer in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution and served as such to the end of the war at which period I was a Lieutenant & Paymaster in the 3 d Connecticut Regiment of the Continental line
I also declare that I afterwards received a Certificate commonly called a commutation certificate for a sum equal to the amount of Five years full pay; which sum was offered by the Resolve of Congress of the 23 d of March 1783. instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21 st of October 1780. —
And I do further declare, that I have received of the United States as a pensioner since the 3 d day of March 1826 Four hundred & Eighty Dollars paid to me by the agent for paying pensions in the State of Connecticut. —
Witness my hand this 13 th day of June in the year Eighteen hundred Twenty eight Nathan Beers
Before me Eneas Monson a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut Personally appeared this day Henry R. Pynchon and Amos Young in & for — of the

Said County who did solemnly make oath that Nathan Peers by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed & believed to have been an officer in the army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated. — Witness my hand this 13 th day of June in the year 1828. — Ebenezer Monson Jus ice
I Mr Beach Clerk of the Court of the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut do hereby Certify that Ebenezer Monson Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the peace in & for said County of New Haven and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 13 th day of June in the year 1828.
J. M c Beach Clerk of s d Court

To James L Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions; Sir
Having been heretofore placed on the Pension List of the United States, for services rendered during the Revolutionary war, as a Lieutenant, in Col. S t . B. Webb's Regiment in the Connecticut line of the Continental army, by virtue of the act of Congress passed May 15 th 1828; & having been the Paymaster of that Regiment, for more than six years & until the close of the war; & having during that period, faithfully performed the duties of that office, I conceive myself entitled, under the act of June 7 th 1832, to a larger Pension than I have heretofore received: and in the full confidence that I am thus entitled, I return herewith enclosed, my former Pension certificate, accompanied with proof of my service in the capacity of Paymaster as aforesaid & request the additional allowance, together with the arrears of Pension, according to the provisions of the act of June 1832.
I am now Ninety years of age, & reside in New Haven in the State of Connecticut, where I have resided ever since the close of the revolutionary war.
very respectfully your ob d Serv t
New Haven June 10 th 1843.
Nathan Beach

"One thousand seven hundred and eighty-one" "May" "Twenty-Sixth, Lieut Nathan Beers and Mary Phelps."
I Leonard Bacon, Pastor of the First Church in New Haven certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the "Re- cord of Marriages" kept in the hand- writing of the Rev. Chauncy Whittelsey formerly Pastor of said Church, which Record is now in my possession, with the exception of the date, which is ex- pressed on the Record in fair legible figures, as follows - 1781 May - 26 Leonard Bacon.
I, Leonard Bacon, above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Pastor of the First Church in New Haven, County of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Church, with the exception above named as certified by me.
Leonard Bacon
Personally appeared Rev. Leonard Bacon the signer of the foregoing declaration and affidavit.

and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me at the City of New Haven this sixteenth day of February 1849.
E. R. Foster Judge Probate Court for the District of New Haven.

State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } New Haven Probate District, } to wit,
On this sixteenth day of February, A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred & Forty Nine, personally appeared before me, Eliza N. Foster, Judge of Probate for the District of New Haven in the State Connecticut, Mary Beers, a resident of the City & County of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, aged Eighty six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1826: That she is the widow of Nathan Beers, who was a Lieutenant and Paymaster, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Sam l B. Webb, of the Connecticut line of the Continental Army, during the War of the Revolution; and that the said Nathan Beers, her husband, was a pensioner, and previous to his death in the receipt of a pension of Six Hundred dollars per annum.
(see Pension Records "Book G. 2. Vol. 3. Page 6.") She further declares that she was married to the said Nathan Beers, on the twenty fifth day of May, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one; that her husband, the said Nathan Beers, died on the tenth day of February, in the year eighteen hundred and forty

None; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. Mary Beers
Sworn to and subscribed; on the day and year above written, before me E. Foster Judge Probate Court for the District of New Haven
I certify that Mary Beers, the applicant who makes the above declaration, cannot, from bodily infirmity, appear in court to make her declaration. The words (See Probate Records "Book E. 2. Vol. 3. Page 6.") were interlined before the signing of the foregoing declaration. E. Foster

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BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Mrs. Mary Beers Widow of Nathan Beers
War of the Revolution
PRESENTED BY
WILSON H. CLARK,
Attorney, New Haven, Ct.
J. H. Benham's Steam Press, 55 Orange Street, New Haven.

Bounty Land Claim.
State of Connecticut } ss. County of New Haven }
On this twentyfourth day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mary Beers aged 72 , March 18/35 , a resident of New Haven in the State of Connecticut who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Nathan Beers deceased, who was a Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Captain  and Paymaster in the Revolutionary Regiment of War- commanded by That she is a pensioner of the the United States , under the act of July 4, 1836 (3d Section) at the rate of Six hundred dollars a year, payable at the Hartford County Court and to  the said husband that the original certificate bears date April 9, 1849  on or about the day of A. D., 1849 for the term of
and was at on the  day of  Nathan Beers in New Haven She further states that she was married to the said Nathan Beers on the 26 th day of May A. D., 1781 by one Mary Phelps a Cong. Congregational and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Phelps that her said husband died at New Haven on the 10 th day of February A. D., 1849 and that she is a widow at the date of executing this her declaration, and having obtained a Bounty Land warrant under act of  for the purpose of which she has legally transferred and disposed of, and not within her power to return, she refers to said declaration for evidence of her husband's service, and her marriage, &c.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under act approved March 3, 1855. She also declares that she has never received nor applied for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress, except as above stated in this case .
Mary Beers
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written; and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in said claim, and that her certificate upon which she receives her pension is in her possession and that the above statements from it are true Wilson H. Clark Notary Public
AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES.
STATE OF Connecticut } ss. COUNTY OF New Haven }
On this Twentyfourth day of April A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me, a Notary Public within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mary A. Reddy and Christiana H. Barker , residents of the State of Connecticut and County of New Haven who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally and well acquainted with Mrs. Mary Beers who saw her sign her name (or make her mark) to the foregoing declaration, that they know her to be the identical person therein represented, and that she is now a widow; and they swear they are disinterested witnesses.
State of Connecticut County of New Haven
Mary A. Reddy
Christiana H. Barker
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I hereby certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim Wilson H. Clark Notary Public

Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these presents, That I,
of the County of
and State of
and the widow of
deceased, who was a soldier in the service of the United States, do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land certificate, or warrant, due me by virtue of my deceased husband's service in the United States, under existing Laws granting Bounty Lands to the officers and soldiers, or their widows and minor heirs, for services rendered in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, an attorney or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do, or cause to be done, in and about the premises, as much so as if present myself.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this
day of
, in the year one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-
Acknowledged and subscribed before me a and State of
this
in and for the county of
day of
, 185

Nathan Beers
15.037
March 1020
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At a City Court, held in and for the City of New Haven , in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 10 th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, Nathan Biers a resident in the town of City of New Haven in the County of New Haven in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made oath that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income
and property, necessary cloathing and bedding excepted, viz.     11 Chairs 50 c 5 50 Amount bro't up 45. 50   1 Table 1 50 2 Funnels 12 3/4   2 Pitchers 17 Cellar Furniture Eder &c 25 "   7 Plates 28 1 Letter rack 8 3/4   9 Cups & Saucers 50 Table Linen &c 10 "   1 pr Salts 12 1/2 1 Old Saw 40   Wool Carpet 50 6 Bush Corn - 50 c 3 "   1 do small do 25 7 do Rye - 50 c 3. 50   1 Table 1 " 1 Pitchfork Drying fork, Rake &c 2 "   1 Stand 50 Hoe, Spade & Water pot 5 "   12 Chairs 50 c 6 " 1 Brass Kettle 10 "   1 pr Decanters 50 1 pr Iron Old Hay 8. 48   1 do Small 25 106 lb Cheese - 8 5 "   1 Fish Dinn 12 1/2 2 Small Pigs 3. 50   1 Tea Pot 25 8 Silver Tea Spoons 1. 75   1 pr doz Knives & Forks 50 1 Beadle 3 "   5 Table Spoons Silver 7 " 1 Wheel barrow 1 "   8 Wine Glasses 25 1 Wood Saw 1. 75   1 Lot Crockery 1 " 1 Iron tooth Rake 1. 75   Newton & Son ware 1. 75 1 Crow bar 5 "   Kitchen Furniture 6 " 1 Lead Wood 4 "   1 Chest Handbasket 1. 25 40 bush Coal - 10 c 50   1 Looking Glass 2 " 1 Ax 1. 75   1 Old Chest Drawers 1. 25 1 Old Scyth Snath   3 Chairs - 25 75   1 Looking Glass 2 "   1 Wash Stand 1 "   1 Pitcher & Bowl 30   1 Old Copper Kettle 50   2 Baskets 50   Scales & Weights 2 "   amt carried up. $45. 50  
(Signed)
$138. 09
Nathan Biers

District and State of Connecticut, ss.
Be it Remembered, That in the City Court, held in and for the City — of New Haven , in the District and State aforesaid, on this 10th day of July , 182 0 , the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, Nathan Bliss — aged Sixty Seven years, resident in the Town & City of New Haven in the County of New Haven in said State, and being duly Sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: That he entered the Service as a Lieutenant in the third Connecticut regiment, commanded by Col Samuel B Webb, on the 23 rd of March 1777 & continued to serve in the same Regiment, as Lieutenant most of the time as pay master, till the close of the War in 1783
that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a pension, under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818, was dated the 23 day of March 1818; that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the list of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 15837 And I do further 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation has all lately been that of a merchant, but am now out of business & employment, that my whole property both real & personal was on the 7 th of April last conveyed & delivered over to assignees for the benefit of my and that I have  family residing with me creditors, excepting the few necessaries, contained in the foregoing schedule & the whole will fall considerably short of satisfying the just claims of my creditors & through the infirmity of old age I am able to do but little for the support of myself & family & that I have a family residing with me consisting of a wife aged 57, Isaac Bliss my son aged 28 who boards with me & is able to support himself, Eliza my daughter aged 21, Leah my daughter aged 14, both dependent on me, I have also another son Element aged 16 who is at a trade & dependent on me for the chief expense of his clothing all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
Nathan Bliss
Sworn to, and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule, is One Hundred Thirty Eight Dollars and Nine Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court.
Attest Roger S. Skinner Clk

District of Connecticut, ss.
I, Roger S. Skinner Clerk of the City Court in and for the City of New Haven in the State and District of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount, in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is One hundred thirty eight Dollars and nine Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court on this 20 th day of July 18 20 .
Attest Roger S. Skinner Clk
I, Elizur Goodrich presiding Judge of the City Court in and for the City of New Haven in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Roger S. Skinner is Clerk of said Court, and keeper of the Seal and Records thereof; and that the preceding Certificate, under his hand, and the Seal of said Court, is authentic, and in due form of Law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in New Haven City this 20 th day of July 18 20 .
Elizur Goodrich

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17269
Mary Beers
Widow of
Nathan Beers
St. Louis, Mo.
Act July 4, 1836
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 52
[Arrangement of 1870.]

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
To Nathan Beer, Gent. Whereas We, Reposing special trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct, and Fidelity, Do by these presents constitute and appoint you to be a Lieutenant in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Webb in the Army of the United States to take rank as such from the 23. day of March, 1777. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of things therein belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your command, to be obedient to your orders as a Lieutenant. And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time, as you shall receive from this, or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your Superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress before mentioned, or a Committee of the States.
Entered in the War Office and examined by the Board
Attest
John D. Dyer Secretary of the Board of War
Witness our Secretary Samuel Huntington Esquire President of the Congress of the United States of America, at Philadelphia the tenth day of July, Anno Domini 1780 and in the fifth year of our Independence. Samuel Huntington President

Nathan Beers's Parchment Pension Certificate

Nathan Perr. Leon. act 7 June 1832 $1000.00 per an
To what time was he last paid?
66 A
Pension Office April 5 1849
Paid to 11 th Sept 1848.
W. B.

39.121 Incident file
1931
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]
1931
William B. ...

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the Act entitled, "An Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15 May, 1828.
Pay Certificate of
Nathan Beers
I Certify that Nathan Beers — of New Haven in the County of — — — in the State of Connecticut is entitled to receive pay under the above mentioned Act, as a surviving Lieut. of Infantry — in the Connecticut Line of the Army of the Revolution, at the rate of Twenty six dollars and sixty six  2 / 3 cents a month, payable during his life on the third day of March, and third day of September, in each year.
It is provided by law that the said pay, shall not in any way be transferable, or liable to attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Treasury of the United States, this third _____ day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine, and of Independence, the fifty fourth.
T D Ingham Secretary of the Treasury
Eng. by Thos. Webb

15,037 Connecticut.
Nathan Bairs,
New-Haven, in the state of Connect. who was a lieutenant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sam d B. Webb , of the Connect. line, for the term of six years .
Inscribed on the roll of Connecticut , at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 23. of March, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18. of Nov r 1819, and sent to Will m Bristol , judge, New-Haven, Connec t .
years to 4th of Sept: 1819. -- $: 348.47. mi-anl. all'ce ending 4. March,  120 - 1820. 17 mo. \frac{9}{31} } $: 468.47. 8 4/30 ... }
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
See letter to Penpion June 6. 1843 - do. to same June 13. 1843 - pensioned under act 1832 in July 1843 -
Information sent Oct 6. 1820 to Reg d Clerk N. H. Bairs

Act 1828 Settled at Treasury
Cours with General file
# 39.191

Honorable Richard Rush
New Haven 13 June 1822
Sir
I enclose the Papers necessary to Substantiate my Claim to the Grant of Congress including my Commission of Captain by brevet
I am very respectfully
Your Ob t Servant
Nathan Beers

Commission in favor of Nathan Beers as Lieut: in Colonel Wells Reg t to rank from 3 rd March 1777 & dated 23 rd 1778. —
Brevet Captain per act 30 th Sept r 1783. —

July 15 '43 Cinc.
Nathan Beers, Lieut. & Paymaster Webb's regt. Conn. Line (died at Pensylvania under act May 15. 1828) Sent cut: to Pension Office $500 per an
W. H. H. H. H. G.

New Haven, July 13. 1843.
J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Sir, By mail of the 10 th ult. I forwarded to your direction my pension certificate, with papers to substantiate my claim to an increased pension. You will relieve me from a degree of solicitude by informing me whether the package was duly received; and, if so, you will have the goodness to communicate your decision in regard to the claim as early as may be convenient.
Most respectfully
Yr ob t serv t
Nathan Beers

June 6. 1843
Cum
Nathaniel Beer Cl. U.S.
Essex
Edward Eng. Petition Office Washington D.C.

New Haven, Ct. June 3, 1843.
J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Sir, I am at present on the pension list as a Lieutenant in the Continental Line of the army of the Revolution; but performed to the close of the war the additional service of paymaster and clothier, for which I received pay accordingly.
You will have the goodness to inform me whether such additional service does not entitle a pensioner to "the amount of his full pay", instead of simply the pay of a Lieutenant, which I have hitherto received. I submit this inquiry in order to learn the construction which the Laws have received, before making the declaration and proofs which may be required in regard to the aforesaid additional service.
Most respectfully
Yr. ob t servant
Nathan Beers

7299 Mary Peers widow of Nathan Peers Lieut. & Paymaster in Rev. war. On 14 July 1836 Munro 1781 Instated and 10 July 49 Adm. $100. per mo 10 July 1849
Hon. R. S. Baldwin U.S. Senator

State of Connecticut } New Haven County } ss New Haven
I, Alfred H. Terry Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of New Haven in New Haven County and State of Connecticut, hereby certify that Eleazer H. Foster Esq whose name is appended to the foregoing certificates, is sole and presiding Judge of said Court of Probate for the District of New Haven that the signatures to the said certificates are his genuine official signatures; and that said Court of Probate is a court of record.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 16 th day of February A.D. 1849.
Alfred H. Terry Clerk.

I, Simeon Baldwin, formerly Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut, of the City and County of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, now Eighty seven years of age, being duly sworn, depose and say, that, from about the time of the Revolutionary war I have known Nathan Rees, who was a lieutenant and paymaster in the Revolutionary army, and for years previous to his death a pensioner. And I further say that about the time of the Revolutionary war I knew Mary Rees, then the wife of said Nathan, and who has been, since the death of said Nathan and is now, a widow.
and further deponent saith not.
Simeon Baldwin
Personally appeared Simeon Baldwin, signer of the foregoing affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me at the City of New Haven this 16 th day of February 1849
Ebenezer Dyer Probate Court for the District of New Haven.

I Charles Hooker, physician, of the City and County of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, being duly sworn, depose and say, that for a period of more than thirty years I have known Nathan Rees, formerly a lieutenant and paymaster in the revolutionary army, and at the time of his death a pensioner; and that said Nathan Rees died on the tenth day of February, in the year eighteen hundred & thirty nine. And I further say that I have for more than thirty years known Mary Rees, the wife of said Nathan; and that she has been, since the death of said Nathan, and is now, a widow. And further deponent saith not.
Chas. Hooker, M.D.
Personally appeared Charles Hooker signer of the foregoing affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me this 16 th day of February 1849 at the City of New Haven. Ezekiel Litch Probate Court for the District of New Haven.

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NEW HAVEN, CONN., April 24 , 1855.
SIR :
Enclosed please find application of Mary Wid. of Nathaniel Burs. for Bounty Land, under act of Congress of
March 3d, 1855.
Yours most Respectfully,
WILSON H. CLARK.
To HON. L. P. WALDO, Commissioner of Pensions, WASHINGTON, D. C.

Nathan Dyer 2 d Lieut Declaration of New Haven, Conn t 23 March 1818. S. B.
Col. Webb Conn t Reg t Roll.
1777 - "to close the war"
23 March 1818.
"Wm Bristol, Esq. New Haven, Conn t "
Admitted -

State of Connecticut
I Nathan Burs of New Haven in the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut - do declare under oath that I served my country for several years in the war of the revolution as a commissioned officer on the continental established - That I entered the service in March AD 1777 & received a commission as Second Lieutenant in the Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel B Noble of the Connecticut line in the Army of the United States, that I continued in the service as a Lieutenant in the same Regiment till the close of the war in the year 1783 & was then Honorably discharged - I therefore request that I may be placed on the Pension List of the United States according to the pro- visions of the act of the Congress of the

United States, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war - New Haven March 23 d . 1818.
Sworn to before me the day & year aforesaid
Nathan Beers
Simson Baldwin a judge of the Sup r Court.
To the Hon. the Secretary for the Department of War I Simson Baldwin a judge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut, do certify that it appears to my full satisfaction, that the above named Nathan Beers, did serve in the revolutionary war as he has stated in the preceding declaration by him subscribed & sworn to in my presence & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony in his case taken & had before me, pursuant to the directions of said act. - New Haven March 23 d . 1818.
Simson Baldwin
State of Connecticut ss
On this tenth day of Nov r . AD 1819 before me William Bristol one of the Judges of the Superior Court of said State, personally appeared Nathan Beers the above named applicant & in addition to his above declaration made for the oath, that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Wm Bristol a Judge of said Court

State of Connecticut ss
Be it remembered, (the original Declaration above set forth having been filed before the Hon Simon Baldwin then one of the Judges of the Superior Court on the 23 rd day of March A D 1818) that on this 16 th day of November A D 1819 - the said Nathan Beers filed before me the Supplementary Declaration hereto prefixed and in addition to the certificate of Judge Baldwin. I further certify that said Nathan Beers is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for Support -
Yours Just as a Judge of the Superior Court,
New Haven March 23. 1818.
Nathan Beers

State of Connecticut New Haven County } ss
New Haven Nov. 10. 1819
I Dyer White, Clerk of the Superior Court of the State for said County & keeper of the Seal thereof do certify that name Lincoln Baldwin subscribed to two of the foregoing certificates, is known to me to be the proper hand writing & signature of Lincoln Baldwin who on the 23 d day of Mar 1818 was a Judge of said Court, & that the name William Bristol subscribed to the other certificate is also known to me to be the signature & proper hand writing of said Bristol who is now one of the Judges of said Court.
(Dyer White)

14 No of orig Pay 144.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
5 July 1828.
Nathan Beers _____ of the City and _____ in the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut - has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war,
at which period he was a Lieutenant in the Third regiment of the Connecticut . line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the re- solve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, the sum of four hundred and eighty dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of Connecticut .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. D.kins.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
July 7. 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Nathan Beers at _____ in the Connecticut line, amounting to sixteen hundred dollars.
It further appears that Nathan Beers _____ is now on the pension list of the Connecticut _____ agency, and has been since the 3d March 1826 . at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month.
John H. Agn. And
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7 th June 1832, Nathan Beers, of Connecticut, who was a Lieutenant and Paymaster in the Revolution, is entitled to receive Six Hundred Dollars per annum, commencing on the fourth of March eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and payable semi-annually on the 4 th of March and 4 th of September. This person was a Pensioner under the act of the 15 th May 1828, at the rate of $26:66 2 / 3 per month, from which roll his name is to be dropped, and the amount which has been paid under the last named act since the 4 th March 1831 to be deducted
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 15 th day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty-three.
Secretary of War.
Examined and ? Countersigned. S
Commissioner of Pensions.

I know all men by their fruits that I Eneas Munson of New Haven in the State of Connec t , of Lawful age, testify and say, I am well acquainted with Nathan Burs of New Haven and have been acquainted with him for Sixty Years or more, that the s d Burs was my nearest Neighbor in early life, and we served in the same Regiment on West Point (Viz) S t B Wilkes Regiment, and were Mess Mates in the same Barracks for more than One year, I was acting as assistant Surgeon in s d Regiment, and the s d Nathan Burs was Lieutenant and Pay Master in said Regiment. and the s d Burs I know continued as Pay Master to s d Regiment till the close of the war, and I further know that he was pay master more than four years for Reg t and I received from him the Balance of wages due to me for services as Assistant Surgeon in said Regiment, and further the deponent saith not, given under my hand in New Haven this 9 th day of May Domini 1843
Eneas Munson
New Haven County s. New Haven June 10 th 1843. Personally appeared before Eneas Mun- son signer of the foregoing instrument made solemn oath to the truth of the same and I certify that said Eneas Munson is a credible witness and a respectable person -
R. F. Minman Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut New Haven County ss.
I Simson Baldwin of New Haven in said county being now eighty one years of age, & formerly a Judge of the Superior Court of said State, on oath depose that I have known & been well acquainted with Capt. Nathan Bees of New Haven, more than Fifty years & that I knew him well when a Lieutenant in Col. Webb's Regiment in the revolutionary war, & that he continued in service 'till the close of the war.
I further depose that when application was made to me, as a Judge of the Superior Court, to take the Declarations of persons claiming Pensions, frequent resort was had to the rolls of that Regiment, in the hands of Mr Bees as the Paymaster, relative to the service of the claimants.
I never knew the fact questioned, that he was the Paymaster of that Regiment. I know he acted as such & fully believe he was so.
Simson Baldwin
New Haven County ss. New Haven June 10 th 1843
Personally appeared before me Simson Baldwin Esqum, signer of the above and made solemn oath to the truth of the same, And I certify that said Simson Baldwin is a credible Witness, and a respectable person.
R. F. Minor Justice of Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
County of New Haven,
COUNTY COURT, CLERK'S OFFICE.
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THAT,
I, Robert H. Osborne Esq., Clerk of the County Court, within and for the County of New Haven, and keeper of the seal thereof, and of the Commission of the Justices of Peace for said County, hereby CERTIFY:—
De Witt Cline Esquire was on the 10 th day of June
1843 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, with power by the laws of this State, to administer OATHS, and take the acknowledgment of DEEDS and other instruments; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signatures to this instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, are  is his genuine official signatures,
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and seal of the said Court this 10 th day of June 1843
Robt. H. Osborne Clerk.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Beers, Peleg GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 3698 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 20, 1789 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.