Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42085, Nathaniel Bettis, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bettes, Nathaniel or Bettes
S. 42085
CONTENTS

(2939) / Dec 2 Jan 13 1880 Ohio Roll.
✓ Nathaniel Bellis Capt Allen Insign 4 Massachusetts line 79 1 year In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 d of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th of September 1818 and sent to Samuel King Esq. Judge Stowe Portage Co Ohio.
rears to 4th of Sept 1818. 4 m 14 1/3 p 89 28 semi-ann. all'ee ending 4 th March 1819 120.
$ 209-28
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
1889 Oct 11 H. J. Fowler - that pension is paid to date of death & he was not entitled to Land or commutation having been discharged at his request from further service April 13. 1780
Discord
May 31. 1821 and sent to L. Day.
Ravenna
Ohio

W. J. G. 5 W. J. G. 5 W. J. G. 5
Nigglesworth
Imp. reg.
Correct except the judges certificate

State of Ohio } Portage County }
To the Honorable J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War
(L.S.)
Personally came Nathaniel Bettes before me Samuel King Jr one of the Associate Judges in and for the County Aforesaid — And made solemn oath that he that he enlisted in the service of the U. S. in the summer of A.D. 1776 in Capt. Isaac Allens Company Colonel Edward Wigglesworths Regiment in the Massachusetts Line & received a Sergeants Warrants and continued in said Company until the 10 th day of April 1779 at which time he received an Ensigns Commission and served as such until the 15 th of April A.D. 1780 and then received his Discharge which was endorsed on his said Commission This Deponents further states that he is in need of Assistance from his Country for support
Nathaniel Bettes
Sworn and subscribed to this 22 nd day of April A.D. 1818 before me at Shaw
Samuel King Jr Associate Judge
I Samuel King Jr one of the Associate Judges in & for the County of Portage do hereby certify that I have taken particular pains to inform myself respecting the circumstances of Nathaniel Bettes and am well satisfied that he is in indigent circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his Country for support
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Shaw this 5 th day of August A. D. 1818
Sam l King Jr Associate Judge

The State of Ohio Portage County ss I Seth Day Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Portage do hereby certify and make known that Samuel King's Subpœna before whom the within deposition appears to have been taken and subscribed was at the time of taking the same and now is an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County duly commissioned and sworn and to all whose official acts full faith and credit are due and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal at Ravenna this twenty fifth day of April Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
Seth Day Clerk

The State of Ohio Portage County } ss
Be it remembered that at a Term of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Portage Specially holden at the Court
house in the Town of Ravenna within and for the County of Portage and State of Ohio before Elias Harmon, Oliver Day and Augustus Baldwin, Esquires Associate Judges of said County holding said Court, being a Court of Record for said County especially constituted by Law, proceeding according to the course of Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a Record of their Proceedings, and having the Power of Fine and Imprisonment; on this seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, personally appeared Nathaniel Wettes aged seventy two years Resident in Tallmadge 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 was one of those men called Minute Men and went to Roxbury, immediately after the first action at Lexington in April one thousand seven hundred and seventy five, under Capt. Dole, Col. Fellows Regt, so called but not then properly organized, and that he was one who was under General Arnold, at Quebec and suffered everything but Death through the Winter, and that the next Spring returned from that unfriendly Coun- try under the command of Gen. Thomas, was very sick and disabled, to come home, sometime in the summer of seventeen hundred and seventy six enlisted into Capt. Hook Allen's Company Col. Wigglesworth Regt. for three years and remained in the Recruiting Service until Spring seventeen hundred and and seventy seven and joined Regt. at West Point went up the Hudson River to meet and attack Burgoyne and was in both Actions with him and slightly wounded in his knee, went down the River and went to Winter Quarters at Valley Forge suffered very much by nakedness and want of Provision In the Spring of seventeen hundred and seventy eight marched from Valley Forge to Monmouth where he was in an Engagement and wounded by the burst of his Gun

The State of Ohio Portage County ss
I Sime Day Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records 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 after deducting the debts due and owing by the said Nathaniel Bates is forty dollars and fifty cents.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Ravenna this tenth day of August Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Sime Day Clerk.
Nathaniel Bates, go
2,939.
Chase
Decemb. 24 th 1840
72 yr old
young family
what he owes is
the same
he is entitled
Jan - for M c
Marion July 31. 1821
of Sime J. Day
Ravenna
Ohio

which spoiled his left hand, was in an Engagement with the Hessians at Rhode Island and three Times came to the Bayonette point and rec. two wounds in his thigh returned to West Point did common Duty part of the Time and part of the Time did Adjutants Duty under John Porter Maj r Com d , Edward Wigglesworth's Regt. or Battalion from Massachusetts where he resigned his Commission as Ensign which was dated April tenth seventeen hundred and seventy nine and was discharged April tenth seventeen hundred and eighty
That this Declarant has heretofore to wit on the twenty second day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen under the Provisions of the Act of Congress of the eighteenth of March eighteen hundred and eighteen made Declaration of his said Services before Samuel King Esquire who was then one of the Associate Judges of said County and in pursuance whereof he has been inscribed on the Pension List of the United States as by his Pension Certificate Number two thousand nine hundred and thirty Nine now in his possession will appear.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States on the 16 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that Time by Gift, sale, or in any other 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 the 16 th 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 This Declarant exhibits here in Court the following Inventory of his Estate
To wit

Nathaniel Bellis 90
2,939.
March 1817
Deed of gift 24 th Apr l 1818
72 yr old & young family — if what he owes is to be considered, he is entitled — if Say — for M c E
Deed of July 31. 1821 sent to S. Day Ravenna Ohio

The State of Ohio } Portage County }
Be it remembered that sit a Term of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Portage Specially holden at the Court
house in the Town of Ravenna within and for the County of Portage and State of Ohio before Elias Harmon, Oliver Day and Augustus Baldwin, Esquires Associate judges of said County holding said Court, being a Court of Record for said County especially constituted by Law, proceeding according to the course of Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a Record of their Proceedings, and having the Power of Fine and Imprisonment; on this seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, personally appeared Nathaniel Bettes aged seventy two years Resident in Tallmadge 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 was one of those men called Minute Men and went to Roxbury, immediately after the first action at Lexington in April one thousand seven hundred and seventy five, under Capt. Sole, Col. Fellows Regt, so called but not then properly Organized, and that he was one who was under General Arnold, at Quebec and suffered everything but Death through the Winter, and that the next Spring returned from that unfriendly Country under the command of Genl. Thomas, was very sick and discharged to come home, sometime in the summer of seventeen hundred and seventy six enlisted into Capt. Vosh Allens Company Col. Wigglesworth Regt. for three years and remained in the Recruiting Service until Spring seventeen hundred and and seventy seven and joined Regt. at West Point went up the Hudson River to meet and attack Burgoyne and was in both Actions with him and slightly wounded in his knee, went down the River and went to Winter Quarters at Valley Forge suffered very much by nakedness and want of Provision In the Spring of seventeen hundred and seventy eight marched from Valley Forge to Monmouth where he was in an Engagement and wounded by the burst of his gun

which spoiled his left hand, was in an Engagement with the Hessians at Rhode Island and three Times came to the Bayonette point and recd. two wounds in his thigh returned to West Point did common Duty part of the Time and part of the Time did Adjutants Duty under John Porter Maj r Com d , Edward Wigglesworth's Regt. or Battalion from Massachusetts where he resigned his Commission as Ensign which was dated April tenth seventeen hundred and seventy nine and was discharged April tenth seventeen hundred and eighty
That this Declarant has heretofore to wit on the twenty second day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen under the Provisions of the Act of Congress of the eighteenth of March eighteen hundred and eighteen made Declaration of his said Services before Samuel King Esquire who was then one of the Associate Judges of said County and in pursuance whereof he has been inscribed on the Pension List of the United States as by his Pension Certificate Number two thousand nine hundred and thirty nine now in his possession will appear.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States on the 16 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that Time by Gift, sale, or in any other 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 the 16 th 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 This Declarant exhibits here in Court the following Inventory of his Estate
So with

to wit / One hundred and fifty acres of third Rate Land in the Township of Tallmadge and County of Portage most entirely wild worth three Dollars p r acre 450, 00 Dollars One yoke of Oxen ————— 50, Three Cows ————— 40, Six Swine ————— 4 $546
The Declarant further states that he has a Family a feeble Wife one son aged thirteen years named Ives Bettes One Daughter Married Eliza Bettes sixteen years One other named Rhoda Bettes aged ten years Fidelia Bettes also aged eight years (Minors)
And the Declarant further states that himself is seventy two years of age and is considerably enfeebled by Wounds rec d in the Revolutionary War and afterwards by a fall from a high frame which very much impaired the human System and renders him quite unable to support his family by his Labour being a Farmer.
The Declarant further states under oath that the Debts which he is bound to pay are as follows (Viz.)
  Note to Asaph Whittrey —————  $66,    D o D o Arson Ashley —————  5.87    D o D o Walter Scalley —————  27.00    D o D o Andrew Deering —————  60.00    D o D o Edward Sumner —————  3.11    D o D o Martin Camp —————  30.01    D o D o Benjamin Gray —————  34.52    D o D o Charles W. Brown —————  21.60    D o D o J. W. Brown —————  80.00    D o D o J. C. Phelps —————  7.52    D o D o Sewel Leonard —————  18.00  
Other Obligations whose names are not mentioned amount to ————— 152.00 $505.50 Cts
Sworn to and subscribed in open court this 7 th day of August 3 (Nathaniel Bettes A.D. 1820. Day Clerk.

The State of Ohio Portage County ss
I Seth Day Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records 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 after deducting the debts due and owing by the said Nathaniel Bates is fifty dollars and fifty cents. — In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Ravenna this tenth day of August Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty —
Seth Day Clerk.

Affidavit to obtain possession of Officers commission as ensign with certificate of discharge-
Pension of Nathaniel Bettes--Revolutionary war-
The state of Indiana,
Lagrange County, ss.
Fidelia McMannus for erly Bettes, being first duly sworn deposes and says, that her maiden name was Fidelia Bettes and that she is the only surviving child of Nathaniel Bettes En- sign, in the Revolutionary War and the person refered to in the letter hereto attached-Said affiant is the eldest surviving line al decendant of said officer and soldier, and this affidavit is made for the purpose of obtaining from the pension department the papers refered to in said letter-
Affiants address is Lima- Lagrange county, state of Indiana,
Sworn to before me and signed
Fidelia Bettes Mc Mannus
in my presence by the said
affiant who is known to me to be the person she represents her- self to be-
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and official seal
this 9 th day of March 1896-
Geo D. Branning Justice of the Peace

May 15, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Nathaniel Bettes, S. 42085 BA-J/MCS
Mrs. Alberta H. Chamberlin 1155 Six Mile Road Detroit, Michigan
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Nathaniel Bettes who served in the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 42085, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Nathaniel Bettes or Bettis, the only soldier of that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Nathaniel Bettes or Bettis enlisted in Massachusetts in April, 1775, in Captain Soule's company in Colonel Fellows' Massachusetts regiment and served until the spring of 1776. He enlisted in the summer of 1776, served as sergeant and sergeant major in Captain Noah Allen's company in Colonel Edward Wigglesworth's Massachusetts regiment. He was commissioned ensign April 10, 1779, and served as such until April 10, or 15, 1780. He was in both battles of Stillwater in one of which he received a slight wound in the knee, he was wounded in the left hand when his gun burst during the battle of Monmouth and he received two wounds in the thigh during the battle of Rhode Island.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 22, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Portage County, Ohio.
In 1820 he was seventy-two years of age and was a resident of Tallmadge, Portage County, Ohio.
Nathaniel Bettes or Bettis died January 13, 1840.

In 1820 the soldier stated that he had a wife but did not give her name. She was not living in November, 1823, date of death not given.
In 1820 the soldier referred to the following children: Elvira, aged sixteen years; Ives, aged thirteen years, Rhoda, aged ten years; and Fidelia, aged eight years. In 1822 he stated that his daughters, Sally and Elvira, were married in that year. In 1896 Fidelia Bettes McManus of Lima, Indiana, stated that she was the only surviving child of the Revolutionary War soldier, Nathaniel Bettes, and in that year S. B. McManus of Lima, Indiana, referred to Mrs. Fidelia Bettes McManus as his mother.
In 1823 reference was made to Nathaniel Mills W. Bettes and Silas Bettes of Tallmadge, Ohio, relationship to the soldier not shown. In 1853 William H. Bettis of Columbiana County, Ohio, was referred to as the heir of the soldier, Nathaniel Bettis.
It is not the function of this office to trace lineage back to a Revolutionary War ancestor. By addressing the Registrar General of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Memorial Continental Hall, Washington, D.C., it is possible that you may obtain the name of a reputable genealogist.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

testy - Prior surrender Commission in (on evidence) 15, 1896
N. A. Northway N. of P.
Commission Mrs. Fidelia (see also) SWB Canada
1926. Feb. 21. hist. to Mrs. Dora Fagan 1929 Apr. 16 hist. to Claudia S. Phillips. M.C.S. 1936 May 15. hist. to Mrs. Alberta N. Chamberlin. M.C.S.
Died Jan 13. 1842
42 085
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 42, 085
Catharine O'Brien
Ensign Peter O'Brien
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: - Vol. 8, Page 84
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1891 Feb 3 F. Moore - has to do with to nearest of kin Jan Letter to Ho
Mar 27 96 returned to McManus Simna Ind

buying 100 acres of land for $300. Dated 14 May 1823. The deeds have been duly recorded & certified for within. Six formal affidavits are within, stating that the creditors of the applicant had recd from the sons to whom he had conveyed the real estate, certain sum of money due said creditors, and which money was so paid as the consideration for said land. The amt. so certified amounts to $377-36. exclusive of some interest, which is not expressed in the affidavits. 2 Cows given to his 2 daughters (1 to each) when they were married. 6 swine have been killed & consumed in his family. He has now 10 of oxen $40. 1 Cow $8. 1 Horse (now old) $5. 2 Sheep & 2 lambs $3. swine $3. Some articles of household furniture & farming utensils. The amt of last schedule $68.25
Restated 16 th April 16 th 1821 To S. Day Ravenna Iena Letter to Geo. Kirker 10 July 1840 " " Hm D R Tilden Feb 8-47 Hand 20 th Decr 1853.
4 March 1819 Ohio. Ohio 42 5 67 17 67 Nathaniel Bellis (Ensign) Aged 75 years infirm in consequence of wounds recd during the War of 1812. Wife full age not stated. 1 Son, 13 years, one other daughter 11 years old served from 1776 three years as a serg. was commissioned Lieut in 1779 and served one year as such when he was honorably discharged as for endorsement his commission filed within. Schedule dated 7 August 1820. schedule Acres of lands valued at. $450.00 1/2 of oxen " 50.00 1 Cow " 40.00 1 Horse " 6 Total amt $546.00 due to sundry persons money given to the amt $505.50
Application for restoration under act of March 1823 dated 14 May 1823. Real property none. Personal property amounts to $108.25. The accounts for the decrease of his property as follows. Copy of a deed in applicant to Silas Bellis dated May 1823 conveying part of interest $125. another deed to M M H
Application under Act Mar 1. 1823 Suspended See Letter to Seth Day Esq. June 30 1823 Wm. Shiles and inf. L. Smith con: p. 1

Correspondence relating to return of commission, etc - to nearest relative - Please leave in order
7
1936
Shubel Winchell Dispositions

Deposition of Shubael Winchell of Fallsmere, in the County of Portage & State of Ohio of lawful age testifieth and saith that Nathaniel Bettes of Fallsmere and County of Portage was indebted to him by Note for thirty one Dollars & eighty cents which Note was dated Oct 10 th 1822 and has since been taken up by Nathaniel Mills W. Bettes in behalf of the above named Nath l Bettes
State of Ohio Portage County ss
Shubel Winchell
I hereby certify that the above was known to and subscribed before me this 26 th day of October 1823 Samuel Cheney justice of the peace
Nathaniel Bettes, Ohio Pittsburgh role, act March 18 1828, at $20 per month.
Be pleased to say to what time he was last heard.
Remained Office 7 Died 15 th Jan. 1840 Feb 5. 1847. } Paid to death
(B. Bryan)

Know all Men by these Presents,
That I William H. Betti, heir of Nathaniel Betti, decd. of Columbiana county, Ohio AM Gangewer have constituted and appointed, and by these Presents do constitute and appoint, J. T. Mann , of the City of Washington, my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, with power of substitution, for me and in my name, place, and stead, to ask, and receive of and from the United States any Bounty Land, Pensions, Money or Moneys that now is or are due to me on account of services rendered, disbursements made, or expenses incurred by him while in the service of the United States, or on any other account whatsoever, and in my name to give receipts and other sufficient discharges for such Bounty Land, Pensions, Patents, and Money due as aforesaid, and to attend to and prosecute any and all business of whatever nature I may have with or before any of the Departments of the Government or Congress, and, generally, to do any and every other act or acts, that I myself might or could do, were I personally present at the doing thereof: hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever my said Attorney shall do in and about the premises by virtue hereof.
The words AM Gangewer interlined before signing
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and seal this Third day of August 1853 William H. Betti
Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the presence of } Two Witnesses.
Franklin Butler Daniel Walton Jr

The State of Ohio County of Columbiana } Ss. On this Third day of August 1853 personally appeared William H Bettis before me, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his own act and deed for the purposes therein contained, and certify that I believe the said W. H. Bettis to be an Heir of said Revolutionary Soldier Gen. B. Weaver. J. P.
State of Ohio County of Columbiana } Ss. I HEREBY CERTIFY, That George B. Weaver Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgment was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Common Pleas County Court, this 4 th day of August one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
Albert Armstrong Clerk.

THE STATE OF OHIO, }
Portage County, ss. }
I, SETH DAY, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in, and for the county of Portage, in the State of Ohio, do by these presents, certify and make known, that Asheer Gallett Jun; Saml. Chaney, & Almon Babcock Esquires , before whom the foregoing  were enclosed deposition by me examined & scaled up taken, and who have thereunto, in his own proper handwriting subscribed his
names was at the time of taking such Depositions and now is  are  Duties of  the  the  Deputy Clerk in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit is, and ought to be given, throughout the United States, and elsewhere.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court at Ravenna, in said county, this 15 th day of Nov. in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty three
Day Clerk.

Washburn Notes over to to Washburn Mills W. Boston Copy.

To all People to whom these presents shall come Greeting. Know Ye, that I Nathaniel Butts of Salt- marche in the county of Portage and state of Ohio for the Consideration of the sum of three hundred dollars recd to my full satisfaction of Nathaniel W. Butts of Saltmarche in Portage County & State of Ohio do give, grant, bargain, sell and confirm unto him the said Nathaniel W. Butts the following described tract of land situated in the Township of Saltmarche Portage County Ohio and is known by being a part of lot No. four in big lot No. five and is bounded as follows, west on Township line 47 chs south by small lot one in big lot nine east on lands now belonging to Nath. Mills W. Butts north by lot No. one and contains one hundred acres. Do have and to hold the above granted and bargained Premises with the appurtenances thereof unto him the said Nath. Mills W. Butts his heirs and assigns forever to his and their own proper use and behoof. And also I the said Nathaniel Butts do for myself & my heirs executors and administrators covenant with the said Nathaniel W. Butts his heirs and assigns that at and until the execution of these presents I am well seised of the premises as a good indefeasible estate in fee simple and have good right to bargain and sell the same in manner and form as is above written and that the same is free from all encumbrances whatsoever. And furthermore I the said Nathaniel Butts do by these Presents bind myself and my heirs forever to warrant & defend the above granted & bargained premises to him the said Nathaniel W. Butts his heirs and assigns against all lawful claims & demands whatsoever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the fifth day of March Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty three. Signed sealed and delivered in presence of Almon Babcock Nathaniel Butts
Thomas Heathman.
The State of Ohio Portage County ss. Personally appeared before me Thomas Heathman one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said county the within named Nathaniel Butts and who acknowledged the within deed of conveyance to be his voluntary act and deed.
Given under my hand and seal this 14 day of May 1823. Thomas Heathman S. Pease Recorded June 2 nd 1823 & Recorded June 10 th 1823. Day Recorder.
The State of Ohio Portage County ss.
I Seth Day Recorder of Deeds for the County of Portage aforesaid do certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Record remaining in my office as recorded Book II. Page 322.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official seal at Ravenna this tenth day of June Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty three.
Seth Day Recorder.

J. M. Mann Deposition

Deposition of John M c Manus of Coventry in the County of Portage of lawful age testifieth and saith that Nathaniel Bettes of Tallmadge & county of Portage was indebted to him by Note for one hundred and eighty Dollars bearing date 17 th July 1821. which together with the Interest amounted to one hundred & ninety Dollars and eighty Cents the whole of which sum I have since rec d . of Nathaniel Mills W. Bettes in behalf of Nathaniel Bettes, it being a part of the price of one hundred acres of Land which Nathaniel Bettes sold to Nath l Mills W. Bettes.
John M c Manus
State of Ohio Portage County ss
SS. I hereby certify that the above was sworn to and subscribed before me this 28 th day of October 1823
Samuel Cheney justice of peace

The State of Ohio ss On this 14 th day of May A.D. 1923. Personally appeared in Open court Portage County ss. in the Court of Common Pleas, being a court of Record for the county of Portage proceeding according to the course of the common law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, & having the power of fine & imprisonment. Nathaniel Pettis resident in said County aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of the 18 th of March 1818, the 1 st of May 1820 & the first of March 1923. That he the said Nathaniel Pettis enlisted for the term of three years sometime during the summer of the year 1776 in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Noah Allen in the regiment commanded by Colonel Edward Wegglesworth in the service of the State of Massachusetts on the continental establishment that he continued to serve as a sergeant, or as a sergeant major in the corps until April 10 th A.D. 1779 when he was commissioned as ensign in the same corps & continued in the service until he resigned April 15 th 1780 in the State of New York. This declarant further says that he made application for a pension under the provisions of the act of congress of March 18. 1818. and had his name inscribed on his pension list as will appear by his certificate No 2939 now in his possession. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth of March eighteen hundred and eighteen & 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 to diminish it or 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, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed.
The following schedule has been made in my probate, viz. The one hundred & fifty acres of land in the Township of Fullamage mentioned in my first schedule has been sold & conveyed to Silas & Nathaniel H. Pettis, fifty acres of it to Silas conveyed to him during the year 1922. at two dollars and fifty cents per acre & one hundred acres to Nathaniel H. conveyed 5 th of March 1923. at three dollars an acre, the whole amounting to four hundred & twenty five dollars, which sum of money has been applied to pay part of the debts of the testator. Nathaniel Pettis which will appear by a former schedule to have amounted in 1920 to five hundred & four dollars 75 cts & had increased since. Two cows were given to my daughters Sally & Eliza Pettis during the year 1922 when they were married - one cow to each. Six swine have been killed & consumed in my family. The above article compose all the articles in my first schedule except such as are contained in the schedule hereto annexed, viz. 1 Yoke of Oxen $10. 1 Cow $8. 1 Horse twenty years old $5. 2 Sheep & 2 lambs $3. - 3 swine $3. - 1 Iron Chain 1 old Plow $3. - 1 Table, 1 Iron Pot, 1 Spade $4. - 4 Chairs $1.50 - 4 pair knives & forks .50 - 3 plates .25 - $108.25.
This declarant further states that his family consists of a feeble wife, & Rhoda Pettis his daughter aged 12 years & Isabella Pettis aged 11 years. He was formerly by occupation a farmer but being seventy five years of age and being unable from his infirmities to labor upon a farm he now endeavors to earn a livelihood for himself & family by making wooden dishes, yet even in this way on account of his age & wounds he received in the Revolutionary War he is unable to support himself, & his family above enumerated contribute little or nothing towards their support.
Nathaniel Pettis
Sworn to & subscribed in Open court this 14 th day of May A.D. 1923
attest David Clark

The State of Ohio ss. I Seth Day Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said Portage County ss. do certify that the said Schedule and oath have been admitted to the Record of said court and that the same are truly copied therefrom: And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount of the property exhibited in the said schedule is sixty eight dollars and twenty five cents.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Ravenna this tenth day of June Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty three.
Seth Day Clerk.

The Deposition of Luther Hanchett
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The Deposition of Luther Hanchett of the County Portage and State of Ohio of lawful age testifieth and saith that he and his partner doctored in the family of Nathaniel Battles of of Tallmadge Portage County, Ohio in the years 1817, 1818, & 1819 to the amount of forty four Dollars and fifty Cents and that the whole has been paid by Silas Battles in behalf of Nathaniel Battles
The transfer as the deponent understands was made in part pay for lands which Silas Battles bought of Nathaniel Battles
Luther Hanchett
State of Ohio } Portage County } SSS }
Be it remembered that on the 22 d day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three Luther Hanchett of lawful age personally before me Nathan Giltlett Esq. a Justice of the Peace of said County and on his Wollensn oath declares and says that the above statements are true according to the best of his knowledge and belief
Given under my hand and seal of this office this 22 d day of August A.D. 1823 }
Nathan Giltlett Esq. Just Peace

To all People to whom these Presents shall come Greeting.
Know ye that I Nathaniel Bettes of Tallmadge in the County of Portage & State of Ohio for the consideration of the sum of one hundred and twenty five Dollars received to my full satisfaction of Silas Bettes of Tallmadge Portage County Ohio do give grant bargain sell and confirm unto him the said Silas Bettes the following described tract or piece of Land situated in the Township of Tallmadge Portage County & State of Ohio and is known by being the south end of Lot N o two in big Lot N o five and is bounded as follows, West on Lot N o one in big Lot N o five South on small lot N o five East on Lot N o three North so far parallel with the south line of S o Lot as to contain fifty acres. To have and to hold the above granted and bargained Premises with the appertinences thereof into him the said Silas Bettes his heirs and assigns forever to his and their own proper use and behoof And also I the said Nathaniel Bettes do for myself and my heirs Executors Administrators covenant with the said Silas Bettes his heirs and assigns that at and until the sealing of these presents I am well seised of the Premises as a good indefeasible estate in fee simple and have good right to bargain and sell the same in manner and form as is above written and that the same is free from all incum- brances whatsoever & further more I the said Nathaniel Bettes do by these presents bind myself & my heirs forever to warrant and defend the above granted & bargained Premises to him the said Silas Bettes his heirs and assigns against all lawful claims and demands whatsoever
In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal the third day of January Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty three
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of
Eliza Alemannus
John N c Manus
Nathaniel Bettes

The State of Ohio Portage County ss. On the 2 nd day of June A D. 1923 Personally appeared Nathaniel Prattis signer and seal of the within instru- ment and acknowledged that he executed the same as his volunta- ry act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned before me Almon Babcock Justice Peace Received June 2 nd & Recorded June 10 th 1923.
Day Recorder.
The State of Ohio Portage County ss. I Seth Day Recorder of Deeds for the County aforesaid do certify that the foregoing is truly copied from the Records of said County of Portage Book II. Page 321 & 322. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal as Recorder this 10 th day of June A.D. 1923.
Day Recorder.
Nathaniel Prattis and his Seal, Prattis Copy.

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
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Deposition of Noriden Bisby of Tallmadge Portage County Ohio of lawful age testifieth and saith that the some time past he had a note of hand against Nathaniel Bettes which Note was originally given payable in Cash with Interest bearing Date 2 d Augt. 1814 made payable to Linus Hawley of Newengland or bearer for thirty Dollars the same has been taken up by Nathaniel Bettes this present month august 1823 in behalf of Nathaniel Bettes
Noriden Bisby
State of Ohio Portage County ss
(L.S.) I hereby certify that the above was sworn to and subscribed before me this 28 th day of october A D 1823 Samuel Coheney justice of the peace

Deposit of Jonathan Sloan

Deposition of Jonathan Sloan of Ravenna in the County of Portage and State of Ohio of lawful age testifieth and saith that at Nov. 8. 1819. he rec. of Nathaniel Belles of the above P o County a Note of hand for services as an attorney for him. P o Note was drawn on demand and for twenty two Dollars which Note with the Interest in full has been taken up to my satisfaction by Nath l Mills & Belles of the same P o county and further as he understood from both the parties the transfer was made as part pay for land which the S d Nath l Mills & Belles bought of the S d Nathaniel Belles — Jon a Sloan
State of Ohio } Portage County } P o B
Be it remembered that on the 15 th day of November in year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three
Jonathan Sloan of lawful age personally came before me Almon Babcock Justice of the peace of P o County and on his solemn oath declares and says that the above statements are true according to his best knowledge.
Given under my hand & and seal this 15 th day of Nov. 1823
Almon Babcock Justice of peace

To the Secretary of War
Dear Sir
Soon after Information was recd, from the War Department that Depositions must be taken from the Creditors of Nathaniel Bettes, he commenced, made several journeys, in his old age for the purpose of obtaining them. There were some delays in consequence of persons being absent from their usual places of abode and early in the season his family was taken sick, namely his Wife who afterwards died of the fever, his son also was taken violently with the fever since recovered, one Daughter also has had the fever lightly, and himself has not enjoyed as good health this summer as usual. The Doctor is intitled to cash and the apothecary, and the old Gentleman has no way of raising the money - he seems low spirited in consequence of his misfortunes and would feel thankful for Notice to him from the government of his for which he so long fought and bled - many of his Neighbours he says who never were in action who never served a year, enjoy a pittance who also have been and are still intemperate while he must want for the necessaries of domestic life. For the consideration of the Secretary the underwritten Certificate is given that it may not appear that he wants the money to consume upon his Pensions.
I hereby Certify that Nathaniel Bettes of Fallmaledge enjoys a high Esteem in the hearts of his Brethren in the Church to which he belongs and also that he is considered to be a Temperate sober tho cheerful old Gentleman and a man of middling Oeconomy.
Salmon P. Chase
Preacher of the Gospel

The within is most Respectfully Submitted (hoping) that it will not occasion any offence even if it be out of order
So I subscribe myself with due Consideration
Thy humble Servant
North, Mills W. B. Bettes # #
Nov. 1823

Gratius Hamlin Deposition

The Deposition C Erastus Hamblin of the County of Lorain and State of Ohio of Lawful age testifieth and saith that he bought a Note of originaly given to Oliver Deming of Massachusetts against Nathaniel Bettis of Tallmadge County of Portage and State of Ohio Said note was originaly given for fifty Dollars & 75 00 which Sum was paid with the Interest on the 15 th day of  first of August A D 1823 amounted to fifty eight dollars 26 00 Which Sum in full I have received of Silas Bettis The transfer of the above debt was made in part pay for fifty acres of Land Sold as he understood by Nathaniel Bettis to Silas Bettis Some time previous to the first of Jan y - 1823 Erastus Hamblin
State of Ohio ss } Be it remembered that Portage County } on the 15 th day August RECEIVED } in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three personally came the named above Erastus Hamblin who being by me carefully interrogated declares and says on his Solemn Oath that the above statement is correct according to the best of his knowledge and belief
Before me Given under my hand and seal this 15 th day of August A D 1823 Nathan Gillett Just of Peace

Skron Dec 9 th 1853.
Honorable Commissioner of Pension
Dear Sir for and in behalf of the heirs of Nathaniel Brittis I submit the following. Mr Brittis enlisted for seven years in the Revolutionary war in Massachusetts and served in various capacities untill nearly the close of the war when he received information of the sickness of his family he asked and was granted leave of absence to visit them while absent peace was declared and he did not return. He applied somewhere about 1818 and was placed on the pension list and was struck off in 1821 and restored again in 19 May 1824 and drew a pension untill his death. January 1840 I have grow before me a Commission given to him dated Valley Forge 9 th of Feb 1778 by Edward Wigglesworth Colonel of the Massachusetts Bay. Creating him a Second Serjent. another dated 27 day of Aug 1779 from John Porter Major Commanding the the Thirteenth Massachusetts Regt promoting him to Serjant Major I have also before me the notice sent to him from the pension office that he was not intitled to a pension dated July 31 st 1821 also the one restoring him dated April 16 th 1824
Is His heirs intitled to his commutation money Is he intitled to his pension from the time he was struck from the rolls untill restored
Also is not the evidence made at the time of apply for a pension sufficient to inable the heirs to draw bounty lands

I would also submit the following case Gideon Hoard enlisted for 14 years in the State of N.Y. about 1811 1811 in a Company of Cavalry commanded by Captain Cranston Reg. commanded by young Stephen Van Rensselaer of Albany. His Captain was drafted to go to Sackets Harbour Heed his draft joined his Reg. and marched to within 3 or 4 miles or a few miles of their destination but and was discharged on account of the battles being over and went home not receiving any thing for his services after which he served his time in his Company and got a regular discharge He does not remember the time that he was out but long enough to march from Albany to Sackets Harbour and back He was in his fifteenth year when enlisted
Is Hoard entitled to Bounty land or pay
If these questions come under your Jurisdiction you will confer a favour on the parties concerned to answer them and
To the Commissioner of Pensions I Remain Yours &c Joseph H Hand
General Akron Summit Co Ohio

Nathaniel Betti
Rev. Pensioner
Oct 1828
P. of Atty enclosed
(See papers)
Ark Gageover Atty

Washington City D.C. Aug 9, 1853
Sir,
Enclosed you will find Power of Attorney from Mr H Betts' Heir of Nathaniel Betts, a Revolutionary Pensioner who was first Pensioned under Act 1828 dropped under Act 1830 and restored 1 st March, 1823. Said Betts resided in Ohio when he drew Pension.
I wish to examine the papers on file
Yours Truly S. M. Gange Atty
For L P Waldo } Com of Pensions

Washington Feb. 2 1847
Sir
I have been requested to make enquiry at the Pension office if Nathaniel H. Bittles, who died in 1840, a pensioner, was entitled to arrears of pension at the time of his death, and whether he was entitled to county land. The heirs of Bittles have been informed by some agent here in Washington, that this was the case, and have requested me to make the enquiry. Will you do me the honor, at your earliest convenience to inform me what are the facts of the case
I am very truly Your obed Servt D. W. P. Hillen
Col James L. Edwards

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
No. 6. To Nathaniel Bettis, Gent.
GREETING. We, Reposing especial trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct, and Fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you, to be an Ensign in the thirteenth Massachusetts Regiment, in the Army of the United States, to take rank as such from the 10th day of April, 1779. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of an Ensign by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers, under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as Ensign. 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
Ben Stoddert, Secretary of the Board of War.
Witness his Excellency, Samuel Huntington, Esq., President of the Congress of the United States of America, at Philadelphia the 29th day of September, 1779, and in the Fourth Year of our Independence.
(Signed) Samuel Huntington, President.
The foregoing is a correct copy of the Commission of Nath'l Bettis, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, the original of which has this day been forwarded to Mr. S. B. McManus, Lima, Indiana.
Chief, Old War and Navy Division.
March 25th, 1896.

13 th reg t - Capt Allen. April 16 1777 3 yrs off St - B th Mass April 8 1777 April 10 1779 En d discharged May 1. 1780
Cleveland, O) 12-8-90 1711 Lorain)
The Comm'r of Pensions
Dear Sir, 250 of the descendants of Capt Nathaniel Bettes of the Mass. Contingent in the Revolution unite in re- questing his record from your office for the purpose of compiling a Family History. He lived for a time in Feeding Hill Parish Hampden Berkshire Co. Mass, also at Sandersfield Mass. He was on either Washington's Staff at the Siege of Boston or that of some other General; was in active service with the army at Saratoga and up to and

DEC 18 1890
including the winter at Valley Forge, when, owing to the death within a week of his wife & three children, he was compelled to resign and go home. We do not know his Co or Regt. We think he was also in service in the war of 1812. He was a pensioner and died at the age of 92 in 1840 or 42 in Gallmage Township Portage Co O. Any reasonable expense in the inquiry will be promptly by yours Respectfully
J. W. Moore Great-Grand Son
J. W. Moore Dec 8 1890 Oak Hall Bldg, 11th & Market Phila. Pa.

Mr. Prior:-
Mr. Moore should show, either that he is the nearest of kin, or, if not nearest, that those nearer than himself desire the delivery of the commission to him. The evidence should be satisfactory, in order that no dissatisfaction may hereafter be expressed by the descendants of the officer. It is desirable that the member of Congress from the Dist. in which Mr. Moore or other nearer descendants live, should verify

The evidence submitted.
N.B.
Feby 19/91

9.28.89 Friend Chadwick:
While with an old friend desired me to make some inquiries relation to the status of a claim of the heirs of Nathaniel Buttes, a revolutionary soldier. (Copy of commission & original application for pension, herewith.) The only surviving direct issue, is a Mrs. McManus, who is under the impression that a sum is due either in the nature of undrawn pension (which ceased, for some cause, some years prior to his death, in 1840) back pay, or commutation. If you cannot secure the desired information, kindly advise me as to whose case it will be

best to intrust the papers, (Originals can be had if necessary). so that the condition of affairs can be speedily known -
Very respectfully W. J. Fowler

Joseph James m - Eliz Ballard Dec-13, 1793
" " Mary M c Cann Sept-13, 1800. do - see - John M c Cann
Williamson Wills - James - John - Henry -
Marriages in Deeds -
Thomas Lane Mary Dalney Aug-8, 1782 Nancy B-7-p-343- (deeds)

1812 War -
James M. Gancey - See Aug - 290057
David Ballard - Perkins Co Ala -
1853 was 59 -
59 War of 1812 - enlist. Tuscarora Dist 1794 S.C. (Mareetta, Ohio)
John Polley -
John A. Hicks Civil War SWB-127698 B - May 25, 1842 - Brown Co. Ohio D - Center Point, Clay Co. Ind;

Cleveland, O 12-22-90 1711 Leclair St
Gen'l Raper
Comm'r of Pensions
Will you oblige me by furnishing me a Transcript of the Military Record of Ensign Nathaniel Bettes of the 13 th Mass. Regt, Revolutionary War; or, such part of the same as you may have at your hand. He was with the Army until the Spring of 1780 and on April 4 th of that year Capt. Daniel Pilshory, Paymaster certified to his freedom from charge on public account and then or shortly after he resigned on account of the loss of his wife and three children by Dysentery within a

J E Moore Ohio
Dec 22 1890
Emory Nattal Better 13 Mts
week. His Pension papers, Discharge, and all other papers have been lost and his numerous descendants are desirous of securing the facts from an authoritative source for the purpose of compiling a family history. He emigrated to Ohio in 1816 and lived while drawing his pension at Better Corners (Then) Portage Co O (now) Summit Co. He died there at the age of 92. Any reasonable charge will be cheerfully met and you will greatly oblige us all
Yours Respectfully
J E Moore
Great-Grand-Son

Cleveland, O 2-12-91 1711 Lorain St)
General B. Ramm Comm'r of Pensions
Dear Sir & Comrade
Permit me to thank you, heartily, for the unexpectedly full and pains-taking communication received concerning Nathaniel Beth's Revolutionary War Record.
It is definite where our slender information was indefinite, and is complete where our traditional knowledge was incomplete. On the third Wednesday in August next when we hold our next annual re-union of the "Beth's Family" (some 500 or more) I shall have something to tell them as we

stand at his Tomb in the old Pioneer Graveyard which he laid out and set apart himself in 1816.
FEB 18 1891 If you are aware of any place, State or National or Museum where we are likely to get copies of his discharge papers, commission, company or regimental roster etc, we would be glad to know of it if you can find time to inform us. We are a "fighting family," in the patriotic sense, and from the time our Holland ancestor came over with the Puritans, we have had a goodly representation in every struggle for right. We are proud of our family in a proper sense, and wish our children to be so. Again Thanking you personally I am, Very Truly Yours To E Moore

C. W. & V. Div. I. W. P. T. 42085.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25th, '96.
Sir:-
In response to the request contained in your communication of March 4th, the Commission of Nathaniel Pettes, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, has this day been returned to Mrs. Fidelia R. McManus.
There is no law granting a pension or other compensation to the descendants of Revolutionary soldiers.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Mr. S. R. McManus,
Lima, Logans Co., Indiana.

W O. W. & N. Div.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
L. W. B. T. 42085.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25th, '96.
Madam: -
I have the honor to transmit herewith the original Commission, as Ensign, in the Revolutionary war, of Nathaniel Bettes, you having filed in this Bureau a sworn affidavit showing your right to receive the same.
Please acknowledge receipt of the Commission by an endorsement upon the back of this letter which should be returned to the Bureau of Pensions in the enclosed envelope without the payment of postage.
Very respectfully,
D. L. Murphy Acting Commissioner.
Mrs. Fidelia Bettes McManus, Lima, Lagrange Co., Indiana.

Lima, LaGrange Co Ind Mar 31, 1896. This is to certify that I have this day - Mar 31, 1896, recieved the original Commission of my father, Ensign Nathaniel Betts of the Revolutionary War. Mrs Fidelia Betts McWilliams per S B McWilliams,

C. W. & V. Div.
L. W. R. T. 42085.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25th, '96.
Madam:-
I have the honor to transmit herewith the original Commission, as Ensign, in the Revolutionary war, of Nathaniel Pettes, you having filed in this Bureau a sworn affidavit showing your right to receive the same.
Please acknowledge receipt of the Commission by an endorsement upon the back of this letter which should be returned to the Bureau of Pensions in the enclosed envelope without the payment of postage.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Mrs. Fidelia Pettes McManus,
Lima, Lagrange Co., Indiana.

General Assembly OF THE STATE OF INDIANA, SENATE CHAMBER.
Leona Indianapolis 3 4, 1886
Hon. Wm Lockhart Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir;
I enclose the required affidavit of my mother, Mrs. Fidelia Bettes McManus and which will with letter enclosed bear its own explanation and I feel assured you will give the matter your early attention.
My Mother has always understood that there was unclaimed for an unpaid pension, or "commutation" pay. An agent was once employed by the heirs to look up the matter, which he is supposed to have done and reported nothing there. Some believe that the money was paid him and that he retained it. If it is your province to look up such matter, will you give this matter your consideration.
I am truly Yours -
S. B. McManus,
Sen 12. 2nd Dist -

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., January 15, 1896.
W. & N. Div. P. S. N. E. C.
Sir:
In returning herewith your communication of January 13th, together with that of your correspondent, Mr. William H. Bettes, of Randolph, Ohio, who requests information concerning certain papers filed with the pension case of Nathaniel Bettes, an officer of the Revolutionary war, I have the honor to advise you that the officer's commission as an Ensign, with the certificate of his discharge from the service endorsed upon the back of the same, is on file with the papers, but under the rules of this Bureau the same can be surrendered only to the eldest, surviving, lineal descendant of the officer, who is required to furnish an affidavit setting forth his or her relationship to the officer. Upon receipt of such an affidavit the Bureau will be pleased to surrender the document referred to.
The original pension papers of the officer constitute an important part of the files of this Bureau and cannot be surrendered.
Very respectfully,
Hon. S. A. Northway,
Commissioner.
House of Representatives.

United States Department of the Interior Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly give me the record, or any data you have, of Captain Nathaniel Bettes who was a Captain in the Revolutionary war. He came from either Connecticut or Ohio, & after the war settled at Bettes corners Ohio
Gratefully yours
Mrs. Tom (Hazel) Fagan
Albany, Texas,
Box 291

Buckhannon, W. Va., January 22, 1929.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.,
Revolutionary Rolls.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please consult the Revolutionary Rolls, and give me all the possible information shown regarding Ensign Nathaniel Bettis , He was, as I understand, in the Massachusetts Line, and placed on the Pension Roll in 1818, in Portage County, Ohio. There is a difference of opinion as to his age, and other family data, that I trust a complete report of all important notations in his application and other papers in his case folder may clear. This soldier was known at West Springfield, and Sandisfield, Mass., as well as at Tallmadge, Ohio, by both Bettes and Bettis.
Very respectfully,
Claude S. Phillips CLAUDE S. PHILLIPS, 5 Cooper Street, Buckhannon, W. Va.
Kindly give anything shown regarding his parentage, place of birth, family, etc. shown.

Thursday May 7 - 36
Bureau of Pensions:
Some time ago a cousin of mine wrote and rec'd from your Bureau a short genealogy which gave her the right to be a D.A.R..
I am writing to see if I may have the same, and to inquire to whom to write and the cost of a complete genealogy.
I understand such matters are traced through

mother's side.
Thank you for further information
Sincerely yours
(Mrs) Albruta H. Chamberlin 1155 Six Mile Rd. Detroit Mich -
My mother's name. Emma Louise Tibbals .. grandmother's (her mother) Ellen Rosetta (Ames) .. grandfather's .. → Horace Wellington Tibbals - descendant of Capt. Nathaniel only one Bettes of American Revolution Horace Wellington Tibbals was a Sergeant in Civil War Artillery.

July 31, 1926
Mrs. Tom Fagan Albany, Box 291 Texas
Madam:
I have to advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 42085, that NATHANIEL BETTES or BETTIS enlisted in Massachusetts in April, 1775, in Captain Soule's Company, Colonel Fellows' Massachusetts Regiment and served until the spring of 1776.
He enlisted in the summer of 1776, served as Sergeant and Sergeant Major in Captain Noah Allen's Company, Colonel Edward Wigglesworth's Massachusetts Regiment, and was commissioned Ensign April 10, 1779; he was in both battles of Stillwater in one of which he received a slight wound in the knee, was wounded in the left hand when his gun burst at the battle of Monmouth, and was in the battle of Rhode Island where he received two wounds in the thigh; he was discharged April 10 or 15, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 22, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Portage County, Ohio.
In 1820 he was seventy-two years of age and was a resident of Tallmadge, Portage County, Ohio. He then referred to his wife (her name not given) and also to the following children: Elvira, aged sixteen years; Ives, aged thirteen years; Rhode, aged ten years; Fidolia, aged eight years.

who married  McManus and had a son, S. B. McManus who lived in Lima, Lagrange County, Indiana in 1896. In 1822 he (the soldier) referred to his daughter, Sally, her age not given.
Said Nathaniel Bettes died January 13, 1840, at Bettes' Corners, Tallmadge Township, Portage County, Ohio.
His great grandson, F. E. Moore, was living at 1711 Lorain Street, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1890.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

Rev.&1812 Wars Section. MCS
April 16, 1929.
Claude S. Phillips, 5 Cooper Street, Buckhannon, West Virginia.
July 11.
Sir:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 42085, it appears that Nathaniel Bettes or Bettis enlisted in Massachusetts in April, 1775, in Captain Soule's Company, Colonel Fellows' Massachusetts Regiment and served until the spring of 1776.
He enlisted in the summer of 1776, served as Sergeant and Sergeant Major in Captain Noah Allen's Company, Colonel Edward Wigglesworth's Massachusetts Regiment, and was commissioned Ensign April 10, 1779; he was in both battles of Stillwater in one of which he received a slight wound in the knee, was wounded in the left hand when his gun burst at the battle of Monmouth, and was in the battle of Rhode Island where he received two wounds in the thigh; he was discharged April 10 or 15, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 22, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Portage County, Ohio.
In 1820 he was seventy-two years of age and was a

resident of Tallmadge, Portage County, Ohio. He then referred to his wife (her name not given) and also to the following children: Elvira, aged sixteen years; Ives, aged thirteen years; Rhoda, aged ten years; Fidelia, aged eight years, who married --- McManus and had a son, S. B. McManus, who lived in Lima, Lagrange County, Indiana in 1896. In 1822 he (the soldier) referred to his daughter, Sally, her age not given.
Said Nathaniel Bettes died January 13, 1840, at Bettes' Corners, Tallmadge Township, Portage County, Ohio.
His great grandson, F. E. Moore, was living at 1711 East Lorain Street, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1890.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.