Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43389, Nathan Cobb, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Cobb, Nathan
S. 43389
CONTENTS

43 389 INVALID. Reog
File No. 43,389 Nathan Cobb Rev Rev Ind
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 96
[Arrangement of 1870.]

12,005 B New York
Nathan Cobb
of Harrisburg , in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Badley of the Wapsach line, for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th of June 1819 and sent to Silas Stow Esq. Townville Lewis County N. York
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1818 - 9 mo: 73.6
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1819  48.
26 Jan 23
$121.6
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Revolutionary War Revolutionary War Revolutionary War Revolutionary War

Nathan Cobb, private, Harrisburg, Lewis County, N. York. Col. Bailey's regt. Massachusetts line 3 years.
1 st May, 1818.
Correct by all the judges the majority of the voting members Silas Stow, judge, Lowville, Lewis Co: New York.

State of New York
Lewis county ss.
I Silas Stowe first Judge of the court of com. Pleas in and for said county, do certify, that on the first day of May in the year 1818, Nathan Cobb formerly of Bridgewater in the State Vermont, but now of Harrisonburg in the said county of Lewis, being duly sworn, testifies and says That he is 74 years old, that he is a native of Kingston in the State of Massachusetts - That in the spring of the year 1777 he enlisted into the army of the United States under Capt. Seth Drown Col. Baily, in the Massachusetts line for three years, That he was at the capture of Burgoyne - was at the battle of Mon- mouth - Served faithfully his three years, and was discharged at West point - That he has lost his discharge And that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of the assistance of his country for support
Sworn & declared before me Silas Stowe Judge

Judge as aforesaid the day & year first above written
I do certify that it appears to my satis- faction that the within named Nathan Bills did serve on the revolutionary war against the common enemy as he has herein set forth And I now transmit the testimony and the proceedings had thereon to the Secretary for the Department of War -
Silas Hove
First Judge court C. P. O
Lewis County

I Edward Brainerd Clerk of the County of Lewis do hereby certify that Silas Stone was on the first day of May 1818 first qualified in and for the County of Lewis in the State of New York duly com- missioned and sworn and that the within signature is the proper hand writing of the said Silas Stone - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the public seal of the said County of Lewis this 14 th day of May 1818 -
Edward Brainerd Clerk of Lewis County
I, Silas Stone Judge of probate do certify, that I am well acquainted with the circumstances of this applicant & that he stands in need of the as- sistance of his country for support being in very reduced circumstances.
Silas Stone

Nathan Cobb
applicant for a pension
1805 Nathan Cobb

State of New York Lewis County - § 3: On the twentieth day of September 1820 personally appeared in Open Court to wit, in the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Lewis, held at the Court House in the Town of Martinsburgh, the same being a Court of record, in and for said County, pro- ceeding to the course of the Common law, with a juris- diction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and possessing a seal. Nathan Cobb, aged Seventy seven Years, resident in Harrisburgh in said County and State of New York, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, to wit, in the Compa- ny commanded by Captain Drew, in the Regiment Comman- ded by Colonel Bailey, and of the line of the State of Massachusetts, on the Continental establishment, that the date of my original declaration, is on the first day of May 1818; and that the number of his pension Certificate is 12.005. —
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resid- ent Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time, by Gift, Sale, or in any manner 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, enti- tled "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

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 described (necessary clothing and bedding excepted)
And I do further swear that I am twenty seven years of age, deafened, and unable to perform any labor,
Witness David A. Higley
Nathan His Cobb Mark
Sworn to and declared on the twentieth day of September 1820
before John Safford, Clerk of Lewis County
Schedule of the estate (necessary clothing & bedding ex- cepted) of Nathan Cobb of Harrisburg in the County of Lewis and State of New York, applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of May 1 st 1820 -
Real Estate - none
Personal Estate
1 old Bible $1.00 3 blankets " 25 1 Razor " 25 $1.50
Witness David A. Higley
Nathan His Cobb Mark

I John Safford Clerk of the County of Lewis and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for 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 is One Dollar & fifty Cents, in testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this twenty sixth day of September 1820
John Safford Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Lewis County