Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19933, Nathaniel Church, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Church, Nathaniel
S. 19933
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CONTENTS

Connecticut.
Nathaniel Church
private Conn service inscribed on the roll of the Connecticut agency at the rate of $4 per month.
Formal Certificate issued 4 October 1823 and sent to W m M c Burrell Esq Canada.
Connecticut
1891 Nov 21 Histor. Soc. St. Paschal Eust. Div.

Mr Edward
28.
Free
Hon. John C. Calhoun Secretary of War Washington C. A.

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield
ss Salisbury On the 22 nd day of September A 1833
Before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the county of Litchfield aforesaid personally appeared Nathaniel Church of said Salisbury who on his oath declares, that he is the same Nathaniel Church whom the Congress of the United States at the second session of the tenth Congress placed on the pension list as an invalid of the United States, & that the evidence in support of his claim was taken by Seth P. Beer Commissioner appointed by the Judge of the district of Connecticut in pursuance of an act of Congress passed at the first session of the ninth Congress entitled "an act to provide for Pension, &c. &c. in the Revolutionary war" that he served as a private in Capt. Nathan Hinds Company of Col. Sillimans Regiment at White Plains at the time he was disabled. that his disability still continues. that he now resides in said town of Salisbury where he has resided since A 1782 but that he has never received a formal certificate & now wishes to obtain one
Present
Nathaniel Church
by Herman Put Wm M. Burrall
Sworn and subscribed to, before me the day & year first aforesaid Wm M. Burrall Justice of the Peace

I Frederick Wolcott, of Litchfield, in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut, Notary Public, duly appointed, commissioned & sworn, residing in said Litchfield, County, that William M. Burrall, Esq. r of Canaan in said County, is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Litchfield, and that the within signature is his own proper handwriting, and is his legal signature, and that full faith & credit are to be given to all his Official Acts and Certificates.
In faith whereof I subscribe my name and affix my Seal of Office in said Litchfield, this twenty fifth day of September A. 1823. —
Frederick Wolcott Notary Public
Hon d John C. Calhoun Secretary of Navy

Canaan Sept. 25 th 1823
Hon d . John C. Calhoun
Sir. I send you herewith the application of Mr. Nathaniel Church of Salisbury. for a formal Pension Certificate. he is an Invalid pensioner. & was placed on the pensioner lists I believe in D 1809 but has never had a formal pension Certificate & has drawn his pension without one until this time. but I am now informed by the Commissioners of loans for this State that he cannot receive his pension without one. Please to endorse his Certificate to me as Post Master. South Canaan Ct.
I am with Respect
J. M. Burrall

M. B. H.
Rev. War Section.
February 4, 1912.
Mr. Malcolm D. Rudd,
The Salisbury Association Inc.
Lakeview, Conn.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 28 th ultimo, you are advised that Nathaniel Church, Sur. File No. 19,933, was pensioned for disability (the nature of which is not stated) incurred at White Plains, while a Private in Captain Nathan Hurd's company, Colonel Silliman's regiment, War of the Revolution.
He resided in Salisbury, Connecticut, in 1823. His age is not stated nor are there any further details as to his service on file.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS
E. HART FENN, CONN., CHAIRMAN CLARENCE J. MCLEOD, MICH. JOHN E. RANKIN, MISS. ROBERT L. BACON, N. Y. ARTHUR H. GREENWOOD, IND. HAYS B. WHITE, KANS. GEORGE C. PEERY, VA. LLOYD THURSTON, IOWA RALPH F. LOZIER, MO. WILLIAM R. JOHNSON, ILL. MEYER JACOBSTEIN, N. Y. FREDERICK W. MAGRADY, PA. VIRGIL CHAPMAN, KY. HENRY L. BOWLES, MASS. SAMUEL RUTHERFORD, GA. FLORENCE P. KAHN, CALIF. EDWARD VOIGT, WIS.
J. ROBERT CONROY, CLERK
COMMITTEE ON THE CENSUS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, D. C.
183 Ann St., Hartford, Conn., May 6, 1927.
Hon. Winfield Scott, Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Mr. Scott:-
Miss Mary Francis of 100 Elm St., Hartford, Registrar of Ruth Wylllys Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, asks me for the Revolutionary War pension record of Nathaniel Church, S 19,933, together with any details regarding his family that are available. She asks particularly for the date of his death.
Thanking you for your attention to this request, I am,
Very truly yours,
EHF/G.
E. Hart Fenn

Record Division.
August 11, 1909.
Mr. C. W. Church, # 63 Bank Street, Waterbury, Conn.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 2" and received the 3" instant, you are advised that Nathaniel Church, Sur. File No. 19,933, was pensioned for disability (the nature of which is not stated) incurred at White Plains, while a Private in Captain Nathan Hurd's company, Colonel Silliman's regiment, War of the Revolution.
He resided in Salisbury, Connecticut, in 1823. His age is not stated.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
nor are there any further details as to his service on file
Lead pencil added by Alvahson Feb 11, 1916

GEO. W. GREENE
No. 4 MIGEON AVENUE
THE MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY of NEWARK, N. J.
Torrington, Conn. Aug 2 09.
Gentlemen,
Please send me the record of Nathaniel Church of Bethlehem, Conn, born about 1760. Was in Col Silliman's regiment and was wounded at White Plains.
Yours,
C. W. Church, 63 Bank St. Waterbury, Conn.

Winfield Scott
May 9, 1937
Honorable E. Hart Fenn 183 Ann St., Hartford, Conn.
My dear Mr. Fenn:
In response to your letter of the 6th instant, in behalf of Miss Mary Francis of 100 Elm Street, Hartford, Connecticut, I have the honor to advise you that from the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau it appears that Nathaniel Church served as a private in Captain Nathan Hurd's Company, Colonel Silliman's Regiment and was disabled at White Plains, length of service not stated, nor further details.
He was pensioned from December 3, 1808 on account of disability as above (the nature of which is not stated). In 1823 he was residing in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, which place had been his residence since 1782. His age is not given.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Resolution
19933 INVALID.
File No. 19,933
Waverly Church
B. No. S. S.
Act: _____
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[Arrangement of 1870.]
1909 Aug. 11. Hist to C. W. Church. 1916 Feb 4. Hist. to Malcom D aw Rudd { Sister in S.7.13682. M.B.H. { Rufus Landon
1925 May 9. Hist: to Hon. E. Hart Finn { Miss Mary Francis. { M.M.H.