Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,354, Nathaniel Cotton, New York Residence In 1820

SERVICE
NUMBER
Cotton, Nathaniel
R. 2,354
New York - residence in 1820.
CONTENTS

Winfred C. Shepard, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Allison, - - Iowa.
Feb. 28, 1907.
Department of Interior
Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:- Can you tell me whether there was such a person as Nathaniel Cotton who served either in the Revolutionary War or the War of 1812? If so, will you please give his rank, his nationality, where and when born, whether he received a pension, where and when died, in short any facts that you have relating to him.
Very respectfully yours,
W. C. Shepard

O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Mar. 16, 1907.
Searched by Gill
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant, _____
Soldier, Nathaniel Cotton
Service, _____
Rev. War or War 1812
Remarks: _____
No claim except Rej. 2354. New York.

Original papers missing Nov. 24, 1877
3-223.
No. 2354
REJECTED
_____, Ex'r.
OLD WAR INVALID.
Nathaniel Cotton
P. O. _____
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18__
Discharged: _____, 18__
Application filed: _____, 18__
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: 2354 _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18__

3-421.
ADMITTED FILES.
Inv.
p.K.
Certificate No. 31986
Series Harry Inv.
Pensioner Eli Holcomb
Soldier _____
Service _____
Drawn by A. L. W.
for A. B. Smith
CERTIFICATE. Division. _____
Charged _____, 190_____
to _____
on slip signed _____

Not on file 11/24/77
REJECTED.
OW. 2354.
Nathaniel Cotton
J. S. Chamberlain Mch. 16, 1907

2354
REJECTED
1818 NY
Nathaniel Cotton
At Sheldon June 5 1820
Not on file
Sept At 24-1821
NY Service Col Willett & not Contented - Discharge from Hale's reg t pronounced forged

Alex Sheldon, Esq Charlestown, N.Y.
June 5, 1820
Sir The papers in the case of Nathaniel Cottom have been reexamined, and I have to acquaint you that his claim to a pension cannot be admitted, 1 st because the service performed in Miletts regt (as appears from his declaration of the 15 th June last) not being in a regt on the continental establishment will not entitle him to a pension under the Act of the 18 th March last, and 2 d because the only proof adduced in support of his claim for services in Halls regt as appears from the declaration of the 17 th Feby last, is a paper purporting to be a discharge given by Capt Shadrach Bell, but which bears evident marks of being a forgery. If Cottom had served as he states in his letter declaration, his name would undoubtedly appear on the rolls.

March 26, 1907.
Mr. Winfred C. Shepard, Allison, Iowa.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 28th ultimo and received on the 5th instant, you are advised that a careful search of the records of this Bureau fails to show that Nathaniel Cotton was allowed a pension on account of service rendered in the War of the Revolution or War of 1812.
It appears, however, that one Nathaniel Cotton (R. No. 2,354) applied for a pension under the Act of March 18, 1818, which was rejected on the ground that his alleged service was not on the Continental Establishment, as required under that Act, and on examination of the files of this Bureau in 1877 the papers in said claim were found missing.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

March 26, 1907.
Mr. Winfred C. Shepard, Allison, Iowa.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 28th ultimo and received on the 5th instant, you are advised that a careful search of the records of this Bureau fails to show that Nathaniel Cotton was allowed a pension on account of service rendered in the War of the Revolution or War of 1812.
It appears, however, that one Nathaniel Cotton made a claim for pension (No. 2,354) under the Act of March 18, 1818, which was rejected on the ground that his alleged service was not on the Continental Establishment, as required under that Act, and on examination of the files of this Bureau in 1877 the papers in said claim were found missing.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.