Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,797, Nathan Daniels, Mass.

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Daniels Nathan
S 15,797
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15298
Massachusetts
Nathan Daniels
of Norfolk in the State of Mass who was a Watery in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col Crafts in the Mass line for 6 (m d 7 Day).
Granby
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 25 Dollars 96 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of June 1833 and sent to Island Rosebury
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $31.92 Semi-ant. allowance ending 21 Sept " 12.98 $44.90
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H McBlain Clerk, Book R. Vol. 2 Page 17.
84 Norfolk

Matthew Daniels

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss. On this nineteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Medway in and for said County, Nathan Daniels a resident of Franklin in said County, aged Eighty four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Medway aforesaid on the twelfth day of July A. D. 1748, and that there is a record of his birth in the Records of Medway : that he was in the United States service from the first day of November A. D. 1776, to the eighth day of May A. D. 1777, six months & 7 days as a matchlock in the Massachusetts artillery : that he was residing at Wrentham in said County when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain John Cushing & Colonel the Crofts Regiment : that he marched from Wrentham to Boston from thence to Nantucket : that he served with other services of the regular troops; and no regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle and at the end of his service received a discharge but not in writing : that he left the service on the 8th of May 1777 and that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at Franklin
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
Nathan Daniels
We James Metcalf residing in the said Franklin and Elam Smalley a clergyman residing in said Franklin hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathan Daniels who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Eighty four years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
James Metcalf Elam Smalley
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Elam Smalley who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the said Franklin ; and that James Metcalf who has also signed the same is a resident in said Franklin and is a credible person ; and that their statement is entitled to credit. Sherman Seland Judge of Probate.
I Samuel Hearn, Register of the Court of Probate for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Nathan Daniels for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid. fourth day of December A.D. 1832.
Samuel Hearn

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
Nathan Daniels
We James Metcalf residing in the said Franklin and Eliza Smalley a clergyman residing in said Franklin hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathan Daniels who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Eighty four years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
James Metcalf Eliza Smalley
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Eliza Smalley who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the said Franklin; and that James Metcalf who has also signed the same is a resident in said Franklin and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Sherman Leland Judge of Probate
I Samuel Hearn , Register of the Court of Probate aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Nathan Daniels for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid. fourth day of December A.D. 1832.
Samuel Hearn

19460 Nathan  Daniels
Mortg 6 Mo 7 days
$25.96
E. S. Lilia Roxbury Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Nathan Daniels  Co of Norfolk  in the State of Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 84  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     1 st Nov. In 17 76 and 1/2 (Musters) 6 Private Gen. Gushing Col. Crafts  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Norfolk Co. Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary documents  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

Nathaniel Daniels
19450 ✓
E.S. Leland

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov. 24 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Nathan Daniels is borne upon the Pay Rolls of Capt Perry Cushing's Company in Col Crafts Reg t & is therein stated to have served in the capacity of a Matross for the period of six months & seven days commencing Nov first 1776
Edward D Bangs. Secy

15797 INVALID.
File No. 15797
Nathan Daniels
Matrose New War
Act: Inne 7" 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 428
[Arrangement of 1870.]