Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,048, Nathaniel Cole, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
cole, Nathaniel
S 15048
CONTENTS
carded

1732 New York
Nathaniel Cole
of Colesville in the State of New York who was a Cop. & Serj. in the Compny. commanded by Captain Starr — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Silliman in the Connecticut line for 2 Months a Corporal & 9 Months & 24 days a Sergeant.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 36 Dollars 16 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Nov. 1832 and sent to George Park
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 $84.24 Pemi=ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 28.08 $112.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo: C. Miles Clerk Book D Vol. 5 Page 76
Dead. See letter to P. Agt. June 25. 1834

5756.
Nathaniel Cole's Declaration
Geo. Park Agent N.Y. Binghamton

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Broome COUNTY, }
On this 30 th . day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting, Nathaniel Cole a resident of Colesville in the County of Broome and State of New York, aged — 85 — 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 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. viz.
He enlisted at New Milford Litchfield County, Connecticut in January 1776 for two months into Capt. Josiah Starr's Company of State troops Col. Andrew Ward's Regiment and marched to New York, thence to Long Island and was engaged in building a Fort on the heights opposite Governor Island - he served as a Corporal during the period of this enlistment and was discharged at Long Island took a passage by Water to New York and from thence home. - During the same year (1776) a Regiment was raised by order of the Assembly of Connecticut and Col. Gideon Gilman appointed Colonel - In this Regiment the Claimant enlisted for 6 months under the following officers - Reuben Rootwick Capt. Isaac Dufresne 1 Lieut. Lazarus Ruggles 2 Lieut. and Jeremiah Canfield Ensign, He marched immediately to New York and was in that City when the news of the Declaration of our Independence reached him - he remained here until the 17 th of September, and on that day, the with the Army moved up the River to Harlem heights. thence to White Plains - he was at the Battle of White Plains, but not in the engagement, being that day orderly.

at head quarters - after the Battle he was marched to Phillipsburg, North Castle and served in the Army during the full period of his enlistment as a Sergeant and was discharged - (his Warrant as Serjt. signed by his Col. and dated June 26. 1776 is herewith exhibited) In April 1777 he marched with the Militia to Danbury in a Company commanded by Capt. Hine and had some skirmishing with the enemy after their retreat from that place - he was also called to Norwalk after the British burnt the town and embarked, He was ordered to Stam- ford. Some time in July '77 and once to Peekskill & once to Piskkill and called out in October on an alarm in these excursions with the Militia he was out about two months. In the year 1780 he was drafted for two months in Capt. Hine's Company and repaired to Stratford to guard the persons & property of its inhabitants from the enemy - he was discharged 6 days before his term expired - his services being no longer necessary - he was born at Eastham, Barnstable Co. Massachusetts (but has no record of his age) in 1747. Lived in Connecticut after the War until 1795 then to Broome Co. N.Y. where he now resides. —
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 aforesaid.
V. Marvin Clerk
W. H. Hine
We, Briant Stoddard a Clergyman, residing in the Union Broome Co. and Thomas N. Blaklee residing in Colesville in said County hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Cole Esq. — who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be — 85 — 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 the day and year aforesaid.
V. Marvin Clerk
Briant Stoddard Thos Blaklee
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 above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier; and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Briant Stoddard who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Union and that Thomas Blaklee who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Colesville and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Benzion Marvin Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of the County of Broome N.Y. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Cole for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 30 day of August 1832.
V. Marvin Clerk

5756
Nathaniel Cole
admitted
Corporal 2 mo
Sergeant 9 " 24 days
366 2 7.32
75 24 16 45. 144 2 732 24 5843.84
7 | 156.16 28.08 2
$ 56.16
.84.24
George Park Binghamton N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of Nathaniel Cole  of Colesville in the State of New York  (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? Eighty five years  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.     Enlisted In 1776 Jany 2 Corporal Capt Josiah Starr, Col And: Ward   " 1776. 6 Sergeant Capt Reuben Rootwick, Col Silliman   1779 apl. } about 2 Capt Hine   drafted 1780 Oct "   2 (16p 6d)  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Skirmishing only.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? New Milford. Conn.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence, Edward H. Raines a living witness proxy 8 months service, 2 mrs.  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.
D. Kirtland Examining Clerk.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section REL
out October 15, 1929
Anna Cole Smith 318 Wesley Memorial Hospital Chicago, Illinois
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.15048 , it appears that Nathaniel Cole was born in 1747, at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
While residing at New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, he enlisted in January, 1776, and served two months as corporal in Captain Josiah Starr's Company, Colonel Andrew Ward's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted June 26, 1776, and served six months as sergeant in Captain Reuben Bostwick's Company, Colonel Gold S. Silliman's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted in April, 1777, and served at various times, amounting to about two months in all, until October, a part of the time in Captain Hine's Connecticut Company.
He enlisted in 1779 or 1780, and served one month and twenty-four days in Captain Noble Hine's Connecticut Company.

After the Revolution he lived in Connecticut until 1795, then moved to Broome County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 30, 1832, at which time he was residing at Colesville, Broome County, New York.
There are no data as to his family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Nathaniel Cole (S.15048) you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data:
Nathaniel Cole, Certificate No.1732, issued November 9, 1832, rate $56.16 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New York Agency.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

Edward H. Prince Affidavit

State of New York Chenango County ss Edward H Prince of the Town of Bainbridge in said County and State being duly sworn on his oath doth depose & say that he is aged seventy seven years on the twentieth day of March last past, That he is personally acquainted with Nathaniel Cole now a resident of the Town of Coleville in the County of Broome and State of said, That he was well & personally acquainted with him, when we, to wit the deponent & the said Nathaniel Cole were residents of the Town of New Milford County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy six, That this deponent knows that the said Nathan- iel Cole was a sergeant in captain Reuben Postwick's company of State troops, in colonel Silliman's Regiment of Infantry, that said Cole enlisted for the term of six months, That this deponent was acquainted with said Cole, while in service, at New York on Long Island - That soon after the British took possession of New York this deponent & said Cole were returned - On a hill at Guilford Heights, where we remained about ten days, - That this deponent, at the time above referred to was in the Connecticut militia, That the term of service of this deponent expired, while this deponent & said Cole were at Har- lequin, That on the expiration of the term of service of this deponent, the return home, leaving said Cole in the service. - And this deponent

further saith, that he knows that said Colk enlisted in Captain Noble Hine's company in the fall of the year one thousand eight hundred and and sixty nine for the term of two months. That said enlistment took place at Stratford Fairfield County in the State of Connecticut. That this deponent enlisted at the same time, in the same company for the same term, and that this deponent contin- ued in said Hine's company until he was regularly discharged at Fair- field Connecticut, that the said Colk was, in like manner honorably discharged at the same time and place.
And this deponent further saith that said Colk was at Park Hill and Red mills in the State of New York being called out to those places on a furlough, but the length of time he re- mained at those places, this deponent cannot state. Edward H Prince
State of New York
Chenango County ss. I Vero Rigelow a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, State, do hereby Certify that on this Twenty day of August one thousand eight hundred and eighty two, personally appeared before me the above named Edward H Prince, who was by me duly sworn according to law to the truth of the foregoing statement by him the said Edward, above subscribed. And I further certify that the said Edward H Prince

is a resident of the town of New bridge in the said County of Orange and State of New York, That he is a cred- itable person & that his statement is entitled to credit - That further on oath that said Edward A. Prince by reason of bodily infirmity is un- able to appear in said Court of Com- mon Pleas.
Levi Bigelow
State of New York Orange County ss. I James K. Pike clerk of said County do Certify that Levi Big- elow, Esq. before whom the preceding affida- vit of Edward A. Prince purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and justly believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and Certificate of credibility to be his genuine hand writing and signa- ture.
Witness my hand and seal of office at Norwalk this sixth day of August A.D. 1832
P. B. Prindle Deputy Clerk

1914 July 27 Hist. to Mrs. E. C. O'Keefe V.L.M. 1929 Oct 15 - Hist. to Anna Cole Smith - 884
15.048 INVALID.
File No. 15.048 Nathaniel Cole Sergt Rev. War Act: June 9 th 1832 Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 79
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1929 Oct 15 - Visit to Anna Cole Smith  Gel

Gold S. Silliman Esq; Colonel of a Regiment of Foot ordered to be raised in the Colony of Connecticut to join the Continental Army.
To Nathaniel Cole Greeting.
Reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity, Courage and good Conduct, I do, by Virtue of Authority in me vested, constitute and appoint you the said Nathaniel Cole to be the Fourth Sergeant in the seventh Company in said Regiment; and I do hereby authorize and empower you to Exercise your said Office in the due discharge of all the Duties of it; which you are faithfully and diligent ly to attend, and this shall be your sufficient Warrant.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal, at Fairfield in the said Colony of Connecticut June 26 th Annoque Domini 1776.
Gold Silliman

OFFICE OF Superintendent
E. S. GILMORE.
THIS HOSPITAL ORIGINALLY WESLEY HOSPITAL WAS ON JUNE 6, 1914 RENAMED WESLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM DEERING AND HIS DAUGHTER ABBY DEERING HOWE
July 27-29
Director of Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Will you please send me a certified statement of the service of Nathaniel Cole in the war of the American Revolution - the date of his death and of his wife's death - and any other information you may have that will aid in joining the D.A.R.
Thanking you - I am
Respectfully yours
318 Wesley Memorial Hospital Chicago Illinois
Anna Cole Smith
Her pension number is S.F 15048

Flat River, Mo
July 17-14
U. S Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I write to ascertain if you have any records regarding Nathaniel Cole, formerly from Connecticut, afterward lived in Broome Co., N.Y. and served in the Revolutionary War.
I want to join the D.A.R.'s through this

ancestor and so far am lacking some details. She may have been a pensioner or may have applied for pension. I will remit promptly any fee which may be charged.
Also have you any record of Walker tools also of Connecticut & N.Y.?
Yours truly,
Mrs E. C. O'Keefe 9 Federal Lead Co.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
N. F. 15-048
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Nathaniel Cole a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan'y 1776 2 mos. Corpl. Isaiah Starr Andrew Ward Conn.   June 26 1776 6 mos. Sgt. Reuben Bostwick Gold S. Silliman   Apr. 1777 + various other times on alarms 2 mos. Hine   1779 or 1780 1 mo. 24 days Noble Hine  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Milford, Litchfield Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug 30 1852 His el. was al.
Residence at date of application, Coleville, Broome Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born in 1747 at Eastham, Barnstable Co. Mass.
Remarks: No data as to family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.