Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2138, Nathaniel Cole, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Coie, Nathaniel
R. 2138
CONTENTS

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed Jan'y 1 st 1832 —
State of Connecticut, County of Windham ss: On this twenty sixth day of December 1837 personally appeared in open court, before the Probate Court for the district of Plainfield in said County now sitting, Nathaniel Cole, a resident of the town of Plainfield in said County of Windham and State of Connecticut, aged eighty two 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 pas- -sed Jan'y 1 st 1832 — That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated In the year 1776, in the month of September in the town of Rehoboth & State of Massachusetts I volunteered & entered into the service of the United States, in the company of Captain Peabody Peck and in the Regiment of troops named by Col. Thomas Carpenter of S t . Rehoboth, I was marched into the State of New York, and was quartered in several towns, but principally in the town of Rye; and was at the Battle of the White Plains, and was under arms all the days but not called into battle, and served two months, and was then discharged — I did not receive a written discharge, but the time of service being out, I was discharged by my Superior Officer —
And in the month of September 1777, I volun- teered and entered into the service of the United States in the same company of Col. Peabody Peck, in Col. Carpenter's Regiment, I served four months, in Spencer & Sullivan's Expedi- tion

tion, so called, and was on the Island of Rhode Island in said town, and was in the town of Bristol, when the meeting house was burnt, and was in the pursuit of the Enemy followed them to the ferry; and the town of Warren was burnt the same day — Previously to S t town I served four months, and was then discharged.
I did not at this time receive a written discharge, that I have not in my possession or any knowledge of their being any documentary evidence of my service —
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State —
The following interrogatories were by S t Court propounded to S t applicant viz: 1 st Where in what year was you born? — answer, In the town of Swansea, D o nsacks 1755 on the 23 day of March 1755 —
2 nd Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it? — Answer, I suppose on the record Books of the town of Swansea. I have a record of it in my own possession —
3 rd Where were you living when called into service? Where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, & where do you now live? — Answer I lived in Swansea, I continued to live there till I moved into Plainfield about forty five years ago, where I now still live

4 th How were you called into Service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?
Answer I volunteered into the Service as aforesaid in my declaration - 5 th State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the troops, when you served in such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the General in command of your Service?
Answer - I could name a number of General Officers but the Officers under whom I particularly served, I refer to my declaration - 6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service, if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer - I refer to my declaration. 7 th State the names of the persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, to whom can testify as to your character & veracity and their belief in your services as a soldier of the Revolution -
Answer - The Rev. Chester Tilden Francis B Johnson Esq. Nathaniel Cole
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid before the Probate Court for the district of Plainfield in Windham County State of Connecticut - attested John P. Gordon Clerk of Probate for the district of Plainfield

Rev. Chester Tilden, a clergyman residing in the town of Plainfield in Windham County State of Francis B. Johnson Esq. residing in the same hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with the Rev. Nathaniel Cole, who has subscribed Oath to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be in his 83 rd year of his age, that he is respected & lived in the neighborhood, where he resides to be a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion sworn to subscribed on the day & year aforesaid before the Probate Court of Windham - Chester Tilden Francis B. Johnson
Sworn & subscribed on the day and year aforesaid, before the Probate Court for the district of Plainfield in Windham County and State of Connecticut -
Attest John F. Gordon Clerk of Probate for district of Plainfield
And the said Court do hereby is of 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 as- sesses, that it appears to them that Chester Tilden, who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman, resident in the said town of Plainfield and that Fran-
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is B Johnson, who signed the same is a resident in the said town of Plainfield is a credible person, & that their state- ments are entitled to credit —
Joseph Eaton Judge of Probate
I John P. Gordon Clerk of the Probate Court for the district of Plainfield in the County of Windham State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Rev. Nathaniel Cole for a pension —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this twenty sixth day of December 1837 —
Attest John P. Gordon Clerk of Probate for the district of Plainfield

I Joseph Wheaton of Seekonk in the county of Bristol in the commonwealth of Massachusetts aged ninety one years do testify and say that I was Soldier in the Revolutionary war in the year Seventeen hundred and seventh five in capt. Simon Cole company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Carpenter Stationed in the Town of Rye in the State of New York I further certify that I there knew Nathaniel Cole to be a Soldier in capt. Poley Pikes company belonging to said Col. Carpenter Regiment and that said Nathaniel Cole served two months in said Pikes company said Nathaniel Cole formerly belonged in the Town of Swansey but now of Plainfield in the State of Connecticut Seekonk November the 3 rd 1837  Joseph Wheaton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts  Bristol County ss. Seekonk November the 3 rd A.D. 1837— Then Personally appeared before me this day Joseph Wheaton the subscriber to the foregoing deposition and solemnly made affirmation to the truth of the same and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said deponent and that he is a man of truth veracity — — — — — Thomas Peck Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts  Bristol ss. I James Spratt Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that Thomas Peck Esq. whose signature is affixed to the foregoing cer- tificate, is a Justice of the Peace, in & for said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this seventh day of December in the year of our Lord, Eighteen hundred and thirty seven — Jas. Spratt

I Benjamin Kingsley of Swansea the County of Bristol in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Seventy Seven years — do testify and say that I knew Nathaniel Cole then of Said Swansea but now of Plainfield in the State of Connecticut and know the Said Cole to be a Soldier in the Revolutionary war in a company commanded by Capt. Deleu Peck in Colo. Thomas Carpenter's Regiment Stationed in the Town of Rye in the State of New York and the Said Cole Served in Said company two months, it being in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six I also testify and say that Said Cole was a Soldier in Said Peck's company with me in Spencer Engine and Sullivan Expedition in the Regiment commanded by Said Colo. Carpenter and the Said Cole Served four months in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven and Eight: Swansea October the 19 th A.D. 1837 — Benjamin Kingsley
Commonwealth of Massachusetts — — — — — County of Bristol Swansea October the 19 th A.D. 1837 — then Personally appeared before me this day Benjamin Kingsley the Subscriber to the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with Said DepONENT and that he is a man of truth and veracity
Thomas Puk Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss. I James Sproat, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that Thomas Pate, Esq., whose signature is affixed to the within certificate, is a Justice of the Peace, in & for said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this Seventh day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
Jas. Sproat
Received of Mr. Sproat the sum of Pounds

April 25 1838 I thought I would make a short state ment of my going the war went a volunteer two month then I suffered a good deal the night the Colonel dismissed us I was taken with the dysentery & grove so weak I could not keep up with my company & had to hire a boy & horse to carry me from town to town till I got to Canterbury & paid my expenses then the Doctor gave me something that helped me some my father came near fifty miles & carried me home I was sick near one month when they called for troops to go on to Newport Jacob Sandus of waymen was drafted he did not like to go he hired me as a substitute to in his room which I went in his stead this placed placed me in the rhodisland forces if you have got all the Rolls you find my name in my Peter Church of Bristol I was stationed at Tiverton near the four corners when the time drew near they thought of going on in a numbers of others was drawn out to go some distance to go to the head of the river called Cockfet it ordered that by the night I cleared bald in the morning & the river was low in the middle cold & grounded I had to get out in the to my middle water & then I took cold & had a fever & was sick a month or more & was dismissed me & carried home I could name some that were with me John Nash Millown the reason I did not make a receipt before I lived a bout forty miles from where I then did not not one of the company living I went down last September finding my wagon of Rehobeth who was in the same me regiment as Mr. Kingsley who lived a bout two miles from me wife brother went with me I dont wish to defer any it if so long ago it is difficult to find any living there or could satisfy any mind the Captain son is Jesse or Peace was old a note to me of my going with his father told me when I was there & too one had read the names on his father Roll & plan. Perdue wings of my sincerity. This from Nathaniel Cole of Plainfield

Mathaniel Cole
Act 1832 loam
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No. 1

State of Connecticut County of Windham
Be it Known, that on this 7 th day of February A. D. 185 3 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Caleb Cole of Plainfield in the County aforesaid resident of Central Village in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the legal heir of Nathaniel Cole who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of 4 that he is directly interested as a claimant in said pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney, and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT , of Washington City , my true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute the claim of Nathaniel Cole for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim on file in the Department at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Caleb Cole
Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Caleb Cole to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged. William Dyer Justice of the Peace Caleb Cole
State of Connecticut County of Windham
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of  County Court for  Windham County that Caleb Cole the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney is the child of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that William Dyer Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this twenty sixth day of February 185 3 Abiel Fuller Clerk
1. Claimant's name or names in full. Post Office address. 3 "That he is the identical man," or "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this line blank.—5. "He is," "she is," or "they are."—6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.—7. Claimant's signature.—8. Claimant's name.—9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of."—11. Magistrate's name.—12. Clerk's signature.
N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

July 8, 1931
Mrs. W. M. Moses 301 Ross Avenue Alamosa, Colorado
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section MCS
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 2138, that Nathaniel Cole was born March 23, 1755, in Swanzey, Massachusetts.
He applied for pension December 26, 1837, while a resident of Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, and alleged the following service: that while living in Swanzey, Massachusetts, he enlisted in September, 1776, and served two months in Captain Peleg Peck's company in Colonel Thomas Carpenter's Massachusetts regiment; that he enlisted in September, 1777, and served four months in Captain Peleg Peck's company in Colonel Carpenter's Massachusetts regiment and was in Spencer's expedition against Rhode Island.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish satisfactory proof of the alleged six months military service.
Nathaniel Cole moved from Swanzey, Massachusetts, to Plainfield, Connecticut, about 1792.
In 1838 he was referred to as Reverend Nathaniel Cole.
In 1853 Caleb Cole of Central Village, Windham County, Connecticut, stated that he was a child of Nathaniel Cole. There are no further data relative to this soldier's family given in the papers of his pension claim.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

2138
P. O. Nathaniel Cole
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____ REJECTED _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18 List of 185-2 gives fol. reason for rejection of claim, "He did not serve six months. N.C.S." Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Hon. Orrin Hovell
6 July '38
06

Depart of War Pension Office July 8. 1838
Sir
I return herewith the letter of Mr Eaton upon the subjd of the claim of Nathl. Cole. I have also examined Mr Coles explanatory statement, and have filed it with his original papers. His claim was rejected on the ground that he did not serve six months. He stated that he served 4 mos in Peck's Co. Mr Spence's expedition. His statement is not supported by the rolls. The company itself was but a month in length, and Mr Cole's name is not upon the company roll and but one of the witnesses names. There were however, a number of persons in Peck's Co. by the name of Cole, and hence the error which the witnesses have fallen into.
One Hall H R
I have the honor

Nathaniel Cole Connecticut Rejected See let to Hon. O. Holt April 13. 1838 do do July 6. 1838
2/38
ad June 7. 1832

Nathaniel Cole 3H. 458
He with Nath Cole's paper.
Jan 19

Plainfield January 13 th 1838-
J. L. Edwards Esq. Sir
Your favour is received, in answer to the communication of the Rev d Mr c Nathaniel Cole for a pension - in which you inform me, that the endorsement of the name of a person to whom a report is to be made, is not deemed sufficient - a letter giving the name of the applicant &c should accompany each set of papers" - Mr c Cole the Applicant resides in a remote part of our Town and about four Miles from our post office - He requests the favour of me, to lodge his papers with the proper authorities in our post office, and also to receive the answer and communicate it to him the first convenient opportunity. It was a pleasure to me to do this service to so respectable an old man - and which is the only compensation as I informed him for doing this service for him - If this should not be deemed sufficient, I will take the trouble of informing Mr c Cole that a direct communication must be made by him -
I am Sir with great respect Yours Joseph Eaton

Nat. Cole 82.
176. Sep. Capt. P. Peck Col. San Jacinto Imo. —
Sep. 77. same C o . 4 mo s V
1) Jos. Wheaton with Davy Rindly
Vol. 3 p 54 Sept 77 R g 1 mo d Ringsley on — Wheaton & Cole nch — several Cols on —

THE SAN LUIS VALLEY FINANCE CO.
514 SAN JUAN AVENUE
Alamosa, Colo.
June 26, 1930
Veterans' Administration Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Attention E. W. Morgan, Acting Commissioner.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
MCS:MLB
Dear Sir:
Replying to the attached: -
Ephraim Cole was born in 1724 and died in 1812. His wife, Ruth Arnold, was born in 1723 and died in 1816.
Their son, Nathaniel Cole was born March 1755 and died in Plainsfield, Connecticut, in January 1845. His wife, Anna Cole (a third cousin) was born June 4, 1762 and died in Plainsfield, Conn., July 1836.
Am sorry that I can furnish no further data, as I have but a family record of births, deaths and marriages.
I am seeking the war records (if any) because I have been asked by the local chapter of the D. A. R. to become a member if I am eligible.
Thanking you for any information you can supply me and for your time and efforts in this matter.
Very truly yours,
Catherine G. Moses,
Mrs. W. M. Moses 301 Ross Avenue Alamosa, Colorado