Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,419, Nathaniel Hills, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Hills, Nathaniel Samuel or
S 44,419
CONTENTS

Nov 19209
Yarmouth
To N. Ham) Nathaniel Hills
of Addison Co. in the state of Vermont who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Charles of the regiment commanded by Colonel Beadle in the N. Hampshire line, for the term of 1776 - one year -
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 23 of October 1823
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of Mar. 1899 and sent to the Hon. C. Nick House of Representatives
Arrears to 4th of Nov. 1879 35. 3d Semi anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1879 48.
 83-35 
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820.
1 March 1827

Samuel Hills of lawful age depose and say that I have been acquainted with Nathaniel Hills ever since he was a boy we lived near neighbors in the town of Swainey in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire until five or six years last past at which time said Nathaniel Hills moved from said Swainey to the State of Vermont and now lives in the town of New Haven in said State of Vermont — on the 18 th day of November in the year 1776 I saw said Nathaniel Hills at Mount-Independence (so called) doing duty as a private soldier in Col. Buel's Regiment, and he returned from the army and arrived to Swainey the latter part of December in said year.
Samuel Hills
State of New Hampshire } October 17. 1823
Cheshire ss.
The said Samuel Hills personally appeared and made Oath that  to the foregoing deposition — Before me Elyah Belding Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the deponent who subscribed the above deposition is a credible witness
E Belding Justice of the Peace

Gresham p. Jan'y 20. 1824
I Salma Hale clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said county certify that Elijah Bidsing is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that the foregoing is his signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court
S. Hale

Elijah Graves of lawful age depose and say that I have been acquainted with Nathaniel Hills ever since he was a boy we  were both then in the town of  we both lived in the town of Swansey in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire where said Nathaniel Hills & I have lived neighbors until a few years since when said Hills moved from Swansey to New Haven in the State of Vermont - in February in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six said Nathaniel Hills enlisted in the continental service under Capt. Carlisle and marched from this town the fore part of March following and joined Col. Bedels Regiment.
Elijah Graves
State of New Hampshire } October 17. 1823
- Cheshire ss. }
The said Elijah Graves made Oath to the foregoing deposition by him subscribed
Before me
Elijah Belding Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the deponent who subscribed the above deposition is a credible witness
Elijah Belding Just. Peace

Cheshire. June 20. 1824.
I Salma Hale clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature in and for said county certify that Elijah Doting is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that the foregoing is his signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court.
S. Hale

I Elias Taylor of Waitsfield in the County of Washington and State of Vermont, dispose and say, That I am well acquainted with Nathaniel Hills formerly of Swanzey in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, now of New Haven in the County of Addison in the State of Vermont, That I know that the said Nathaniel enlisted as a private in Capt. Daniel Bartles' Company, some time in January 1776. the said Company belonged to Col. Beadle's Regiment, that he served in said Company till Dec r following, when he was dismissed at Saratoga, That he marched during the winter of his enlistment to Quebec and was there till the troops retreated from that place, to Saratoga in the State of New York. Elias Taylor
State of Vermont. } At Waitsfield this 12 th day of Washington County ss. } December A.D. 1823. —
Then Personally appeared the above named Elias Taylor, and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true, Sworn and subscribed before me, Edmund Rice, Justice of Peace.
I hereby certify that the above named Elias Taylor is a credible witness. — Edmund Rice, Justice of Peace.

State of Vermont } Washington County } S. 3
I Joshua Y. Vail Clerk of the county court within and for the county of Washington: do certify that Edmund Rice is a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Washington aforesaid, & has been for more than six months past, duly qualified acting under the authority of this State, & that his name affixed to the within affidavit as such, is his own proper handwriting.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 12 th day of February A.D. 1824.
J. Y. Vail Clerk

19.154 Nathan Hills.

te of Vermont On this 23 d day of October 1823, personally appeared Addison Distrit before the Probate Court for Said District, being a Court of record (being expressly made a Court of record by the laws of this State) in open Court, Nathaniel Hills resident in Said District, aged 68 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818, and the 1 st May 1820, that he the said Nathaniel Hills (a short previous enlistment) enlisted by the name of Samuel Hills Jun. for the term of one year, about the first of February 1776, in the State of New Hampshire in the Company commanded by Capt. Carlisle, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Badle in the line of the State of New Hampshire, on the Continental Establishment; - that he continued to serve in the said Corps until sometime in the month of December 1776, when he was discharged from the said Service at Saratoga in the State of New York; that he afterwards served under several short enlistments - making in the whole more than two years That during the said years service he went to Canada & was with the troops in their distressing retreat from Canada, but was in no battle - that the year following he was at the taking of Burgoyne's army at Saratoga, State of New York: - That he has no other evidence now in his power of his said Service except the accompanying affidavits.
And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner, disposed of my property.

or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. —
   1 Horse 1.50 2 Axes 1.00   1 one horse waggon 10.00 3 Knives & Forks 25   1 st Harness 6.00 Crockery & Earthenware 1.00   1 st Sleigh 1.00 Table 50   1 two yr. old heifer 10.00 1 pr. Shovel & Hoes 1.00   1 Pig 4.00 1 Scythe & smooth 75   1 Saddle & Bridle 1.50 2 Chests 50   1 Wool & Linen wheel 2.00 3 Chains 38   1 Small brass kettle 3.00 10 Bush. Potatoes 1.25   1 Dish kettle 50 8 st Corn in the ear 2.67   1 Tea kettle 20 Small quantity of Rye in straw 3.00   1 Spades 25 1 1/2 Bush. Oats 37   1 Barin 12 Old Barrels & Staves 50   1 Pitchfork & rake 25 2 Tons Hay 8.00   1 Iron hatchet 50 1 Bush. Beans 50   1 Small crane 50 Note agst Paul Wright for 27.40   41.32 49.07  
Vatt Hills.
And the said deponent on his oath aforesaid further states that he is by occupation a farmer — that one of his uncles has been lame for many years, and the lameness has increased lately. By reason of his & the infirmities of age he is able to labour but little: — That he has no family depending on him but a wife aged 63 years, who is much afflicted with the Asthma, and is so

inform, that she is not able to labour. That about five years ago he lived in New Hampshire & had a small estate there, which he sold for the purpose of removing into this State, designing to lay out the avails in real estate here - that he put the same into the hands of his nephew Samuel Hills, who removed into this State about the same time, & who was supposed to be doing well - intending to call it out of his hands as soon as this declarant could find a convenient opportunity to purchase. But the said Samuel Hills suddenly failed & became a bankrupt, and is now, with a considerable family, possessed of no property - and there is little or no prospect of obtaining any part of the debt of him during the life of this declarant; if ever. -
Sworn to & declared on the 23 d day of October 1823.
Before the Court aforesaid,
Sam l Swift, Judge of Probate.
I, John Simmons, Register of the Probate Court for the District of Addison in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Ninety dollars 39 Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 24 th day of December 1823.
John Simmons, Register

JN o
O. W. and N. Division.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., Jan'y _____, 1894
Sir
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Nathaniel Hill, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feby 1776 12 Mo s Pri Daniel Carlisle Timothy Bedel NH  
Enlisted under name of Samuel Hill Jr. - He served a short previous enlistment & several thereafter on furloughs
Battles engaged in, Stillwater Oct 1777 with capture of Burgoyne Residence of soldier at enlistment, Swanzey, Cheshire County NH Date of application for pension, October 1823 Residence at date of application, New Haven, Addison Co Vt Age at date of application, 68 years a native of Swanzey NH - Removed 1818 to Remarks: New Haven Vt in 1826 he had returned to NH His wife was alive in 1823 aged 63 years No record of Samuel Hill as a pensioner -
Very respectfully,
Mr George Mason
Commissioner.
918 F St
City

Nathan P. Hills application for a transfer

State of New Hampshire County of Cheshire -
On this fifteenth day of March 1826, before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said County of Cheshire personally appeared Nathaniel Hills who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Capt. Samuel Badleth, in the Regiment commanded by Col Beadle in the service of the United States - that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Vermont from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of New Hampshire where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future - and that his reasons for removing to the State of New Hampshire are to return to his native place, and to reside among his friends. -
Nathaniel Hills
Subscribed & sworn to before me the day and year aforesaid. -
Thomas M. Edwards
I Jonathan Bailey of lawful age depose that I will know Nathaniel Hills who has subscribed the above application, and have no doubt that he is the same person therein described - Jonathan Bailey
Subscribed and sworn to before me this fifteenth day of March 1826 -
Thomas M. Edwards Justice of the Peace I certify that the above deponent is a person of veracity Thomas M. Edwards Justice of the Peace

Hon. Charles Rich. —

Middlebury 17 February 1824.
Dear Sir,
Another Revolutionary Soldier is desirous of troubling you with his application for a pension. I accordingly take the liberty to trouble you with his papers - and the request that you will send them to the office when convenient. - If any further evidence should be needed of his service or his poverty, he is anxious to be informed, as soon as possible. The affidavits relating to the former are not as explicit, as I would have wished - I think it would have been better, if they had stated their own means of knowledge - and particularly in the case of Colonel Taylor, who was in the same company with Hilds the whole time of the service. If this had been stated, I think, it would have been more satisfactory. But still I think, of the facts stated in the affidavits are taken for true as they are stated, they not only prove his service - but according to the rules of Secretary of War. - Taylor proves the whole period of service - one of the other witnesses proves the commencement & the other the end of the service - what, I think, will be deemed equal to two witnesses to the whole. As to his poverty I did not advise him to produce any affidavits - supposing his own oath sufficient, if there are no suspicious circumstances. And I have not the least doubt, that his statement is exactly true - I judge so, from the statement of his neighbors, as well as from an apparent scrupulousness to get into the schedule every - the least - article of property & to state every thing exactly right. - Indeed he says he never intended to ask for a pension, & should not, if he had not found himself unexpectedly so much reduced that he cannot maintain himself. Respectfully &c Saml Swift.

O. W. and N. Div. (8-564.) DIVISION.
U.S. Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., Jan. 6, 1894.
Respectfully returned to George Mason, Esq., #918 F. St., Washington, D. C.
Please furnish, for purposes of identification, the place of residence of each soldier, before and after service, and the Christian names of their widows if any survived them.
Return all papers with your reply.
OLD WAR AND PENSION JAN 11 1894 FILES.
Wm Lochren Commissioner.
Rec 13

Nathl. Hills for transfer

Roane Co. Va. March 15.
Please to return, to care of Mr. M. Edwards.

Bureau of Pensions.
Samuel Hills
not a
pensioner
Noted on
Maternal's H.S.

Home of Rest
July 26 th 1824
Sir
you will receive herewith sundry papers in support of the claim of Nathaniel Pills, to a Pension; to which your attention is respectfully invited, by
your obed t servant Charles Pills

918. 5 St. Washington Ave.
Dec. 12 th 1893
To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions. Sir:—
I am desirous of obtaining the military record of Nathaniel Hills, Samuel Hills and William Hills, three brothers, who served in the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War.
Samuel Hills is represented as having been captured in the retreat from Canada in 1775, imprisoned in Montreal and finally paroled by Gen. Carleton after humane treatment at the instance of Gen. Burgoyne. He was my maternal grandfather.
Wm Hills, I knew when a boy, and have often seen his pension certificate which I recollect my father having assisted in obtaining his pension. If you can give me the information sought you will greatly oblige—Yours truly Geo. Mason

no oth
918 F. St Wash g D.C. Jan 8/94
To the Hon. Comr of Pensions, Dr Sir:-
12387
In reply to your inquiry of 6 th inst. received. I will say that Samuel Hills resided, and died in Swanzy N.H. sometime prior to 1830. no widow survives or sur- vived him. Nathaniel Hills resided in Waybridge, Vt. left no issue, and no widow so far as I know. William Hills, removed from Swanzy to Rich- mond, N.H.; then to Newfane, Vt.; then to Brookline Vt. where he died I think about 1867 or perhaps later. I knew him when a boy some fifty years ago. His wife died before him some years.
I do not know where these soldiers lived before service.
Yours truly
Geo. Mason

918 F. St. Wash n D.C.
Jan. 30, 1892.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions.
Referring to my letter of inquiry for military record of Nathaniel, Nils, Samuel Hills and William Hills. Three brothers, soldiers of the Revolution .
Wm. Hills died in Brookline, Vt. in Oct 1854 aged 96 yrs 9 mos. He moved from Swanzey N.H. to Richmond N.H. early and had a large family. His wife was Abigail Grainy . The pension Agent who used to pay Mrs. Wm. Hills his pension in Brookline was named Swain I think from Windsor perhaps. Wm. Hills wife died before him.
My only information of Nathaniel was from the wife of a nephew who said he lived in Weybridge Vt. & left no children. and died there
Samuel lived in Swanzey, about 1820, his first wife was Scott, died before him. I am of opinion he married a second time.
I find the name of Samuel Hills, a

son of Joseph Hills, of Malden afterwards of Newbury Mass as late as 1705. Some fifty years later there was a Samuel Hills in Newbury who had a son Samuel. There are four genera- tions descended from my grandfather in which the name occurs. Joseph Hills of Malden had also a son Nathaniel who died young.
I do not doubt that the Swaney Hills are connected with the Newbury family, but I think the Swaney family came there before the Revolution. I do not know that these facts will assist in the search but if not they will do no harm.
Yours truly Geo. H. Mason

visit to Geo. Mason Arlington. A.C.C.
Feb. 2/4 Mil. No. 918 F. St., Wash.
H4 419 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 44419
Nathaniel Hill Rev. Rev. War
Act: 18 th March 1818, 1 st May 1820 1 st March 1823
Index: —Vol. 3 , Page 128
[Arrangement of 1870.]