Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23703, Nathan Holly, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
Kelly, Nathan
NUMBER
S-23703
CONTENTS

DA. 374  New York  Nathan Kolly
Jefferson Co. in the State of New York was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Hull of the Regt. commanded by Colonel Root in the Militia time for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Nov 1833 and Settled Hon. Edward present
  Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33  $ 50    Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. '34  10     $60  
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by G. Smith Clerk Book E. Vol. 2, Page 104
Dead. See letter to Hon. L. Wardwell, Dec. 21. 1835
Paid at the Treasury from 4 March 1831 to 5 Sept 1833 the day of his death. Under Act of the 16 th April 1838 - age notified 28 th Sept 1838
Del 933

14,119-
Nathan Holly
Found on Holly for 80. cents.
11.12.16-
proof usg of Admitted Private 6 months
H.W.
Mr. Hardwell
H.R.
P2A

BRIEF in the case of Nathan Hally of Elishburg  County of Jefferson in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1839.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74  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.     Voluntad In 1778 — — 9 — private Gen. Col. Brigs { Mapache parts Capt Hull { line Col. Pennock {   Voluntad in 1786 — — 9 —  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? 
Not any
 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? 
Richmond Berkshire Co. Mass
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By traditional evidence 
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
Not properly attached; the signature of the living witness is absent
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. Wilson Examining Clerk.
21. Jan 1839

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 18 th , 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The children of Nathan Holley, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany N.York Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1831, to the 5 th September, 1833, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

add proof Nathan Wolley Nov. paper suspended.

State of New York } p Jonathan Holley of Whitestown County of Oneida } County aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is of the age of eighty four years & resides in Whitestown aforesaid, that he is a brother of Nathan Holley of Ellisburgh County of Jefferson & State aforesaid who is an applicant for a pension under the Act of 1832 as this deponent is informed & believes.
That this deponent knows that his said brother Na- than served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, that at the time the said Nathan en- tered the service he together with this deponent resided in Richmond State of Massachusetts that he recollects his brother went from home in the service as a private soldier to serve as a nine months man in General Pattersons Brigade & which this deponent believes was in the year 1778 but can not be entirely positive as to the year, that this deponent well recollects when he left home & when he returned & although this deponent never saw him in actual service, that he well recollects that when he returned he said he had been to West Point & to the highlands & this deponent then believed & still believes & has no doubt that he was gone in the service as a private soldier for the full term of nine months,
That he knows his said brother went again in 1780 into the service from Richmond afo- resaid & was said at the time to have marched to New Haven, & Hartford & to White Plains & was absent from home at the time he believes nine months, that he well recollects when he returned from the service & that he said that he had been at the last above mentioned places

& this deponent then believed & still believes & has no doubt whatever but that he was in the service at that time nine months,
That from the fact that his brother left his home in Richmond where he & this deponent resided at the time with to go into the service & was absent from home about the time above mentioned, & the fact that he said he was in the service & it always was said in the family & neighborhood then & afterwards & believed understood, & from the fact that he & his family heard from him while he was in the service he has no doubt whatever & fully believes his said Brother Nathan was a private soldier for the term above stated viz, eighteen months. - Dated 5 June 1832
Jonathan Holley
Subscribed & sworn before me this fifth day of June 1832 & I cer- tify that I am well acquainted with the said Jonathan Holley & that his character for truth & veracity is good & his statement is entitled to full credit
Uriah Stevens Justice of the Peace State of New York
Clerk's Office Oneida County ss: I do hereby certify that Uriah Stevens Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit of Jonathan Holley purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same a justice of the peace in and for said County, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe the signature "Uriah Stevens" above subscribed to be genuine. Witness my hand & seal of office this fifth day of June A.D. 1832 Geo Brown Clerk For B. Cleave Dyblh

N. Holly Nathan Holly.
14,110.
2 terms mo. 9 each
7/-
+ paid & D. Hollys paid

State of New York County of Jefferson } ss
On this 11th day of September 1832 personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of common pleas of the County aforesaid now sitting Nathan Holly a resident of Ellisburgh in the County of Jefferson & State of New York aged 76 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered into the service of the United States in the year 1778 with Captain Hull and served in the Regiment of the Massachusetts line under the following named Officers & served as herein stated. (viz) Capt Hull's Company Col Brooks Regiment & General Patterson's Brigade That he resided in the Town of Richmond County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts when he entered the service & marched from thence to New Haven in the State of Connecticut & from thence to the North River above the City of New York & served during the term of nine months with the Continental Army among the highlands & at West point during that period. That he cannot remember the names of the Officers with whom he served except his captains nor any of the any of the regular Officers except General Washington whom he saw several times during the said term of service & also General Green. That the Militia company in which he belonged at the time he entered the service was divided into classes & that the class he belonged to had to furnish one man & that he volunteered to go & served the term of nine months. That he cannot recollect the month when he entered the service or left it But That it was in the winter season when he returned. he had a discharge but has lost it. That in the year 1780 he entered the service into the service of the United States again under the following named Officers & served as herein stated (viz) Col Brooks Regiment & General Patterson's

Brigade That he cannot remember the names of any of the other Officers. That he resided in the Town of Berkshire in the County & State above mentioned when he entered the service That he volunteered in the same way as at the first time & marched to West point & served there & among the highlands, between that place & New York during the term of nine months. That he was about forty miles below West point when he saw General Arnold making his Escape down the River, But had not then heard of his disaffection That he does not recollect the names of any of the regular officers except those whom he has above mentioned That he has no documentary evidence, That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except his Brother David Holly
That he cannot remember the months when he entered or left the service But that it was in the Winter season when he returned home -
That there is no Clergyman in the the immediate neighborhood of my residence
To the several questions directed by the war department to be put by the Court, the applicant answers as follows
1 st answer In the Town of Sharon Connecticut  State of in the year 1758
2 nd I have a copy of a record which my father had of my age in my house at Ellsbrough
4 th I volunteered each of the times for the class which was to furnish a man.
3 rd In the Town of Richmond as before mentioned have since lived in the Towns of Bennington & Dorset in the State of Vermont, in Whitestown in the State of New York - And now live in the Town of Ellsbrough County of Jefferson & State of New York
answ- 5 th answer as above stated
answ 6 as above stated
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension

or an annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any State Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
P. Burachaid clerk
Nathan Holly
I David Holly residing in the Town of Ellisburg County of Jefferson & State of New York page 281 v. 94 do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with Nathan Holly who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration in the time of the revolutionary war & have been ever since that time & that I know from record which I have seen that he is of the age of 74 years & that I am knowing to his having served in the war of the revolution the two several terms as stated in his declaration above from a personal knowledge of his entering & returning from the service at the several times stated in his declaration above Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid P. Burachaid clerk
DAVID Holly
We Abner Phillips
& William Case
residing in the Town
of Ellisburg County of Jefferson & State of New York do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathan Holly who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be of 74 years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion & that we are acquainted with David Holly who has subscribed & sworn to the above certificate & that his reputation for truth & veracity is good
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Abner Phillips
P. Burachaid clerk
William Case

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Abiezer Philips & William Gase who have signed the proceeding certifi- =ate are residents in the Town of Ellsbrough aforesaid & are credible persons, & that their statements is entitled to credit.
I Poley Purchard Clerk of the Court of common pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Nathan Holly for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 11. day of September in the year of our Lord 1832
P. Purchard Clerk
I am acquainted with the above named Nathan Holly - I believe him to be honest entitled to a pension - July 27. 1833 D. W. Wadsworth

Mr. Rev. War Section.
February 13, 1915.
Mrs. E. H. Boomer,
Adams, New York.
Madam:-
In response to your letter dated the eighth instant you are advised that from the papers in the claim S. File No. 23,703 , Rev. War. it appears that Nathan Holly served at various times from 1778 to 1780, in the Massachusetts troops.
He was born in 1758, was a resident of Ellisburgh, New York in 1832, and died September 5, 1833.
You are further advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Jonathan Wright, of Massachusetts, who was born in 1762, died in 1833, and was buried at Adams, New York.
Very respectfully,
G. M. Saltzgaber Commissioner.

Revolution
23703 INVALID.
1915, Feb. 13. History to Mrs. E. H. Boon (for gravestone)
File No. 23,703
Nathan Holly
Rev Rev
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 190
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Pension Office
Hon: D. Wardwell House Representative
Arthur Hays

War Department Pension Office February 28 th 1833
Sir,
I have the honor to state that the claim of Nathan Holly has been again examined -
He alleges two terms, of nine months each of Continental service in the Massachusetts line -
By the Rolls it appears that he served but one term of Six months - He was therefore required to prove any claim he might assert beyond that Six months -
No effort appears upon the face of his returned papers to comply with that requirement, except your certificate of Opinion respecting his honesty and the soundness of his claim - That Opinion is in no respect undervalued, when it is deemed insufficient to remove the presumption which the evidence of the rolls justifies, and which can be removed alone by direct proof of service - His claim is readily admitted for Six months - Any further claim must be supported by very satisfactory testimony, before it could be admitted - His case is suspended and his papers placed on file.
I have the honor to be, Respectfully, Sir, your Ob t Serv t J L Edwards
Hon: D. Wardwell House of Representatives

In the case of Nathan Holly & cannot to take a certificate for nine months service as the agent of said Holly D. Wardwell

Com. of Pensions Dear Sir:
" Nathaniel Holley "
1757-1833 Tombstone, Ellisburg N.Y.
Placed on Pension Roll Mar 4. 1831.
War Vets of Jeff Co N.Y. Syracuse Public Library Anna C Boomer Mrs. E.H.,
Vice Pres = Deborah Chapman Chap D.H.R. Adams N.Y. 2/8/1915