American AcornsPension certificate entry: Nathaniel Oak of Chelsea, Vt., private, Col. Wingate's regiment, $20 a year from 4 March 1831, certificate issued 23 April 1833 (with the Maine transfer docket)
Image · dated 23 Apr 1833 · source: U.S. National Archives, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, S.18534 (Nathaniel Oak, Chelsea, Vt., later Exeter, Me.), image 4161439_00119; image supplied by the owner on 29 Sep 2026 from a library-discovery download of federal records; the exact record URL was not supplied
Transcription
Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).
Maine: 2383
[Struck through] Vermont 13[719?; uncertain]
Nathaniel Oak
of Chelsea in the State of Ver
who was a pri in the Com commanded by Captain [blank] of the Reg commanded by Col Wingate in the N. Ham [additional “Mass”] line for 6 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23d day of April 1833 and sent. Let to
W. Smith. Chelsea. Vt
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 $40
Semi-annual allowance ending Sept 4 '33 10
$50
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by E. S. [Bullock?], Clerk,
Book E [uncertain], Vol. 3 Page 82
[Right-hand docket, ends partly cropped]
Cd to Pen Agt 30 March 183[9?]
To Maine from 4th Sept 183[8?]
13 April 1839. Notification to
Pensioner Bangor, Maine
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Keep in mind: Part of pension file S.18534 (Chelsea, Vt.; later Maine). The file is a Confirmed record of the Chelsea pensioner; his identification with Nathaniel Oak born 1751 (parents John and Susanna) is the existing reviewed account and stays qualified. Do not merge this file with the Athens pension W.25398.