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Pension file S.18534: Nathaniel Oak's sworn application of 22 March 1839 at Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, to transfer his pension to Maine, "to spend the remainder of his days with his son who resides in Exeter," with an affidavit of Nathaniel Oak Jun'r of Exeter and Justice Joseph Carr's certificate that the witness is "a very respectable farmer and a person of veracity."

Image · dated 1832-1895 · source: U.S. National Archives, Revolutionary War pension file S.18534, via Fold3.

Pension file S.18534: Nathaniel Oak's sworn application of 22 March 1839 at Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, to transfer his pension to Maine, "to spend the remainder of his days with his son who resides in Exeter," with an affidavit of Nathaniel Oak Jun'r of Exeter and Justice Joseph Carr's certificate that the witness is "a very respectable farmer and a person of veracity."

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Keep in mind: The son Nathaniel Oak Jr., a farmer of Exeter, Maine, is newly named here (tagged to Nathaniel Oak, 1780-1859, as Likely). Likely: the identification of the Chelsea, Vermont pensioner with the Nathaniel Oak born 16 May 1751 (son of John Oake and Susanna Allen) rests on the declaration's age (81 in August 1832), his residence at Winchester, N.H. in 1775 and his witnesses' statements. Transcribed from the full-size image by E (3 Oct 2026).

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