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Pension file S.18534, printed summary card: Maine 7283, Hancock 13; service under a captain (name faded) in Col. Wingate's New Hampshire regiment; placed on the Vermont roll at $20 a year from 4 March 1831; certificate issued 23 April 1833 to John W. Smith, Chelsea, Vermont; later note of transfer to Maine (Bangor), 1839.

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

Pension file S.18534, printed summary card: Maine 7283, Hancock 13; service under a captain (name faded) in Col. Wingate's New Hampshire regiment; placed on the Vermont roll at $20 a year from 4 March 1831; certificate issued 23 April 1833 to John W. Smith, Chelsea, Vermont; later note of transfer to Maine (Bangor), 1839.

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Keep in mind: 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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