Nathaniel Oak’s Declaration for Pension S18534

Nathaniel Oak’s Declaration for Pension # S18534

State of Vermont, Orange County SS.

At Chelsea in said County on this 21 st day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before Hon. Tetuis Hatchings Duncil Cable & Fleaing Jones Justices of the County Court of said Orange County, now setting, being a Court of Record Nathaniel Oak a resident of Chelsea in the County of Orange and State of Vermont, aged 81 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 act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as known States, that in the year 1775 he resided in Winchester in the county of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire, that on the 19 th of April of that year being the day of the Lexington Battle. He volunteered in the service of the United States to march forth with to Cambridge in a State that he entered the Company of Massachusetts Militia commanded by Capt. Benjamin Hastings & Lieut. Haughton in the Regt. Under Commanded by Col. John Whitcomb & Lieut. Col. Asa Whitcomb & Major Sawyer, that his Company which called Minute Men, and had for a year previous stood securely to march off a massants warning, and had been called out on alarms several times once to Cambridge & once to Watertown, that he marched with his company (cousin Jerry Forthwith) hurry forth with to Cambridge Massachusetts and arrived there on the 20 th the day after Lexington battle & sur___ them on guard & on fatigue and continued in P service about six weeks according to his best recollection & was ____ discharged at Cambridge as the expiration of the P six weeks.

Also that sometime in the month of June he thinks about the first of the month 1776 he again volunteered in the service of the United States in the New Hampshire Militia in the Company commanded by Capt. William Humphrey in the Regiment commanded by Col. Wingate & Lieut. Col. Connor, that immediately on enlistment on volunteering this march from Winchester to Keene & then to Charleston & then drew _______ his regiment then proceeded over the County to Otten Creeks – Strunk the Lake between Crown Jarint & Fiardesages & pass through to Mount Serdephesis. Col. Wymans Regiment joines them from Keene New Hampshire and that several Regiments were station there & in that vicinity & he thinks Gen Sullivan had the Chief Command, that he was detached to cut and open a Road from Manert. Foulsfiferdense to Habbluston a distance of about 25 miles, that two companies, were to detached & he then returns to this Manut and continued then on guard & on _____ till his time of five months expired which was the from part of November 1776, that he enlisted or volunteered __ __ and was discharged for vive months & then his discharge was verbal. That he has on documentary evidence to prove his services and that he knows of an person whom testifies many he can ___ who can testify to his service except what he has fracurn

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever, to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State. To my knowledge, Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Nattl Oak

Laughlen, Clerk