Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28793, for Joseph Libbey, Massachusetts
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Secretary's Office, June 27th 1833.

I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Joseph Libby, as a Private, is borne
on a Pay Roll of Capt Reuben Dyer's Company, raised for an expedition against St John's, Province of Nova Scotia, and continued in the service at and for the defense of Machias in 1777, where he engaged July 5th and was discharged November 27th,- and was allowed
four months and twenty-five days. (There is great reason to conclude that this service was in 1776, as others on the same roll have sworn to that effect, and have obtained as under the year 1776; and unless it be thus considered, it will clash seriously with other rolls.)

Joseph Libbee's name, as a Private, is borne
on a Pay-Roll of Capt. Stephen Smith's Company, in Col Benjamin Foster's Regiment, called on for the defence of Machias, between July 16th and October 10th 1777, where he is allowed two months and twenty days service.

Joseph Libbey's name is borne on a Pay-Roll of Capt. Stephen Smith's Company, in Col
Benjamin Foster's Regiment, said Company having 
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been on duty between the 4th day of December,
1778, and the 4th day of January, 1779,- where
he is allowed five days service.

Said Libbey claims for service under
Capt. John Hall, the roll or rolls for which
are not found in this office
Edward D Bangs Scy
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State of Marie
Washington Ss.

On the 16 day of October, 1832 personally appears in open Court now held by Hon. John Dickinson Judge of Probate in & for said County.
Joseph Libby of Harrington in said County, aged eighty four years who being first 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 7 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers & served as herein stated, viz
In May or June 1776 or 1777, he resided at
Machias in said County & enlisted in a company commanded by Capt Reuben Dyer of what Obadiah Allen Lieut. & Nathan Longfellow Ensign all of whom are
now deceased. He served under said lieutenant six months, stationed at Machias, where also he was discharged. The company aforesaid was under orders of Col. John Allen, but whether it belonged to his corps the declarant knows not.
He was under the pay of Massachusetts- he
was also a volunteer minute man holding himself constantly in readiness for service, and frequently during the war of the revolution in actual service for that period both before & after his said six months service,- chiefly first in a company commanded by Capt. Stephen Smith & afterwards under Capt. John Hall (both deceased)- in all [[near]] ten
months which services were at & near Machias. 
He was in no battle except in the taking of the Margaretta when a volunteer under Jeremiah Bean, the attack upon the British armed vessel commanded by Capt Dawson