Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,348, for Joseph Osborne, Connecticut
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(3-1776)
SERVICE Conn
Osborne or Osborn, Joseph
NUMBER S 23.348
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4819
New York
Joseph Osborn
of Batavia in the State of New York who was a Pri & Mu. in the Company commanded by Captain Beardsly of the Reg commanded by Col. Waterbury in the Connecticut line for 12 months a Private & 3 months & 21ds a Music.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 53 Dollars 60 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 31st day of Jany., 1833. and auth Hon. P. L. Gray H. of R.

Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832 $80.80
Semi=anl. allowance ending [illegible] '35 26.80
$107.60
{Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Geo C Stiles Clerk
Book D Vol. 8 Page 119
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Returns to be made to
Barnabas Palmer
Rennabook Mi
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Joseph Osborn
of
New York
committed

Hon P L Tracey
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Brief in the case of Joseph Osborn of Batavia by of [illegible] in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court 
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 77 - 2d Feby 1832
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[column headings: Period. Duration of Service Years, Months, Days. Rank As a. Names of General and Field Officers under who he served Gen.]
 May 11 In 1775 [illegible] till Sept. 2 1775 Musician Capt. Beardsley, Col. Waterbury
Gen. Wooster
[illegible] 1 1776 2 months Pri Capt. Hubbard, Col. Waterbury, Ensign Cary.
Expiration of the above 1 Capt. Hubbard, Col. Sillimam
June 1776 & Col. Cook, Col. Silliman
Sept. 1777
June 1779 more than 1 month Capt. Hubbard, Col. Beardsley
frequently out on alarms in 1777 when Gen. Wooster was killed

5. In what battles was he engaged? No Battles
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Fairfield by Connecticut
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Discharge Papers not attached as required

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
[illegible] Examining Clerk. 
[illegible] 21, 1833
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Joseph Osborn's
Declaration

Please make returns to 
Horace M. Soper
Batavia, 
Genesee Co. N.Y.

Examined

Omitted 
15 mo. 21 days reg

3 mo. 21. Musician
12 - private
15 - 21
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Declaration of Joseph Osborn, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of New York
County of Genesee SS.
On this Sixteenth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting in the town of Batavia in and for the county of Genesee in said state, being a Court of Record and having  a seal, Joseph Osborn, a resident of the town of Batavia in the county of Genesee in and of State of New York, aged seventy seven years on the 20th February 1832, who being first duly served, 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 office, and served as herein stated.
That on the 11th May 1775 while he resided in the town of New Fairfield, in Fairfield County Connecticut, he enlisted into the State militia of Connecticut as a Musician for seven months, into Capt Arehemiah Beardsley's Company. that Seymour was 1st Lieutenant, Zephariah Briggs 2d Lieutenant and Keeler was Ensign. that he was in Col. Waterbury's Regiment. that Hobbic was Major and that Wooster was General. that he went to New York and was stationed out of the city in tents and remained there four or five weeks and then went to Harlem Heights and remained there a few weeks and he embarked on board of Sloops and went to Albany and then to Ticonderoga and remained there until the 2d day of September 1775 when he was discharged on account of sickness. their commanding officer gave a written discharge for eight soldiers which was put into the hands of one of the eight and he has never seen it since. That he was discharged at Ticonderoga and was then two hundred miles from home. which he travelled slowly on account of his health.
That on the 1st January 1776 he enlisted for two months under Captain William Gaylor-Hubbell and in his company to go to New York that the 1st Lieutentant was Peter Benfield and he thinks he was in Col. Waterbury's Regiment that Hobbic was Lieut. Col. and thinks Hibbard was Major
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went to the city of New York and encamped in the Barracks in the north part of the city and remained there two months for which he enlisted.
That at the expiration of the time for which he enlisted he served another month as a substitute for a soldier, whose name he cannot recollect, in the New York State militia in a company commanded by Ensign Cary. that there was no Captain of the Company on duty. that during this month he was billeted out in the city of New York when he was verbally discharged and went home.

That about the last of June 1776 he enlisted again for five months and went to the city of New York again in Capt. Will G Hubbell's Company ^ and thinks that the 1st Lieut. was Hencock ^ and Abbott was Ensign. his other Company officers he cannot recollect. that he was in Col. Silliman's Regiment. that Chandler was Lieut. Col. that Mead was Major. that he remained in the city until the army went on Long Island which was sometime in the last of August. that he went on Long Island with the army and was there about at the time of the battle but was not in the battle as his regiment was stationed to guard the place where the British landed, the night before the battle and had been relieved. that he remained on the Island eight days and then went back to the city and that soon after the army retreated out of the city to Harlem Heights and while there was taken sick and went into New Jersey and remained there till November, when he went back and joined his Regiment which soon after marched to Peekskill where they remained a short time when they were ordered back towards Connecticut Line and went into winter quartery at North Castle in New York. that he remained there until the last of December where his time of enlistment expired and he was verbally discharged on [crossed out] Christmas Day and went home.

That in the month of September 1777 he volunteered in the State militia and went to Fishkill under Capt. Hubbell aforesaid in Col. Cook's Regiment. that Beardsley was Major. that Gen Silliman commanded the Brigade. that from Fishkill he went to the River with the fleet to Greenbrush and he returned with the fleet and went to Peekskill Barracks and remained there until some time in November when he was discharged after having served ^ about two months and went home.
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That in the month of June 1779, he went to a place near what was called Crom Pond and continued there as a volunteer in Capt. Hubbell's Company aforesaid and under Col Beardsley, more than one month.
That he was frequently out in alarms in 1777 he was at Danbury and at Richfield when Gen. Wooster was killed. That he was in no battle during his service and has no documentary evidence of his services. and knowing no person living by whom he can [illegible] his services.
That he was born in New Fairfield, in the county of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut on the 20th February 1755. that he has no Record of his age and believes he is of the above age from information from his parents. that after the war he lived in Lanesborough in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, about 16 years, in Charlotte, in Chittenden County Vt. about one year - in Dunham, Lower Canada about 8 years - in Huntsburgh, (now Franklin) Franklin Co. Vt. about 6 years and then moved to Batavia where he has resided about eighteen years. That the Rev. Lucius Smith and Phinehas L. Tracy, lives in their neighborhood who are acquainted with him and can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief in his services as a soldier for the Revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension and annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State. 
Joseph Osborne
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court 
Timothy Fitch Clerk
He, Lucius Smith, a clergyman residing in the town of Batavia in the county of Genesee and State of New York and Phinehas L Tracy, residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Osborn who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age: that he is reputed and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Lucius Smith
Phinehas L Tracy
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid in open court
Timothy Fitch Clerk
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And the said Court do hereby declare the opinion that [illegible]
after the investigation of the matter and after putting the
interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above
named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as
he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to
them that Lucius Smith who has signed the preceding
certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Batavia
County of Genesee and State of New York and that
Thomas S. Tracy, who has also signed the same is a resident
in the same place and is a credible person, and that the
statement is entitled to credit.
Isaac Wilson
Robert Carll
William Mitchell
I , Timothy Fitch, Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas in
said County,
do hereby certify, that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court in
the matter of the application of Joseph Osborn for a pension
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of
office this sixteenth day of October 1832
Timothy Fitch Clerk

Joseph Osborn's
Declaration
18365
Please make return to 
Horace M. Soper 
Batavia
Genesee Co. NY
Examined
admitted
15 mo 21 days
viz

3 mo 21. musician
12 private
15-  21
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
S23348
Washington, D. C., - 192

In reply to your request of, for the history of Joseph Osborne, a solider of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the S claim for pension.

[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICES WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN COLONEL. STATE.]

May 11 1774. September 7 1775. Musician. Nehemiah Beardsley. Waterbury. Conn
Jan 1, 76. 2 mo. Pri. Wm G Hubbell. ". ".
76. 1 mo. under Ensign Cary in of NY
June 76. Dec 25 76. Wm G Hubble. Silliman. Conn.
Sept 77. 2 mo. Wm G Hubbell. Cook. ".
June 79. 1 mo. Wm G Hubbell. Beardsley. ".
[crossed out]

Battles engaged in, 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Fairfield Conn -
Date of application for pension, Oct 16, 1832
Residence at date of application, Batavia NY -
Age at date of application, b. Feb 20 1753 [circled]1832 77[end circle] New Fairfield Conn
Remarks: No data
[added by hand "O.K."]
Respectfully,
Commissioner
[added by hand "1840 res not on rec."]
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[added by hand "Revolution 23 348"]
INVALID
File No. 23348
Joseph Osborn
Priv Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 302
[Arrangement of 1870]

1924 Nov. 28 Hist to Geo McK
Roberts, 120 Broadway
N.Y. City see letter in 
Jos Eastman W7101