Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,514, John Webb, Md.
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(3 - 1776)  
SERVICE    NUMBER
Md. [stamp of a star, 6 points, fill is striped, next to surname]Webb, John   S. 37.514
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CONTENTS
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Hon. R.P. Letcher H.R.
[illegible] March 3, 1828
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State of Kentucky 
Garrard County Court

November County Court 1827

John Webb this day sworn to and filed the following declaration etc (viz).
County of Garrard Lct

On this 19th day of November 1827 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the County aforesaid John Webb resident in said County aged 63 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the first of May 1820. That he the said John Webb enlisted for the term of during the year and the day of April in the year 1778 in the state of Maryland in the Company commanded by Capt  Hardman in the Regiment Commanded by Col John Greenby in the line of the State of Maryland on the continental establishment ; that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the close of the war, when he was discharged from the service in the state of South Carolina that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, that his name was not on the roll of any state but Maryland, and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension-that he felt a hope that he could be able to maintain himself by his own exertions and did not desire if he could avoid it to be placed on the pension roll,. And in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property
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or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it
as to bring myself within the provisions
of an act of Congress
entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged
in the land and naval service of the United States in
the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March
1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust
for me any property or securities, contracts or debts
due to me; nor have I any income or property whatever
except clothes and a trunk to keep them in nor have
I had any other property since the 18th of March 1818.
John Webb
And it is the opinion of the Court that said Webb
has no Estate or property except the trunk & clothes
as stated above
I James H. Letcher Clerk of the Garrard County
Court do hereby certify that the foregoing is truly copied
from the record of said Court; and I do further certify
that it is the opinion of the said Court that said
Webb has no estate or property except the clothes and
trunk mentioned in the Schedule.
I testimony where I have here unto
set my hand and affixed the
seal of the said Court at my offices
in Lancaster this 14th day of
February 1828 and 36th year of
the Commonwealth
James H. Letcher Clerk of
the Garrard Co. Court
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John Webb
See letter 12 October
1829 to Hon R P Letcher
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AUDITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Annapolis 9th Oct 1827
I certify that it appears by the Muster Rolls remaining in the office, that John Webb
enlisted as a Private in the seventh Maryland
Regiment on the 4th day of May 1778 and was on the first day of November 1780 present.
Thos Karney Auditor General State of Maryland
N.B. He enlisted for during the War
T.K.
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19.880
Kentucky
John Webb
of Garrard Co. in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Hardman of the regiment commanded
by Colonel Gunby in the Maryland
line, for the term of the war
from April 1778 to 1783

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 day of February 1828

Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd of March 1828 and sent to Hon R. P. Letcher [illegible]

Arrears to 4th of March 1828 $5.60
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1828 $48
$53.60
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Revolutionary Claim,
Acts March, 18, 1818,
and May 1, 1820.
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37514
Invalid

File No. 37514
John Webb
Prv Rev War
Act: 18th March 18th
index: Vol. 2, Page 444.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1919 Nov. 21 Hist.  Mrs. J. R. Spraker
Letter in S. 16582 Daniel Wilcoxen
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Revolutionary war records section 3-525
Department of the interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.,     19
[S.F.] 37514



In reply to your request of     , received
for a statement of the military history of John Webb a soldier of the revolutionary war, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in the Bureau.

Dates of enlistment or appointment.
May 4, 1778
Length of Service.
[illegible] of war
Rank.
Pvt.
Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered
Captain
Hardman
Colonel
John Gunby
State
Md

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Maryland
Date of application for pension, Nov 19, 1827 [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Garrard County, Ky
Age at date of application, 63 years
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family

Respectfully,
Commissioner.