Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 5905, for Joseph Kibby, Maryland
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
Md.

Kibby, Joseph

NUMBER
R5905

CONTENTS
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Declaration 
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State of Kentucky
County of Union

On this 20th day of July 1835 personally appeared before the Union County Court Joseph Kibby a resident of Union County and State of Kentucky aged seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on is oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832- that he entered the army of the United States in the month of June 1781 as a substitute for James Harbad in the militia company of Capt Edward Changes or Changers in St Mary's County and state of Maryland. - That in the said month of June 1781 he joined said militia company at Leonard Town in St Marys County Maryland - Berryman Crop was Lieutenant and American Ensign- that he was marched with the company to Anapolis where they were joined by Capt Gaithers militia company- from Anapolis the two companies were marched to George Town where they joined a militia company from Charles County and Prince Georges County the captains name not recollected and at George Town Maj Osberry took the command of the three companies- that his Capt Changes or Changers and Osbury were frenchmen- We were then marched by Maj Osbury to Dumfries from there to Williamsburg where they were halted for a few days- when a [illegible] arrived and they were marched rapidly to Little York where they were placed under the command of Genl Gist and belonged to the 4th Maryland Regiment, the Col's name not recollected- that he with the company to which he belonged were constantly employed in carrying on the siege of York and were stationed on the left wing of the Main American Army- the french troops were on their  left - that he continued there till the surrender of Cornwallis the last of October or early in November 1781 - that after the surrender, he with a part of his company and a part of the company from Prince Georges County remained at Little York for some time to guard
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a part of the British prisoners who were too sick to be moved, in a week or more they were crossed over to Gloster [Gloucester] to which place most of the sick prisoners had been moved- from Gloster he marched with the prisoners to Fredericksburg that Sargeant John King of his company and from his County had the command of the parts of the two companies and of the prisoners- they left prisoners at Fredericksburg and were marched to Alexandria, then to Georgetown, then to Anapolis [Annapolis] where a few days before Christmas he received his discharge for six months, having been a few days over six months in the service- that his discharge has been lost- that he has no record of his age, that he was born in St Marys County Maryland in 1763 according to the best information he has- that he lived in St Marys County when he joined the service- that he lived in Maryland till the year 1805 when he moved to Kentucky and has lived in Kentucky ever since and for the last fifteen years he has lived in Union County- that he entered the service as a substitute for James Harbard who had been drafted before stated - the names of the officers recollected are given above - he did receive a discharge, signed by Pinkney he thinks, what has become of it he does not recollect - that he does not know of one person now living with whom he served and by whom he could prove his service- that Jeremiah Harband or Hurbert of Washington County Kentucky was the last of the company living that he knew of - that this affiant proved the serviced of said Harbard and had expected[illegible] to have obtained his testimony in support of his claims, but Herbard was carried off with cholera a few years ago before the affiant obtained his testimony - that Stouton Edwards who died a few years ago in Davis County also served with this affiant - that their declarations of his serving will be added- He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a known pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency [illegible]
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in any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Joseph Kibby  his mark

 And the said court do declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states
I James R Hughes Clerk of the Court of Union County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Joseph Kibby for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto at my hand and seal of office this 18day of July 1835
James R. Heugher Clk
Union County Court

We Morris Moore a clergyman residing in Union County and John S. Chapman and William Anderson residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Kibby who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he [illegible] and lived in  their neighborhood when he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.  
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Morris Moore
John S. Chapman
M. Anderson

I James Austin hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Joseph Kibby who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration for upwards of twenty years- that I was also acquainted with Jeremiah Hurbut who  died [illeg]in Washington County two years ago and that I understood from said Hurbut that said Joseph Kibby himself had served in the Revolutionary War together, and that said Kibby was the only man at that time
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alive in Kentucky by whom he could prove his service and sent by this affiants son from Washington County Ky to the county for said Kibby's affidavit to that office and upon that the said Hurbert obtained his pension before his death from which as well from general reputation I believe the said Joseph Kibby to have been a soldier of the Revolution
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
James Austin
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Joseph Kibby
Kentucky 
Rejected

See letter 5 July 1837 to Jos. R. Hughes

served less than six months

5905
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1876 [this line struck through]

5905
P.O.
Joseph Kibby
Service:    , 18
Enlisted:    , 18
Discharged:

REJECTED

Application filed:   , 18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:

Attorney:
P.O.

Recognized.     Contract.
Cert. of Dis.       Searched for   , 18
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Morganfield Ky
 June 8  May 26   
(Pension Claims)

The Secretary of War US.
Washington City
DC

Ken.
Act 1832