Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17008, Simeon Gibbs, Conn N.Y.
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SERVICE

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Gibbs, Simeon
Esther

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NUMBER
W. 17008

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(3-1776)
SERVICE

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CONTENTS

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5378
New York 4
Simeon Gibbs
Private
New York Line 1776- 7 years 
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 of Jan.y 1819
and sent to Mathew Warner Esq
Judge . Ontario County New York
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. 4. 11/3 & 11/30  Mrs. 
Semianl. all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819--
$35.99 $48.00=$83.99 
Van Scheick
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March,1818}
Dead
Ontario County
Cont 22 illegible
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Notification Sent the 22 day 1821 Hon. N. Allen H Reps U. S.
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Let to Peter Price Oct 7 1840
"   "      D. Preston   28 July 1837
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New York 5695
Esther Gibbs
widow of Simeon Gibbs, dec.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 
and who died on the 22 March 1822
of Livingston Co in the State of New York 
who was a private 'in the' compy commanded 
by Captain Gilbert of the regt commanded 
by Col. Eno in the Conn-t State
line for 19 months 
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Sept 
1840 & sent to Peter Price,
Rush, Monroe Co, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1840
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Mar 1841
$285.00+$31.66==$316.66
{Act July 7, 1838}
Recorded by D.M. Curdy, Clerk.
Book A. Vol. 2. Page 79
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State of New York
Livingston County . ss

On this 11th day of February [January is crossed out] in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine  Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the County Court of the County of Livingston in the said state of New York  Ester Gibbs a resident of the town of Avon in the said county of Livingston and state aforesaid aged seventy six years  Who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7th, 1838, entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of Simeon Gibbs, deceased who was a private under Captain Curtiss in Colonel Van Schaick Regiment in the New York Line. Commencing in December 1775, and served one year, that he enlisted a second time for a term of nine months under Captain Joel Gillet and while in the service was wounded, that he was both an invalid pensioner and also a pensioner under the act of Congress passed on the 18th day of March 1818, that to obtain the Latter pension, he relinquished his invalid pension that he held a certificate under the act of Congress passed 18th March 1818, which was numbered, 5378. That she has no record evidence of her Marriage that she was married to the said Simeon Gibbs on the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine at Lichfield in the state of Connecticut by a Presbyterian Clergyman named George Beckwith who resided there at the time, that she was Married at the house of the said Clergyman, and that he and others then present at her mariage are Dead as far as she can learn is informed and believes, that she has a brother in-Law who is still living and married to the elder sister of deponent, who was living near her at the time of her mariage who knows the fact of her marriage althoug not present at the ceremony, that she had Ten Children by the said Simeon Gibbs, that the oldest Living is aged 54 years and upwards and the youngest is 35 years old and upwards, and that the said Simeon Gibbs her husband died on the 23d day of March, 1822. That she was not married to him prior to his Leaving the service, but the mariage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated and that she has not been married since the death of her said husband, who died as above stated. 
          his[her]
 Esther  x Gibbs
           mark

Sworn and subscribed this 11 day of February [January marked out] , 1839, Before me- Leman Gibbs a Judge of Livingston County Court

I further certify that in consequence of old age and Bodily infirmities the above applicant is unable to attend in open Court. 

Leman Gibbs a Judge 
of Liv. County Court
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State of New York
Livingston County 

Andrew Woodruff of Avon in the said county of Livingston and state of New York being duly sworn Says he is aged Eighty years and upwards, that he was well acquainted with Simeon Gibbs the husband of Ester Gibbs. The foregoing applicant for a pension, that he was well acquainted with the said Simeon Gibbs & Ester his wife before their mariage and afterwards, that this deponent was not present at marriage ceremony, but Lived in the Town of Lichfield in the state of Connecticut, well recollects the time the said Simeon and Ester was married that it took place on the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine ^as near as this deponent can recollect^, that they lived together together subsequent to their mariage until the dissolution of the said Simeon Gibbs which happened in the year 1822, that they raised a Large family, that he was well acquainted with George Beckwith the clergyman who was said to have married the said Simeon and the said Ester [deleted] is dead [/deleted], and that the said Clergyman is dead, and this deponent further says that the said Simeon Gibbs was a revolutionary soldier and pensioner and that the said Ester remains his widow, and has not remarried since the dissolution of the said Simeon her husband. 
Andrew Woodruff

Sworn and subscribed before me 
this 11 day of January, 1839
Leman Gibbs a Judge of Livingston County Court I further Certify that I am acquainted with Andrew Woodruff the foregoing deponent that he is respectable and intitled to Credit.

Leman Gibbs a Judge of 
Livingston County Court
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Livingston County
Clerk's Office} SS

I William H Stanley Clerk of Said county do certify that Leman Gibbs Esq before whom the annexed affidavits purport to have been taken was at the time of taking the same a judge of Livingston County courts. Duly appointed and qualified to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and surely believe that his signature to the annexed affidavit and certificate is genuine.

On testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 18th day of February 1839 __

William H Stanley Clerk
for[?] Wm H Whiting. Dep
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State of New York
Livingston County ss}

Orton Gibbs aged thirty six years and upwards being duly sworn says he is the son of the said Simeon Gibbs and Ester the applicant for a pension that he is the youngest but one of their offspring as he is informed and believes that his father died on the 23 day of March 1822, and that the said Ester his mother has remained a widow ever since the Death of his father.      Orton Gibbs
Sworn and subscribed before me
This 14 day of January 1839
Leman Gibbs 
a Judge of Livingston County Court

vertically:  Ester Gibbs Pensioner
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State of New York
Monroe County ss

Preserved Gibbs of Wheatland in the said county of Monroe Aged Sixty Nine years and upwards being duly Sworn says he was Well acquainted with Simeon Gibbs as a Revolutionary Soldier Who died in the Month of March one thousand Eight hundred and Twenty Two at Avon in the County of Livingston & State aforesaid, that he is also well acquainted with Ester the widow of the said Simeon Gibbs.  That Simeon Gibbs was a brother of this deponent, and the said Ester was the Daughter of one Samuel Orton, both the said Simeon Gibbs and Ester his wife resided at Lichfield South Farms in the County of Lichfield and State of Connecticut, that he has been well acquainted with the said Simeon Gibbs ever since he has any recollection and also with the said Ester the wife and now widow of the said Simeon Gibbs deceased, that about the year 1779 and the [ ] part of the year the said Simeon Left his fathers house and went away as was said to Get married to Ester Orton, that on the next day following he came back to his fathers house and brought Ester Orton with him and said they had been to Priest Beckwiths and Got Married.  the said Beckwith was a Presbyterian Clergyman and resided in the neighborhood, that he came to his father about the time of the mariage or soon after When in Conversation in the family he heard the said Clergyman say he had married Simeon Gibbs and Ester Orton, and this deponent further says, that at the request of his Father, he soon went to reside with the said Simeon Gibbs and Ester his wife which was amediately (immediately) after their Marriage and continued to live with the said Simeon and Ester from one to Two years, that While Living there the oldest daughter of the said Simeon and Ester was born, and who afterwards became the wife of one Barack May, but is now dead, that he has since lived with the said Simeon Gibbs and Ester his wife at different times, knows that the said Ester and Simeon Lived together from the first of January 1779 to the day of the Death of the said Simeon Gibbs which happened in March 1822, and that the said Ester is still Living, and remains the widow of the said Simeon Gibbs & has not been Married since the death of the said Simeon
Sworn and subscribed before me this .14.day of [July] 1839
A. Jones. Judge Monroe Co. Courts
Preserved Gibbs
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State of New York
Monroe County Ss. I certify that Alfred Jones Esquire was at the time of taking the within affidavit a Judge of the county courts in and for said county and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that the within signature purporting to be his, is genuine. Witness my hand and seal of office this twenty sixth day of March 1839
Ephraim Goss Clerk
5099
Esther Gibbs 
Monroe
Husband died 22 March 1822
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Revolutionary
pension claim
of
Esther Gibbs
Widow
of
Orton Gibbs
dec d of the 
New York Roll
[illegible] To
M. Thompson
Atty
Fild Mar 28. 1853
Papers cald for

[right hand page crossed out]
Pr. of Atty
From
Orton Gibbs
To
[Elden/Examine ?] papers
[illegible] in case of 
Esther Gibbs
of Michigan
Revo'y Pens'r.
Fil d Decr 5 1857
M. Thompson
Atty
W. Cole
Dec 5, 183
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POWER OF ATTORNEY--Revolutionary Pension Claims. 
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Orton Gibbs, one of the children and heir of Esther Gibbs, Deceased
do hereby constitute and appoint M. Thompson 
my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of Esther Gibbs decd for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to Orton Gibbs of the town of Troy, Oakland County, Mich, to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises. 
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 30th day of Oct A. D. 1851. 
Orton Gibbs
Signed and Sealed in the presence of 
James Bayley
Zelpha Barnes

STATE OF Michigan
COUNTY OF Oakland ss:
On this Thirtieth (30) day of October A. D. 1851
before me, the subscriber, a Jusice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Orton Gibbs and acknowledged the foregoing Power, of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, the day and year aforesaid. 
James Bayley. J. Peace
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2
Claim of 
Act of 

State of Michigan
County of Oakland } ss.

Be it known, That on this Thirtieth (30) day of October A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty one. 
before this undersigned, A Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Orton Gibbs a resident of Troy in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the Son of Esther Gibbs, Deceased
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
at the rate of Sixty three and 33/100 Dollars per annum; that he has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim. 
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me.
James Bayley, J. Peace
Orton Gibbs


I, James Bayley, Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Wm. Orton Gibbs who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth. 
State of Michigan
County of Oakland
James Bayley J. Peace
I, John T. Rayner, Clerk of the County Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that James Bayley before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.  In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this 31st day of October A. D. 1851

John T Raynor
Clerk.
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STATE OF Michigan 
COUNTY OF Oakland } ss.

It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me Judge of Probate for the County of Oakland state of Michigan that Esther Gibbs was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $110 and 33/100 dollars per annum and that she died on the 23rd day of January eighteen hundred and forty one leaving surviving Seven children who are now living and that Sylva Taylor, Abigail Gordon, Samuel Gibbs, Marintha Gardner, Esther Beech & Orton Gibbs & Clarissa Brown are the only surviving children of the aforesaid. Esther Gibbs 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this Thirty first day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty one 
Michael E Crofoot 
Judge of Probate
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Pension Office 
May 20. 1840

Sir,

The additional evidence enclosed in your letter of the 4th March lack in support of the claims of Mrs. Esther Gibbs, widow of Simeon Gibbs, is not sufficient to establish the date of her marriage. Record evidence of the birth or baptism of the claimant’s eldest child might furnish the requisite proof.

I am respectfully 
Your O (illegible). (Illegible).
J L Edward’s 


Peter Price, Esqr.
Rush 
N. York
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State of new York
Livingston County

Barach Way of Avon in the County of Livingston and state aforesaid being duly sworn says he is aged sixty three years and appears according to his best recollection and belief, that for the last forty-eight years he was well acquainted with the late Simeon Gibbs + Esther his wife, that in the month of June one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight at the town of Springfield in the county of Otsego and state aforesaid he married Maranda Gibbs, then in her seventeenth year, the oldest daughter of the said Simeon Gibbs and Esther his wife that the said same on Gibbs + Esther his wife in the year 1798 resided in the Town of Springfield in the County of Ostego and at the time of marriage of this deponent to the said Maranda as aforesaid had a family of eight children.

That in the month of April in the year 1802, the said Maranda, wife of the deponent united with the Baptist Church of the said Town of Springfield in the County of Ostego, as set forth in the affidavit of George Ten Broeck, and the said Maranda Way, named in the said George Ten Broeck, church clerk and affidavit is the same Maranda Gibbs, married by this deponent and the daughter of the said Esther Gibbs, widow of Simeon Gibbs deceased, and thus legitimate offspring as this deponent has always understood was informed and believes.

Sworn and subscribed before me this fifteenth day of July 1840.

Baruch Way
[illegible] Justice of Peace of Livingston County
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STATE OF NEW YORK
Livingston County Clerk's Office } ss

I, William H. Stanley, Clerk of the said county, do hereby certify, That
Matthew P Thomas Esquire,
before whom the annexed affidavit was taken and subscribed, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorize to act as such: And further, that I am well acquainted wit his hand-writing, and verily believe that his signature thereto is genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the Common Pleas Court and of the said County this Eighteenth day of July 1840

Wm. H Stanley 
Clerk.
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April 8th, 1802

The church met according to appointment after prayer - Sister Miranda Way came forward and gave retation of her faith and hope in Christ to the satisfaction of the Church and was admitted.

I, George Teri Broeck, Clerk of the Baptist Church of the Town of Springfield in the County of Otsego in the State of New York hereby certify that the forgoing transcript is a fair and true copy of the original entry in the Old Church Book of the said Baptist Church in the said Town of Springfield in the County of Otsego and State of New York.

George Ten Broeck

State of New York
Ostego County ss}

On the 27th day of June 1840 personally appeared George Ten Broeck the [illegible] subscriber before me a Justice of the peace to me known to be the clerk of said church and made [illegible] sworn oath that the foregoing certificate by his subscriber is [illegible]

William Powell Justice
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State of New York 
Otsego County Ss}

I Jesse Rose Clerk of the
 County of Otsego Do hereby
Certify that William Powell Esquire before whom
the within affidavit purports to have been sworn 
was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and
for the said County of Otsego duly Elected and
qualified. And further that I am well acquainted with
the hand writing of said Justice & verily believe
that his name thereunto subscribed is his genuine
Signature
Witness my hand & seal of office
this first day of July A.D. 1840
Jesse Rose Clerk.
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Case of 
Simion Gibbs
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, SS.
On this 11th day of November 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being 
a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the
Course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings,
and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Simon Gibbs
aged Sixty two years, resident in the town of Avon in said county, who, being
first duly sworn according to law, doth on this oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:

That he enlisted in Captain Curtis Company in
Colonel Van Schaicks Regiment New York Line where he Served
ten months he then enlisted for nine month in Col
Eno or Enos Regiment in Joel Gillit Company Connell Connecticut
Line and served his time out and was
afterwards discharged from the service in 1782.
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and that he made application for a Pension on the twentieth day of April 1818 and that 
he received a Pension Certificate No. 5378  And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United
States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time,
by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, 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 other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, viz.

Twenty wt of flax $2.50 - 2 Pitchforks $.50 -- $3.00
1 saw & 2 cleven $1.05 - 1 Iron Square 0.50 -- 1.55
2 small chains 1.00 - 2 rakes cradle 2 scythe $1.25 -- 2.25
1 Jointer .25 - 2 Axes 1 shovel $3.00. 2 old sickles .50 -- 3.75
1 Iron Wedge 0.38 - 1 old Saddle $2.00, 1 old bridle, 0.25 -- 2.62
2 beetle rings .50 - Gold chain 0. 75 - 1 great chain 1.00 -- 2.25
1 Plough 3.00 - 1 pot & Kettle $3.00 - 1 Bake Kettle 1.00 -- 7.00
1 [illegible] Iron -- .50
-- $22.90
Simeon Gibbs
--
And I do further swear and declare that I am by
occupation a farmer, and that by reason of extreme bodily
infirmities, being a cripple, I am entirely incapacitated from
any kind of work, and that my family consists of my
Mother aged 82 years, my wife aged 58 years, my son Orton
aged eighteen years, and my grand daughter aged seven year
and a cripple.
Simeon Gibbs
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Sworn to and declared in open court this 11th day of November 1820 before me

Mafes Atwater
A [unknown] of Ontario Con, Pleas

Ontario County 
[illegible] clerk of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing doth, and the schedule these to annexed are truly copied from the record of the same court and I further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty two dollars and ninety cents.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal oof the said court this 23rd day of January 1821.

John Van Fossen
clerk of the court aforesaid in and for said County
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written on the back of another document 

Hon. S. C. Calhoun
Secretary at War
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State of New York
Ontario County [illegible]

On this 20th day of April 1818 before me this subscribes one of the Judges of the court of common [unknown] in and for the county aforesaid personally appears Simeon Libby aged fifty nine years resident in Avon in the county aforesaid being my me first duly sworn according to the oath on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late [unknown] of Congress entitled asset to provide for certain [unknown] engaged in the land and naval service of the [unknown] in the revolutionary; that the [unclear] Simeon Libby [unclear] in Setchfield in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded b captain Curty of the regiment commanded by Col. Van Schurk that he continued to serve in the said corps for one year and was honorably discharged - that in 1777 he enlisted under Capt Jack Gittel in the regiment [unknown] by Col Ewes as [unknown] that he was discharged from service in the state of Connecticut  - that he was in the skirmish of Valentine's hill - and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of this assistance of his county for support;
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and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said [illegible] and I do hereby relinquish all claim under the late act of Congress
[Illegible] to and [illegible] before me the day and years aforesaid 
Matthew Warner 
I Matthew Warner Judge to as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the [illegible] Simeon Gibbs did serve in the Revolutionary war and stated in the [illegible] declaration against the Common Decency and
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ly that he is a [unclear]  on the pension [missing] the pension aforesaid in order to obtain the pension.

Simeon Gibbs

State of New York 
Ontario County
Clerks Office

In Testimony that Matthew Warner whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the judges of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Ontario and that the same is his signature I hereunto subscribe byname and affix the County seal at canandaiqua this 20 day of May [unknown] 1818

Hn McNair clk
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December 9, 1924

Mrs. Ernest Grisy
330 East Chestnut St.,
Lancaster, Ohio

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 17008 it appears that Simeon Gibbs enlisted in Litchfield, Litchfiel County, Connecticut in December 1775 and served one year in Captan Curtiss' Company, Colonel Van Schaick's New York Regiment.

He enlisted in 1778 and served nine months in Captain Joel Gillet's Company, Colonel Enos' Connecticut Regiment and was in a skirmish at Valentine's, Hill.

He was wounded while in the above nine months tour, the nature of said wound not stated.

He was finally discharged from the service in 1782, no further details of his services given.

He was allowed pension from March 28, 1808 on account of disability resulting from said wound.  

In 1818 he was a resident of Avon, Ontario County

Side note with arrow pointing to 1778:
did not use 1777 as per soldier.  See page 541 - Record of Commoners & skin on Valentine's Hill ^ 1778 ^ see p. 625
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New York aged fifty-nine years, at which date he referred to his mother aged eighty-two years and his granddaughter aged seven years, their names not stated. He died March 22 or 23, 1822 in Avon, Livingston County, New York. 
Soldier married January 1, 1779 in Litchfield, Connecticut, Esther, the daughter of Samuel Orton (all then of said Litchfield). 
She was allowed pension on her application executed February 11, 1839 while a resident of Avon, Livingston County, New York aged seventy-six years. She died January 23, 1841. 
Soldier and his wife Esther had ten children. Maranda, the oldest, married in June 1798 in Springfield, Otsego County, New York, Baruch Way. She was then in her seventeenth year. In 1840 said Baruch Way was aged sixty-three years and living in Avon, New York and his wife Maranda was not living. 
The following children survived their mother: Sylva Taylor, Abigal Gordon, Samuel Gibbs, Marintha Gardner, Esther Beech, Clairissa Brown, and Orton Gibbs the young-
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est child who was born about 1802 and in 1851
was living in Troy, Oakland County, Michigan. No
other names of children given.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner
sal. had Bro. Preserved Gibbs
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(Left top of page)
on Jr.
h.
(Middle top of page)
17,008 Rev WIDOW, &c.
(Right top of page)
To eby- 4/98. Geo. W. Patters
Ann Arbor, Mic
(line)
1924-Dec. 9. Hist to Mrs. Ernest Grisy. MM(unknown symbol)
File No. 17,008
Esther Gibbs
Widow of 
Simeon Gibbs
Act: July 9th 1838
Index:-Vol. A Page 278
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Priv. Rev. War
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N. York
[illegible - crossed out]
[illegible - crossed out]
Esther Gibbs
let. to Peter Price 22 July '39
to same 20 May 1840
--
Act July 1838
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Payment to be made
at Albany by T. W.
Olcott Agent for paying
pensioners, in the Agency
of Alb, New York, payment
to be made on the 4th day
of March next Recorded
in the pension Office in
Book A, Vol. 2, Page 79.
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War Department,
Five Years Pension

I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838 Esther Gibbs of New York widow of Simeon Gibbs, deceased, who was a private in the Revolution and died on the 22nd day of March 1822 is entitled to receive five years' pension at the rate of Sixty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, commencing on the fourth day of March, 1886; and in the case of the death or marriage of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.

Give at the War Office of the United States, this fifth day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty.
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Simeon Gibbs d 1822
Esther (lined through) Calhoune- M. 1779
77 (5 written over 2nd 7) 10 (2 written over the 0) mi. Cartr VanSchaider
77 9(1 written over the 9)"  Hyllal. lee Ens.
19 Unfi 58. 18nc. Grand chea 7.
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5099
Esther Gibbs
Wid of Simeon
NY
Act July 7 1838
Married 1779
died 1822
Allow 1 good pn
$63.33 pdf anum
Cap Gilbert file
Eno. Conn State
troop
--
Peter Price Esq
Rush
Monroe Co
NY
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Detroit Mich June 2d 1857
Sir
A Mr Simeon Gibbs A Revo Pensioner
drew while living a Pension of $96. In
year After his death. Mrs Esther Gibbs
his widow drew a pension of $63.33
for 5 years. I enclose you a copy
of the widows certificate.  She the Willow
is now dead Her children thinks
that she was entitled to $96. a year instead
of $63.33 & that they (the children) are entitled
to the difference of the 2 pensions for 5 years
Please inform me if this is the case
With Great Respect
Your obt Servant
David Preston

To Hon J E Heath
Com of Pensions
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State of New York
[Illegible]
December 15th 
Simeon Gibbs being duly sworn deposeth
and saith that he as lost or misplaced his
former pension certificate and therefore 
it is out of his powers to transmit the form
to the war office
Simon Gibbs
Sworn and [illegible] this 15th day of
December [illegible] before me [signature] Matthew Warner
one of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario [?]
Know all men by these Present that I Simeon Gibbs of the Town of Avon County Ontario and State of New York do relinquish all my right title interest Claim and [illegible] whatsoever of  in and to my former Pension granted to me by the United States of America for and in consideration of Receiving the Late pension granted by Congress to Revolutionary officers and [illegible] given under my hand and seal at Limer this 15th day of December 1818 [signature] Simeon Gibbs
Sined [sic] and sealed  in presence of Frederick Warner
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[Lima December]15th 1818
I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the within Named Simeon Gibbs and do know him to be a very poor man really in Indigent circumstances and do know him to be the same Simeon Gibbs who has
for a number of years drawn a pension
from the United States
Matthew Warner

Sir feeling it my duty I hereby
represent to your Honor that I am in
possession of the knowledge of the situation
of Zepheniah Branch John Hartwell
& Asa Farrar who I have heard have made
application for a pension they are all in
Good circumstances their properties worth
from two to five thousand Dollars
[Lima December] 15th 1818
[Hon John Calhoun]
Matthew Warner
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Mar. 11, 1840
Honefoye Falls N.Y. Mar 4 [ink stamp with date in the center]

Revolutionary Claim
Free [ink stamp]
Hon Secretary of War
Washington District of Columbia
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Inclosed is the additional proof of the claim of Ester Gibbs widow of Simeon Gibbs A Revolutionary Soldier & pensioner, deceased.
I Remain Yours
Peter Price [underlined, signed]

Please direct your communication to Peter Price Esq of Rush in the County of Monroe & State of NewYork

Hon Secretary of War [underlined]
P Price [underlined, signed]
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Rush NY
July 24
July 28 1840

NY
[?]
Esther Gibbs

Revolutionary Claims
Honorable Secretary at War
Washington District of Columbia
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July 21st 1840

Any Communication directed 
to Peter Price Esq of Bush Monroe County
State of New York will reach the applicant
immediately on its arriving at Bush,
I Remain yours Truly [??],
Peter Price

J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of
Pensions
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Case of
 Simeon Gibbs
5.378
[????]
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this Eleventh day of November 182 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Recod by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Simeon Gibbs aged Sixty two years, resident in the town of Avon in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
that he enlisted in Captain Purty's Company  in Colonel Tom [?] Schaicks Regiment, New York line, when he served 10 months -he then enlisted for none months in Col. Eno or Enos Regiment, in Joel Sillets Company, Connecticut Line. Served his time out- he was afterward, discharged from the services in 1782.
and that he made an application for a Pension on the twentieth day of April 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No 5.378 And I solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United State on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish as 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 other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, viz.
twenty wt. of flax=2.50-2 pitchforks = 0.50-=3.00
1 saw + 2 clevers [sic] = 1.03. 1 iron square 0.50-1.53
2 small chains[?]=1. 2 rakes cradle + scythe + 1.25 - 2.25
1 jouiter=0.25-2 axes 1 shovel = 3 - 2 old sickles 0.50 - 3.75
1 iron wedge 0.38- 1 old saddle = 2. 1 old bridle 0.25 - 2.62
2 teeth rings 0.50-6 old chairs 0.75. 1 great chair = 1- 2.25
1 plough = 3- 1 pot + 1 kettle = 3-1 bake kettle =1 - 7.00
1 [illegible] 0.50
#22.90
[signature] Simeon Gibbs
And I do further swear and declare that I am by occupation a farmer and that by reason of extreme bodily infirmity + being a cripple, and I am entirely incapacitated from any kind of work, and that my family consists of my mother aged eighty two years.
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My wife aged fifty eight years, my son [illegible] aged eighteen years and my grand daughter aged seven years, who is a cripple
Simeon Gibbs [signed]

Sworn to and declared in Open Court this 11th day of November 1820 before me

Moses Atwater
a judge of Ontario Com Pleas

ONTARIO COUNTY, 88. [typed]

I, John Van Fossen [handwritten] Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court; that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is twenty two [handwritten] dollars and 90 [ handwritten] cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 14 [handwritten] day of November [handwritten] 1820 [0 is handwritten]

J. Van Fossen [signed]
Clerk of the Court of aforesaid, in and for said County
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5099[underlined] S6 now DV yowy[young?] n.y. afes.
7 July 1838 Esther Gibbs Lvu?? Pension Ahlentnon[Attention][Underlined] [The following is written sideways]The? Honorable Secretary of War
District of Columbia
Washington
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Honourable Secretary of War
Inclosed  I send you the papers of Esther Gibbs an applicant for a pension.
have the [illegible] direct your communication to Peter Price Esq of Bush Monroe County and State of New York and it will reach Esther Gibbs immediately
I remain Yours [??]

Peter Price
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Oct 6 '40
Esther Gibbs
Revolutionary Claim
[illegible] Oct 1
Honorable Secretary at
War Washington
District of
Columbia
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Rush Monroe County State of New York
September 30th 1840
Honorable Secretary at War
The Certificate of Esther Gibbs issued at the war office bearing date the 5 September 1840 has been received & the necessary proof furnished To Thomas W Olcott of Albany [illegible] of the United States for paying pensions at the City of Albany
in the said State of New York, and the application for payment has been rejected,
on the Ground that the pensioner
was not transfered [transferred] to their Books,
The pensioner has been to great expense and Trouble in procuring Testimony
to Establish her claim, is very aged & nearly helpless, if [scribbled out, illegible]
has not been transfered [transferred] to the agency in New York, will you have the [illegible] and cause it to be done, that she may receive
her pension by the time winter commences, & inform me by Letter in order that her application may be renewed for payment at the agency at Albany
I remain Yours 
Peter Price
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I Joseph W Mason of the Town & County of Litchfield of Lawful age being duly sworn do depose & say that I am Clerk of the Church in the Ecclesiastical Society
of South Farms in [illegible shorthand] Town of Litchfield, of which Church the Rev [illegible shorthand] George Beckwith was many years
since Pastor, and as such Clerk I have the custody
of the Records of said Church and have searched
said Records & can find no record of the marriage of Simeon Gibbs and Esther Orton Nor are there any Records of Marriages upon said Church Records previous to the year 1787
Litchfield Feb 13th 1840
Joseph W. Mason
State of Connecticut 
Litchfield County 
Litchfield Feb 13th 1840
Personally appeared Joseph W Mason to
me known & who is entitled to credit & made
oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition
by him in my presence subscribed
Before me Enoch J Woodruff
Justice of the Peace
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I Ollive Barns of the town of Litchfield in said County and state of Connecticut aged 78 years being duly sworn do depose and say that I was acquainted with Simeon Gibbs + Ester his wife formerly Ester Orton late of said Litchfield from which town they removed to the State of New York. I have no doubt that the said Simeon + Ester were married about sixty years ago. I did see the Ceremony performed, they lived together as Husband + wife. I used to visit often at their house + know that they had children and lived together as Husband + wife, till [illegible] removed from this town, I never heard a [illegible] [illegible] of their not being legally Married.
Litchfield Feby 18. 1840
Ollive Barns
X her mark

State of Connecticut
Litchfield County Js Litchfield Feby 18: 1840
Personally appeared Ollive Barns to me known and who is entitled to credit and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by her in my presence subscribed--
Before me Enoch J. Woodruff Justice of the Peace.
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I, Ephraim S. Hall of the town of Litchfield State of Connecticut of Lanf? ?? age, b...gi..y duly s...ed do depose am say that I was acquainted with Simeon Gibbs & Esther his wife formally Esther Orton ...of ...Litchfield. I have not doubt that said Simeon & Esther now married about sixty years ago. I did not see the ....performed but know as well as I know a fact which I did not see that they ....married.  They lived together in the town of Litchfield as man and wife some years before they moved to the state of New York. I never ...a doubt expressed of having not being legally married. 
Ephraim S Hall
Litchfield Feb. 20 

State of Connecticut
Litchfield County Js Litchfield Febr. 20. 1840
Personally appeared Ephraim S. Hall to me [illegible] and [illegible] is entitled to credit and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him in my presence subscribed before me Enoch J Woodruff Justice of the Peace
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I Daniel Lawson of the town of
Litchfield State of Connecticut aged 84
years being duly sworn do depose &
say that I was acquainted with
Simeon Gills & Esther his wife formaly
Esther Orton late of said Litchfield from
which for they removed to the State of
New York I was married myself in
July 1784 and before that it was said and I have no doubt that said Simeon &
Esther [crossed out words] were Married. I did not
see the ceremony performed but they
lived in my house here as man and
wife, About 10 years after they removed
from this town to the State of New York, I made them a visit and they
then lived together as man & wife
and had a family of children. I never
heard a doubt expressed of their not
being legalling Married

Litchfield Feb 20 1840 [signature] Daniel Jamison

State of Connecticut 
Litchfield County Js Litchfield Feb 20 1840
Personally appeared Daniel Lawson
to me known and who is entitled to
credit, and made oath to the hereunto [?] 
of the foregoing deposition by him
in my presence subscribed
Before me Enoch J Woodruff
Justice of the Peace
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I Solomon Gibbs of the Town & County of Litchfield Conn aged 79 years being duly sworn do depose and say that I was well acquainted with Simeon Gibbs & Esther his wife, formerly Esther Orton, late of said
Litchfield from which town they removed to the State of New York. I was myself married in Dec 1787 & before that it was said & I have no doubt that [Illegible shorthand] Simeon & Esther were married by the Rev Geo Beckwith I did not see the ceremony performed, but know, as well as I can know a fact which I did not see, that they were married before I was. I and to be often at their house & know that they had children & lived together as husband & wife till their removal from this town. I never heard a doubt expressed of their being legally married
Litchfield Feb 13th 1840
Solomon Gibbs
State of Connecticut Litchfield County
Litchfield Feb 13th 1840
Personally appeared Solomon Gibbs to
me well known & who is entitled to credit who subscribed the above Deposition in my presence & made oath to the truth of the same
Before me
J Woodruff
Justice of Peace
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I Samuel P. Bolles of the Town & County of Litchfield Conn being of lawful age & duly sworn do depose I say that I am Town Clerk of said town & as such have the custody of the Records of [illegible shorthand] Town, that I
have examined the Records of marriage of [illegible shorthand] town to find the Record of the marriage of Simeon Gibbs & Esther Orton, but can find the record of no such marriage
Litchfield Feb 14th 1840
Sam J. Bolles Town Clerk

State of Connecticut
Litchfield County 
Litchfield Feb 14th 1840
Personally appeared Samuel P Bolles
Town Clerk of [illegible shorthand] Litchfield to me known to be entitled to credit & made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed
Before me 
G. C. Woodruff
Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut Litchfield County
Litchfield 
I Origen S. Seymour Clerk of the County Court of [illegible shorthand] County do certify that Geo. C. Woodruff & Enoch J. Woodruff and
at the date for more than six months last
part have been Justices of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & by Law authorized to administer oaths & that the foregoing signatures which purport to be theirs respectively are genuine
Given under my hand & seal this 24th day of Febr 1840
Origen S. Seymour Clerk
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[Stamp in upper right corner. US Pension Office. Nov 24 1924]

Lancaster Ohio
Nov 10th 1924
Pension Department Wash
Dear Sirs - I find that Simon Gibbs, born 1758, died 1822, was born in Litchfield Conn. died in Avon, N.Y. and was placed on pension rolls of Litchfield Con. 1818 Will you kindly [illegible] me the [illegible] of the ancestry [illegible, torn] in the pension roll
Very Respe
his Ernest Grisy
330 E Chestnut St
Lancaster Ohio
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[stamp in upper left corner]
OLD WAR
JAN 29 1898
FILES.
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University of Michigan
Physics and Electrical Engineering
814 S. University Avenue
Ann Arbor
June 25, 1898
To the Chief of the Pension Dept.
Dear Sir,
I want to make inquiries concerning the services of one, Simeon Gibbs, who was wounded in the Revolution and received a pension, his wife receiving it after his death. 
Any information as to his place of residence at the time of his enlistment and the dates connected with his record, age, etc, will be very gladly received. I think he was from either New York State or Connecticut. 
Thanking you in advance for the information, I am. 
Truly, 
Mr. Geo. W. Patterson Jr.
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Pension Office
D
Jan 28 1898
U.S.
[round ink stamp]

OLD WAR & NAVY
Jan 29 1898
FILES.
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GEO. W. PATTERSON, JR.
University of Michigan
Physics and Electrical Engineering
814 S. University Ave
Ann Arbor
Jan. , 1898
Chief of the Bureau of Pensions
Dear Sir-
I would like the pension record of Simeon Gibbs who fought in the War of the Revolution. All I can tell you is that he drew a pension and his widow, Esther, after his death, probably in care of Orton Gibbs. 
I have learned from the War Dept Record office that two men of that name are in their records, one having enlisted in the New York troops in 1776, and the other in the Connecticut
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Pension Office
D
U.S.
Feb 7 1898
[round ink stamp]
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troops in 1778. Of course they may have been one and the same man.  I hope to ascertain from the Pension records all that you have about the Simeon Gibbs who drew the pension as described above, place of enlistment, age, residence etc.
     Thanking you in advance,
         very truly,
            Mrs Geo W. Patterson Jr.
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Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
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February 4, 1898.

Madam:-

Replying to your request for information concerning Simeon Gibbs, a soldier of the Revolutionary war; you are advised that he made an application for pension on April 20, 1818, at which time he was 59 years of age and residing at Avon, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for nineteen months' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. ? and Col. Enos. He enlisted at Litchfield, Conn.

His widow, Eesther, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.

Very respectfully,


Commissioner.

Mrs. George W. Patterson, Jr., 
814 So. University Avenue, 
Ann Arbor, Michigan