Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10726, [ILLEGIBLE] Tubbs, [ILLEGIBLE]
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Vt. | Tubbs, R. 10726
Cynthia 

CONTENTS
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[Secretary of State Seal] State of Vermont.

Secretary of State's Office, }
Montpelier Jany 22 A. D. 1857. }

I certify that there is in this office an original 
Pay Roll of Capt. Isaac Clark's Company of Militia raised by 
order of Major General De LaFayette for the defence [defense] of the frontiers 
and of Lake Champlain, to receive additional pay from the 
State of Vermont, which roll bars [bears] the name of Bethuel 
Tubbs, as having entered service in said Company on the 
2nd day of March, 1778, & continued in service until the 2nd 
day of May of the same year, when he was discharged, 
receiving pay for 60 days service as a private soldier.

There is also in this office an original pay Roll of 
Capt. Palmalu Allen's Company Lt. Col. Eben. Wallnge's 
Battalion, raised for the defence [defense] of the State of Vermont, com
mencing May 21st and ending Dec. 1st 1781, both days 
included, which roll bears the name of Bethuel Tubbs 
as incurring pay for service, as a private soldier in said 
Company, from August 14, until. Dec. 1st 1781, a 
period of 3 months and 16 days.

There is also in this office an original Pay Roll 
of Capt. William Hutchin's Company of Militia, in the service 
of the State of Vermont, commencing March 1st and ending 
May 3d and 4th 1779, which Roll bears the name of 
Bethuel Tubbs as receiving pay for service as a private 
soldier in said Company for a period of 64 days

Given under my hand and the seal of 
this office this 22nd day of January 
1857.

Charles W. Willard 
Secretary of State.
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State of New York }
County of Steuben } SS
Town of Woodhull } Cynthia Tubbs being duly sworn 
by me on her oath declares that 
she is ninety two years old, that she 
has been and is now a resident of said town of 
Woodhull in said County and State. That she is the 
widow of the identical soldier certified to by the 
Secretary of State for the State of Vermont accompanying 
herewith. That she was married to said Bethuel Tubbs 
at Whitehall State of New York on the ninth day of January 
in the year of 1783. That said certificate sets forth 
the facts as her said husband always represented to her 
That the paper were made out for her husband to apply 
for a pension when her husband died and the case 
was left unfinished. The she lived with said Tubbs as 
his wife up the time of his death and raised a large 
family, that her husband died in the town, County 
and State aforesaid on the 12 day of March in the year 
of 1830.  She makes this declaration for the purpose of 
obtaining a pension under such acts of Congress as has 
been provided for such cases. She hereby appoints 
Stebbins Warner her lawful attorney to transact any and 
all business in relation to her applicant and authorize him 
to receive any and all sums of money and make any 
acknowledgement for the same that herself has a 
right to do. She also requests that a land warrant 
be issued in right of said "soldier," to her under the 
act of Congress approved on the 3d of March 1855
Cynthia Tubbs
Subscribed acknowledged and sworn to this 30th day of 
January in the year of 1857 and I further certify that I am 
well acquainted with the above deponent and that I believe 
her statement to be in all respects true and that I 
have no interest in her claim. Joseph Fenton, Justice of the 
Peace in and for said 
County
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State of New York }
County of Steuben } SS
Town of Woodhull } Jeffrey Smith aged 55 years and 
Abram Marlatt aged 65 years 
being duly sworn by me on oath say they have 
known the within applicant and Bethuel Tubbs the 
within named soldier since 1811. That they lived as 
husband and wife together up to the time of his death 
and raised a large family and was always reported to 
be married as set forth by said applicant. That said Tubbs 
often spoke of his service in the Revolution war and was 
always counted as one [repeated: one] of the Revolutionary soldiers 
and no question to the contrary was every raised. That they 
have full confidence in the statements made by the applicant 
and have no doubt but that she is the legal widow of 
said soldier. That they have examined and old account 
book in the possession of said applicant bearing date 1799 
That we find a record in said account book which from
its appearance we believe to be a genuine record and in the 
following words, Bethuel Tubbs was born April 3d year 1761} 
Cynthia Tubbs his wife born April 26 y. 1764} 
was married on the 9th of January 1783} 
Bethuel Tubbs died on the 12th day of March year 1830} 
and we further swear that we were at the funeral of said 
soldier and that we have no interest} Jeffrey Smith 
in this claim} Abram Marlatt
Subscribed and sworn to this 30th day of January in the year 
of 1857 and I certify that the above deponents are credible 
persons and residents of said town, County and State
Joseph Fenton} Justice of the Peace 
in and for said County

State of New York }
County of Steuben } I Stebbins Warner the within attorney being 
duly sworn says that he has made no 
contract for any part of said pension for his fee
Stebbins Warner
Subscribed and sworn this 30th day of January in the year 1857
before me Joseph Fenton Justice of the Peace
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State of New York }  
Steuben County Clerk's Office, ss: } I, [struck out: CHARLES W. CAMPBELL] S M Alley Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that 
Joseph Fenton Esq., before whom the 
annexed instrument was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof 
or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, elected and sworn, 
and duly authorized to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand
writing, and verily believe that the signature to said certificate of proof or acknowledg
ment is genuine.  And I further certify that said instrument is executed and acknowl
edged according to the Laws of the State of New York.
[Blurred seal of County] In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of said County, at Bath, this
2nd day of Feb 1857.
S M Alley Clerk.
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State of New York }
County of Steuben } SS
Town of Woodhull }

Cynthia Tubbs being 
duly sworn according to law on her oath 
declares that she lived with her father in Skeenshaw 
now Whitehall at the commencement of the Revolutionary 
War. That Bethuel Tubbs her after husband also lived 
at the same place and at the same time with his  
father and was aged about 18 years. That a short time 
before General Burgoyne come [word struck out] up Lake Champlain 
with his army his father and her father together with 
the rest of the Whig fathers fled with their families 
That her family went to Middletown Vermont and 
the Tubbs family went to Bennington Vermont 
That her father kept a tavern at Middletown and said 
Bethuel Tubbs entered the army under Captain Clark 
and came to my fathers with the Company and staid [stayed] 
all night.  That he was gone then [word struck out] four months and 
returned discharged.  That he was in the service 
several times and went out on alarms but how long 
he was gone she does not know only what he told 
her after the war when he said he had been out 
with Capt Allen and on other service which she 
does not remember the captains name.  She further 
says she was acquainted with Captain Allen and 
has seen Captain Clark several times when staying 
at her fathers house. That from news had of Bethuel 
Tubbs [struck out: service] he must have been in service over six months 
under Capt Clark & Allen That she was married to said 
Bethuel Tubbs at the time set forth in the account book 
which she herewith sends to the pension office and 
about the year of 1796 they removed to the County 
of Steuben N York where she now lives and that Bethuel 
Tubbs died at the time sett [set] forth in said book which
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Tubbs [struck out: service] he must have been in service over six months 
under Capt Clark & Allen That she was married to said 
Bethuel Tubbs at the time set forth in the account book 
which she herewith sends to the pension office and 
about the year of 1796 they removed to the County 
of Steuben N York where she now lives and that Bethuel 
Tubbs died at the time sett [set] forth in said book which ] 

is all the evidence of her marriage that she 
knows of.  She further states she never knew of any 
man at the time of the Revolutionary War [struck out: and of any said] named Bethuel Tubbs 
except her husband and that if any other one of that 
name had ever been in Capt Clark or Capt Allens Company 
she would have known it.  She makes this evidence 
for the purpose of identifying he husband as the soldier 
certifyed [certified] to by the Secretary of State of Vermont in the 
pension office hereto[struck out: fore] presented.
Witness present S. Warner | Cynthia her X mark Tubbs
C M Griswold 
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of 
March in the year of 1857 and I further certify 
that by reason of the great age and bodily infirmity 
of the above deponent she is not able to go before a 
Court of Record to make her declaration
C.M. Griswold
Justice of the Peace in an for said 
County
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STATE OF NEW YORK, }
Steuben County Clerk's Office, ss. } I, [struck out: CHARLES W. CAMPBELL] Samuel M. Alley, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that 
C. M. Griswold Esq., before whom 
the foregoing declaration and affidavits & certificate were 
made and acknowledged, and who thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time 
of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, elected and sworn, and 
duly authorized to take the same, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
[Blurred seal of County] In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of said County, at Bath, this 
17 day of March 1857  S.M. Alley Clerk 
Jo E. Bennett [overwritten: Clerk.] Dept.
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👉Register of marriage filed 
up stairs with Bibles &c
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State of New York }
County of Steuben }
Town of Woodhull }

Christopher Marlatt being duly sworn 
on his oath says that Cynthia Tubbs has not 
[word struck out] for the last year been able to go before a Court 
of Record to make a declaration on account of bodily 
infirmity and that there is no Court of Record 
been held nor a place to hold within twenty miles 
of her place of abode and that she is the within named person
Cynthia Tubbs | Christopher Marlatt
Subscribed and sworn before me this 16th day of March 
in the year 1857 and I further certify that the above 
deponent is a credible witness
C.M. Griswold 
Justice of the Peace 

State of New York }
County of Steuben}

Zebulon Tubbs being duly sworn 
by me on his oath declares he was born at White
hall near the line of the State Vermont and 
is sixty eight years (68) old past. That he knew 
Captain Allen at Whitehall and often heard the 
soldiers talk of their service in the Revolutionary War 
with the within named Bethuel Tubbs as serving 
with him under Captain Allen and also of serving 
under Capt Clark and that Bethel Tubbs the within 
named soldier done other service in the army which this 
deponent does not remember. He further states 
that he knew said Bethuel Tubbs up to the time of 
his death and has often talked with him about 
his being in the Revolutionary war and he has 
always claimed that he was in the service several 
times and told him of said Clark & Allen as 
his captains and mentioned other service in said war 
under officers which this deponent does not recollect 
and further swears he has no claim or interest in the matter
Z Tubbs
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of 
March in the year of 1857 and I further certify 
that I am well acquainted with the above deponent and 
that he is entitled to full credit
C M. Griswold
Justice of the Peace in & for 
said County
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Woodhull Steuben Co
NY

Hon
Comr. of Pensions 

In furtherance of the claim 
of Cynthia Tubbs for a pension 
under the act of July 7th 1838 
I herewith send her account 
book with a ribon [ribbon] tied through 
the place of her marriage record with 
her own declaration of facts in 
the case also of Zebulon Tubbs 
whose facts run back to near 
the time, which seem to me 
to identify the said Bethuel 
Tubbs as the one who done the 
service certified.  The notice of 
filing the case bears date March 3d 
1857. If evidence is deemed 
insufficient please give notice to 
Yours Truly S Warner
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Register of marriage filed 
up stairs with Bibles.
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Woodhull
NY
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Hon
Comr. of Pensions

The application of Cynthia Tubbs 
is one requiring an early attention 
She for some years has been living 
with a grand daughter without 
means for support and is in 
great need of help

If her case will warrant I request 
that it be attended to and relief given 
with the least delay possible.

Application No 257,075 for 
a land warrant for War of 1812 
The applicant has sustained an 
injury and is helpless at present 
he also is an object of sympathy 
If a proper case pleas [please] forward his 
Warrant and relieve him
Truly your Obt Sevt
S Warner
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No 15447
Cynthia Tubbs
Widow of Bethuel 
N. York
S. Warner March 3 1857.
same April 17 1887

10726

Act. July 7 1838
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[stamp] REJECTED

Act 2, 1873.
Service:
10.726
6.
Cynthia Tubbs
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed:
ges:
Re-enlisted:
torney:
O.
Recognized.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for
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Contract.
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