Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 21,820-160-55, Record Wilbur, Mass.
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SERVICE Mass   [star stamp] Wilbur, Record or Welbur  NUMBER B. L. Wt. 21. 820-160-55
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95.732
[Seal of the United States with Eagle and E PLURIBUS UNUM]
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM
of
[handwritten] Record Wilburn [end handwritten]
War [handwritten] Revolution [end handwritten]
No.
Filed [illegible] 185[handwritten]5[end handwritten]
BY
JOS. C. G. KENNEDY,
Attorney
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FORM OF A DECLARATION
To be made by a person who has never had a land warrant, or made a declaration therefor.

STATE OF [handwritten] New York [end handwritten]
COUNTY OF [handwritten] Chenango [end handwritten]

On this [handwritten] 7th [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] April [end handwritten] A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty [handwritten] five [end handwritten] before me [handwritten] Calvin P Blakslee [end handwritten] the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, within, and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared [handwritten] Record Wilbur [end handwritten] aged [handwritten] 92 [end handwritten] years, a resident of [handwritten] Coventry Chenango Co [end handwritten] in the State of [handwritten] New York [end handwritten] who duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical [handwritten] Record Wilbur [end handwritten] who was a [handwritten] private [end handwritten] in the company commanded by Captain [handwritten] Isaac Newton, Lieut Asa Stibbins [end handwritten] in the [blank] regiment of [handwritten] Militia [end handwritten] commanded by [blank] in the war with [handwritten] Great Britain [end handwritten] that he enlisted [lined out] [handwritten] was drafted [end handwritten] at [handwritten] Leydin Mass [end handwritten] on or about the [blank] day of [handwritten] July [end handwritten] A.D. [handwritten] 1780 [end handwritten] for the term of [handwritten] Served 3 mos at West Point [end handwritten] and continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days, and was honorably discharged at [handwritten] West Point [illegible] [end handwritten] on the [lined out] [handwritten] any illegible illegible [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] 1780 [end handwritten] A.D. [handwritten] I was discharged by the orders of Gen Washington [end handwritten] He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he may be entitled, under the Act of Congress, approved March 3d, 1855, granting Land and additional Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States; and he hereby authorizes Jos. C.G. KENNEDY to receive said Warrant, as his Attorney, and he declares that he has made no other application under any law than this, nor has he ever received a warrant. [SEAL] [handwritten] Record Wilbur [end handwritten] We, [handwritten] Bercan C Gilmore [end handwritten] and [handwritten] William Tallman [end handwritten] residents of [handwritten] Coventry Chenango [end handwritten] in the State of [handwritten] New York [end handwritten] upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by [handwritten] Record Wilbur [end handwritten] in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be. [handwritten] B.C. Gilmore [end handwritten [seal] [handwritten] William Tallman [end handwritten] [seal] The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. [handwritten] C.P. Blakslee Justice of the Peace [end handwritten] J.P. State of [blank] County of [blank] I, [blank] Clerk of the County Court, in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that [blank] whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration and affidavit is, and was, at the time of signing the same, a [blank] in and for the county and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts as such, are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction. Given under my hand and seal of my office at [blank] this [blank] day of [blank] A.D. 185[blank] Clerk
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STATE OF NEW YORK, Chenango County Clerk's Office, SS.
I, THOMAS MILNER, Clerk of said County, DO CERTIFY, That [handwritten] C. P. .Blakslee [end handwritten] Esq, before whom the annexed instrument was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for said County, duly authorized and qualified to take the same. And further: THat I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the signature thereto, purporting to be his, is genuine; and that the said instrument is executed in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my official seal, at Norwich, this [handwritten] 10th [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] April [end handwritten] 185 [handwritten] 5 [handwritten] T. Milner [end handwritten] Clerk
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[handwritten] Washington 30th Mar 1856
Sir,
On the 30th of November "last" I received notice from the Pension Office that the claim of Record Wilbur for bounty land, under the act 3 Mar /55, No. 95732, had been suspended, as the name of the applicant was not recorded in your office.
Enclosed I send you the Certificate of the [illegible] of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and I wish the appn. of Mr. Wilbur to be re-examined, as soon as possible, as it has now been five months since it was placed in the suspended filed.
Hon J Minot Most Respectfully Yours
Com of Pensions
Pension Office for Jos. C. G. Kennedy
[end handwritten]
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[handwritten] Hon J. Minot
Com of Pension
Pension Office
Washington, D.C.
[end handwritten]
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[handwritten]
Additional evidence for
Record Wilbur's appn
"for Bounty Land" No 95732
Under Act of 3d Mar /55

Filed by
Jo. C.G. Kennedy
Washington
[end handwritten]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office, Boston,
[handwritten] March 20, 1856 [end handwritten]
I hereby certify, That from an examination of the Boks and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that [handwritten] the name of Record Wilber is borne on pay roll of Capt. Isaac Newton's Compe. Col Seth Murray's Reqs from July 13 to Oct. 10, 1780. 3 Mos. 7 days travel included, as private from Bernurdston. [end handwritten]

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
[handwritten] F. De Witt [end handwritten]
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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[handwritten] Coventry March 17/56
Hon sir if you will search the reckord of your State to see if the name of Record Wilbour appears on the rolls of the Revolution he was drafted in the month of July 1780, [inserted] in Mass [end insert] he served in the State of New York but was [illegible] in Mass, he served under Capt Isaac Newton the Col name he does not remember if his name can be found you send me a certificate of the fact with the fee I will send the money by return of mail

Your servt. A W Child, Coventry, Chenango Co NY
Hon Secretary of the State of Mass
[end handwritten]
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21.820
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[handwritten] Jos C.G. Kennedy, Nov 30/55
95732 / Mrch 3/53
Aprl. 24/53
Record Wilbur Private
[lined out] Capt. Isaac Newton
Col [end lined out]
Mass Mil
[lined out] Col July 1780 [end lined out]
Revolutionary War
No: 160 AC [illegible] Aprl.  9"1856
[illegible] Papers Boynton