Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17797, Sylvester Willcox, R.I.
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State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 
Washington County Ss on this 3d Day of September AD 1832 Personally Appeared in open Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid Now Siting in Southkingston Sylvester Willcox A Resident of Exeter in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island Aged seventy three years Who first Being Duly Sworn According to Law Doth on his oath Make the following Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress Passed on June the 7th AD 1832 that he Entered the service of the united States under the following Named officers and served as herein stated in the first Part of December AD 1776 he then Belonged to and lived in Southkingston in the County and State aforesaid there was an Alarm Made When the British fleet came in that he was Called Down With others and he served as A Militiaman to Guard the Shore and Quartered at the house of Richard Gardners A few Days under Captain Stephen Babcock Soon after that the Militia Came to A Draft and served By Terms (JE) one half served one Month and then other half Would serve one Month and that he served in that order untill the British Left Rhode Island in the year AD 1780 and Quartered Part of the time at Robert Knowles and Part of the time at Silas Gardeners in Bostonneck and Part of the time and Benjamin Garners Near the North ferry and that he was on the Island of Rhode Island in the General Sullivans