Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22790, Jesse Gilbert, New York
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(3 - 1776) 
SERVICE New York 
Gilbert Jesse 
NUMBER S. 22790 |
CONTENTS
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5483 
New York |
Jesse Gilbert 
of Delaware Co in the State of New York 
who was a Private in the Company command 
by Captain Swarts by Col Spalding of the Regt command 
by Col Spalding in the New York 
line for 18 months |
Inscribed on the Roll of New York 
at the rate of 61 Dollars 66 Cents per ann 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. |
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of February 
1833 and sent to Hon E Roo. Ho. Reps |
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 - $92.49
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 30.83|
 $ 123.35  |
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by Book Jno Cromwell Clerk
Book A  Vol. 5   Page 92
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Jesse Gilbert 
New York 

16 

Hono'l.  E. Root

H. R.
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BRIEF in the case of Jesse Gilbert 
of Delaware County in the State of New York 
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court 
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he? 68 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. |
June in 1778, 1 month, As a private, Cap. Swartz, Colo. Spalding
September 1778, 1 month, private, Cap. Broadhead, Col.Spalding
Novem. 1778, 1 month, private, Cap. Swartz
1779, 1 month, private, Cap. Brink, Col. Spalding
July 1780, 3 months, private, Cap. Drake
June 1781, 3 months, private, Cap. Cantern, Col. Malcom
May 1782, 8 months, 15 days, private, Cap. Livingston, Col. Spalding
5. In what battles was he engaged? None mentioned 
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Ulster County New York 
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers not attached agreeable to the Regulations 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Payton Examining Clerk.
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Jesse Gilbert 

acomd.
18 1/2 mo pri: |
$61.66
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I Crawford B [illegible] Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in
and for the County of Delaware
do hereby certify the the foregoing
contained the original proceedings
of said court in the matter of
Jesse Gilbert for a pension.

The testimony whereas I have hereunto set my hand and
seal of office this 9th day of October 1832
CB[illegible]
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State of New York
County of Delaware
On this day of October 1832 personally appears in open court before the judges of the court of common
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Served one month as a substitute under the aforesaid Capt. Swark. was stationed again at little Shandaken and employed as aforesaid was discharged there. In August 1779 served one month as a substitute under [illegible] Brink [two words are crossed out.] In Col. Spaldings Reg[illegible]. was stationed at the front in Great Shandaken & was discharged there. 

In July 1780 volunteered for three months and served under Capt. Drake. Marched from New Paltz to Fishkill where [illegible] about two weeks then Marched to [illegible] Planks Point where remained till time expired and was discharged. 

In June 1781 enlisted for three months in Capt. C[illegible]s Company Col. Malcolms Regiment. Marched to the Randevous at Poughkeepsie. where was Joined by Col. D[illegible]s Regiment. the two Regiments then Marched to West Point thru to Stoney Point. Thence to Haverstraw Bay. Then on to Kings and Dobbs Ferry. Thence to Albany & Schenectady & from there to Fort Plain where remained till was discharged. 

In 1789 In May became a substitute for William Ellseworth who had enlisted for nine months about two weeks after his enlistment. and served eight and a half months under Capt. Gilbert Livingston in Col. Spaldings Regiment. Marched to a place called the [illegible]
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near Churchland then so called in Ulster
County_ was stationed at a temporary fort
or stone [illegible]._ where Captain Livingstons 
company till time expired.  When marched to
Kingston and was discharged_.  That he served
as a substitute and otherwise at the different
periods aforesaid during the Revolutionary
War at least eighteen and a half months.
That he was born at Goshen now Orange
County New York in the year 1764_. [illegible] a
[illegible] of his age_.  Resided in the Town of New
Paltz.  Ulster County when he entered the service
and during the Revolutionary War and since the
Revolutionary War at New Marlboro in [illegible]
[illegible].  In the Town of Harpersfield Delaware
County and for the past fourteen years in the
Town of Stamford and county [illegible] mentioned
Never Received and written discharge .  That
[inserted line illegible]
Noah Davenport Thomas Montgomery._
Jeremiah Davis and Zacherias Smith person
to whom he is known residing in his [illegible]
neighborhood and who can testify as to his character
for [illegible] and their belief of his service
as a soldier of the Revolution.  That he has
no documentary evidence and that he knows
of no person whose testimony he can procure
who can testify to his service.  He 
hereby relinquished every claim whatever
to pension or annuity [illegible] the
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present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state.
Jesse Gilbert (Mark)
Sworn and Subscribed this day and year aforesaid
C. B. Sheldon, Clerk

We Stephen Fenn, a clergyman residing in the town of Jefferson formerly a resident of the town of Harpersfield county of Delaware and State of New York and Roswell Hotchkis a resident of the town of Nar Henfield aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jesse Gilbert who has subscribed and proven to the above declaration that we believe him to be 68 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed this day and year aforesaid
C. B. Sheldon, Clerk
Stephen Fenn
Roswell Hotchkis
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for a statement of the military history of Jesse Gilbert a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this bureau.        $22790

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment
June 1778
Length of Service
1 Mo
Rank
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
Captain
Swartz 
Colonel
Pawling
State 
N. Y.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment
Sept, & Oct. 1778
Length of Service
1 Mo
Rank
PVT
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
Captain
Broadhead
Colonel
Pawling
State
N. Y.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT
Nov. 1778
LENGTH OF SERVICE
1 Mo.
RANK
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
Captain
Swartz
Colonel
Pawling
STATE
N. Y.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT
Aug. 1779
LENGTH OF SERVICE
1 MO.
RANK
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
Captain
(illegible) Brink
COLONEL
Pawling
STATE
N. Y.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT
July 1780
LENGTH OF SERVICE
3 Mos.
RANK
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN
Drake
COLONEL 
Pawling
STATE
N. Y.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT
June 1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE
3 Mos.
RANK
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN
Cantine
COLONEL
Malcom
STATE
N. Y.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT
May 1782
LENGTH OF SERVICE
8 Mos.
RANK
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN
Gilbert Livingston
COLONEL
Pawling
STATE
N. Y.

Battles engaged in, ------------------------------
Residence of soldier at enlistment
Date of application for pension,
Oct. 9, 1832    Claim Allowed
Residence at date of application
Stamford, Delaware County, N. Y.
Age at date of application,
Born at Goshen now Orange County (illegible) 1764
Remarks:  No family data
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Revolution
22790 
INVALID
File No. 22,790
Jesse Gilbert
Pri.  Rev.  War

Act: June 7, 32
Index: Vol. 2, Page 153
Arrangement of 1870.
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1907 Oct. 8 Hist. to Mr. Will F. Hunt V.L.M.
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[illegible] Gilberd Soldier in the 5th Reg having served with reputation the term of time for which he [illegible], is hereby Discharged the Army of the United States of America 
J Starr Cole Commander
Springfield 9th April 1780
Gilbert is to receive pay + Rations until the 19th Infantry [illegible]
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Received Ap 9, 17 [illegible]0 of Lieut. Wm. Henshaw pay [illegible]
Connecticut Regiment the full of my wages one [illegible]
up to the time of my Discharge

Jep. Gilbert


Gilbert, Jesse [pencil in print]
N.Y. S 22790
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Hono. E. Root
H.R.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of "Jesse Gilbert" which require futher proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?   "yes"
II. Did the declarant make a declation in the county where he resides?   "yes"
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?  "no response given"
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of war when he served?   "yes"
V.  Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?  "yes"
VI. Has he given the names of officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  "yes"
VII. Has he made the relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one und the Act of June 7, 1832?  
VIII.  Has the court given their opinion?  "yes"
IX.   Has "Clerk given his certificate?  "yes"
X.   Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  "yes"
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary services?
Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for now obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
Yes
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
Yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
NO
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of
the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he
must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits
the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature
of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.
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Davenport, Iowa, Sept. 10, 1907.
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C.  
Sir:-
Will you kindly send me the war record of Jesse Gilbert supposed to have enlisted in the Revolutionary War from New York State. Respectfully, 
Will F. Hunt 
745 Henry St., 
Davenport.