Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11821, Noah Willcox, R.I.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE: R.I.
Willcox, Noah or Wilcox
NUMBER: S.11821
carded

CONTENTS:
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10459
Rhode Island
Noah Wilcox
of Washington in the State of RI who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the regt commanded by Col Dyer on the RI line for 21 mos

Inscribed on the Roll of RI at the rate of 70 Dollars no Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Apr 1833 and sent Benjn Cowell Providence RI

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $140.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 1833 35.00
[total] $175.00

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by J H McBlair Clerk
Book G Vol. 2nd Page 135
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N. 13853
Noah Wilcox
Private 1 year & 9 months
Att
14 ob
Jany 14 1833
$70
P216
Benjm Cowell Esqr
Providence R.I.
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Brief in the case of Noah Wilcox of the County of Washington in the State of R. Island
(Act 7th June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 73 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[following is in table format in original document]
Period. in 1777
Duration of Service
Years: 1
Months: 6
Days: [blank]
Rank
As a: Drafted
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served
Gen.: Col. Dyers Capt Hoxsie & Herrington

Period. in 1777
Duration of Service
Years: Substitute 1 for Nathan Wilcox
Months: 1
Days: [blank]
Rank 
As a: [blank]
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served
Gen.: Same

Period. in 1777
Duration of Service
Years: Substitute 1 for Saml Clark
Months: 1
Days: [blank]
Rank 
As a: [blank]
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served
Gen.: Same

Period. in 1780 Augt
Duration of Service
Years: [blank]
Months: 1
Days: [blank]
Rank 
As a: drafted
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served
Gen.: Same Col. Capt Taylor

5. In what battles was he engaged? none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Essex
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or b the rolls? Depositions
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No certificate of clergyman

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Sevin Belt
Examining Clerk.
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92
Noah Wilcox
13853 B.C.
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State of Rhode Island &c
County of Washington Sc
On this fifth day of September AD 1832 personally appeared in open Court a Court of Common Pleas, being a court of Record within & for said County Noah Wilcox a resident of Exeter in the county of Washington & State of Rhode Island aged 73 years who being duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7th of June AD 1832
He was born January 3d 1758 in Exeter, but has no record of his birth, has always lived in Exeter both before & since the War
And this applicant further states that in December 1776 he was drafted in the Militia to serve one half of the time, which he did do without missing a single tour untill after the British left Rhode Island in December 1779 & probably served in the whole about Eighteen months & served in guarding the west shores of Naragansett Bay in North & South Kingstown. was in Cap John Hoxsies company part of the time & part in Cap David Herringtons Company & in Col Charles Dyers regiment of R.I. Militia & served as a private.
And this applicant further states that in the course of the above named time he served two tours of a month each as a substitute - one for Nathan Wilcox & one for Samuel Clark in the same company & regiment and this applicant further states in August 1780 he was drafted & served one month as a private at
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Newport in Cap Spencer Taylors company & Col Dyers regiment of R.I. Militia
and which drafts &c he served out & was honourably discharged but never had a written discharge.
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of an state
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Noah Wilcox 
Witness Saml Helme Clk

And the said Courts do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after the putting interogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states
I Samuel Helme clerk of said court do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Noah Wilcox for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this seventh day of September AD 1832
Saml Helme Clk
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Rev War
11821
INVALID
File No. 11821
Noah Wilson*
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: Vol. A, Page 411
(Arrangement of 1870.)

*Noah Wilcox
Records "OK
June 19/05 SR
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Providence Feb 16th 1833

Sir
I herewith return the application of Noah Wilcox with a clergyman certificate as required by the "brief objections" made to it & also a certificate of the Judge himself before the clergyman was sworn
I am respectfully your obt svt
Benja Cowell

To
Lewis Cass
Sect of War
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W Lewis
for 
N Wilcox
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I William Lewis of South Kingstown of lawfull age on oath do testify & say that I am well acquainted with Noah Wilcox of Exeter & have been for about twenty years last past & have frequently understood from him that he was a soldier of the Revolution & it is generally believed in the neighbourhood where he resides & I further testify that the said Wilcox is a man of truth & veracity & his statement is entitled to credit
William Lewis

South Kingstown September 4th AD 1832
Personally came William Lewis subscriber to the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before Me Matthew Waite Just Peace
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State of Rhode Island &c
Washington County sc
I Samuel Helme clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said county of Washington do hereby certify that Matthew Waite whose name is within written is a Justice of the Peace in South Kingstown within & for said county of Washington, that the signature within written purporting to be said Waite's is his true signature in his proper hand writing And that full faith & credit is due to his acts as such
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this Seventh day of September AD 1832
Saml Helme Clk
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I Gardner Lillibridge of Exeter R.I. aged 73 years on oath do testify & say that in Decr 1776 I was a volunteer & served as a private three months & 20 days at Boston neck in North Kingstown in Cap John Hoxsies company & Col Charles Dyers regiment of R.I. militia & I further testify that Noah Wilcox now of Exeter was there & served in the same company that I did & served the same time & how much longer I cannot say & I also testify that he is man of truth & veracity & his statement is entitled to credit
Gardner Lillibridge

South Kingstown September 4th 1832
Personally came Gardner Lillibrige and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
Before me Matthew Waite J Peace
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State of Rhode Island &c
County of Washington ss
I Samuel Helme clerk of the court of Common Pleas within & for said county do hereby certify that Matthew Waite whose name is within written is a Justice of the Peace within & for said county of Washington and in the town of South Kingstown that the signature within written purporting to be said Waites is his true signature in his proper hand writing And that full faith & credit is due to his acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this Seventh day of September AD 1832 
Saml Helme Clk

G Lillibridge 
for N Wilcox
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Paul Ennis
for
N Wilcox
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I Paul Ennis of Charlestown R.I. aged 77 years on oath do testify & say that in winter of 1777 or 1778 I was a draftee soldier & served in North Kingstown in Cap David Harringtons company & Col Dyers regiment of R.I. militia & I well remember that Noah Wilcox now of Exeter was there & served one month in the same company with me & I further testify that the said Wilcox is a man of truth & veracity & that his statement is entitled to credit.
Paul Evans

South Kingstown September 4th AD 1832
Personally came Paul Ennis subscribed to the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same and that to my knowledge is intitled to full credit
Before me Matthew Waite Jus Peace
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State of Rhode Island &C
County of Washington ss
I Samuel Helme clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County of Washington do hereby certify that Matthew Waite whose name is within written is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County in the town of South Kingstown, that the within signature purporting to be said Waite's is his true signature in his proper hand writing and that full faith & credit is due to his acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this seventh day of September AD 1832
Saml Helme Clk
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By His Excellency,
Lemuel H Arnold
Governor, Captain-General and Commander in Chief of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
Be it known, that the name "Henry Bowen" to the afore-written attestation subscribed, is the proper hand writing of Henry Bowen, Esquire, who, at the time of subscribing the same, was Secretary of the State aforesaid, duly elected and qualified according to law: Wherefore unto his said attestation full faith and credit are to be rendered.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said State to be affixed at Providence, this fifteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three and Independence the fifty-seventh.
Lemuel H Arnold

By his Excellency's Command.
Henry Bowen Secry
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State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Secretary's office Feb 15 AD 1833

I certify that at the date of the annexed certificate signed John G Clarke, the said Clark was one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas within the county of Washington, duly elected and commissioned, as appears of record in this office
Witness Henry Bowen Secry
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I Henry C Hubbard a clergyman residing in the town of South Kingstown do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Noah Wilcox of Exeter in the County of Washington who has subscribed & sworn to the annexed declaration. I believe him to be 73 years of age & he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and I concur in that opinion
Henry C Hubbard


Washington ss
In South Kingstown February 17 1833
Personally appeared before me the above named Henry C Hubbard and made oath to the truth of the same and I further certify that said deponent is a clergyman residing in said town and I likewise certify that I am well acquainted with said Noah Wilcox and concur in opinion with Henry C Hubbard
John G Clarke Jus. C.C. Pleas