Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,573, Daniel Wilbur, R.I.
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RI      Wilbur, Daniel       S 21,573

                                            carded
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27462
Rhode Island
Daniel Wilbur
of Smithfield in the state of RI
who was a private in the Compy. commanded
by Captain Waterman of the Regt. commanded 
by   ________  in the RI
line for
17 months. [illegible]\Inscribed on the Roll of RI
at the rate of 56 Dollars and 67 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of June 1834 and sent to Benjamin 
Cowell, Esq Providence RI.
Inrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834          $170.01
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep "       28.33
                                                           $198.34
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk
Book E   Vol   2    Page 136
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Daniel Wilbur
31186



Benjamin Cowell Esq
Providence
RI.
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Rhode Island [illegible]
County of Providence
on this 2 day of May AD 1834 personally ap-
peared in open Court being a Special [illegible]
Court of the United States now in [illegible] Daniel
Wilbur of Smithfield in said County aged 74 years
who being first duly sworn according to the law doth
on his oath make the following declaration in
order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress
passed June 7th 1832 [illegible] He entered the war
of the Revolution & served as herein stated. In
answer to the interogations prescribed by the
War Department he answers & says
to 1st He was born in Smithfield August 13 1759
2 His birth is recorded in the town Clerks office
in said town
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3. He lived in said Smithfield when he was [illegible] called
into service & since the War he has always lived
in siad town
4. He volunteered in manner herein after [illegible]
5. He served under General Sullivan Captain
Andrew Waterman Capt Hezekiah Sprague
Captin John Angell
6. He never received any written discharge.
7. William Ballou can testify to part of his 
services & Revd Leonard Wakefield & George
Aldrich & Jesse Hutchinson can testify in his behalf.
And the Daniel further says that about that time 
he was sixteen years of age in August 1775
he joined a Company of minute men [illegible]
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in said Smithfield, Commanded by Captain
Andrew Waterman & he continued in said Company
a year following - he was a private in said Company
This Company was in active service at least
one half of the time during that time &
was stationed on the Inland of Rhode Island
& was engaged in building & digging entrenchments
part of the time & part of the time at [illegible]
he [illegible] that between August 1775 and 
September 1776 he served [illegible] in
it as a private at least. After the British
took [illegible] of Newport, the Militia and
independent Companies were frequently called
into active service. This applicant was then
enrolled in Captain Hezekiah Sprague's
Company of Militia as he can remember
in December AD 1776 [illegible] the [illegible]
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following years, he was in great deal of service
along the shores of Narragansett Bay sometimes
at one place & sometimes at another. It is now
out of his power to specify the particular
times [illegible] [illegible] does he now remember who
the Colonel was to whose regiment his Company 
was attached But he [illegible] he served [illegible]
months at least between December 1776 
& December 1777 and he further says
that in 1778 he thinks Captain John Angell 
commanded the Company - he [illegible] that in this year also he served [illegible] months at least
in said Company between January & December.
In 1779 he served three months as a 
private. He [illegible] that he seventeen
months in manner & form aforesaid for which
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he claims a pension, He remembers the militia were divided into classes & one class went at
a time He thinks they were divided into these
classes. This applicant always went when 
it came to his turn - he never hired a substi-
tute nor was he ever a substitute himself.
He has no documentary evidence of his services
nor does know any person that can testify for him
but William Ballou, whose evidence is 
[illegible] [illegible]. He relies on this & the evidence
of his character.
He knowingly relinquishes his every claim whatever
to a pension except the present & declares that is name not 
on
the pension Roll of any state.
May 27 1834  Daniel Wilbur his X mark
 sworn to & subscribed in open Court       
by said Daniel.
B Cowell Clk
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We Leonard Wakefield a Clergyman residing
in Smithfield & George Aldrich 3 of said
Smithfield herby certify and say that we 
are well acquainted with Daniel Wilbur
who is now present in Court an applicant 
for a pension We believe him to be 74 years
of age that he is [illegible] & believed in the 
neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution & we concur in that opinion.
Leonard Wakefield
George Aldrich 3

May 27 1834
Sworn to in open Court
witness B Cowell  Clk
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I Jesse Hutchinson of Smithfield in the County
of Providence being now thirty one years of 
age on oath do testify and say that I am
well acquainted with Daniel Wilbur no
present in Court & have always known 
him ever since I can remember anything.
He has always sustained agreed character for
truth & [illegible]- I have always understood
he was a soldier in the Revolution and
it is now so understood by his neighbors
I remember of having him speak of his 
services in the Revolutionary War many
years ago as many as eight or ten
Jesse Hutchinson

May 27 1834
Sworn in open Court
B Cowell  Clk
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I William Ballou of Cumberland in the County of
Providence being now 77 years of age on oath do
testify and say that I am well acquainted with
Daniel Wilbur of Smithfield an applicant for a pension all the knowledge I have of
his services in the war of the Revolution
as that while I was a private in Capt 
[illegible] Waterman's Company of minute men
in 1175 & 1776 - I remember of his being 
a private in Captain Andrew Waterman's 
Company of minute men. our Company be
longed to Cumberland & his to Smithfield
Said Companies were on RHode Island together
Said Daniel was quite a youngster in the
Company when I saw him should kindly
this he was 16 years of age. How much
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he served I do not know, but think 
he must have served a number of months 
during said years - one thing makes me
remember more particularly is that said Daniel was the youngest person in the
Company                 William Ballou

May15 1834
Sworn to [illegible] me by the said William
And I further certify he is a credible witness
Benja Cowell
[illegible] of Dist
Court for R.I. Dist
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And the said Court do kindly declare their opinion
after investigating the matter & after putting the interoga-
tions prescribed by the War Department that the above
named applicant was a Revolutionary [illegible] as he
states. And the Court further certifies that it appears
to them the the said Leonard Wakefield who has
signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident
in said Smithfield & that George Aldrich 3 who
also signed the same & that Jesse Hutchinson &
William Ballou & who have signed the preceding 
affidavit are residents as they state & further that
they all credible persons & their [illegible] statements
entitled to credit
I Benjamin Cowell Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of
the said Court in the matter of the application of 
Daniel Wilbur for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my
hand & affixed the seal of said Court on
this 28 day of May 1834
Benja Cowell  Clk
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section 
EEL 

July 23, 1929
 
Miss Flora Wilber 
712 ½ Rockhill Street 
Fort Wayne, Indiana 

Dear Madam: 
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 21573, it appears that Daniel Wilbur was born August 13, 1759, in Smithfield, Rhode Island. 
While residing in Smithfield, Rhode Island, he enlisted and served as a private with the Rhode Island Troops as follows:
From in August, 1775, until in September, 1776, he was a minute man in Captain Andrew Waterman's Company and was in actual service six months during that period; from December, 1776, four months in Captain Hezekiah Sprague's Company; from January, 1778, four months in Captain John Angell's Company; in 1779, three months officers not named. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 27, 1834, at which time he was a resident of Smithfield, Rhode Island.
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He died January 24, 1842.
There are no data as to family.

Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.

Date of death from Agency Book
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[left side]
1929 - July 23. Hist to Miss Flora Wilbur EEL
1929 - Sept. 13 Miss Flora Wilbur further advised.  M.E.E.

[right side]
Revolution
21573
INVALID.

File No. 21,573
Daniel Wilbur
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32"
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 451

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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712 1/2 Rockhill St., Fort Wayne, Ind.
Mar.30, 1929.

Bureau of Pensions:
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Will you be so kind as to send
me the revolutionary record of 
Daniel Wilbur (Wilber) who was
a private in the Rhode Island
militia and was placed on the 
pension roll Mar. 4 1831 when
74 years old.
I will gladly send you
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the necessary fees.
Vey truly yours,
(Miss) Flora Wilber
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[top right corner] M.E.E.
Rev. & 1812
Wars Section
September 13, 1929

 Miss Flora Wilber 
712 ½ Rockhill Street 
Fort Wayne, Indiana
 
Dear Madam: 
I advise you that in the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 21573, it appears that Daniel Wilbur was born August 13, 1759, in Smithfield, Rhode Island, as stated in Bureau letter dated July 23, 1929. 
His pension certificate was issued June 5, 1834 and pension commenced March 4, 1831. 
The date of birth of a soldier who was aged seventy-four years in 1831, would have been about 1757 instead of 1737 as stated in your letter of September 9, 1929. 
The above noted Daniel Wilbur, S. 21573, is the only soldier by that name, under any spelling, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau. 
Very truly yours, 
E. W. MORGAN 
Acting Commissioner
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September 9, 1929

Department of Interior 
Bureau of Pensions 
Rev. and 1812 Wars Section 
Washington, D. C.
 
Gentlemen:
In response to my request concerning the record of Daniel Wilbur, you sent me July 23 the record of Daniel Wilbur whose war pension claim S21573 indicates he was born August 13, 1759, in Smithfield, R.I.
The Daniel Wilbur for whose record I am searching also lived in Smithfield, R. I., but information from the Daughters of the American Revolution indicates his pension was dated March 4, 1831, when he was 74 years of age. This would make his date of birth about 1737. 
If you will be so kind as to send me a statement of this Daniel Wilbur's record, I shall be glad to send the money for the expense. 
Very truly yours, 
Flora Wilber 
Flora Wilber
Miss Flora Wilber
712 ½ Rockhill St.
Fort Wayne, Ind. 
[oval stamp] REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS SECTION SEP 11 1929 BUREAU OF PENSIONS