Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,542, Spencer Gibbs, Conn.
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( 3-1776 ) SERVICE Conn. Gibbs, Spencer NUMBER S. 36,542
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18.255 New York to Connecticut Spencer Gibbs of Rodman in the State of N. York who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Burrill of the  Connecticut line , for the term of one year . Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18th of April 1818. Certificate of Pension issued the 7th of Augt. 1821 and sent to  Calvin McKnight  Esq Watertown , N. York . Arrears to 4th of March 1821 $ 276.49 Semi-anl. all'ce ending4 Sept  1821 $ 40.00 ( 2 yrs 10 mos 13.4 30.31 ) ( total $ 324.49 ) {Revolutionary Claim Act 18th March , 1818  & 1 May 1820 }  Jefferson County
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Spencer Gibbs Private Nine months service in  Burrill Reg't being provided by witnesses who the  Judge must certify are credible , a pension will be granted to claimant. Pen Office 4 Sep 1807
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[ State of New York Jefferson County ] ss. On this eighteenth day of April 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of  the County aforesaid personally appears Spencer Gibbs aged 57  years, resident in the said district , who being by me first duly sworn according to law,  doth, on his oath, make the following declaration  , in order to obtain the provision made by  the  late act of Congress entitled " An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war ." That he the said Spencer Gibbs enlisted in  Spring of 1775  in the  State of Connecticut  in the company commanded by Captain  Sedgewick , Col. Hannahs Regt of the  Connecticut Continental line ; that he continued to serve in the said corps , or in the service of the United States until the  18th  Jany 1777 when he was discharged  from service in Mount Independence State of Vermont that he was in the battles of  Three Rivers , Siege of  St John's etc. and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country  for support ; and that the has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. Sworn to and declared before me ; the day and year aforesaid.  Spencer Gibbs ( signed ) Calvin Mc Knight ( signed ) Judge    I Calvin McKnight  Judge, &c. as aforesaid , do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Spencer Gibbs did serve in the revolutionary war , as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy  ; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me , to the  Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress Calvin Mc Knight ( signed ) Judge
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I certify that Spencer Gibbs the applicant within  named has proved to my satisfaction that he is in such needy circumstances as to need the assistance of his Country for support.  Calvin Mc Knight ( signed ) Judge
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[ State of New York Jefferson County ] ss On this 27th day of December 1820 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of  Record of said  State according to law Spencer Gibbs age fifty nine years a resident in  Rodman in said State who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the  revolutionary war as follows To wit in  Capt. Sedgewick's company in Col. Burrill's Regt. both in the Connecticut line the date of his original declaration is April 18th 1818. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the  18th day of March 1818  And that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof  with interest thereby so to diminish it  and to bring myself within the provisions of the Act of Congress  entitled an  Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the  Land and Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March 1818. And that I have not nor has any person in  tracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other that what is contained in the  following schedule by me subscribed. Schedule                               One pair of Andirons , 1 fire shovel & tongs , 1 iron pot, 1 tea kettle, 1 small dish kettle, 1 grid iron, 1 Quarter , 1 sugar bowl, 1 small looking glass, 1 chest, 4 knives & forks, 1 tin, stool, one Bible ,one stone jar. Spencer Gibbs ( signed )
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And further that I have no family except a wife who is in a very ill state of health and am by occupation a farmer. Sworn and declared to the day and year aforesaid before Geo. Andrews ( signed ) Clerk  I George Andrews Clerk of the County of Jefferson do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule annexed thereto are true copied from the record of said Courts and I do further certify that it is  the opinion of the said Court  that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is fourteen Dollars and twenty seven  Cents. In  testimony whereof I have hereunto set my  hand and affixed the seal of the said Court  this 27th day of December 1820.  Geo Andrews ( signed ) Clerk
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[ State of New York Jefferson County ] ss On this 27th  May 1818  came before me  Calvin McKnight  the Judge of Jefferson Common Pleas . James Hannah  who being  duly sworn  deposeth  & saith that he was well acquainted with  Spencer Gibbs in the year 1776 who was at that time a private in the Continental service in  Captain  Wilson's company , Col. Burrill's Reg't. of State Connecticut line & that he knew him continuing in said corps upwards of nine months  & further this deponent saith not. James Hannah ( signed ) Sworn  & declared to the day & year aforesaid before me  Calvin McKnight ( signed )  Judge
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Clerk's Office [ Jefferson  County New York ] July 26th 1819  I certify  that Calvin W Mc Knight  within named was on the day   & year within mentioned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for this County and duly qualified to act as such. Benjamin Skinner ( signed ) Clerk  I Calvin Mc Knight Judge etc. do certify that I am personally acquainted with James Hannah the  within deponent and believe him to be a man of truth & that  full faith & credit are due to his deposition.  Calvin Mc Knight ( signed ) Judge
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The Deposition of Benjamin Avery of Bethlehem in the County of Litchfield  & State of Connecticut, who is of lawful age is as follows : to wit . That the deponent has been acquainted with  Spencer Gibbs for many years past. That in the year 1776  about the last of May or the first of June in said year the deponent saw the said Gibbs at a place called the three rivers in the Province of Lower Canada at which time the said Gibbs was a soldier  in the service of the United States  & at that time on duty in a Company commanded by Capt. Titus Watson, and the  Reg't to which said  compy belonged , was commanded by a Col. Burrill, that the said deponent  was also a soldier belonging  to the same Reg't at the same time in  Capt. Parmelee's company  that he knows the said Gibbs preformed duty in said Watson's company from the time above mentioned, till about the last of Dec. or first of Jany  following , at which time this deponent was discharged from said  Reg't and that the deponent verily believes ( though he cannot positively swear ) that said Gibbs enlisted  into said Company about the 1st of March in said year to perform duty for one year from the time of his said enlistment , & that the said Gibbs faithfully served his time out. And the said deponent further says that  afterwards saw the said Gibbs at ( or near ) a place called the White Plains in the State of New York in the month of Sept. or Oct. in the year 1778 - that the the said Gibbs was then a Sergeant in the service of the United States in  Col. Meig's Reg't and as this deponent believes in Capt. Backus or Capt. Mansfield's company , which Reg't was formed upon the Continental establishment  and this deponent  understood from said Gibbs at that time, that he the said  Gibbs had enlisted in said  Reg't for the term of three years & the deponent believes said Gibbs served as a Sergeant in said Reg't  during said term. This deponent has  personal knowledge that said Gibbs served in said Reg't  till some time in the month of May 1779 - at which time  this deponent was transferred from  Col. Sherman's Reg't to a Reg't of Light Infantry
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at that time commanded by Col. Butler. And further this deponent saith not.  Benjamin Avery ( signed ) [  Litchfield County ] ss Bethlehem  20 Dec. 1820  Personally appeared Benjamin Avery , signer of the foregoing Deposition , who made solemn oath that the statement and facts contained in the same are just and true, according to his best knowledge and belief before me Joseph H. Bellamy ( signed ) Justice of peace. I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the aforesaid Benjamin Avery  and consider him as a man of truth and veracity. Joseph H. Bellamy ( signed ) Justice of peace ( vertical note ) ( Spencer Gibbs priv- Col. Burrill's Conn. Regt 1776 - 1 year 10 April 1810)                                                                                      I  Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within the County of Litchfield in the  State of Connecticut , certify that Joseph H. Bellamy Esq.  is a Justice of the Peace within  said County legally commissioned  & qualified  , that his name above subscribed in his hand writing  & that  the seal hereto affixed is the seal of  said County - Litchfield Dec. 20th AD 1820. Frederick Wolcott  ( signed / sealed ) Clerk
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36542 Recy INVALID. File No. 36542 Spencer Gibbs Pri Rev War Act : 18th March 18" Index : - Vol. 2 Page 195 [ Arrangement of 1870 . ]
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Spencer Gibbs Service for one year, in  Col. Burrill's Conn. Reg't from 1776 to 1777 proven Adm: & Con. J.L.E. applicant aged 57 yr.  Sched: $ 14.27 When this claim is decided upon writ to agent that notice of continuance in the same of John Fay, was sent on the 7th May 1821 , to Geo. Andrews Esq. Watertown N. York
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER State of Connecticut  County of Litchfield ss Bethlehem 21st July  AD 1826  On this 21st day of July 1826 , before me , the subscriber , a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Litchfield personally appeared Spencer Gibbs who, on his oath  , declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged  to the company commanded by Captain Titus Watson in the regiment commanded by Colonel Burrill in the service of the United States ; that his name was placed on the pension  roll of the  State of New York from whence he has lately removed ; that he  now resides in the  State ( district or territory ) of Connecticut where he intends to remain , and wishes for his pension to be there payable in future; and that his reasons for removing to the  State of Connecticut  are that it is his native State & that his connections many of them  reside in said  State. Sworn and subscribed to , before me, the day and year aforesaid. David Bird ( signed ) Justice of Peace
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I Isaac S. Wadsworth of Bethlehem in the County of Litchfield  & State of Connecticut  Depose  & say that I am well acquainted with Spencer Gibbs  now of said Bethlehem  and know him to be  the same person  described in the foregoing  affidavit  date at Bethlehem this 16th day of July 1826.  Isaac Wadsworth ( signed ) [ Litchfield County ] Bethlehem 25th July  1826 Personally appeared Isaac Wadsworth  the deponent aforesaid & made oath  to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing deposition  by him subscribed before me - And I do also certify that I an well acquainted with Spencer Gibbs the person  named in the within also with Isaac Wadsworth the deponent aforesaid  & that they sustain fair  characters for truth  & veracity.  David Bird ( signed ) Justice of Peace
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I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas within & for the  County of Litchfield , in the  State of Connecticut, identify that David Bird , Esq. was, on the 21st day of instant July & that he now is a Justice of the Peace within  & for said County legally commissioned  & qualified , that I am  well acquainted with his handwriting & that the two proceeding  signatures , which  purport to be his are , as I verily believe, genuine & his proper hand writing. Witness my hand  & the seal of said Curt at Litchfield in said County this 22nd day of July A.D. 1826. Federick Wolcott ( signed / sealed ) Clerk
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[ State of New York Lewis County ] ss Charles Wright personally came before me William Root one of the Judges of Lewis Common Pleas and being duly sworn   deposeth and saith he this " deponent " was an Ensign in the Continental  Services and in the year 1776 and enlisted Spencer Gibbs  who served his Country against the Common Enemy in Capt. Titus Watson Company in a Battalion  ordered by Congress to be run from the  Colony of Connecticut , and further this deponent saith that he thinks said Spencer  Gibbs resided in Winchester  said  State of  that said Battalion  were ordered to Canada & this deponent cannot remember the term  of time said Gibbs continued to serve in said corps and further this deponent saith not. Charles Wright ) signed )  Taken and subscribed this 4th day January 1819 before me  William Root ( signed ) one of  the  Judges of L.C. P. [ State of  New York Lewis County ] ss I Edward Bancroft  Clerk of the County of Lewis  do hereby certify that  William Root was on the 4th day of January  1819  a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn  & that the above signature is the proper hand writing of the  said  William Root In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand  &  the public seal of the  County of Lewis this 7th day of January 1819. Edward Bancroft ( signed ) Clk
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I William Root  & I do certify that Charles Knight the within mentioned deponent is a man of credibility  and that I have known him as a man of truth and veracity  twelve or fourteen years.  William Root ( signed ) Judge  etc.
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[ State of New York Jefferson County ] ss On this twenty fifth day of June 1821 before me  Calvin Mc Knight  Esq, one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County  came Spencer Gibbs who being duly sworn  deposeth & saith that in the month of January 1776 he enlisted into  Col. Burrill's  Reg't  in a company commanded by  Capt. Titus Watson for the term of one year and tha the continued to serve in said Reg't until the  12th of January 1777 when he was discharged at Mt Independence in State of Vermont  and further this deponent saith not. Spencer Gibbs ( signed ) Sworn  & subscribed to this twenty fifth of June 1821 before me.  Calvin Mc Knight ( signed ) Clerk's Office [ Jefferson County ] I  Dyre Tillinghast Deputy Clerk  of the County of Jefferson  & deputy clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that Calvin Mc Knight before whom the above affidavit was taken was on the day of taking the same a Justice of the peace duly commissioned  & sworn  in  and for said County & that I am acquainted with the hand writing of  the said Justice   & verily believe the signature of Calvin Mc Knight to be his own  proper hand writing . Witness my hand  & the seal of the County this 27 day of June 1821. D. Tillinghast  ( signed ) Dep. clerk