Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15170, Ebenezer Hebbard, Conn.
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(3—1776)
SERVICE
Conn
Hebbard, Ebenezer
or Hibbard
NUMBER
S. 15170
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1984
New York
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Ebenezer Hibbard
of Tioga Co in the State of N. York
who was a Pri. & Srg: in the Compy commanded
by Captain Hibbard of the Regt.
commanded by Col. Douglas in the Connecticut
line for 5 months a Sergeant
Private
Hibbard  July 25.07
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York
the rate of 75 Dollars---[Cents] per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
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Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of Nov. 1832 -- and  sum
                                                E Hibbard
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 33,                 $150.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 mos             37.50
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                                                                     $187.50
{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

G. C. Stiles, Clerk,
Recorded by: Book C Vol. 5 Page 99
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E. Hibbard 6941
Application for Pension
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State of New York}
Tioga County ss} 

On this fourth day of September AD 1832
personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Tioga aforesaid now sitting, Ebenezer
Hibbard a resident of Oweigh in the County of Tioga & State of New York aged Seventy years & upwards who being first 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 June 7th
1832. that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. In the month of 
December 1776 he entered a company of Militia commanded by Captain William Hibbard in which Joseph Burgess was Lieutenant
and was attached to a Regiment commanded by Colonel John Douglass, that at the time of entering said Company he resided at
Canterbury in Windham County State of Connecticut where also he resided at the several time of entering service as hereinafter
mentioned - that entered twice at this time as a substitute for his brother William Hibbard Junior, that said Regiment was ordered out in the month of December as above stated and was stationed at North Kingston in Rhode Island to keep the enemy in Check at Newport after they had taken possession of the late
place. That said Regiment first rendezvoused at Providence (Rhode Island) and afterward marched through Warwick to North Kingston-
That he served in said Regiment something more than one month, returning in the month of January 1777.  That on the last of February or the first of March AD 1777.
He entered the service as a volunteer for a period of two months- A Regiment was formed from drafts & volunteers, under the command of Col. John McClanning - the Captain of his company was Sherebiah Butts. That he marched to Providence with his regiment
and from thence through Warren to Bristol Rhode Island) where he served until the first day of May after I was then discharged.
that on or about the first day July AD 1777 he enlisted for a term of six months into a company commanded by Captain Ebenezer Moses, in which Josiah Cleveland was first sentenant whose affidavit is hereunto annexed. Nathan Bingham was second Lieutenant and one Willie Ensign. The Regiment to which this Company was attached was commanded by the following field offices to wit Colonel John Ely. Lt. Colonel Arnold & Major Buel. That his Regiment was stationed at New London in New London County
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in the State of Connecticut. That in October of that year they marched on the Sea board through every town thereon from New London to Providence From Providence, crossing the Taunton River at States Ferry they marched
to Seconnel in the State of Massachusetts. That this march was performed with a view to amusing the enemy in this quarter while the army under General Gates aforesaid General Burgoyne and that immediately, other the capture of Burgoyne the troops were marched back to New- London, that in November his Regiment was ordered westward and marched to Norwalk in Connecticut where they were joined by Regiment of Continental troops commanded by Colonel Samuel B. Webb, The two Regiments united, made a descent upon Long Island against the British at South hold-- but the party being dependent and the enterprise failing his regiment retreated to New London and on the first of January 1778. was discharged:
That in August 1778. he entered the service again as a substitute for one French (according to his petitioner) a period of one month, under Captain Joseph Durkee whose company was attached to the Regiment of Colonel Worthington, the Regiment when completed joined the army under General Sullivan at Rhode Island in the State of Rhode Island.
That after General Sullivans attempt upon Newport, they left the land and returned to Providence where they were discharged at the months and that in October 1778, he again volunteered for a term of two months in a company commanded by Captain James Tyler and Lieutenant Dunlap his company was attached to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Nathen Abbott - that he marched from Canterbury the place of his residence as aforesaid to New London, whence after three
weeks, they marched to Groton, and served in the fort at Groton during the remainder of the term of two months aforesaid, when he was
dismissed & returned home to Canterbury. 
That is the month of July AD 1779. he enlisted into a company commanded by Captain Joseph Durkee Lieut. Timothy Cleveland and Ensign Asa Seer, attached to a Regiment under Levy Wills Esquire Lieutenant Colonel Commandant, and Major Buel that he enlisted for a term of Eight months ending the first of March then following the Regiment was quarter at New London until sometime in December-that in October of that year, he received a Sergeant's warrant from St Col Wells dated October 7th 1779. which office he held until his discharge on the first of March 1780-That said Warrant is yet in his possession that on the 19th day of November 1779, he was directed by a written order of General Tyler per Israel Morgan his Secretary, to take charge of Richard Bird a prisoner, and with a Sergeants Guard to March
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said prisoner to his Excellency General Washington  headquarters, i.e. that he did march said prisoner to West Point where General Washington then held his quarters. that he yet retain said order that sometime after his return, about the last of December his Regiment
was quartered by companies in several different towns in Connecticut the commandant being at New Haven. the Company to which he belonged was stationed at Stratford where he continued until the first of March, when he was discharged from service. that he never at any time received a written discharge from service. that he served
in all something upwards of twenty months. that Josiah Cleveland before mentioned is the only person now living of whom he has any knowledge who can testify to any part of his service. The Sergeant
ant before mentioned as to the order of General Tyler to convey the said Prisoner Richard Bird to General Washington's headquarters and likewise an Order of Generator to the 
Commissaries between the HeadQuarters of inner Tyler & the HeadQuarters of Gen. Washington dated 19 Nov.  1779
are Several hereunto annexed. That he was born at Canterbury in Connecticut in the year of his country he entered the parties continued there till the year His claim whatever to a pension or an the the pension Roll of Territory

Sworn to & subscribed the when he removed to Omega Tioga County, State of New York where he reside at this time. There is no putor to whom this Deponent is known in the neighbourhood where her present resides that has been acquainted with him to  or minded and knows therefore nothing of his server as a soldier in the Revolutionary war, except the said Noah Cleveland.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State or Territory. That the questions required to be proposed by the Court are answered substantially above according to his best recollection

Sworn & subscribed in open Court this 4th day of September 1832.                Ebenezer Hibbard

Green M Tuthill Clerk of
Tioga Comm Pleas
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the examination of the war department, and after an examination of the papers annexed
that the before named applicant was a revolution and served as he states-
G. B. Baldwin, First Justice of Peace

Green M Tuthill
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Tioga do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Hibbard for a Pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 5th day of September AD 1832.

Green M Tuthill Clk
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State of New York Tree County ss}
On the eighth day of September AD 1832 before me clerk Josiah Cleveland being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was acquainted with Ebenezer Hillard of Carter Henry Windham County
State of Connecticut in the year 1777. That said Hibbard enlisted in the spring or early in the Summer of the year as aforesaid he enlisted into the Company commanded Denver Moseley as Captain in which company this
Deponent was first Lieutenant. Nathaniel Bingham was second Lieutenant and one Wylie was ensign and the Company was a part of Col John Elys Regimen and the said Elenezer Hibbard served in said Company, was first marked for six months or upwards - the Company to New London, where they continued her about the first of October
where they marched along the Sea board to
to Seconnite in Massachusetts- Providence, and so on to Seconnite in Massachusetts-

And this Deponent further saith that although he did not serve in the same Regiment with said Ebenezer Hibbard except in the Campaign of
understood that said Hibbard was a soldier of the Revolutionary Army, at other times for several years & that he verily believes the same to be true.                           Josiah Cleaveland

Sworn & Subscribed before me the 8th day of September 1832
Eleazar Dana Sup. Court Commissioner

I Eleazar and Supreme Court Commissioner
before whom the above affidavit of Josiah Cleaveland was made do certify that I am personally acquainted with Josiah Chaverland aforesaid, and believe him to be a man of truth & veracity & that his Character is such as to entitle him to full credit. Eleazar Dana
Omega Tioga Co 8th Sept 1832
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6941
Ebenezer Hibbard

admitted
5. Mos. Sergeant
15 mos. Private
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333                25
15                   50
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16651           75
333
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4995

Cyrus Dana
Oswego Village
Tioga Co.
New York
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6941
BRIEF in the case of Ebenezer Hibbard, Oswego, Co of Tioga in the State of New York
(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?  70 years
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.  Duration.  Rank.
December In 1776 "more than one Month"  Substitute
"last of Feby or 1st March 1777 2 mos private
about 1st July 1777 6 mos private
August 1778 1 mo Substitute
October "   2 mos private
July 1779 8 mos *
Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt. Wm Hibbard, Lt Jos. Burgess
Col. John Douglass
Col. Jno. McClanning, Capt. S. Butts
{Capt. E. Mosely, Lts. J. Cleveland & N. Bingham
{Ensign Wylie, Col. J. Ely, Lt. Col. Arnold. Majr. Bull
Capt. J. Durkee, Col Worthington, Genl. Sullivan
Capt. Jas. Tyler, Lt. Dunlap, Col. N. Abbott
Capt. Jos. Durkee, Lt. T. Cleveland
Ensign A. Green, Lt. Col. L. Wells, Majr. Bud
5.  In what battles was he engaged?
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Canterbury, Windham Co., Cont.
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by tradionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Documentary & Living witness.
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?
* From October as a Sergeant.
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Fawcett
Examining Clerk.
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Rev. War Section                                 May 1, 1917.


Miss Florence A. Jones,
Deputy County Clerk,
Owego, Tioga Co., New York.

Madam:
In response to your letter addressed to Mr. E. L. Howarddated the twenty-sixth and received in this Bureau the thirtieth ultimo, you are advised that the papers in the claim of Ebenezer
Hebbard, Survivor's file No. 13170 Rev. War, show that he was allowed pension on his application executed September 4, 1832,
at which time he was a resident of Owego, Tioga County, New York.
He stated that he as born September 13, 1761, at Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, where he resided when he entered the Connecticut troops and served as follows:
Enlisted in December 1776, in Captain William Hibbard's company, Colonel John Douglass' regiment, and served as a substitute
for his brother William Hibbard Junior, tore than one month.
Enlisted the last of February or first of March 1777,under Captain Sherebiah Butt, Colonel John McClaming; two mos.
Enlisted July 1, 1777, in Captain Ebenezer Mosely's company, Colonel John Ely's regiment; six months.
Enlisted August, 1778, under Captain Joseph Durkee, Colonel Worthington, and was in Sullivan's expedition to Rhode Island
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served one month.
Volunteered October, 1778, in Captain James Tyler's company, Colonel Nathan Abbotts regiment; two months

Enlisted July, 1779, in Captain Joseph Durkee's company, Colonel Levi Wells' regiment, promoted Sergeant, October 7, 1779, and was discharged March 1, 1780.
There is no family data on file in said claim.

There are only two Elijah Joneses of the Massachusetts troops found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
viz R. File 8234 Rev. War, Elijah Jones a native of Vienna, Maryland, who removed to Wellfleet, Massachusetts, married July 3, 1778, Deborah Swett and was accidentally drowned January 12, 1791. Widow married Isaac Pierce who died in 1844, and she resided at Wellfleet in 1854,
W. File 38,809 Rev. War, Elijah Jones married March 6.
1781 Patience Fisher; he died in July 1808, she died December 35, 1836 at Minot, Maine, leaving children, Samuel, Luther, Ursula, Elijah and Isaac F. Jones.
If you desire either of the above records, lease designate it by the file number.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Ebenezer Hibbard. S. File 15 170
Two orders both dated New London, Nov. 19, 1779.
Signed Jonas Morgan Secretary.
by order of Gen Tyler have been removed from
this claim to be forwarded to the War Department and
July 25. 1907

Sent to War Dept.
Jan. 16, 1913.
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1984 New  York
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Ebenezer Hibbard
of Tioga in the State of New York
who was a Pri & Ser. in the Compy commanded
by Captain Hibbard of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Douglass in the Connecticut line for 5 months a Sergeant 15 months a private."
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York at
the rate of 50 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of Nov 1832. and sent to E. Hibbard
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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 32                         $75
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4th Mar 33.    25        
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                                                                    $100
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk
Book. D      Vol. 5   Page 99
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1917 May 1. History to Miss Florence
A. Jones letter of transmittal
to E. L. Howard 1917  Florence A. Jones and
cost of photostat copies and
1917 June 13 photostat copies mailed Miss Florence A. Jones


15170
INVALID
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File No. 15.170                   Aw July 24, 07

Ebenezer Hibbard
Pri. & Sergt.  Rev. War 
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Act: June 7, 1832

Index: --Vol. 1, Page 174 

[Arrangement of 1870]
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BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division

June  7 1347
 ..................191.
Chief of Law Division

Sir:
I have this day received from Miss Florence A. 
Jones  mo 120512 for 1 15/100
requesting to certified copyas per letter herewith.
Ebenezer Hubbard
Conn. Rev. S. 15170

com & decla. copied
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Very respectfully,
W N Campbell J.J.C
Chief of Division.
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LEVT WELLS, ESQUIRE,
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant of a Regiment of Infantry, raifed by the State of CONNECTICUT.
_________________________________________
To
Ebenezer Hibbard GREETING.
_________________________________________
REPOSING especial confidence in your courage, skill and good Conduct, I Do by these Presents, constitute and appoint you the said Ebenezer Hibbard to be the Second Sergeant in the Seventh Company in the Regiment now under my Command. You are therefore faithfully and diligently to exercise the several Acts
and Duties of said Office, in a strict and careful Dischar of the same. And you are to observe and obey all such Orders as you may from the to time receive from me, or other your Superior Officers, and to instruct all necessary duty, commanding them to obey said Company in the use of Arms, and shall be your sufficient Warrant. you as their Sergeant; for which this

GIVEN under my Hand and Seal, at New LONDON, this Seventh
October Anno Domini, 1779.
L. Wells Col. Commissioner
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SPECIAL EXAMINATION DIVISION

3 -- 1870
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

At Williamsport, Pa.
April 29, 1917

The Commissioner of Pensions
                     Washington, D. C.
Sir:    
I have the honor to forward for consideration the enclosed communication from Miss Florence A. Jones, Deputy County Clerk, Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y.
The Clerk of Tioga County and his deputies, Miss Richardson and Miss Jones, have been very courteous and helpful to me, and doubtless to other special examiners,
and I hope that it may be practicable furnish some part, at least, of the information asked.
It goes without saying that Miss Jones would be
gratified to receive a photostatic copy of any paper bearing the signature of either of her ancestors. The possibility that this can be done will not be referred to, however, in my note acknowledging receipt of her letter,

Very respectfully
E. L. Howard
Special Examiner


Respectfully referred to the Chief Clerk
for his consideration
L. Cannon
Apr. 30, 1917.       Ch. S.E. Dec.
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THE ExAMINER MUST BRIEF THIS LETTER.
Dated
No.
E.L. Howard
Special Examiner.
Williamsport, Pa.
April 29, 1917
BRIEF.
Transmitting a request for information as to Revolutionary War ancestors, received from
Miss Florence A. Jones, Deputy County Clerk, Owego, N. Y.
No. of Inclosures, One.
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TIOGA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE
OWEGO, N. Y.
ABRAM I DECKER, CLERK
Mr. E. L. Howard
Special Pension Examiner
Dear sir,
Syracuse, N. Y.
April 26, 1917.
I am writing from the Clerk's Office at Owego, N. Y. to ask a favor of you.
I am interested in getting data in order to join the Daughters of the American Revolution, and would like a certified copy of the pension certificate of Ebenezer Hibbard. I find an old
unsigned Power of Attorney which says that the following is a true copy of such certificate, but the Power of Attorney was never signed
by the Justice who drew it, so that would not be of use. It reads as follows;


WAR REPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claims.
I certify, That in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th of June, 1832, EBENEZER HIBBARD of the State of New York
who was a private & sergeant in the  Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Seventy - five dollars per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the WAR OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES, this 23rd day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty - three.
Cass
Lew Goss
I. L. Edwards
-
Secretary of War.
Commissioner of Pensions.
That he now resides in Town of Owego, County of Tioga and State of New York and has resided there for the space of eleven years last past and that previous thereto he resided in the Town of Norwich, County of New London and State of Connecticut.
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TIOGA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE
OWEGO, N.Y.
ABRAM I DECKER, CLERK

2.-
If this matter is something you cannot attend to, kindly advise me if I should write to some one else for the information, and what the cost would be to obtain such certificate.
I have information in an old Geneology that Elijah Jones of Stockbridge, Mass., born 1741 or 1742, son of Elijah and Anna (Brown) Jones was also a soldier in the Revolution. Would it be possible to get a copy of his papers also, if he was a pensioner, or to get a record of his services, if he was not a pensioner.
If you can get this information for me and will let me know what the expense will be for your trouble, I will be very glad to compensate you for the same.
Very truly yours,
Florence A. Jones
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TIOGA COUNTY CLERK' S OFFICE
OWEGO, N.Y.
ABRAM I DECKER, CLERK

May 26, 1917.

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Mr. G.M. Saltzgaber
Dear sir,
Replying to your communication received May 25th, in which you acknowledge receipt of my letter of May 22nd, and in which letter I asked for a copy of the record of service of Ebenezer Hebbard, Survivors File No. 15170, Rev. War, and also the record of Zebediah Maynard who was granted a pension in 1819 and who  enlisted at Roxbury, Mass., I would state, as in my letter of May 22nd, that I would like to have you give me the cost of making these records before you make same.
I wish to use this information in making application for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, and as I have
other data to get, I would like to know the approximate cost before ordering the same.
Thanking you for your courtesy, I remain,
Very truly yours,
 (Miss) Florence A. Jones
OK, need letter recd June7, 1917

This letter evidently refers to the  acknowledgement by the Mail Div. of her letter of 22" and the return of the two cent stamped  envelope. see memoranda on top of her letter of 22
I did not answer her letter of the 22" until the
25" & I gave her the requested date therein and she could not have received it until the
morning of the 27" at the earliest so no reply
is needed to this
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TIOGA COUNTY CLERK' S OFFICE
OWEGO, N. Y.
ABRAM I DECKER, CLERK
P.O. her for 1.15

June 5, 1917

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Mr. G.M. Saltzgaber
Dear sir,

Replying to your letter of May 25th, I am enclosing money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior for $1.15, for which kindly send me certified photostat copy
of the pension claim of Ebenezer Hebbard of Conn. S. 15, 170.
In the abstract of the claim which you sent me on May 1, 1917, I note that Ebenezer Hibbard enlisted in December 1776 in Captain William Hibbard's company and served as a substitute for his brother William Hibbard Junior, would you tell me if Captain William Hibbard was a pensioner, and if so, if there is any family data given in his claim.
Thanking you for your courtesy, I remain,
Very truly yours,
(Miss) Florence A. Jones
81 Mc Master St.
Owego, New York
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Rev. War Section.
May 1, 1917.
Mr. E. L. Howard,
Special Examiner Pension Bureau,
Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Sir:

In response to your letter dated the twenty-ninth ultimo requesting information for Miss Florence A. Jones of Owego, New York, you are furnished the enclosed abstract from the a
papers in the claim of Ebenezer Hebbard S. File No. 15170 Rev. War, and advised that under the provisions of the Act of August
24, 1912, photostat copies of papers on file in this Bureau may be furnished at a cost of fifteen cents per page, with an additional
charge of twenty-five cents for authentication, if that is desired.
If Miss Jones desires to have any of the papers in the above claim copied, it will be necessary for her to designate someone to select the same.
Very respectfully,
R
Commissioner.
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see her letter of May 22 and Zebediah 
Maynard, R 7062

May 25, 1917.
Rev. War Section.
Miss Florence A. Jones
81 McMaster St.
Owego, N. Y.
Madam:
In reply to your letter of the 23"" instant, you are advised that the number of pages in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Ebenezer Hebbard of Conn. S. 15,170 which you desire photostat copies of are six.
Under the provision of the Act of August 24, 1912, the cost is fifteen cents per page and twenty-five cents extra for certification if that is desired. The proper amount should be forwarded by money order drawn to the Secretary of the Interior.
Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
copy the com & the five pages of declar
AW
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Rev. War Section.
June 13, 1917.
Miss Florence A. Jones,
81 McMaster St.
Owego, New York.
Madam:

In reply to your letter of the fifth instant, you are herewith furnished certified photostat copies of six pages from the Revolutionary War pension claim of Ebenezer Hebbard,
of Conn., S. 15170, in compliance with the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912.
You are also advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of
his services and a careful search of the records fails to show such claims filed on account of the services of Captain William Hibbard of Colonel John Douglass' Conn. Regiment and
William Hebbard the brother of the pensioner Ebenezer Hebbard, under any spelling of that surname.
Very respectfully,
E.C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner.