Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 10840, Rufus Hebbard, Conn.
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Conn. Hebbard Rufus S10840
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Rufus Hebbard or Hibbard
Conn.
S. F. 10840
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This certifies that Rufus Hibbard of Canterbury state of Connecticut inlisted himself a soldier on the 27 of June 1776 to serve in a Battallion of foot raised by [crossed out "the state"] by said stat to join the Continental Army in New York commanded by Coll. John Shuster untill the twenty fifth day of December then next in a company commanded by Asa Bacon.
Certifyd by Asa Bacon
Capt. of said company
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Rufus Hibbard enlisted June 27, 1776 for six months. Taken prisoner and remained untill Jan. 6 1777 - he was then paroled. when his term of service of course expired - he did not therefore serve nine months. His claim for a pension is inadmissible.
War Dep.
Aug. 1818
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admd
6 mo 9 ds pri
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State of New York
Monroe County Ss}
Rufus Hibbard now residing in the Town of Riga in the County of Monroe and State of New York being duly sworn says that he is seventy five years of age & that he the individual named in the annexed memorial and affidavit. That he removed from Canterbury to the town of Riga where he now resides about seven years ago. That the application which this deponent made for a pension found on the annexed memorial is the only application which this deponent ever made for a pension. And he hereby declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state. And this deponent hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present.
Rufus Hebbard

Sworn to this 12th day of March 1833 before me
Jirah Blackmer J. Peace

We Horace Griswold a clergyman residing in the town of Wheatland in the county of Monroe (& adjoining the town of Riga in said county, (and about a mile & a half from the residence of the above named Rufus Hibbard), and Ranson Harman of the said town of Wheatland, & residing near to Mr. Griswold, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Rufus Hibbard in the preceeding affidavit named. That we believe he is about seventy five or eighty years of age. That he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Horace Griswold
Ransan Harman
Sworn to this 12th day of March 1833 before me
Jirah Blackmer J. Peace
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I Jirah Blackmer a Justice of the Peace of the town of Wheatland in the county of Monroe, do hereby certify that Horace Griswold who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman of the Baptist denomination residing in the town of Wheatland aforesaid. And that Ranson Harman who has signed said certificate also, is a respectable resident of said town, & a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Jirah Blackmer J. Peace
Wheatland March 12th 1833

State of New York
Monroe County Ss: I certify that Jirah Blackmer Esqr. was at the above date a Justice of the peace in and for said county and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the above signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of office, this thirteenth day of March 1833.
Leonard Adams Clerk
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Department of Pensions D. C.
Can you give me any information of Rufus Hebbard who was in the Revolutionary War. He is my Great-Grand Father. He had a pension and lived in Riga Monroe Co N.Y. Think he was a prisoner at Fort Washington or taken at that time. his name is in the
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New York state pension list.
Also any information of Rev. John Mudge. He was Chaplain in the Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1781 in Capt. Aaron Rowleys Co and Capt. Thomas Williams Co - Berkshire men from West Stockbridge. He is my Great Grandfather on my Mother's side. I wish to join
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the Daughters of the Revolution.
'Address Mrs. C. Y. Brown
Caledonia Liv. Co.
N.Y. Box 643

Sept 2nd /07
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[stamped]
O. W. & N. DIV. 
SEP 28 1907
FILES

Sirs.
Can you give me any record of Rufus Hebbard a Revolutionary soldier. He was a pensioner and died at Riga Monroe Co. N.Y. April 17th 1848. He was my great-grand father. I wish to find out all I can as I want to join the D. A. R. Do not know where he enlisted but think it was in N.Y. State or how long he served. It is stated on his Monument that he was Prisoner at Fort Washington
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have tried Adjutant Generals office and they suggested that I might get the information at Pension office.
Mrs. C. Y. Brown
Caledonia
Liv. Co. N.Y. Box 643

[stamped]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
A
SEP 27 1907
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L. F. W.

New York state pension list.
Mrs. C. Y. Brown
Caledonia Liv Co. N. Y.
Box 643

answered

[stamped]
O. W. & N. DIV.
OCT 1 1907
FILES

[stamped]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
P
SEP 30 1907
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Sir,
Can you give me any information of Rufus Hebbard. He was a Revolutionary soldier. Died at Riga Monroe Co. N. Y. April 17th 1848. He drew a pension. He is my great-grand father and want the information to enable me to join the D. A. R. Do not know how long he served or when he enlisted. Have heard that his name was on the
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Sir,
Can you give me any information of Rufus Hebbard. He was a Revolutionary soldier. Died at Riga Monroe Co. N.Y. April 17th 1848. He drew a pension. He is my great grand father and want the information to enable me to join the D.A.R. Do not know how long he served or when he enlisted. Have heard that his names was on the
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L. F. W.

New York state pension list
Mrs. C. Y. Brown
Caledonia Liv Co. N. Y.
Box 643

[stamped]
O. W. & N. DIV.
OCT 1 1907
FILES

Answered

[stamped]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
P
SEP 30 1907
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Hebbard, Rufus
Conn. S 10840
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I Rufus Hebbard of Canterbury do acknowledge to have voluntarily inlifted myfelf a Soldier, to ferve in the Battalion of Foot raifed by the Colony of Connecticut, to join the Contnental Army in New- York, to be commanded by Colo John Chester Efq; until the Twenty-fifth Day of December next. Witnefs my Hand, this 27 Day of June A.D. 1776.
Rufus Hebbard
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Genesee Conference

Methodist Episcopal Church
Friendship, N. Y.
W. B. Wagoner, Pastor

Friendship, N. Y. 6/25-'08
Commissioner of Pensions.
Dept. of Interior, Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir: - 
Will you kindly send to me at your earliest convenience the birth-place & date of birth of Rufus Hebbard - a Revolutionary soldier from whom I am a descendant?
We have this data taken from his pensionSee - O. W. & N. Division
Dept of Interior - Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C. 10/3-07
V. L. U.
See File 10840
Revolutionary War.

as sent by
J. L. Davenport
Acting Commissioner

Will you also please give me the volume page etc necessary to have in joining the D. A. R. 
Will Thanks for your trouble
Sincerely
Helen Hebbard Geer Wagoner
(Mrs. H. B.)

[stamped]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
A
JUN 26 1908
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84 N. Main St.
Canandaigua N.Y.
June 15 1927 -

Pension Bureau
Dear Sirs:

Have you a record of Rufus Hebbard, a soldier of teh War of the Revolution. I believe he was born Jan 7. 1757 and lived in Westminster, Conn. If you have any record of his military service I would be most grateful for it.
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yours truly
Alice Hebbard Anderson
(Mrs. Chas W.)
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in reply to your request of Sep 2, received Sept 3 for a statement of the military history of Rufus Hebbard + 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.
S. 10840
+ Pensioned as Rufus Hibbard

[column headings]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | STATE. |
June 27, 1776 | to Nov 1. 1776 | Pvt. | Captain Asa Bacon, Colonel John Chester Co. of Rangers under Lt. Col. Knowlton | Conn. |
Nov 1 1776 | on Nov 26, 1776 soldier was taken prisoner at Fort Washington, and held as such until Jany 6, 1777, when he was released on parole.

Battles engaged in, __
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Canterbury, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Mch 12, 1833, Riga Monroe Co N.Y.
Mar 24, 1818, Claim allowed
Residence at date of application, Canterbury, Windham Co. Conn.
moved thence to Riga Monroe Co N. Y. in 1826
Age at date of application, 75 years old in 1833
Remarks: No family data