Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,794, for David Kibbe, Massachusetts
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(8-1776)
SERVICE                              NUMBER
Mass          Kibbe, David     S. 42,794    
or Kibbee
CONTENT
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[Left side]
A Sawyer [illegible] 3/5
[handwritten vertically in margin]
Notification [sent?] [illegible] 2nd 1820 to [illegible] [illegible] Chester N York
head of
[Right side]
3288.
New York.
David Kibbe
Mass private War
H. Jackson a 1790. 3 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 30th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 of Oct. 1818
and sent to Seth C. Baldron, Esq
Warrensburg, N. Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818   5/30        33.33
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819    48.00
                                                              $81.33
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued
Johnsburgh Warren
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David Kibbe
Ex-         C.
3288
Mar 1819
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State of New York ⎬ On this Twelfth day of September Warren County one thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty personally appeared in Open Court, being a Court of Common Pleas - a Court of Record which procede according to the Course of Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of Amount keeping a Record of their proceeding and which have
the power of Fine Imprisonment, David
Kibbee aged Seventy three years Resident of Johnsburg in said County who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to Obtain the provisions made by the act of Congress of
the 18 of March 1818 and the 1st May 1820 that he the said David Kibbee served in the Revolutionary War as follows (viz) Three years in the Companies commanded by Capt Joseph Fox & Capt Mills in the Regiment commanded by Col Henry Jackson* in the Line of the State of Massachusetts in the Continental Establishment, that he continued to serve in the said corps from the time of his Enlistment until he was = honorable discharged at West point in the State of New York by Genl. Knox
having served served three years in said
service- . And further that he made application for a pension in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 the Thirtieth day of April one thousand
Eight Hundred and Eighteen and has recd a pension Certificate No 3.288. dated at the War office of the United States the third day of October One thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen and has recd his pension at the rate of Eight Dollars per month from the said
30th day of April 1818 to the fourth day of March 1820
*fourth Regiment
=discharge sent to the War Office at the first application
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And in pursuance of the act of the 1st of May 1820
I do Solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any Manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with Intent
thereby so to diminish [crossed out]/the same/[crossed out it as to bring myself within
the provisions of [crossed out]/the/[crossed out] an act of Congress Entitled an "act to
provide for Certain Persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the Thirteen States in the revolutionary War" [illegible] the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has
person in trust for me any property or [illegible], Contracts or Debts due to me, nor have I any income other than that is Contained in the Schedule hereunto anexed and by
the subscribed
Schedule
1 yoke oxen 40-00
3 cows 36-00
1 yearling heifer 5.50
13 sheep & lambs 9.75
4 [illegible] & 5 pigs 10-00
1 plough & Dray [illegible] 2.50
ox yoke & Chain [illegible] 1-50
Old Wood Shed " 50
2 ax 2.00
3 Broken Hoes 1-00
2 pitch Forks " 50
2 Rakes " 25
2 Scythes 1-00
1 Sickle 20 years old " 12 1/2
1 [?] & Wedge " 50
1 [Trowell?] Broken " 50
1 pr. Tongs " 50
1.3 [illegible] Kettle 2.50
2 5" [illegible] Broken 2.00
1 dish Kettle Broken " 25
1 dinner pot 1.00
1 tea kettle " 75
1 old Frying pan " 25
1 Flat Iron 25
1 Table 25.
3 Chairs [illegible] 75
1 old Chest 25
1 Spinning Wheel 2.00
3 Milk Pans " 37
6 Tin Basins [illegible]  " 37
1 plate 12 1/2
3 Wooden Trenchers 18
Teapot & 5 Cups & saucers 12
1 Bowl Broke 00
2 Knives & forks 6
1 Meat [illegible]  37
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1 Wash Tub -  25
2 Tin pails - Small  30
50
1 pr Sizzars [scissors?] 16
My old Gunn which served
me in the Revolution - 1-00
1 Churn " 50
1 Tub [illegible] " 75
1 old crop cut saw " 50
1 [illegible] cup 1/. 1 [illegible] 2/ " 37 1/2
1 Hammer 16
2 Little Bottles - 12 1/2
Jack Knife 12
2 Small Jugs[?] 12 1/2
1 Very old Bible
1 pr specticles 
2 Smalley
Verry Bill
12 ½
1 Stiles
Total Amt. 129 -54
And further the said David Kibbe further saith 
that he has a wife and six children for which he
as to provided (viz) Peter aged 16 years who is unable to perform much labour having an exception[?] in his Body-Moses aged six years & James the same age Mary aged Seven years and Eli aged three years and Martha an Infant of Two months old
That he was and is indebted for the oxen and Cows Contained [therein?] in the above Schedule, fifteen Dollars & forty nine cents also nineteen Dollars for other articles that he has no lands of his own but lives upon a piece
of Land at the Will and Charity of the owner.
That his occupation is that of a Farmer, and further saith not Subscribed and Sworn this Twelfth Day of September 1820
[Illegible] in Open Court
Seth C. Baldwin Jr Clerk
Sign'd David Kibbee
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STATE OF NEW-YORK,
WARREN COUNTY, SS.
David Kibbe
I, SETH C. BALDWIN, Junior, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, Do hereby Certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court, by order of the Court: by order of the court--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 one hundred & twenty nine Dollars & fifty four [blank] - Cents:- And also, that this is the first Court of record held in and for said County, at which this application could have could have been made, since the knowledge of the Act of Congress of the 1st of May, 1820.--- IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed
the seal of the said Court, on this twelfth day of September [blank] 1820.
Seth C. Baldwin Jr. Clerk
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David Kibbe
30 April
discharge [illegible]
Correct by a
discharge from
Genl Washington
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State of New York
County of Warren ss David Kibbe of Johnsburgh in the County of Warren aforesaid being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that he was born in the Town of Enfield in the State of Connecticut - that he is now aged about Seventy years, and that he is now and ever has been a resident Citizen of the United States. That in the year 1776 he this Deponent enlisted in the Massachusetts line as a private Soldier under Capt Dibble and served Eight months and was regularly discharged-In the year 1777, in the month of May, this Deponent
enlisted as a private Soldier under Capt Chadwick, whose company was attached to a regiment commanded by Col Brewer, where he served nine months and was regularly discharged at West Point. In the spring
of 1778 this Deponent Enlisted as a private soldier in a Massachusetts regiment, and served Six months and was regularly discharged- the names of his office
at this term of service, this Deponent does not now recollect- In the month of March or April in the year 1780, this Deponent enlisted as a private Soldier under Capt Joseph Fox, in the Massachusetts regiment commanded by Col. Henry Jackson, four three years,- was afterwards transferred to a company commanded by Capt Mills and served nearly three years and was regularly discharged at West Point on the thirty first day of December 1783, which discharge is signed by
[illegible] M. Genl and countersigned by Tho H Condy Adj P.T. and is hereunto annexed. That the date of his enlistments and discharge as aforesaid, this Deponent cannot now ┃
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recollect more particularly than as above stated- And this Deponent further saith, that he has a large family to provide for, that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in aid of assistance from his country for support, and that he has never received any thing as a pension from the government of the United States for his services in the War of the
revolution and this Deponent further saith not
Subscribed & Sworn this thirtieth
day of April 1818
David Kibbe
Before me Kitchel Bishop one of the Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas for said County
of Warren Ss I Kitchel Bishop Do hereby Certify that I have personally known the above Deponent David Kibbe for many years past -that I have examined him fully & minutely with
regard to the facts set forth in the above affidavit, and do believe that they are substantially correct and true - And that the said affidavit was made before me on the day aforesaid, under and in pursuance of the "Act to provide for certain persons engaged
in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolution War" [illegible] 18th March 1818.
Kitchel Bishop
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BY THE HONOUR OF THE 
Major-General KNOX,
Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES On Hudson's River.
David Kibbe soldier in the fourth Massachusetts Regiment, being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New York,
the thirty first Day of Dec
1783
[illegible] Command, Knox M Genl
the Books of the Regiment,
Tho H Condy Adj [illegible]
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State of New York
Clerks Office Warren County
I certify that by Letters Patent and qualification roll, now in this Office, Kitchel Bishop, whose signature appears to the above affidavit and certificate, was a Judge of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Warren
on the thirtieth day of April 1818.  I further certify that I am acquainted with the said Kitchel Bishop and believe the signature to be his
In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of
our Court of Common pleas to be hereunto affixed this
8 day of May 1818
Myron Beach Clerk
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February 18, 1935
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BA-J/MCS 

Mrs. George Millard Davison
1429 Union Street
Brooklyn, New York

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 42794, based upon the military service of David Kibbe.

He was born in Enfield, Connecticut. The date of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.

He enlisted, place not given, and served as private with the Massachusetts troops as follows: in 1776, eight months in Captain
Dibbell's company; from May, 1777, nine months in Captain Chadwick's company in Colonel Brewer's regiment; from the spring of 1776, six months, names of officers not given; from sometime in the spring of 1780 until December 31, 1783, in Captains Joseph Fox's and Mills' companies in Colonel Henry Jackson's regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 30, 1818, at which time he was living in Johnsburg, Warren County, New York, and stated that he was aged about seventy years.

In 1820 he was living in Johnsburg, New York, and he then referred to his wife, her name and age not given, and to the following children:
Peter, aged sixteen; Mary, aged seven; Moses and James, aged six; Eli, aged three, and Martha, aged two months.

David Kibbe died January 16, 1837, place not given.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

[handwritten note on left side]/Mrs. Ford is absent today, which accounts for any [illegible] [illegible]
David Kibbe, S42794
MCJ/[handwritten note on left side]
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1928 Nov. 20 - Hist to
Mrs. J.W. Wells [illegible]
1935 Feb. 18 Hist. to [illegible]
Geo. Willard Davison [illegible]

42794
INVALID.
Revy
{File] No. 42,794
David Kibbe
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
[Index]: --Vol. [G?], Page 276
Arrangement of 1870.}
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[Seal of the DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION]
ALLEGEWI CHAPTER 
Coudersport Penna.
February 24, 1928

U. S. Pension Bureau
Dept. of Interior
Washington D.C.   Re Rev. War Records
Please tell me if there is a David Kibbe on the pension list from Enfield Conn. who served in the Revolutionary War. He was born in Enfield Conn. but may have enlisted from another town.
Died in Harrison twp. Potter Co., Penna. in 1838.
Also have you a record of James Latta, supposedly from Conn. possibly from New York.
Thanking you for any information you may be able to give me

I am very truly

Eloise S. Wells

Mrs. J. W. Wells
202 Allegany Ave
Coudersport
Penna.

[Circular stamp at bottom of page]/U. S. PENSION OFFICE F FEB 27 1928/[Circular stamp at bottom of page]
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[Illegible stamp in upper left corner]
MRS. GEORGE MILLARD DAVISON
1429 UNION STREET
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
Feb 5, 1935
Veterans Administration
Washington, DC
Gentlemen
David Kibbe b 1747 in Enfield Conn who later lived in Otis Berkshire Co Mass I am told had pension no S 42794. Will you kindly send me
copy giving me such family data as it may contain - date and place of death and name of widow if she survived him
There was a David Kibbe b 1723 Enfield who moved to Otis about 1760 and is said to have had service in Revolution
A descendant has been given a bar by
the D.A.R. for his service but she cant
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now give me any details. I havent the date nor place of death of this David Kibbe but presume he did not live long enough to be pensioned
Have you anything that would prove service of this David? He was an ancestor of mine through his son John whose pension number was No S29944 if I have been correctly informed.
I will be grateful for information on any of these men.
Yours truly
Sarah Davison
(Mrs G.M.)
I am informed that Pension Papers R5903
of Isaac Kibbe b 1753 Enfield Ct. d 1847 Platsburgh N.Y. will interest me through mention of Joshua Parish and others. Please send copy of this also. SWD
tell her what it says about 
says about
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February 18, 1935
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BA-J/MCS
David Kibbe, S.42794
John Kibbe, S.29944

Mrs. George Millard Davison
1429 Union Street
Brooklyn, New York 

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War records of David Kibbe, S. 42794, David Kibbe who was born in 1723
in Enfield, Connecticut, John Kibbe, S. 29944, and Isaac Kibbe who was born in 1753 and died in 1847.
Because of the large number of requests for records of Revolutionary War soldiers and the lack of clerical force available for furnishing such information, it has been impossible to make a series of investigations and reports pertaining to soldiers of that war, for
one person. The record of David Kibbe, S. 42794, the only soldier of that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office, and that of John Kibbee, S. 29944, are furnished herewith.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF/eel

November 10, 1928

Mrs. J. W. Wells
2 Allegany Avenue
Coudersport, Pennsylvania

Madam;

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 42794, it appears that David Kibbe was born in Enfield, Connecticut, date not stated.
He enlisted in 1776 and served eight months as a private in Captain Dibbell's Massachusetts Company; enlisted in May, 1777, served nine months as a private in Captain Chadwick's Company, Colonel Brewer's Massachusetts
Regiment; enlisted in the spring of 1778 and served six months as private, officers names not stated; enlisted in the spring of 1780, and served as a private in Captains Joseph Fox's and Mills' Companies, Colonel Henry Jackson's Regiment and was discharged December 31, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 30, 1818, at which time he was living in Johnsburg, Warren County, New York, aged seventy years.
In 1820, he referred to his wife, her name and age
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not given and to six children, Peter, aged sixteen years; Mary, aged seven years; Moses and James, aged six years; Eli, aged three years and Martha, two months old.
The soldier died January 16, 1837.
The above noted David Kibbe is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Jany 23, 1854.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled, "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August
23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents,
the Adm'r of David Kibbe, dec.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany 
Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars [crossed out]/and [blank] Cents/[crossed out] per Month, under the law of the 18" Mch, 1818
has been paid at this Department, from the
4" of Sept. 1836 to the 16th Jan'y 1837.

Respectfully, yours
M. Brodhead
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.