Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4633, John Babbit, New York.
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3-1776

SERVICE
New York

Babbit, John or Babbitt
Sylvia

NUMBER
W. 4633
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12798
Act 438958
Act 44 444

Sylvia Babbit
Ohio
Act 7 July 38
married before 1794
husband died 1817
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Declaration of Sylvia Babbit widow of John Babbit who wishes to obtain a pension under the law of 7th of July 1838
State of Ohio Fairfield Couty ss

On the 5th day of May A.D. 1846 personally appeared before me Gideon Martin one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, Sylvia Babbit a Resident of the State of Ohio in the County aforesaid, aged seventy years past who being first duly sworn according to law doth - on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows, that she is the widow of John Babbit, who has a musician in the 1st New York Regiment in the War of the Revolution that he live in the State of New York at the time he entered the service.

that he entered the service sometime in the year 1776 and continued in the service untill the close of the War. She further declares that she was married to the said John Babbit on the 30th day of June 1791 at a village called Shandecan in the State of New York, that her husband the affoarssaid John Babbit died at New Port Kentucky sometime in the year 1817, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving to the first of January 1794 (viz.) as the time above stated.
Sylvia Babbit (x her mark)

Witness
John C. Rainey
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above writen before me. Gideon Martin
associate judge
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I hereby certify that Sylvia Babbit who has this day appeared before me to make her declaration, from age and infirmity is unable to appear before this court for that purpose
Mau 5th 1846
Gideon Martin  associate judge
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12.79 Act 4 3 8958
[illegible' 44  444
Sylvia Babbit
Ohio
Act of July 38
Married before 1794
husband died 1817

State of Ohio
Fairfield County ss
I Joel Radabaugh Clerk of the Court of Com Pleas in and for said county do hereby certify that Gideon Martin is one of the Associate Judges of of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Fairfield County and that his signature hereto attached is genuine.
May 22nd 1846

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Lancaster this 22nd day of May A.D. 1846.
J. Radibaugh Clerk
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State of Ohio
Fairfield County ss

Before me L. W. Babbit a Justice of the peace in and for said County personaly appeared Jeremiah Beard who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he first became acquainted with John Babbit som time in the fall of the year 1790 in the town of Hurley Ulster County in the state of New York. That about the last day of June the following year Said John Babbit was married to this affiant's Sister Sylvia Baird at a place called little Shindacan in Ulster County County New York

this affiant further says that he himself brought the sister who married there to this affiant's father Gideon Baird and that the Justice's name was Elias Hosbrook who married them 

that this affiant was present when said Babbit and his sister Sylvia Baird were married;
that at the time this affiant just became acquainted with said John Babbit -
he understood from him and others that he was a fifer in the Revolutionary war and this affiant says that he has many times afterwards heard said Babbit play the fife.

That he understood at that time that said Babbit had gotten from the state of New York for his services in said war and that he also inherited several hundred acres of land from his father Ruben Babbit who was also a Revolutionary soldier

That after said John Babbit & his sister Sylvia were married they lived with her father Gideon Baird for something like a year. They then moved to the East Branch of the Delaware river. After remaining there some time they moved to Goshen in Orange County
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after living at Goshen near a year they moved back to the east Branch of the Deleware and from there they removed to the township of Cato on the land which said Babbit had inherited from his father Reuben Babbit.

this affiant states that he was at said Babbit house, while he lived at Cato and that he understood, from Babbit himself and others, that the land he lived upon he had inherited from his father Reuben Babbit and that Reuben Babbit had recd the same from his services in the Revolutionary war. 

This affiant further states that he has seen said John Babbit's discharge which he rec'd when he left the army, of this he has a very distinct recolection, as Babbit had married into the family he took some pride in showing his discharge to the different members of the family.

This affiant further states that to the best of his recolection previous to Babbit and his wife leaving here further, their first child Betsy was born...if she was now living she would be something like fifty five years of age 
he is enabled to recollect this from the fact that his own daughter Rebecca who was about the age of Betsy Babbit is now fifty four years old past Betsy Babbit was born some time in the year 1792 & his daughter Rebecca Baird was born in 1790.

This affiant further states that he Saw Babbit and his wife frequently from the time he first became acquainted with Babbit in the year 1790 up to 1811 when the affiant removed from the State of New York to the State of Pennsylvania.
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and that he has never seen said Babbit since that time and that he never saw Sylvia Babbit wife of the said John Babbit from 1811 till the year 1838 a short time after this affiant had moved to the State of Ohio

That the said Sylvia Babbit now lived in Fairfield County of Ohio
that she is the same person who was married to John Babbit in the year 1791 in Shindacan in the State of New York and that he has no doubt but that said John Babbit as a fifer in the war of the Revolution and that he was the son of Reuben Babbit who was also a Revolutionary soldier and that they both were [illegible] for their services from the State of New York, and further this deponent saith not.

Jeremiah Beard (signature)

Sworn and Subscribed this 16th day of June 1846
S. W. Babbitt  (his handwritten seal)

State of Ohio
Fairfield County ss
I Joel Radabaugh Clerk of the Court of Com. Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that L. W. Babbit Esqr before whom the foregoing deposition appears to have been taken and whose genuine signature is unto attached was at the time of taking same and still is an acting Justice of the peace, duly qualified to act as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affied the seal of said Court at Lancaster this 20th day of June A.D. 1846
J. Radibaugh Clerk
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I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Jeremiah Baird for several years and consider him a man of truth and veracity and am confident that he sustains a good moral character
S.W. Babbitt  J P
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A. L. Perrill
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The State of Ohio
Richland County ss
Before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County personaly appeared Timothy Beard who, being duly sworn disposith and saith that Sylvia Babbit now of Fairfield County Ohio is the widow of John Babbit formerly of the State of New York, that he was a acquainted with the said John Babbit from his earliest recolection and that Sylvia Babbit is this afiants sister, and that said Babbit and his sister were married about the year  1791 as he has been informed and as he believes from the fact that their oldest child Bitsy was (crossed out - a girl) from as he believes from twelve to fifteen years old when he was twenty one at which time he left Babbits having lived with Babbit from the time he's 17 or 18 years old until he was 21, and this affiant further states that he has no doubt but that said Babbit was a fifer in the Revolutionary was he recolects distinctly of seeing his military coat which he states he wore while in the wars,

he also states that he always understood that said Babbit had received for his services in the war a lot of land in the town of Cicero, and he further states that said Babbit inherited from his father Reuben Babbit lot 1 in the town of Cato, Cayuga,, County, state of New York, when last inquired lot Reuben Babbit had not for his services in the Revolutionary war, and that John Babbit lived on said lot No 1 the greater part of the time that said affiant lived with him, and that said Babbit had agreed to deed fifty acres of lot No. 1 to said affiant for his services while living with him, which contract was never fulfiled.

This affiant further states that said Babbit had sold his land in the town of Cicero some time before he become of age and that after he become of age that he imployed two Lawyers by the name of Balo & Knapp to recover back said lane but he believed he never recovered it
this information he got from Babbit and his family while he lived with him. This affiant says from his opertunity of knowing all about these matters that (crrosed out - he)
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Said Babbit was a musician in the Revolutionary was, that he never heard it doubted by any person in the neighborhood in which he lived, and that he has no doubt but that he [illegible]  land from the state of New York for his service and he has been informed that it was lot No, 9 in that town of Cicero, New York.
Timothy (his mark x) Beard

attest C Benschotie, John C. Rainey
Sworn and Subscribed before me this
18th day of June 1846
C Benschotie  J P  SS
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[dark and illegible]
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File Nol 4633
Sylvia Babbit
Wid
John Babbit
Marysn, Rev: [cut off]
Act Feby2nd 48
Index: Vol. A   Page 30
(Arrangement of 1870)
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No 12798
V. Sylvia Babbit
Ohio
Hon. A. L. Perrill
June 8, 1846

Act 7th July 1838
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Reported
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11029

Ohio
Sylvia Babbit, Widow of John Babbit who was a pensioner under the Act of __ and who died (on the -crossed out) in 1817. of Fairfield in the State of Ohio who was a Fifer in the company commanded by Captain ____ of the Regt commanded by ____ in the Revolution (line-crossed out) for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of 88 Dollars __Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of July 1846 and sent to Hon. A. L. Perrill, House of Reps

Total amount, $440.00
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by Thos. Lumpkin Clerk,
Book D   Vol. 1  Page 383
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Reported
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7868
Ohio   Cini

Sylvia Babbit
Widow of John Babbit
who was a Fifer in the Revolution husband died in 1817

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars ___Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of July 1846 and sent to Hon A. L. Perrill House of Reps

Acts of March 3, 1843.
& 17th June '44
Recorded in Book W
Vol. 2   Page 201
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No 12798
Sylvia Babbit
Widow of John
Ohio
Act 7 July 1838
Adm 2 years fifer
$88.00 pen ann

Admin act 3 March 1843 and 17 June 1844
$88.00 per ann

Hon A. L. Perrill
House of Reps
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Jno Babbit pri N.Y. Line. Bounty Land

Land bounty was granted to John Babbit, who was a Fifer, at the close of the War in the 1st Regiment of York line.
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State of New York
Cayuga County Clerks office

I Philip Van Arsdale Clerk of Cayuga County do hereby certify that the foregoing are true abstracts of Deeds Remaining on the Records of this office. And that it appears from the Balloting Book deposited in this office and duly certified by the Deputy Secretary of State with the Seal of the State thereto annexed to be among other things a true copy of Conollys Original Return of the New York Regiments; That John Babbit was a Soldier in the first New York Regiment in the War of the Revolution and drew Lot number 9 in the township of Cicero above mentioned for his services in the said war. And that Reuben Babbit drew Lot No. 1 in the Township of Cato aforesaid

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Said County this 22nd day of April AD. 1846
[Signed] Philip Van Arsdale  Clerk
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John Babbit 
To
Wait Ball

Warranty Deed dated July 8th 1797 
Consideration, Seventy Pounds
Conveying Lot No 9 Cicero in the "then" County of Onondaga, Containing 600 acres of land

Recorded in Book O/G of Deeds and page 398, 00 Aug. 19 1797

____________________________________

John Babbit
To
Daniel Shepard

N.Y. Deed dated Sept. 25th 1805
Comerd $325.00
Conveying Lot No. 1 in the township of Cato in the County of Cayuga, Reserving 125 Acres in the North Most corner of said Lot, in a square form by other with the Reservation heretofore made by the State of New York, this conveyance  is made by the Said John Babbit as heir at law of Reuben Babbit Deceased
Recorded in Book  C/G  of Deeds page 6 Oct. 12, 1805

________________________________

John Babbit
To 
Salmon Buell
 N.Y. Deed dated Jany 19 1808
Conr  $300.00
Conveying lands described therein as bounded by lands heretofore sold by Said Babbit to Daniel Shepard and Isaac Philips on the East and South and on the North by The Town line Supposed to contain 100 acres of land & being the residence of the right & title of the said Babbit to the same lot No 1

Recorded in Book G/H page 394  Jany. 21st.1808
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Affidavit of 
Sylvia Babbit
admd.
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State of Ohio,
Fairfield County  ss

 Be it known That before me L. B. Babbitt Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Sylvia Babbitt and made oath in due form of law that she is the identical person who drew a pension under the acts of July 7th 1838 March 3rd 1843 & June 17th 1844 on account of the Revolutionary services of her husband the late John Babbitt at the rate of Eighty eight dollars per annum; 

that she now makes this affidavit for the purpose of drawing a pension under the act of Congress approved on the 18th day of February 1846, entitles " an act to continue the pensions of certain widows" ; - that she now resides in Walnut Township in the County of Fairfield, Ohio and has resided there for the space of thirty one years or thereabout, and that previous hereto she resided in the state of New York
In presence of 
J. C. Rainey

Sylvia ( her x mark) Babbitts

Sworn to and Subscribed this 
 3rd day of Oct A. D. 1848

L. W. Babbity  Justice Peace
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I certify the foregoing name affiant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as Stated by her in the foregoing affidavit. 

L. W Babbitt JP
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State of Ohio
Fairfield County

I hereby certify that on the 3rd day of October 1848 L. W Babbitt in ass and still in as acting Justice of the peace in Walnut Township Fairfield County Ohio and that full faith and credit should be given to his acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand officially this 13th day of October 1848
J Radebaugh  Clerk
for AS Clark Depy
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Deposition of Jeremiah Baird, as taken by me Isaac Goodwin a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Delaware, Ohio.

Jeremiah Baird of the (crossed out - age of)
county of Delaware, in the state of Ohio of the age of seventy-nine years personally appeared Before m at my office in the Peru ( crossed out -Benington) Township of Delaware County ss - on the 14th day of May A.D. 1846.

First being duly sworn, deposes and says that - on the 30th day of June seventeen hundred and ninety-one Sylvia Baird was Lawfully married in his presence by one Elias HausBrook Esq. to John Babbit, and to his personal knowledge, they lived together as man an wife for ten, Twelve or thirteen years. Were married in the village of Shandecan in the State of New York.

he further states that the said John Babbit was a soldier in the Revolutionary War for the proof of which he states, that he Jeremiah Baird has seen his discharge he thinks signed by George Washington - further that he is the same John Babbit who drew Lot No. 9 in the Town of Cicero in the state of New York for his services - in said Revolution and that said Sylvia Babbit who now applyes  for a pension is the same  Sylvia Babbit who was married to said John Babbit - as above mentioned.
(signature) Jeremiah Beurd  (handwritten seal)
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I Isaac Goodin a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Delaware Ohio do hereby certify that the above named Jeramiah Baird ware by me first duly sworn to testify the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth and that the foregoing deposition by (him -crossed out) me respectively Subscribed [illegible cross out] redused to writing by Lovel W. Babbit and that the deponent is of sound mind.
In the testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the 14th day of May a.D 1846
[Signed] Isaac Goodin J P (hand drawn seal)

State of Ohio Delaware County ss I William D. Heim Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said county, hereby certify that said Goodin Esqr. before whom the foregoing deposition appears to have been taken, was at the date thereof & now is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly commissioned & qualified.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court, at Delaware, this 15th day of May A.D. 1846
[Signed] W.D. Heim Clerk
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Washington June 24th 1846

Dear Sir
Inclosed I send you additional evidence in the case of Mrs. Babbit application for a pension. you will as me a favor of giving it your earliest attention
Yours Respectfully
A L Perill

Hon J L. Edwards
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Washington May 26 ad 1846

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir
Inclosed I send you the paper of Mrs. Babbit asking for a pension you will be good enough to inform me if there is any thing further necessary to be done in this case.

Some time since I sent you the papers of Joseph Hartley in relation to a pension. In your answer you stated that the testimony was insufficient to intitle him to a pension in consequence of wounds received: but he certainly is intitled to his bounty land. Your answer to this latter inquiry is most respectfully required

Yours Respectfully
A L. Pernll
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Jno Babbit  fifer
N York line No 6851
100 Oc - 9 July 90
h RSG Webster
assees of Jno Babbit
fifer 18 NY NY line

[illegible] no relation to bounty land -
June 26 1846
Hon A. L. Perrill
[illegible
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Washington June 25th 1845

Hon. J L Edwards

Dear Sir

Will you inform me how much land Mr. Babbitt received for his services in the Revolutionary War and where it is situated. You will confer a favor by giving me this information at as early a day as you can make it convenient.

Yours Respectfully
[Signed] A.L. Perrill
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Lancaster  Octr 13. 1848

Sir
Included I send you the afffidavits of Mrs. Babbit & Mrs. Buffington, who wishes to get a certificate of Pension under the law of February 1848, Mrs. Buffington informs me that her husband has never recd the land from the United States to which he was entitled, he has recieved his land from the State of Virginia.  

Please inform me if this is correct, if so how she will proceed to get it, and whether it is coming to her in her own right, or to her children

Respy, your Obt Servt,
John C. Rainey

Hon. I. L. Edwards
Court of Pensions
Washington Cty