Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15499, for Fredrick Kibbe, Connecticut
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Service: Conn. 
Kibbe, Fredrick or Frederick
Number  S.15499
                                                     carded
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        21  262
Massachusetts

John Kibbe
of Berkshire in the State of Mass.
who was a private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Ni(illegible) of the Reg. commanded by Col. Glossin on the Mass line for 7 mos.

Inscribed in the Roll of Mass. at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of Aug 1832 and  sent to H.W. Bishop 
Lenox
Arrears to the 4th of Ma'2                   $46.66
Semi-ann allowance ending 4 Sep'2    $11.66

                                                             $58.33


Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Go. A. Steby Clerk

Book E. Vol. 2 Page 45
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22756
John Kibbe
Mass

Private 7 months

M C
HW Bishop
Lenox Mass
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
 Pension Office
   183
 
Sir;

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of John Kibbe, Berkshire Co, Mass

Period when the service was rendered 
(illegible) 1776
                1777
Vol.           1779

Duration of the claimant's service 
           Years     Months    Days 
1776          -             1             -   
1777          -             3             -
1779         -               3             -

Rank of the claimant 
1776        -
1777  Minute m n
1779   private

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
1776   -
1777 Capt. Nexton
1779 Kesson 

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers

1776 -
1777 General Schuyler
1779 Col Chapin, General Fellows

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
1776  None
1777   None
1779     None

Country through which he marched

1776 New York
1777 Kingsberry,  Mass
1779 New York 


Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period,
77 years
Massachusetts

Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

Traditionary & Levering Witness

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

J.L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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Regulations under the Act of June 7,1832

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army and to include under the terms "Continental Line:  "State troops" "militia" and "volunteers: all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
       1. The Regular Troops
        2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers
        3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops on the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates will be in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832

State, Territory, or District of } s.s.
County of 

On this     day of      personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of         in the county of       and State, Territory or District of       aged (c)      years, who first being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)      , with       and served in the        (e) regiment of the        line, under the following named officers:        

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service, (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and name of his officer;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched, This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and ne declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in and State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of 

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,                               A.B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that above named applicant was a revolutionary solider, and served as he states.

I         of the Court of          do hereby certify (h) that foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of            for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of         &c.

If on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
 Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will male and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the          and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with         , who had subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be       years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a solider of hte Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion,
      Sworn and subscribed the day and year foresaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Solider, and served as he states, And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the        and that C.D. who has also signed the same is a resident in the         and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I,     Clerk of the Court of       do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in matter of the application of        for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this    day of      &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible , the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also , whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department, A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
  The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. { To a solider. {did you ever receive a discharge form the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
{ To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a solider of the Revolution, 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the sane can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary solider and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity , attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of peace and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as the can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.  

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which vase the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b]the declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d]The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or solider must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot; by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making a statement "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as  to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: ___For____year _____months, and _____days, I served as a ______. For _____months and ______days I served as a ________, and for such services I claim a pension".
It is important in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held as the law directs the pension to be padi according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement, the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by a competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any other pursuit.  
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i]The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

          Mode of authenticating papers
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

               Proof of Service
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
  The notes from [a] to [] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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John Kibbe
[Illegible]
Applicant for Pension
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
_____________
County of Berkshire, ss.

On this fifth day of February A.D. 1833, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable WILLIAM P. WALKER, Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for said County of Berkshire, now sitting, John Kibbe a resident of the town of Otis in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy seven years, 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 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.--

In the month of September 1776 as a Militiaman I left London in Massachusetts for Peaks Kill on the North River in the State of New York in Company with fifteen men from said London the names of most whom he can state viz David Rigg--Elisha Gilbert--Samuel Hubbard, Abijeh Hubbard, Richard Vining, Isaac [illegible], Dan Gregory, Elijah Bliss, John Trimble, George [illegible] & Nathaniel Hubbard.  They joined in Company at Peaks Kill the name of the Captain he cannot recollect he was in the service of the United States one month from the time he left home until he returned home--he cannot state the names of any of his Officers who were in commission--In 1777 the first week in July the said John Kibbe went in to Hudson joined a Company of Militia [illegible words stricken out] commanded by Lt Jonathan Niston.  Nathaniel Wood was the Ensign of said Company from there he went on to Stillwater where he joined the Regiment names of the commander of the Regiment he cannot call.  The Brigade was commanded by Genl Schuyler, their business was to prevent Burgoynes army from coming into the Interior of this Country which was scanty expected the Regiment to which he belonged was called Minute men & went from place to place he was at Kingsbury plains about 2 weeks while there there were about fifteen thousand Militia & about 15 thousand Regular troops--served three months & was discharged at Saratoga Barracks in October following at the time he was discharged he was sick & did not return home until after the expiration of the three months service, at the time of his engaging in the three months service, an Enlistment was ordered in the town of London & he so volunteered as a Soldier
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he knows of no person living by whom he can prove the aforesaid service.  he further says that the company & Regiment to which he belonged went on to meet the troops who initiated from Fort George his Company & Regiment met the said troops at Bloody Pond & guarded them down to Fort Edward--the said John Kibbe in the month of September 1779 again entered the service of the United States as a volunteer Militiamen were in the Company commanded by Capt Adam Kasson in the Regiment commanded by Col Chapin & in the Brigade commanded by Genl Fellows he was in the service of the United States from September 1779 to the December following making a period of three months the said John Kibbe joined the Company at Tyrington Massachusetts from thence he marched to Claverack in the State of New York & from there to Albany where he was stationed as a guard to the hideaways & [illegible] them until he was discharged, making a period in the whole of three months service--he was born in Enfield Connecticut as he has been informed February the 27th 1755--his age or rather the date of his birth was recorded as he believes at Enfield at the time he entered the service of the United States he lived in what was then called Loudon in Massachusetts & has ever since the Revolutionary War lived in Otis formerly called Loudon where he now resides.  he is acquainted with David Seymour & Samuel Pickett Esquire who can certify as to his Character for truth & veracity & as to their belief of his having served as a soldier of the Revolutionary War - he had no written discharge--

He refers to the deposition of Daniel Sununu hereto annexed for proof of his service in 1779.  He well recollects meeting Samuel Pelton in the fall of 1777 at 
as he states in his deposition annexed--that there is no Clergyman in the town of Otis with whom he is acquainted--
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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
John Kibbe

Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W.P. Walker J. Probate

[the entire following is stricken out by large "X's"]
We      a Clergyman, residing in the         and              residing in              hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with          who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration:  that we believe him to be        years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.  Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories, prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that David Seymour & Samuel Picket who signed the ["preceding" stricken out] annexed certificate ["is a Clergyman" stricken out] are residents in the town of Otis in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
[all the following is stricken out]
and that            who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of          in the County of             and           of           is

and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
W.P. Walker J. Probate

I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John Kibbe for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court of Probate, this fifth day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Henry W. Bishop--Register of Probate
[seal affixed beside the above]
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February 18, 1935
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BA-J/MCS
John Kibbe, S.29944

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. 29944, based upon the military service of John Kibbe.

He was born February 27, 1755, in Enfield, Connecticut.  The names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of London, Massachusetts, he enlisted and served as private with the Massachusetts troops as follows:  from September, 1776, one month, names of officers not given; from July, 1777, three months in a company commanded by Lieutenant Jonathan Norton; from September, 1779, three months in Captain Adam Kasson's company in Colonel Chapin's regiment. [the following note is written under this phrase:  "See Hass Soldiers & Sailors p. 164 for this service"]

He was allowed pension on his application executed February 5, 1832, at which time he was living in Otis (which was formerly called London) in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

John Kibbe stated that one David Kibbe enlisted with him in 1776 but he did not state that he was related to him.

The papers in this claim contain no data relative to wife and children of the soldier.

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Death not on Agency Book
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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 Kibbe, S. 29944, are furnished herewith.

Very truly yours,
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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29944
Revy INVALID.

File No. 29,944

John Kibbe
Pri   Rev    War

Act:  June 7" 32"

Index:--Vol. 2, Page 222

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1935 Feb. 18. hist. to Mrs
Geo. Millard Davison. See
corres. in David Kibbe
S. 42794     --W.C.S.
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[seal affixed to left side of the following, covering up part of the printed words, as reflected in this transcription]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
_______________________________________

re, SS.  I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of
in and for said County, do hereby certify that Lester
Esquire, before whom the annexed depositions were
of the Justices of the Peace within and for said
ounty, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well ac-
ainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt tht the Sig-
nature annexed to said deposition is genuine.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fifth day of February A.D. 1832.
Henry W. Bishop--Register of Probate
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I Daniel Sununu of Sandisfield in the County Commonwealth of Massachusetts a Revolutionary Soldier--aged seventy three years depose & say that I am well acquainted with John Kibbe of Otis in sd. County.  that in September 1779 I was in the Revolutionary Army with him & served with him for the time of three months.  said John Kibbe was in the Company commanded by Capt Adam Kasson in the Regiment commanded by Col Chapin & in the Brigade commanded by Genl Fellows from September 1779 to the December following making a period of three full months.  said John Kibbe joined the Company at Tyringham Massachusetts from there he marched to Claverick in the state of New York & from there to Albany where he was stationed as a guard to the hideaways & [illegible] there until he was discharged.  I was with him during the whole period of time above mentioned & further I say not--
Daniel Sununu

State of Massachusetts
Berkshire fs.  December 31st 1832.

Thus personally appeared Daniel Sununu, to me well known & made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed & I further certify that I am well acquainted with said Sununu & that he is a man of truth & veracity
Lester Filley Just. Peace
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We David Seymour & Samuel Pickett both of Otis in the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts depose & say that we are well acquainted with John Kibbe of Otis aforesaid, that we believe him to be 77 years of age that he is reputed & & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion--we further certify that he is a man of truth & veracity--
David Seymour
Samuel Pickett

Berkshire fs.  Feb. 4th 1833.
Thus the above named David Seymour & Samuel Pickett Esquires made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by them subscribed
Before me
Lester Filley  Just. Peace
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J.L. Edwards
[illegible]  1833

Dc  John Kibbe
      Asa Thompson
&
 Paiby Kinney
 
To J.L. Edwards Esqr
Dear Sir I do at the request
of the applicant return you
the papers of John Kibbe--
The objection to them as will
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War Department
Pension Office
June 26. 1833
Sir,
The declaration of Asa Thompson
has been examined and I have to inform
you that his statement in regards to his
service is not corroborated by the rolls of
service of the Massachusetts line deposited
in this office. He states that he entered the
service in 1779 as a substitute for Jacob
Green.e If Mr Greene is alive he should
procure his affidavit setting fourth
all the particulars in relation to his service.
If his affidavit cannot be procured, then evidence in relation to the Claimant's
service must be procured from E.D. Bangs
Esqr Secretary of the State of Massachusetts.
The documents in support of the claim
of Parley Kinney have also been examined
and they are herewith returned, in order
that he may amend his declaration by stating
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how long he served as a Sergeant in
Captain Chapmans Company.
  I also enclose the documents in support of the claim of John Kibbe and
Samuel Pelton who has testified to the
claimants service. states that in 1777 he saw the claimant at the City of Troy in the
State of New York) then returning
from the Army Sick."  Troy in the State of New York had not an existence during the Revolution.
That part of his statement is therefore
incorrect. The Magistrate before whom
the testimony of Mr Pelton was taken must
Certify that he is a credible and disinterested witness, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must
be Certified by the proper Officer under his
Seal of Office
I am very respectfully
Your Obt Servt
J.L. Edwards

H. W. Bishop Esq
Lenox
Mass
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 Sept 10th 1832
Deposition of Samuel Pelton of Willington township in the County of Lorain State of Ohio taken on the 10th day of October AD 1832 at the Office of Leonard H Loveland to be read in evidence in the Court of inquiry relative to John Kibbe of Otis Berkshire
County State of Massachusetts obtaining
a pension. The said Samuel Pelton
doth depose and say that about the 28th of
September AD 1777 when marching in Col
Shepherds regiment to meet Burgoin he
saw the said John Kibbe at the City of Troy
in New York then returning home from
the army sick
Samuel Pelton

Sworn to and subscribed before me Leonard
H Loveland a justice of the peace in and for the County of Lorain State of Ohio the day and year first above written
L H Loveland Justice of peace
Seth Root