Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40902, for William Kilbourn, [Blank]
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE

Kilbourn, William  S. 40902

CONTENTS
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17113
William Kilbourn
of Addison Co. in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Marshall of the Massachusetts
line, for the term of 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence or
the 12th of January 1819.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24th of May 1821
and sent Wm Slade Jr Esq
Millbury Addison C’y. Vt.

Arrears to 4th of March 1820, 110.19
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1820, 48.
13 22/31 months

$158.19 [total]

Reinstated by order of Sec
of War

{ Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818 }

May 24, 1821 and the pen’r {pensioner]
informed by letter.
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State of Vermont
Addison County Ss.
On this 12th day of January AD 1819. before me the subscriber one of the judges of the County court for said County of Addison personally appears William Kilbourn, aged fifty eight years, resident in Middlebury in said County, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war;" - that he the said William Kilbourn enlisted in the fore part of June, A.D. 1779, in Lancaster, in the State of Massachusetts, in the Company commanded by Capt. William Park of the Massachusetts line, for the term of nine months, and was attached to a Regiment commanded by Colo. Marshall or Colo. Tupper, - he is not certain which, - of which Regiment Taylor was adjutant & belonged to Genl. Patterson's Guard that he continued to serve in said corps, or in the service of the United States, untill the 24th day of Feby. 1780, when he was discharged from service at West Point in the State of Newyork, - which discharge he has since lost: - 
Also that he enlisted, for the term of nine months, in the fore part of July A.D. 1780, in
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said Lancaster in the State of Massachusetts, in a company, the name of whose commander he does not recollect, and was attached to a regiment commanded by Colo. Sprout of the Massachusetts line & belonged to Genl. Patterson's Guard: that he continued to serve in said corps or in the service of the United States, the full term of his said enlistment. - that is, according to the best of his recollection, untill about the first of April A.D. 1781, - when he was discharged from service at West Point aforesaid: - and that he is in reduced circumstances; & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his services. - and that the said last mentioned discharge is lost.
Sworn to and declared before me the day & year aforesaid -
[signed] William Slade Jun. 

I William Slade Jun. Judge of Addison County court as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Kilbourn did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me, to the Secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the aforementioned act of Congress: - and I further certify, on full and satisfactory proof to me exhibited, that the said Kilbourn
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is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support -
Addison County
Jany 12 1819
[signed] William Slade Jun.

Addison County Ss
Middlebury Jany 12 1819.
I Samuel Swift, Clerk of Addison County Court do certify that William Slade Jun. is a judge of said court; and that the foregoing is his proper signature
Witness the seal of said Court the day and year aforesaid
[signed] Saml Swift Clerk

State of Vermont
Addison Co Ss. 
On this 12th day of January AD 1820 personally appears the aforesaid William Kilbourn and on oath declares and says, that, according to the best of his present recollection the enlistment first mentioned in the foregoing declaration 
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these may certify that William Kilborn arms & accoutrements are his own Property
West Point Feby 14th 1720 
Wm Park Capt
To Whom it may Concern

[continuing from cutoff text]
must have been the date of his discharge
reflection, is satisfied that it was given him sometime previous to his discharge -
Before me 
[signed] William Slade Jun. Judge of Addison County Court.
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is in reduced circumstances, and stands in the
of the assistance of his country for support-
Addison County
William Slade Jun
Jany 12 1819

Addison County ss Middlebury Jany 12 1819
I, Samuel Swift, Clerk of Addison County
Court do certify that William Slade
is a judge of said Court; and that the
foregoing is his proper signature.
Witness the seal of said Court
the day and year aforesaid
Saml Swift Clerk

State of Connt
Addison ss
On this 12th day of January AD 1820 personally
appears the aforesaid William Kilburn, and on oath
declares and says, that, according to the best of his present
Recollection, the enlistment first entered in the foregoing declaration,
was in the forepart of July 1779, instead of June, as mentioned
in said declaration; and that his second enlistment as mentioned
 in said declaration was in June 1780 instead of July-- that he was led
into this mistake by referring to the annexed certificate, dated
the 24th of February 1780, as being, without doubt, as he thought, the time
when he was discharged from that enlistment-- he also declares
on oath that he was discharged from the enlistment first
above mentioned some time in April 1780 - that he took
for granted, without much reflection, when he made his former
declaration, that the date of the accompanying certificate
must have been the date of his discharge, but upon further
reflection, is satisfied that it was given him some time previous
 to his discharge-
Before me William Slade Jun. Judge Addison County Court
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By auth
One whose name corresponds
 with that of the applicant is found
  on the rolls as having enlisted 10 July 799
 & disch’d 10 Apl 1780.
If the applicant was discharged
 24 Feb. 80 as stated
he cannot be the same person.
If not, the evidence of two
credible and disinterested witnesses, 
(or of an officer of the regiment) duly
 taken and authenticated must be
 produced in proof of his statement
 as corrected
31 May 1819


William Kilbourn
private,
Addison Co. Verm’t
Various services
9 months in Col’o
Marshall's or Col’o
Tuppers regt. Mass’tts
line.
12th January, 1819

Wm Slade, Junr
Judge,
Middlebury, Addison
County, Vermont

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Vermont
Addison County ss
January 12 1820
I certify that I am satisfied that the within
explanatory declaration is true-
William Slade Junr Judge of
Addison County Court




Will’m Kilbourn
Priv.
Col. Marshall’s
Massachusetts Regt
1779 [1780 crossed out] 9 Mos
12 Jany 1819

Middlebury
Addison Co’y
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William Kilborn
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STATE OF VERMONT.
COUNTY OF ADDISON, SS. -- On this 12th day of June 1820,
 Personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record (having the power of fine and imprisonment) for the said County,  William Kilborn, aged 58 years, resident in Middlebury in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law.
doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:--that he enlisted
in the month of July 1779 & served in Capt Wm Park’s Company
Colonel Marshall’s regiment & General Patterson’s brigade of the Massachusetts
 line for the sum of four months.

that the date of his original declaration is the 12th day of January 1819, 
the number of his pension certificate is 17113.

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day
of March, 1818; and that 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 it, as to bring myself with
in the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled ""An act to provide for certain persons engaged
in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war,” passed on the 18th
day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or
securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in
the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.

Bureau    15.00     
2 Tables   6.00  
2 [Franks] 2.50      
2 Chairs      .83     
2 [stands]   1.50 
1 looking glass 1.00
1 Tea Tray .75
1 set Coffee & Tea cups 1.00
1 [Boots]        .50
2 [Dor] plates 1.00
1 [Dor] Teaspoons 2.50
3 Large Spoons  3.00
1 [Caster & Comb]  3.00
3 pitchers   .75
2 Saltcellars    .50
1 Teapot     .25
1 Stove   15.00
2 Kettles    2.50
[subtotal] 57.58



1 Iron pot                   .50
1 Spider                       .25
1 Shovel & tongs        .75
8 Pewter Muggs          1.25
1 Coffee Mill & Chest   2.00
Millinery on hand
14 [Lick Bonnets] 35.00
40 [?] hats 80.00
1 Show [Shadow?] Box 4.00
1 [Dor Cops,] 6 bandboxes 12.00
40 Yds. Ribbon 5.00
Small amts. for millinery
  Amt’s. in the whole to 30.00
Cash on hand 15.00

[subtotal] 185.74

William Kilburn
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and the said declarant on his oath aforesaid further states
that he was formerly, by occupation a farmer; but has not been
 able for many years, to pursue that employment and has not himself
pursued any employment, production of profit. That his wife, on account
of her want of ability to labour, [for] a few years pursued
the Millinery business upon a small scale. That this has been their only
 means of support; that the above articles of millinery were purchased
 in the [Court] of their business on a credit,  for which
they are now indebted to principal part: that the only persons
[with any] dependence on him for support are himself &
wife[& illegible], aged about 30 years who is unable
to perform any labor, except in her present employment.

Sworn to & declared on the 12th day of July 1820 by Court aforesaid
Saml Swift Clerk

I, SAMUEL SWIFT, Clerk of the County Court for the
County of Addison in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify
that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly
 copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further
certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total
mount in value of the property, exhibited in the aforesaid schedule
 And two hundred forty three Dollars and 33 Cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
 set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 8th of July 1820,
Saml Swift Clerk of the County Court for the County of Addison
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40902
Rev’y INVALID.

File No. 40902
William Kilbourn
Pri.  Rev War

Act: 18th March ‘18

Index: -- Vol. 3 , Page 275
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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Petition of
William Kilborn
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No 17113
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To the Hon. J. Calhoun
Secretary of War
William Kilburn of Middlebury in the County of Addison
 and State of Vermont respectfully presents, that
he received a pension certificate No 17,113 under the act
Congress of the 18th  March 1818, and in pursuance
to the act of the 1st of May 1820, he made out a schedule
of his property, under his oath in the Court of this County,
 a copy of which has been forwarded to the Department of
War; and he has thereupon been stricken poor. [illegible] 
But, believing that if his case was 
fully explained it comes within the construction
given to the acts of Congress by that Department.
He begs leave to submit for consideration the
companying affidavit, and solicits that his case may
be re-examined, and if it should be found to come
within that construction, that his name may state
[hereto within] on the pension roll. William Billings
Middlebury 1. August 1820.
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State of Vermont

Windsor County ss} I Lemuel Sawyer. of Plymouth
in the County of Windsor of Lawful age
do testify and say that I was knowing
to William Kilbourn of Middlebury
in the County of Addison, and formerly
of Massachusetts was inlisted and mustered,
the tenth day of July one thousand seven
 hundred and seventy nine. And he the said Kilburn
 mustered at Springfield in the State of Massachusetts
 before Justin Nealy, Esqr and marched to west point
for the time of nine months and
Joined the continental army then [anet]
 This deponent further sayeth not.
Lemuel Sawyer

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} [illegible-month?] November 26th, 1819
Then personally appeared Lemuel Sawyer of Plymouth 
in the County Windsor and after being
carefully Examined and duly Cautioned made
oath that the foregoing Deposition
by him subscribed contain the truth the whole
truth and Nothing but the truth, before me
Ephraim Moore Just. Peace

I hereby certify that the [above] Deponent is a credible witness. 
Ephraim Moore Justice of the Peace
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Lemuel Sawyer's
Affadavit

State of Vermont Secretary of State’s office
Middlebury January 12 1820
I, William Slade Jun. Secretary of the State of
 Vermont, do certify that Ephraim Moore
within named was, on the 26th day of November 1819,
a Justice of the peace in for the County of Windsor
within named, acting under the authority of this
State & I believe the within signature to be his own
proper hand writing -
Witness the seal of said State, the day & year
first above written
William Slade Jun’r
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I, Jacob [‘Ephraim’-crossed out] Sawyer of Shrewsbury in the
County of Rutland & State of Vermont, of Lawfull
Age, testify & say that on the 10th day July, 1779
 I saw William Kilbourn, then of Lancaster Massachusetts, 
 now of Middlebury in the County of Addison & State of Vermont
pass muster & join Col. Marshal’s Regiment-
  in Capt Park’s Company in the revolutionary army.
[that we to me] marched
to West Point in the State of New York & [continued]
there for nine months, that being the time for which we enlisted
& then were discharged.
I enlisted & was mustered at the same time & was discharged &
 Returned With him.
 Shrewsbury Novr 27th 1819
Jacob Sawyer
 
State of Vermont
Rutland County
Shrewsbury Novr 27th 1819
Personally appeared Jacob Sawyer, the above named, 
to me well known & made solemn Oath that the above affidavit
by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth. 
Sworn before me Moses Strong Just. Peace
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Jacob Sawyer
Affidavit-

State of Vermont,  Secretary of State’s Office
Middlebury January 12 1820

I, William Slade Jun. Secretary of the State of
Vermont do certify that Moses Strong within
named, was on the 27th day of November
1819 a Justice of the peace in and for the
County of Rutland within named, acting under the
authority of this State, and that the within
signature of his name is his own proper hand
writing
Witness the seal of said State, the day
& year first above written
William Slade Junr
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case of
William Kilborn

Affidavits

No 17113
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State of Vermont On this 21 day of August 1820, at
Addison County Middlebury in said County, before me,
one of the Justices of the Peace for said County came David
Wells of Middlebury aforesaid, after being duly sworn,
and says that he has for some years been particularly
acquainted with William Kilbourn of said Middlebury, 
 his family and circumstances; that several years ago
the said Kilbourn, being destitute of property & of any means of
[illegible-business?]  through age, his family being unable to labour
[but of] Mrs. Kilbourn, undertook the business of a 
milliner, upon a very small scale in this village.
That she was then a feeble woman, and her infirmities
 have increased with her age, until the present
time - that he the said deponent was more particularly
 acquainted with the circumstances last spring.  That at
that time, as he believes, they were entirely destitute of property
 except a small quantity of furniture, & with no means of subsistence
 but the millinery business of Mrs. Kilborn. But, he feels confident
 was quite inadequate to support them - That, at that time, by the
 assistance of some of their friends, they obtained on a credit a
 small amount of bonnets & a few other articles in [their] line. 
That the debt contracted by the purchase of the millinery is now principally
 due-- & that in the opinion of this deponent, the
articles of millinery on hand could not be sold for money
enough to pay it - And that without them they would
 be as destitute of property, and of the means of subsistence
as before- that on account of the want of property &
the infirmities age of Mrs. Kilborn, it is improbable
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that their business is or will be sufficient to support
them - And that the aid of public orr private charity - and they
 have no other means of subsistence, but that business.
David Wells

Subscribed & sworn to this 21day August 1820 before me, Horatio Seymour,
that the said David Wells is a man of unquestionable truth & veracity. 
Horatio Seymour Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont, Addison County 
At Middlebury in said County on 21 day of August 1880, before me,
 one of the Justices of the Peace for said County came Patrick
 Johnson, from Middlebury, after being duly sworn
testifies and says that he has for several years been acquainted
 with the family circumstances of William
Kilbourn of said Middlebury. that he is acquainted with
the facts stated the forgoing affidavit of David Wells,
except that he does not know that the said Kilbourn is still
Indebted for the articles of Millinery mentioned in said affidavit,
and he fully [seconds at the aforesaid] expressed in said affidavit.
Patrick Johnson

Subscribed & sworn to this 21 day August 1820 before me, Horatio Seymour,
that the said deponent is a man of unquestionable truth & veracity. 
Horatio Seymour Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Addison County 
I, Samuel Swift Clerk of the County Court
for the County of Addison aforesaid, do
hereby certify that the above named Horatio Seymour is a
Justice of the peace for said County, and his name
[severally] above written is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affix the seal of
said Court, at Middlebury this 21st day of August 1820.
Samuel Swift Clerk &c
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Abel Sawyer's affidavit
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State of Vermont
Washington
 I Abel Sawyer of Bern in the County
afores’d,  duly sworn, depose & say that
I am well & personally acquainted with William  Kilbourn, 
 who has applied for a pension under the
provisions of the act of Congress of the 18 March 1818
& do well recollect that he the sd Kilburn enlisted
at Lancaster Massachusetts, on or about the
10th of July 1779 in Capt. Park’s Company
& Col. Marshall’s Regt of the Massachusetts
line on the continental establishment for
the term of nine months, & served as afores’d
until about the middle of April 1780, when
he was honorably discharged.
I was a private in Capt Warner’s Company
of the same Regiment at the same time.
Abel Sawyer

Sworn and Subscribed before me at Montpelier, on this
ninth day of December A.D. 1819. - And I further testify
 that the said Deponent, is a disinterested witness
and entitled to credit in my opinion.
George Rich, Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont Secretary of State’s office
Middlebury June 12 1820
William Slade Jun, Secretary of the State of Vermont,
do certify that George Rich above named was on the 9th
 day of December A.D. 1819, a Justice of the peace in
of for the County of Washington, in this State, acting under the
authority of this State, and that the above is his proper signature.

Witness the seal of said State, the day and year
first above written-
William Slade Junr
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME  Kilbourn, Zacheus
GRADE Private
LINE New York

WARRANT NUMBER  7359

ACREAGE 100

ISSUED  July 22, 1790
to Thomas Tillston, assignee

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form 
is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior
 to 1800" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.