Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17516, for Tibbits Rathbone, Rhode Island
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5943
Rebecca Rathbun,
N.Y.
Act 4 July 36
aomd
2 yrs pri
80$
Albany
Wm B Pierce
Albany 
NY
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State of New York
Delaware County S.S.
John Snider of the town of Da-
venport in said County aged fifty years being duly
sworn deposeth and saith, that about thirty-nine years
ago he became acquainted with Tibbits Rath
-bun and Rebecca his wife and their children.  That 
he has known & been acquainted with nine of their
children, that Gideon, the oldest of their children is
about sixty-seven years of age that he was [unreadable]
to the said Tibbits & Rebecca Rathbun living
together with their children, in the place now
known as the town of Davenport for many years
and this deponent further saith that the
said Rebecca the widow of the said Tibbits
Rathbun is an applicant for a pension
John Snyder
Subscribed & sworn this 1st
day of August [unreadable] before me
and I certify that John
Snyder is a credible witness
Jesse Booth Justice [of the] peace
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State of New York
County of Delaware S.S.
Margaret Moon of the town of
Davenport in said county, aged fifty nine years, being
duly sworn deposeth and saith that she is the
child of Tibbits & Rebecca Rathbun, that her father
the said Tibbits Rathbun was previous to his
death a pensioner of the United States under the Act
of March 18. 1818. & that he died at Stephentown
or that part thereof now called Nassau in said
state on or about the 14th day of July
one thousand eight hundred & twenty - that
her mother the said Rebecca Rathbun is now
a widow, and is still living in the town of Da-
venport in said county of Delaware.  And is an
applicant for a pension, that the oldest child
of the said Tibbits & Rebecca Rathbun to wit: depo-
nent's oldest brother Gideon Rathbun is also living
in said town of Davenport & is upwards of sixty-
seven years of age.  That the accompanying record
is the family record of this deponent, that it was
was torn from the family Bible for the express
purpose of sending it to Washington as evidence
in obtaining the pension of the said Rebecca Rathbun.
Margaret her X mark Moon
Subscribed & sworn this 1st day
of August 1843 before me
and I certify that this
said Margaret Moon is
a credible witness
Jesse Booth Justice [of the] Peace
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FAMILY RECORD.
DEATHS.
Ira Moon Died Jan. 18th 1823
William Moon died March 13th
1835[?]
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Tibbits Rathbone, N. York [unreadable], Act 18 March
1818.
Be pleased to say when his pension
commenced and when it terminated
Pension Office
Feb 2. 1842.
April 20, 1818 to Sept. 4, 1819
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Jos Drouillard Esq.
Clk. C. P. Gallia[?] Co
Gallipolis
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5947
Rebecca Rathbun
Applicant for Pension
Act. July 4. 1836
Agent
Wm B. Pierce
Albany
NY
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State of New York
Otsego County
Town of Oneonta SS
Thomas Matteson of
the Town of Otsego in Said County aged
seventy two years being duly sworn
deposeth and saith that he was born in the
State of Rowdilan [Rhode Island] And at the age of nine
or ten I saw Tibbits Rathbun at home
to see his wife Rebecca Rathbun it being
about a half a mile from where I then
lived and I saw his gun that was said
he had in the service and after a short
time he returned again to his duty[.]
This deponent further saith that he was
acquainted with son Gideon Rathbun
being about four or five years of age at
that time and he further saith that
he has been acquainted with the family
from that time till the present Date
and further saith that they lived together
as man and wife and raised a family 
of children Gideon Rathbun Samuel 
Rathbun Died Margaret Mary Simeon
Anny Henrietta John Tibbets [unreadable]
Rathbun and further saith that Rebecca