Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,275, William Gilbert, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.

Gilbert William
Hope

NUMBER
W.24275
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New York [illegible]
Hope Gilbert
[illegible]
widow [illegible]
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3[illegible] day of August 1848 and sent to A. J. Lyon
Rockford
N.Y.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 75 Vol. 4.
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New York [illegible]
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State of Ohio   }
Medina County} ss.      On this 6th day of April 1841 personally appeared before me, one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Medina aforesaid, Hope Gilbert a resident of the township of Montville in the said County of Medina, aged Seventy one years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of  Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"
That she is the widow of William Gilbert who was a private in the war of the Revolution, that said William entered the service at Middletown in the state of Connecticut, that he served one year in the whole, but does not remember in whether it was in one or more terms of service, that saw William was in the battle of Saratoga, but she cannot remember in what year or month he entered the service or when he was discharged, that she has frequently heard of the particulars of  his service or when he was discharged, that she has frequently heard of the particulars of his service, but by reason of her age and failure of her memory she cannot recall to her remembrance the names of any of the officers under whom he served or whether he enlisted or was drafted or was a substitute nor any farther particulars of his service besides what she has above stated, but would refer to the evidence of his service as contained in said William's application for a pension, now on file in the War Department, that said William was a pensioner under the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 and that the pension certificate hereto attached was the original certificate granted to the said William & that she has
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no documentary evidence in support of her claim.  She further declares that she was married to the said William Gilbert on the sixth day of April in the year seventeen hundred and eighty nine, that her husband the said William died on the eleventh day of July in the year eighteen hundred and thirty six, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred & ninety four vi[illegible] at the time above stated and that she has not married since his death, but still remains his widow.

In presence of Wm H Canfield 
S N Sergent                                                                             Hope her x mark Gilbert

Sworn & subscribed to before me this 6th day of April 1841, and I also certify that the said Hope Gilbert by reason of her bodily infirmity is unable to attend & appear before the Court

Stephen N Sergent [illegible] Judge

We John Morgan and Julia Ann Morgan of Montville, Medina County, Ohio being duly sworn [do depose struck out] according to law, do severally depose and say that Hope Gilbert who had subscribed and sworn to the above declaration is the widow of William Gilbert a revolutionary pensioner & who died on the 11th day of July AD 1836 in Greece, Ontario.
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County in the State of New York, that said Hope has not married since the death of said William but that she still remained his widow & that we have been for many years personally acquainted the said Hope & also with said William during his lifetime

Julia Ann Morgan
John Morgan

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6th day of April 1841.  I also certify that said John Morgan & Julia A. Morgan and respectable persons & persons of truth and veracity.
S. N. Sargent Associate Judge 

The State of Ohio  }
Medina County ss  }  I William N. Pardee Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Medina and State of Ohio do hereby Certify that Stephen N. Sargent is an acting Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Medina duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature attached to the foregoing acknowledgement is genuine

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court of Common Pleas at Medina this 8th Day of April AD 1841     William N. Pardee Clerk C. P.
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State of Connecticut }
Middlesex County ss }  I John Fisk Town Clerk of the Town of Middletown in the County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut being duly sworn do Depose & say that among the Record of the first Church & Society of said Middletown purporting to be "A Record of Persons joined together in marriage from January 1st, 1788 by Enoch Huntington Pastor of the first Church & Society in Middletown" is the following to wit

"Seventeen Hundred Eighty-Nine 
April Sixth William Gilbert and Hope Burr both of Middletown" that it is a true Copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows:  "1789 April 6"

I John Fisk above named depose & say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of said Town of Middletown in the County & State aforesaid and that the above is a true Extract from the Records of said first Church & Society of Middletown with the exception above named as certified by me

J W Fisk Town Clerk



Sworn to & subscribed before me this 26th day of December AD. 1840
Chs C. Tyler
Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut}
Middlesex County    }  I John Fisk Clerk of the County Court of said County of Middlesex do Certify that Charles C. Tyler Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex as per Commission on file in my Office & that his Name subscribed to the preceeding Certificate is his proper Handwriting & signature

In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my Hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this 26th day of December AD. 1840.

J.W. Fisk Clk



No. 7781
Hope Gilbert of Williams Ohio
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no. 19.772
William Gilbert
Alegany County
New York

admiitted.
12 mo Private.


Ransom Lloyd Agt.
Alegany County 
Angelica P. Office
New York
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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 reburned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the [illegible] 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. Those 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, showing the Service of William Gilbert [illegible].
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Regulations under the act of June 7, 1882.

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 "volunteer," 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., Teamsters, Boatmen, &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-in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will 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
County of } ss.

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 being first 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 names of his officers;) 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. [hand pointing to the right] 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 he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any 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 the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                 of the Court of             do hereby certify (h) that the 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 make 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 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 days and year aforesaid.
[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 Soldier, 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 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, 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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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 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 live now?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And is a substitute, for whom?
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 service.
6. {To a Soldier} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
{To an Officer} Did you ever receive a commissioned, 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 soldier 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 same 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 his is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, 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 bey 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 or Territory, of 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 the 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 they 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 case 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 to 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 soldier 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 an affidavit in the following words:
"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, ------- days, I served as a -----. For------ months and ------ days, I served as a -------; and for such service 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 pensions to be paid 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 person 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 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 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 civil 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 papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached 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. (A brace { appears before this area with an X in front, note at bottom of page)
[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 leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer 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 [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers, and State Troops. The proof required by rule is 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.

Daniel D. Davidson Exam Clerk
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State of New York
  Allegany County  Ss:
On this 31.st day of October1832
personally appeared in open Court before the judges of the
Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Allegany
now sitting William Gilbert a resident of the town of Rush
ford in the County of Allegany and State of New York
aged seventy four years 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 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under
the following named officers and served as herein stated
That about the first of February 1776 he enlisted as
a soldier at Middletown in the state of Connecticut
into a company commanded by Captain Blake that
the Lieutenant's name was Churchill Ensigns name
was Timothy Clark and Comfort Sage was Colonel
went to Hartford & from there to [Rorbury] near Boston
that he was engaged in building the fort on Dorchester
Heights was there when the British left Boston enlisted
for two months and when his time was out received
his pay & went home
That on or about the first of June in the same
year he again enlisted for six months at Middletown
aforesaid under Lieutenant David Starr into a Company
commanded by Captain Norton and John Sumner
was Colonel, marched through the Country the western
part of Massachusetts to Bennington in [Vermont] from
there to Skenesborough (now Whitchall) in the state of New York
remained there about four weeks that there Lieutenant
Starr and a part of the company was engaged about two
weeks in building a log way through a swamp between
Fort Ann & Fort Edward from there [illegible] to Ticonderoga
and help build a fort at Mount Independence
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that he was then where the British destroyed our fleet on Lake Champlain commanded by Arnold and when they burnt Crown Point that when his time was out he was discharged & went home

That some time about the last of August or first of September in the year 1777 he was drafted at Middletown aforesaid for two months was in the company commanded by Capt Blake the same captain that he enlisted under before was attached to a brigade commanded by General Poor that he marched to Albany then to Bemus Heights at Stillwater where the battle was fought at the taking of Burgoyne was in both battles that he was present when Burgoyne surrendered to General Gates at Saratoga that Colonel Morgan commanded the riflemen that (when his time was out he was dismissed - this was crossed out) he was one of the guard that guarded the prisoners taken in those battles from Albany to Hartford in the state of Connecticut that he was then dismissed & went home

That some time in the month of June in the year 1779 he was again drafted at Middletown aforesaid for two months and joined Captain Lee Lays company a captain of the line in Colonel Bube's Regiment one McDonald was the adjutant who deserted & went to the British was afterwards taken & hung at Hartford in Connecticut in 1790 was stationed at Horseneck and remained there as a scout till his time was out and was dismissed & went home

That he was born at Middletown in the State of Connecticut on the twenty fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
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and fifty eight that his age was recorded on the town book in the said town of Middletown aforesaid that he has a record of his age in a large family bible which was kept by his father and given by his father to him and that he has the said Bible now.

That he was living at Middletown when he listed and called into service that in the year 1790 he moved to Claverack in the state of New York that in 1794 he move to Jerusalem in the County of Ontario same state that in 1828 he moved to Rushford in the County of Allegany where he now resides

that he twice volunteered his services and was twice drafted that he never received a written discharge at any time. That Rev James Going and Abraham J Lyon live in his immediate neighborhood and are known to him & can testify to as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension o annuity except he present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
William Gilbert

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
J W Sherman Clk
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We James Going a Clergyman residing in the town of Rushford in the County of Allegany and state of New York and Abraham J. Lyon in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Gilbert who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy four years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
James Going
Abraham J Lyon

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
J W Sherman Clerk


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 James Going who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Rushford in the County of Allegany & State of New York & that Abraham J. Lyon who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town and is a credible person that their statement is entitled to credit
John Griffin
Josiah Utter
Asa Allen
Judges of the Court of Com Pleas
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I Judson W. Sherman [illegible] of the boat of Co[illegible] Pleas of the bounty of Allegany do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the paid count in the [illegible] of the application of William Gilbert for a pension. 

In testimony whereof I have [illegible] my hand & seal of office this 31^st day of October 1832

J W Sherman [illegible]
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RECORDS DIVISION       3-525
DEPARMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D.C.,                          , 19      

In reply to your request of              , received           for a statement of the military history of William Gilbert a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.      W. Till 24,275

5 column table 4 entries

1st entry
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. Feb. 1, 1776
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 2 mos.
RANK Private
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDDERED.
CAPTAIN Blake
COLONEL Comfort Sage
STATE. Conn

2bd entry
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT June 1, 1776
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 6 mos.
RANK.  left blank
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDDERED.
CAPTAIN Norton
COLONEL John Sumner
STATE. left blank

3rd entry
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. Aug or Sept 1777
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 2 mos.
RANK left blank
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDDERED.
CAPTAIN Blake
COLONEL check mark
STATE. left blank

4th entry
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. June 1779
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 2 mos.
RANK left blank
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDDERED.
CAPTAIN DeLee Lay
COLONEL Beebe
STATE. left blank

Battles engaged in, both battles of Stillwater.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Middletown, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 31, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Rushford, Allegany Co. N. Y.
Age at date of application, b. June 24, 1758 at Middletown, Conn.
Remarks: Sol. married at Middletown, Conn Apl. 6, 1789 Hope Burr, he died July 11, 1836, at Greece N.Y. and she was allowed pens. on her appln. executed Apl. 5, 1842, while 71 yrs of age & a resident of Montville Twp. Medina Co, Ohio. 1846 she resided at Farmersville, Cattaraugus Co., N.Y. with her son , + one Harris Gilbert of that place testified to her identity but did not state relationship.
Very respectfully,


6-2856                             Commissioner.
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++++6170

Ohio
=================
Hope Gilbert,
widow of William Gilbert,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7th June 1832
and who died on the 11th July 1836
of Medina Co in the State of Ohio
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Blade of the Regt; commanded 
by Col. Sage in the Connecticut
line for one year.
=============================
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh, 
at the rate of 40 dollars __________ cents per annum
to commence on the 12th day of July 1836
===========================
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of May
1841 and sent to W.H. Canfield
Medina Co. Ohio
================================
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $185.53
Semi-annual allowance ending      "."
                                                     =====
                                                     $185.53
{Act July 7,}
{1838}

Recorded by W.W.Tyler Clerk
Book A, Vol. 2?d  Page 216
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New York 2516 Albany
Ohio (crossed out)  Pittsburgh (crossed out)
==========================
Hop Gilbert
widow of Wm Gilbert
who was a Private
in the Conn. line
for one year
=======================
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
40 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of march, 1843.
========================
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of oct 1843
and sent to Wm. H Canfield
Medina
Ohio
=====================
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol C? Page 158

opposite side of page
Gin to Pen Agt, 19 Feb 1846
______________________________
To Albany NY from 4 Sep
1845. 27 Feb 1846 notifi
-cation to A. Lyon
Rushland N York
___________________________
Revl Act 78
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Allegheny County
personally appeared before me James McCall and Absalom Miner both of Rushford in said County and on their oath say that they are acquainted with William Gilbert of Rushford in said county who says he is Seventy four years of age and was a Soldier in the revolutionary war
And these Deponents further say that from their acquaintance with the said William Gilbert they verily believe him to be a man of truth and veracity and further say no
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 23 day of October 1832
A J Lyon gr
Absalom Miner JE
James McCall
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Allegany County}
Clerks Office ss}
I Judson W Sherman clerk of said county do hereby certify that Abaham J Lyon before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn was upon the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed thereto  to be his own proper handwriting and signature. 
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 31st day of October 1832
J.W. Sherman
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Payments to be made
at New York
by Presd: U. S. Br: Bank
Agent for paying pension=
ers, in the Agency of New York



Recorded in the Pension Of=
fice, in Book # Vol. 4
Page 57 by W.L. Williams
Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, William Gilbert of the State of New York who was a Private in the war of the Revolution is entitled to receive Forty dollars and ------- cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United
States, this 27 day of 
May one thousand 
eight hundred and thirty three
Lew Cal
Secretary of War

Examined and }
Countersigned.}
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Thomas M Howe
Pension Agent Pittbg Pa
Feb 23 1846

Hope Gilbert
paid to 4 Sept 1845
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Pension Agency
Pittsburgh Pa February 23d 1846

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir
Hope Gilbert pensioner under Act of 3d March 1843 &6 at forty dollars per annum was last paid at this agency re to the 4th of Sept 1845
As directed in Yours of 19th inst I have marked her name transfered to the New York Agency

I am most respectfully
Your Obedient St
ThS M Howe
Pension Agt
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7781
Hope Gilbert of William
Ohio
admitted
Private 1 yr $40-
Cap: Blake Col
Sager Con:
died 11th July 1836
Act of July 1838
canfield
Medina
Ohio
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3133
July 24/43
Hope Gilbert
March 3d/43
Ohio
[postmark] MEDINA JUL 19 OHIO
FREE
Hon J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Medina Median Co. Ohio
July 19 1843
Mr. J.L. Edwards
Sir
Enclosed is the application of Mrs. Hope Gilbert for the continuance her pension under the Act of 3d Mar. 1843
Yours respectfully
Wm H Caufield
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24.275
Hope Gilbert
Wid of 
Wm Gilbert
Pri Rev War
Act: Feb. 2nd 1848
Index: Vol. A, Page 274
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Apr 3' 99
S J Hathaway
Marietta, Ohio
1912 Nov. 9. History to Mrs.
John J. Stubbs ¢
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Wm. Gilbert
19772
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I Jonathan Gilbert of the (water stain obscures the word) and county of Ashtabula and state of Ohio, having been duly sworn to testify to the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth on my said oath do depose and say that I am well acquainted with William Gilbert who now resides as I believe in the town of Rushford County of Allegany and state of New York and at the commencement of the Revolutionary War, at Middletown in the state of Connecticut, that I know of his serving in the militia from that place at Boston for two or three months in the year 1776 when the Americans were laying siege to Boston, the officers under whom he served at that time I do not now recollect. I also distinctly recollect that in the same year the said William enlisted for six months as a private in the Connecticut troops under Capt. David Starr, in Col. John Sumner's regiment which went to Ticonderoga and was absent from home on service there as a suppose about six months. I also know of his being drafted to serve in the Connecticut militia in the year 1777 and recollect his marching with the troops that went to Saratoga just before the taking of Burgoyne and returned sometime after. He was gone at this time about two months. The officers under whom he served at this last mentioned time I do not know. I also recollect that in the summer of 1779 the said William took another tour of duty as a private in the Connecticut militia at Horseneck and was absent from home about two months at that time.
That the said William is a brother of mine. that during the revolutionary war we both made our home at our father's house in Middletown aforesaid, and the said William is now about seventy four years of age. I was Eighty four on the fourth day of March last and further this deponent saith not
Jonathan Gilbert

State of Ohio}
Ashtabula County SS }
Sworn to and subscribed before me Oramel H. Fitch a justice of the peace within and for said county of Ashtabula this eighteenth day of Jully in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two
Oramel H. Fitch Justice of the Peace

From the information I have received, and the knowledge I possess of Jonathan Gilbert I believe the above deposition entitled to full credit
Oramel H Fitch
Ashtabula July 18, 1832
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The State of Ohio}
Ashtabula Count Ss}

I Sam Hendry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the said County of Ashtabula do hereby certify that Oramel Hl Fitch Esquire whose name appears affixed in his own proper handwriting, to the foregoing affidavit and certificate and before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken is a Justice of the Peace of the township of Ashtabula in the said County of Ashtabula, duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to the Laws of the State of Ohio.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at Jefferson the eighteenth day of July AD 1832
Sam Hendry Clerk
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2 Feb 1848
2516
[postmark] RUSHFORD NT JUL 26
FREE
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Rushford July 26 "1848,

Sir.
Enclosed I transmit to your department the affidavit or declaration of Hope Gilbert a claimant for a pension under the act of 2d Feby 1848.
Which is respectfully submitted for your decision, if allowed you will please forward her certificate to me. 
I am very Respect. Your Obt Servt
A.J. Lyon
By Orville Boardman

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
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State of New York}
Allegany County} Ss:
On this 24th day of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty eight, personally appeared before me Samuel White a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid, Hope Gilbert, a resident of the town of Farmersville in the county of Cattaraugus and State of New York, aged seventy eight years, 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 on the 2d February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of William Gilbert who was a Private in the army of the revolution and died on the 11th July 1836 ; and that she is the identical person who drew a pension under the act of the 17 June 1844, on account of the revolutionary service of her husband the above named William Gilbert, at the rate of Forty dollars per annum.
Hope (her X mark) Gilbert
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Samuel White, Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above named 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; and I also certify that she cannot writer her name for reason of age and bodily infirmity
Samuel White, Justic of the Peace

State of New York}
Allegany County}
Clerk's Office Ss}
I certify that Samual White Esquire before whom the above affidavit was taken was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and
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qualified and authorized to take the same and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the foregoing affidavit to be his proper hand writing & his genuine signature
Witness my hand and the Seal of said court this 25th day of July A.D. 1848
Martin Putts
Clerk of Allegany County

Admitted
A. J. Lyon
Rushford
N.Y.
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feb 18 '46
Mr. Evans
Hope Gilbert Ohio
43 2516
[postmark [illegible] NY FEB 16]
10
Hon J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Rushford Feb 7th 1846

Dear Sir

I herewith send you the request of Hope Gilbert widow of William Gilbert for a transfer of her pension from the state of Ohio to this state
It is new business to us be we have come as near as we could by [illegible]
If any thing shared be wrong please direct us right.
I am very respectfully
Your Obt servant
A J Lyon

Hon JL Edwards
Com of Pensions
Her son says she [illegible] at Pittsburg but resided in Ohio A J Lyon
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State of New York}
Allegany County} SSs.

On this 27th day of January 1846 before me Samuel White a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Hope Gilbert who on her oath, declares that she is a pensioner of the United States and widow of William Gilbert who was a private in the War of the Revolution that her name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Ohio from whence she has lately removed that she now resides in the town of Farmersville in the County of Cattaraugus and State of New York where she intends to remain and wishes her pension to be there payable in future.

The following are her reasons for removing from the state of Ohio to the State of New York : that she resided in the town of Medina in the County of Medina and State of Ohio, with her son who was a resident of that place and he having lately died she has removed to the State of New York in order to reside with another son of hers who is a resident of the above mentioned town of Farmersville in the State of New York.
Hope (her x mark) Gilbert

Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid.
Samuel White Justice of Peace

I hereby certify that the above named Hope Gilbert cannot write her name for the reason of never having learned to write
Samuel White Justice of Peace
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State of New York}
Allegany County} Ss: 
On this 29th day of January 1846 before me Samuel White a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Harris Gilbert, and made oath in due form of law, that he is personally acquainted with Hope Gilbert who signed the within application, and that he knows her to be the identical person described and named therein and that she is a pensioner of the United States, late a resident of the County of Medina in the State of Ohio, and is now a resident of the County of Cattaraugus in the State of New York, to which pace she has lately removed
Harris Gilbert

Sworn and subscribed to before me }
 the day and year aforesaid }
Samuel White } Justic of Peace }

I Certify that the above named affiant Harris Gilbert is personally known to me a man of truth and veracity : to the truth of his statements in the above affidavit I am fully satisfied
Samuel White } Justice of the Peace

State of New York}
Allegany County}
Clerks Office Ss}
I William Windsor Clerk of Said county do hereby certify that Samual White Esq before whom the above Judgement (Crossed out) replaced with Affidavit purports to have been recorded (crossed out) replace with Taken was at the date of this [unknown word]
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a Justice of the peace in and for said county and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed hereto to be his proper hand writing
The word? "Judgement" erased & new word "Affidavit" [illegible word] also the word "recorded" erased and the word "taken" [unknown word] be [illegible word] in this certificate.
Witness my hand and the Seal of said county this 4th day of February 1846
William Windsor
Clerk
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3133
Hope Gilbert
$40 per ann:

Wm H. Caulfield
Medina
Ohio -
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838

State of Ohio}
Medina County}Ss

on this 18th day of July AD. 1843 appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Medina, Hope Gilbert a resident of Montville, in said county of Medina, aged seventy three years, 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 on the 3d March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of William Gilbert who was a private in the militia of the State of Connecticut in the Revolution, but the Regiment and the name of the Colonel she cannot now recollect, and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the Act of Jul 7 1838 was forty dollars. She further declares that she is still a widow
Hope (her x mark) Gilbert
In presence of Wm H Canfield
Maria Gilbert

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me. I also certify that the above declarant is personally known to me and is the same person who drew a pension under the Act of July 7. 1838.
Wm H. Canfield
Justice of the Peace
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The State of Ohio}
Medina County Ss}
I Edward L. Warner Clerk of the Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William H. Canfield is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissions and qualified: that his commission was date on the 26 day of April 1841 and will expire on the 26 day of April 1844. and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Said County this 19th day of July A.D. 1843

Edward L. Warner Clerk
S. M. Gilbert, Deputy
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No 7787 Apl 15 1841
Ohio
July 7, 1838
Hope Gilbert

Medina C.H.O
Apr 8
Free
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Medina, Medina County, Ohio
April 8, 1841

J.L. Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions

Dr. Sir
Enclosed is the application of Mrs. Hope Golbert for a pension under the Act of Congress of July 7.1838 She would earnestly desire that an answer might be given to her application as soon as convenient as by the recent death of her son, she is left entirely destitute & is no living on the charity of her neighbors.
Please direct to her at this office, to my care
Yours respectfully
WM H Canfield
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Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly send me a copy of the Pensions paper of Mrs. Hope Gilbert who died in Rushford N.Y. Jan. 12. 1849.
She was the widow of William Gilbert a Rev Soldier from Conn.
Address 
Mrs. John J. Stubbs
108. So. 25th Ave.
Omaha 
Nebraska
Nov. 5th 1912
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box in upper left corner text
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.    
O.W. & N. DIV. REVOLUTIONARY

L. W. B.
W. 24275.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTEROR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., 
April 3rd, 1899.

Sir:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that William Gilbert made an application for pension on October 31, 1832, at which time he was 74 years of age and residing in Rushford, New York, and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war. He enlisted at Middletown, Conn., and served under Capt. Blae and Col. Sage.
  His widow, Hope, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth. At time of widow's application (1836) she was residing in Medina County, Ohio.
Very respectfully,


Commissioner.

Mr. S. J. Hathaway, 
Marietta, Ohio.
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8 sided stamp upper right corner
U. S.
A. & N. S
FEB 10, 1899
DIVISION
P. B.

Law Office of S.J. Hathaway,
Marietta, Ohio.
Feb. 6th /99.

Hon. H. Clay Evans,
Dear Sir:-
For historical purposes I wish to apply for the military history of a soldier of the Revolution.
His granddaughter only knows the following facts:
Name: William Gilbert,
State from which he enlisted, Connecticut
Date of birth: 1758.
Place of enlistment: Old Ham, Conn.
Drew a Pension.
Lived at the town of Gates, Monroe County, N.Y.
Died July 11th 1836
His wife Hope Gilbert after his death drew a pension.
she lived at Granger, Medina County, Ohio. Died some time between 1843 and 1846.
If with these data you can give me the desired information I shall be very much obliged.
Very Respectfully.
S. J. Hathaway

round stamp center bottom
PENSION
II
U. FEB 8 1899 S.
OFFICE
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The National Archives    Division of Veterans' Administration 
Form VAM - 51
12-5-41
Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*

Name Gilbert, Williams
Grade Private
Line New York
Warrant Number 7154 
Acreage 100
Issued Sept. 25, 1790 to Abrm Nelson, 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.