Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,642, Gershom Hubbell, New York
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SERVICE 

New York

Hubbell, Gershom or Gersham

NUMBER

S.2642
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1888 July 19 - S. F. Cary - history ---Prvt

71.35
Ohio
Gershom Hubbell
Gersham

of Hamilton Co in the State of Ohio
who was a private in the company commander
by Captain ______ of the regt commander
by Col Stevens in the N Y. ma
for 9 mos from '82

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 30 Dollars 0 0 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of March 1833 and Sent to
[illegible] Storer & Cincinnati O.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833           $60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 15.00
$75.00
{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book E   Vol. 8   Page 10
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11814
Gersham Hubbell
Ohio

from April 1782
nine months.
$30.

Storer & Fox,
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BRIEF in the case of Gersham Hubbell
of Hamilton County in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 66
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

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Period.
1 apl. In 1782 December 82

Duration of Service.
Months, 9

Rank
As a Militia

Name of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen. Knox
Col. Stevens

5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dutchess Co, N.Y.
7. In his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
W. L. Williams [signature]  Examining Clerk
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State of Ohio.
The County of Hamilton SS:

On this fifteenth day of August Anno Domini 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common pleas, for the County of Hamilton, Now sitting, Gershom Hubbell, a resident of Mill Creek Township, in the County and State aforesaid, aged sixty six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress papers June 7. 1832.
Thus he entered in to Service of the Militia States, under the following named officers, and Served a [?] states -
He enlisted as a militia man, on the first day of April 1782, at Fishkill in Dutchess County in the State of New York, and was afterwards, when mustered, transferred to Captain Whites Company, in Col Wisenfelt's regiment of the New York militia : after serving a ^ [insert] few weeks under these officers, deponent was transferred to Capt Moody's company of Artillery, in Col John Lamb's regiment, in the New York State [?], and was stationed at West Point in the State of New York where he remained until he was discharged on the 31 day of December 1782: the name of the officer who gave the discharge was Lieutenant Col Stevens, who then commanded the regiment - This deponant hath not the discharge
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alluded to in his possession: he gave it up to his master, the deponent being then an apprentice, since which he hath not heard of the name -

We hereby relinquish any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State -

Sworn to & subscribed in open court, this day & year aforesaid - }
Gershom Hubbell [signature]
Danl Gano Clerk [signature]

Mr Walter Scott a clergyman, residing in Claimants Hamilton County about nine miles distance from the residence of the applicant and Henry Fairchild residing the same as Solomon Rogers who resides in the neighborhood [illegible] hereby certify that we are now acquainted with Gershom Hubbell, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be sixty six years of age: that he is reputed and believed to this neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution: and that we remain in that opinion.

Sworn & subscribed in open court, the day & year aforesaid -
Walter Scott [signature]
Henry Fairchild [signature]
Solomon Rogers [signature]
Danl Gano Clerk [signature]
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And the said Gershom Hubbell being sworn, makes oath to the following answers to the interrogatories proposed to him -

1 That he has been informed by his parents, and believing, that he was born in the County of Fairfield, in the State of Connecticut -

2 That he has seen a record of his age in his fathers bible but where the same now is he can not say - He was born on the 4' July Anno Domini 1761

3 He lived in Dutchess County New York, when he was called into Service - has lived since revolutionary war until 1806 in New York, [illegible] that part in Ohio, where he now resides -

4 He was drafted in to the Service -

5 Col. Stevens & General Knox, who then [illegible] Col. Beaus regiment, of Connecticut - deponent [illegible] for that regiment -

6 deponant received a discharge from Col Stevens. 31 Dec. 1782 which he gave to his master Shelton Fairchild of Dutchess Co, the deponant being his apprentice - 

7 Walter Scott, Henry Fairchild & Solomon Rogers
Gershom Hubbell [signature]
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And the said court, do herby declare this opinion, after the investigation of the matter & 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 Walter Scott who has signed the preceeding [sic] certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Hamilton and the said Harvey Fairchild and Solomon Rodgers, who also signed the same are ^[insert] residents of the said County of Hamilton and are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit  ____
I Daniel Gano Clerk [?] of the court of common pleas in and for said county, do herby certify that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Gershom Hubbell for a pension, 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Cincinnati this 20th of August 1832 ______

Danl Gano [signature]
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O. W. N. Division.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., May, 1893

Sir
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Gershom Hubbell, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for a pension on file in this Bureau. 

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DATES OF ENLISTMENT
April 1782

LENGTH OF SERVICE
9 mo

RANK.
Pvt

OFFICERS UNDER WHO SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
"  " White
COLONEL.
"  " Weisenfelt

STATE.
N.Y

[notation] & [?] afterwards transferred to Colo John Lamb N.Y. Artillery

Battles engaged in, not stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Dutchess County NY, where an apprentice
Date of application for pension, August 1832
Residence at date of application, Mill Creek, Hamilton County
Age at date of application, born in Fairfield County Conn July 4, 1766
Remarks: moved in 1816 to Hamilton Co Ohio

Very respectfully, [blank] Commissioner.
[hand written note and underlined] not the one

Mr Clifford Hubbell [crossed out]
At Columbia Bank [crossed out]
Buffalo N.Y [crossed out]
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2642
INVALID.
File No. 2642
Gersham Hubbell
Pri. R. Y. Ma. 
Act: June 7, '32
Index:-Vol. A, Page 183
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1893. May 11. History to Buffalo, N.Y.
Clifford Hubbel,
F.S.
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Gershom Hubbell in Aug 1832 of Mill Creek Hamilton Co Ohio born in Fairfield Co Con. July4 1766. Lived in Dutchess Co NY when he enlisted & after the war in NY State until 1816 Been in Ohio ever since - He was an apprentice to Mr [name crossed out illegible] Fairchild in Dutchess Co where he enlisted ^[insert] for 9 mos in April 1782, under Colo Wienfelt [sic] NY Regt of Militia & afterwards transferred to Colo Lamb's arty regt
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Cincinnati Sept. 27. 1832

Sir -

The enclosed application for pension, we would thank you to investigate, and if the old gentleman are entitled to the claims they afront, we would further request that [?] and the [?] certificates to us -
Very respectfully
= Storer & Fox =

In this hand. this [?] at [?]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Gershom Hubbell which require further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. Has he mentioned 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 amout [sic] of pension he is entitled? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of Jun 7, 1832? Yes
VII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal  knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. Ina 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, and_____ days, I served as a _______ For _____ months and ______days, I served as a ______; and for such service I claim a pension.