Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13169, Luman Gibbs, Vt.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Vt

Gibbs, Luman

NUMBER
S. 1319
carded

CONTENTS
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(left side)
See letter to P. Agt. & H. J. Fisher May 18 1837

H. G. Fisher June 15, 1837.
do to 3rd Aud. Decb. 1839

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 Sept 1837 to 4 March 1839. Agt notified 20 Decr. 1839

Paid as above from 4 Sept 1839 to 4 Sep 1840. Agt notified 8 June 1841.

Letter to Hon. S. L. Hays & 3 Audr 25th March 1842. Paid as above from Septr 4th 1840 to March 4th 1841. Agent notified April 21st 1842

Paid as above from 4th Mar 1841 to 4th Septr 1841. Agent notified May 17th 1842.

(right side)
16661
Virginia
Luman Gibbs
of Mason in the State of Va who was a Pr: in the --- commanded by Captain --- of the Regt commanded by Col. Fletcher in the Va line for 8 months
Vt Line Records corrected Jany 29/06 JS

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 20 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Sept. 33 and sent to Henry J. Fisher, Point Pleasant, Va

Arrears to the 4th of Septr 1833  66.65
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar: 34  1.33
$79.98

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by N. Rice Clerk, 
Book E  Vol. 6  Page 9
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State of Virginia Mason County to wit
On this sixth day of November A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the County Court of Mason County now sitting Luman Gibbs a resident on the waters of Old Town Creek in the County of Mason and State of Virginia aged sixty seven years last March 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 the 7th 1832,

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated under Capt. Fletcher who commanded the company Lieutenant Coffin was also in the same company in the year 1781 the day and month not recollected and served a tour of eight months duty. he joined the company under Col Lieut. Coffin on the west side of the Green Mountain in the State of Vermont and joined Capt Fletcher who with a division of the company came from the east side of the mountain after joining the Capt at Castleton I remained at an old fort or stockhouse about 14 or 15 miles east from the narrow of Lake Champlain and about 30 miles from Ticonderoga there we were joined by several other companies and the whole was under the command of Col. Fletcher - after serving his tour of duty he was discharged by a written discharge which is now lost and returned home - sometime in the same year that Genl. Wayne traded with the indians he served a tour of three months as a spy at the western part of Virginia at Point Pleasant under the command of Capt. Leonard Cooper and also served as a spy under Moses Mann a Capt it is believed and was engaged in a skirmish with the indians near the mouth of the great Keyawhee of Militia previous to the time tht he served under Cooper that he has no documentary evidence and he knows of no persons whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except Isaac Robinson he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present
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and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state whatever
Luman Gibbs X his mark

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid

We Isaac Robinson & James McDermot residing in the County of Mason in the Commonwealth of Virginia hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Luman Gibbs who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty seven years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and subsequently an indian spy and that we concur in that opinion and that there is no clergyman living in the neighborhood of the applicant. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Isaac Robinson
James McDermit

Isaac Robinson aged 77 years and upwards states that he has known the above named applicant for a pension ever since the year 1793 and also knows of his having served as a spy in western Virginia under the officers stated in the declaration as is therein stated and was with him in one of the engagements stated. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Isaac Robinson

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 an indian spy and served as he states and the Court further certifies that Isaac Robinson the above named witness is a respectable man ancient in appearance well known in the County and well entitled to credit And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Isaac Robinson & James Mcdermot who have signed the preceeding certificate are residents of the County of Mason Virginia are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and the presiding Justice of the Court and some of the members deem it due to the applicant to state that they have a personal knowledge of the traditionary evidence of his having served as a spy in existence
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Freeport in the state of Vermont - Since the revolutionary war I lived in the state of Newyork some four or five years and in Kentucky about 14 months and the rest of the time I have lived in the County of Mason where I do now live.
Question 4th. How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute? And if a substitute for whom? 
Ans. I was called into service under the following circumstances. The militia were divided into classes a call was made for one man from each class and being a young man I went for one class and received L4. bounty and was to serve a tour of nine months but the whole or nearly all the troops were discharged after I had served eight months and at that period I was discharged by a written discharge.

Question 5th. 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.
Ans. There were no regular troops when I served some of the militia officers names were as follows there were Capts Starks & Hutchinson the adjudants name was Brush the searjent majors name was Heath it is believed that a Genl. by the name of Eno was present with the troops some 3 or 4 months of the time. The general circumstances of my service were as follows We were principally employed in throwing up breast works and reconoitering as far as fifty miles to opposite crown point on Lake Champlain and as far as 30 miles to Ticonderoga then in the state of Newyork - The circumstances of my service as a spy was in general in the woods giving information to the inhabitants of the approach of savages as well as the forts and ports and watching the progress of the savages in the woods

Question 6th. did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it signed or given and what has become of it?
Ans. I did receive a discharge from the service it was given by Col Fletcher I left it at my fathers house when I left home and I have never seen or heard of the discharge since my father has been dead for many years and I know not where it now is -
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I Thomas Lewis Clerk of the County Court of Mason County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of application of Luman Gibbs for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 8th day of November 1832
Thomas Lewis Clk

Virginia Mason County to wit
Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Commonwealth Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid the within named Luman Gibbs 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 day days which he entered and left the service but according to the best of his recollection he served no less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades - For eight months I served as a private soldier - and eleven months as a spy and for such services I claim a pension
Luman Gibbs X his mark

(Written vertically left side)
Luman Gibbs

Sworn and subscribed to before me the 8th day of August 1833
Samuel McCulloch

And by way of supplement I have added the interrogatories prescribed by the war department and the answers thereto in writing

Question 1st. Where and in what year were you born? 
Ans. I was born in the State of Connecticut Litchfield County South farms in the year 1765

Question 2d Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Ans. I have no record of my age - I believe my father kept one which I have not seen for forty years he has long since been dead and I do not know where it is

Question 3rd Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live? 
Ans. I was living when called into service in the Township of
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Question 7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Ans. I believe there are many persons to whom I am known who can testify to my character and their belief of my services amongst those but known to the department are Doctor Jesse Bennett of Mason Cty. Major Andrew Waggoner of Point Pleasant Mason County who it is believed commanded at Craney Island Va during the last war Beng. Thomas Esq the present port master at Pt. Plst. M. Cty Va. and Alexander McCulloch the former port master - at the same place
Luman Gibbs X his mark

Sworn and subscribed to before me the 8th day of August 1833
Samuel McCulloch

Virginia Mason County To wit
I Thomas Lewis Clerk of the County Court in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel McCulloch whose name is signed to the preceding certificate in this Street as well as to the affidavit on the street on which the original application is made is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the peace duly commissioned qualified and acting as such and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts as such s well in courts as thereout and that the County Court of Mason is a court of record and that the said Samuel McCulloch is a member of said Court and that the streets annexed by ribbon pressing under my official seal as well as private seal were annexed by m. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 8th day of August 1833
Thos. Lewis Clk.
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Virginia Mason County To wit,
I Peter H. Steenberger presiding Justice of the county court of the County ^aforesd^ in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that Thomas Lewis whose Signature appears to the within Certificate is and was at the time of Signing the Same Clerk of the County Court of Mason County in the State aforesaid.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this 8th day of August 1833.
Petr H. Steenberger [circled] Seal [/circled]
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No 21972
Luman Gibbs Va

Restore from
Admit as a 
Pri 8 mo $26.66

Henry J Fisher
Point Pleasant Va
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
May 13th 1833
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 shew 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, shewing the service of Luman Gibbs Mason County Virginia

Period when the service was recorded.
1781. In year after [illegible] with [illegible]
Duration of the claimant's service
Years. 
Months. 8. 3.
Days. 
Rank of the Claimant. Priv. Spy.
Names and rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  Capt Fletcher. a Cooper
Names and rank of the General and Field officers under whom he served. Col Fletcher
Battles in which the applicant was engaged. None. Skirmish. 
Country through which he marched. Vermont. Va. 
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Aged 67
Evidence by which the declaration is supported. Traditionary. Living [illegible]
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 had been construed to extended, 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., 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 where 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 Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As roles of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department all parts claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, widows of privates, will [illegible] instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant rests. 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 sword, 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. 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 show 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 was signed the proceeding 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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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 serve 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? And if 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?
6. 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 service as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the 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 opinoin 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 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 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 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. 
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[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 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 by mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier 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 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."
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 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 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 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 authentication the papers is not written on the same sheer of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers 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 signatures of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
The notes from [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] The 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.
Dyer Castor
Rayne's treaty was after the close of the Revolutionary War.
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                                                                      USS
Rev. & 1812 War Section
June 22, 1926

Lulu Lane
121 Fayetteville St.
Nelsonville, Ohio

Madam: 
     I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 13169, it appears that Lyman Gibbs was born in March, 1765, in South Farms, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
     While a resident of Rupert Township, Vermont, he enlisted in 1781 and served eight months as private in Captain Fletcher’s Company, Colonel fletcher’s Vermont Regiment. He enlisted, date not stated, and served as Indian spy under Captain Moses Mann and was in a skirmish with the Indians near the mouth of the Kanasha River. He enlisted in 1795 and served three months as Indian spy under Captain Leonard Cooper at Point Pleasant in the western part of Virginia which was later West Virginia. 
     He was allowed pension on his application executed November 6, 1832, at which time he was living near Oldtown Creek, Mason County, Virginia.
     There are no data on file relative to his family.
Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner

Handwritten across the top left hand side:
“She wrote for this history again on December 22. 1926 and advised already etc Rec letter and illegible in all of Luman Gibbs - 1812
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1926 June 22 hihs
of Lulu Lane MCJ
Rev War
13189
INVALID
Nile No. 13, 169
Luman Gibbs
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:- Vol. 1, Page 143
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 26th 1842.

Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Luman Gibbs, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1840 to the 4th March 1841.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris,
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
Second Comptroller's Office, 
May 31st, 1841

Sir: 
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Luman Gibbs, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1839 to the 4th Sept. 1840.  

Respectfully, yours, 
Albion K. Parris, 
Comptroller.  

To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
SECOND CONTROLLER'S OFFICE, 
May 11th, 1842.  

Sir: 
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Luman Gibbs, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Virginia Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1841, to the 4th Sept. 1841.  

Respectfully, yours, 
Albion K. Parris, 
COMPTROLLER.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
Second Comptroller's Office, 
Dec. 8th, 1839.

Sir: 
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Luman Gibbs, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1837 to the 4th March 1839.  

Respectfully, yours, 
Albion K. Parris, 
Comptroller.  

To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.
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FREE
J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
District of Columbia

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Richmond Va. Tuesday June the 13th 1837
Sir, the enclosed three powers of all were presented to the Pension Agency here and he was refused to pay thence for a reason that really I cannot comprehend which yet he says is imperative upon him and he requested me to [illegible] them to you in order to see if you will direct their payment. He says that in all cases where the pensioner makes his mark it is [illegible] to have a secondary witness to the execution of the paper. You will observe that there are two subscribers wherefore to the execution of the power of Atty. and also that the Justice certifies that the Oath of identity was taken before him and that before him who was the paper subscribed. Now if his [illegible] is good as to the taking of the Oath is able to be good as to his signature. It would have been just as easy to have had the witness who witnessed the execution of the power of Atty. to have witnessed the execution of the signature to the Oath of identity as not as the signing of the paper took place throughout in them and my presence and of the witnesses you will observe is Saml G Shaw Post marker at H. Pleasant [illegible] there is some very strong reason against it you will much observe the pensioners by directing the agent to pay these pensions nor should I have troubled you about this matter but for the fact that the mail does not reach Pt. Ht. from this place in less than eight days and nights to return would make sixteen and to this add a day or two or perhaps three before the pensioner would hear of it and repair before the Justice and acknowledge it in order that the witness might [illegible] it before the expiration of which have the Legislature will have adjourned and I will be on my way home
Very respectfully your obdt svt
H J Fisher
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June 14" 1926

U. S. Dept. of Interior
Bureau of Pensions,
Gentlemen:
I wrote you sometime [some time] ago asking for any and all information you might be able to furnish of Luman Gibbs and Julius Gibbs of Mason County, Va. both of whom were Rev. War pensioners and as I have heard nothing from you I decide my letter has sertainly [certainly] been overlooked so am asking again for same information.  I should
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like any possible information as to names of their wives and children. May I hear from you?
Sincerely Yours
Lulu Lane
121 Fayette St. 
Nelsonville, Ohio


[stamp] U. S. PENSION OFFICE, L JUN 15 1926 [stamp]
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Springfield, Ills. 
1107 S 4th St. 
Rev Sec K. J. H.
Secretary Pen. Sept.
In hunting up - Rev War records - I find that we have in the family a [illegible] - which includes a grave - decorated - and hailed as a Revolutionary Soldiers grave. A Rev - War Canteen marked Truman Gibbs - Revolutionary War - he came from Virginia. In looking up his records I find name of Truman Gibbs - but me of Luman Gibbs. Do you think a mistake could have been made in entering the name - he is buried in Lawrence Co Illinois - but of course. may have drawn his pension in some adjoining Co - the Smithsonian [illegible]
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are negotiating. In the Canteen which proves its genuineness. Can you advise me where Luman Gibbs - (Mason) S. W-1835-Pen. 2.167. drew his pension. and if you think Truman and Luman could be the same.
[illegible] - 
Mrs Aurthur Huntington.
1107 S. 4th St.
Springfield
Ills.
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AW
Rev. War Section.
August 22, 1916.
Mrs. Arthur Huntington,
1107 S. [illegible] St.
Springfield, Ills.
Madam:
In reply to your letter which was recieved on the 16# instant, you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford information in regard to any solider named Numan Gibbs.
The Revolutionary War pensioner S. 13,169, Luman Gibbs was born in Litchfield, Conn. In 1765, lived in Vermont during the Revolution and was a resident of Mason County, Va. in 1832.
For the date and place of his death, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, citing all of the following date; Luman Gibbs, Ctf. 16,661, issued Sept. 11, 1833, under Act of June 7, 1832, rate $ 26.66 per annum, to commence Mar. 4, 1832. Virginia Agency.
Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.