Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30500, Richard Hubbell, Continental (N.Y.)
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Service
Continental (N. Y)

Hubbell, Richard

Number
S. 30500

Contents
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30,500
Revy INVALID.
File No. 30,500
Richard Hubbell
Pri  Rev  War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 197
(Arrangement of 1870.)

1914 Apr. 3 Hist. to Mis[illegible]
Horace. S. L. M. Lett[illegible]
2115 Seth Hubbell.
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Kentucky 31.299
Richard Hubbell
Jefferson Co in the State of Ky.
who was a Pri of Act dy. in the Company commanded
by Captain Moody of the Rg't commanded
by Col. Lamb in the N. Y.
line for 7 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 29 Dollars 16 Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Dec. 1837 and seat Hon. W.J. Graves this Sect'y of War

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1837
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '38 - 
$189.54
14 58
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$204.12
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Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
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Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk
Cook E2 Vol. 7 Page 24
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To His Excellency the Secretary of the U. States Treasury_
Your Petitioner Richard Hubbell would State and Show unto your Department, that he is a native; born in the State of Connecticut, on the 4th day of July 1766. that in the year 1781 he removed with his mother to Dutchess County in the State of New York, his father having died in 1776. a prisoner in the Sugar house in New York City. he was taken prisoner at Fort Washington_ In Dutchess ^Cty in the Spring of 1782, there was a requisition for troops, the different companies of the County, in number about 1,000 men, rendezvoused at Fischkill under Col Weisenfelt, each company had to select a captain certain number of men_ Your petitioner then being but Sixteen years old, with the death of his father fresh in his memory, enlisted in the Artillery Company commanded by Capt Moody, in the regiment under Col John Lamb. He enlisted on the 1st day of April 1782 and marched to and was stationed at West Point until the 25 day of December following, a period, say, of nine months, on which day your petitioner was discharged by Lieut. Col. Stephens. who signed the discharge,_ that discharge your petitioner has long since lost_ and he is now without any further proof that he knows of, except his own oath, and some circumstances which he has stated and will hereafter state, which he hopes may be corroborated by papers in the proper department at Washington The act under which he thinks he is entitled to a pension from the 4th day of March 1831. was approved June 7. 1832. until this act he did not know that Soldiers of his class of service, were entitled to provision_ Under this act, he has not heretofore made application; because he was in hopes that for the little time he had to live, he could do without it, he had his Children living and prosperous, and rather chose to lean his decrepit old age on them, than trouble his Country for pay for services, he had so long rendered, and for the blessings of a good government resulting from which he
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has so long enjoyed, but his circumstances have changed God in his providence, has permitted him to outlive his child and the comforts he afforded your petitioner, and he is driven to ask his Country for the little pittance, her bounty, by her laws hold out to him - At the time of his enlistment a description was taken of his person - his age and occupation - He was at the time an apprenticed hatter, sixteen years old, light complexion, five feet, seven or nine Inches high, (which; he now forgets). He had a twin brother named Gersham Hubbell, same complexion same age, same height inlisted at the same ^time in the same company, same Captain same Colonel, and served the same time of service, & he received his discharge by [crossed out: same] the ^same Officer on the same day & year that your Petitioner did- That Brother (Gersham Hubbell) in the year 1833. - got his pension, under the said Act of 1832 - with no other proof as your Petitioner is informed and believes, but his statements on oath corroborated by the regimental and Company returns in the proper office at Washington. Said brother resided at this time he petitioned in the State of Ohio - and received his pension at Cincinatti - Your Petitioner left New York in the year 1817 and lived in the State of Ohio until the year 1819 when he removed with his family to Boone County, Ky where he has ever since resided, until a few months past - he has come to live near and sometimes in the City of Louisville, at which point, he prays the Secretary of the Treasury to permit him to receive his pension if he shall be satisfied that he is entitled thereto -  Signed - Richard Hubbell
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State of Kentucky  December Term 1837.
Jefferson Circuit Sess.   December 14th. 1837.
This day came Richard Hubbell, whose name is signed to the to the foregoing petition to the Secretary of the Treasury for a pension under the act of Congress passed and approved the 7th June 1832, in Open Court and made oath that the facts Stated in the foregoing petition are true, to be the best of his knowledge recollection and belief - and at the same time came W. S. Pilcher who is personally known to the Court and made oath that he has been personally acquainted with Richard Hubble, for upwards of seven years and knows him to be an honest man, of Strict integrity, and unquestionable veracity, and that from his knowledge of W. Hubble he believes and places the fullest confidence in the statements of the said petition as given signed and sworn to him to by him- Also came Henry Campbell and made oath that he has personally known and been intimate with Richard Hubbell the Petitioner for nearly fourteen years, and states that he is a man entitled to the fullest confidence, that he has the most religious regard for truth in all his statements and intercourse in life and he has the fullest confidence in the truth of all the Statements made by W. Hubbell in his petition, and does not believe there is an error in it, except perhaps what may arise from imperfection of memory in a man of his age- He also knew the late Gershom Hubbell his brother, who received a pension in 1833. – Signed
W. S. Pilcher
Henry Campbell
The name of Richard Hubbell was signed to the foregoing petition in open Court, and W. S. Pilcher, and
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Henry Campbell signed their names to this affidavit in open court, Richard Hubbell signed his name with his own hand – 
In Testimony whereof I, J. J. Marshall sole Judge of said Court have hereunto set my hand and cause the seal of my said Court to be hereto affixed by Edmund P. Pope Clerk of said Court the proper officer and keeper thereof in due form of law- this 14th day of December 1837-
J. J. Marshall
State of Kentucky [added in right margin: G536]
Jefferson Circuit Court Sess.
I Edmund P. Pope Clerk of said Court and Keeper of the seal thereof, in obedience to the deduction and order of J. J. Marshall sole Judge thereof made in open Court, have hereunto set my hand and seal and affixed the seal said Court this, 14th day of December 1837
Edmund P. Pope
[Seal symbol]
34,321
Richard Hubbell
Ken
Admitted 7 mo. Pr. Aty.
$29.16/100
on roll bundle No.7. [illegible] 3, [illegible] from 1 June ^178[illegible] to 1 Jany 1783.
Hon W J. James.
N. R.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
S. F. 30,500  Washington, D. C., ___, 19_
In reply to your request of ___, received ___, for a statement of the military history of Richard Hubbell 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.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. Apr. 1, 1782
LENGTH OF SERVICE. Dec. 25, 1782
RANK. Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. Moody
COLONEL. John Lamb
STATE. Continental
Battles engaged in, [check mark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Dutchess Co. N. Y.
Date of application for pension, Dec. 14, 1837  His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Louisville Ky
Age at date of application, b. in Conn. July 4, 1766
Remarks: In 1781 moved with his mother to Dutchess Co. N. Y. his father ^who was taken prisoner at Ft. Washington died in 1776 in Sugar House in N. Y. no names are stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Gershom was twin brother he was also in Service [outline drawn around previous line, lower left corner of page]