Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22585, Joseph Webb, Continental (N. H.)
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(3─1776)

SERVICE
Continental (N.H.)

Webb, Joseph
Elizabeth

NUMBER
W. 22 585

CONTENTS
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2254.
Albany
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Elizabeth Webb
N. H.
widow of Joseph Webb
who was a Private
in the Revolution
✓A.J.
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
30 Dollars ----- ["Cents" lined thru]
per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1843.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 
27th day of Dec, 1843
and sent to Z. Knox
Lowville, N.Y.
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[ Act of March 3, 1843. ]
Recorded in Book A,
Vol. 1 Page 116.

[left side]
Let N Jay [words lined out]
8 Dec 1843
Date of death not on AB
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14, 865
New York
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Joseph Webb
of Lewis Co in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Towns of the Regiment commanded 
by Colonel Reed in the N. Hampshire 
[line] for the term of nine months 
from February 1776 to November 1776. 
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York 
at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to 
commence on the 17th day of April 1818 
and [blank]
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Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of September 1819
and sent to S. Stone Esq. 
Lowville N.Y.
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Restored to the Roll on 11th day of
April 1828 and notification sent to
Hon. S. Wright Jr at House of Reps
Pension commencing on the 5th
of March 1828.
Amount due on 4th of Sept 1828.
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$48.00
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{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 
1818, May 1, 1820. 1 March 1823 }
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This endorsement pertains to Joseph Webb - Ctf. No. 20571- File No. 14829 - See the Treas. Dept.
report which was found in this
→Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 Sept 1838 to 4 March 1839. Agent
notified March 1840
Died Oct 24, 1834
Case dated Jan. 13, 1840, states that the amt was 60 dollars per annum under the Act of June 7,
1832, & has been put with that Joseph Webb, who was not recorded as deceased on that report hence the payment to Mch. 4, 1839 would not pertain to this man who d. [died] in 1834
M H F
Aug. 1937
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5858
of
Elizabeth
for pension
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State of New York
County of Lewis  ss.
On this 25th day of September 1838 personally appeared before the Hon. John W. Martin a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County Elizabeth Webb a resident of the Town of Watson in said County of Lewis and State of New York aged Eighty one years who being first 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 7th 1838, entitled an act granting half pay
and pensions to certain widows:
That she is the widow of Joseph Webb who was a private in the Revolutionary Army and who was a pensioner of the United States and inscribed on the Pension List Roll of the New York Agency at the rate of Eight Dollars per month but that she is unable to state the Company or Regimental officers under whom he served and she begs that reference may be had to the declaration and affidavits on which
his pension was granted for evidence of
his service.
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Webb on the tenth day of March in the year Seventeen hundred
and seventy nine by the Reverend James
Alcott at Charleston New Hampshire & that her Maiden name was Elizabeth Williams.
That her husband the aforesaid Joseph Webb
died on the 24th day of October 1834 at Watson aforesaid, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service for which
he was pensioned but the marriage took
place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and Ninety four was at the time stated
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Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written and before require
before the word [Illegible] before signing 
Subscriber   Elizabeth  X (her mark) Webb
John W. Martin
First Judge
Lewis Com. Pleas.
I hereby certify that declarant is in my
opinion unable by reason of the infinities
of age to appear in open Court to make
a declaration & also to unable to write
her name for the same cause.
John W. Martin
First Judge
Lewis Com Pleas
State of New York
Clerks Office Lewis County 
I Carlos P Scovil Clerk of
said County do hereby certify that
John W. Martin Esquire before whom
the foregoing Declaration was taken
was at the time of taking the same
a Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas of said County Commissioned and duly sworn and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and verily believe his signature subscriber above to said declaration is genuine.

Given under my hand & seal of said
County this 13th day of July 1889
Carlos P. Scovil Clerk
R
Wm. King Depy Clk
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Joseph Webb married to
Elizabeth Williams by Elder
James Alcott at Charleston
MARCH 10th 1779
Huldah Webb born April 5 1778
Disbrew Webb born May 17th 17??
Hannah Webb born June 5th 1785

(The writing on this page is very faded and illegible.)
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State of New York
Clerks Office Lewis County 
I Carlos P. Scovil Clerk of said County
do hereby certify that Ela Collins Esquire
before whom the foregoing affidavit was
taken was at the time of taking such
affidavit a Justice of the Peace in for
said County Commissioned & duly sworn and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe his signature ascribed to said affidavit is genuine Given under my hand & seal of said County this 19th day of June 1839
Carlos P. Scovil  Clerk
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Joseph Webb, Priv
Lowville, Lewis Co.
New York
February to Novemr
1776, in Col. Joseph
Reeds regt N.H.
line
17. April, 1818.
Admitted
Silas Stow, judge,
Lowville, Lewis
County, N. York
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I Joseph Webb formerly of the town of
Springfield in the State of Vermont
but now of the Town of Lowville in the
County of Lewis do depose and say, that
at Winter Hill near Boston
in the month of Feby in the year 1776
I enlisted into the Army of the United States
in a company commanded
by Ezra Town belonging to a Regiment
of the New Hampshire line commanded
by James Reed- That I served till
December or the last of November 1776
when I was honorable discharged- I
enlisted for one year but being unwell
was discharged as above.  The written
discharge was consumed by the burning
of my house-- That I have no document relative to my services- And
I further depose that by reason of my reduced
circumstances in life I am in
need of assistance from me country
for support - Dated April 17th 1818
The word James was partially
[Illegible] by mistake.
Joseph Webb
I Silas Stow first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and for the county of Lewis in the State of New York certify that on the seventeenth day
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day of April in the year 1818 Joseph Webb within named made before me solemn oath to the truth of the declaration subscribed by him- That he is well known to me personally-- that I have no doubt of its truth.  That it appears to my satisfaction that he served in the revolutionary war against the
[Illegible] enemy and that I am satisfied he comes under the provisions of the act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of
the United States in the revolutionary War.  And I now transmit the testimony and proceedings had therein to the Secretary of the Department of War Lowville April 17. 1818
Silas Stow
First Judge Court C. P
for Lewis County
I Silas Stow certify that I am well
acquainted with this applicant and
that know he is in very reduced circumstances
and is in need of the assist
and of his country for support
Silas Stow
A. Judge as above
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I Edward Barrett Clerk of the
County of Louis do hereby certify
that Silas Stone was in the seventeenth
day of April 1818 first Judge in and
for the County of Louis in the State of
New York duly commissioned and
sworn,  and that the foregoing Signature
is the proper hand writing of the said
Silas Stow- In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and the
Public Seal of the said County of
Louis this 22d day of May 1818-
Edward Bancroft Clky of Lewis County
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Revolution Pensioner
Lewis Co New York
For Increase
Hon E. Heath
Court of Our
Ovid April 10  '52
Sir
I am informed that Joseph Webb was a
person at $96. his widow at $30
I ask for a copy of his alleged service,
he was a pensioner of New York
Respectfully
Most Obedient
Arad Joy
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State of Wisconsin)
County of Jefferson)  ss
Joseph Webb being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is a child Elizabeth Webb & Joseph Webb
deceased, to whom a pension was probably due & who was an applicant for a pension from the State of New York that this deponent is directly interested as one of the
claimants in said claim.
That he drew a part pension
Joseph Webb
Sworn and subscribed before me this 27 day March 1852 and I do hereby certify that the
said Joseph Webb is a respectable person, and that I have full faith in the truth of
the above statement sworn to by him as being directly interested in said claim
Josiah S Teskins
Justice of the peace

Know all men by these presents, That Joseph Webb a child of Elizabeth Webb pensioner deceased to whom a pension was probably due & who was an applicant for a pension from the State of New York do hereby constitute and appoint Arad Joy, of Ovid, N. Y., my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name as one directly and personally interested
as also for and in behalf of all others interested in the in the claim or application for a pension as above mentioned
Witness my hand and seal, this [Blank]
day of 1852
SEALED AND DELIVERED IN
THE PRESENCE OF
Hiram Tamberley
Joseph Webb     [SEAL]

State of Wisconsin)
County of Jefferson)
Be it known that on the 27 day of March 1852
before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State duly authorized 
by law to administer oaths take acknowledgements, personally appeared Joseph Webb have named and duly acknowledged the above Power of Attorney and affidavits to be his act and deed
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and date above mentioned
Josiah S Perkins
Justice of the peace
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Joseph Webb, applicant
for a pension &c-
14868
Russell Parish
Lowville
N.Y.
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State of New York Lewis County SS
On this nineteenth day of September 1821, personally appeared in open court, to wit, the Court of Common Pleas, held at the court house in the town of Martinsburgh in & for the County of Lewis, the same being a court of record in and for said County, proceeding according to the Court of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and possessing a seal, Joseph Webb aged sixty two years, resident in the Town of Lowville, in the County aforesaid and State of New York, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, to wit, as a private in the company commanded by Captain Ezra Towns, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Reed, and in the line of the State of New hampshire, on the continental establishment; that he enlisted for the term of one year on or about the fifteenth day of January 1776; that he continued to serve in the said corps until about the 15th day of November following, when he was discharged from the said service by reason of sickness, at Mount Independence in the State of Vermont, that the date of his original declaration is on the sixteenth day of April in the year 1818; and that the number of his pension certificate is 14.865.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself
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within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary War." passed on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person, in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed (necessary clothing and bedding excepted); and that the account of my creditors by me subscribed and hereto annexed is in all respects just and true.

And I further swear that I was sixty two years of age last February; that I am by occupation a farmer; that I now am, and have been for ten years last past, afflicted with a breach or hernia which at times is verry troublesome; that I now am, and have been for the last twenty years afflicted with the rheumatism in my back & limbs; that I am also troubled with a trembling of the nerves, and have been ever since the revolutionary war, occasioned by a fit of sickness while in the service of the United States in said war; and that I am not able by reason of the above named complaints to labor more than one fourth part of the time, and can do but little while laboring, and that I am not able to support myself. And I do further swear that the number of my family residing with me is two, besides myself, to wit, Elizabeth Webb my wife aged sixty three years
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last June, and Sally Webb my daughter aged twenty four years last February; that my wife Elizabeth Webb now is and has been for the last ten years, afflicted with the rheumatism in her hip and limbs; and that she is not able, and has not been, for the last year, to do her ordinary housework more than half the time; that my daughter Sally Webb is of a weekly constitution, and has been so from a child; and that she is barely able to support herself by her labor
Joseph Webb

Sworn to and declared on the 19th day of September 1820 before the said Court
John Safford Clerk of Lewis County of said Court

Schedule of the Estate (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) of Joseph Webb of Lowville in Lewis County and State of New York - applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress of May 1st 1820.

Real Estate
I have a deed of fifty acres of land in the town of Lowville in the County of Lewis and State of New York, there is an old house standing thereon - about 7 acres of said land are under improvement. There is a mortgage incumbrance of three hundred dollars, charged on said land, and which I gave to secure the purchase money for the land - not worth so much as amt. charged thereon by fifty dollars
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Personal Estate         Value
2 Cows --- $25.00
1 two year old steer  --- 10.00
1 small calf --- 1.50
2 swine --- 3.25
2 small pigs --- .50
1 kitchen table --- .75
4 old kitchen chairs --- 1.00
1 woolen spinning wheel --- 1.00
1 linen spinning wheel --- 1.50
1 four pail iron kettle (broke) --- .50
1 small dinner pot --- 1.00
1 small kettle --- .25
1 small cracked kettle --- .06
1 old tea kettle --- .13
3 dining plates old --- .9
7  lg sized plates cracked --- .7
6 small plates  all cracked --- .6
5 cups & saucers cracked --- .18
3 cups & saucers sound --- .25
1 qt bowl --- .12
1 qt bottle --- .8
1 milk pan cracked --- .09
1 broken pudding dish --- .02
1 broken 2 qt pitcher --- .2
1 three pint coffee pot --- .12
1 frying pan --- .50
1 pair tongs & shovel --- 1.25
1 andiron --- .50
1 old musket --- 1.50
1 old axe --- .25
1 half pt tumbler --- .6
1 meat barrel --- .12
1 flour barrel --- .12
1 three qt pail --- .18
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2 water pails --- .37
1 old wash tub --- .25
1 churn press poor --- .12
1 tin 2 qt basin --- .12
5 knives & forks, 1 carving knife --- .50
1 rolling pin --- .6
1 Bible & Psalm book --- .25
1 old book --- .12
1 powder horn & shot bag --- .25
1 gimble --- .6
1 iron candle stick --- .6
1 old Scythe poor --- .18
1 smoothing iron --- .18
2 acres of corn in the field --- 7.50
1/3 acre of potatoes --- 2.00
1 doz. fowls --- .75
1 ton very poor hay --- 1.00
a few beans --- .25
1 old soap tub --- 
1 old fat tub --- .12
4 old iron table spoons --- 8
7 or 8 shock of poor wheat --- 1.50
1 stack of poor rye --- .75
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$69.80
Joseph Webb

Account of the creditors of the said Joseph Webb over and above the sum charged on the land above mentioned
Due Joseph Webb, Junr. of Lowville in Lewis County --- $40.00
Due Jonathan Ball, Junr. do  do --- 2. 00
Due Rufus Stephens  do   do --- 8. 00
Due Augustus Mills  do   do --- 13.00
Due Isaac W. Bostick  do   do --- 8.00
Due James H. & S. Leonard  do   do --- 8.84
Due Joseph A. Northrop  do   do --- 1.50
Due Lemuel Wood  do   do --- 4.00
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$85.34
Joseph Webb
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I John Safford, Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Lewis and Clerk of the said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed an truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the
total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is sixty nine dollars and eighty cents.  In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
all of the said Court, on this thirteenth day of October 1820
John Safford, Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas
& for the County of Lewis
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May 31, 1939.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/c
Joseph Webb
W. 22585
Mr. Jesse W. Johnson
720 East Wisconsin Avenue,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Joseph Webb, who was born in Charlestown, New Hampshire in 1758.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim W. 22585, based upon the military service in that war of Joseph Webb,
Joseph Webb was born in February 1758. The place of his birth and names of his parents are not shown.
Joseph Webb enlisted at Winter Hill, near Boston, January 15, 1776, served as private in Captain Ezra Towne's company,
Colonel Joseph Reed's New Hampshire regiment and was discharged
November 15, 1776, at Mount Independence, Vermont.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed April 17, 1818, while residing in Lowville, Lewis County, New York.
He was formerly of the town of Springfield, Vermont.  In 1828, he was living in Watson, said, Lewis County,
He died at Watson, New York, October 24, 1834.
Joseph Webb married March 10, 1779, at Charlestown, New Hampshire, Elizabeth Williams, born in June 1757, place of her
birth and names of her parents not stated.
Soldier's widow, Elizabeth, was allowed pension on her application executed September 25, 1838, while residing in Watson,
New York.
The following names of children of Joseph and Elizabeth Webb
are shown:
Huldah Webb
born April 5, 1781.
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Children of Joseph and Elizabeth Webb continued:
Disbrew Webb born May 17, 1783
Hannah Webb   "     June 6, 1785
Sally Webb        "     February -- 1796
Joseph Webb, Junior, date of birth not shown; in 1854, Joseph was living in Lewis County, New York.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Elizabeth Webb, widow of Joseph Webb, you should address the Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Elizabeth Webb, widow of Joseph Webb
Certificate No. 2254
Issued December 27, 1843
Rate $30.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1843
Act of March 3, 1843
New York (Albany) Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, Joseph Webb son of Joseph and Elizabeth Webb, the former a Revolutionary Soldier & 
both pensioned drawing their pensions at Lowville, N.Y. by [Illegible] Knox Esq. as [Illegible]
by a constituted and appointed, and by these presents do constitute and appoint Cordial Storrs of of Lowville, N.Y., my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, with power of substitution, for me
and in my name, place, and stead, to ask and receive of and from the United States [Blank]
and in my name, to give receipts and other sufficient discharges for the amount found due as aforesaid, and to do any and every other act or acts that I myself might or could do, were I personally present at the doing there
of ;  hereby confirming whatsoever my said Attorney shall do in and about the premises by virtue thereof.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifteenth day of July 1854.
Joseph Webb
Signed, sealed, and delivered, in the
presence of G Bostwick)
[Blank]                           )    2 Witness

State of New York)
County of Lewis   )  to wit :
On this Fifteenth day of July 1854, personally appeared Joseph Webb before me, and acknowledged the above power of attorney to be his act and deed for the purposes there
in contained.
Gerrit Bostwick  Justice of the Peace    {SEAL]
[Blank]
Clerk of the [Blank] Court in the [Blank]
before whom
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Albany 4.399
Elizabeth Webb
widow of Joseph Webb
who was a pensioner under the Act of March 1818
and who died on the 24th Oct. 1834
of Lewis Co. in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the company commanded
Captain Towns of the [Illegible] commanded
by Col. Reed in the N. Hampshire
line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany 
at the rate of 30 Dollars per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Oct 1839 and sent to Z. Knox
Lowville N, York
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '39   105.00
Semi-annual allowance ending
[Illegible]   15.00
-----$120.00
(Act of July 1838)
Recorded by D,
Book A
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14.865
New York.
Joseph Webb
of Lowville in the state of New York
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Reid
of the New Hampshire
line, for the term of one year.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York [Illegible]
rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
17th of April, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of Sept 1819
and sent to Silas Stow Esq
Lowville, N. York

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819.  16 ms.18/30 132.80
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 Mar 1820               40.00
                                                                  $172.80
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.
[Signature Illegible]
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[Illegible] sent to Rupell Parish July 1832
Lowville N.Y.
[Writing is upside down- only the date can be determined  1828]
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Pratt Deposition
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I Ebenezer Pratt of County of Handcock in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire testify and say that on the first of January in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six at Winter Hill near Boston in the Massachusetts Bay I enlisted into the Army of the United States under the Continental Establishment in the Newhampshire Line, in a company commanded by Capt. Ezra Towne -- belonging to the Regiment commanded by Col. James Reed in [illegible] John Sullivan [illegible]that I served one year. that I was well acquainted with Joseph Webb who was a soldier in said company with me and served with me about one year from about the middle of January
1776 until about the middle of November. that following at which time being at Mount Independence the company was ordered  to [illegible] said Webb being sick was unable to do duty was left behind and served no more while I remained in said service. I further say I have no interest in the foregoing deposition more than to state the truth.
Ebenezer  X   Pratt.
State of Newhampshire
[illegible]
Marlon August 14th March 1819 personally appeared the above named Ebenezer Pratt and made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is Just and True.
Before me      Elisha Huntley Justice Peace
This may certify that I consider the above named Ebenezer Pratt to be a man of truth and veracity.
Elisha Huntley Justice Peace
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Cheshire  ss
Aug 15, 1819
I Salma Hale Clerk of the Judicial Court in said county certify that Elisha Huntley is a Justice of the Peace in of or said county & that the forgoing is his signature.
In testimony whereof & hereunto affix the seal of our Superior Court of Jurisdiction.
S. Hale

[No SEAL]
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Debills Depositiion
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I  Alexander Debell of Alstead in the County of
Cheshire and State of New Hampshire Testify and say that on the first of January in the year 1776 at Winter Hill near Boston in Massachusetts Bay.  I enlisted in to this army of
the United States under the continental establishment in a company commanded by Capt Ezra Towne belonging to the Regiment commanded by Col James Reed in Gen John
Sullivan's Brigade- That I served one year.  That I was well acquainted with Joseph Webb who was a soldier in said Company from a bout [about] the middle of January 1776 till
about the middle of November not following at which time the being at mount Independence the company was
ordered to [Illegible] said Webb being sick and unable to do duty was left behind and I saw him no more while I remained in said service Alexander C Debell
State of New Hampshire 
Cheshire Cty
Alston August 10th 1819 personally appeared
Alexander Debell  the above Signer
and made solemn oath that the
above Deposition by him subscribed
is just and true
Before me Ezra Kidder J. Peace
This may certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Alexander Debell.  That I comided [commend] him to be a man
of truth and veracity.
E. Kidder Justice of the Peace
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Cheshire Aug 15 1819
I Salma Hale Clerk of the Judicial Courts in said county certify that Ezra Kidder is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the foregoing is his signature
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix
the seal of our Superior Court of [Illegible]
S. Hale

[NO SEAL}
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14 March 1828
Case of Joseph Webb 
Hon. Silas Wright
act 1 March 1823

The Honorable
[illegible]
Secretary of War

Pension Office
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Representative Chamber
13 March 1828
The Honorable
Secy of War, 
Sir
I enclose to you some additional papers which have been forwarded to me on the subject of the application of Joseph Webb for a pension as a revolutionary Soldier.
The original papers when transmitted by me [Illegible, Illegible, Illegible] and placed upon the files of the department.
 I shall be obliged for a nature of the
result of the application, as soon as the papers
are examined, and it shall be [Illegible].
I am Very respectfully
Your obett Servt
Silas Wright Sr.
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Lowville
14 Jany

Hon Silas Wright Jr
Washington
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Lowville Jany 12, 1828
S Wright Jr. Esq.
Dear Sir,
I enclose you the papers of Joseph Webb an applicant for a pension.
 I am personally acquainted with Mr. Webb, he is a respectable old gentleman & is very poor.  Unless he receives a pension he must, with his family go to the poor house for support.  Please do what you can to assist him. If his papers are incorrect as to form they can be readily corrected.
I am with due respect,
[Illegible]
Ela Collins
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Cordial Storrs
July 25 /54
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158
Pension Office,
July 25, 1834
Sir
I have received and examined your letter of
the 17th inst in relation to the case of Elizabeth
Webb, widow of Joseph, and accompanying
power of Attorney.
Joseph Webb was pensioned under the
act of March 18. 1818, at $96 per annum.
He did not claim more than 9 months, which was however, sufficient under that act to entitle him
to said pension.  His widow was entitled
by the act under which she was pensioned
only to pension according to the length of
of service  which being of 9 months amounted to $30 per annum.  This she way allowed.
There is no ground for increase. 
Very respectfully
[Illegible] C
Cordial Storrs, Esq
Lowville,
New York
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Arad Jay
Sept 9 /52
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108
Pension Office

Sept. 8, 1837
Sir,
Joseph Webb was pensioned under the Act of 1818 for nine months service in Col. Reed's Regiment, Capt. Towne's Company, N. H. Line, all the service claimed by him. His widow was pensioned under the act of Jul 7, 1838 & 
for the same service, and there are no arrears due in either case. Permit me again to remind you that [illegible]
[illegible]
Additional testimony will always be promptly and carefully considered, and [illegible] to do
justice to the government and claimants.
Asa Joy
[illegible] New York
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Lowville July 17th '34
Hon. L.P. Waldo
Sir
The object in sending the accompanying power of Att. is the following - Jrs
Webb father of the applicant was pensioned $96
dollars per year.  His widow was pensioned $30
per year.  The applicant believes that she should have rec'd $48 - the soldiers half pay.  The applicant wishes to know the reason why his mother did not receive the half pay and whether he [Illegible, Illegible]
Respectfully your obt Servt

Cordial Storrs Jr
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The Honorable 
The Secretary of War
of the United States

R Feb 4, 1828
Joseph Webb
[Illegible]
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Dr. Sir,
Enclosed I send you the papers of Joseph
Webb as an applicant for a pension.  Should
any amendment be required in the form of
these papers, or in the evidence necessary to
substantiate the claim, I shall be much
obliged for the information as early at the
business of the office will permit.
I send also the letter of the Hon. Ella
Collins which enclosed the papers to me
I am Very respectfully
Your Obet Sett
S. Wright Sr
The Hon. Secretary of War.
Representative Chamber
Feby 2nd 1828
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State of New York
Lewis County & for:
We Jonathan Ball and Daniel Williams both of Lowville in the county of Lewis, being duly sworn do severally swear, depose and say, that we are and have been for several years past neighbors to Mr. Joseph Webb, that we have seen him very often and have generally known the manner in which he conducted his business; that each of us recollect that he received in stock and money the sum of two hundred dollars at the time he sold his land to Benjamin Rowland something more than two years ago; that we have reason to believe and do believe, that he has expended the said sum in a judicious and economical manner in the maintenance and support of himself and family, and in the payments of some debts due from him, at the time he received said sum.  We further state, that said Joseph Webb is now very poor and considerable inform, that he is a man of fair character and of correct habits and deportment. And further these deponents say not. 
Sworn this 23rd of February
1828 
Before me.
[Rupill] Parish, [Just. Penn]
of Lewis County
Jonathan Ball
Daniel Williams
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State of New York
Clerks Office  )       
Lewis County )  ss
I do hereby certify that Russel Parish, whose name appears within as a Justice of the Peace was on the day of the date mentioned by him as such a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county dwelling in said county duly commissioned and sworn and duly authorized by law to take affidavit, and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice verily believe that the signature of  "Russell Parish" subscribed to the said affidavit to be the proper hand writing of said Justice.
In witness whereby I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said county February 26th 1828.
Andrew W. Doig  Clerk

[NO SEAL]
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State of New York)
Lewis County       )  ss 

Charles Dayan being duly sworn deposes
& says, that he has acted as an agent for James & Vincent Le Ray De Chaumont in the sale of lands for the last five years; that he is now their agent; that about two years since, he as such agent, sold fifty acres of land situate in the Town of Watson, Lewis County to Mr. Joseph
Webb for which land the said owners, gave a contract in their names, to said Webb; that said Webb did not pay any part of the purchase money at time of sale, or give any security for such payment other than his bond; that
he has not since paid to me or given any security for such payment, any sum whatever; nor has he according to my knowledge & belief paid or secured to be paid to the owners
any part of said purchase money; nor have the said owners as I verily believe any security of any sort except the land sold, the title of which will remain in them until the contract is fulfilled by said Webb.  I further depose that the said land cannot be sold in my judgement, within any short period, at a higher price than is due for it by said Joseph Webb, if for an equal sum.
I further depose & say, that the mortgage on the land he owned in the Town of Lowville & sold about two years since to Benjamin Rowland, but for which I took a deed in my own name, was, as I believe given for the
purchase money only of said land and that said Webb has expended for the comfort of his family, the amount he received on said sale, about two hundred dollars as I
verily believe.  And further this deponent saith not.
Chas Dayan
Sworn this 4th day of March 1828
Before the
Russell Parish, Just Peace
Chas Dayan
of Lewis County
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Clerks office   )
Court County )  ss
I certify that Russell Parish whose name appear
within is a justice of the Peace, was on the day of the date mentioned by him as such a Justice of the Peace in and for said County dwelling in said County duly Commissioned and sworn and duly authorised [authorized] by law to act as such. And further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe that the signature of Russell Parish subscribed within to be his own proper hand writing.  In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County March 5th 1828.
Andrew W. Doig Clerk
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Lowville N.Y.)
July 10          )  (Postage stamp date)   
[Illegible]
Hon. John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington City

Recd 19 Feb. 1821
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Lowville (N.Y.) Feby 9th 1821
Hon: John C. Calhoun
Sir-- I enclosed to you, some time since, schedules of the property of several [Illegible] war applicants for pensions under the act of
Congress of 1st May 1820.  To the applications
of Job Snell, Ichabod Murray & Joseph Webb,
who were of the number, no returns have been
received.  They are very anxious to learn whether
they are to be continued on the pension list &
desire that law would inform me as early
as convenience and time will permit.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
Russell Parish
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old case
[Illegible]
The Hon. John C. Calhoun
Secy. War
Washington
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Lowville Aug. 28, 1819
Sir,
I have the honour of
enclosing J Webb, application with
additional proofs.
Sir With great respect I am
Your most Obedient & very
Humble Servant
Silas Stow

The Hon. J. C. Calhoun
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Elizabeth Webb
Pensioner of N.Y.
law of '38
from
Arad Joy
Jan 3 1853
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(Page very faded)
aged 62 years
---
aged 63 years
-
daughters 24 years old
-
50 [Illegible] herewith
old house therein and
mortgage for $800-
---
---
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New York
4399
Elizabeth Webb
Married 10 March 1779
Husb died 24 Oct. 1834
Coll Reed Capt Towns
N Hampshire Line
Admitted 
Private 9 months
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State of New York)
Lewis County        )  ss
On this first day of January Eighteen hundred & twenty eight personally appeared in open court being the court of Common Pleas and a Court of Record in and for the County & State
aforesaid Joseph Webb of Watson resident in said County aged Sixty nine years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth
on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and
the first of May 1820 that he the said Joseph Well enlisted for the term of one year on or about the fifteenth day of January 1776
in the State of New Hampshire in the company commanded by Captain Ezra Towns in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Reed 
and in the line of the State of New Hampshire on the New Hampshire continental establishment.  That he continued to serve in the said are until about the fifteenth day of November following when he was discharged from the said service by reason of sickness at Mount Independence in the State of Vermont, that his name has been placed on the pension list and dropped therefrom on account of his
[Illegible, Illegible] and in pursuance of the act of the 1st of May 1820.  I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the
United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of congress entitled
"An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war"" passed
on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed, and I do further
solemnly Swear, that the following schedule is a just and true one according to the best of my knowledge & belief of my real
and personal property as existing at this time as also a fair valuation of the same according to my best judgment, viz; I have a
contract for fifty acres of Land situate in Watson, a copy of
which contract is hereto annexed out have paid nothing for said land to the owners or any other person, I have partly cleared one acre 
and I have built on said land a small log house
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the betterments are supposed to be worth about thirty dollars, but the whole premises are not considered worth the amount due to the owners
Personal effects
Value
Two Small Kettles
$1.25
One Tea Kittle
".30
One old chest
1."
One Table
".73
One washtub
".50
One set cups & saucers
".18 
Two quart bowls crated
b
I broken tea pot
b
Eleven old plates
.33
One pudding dish old
b
One Sugar bowl cracker
b
One Tumbler
.10
One cream pitcher
.3
Four old chairs
.75
------
5.41

One tin pail
$ ".37
One Water pail
:.25
One Barrel
.50
One frying pan
".37
Two Pigs
2.00
One half Barre
".25
One heifer
10.00
One Pot
".75
One Set Knives & forks old
".63
One pan longs
".50
One old musket
1.30
One bible & psalm book
".50
Powder horn & shot bag
".19
--------
17.81

I have no more beds or bedding, or clothing than is absolutly [absolutely] necessary, I am by occupation a Farmer but owing to my age and infirmities am unable to labor but little at light work-- my wife Elizabeth is sixty eight years of age and is feeble and infirm
my daughter Sally Webb aged thirty three years resides with me & is generally out of health & unable at any time to perform
much labor. I have no other children living with me, nor any living seperate [separate] from me of sufficient ability to help maintain me in infirm old age,
And I do further swear that since the exhibition of my first Schedule the following changes have been made in my property.  The fifty acres of land owned by me & set forth
in my former shedule [schedule] & then under a Mortgage.  I supposed to be worth less than the sum due on the Mortgage, I had
the good fortune to sell for the sum of two hundred dollars more than was due on the Mortgage.  I sold thirty acres
thereof to my son Joseph Webb & gave him a deed therefor
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bearing date the Eighth day of November 1823, he agreeing to pay & actuly [actualy] assuming to pay said Mortgage and procuring
my discharge therefrom, I sold the residue, twenty acres to one Benjamin Rowland & by his request gave a deed this for to Charles Sagan Esq and have received my pay for
the same being in amount the sum of two hundred dollars
an Aukenticated [authenticated] copy of each deed is hereby attached and I do further swear that of the personal goods & Chatels [Chattels]
contained in my schedule or inventory presented to the war department under date of the 19th September 1820 the two cows
named therein have been disposed of the one for fifteen dollars in money, the other was fallened [fattened], killed & consumed in the family, the small calf died; the two swine were fattened & have been consumed in my family. for small pigs were fattened
The following year & consumed in my family; the grain hay & potators [potatoes] then on hand were used in my family several
of the articles of household furniture then in use are worn out and are now of no value.  And I do further swear that the various sums of money & other things received by
me on all of above sales & for labor or otherwise since the date last above named, have been expended by me in the necessary support and maintenance of my family and
not otherwise
Joseph Webb
Sworn to and declared on the first day of
January 1828. before me Andrew W. Doig Clerk of Lewis
Common Pleas
State of New York )
Lewis County        )  ss
I Ebenezer Puffer of the town of Watson
in the County & State aforesaid being duly sworn do depose and say that I am well acquainted with Joseph Webb who
is an applicant for a pension that I have examined the goods
and chattels set fourt [forth] in his inventory & have valued the same and that according to my judgement & belief the valuation of
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said articles is correct, and further that I am well acquainted with the landed property on which he said Webb resides in the town of Watson, and that in my opinion the said land
including the betterments made by him on the same is not worth the sum due from said Webb, to the owner of said Land nor do I believe it can be sold for said Sum within any Short time and further say not
Ebenezer Puffer
Sworn this 1st day of January 1828 before me Edward Bancroft First Judge of Lewis County
State of New York)
Lewis County       )  ss
I Peter Palmer of the town of Watson in
the County & State aforesaid being first duly sworn do depose & swear that I am acquainted with Joseph Webb Senior who is an applicant for a pension that I am also well acquainted with the land on which said Webb resides in Watson & that in my judgment & belief the said land including the betterments made on the same is not worth
& cannot shortly be sold for as much as said Webb agreed to give for it & the interest that had accumulated thereon.  And further
this deponent saith not Peter Palmer.
Affirmed this 1st day of January 1828 before me Edward Bancroft First Judge of Lewis County
Clerks Office )
Lewis County)  ss
I Andrew W. Doig Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Lewis do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Joseph Webb did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common Enemy for the term of more than nine months under one engagement, on the continental Establishment.  I also certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule
thereto annexed and the oath of Ebenezer Puffer and Peter
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Palmer an truly copied from the records of the said Court
Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in
the aforesaid Schedule is twenty three dollars and twenty two cents - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed thereto my Seal of Office this the 8th day of January 1828
Andrew W. Doig Clerk

State of New York )
Lewis County        )  ss
Clerks Office         )

I Andrew W. Doig Clerk of the said
County do hereby certify that the following 
an true copies of two Deeds and one
contract stated in the foregoing application
of Joseph Webb for a pension that is to say. "This Indenture made the Eighth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty three Between Joseph Webb of Lowville Lewis County and Elizabeth his wife of the first part, and Joseph Webb Junior of Lowville and County aforesaid of the second part Witness that the said parties of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of Two hundred and fifty dollars to them in hand paid by the said party of the second part the receipt whereof it
hereby confessed and acknowledged have granted bargained sold, remised, released, aliened and confirmed, and by these
present do grant bargain, sell, remise, release, alien and confirm unto the said party of the second part in his actual possession now being and to his heirs and assigns forever, All that one half part of that certain piece of land
situate lying and being in Lowville aforesaid being part of the number thirty one in township No 11 and bounded as follows to wit Easterly by the Black river Southerly by
one hundred acres of land conveyed by Nicholas Low to Jonathan Rogers Westerly by the west line of said Lot No 31 and
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Northerly by fifty acres of land sold by the said Nicholas Low to Joseph Webb Junior containing fifty acres of land be the same [moor] or life, as convey by Nicholas Low to Jospeh Wright by deed bearing date 30th October [182-] being the north half of the above described piece of land, to be divided from the residence by a line running from the Westerly to the Easterly bounds of said piece of land through the center and parallel to the North and South line of the same together with five acres off of the East end of the South half of the said described piece of land to be divided from the said South half to the Southerly line of the said above described fifty acres and parallel to the West line of said fifty acres containing in [both pieces] thirty acres of land. 
Together with all and singular she [here did] amends and apportioned thereunto belonging or in any wise [apportioning] and the perversion and revision remainder and [nonindess], rents, issues and profits thereof and all the Estate right with interest, forfeit claim and demand whatsoever of the said land partied of the first part Either in law or Equity of, in and at the above bargained [?] with the said
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of these presents have hereunto interchangeably set their hands and seals the day and year first above written Joseph Webb L S. Elizabeth Webb her (X) mark L.S. signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of Charles Dayan

State of New York )
Lewis County        )  ss
Be it remembered that on the seventeenth day of November Eighteen hundred
and twenty three before me came the within Joseph Webb and Elizabeth his wife known to me to be the person described in and who executed the within Indenture who severally acknowledged that they executed the within deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned.  And the said Elizabeth being by me examined seperate [separate]  and apart from
her said husband who duly acknowledged that she executed the same freely without any fear or compulsion of her said husband, and finding no material alterations allow the same
to be recorded Charles Dayan Commissioner

"Memorandum of an Agreement made this
day of [Blank] in the year [Blank] 
Between Vincent Le Ray de Chaument of Le Raysville of the first part and James Le Ray de Chaument of Le Raysville of the second part and Joseph Webb of Lowville Lewis County of the third part.
The said party of the first part agrees to sell unto the party of the third part.  All that certain piece or parcel of Land situate in the town of Watson County aforesaid being part of the 3 W & 5 N range in Castorland.  Beginning at the S.E. corner of land contracted to Newton Parks, thence N on said Parks E line  20 chs to a stake in the E line of Job Burrell lot, thence E on a line parallel to the North and of said range 25 chs thence S on a line parallel to the E line of said range 20 chs, to the North line of a lot formily [formally] contracted to Edw. Rigley, thence on said North line of said Rigley lot 25 chs to the place of beginning, Containing fifty acres of Land reserving all mines and minerals and the
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right to enter dig and carry away the same and to convey the same to the said party of the third part his heirs and [Illegible] or administrators, in fee simple; provided the said party of the third part shall and does fulfil all the covenants herein after [Illegible] from him to perform on his part, and at the time or times mentioned; and the party of the second part will join in said deed of conveyance, to
warrant the title.  The party of the third part for himself his heirs, executors and administrators covenants and agreed with the said party of the first part his heirs and assigns to pay him, for the said land, at the rate or price
of four dollars and - cents the acre, with lawful interest to be paid annually in seven equal and yearly payments.
It is also understood and agreed between the said parties that in case the said party of the third part shall assign or transfer this contract and his interest therein, without the consent or approbation of the said party of the first
part, his agent or attorney, first obtained in writing, or shall have made default in either of the payments aforesaid this contract shall be void and of none effect on the part of
the said party of the first part, excepting the right, the party of the said party of the first part to enforce the payment of the principal and interest then due, which the said party of the third part hereby covenants to pay to the said party of the first part.  Any future survey of said land to be done under the direction of the grantor and at the expence [expense] of the grantee.  In witness whereof the parties
above mentioned have hereunto set their hands and sale the second day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty five V. Le Ray de Chaumont  L. S.,  J Le Ray De Chaumont  by his atty.  V. Le Ray de Chaumont  L. S. Sealed and delivered in the presence
of Park Somerville Stewart

"This Indenture made the Nineteenth day
of June in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty six, Between Joseph Webb of Waton
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Lewis County and Elizabeth his wife of the first part and Charles Dayan of Lowville Lewis County of the second part Witnesseth [Witnessed] that the said parties of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred & fifty dollars to them in hand paid by the said party of the second part the receipt whereof is hereby confessed and acknowledged have granted bargained sold, remised released aliened and confirmed, and by these presents do grant bargain sell, remise, release alien and confirm unto the said party of the second part, in his actual possession now being and to his heirs and assigns
forever All that certain piece or parcel of Land situated lying and being in the town of Lowville being a part of Lot Number thirty one in Township No 11 and bounded
as follows to wit : Easterly by the Black River Southerly by one hundred acres of Land conveyed by Nicholas Low Esquire to Jonathan Rogers Westerly by the west line
of said Lot No 31 and Northerly to fifty acres of Land sold by said Nicholas Low to Joseph Webb Junior containing fifty
acres of Land excepting a piece or parcel of Land heretofore deeded by Joseph Webb to Joseph Webb Junior and supposed
to contain thirty acres.  So that the true intent and meaning of this Indenture is to convey to the said Charles Dayan twenty acres off of the above described fifty acres
to be bounded by the residue of the said fifty acres on the North & East.  The said fifty acres being the same deeded by N Low to Joseph Webb 30 Oct 1817. Together with all and
singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining and the revision and reversions remainder and remainders unto issues
and profits thereof and all the Estate, right, title, interest claim or demand whatsoever of the said party of the first part either in law or equity, of in and to the above bar
gained premises with the hereditaments and appurtenances To have and to hold the said described premises to the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns to the
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sole and only proper use benefit and behalf of the said party of the second part his heirs and a lien forever.   And the said parties of the first part for themselves their heirs
executors and administrators doth covenant grant bargain promise and agree to and with the said party of the second part his heirs and assign the above bargained premises
in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns, [Illegible] all and every person or persons lawfully claiming or to claim the whole or any part of the above mentioned
and described premises will forever warrant and defend.
In Witness whereof the parties of these presents have hereto interchangeably set their hands and seals the day and year first above written Joseph Webb L S. Elizabeth Webb L S & Elizabeth Webb (X) her mark.  Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of P Townsend, State of New York Lewis County ss. Be it known that on the 8th day of Jany 1828 came before me Joseph Webb and Elizabeth his wife known
to me to be the person described in and who executed the[Illegible] deed and acknowledged that he executed the same
And having examined the said Elisabeth privately and apart from her husband and she having acknowledged that she executed the same without fear or compulsion of her said
husband and finding no material interlineation or alteration do allow the same to be more. Palmer Townsend
Judge Lewis Com Pleas. Recorded July 8th 1826 at (?) o'Clock P.M. 
Andrew W Doig   Clerk 

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed thereto my Seal of Office this the 8th day of January 1828
Andrew W Doig  Clerk
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4142
E. Webb
$30 per an
.Z Knox
Lowville
N. Y.
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State of New York )
County of Lewis    )  ss

On this twenty ninth day
of May 1843 personally appeared before
the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of said
County, Elizabeth Webb a resident of Watson in said of Lewis and State of New York aged
Eighty five years who being first 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 on the 3d March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War: That she is the widow of Joseph Webb who was a
private in Col James Reeds Regiment in
the Company commanded by Capt Ezra Town
in the Massachusetts of New Hampshire line of
Continental Troops according to the best of her recollection and who was a pensioner of the United States under the act of 1818 & inscribed in the Pension List Roll of the New York agency at the rate of Eight Dollars per month.
The she received five years pension under the
act of July 7. 1838 at the rate of thirty Dollars
per annum.  She further declares that she is            still a widow.
Elizabeth (X - her mark) Webb

Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above.
Witness before
Z Knox  Justice of the Peace
Charlotte Tossicle
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State of New York                )
Lewis County Clerks Office  ) ss 
I Charles Orvis Clerk of said County do hereby
certify that Ziba Knox Esquire was on the day of the date of the within or foregoing written affidavit or declaration a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Lewis duly appointed and qualified and that the foregoing or within signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said County this
31 day of August 1843.
C Orvis     Clerk

[NO SEAL]
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1937- Aug 20- Hist,
to E. F. Coe - E L
1939 - May 31 Hist to
Jesse W. Johnson CC
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22585
Elizabeth Webb
wid of
Joseph Webb
Priv. Rev. War
Act March 3d '/43
Index: Vol. ?, Page 824
(Arrangement of 1870.]
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August 20, 1937
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
BA-J/EEL
Joseph Web-22585
Mr. E. F. Coe
312 Starrett-Syracuse Building
Syracuse, New York
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Joseph Webb, Senior, of Watson, Lewis County, New York,
whose widow, Elizabeth, was listed as a pensioner in 1840.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 22585, based upon the military service in that war of Joseph Webb.
Joseph Webb was born in February, 1758.  The place of his birth and names of his parents are not shown.
Joseph Webb enlisted at Winter Hill, near Boston, January 15, 1776, served as a private in Captain Ezra Towne's Company,
Colonel Joseph Reed's New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged
November 15, 1776, at Mount Independence, Vermont.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 17, 1818, while residing in Lowville, Lewis County, New York.  In 1828, he was living in Watson, said Lewis County.
He died at Watson, New York, October 24, 1834.
The soldier married March 10, 1779, at Charlestown, New Hampshire, Elizabeth Williams, born in June, 1757, place of her birth
and names of her parents not stated.
Soldier's widow, Elizabeth, was allowed pension on her application
executed September 25, 1838 while residing in Watson, New York
The following names of children of Joseph and Elizabeth Webb are shown
Huldah Webb born April 5, 1781.
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Children of Joseph and Elizabeth Webb continued:
Disbrew Webb, born May 17, 1783
Hannah Webb,     "    June 6, 1785
Sally Webb.          "    February -- 1796.
Joseph Webb, Junior date of birth not shown, in 1854, Joseph was
living in Lewis County, New York.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of
the Revolutionary War pensioner, Elizabeth Webb, widow of Joseph
Webb (W. 22585), you should address The Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following
data:
Elizabeth Webb, widow of Joseph Webb
Certificate No. 2254
Issued December 27, 1843
Rate $30 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1843
Act of March 3, 1843
New York (Albany) Agency.
Very truly yours
George H. Sweet
Acting Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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JESSE W. JOHNSON
LAWYER
720 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

April 10, 1939

Veterans Administrative Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:-

Will you kindly send me a Certificate covering the military services by Joseph Webb, who was born in Charlestown New Hampshire in 1758.

He died in Lewis County, New York about 1834, leaving his Widow, Elizabeth surviving.

I desire more detailed information for my genealogical records.

Thank you.

Very truly yours,
Jesse W. Johnson
______________________________

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August 2, 1937

Veterans' Administration
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

On an old list of Revolutionary pensioners in 1840 in the town of Watson, Lewis County, New York State, appears the name of Elizabeth Webb, [underlined] age 81.

This Elizabeth was, I believe, the wife of Joseph Webb, Sr., of Watson.  Do your records give any information concerning his service, and anything else about him?

I will appreciate any information you can give me.  Thanking you, I am

Respectfully yours,
E. F. Coe
E.F. COE