Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 22267, Solomon Gibbs, Vt.

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Admit as a private
for 18 mo - $60.00

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Revolution 
22267
INVALID. [initials: ow]
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File No. 22,267
Solomon Gibbs
Pri Rev War
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Act: June 7" 32"
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 153
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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[court seal affixed]
State of New York
Washington County ss.} On this 6th day of November one thousand eight hundred + thirty five personally appeared in open court before me John Willard Surrogate of the County of Huntington & State of New York now sitting Solomon Gibbs a resident of the town of Benson in the county of Rutland + State of Vermont aged seventy three years. Last September who bring first duly sworn according to law doth make the following declaration in order to obtain  the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein Stated - 
That he enlisted in the Month of April and as he believes on the final day in this year one thousand seven hundred + Eighty one, at the town of Pawlet in the County of Rutland + State of Vermont under Capt Blakesley Lieut" Rice + [illegible] in Colo. Fletcher, Regiment of State troops of Vermont as a soldier or private in said troops, said troops at said Pawlet + marched from thence with the company to Castleton in said County of Rutland + was stationed there in the garrison for the term of nine months - that he entered  for the term of nine months in said service in the State troops of Vermont said garrison duty for that time + was discharged at Castleton aforesaid some of the last days of December in the same year.
That he further enlisted in the Month of April + as he believes on the first day of that month in the gear one thousand seven hundred + eighty two at the tour of Hebron in the County of Washington + State of New York as a soldier or private under Capt Anthony Welps. Lieut Hunsdell in Col Marinus Willett Regiment of

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State of New York
Washington County ss} Asa Fitch of the town of Salem in the County of Washington + State of New York aged sixty nine years being duly sworn deposeth + saith that he was well acquainted with Solomon Gibbs mentioned in the annexed declaration in the year one thousand seven hundred eighty two that this deponent served in the same Company with him during that year under Capt Anthony Welps + Lieut Hunsdell in Col Willett's Regiment + knowing that the said Solomon Gibbs was a private soldier in said Company at that time. that this deponent served in said Company About nine = months that he this deponent believes the said Solomon Gibbs served in said Company during this same part of said nine months with this deponent as a private and was discharged from said service on some of the last day of December in that year of at Schenectady  + further saith not.
/s/Asa Fitch
Sworn in open court November 7, 1835, and I certify that I am well acquainted with the above deponent + that he is a credible person- 
/s/John Willard Surrogate