Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9884, Richard Westbrook, Penn.

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Service
Penn.
Westbrook, Richard
Lydia
W. 9884

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Missouri 19.828
Richard Wesbrook cooper Co in the State of Missouri who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Adams of the Regs commanded by Cobe Armstrong in the Pennsylvania line for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, and commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of April 1833 and Sent to Tmo Wilson Brownville
Arrears to the 4th of Sept' 33rd $66.66
Sem Anl. allowance ending 4 Ni. '24 13.23
$79.99
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Go C Steles Clerk,
Book E Vol 8 Page 90

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Letters to Wm Westbrook Esq
Case Charles Chitton Esq
March 12 1847
May 6 1847 to same

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6.118
Missouri
Lydia Westbrook died
widow of Richard Westbrook who served in the Revolutionary War as a Private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 
(unreadable) 12, December 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of July 1853 and sent to J.L. Stephens Brownville Missouri
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848 Page 368 Vol 3

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County of Cooper,
The State of Missouri.
To all pensions to whom these presents shall come Greetings: I know ye, that whereas Lyudia Westbrook, late of the county of Cooper, died intestate, as it is said having at the time of her death properly in this State which may be lost, destroyed or diminshes in value if Speedy care be not taken of the same; to the end therefore, that said property may be collected, perserved and disposed of according to same we do hereby appoint William Westbrook Administrator of all and singular the good and channels rights and credits, which were of said Lydia Westbrook at the time of his death, with full power and authority to secure and dispose of said property according to law, and collect all moneys due said decrease, and in general to do and perform all other acts and things which are in hereafter may be required of him by law.
In testimony whereof J Charles H. Smith, (unreadable) of the Probate Couts in and for said County of Cooper, have hereunto signed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Office, this fifteenth day of November 1842. C H Smith
Judge
State of Missouri, To Wit:
I C.S Smith, Judge of the Probate Court in and for the county of Cooper, do certify that I recorded the foregoing Letters of Administration on the fifteenth day of November A.D. 1843, before delivering the same.
C H Smith
Judge

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State of Missouri
County of Cooper
I, Charles H. Smith , Judge of the Probate Court within and for said County of Cooper, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and perfect copy of the Letters of Administration granted by said Court to William Westbrook on the estate of Lydia Estbrook, deceased, as fully as the same now remains of (unreadable) in my office.
In testimony whereof, I, the Judge aforesaid have hereunto signed my name and affixed the Seal of Said Court at Office, This Sixteenth day of November A.D. 1852.
C.H. Smith, Judge

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FAMILY RECORD
MARRIAGES
Richard R=Wesbrook was born May the 24th 1760.
Lydia Wesbrook was born March 13th 1767
Richard and Lydia Wesbrook was married August the second 1702
William Westbrook was born December the 14th 1798
Cynthia Westbrook was born August the 25th 1805 
William Westbrook and Cynthia his wife was Married March the 28th 1822

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FAMILY RECORD
BIRTHS
Joseph Wesbrook was born June 1st 1783
Sarah Wesbrook was born January 27th 1785
Deborah Wesbrook was born January 17th 1787
Elizabeth Westbrook was born April 11th 1789
Alexander Westbrook was born November 10th 1791
Polly Westbrook was born December 1st 1793
Alexander Westbrook was born December 25th 1795
William Westbrook was born December 14th 1798
Lydia Westbrook was born November 4th 1802
Modest Westbrook was born February 8th 1805
Margaret Westbrook December 13th 1807
Family Record of William Westbrooks Children
Ann C Westbrook was Born January the 23rd 1823
Richard V Westbrook was born September the 5th 1829 
James F Westbrook was born December the 27th 1826

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State of Missouri
County of Cooper 
Be it known that on this 15th day of November AD 1852 before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared William Westbrook of the County of Cooper, aforesaid and having been by me first duly sworn upon his oath states that he is one of the children and heirs at law to the estate of Richard Westbrook deceased, that he is the Administrator of the estate of Lydia Westbrook deceased widow of the said Richard Westbrook as will appear from a certified copy of his letters of administration hereto annexed and marked "A" that the said Lydia Westbrook was the widow, and that this applicant is the child and heir at law, of the identical Richard Westbrook who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution, and who was for on year prior to the time of his death the recipient of a pension from the United States for his services as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, that the said Richard Westbrook died on the 30th day of August AD 1833 (Eighteen hundred and thirty three) that the said Lydia Westbrook widow of said Richard Westbrook survived him that the Lydia Westbrook after the death of her said husband although she made application for the benefit of the provisions made by the Congress of the United States for the widows of deceased revolutionary Soldiers as will appears from papers in file in the proper Department

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yet on account of some informality in the evidence forwarded, the said William  was no part there of War nor at any time during the life of said widow made and that the said Lydia Westbrook on the 12th day of December AD Eighteen hundred and forty eight (1848) departed this life in the County of Cooper aforesaid. This applicant further states that the believes the said Richard Westbrook and Lydia Westbrook were legally married together on the second day of August AD 1782 (Seventeen hundred and eighty two). That this they lived together as man and wife up to the time of the death of the said Richard Westbrook and that the said Lydia Westbrook was never married to any other person than the said Richard Westbrook and that the paper herewith filed marked "B" with the printed letters at the top "Family Record" was taken by this applicant out of a family Bible which for a number of years this applicant knew to remain in the family of said Richard Westbrook and which said Bible was at the time in the possession of the said Lydia Westbrook who was then living and the same Bible is now in the possession of this applicant.
This applicant further states that he is directly interested as a claimant in said pension both as heir at law of said Richard and Lydia Westbrook and by a Provision of the estate of said Lydia Westbrook deceased and further he saith

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JW Draffen Westbrook
Sworn and subscribed to before me on the 15th day of November AD 1852 and I certify that I well know the above named William Westbrook and that he is a highly respectable and Honorable man and that I believe the statement in the above and foregoing affidavit is entitled to credit. 
JW Draffen J.P.

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State of Missouri
County of Cooper 
Be it know that on this 15th day of November AD 1852 before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Eri Marley a resident at present a resident of the County of Cooper aforesaid who having been by Me first duly sworn on hi oath states that he became acquainted with 
Richard Westbrook and Lydia Westbrook in the County of New Madrid in the Territory of Missouri in the year Eighteen hundred and eight or now (1808 or 1809) that he has know both the said 
Richard Westbrook and Lydia Westbrook will ever since that time, that since 33 or 34 year he lived near the (unreadable) of them that when he first became acquainted with the said Lydia and Richard Westbrook they were living together as man and wife and that they continued so to live together up to the time of the death of him the said Richard  and Lydia Westbrook during the long period of times that he knew them always treated each other as man and wife and it was never doubted by anyone who knew them to my knowledge but that they were legally intermarried and were in fact man and wife.

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This applicant further states that he has examined the paper marked "B" (unreadable) letters "Family Record" at the head and knows it to be the same paper that he this applicant has hereto seen in the Bible that belongs to the family of said Richard Westbrook. 
This applicant further states that the said Richard Westbrook is the identical man who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and who drew a pension as such soldier form the United States that he said Richard Westbrook departed this life on or about the 30th day of August AD 1833. that the said Lydia Westbrook, survived him that the said Lydia Westbrook was never married to any other person and that she the said Lydia Westbook departed this life on or about the 12th day of December AD 1848 and further this applicant saith not.
Eri Morley
Sworn and subscribed to before me on the 11th day of November AD 1852 and I certify that I well know the above named Eri Morley that he is a credible witness, and that I believe the statements made by him int he foregoing affidavit and entitled to full credit.
JW Draffen J.P.

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State of Missouri
County of Cooper
Be it remembered that on this 15th day of November AD 1852 personally appeared Robert Givens who having been by me first duly sworn and his oath states that he became acquainted with Richard Westbrook and Lydia Westbrook about 33 years ago when he first came to this county. That he knew them both well and since that time up to the time of their deaths that they lived together as man and wife and treated each other as such during the whole period of time that he knew them that the said Richard Westbrook departed this life in or about the 30th day of August AD 1833 and that the said Lydia Westbrook departed this life on or about the 12th day of December AD 1848 and that William Westbrook is a son of the said Richard And Lydia Westbrook and is also administrator of this estate of said Lydia Westbrook.  Robert Givens
Sworn and subscribed to before me on this 13th day of November AD 1852 and I certify that I well know other above named Robert Givens that he is a credible witness and that I believe  his statements in the above affidavit and entitled to full creditJ W Draffen J.P.

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State of Missouri
County of Cooper
I Benj Emmons Jury Clerk of the County Circuit within and for the county of Cooper aforesaid do hereby certify that JW Draffen before whom the above and foregoing affidavit of William Westbrook, Eri Morley and Robert Givens purports  to have been taken is now and was at the date of the same an Acting Justice of the Peace withing and for the County of Cooper aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as such, that his signature to the same is genuine and that all his official acts in the provisions are entitled to full faith and credit. In Witness  of the Clerk aforesaid has hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Office in the City of Brownville in this 17th day of November AD 1852.B Emmons Ferry Clerk

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24.381
Richard Westbrook
Missouri
Adme 8 months Jn
Jno Wilson
Brownville Missouri

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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office,   
8th. May 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 Richard Westbrook, County of Cooper State of Missouri

[A table with columns labeled as follows]

Period when the service was rendered.
	Vol [illegible] to 1776
	Vol 1777
	“ 1779
	1781

Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.     Months.     Days.
		   2 [illegible words crossed out]
		   2
		   2
		time not stated

Rank of the claimant.
	[This column blank]

Names and Rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
	Capt Adams Col Armstrong
	Capt Adams
	   “    Meons
	   “    McC[crossed out]   Col [illegible]  

Age at the present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
	73 years
	Cumberland County, State of Penna

Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
	Traditionary Evidence  papers not authenticated

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 

J. L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.

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[A page of regulations; breaks added for clarity of transcription.]

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted: 

This law has been construed to extend, 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 were 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 the Naval Service. 
   4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. 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 } ss.
County of                                }

On this [space] day of [space] personally appeared (a) before [space] A B. a resident (b) of [space] in the county of [space] and State, Territory or District of [space] aged (c) [space] years, who being first duly sworn, 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) [space], with [space] and served in the [space] (e) regiment of the [space] 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. [A stylized hand pointing to the following] 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 [space]

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.   A. B. 

[And then will follow 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 [space] of the Court of [space] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [space] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [space] day of [space] &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 [space] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [space], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [space] 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 has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [space] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [space] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, [space] Clerk of the Court of [space] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [space] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [space] day of [space] & 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

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[A printed page of regulations.  Breaks added for clarity of transcription]

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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 service 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 services.

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?

   {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 services as a soldier of the Revolution.  

The Court will see that he 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 opinion 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 be
fore 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 [illegible due to crease in page] 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 [rest of line illegible due to crease in page] 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.

-- [Footnotes below; brackets in the original] -- 

  [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 he 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 be 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 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: [space] For [space] year [space] months, and [space] days, I served as a [space]; 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.
  [k] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
  [l] 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 not 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.  [Centered]

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet 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. [Centered] 

  [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 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 signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

[A stylized hand pointing to the following] 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 in note [j] applies to continental troops only.

  [k] This 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.

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Westbrook Application for a Pension
Richard Westbrook
245.81

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State of Missouri
County of Cooper
On this Fourth day of March in the yard of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable David Todd Judge of the Cooper Circuit Court now sitting and holding said Court the same being a court of Record Richard Westbrook a resident of Boonsville Township in the County of Cooper and State of Missourie aged about Seventy three years, who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832. "That he first entered the service eot he United States as a Volunteer militia man for the space of two months in the latter part of the month of December in the year 1776 in the County of Cumberland in the State of Pennsylvania under Captain James Adams who was commanded by Lieut Col James Armstrong that he was then marched to Princeton in the State of New Jersey where he remained doing duty as a Soldier until the expiration of his tour of duty when he was verbally discharged by his said Captain and returned home. That he again volunteered as a soldier under the said Captain James Adams in the latter part of the month of December 1777 or the first part of the month of a January 1778 for a tour of two months, that he was then marched to a place called Bald Eagle Valley in Northcumberland County in the State of Pennsylvania to guard the frontier settlement against the hostilities of the Indians where remained doing duty as aforesaid until the expiration of his tour of duty when he was again by his officers verbally discharged and returned home. That in the Summer of 1779 he as a Militia man was ordered a two months tour of duty under

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the Command of Captain Robert Mears that under the said Captain Mears he was marched to the time aforesaid to Pennsylvania Valley in Northcumberland County in the State of Pennsylvania to guard the frontier Settlements against the inroads of the hostile Indians where he remained doing duty as aforesaid until his aid tour expired and when he was verbally discharged by his said Captain and returned home. That in the Spring of the year 1787 he was ordered out and did March as a Militia man under Ensign John McGee whom the declarant believes was Commanded by Captain Halt, to Standing Stone Valley in the State of Pennsylvania and as this declarant believes in the County of Bedford that he at that place with others of this militia built a Block house and remained there doing duty as aforesaid and guarding the Settlements against the Indians and guarding the Settlements against the Indians until the expiration of his said tour when he was again verbally discharged by his officers and returned home and this declarant states he never obtained a written discharge nor was it as this declarant believes the custom with the officers of the Militia where he served to give written discharges to any one. this declarant further states that when he arrived at Princeton as aforesaid Gen. Pletnam was there and this declarant understood had the Chief Command of the troops at that place a Col. Watt was also there and had command as this declarant understood and this declarant understood that at the time aforesaid Gen. Washington lay with another part of the Army about 12 miles off at Morristown, this declarant states that he has no documentary evidence of the facts aforesaid and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service aforesaid, and that the Rev Justinian Williams, Robert Boyd James Farris, Robert P. Clark, Jacob Wyon and many others are well acquainted

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with me in my neighborhood would (if they were here) testify to my character for veracity and good behavior)
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Richard Wesbrook
David Todd
Circuit Judge Cooper County
Me Justinian Williams a clergyman residing in the Township of Boonville and county of Cooper and Patient Boyd and George residing in the County and Township hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Richard Westbrook who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about Seventy three years of age, that he is no (unreadable) and believe in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and we concur that opinion. Sworn to and Subscribed this day and year aforesaid Justin Williams EC Hart Robert Boyd
David Todd Circuit Judge of Cooper county
And the said (unreadable) 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 it that Justinean Williams who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Brownsville Township and County of Cooper and that Robert Boyd and Georg C Kartt who has also signed the same is a resident in the said county and Township and is a creditable person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
David Todd
Circuit Judge of Cooper County

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I Robert P. Clark Clerk of the Circuit Court held within and for the County of Cooper aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Richard Westbrook for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office then fourth day of March A.D. 1833
Robot. P. Clark Clerk

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I Robert P. Clark Clerk of the Circuit Court held within and for the County of Cooper aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Richard Westbrook for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Fourth day of March A.D. 1833
Robot. P Clark Clk

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State of Missouri
County of Cooper
This day personally appears before me Luis Cooper the undersigned Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Cooper aforesaid Richard Westbrook who being by me duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age and the consequence loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his Service in the revolutionary war, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than eight months that he served four different tours two months each tour in the capacity of a private militia soldier in the manner stated in his original declaration for Pension hereto attached. Richard Westbrook 
Sworn in my presence this 11th day of June 1833 Levin Conopper J.P.
State of Missouri
County of Cooper
I Robert P Clark Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Cooper aforesaid, do hereby certify that livid Cooper, before whom the 
preceding certificate was subscribed and Sworn to

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is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Cooper aforesaid-, and that full faith and credit should be giving to his acts as such and I do further certify that it appears to me that Richard Westbrook who has signed and Sworn to the preceding Certificate is the same Richard Westbrook who has also signed and sworn to the original Declaration for a Pension hereto attached; and do further certify that the original Declaration for a Pension of said Richard Westbrook hereto attached and which bears my official seal as Clerk of the Circuit Court also of said County, contains the original proceedings of said Circuit Court without obliteration or alternation.
In testimony whereof I the Clerk aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Brownville this 11th day of June A.D. 1833
Robot P Clerk

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State of Missouri
County of Cooper
I Charles K Smith Judge of the Probate Court within and for the County of Cooper aforesaid that on this day Eri Morley personally appeared before me and having been by me first duly sworn on his oath stated the following facts viz. That he the said Eri Morley-is the identical person whose testimony has been taken in this county in several applications that have been heretofore made for the pension due Lydia Westbrook in her life time and to her heirs since her death; that in addition to the facts stated in his former affidavits and depositions in said applications he knows of his own knowledge that the said Richard Wesbrook deceased and Lydia Westbrook deceased left surviving there issued of their said marriage and who and at this time living the following named children: William Westbook who is also the administrator of the estate of said Lydia Westbook deceased: Deborah Keeny, the present wife of Andrew Keeny, Mordest Farris the present wife of Sampson Farris: and Margaret Farris the present wife of our Tilas Farris: and that their or the above named children of said Richard and Lydia Westbrook deceased this and now living numberous grand children of them the said Richard and Lydia Westbrook deceased.
And I the Judge aforesaid do further certify that I well know the said Eri Morley that I have know him personally for more than ten years; that he is a respectable honorable man and entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I the Judge

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aforesaid have herewith set my hand and affixed my seal of Office in the city of Bosmith on this 18th day of January AD. 1853
CM Smith Judge

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Mav. 15.48 136210
Lydia Westbrook
Miss.
Act 7 July '38

Wm Westbrook EV
Boonville
Miss

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State of Missouri Cooper County
On this seventh day of April Eighteen hundred and forty seven personally appeared before me C S Smith one of the Justices of the County Court of Cooper in the State aforesaid Lydia Westbrook a resident of the said county of Cooper and State aforesaid aged Eighty years on the 13th day of this Month (March) who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on hear oath make the following declaration to obtain (unreadable) of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July the 7th 1838 entitled an Act granting half pay and Pension to certain widows that she is the Widow of Richard Westbrook deceased, who was a private soldier in the Pennsylvania Malitia during the War of the Revolution and that her late Husband Richard Westbrook was a Pensioner of the United States at the time of his death, which is fact together with the particulars of his service will no doubt satisfactorily appear by the papers on file in the Pension Office at Washington accompanying the declaration of the said Richard his application for a pension.  She further declares that she was married to the said Richard Westbrook on the Second day of August in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty two in the State of Pennsylvania near Carlisle, the name of the 
County not recollected That her Husband the said Richard Westbrook died on the 30th day of August 1833. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place prior to the first day of January 1794. at the time

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above stated. She further states that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension.  She furthermore declares that she is not able from bodily infirmity and old age to attend the County Court of Cooper to make this declaration.
                             Sylvia (her mark) Westbrook

    Sworn and subscribe on the day and year above written before me and I do furthermore certify that the said Lydia Westbrook, is unable from bodily infirmity and old age to attend the County Court of Cooper to make her declaration in person.
                                       C.S. & Smith
                                       Justice of the County
                                     Court of Cooper County
                                       State of Missouri

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State of Missouri Cooper County Court

    This day personally appeared before me C. H. Smith one of the Justices of the County Court of Cooper County in the state aforesaid William Westbrook of the said county, who being first duly sworn saith that he is the son of Richard & Lydia Westbrook and that he was born on the 14th day of December 1792 according to the entry in their family bible of his father Richard Westbrook,  which family register is in his possession.  That it appears by the entry on the said Family Register that his father Richard Westbrook who was the identical person referred to is the said Lydia Westbrook (illegible) was married to this applicant's mother the said Lydia on the second day of August 1782.  And this applicant also states that the said Lydia Westbrook who has made the annexed declaration for a pension is the widow of the said Richard Westbrook, and has never been married again since her husband's death, and he also says that his father & mother the Lydia had seven other children, who were born before this applicant according to the entry upon the Family Register aforesaid, two of whom are now alive, one of them being the second & the other the third child.

                                            //s//
                                William Westbrook

Sworn to and subscribed before me this seventh day of April 1847.

                                          //s//
                                    C. H. Smith
                                Justice of the County
                                Court of Cooper County
                                 State of Missouri

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The State of Missouri to Mi
B Emmons Ferry  Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Cooper State aforesaid do hereby certify that Charles H Smith Esquire whose is Prescribed to the foregoing Declaration of Lydia Westbrook, and the affidavit of William Westbrook and the annexed applicants of Eri Morely and Robert Givens is now and was on the Seventh day of April 1847 an acting Justice of the County Court of Cooper County in the State of Missouri aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified as such and that his official act in the provisions are entitled to full faith and credit. In testimony whereof I the Clerk aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Bonnile this the 8th day of April A.D. 1847 P Clemmons Ferry Clerk

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In the Cooper County Court
February Seven 1848 
And now on this day Comes hereunto open Court /William Westbrook of the said County who is personally know to the Court, who being first duly sworn saith that he is the son of Richard and Lydia Westbrook and that he was born on the 14th day of December 1798 according to the entry in the family Bible of his Father Richard Westbrook, which family Register is now in his possesion-that is appears by the entry in the said Family Register that his Father, Richard Westbrook who was the identical person referred to in the said Lydia Westbrook's declaration was married to this affiants Mother. The said Lydia in the 2nd day of August 1782. 
And this affiant also states that the said Lydia Westbrook, who has made the answers declaration for a Pension is the widow of the said Richard Westbrook, and has now been married again since her husband death, and he also stated and says that his Father and Mother, the said Lydia, has seven other children who was born before this affiant according to the entry upon the Family Register aforesaid, two of who are now alive, one of them being the second and the other then third child. William Westbrook
Before me the undersigned Justices of the Cooper County Court in open Court this day personally come William Westbrook, who is personally known to us and duly sworn deposeth and saith that the fact stated as forth in the foregoing affidavit are true to the best of his knowledge and belief. William Westbrook
Subscribed and Sworn to in Open Court this 16 Feb 1848
John S McFarland Robert Smart
Jno H Hutchison
Presiden Justices

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And on the same day appeared in said said Court Enri Molley and Robert Givens, and being duly sworn say that t each personally acquainted

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State of Missouri
Cooper County 

    Eri Morley, Robert Givens and William Westbrook being duly sworn say that the facts & things set forth in the foregoing statements made by them respectively are true from their best recollection & (illegible). 
                                               //s//
                                          Eri Morley
                                 Robert (his mark) givens
                                    William Westbrook

    Subscribed & sworn wherefore is the said Justices of said Court in Open Court this 16th Feb, 1848.
                                           //s//
                      John S. McFarland President
                           Robert Stuart
                          Jn. Hutchinson}  Justices

   It appearing to the court that the declaration of Lydia Westbrook hereto attached made on the seventh day of April AD 1847 was taken & certified before Charles H. Smith, who was then an active Judge of the Cooper County Court.  She being then infirmed and unable to appear in open court for the purpose of making said declaration is ordered by the court that the said declaration and the said acts of the said Smith, he and the same ratified & approved of by the court.                             //s//
                           John McFarland President              
                            Robert Stuart
                            Jno. H. Hutchinson  Justices

The State of Missouri
County of Cooper} ss.

      Be it remembered that at a County Court of Cooper County in state of Missouri in session at the City of Bonneville on the sixteenth day of February AD 1818.  The above and foregoing order was entered upon the record of said court and the above and foregoing proceedings in relation to the application of Lydia Westbrook.

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February 4, 1937
Mr. William E. Westbrook
Post Headquarters
Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
Richard Westbrook
W. 9884
BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of January 9, in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Richard Westbrook of Pennsylvania and Cooper County, Missori, and with which you enclosed copies of letters from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Columbia, Missouri, to aid in identification of his record. 
All papers in Revolutionary War Claim for pension, W.9884, of Richard Westbrook, have been examined carefully and the following data found:
Richard Westbrook (name appears also as Wesbrook) was born May 24, 1760, place of birth and names of parents not stated.
Richard Westbrook volunteered in the latter part of December, 1776, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and served two months as private in Captain James Adam's company, Lieutenant Colontle James Armstrong's Pennsylvania Regiment. He volunteered in the latter part of December, 1779 as private in Captain Robert Means' Pennsylvania company against hostile Indians. he enlisted in the spring of 1781 and served two months as private in Captain Holt's Pennsylvania company engaged in building a block house in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. 
Richard Westbrook applied for pension March 4, 1833, while a resident of Boonville Township, Cooper Couty, Missouri. The claim was allowed. He died August 30, 1833. The soldier married August 2, 1782, near Carlisle Pennsylvania Lydia , who was born March 13, 1767; the place of her birth, maiden name or names of parents were not shown.

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Richard Westbrook's widow, Lydia, applied for pension April 7, 1847, while living with her son, William in Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri. Her claim was allowed. She died at the home of her son, William, December 12, 1848. 
Names of the children of Richard Westbrook and his wife, Lydia, are shown as follow:
Joseph Westbrook, born June 1, 1783
Sarah Westbrook born January 27, 1785
Deborah Westbrook January 17, 1787: married Abram Keeny
Elizabeth "   " April 11, 1789
Alexander " " November 10, 1791 Polley  " " December 1, 1793
Alexander " " December 24, 1795
William " " December 14, 1798; married Mar. 28, 1822 Cynthia , born Aug 25, 1805
Lydia " " November 4, 1802
Modest " " February 8, 1804; married Sampson Farris
Margaret " " December 13, 1807; married Silas Farris.
The only children above named who survived their mother, Lydia Westbrook were William Westbrook who was living in Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri, in 1848, and still living there in 1852; Deborah Keeny; Modest Farris and Margaret Farris. The dates of marriages of the children were not given with the exception of William.
It was stated that numberous grandchildren, also survived soldier's widow, Lydia, but the only names designated were the following named of children of soldier's son, William Westbrook, and his wife, Cynthia: 
Ann C. Westbrook, Born January 23, 1823
Richard V Westbrook born September 5, 1824
James F " December 27, 1826
In 1852, Eri Morley, of Cooper County, Missouri, stated that he married done of Richard Westbrook's daughters who died prior to 1852, but he did not state her name. Your copies of letters, referred to herein, are enclosed with this report. Very truly yours A.D. Hiller Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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11.521
Missouri
Lydia Westbrook Deceased
widow of Richard who died on the 1833
of in the State of who was a Priv in the commanded by the Captain of the commanded by in the line for Revolution 
Subscribed on the Roll of CV Louis at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of July and sent to J S A Stephens Arrear to the 4th of Booneville MO Semi-annual allowance ending
Recorded by RMcRae Clerk, Book d Vol 1 Page 419

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9.400.
Missouri
Lydia Westbrook Deceased
widow of Richard who was a Private in the Revolution 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of July 13 and sent to J. S. Edwards Boonville MO
Acts of March 3, 1943 and June 17, 1844
Recorded in Book A
Vol 2 Page 235

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Boonville Mo. July 1, 1853
SP Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C 
Dear Sir
Yours of the 6th of May acknowledging the receipt of the papers in the case of Lydia Westbrook deceased together with my letter of date Nov 18 1852, was duly  received. You advise me that a certificate  of Pension cannot issue in said case until proof is furnished you of the names of all the surviving children of the deceased. Lydia Westbrook deceased children now surviving her are: William Westbrook, whom sworn and who was (unreadable) to be her son in the testimony heretofore sent.  
Deborah Keeny a daughter and wife of Abram Keeny
Modest Farris " " " of S Farris
Margaret Farris " " " of Silas Farris,  proof of their facts I hope is satisfactorily made by the Certificate of the Judges of theirs Probate Court which herewith accompanying this letter. This matter has been so long before the Department that I hope it may receive your early consideration and if everything now shows to be wanted to  complete the testimony (unreadable words) from my knowledge of the applicant and the witnesses I am as  well convinced that the facts are true as I am that exist. I hope also you will look well to the times for which the application (unreadable) to a pension and issued the certif-

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Cate for the largest amount allowed by law. As before stated the parties here wish to avoid the expense of employing an agent in Washington to do that which they feel confident you will do for them first as well, whenever you are satisfied as to the truth of the facts we represent. and an agent would charge for attention from us to so present in the amount to which the applicants are entitled. Hoping to hear from you soon and to receive a Certificate for the amount to which said children are entitled (unreadable)
My Respectfully
Your Obt. Sevt
Jo L Stephens

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Lydia Westrbrook died widow of Richard (who was pensioner under act of 1832 at $26.66 annum
Act July 7 1838 and admitted at $26.66 per annum from March 4 1836 to  Dec 12 1848, except 2 yrs. 
Certificate to William Westbrook adm of widow's estate for benefit of himself and Mrs Deborah Keeny Modest Farris and Margaret Farris, who are the only surviving children of Lydia Westbrook deceased 
Agent Jos. L Edwards Boonville MO.

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Brief in the case of Lydia Westbrook deceased, widow of Richard Cooper County and State of Missouri act July 7 1838
Claim original 
Proof exhibited, 
Is it documentary, traditionary or supported by rolls? if either, state the substance. Richard Westbrook was Pensioner under act of June 7 1832 at $26.66 per annum and died Aug 30, 1833 Record proof of marriage Aug 2 1782 Parse proof of death of widow December 1, 1848 and of Identity Parsal proof of heirship Proof duly certified 
If for increase,
Has additional evidence has been filed since the admission of the claim? if so , what?
Name and residence of Agent
Joseph S Stephens
Booneville Mo Examining Clerk

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13.640
Lydia Westbrook died of MO.
Rev
C.H. Smith Aug 16, 1848
Jos L Stephens May 6, 1853
Act July 7 1838

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                                           Free
John G. Miller
               M.C.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City,
D.C.
See 13,640
Decd. to 1832
Appl. of Lydia Westbrook decd. widow of Richard.
 Missouri
Act 9th July 1938

See 13,640 Act '38.
 
Hon. Jn, G. Miller
House of Reps.

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Washington City December 3rd 1852
Hon J E Heath
Comm of Pensions
I herewith enclosed your letter from my friend J.L. Stephens with the accompanying papers in relation to a pension due Lydia Westbrook deceased and the widow of Richard Westbrook deceased I know the witnesses Eri Morley and Robert Givens, they are very honest and correct men and good citizens and entitled to full evidence. Very Respectfully your Obt. Servt
Jno G Miller

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Joseph L. Stephens, Attorney at Law,
Boonville, MO
Collection of Money and Claims.
Boonville MO
Nov 18, 1832
Dear Sir
Herewith I send you the application of William Westbrook adm of Lydia Westbrook deceased for the amount to which said Lydia Westbrook was entitled as widow of Richard Westbrook deceased who was a pensioner at the time of his death for services rendered as a Soldier in the war of the Revolution.
Application I learn was made by said Lydia Westbrook in her life time for the Amounts to which she was entitled under the Bounty Acts of the Government but the Allowance was never made her because Firstly, the credibility of the witnesses whose testimony was taken and forwarded to you and which is now on file in your Department was not certified to by the officer before when it was taken. Secondly, Proof of the marriage of the said Lydia and Richard Westbrook was not made to the satisfaction of the commissioner of Pensions. The family record of

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in which said marriage was entered being required to accompany the proof I will call your attention to the proof on file in your Department, furnished by the said Richard Westbrook in his life time and the proof hereto  sent you by the said Lydia Westbrook as well as the proof herewith sent and submit whether the following factor are not satisfactorily established by them. 1st that the said Richard Westbrook was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war and as such was a pensioner at the time of his death. 2nd That he said Richard Westbrook died on the 30th day of August 1833. 
34d that the said Lydia Westbrook was left the widow of said Richard that she and the said Richard were married on the 2nd day of August 1782 and that she died on the 12 day of December 1848 just 15 year 2 month and 12 days after the time of the death of her husband 4th That the said Lydia and Richard Westbrook left issued of their said marriage and that this applicant is both a heir at law of said Richard and Lydia and the administrator of the estate of said Lydia Westbrook.

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If the proof of the below facts should not be satisfactory, I hope you will advise me early what additional testimony should be added.  If satisfactory you will please forward at your earliest convenience the amount of the allowed to which said widow was entitled at the time of her death.  I do not know the exact amount to which she is entitled, whether to full pay all this time in for only 5 years and half pay for the balance of the time.  I hope you will make the allowance the largest authorized bylaw, her (illegible) desires to save the costs consequent upon the employment of an agent at Washington City, hence the papers are sent directly to you through our congressman from this place the Honorable John G, Miller.
    Hoping this matter will receive your early consideration. I am very respectfully your obedient servant.                     
                                               //s//
                                       Jo. L. Stephens\To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.

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The State of Missouri to Us
In the County Court of Cooper County of November Term 1833
Be it Remembered that a county Court within and for the county of Cooper in the State of Missouri, begun and held at the court House in the Term of Boonville, The Honorables Green Seat, Anthony F Read, and Joseph Patterson, Jules Presiding in the Fourth day of November in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Thirty three the following scribe was made upon the Record of said Court to writ "Lydia Westbrook, in open Court was proven by the oath of Wm Westbrook to be the widow and (unreadable) of Ric hard Westbrook because and that said Richard died on the 30th day of August 1833 and it was further proven to the Court that the said Richard Westbrook was a Revolutionary Pensioner which is ordered to be certified J B Emmons Ferry Clerk of the county Court within the and for the county of Cooper inm the date of Missouri do hereby certify that the foregoing is truly copied from the record of said Court In testimony whereof I the Clerk aforesaid, have hereunto set my hand and seal of office to the City of Boonville

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this the fifteenth day of February in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty Seven J L Emmons Ferry Clerk

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13,6.40
Lydia Westbrook
of Richard MO
C H Smith Aug 16, 48
Jos S Stephens May 6 1883
Acts July 9
8-1838

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Rich Westbrook
died Aug 30 1833
Lydia or died Dec 12/48
Married Aug 2 1782
J S Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, City

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J S Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

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Boonville Mo. Feb 28th 1848
J.S. Edwards Esqr.
Sir, 
As the request of Mr. William Westbrook, I return you the application of Mrs. Lydia Westbrook for a pension, with such additional testimony as is required in your letter of the 6th of May 1847, which comes to have about eight weeks since, and accounts for the delay in the return of the papers-Please address Mr. Westbrook or Myself as this plan.
Respectfully Your Obt. Svt. C.H. Smith

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J.L. Edwards Esquire
Commission of Pension
Washington City

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Booneville, Missouri
April the 8th 1847
J.L. Edwards
Esquire
Sir
On behalf of Mrs Lydia Westbrook I enclose to you herewith her declaration for a Pension as the Widow of Richard Westbrook a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of Congress of the 17th day of July 1838 Which I hope you will find to be made in proper form and sustained by the request proof of the time of her marriage, and her identity of the said Richard shich I presume is at that all that is Material as the Character of her Husbands services will be fully disclosed by his declaration and papers on file in your office. I have not other agency in this matter tan as the friend and neighbor of Mrs. Westbrook. I have therefore to request that you will direct your future communications to her son Mr William Westbrook with whom the old Lady was in the vicinity of this place, if her claim is allowed you can send on to her the necessary forms and instructions as to the time and place of necessary the Pension enclosed is a Letter to Mr. William Westbrook. Boonville Missouri or if any thing further should be necessary to be proven. Please let him know what it is that may be required. Very Respectfully your Obt. Svt. Jno W Nash

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Stamp: Boonville MO Feb 17
George W Crump Esqr:
Commissioner of Pension
Washington City


March 9, 1847
deced (illegible) con
Lydia Westbrook.

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Boonville Cooper County Missouri
February the 16th, 1847.

Doctor George W. Crump.

Dear Sir,

   My neighbor old Mrs. Lydia Westbrook of Cooper County, Missouri having contacted me upon the subject of the claim to a Pension. I have informed her that I considered her claim a good one, it will be seen by the (individual) from the record of the County Court of Cooper, that she is the widow of Philip Westbrook dec'd. who was a pensioner.  This proof I understand was made to enable her to draw a balance due to her husband after his death, (illegible) had assured in his lifetime.  She has also furnished me with a memo' from which it appears that she is now 80 years of age and was married to her husband Philip Westbrook in Pennsylvania in the year 1782 but she does not recollect the county, having removed from there a great many years ago.  At her request and that of her son William Westbrook of this county, I have written this letter to request that you or the proper office, having charge of such subjects, will please at your earliest convenience endorse the necessary forms and instructions for her to (obtain) to enable her to lay her case properly before the Commissioner of Pensions. I (illegible) from the fact of her (3 -4 words illegible) nothing more would be necessary than for her to prove her marriage with Wm. Westbrook and also proof of her identity.  I do not think from what she & her son informs me that they will be able to prove the fact of her marriage by any testimony to be obtained in Pennsylvania, having so long removed from there, but the more satisfactory testimony can be obtained from (next page)

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of her having been married to her husband about the time she states from the age of their children, several of whom as I understand are now living in this part of the Country as well as some of their old neighbors.

    I (??) myself to learn this pat of the county about the 1st of April and to return to Virginia with my family (??) will therefore be kind enough to (3 to 4 words illegible) to her son "William Westbrook Boonville Cooper County Missouri" To the care of Charles Chilton, the postmaster at this place who has kindly undertaken to aid her in the preparation of the case if I shall have left for Va. before the necessary forms and instructions can be (??) her.  Mr: William Westbrook is a very reputable man and any debt or statement of his is entitled to credit.

    Be pleased Sir to (illegible) of my continued friendship & esteem.

                                       Yours Res.
                                        Jno. W. Nash
 P.S. Please state in your reply (illegible) she will be entitled to & from what (illegible) it would be made.  I prepared her claim (illegible) be back to the death of husband.  I have not (illegible) of court before (illegible) how can I obtain a copy & shall be glad (illegible) to have a spare copy that you could enclose one to me.

    Her husband's widow will no doubt be found among the names of pensioners residing in Missouri.

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M.E.E.

To: Col. John B. Barnes
Boonville, Missouri

January 15, 1930

    From the papers in the revolutionary War pension claim W. 9884, it appears that Richard Westbrook was born May 14, 1780, place notr stated.
    He volunteered in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and served as a private with the Pennsylvania troops follows:
    From December 1776, two months in Captain James Adams' Company under Lieutenant Colonel James Armstrong; from in December 1777, or January 1778, two months in Captain James Adams' Company; from the summer of 1779, two months in Captain Robert Neams; Company, and from in the spring of 1781, two months under Ensign John McGee.
    He was allowed pension on his application executed March 4, 1833, while a resident of Boonville Township, Cooper County, Missouri.
    He died there August 30, 1833.
    The soldier married August 2, 1782, near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Lydia, he maiden name not given.  She was born March 13, 1767.  Pension was allowed on her application which was executed April 7, 1847, at which time she resided in Cooper County, Missouri, with son William.  She died there December 12, 1848.

    Children of Richard and Lydia Westbrook.

Joseph     born   June         1, 1783
Sarah          "      January   27, 1785
Deborah     "      January   17, 1787
Elizabeth    "      April         11, 1789
Alexander   "     November 10, 1791
Polley          "     December    1, 1793
Alexander    "     December  24, 1795
William        "      December  14, 1798 - married, Mr 28, 182  Cynthia, born Aug 25, 1805
Lydia           "    November  4, 1802
Modest       "    February     5,  1805
Margaret     "    December 13,  1807

The following children survived their mother:
William
Deborah, wife of Abram Keeny
Modest, Wife of Sampson Farris
Margaret, wife of Silas Farris

                                 9

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The following are the names of the

Children of William and Cynthia Westbrook.

Ann C.   born    January  23, 1823
Richard  born   September 5, 1824
James F. born   December 27, 1826.

One Eri Morley of Cooper County, Missouri, stated in 1852 that he had married a daughter of Richard and Lydia Westbrook, but the name of the daughter is not designated.  She was deceased in 1852.

                                   Very truly yours,

                                    Earl D. Church
                                         Commissioner.

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[A file jacket, on the right side]

Revolution Pennsylvania
WIDOW, &c.	

File No.	9884

Lydia Westbrook Wid. of Richard Westbrook

Pvt. Rev. War

Act 	Feby, 2d of 48

Index: Vol M, Page 320

[Arrangement of 1870.]

[On the right side]

1930, Jan 15. Hist to Col. John B. Barnes See corresp in claim of George Carr, S.16693 m e. e.

1937. Feb. 4. Hist. to Wm. E Westbrook

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Stamp: Receivbed Jan 12 1937 Mail Sub-Div Vets ADm Reader# 5
Jefferson Barracks, Missour
January 9, 1937
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Revolutionary War Soldier
When convenient to you, I should like to have the military record and personal information available about Richard Westbrook, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, of the State of Pennsylvani, who died in Cooper County, Missour, at age 74, August 30, 1833, (Page 604, Vol. 23, Third Series, Pennsylvania Archives). I am enclosing copy of correspondence which may be of help, or of interest to you. I have obtained a copy of the will of Richard Westbrook from the probate court of Cooper, Missouri; it adheres to the usual Dutch form.
Yours very truly,
William E Westbrook