Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 740, Caleb Furbee, Del.

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(8-1776)
SERVICE Delaware
Furbee, Caleb [Furbee,] Mary 
NUMBER W. 740
B.L.H. 26096-160-55
CONTENTS

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[Two columns. Left column:]
Virginia 23, 421-
Caleb Furbee-
of Monongalia in the State of Virginia who was a pr [private] in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Losser[?] in the Delaware line for 2 years 
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 80 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Jan 34. and sent T.P.C. Ray Present
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 200
Semi-annual. allowance ending 4 March '34  40
$240
(Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.)
Recorded by Nathaniel Rice Clerk. Book E Volume 6 1/2 Page 13 [end of first column]
[Right column:]
suspended and  suspension removed, See letters December. 20 1834 to Pension Agent and Honorable E.C. Wilson. 

Letter 21 March '[18]38 Pension Agent 
 "    "    "        "      T.P. Ray.
pay resumed

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31,625. Mar. 3. 1833.
             Apr. 2.    "
Mary Furbee, widow of Caleb Furbee, Private. 
Capt. 
Col.
110:160 Ac May 16/56 Boynton
Entd. 
Dis. 
Revolutionary War
Pensioners. Leg 53-1260 
Boynton [pencil]

No 26096 of May 17/56 [diagonally across first column in pencil] 

[end of first column]
Cir: to AD.Hickman Aug't 14/55
Va
Feby 53- no 1260 [in pencil]

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Increase No. 1260 
West Virginia
Mary Furbee widow of Caleb Furbee who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private Delaware
Wheeling Agency. Rate 96 Dollars 00 cents per annum.
Commencing July 27th 1868 Deduct payment made since
Certificate dated Sept 23rd 1869 and sent to David Hickman Middletown Tyler Co W Va
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 748 Vol. C

 Sent

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23699
Lieut. Caleb Furbee
Va
Returned for Special letters

Adm'd as a private $80 per annum
T.P. Ray Esq'r
Morgantown Monongalia Cty Virginia [crossed out]

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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, 16th 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 show what is necessary to be done. These 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 the Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, showing the Service of Caleb Furbee W V.a
[column headings: Period when the service was rendered., Duration of the claimant's service: Years., Months., Days. Rank of the Claimant., Names and rank and the Field officers under whom he served., Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service., Proof by which the declaration is supported.]
he then serve[?]
1. 1775 volud, . ,upwd 6, . , private, Cap Sipple, 80 entered Kent Cy Delaware Lives in Va Monongalia Cy,   
2. Army 1776 -  8 or 9 m, . , Lieut. Cap Sipple, . , Certificate of a Clergyman 
3. 1777- ordered, . , about 8, . , Lieut., Cp. Caldwell Col. Pope or Hall and one citizen in Battle Brandywine that after this he was often out on duty and thinks at least, . , 6, . , and is confident he served altogether not Less than 28 months [written below the tabular format]
he accounts for loss of Com,,
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, 
J.L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law 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 County of} ss.
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A.B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named  officers: [blank]
(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left 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 engaged, and the country through which he marched. [symbol of a hand pointing its index finger to the right] 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 [blank]
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 [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &c.
If, on examination of the paper 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 [blank] and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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 [blank] and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank]and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &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 herewith, 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 this claim, and in comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-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 the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicants 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, to 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 the 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 inquiry, whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper County, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
(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 different grades in which he served, and 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, deposit and sniff, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear, positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For — year — months, and — days, I served as a —, for — months and — days, I served as a —; and for such service, I claim a pension.”
It is important in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is two indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they serve two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service By competent authority; that he was either in the field or in Garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required. 
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
(I) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 
Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who 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 end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
Proof of Service. 
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits, the time of the claimant’s entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oath 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.
[symbol of a hand pointing its index finger to the right] The notes from (a) to (i) are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by ride 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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31,625.
Mary Furbee widow of Caleb Furbee. Revolutionary soldier. 
Declaration for bounty land under act of 3rd 
March 1855

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State of Virginia 
County of Tyler.} ss on this 28th day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, . . . . . . . . . . personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace, within and for the county & State aforesaid Mary Furbee aged about Sixty nine years, a resident of Tyler County, in the State of Virginia, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Caleb Furbee, who was a soldier of the Revolution, that her said husband Caleb Furbee drew a pension from the Government of the United States, of Eighty dollars a year as well as she now recollects, for such service; that she was married to the said Caleb Furbee, sometime, in the latter part of the year 1833, (she believes in the month of December of said year) by James Dye, Esquire, a Justice of the Peace, in & for Greene County, State of Pennsylvania, who was authorized by the laws of said State of Pennsylvania, to celebrate the rites of matrimony therein, that her name before she was married was Mary Lemasters; that her husband the said Caleb Furbee died, about the 16th day of April 1837, that she has no record of her age, nor of her marriage with the said Caleb Furbee; But refers, in support of her present application to her declaration & the proofs filed therewith, which was made in 1853, to obtain a pension, as the widow of the said Caleb Furbee, and especially, she refers, to the Will of the said Caleb Furbee attached to her said declaration, as proof of her being his widow- the genuineness of which will can be easily established (as she believes) by a comparison of the signature to the said Will & the said Celeb's signature's to the Powers of Attorney given to persons to draw his pension, from time to time, & on file, in the Pension Department at Washington; She further declares on oath, that she is the identical Mary Furbee, to whom a certificate of Pension

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was granted, as the Widow of the said Caleb Furbee, by the Government of the United States, for Eighty Dollars a year numbered 1260; and dated the 11th day of August 1853- That she is still the widow of the said Caleb Furbee- unmarried- 
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved the 3rd day of March 1855; She also declares, that she has never applied for nor received any bounty land under this, or any other Act of Congress
Res Mary Furbee X (her mark)

We William Swan & David Hickman, residents of Middlebourne, Tyler County, in the State of Virginia, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Furbee, in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. 
Wm Swan
David Hickman
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; And I certify that I know the applicants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. 
R.R. Swan 
J.P.
State of Virginia County of Tyler.} ss I David Hickman clerk of the County of Tyler, in the State of Virginia, do certify that Randolph R Swan, before whom the foregoing declaration of Mary Furbee, and affidavits of William Swan & David Hickman, appears to have been made,

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was at the time of taking & subscribing to the same a justice of the Peace in + for the said County of Tyler duly elected, Commissioned and sworn; And I further Certify that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine. 
In Witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name & affix my official seal of Middlebourne this 28th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
D. Hickman
Clerk of the Tyler County Court

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Lieut Caleb Furbee
23699

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State of Virginia County of Monongalia} ss.
On this 28th day of August in the year, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the County of Monongolia now sitting Caleb Furbee, a resident of said county aged eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, doth make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he beleives [spellling error] that it was in the year 1775 when the enemy first came into the Deleware [misspelled] he volunteered to go upon the beach between Motherkilll and Jones creeks on the Deleware bay, where we had an encampment, under the command of Capt. Sipple, a militia officer in the Deleware militia, that he was discharged by Capt. Sipple in the last of November, having served upwards of six months- during all this term we guarded the shore to prevent the enemy from landing- 
That in the spring of the year 1776, he was commissioned as a lieutenant in Capt. Sipples company by the Honb'. Govenor Radner of Deleware, and a bout the last of April 1776 he received orders from his captain who had received orders from the said Governor, to march to the same place, that he had the previous year been at- that he marched and took command of about fifteen of his company, the captain refusing to go,- that in June he with his company had an engagement with the enemy, at the mouth of Muskmellon creek, and succeeded in preventing them from landing- that he thinks that it was in July, we had another engagement, at Shirleys bar on the bay shore, that the enemy cannonaded us severely, and he was near being killed by a cannon ball, but we succeeded in preventing the enemy from landing out of their boats- that late in the fall and after the shipping left the bag, we returned home, being at this service about eight or nine months-
That about the month of May 1777 when the enemy shipping returned into Deleware, Gov. Radner, sent him orders to march to the bay and guard the coasts, that he immediately marched without about fifteen men under his command, and remained guarding the coast, until the enemy landed at the head of Elk which he beleives was in July,- he received orders from the Govenor to head the enemy, he accordingly marched, and joined the Deleware regiment at Christeen-

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creek, commanded by Colonel Pope or Colonel Hall, that he and his men were attatched [sic] to a company commanded by Captain Caldwell- that we headed the enemy untill we met at the battle of Brandy wine in which engagement he was in the Deleware[sic] regiment being on the right wing- that after the battle he was [crossed out] the enemy having returned into the Deleware bay, with their shipping, he with his men again marched back to that bay- that the enemy being in possession of Philadelphia, and the bay, a man by the name of Chaney Clow a tory, collected a large company and built a fort at the head of Chester river- that he was ordered by the Governor, who headed the troops, amounting to near two hundred, to march and take the fort of Clow which we succeeding in doing, but Clow escaped to the enemy but was afterwards caught and hung- that he thinks this fort was taken in December 1777- that after this we returned home, after an absence of eight months. 
That frequently after the year 1777 and during the revolution, he volunteered to go out against the enemy, the refugees and tories, and thinks that it was not less than six months he was employed in this kind of service, that during the year 1778 he was taken prisoner by the refugees, but was discharged after a few days.
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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. 
 Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Caleb Furbee 
And the said court, do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. 
[illegible seal of office stamp, faded ink] 
I Thomas P. Ray, clerk of the County court of Monongalia, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Caleb Furbee for a pension. In testimony whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 28th of August in the year 1832 and 57th year of the Commonwealth
Thos. P. Ray

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State of Virginia
of Monongalia
On this 25th day of February in the year 1833, personally appeared
in open court before the County Court of Monongalia now sitting, Caleb Furbee the same
person named in the foregoing declaration, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on
his oath, make the following declaration in addition to his former one, that he was born on the
22d of November in the year 1752 in Kent County Deleware[sic], on the Deleware[sic] bay, within
three miles of the surf- that the record of his age is recorded in Fathers bible now in the
possession of his brother Haitman, living in Tyler County Virginia that he always lived in Kent County
when ordered into the service of the United States, and removed from that county, into the
County of Monongalia aforesaid in the year 1790 that he recollects the names of the
following regular officers, in the Delaware State Co. Pope. Col. Hall, Col Richardson Genl
Wayne, Mercer Smallwood- Major Vaughn - Capt. Kirkwood, John Rhodes, Nixon
of Delaware Regiment and many others whose names he has forgotton - that his company
joined Col Richardson's regiment at Christeen, but he cannot recollect the names of his
officers, altho' we were together some time, and in the battle of Brandywine- that he recollects
Col Rhodes, Lieut Col Philip Barrett. Major Gibbs, Capt. Manny, Caldwell, Gray, Berry
of the Delaware militia regiment. That has been fifty one years a member of the Methodist church -
That he preserved his commission untill about eight years ago, when it was destroyed by a
grand child, that he has for a long time been personally acquainted with the Revd.
Joseph A. Shackelford, Richard Harrison, Charles Simpkins, Simeon Everly Esqr and other
aged and respectable citizens of said county, who he believes can testify as to the general
belief of his services in the Revolution-
That he is confident that he served altogether in the Revolution, a term not less
than twenty eight months-
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
in that opinion.
Caleb Furbee
We Joseph A. Shackelford a clergyman residing in the County of Monongalia aforesaid
and Richard Harrison, residing in the same county hereby certify, that we are well ac-
quainted with Caleb Furbee, who has subscribed and sworn, to the above declaration
that we believe him to be eighty years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the
neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and we concur
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J.A. Shackelford
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

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certifies that it appears to them, that Joseph A. Shackelford who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the said county, and that Richard Harrison who has also signed the same, is a resident of the same county, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

I Thomas P. Ray, clerk of the County court of Monongalia, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the manner of the application of Caleb Furbee for a pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said court, at Morgan town this 20th of February, in the year 1833, and 57th year of the Commonwealth.

Tho. P. Ray

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Mary Furbee widow of Caleb Furbee, a revolutionary pensioner 

application for a Pension. act 3rd Feb 1853

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State of Virginia
County of Tyler

On this 11th day of April 1853, personally appeared before the county court of Tyler, Mary Furbee, a resident of said county of Fylee, aged about sixty seven years, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed the 3rd day of February 1853; that she is the widow of Caleb Furbee, who was a soldier of the Revolution, that the said Caleb Furbee, drew a Pension from the Government of the United States, (as well as she now recollects) of Eighty Dollars a year; that she does not recollect at what agency (if she ever knew) Her husband's pension was paid at, whether Richmond, or Wheeling, she knows however that he he received his money at Morgantown, through the agency of some friend who does his business for him. She further declares that she was married to said Caleb Furbee sometime in the year One thousand eight hundred & thirty three, (& she thinks in the month of December), by one James Dye Esquire a Justice of the Peace in the county of Greene in the state of Pennsylvania to celebrate the rights of matrimony; that her husband the aforesaid Caleb Furbee died on or about the 16ht day of April 1837; that she was married to him as above states; that she has no record of her own age, nor of the time of her marriage with the said Caleb Furbee, but offers in support of her declaration a paper writing purporting to a will signed by the said Caleb Furbee a short time before his death, by which he bequeathed to her one mare, one cow, two beds & bedding, and all his household furniture; by virtue of which will is retained

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all the property named therein, although the will was never proven in court & established according to law; that after her husband's death, she applied to one [Ewin, Edmund, or Edward Billingsley] of Morgantown Va to get for her as the widow of the said Caleb Furbee, the pay that was due him from the 4th of March 1837 to the 16h April thereafter, and to enable him to do so, she gave to him her husband's (the said Caleb Furbee's) certificate of Pension that the said Billingsley sometime afterward moved away from Monongalia, to the west and she never got Pension, now the Pension Certificate, she has given him. She further swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act and is still a widow, and that she has never before made an application for a pension

Sworn to & subscribed in open court on the day & year first before written

[Mary Furbee mark]

And the court now here sitting consisting of Josiah Bayees, residing justice, James C Williamson and Thomas Steel do hereby declare that they are of opinion after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant is of the age stated by her, and that she is the widow of Caleb Furbee, who was a Revolutionary pensionee; which his ordered to be certified to the commissionee of Pensions. 

Abopy Feste D. Hickman Clerk

State of Virginia
County of Fylee. ss

I David Hickman, clerk of the county court of Fylee in the state of Virginia aforesaid, do certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the accord in my office; and that the writing attached here is the will of Caleb Furbee deceased which

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she produced to the said court, and referred to, in the foregoing declaration, as the will of the said Caleb Furbee; and that a paper also attached hereto, was presented to the said court by her, as one of a number of her husband's papers in her possession with his signature attached, which she presented as evidence of the genuineness of the signature of her said husband to the said will, and requests a comparison to be made of the signatures thereto, with her husband's signatures made to powers of attorney on file in the pension office whereby his pension had been drawn. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed
my seal of office this 12th day of April
One thousand Eight hundred & fifty three
D. Hickman Clerk

The aforesaid mare and one cow
Two beds and bedding and all the house
hold furniture I Caleb Furbee -senior
Do give to Mary Furbee my Wife
to have and to hold as her
own for Ever - after my Death
As witness my hand & {seal}
this twenty second day of March 1837
Caleb Furbee {seal}
Attests Joseph McGill 
James Walker

Mr Thomas P Ray pleas to pay ovr my
pention [pension] money or give my Check to
John Brooker as I have appointed
him as my Agent and attorney in all
my business. This from yours with [illegible]
May the 29th 1835. Caleb Furbee

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January 15, 1940
BA-J/MCS 
Caleb Furbee, W. 740 
Mrs. Marcellin C. Adams 
Historical Society Bldg. 
Bigelow Boulevard 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 
Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Caleb Furbee who served in the Revolutionary War. 
The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, W.740, based on the Revolutionary War service of Caleb Furbee.
Caleb Furbee was born November 22, 1752, in Kent County, Delaware, on the Delaware Bay “within [‘in’ is handwritten] three miles of the serf." The names of his parents are not shown. 
While a resident of Kent County, he enlisted in 1775 and served at various times during the Revolution, amounting to about twenty-eight months in all, as private, ensign and lieutenant with the Delaware troops under Captains Sipple, Caldwell, Manney and Furbee (relationship of Captain Furbee not given) and Colonels Rhodes, Pope and Richardson. Caleb Furbee was commissioned lieutenant in the spring of 1776, as early as April. He was in an engagement at the mouth of Masmellon or Muskmelon Creek (probably meant for Mispillion Creek) and one at Shirley's Bar where he was taken prisoner but was released after being held for fifteen days, and he was in the battle of Brandywine and at the capture of Fort Clow at the head of Chester River.
In 1796, Caleb Furbee moved from Kent County, Delaware, to Monongalia County, Virginia, where he was living when he applied for pension August 28, 1832. His claim for pension was allowed. 
Caleb Furbee was referred to as Caleb Furbee, Senior, in 1837. He died April 16, 1837.

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Caleb Furbee married in December, 1833, in Greene [the last ‘e’ may have been added by hand] County, Pennsylvania, Mary Lemasters.

She was allowed pension on her application executed April 11, 1853, while a resident of Tyler County, Virginia, at which time she stated that she was aged sixty-seven years. In 1868, she was living in Ellsworth Township, Tyler County, West Virginia, and stated that she was then aged seventy-two years. 

In 1833, Caleb Furbee stated that his commission as an officer was destroyed by his grandchild (name not given) about 1825. The name of the former wife of Caleb Furbee is not shown. 

In 1833, Waitman Furbee, brother of Caleb Furbee, was living in Tyler County, Virginia, aged eighty-three years, and he stated that he lived in Kent County, Delaware, during the Revolution and served about three months in 1776 under his brother, Lieutenant Caleb Furbee, in Captain Manney's company of volunteers and was in the battle of Musmelin (probably meant for Mispillion )Creek. 

In 1833, Caleb Furbee's sister, Ann Davis, aged seventy-seven years and a resident of Monongalia County, Virginia, was the wife of John Davis who was born July 22, 1751, in Kent County, Delaware. 

In 1834, one John Davis, aged fifty-six years, stated that he had known Caleb Furbee for the last forty-five years, that from 1798 until 1810 he occasionally lived with him as one of his family and while there Caleb Furbee showed him his commission as lieutenant.

One Dallas Lemasters was living in Tyler County, Virginia, in 1853, relation to widow not shown. In 1868 Elisha and Amos Lemasters of Tyler County, West Virginia, testified in behalf of the widow, Mary Furbee, but their relation to her is not shown. In 1869, one Enoch Lemasters was living in Ellsworth Township, Tyler County, West Virginia, his relation to widow not given. 

There are no further discernible family data. Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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Caleb Furbee - Pri
Monongalia Cty
Va
Eulettes

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Note. Mr Furbee says he has an application now pending on
an increase of his pension. He thinks herself entitled to the
Pension of an Ensign or Lieutenant. In reference to that matter
I may be [illegible] say, that his statement to me was highly
Satisfactory and I believe Strictly true in all particulars-
Mr F James confirmed as a man of veracity-
W G Singleton
Nov 28, 1834

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Caleb Furbee -

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State of Virginia 
County of Monongalia 
SS.

Be it remembered that on the 6th day of April, in the year 1833, personally appeared before me, Nimrod Dent the subscriber, a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Charles Simmpkins a resident of said county, aged seventy five years who after being duly and solemnly sworn, doth depose and say That he has been personally acquainted with Caleb Furbee, a resident of said county (and as he has been informed an applicant for a pension,) for forty years - that many years ago he has heard the said Furbee speak of his services as a Lieutenant of the militia of Delaware in the Revolutionary War, and recount scenes that then happened - that from his knowledge of Furbee’s character, he has no doubt that he was in the Revolution, as an officer and he now has and bears a reputable standing in Society. 

Charles Simpkins 
his mark 

Also on the same day personally appeared before me, Ann Davis aged Seventy Seven years, a resident of said county, who after being duly and solemnly sworn, doth depose and say That she is the sister of the Caleb Furbee named in Charles Simpkins deposition. that during her infancy she resided in Kent county Delware [spelled incorrectly] and continued to reside there during the whole of the Revolutionary War - that she has a perfect recollection of her brother, the said Caleb Furbee, frequently going into the service of the country, as well [crossed out] a private soldier as a Lieutenant of the militia, that she frequently witnessed her brothers departure and return upon expedition on the Bay side, (within two miles of which her family resided) and to other places, but she cannot possibly say the years or the length of service - that during the Revolution we were much more fearful of the refugees and tories than the British, and our people had a great deal of military service to perform - that she has a perfect recollection of hearing that her brother was in the expedition against Cheney Clow the Tory, but she cannot recollect the year it took place - that it is about forty three years since she removed into this county - 
Ann Davis 
her mark 
Also on the same day personally appeared before me, Richard Harrison, aged sixty three years a resident of said county, who after being duly and solemnly sworn, doth depose and say, That he has been personally acquainted with the above named Caleb Furbee for about twenty years, that some years ago, he frequently heard the said Furbee speak of his services in the Revolutionary War - That in the year 1811 in passing through the State of Kentucky, he fell in company with a Col. Gibbs and after some conversation the said Gibbs stated to him, that he the said Gibbs and the said Furbee had served for some time together in the Revolutionary War.
 Rich Harrison

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In testimony that the aforenamed Charles Simpkins, Ann Davis and Richard Harrison made oath to and subscribed the foregoing affidavits, before me Nimrod Dent, a Justice of the peace, in and for said county, on the day and year aforesaid, and they are credible persons and their statement entitled to full credit. I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal, at the county aforesaid.

Nimrod Dent

State of Virginia
 I Thomas P. Ray, clerk of the County court of Monongalia do certify that Nimrod Dent esqr. is a magistrate of said county, and that the above certificate purporting to be his, is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of said court, at Morgantown the 6th of April in the year 1833. Tho. P. Ray

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Furbee Evidence 
23421

William Singleton had reported forward [illegible] [illegible]


E. C. Wilson

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State of Virginia 
Tyler County
On this 26th day of September 1834 Personally appeared before me John W Allen, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Tyler & State aforesaid John Davis aged Fifty Six years, who I hereby certify to be a creditable person, who being ^first duly sworn according to law, on his oath states, that he has been well acquainted with Caleb Furbee (of Monongalia County Virginia) for Forty five years past - That from the year 1798 to the year 1810, Deponent occasionally lived with the said Caleb Furbee as one of his family, and while residing with the said Caleb Furbee, he the said Caleb Furbee Showed Deponent his commission of Lieutenant under which he served ^as he said in the Revolutionary War; which was dated as well as deponent recollects in the year 1776 (or thereabouts.) Deponent frequently within the above specified period, while living in the family of the said Caleb Furbee, seen the said commission & heard the said Caleb Furbee speak of his services as a Lieutenant in the war of the Revolution - Deponent further states that in the lifetime of the father of Deponent; Deponent has heard his father (who lived a near neighbor to the said Caleb Furbee in the time of the Revolution & afterwards in the County of Monongalia, where they both had removed to) speak of the said Caleb Furbee as having served the United States as a Lieutenant in the Revolution - and further this Deponent saith not Sworn to & Subscribed before me the day & date above 
John Davis
John W. Allen JP 
State of Virginia County of Tyler 
I David Hickman clerk of the Court of Tyler county, certify that John W Allen Esq is a magistrate as above stated by him, and that the foregoing signature

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purporting to be his, is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name this 26th day of September 1834
D. Hickman
Clerk of the Court of Tyler County 
[faded round seal with the word ‘Virginia’ at the bottom]

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1853 Oct. 19, Cir to P. Agt,
22
Transferred from Richmond to Wheeling from 3 February 1853 - and note to D. Hickman 1 


1260
Virginia [crossed out] Wheeling 
[handwritten] Mary Furbee [end handwritten] widow of [handwritten] Caleb [end handwritten]  who served in the Revolutionary war, as a [handwritten] private. [end handwritten]

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of [handwritten] 80 [end handwritten] Dollars [handwritten] 00 [end handwritten] Cents per annum, to commence on the [crossed out; 4th day of March 1848.] 3rd February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of August/53 and sent to [handwritten] D. Hickman Middlebourne Virginia [end handwritten]
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act [crossed out] July, 2, 1848,] Page [handwritten] 123 [end handwritten] Vol. [handwritten] A [end handwritten] 3 February 1853

[illegible handwriting at the bottom of the page]

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MORGANTOWN Va. APR 2 [circular blank ink stamp]
Document in favor of Caleb Furbee Va.

free
J.L. Edwards’s esq.
Coms. Of Pension
War Department
Washington city

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State of Virginia
County of Monongalia

Be it remembered that on this 26th of March in the year 1833, personally appeared before me the subscriber Richard Watts, a Justice of the peace in and for said county, John Davis a resident of said county, and to me personally known, and after being duly sworn, doth depose and say. That he was born in Kent County, Deleware [misspelled], on the 22d of July in the year 1751, and at the age of eighteen or nineteen he became personally acquainted with Caleb Furbee, now a resident of this county - that during the Revolutionary war, but the year or time he cannot now possibly recollect, he served two tours of duty in the Deleware [misspelled] militia stationed on and near the Deleware [misspelled] bay opperating [misspelled] against the enemy, under the said Caleb who acted and he believes was a Lieutenant of the said Deleware [misspelled] militia, that he has a perfect recollection of hearing at the time of the expedition against the celebrated tory Cheney Clow and his gang, and that the said Caleb was in the expedition - that the said Caleb had the reputation of being a brave man and he has no doubt frequently marched into the service, to repel the encroachments of the enemy who frequently made excursions up the Deleware [misspelled], and against the tories who were more dreaded than the British - That forty one or two years ago, he removed into this county, from the said county of Kent, and has ever since resided here - that the said Caleb removed from Kent into this county, one year before - that he is the brother in-law of the said Caleb.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid.
John Davis 
his mark 


I Richard Watts above named one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said county as above stated, do certify that the above named John Davis, made oath to, and subscribed the above affidavit before me, on the day and year of foresaid, and I do further certify that the said John Davis is a man of good character, and his statement is entitled to the fullest credit. As witness my hand and seal.
 Richard Watts 
Virginia 
I Thomas P. Ray, clerk of the County court of Monongalia do certify. That Richard Watts esqr. is a magistrate of said county, and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of said court, at Morgantown the 26th of March in the the Ray 1833 -
Tho. P. Ray

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Morgantown 2d.  April 1833 

J L Edwards esq
Comr of Pensions 
Sir

I enclose you the deposition of John Davis in support of the application of Caleb Furbee for a pension - As soon as some other depositions are taken, they will be enclosed

I am Respectfully Yours
Tho. P. Ray

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Act of 1853

Mary Furbee
Widow's defective declaration

Hatch

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State of West Virginia
County of Tyler
On this 20th day of October A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight formally appeared before me Christian Engle Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Furbee aged 72 years applicant of the claim the Township County of Tyler in the State of West Virginia who being only ever according to her claim that she is the identical Mary Furbee to where was granted Pension certificate No. __ payable at Wheeling West Virginia at the rate of eight dollars per annum issued with the act of February 3 1853; that she makes this declaration in order to ensure the increase of the present to which she is entitled with this herewith action of the act of July 27 1868.
My post office assay is as follows 
Middlebourne, Tyler County, West Virginia
Mary X her mark Furbee
Signed in presence of 
Elisha Lemasters
Amos Lemasters
Also personally appeared Elisha Lemasters and Amos Lemasters residents of Tyler County persons whom I certify to be respectable and

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and entitled to credit, who being by me duly Sworn say that they were present and saw Mary Furbee make her mark to the foregoing declarations and they further claim that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she presents herself to be and that they have no interest in the prosetution of this claim.
Elisha Lemasters
Amos Lemasters
Sworn and subscribed before me this 26th day of October A. D. 1868 and I hereby certify that I have no interest direct or indirect in the proseution of this claim and I further certify that I read the foregoing declaration to the applicant before she subscribed and made oath to the same. 
C. Engle, Clerk

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26.096
No Claims

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Pension Office 
August 5 /53 

Sir
Please report time of last payment to or time of death of within named pensioner 
Respectfully be 
S. Cole
or Commr 
F. Burt Esqr 
3 Aud Present

(see other side.)

Caleb Furbee, Act 1832, $80 p an. Paid to 4th March 1837; no date of death on our Books.
F Burt Auditor

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Alexander Tenant’s
Deposition in support of Mary Furbee’s Application for a Pension

Act of 3rd Feby 1853

[written on the vertical edge] thousand eight hundred and fifty three
D. Hickman 
Clerk

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Alexander Tenant’s
Deposition in support of Mary Furbee’s Application for a Pension

Act of 3rd Feby [February] 1853

thousand eight hundred and fifty three 
D. Hickman Clerk

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State of Virginia
County of Tyler

This day personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in & for the county aforesaid Alexander Tenant a resident of said county, (who I certify to be a credible witness) and made solemn oath according to the law, that he was present and seen Caleb Furbee & Mary Lemasters united in wedlock sometime in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty three - they were married in the county of Greene in the State of Pennsylvania, by James Dye Esquire, a Justice of the Peace in & for the said county of Greene who was duly authorized to celebrate the rites of matrimony in said State, as applicant believes for he knew & heard of a great many persons getting married by said James Dye, both before and after he married the said Caleb Furbee and the said Mary Lemasters - applicant states that the said Caleb Furbee was a Pensioner of the United States for services rendered in the War of the Revolution, at the time of his death, which was some fifteen or sixteen years ago, leaving the said Mary Furbee as his widow, who applicant is well acquainted with, and who remains unmarried and further the applicant saith not.
Sworn & subscribed to before this 12th day of April 1853
Z.C. White J.P.
Alexander Tenant
his mark [mark looks closer to an ‘O’ than an ‘X’)

State of Virginia
Tyler County

I David Hickman clerk of Tyler county court do certify that Zodoc C White

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before whom the foregoing Deposition of Alexander Tenant, appears to have been taken, was at the time of taking & subscribing to the same, a Justice of the Peace in & for the said county of Tyler, duly elected commissioned & sworn, & I further certify that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In writing whereof I have here and to subscribed my name & affixed my seal of office this 23rd day of May in the year one thousand and eight hundred & fifty three
D. Hickman Clerk

Alexander Tenant’s Deposition in support of Mary Furbee’s application for a Pension

Act of 3rd Feby 1853

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L P Waldo Esqr

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

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Middletown
May 23rd 1853

LP Waldo Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir, I send enclosed the Declaration of Mary Furbee widow of Caleb Furbee who served in the Revolutionary War & received a Pension from the Government at the time of his death for such services; In order to obtain a pension under the act of 3rd February 1853 - I send also the depositions of Alexander Tenant & Dallas Lemasters proving the marriage of the said Mary Furbee with the said Caleb Furbee & his death - Her pension certificate you will please enclose to my address at this place when issued

Very respectfully yours
D. Hickman

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Brief in the case of [handwritten] Mary Furbee widow of Caleb
Tyler [end handwritten] County and State of [handwritten] Virginia [end handwritten] act [handwritten] of Feb. 3 1853 [end handwritten]

Claim, (“original,” or “for increase.”)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
[handwritten] Husband a pensioner under the act of June 7 / 32 at $80 per annum
Marriage proven by credible witnesses [end handwritten]

(If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
[handwritten] Identity shown by certificate of court [end handwritten]

Name and residence of Agent
[handwritten] D Hickman Town of Middletown Tyler Co Va [end handwritten]

Examining Clerk.
[handwritten] JL Gray [end handwritten]

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Increase
Brief in the case of Mary Furber Widow of Caleb Furbee
Private Revy War Middlebourne 
Wheeling [in pencil]
Tyler County and State of West Virginia
Act 2d Sec Feb 3, 1853
& the 13th Sec July 27, 1868

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE.
PROOF EXHIBITED,
A pensioner at $80 pr. Ann. Certificate returned
Claim increase under Sec 13 Act July 27, 1868
Identity and continued widowhood properly [illegible]

Admitted Sep. 2 1869 to pension at $96 per ann
to commence July 27, 1868 deducting pay’t since

W. C. Trask
Examining Clerk

Name and residence of Agent.
Claimant
Care Mary Furbee
David Hickman
as above

App’d Ga S M

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(2 page document)

1st Page

Mrs.  Mary Furbee's Pension Certificate (hand written)

Payment to be made at Richmond, by F.M. Lawson Esquire

Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of Virginia

Payable on the 4th September and 4th March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d 1853, Page 123 Volume A
Clerk
H .R. Weightman
(seal stamp illegible)
2nd Page

4th March 1859 21 years past 
5th Sept. 1859 21 years past
5h March 1860 22 Ditto
previously lived in
Monongalia City
4th Sep 1861 23 years past 
4th March 1862 2 years past
4th  March 1863-25 years past
4th March 1864 26 years past
4th March 1865. 27 years past

Mrs.. Furbee aged about 67 years
April 1853

18 years in Tyler September  of 1855
previously lived in Monongalia City
17 years 4th September 1856

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WIDOW'S PENSION

I certify that in conformity with the 2d. section of the Act of February 3, 1853. Mary Furbee widow of Caleb Furbee (big ink splach) who was a Private in the Revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and XXXX cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.


Given at the Department of the Interior,
this Eleventh day of August
one thousand eight hundred and fifty three

R.M. McClelland
Secretary of the Interior

Examined and Countersigned.

L P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions.

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Richmond October the 25th 1853 

Sir
In reply to yours of the 19th instant I inform you that Mary Furber has not been paid at this agency at any time under the act 3 February 1853 

I am very Respectfully your obedient servant 
Morris D Newman
Pension Agent at Richmond Virginia

L. P. Waldo Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington D.C

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L.P. Waldo Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

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Middlebourne Va
Oct. 13th 1853

L.P. Waldo Esq
Comm of Pensions

Dear Sir, you enclosed me some time since, a certificate of Pension for Mrs Mary Furbee, the widow of Caleb Furbee decd who was a soldier of the Revolution for $80 per annum - which Pension is directed to be paid at the Richmond Va agency - 
The object of this communication is to request that you will change the payment of Mrs Furbee’s pension to the Wheeling Va agency; as it will be attended with trouble, difficulty & even considerable risque [risk] in getting it from Richmond, while there will be no difficulty or risque [risk] in getting it at all times from Wheeling - All the Pensions in N.W. Va have been paid (so far as I know) for some 10 years, or more at the latter agency - Mrs Cook’s of this county, who lately obtained a similar pension to Mrs Furbee is made payable at Wheeling, & I suppose that the making Mrs Furbee’s payable elsewhere was unintentional

Very respectfully yours
D. Hickman

P.S. Please apprize [apprise] me of your action in the matter at your earliest convenience
Yours D.H.

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Middlebourne, West Va.
July 19th 1869

Hon. H. Van Aernam
Comm Pensions
Washington City D.C.

Dear Sir
Enclosed please find Pension Certificate also affidavit of two witnesses as to my widowhood and loyalty, as required by yours of June 21st 1869. The only letter from you in my case that I have received. When you issue New Certificate please send to my address, care of David Hickman Middlebourne West Virginia and oblige
Yours Respectfully
Mary Furbee

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[Preprinted form with handwritten answers]

DEPOSITION OF TWO WITNESSES THAT WIDOW OR MOTHER HAS NOT REMARRIED
This deposition is required on the first payment when twelve months or more pension is due. It will also be furnished whenever required by Pension Agents at any payment having less time, or at subsequent periods.

We, Daniel Doll and Enoch Lemasters, of the Township of Ellsworth, County of Tyler, State of West Virginia do solemnly swear that we are neighbors of Mrs Mary Furbee, who is the widow of Caleb Furbee deceased, on whose account she receives a Pension (Certificate numbered [no number listed]), and that for the past 10 to 15 years we have been well acquainted with the said Mary Furbee; that from our frequent intercourse and conversations, and from other circumstances, we have every reason to believe, and we do both believe, that the said Mary Furbee has not remarried since the death of the above mentioned Caleb Furbee. Further, we say that if she had remarried, we have reason to believe that we should have know it. And further that said Mary Furbee ever is, and ever has been, loyal to the government of the United States
(Two witnesses if mark is made.) [crossed out]

Daniel Doll [signed]
Enoch Lemasters [signed]

STATE OF West Virginia, COUNTY OF Tyler, ss. On this 19th day of July, 1869 personally appeared before me the above-named Daniel Doll and Enoch Lemasters, whom I have reason to believe are credible persons, and after the above statement had been carefully read and explained to them, made oath to the same in due form of law.

(Adding his official character.) Christian Engle, Clerk of the [illegible] court of Tyler County

Insert the name of the pensioner.

Insert “widow” or “mother.” 

Insert the name of late husband or son

[illegible impressed seal in the bottom left hand corner]

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Watmen Furby for Calib Furbey

[Waitman Furbee for Caleb Furbee]

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State of Virginia, Tyler County Ss:
This day personally appeared before me John W. Allen
one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County Wateman Furby
aged Eighty three years a resident of said County who
after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is a brother
of Caleb Furby of Monongalia County who he understood
is an applicant for a pention [sic] that during the revolutionary
war that he the deponent resided in Kent County Delaware.
The deponent said that he served under his brother Caleb Furby
about three months at the mouth of Mulmelin Creek and there we had a had a battle and [illegible] thinks
that his service under his brother Caleb was in the year of 1776 in Captain
Manneys Company of volunteers and that he is surtain [sic] that the said
Caleb Furby was a Lieutenant and served as such about three
years and that he knows of said Caleb being at the taking of
Chancy Clows army and also knows that said Caleb had
the sole command of the Company that guarded the
Mundkil Creek he thinks that his brother was commanded by
[illegible] Rodney as he knows that Rodney rended at
that time as Goveroer of the State of Delaware. he do not
Recollect of ever seeing his brothers Comishen [commission] but that
he has the record of his age and that he was born the 22d of
November in the year of 1752 in Kent County Delaware near
the Delaware Bay and he further states that the said Caleb
was reputed to have been an active officer and very good soldier.
W. Furbee
In testimony that the said Watmen
Furby was sworn to
and subscribed the above affidavit and that he is a man rep
ted to be of Good Character and his statement is entitled
to credit I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
11th day of June 1833
John W. Allen
State of Virginia
County of Tyler Ss: I David Hickman Clerk of the

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County Court of Tyler aforesaid, Certify that John W Allen Esq. whose signature appears to the foregoing Deposition is a justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly commissioned & qualified as such & that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his is genuine.

In Testimony whereof, I have
hereunto affixed my seal of Office
and subscribed my name, this
11th day of June 1833
 D .Hickman
Clerk of Tyler County
Court

Seal to left illegible

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Caleb Furbee draws 80 $
I the undersigned Caleb Furbee at the requisition of the Secretary of War. give the 
following [illegible] of my services as a Soldier in the War of the Revolution to Wit. I shall be 82 years to the 22 day of March (Just)
In the year 1775, the British Fleet came into the Delaware Bay, Among the ships were the Patrick Macmillan, and committed many depredations upon the inhabitants. After being [illegible] the people of Delaware voluntarily turned out in the defense of the people thus harassed--and defended them and their property from death and destruction—Seen in this kind of [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]-
In the succeeding Spring of 1776--volunteer companies were raised to protect the settlers on the Bay Shore against depredations from the British fleet then lying on the bay. This company [illegible] their batteries on the bay shore. A Captain Sipple called a company of volunteers in which [illegible] was Ensign- this company [illegible] their batteries on the bay [illegible] [illegible] mouth of Muddy Creek.  another at the mouth of Jones Creek and third mid way between the first two. We were under the command of Colonel Rodes who was occasionally with us-[illegible] but was the time of at least six months.
In the Spring of 1777, Captain Furbee called a Company of Volunteers in which I was Ensign--we marched to Namens Creek, the dividing line between Delaware and Pennsylvania. We remained there and in going and returning at least 2 months--On returning the British Fleet had gone up the Chesapeake Bay and disembarked at the head of Elk. 
Captain Maury raised a volunteer company in which I was Lieutenant in [illegible] to Christien Mays.

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and there joined Colonel Richardson’s Regiment of Regulars. From Christian Bridge the army marched to Brandywine. Remained there awhile after the Battle, then returned to the Buck on the Delaware. We remained there for a short time before we went in pursuit of Clancy’s army or rather force (this man Clancy was a tory and them under him were also tories) 
he had collected a good many men and built a fort. On getting near the fort and offering battle, he came out with his force, a battle ensued. Clancy was defeated, many of his men were killed and many later [illegible][illegible]- he himself escaped to the British Fleet but was subsequently taken and hung for his tory principals [sic]. Colonel Pope commanded us in this engagement and we then marched to Dover, remained there and in the vicinity until succeeding March. I was in service this tour at least ten months.
All my subsequent service was in pursuit of Refugees.
I enlisted at that time”of and [illegible] for two years-- I cannot detail all the different tours performed,  the tours were generally short and frequent- I am perfectly confident. I did at least nine months service against the Refugees. I  was Lieutenant in [illegible] service and was at the Battles of Masmelon [Mispillion] and Shirley’s Bar, in the latter was taken prisoner. Was a prisoner 15 days, procuring my release by giving a barrel of Brandy and a barrel of flour. - I know my services in part by Wightman Furbee.
Thomas P. Ray [illegible] my Declaration. I gave him the same
statement [illegible] again. In Witness whereof I have subscribed my name. November 10 1834
Caleb Furbee

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[handwritten]
Dallas Lemasters’ Deposition in Support of Mary Furbee’s Application for a Pension

Act of 3rd Feby [February] 1853

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State of Virginia
County of Tyler

On this 11th day of April one thousand eight hundred and fifty three [1853] personally appeared before me in my county aforesaid, Dallas Lemasters (who I certify to be a witness of lawful age & also a credible one) and made oath in due form of law, that he was well acquainted with Caleb Furbee who is now dead, in the lifetime of the said Caleb Furbee - that he is also, acquainted with Mary Furbee, who is the Widow of the said Caleb - that he was present at the marriage of the said Caleb Furbee & the said Mary whose maiden name was Lemasters - that they were married by James Dye Esq a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Greene in the State of Pennsylvania, duly authorized to celebrate the rites of matrimony in the State of Pennsylvania, as witness believes sometime in December of the year one thousand eight hundred thirty three [1833] - that the said Caleb Furbee was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the time of his death, which was some time in the Spring of the year 1837 - that the said Mary Furbee, who is now applying for a Pension, is the widow of the said Caleb Furbee, still unmarried and further the Deponent saith not
Dallas Lemasters

Sworn & subscribed before me the date ^first above mentioned
J Boyers

State of Virginia
Tyler Country

J David Hickman, Clerk of the County Court of Tyler & State of Virginia aforesaid

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do certify that Josiah Boyers before whom the foregoing Deposition of Dallas Lemasters appears to have been taken, was at the time of taking & subscribing to the same, a Justice of the Peace in & for the said county of Tyler, duly elected, commissioned & sworn, and further certify that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of Office this 23rd day of May in the year, one thousand eight hundred & fifty three [1853]. D Hickman Clerk

[written on vertical edge]
Dallas Lemasters’ Deposition in Support of Mary Furbee’s Application for a Pension

Act 3rd of Feby [February] 1853

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April 25, 1934 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 
BA-J/MOS 
Caleb Furbee, W. 740


Mr. Madison Stathers 
236 Grand Street 
Morgantown West Virginia 

Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Caleb.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 740, based upon the military service of Caleb Furbee. 
He was born November 22, 1752, in Kent County, Delaware, on the Delaware Bay within three miles of the serf". The names of his parents were not given. 
While a resident of Kent County, he enlisted in 1775 and served at various times during the Revolution, amounting to about twenty eight months in all, as private, ensign and lieutenant with the Delaware troops under Captains Sipple, Caldwell, Manney and Furbee (relationship of Captain Furbee not given) and Colonels Rhodes, Pope and Richardson. He was in an engagement at the mouth of Masmellon or Muskmelon Creek (probably meant for Mispillion Creek) and one at Shirley's Bar where he was taken prisoner but was released after being held for fifteen days, and he was in the battle of Brandywine and at the capture of Fort Clow at the head of Chester River. 
In 1796 he moved from Kent County, Delaware, to Monongalia County, Virginia, where he was living when he applied for pension August 28, 1832. His claim for pension was allowed. 
Caleb Furbee died April 18, 1837.

[handwritten] In 1837 he was [illegible] as Caleb Furbee [illegible] 

[handwritten; arrow inserting this after the colonels listed] He was commissioned Lieutenant in the spring of 1776, as early as April.

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April 25, 1934  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX  BA-J/MOS  Caleb Furbee, W. 740   

Mr. Madison Stathers  236 Grand Street  Morgantown West Virginia  
 
Dear Sir:  Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Caleb. The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 740, based upon the military service of Caleb Furbee.  He was born November 22, 1752, in Kent County, Delaware, on the Delaware Bay within three miles of the serf". The names of his parents were not given.  While a resident of Kent County, he enlisted in 1775 and served at various times during the Revolution, amounting to about twenty eight months in all, as private, ensign and lieutenant with the Delaware troops under Captains Sipple, Caldwell, Manney and Furbee (relationship of Captain Furbee not given) and Colonels Rhodes, Pope and Richardson. He was in an engagement at the mouth of Masmellon or Muskmelon Creek (probably meant for Mispillion Creek) and one at Shirley's Bar where he was taken prisoner but was released after being held for fifteen days, and he was in the battle of Brandywine and at the capture of Fort Clow at the head of Chester River.  In 1796 he moved from Kent County, Delaware, to Monongalia County, Virginia, where he was living when he applied for pension August 28, 1832. His claim for pension was allowed.  Caleb Furbee died April 18, 1837.  

[handwritten] In 1837 he was [illegible] as Caleb Furbee [illegible]   

[handwritten; arrow inserting this after the colonels listed] He was commissioned Lieutenant in the spring of 1776, as early as April.

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He married in December, 1833, in Greene County, Pennsylvania, Mary Lemasters. 
She was allowed pension on her application executed April 11, 1853, while a resident of Tyler County, Virginia, at which time she stated that she was aged sixty-seven years. In 1868 she was living in Ellsworth Township, Tyler County, West Virginia, and stated that she was then aged seventy-two years. 
In 1833 Caleb Furbee referred to his grandchild who was living in 1825, but he did not give the name nor did he give the name of his first wife.
In 1833 Waitman Furbee, brother of Caleb Furbee, was living in Tyler County, Virginia, aged eighty-three years, and he stated that he lived in Kent County, Delaware, during the Revolution and served about three months in 1776 under his brother, Lieutenant Caleb Furbee, in Captain Manney's company of volunteers and was in the battle of Mushelin (probably meant for Mispillion) Creek. 
In 1833 Caleb Furbee's sister, Ann Davis, aged seventy-seven years and a resident of Monongalia County, Virginia, was the wife of John Davis who was born July 22, 1751, in Kent County, Delaware. 
One Dallas Lemasters was living in Tyler County, Virginia, in 1853, relation to widow not given. In 1868 Elisha and Amos Lemasters of Tyler County, West Virginia, testified in behalf of the widow, Mary Furbee, but their relation to her was not given. In 1869 one Enoch Lemasters was living in Ellsworth Township, Tyler County, West Virginia, his relation to widow not given.

ery [very] truly yours 
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator 

add his statement next time rel. [relative] to his res. [residence] in Caleb’s house & having seen commissioner etc

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August 11, 1931

Mr. W. Guy Tetrick
Clarksburg
West Virginia

Rev.& 1812 Wars Section
AWF

Dear Sir:

You are advised that Revolutionary War data
furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.

A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services
of Waitman Furbee.

It is suggested that as a possible means of
securing the information in regard to the military service of soldiers of that war, you apply to The Adjutant  General, War department, this city.

You were furnished, August 15, 1927, the history of the only soldier named Caleb Furbee, that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

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June 4, 1931

Hon. Carl G. Bachmann

House of Representatives

Rev. & 1812 Wares Section
MMHF:MLB

My dear Mr. Bachmann:

Reference is made to your letter, in which you request the Revolutionary War record of one Caleb Furbee.

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 740, that Caleb Furbee was born November 22, 1752, in Kenty (sic Kent) County, Delaware.

While a resident of said Kenty (sic Kent) County, he enlisted in 1775, and served at various times during the Revolution, about twenty-eight months in all, as private ensign and
lieutenant, under Captains Sipple, Caldwell, Manney and Furbee, and Colonels Rhodes, Pope and Richardson, in the Delaware troops,
and was in engagements at the mouth of Muskmelon Creek and at Shirley's Bar, where he was taken prisoner and held for fifteen
days, and at the battle of Brandywine and taking of Fort Clow at the head of Chester River.

In 1796 he moved from Kent County, Delaware, to Monongalia County, Virginia, where he was allowed pension on his application
executed August 28, 1832. He died April 16, 1837.

In 1833, soldier referred to his grandchild who was living in 1825, name not given, nor is the name of soldier's first wife stated.

He married in December, 1833, in Greene County, Pennsylvania, Mary Lemasters. She was allowed pension on her application
executed April 11, 1853, while a resident of Tyler County, Virginia, at which time she stated that she was aged sixty-seven years, but in 1868 stated that she was aged seventy-two years.


Very truly yours
Personal sign (hand written)
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner

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(Hand written initials to right) AUF

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

February 15, 1928.

Mrs. M. R. Browne,
1124 Murdock Ave.,
Parkersburg, West Virginia.

Madam:

I advise you that the history furnished you
April 3, 1926 of Caleb Furbee W.740, is the only
soldier with surname Furbee (all spellings of that
name searched) found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

This Bureau has no record of services rendered
prior to the War of the Revolution.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
Aug

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Wars Section 
August 15, 1927

W. Guy Tetrick 
Clarksburg, West Va. 

Sir: 
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 740 it appears that Caleb Furbee was born November 22, 1752 in Kent County, Delaware. 
While a resident of said Kent County he enlisted in 1775 and served at various times during the Revolution, about twenty-eight months in all, as private, Ensign and Lieutenant, under Captains Sipple, Caldwell, Manney and Furbee, and Colonels Rhodes, Pope and Richardson in the Delaware Troops and was in engagements at the mouth of Muskmelon Creek, and at Shirley's Bar where he was taken prisoner and held for fifteen days, and at the battle of Brandywine and taking of Fort Clow at the head of Chester River. 
In 1796 he moved from KentyCounty [Kent County], Delaware to Monongalia County, Virginia where he was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832. He died April 16, 1837. 
In 1833 soldier referred to his grandchild who was living in 1825, name not given, nor is the name of soldier's first

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wife stated. 
He married in December 1833 in Greene County, Penn0sylvania [Pennsylvania - 0 is crossed out], Mary Lemasters. She was allowed pension on her application executed April 11, 1853 while a resident of Tyler County, Virginia at which time she stated that she was aged sixty-seven years, but in 1868 stated that she was aged seventy-two years. Respectfully, 
E. W. MORGAN 
Acting Commissioner.

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& 1812 Wars Section 
September 8, 1926 

Honorable Frank L. Bowman 
House of Representatives M H 

My dear Mr. Bowman: 
In response to your letter of August 27, 1926, with enclosures, I have the honor to advise you that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of his services. 
A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of the soldier John Davis named below.
 
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Caleb Furbee, W. 740, it appears that one John Davis of Monongalia County, Virginia, on March 26, 1833, stated upon oath that he was born July 22, 1751 in Kent County, Delaware and that he served two tours in the Delaware Militia during the Revolution, dates of enlistment not stated, under his brother- in-law Lieutenant Caleb Furbee who was also of Monongalia County, Virginia in 1833, and that they moved from Kent County, Delaware to said Monongalia County in the seven-

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[continuation of letter 9-8-1926 to Hon. F. Bowman]teen hundred and nineties.

     Also, in the above named pension claim, it appears that one Ann Davis of Monongalia County, Virginia, aged seventy-seven years, stated upon oath on April 6, 1833, that from infancy and during the Revolution she resided in Kent County, Delaware, was the sister of said Caleb Furbee, and in the seventeen hundred and nineties moved from Kent County, Delaware to Monongalia County, Virginia.
     Then one John Davis of Tyler County, Virginia in 1834, aged fifty-six years, stated that his father ( did not give his name) lived near said Caleb Furbee during the Revolution, after which they both moved to Monongalia County, Virginia. There is no further reference to persons named
Davis in said papers.

Very truly yours,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

[handwritten note, left side of paper]
Miss  Tapp stated in her letter to Hon. F.L. Bishop, James Davis served in Kent Co. Delaware to July 22 - 1751 - Mary Ann Furbee,
sister of Caleb - & referred to Claim of Caleb Furbee No. 740, for information in re. to J.D -
-----------------------------
Miss Tapp's letter and A.G.O. letter returned

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Rev &1812 Wars Section

mmhf


April 3, 1926 

Mrs. N. R. Browne 
1124 Murdock Ave., 
Parkersburg, West Va. 

Madam: 
     I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 740 it appears that Caleb Furber was born November 23, 1752 in Kent County, Delaware. 

     While a resident of said Kent County he enlisted in 1775 and served at various times during the Revolution, about twenty-eight months in all, as private, Ensign and Lieutenant, under Captains Sipple, Caldwell, Manney and Furbee, and Colonels Rhodes, Pope and Richardson in the Delaware Troops and was in engagements at the mouth of Muskmelon Creek, and at Shirley's Bar where he was taken prisoner and held for fifteen days, and at the battle of Brandywine and taking of Fort Clow at the head of Chester River. 

     In 1796 he moved from Kent County, Delaware to Monongalia County, Virginia where he was allowed pension on his

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[typed]
application executed August 28, 1832. He died April 16, 1837.

     In 1833 soldier referred to his grandchild who was living in 1825, name not given, nor is the name of soldier's first wife stated. 
     Soldier married in December 1833 in Greene County, Pennsylvania, Mary Lemasters. She was allowed pension on her application executed April 11, 1853 while a resident of Tyler County, Virginia at which time she stated she was aged sixty-seven years, but in 1868 stated she was aged seventy-two years. 

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

[handwritten] had bro [sic brother] Waitman in Tyler Co. in 1833 & sister Ann, wife of John Davis, in Monongalia Co. Va.

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[handwritten]
Jan. 9 1940

Mrs. Marcellin C. Adams
Historical Society - Bldg
Bigelow Boul.
Pittsburgh, 
Penn.

Mrs. Marcellin C. Adam’s called at office Jan. 9, 1940 and requested an abstract of papers in file in pension claim Caleb Furbee W. 740 be sent her.

MCS

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[handwritten]
April 21, 1934 
Veterans Administration 
Washington DC 

Gentlemen - Please furnish record of Caleb Furbee (W.740) and include the affidavit his father Waitman Furbee in regard to his own service. 

[signature] Madison Stathers 

236 Grand St 
Morgantown 
West Virginia

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[Letter head]

CLARKSBURG PUBLISHING COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
The Clarksburg Exponent
THE CLARKSBURG TELEGRAM
SUNDAY EXPONENT TELEGRAM

Office of W. Guy Tetrick  General Manager

CLARKSBURG, W. VA. July 28, 1931.

Pension Office,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

I would like a certificate from your
office showing the service rendered by Caleb
Furbee (underlined) as a Revolutionary Soldier from Kent
County, Delaware and who was granted a pension
for his services while residing in Monongalia
or Tyler Counties, now West Virginia, showing
the place of his last residence, the date of his
birth and death, if given and such other genealogical information as his papers for application for pension may show,

I would also like you to make an examination of your records and see if a pension was ever granted to Waitman Furbee a brother of the above named Caleb Furbee who no doubt, would have served from Kent County,  
Delaware, and who was said to have come to West Virginia, and at the time of his death resided in Tyler County, now West Virginia. If there is such application for pension on file I would ask that all the genealogical information contained therewith be given in the certificate, as well as the military services
also.

Thanking you in advance for such information
as you can give me and hoping that I may
hear from you at an early date, I am

Very truly yours.

W. Guy Tetrick (signature)

W. Guy Tetrick.

WGT/om

[receipt seal]
RECEIVED
July 29 1931 at 12:30
Receipt Section
Pension Files Sub-Division

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[Letter head]

CARL G. BACHMANN
IST DIST. W. VIRGINIA
MEMBER OF
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON D.C.
-
May 23, 1931

PERSONAL

Honorable E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner of Pensions

My dear Mr. Morgan:

Mrs. Bachmann is very much interested in obtaining some information relative to her ancestors who rendered service during the Revolutionary War and I would appreciate it if you would advise me whether there is any record of Caleb Furbee [UNDERLINED], son of Bowers Furbee, who was born at Kent, Delaware, November 22,1752, where he resided when he enlisted with the Delaware Troops in the Colonial Army. My information is that he was with Captain Sipple's Company, May 1775 and in May 1776 he became a Lieutenant and about one year later was placed in command of a detachment of Captain Colwell's company under Col. Pape. I
understand also that he was engaged in the Battle of Brandywine and later took part in Chaney Clows Fort on the Cheat River and served until the end of the war.

I would appreciate any information you may have relative to this matter,

Very truly yours,

Carl Bachmann [Signature]
m

[receipt stamp] 
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
S
MAY 25 1931
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

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[handwritten]
1124 Murdock Ave 
Parkenburg W. Va. 
Jan. 15th 1928 
Bureau of Pensions 
Washington D.C.
Winfield Scott 

Dear Sir - Have you the war record of the “Furbee” under whom Caleb Furbee served during the Revolution. I am enclosing his war record, but there seems to have been 2 Calebs - the elder having served in the French & Indian War. If you can give me

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any information about the elder one I shall appreciate it very much. The Delaware archives speak of one Furbee as having fought in the French & Indian War as an Ensign and malitia [militia] officer of the lower District of Murder Kill Hundred, I found this in French & Indian War Roles Vol. one - Page 15 - Del. Archives. Thanking you for any information about this man.  I am
Very sincerely 
Mrs. M. R. Brown

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[on letter head]

J. HORNOR DAVIS, President
JAMES M. WITTE, Vice Pres.
W. Guy Tetrick, Secy-Treas. and Mgr.

THE EXPONENT COMPANY
PUBLISHERS OF
THE CLARKSBURG EXPONENT
PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING EXCEPT MONDAY

Clarksburg, W. Va.      April 22nd 1927.

United States Pension Office.
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:
.
Please send me at the earliest possible statements showing the
Revolutionary (underlined) Service and any genealogical data contained in the applications
for pensions of the following persons;

1- Caleb Furbee, who drew a pension while residing in Tyler County, (W) Virginia, and died in that county April 16th, 1837.

2-  John Devericks, who drew a pension while residing in some of the counties in West Virginia, along the South Branch of the
Potomac River.

These statements are wanted to complete the applications for two applicants for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution, and I
would kindly ask that you send them just as soon as you possibly can.

Very truly yours.
W. G. Tetrick(signed)
W. Guy Tetrick, Registrar,
W. Va. Society, S. A. R.

[received stamp]
Pension Office
U.S.
Apr 25 1927

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A. G. 201
Davis, John ( 8 / 27 / 26) ORD
1st Ind.
LLB/ ORD

War Department, A. G. O., August 31, 1926 -- To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington
, D. C.

1. Attention is invited to the basic communication and its inclosure.

2. Representative Bowman has been informed of this transmittal in a letter of this date, a copy of which is herewith inclosed.

Lutz  Wake (signature)
Brigadier General,
Acting The Adjutant General.
By H (initial by hand)

2 Incls.

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[letterhead: center]
R.L. Jeffery's Secretary
Congress of the United States 
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

[letterhead: left]
Frank L. Bowman 
20 Dist. West Virginia
Committees:
District of Columbia
Expenditures on Public Buildings
Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress

[letterhead: right]
District Subcommittees 
Public Utilities
Bathing Pools, Playgrounds, and Parks
Fiscal Affairs of the District Elective Franchise 

August 27, 1926

Adjutant General's office 
The War Department
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir:

I am inclosing a letter from Miss Marion E. Tapp, of Morgantown, West Virginia, who wishes to secure information regarding Mr. John Davis. I would appreciate it very much if you would look through your files and furnish me with the desired information. 

Kindly return the inclosed letter for our files. 

Very truly yours, 
[Signature]
Frank L. Bowman

[Stamp]
Received 
Aug 30 1926 11:46 AM
Old Records Division

[stamp]
Printing Files
Sept 1 1926
[illegible]

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[all handwritten]
1124 Murdock Ave
Parkersburg W. Va.
Commissioner
Feb. 18th, 1926

Commissioner of Pensions
Washing (sic Washington) D.C

Dear Sir:-
Will you please send
me a complete record of Caleb
Furbee, Senior' service in the
Revolution? He was a Lieutenant
in 1776 and shortly after that
is mentioned as Captain-
I thank you

Very sincerely
Mrs. M. R. Browne

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MR. ELKINS.
CHAIRMAN.

X
Senate of the United States,
COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE
WASHINGTON.

Jan. 5, 1907.

Hon. V.  Warner,

Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Warner: --

I enclose a letter from J. S. Furbee of Mannington, West Va. I have taken up the matter with the Military Secretary and am today in receipt of a letter from him stating that there is no record of this soldier in his office, but suggesting that the same may have been furnished by your Bureau. Will you kindly have the matter looked into and advise me if you have any record of the soldier named.

* Please return Mr. Furbee's letter with your reply
.
Very truly yours,
[handwritten]L.B Elkins

[handwritten] * Letter returned 
c
[Stamp]
O.W. & N. DIV
Jan 7 1907

[Stamp]
FIRST DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
JAN. 7 1907
U.S. PENSION OFFICE.

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[left side letters are ending letters of right fold notes]

[main page]
WIDOW, &c.
File No. [handwritten] 740
Mary Furbee
Widow
Caleb Furbee
Pri Rev. War
[line-
Act: [handwritten] Feb. 3, 1853
Index:-- Vol. [handwritten] 4
Page [handwritten] 258
(Arrangement of 1870.)
[right side, all handwritten]
Dec 2396 Hist to
Hon J. H. Furbee
Mannington W Va
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1907 Jany 8. Hist to Hon A.B. Elkins
1907 Jany 17- Letters to Sen. Elkins
for Mrs Furbee, no other wife
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1926 - Apr 3 History to Mrs M.R.Browne - mmhf
1926 - Certificate to F L Bowman for 
Miss Marion E Tapp, informed
as to reference to John & [illegible]
Davis contain'd in this claim - mmhf

1927 Aug 15  Hist to W Gut Detrick mmhf
1928 Feb 15 Mrs. V. R. Brown
informed only Furbee - awf
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1931 - June 4, Hist, Hon Carl G. Bachman
mmhf
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1934 25 Hist to Mr.
Madison Stathers  mcs
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1940, Jan. 15 Hist to Mrs.
Marcelling C. Adams, MCS.