Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44092, William Willcox, Continental (Mass.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.)
Willcox, William Wilcox or Wilcox
S 44092
CONTENTS

15.224 R
New York
William Wilcox
Infantry in the state of N. York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Ward of the Mapachusey line, for the term of One Year
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of Sep 1819 and sent to Micah Brooksbury Bloomfield N York
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1819. 127.51 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Mar 1820. 48.00 1 Mo. 25 4/31 30 $175.51
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Wolfeaton sent to Stephen Phelps Esq. 29. Sep. 1820. P'endantqua New York

State of New York } Ontario County } ss
On this fourth  sixth day of May A D 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in said County personally appears William Wilcox aged 54 years resident in the County aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States of America in the Revolutionary War," passed the 18 th day of March 1818. That he is a citizen of the United States: that at Alford in the State of Massachusetts, on the first day of January A D 1776 he enlisted into a company of soldiers commanded by Capt William King of the regiment under the command of Col Jonathan Ward of the Massachusetts line of the Continental Army of the revolution: for one year that he served in the States of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York: that at the end of a year (called the year service) the term of his enlistment having expired, he was regularly and honorably (with the company to which he belonged) disbanded - but received no written discharge: And this deponent further saith that he was present at the battle of Flatbush on Long Island, and that by reason of his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support: And further this deponent saith not:
Sworn and subscribed } William Wilcox before me this sixth day of May A D 1818 }
Miah Brooks

State of New York
Ontario County ss I Mirah Brooks one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that it appears to my full satisfaction by the oath of two Respectable persons that the within named William Wilcox is so reduced in his circumstances as not to need the assistance of his Country for Support. Bloomfield 3 rd Nov r 1817
Mirah Brooks
William Wilcox afft minutes before Wards Reg Hobbs to line 1776 1 year The aff t can d min d prove by 2 Credible persons in the opinion of the Judge that he is not as able in the within dis- cussion
Sworn to

State of New York Ontario County Clerks Office
¶ In testimony that Micah Brooks whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate, was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Ontario and that the same is his signature I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the County seal at Canandaigua the 11 th day of November A D 1818
Thos M c Naught

Copy Loan of William Wilcox
C
15224 20 Sept 1849
Mar. 20

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss. On this Twenty first day of August — 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) William Wilcox aged Sixty One — years, resident in the town of East Bloomfield in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
Under Capt William Kings, Colonel Jonathan Wards Regiment, Massachusetts Line as a Private for the term of One year, commencing in december 1776 and and agreeable to Ensign Hubberts evidence served his time out.
and that he made application for a Pension on the Seventeenth day of Mar — 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 15.227 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 14th day of March, 1818. and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, viz.
  One Gun $ 5 00   One Faxon Rifle 37   " Bayonet 31   $ 5 68 
William Wilcox
And I do further swear & declare that I am by Occupation a Miller and so afflicted by the Rheumatism that I am unable to do but very little for my support and that my family consists of one Son Charles D aged Twelve Years
William Wilcox
Sworn and declar. This 21 st day of August 1820 in Open Court before me
William Rogers
a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas

ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
I, John Van Velsen Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I farther certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is Five — dollars and Sixty Eight cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 22 day of August 1820
J Van Velsen Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.

Rev.&1812 Wars Section
MMNF
January 15, 1927
Mrs. John E. Habel 350 Cass Ave., S.E. Grand Rapids, Mich.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 44082 it appears that William Wilcox, or Wilcox, while a resident  while a resident of Athol, Massachusetts, enlisted January 1, 1776, served one year as a private in Captain William King's Company, Colonel Jonathan Ward's Massachusetts Regiment and was in the battles of Flatbush on Long Island.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 7, 1818 while a resident of Ontario County, New York.
In 1820 he was living in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York aged sixty-one years, and referred to his son Charles D. then aged twelve years. The name of soldier's wife is not stated and there is no further data on file as to family.
Owing to the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, only two histories are furnished each inquirer.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

State of New York Ontario County ss
Simon Hulbert of Bloomfield in said County being duly sworn deposeth and saith that on the first day of January 1776 he held a Commission as Ensign in a Company commanded by Capt Wm Shing of the Reg t commanded by Col Jonathan Ward of the Massachusetts line, and that on the said first or second day of Jan y 1776 he enlisted William William Wilcox into his Company as a private Soldier to serve for the term of one year, and that he the said William Wilcox did faithfully serve the full period of one year as aforesaid and was honorably discharged on or about the first day of Jan y 1777 - and further the said Simon Hulbert saith that he is not either directly or indirectly interested in the application of the said W m Wilcox for a pension from United States - further this deponent saith not -
Sworn and subscribed before me this 28 th day of June 1789 -
Simon Hulbert
Minch Brooks a judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County -
I certify that the Testimony of the above named Simon Hulbert is entitled to full weight and credit -
Minch Brooks
State of New York Ontario County ss
Ebenezer Wilcox of the Town of Bloomfield in said County being duly sworn deposeth and saith that on the first or second day of January 1776 at the Town of Alfred in the State of Massachusetts he was privy to the enlistment of William Wilcox then of said Town of Alfred into the Company commanded by Capt Shing in the Reg t commanded by Col Ward of the Massachusetts line for the term of one year, and that in the month of July or August following he the said Ebenezer was in the City of New York and saw him the said William Wilcox then and there doing his duty in the Company to which he belonged as a Soldier, and that afterwards on or about the first of January in the year 1777 he the said William Wilcox was honorably

discharged having performed the term of Service for which he enlisted - and further this deponent saith that he is not either directly or indirectly interested in the application of the said William Wilcox for a Pension from the United States - further this deponent saith not - E. Nathan Wilcox
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 27 th day of June 1819 -
Miles Brooks a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County -
I Certify that the Testimony of Elnathan Wilcox the above deponent is entitled to full weight and credit
Miles Brooks
State of New York
Ontario County
Clerk's Office B. J. Heman Norton
Deputy Clerk of the County of Ontario, hereby certify, that Miles Brooks was, on the day of the date of the above certificate a Judge of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario, duly commissioned and sworn, and that the name of the said Miles Brooks subscribed to said certificate is in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I have affixed the seal of the said County and subscribed my name at Canandaigua this 19 th day of August 1819.
Heman Norton Dep Clerk

44 092
Rev INVALID.
File No. 44.092
William Filcox Dr. Rev. Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 569
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nov. 20 '99
O. C. Miller.
Marshall, Mich.
Nov. 28 '99
Kate Forsyth.
Bay City — Mich.
1927-Jan. 15-Flsh. to
Mrs John E. Habel M.M.H.

MRS. JOHN E. HABEL 350 CASS AVENUE, S. E. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
Pension Bureau Washington, D. C.
Revolutionary War Section
Gentlemen: - Kindly give me what information you have regarding the following:
1. Timothy Soper - born 1742 in Dutchess Co. N.Y. served as sergeant in New York militia. died in Pitcher N.Y. in 1845 II. William Wilcox, 1759-1835, placed on pension roll of Ontario Co N.Y. for one years actual service as private in Mass. Line. enlisted at Alford Mass served under Capt King & Col. Ward. III. Elnathan Wilcox - private under Capt Sylvanus Wilcox Col John Ashley's Reg in 1780.
End oblige,
Mrs J. E. Habel
350 Cass Ave
Grand Rapids
Mich
Nov. 17, 1926

MRS. JOHN E. HABEL 350 CASS AVENUE, S. E. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
Pension Bureau Washington, D.C.
Revolutionary War Section
Gentlemen: - Kindly give me what information you have regarding the following:
I Elihu Bond, 1756-1839, on pension Roll of Essex Co N.J. for services as private in New Jersey Continental Line. Born & died in Essex Co. II. Nathaniel Bryant, 1737-96, sergeant in Capt John Elders Co., Col Robinson's Reg and as 2nd Lieut. in Capt Bradbury's Co Colcutt's Btry N.Y. Reg 1779. Born in Laco Me, died in Buxton Me.
And oblige
Mrs J. E. Habel 350 Cass Ave Grand Rapids Mich
Nov 17 th 1926

MRS. JOHN E. HABEL 350 CASS AVENUE, S. E. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Revolutionary War Section.
Gentlemen: Kindly give me what information you have regarding:
1. John Olin, 1741-1821, born in Greenwich R.I. enlisted 1780 as a private in Capt Jonas Galusha's Co. Col. Herrick's Reg. of Vermont Troops. died in Shaftsbury Vt.
2. Samuel Sibley. Jr, 1756-1840. Born in Sutton Mass. Turned out for the Lexington Alarm. Lived in 1777 in Rhode Island.
And oblige
Mrs J. E. Habel 350 Cass Ave Grand Rapids Mich
Nov 17, 1926

Herbert E. Winsor,
Lawyer,
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING.
CRAIG C. MILLER, ASSISTANT ATTORNEY.
KATHERINE WATSON, NOTARY PUBLIC.
Marshall, Mich.
Sept. 16th. 1899.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.,
Dear Sir:-
I wish information in regard to the Revolutionary record of one William Wilcox . He drew a pension as a Revolutionary soldier while living at West Mendon N.Y., he died in 1828. I write this thinking I may be able to find from what State he enlisted from the record of his pension. If the records of the Revolutionary pensions are not on file in your department will you kindly hand this letter to the proper department?
Yours truly
Craig C. Miller

O. W. & N. DIVISION SEP 29 1899 RECEIVED.
Commission & Patents, Dear Sir;
I am searching the military record of William Willcox, of Limbsbury home, who served in the Revolutionary war. is supposed to have fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill. At any rate he received a pension for his services.

Can you give me a record of such service and what will be the expense?
William Willcox died at West Mendon Morrow Co. N.Y.
As yet I have not sufficient information to go on with the search for the record William
Van Attar
Kate Forsyth
821 Jefferson St. Bastille Mich.

L. W. B. I. 44092.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
November 30, 1899.
Sir:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that William Wilcox made an application for pension on May 7th, 1818, at which time he was 59 years of age and residing in Ontario County, New York, and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war. He enlisted at Alford, Mass., and served under Capt. King and Col. Ward.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Craig C. Miller,
Marshall, Michigan.