Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1537-100, Jabez Whitmore, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Whitmore, Jabez
B. L. N o 1537-100
CONTENTS

Sabex Whitmore N o 1537

STATE OF Connecticut } Thompson Sept 14 th 1829 County of Windham  J. Davis L Whitmore heir at law of Jabez Whitmore do, upon oath testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that my Father  Jabez Whitmore did enlist in 1777 for the term of during the war, and served in the regiment No. One — under the command of Colonel — Wolcott — of the Connecticut line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid, until the close of the war I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land prom- ised to my Father Jabez Whitmore on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transfered his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: therefore,
KNOW all men by these presents, That I — Davis L Whitmore aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Dam Lee of Windham to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to consti- tute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purpose above expressed.
Davis L Whitmore
Attest.
Personally appeared the above named Davis L Whitmore subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Attest.
Jonathan Nichols — Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the above written Jonathan Nichols Esq was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c. in the State of Connecticut at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Brooklyn's State this 15 th day of August 18 29
Jerimiah Bellis Clerk of the  C. Clerk, Ct.  County Court for Windham County

Received Windham Sept 14 th 1839 of J. H. Eaton Esq r secretary of War of the United States a Land Warrant No 153 rd granted to the heirs of Jabez Whitmore late a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution in the Connecticut line
Sam Lee For the heirs of Jabez Whitmore

State of Connecticut Windham County ss.
Probate
Office District Court Aug. 14 th 1829
I certify that satisfactory evidence was adduced to me to prove that Davis L. off Whitman is the Child and heir at law in fee to Ebez Whitman late a Soldier in the of Thompson Regiment of in said Windham County deceased. Given under my hand and Seal of Office this 14 th Day of August 1829
John Nichols Judge of Probate for the District of Connecticut

67 Albemarle St. Rochester, N.Y. June 17. 1938.
Pension Dept. Revolutionary War Section. Washington, D.C.
Dear Madam;
Will you give me what may be contained in the papers relative to Jabez Whitmore , born 1740, Middletown, Ct. Land Warrant. B.L. Wt. 1537,--100.
Respectfully yours.
(Mrs.) Myrtle Rice Haynes.
He is my g.g. grandfather.

July 6, 1938
BA-J/AWF Jabez Whitmore Wt. 1537- 100 acres
Mrs. Myrte Rice Haynes 67 Albemarle Street Rochester, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Jabez Whitmore, born 1740 in Middletown, Connecticut.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for bounty land, based on the military service of Jabez Whitmore in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Jabez Whitmore were not stated, nor were the names of his parents given.
Jabez Whitmore enlisted in the year 1777, served as a private in Colonel Meigs' Connecticut regiment, and continued in the service until the close of the war.
in 1829 Reference was made to Jabez Whitmore as late of Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut. Date of his death was not stated.
On account of his service in the War of the Revolution, warrant number 1537 for one hundred acres of bounty land was issued August 22, 1829, to his son, David L. Whitmore, and other heirs, names David

of other heirs not stated.
The son, Davis David L. Whitmore, made affidavit in 1829, in Windham County, Connecticut.
The papers on file in this claim do not state  show the name of the wife of the soldier, Jabez Whitmore, and there are no further data in regard to his family.
If you desire information in regard to the location of the land referred to above, you should address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:
Warrant # 1537- 100 acres- issued August 22, 1829.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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