Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11763, Oliver Wolcott, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Wolcott, Oliver
R 11763
CONTENTS

State of Connecticut ss. Office of Sec y of State Hartford Conn t April 23 d 1844
I certify that the following is a true & exact copy of a Letter found on a Letter Book that belonged to Nehemiah Hubbard late of Middletown in said State who was ex h Master Gen l in the Revolutionary war and said Book is Now deposited in this office
"Dear Sir" "Hartford August 1 st 1780—"
"Agreeable to my promise when you was at my House some time last month, I Now enclose to you an appointment for assistant Deputy Quarter Master General for the Post of Litchfield —"
"On the rec d of this you will therefore apply to Capt. Moses Seymour late Assistant at that Post and receive from him all such Stores and other articles as he may have under his care belonging to the Quarter Master Gen l Dept. and you will take charge of the district heretofore under his direction agreeable to the enclosed Warrant. I have herewith sent you One hundred pounds State Money to enable you to do the business with dispatch —"
"As the Quarter Master Gen l Dept. is the Hinge on which the whole Army turn I Need Not urge to you the Necessity of punctuality in doing the business. Regular Monthly returns of all Stores under your care will be expected and should you be at loss in any matter relating to the Dept. I dare say Capt. Moses Seymour will readily assist you with his advice —"
"The Forrage branch is taken from the Quarter Master Dept. and the State have engaged to furnish the regular supplies of Forrage Monthly that you will have Nothing to do with that branch of the Department Having full confidence in your abilities prudence & economy I am —"
"Sir your humble Serv t "
Oliver Wolcott Jun r Esq r . "Nehemiah Hubbard" D. L. M. —

I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Nehemiah Hubbard and have no doubt but that the letter of which the foregoing is a true copy was written by him —
The following is the heading on a Book styled The Master Genl. Book of Purchasing and delivery and which belonged to the said Nehemiah Hubbard
“Delivery of Stores in the Quarter Master Generals Department Continued” —
1780 August 16 Oliver Wolcott Junr. A.D. 2.M.G 2 Saddles & 1 Bridle Sept. 3 Oliver Wolcott Junr. A.D. 2.M.G 2 Saddles and 2 Bridles Nov 2 10 Oliver Wolcott Junr. A.D. 2.M.G 11 Hh. & 1 Box
The following are entries found on a Day Book that belonged to the said Nehemiah Hubbard —
1780 Feb. 7 “Commissary General of Forage” To said Oliver Wolcott Junr. Apr 2 Bill for Sundry Expenditures in the Forage at the Post of Litchfield from August 10 th to Feb. 7 20 th 1780 — 7625. 8. 0 “Oliver Wolcott Junr.” “By your Bill rec d in this day 2.M.G 23643. 9. 2 “By your Bill rec d in this day C.G.F 7625. 8. 0 “By your ditto rec d in this day 31268. 17. 2
The Books from which the foregoing copies & extracts are taken, are old, but in good order, & have every appearance of being authentic & genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said State this 23 d day of April A.D. 1844.
A. A. Phelps Secretary of State.

State of Connecticut Probate District of Litchfield ss Probate office April 20 th A.D. 1844.
I certify that satisfactory evidence has been Exhibited before the Court of Probate for the District of Litchfield that Oliver Wolcott died in the City County & State of New York on the first day of June in the year 1833. and left no minor that Emma W Gibbs, the widow of George Gibbs of the City County and State aforesaid, a daughter of the deceased and Oliver Wolcott of Litchfield in said District, a Grandchild of the said Oliver Wolcott deceased as his sole surviving heir at Law, and that prior to the year 1797 and during the life of his father Oliver Wolcott, the said deceased was known and designated by the name of Oliver Wolcott Jr. I further certify that the said Oliver Wolcott deceased was once Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, and subsequently Governor of the State of Connecticut Elisha S. Abenethy Judge of the Court of Probate for Litchfield District
I certify that the above is the proceedings of the Court of Probate for the District of Litchfield, in the matter of a certificate of the lawful heirs of Oliver Wolcott late of said Litchfield deceased and the signature of the Judge of said Court. Where is his genuine signature —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed the seal of said Court this 20 th day of April A.D. 1844. R. H. Woodruff Clerk

May 12, 1938
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Miss Sarah M. Gray Groton Road Ayer, Massachusetts
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Ten Broeck, a Revolutionary War soldier, who is buried in New York State and Oliver Wolcott, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Oliver Wolcott, Junior.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon the service in the Revolutionary War of the Oliver Wolcott, who signed the Declaration of Independence. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office. The records of John C. Ten Broeck and Oliver Wolcott, Junior are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

May 12, 1938
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Oliver Wolcott, R. 11763 BA-J/MCS
Miss Sarah M. Gray Groton Road Ayer, Massachusetts
Dear Madam:
The Revolutionary War records of this office show that the following evidence was filed in support of a claim for pension on account of the Revolutionary War service of Oliver Wolcott, Junior, who was the son of Oliver Wolcott.
The date and place of birth of Oliver Wolcott, Junior, and the name of his mother were not given.
It was stated that Oliver Wolcott, Junior, a private in the Connecticut State Militia was in the engagement at Danbury in 1777. About August, 1780, he was appointed assistant deputy quartermaster for the post of Litchfield and was under Deputy Quartermaster Nehemiah Hubbard and was serving in this capacity as late as February, 1781.
On April 10, 1844, the Probate Court of the District of Litchfield, Connecticut, certified that Oliver Wolcott, Junior, was known and designated as Oliver Wolcott, Junior, prior to 1797 and during the life of his father, Oliver Wolcott; that he was once Secretary of the Treasury of the United States and subsequently Governor of Connecticut and that he died June 1, 1833, in New York City leaving no widow; that his sole surviving heir at law were a daughter, Mrs. Laura W. Gibbs who was the widow of George Gibbs of New York City, and a grandchild, Oliver Wolcott of Litchfield, Connecticut.
The claim was not allowed as a formal application for pension, in accordance with the requirement of the pension law, was never made by Mrs. Laura W. Gibbs.
In 1861 one George Gibbs gave his address as 212 F Street, North, Washington, relationship to Laura W. Gibbs not shown. There are no further data relative to the family of Oliver Wolcott, Junior.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

June 24, 1935
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BA-J/MCS Oliver Wolcott, R.11763
Mrs. Esther R. Dudley 178 Livingston Avenue New Brunswick, New Jersey
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to John Martin who served in the Revolution as ensign in Forman's New Jersey militia and Oliver Wolcott who was born in 1726 and died in 1797 and was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any information in regard to a John Martin who served as ensign in Colonel Forman's New Jersey militia.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any information in regard to pension having been claimed on account of the service of the Oliver Wolcott who signed the Declaration of Independence.
Said records show that the following evidence was filed in support of a claim for pension on account of the Revolutionary War service of Oliver Wolcott, Junior, who was the son of Oliver Wolcott.
It was stated that Oliver Wolcott, Junior, a private in the Connecticut State Militia was in the engagement at Danbury in 1777. About August, 1780, he was appointed assistant deputy quartermaster for the post of Litchfield and was under Deputy Quartermaster Nehemiah Hubbard and was serving in this capacity as late as February, 1781.
On April 10, 1844, the Probate Court of the District of Litchfield, Connecticut, certified that Oliver Wolcott, Junior, was known and designated as Oliver Wolcott, Junior, prior to 1797 and during the life of his father, Oliver Wolcott; that he was once Secretary of the Treasury of the United States and subsequently Governor of

Connecticut and that he died June 1, 1833, in New York City leaving no widow; that his sole surviving heirs at law were a daughter, Mrs. Laura W. Gibbs who was the widow of George Gibbs of New York City, and a grandchild, Oliver Wolcott of Litchfield, Connecticut.
The claim was not allowed as a formal application for pension, in accordance with the requirement of the pension law, was never made by Mrs. Laura W. Gibbs.
In 1861 one George Gibbs gave his address as 212 F Street, North, Washington, relationship to Laura W. Gibbs not shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

March 11, 1910.
Q 1 Hon. Joshua W. Alexander, House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Alexander:
In reply to your letter dated and received the 9 th instant, requesting information for Mr. John P. Branhall, of Fulton, Missouri, I have the honor to advise you that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to show that a claim was ever filed on account of the services of Brigadier General Oliver Wolcott who signed the Declaration of Independence and died in 1797.
Bureau File R. No. 11,763, shows that Oliver Wolcott, Jr. served as A. D. Quartermaster General under Deputy Quartermaster Mennonah Hubbard, was furnished Quartermaster's stores in August, September and November, 1780, and paid for sundry expenditures for Forage at Litchfield, in 1781.
On April 30, 1844, the Probate Court of Litchfield District, Connecticut, certified that Oliver Wolcott, Jr. (son of Brigadier General Oliver Wolcott) was once Secretary of the Treasury of the United States and subsequently, Governor of the State of Connecticut; that he died in New York City, June 1, 1833, leaving no widow, but a daughter Laura W. Gibbs, widow of George Gibbs, of New York City, and a grandchild Oliver Wolcott of Litchfield, Connecticut, his sole surviving heirs at law.

The records fail to show that a claim was ever allowed, for the reason that Laura W. Gibbs, the only person authorized to apply, never filed an application for the same.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Hon. H. Fish
14. June 1844
Yours & Sir I am, Sir, as a subject, and have the pleasure to send you the enclosed letter, which I hope will be found interesting. It contains much valuable information in relation to the subject of the proposed new system of the Post Office, and I believe will be found highly interesting to the public. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, J. C. Mansel-Pleydell
General Office
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250 Pension Office June 14. 1844
Sir,
It would seem from the enclosed letter that Mrs Gibbs never authorized any one to apply in her behalf for the benefits of the act of June 1832 on account of the services of her father the late Oliver Wolcott Esq. I have written to the Hon. J. W. Huntington, who sent the papers here, and I herewith enclose a copy of my letter to him; from which you will perceive that Mrs Gibbs will make application herself before the claim can be adjusted and paid. I have the hon
Hon. Hamilton Fish House of Rep
Act 7 June '32 N. 35,761.

Ayer Mass. Apr 21-38
Start gone where Res. 71812 Mars
Patriotic Administration Washington D.C.
I am looking for information concerning John Ten Broeck who was a Revolutionary soldier from 1775-1783. also information about Oliver Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Jr. The first Oliver was a signer of Declaration of Independence. Have written to War. Dept in Washington and they have refered me to your dept. They did not have any information concerning John Ten Broeck but I am sure he was a Revolutionary soldier as his grave is so marked. He is buried in New York state. These are both direct ancestors of mine and I am trying to join the D.A.R. and must trace back to them. If you can give me any information concerning their wives or children it would be most

gratefully appreciated. If there is any charge for looking this up should be glad to forward money to you. Please see if you can help me in any way about this. Hoping to receive a reply I remain respt.
(Miss) Sarah M. Gray Groton Road Ayer Mass.

11763
P. O. Oliver Wolcott
Service: _____ 1-0
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18 1852 list gives fol. reason for suspension "Laura W. Little, only surviving child, is only person authorized to make application Alleges: in this case"
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____ P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

1910 Mch. 11. Hist. to Hon. Joshua W. Alexander - p
1935 June 24. Hist. to Mrs. Esther R. Dudley. N.C.A.
1938 May 12. Hist. to Miss Sarah M. Gray. N.C.A.

Joseph H. Barnett, Esq. Committee of Business Washington
Oliver Wolcott
Guys
Ms

Geo. Gibbs, Nov. 11.

Pension Office.
Nov 4 th 1861.
Sir;
In reply to your letter of the 29 th ult, I have to inform you that there is no land, pay, or pension, due the children of Oliver Wolcott of Connecticut, for his services during the revolutionary war.
In the year 1844, papers were filed, and some correspondence was had, but no formal application was made by his children, though instructions were sent to them from this Office to guide them in preparing a declaration. But the claim is barred, by an opinion of the late Attorney General, which was adopted as the rule to govern the action of this Office, by which children were excluded from the benefit of any claim to a pension which their parents might, if living, establish.
George Tibbs. Esq.
Present.

212 N. St. North, Washington Oct. 29, 1861
Joseph N. Barrett, Esq.
Comm r of Pensions
Sir
Will you have the kindness to inform me whether any thing is due for in land, pension or pay to
Oliver Wolcott
a private in the Connecticut State militia for services during the Revolutionary War. He was in the engagement at Danbury, I think in 1777 - at any rate in the earlier part of the war.
Very respectfully
Yours O. Smith
Griswold

Sir.
April 26. 1844
I have been requested to hand you the enclosed papers in the case of the heirs of the late Oliver W. D. Scott. If any thing further is required, please inform me.
Yours resp'tly
A. H. Huntington
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Ho: of Reps: June 11. 1844
Jas. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions - Sir
I have the honor to enclose a communication from Esqr Gibbs Esq (a very highly respectable & worthy member of the Bar of New York) addressed to the "Chairman of the Committee on Claims" in relation to an application for Pension. I am informed that the application to which he refers has been presented to your office, & in that understanding I beg leave to submit his communication to your consideration.
With much respect
Your very obed Servt J. P. Wilkinson Dist. Clk.

Hon. H. M. Huntington
14. June 1844
Wadsworth Collier 151 West 13th St New York
My dear Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11th inst. and in reply to inform you that the same has been forwarded to the proper authorities for their consideration. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, H. M. Huntington
The papers in the case of Eliza
etc.
June 14. 1844
General Office

copy to be kept
Pension Office
June 14. 1844.
Sir,
The papers in the case of Oliver Wolcott, deceased, have been examined and filed. These papers do not shew how long he served, and they are in this respect defective; but if the proof of service had been completed, we could not issue a certificate, as no one has appeared as a claimant. Mrs Laura W. Gibbs, his only surviving child, is the only person entitled to the amount claimed. She should make an affidavit setting forth the facts in the case, and have the same duly authenticated. Further proof of service should be produced. It is possible that the Washington Papers in the Dept. of State may furnish sufficient evidence as to the length of Mr Wolcott's service.
I have the honor
Hon. J. W. Remington, Senate U. States.
Act June 7. '32 No. 35. 161 Comm. case

Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Have you any data on a John Martin of New Jersey who served as an Ensign in Forman's New Jersey Militia? (JOHN MARTIN)
Also I should like data of Oliver Wolcott , 1726-1797, who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. (OLIVER WOLCOTT.)
Thanking you, I am—
Yours truly,
(Mrs. G. S.) Esther P. Dudley.
178 Livingston Avenue New Brunswick N.J.
May 30, 1935.

35,759- Oliver Wolcott, dec d Cann t act 1832
See letters 14 June 1844 to Hon. J. W. Huntington and Hon. Hamilton Fish, N.Y. Letter George Gibbs Nov. 2 d 1861.
11763
act-7 th June 1832.

SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS
WILLIAM S. GREENE, CHAIRMAN. WILLIAM E. HUMPHREY, JAMES S. SIMMONS. WILLIAM W. WILSON, JOHN KRONMILLER. E. STEVENS HENRY, THOMAS SPIGHT. GEORGE W. FAIRCHILD, JOSEPH A. GOULDEN. WILLIAM W. FOULKROD, HARRY L. MAYNARD. GEORGE C. STURGISS, FRANK CLARK. JOHN P. SWASEY, JOSHUA W. ALEXANDER. ANDREW J. BARCHFELD, RUFUS HARDY. DUNCAN E. MCKINLAY, RICHMOND PEARSON HOBSON.
JOHN T. SWIFT, CLERK.
House of Representatives U. S., Committee on The Merchant Marine and Fisheries Washington, D. C.
March, 9, 1910.
Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I enclose herewith a letter received from a friend in Missouri, and I shall appreciate the favor if you can furnish me any information such as is called for in said letter.
Yours truly,
A handwritten signature in cursive, appearing to read "J. M. Alexander", written in dark ink on the line following the closing.

Compassional
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by Geo M. Moore
Claim No. Mar 10, 1910.
Certificate No. Signer declr. of Independence
Claimant Brig. Genl. Rev.
Soldier Oliver Wolcott.
Service Res.
Additional Service _____
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No O.W.I. W or R. as above except I.F. 19172 Private R.F. 11763 son of Geo Wolcott No Bounty Land