Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15716, Josiah Willcox, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Wilcox, Josiah
S 15716
Carded
CONTENTS

19.606. Ohio Pittsburgh.
Josiah Willcox
of Cuyahoga in the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the C o commanded by Captain Childs. of the Rec t commanded by Lt. Washbridge in the Mass. line for. Ten Men the $33 33 / 100
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh. at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of August. 1832 and sent to Sam l . Harbison Esq. Cleveland Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 66.66. Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 st Sept. 33. 16.67.
$83.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 8. Page 132
Date of death not as

18663
19606
Jonah Millcomb Ohio
Wed 11. 12/14
Ave 10 Months.
Sam Sharweather Cleveland Ohio

BRIEF in the case of  Josiah Willcox  in the State of  Ohio  County of Cuyahoga  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 79  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted in 1776 5 Private Gen. Gates   Nov 1777 2 " Capt Shields , Col Woodbridge   I always belonged to the Massachusetts volunteers 1 3 " Capt Saml Taylor Col Whitmore Capt Dinsmore , Col Fellows  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Burgoyne's defeat  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional & living witness in part  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no clergyman 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas Forrester Examining Clerk.

Declaration of Isiah Wilcox. of Cuyahoga County Ohio.
1883
The war Department will admit to the care of Sam'l Starkweather Esq. Chamland Ohio.
Rich. Price

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of Ohio
Cuyahoga County } ss on this 5 th day of November Personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of Court of Common Pleas now sitting Josiah Wilcox Resident of Bricksburg in the County of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, aged 70 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 Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That I entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated I enlisted at Conway in the State of Massachusetts on the first of July 1776 under Captain Childs of Greenfield Lieutenant Welds of the same place for five Months, Immediately passed muster at Deerfield and repaired without delay to Lake Champlain. Thence to Skeneborough now called Whitehall Thence by Water to Ticonderoga, sometime in the fall while our headquarters was at the latter named place we were sent out on a scout in pursuit of the British the name of the place I do not recollect the British had abandoned the place and we returned to the Fort soon after we were ordered out on an expedition among the British and Tories we took several Boatloads of Wheat in the Sheaf then returned to Ticonderoga and served out my term of Enlistment, and was discharged Colonel Woodbridge Commanded our Regiment on the above Enlistment and during our stay at Ticonderoga I formed an acquaintance with Col Oliver of the Conti- nental lines. In the Spring of 1777 news came that the British had taken Ticonderoga, And the Americans were Retreating before them. The Men from the Towns of Conway Ashfield and Charlton, in the State of Massachusetts volunteered and raised a Company and chose Samuel Taylor Captain and Benjamin Philips Lieutenant; I belonged to said Company, we repaired immediately to Pawlet and joined Col Whitmores Regiment

I should think this was sometime in the Month of May after Tarrying a short time at Pawlet we marched to Fort Edward thence by the way of Saratoga to Stillwater, we were here discharged, having spent two months in the service. Returned home to Massachusetts.
About the first of September 1777 at Conway in the state of Massachusetts I again enlisted for three months under Captain the (Deceased) Lieutenant Daniel of Colerain in Col Fellows Regiment Marched immediately to
Pawlet after Residing a short time in this place we were ordered to March without delay to Stillwater at which place we joined General Gates Army, I was in the Battle at Bemus heights and shared the honors of Burgoyne's John Burgoyne's Army. I was then ordered down the North River to White Plains at which place I staid until my enlistment expired. I was then discharged and returned home, having served my country in ten months. I always belonged to the Massachusetts volunteers, and consequently I had not much opportunity of becoming acquainted with the Continentals. I have no documentary Evidence that I can adduce in support of my claim. Therewith transmits the deposition of Aaron Burt who was out with me one day. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a Pension voluntarily except the Pensions and I further declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state.
I was Born in the Town of Killingsworth in County of New London in the state of Connecticut on the 15th day of September 1753. I Resided in said Killingsworth until I was 20 years old From thence I went to Farmington and Resided one year, From thence to Conway in the state of Massachusetts where I Resided 3 years Thence I moved to Hotten in said state where I Resided until the year 1818 when I moved to the Town of Brickville where I have since Resided. Sworn to in Open Court Nov 5. 1832. G. B. with Will. Horace Perry Clerk Com Pleas

We John B. Stewart a Justice of the Peace and John Johnston a citizen of Bruckville Township hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Josiah Killen who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age, that we believe 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 to in open Court Nov 5. 1832
Horace Perry Clerk Com Pleas
John B. Stewart John Johnston
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 stated. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John B Stewart & John Johnston who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the County of Cuyahoga and are credible persons and that their statements is entitled to credit
The State of Ohio, Cuyahoga County } I
Horace Perry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Josiah Killen for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this seventh day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Horace Perry Clerk

Supplementary Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
The State of Ohio Cuyahoga County p)
on this fourteenth day of June A.D. 1833 personally appeared before the Honorable Court of Common Pleas now sitting in and for said county, the same Jeriah Mitchell named in the declaration hereto attached made and sworn to by him on the 5 th of November A.D. 1832 who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make this further declaration in order to obtain the benefit of said act passed 7 th June 1832
That in the town of Milford was he in the state of Connecticut, the town in which he was born, the day of his birth, he believes is recorded and from which his age will appear, that he served as a soldier, a volunteer through the several terms of his said Enlistments, mentioned in his said first Declaration to which this is supplementary, at the expiration of which enlistments, he was honorably discharged but by some one of his officers officers, but by whom he cannot remember, he states that he was discharged at every time, by word of mouth, having received no discharges in writing, that there is a clergyman by the name of Henry Hudson, who resides in the town of Royalton, adjoining the town of Bricksville, in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Royalton adjoins the town of Bricksville. The place of his Declaration residence, that the said Rev Henry Hudson, after previous in

said town of Piqua) and with him this Declarant is well acquainted, and also this Declarant is acquainted with Eusey Oakes of said town of Piqua, both of whom can testify. To his character for veracity, his age, and their belief as to his services as a soldier in the revolution.
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court June 4. 1833
H. Weldon Def. Clerk
Jeriah Willcox
We Henry Hudson, a Clergyman in the town of Royalton county of Franklin, State of Ohio, adjoining the town of Piqua in said county and Eusey Oakes residing in said town of Piqua, do hereby certify that the above are well acquainted with the said Jeriah Willcox who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 79 years of age, that he bears a good character for veracity, and that he is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Henry Hudson Clergyman of Royalton Eusey Oakes
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court June 4. 1833 H. Weldon Def. Clerk

Josiah Wilcox Application for Pension

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 stated - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Henry D. Mason who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Cuyahoga and that Sam D. Dake who has signed the same is a resident in the said County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit The State of Ohio } I Henry C. Weldon Deputy Clerk of the Cuyahoga County } Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the further proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Josiah Willcox for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 17 th day of June A.D. 1833. H. C. Weldon Dep. Clerk C.P.

October 21, 1932
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Josiah Willcox-S.15716
BAJ/EHL
Mrs. Ann Hill R.F.D.# 2, Box 56 Allendale, New Jersey
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Ebba, Abel and Silas Wilcoxson and Josiah Wilcox or Wilcoxson, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
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 of that war.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your behalf and no records found based upon service in that war of any Ebba, Abel, Silas or Josiah Wilcoxson or of Ebba, Abel or Silas Wilcox, under any spelling of the surname. The record of Josiah Willcox is given below.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.15716, based upon the military service of Josiah Willcox in that war.
Josiah Willcox was born September 15, 1753, in Killingsworth, Connecticut, where he resided until he was twenty years of age, then moved to Farmington, state not given, and lived one year; thence to Conway, Massachusetts, where he lived for three years; thence to Holley, Massachusetts.
While residing at Conway, Massachusetts, he enlisted and served as a private with the Massachusetts Troops as follows: from July 1, 1776, five months in Captain Childs' Company, Colonel Woodbridge's Regiment and served at Ticonderoga: from May, 1777, two months in Captain Samuel Taylor's Company, Colonel Whitmore's Regiment: from September 1, 1777, three months in Captain Abel Dinsmoor's Company, Colonel Fellows' Regiment and was in the battle of Bennington Heights.
Could not find this town. This it may have been Hawley in Franklin Co Mass. in which Conway was also located.
He stated that he "shared the honors of Burgoyne's Army" do not know what he meant - but did not say he was at surrender.
There were two many Captains with name child to identify this one. This was probably Col. Samuel Ruggles Woodbridge. There were many Whitmore's & Whitmore's a Colonel under each name. Also a number of Capt. Sam'l Taylors & a Capt. Abel Dinsmoor.

In 1815, he moved to Brecksville, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, of which place he was a resident when he was allowed pension on his application executed November 5, 1832.
There are no data as to his family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
Date of death not on AB

15716 Josiah Willard ctw. 5-1832 - 79 Brooksville
July 1-76. Conway Mass Capt. Childs Cal Woodbridge - 5 m
Sept 77 Samuel Taylor Cal Whitmore 2 m
Sept 1-77 Capt Abel Densmore Cal Fellows. 3 m
Barnes Knights
Born Sept 15, 1753 Killingworth Conn

Montvale, N.J., Oct. 6, 1932.
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:- Could you tell me if Josiah & Silas Wilcoxson of Killingworth, Conn. who enlisted in Col. Ruggles. Woodbridge Reg't at Killing- worth, Conn. Aug. 26, 1932 1777 had a brother named either Ebba or Abel in any other branch of the service.
If you have any record of him, would you please

send a statement of same and if you have none then may I have one in regards to Josiah Wilcox sometimes called Wilcox. I know he was pensioned but do not know if he had shortened his surname at that time.
I need statement to send with my application papers to the Society of the Daughters of the Revolution
Thanking you for any trouble I may cause you, I remain
Respectfully
(Mrs.) Ann Hill
Allendale, Bergen Co., N.J. Rfd # 2 Bx 56

19606
FRANK N. WILCOX C. W. COLLISTER JAMES J. HOGAN BENJ. PARMELY, JR.
WILCOX, COLLISTER, HOGAN & PARMELY,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
SOCIETY FOR SAVINGS BUILDING.
CLEVELAND, O. November 16, 1900.
Superintendent of Old War & Navy Department, Pension Office, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:- Will you kindly send me such information as the records of your Department disclose respecting Joseph Wilcox . He appears by the list of pensioners as per U. S. Census of 1840, to have been a pensioner of the United States Government, resident at Brecksville, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, aged eighty-six, and domiciled with one Doolittle Wilcox at the place above named.
Yours very respectfully,
Frank N Wilcox
(Dictated)

15716 INVALID.
File No. 15716
Josiah Wilcox Pr. Rev. Wm
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 413
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Apr 22-1900 - Frank A. Wilcox, Cleveland Ohio
1932-Oct 21. Visit to Museum Hill-Est.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Josiah Wilcoxon which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? witness XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes for one tour If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? no Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 2, 6,
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason 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 too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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 oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  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 paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

The State of Ohio Lorain & Cuyahoga County
I Aaron Burt of the Township of Grafton in the county of Lorain Ohio now in the 73 rd year of my age being first duly sworn do on my said oath depose & say that I was well acquainted with Josiah Willcox part of the township of Bricksell County of Cuyahoga State of Ohio & that he the said Willcox was in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy six a soldier in the Revolutionary war & to my own personal knowledge the said Willcox served as a soldier in the company commanded by as I think by one Capt Wells for the period of five months that said Willcox first muster at Deerfield Massachus ts that he went from there to Northfield Mass - thence to Tunkill's Gap thence to Lake Champlain thence to Skeneateles and called White Hall thence by water to Niagara & was there stationed & remained until the period of his enlistment five months had expired which was at the first of December 1776. I was a fellow soldier with him said Willcox in the same company & was out with him during his enlistment Aaron Burt
Grafton May 30 th 1833
Personally appeared before me the above named Aaron Burt aka has known & subscribed to the above deposition said Burt being to me personally known as a creditable person & made oath before me to the truth of the above deposition & described the same with his own proper signature in my presence
Justice of the peace Samuel Gladding in said township of Grafton

The State of Ohio } I Ebenezer Wharton Clerk of the Lorain County ss } Court of Common Pleas of said County hereby certify that Sam- uel G. Curtis before whom the within affidavit was taken & who signed the within certificate was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn to all whom official acts as such full faith and credit are due - And I further certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Samuel G. Curtis and verily believe the with- in signature of his name to be genuine - In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at my office in Elyria the first day of June A D 1833
Ebenezer Wharton Clerk