Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9167, Joseph Wilbor, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Wilbor, Joseph " Wilburt
No. 9167.
B.L. Wt 71028-160-55
" Wilber, Elizabeth
CONTENTS

6177
Massachusetts
Elizabeth Wilbor widow of Joseph Wilbor NY who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of $7 dollars 44 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 17 th day of July 1857 and sent to
W. L. Shepardson, Pittsfield, Mass a
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 17 Vol. H
278682

20243.
New York
Joseph Wilbor
of Columbia Co in the State of New York who was a Sergt. in the Company commanded by Captain Vorburg of the Regt commanded by Col Waterman in the New York line for 9 months & 24 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 47 Dollars 44 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Aug st 1833 and sent E Wadsworth of New York State, Present.
  Arrears to the 14th of Mar 33/34  94.88    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep 33  23.72         $118.60  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Jno Bromwell Clerk Book E Vol. 4 Page 39

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the acts of April 6 th 1838 and Aug 23 d 1842 from 4 th March to 11 th Sept r 1841. Ag t notified Nov 25 th 1842

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No 28458.
Joseph Wilbor Columbia County New York
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Ed. Wadsworth post Office Brainerd Bridge. N York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those 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 this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Joseph Wilbor Columbia County New York
   Period when the service was rendered Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of 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.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted Sept. 1776 - 2 - Serg t pro tem Genl Schuyler   Enlisted Apr. 1777 - 2 - Serg t Capt Vorbrugh, Colonel Waterman 81 years Columbia County New York Traditional evidence - papers properly attached.   Vol. - - " - 1 - " Capt Smith,   Enlisted Aug t " - 3 - " Capt Vorbrugh   Vol. Oct. 1778 - 1 15 " Capt Gilbert Col Waterman Col Livingston   Served at various times - - - " Capt Vorbrugh, Col Whiting   Served - - 5 "   Served - - 4 "   9 24  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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, musicians 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 } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers ; the time he left the 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 was engaged, and the country through which he marched. 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
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 of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper 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 and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &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 therewith, 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 his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
Witness does not appear in his affidavit that declaration was should appear under what authority

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 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 applicant 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, two 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 other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional 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 enquiry 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 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. 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 that 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.
[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 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.
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 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [j] note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
in service as a sergeant — if he served in that grade it

State of Massachusetts Berkshire County Senex June second Anno the one Eight hundred and fifty seven on said day personally appeared in open court the same being a session of the Probate Court begun and holden at said Senex in said County on said day and now being in session at said Senex the same being the Probate Court within and for said County and being a court of record Elizabeth Willees a resident of Pittsfield in said County aged sixty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth upon her oath depose and say that she was married to Joseph Willees a Revolutionary Soldier and Pensioner at Chatham in the State of New York on the twen- ty first day of March Anno thousand Eight hundred and twenty three and that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Ritzick and that her said husband is now dead and that at the time of his death she lived in Chatham aforesaid and that her said husband died at said Chatham Sec- mber twenty seventh Anno thousand Eight hundred and forty one in the house with his son Solomon Willees and that after the death of her said husband one Ezra Willees an other son of her said husband came to her

with some papers one of which she now thinks was the Certificate granted to her said Husband giving him the right to draw a Pension and other Papers which he told her she must sign to enable him to draw for her the back pay due her said Husband at the time of his death and she signed said Papers before a Justice of the Peace and that afterwards she called upon said Dyre Wilches and he told her he had lost said Certificate and could not draw for her said back pay without casting more than it was worth and said Dyre Wilches being a Son of her said Husband by a Woman to whom he was married before he married her he is not upon friendly terms with her and she cannot further state whether said Certificate is lost or whether said back pay has been drawn or not but she has never received it said arrears was due him for his services in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain and for further proof of her said Husband's services than what she now furnishes she refers to the Papers now in the Office of the Commissioners of Pensions relating thereto and she further states that since her said marriage she always resi- -ded in said Chatham and can on the town adjoining near the Store of William S Woodworth and inc

Situated Berkshire County State of Massachusetts where she now resides and that she still remains the widow of the said Joseph Willber and has not intermarried for further proof of which she offers Evidence
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining a Pension due to her under the Act of Congress passed and/or about the third day of February A.D. one thousand Eight hundred and fifty three Entitled an Act to continue half pay to certain Widows and Orphans and for said half pay if the same has not been drawn and for any and all Pensions to which she may be entitled by the Laws of these United States by and in accordance with the facts herein before set forth
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Waterman
Elizabeth his Willber mark
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court before Daniel N. Dewey Judge of Probate -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire County ss. I Andrew J. Waterman Register of Probate and for the Probate Court and said for the County of Berkshire, hereby certify that Daniel N. Dewey whose name is subscribed was at the time he signed his name to the foregoing instrument Judge of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified according to the Constitution and laws of said Commonwealth; and that

full faith & credit are and ought to be given to all his acts done in his capacity as judge of Probate for said County; and that his signature above written is genuine.
In witness whereof I have set my hand and the seal of said Court this second day of June Eighteen hundred and fifty seven.
Andrew J. Waterman Registrar as aforesaid.

State of New York County of Columbia Town of Chatham June 19th - AD 1854 and the said Eight persons and fifty seven and said day personally appeared before me Seth Doly a justice of the peace within and for said County Warterman G. Brown Town Clerk of said Chatham and being first duly sworn according to Law with depose and say that he now is Town Clerk of said Chatham duly authorized and qualified so to act and that the records of said Town are in his possession as such Town Clerk and upon a full examination thereof he does not find upon the records thereof kept by said Town for the purpose of re- cording deaths and marriages any record of the death of the first wife of the said Joseph Willis named in the several settlements hereto annexed and further that he does not find

any record of his the said Joseph Willers death there are nor any record of the births of any children of him the said Joseph Willers and I further say that upon examination of said records there is no record made of deaths births or marriages as far back as the time of his death and further that there is no record of his the said Willers marriage to Elisabeth Peterick nor to any person to be found therein
Witness my hand.
Wartman, L. Brown
Town clerk of the town of Chatham
State of New York County of Columbia Town of Chatham June 17th AD 1854 one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven and said any personally appeared before me the above named Wartman G. Bearden Town Clerk as affirms to me well known and made oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed and I further certify that I am

and I have a copy of
personally acquainted with him the said Reuben and know him to be a man of good moral character and that he is the same Clerk as is by him stated and that full faith and credit are due to his statement above made. Seth D. Daley, Justice of the Peace. in and for the County of Columbia.
State of New York County of Columbia

State of New York, } ss.
Columbia County,
I, D. C. NEEFUS, CLERK of the County of Columbia, and of the Courts of said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, THAT
Seth Daliy
whose name is
subscribed to the CERTIFICATE of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice of the Peace, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County and Courts, this 25 th day of
June
A. D. 1857
D. C. Neefus
CLERK.
temper law

State of New York, Columbia County I, Aaron of Chatham June Nineteenth AD 1857, one thousand Eight hundred and fifty seven on said day personally appeared before me J. M. Daly a Justice of the peace within and for said County Solomon Willber of said Chatham, I aged sixty Eight years in July last who being first duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that he is the son of Joseph Willber late of said Chatham deceased and named in the several statements hereto annexed and that he is in possession of all the books and papers of his father and upon examination thereof there is no family record to be found and that no family record was ever kept and there is no record of his fathers marriage to his first wife my mother nor of her death nor of my fathers marriage to Elizabeth Pitkin the person to whom he was a second time married nor of his death and that I was present at the time my said father was mar- ried to his second wife Elizabeth St. Pierre

The person making the application hereby averred upon the twenty first day of March A.D. 1823, that one thousand eight hundred was twenty three at Chatham aforesaid by one James H. Parker then being and acting as Justice of the peace within and for said county, and that after his said marriage to her the said Elizabeth H. Keith he lived with her as man and wife to the time of his death except about two years a part of the time in the Town of Chatham and then moved to the Town of Canaan near the house of one Edwards the man named in the statement of Archie Edwards named in the statement of William D. Woodworth arrived short time say nearly two years and then removed back to Chatham into my family where he died upon the twenty seventh day of December A.D. 1841 one thousand eight hundred and forty one and further state that the person making the averred application Elizabeth Willer is the person to whom said father was married as aforesaid and

That she now lives in Pittsfield Berkshire County State of Massachusetts with one Adah Deville a man that married a daughter of my father by the first wife Sarah Miller making the annexed specification and that she has not since inter- -married and now remains the widow of my said father Joseph Miller and I further state that he is the same Joseph Miller named in the statements of William S. Woodworth and Seth Daly and I further state that for a number of years previous to his death he drew a pension for services rendered by him in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain and I further state that the statement of Elisabeth Miller in relation to the certificate of my said father Joseph Miller in her statement here to annexed is true and the statement as to her having received the back pay due to him for his said services are also true
Seth Daly Wm S Woodworth
Solomon Miller

State of New York County of Columbia Town of Chatham Jan. Nineteenth D r 1859, one thousand Eight hundred and fifty seven on said day personally appeared before me Seth Daly a Justice of the peace within and for said County and made oath to the truth of the above statement Solomon Willber by him subscribed and swears and further certifies that I have been personally acquainted with Solomon Willber the person above named for over forty years and that he is a man of good moral character and good faith and credit should be given to his statements above made. and that the words named in the Statement of which Edward was circled by a mark before signing and the name Hilrich was also interlined before signing. Seth Daly. Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Columbia.

State of New York, } ss.
Columbia County,
I, D. C. NEEFUS, CLERK of the County of Columbia, and of the Courts of said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, THAT
Seth Daler
whose name is
subscribed to the CERTIFICATE of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice of the Peace, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County and Courts, this 25 th day of June A. D. 1857
D. C. Neefus
CLERK.
lined Rae Columbia

State of New York County of Columbia Town of Chatham January twentieth June thousand eight hundred and fifty seven then personally appeared before me Russell D. Ashley a justice of the peace within and for said county Southdale of said Chatham a resident of said Chatham aged fifty four years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth repose and say that he was acquaint- ed with Joseph Willcher of Chatham aforesaid and that he the said Willcher recd a pension for services performed by him in the revolutionary war with Great Britain that I assisted him in obtaining it three or four years I was then in the mercantile business and used to pay him in advance out of my store and when his pension came he would pay me what he would be owing me the account making the account. Spencer at this time lived with him as man and wife and frequently came to my store with him to trade her name before her marriage was over

Elizabeth Fiteich. The time when I assisted Joseph Wilches in receiving his Pension was before it was received by Mr Edwards as he removed to Canaan and at that time he died it is Mr Ed- wards I believe as I suppose he did not receive it as my believe he died with his Son Solomon or is by him stated and further I state that the person making the annexed affidavit is the person with whom he lived as man and wife and that she has not since intermarried and now remains his Widow and that I am acquainted with Solomon Wilches and have been for over forty years and that full faith and credit are due in his statements and that he is a man of good mor- al character and that the mother of Solomon Wilches died at the time he states
Witnesses Russell D. Ashley Seth D. Dyer State of Virginia County of Botetourt twentieth day of January 1887 and thousand

Eight hundred and fifty seven Then personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace within and for the county aforesaid and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above statement and I further certify that full faith & credit ought to be given to his statements and that he is a man of good moral character in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand on the day above named
Rufus S Ashley, Justice of the Peace of said Co

Reseanto in my name
State of New York, } ss.
Columbia County,
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I, D. C. NEEFUS, CLERK of the County of Columbia, and of the Courts of said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, THAT
Russel D. Ashley whose name is
subscribed to the CERTIFICATE of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well-acquainted with the hand-writing of such Justice of the Peace, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County and Courts, this 25 th day of June A. D. 1857
D. C. Neefus CLERK.
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State of New York Columbia County Town of Canaan June sixteenth AD 1857 one thousand Eight hundred and fifty seven on said day personally appeared before me Chester Kelain a Justice of the peace within and for said County William S. Woodworth a resident of said Canaan Aged forty Eight years and being first duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that from the year 1834 and thousand Eight hun- -dred and thirty four December twenty second to the year AD 1840, one thousand Eight hundred and forty September seventeenth was in the employ of Uriah Edwards in the capacity of a Clerk in his store and while so acting and being in his employ said Edwards drew for either as Agent or in some other capacity received a Pension for one Joseph Willber as a Pension due the said Willber for services rendered by him in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain and that said Edwards used to let him have bonds out of his store and when his Pension came to take enough therefrom to pay him the amount due

from him the said Willber to him the said Edwards I arriv- ed in making out the papers upon which Edwards would draw the Pension and kept part of the Ac- count between said Willber and Edwards said Willber at and dur- ing most of this time lived within about one mile of said Store as man and wife with the woman making the annexed Application and she frequently came to the store with him to trade her name before her marriage as Elizabeth H. French the Books of said Edwards are now in my hands as the Executor upon the Estate of him the said Edwards and I find therein as Mr Edwards was in the habit of putting upon his Books the time when any person died whom he assisted in receiving their Pension that said Willber died December twenty seventh AD 1841 one hundred eight hundred and forty one and from my own recollection he died then with his Son making a statement hereto annexed at said time about six miles from here

Said Statement being annexed and marked, A, upon the bottom and the fact that Mr. Willcher had dealt with Mr. Erades as before stated also appears upon said Books and further I say the above new lines in Simpson Creek being State of Massachusetts and is the person making the Application which is also hereto annexed and by her signed and sworn to before the whole Court within and for said County of Berkshire on the second day of June A.D. 1857 one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven
Geo L. Chase
William Woodworth
Sister of Margaret Collumbia County Town of Canaan on said day of June A.D. 1857 one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven personally appeared the above named William, S. Woodworth subscribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement by him read and further testified that I am personally acquainted with said Woodworth and full faith and credit should be given to his state- ments above made and further

that he is a man of good moral character and that his reputation for truth is above reproach
Chester Belding Justice of the Peace in and for said County
State of New York, } ss Columbia County,
I, D. C. NEEFUS, CLERK of the County of Columbia, and of the Courts of said County DO HEREBY CERTIFY, THAT
Chester Belding whose name is subscribed to the CERTIFICATE of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instru- ment, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of Peace in and for the county aforesaid, dwelling in said County, commis- sioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of such Justice of the Peace, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County and Courts this 25 th day of June A. D. 185 7 D. C. Neefus CLERK.
From W. L. Shepardson to Mrs. Mary May for Applicant to whom you will pay interest at 6% per annum W. L. Shepardson to Mrs. Mary May
married - March 1825 died - July 1871 G. C.

State of Massachusetts Berkshire County ss on this twenty first day of July A D 1857 and thousand eight hundred and fifty seven personally appeared before me W m B. Rankin a justice of the peace within and for said County of Berkshire Elizabeth Willes of Pittsfield Berkshire County State of Mass- -achusetts aged sixty years who being first duly sworn according to Law declares that she is the widow of Joseph Willes deceased who was a private in the revolutionary war and that she is the person named in an Application and statements thereto annexed said Application being made by her before the Hon ble Daniel N. Severy Judge of Probate within and for said County and attested by A. J. Waterman the registr of said Probate Court to which statements and here Application thereto annexed she refers and makes a part of this statement and for the proof her marriage she refers to the statement of Sol- omon Willes and the other statements thereto annexed and she also refers to said Statements and Application for the proof her said husband's death and the fact that there is no record of her said marriage and no record of his death and no other family record to be

by her friends and she also refers to each and all of the several statements therein for proof of each and all things therein named or stated necessary for her to prove in this case said Application now being on the files of the Pension Office and upon which there has been a certificate granted to her upon the seventeenth day of July A.D. 1857 one thousand Eight Hundred and fifty seven a copy of which is hereto annexed and that she has not since intermarried and now remains the widow of him the said Joseph Miller said certificate is now in my possession and is a full cover (to wit, Department of the interior Widows Pension
I certify that in conformity with the 2 a section of the Act of February 3, 1858 Elizabeth Miller widow of Joseph Miller who was a private in the Revolutionary war is inscribed on the Pension List at the rate of Forty seven dollars and forty four cents per annum commencing on the 3 rd of February 1858 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

seventeenth day of July and the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven. Thompson Secretary of the Interior Examined and countersigned Geo. C. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions. She makes this declaration for the purpose of determining the County Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3 1855.
Witness.
William H. D.
Elizabeth her Wilber
We W. L. Shepardson and Ann E. Preston residents of Pittsfield in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Wilber in our presence and that we are personally acquainted with the Applicant and with the statements by her above made and know she is the person she represents herself to be. W. L. Shepardson further say that I saw the papers by her close sister as referred to and know her statements relating thereto to be true. W. L. Shepardson. Ann E. Preston.
The foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written and I certify that

I know the Affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have composed the certificate by her name and she is the owner thereof and her statements in relation thereto are true and that I have no interest in this claim
W. H. H. H. Justice of the peace within and for said County of Berkshire
I am W. H. H. Sparan Pittsfield Mass to whom you will please direct all communication W. H. H. Sparan
278.682

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
BERKSHIRE SS.
I, Henry W. Taft , Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Berkshire, do certify that W. H. Plunkett Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth
and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said W. H. Plunkett and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this twenty second day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty Seventh
Henry W. Taft
CLERK.

Pittsfield, Mass. January 19, 1902.
Hon. H. Clay Evans Dear Sir.
Will you kindly send me the Proof of Joseph Wilours as serving in the Revolution War. he being my father. I wish to get the proof that I am a real daughter of the revolution after his death my mother drew the pension until her death I think the last. She drew was in the year of 1861 - Her Name was Elizabeth Wilour. Having lost her pension papers cannot exactly tell. So will you kindly collidge me By

Sending the prof. & Colledge Very Respectfully Yurs
Mrs. Ann. E. Prunick Pittsfield.
# 20 Francis Ave - Mass -

State of New York Columbia County ss: Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the county of our said Simon Beman who first being duly sworn deponeth & saith that he is well acquainted with Joseph Wilbur of Chatham in said County that he knew him before the revolution and ever since to the present time and resides now less than one mile from that in the time of the revolution in the month of September 1776 while he Beman was on a tour of five months service that he saw said Joseph Wilbur in the service having been as far was informed called out on an alarm when General Howe crossed Lake Champlain at Fort Miller and further this deponent saith that he was in the service in October 1777 at the time of the capture of Burgoyne on an alarm when he then saw Joseph Wilbur among the troops under command of Captain Elisha Gilbert who he then understood had mustered for three months that he knew that Wilbur entered and marched with said Gilbert's company & after that that said Wilbur returned as he then understood having served the term of three months and further that he knew said Wilbur to be called out frequently on alarms after the war and did service now at many and various times & that this deponent is 83 years of age Subscribed and sworn to Simon Beman this 18th day of March 1833 before me Ezra Rowland
State of New York Columbia County ss: I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Simon Beman who has subscribed & sworn to the above affidavit and know him to be a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit Ezra Rowland Justice of the peace
Note. The County Clerk's Seal & certificate of Rowland's being a Justice is included in that of Ezra Rowland before whom the Testimonial affidavits were taken.

Columbia County 3 rd
On the 27 th day of May 1833 personal appeared before the Justices of the peace out of the City of Hudson in said County now sitting in Open Court. Joseph Milber of Chatham in said County of Columbia aged Eighty one 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 he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
In September 1776 he enlisted under Captain Jacob Vosburgh. Lieutenant Samuel Thompson. Lieutenant Col Asa Waterman. Marched to Albany and was put under General Schuyler. This engagement was on a alarm on the anticipation of General Howe coming from Canada, Marched from Albany by Stillwater and Fort Miller to Fort Edward and remained till informed that Gen. Howe had retreated to Canada and returned by the same route to Stillwater thence to Halfmoon & Schenectady and remained a few days, thence to Johnstown where he was dismissed in November following. Serving two months & returned home
On the first of April 1777 he enlisted in a company of RANGERS or MOUNTED MEN under Captain John Smith for three months and was not attached to any Regiment but served to guard the inhabitants from depredations com- mitted by Tories and lived round about Kinderhook and the adjacent places. For two months when the alarm was sounded in consequence of Burgoyne's descent from Canada when said company was disbanded and he Milber volunteered under Captain Jacob Vosburgh and Lieutenant Samuel Thompson. The Ensign having before gone with another company. Under the same field officers full mentioned marched by Albany to Fort Edward to Fort George and was in Schuyler's retreat from that place before Burgoyne and returned to Stillwater and was dismissed in July following serving one month
About the 1 st of August following he enlisted under Captain Elisha Gilbert & Colonel Asa Waterman & Colo- nel Henry W. Livingston was marched to Stillwater and put under General Clinton and thence to Bemis Heights was there at the battle of Saratoga of Burgoyne's army

Was taken sick and sent to the Hospital and remained till term of enlistment was out in November was dis- missed and returned home serving three months
About the first of October 1778 he volunteered under Captain Jacob Vorburgh & Lieutenant Samuel Thompson Colonel Whiting & General Van Riper were marched to Sili- quoy and was put under Capt Philip Frisbie & Lieutenant Josiah Warner in same Regiment from the marched by Caninevaga to Fort Plain and near a place called the Sprouts had an engagement with Tories Indians and British Regulars commanded by Colonel Johnson who had previously burned Schenectady Canineva- ga & Stone Arabia and drove them by Fort Herkimer to Onida Lake who took boats and having none to pursue them returned by the same general route to Fort Herkimer and was dismissed in November 1778 following serving one month & a half & returned here in the engagement at the Sprouts Colonel Brown & about thirty Americans were killed
He also declares that in all the aforesaid service he was a sergeant and served as such that he belonged to Captain Vorburghs company & assisted near him and held the office of sergeant continually And that he served as sergeant under Captains Smith and Gilbert above named and that as such he served at various times not enumerated in Warrenting men attending Court Martials &c which would amount to at least one month of continued service and that he distinctly recollects being called out to suppress a gang of Tories in the upper part of Kinderhook when they were surprised and Abraham Van Kampen an American was shot by the Tories and seven of them were taken and committed serving five days Again was called out to pursue one Harry Dyer a Notorious Tory and served four days in that time also served as sergeant
He also declares that he was born in what is now Speram in the County of Columbia aforesaid on the 23 rd day of December 1751 has no record of his age except in his family bible That he resided to Chatham his present residence before the revolution and has resided there

ever since. has no documentary evidence of his service never had a discharge. Had a Sergeant's warrant which has long been mislaid or lost and knows of persons who testimony he can produce who can testify to his service except that of Simon Beman hereto annexed He always entered the service as a volunteer names of persons in his neighborhood who are acquainted with him who can testify as to his charac- ter for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier in the Revolution. Jonathan Peake, James Peake, Isaac Webster. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to and subscribed this _____ day and year aforesaid
Joseph Wilson
We Henry Palmer a clergyman residing in Chatham aforesaid and Isaac Webster residing in the same place hereby certify that we are acquainted with Joseph Wilson who has submitted to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty one years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Henry Palmer Isaac Webster
Sworn, and subscribed this day of 23 rd May 1833
before me
Larry Patrick Justice Peace
I certify that Henry Palmer who has subscribed and sworn to the above certificate is a clergyman and that Isaac Webster is a credible person
Larry Patrick Justice Peace
State of New York Columbia County ss:
I Joseph D. O'Connell clerk of the County aforesaid do certify that Larry Patrick before whom the foregoing affidavit of Henry Palmer and Isaac Webster purports to have been sworn and also Ezra Haverand before whom the annexed affidavit of Joseph Simon Beman purports to have been sworn at the respective times

Each of them a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Columbia, and that I am acquainted with their hand writing and verily believe their names subscribed to said affidavits to be their proper hands writing and signatures Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 27 th day of May 1833
J. M. Monroe
6th
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the New 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 Henry Palmer who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman Resident resident in the town of Chatham aforesaid and that his residence is nearest of any clergyman to that of the above applicant, and that Isaac Webster is a resident of the same place who has also signed the same is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit and the said Court further certifies that it appears to them satisfactory that distance from the residence of said applicant and the traditional witnesses aforesaid to the plan of holding said Court is such that the expense of procuring their attendance at Court would be such as to form a good reason for their affidavits being taken before a justice of the peace.
Joseph Willson 25455
I John D. Packer Clerk of the Superior Court aforesaid do certify that the above contains the original proceedings before said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Willson for a pension Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 27 th March 1833
J. D. Packer Clerk
Adm C 9 mo. 24 ds

O. W. and N. Div.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
....., 189.....
Respectfully returned. The data furnished does not identify claim.
Please return ..... with this slip.
♦ ♦ ♦ MEMORANDUM.
Claim No. .....
Certificate No. .....
Name of claimant, .....
Name of soldier, .....
Service, ..... (Company, regiment, and State.)
Additional service, ..... ..... .....
If unable to furnish service, give names of officers of company. ..... .....
J. P. Lockhorn Commissioner

9164- mit
Joseph Wilbur
Chatham N.Y. May 24 - 1833 - 81
Sept. 26 by Chatham N.Y.
Capt Jacob Voorburgh
St. Col Asa Waterman went to Albany Stillwater Ft. Miller 19th Edward Wolf moon Schoenstedt
Discharged Johnstown Post - 2 m
Apr. 1. 77 - Capt Jos. Smith Cal -
Kindershook
Post - 2 m
77 - Capt Voorburgh
St Col Waterman Albany Fts Edward & George Stillwater 1 m
Aug. 1. 77 Capt Elisha Gilbert
Cal N.Y. W. Livingston Land and Gen Glower Post Penns Rgts, out of Poughkeepsie bunk & home - 3 m

O. W. and N. Div.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
....., 189.....
Respectfully returned. The data furnished does not identify claim.
Please return ..... with this slip.
♦ ♦ ♦ MEMORANDUM.
Claim No. .....
Certificate No. .....
Name of claimant, .....
Name of soldier, .....
Service, ..... (Company, regiment, and State.)
Additional service, ..... ..... .....
If unable to furnish service, give names of officers of company. ..... .....
J. P. Lockhorn Commissioner

Oct 1. 78 Cpt Voorhies
Cal Whiting
Schenectady, Cahnerwago Pl. Plain, Sprouts. Skirmish with 700 Indians + British - 9th H. Cavalry
Sgt for 1 1/2 m
Capt V
Al -
Short term, amount 65
1 mo. Sept
5 - d
4 - d
Born Dec 23 1757
Annam, N.Y.
Wed app Jan. 7. 1857 1857
Pittsfield Mass. - born
mar Elizabeth Kitrick
mol. 1. 1873, Schenectady N.Y.
Died Dec 27 1844 - 11 children
Feb 2, 1842

Febry - 8 - 1902 Mrs. Anna E. Renter Pittsfield Mass
Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9167
Elizabeth Wilber
Wid.
Joseph Wilber
Print Rev War
Act: Febry 3 d  1853
Index: — Vol. 66 , Page 340
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Nov. 12 th 1842.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Joseph Wilber, dec d . a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N. York Agency, at the rate of Forty seven Dollars and 44 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 4 th Sept. 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Glauco L. Passis
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Brief in the case of Elizabeth Wilbor, widow of Joseph Wilbor Berkshire County and State of Massachusetts. act February 3. 1853.
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband of Claimant was a prisoner under act of June 7. 1832, at rate of $47.44 c per annum, and the annuity due at his death was paid to Elizabeth Wilbor, his widow," as per 3 d Auditor's Report.
Married, in 1823, and identity of Claimant ( for increase. )
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
as the widow of above named pensioner, proved by several credible witnesses
Alliance accordingly.
W. L. Shepardson Esq.
Name and residence of Agent
Pittsfield,
Massachusetts
J. G. D. [Signature] Examining Clerk.

Elizabeth Mauber wid Joseph
FREE
To the Commissioners of Pension Washington City D.C.

278.682
To the Commissioners of Pensions Washington City D.C.

No. 6783.
Elizabeth Wilbor widow of Joseph - Berkshire Co. Massachusetts
Admitted, Act February 3/53 as rate of $47.44 c per Annum, commencing at rate of said Act
Husband private 9 mo. 24 days
" Pay widow
" Certificate to W. L. Shepardson Esq. Pittsfield Mass ts

W. O. D. P.
Havana

3 d Auditor's Office July 16. 1837
Sir: Joseph Wilbor, born 7 June 1832. Albany N.Y. died Feby 2. 1842. His Pension has been paid in full to that date to his widow Elizabeth Wilbor.
Very Resp y , N. Fosmire Auditor
Gen. C. Whiting Esq. Comm ee of Pensions }

Pension Office, July 15, 1857
The 3 d auditor will please certify the date & which within named pensioner was paid; and, if arrear due at his death were paid, to whom.
Very respectfully A. Cole Chief Clerk
27/11/57 L. G. 1857 N. B. 1857 N. B. 1857

Children of Joseph Wilbur, Columbia Co NY Pensioner, act June 7, 1832
J D Woodward Atty

State of New York _____ County of Columbia _____ ss.
On this Fifth day of November , 1853 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Solomon Wilbur a resident of the town of Chatham in said County aged Sixty two years and made oath according to law that he is directly interested in a claim against the United States for certain arrears or increase of pension, supposed to be due to Joseph Wilbur
and he hereby appoints J. DOUGLAS WOODWARD, Counsellor at Law, of Plattsburg, N. Y., his Attorney to prosecute said claim, and examine all papers and documents in relation thereto, on file in any of the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere, and to receive from the officer authorised to issue the same, a certificate for any arrears or increase of pension to which Deponent may be entitled, and to do all other acts and things in and about obtaining such arrears or increase of pension as Deponent might or could do, were he personally present at the doing thereof; and he hereby revokes all former powers if any inconsistent with the above, and authorizes his said Attorney to appoint Attorneys, one or more, under him, for any or all the purposes aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever Deponent's said Attorney or those appointed under him shall lawfully do or cause to be done in the premises. In witness whereof the said Deponent has hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year first above written.
In the presence of Seth Daley } Solomon Wilbur Wm Sister }
Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged, before me, on the day and year first above mentioned, and I believe the Deponent to be directly interested in the claim above mentioned, and the identical person therein alleged and described, and I have no interest in the result of said claim and am not concerned in its prosecution.
Seth Daley Justice Peace.
State of New York _____ County of Columbia _____ ss. I, the subscriber, Clerk of said County, certify that Seth Daley before whom the above affidavit and Power was sworn and acknowledged on the Fifth day of November 1853 was at said time a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified, and that I verily believe his signature above written to be genuine; and I have no interest in the result of the claim to which the foregoing paper relates, and am not concerned in its prosecution. Witness my hand and official seal at Hudson in said County this Eighth day of November 1853.
[L. S.]
D. C. Vaux Clerk.