Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11495, John Wibirt, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
or Wibirt John Wibert'
R. 11495-
CONTENTS

John Nesbitt
MS
Act 7 June '32

State of New York } County of Saratoga }
On this fifteenth day of January 1844, personally appeared before Col. J. Manin First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga. John Wirt of Greenfield in the County aforesaid aged eighty three years being unable to appear before a court in consequence of bodily infirmity who having first given his affirmation according to law doth on his affirmation make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1776, with Captain St. Wright, in the regiment commanded by Col. George Van Schaick & lieutenant Col. Van Ruyven, for nine months service, that he served out the said nine months enlistment, that he left the said service sometime in Dec. 1776 or January 1777, that he resided in the town of Saratoga and County of Saratoga and State of New York, that in the summer of 1776 the company in which he enlisted marched to Lake George, where engaged a part of that summer in repairing the fort at that place, that sometime in November of that year he was engaged as a Scout from Lake George to Johnstown, that Lieutenant Miller commanded the Scout & Peter Loucks was the pilot, that he returned from Johnstown to Lake George & in December went to Albany with Adjutant Peter Sene or Seice, was shortly afterwards discharged, that in May 1777 he was drafted as a Militiaman & marched under

Captain Ephraim Woodworth & Lieutenant Thomas Ballard to a place on the Hudson river called Snook Kill, that he remained in that place & in a place now called Schuylerville until some time in August, & then he and others were ordered to assist in removing the inhabitants with their effects to the country south of the Mohawk River, in the winter following he went to Fishkill & was sick at that place the summer after with the Ague & Fever, that he remained at Fishkill until the summer months of 1780 in one of those months, but which he cannot now recollect he was drafted into the Militia under Capt o George Brinkerhoof & Col. Abraham Brinkerhoof, that he went from Fishkill over to West Point, & was there at the time of Arnold's treason that he saw General Washington at West Point, that after this he went with two companies of Militia to a place called Bloverack after some days, that they captured a number of tories & brought them to Fishkill, that he continued in the service at this time near three months, that he remained at Fishkill until the end of the war & that during that time he was repeatedly engaged with others in pursuing the tories who were committing depredations in that neighbourhood.
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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, except  only  that of the Agency in the State of New York

affirmed to & subscribed before me this 15 Jan. 1844 By abn warren Loring Just made
John Wilbur
With Marm. First Judge of Sur. Ct. Cnt.
State of New York.
Saratoga County ss: I Mark certify that the above declaration John Wilbur is unable from old age & bodily infirmity to attend court, & I further certify that I have been generally acquainted with the said John Wilbur for more than twenty years last past, that he is & has been during that time an member of the society of Friends, that he has always been reputed & has served in the Quaker- Christian way, that he is a man of irreproachable character, & that his statement is entitled to implicit credit & belief, Jan. 15, 1844.
With Marm. First Judge Sur. Ct. Cnt.

Saratoga County Clerks Office
I Horace Goodrich Clerk of the County of Saratoga Do Certify that Thomas J. Morris before whom the within affidavit purports to have been taken was at the date of the same & the date of the Certificate connected therewith First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County said Court being a Court of Record having a Clerk Seal, And further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & truly believe his signature subscribed thereto to be genuine
Given under My hand & official Seal Jan'y 16 th 1844
Horace Goodrich Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
R. 11495-
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ 1 for a statement of the military history of John Nibirk or Robert a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 armed Pvt. Col. Knight Genl. Van Schaick N.Y.   at various Capt. Woodworth   times to George Brinkhoff Abraham Brinkhoff   end of war.  
Battles engaged in, Saratoga
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Saratoga, N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Jany 15, 1844
Residence at date of application, Greenfield, Saratoga Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 83 yrs.
Remarks: Children are referred to as names stated
The cl. was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of his alleged service as required by the pension law.
Respectfully,
Esther and Jonas Meads are not given above as it is not stated who they were.
Commissioner.

John Wibert or Wibbert
New York Sur: list 1832
: Ex p . V. Allen's

Know all men by these presents, That we , Esther Mead & Jonas Mead, a party interested in the claim herein mentioned, do hereby constitute and appoint VESPASIAN ELLIS of Washington City, our true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the claim of John Nibert for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of pension, that may be due; and we hereby authorize our said agent and attorney to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to do all things that we might or could do were we personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that our said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS our hand and Seal this 10 th day of June, A. D., 1853.
Signed and Sealed in the presence of John N. White
Esther Mead Jonas Mead
STATE OF New-York COUNTY OF Saratoga } ss.
On this 10 th day of June, A. D. 1853 before me, the subscriber, personally appeared Esther Mead & Jonas Mead , and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be their act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned, and also made affirmation  such that they are  in party parties directly interested in the claim above mentioned, as a claimant.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, the day and year aforesaid.
John N. White J. P. Justice of the Peace
I, James W. Norton Clerk of the Supreme Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that John N. White before whom the foregoing paper was executed, was at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and that the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal this 11 th day of June A. D. 1853.
James W. Norton Clerk.

Troy N. Y. Augt. 11 th 1854
Sir:
The Heirs of the late John Nibert have applied to me to aid them in procuring the Pension money due him at the time of his death. In order to render the assistance they ask I am compelled to apply to you for proof of service as they do not know in whose Company he served, they only know that he served in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Vanschaick during the War of the Revolution, and that he was in the Battle of Saratoga. If such is the fact, of course the records on file at Washington will show in whose Company he served, and whether he or his Heirs are entitled to pensions under any Act of Congress.
In behalf of these Heirs, I respectfully request you to furnish such facts as you may be able to obtain from the records at Washington, also Blank forms to be filled up and executed by the Heirs, which are Children of the late John Nibert. This request you will doubtless think extravagant, and so it is, but these people are not able to pay the Expense of going or sending an agent to the Capitol to examine the Records

Please address the undersigned at this place, at your earliest convenience.
Very Respectfully I am Sir Your Obt. Servt.
H. F. Hanson.
To. The Commissioner of Pensions } Washington City D. C. }

Jun 24 Sep. 7 44
Sir
In the case of Henry Leavenport who ap pears for the first time a claim for service upon two occasions in the militia of Ulster Co. NY, it should  may be noticed that his claim has slept for years while  with the means of proof, rapidly diminishing and if he shall find any difficulty in proving his service by Comrades in Ulster Pike have, the responsibility is his - Each claimant is bound to adduce the best attainable proof and it will there- fore be necessary to produce the Compt rs certificate as to the service in each tour & sustain his claim by the depositions of one or more Comrades - If there was a term of 6 mo service required of the militia in 76 it is unknown to the Dept. & should be shown by the records at Albany - It would not appear

from his statement that his 2 nd tour in which he was a Teamster engaged in hauling from one Depot to another was a military service in the con- -temptation of the act — The unsupported declaration of John
Wipert has also been examined — The alleged service in Van Schaick's regt in 76 is not sustained by the rolls nor are corroborated to the extent of showing that the designated Captain — A claim presented under such circumstances will not be admitted unless sustained by proof of the most unquestionable char- -acter in relation to every important point —
A. J. to New York July 17, 1898
Copy to Mr. ... military
Messrs A. J. Kendall Present —

100. V. prunorum
Aug 18/87.
Dear Sir,
I have the honor to inform you that
the above is a list of plants
to be sent to you for your
information and for
the purpose of
the
above
purpose

Pension Office Aug 18 1854
In John Wibert of NY div apart for service under Col Van Schaick, but failed to prove that he ever served a day, and his statements are dis- credited by the Rolls, his name not being upon them,
W. F. Hanson Esq
Troy NY

Hon. H. White 25 th April 1840.
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569 Pension Office April 25. 1846
Sir
In reply to your note of the 21 st inst, I have the honor to inform you that the application of John Mibert for the benefit of the act of 7 June 1832 was filed in this Office in 1844. The enclosed extract copied from my letter to Messrs A & E Kendall dated 7 th Septm r of that year will furnish you with the result of the only examination made in his case.
Hon H. White House of Reps

The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. New York City
WILLIAM H. LODEWICK
NEW YORK TEL. 1094
16 WASHINGTON PLACE
Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Jan. 14, 1922.
U. S. Pension Commissioner, Washington, D. C.
Sir:-
Will you please inform me if the following named person was a pensioner of the Revolutionary War ?
JOHN WIBERT, private Van Wyck's Co., of Van Denburgh's 5th Reg. known also as the Third Rensselaer-Wyck Batallion? The officers were commissioned in February 1776. / John Wibert was born June 7, 1760 and died Feby. 21, 1849 in Greenfield, Saratoga County, N. Y. /
Thanking you in advance for any information you may be able to give me, I remain,
Very truly yours,
William H. Lodewick
16 Washington Place, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. New York City
WILLIAM H. LODEWICK 65 COURT STREET
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., July 11, 1931. 192
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Can you give me any information of one John Wibert , private, Capt. A. H. Van Van Wyck's Company of Van Denburghs 5th Regt., known also as the third Rensselaer-Wyck Batallion, whose officers were commissioned in February 1776. This was a New York State company.
In the records of "New York State in the Revolution" Discovered, arranged and classified by James A. Roberts, Comptroller in 1897," Albany, N. Y., there appears the name of John Wibert private in the First Reg't., Colonel Goose Van Schaick.
Is there possibly any connection or might the two be identical the same man?
From an old letter I find among the papers of my deceased wife, written to her by a relative of her mothers, the first clause of this letter, with the addition that John Wibert was born June 7th, 1760, died February 21, 1849. His wife was Elizabeth Swartwout-Wibert, and she was born in Fishkill, Dutchess County, N. Y. July 20, 1762.
They both are buried in a private cemetery in the Town of Greenfield, Saratoga County, near this city, and I wish to establish for a certainty his possible burying place for a proper marker by the Daughter of the American Revolution. Information will be appreciated.
W. H. Lodewick

Washington 21 April 1846
Dear S. L. Edwards
Communications of Penruddock
Dr Sir
Will you have the
kindness to inform me, whether the papers of one John Wheat are in your office: if you what impediment interviews between him and the Penruddock? The papers were supposed to have been forwarded by John R. Wheat Esq., in 1844. But nothing has been heard of them or Mr Wheat.
Also if you can, please forward the replies to my communications of the 11 th & 18 th inst. and oblige yours &c
A. White
Esq. C. L. Dinsmore Esq. Edwin Nash apl 20 th

1922 Feb 9 Hist. to Wm H. Lodewick
1931 Aug 3. Tombstone data to Ur. Wm. H. Lodewick P.O. m.c.
11495
John Wiber
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
RECEIVED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: List of rejected claims filed in 1852 gives cause of suspension
Re-enlisted: As follows. unsupported by any evidence, claims name nor his Capt. on the rolls of Van Schaick's Regt. other + better proof required
Attorney: _____
P.O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

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August 3, 1931
Mr. William H. Lodewick 85 Court Street Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section MCS
Dear Sir:
You are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 11495, it appears that John Wibert or Wibirt applied for pension January 15, 1844, at which time he was eighty-three years of age and a resident of Greenfield, Saratoga County, New York.
It was alleged that while a resident of Saratoga, New York, he enlisted in 1776 and served at various times during the Revolution with the New York troops under Captains Job Wright, Ephraim Woodworth and George Brinkerhoff and Colonels Goose Van Schaick and Abraham Brinkerhoff, and that he was in the battle of Saratoga.
The claim was not allowed as proof of the alleged service was never furnished in accordance with the requirement of the pension law.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator