Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43259, Jacob Wetherbee, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N 16.
Wetherbee, Jacob Weatherbee Weathbee
S. 43259
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14822 D New York
Jacob Wetherbee
of Whitehall in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dearborn of the New Hampshire line, for the term of 10 months War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of Sep r 1819 and sent to W. H. Parker Esq r Whitehall Wash. Co N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819  133. 33 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Mar 1820  48.
18 mo 20 / 30  $181.33
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
continue

Young sent Nov. 9 th 1820 to W. H. Parker Whitehall, Wash Co. N.Y.

Jacob Wetherbee
Path of Schuylkill
14.822
March 1820
C
Sent to Forwarded by W.H. Parker of Whitcomb Wash. 67.
Nov. 9 1820 New York

State of New York Washington County
On this Twenty ninth day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Twenty person- ally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington in the State aforesaid in open Court being a Court of Record proceeding according to the course of the Common Law with jurisdiction in all actions actions real personal & mixed unlimited in point of amount keeping a record of its proceedings having the power of fine and imprisonment Jacob Wetherbee aged sixty five years resident in the Town of Whitcomb in the County and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary War as follows -
That he enlisted as a private soldier in a Company com- manded by Capt. Isaac Fry in a Regiment commanded by Col. Dearborn for the term of three years years from and after the time of his enlistment which was on or about the first of June in the Year Eighteen hundred and Eighty two - That he served in said Company and in a Company commanded by Capt. Monroe in the said Regiment from that time until about the nineteenth day of April in the Year Eighteen hundred and Eighty three having served for more than two months, and that his original declaration in this behalf was made and dated the fifteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen and that the number of his pension certificate under

The Law of the 18 th of March 1818 is fourteen thousand eight hundred and twenty two —
And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820 I the said Jacob Wetherbee do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of the act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary War passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since had any person in trust for me any property or security contract or debt due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed And I do further swear that I am by occupation a Farmer, that I am as I believe upwards of Sixty five Years of age and that my constitution is very feeble having been impaired by the fall of a tree which fractured my shoulder since which I have not been able to perform half the labour of a common man — being also afflicted with rheumatic complaints, Blindness and pains in my head which frequently incapacitate me for labour in the least degree — That My family who reside with me consists of Roxana My wife and Roxana

Witherton and John Wetherbee my Children. That my said Wife is as I believe sixty six years of age - That for the last three years she has been and now is confined to her bed and under the Physicians care been not being able to perform the least labour and subjecting me to heavy charges for her support - That Roxana Wetherbee is about eighteen and John Wetherbee about fourteen years of age and enjoy common health but have no property or income Given to & declared on the twenty ninth day of August 1820 in Open Court Jacob Wetherbee D. Shipard Clerk
A Schedule containing the whole estate and income of Jacob Wetherbee -
  1 Heifer $9.00 1 Calf $1.00 Poor $10.00   1 Cow & Pigs 4.00 1 Iron Kettle .37 Firewood .50 4.87   2 Pails .50 1 Wash tub .50 Tea pot, M. etc 3 Cups & Saucers .17 1.17   2 Plates .09 2 Chairs .25 1 Table .25 .54   1 1/2 Tons Hay 6.00 3 old Knives & forks nothing 6.00   $22.58 
Jacob Wetherbee

I Daniel Shepherd Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing Oaths and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the Opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is - Twenty two Dollars & fifty eight cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court August Twelfth month 1820 D Shepherd Clerk

Jacob Wetherbee
Prussian claim
Adm 2
Forwarded by W m H. Parker of Whitehall Wash. C y N.Y.

State of New York } Washington County } To wit I Jacob Wetherbee — of the Town of Whitcomb — in the county of Washington and State of New York Do according to the act of Congress of the United States of America entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" make the following declaration under oath, that is to say — I, do Solemnly Declare that I was on the Eighteenth day of March last and now am, a resident citizen of the United States to wit in the Town County and State aforesaid And that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my country for support — I do further declare that I was a private Soldier in the War of the revolution and that I served as such in the said War against the Com- mon enemy until the end of the War for the term of ten Ten months and more — during the said War in the Continental Establishment, That I belonged to the Company company commanded by Capt. Isaac Fry for about one Month and then to the company commanded by Captain Monroe in the first New Hampshire Regiment commanded by Henry Dracborne Col- in the line of New Hampshire Troops — And I do further Declare that I entered into the said Service on or about the first day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty two and left the said service on or about the nineteenth day of April in the Year nineteen hundred and Eighty three, having left the said service by permission of my officers on pur- -chase & having left a substitute in my place, and within a few days after leaving the service as aforesaid I was

taken but did not receive until the regiment was Disbanded, and being so absent from the Regiment I never received any written Discharge from the said Service - And I do further declare that I hereby relinquish all claim to every and any pension allowed me by the Laws of the United States previous to the eighteenth day of March last or by the Laws of any individual State - Witness My hand this fifteenth day of April in the Year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Jacob Wetherbee
Witness Aaron Gifferton W. H. Parker
[No. 2. Judges Certificate]
State of New York } Washington County } To wit
Be it Remembered that on the fifteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight een at the Town of Whitehall in the County of Washington and State of New York Before me Jonathan Wood Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Washington in the said State duly appointed qualified and sworn (the same Court being one of the courts of Record of the said State) personally came and appeared the before named Applicant Jacob Wetherbee who resided

in the Town County and State mentioned in the above declaration and in my presence subscribed the foregoing Declaration and also before me then and there he was duly sworn to the truth of the facts contained and set forth in the said Declaration — And it appearing to my satisfaction as well from the said Declaration under oath as from such other evidence as was in the power of the said Applicant to produce that the said applicant served in the revolutionary War as aforesaid against the common enemy and that the declaration aforesaid under oath of the said Applicant is in all other respects true, I do therefore Certify and transmit the Testimony in the case consisting of the aforesaid Declaration under oath and the affidavit of Aaron Trefrenton & Oliver Wetmore herewith annexed together with the proceedings had thereon to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War according to the requisitions of the act of Congress in that case made
Given under my hand and Seal at the Town of Whitall, in the County of Washington and State of New York the day and year first above written in this Certificate — Jonathan Wood Judge
I, Jonathan Wood Judge as aforesaid do hereby further certify in addition to the foregoing certificate by me made that it hath been satisfactorily proved to me by the oath of Aaron Trefrenton that the said Jacob Wetmore was at the time of the above application and still is in reduced circumstances in life and needs the assistance of his country for support and that I believe the said facts to be true
Given under my hand at Hartford, this 19 th day of April in the year of our Lord 1819 — Jonathan Wood one of the Judges of Washington-Comptroller

State of New York Washington County
Aaron Fessenton & Oliver Wetherbee of the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn severally Depose and Say that they and each of them have been well acquainted with Jacob Wetherbee who made and subscribed the foregoing Declaration under oath since the year nineteen hundred and Eighty two, and that at at that period they severally lived in the neighborhood with the said Jacob and were well knowing to his entering the said Service as he the said Jacob has declared and set forth in his said Declaration and that he was gone in the said Service for more than two months and verily believe his said Declaration to be true -
Sworn to & Subscribed the 15 th day of April 1878
Aaron Fessenton Oliver Wetherbee
Before Me Jonathan Wood Judge
I Daniel Shipherd - Clerk of the County of Washington in the State of New York do hereby certify that Jonathan Wood by and before whom the foregoing Certificate and Affida- -vit appear to have been made was on the fifteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighty two a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Washington in the State aforesaid acting under the authority of this State, and that the above is his signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this Twenty Second day of April 1878 D. Shipherd Clerk

Application made 15 th Apr. 1818
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Jacob Wetherbee, priv. Washington County, N.Y. Col o . Dearborn's reg t . New-Hampshire line, — June 1782 to April 1783.
15. April, 1818.
Not found on rolls.
The certificate of the judge, as to the credibility, & disinterestedness of the within witnesses, is wanting.
Jonathan Wood, judge, Whitehall, Washington County, N.Y.
Forwarded by W m H. Parker of Whitehall Wash. Co. New York agent for Applicant —
Report for the Appellant

Whitehall Washington 67. N York 25. Ap r 1818
The Honorable Secretary of the War Department
Sir
I will thank you to forward to me the certificate or document of the within application, being granted, or if refused, what further vouchers are necessary in the manner adopted in your Department —
I have the honor to be very Respectfully your most obedient
Genl. W. H. Parker
Agent for the Applicant

State of New York } Washington County } B.
I Jonathan Wood Judge do as aforesaid do hereby further certify to the Honorable the Secretary of War that it hath been satisfactorily proved to me by the oath of Charles B. Rothburn whom I believe to be a credible Witness, that Aaron Grepston and Oliver Wetherbee the persons who made and subscribed the foregoing affidavit before me on the 15 th day of April 1818 are each of them credible Witnesses, and that as well from the evidence of the said Charles B. Rothburn as from other facts within my knowledge I believe the said Aaron Grepston and Oliver Wetherbee are persons of good reputation as to truth and veracity and that full faith and credit ought to be given to the above affidavit by them made.
And I the said Judge do further certify that it hath been satisfactorily made appear to me by the oaths of the said Aaron Grepston and Oliver Wetherbee that they the said Aaron and Oliver are each of them disinterested witnesses in the above case and that they nor will either of them be benefited in any way by the said Jacob Wetherbee obtaining his pension under the above application. And I do certify that I believe the above facts to be true.
Given under my hand at Hartford this Sixteenth day of August A.D. 1819 Jonathan Wood one of the Judges of Washington County.

43 259 INVALID.
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File No. 43. 259
Jacob Detherbee Rev. Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 552
[Arrangement of 1870.]