Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14165, John Wilbour, R.I.

SERVICE
A. d.
Wilbour, John or Wilbour
NUMBER
N. 14165
Mercy
CONTENTS

0052 Widow's Pension Mercy Gilbur widow of John Gilbur who served in the Revolutionary War, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to comm. on the 4th day of March, 1851 10th Jany 1851 Certificate of Pension is the 5th day of Febry and sent to
Franklin Da Boston. Mass.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 174 Vol. 2.

Q095 Massachusetts
John Wilbur
of Winterport the county of Washington who was a private in the regiment Colonel Clary , the Continental line, for the term of three years .
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, in computation the 11 th of March 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of April 1849 and sent to Yahum - Mitchell in care Bridgewater, Mass.
Arrears to date of December 1848 72 47 1/2 Semi-ann. after 4 50  1849
9 mos 22 7 1/2 1849  54 22 7 1/2 Revolutionary claim Not born March 1848

9098 4 Massachusetts.
John Wilbaur,
of Nantucket in the state of Massach ts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Olney, — of the R. Island line, for the term of three years. War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14. of May , 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7. of April '19, and sent to Nahum Mitchell, judge, Bridgewater, Mass ts
Arrears to 4th of March, 1819. — 77. 67.
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4. Sept. } 48. 1819. }
9 mo. \frac{22}{31} } $:125. 67
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
on file

Notification sent Jan'y. 30 1821 to Hon Walter Folger Sec'y of Rep. U.S.

I John Wilbour an Inhabitant of Nantucket, and a native of Little Compton in the State of Rhode Island of lawful age to give evidence do testify and say, that I enlisted on the 10 th of January AD 1781 in Col o Jeremiah Olney's Regiment, & Rhode Island Line - Marched from Providence in the Month of February under the Command of Lieut t Major a Recruiting Officer, I joined the said Regiment at a place called Cram Pond or Rhode Island Village, there joined the Light Infantry and Marched under the Command of Captain Stephen Olney, who comman- ded the first Company in Col o James Gamots Regiment, our Brigade assembled at a place called the Fish Hills under the Command of General Marquis de Fayette, then March d on to the Southward into the State of Virginia, where we encamped Lord Cornwallis until General Washington appeared with his Army together with the French Troops under the Command of General Rochambeau - after capturing the British Army, we Marched to the City of Philadelphia - and in May 1782, March d to our New York lines, thence to the Northern Frontiers at Saratoga, where on the twenty fifth day of December 1783 I received my Discharge which Exhibit - having faithfully served the United States two years, eleven months and seven days as a Soldier - I do further testify, that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I stand in need of Assistance from my Country for Support ..
John Wilbour

John Wilbour Nantucket
The within was sworn to and declared the 14 th day of May A.D. 1818. Before me
Nahum Mitchell: Judge

John Wilbour
Nantucket
Col. Olney's reg t .
R. Island line,
three years.
14. May, 1818.
(Olney's reg t .)
Adm l .
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
On this ss. 14 th day of May A D 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared John Wilbour of Nantucket aged fifty six years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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," viz.
That he served in said war as a private soldier in the last three years, so called, in Capt. Stephen Olney's Company & Col. James Gannott's Regiment in the Rhode Island Line —
/ See his said declaration and his discharge enclosed /

And I do certify that the said John Wilbour is indigent and needs the assistance of his coun- try for support —
also
And I, the said Judge, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said John Wilbour did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the com- mon enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Nahum Mitchell
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ss.
1818.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth—that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record—that the signature to the above cer- tificate is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
} Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of

John Wilbour
Nantucket
Col. Olney's reg t .
R. Island line,
three years.
14. May, 1818.
(Olney's reg t .)
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John Wilboin
9090.
John Wilboin
Oct 10/19
Can
Hon. Walter Fabrey Esq.
N. R. N. S.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Nantucket ss Circuit Court of Common Pleas Nov Term 1820
on this eleventh day of Nov r 1820, personally appeared, in open Court, being a Court of Record for the said County of Nantucket in said Nantucket John Wilbour aged fifty eight years, resident in Nantucket in said County, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows he enlisted as soldier for the term of three years, served firstly in Capt Stephen Olneys Company in Col Olneys Regt of the Rhode Island line his enlistment was on the 17 th of Jany 1781 and served in 3 d Regt & Col Souths Regt of Light Infantry till the conclusion of the war and was personally discharged at Saratoga in the State of New York which well & fully appear by his original declaration made the 14 th day of May 1818 for which service he rec d a Pension Certificate No 9098 — And I 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 provision of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States, in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed
John Wilbour Sworn to, and declared, on the Eleventh day of November AD 1820 before Jairus Wane Judge of the Court Common Pleas for So Circuit
Property appraised at $115
17 o 2 c
I Benjamin Gardner Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for So Circuit, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath & 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 Seventeen Dollars & twenty Cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty fourth day of November AD 1820
Benj Gardner Clerk of the Court for the County of Nantucket

Schedule of the property of John Wilkerson of Shantytown a Petitioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of 10th March 1820
Real Estate None
Personal Estate
1 pr Candlesticks — — — — 20 12 Cup & saucers value 7 1 Small Looking Glass 2 Hand 2 Iron Pots 2 Small Kettles 1 pr Hand Irons 1 pr Iron Dogs 2 Water Buckets 2 Wash Tubbs 2 fine Towels & Towage Seyth & Shwad 1 Hoe & Shovel Three old Casks & some other old materials of Housekeeping not exceeding in value 10
$ 19 11 20
I am fifty eight years of age & very infirm I have a wife who is fifty nine years of age I have three Children depending on me for support, the youngest of whom is eleven years of age - I have no trade and have depended upon my labour for support
John Wilkerson
A true Copy attest Benj Gardnor Clk C. C. Com Pleas

This may certify that I have been acquainted with Mr John Wilber for many years, he has laboured for me and has often complained of his being ruptured so much so, that at times he was not able to work, I have examined him and find him badly ruptured on both sides more particularly on the left so much so he wears a double truss without which I think he would not be able to labour at all —
Nantucket 11 th Mo o 1820
Robd Getston Physician
Sworn to in open Court
Attest Benj Gannett
The above is a true Copy of an original Attest Benj Gannett

I Otis Wilbor of Little Compton, County of Newport, and State of Rhode-Island &c do certify that I am Town Clerk of said Town, and have the custody of the Records of the Births, and Marriages, which have taken place in said Town, and I further certify, that it appears, from said Records, that John Willbur and Marcy Greenell were joined in Marriage on the Sixth day of March One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty Five
The Marriage is, Recorded in the following words, and figures, - to wit,
"I certify that John Son of Aaron Willbur Esq and Mary his Wife deceased and Marcy Daughter of Malachi Greenell deceased & Lydia his Wife were joyned in Marriage this day by me
Adam Simmons, Justice of the Peace Dated Little Compton March 6 th A D 1785"
Otis Wilbor
Little Compton October 6. 1851
Town Clerk of Little Compton.
Newport S.S. In Little Compton October 6. 1851 personally appeared before me the abovenamed Otis Wilbor known to me as, Town Clerk of said Town, and made Oath to the above, Certificate by him signed
H. B. Brownell
Justice of the Peace for the County of Newport

State of Rhode Island &c.
Secy's Office - Providence, Oct. 20, 1851
I certify that Alexander R. Brownell of Little Compton in the County of Newport and State aforesaid whose signature is affixed to the next preceding certificate is a Public Notary Justice of the Peace for said Town of Little Compton duly elected commissioned and sworn and authorized by law to take the acknowledgement of Deeds and other instruments under seal, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said State the day and year before written.
H. Potter Secy of State.
(See B. B. 1)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } County of Nantucket }
Be it known that on this nineteenth day of July A.D. 1851, personally appeared before the subscribers, Judge of the Court of Probate within and for said County, Mercy Wilbour, a resident of Nantucket, in said County, aged eighty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the act of Congress of the 2 o February, 1843 and all other acts & Resolutions of Congress applicable to her case.
That she is the widow of John Wilbour, dec d . who was a pensioner of the United States under the act of March 18, 1818 at the rate of eight dollars per month on account of his services as a private in the war of the Revolution, and to whom a certificate (No. 9093) dated April 7, 1819, and signed by J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, which certificate has been surrendered to the Pension Agent in Boston.
She further declares that she was married to said John Wilbour on the sixth day of March in the year seventeen hundred and eighty five, that her husband, the aforesaid John, died on the nineteenth day of January, 1831, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place prior to the first day of January, 1794, viz, at the time above stated, and that she is still a widow.
Witness,
Charles K. Whitman
Mercy Wilbour
Sarah Wilbour
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written, Before me
Samuel Mitchell
Judge of Probate

I, John B. King, of Nantucket in the County of Nantucket & State of Massachusetts, Physician, on oath testify and say that I am well acquainted with Mercy Wilbour, the within declarant, - that she was the wife, & is now the widow of John Wilbour, dec d ; - that said John Wilbour was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States; - that I attended him in his last sickness, and that he died on the nineteenth day of January last. (1851).
John B. King M.D.
Nantucket, p., July 19 th AD 1851. Then personally appeared the above-named John B. King, and made oath in due form of law, that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before me
Charles H. Whitman Justice of the Peace
ss.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, November 12. 1857
I  Hereby  Certify. That at the date of the attestations hereunto attached, Samuel Mitchell was Judge of Probate, and Charles K. Whitman a Justice of the Peace for the County of Nantucket.
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Glenn Walker Secretary of the Commonwealth.

sion on file in this Bureau.
John Wilbour Wid. File 14165-
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1781 Dec 25, 1783 Stephen Olney Jeremiah Olney General R.I.                                                   
Battles engaged in, ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓ Date of application for pension, May 14, 1811. He d. was ab. Residence at date of application, Nantucket, Mass. Age at date of application, 56 yrs a native of Little Compton, R.I.
Remarks: Soldier was the son of Aaron and Mary Wilbour. He married at Little Compton R.I. Feb. 6, 1785 - Mary or Marcy daughter of Malachi and Lydia Greenell and died Jan. 19, 1857. She was allowed pension on an application executed July 19, 1851, while a resident of Nantucket Mass. aged 89 yrs.
Very respectfully,

Mercy Wilbur, late widow of John Mass.
Act 2 Feb 1848.
Marr'd 1785 Her dcd 10 Jany 1851 And pgh for annu Coey 10 Jany 1851
Franklin Hall Boston Mass

Boston, Mass Nov. 12. 1857.
Sir,
Enclosed herewith I send the application of Mercy Wilbourn, widow of John Wilbourn, dec d formerly a pensioner under the Act of March 18, 1818, for a pension under the Act of 2 d February 1848, & Joint Resolution of 1 st July 1848.
I also enclose proof of her marriage to said Wilbourn.
I am, Sir, most respectfully Your Obdt Serv t Franklin Hall.
J. E. Heath, Esq., Comm ee of Pensions Washington D. C.

Brief in the case of Mercy Wilbur, widow of John Wilbur, Nantucket County and State of Massachusetts act 2 Feb 1848
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner Record proof of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
T. Waite Boston Mass
S. Hall Examining Clerk.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14165
Mercy Wilbur Widow of John Wilbur Pri Rev War
Act: Feb 2 d> 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 342
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sept. 5/95 Dist. 6 A. S.
Hubbard, San Francisco Cal.
1910 Sept. 24 Hist. Soc. Mel.
Mrs. Mary F. Williams V.P.
1917 June 19 Hist. Soc. Mrs. H. F.?
Robutson.
1928-Apr. 6. Phoebe
E. B. Baldwin? MMH

SEP 22 1910 3-082 SEP 22 1910
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
owind 7.14165 SPECIAL Application No. _____
Certificate No. _____
NAME OF SOLDIER,
John Weldon
Co. _____, Reg't R. V. War
INFORMATION DESIRED.
Dis in 1854 in Nantucket drew a pension for.
Mrs Mary L. Williams 10 Rockland St Roxbury Mass
thru Capt. Mitchell 2 nd Dept. room

Gonzales Texas
June 20, 1917.
Rev Sec?
Commissioner of Pensions, Ex Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Will you please give me information concerning my ancestor, Capt. Aaron Wilbur Sr. or Wilbour of Little Compton R.I., and his son John Wilbur of the same place.
Yours truly
Mrs W. F. Robertson.

Rev J.C.
Gonzales Texas June 5, 1917.
Dept of Interior
Bureau of Pensions:-
Will you please see if you can give me the war record of (1)-
Capt. Aaron Wilbur, of Little Compton R. I.-
(2) John Wilbur, son of above, probably in his father's company- He enlisted at fourteen years of age and is said

to have served, for awhile at least, directly under Gen. Washington.
Yours truly Mrs W. F. Robertson Gonzales Texas.

Board of Managers
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LIEUT. COL. EDWARD HUNTER, U. S. A. PRESIDENT. Phelan Building.
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Instituted October 22, 1875.
Constitution Adopted August 7, 1876.
"The first body in inception, institution and organization, to unite the descendants of Revolutionary patriots and perpetuate the memory of all those who took part in the American Revolution and maintained the Independence of the United States of America."
San Francisco, Aug. 19 th 1895.
Handwritten: 9098
To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I have the honor to request for the use of this Society the Revolutionary military records of John Wilbur , who was a pensioner and resided in Nantucket, Mass., and died about 1851. His name ap- pears among the list of pensioners in 1840. Aug 45
Very respectfully, Yours obedt. servt A. S. Hubbard Registrar
Handwritten scribbles and a large 'P' mark.

OLD MAN & NAVY AUG 28 1895 PITTS
U.S. PENSION OFFICE AUG 26 1895

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Office of the clerks of
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3-2233
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BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
..... Apr. 4 ..... 1928
Chief Rev. and 1812 Nars Section Division.
I have this day received from
Evelyn B. Baldwin.....
cash..... in the amount
of $ 1 35 ....., requesting
photostat copy as per letter herewith.
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Placed in file mished - 11-1-1928 Dis. Refd - 11-1-1928
O. J. RANDALL
Chief, Finance Division.
20.6.2
apre

April 3, 1928
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir:
Please have photostatic copies of 8 pages made from Rev. War pension claim of Oliver Wilber (Wilbur), S. 44086, R. I. Troops, and of one page from Rev. War pension claim of John Wilbour (Wilbur), W. 14165, R. I. Troops. not certified -
Signed,
Evelyn B. Baldwin Naval Records + Library, Navy Dept.
Received payment
$ 1.35
April 3, 1928
M. M. Enich
Rev.&1812 Wars Section

John Wilbourn
Discharge

By WILLIAM ALLEN, Esquire ; Major in the Army of the United States of America , and Captain Commandant of the Rhode-Island Troops .
THESE are to CERTIFY, that the Bearer hereof John Wildauer, Soldier in the Rhode-Island Troops , having faithfully served the UNITED STATES Two Years, eleven Months & Seven days ————— and being enlisted for Three Years, Is hereby Discharged the American Army .
GIVEN at Saratoga the 25 th day of December, 1783.
Attest
J. Greenman of the Rhode-Island Troops .
William Allen
Adjutant
Recorded in the Notary Public's Records for the County of Washington Book N o 8 Attest Josiah Hussey Notary Public