Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14869, Jonah Wilcox, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
★ Wilcox, Jonah
S. 14869
carded
CONTENTS

1725 New York Sarah Wilcox of Tomkins in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Tuttle of the Regt. commanded by Col. Chs. Webb in the Massachtts line for 1 Year 45 months
Inscribed on the Roll of NEW YORK at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Nov. 1832 and due 1 st of March 1834
Arrears to 14th of Sept. 1832 $84.99 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. 33 28.33 $113.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by Geo. C. Viles Clerk. Book D Vol. 5 Page 155

6729
New York
admitted
17 mo
$56.66 $28.55
Woodcock & Lerris Ithaca

6729
BRIEF in the case of  Josiah Wilcox, - Danby,  Co. of Tompkins in the State of New York.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76 years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     July 1 st 1745 5 private Gen. Cap. Tuttle, col. Col. Webb   Feby 1776 - 1 n Gen. Sullivan Cap. Col. Swift, col. Burrells.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Woodbury, Litchfield co.,  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Massachusetts.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Fawcett Examining Clerk.

Rev. Amos
14869 INVALID.
File No. 14. 869
Jonah Wilcox Priv. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1852
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 413
[Arrangement of 1870.]

In the matter of Patrick Wilson a Soldier of the Revolution.
No 6729.
Jan

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.
STATE OF NEW YORK, Tompkins COUNTY, ss.
On this 17 th day of July, personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Oyer & Terminer now sitting, Daniel  Daniel Wilcox a resident of the town of Danby in the county of Tompkins and state of New York, aged twenty six 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 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That the first of July 1795 in the town of Woodbury county of Litchfield state of Connecticut he enlisted under Captain Little of Woodbury in Col Charles Webb Regiment for five months & went to Boston and served out his time of five months and was discharged at Boston at Winter Hill the Regiment lay at Winter Hill, while there the British often raided at them and they had some skirmishes General Sullivan commanded the Brigade -
That on the first of July 1776 he enlisted at Woodbury under Capt Charles Swift in Col Burrolls Regiment for one year for a northern campaign was marched to Albany from there to Ticonderoga & to Crown Point and from there to Point O'Chambeau, there news came that British army was a coming downy they returned and marched back to Lake O'Moir, Staid there weeks then to St Johns then to the mouth of the Sorel where he remained about 2 months from there Crown Point, staid some short time and from there came to Ticonderoga, and staid there until his time was out in July 1777 and was then discharged and returned to Connecticut That he has no documentary evidence & does not know of any person by whom he can prove his service or any part of it that he can

Procure
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Paul. Lowe Clerk
Jan 18 th 1861 Mark

The following questions were propounded by the Court to the applicant.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer. At Middletown Conn. I do not recollect the year - I was 76 years old last November
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
Answer. None
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war; and where do you now live?
Answer. I lived at Woodbury Conn. at the time of the war - Since the war I lived at Farmington Hartford Co. Conn. I now live in Danby Tompkins Co. N.Y.
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute; and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer. I enlisted for 5 months at first - I afterwards enlisted for one to go to Canada - I was once a substitute for Samuel Humphrey for eight months
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer. I knew Col Samuel B. Webb of Hartford Conn. - also Col Ebenezer Huntington of Colchester - Also Maj Willis - I was once in the Line at Boston - Once at the North to take Quebec, but we did not take it
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer. None had any written discharge
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.
Answer. Rev. Lewis Beers, Dea. Beers, Benjamin Jennings
WE Lewis Beers residing in the town of Danby and county of Tompkins and State of New York, and Timothy St. John residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Wilcox who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be seventy six years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, }
Saml. Loveell
Lewis Beers Timothy St. John
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations 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 Lewis Beers & Timothy St. John who have signed the preceding certificate is are residents in the town of Danby and county of Tompkins and are creditable persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Samuel Love Clerk of the Court of Oyer & terminer for the County of Tompkins do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Wilcox for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this
26 day of July 1832
Saml. Love