Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,423, Billy Wilcox, Conn

SERVICE
Wilcox, Billy Rebecca
NUMBER
W.18.423
CONTENTS
4

Connecticut 679
Rebecca Wilcox
widow of Billy Wilcox
Conn. who died on the 2 d March 1822
of a Private in the State of Ct
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded
by Col Ward in the Conn t line for 1 year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn t at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of March 1837 and sent Claimant Madison Connecticut
Arrears to the 4th of March 1837 $240.00 Semi-ann l . allowance ending 4 Sept., 20.00
$260.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836 } { Section the 3 d }
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk, Book A. Vol. 1. Page 93
2 Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of April 1838 from 4 March to 16 May 1839. Age Notified 3 rd Oct 1840

13.065 Massachusetts.
Billy Wilcox
of Granville in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel And d Ward of the Connecticut line, for the term of one year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 th of September 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st of July 1819 and sent to John Hooker, Esq. Springfield, Massachusetts.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 5 \frac{4}{30 \cdot 31} 43:96 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept: 1819 - 48:00
Continued $:91:96
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
R Hampden County.
Notification sent July 31 st 1820 John Ingalls, Mass. Co.

Withy Wilson Private Ward's Conn't Regt 76 - 1 year due. 20 Sept. 1818.
Col. And o Ward's Connecticut Regt. 1776 - for 1 year.
20 th Sept. 1818.
Admitted

I Billy Wilcox of Granville in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby depose and say that in the month of May in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six I enlisted as a private soldier in the service of the United States in the Continental establishment and Connecticut line of United States infantry, in Capt Schill Allegra's Company - Col. Ward's Regiment the Brigade Officer I do not recollect, for the space of One Year - I served the term of time agreeable to my said enlistment and was regularly discharged, but cannot now recollect how or in what manner, I also depose and say that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my Country for support -
And I do further testify & declare that the annexed is my original enlistment - which I procured about ten days since from the widow of said Capt Schill Allegra - that the enlistment bears date at the time as I believe that I joined was mustered & joined the regiment -
Billy Wilcox

I Bill Wilson of Guilford do acknowledge to have voluntarily enlisted myself a Soldier to serve in a Regiment of Foot raised by the Colony of Connecticut , for the Defence of the United Colonies, to be commanded by Colonel Andrew Ward X during the Term of One Year, from and after the 14th Day, of May, 1776, according to Directions of Congress. As Witness my Hand the 16 th Day of July in the Year of our Lord 1776.
Bill Wilson

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden County Ss. Pittsfield 18 th Sept. 1818 Then Personally appeared before me the subscriber Billy Willcox and made oath to the truth of the foregoing de- position by him subscribed, I also Certify that the said Billy Willcox by reason of his reduced circumstan- ces in life is in need of assistance from his country for support
James Cooly Justice of the Peace

I Thomas Day Secre- tary of the State of the State of Connecticut and keeper of the Seal thereof do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
That William Carter Esq. of Killingworth whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate for the authentication thereof is, and for more than three months last past has been, a Jus- tice of the Peace within and for the County of Middlesex, duly appointed commissioned and qualified; and that faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of said Justice in law and equity.
In faith whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of New-Haven in said State, this twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Thomas Day

Middlesex County ss Hillingworth
Nathan Willcox (of Guilford) of lawful age testifies and saith, that Billy Willcox formerly of Guilford County of New Haven & State of Connecticut now residing in Grandville State of Massachusetts Enlisted into the Continental Service under Capt. Jehiel Mears in Colonel Andrew Ward's Regiment in July A.D. 1776 for one year and was regularly discharged
Gilead Bradley (of Guilford) of lawful age testifies and agrees to the foregoing deposition
Nathan Willcox
Gilead Bradley
Middlesex County ss Hillingworth September 22 d A.D. 1818 Personally appeared Nathan Willcox & Gilead Bradley and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition before me and would further state that I am personally acquainted with each of the within named Nathan Willcox & Gilead Bradley - that they are men of good moral character
W m Carter Justice of Peace

Mass s Hampden County ss. - We do remember that on the twentieth day of Sept r A.D. 1818 personally came before me John Hooker Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in Hats. Billy Wilcox the aforesaid Applicant has been duly examined examined & sworn made oath to the truth of the facts set forth in his Application and I do hereby certify that I am satisfied that Wilcox did serve in the revolutionary army as he has above in oath declared & that he is in reduced circumstances in life & that in need of a pension from his country for support - and I do transmit the same with the annexed as the evidence to the Secretary of the Department of War.
John Hooker
I John Ingersoll Clerk of said Court do certify that the above is the hand writing of John Hooker Chief Justice of said Court.
Given under my hand & the seal of said Court hereby signed this 13 th day of Sept r A.D. 1818
Attest John Ingersoll Clerk.

Billy Wilcox
13.065
21 July 1819
Sept 1819 gravel
July 31

COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY of Hampden ss.
ON this tenth day of July 1820, personally appeared, in open court, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, the same being a Court of Record and so established by a Statute of said Commonwealth, said Court being now in session at Springfield within and for said county of Hampden
Willy Wilcox aged Seventy years, resident in Granville in said Hampden County 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 the service of the United States in May, 1776 in the Connecticut line and Continental establishment in Capt. Abiel Huggins Company and Col. Andrew Ward's Regt. of Infantry for the term of one Year and served out said time and was regularly discharged - original application 20 th Sept 1818 - Pension Certificate Numbered 13065 - my family consists of myself & wife my wife is 70 Years old - my trade is that of a Shoemaker but am unable to perform that or any other occupation but a small part of the time - I reside with my son Zina Wilcox who has supported me for the last three Years
Willy Wilcox
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th 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 disqualify myself within the provisions of an 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 18th 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.
SCHEDULE.
  3 Acres of Land $75.00 And I am indebted to the several persons hereinafter named to the amount as near as I can now ascertain as follows -   6 Old Chairs 2.50 To Israel Parsons Esq r 1 Note given for 7 Years ago for $2.00   1 " Desk 4.00 Interest about - 19.00   1 " Chest 1.50 To John Phelps Esq r 1 Note given Jan y 1810 32.00   1 " Table 2.00 This Note was given for an Execution for 7 Years old 24.00   $85.00 To Joel Parsons 1 Note given for 7 Years ago 5.00   Interest about - 20.00   To Almon Wilcox 1 Note given for 7 Years ago 6.00   Interest about - 4.00 

  3 Acres of Land $75.00   6 Old Chairs 2.50   1 " Desk 4.00   1 " Chest 1.50   1 " Table 2.00   $85.00 
and I am indebted to the several persons hereafter named to the amount as near as I can now ascertain as follows-    To Israel Parsons Esq r 1 Note given for 7 Years ago for 52.00   Interest about 19.00   To John Phelps Esq r 1 Note given July 1870 32.00   This Note was given for an Execution for 7 Years Old   To Joel Parsons 1 Note given for 7 Years ago 24.00   Interest about 5.00   To William Wilcox 1 Note given for 7 Years ago 20.00   Interest about 6.00   To Hills & Corley 1 Note given about 2 Months ago 4.00   To John G. Smith given about 6 Months ago 4.00   To Lina Wilcox Due 47.00   $216.00 
Sworn to and declared on the tenth day of July , 1890 before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas Attest John Ingersoll Clerk
I John Ingersoll Clerk of said Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath 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 Eighty five Dollars and fifteen cents exclusively of the list of debts mentioned in the schedule day of July 1890. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, on this fifteenth day of July 1890. John Ingersoll Clerk of the Court for the County of Hampden

State of Connecticut, } County of New Haven } ss Madison Dec 12 1836
On this 12 th day of December 1836 Personally appeared before me Reuben Elliott Judge of the Court of Probate for the Probate district of Guilford in said New Haven County Mrs Rebecca Wilcox a resident of Madison in said New Haven County and State of Connecticut aged Eighty seven years (and who I certify to be unable from bodily infirmity to attend at court) and who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 4 1836 That she was born in Guilford in the County of East Guilford now the Town of Madison in the year 1749 That at the age of 20 she was Lawfully married by the Rev Jonathan Doolittle to Bille Wilcox who was also a native of the same Town That about forty two years ago they removed to Granville in the State of Massachusetts and resided there she living with her said Husband untill he died with the Plaintiff about fourteen years since after which she returned to Madison where she now resides as the widow of the said Bille Wilcox and has never again been married That during the Revolutionary War her said Husband Bille Wilcox was a Soldier of the Revolution in the service of the United States and served as a private Soldier in Captain May's

company in Col. Andrew Ward's Regiment, — That by reason of her advanced age and consequent loss of memory, she cannot state the particular respecting the different Periods of her service but must rely upon the records of the war department, — That the said Belle Wilton when living at Granville aforesaid made application for and obtained a pension for his services under the act of Congress passed March 18 th 1818 and for his said services she now claims a pension —
That she has not been able to procure a Certificate of Her Marriage but has obtained the annexed Depositions of Ichabud Hand and Timothy Grave for proof of her declaration — She hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present and declares that her name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State
her Rebecca Wilton mark
Sworn and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me Reuben Elliott Judge of Probate

State of Connecticut } } of Madison Dec 12 1836 County of Litchfield }
Be it remembered that on the 12 th day of Dec 1836 Personally appeared before me Reuben Elliott Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford Timothy Graves to me personally known and who I certify to be a credible witness and being first duly sworn on his oath declares and says that he now resides in Madison formerly a part of Guilford that he is Seventy Eight years old and was born and lived in the neighborhood of Bille Wilcox and Rebecca Hart and that he very well remembers when the Bille & Rebecca were married and believes it was in the year 1770 but is positive it was before the commencement of the Revolutionary war - that the said Bille Wilcox and his wife Rebecca lived in Guilford now Madison several years after they were married and then removed to Granville in the State of Massachusetts - that the said Rebecca now lives in the House with him as the widow of the said Bille Wilcox and that he has never heard or known of her having been married since the decease of her said Husband Bille Wilcox and further the deponent saith not Timothy Graves
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Reuben Elliott Judge of Probate

State of Connecticut } } Guilford Dec 13 1836 County of New Haven }
Be it remembered that on the day and year aforesaid personally appeared before me Reuben Elliott Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford - Ichabud Hand of said Guilford to me personally known and who I certify to be a credible witness and being first duly sworn on his oath declares and says - That he formerly lived in that part of the Town of Guilford now the Town of Madison - and that he was formerly well acquainted with Bille Wilcox and Rebecca Hoit of that place - and that he very well remembers their being married and thinks it was in the year 1778 but is positive it was before the commencement of the Revolutionary war That he is eighty seven years of age & That the said Bille Wilcox & Rebecca his wife lived in said Madison near neighbors to him several years after they were married and then removed to Granville in the State of Massachusetts - That the said Rebecca after the death of her husband returned to said Madison and now resides there as the widow of the said Bille Wilcox and that he has never heard or known of her being married since the death of her husband Bille Wilcox and further the deponent saith not
Ichabud Hand
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Reuben Elliott Judge of Probate

State of Connecticut } ss. Guilford Dec r 13 th 1836- New Haven County }
I George Griswold Clerk of the Probate Court for the District Guilford in s d County -
Do certify that Reuben Elliott who has sub- scribed the attestations of the foregoing Declara- tion of Rebecca Wilcox, and Deposition of Sim- othy Graves & Schabuc Hamel, is the present Judge of the Probate Court for s d Guilford Dis- trict, Duly appointed, and qualified as such to administer oaths, and that his signatures thereto are his genuine signatures. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set My hand & affixed the seal of s d Probate Court the day & date above written. —
George Griswold - Clerk

853. 3. sec.
Declaration of Rebecca Wilcox - for a Pension under the act of July 4 th 1834 -
old case
adm d
12 mo. free
40 $
No deduction - died in 1822 -
To claimant - Mason Conn t

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 22 d 1840.
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," Administration of Rebecca Wilcox, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of Forty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 16 th May 1839, the day of her death.
Respectfully yours,
W. L. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Billy Wilcox Mass. act 1818 when last fr.??
Died 2 o March 1822 p. to that period
G. D. P. C.
OH
March 29

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18423
Rebecca Wilcox widow of Billie Wilcox Pris Rev No.
Act: July 4 th 86
Index:—Vol. M , Page 343
[Arrangement of 1870.]