Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10729, Thomas Tubbs, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Com.
Tubbs, Thomas
R 10729
CONTENTS

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832.
State of Pennsylvania } Suzerne County. } ss
On this twenty-seventh day of August 1846. personally appeared before John Thomas Eggleston, one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Suzerne. Thomas Tubbs , a resident of Huntington Township, Suzerne County, aforesaid, aged Ninety-two 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 7 th 1832. That he served as a volunteer, under Captain Samuel Thinge- bury Six weeks, in which Company he marched from Canaan Litchfield County, and State of Connecticut, in the month of June, in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy-five, made a campaign of Six weeks, and in the same year (1775) in the month of August he went as a volunteer a second campaign under the same Captain Samuel Thingebury Marched again from Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, then marched to Danbury & Hornsbrook was in the Service Six weeks, served Colonel Eli- hu Sheldon Regiment, Connecticut line Six weeks and in the year Seven- teen hundred and Seventy-five he served four weeks as a militia man under Capt.

Served Six weeks, Served Colonel =The Sheldon Regiment, Connecticut line Six weeks and in the year Seven- teen hundred and Seventy Eight He Served four weeks as a Militia man under Capt Rueff Ducker marched to White Plains next again marched under the same Capt- ain Ducker to Fishkill four weeks in the Service. and in the year Seventeen hundred & Seventy-Seven Served Six weeks as a volunteer under Captain Peckin march from Canaan Connecticut to and in Seventeen hundred & Seventy-eight, he marched up the North River to Red Hook under Captain Nehemiah Lawrence, Colonel Bruley Regiment, under General Schuyler Did not Served after that year never was in any battle, but was al- ways ready for battle when in the Service, was present at the battle when the Fort was taken at the Highlands He hereby relinquishes every Claim what- =ever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares his name is not on any pension. Shall of any agency in any State.
He Declarant further States that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services.
Questions by
1 - where, and in what year were you born.

Questions by
1 where, and in what year were you born,
I was born in Colchester Connecticut in the year Seventeen hundred & fifty-four
2 Have you any Record of your age, and if so where is it
Ans I have a Record of my age, at my place of residence, in Huntingdon, Luzerne County Penn te
3 where were you living when called into the service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live
Ans When called into the service, I lived in Canaan, Litchfield County & State of Connecticut, from there I emigrated to Huntingdon, Luzerne County and State of Pennsylvania, where I have resided about sixty years & where I now reside.
4 How were you called in the service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a Substitute
Answer
5 State the names of the regular officers who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the General circumstances of your service

6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service, and if so, by whom was it given, & what has become of it, Ans I never received a regular discharge
7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your neighborhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Ans Elias Dudson, James Harrison Epaphras Wadsworth, Andrew Bellamy Thomas A. Stevens, Charles Barret Christopher Brannan, Fletcher Brannan = men,
Deponents subscribed } B. Morris Jr. the day & year aforesaid } John Thomas Associate Judge
We Epaphras Wadsworth clergyman, residing in the township of Huntington, Luzerne County Penn te . and Elias Dudson residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Subles who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration: That we believe him to be about ninety-two years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed } Epaphras Wadsworth the day & year aforesaid } John Thomas } Elias Dudson = Associate Judge

and we concur in that opinion Sworn and Subscribed } Ephraim Wadsworth the day & year aforesaid } Elias Dudson = Your Honors Associate Judge
Luzerne County ss
The undersigned being an appointed Judge of the court of common pleas, in and for the County of Luzerne Doth certify, that Thomas Tubb the above declaration is so very old feeble and infirm, that it would be almost impossible for him to be taken to the County of this County (being a distance of twenty five miles) and I do hereby declare my opinion after investigating the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states. I further certify that Ephraim Wadsworth & Elias Dudson are both clergymen, who signed the proceeding certificate, and resident in the Township of Huntington and County aforesaid, are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I do further certify that I have known Thomas Tubb the above declarant to be called upon in behalf of a

I do further certify that I have known Thomas Tubbs the above declarant to be called upon in behalf of a Revolutionary Soldier who applied for a Pension, with Thomas Stevens who was a Revolutionary pensioner, to give evidence in behalf of a third or other person, as aforesaid.
Witness my hand
John Thomas Associate Judge
of Pennsylvania Luzerne County ss.
I Andrew Bedford Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Luzerne aforesaid, do certify that the Hon. John Koons, before whom the foregoing affidavits &c. were made is an acting associate Judge of Court said County of Luzerne duly Commissioned and sworn, and that the subscribing to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Wilkes Barre this 14 day of September 1846.
A. Bedford Prot By Hugh Fell

my Thomas Tubbs
Pa
Atch 1882
Ans

State of Pennsylvania County of Luzerne
Be it Known, that on this Twenty seventh day of October A. D. 1852 before me, the under-
signed, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Phoebe Chapin, Flavia
Dodson Amy Billback resident of Huntington in said County, and made oath according to law that they are the legal heirs
of the identical Tho. Tubbs who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of 4
That they are directly interested as 9 claimants in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as our Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, we hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT , of Washington City, our true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Thomas Tubbs (deceased) for
any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and we hereby authorize our said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for our exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate we wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency;
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that he might or could do were he personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that our said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Phoebe Chapin Flavia Dodson Amy Billback
Sworn to, Subscribed, and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Phoebe Chapin, Flavia Dodson, Amy Billback to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical par.
therein alleged.
Silas Dodson Justice of the peace
State of Pennsylvania County of Luzerne
It is hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
of Luzerne County , that Phoebe Chapin, Flavia Dodson, Amy Billback the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney for the 10  Children of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify,
that Silas Dodson Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office,
this first day of November , 1852.
S. Hodgdon, Proth. By C. T. Barnum, Deputy.
1. Claimant's name or names in full.—2. Post Office address. 3. "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this line blank.—5. "He is," "she is," or "they are."—6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.—7. Claimant's signature.—8. Claimant's name.—9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of."—11. Magistrate's name.—12. Clerk's signature.
N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

November 12, 1931
BA-J/MCS
Mrs. William H. Lewin 36 Everett Street New Britain, Connecticut
Dear Madam:
The data furnished herein are obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, R. 10729, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Thomas Tubbs .
He was born in 1754 in Colchester, Connecticut.
He moved from Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, to Luzerne County, Pennsylvania about 1786.
He applied for pension August 27, 1846, while living in Huntington, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and alleged that while a resident of Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, he enlisted in June, 1775, and served with the Connecticut troops at various times until sometime in 1778, amounting to about six and one half months in all, under Captains Lemuel Kingsbury, Ruloff Dutcher, Peck, and Nehemiah Lawrence, Colonels Elisha Sheldon and Bull.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of the alleged service as required by the pension laws.
In 1852 the following children of the soldier were referred to: Phebe Chapin, Flavia Dodson and Amy Bidlack, residents of Huntington, Pennsylvania. The name of the soldier's wife was not stated. One Elias Dodson of Huntington Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, made affidavit in behalf of the soldier in 1846 and one Silas Dodson was Justice of the Peace in said county in 1852, relationship to the family not shown. There are no further data on file relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

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Thos. Cuddy Penn
At the D. D. Dub Surgeon R.R.
See caveat within
10729
at 7th June RR

Wilkis Penn 3 rd Nov 1882
Hon Jas C Heath Dr Sir
Some six years ago the papers of Thos Tubbs of Huntingdon Luzerne Co., Penn a a soldier of the Revolution claiming pension were forwarded to you after by Dr. Owen D. Leick Member from this District - Owing to some objections no pension was obtained - Mr Tubbs has since deceased & I have the some of the heirs have employed an Agent in Washington Then an other parties in interest who are dissatisfied with existing arrangements &c - who have requested me to write you on the subject desiring that no action will be taken until they can be represented
Very Respectfully Yr. obed Servt Harry M. Miller

Pension office Nov Dec. 7 th 1846
Sir,
The claim of Thomas Tubb, an applicant for a pension under the act of 7 th June 1832 (now for the first time presented without giving any satisfactory reasons for withholding it for so long a period) has been examined and filed. The period length and grade of his service, together with the names of his company and field officers are not set forth with that precision which the regulations require. However as he claims only to have rendered several tours of and four six weeks each, not amounting in the aggregate to six months , it is believed from the vague manner in which it is stated, he is not entitled to a pension. Should the claim be prosecuted he will be credited for such service only as he can establish by documentary proof to be obtained from the Comp

treasurer of the State of Connecticut. Should six months service be thus proven - he will be required to show by satisfactory testimony that he is the identical person who rendered it, and also to state his reasons for postponing this claim for so long a period where the difficulties of procuring proof from his revolutionary comrades were daily accumulating.
M c A. S. Clark Dec. 7: 46
Hon
O. D. Lieb
House of Representatives

111, 127
P. O.
Thomas Tuttle
Service: _____
Enlisted: REJECTED _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Rejected list of 1852 states as follows:
Application filed: _____, 18
Suspended for particulars of service & a response from the Connecticut Comptroller
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

1924 Dec 15 Hish to Miss Emily M. Reichard, M.A. (See letter in case of Philemon Bellack W.4895) 1931 Nov. 12. Lst. to Mrs. Wm. H. Lewis. See correspondence Rev. Ch. Reuben Culver 25-72 ms. A.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MS
December 15, 1924
Miss Emily M. Reichard E. Hepburn St. Milton, Pa.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R.10729, it appears that Thomas Tubbs was
born in 1754 in Colchester, Connecticut.
He moved from Canaan, Litchfield Co., Conn. to Luzerne Co., Pa. about 1786. He applied for pension August 27, 1846, while living in Hunt-
ington, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and alleged that while a resident of Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, he enlisted in June, 1775, and served with the Connecticut Troops at various times until sometime in 1778, amounting to about six and one half months in all, under Captains Lemuel Kingsbury, Ruloff Dutcher, Peck, and Nehemiah Lawrence, Colonels Elisha Sheldon and Bull. His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of the alleged service as required by the pension laws.
In 1852 the following children were referred to: Phebe Chapin, resident of Huntingdon, Pa. The name of solo Flavia Dodson, and Amy Bidlack, There is no further data on file relative to his family.
wife is not stated.
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Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner