Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21522, for Stephen Talbee, Rhode Island

SERVICE
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Falbee, Stephen
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21.425 Rhode Island Stephen Salter
Bristol Co. in the State of Rh. Island who was a Pvt. of Artillery in the Camp. commanded by Captain Throop — of the Regt. — commanded by Col. Miller — in the Rhode Island line for 16 Mo. Inf. $ 53.20 3 " Art. } 12.118 $65.81 1/2 731.62 32.90
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 65 Dollars 81 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Sept. 1833 — and due the sum of 6 dollars Portsmouth R.I.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '33 $164.52 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mo. '34 32.90
$197.42
Revolutionary Claim, R. G. June 7, 1832.
Recorded by C. S. (initials) Clerk Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 122

Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress of the United States, passed June 7, 1832 State of Rhode Island
County of Bristol } ss.
On this Eighth day of December 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the judges or justices of the Court of Probate, of Bristol in the County of Bristol, a court of Record, now sitting Stephen Tolbee, a resident of said Bristol, in the State of Rhode Island, aged Seventy Six years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath, make the following declarations, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 — That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers and served as herein stated, That is to say: In the month of December 1776 when the enemy took possession of Rhode Island he belonged to the Militia company of said Bristol then under the command of Capt. William Shroop and was drafted therefrom for very many, times to stand guards on the Shores of the Bay for one month at a time, these drafts were every month and took one half of the company, so that one half of said company were continually on duty in the public service in this manner he continued to do duty till the Enemy evacuated Rhode Island in November 1779, excepting thereout a term of three months when he was an enlisted soldier, as is herein after mentioned was — In the month of September 1777 he enlisted at said Bristol into the company of Capt. William Christopher of Artillery and was stationed during said time at the Battery on Poppasquash Point in the West part of said Town. This Company was under the command of Major Westcott or Westgate who had the command of all the Artillery in the vicinity of the Town — after having served out his time he was discharged at said Bristol in December 1777 and he returned and was again enrolled in said company of Militia under the command of Capt. Shroop as was drafted therefrom as aforesaid — That by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of Memory he cannot swear positive as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned hereafter — He does remember, that he served in said Company of Militia, as often, at least, as every other month, and one half of the time from 1 st Dec. 1776 to said Nov. 1779 excepting thereout three months of said time as above stated when he was an enlisted soldier Making for his service in said company of Militia under Captain Shroop, at least, sixteen months and three months in the Artillery under Capt. Christopher making all Nineteen Months, as a private soldier for which he solemnly declares — In these Militia services he was under the officers of his own company generally — unless he was detached and ordered to some other posts, as was the case when he was ordered to Barrington

when he served under the officers in command at the Station for the time being - Jonathan Simonds & Joseph Reynolds were Sts. of said Company during said Periods - and Your declarant served under all of said officers at different times and at the different guard posts on the borders of said bay in said town he has been stationed at the Fort at Bristol ferry - at Mount Hope Point, at the Battery on Poppsquash Point and in Bristol Neck - and as much at least of two months of the said time in Barrington -
Said Militia company belonged to the Regiment of Col. Nathan Miller & Lt. Col. Peter Church - General West and General Cornell he has also seen when he was a soldier as aforesaid but who commanded above least Troop he is unable to say -
And said Falbee avers that he truly and faithfully served his country in the War of the Revolution, the full time of at least Nineteen Months in the manner aforesaid and in the grade aforesaid for which he claims a pension. -
And he further declares that he was born in said Bristol on the 3 d day of October 1756 as a copy of the record herewith will show - That he hath always lived in said Bristol and nowhere else, and now resides there, - That he never received any written discharge from any of said service - but was discharged verbally by his commanding officers - That he has no documentary evidence of said service - That in addition to the accompanying depositions he refers to Rev. Henry Wright & Thomas Church Esq r citizens of said Bristol and his Neighbors who testify to his character for veracity and to their belief that he was a soldier of the revolution - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. -
Sworn to & subscribed this day & year aforesaid Witness, Wm Throop Cth -
Hyden Falbee

Town Clerk's Office Bristol R. Island Nov. 28 th A.D. 1832
" Stephen Talbot, son of Edward Talbot and Anstis his wife Octo. ye 3 d 1756. "
I certify the above to be a true copy from the Record in this Office
Witness Wm Throop Town Clerk-

We Henry Wight a clergyman residing in st d Bristol and Thomas Church residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Talbot, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, 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 to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Witness Wm Shroop Esq r
Henry Wight Thos Church
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories 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 Rev. Henry Wight who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in st d Bristol, and that Thomas Church is also a resident of the same, are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. —
Wit: Wm Shroop Esq r .
I, William Shroop Clerk of the Court of Probate of said Bristol, a Court of Record, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Talbot for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and seal of Office, this eighth day of December in the year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
And of American Independence the fifty seventh.
Wm Shroop Esq r .

State of Rhode Island } County of Bristol }
ss.
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a judge of the court of common Pleas within and for the county of Bristol Stephen Salbee an applicant for a pension, who being duly sworn, deposeth, and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and at the periods mentioned, in the following grades: namely - In Capt Shrop's company of militia in the month of December, 1776 and in Feby. 1777 two tours of one month each as a private - in the months of April and May 1777 in Barrington at Pennistick Point two months, under Capt Carr - in July 1777 one month under Capt Shrop at Bristol. In Capt. Christopher's company of Artillery from Sept. 1777 to December 1777 at Bristol three months as a private - In Capt. Shrop's Company of militia in the months of January, March, May, July, September & November in the year 1778 for at least six times of one month each as a private in Bristol - in the same company in the months of Feby. March, May, July and October 1779 five tours of one month each, as a private in Bristol, making at least nineteen months service as a private for which he claims a pension - Then militia services were all performed in Bristol, except the two months I did in Barrington - our company performed duty by turns one-half of them being on duty at a time, and we relieved each other every other month, and were stationed round at the different guard posts, and never all of us at one place - and we were sometimes changed from one place to another during our month's service - I have served at the town, at the fort at the ferry, on Boppoquash, and in the Neck at Pecks farm, so called. All of the aforesaid service performed in Bristol, it was with and under his own company officers - These guard posts were near each other, none of them being farther than three miles from the Town or Port - And he further declares that, during all the time aforesaid he was not employed in any civil pursuit but in actual military service, and that said company of militia was ordered out by the state of Rhode Island - I further state that I am a carpenter by trade, and that during Sullivan's Expedition in Feby 1778 was stationed at Boppoquash point in Bristol, when was a Hospital for the sick and wounded, where I was engaged in repairing the Barracks, and making coffins for them who were brought off of the Island -
Stephen Salbee
State of Rhode Island &c.
Bristol ss. At Bristol July 24th A. D. 1833. Personally came Stephen Salbee the abovenamed deponent and made solemn oath to the truth of his aforesaid deposition before me. And I further certify that

said opponent is personally well known to me, and sustains a good character for truth and veracity. Wm Throop Justice Court
C. Pleas.
Wm Throop

I John D'Wolf of Bristol, and state of Rhode Island, of lawful age, being duly sworn, depose and say. That I have been acquainted with Stephen Salbee of this town, and now an applicant for a pension, from my youth - In the time of the revolutionary war, I belonged to the militia company of Warren, the town adjoining Bristol on the north - In the years 1777, 1778 and 1779 I was in the public service in the militia, being drafted or attested off into classes, and stood guard on the shore to protect Bristol and the neighbouring country from the enemy. The drafts from our company used frequently to be stationed at Peck's farm on Bristol Neck which is in the town of Bristol, and at Bristol town - I have been on duty with said Salbee in the or summer of the year 1777 for at least two months in Barrington under Capt. Larp, at Rumstick Point, - And I also have been in the service with him at several times in Bristol, and at Peck's Farm in Bristol Neck - he belonged to Capt. Throop's company in Bristol - This company performed duty by turns for one month at a time - I served in said company as a substitute for Moses Davis one month - I cannot tell the number of months said Salbee served but from my recollection I have no doubt but that he served at least for half the time the english occupied Rhode Island in the years 1777, and 1778 and 1779 - as I saw him in the service all of those years - He further saith not - John D'Wolf
State of Rhode Island &c.
Bristol ss. At Bristol July 26th A. D. 1833, Personally came John D'Wolf the above named Deponent and made solemn oath to the truth of his foregoing deposition and subscribed the same, before me.
And I further certify that said deponent is personally well known to me and sustains a good character for truth and veracity.
Wm. Throop Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.

I, William Diman of Bristol in the County of Bristol, and State of Rhode Island &c. Aged Seventy four years, under solemn oath depose, That from my youth I have been acquainted with Stephen Salbee of said Bristol, who is an applicant for a pension, under the law of Congress passed in June 1832.
During the war of the Revolution I was in the Military service of my Country, and I well remember that said Salbee was also, but from the loss of memory I am not able to testify to any positive service of said Salbee, not recollecting at this distant period of being on duty with him, the situation of this town and those adjoining, during the time the British had possession of Newport and the Island of Rhode Island a period of nearly three years, was such that every man was a soldier, and compelled to do military duty, our Militia was at that time under the command of Capt. Wm Shroop, and we were on duty in guarding our shores and exposed points, being near all the above period subject to continual alarms from the British, and said company was divided into two parts and each part did duty monthly by turns.
Wm his X Diman mark.
State of Rhode Island &c.
Bristol ss At Bristol, July 26th A D. 1833.
Personally came William Diman the abovenamed deponent and made solemn oath to the truth of his above deposition, and subscribed the same before me. And I further certify that said Wm Diman is personally known to me, and sustains a good character for truth and veracity. — Wm Shroop Justice Court C. Pleas.
State of Rhode Island &c.
Clerk's Office, Court of Common Pleas, County of Bristol.
I hereby certify that William Shroop, whose signature is affixed in his own proper hand writing, to the taking of the foregoing Depositions of Royal Sanford, Stephen Salbee, John D'Wolf and Wm Diman, was at the time and is now a Justice of the Court aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn under the seal of said State, and engaged thereon according to Law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my

hand and affixed the seal of our said Court this 31 st day of July A. D. 1833. and of American Indep- ence the fifty eighth.
W m Bradford Btk.

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Stephen Talbot
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John Cross Portsmouth Rhode Island

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Stephen (Yallege) Bristol City Rhode Island
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Draft 1776 1 11 " Privt Capt Throop Albany 71 Years Bristol County Traditionary   Enlist 1777 2 3 Artillery Capt Christopher M c Scott Rhode Island Evidence and Witnesses  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
from 1776 to 1779 he says he served by draft at least 16 months and in 1777 was drafted for 3 mos

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this                      day of                      personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of                      in the county of                      and State, Territory or District of                      aged (c)                      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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                      , with                      and served in the                      (e) regiment of the                      line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                      of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                      for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of                      &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman. residing in the                      and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                      , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories 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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the                      and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                      and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                      Clerk of the Court of                      do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some 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 services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  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. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the terms, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

for a statement of the military history of Stephen Talbee a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. Sur. F. 21,522.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec 1776 Served at Pri. William Shroup Nathan Miller R. I.   various " Carr   time until " Mrs. Christopher's Co. Art.   Dec 1779   amounting to   19 mos.  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bristol, Bristol Co. R. I.
Date of application for pension, Dec 8, 1832. Claimed
Residence at date of application, Bristol R. I.
Age at date of application, B. Oct 3, 1756, Bristol, R. I.
Remarks: Soldier was the son of Edward Talbee and  Anstis, his wife.

I Royal Sanford of Bristol in the County of Bristol and State of Rhode Island aged Seventy two years. Being duly sworn, depose and say - That I have ever been acquainted with Stephen Talbot of said Bristol now an applicant for a pension - we have have always been residents of this town and neighbours - From the month of December 1776 till the Enemy left Rhode Island in the month of October or November 1779. Said Talbot belonged to the Militia Company of said Bristol under the command of Capt William Throop. And was drafted therefrom. To stand guard on the Shores of the Bay in the Public Service, at numerous times - I belonged to the same Company - and have been with said Talbot in the service at that time, at various times, and places on the shores - at the Fort at Bristol Ferry, at Mount Hope Point, at Popponesset Point, and at other places in Bristol neck, under Captain Throop and other officers of said Company Our terms of service in said Militia were for one month at a time - He cannot tell the exact time that said Talbot served in the public Service in the Militia but has no doubt that he served for one half of the time as did the other members of the company during the period aforesaid - He further saith not. Royal Sanford
Bristol ss At Bristol December 12th A. D. 1832.
Personally appeared the above-named Royal San- ford, and made solemn oath to the truth of his afore- going deposition, and subscribed the same, before me.
And I further certify that said deponent is personally known to me, and sustains a good cha- racter for truth and veracity. Wm Throop Jun. Comt. Co. Bristol

WEYMOUTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Weymouth, Mass., January 25 1899.
Pension Commissioner, Washington D.C.
It will be a great kindness to me, if you will send me Abstract of Services of Stephen Talbot (perhaps spelled Talby or otherwise) of Bristol R. I. in the Revolutionary War. His granddaughter says he had a "pension". I think it possible his widow had one. If there is more than one Pensioner of this name this is the one who died in 1846 aged 90 years.
Yours Very Respectfully John J. Loud, Pres.

Bristol Feb 25 '88 Commission of Pensions
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me copies of the Revolutionary Pension Certificate of William Disman (born 1759 died 1844) who is on the Rhode Island Pension list from Bristol - and Stephen Talbot (born 1756 died 1846) who is also on the Rhode Island Pension list from Bristol R. I.

Will you kindly send as soon as possible and I am truly Oblige
Mrs H. H. L. D. Dign Bristol R. I. Cor. High & Burton St.
P.S. Also please send me a copy of William Eddy (born in Providence R.I. July 26 - 1751 died in Providence Sept 4 - 1833) Revolutionary Pension Certificate -

Resolutions
21522 INVALID.
File No. 21522
Stephen Parker
Mid River War
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 412
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Feby. 8 '99.
John J. Lord, Weymouth, Mass.
Incl. 5 '08. History to Mrs. H. M. L. Dixon.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. I.21522.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
February 3, 1899.
Sir:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that Stephen Talbee made an application for pension on December 6, 1882, at which time he was 76 years of age and residing at Bristol, R. I., and his pension was allowed for eighteen months' actual service as a private in the Rhode Island troops, Revolutionary war. He enlisted at Bristol, R. I., and served under Capt. Throop and Col. Miller.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. John J. Load,
Weymouth, Mass.