Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21,574, for Seth Libby, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Libby, Seth & Lydia
NUMBER _____
W. 21.574
CONTENTS

Maine 21. 783
Silas Libby
of Cumberland in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Wentworth of the Regt - commanded by Colonel — in the — Maine line for 7 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 2.3 Dollars 3.3 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Oct 1835 and State of Maine Portland Maine
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1835 $8.50 Pension allowance ending March 11. 67 $70.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by H. Morrison Clerk Book E Vol. 21 Page 32

Maine - 2,336
Lydia Libby widow of Seth Libby, deceased
who died on the 9 th Dec r 1836 of Cumberland in the State of Maine who was a Pen - in the County commanded by Captain [blank] of the Reg t commanded by [blank] in the [blank] line for 7 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 22 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 9 th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Sept r 38 and [blank] and Joseph Pope Prest d Maine
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept r 40 83 Semi-annual allowances ending 11 86
52 69
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 rd } Pg 2-45 38
Recorded by R. Burdick Clerk, book A Vol. 2 - Page 11 -

743 22
Seth Libby Maine
Purch 7 Mills
Bagdad
2300 46 66 11 67 58 33
L. Masey Portland Maine

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 subjoined 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 Seth Libby Maine
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Summer 1776 - Oct 1776 0 4 Private Capt. Wentworth marched to Dorchester Ticonderoga born in Scarborough entered the service there and still lives in the same place   June 1779 3 " Lattimer -- Was at the Anobiot defeat N.Y. Sagadahoe Anobiot River  
- service proved by John Living witness no clergyman - no reason given why
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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 day 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 here 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 is 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.

14,322.
Seth Libby's Application for a pension.
Aug. 1832
to private.
Mr. Libby
John Massey

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the Third day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- five before the Honorable ASHUR WARE , Judge of said Court.
On this Third day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Seth Libby a resident of Scarborough in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged Seventy seven 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 entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated, viz That in the summer of the 1776 he enlisted at Scarborough for five months, in a Company of Artillery commanded by Capt Benj Steel and marched to Trenton and from there to Princeton , and there served out his full term of five months, and was discharged. That afterwards, in the month of June 1779 he enlisted in a Company of Artillery commanded by Capt Benj Lincoln and embarked at Waltham , now called Portland , for Bagadouce on the Penobscot river and served there about six weeks - and was at the Penobscot defeat - and returned to Waltham , and served there, till he had completed three months, the period for which he enlisted - and was then discharged. That he has no written discharge. That he enlisted as a volunteer & served as a private. That he was born in Scarborough May 1 1755. I have no record of my age. That he resided in Scarborough when he first entered the Service, and has resided there ever since the revolution - and now resides there.
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
Seth Libby
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before,
Asher Ware } U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states
I, John Nussey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Seth Libby for a pension. And that William H. Godman Esquire is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified that his official attestations are entitled to full faith & credit
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this tenth day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two
John Nussey
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

V5685
Lydia Libby's Application for a pension.
Act July 4. 1836.
Maria 1779
died - 1831
Allac pm $23.33
per ann per Div 9. 1836.
To Pope Portland, Me July 31 st .

State of Maine,
District of Maine } County of Cumberland } ss:
On this twenty third day of July 1838, personally appeared before the Hon ble Asahel Ware, Judge of the United States District Court for Maine District, Lydia Libby, a resident of Scarborough in the County of Cumberland, and State or District of Maine, aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4. 1836: That she is the widow of Seth Libby, who was a private in the war of the revolution, that he served at Peconderoga six months as she believes, in the year 1776, or 1777, but cannot tell who his officers were, and that the last of the year 1779, he served three months at Bagaducee under Captain Larabee, which last service was after she was married that he was a pensioner under the act of June 7 th 1832, and received a certificate of pension for twenty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum - dated October 26 th 1833, and numbered 21,783 - She further declares, that she was married to the said Seth Libby on the twelfth day of May in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine, and that her husband the aforesaid Seth Libby died on the 9 th day of December 1836 - and that she has remained a widow ever since that period - as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Lydia Libby
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before
Asahel Ware
(Judge U.S. District Court for Maine District.)

"May twelfth seventeen hundred eighty nine Mr Seth Libby of Scarborough and Miss Lydia Jordan of Cape Elizabeth were married, "
I James Dyer Tiron Clerk of Cape Elizabeth do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of from the record of marriages in Cape Elizabeth by Rev Ephraim Clark, except that the above date was in figures as follows "May 12 1779" James Dyer Tiron Clerk,
State of Maine Cumberland County ss: July 12th 1838 Personally appeared James Dyer above named, with whom I am acquainted and whom I certify to be a respectable and credible witness and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed, Before me Joseph Pope, Jus: of the Peace

I Phebe Bliggins of Scarborough are seventy eight years of age - and do testify & depose and say that I attended at the marriage of Letty Sibby of Scarborough to Lydia Jordan of Cape Elizabeth - old Parsons Clarke was the Minister by whom they were married. They were married sometime in the month of May but I do not recollect the year - She was married before I was - I recollect also that I was of a party at Mr Sibbys the next day after their marriage at a dinner party
Phebe X Bliggins mark
Cumberland 10 July 3 rd 1838 Then the above named Phebe Bliggins personally appeared and being duly cautioned made oath to the truth of the above deposition by her subscribed before me -
Leith Storer Justice of the Peace
I was personally acquainted with Mrs Phebe Bliggins She has a good character for truth and veracity and credibility -
Leith Storer

I Susanna Hosty of Simington in the County of York Widow twenty four years of age do testify and say that in May in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine I was present and saw Lettie Libby of Scarborough and Lydia Jordan of Cape Elizabeth married. The ceremony was performed by the Rev Mr Clarke who was settled in Cape Elizabeth. I am a sister to Mrs Libby - Lydia Jordan that was before she was married to Mr Lettie Libby - I do not now recall any who is now alive who was present at the aforesaid wedding excepting Mrs Bliggins the wife Dea Bliggins who now live, in Scarboro- -ugh.
Susanna her Hosty mark.
Cumberland ss. June 23 rd 1838 - Then the above named Susanna Hosty personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by her subscribed before me.
Leffler Moore Justice of the Peace.
The reputation of the above named Susanna Hosty for truth, veracity and credibility, is good. She is a lady of good standing in society - Leffler Moore Justice of the Peace.

United States.
Maine District
District Court July 23 d 1838.
I hereby certify that it has been satisfactorily proved in Court that Lydia Libby within named, was lawfully married on the day set forth in her declaration and now remains the Widow of Seth Libby, deceased.
And I further certify that Joseph Pope and Seth Storer Esquires, whose official certificates and attestations are hereto annexed, are respectively Magistrates and as such, entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony of which I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said District Court the day and year first above written.
John Nufsey Clerk D.C. Maine

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21574
Euphemia Gilley wife of Seth Gilley Deed Rev. var
Act: July 17 th  1856
Index:—Vol. A , Page 437
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Luth Libby of Maine, late a prisoner under the Act of June 7 1832, Where does he die?
A. A. S. B. Aug.
( Cumberland Co. )
p. to the 4 Sept 1834 J. H.

Seth Sibby Payments to be made at Portland Maine by the First of N. S. & K. Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers in the Agency of Maine
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book C Vol. 1st Page 28 by N. D. S. Adams
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832. Seth Tibby of the State of Maine who was a Private in the army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty Three dollars and Twenty Three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Twenty  Wednesday of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three
Lewis Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

I Edmond Hagen of on oath Scarborough County of Cumberland and State of Maine, testify, that in the year 1776 I lived near Seth Libby and was well acquainted with him and had been so from a child, that at this time I supposed him to be about 21 years of age, that about the first of the summer of the same year a company was formed in Scarborough by Captain  which was formed for the purpose of marching to Sennebec, that said Seth Libby enlisted in said company under the command of Benjamin Wentworth, that said Libby marched with said company from Scarborough and was absent three or four months. It was always understood that he was in the service at this time, & he has since always had the reputation of it. I have no doubt but a confident belief, that said Libby was in the service at this time a period of three or four months.
Edm d Hagen
State of Maine Cumberland ss Personally appeared this first day of August A.D. 1832 the aforesaid Edmond Hagen and made oath that the above deposition by him signed is true.
Before William H. Goodwin
I hereby certify that I believe the aforesaid deposition to be a deposition of truth and veracity.
Wm H Goodwin
I hereby certify that the aforesaid deposition is a person of truth & veracity from my own knowledge & the testimony of others & in every respect entitled to full credit.
Wm H Goodwin
State of Maine Cumberland County ss } I Wm H Vaughan, Clerk of the Courts of Cumberland County, certify that William H. Goodwin is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signatures to the depositions of David Hasty, John Watson, Francis Small & Edmond Hagen, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name this second day of November in the year 1832.
Wm H Vaughan

I James Small of Scarbro in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine on oath testify and say that I am well acquainted with Seth Libby of said Scarbro, that in the year 1776 in the month of September I was a soldier in a company in the Continental Service, that said Company was at Mount Independence in the State of Vermont that while there I understood that Seth Libby was a member of a company in the State militia on the other side of Lake George stationed at Mount Hope, that I crossed over the Lake to see him & found him there as a private in a company of the militia. I cannot state how long he was here but do know that he was actually present at Mount Hope in the year a company of the militia and in the month of September in the year 1776.
James Small
State of Maine Cumberland ss Portland Aug 1 1832 Personally appeared the above named James Small and made oath that the above deposition by him signed is true
Before me William H. Codman Jus. Peace
I further certify that I believe the aforesaid deposition to be a person of truth and veracity
William H. Codman
I hereby certify that the aforesaid deposition is a person of truth & veracity from my own personal knowledge and the testimony of others and in every respect entitled to full credit
Wm H Codman

I John Watson of Scarbro County of Cumberland and State of Maine on oath testify and say that I am well acquainted with Seth Libby of said Scarbro that I believe him to be about 77 years of age that in the month of June in the year 1779 he enlisted at the same time with myself in a company of the militia at Scarbro under the command of Benjamin Langlee that said company embarked from Falmouth for Bagaduce & continued in the service about six weeks at that place we then returned to Portland or Falmouth and there completed our period of service in three months . I was well acquainted with said Libby & in the same company with him and know that he was in the service at the time & place above stated the aforesaid period of Three Months
John Watson
State of Maine Cumberland ss Aug 1. 1832 Personally appeared the above named John Watson and made oath that the above deposition by him signed is true Before me William H. Goddard
I hereby certify that I believe the aforesaid deposition to be a person of truth & veracity In Peace Wm H Goddard
I hereby certify that the aforesaid deposition is a person of truth & veracity & a credible witness from my own knowledge and the testimony of others & in every respect entitled to full credit Wm H Goddard

I David Hasty of Limington County of York and State of Maine on oath testify and say that I am well acquainted with Seth Libby of Scarbro in the County of Cumberland, that when I joined a Company of the militia which had embarked from Falmouth for Penobscot or Bagaduce, at a place called Jones End or Borthbury, about the first of June in the year 1779, said Libby was Orderly Sergeant of said Company, then under the command of Benjamin Larrabee that said Libby served in the before mentioned capacity at Bagaduce returned with said Company to Falmouth (now Portland) and they completed the period of his enlistment viz; Three months , and we were discharged as near as I recollect about the last of August or the first of September. I served in the same company with said Libby, was well acquainted with him and am able to state from personal knowledge that he was in the service the aforesaid period of three months at the time I have stated above David Hasty
State of Maine Cumberland ss Portland July 27 1832 Personally appeared the above named David Hasty and made oath that the above deposition by him signed is true Before me William Henry Codman Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the foregoing deposition is a person of truth and veracity
William Codman
I hereby certify the aforesaid deposition is a person of truth & veracity & from my own knowledge & the testimony of others he is in every respect entitled to full credit. Wm H. Codman

3685-690 3748
Lydia Libby's amended declaration for a pension
Act July 4. 1836
and no other July 7. 1838.
Mamm'd May 1779
Died Dec 9 1836.
4 July 1836
Allow $23.33 per
ann. from Dec 9. 1836.
J. P. Pope Esq. Pittsfield

State of Maine
District of Maine ss: Cumberland County.
On this twenty first day of August, 1838 Before Hon. Asahel Ware Judge of the United States District Court, personally appeared Lydia Libby, a resident of Scarborough in the County of Cumberland and State or District of Maine, aged Seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836, and the joint resolution of July 7. 1838 - That she is the widow of Seth Libby who was a private in the War of the Revolution, and served as she believes at Ticonderoga about six months or in New York State near there - she does not know nor can she recollect the names of the Officers if she ever heard them named - That he also served three months under Capt Larabee at Bagaduce so called. Said Seth Libby was a pensioner, under the Act of June 7. 1832. His name placed on the pension list roll of the Maine Agency at the rate of twenty three Dollars 33 / 100 per annum. She would refer to his declaration on which his pension was granted for the particulars of his service - She further declares that she was married to the said Seth Libby on the twelfth day of May seventeen hundred and Seventy nine - That her husband the aforesaid Seth Libby died on the ninth day of Dec r 1836. and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs hereto annexed - or to her former declaration. -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before Asahel Ware
Lydia Libby

I John Libby 3 d of Scarborough age thirty two years testify and say that Seth Libby late of said Scarborough died on the ninth day of December eighteen hundred thirty six - and that Lydia Libby who has sworn to the foregoing application for a pension is the widow of said Seth Libby deceased - and has not been married since his death. Complaint ss John Libby 3 d
Aug. 21. 1838
Subscribed & sworn to before me, and I certify that said John Libby 3 d the deponent is a credible and respectable witness.
Joseph Pope, Jus. of the Peace
United States Maine District ss
District Court August 21 st 1838
I hereby certify that the within proceedings were had in Open Court before the Honorable Ashur Ware Judge of the United States in and for Maine District as therein set forth.
And I further certify that Joseph Pope Esquire whose official certificate is borne on the above deposition is a Magistrate and as such entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court the day and year above written.
John Mussey Clerk U. S. Courts

Lydia V. Libby Wid. of Seth do Prof. W. H. Pope Aug. 14. 1838