Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8253, for Jacob Libengood, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
10 1944
Leibengood, Jacob Leibengood, Margaret
W 8253 B L Vt. 82540-160-55
CONTENTS

Pennsylvania 32.048
Jacob Libengood Indiana Coy in the State of Pennsylvania who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Ruhn of the Regt - commanded by Col. Gruyer in the Pennsylvania line for 10 months -
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh - at the rate of 33 - Dollars 33 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of June 1843 and sent to Miss Dolly Blainville Pa
Arrears to the 14th of March 1843 $400.00
Pension allowance ending 4 Sept: 16.66
2416-66
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nettleton - Clerk, Book E. 2. Vol. 5 - Page 127
23 June E. Paige July 27 1854

291.651
Act March 3/55
Jan 26/58
Margaret Sibling wid of
Jacob Sibling prn.
Sibling
Capt Col S.D.
Pension Roll.
Aug 53-4771
W:160000, Aug: 10/58
B. G. H.
Spec. R.
Ref. S.D.
Jacob S. Sibling Georgetown - Indiana Co Pa
C. M. H.
Vol L. page 103.

4771
Pennsylvania Vets Margaret Libengood widow of Jacob Libengood Pen n who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 dollars 33 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 11 th day of Decem r 1852 and sent to
E. Paige Indiana Pa.
291651
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under February 3, 1853, Page 107 Vol.

State of Pennsylvania } on the twelfth day of June A.D. Indiana County } one thousand eight hundred and fifty Eight Personally appeared Before me a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Margaret Libengood widow of Jacob Libengood a Soldier of the Revolutionary war who died on the sixth day of April A.D. 1849 and in her life time made application to the United States Government for a Pension which was granted to him and since her death your petitioner made application for a pension agree- able to the act of Congress in such cases made and provided which was granted to me on the fourth day of December one thousand eight hundred and fifty four for which your petitioner holds the following certificate
Department of the interior widow's pension & bounty in conformity with the second section of the act of February 3 1833 Margaret Libengood widow of Jacob Libengood who was a private in the Revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum commencing on the 3 rd day of February A.D. 1833 and continuing for life unless she should again marry in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage
(Seal of the) Given at the Department of the interior this fourth day (part of the) of December one thousand eight hundred and fifty four (interior) Examiners & Commissioners { R. M. McLane L. P. Walden { Secretary of the interior Commissioner of Pensions }
Your petitioner makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land that she may be entitled by the acts of Congress of the United States she also declares she never has applied for nor received any land warrant that she may be entitled to as the widow of Jacob Libengood deceased
Margaret his Libengood mark

State of Pennsylvania } Personally appeared Before me the Subser- Indiana County Pa } riber a Justice of the peace in and for said County and State Margaret Libengood widow of David Libengood and Being duly sworn according to law saith the facts set forth in the above Declaration is true to the Best of her Knowla- -age and Belief and further saith not Sworn and Subscribed on } Margaret her Libengood the day and year above written } mother
State of Pennsylvania } Personally appeared Before me the Subseriber Indiana County Pa } a Justice of the peace in and for said County and State Mary Mcgraw and Being duly sworn accor- -ding to law saith she is well acquainted with Margaret Libengood the above named Applicant and has been for the last sixty years and that she was present when she was married to David Libengood in the year AD 1803 and that she the said Margaret still remains the widow of David Libengood deceased and that he David Libengood died in the month of April AD 1849 Sworn and Subscribed Before me the } Mary Mcgraw the day and year first written } marks James H Brady J P
We David Pearce and William W Calhett - Residents of South Mahoning Township Indiana County and State of Pennsylvania upon our oath declare that the foregoing Declaration was signed & acknowledged by Margaret Libengood in our presence and that we Believe from the appearance and statements of the Applicant that she is the identical person she represents her self to be Sworn and Subscribed the } David Pearce 12th day of June AD 1858 } Wm W Calhett Before J P H Brady J P

State of Pennsylvania } The foregoing Declaration and Application for a Patent } was sworn to and subscribed Before me on the day and year in the said declaration first written and I certify that I know the applicant to be a credible person and that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no intent in this claim. J. W. Brady J. P.
State of Pennsylvania } County of Indiana } I Name R. Porter a Notary Public in Indiana County & certify that James W. Brady before whom the foregoing affidavits were made is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in & about the said County duly sworn and commissioned to act as such and that all his acts and proceedings in and about said matter are and were in all respects legal and valid. Office in Indiana this 22 nd day of June A.D. 1855 J. R. Porter Pro

State of Pennsylvania Indiana County ss.
On this twentieth day of November A. D. 1854 personally appeared before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County and State aforesaid Mrs. Margaret Liburgood a resident of Conemaugh Township in the County and State aforesaid aged seventy three years, who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of February 1833 granting pen- sions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; That she is the widow of Jacob Liburgood who was a private in the company com- manded by Capt. Rahn in the Battalion commanded by Col. Harris. in said War in the Summer of 1776 at Brunswick & Elizabethtown in the State of New Jersey. Also under Capt. Adelman of the same Battalion at Ceryville Ferry & Redbank River. He also served with the same officers in 1777. and that he received a wound in the back part of his right shoulder, from a musket ball, in the Battle of Brandywine; She further declares that her said Husband the said Jacob Liburgood, deceased, received a pension from the United States Gov- ernment in his life time, for the aforesaid services; that he was inscribed on the pension list, in or about the year A. D. 1842 at the rate of thirty three dollars & thirty three cents per annum, and was last paid at the Pittsburgh Agency in the State of Pennsylvania in the year A. D. 1849 she further declares that the certificate of the inscription of her said Husband upon the pension list was placed in the hands of John Taylor of Pittsburgh who is since dead and the certificate lost or mislaid. for this reason she is not able to give the date of the act under which he was pensioned. nor the exact date of his being so pensioned. She further declares that she was married to the said Jacob Libur-

good in the County of Westmoreland in the State of Pennsylvania on the Fifteenth day of March A. D 1801 and that her name before her said marriage was Margaret Chambers and that her said husband the said Jacob Libengood died in the County of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania on the Sixth day of April 1849. and that she is now his Widow. She further declares that in conse- quence of old age and bodily infirmity she is unable to appear in Court. That she resides about sixteen miles from the County Seat: Where the County are held Margaret Libengood Widow
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year first above written. and I hereby certify that the said Margaret Libengood is a person of good repute for truth and veracity. That she is of the age above stated. and that in consequence of old age and bodily infirmity she is unable to appear in Court C. H. Watt
State of Pennsylvania Indiana County ss On this twenty fourth day of December A. D. 1852 personally appeared before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County and State aforesaid Mary M c Guire aged sixty seven years a resident of Indiana County in the State aforesaid who being duly sworn accor- ding to law doth on her solemn oath depose and say that she is well acquainted with Margaret Libengood who made the foregoing declaration. and that she was also well acquainted with her late husband Jacob Libengood dec d That the said Margaret was lawfully married to the said Jacob Libengood in Westmoreland County in the State of Penn- sylvania on the 15th day of March 1801 by one

Broady a Justice of the Peace that the said Margaret and the said Jacob Libergood lived and cohabited together as man and wife from that time until the death of the said Jacob, which took place in the County of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania on the sixth day of April 1869. and that the said Margaret is now a widow and has remained so since the death of the said Jacob. She further declares that she has no interest whatever in the foregoing application. but that she is personally cognizant of all the facts set forth in this deposition, and was pres- ent at the said marriage. Mary W. W.  her  mark  McGuire
Sworn and subscribed before me this day and year aforesaid and I hereby certify that the said Mary McGuire is a person of truth and honesty and worthy of belief J. M. Watt
State of Pennsylvania
Indiana County ss. I Nelson B. Langley Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit of Mary McGuire was made and taken and who has affixed the same to his own proper hand with his name and was at the time the same was dated one of the competent Judges in and for said County duly elected Commissioned and sworn
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Indiana this 24 th day of November A.D. 1869.
N. B. Langley Pro.

354 56
Jacob Libengood's
Revolutionary claim
Act of June 7 th
1832
Aged 86 Years
and
10 months in service —
$73.23
Address
Lilli Doty
Blainville
P.O. Indiana
County Penna

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832.
State of Pennsylvania } ss. Indiana County }
On this 27 day of December, 1842 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of said County Jacob Libengood a resident of the township of Conemaugh in the County of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania aged Eighty six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he served with and under Capt. Kuhn, of Col. Kains Battalion of Northampton County militia of the State of Pennsylvania Lieut. Boyer, Ensign Christman, Capt. Edleman, Lieut. Weiser, Ensign Sora, Capt. William Hill, (the last mentioned officer was of Westmoreland County militia) Major Wolf, Col. Guyer, Col. Kains, Col. Strout, Capt. William Moyer, Lieut. John Moyer, Ensign Van Waggoner of the Northampton County militia in the state of Pennsylvania. also with the regular or continental officers, General Mercer, General Irvine, Adjutant General Reed, General Stephens, General Green. also with Col. Boyer, of the Berks County militia. and with

General Washington, Commander in Chief - also with General Wayne, Capt. Fraser, Major House - ager, Col. Donaldson, Col. Broadhead, Genl. Armstrong
That he entered the service of the United States in the summer of the year 1776. That he was drafted out to serve with the militia of the County of North- ampton in the State of Pennsylvania and that he was called out to serve on the 12 th of July 1776. he thinks it was on Friday morning. That he was drafted out for the period of two months in the County of Northampton in Pennsylvania - That this applicant served said two months under Capt. Rehn of the militia of the County of North- ampton aforesaid. That the name of his Lieut. was Boyer and served in a battalion or regiment of the Northampton County militia under command of Col. Karns . That this applicant joined a Company of the Northampton County militia in Lehigh Township in said County under Capt. Rehn and was marched to Easton and from thence with his company under said Capt. to New Brunswick in the State of New Jersey and joined the forces in and about there. That Genl. Mercer took the Command over the militia and other troops concentrated at New Brunswick as this appli- -cant was informed. That the British army was about to invade the Jerseys and these forces were posted there to prevent if possible the said invasion. That this applicant served out his said term of two months at New Brunswick and also at Amboy in New Jersey. That Col. Boyer and his battalion of Penn- sylvania militia was serving with this applicant

during this first tour of two months - also with Col. Shreeve's battalion New Jersey troops and with Col. Irvine's battalion regular troops and with other corps not now recollected - That this ap- -plicant after he had completed his tour of two months service he received a written dis- -charge from his Commanding officer and returned home - That he rec d his said discharge on the 13 th of Sept. 1776 having served said Period of two months as a private soldier.
And this applicant further declares that he was out again in the service of the United States as a volunteer and joined a company of militia of Northampton County in Pennsylvania under the command of Capt. Edleman and Lieut. Weiser , of the Northampton County militia aforesaid. That he joined said company in the month of October A. D. 1776 near Bethlehem and marched with his companions to Corell's ferry on the Delaware River where there was a body of militia stationed above and below said ferry to prevent the enemy from crossing over and from seizing the American boats about that ferry. That this applicant and other militia men were placed under Lord Sterling whose Brigade was also stationed on the Delaware river thereabouts to defend the passage of the river and protect the boats from being seized by the British. This applicant was also during a part of these two months stationed above the entrance of Ne- hannoy river with the Pennsylvania militia

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under the command of Col. Goddallader , that he commenced this second tour of duty on Monday or Tuesday the the first day of October A. D. 1776 and served during the months of October and November 1776 and was at the expiration of said tour verbally discharged on the first day of December 1776 by his Commanding Officer making a period of two months service as a private soldier in the Pennsylvania militia as above specified - that Capt. Edleman's Company belonged to Col. Harris Regiment aforesaid
And further this applicant declares that that he was out again on a third tour of service in the United States - That he was drafted to serve for two months in the militia of Northampton County in the State of Pennsylvania - That he joined a militia company of said County under the command of Capt. William Moyer and Lieut John Moyer of Col. Guyer's battalion of Northampton County militia of the State of Pennsylvania and was marched to Bristol on the Delaware River and stationed there with Col. Boyer's and Col. Reese's militia troops from Berks County and with other militia troops or militia men from different parts of the state - That he was drafted out on this third tour for two months and commenced his march from Bethlehem on the 3 rd or 4 th day of June in the year 1777 that while out in this third tour he was stationed at Bristol and at Boell's ferry on the river Delaware - that the Company to which he belonged

with the Companies and battalions of the Pennsylv- -vania militia were all subject to the Command of General Arnold . That during part of his tour he was ordered over and marched with other Corps of troops to Amboy in the State of New Jersey on the retreat of the British Army in July 1777 or the latter part of June 1777! That while over there he joined the troops under the Command of Generals - Conway and Scott . That after the enemy had retired from the Jersey shore, this appl- -icant continued in the service with the militia and Continental troops about Amboy and up at Newark in the State of New Jersey until the expiration of his tour of service which ended on the 4 th of August 1777 making a tour of two months as a private soldier of the North- -ampton County militia of the State of Penn- -sylvania
This applicant further declares he was again out in the service of the United States as a vol- -unteer and rendezvoused with a Corps of Northampton County militia of Col Geyer's Regiment encamped at Bethlehem in Northampton County Pa. That he joined Capt. William Moyer's Company of said militia and marched with all possible expedition to Chester on the Delaware river below Philadelphia and stationed there with a large body of militia and regular troops from various parts of Pennsylvania -

That Lieut John Moyer and Sergeant John Dull were with the said Company. That he began to march from Bethlehem on the 17 th or the 18 th of Aug t in the year 1777. He remembers that it was on a Sabbath morning when the drum beat to arms and when his Companions slung on their knap sacks and shouldered their arms with him against a large and powerful invading British Army. That this applicant was marched to Chester , aforesaid and shortly afterwards he marched with a large body of troops towards the Brandy wine river in the State of Delaware and stationed near to White Clay Creek . On the next day this applicant was ordered forwards to below Chads Ford . On the advance of the British the Pennsylvania militia after some discharge of musquetry fell back. In this battle this applicant received a severe wound in his right shoulder in the act of wheeling by platoons. from a ball fired by the enemy. being comp- elled to retreat this applicant with the main body formed again on the large road leading to Chester and Philadel- -phia. This applicant's wound being hastily dressed by a Hessian doctor with some kind of oil which allayed the smart of the wound he was enabled to retreat with the army during the night back to Chester, to which place he arrived next day in the forenoon. being nearly

1 exhausted with the march. This applicant was then marched on to the Schuylkill river and posted there to defend the different fording places. Afterwards he marched to a place called Skipack Creek and was encamped on the Skipack road leading to Philadelphia & to German Town . He was also stationed on the Perkiomy Creek . Afterwards he was marched on to the Manatauney road or Manatauney road not far from a mill called Vanderring's mill . During the action at German Town which took place the forepart of October 1777. This applicant was posted in the rear on the Skipack road and afterwards he marched to Perkiomy Creek and encamped there with the main army under Genl. Washington . That after this applicant had served out his said tour of two months which expired on the 18 th day of October 1777 he received a verbal discharge - that he served this last fourth period of two months as a private soldier in Col. Kreyer's regiment of Northampton County militia of Pennsylvania.
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And this applicant further says that he was out in the service of the United States on a fifth tour of duty as a substitute for his father George Libengood . That he joined a Company under the command of his old Capt Frederick Reichen of the Northampton County militia in the State of Pennsylvania in the latter

end of October A. D. 1778 for a tour of two months against the Indians on the frontier borders of Pennsylvania. That he was marked from Lehigh Township in Northampton County in Pennsylvania to Fort Gnadenhead on the Lehigh river where he joined a body of the Pennsylvania militia stationed there under the command of Col. Karns . That his messmates were of the names of Ruggle , Kiefer and Ritter that while on this tour of duty he and the troops with which he served were kept on the constant alarm from the Tories, banditti and hostile Indians. That on this tour he served with Col. Geyer , Col. Karns , Col. Sprout , Capt. William Moyer , Lieut. John Moyer , Ensign Van Waggoner . That the one half of his companions went up the Delaware to where Col. Sprout commanded and the one half marched up the Lehigh river to Fort Gnadenhead where Col. Geyer had command that while out in this tour at the mouth of Niskabay Creek , Capt. Moyer's and Kuhn's Companies had a fight with the Indians in which battle a number of the militia were killed and taken prisoners by the Indians. In this battle Lieut. Moyer was made a prisoner by the Indians he afterwards escaped from them and as this applicant was informed by him after his return home - he subsisted on snakes and wild fruit. One soldier of said Capt. Kuhn's Company by the name of Both Kuhn was also carried off by the Indians. That one man also of said Company was shot off a tree, wounded in

the knee & fell into Nisobay Creek. he escaped death by creeping under the roots of an iron wood tree till after the battle was over. This last man's name was Bill Soople and one more militia man of this applicant's companions by the name Scovey was also carried off by the indians. There was a detachment of militia sent up from Gnawdenhead fort to the river Susquehanna river in which this applicant was also sent and stationed there at a man's house by the name of Walter . After the battle at Nisobay Creek. his officers & companions went and buried the slain in battle. the greater number of them were shockingly mutilated. The said wounded soldier Bill Soople while he lay concealed during the battle counted twenty one indians and one white man . This applicant further says that while out in this tour not far from the fort a man by the name of Warner and his family were murdered by the indians. Mrs Warner was found dead, her bowels ripped out and her body filled with stones , she was far gone in pregnancy, one of their little boys and a daughter escaped the massacre. This applicant and other militia pursued after these indians near to Wyoming and during the pursuit he and his companions killed four of these indians . In this pursuit he suffered greatly from incessant fatigue and hunger. That after having served out this tour of two months as a substitute for his father he was permitted to go home by

receiving a written discharge from the Commanding officer of the Fort. That this third tour ended on the first day of January 1779 making a period of two months and a few days over of militia duty and as a guard against the Indians and Tories in the section of country about the said Knapp's Head Fort on the Lehigh River and that he served this period as a substitute and private in the Pennsylvania militia aforesaid
In the year 1794 this applicant was again called on to take the field and Garrison against the hostile Indians who were at this time murdering the inhabitants on the Western frontiers of Pennsylvania That he was drafted out to serve for a period of two months as an Indian Spie (so termed) and that in obedience to the Constitutional authorities of Westmoreland County in the state of Pennsylvania he went and joined a Company of Westmoreland County militia of said state under the Command of Capt. and Lieut. John McCall William Hill, on the 24 th day of Sept. A.D. 1794 and marched under the orders of his Commanding Officer to a Fort called Nicholson's Fort at Nicholson's Falls and was stationed in a Block House at the said Falls beyond the Allegheny River with other drafted militia or Indian Spies and served at said Garrison and about there for a period

of two months as a Sergeant of the said Company under said Capt (William Hill and was at the expiration of the said two months Permitted to return home. That he was discharged by his Commanding Officer on the 24 th day of November A.D. 1794 making a Period of two months service as a sergeant in Capt (William Hill's Company aforesaid) - That he served this sixth tour of duty as a Guard against the perfidious and murderous Indians who were committing so many wanton cruelties and barbarities on the defenceless inhabitants of the Western Frontiers of the State of Pennsylvania. That in this tour his mess mates were Richard McCall, and William Jones. That the said applicant Jacob Libengood served the above mentioned Periods as a Private soldier except in the last tour in which he served as a sergeant and served in all his revolutionary services a Period of ten months and two months as an indian Spie or militiaman as above specified making in the whole services a Complete Period of twelve months and this applicant further declares that he can procure two Contemporary witnesses if they are yet living who will prove the greater part if not the whole of the above various Periods of service. These said witnesses were living but a short time ago whose testimony he thinks can be procured. That it is but recently he heard they were yet living.

and that he was not while in the services above specified engaged in any Civil pursuit but was wholly and entirely devoted to the service of his Country the United States as above declared —
And this applicant begs leave now to state that owing to his isolated residence, his great age and infirmities, his want of proper information how to proceed in order correctly to obtain his Pension before this late period and the representation to him of the difficulties of procuring his annuity without positive proof of his services aside from his own oath. That owing to these circumstances he has hitherto been dissuaded to make this application, but he now comes forward, and notwithstanding the lateness of the attempt, humbly claims in common with his yet surviving fellow soldiers that boon which his Country has thought proper to grant to those who peril'd their lives and shed their blood for the emancipation of British Bondage and the restoration of Liberty and independence to an oppressed nation. He therefore hopes the above consideration will be a sufficient apology if one is required to satisfy the Department as to the causes of this late application —

Interrogatories -
2. Where and in what year were you born -
A. I was born in Lehigh Township in Northampton County in the State of Pennsylvania - in the year of our Lord 1756.
2. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it -
A. I have the record of my age correctly copied from my Father's Bible and from that record I know my age to be 86 years -
2. Where were you living when called into the service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live -
A. When called into the service of the United States I was living with my Parents in Lehigh Township in the County of Northampton in the State of Pennsylvania and since the Revolutionary War I have lived in the Township of Lehigh in the County of Northampton in the State of Pennsylvania, and in Westmoreland County and in Indiana County in said State of Pennsylvania, where I at present live and have lived for thirty years past.

4 Question
How were You called into the service were You drafted, did You volunteer or were You a substitute and if a substitute for whom -
A. I was drafted, volunteered and served as a substitute for my father George Libergood for the different periods as I have above stated.
5th 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 service -
Ans. I will state General George Washington the Commander in Chief - Lord Sterling whose Brigade was posted on the Delaware river above the City of Philadelphia, General Mercer, Genl. Reed, Genl. Green, Genl. Stevens, Genl. Irvine, Capt. Dawson, Col. Moore, these were some of the Continental or regular officers who were with the troops where I served. I will mention also Col. Irvine's battalion, Capt. Doyle's Rifle Corps, Major Fraser's Regiment of Penn. Troops. I will mention some of my officers, Capt. Kuhn Capt. Hill, Capt. Erdman, Major Wolf. Lieut. Weiser, Ensign Lora, Col. Kurns

Col. Karns, Col. Geyer, Capt. William Moyer, Lieut. John Moyer, Ensign Van Wagoner, others not now recollected. That I was in my first tour over in the Jerseys at New Brunswick with the American Army Posted there under General Mercer, who had the Principal Command. In my second tour I was stationed on the Delaware River at diff- -erent places to defend the Passage of that river by the enemy. In my third tour I was at Amboy and at Newark about the time the Enemy retreated from the Jerseys or the State of New Jersey. I was also at Bristol, Pa. Corell's Ferry and other stations on the Delaware river. In my fourth tour I was down to Chester Pa. and at and about the Brandywine river in the State of Delaware below Chads Ford and served with the above regu- lar officers & their respective divisions in the memorable Campaign of 1777 in which year the Battle of Brandywine was fought in which battle this applicant received a bullet shot from the enemy during the action in his right shoulder when he was in the act of wheeling by Platoon. which wound has caused him at intervals much pain and of late years he has felt the pain more severely. That in this fourth tour he was in the rear of the Genl. Washington's Army during the Battle of Germantown . In my next tour I went up against the Indians, banditti and infamous Tories at Gnadenhuetten in the fall of 1778 in which tour this

applicant was in a battle with the indians at Wiscobay Creek in which a number of his Companions were killed and most who skinned mutilated and some few were carried off by the indians. In this tour he served with the Northampton County militia Pa. as a guard to protect the defenceless inhabitants from the cruel and murderous foe. whose atrocities cannot be described. This applicant served as an indian Spie in the year 1794 and went out to a Fort at Nich Olson's Falls Pa. to protect the defenceless inhabitants on the Western Borders of Penna. from the merciless aggressions of the indian foe. In this tour as well as in the fifth tour against the indians on the northern borders of Penna. This applicant endured great fatigue, hunger and Cold. In the battle at Wiscobay Creek the militia Corps with which this applicant served were completely surprised by the indians who lay in ambush and fell upon us very unexpectedly. but they fled after a reinforcement arrived from the Fort.

6 Did You ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
A. I received I think two written discharges from the service and kept them for a great number of years, but they are now lost, at the expiration of my other tours I was verbally discharged from the service -
7 Did You ever receive a Commission and if so by whom was it signed and what has become of it.
A. I never did receive a Commission during the war of our Revolution, but served the Periods above mentioned as a Private Soldier, except the last Period of two months in the Garrison at Nicholson's Falls in which I served as a Sergeant of Capt (William Hill's Company) assigned making a Revolutionary service of Ten Months and two months as an indian Spy amounting in the aggregate to Twelve Months service in the United States as above mentioned -
8 State the names of persons to whom You are known in Your present Neighborhood who can testify as to Your Character for veracity and their belief of Your services as a soldier of the Revolution and of the indian War.

I will state James Elder, Samuel Marshall, Capt Andrew Speedy of the Cavalry, Samuel McCleary, John Calligher, David Murray, James M c Smith, Jr. E. P. Emerson, Col. Roarer, H. H. H.  Simon Simon Drum Esq. Col. Nesbitt Samuel M c Anulty.
Sworn and Subscribed before the said Court the day and Year aforesaid - in open Court of Records
Jacob Libengood
A. Craig Pres

Relinquishment
I Jacob Libengood, the applicant for a Pension do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and I declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State. Sworn and subscribed the 27 day and Year aforesaid. Jacob Libengood
We a clergyman residing in the County of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania and James Elder & James Nesbitt John Gallagher Esq. residing in the neighborhood of the said Jacob Libengood in the County of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Jacob Libengood the applicant for a pension that we believe him to be eighty six years of age and 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 before me Stewart Davis a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Indiana in the State of Pennsylvania this 27 th day of November Anno Domini 1842
Stewart Davis
for Elder James Nesbitt John Gallagher
Sworn & subscribed by John Gallagher in open Court this 27 day 1842. N. Craig Put

State of Pennsylvania § Indiana County § ss.
And the said Justices do hereby Certify that Jas. Elder & James Nesbitt who have sworn to and subscribed the above Certificate in favor of the said Jacob Libengood the applicant for a Pension are persons of respectability truth and veracity and that their said Certificate or statement is entitled to Credit - Given under my hand and seal this day of November Anno Domini 1842
Seal
State of Pennsylvania § Indiana County § ss.
I Jacob Libengood the applicant for a pension being duly sworn according to law do hereby depose and testify that it is not in my power without great expense and inconvenience to produce in Court the Reverend
and James Elder & James Nesbitt who have subscribed and sworn to the preceding certificate. Sworn and subscribed in open Court of Record this 27 th day of December Anno Domini 1842
O. Craig Prothonotary § Jacob Libengood

Reof WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
8253
Margaret Libengood Wid.
Jacob Libengood Print Broomfield
Act: July 3 rd 1865
Index:—Vol. 84 , Page 435
[Arrangement of 1870.]

vs
D. 5718
Wagner

Jacob Libengood Pa
let to Elias Doty July 27. 43
Act 7 June 1848

Nov: 27 th 1854
N o 3.261 S o . Margaret Sibergood.
Wid: of. Jacob. Indiana Co:
Pa:
Act (53) $33.33 per An: Com: July: 3 rd 1853.
Pay:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. Pension Office, Official Business.
Commission
E. Paige.

Free
To the Commissioners of Pensions Washington City D.C.
291.651

Recd from J. G. 1871
W. J. Waldo Esq. 6 Announce of Kansas Washington City D.C.
RAID 6
10. 1848 Ludigton Twp St. Thomas

Ma: 6/1 pres: Draft 1 wit: 1 wid: 1 idm: 1 wit:
W. H. H.

June the 22 d 1858
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Sir I send you the application of Margaret Lebungood for Bounty land if the application is right please to inform me or if there is any thing else let me know she lives within two miles of me at this time I have wrote a power of attorney for her different time to draw her pension in Pittsburgh and I know her to be the identical person the represent her to be Yours truly my address is Macana County, J. W. Brady Paw George will post office

State Auditor's Office, Mar. 28. 1852
Sir: 60 p 49 Please certify the time to which the within named pendition was paid, on the date of his death.
Very Respectfull,
Not Signed
W. H. [unclear]
Commission
W. Randall
R. J. Atkinson, Esq. Thos. A. D. [unclear]

Jacob Libengood died 6 Apric 1849, said Karl Stinson
Ancestor

Indiana Pa November 24 th 1854
Dear Sir
On Lord I send the Declaration of Mrs Libengood of this County drawn from one of the Acts of Congress which so kindly furnished me. You will accept my thanks for the various Acts of Congress, Declarations, Forms and Instructions furnished me by the Department. Your attention to the above as soon as the business of the Department will permit Much obliged
Any papers you may have to send please direct them to Mr. E.P.
W. Waldo Esq.
Your O bt Servant
E. Pige District Attorney for Indiana County Pa

Indiana Indiana County Penna January 15 th 1854
Dear Sir.
A. Soldier of the Revolution now deceased by the name of Jacob Libengood was under General Greene six Months He on listed in (then) Northampton County Penna (his birthplace) He died April 6 th 1849 he recd a Yearly Pension from the General Government of $33 1 / 3 . The Records at the Office will clearly show the name of the Capt & Co under which he enlisted - Jacob Libengood was a citizen of this County. His Widow - Margaret Libengood is still living I wish to know whether she has any back pay or whether she is entitled to Bounty Land.
Yours Truly E. Paige Dist Atty. for Indiana County.
L. P. Waldo Esq.

Franksville May 8 th 1865
Dear Sir,
We have just received after a considerable lapse of time, Clerk's Certificate to the depositions of Robt. Gilleson Sen. and Dr Edward P. Emerson in favor of Nathaniel Doty & Jonathan Doty Sen. Revolutionary Soldiers. And also the deposition of Simon Ruffene for Jacob Libengood a Revolutionary soldier, which we hasten to transmit to You by this evening's mail, and which we hope and trust will be satisfactory. There is also attached to Dr Emerson's statement the Certificate and recommendation of the Hon. A. G. Marchand and W. H. Coulter Esqrs. Councillor at Law and Candidates for our next Congress, both Gentlemen of high respectability Thomas Shannon Esqrs and Samuel C. Smulley Esqrs also Gentlemen of great respectability have also signed the same. They are friends of the Present Administration. There appears to be a general desire that these Revolutionary Soldiers should have their applications sanctioned. From the mass of testimony already transmitted, we presume the Department will be enabled to grant them pensions without their being put

to the trouble of laying their Claims before the where they may be def. J. S. National Council. In all probability the above surviving Revolutionary Soldiers are the last that will ever apply again for a pension. In a very short time, it will be said of them that, they are all dead . Excuse prolixity and believe me in haste very truly Yours &c.
Gillis Doty
Hon. J. S. Edwards Comm. of Pensions.
P.S. As the Mail is just closed me must defer the transmission of this letter till tomorrow evening G. D.

Brief in the case of Margaret Schlinger, widow of Jacob Indiana County and State of Pa. act 3 d Feb: 1853.
Claim, ("original," "for increase" )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
The claim was admitted under the Act of 17 th June 1832, to the rate of $33.25 per An. Marriage pension by the credible witness who was present. Residing on the 6 th April 1849, upon the affidavit of a credible witness reports the said Annuity continued until established by the affidavit of a credible Official Certificate of Court.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
E. Paige Esq. Indiana, Name and residence of Agent Pa.
J. C. Blyth Esq. Examining Clerk.

Plainville P.O. Indiana County, Penna. Dec. 28 th 1842
Dear Sir
I herewith transmit for your investigation the Revolutionary Claim of old Mr. Jacob Libengood who served with Simon Hoeffner. They have testified for each other, having been both together in the service at the same periods. They are both in indigent circumstances and a pension would gladden their hearts, enable them to pass the short time of their sojourning here with gratitude to their Country and procure for them the necessary comforts of life. They were no doubt faithful Soldiers and served their Country during the darkest period of the revolution. The result of their cases, please direct to me as above and oblige
Very Respectfully Yours.
Gillis Doty
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Comm t of Pensions.
Rev. Simon Hoeffner who was a Captain in the service is on a visit at Plainville.

P.S. One of said Libengood's witnesses that lived with him & whose testimony he intended to procure is now dead by the name of Robt. McCall.
E.S.

Jacob Libengood & Simon Buffener Revolutionary Soldiers - Certificate of the Secretary of the Comm th of Pennsylvania.
William D. Smith Nathan Kirtland James
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20 p. 10

Secretaries Office
Nashburg March 9. 1843
Gillis P. Clegg Esq. Sir.
Yours of the 3 d instant asking for evidence of the services of Jacob Sibenford in the Revolutionary War was duly rec d .
I regret very much that this Department furnishes no evidence which can be of service to Mr. Sibenford in forwarding his claims for a pension. I also caused a search to be made in the Accounting Department but with the like result. The returns in this Office are with but few exceptions, of a general character, made by commanding Officers and showing the strength of their several commands.
I am
Respectfully yours
Chas. Whipple
Secy of the Commonwealth

Certificate of the Secretary of the Comm tee Pa. Pa Jacob Libengood & Simon Ruffener Revolutionary Soldiers.

Pennsylvania, ss.
Secretarys Office
I Certify that on a careful examination of the returns of Militia and the records in this office, there does not appear any evidence of the services in the Revolutionary War, of Jacob Sibengood or Simon Ruffener
Witness my hand and the Seal of said office at Harrisburg this 28 th day of March A.D. 1843
Chas. Wharton
Secy of the Comm ee

State of Pennsylvania } ss. Indiana County }
Robert Craig Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Libengood for a pension. And I the said Prothonotary do further certify that Stewart Davis Esquire who has subscribed the preceding Certificate is an acting justice of the Peace in and for the County of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania. That the said Stewart Davis Esquire is duly Commissioned and qualified and that all his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit as well in Courts of justice as elsewhere and that the signatures and seals thereto affixed are his genuine signatures and seals.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 27 th day of December Anno Domini 1842
R Craig Protho.

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 said Court further Certifies that it appears to them that who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clerman resident in the County of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania and that James Elder and James Nesbitt and John Kollaker Esq who have also signed the same are residents in the County of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania and are Credible Persons and that their statement is entitled to Credit
In testimony whereof We have hereunder subscribed our names -
Thomas Whrote Jas. M c Keenan
Judges of the said Court.

State of Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County ss - I Simon Reiffener being now Eighty six years of age and being duly sworn depose and say that I am well acquainted with Jacob Libengood the applicant for a pension. That I was well acquainted with him during the war of the Revolution in the years 1776. 1777. 1778. 1779. 1780 and 1781 and ever since. That I myself was in the service of the United States during the periods mentioned in his said tours in said years and specified in the above declaration. That he served as a militia man in Col, Kain's regiment of Northampton County militia in Pennsylvania in Capt. Edleman's and Kuhn's Companies and the regular officers, battalions regiments & Capt mentioned and detailed aforesaid in his declaration that I was also out with him as a guard against the Indians, British & Tories in the above mentioned years as detailed & specified in the said declaration That I was with him as a soldier in the periods mentioned & specified as above. That I know from my own personal knowledge that he served as he has stated because I was with him in his said tours. And I believe he served as an Indian spy in 1794 in Capt Hill's Company as a sergeant but how long or for what length of time he served in all his revolutionary services I am now unable to depose but from the best of my memory he served at least ten months altogether as specified above - And I would also certify that I am now a resident myself of Westmoreland County in the said State of Pennsylvania

and being called upon to depose I have so done as far as my memory judgment & recollection serves me -
Sworn & subscribed before me Thomas Shannon a justice of the peace in and for the County of Westmoreland & State of Pennsylvania - this 3rd day of October A. D. 1842
Thos. Shannon J.P.
Simon Puffner
I certify that the above named Simon Puffner who has sworn & subscribed to the above deposi- -tion & Certificate is a man of truth, integrity & veracity and that his said deposition is fully entitled to credit -
Given under my hand & seal this 2nd day of October A. D. 1842
Thos. Shannon J.P.
State of Pennsylvania Westmoreland County, ss. I David Fullwood Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Thomas Shannon who has subscribed the preceding affidavit is an acting justice of the peace in and for the County of Westmoreland aforesaid. That the said Thomas Shannon Esquire is duly commissioned and qualified and that all his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit as well in courts of justice as elsewhere and that the signature and seal thereto affixed is his genuine signature and seal. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 17th day of December A.D. 1842 David Fullwood. Prothonotary.
Seal

Peter Singly.
affidavit
Peter Singly's Deposition for Jacob Libengood a Revolutionary Soldier.

State of Pennsylvania Indiana County SS. Personally appeared before me the subscriber a magistrate within and for the said County Peter Kingly 3rd who being duly sworn according to law doth depose on his solemn Oath & declare that he is well acquainted with Jacob Libengood the applicant for a revolutionary Pension, that he has been acquainted with him for forty years past. That he this deponent has the most satisfactory evidence from his own personal knowledge and acquaintance with him the said Jacob Libengood, that he must be from the best of his calculation at least eighty six years of age. That this fact he can vouch for from his own personal knowledge, the records of his family Bible, infor- -mation to be relied on by all the members of his family and his neighbors, that there is not the least doubt on the minds of all who know him, but that he must be of the above age. And that he is also reputed and believed by his neighbors to have been a revolutionary soldier, and that no doubts exist on that subject. And as to his not applying sooner for a Pension, he has the most satisfactory reasons to offer. 1 st His great age and want of suitable instructions from those acquainted with the Pension laws. 2 nd His remote residence from the County Seat where business of the kind is generally transacted by Gentlemen of the Bar. 3 rd His having engaged a justice of the peace in the year 1835 to procure his pension by drawing the requisite papers retaining to the same and by errors therein committed the application became useless. 4 th His belief therefrom that it would be needless to make another application, and his impression that it would be most difficult

to procure his pension, without great trouble and expense which he was not able to bear. And this deponent further declares, that there is not the least doubt in his mind and there appears to be no doubt whatever in the minds of his neighbors, that he would long ere this have applied for his pension, if he could have been persuaded that he could have obtained one by having his papers prepared in conformity to the rules and directions of the War Department. That there is not a respectable man knowing said Jacob Libengood but who is anxious to see him rewarded by a pension, because they all verily believe, that he is justly entitled to one for the services he has rendered his Country as a good soldier and for the wound which this deponent and those acquainted with him verily believe he received in the Battle of Brandywine. Sworn and subscribed on this 21 st day of March in the year of our Lord 1842.
Thomas Boyle JL
Peter C. Singley
State of Pennsylvania, 3 3 ( 6 Indiana County ss. I the above magistrates do hereby certify that Peter C Singley who has sworn & testified to and subscribed the above affidavit is a man of truth and veracity and entitled to full faith and credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal on this 21 st day of March Anno Domini 1842.
Thomas Boyle JL

State of Pennsylvania Indiana County ss. I Robert Craig, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do Certify that Thomas Boyle Esquire before whom the above statement and deposition was sworn to and subscribed is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania. That he is duly Commissioned and Qualified and that to all his official acts full faith and Credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere and that the signatures and seals thereto affixed are his genuine signatures & seals. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and sealed the seal of the said Court to be affixed at Indiana as on this 19 day of April A.D. 1843.
R Craig Pro

Deposition
Simon Ruffener For Jacob Libengood Aged 86 Years 10 Months Revolu- tionary services

State of Pennsylvania, County of Westmoreland S d . Personally Came before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for said County Simon Roffener, who being by me first duly sworn according to law deposith and saith, that he is personally acquainted with Jacob Libengood the applicant for a Pension, and that he this deponent knew him in the time of the Revolutionary War. That he was well acquainted with the Parents of said Jacob Libengood who resided in the neighborhood of this deponent during said War and that he was informed by them, that their son Jacob Libengood was in the year 1776 in his twentieth year. That this deponent is himself of about the same age with the said Jacob Libengood. That they were both out in the service in said War and were both subject to military duty. That he this deponent is positive from his own personal knowledge and from the information obtained from his Parents aforesaid that the said Jacob Libengood is at present in his Eighty seventh year. And this deponent further states that he and the said Jacob Libengood made an effort to procure their Pensions in the year 1835. That the person employed by them did not understand how to draw their several Pension Papers and that after putting them to a great deal of trouble without effecting any point, they gave up the prospect of obtaining their Pensions at that time. That on account of their secluded situation from men who were acquainted with the Pension laws, their advanced age & infirmities, they did not have an opportunity to try again until the summer and fall of 1842. That they would have applied sooner had they known that they could have succeeded. They have had it in contemplation to apply again for a pension from time to time, but neglected to do so for want of suitable instructions and on account of a belief that they could not succeed. That this deponent is confident that the said Libengood would have applied sooner had he known what steps to have taken for the purpose of obtaining

his pension. That the reason of his delay was owing to the fact that he became disheartened from his being disappointed in his first effort as before stated, his want of an opportunity and proper instructions to proceed, his great age and little intercourse with those who could give him Counsel on the subject of his Claims, these and many other hindrances have been the cause why he has delayed so long before making any other attempt. These facts he knows and believes to be true from his own personal observation and from conversations which he has had with the neighbors of the said Jacob Libengood on the subject of his revolutionary Claims. Sworn to and subscribed on this 22 d day of April A. D. 1843.
Wm. Sherman Seal Simon Ruffener
And I the said Justice before whom the above statement has been made do hereby certify that Simon Ruffener who has subscribed and testified to the same in due form of law is a man of truth and veracity and entitled to Credibility. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Seal on this 22 d day of April - Anno Domini 1843 -
Wm. Sherman JP (Seal)
And the said Simon Ruffener in continuation of his aforesaid statement, further deposes that the following are some of the officers with whom he and the said Jacob Libengood served some of the time in their three first tours as before specified viz. Col. Levan, Capt. Wettrick, Capt. McCandless, Col. Smith, Col. Reiss, Col. Shafer, that these above were militia officers of the Counties adjacent to Northampton County, Penn a . That he now recollects these last mentioned officers from having a conversation with George Singly

one of his fellow soldiers, on the subject of their revolutionary services, which brought their officers to his recollection & remembrance. And he this deponent further says that one other reason why he and the said Jacob Libengood did not present their claims sooner, was, that they had often heard, that a number of other Revolutionary soldiers had presented their claims to the present War Department and which had been rejected, and it was and now is the general opinion that no Revolutionary soldiers can obtain any further Pensions, which circumstance also has hitherto deterred them from presenting their claims.
Witness my hand and subscribed this 22 nd day of April 1843
That Shannan Simon Ruffner
State of Pennsylvania. Westmoreland County ss. I David Fullwood Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do Certify that Thomas Shannon Esquire before whom it appears the above statement was made is an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Westmoreland in the State of Pennsylvania, that he is duly Commissioned and qualified and that to all his official acts full faith and Credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as out of the same and that the signatures and seals thereto affixed are his genuine signatures and seals.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of the said Court to be affixed at Greensburg on this eighth day of April A. D. 1843.
David Fullwood (Seal)

Deposition of Christopher Libengood In Jacob Libengood a Revolutionary Soldier.

State of Pennsylvania, Indiana County Sct - Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace within and for said County Christian Libengood who being duly sworn deposes and says that Jacob Libengood, his father is an applicant for a pension. That his father's name is recorded in his father's family Bible. That from that record he is now in his 87 th year being born in the year of Christ 1756 on the 9 th day of May of that year. That his father has also a German Prayer Book of very ancient date. That his father's name is recorded in said Prayer Book & was recorded there as he always understood by his Grandfather George Libengood which said record accords with the record above stated. That he always understood from said record and from all the members of his father's family that his said father Jacob Libengood is of the age above stated namely in his Eighty seventh year. That his father Jacob Libengood resides in an isolated part of said County. That owing to his great age and infirmities, his want of proper information how to proceed correctly for the purpose of obtaining his pension from the War Department under the act of 7 th June 1832 until this late period; That owing to these facts and also from the representation to his father of the difficulty of obtaining his pension without positive proof of his services by two witnesses who served with him. He has been unable to make an effective effort to obtain his pension until

the year 1842. That not long subsequent to the act of June 7th 1832 his father Jacob Libengood was informed that he might obtain a pension and he accordingly engaged a Justice of the peace to transact the necessary business relative to his procuring his pension. but the said Justice his agent did not comply with the regulations required by the War Department in making out the necessary papers &c and he has neglected since that time to make another effort until 1842 above mentioned. That this deponent is positive that his father would have applied sooner than he did this last time if he had been satisfied that he could have succeeded in obtaining his pension as aforesaid.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 13 th of March A.D. 1843 - Thomas Boyle Esq d Christopher Libengood
I hereby Certify that Christopher Libengood who has sworn to and subscribed the above deposition is a man of truth and veracity and entitled to Credit. Given under my hand this 13 th of March 1843 Thomas Boyle
State of Pennsylvania Indiana County } ss } W.
Prothonotary in and for said County do hereby I Robert Craig

Certify that Thomas Boyle Esquire before whom the above Proceedings were it appears had and who has subscribed the same is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the said County. That he is duly Commissioned and Qualified and that to all his official acts full faith and Credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice within his Jurisdiction as out thereof, and that the signatures and seal thereto affixed is his genuine signatures and seal
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of the said Court to be affixed on — this 19 day of March April Anno Domini 1848 —
T Boyle Esq

Blainville Pa, May 10/43
A. Arnel.
On account of claims of Jacob Libengood & Simon Ruffena for pensions.
A. 56. See May 22/43
Munson Office
pa. Mon. J

Warrenton May 10 th 1843
My Dear Sir
I beg to trouble you with stating briefly the cases of Jacob Tieberger and Simon Ruffener two old Revolutionary Soldiers who were born in Northampton County Pa. and served with the militia of that County in the Revolutionary War. Their Claims have been presented to the war department & the Commissioner has required more satisfactory evidence of their age and the reason for not applying sooner. Also the certificate of the Sec'y of Penn a as to the evidence his records afford of their services &c. which requisitions I am informed have been complied with. These men have always been reputed and believed by their neighbors to have been Revolutionary Soldiers and from conversations had with a great number of their friends and acquaintances it appears to be their unanimous desire to have them placed on the Pension Roll fully satisfied that they are justly entitled to the provision made by the act of Congress for their relief. I therefore respectfully request you would have a conversation with the Hon. the Commr. of Pensions on the subject of their claims & use your influence so far as may consist with your official station to have these aged heroes of the Revolution relieved by their Government. This will be an act of real justice to the applicants and afford their friends the pleasure of knowing that the present Administration is disposed to grant relief to the soldiers who in his country's day in the day and hour of danger
Very Respectfully Your Friend & C.
Hon. James M. Porter Secretary of War.
A. Arnel

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Liberty, Buff GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 6110 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 15, 1789 to not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Liberty, James GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 6125 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Apr. 19, 1796 to James A. Neale
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.