Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35666, for John Tibbets, Rhode Island

SERVICE
R.I.
Tibbets, John
NUMBER
S. 35666
CONTENTS

John Tibbetts Schedule 1821.

State of Maine.
Penobscot ss. At a Circuit of Common Pleas for the third Eastern circuit, begun and holden at Bangor in and for said county on the third Monday of September A. D. 1821.
On the _____ day of the setting of said Court personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record, and of common law Jurisdiction, John Tibbets aged sixty six years last February, resident in Brewer in said County of Penobscot, who being first sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that, he served in the Revolutionary War, agreeable to his statement of the twenty seventh day of June A. D. 1820, a certified copy of which was duly forwarded to the War Department; and which is more fully set forth in his original applications made on the eleventh day of July A. D. 1820. upon which he received his Pension certificate No. 13.562.
And I John Tibbets do solemnly swear, that I was a resident Citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and, that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and, that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any Property or securities, contracts, or debts due me; nor have I any income, other, than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. John Tibbets.

Schedule of Property,
Real Estate - I have none.
Personal Estate - I have none, except my wearing apparel, and a few articles of Kitchen furniture, of small value.
The Property contained in my former schedule of June 27. 1820 - valued at $334. has now gone to pay the debts therein stated to be due, and has proved insufficient for discharging the same.
I am a husbandman by occupation, have been for a long time afflicted by the Rheumatism, as formerly stated, which has much increased, and I am unable by reason of age & infirmity to labour much of my time.
My family continues the same, as before stated, except my son David Tibbets, who has since become of age, and is now for himself.
John Tibbets.
Sworn to and declared on the eighteenth day of September Anno Domini 1821 before the court Attest Isaac Hodsden Clerk
Pembroke, J.:
State of Maine.
At the circuit court of Common Pleas begun and held at Bangor within and for the county of Penobscot on the Third Monday of September A. D. 1821.
And now after mature deliberation consideration, the court are of opinion that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Five Dollars.
Attest Isaac Hodsden Clerk
A true copy of record
Attest Isaac Hodsden Clerk

P B. 562 Massachusetts.
John Tibbets of Dunstable in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel White of the P. Island line, for the term of one Year in 1776 .
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 of July 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of July 1819 and sent to Martin Wapshley Esq.  Hampden Maine
Arrears to 4th of March 1819  62.44 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819  48.  7 mo. 20 days ans.  110.44
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not entitled
Notification sent the 14 July 1820 to  Darius Perkins Esq. For the within named  Tibbets , has removed to Maine .
Benjamin P. Dyer  Mass.
Informed Nov. 1. 1821 that he could not be reinstated. Sent as before.

John Tibbets
msf. 300
sq. 19

Schedule of Property.
Real estate — — — — — None.
Personal estate
5 very old & very poor chairs — — — — — $1.67 6 old knives & forks — — — — — .33 1 old pine table — — — — — .25 1 " " chest — — — — — .25 1 Poor Desk — — — — — 1.50 4.00
John Tibbets.
A true Copy Attest Isaac Hoarson Clerk of Probate Court

State of Maine.
Penobscot ss.
On this twenty fourth day of June Eighteen hundred & twenty three, personally appeared in open Court, to wit, in the Court of Common Pleas, held at Bangor, within & for said County in the State of Maine, the same being a Court of Record which proceeds according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amounts. John Tibbets, resident at Brewer in said County aged sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Act, of the eighteenth day of March, Eighteen hundred & eighteen; the first of May, Eighteen hundred & twenty; and the first of March, Eighteen hundred & twenty three, that he the said John Tibbets enlisted for the term of one year in the first part of the month of February in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain William Tew, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Daniel Hitchcock in the line of the State of Rhode Island on the continental Establishment, that he continued to serve in said corps until the end of said year, when he was discharged from the said service at Croswick in the State of New Jersey. And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the Eighteenth of March Eighteen hundred & eighteen, & that I have not, since that time, by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United in the Revolutionary War, passed on the eighteenth day of March Eighteen hundred & eighteen, & that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is named in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed. That since the exhibition of my first schedule, the following changes have been made in my property.
   Estate. To whom sold. Time of sale. Amount of money received in return.     Real Estate David Tibbets April 2. 1821 Received one hundred & fifty Dollars, all which has been paid to bona fide creditors, viz: $104. to Sam. Stone - balance to Ephraim Nickerson.   all personal Estate mentioned in said first schedule I have sold to David Tibbets April 2. 1821 Received thirty five dollars, which paid said David Tibbets for labour done for me by him before said 2 d day of April.  
I am a Farmer by occupation, but have not been able to do a whole days work for the two years last past. My family residing with me consists of four, to wit, Lydia Tibbets my wife, sixty five years of age, unable to labour, Cynthia Tibbets

Eighteen years of age able to labour, Lydia White a grand daughter, & an orphan sixteen years of age & destitute of property.
John Tibbets.
State of Maine, Penobscot, Js. June 24 th 1823.
Sworn in open Court
Sam l E. Smith,
Justice Court of com. Pleas.
A true copy—
Attest.
Isaac Hodsdon Clerk of said Courts
State of Maine
Penobscot Js.
I, Isaac Hodsdon, clerk of all the Judicial courts for the county of Penobscot, do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the court, that the said John Tibbets did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is four dollars. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said court, this first day July 1823.
Isaac Hodsdon Clerk of said Courts

John Dibbets Oath & Schedule
13,562
Not entitled (Sept. 10/19.)
Not entitled 2

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF PENOBSHOT, ss.
Circuit Court of Common Pleas, June Term 1820.
ON this twenty seventh day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record within and for said County, and State of Maine, established by a law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, made and passed on the eleventh  twenty first day of June, A. D. 1811, and recognized by the Constitution of the State of Maine, John Tibbetts aged, sixty five years, resident in Brewer in said County of Penobscot, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: That he
enlisted in the month of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, for one year, under cap t William Tew of Rhode Island, in the Regiment of Col. Daniel Hitchcock, on the Continental Establishment, and served out that term; and at the end thereof received a discharge, in writing, which was burnt with my house more than twenty years since. Of which I originally made declaration on the eleventh day of July A.D. 1810, before the Hon ble Martin Kinsley, one of the judges of this Court, and received Pension-certificate, N o 13562.

AND I John Tibbetts do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me: nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
(Signed) John Tibbetts.
Real estate, I have fifty acres, buildings old, and of little value.
Personal estate. 1 Cow - 2 Steers, 3 years old - 1 Heifer, 2 years old - 2 Swine.
Am owing, and liable to have my property taken for payment, three hundred dollars. A Husbandman by occupation; much afflicted with the Rheumatism, which renders me unable to labour much of my time.
Family. - My wife Lydia, aged 63 years, out of health, and has not done a days work for two years. Children - David Tibbetts aged 20 years, health not good. Cynthia Tibbetts " 16 " good health. Lydia White " 12 " good health, a Grand Daughter, father & mother dead, & destitute of property.
(Signed) John Tibbetts. Sworn to and declared on the twenty seventh day of June A.D. 1820, before the Court. Atty. Thos. Cobb Clerk.
I, THOMAS COBB, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Third Eastern Circuit, in the County of Penobscot and State of Maine, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court: And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is three hundred thirtyfour dollars and . cents.
$ 334..
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty seventh day of June A. D. 1820.
Thos. Cobb Clerk
of the said Court for the County of Penobscot.

John L. private  bits Col. Welchrock Rd.
One year,
Signature
+
Admitted
Martin Kingsley
Hampden Maine

I John Pibbitts of Bowler in the County of Penobscot Maine aged sixty four, on oath do testify & say, that some time in the month of May 1775, according to the best of my recollection I enlisted into the Revolutionary war for six months in Capt. Simonds Company; I was stationed at Taverns-end, & at the mouth of Sheshequit River. I performed this service & was regularly discharged. I then enlisted for two months in Capt. Simonds Company of the Penobscot troops . I served this time out, & at that time I enlisted again for one year; in Capt. Wm. Fews Company of the Rhode Island Troops. Col. Hitchcocks Regt. Green's Brigade. I joined my Regt. at Prospect hill: after the evacu- -ation of Boston we marched to N. York, & were stationed on Long Island: continued there till we were driven off by the enemy: We were after this stationed along the line of the enemy in N. York, N. Jersey. I was in the Battle of Fredericktown: Served my said year out & was regular- -ly discharged at a place called Croswick in Penn- -sylvania: My discharge was signed by Col Israel Angel, of the 11 th Regt. of R. I. which discharge was burnt in my dwelling house, upwards of twenty years ago. I am now under reduced cir- -cumstances, & need the assistance of the State for support. —
ar sou re urs

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
PENOBSLOT, ss.
ON the 11 th day of July A. D. 1818, be me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Third Eastern Circuit, of the Court of Common Pleas, in said Commonwealth, including the Counties of Hancock, Washington and Penobscot : Personally appeared John Titbits who, being by me first duly sworn according to law, on his oath made the statement and declaration by him subscribed, and hereto annexed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war."
And thereupon, I the said Judge do certify that I am satisfied the said John did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in his said declaration, against the common enemy, and that he has made it appear to me, that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Which proceedings and the testimony annexed, being all he has been able to produce, I now transmit to the Secretary, for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and caused the seal of said Court to be hereto affixed Judge of the Court as aforesaid. M. Kimble Esquire,

John Tibbets must make an affidavit agreeably to the within form, and trans- mit it, properly authenti- cated to the War Depart- ment, before his name can be transferred.
If the Pensioner does not remove to Maine, his name cannot be transferred to that Agency.
27 Jan. 1824.

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Maine
County of Penobscot ss.
On this thirtieth day of March  and of the Quorum 1826, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Penobscot in the State personally appeared John Tibbetts of Brewer County & State aforesaid who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain William Trew in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dan d Hitchcock in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Massachusetts although he has resided in Maine for seventeen years  from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state (district, or territory) of Maine where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. That he at present receives Eight dollars per month. and that his reason for asking to be transferred to Maine is because he could not receive his pension in Massachusetts any more - and did not receive it to the 4th March 1826
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid. Joseph Carr Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum
John Tibbetts
NOTE. The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.

I Alexander Savage of Bangor County of Penobscot and State of Maine of lawful age do make oath that I am well acquainted with John Tibbets within named and that he is the same person who subscribed the foregoing Affidavit —
Alexander Savage
State of Maine
Penobscot ss Bangor March 30 th 1826 —
Then personally appeared before me Joseph Carr a Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum and commissioned Alexander Savage above named and qualified, and took and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with him & know him to be a man of truth & veracity a Register of Probate & a Magistrate in said County witness my hand the day & year above said —
Joseph Carr Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum

State of Maine
Penobscot ss
I Isaac Hoodson of Bangor in the County of Penobscot Clerk of all the Judicial Courts holden for & within the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Joseph Carr is a Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum within and for the County aforesaid and duly commissioned to discharge the duties of the same and that the foregoing signatures are his hand & writing
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of our Supreme Judicial Court at Bangor the thirtieth day of March Anno Domini 1820
Isaac Hoodson Clerk as (aforesaid)

His age 68 - infirm Wife 65 - unable to labor - a Daughter 18. a Grand Daughter and an orphan, aged 10 -
30 23 3 7/70 186 16 48 65 86
Jacob M c Gann
Bangor Maine
Restored 3 Sep 1823
Massachusetts Osborn Tibbets.
Private. 1 st ap. 1776
1 st Schedule June 1820. 50 acres of Land with old Building - 1 Cow, 2 Steers 1 heifer & 2 Swine - all valued at $334 -
States that he owes $300. for which his property is liable to be taken.
2 nd Schedule June 24. 1823
A few articles of furniture valued at $4 -
Real Estate sold to David Tibbets for $450. April 2. 1821, acknowledged same day Rec d & Recorded. August 4. 1823. The signature of the Register not authenticated.
Personal Estate at the same time for $95. to D. Tibbets - which money has been paid to bona fide Creditors (over)

John Tibbetts — Private
Massachusetts.
Served 1 year in 1776 —
1 st schedule, dated 7 June 1820 —
Contains 50 acres of land with old buildings — 1 Cow, — 2 Steers. — 1 heifer and 2 swine — these articles are not valued separately, but collectively at $334.00
States that he owes $300.00 for which his property is liable to be taken. — Claimant 65 years old — by occupation, a husbandman, unable to work much — Wife aged 63, out of health, and has not done a day's work for two years — 1 son aged 20, health not good — 2 daughters aged 16 & 12, in good health — and 1 granddaughter an orphan, destitute of property —
Application made to be restored, & rejected 1 Nov r 1821. —
2 nd schedule, dated 18 Sept r 1821 — contains no real estate — and only a few articles of kitchen furniture, valued at $5.00
Claimant states that the property in his first schedule

has gone to pay the debts mentioned therein and proved insufficient to dis- charge them. His family the same as in the first schedule, with the exception of his oldest son, who has become of age, and has gone to himself—
The Selectmen of the town of Brewer certify, on the 28 Sept r 1821, that the claimant has been recently totally disabled to labor, from a fall, and that it is doubtful whether he will ever recover — They also certify that his property has been disposed of to pay his debts — and that he is now in indigent circumstances—
Send reg d — Regulations sent, April 15 th 1823.
David Portman, Brewer, Maine —

I Abraham Walker of Alma in the County of Penobscot Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify & say, that I am well acquainted with John Tibbets of Brewer in the County of Penobscot in said Common- wealth - that we served upwards of nine months toge- ther in the Revolutionary war on the continental estab- lishment - that said Tibbets & myself both enlisted in the month of February in the year 1776 as privates in the war of the revolution on the continental es- tablishment in Capt. W m Jewes Company in Col. Hitchcocks Rhode Island Regiment - that we served together in said Company until the 29 th of November 1776 when I was taken sick at the White Plains & left the Regiment went to the hospital - I did not join my company again - when I was so taken sick I left said Tibbets in said Company & understood that he served out his said years enlistment. — Abraham Walker

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Lincoln ss. June 5. 1819 Personally appeared the aforenamed Abraham  Abraham Walker before me here. which Bailey one of the Justices of the Peace within for said County of Lincoln and after due exam- ination & direction to testify the whole truth maketh oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed & written by me at his request the aforesaid deponent is a disinterested person of good credit in whose testimony confidence may be placed.
Isaac Bailey Just. Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Lincoln ss
I certify that Isaac Bailey whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate is a Justice of the Peace duly & legally qualified to act as such in & for this County & that the foregoing is his own proper signature. In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court this same 5 th day of June A.D. 1819.
Nathl. Coffin Clerk of the Judicial Court for said County of Lincoln

I Calvin Pinkham of Boxford in the county of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts on Oath do testify & say that I am well acquainted with John Tibbetts of Brewer in the county of Penobscot in said Commonwealth at 1815 that we served Twelve months together in the Revolutionary war on the Continental establishment - that said Tibbetts & my- self both enlisted in the Month of February in the year 1778 as privates in the war of the Revolution on the Continental establishment in Capt. M c Lean's Company & Col. Hitchcock's Rhode Island Regiment
Calvin Pinkham
Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
Lincoln ss. June 7 th A.D. 1819. Personally appeared the the above named Calvin Pinkham before me Lewis Thos p one of the Justices of the Peace within & for the said County of Lincoln & after due examination & caution to testify the whole truth maketh oath to the truth of the above depos- ition by him signed & written by me at his request the deponent above said is a disinterested person & of good credit in whom testimonial confidence may be placed.
Lewis Thos p Just. Peace.

1 March 1823
France
John Nesbitt
Sept 1819
Recd 18 May 1823
J. C. Calhoun Washington City

Pungo Aug. 11. 1823
Hon J. C. Calhoun
I forward to you enclosed a copy of the deed by which John Tibbet's a pensioner conveyed away his estate shall forward to you three other deeds of persons claiming pensions as soon as they can be obtained
Yours &c
Jacob M'Graw

copy of Deed J Tibbetts to David Tibbetts
Dec 1, 50

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I John Tibbetts of Brewer in the County of Penobscot and State of Maine yeoman. —
In consideration of one hundred & fifty dollars to me paid by David Tibbetts of Town, County & State aforesaid — yeoman, —
(the receipt whereof I - do hereby acknowledge,) have remised, released, quit , and forever quit-claimed, and do, for myself and my heirs, by these presents, remise, release, quit and forever quit-claim unto the said David Tibbetts and to his heirs and assigns, forever, a certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in Brewer aforesaid and is bounded as follows, viz Beginning at the Penobscot river on Joseph Severances north line, thence southeasterly by said line about one mile & a quarter to a stake and stones, thence northerly at right angles thirty rods to a stake and stones to land of Elisha Skinner, thence northwesterly by said Skinner's line to Penobscot river to a stake & stones, thence by said river to the bound began at, containing fifty acres, be the same more or less, with all the buildings situate on the same. —
To HAVE and to HOLD the afore-mentioned premises, with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging, to him the said David Tibbetts and to his heirs and assigns forever; so that neither I - the said John Tibbetts nor my heirs, or any other person or persons claiming from or under me or them, or in the name, right or stead of me or them, shall or will, by any way or means, have, claim, or demand any right or title to the aforesaid premises, or their appurtenances, or to any part or parcel thereof forever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I - the said John Tibbetts.
have hereunto set my hand and seal this second day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one. —
Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of
Benj m Garland Joseph Barr —
John - Tibbetts (S.S.)
Penobscot ss. Bangor April 2 d 1821 The above named John Tibbetts did acknowledged the above instrument to be his free act and deed, before me,
Joseph Barr — Justice of Peace.
Received August 4 th 1823 Entered by — John Wilkins Reg r A true copy as of record — Attest — John Wilkins Reg r

Petition of John Libbets
13,562
on Mass ts Role Sept 1819

To the Hon. John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War.
The Petition of John Tibbetts of Brewer in the County of Penobscot and State of Maine, Husbandman, late a Soldier of the United States in the Revolutionary War, respectfully represents,
That he served in the Revolutionary War, agreeably to his Declaration of the eleventh day of July A.D. 1818, forwarded to the War Department, and upon which he received pension certificate No. 13,662, - and afterwards in June 1820, he forwarded a schedule of his property and liability of the debt, he then owed, upon the receipt of which his Name was stricken from the pension list, and his Pension discontinued. Since which the Property, he then possessed, has been taken by his creditors in payment of the debt, he then owed, as far as the same would pay; but was insufficient to pay the whole. And furthermore he herewith sends a new Schedule duly authenticated, together with a certificate of the selectmen of the Town of Brewer aforesaid, which truly represent the present situation of him and his Property; and that he is in indigent circumstances, and stands in need of his country's aid for his support -
Whereupon the said John Tibbetts prays, that his Name may be restored to the pension list, and he again receive a Pension.
Brewer October 17. 1821.
John Tibbetts

Certificate of Selection of Brewer

To whom it may concern.
The undersigned, Selectmen of the Town of Brewer hereby certify, that they are well acquainted with Mr. John Tibbetts of this Town, late a Pensioner, and that he is from age and infirmity able to do but little labor, and has been so some time past, that he has recently received an injury from a fall, which now totally disables him for labor, and it is uncertain when he recovers if ever. And we further certify, that the Property lately belonging to him is gone from him in payment of his debts, and in his support, that he is now in indigent circumstances and we have no doubt, so far as respects Property, and ability to labor, that he is fit subject for a Pension under the late acts of Congress passed for the relief of Persons, who served in the Revolutionary War.
Brewer Sept. 28. 1821.
George Leonard } Selectmen William Copeland } of Brewer

Transferred From Massachusetts To. Maine, 15 April 1826 From 4 March 1826.
Notification sent to S. Carr, Esq.
Bangor Maine
Sept 19.

35.666
Rev INVALID.
File No. 35,666
John Tibbets Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 419
[Arrangement of 1870.]