Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2132-200, for John Tibbs, Virginia

Va.
Gibbs John.
B.L.W. 2132 - 200 - Lieut. Issued July 5, 1799 to Jas Saylor assignee of Willoughby Gibbs. etc. etc.
also recorded under B.L.W. 2477 - 200 - Lieut. Issued July 5, 1799 to Jas Saylor assignee of Willoughby Gibbs the surviving brother and heir. No papers.
{Weitman's Historical Register records this man as Gibbs.}

M. A. ROMJUE 1st Dist. Missouri
Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
Nov. 11, 1929.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Enclosed find copy of letter from Mrs. J. L. Tibbs of Macon, Mo., and it will be very much appreciated if you will furnish me such information as your records may show concerning the matter in question.
Very truly yours,
maRomjue

Copy
Hon. M. A. Romjue, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Romjue:
Do you think you can help me to obtain a Revolutionary War record (copy) of service of John Tibbs, Captain--Virginia?
I have the following data from Volume 1, "Virginia's Soldiers of 1776."
List of supernumerary officers--John Tibbs, Captain, with original allowance, 3111, 15 April, 1800, and additional allowance, 371, 12 Feb. 1808.
He is shown to have been a Capt.-Lt. in Spring of 1778 and a Junior Captain on September 14, 1778, at which time he became a supernumerary officer. Discussion of this is probable reason for so considerable mention. It is stated also that Tibbs' land was granted in 1800, after his death in 1785 in Lexington, Kentucky, hence he could give no explanation of his rank.
We have reasons for believing him the grandfather of Thomas Tibbs (Mr. J. L. Tibbs' Sr. father) and since the land grant is recorded there must also be a record of the grantee, with, perhaps, a list of heirs.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. J. L. Tibbs.

Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MCS/eel
B.L.Wt. 2477-200
November 18, 1929
Honorable M.A. Romjue House of Representatives Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Romjue:
In reply to your letter of November 11, 1929, relative to information desired by Mrs. J.L. Tibbs, of Macon, Missouri, I have the honor to advise you that from the Revolutionary War records of this bureau it appears that Bounty Land Warrant No. 2477, for two hundred acres was issued July 5, 1799, to James Taylor, Assignee of Wil-loughby Tibbs, the surviving brother and heir of John Tibbs, who served during the Revolution as Lieutenant of Virginia Troops.
There are no further data on file relative to John Tibbs and his family, owing to the destruction of papers in bounty land claims when the War Office was burned in 1800.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.
Used B.L.Wt. 2477 as Gen. Land Office reports that this Wt. was patented & that they have no record of Wt. 2132
Used
11/18/29