Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,469, for Gideon Tabor, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
R. 2
Tabor, Gideon or Taber,
W 25469
Hannah
CONTENTS

9317 Q Vermont
Gideon Talbot,
of St. Albans in the state of Vermont who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Olney of the R. Island line, for the term of nine months
inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th of June , 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th of Apr 1819 and sent to R. Temple Esq. Burlington, Vermont
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. 8 mo. 22/4/4  70.89 Semi-anl. all'ce ending 11 th  Apr 1819 48.00
$118.89
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Gideon S. Diller, Esq. 5. Sept. 1840.
Burlington Vermont. 5588.
Hannah Taber, widow of Gideon Taber, Dec d ?
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 March 1818- and who died on the 15 th of Feb y 1824. of Bennington in the State of Vermont.
who was a Matross in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Rob t Elliott in the R. Island line for 12 months a Matross & 9 " Pri. of Supt.
Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of July, 1840 and sent to Jesse Gove, Esq. Rutland, Ver.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept r 1840. 360:00 Semi-annual allowance ending Feb. '41 40.00
$400:00
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by J. A. Elliot Clerk, Book A, Vol. 2, Page 59.

Gideon Tabor and Hannah Carpenter were married November fourth, seventeen hundred and eighty seven
Gideon Tabor Town Clerk
I Gideon Tabor Town Clerk of the Town of Mount Tabor (formerly Harwich) in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont do hereby certify that the proceeding is a true copy of the record of said Marriage now remaining on the records of said Town, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows: "Nov. 4 th 1787"
Gideon S. Tabor
I Gideon S. Tabor, above named, depose and say that I held the office of Town Clerk in the Town County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Gideon S. Tabor, Town Clerk
State of Vermont } Rutland County ss } Sworn before me, this 2 nd day of March ----- 1840.
John Vail Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont, } Rutland County ss }
I, Frederick W. Hopkins, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County, do hereby certify, that John Vail is a Magistrate in and for said County, as above written, duly commissioned and qualified; and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said Court, at Rutland in said County, this first day of April, 1840.
F. W. Hopkins

1001
Hannah Tabor.
Yrs.
ad 7. July 38
m 87. d 24
Bonds 17. to 2. Sayer capt. 20 mark 78. for 12 mo.
adm o 12 mo. chitrop 9 mo. pri. Inf. 80.
No deduction
Life Govt. Rutland Vt.

State of Vermont } Bennington } Rutland County } ss
On this 2 nd day of May
1840, personally appeared before the Hon ble Probate Court of the District of Rutland  Manchester in said County, Hannah Taber, a resident of Mount Taber (formerly called Harwich) in the County of Rutland, in said State  aforesaid , aged Seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:"
That she is the widow of Gideon Taber, late of said Mount Taber, deceased, who was a private in the Rhode Island continental Line of the Army of the revolution, and was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of ninety six dollars a year, commencing on the 9 th day of June, 1818, and was inscribed on the pension list of the United States on the 13 th of April, 1819; to whose declaration and accompanying proofs she hereby refers for proof of the said Gideon's services. She further declares that she was married to the said Gideon Taber on the fourth day of November, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty seven; that her husband the aforesaid Gideon Taber died on the fifteenth — day of February — in the year eighteen hundred and twenty four — ; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz; at the time above stated.
Witnesses to the signing Loring Dean G. S. Taber
Hannah X Taber mark
Sworn to and subscribed, in open Court, on the day, and year above written, before me,
Loring Dean Judge.

State of Vermont Bennington County } ss
I, Lemuel Swift Register Pro tem. Clerk of the Probate Court of the District of Manchester in said County, do hereby certify, that the Hon. Loring Dean is Judge of said Court; that the several signatures, purporting to be his, affixed to the foregoing declaration of Hannah Tabor, and to the annexed affidavit of Gilead T. Tabor, are genuine; and that he is authorized by law to take acknowledgments of affidavits in all matters depending before said Court.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said Court, at Manchester in said Probate District, this second day of May — A. D. 1840. L. Swift Register Pro tem.

I, Gideon S. Taber, of Mount Tabor in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 36 — years and upward, do depose testify and say Gideon Taber and Hannah Taber whose names are mentioned in the annexed declaration of the said Hannah Taber were my parents; that the said Gideon Taber died at said Mount Tabor, on the fifteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and twenty four — ; that the said Hannah was the reputed lawful wife of the said Gideon Taber, deceased, and hath not intermarried since the decease of her said husband. Gideon S. Taber
State of Vermont } Bennington County } Be it known, that on this 2 nd day of May 1840, before me the subscriber, Judge of the Probate Court of the District of Manchester in said County, personally appeared, in open Court, Gideon S. Taber, who hath subscribed the foregoing affidavit in my presence, and made oath, in due form of law, that the same contains the truth and nothing but the truth. And I do hereby certify that the said affiant is a credible witness.
Loring Dean Judge.

Gideon Tabor
Vermont
9 th June/18
Gideon Tabor
11 th Tabor, Rutland Co.
March 1778 enlisted in Col t Robert Pritchett's Reg t of R. Artillery Served to the middle of March 1779 1 st April 1779 again enlisted & served in same Reg t for another year
20 March
Kunda 17 - to 2 -
Judge Amos Thompson.
Proof of service required
Proof annexed R. Temple

I James Hathaway of Danby in the county of Rutland and State of Vermont do testify and say that in the years of 1778 & 1779 and after I was a considerable part of my time living in the Town of Liverton in the State of Rhode Island in the neighborhood where Gideon Labon now Gideon Labon Esq. of Mt. Labon in the county of Rutland and State of Vermont then there lived. that I then understood that he was a soldier in the Army and often heard him spoken of as being in the Artillery and from information since. I am satisfied that he was two years in Capt. Sawyers company in Col. Robert Elliot's Regiment of Artillery and that I always understood that the S d Gideon Labon was a faithfull soldier and never knew of his leaving the Army before his being discharged - And furthermore by the best information which I have had the S d Gideon Labon was nine months in Col. Jeremiah Olney's Regiment. That Regiment being composed of Col. Green's & Col. Angel's Regiment and I having before been in Col. Green's Regiment and in the same Brigade of Col. Angel's and acquainted with the Officers and Soldiers of both Reg ts and having since heard the S d Gideon speak of the Officers and Soldiers of S d Regiments and many other particulars I am satisfied that he must have been in S d Regiment or he could not have had the knowledge that he possessed of it -  James Hathaway
State of Vermont } Danby April 1 st 1819 Rutland County } Then Personally appeared James Hathaway and was acknowledged to me the truth of the above deposition before me  Rufus Buckland Justice of Peace
I here by certify that the above deposition is a credible witness  Rufus Buckland Justice of Peace

State of Vermont
On the 9 th day of June 1818. before me the sub- scribed one of the judges of Rutland County Court per- sonally appears Gideon Tabor of W. Tabor in the County of Rutland aforesaid aged fifty six years who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress en- titled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed 18. March 1818-
That he the said Gideon Tabor enlisted at Tiverton in Rhode Island the first part of March 1778 into Capt. Joseph Scurry's Co. in Col. Robert Elliot's Regt of Artillery of Rhode Island. That he continued to serve in said corps until about the middle of March 1779 when he was discharged at Kingston in Bristol having served one year. That about the 1. April 1779 he again enlisted into the same company aforesaid and continued to serve in said corps until about the 1. April 1780 when he was discharged from service at Tiverton having served one year more. That about the middle of March 1782 he enlisted at Providence into Capt. John Holden's Company in Col. Jeremiah Olney's Regiment of Rhode Island & was mustered about the 20 th of the same month. That he continued to serve in said corps until the 21 st day of December 1782 when he was discharged from service at Saratoga in N. York having served nine months as a soldier. That he was in the battles on Rhode Island under General Sullivan. That he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of assistance from his country for support and that he has no other evidence in his power of his said services
Subscribed & sworn to & declared before me this day & year aforesaid
Gid n Tabor
Annas Thompson

I Amos Thompson one of the judges of Rutland County Court do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Gideon Fisher did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy - And it further appears to my satisfaction that from the reduced circumstances of said Gideon he stands in need of assistance from his country for support - And I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & heard before me to the secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress - Rutland 9. June 1818
Amos Thompson
By order of Judge Thompson R Temple Clerk
I Robert Temple Clerk of Rutland County Court do certify that Rufus Root who appeared before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, is a Justice of the peace for said county duly commissioned and that the annexed is his signature
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, the seal of said Court being hereunto affixed, this 1. Apr 1819
R. Temple

& 1812 Wars Section
/eel
October 29, 1928
M. Sarah Sutherland 311 C. Street, N.W. Washington, D. C.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 25469 , it appears that Gideon Tabor or Taber , enlisted at Tiverton, Rhode Island, in March 1778, served as a private in Captain Joshua Sawyer's Company, Colonel Robert Elliot's Rhode Island Regiment of Artillery, was in the battle of Rhode Island, and was discharged in March 1779.
He enlisted, April 1, 1778, served as a private in Captain Joshua Sawyer's Company, Colonel Robert Elliot's Rhode Island Regiment, and was discharged April 1, 1780.
He enlisted in March 1782, served as a private in Captain John Holden's Company, Colonel Jeremiah Olney's Rhode Island Regiment, and was discharged December 21, 1782.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 9, 1818, while a resident of Mount Tabor, Rutland County, Vermont, aged fifty-six years.

Rev. MEF
In 1819 it was stated that Gideon Tabor had been a member of the State Legislature for thirteen years and a magistrate of the county, and that the town in which he lived, Mount Tabor, was named after him.
He died February 15, 1824 at Mount Tabor.
Soldier married, November 4, 1787, Hannah Carpenter. She was allowed pension on her application executed May 2, 1840, while a resident of Mount Tabor, Vermont, aged seventy-four years.
Gideon S. Tabor, aged thirty-six years, was a resident of Mount Tabor, Vermont, in 1840, and then stated that Gideon and Hannah Tabor were his parents.
One Gideon S. Tabor was Town Clerk of Mount Tabor, Vermont, in 1840, relationship to soldier not stated.
There are no further family data on file.
This is the history of the only soldier named Gideon Tabor found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau, and said records fail to afford any information in regard to Peter Aldrich or Job Tabor, and the War of 1812 records fail to show that pension was ever claimed on account of the services of Gideon Tabor.
Respectfully,
EE .W MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

Admitted
James L. Edwards Esq Chief Clerk Pension Office City of Washington

Wellesley (Vt.) 3. Apr. 1879
Sir
I herewith return the application of Ebenezer Dyer Esq for a pension under the law of 18. March 1878-
I have procured but one affidavit, as none other could be conveniently come at, and believing from a representation of his character no more would be required. I have known this applicant for 15 years last past, during which time, with the exception I think of 2 years, he has been a member of the legislature of this State & a magistrate of the County. The town in which he lives ( St. John ), was named after him, coupled, perhaps, with the circumstances of its being high land & a place mentioned in the old testament (near Jerusalem I believe), bearing the same name. I presume from the character

of the man there can be no deception in his statement, & hope you will think proper to grant his pension without putting him to further expense in pro- curing testimony, as he is quite poor.
I am Sir, respectfully your Ob. Servt Th Temple,
J. L. Edwards Esq City of Washington

Rutland N o 4. May 1840
Sir
I transmit herewith the application of Mrs Hannah Tabor, for a pension under the act of July 7, 1838. The proof of her being still the widow of Gideon Tabor, deceased, is annexed to her declaration; and the proof of their intermarriage is contained in the accompanying affidavit of the Town Clerk of Mount Tabor.
Be pleased to communicate to me.
I am very respectfully Sir
Your obt. Servt.
Depe Govr 3
James L. Edwards Esq r Com r of Pensions City of Washington

Sept 4 40
Sept
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
Stearns & Bates
Sept 17

W. Tabor August 31st 1840
Dear Sir,
There was a declaration of Hannah Tabor widow of Gideon Tabor a revolution any pension forwarded to your department within six months past, (Gideon Tabor belonged to the Rhode Island service he petitioned and obtained a pension under the act of Congress of 1818, and was cut off by act of Congress and did not petition after) I learned that Hannah Tabor was allowed a pension but I cannot learn how much was I wish you to inform me how much service Gideon Tabor set forth in his declaration for a pension (under the first act of Congress on that subject) and how large a pension is allowed Hannah Tabor, and if her last certificate is forwarded to the place of Rutland Vermont Hannah Tabor is of Mount Tabor Rutland County Vermont,
I have, various reasons for requesting the above mentioned favor, I solicit your answer as soon as convenient without delay.
Your Obedt. Servant
To J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Gideon S. Tabor

1928- Oct. 29, Hist to M. Sarah Sutherland, M.E.E.
Reg WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25409
Hannah Tabor wid. of Gideon Tabor matr. date unknown
Act: July 7 th 1838.
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 266
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:— Will you kindly send me copies of applica- tions for pensions you may have for only  Gideon Jober ( Jobor ) who lived in Westport, Mass. but was a substitute in a Rhode Island Company, presumably. If you haven't enough data to

verify these facts, I'd be glad to receive a copy of the papers of any by that name with all information available concerning Revolutionary War service.
Please advise me also whether Peter Aldrich of Massachusetts, applied for a pension for Revolution- ary War service. If so, please copy papers.
Also wish any data you may have on Job Lober (Zabor) of Massachusetts, or Rhode Island as line was changed between states 1787.
Was no record in Q.W.  Gideon Lober of Duaneburg, N.Y. in War of 1812?
Thanking you for this service, I am, Very sincerely, Mrs. Sarah Sutherland
311 C St. N.W., Washington, D.C. June 9, 1925.