Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 77,029-160-55, for Samuel Taber, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Jaber, Samuel Deborah
B.L. No. 77029-160-55
CONTENTS

Let. E. F. Slocum Dec 11/89 Encl 9
Act March 3/55 283.715 Deborah Tabor Nov 18/87
Deborah Tabor #158 Hedoway
Samuel Tabor Jan 11/87 Samuel Tabor Pri
Capt. John Williams (M rs ) Col. 29 Nathan Freeman (M rs )
17. Revolutionary War
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Ad: 1600-1000 Jan 7/9/88
R. Updegraff
Vol. I. 20. 25
E. F. Slocum New Bedford Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, Nov. 13 1857
I Hereby Certify , That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed,
C. F. Slocum was a
Justice of the Peace for the County of Bristol
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony of which, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.
H. D. Pillsbury Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, November 7 th 1857.
I Hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Samuel Tabor is borne on pay roll of Capt. Benjamin Williams' Comp. Col. Nathan Freeman's Regt. from Sept. 29. 1777, 30 days, as private.
Also on pay roll of Capt. Timothy Ingraham's Comp. Stationed at Fort Dartmouth May 1 st 1778, 61 days, as Nat. Vols.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
H. De Witt
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

New Bedford Nov 5/88 Hon Secretary of State
Dear Sir, will you be so kind as to cause to be sent to me the following information whether the name of Samuel Tabor, who served here in what was then New Bed- ford at the fort in Captain Sugghams Company in the Revolutionary War, is to be found on the the rolls, and if so please give me the dates and time of service I Enclose a prepaid Envelope with my address
Yours Truly E. H. Hoxie.

Marriage Solemnized by Alden Spooner " Samuel Taber to Deborah Weston both of New Bedford. Nov. 26, 1797 " Entered May 2, 1798"
I Sanford S Horton having been duly sworn depose and say I am City Clerk of the City of New Bedford, and as such have the custody of the Records of said City I further say the above certificate of Mar- riage between Samuel Taber & Deborah Weston is a true Copy of the records of said City in every particular
Attest Sanford S. Horton City Clerk
State of Massachusetts County of Bristol On this Eleventh day of November A.D. 1857 personally appeared Sanford S. Horton, City Clerk, of New Bedford to me well known and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit
E. H. Slocum Justice of the Peace

Country Land Claim for Service in the War of the Revolution Deborah Taber Widow of Samuel Taber act of mch 3, 1855 283,715
filed by E. H. Bloom New Bedford Mass

State of Massachusetts } County of Bristol }
On this 10 th day of November A.D. 1857 personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Deborah Tabor aged Eighty five years a resident of Fairhaven in the State of Massachusetts, who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the Widow of Samuel Tabor deceased who was a private in the Company of Captain Benjamin Williams, Col. Nathan Green's Regiment in the Revolutionary War so called from Sept 29 th 1777 for thirty days, also in the Comp any Commanded by Captain Timothy Ingraham State Brigaded at Fort Dartmouth Massachusett she further says her husband was drafted at Dartmouth Mass, the date not known to her that he was honorably discharged, but the date of his discharge is not known to her, she sends the cer- tificate unaffixed from the Sec. of State of Mass. as proof of his service, She further states that she was married to the said Samuel Tabor in New Bedford on the 26 th day of November A.D. 1797 by one Alden Spooner a justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Deborah Weston that her said husband died at New Bedford on the third day of February A.D. 1816 and that she is now a Widow
She makes this declaration for the purpose of ob- taining the bounty land to which she may be en- titled under an act of Congress passed or app

approved March 3 rd 1855 and she further declares that she has not received nor applied for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress and she prays the certificate thereof may be sent for her to E. F. Hoxum at New Bed- ford Massachusetts
Witness E. F. Hoxum
Deborah their X Taber mark
We Freeman Taber & Obed Gifford
Residents of Farnham in the state of Massachusetts upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Deborah Taber in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the ap- plicant that she is the identical person she rep- resents herself to be. We well knew her husband and Samuel Taber for many years before his death we knew that they Samuel & Deborah Taber Taber lived together as Man and Wife and as such brought up children and the fact of their being husband and Wife we never heard called in question. We know Samuel Taber died as stated in her above application, because we were living in his neighborhood and attended his funeral, we have often heard the said Sam l speak of his ser- vice in Lycoming Co. Revolutionary War
Freeman Taber
Obed Gifford
The foregoing declaration and Affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on

the day and year first above Written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and is still a widow and that I have no interest in this claim
C. H. Moccum Justice of the Peace

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, January 4 1858
W e hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestations hereunto annexed.
E. F. Shroom was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Bristol
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony of which, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.
J. D. Slee Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Massachusetts County of Bristol On this second day of January A.D. 1818 teen Hundred and fifty Eight personally came Deborah Labe to me well known and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit according to Law, E. H. Slocum Justice of the Peace

Additional Evidence Deborah Labe No - 283,715 act March 3 1885 Widow of Sam Labe a Revolutionary Sol- ier
filed by E. F. Stone on, New Bedford Mass
Exhibit A to the Petition for Pension

I Benjamin Howard having been duly sworn depose and say I am seventy five years of age I well knew Samuel Tabor whose Widow Delilah had applied through E. H. Storrer for Bounty Land. I knew him for more than thirty years before his death which occur- red in the year 1815 he was a resident of New Bedford, which was in the Revolutionary War called Dartmouth. I have often heard him tell of serving in the revolutionary War at Fort-Dartmouth, under Captain Ingraham, and it was a matter of tradition among the neighbors that he did thus serve it was a matter generally believed as much so as any event; he was a steady and faithful person and we never heard his story of having served there called in question. He are as well satisfied of his service as afore- said as he can be of any event which I did not witness and there was no other Samuel Tabor that was old enough or who clai- med to have served in said Company. Witness L. Tabor, Benjamin his X Howard mark

State of Massachusetts
Bristol ss. on this second day of January A.D. Eighteen Hundred and fifty eight personally came Benjamin Howard to me well known, and who being sworn accor- ding to Law made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed in my presence
E. H. Slocum Justice of the Peace

I Jabez Tabor having been duly sworn depose and say I am Eighty three years old I well knew Samuel Tabor late husband of Deborah Tabor who has made application for Bounty Land through E. F. Hemen I further say I knew the said Samuel Tabor for forty years previous to his death, which occ- ured at New Bedford about the year 1815 I well remember his saying or telling of his serv- ices in the old Fort Dartmouth Capt. Ingraham during the Revolutionary War, and I have heard him tell of it so many times and have heard others who were there speak of it that I believe he was the man, as much so as I believe any fact that I did not see, and never heard the fact called in question by any one, he was a respectable truthfull person, there were many men living in this vicinity forty years ago, who could swear to it, & who would have denied his serving were it possible to have done so, there was no other Samuel Tabor who claim- ed to have served as aforesaid
Jabez Tabor
State of Massachusetts County of Bristol On this second day of January A D Eighteen Hundred and fifty Eight personally

Came Labey, Labey to me well known who being duly sworn according to Law declared the forgoing affidavit by him signed is strictly true
E. H. Slocum Justice of the Peace

Head Quarters Office. December 17 th 1857.
Sir:
The bounty law claim of Deborah Tabor, as the widow of Samuel, has been examined & suspended.
Proof should be filed which will identify her husband as the soldier whose service is certified by the Secretary of State of Massachusetts.
Yours Respectfully, G. A. Dunning
Commissioner.
E. F. Slocum Esq. New Bedford. Mass:

New Bedford Jan'y 5, 1858 Hon G. C. Whiting
I received the enclosed letter from you asking for Proof of identity of Sam Luber as the man whose services are certified to be I will now state the certificate from the Sec of State of Mass was obtained by me without the knowledge of the applicant after she had applied to me and told me her husband served with Capt Ingraham in the revolutionary War, and I sent the Certificate to assist your department in finding said service. It is very unusual to ask for proof of identity and it seems rather hard to ask the Widow of a soldier of the Revolution to prove her husband's identity, as your dept is aware it must be impossible to find those who served at the same time with the husband of the applicant. I have sent you herewith the best evidence she can obtain as to his identity which I presume your

department will deem sufficient as it is much more than you ever ask for, for those who served in the later Wars, hoping you will receive such satisfaction from the affidavits herewith forwarded as shall cause the Warrant to issue I remain
Yours Truly E. H. Slocum