Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16928, for William Libby, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
continental Mass.
Libby, William
S16928
CONTENTS
buried

354
Maine
William Libby
of York Co in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Stiles of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Phinney in the Mass & line, for the term of 24 days Continental from Dec 1775 to 17
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month annum , to commence on the 24 day of Mar 1802 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of August 1802 and sent to Darius Agar Newfield York Co Me
the Roll on day of 182 and notification sent to at Pension commencing on the of 182
Amount due on 4th of Mar 1802 $ 80 Semi annual due  2 per " 40 8/20
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820. } June 1802
Recorded Book 2 Vol 1 - Page 67.

I William Libby of Newfield York Co. Maine aged 83 years old testify & say that I am the same William Libby to whom a pension certificate was granted by the Secretary of War dated the 23. day of January A.D. 1819 and numbered 5717, and that I was struck from the pension List by a letter dated 10, October 1828 both of which are here inclosed; I served as a private soldier eight months at Cambridge Mt. S. in 1775, in a company commanded by Capt. Tylor in Col. Finneys Regt. and in 1776 I served twelve months under the same officers at Ficonderage; at the expiration of which I enlisted again for three years into a company commanded by Capt. Skillings in Col. Francis' Regt. and served my time out, at West Point, taking Burgin Philadelphia Pa. I now live in the town of Newfield in the County of York & State of Maine, & I lived there when I made my first application for a pension and I have lived there more than forty years last past he having relinquished every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the pension and annuity that he is not on the Union roll of the Army of any state Attest James Ayer
his William Libby mark
York ss. July 30 1832 Personally appeared the above named William Libby and made oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed
Before me James Ayer Just. Peace
I certify that I have been a neighbor to the above named William Libby more than twenty years and am fully satisfied of the truth of his statement James Ayer

STATE OF MAINE.
York ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the First Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York within and for the County of York on the first  Tuesday being the fourth day of July and by adjournment as afforded from day to day, on the nineteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benj. a Greene Ch: Justice  Judge of said Court.
ON this nineteenth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said County  William Libbey aged seventy years, resident in Newfield in said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt s  Sylv a & Skillin in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Finney & Francis in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration made on the twentieth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 5,715 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and 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 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 18th day of March, 1818: 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
William Libbey
Sworn to and declared, on the 29 th day of July A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Benjamin Greene Ch: Justice
M c Daniel Sewall, Clerk
One of the Judges of the said Court
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate - 100 acres of hard land - small house & barn -
Personal estate 1 yoke of oxen, 3 cows - 1 horse, 12 sheep 3 pigs - 1 heifer yearling -
I am in debt to my son Edward Libbey for his labour 15 years since he was twenty one years of age and owe some smaller debts to the amount of thirty or forty dollars and have nothing due to me - William Libbey -

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me William Libbey who, by occupation am a farmer which I am unable to pursue by reason of age & infirmity -
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Elizabeth Libbey - 66 - Infirm - has lost the use of one arm   Edward Libbey - 26 - In tolerable health  
STATE OF MAINE.
I, York  W.B. Sewall Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said York , within the county of York do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record 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 six hundred dollars and seventy five cents. but Libbey owns his own more than he is worth IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 27 th day of July - A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
W.B. Sewall
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York }
William Libbey

Edw t Libbey's Deposition
In the case of W m Libbey - for restoration to Pension List

I Edward Libby testify & say that I have lived with my father William Libby of Newfield ever since I was twenty one years of age and done the labour on his farm as an other hired man would have done, that I was forty one years old last March and the only compensation I have ever received of the said William for my labour up to the year 1821, which is seventeen years is the farm which he deeded to me on the 14 th day March 1821 my wearing apparel which has been not worth more than thirty dollars a year and the stock which he then have at that time beginning of the the deed of said farm - one yoke of oxen, three cows & heifer
Edward Libby
York ss. September 29 th 1824
Personally appeared the above named Edward Libby and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition - by him Subscribed
Before me James Ayer Jun. Justice of the Peace
I certify that the foregoing Edward Libby is a credible witness
James Ayer Jun.
State of Maine
York ss.
I Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of York hereby certify, that James Ayer Jun. Esq. who certifies the above deposition of Edward Libby is a for a long time has been a justice of the Peace for said County, duly qualified to administer oaths in such cases & that full faith & credit are to his acts as such justice of the Peace
In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said County this eighth day of October A.D. 1824
Jer. Bradbury

16 928
INVALID.
16 928
William Libby
Pro Rev Mr
June 7 th 38
Vol. 1, Page 225
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5717.
Maine 1.
William Libby
Pension
Private -
Maine Continental
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of the district of Maine at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of Jan y 1818 1819 and sent to George Thacher Esq r . Judge Iaco. Maine -
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. 4 m th 1/30 - 36:00 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819 - 48: -
$ 84:00
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not enrolled
Woodfield. York Co.

Notification sent October 10, 1820 to Rev. J. L. Sewall, Hennepin County, Illinois
Issued Jan 23, 1819

compensation he has ever received besides his wearing apparel, is the land and stock, received of his father, on the 14 March 1821.
Claimant aged 75 - by occupa- tion, a farmer, but unable to sur- vive it from old age, and a wen on his neck - Wife aged 66, unable to support herself -
See letter 27 April 1829 to J. Goodwin and May 15. 1829 and 6 Janu- ary 1830. do. to J. Goodwin Feb. 20. 1830.
No.
The letter - Jan'y 14. 1825 to
Jeremiah Bradbury, Alfred, Maine.
March 1819.
{ Test. closed 8 Oct. 1824.
Maine.
William Libby.
Private.
Served 4 years from 1776.
1st schedule, dated 19 July 1820, con- tains 100 acres hard land, small house & barn - 1 yoke oxen - 3 cows, horse, 12 sheep - 3 pigs, 1 heifer $600:75-
Owes to his son Edward for his labor for 15 years, since he became of age - and other smaller debts, amounting to 30 or 40 dollars.
Schedule under act March 1823, dated 13 Feb. 1824, contains 30 acres wild land, of poor quality, and 1 horse 25 years old, all valued at $95:00
Accounts for decrease of property, by sale of 70 acres of his land, on the 14 March 1821, to his son Edward, for $1000, offset of debt. 1 yoke oxen, 3 cows, and 1 heifer to the same person, at same time, for 60 dollars, offset of debt. and 3 pigs used in his family. (Copy of the deed for the land is pro- duced.) The affidavit of Edward Libby states, that he has labored for his father in any other hired hand, for upwards 17 years, and that the only com-

Head Quarters, Albany Dec. 16 th 1876
The Bearer William Libbey a soldier of Capt: Tyler's Comp y H th P enn syl va nia Reg t whose term of enlistment expires on the last day of this month, being sick is hereby discharged the service of the United American States
By Order of the Gen l . John Lansing Jun r Secy

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