Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16929, for George Libbey, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass
Libbey, George
NUMBER
S16929
CONTENTS
banded

Maine 21. 531
George Libbey of York Co in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hubbard of the 1st Regt commanded by Col Goodwin in the Maine line for 12 months
Date of death not on a B.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Sept 1833 and sent to Main- mona Elort Maine
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833 $100.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 31 20.00 $120.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N. D. Johnson Clerk Book 2 Vol. 1 Page 32

13.859
George Libby
April 8 th 1833
Ch 16-
13.859
Pm at 12 Months -
1.322
25 July 1833
Ch. 16.
J. Hammond
Eliz-
Me
William Lloyd
Black. Gore
Me

I  BRIEF in the case of George Sibbey of York County in the State of Maine (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72 years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. Gen.     In 1778 3 private Col Hubbard Col Lord   1779 9 " Col Bragdon "   Genl Woodworth  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Eliot Maine  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? two living witnesses.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Catts Examining Clerk.

13,859.
Geo. Libbey.
Libbey

State of Maine.
COUNTY OF YORK, SS.
ON this fifteenth day of August A D 1832 personally appeared in open court, before me  William J. Hays Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at South Berwick  George Libby a resident of Eliot in the county of York and State of Maine aged twenty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
Enlisted in April A D 1777 or 1778 I do not recollect which in Captain Elisha Shapleigh's Company of Infantry for the term of three months and marched immediately to Boston in the State of Massachusetts and joined a Company under the Command of Capt. Erastus Preble of York. James Shapleigh was first Lieutenant. John Shubrick of Berwick second Lieutenant Col. Abraham Foster commanded the Regiment and continued to do duty in said Company & Regiment in guarding Burgoyne's Army until the time for which I had enlisted had expired and was discharged. was was discharged at Winter Hill by my said Captain we were stationed during this service at the said Winter Hill in Cambridge.
In March A D 1779 I again enlisted in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War for the term of nine months and marched immediately to Saltonstall in the District of Maine and joined Capt. Thomas Bragdon's Company of Infantry and continued to do duty in said Company at said place for one or two months and then marched with said Company to Cambridge in said District of Maine and was under the command of Genl. Wadsworth who then commanded that Station and continued to do my duty in said Company under the Command of the aforesaid officers until the time for which I had enlisted had expired and was discharged at said Station by the said General Wadsworth on the 25 th day of December of the same year. Further say that I was not in any engagement during the aforesaid service.

1 Ques. Where and in what year was you born? Ans. I was born in Hiltley A.D. 1760 January 25 th —
2 Ques. Have you any record of your age and if so when is it? Ans. My age is recorded in the records of the Town of Hiltley.
3 Ques. Where were you living when called into service; where do you now live and where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
Ans. I was living in Hiltley, District of Maine when I enlisted and have always lived in the same place since.
4 Ques. How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute
Ans. I volunteered I was called by Col. Ichabod Goodwin in the command at Boston Genl. Wadsworth at Cambridge and I enlisted each time of my service.
5 Ques. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Ans. I do not know that I ever did receive a written discharge from the service but I think I received a verbal discharge from Col. Ichabod Goodwin in the first campaign of Genl. Wadsworth in the second. I think I had written discharge but have lost it. Jonathan Hammond Jun. Esquire and Dennis Leland lives in my immediate neighborhood & with whom I have always been acquainted and also Joseph Hilliard a respectable citizen living in Berwick can testify as aforesaid.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
George Libby
WE, Joseph Hilliard, a clergyman, residing in the town of Bethel and Don d Hammond Jr., residing in the town of Eliot hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with George Libby who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph Hilliard — Don d Hammond Jr.
AND the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that
Joseph Hilliard, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Bethel Me., and that Jonathan Hammond Jr. who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Eliot Maine and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of the Court of Pensions aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of George Libby for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fifteenth day of August A.D. 1832.
Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of Pensions.

April 12, 1934
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Mrs. Herbert E. McQuesten 104 High Street North Andover, Massachusetts
GEORGE LIBBEY S. 16929 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of George Libby, of York County, Maine, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The record of George Libbey, as he signed, follows as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 16929, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
George Libbey was born January 25, 1760, in Kittery, Massachusetts (Maine); the names of his parents are not given.
While a resident of Kittery, District of Maine, he enlisted in April, 1778, served three months as private in Captains Esaias Preble's and Elisha Shapleigh's companies, Colonel Ichabod Goodwin's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted again in March, 1779, served as private in Captain Thomas Bragdon's Massachusetts company, under the command of General Wadsworth, length of this tour nine months.
George Libbey was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1832, while a resident of Eliot, York County, Maine.
There are no family data in the claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

16929 INVALID!
1907 July 29. Heir to Joseph Foster. au 1934 Apr. 12, Heir to Mr. Herbert E. McQuesten M.L.S.
File No. 16929
George S. [?] 18 [?]
Act: June 7 th 88
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 225
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Eliot Frost of Eliot County of York and state of Maine aged seventyone years of sound and memory testify and say that George Sibby of Eliot in said County served in the Revolution ary War for the term of six or nine months commencing in March or April in Captain Stearns  in 1777 or 1778  Braytons Company at Falmouth (now Portland) in the State of Maine and at Cambridge in said State that I was well acquainted with the said Sibby at that time and have personal knowledge of his service afore- said
Eliot Frost
York ss August 20 th 1832 Then personally appeared Eliot Frost above named a credible person and disinterested and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me Dea. Hammond Deputy of the Peace
I Zebadiah Simpson of Eliot County of York and State of Maine aged seventy six years of sound mind and memory testify and say that George Sibby of Eliot in said County served in the war of the Revolution for the term of three months commencing in March or April A. D. 1777 or 1778 in Captain Brains company at Cambridge in Massachusetts that I served with him in said Company and was well acquainted with him at that time and have personal knowledge of his service afore said Zebadiah Simpson
York ss August 20 th 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Zebadiah Simpson a credible person and disinterested and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me Dea. Hammond Deputy of the Peace

Attachment of Estate Writ for George Kirby
William Simpson George Kirby
State of Maine.
York ss. I William Cushing Allen, Register of the Court of Probate for said county of York, hereby certify, that Senator Hammond, h. is a justice of the peace as within stated and that the signatures to the depositions of said host and Ladislav Simpson purporting to be his are genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal official this twenty sixth day of Sep- tember A.D. 1832.
Wm. Cushing Allen Register of Probate.

1385-9 Geo Libbey
Jona. Hammond Esq., Eliot 34 co. me.
William Lloyd Jones Esq. Esq. Elliot Esq. me

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of George Libbey which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1852? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  This objection has not been removed  no - see letter 16
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Rev. War
104 High St., North Andover, Mass.
March 29, 1934.
Depart. of Pensions, Washington, D.C.,
Dear Sir:—
Will you kindly send me all the information that you have pertaining to George Libby of York County, Maine who was placed on the Pension Roll Sept. 26, 1833 with his pension

to commence March 4, 1831?
His age as given was 74 years.
His service was as a private with the Mass State Troops.
I would like to know his place of residence, his family and the place where he enlisted.
The George Lithy, I am interested in, lived in Eliot which was then a part of Kittery, Maine. He enlisted at York, Maine, as a private in Capt. Thomas

Bragdon's co., Col. Joseph Primig regt., Apr. 29, 1780.
Will you kindly tell me if this George Litch received the pension as quoted and if so, will you please send me all the information you have concerning him and his family?
Sincerely,
Senora White McQuesten, (Mrs. Herbert E. McQuesten) 104 High Street, North Andover, Mass.

Joseph Foster 26 Middle St. Portsmouth N.H.
22 July 1907
Regards Revolutionary Record V George Libby pensioned March 4. 1831.
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26 Middle ST Portsmouth, N.H., July 22, 1907.
Dear Sir,
I respectfully request that you will send me the Revolutionary Record of George Libby, pensioned March 4, 1831, at forty dollars a year, for service as private in Massachusetts State service. He was living in Kittery York County Maine, in 1831, aged 74 years, and died Oct 19, 1838.
He is said to have served in Capt. E. Preble's C. of Col J. Gurnick's Regiment & in Capt. T. Bragdon's Co. of Lt Col J. Gurnick's Regiment, Mass State Troops, as private in 1778 & 1780.
Respectfully
Joseph Foster
In the Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Chairman Committee Storer Post N.1. Dept of N.H. - Grand Army of the Republic Soldiers & Sailors Graves.

sion or file in this Bureau.
George Libbey
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 78. 3 mos. Esaias Pattle Elisha Shapleigh Richard D. Dutton Mass.   Mar. 79 9 " Thomas Bradburn Gen. Wadsworth "                
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hatfield Me.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 15, 1832. Claim ab.
Residence at date of application, Eliot York Co. Me.
Age at date of application, born Hatfield Me. Jan. 25, 1760
Remarks: The data is from family
He would not have been in Apr. 77, if he guarded Bangor and Army stuff & were captured Oct. 1777.
Very respectfully.