Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37634, for Jotham Libby, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Libby, Jotham
S 37634
CONTENTS

14.198 R 1111111111
* Jotham Jonathan Libby
of Cape Elizabeth in the Died state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded Colonel Jackson of the Mass line, for the term of three years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 28 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of Sep; 1819 and sent to M c Widgery Esq r Portland Me
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819 .. $129.86 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1820 48.
16 mo 1/30 $177.86 86-20
Cumberland { Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
* The old cert t in name of Jonathan Libby not destroyed & a correct one in the name of Jotham Libby made out & sent to John Wellonell, Esq r of Portland, on request of Hon. Whitman (Vice Adm l to M c W. 30 Dec. 18

Notification sent to John Murray Jr. Esq. 26 June 1820. Portland Maine

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the ninth . . . day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the twelfth . . . day of June . . . in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this twelfth . . . day of June . . . in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Jotham Sibby . . . aged eighty six . . . years, resident in Scarborough in said District, 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. Hastings . . . in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson . . . 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 28 th . . . day of April . . . A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 14.198 . . . 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 hereto 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 particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Jotham Sibby
Sworn to and declared, on the twelfth day of June A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Albion K. Parris
U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate — I have none — Personal estate — I have none — I have no income — before I had my pension, I received assistance from the town
Jotham Sibby
Sworn to Before Albion H. Burris U.S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me who, by occupation am a which I am able to pursue by reason of
~~~~~ NAMES.                      AGES.                      Capacity of each to contribute to their support.
I have no family, am a boarder Jotham Sibby
Sworn to Before Albion H. Burris U.S. Dist. Judge

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, JUNR. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, 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 . . . . . dollars and one . . . . . cent, and no more
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twelfth . . . day of June . . . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
} Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
1821

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,
July 12
1819
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that Jotham Libby served as a Soldier in Capt. Hastings' Company, and Col. H. Jackson's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from March first 1777 to May 10. 1781, being then years and  months the time for which he enlisted -
Abner Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Libby deserted June 6 - 1779 & returned Augt. 27 1779 - was discharged May 10 - 1781 for certificate of Capt. Jno. Blanchard - So entered in the army books - & was allowed for said Service accordingly by this State - A Bradford Secy of State

Jotham Liley Private Col Jackson's Regt Mass Line 1777 3 years
Dec 28 th April 1815
Dear Sir Adm l
W. Medgery, Esq r Portland, Maine.

To the Honorable WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
RESPECTFULLY SHOWS....
Jotham Libby of Cape Elizabeth in the Maine District, that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution for the term of three years in continuation on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at Cape Elizabeth aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicant's reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support. Being now eighty two years of age
AND your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a private soldier to the John Hastings' Company of Col Henry Jackson's Regiment, the sixteenth of the Massachusetts Line, that he entered said service on or about the month April  AD one thousand seven hundred and Seventy seven and that he left said service on or about the month of April day of or May one thousand seven hundred and eighty one having served three years and one half and the period of his enlistment having expired and he having received a honorable discharge which he has lost
WHEREFORE, inasmuch as your applicant, as he verily believes, comes under the provisions of the Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," he prays your honor to institute an enquiry into the circumstances of his case, and that such farther proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by law, in order that your applicant may be placed on the Pension List of the United States.
Dated at PORTLAND, this twentey eighth day of April 1818.
Jotham Libby
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the twenty eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came before me, WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, resident at Portland, within the County of Cumberland, in said Maine District—the said Court being a Court of record of said State, Jotham Libby — the above named applicant, and made oath that the several statements by him made in the foregoing application by him signed are true. And the said
Jotham Libby farther offered in evidence that he has lost the evidence of his discharge by time and accident and the deposition of John Rowe herewith subjoined.
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said Jotham Libby served in the revolutionary war as alleged in his application, against the common enemy, and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland, to be hereunto affixed, this twentey eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second. All which is hereby certified a true and correct
W. Widgery
Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CUMBERLAND, ss. I the subscriber, Clerk of the Courts in said county, certify that Hon. WILLIAM WIDGERY , is an Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, as stated in the annexed Certificate, and that his signature to the same is his own proper signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereunto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, this 27 day of June A. D. 1818.
Geo. Bradbury

I John Rowe aged fifty eight years can depose and say that I have conversed minutely and particularly with Jonathan Libby now present respecting his campaigns in the revolutionary war and from facts and circumstances related by him and which I could not well have known but from his having been a soldier. facts and circumstances within my knowledge I am well satisfied that he did belong to the army as stated by him in the revolutionary war. I was at the period he speaks of an ensign in Capt Smith's company in the 8 th Regt of the Mass s line.
Subscribed & sworn to this 29 th day of April 1845
Before me.
My commission expires

37634 Rev INVALID.
File No. 82683
Jotham Libby Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 244
[Arrangement of 1870.]