Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2707, for Joseph Kingsbury, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Kingbury, Joseph
S. 2707
CONTENTS
carded

1891 Sep 29 Miss M K Talcott
History Prior
Date of death not in H3
Ohio 1650 Pittsburgh Agency -
Joseph Kingsbury Lorain in the State of Ohio who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Collins of the R.R. commanded by Col. Smith in the M ts t ime time for 7 months 7 days
from 1779
Joseph Kingsbury. Records of Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh Agency at the rate of 24 - Dollars 09. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of Oct r 1832 - and sent to Mrs. Whitson, Eliza, C.
  Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832  36.15    Pemi=ant. allowance ending 4 th March 1833  12.03     $48.18  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk. Book L Vol. 2 Page 135

Joseph Kingsbury Ohio Oct 20/76.
from 1779, 7 months 27 days $27.42 3.33 $24.09.
Look at book in Cincinnati Mpls line '80.
on Bill for 6 months

BRIEF in the case of  Joseph Kingsbury  of Lorain County in the State of Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71 Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     August 1779  Outstanding " 1 7 Private Gen. Capt Collier   1780  " " 8 " LePorte Genl Glorus Briguade Col Smiths Regiment Capt Noah Allen   " 8 7  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sandwich Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? one living witness in fact and Traditional  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.
C. Little  Examining Clerk.

Joseph Klingberg Applicant for a Pension
2076
(Signature)
(Faint mirrored text from the reverse side of the page)
2076

The State of Ohio } Supreme Court Darain County } August Term AD 1832
On this 2 nd day of August AD 1832 personally appeared before the Hon John C Wright and other judges holding said Court & in Open Court Joseph Kingsbury a resident of Brighton County & State aforesaid aged twenty one years who being duly sworn and being to know what he saith make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th AD 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated
In the month of August in the year 1779 he volunteered & went from Sandwich Mass. to New Haven Conn. & was in service five weeks under Capt. Collier & Lieut. Porter. Our duties at New Haven were to stand as continual
That in May 1780 he enlisted in Sandwich Mass. in Gen. Gledens brigade Col. Smiths regiment & Capt. Noah Allen Company & served in the Continental service until the first day of January following. That he moved to West Point & from there into New Jersey & continued with the army until he was discharged. In this tour I was one of the guard over Maj. Andre at the time he was hung. I received a written discharge at this time but it is now lost. I was engaged in no battles with the enemy. I do not know of any person who I can procure, that is nearer than one hundred miles that can testify with regard to my services as a revolutionary

soldier, but I have procured the affidavit of Benjamin Pease, which is herewith annexed as I have no documentary evidence other than this of my service.
I was born in A. 1760 in the town of Enfield Conn. - I have no record of my age in this country. When I entered into service I was living in Sandwich Mass. where I remained till 1820 when I removed into my present residence in Brighton Lorain Co. Ohio. That in the spring of 1780 he enlisted as stated in the annexed certificate of B. Pease Esq. under Col. Sprout & was discharged in the 23 d Dec. 1783 & served at that time about ten weeks. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present & he declares that his name is not on the pension list of any agency in the United States when to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Ebenezer Whiton Clerk Joseph Kingsbury
Questions propounded by said Court to said Kingsbury
1 st Where & in what year were you born Ans. In the town of Enfield Connecticut, in the year 1760
2 d Have you any record of your age & if so where is it -
Ans. Yes in my family register. In the family register, in Amos in the State of New York -
3 d Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the revolutionary war & what do you now live
Ans. In Sandwich Mass. and I now live in Brighton Township Lorain County Ohio.
4 th How were you called into service were you drafted or did you volunteer
Ans. As stated in my declaration above.
5 th State the names of the regular troops where you served such Continental & militia regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service
Ans. As stated in my declaration above.
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, & who can testify as to your character & belief of your services as a Revolutionary soldier
Ans. Revd Joel Falcott & David Webster

[Faint, mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page]
Benjamin
Prince
Deposition for the war
[Faint, mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page]

Benjamin Pierce of Troy County of Rensselaer & State of New York of lawful age do hereby certify that in the year of our Lord 1853 I was a soldier in the army of the United States in the second Regiment of the Mass- achusetts line commanded by Col. Ebenezer Dyer and that I was knowing of Joseph Kingsbury was a soldier in said Regiment, and that on the 23 rd day of December 1853 we were both honorably discharged & returned home to Sandisfield together
Benjamin Pierce
Berkshire ss
Town of Otis this 17 th day of April in the year of our Lord 1879 Benjamin Pierce the above named Dependant a credible witness came personally before me and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed
Richard Norton
Justice of the Peace for the County Berkshire

We Joel Talcott a Clergyman residing in Wellington Lorain County State of Ohio & David Webster residing in Wellington County & State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Kingsbury who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy one years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that Opinion
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Eben: Whiton Clk Joel Talcott David Webster
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Depart- ment that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states & the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Joel Talcott who has signed the same is a resident in the town of Wellington & that David Webster who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Wellington that they are credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit
I Ebenezer Whiton clerk of said Court do hereby certify. That The foregoing, contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Kingsbury for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office Eben: Whiton Clk

May 22, 1931
Mrs. Theodore R. Oehlke 338 Washington Avenue Lorain, Ohio
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section EEL
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.2707, that Joseph Kingsbury was born in 1760, in Enfield, Connecticut.
While residing in Sandisfield, Massachusetts, he volunteered in August, 1779, and served five weeks as a private in Captain Collar's Massachusetts Company.
He enlisted in May, 1780, served as a private in Captain Noah Allen's Company. Colonel Smith's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged in January, 1781. He stated that he was one of the guard over Major Andre when the latter was executed.
He enlisted in the spring of 1783, served in Colonel Sprout's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged December 23, 1783.
After the Revolution, he continued to reside in Sandisfield, Massachusetts, until 1820, when he removed to Brighton, Lorain County, Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 2, 1832, while residing in Brighton, Ohio.
There are no data as to his family.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Commissioner.
Date of death not on file

1931- May 22- Dist. to Mrs Theodore R. Oehlke Elof
Rev War ✓
2707
INVALID.
File No. 2707 Joseph Kingsbury Joseph Kingsbury Paint Rev War
Act: June 7. 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 216
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Joseph Kingsbury. Records corrected Jan. 23 '14

Miss M K Talbot Rec
May 1 1891
Joseph Kingsbury Mass
W

Department of the Interior BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C. _____, 189
I would like to see  copy of record of Joseph King Kingebury, who enlisted in the Revolutionary army from Massachusetts - if there was more than one of that name from Mass. - would like to see both records. Would like a copy of the record - please send to Miss M. K. Talcott 815 Asylum Avenue Hartford, Conn.
1832 of Brighton Lorain Co

338 Washington Ave. Lorain, Ohio. April 6, 1931
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C. Dear Sir;
Will you kindly give me the Revolutionary War Record of Joseph Kingsbury who resided in Brighton, Ohio in 1840 with other data you may have relative to him or his family; also the record and all data concerning the Revolutionary Soldier Joseph Moore who was living in Akron, Ohio. in 1840
Thanking you for same, I am Yours respectfully Mrs. Theodore R. Oehlke

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph Kingsbury which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides ? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides ? Yes 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 ? Yes 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 ? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations ? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832 ? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion ? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate ? Yes 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 ? Yes

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? Yes 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? one living witness in proof XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Yes 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? Yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
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.”