Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,733, for Ichabod Phillips, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Phillips, Ichabod
S. 36,733
CONTENTS

6009.
Maine
Ichabod Phillips.
private Capt William Massachusetts line - 3 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 12 th of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th of January 1818 and del d R. C. Vose. Augusta Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1818. 3 mo. 20/31. 7/30. 30 22 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 6 th March 1819. — 48.00
$ 78.22
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Greene
See letter to R. C. Vose 19 July 1820 do. to same Aug. 24. 1830.
Copied for the same J. H. B.
Strickland 13 July 1820, under Act 1 May 1820. Certification sent to R. C. Vose, Augusta, Maine

Schabed Phillips Greene, pr. Col. Vero's, Mass. Reg. 1780. to 1783.
May 12. 1818
Admitted 4

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Richard Phillips , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Greene , in the said County of Henning , in the District of Maine, on the twelfth day of May , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier, in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twentysecond day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston  per C. Root C. C. C. Pleas 2 d E. Circuit.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
J. M. Davis

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Ichabod Simmons Phillips aged fifty three years, a citizen of the United States, born in Pembroke, Massachusetts, now residing in Greene in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare that in December 1780 I enlisted as a private soldier for the term of three years, in Capt John Williams's company and Col. Joseph Vose's regiment being the first regiment Massachusetts line. This period I fully served out, and took my honorable discharge at West Point Dec r 24. 1783. My discharge is herewith forwarded.
I was at the taking of Cornwallis. From my reduced circumstances, I need the assistance of my country for support. And I do hereby relinquish all my claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge borne on any pension list whatever. I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine.
Ichabod Phillips
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Know all men by these presents. On the twelfth day of May A.D. 1818 Ichabod Phillips above named, having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration, by him subscribed.
Before me Nathan Weston Hon. C. Just C Court C Phas 2 Eastern Circuit

BY THE HONOURABLE MAJOR-GENERAL K N O X,
Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES on Hudson's River..
Schabad Phillips Soldier in the — 12 th Massachusetts Regiment, being enlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York,
the 24 — Day of Dec r
1783
By the General's Command,
H Knox M c G
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Ralph H. Boles Capt & Adjutant

Ichabod Phillips
Green N. A. White
6009
No. 28 Jan. 1819.
R. L. Rose. Augusta.
James Atkinson John Smith Esq. Albany.
on the scheme, on the time day of June 1820. Before me, Nathan Foster Esq. C. C. C. Esq.

State of Maine.
I John Davis Clerk, for the County of Kennebec of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court ; and that the original was exhibited in open 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, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is Eight hundred & nine dollars and Fifty nine cents ; and deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is Five hundred & nine dollars and Fifty nine Cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this Twentieth day of June 1820.
John Davis Clerk of said Court for the County of Kennebec

State of Maine.
298.
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
ON this third day of June, 1820, personally appeared before Nathan Weston Jr. Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Sebasti Philips aged fifty five years, resident in Green in the County of Kennebec within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain John Williams and Regiment commanded by Colonel Vose of the line of the State of Massachusetts upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of three years and was at the taking of Corwallis
that his original declaration was made before Judge Weston on the twelfth day of May 1818; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 6009. And I, the said Sebasti Philips do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 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.
Sebasti Philips.
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz: Seventy five acres of land situated in Green with a house and barn thereon worth five hundred and fifty dollars - One horse old and poor worth twenty dollars - five cows worth seventy five dollars - One yoke of oxen worth fifty five dollars - one two year old heifer worth eight dollars - four yearlings worth twenty dollars - fourteen sheep and thirteen lambs worth thirty dollars - Three swine worth ten dollars - House hold furniture, besides necessary bedding, not exceeding fifteen dollars in value - Two ploughs worth six dollars - two chairs worth two dollars - one iron bar worth two dollars - two axes worth two dollars - three hoes worth eighty four cents - three pitchforks worth seventy five cents - two yokes worth two dollars - one scythe and one sickle both worth one dollar - one old sleigh and

horses worth ten dollars — I have no debts due to me that can be collected, and I owe as much as three hundred dollars — my income from the foregoing property, deducting the interest of what I owe does not exceed sixty dollars a year — I am by occupation a farmer, but from age and infirmity, and having a rupture, am able to do very little labor — my family at home consists of five persons, viz. myself, my wife Elizabeth aged thirty years, my son Asahel aged seventeen years, my son George aged eight years, and my daughter Lydia aged eleven months — Except the foregoing, and my necessary clothing and bedding I have no property or income whatever —
Schabed Phillips.
Subscribed, sworn to, and declared, both the oath and schedule, on the third day of June 1820.
Before me, Nathan Weston Jun. L. S. C. C. C. Pleas.
A true copy,
Attest. John D. D. Elk. H. C. Wm. Esquire.
Schabed Phillips
298

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
P. S.
Bureau of Pensions,
M.R.C.
Washington, D. C., April 8, 1895.
Sir:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Ichabod Phillips --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. Dec. 1780 3 yrs. Pvt. John Williams Vose Mass.
Battles engaged in, Surrender of Cornwallis. Residence of soldier at enlistment, probably, Pembroke, Mass. Date of application for pension, May 12, 1818. Residence at date of application, Greene, Maine. Age at date of application, Fifty-three years.
Remarks: He did not serve as Captain.
Very respectfully, P. S. Webster, Esq.,
N.E. Cor. Main & 6 th Sts.,
Commissioner.
1904bim
Dubuque, Iowa.

36 733
Rev INVALID.
Apr. 1/95 mile of H. S. - 6 P. S. Webster N.E. Cor. Main & 6th Sts. Hartford, Conn. M. E. S.
File No. 36 733
Ichabod Phillips Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 322
[Arrangement of 1870.]

P. S. WEBSTER, Attorney At Law,
N. E. COR. MAIN AND SIXTH STS.
Dubuque, Iowa,
Mar 5 th 1895,
Cour. of Pensions
Washington D.C. Dear Sir: Can you favor me with the military history of Capt. Ichabod Phillips. He was a captain in the Mass. company which served in the Revolutionary war. After the war he lived in Turner Me. and at Green Me. He was born at Pembroke Mass.
2 d . Also History of — Staples who was a

paymaster in said war when the army was stationed near Boston He lived in Kittery Me. & later moved to Scar- borough Me.
A reply to these ques- tions will greatly favor