Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42618, Benjamin Bixby, Conn.Continental Mass.

SERVICE
Conn. Continental Mass.
Birby, Benjamin
NUMBER
S. 42618
CONTENTS

Blayman Bixby 11, 933.
March 1820
6m
BIXBY, BENJAMIN
Seth Day Esq Ravenna, Ohio 8 Nov 1820

The State of Ohio
Portage County ss.
Be it Remembered that at a Term of Court of common Pleas of the County of Portage usually held at the Court house in the Town of Ravenna within and for the County of Portage and State of Ohio before Elias Harmon Oliver Davis and Augustus Batchelder Esquires Justices of said County holding said Court being a Court of Record for said County expressly constituted by law proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount taking a record of their proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment. On this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in open court Benjamin Bigby aged sixty one years a resident in Stillmadge 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: — That he the said Benjamin Bigby enlisted for the term of one year on or about the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine in the State of Connecticut in Company commanded by Captain Shipman in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Roger Sherman in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment. That he was discharged the said service at Bearskin ridge near Haverstown in the State of New Jersey on the eighth day of January Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and eighty. That he afterwards to wit on or about the tenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two enlisted for the term of three years in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Lyman  commanded by Colonel Benjamin Tupper of the Hobbs in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the continental establishment. That he was discharged said service at West Point in the State of New York in the month of June Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and eighty four. That he was in various skirmishes near Grant Ford Haverstown in the State of New York in the month of May Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine under Captain Shipman. That he was in the battle of Stone Point in the volunteer company at that time commanded by Captain De  De on the 15 day of July in the year 1779.
That this declarant has witnessed to wit on the second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen in the provisions of the act of Congress of the nineteenth day of March eighteen hundred and eighteen made and 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. This declarant exhibits her in Court the following inventory of his estate.
  1 Cow value at 15.00 4 Shovels & Forks 1.00   5 Swine " " 16.00 5 Cups & Saucers .50   1 Chest 2.00 1 Coffee Pot .50   1 Table 4.00 8 Plates 37 1/2   1 Tea Kettle 2.00 1 Axe 1.00   1 Spider 1.00 1 Hoe 50   1 Steel Kettle 2.00 4 Chairs 2.00   Amount $41.87 1/2 
This declarant further states his occupation is a miller; own no land. That his age is sixty one years that he is now and has been for many years past unable to labour in consequence of infirmity occasioned
CIXEY, BENJAMIN

occasioned by a fall in the wheel of a grist mill. His family consists of his wife Margaret Bigby aged fifty seven years who is infirm and a cripple and has been for many years unable to perform any labour except sewing and that to but little advantage. Salina Anne Bigby daughter of this declarant aged fifteen years is healthy and can perform sufficient labour to maintain herself. Rosanna Bigby daughter of said declarant aged twelve years who is healthy and as capable of performing labour as is usual for girls of her age. — And this declarant further states that there is justly due to him from sundry persons $82.52. — And that this declarant is justly indebted.
  to Comfort S. Biggatt $16.00 George Enaler 9.00   Charles Marvin 12.00 Horst 14.00   John Munsell 11.00 Walter Smith 8.00   Joseph Richardson 5.00 $ 75.00 
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
Benj m Bigby
this 8 th day of August A.D. 1820
Day Elk
The State of Ohio Portage County ss
I, Nath Day Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are true copies from the Records of the said Court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the value of the property exhibited in the said schedule after deducting the debts due and owing by the said Benjamin Bigby amounts to forty nine dollars and thirty nine cents. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at Ravenna this tenth day of August Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Day Elk

16.933 Q. Ohio. 14933
Benjamin Bixby,
of Connecticut in the state of Ohio - who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Butler of the Connecticut line, for the term of 3 years
enrolled on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 nd of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th of April 1819. and sent to George F. ... Youngstown, Trumbull Co. Ohio
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819 . . . $ 128. 80 Semi-annual all'ce ending March 4. 1820. . . 48. 00 15 mo. 30/31 mo. . . . . $ 176. 80
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
sent to the Ohio Ag. Socy 11 Nov 1820 Anna ...

To the claimants name Moses or Benja- =min Bixby—sometimes he is called Moses then Benjamin in the within papers—the Judge will be pleased to recollect this occurrence
On Rolls
Ben Bixby, pr. Ten Eyck Comp
July Jan '77 3 years
discharged Jan '80.

Benjamin An amended, and more particular declaration of of  Benjamin Bixby —
I Benjamin Bixby on solemn oath declare and say, That I am of the age of sixty years That I was born in Windham County in the State of Connecticut. That I am now residing in Ellsworth Humboldt County Ohio, That I enlisted for one year either in the latter part of December 1778 or the forepart of the year 1779, at Reading in the State of Connecticut under Captain Shipman in a Regiment commenced by Col Sherman of the Connecticut line under the continental establishment, That I remained in camp about six weeks was detached to Housatonic, remained there until the first of April, returned to head quarters joined the Company and marched to Crompton Ponds, and was in several skirmishes at that place, and from thence marched to Peekskill in May, was then detached and joined a Company of Infantry commenced by Captain Lem Ely in a Regiment commenced by Col Meigs in a Brigade commanded by Gen Wayne, from thence marched to Sandy Creek where the Regiments of said Brigade united, and from thence marched on the 13 th of July 1779 for Stony Point and was engaged against the common enemy in the action at that place on the night of the same day, and served through said action in the 2 nd Volunteer Company commanded by Captain Selden, and must have been mentioned in the returns made by Col Meigs on the following day, remained at Stony Point four days returned to Sandy Creek at head quarters and remained there until the latter part of August, then marched to Haverstraw there continued watching the motions of the enemy until the latter part of October following, from thence marched to Second River in New Jersey and there remained until the 2 nd of January 1780 from thence marched to Bearskin ridge below Morristown and was discharged the 8 th day of January 1780 by order of Gen Washington: which discharge is lost. In June 1782 I again enlisted at Boston in the Massachusetts line on the continental establishment for three years was inspected by Col Popham muster master, was sent to Fort Point and placed in a Company commanded by Captain Abbott Col Tappan. 10 th Massachusetts Regiment continued with said Regiment until there were discharged who enlisted for the war and was then ordered to join Col Spratt's Regiment in a Company commenced by Captain Bayley marched to Philadelphia in June 1783 returned in the October following to West Point, and soon thereafter Col Flee took command of the Regiment and I joined Captain Harschal's Company, remained in said Regiment until 1784, when Col Henry Jackson took command of the Regiment and I was placed in a Company commanded by Captain Simon Jackson which Regiment was then known as the last American Regiment and I was discharged either in June or July by said Col Henry Jackson and at the same time I received a warrant which discharge and warrant I lost with my other papers in moving into the Western country in the year 1799 in crossing Turtle Creek near Pittsburgh. That I have never received any pension from the United States nor to my knowledge have ever been placed on a pension list and if so I relinquish all claim thereto. That I am unacquainted with any testimony in this State that will corroborate this declaration. That I am in reduced circumstances in life and need assistance from my Country

for support. Since having served my Country against the Common Enemy, for the periods above stated during the Revolutionary War, on the continental establishment, and being now in reduced circumstances I humbly request to be placed on the pension list agreeable to the provisions of an act entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the revolutionary war."
Benj. Pixby
The State of Ohio } Trumbull County }
I George Todd, President of the Court of Common Pleas for the said Circuit, in the State of Ohio, do certify that Moses Benjamin Pixby the above named applicant for a pension, did sign the foregoing amended declaration, and on oath did declare the same to be true - and that I am well satisfied he did serve as a private soldier in the army of the revolution, as he has herein before declared and that he is the same Moses Benjamin Pixby, whose application for a pension heretofore made has been returned "Rejected" but which is herewith again transmitted to the War department, at his particular request. —
N.B. The applicant's name is Benjamin Moses , having been inserted by me through mistake. G. Todd.
Given under my hand this 10 th day of July 1819 at Youngstown in the County of Trumbull aforesaid
George Todd.

For a statement of the military history of 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. Benj Bixby S 42618
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan. 1. 79 to Jan 8. 80 Pvt. Shipman Lin Eyck Childs Sherman & Butler Meigs Conn.   June 10. 1782 to July 1784 Abbot Bayley Harschal Simon Jackson Benj. Tupper Sprout Hull Henry Jackson Mass.  
Battles engaged in, several skirmishes at Crown Point, Stony Point
Residence of soldier at enlistment, East of Reading Conn.
Date of application for pension, May 2 1855
Residence at date of application, Elizabethton Tenn. Co. Ohio
Age at date of application, 74
Remarks: In 1850 had wife Margaret age 57, children Julia Anne 15- Rosanna

42618
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 42,618 Benjamin Bixby Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 43
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1907 Nov. 8. Hist to Willard G. Bixby W letter in S.F. 44643 1908 Apr. 30 letter to Willard G. Bixby P. 1922, Aug. 10 hist. to Mn. T. J. (Minnie) Hudepath. En.

Benjamin Bixby
1, 2
Benj n Bixby priv, Supps o Mass t Reg t 1782 to 1785 2 nd May 1818
unmutilated
Rejected

Benjamin Bixby, residing in Ellsworth in the County of Greenbull, in the State of Ohio, on his solemn oath, declares & says, as follows - to wit - That he was born, in the County of Windham, in the State of Con- necticut - That he served in the revolution- ary war against the common enemy of his Country first by enlistment, on 15 th day of Jan y . 1779 under Captain Shipman, in the 2 d Con- necticut Regiment, Commanded by Colonel Sherman or Colonel Butler - That in this Regiment he served as a private soldier until the June after Cornwallis' defeat - That is - he first enlisted for one year at the time above stated under Captain Shipman but before the year had expired he was with others discharged by order of General Wash- ington - Then the June after Cornwallis' de- feat or capitulation, he enlisted into the service of his Country for three years, in the Massachusetts Line in the Regiment com- manded by Colonel Tupper - That he served for one year and one half year as he believes, after the war, when he belonged to the American Regiment so called, stationed at West Point - and was then discharged with that Regiment Commanded by -

Colonel Henry Jackson - that he has lost his discharge - that he is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support - that he volun- tarily relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States - and that it is out of his power, at or near his present residence to procure further evidence of his military services in the revolutionary war. - He therefore prays for relief, under the Act of Congress, passed 18 th day of March 1818 entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the U- States in the revolutionary war" Benjamin Bixby
The State of Ohio I have been County Judge
I George Todd President of the Courts of Common Pleas in & for the Precinct for said State of Ohio this 2 d day of May 1818, do certify, that the above named Benjamin Bixby per- sonally came before me, and made solemn oath that the foregoing statement to which I have sub- scribed his name by his direction, is true.
George Todd

The State of Ohio } Trumbull County } I George Parsons Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that the Hon. George Ladd Esq. whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate which signature is in his own hand writing, is and was at the time of subscribing the same President of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said  the said County of said State of Ohio that he is duly commissioned and sworn agreeable to the laws of said State and that his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit in court and everywhere. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Warren the 14 th day of May 1818 Geo Parsons
The State of Ohio } Trumbull County } I George Ladd President &c as aforesaid do further certify, that I am well satisfied that the above named applicant Benjamin Bigby, is in reduced circumstances and that he needs the assistance of his Country for support. Given at Youngstown in the County of Trumbull aforesaid - the 3 rd day of Feb y 1819 George Ladd

Q Record Division.
April 20, 1902.
Mr. Willard G. Bixby, # 104 Hecker Street, New York, N. Y.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 21" and received the 23" instant, relative to the pension claim of Benjamin Bixby S. File 48,618. you are advised that the papers in the case fail to afford any further family data than that already furnished you under date of November 8, 1907. For the date of soldier's death, and the name of the person to whom the last payment of his pension was made, apply to the Auditor for the Interior, U. S. Treasury Department, citing the following data: "Benjamin Bixby Certificate No. 14,933, issued September 27, 1919, under Act of March 18, 1918 at the Ohio Agency".
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Arizona State Child Welfare Board
MRS. F. E. A. KIMBALL, CHAIRMAN TUCSON, ARIZONA MRS. H. A. MORGAN WILLCOX, ARIZONA
STATE HOUSE PHOENIX SECRETARY MRS. H. A. GUILD
MRS. T. J. HUDSPETH SELIGMAN, ARIZONA MRS. L. E. WIGHTMAN GLOBE, ARIZONA
Seligman, Arizona. June, 15th. 1922.
The Pension Office.
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you please send me a statement to the effect that Benjamin Bixby, A soldier in the "Revolutionary War" received a pension, he served in both Conn. and Mass. but applied for his pension from Ellsworth Trumbull County, Ohio.
I am making this request of you so that I may become a "A Daughter of the Revolution" and I have every requirement but this one I am asking you for.
Thanking you many times for any time and trouble it may put you to, I am
Very Truly
Minnie Bixby Hudspeth. (Mrs T.J.) Seligman Arizona. Box 222.

OFFICE OF BLACKINGS. W. M. Bixby & Co. FINE SHOE
Nos. 194 & 196 HESTER ST.
New York, April 21st, 1908.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:--
On November 8th, 1907 you gave me some information regarding Benjamin Bixby, a soldier of the Revolutionary War a copy of which I enclose. Can you advise me if his wife applied for a pension and if you have any other record for will throw any further light on him, such for example: as his marriage record and when and where he died?
Hoping you can give me a little further information, I remain,
Very truly yours,
Willard G. Bixby
WGB/BG