Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9100, Thomas Bibb, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Bibb, Thomas
$ 91.00
CONTENTS
Carded

Virginia 26 529 Ditt
in the State of as a in the Company commanded Captain of the of the by in the time for
No 23 53.
Inscribed on the Roll of at the rate of 80 Dollars 50 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of May 1832, and
Arrears to the 4th of March 1832 70.00 Sem-ant. allowance ending 11.66 $81.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Clerk, Book Vol. Page
See also 0.3
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State of Virginia Louisa County 3 rd Dist
On this 12 th day of November 1833 personally appeared in open court before the court of the County aforesaid, now sitting, Thomas Bibb, a resident of said County and State aged Seventy nine 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 th 1832. That about the beginning of June in the year of our Lord's defeat he was drafted from the Militia of Louisa County and marched as private in the company of which John Byars was Capt th Thomas Shelton Lieut d and James Winston Ensign - to the South - passed Hillsborough and joined Genl's Army near Camden, the day before the battle - was in the battle in the front of the left wing - The battle was fought before sunrise - Observed that the enemy had extended their line so much that there was several yards between the men - thinks 50 men by attacking in flank might have broken the enemy - fired once and retreated. The officers began the retreat - retreated to Hillsborough and after waiting some time for the officers he returned home - was directed to return and rejoin the army - on his return met his officers and left their command returned and was discharged - and in this tour he served six months. Spencer was Col o and Stevens Genl d - Saw some of the regulars after the battle flying but knew nothing of them. - Recollects Col o Stuart, Hildfield and Richardson Major Mosby and Capt d Cordale of the Militia - That in the Summer when Cornwallis was in Virginia he was again drafted from the Militia of the same County and marched as private in the company of Capt d James Adair of that county to Richmond - At that place he assisted to move the stores of flour etc when the British were expected and was there when they came to Manchester and recollects that a cannon was fired at them - Served at Richmond and

and in the neighbourhood two months and was discharged - Minor was Colo. does not think they joined the army and does not recollect any other officers or troops - That of his next tour his memory is rather indistinct - That he marched in a company from a distant part of the county and with strangers and does not remember his officer's name - That he was drafted in the same summer and marched as private to the eastern part of the state - passed a court house where there were a great many pictures of men so natural that he looked to them - served in Gloucester County principally he thinks, in marching backwards and forwards to check the enemy and he sometimes saw them and their fires - does not think he joined the army at all and recollects no officer's names thinks he heard the firing of distant cannon sometimes served two months and was discharged - he thinks one Forest Green was Lieut. That he can prove some part of his services by his brother Henry Babb and knows of no other witness - That he never had a written discharge has no documentary evidence and that he refers to John Gravis and Peter M. Daniel Esq. for his character and the reputation of his neighbourhood as to his services in the revolution.
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 territory.
To Question 1 st he replies. In Louisa County Virginia. in 1754 or 5 I believe?
To Question 2 d I have a family register
To Question 3 d I have always lived in Louisa.
To Question 4 th I was drafted each time
To Question 5 th Answered to the satisfaction of the Court
To Question 6 th I never had a written discharge

To Dutton of the Capt John Graves and Peter M Daniel
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Thomas Babb
We John Graves and Peter M Daniel, residing in the said county of Louisa hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Babb who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
John Graves Peter M Daniel
I Henry Babb a citizen residing in the same county of Louisa age seventy five years, hereby certify, that I am the brother of Thomas Babb who has subscribed the foregoing declaration and in the time of the revolution lived in the same house with him - that I distinctly recollect his going into the service in the United States during the revolution twice, once under Capt. Byers to the South, and once under Capt. Alderson in Virginia - and that I most sincerely believe said Thomas performed both tours faithfully -
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Henry Babb
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the court also certifies that it appears to them, that said applicant could not procure a Clergyman to make the requisited certificate. And the court further certifies that it also appears to them, that John Graves and Peter M Daniel, and Henry Babb who have signed the foregoing certificates, are residents in the same county of Louisa, and are

Credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I John Hunter Clerk of the said Court hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Birt for a pension.
Thomas Birt N.R. C.W. Gurney H. R. G.
Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal at Office this 23 Day of November 1831.
1750 23/11/31 John Hunter Clerk
Hon. Mr. Gurney

Amended Declaration.
Thomas Pitt

Virginia Louisa County ss
Personally appeared before the sub- =criber a Justice of the peace in and for the said County Thomas Bibb, a resident of the county, aforesaid aged 80 years, and being duly sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following amendment to his declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of long res p passed June 7. 1832 - That he thinks he was correct in stating in his former declaration, that he entered the service under Capt Byars in the month of June. That he recalls no additional particulars in relation to that tour. That during the whole time between his entering the service and being discharged, he considers himself in the service - That he mar- =ched to Hillsborough and remained there as long as there was any hope of the army collecting again, and returned home only when he could see no further use in remaining. That immediately on his arrival at home he was sent back and does not think he should be considered out of the service during any part of that time - And that he still believes that this time would amount in the whole to at least six months - But that if he should be deemed to be out of service during the time he was at Hillsborough and returning home, he believes he served at least four months in that tour -
Sworn and subscribed this 14 th day of April 1834 his before me Benj d B Duke  Thomas Bibb J.P.  near
State of Virginia Louisa County to wit: I John Hunter Clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Benjamin B. Duke before whom the amended declaration of Thomas Bibb above was made sworn to and subscribed, now is and was at the time of taking and certifying the same an acting Justice of the peace and Judge of the Court of the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified as the law directs and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such and that the signature above purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this 10 th day of May 1834.
John Hunter (Clerk)

May 21, 1937
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BA-J/MCS Thomas Bibb, S.9100
Mr. Robert F. Cole Croydon Hotel Chicago, Illinois
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for a transcript of the pension record of Thomas Bibb, a Revolutionary War soldier who served from Virginia.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.9100, based upon the Revolutionary War service of the only Thomas Bibb that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Thomas Bibb was born in 1754 or 1755 in Louisa County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Louisa County he enlisted and served as private with the Virginia troops as follows: from June, 1780, four months in Captain John Byar's company under Colonel Spencer and was in the battle of Camden; in the summer of 1781 he served two months in Captain James Watson's company under Colonel Minor; from the summer of 1781 he served two months, names of officers not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Louisa County, Virginia.
In 1833 the soldier's brother, Henry, was living in Louisa County and was seventy-six years of age. There are no further data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev Mar
9100
INVALID.
File No. 9100
Thomas Bick
Dr. Geo. Mar.
Act: June 7th 82
Index:—Vol. Set , Page 32
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1917 July 24. Hist to the ad Hon. Thos. S. Martin 1918 Nov. 21 Hist. to Mrs. Willie Huling letter in P. 30865—James Bick. 1919 Jan. 16. Hon Thomas S. Martin hist furnished 1927 Sept. 14 hist to Mrs. W. V. Collon MCS 1929 July 2 hist to Miss Caroline H. Frazier MCS 1937 May 21 hist. to Mr. Robert F. Cole MCS

Payments to be made at Richmond, Va by S. H. B. B. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Va
Pensioner dead and the amount due him not claimed.
to be forwarded to Wash.
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book C Vol. 1 st 2 Page 1 by J. S. Spayn Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, James Dill of the State of Virginia who was a Private during the Revolutionary War , is entitled to receive Twenty - three dollars and Twenty - three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 19 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty- four
Sec. Schol.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

War Department
Pension Office
July: 17: 1834
Sir:
The declaration of Thomas Bibb is again returned. The applicant claims to have served in all 10 months; six of which he alleges to have performed in one town.
He states that he entered the service in June 1780: that at the defeat of Genl. Gates (in August) he retreated to Hillsboro and after waiting some time for his Officers, returned home. - was directed to return and join the Army - on his return he met his Officers and was discharged.
It is perfectly clear from this statement, that the applicant could not have been in actual service six months in this town, for it appears that he entered in June and left it in August and went to Hillsboro and staid some time, how long he does not say, and then returned home.
Upon this point an explanation is required. -
I have the honor to be Your ob. Servant J L Edwards
Hon: W. F. Gordon, Ho. of Reps.

Canover 1 a 27 th Jany 1834
Sir
In reply to your suggestions accompanying the (returned) papers of Thomas Bitt, I would beg leave respectfully to say, that the draft under which the applicant alleges to have served six months, is supposed to have been made for eight months. The men were to be marched into a foreign state and to be incorporated into the army, before they could render any service at all, and it must have been entirely nugatory under these circumstances to have drafted Militia for the usual short period of two or three months. In relation to the last hour claimed for, the statement of which I am aware is not entirely conformable to the regulations, I have to say, that the old man, from his advanced age and the circumstances mentioned in his declaration cannot recollect any further particulars. It is hoped though that the great respectability of the applicant, for which reference is made to Dr. Gordon his rector in law, will obtain for his case as favorable a construction of the regulations as possible.
With due respect.
C. H. Daoney agent for Thomas Bitt,
J. G. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.

THOMAS S. MARTIN. CHAIRMAN.
United States Senate,
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.
July 22, 1917.
Hon. G. M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
Mr. Joseph Meier, 546 Central Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia, has written me for information about Mr. Thomas Bibb who served in the Revolutionary War. He wishes data as to whether Mr. Bibb or his widow were ever pensioned. I shall be glad if you will let me know if you can furnish such data. The enclosed copy of letter may be of assistance in this connection.
Very truly yours,
Thomas S. Martin

THOMAS S. MARTIN, CHAIRMAN.
UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, WASHINGTON.
January 15, 1919.
Hon. G. M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
I beg to enclose herewith a letter which I have just received from Mrs. Martha A. Harper, whose grandfather Thomas Bibb of Louisa County, Virginia, served in the Revolutionary War. As the matter is of record at the Bureau of Pensions I shall be glad if you will give me such information as your records disclose about the service of Thomas Bibb and any pension or land grant allowed him. You will note from the enclosure from Mrs. Harper exactly what she desires.
Very truly yours,
Thomas S. Martin

1113 Sixth Avenue Huntington, W. Va. April 17, 1929
The Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Please send me the Revolutionary War record of Thomas Bibb (pensioner) of Lewis County Virginia now West Virginia. I am a descendent of his and wish to use the information for the purpose of patriotic societies.
Thanking you I am
Caroline H. Frazier

1113 Sixth Avenue Huntington, W. Va. March 4, 1929
The Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Please send the record of Thomas Bibb, Revolutionary soldier from Lewis County Virginia now West Virginia.
Very truly (Miss) Caroline H. Frazier

MRS. JOHN V. COTTON 123 SOUTH SIXTH STREET CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO
May 10, 1927.
U.S. Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Can you give me any information regarding revolutionary service of Thomas Bibb (THOMAS Bibb) and do you have any record of the names of his family? We know that he lived in Louisa and Amherst Counties in Virginia, 1729-1780. It seems very improbable that he did not have a revolutionary record, living at that time in Virginia.
I will greatly appreciate any

information you may be able to give me.
Truly yours, Bernice L. Cotton -

Croydon Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. May 1, 1937.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please furnish me with a transcript of the pension record of Thomas Bibb, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who served from the State of Virginia.
I will appreciate all vital statistics shown in the record regarding this soldier as well as any family relationships which the papers may disclose.
Thanking you in advance for this information, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Robt. F. Cole.
RFC/ms
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V.L.H.
Not
S.F. 9100
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Thomas Bick a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1780 4 mos. Pvt. John Byass Spencer Va.   1781 2 mos. James Wilson Minor   Summer 1781 2 mos. Names of officers not remembered  
Battles engaged in, Scamden
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Louisa County Va.
Date of application for pension, July 12 1883. His son was al.
Residence at date of application, Louisa County Va.
Age at date of application, born in 1754 or 1755 in Louisa Co. Va.
Remarks: He did not state whether he ever married.
Respectfully,
Brother Henry Bick
Commissioner.

Rev. & 1812 War Section
July 2, 1929
Miss Caroline H. Frazier 1113 Sixth Ave. Huntington, W. Va.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 9100, it appears that Thomas Bibb was born in 1754 or 1755 in Louisa County, Virginia.
While a resident of said county he enlisted and served as a private with the Virginia troops as follows:
From June, 1780, served four months in Captain John Byar's Company under Colonel Spencer; he was in the battle of Camden.
In the summer of 1781 he served two months in Captain James Watson's Company under Colonel Minor.
From the summer of 1781 he served two months, officers not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Louisa County, Virginia.
It is not stated whether he ever married.
This is the only soldier by the name of Thomas Bibb that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner

September 14, 1927
Mrs. John V. Cotton 123 South Sixth St. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Madam:
I have to advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 9100, that THOMAS BIBB was born in 1754 or 1755 in Louisa County, Virginia.
While a resident of said county he enlisted and served as a private with the Virginia troops as follows:
From June, 1780, served four months in Captain John Byar's Company under Colonel Spencer; he was in the battle of Camden.
In the summer of 1781 he served two months in Captain James Watson's Company under Colonel Minor.
From the summer of 1781 he served two months, officers not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Louisa County, Virginia.
It is not stated whether he ever married.
This is the only soldier by the name of Thomas Bibb that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

CW Rev. War Section.
July 34, 1917.
Hon. Thomas S. Martin,
U. S. Senate,
My dear Senator:
In reply to your letter of the twenty-second instant, requesting data for Mr. Joseph Meier of 546 Central Ave. Atlanta, Ga. relative to a soldier of the Revolution named Thomas Bibb, you are herewith furnished the history of the only Revolutionary War soldier of that name found on the records of this Bureau. The copy of a letter from the Librarian of Va. to Mr Meier is herewith returned.
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, Survivor File No.9100, it appears that Thomas Bibb was born in 1754 or 1755 in Louisa County, Va. and while living there was drafted from the militia of that county and served as Private as follows: from June 1780 for four months in Capt. John Byar's Co. under col. Spencer and was at the battle of Camden; in the summer of 1781, two months in Capt. James Watson's Co. under Col. Minor and was again drafted that summer, served two months and went to Gloucester County, the names of his Captain and Colonel in this tour, are not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1833, while residing in Louisa County, Va. It is not stated whether he ever married.
Very respectfully,
J. M. Satterwhite

Rev. War Section.
January 16, 1919.
Hon. Thomas S. Martin,
U. S. Senate.
My dear Senator:
In reply to your letter of the fifteenth instant and the enclosed letter of Mrs. Martha A. Harper of Trevilians, Va. I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, P. File 9100, it appears that Thomas Bibb was born in 1754 or 1755 in Louisa Co. Va. and while living there, was drafted from the militia of that county and served as Private as follows: from June 1780, for four months in Capt. John Byers' Co. under Col. Spencer and was at the battle of Camden; in the summer of 1781, two months in Capt. James Tipton's Co. under Col. Tignor, and was again drafted that summer, served two months, and went to Gloucester County but the names of his officers in this tour are not listed.
He was allowed pension on his application presented Dec. 13, 1833, while residing in Louisa Co. Va. It is not stated whether he ever married.
It does not appear that bounty land was allowed on account of the services of the above noted soldier.
Very truly yours,
J. M. [Signature] Commissioner.
He was only a militia soldier and had no title to bounty land until 1800 & there is no claim on file on account of his services.