Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 730-100, David Colby, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
NH
Colby, David.
B L. Wt 730-100.
CONTENTS

No 730
David Colby -
priv:
New Hampshire, line
Rhoda Colby, heir at law
Warrant issued February 2 nd 1819
Hon ble Enoch Lincoln

To the Hon ble Secretary of War -
Sir, Please to deliver to Enoch Lincoln Esqr, member of Congress, the land warrant due me & the other Heirs at law of David Colby a Soldier in the Revolutionary army - Directed -
Salsbury Jan y 9. 1819 Rhoda her Colby X Mark
Witness Moses Eastman

Certificate of Worship Khanda Calby

State of New Hampshire Edward Dwan Esq. Judge of the court for the probate of wills &c for said County To whom these presents shall come
We now certify that it hath been made satisfactory  satisfactory to appear to me that Phoebe Colby of Salisbury County of Hillsborough is the sole Legitimate Heir at law to the Estate of David Colby late of Newton County of Rockingham & state of New Hampshire; said David being a soldier in the Revolutionary war With great Respect
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & have affixed the seal of said court this 21 st day of Sept AD 1818
Edward Dwan Judge of probate

Sargeant John Elliott Affidavit July 1818

I John Elliot of Concord in the Coun- ty of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire & formerly a soldier in the Continental Army in the war of the Revolution, do depose and say, that David Colby late of Newton in said State, and County, enlisted in the Continental Army, in the war of the Revolution, to serve for and during the continuance of the war - and that I the said John Elliot enlisted my self, as nearly as I can recollect in March D. 1777, in Morristown in New Jersey, to serve as aforesaid, in Capt. Caleb Robinson's Com- pany, in Col n Baldwins Regiment: - the said Capt. being from Exeter, New Hampshire, and I

at that time being a noncommissioned Officer in said Capt Robinsons Company - And that he the said David served faithfully during the whole of said revolutionary war, until the close thereof, and then received an honorable discharge, which dis- charge I myself saw - That I was perfectly acquaint- ed with the said David as he served with me, in the same Company viz the aforesaid Company, for three years and was my messmate. -
And I the said Deponent do further declare and say that the said David Colby died at Newton aforesaid, (my native place & where I formerly resided) and that he died there about thirty years ago - And that his Father Mother & Brother are all dead. -
And I the said deponent do further declare that the said David Colby lived and died without ever having being married, and that he left no children, and never was the Father of any, to my knowledge and that his Sister Rhoda Colby now living in Salisbury in the Coun- ty of Hillsborough and said State of New Hampshire is his true and lawful heir - That since his decease I have not seen his discharge, and as I understand it could not be found, on searching for it - I presume it is lost as the revolutionary soldiers were generally careless about preserving them - And further saith not - John Eliot

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham Co
Concord July 31 st 1818
Be it known that on this thirty first day of July A.D. 1818 before me Joseph Law Notary Public, personally in & for said State duly commissioned & sworn personally appeared John Elliot and thereupon made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed my natural seal at Concord in the County & State aforesaid on the day aforesaid
Joseph Law Notary Public -

Rhoda Colby - sole heiress of David Colby a private of the New Hampshire line

Oquila Ferrin Testimony on Rhoda Collyer's right of Claim August 1818

I Aquila Perrin of Concord in the county of Rockingham State of New Hampshire Yeoman do depose and testify that I formerly lived in Newton in said State and County, and was well acquainted with David Colby of formerly of said Newton (now deceased) and was knowing to his enlisting and ser- ving as a soldier in the Continental Army in the war of the Revolution, and that I lived in said Newton Town and within half a mile of his the said David's and his Parents residence, when he the said David died which was upwards of thirty years ago. - And I do fur- ther depose and say that I was well acquainted with his the said David's Father & Mother and

that they both died at Newton aforesaid many years ago - that is to say the said David's Mother died about sixteen years before his the said David's decease - and Nathaniel the said David's Father died about seven years after his the said David's death -
And I do further say that Rhoda Colby now living in Salisbury in the County of Hillsborough in this State is the lawful sister of the said Da- vid Colby & is his reputed heir and also the reputed heir of his said Father Nathaniel Colby. Aguiel Ferrin
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss. August 14. 1818 -
Then Aguiel Ferrin personally appearing made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition of him subscribed. before me, Saml. A. Kimball, Jus. Peace -

I further testify and depose that the said David Colby was, to the best of my knowledge & belief, never married & never had lawful issue, of which facts I have no doubt -
State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss
Aguilla Perrin
August 29 th 1818 -
The said Aguilla Perrin personally appearing made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me Sam l Sparkhawk Jas: pear

Lieut Robert B, Wilkins Affidavit July 1818 "

Ms. A. 9. 2. 21091- N. L.
I Robert B. Wilkins of Concord in the County of Rockingham & the State of New- Hampshire, and late a Lieutenant in the Continen- tal Army in the war of the Revolution do depose and say that David Colby late of Newton in said State & County, did enlist in said Continental Army & in the said War of the Revolu- tion in the New Hampshire line, and that he continued in & served faithfully in said Army until the close of the said Revolutionary war, and that he the said David Colby was honourably dis- charged at the end thereof, as I then understood And I the

said Robert B. Wilkins do further declare that he the said David Colby (when he did enlist) did enlist to serve for & during the revolutionary war.
Robert B. Wilkins
State of New Hampshire
Roxbury
Be it known that on this thirty first day of July A.D. 1818 before me Joseph Lane Notary Public in & fore said state personally appeared Robert B Wilkins and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my notarial seal at Concord in said state this thirty first day of July 1818 Joseph Lane Notary Public