Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,996, Silvanus Cobb, Continental (Mass.)

SERVICE
Continental (Mass.)
Cobb, Silvanus
NUMBER
S. 36.996.
CONTENTS

B. 139 D Maine
Silvanus Cobb
of New Gloucester in the Dist:  state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bailey of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 42 yrs:
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist: of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 th of June 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th of July 1819 and sent to Albion K. Paris, Esq. Portland - Maine
Arrears to 4th of Portion of Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept: 1819 - 2 11 / 30 10:93
$10:93
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Set to P. Watson Feb 19/30

Silvanus Cobb
Mass. line
2 nd Col o Bailey's Reg t
Decem r 1775
Jan y - 1777 2 yrs
24 th June 1819
William Steep.

I, Silvanus Cobb, a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of New Gloucester in the District of Maine, on oath declare that in the month of December A. D. 1775 I enlisted in the town of Roxbury in the state of Massachusetts, as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Pely Wade worth in the regiment commanded by Col. John Bailey in Genl. Heaths  Rutledge's Brigade in the Massachusetts line, on the continental establishment in the revolutionary war; - that I continued to serve as a private in said company which was afterwards commanded by Seth Drew until the month of January A. D. 1777 when I was regularly discharged from service at Pechskill in the state of New-York - but no written discharge were granted -; - That during the term of service aforesaid I was stationed in New-York city, Fort Washington, White Plains, Ferrytown and Pechskill all in the state of New-York
And I do further on oath declare that I am upwards of seventy years of age, am not borne support -
Mecon No. 7 U. S. Dist.

borne on any pension lists of the United States, and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support. Wherefore, I, the said Silvanus Cobb pray that this declaration and the proceedings to be had thereon may be transmitted to the Secretary of War, to the end that I may be placed on the pension lists of the United States agreeably to the provisions of An Act of Congress passed March 10. 1810 entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war,"
Silv. Cobb.
United States of America District of Maine ss - I subscribed and sworn to, June 24. 1819. Before
Albion H. Parris U. S. Dist. Judge Dep

Hiram, County of Oxford, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 9th May 1819
This may certify whom it may concern, that the subscriber Captain of a Company of Infantry in the Continental Regiment commanded by Col John Bailey, did enlist Silvanus Cobb of Kingston in the County of Plymouth as a soldier, into said Company, in the latter end of the year 1775. & that I commanded said Company but a short time afterwards.
Deleg Wachworth
in need of the assurance of her count support —
Albion H. S. U.S. Dist

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To Samuel Fessenden, esq. of New Gloucester, Alexander Greenwood esq. of Hebron and Thomas Merrill esq. of Turner, all in the District of Maine
GREETING.
WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District, holden at Portland in said District, on the twenty fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen Silvanus Cobb of New Gloucester in said District presented an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment against the common enemy, and requesting that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstances of his case, and that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by An Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," in order that he may be placed on the Pension List of said United States:—And whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of sundry persons, who served with the applicant in the revolutionary army, at present residing in or near the town of Hebron aforesaid, is necessary and material in support of said application:—
THEREFORE, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you, touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service, the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and of the credibility of the deponents, together with this Dedimus Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Portland in said District, the day and year first mentioned.
Alcion H. Parris Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
in need of the assurance of his court support—
Alcion H. Parris U.S. Dist.
his stand

I Barnilla Fuller of Hebron of lawful age testify and say that Silvanus Cobb of New Gloucester in the County of Cumberland enlisted into the United States service in December in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy five and served one year in Peleg Wadsworth's Company Col. John Baileys Regiment and Genl. Heath's Brigade on the Continental establishment
Barnilla Fuller
I Robert Fuller of Hebron of lawful age testify and say that Silvanus Cobb of New Gloucester in the County of Cumberland enlisted into the United States service in December in the year one thousand seven hun- dred & seventy five and served one year in Peleg Wadsworth's Company Col. John Baileys Regiment and Genl. Heath's Brigade on the Continental establishment
Robert Fuller
Oxford ss
on the 29th day of June in the year of our Lord 1809 the aforesaid deponants were examined and sworn agreeable to law to the depositions aforesaid by them subscribed taken at the request of Silvanus Cobb and to be used in the Dis- trict Court of the United States for the District of Maine the aforesaid deponants served eight years in the United States service & are men of truth
Thomas Merrill Justice of the Peace

We the Subscribers, Selectmen of the town of New Gloucester, hereby certify and declare, that we are well acquainted with Mr Silvanus Cobb and his pecuniary circumstances; and that he is aged and infirm by reason of his leg, having been badly broken. His pecuniary circumstances are such, that in our opinion he stands in need of the aid of his country, and on account of his age, lameness, and moderate circumstances we think him well entitled to a pension under the act of Congress.
New Gloucester June 12 th 1819
Isaac Woodman John Webber } Selectmen of New Gloucester

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty fourth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen  nineteen personally came Silvanus Cobb the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the certificate
of the Hon. Peleg Wadsworth, as captain in the Revolutionary war and since a Member of Congress and also the depositions of Barzilla Fuller and Robert Fuller, both soldiers in the revolutionary war and both to me well known as witnesses of undoubted veracity and also the official certificate of the Selectmen of New Gloucester
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Silvanus Cobb the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion H. Parrish
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
And I do further certify that it has been proved to my satisfaction, that the said Silvanus Cobb , in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, does stand in need of the assistance of his country for support —
Albion H. Parrish U.S. Dist. Judge

✓ Feby 16/50 J. Waterhouse Feby 11. 1850
To the widow of Sylvanus Cott, a pension, entitled to a pension? -
Mr. Allen
Mr. Ames
Comm. of Pensions for answer
Dept of the Interior Feby 15/50 }

North Pownal Maine, Feb. 11 th 1850. The widow of Silvanus Cobb late of New Glou- ester, wishes me to ask the question whether she can or not, obtain what he could have obtained by way of Pension provided he had been reestablished upon the pension list  Roll of the District of Maine Agency at Portland, when he was living, said widow is an aged lady, aged about 83 years, her husband, Silvanus Cobb died in 1831 in Nov & was dropped from the roll, in He was Pensioned in conformity with the law of the U. S. of the 18 th of March 1818. If she can get what he would have been entitled to after he had been reinstated, please give me the proper instructions, and the widow aforesaid will be much obliged, to the Department for the same, Silvanus Cobb was pensioned as a private Please answer as soon as convenient,
P.S.
Per order
S. Cobb's Certificate was Thomas Waterhouse dated 29 th day of July. North Pownal 1819, No 13.137, recorded, Me Signed J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War,
Honorable T. Lewis
Secretary of the Interior, Washington (D. C.)

December 13, 1935.
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Mrs. Mary Cobb Mosher 125 Washington Street Palmyra, New York
BA--J/ady Silvanus Cobb S.36996
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Sylvanus Cobb, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.36996, based upon the military service of Silvanus Cobb in that war.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Silvanus Cobb are not shown.
Plymouth Co., While a resident of Kingston, Silvanus Cobb enlisted in December 1775, served as private in Seth Drew's and Captain Peleg Wadsworth's Company, Colo- nel John Bailey's Massachusetts Regiment and was dis- charged in January 1777.
He was allowed pension on his application ex- ecuted June 24, 1819 at which time he was aged seventy years and "upwards" and a resident of New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine.
He died in New Gloucester, in November 1831.
His widow, aged about eighty-five years, was living in 1850, her name and residence are not stated, no further information in regard to her, and there are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Put him first next time & Drew second
use as with next time
date of soldier's death not on AB

36 996 INVALID. Rev
1935 Dec. 13. Hist. to Mrs. Mary Cobb Mosher. assys
File No. 86,996 Silanus Cobb Rev Rev Mr
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 92
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Pension Office
575
February 19 th 1850
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 11 th inst. to the Secretary of the Interior in the case of the widow of Silvanus Cobb, which has been referred to this office, I have to state that if she was married as prescribed by the pension laws providing for widows of revolutionary soldiers, she would be entitled to a pension without producing further proof of service than that filed with her husband's papers under act March 18, 1818. Enclosed are the acts and regulations for the guidance of widows in making their applications.
Thomas Waterhouse Esq. North Pownal, Maine.

Veterans Administration.
Palmyra. N.Y. Dec. 2 - 1935
Can you supply me with information of Sylvanus Cobb . Revolutionary Soldier. of State of Mass. who served in Capt. Peleg Wadsworths. Co. 23 rd Regiment of Continental Troops, as private. His age, place of birth. + date of marriage, is not shown. + also pension record. which I would like.
Respectfully.
Mrs. Mary Cobb Mosher. 125 Washington St. Palmyra. N.Y.