Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 47,422-160-55, Jacob Holcomb, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Holcomb, Jacob Hannah
Bl Mt. 47,422-160-55
CONTENTS
Widow was allowed pension for the services of her former husband Asahel Holcomb, N. File 7,795

conn 22/16
261. 782 land
248. 428 Act Mar. 3. 11
260.682 Nov. 16
22/16 Hannah Holcomb. mid.
Jacob Holcomb, fri.
Capt. I lease } Conn led Phelps } Mil
Ent. ————— Aug 20 - 1780 Dis. ————— Oct 20 "
Revij. war.
Ad 160 Acres
Nov 19/56
Special by comm. Nov. 17. 16
[Handwritten signature/initials] J. D. Wilcox
Vol. Hs-73. West Granby. conn.

State of Connecticut } County of Hartford } ss.
On this 10 th day of June A. One thousand eight hundred and fifty six, Personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace within & for the County & State aforesaid Jacob Holcomb aged 92 years, a resident of Granby, in the State of Connecticut who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical person who was a private in the company commanded by Capt e Jonathan Case, according to his best recollection, & in Col. Noah Phelps Reg t of Militia - in the war of the revolution.
That he volunteered at Simsbury as a substitute for Joseph Rice, on or about the 20 th day of August A. 1780, for the term of sixty days, & continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days, & was honorably discharged at New Haven in Connecticut on or about the 30 th day of October A. 1780 - He further declares that he has no documentary evidence, & that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. He declares that he was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, in the year A. 1764 - That he has a record of his age in the family bible.
When called into service I was living in Simsbury, in that portion which is now Granby, where I have lived since the revolutionary war, & now reside - I served as a substitute for Joseph Rice - The names of some of the officers were Serg t Elijah Gillet & Serg t Pison.
He refers to Hannah Holcomb & Ebenezer Holcomb who are well acquainted with his character for veracity, also to Jeffrey O'Phelps of Simsbury, an officer by the name of Pinto read to us the Martial law.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty fixed to which he may be entitled under the act approved March 3 rd 1855.

We makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty fixed to which he may be entitled under the act approved March 3 d 1855.
We also declare that he has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
Jacob Holcomb
We Ebenezer S. Holcomb and Deborah Slater of Granby, in the State of Connecticut, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by Jacob Holcomb in our presence, & we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be - & we further declare that we have been personally acquainted with the applicant for many years, that he has always been reputed a revolutionary soldier of a few months service, but not a sufficient length of time to entitle him to a pension - The belief that he served in the revolutionary war a period of not less than six weeks is general, & has never in our opinion been doubted. Ebenezer S. Holcomb Deborah Slater
We H. D. Latham, a clergyman, residing in the town of Granby aforesaid, & Anson N. Holcomb, residing in the same town, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Holcomb, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 92 years of age, that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution; and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
H. D. Latham
Anson N. Holcomb
The foregoing declaration & affidavits were sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year above written & I hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed

by the war department, that the above named ap- plicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And I further certify that it appears that W. D. Latham who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the town of Granby aforesaid, & that Anson N. Hoolcomb is a credible person; & that their statement is entitled to credit. And I further certify that I know all the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, & that I have no interest in this claim.
Justus D. Wilcox, Jus t of the Peace
State of Connecticut } Probate district of Hartford } ss.
I Benjamin Giddings Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district aforesaid do certify that Justus D. Wilcox Esq r is a Justice of the peace for the county of Hartford in said state, duly commissioned & sworn that his commission took effect on the 4 th day of July A. 1854 & will expire on the 3 rd day of July 1856, at which time a new commission takes effect authorising him to act in that capacity a further period of two years. & And that the signature above, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court at Hartland this 10 th day of June A. 1856 Benjamin Giddings Clerk

The foregoing application of Jacob Holcomb, for bounty land is respectfully presented, in conformity, (as is believed) with the spirit of the late act of Congress, dispensing in certain cases with second evidence of service. The memory of this old gentleman is somewhat impaired as might be expected, yet he relates with much precision many incidents of his tour at New Haven in the War of the Revolution in such a manner as would carry conviction to the mind of any listener, that he actually served in the manner above stated.
In the absence of any prescribed form from the department, under the latest act, I have taken the liberty to conform the application as near as may be to the former instructions to applicants for pensions , where there was no record evidence or living witnesses; I hope this may be acceptable.
This applicant made affidavit to the service of several of the old soldiers for the time they were with him in service at New Haven; among whom is recollected Ebenezer Holcomb, to whose service he testified in the application of his widow Chloe Holcomb, among whose papers Jacob's deposition may be found, as additional evidence.
For my own standing before the department is respectfully referred to Hon. J. Porcey, U. S. Senate
— Hon. W. W. Welch, House of Reps
Please direct communications to Justice D. Wilcox, West Granby Conn.

State of Connecticut County of Hartford ss
On this 27 th day of October A. one thousand eight hundred and fifty six, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace, within & for the county & state aforesaid, Hannah Holcomb, aged eighty three years, a resident of Granby in the State of Connecticut, who, being duly sworn according to law, declared that she is the widow of Jacob Holcomb, deceased, who was a private in the revolutionary war, & served in the manner, & for the term of time set forth by him in his application for bounty land under the act of Congress of March 3 D. 1855. to which application the department is respectfully referred for proof of his service.
She further states that she was married to the said Jacob Holcomb in Granby aforesaid, on the 18 th day of Nov. A. 1836, by one Rev. Isaac Porter, a clergyman, and that her name before her said marriage was Hannah Holcomb widow of Asahel Holcomb, deceased; that her said husband Jacob Holcomb, died at Granby on the 15 th day of October, A. 1856, & that she is now a widow, & knows of no second evidence of her said marriage. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855. Hannah her Holcomb
We, Chauncy Holcomb and Hannah M. Quick, residents of Granby in the State of Connecticut, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by Hannah Holcomb in our presence, & that we believe, from the appearance & statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. And we further state that we well knew said Jacob & Hannah Holcomb as cohabiters together as husband & wife, & further that we were present & saw them married by said Isaac Porter at the time specified by declarant, & also attended the funeral of said Jacob Holcomb on the 17 th day of October A. 1856. Chauncy Holcomb Hannah M. Quick
The word Hannah in the affidavit amended by me J. S. Millis D.P.

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year above written, and I certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, & that I have no interest in the claim.
Justus D. Wilcox, Just e of the Peace
Probate Office District of Granby p. I, George M. Holcomb Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district aforesaid, do certify that Justus D. Wilcox is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, duly commissioned & sworn, that his commission took effect on the 4 th day of July A. 1836, & will expire on the 4 th day of July A. 1838, & that the signature above purporting to be his, is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the seal of said court. This 27 th day of October A. 1836.
George M. Holcomb Clerk
261.117
The foregoing application is respectfully presented, together with the return of Warrant No. 45596. issued to the warrant after his decease as the date thereof will show, and as the widow is very aged & infirm, it is respectfully requested that return may be made as soon as may be. directed to
Justus D. Wilcox West Granby Conn.
N.B. This widow's former husband, Asahel Holcomb, was a Revolutionary Pensioner, to whom she was married in 1813; is she not therefore entitled to a pension under the act of Feb. 3 rd 1833, on account of that husband's service, she being now a widow? Please reply to this enquiry & oblige the widow through your Ob st Serv t J. D. Wilcox for the Com te of Pensions

47 422
160 acres

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47. 422
160 aere

260.6 & 2.
Free Official business
Hon. A. Minot
Com t of Pensions City of Washington D.C.

Free Official business
FREE
Hon. J. Minot Comm ee of Pensions City of Washington D.C.
Ms. A. 9. 2. 28

248428 Act 55 Widows Apr 26. 1787
Jacob Holcomb
Conn Mil
✓
Warrant 45-596 for 160 acres cancelled Nov 19/56 See 47422 for 160 acres issued to Widow
1 M.

45396 Geo Jacob Holcomb
MR W
Widow App Consolidated with 248428 Husband apt -
Referred w Johanna
Heinrich
Ruth
Mr. Jenkins
Official business Bank of Paterson Washington N.J.

248.428. Act Mar 3/59
Amend June 13/56
Jacob Holcomb Birt
Capt. J. Case Col. C. N. Phelps Ent. Aug. 20. 1780 Dis. Oct. 20. 1880
Rev. Mear
Wart enclosed
No Papers
W: 160 ac, Oct: 8/57
Boston
Justus D. Wilcox
West Granby
Era
Warrant return to file
Nov 14/56 Nov 19/56 Warrant cancelled and Warrant No 47422 issued to Mason - to be to be in Janu paper
Mdows Johnson Nov 14/56
Vol H 2-71

Set of Wilcox Rejec Feb 9/50
260.682 Det Mar 3/55
unad m Nov 3/56
Hannah Holcomb. born
Jacob Holcomb det. wid of Mrs Holcomb det Rev
Rev War
Pensioner
Ad 53-6013
2484288
47,422
Mastus Wilcox
West Grange
Connt.

Jacob Holcomb
RECEIVED

160 ACRES.  Bounty Department
Land  160 ACRES. of the Interior
OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS
It is hereby Certified, that under the Act of March 3 rd 1855 entitled, "An Act in addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States."
aged  Abel Colcomb Private Revolutionary War
is entitled to locate ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES , at any Land Office of the United States, in one body, and in conformity to the legal subdivisions of the public lands, upon any of the public lands subject to sale at either the minimum or lower graduated prices.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Department, this 17 th day of October 1856
No 45596
A. H. Harkness
A. H. Harkness
Commissioner
Note. You can locate this Certificate at any of the United States land offices, or it will be located for you by the General Land Office on the return of it with your request to that effect endorsed thereon, specifying the State and Land District in which you wish the location made. If you locate it, fill up and sign the following application.
To the Register of the Land Office at _____
I locate this Certificate, in the _____ in Township _____
quarter of section _____
of Range _____
at _____
Register.

To the Com t of Pensions,
This second application of Hannah Holcomb for bounty land, is presented under the impression
First, That the 2 nd Section of the "Act of March 3 rd 1855" which provides, "That a subsequent marriage shall not impair the right of any such widow to such warrant &c!" entitles her to the benefits of the services of her former husband as well as those of her late one, she being the representative of both; And as it was her fortune to aid in sustaining the hearth, & administering to the comforts of each, for a period of twenty years or more, through their second childhood, it seems clearly equitable that it should now be her good fortune to enjoy the benefits of her two fold duties, as much as though they had been performed by two different individuals. (in which case no doubt could arise) & that she is entitled to a warrant for each, & both husbands.
Secondly— If the Department is of opinion that but one warrant can issue, we think there can be no doubt of the widow's being entitled to her choice, and as the warrant to her late husband, Jacob Holcomb (just returned) issued simultaneously with his death, (even before his burial) a question arises whether that warrant "or the title thereto," does not vest in his heirs at law in the same manner as real estate, & can only be disposed of by said heirs" as the "Instructions" of the late Com t , McWaldo would seem to imply.

Therefore, to avoid controversy with said heirs, and maintain a degree of independance for herself, the widow prefers that if but one benefit can accrue to her, it be a certificate or Warrant issued to her as the widow, on account of the services of the former husband Asahel Holcomb.
And to give the heirs of Jacob Holcomb all the benefits of which they might avail themselves from the Land Warrant, issued to their father (which perhaps was prematurely returned without full consultation with all the heirs) the Department is respectfully requested to return said Warrant, as no injustice can be deemed to arise to any one from its possession here, & may relieve us from the charge of hasty action in the premises.
An early reply will very much oblige your Most Obedt Servt directed to
Jestus D. Wilson West Granby Conn.
Oct. 29 th 1856

State of Connecticut
Hartford County } ss.
On this 29 th day of October A.D. 1856, One thousand eight hundred & fifty six, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace within & for the County & State aforesaid Hannah Holcomb, aged eighty three years, a resident of Granby, in the State of Connecticut, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Jacob Holcomb, deceased, & was the widow of Israel Holcomb, deceased, who was a soldier & pensioner of the Revolutionary war, & served in the manner & for the time stated by him in his application for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832, to which statements & proof the Department is respectfully referred.
She further states that she was married to the said Israel Holcomb, in Hartland, as stated in her application for the arrears of pension due said Israel Holcomb, at & after his decease; That her said husband died at Granby on the 2 nd day of October 1832, as proved by the documents above referred to, & that she is now a widow, as appears by the proof with her application of Oct. 27 th 1856, for bounty land as the widow of Jacob Holcomb, recently deceased.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act of March 3 rd 1855," as the widow of Israel Holcomb.
Hannah for Holcomb
We Owen Brick and Hannah M. Brick residents of Granby, in the State of Connecticut, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by Hannah Holcomb in our presence; & that we believe from the appearance & statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Owen Brick Hannah M. Brick

The foregoing declaration & affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiant, to be a credible person; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, & that I have no interest in this claim.
Justus D. Wilcox, Jus d of the peace
State of Connecticut
County of Hartford ss. Probate district of Farmington.
George W. Holcomb, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district aforesaid, do certify that Justus D. Wilcox, is a justice of the peace within & for the county & state aforesaid, duly commissioned & sworn, that his commission took effect on the 4 th day of July, A.D. 1856 & will expire on the 4 th of July A.D. 1858, & that the signature above purporting to be his, is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court at Farmington aforesaid this 29 th day of October A.D. 1856.
George W. Holcomb Clerk
Ms. A. 9. 2. 60