Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19226, George Ellsworth, New York
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(8 - 1776)
SERVICE  NUMBER
New York  Ellsworth, George  W. 19226
Sarah

Contents
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24307
New York
George Ellsworth
of Saratoga Co in the State of New York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Taylor of the Regt commanded by Col. Van Schoonhoven in the N.Y. [illegible] line for 8 mo. 27d. Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 29 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of [illegible] 1833 and Sent to A. Goodrich Ballston Spa

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833. - $74.16
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March '34 - 14.83
$89.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 55
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2825
New York Albany
Sarah Ellsworth widow of George Ellsworth who served in the Revolutionary war, as a N.Y. private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 29 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Jany 1849 and sent to W. G. Wade 
Rose N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 65 Vol. 4.
Reported
Jany 5/49
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Seal [illegible]
State of New York  
Saratoga County

On this 28th day of August AD 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting George Elsworth
of the town of Clifton Park in said County of Saratoga aged Seventy five years who being full 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, 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
That in the year 1776 at the Commencement of the Spring Campaign Claimant entered the service of the United States in a Company of Militia of the State of New York commanded by Captain Joshua Taylor which was a part of the 12 Regt commanded by Col Jacobus Van Schoonoven Joseph Cook was Adjutant, in the Company to which Claimant belonged Henry Afner was Lieutenant and John Affner Ensign
Claimant entered the service of the United States in the militia of the State above named under the command of the above named Capt. Taylor on an alarm to apprehend Tories went on an Expedition to apprehend one Joseph Bettes a Tory who was the same person that took and carried away Col James Gordon our Lieutenant a prisoner to Canady the party to which claimant belonged was under the command of Sargeant Lake we went also on an expedition in that part of Halfmoon now called Clifton Park and apprehended two persons by the name of De Groat & brought them before a committee of safety in the town of Halfmoon was absent on service Eighteen days
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18  Claimant was again ordered out under the command of Adjutant Cook to go on an Expedition to a place called Tory hill in the North part of the County of Albany then nou Saratoga we marched against some Tories and Indians had a skirmish with them took two prisoners and returned to quarters after a tour of Duty of ten days including the time in Camp. This Expedition was in the year afore named and about the middle of July of said year.
In the same year 1776 Claimant was again ordered out in the fore named Company under the command of Col Jacobus Van Schoonhoven we marched to a place called White Creek was there in Camp for the space of Seven Weeks during our stay at place a company or detachment of about five hundred men was sent out on scouting parties in different parts of the adjoining county the date of our marching on this Expedition was in August.
Claimant was again ordered into service under the above named Capt Taylor on an alarm to Saratoga Claimant remained in Camp at that place two weeks when the attachment to which he belonged was ordered to march to Dunning Street in said County to suppress and Expected attack on that peace from the Enemy Claimant remained at Dunning Street one week and was dismissed and returned home The date of the tour of Service Claimant is unable to State yet it was in the year 1776 or 77 - Colonel Mc[illegible] Commanded the troops at that post
Claimant was again ordered into service in the company afore Stated in the Militia in the year 1777 in the Spring of the same year was under the amediate direction of Adjutant Cook they marched to Saratoga from there to Dunning Street where they remained a short time and returned home after a tour of service of two weeks the object of this Expedition was to reenforce a small detachment ordered out to suppress depredations there
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daily committed by Jones and Indians-
Claimant was again ordered out in the month of August the first of the same to join his company as afore named when General orders were given to march to Saratoga when arriving at Schuylers General orders were given for all the inhabitants on the North Side of the Mohawk River and within the Bounds of a certain distance when the approaching army of Burgone would chance to pass through to remove to a place called Watervliet where the standing army of the United States were encamped Claimant was ordered together with a select detachment of the Militia from the Section when the removal was to be made to Execute the orders and claimant remained in the Camp at Watervliet untill the army took up their march for Saratoga when the detachment was ordered by General Gates to remove some families then in an unpleasant situation from the fear of an approaching enemy the attachment to which claimant belonged was therefore detained from accompaning the army on their march, they accomplished the object of there charge took up there line of March to Saratoga where they arrived early the next morning after the Battle in Loudon to see the enemy Surrender Claimant remained under arms at the different posts that is at Saratoga and Watervliet untill the first of October the same year when they were [illegible] and returned home after a tour of duty of three months in this service and whilst Engaged at Watervliet. Claimant was called on to go as a pilot to conduct detachments of Regular Troops as well as
3-
7.15
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7.15
Scouting parties who were daily ordered out to go in different directions through the several parts of the County in pursuit of Tories and disaffected persons and the [illegible] Claimant
having been called on to perform this service was that he was personally acquainted with different sections having resided there Claimant further saith that after the capture of Colonel James Gordon of Ballston By the Tories Colonel Ezekiel Taylor ordered a detachment of his men under arms and from that body selected a guard for his safety having fears of the same, this guard consisted of about eight or nine men and divided into two divisions the one under the command of Asa Root and the other under the command of Stephen Root- It became the duty of one Company to meet at the residence of the said Col Taylors at night on Every evening and thus took turns in Standing guard alternally untill finally dismissed, Claimant was a member of one of
those companies and continued as a Guard as afore Stated untill dismissed which was some time after the surrender of Burgoyne - the particular day and month not recollected
Was absent on this service about six weeks- The guard had not only the above mentioned duty to perform as a centery around the dwelling of the Colonel but was directed to march in small squads to different parts of the town by night- this claimant belonged to the squad or division commanded by Asa Root. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension list roll of the agency of any state.
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To the interrogatories propounded by the court he answers as follows.
1. He was born at a place called Oswego near Poughkeepsie Dutchess County New York in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty Eight the day and month he is unable to state.
2. He has no record of his age but derived his information from his parents during their lives.
3. He lived in Dutchess County at a place called
Oswego till the year 1775 when he removed to that part of the town of Halfmoon Saratoga County NY now called Clifton park where he has resided ever since.
4. He was called into service under General orders and was obliged to be ready at a moments warning and invariably turned out whenever called upon.
5. The names of the militia officers under whom he served were as follows. Colonel Jacobus Van Schoonhoven, Ezekiel Taylor, Adjutant Cook, Captain Joshua Taylor.
6. He never received a written discharge at the
close of any service but was in all cases verbally dismissed. The continental officers whom he knew were General Schuyler, Col. McKinstry Col. Lewis.
7. He would offer the names of Elder Andrew McKain and William Gleason who are known to him in his present neighborhood who can testify as to his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.
his
George X Ellsworth
mark
Subscribed & Sworn in Open Court this the 28th day of August 1833
A Goodrich Clerk
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We Andrew Mc Kain a clergyman residing in the town of Halfmoon and William Gleason residing in the town of Stillwater County of Saratoga N.Y. hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Ellsworth 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, and that he is a man of truth and veracity.
Andrew Mc Kain
William Gleason
Sworn & Subscribed this 28th Augt 1833. in Open Court
A. Goodrich Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories, prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Andrew Mc Kain who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the County of Saratoga & State of New York and that William Gleeson who has also signed the same, is a resident in the County aforesaid, and is a credible person, and his statement is entitled to credit.
I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga do Certify, that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of George Ellsworth for a pension.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this twenty Eighth day of August 1833-
A Goodrich Clerk
[written on the left side] George Ellsworth 28174
[written on right side] A Goodrich Agent Ballston Spa
Admitted
Private 8 mo & 27 days-
29.66
59.33
14.83
74.16
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State of New York
County of Wayne
On the seventh day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before me Hiram P. Jones one of the Judges of said County Sarah Ellsworth a resident of the town of Rose County and State aforesaid, being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain a pension under act of Congress granting pensions to widows of Revolutionary soldiers That she was born on the Twenty first day of February in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and seventy two, was Seventy one years of age on the 21st day of February last, that she is the widow of the late George Ellsworth who was a Revolutionary Soldier and drew a pension under act of June Seventh 1832 The certificate being dated the Twentieth day of November 1833 and recorded in the Pension office in Book E. Vol. 4 Page 55. by W.J. Williams Clerk, reference being had to the proofs and affidavits now on file in the pension office made at the time her said Husband George Ellsworth obtained his Pension. Personally she knows nothing of his services And she further declares that she was married to the said George Ellsworth on the fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty six by the Reverend Mr. Stort in the town of Half Moon in the County of Saratoga and State aforesaid and was at the time of said marriage fourteen years nine months and thirteen days old-
That her Husband the aforesaid George Ells[worth]
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[Ells}worth died on the Twenty-eighth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty
That she was not married prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four  Veg? at the above stated  Sarah X Ellsworth
                                        mark
Sworn sand subscribed on the
 day and year above written
 before Mr. Hiram P. Jones
a judge of Wayne County

State of New York
Wayne County  
Hiram P Jones a judge of the
court of common pleas in and for the county of Wayne before whom the aforegoing declaration was made and sworn to do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Sarah Ellsworth who has subscribed the foregoing declaration by her mark and that she is a reputable person and that her statements may be relied upon as the truth 
Hiram P Jones
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7230
Sarah Ellsworth
widow of George
Hon. Byrum Green
H. Rep
married 1786
Husb. decd 28 March 1840
July 7. 1838
Sarah Ellsworth
George 32
Hon B Green HR
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State of New York
Wayne County Clerks Office S.S  I hereby certify that Hiram J Jones Esquire before whom the preceeding affidavit purports to have been sworn, and whose signature appears to the above Jurat, was, at the time said affidavit purports to have been taken, a Judge of the County Courts in & for said County, legally authorized to take the same and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Judge, and that his signature to said Jurat is genuine
Witness my hand and the seal of the said County, at Lyons this
9th day of December A.D. 1843.
E A Palmeter Dep Clerk
of said County
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State of New York
Tioga County SS. Be it remembered that before Mr Alanson Munger First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Tioga aforesaid Counsellor at Law personally appeared Lucinda Clow now of the town of Owego in said County who being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith that she was sixty six years of age on the fourteenth day of January last past. That she is well acquainted with Sarah Ellsworth of the town of Rose in the County of Wayne in said State the widow of George Elsworth deceased - that she is well acquainted with the said George Elsworth deceased in his life time - that said George Elsworth was brother to this deponent - that deponent was present at the marriage of the said George and Sarah and heard their marriage ceremony pronounced and saw them married at the house of this deponents father in the town of Halfmoon in the County of Saratoga in said State of New York. -
This deponent further says she recollects and cannot be mistaken as to her recollections of the said marriage from the fact that a sister of the said Sarah was married to Griffin Jones at the same time and place by the same minister Reverand Mr. Starts or Starks. And this deponent further says that at the time of the marriage of the said Sarah to her said brother George Elsworth the said Sarah was a little less than fifteen years old or near that and not exceeding sixteen sixteen years of age as this deponent understood at the time of said marriage and has so understood was since and this deponent is a few days over a month less than five years younger than the said Sarah and must have been about ten years old at the time of said marriage but this deponent cannot state from her recollection the mouth of the year of said marriage Except as aforesaid from the recollection of this deponent and said Sarah's age & she further states she recollects that at the time of the said marriage it was cold weather
her
Lucinda X Clow
mark
Subscribed & Sworn before me this 30th Nov. 1843
A. Munger - First Judge of Tioga County
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State of New York
Tioga County SS.  I Alanson Munger First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Tioga counsellor & before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Lucinda Clow who has subscribed the foregoing affidavit by her mark and that she is a reputable person and that her statements may be relied upon as the truth
A. Munger
First Judge of Tioga County Court

State of New York
County of Tioga SS. I David Wallis Clerk of the said County of Tioga certify that Alanson Munger whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit & certificate was at the time of taking the same First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County dwelling in said county commissioned & sworn & duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Alanson Munger and verily believe the signature "A. Munger" affixed to said affidavit & certificate is genuine.-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said County the
30th day of November 1843.
D. Wallis Clk
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We the undersigned Ministers of the Gospel of the town of Rose County of Wayne, New York do certify that we are well acquainted with Mrs Sarah Ellsworth Widow of the late George Ellsworth deceased and can say that she sustains a good character and do believe her statements may be relied upon as the truth
Given under our hands at Rose this 11th day of Decr 1843
Beaufort Ladd
Minister of the Presbyterian Church in Rose

A.S. Curtiss
Pastor of the Baptist Chh. in Rose
We the undersigned Justices of the peace in and for the County of Wayne duly Elected and qualified according to Law do certify that we are personally acquainted with Mrs. Sarah Ellsworth Widow of the late George Ellsworth deceased a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. And, can say that she sustains a good reputation for truth and veracity and do believe her statements may be relied upon as the truth-
Given under our hands at Rose this 11th day of Decr 1843-
John Dickson
C.B. Collins
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of George Ellsworth a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (& [or is crossed out] his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
W. File 19,226

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
1776 & 1777
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
8 mos & 27 days
RANK.
Private
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Joshua Taylor
COLONEL.
Jacobus Van Schoonover 
Ezekiel Taylor
STATE.
N.Y.
Battles engaged in, check mark
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Halfmoon, Saratoga, Co N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Aug 28. 1833. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Clifton Park, Saratoga Co N.Y.
Age at date of application, born 1758 at Oswego near Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Remarks: Sol. mar. at Halfmoon NY Dec. 4, 1786 Sarah Reynolds born Feb. 21. 1772; he died Mch 28, 1840,
& she was alld. pens. on her appln. exec. July 14 1840. while a resident of Rose, Wayne Co., N.Y. Son Wm b. Dec. 18, 1797. 5"child no inform. concerning others. Very respectfully,
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State of New York
Saratoga County
Maraby Jones a resident of the town of Clifton Park in the County of Saratoga and State of New York a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of July 7th 1838 aged seventy one years on oath deposeth and says. That she is a sister of Sarah Ellsworth now a resident of the County of Wayne State aforesaid who is the widow of George Elsworth deceased late a Revolutionary Pensioner 
She further declares that the said Sarah Ellsworth was lawfully married to the said George Ellsworth at the town of Halfmoon Saratoga County State of New York on the fourth day of December one thousand seven hundred and Eighty Seven by Elder Start a Clergyman of the Baptist Church, that she was personally present at said marriage and was made at the same time and place to Griffin Jones her husband now deceased. That she has no record of her marriage nor does she know of any, or of any person now living excepting her sister and the said Sarah and husband who was present at said wedding. 
She further declares that the said Sarah Ellsworth has never intermarried but remains the Lawful widow of the said George Ellsworth
her
Meraby X Jones
mark

Sworn and subscribed to this 14th day of July 1840 before me Seth W. Higgins
Justice Peace
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Saratoga County 
Clerks Office SS I Archibald Smith Clerk of the said County do certify that Seth W. Higgins, before whom the written affidavit purports to have been taken was on the 14th day of July 1840 a Justice of the peace in & for the said County, residing therein, & duly qualified according to law; and also that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said
Justice and verily believes the written to be his hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the said County this 14th day of July 1840
Archibald Smith Clerk
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State of New York
Saratoga County
On this fourteenth day of July 1840 personally appeared [illegible] for the Court of County of Saratoga in State of New York now sitting at the Court House in the Village of Ballston Spa
in said County aforesaid [illegible] and Sarah Ellsworth a resident of the town of Rose in the County of Wayne and State of New York aforesaid aged Sixty nine years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1838 Entitled an Act of granting half pay and pensions to certain
widows that she is [illegible] widow of George
Ellsworth who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States at the date of his death under the act of
Congress of June 7th 1832 she further declares she was married to the said George Ellsworth Pensioner aforesaid at the town of Haymoon in the County of Saratoga and State of New York by Elder [illegible] Minister of the Baptist Church on the fourth day of December one thousand seven him and and Eighty seven, that her husband the aforesaid George Ellsworth died on the twenty eighth day of March one thousand Eight hundred and forty. That she was not married to the said George Ellsworth prior to his leaving the service but that the 2
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marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four and at this time above stated.  She further declares that she has no record evidence of her marriage nor is there any and that there is no one living to her knowledge who was present at said marriage but Meraby Jones now a resident of the town of Clifton Park Saratoga County and that the said Meraby Jones Pensioner of the United States was married to Griffin Jones her husband now deceased at the same time and place
Subscribed + sworn to in open court this 14th day of July 1840
Archibald Smith Clerk
Sarah Ellsworth her mark X
And the said court do hereby declare this opinion after the investigation of the matter that the said Sarah Ellsworth is the widow of the witness named George Ellsworth who was a soldier of the Revolution at the date of his death
I Archibald Smith Clerk of the court of common Pleas in and for the county of Saratoga State of New York Certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the Matter of Sarah Ellsworth for a Pension

In testimony where I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 14th day of July 1840
Archibald Smith Clerk
[side left margin] No 7230 Sarah Ellsworth X N.Y.
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7230
NY  died 1840
Rejected
Let. to L.W. Higgins
Aug'st 24th 1840
let to E.N. Thomas Aug'st 1843
" " [let to] W.G. Wade Aug' 9. 45
" " [let to] same Sept 15. '45

[corner torn] 7. July 38 -
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No 7230
Sarah Ellsworth
Widow of George
NY
Act 7 July 1838 and Joint resolution of the 23d January 1845
Adm. 8 mo 27 @ priv
$29.66 per ann
Adnd. Acts 3 March 1843
and 17 June 1844
$29.66 per ann
W. G. Wade
Rose N.Y
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7343
New York
Sarah Ellsworth, widow of George Ellsworth, who was a private, in the New-york line.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 29 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13- day of Oct. 1845 and sent to W. G. Wade,
Rose, N. yk

Act of March 3, 1843. & 17 June, 1844.
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 74
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9666.
New York.
Sarah Ellsworth,
widow of George Ellsworth, who was a pensioner under the Act of 32, and who died on the 28 March, 1840, of Wayne Co in the State of N.Y: who was a private in the commanded by Captain Taylor - of the commanded by Vanschoonhoven - in the N. york- line for 8 mo. 27 days- Inscribed on the Roll of Albany - at the rate of 29 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836 Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of Oct. 1845  - and sent to W. G. Wade, Rye, N.yk..
Total amount, $148.30
(Act July 7, 1838.)
Nyk resolution January 45.
Recorded by W.M. Stewart - Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1- Page 155.

3 + 17
[written on right side] no 376.
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Pension Office Washington D.C. Gentlemen. My Grand father George Ellsworth a private enrolled in albany co militia in Col Killian Van
Rensselaer's and Col J. Schoononer's regiments Revolutionary war received a pension, a fire that destroyed our home and all records and books depriving mother and myself of many valuables as well. I am informed by the National Historian DAR. Mrs Gertrude B Durrin
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2
that upon application at pension office an official record of such pension will be forwarded to my address. For which kindness receive thanks, sincerely
Mrs Lymon Sleeper
108.- N. Washington ave
Iola,  allen co. Kansas

August. 8. 1910.
AUG 12 1910
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W.D.G.
3-871.
Record Division.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

Briefed by A. MacD. 13/8/10
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier George Ellsworth
Service
Additional Service Rev.

No __claim, State records __, 191_
No claim, combination records __, 191_
REMARKS:
No Inv.
Wid .F 19,226
No other Wid.
11 Rej.
6-1914  Chief Division
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.

No.19226
Sarah Ellsworth
Widow of George Ellsworth
Pri Rev War

Act: Feb 2d 48
ex:-Vol. A, Page 215 
Arrangement of 1870.

1910 Aug. 16. Hist. to Mrs.
Lyman Sleeper - &
1914 Apl. 8. Hist to Mrs.
W. D. Martin, letter in
W. 16486 Christopher P. Yates
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20
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
Dist. Columbia
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Rose New York
September 1845
Sir
Permit me very respectfully to transmit herewith, two additional affidavits, in support of the claim of Sarah Ellsworth, for a pension under act of July 7th 1838. This proof, with that on file in your Office I doubt not will establish satisfactorily the date of the marriage, as being prior to 1st of January 1794.
I have the honor to be very respectfully your Obd Servt
WG. Wade
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Comm of Pension
Washington DC.
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Pension Declaration under the
act of
Congress of July 7th 1838.

Hon Joel R Poinsett
Secretary of War
Washington
DC
228
60
15810
760
15| 380
380
[pound symbol] 20

1917 60 C 40
Highton Park NY
July 18
NY No 7230
July 7 1838
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Clifton Park N.Y.
July 15th 1840
Sir
The written is the declaration of Sarah Ellsworth widow of George Ellsworth deceased for a Pension under the act of Congress of July 7th 1838
Mrs Ellsworth has made her declaration in the County of Saratoga owing to her witness residing there and she having been a resident then for some forty years untill within a year or two past, her husband George Ellsworth deceased was inscribed on the Pension list Roll under the date of July 1832 his certificate was procured by me whilst a resident of this town and there can be no doubt as to her being legally and justly entitled to a Pension under the act for which she makes her claim
All of which is respectfully submitted
I am Yours most obat
S. W. Higgins
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Rose Wayne Co. N.Y. Aug 4/43
Dear Sir
Mrs Sarah Elsworth widow of the late George Elsworth who was a pensioner of the United States, certificate dated the 20th day of Nov. 1833. and Recorded in the Pension Office in Book E Vol. 4 Page 55 by W.J. Williams Clerk
Widow Elsworth made an application which is on file in the Pension Office I understand that it was objected to on account of the said George Elsworth being alive at the time of the passage of the act granting half pay and pensions to widows of Officers & soldiers of the Revolution
Will you have the goodness to examine the application of Mrs Elsworth which is on file and say whether she is now entitled to a pension by her making the other necessary proof that she has not since been married &c &c. The late law
probably has reached her case-
Yours Respectfully
E. N. Thomas

Hon J. L. Edwards
Com of Pensions-
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Aug 10 43
Free
Sarah Ellsworth
N.J. 22nd 38
J.L. Edwards Esqr
Com of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
Rose Ny
Aug 5
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Rose New York
19th June 1845
Sir
I beg leave to request the honor of presenting the enclosed. Depositions in support of the claim of Sarah Ellsworth for a pension under acts of Congress of 9th July 1888, 3d March 1848 and 17th of June 1844.
From your letter of the 5th of January 1844, which is herewith enclosed,- it appears that all objections to the claim and now removed
I have the honor to be very respectfully
Your Obt Servt
W. G. Wade

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Rose June 19 1845
Sir
In relation to Mrs Sarah Elsworth application for a Pension I would just say that Mr. W. G. Wade is now her duly authorized attorney
Your Obt Ser.
Eron N. Thomas
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Sarah Ellsworth
papers
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23 Jan. 1845 
Whereas the act of the 30th of April 1844 prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner. I now make the following statement under oath, to obtain the benefits of the resolution above mentioned. I am the widow of George Ellsworth who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $29.66 per annum
under act of Congress June 7th 1832 That I am the identical person who made application for the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 and March 3 1843 I made my declaration before the 30th April 1844 and it was filed in the pension office
before the 23d Jan 1845
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 21st day of May 1845
her
Sarah X Elsworth
Mark
C. R. Collins Justice of the peace

I certify that the declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit that for want of education & practice is unable to write her name, C.R. Collins Justice of the peace
State of New York
Wayne County Clerk's office SS
I hereby certify, that Chauncey B. Collins was on the 21st day of May [illegible] a justice of the peace in and for said County duly qualified to act as such; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his signatures to the above affidavit and certificate to be genuine
Witness my hand & seal of office,
May 21. 1845
Daniel Chapman
Clerk of said County & of the
court, thereof.
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Pension Office
January 5, 1844

Hon. B. Green
House of Representatives

Sir,

I have the honor to inform you that the proof regarding the date of marriage in the case of Sarah Ellsworth is insufficient. All claimants are required to provide the best attainable evidence. Before parol testimony can be considered satisfactory, it must be demonstrated—by the proper officers of the Town and Church—that no higher evidence, such as official records, exists.

I have the honor to be,
Respectfully,

J. L. Edwards
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**Rose, Wayne County, N.Y.**  
December 11, 1843  

**Hon. J.L. Edwards**  

**Dear Sir,**  

Herewith, I send you the declaration of Mrs. Sarah Ellsworth, widow of the late George Ellsworth, a Revolutionary Pensioner, duly executed and certified by the proper officers.  

Her husband received a pension of $25.66 per annum under the Act of June 7, 1832. His certificate was dated November 20, 1833, and recorded in the Pension Office in Book E, Vol. 4, Page 55, by W. J. Williams, Clerk.  

The late George Ellsworth passed away on March 28, 1840. His pension was drawn up to March 4 of that year. The pension for the remaining 24 days was not claimed by his representatives, as the expenses would have exceeded the amount recoverable.  

The facts presented in Mrs. Sarah Ellsworth’s declaration are fully corroborated by the testimony of Mrs. Lucinda Clow, sister of the late George Ellsworth, who was present at their marriage and witnessed the ceremony. There was no official town or church record of their marriage.  

Additionally, the certificate of the Gospel Minister and the attestations of Justices of the Peace regarding Mrs. Ellsworth’s good character are deemed sufficient to establish her claim.  

I believe all the necessary facts have been provided—though perhaps not in perfect form—to allow the Department to fully understand this matter.  

**Yours respectfully,**  
**Eton W. Thomas**
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State of New York
Saratoga County, ss

Personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Reuben Street, Esq., Postmaster of the town of Half Moon in said County, of lawful age, who, being first duly sworn according to law, deposes and states that he has personally examined the town and church records of the town of Half Moon, in the County of Saratoga, State of New York, for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the marriage of George Ellsworth to Sarah Reynolds, stated to have taken place in said town of Half Moon on the fourth day of December 1786 (one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six), was recorded.

After a careful examination of the records of both the town and the church, this deponent certifies that no such record of the marriage of the aforementioned persons is found in either the town or church records of Half Moon, County of Saratoga, State of New York.

Sworn and subscribed before me
this 11th day of June, 1845.

Nathan A. Philo, Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above-named affiant is a respectable person and that he is the Postmaster of said town, County, and State.

Nathan A. Philo, Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Saratoga County, Clerk’s Office

I, Horace Goodrich, Clerk of the said County, hereby certify that Nathan A. Philo was, at the time of the execution of the above affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Saratoga, duly elected and sworn, and that the signature of the said Justice to the given affidavit appears to be genuine.

Witness my hand and official seal this 16th day of June, 1845.

Horace Goodrich, Clerk
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Aug 18, 1878
Reed
Sarah Ellsworth
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**Rose, New York**  
August 15, 1845  

**Sir,**  

Your letter of the 7th, regarding the case of Sarah Ellsworth’s claim for a pension under the Act of 1838, has been received. Not having a copy of the proofs previously forwarded, I cannot positively assert that the additional testimony required as proof of marriage is now on file in your office. However, judging from your former letters and the statements made by N. Thomas, the former agent, as well as the claimant herself, I am led to believe that proper proof of marriage has already been furnished.  

It was my understanding that the only remaining requirement before the claim could be admitted was to demonstrate that no higher evidence was available. If I am mistaken in this assumption, please inform me, and I will immediately provide the necessary proof as outlined in your letter of the 7th inst.  

I have the honor to be,  

**Very respectfully,**  
Your obedient servant,  

**W.G. Wade**  

To:  
**J.L. Edwards**  
Commissioner of Pensions  
Washington, D.C.
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**State of New York**  
Wayne County, ss.  

Personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, **William Ellsworth** of Rose in the County of Wayne, State of New York, who, being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith:  

That he is a son of **George Ellsworth**, late a pensioner of the United States, and late the husband of **Sarah Ellsworth**, an applicant for a pension from Wayne County, New York. This deponent states that according to the record he has of his age, which is a true and accurate record that he has kept for over twenty years, he is **forty-eight years of age** on the **18th day of December, 1845**.  

This deponent is the **fifth child** of the above-named **George and Sarah Ellsworth**. He has four older brothers and sisters, all of whom are children of George Ellsworth, the late pensioner, and Sarah Ellsworth, the applicant for a pension, widow of the aforementioned George Ellsworth.  

The eldest brother of this deponent is now **fifty-six years of age**, and this deponent’s mother, **Sarah Ellsworth**, remains a widow.  

Sworn and subscribed before me this **29th day of August, 1845**.  

**William Ellsworth**  

**C.T. Collis**, Justice of the Peace  

I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above-named deponent and that he is a respectable person. The word "fifth" in the above was corrected before execution.  

**C.B. Collins**, Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Wayne County Clerk's office SS I hereby certify that Chauncey B. Collins Esq, where signatories appear to the witness jurats and certificates, was at the dates of said jurats and certificates, a justice of the peace in and for said County, duly qualified to act as such; and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe his signatures to said Jurats and certificates to be genuine.
Witness my hand & seal of office,
Sept 3. 1845
Daniel Chapman
Clerk of said County.

[a round seal is attached but illegible]
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State of New York
Wayne County  SS. Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County Jeremiah S Finch Esq of the town of Rose in said county and state - aged sixty one years the fourth day of October 1845 - who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith, that he was formerly a resident of the town of Half Moon in the County of Saratoga and state of New York - that his parents resided in said town of Half Moon - from this deponents first recollections, that this deponent resided in said town untill he was more than twenty five years of age, that while a resident of said town, he was personally acquainted with George Ellsworth late a pensioner of the United States, and late the husband of widow Sarah Ellsworth who made application for a pension from the County of Wayne - State of New York, that from this deponents earliest recollections the above named George Ellsworth and Sarah Ellsworth were living together as husband and wife, and that this deponent has often heard their marriage that of George Ellsworth and Sarah Reynolds spoken of as having taken place, when they were very young, that he has heard said George Ellsworths father state that his son George Ellsworth the above named person late the husband of said Sarah Ellsworth, had married quite to young, that he had heard others speak of it when this deponent was quite small, that he was personally acquainted with the above named persons while a resident of the town of Half Moon, in the county of Saratoga, and was acquainted with them after she removed to Rose Wayne County and that from his personal acquaintance with them while in Half Moon as they lived near this deponents father, and after visited their house, & from his acquaintance, since - he knows that the
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said Sarah Ellsworth an applicant for a pension from the town of Rose Wayne County New York, is the identical person who was living with the aforesaid George Ellsworth, late a pensioner, at this deponents Earliest recollections, that he was personally acquainted with the children of said- George and Sarah Ellsworth, and well recollects that there was but a few years difference in the age of the eldest, and the age of this deponent not more then five or six years, that this deponent has a record of his age, and has had one from his marriage which is upwards of forty years and that at the time this deponent recorded his age in his own Bible he copied it from his fathers Bible where it had been recorded from deponents best recollections-
Jeremiah S. F. Finch
Sworn and subscribed before me this 25th day of August 1845 
C. B. Collins Justice of the Peace

I certify that I am personally acquainted with
the above named affiant, and know him to be a respectable person,
C. B. Collins Justice of the Peace
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Rose New York
August 9th 1848,
Sir,
Herewith are enclosed the Declaration of Elizabeth Abbott, Chloe Shermon, and Sarah Ellsworth, claiming the benefits of the act of Congress of 2nd of February 1848.
I am Respectfully,
Your Obt Sert
W. G. Wade

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions,
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State of New York
Wayne County Clerk's Office & I Alexander B. Williams Clerk of said County do hereby Certify that H. Salsbury Esq, was on the day of the date of the within declaration & certificate a Justice of the peace for and in said County duly elected and [illegible], And that the signatures to the Jurat of the within declaration and the within certificate purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County and of the Court hereto this fifth day of August A.D. 1848
S.B. Garitt Dep Clk
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DECLARATION.
In order the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
STATE OF NEW YORK,
County of Wayne
On this 26th day of July
1848 personally appeared before the subscriber one of the
Justices of the Peace in and for said County Sarah Ellsworth resident of Rose in the county of Wayne aged 77 years, duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made 
by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of George  Ellsworth who was a soldier of the Revolution & pensioner
of the United States, and on[crossed out whose] account of whose
services & he
has recd a pension
under act of Congress of 30 
March 1843 & 17th June 1844 at the rate of about $29 per annum
She further declares that she is a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me H Salisbury  Justice of the Peace
Sarah Ellsworth X her mark

Witness Daniel West
N. Salisbury
I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual
who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit, and that an account
of age a [illegbile] infirmity  &he is unable to write her name
H. Salsbury Justice
PS. .
Mrs Ellsworth certificate having been forwarded 
to Albany  she is unable to state the exact
amount of her pension