Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2453, for Lemuel Stanbrough, Connecticut
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(8-1776)
SERVICE                                                                     NUMBER
Conn.            Stanbrough, Lemuel                           W. 2453
                   or  Stanbraugh                            B.L. Wt. 9543-160-55.
                                        Jane

CONTENTS
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10.258
R
New York
Lemuel Stanbrough
of Lyons in the state of New York
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Butler, of the Connecticut
line, for the term of two years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 20 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 of May 1819
and sent to Claudius P. Bough-
ton of Phelps New York

Arrears to 4th of March 1819                $83.94
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819        48.
                                                             $131.94
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued
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Notification sent to Stephen Phelps, 29 Sep 1820
Canandaigua
N.Y
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New York   2750
A.
Jane Stanbrough,
widow of Lemuel Stanbrough
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a Private
Conn Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
96 Dollars  00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the
2nd day of November 1853
and sent to
A.A. Van Horne
Fonda
Montgomery Co.
N. Y
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 85 Vol.  a

Let: to Saml Lake Ap 8/55
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Act march 3/55
74,121
Apl 16/55
Jane Stanbrough
Wid
Samuel Stanbrough
Capt
Private Butler's Reg
Conn Line

Revolutionary Pensioner
NY Feby 53-2750
Boynton
20  160 ac's Nov 1/50
nd ill
Will
Samuel Lake
Buffalo
NY.

Vol 82, page 65.
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Application for Bounty Land ORIGINAL CLAIM.
State of New York{handwritten}
County of Eric{handwritten}
on this 12th{handwritten} day of April{handwritten} A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five{handwritten} personally appeared before me Henry H Clapp a Commissioner of Deeds in the City of Buffalo{handwritten} in the state of New York{handwritten}
who being duly sworn according to, law declares that she is the widow of Samuel Stanbrough{handwritten} [spelling of Samuel may look like Lemuel] deceased, who was a Soldier{handwritten} in the Company commanded by Captain not remembered{handwritten} in the Continental Army Connecticut line She believes{handwritten} in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June 1818[crossed out] Called the Recolutionary War for proof of her marriage and death of her Husband she refers to her application{handwritten} that her said husband enlisted for a term of years but for what time she does not remember and never knew except from the records given by him.{handwritten}............ and continued in actual service in said war for the term of several years{handwritten} and was honorably discharged at the close of his engagement that he was a Revolutionary prisoner at his death, reference may be had to his application{handwritten} She futher states that she was married to the said Samuel Stanbrough{handwritten} in the town of Arcadia NY{handwritten} on the 1st{handwritten} day of January{handwritten} A.D. 1841{handwritten} by one Mr Townsend Minestor of the Church{handwritten} and that her name before her said marriage was Jane Ostrom{handwritten} that her said husband died in Arcadia NY{handwritten} on the 28,{handwritten} day of February{handwritten} A.D. 1844{handwritten}^according to her reccolection{handwritten} and that she is now a widow. and that she is a Revolutionary prisoner her prison certificate is 1122750{handwritten} dated 2nd Nov. 1853----{handwritten}
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3d, 1855.  Samual Lake of Buffalo NY{handwritten} is hereby appointed my Attorney to prosecute my claim and receive any Warrant which may be issued thereon.
Jane Stanbrough{signed by handwritting}
We Joshua O. Ostom{handwritten} and Cornelia Knapp{handwritten} residents of Buffalo{handwritten} in the state of New York{handwritten} upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was sined and acknowledged by Jane Stanbrough{handwritten} in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
J.O. Ostrom{signature handwritten}
C.H. Knapp{signature handwritten}
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written: and I certify that I know the Affiants to be credible persons; that the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Henry H Clapp
Comissioner of Deeds in and for the City of Buffalo{signature and handwritten}
initialed or numbered in the bottom left corner possibly 23[not certain]
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State of New York
Eric County [illegible]. Joshua O Ostrom and Cornelia H Knapp being duly sworn according to law on their oaths say, that they were personally acquainted with Samuel Stanbrough previously to his death that indeed he had a Revolutionary Pension and died at Arcadia New Yourk about ten years past. That he left Jane Stanbrough his widow him survivning, and that the deposed have been acquainted with the said Jane Stanbrough since the death of her said husband. That she is still a widow and  unmarried and had signed and sworn to the foregoing declaration.
The deposants further say they reside in the City of Buffalo and have no interest in the claim of the said Jane Stanbrough for Bounty Land   CH Knapp JO Ostrom
Signed and submitted this 12th day of April 1855 Before me and I Certify the deposants are creidble persons
Henry H Clapp
Commisoner of Deeds
in and for the City of Buffalo
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State of New York,                    )
ERIE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, ) ss.
I, WILLIAM ANDRE, Clerk of said County, and of the Courts thereof, certify
that Henry H. Clapp Esq before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, and whose name is subscribed in the certificate of proof
thereof, was at the time of taken the same, a commissioner of deeds in and for the City of Buffalo, in said County, duly sworn and acting as such, and authorized to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing,
and verily believe the signature thereto, to be his genuine signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County and the Courts thereof, the 12 of April
A. D. 185
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State of New York
Erie County ⎬ Joshua O. Ostron being
duly sworn according to law on his oath
says that he is a son of Joshua Ostrom
and Jane Ostrom his wife, that he is
thirty nine years old, that his Father has
been dead many years. that his mother
Jane Ostrom was married to Samuel
Stanbro in the town of Arcadia Wayne
County in this State, in the month of January
AD. 1839 by a minister of the Universalist
Church by the name of Townsend, the
deponent was present at their Marriage
but does not recollect the day of the
month, that the said Samuel Stanbro
died in in the said town Arcadia in
Wayne County about three years after his
marriage, the deponent was present at the
funeral but has no record and Cannot
State the date of the death more fully than
as above stated, that at the time, he left
his mother, the said Jane Stanbro his widow
him surviving, and the deponent believes
she is still a widow and resides in the
County of Montgomery in this State-
Sworn and Subscribed this
23 day of May 1853
Before me and I believe
the witness is a credible person
Samuel Lake Commissioner
of Deeds for the City of Buffalo
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State of New York.
ERIE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE
I WILLIAM ANDRE, Clerk of said County, and of the Courts thereof, certify that Samuel Lake Esq before whom the annexed affidavit
was taken, and whose name is subscribed in the certificate of proof
thereof, was at the time of taken the same, a commissioner of deeds, in and for the City of Buffalo, in said county, duly sworn and acting as such, and authorized to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily
believe the sginature thereto, to be his genuine signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the
seal of said County and the Courts thereof, the 24 day of May
A.D. 185
W Andre Clerk
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State of New York
Montgomery County ss
On this Seventh day of June
A.D. 1853 Personally appeared before the County Court
of the County of Montgomery, Jane Stanbrough a reside-
ent of the Town of Glen in said County aged Seventy
two years, who being first duly sworn according to law
Doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of congr
=ess passed on the 3rd February 1853, granting pensions to wid-
ows of persons who served during the revolutionary war, that
she is the widow of Lemuel Stanbrough who was a private
and a Drum Major in the army of the Revolution, that he
said Samuel Stanbrough on account of his said services
was awarded a pension under the act of 18th March 1818
At the rate of Ninety Six Dollars per annum. That his servi-
ces were rendered in the Connecticut line in said army which
facts and other particulars regarding said services
are set forth in his papers are on file as declarant has
been informed and believes, in the matter of his application
for a pension said act of 18th March 1818
She further declares that she was married to said
Lemuel Stanbrough on the first day of January in the
year on thousand eight hundred and Thirty Nine by
the Revd Mr Townsand at Accadia in the County of Wayne
in said State of New York, That her said husband died
on the 28th day of February in the year one thousand Eight
Hundred & forty two - that she was not married to him
prior to the Second day of January Eighteen Hundred, but at the
time above stated, She further declares that the said -
Jane Stanbrough is now his widow and Hill unmarried
Jane Stanbrough
Subscribed & sworn to before me in open Court June
 9th 1853                             S. Belding County Judge
                                              of Montgomery County
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Montgomery County Cornelius H Putman of the Town of Glenn County aforesaid being duly sworn says that he is well acquainted with the within named Jane Stanbrough the applicant for a pension, and has been acquainted with her between thirty & forty years last part he knew her by reputation many years ago to be the wife of Joshua Ostron and after his death as his widow
That the said Jane Stanbrough the said applicant for a
pension has been a resident of said Town of Glenn, according to
the best of this deponants belief, some seven or eight years last
part, and during which time she has been known and reputed
to be the widow of Samuel Stanbrough deceased, and is
now reputed to be his widow,
                                                                  C. H. Putman
Subscribed & Sworn to the 22d day of
June A.D. 1853, and I hereby certify
that I am acquainted with the above deponent
and that his credibility as a witness may
be relied upon
John Everson Justice of
the peace
Montgomery County Ss   John L Putman of the town of Glen
County aforesaid being duly sworn says that he is well acquainted with the within named Jane Stanbrough the applicant for a pension and has been acquainted with her between thirty & forty years last part he knew her by reputation many years ago to be the wife of Joshua Ostrom and after his death as his Widow
That the said Jane Stanbrough the said applicant for
pension has been a resident of said town of Glenn according to
the best of this deponent belief some seven or eight years
last part and during which time she has been known & reputed
to be the widow of Lemuel Stanbrough deceased and is now
reputed to be his widow
Subscribed & sworn to this 12th day of
June AD 1853 before me, and  I                             John L. Putman
further certify that I am acquainted with
the above deponent and that his
Credibility as a witness may be relied upon
John Everson Justice of the peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK                       )
Montgomery County Clerk's Office ) SS.
I, J. W. VAN DERVEER, Clerk of said County,
do hereby certify that John Everson, Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment to which this is annexed, was on the date of the same a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE in and for said County, and dwelling in said County, duly qualified, and authorized by law to take the same, and that the said certificate of proof, &c., is taken according to the laws
of this State. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said JUSTICE, and verily believe his signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my official seal, at FONDA, this 23 day of June
1853.
J W Van Derveer  Clerk
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Case of
Lemuel Stanborough
10258
5 May 1819
Sep 19
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STATE OF NEW YORK.
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this nineteenth day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being
a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Lemuel Stanbrough aged fifty five years, resident of the town of Lyons in said county, who being first duly sworn according
to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as now follows:
for the term of two years & nine months, I enlisted in
the month of January 1780 in Capt. Betts Company
Col Zebulon Butlers Regiment, being the Connecticut
fourth Regt - I continued in said regiment about
two years then I went into Capt. Wheelers Company
& Col. Huntington's regiment. I was discharged in
West Point in October 1782
and that he made application for a pension on the eighteenth day of April 1818 and that
he received a Pension Certificate, No. 11.258 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as
to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled ""An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in
the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the 17th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I
any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, viz.
1 Cow & calf $13- 1 sheep & two Lambs $2.25-15.25
4 hogs $8- 1 wooden clock $5- 4 chairs $1.50-14.50
1 Table $1-2 candlestands, .25 - 1 churn $2.25
1 Trunk $1 - 3 pails .75 - 1 flour barrel. 50-- 2,25
1 meat bbl. 75- 1 foot wheel -1 great wheel - 2.75
1 Cupboard $1- 3 cups & saucers, .12  7 plates. .50- 1.62
3 pail Iron Kettle $1.50 - 1 Bake Kettle $1.25- 1.75
1 Pot $1.25- 1 frying pan .50, 1 fire shovel & tongs. 75- 2,50
1 Trammel, 50 - 2 axes $2 - 2 hoes, 75-  3.25
1Augur, .25- knives, 37 ½ 1 pr steelyards $1,00 - 1, 52
3 small casks. 25- 1 sieve, . 1 Churn. 37½. 77½
1 pitchfork .18-1 Ox yoke - $1 1 ton hay $5-- 6.18
1 old clock Reel                              18 
                                                                   54.78
Lemuel Stanbrough
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and I do further swear & declare that I am by occupation
a farmer. I am not able to do but very little labor
by reason of a lameness in my back & hips - My family
consists of wife Ruth aged 53 years, she is not able to do
but very little of any thing by reason of weakness-- I
have 2 sons & one daughter, Samuel Ira & Sally Ann
their ages are thirteen, eleven & nine
Lemuel Stanbrough
Sworn to and declared this 19th day of August 1820
in Open Court before me
Moses Atwater
a Judge of Ontario Com Pleas

ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
I, John Van Fossen Clerk of said county, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the
Record of the said Court; and I further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court,
that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is
fifty four dollars and 78 cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court,
on this 22nd day of August 1820
John Van Fossen Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County
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Affidavits in the
Case of
Lemuel Stanbrough
drummer,
Lyons, Ontario Ct. N.Y.
Various services
Col. Z. Butler's regt
Conn. line, 2 years
20th April, 1818.
Ezra Jewell, judge
Phelps,
Ontario County, N.Y
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State of New York
Ontario County
Lemuel Stanbrough of Lyons in
said County being duly sworn deposes and says
that on or about the seventeenth day of January one
thousand seven hundred and Eighty he enlisted for
the term of three years a private Soldier in the
service of the United States in the war against
Great Britain That he joined the army at the
Highlands same time in May following that he served
in Captain Betts' Company whose Christian name
he does not remember in the fourth Regiment
of the Connecticut line of troops commanded
by Colonel Zebulon Butler in capacity of
Drummer in said Company about two years
when he was transferred to another of the Connecticut
Regiments which he thinks was the first or third
and that from the best of his Rememberance it was
commanded by Col Huntington in which
Regiment he served (untill) for about nine months
making in the whole two years and nine months
service when he was discharged regularly at West 
Point that he had a written discharge but by
whom signed he does not recolect that this
discharge he lost or suffered to be distroyed but 
a short time after receiving the same as he does not
recollect of ever seeing it but for a short time
He further states that he is of the age of fifty four
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years a considerable part of the time
unable to Labor for want of bodily health
that he has a large family to support and is
in very destitute circumstances and wholly
destitute of property and that from these
facts set forth he is under the necessity of
Soliciting the aid of his Country for Relief
and further says not
Sworn before me this twentieth                       Lemuel Stanbrough
day of April one thousand Eight
hundred and Eighteen
I Ezra Jewell one of the Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas
for the County of Ontario

Ontario County ss
Samuel Gilkey of Lyons in
said County being duly sworn deposes and says
that he lives a neighbour to the above named
Lemuel Stanbrough that he knows him to be
in destitute circumstances without property
or the means of support and believes the facts
set forth in the foregoing affidavit are Correctly
set forth and further says not                                         Samuel Gilley
Sworn before me this twentieth
day of April one thousand Eight
hundred and Eighteen
Ezra Jewell Judge as above
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to the honorable the Secretary of War for the
United States
I Ezra Jewell one of the Judges
of the Court of Common pleas for the County
of Ontario Do Certify that I am personally
acquainted with Lemuel Stanbrough and
Samuel Gilkey whose affidavits accompany this
Certificate and believe them to be of good
Character for truth and veracity and believe
the facts set faith to be court are that the
said Lemuel Stanbrough is justly entitling
in his opinion to a pension from the United
States in conformity to the provisions of this
late act of Congress making provision for the
Officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary War
Given under my hand and seal at Lyons
in the County of Ontario State of New York this
twentieth day of April one thousand eight hundred
and Eighteen
Ezra Jewell


Admitted
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The Honorable Secretary of War if my claims are
allowed, will please to forward a certificate
thereof to Claudius V. Boughton of Phelps who
is my agent
Lyons April the 20th 1818- Lemuel Stanbrough
Attest Henry Hyde

State of New York ⎬ In Testimony that Ezra
Ontario County        Jewell whose name is subscribed
Clerks Office            to the foregoing certificate was on the day
of the date of the same one of the Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas in and
for the County of Ontario and that the
same is his signature I hereunto subscribe my
name & affix the County Seal at Onandaga
this 16th day of May AD. 1818
Hu. McNair Clk
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Brief in the case of Jane Stansbrough widow of Lemuel
Montgomery County and State of New York
act of Feb 3 1853
Claim (" original, or for increase.)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a private in Connecticut line 2 yes &
pensioner under act of March 18, 1818 at $96
per annum & paid to his death January 28. 1841
Allowed $96 per annum to Com. Feb. 3. 1853
Marriage proved by C.H. Putnam, J.C. Putman
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?
Coven and Cornelia Knapp residents of said
County and certified to be credible
Death proved by Auditor report
Identity & widowhood proved by credible witnesses
Name and residence of Agent
Abraham A. Van Horne Esq                  Examining Clerk.
Fonda                                                 J. L. Gray
Montgomery Co.
N York
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Hon: L. P. Waldo
Comm of Pensions
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Schenectady July 3. 1853
Hon L. P. Waldo
Comm of Pensions
Sir,
I have been solicited
to assume the agency of the claim, the papers
relating to which are enclosed of
Jane Stanboro widow of Lemuel Stanboro
under 2d Sec. of the act of 3d Feby 1853
L. S. was a pensioner under the act of 18 Mar
1828 at the rate of $96 per annum. She
drew the balance of pay his due up to the
time of his death 28 Feby 1842. Evidence of her
being his lawful widow & will therefore be found in
the 3d Auditor's Office (???) Dept to coroborate
her statements.
Papers are also sent herewith assisting
claim in behalf of L.S. for a small increase
of his stipend by reason of his services as Drum
Major in the fConnecticut Line & under act of 7
June 1832
very respectfully
Your Obt Sevt
Giles F. Yates
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State of New York
Erie County Jane Stanbrough being
duly sworn according to law on her
oath says she is the widow of Lemuel
Stanbrough & is a Revolutionary Pensioner
her certificate is dated the 2nd November
1853 and No 2750. that her said husband
was also a Revolutionary pensioner at the
time of his death, the deponent always
understood that her said Husband was a drum
Major in the Revolutionary war, and has no
doubt of the fact, this affidavit is made
in order to obtain an examination of
the Rolls and a report upon the same, as
she thinks she may be entitled to an
increase of her pension - That she now
receives Ninety six dollars per Annum
Sworn and subscribed this )         I wish the Report made
12th day of April 1833       )         to the care of Samuel Lake
Before me and I certify the)         of Buffalo NY
Deponent is a credible      )              Jane Stanbrough
person.

Henry H Clapp
Commissioner of Deeds
In & for the City of Buffalo

2?
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State of New York,
ERIE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,  ss
I, WILLIAM ANDRE, Clerk of said County, and of the Courts thereof, certify that Henry H. Clapp Esq before whom the
annexed affidavit was taken, and whose name is subscribed in the certificate of proof thereof, was at the time of taken the same, a commissioner of deeds in and for the City of Buffalo, in said County, duly sworn and acting as such, and authorized
to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the signature thereto, to be his genuine signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of
said County and the Courts thereof, the 12 day of April
A.D. 185
W. Andre Clerk
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Hon: L.  P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
D.C.
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New York  Oct 24th /53
Sir,
In the case of Jane Stansbrough
widow of Lemuel applicant for a pension
under the 2d Section of the Act of 3
Feby 1853 it is in proof that he died 7 or 8 years ago
in the receipt of a pension under the act
of 18th March 1818, at $96 per annum
The requisite proof to establish
the fact & date of his death were filed
with the papers in the matter of her appli-
cation for the balance of his pay due up to
the day of his decease at the 3d Auditor's office
Treasury Dept . The proos or statement of the
time of his decease, it seems, from a report
made on her application above referred to from
your office, differs a few days from the
one fixed by the papers in the 3d Auditor's
office, and the widow is required to reconcile
that discrepancy by further proof, & more
specific
He died in Orleans Co: (I think)
some hundreds of miles distant from her
present residence, & she represents that the
persons by whom alone if now living she
would establish with more precision the exact
date of his death, have all moved away
from Orleans Co. to parts unknown she
is illiterate & made or had made no
record of the day of his death, & is too poor
to travel to Orleans Co. or pay any one
for doing it, to make the effort which she
believes would be futile, to fix by proofs
more definitely the date of his death. Under ┃
these circumstances she has desired an to make
to you the appeal I now do
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The rule of your office requiring the
Court to specify on what testimony it bases its
certificate of the time of a pensioner's death
&c is of the utmost importance to prevent fraunds,
and I do not seek to infringe it. But when it is
considered that the present case is not one of
those which rendered such a rule necessary,
& that no fraud could by possibility be committed
if in the exercise of a sound discretion the rule were
not enforced in all its rigidity. I feel that I
am not asking an unreasonable favor.
The pension of Mrs Stansbrough under the
act of 3d Feby 1853 under which
she applies, commences on the 3d Feby 1853
& is not effected in the remotest degree by
the time of her husband's death even if
that law were so construed as to place it
upon the same footing with the law giving
pensions to those married before 1800,
to wit, if her pension were to commence
on the 4th March 1848, still as this last
date was several years after the day of his
death, it seems to be a work of supererogation
to exact compliance with said rule
The uncertainty of the exact day
of his death, can in no way by the remotest
possibility, (as the facts exist in this case)
effect the widow's right to a pension under the
act she claims, or the amount she
is entitled to receive. If it were otherwise
I would not make this appeal in behalf
of the widow
Any further action in regard
to this case or requirement, I have to
request may be reported to "Abraham A. Van
Horne Esqr Fonda Montgomery Co. N.Y." her friend
who engaged my services in her behalf.
I am very respectfully your
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Most Obt Servant
Giles F. Yates

Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
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In the matter of
the application of
Jane Stanboro widow 
of Lemuel Stanboro
for a pension under
act of 3d Feby 1853
2d  Section
and for increase of
his stipend under
act of 7th June 1832
G. F. Yates
Atty
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State of New York
Montgomery County
On this Seventh day of June 1853
personally appeared before the County Court of the County
of Montgomery, Jane Stanbrough a resident of the Town
of Glen in said County aged Seventy two years who being
first duly Sworn according to law doth on her oath make
the following supplimental declaration in order for an
Increase of pension due Declarent as the widow of Lemuel
Stanbrough under the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832
& 3d Febuary 1853 that her late husband said Lemuel Stan-
brough was a pensioner, of the United States under the act
of Congress passed 18th March 1818 at the rate of Ninety
Six Dollars per annum on account of his services in the Conti-
nental line of the army of the revolution as a private he
died on the 28th day of February in the year one thousand
Eight hundred & forty two leaving this declarant his wid-
ow him surviving that she has remained his widow ever
since his Decease & that she is still his widow. That she
Under stood & verily believes that her Husband the said
Lemuel Stanbrough was a drum Major as well as a private
in the war of the revolution but that his services as Said Drum
Major he was never allowed in the computation of his pension for the Reason that the Law under which he was pensioned, to wit, the act of 1818 aforesaid, did not admit a larger stipend for non Commissioned officers that $96 per annum, she therefore
hereby asserts his claim for an increased pension as such
Drum Major under the act of 7th June 1832 from the 4th day
of March 1831 till the day he died, and that her own
Pension be computed at the same Increased Rate
Jane Stanbrough

Subscribed & sworn to before me in open Court June
9th 1853
S. Belding Jr County Judge
of Montgomery County
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State of New York
Erie County Ss. Orin Knapp and Cornelia
Knapp being duly sworn according to law
on their oaths say, that they and each
of them were well acquainted with Lemuel
Stanbro and Jane Ostrom widow of Joshua
Ostrom, that they were married in the
town of Arcadia Wayne County in
this State in the winter of 1839 according to
the best of their recollection, that the
deponents were present at their marriage
which ceremony was performed in the
said town of Arcadia by the Rev. Mr.
Townsend a Universalist Minister -
That the said Lemuel Stanbro died in the
said town of Arcadia about three years
after his marriage, and the deponents
attended his funeral. That at the time
of his death, he left the said Jane
Stanbro his widow him surviving,
who the deponents have been informed and
believe, now resides in Montgomery County
in this State-
Sworn and Subscribed                                 Orin Knapp
this 23d day of May 1853                             Cornelia Knapp
Before me & I certify the
Deponents are credible persons
Samuel Lake
Commissioner of Deeds
for the City of Buffalo
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STATE OF NEW YORK.
Montgomery County Clerk's Office,
I, J. W. VAN DERVEER, Clerk of said County,
do hereby certify that S. Belding Jun Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment to
which this is annexed, was on the date of the same, County Judge in and for said County, and dwelling in said County, duly qualified and authorized by law to take the same, and that the said certificate of proof, &c., is taken according to the laws
of this State. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and verily believe his signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my official seal at FONDA, this 23 day of June 1853
J W Van Derveer Clerk
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U. S. BOUNTY LAND AND PENSION AGENCY.
No. 156½ Main Street,
Buffalo, April 13 1855.
L P Waldo Esq
 Comr. of Pensions
Sir If the Husband was a
Drum major is not the widow entitled to
a larger pension, and also to the increase
or additional pension that was due to
her husband at his death-
Respy Yours
Samuel Lake
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9543
⎬
160 Acres
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No. 74121
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 16th 1875
Saml. Stanbrough Decd
Butlers Regt. ┃
Conn. Line
Rev. War
9540-160-5-5-
Saml. Lake
Buffalo
N.Y.
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Pension Office
Sept 14/53
Sir Please report time of
last payment to or draft
of within named pensioner
Respectfully &c
F Burt Esqr              S. Cole
3 Aud                        for Commr
Present


Lemuel Stanbrough
Act 1818. $8 per month.
Died 28th Jany 1841, Paid
to his death.-
F Burt
Auditor
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No 2756
Jane Stanbrough
wid
Lemuel
Boynton
Recvd April 17/33
FREE

L.P. Waldo Esq
Com of Pensions
Washington
DC.

BUFFALO
APR
13
N.Y.
Page 40


No 2558
Mrs Jane Stanbrough of
Lemuel
Let to Giles F Yates
Sept 17/53
Gray
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July 6, 1853
Appl of Jane
Stanbrough widow
of Lemuel Stan-
boro
Montgomery Co.
N. Y
Act 3d Feby. 1853
Rev.
allowed $96 per annum
Corn Feb 3, 1853
(Giles F. Yates)
(Schenectady)
N. Y.

Abraham A. Van Horne Esq
Fonda
Montgomery Co.
N. York

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS
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Rev War
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2453
Jane Stanbrough ┃
Widow ┃
Lemuel Stanbrough ┃
Pri Rev. War.
Act Feb. 3. 1853
Index: - Vol. M, Page 239
Arrangement of 1870.}
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Form VAN-51
12-9-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Stanbury, Elijah Private    LINE New York
WARRANT
NUMBER 7774   ACREAGE  100  ISSUED  April 16 1791
                                               to John Addoms assignee


The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.