Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46,019, Job Albro, Continental R.I.
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SERVICE Continental R.I.
Albro, Job or Jobe
S.46019
CONTENTS
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18.773. New York.
Job (Jobe) Albro,
Inf Saratoga in the State of New York who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel J.M. Overman of the Rhode Island line, for the term of 1 year in 1776. 

Inscribed on the Roll of New York, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10th of June 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd of Oct 1822 and sent to H.W. Palmer, Esq.
Ballston Spa, N.Y.

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1822.   $406.66
Semi anl. all'ce ending 4 mar: '23   48.00 
                                    Total         $454.66
50 months
25/30

{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

1 May 1820
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Jobe Albro
Copy, and 
original application
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State of New York Saratoga County
On this Tenth day of June 1818 before me the subscriber
one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in
and for the County of Saratoga and State of New York
personally appeared Jobe Albro of the Town of Edingburgh (Edinburg)
County of Saratoga and State of New York aged
Seventy five years who being by me first duly Sworn
according to law doth on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the provision made
by the late act of Congress entitled An act to
provide for certain persons engaged in the the land
and naval service of the United States in the
revolutionary war that the said Jobe Albro
enlisted in the Town of Greenwich in the State of
Rhode Island in the Company commanded by Capt Archabel (Archibald) Crary  in a Regiment commanded by Col
Varnum of the Rhode Island line as a private
in the spring of 1775 for the term of one year and
that he continued in service during the term of his
enlistment and was honorably discharged and further
saith that he again enlisted on Prospect Hill in the
State of Massachusetts in the Spring of 1776 for the
Term of one year in the Company commanded by
Capt Elijah Lewis in the Regiment and line
aforesaid and that he faithfully served out the term
of his enlistment and was honorably discharged
in the Spring of 1777 at FishKill (Fishkill) in the State of
New York and that he was in the Battle at Harlem 
Heights and further saith that he is in Reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country
for support
-
Sworn to and declared before
me the day & year aforesaid
Avery Starkweather  [illegible] 

Jobe Albro (his X mark)
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State of New York  Saratoga County Ss.
on the twenty third day of August 1822 personally come before me, Azariah Ellithorpe, one of the Justices of the peace of the said County,  James Timpson and doth saith that he knew Jobe Albro and that he served in the service of the Revolutionary war for the term of nine months that he knew him in the service from June Seventeen hundred Seventy Eight till March Seventeen hundred Seventy nine that the said service was (illegible-smeared) under the Continental Establishment in the Rhoad (Rhode) Island Line. 
-James Timpson (signature)

Sworn Before me the Day and year above written
Azariah Ellithorpe Justice
 
Likikwise (Likewise) John Albrow (Albro) personaly (personally) was (illegible)
 just and made oath to the same facts as James Timpson and saith he was in the same Regiment with Jobb (Job) Albrow (Albro) and James Timson (Timpson) and the said Job Albrow (Albro) served nine months under the Continental Establishment.
-John Albro (brother of Job Albro)

Sworn and subscribed this Twenty third Day of August 1822
-Azariah Ellithorpe Justice

NB Having for some time been personaly (personally) acquainted with the above Deponants (Deponents) I thing (think) them to be men of truth and Vorasaty (Veracity)
Azariah Ellithorpe Justice
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State of New York}
Saratoga County} Ss:

I Thomas Palmer Clerk of the county of Saratoga do certify that Azariah Ellithorp (Ellithorpe) whose name is subscribed to the (illegible) of the  within affidavit & to the within certificate was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Saratoga acting under the authority of this State duly commissioned & sworn & the same are his signatures.

Witness my hand & seal of office
the 28th August 1822
Thomas Palmer 
Clerk


(along left-side) Job Albro
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State of New York
County of SARATOGA, SS.

ON this Twenty Eighth day of August - 1822 personally appeared in open Court, in the Court of Common Pleas of the said County, the same being a Court of Record for the said County, proceeding according to the coarse (course) of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Jobe Albro aged Seventy nine years, resident in the said County, in the State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as stated in the original declaration hereto recorded.
That his original declaration was made on or about the Tenth day of June 1818.
AND I solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; 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 entitle "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 18th 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. 
This deponent further says that he has a wife, aged about Seventy nine years, both feeble and infirmed, he this deponent had his arm broke in the Revolutionary war by a musket ball & also his ancle (ankle) broken & his ancle (ankle) is a running sore, a Daughter, who has lost her husband, lives with him, and is unable to support himself & family without charity.

Sworn to and declared on the 28th day of August 1822- in open court before me,
Jobe Albro (his X mark)
Thomas Palmer, Clerk

H.W. Palmer deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga do hereby certify that the foregoing oath- and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do 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  Forty Eight dollars and fifty cents.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 31st day of August 1822.

H.W. Palmer deputy
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga.
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Schedule or Inventory of the property of Jobe Albro within named

Iron ware  $4, 1 Linnel wheel $1, furnature (furniture) $2 - (TOTAL) $7.00
one table $1, one (illegible) 50 cts, Six feet 75 cts.
(TOTAL) $2.25
2 chests 1.50, 1 (illegible), axe & hand saw $4
(TOTAL) $5.50
one cow and calf - hay to winter them on-
(TOTAL) $27.
1 Grind Stone 50 cts., 1 Pair Beetle rings
 and wedge $1
(TOTAL) 1.50.
1 Pair Steel yards $1. 1 warming pan $1. 1 bush hook 50 cts.
(TOTAL) 2.50
$1 worth of bowls. 4 kitchen chairs $1. 1 Spade .25cts
(TOTAL) 2.25
one Empty (illegible) barrel - .50
(GRAND TOTAL) $48.50

Jobe Albro (his X mark)

Sworn to in open Court
28 August 1822
Thomas Palmer
Clerk
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Samuel C. Albro
Declaration

sole surviving heir-at-law 
of Eunice Albro
widow of
Job Albro, dec C

*Revolutionary claim
Act July 4th 1836
& subsequent acts

*Henry H. Bostwick, atty,
Auburn, NY
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On this 2nd day of December AD 1857, before me, a Judge of the County of Yates in the State of New York, personally appeared Samuel C. Albro, aged 65 years, a resident of the town of Jerusalem, in the County of Yates and State of New York , who being first duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the only surviving child of Job Albro, and Eunice Albro.  That his father, the said Job Albro was a private in the Revolutionary war, and was in the service of the United States in said War, two years and over. That said service  was rendered in the State of Rhode Island, and that he received a pension therefore, for several years, and until the time of his death. That he died in the town of Edinburg, in the County of Saratoga and State of New York, on or about the 26th day of April, AD 1825, where he resided for several years before his death, and up to the time of its occurrence.  That he left surviving him the aforesaid Eunice Albro, his widow.
That the said Job Albro, and the said Eunice Albro were married in the town of North Kingston, or vicinity in Washington County in the State of Rhode Island, and it is believed that
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they were married by Elder Brown, a Baptist Elder, or Clergyman, sometime in the year 1780 or 1781.
That the said Eunice Albro died at Maumee City in the State of Ohio on or about the 26th day of November, AD 1846. And that she remained a widow from the time of the death of her said husband, the said Job Albro, until the time of her death, and never married again.
That she left surviving her the following named children, to wit Mary Bucher, and himself the declarant, and none other. And that there are now surviving, himself, the said Samuel Albro, and none other of said children.
That the said Eunice Albro was entitled to a pension on account of the aforesaid services of her said husband, the said Job Albro, but that she never received a pension, nor applied for one. And that no claim has her before been presented for such pension, by her, or any of her children on her account, or for any of the benefits to which she was entitled.
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He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefits to which he may be entitled, as the only surviving child of the said Eunice Albro. And to which she was entitled under and by virtue of the Act of Congress of July 4th 1836, and subsequent acts.
(signature)   Samuel C. Albro

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first herein before written.

William S. Briggs
Yates County Clerk
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all men by these presents, That I, Samuel C. Albro of the County of Yates and State of New York, do hereby constitute and appoint Henry H. Bostwick, of Auburn, N.Y., my true and lawful attorney, irrevocable, for me and in my behalf, to prosecute my claim for whatever pension benefits I may be entitled to as the only child surviving of Eunice Albro widow of Job Albro, on account of the military services of the said Job Albro in the Revolutionary War or to which the said Eunice Albro entitled to, but died without receiving; and to receive such certificate as may be issued, and to appoint one or more attorneys under him for the purposes aforesaid, hereby revoking any power of attorney which may have been heretofore given, and confirming all things that my attorney, the said Henry H. Bostwick may lawfully do in the premises. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 2nd day of December A.D. 1857. (signature) Samuel C. Albro
In the presence of}
Benjamin L. Hoyt}
A. Woodworth}

Acknowledged before me the day and year last above written. And I certify that I am satisfied that the said Samuel C. Albro is the only surviving child of the said Eunice Albro
(signature)-Benjamin L. Hoyt, Justice of the Peace.

COUNTY CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
STATE OF New York}
Yates County Clerk's Office}

I hereby certify that Benjamin L. Hoyt before whom the foregoing acknowledgement was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county and State aforesaid, duly elected and authorized to take the same, and that the signature thereto purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said county, and of the Court of Record thereof, this Second day of December 1857.
(signature) Chas. (Charles) Strobridge Deputy County Clerk, of Yates County

(Unreadable seal)
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Evidence in the case of
Samuel C. Albro
heir at law of
Eunice Albro
widow of 
Job Albro, dec (Deceased)

*Revolutionary Claim
Act July 4th 1836
& subsequent Acts.

*H.H. Bostwick, atty.
Auburn, NY
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State of New York
County of Yates Ss.

On this 3 day of December 1857, before me personally came David Thurston, to me known, aged 65 years, a resident of the town of Jerusalem, in the County of Yates, in the state of New York, who being by me duly sworn, according to law, depose and says, That he was well acquainted with Job Albro, and Eunice Albro, for many years before their death, and from his childhood, and resided near them, and was in familliar (familiar) intercourse with their family, and often at their house. That he has often seen their Family Bible, and that it contained a record of the marriage of said Job and Eunice Albro, and that he has often seen and read the said record, that according to said record the said Job & Eunice Albro were married in the town of North Kingston in the State of Rhode Island, in the year 1780 or 1781. That the said Job informed him, the deponent, that he was in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, and that he, the said Job, and the said Eunice Albro, were married before the close of his said service. That the name of the said Eunice Albro before her said marriage, was Eunice Potter. That the said Job Albro was a pensioner of the United States for some time before and up to the time of his death.
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And that he was knowing of his drawing and receiving said pension until the time of his death, That the said Job Albro died in the town of Edinburg in Saratoga County in the State of New York , on or about  the 26th day of April 1825, and that he was present at his funeral. That the said Eunice Albro did not marry again, but remained a widow from the time of the death of her said husband until the time of her death. That she died in Maumee City in the State of Ohio, on or about the 26th day of November 1846, and that he recollects well the occurrence, and was informed of the same immediately after it occurred. That the said Job and Eunice Albro had six children viz., Stephen, Benjamin, Sarah, Andrew, Mary & Samuel C. Albro. That two of said children died when quite young, and that the others grew up to be men and women, and had families, but that all of them are now dead except the said Samuel C. Albro, and that he is the same person who has applied for the pension benefits due on account of the said Eunice Albro, as widow of said Job Albro.

Deputy County Clerk, of Yates County.
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That he the deponent was present at the time of the burning of the dwelling house in which the said Job & Eunice Albro & family resided. And that the aforesaid family bible was at that time (illegible) on that occasion destroyed by said fire, with other effects of said family. 
And he further deposes and says that he is a disinterested witness.
-(signature) David Thurston

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year first hereunto written. And I certify that the said deponent is a reputable person entitled to full credit and belief.
(signature) Charles H. Vail
Justice of the Peace in the aforesaid County

attest Charles H. Vail
Thomas G. Casey

County Clerk's Certificate.
STATE OF New York}
Yates County Clerk's Office.} SS.

I hereby certify that Charles H. Vail, before whom the foregoing Deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County and State aforesaid, duly sworn and authorized to take the same, and that the signature thereto, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said County, and of the Court of Record thereof, this seventh day of December 1857: And further certify that I am not interested or concerned in the prosecution or result of this case.
Chas. (Charles) Strobridge
Deputy County Clerk, of Yates County.
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Pension on file in this Bureau. Job Albro (illegible)
File 46019

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. - Spring of 1775
Length of Service. - 1 year
Rank. - Pvt.
Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered. -
Captain Archibald Crary
Colonel James M. Varnum
State. - Rhode Island 

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. - Spring of 1776
Length of Service. - 1 year
Rank. - Pvt.
Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered. -
Captain Elijah Lewis
Colonel James M. Varnum
State. - Rhode Island

*Battles engaged in, Harlem in which he was wounded
*Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Greenwich, R.I.
*Date of application for pension, June 10, 1818.  His cl (claim) was al.
*Residence at date of application, Edinburg, Saratoga Cty (County), N.Y.
*Age at date of application, 75 yrs.
*Remarks: Soldier married at North Kingston, Wash. (Washington) Co., R.I., on or (illegible) 1779, 1780 or 1781 Eunice Potter and died at Edinburg N.Y. Apr. 23, 1824, or Apr. 26, 1825. She died at Maumee Ohio, Nov. 18 or Nov. 26,  1846, children: Stephen, Benjamin, Sarah, Mary Bucher, Andrew & Samuel C., who was the only surviving child in 1857 and a resident of Jerusalem, Yates Co., N.Y., aged 65 years.
Very respectfully,
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(Left side)

1909 May / 21 Hist. to 
Mrs. John M. Van Nest     V.L.M.
1910 Mar. 2   Mrs. John M.
Van Nest that names of children 
were correctly stated.       V.L.M.
1918 July 12  Mrs. J.M. Van Nest that
she has been (illegible) one statement & c.

(Right side)

Invalid
Revy 46.019
Job Albro
Private
Rhode Island line
Rev War
Act March 18, 1818
& May 1, 1820
Index: Vol. (Blank), Page (Blank)

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Power of attorney
to examine
Revolutionary Papers
case of
Samuel C. Albro
son of
Job Albro
New York

Sep 1852
F.E. Hassler
(illegible)
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State of New York,}
County Of Oneida} SS.

BE IT KNOWN that before me Morris Wilcox a Justice of the Peace, personally appeared two credible and disinterested witnesses, named Wynam Kimball and William Kimball residents of  the aforesaid County and State, who having been by me cautioned and then duly sworn according to law, do depose and say Job Albro was a Revolutionary Soldier, and that Samuel C. Albro

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Witness Hannibal Congdon (signature)
Signed, sealed, acknowledged and sworn to before me, on this 17th day of August 1852.
B. Bardwell (signature) J.P. (L.S.)

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State of New York,}
ONEIDA COUNTY, CLERK'S OFFICE} ss.

I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Morris Wilcox - Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit and thereon written, was, on the 7th day of August 1852, a Justice of the Peace, in, and for said County, and sworn and duly authorized. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit is genuine. 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said County, and subscribed my name, this 14th day of August 1852.
(signature) Alexander Rae CLERK.
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State of New York,}
COUNTY OF Oneida} SS.

BE IT KNOWN that before me Morris Wilcox, a Justice of the Peace personally appeared two credible and disinterested witnesses, named Wynam Kimball and William Kimball - residents of the aforesaid County and State, who having been by me cautioned and then duly sworn according to law, do depose and say each for himself that he has always heard it said and it is generally believed by the community that Job Albro was a Revolutionary Soldier, and that Samuel C. Albro was by him always treated as and is by the witnesses believed to be the son of the said Revolutionary Soldier.
(Signature) Wynam Kimball
(Signature) Wm (William) Kimball

Sworn to before me this Seventh (7th) day of August 1852
(Signature) Morris Wilcox J.P. (Justice of the Peace)

Witness Hannibal Congdon (signature)
Signed, sealed, acknowledged and sworn to before me, on this 17th day of August 1852
(signature) B. Bardwell J.P. (L.S.)
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, dec (deceased)

State of New York}
County of Monroe}

Be it known that before me Butler Bardwell a Justice of the Peace personally appeared Samuel C. Albro aged 61 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that he is the son of Job Albro who was a Revolutionary Soldier and Pensioner of the State of Rhode Island and that he died on the 23rd day of April 1824 and that his mother named Eunice died on the 18th day of November 1846 and that they were married on the (BLANK) day of (BLANK) in the year 1779 and that they were residents of North Kingston in the State of Rhode Island and that th
ey resided there about 8 years, and that he resides in the city of Rochester, and that furthermore, he BY THESE PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints and fully empowers and authorizes irrevocably and with powers of  substitution- F.E. Hassler, of Washington City, D.C., as his true and lawful Attorney for heirs and in his name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U.S. Government Officers his rights in all and in right of law, custom, or equity he is or may be entitled.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF he has on this 17 day of August 1852 hereunto
make his mark and affixed his seal.
(signature) Samuel C. Albro (his X mark) (L.S.)

Witness: David Albro}
Witness: Hannibal Congdon}

Signed, sealed, acknowledged and sworn to before me, on this 17th day of August 1852.
(signature) B. Bardwell J.P. (L.S.)
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, Kent Co.
Daniel Peirce of East Greenwich in the County of Kent being duly sworn maketh oath, That he was a Lieutenant in Col. Varnum's Regiment in the Rhode Island line, on the Continental establishment, in the late Revolutionary War. That he was well acquainted with Job Albro who the deponent is informed now resides in Edinburgh in the County of Saratoga and State of New York- That the said Job Albro was a private in Captn. (Captain) Crary's Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. James Mitchell Varnum in the Rhode Island line in the year 1775. The deponent remembers that said  Albro was with the Regiment at Boston when Adjutant Mumford (Adjutant Augustus Mumford) was killed on Bunker Hill, and that said Albro was then a private in said Crary's Company - and this deponent further saith that said Albro late in the year 1775 or early in the year 1776 enlisted in Capt. Elijah Lewis's Company in the Regiment and line aforesaid, and served therein throughout the campaign and year of 1776- He remembers said Albro was with the Continental Army in the Retreat from Long Island to Brooklyn Heights, and in the engagement the said Albro received a wound in consequence of which he went into the hospital at Tappan, and that on his recovery said Albro again joined the Army- From all these facts, the deponent is satisfied that said Albro served in the last mentioned Company, and in the Regiment and line aforesaid on the Continental establishment for a longer period than nine months- and the said Deponent further saith that said Albro stammered or hesitated in speaking- and further he saith not-
(signature) Daniel Peirce
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Kent Ss. 
I Samuel R. Rhodes a Justice of the Peace in and for the Town of East Greenwich do hereby certify that on the day of the date hereof personally appeared before me, the within named Daniel Peirce, and that he was duly sworn to the truth of the within deposition by him subscribed- I further certify that said Peirce is to me personally known, that he is a respectable man and creditable witness, and that he is also a disinterested witness- Given under my hand at East Greenwich aforesaid this 11th day of October AD 1819~
(signature) Samuel R. Rhodes Just. Peace


Kent Ss. Clerk's office Court of Common Pleas
October 10. 1819.
I John G. Mawney Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Kent (and the only County Clerk in said County) do hereby certify that the above named Samuel R. Rhodes is a Justice of the Peace in and for the town of East Greenwich in said County, duly commissioned, and sworn, and authorized to administer oaths and take depositions, and that the above is the official signature of the said Samuel R. Rhodes, to which full faith and credibility is to be given-
In testimony & hereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court this Eleventh day of October AD 1819.~
(signature) John G. Mawney Clk~
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Job Albro
Rhoad (Rhode) Island line
Col James Varnum
1776-1 yr.

Witness does not prove positively from dates that applicant served nine months under any one enlistment; by the declaration, the last enlistment was Spring '76 there should be two witness certified as in the case of the one.
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I, Avery Starkweather, judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Jobe Albro did serve in the revolutionary war and stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the preceding's and testimony taken and has before me to the Secretary for the war & (illegible) pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress and I do further certify that the said Jobe Albro is extremely poor and indigent and needs the assistance of his Country for support Dated this 10th day of June 1818.

(signature) Avery Starkweather
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State New York}
Saratoga County}

I Thomas Palmer Clerk of the County of Saratoga Do hereby certify that Avery Starkweather whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the within affidavit and to the within Certificate was at the date thereof a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Saratoga, duly commissioned and sworn (acting under the authority of this State), and the within are his signatures.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the County Seal the 28th day of March in the Year of our Lord 1820.
(signature) Thomas Palmer Clerk

(Along Left Side)
Job Albro
Rhoad (Rhode) Island line
Col. James Varnum
1776-1 yr.

Witness does not prove positively from dates that applicant served nine months under any one enlistment; by the declaration, the last enlistment was Spring '76, there should be two witnesses certified as in the case of the one.
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16,843

Job Albro,

H.W. Palmer,
Ballston Spa, NY

Recd. 7 Sept. 1822

(Along Left side Vertical writing)

Ballston Spa
N.Y. 1 Sept

Hon: J.C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington
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Saratoga County}
Clerks Office} SS.   (illegible) Sar: (Saratoga) Co.
29th August 1822

Sir,
The certificate of the enclosed papers will please be sent to this office.
                                 Yours Respectfully,

(signature) Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secy (Secretary of War)
(signature) H.W. Palmer
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Auburn, NY, Dec 19th 1857

Hon. Geo. C. Whiting
Court of Pensions

Dear Sir,

Herewith I send you the Declaration of Samuel C. Albro, only heir-at-law of Eunice Albro, widow of Job Albro, being a claim for whatever pension there may be due on account of the widow,

Your early attention to the case will be esteemed a favor.

Yours truly,
(signature) H.H. Bostwick
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Evidence in the Case of
Samuel C. Albro,
heir-at-law of
Eunice Albro
widow of
Job Albro, dcd. (deceased)

Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4th 1836.
& subsequent acts.
H. H. Bostwick, Atty.
Auburn, NY.
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State of New York}
County of Onondaga} ss.

 On this 8th day of December  AD 1857, before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and state aforesaid, personally came Ebenezer Burleson, aged 65 years, a resident of the Town of Salina in the County of Onondaga and state of New York, who being by me duly sworn, according to law,
deposes and says, That he was well acquainted with Job Albro, and Eunice Albro, for many years before their death, and with their family. And resided in said family for a number of years when he was young, and near them until the time of their death, And that he is well acquainted with Samuel C. Albro, and has been so acquainted from his boyhood up to the recent time.
That he has often seen the Family Bible of said Job & Eunice Albro, and read the Record therein contained of marriages, births & deaths, of the members of said family, and recollects very well that the record of the marriage  of said Job & Eunice Albro, therein contained, and that according to said record, which he has often read, the said Job & Eunice Albro
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were married in the year 1780 or 1781, and that he the deponent has often heard them say that the said Jobe Albro was in the service at the time of the taking of the British Army at York Town under Cornwallis, and that they were married before that occurrence. 
That the name of said Eunice Albro before her marriage to said Job Albro was Eunice Patter. That the said Job and Eunice Albro had six children, Viz., Stephen, Benjamin, Sarah, Andrew, Mary, and Samuel C. That the first two died when they were young children, That the others lived to have families, but are all now dead except the said Samuel C. Albro, the declarant in an application for a pension on account of the Revolutionary services of said Job Albro. And that he knows the said Samuel C. Albro to be the youngest son of said Job and Eunice Albro. That the Family Bible herein before referred to was destroyed by fire in and at the time of the burning of the House of said  Job Albro. And that he the deponent was present at said fire when the same occurred.
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That the said Job Albro died in the Town of Edinburg in the County of Saratoga, in the State of New York, on or about the 26th day of April 1825, and that he the deponent was present at his funeral, That the said Eunice Albro remained a widow until the time of her death which occurred at Maumee City in the State of Ohio, on or about the 26th day of November 1846, and that he the deponent was present at her funeral. 
That he was well acquainted with Elder Brown, a Baptist Elder or Minister. That the said Brown lived in the same neighborhood with the said Job and Eunice Albro, and moved about the  same time with them to Saratoga County, NY, and that he has often heard him say that he married the said Job & Eunice Albro in the State of Rhode Island.
And that he knows that the said Job Albro drew a pension on account of his Revolutionary service, and that he has often assisted him in drawing of said pension, and he further deposes and says that he is a disinterested witness,
(signature) Ebenezer Burleson

Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year herein before written. And I certify that the said Deponent is a reputable person entitled to full credit & belief, at least I believe so.
(difficult signature to read-very light)
Chas. G. McGowan
Justice of the Peace
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County Clerk's Certificate.

STATE OF New York}
Onondaga County Clerk's Office.} SS.

I hereby certify that Charles G. McGowan, before whom the foregoing Deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the Town of Elbridge in the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and authorized to take the same, and that the signature thereto, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said County, and of the Court of Record thereof, this Ninth day of December, 1857: And I further certify that I am not interested or concerned in the prosecution or result of this case.
(signature) E. J. Hopkins
County Clerk, of Onondaga County.
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Evidence in the case of
Samuel C. Albro
heir at law of
Eunice Albro
widow of
Job Albro, dec. (deceased)

Revolutionary Claim
Act July 4th 1836
& subsequent acts

H. H. Bostwick
atty
Auburn
N.Y.
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State of New York
County of Ontario SS.

On this eighth day of December AD 1857, before me, personally came, Luman Parmglee aged 65 years, a resident of Gorham in the County of Ontario, and State of New York, who being by me duly sworn, deposes and says that he was well acquainted with Job Albro and Eunice Albro, for many years before their death, and from his early childhood: and lived with them in their family eight or ten years, when he was a boy, and knew the several members of said family well, That he has often seen and read the record which was contained in the Family Bible belonging to them, and that according to said Record the said Job and Eunice Albro were married in the year 1780 or 1781. And that he knows that said Record was destroyed by fire by the burning of the dwelling house in which they resided. And that he was present when said fire occurred. That he was also acquainted with an old man by the name of Brown, who was a Baptist Elder or minister who resided in the same neighborhood in North Kingston in the State of Rhode Island. And moved about the same time with said Job & Eunice Albro to Edin-
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-burgh (Edinburg) in Saratoga County in the State of New York, and there resided in the same neighborhood, And has often heard him say that he married the said Job & Eunice Albro, during the time of the Revolutionary War. That he knows that the said Job Albro drew a pension from the United States on account of his service in said war. And knew the fact of his drawing said pension at the time he was in receipt of same, And that he drew such pension until the time of his death.
That the said Job Albro died at Edinburgh aforesaid, on or about the 26th day of April 1825, and that he the deponent resided there at the time and recollects distinctly the occurrence at that time, and was present at his funeral. That the said Eunice Albro died at Maumee City in the State of Ohio, on or about the 26th day of November 1846, and that he knew of the occurrence immediately after.
That he was also well acquainted with all of the family of said Job & Eunice Albro. That they had six children, Viz., Stephen, Benjamin, Sarah, Mary, Andrew, and
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Samuel C. Albro. That the said Samuel C. Albro is the same person who has made an application for the Pension benefits due on account of the said Eunice Albro for the services of said Job Albro. And that all of the aforesaid children of said Job and Eunice Albro are dead except the said Samuel C. Albro. And that the said Eunice Albro left no other children surviving her.
That the said Eunice Albro never married again, but remained a widow from the time of the death of said Job Albro until the time of her death.
And he further deposes and says that he is a disinterested witness.
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first herein before written and I certify that the said deponent (**rest is cut off)

County Clerk's Certificate.
STATE OF New York}
Ontario County Clerk's Office.} SS.

I hereby certify that Cornelius Younglove, before whom the foregoing Deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly sworn and authorized to take the same , and that the signature thereto purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said County, and of the Court of Record thereof, this Eighth day of December 1857: And I further certify that I am not interested or concerned in the prosecution or result of this case.
(signature) John J. Lyon,
County Clerk of Ontario County.
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Samuel C. Albro, That the said Samuel C. Albro is the same person who has made an application for the Pension benefits due on account of the said Eunice Albro, for the services of said Job Albro. And that all of the aforesaid children of said Job and Eunice Albro are dead except the said Samuel C. Albro. And that the said Eunice Albro left no other children surviving her.
That the said Eunice Albro never married again, but remained a widow from the time of the death of said Job Albro until the time of her death.
And he further deposes and says that he is a disinterested witness.
Sworn to and subscribed before me (signature) Luman Parmglee, the day and year first herein before written. And, I certify that the said Deponent is a reputable person, entitled to full credit and belief. 

(signature) Cornelius Younglove
Justice of the Peace 

** small paper at bottom was already transcribed on previous page
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Kansas City Mo.
Febry (February) 18th, 1910

Dept of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Wash, D.C.

Dear Sir-

Some time ago I wrote you for the Rev. War record of Job Albro of Edenburg (Edinburg), Saratoga Co N.Y. which I received in due time. In comparing it with papers in my possession I find a difference in several matters. Your record states that the Soldier had six children, Stephen, Benj. (Benjamin), Sarah, Mary Bucher, Andrew, and Samuel
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which is not correct. His children were Andrew, Spencer, Sarah, Mary Bucher, and Elizabeth Allen.  All being dead before the year of 1850. His wife Eunice Albro also died before the year of 1830.
The Soldier Job Albro had a brother John, who was also a Rev. War Soldier. Do you think it possible the record of their children could have become mixed?
I wish to trace my ancestry down from Job Albro's daughter
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Elizabeth, as the Bureau of Pensions has no record of Job Albro having a daughter of that name. I do not know what to do next.
Please give me what information you can, I wish to become a D.A.R. (Daughters of the American Revolution) and was referred to you by Mrs. J.J. Green, Regent of Elizabeth Benton Chapter of Kansas City Mo.-

Yours Truly,

Mrs. John M. Van Nest
3425 Brooklyn Avenue.
Kansas City, Mo.
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Milwaukee, Wis. July 8, 1918
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir-
Will you kindly tell me if you have any record of a Revolutionary Pensioner- by name of - Job Albro of Edingbourg (Edinburg), Saratoga Co. New York. I wish to prove my desent (descent) in order to become a Daughter of the Revolution-
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Any information you may be able to give me will be appreciated.

Very Sincerely
Mrs. J. M. Van Nest
758 - 42nd St.
Milwaukee, Wis.

Stamped:
PENSION OFFICE
U. S. 
L 
JUL 10 1918
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Bureau of Pensions
Dept of Interior

Dear Sir-

I am advised by Mrs. Hunter Meriwether Regent of Elizabeth Benton Chapter D.A.R. of K.C. Mo. to write you for information, so I can become a member of the D.A.R's. Can you furnish proof of service in the Revolutionary War of one Job Albro of Saratoga Co. New York. He died Dec. 15. 1830 and I believe drew a pension of $96- per year for a number of years - He was in Rhode Island Line.
If you will kindly look this up you will greatly oblige me.

Yours Very Truly

Mrs. John M. Van Nest
2612 Independence Boul. (Boulevard)
Kansas City Mo.

**Official stamp
PENSION OFFICE.
U. S.
A
MAY 10 1909
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Mrs. John M. Van Nest,
of 3425 Brooklyn Avenue,
Kansas City, Mo.

Madam:

In reply to your letter dated the 18th and received the 21st ultimo, you are advised that in the claim of Job Albro, Sur. File No. 46,019, Revolutionary war, you are advised that it does not appear that there were other children than those whose names were correctly furnished you on May 21, 1909, it being stated in the claim that Job Albro had six children. 

Very respectfully,

(no signature)

Commissioner.
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V.L.M.

Rev. War Section.

July 12, 1918.

Mrs. J. M. Van Nest,
758 Forty-Second Street,
Milwaukee, Wis.

Madam:

In response to your letter dated the 8th instant, you are advised that the record of Job Albro, S. F. No. 46,019 Revolutionary War was forwarded to you May 21, 1909. It is not the practice of this Bureau to furnish the same statement more than once to the same person.

Very respectfully,
(signature) G. M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner.