Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16174, Isaac Armstrong, [BLANK]
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SERVICE
New York

Armstrong, Isaac
Amy

NUMBER
W. 16174
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8194

New York

Isaac Armstrong
of Saratoga in the State of New York
who was a Sargent and Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Thomas of the Regiment commanded
by Colonel Drake in the New York
Jonesville for 12 months Sargent
                        12 months Private

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 100 Dollars per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of March
1833________ and sworn to J.E. Garney
                                                  [illegible]

Arrears to the 4th of March '33                                 $200
Semi-annual allowance ending 4th [illegible] '33      50
                                                                                        ____ 
                                                                                       $250

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Jacob  Stiles Clerk,

Book E.     Vol. 4

Written on the opposite page

Pensioner died
2 February 1834

Written vertically 
[illegible] Letters to E [illegible] [illegible] June 7th 1835
    "             "            "  Pensioner                      "    "        "
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In the matter of
Isaac Armstrong

+   15180

Send answer to
Isaac E. Garnsey Esq
Jonesville, Saratoga
County New York
[illegible] by consent
of Honorable IW Taylor
12 months Sergent
12 months Private
____________________
100 $
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Declaration in order to obtain the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832
State of New York
Saratoga County
On this fourth
day of Sep
---
September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the Court of common pleas of the County of Saratoga and State of New York, now
sitting, Isaac Armstrong, a resident of the town of Ballston in the County of Saratoga and State of New York Aged Seventy seven years, who being first 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 On or about the first day of May 1776 he enlisted as a private being detached from a class in the militia to fill a vacancy in the continental service Soldier for nine months in a company of State troops commanded
by John Thomas Captain Mills was Lieutenant,
Nathan Canfield was a Sergeant, other officers names not recollected Samuel Drake was Colonel of the Regiment, one Strong was Major General Scott commanded the Brigade. He was discharged at the expiration of the nine months by Col. Samuel Drake at Peekskill Dutches County N.Y. which discharge is lost. He
enlisted at Bedford, West Chester County New York, marched from thence to New York, from thence to Long Island, from thence to New York back, from thence to Kingsbridge, was in the battle on Long Island and compelled to retreat. New York was surrendered at this time-- the enemy's shipping moved up the
Hudson and East rivers and landed troops above Kingsbridge to cut off our retreat. We forced our way with considerable trouble and some hard fighting to White plains in Westchester County, New York was in the battle of the White plains which took place a day or two after we arrived there. We then retreated to Wrights mills over the mountain-- Pursued the enemy on their retreat to Kingsbridge and had several skirmishes was
ordered from one place to another as was thought best by the commanding officers until his term of service expired In 1777, in the spring, the particular month he cannot state,
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was drafted and mustered
he [word struckout}  as a Sergeant in a company of continental
troops commanded by the said John Thomas for three months he belonged
at this time to a company of militia under the command of
some man in Bedford, his name is not recollected and the
militia were classed and every five men were required to
furnish one to fill vacancies in the Continental establishment.
He was detached from the class to which he belonged and
served out his time. He was stationed on the lines between the two
armies and was ordered from one place to another as circumstances
required.  The Lieutenant of the company died 
about the commencement of this service, Captain Thomas deserted
and the command of the company devolved upon him the applicant who was
then Orderly Sergeant, there was no Ensign.  On the expiration 
of this service he was immediately mustered in the service of
the United States as a substitute for some person who had 
been drafted to serve three months but he cannot now state
the name of the person he served the three months and was
discharged which discharge is lost.  Was stationed during
this time on the lines,  most of the time at the White Plains
and West of there towards the river.  Colonel Drake was in
Command of the Regiment at both the periods last related
General Scott commanded the Brigade.
In the spring of 1778, the particular month he cannot state
he enlisted as a Sargent in a company of minutemen which
was raised by Captain Richard Sackett of Bedford Westchester County New York to serve during the War.  The
company consisted at first of about one hundred and thirty men,
other officers names not recollected.  This company was
organized for the purpose of protecting the line and was under
the order if the officer who commanded there.  Was frequently
ordered out and  should say that he was in active service
more than half time during this period, that is to say, more
than two years from the time he enlisted, until peace was
proclaimed in 1783
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To the interrogatories propounded by the Court, the applicant answers as follows
1. I was born in a place called Middle Patent in the town of Standwich which town lies partly in New York & partly in Connecticut, in the year 1755.
2nd. I have no record of my age, but my Father had which is now in the hands of some of his children which I have the means of proving-
3rd. I was living in the time of Bedford, West Chester County N.Y. when called into the service & have lived in the town of Ballston Saratoga County N.Y. since the Revolutionary war and now reside there.
                                                 
4. I was called into service and detached from a class in the company to which I belonged to fill up a vacancy in the Continental establishment-- the militia (as I understood) were all classed
for this purpose, and a certain number were required to furnish a man for so many months this was the case in the second term of service I have related, which was for three months
In the third term of service I was a substitute but cannot State for whom. In the fourth and last period of service he was enlisted or bound myself to be ready at a moments warning
5. Col. Thomas Thomas, Drake, Maj. Franklin Col. Marshall Maj Strang Capt Townsend, I recollect Col. Marshall Regiment was next to us when we lay in New York. The general
circumstances of my service are stated in my declaration as correctly as I am able to
6. I was at the expiration of each period of my service regularly discharged but they with all my other papers were burnt up
when my house was consumed several years ago. They were carefully preserved until then
7. I would mention the names of Bushnel Benedict Lemuel
Stewart Elia Tyrrell, Isaac E. Garnsey Jesse
Robertson Aaron Nash
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as persons to whom I am known in my present neighborhood
and who can testify to my character for veracity, and their belief
of my services as a soldier of the Revolution. Having reside in Ballston forty years I confidently appeal to any respectable inhabitant of this town for proof of my character There is no clergyman living in my immediate vicinity I have no documentary evidence and I know of no person except Reuben Stocum and Sanburn Ford whole testimony I can procure who can testify to my service
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a
pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State or (if any)
only on that of the agency of the State of New York
Sworn to & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
in open Court
Thomas Palmer
Clerk
State of New York
Saratoga County
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Jesse Robertson and Aaron Nash of Ballston the said County being duly sworn say that they are well acquainted with Isaac Armstrong of said town- that his character for veracity is good, that they believe the said Armstrong
to be seventy seven years of age, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a revolutionary soldier and that they concur in that opinion
Jesse Robertson
Aaron Nash
Sworn & Subscribed
this 4 Sept 1832
in open Court
Thomas Palmer Care
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State of New York
Saratoga County
Sanburn Ford of Milton in said County being duly sworn, says, that he is seventy six years of age and was a soldier in Col. Sheldon's regiment of Light Dragoons in the Revolutionary war that in the years 1780 & 1781 his regiment was stationed in and about Bedford and other places in West Chester County and that Captain Sackett and Captain Stevens companies were attached to the regiment to which he belonged - that he well knew Isaac Armstrong during the two years above stated to have been an orderly
Sergeant in Capt Sacketts company or in the company commanded by Captain Stevens-- that in one of the years above stated the said Armstrong had the charge of Eight tories who had been captured near Bedford in said County of Westchester and as this deponent understood at the time the said Armstrong had orders to convey them to Poughkeepsie this deponent knew the said Armstrong to have been in the
service of the United States in the years 1780 & 1781, and saw him in the performance of duty as an orderly sergeant on several occasions-- And further says not
Sworn & Subscribed
this 4 Sept 1832
in open Court
Thomas Palmer Clerk
Sanburn Ford
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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 there is no clergyman living in the immediate vicinity of the above named applicant, and that Jesse Robertson and Aaron Nash who have signed the preceding certificate are resident in the town of Ballston Saratoga County N.Y and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. And the said Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Sanburn Ford who was sworn and has subscribed to the foregoing affidavit is a credible person and that his statement is also entitled to credit.
I Thomas Palmer Clerk of the Court of common
pleas of the County of Saratoga, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Armstrong for a pension. And I do further certify that Isaac E. Gainey before whom Reuben Stocum took and subscribed the affidavit hereto appended, is a justice of the peace of the town of Clifton park in said County of Saratoga, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Isaac E. Garnsey
and that his signature thereto is in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and the seal of the said Court
of Common pleas this 5th Sept. 1832
Thomas Palmer Clerk
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State of New York
Saratoga County

On this fourth day of September
1832 personally appeared before the undersigned Isaac E.
Garnsey one of the Justices of the peace of the town of Clifton
Park in said county  Reuben Stocum of said town of
Clifton Park who being by me first duly sworn, doth on
his oath say, that he is well acquainted with Isaac 
Armstrong of the Town of Ballston in said county__that in
the year 1777 (the particular month he cannot recollect
he saw the said Armstrong as he the depondant was conveying two British prisoners from Frogneck to White Plains,
this was the first time he recollects to have seen the said 
Armstrong and he conversed with him__that he 
understood and believes that the said Armstrong was a soldier
doing duty at that time in the Service of the United States
he saw him two or three times after during the same
year and the said Armstrong appeared in the character
of a soldier with the necessary accontruments,
and he has no doubt and still believes the said 
Armstrong to have been a soldier in the service of the
United States.  This deponent states that he this deponent
is eighty three years of age was at the
period above referred to also a soldier in the American
Service.
Sworn and subscribed this 
4 September 1832                               Signed
Before me                                              Reuben Stocum
Isaac E  Garnsey 
Justice of the Peace
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as persons to whom I am known in my present neighborhood

State of New York
Saratoga County      

  I Isaac E. Garnsey one
of the Justices of the peace of the town of Clifton Park
in said county do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted
with Reuben Stocum who has taken and subscribed
the foregoing affidavit and that he is a credible person,
and that his statement is entitled to credit.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my
hand this fifth day of September 1832__
Isaac E. Garney
Justice of the Peace
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16186

Isaac Armstrong
Saratoga County
New York

[illegible]

Isaac E. Gainsey
Jonesville
N.Y.
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Brief in the case of Isaac Armstrong
of Saratoga Co in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 77

4. State his service as directed in the form annexed.

Period                            Duration  of Service.                Rank          Names of Generals and Field Officers
                                        Years Months Days                                                       under whom he served
                                                                                                                  General Scott
                                                                                                                   Captain Thomas, Colonel Drake

Enlisted in 1776                           9                                 Private               Same              do
Drafted 1777                                3                                 Sargent             Captain Sackett
Enlisted 1778                                3                                 Private               Same              do
                                  more then 2 years                         Sargent

5. In what battles was he engaged?  Long Island, White Plains,

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Westchester County, N.Y.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
    incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses.

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

        I certify that the Foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
    X  Captain Sackett                                  J.G. Bradford
                                                                         Examining Clerk,
[illegible] 26 May to 26 June 1779
                month      2 day
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Increase from $23.33
L. Jenkins April 14, 49

Written on the facing page

Albany 1,902

Amy Armstrong
widow of Isaac Armstrong

who died on the 2nd of February 1834
of Saratoga Co. in the State of New York
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Thomas of the regiment commanded
by Colonel Drake , N.Y. in the New York
line for 16 months and 21 days

Increased from $23.33

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 55 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 2nd February 1834

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of January
1840 and sent to Hon. Anson
Brown H.R.

Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending

Revolutionary Claims
Act of July 4, 1836
Section the 3.

Recorded by D. Brown
Book A. Vol. 2. Page 10.
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State of New York
County of Saratoga

On this 9th day of Jan
1837. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge
of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Saratoga &
State of New York aforesaid Amy Armstrong a resident
inhabitant of Ballston in the County of Saratoga aforesaid
aged Eighty one years the 3d day of April last past
who being first duly sworn according to law doth on
her oath make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress
passed the 4th day of July 1836
        That she is the widow of Isaac Armstrong, who resided
in the Town of Bedford in the County of Westchester
and State of New York when he entered into the service
of the United States in the Army of the Revolution and
served as a private soldier in the Company of  Militia
 Infantry commanded by Captain - Fleming
and also in the Company commanded by Captain
James Trowbridge

        in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
 Thomas Thomas, of Westchester County in the State
of New York aforesaid being a Militia Regiment who are all dead many years ago,

       The account of the Revolutionary services of
Isaac Armstrong deceased, her said husband will more
fully appear by reference to his declaration for a Pension
under the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832, and
transmitted in 1832 or 3, and now on file in
the war Department at Washington City
        And further she this deponent states that the said
Isaac Armstrong her husband, was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832
at the time of his death
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And also she this deponent further states that she was
legally married to the said Isaac Armstrong on the
23d day of February in the year of our Lord Seven
teen hundred and seventy five, and that the said Isaac
Armstrong her husband died on the second day of February 1835
at Ballston in the County of Saratoga and State of New
York aforesaid and that she has remained his widow ever
since that period as will more fully appear by reference
to the proof hereto annexed,
Subscribed & sworn the
day and year first above
mentioned
her
Amy   X  Armstrong
mark
The words being a militia Regiment in

between the 21st and 22nd lines from top of 1st page and also the words
her husband) between the 4th & 5th lines from top of 2nd page interlined before

Thos Marvin Judge of [illegible]
[illegible]
And I the said Judge do hereby certify that it satisfactorily appear
to me that the said Amy Armstrong is unable to write
her name having never learned to write
And also he the said Judge doth further state that
that Amy Armstrong the aforesaid applicant cannot 
from bodily infirmity appear in the Court
 Thomas Marvin
Judge of [illegible]
Com. Pleas.
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[illegible] Lebbeus Armstrong 18 3/4
Jonesville Saratoga County
New York

Stanwich
November 11th
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Stanwich May 30th 1837 
Mr. Armstrong Revd & Dear Sir
your letter of the
19th instant I
received on
Saturday last  and
immediately consulted  Edgar Husted upon the subject
and we concluded it best to have a meeting of
the witnesses at Mr
Joseph Corpel's on Monday.
We accordingly had an interview with your 2 uncles,
Thaddeus and Ira Lockwood, and your 2 aunts
Abigal Ingersoll and Deborah Lockwood. They
were all well knowing to the Marriage of your
Father and Mother but it was as long ago, that
only the 2 who
who depositions are enclosed could be
certain that they were
 eye and earas witnesses. Its 
for aunt  Deborah Reynolds, she was married after
 the event, and therefore not likely at all have
her present.  We have done the best for your
Mother we can;  and the [illegible] thinks the 2 
sufficient. All Record of the fact are lost of
of your Grand father cannot now be found and
the Church records kept by my predecessor,
the said William Seward were entrusted to my
care and consumed when my house was burnt
16 years ago. If any other witnesses should soon
be found , their depositions, I will endeavour to
send you without delay. We hope you will be
able to succeed in obtaining for your dear
Mother the pension she ought to receive its
for compensaton, I wish for nothing more than
what I have often received from your favors.
What the [illegible]will expect or ask I cannot
tell .  I told him that you would one day reward
him as will be but a trifle.   I presume, if any
thing as he did not spend more than 2 hours in
your service.

This people are yet as sheep without a
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shepherd.   A Mr Miller has preached her
3 sabbaths and they that have not alienated
themselves from the society appear as tho' they
would unite in settling him if they could and
I believe he is expected to make them another
vigil in a week or two more- What  will 
be [illegible] we cannot yet tell.  Mr Loring
proved the honest, and plainest preacher we
ever heard-- He did not spare the party that
got him here in the least. He brought several 
of them publicly to confess and Cap. D.B.
and the 2 Deacons among the rest. Nor would
he any longer administer the Sacrament to
them,  till they would who [illegible] found from various quarters, that there had been very disorderly
with.  What time we have![{illegible] not
God a controversy with our American [illegible]?
May he command peace and the Blessing, even life for ever more--
     Our love to you all.    I have not
time to be more particular at present.
Yours respectfully
Platt Buffett



Stanwick November the 10th 1837
Mr. Armstrong Kind and Dear Sir {illegible] that we have
delayed you Mothers benefits as long [illegible]: charge
is 2 dollars of which he paid 75 cents to the County Clerk.
sothat his own charge is $1.25.  I charge nothing [illegible]
try to obey your dear Mother.  My respect to her and your
family__________ Platt Buffett
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Fairfield County
Conneticut

Personally appeared before me Conklin 
Husted one of the Justices of the Peace in
and for the said County of Fairfied Ira Lockwood,
and Deborah Lockwood to me well known as credible
witnesses and being duly sworn testified that to
their personally knowledge Isaac Armstrong of the
Town of Bedford County of Westchester State of New
York was married to Amy Lockwood of Stanwich
in Connecticut and that the said Isaac & Amy was married
in the year 1775 and that no record of said marriage
is known to exist

Subscribed and sworn
Ira Lockwood
Deborah Lockwood
.
before me this 29th day
of May 1837

Conklin Muster Justice of Peace
.
And I the said Justice do hereby
certify that the said Ira Lockwood and
Deborah Lockwood are personally known
to me as credible witnesses whose
character for and varacity is unimpeached
Conklin Husted

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County
ss.
I Thomas B Osborne Clerk of the County Court
within and for the County of Fairfield in said
State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Conklin Husted Esquire
is now and was on the 29th day of May last a Justice of the Peace
within and for the County of Fairfield aforesaid duly commissioned
and duly authorized
to administer oaths and take
Depositions & that the signatures to the foregoing
Certificates, purporting to be his, are genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said
County Court in Fairfield this 9th day of
November AD 1837

Thomas B Osborne Clerk
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State of New York
County of Albany
SS.

On this 20th day of 
February A.D. 1849 personally appeared before me
the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for the
County of Albany in the State of New York, Lebbeus
Armstrong a resident in the town of Ballston in the
County of Saratoga, and State aforesaid, aged seventy
three years, who being duly sworn according to law,
doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order
to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the joint
resolution of Congress relative to evidence in applications
for pension approved on the first day of July 1848.

        He declares that he is one of the children of Isaac
Armstrong and Amy Armstrong late of the Town of Ballston  
in the County of Saratoga, declared ; that the said
Isaac Armstrong in his lifetime was a pensioner of
the United States under the act of Congress of June 7th
A.D. 1832, at the rate of One Hundred Dollars per annum

That the said Isaac Armstrong died on the second day
of February A.D. 1834, leaving the said Amy Armstrong 
his widow; that the said Amy Armstrong in her lifetime
was a pensioner of the United States, under the
act of Congress of July 4th A.D. 1836, at the rate of
Fifty five dollars and sixty six cents per annum,
that she continued to be the widow of the said Isaac
Armstrong, until the 30th day of May A.D. 1840, on
which day the died.
        And he this Declarant further states, that he
and Harriet Herald both residing in the town of
Ballston aforesaid; and Reubin Armstrong residing
in the town of Livona or Nankin in the County
of Wayne and State of Michigan, are the only
children of the said Isaac Armstrong, and Amy
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Armstrong now living, and are each of them over
twenty one years of Age.  And this Declareant,
for himself and the other children above mentioned 
of the said Isaac Armstrong, and Amy Armstrong
Hereby Claims, that they be allowed the increase of pension, to which they are entitled under
the said Joint Resolution, and the aforesaid act of July 4th A.D. 1836.

Lebbeus Armstrong.

Sworn to and subscribed on the day
and yeer first above written
before me 

S H H Parsons
Justice of the Peace and
Police Justice


State of New York
City and County of Albany, Clerks Office

I, L Van Deusen Clerk of the City and County of
Albany aforesaid, Do HEREBY CERTIFY, that, S H H Parsons
was on the day of the date of the annexed Affidavit and Certificate, a Justice
of the Peace for the City of Albany in and for said County, duly
appointed and sworn, and that the signature to the Jurat of said Affidavit and to
the said Certificate, purporting to be his, are genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my name, and affixed the seal of the said County, this
twentieth day of February 1849.

L. Van Deusen. Clerk.
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I  hereby certify that I believe the Rev Lebbeus
Armstrong to be a minister of the gospel in good regular standing
 in the Congregational Association of New York & Brooklyn

J N Campbell
Albany, Feb. 20. 1849
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Rev WIDOW, &c.

File No. 16174
Amy Armstrong
Widow of
Isaac Armstrong
Private Rev War

Act July 4th 1836

Index: Vol. A, Page 18

[Arrangement of 1870.}
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Albany 1902

Amy Armstrong
widow of Isaac Armstrong
who died on the 2 February 1834
of Saratoga Co. in the State of New York
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Thomas of the Regt.
commanded
by Col. Drake in the New York
line for 7 months


Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 2nd  day of February 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of April
1838 and sent to Aaron
Nash, Esq  Ballston Spa, N. Y.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1838                 95.28
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep "        11.66
                                                                       ----------
                                                                         $ 106.94

Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3.

Recorded by D. Brown   Clerk
Book A   Vol. 2   Page 103
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Letter to Hon. A. Brown 28. December 1839
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New York - Albany Agency
I Jane Armstrong a pensioner under the act of
June 7th 1832 at the rate of $100 per Annum to
what time paid?
V Luce

John Harry Esq

3d Auditor Office
Lee
died 2 Feb 1834 paid to
that period
JH
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Vertical information 

Jan 16
There is a round stamp reading BALLSTON N.Y. JAN 11

N.Y.
4 July '36
3d Sec No 1040
                                                        FREE
Horizontal writing reads
Revolutionary Claims
James L. Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
Washington City,
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State of New York
County of Saratoga

Be it known, that on this 21st day of June 1837
before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in
& for the said County, personally appeared Ebenzer
Robertson of Ballston in the County of Saratoga & State of New York aged
Seventy three years on the [illegible] day of December past, who being
first duly sworn according to law doth depose & say that during the
period of the War of the Revolution, he resided with his father
Joseph Robertson, in the Town of Bedford in the County of West Chester
in the State of New York & was acquainted with Isaac Armstrong
then a resident inhabitant in said Town of Bedford where he
Continued to reside until after the close of the Revolutionary War
when he moved to Ballston in the County of Saratoga (then
County of Albany and State of New York), & soon after he
this deponent moved to Ballston and they have lived in the same
town ever since until the day of the death of the said Isaac
Armstrong

That in May 1776 the said Isaac  Armstrong enlisted and
entered into the service of the United States in the Army of the 
Revolution
 as a private soldier in the Company commanded by 

Captain Sackett in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas
Thomas of the Militia State Troops and served from May
foresaid until November of the same year, at least six months
(he thinks more) he this deponent understood at the time & believed
& now believes that the said Isaac Armstrong was in the
service on duty as a private on Long Island in New York under
aforesaid officers, and after the Enemy took possession of New
York he with his company went to West Chester County & performed
duty in guarding the lines & was in constant service until
period of his engagement had expired having served as a private
to under the aforesaid officers for at least six months
and returned home having served as a private aforesaid

And further this deponent saith that the said Isaac Armstrong
being situated near the lines, where the Inhabitants were frequently
[illegible] by small parties of Cow boys & tories
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who were lurking in Swamps & other bye places waiting
a favorable opportunity to sally out under cover of the night &
plunder the whig Inhabitants some times murdered them

In 1777 or 78 Minute men were raised in Colonel Thomas
Thomas' Regiment & two companies were commanded  by 
Captain Sackett & Stevens, in order to protect the Inhabitants on
and near the lines the said Isaac Armstrong enlisted as
a minute man. I believe under Captain Sackett in Colonel Thomas
Reg aforesaid and continued in the service at various period until
the close of the war
And further this deponent States
that a guard was 
constantly kept either at Bedford,
North Castle, Tarry Town, Rye
Crompond, Poundridge &  kept by the Minute
men & on alarms the Militia were called out to assist
the Minute men.  The said Isaac Armstrong served
on guard under Capt Sackett I cannot say how long
but the guard was kept up during the year, and he
the said Isaac Armstrong belonged to the said Guard until
the end of the war and served from place to place to
place.  He was called Sergeant Armstrong & I believe
performed the Sergeants duty

                                                   Ebenezar Robertson

Subscribed & Sworn the day year first above written 
before me
A Meeker,  Justice
Saratoga I the said Justice do hereby certify that on
inquiry I have ascertained that the above mentioned
Ebenezer Robertson is an old and respectable 
inhabitant of the Town of Ballston in said County and
that his character for Truth and veracity is entirely
unimpeached June 21st 1837
A Meeker Justice
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State of New York
County of Saratoga ⎬ ss

On this 9th day of June 1837, before
me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in
and for said County Personally appeared Sanbun Ford of
the Village of Ballston Spa in said County aged Eighty one
years, who being by me duly sworn according to law, doth,
on his oath, depose and say, That in the year 1781, when
he belonged to the first Company of United States Light
Dragoons in the 2nd Regiment commanded by Colonel Shelden

That in the spring of 1781 the said Regiment was called
from Winter quarters at Kensington in Connecticut
to West Chester County in New York, to serve in guarding on the lines
at Bedford, North Castle, Canitoes, Crom Pond, Croton
River, & Horse Neck and other places in said County & adjacent
thereto, between the East River & the North or Hudson River
having two regular Infantry Companies belonging to the said Regiment
 in order to aid & Kent at the Cow boys & tories, to go through
Swamps & other places in accessable to the Mounted Cavalry
where the cow boys & tories were in lurking places & in the habit
of sallying out under cover of the night for plunder, and murdering
 the Inhabitants
He further states, That the first of June 1781, when
the said Regiment arrived at Crompond

in West Chester County, and there were joined by two
Companies of Infantry called West Chester Minute men under the
Command of Captain Sackett & Stevens
and performed
duty in scouting & on guard with our Infantry 
companies, besides the above named officers commanding the
Westchester Companies aforesaid he recollects Lieutenant Mosher

the companies were under the command of Colonel Shelden
aforesaid
And further he well recollects, that Isaac Armstrong, then of 
Bedford in Westchester County aforesaid but after the Rev. War move
to Ballston, where he continued until his death & was a pensioner
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who served as a Sergeant (he thinks an orderly Sergeant)
in Captain Sacketts
Company
he knows that the said Isaac Armstrong Served regularly
on guard and on scouting parties and served as a Sergeant
from the 1st June 1781 until the last of November of the same
year.  When he this deponent with his Regiment retired to
winter quarters at North Hampton in Massachusetts
leaving the said Isaac Armstrong with his company
doing duty as a Sergeant aforesaid

North Hampton was our head quarters
for the winter, the soldiers were Billetted out amongst
the Inhabitants in the said Town and Towns of Old Hadley
East Hadley, & Hatfield
That in the spring of 1782 the said Regiment was
again called to West Chester County in N.Y. aforesaid, and
arrived the 1st June at Dobbs Ferry, and immediately
were joined by the two companies of West Chester Minutemen
who served with us last year as before stated commanded
by Captain Sackell & Captain Stevens aforesaid and Lieutenant Mosher
with the most of the same men, who served the
last Campaign.
That the said Isaac Armstrong was on duty under the
aforesaid Capt Sackett & performed the duty of Sergeant
though this deponent was left at West Hartford on duty

under Lieutenant Jedidiah Rogers until July when he joined his
Regiment again at Dobbs Ferry, where he found the said 
companies of Minute men on duty & was informed and verily believes
that the said Sargeant Armstrong with his company joined
Colonel Sheldens Regment immediately after they arrived at Dobbs
Ferry aforesaid on the 1st June 1782, at one time in the fall of the same
year he well remembers that a party of 18 or 20 men
mounted Dragoons belonging to Col. Sheldens Regt returning from
the lines towards Bedford our temporary encampment (this 
deponent was one of that number) we captured seven Cow boys (Jesses
Mills a Noted Cow boy was one of that number
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That the said Prisoners on our arrival at Bedford were delivered
to the Sergeants Guard commanded by the said
Sergeant Isaac Armstrong and by him conveyed to 
Poughkeepsie [illegible],  that after this deponent joined at Dobb's Ferry in July
he knows that the said Isaac Armstrong served as a Sergeant
aforesaid on guard & patroling under the aforesaid officers until
the first
of December when Colonel Shelden's Regiment retired
to winter quarters leaving the said Isaac Armstrong who was on duty as a
Sergeant at Horse neck
and further this deponent states that from what he heard and
under stood at the time he Joined at Dobbs aforesaid, he verily 
believes that the said Isaac Armstrong did join the Regiment
aforesaid with his company on the 1st June and did serve as a
Sergeant aforesaid from the 1st June 1782 to the 1st
December in the same year
signed Sanbun Ford

subscribed & Sworn before
me the day & year first
above mentioned
A. Meeker, Justice

I certify that I am well acquainted with the above
named Sanbun Ford and have been for a number
of years and do not hesitate to say that his character
for truth and veracity is entirely unimpeached
June 9th 1837
A Meeker Justice
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State of New York
County of Saratoga

I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of the said county, do hereby certify that Abel Mecker is a Justice of the Peace as within, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony tohereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 9th day of June in this year 1837

A Goodrich Clerk
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State of New York
County of Saratoga ss.
Be it known that on the 19th day of June
1837 before me the undersigned a Justice
of the Peace in & for said County, personally
appeared John Robertson of Milton in the County of Saratoga and
State of New York aged Seventy eight years

who being duly sworn doth depose
and say that during the period of the Revolutionary War he resided

with his Father Joseph Robertson in the Town of Bedford in the 
County of Westchester & State of New York & was acquainted with Isaac
Armstrong then a resident inhabitant in said Town of Bedford
where he continued to reside until after the close of the Revolutionary
 War when he removed to Ballston in the County of Saratoga

and State of New York &
this deponent removed to Ballston aforesaid & have lived neighbor
from that time until the day of the death of the said Isaac Armstrong
And further this deponent knows that the said
Isaac Armstrong in May 1776 enlisted & entered

into the service of the United States in the Army of the Revolution
as a private soldier in the Company commanded by Captain
Sackett, being an Infantry Company, in the Regiment command
by Colonel Thomas Thomas of the Militia or State troops
in Westchester County aforesaid and that the said Isaac Armstrong 
 served from May aforesaid until November of the same
year, at least six months (and he thinks more), he well

remember that the said Isaac Armstrong went into the service
under the said officer at the time aforesaid and continued
in the service as a private, he this deponent understood
at the time & believed & now verily believes that the said Isaac
Armstrong was with his company on Long Island & in New York
on duty under the aforesaid officers and after the enemy
took possession of New York he with his company went
to West Chester County and performed duty in guarding the
lines and was in constant service until the period of his
engagement was expired
Signed     John Robertson

Subscribed & Sworn before
me this 19th day June 1887
Signed A. Meeker Justice
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State of New York
County of Saratoga 
 I  Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the Court of Common
pleas in and for the County of Saratoga and State of New York certify that Abel Mecker before whom, Sanbun Ford, John Robertson and Ebenezer Robertson purport to have  been sworn in the annexed affidavits is a Justice of the Peace as therein stated, and that the signature to each affidavit is genuine 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my 
seal of Office and subscribed my name this
21st day of June 1837
Signed A Goodrich Clerk
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State of New York,
Saratoga County Clerk's Office, SS.

I, JAMES W. HORTON, CLERK OF THE COUNTY OF SARATOGA, do hereby certify, That
David Maxwell whose name is subscribed to
the annexed instrument, is a Justice of the Peace
of the county of Saratoga, dwelling in said county, duly qualified and that I am well acquainted with
the hand-writing of the said Justice
and verily believe that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine. And that said instrument
is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of the State of New York.
TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the Seal of said County, this 15th day
of February in
the year 1849
James W Horton
CLERK.
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State of New York ⎬
County of Saratoga ⎬ SS.
I John C. Hulbert, Surrogate
of the County of Saratoga in the State of New York,

Do hereby Certify, That at a Surrogates Court, held before
me in the said County, on the 15th day of
February in the year 1849, it was proved to my satisfaction
 by the testimony of Reuben L Armstrong and
Francis For Decker who are credible witnesses, and whose
affidavits are hereto annexed, that Amy Armstrong, widow
of Isaac Armstrong, died on the thirtieth day of May in the
year one Thousand, Eight Hundred, and forty; that the said Isaac
Armstrong died on the second day of February in the
year one Thousand, Eight Hundred and Thirty four; that he
the said Isaac Armstrong, was, at the time of his decease,
a pensioner of the United States, under the act of Congress
of June 7th 1832; that the said Amy Armstrong, at the 
time of her decease was his widow, and a pensioner of the
United States under the act of Congress of July Fourth, in
the year 1836; and that Libbius Armstrong, residing in
the town of Ballston, Saratoga County, 
Harriet Herald, residing
in the same town, and Reuben Armstrong, residing 
in the town of Nankin in the County of Wayne and State of
Michigan, are the only children of the said Isaac 
Armstrong , and Amy Armstrong, now living, and each of
them is over twenty one years of age.
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In Testimony whereof I have 
hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Surrogate 
of the County [illegible] this
15th day of February 1849
Signed Jno. C Hulbert
Surrogate
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State of New York
County of Saratoga

On this 15th day of February AD 1849
personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of

the peace in and for the said County Reuben L Armstrong
& Francis Van De werther both of Ballston in the said
County of Saratoga who being duly sworn according to
law deposeth and saith that they were well acquainted with
Isaac Armstrong and Amy Armstrong his wife
both of Ballston aforesaid deceased. That the following
date of the time of their death respectively is a true
extract from their respective tomb stones in the public
cemetary on Ballston East line viz:
Isaac Armstrong
died Feb 2, 1835
Amy Armstrong died May 30th 1840,
And these deponents further state that from their
acquaintance with the pensioners and circumstances in
relation to the above named pensioners also the claimant
mentioned in the accompanying certificate the time of the

death of the pensioners and the administrator of the said
Amy Armstrongs real and personal property that there is
no doubt in their minds but that the accompanying
certificates are substantially true
Witness our hands the day and date first above written
Sworn & Subscribed the day
and year first above written
before me
Reuben L. Armstrong
Francis Van De Werther
David Maxwell
Justice of the Peace

N.B. in the signature of Reuben L  Armstrong
Reuben was erased and Reuben written over before
being sworn
 David Maxwell
Justice of the Peace
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37322
George Armstrong
[illegible]
[illegible] of Mr. John Runk
July 27th 1846
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State of New York
County of Saratoga

Personally appeared before
me James Van Hyning, a Justice of the Peace
in and for said county, Lebbeus Armstrong to
me well known as a resident in Ballston in 
said county and a clergyman in good and 
[illegible] standing, who being duly sworn according to
law depond and said, that he the said deponant 
was sixty one years of age the 23rd day of November
last making the time of his birth November 1775,
the autumn last preceding the Declaration of
American Independence _____    that Isaac Armstrong
late of Ballston a pensioner of the United States under
the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832, was father of
 this deponent, and that widow Amy Armstrong of
Ballston the applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of the 4th of July 1836, is his (this desponet) Mother
 and further this deponent states that Isaac
Armstrong, the said pensioner, died at Ballston in the
county aforesaid on the second day of February, A.D.
1834,  leaving the said Amy Armstrong his lawful widow, and that she now continues to be the widow of
the said Isaac Armstrong deceased.

Signed Lebbeus Armstrong

Subscribed and sworn this
18th day of May 1837

James Van Hyning, Justice

And of the said Justice Certify, that I have
been personally and intimately acquainted for many
years, both with Rev. Lebbeus Armstrong and
his parents,  I attended the funeral of Isaac
Armstrong in February 1834 in the town of Ballston,
and I have this day examined the Tombstone at
his grave There I found it inscribed , that he, the 
said Isaac Armstrong died February, 2. 1834.
Dated this 18th day of May 1837

James Van Hyning
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State of New York
County of Saratoga

I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for the county of Saratoga
in the State of New York certify that
James Van Hyning before whom John Southard  and Julia, Sarah
Armstrong and Lebbeus Armstrong pourport to have been 
sworn in the annexed affidavit is a Justice of the
Peace as therein stated and that his signature to each is genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed
my seal of office and subscribed my
name this 22nd day of June 1837
A Goodrich Clerk
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Payment to be made
at Albany
by J. W. Olcott esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of Albany

Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book A. Vol. 2
Page 103 by
D. Brown,

Clerk.
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Across the face of this document, handwritten is the word CANCELLED 
A large handwritten X covers the document

WAR DEPARTMENT
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM

I certify that, in conformity with the 3d section of
the law of the United States, of the 4th July, 1836,
Amy Armstrong of the State of New York
Widow of Isaac Armstrong
who was a Private in the War of the Revolution

is entitled to receive Twenty three dollars and
thirty three cents per annum during the time she may
remain unmarried, commencing on the 2 of February 1834.
and payable semi-annually on the 4th of
March and 4th of September.

Given at the War Office of the United
States, this fifth day of April one thousand eight
hundred and thirty eight.

S. Cooper
asst Secretary of War

JL. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

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State of New York
County of Saratoga

I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for the
said County of Saratoga do hereby certify that Thomas J Marvin before
whom Amy Armstrong, Amos Golding, Sarah Armstrong and John
Southard purports to have been subscribed and  sworn , to the annexed
declaration and affidavits was at the date of the same a Judge of
the Court of Common pleas in and for the said County of Saratoga
and that his name subscribed thereon, is his genuine signature

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed my official seal the
10th day of January 1834

A Goodrich Clerk
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Mrs Armstrong Widow of
Isaac on roll '36
No 1,902

Written upside down on the same document

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington 
D.C.
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In the matter of the
application of Amy
Armstrong, widow of Isaac Armstrong for
a pension under the act of 4th July 1836

To J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir
Isaac Armstrong
above named received a pension of $100
per annum as a private and Sergeant
under the act of 7th June 1832.  When his
widow applied under the act of 4th July
1836 she was allowed only $23.33 per 
annum.  She has refused to receive her stipend
since 1837 in consequence of the amount
 awarded being less than her husband received,
Its the whole of which she conceives herself
entitled. Believing there must have
been some oversight when her claim was
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decided upon, she respectfully begs leave to
request a reexamination of her claim,
and would like to be informed what portion
of his services alleged to have been [illegible]
are now disallowed.  It seems that 
Mr. Nash the widow's agent established only
seven months service, but the whole term of
service of which her husband was pensioned,
was as she believes, proved by witnesses, who
now are deceased.
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War Department
Pension Office 
July 26, 1837

Sir,

The additional evidence in support
of the claim of Amy Armstrong
contained in your letter of the 22c
Ultima has been examined.  The
credibility of the witnesses, Ira and Deborah
Lockwood whose affidavits are
herewith returned, is not certified by
the Justice before whom they were
sworn,  nor is the official character
of the Justice certified.  All the
claimant can be allowed for the
Revolutionary services of her husband 
upon the evidence produced is a
pension for seven months.

I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J L Edwards

Aaron Nash, Esq
Ballston Spa
New York
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J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions                    FREE

There is a round stamped seal with May 11
written in the center.  Other writing around
the seal is illegible

Aaron Nash Esq
Ballston Spa
New York

Faintly written math calculations on the bottom
of this page read
5. Mo                                     11.98
2                                               6.60
____                                      _______
3                                               5.32
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War Department
Pension Office
May 17th 1837

Sir

The claim of Mrs Amy Armstrong
widow of Isaac Armstrong, deceased, has been
examined, and the papers filed in this office.
Since the admission of his claim
under the act of 7th June 1832 we have been
furnished with the records of the militia
service, which prove that he was allowed
for more service than he rendered, and
for a grade (at least in Captain Sacketts 
company) which he did not hold.
He alleges to have served in Capt
Sacketts company more than two years as a
Sergant between 1777 and 1783. Upon an
examination of the records, it appears that
he was out but twice in that company, viz
in 1779 when he was paid [4.10.8 and in
1781 when he was paid 5/3 3/4 as a private
These are the only two instances of the
numerous tours of that company in
which his name is found on its pay
rolls. The other terms of his alleged
service are not supported by these rolls
The claimant alleges that her

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11.33
     65
______
11.98
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husband served under different company
than those designated by him.
The period length and grade of
each term, with names of officers, are
by the regulations to be set forth.
If  record proof of the marriage can
be obtained  from any Church, Town, or
register, it should be furnished.
The pension of the decedent was
suspended by a letter from this office
on the 7th January 1835, but was returned
as a dead letter.


I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servant
J L Edwards

Aaron Nash Esq
Ballston Spa
NY
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J. L. Edwards Esquire
Commission of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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Village of Ballston Spa
June 22nd 1837

J.L. Edwards Esquire

Sir
Enclosed herewith you will receive
the evidence in support of the claim of Widow Amy
Armstrong to a Pension under the Act of Congress of the
4th July 1836 which please to examine as early
as convenient and transmit such decision as may be made to me at this P.O.

I made a mistake inadvertently, in making out the
original declaration of Amy Armstrong in July last
and in the affidavit annexed thereto, relative to the year of
the death of the Pensioner Isaac Armstrong- instead of 
of 1835 I ought to have said that he died in 1834
on the second day of February

If any law was passed by the last Congress relative to
Widows Pensions or any amendatory laws to the Act
of July 4th 1836 please to transmit to me a copy and 
instructions

Very Respectfully
Your Most Obedient Servant
Aaron Nash
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J. L. Edwards Esquire
Commission of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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Village of Ballston Spa
January 10th 1837

Sir

Enclosed herewith you will receive the papers of Amy
Armstrong applying for a Pension under the Act of Congress of the 4th  of
July 1836 which please to examine as early as convenient and
transmit to me at this P. Office the decision.

Very Respectfully
Your Obd Serv
Aaron Nash

J L Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
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A

J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
                                                                        FREE

M Isaac Armstrong
Ballston
New York

On the left side of this document are two round stamps
The first reads CITY OF WASHINGTON with the number 8 in the center

The second has writing that is  illegible except for the word July in the center
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War Department
Pension Office
January 7, 1835

Sir
Since your claim to a pension was
allowed, muster rolls of Captain Sacketts company,
wherein it is alleged in your declaration
that you served about two years, as a Sargent,
have been obtained, your name does not appear
thereon.  By the regulations of the Department
it is required that a claim thus [illegible]
should be proved by the affidavits of
two credible witnesses: It is necessary
likewise to produce some proof relative to the
tour of nine months in Colonel Drakes regiment
in 1776 and specify the names of the officers,
particularly that of the Colonel, of the Continental
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regiments in which the two tours of three months
each were rendered. In the meantime the agent
has been directed to suspend the payment of your
pension

Respectfully
Your Obd Serv
J L Edwards

M Isaac Armstrong
Ballston 
New York
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Albany February 20, 1849

James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions,

Sir,
I enclose the application of the Reverend
Lebbeus Armstrong, on behalf of himself and the other children of his 
mother Mrs Amy Armstrong, for an increase of pension.
He consulted me on the subject some weeks ago, when it was understood that claims of that kind [illegible] be allowed under the Joint Resolution of July 1, 1848.  But I have, very recently, been informed that you have
decided that in order to entitle children to claim under that resolution, that their mother must have been living at the date of its passage.
It is not my intention to ask, in this case, for a review of that decision, but that the original claim of Mrs Armstrong
to a pension under the act of 4 July 1836, may be reexamined, and if it shall appear
that she was entitled to the same annual allowance
which her husband received, her children may be allowed the increase claimed for them
or if otherwise, that you will have the goodness to inform me of your objections.  I am not acquainted with the
facts, or the proofs on file, but hope that on a 
re examination, the evidence will be found sufficient
to warrant the allowance now claimed by the children
I intend to enclose this letter and the papers to Honorable 
M Jenkins or Mr M White. But should the case not be reexamined until after the adjournment of Congress, have the
goodness to direct your answer to me

I am, Sir, with great respect
Your Obedient Servant
Lemuel Jenkins
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L. Jenkins
23. Feb. 49
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Albany Feby. 20. 1849

Honble Timothy Jenkins,

Dear Sir,

Will you have the goodness to present the enclosed claim of the Children of Mrs Amy Armstrong, to Mr. Edwards, or request the Hon. Hugh White to do so?

The Revd. Mr. Armstrong resides in his District & perhaps on account Mr White could obtain an earlier hearing than yourself; but I leave to your judgement what course to take to bring the claim before the Court my object being to obtain a speedy action upon it as possible. If it is not acted upon before Congress adjourns, it will probably several months before I hear from it.

I will briefly explain the nature of the claim. It was intended to apply on the joint resolution of July 1, 1848, for an increase of Mrs. Armstrong's pension from $55.00 to $100 per
annum:- the latter being the annual stipend allowed to her Husband, and the entered papers are down with reference to that resolution.

But since I was first employed in the case, Mr Edwards has changed his views as to the construction of the Revolution, & refuses to
allow claims under it, unless the widow was living at the date of its package- July 1, 1848.

As Mr. Armstrong died in 1840, I can not expect to succeed under the joint resolution, unless Mr Edwards should severe his last decision in regard to its construction, and I do not
wish to raise that question at present, & probably shall not hereafter. I therefore ask him, in the enclosed letter, to review the proofs
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upon which Mrs. Armstrong's pension under act of 4 July 1836 was granted, thinking it highly probable that in a reexamination,
he may find sufficient evidence to warrant the same allowance to her which was made to her Husband, as the evidence in his case was deemed sufficient to justify the allowance to him, at the rate of $100 per annum-

It would be no imputation upon the consistency of the Comr:,  as such cases have occurred before, and very properly, by a return to less rigid rules in regard to testimony than have some times prevailed in his office - & especially as the [illegible] resolutive if not strictly applicable to the claim of Mrs Armstrong's children, is yet pregnant evidence of the visions of Congress in such cases,
But I will not argue the matter, for want of time and inclination both-

I feel considerable interest in this claim, from
the charter & circumstances of the Revd applicant who is a respectable minister of the Congregational order, & for many years was Pastor of a Church of that denomination in Saratoga County

He is an interesting & intelligent old gentleman about 73 years old & poor. He is an author & has lately published a Book on the subject of & opposed to the abolishment by Capital punishment in case of murder-- and a very interesting incident in his history, is that he was Secretary of the First Temperance society ever organized in this Country; the Constitution of which (in print) is now before me, & was adopted in April 1808. [year underlined]

I mention this fact to show that the old Gentleman is entitled to a respectful hearing of his claim, and I have no doubt he will receive it-- whatever may be.

Very Respectfully & truly Yours
Lemuel Jenkins.
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Jan. 28, 1840
N. Y.

Armstrong & Simpkins

J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Wartime [illegible]

Hon. A Brown H. R.
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H. of Rep. January 27, 1840

Sir

I enclose a letter to you from Mr. Yates just [illegible] me - also Mrs Armstrong Pension
certificate which you requested should be returned in order that a new certificate might issued for a larger amount. I suppose Mrs Armstrong should remain in this difference between the amount for which the enclosed was granted and the amount for which it should have granted

Respectfully yours Anson Brown
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[circular stamp] BALLSTON N.Y. MAR 9
FREE

[illegible] Mar 14
N. York
Amy Armstrong

The Honorable James L.  Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D. C.

March 14
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Ballston Spa March 8th 1838

J. L. Edwards Esquire

Sir

In the case of Amy Armstrong for a Pension under the Act of July 4, 1836 Sec. 30
a communications Dated 26 July 1827 was
received from the Department, stating
That the credibility of the Witnesses Ira & Deborah Lockwood whose affidavits are herewith returned is not certified by the Justice before whom they were Sworn. Nor is the official character certified

That on the 23d day of Nov. 1837 the said
affidavits were returned by mail, to the Dept
having added thereto the certificates required:
From which no returns have been received
They might have been lost or miscarried
Please have the goodness to inform me whether the said affidavits have been received at the Department

Very Respectfully your Obedient Servnt.
Aaron Nash

Honorable J. L. Edwards Coms. of Pensions
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State of New York
County of Saratoga}SS

Be it known that before me James Van Hyning the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Sarah Armstrong of Ballston in said County who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that mistake occurred in the affidavit made by her before Judge Marvin on the 7th day of January 1837 relative to the period of the death of Isaac Armstrong the past is and she intended so to have stated that the said Isaac Armstrong died at Ballston on the second day of February 1834
Sarah Armstrong

Subscribed and sworn
this 18th day of May 1837 before me
James Van Hyning Justice

And I the said Justice hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Sarah Armstrong that her character is fair & that she is a credible witness
dated this 18th day of May 1837
James Van Hyning
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State of New York
County of Saratoga}SS

Be it known that before me James Van Hyning the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County Personally appeared John Southard Junr. of matter in said County who being sworn according to Law doth depose and say that a mistake occurred in the affidavit made by him before Judge Marvin on the 7th day of January 1837 relative to the period of the death of Isaac Armstrong the fact is and he intended so to have stated that the said Isaac Armstrong died at Ballston on the second day of February 1834 
Subscribed and sworn this 18th day of May 1837 John Southard

before me James Van Van Hyning Justice

And I the said Justice hereby certify that the  above named John Southard Junior is to me well known to be a person of respectability & is a credible witness
Dated this 18th day of May 1837
James Van Hyning

[circular stamp] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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On this 9th day of Jan. 1337 Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Judge of the Court of Common pleas in and for the said County, Sarah Armstrong of Ballston in the said County of Saratoga who
being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say that she is fifty seven years of age, and has been well acquainted with Isaac Armstrong late a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of the 7 June 1832 for upwards of Forty years last past, and that the said Isaac Armstrong died on the Second day of February 1835 leaving Amy Armstrong his lawful widow and that she has resided near to this deponent ever since the decease of her said Husband and that she the said Amy Armstrong has remained the widow of the said Isaac Armstrong deceased ever since that period and that she is the identical Amy Armstrong named in the declaration for a Pension under the Act of Congress of
the 4th of July 1836 hereto annexed
Sarah Armstrong

Subscribed & sworn the day
and year first above written}
before me Thos. J. Marvin
Judge of Court of Com. Pleas

And I the said Judge do hereby certify that the above named Sarah Armstrong is to me well known to be a person of respectability and is a credible witness.
Thos. J. Marvin
Judge of for Com. Pleas

[circular stamp] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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State of New York
County of Saratoga}SS

On this seventh day of December in the year 1836 personally appeared before me the
undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Saratoga aforesaid Amos Golding of Wilton in the County of
Saratoga & State of New York aforesaid aged eighty years the 14th day of October last, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statement. That previous & during the period of the Revolutionary war he was a resident inhabitant of the Town of Bedford in the County of Westchester and State of New York and that Isaac Armstrong was a resident inhabitant of said town of Bedford (also) about three miles distant with whom this deponent was well acquainted previous to the commencement of the Revolutionary war and has known him ever since that period until his decease, he died at Ballston in said County of Saratoga nearly two years ago. That at the time of his death he was a pensioner of the United States under the
Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832. that he knows that the said Isaac Armstrong was legally married to Amy Lockwood in February 1775 or thereabouts at the said Town of Bedford, and that Amy Armstrong of Ballston in this County the applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress of the 4th day of July 1836 is the identical person who was married to the said Isaac Armstrong as stated above and is now the widow of the said Isaac Armstrong deceased
Amos Golding

subscribed before me the
day & year above written
Thos. J. Marvin
Judge of Court Com. Pleas
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And I the aforesaid Judge do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the within named Amos Golding and I have been so for the space of fifteen years last past and that he is a reputable person and his statement entitled to full credit 
Thos. J. Marvin
Judges of the Com. Pleas

A Golding No. (2)
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and I the said Judge do hereby certify that I have been well acquainted with the within named Amos Golding for more than  years last past and that he is a Respectable person and his statement entitled to full credit
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V1040. 3. Su,

Amy Armstrong for a pension
5 mo in 1776
8 mo in 1778
3 mo in 1779
21 days in 1779
____
16.21

Col Drake) 0.5. mo
Capt. Thomas) 1776
Same - 3 - 1779
Capt Sacket 8 - 1778
do 0 21 days
_____
16.21

Admitted Private 7 months
Pension to commence 2d Feb. 1834

Admitted Private 16 months & 21 days -

Hon a Brown House of Reps N. Y.
[crossed out five (5) words not legible] New York
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State of New York
County of Saratoga}SS

On this Ninth day of January 1837 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County John Southard of Matta in the County of Saratoga aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is thirty two years of age and has been well acquainted with Isaac Armstrong late of Ballston in said County, a Pensioner of the
United States under the Act of Congress of the 7 June 1832 for twenty years last past, and that the said Isaac Armstrong died at Ballston in the County of Saratoga & State of New York on the Second day of February, 1835 leaving any Armstrong his lawful widow and that she has resided near this deponent ever since [illegible words crossed out] the decease of her said husband, and that she the said Amy Armstrong
remained the widow of the said Isaac Armstrong deceased ever since that periods and that she is the identical Amy Armstrong widow of the aforesaid Pensioner. Isaac Armstrong deceased named in the declaration for a Pension under the Act of Congress of
the 4th of July 1836, and hereto annexed,
Subscribed & sworn the day
and year first above written}
John Southard

before me Thos. J. Marvin
Judges of Court of Com. Pleas

[circular stamp] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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And I the said Judge do hereby certify that the
within named John Southard is to me well
known and is person of character for veracity and is a credible witness

Thos. J. Marvin
Judge of Court of Com. Pleas
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Pension Claim
J. L. Edwards Esquire
Commission of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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Ballston Spa Nov. 23d 1837

J. L. Edwards Esq

Sir-

Enclosed herewith you will receive in returns the affidavit of Ira & Deborah Lockwood in support of the claim of Any Armstrong for a  Pension with the certificates added thereto, required by your Letter of the 26 [illegible] please to transmit her Pension Certificate to me at this P.O., as early as convenient.

Very Respectfully
your Obt Servant
Aaron Nash

To J L Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City