Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18923, Stephen Corbin, Mass.
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(3-1776 )

SERVICE    .......................................NUMBER
Mass  ................................................W. 18923

Corbin, Stephen
Patience
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CONTENTS
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4409
New York
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Stephen Corbin
Painted Post in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain ------------ of the --Regt---- commanded by Col. Sprout in the Mass Line
for 3 years------,--------,--------
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 80 Dollars----- Cents per annum,
to commence the 4th day of March 1831
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Certificate  of Pension issued the 17 day of July
1833 ---------and sent or lett. Campbell NY
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Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832                    $120
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th In '33      40
...............................................................................$160
Revolutionary Claim,} 
Act June 7, 1832. ⎬
Recorded by Geo. C Stiles, Clerk,
Book... D ...... Vol. 5 ......... Page 158
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Albany
New York
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Patience Corbin widow of Stephen Corbin
Mass. who was a Private
in the Revo War
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence
the 4th day of March, 1843.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
28 day of April 1845
and sent to Arad Joy
Ovid NY
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Act of March 3, 1843.
and June 17- 1844
Recorded in Book
Vol. 2 Page 73
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Deed 21 Nov 1846
Let. to Arad 
June 11th 1845
Let to same June 28 '45
Letter to Secy of War July 9th 1845
Secy to A. Joy 22 Aug. '45
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taken 4 in number sent to War Dept Apl 24, 1846
Let. to Hon R L Rose.
Feb. 3. '48
Let. to 3 Auditor..... March 19
"   "  Hon H.S. Conger  "    " 
Let. Arad Joy March 26 /57.
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Steuben County}
State of New York} Ss.

On this 14th day of August 1832 personally appeared before me John Cooper Jr a Judge of County Courts for the County of Steuben -Stephen Corbin a resident of the Town of
Campbell, County & State aforesaid aged seventy two 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 - That he was enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 80 or 81 the latter he believes, as a private, for three years, by the Select men of the Town of Dudley in the ninth Regiment of the Massachusetts line under Colonel Henry Jackson, that he was in the 8th company which
was under the command of Lieutenant Sturdivant, that a company of Light Infantry was selected out of the Regiment by the Col. when the ninth was broken up to fill up other regiments & he was transferred to the
Second under Col. Sprout & Major Gibbs and that Captain Bradford commanded his company in which he served out his three years when he was discharged at West Point by Major General Knox, and the Adjutant Tupper- That he was on the Pension
Roll from June 1st 1818 and received about $140. when it was stopped on account of his having property. that he again made application under the act of May
15th 1828 and was rejected because he had enlisted for three years and not during the war. that he at that time resided at the same place but the Town was then called Painted Post it has since been divided-that his papers are now on file in office at Washington except such as were sent on to him lately & which are now returned with this declaration.- that the said deponent is aged and infirm and could not without great inconvenience attend this next court that he is informed
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that the Court for this County will not be held until the 3rd Tuesday in October, and that it would add greatly to his comfort and the
convenience if he is now permitted to enjoy his Pension
   Stephen Corbin
Sworn to and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid
John Cooper Jr
.........................................................................................
And I John Cooper Jr. one of the Judges of County Court for the County of Steuber do hereby declare that it is my opinion, that the above named applicant is to be believed in the statement he has made, and that from his age
and bodily infirmity he would be unable to appear before the next Court in October, without great inconvenience and the expense of a fee of $5 to $15 to a Lawyer to prepare & present his papers to the Court-
John Cooper Jr.

State of New York}
Steuben County}
I David Rumsey Clerk of the County aforesaid
do hereby certify that John Cooper Esquire before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and seal of office at Bath this 18th day of August 1832
   D. Rumsey-
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In the matter of the Application of
Stephen Corbin for a pension
...............................................................
Declaration-
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State of New York}
Steuben County-}

On this 16th day of October in in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
of the said County of Steuben Stephen Corbin
a resident of the Town Campbell in the said County of Steuben and State of New York aged seventy two 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 - That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1781 with Lieutenant Sturdevant, and served in the ninth regiment of the Massachusetts line under the following named officers- Lieutenant Sturdevant commanded the company in which he enlisted, in the Army of the United States which was the Eighth
company in the regiment, and that Colonel
Henry Jackson commanded the regiment he
thinks that it was some time in the month of
February when he enlisted - that some time after he went into the service a company of Light infantry was selected from the regiment by the Colonel, and the ninth regiment was broken up to fill up other regiments. and he was transferred to the second regiment under the command of Colonel Sprout and Major Gibbs, in Captain Bradfords company, and that he served in that regiment until the expiration of the three years for which he enlisted - that he was discharged by Maj Genl Knox at West Point, that Asa Tupper was the Adjutant- that he made application for a pension under the act of 1818 and received about $140 - when his pension was stoped (sic) on account of his having property-- that
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he made application again under the act of May 1828 - and was rejected upon the ground of his having enlisted for three years, and not during the war- as he has been informed, that the affidavits and proofs of his service were sent to the war department, when he made application under the former acts, and that the same remain on file as he has been informed and believes - That when he first went into the service he resided in the Town of Dudley in the County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts- that while he was in the service the regiment to which he belonged was stationed at various places along the North river at White-Plains, West Chester, and New York, and he was at Kingsbridge when the Americans retreated from that place-
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, except as above stated-
---Stephen Corbin
Sworn to & subscribed}
the day & year aforesaid ⎬

M. S. Rumsey Dep Clerk⎨
Steuben County }

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant
was a revolutionary soldier and served as he
States-
   Geo C  Edwards
   John Cooper Jr
   Henry G Williams

I Martin S Rumsey Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County
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of Steuben, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Corbin for a pension-
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 16th
day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
M. S. Rumsey Dep
ClK Steuben County
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11611
Patience Corbin
NY
Art b7. July 38
W.86042
Received January 24, 1845
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State of New York}
Steuben County Ss⎬ I William Hamilton Clerk of the said County do Certify that Constant Cook
Esquire before whom the within affidavit
purports to have been taken was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County; and that Cephas F. Platt Esquire before whom the four preceding Affidavits purport to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County; that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Constant Cook
and Cephas F. Platt and verily believe that their
names subscribed to the said Several affidavits and certificates are their proper hand writing and Signatures. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 24th day of June 1844
   Wm Hamilton Clerk
...............................................................................................11611
Patience Corbin
NY
Art b7. July 38
W.86042
Received January 24, 1845
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows
State of New York}
County of Steuben} Ss on this fourteenth day of April 1844 personally appear before the subscriber a Judge of the cort (sic) in and for said County Patience Corbin - a resident of Campbell in the said County aged Seventy Six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838. entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That 
she is the widow of Stephen Corbin who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States-
She further declares that she was married to the said Stephen Corbin on the 26th day of September in the year 1786 Seventeen hundred and eighty six as per the attached, copy of Record and proof of Said Marriage which is true, that her husband, the aforesaid Stephen Corbin died on the 19th day of October in the year 1842 Eighteen hundred and forty two that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz: at the time above stated-
   Patience Corbin
Sworn to and Subscribed, on the 14th }
day and year above written before}

Constant Cook one of the Judges of the Court of Comon (sic) Pleas in & for said County

I certify that the above named widow Patience Corbin is a respectable person that I consider her to be of the age represented by her
and that she cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court
Constant Cook    a Judge of Steuben County


State of New York}
County of Steuben ⎬ Ss Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County Alvin Corbin of Campbell in said County aged forty one years after being duly sworn according to law
deposeth & saith that widow Patience Corbin who is applying for a pension as the widow of Stephen Corbin late a pensioner of the United
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States is this deponents mother & that the said Stephen Corbin the late pensioner was this deponents father that this deponents said father died died on the 19th day of October eighteen hundred and forty two & that his said mother, the said widow Patience Corbin Still remains a widow 
   Alvin Corbin
Subscribed and sworn before me ⎬
this 15th day of April 1840}
C.F. Platt Justice of the Peace of said County
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I certify that the above named Alvin Corbin is a respectable person
C.F. Platt Justice of the Peace of said County

State of New York}
County of Steuben Ss} Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County Sylvia Pierce of Campbell in said County aged fifty years after being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that widow Patience Corbin who is applying for a pension as the widow of Stephen Corbin late a pensioner of the United States is this deponents mother & that the said Stephen Corbin the late pensioner was this deponants father & that this deponants said father
died on the 19th day of October Eighteen hundred & forty two & that his widow this deponents mother the said Patience Corbin is still a widow
   Sylvia Pierce

Subscribed and sworn before me ⎬
this 15th day of April 1844}
C.F. Platts Justice of the Peace of said County
...........................................................................................
I certify that the above named Sylvia Pierce is a respectable person
C.F. Platts Justice of the Peace of said County

State of New York}
County of Steuben Ss} Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County Seth Hammond of Campbell in said County aged fifty Eight years and upwards after being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he has been for more then fifty years personally acquainted with Widow Patience Corbin & her late
husband Stephen Corbin late a pensioner of the United States of Steuben County New York that she is the identical person & widow
of the said Stephen Corbin late a pensioner & with their family
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that she is the identical person who was at this deponants first acquaintance more then fifty years since living with the said Stephen Corbin husband & wife and that the said parties had children at that time, that the
said Stephen Corbin died on the 19th day of October Eighteen hundred and forty two and that his widow the said Patience Corbin is still a widow 
   Seth Hammond
Subscribed and sworn before me
this 15th day of April 1844
C.F. Platt Justice of the Peace of said County
I certify that the above named Seth Hammond is a respectable person
C. F. Platt, Justice of the Peace of said County
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State of New York}
County of Steuben}
Ss. Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County Lucy Hammon of Campbell, in said
County aged Eighty years after being duly sworn according to law deposeth
& Saith that she has for fifty five years bin (sic) personally acquainted with widow Patience Corbin & her late husband Stephen Corbin late a Pensioner of the United States of said County & with their family that the said widow Patience Corbin is the identical person & widow of the identical person & Soldier & pensioner Stephen Corbin & that she is
the identical person who was living with the said Stephen Corbin at the first acquaintance of this deponant which was fifty five years since that the said parties as the legal fruit of their marriage have children more then fifty five years of age, that the said Stephen Corbin died on the 19th day of October Eighteen hundred and forty two and that his widow the said Patience Corbin Still remains his widow
   Lucy Hammond
Subscribed and sworn before me ⎬ 
this 15th day of April 1844}
C.F. Platt Justice of the Peace of said County
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I certify that the above named Lucy Hammon is a respectable person
C. F. Platt  Justice of the peace of said County
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Dudley Mass
Jan 14................37-1/2
w4

Alvin Corbin Esq.
Coopers Plains
Steuben Co. N.Y
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"September 26th 1786 then Stephen Corbin
Patience Vinton both of Dudley were lawfully married by me
Edward Davis Justice of the Peace "
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The above is a true Copy from the Town Records
Lemuel Healy Town Clerk of Dudley.
Dudley January 1st 1845.
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State of Massachusetts}
County of Worcester ss.} Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Lemuel Healy above named Town Clerk, after being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith, that the above record of the marriage of Stephen
Corbin to Patience Vinton on the 26th Sept. 1786 is a true copy from the Records in the Town Clerk's Office in the hands of this deponent
Sworn and subscribed before me this fourth day of January 1845. Before me, John Eddy Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the above named Lemuel Healy; Clerk of the town of Dudley is a highly respectable person-
John Eddy  Justice of the Peace
Dudley  Jan 4th. 1845
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, SS.
I Joseph G. Kendall, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, That John Eddy, Esquire is a 
Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature to the certificate, on the deposition of Lemuel Healy hereunto annexed, is genuine.
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Given under my hand, and the Seal of said County, this Seventh day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty five
   Jos G Kendall  Clerk
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In reply to your request of ..............received......
for a statement of the military history of Stephen Corbin a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (and his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W.F. 18923
-DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT...Mch 1780
-LENGTH OF SERVICE. Mch. 1780 - Dec 23, '83.
-RANK...Pri
-OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. Edes & Bradford
COLONEL.  Henry Jackson &  Sprout,
-STATE.  Mass
Battles engaged in, ......x....
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Dudley, Worcester Co Mass.
Date of application for pension, June 11, 1818. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Painted Post, Steuben Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 57 yrs. He died Oct. 19, 1842
Remarks: He mar. Sept 26, 1786, at Dudley, Mass. Patience Vinton. She was al. pen, on her ap. ex. Apr. 14, 1844, while a resident of Campbell, Steuben Co, N.Y. aged 76 yrs
Children referred to: (only names stated being) Sylvia Pierce, aged 50 yrs. in 1844, Alvin, aged 41 yrs. in 1844

Respectfully,

Commissioner.

d-285C
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11611
Patience Corbin
New York

Ret. to Arad Joy   April 4 '45

Act July 7, 1838
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8850
New York
Stephen Corbin
Painted Post in the State of New York was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sprout  of the 2d Regt Massachtts line
for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 11 of June 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th March 1819 and sent to Thomas McBurney Esqr
Steuben Cy. New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 ....................$70.36
semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819............48.00
...............................................................................$118.36
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
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Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution,” approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
5 May 1829
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Stephen Corbin under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether a discharge, and, if so, what discharge or other evidence was received at the War Department, from the claimant, on an application stated to have been heretofore made by him for a pension.
   Asbury Dickins
Acting Secretary
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
Letter from the War Department 7 May 1829
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Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
..............................................................................
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
28 Feb 1829
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Stephen Corbin under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution.
   Richard Ruth

The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
War Depart:
Bounty land Office
The records of this office do not shew that
Stephen Corbin of the Mass'tts line has
received or is entitled to Bounty land of the United States

Robert Taylor
28 Feby 1829.
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
21 Feb 1839.
Stephen Corbin of Hornby in the County of
Steuben in the State of New York has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled ""An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private
in captain Bradford's company in the Second regiment of the Massachusetts line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve
of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the
pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of
March, 1826, nothing.

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by
the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary
F A Dickens
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
23 February 1829

It further appears that Stephen Corbin is not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been so since the 3d March 1826

The name of Stephen Corbin cannot be found 
among those of the Massachusetts line to whom Certificates for the gratuity of Eighty
Dollars were issued. His name is not on the
Register of Musters of the Massachusetts line

Peter Hagner  Aud
(correct)
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1828 papers to be filed
with AD on Wid
File # 18,923
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Stephen Corbin- Pvt-Mass Line-

New York
Widow - file no. 18,923.

{Act 1828 " Evidence insufficient}
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Pension Office
July 9th 1845.
Commissioner of Pensions
Report in the case of
Patience Corbin
Vol
I confirm the decision of the Comm'r of Pension in this case. 20th Aug. '45.
W. L. Marcy
Wanted also the Commr's Report or
a copy of it in order to see what the grounds of the regular decision were- A.C.
a decision
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p.90
Mar 14/51
Ovid N.Y.
March 6/51
Arad Joy
Patience Corbin
Sundry letters in relation to certain appeals
which he has taken from the decision of the 
late Commissioner of Pensions &c
I will thank Cap Triplett to
take up & finish for friend Joy.

ack'd & referred to the Commr
of Pensions for his attention & reply
Mch 11/51
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Ovid N.Y. March 6. '51
Sir
In March 1850 I appealed through Hon H.S. Conger the case of Patience Corbin late a pensioner of New York

I have recd no report

Most Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Arad Joy

Hon. Alex H. H. Stuart
Secy. of Interior
Washington
D C

Ret to files May 4/50
Ref'd for report Mar 12/'50 no report made
n.c.
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May 12, 1848
Patience Corbin
Pen Jan 23rd/48.
............................................
J L Edwards
Comm'r of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Ovid May 8th '45

Dear Sir
I beg leave to enclose application for back pay of Patience Corbin-
Respectfully Your
Most Obt Serv't
Arad Joy

Hon J L Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington
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No 11611
Patience Corbin
Widow of Stephen
VS
Act 7 July 1838
Rejected husb and 1842 
Adm. 3 March 1843
17 June 1844
2 years Private
$80 per annum
No. act 1843 - 7148
"        "  1844  -522
Arad Joy Esq
Ovid
New York
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March 15, 1845.
Appeals case
Patience Corbin
.......................................    FREE
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
Washington
DC
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Ovid March 11th 1845 
Dear Sir
I enclose proof in the case of Patience Corbin, whose application I mailed to you on the
17th Jany - please place this proof with her other papers on file
Respectfully your
Most Obt Servt
   Arad Joy

Hon J.L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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11611.
Jan 24 /45
bl
Patience Corbin
July 7 1838.

Write to Mr Joy
under act July 38
that the claim
was not rec'd before
24 Jany. 1845

Hon. J L Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington DC
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Dear Sir
Ovid Jany 15th 1845
Dear Sir
I beg leave to enclose pension application of Patience Corbin, I do it believing them to be
all correct-- I suppose she has never before applied
Respectfully Your
Most Obt Servt
Arad Joy

Paper executed in April 1844

Hon J L Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington
D. C
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June 26, 1845
Rec'd 
Patience Corbin
6834
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Hon. J L Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington DC
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Ovid June 20th 1845
Dear Sir
I may be allowed respectfully to say that the copy of my letter to you, enclosing the pension papers of Patience Corbin, to whom you have granted a pension under the Law of '43 bears date 15 Jany: & I may be allowed to suppose that it reached Washington within the limits of the law that is before or on the 23d Jany '45- I want only justice to the widow but I
feel bound to do justice by the widow &
I therefore respectfully ask a reconsideration
of her case, as I think you will find a pension
justly due to her. I supposed the papers were
put on file 22d Jany but certainly I see no reason why they were not there on the 23d.
Respectfully Your
Most Obt Sevt
Arad Joy

Hon J.L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
Arad Joy
Washington
D. C
It is possible that the filing of the letter may have been incorrect, as mistakes occur
in Washington, as well as in the State of N.Y.
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Ovid NY, July 3/45
 Arad Joy

Appeals of Patience Corbin's 
pension claims.

S94, Res.  July 7 '45
Pension Office
DC
War Dept
Ans'd 22 Aug. 1845
..................................................................................
Hon Wm L Marcy
Secy of War
Washington DC
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Ovid Seneca County
New York, July 3d '45

Sir
May I be allowed respectfully to appeal a
case now before Hon J. L. Edwards for a pension, viz,  Patience- Corbin I beg leave respectfully to state that Lucy Hammond & Patience Corbin both reside in the same neighborhood, both made application to me at the same time to assist them to get a pension, Lucy Hammond is pensioned under the law of 1838, but said Patience Corbin, the court refuses to pension under that law, stating as a reason that her papers were not filed till the 24th Jany, one day too late, in reply to this I have to say that my letter, enclosing her papers, bears date Jany 15. '45 and that it ought at least to have been filed on or before the 23d Jany and that if it was not it is but fair to conclude that it was in the office on the 23 and that the widow like her near neighbor Mrs Hammond should be pensioned under the law of 1838
Respectfully your Most Obt Servt
   Arad Joy

Hon W. L. Marcy
Secy of War
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Mar 12/50
Hon. H S Congers
March 9, 1850

Appeals from decision of Comm'r. 
of Pensions in the case of
Patience Corbin.

W Combs

Comm'r of Pensions for a report

Dept of the Interior}
Mch 12/50}
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Petition in behalf of Patience Corbin, whose five years pension depended upon the filing of her paper on or before the 23d day of January 1845. the pension would have been $80 per Annum
The grounds of her claim is founded upon the 
following facts, to wit, That her papers were
made & mailed & bear post mark at Ovid
Jany. 18th 1845 giving 5 days for their arival (sic) in Washington would have made it the 23rd Jany & would have come within the limits of the law & entitled her to a pension of $80 per year for five years; but the pension department allege that her papers were 6 days in reaching the Pension office, which would be one day too late & by the calculating it, she would be deprived of her pension but it is contended that in the mailing of 20 letters at Ovid, only 2 of them were 5 days in reaching Washington & placed on file, 15 of them were 4 days only & 3 of them were but 3 days, that in the same month that Mrs. Corbins papers were sent & in the corresponding month of the preceding year, 9 out of 10 letters
were but 4 days from Ovid to Washington & not one was over 5 days, so that it must be concluded that the letter in question must have arived in five days & that if the letter does not show its reception in 5 days at latest, it is reasonable to suppose the error was not the widows
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but possibly that of the Department as certainly the Departments are not infalable; (sic) One other point worthy of looking to is this, that possibly the letter may have reached the post office on Sunday, & this been of right
Course ordered as at the Pension Office, but it
cannot be supposed that the letter was not
mailed in time to reach Washington on the 22d or at farthest, the 23rd day of January & that it must in fact have arrived; the arrival in 3 or 4 days of other letters & of its taking only in a few cases 5 days, is supposed to be an efficient ground of appeal, See the annexed list of the mailing & receiving of letters, reference 
being had to the Pension Office for all of the letters & papers in this case there can be little or no doubt, as to a reasonable supposition
that the error was in the indorcement (sic) of the req'd letter
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Secy of the Interior
Sir: I appeal to you
from the decision of
the Commission of pensions
in this case
H.S. Conger
....................................................................
Pension Office

Arad Joy, Esq.

,Present

Patience Corbin
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Date of Mailing letters at Ovid and
the date of their rec't in Washington
Vir -1844 in case of Bathsheba Barns Dec 6 -Recd 10 x  4
Do  " " Dolly Hobert  Nov 23 " 27  x  4
Do  " " Wm W Dean  Nov 8 - " 11  x  3
1843  " " Do  Do  Nov 26 - "  29  x  3
1845  " "  Bathsheba Barns March 13 " 17 x  4
"     " "      Do            Do  Oct 29  " Nov 1 x  4 
"     " "      Dolly Hobart Jany 10 " 14  x 4
"     " "      Patience Corbin March 11 "  15 x  4
"     " "      Do              Do    May 8 " 12   4
"     " "      Do              Do   June 22  " 26   4
"     " "      Do              Do    July 4  -  7    3
"     " "     Sylva Van Slyke    Feb 24 -  " 28 x  4
"     " "      Do              Do    Jany 24   " 29  x  5
"     " "      Do              Do    Dec 19  "   24  x  5
"     " "      Do              Do    March 20-" 24 x 4
"     " "      Hannah Bunch    Dec 15  -  19  x  4
"     " "      Anna Dennis       Dec 9  -  13  x  4
                 3 other letters each-    -             4
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
....................................................
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
7th May 1829
SIR:
Your claim under the abovementioned act has been examined. The act provides for no other non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, than those who enlisted in the Continental line for the war, and served until its termination. It appears by a report from the War Department that in your discharge it is stated that your enlistment was for three years. Your claim has therefore not been admitted.-
I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
   Arbury Dickins
Acting Secretary

Mr Stephen Corbin
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Payable semi-annually. The first
payment on this Certificate will be
made on the 4th of September
next in New York at the 
Branch Bank of the United States.
Stephen Corbin
Recorded
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War Department
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
---
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Stephen Corbin...late a private......in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed
on the Pension List, Roll of the... New York...
Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the eleventh day of June
one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States,  this twenty ninth day of
March one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen.
   J C Calhoun
Secretary of War.
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Washington
Jany 28. 1848
D'r Sir
Will you do me the favor to furnish all the facts set forth and now on file in your office
relative to the claim of Patience Corbin
Your respectfully
Robt L. Rose

Hon J L Edwards
Comm'r Pensions
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W. 18923
Stephen Corbin
Soldiers disc in  case Nov 25. 1904

June 11, 1818 ae 57 res Painted Post, afterward called Campbell, Steuben Co. NY
Enl- Dudley Worcester Co Mass.

Mch. 1780 or 81, Pri.,  Capt Edes 8th Co  Col. Henry Jackson's 9th Regt. Trans to Capt Bradford's Co.-
Col. Spront's 2nd Regt Mass. Line Contl. Est.

Was in retreat from Kingsbridge

dis-Dec. 23, 1783 by Gen Knox at West Point
1832 res Campbell, Steuben Co NY
lived at Dudley Mass at died
Married Patience Vinton
Sept. 26, 1786, Dudley, Mass
1844 Widow, res of Campbell ae 76
Sol. 8. Oct. 19, 1842
son Alvin ae 41 in 1844 testifies in case
dau Sylvia Pierce 50  "       "
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One 3 ct stamp recd.     Revo. Sec. M 1

Wardsboro, Vt.
Jan. 2nd 1918

The Secretary of Interior
Washington D. C. U. S. A.
Dear Sir:
As I wish to join the Daughters of the American Revolution, they ask me for a document to show that I am by right of lineal descent, Will you please tell me if this is correct, I have taken this from the Corbin Genealogy.
My name is Mary Lucy Smith born March 15, 1867, at Wardsboro Vt. Married William W. Kidder, Sept. 19 1888; my mother was Emily S. Corbin born Jan. 8, 1825, at Painted Post, N.Y. Married Moses A. Smith, of Wardsboro, Vt. Nov. 13, 1849; His father was Stephen Corbin, Jr. born May 14, 1789, at Wardsboro Vt. Married Sarah Watson, he was a farmer at Wardsboro, Vt. where he died April 14, 1874;
His father was Stephen Corbin, born Aug. 5, 1760, at Dudley, Mass. Married Patience Martha Vinton Sept. 26, 1786,
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He was a revolutionary soldier, enlisting Jan, 2,
1781; for three years, age 20, height 5 ft, 7 in,
light complexion, in Capt. Coburn's Company
Col. Grants Regiment. he received a bounty.
Family tradition says that he was one of the
guards present at the hanging of Major Andre,
he went to Wardsboro Vt. 1788; where he resided. About 1817 he removed to Campbell
Steuben Co. N. Y. he died at Coopers Plain N.Y.
Oct. 19, 1842.
His father was Elisha Corbin, born June 30, 1713, married Sally Healy of Dudley, Mass. Oct. 6, 1739; he was on a committee for choosing militia officers in 1780, he was on a committee to his men for the Continental Army. He died Aug. 4, 1797; age 84. If you are not the one to have charge of the documents of the Revolutionary soldiers please let me know and where to send this. 
Respt. Mr William W. Kidder,
Wardsboro VT.
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Unreadable. Photo is of backside of letter where ink bled through.
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Stephen Corbin
St Johns, Mich Nov. 7-1904

Dear Sir,
I hope & am committing no impropriety in soliciting information as follows.
A revolutionary soldier by name of Stephen  Corbin  (born Aug. 5 - 1760 and died at
Cooper's Plains N.Y. Oct. 19 - 1842, drew a
pension, hence I infer, from your records you can easily acquaint me with the date of his enlistment and the date of his discharge.
Such information will greatly oblige, his grandson
   Gilbert E. Corbin
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Ⓧ
PENSION OFFICE date stamp
JAN 8 1903
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W. F. CORBIN
REAL ESTATE BUILDING
1200  WEST 89TH STREET.
TELEPHONE 918 GREEN.

MY SPECIALTY
Small Homes on Easy Terms on Elmwood and
Lawndale Between 20th and 23rd Streets
Streets Graded and Walks Laid.

Kansas City MO Jan. 4 1903

To the
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear sir:

Can you inform me if one- Stephen Corbin of Dudley Mass. a revolutionary soldier used to draw a pension and if so what company
and regiment did he belong to ?
What was his term of service?
Yours truly
   W.F. Corbin
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Jan'y - 13 - 1903
W.F. Corbin Kas City Mo.
...............................................
Nov. 25, 1904 Hist. to
Gilbert E. Corbin St. Johns Mich
..............................................................
1918 Jan.10  History to
Mrs. Wm. W. Kidder.  FW
..............................................................
Rev. WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18923
Patience Corbin
Widow of
Stephen Corbin
Priv. Rev. War
Act Mar 3d 1843 & June 17-1844
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 150
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Patience Corbin

A Joy Esq.
Ovid,
New York
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23rd January, 1845
Whereas the act of the 30th of April, 1844, prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a
pensioner, I now make the following statement under oath, to obtain the benefits of the resolution above mentioned.
I am the widow of Stephen Corbin who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, I have not drawn a pension, and now ask for the amount due me from the the 4th March 1836 to the 4th day March 1841.
   Patience Corbin
Sworn and subscribed before me, on this 30th day of April in the year 1845 at Campbell and Steuben County
   Roswell Enos  Justice of the Peace
I certify that the declarent is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit
   Roswell Enos Justice of the Peace

Paul C Cook Clerk  of the County of Steuben
do hereby certify that Roswell Enos who has signed the foregoing is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Steuben State of New York
and that the above is his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this second day of May 1845 at Bath
in the State of New York
   P C Cook Clerk
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BY THE HONOURABLE
MAJOR-GENERAL KNOX,
Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES on Hudson's River.
Stephen Corbin Soldier.........In the.....2nd Massachusetts........Regiment, being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New York,  the.......23rd Day of December 1783-
By the General's Command,
   H Knox Maj Gen'l

REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
A. Tupper Adjutant
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Stephen Corben
11th June 1818
Massachusetts Line
3 years
Admitted
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State of New York}
Steuben County } Ss: On this 11th day of June 1818, before me the Subscriber first Judge of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Steuben in the State of New York personally appears Stephen Corben aged fifty seven years resident in the Town of Painted Post in said County 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 Land and naval service of the
United States in the revolutionary war. That the said Stephen Corben in the month of year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty at the Town of Dudley in the County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts Enlisted as a private soldier in the company commanded by Captain Eads in the ninth
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regiment of the Massachusetts line on the Continental Establishment. That he continued in the service of the United States under said enlistment untill the 23d day of December 1783 when he received a regular discharge there from which discharge is hereunto annexed- That he is in reduced circumstances
and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services-
   Stephen Corbin
Sworn to and declared before me }
the day of year first aforesaid}
   Thomas McBurney
.
I Thomas McBurney First Judge of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Steuben in the State of New York do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Stephen Corbin did serve in in the revolutionary war as stated.
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in the preceding declaration, against the
Common Enemy. I do further certify that
it appears to my satisfaction that the
said Stephen Corben is in reduced in
circumstances and actually stands in need
of the assistance of his country for support
and I now transmit the proceedings and
testimony taken and had before me to the
Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress-- June 11th 1818
   Thomas  McBurney

State of New York
Steuben County ⎬ Ss.    I Edward Howell
Clerk of the County of Steuben in the State of
New York do certify that Thomas McBurney whose signature appears to the preceding
declaration and certificate is now the first
Judge of the Court of Common pleas of said
County & duly commissioned & qualified as such
Given under my hand and the seal of my office this 11th June 1818
   E. Howell