Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,052, Sanbun Ford, Continental New York

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Service:  Continental
Ford, Sanbun or Foord, Sanburn
New York residence in 1810
Number:  S.13.052
B.L. Wt. 498-100

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[L]ett to Pensions 18 March 1835
"        "   Houf W Taylor 15 April 1835
Letter to W.B. Licek June 25 1840
dead_ let to J.W. Carlson Nov. 27 1846
Let. Tho's Palma, Aug 16/50
Ja's B. McKearn July 12 1853

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New York
Sanbun Ford
[Sar]atoga Co. in the State of New York
a Dragoon in the Comp 4 command
[Cap]tain [blank] of the Reg't command
Sheldon in the Connecticut
Years

[plac]ed on the Roll of New Yok
[at t]he rate of 100 Dollars [blank] cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1841

Certificate of Pension issued 26 day of Feb.
1834 and sent A Nash
Ballston Spa NY

Arrears to the 4th of Sept '32______ $250.
Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mar 34 $50.
$300 [double underlined]
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 101

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Sanbun Ford 
for an increase 
of Pension 

adm 
24 mo. dragoon
Deduct what is 
paid under act 1818 

A. Nash agent 
       Ballstown

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State of New York 
County of Saratoga } Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Saratoga and State of New York Sanbun Ford of the Village of Ballston Spa and State of New York aged Seventy-seven years, and made oath in due form of Law that he is the identical person named in an original Discharge now in his possession of which I certify, the following is a true copy;
 By his Excellency George Washington Esquire, General and Commander in chief of the Forces of the United States of America. These are to certify that the bearer here of Sanbun Ford pri vate in the 2nd Drag Having faith fully Served the United States five years six months, And being inlisted [sic] for the War only, is hereby Discharged from the American Army 

Given at Head Quarters the 12th day of June 1783 Geo. Washington 

By his Excellencys 
           Command 
            J. Trumbull June Secy
Registered in the Books 
of the Regiment 
                            Fred J. Whiting Adjutant

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The above Sanbun Foard [sic] has been Honored with the Badg of Merit for Five....... [years crossed out]......... faithful service
E. Sheldon Col.

And the said Sanbun Ford futher saith that the following is a true copy of his Original Pension Certificate under the act of the 18th march 1818

"War Department
"Revy Claim
"I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 18th march 1818 Sanbun Ford late a Private in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension list Roll of the New York Agncy at the rate of Eight dollars per month to commence on the 23rd day of March One thousand eight hundred and eighteen

Given at the War Office of the United States This 31st day of March one thousand eight hundred & eighteen

J.C. Calhoun
Secretary of War

and the said Sanbun Ford further saith that he has received his semi annual Payments under the said Certificate until the 4th September 1833 but he is informed & believes that under the act of June 7 1832 he is entitled to a Pension of one hundred dollars per annum

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and the difference by way of average between that sum and his present pension from the time that act took Effect

Sanbun ford [signature]

Subscribed and sworn before me the 4th day of February 1834
A Goodrich Justice

State of New York
Saratoga County

I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the Court of Saratoga do certify that Alpheus Goodrich before whom the foregoing Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said county: and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper and writing and signature_
Witness my hand and seal of office the fourth day of February 1834
A Goodrich Clerk

I certify that Sanbun Ford the applicant above named is the same Pesioner described in the pension certificate of which the above is a copy, & that he now resides in the Village of Ballston Spa
Feb. 5. 1834.
John W. Taylor

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Payable on 4th of
March 4th & of Sept in
each year by the agent
at the Branch Bank
vis. New York

[Signature]

Sanbun Ford

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WAR DEPARTMENT


I CERTIFY, That in conformity with Law of the United States, of the 18th March 1818, Sanbun Ford 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 23d day of March one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen  



GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this 31st day of March one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen

                             J.C. Calhoun
                             Secretary of War

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Sanbun Ford
              Copy

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State of New York
County of Saratoga

On this 22nd day of August 1824 personally appeared in open Court, in the Court of Common Pleas of the said County, the same being a Court of Record for the said County, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jursidiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping record of its proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Sanbun Ford aged Sixty three years, resident in the said County, in the State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: that in the fall of the year (1778) he enlisted in capt. Beldings company Col. Elisha Shaddens regiment 2d Light Dragoons that he served in that Regiment till the close of the war and on the 12th of June 1783 at Danbury in the State of Connecticut received an honorable discharge with the badges of Merit for his faithful service:

That his original declaration was made on or about the twenty third day of March 1818 and that his Pension Certificate is numbered 32

And I solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war." passed on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts, due me; nor have I any income other than what is obtained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.

Sanbun Ford [signature]

Thomas Palmer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property established in the aforesaid schedule, is Thirty four dollars and fifteen cents.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this twenty second day of August 1320

Thomas Palmer
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga.

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An inventory or schedule of Sanburn Ford the within named deponent and pensioner:
Has a short Lease from Nicholas Law of a lot of land in the village of Ballston Spa in the county of Saratoga 25 feet wide and 52 feet in length. the rent on the same is $25 per year there is a small building or shed on the same which makes a shelter for his cow. Does not consider the Lease worth any thing the rent being so high & could not sell it for anything.
One cow of the value of 15.00
1 sow and three smaller pigs 3.00
2 hens & 5 chickens 0 62 1/2
1 old pair of tongs and the handle of a shovel [.]25
5 old tables been many years in hard use 2.00
10 old chains very much worn 2.00
1 meat barrel & small beer keg [.]50
2 splint baskets [.]25
1 bible presented by the bible society a few old Religious books which with my pension are the principal solace & comfort that I have in the evening of a life of trouble 1.00
1 porrige pot & 2 Iron Kettles 2.00
2 old pails & 1 small churn [.]62 1/2
1 old Gridiron [.]25
1 Tall morter [.] 12 1/2
1 salt box. and old Lanthorn 1 old tunnel [.]25
1 small old pine chest lid broke [.]25
1 small looking glass [.]37 1/2
1 small tin trunk [.]25
1 pan small of sailyard 20 years old [.]50
1 Tea Kettle [.]25
1 old canteen pot [.]06
2 old milk pans [.]25
1 pudding pot [.]12 1/2
1 pint and 4 1/4 pint tumblers [.]18
1 urine glass [.]06

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1 old pair of And Irons [sic] 00 25
1 wooden Laddle [sic] 20 years old 00 06
1 old [?bread?] boot 00 12 1/2
1 old Rolling pin 00 06
9 small pie pans each 25 [illegible] 00 25
6 small earthen plates 00 37 1/2
6 " cracked half price 00 18
8 old knives handles off & broke 4 forks tines broken 00 25
1 Mettle tea pot spout part melted off 00 25
6 tea cups and saucers  00 18
1 old pitcher a hole in the side  00 06
1 [illegible]  00 12 1/2
1 old axe 00 25
1 wash tub  00 12 1/2
1 old [? sponge?]  00 12 1/2
1 ink Stand  00 12 1/2
1 old live & pig trough  00 12 1/2 [underlined]

$34.15 [underlined]

The above articles like my self have been better and of more value but are now very poor & old. My family consists of my self & wife aged 58 not off [sic] much use & 2 daughters 1 aged 16 years and the the [sic] other 11 years and one grandchild aged 7 years for 20 years I have not been able to labour but very little and some times have been compelled to ask private charity. I have no trade 2 years past I have rung the church bell in the village of Ballston Spa for which I receive what the villagers are pleased from time to time to give me. but nights on acount of the failure of my sight I some times have to get a substitute which I never did in the war of the Revolution when fighting for my country; I and my wife cannot subsist without public or private charity. I used on public days sometimes to peddle Gingerbread & beer but my wife is now to [sic] old to bake and I to brew

Sanburn Ford

Sworn to in open court
Thomas Palmer Clerk

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no. 498.

Sanbun Ford

Private

2nd Reg. Light Dragoons

[illegible] 27 March 1810
I received to [illegible] 
Mr. Thompson M.C.

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Whereas I the subscriber conceive myself entitled to a bounty or lands for my services in the late army of the United States. Now therefore know all men by these presents that I have constituted and appoint John Thompson of Stillwater in the County of Saratoga and now a member of the house of Representatives in Congress Esquire my attorney for me & in my name to procure & receive such bounty or lands which by law I may be entitled to for my services in the late army aforesaid with full power to appoint one or more attornies under him hereby giving to my said attorney or attornies as full & ample power as if I myself was present
Witness my hand & seal at Ballston Spa on the 16th March 1810
Sanbun Ford [signature]

Thomas Palmer [signature]

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State of New York Saratoga County

On the day & year within mentioned personally appeared before me Thomas Palmer one of the Masters in Chancery in & for the said State Sanbun Ford & to me well known & acknowledged that he Executed the within power for the uses & purposes therein mentioned.

Thomas Palmer [signature]
Master in Chancery


[side note] power

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Affidavit of
[crossed out; illegible] Isaiah Merriman
in the matter of Sanbun Ford


The Discharge of Sanbon Foard, a private of the 2nd Light Dragoons returned to the Hon Jno. W Taylor by request

9 Dec 1828
final certificate
No. 35,100

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State of New York
Saratoga County

Josiah Merriman late of the County of Newhaven in the State of Connecticut now in Greenfield in the county of Saratoga state of New York being duly sworn doth Depose and say that he enlisted in the second Regiment of Light Dragoons of which Elisha Shelden was was Colonel & Benjamin Tallmadge Major, of the First Troop in the Army of the United States and that he this deponent at the close of the war served as a sergeant in the company commanded by John Webb and that he is personally acquainted with Sanbun Ford of the Village of Ballston Spa in the County of Saratoga and that the said Sanbun Enlisted & served in the same Regiment aforesaid during the war as a private and that he this Deponent well knows that the said Sanbun served faithfully as a soldier during the time aforesaid_

Josiah Merriman [signature]

Sworn & Subscribed
the 14th day of March 
1810 before me
Thomas Palmer [signature]
one of the Justices of the 
Peace in & for the said County of Saratoga and State of New York aforesaid.

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Sanbun Ford

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State of New York Saratoga Be it remembered that on the Twenty third day of March in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen personally appeared before me Thomas Dibble Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Saratoga and State of New York aforesaid Sanbun Ford of the Village of Ballston Spa in the County and State aforesaid Thomas Palmer of the same place and Levi Benedict of Ballston in the County and State aforesaid all to me personally known who being by me duly sworn declared and first the said Sanbun Ford on his oath aforesaid says that he served as a private solider in the war of the Revolution against the common Enemy in a company at the time of his enlistment Commanded by Captain Belden and afterwards by Captain Webb in the second Regiment of Light Dragoons commanded by Colonel Elisha Shelden in the Connecticut Line_ That this Deponent Sanbun Ford entered the service some time in the fall of the Year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine and enlisted to serve during the war and served from that time until the twelfth day of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty three at which time this Deponent received an Honorable discharge from the Commander in Chief at Danbury in the State of Connecticut which Discharge this Deponent is informed and verily believes is now in the office of the Secretary of War in the City of Washington. And this Deponent further says that he is now Sixty __________ years of age has a wife and nine___ children and is in very indigent Circumstances and is in need of assistance for his support_

And the said Thomas Palmer on his

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oath aforesaid says that six or seven years since the precise time this Deponent cannot recollect the said Sanbun Ford left with him an ancient paper purporting to be an Honorable Discharge granted to the said Sanbun Ford from the Commander in Chief from the last Revolutionary army of the United States in which discharge this deponent believes it was stated that the said Sanbun had enlisted duing the war. And that this Deponent by requst of the said Sanbun Ford transmitted the said Discharge to the Honorable John Thompson Esquire a Member of Congress from the Eleventh Congressional District of New York for the purpose of procureing [sic] the said Sanborn Ford's bounty land. And this deponent says he is acquainted with the said Sanbun Ford and that he is in indigent circumstances.

And the said Levi Benedict on his oath aforesaid says that he served as a private solider in the Revolutionary Army in the said second Regiment of the Light Dragoons Commanded by the said Colonel Elisha Shelden. that he is well acquainted with the said Sanbun Ford and knows that he served as a private soldier in the said Regiment and was present with the said Sanbun Ford on the twelfth day of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty three recieved and honorable Discharge at Danbury aforesaid. And this Deponent then understood, and believes that the said Sanbun Ford enlisted to serve during the war

Sanbun Ford [signature]
Thomas Palmer [signature]
Levi Benedict [signature]

Sworn & subscribed to the 23d day of March 1818 before me Thomas Dibble one of the Judges of the Court of Com Pleas of the County of Saratoga & state of New York

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To the Honorable the Secretary at War

I Thomas Dibble one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Saratoga and the State of New York do certify that I am satisfied that the above Deponent Sanbun Ford served in the war of the Revolution and that I am satisfied that the facts set forth in the preceding affidavit are true

Given under my hand at Milton in the County of Saratoga the twenty third day of March one thousand Eight hundred and eighteen

Thomas Dibble [signtuare]

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Rev War 13.052
INVALID

File No. 13.052
Sanbun Ford
Drag: Rev War

Act: June 7th 1832
Index: - Vol. [blank], Page [blank]

(Arrangement of 1870)

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April 12, 1853

Rel: to claim of
Sanborn Ford dec'd
to an increase of
pension under the Act of 7th June 1832

I presume the application was
made from NYork 
Mayo

Jas B. McKean
Saratoga Springs
New York

[print text, sideways]
Department of the In[terior]
Pensions Office, Offi[?]

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Please state to what time Sanburn Ford, who was inscribed in the New York Roll under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the rate of $100 per annum has been paid?

Ans. To his death_ Oct  20, 1846  W.G.

Pension Office
Aug 9 1850

[crossed out: Which New York roll Albany or N Y City?]

Albany, New York

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[postal stamps] Ballston Mar 12 N.Y. Free

Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City
D.C.

For Pension Office

[cross writing left hand side]

N.Y. Mar 17

[crosswriting right hand side]
Sanbun Ford

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[cross writing left hand side]
Notification sent Oct 31st 1820
Thos Palmer Ballston Spa N.Y.

[right hand side]

32 [circled]
New York. √
√ Sanbun √ Ford 4
Private
In the army of the U. States
At $8 per mo: to com'd 23d March 1818

Certified 31st March 1818 & 
sent to Honorable Mr. Taylor of
New Yk House of Reps. U. States

Arrs. to 4th Sept. 1818 5 10/28 mos. $42.85

(Revy Claim Act 18th Mar: 1818)

Connecticut line
1779 to 1783

[illegible pencil markings]

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Schenectady July 18th 1850

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

Sanbun Ford enlisted as a Musician in the Continental Army on or about the [crossed out 12th day of June] year 1777 or 1778 in the Company of Light Dragoons under Colo. Shelden. Adjutant F. J. Whiting, and served 5 years and 6 months Discharged 12th June 1783. He was placed on the Pension roll received his pension and died at the Village of Ballston Spa County of Saratoga on the 20th Oct. 1846

A few months before he died, it is said, he rec'd a letter from Washington, stating that arrearages of pay Commutation money or some moneys due on account of his Revolutionary services remained unpaid and he executed, it is said, a Power of Attorney to some one to receive that pay. He died leaving several children, some of them shortly after his death, were in better ircumstances, which induced his other children to believe that they got this money of virtue of this power. but have kept the other heirs out of it.

They are desirous to know whether any such moneys were paid and to whom and when and the amount.

Yours respectfully
Thomas Palmer

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[covered] Benedicts Affidavit 
in the case of Sanborn
Ford for an increase of
pension

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State of New York
County of Saratoga

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Saratoga Sanbun Ford a resident in the Village of Ballston Spa in said county aged Seventy Seven years, who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he is the identical person named in an original certificate

of which (I certify) the following is a true copy

War Department
Revolutionary Claim

I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Sanbun Ford of the State of New York, who was a Dragoon in the Revolutionary Army, Is entitled to receive one hundred dollars per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th day of March 1831 and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year

Given at the War Office of the United States this 26th day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty four

Lew Cass
Secretary of War

L.S.
Examined and Countersigned
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
No. 6510

And the said Sanbun Ford further saith that he received his semi-annual payments under the said Certificate until the 4th of September 1834 but he is informed and verily believes he is entitled under the said Act of June 7 1832 to a further increase of Pension on account of his having served a part of the time as a Musician in the Cavalry that when he made application for an increase of Pension in 1833 as a private in the Cavalry under the aforesaid act, he did not know his right as a Musician to receive a larger increase of Pension, he therefore prays that he may receive the difference by way of arrearage between the amount amount [sic] of his present Pension (received as a Dragoon private) and which he may be entitled to recive under the said Act as having served as a Musician a part of the time as herein after Stated in a proportion to the time served by him as such, that the whole term of his service in the 2nd Regt of L Dragoons in the United States Army may appear by his original Discharge

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of which the following is a copy to wit.
By his Excellency
George Washington Esquire
General and Commander in Chief of the forces of the United States of America These are to Certify that the Bearer hereof Sanbun Ford private in the 2nd Reg't L Drag'n Having faithfully served the United States Five years and Six months and being enlisted for the War only is hereby Discharged from the American Army. Given at Head Quarters the 12th day of June 1783

By his Excellency's Command
I. Trumbull Jun Secy

Registered in the Books of the Regt
J. Whiting Adjutant

He the said Sanbun Ford further saith that while at Winter quarters with the said Regt and being quartered out in private houses in the Winter of 1782-83 at the Town of Reading in the State of Connecticut and while he was a private soldier in the said 2nd Regt of the United States L. Dragoons under the command of Colonel E Shelden Enlisted for the War when by general orders a company of Marshal Music was formed under Keyser as Teacher he this deponent joined the said Company and Levi Benedict who belonged to Capt. Edgars Company in said Regiment also Joined the said company the same day. he does not recollect the precise time of entering & doing duty as a Musician, but is confident it was not later than the first day of January 1783 and that he served as a Musician in said company until the 12th day of June 1783_ not less than Five months and twelve days when he was discharged at Danbury in Connecticut
Sanbun Ford [signature]

Subscribed & Sworn to before me this 25ht day of February 1835

Oran G. Otis
Justice of the Peac
of Saratoga County
State of New York

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State of New York
County of Saratoga

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County Levi Benedict a resident in the Town of Milton in the County aforesaid aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Sanbun Ford of the Village of Ballston Spa in the County aforesaid, That in the year 1781 in the month of February when he this deponent belonged to the second Regt of Light Dragoons commanded by Colonel E. Sheldon he with the said regiment being stationed for winter quarters at New Town in the State of Connecticut but quartered out in private Houses in the Town adjacent two or three in a house he this deponent having enlisted for during the war under Capt. [interlined: Daniel] Odgen of said Regiment that the said Sanbun Ford then belonged to the said Regiment. that in the winter of 1782-83 when by general orders a company of Marshal Music was formed out of said Regiment which company he this deponent joined and the said Sanbun Ford also joined the said company & served as a Musician from the time aforesaid, though he does not recollected the precise time of entering and doing duty as a Musician but is confident it was not later than the first of January 1783 that he [interlined: and] the said Sanbun Ford served as Musicians in said Company until the 12th of June 1783 not less than Five months and twleve days he served as a musician

Levi Benedict [signature]

Sworn & subscribed before me this 18th day of February 1835. - and I also certify that I am well & personally acquainted with the said Levi Benedict & that he sustains a fair character for [illegible] and

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truth

Oran G. Otis
Justice of Saratoga Couty
State of New York

State of New York
County of Saratoga

I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the County of Saratoga DO certify that Oran G. Otis before within affidavit purports to be sworn by Levi Benedict and also the affidavit purporting to be sworn by Sanbun Ford in the annexed affidavit was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily [interlined: believe] his name subscribed to the said affidavits to be his proper hand writing and signature

Witness my hand and seal of office the 
Eleventh day of March 1835
the word "believe" interlined

A Goodrich Clerk [signature]

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State of New York
County of Saratoga

Before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county Personally appaered Levi Benedict of Milton in the said county aged Seventy-three years last September who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath depose and say that he has been acquainted with Sanbun Ford of the Village of Ballston Spa ever since the year 1781 and he knows him to be the identical Sanbun Ford who served in Colonel Shelden's Regiment of Light Dragoons in the Revolutionary War.

That the Band of Marshall [sic] Music in the aforesaid regiment was formed & made up of privates of said Regiment consisted of Four Clarinetts [sic] two Basoons [sic] and two French Horns, that he this deponent played on a Basoon [sic] & the said Sanbun Ford played on a French Horn that he this deponent & the said Sanbun Ford served in the said Band of Musicians on each his instrument above named and served in & for the said Regiment from the 1st of January 1783 until the 12th day of June 1783 have served as Musicians aforesaid not less than Five months and twelve days

Levi Benedict [signature]

Subscribed & sworn this 2d [remainder of text cut off presumed to read "day of April 1835 Alpheus Goodrich"]

[affixed document reads]

State of New York
Saratoga County Clerk's Office

I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the county of Saratoga, Do Certify that Alpheus Goodrch before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for saidcounty, [sic] and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, andverily [sic] believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit, to be his proper hand writing and signature.

Witness my hand and seal of Office the 2d day of April 1835

A Goodrich Clerk [signtuare]

[imprint of seal]

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State of New York
County of Saratoga

Before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county Personally appaered Levi Benedict of Milton in the said county aged Seventy-three years last September who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath depose and say that he has been acquainted with Sanbun Ford of the Village of Ballston Spa ever since the year 1781 and he knows him to be the identical Sanbun Ford who served in Colonel Shelden's Regiment of Light Dragoons in the Revolutionary War.

That the Band of Marshall [sic] Music in the aforesaid regiment was formed & made up of privates of said Regiment consisted of Four Clarinetts [sic] two Basoons [sic] and two French Horns, that he this deponent played on a Basoon [sic] & the said Sanbun Ford played on a French Horn that he this deponent & the said Sanbun Ford served in the said Band of Musicians on each his instrument above named and served in & for the said Regiment from the 1st of January 1783 until the 12th day of June 1783 have served as Musicians aforesaid not less than Five months and twelve days

Levi Benedict [signature]

Subscribed & sworn this 2d day of April 1835 before me
A Goodrich Justice [signature]

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I have been well acquainted with Levi Benedict within named more than thirty years. He is a man of good character. Long before the enactment of the Pension Law of 1818 I understood him to have been one of Sheldon's Dragoons. 

Ballston Spa N.Y. April 4 1835
John W. Taylor [signature]

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State of New York
County of Saratoga

Before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for the said county, aforesaid Personally appeared Sanbun Ford of the Village of Ballston Spa in said county aged seventy-eight years lacking twenty days to me well known who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath depose and say that he is the identical Sanbun Ford who served in Colonel Shedon's Regiment of Light Dragoons in the Revolutionary War, having served for Five years & six months as a Private & was discharged on the 12th June 1783 as will appear by his original Discharge now in his possession, a copy of which has been transmitted with his application for an increase of Pension,

That the Band of Marshall [sic] Music in the aforesaid Regiment was formed and made up of Privates of said Regiment selected
and consisted of four soldiers who played the Clarinett [sic], tow on the Basoon [sic] and two on the French Horn That he this deponent played on the French Horn and served in said Band of Musicians in and for the said Regiment under the command of the Officers of said Regiment from the first day of [crossed out March]

[document overlapped with clerk's document reading:]

State of Nea York
Saratoga County Clerk's Offic

I, Alpheus Goodrich, Clerk of the county of Saratoga, Do Certify that Oran G. Otis Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit purports to hvae been sworn, was at the date of the sam, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for saidcounty, [sic] and that I am acquainted with his hand writing andverily [sic] believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit, to be his proper hand writing and signature

Witness my hand and seal of Office, the third day of April 1835

A Goodrich Clerk [signature]

[imprint of seal]

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State of New York
County of Saratoga

Before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for the said county, aforesaid Personally appeared Sanbun Ford of the Village of Ballston Spa in said county aged seventy-eight years lacking twenty days to me well known who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath depose and say that he is the identical Sanbun Ford who served in Colonel Shedon's Regiment of Light Dragoons in the Revolutionary War, having served for Five years & six months as a Private & was discharged on the 12th June 1783 as will appear by his original Discharge now in his possession, a copy of which has been transmitted with his application for an increase of Pension,

That the Band of Marshall [sic] Music in the aforesaid Regiment was formed and made up of Privates of said Regiment selected
and consisted of four soldiers who played the Clarinett [sic], tow on the Basoon [sic] and two on the French Horn That he this deponent played on the French Horn and served in said Band of Musicians in and for the said Regiment under the command of the Officers of said Regiment from the first day of [crossed out: March] January 1783 until the 12th day of June 1783 having served as a Musician aforesaid not less than Five months and twelve days 

Sanbun Ford [signtuare]

Subscribed & Sworn this 3d day of April 1835

Oran G. Otis [signature]
Justice

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Sanbun Ford who now sits before me & has brought to me the within affidavit, is the identical person, whose original discharge I delivered to the Pension Office & for whom I received a Pension Certificate as one of Sheldon's dragoons under the Pension law of 1818. He then resided & still resides in this Village I have been well acquainted with him thirty years. Ballston Spa N.Y. April 4. 1835.
John W. Taylor

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House of Representatives
March 30th 1818

Sir

I send you herewithin nine claims of old soliders for pensions under the late law. They were forwarded to me by Thomas Palmer Esq'r U.S. Collector for the 11th Collection district N.Y.

I have examined the signatures of Judge Dibble with whom I have acquainted & believed these to be genuine_ His official character is certified by the Clerk_ I am personally acquainted with Eight of the old soliders whose cases are enclosed herewith_

Yours respectfully
John W. Taylor

Geo. Boyd Esq'r.

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Sanbun Ford

James L Edwards
Commission of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

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Ballston Spa April 7 1835

Sir

You received herewith the affidavits of Sanbun Ford & Levi Benedict in support of claims of the said Sanbun to [interlined: an] increase of Pension & also the Certificate of J. W. Taylor as required in Mr Edwards to Mr Ford of the 18th Mar.

Will you have the goodness to examine his case and if entitled to an increase of [interlined: Pension] Please transmit to me his Certificate or if he is not entitled to an increase, return the original to him or to me

Very Respectfully
You Mo- Ob't Sev't
Adam Nash

J.l. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

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Ballston Spa March 12, 1835
Enclosed herewith you will receive the Papers of Sanbun Ford applying for a further increase of Pension under the Act of June 7th 1832 as having served a part of the time, as a Musician, Please have the goodness to examine his case and transmit to me his Certificate
Very Respectfully
Your Mo. Ob. Servt
Aaron Nash

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For the Pension Office
To the Honoroable
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City
D.C.

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Clerks certificate
that Thomas Dibble
is a Judge



[monetary calculations]

1878.9.4
187.3.22 
5.10/24
8
$40
2.85
$42.85

[long division of 80 divided by 28]

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I William Stillwell Clerk of the county
of Saratoga State of New York. do hereby
certify that Thomas Dibble is a judge in
and for the said County acting under
the authority of the said state

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of the said County this twenty fourth
day of March in the year of our
Lord one thousand Eight hundred &
Eighteen.

W M Stillwell Clerk

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Jun 18, 1846

Rec'd
Sanborn [sic] Ford
[cross writing]

Paid [postal stamp]
U.S. Pension Agent
Washington
D.C.

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Ballston Spa June 10, 1846

Dr Sir.

Mr Sanbun Ford a revolutionary soldier of this place & who has drawn a pension of $96 per annum from 1818 till 1830 and which time [crossed out: it was] $4 1/2 per year was added for his having been a musician.

It is rumored here that a letter was sent to him by the pension agent in Albany informing him that there was to be an addition for his having been a dragoon He has not recieved the letter that was sent to him as it was taken out by his son_

The old gentleman & another son of his Amasiah Ford of this village are very desirous that I should find out what had been written and what the whole matter amounts to. In accordance with their wishes I write. He was a solider fom 1776 to 1783_

Please write me by return mail informing me of  what it all consists_

I will send you a power of Attorney if you desire it.

I am a practicing attorney in the Supreme Court & have resided here for the last 7 years_

Yours respectfully
W B Sitch

To the agent of Pensions Washington
DC.

P.S. Mr. Ford has all the necessary credentials the sign manual of Geo. Wahsington Commander in Cheif that he had served faithfully in the American army for 5 1/2 years&c. &c.
Please write without fail
WBS

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Saratoga Springs, N.Y. April 8, 1853

Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir

I am authorized by Mr Hiram Hall, whose wife is one of the heirs of Sanborn Ford a revolutionary pensioner, deceased, to apply to the Pension Office for information in regard to the balance which is believed to be due to the said heirs. By the act of June 7, 1832, & under the first clause of that act, Ford was entitled to receive $100 per annum_ as also appears by a certificate from the Department signed "Lewis Cass Secretary of War," & dated Feby 26. 1834. I am informed that, up to the time of his death, which occured in 1846 only $96 per year, was drawn. A claim of $4 per year, for 15 years & over, is therefore believed to be unsatisfied.

In addition to this, there are believed to be one or more semi-annual installments for 1846, which were not realized by the said pensions previous to his death. If the payments were never made, the authority upon which the moneys never drawn, is deemed desirable.

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I am instructed to ask for whatever information is in the possession of the Department in regard to this claim, or to any other allowances which may have been passed to the credit of the pensioner; & also to request that no further payments will be made until the demand is put in a shape of undoubted authority.

Sanborn Ford was a private in the 2d Reg't L. Dragoons, under Col. Sheldon, for over five years & afterwards a musician for about four months, & was discharged 12th Jue, 1783

Very respectfully
Yours,
James B. McKean.

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Nov 27 46
W.
Pension Office
Washington City

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Ballston Spa Saratoga County NY
To the
Pension Agent at the City of Washington

Dr
Sir I am requested to write you on the subject of the [?pension?] of Sanbon Ford of this place recently deceased. The friends and next of kin of deceased have been informed by some source that here is money due him for back pay to some considerable amount You will please inform me immediately and oblige

Yours &c
J.W. Culver
Ballston Nov. 20h 1846

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For the Pension Office 
[postal stamp: FREE]

James L Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

[postal stamp: Ballston Apr 9 N.Y.]

[cross writing]

Apl 13
NY

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[postal stamp: FREE]

JL Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

[postal stam Schenectady Jul 18 N.Y.]

[cross writing]

July '77
Sanbun Ford, N.Y.