Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24466, for William Lashbrooks, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Lashbrooks, William or Lashbrook, Zeruah
W. 24466 B.L.Wt 1376-100 B.L.Wt 330-60-55
CONTENTS

4411 New York Albany Jeremiah Lickbrown widow of William who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of March 1849 and sent to
W. D. Smith Governor St. Lawrence Co. N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2. 1848, Page 120 Vol. 4,
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Oct 11 11 30 AM 195 12 16
French Lashbrooks and Waverly carter's type and light weight
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H. L. Smith
Vernon
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11,819
New York
William Lashmore
of Washington in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Miles of the Connecticut line, for the term of Three years
inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th of June 1818 and to Henry Thorne Esq. Fort Ann New York
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar 1819.  21.25    emi-anl. all'ce ending  Sep. 1819.  107.00     128.25  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

6756 For the matter of Zeruah Lashbrooks widow of William Lashbrooks
Application for widow's Pension
Marr'd Aug 1790 Husband died 30 March 1839
1. 1

State of New York County of St Lawrence p: On this eighteenth day of December A.D. 1839 personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of St Lawrence in open Court now sitting Zeruah Lash- brooks , a resident of the Town of Gouverneur in the said County of St Lawrence aged sixtyfour 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 7th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"; That she is the widow of William Lashbrooks who was a private in the Army of the Revolution; that her said husband was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of at the rate of at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum under the act of 1818 and was afterwards suspen- ded by reason of his property; and that at the time of his decease he was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum under the act of Congress of June 7th 1832: She further declares that she was married to the said William Lashbrooks in the month of August or September in the year seventeen hun- dred and ninety; that her maiden name was Zeruah Mitchell ; that her husband the said William Lashbrooks died on the thirtieth day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty- nine; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz: at the time above

stated; that she cannot remember the precise day of her marriage, but knows it to have been in the year seventy hundred and ninety; that she has no record of her marriage; she had a certificate from the Justice of the peace William Greene Esquire late of the Town of Foster in the State of Rhode Island where she was married, certifying the marriage but it has been lost or destroyed for many years. Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and Joseph his Larkbrook mark for above written
A C SMITH
I, Alvin E. Love Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration was made on oath in open Court as above mentioned. That the identity of the applicant and the death of the said William Larkbrook late a Resident of the United States were satisfactorily proved to the said Court by the testimony of Lucinda Hand, a credible witness sworn and interrogated in open Court and that in the opinion of the said Court the applicant is the widow of the said William Larkbrook late a Resident as above mentioned and that her statement entitled to full credit.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court & this the 23 rd day of December 1839
A C SMITH

State of New York (See Vassar (widow) ) - in this petition for a pension, filed Dec. 2, 1856. Before me, Harvey D. Smith a Justice of the peace in and for the State (County of St. Lawrence) duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Widow Sarah Washburn aged Eighty Six Years a resident of Gouverneur in said County, who being duly Sworn according to law, deposes and declares that she is the widow of William Washburn late of Gouverneur of the County, who was the identical William Washburn who served as a regular private soldier or fifer in the regular Continental Army of the United Colonies United States during the entire length of the Revolutionary war - That at the beginning of that war said William Washburn enlisted first for one year, & at the expiration of that time for during the war and served faithfully to the end thereof in the Continental line either of the Rhode Island or Massachusetts Line - Deponent cannot now remember the name of her said husband's officer - She has often seen her discharge which was an honorable one but has long since been lost - That her said husband was placed in the

person Just in 1819 made the first Revolutionary Pension. Later but was not peculiar to draw long at that time. on the ground that he was not a poor man. That he was placed on the pension list under the act of 1828, and continued to draw a pension of $100 per month for ten years as long as he lived. That Deborah as his widow has drawn a pension since since his decease & still continues to - That the papers proving her marriage & widowhood are on file in the pension office - That she was married to Sam Williams Wash- brook at Bristol in Rhode Island about the year 1787 that the particular date, & the name of the person by whom the marriage ceremony was performed she cannot now remember on account of age & loss of memory - That her said husband Samuel Williams Washbrook died on the 30th day of March 1839 & she is & has ever since been a widow - That she is sure that her said late husband received very kindly care for his Revolutionary services although she thinks that some years before her said husband's decease a fraudulent attempt was made to get her said husband's signature.

to some papers to get bounty land under the old Vans - she thinks that we have won obtain. She knows that her husband did not get it nor get pay for it - She makes this statement for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act of 1842 approved March 3rd 1855  Witnesseth my hand before me this 14th day of March 1856  Henry D. Smith
Justice of the peace  I do hereby certify that for thirty years past I have known the above named William Mary & son Lashbrook as the wife or widow of said William Lashbrook as a person of good reputation for truth & veracity - & that her husband Wm Lashbrook was generally known & reputed as a person who served long & faithfully in the Revolutionary war in the Continental line  Henry D. Smith Justice of the peace
State of New York Sp. Nassau County Sp. We Hiram Drake of Government Sp. Nassau County N.Y. and Sir have heard of the above place upon our calls etc. & etc. That we have long been acquainted with William Lashbrook & know her by reputation as the wife or widow of William Lashbrook & know that she is a person of good reputation for

truth and veracity - That the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged & sworn to by her this day in our presence - and that we believe from the appearance and state- ments of the applicant, & from our traditional knowledge of the family & reputation of her & her late husband that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. —
Levi Fairbanks Hiram Drake
STATE OF NEW YORK, St. Lawrence County, Clerk's Office.
I, BENJAMIN BADDON, Clerk of said County of St. Lawrence, and also Clerk of the Court of Record therein, do hereby CERTIFY that before whom the annexed affidavit was made, and at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same; and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice, and verily believe his signature to the jurat of the annexed affidavit to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County and Courts, this 25 th day of September 1846
Edw H Neary, Dept. Clerk.
See note at end of en

with an anxiety - that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged & sworn to by her this day in our presence - and that we believe from the appearance and state- ments of the applicant, & from our habitual knowledge of the family & reputation of her & her late husband that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. —
Rev. John G. Smith
John G. Smith
The foregoing declaration gave affidavit were sworn to and Subscribed before me on the day above given whereunto my hand I certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person - and I know that the declarant is the person she represents herself to be; - and that I have no interest in this claim. —
Harvey L. Smith Justice of the Peace

William Lashbrook
private 1st Colonel Miller's Bty. Commissary Dept.
1777 war on R.R. 1777-1781
Admitted

State of New York Washington County ss on this 4 th day of May AD 1818
State of New York Washington County ss on this 4 th day of May AD 1818 before me Jonathan Wood Esq r one of the judges of the Court of Common pleas of the said County the same Court being a Court of Record Personally appeared William Lashbrooks aged sixty two years Resident Citizen of said County who being by me first duly sworn accord- ing to Law Doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act Congress of the entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war That he the said William Lash- brooks enlisted in Land service in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Capt Willis or Wills Clapp of the Regiment commanded by Col Willis and Lieutenant Col Groves ever that he continued to serve in the said Corps or in the service of the United States untill the close of the war when he was discharged when he was discharged from the service in 1783 in the state New York that his discharge is lost that he was in the battle of Yorktown being transferred from one Regiment to another till selected by Col L'Hommedieu in the Marquis De La Fayette Command and 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 power of his said service Subscribed and sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid William Lashbrooks Jonathan Wood one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Washington

I Jonathan Wood Esquire judge of the Court of common pleas of the said county the same Court being a court of Record Do certify that it appears to my satis- faction that the said William Laphbrooks did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common Enemy and now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned act of congress
Dated at Hartford this 20th Day of May 1818
Jonathan Wood
one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Washington
whereby it appears that the said William Laphbrooks was at the time of his service in the said war a resident of the County of Washington and that the above is a true copy of the said record and that the there is his signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 20th day of May 1818
Jonathan Wood

State of New York County Washington ss } personally appeared before me Jonathan Wood Esq r one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County to  the undersigned John Straight juror & Samuel Harder persons well known to me after being duly sworn deposed and said that they are well acquainted with William Lashbrook who subscribed the foregoing Declaration and do believe the same to be true. John Straight juror Samuel Harder
Sworn and Subscribed this seventh day of May 1818 before me Jonathan Wood one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Washington
I, Jonathan Wood Esq r one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, after swearing, deposed and said that I personally appeared before me at the time of the execution of the foregoing Declaration William Lashbrook, who is known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing Declaration, and who is known to me to be a person of good credit and responsible for the payment of the sum of one hundred dollars to the said Jonathan Wood Esq r for and on account of the sum of one hundred dollars to the said Jonathan Wood Esq r for and on account of the sum of one hundred dollars to the said Jonathan Wood Esq r for and on account of the sum of one hundred dollars to the said Jonathan Wood Esq r for and on account of the sum of one hundred dollars to the said Jonathan Wood Esq r for and on account of the sum of one hundred dollars to the said Jonathan Wood Esq r for and on account of the sum of one hundred dollars to the said Jonathan Wood Esq r for and on account of the sum of one hundred dollars to the said Jonathan Wood Esq r for and on account of the sum of one hundred dollars

In the Matter of - Jemah Lashbrooks widow of William Lashbrooks -
Disposition of Orin Lashbrooks
Don

State of New York
County of Schenectady p: Oren Lashbrooks of the Town of Germantown in said County being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is forty five years of age; that he is the son of William Lashbrooks late of Germantown aforesaid deceased; that the said William Lashbrooks died at Germantown aforesaid on the thirtieth day of March seventeen  eighteen hundred and thirty nine ; that he was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death; that the deponent was present when he died; and that Female Lashbrooks is the widow of the said William Lashbrooks .
Sworn to and subscribed } Oren Lashbrooks before me this 21 st day } of December 1839. H. D. Smith Justice peer
State of New York
County of Schenectady p: I Harvey D. Smith the before named Justice of the peace before whom the foregoing deposition of the above named Oren Lashbrooks was duly made and taken as above stated do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Oren Lash- brooks and that he is a man of integrity and veracity whose statement is entitled to full credit. Dated the 21 st day of December 1839. Harvey D. Smith Justice peer

State of New York To all to whom these presents shall come, I, A. H. Smith Clerk of the said Court do hereby certify that on the day of the date of the foregoing certificate Harvey D. Smith Esq. was a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly elected and qualified, and that the within signature purporting to be his was genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 27th day of January 1860
A. H. SMITH CLK

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1777   4   5400   Quill   1777  
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ Date of application for pension, _____ Residence at date of application, _____ Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

I Anthony Shippee of Foster in the county of Providence & State of Rhode Island of lawful age & engaged according to law do testify & say that in the autumn of the year A D 1790 William Greene esq came to my father in said Foster & said that he was going to join William Lashbrooks & Zeruiah Mitchell together in marriage & requested my father & mother to go with him to Ezekiel Hopkins where the said mother & Zeruiah then lived my father & mother accordingly went with him it being only a short distance and when they returned they informed me that Lashbrooks & Zeruiah were married the said Lashbrooks and his wife Zeruiah immediately commenced keeping house together as husband & wife the same year that they were married & so lived together as husband and wife for several years until they removed to the Westward I lived a near neighbour to them not half a mile apart the reason that I am certain as to the above date is that I know it to be in the autumn of the year next before the death of my grandfather he died on the 20 day of February A D 1791 I have in my house authentic records of the time of his decease & I also know the above date to be correct by the date of a deed of a lot of land that I purchased of the said Lashbrooks Anthony Shippee
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Providence ss. December 18 th A D 1844 Personally came before me Anthony Shippee Subscribed to the above deposition and made oath to the truth of the same in due form of law and I further certify that the said Anthony Shippee is a person of truth and veracity and that his testimony is entitled to credit before me Anson Smith Justice of the Peace.

State of Rhode Island &c Providence &c. Clerk's office, Court of Common Pleas, I John W. Smith, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within & for the County of Providence, in said State, being a Court of Record, hereby certify that Anson Smith Esquire, before whom the within affidavit was sworn, is one of the Justices of the Peace in the Town of Gloucester, in said County, duly authorized & qualified to act in his said Capacity, that by law he is empowered to administer oaths & take depositions, and his signature to the within written Certificate is genuine.
In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said Court, at the City of Providence, this nineteenth day of December A.D. 1844.
John W. Smith Clerk
Deposition Anthony Shippee

2 nd Hugh Pray of Gloucester in the County of Providence & State of Rhode Island of lawful age & engaged according to law do testify & say that I was acquainted with William Lashbrook & his wife Zeruah her name was Mitchell before the marriage I lived in the neighbourhood of the said Lashbrook and knew of his living with the said Zeruah as Husband and wife in the years of 1791 and 1792 and some years after that time I was married in the year AD 1787 and it was four & five years after my marriage that I knew of their living together as husband and wife the said Lashbrook & his wife Zeruah after living in this vicinity for some years removed to the westward. Hugh Pray
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Providence ss December 18 th AD 1844
Personally came before me Hugh Pray subscribed to the above deposition and made oath to the truth of the same in due form of law and I further certify that the said Hugh Pray is a person of truth & veracity & that his testimony is entitled to credit
before me
Anson Smith Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island &c
Providence &c.
Clerk's office, Court of Common Pleas
I John W. Smith, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Providence, in said State, being a Court of Record, hereby certify that Alanson Smith Esquire before whom the within affidavit was sworn, is one of the Justices of the Peace in the Town of Gloucester, in said County, duly authorized & qualified to act in his said capacity; that by law he is empowered to administer oaths & take depositions; and his signature to the within written Certificate is genuine.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at the City of Providence, this nineteenth day of December A.D. 1844.
John W. Smith, Clerk
Deposition Hugh Hays

Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in New York at the U.S. Branch Bank
Recorded

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
William Lashbrook 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 com- mence on the Fourth day of May one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Ninth day of June one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. L. Edwards in the absence and on behalf of the Secretary of War.

Brownville Jefferson County State of New York Oct. 7 th 1828
I hereby acknowledge to have Received from the Government of the United States, through the Hon. Peter B. Porter. Secretary of War, a Land Warrant for one hundred acres of Land No 1376 dated Septem. 29. 1828 for William Lockbrook, who was a Soldier of the Continental line in the Revolutionary War. William J. Clegg
The Hon. Sec y of War Washington

Gouverneur St Lawrence County, N.Y.
Commr of Pensions — Sir Truly with I transmit to you the application of Mrs. Zeruah Hubbard for bounty land. Under the act of 3 d Mar. 1855. Very respectfully.
H. D. Smith

Letter to Wm J. Ely. 9 April 1828
Sept 1819

Mar 31 45
by
Hon
J. D. Schwenk
Copy of Pensions Washington City
Dec.
FREE

Governor's Mansion N.Y. 24 March 1845
Hon J. L. Edwards Comy Pension
Sir at the recent request of old Mrs Isaac Lashbrook I reluctantly call your attention to her claim for a pension. — Last fall you wrote respecting her case what kind of evidence if her marriage might be rec d . in the absence of all record evidence — upon receiving your letter Mrs L. at a very considerable expense obtained two or three affidavits from her old neighbors in Rhode Island which to me appeared to conform to your suggestion perfectly — These affidavits I mailed for your office nearly three months ago since which nothing has been heard from you respecting her application
From long acquaintance with her deceased husband, from the appearance up of several of their children & the character of the family I have not the least doubt but she is entitled to the benefits of the Law — her husband was a regular soldier in Washington's Army for nearly or quite the entire duration of the revolutionary war & it does seem to me, that such cases, if any ought to receive the bounty provided by the act of Congress.
Yours respectfully H. D. Smith

June 1844
My Hon. Brother in-law
Hon.
J.
Edwards
5255
Home of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Gowanus St. Kings County N.Y. 28 Oct. 1843
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comr of Pension
In reply to the instrument contained in yours of 9 th instant I enclose some further evidence in support of the claim of Widow Zeruah Lashbrook to a five year pension — The enclosed paper contains, 1 the brief declaration of the widow made as before Edwards directed before a Justice — 2 the affidavit of William Smith that he had known the sd W m Lashbrook & his late husband living together reputably as man & wife as long ago as 46 or 47 years, that they then had several small children &c 3 the affidavit of Charles Lashbrook son of W m & Zeruah Lashbrook, aged 52 years & upward, testifying that ever since he can remember & before 1794 the sd W m & Zeruah Lashbrook lived together as man & wife & were of good reputation — &c. —
The poverty of the widow & the distance renders it extremely difficult for her to procure positive testimony of the performance of the marriage ceremony — Though the widow is quite sure that evidence of the marriage was procured & sent with her declaration made two years ago before the County Court — — I understand the same also from J. L. Russell Esq r the atty also then acted for the widow —
Respectfully Yours
H. D. Smith

I Elizabeth Hopkins of Gloucester in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island of lawful age & engage according to law do testify and say that I was present at the marriage of William Lockwood & Sarah Mitchell they were married by William Greene Esq at the house of Ezekiel Hopkins in the latter part of the summer or the fore part of the autumn of the year A D 1790 I was married in the month of April of the same year being a few months previous to the marriage of the said Lockwood & Sarah I can also recollect the time of their marriage by the age of my eldest child the said Lockwood and his wife Sarah commenced keeping house together immediately after their marriage and so continued until they removed to the western country I lived a neighbour to them before & after their marriage Elizabeth Hopkins
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Providence ss December 18 th A D 1844 Personally came Elizabeth Hopkins subscribed to the above deposition & made oath to the truth of the same in due form of law and further certify that the said Elizabeth Hopkins is a person of truth & veracity & that her testimony is entitled to credit Before me Anson Smith Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island &c Providence Jo. Clerk's office, Court of Common Pleas
I John W. Smith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within the County of Providence, in said State, being a Court of Record, hereby certify that Anson Smith Esquire, before whom the within affidavit was sworn, is one of the Justices of the Peace in the Town of Gloucester, in said County, duly authorized & qualified to act in his said capacity, that by law he is empowered to administer oaths & take depositions, & his signature to the within written certificate is genuine. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said Court, at the City of Providence, this nineteenth day of December 1844.
John W. Smith Clerk
Deposition Elizabeth Hopkins

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
1828
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
August 1. 1828.
William Lefbrook, of Gouverneur, in the County of St. Lawrence, 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 Hart's company, in the regiment of the Connecticut 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, A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
8. August 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to William Lefbrook in the Connecticut line
It further appears that William Lefbrook is now on the pension list of the United States agency, and has been so since the 3d of March 1826 at the rate of dollars per month.
John Hagner

Oct 7. 1844
Addison Lashbrook.
He n. J. A. Schuch Com 2 of Pensions Washington City D.C.
FREE

Southern St Lawrence County N. Y. 2 d Oct. 1844
Hon. J. A. Edwards Comr of Pensions
I enclose an additional affidavit to prove the marriage of Widow Zenaida Lashbrook to W m Lashbrook a revolutionary Soldier - in order to obtain for Mrs L. a pension as a widow of a revolutionary Soldier - There does not appear to have been any family record kept nor is there any town record of the marriage -
I hope this testimony will be deemed sufficient in conjunction with other affidavits before forwarded - but if it should not if Mr Edwards will please to mention what is the particular ground of objection I will attempt to have it obviated if possible. - I have not the smallest doubt of the truth & fairness of Mrs Lashbrook's Claim - I have long been acquainted with the family have often heard old Mr Lashbrook relate his adventures in the war & I know that this widow lives with him as his wife & is the mother of his nu- merous family of Children Several of whom are now over 50 years of age. - It is because I am sure that Mrs L. is entitled to the benefit of the widow's pension act that I have again consented to appear for with this Claim.
Very respectfully
H. D. Smith

Townhouse St. Lawrence Co. N. Y. 27. Dec. 1844 Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir - I enclose three additional affidavits to sustain the Claim of Widow Emma Lashbrook Stearns under the widows Pension Law - I hope these affidavits will prove satis- factory in her case, as she is very needy, & I have not the least doubt but she is justly entitled to the benefit of the act. — respectfully.
H. D. Smith

Gouverneur St. Lawrence County N.Y. Dec. 2. 1847
Hon J. L. Edwards -
Sir, I am aware of the importance of Your time, & of the vexatious nature of many frivolous enquiries which are add up d to you - but at the earnest & reiterated solicitation of an aged widow I beg your attention to for one moment to her case - The question is are widows whose husband died after the the passage of the act of 7 July 1838 entitled to a pension provided that in all other respects they come within purview of that act? -
I enquire in behalf of Mrs Zerniah Lashbrook whose husband served 7 years in Washington army - She was married to him after the war but previous to 1794 - he died since the 7 th July 1838 - Two or 3 years ago she made as was supposed all necessary proof but failed to obtain a pension - at her earnest request I add up d you last April stating the above facts - You replied as follows - "In order to obtain 5 year pension under the act of 7 July 1838 Mrs Zerniah Lashbrook should renew her application." - I I submitted your letter to J. L. Russell Esq r the atty who had assisted her in obtaining proof & making her declaration before; - but he declined to act, saying that the former application had been rejected solely on the ground that her husband died after the passage of the Law of 7 th July 1838. -
Your letter of apt. last (quoted above) induces me to doubt whether Mr Russell has

rightly understood the grounds of the former rejection.
M rs Lashbrooks is old & poor and it is difficult for her again to procure the proof of her marriage etc - and if she comes within the provision of the act of 7 July /38 or of any act touching her case will not the proofs already forwarded be used upon a review of her case? —
respectfully Yours
H. D. Smith

May 6 48,
Dear
Jeremiah Larkelly NY
Adolph sent in Dec r
FREE
J. A. Brewster
Cons t of Building
Washington D.C.

Gowanus St. Lawrence County N.Y. 1 May 1840
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comt of Pension Office
Sir
Last fall at the inordinate request of old Mr. Lashlee & his friend I took the liberty to call your special personal attention to her claim for a 5 yrs pension which had been before your department for a considerable time. I stated the facts in the case very distinctly & you replied as follows
 "Pension office Dec. 9 1843" "Sir In the case of Sarah Lashlee the proof of the husband's service is satisfactory - but her claim should be rejected by a brief declaration before a Justice of the Peace re further evidence of the relation of husband & wife prior to January 1794 - perhaps some family register made more than twenty years ago may afford the requisite proof"
"I am re
(Signed) "J. L. Edwards"
Upon receipt of the above I took from Mr. Lashlee his declaration in oath, & procured two affidavits of persons who had known personally to the fact of the late Mrs. Lashlee & her husband living together from a period before 1794 to his death - & had the documents verified by seal & certificate of the county clerk & forwarded the whole in due time - Hearing nothing from the application since laid me to think it possible that by some means the
Rec Jan'y 3 1844

package might have failed of reaching you
as to man definite proof of the relation of husband & wife. I suppose it is prohibited impossibles - I. S. Russell Esq. informs me that with the original application he had procured for you a copy of Record from a Town Clerk of mine in Mass. or R.I. I don't recall where.
I have thought it possible that this Town Clerk etc. may have been Clandestine assistant from the Pension office - the ground for such a supposition are is, that last year Sumner in a Hall Mrs. Lashbrook's name & letter from a Mr. Pierce a noted pension collector in Albany in which was the following expressions, or words equivalent "I have the my pension records which will enable me to obtain a pension for you if you think proper to employ me" I cannot conceive of any reason which that man would have unless he obtained it from the Pension office nor even how Mr. Pierce knew of Mrs. Lashbrook's name or claim - the family have lived in great obscurity in this remote place for about 25 years past or nearly so. -
Given this windy encirclement on your vulnerable time -
respectfully Yours
H. B. Smith

Dec 7 43
Zeniah Lathbrook N.Y. N.Y. 38
Apr 18
Hon J. A. Fitch Chair of Finance Washington City D.C.

Townsend St Laurens Co. N.Y. 2 d Dec. 1842
The further Mr Edward is earnestly solicited to read & reply to the within H B Smith in behalf of Zeevill Lashbrook

X
N. York
Zeruah Larkbrod
cl. to J. L. Russell 4. June 1840
Rejected
do to H. D. Smith apl. 19. 1843.
" " " " " Decm. 9 "
Ad July 1838

6756 Zeruah Lashbrooks N.J.
Let- H. L. Smith 8 May 1844 " J. L. Raper, May 27/44 " A. D. Smith. 25 Nov. 1844. " Same 26 March 1845
7 May, 1858

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330
Conney

on official public business - Bounties Land Claims Fees
Hon. J. Illingworth Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.
216.9161

No. 6756
Leruan Lashbrook N. York
Act 1 st Aug 1835
m o 90 d o March 30. '39
Admitted
2 years prison
gp 50.
50 Comm 4 March 1839
also act 3 March
43 - 7835 - June 17 '44
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N. D. Smith Esq
Governor
St. Lucia
W. I.

Connington Sept 22 1923
Dear Sir,
Please look up record of 1910 Mushrooms International Garden Gazette is the record After requesting information regarding the name, his widow knows a pencil note collected at Grafton Grove and was a friend of yours truly
Mrs. George C. Wickburn 148 Hile Road Grover, N.Y.

No. Jan
BAY CITY, MICH. — AUG 21 1902,
Dept. of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Sir: Under date of Aug 4 you mailed me an acknowledgment of a letter from me the subject relating to the records of William Lashbrook as a revolutionary soldier. I have received no answer from this letter and ask that it for after may receive the attention of your department and greatly oblige. On the records of this investigation will of determine my eligibility to the Sons of the American Revolution membership and greatly oblige.
Very truly
Gilbert W. Stand.

R.  WIDOW, &c.
Oct-6-1902 Gilbert M. Kane - By
923 July 14 Hist to Mrs. B.E. Cashburn - awt
File No. 16166
Jesuah Leashbrook Wid of William Leashbrook Rev Rev War
Act: Feb 2nd 1818
Index:—Vol. A Page 421
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Hon. J. L. Edwards

Gouverneur St. Lawrence County N. Y. 12 April 1845.
Hon J. L. Edwards Comr. Pension,
Sir - Your letter of 25. with communicating a favorable decision in the case of Zeruah Sashbrook, was delayed on the way nearly two weeks, by an unknown cause - I regret that owing to that detention, it happened that I troubled you with an unnecessary letter of enquiry. - I now enclose the evidence as you suggested, that Mrs Sashbrook continued alive on the 23 d day of January 1845 - & that she is still living - & I hope of your in her behalf that her long deferred hopes may now be realized with as little delay as possible -
Very respectfully Yours
H. S. Smith

Canton St Lawrence Co N.Y.
Hon J. L. Edwards Court of Pensions
I send herewith the papers of Jeruah Lashbrooks, widow of William Lashbrooks deceased, an applicant for a widow's pension.
I beg to call your attention to a part of the state- ment in her declaration, which I apprehend will prove to be a mistake. The applicant stated that her deceased husband's last pension, was under the last act granting pensions to revolutionary soldiers. Accordingly the the Court before whom her declaration was made, I suppose understood her to mean the act of June 7 th 1832 - I have since been informed by Harry D. Smith Esq., a gentleman of Government in this County, who has frequently received the pension for the deceased, that his last pension was under the act of 15 May 1828 at the same rate she states in her declaration. I hope this mistake will be considered sufficiently explained.
Very Respectfully Yours Oth. Seward Brookfield N.Y.

recd 5 March 1828
Pension Office
5, March,
William Lashbrook N York
Act 1 March 1823
William L. Lashbrook Esq. Brownsville N York

Suffolk County
Newmarket Feb. 28 th 1828
!!
Herewith is a schedule and affidavit of William Lashbrook a Pensioner of the Revolution for the purpose of being restored to his pension. You will perceive by his affidavit that he is poor in the extreme and that by his statement under oath the reasons why he has not received his pay since 1820 viz: that he did not know until lately that there was any way for him to get it, he has lived in a New Settlement, or rather in the woods, and has not had much intercourse with men of business or information. He wishes to be informed if there is any way for him to obtain his pay since 1820 to this time, he thinks his ignorance ought not to deprive him of it — I believe him to be an honest man and very poor, and if any person was entitled to it he is the man. Please inform him through me at Newmarket the result of the within affidavit and the answer to his inquiries and oblige
Your Obed Servant
William L. Lashbrook
Deputy of the Lashbrook for obtaining pension
Her Same, Newmarket
Secy of War

Thurs. June 16th Ms. N.Y. 1838
J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington City Del.

Gouverneur St Lawrence County N.Y. 11 April 1843
Hon J. L. Edwards, Comr of Pensions
I address this letter to you at request of Mrs Sarahly Widow of Wm Lashbrook, who wishes to be informed whether she is entitled to any thing under a whom she was married before 1740 any of the acts granting pensions to widows - Her husband served in the regular army during the whole war - & rec d a pension from 1809 & 10 when promoted on account of not being poor - He died 30 th March 1839. - She applied for a pension under the act of 7 July 1838 - but was rejected because that act only looked to the case of those who were widows when the act was passed - Does the act of 29 th Aug. 1842 provide for her case? & if not does the late or any act? -
Yours respectfully
A. D. Smith

Albany 6932 New-York
Jeruah Lashbrook, widow of William Lashbrook, who was a Private in the York Line
2 Certificates 1 act 1838. 1 " 1843 3/4 44 Dep.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of May '45 and sent to
H. D. Smith, Governor, S. Lawrence N.Y.
[Act of March 3, 1843.] June 27. 1844
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 79

9343
MS No 285 Recd 23 Jan 45
New York
Jeremiah Lashbrook widow of William Lashbrook who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 30 March 1839 at Lawrence in the State of NY who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Willy of the NY State Militia for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of $10 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 1st day of March 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of May '45 and sent to Hon. Smith, Governor Lawrence
Total amount $8 N.Y. Recd 23 Jan 45 [Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. S. C. Clerk. Book Vol. Page 167

In the Matter of 1756
Female Lashbrooks widow of William Lashbrooks
Deportees of Cecilia Perkins William Brown Daniel Brown
1756

Yours Clerk's Office
Providence Jan. 1840.
I certify that the Marriage of William Luskbrook and Yemima Mitchell is not Recorded in this Office
Witness Daniel Y.R. Howard Town Clerk
I Daniel Y.R. Howard of Foster in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island of lawful age and duly sworn do depose and say that I am the Town Clerk of the said Town of Foster and that the above Certificate by me signed as Town Clerk is correct and true
Daniel Y.R. Howard
State of Rhode Island
County of Providence ss. In Foster in said County
On this Tenth day of January A.D. 1840
Then personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for said Town of Foster in said County Daniel Y.R. Howard above named and made oath to the truth of the above Affidavit to him subscribed
My Notes of Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island &c.
Providence sc. I, John W. Smith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within & for the County of Providence in the State aforesaid, being a Court of record, do hereby certify, that William Potter Esquire before whom the three foregoing affidavits were sworn to one of the Justices of the Peace for the town of Slater in said County, is that he is by law authorized & qualified to admin- ister oaths & take depositions: & that his three aforesaid signatures are genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Providence, this 14th day of January A.D. 1840.
John W. Smith Clerk
(S)

Additional declaration of Zeruah Lash- brooks -
State of New York St Lawrence County } ss.
on this Eighteen th day of December A.D. 1843 personally appeared before Harriet & Smith a Justice of the peace in & for said County Zeruah Lashbrooks a resident of Gouverneur in said County of St Lawrence aged Sixty Nine 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 William Lashbrooks late of Gouverneur St Lawrence County New York deceased Who was a private soldier in the Connecticut Line in the continental army during the revolutionary war - in Col Grover's Regiment as this deponent now thinks from the best of her recollection of what she has heard her husband say - but will not be positive as to the line or Colonel as her memory is imperfect
She further declares that she was married to the said William Lashbrooks sometime in the summer or fall as she thinks in the year Eighteen hundred and Ninety when she was Sixteen Years old That her husband the aforesaid William Lashbrooks died on the 30 th day of March 1839: - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz: at the time above stated as near as she can rec-
ollect - her Dist ce being upwards of 52 Years old - Sworn to & subscribed this 18 th day of December 1843 before me Harriet Smith Justice Zeruah Lashbrooks Mark Nathan Lashbrooks Witness

I Harvey D Smith, the Juror before whom the foregoing Affidavit was taken, certify that I am & have long been well acquainted with the said Widow Terriah Lashbrook and that she is of good reputation for Truth & Veracity - and a person of good Moral Character - & I am fully satisfied of the truth of her Statement
Harvey D Smith Juror
State of New York
In Dutchess County ss. Willard Smith of Goshen in said County being duly sworn says that he is fifty nine years of age - That forty six or forty seven years ago Deponent then residing in the town of Haverford Washington County, New York State, was acquainted with William Lashbrook late of Goshen deceased, & Terriah his wife - That about that time they moved into said Town of Haverford from the eastward - That Deponent always understood that said Lashbrook was a respectable Soldier - That he & his said wife now the widow Terriah Lashbrook of Goshen lived together respectably as man & wife that they then had several small Children - That they brought up a large family of children together That said Mr Lashbrook & his wife moved into the town of Goshen many years ago when they resided together until the death of said Mr Lashbrook in the year 1839 that they were always persons of good reputation
Subscribed & sworn this 18th
WILLARD SMITH
day of December 1843 before
me H. D. Smith Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above deponent is man of good reputation for Truth & Veracity - H. D. Smith Juror

St. Lawrence County ss Charles Lashbrooks a resident of Gouverneur in St. Lawrence county being duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that he was fifty two years old last October - that he is Son of William Lashbrooks late of Gouverneur deceased and Zeruah his wife now the widow of sd Wm Lashbrooks residing in said Town of Gouverneur the same Zeruah Lashbrooks who made the foregoing declaration & affidavit - That ever since he can remember & before the year One Thousand Seven hundred & Ninety five the above said Wm & Zeruah Lashbrooks lived together as man and wife & brought up the deponent & a large family of other Children - That until this deponent was about Ten or Twelve years old their family lived in the State of Rhode Island - That they after ward removed to Washington County in this State & subsequently to Gouverneur in St. Lawrence County New York State where they & this deponent reside & when this deponent's father the sd Wm Lashbrooks died in the year 1839 - this deponent has often heard his said father say that he served in the Continental army all or nearly all through the revolutionary war that he never heard a doubt expressed but what his said parents were Lawfully married that they were ever persons of unblemished morals & good reputation & he has no doubt but they were Lawfully married in the year one Thousand Seven hundred and ninety
Subscribed & sworn this
Charles Lashbrooks
21 st day of December A.D. 1843 before me Harvey D. Smith Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above Charles Lashbrooks is a man of good reputation for truth & veracity & that I have been for many years well acquainted with him - H. D. Smith Justice of the Peace

St Lawrence County } Clerks Office } Sept: I John S. Russell Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Harvey H. Smith, before whom the foregoing declaration of Jeremiah Sashbrook & affidavits of William Smith & Charles Sashbrook purporting to have been subscribed and sworn, was at the several dates therein mentioned a justice of the Peace in and for the said County of St Lawrence Elected and sworn and duly authorized to take the same, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said justice of the Peace, and verily believe that the several signa- tures therein, purporting to be his are genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 26 th day of December 1813
John S. Russell Clerk By S. J. Hovey Dep. Clerk

(State of New York ) (St Lawrence County ) ss On this Twenty third day of September 1848 personally appeared before the Subscribed a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Mrs Jeruah Lashbrooks a resident of Gouverneur in said County of St Lawrence aged Seventy Eight Years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth, on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the Second of February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War — That she is the widow of William Lashbrooks deceased, who was a private in the regular army in the Revolutionary War, in the Massachusetts Line as this Deponent thinks, but is not certain as to the Line or Corps, but she has always understood that her said Late husband served upwards of Six Years in said War That she knows he received a pension of Eighty Dollars a Year in his life time on account of his revolutionary services — That she herself received a pension as his widow, under the act of Congress of the 17th June 1844, of Eighty Dollars a Year She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn & Subscribed and } Jeruah Lashbrooks the day and Year first } mark above written before me Harvey D Smith In presence of Barnes J Smith Justice of the peace.

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1076 129 P

State of New York St Lawrence County } ss
I Martin Thaler Clerk of the County of St Lawrence and also Clerk of the Court of sessions therein by Law to be held in said County do hereby certify that Harry D. Smith whose name is subscribed to the head of the within Affidavit of Zerah Lashbrook was at the time of taking such affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of St Lawrence Elected and sworn & duly authorized to take the same And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice and only believe his signature to the head of such affidavit to be genuine
In Witness whereof I have here unto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 27 th day of Septm r 1840 Martin Thaler Clerk

✓ W. Laphbrook.
n o . 1 Sep r . 1828
Referred to the War Department. in relation to the application for land.

Will. Lashbrook
(671370)
Will
Wm. Richard Rusk Voluntary Claims Secy. Treasury Washington,

I Henry B. Munro, Clerk of the Court of the County of Jefferson in the State of New York, do hereby certify, that Pelay Hubbard before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to, was at the time a Justice of the Peace, & duly empowered to administer Oaths. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the seal of the said Court, the 25th day of August 1828. — H. B. Munro Clerk By M. Sherman D. P. Clerk
State of New York } ss. I William Lashbrook aged 74 years Defendant in this } do, upon Oath, testify & declare, that in the year One thousand eight hundred & I enlisted for the term, "during the war," & served in the Regiment N o under the Command of Col. Willis Capt. Wells 6th Company of the Continental Line. That I continued in the service aforesaid, until the close of the war, when I was regularly discharged from the Regiment, commanded by Col. Grosvenor. I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever. Therefore, I now all men by these presents that I William Lashbrook aforesaid, do hereby constitute & appoint, William S. Ely Esq. of Pownall, Jefferson County State of New York, to be my true & lawful attorney, for me & in my name, to demand & receive from the Secretary of War, of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; & my said Attorney is hereby fully authorized & empowered to constitute & appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed. — Attest. — William Lashbrook Lashbrook
I Nathan Rathbone aged Thirty one years do, upon Oath declare, that I have been long acquainted with William Lashbrook who has presented the above declaration in my presence, and  believe that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and further I do believe that he did perform the military service therein stated. — Attest. — N. Rathbone Lashbrook

Before me Horace Hamblin a Justice of the Peace in the County of Jefferson & State of New-York personally appeared the above named William Lockbrook, Subscribed to the foregoing attestation, then my presence acknowledged the power of Attorney then to Subscribed, to be his free act & deed; J. L. Lewis, personally appeared Nathan Ralston who both subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectable character & made solemn oaths to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed, this 23 d day of August 1828. —
Horace Hamblin J. P.
In testimony that the above written Horace Hamblin was a Magistrate authorized to administer Oaths & take Acknowledgments &c. in the State of New-York, at the above date, & that his name then subscribed appears to be like his usual signature, I have hereunto put my hand & affixed the County Seal, at Watertown this 25 th day of August 1828. —
H. Sherwood Clk. By M. Sherman Dep. Clk.

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers & Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15. of May 1828. I, William Vashbrook of Gouverneur in the County of St Lawrence, in the State of New York do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental Army of the army of the Revolution, for & during the War, & continued in its service until its termination, at which period, I was a private in Captain Hart's — company in the Regiment of the Connecticut Line. And I also declare, that I afterwards received Certificate for the reward of eighty Dollars, to which I was entitled, under a resolution of Congress, passed the 15. of May 1778. And I further declare, that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States. —
Witness my hand, this 23 d day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight. —
William Vashbrook
Before me Horace Hamlin a Justice of the Peace of the town of Antwerp in the County of Jefferson, in the State of New York personally appeared this day Nathan R. Atkinson and Lucas Gillett of the said County, who did sincerely in their Oaths, that William Vashbrook, by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reported & believed to have been a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated. — Witness my hand this 23 d day of August 1828. {
N. R. Atkinson
Lucas Gillett
Horace Hamlin J.P.
I, Henry H. Sherwood, Clerk of the County of Jefferson in the State of New York, do hereby certify, that Horace Hamlin before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was at the time a Justice of the Peace & duly empowered to administer Oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court, this 25 th day of August 1828. —
H. H. Sherwood (Clerk) By M. Sherman (Dep. Clerk)

Know all men by these presents that I William Washbrook Governor in the County of Jefferson  of Jefferson Co State of New York do hereby publish & announce William S. Ely Esq my true lawful attorney, in the power of his attornment for me, in my name, to receive from the United States, the amount of pay now due to me, under the act, "entitled," "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers, soldiers of the Revolution," approved May 15. 1828. as a private in the Regiment of the Connecticut Line of the Army of the Revolution. — Witness, my hand & Seal this 23 d day of August 1828. — Sealed & delivered in the presence of N. R. Atherton
William Washbrook
Before me Horace Hamlin a Justice of the Peace in the County of Jefferson, in the State of New York, personally appeared this day William Washbrook whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney, & acknowledged the same to be his act & deed, & also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process, whatever, of the pay then in contemplation to be received, but that the said pay is intended to ensue wholly to his personal benefits. Witness, my hand this 23 d day of August 1828. —
Horace Hamlin J.P.
I Henry H. Sherwood Clerk of the Court of the County of Jefferson in the State of New York do hereby certify, that Horace Hamlin the person the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged, as a free act of the Power. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court this 28 th day of August 1828. —
H. H. Sherwood Clerk (By: N. Sherman) Deputy
Before me Peleg Burt as a Justice of the Peace in the County of Jefferson in the State of New York, personally appeared this day William S. Ely the attorney in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given to him by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process, whatever, of the pay then authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to ensue wholly to the personal benefits of the person by whom the said power was executed. — Witness, my hand this 25 th day of August, 1828. —
Peleg Burt Justice of the Peace

I Henry H. Sherwood, Clerk of the Court of the County of Jefferson in the State of New York, do hereby certify, that Pelay Pumbard before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn was, at the time a Justice of the Peace, duly empowered to administer Oaths. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, I have the seal of the said Court, the 28 day of August 1828. —
H. H. Sherwood (Clerk) By M. Sherman D. of P.
State of New York } ss. I William Lashbrook aged 74 years, Jefferson County } do, upon Oath, testify & declare, that in the year One thousand Seven hundred & I enlisted for the term, "during the war," & served in the Regiment N o under the Command of Col. Willis Capt. Willis Clift Company, of the Continental Line. That I continued in the service aforesaid, until the close of the war, when I was regularly discharged from the Regiment, commanded by Col. Grosvenor. I further declare, that I have never received a Warrant for the Bounty land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever. Therefore, I know all men by these presents that I William Lashbrook aforesaid, do hereby constitute & appoint, William S. Ely Esq. of Brownville, Jefferson County State of New York, to be my true & lawful attorney, for me in my name, to demand & receive from the Secretary of War, of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; & my said Attorney is hereby fully authorized & empowered to constitute & appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed. —
Attest. —
William Lashbrook
Do a William L
I Nathan Rathbun aged Thirty one years do, upon Oath, declare, that I have been long acquainted with William Lashbrook who has presented the above declaration in my presence, and  being that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and further I do believe that he did perform the military Service therein stated. —
Attest. —
N. Rathbun
Do a Nathan R

Barnesville Sept. 6 th N. York Augt. 26. 1828
Hon: Richard Rush V y . Treas y .
Sir
I take the liberty to forward to y r hands the enclosed applications - One for a Pension for land & the other for land only. I am indebted Mr. Lashbrook for the latter application, but became dissatisfied with the gentleman who did his business & he thereupon applied to Mr. Kelly, a man of great respectability of this place, who is in the way of obtaining Pensions. Mr. Lashbrook will undoubtedly entitled to his pension as he has a Pension Certificate, herewith included, from the War Department & has formerly been on the pension list, but was left off on the passage of the law of 1820. The old man's memory is frail, he cannot recollect many things past, which is the reason of there being some blanks left in his papers. He says he was called a "Security S r in". I think there can be no difficulty in the case of the other applicant for his kind, as he now receives, therefor in any year but for a pension.
Will you have the goodness to transmit to Mr. Kelly the Land Warrants , as soon as may be convenient.
I am, Sir, with great Respect y r Ob t Serv t
N. Rathbun

1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the army of the revolution" passed on the 7 th May 1828. I William Lashbrook of Gouverneur in the County of St Lawrence in the State of New York, do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination, at which period I was a private in Captain Hart's (2 nd N.Y. Inf. Col) Grenadiers Regiment of the Continental line. And I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of Eighty Dollars; to which I was entitled under a resolution of Congress passed the 15 th of May 1778. And I further declare that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May 1828 on the pension list of the United States.
Witness my hand this fifth day of July in the Year one Thousand eight hundred and twenty eight. — in presence of Henry D. Smith. William Lashbrook
Before me Henry D. Smith a Justice of the peace for the County of St Lawrence State of New York on the 5 th July 1828 came William Lashbrook & swore to the above affidavit or declaration by him subscribed — Henry D. Smith
Before me Henry D. Smith a Justice of the peace in & for the County of St Lawrence in the State of New York personally appeared this day Mary Rowley and Mary Lashbrook of the said County who did severally make oath that William Lashbrook by whom the foregoing declaration was made & subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the army of the revolution in the manner as there in stated. Witness my hand this fifth day of July A.D. 1828. — Mary Rowley William Lashbrook Henry D. Smith J.P.

[The following text is written in a cursive script and is oriented upside down relative to the page number. It appears to be a transcription of a letter or document.] 18th Dec 1841 London My Dear Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 14th inst. and in reply to inform you that the same has been forwarded to the proper authorities for their consideration. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, [Signature]

Should the evidence in my case be found satisfactory I request that the two year pay may be transmitted to me by mail divided, "William Lockwood Swensen St. Lawrence County, New York" son of H Smith."
William Lockwood
P.S. I know of no person living in this vicinity by whom I can prove my services - but I served during the whole war - was discharged at West Point after the war ended - when I obtained my pension in 1818 I sent on no proof except my own declaration, and I suppose the proof was found in the old War Records. — —
his Wm. Lockwood mark

William Brown of Gloucester in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island being of lawful age and engaged according to law to notify and say that it was present at the marriage of William Bushnell and Betsy Mitchell they were married in the Town of East Greenwich on the 21st of February 1781 in the Session of the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one and of the Independence of the United States the fifth. It was then and there joined together by the Rev. John Green. Some years after his marriage he & his wife removed to the western part of the State. It was the common report that the said Bushnell was a soldier in the army of the revolution.
Gloucester Sept 10th 1844
William late Bushnell
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Providence ss. In Gloucester on this tenth day of September A.D. 1844 then personally appeared the above named William Brown before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and made oath to the truth of the above deposition according to law the same being written in his presence and read to him and by him subscribed in my presence. And I further certify that the above named William Brown is personally known to me and that he is a person of truth and integrity and entitled to credit.
John Brown
Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island (as Limina Fontalibus ) Providence Ye. (Clerk's affidavit of Common Pleas.
I, John W. Smith, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Providence, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify, that Oliver Smith, Esquire, before whom the afore- going affidavits were sworn is a Justice of the Peace for the Town of Gloucester, in said County; (and duly authorized and qualified to act in his said capacity, and is by law empowered to administer oaths, and take depositions; and that his aforesaid depoa- tion is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my said Court, at the City of Providence, this seventeenth day of September A 1844.
John W. Smith Clerk, (S)

State of New York St Lawrence County ss. -
I Joseph Lashbrook, of lawful age depose and say that I am well acquainted with Mrs Zeruah Lashbrook of the Town of Gouverneur in the County aforesaid, widow of William Lashbrook, late of Gouverneur aforesaid - That I know that the said Zeruah Lashbrook was alive on the 23 rd day of January 1845 and that she is still alive as I have seen & conversed with her almost daily during the past winter & up to this present time - and I know that she is the same Zeruah Lashbrook who is an applicant for a pension under the acts of Congress granting pensions to the widows of Revolutionary Soldiers. I further the deponent saith not I solemnly & sincerely depose this ninth day of
April 1845 before me Henry D. Smith Justice of the Peace in & for Saw County
I Henry D. Smith the Justice above named do hereby That I am well acquainted with the above named Deponent - that he resides, & has long resided in said Town of Gouverneur, & that he is a man of good reputation for Truth & veracity - & further that I am myself knowing that the facts he has sworn to above are strictly true
Henry D. Smith Justice of the Peace

State of New York County of St Lawrence
I Martin Thatcher Clerk of the Common Pleas court of the County and State aforesaid; do hereby certify that Mary H Smith whose name is subscribed to the within Certificate and affidavit, was at the time of signing such affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly elected and qualified and authorized to take the same.
I do further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that her signature within written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said County this 10th day of April 1849
Martin Thatcher Clk.

I Ezekiel Hopkins of Bristol in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island of lawful age and engaged according to law do testify and say that I am eighty two years of age. That I was present at the marriage of William L. Wheeler and Sarah Mitchell. They were married at my house in the Town of Bristol in said State of Rhode Island where they were married in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety five according to the best of my recollection in the month of September of said year they were married by William Green Esq Dartmouth Ezekiel Hopkins
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Providence Is. Foster January 19th 1840 Personally came Ezekiel Hopkins subscriber to the above deposition & made oath to the same in due form of law and I further certify that the said Ezekiel Hopkins is a person of truth and that his testimony is entitled to credit Before Me Wm Potter Justice of the Peace

I William Brown of Foster in the count. of Providence & State of Rhode Island of lawful age & engaged according to law do testify & say that I am sixty eight years of age that I was present at the marriage of William Lousberwick & Mary Mitchell they were married at the house of Ezekiel Hopkins in Foster in the year one Thousand seven hundred & ninety I think in the month of September of said year they were married by William Green Esq. of Foster Since deceased W m  their Brown mark
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Providence ss Foster January 9. A.D. 1850 Personally came William Brown subscribed to the above deposition & made oath to the same in due form of law & I further certify that the said William Brown is a person of truth & accuracy & that his testimony is entitled to credit Before me W m Potter Justice of the Peace