Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19231, Nathan Carpenter, N.H.
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(3-1776) SERVICE N.H. Carpenter, Nathan NUMBER S.19231 carded CONTENTS
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New York
27886
Nathan Carpenter
Essex 6 in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded
Captain Humphrey of the Regt commanded
Col Wingate in the N. Hampshire
for Eleven months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Mar
1834
and Sent E. Williams
Elizabeth Town Essex N.Y.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1834 $109.98
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 34 18:33
$128.31
 
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Geo B. Whiting Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 130
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Nathan Carpenter
22244

Leonard Stow Clerk
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State of New York
County of Essex
On this 11th day of January
1833 Personally appeared before
the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County
of
of Essex now sitting Nathan Carpenter a Resident
of the Town of Ray County of Essex and State of New York
aged Eighty One years who being first duly
sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the Benefit
of the Provision made by the Congress passed June 7 1832
That he enlisted in the money of the United States in
the year 1778 with the company commanded by Captain
William Humphrey Colnell Wingates Regiment (doth he fd
member the line) under the following named Officers
That he entered the service in the month of June
in the year 1776, by enlisting into the Company
commanded by Captain William Humphrey
Lieutenant and Ensign Moses Belden Ben
Ellis was the orderly Seargeant Colwell Wengate
one manded the Regiment General Starks Brigade
says he was living at the time he entered the service
the Town of Surrey County of Cheshire and State
New Hamphire and joined the said Company
the latter place says that he was marched
mediately from Duney to Charlestown No 4. and
remained there three days and was marched from there
Fort Ticonderoga in the State of New York and
[illegible] on the West side of Lake Champlain and
at he marched through the following Towns on
way from Charles town to Fort Ticonderoga
Springfield Vermont Cavendish Vermont Ludlow
at Mount Holly Vermont Rutland Vermont
that they remained in Rutland Two days
then proceeded to Fort Ticonderoga
as they remained at Ticonderoga about
One week and then went across the Lake
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into the State of Vermont and went on to mount
Independance just across the Lake from Fort
Ticonderoga and in sight of the last mentioned
Fort and that he remained at Mount Indpendance until the month of November 1776
Making five months that he was out
at this time and that he then Returned home to
Surrey County of Cheshire and State of 
New Hampshire says he was employed
While On Mount Independance in Building
buttes  to live in and Erecting a Fort says that
he was in no engagement during this term
of service says that one of the British ships
came and lay off the mount three or four days
at a place called three mile point (and drove in
some of their small craft and Boats and then
went away to the North towards St Johns
Lower Canada where he understood the rest
of their fleet was laying says he thinks General
Gates had command of Fort Ticonderoga while
he was their and at Mount Independance
but has forgot who commanded at the
mount " says it was in the Hampshire line
so called at the time he thinks upon Reflection"
That he enlisted again in the month of
May in the year 1780. at Walpole County of Cheshire
and State of New Hampshire in the Company commanded
by Captain Moody Dusten Ciderly Seargeant Kyer
Clark says the Lieutenant and ensign was absent
all the time he belonged to the Company Colnel Joseph
Cilly Commanded the Regiment dont remember the General
that he done duty under this enlistment six months and
then returned home that he went from Walpole aforesaid
to Winchester same County and State and remained there
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about a week and Past muster there and then marched from there to West Point in the State of New York
and situate on the North River and pass through the
following, Places from Winchester aforesaid West Plain
Northfield Massachusetts there down the Connecticut
River as far as Hadley Massachusetts, and from their to
West Point his memory being bad does not now Recollect
the different places he past through and remained
at West Point about three weeks and was employed
in exercising and learning to march and Wheel
and then he went towards New York and made a
stand at a place called the English Neighbourhood and remained there about Two Weeks and
was employed in keeping guard and Exercising
and that the mob to Hackensack or Bordenton
(which place he does not now distinctly Recollect)
and remained there about a fortnight and then he
was marched back to West Point and remained
there about a week and then was called out to go
and chop wood about five miles up the North
River from West Point and was engaged in
Chopping wood about six weeks and then he return
ed to West Point and went on to White Plains
counting about and observing the movements
of the British and was out on this duty four
or five days and then returned back to West Point
and Remained there two of them to the the
the any and there they
mooved across the River with his Brigade on to
Constitution Island and was there a few days and
then went to a place called Soldiers Fortune
and met to Building Hutts for Winter Quarters
and their Received his discharge he thinks in
the month of November or December being out
months, and then returned home had a
written discharge signed by Colnell Joseph Selley
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and that he sold his discharge after his return
home to One General Benjamin Bellows who
owned the place where he live dnever was in any
Battle in Either of his Engagements
and that their is no minister resides in his 
his neighbourhood with whom he is acquainted
He hereby Relinquishes Every claim whatever
to a Pension or annuity Except the present and
declares that his name is not on the Pension
Roll of any agency in any State
[Signature] Nathan his X mark Carpenter
[Signature] Edmund F Williams Witness as to his mark
Sworn to and Subscribed
the day and aforesaid
[Signature] Edmund. T. William Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their
Opinion that the above named applicant was a
Revolutionary Soldier and served as he States
Leonard Stow Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas and Clerk of the County of Essex do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the Original
Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the
Application of Nathan Carpenter for a Pension
In Whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of Office this 11th day of January 1833

[Signature] Leonard Stone Clerk

Nathan Carpenter
22244
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22244
Nathan Carpenter
Zemie Carpenter
on rolls of Capt Humphrey,
Admitted
Private 11 months
Edmund T Williams
Elizabethtown Essex County N.York
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Johnathan Carpenter, Jay
County of Essex New York

[Chart]
Period when service was rendered
1776
Enlisted
May 1780
inlisted

Duration of the claimant's service.
Years. Months. Days.
not less than
5 months
not less than 6 months

Rank of the
claimant.
  
Names and Rank
of the Company
officers under
whom he served.
Capts Cols
Humphery Wingate
Dusten

Names and Rank
of the General
and Field officers.
Gen Starks
Col Silley
 
Battles in which
the applicant was
engaged.
none

Country through
which he marched.
Fort Ticonderoga
Springfield
Cavendich
West Point

Place of abode
when he entered
the service, and age
at the present
period.
Surry
Cheshire New Hampshire
aged 81 years

Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
None

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
 
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance
, make application by the
tion by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
of
On this
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Serit
County of
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with
and
(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
A. B.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
and C. D. residing in (the same)
who has
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,
Clerk of the Court of
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
for a pension.
do hereby certify that the foregoing
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the serupon
the transaction.
vices of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are know
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there
subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv-
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en and what has become of it?
Town of Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character
and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the
proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to
perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died he
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow
the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
┃ Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recolection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, in the following grades:--For---year----months, anddays
, I served as a . For months and days, I served as a -; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority
; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
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The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
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who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses
, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in
mote il applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
⌨ The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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19,231
Rev War INVALID
File No. 19,231
Nathan Carpenter
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7' 32
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 60
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Pension Office
Feby 17th 1834.
New York Retd

Clintonville
N.Y.
Feb. 11.

Free
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City
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Clintonville Clarke Co. N.Y.
Feb. 11. 1834

Hon. Lewis Cass
Secy of War

Sir,
By request of Mr Nathan Carpenter
a venerable old relic of the revolution I send you the enclosed
papers and trust they will form satisfactory
in authenticating his claim. At the longest he can
enjoy the bounty of his Country but for a short time
Respectfully
Your obt Svt
[Signature] E. Williams P.M.
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Depositions for Nathan Carpenter
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Benjamin Carpenter of Surry in
the County
of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire depose
and say that in the year 1780. I served in
the Revolutionary Army
six months - went
from said Surry
was in
Captain
Justing
Company in Col Cilleys
New Hampshire
Regiment was first at Westpoint and
during the whole
six months
of the North River
in the vicinity
and
was
discharged there
that Nathan Carpenter then of Walpole
in said County of Cheshire, and now
of Jay
in the County
of Essex and State of
New York, was in the same service in
the same company, Regiment & Mess
with me as aforesaid
during the said term
[Signature] Benjamin his x mark Carpenter

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire
January 1834 - subscribed & sworn to
Before me
[Signature] Benjamin Carpenter
Justice of the Peace

I certify
credible
that the above
deponent
is a credible witness
[Signature] Benjamin Carpenter Justice of the Peace
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I Daniel Day of Keene in the County
of Cheshire & State of
New Hampshire
depose and say that in the
year
1780.
I was in the service of the
United States
in the
Revolutionary
army six months
went from said Keene
to West point
New York was in Lieutenant Col
Dearborn command in the third Newhampshire
Company
New Hampshire Regiment
was during the whole term in the vicinity
of the North River
was there well acquainted
with Nathan Carpenter from
Walpole in said County, now of Jay
New York as I am informed, and know
that he was in said service during the
said term of six months, in Col
Cilleys
regiment aforesaid, in Captain
Dustins Company.-- I knew said Carpenter
before, and in
Time
said service
[Signature] Daniel Day

January 14 1834
Cheshire Jr
Subscribed Sworn to
Before me Benjamin
Carpenter
Jus. Peace
I certify that the above deponent is a credible person.
[Signature] Benjamin Carpenter Justice of the Peace
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Cheshire January 14 1834
I Salma Hale,
Clerk of the Superior Court
of Judicature for said county certify that
Benjamin Carpenter is a Justice of the
Peace in
and for said County, and that the
four foregoing signatures are in his
hand writing
In testimony
of I hereunto affix the seal of
[Signature] S. Hale Clerk
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Depositions for Nathan Carpenter
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I Henry Ellis of Keene in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire depose and say that in the year 1776 I served in the Revolutionary War in the Northern army, five months - went from Keene aforesaid - marched to Ticonderoga & was stationed on Mount Independence, & dismissed there at the end of my term- was in Capt William Humphries Company, in Col Wingates regiment - that Nathan Carpenter then of Surry in said County of Cheshire & now as I am informed of Jay in the County of Essex & State of New York was a private in said service, in the same company aforesaid with me and served during the said term of five months. I was acquainted with said Carpenter before said service & many years after.
[signature] Henry Ellis
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Cheshire - January 15 1834 - personally appeared Henry Ellis, named in the foregoing deposition & made oath that the same by him subscribed is true
Before me [Signature] Benjamin Carpenter Jr Justice of the Peace

I certify that the said deponent Henry Ellis is known to me, and is a credible person
[Signature] Benjamin Carpenter Jr Justice of the Peace

I Asa Wilcox of Surry in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire depose and say that in the year 1776 I served five months in the same company and regiment with Henry Ellis & Nathan Carpenter before named, to wit in Captain Humpries Compy & Col Wingates regiment from said Surry to Ticonderoga & was stationed most of the time on Mount Independence and discharged
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there at the end of the term - That I was well acquainted with said Nathan Carpenter before said service & since - & that we went from the same town.
[Signature] Asa Wilcox

Cheshire ss
Jany 14 1834 Subscribed & sworn to before me [Signature] Benjamin Carpenter Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above deponent Asa Wilcox is known to me and is a credible witness. 
[Signature] Benjamin Carpenter Justice of the Peace

Cheshire ss Jany 14 1834
I Salma Hale clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for sd county certify that Benjamin Carpenter is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that the four foregoing official signatures are his in Testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of our Superior Court
[Signature] S Hale Clerk