Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11035, for Gill Malory, Vermont
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(3 - 1776)
 
SERVICE
Vt.
Malory Gill
or
Mallory

NUMBER
S. 11035
carded
CONTENTS
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240147
Gill Mallory
of Onondaga in the State of New York
who was a private in the Comp commanded
by Captain Allen of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Allen in the line for 14 months and 23 days
and 23

Gill Malory NY line records corrected Mch 24/05

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at
the rate of 50 Dollars 19 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Oct
1823 and sent to Lawrence
Camillus

Arrears to the 4th of Sep 33
$125, 47
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 m '24
25.09
$150.56

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Go C Stiles Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 69
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State of New York
County of Onondaga
On this eighth day of January
Eighteen hundred & thirty three personally appeared in open
Court before the Court of Chancery of the State of New York
now sitting Gill Mallory a resident of the town of Elbridge
in the County of Onondaga and State of New York aged
Seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to
law doth on his oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed
June 7. 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers & served as
herein stated, that he enlisted on the sixteenth day
of April 1779 into a company of Rangers (so called) at
the town of Wells in the County of Rutland & State of
Vermont for the term of seven months under Captain
Parmelee Allen of the town of Pawlet in said County of
Rutland - That the first Lieutenant of said Company was
Benjamin Averis, & the second Lieutenant was
James Smith, That he served in said Company for
seven months, & was discharged with the rest of the
Company at Castleton in the County of Rutland &
State of Vermont on the sixteenth day of
November of the same year. That he resided in
the town of Wills, County of Rutland & State of Vermont
when he entered the service - that he was a volunteer
that he was in no battles, that he was stationed at
Castleton aforesaid, & marched from there to Ticonderoga
Hubbleton, from thence to Sudbury, from thence to Shoram
from thence to Chimney point, from thence to Addison
from thence to Middlebury & back to Castleton, & this
march was performed many times by him with
the rest of said Company during said seven month
scouting & reconnoitering - That said company
was raised by the State of Vermont, but he does
not know what regiment they were attached to as
they never joined any regiment, but  were employed
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as above mentioned during the said period of seven
months-
He further states that he does not remember
of having any written discharge when he left the
service, & if he did, he has lost it-- that he knew
Col Ethen Allen, of the Army & frequently saw him,
at Castleton during said term of seven months giving
directions to the said Captain Parnulee Allen
He further states that on the seventeenth
of May 1781, he engaged in the service of the State
troops of the State of Vermont in the department
of the Commissary General of purchases in forwarding
provisions to the Army, at the town of Wells
in the County of Rutland & State of Vermont, under
Joseph Farnsworth Comss of provisions, & served
in that department from the said seventeenth day
of May 1781 to the tenth day of January 1782
when he received a discharge from said Joseph
Farnsworth Comissary General of provisions
which is hereunto annexed - that during said
time he was engaged in transporting Provisions
from Wells to Poultney by water on Lake St Austin
in said State of Vermont, in the boats of said State;
said Lake was then called Wills Pond- That the
receipts hereunto annexed are receipts, given from
provisions transported by him the said Gill Mallory
& taken up by him from the said Comissary General
when he received the discharge of said Company
hereunto annexed & are all the testimony he can
procure of said service-
That he has no
documentary evidence of the first term of service
above mentioned, & that he knows of no
person whose testimony he can procure
who can testify to his service except
the affidavit of Samuel S. Merriman, which
is hereunto annexed-
He hereby relinquishes every claim
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whatever to a pension or annuity except
the present & declares that his name is
not on the pension roll of the agency of
any State

[signature] Gill Malory

Sworn to & Subscribed
day & year aforesaid
[signature] Daniel Moseley
Circuit Judge

We Ebenezer North a Clergyman residing in
the town of Elbridge County of Onondaga &
State of New York & Nathan North of
the same place hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with Gill Mallory who
has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration
that we believe him to be seventy eight
years of age, that he is reputed & believed in
the neighborhood where he resides to have
been a soldier of the Revolution & that
we concur in that opinion, & that the
said Gill Mallory, is a man of good
character for truth & veracity

Sworn & subscribed
day & year aforesaid 
Daniel Moseley
Circuit Judge

the name Nathan North"
interlined in 3d line & the name
"Jonas Chapell " erased before
signing

[signature] Ebin North
[signature] Nathan North
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And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion, after the investigation of the matter and
after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the
War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served
as he states. And the Court further certifies
that it appears to them, that Ebenezer North
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a
Clergyman resident in the town of Elbridge
and that Nathan North who has also signed
the same is a resident in said town of
Elbridge and is a credible person, and
that their statement is entitled to credit
[signature] Daniel Moseley
Vice Chancellor

Daniel S. Moseley Deputy Clerk of the Court of
Chancery of the Seventh Circuit for the State of
New York do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application
Gill Malone, for a pension

In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and seal of
office this 18th day of January 1833
[signature] Daniel T. Moseley
Deputy Clerk
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State of New York
Onondaga County ss
 
Samuel S. Merriman being duly
sworn says he resides in the town of Wells in the
County of Rutland in the State of Vermont, is a farmer
by occupation, & is aged sixty nine years, & in his
seventieth year - Deponent further saith he well
knows Gill Mallory, who now resides in the town of
Elbridge in the County of Onondaga, & formerly resided
in the town of Wells in the County of Rutland & State of
Vermont aforesaid, & has known him for fifty six
years - That on the 16th day of April 1778 or 1779
(which year this deponent can not now positively
swear,) the said Gill Mallory & this deponent enlisted
into a company of rangers (so called at said town of Wells
commanded by Captain Parmelee Allen of the town of
Powlett in said County of Rutland & state of Vermont
for the term of seven months & regularly served in said
Company for & during the said term of seven months
and this deponent understood that said Company
was raised under the direction of the Hon. Thomas
Chittenton Esquire then Governor of said State of Vermont
for the protection of the Northern frontier - Deponent
further saith the said Gill Mallory this deponent
were discharged on the 16th day of November next
after our said enlistment, at the town of Castleton in
said County of Rutland State of Vermont but no
no written discharges were given to us or to any
of the Company, & further this deponent saith not

The word "seven" interlined in the 16th line before signing
& the word "Vermont" written on erasure in 25th line
[signature] Samuel S. Merriman
Subcribed & sworn to before
this 7th day of Oct 1831
D B Minton
the Justices of the peace in & for
County of Onondaga
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State of New York
Onondaga County
Betsey Lombard of the
town of Elbridge in said County being duly
sworn saith she has been well acquainted with
and Samuel S. Merriman who made
the foregoing affidavit for the last twenty
years, that he resides in Wells, County of
Rutland & State of Vermont. That he is a
man of truth & veracity & has sustained that character ever since this
deponent knew said Merriman -
Sworn & Subscribed
this 24th day of December 1832
Lyman H Mason Justice
the Justices of the Peace
for the said County of Ononandoga

[signature] Betsey Lumbard


State of New York
of Onondaga ss, Reuben L. Hess Clerk of the said
County day certify that Lyman H. Mason before
whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn
was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace
that I am acquainted with his hand writing &
in and for the said County and verily believe his name
to the Jurat of the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing
nature witness my hand and seal of Office this 7th day of
1833
R. S. Hess Clerk

State of New York
County of Onandoga
I, Reuben L. Hess Clerk of the said County do certify that
and David B. Winton before whom the within affidavit purports to
have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of
the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with
his hand writing and verily believe his name sub
to the Jurat of the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and
as Witness my hand and Office this 7th day of Jan
R. S. Hess Clerk
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No. 21871
Gill Mallory
Onondago Co
NY

Admitted
private 14 mo & 23 days

356
4660
50.19

10038
25.09
12547

JR Lawrence
Camillus, Onandago Co
NY
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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 requ
est, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
NY
[Chart]
A Statement, showing the service of Gill Mallory Onondaga
Period when the service was rendered
Entered April 16th 1779
17t May 81
until 10 Jany 82

Duration of the claimant's service
Years
Months
7
indefinite
Days

Rank of the claimant
Private
Commissary

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Capt Allen
Col Allen

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
77 years
Rutland Co Vermont

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditional evidence stated credible by the court Documentary evidence to part of service

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

Commissary General of purchases employed
applicant to transport by water provisions-

such service not embraced
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2
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
Four general
places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
classes of cases are embraced in this law:
2. ┃
The Regular Troops.
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, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application 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.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Serior
County of
On this
day of
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 provision 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
line, under the following named officers:
and
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he servunder
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 entered 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.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court,
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
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application 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
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
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 days 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
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or comsion
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
in the
the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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
set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
Chise.
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
troops of Virginia.
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
ing when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary
And if a substitute, for whom?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
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.
Soldier
Did
en, and what has become of it?
from the service, and if so, by whom was it givofic
has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
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 the 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.
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
his genuine signature.
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
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
upon the whole matter.
opinion of the the pinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must appear in open Court, une record in your or his simply in the
conforming to the rule.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides held was a car
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
attention the period or periods of the war when he served.
continental officer or soldier must give the name of the color
claim cannot be had. Every clamant must state, with precision, the length of
under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled
service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend the declaration by making an alai in the following words:
flags, and the consequent loss of memory, he can
In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
appeared before me, the undersigned. But the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being we do any or
recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned
swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of my
below, and in the following grades:--For---yeardirects
the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of
months, and-
a month and tarred and for such service I claim a pension
important matters there were then or when a car at a
ident and all my persons are health. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state in the area two years
service. The use of the phrase about three or four months.
thenia, &c. without specifying the turn the name of the shoes, and other particular respecting their service. This form of declaration is
years must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the wheat red; the duration of all or
perial place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent on
pursuit.
that he was color to the ring tea he were a
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The union of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
her mother, and in verse in nor a
papers.
the certificate of a Member of Congress, for he once cutter and signature of the certifying one, should accompany the
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the cerificate of the cerify oner who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which can
in the apparitor or net rent repass
under the seal of office of the city home, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the cerificate.
Proof of Service.
⌨ In a case wher the name of the molicant is not found on the corn rent, he must prove his service were all in
who are required the mem
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify the result of the
siasm tile nearer or care
under 1 year or a
in the
hammers to the interrogatories must all be written on the War Department, with the declaration
John N Ashton
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Gill Malory
S rule 11035
Vt

Gill Malory
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To
Gill Mallery
Bennington Jany 10th
sir this shall Answer for a Discharge
for all reciepts which I have
against youin the 
 Public Department from
the Begining of the War to the
Date above   Francis Davis
for
Joseph Farnworth C.C.P.
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Rev War
11,035
INVALID.
File No. 11.035
Gill Malley
Pri Rev War
---
Act June 7th 1832.
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 238 
Arrangement of 1870.]
Gill Mallory
Records corrected
Mch 24 1905
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State of New York
Onondaga County ss
James R. Lawrence of the town of
Camillus in said County being duly sworn
saith, that he drew the affidavit of Samuel S
Merriman hereunto annexed & the same was sworn
to before David B. Winton a Justice of the peace
of said County of Onondaga on the 7th day of
October 1831. That said Samuel S. Merriman
was an old man, but perfectly intelligent. That
he was then on a visit to said County of Onondaga
but resided in the town of Wells in the State of
Vermont as this deponent understood & verily believes
to be there, & soon after returned to said State of
Vermont & has not been here since to the knowledge
or belief of this deponent. This deponent
further saith that in the forepart of June last &
as soon as deponent received from the pension
department the pension papers of said Gill
Mallory with objections, this deponent drew another affidavit like the one hereunto annexed
(signed by said Merriman) & sent it by mail post
paid directed to said Saml S. Merriman to Wells
in the County of Rutland & State of Vermont requesting
said Merriman immediately to make oath thereto
before some Justice of the peace there & procure a
certificate from such justice according to the
form given by the instructions from the Secretary
at war & return it to this deponent by mail
This deponent further saith that he has
received no answer from said Merriman - & further
saith not Dated July 26. 1833-
Sworn before me this
6th July 1833
L. P. Winton Justice of the Peace
[signature] James R. Lawrence
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State of New York
Onondaga County ss
I David B. Winton one of the
Justices of the peace in & for said County do
certify that I am well acquainted with James
R. Lawrence who subscribed & made oath to the
foregoing affidavit before me, & that he is a
man good character for truth & veracity -
I further certify, that Samuel S. Merriman
Subscribed & made oath to the affidavit hereunto
annexed, (subscribed with his name) before me, on the
7th day of October 1831. That I was not acquainted with
said Samuel S. Merriman personally, that his
place of residence was as I understood, in the town of
Wells in the State of Vermont, & I could not
therefore certify to his credibility-- but I am
well acquainted with Lyman H. Mason Esq who
is a Justice of the peace of the County of Onondaga
who has certified, in his certificate hereto annexed
to the Credibility of Thomas Padden, Olive Lumbard &
Betsey Lumbard, who have sworn to the credibility of
said Samuel S Merriman - & I do certify that said
Lyman H. Mason is a man of good character
for truth & Veracity. Given under my hand at
Camilles in said County of Onondaga this 26
day of July 1826 -
D B Winton Justice Peace
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State of New York
Onondaga County ss
Thomas Paddin of the town of Elbridge
County & State aforesaid aged thirty five years
upwards being duly sworn saith he has been
well acquainted with Samuel S. Merriman of the
town of Wells in the County of Rutland & State of Vermont
ever since he this deponent, can remember. That
said Samuel S Merriman is the same person who
made the affidavit, hereunto annexed subscribed with
the name of Samuel S. Merriman, That said Samuel
S. Merriman is a man of strict truth & Veracity &
has ever sustained that reputation & further saith
not

[Signature] Thomas Padden
Subscribed & Sworn to this 27th
day of June 1833
before me
Lyman H Mason Justice
one of the Justices of the peace in & for
the said County of Onondaga

State of New York
Onondaga County ss
Olive Lumbard of the town of
Elbridge in said County aged twenty two years &
upwards being duly sworn saith that she has been
well acquainted with Samuel S. Merriman of
Wells in the State of Vermont, the person who
made the affidavit hereunto annexed, ever since
she can remember any person & deponent has lived in
the same neighborhood with said Merriman the
greater part of her life - That said Merriman
sustains & ever has sustained the character of a
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man of strict truth & veracity ever since this deponent
knew him - Deponent further saith not
[signature]Olive Lumbard
Subscribed & sworn to before
me this 27th
day of June
1833 Lyman Hellen Justice
one of the Justices of the peace
in & for the said County of Onondaga

State of New York
Onondaga County
I Lyman H Mason one of the
Justices of the peace in & for the said County of
Onondaga, residing in the town of Elbridge in said
County, before whom the affidavit of Betsey
Lumbard, Thomas Paddin, & Olive Lumbard
hereunto annexed were subscribed & sworn to do
certify that I am acquainted with said Betsey
Lumbard, Thomas Paddin & Olive Lumbard, & that
they are each of good character for truth & veracity
I further certify that I have made inquiry of
several persons of good character for truth & veracity
from Wells in the County of Rutland & State of Vermont
where said Samuel S. Merriman acquainted with
said Merriman, & from informations thus derived
& which I verily believe to be true, the said Samuel
S. Morris is a man of strict truth & veracity
but I am not personally acquainted with said
Merriman - Given under my hand at Elbridge
in said County of Onondaga this
27th day of June 1833-
Lyman H. Mason Justice of the peace
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State of New York
County of Onondaga
I Alanson Edwards Junior Deputy
Clerk of the said County do certify that Lyman H.
Mason Esquire before whom one of the preceding affidavits
purport to have been sworn was on the 27th day of June
last one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said
County and also that David B. Winton Esquire
before whom the last preceding affidavit purports to have
sworn was on the 26th day of July instant one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted
the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe their
respectively subscribed to the greats of said affidavits
also to the preceding certificates to be the proper handwriting
and genuine signatures of the said Justices
Witness my hand and seal of Office this 30th day of July
Edward J. Dep. clerk

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