Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,411, Adin Dike, N.H. Vt.
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(3-1776)
service      number
N.H.  Dike, Adin.  S.15,411
Vt.

carded
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Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of Ohio Cuyahoga County } so on this 6th day of November Personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting in and for said county Adin Dike of Royalton in said County 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 7th 1832 that he was Born in the State of Connecticut Sept 18th 1758 that his parents moved into Woodstock Vt when he was about 8 or 10 years old and he resided there until he was about 25 years that he Married his Wife in the state of Massachusetts and moved to the State of Vt that he afterwards moved to Warren Co. State of New York & that in the year 1816 he moved to the state of Ohio where he resides & that he has no Record of his age
That he is now 74 years of age. that he entered the service of the United States as herein after stated (viz) a Vermont Ranger that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers that in the month of May 1776 in the Town of Woodstock Vt he enlisted serving there was under Captain Benjamin Wait's Company, one Hall was Lieut Major Hossenton commanded our half Regiment we marched immediately to Newbury Vt where we were stationed he served as nearly as he can recollect five months we were then ordered home under this enlistment we were to guard the three Counties on the East side of the Green Mountains soon after our Return his Major went to New York for further orders and on his return home he died of the Small Pox in the Spring following (viz) 1777 they the said company all disbanded and he immediately Reenlisted at Woodstock Vt under Captain Benjamin Wait and a Lieut Hall his Captain was the senior officer and commanded the half Regiment to which he belonged that he soon marched to Newbury Vt there tarried until the last of June and then had his choice, to tarry at Newbury or go to Ticonderoga he chose the latter he does not recollect that any of his officers went he Repaired Immediately to Ticonderoga was attached to Col Alent's Regiment, Generals St. Clear and Poor commanded at that place, they were compelled to Retreat from Ticonderoga being closely pursued by the British
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We Retreated through Hubbardston where the Enemy came up with our Rear and a smart Engagement ensued we Retreated through Castleton to Rutland there made a stand to Receive the Enemy but he was careful to keep at a proper distance from our main body, at this place I had leave to return to Woodstock Vt soon after my arrival home he received orders to repair to Bennington on his arrival at Manchester the news was that the British were defeated there his Captain was promoted to the rank of Major in Col Herrick's Regiment and we had permission to Enlist into said Regiment and I did Enlist into said Regiment at Manchester in the State of Vt For six months and it was in the month of August 1777 Lieutenant Safford commanded his company, we now repaired to Pawlet for head quarters in September following we marched through the Forest to Lake Champlain crossed Between Ticonderoga and Whitehall, thence through the Woods to the outlet of Lake George at the place of Landing here just at the Break of day we left our packs, trailed Arms, marched upon the rim Surrounded the Enemy and made them prisoners. he was then detached with With a party (Being led by a Pitol) to go and retake seventy or eighty of his unfortunate Countrymen who were confined in a Barn as Prisoners of War among whom was his Brother Nathan on our way there we made a number more prisoners and he was detached to guard them into head quarters his party proceeded on and Released those confined in the Barn. He next proceeded onto the old Trench Lines near Ticonderoga and took them, here we made a number of Prisoners the whole number of Prisoners taken that day was said to be 500, we Tarried here at the old French Lines about a Week, we then Proceeded up lake George in Boats to Lake Diamond Island. The Enemy got news of our approach and gave us a Warm Reception. We were Forced to Retreat and run our Boats into a Certain Creek (the name forgotten), landed and Troops set fire to you Boats, and made the best of our Way through the [illegible] to the place now called Whitehall we then marched to Pawlet the foregoing Expedition was commanded by Cols Brown and Herrick We were soon called to assist in taking General Burgoyne We marched to Fort Edward then down the North River crossed on a Raft a Place Called Tiffs Mills and Encamped in the Woods in the Front of Burgoyne's Army after his surrender we marched onto his campground he then had the pleasure of seeing the British march off Prisoners of War the Next day we were detached as a guard to Escort the Tories to halfway brook (so called) in their way for Canada.
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From thence we marched to Pawlet for headquarters Late in the fall he volunteered under Major Wait to go and attack Fort Ticonderoga on our arrival there the Enemy had evacuated the place. On our Return home cold Weather coming on we were compelled to run our Boats ashore and strike our Tents in the Fort and there wait for a Thaw and during our Encampment here his term of Enlistment expired and he was discharged by his officers having this year under both enlistments served at least Eight months. In the Spring of the year of 1778 at Woodstock Vt  he enlisted for one year into Col Berdles Regiment Capt Wilsons company we repaired soon after to Albany Passed Muster and marched home to Woodstock Vt  he was not called on after under this Enlistment he performed duty at least Three months under this Enlistment In the fore part of the season of 1779 at Woodstock he again Enlisted under Captain Safford as a substitute (for whom not stated) we Marched Immediately to Rutland Vt was employed in Building Fort this season served at least four months this year was discharged
Sometime in the summer of 1780 there was a company of Rangers raised and he enlisted into said company at Woodstock Vt under Capt. Benjamin we repaired without delay to Barnard was employed this season in Building a Fort and guarding the Frontiers he was dismissed sometime in the Fall having served under this enlistment 3 months the next year say 1781 he again enlisted into Captain Benjamin's company he thinks this enlistment was at Woodstock about the first of March we repaired without delay to Bethel went on a scout on snowshoes he served as a Ranger until late in the fall was then discharged served at least 8 months on this enlistment he almost always belonged to the Vermont Rangers his knowledge as to the Continental Troops or officers was very limited frequently the highest officer on our station or headquarters was no higher then a Captain to the Best of his recollection he served his Country under all his enlistments Two years and six months. That he has no documentary evidence that he can Address in support of his Claim and that he knows no witnesses by whom he can prove his revolutionary services except Cyrus Call and Calvin Dike whose depositions are herewith offered, he hereby relinquishes every claim to a Pension or Annuity except the present and that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any State
Adin Dike
Sworn to in open Court Nov. 6. 1832
Horace Perry. Clerk Com Pleas
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John B. Stewart a Justice of the Peace and Owen C. Gordon Both Residing in Royalton hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Adin Dike who has subscribed to the foregoing Deposition or Declaration that we believe him to be 74 years old. 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 
/s/John B. Stewart
/s/Owen C. Gordon
Sworn to and subscribed ['the day and year as written aforesaid' crossed out] in Open Court Nov'r 6, 1832
/s/Horace Perry, Clk Com Pleas
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 John B. Stewart & Owen C. Gordon who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the County of Cuyahoga and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
The State of Ohio Cuyahoga County ss.
I Horace Perry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Adin Dike for a pension
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this fourteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
/s/Horace Perry Clerk &c
Declaration of Adin Dike of Cuyahoga County, Ohio 
18664
entered Adin Dike 
Cleaveland, Ohio, Nov. 22 1832
The war department will please forward its decision, upon the foregoing declaration and the accompanying Depositions, to the care of Sam'l Starkweather Esqr. Cleaveland, Ohio -
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Supplementary Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act passed 7th June AD 1832.

The State of Ohio Cuyahoga County SS
On this fourth day of June AD 1833 personally appeared before the Honorable Court of Common Pleas now sitting in and for said county the same Adin Dike named in the declaration hereto attached made and sworn to before said Court on the 6th of November AD 1832, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make this further declaration in order to obtain the benefit of said act.

That there never was any record of his age or his marriage, that he served as a soldier under the several enlistments, mentioned in his said first declaration, to which this is supplementary, during and not less than the several periods, hereafter named.
That in his first enlistment in Capt Benjamin Waits company, he served not less than five months. That under his said reinlistment in Capt Benjamin Waits company, in the year 1777 he served as a soldier not less than four months.
That in his Inlistment in Col Henricks regiment as mentioned in his said first declaration, he served not less than four months, Henricks regiment was raised for six months, but this declarant did not enter said Henricks regiment untill two months of the period for which it had been raised had expired. That in his
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enlistment in Capt Nelsons company, and Col Beadles Regiment, as mentioned in his said first declaration he performed three months service on duty, after which time, Lieut Col Wheeleck of said Regiment gave leave to my company to return home to Woodstock, and he was not afterwards called upon to serve in said enlistment.

That under his enlistment as a substitute as mentioned in his first declaration in Capt. Suffuds company in the year 1779 he served not less than four months.

That in his enlistment in the summer of 1780 in Capt Benjamins company he served not less than three months.

That in the next year, 1781 when he again enlisted in Capt Benjamins company, he served  under this last mentioned enlistment not less than eight months. Having served in all his said enlistments, an aggreck period of time not less than two years and seven months. He states that after having served the said periods of time mentioned in each of his said enlistments, he was at each and every time honorably dismissed by his Captains commanding the companies to which he belonged except when he belonged to Col Beadles Regiment, then after his three months served, he was verbally dismissed by Lieut Col Wheelock of said Regiment. That he at no time received any discharges or dismissions in writing.

He stats that he is well acquainted with the Rev Henry Hudson of said Royalton the town of this declarants residence but that said Hudson has failed to attend
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at this Court to certify in the behalf of this declarant said Hudson being a Physician as well as a clergyman is detained from attending this Court, by his necessary attendance upon his patients. But this Declarant states that he is well acquainted with John B Stewart Esq who is a magistrate of said Royalton, and James Tousley who is also a citizen of said Royalton, both of whom can certyfy as to his character for veracity and their belief as well as the belief in the neighborhood where he resides that this declarant was a soldier in the Revolution. This declarant further states that whilst making this declaration and after the statement of the said Hudsons inability to attend upon this Court the said Rev Henry Hudson has arrived and he now produces the said Hudsons certificate.
Adin Dike

Sworn & subscribed in open court June 4th 1833 
H G Weldon Dep Clerk

We Henry Hudson a Clergyman in said town of Royalton Ohio and John B Stewart, a Justice of the Peace in the town of Royalton in the County of Cuyahoga and state of Ohio and James Towsley a citizen of said town of Royalton do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Adin Dike who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be 75 years of age, and that he is reputed
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and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion, and that we believe him to be a man of veracity 
Henry Hudson Clergyman Royalton 
John B Stewart Justice of the Peace James Tousley Justice of the Peace

Sworn & subscribed in open Court June 4, 1833
H G Weldon Dep Clerk 

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 stated. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Henry Hudson who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Cuyahoga and that John B Stewart & James Tousley who have also signed the same are Justices of the Peace & residents in said County and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

The State of Ohio Cuyahoga County SS
I Henry G Weldon Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the further proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Adin Dike for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 17th day of June AD 1833.
H G Weldon Dep. Clerk

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Adin Dike application for pension
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Deposition of Calvin Dike in support of declaration of Adin Dike

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State of Ohio Cuyahoga County SS Cleveland June 4th 1833
Personally appeared before me John B Stewart a Justice of the Peace for said County Calvin Dike of lawful age and on his oath deposeth and says that Adin Dike of Royalton Cuyahoga County is his brother that he knows his brother Adin enlisted in to the service of his Country at Woodstock in the spring of the year 1776 and that he went to Newbury to guard the frontiers and that he tarried in the service at least five months as he states in his affadavate. he was also knowing to his enlisting into Captain Nelsons company  at Woodstock in the spring of the year 1778 that he (illegible) immediately to Albany that he served at least three months and was then permitted to return home he also recollects of his enlisting at other times and of his being absent from home a length of time and it was then said he was in the Army. Early in the spring of 1781 he knows the said Adin Dike enlisted at Woodstock into Captain Benjamins company and (illegible) directly to Bethel for headquarters & there served in the service until late in the fall served at least 7 months and was then discharged. this latter service he knows because he belonged to the same company and further your deponent saith not.
Calvin Dike

personally appeared before me the above named Calvin Dike to me personally known as a credible person who has sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written the above deposition
John B. Stewart Justice of the Peace

the state of Ohio Cuyahoga County SS
I H. G. Weldon Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said county, do hereby certify that John B. Stewart Esqr whose name is in his own handwriting subscribed to the above certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace of said County, duly elected commission and sworn. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Cleaveland the 17th day of June AD 1833
H G Weldon Dep Clerk
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13.499
Adin Dike
Ohio

Adm 2 years $80

Sami Starkweather
Columbus Ohio
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in the case of Adin Dike [illegible] 
[column headings: Period.|Duration of Service.(Years,|Months,|Days.)|Rank. As a|Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.|]
In 1780|([blank|3|[blank])|Private|Capt Benjamin|
1780|(at least|8|[blank])|Ranger|Capt Benjamin he thinks|
[end of columns]
"to the best of his recollection he served his country under all his enlistments two years and seven months"
[column headings: Period.|Duration of Service.(Years,|Months,|Days.)|Rank. As a|Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.Gen.s St. Clair, Poor,|]
In 1776|(about|5| --  )| Private Capt Wait, Maj Hossenton (Hoisington)|
Vol 1777|([blank]|not stated| -- )| " |{Capt Wait senior officer Col. Alent(Allen)|
[blank]|(at least|8| -- )| " |Lieut. Safford, Col. [illegible] Col. Bronson,|
1778|([blank]|not stated| -- )| " |Capt Nelson, Col. Beedle (Bedel)|
Sub -1779- |([blank]|4| -- )| " |Capt Safford|
[end of columns]
5. In what battles was he engaged? Burgoyne's defeat
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Woodstock Vermont
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses & the traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? the affidavit of one witness properly attached - no clergyman

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
/s/Chas. W. Forrest 
Examining Clerk.
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BRIEF in the case of Adin Dike County of Cuyahoga in the state of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3. How old is he? 74
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
[column headings: Period.|Duration of Service.(Years,|Months,|Days.)|Rank. As a|Names of Generals and Field Officers under whom he served.Gen.s St. Clair, Poor,|]|
In 1776|(about|5| -- )|Private|Capt Waits, Maj Hossenton(Hoisington)|
Vol 1777|([blank]|not stated| -- )| " |{Capt Wait senior officer Col. Alent (Allen)|
[blank]|(at least|8| -- )| " |Lieut. Safford, Col. [illegible] Col. Bronson,|
1778|([blank]|not stated| -- )| " |Capt Nelson, Col. Beedle (Bedel)|
Sub -1779- |([blank]|4| -- )| " |Capt Safford|
[end of columns]
5. In what battles was he engaged? Burgoyne's defeat
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Woodstock Vermont
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses & the traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? the affidavit of one witness properly attached - no clergyman

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
/s/Chas. W. Forrest
Examining Clerk.
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15411

INVALID.

15411
Adin Dike
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7, 32

Index:-Vol. 1, Page 97

(Arrangement of 1830
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Adin Dike which require further proof or explanation. 
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [blank] 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes 
V. *Has he mentioned 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? No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes 
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the other under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes 
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes 
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No Citizens
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? witnesses
XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? [blank]
If he has produced direct proof as to service,  has the magistrate who administered the oath certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes, the affadavit of one witness not on same paper with the Clerk's certificate of the Official character of the Magistrate
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes 
XVI. ↕Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 2. 6. 7.
EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
*QUERE V. 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 recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ______year______months, and______days______, I served as a______; and for such service I claim a pension.”
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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 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 shewn 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. 
+QUERE XIV. 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, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants 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.
↕QUERE XVI. 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 pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
⇨ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions 
City of Washington D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Cleaveland, Ohio June 17th 1833

Sir,
In behalf of Jacob Gardiner, Josiah Wilcox Calvin Dike, and Adin Dike, I herewith enclose to you, their several supplementary Declarations in order, that they may obtain the benefit of the at of 7th June 1832. 
The Deposition of Rev. Cyrus Call in support of the declaration of Adin Dike, may be liable to one objection in point of form, viz, that the magistrate before whom it was taken, does not certify, that the said Call is a credible person.
Much pains have been taken, to have this omission supplied, but the said Call, who is a preacher of the Baptist denomination, is now absent from home, and it is uncertain when he will return.
And it is thought, that the omission, referred to is in effect supplied by the magistrate, who certifies that personally appeared before him, the Rev. Cyrus Call, who being duly sworn subscribed, &c. 
From the appellation, which the magistrate gives the Deponent, of Rev., it may fairly be inferred that the Deponent is a credible person. 
Mr. Adin Dike's Declaration, is itself, coming within the rules, which entitled to a pension, and supported as it is by the Deposition of Calvin Dike, taken in the form required, and with the Deposition of Rev. Cyrus Call, will he trusts, be found sufficient. 
Yours Respectfully,
/s/Sam'l Starkweather.
J. L. Edwards Esqr.
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State of Ohio Huron County ss
personally appeared before me, Joseph Otis one of the Justices of peace for said County the Rev. Cyrus Call & deposeth, & says that he was personally acquainted with Adin Dyke (Dike) in the time of the Revolutionary War & that he lived near by the said Dyke (Dike) in the town of Woodstock in the State of Vermont or Hartland in s'd State & that the said Dyke (Dike) was a listed Soldier three of four Summers & was stationed at Barnard & Bethel Forts in said State of Vermont & that he was at home to see his family at sundry times during that period or furlough & further this Deponent saith not.
/s/Cyrus Call
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 22 August 1832
/s/Joseph Otis Justice of peace.
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Huron County ss} I David Gibbs clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in said County do certify that on the 22d day of August A.D. 1832 Joseph Otis was a lawfull Justice of the peace in said County & full faith & credit are due to all his Official acts. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said Court at Norwalk this 12th Nov'r 1832. 
cash: fees $3.50. /s/D. Gibbs Clerk
Deposition of Cyrus Call in support of services of Adin Dike