Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,400, Enos Dean, Conn. Vt.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.
Vt

Dean, Enos

NUMBER
S. 15,400
carded

CONTENTS
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Vermont .. No. 28.268
Enos Dean of Rutland in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Comp'y commanded by Captain Rogers of the Reg't commanded by Col. Allen in the State troops line for 12 months Conn & Vt. 
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 40 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24" day of Apl. 1834 and R. Temple
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834 220.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4" Sept " 20.00
$220.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 3 Page 61.
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Enos Dean Vt. 
20 months
30.024
Hon. H. Everett
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STATE OF VERMONT,
RUTLAND COUNTY, SS.} On this 14" day of Sept A.D. 1833 personally appeared before the Probate Court of the County of Rutland Enos Dean a resident of the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 73 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 7, 1832. That he ['enlisted in the Army' crossed out] entered the service of the United States, in the year 1776 and served in Col. Sullivan Regiment of the [blank] line under the following named officers, & served as herein stated. He lived at New London, Con. & the fore part of May 1776 he enlisted for six months, in Capt. Belcher's Co. Col. Lattimer's Reg't & sailed to New York where he was stationed, & retreated with the Army to Harlem & Whiteplains & was discharged at North Castle about the 1. Nov. after serving 6 months - he was in the battle at Harlem when Col. Knowlton was killed. In Apl. 1777 he enlisted for 8 months in Capt Rogers Company in Col. Enos' Reg't at Horse Neck, & followed the enemy's ships up North river & after they burnt [illegible], marched back - heard the news of the capture of Burgoyne on their way back - was discharged at Horse Neck in Dec. having served 8 months. He then came to Vermont, & in the ['spring' crossed out] fall in Nov. he thinks of 1780 at Castleton he enlisted for 6 months in Capt Safford's Co. Lt Smith under Col. Eben'r Allen, & served at Castleton Fort & in scouting & was discharged in the spring of 1781 after serving 6 months. He does not remember so as to distinguish other Reg'ts with whom he served but remembers Gen'l Washington, McDougal & Putnam, Cols. Knowlton, Allen, & Bronson -(Brownson) - He never rec'd a written discharge that he recollects, & has not documentary evidence - he thinks however he an prove his services by one or two living witnesses. He was born at New London 1. March 1760 - his age is recorded there. He has lived in the county of Rutland ever since the revolution - there is no clergyman in Chittenden where he now  lives, but he is known to most of the inhabitants. 
We Abel Thomas & Levi Ford residing in Chittenden hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the above named Enos Dean who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 73 years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in the opinion
/s/Abel Thomas
/s/Levi Ford
Sworn & subscribed the day & year afores'd
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that we concur in that opinion
/s/Abel Thomas
/s/Levi Ford
Sworn & subscribed the day & year afores'd
/s/F. W. Hopkins Reg.
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.
/s/Enos Dean
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.} /s/F. W. Hopkins Reg. 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by War Dept. 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 Abel Thomas & Levi Ford reside in Chittenden & are credible witnesses & their statement is entitled to credit - and that there is no clergyman residing in the immediate vicinity of the applicant. 
I Frederick W. Hopkins Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Enos Dean for a pension.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of officed, at Rutland this 14th day of Sept A.D. 1833.
/s/F. W. Hopkins Reg.
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Enos Dean
Ad. decr.
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State of Vermont
Rutland ss - }
On the 1st day of April 1834, personally came before the undersigned authority, Enos Dean, who being duly sworn doth depose & say in addition to & explanation of his declaration of the 14. Sept. 1833 - 
That he was incorrect in stating that he enlisted for eight months in April 1777 - he enlisted for only six months - but at the expiration of his time, which was a few days before the surrender of Burgoyne, he was urged by Capt. Rogers to remain two months longer, as it was a critical time, to which he agreed, & did remain & serve the additional 2 months, making in the whole the 8 months mentioned in his said declaration. He further says that the six months service in 1781, in Capt. Safford's company, was constant & continued service for the whole term of six months - these were Vermont troops - & this being a frontier, he was employed part of the time in garrison & part of the time on scouts above Lake Champlain. 
This period of service ended in May, about planting time, as he remembers, in 1781. He further says that there is no clergyman living in the immediate vicinity of the applicant. He further says that he has made diligent search & enquiry, & can find no farther testimony to prove his services. 
/s/Enos Dean
Subscribed & sworn the day & year afores'd before me
/s/R. Temple Jus Peace
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State of Vermont
I Robert Pierpoint, Clerk of Rutland County court do certify, that Robert Temple before whom the forgoing declaration was made is a justice of peace for said county duly commissioned and that his name thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said court this 1st day of April 1834
R. Pierpoint
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[typewritten letter]
[initials: own] August 1, 1930
AWF: MLB
Rev. and 1812 Wars Section

Mr. H. H. Branchaud
13 Elm Street
Rutland, Vermont

Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 15400, that Enos Dean was born March 1, 1760, at New London Connecticut. 
While residing in New London, Connecticut, he enlisted and served with the Connecticut troops, as follows:
From May, 1776, six months in Captain Belcher's Company, Colonel Lattimer's Regiment and was in the battle of Harlem; from April, 1777, eight months in Captain Rogers' Company, Colonel Eno's (Enos') Regiment.
He moved to Vermont and enlisted at Castleton in November, 1780 and served six months in Captain Safford's Company, Colonel Ebenezer Allen's Vermont Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 14, 1833, at which time he was living in Rutland County, Vermont, having lived there ever since the Revolution.
There are no data as to family.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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[handwritten letter]
Rutland, Vt. 
June 30th 1930

Department of the Interior, 
Record Division, 
Revolution and 1812 Wars. 

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions:
Dear Sir:
Can I procure from your department the military record of two soldiers named Dean of whom we have the following data. 
David Dean [margin note: ans July 15 30] placed on the  pension rolls Sept. 24th 1818 
Was residing in Rutland County, Vermont, after 1828 - Would like to know what company and regiment he performed service in and when and where he died?
Enos Dean, placed on pension roll April 24th 1834. Would like to know what his service was and when and where he died?
Have run across the data given above in a partial history of Rutland County, Vermont, which gives no further information.
Thanking you for a reply.
Respectfully yours,
/s/H. H. Branchard, 
13 Elm St. 
Rutland, Vermont.
[receipt stamp: REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS SECTION JULY 1 1930 BUREAU OF PENSIONS]
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15400
✓ INVALID.
File No. 15.400
Enos Dean
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 94
[Arrangement of 1870]
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1930-Aug 1 - Hist to H. H. Branchard awf
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Enos Dean
Testimony
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State of Vermont
Rutland ss}
I David Dana of Westhaven in the County of Rutland aged 74, being duly sworn do depose & say, that in 1776 I lived in New London, Conn & knew Enos Dean now of Chittenden, Vt. & that we were soldiers together in Capt Belcher's Co. in Col. Lattimer's Reg't and I know s'd Dean served six months in said Co. as stated by him in his declaration of 14. Sept. 1833. I also know said Dean served 8 months in Capt. Rogers Company in Col. Enos' Reg't at Horse neck in 1777 as stated in said declaration - the deponent & said Dean served together in both those campaigns - 
/s/David Dana
Subscribed & sworn the 5. March 1834 and I certify said David Dana is a credible witness
/s/R Temple Jus. Peace
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State of Vermont
I Robert Pierpoint, Clerk of Rutland County Court, do certify, that Rob't Temple before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken, is a Justice of Peace for said County duly commissioned - and that his name thereof is in his own hand writing. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the sel of said Court this 6" day of March 1834
/s/R. Pierpoint
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Enos Dean
to be allowed 6 mo in Enos' Reg
6 in Safford Co
12 mo private
40
R. Temple Esq
Rutland Vt.
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[handwritten letter]
War Department, 
Pension Office, 
April 18" 1834. 

Sir,
Enos Dean alleged in his original declaration, that in April 1777, he enlisted for 8 months in Capt. Belcher's Compy. in Col. Enos' Regiment. This service is sworn to by David Dana. The term of serving being longer than that has been allowed to those who claim to have served in that Regiment, a doubt arose as to the fact of his service, and the papers were returned for explanation. He now alleges that he enlisted in April 1777. for 6 months. If he was discharged from Col. Lattimore's Regiment on the 1st November 1776, that was a militia Regiment, the  period of whose service was very temporary - probably not making two months. Further explanation relative to this
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[handwritten letter continued]
his term of service is necessary before the claim can be admitted. The papers are returned together with the letter of R. Temple Esqr. to you. 
I have the honor to be V. honr'ble
/s/J. L. Edwards
Hon. H. Everett
Ho of Reps. }
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[handwritten letter]
Rutland 2d April 1834

Dr Sir
I believe all the objections made to the enclose can be answered - please send it in again. I have day after to-morrow, & shall see you in the course of a fortnight
Yours truly
/s/R. Temple
Hon. H. Everett
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Enos Dean
Rec' with ad. declaration & cert of Judge that there is no clergyman in vicinity
Hon H. Everett HR
ans'd Apl 18, 1834
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension office. 

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 show 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 Enos Dean.
[column headings: Period when the service was rendered|Duration of the claimant's service.(Years.|Months.|Days.)|Rank of the claimant.|Names and Rank of the Field officers under whom he served.|Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.|Proof by which the declaration is supported.|]
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, 
JAMES 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 et 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, 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. 
State, Territory, or District of} County of} ss. 
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers : 
[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 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 [blank] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [blank] 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. 
I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &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 [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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 investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a RevoIutionary 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 [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank]&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 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 
[margin note: Service in Enos' Reg. 1777 so much over stated as to render it doubtful whether claimant belonged to that corps must she whether in constant service in 1781 in Safford's Co.]
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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 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.
6.{To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer.{Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
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 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.
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 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 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.

[a] 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.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he most assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] 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 loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making au 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 ____ . 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 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 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 place 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.
[f]The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion or the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no 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 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.
[j] 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 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.
⇒The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.