Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 1997, Ethan Clark, N.H.
Page 1

N.H.
Clark, Ethan.  R1997
Lucy
Page 2

                                               20.253
New York
Ethan Clark
[illegible] Oneida in the State of NYork
who was a private in the [illegible] commanded by [illegible] Captain Selah of the [illegible]commanded by [illegible] in the N Yk
[illegible] for G [illegible
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York [illegible] at the rate of 399 dollars no cents per annum
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of August 1833 and [illegible] JC Baker 
[illegible]
Arrears to the 4th of [illegible] $60
semi amount allowance ending [illegible] 15
$75
Revolutionary Claim 
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by GC Stiles clerk
Book 6 Vol 3 Page 52
Sent to Isaac Lawrence
20 Sep 1833
Page 3

Ethan Clarke
(Ethan Clark)
14/41
aom
9 m0 [illegible] Nelsons
company Waits Regt
30$ p annum
[illegible] to have been taken was at the
Page 4

Declaration
Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress papered June 7, 1832
State of New York County of Oneida
As on this eleventh day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common [illegible]
for the County of Oneida + State of New York [illegible] [illegible] Ethan Clark a resident of the town of Marcy in the County of Oneida aforesaid, aged sixty eight 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 [illegible] June 7 1832
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers + served as here in stated,
he was born in the town of Saybrook in the state of Connecticut on the eighth day of May in the year 1764 That he has no record of his age, he moved from Saybrook aforesaid to Claramont in the state of new Hampshire in the year 1768 he thinks it was in the winter the month he does not recollect. He then removed to the town of Whitestown County of Oneida State of New York in the year 1789 in the forepart of the month of February resided there upwards of twenty years When he removed to the town of Westmoreland in Said County resided there upwards of four years according to his best recollection after he removed back to the town of Whitestown aforesaid resided there about ten years. Then removed to the town of Deerfield in Oneida County now Macy where hs has ever since resided + still does reside
Page 5

That he lived at Claramont in the State of New Hampshire at all times when he entered the service, he enlisted at Claramont aforesaid in the month of June 1780 in Captain Selahs company, the Lieut's name was Smally he thinks they had no ensign if they did he did not know them in Col Waits regiment.
Page 19

Oneida County ss.
Lucy Porter of the Town of Whitestown in said County aged Seventy years, being duly sworn according to Law says that she was well acquainted with Ethan Clark and Lucy his wife of Whitestown deceased, and that it is more than fifty two years since this Deponent first became acquainted with said Ethan & Lucy Clark. That the said Ethan & Lucy were then living together as husband & wife, & that the said Ethan & Lucy, at the time this Deponent first became acquainted with them, had three children, to wit Ethan Clark, Betsey Clark, & Abigail Clark, and that the said Ethan Clark last mentioned, (if now living) is more than sixty years of age. That the said Ethan Clark & Lucy his wife and family resided within one half mile of the residence of this Deponent, and that the said Ethan & Lucy were reputed to be husband & wife, and that this deponent never heard the marriage of the said Ethan & Lucy questioned. And from this deponents knowledge of the said Ethan & Lucy & their family, this of Deponent has no hesitation in saying that the said Ethan & Lucy were husband & wife, & that the said Ethan, Betsey & Abigail, she believes to be the children of the said Ethan & Lucy Clark, and that she has no interest in the event of this Claim.
[signature] Lucy Porter
Subscribed and sworn to this 3d day of February AD 1853.
before me  [signature] Morris Wilcox Justice of the peace of said County
Page 20

And I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the foregoing named Lucy Porter, and have known her many years, and also that I am acquainted with Mehetabel Morrill, the Deponent whose name appears on the following sheet, and that they are both of them, persons of undoubted respectability & truth, and that their statements in their affadavits are entitled to the fullest credit, and I further certify that I have no Interest whatever in the event of this claim.
Dated at Whitestown Oneida County & State of New York This 3d day of February A.D. 1853.
[signature] Morris Wilcox Justice of the peace of said County
Page 21

Oneida County ss. 
Mehetabel Morrell of the Town of Westmoreland in said County aged Sixty two years, being duly sworn according to Law Deposes & says, that in the year (1799) Seventeen hundred and Ninety nine her Father, John Hill, removed from Cambridge, Washington County & State of New York, to the town of Whitestown in the County of Oneida. And that this deponent, Then a Child, accompanied him to the town of Whitestown aforesaid, and settled in the immediate neighborhood of Ethan Clark & Lucy his wife, who then resided in the said Town of Whitestown, and were living together as Husband and wife. And that the said Ethan & Lucy then had three children To wit, Ethan Clark, Betsey Clark & Abigail Clark. That the said Children of the said Ethan & Lucy Clark attended the same school with this Deponent for a long time, and that this Deponent has been well acquainted with the said Abigail to the present time. And this Deponent says that she has no hesitation in stating that the said Ethan & Lucy Clark were Husband & wife; as this deponent recollects an ancedote of their marriage, To wit that a friend of the said Lucy, who was absent at the time of the Marriage, and on her return home was informed of the said Marriage, & observed to the said Lucy that she had always understood that Matches were made in Heaven, but if so, the said Lucy could have but few friends there; that this Deponent heard this ancedote soon after becoming acquainted with said family, & after repeated since. And this Deponent further says, that the said Ethan, Son of said Ethan & Lucy, if now living, must be over sixty years of age & that she has no interest in this claim.
[signature] Mehetabel Morrill
Subscribed & Sworn to this 3d day of February A,D. 1853 before me.
[signature] Morris Wilcox Justice of the peace of Oneida County
Page 22

State of New York
Oneida County ss: 
Beulah Tyler of the Town of Westmoreland in said County aged Sixty two years, being duly sworn according to law says that she was well acquainted with Ethan and Lucy Clark named in the foregoing affadavit and knew them as long ago as the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety Eight, or Ninety Nine, and that they were then living together as Husband and wife at Whitestown in the County of Oneida and continued so to live together as husband & wife till the decease of said Ethan Clark. That the said Ethan Clark & Lucy his wife had Three Children, to wit, Ethan Clark, Betsey Clark & Abigal Clark, and that this Deponent attended School at Whitestown aforesaid with the said Ethan, Betsey & Abigail, & that the said Ethan Clark (if living) would be now over sixty years of age, that this Deponent has been well acquainted with the said Abigail to the present time, that she has never heard the Marriage of the said Ethan and Lucy Clark questioned & that this deponent has no hesitation in stating that they were husband & wife. And that she has heard the foregoing affadavit of Mehetebal Morrell read and knows the same to be true, and that she has no interest in the event of this Claim.
[signature] Beulah Tyler
Subscribed & Sworn this 3d day of February 1853 before me Morris Wilcox Justice of the peace of the County of Oneida. And I hereby certify that I have been well acquainted with the named Beulah Tyler for thirty years past, and that she is a woman of respectability, and that her statements & affadavit are entitled to the fullest credit. 
[signature] Morris Wilcox Justice of the peace
And I further Certify that that I have no interest whatever in the event of this claim.
[signature] Morris Wilcox Justice of the peace of Oneida County
Page 23

State of New York
Oneida County ss.
George Paden of the Town of Marcy in said County aged forty five years, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says, I was acquainted with Ethan Clark who lived in the Town of Marcy aforesaid. I saw said Ethan Clark when he died, which occurred fourteen years ago last fall at Marcy aforesaid, and I helped to lay him out, and I shaved him the said Ethan Clark after his death, and I dug his Grave and saw him Buried at Marcy aforesaid And I have often heard said Ethan Clark say that Abigail Kimball was his daughter, and that Ethan Clark was his son; and I further say, that I have no interest in the event of this claim.
[signature] George Paden
Subscribed & Sworn to this 12th day of March 1853 before me Morris Wilcox Justice of the peace of said County. And I further certify that I know the above named George Paden to be a man of truth & veracity and much respected in his town, and that his Statements in the foregoing affadavit are entitled to full credit; and I further certify that I have no Interest whatever in the event of this Claim, Dated at Whitestown March 12th 1853.
[signature] Morris Wilcox Justice of the peace of said County of Oneida
Page 24

State of New York
County of Oneida ss.
County Clerks Office
I Richard Hurbert Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Erastus Clark, Esqr. before whom the foregoing declaration purporting to be signed by Abigail Kimball, was subscribed and deposed to, was at the time said Declaration bears date the Recorder of the City of Utica, and that the Recorders Court of said City, is a Court of Record, by Statute. That the handwriting of said Recorder, is well known to me. And that the signature of said Judge, to said Declaration is his, the said Recorder proper hand writing and genuine.
And I further certify that Morris Wilcox Esqr. before whom the foregoing affidavits were subscribed and deposed to, was at the several times, which said affidavits bear date 'was' a Justice of the peace in and for said County, and duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes. That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Wilcox. That the signatures to the Jurats of said affidavits are the proper hand writing of said Justice and his genuine signatures. I further certify that I have no interest in the event of the application aforesaid for Pension Money and that I am not retained, or employed, in the prosecution thereof.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed the seal of said County this [blank] day of April 1853.
[signature] Richard Hulbert Clerk
Page 25

14,741
Ethan Clark
Oneida Co. N. York

Admitted
9 mo. Private

J C Baker PM
Whitestown N. Y.

[some calculations on the left]
Page 26

BRIEF in the case of Ethan Clark of Oneida Co. in the State of N. York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3. How old is he? 68 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
| Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. |
| June in 1780 | [blank] Years, 3 Months, [blank] Days. | As a Private | Capt. Selah, Col. Wait |
| June 1781 | [blank] Years, 6 Months. [blank] Days. | As a " | Capt. Nelson, Col. Wait |
5. In what battles was he engaged? none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Claremont N. Hampshire
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[signature] Richard Cutts Examining Clerk.
Page 27

Arad Joy, Spril 21st 1845
See "ltr in clm" August 11 1845
R5076 of Wm. Hobart
to H same Oct 14. '45
A. C. Crary, July 12 /53
Page 28

State of New York
County of Oneida ss.
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County Judge Truman Enos of the town of Westmoreland in said County aged sixty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth & saith, that he is personally acquainted with Lucy Clark of Whitestown who applied for a pension as the widow of Ethan Clark a pensioner of the of the United States. That he was personally acquainted with said Ethan & Lucy Clark forty or more years since as he knows that he was acquainted with them some years previous to the great Eclipse of 1806. That he frequently visited the house of said Ethan Clark & Lucy Clark, his present widow, and that at the time of this deponents first acquaintance, they were living together as husband & wife and that they then had a family of children, the eldest of which must have been at least twelve or sixteen years of age. And that this deponent has known said Ethan & Lucy Clark from that time untill the decease of said Ethan Clark and knows that they lived together as man and wife, and that they were reputed such by all that knew them & that from his personal acquaintance with widow Lucy Clark, the applicant for a pension, he should place the most implicit confidence in her statements respecting the marriage.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 25th day of July 1844.
[signature] Truman Enos
Subscribed and sworn before me this 25th day of July 1844.
[signature] Amzi Doolittle, Justice
I certify that the above named Judge Truman Enos is a highly  respectable person and in whose statements, we can & should place the most implicit confidence.
[signature] Amzi Doolittle, Justice
State of New York
County of Oneida ss.
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said County Lucy Porter of Whitestown in said County aged sixty one years, who after being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that she was acquainted with Lucy Clark, who made application for a pension, as the widow of Ethan Clark, a Revolution any pensioner, forty four years since, or in the year
Page 29

of our Lord, One Thousand Eight hundred. This fact she is confident of, as she was married, (according to the record of her marriage in the family bible, which she certifies is a true record of the same) on the Eighth day of January AD One thousand Eight hundred and one. That she was acquainted with said Ethan Clark and his present widow Lucy Clerk previous to her marriage, and knows that at that time they were living together as husband & wife, and that at the time of this deponents first acquaintance, said Lucy Clark, the applicant for a pension, and Ethan Clark, for whose revolutionary services she claims a pension, had a family of children, the eldest of which was ten or twelve years of age. That at the time of this deponents marriage as above stated in the year AD 1801, she was living with said Ethan & Lucy Clark, near neighbor, and that as to the above particulars, she is confident. That she has resided in the town of Whitestown from that time untill the present, and that from her personal acquaintance with the aforesaid Ethan and Lucy Clark from the year 1800, she knows that they have been reputed & believed to have been lawfully married and that from her intimate acquaintance with said Lucy Clark, who is the identical person & widow, who was the wife of said Ethan Clark, at this deponents first acquaintance, she believes her to be a person of undoubted truth & veracity, whose statements ought not be questioned as to the truth of the same.
[signature] Lucy Porter
Subscribed & sworn before me this 25th day of July 1844.
Amzi Doolittle Justice
I certify that the above named Lucy Porter is a highly respectable person, whose statements under oath, are not to the doubted, and further I certify that the following is a true copy of the record of her marriage as it is recorded in her family bible. 
"Elias Porter & Lucy Ballard were married in Whitestown by Rev. Bethuel Dodd. Jan 8th A.D. 1801."
[signature] Amzi Doolittle, Justice

State of New York
Oneida County Clerk office ss.
I Delos Dewolf Clerk of said County aforesaid do hereby certify that Amzi Doolittle Esq whose name is Subscribed to the above affidavit & certificate was at the time of taking such affidavit and making such certificate a Justice of the peace in and for said County dwelling in said County and Sworn and duly authorized to act as such and further the I am
Page 30

well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice and verily believe that the signatures purporting to be his to such affidavit & certificate are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas in said County this 27th day of July 1844
Delos Dewolf C M
Page 31

Arad Joy Esq
Orid.
Seneca Co
N.Y
18
[stamp] [illegible] may 6

This is erroneously transmitted as evidence in the case of Ichabod G Clark who services were in the Mass. militia.
G W C
Page 32

State of Vermont
Secretary of States Office
Burlington, May 5, 1845
I I. McM Shafter, Secretary of State of Vermont
hereby certify that upon an original Pay Roll of Capt. Charles Nelson's Company Col. Waits Regt. for Revolutionary service now on record in this office occurs the name of Ethan Clark, with an allowance to him of L1..2..8. for service from the commencement of the campaign of 1781, to June 30 of that year.
12 ds.
I also certify that the name of the said Ethan Clark, occurs upon another like Pay Roll of the said Capt. Nelson, with an allowance to him for service from July 1 1781 to the commencement of another certain Roll of said company for said year 1781, for seventy three days.
2.13
I also certify that the name of the said Ethan Clark occurs upon another the Pay Roll of the said Capt. Nelson with an allowance
2.25
Page 33

to him for service for one month & twenty seven days commencing Sept 14 1781.
I also further certify that each of the foregoing Pay Rolls were audited and allowed by committee appointed by and acting under the authority of this State. That the same have been paid by this state as appears of heads in this office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of this office this 5th day of May AD 1845.
I. McM Shafter
Secretary of State of Vermont

Fee $2.

2.25
1.20
-----
4:15
Page 34

This is erronerously transmitted as evidence in the case of Ichabod G Clark whose services were in the Mass. militia.
G W C
Page 35

War Department
Pension Office
May 11 1833
Sir,
I herewith enclose you the papers of a claim, in which, the name of the applicant cannot be satisfactorily decyphered.
I am Respectfully
Yr. Obt. Servt.
J L Edwards

J. C. Baker Esq PM
Whitestown N. Y.
Page 36

Sept 15 1845
Recd of Lucy Clark
[stamp] OVID N. Y. SEP 12

10

Hon J L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Page 37

Ovid N.Y. Sept 10. 45
Sir
Yours of the 11th Ultimo, in the case of Lucy Clark, I beg leave very respectfully to suppose that there may have been an error in your decision in this case; if I read correctly, the Secy. of Vermont states that Ethan Clark served from the commencement of the campaign of 1781 to 30th of June of that year. I suppose this to be a 3 months tour, though the amt. of pay, may be balance of pay L1.2.8. If this is 3 months, the remainder is about 5 months, making 8 months, recurring in this way, It does to me at least look like a clear case for over 6 months Service. I ask justice only.
Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
[signature] Arad Joy

Hon J L Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Page 38

June 26 /45
Addl to case
Lucy Clarke
[stamp] OVID N.Y. JUN 23

FREE

Hon J. L. Edwards
Comr. of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Page 39

Ovid June 23d 1845
Sir
I enclose Secy. certif. of Vermont for the Service of Ethan Clark, Supposed to be for the service of the late husband of Lucy Clark, whose papers are on file & were answered by you on the 21. April.
Respectfully your
Most Obt Servt
[signature] Arad Joy

Hon J L Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Page 40

Feb 24, 1845.
Addl to case
Lucy Clarke.
J
[stamp] OVID N.Y. FEB [illegible]

FREE

Hon J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Page 41

Ovid Feb 20th 1845
Dear Sir
I beg leave respectfully to enclose application & proof of Lucy Clark &c. I may be allowed respectfully to say that it appears in evidence of time, that the widow had long since filed her papers, I hope they may be found on file, possibly they may have got into some other Clerks bundle. I trust an examination will be made for them, & whether found or not, the department will treat the widow as to her pension as if they had have been filed, as the presumption is that they have, but as this world is full of deception you will judge of this matter, I believe her application must have been forwarded to you, & that it may be on file, let justice take place is all I ask. 
Respectfully
Your most Obed Servt
[signature] Arad Joy

Hon J L Edward
Comr of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Page 42

Dec 23d 44
NY
[stamp] [18 illegible]
Lucy Clark

FREE

Hon J. L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Page 43

Ovid Dec 18th 44
Hon J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Dear Sir
I have the case of Lucy Clark. I am informed by Willis Wade, that he forwarded to your address on the 8th Augt last further proof, may I be allowed respectfully to call your attention to the case, and report the same to me.
Respectfully your more
Obt Servt
Arad Joy
Page 44

Loren P Waldo Esqr
Comr of Pensns
City of Washington D. C.
Page 45

Son
City of Utica N. York
April 12" 1853
Sir
Enclosed are the Declaration & evidence in the application of Mrs Abigail Kimball for the Pension Money due her Mother, the widow of Eathan Clark, at on decease.
Mr Eathan Clark drew a Pension. Mrs Clark, his widow, as I am informed, applied and together with very many others to whom Congress granted Revolutionary Pensrs were deprived of their just dues by the silly course pursued at the Pension Office. The Marriage of Mrs Clark to Eathan Clark, can only be proved in this State, by the evidence of those who have known since 1790 of their living together as husband and wife. This in this State proves a Marriage in everything except on indictment for bigamy, and would always have been sufficient at the Pension Office.
I am Sir Very Respy
[signature] Archd C Crary

Loren P Waldo Esqr
Comr of Pensns
Page 46

11,887
Lucy Clark 1st
N.Y.
Act 7 July 38
m 85 d 38.
He died Sept. 12, 1838
She died Nov. 17, 1848
1997
Page 47

Rome Augst 8th 1844
Sir
I beg leave to present the Depositions, herewith transmitted in support of Mrs Lucy Clark's application for a pension, which was made from this, (Oneida) County some time since & suspended for further proof of marriage. I hope, after examining the affidavits of Judge Enos, Thos Porter & others, all respectable people as certified by Justices, you will be pleased to consider this case more favourably. This appears to be the best available proof possible. After an examination of the papers in support of said claim please ffavor me with the decision.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Obt Servt
[signature] Willis Wade

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Page 48

1.997
Lucy Clark
Service: widow of Ethan
Enlisted: [blank], 18[blank].
Discharged: [blank], 18[blank]..
Application filed: ]blank]. 18[blank].
[illegible]ges: [blank]
[illegible]enlisted: [blank]
Attorney: [blank]
P.O. [blank]
[blank] Recognized. [blank] Contract.
[blank] Cert. of Dis. Searched for [blank], 18[blank].
Page 49

State of New York
County of Oneida ss.
Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace and for said County, Abigail Kimball of Whitestown in said County, aged forty six years the tenth day of December 1843. Eighteen hundred & forty three who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith, that she is a child of Ethan Clark who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States from Oneida County, and who died on the twelfth day of September Eight hundred & Thirty Eight in said County leaving as his widow Lucy Clark who is this deponents Mother and who made application for a pension from Oneida County as such widow of Ethan Clark a pensioner of the United States, and to whom a pension was not granted, but whose application was suspended for further proof of marriage. That this deponent is the fifth child of said Ethan Clark & Lucy Clark, all own brothers and sisters to this deponent.
That this deponent has not a record of her age at present, but has had a record which she has kept as the true record of her age, marriage & age of her children for more than twenty years, which record was destroyed some five or six years since That her Mother the aforesaid Lucy Clark his not any record of her marriage, nor has she ever kept any that this deponent has seen. That her eldest brother if living must be, and is, between fifty five and sixty years of age.
Sworn & subscribed before me this 10th day of July 1844.
[signature] Abigail Kimball
I certify that the above named person is entitled to full credit to all statements made under oath by her.
[signature] W. S. Wetmore

State of New York
County of Oneida ss.
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County Daniel Ferguson of Whitestown in said County, aged sixty years and upwards, who after being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith That he has been personally acquainted for forty five to fifty years with Ethan Clark who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States from Oneida County N.Y. and who died in the year One thousand Eight hundred and Thirty Eight on the 12th day of September. That said Ethan Clark left at his death a widow. Viz. Lucy Clark who applied for a pension under the law of 1838, as such widow of
Page 50

said Ethan Clark a pensioner and whose of application was suspended for further proof of her marriage that this distinctly recollects of his being acquainted with said Ethan Clark & his present widow Lucy Clark, the applicant for a pension, previous to the great Eclipse of June 1806, and knows that this applicant for a pension Viz, widow Lucy Clark is the very identical person & widow, who was at that time, the wife of said Ethan Clark for whose Revolutionary services she is claiming a pension. And further this deponent knows, that at the time of said Eclipse in the year 1806, they were living together as man and wife and that they had at that time, a family of children, the eldest of which was a young man grown and near twenty years of age. That said widow Lucy Clark has not married, but remains the widow of said Ethan Clark the pensioner, and that from his long acquaintance with the said Lucy Clark, the applicant for a pension, he considers her a person of undoubted truth & veracity and should believe any statements she should make respecting her marriage, to be true.
[signature] Daniel Furguson
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 18th day of July 1844.
[signature] W. S. Wetmore Justice
I certify that Daniel Furguson above named is a person in whose statements we can & should place implicit confidence and further certify that the words "for forty five to fifty years" interlined upon the opposite page of this sheet was so done here for executed. Also that the word "Ethan" in the two foregoing affidavits were written upon erasures before executed.
[signature] W. S. Wetmore Justice

State of New York
Clerks Office
Oneida County ss.
I Delos Dewolf Clerk of the said County certify that W. S. Wetmore Esquire was on the 10th day of July 1844 a Justice of the peace in and for the said County, duly elected and qualified to act as such, and that the signatures purporting to be those of the said Justice, subscribed to the authentication of the foregoing depositions &c are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County and Subscribed my name July 12. 1844. 
[signature] Delos Dewolf Clerk for James Edgar Dep Clk
Page 51

State of New York
County of Oneida ss.
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County Enoch Story of Whitestown in said County aged Eighty six years, who after being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he has been personally acquainted with Ethan Clark who was a pensioner from the County of Oneida N Y State and who died in the year 1838 on the twelfth day of September. For the space of forty or fifty years, that he was also acquainted with Lucy Clark whom he left as his widow at his death. That this Widow Lucy Clark, the applicant for a pension under the act of 1838, is the identical person and widow, who was the wife of said Ethan Clark, at this deponents first acquaintance, and at the time of the great Elise they had a family of children the eldest, a young man grown who was near twenty years of age at that time.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 10th day of July 1844
[signature] X his mark Enoch Story
[signature] W. S. Wetmore Justice