Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6309, Isaiah Vorys, New Jersey
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
New Jersey

Vorys, Isaiah
or Vory

NUMBER
S. 6309

carded

CONTENTS
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13030
Ohio
Isaiah Vory
of Franklin in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Johnson of the Regt. commanded by Col. Beavers in the N Jersy Militia for 2 years

Isaiah Vorys Records corrected May 31/04.

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 80 Dollars --- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of May 1833 and sent to Rob Ware Columbus Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833  $160.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 33  40.00
$200.00

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk,
Book E Vol. 8 Page 27

(right side vertical)
Died March 16 - 1834 ( on A.B.)
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[writing running up the left side of the page] Jonah Vory 15[illegible]

State of Ohio
Franklin County ss

On this 26th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Isaiah Vorys a resident of the Town of Columbus, in the County aforesaid, aged eighty two 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 the 7th. 1832.

That he entered into service as a Volunteer soldier in the State of New Jersey on the 3rd. day of August 1776 and continued as a private, corporal or Sergeant nearly two years; that he was then Commissioned as Ensign in Capt. Cornelius Johnson's Company attached to a Regt. commanded by Col. George Beavers Lt. Col. Abram Burnel and Majr. Runandyke, that he continued in service as a volunteer Ensign for more than two years,(being discharged in the year 1781) under different Captains:--he was with Capt Francis Locke who was killed in the battle of Elizabethtown in New Jersey--that Genl. Frelinhusen commanded as Col in this battle (a small man but of great wit. [last 2 words underlined) He resided in Huntington County N. Jersey, near Sherwood's ferry (now called French Town;)--was always a volunteer [3 words underlined] and attached to the Flying "Camp" (or Corps" and was marched from place to place within the State of N. Jersey defending the coast from the British upon all emergencies & assisting to suppress and arrest the Tories:-- (he assisted in taking the celebrated Tory Wm. Thatcher, the most perfectly formed man he ever saw.)

He says he was of Low Dutch descent--that his father's register of his children was kept in an old Dutch Bible, and well recollected (altho' the register is now lost) that his name was registered as being born on the 5th. August 1750. He has lived in N. Jersey & Ohio since the Revolutionary War--he was never attached to the command of any Regular Officers & recollects none of their names if he ever knew them--he received a Commission and kept it until within a few years past when it was lost or mislaid--he is known to all the
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old settlers of Columbus--but refers to Lincoln Goodale the Revd. James Hoge, Gustavus Levous[sp?], Joel Buttlez and Robert Russel--he has no documentary evidence & he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that he name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.

Sworn and subscribed the day & year above. 
Isaiah Vorys [an X is between the first and last names, with "his mark" next to it]


We George Jeffries a Clergyman & Benjamin Sells residing in the town of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaiah Vorys who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty two years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he residez to have been a solder of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
[signature]Geo Jeffries
Pastor Batios Church in Columbus
[signature]Bjn Sells

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
[signature]Att. A.J. McDowell Clk


And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatoriez prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he statez. And the Court further certifies that is appears to them that George Jeffries who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident of in the town of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; and that Benj. Sellz who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
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I, Abram J. McDowell, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing containz the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Isaiah Vorys for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto sit my hand & seal of Office this 26th. day of September A.D. 1832.
[signature]Att. A.J.McDowell Clk

[faint image of a seal on the left side of the page]
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Know all men by these presents that I Isaiah Vorys of the County of Franklin State of Ohio, do hereby constitute and appoint Robert Ware my true and lawful attorney with a power of substitution for me and in my name to receive from the United Statez the amount of pay now due to me, under the Act, entitled an Act supplementary to an Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution, approved on the 7th day of June 1832 as an Ensign in Flying Camp (or Corps) within the State of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War.

Witness my hand and seal this day[crossed out] 20th of October 1832

Isaiah Vorys [an X is between the first and last names with "his mark" next to it; the word "seal" with a curly line around it is next to the last name]

Signed sealed and delivered in presence of
[signature]John Kelly
[signature]Jacob B Sprague


State of Ohio, Franklin County ss:

Before me an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared this day Isaiah Vorys whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed; and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer or of any attachment, levy or seizure by any legal process whatever of the pay therein authorized to be received; but that the said pay is intended to enune[sp?] wholly to his personal benefit.

Witness my hand this 20th day of Octr. 1832.
[signature]J. Kelly Justice of the Peace [the word "Seal" with a curly line around it is underneath]
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State of Ohio Franklin County ss:

Before me J. Kelly- an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesd. personally appeared this day Robert Ware the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any transfer or of any attachment, levy or seizure by any legal process whatever of the pay therein authorized to be received but that the said pay is intended to enune [sp?] wholly to the personal benefit of the person by whom the said power was executed.

Witness my hand this 20th day of October 1832.
[signature] John Kelly Jus of the Peace [the word Seal with a circled line around it is next to the signature]


Secretary of State's office, Columbus.
State of Ohio ss:

I Moses H Kirby Secretary of State in and for the State of Ohio to certify that John Kelly before whom the several foregoing affidavits were acknowleged and sworn, was & is a Justice of the peace duly empowered to administer oaths, and that due credit should be given to his Official acts.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set me hand & affixed the great seal of the State aforesaid this 20th. October 1832/

[signature]Moses H. Kirby,
Secretary of State

[seal affixed to the left of the last paragraph above]
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No 15019
Isaiah Vorys
Franklin County
Ohio

Retun 5.

Robert Ware
Columbus Ohio
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BRIEF in the case of Isaiah Vorys. 
of Franklin County in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  
a Court.

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]

3. How old is he?
82

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
In 1776

Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers Under whom he served.
for nearly 2 years continued As a Private, Corporal or Sergeant [illegible]
more than 2 years- Ensign Capt. Johnson, Col. Beavers, Maj. Run 

5. In what battles was he engaged?
none

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Huntingdon Co N. J.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Traditionary evidence

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]Dyer Castor
Examining Clerk.
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March 11, 1936

Isaiah Vorys-S.6309
BA-J/AWF

The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Isaiah Vorys, soldier of the War of the Revolution, who died March 16, 1834 in Ohio.
 
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 6309, based upon the service of Isaiah Vorys in the Revolutionary War.

Isaiah Vorys was born August 5, 1750 and was of "Low Dutch descent". The place of his birth is not shown, nor are the names of his parents given

While living near Sherwood's Ferry (later called French Town), Hunterdon County, New Jersey, he enlisted August 3, 1776, served as private, corporal, sergeant, and ensign in Captain Francis Lock's company, Colonel Frelinghuysen's New Jersey regiment, and in Captain Cornelius Johnson's company, Colonel Beavers' New Jersey regiment, was in the battle of Elizabethtown, and was discharged in 1781. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed, September 26, 1832, at which time he was living in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. He died March 16, 1834.

The papers in this claim contain no reference
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to the family of the solder, Isaiah Vorys.

The application for headstone for Isaiah Vorys, and a letter by Mrs. William S. VanFossen, 48 Auburn Avenue, Columbus, Ohio in which she gives a description of Isaiah Vorys, are returned herewith.

Very truly yours

G. H. SWEET
Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[handwritten remarks on the left side of the page]
1925-Apr. 15-Hist. to Mrs. Robt. Kinney MMHF
1935-Dec 12-  "      "    "    Ralph Henderson [illegible]
1936-Jan 13-  "      "     "   J.R. Long [illegible]
1936-Feb 14-Mrs. W. S. Van Fossen [illegible] Reference for tombstone inf. MMHF
1936-Mch 11-hist to [illegible] Br. [illegible]

[right side of the page]
Rev War

6309
INVALID

File No. 6309
Isaiah Vory*
Privt Rev War

Act: June 7 1832
Index:--Vol. M, Page 387
(Arrangement of 1870.)

*Isaiah Vorys. May 24/04
Records corrected. [initials illegible]
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February 14, 1936

XXXXXXXXXXXXX

ISAIAH VORYS
S. 6309
BA-J/MMHF:MLB

Mrs. W. S. Van Fossen
48 Auburn Avenue
Columbus, Ohio

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request to know to which Government department you should apply for information in regard to obtaining a Government marker for the grave of Isaiah Vorys, a Revolutionary War soldier, whose grave has been located in Greenlawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio.

For the information you desire, you should apply to the Memorial Branch, Office of the Quartermaster General, War Department, this city.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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January 13, 1936

Isaiah Vorys-S.6309
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. J. R. Long
157 East Como Avenue
Columbus, Ohio

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Isaiah Vory who was a pensioner in Franklin County, Ohio in 1833.

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 6309, based upon the service of Isaiah Vorys or Vory in the War of the Revolution.

Isaiah Vorys was born August 5, 1750 and was of "Low Dutch descent". The place of his birth is not shown, nor are the names of his parents stated.

While living near Sherwood's Ferry (later called French Town), Hunterdon County, New Jersey, he enlisted August 3, 1776, served as private, corporal, sergeant, and ensign in Captain Francis Lock's company, Colonel Frelinghuysen's New Jersey Regiment, and in Captain Cornelius Johnson's Company, Colonel Beavers' New Jersey Regiment, was in the battle of Elizabethtown, and was discharged in 1781. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 26, 1832, at which time he was living in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. He died March 16, 1834.

The papers in this claim contain no reference
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to the family of the soldier, Isaiah Vorys.

If you desire information in regard to the name of person to whom the last payment of his pension was sent, you should apply to The  General Accounting Office, Comptroller General, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the following:

Isaiah Vory (as he was pensioned)
Certificate # 13030
Issued May 3, 1833
Rate $80.00 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Ohio Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Isaiah Vorys-S.6309
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Ralph Henderson
813_25th Street
Sioux City, Iowa

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Isaiah Vory, a pensioner living in Columbus, Ohio.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 6309, based upon the service of Isaiah Vorys in the Revolutionary War.

Isaiah Vorys [Vory) was born August 5, 1750 and was of "Low Dutch descent". The place of his birth is not shown, nor are the names of his parents stated.

While living near Sherwood's Ferry (later called French Town), Hunterdon County, New Jersey, he enlisted August 3, 1776, served as private, corporal, sergeant, and ensign in Captain Francis Lock's company, Colonel Frelinghuysen's New Jersey regiment, and Captain Cornelius Johnson's company, Colonel Beavers' New Jersey Regiment, was at the battle of Elizabethtown and was discharged in 1781. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 26, 1832, at which time he was living in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. He died March 16, 1834.

The papers in this claim contain no reference
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to the family of the soldier, Isaiah Vorys.

If you desire information in regard to the name of person to whom the last payment of his pension was sent, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the following data:

Isaiah Vory (as he was pensioned)
Certificate # 13030
Issued May 3, 1833
Rate $80.00 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Ohio Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section

April 15, 1935

Mrs. Robert Kinney
126 Mill St.,
Nelsonville, Ohio.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary Ware pension claim S. 6309 it appears that Isaiah Vorys (or Vory) was born August 5, 1750 and was of Low Dutch descent.

While living near Sherwood's Ferry(which was later called French Town), Hunterdon County, New Jersey, he enlisted August 3, 1776,served as private, Corporal, Sergeant and Ensign in Captain Francis Lock's Company, Colonel Frelinghuysen's New Jersey Regiment and Captain Cornelius Johnson's Company, Colonel Beavers' New Jersey Regiment, was at the battle of Elizabethtown and was discharged in 1781. 
[handwritten note inserted between Colonel and Beavers': did not use George as it was Jos.]

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 26, 1832 while a resident of Columbus,Franklin County, Ohio. He died March 16, 1834.

There is no data on file as to his family.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.

[handwritten note running down the left side of the page: Could find soldier only as a pvt. in the N.J. book, so did not specify length of ser. as "Ensign for over 2 yrs-" as he was pensioned so just put ranks all together.]
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[letterhead]
[D.A.R logo]
Columbus Chapter, D. A. R.
Columbus, Ohio

[stamp next to letterhead]
RECEIVED
FEB 10 1936
MAIL SUB. DIV.
VETS ADM
READER #10

February 8, 1936

Veterans' Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

I have understood that the Veterans' Administration or some branch of the War Dept. will furnish stones for unmarked soldiers' graves.

In Greenlawn, our largest city cemetery, there is the unmarked grave of Isaiah Vorys, [last name underlined] a Revolutionary soldier. We have located the grave from the Cemetery Association records and plat. The lot is well kept and there are a number of other marked burials on it.

Our Chapter is arranging to place our official bronze marker on this grave but that does not show the name or give dates of birth and death.

Please tell me where and how to apply for a U.S.Gov't marker.

Yours truly,
[signature]Katherine H. Van Fossen
(Mrs. W.S.)
Chairman, Revolutionary Graves Committee.
48 Auburn Avenue.
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[stamp in top left corner]
RECEIVED
NOV 20 1935
[2 lines illegible]
#23

[letterhead]
Columbus Genealogical Society
(INCORPORATED JANUARY 15, 1931)
Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio
Nov. 14, 1935

Veterans administration,
Washington, D.C.

Do you have anything on the Revolutionary War Record of Isaiah Vory [name underlined] who was a pensioner in Franklin County, Ohio in 1833. He died in Columbus Ohio, March 16, 1834 & served in the New Jersey militia.

I shall be very glad for what ever information you may give me on his record.

Very respectfully-
Frances Long

Mrs. J. R. Long,
157 East Como Ave.
Columbus,
Ohio.
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[stamp in top right corner]
RECEIVED
NOV 23 1935
[2 lines illegible]
#27

813 25th Street
Sioux City, Iowa
November 20, 1935

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:-
Will you please send me the pension record of
ISAIAH VORY [last name underlined], listed as a Revolutionary pensioner living at Columbus, Ohio, May 3, 1833.

Resprctfully,
[signature] Mrs. Ralph Henderson
813 25th street
Sioux City, Iowa
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Nelsonville O.
Feb. 24, 1925

Bureau of Pensions
Wash. D.C.
[stamp over text]U.S. Pension Office FEB 25 1925

Dears Sirs:

Please send me the Revolutionary War record, of, William Vorhes. (Surname, originally being Van Voorhees, it has been abreviated to these several ways- of spelling- Voris, Van Vorhes Van Vorhees, or Vorhees.), so name may appear on record spelled in one of above ways. I believe he was a resident of either (Ohio or Pennsylvania) [words "not as des" written above this] at time of the Revolution.

Also, war record, if any,
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of Isiah Vorhes, of same family.

Please send also, Civil war record of George Quigley, there a resident of Mobile Alabama. (Probably served in confederate army.) [written in a different hand next to this: Advised this [illegible] has no rec. of sol. of the Con. Army-)

If you are unable to furnish me with above desired information, please advise me where I may obtain it.

Yours truly

Mrs. Robert Kinney
126 Mill St.
Nelsonville
Ohio
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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
Isaiah Vorys which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

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?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

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?

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

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?
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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?

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

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?

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
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?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

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?

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

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 -----. For ----- 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 each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months [previous 4 words italicized] 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 paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly  attached to the certificate.

[symbol of a hand pointing right] 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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[letterhead]
WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON

3/31 1936

Memorandum for
The Surgeon General,
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department,
Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Treasury Department,
[check mark]The Commissioner of Pensions, Interior Building,
General Accounting Office, F Street, between 4th & 5th, N. W.

1. The attached application has been submitted to this office for Government headstone to be erected at the grave of the decedent named thereon. In order that the proper inscription may be placed on the stone it would be appreciated if your office would verify the name and service on the application, checking and making such corrections in red ink as may be necessary to show the correct spelling of the name and complete designation of the organizations.

2. In addition, please advise State from which decedent came.

[handwritten] 2 Encls

[stamp on bottom right corner] RECEIVED MAR 4 1936
MAR. SUB. DIV
VETS ADM. READER #18
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Request for Rev record of Isaiah Vorys, died March 16- 1834 in Ohio.

Record sent March 11- 1936- & application for [illegible] & letter by Mrs Wm. S. Van Fossen -48 [illegible] Ave- Columbus Ohio- both returned

[illegible] F
Mch 11- 36
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Columbus, Franklin County
State of Ohio ss:

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Isaiah Vorys, 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 periodz mentioned below and in the following gradez: viz: For two years and ____ monthz, I served as an Ensign; and for such service I claim a pension.

Witness my honor this 9th day of April 1833.
Isaiah Vorys (an X is between his first and last name, with "his mark" next to it)

Subscribed to and sworn before me thiz 9th day of April A.D. 1833

[signature]J Kelly Justice of the Peace [next to it is the word "seal" with a curly line around it]

Secretary of States' Office
Columbus State of Ohio ss.

I Moses Kirby, Secretary of State in and for the State of Ohio, do certify, that J. Kelly before whom the foregoing affidavit was acknowledged and sworn, was & is a Justice of the Peace, duly empowered to administer oathz and that due credit should be given to his official actz.

In testimony wherefore I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the great seal of the State aforesaid, thiz 9th day of April 1833.

[signature]Moses H. Kirby,
Secy of State

[seal is affixed to the left-hand side of the page]
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J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commr. of Pensionz
Washington
City.
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Columbus April 10th 1833.

Dr. Sir,

I have amended old Mr. Vory's Declaration in the single objectionable point; viz. the specific period of service and the particular capacity in which he claimz a pension. He putz in no claim for service as a private, corporal or sergeant; because he supposed he would not receive pay in either of those capacitiez and also as Ensign [last 3 words underlined]. If he could receive pay he would still make that amendment.

As Mr. Vorys is very old and his pay would be acceptable, your early decision on his case as now amended & enclosed, would render as singular favor.

Very respectfully
Ro. Ware

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr. of Pensionz
Washington
City