Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4,834, for Tan Scisco, New Jersey
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SERVICE                                              NUMBER
New Jersey. Scisco, Ian      S4834

CONTENTS    carded
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New Jersey. 22853

Ian Scisco

of Pompton in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Com commanded by Captain Outwater of the (?) commanded by (?) in the New Jersey troops for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars (?) Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the  27th day of November 1833 and (?) Wm Colfax Pompton NJ.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept '33        $200
Semi-an. allowance ending 4th Mar '34      40
                                                            __________
                                                             $240

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act Jun 7, 1832.}

Recorded by C Laurie clerk, 
Book E. Vol. 3. Page 131
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State of New Jersey
Bergen Common Pleas

State of New Jersey
Bergen County 

On the 3rd day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judge (?) being a Court of Record so constituted by the law, of the State of New Jersey Ian Scisco, aged seventy years next May, a resident of Pompton Township in the County of Bergen and State of New Jersey who being first duly sworn, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benifit of the act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832 -

That he entered service of his Country at Hackensack in the State of New Jersey under Capt Outwater the (?) of Jan (?) 1781 in the (?) troops and served one year as will appear by the discharge of Capt Outwater the first day of January 1782 - was (?) to (?) the lines from  (?) to Hackensack, Fort Lee and (?) on the north river - was engaged with British (?) at Moonachie in Bergen county - The enemy had come up the Hackensack riverer, to Munaukee Point to plunder the inhabitants - here a battle took place in which the enemy was routed , and about twenty head of cattle retaken - the enemy toll from Moonachie and persons from our company had a number wounded among which was John Lazier, shot through the thigh - was in a battle at Fort Lee on the north (?), Paul Rallan, Daniel Bonta and Peter Tan (?) his badly wounded - took two prisoners -  a (?) and one soldier.
Directly after being discharged by Captain Outwater, inlisted for one year under cap Alec Ward, and served the whole time of my enlistment - did not receive a written discharge  officers Capt Ward - (?) (?) and Ensign VanBrich - service at Hackensack, Fort Lee, and long the lines to closter on the North River had a skirmish with the British at Ramapo, near Bergen Town and another in Bergen woods - was discharged on about the first of Janr 1783
I hereby relinquish any claim whatsoever to previous or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
          Interrogator

Statement is entitled to credit )
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The said Ian Sisco further static that he lives remote from any church and cannot obtain the certificate of a Clergyman to whom he is known.

his Ian x Sisco mark

Sworn & subscribed to in open Court this day & year aforesaid

(?) clerk
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(?) by the Court

1st  Where and in what year were you born 

Answer. was born at Bloomingdale's where he now lives

2nd. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it - 

Answer.  don't no of any record of his age 

3 - where were you living when called into service, when had have you lived in the recent Past and where do you now live -

Answer lived in Pompton township. lived (?) the revolution and now lives there

4th How was you called into service; were you drafted  did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute, for whom -

Answer -  In (?) for one year under Capt Outwater and drafted for one year under Capt 
Peter Wards

5th State the names of some of the officers who were with you, where you served, such Continental Militia regiments you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services - 

Answer.  Capt Outwater - Capt. Wards - Major Hays 

6th.  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it - 

Answer. I did receive a discharge from Capt Outwater and have it herewith  I also  (?) a discharge from Capt Ward but have left it -

7th State the names of person to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character as to (?) and your behavior, your service as a soldier of the Revolution 

Answer. George G Ryuron, Abm Frieland and Peresrine Landforce.  -


(?)
Statement is entitled to credit
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Bergen Common Pleas

Bergen County 

On the 1st day of November 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges now sitting Peregrine Landform (?) and Abm Furland who being first sworn according to law doth on their oath declare that have been well acquainted with Ian Scisco for many years that he is reputed to have been a soldier of the revolution and a man of honesty and veracity and will concur in that (?) 

his Abm x Freeland mark 

Sworn & subscribed to in open court November 1st 1832 
(?) clerk. 

Ian Scisco
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State of New Jersey
Bergen county 

On the 1st day of November 1832 Personally appeared in open court before the Judges now sitting Abraham Freeland and Robert Gould the (?) Freeland being 77 years of age and said Gould aged seventy years who being first sworn  according to law doth on their oath declare that Ian Sisco now applying for a pension has been known to them since before the revolution . That  the said Abr Freeland saith that he the deponent was an enlisted soldier in the company of Capt Outwater and did serve the year of 1782 and that the said Ian Sisco served with him as a faithful soldier during that year in the same company. that the said Ian Sisco was enlisted and served one year under Capt Peter Ward the year 1783.   The deponent served with him and the said Robert Gould saith that he served with the said Ian Sisco under Capt Outwater in 1781.  That Sisco did serve through that year and the deponent Robert Gould further saith that the said Ian Sisco did enlist under Capt Peter Ward and served one year the term of his enlistment 1782

Robert Gould

his Abm x Freeland mark 

Subscribed & sworn in open court November 1st 1832
(?) 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 & that this statement is entitled to credit

Abr Hutwell Clerk
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New Jersey 
Bergen county 

Ian Scisco's 
application for 
a pension - 

Militia Service 

20230

I Abraham (?)veth clerk of the inferior court of common pleas of the County of Bergen of the State of New Jersey do hereby (?) that the foregoing contained the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ian Scisco for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on this first day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two

Abr. (?)vith Clerk
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I Abraham (?)veth Clerk of the inferior court of Common Pleas of the county of Bergen in State of New Jersey, Do hereby duly that the foregoing contained the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Ian Scisco for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this first day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two. 

Abr. (?)with Clerk 

New Jersey 
Bergen county 

Ian Scisco's
application for
a pension 

militia service 

20230
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Abraham Freeland who has signed the preceding annexed certificate is a resident in the County of Bergen New Jersey and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit 
By the court

Abr M(?)vith.  Clerk
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State of New Jersey
Bergen county 

On this 19th day of September 1833 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said county Ian Sisco of the Township of Pompton in said county aged 71 years and personally well known in said county and to the subscriber as man of truth and good standing and being duly sworn saith he is the same Ian Scisco who on the 21st day of October 1832 made a declaration under oath of his Revolution services in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 which was done in open court hen sitting in and for the county of Bergen when his original Declaration was made at the
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Guard the Shores and Landing places and of defending the Inhabitants - this British had possession of the City of New York and the lower part of this county who where constantly committing (?) on the Inhabitants -  they had also to guard down the Hackensack River to a place called Manouken at which place they had an engagement with the British and refugees the enemy had seven men killed and a number wounded and took one prisoner we also retook from them at the same time twenty head twenty head of cattle - we had a number of other skirmishes which (?) with (?) (?) - served the time and was discharged at Hackensack the place of inrollment on the first day of January 1782 being in actual service in the field - Col Richard Day commanded the Regiment to which he belonged.  he has also a discharge from his said Capt now annexed to his original Declaration for the full service Stated 

He then inlisted in the Month of January in the year 1782 for four months under Capt Peter Ward Lieutenant Callahan and Samuel Verrijok ensign, duly served in Halions as above stated 
He further states that in this service they had and engagement with the British and (?) at Ramapo near Begentown, about Bergen would, in whole two engagement they killed and wounded a number of the Enemy  Served the time and was discharged at Hackensack the place of inrollment about the 1st Jany 1783, (?) in actual service in the field one more full year And he further states that in his last mentioned Service in Month of May or June 1782 they had and Engagement with the British and (?) at Fort Lee on the North River at which time Paul Kalan Daniel Banta and Peter Samoorhan were badly 
wounded, they, also took two prisoners one a Lieutenant and the other a private Tunis Day commanded the Regiment to which he belonged in all his service,  does not recollect of ever having received discharge in his last named service

that at the close of the Revolutionary war he returned to (?)dale the place of his nativity where he has and doth continue to reside  that he faithfully Served his country in the war of the Revolution for the full period of Twenty four month
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in his original declaration is Stated in the State troops which is and ever of the (?) he belonged to the Militia of the State & County aforesaid
Sworn and Subscribed before me
this 19th day of September 1833

his Ian x Scisco mark

(?) Clk

We Isaac (?) a clergeman residing in the 
Township of Pomptown County of Bergen and State of New Jersey (?) residing in the Township of Pompton county of Bergen and State of New Jersey do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ian Scisco who has subsented (?) (?) to the above amended declaration that we believe him to be seventy one years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution and that  we'll never in that opinion 
Sworn and subscribed before me
this 19th day of (?) 1833
Wm Cooper

his Abm x Mulance mark

I do hereby certify to the Secretary of War and commissioner of Pensions that Isaac Dom who
has signed the (?) certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the Township of Pomptown  County of Bergen and that aforesaid and that Abraham 
Freeland who has also signed the same is a Resident of the township of Pomptown County of Bergen and that aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit

Wm (?)

Pomptown Sept 1833
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I, William Colton, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Please of the County of Bergen do hereby certify to the Secretary of War and Commissioner of Pensions that Robert Gould and Abraham Freeland whose affidavits with their signatures attached to the original declaration of Tan Scisco, sworn to on 1st November 1832 before the said court, were and are good and credible witnesses and fully entitled to belief. And further that at the time when their said affidavits were taken I was one of the judges of the said Court.
Hampton 19th Sep. 1833
s/ William Colton, Esq.

State of New Jersey
County of Bergen//

I, Abraham Witwell, citizen of the County of Bergen and Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that the annexed papers, [illegible] & sheets marked No. 1, No. 2 & No. 3, contain the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Tan Scisco for a pension, and I do further certify that William Colton, Esq. before whom the annexed affidavits were made and taken viz.: of the said Tan Scisco marked No. 4 & of James Demane & Abraham Freeland marked No. 5 was at the time of taking the said affidavits and statements, a Judge of the said court and also a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by law to take the same. That I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe that the signature "William Colton" applied to the [illegible] of the aforesaid affidavits, as will also to the foregoing certificates marked No. 6 and No. 7 is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court this Ninth day of November A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Thirty three.
s/ [illegible], Clerk
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O.W.&N. Division. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D.C. 

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Ian Sisco, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT

LENGTH OF SERVICE. 

RANK. 

OFFICERS UNDERWHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 

STATE

Jan 1781 1 yr. Pri. Captain Outwater.  Colonel not stated N.J.

Jan 1782 1 yr. Pri. Captain Peter Ward  Colonel not stated. N.J. 

Battles engaged in, Fort Lee

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pompton N.J. 

Date of application for pension, October 31, 1832

Residence at date of application, Pompton N.J.

Age at date of application,    70 years

Remarks:  His pension was allowed 

Very respectfully, 

Commissioner

Mrs A O Shesing
315 W 54th St
New York N.Y.
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...the same Tan Scisco a solder in my Company
of the year James has served during the term of his
enlistment as a good and faithful soldier and was discharged
from the armies of this State given under my hand.

Hackensack, January 6th 1780
County of Bergen, State of New Jersey

Tan Scisco
N.Y. S.4834
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June 2 Hist to
Mrs A O Ihlsars
New York
NY

Revolution

4834

INVALID.

File No.  4834
Ian Scisco
Privet Rev War

Act:  June 7th 1832.
Index: Vol. 16, Page 331

[Arrangement of 1870]
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CHIEF CLERK
MAY. 15. 1894

REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE
O. W. & N. Div. 
Nov. 
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below. 

Full name of soldier
Ian or Nathaniel Sisco, 

Place of residence before service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible)

Bergen Col, N. J. 
Place of residence after service:
(Town, county, and State,if possible)

Date of death (as near as possible):
About 1645.
Christian name of widow
Susan 
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Soldier did - 
Remarks: 
Was wounded at the 
battle of Monmouth. 

Your name and address: 
Mrs. A. O. Ihlsena
315 W. 54th St. 
New York City
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(?)020230

Ian Scisco Bergen County New Jersey

(?)

2 years private
$80
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office. 

5th June 1833

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.  These 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, showing the Service of Ian Scisco Bergen County New Jersey

Period when the service was rendered. 

Duration of the claimant's service  Years.Months. Days.

Rank of the claimant. 

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. 

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  

Battles in which the applicant was engaged. 

Country through which he marched. 

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.  

Evidence by which the declaration is supported. 


Enlisted 1. Jan 7 1781 
1 (year)
Cap Outwater
Fort Lee 
Guarded the lines from (?) to Hackensack Fort Lee and Closter. 
70 years  Hackensack New Jersey
Traditionary and living witness certify credible. no clergyman convenient. papers not properly attached Documentary.  

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J.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 the 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 f 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, musicians 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 

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 following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion 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.
[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 his 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 day and year aforesaid. 

{And then will follow the certificate of the Court.}

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. (blank) who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the (blank) and the 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 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 theses 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person
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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 inquiry 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 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 must 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 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 in 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 that 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."

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," 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 a 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 places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that was the 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 of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.

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 must
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 of 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.

(Illegible) 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 (illegible) note [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: