Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14695, for Nathaniel Thomson, Connecticut
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SERVICE   Conn.
Thomson, Nathaniel
NUMBER  S. 14695
Carded
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20,289 
New York
Nathl Thomson of Oneida Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Comp. commanded Captain Curtis of the Regt commanded by Col Enos in the Connt line for 12 Mos 
Inscribed on the Roll of N York at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Aug. 1832 and sent to J. Richardson New Hartford  
Arrears to the 4th of Mar ‘33   $ 86.66 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept ’33   21.66 
$108.32 
{Revolutionary Claim, June 7, 1832.}   
Recorded by [unreadable]  
Book E. Vol. 3 Page 80
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I wish to see papers of Nathaniel Thompson pensioner under Act of 1832 
Ex [examined] by Mr. Ewing June 30 1857
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Wash. D.C. Mch 14 1851 
To the Comr of Pensions 
Sir 
Mrs Thompson who is the widow of Nathaniel Thompson late a pensioner under act of 1832 living in Oswego County New York has author ized me to examine the papers on file in your office in support of Claim of her deceased husband - not having time to do so during my stay in this leg, respectfully ask that you will permit Mr. T. Ewing to do so he her behalf.   
Respectfully &c 
Oliver N Bennett Asst Marshall
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No 17041 
Nathaniel Thomsom 
N Y
Jonathan Richardson
Mem Hartford 
Oneida County NY
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WAR DEPARTMENT 
Pension Office, 
May 18 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 shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, showing the Service of  Nathaniel Thomson NY Oneida County
Period when the service was rendered.  Decy 1776 Vol Enlist   Duration of Claimant’s Service. 3 Months   Rank of the claimant.  Private  Names and rank of the Company Officers under whom he served.  Capts Curtis   Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.   Col. Enos, Genl Worcester  Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  None Country through which he marched.  Connt, N.Y.   Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Aged 78  Farmington Con.    Evidence by which the declaration is supported.  Traditionary Living Witness
Period when the service was rendered.  1777 Spring Drafted    Duration of Claimant’s Service.  2 months   Rank of the claimant.  Private   Names and rank of the Company Officers under whom he served.   Captain Comstock  Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  Col. Enos  Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  Country through which he marched. Cont N.Y. 
Period when the service was rendered.  June 1777 Enlisted    Duration of Claimant’s Service.  8 months   Rank of the claimant. Private   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.  
Period when the service was rendered. March 1778  Enlisted   Duration of Claimant’s Service.  2 months   Rank of the claimant.  Private  Names and rank of the Company Officers under whom he served.  Captain Johnson  Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.    Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  Country through which he marched.  Connt.
Deponent declares he served 13 months.  
I am respectfully 
Your obedient servant 
JAMES L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.            
The following regulations have been adopted:                  
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of 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 in stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.             
DECLARATION.                        
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.           
State, Territory, or District of 
County of } ss.
On this day of A.B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the in the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) served in the (e) regiment of the 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 that of Agency in the State of    
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]            
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I of the Court of hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of for a pension.               
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of & 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 hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be and C.D. residing in (the same) who has years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.                 
Sworn and subscribed the 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. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.               
I, Clerk of the Court of contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of & c.         
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.            
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his  alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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 Town officer 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 he 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. one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject     
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.        
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed 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 declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the person of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.        
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.    
[b]   The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he 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 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 - months and --- days, I served as 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 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 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 he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.    
[f]  The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g]  The opinion 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. 
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 in 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.
Dyer Custis
Exam'g Clerk
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State of New York 
Oneida County } 
On this thirtieth day of October in the year A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Hour Nathan Williams Esqr Vice Chancellor of the fifth circuit now setting in the city of this in the County of Oneida and State of New York Nathaniel Thomson a resident of the Town of Kirkland County of Oneida and State of New York aged seventy eight years who first being duly sworn according to law doth upon his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed 7th June 1832.  This deponent declares and says that he was born in October 1755 in the Town of Farmington County of Hartford and State of Connecticut
according to his best knowledge and belief has no particular record of his age.  This deponent declares that in the month of December 1776 he entered into the service of the United States in the revolutionary war by voluntary enlistment into Capt Peter Curtis Company of Connecticut
militia for three months said Curtis and this deponent both residing in the Town of Farmington aforesaid this deponent further declares that soon after he enlisted he marched with Capt Curtis Company from Farmington to Horse neck from thence to West Chester New York and there joined Col Enos Regiment and Genl Worcesters Brigade according to the best recollection of this deponent.  This deponent further declares that Capt Curtis Company with the other troops then under the command of Col Enos and Genl Worcester were stationed in the neighbourhood of Voluntines hill and this deponent says that he was on military duty nearly every day, as he was frequently out on Scouting parties and in century [sentry] &c the British then laying but a short distance from Voluntines Hill
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this deponent says there was no engagement of any note while he was in the service at that time Capt Curtis Company was in but one light Skermage [skirmish] with a party of British troops near fort Independence and exchanged a few shots this deponent says he does not recollect of there being any continental Field officer in this post while he was there, excepting Col. Meigs & Col Deming, there were some Continental troops at or near Volentine Will but not quartered with the Connecticut troops.   Gent Worcester had the command of the Connecticut State troops.  This deponent further says that after having served three months in Capt Curtis Company he was verbally discharged at Horse Neck in March 1777 and returned home to Farmington.  This deponent further declares that in the Spring of 1777 and this deponent believes in May he was drafted for a six week tour, and soon after this draft was made Capt Peter Curtis came home to Farmington from the service and wanted to raise recruits to fill his Company.   Capt Curtis told this deponent that if he would enlist into his company for Eight months that he Capt Curtis would clear him this deponent from the draft and this deponent should draw the State Bounty which was given to those who enlisted for eight months in addition to their other pay and this deponant further declares that he enlisted into and joined Capt Peter Curtis Company and Col Enos Regiment in June 1777 and marched to Norwalk from thence or creek thence to Cum Pond
New York and from thence Peekskill where Capt Curtis company with other troops of which Genl Worcesters Brigade was composed were encamped.  Genl Worcester
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having the command of the Connecticut state troops or militia.  This deponent further says that a detachment from or the whole of Genl Worcester Brigade and this deponent cannot now recollect which, had orders to march to Fort Montgomery on north river to reinforce that place.  This deponant says that he marched with Capt Curtis Company and a number of other troops to Fort Montgomery and in the arrival of this detachment near Fort Montgomery they found that the American troops had just surrendered the Fort to the British forces and the detachment returned back to Peekskill where Genl Worcesters Brigade or a part of it continued untill after the surrender of Genl Burgoyne when the troops were ordered to Horse Neck where they continued until the expiration of the Eight months service of this deponent at which time this deponant with a number of other troops belonging to Capt Curtis Company were discharged at Horse Neck in January 1778 and this deponant returned home to Farmington. This deponent further declares that in the month of March 1778 he again enter the service of the United States in the revolutionary war by Voluntary enlistment for two months then living in Farmington Hartford County Connecticut and joined Capt Johnson Company said Johnson was a Continental officer and stationed at Farmington Hartford County Connecticut who had the command of the troops at that place to guard the stores and munitions of war which were taken with Genl Burgoyne and his army and deposited at Farmington aforesaid and this deponent further declares that he continued in the service of the United States two months at this time according to his enlistment and at the expiration of said time was discharged by Capt Johnson verbally.  This deponent says that he never had any written discharge when he left the service.  That he resided in Farmington aforesaid at the time of his several enlistments and continued
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his residence in that place about twelve years after the close of the Revolutionary war and moved from thence to the town of Paris now Kirkland Oneida County New York where he has resided about thirty Eight years.  This deponent further declares that the affidavit of Noadiah Woodruff of Farmington County State aforesaid is all the evidence he has been able to obtain at this time which he here with transmits to the Secretary of war.  This deponant declares that he served a soldier in the Revolution was thirteen months further says not he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity excepting the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Nathaniel Thomson x his mark
Hereby entered & sworn the 30th day of October 1832 before me
N. Williams Vice Chan.
We Martin Porter residing in the town of Kirkland and Jonathan Richardson residing in the Town of New Hartford hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Nathaniel Thomson who has subscribed and sworn to the above or foregoing declaration that we believe him to be seventy Eight years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
We do further certify that the Clergyman with whom the said Nathaniel Thomson is acquainted lives nine miles from the City of Utica and is inconvenient for him to attend this Court.
Martin Porter
Jonathan Richardson
Subscribed & sworn the 30th day of October 1832 before me
N. Williams Vice Chan
and the said Court do hereby declare his 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 certify that it does not appear to him that either of the witnesses who signed the preceeding certificate were clergymen but the said Martin Porter and Jonathan Richardson who have signed the same are credible persons and their statement is intitled to credit.  
N. Williams  Vice Chan
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I James Watson Williams, Clerk of the Court of Chancery for the Fifth Circuit of the State of New York, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Thomson of for a pension In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this thirtieth day of October, A.D. 1832.
J. Watson Williams. Clerk in Chancery 5th Circuit N.Y
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OWN  
In reply to your request of  - received  - for a statement of the military history of Nathaniel Thomson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.   
S.F. 14695 
ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Dec 1776   LENGTH OF SERVICE.  3 mos.   RANK. Pri    OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN.    Peter Curtis COLONEL.  Enos   STATE. Conn 
ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  June 1777  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  8 mos   RANK.     OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN.  Peter Curtis  COLONEL.  Enos   STATE.  
ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Mch 1778   LENGTH OF SERVICE.    2 mos.      RANK.     OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN.  Johnson   COLONEL.     STATE. 
Battles engaged in, 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Farmington Conn   
Date of application for pension, Oct. 20, 1832. His cl. was al [his claim was allowed]  
Residence at date of application, Kirkland, Oneida Co. N.Y. 
Age at date of application, B. Oct. 1755, Farmington, Hartford Co. Conn 
Remarks: Soldier died Jan. 11. 1841, leaving a widow (name not stated). 
(Date of death taken from Agency Book )
Very Respectfully 
Commissioner.
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Rev War 14695 
INVALID.  
File No. 14695 
Nathaniel Thomson 
Pri Rev War  
Act: June 7th 32 
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 374 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 
1914, Feb. 11. History to Chas. H. Thompson Letter with. S. 16292, Richard Hiscock
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according to orig’l  declare increase by supp declaration in adm pleas 
Admd [admitted]  
13 mo pri 
$43.33
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Should there be a certificate of Pension granted to the within Nathaniel Thomson the Secretary
of War will please direct the same to New Hartford Onieda County New York to the Care of Jonathan Richardson as said Thomson resides a considerable distance from any post office
Jonathan Richardson
Nathaniel Thomson
Declaration for Pension October the 30th 1832
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I Noadiah Woodruff of [Farmington] Hartford County and State of Connecticut depose and say that I have been well acquainted with Nathaniel Thomson now of Paris Oneida County and State of New York formerly of said Farmington, from his youth.  That said Thomson enlisted into the service of the United States in the war of the revolution, in the month of December 1776 for the term of three months.  The company into which he enlisted was commanded by Capt Peter Curtiss of said Farmington Col Enos' Regmt,  General Wocesters Brigade.  That said Curtiss Company marched from said Farmington to Horse Neck from thence to West Chester County N.Y. and was stationed in the neighborhood of Valentine Hill.  And the deponent further says that he knows said Thomson did duty in said company for the term of three month, that deponent frequently saw him on duty and himself served in the same campaign. And deponent further says, that in the spring of 1777 the deponent enlisted into a company commanded by Capt Peter Curtiss of said Farmington Col. Enos’ Regiment for the term of 8 months. Said company marched to Norwalk than thence to Horse Neck and from thence to run and N.Y. and from thence to Peekskill when they were encamped untill the capture of General Burgoyne when they marched to Horse Neck and there remained in service until the expiration of the term of his enlistment which was sometime in January 1778.   And deponent further says that Nathaniel Thomson did duty, and served in said Company in the manner and for the full term of eight months above stated. According to my recollection.   And deponent further says that in the month of March 1778 he enlisted into a company raised for the purpose of guarding the munitions of war taken from General Burgoyne, then deposited at said Farmington.  Said Company was commanded by Captain Johnson an officer of the Artillery of the Continental for two months.   And deponent says that said Thomson did duty in the same company and for the said term of two months. And further this deponent saith not 
Noadiah Woodruff
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State of Connecticut 
Hartford County } ss Farmington October 6 1832 
On this 6th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the court of Probate for Farmington District and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed in my presence and I also certify that the said deponent is a credible person.  
Lemuel Whitman Judge of Probate Farmington District 
I Henry Nash, Clerk of Probate for the District of Farmington, do hereby certify that Lemuel Whitman whose name is affixed, as above is Judge of Probate of said District and signature annexed is his genuine signature.  In  testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand  and seal of Office this 6th day of October 1832 
Henry Nash Clerk