Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13366, Stephen Healy, Mass.
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(C-1776)
SERVICE               NUMBER
Mass                    S. 13366

Healy, Stephen


CCONTENTS
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3937.
Massachusetts
Stephen Healy
of Dudley, in the State of Mass
who was a Fifer in the company commanded
Captain ----------- of the Regt commanded
by Col Larned in the Mass Line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
at the rate of 88 Dollars -- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Jany 1832
and sent to George A. Tufts  Dudley Mass

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                  $132-
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33  $44-
                                                              $176-

{Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by S H McBlain Clerk
Book D. Vol. 2nd Page 76
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DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, Ss.
On this Sixth day of September in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty
two personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon Nath'l Paine, Judge of Probate in said County now sitting Stephen Healy a resident of Dudley in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy 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 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he first enlisted into the service in the month of Aprilm1775 as a volunteer and fifer in a Company commanded by Nathaniel Healy of Dudley and in Col. Ebenezer Larned's Regiment he enlisted and served for the term of eight months and was stationed at Roxbury and Boston- He was discharged in December 1775 or January 1776 by his officers- He does not know whether said Company were of the State troops or not- He was in no engagements but witnessed the battle of Bunker Hill in June from Roxbury Heights- He again enlisted at Dudley as a volunteer and fifer in or about the month of May 1776 for the term of six months, he thinks in the Continental service in a company commanded by Capt ?? Carrol and in a regiment of Col. Josiah Whitney.- that he was stationed at Nantaskett and Point Shirley below Boston Massachusetts- He was discharged from said Company in December following and in a few days after his return home he again enlisted in the service in the month of December 1776 for the term of three months as a fifer in a Company of Militia commanded by Capt Nathaniel Healy during said last term of service stationed at Providence in the state of Rhode Island most of the time said Company was attached to Col Holman's Regiment- He was dismissed by the Captain in March 1777 from his last mentioned service - He again enlisted as a volunteer and Fifer about the month of October 1777 in Capt Nathaniel Healy's company of militia for one month and served that term at Fort Edward in the State of N. York, Holman was a Col at said fort. Late in the autumn of the year 1777 he again enlisted he thinks in December in Capt Clark's Company as a fifer for the term of three months and was stationed during said term at 
a place called Boston Neck in North Kingston R-Island he does not recollect to what Regiment said Company was attached - he was dismissed sometime in February 1778 he thinks - He further states that he again enlisted at  Dudley in June 1778 as a fifer in Capt Hammonds Company for the term of six months - in the Continental service - that immediately on his said enlistment he marched to Providence Rhode Island and remained there a short time - then marched to old Barrington and remained there two weeks
and then went on to the Island called Rhode Island - from there he marched in a few days to East Greenwich where he was placed in Capt 
Lamb's Company and Col. Seth Mayde's Regiment and that he was discharged in November or December 1778. - Ebenezer Edwards of Dudley Asa Edwards of Charleton
are witnesses of my said services in 1775
Simon Shepard of Thompson was the only witness he now knows to his service in the Continental line for six months in 1778 at Rhode Island. Joseph Vinton and on Edmunds both of Dudley are witnesses to to his services 1776 late in the Autumn in Capt Nath'l Healy's Company at R. Island - that Joseph Vinton and Lemuel Healy & Thomas Larned all of Dudley are witnesses to his services in Capts Hammonds & Clark's Companies in 1777-8 at R. Island - and Joshua Corbin and and Joseph Vinton of his services at Fort Edward - He states that he was born in Dudley in August 1762 and the record of his age is on the Town
records of Dudley. That he lived in Dudley at the several times of his said enlistments and has lived there ever since the revolution with the exception of nine years from 1799 to 1808 when he lived in he towns of Underhill, Essex and Jericho in the state of Vermont - That he was a volunteer in all his said services and several terms of service - He recollects besides the officers above named General Thomas who was at Roxbury - General Palmer was at Nantaskett - he never received any written discharge from any of his said terms of service- Aaron Tufts Esq and Rev Abriel  Williams both of Dudley  can testify of his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his services.
   Stephen Healy

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before me Nath Paine
Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
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DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

COUNTY OF WORCESTER, Ss.
On this Sixth day of September in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two
personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon Nathl Paine, Judge of Probate in said County now sitting Stephen Healy a resident of Dudley in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy 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 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on
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We, Abiel Williams a Clergyman residing in the Town of Dudley and Aaron Tufts residing in said Dudley certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Healy who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
   Abiel Williams
   Aaron Tufts 
Before me Nath'l Paine, Judge of Probate
for the County of Worcester

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 mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Abiel Williams who signed
the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the Town of Dudley.
Aaron Tufts who has also signed the same is a resident in the said Town of Dudley and is a credible Person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
   Nath'l Paine, Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester

I, Theophilus Wheeler, Register or Clerk of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Healy for a pension and that Geo. A. Tufts who was certified and deposed the several affidavits is a Justice of the Peace in said County entitled to credit & that his signature appears to be genuine.  IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 7th day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two-
   Theophe Wheeler Reg of the Court of Probate for the said County in Massachusetts
11483
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Stephen Henry Son of Nathaniel and Abigail
Born August 23d 1762
I hereby certify that the above is a true
Copy of the Record of the age of Stephen Healy
of Dudley as I find the same inscribed on the Town Records of Dudley.
Dudley August 21st 1832
Abiel Williams Town Clerk
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11, 483
Stephen Healy
Fifer
2 years
W.C.E.
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adm
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$88-

George A Tufts, Esq
Dudley
Mass
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11483
BRIEF in the case of Stephen Healy of Dudley
County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
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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?
3. How old is he? 70
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. .........Duration of Service.............Rank
                          Months                     As a
Apl In 1775            8                           Fifer
May '76                 6                               "
Dec '76                  3                               "
Oct '77                  1                               "
Dec 77                   3                               "
June '78                 6                               "
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ames of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Cap. Healy  Col. Larned
Cap Carrol   Col. Whitney
Cap Haley    Col . Holms
Cap Haley    Col. Holman
Cap Clark -----------------
Cap Hammond

5. In what battles was he engaged? None----but was a witness to the Battle of Bunker Hill from Roxbury Heights.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? DUDLEY MASS
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? EIGHT LIVING WITNESSES
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
RIGHT
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
Wm. C. Easton
Examining Clerk.
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13.366
INVALID.
Revolutionary - File No. 13366
Stephen Healy
Fifer Rev. War
Act: June 7"" 1832 ┃
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 170
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Simeon Shephard
Depos.


Certificate & Seal   .50 paid
Geo. A. Tufts Esq
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Simeon Shephard
Depos.


Certificate & Seal   .50 paid
Geo. A. Tufts Esq
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I Simeon Shepard of Thompson in the County
Windham & State of Connecticut of lawful age and duly engaged according to law do testify and that I have long known Stephen Healy of Dudley in the Commonwealth of  Massachusetts, & that he was a soldier with me in Capt. Carrolls Company in Col. Whitneys Regt.  for seven months the in the Revolutionary War. Was stationed  about Boston, partially Nantucket Island &c. I well remember him as a fifer in said Company & that he served out his time of seven months. he has applied for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7, 1832 & I cannot be mistaken as to the man, for I have always known him-- the above service was in 1776 & I am now 82 years of age-
   Simon Shepard
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State of Connecticut}
Windham County Co } Ss thenupon August 13
1832 there personally appeared Simon Shepard Signer of the above deposition & made solemn oath to the truth, of the same
   Before me Simon Davis Justice of the peace
And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the above deponent & that full faith & credit is due his attestation 
   Simon Davis Justice of the peace

I Armin Bolles Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Simon Davis Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is duly enrolled as a Justice of the
Peace in and for said Windham County, that the foregoing signature of his name is in his handwriting, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his acts as such
---
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the public seal of said
Court this 14th day of August A.D. 1832-
   Armin Bolles Clerk
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I Edmund Eddy of Charlton in the County of
Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that I am now Eighty three years of age that I enlisted under Lieut Salem Towne at Charlton on or about the 12th day of June 1775 for the
Term of six months in the time of the revolutionary war and marched to Roxbury where I arrived on the 17th of said June on the day of the Battle of Bunker Hill. I was stationed at Roxbury during said Term of service
in Capt Nath'l Healys Company, Col Ebenezer Larneds Regiment and General Thomas Brigade until about the 20th of December 1775 when I was dismissed by order of the Captain, I will recollect that Stephen Healy of Dudley was a fifer in said Company, that I found him in said Company on my arrival at Roxbury and supposed that he enlisted at an earlier day. He served with me until I was discharged and further the deponent saith not-
   Edmund Eddy

Worcester ss. August 18th 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Edmund Eddy and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
   Before me Geo. A Tufts Justice of Peace

I hereby certify that the above named Edmund
Eddy sustains a good character and is reputed
a man of truth and veracity-
   Geo A Tufts Jus of Peace
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I Ebenezer Edmonds of Dudley in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that I served in the Continental Service for the term of Eight months at Roxbury near Boston in the Company of Capt Nathaniel Healy and the Regiment commanded by Col Ebenezer Larned. I enlisted some time in May of the year 1775 for said service- I well recollect that Stephen Healey of said Dudley served during said Term of Eight months in said Company as a Fifer I recollect that I had been marched to Roxbury on the evening of the of Lexington Battle,  I think I was at Roxbury about two weeks before I enlisted but said Healy  did not march with me at the time aforesaid, but he enlisted some time after and came to Roxbury.
I cannot be certain that Capt Healy's Company belonged to the Continental line and further the deponent saith not.
   Ebenezer Edmunds

Worcester Ss August 11th 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Ebenezer Edmonds and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
   Before me Geo. A. Tufts  Justice of the Peace
I hereby Certify that the above named Ebenezer Edmonds sustains a fair character and is reputed to be a person of truth and veracity
   Geo. A Tufts    Justice of the Peace
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Joseph Vinton of Dudley in the County of
Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify & say that I am now seventy three years of age - that late in the Autumn of the year 1776 I served in Capt Nathaniel Healy's Company of Militia for about the Term of three months I cannot say certainty the Term, at Providence Rhode Island, and I well recollect that Stephen Healy of Dudley aforesaid was then in said Company was a fifer in said Company and served as
such during all that time. I was a volunteer
in said Company and suppose he was
I also served with said Stephen Healy in the
Autumn of 1777 for the Term of one month at
Fort Edward in the State of New York. We
were both in Capt Nathaniel 's Company
of Militia at this time and marched from
Dudley under the said Capt. Healy, I well
recollect that the said Stephen served at the
last mentioned time, and further the deponent
saith not-
   Joseph Vinton

Worcester Ss August 11th 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Joseph Vinton and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed-
   Before me Geo. A Tufts  Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Joseph Vinton sustains a fair character and is reputed to be a man of truth & veracity
   Geo A Tufts    Justice of Peace
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I Lemuel Healy of Dudley in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that I am now seventy two years age- that I served in the Winter of 1777-78 in a company of Militia commanded by Capt Clark at
Boston Neck so called in the State of Rhode Island the Term of three months I was a volunteer in said company and enlisted in Dudley sometime in late Autumn of 1777 according to my best recollection and was dismissed by the Captain sometime in the
winter of 1778- I recollect that Stephen Healy of said Dudley enlisted into the same company with me at the same time and served as a Fifer during said term of three months and was discharged with me I was also a private, in the Continental service as I suppose, at Rhode Island in the Summer of in the Company commanded by Capt Samuel Lamb and Col. Wades regiment I think, for the term of six
months and I well recollect that said Stephen Healy also served said Term of six months for I messed with him most of the time in said last mentioned service we both enlisted at Dudley and Marched from there under Capt Hammond into Rhode Island we were, after our arrival in Rhode Island placed under said Lamb, some of the time we were stationed at Providence, some of the time at Greenwich and at several places down the Providence River I think we enlisted in the month of May or June 1778. We were both on the Island when Gen. Sullivan fought the Brittish (sic) troops but
neither of us were in the action - said Stephen Healy was also a Fifer in said Lambs Company. We neither of us received any written discharge and further the deponent saith not
Lemuel Healy

Worcester Ss August 13th 1832. Then personally appeared the above named Lemuel Healy and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me
Geo. A Tufts   Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that Lemuel Healy the signer
of this deposition is reputed to be a person
of truth and veracity
Geo A. Tufts  Justice of Peace
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I hereby certify that Lemuel Healy the signer
of this deposition is reputed to be a person
of truth and veracity
Geo A. Tufts  Justice of Peace

I Lemuel Healy of Dudley in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that I am now seventy two years age- that I served in the Winter of 1777-78 in a company of Militia commanded by Capt Clark at
Boston Neck so called in the State of Rhode Island the Term of three months I was a volunteer in said company and enlisted in Dudley sometime in late Autumn of 1777 according to my best recollection and was dismissed by the Captain sometime in the
winter of 1778- I recollect that Stephen Healy of said Dudley enlisted into the same company with me at the same time and served as a Fifer during said term of three months and was discharged with me I was also a private, in the Continental service as I suppose, at Rhode Island in the Summer of in the Company commanded by Capt Samuel Lamb and Col. Wades regiment I think, for the term of six
months and I well recollect that said Stephen Healy also served said Term of six months for I messed with him most of the time in said last mentioned service we both enlisted at Dudley and Marched from there under Capt Hammond into Rhode Island we were, after our arrival in Rhode Island placed under said Lamb, some of the time we were stationed at Providence, some of the time at Greenwich and at several places down the Providence River I think we enlisted in the month of May or June 1778. We were both on the Island when Gen. Sullivan fought the Brittish (sic) troops but
neither of us were in the action - said Stephen Healy was also a Fifer in said Lambs Company. We neither of us received any written discharge and further the deponent saith not
Lemuel Healy

Worcester Ss August 13th 1832. Then personally appeared the above named Lemuel Healy and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me
Geo. A Tufts   Justice of the Peace
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I Thomas Larned of Dudley in the County
of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that I am now seventy ____ years of age. That I served in Capt Clarks company of Militia (but what Regiment I do not know) at Boston Neck
so called in the State of Rhode Island for the
Term of three months late in the Autumn of the year 1777.
I went voluntarily, not being of an age
which made me liable to be drafted under
an understanding that the said tour should
answer for my fathers duty. I well recollect
that Stephen Healy of said Dudley was in
the same company and served the same
sum of three months as a Fifer of said
Company and was dismissed at the same
time I was and came home with me
I recollect too that said Stephen Healy messed
with me, and further the deponent saith not-
Thomas Larned

Worcester Ss August 11th 1832, Then personally appeared the above named Thomas Larned and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
     Before me, Geo. A Tufts Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Thomas Larned is reputed to be a man of truth & veracity
Geo A Tufts Justice of Peace
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I Joshua Corbin of Dudley in the County of
Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that I now seventy five years of age, that I served in Capt Nathaniel Healy's Company of Militia and Col Holman's Regiment at Fort Edward & Schuylers Mills in New York about the month of October 1777, for the Term of one month, and I recollect that Stephen Healy of said Dudley served in the same company with me during said term of one month as a Fifer and further the deponent saith not-
John Corbin

Worcester Ss August 11th 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Joshua Corbin and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed-

Before me Geo. A Tufts   Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Joshua
Corbin is reputed to be a man of truth & veracity
Geo. A. Tufts, Justice of the Peace
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I John Edmunds of Dudley in the County of
Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that I am now Seventy three years of age that I served in Capt Nathaniel Healy's Company of Militia but do not know what Regiment, late in the Autumn of the year 1776 for the Term of three months and well recollect that Stephen Healy of Dudley was a fifer in said Company and served as such for the said term of three months- we were stationed most of the time in Providence Rhode Island. I went as a volunteer
and I think said Stephen did also and further the deponent saith not
John Edmunds

Worcester Ss August 11th 1832
Then personally appeared the above named John Edmunds and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed.
Before me Geo. A Tufts Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named John
Edmunds is reputed a man of truth & veracity
Geo. A Tufts  Justice of Peace
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11, 483
Stephen Healy⎬

George A Tufts Esq
Dudley Mass
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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
Stephen Healy    which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? YES
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? YES
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? YES
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 amout  (sic) of pension he is entitled? YES
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? YES
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  YES
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? YES
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? YES
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? YES
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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?
YES
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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? YES
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
YES
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? YES
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? YES
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? YES
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 the 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.
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 be 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 authenticated 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 end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being in properly attached to the certificate.