Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R .1,609, Thomas Camel, Va.
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(3—1776)
SERVICE  Va.
Camel, Thomas (Colored)
or Campbell
NUMBER  R. 1,609.
CONTENTS
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Thomas Camel's
Declaration to obtain
a pension

15985

approved
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Declaration In Order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832.

State of New York Madison County Ss:  On this Ninth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting, Thomas Camel a resident of the Town of Lenox in the said County of Madison in the State of New York aged 72 years as near as this applicant can recollect 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 is to say about the month of September 1776 as near as this applicant can recollect he enlisted for three years under one Captain Wilson of the County of Culpepper in the State of Virginia where this applicant then resided believes the enlisting orders were presented to him by the said Captain Wilson of the Fourth Virginia regiment.  The colonel's name as near as this applicant can recollect was, Naval, of the said Fourth Virginia Regiment, General Scotts Brigade.  That about six days after he enlisted they were mustered and marched Immediately to a place called White March in the state of Pennsylvania that they there joined the main Army under General Washington that they were there some time five or six months as near as this applicant can recollect.  that from White March they were marched to a Place called Valley forge Forge in the State of Pennsylvania where he remained with
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The Army at Valley forge, from sometime in December 1777.  Through the Winter until June 1778 when the army was marched to Monmouth where he was engaged in the Battle which was there fought and there in consequence of being over heated and worn out with fatigue he was taken sick and was put in the hospital where he Remained some weeks very sick  that after he Recovered so that he could walk the Doctor who took care of him let him go to live in a family near that Place and the army was marched from there he does not know to what place.  That he remained sick and unable to join the army after that.  That he remained sick and unable to labour or perform any hard service for some three or four years and has never entirely got over the effects produced from being heated on that occasion.  That he went from Valley Forge to the town of Salem in the County of Washington and State of New York where he Remained several years from thence he went into the County of Onondaga where he remained several years and from the County of Onondaga he removed to the County of Madison where he now resides   That he has resided in the said County of Madison as near as this applicant can recollect about thirty years—
That he was never Discharged only by the Doctor who told him that he might stay in the family above stated and if he became able to return to the army he might so do but Did not think he would ever be able to Join them again   That he has never since heard or seen any person who belonged to the Company or Regiment in which he served   That the Company to which he belonged were mostly killed
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In the Battle at Monmouth,  That it was in the month of July or first Part of the month of August 1778. as near as this applicant can recollect that he was so left as above stated—
This applicant can neither read or write and is unable from memory to state further Particulars,  That he has no Documentary Evidence that he knows of that he can procure  That he cannot from his own Recollection state other facts and Circumstances than what he has stated above  And he knows of no Person whose Testimony he can Procure who can testify to his services
The said applicant further states that when he Enlisted he was as near as this applicant can recollect in the 16th year of his age  was born at Culpepper aforesaid in the state of Virginia, was taken before one Daniel Blackman Esqr and sworn into the service and measured, heighth 5 feet some Inches - has no record of his age  is a Black man and from age and Defect of memory can state no more
He hereby relinquishes evry claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity Except the Present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Thomas Camel  x his mark

Seth Lockwood
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
A.S. Sloan Clk
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We Dier D. Ransom a Clergyman residing in the Town of Smithfield in the County of Madison and State of New York and near to the residence of Thomas Camel the aforesaid applicant and Seth Lockwood residing in the same town of Smithfield in the County of Madison and State of New York and likewise near to the residence of the said Thomas Camel, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Thomas Camel who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration and that we believe him to be seventy two years of age and 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.
Dyer D Ransom
Seth Lockwood
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
A.S. Sloan Clk.

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
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Served as he states..  And the Court further Certifies that it apears to them that Dier D. Ransom who has signed the preceeding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Smithfield in the County of Madison aforesaid and near to the residence of the above named applicant and that the said applicant residence is nearer to the said Dier D. Ransom residence than to the residence of any other clergyman and that the said Seth Lockwood who has also signed the same is a resident in the Said Town of Smithfield and is a credible person and that their Statement is Entitled to Credit

I Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Madison in 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 Thomas Camel for a Pension. 
In Testimony where of I have hereafter let my hand and seal of Office this 9th day of October in the year of our Lord 1832

A.S. Sloan Clk
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15.986
Thomas Camel
Madison Co N York

I sust?
Proof service

The claim of this applicant is not for the time only from his enlistment to Monmouth battle, but it is submitted if he shall be entitled to anything whether the time may not be so reckoned as to allow him for time that he was unable to labor in consequence of fatigue
in battle while under his entitlement, Decision may be sent to Epenetus Holmes, Morrisville Madison County New York,  agent
[rest appears to be crossed out:] 
A.G. Sloan esq. fls.
Morrisville
Epenetus Holmes
Madison
N.Y
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
183

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, 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 Thomas Camel

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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. 

Sept 1776
Enlisted for three years - was sick after the Battle of Monmouth & left the army in Augt 1778 | Private | Capt Wilson | Colo. Nevel  Genl. Scott | Monmouth | From Virginia to White March Pennsyl to Valley Forge |  72 years Culpepper Co Virga. | Traditionary a Clergyman
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I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, 
J.L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.

Name of "Thomas Camel" not found on the rolls - he must give further information respecting his service, and furnish the best evidence he can produce to sustain his declaration.
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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 ---
On this --- day of ---- personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of ---- in the county of ---- and State, Territory, or District of ---- aged (c) ---- 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 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) ----, with ---- and 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 enered 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

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 do hereby certify (h) 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 (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 ---- and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ----, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ---- 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 ---- do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation 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 live now?
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 Solder. { 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 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. 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 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, 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 on 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 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 ----. For ---- 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 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.
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State of New York Madison County SS. Be it remembered that on this fifth day of June in the year of our Lord 1833 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Madison aforesaid Thomas Camil or otherwise called Thomas Campbell a black man whose name is signed to the Declaration to which this is annexed 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 time 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 nine months & twenty Eight days I served as a private in the Regiment and under the
officers mentioned in said Declaration which time I calculate from the first of September 1776 to the 28th day of June 1778 which I am informed and believe was the time of the Monmouth Battle, the said Regiment was an
embodied Corps and called into service by Competent authority as was then believed. There are no witnesses living within my knowledge who can testify to my service- That at the time I enlisted as stated in my said Declaration I was a slave to Col. Martin
Picket of Virginia who gave me my choice either to remain a slave as I was or to go into the Army and I chose the latter and enlisted as stated in my said Declaration. In the Battle at Monmouth I was with the Artillery and drove the horses, that from & after the Battle of Monmouth in consequence of being over heated and fatigued, I was sick and for not less than six months was unable to
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to perform any service whatever and that he was never entirely recovered from said sickness so occasioned by being overheated.
Thomas his x mark Camil (or Campbell)

Sworn & Subscribed before me this 5th Day of June 1833
Daniel Dickey Justice of the Peace
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Thomas Campbell
Suspd. Act 1832
New York

C.W. Bennett
Atty
Present
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State of New York
County of Madison

Be it known, that on this twenty third day of December A.D. 1854 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared James Campbell resident of Sullivan in said County, and made oath according to law that he is a son of Thomas Campbell Decd who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of   the said Thomas under the Pension Act of    that the said Thomas Campbell died in the State of Michigan on the 6th day of May 1849  that he is directly interested as a claimant in said pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney, and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint C.W. Bennett, of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute the claim of Thomas Campbell decd for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due;  and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim on file in the Department at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the State of New york Agency;  to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present.  Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises
James Campbell

Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said James Campbell to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party there alleged.  The words interlined at the State of New york under the 15th line from the top was done before signing.
Jarius French
Justice of the Peace

State of New York
County of Madison
It is hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the County of Madison & of the Courts of Record therein that James Campbell the party who was sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney is the son of the reputed soldier aforesaid.  I further certify, that Jarius French Esq before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this twenty fifth day of December 1854
Lucius P. Clark Clerk
Fees 50 cents
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REJECTED

P.O. Thomas Camel
Service: ----

Enlisted: ----, 18--.
Discharged: ----, 18--.

Application filed: ----, 18--.

Alleges: List of suspended claims printed in 1852 shows cause of suspension as follows: "Suspension for deficient proof."

Attorney: ----
P.O. ----
---- Recognized. ---- Contract.
---- Cert. of Dis. Searched for ----, 18--.
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War Dept. Pens. Office
Oct. 18, 1833.

Epenetus Holmes
Morrisville
Madison Co., N.Y.
Sir:
The papers of Thomas Camel have likewise been examined and suspended, the proof required not having been produced.  His papers are placed on file.
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State of New York Madison County Ss:
Levi Mack of Smithfield in the County aforesaid, being duly sworn deposes and says that he is acquainted with Thomas Camel or Campbell, a black man, of the said town, and that he has been acquainted with him ever since the year 1806.  that his character for truth and veracity is good, and that his moral character has never to the knowledge of this deponent been impeached.  And this deponent further says that, he has a number of years ago heard said Camel tell of being in the revolutionary war as a soldier, and this deponent from what he has heard him say believes he was in said army and served as a soldier in the battle of Monmouth
Levi Macks

Subscribed and sworn to before me the 5th day of June 1833.
I certify that I am well acquainted with said Levi Mack and that he is credible witness
Daniel Dickey Justice Peace
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State of New York Madison County: Be it remembered that on this 5th day of June in the year of our Lord 1833, personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the peace in and for the said county of Madison, Jeremiah Mack of Smithfield in the said county aged seventy seven years who being duly affirmed deposes and says that he was a soldier in the service of the United State in the Revolutionary War, and now draws a pension in consequence of said service that he was in the Battle of Monmouth and that he lay with the army at Valley Forge the winter before said battle- That he is acquainted with Thomas Camel, or Campbell a black man who now lives in the said town of Smithfield, and that this deponent has been acquainted with him for near thirty years last past, that his deponent has frequently and many years ago conversed with said Camel about the Revolutionary War, and that in such conversations said Camel has informed this deponent that he Camel served in the Army in the Revolutionary War, and that he was in the Battle of Monmouth & lay with the army the winter before said battle at Valley Forge, and that from circumstances and occurrences which said Camel has related to this deponent, and which this deponent remembered- He has no doubt said Camel was engaged in said battle and lay with the army at Valley Forage at the time above mentioned.  And further that the said Camel is a man of good character for truth and veracity & that he has never known said Camels moral character impeached.  And further this deponent saith not
Jeremiah Mack

Subscribed and affirmed
The 15th day of June 1833 before me and I verify that the said Jeremiah Mack is well known to me and is a credible
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witness and I further certify that the said Thomas Camel is well known to me and that I concur in the statement of said Mack contained the above deposition concerning  the good character of said Camel for truth and veracity.
Daniel Dickey Justice Peace

State of New York
County of Madison S.S.
I Andrew S. Sloan clerk of the said County do certify that Daniel Dickey before whom the three preceding affidavits purport to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits to be his proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 6th day of June 1833.
A.S. Sloan Clerk
E. Barnard  Dep. Clk

[SEAL]
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15,985
Thomas Camel  Revo:
New York
Suspended act of Jn '32
letter 18 Oct 1833
E. Holmes
1609
Act. 7th June 1832