Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,529, Ezekiel Chapman, Mass.
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Service :  Mass.
Chapman, Ezekiel
Jerusha
Number :   W.16,529
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(left side)
Letter to Hon. J. H. Prentiss 16 Dec. '31.
Let to H Scott Feb 14. 1840.
Letter to T. W. Olcott & Auditor
4 April 1840
Paid at the Treasury under the
Act of the 6th April 1838 from
4 March to 17 June 1839 the
day of her death. Agent
notified 2d June 1840
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(right side) 1140
New York, (Albany)
Jerusha Chapman
widow of Ezekiel Chapman
who died on the 27 August 1821
of Otsego Co. in the State of New York
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Flower of the Regt commanded
by Col. Greaton in the Mass.
line for three years from 1777.
Mass.

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

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of July.
1837 and sent to Chester
Jarvis Cooperstown N.Y.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1837 $480.
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 17 40
(total) $520

(Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,)
Section the 3
Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk
Book (blank) Vol. 1 Page 728.
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Ezekiel Chapman
Ezekiel Chapman
 18 April
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State of York,                 Ezekiel Chapman aged 76 year being
OTSEGO COUNTY ss.    duly sworn, saith, that he is a resident of the
town of Otsego in the County aforesaid, and has served as a private soldier
in the war of the revolution against the common enemy, for the term of Nine Months
and longer, at a certain period of the war herein after mentioned, on the Continental
Establishment, and is yet a resident citizen of the United States; and by reason of his
reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
And this deponent further saith, that he never has received any pension from the United States, and doth hereby relinquish his claim to every pension that may have been
heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States, excepting and reserving to
himself the right of claiming, and he doth hereby claim a pension under an act entitled
"An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the
United States in the revolutionary war,” passed 18th March, 1818. And this deponent
doth further declare under oath, that the time he entered the army of the United States
in the war of the revolution aforesaid, on the Continental Establishment, the officers
under whom he served, and the line to which he belonged, together with the time and
manner of leaving the service, are all correctly set forth, according to the best of his
knowledge and recollection, in the following manner; that is to say, he the said
Ezekiel Chapman did at the town of West Springfield in the
State of Massachusetts, in the year seventeen hundred and
seventy seven, enlist for three years under one Captain
Samuel Flower in Colonel John Graton's Regiment
belonging to the Massachusetts line - after joining his
regiment at or near Saratoga he was taken from the ranks
attached to a company of artificers for the making
& repairing of arms in the City of Albany in
which service he continued untill the expiration of three
years and was honorably discharged by Colonel
Phillip VanRensselaer in the City of Albany aforesaid--
which discharge he the said Ezekiel has lost.
Ezekiel Chapman

Sworn and subscribed
fore me this Eighth
of April 1818
John Russell
Judge of Otsego Com: Pleas-
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State of New York,
OTSEGO COUNTY,SS. 
Zenas Chapman of the town of Ostego with whom I am
well acquainted- being duly sworn, saith, that he is personally well
acquainted with Ezekiel Chapman--the applicant above
named, and has been so acquainted with him the said Ezekiel
for forty years, and during that time the said Ezekiel
has sustained a good character for truth and veracity,
and he this deponent verily believes that full credit ought to be given to the declarations of the said Ezekiel when under oath.
and further he the said Zenas perfectly recollects
that the said Ezekiel did belong to the
Army in the revolutionary war--Zenas Chapman

Sworn and Subscribe 
before me this eighth
day of April 1818.   John Russell
Judge of Otsego Com. Pleas

State of New York,  
OTSEGO COUNTY, ss
I John Russell one of the 
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for
the County aforesaid, do certify that I am satisfied the said Ezekiel
Chapman served in the revolutionary war as aforesaid, against the common
enemy, for a longer term than nine months, as stated in the affidavit of the said Ezekiel hereunto annexed--And I do further certify
that full credit is due to the deposition of the above named Ezekiel & Zenas
and also that the evidence on which I have founded my
judgment is contained in the affidavit of the said Ezekiel & Zenas. 
Given under my hand at
Cooperstown this 29th day of
April 1818.
John Russell 
Judge of Otsego
Com. Pleas
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Ezekiel Chapman
Otsego No. 3137

George Merrell Agt.
Cooperstown
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District of New York
Otsego County
[illegible] On this 11th day of October 1820 personally appeared in open court being a Court of Record for the County aforesaid Ezekial Chapman aged 79 years resident of Otsego in the county of Otsego in said district who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war in Captain Flowers company Colonel [illegible] regiment belonging to the Massachusetts [illegible] and the date of his original declaration was on the 18th day of April 1818 on which he has received a pension certificate No. 2127 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the on the 18th day of March and that I have not by gift or sale or in any manner [illegible] of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it [illegible] being myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in[illegible] [illegible] any property or securities  [illegible] or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the [illegible] [illegible] annexed and by me described.   I have no real estate and no personal [illegible] I have a wife residing with me and am confined to my room and have been for several
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years unable to do any kind of business-- I am
supported entirely by my son Zenas and the pension
I receive from Government - On the last
Session of the Court of Com. Pleas of Otsego
County I was confined to my bed and unable
to attend in open Court.
Ezekiel Chapman hisXmark

Sworn this 11th Octr
1820 before the Court
Geo. Morell Clk.
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
OTSEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, ] ss.
I, GEORGE MORELL, Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego and State of New-York, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is No ___ dollars.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 12 day of October 1820.
Geo Morell Clk
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State of New York
Otsego County ss:
On this 27th day of February 1837 personally
appeared before Elisha Foote Esqr. a Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas of the said County Jerusha Chapman,
a resident of Otsego in said County of Otsego
and State of New York, aged 87 years,
who being first duly sworn according to law, doth,
on her oath make the following declaration, in order
to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the
act of Congress, passed July 4, 1836: That she
is the widow of Ezekiel Chapman, who was a soldier
of the revolution, a private in a company commanded
by Captain Samuel Flower, he lived in Springfield
Massachusetts, he enlisted for three years, he was gone
from home over three years, cannot recollect the year that
he enlisted, or the precise service that he performed;-
he received a pension from the United States at the
time of his death. She further declares that she
was married to the said Ezekiel Chapman on the
month of December (1768.) in the year Seventeen Hundred
and sixty eight. That her Husband, the
aforesaid Ezekiel Chapman died on the 27th day
of August 1821 And that she has remained a
Widow ever since that period, as will more fully
appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed.
Jerusha Chapman herXmark

Sworn to & Subscribed, on the day & year
above written, before
me
Elisha Foote Judge
of Otsego County Court
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State of New York
Otsego County.} ss. Hezekiah B. Sprague of Otsego in said County being duly sworn deposeth & says that he was well acquainted with Ezekial Chapman who he understood was a pensioner of the United States  that he has been dead about fifteen years, that he left a widow Jerusha Chapman whom this deponent is also well acquainted and has been for thirty years past, that the said Jerusha Chapman still remains the widow of the said Ezekiel Chapman and unmarried according to the best knowledge of this deponent, that the said Jerusha Chapman is a person of good character for truth and veracity and her statement is intitled to credit. that this deponent has lived within a few rods of the said Jerusha Chapman about twenty five years past. and further saith not. 
Hezekiah B. Sprague
Sworn and subscribed this 27th day of February 1837
before me
Elisha Foote Judge of Otsego County Court

Otsego County ss – I the said Judge before whom the above affidavit was taken do further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Hezekiah B. Sprague that he is a man of good character for truth and veracity and his statement is entitled to credit
Elisha Foote Judge of Otsego County Court
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Otsego County ss I the said Judge before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken do certify that the reason the foregoing declaration was made before me, was that the Applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court, and also for the same reason she was unable to write her name
Elisha Foote Judge of Otsego County Court
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State of New York
Otsego County ss:} I George C. Clyde Clerk of the County of Otsego do hereby certify that Elisha Foote Esquire before whom the within and foregoing and annexed affidavits purport to have been sworn was on the day of the date of each aforesaid affidavit a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Otsego duly commissioned and sworn according to Law — And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe his name subscribed to said affidavits and the annexed certificates of identity and credibility is his genuine hand writing and signatures —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this twenty seventh day of February AD 1837 —
George C. Clyde Clk
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In the matter of the application of Jerusha Chapman
For a Pension
additional Evidence

C Jarvis agt.
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The following Transactions of the Ordination Council at the ordination of Mr Timothy Stone at (Goshen) in [crossed out] Lebanon Sept. 30th 1767 to be recorded in the Book by advice of sd Council
[crossed out] At a meeting of an Ecclesiastical [?] Council at Goshen in Lebanon Sept 30 1767 for the ordination of Mr Timothy Stone to Pastoral Office in sd (Goshen) Present the Revd Messrs Solomon Williams, Stephen White, Richard Salter, Amos Fowler and Joseph Huntington. Delegates Deacon Samuel Huntington Nehemiah Easterbrook Mr John Burgis & Dr Joseph Strong the Revd [illegible] Williams was chosen Moderator and Mr Huntington Scribe. Voted that Mr Huntington introduce the service, & open the Solemnitys by Prayer Mr Fowler [?] preach the sermon Mr Williams make the prayer before the charge & give the charge. Mr White make the Prayer before giving the Right Hand of Fellowship & that Mr Salter give the right hand of Fellowship. Sept. 30th 1767 This day was ordained in the pastoral Office over the 3d [?] Church & [illegible] in Lebanon Mr Timothy Stone according to the written proposals, by the Council above named
Test Joseph Huntington Scribe for sd Council

State of Connecticut ss
New London County} Lebanon June 7th 1837
the above is a true copy as appears of [?] Record
Attest Israel J. Otis
Clerk of the Ecclesiastical Society
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The Record of the Marriage is as follows viz Ezekiel Chapman of Colchester and Jerusha Lee of Lebanon were joined in Marriage on the 14th of December 1768 as appears on sd Record —
It further appears in sd Record that Mr Timothy Stone was the Pastor of sd Church and Congregation from the time of his ordination to the time of his Death which was May 12th 1797
State of Connecticut
County of New London} June 7th 1837
The above are true copies as appears of Record
Attest Israel J. Otis
Clerk of the Ecclesiastical Society

State of Connecticut ss
New London County } June 7th 1837
Personally appeared this day Israel J Otis as Clerk of the Parish in Goshen town of Lebanon in sd County and made solemn oath that the above copies were true copies of the Records of sd Parish according to his best knowledge & belief
Before me
John W Haughton Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut ss
County of New London } June 7th 1837
I the said John W Haughton a Justice of the Peace for sd COunty and being duly commissioned and sworn do further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Israel J Otis that he is a person of good character and his statement is justly entitled to credit
Attest John W Haughton Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut
New London County} ss I John DeWitt Clerk of the County Court in and for said New London County do hereby Certify that John W Haughton  Esq before whom the annexed affidavit of Israel J Otis was made was and is on this 7th day of June 1837 a Justice of the peace in and for said New London County. and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts as such, and that his signature thereto affixed & also to the certificate above are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 7th day of June AD 1837
John DeWitt Clerk
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State of New York
Otsego County ss: Zenas Chapman of Otsego In said county being duly sworn deposeth & says that his Father Ezekial Chapman lived in the Family of this deponent from the year 1810, untill the time of his death, and also his mother Jerusha Chapman resided with him for the same time, and still continues to reside with this Deponent, and that he has made dilligent search to [illegible] to find a record of the marriage of the said Ezekiel & Jerusha Chapman, and has not been able to find any other record than that of their ages, and that the said Jerusha Chapman informs this deponent that there was no record made to her knowledge of the said marriage. and further saith not
Zenas Chapman
Subscribed & Sworn before me June 12th 1837
Chester Jarvis Justice of the Peace
Town of Otsego ss: I the said Justice do further certify that I am well aquainted with the said Zenas Chapman and know him to be a person of good character for truth and verasty and his statement is entitled to Credit
Chester Jarvis Justice

State of New York
Otsego County ss:} I George C. Clyde Clerk of the County of Otsego Do hereby certify that Chester Jarvis Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Otsego duly elected and qualified according to Law — And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice & verily believe his name subscribed to said affidavit and the annexed certificate of identity and Credibility to be his genuine hand writing and signatures —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
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And affixed my seal of Office this twelfth day of June AD 1837
George C Clyde Clk
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v1451
Jerusha Chapman
New York
Cooperstown
N.Y.

admitted
Pr 2 yrs $80

died 27 Aug 1821

Joshua Chapman,
affidavit

Chester Jarvis
Cooperstown
N.Y.
C Jarvis agt.
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I Jashua Chapman of Becket in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being of lawful age do Testify and say that in December of the year Seventeen Hundred and Sixty eight I was present at the marriage of Ezekiel Chapman and Jerusha Lee Both of the Town of Lebanon in the County of Windham and state of Connecticut — And at that time (being a Brother of said Ezekiel) I was at said Wedding and saw the said Ezekiel Chapman joined in marriage with the said Jerusha Lee by one Timothy Stone a Presbyterian Clergyman of the Layety of Goshen so called in said Town of Lebanon [crossed out] And I also say and Testify that having been acquainted with Zenas Chapman from his youth up — I fully believe and have no doubt that the said Zenas is a Son of the said Ezekiel and Jerusha Chapman and further the deponent saith not —
Johua Chapman
Subscribed and sworn before me this fifteenth day of February A.D. 1837
Jabin B. Williams Justice of the Peace

Berkshire ss. I the said Justice before whom the above affidavit was taken do further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Jashua Chapman and that he is a man of good character for truth and veracity and his statement is entitled to Credit —
Jabin B Williams Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire ss.
I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Judicial Courts in a& for the County of Berkshire, certify that Jabin B. Williams Esq before whom the annexed Affidavit was taken is a Justice of the in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified to take Depositions &c. and that the Signature to the said affidavit purporting to be his is genuine —
Witness my hand & the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this 16th day of Feby. 1837 — Chs. Sedgwick clerk
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on this fifteenth day of February A.D. 1837
Jabin B. Williams Justice of the Peace

Berkshire ss. I the said Justice before whom the above affidavit was taken do further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Jashua Chapman and that he is a man of good character for truth and veracity and his statement is entitled to Credit —
Jabin B Williams Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire ss.
I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Judicial Courts in & for the County of Berkshire, certify that Jabin B. Williams Esq before whom the annexed Affidavit was taken is a Justice of the in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified to take Depositions &c. and that the signature to the said affidavit purporting to be his is genuine —
Witness my hand & the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this 16th day of Feby 1837 — Chs Sedgwick clerk
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Jerusha Chapman
New York

Suspended

[illegible] 26 May 37
C. Jarvis
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Cooperstown Feby. 27. 1837
Hon J.L. Edwards
Dear Sir. Enclosed I herewith send you the Aplication of Mrs Jerusha Chapman for a Pension for the proof of Service &c you will refer to the proof on file in the aplication of the said Ezekiel Chapman for a pension —
You will have the goodness to communicate with me on the Subject as soon as may be possible. respectfully Yours
C Jarvis
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[illegible] 4 1840

[illegible]
file [illegible]
papers

Jer: Chapman
Ny roll

J L Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Cooperstown Feb 4th 1840
Sir
The heirs of Jerusha Chapman deceased late a pensioner of the United States have severally executed power of attorney for the purpose of drawing the arrears of pension due them as such heirs, but owing to an error in the County clerk's certificate, the arrears were not paid. The certificate has been corrected or rather, the proper proof has now been made and a new certificate given, but the Power of attorney with the exception of one were all executed more than ninety days since, The Powers of attorney have been obtained by a good deal of trouble, and as the amount is small I trust you will in this case waive the rule so as to enable them to draw the small amount due them without the expense and trouble of executing Power of attorney anew agreeably to the suggestion of Mr Jenkins the pension agent at albany; Under date of January 27 1840 he says, "As they are dated in July last and the rule requires that they should be presented within ninety days after their date, We cannot pay without an order from the Comr of pensions authorising us to dispense with that rule, you had better write to him and get an order to that effect which I think he will grant under the circumstances of the case" Should you think proper to do so, it will save the heirs much trouble and expense
Very respectfully Yours
H Scott

J L Edwards, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT 
Second Comptroller's Office 
April 29th 1840 

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," the children of Jerusha Chapman a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Eighty - Dollars per annum, under the law of the 4th July 1836 been paid at this Department, from the to the 4th of March to the 17th June 1839, the day of his death.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
 Present.
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16 June   Cooperstown NY
Chester Jarvis
add evidence
Case Jerusha Chapman
Steman [?]

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington
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Cooperstown June 12th 1837

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Enclosed I forward to you additional Evidence in the application of Jerusha Chapman for a pension, as divided [?] in yours of the 24. ult.
respectfully yours
Chester Jarvis
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Ezekiel Chapman N.Y. Act March 18, 1818 to what time paid?
Pen: Office May 26, 1837 
died in 1821
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Rev WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 16529 

Jerusha Chapman 
Widow of Ezekiel Chipman 
Pri Rev War 

Act July 4th 36 
Index: Vol. A Page 131

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Ezekiel Chapman
No 2127
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War Department, No. 2,127
Pension Office,
Dec 8th 1820

SIR:
You are hereby informed that the Schedule of your property has been examined; and the Secretary of War has directed your name to be continued on the Pension Roll.
You will be paid at the next semi-annual payment in March next. Funds for that purpose will be transmitted at that time; but no arrearages will be paid previous thereto. 

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J.L. Edwards 

To Mr. Ezekiel Chapman 
Otsego, Otsego Co New York
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State of New York 
Otsego County 
To: Zenas Chapman of Otsego in said County being duly known deport and lays that he is in his sixty seventh year of age, that is the son of Ezekiel Chapman, deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States, that it is the same Ezekiel Chapman mentioned and described in the annexed Circular from the pension office that the said Ezekiel Chapman died August 27th 1821 that at the time of his death he resided with this deponent that he left a widow Jerusha Chapman who also resided with this deponent and still does service with this deponent, and has continue so to service, and that the said Jerusha Chapman remains the widow of the said Ezekiel Chapman and unmarried; and never has been married to the knowledge of this deponent
That the said Jerusha Chapman is a person of good character for truth and veracity and her statement is intitled to credit. and this deponent further states that he recollects when his father Ezekiel Chapman was in the Army, and he often told him that he was in the Army at Albany N.Y. and further south.
Zenas Chapman
Note
Sworn & Subscribed before me 
that 27th day of February 1837.
Elisha Foote Judge of the Otsego County Court
County of Otsego ss I the said Judge before the above affidavit was taken to further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Zenas Chapman that he is a man of Good Character for truth and veracity and his statement is entitled to credit 
Elisha Foote Judge of Otsego County Court