Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,328, for John Jacobs, Pennsylvania
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Service                                         Number

Penn.           Jacobs, John             S.22.328
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Pennsylvania 22668.
John Jacobs
of York County in the state Penn. who was a private in the Co. commanded by Captain Harbaugh of the Regt. commanded by Col. Swope in the Penna line for six months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 20 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Nov. 1833 and sent to David Coverty, Esq York Penna.

Appears to the 4th day of Sep. 1833   50.00
Seni-anl allowance ending 4 Mar 34   10.00
                                                           $60.00

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1932.}

Recorded by  Wm. R. Palmer Clerk,
Book 3 Vol. five Page 29.
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State of Pennsylvania
County of York

     On this 12 day of June 1833 personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county John Jacobs aged seventy nine who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make this annexed declaration in order to obtain the benefits of an Act of Congress passed June 4th, 1832.
     That he, the said John Jacobs was drafted about the 1st of July 1776 in York County, Pa to serve for three months in Captain Harbaugh's Company in Colonel Swope's Battalion and marched through Lancaster and Chester counties to Philadelphia from thence to Trenton & Princeton from thence to Brunswick in the state of New Jersey from thence to New York when Captain Harbaugh returned home to New York. 
     The time for which they were drafted having expired and all his company except himself and twelve privates and a Lieutenant who were ordered to remain in service by Colonel Swope until they were by him discharged and that he remained under the command of said Lt. three months longer in the State of New Jersey and was then discharged by him near the Delaware River about thirty miles above Trenton in the State of New Jersey about the 1st of January 1777 and that he served at least six months altogether in the Army or the Revolution and I further declare that I have no documentary evidence in my possession nor do know any person living whose testimony I can procure to prove my service except Valentine Kohler who served with me at the same time whose testimony is hereunto annexed.  I hereby relinquish every claim to a pension except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State except that of the state of Pennsylvania.
Sworn to & subscribed before 
me the day and year aforesaid.

his
John X Jacobs
mark
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Question by Judge 1. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer: I was born in [illegible] 1704 
Question by Judge 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Answer: [illegible]
Question by Judge 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer: I lived in York County when called to service and have lived in County ever since the Revolutionary war.
Question by Judge 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
Answer: I was drafted.
Question by Judge 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.
Answer: I [illegible] Officers that were in service at the time I served. I was [illegible] several [illegible] officers [illegible] Battalion [illegible] Col. Swopes [illegible].
Question by Judge 6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? 
Answer: I never received a written discharge after my Captain returned home from the service. He left me under the command of a lieutenant and after remaining in the service six months, our lieutenant returned with us from the service.
Question by Judge 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.
Answer: Andrew Duncan, Esq., Zachariah Spangler, [illegible], John Roch, Lewis Shive, Esq., Penrose Robertson, Esq.
Can all testify to my character or veracity and their belief of my services as a solider of the revolutionary war.
John Jacobs [his mark]
Sworn and subscribed before me this 12 day of June, A. Domino 1833.
Geo. State of Pennsylvania
County of York, SS.
Personally appeared before me, the subscriber, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Volenten Kohler, aged seventy-seven, a credible witness who being by me duly sworn according to law saith that John Jacobs, now an applicant for a pension, did serve in Captain Marbough's Company in Col. Swoopes' battalion. He was drafted in York County about the 1st July 1776, and marched to New Jersey and remained in service three months under Capt. Marbough, after which he was under Lt. Ettinger three months and [spaces]. Remained in the service until six months had expired and then returned from the service with the Lieutenant under whom [illegible] where he was drafted. Deponent was in the actual service with him, the said John Jacobs, during the time and speaks from his own knowledge.
Valente Kohler [his mark]
United States Pensioner
Sworn and subscribed before me this 8 day of July, A. Domino 1833
Geo. Barnitz
We, J. Geo. Schmucker, a clergyman residing in the Borough of York [blank] residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Jacobs, 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 his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
J. Geo. Schmucker
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8 day of June A. Domino 1833.
Geo Barnitz
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State of Pennsylvania
County of York, SS.
Personally appeared before me, the subscriber, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Volenten Kohler, aged seventy-seven, a credible witness who being by me duly sworn according to law saith that John Jacobs, now an applicant for a pension, did serve in Captain Marbough's Company in Col. Swoopes' battalion. He was drafted in York County about the 1st July 1776, and marched to New Jersey and remained in service three months under Capt. Marbough, after which he was under Lt. Ettinger three months and [spaces]. Remained in the service until six months had expired and then returned from the service with the Lieutenant under whom [illegible] where he was drafted. Deponent was in the actual service with him, the said John Jacobs, during the time and speaks from his own knowledge.
Valente Kohler [his mark]
United States Pensioner
Sworn and subscribed before me this 8 day of July, A. Domino 1833
Geo. Barnitz
We, J. Geo. Schmucker, a clergyman residing in the Borough of York [blank] residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Jacobs, 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 his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
J. Geo. Schmucker
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8 day of June A. Domino 1833.
Geo Barnitz
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And I, the said Judge, do hereby declare my 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 I further certify that Geo. G. Schmucker, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the Borough and County of York and that [blank] who has signed the same is a resident also in the same, and that their statement is entitled to credit and I certify that John Jacobs is not able to attend the Court to make his declaration in consequence of bodily infirmity.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of June 1833.
Geo. Barnitz
Pennsylvania
York County, SS.
I, John W. Hetrick, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do certify, that the Honorable George Barnitz, before whom the foregoing declaration was made and depositions were taken, is and was, at the time of signing his name thereto, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid, and as such is duly commissioned and qualified and believe the signatures to the same to be in his proper handwriting.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at York Borough, this [illegible] day of September, AD. 1833
John W. Hetrick
Prothonotary
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September 14, 1935
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Mr. H. J. Young 
Historical Society of York County 
York, Pennsylvania

John Jacobs,   S. 22328
Jonathan Jacobs, W.3345
BA-J/MLB

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of John and Jonathan Jacobs, Revolutionary War pensioners, both of York County, Pennsylvania. 

Their records follow. 
JOHN JACOBS
S.22328

The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 22328, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of John Jacobs. 

John Jacobs was born in 1754 in York County, Pennsylvania; the names of his parents are not given. 

While residing in York County, Pennsylvania, this soldier enlisted about July 1, 1776, served as private in Captain Harbaugh's company, Colonel Swope's Pennsylvania regiment, and was discharged about January 1, 1777. 

John Jacobs was allowed pension on his application executed June 12, 1833, while a resident of York County, Pennsylvania. 

No family data are shown in the claim. 

In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of the person paid and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and site the following: John Jacobs, Certificate No. 22668, issued November 29, 1833, rate $20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, Pennsylvania Agency.
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22.328
Revolution INVALID.
File No. 22.328
John Jacobs
Private, Rev. War
Act: June 7th, 1832
Index: Vol. L, Page 208
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1935 Sept 14 - Hist to H J Young (See ltr in pen. claim W3345 of Jonathan Jacobs) MLB
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JONATHAN JACOBS
W. 3345

You are furnished below the record of Jonathan Jacobs as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 3345, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. 

The date and place of this soldier's birth and names of his parents are not shown. 

Jonathan Jacobs enlisted in York County, Pennsylvania, about January, 1776, for a term of twenty-one months, served as a private in Captain Philip Albright's company, Colonel Miles' Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, was in the battles of White Plains and Trenton and was discharged in consequence of illness after having served fifteen months. 

Jonathan Jacobs was allowed pension on his application executed April 4, 1825, at which time he was aged sixty-one years and a resident of York County, Pennsylvania. 

The soldier died April 11, 1843, in the Borough of York, York County, Pennsylvania. 

Jonathan Jacobs married about November, 1786, place not shown, Dorothy Fleishman; the date and place of her birth and names of parents are not stated. 

Soldier's widow, Dorothy Jacobs, was allowed pension on her application executed September4, 1843, at which time she was aged about seventy-seven years and residing in the Borough of York, York County, Pennsylvania. In 1848, her place of residence was given as the Town of York, same county. 

It was stated that Jonathan Jacobs and his wife, Dorothy, reared a large family of children, but the only name designated was that of the oldest child, John, born sometime in August, 1787, place not given. 

In 1843, one John Jacobs, aged eighty-four years, made affidavit in York County, Pennsylvania, his place of residence not given, in which he stated that he (John) was married in his thirty-first year and that Jonathan Jacobs was married several years before that time, but he did not state his relationship to him.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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O. W. & N. Division,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of John Jacobs, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. (CAPTAIN. | COLONEL.) | STATE.
July 76 | 6 mo. | Private | (Harbaugh | Swope) | Pa
Battles engaged in, none mentioned
Residence of soldier at enlistment, York County, Pa
Date of application for pension, June 12 1833
Residence at date of application, York Co., Pa
Age at date of application, 79
Remarks: His pension was allowed
Very respectfully,
[blank] Commissioner.
John Jacobs Esq.
Fort Wayne, Ind.
13603 b -- 3 m
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York Nov 20th 1833
Sir,
Enclosed I send you 5 Claims for pensions [illegible] some of which I have had on hand a long time having been engaged in other businesses and being sick most part of the Summer have delayed those claims until now. In as much as your office has been so crowded in business. I suppose the delay has been no injury. As none if any further information should be required, please write me.
Yours with Respect
David Corey
J. L. Edwards Esq.
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22.668
John Jacobs
Pennsylvania
Adm. 6 Months
$20
David Carey
York, Pa
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WAR DEPARTMENT , 
Pension Office, 
Sir, 
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,  before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: ] ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you  will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A STATEMENT, showing the Service of 
___________________________________________________________________
Period when the service was rendered/
Duration of the claimant's service. 

_________________________________________
Years. / Months. / Days. 

_______/_________/___________
Rank of the claimant 

________________________________________________________
Names and rank of the Field officer under whom he served.
 
__________________________________________________________
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered service. 

___________________________________________________________
Proof by which the declaration is supported. 

___________________________________________________________



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, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record,
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory or District of ss.
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 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), 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 entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [stamp of a hand] 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 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 days 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 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier: Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer: Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

(a) The declarant 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 [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; 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 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.
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.