Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41595, Amos Gustin, Penn.
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Penn.

Gustin, Amos

NUMBER
S. 41595
_______________________________________
CONTENTS
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H. Power: July 15/58
1871  same Nov 16/58
June 11  CF Hall that claim of
heirs was properly requested-Pnw
    [flourish]

Off  Augt [August] 6, 1821
& sent to Clerk
of Adams County
West Union
Ohio

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16.704
 Ohio        R
---------------------------
Amos Gustin 
of Adams Co  in the state of Ohio
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel McCoy of the Penna
line, for the term of three years
__________________________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of       Dollars per month, to commence on
the  2  of Decb. [December] 1819
__________________________________________________Certificate of Pension issued the 17 of April
[crossed out-and] 1820 and sent to
  Hon. J. W. Campbell H R
________________________________________________________
Arrears to 4th of March 1820             24.77
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1820    48
                                                          _________
                                                         $ 72.77
2     30/31    6/31
8
____
16
  8.77
______
24.77
                              {Revolutionary claim,       }
                              {Act 18th March, 1818.    }
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        The State of Ohio Adams County Ss

     On this second day of December 1819 before me
the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for the County of Adams &
State aforesaid personally appeared Amos Gustin
aged Sixty Six years resident in the county aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war."  that he the said Amos Gustin enlisted for the term of three years on the thirteenth day of August in the year 1776 in the house of Jacob Beeson which in now included in Uniontown in the State of Pennsylvania in the company commanded by Captain Moses Carson of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Enos McCoy in the line of the State of Pennsylvania on the Continental establishment; that he continued to Serve in the said Corps as in the Service of the United States untill [until] the latter end of September or the beginning of October in the year 1779 when he was discharged from Service in Pittsburg in the State of Pennsylvania.  That he was in the battle of Bonbrook [Bound Brook], the battle of quibble Town [Quibbletown] in the Jerson [?Jersey] and in several Small battles during the times he was in Colo. [Colonel] Morgans Regiment and that he is in reduced Circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for Support and
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that he has no other evidence now in his power
of his Said Service                Amos Gustin
Sworn to & subscribed before}
me the day & year aforesaid   }
             Job Dinning

I Job Dinning a Judge of the Court of Common 
Pleas in the county of Adams and State of Ohio do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Amos Gustin did Serve in the Revolutionary war as Stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy for the term of three years at one time, on the continental establishment: and I now transmit the proceedings taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the before mentioned act of Congress  I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for Support  Given under my hand and Seal this Second day of December 1819
                     Job Dinning  (Seal) [hand drawn]

       The State of Ohio Adams County Ss
I Job Dinning do hereby certify that this day [words cross out] Nicholas Blake Senr. [Senior] personally appeared before me the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid and being duly sworn deposeth and saith that the above named Amos Gustin did enlist in the Service of the United States in Captain Moses Carson Company in the Eighth ^Pennsylvania
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Regiment commanded by Col. [Colonel] Enos McCoy for the
term of three years, about the time stated in his preceding declaration that this deponent was acquainted with the said Gustin during the time he was in the Army (in the same Regiment with the deponent) that he saw him frequently in the Army as aforesaid and knows that he was in the Service of the United States in the year 1779. having been in his company in that year 
                                               Nich. [Nicholas] Blake

I Certify that the above deposition of Nicholas Blake was this day taken subscribed & sworn to before me; that I am well acquainted with the deponent that he is a man of respectability and that his deposition is entitled to full faith and credit   Given under my hand & seal this 2.d day of December 1819.
                                           Job Dinning   Seal    [hand drawn]

The State of Ohio
                         Adams County Ss
               I Joseph Darlinton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that the above named Job Dinning Esqr. [Esquire] before who the foregoing Declaration of Amos Gustin was made the above Deposition of Nicholas Blake was taken and who has certified the same was at the time of Signing the
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Said Certificate and still is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit is due to his said Certificates as well in Courts of Justice as thereout
  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my 
                                     hand and affixed the seal of the
                                     Said Court at West Union this 3d.
                                     day of December in the year of our
                                     Lord 1819
                                                      Joseph Darlinton
                                                        {flourish]     
[Seal of Court affixed at left]






                      Amos Gustin
                       Adams County
                       2d. Dec 1819

                      Private      McCoy
                            Penn
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The State of Ohio Adam [Adams] county Ss
         On this 13th day of April 1821 Personally appeared 
in open Court being a Court of record having the power
of fine and imprisonment for the County & in the State aforesaid Amos Gustin aged sixty eight years resident
in Adam [Adams] county in the said State, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Solemn Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:  that he enlisted near Beeson town Pennsylvania on the 13th day of August 1776 in the Company commanded by Capt. [Captain] Moses Carron [Carson] of the 8th. Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Colo. {Colonel} McCoy--that he served in the Said 8th regiment about two years- and was afterwards transferred to Colo. [Colonel] Morgans Rifle regiment- that he was in twelve or thirteen Skirmishes in both Regiments-say at the battle of Bon Brook [Boundbrook] & that he was discharged at Fort Pitt in August or September 1779 as he believes by a Lieut. [Lieutenant] or Capt. {Captain] ^ John Finley-
That his name is inscribed on the Pension list Roll of the Ohio agency-by Certificate dated 17th. April 1820 and numbered 16.704 that he the said Amos Gustin has a wife and nine children the oldest boy about eighteen years of age one boy about fifteen one Girl about thirteen years of age one boy about ten years of age and the balance of the nine are all small & helpless and he the said Amos Gustin is not able to make his living by his own labour
            And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th Day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval Service 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 trust for me any property, or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than
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what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me Subscribed.                       Amos Gustin

    Schedule
150 acres of land disputed title 3d. rate                $187.50
5 head of Cattle                                                         28.00
2 Calves  2.00   2 head of Horses  $40.00                  42.00
5 head of Sheep                                                           5.00
24 head of Hogs                                                         12.00
1 Plough and 1 set Geers                                             5.00
1 Ax Mattox & Weeding hoe                                        3.00
Knives & forks & dishes ware                                       3.00
Iron mongary [mongery] & shovel & Tongs                4.00
7 old Chairs                                                                  1.00
old pair hand Mill Stones 3 horn shoes &}
small Grind stone                                      }                   1.00
                                                                                        ______
                                                                                     $291.50  
           amot. [amount] of what I am in debt                    10.00
                                                                                     $281.50

Sworn to and declared in open Court on the 13th day of
April 1821
                                            Joseph Darlinton Clk AC
                                              [flourish]

         The State of Ohio Adams County Ss
I Joseph Darlinton Clerk of the Court of Common pleas
in and for the County aforesaid 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 the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is two hundred and ninety one dollars & fifty cents.    In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed                                             
                                        the seal of the said Court at West 
  [Seal of court at left]     Union this 30th day of April in the 
                                         year of our Lord 1821
                                                   Joseph Darlinton
                                                    [flourish]
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State of Ohio      }
County of Adams}  Ss
                              Be it known, that before me, J Gore, a notary Public in and for said County personally appeared John Gustin and made oath, in due form of law, that he is the son of Amos Gustin, the identical person who was a pensioner, and is now dead, and to Whom a Certificate of Pension, was issued, which was destroyed by fire; that the deceased pensioner resided in Adams county in the State of Ohio for the space of twenty two years before his death and that previous thereto he resided in Kentucky.
                                                John Gustin
               Sworn to and subscribed before me this twenty
               first day of October AD 1858.
                                                J. Gore Notary Public

Know all men by these presents that I John Gustin in the County of Adams and the state of Ohio, a son of Amos Gustin, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do hereby Constitute and appoint Washington Power, of the County of Scioto and the State of Ohio, my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in Cincinnati in the State of Ohio the balance of said pension and the interest from the               day of              to the 9th ----------day of August Ad 1823, being the day of his death, and to the 25th ----day of July AD 1825, being the day of the death of his widow.
           Witness my hand and Seal, this twenty first day
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of October 21st, 1858,
                        X  John Gustin  [hand drawn seal]


Sealed and delivered 
in presence of     }
Smith/Grimes      }
J. Gore                 }

The State Ohio   
        Adams County}  Ss
                            Be it known, that on the twenty first day of 
October, AD. 1858 before the Subscriber, a Notary Public in and
for said County, personally appeared the above named John Gustin
and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act
and deed.
       In testimony thereof I have hereunto subscribed my
name and affixed my notarial seal.
                                           J. Gore   Notary Public

                           State of Ohio Adams County Ss}
I hereby Certify that J Gore whose name appears
to the foregoing acknowledgment was at the time of signing
the Same an Acting [crossed out Justice of the peace] Notary Public within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified according to Law and that as such full faith and Credit are due to his official Acts and that his signature thereto is Genuine.
                               In testimony whereof I AC Robe Clerk of the
                               Court of Common Pleas of said County have
                               hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
                               of Said Court at the Court house in Said
                               County this 21st day of October AD 1858.
                                                              A C Robe   Ckl   A C O
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The State of Ohio}
Adams County     } Ss
                         I AC Robe Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas of the County aforesaid held at West Union
in and for Said County
do hereby Certify that Satisfactory evidence has been exhibited
to Said Court that Amos Gustin was a pensioner of the
United States at the rate of eight dollars per month;
was a resident of the County of Adams in the State of Ohio
and died in the county of Adams in the State of Ohio, in the
year of AD 1823, on the 9th   day of August;
that he left a widow who died in the year of AD 1825;
that they left children whose names are John Gustin,
Thomas Gustin, Amos Gustin, Grizella Gustin, (now Grizella 
Shelby intermarried with George Shelby,) William Gustin,
Alpheus Gustin, Jeremiah Gustin, Rebecca Gustin, 
Jacob L. Gustin, Samuel L. Gustin, and Bennaji
Gustin.

            I hereby certify the foregoing to be a correct 
            copy of the Journal Record of Said Court.

                   In testimony whereof I have hereunto
                   set my hand and affixed the Seal
                   of Said Court at the Court house in
                   Said County this 21st day of October
                   A D 1858.
                                       AC Robe   Clk   AC
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State of Ohio
County of Scioto}  Ss
                     Be it known that on the
first day of November AD 1858
before the subscriber a [crossed out-Justice of the peace]
^Notary Public in and for said county personally appeared
Washington Power the attorney, named in the
foregoing power of attorney and made oath, the same
was not given him by reason of any sale, transfer, or
mortgage of the pension or arrears of pension therein a
authorized to be received by him
                                            Washington Power [signature]
    Sworn to and subscribed the day and
    year last above mentioned before
    me:     B. R. Miles   [crossed out-Justice of the Peace]
                    Notary Public
                      Scioto Co. Ohio
  







Address   Washington Power, Haverhill Scioto
  County, Ohio
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Rev. & 1812 War Section                                                           [initials M.C. S.
         [illegible initials]


                                                                  August 22,1928

Mrs. B. L. Neff
2826 Brinker Ave.
Ogden, Utah

Madam:

          I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S. 41595, it appears that AMOS GUSTIN enlisted in
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, August 13, 1775, as a private in Captain
Moses Carson's Company in Colonel Asnas Mackay's Pennsylvania Regiment; he was transferred to Colonel Morgan's Rifle Regiment, 
was in the battles of Boundbrook and Quibbletown and in many
skirmishes and was discharged at Fort Pitt in August, September or October, 1779.
          He was allowed pension on his application executed
December 2, 1819, at which time he was sixty-six years of age and was living in Adams County, Ohio.
          He died in that county August 9, 1823.
          His widow, her name not stated, died July 25, 1825.
          They had the following children:  John; Thomas; Amos; Grisella,
who married George Shelby; William; Alpheus; Jeremiah; Rebecca; Jacob J.; Samuel Jefferson' and Benaji.
          This is the only soldier by the name of Amos Gustin that is
found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
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          The War of 1812 records of this Bureau fail to afford any
information in regard to pension having been claimed on account of 
the service of Thomas Opdyeke, searched under all spellings of the
name.

                                               Respectfully,


                                                      WINFIELD SCOTT
                                                          Commissioner
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.           3-525
                                                                             _____________
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
                                                       BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
                                                         Washington, D. C., ________________,  19______

          In reply to your request of ___________________, received____________________
for a statement of the military history of    Amos Gustin,
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his [crossed out- (or his widow's)] application for pension on file in this Bureau.   S.41595.
__________________________________________________
[first column]
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Aug. 13, 1776

[second column]
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
2 yrs
1 yr

[third column]
RANK
Pvt.

[fourth column]
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN
Moses Carson
COLONEL
Aenas Mackay
Daniel Morgan.

[fifth column]
STATE
Penn.
and discharged Fort Pitt in fall of 1779

Battles engaged in,  Boundbrook; Quibbletown; many skirmishes [crossed out-& many small battles]
Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Enlisted near Beesontown, Penna.
Date of application for pension, Dec 2, 1819.  His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Adams Co., Ohio
Age at date of application,  66 years.  died Aug 9,1823 in Adams Co Ohio.
      Remarks:  Wife name not Stated, died July 25, 1825.  children: John; Thomas;
Amos; Grizella; mar. George Shelby; William; Alpheus; Jeremiah; Rebecca; Jacob J; Samuel Jefferson, & Benaji 

                                                       Respectfully,
                                                                  
                                                                               Commissioner.
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[Triangular letterhead with picture of shovel-
Ogden Council No. 3 R. & S. M.]

                                  Ogden Council No. 3                
                              ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS
                              2825 Brinker Av,  Ogden, Utah
                                                                 Dec 16- 1927

Commissioner of Pensions:
                  Washington D. C.
                   Dear Sir:
                            Would you kindly inform me if one, Amos Gustin, who
served in Revolutionary War from Va. under Daniel Morgans, rifle corps
drew a pension & if so any information of his military record it may contain.
Also on Thomas Opdycke who was a drummer boy in War 1812 from Green Co., Ohio.
No certified military ^record can be found of either of these men & I have been advised to try the pension department, and any information you can give me would be very gratefully received.
                                          Very Truly Yours,
                                               Mrs. B. L. Neff.
                                                   2825 Brinker Ave.
                                                     Ogden, Utah.
[stamp indicating
date received at 
pension office]
PENSION 
DEC 19 1927
U. S.
OFFICE
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                             2825 Brinker Ave.
                             Ogden, Utah.
                             Oct, 20-27

Commissioner of Pensions
             Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
          I would like to inquire
if one Amos Gustni, [sic] who
fought in Rev. War, from
Virginia & under Gen. Morgan
ever received a Pension.
Also, one Thomas Opdyeke
who was a drummer boy
in war 1812, from Ohio &
later moved to St Louis Mo.
where he died totally blind ever
received a pension.
If either or both of these men
were pensioned would you kindly
send me the data you have.
             Very Truly Yours.
                 Mrs. B. L. Neff.
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[handwritten]   Rev Rec, ED

                  Greenfield, Ohio
                   November 7, 1919.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir;-
                Will you please send to me a copy
of the pension certificate of Amos Gustine,
private in the Revolutionary War.

                  Pennsylvania Continental; placed on
pension roll April 17th, 1820.

                   Resident of Adams County when he applied
 for pension.

                    I thank you,

Please address-

                          Mrs. Fay Ballard,
                          Greenfield, Ohio

[stamp indicating date received at pension office]
PENSION 
     D 
NOV
10 1919
US
OFFICE
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OW&N [initialed in penciled handwriting at top left-hand corner of page]
{cl
[stamps indicating date received at pension office]

O.W. & N. DIVISION
JUN 5 1900
RECEIVED

PENSION OFFICE K
US
JUN 2 1900

Cherry Fork, O.  5/28-1900
Commissioner of Pensions
                       Washington DC,
          Dear Sir,
                    Will you please send me copy
of Amos Gustin's declaration for pension
He was a private in the Continental Troops
Revolutionary War, Pennsylvania
Was pensioned April 17, 1820. under the Law of
March 18th.. 1818. so I have been informed.
If you will kindly give me the information
aske [sic].  As a descendant,- of Amos Gustin I
will be very grateful, I desire the information
very much, 
                Very Truly Yours
                        W. C. Gustin.
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                  41595
                 INVALID.
                ----***----
Revy

File No.    41.595
              Amos Gustin
              Pri  Rev  War                   
               ----***----
Act:    18 " March 18"
Index:- Vol.   3  ,  Page  208

       [Arrangement of 1870.]

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June -7-1900
      MC. Gustin        H
Cherry Fork O.
1914. Nov 30: History to Mrs
P. B. Zink. (letter in S. F.
26  261.  Alexander McBride)
     M.B.H.
_______________________________
1919 Nov. 18. History to
Mrs. Fay Ballard  aw
_________________________________
1928 Aug 22  hist
to Mrs. B.L. Neff
             u.  CS
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O

[illegible]

C F Hall       Ohio
March 21, 1891
June  8, 1891

Amos Gustin

[stamps indicating date received at pension office]

PENSION OFFICE 
US
MAR 16 1891

RLCC.DD
MAR 21 1891
RECEIVED


US
O.W. & N.
JUN 8 1891
RECEIVED.
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                             41595

to Commissioner of Pentions [Pensions] USA
Dear Sir can you find on
any record the Name of
Amos Gustin a Soldier of
the Revolutionary War his
son Jefferson Gustin 
had a petition agent by name
of Powers Who claimed to
have a partner in Washington
D. C. They were Prosecuting the
afforesaid [aforesaid] claim about from
the years 1857 to 1859 at
Which time the afforesaid
Pention [Pension] atorney [attorney] 
Died Mr Jeffferson Gustin thinks.
that the Evidence was all in to
make the case and that the mater [mattter]
in substance together ^ & the papers
Must be on File in Pention [Pention]
office
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I am very Resp yours
        C. F. Hall aty [attorney]
for Amos Gustins Heirs

Adress [Address]  C. F Hall
                 Dunkinsville
Adams Co. Ohio
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Pension Office, Nov 12, 1858
The 3d Auditor will please certify the payments
made to the within named pensioner 
                     Very respectfully
                          John Robb
                            Chief Clerk


heddes

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3d,, Auditor's office
 Nov, 13, 1858

Sir:
    Amos Gustins 
was paid to Mar'
4.1820 under 
Act 1818, & dropped.

     Very Respectfully
   Your obt Servt.
    R. J Adkinson
         Auditor

Geo. C. Whiting Esqr}
Comms. of Pensions }
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[written over other writing]
Ohio  429
Recd. 29 May 1821

Amos Gustin
Adams County

16.704
Sept 
1820
Dis con and Sent to
Clerk of Adams
County , West Union
Ohio
 August 6, 1821

[written perpendicular]

W. Carson                         Free
19 May

         The Secretary for the Department
                                           of War
                        Washington City
Amos Gustin's Schedule}

[other faint illegible writing noted on page]
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                                       Haverhill Scioto County Ohio
                                               June 12th, 1858

     Sir
               The heirs of Amos Gustin deceased
of Adams County Ohio have given me a power
of attorney to enquire if the name of Amos
Gustin is on record   he had a discharge, it
 was destroyed by fire so that it cannot be proof
of Service there are men living that saw the
discharge and know he drew twenty four dollars
from Col Henry Lee Agent at West Union Adams
County Ohio of Pensions- he enlisted for three
years and served one year under Col [Colonel] Daniel
Morgan as it is believed, the heirs are ignorant
where he enlisted or served the balance of his
service, he was not in the Battles of Lexinton [Lexington]
and Bunker hill as Stated in the power of 
attorney-he died in Adams county Ohio
A.D. 1825
                             Respectfully your
                               obedient servant
                                 Washington Power

Please Address
Washington Power
       Haverhill
Scioto County Ohio
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Know all men by these presents, That
we Samuel Jefferson Gustin and ,
John Gustin in the county of Adams 
and State of Ohio Sons of Amos Gustin
a Soldier of the United States in the war
of AD one thousand seven hundred and
seventy six; do hereby constitute and appoint Washington Power in the county
of Scioto and State aforesaid, our true
lawful attorney for us and in our
names to receive any information of Amos
Gustin that may be on record in the rolls
of the war of the Revolution AD 1776
that said Amos Gustin was in the [crossed out -
battles of Lexinton and Bunkers Hill] and died in AD 1825 in Adams county Ohio
      Witness our hands and Seal, this
       third day of June     AD 1858
                                          John Gustin
                                       Saml. J Gustin
Sealed and delivered}
in presence of           }
J. E. Tener                  }
Milton McKeehan     }

State of Ohio      }
County of Adams}  Ss
Be it known That on the third
day of June A.D. 1858 before the 
subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and
for said county, personally appeared
the above named and acknowledged
the foregoing power of attorney to be
there [their] act and deeds
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  In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set
  my hand the day and year last above
  mentioned
                           T. E. Reid
                            Justice of the peace

                                                               THE STATE OF OHIO, ADAMS COUNTY, SS:
  I, A. C. ROBE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said County, do
hereby certify that       T E Reid,            Esqr., whose name appears in
the foregoing acknowledgement  was at the time of signing the same an acting
Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified
according to law and that as such full faith and credit are due to his official acts,
and that his signature is genuine.
                               In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affix the
                               seal of our said court, at West Union, this  8th  day of
                               June, A. D. 1858.
                                             AC Robe, Clerk, Adams Co.

[Seal placed on left side]