Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9492, for Nathaniel Keeler, New York
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(3-1776)

Service
New York 

Keeler, Nathaniel
Ann

Number
W. 9492
B.L.W 24906-160-55

Contents
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State of New York
Steuben County} On this 15th day of March 1855 personally appeared before me Justice of the Peace within & for the County & State aforesaid Ann Keeler aged 79 years a resident of West Union in the State of New York who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Nathaniel Keeler deceased who resided in Fenner in the state aforesaid and who died on the 30th day of Sept 1853. The said Nathaniel Keeler was a revolutionary pensioner under the act of June 7th 1852 in the amount of seventy one dollars annually. 
She further says that she was married to the said Nathaniel Keeler on the 13th day of October 1835 at Van Buren in said State of New York by Elder Dudley a Baptist Minister and that her name before said marriage was Ann Stephens. she has no record or certificate of said marriage & does not know whether the said Dudley is living. There is an entry in the Record of marriages, births & c in her late husbands family Bible in the hand writing of her late husband in the following words "Nathaniel Keeler married to Ann Stephens October 13th 1835" She makes the declaration for the purpose of obtaining the pension due her under the act of February 3d 1853. She did employ Wm B. Jones of Steuben Co New York to obtain a pension certificate for her but said Jones having failed she withdrew said agency & hereby empowers B. T Clarke of Cazenovia New York to act as her agent for obtaining the said pension certificate & any communication from the department may be addressed to him. 
her
Ann X Keeler
mark

February erased & March interlined

Subscribed and sworn to this 15th day of March 1855 before me at the Town of Neslten in Steuben Co NY 
Bradshaw White Justice of the Peace
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We John Wiley and Champion Stebbins residents of Westinion in the State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was acknowledged by Ann Keeler in our presence and that we believe from appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that she is still the widow of Nathaniel Keeler
Champion Stebbins
John Wiley 

The foregoing affiants were sworn to and subscribed before me on the 3rd day of April 1855 and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim. 
Bradshaw White Justice of the Peace 

State of New York
Steuben County Clerk's Office, ss.} I, Charles W. Campbell, Clerk of said County , do hereby certify that Bradshaw White Esq., before whom the foregoing declarations and affidavits were made and acknowledged, and who has subscribed his name, was at the time of doing so, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, elected and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same, and that his signature thereto is genuine. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said county, at Bath, this 10th day of April 1855. 
CW Campbell Clerk
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5691

New York     CA
Ann Keeler, 
widow of
NY Nathaniel Keeler
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a Transporter

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 71 dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence on 
the 30th September 1853. 

Certificate of Pension issued
12th day of March 1856 
and sent to 
Hon. A. Z. McCarty 
HR

Recorded on Roll of pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 20, Vol H  

115454 Mar 55
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30th Sep 53
B.O. Clarke July 31, 1833
Form under '53 sent 

Albany    30.256
Nathaniel Keeler
of Madison in the State of N. York 
who was a Transporter in the company commanded
by Captain Delevan of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Fermelie in the N.Y. volunteer 
line for 16 months & 6 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 71 Dollars per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of Nov. 1835 and sent to Charles H.S. Williams Cazenovia, N.Y. 

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '35    319.50
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 March '36   35.60
$355.00

Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by D. Brown  Clerk
Book E-2  Vol. 4   Page 39
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115.454  Act Mar 3/55
May 2/55

Ann Keeler
wife of 
Nathaniel Keeler Transporter

NY Troops
Capt "     "
Col. "       "

War of the revolution
do 160 act May 3d 156

Us pensioner
Burd act 1832

Ny June '32 30266
Wm AD def ss 5691

B.T. Clark 
Cazenovia
Madison Co 

Cer B.T. Clark Jany 14/56
See Let Hon A. Z. McCarty 
of Jany 29/56 in the pension case 

Vol. K 22
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State of New York  County of Madison ss
On this 20th day of October 1855 at the house of Polly Keeler in the town of Farmer in said county and State came before me M Spear a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Oscar Keeler and being by me sworn deposes & says that he is son of Polly Keeler widow of Joel E Keeler who was son of Nathaniel Keeler. That the said Nathaniel Keeler was possessed in his life time of an old family Bible which he gave to his wife Ann Keeler and after the death of grandfather Keeler grandmother Ann Keeler gave said Bible to my mother who is now absent from home. B.T. Clarke Esq. with M Spear came to our house this day with a letter, which he read requiring the family record for examination in order that said Clarke may succeed in obtaining a pension for Grandmother. When I brought out the old family bible and the said B.T. Clarke (after obtaining permission) cut from the said Bible the annexed family record which among other records contained the record of Grandfathers marriage to Ann Stephens October 13th 1835 and requested that said record might be sent to the department for the aforesaid purpose to which requests were consented hoping & expecting the return thereof. 
Oscar Keeler

Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day and year above written & I certify that I saw the said Clarke cut the annexed family record from the Bible and that it is the same family record to which I have reposed in a former certificate a certificate now in the pension department
M Spear Justice of the Peace
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State of New York 
Madison county Clerk's Office, } ss. 
I, Lucius P. Clark, Clerk of said county, and of the Courts of Record thereof, do hereby certify that the annexed Instrument is executed and proved or acknowledged in due form, according to the laws of the State of New York, to entitle it to be recorded therein. 
Also that M. Spear Esquire, before whom the same was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected, sworn and authorized to take the same. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement is genuine. 

In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 24th day of October A.D. 1855
Lucius P. Clark Clerk.
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Family Record
Marriages      Marriages

Mercy Keeler married to Peter Chapman July 3d 1806
Lydia Keeler married to Ira T. Truman Nov. 15th 1810
Lewis Keeler married to Anna Bishop March 30th 1815
Nathaniel Keeler married to Phebe Hall Nov 14th 1816
Phebe Keeler married to Thomas Marshall March 19th 1818
Joel Elmer Keeler married to Polly L. smith Dec 21st 1819 
Nathaniel Keeler married to Ann Stephens
October 13th 1835
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Births
Nathaniel Keeler was born November 5th 1757
Jemima born October 25th 1758
They were married March 22 1781


Mary Keeler born July 13th 1783
Lydia Keeler April 15th 1786
Lewis Keeler June 5th 1788
Phebe Keeler Nov 23d 1790
Nathaniel Keeler Sep 4th 1792
Mary Keeler August 25th 1794
Joel Elmer Keeler March 17th 1798 

Names and births of the child of Joel E & Polly Keeler
Harley Smith Keeler Oct 14th 1820
Harriet Mary Keeler Dec 22 1821
Lydia Elizabeth Keeler April 17 1824
Rachel Amanda Keeler Oct 16 1827
Rhoda Jane Keeler Nov 28 1829
Polly Maria Keeler August 13th 1833
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Bounty Land Claim. 

Form of Declaration for a widow of a deceased officer or soldier. 
State of New York
County of Steuben} ss. 

On this third day of April A.D. 1835 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and State aforesaid, Ann Keeler aged seventy nine years, a resident of the town of West Union in the State of New York, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the widow of Nathaniel Keeler deceased, who was a Transporter in the War of the Revolution and that said Nathaniel Keeler drew a pension under the act of 7th June 1832 for seventy one dollars annually. 

She refers to the proofs on file in pension department as to her late husband's service and to the accompanying departments for proof of her marriage to said Nathaniel Keeler and also his death and her present widowhood. 

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved the 3d day of March, 1855. She also declares, that she has never applied for nor received, under this or any other act of Congress, any bounty land warrant. 
her
Ann x Keeler
mark

We John Wiley and Champion Stebbin, residents of West Union in the State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Ann Keeler in our presences; and that we believe from appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. and that she is still the widow of Nathaniel Keeler. 
Champion Stebbins
John Wiley 

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. 
All the parts of the above instrument inconsistent with the facts set forth erased before signing. 
Bradshaw White Justice of the Peace
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32.847

In the Matter of 
Nathaniel Keeler
an applicant 
for a pension

Declaration & 
other papers
Chas. H.S. Williams
Atty

Cazenovia Madison Co. 
N.Y. 

In Vol 7 p 41
36.15.0 14 mo & 5 days

Admitted
To inspector of Dragons 
14 mo & 6 days
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Declaration 

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832. 
State of New York
County of Madison} ss. On the fifteenth day of June, A.D. 1835 personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the court of Common Pleas of the county of Madison aforesaid, being a Court of Record, now sitting- Nathaniel Keeler, a resident of the town of Homer & the aforesaid county of Madison, aged 77 years, the 10th day of October last, 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 & served as herewith stated. 
I entered the service by voluntary enlistment on or before the 20th day of May 1779, in a company of volunteer horse commanded by Captain Samuel Delevan First Lieut. John Mandville- Second Lieut. Uriah Wallace & cornet. Jacob Fermelie. Enlisted at Salem (now North Salem) in the County of Westchester, New York where I there resided for during the war & continued in service in the same company from that time till the time Genl. Washington took possession of the city of New York in the month of November 1783 having served at least four years & five and a half months more than two years of the time. I served as a private. The company marched on to the lines in Westchester County. A part of the time we
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served with Col. Sheldon's continental Horse- of which Col. Sheldon was Colonel Whiting Lieut. Colonel Benjamin Talmadge Major. He sometimes served under command of the officers of Sheldon's Horse. As we frequently rode with them while we lay at Bedford Westchester County we were once surprised by the British Horse & one of our men by name of Ambler was killed. 
Our company was a regularly embodied corps called into service & officered by appointment of the Council of Appointment of the State of New York. We drew our Uniform rations & pay from the State of New York. In November 1783, I was with the rest of the company regularly discharged but none of the company received written disharges.
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Answers to Question
1st I was born in the town of Ridgefield Fairfield County Connecticut the 10th day of October 1757 
to 2d I have a Record of my age in a Bible in my house
" " 3rd When called into service I lived in Salem Westchester County N.Y. lived there a year or two after the war closed moved to Galway Saratoga County New York. lived there about twenty seven years & moved to Fenner Madison County Where I have lived ever since & where I still live. 
" " 4th I volunteered. 
" " 5 I can remember the names of the regular officers, only whom I have already mentioned in the body of my declaration
" " 6 I never received a written discharge
"   " 7 I am known in my present neighborhood to Messers Alvin Fay, Solomon Hamlin, Russell Ransom, Noah Blakeslee Esq. & many others who can testify to my character & their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution and also John Fisher, Edward Nelson & William Wilson
I hereby relinquish all claim to any pension or annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state
I have no documentary evidence & know
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of no person whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my services except Jacob Wallace whose affidavit is hereto annexed. 
Sworn in open Court
the day & year aforesaid
A S Sloan Clk

Nathaniel Keeler
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of the town of Fenner Madison County New York do certify that we reside in the immediate neighborhood of Nathaniel Keeler (who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing Declaration that there is no clergyman residing in that neighborhood nor in the town of Fenner aforesaid) That we are well acquainted with said Nathaniel Keeler that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age & upwards. That he is generally reputed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. 
John Fisher
Edward Wilson
William Wilson
Sworn & subscribed before me this 9th day of June 1835 and I certify that John Fisher Edward Wilson & William, Wilson who have subscribed the certificate are residents of the town of Henner well known to me and that they are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit
Freeman Hicks, Justice
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And the court do hereby declare their opinion after investigating the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & serves as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that there is no clergyman residing in the neighborhood of the applicant nor in the town of Fenner. And that John Fisher, Edward Wilson & William Wilson who have subscribed the foregoing certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

I Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Madison do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the applicant of Nathaniel Keeler for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 19th day of June 1835. 
A S Sloan Clk

State of New York
Madison County Clerk's Office ss. I, Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the said County do certify that Freeman Hicks before whom the proceeding affidavits purports 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 affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of office this 24th day of June 1835. 
A S Sloan Clk
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State of New York
County of Onondaga} ss. On this eighth day of June 1835 personally appeared Jacob Wallace in the town of Manlius in the county of Onondaga & county aforesaid to me well known who being duly sworn according to law, doth depose & say that in the month of May 1780 he enlisted into a company of volunteer Horse in the county of Westchester State of New York commanded by Captain Samuel Delevan, First Lieutenant John Mandeville, Second Lieutenant Uriah Wallace & Cornet Jacob Fermelie. That the time he so enlisted Nathaniel Keeler now of Homer Madison County New York belonged to & was in service in the said company and this deponent understood & now believes that said Keeler had then been in said company about a year. That from the time this deponent enlisted, till the month of November 1785 said Keeler was in service in said company & was more than two years of that time bugler of the company. He served with part of the time & were sometimes under command of the officers of Sheldon's continental Horse a regiment of Cavalry of the continental line commanded by Col. Sheldon from Litchfield County Connecticut- Lieutenant Col. Whiting & Major Benjamin Talmadge that in November 1783 the company (said Keeler then being a member thereof) were regularly discharged but received no
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written discharges. 
Sworn and subscribed before me this 8th day of June 1835 & I certify that I am well acquainted with said Deponent & that he is a credible person & his statement is entitled to credit. 
Asa Nims Justice of the Peace

Jacob Wallace

State of New York
County of Onondaga } ss. I Alanson Edwards Clerk of the county court of the county and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that Asa Nims, Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the first day of January 1832 and will expire on the last day of December 1835; and that his signature above written is genuine. Given under my hand, and the seal of said county, this 8th day of June 1835. 
C. Younglove Dep. Clerk
In the absence of A. Edwards Clerk
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February 27, 1940. 

Meiric Keeler Dutton
221 Ridgemede Road
Baltimore, Maryland. 

BA-J/ILL
Nathaniel Keeler
W. 9492

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Nathaniel Keeler, a pensioner of Fenner, New York. 

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim W. 9492, based upon service of Nathaniel Keeler in the Revolutionary War. 

Nathaniel Keeler was born October 10, 1757 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; the names of his parents were not given. 

While a resident of Salem, Westchester County, New York, he volunteered about May 20, 1779, served as a trumpeter in Captain Samuel Delavan's company of dragoons and continued until after November 25, 1779; he enlisted about May 4, 1780, served as trumpeter and private in that same company until sometime after the execution of Major Andre; he served also on other tours in said company of horse, a part of the time under command of Colonel Elisha Sheldon, and was in service in November 1783, when General Washington took possession of New York City. 

This soldier continued to reside in Salem, New York, for a year or two after the Revolutionary War, after which he moved to Galway, Saratoga County, New York, where he resided about twenty-seven years, then moved to Fenner, Madison County, New York. 

Nathaniel Keeler was allowed pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War, on his application executed June 15, 1835, at which time he resided in Fenner, New York. He died there October 13, 1853. 

This soldier married March 22, 1781, Jemima Barnum, his
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first wife; she was born October 25, 1758; The names of her parents, place of birth, and place of their marriage were not given. Nathaniel Keeler married October 13, 1835, Ann Stephens, his second wife; they were married in Van Buren, Onondaga County, New York, by a Baptist Minister. They lived afterwards in Fenner, New York. 

Ann Keeler, this soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed March 15, 1855, at which time she was a resident of West Union, Steuben County, New York. She was aged then seventy-nine years; the date and place of her birth and the names of her parents were not given. She was allowed also one hundred sixty acres of bounty land under the Act of March 3, 1855, on account of his service in the Revolutionary War. on Warrant #24906

The names and births of the children of Nathaniel Keeler and his wife, Jemima, are shown as follows:

Mercy...Keeler born June 13, 1783. 
Lydia..."    "  April 15, 1786.
Lewis..."   "  June 5, 1788. 
Phebe... "   " November 23, 1790. 
Nathaniel, Jr. "   "  September 4, 1792 
Mary  "    " August 25, 1794. 
Joel Elmer  "   " March 17, 1798. 

The following marriages are recorded- 
Mercy Keeler... married Peter Chapman, July 3, 1806
Lydia Keeler... " Ira T. Freeman, November 15, 1810. 
Lewis Keeler..."  Anna Bishop, March 30, 1815. 
Nathaniel Keeler, Jr.,  " Phebe Hall, November 14, 1816. 
Phebe Keeler   "   Thomas Marshall, March 19, 1818.
Joel Elmer Keeler   " Polly L. Smith, December 21, 1819. 
Polly Keeler   "  Calvin Wood, February 3, 1825. 

Shown also- 
The names and births of the children of Joel E. and Polly L. Keeler- 

Harley Smith Keeler ---- October 14, 1820.
Harriet Mary Keeler----- December 22, 1821.

(continued)
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Lydia Elizabeth Keeler --- April 17, 1824. 
Rachel Amanda  "  -- October 16, 1827. 
Rhoda Jane   " -- November 28, 1829. 
Polly Maria " --- August 13, 1833.

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In February 1855, this soldier's son, Lewis Keeler, resided in Fenner, New York. Lewis' son, Harvey L. Keeler, stated then that he was aged thirty years, and that he had resided in the same house with his grandfather at the time of his death. Said Lewis Keeler's wife, Anna Keeler, was living at that time. 

In 1855, the soldier's son, Joel E. Keeler, was deceased; his widow, Polly Keeler, resided in Fenner, New York; their son, Oscar Keeler (soldier's grandson) stated that his mother had the Family bible of Nathaniel Keeler. 

If you desire information in regard to the location of the land which was granted on account of service of Nathaniel Keeler in the Revolutionary War, you should address the Commissioner, General Land Office, this city, and furnish the following data; warrant #24906-160 acres, Act of March 3, 1855. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:

Ann Keeler, widow of Nathaniel Keeler
Certificate #5691
Issued March 12, 1856
Rate $71 per annum
Commenced September 30, 1853
Act of February 3, 1853
New York Agency 

Very truly yours, 

A.D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

3.
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No 32. 847

New York 

Nathaniel Keeler

Suspended

Let to C.H.S. Williams 11 July 1835
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24.906

Her Any
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Additional Evidence 
of Ann Keelers appl. 
for Bounty Land 
Reception November 115.434

Jan 25
FREE

Comm of Pensions
Washington 
D.C. 

Boynton
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Cazenovia Jun 24/56

Sir
With this find the evidence of the service of Nathaniel Keeler in War of Revolution which entitled his widow Ann Keeler to Bounty Land warrant- to wit the comptroller of State of New York's Certificate
Respectfully
B.T. Clarke
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Relating to Ann Keeler
application for Bounty 
Land No 115.454

Cazenovia N.Y.
May 5
FREE

Boynton

J. Minot Esq. 
Com of Pensions
Washington 
D.C.
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No 6168

Ann Keeler
widow of Nathaniel
New York 

Let. B T. Clarke 
Sept 22/53
same Oct. 10 1853
Same Dec 28/53
Same Jany 9 1856
Hon A Z McCarty Jany 29 1856

Act Feby 3 1853
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Extract from the minutes of the Council of appointment of the State of New York 

Dated February 27, 1779

"Resolved that Samuel Delavan be and he is hereby appointed Captain of a company of Light Horse in the county of Westchester that John Mandeville be First Lieutenants Uriah Wallace Second Lieutenant and Jacob Vermilie Cornet of said company"

State of New York
Secretary's Office} 
I certify the above to be a true extract from the minutes aforesaid
Arch'd Campbell
Dep. Secretary

Albany May 20, 1835
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Brief in the case of Ann Keeler widow of Nathaniel 
Madison County and State of New York
act 3 Feby 1853

Claim, ("original," or "for increase") ("for increase crossed out)

Proof exhibited, (if original) 

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 

Her husband was pensioned under the Act of June 7 1832 at $71 a year and died Sep 30, 1853,
Marriage proved by witness & by a sworn copy of the family record

Cohabitation, general reputation of marriage heridently as the pensioners widow, his death and her present widowhood proved by credible witness

Thornton Triplett
Examining Clerk. 

Name and residence of Agent
Hon. AZ McCarty 
Ho of Reps
for B.T. Clarke Esq. 
of Cazenovia NY
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Nov 11
NY

Cazena NY
Nov 6

J L Edwards Esq. 
Com of Pensions
Washington
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Cazenovia 5th Nov 1835

Dr Sir
Enclosed is a supplemental affidavit of Mr Keeler which I believe supplies the deficiencies mentioned in the enclosed letter from your office, which I sent to enable you to see with out any trouble what the objections were
Respectfully your
Obt servt
J. L. Edwards Esq. 

Chas H Williams
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I also send Mrs. Ann Keeler's application for pension and if it is improper to refer you to the affidavits accompanying her application for bounty land touching her marriage with Nathaniel Keeler & his death (two such affidavits were made & forwarded when the double application for land warrant & pension was sent) I wish to be informed forthwith if agreeable to your rules as the applicant is in great need & I will supply the deficiency forthwith.

Yours respectfully
B.T. Clarke

Hon Com of Pensions
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For Com of Pensions
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Ann Keeler, widow 
of Nathaniel, Madison
County N. York

admd 3 Feby 1853 from 
30th Sept 1853 when
her husband died, at
$71 a year
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Cazenovia New York
Dec 24th 1855

Sir
Sometime in October last I read a communication from the pension department saying "The pension to Mrs Ann Keeler could not be issued unless the original family record reciting her marriage with Nathaniel Keeler was sent to the Department" or works to like effect. 
In pursuance of said notice I procured the original family record and obtained the affidavit of a Grandson of said Nathaniel Keeler with the usual proof and forwarded the same to Washington. 
Mrs Keeler is very uneasy at the delay and importances me upon the subject. 
Is there any other obstacle to the issuing of said pension certificate- if so please state it & we will have it removed. 
Respectfully yours
B.T. Clarke

Com of Pensions
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Cazenovia New York 
July 26th 1855

Sir 
Mrs Ann Keeler widow of Nathaniel Keeler applied for bounty land under law of 1855. She also at the same time & by the same evidences applied for widow pension. Was her application for pension overlooked or does it require the same time to obtain a pension as it does a land warrant. She is very poor & sick & is undoubtedly entitled to a pension under the late act granting pensions to widows of pensioned soldiers without regard to time of marriage. Have the goodness to look into the subject of her application for pension. 
Respectfully yours
B.T. Clarke

L.P. Waldo Esq. 
Com of Pensions
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Ann Keeler

Utica Ny
Oct 3

Triplett

Office of Comm
of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Oct 3 1855
Sir
With this find proof in relation to Ann Keeler's application for pension under act of Feb 1853. Hope all impediments to the issue of said pension are now removed. 
Very respectf
B.T. Clarke

Com of Pensions
Washington
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State of New York 
County of Madison} ss. B.T. Clarke of Cazenovia in the said county & state on his oath says he is well acquainted with Mrs Ann Keeler widow of Nathaniel Keeler and that she still remains the widow of said Nathaniel & has never married since the death of the said Nathaniel
Sworn before me February 8th 
1856 before me
M Spear Justice of the Peace

B.T. Clarke

State of New York
Madison County} ss George C Brown of Cazenovia in said County & State being duly sworn before me M Spear a Justice of the Peace in & for said county deposes & says that he is post master at Cazenovia aforesaid & keeps said post office in person that during the months of October & November last he mailed several letters directed to the Com of pensions (illegible) & c. which were susperscribed & directed by B.T. Clarke but the contents of said letters were unknown to him
Geo C Brown 
Subscribed & sworn before me
Feb 12 1856 M Spear Justice of the Peace
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115.454

Ann Keeler
widow of 
Nathaniel Keeler

application for widow
pension & for bounty land

B.T. Clarke agent
Cazenovia N York
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State of New York, 
Madison County Clerk's Office, } ss. 
I, Lucius P. Clark, Clerk of said County, and of the Courts of Record thereof, do hereby certify, That the annexed Instrument is executed and proved or acknowledged in due form, according to the laws of the State of New York, to entitle it to be recorded therein:
Also that Martin Spear Esquire, before whom the same was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace & also a Justice of the court of (illegible)  in and for said County, duly elected, sworn and authorized to take the same. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with this hand-writing, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement is genuine & that I have no interest in the within claim. 
In Witness, whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 28th day of April A.D. 1855. 
Lucius P. Clark Clerk.
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Cazenovia New York May 5th 1856

Sir
Sometime in Jan of Feb last I recd a communication from your department informing that "before a bounty land warrant could be issued to Ann Keeler widow of Nathaniel proof of service by record evidence of such service must be furnished."
I immediate addressed in line to the Secretary of State at Albany requesting the proper voucher from his office of service performed by Nathaniel Keeler. 
The Secretary of State forthwith furnished me a certified copy of evidence of service of said Nathaniel in Westchester County New York as a Trumpeter in a company of Cavalry or other warranted troop which certificate I immediately directed to your department endorsed & mentioned the aforesaid certificate & placed the same in the post office in this place. Is any thing wanting to warrant you in issuing the bounty land warrant due to Mrs Ann Keeler. 
Respectfully yours
B.T. Clarke

J. Minot Esq. 
Comm & c
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Cazenovia New York Jan 2. 1856

Sir
Your of 28th ult relating to Ann Keeler application for pension under act of Feb 1853 duly read
There appears to be a mistake in the pact of sending the Family record containing the entry of the marriage of Nathaniel Keeler with Ann Stephens October 13th 1835. I supposed & understood that your requirement was for the record & not the Bible containing the record. I therefore sent the record which I cut from the Old family Bible accompanied with the affidavit of the Grandson of said Nathaniel Keeler that it was the identical family record which I cut out in his presence & in the presence of M Spear the Justice of the Peace who administered the oath to said Grandson and also certified to the facts stated in the affidavit so far as related to the cutting out & c and after causing the county clerk's certificate to  be attached by him mailed the same directed to your office. If it has miscarried it is the first time I ever had a letter paid in all my business with your department
Have the goodness to examine the files in relation to her (Ann Keeler) application for pension and I hope you will find said record with the proper voucher attached. I never understood that you required the bible & therefore never sent said Bible. I hope on review of the proofs in her case you will find sufficient to warrant the issuing
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his pension certificate- but if not & if any impediment to said issuing remains please inform me and if possible will furnish the additional proof. 
Respectfully yours
B.T. Clarke

J.Minot Esq. 
Com & c.
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State of New York, 
Comptroller's Office} 
Albany, January 21st 1856

I Hereby Certify, That on searching the Records in this office for the Registry of Certificates issued in pursuance of a law, passed April 27, 1784, entitled "An Act for the settlement of the pay of levies and Militia for their services in the late war, and for other purposes therein mentioned," I find the following, viz:

Names 
Nathl Keeler Trump. 

No. of Book. 
7

No. of Certificate. 
32917

Date 
1780 July 3

L
56

S. 
15

D.
-

Rank and Name of Company Officers
Capt. Saml Delevan's Compy Dragoons

Rank and Name of Field Officer. 

I have examined the items above set forth, and find them to be correct. 

A.W. Lee Clerk 

Philip Phelps Dep Comptroller
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Gentlemen:

I will greatly appreciate your courtesy if you will supply me with the service record in the Revolutionary War, together with any available family history, of Nathaniel Keeler.- Drawn by Mr. Finch 2/24/40

Said Nathaniel Keeler is recorded as a pensioner at the time of his death, September 30, 1853 at Fenner, N.Y.

I should be particularly grateful to learn any record of his wife whom I believe to have been Jemima Barnum Keeler, but who probably died before Nathaniel's death. Also, I should like to learn of a son, Joel Elmer Keeler, if he appears in the record. 

Very truly yours, 
Meiric Keeler Dutton
Meiric Keeler Dutton. 

Received Feb 20 1940 
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Revy Widow & c. 

File No. 9492

Ann Keeler
wid
Nathaniel Keeler 
Trumpeter Rev. War
Act: Feby 3d 1853
Index:- Vol. A, Page 391

Arrangement of 1870. 

1940- Feb 27- Hist to Meiiric Keeler Dutton 
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Boynton NY
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Ann Keeler
wid
Nathaniel

Triplett

Hon A Z McCarty
HR
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State of New York
County of Madison} ss. Benjamin T. Clarke of Cazenovia in the county & state aforesaid being sworn before me M Spear a Justice of the Peace in and for said county says on his oath that he received the annexed paper marked from the pension department in the month of October last. 
That he went in company with me thy said M Spear to the House of Mrs Polly Keeler in the adjoining town of Fenner where was found the Old family Bible formerly belonging to the late Nathaniel Keeler and on permission being granted he the said B.T. Clarke cut out the leaf containing the record of marriages thereon which was as follows
"Marriages"
Mary Keeler married to Peter Chapman July 3d 1806
Lydia Keeler married to Ira T. Freeman Nov 15 1810
Lewis Keeler married to Anna Bishop March 30 1815
Nathaniel Keeler married to Phebe Hall Nov 14 1816
Phebe Keeler married to Thomas Marshall March 19 1818
Joel Elmer Keeler married to Polly L Smith Dec 21 1819
Polly Keeler married to Calvin Wood Feb 13 1825
Nathaniel Keeler married to Ann Stephens October 13 1835
The said Polly Keeler being absent once Keeler made an affidavit identifying the family Bible & record as being the same owned by said Nathaniel Keeler in his lifetime & that the record was all in the hand writing of his late Grandfather. The said B.T. Clarke also made an affidant of such set forth all of which were sworn to before me the said M Spear. The said B.T. Clarke also swears that after obtaining the county Clerk's certificate we closed the whole in an envelope & directed to the "Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C." & deposited the same in the post office in the Village of Cazenovia in the month of Oct last. 
B.T. Clarke
Sworn & subscribed before me
February 8th 1856
M Spear Justice of the Peace
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I am personally acquainted with Mr. B. T. Clarke of Cazenovia Madison County NY and also with Martin Spear Esq. a Magistrate of that Town. And cheerfully testify to the respectability high standing citizens and public officers. 
I have no doubt that the department may give implicit credit to any statement either of them make in reference to any matter of which they speak. 
A.Z. McCarty 
MC

Washington March 6 1836
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I hereby certify that I accompanied B.T. Clarke to the house of Polly Keeler in the adjoining town of Fenner in October last and saw him cut from the old family Bible the record of Marriages therein contained. These and there such an affidavit from Oscar Keeler identifying the Bible as belonging to his late Grandfather and that he record which was cut out was in the hand writing of the late Nathaniel Keeler. 
Cazenovia February 2th 1856
M Spear Justice of the Peace
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Land Warrant ss 

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Pension Office
October 6, 1855

Sir
In the case of Ann Keeler widow of Nathaniel of N. York under the act of February 3d 1853 the original Family Record containing the Registry of her marriage must be sent to this office for inspection. 
I am Sir
Very REspectfully
Your obt Servt
S Cole
Acting Commissioner
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State of New York 
County of Madison}
Lewis Keeler and Anna his wife of the town of Fenner in said county upon their oaths say that they are son & daughter in law of Nathaniel Keeler late of Fenner dec'd and that said Nathaniel Keeler lived next door neighbour to them from 1830 to the time of his death which took place on the 30th day of September 1853. That Ann Keeler who has applied for a pension under the act of February 1853 is the widow of said Nathaniel Keeler & has not married since she became the widow of said Nathaniel. The following is a true copy of an entry in the family Bible belonging to the late Nathaniel in his life time and in his own hand writing to wit 
"Nathaniel Keeler married to Ann Stephens October 13th 1835" That said Nathaniel & wife lived next door neighbour to affiants during the whole period from the time of the marriage on the 13th of October 1835 to the time of his death on the 30th of September 1853 as husband and wife. they further say that they know of no public record of said marriage. That the aforesaid Nathaniel Keeler is the same person who was a pensioner under the act of June 1832 & drew seventy one dollars annually & was a trumpeter in the Revolutionary War
Lewis Keeler
Anna Keeler
The foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me the first day of October 1855. And I know the affiants to be credible
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persons and I further certify that the entry in the Family Bible mentioned by them I have seen, it having been exhibited to me and is as follows "Nathaniel Keeler married to Ann Stephens October 13th 1835" and that I have no interest in the claim of Mrs Ann Keeler for pension. 

State of New York 
Madison County Clerk's Office,} ss. 
I, Lucius P. Clark, clerk of said County, and of the courts of Record thereof, do hereby certify that the annexed instrument is executed and proved or acknowledged in due form, according to the laws of the State of New York, to entitled it to be recorded therein. 
also that M. Spear Esquire, before whom the same was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected, sworn and authorized to take the same. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement is genuine. 
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County , this 2nd day of October A.D. 1855. 
Lucius P. Clark Clerk.
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State of New York 
County of Madison} ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Nathaniel Keeler of the Town of Fenner in said County, who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that the reasons why he did not sooner apply for a pension under the act of 1832 are as follows: His present residence is more than two hundred & fifty miles from the place where he enlisted & where most of those with as are he several hours since lived & he did not know that there was any man alive who knew of his services but he deferred his application from time to time hoping to be able to find some of his fellow soldiers of the same company and a short time before he made his application he claims that Jacob Wallace who served with him was living & in the town of Manlius in the county of Onondaga (whose affidavit he has sent.) That for some short period he was presented by family affliction from making his application for a pension. That never having consulted counsel he supposed that some proof of services by a living witness was indispensable & should never have applied had be not found the said Wallace. Unless he had ascertained
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by accident that positive proof was not required when it did not exist That the first full [and]& authentic information he received as to what proof was required was an applying to his present Counsel Chas H. J. William after he had found the said [illegible] to be living And in relation to the particular terms of actual service he can only say that during the whole the time he was a member of Capt Delevan's Company of horse as stated in his declaration it is impossible for him to specify each particular period that he was actually out but that he knows the following facts- 
6 mo In May 1779 [and]& about the 20th he went into actual service [and]& continued, till after the 25th of November in the same year, not less than six months In May 1780 & on or about the 4th day, [illegible]  on to the [illegible] in the same Company &[and Continued in actual service till After Major Andre was executed not less than five months
5 mo During these &[and] other tours of service he was among others of his company sent back to recruit their horses, &[and] Soldiers of [illegible] Horse (of the line) were sent in the same manner &[and] kept their Horses on the same farm with his horse but during that time he considered himself in actual service
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as much as those of the Continental service that during that periods he did not Consider himself at liberty to &[and] did not engage in any civil employment.
And that during the remainder as 4½ years during which he spent most of his time in the service frequently exposing his health and life of Summer winter day &[and] night, he cannot from his recollection state the particulars of his services 
And with regard to his statement of the names of his Officers he says that previous to sending of the certificate of the Secretary of State of N.Y. he stated from recollection to his counsel the names of all the Officers named in his declaration except the Cristian name of one which he did not recollect. Sworn &[and] Subscribed before me this 3rd day of November 1835. Justice Darnell Sufren County Court Nathaniel Keeler
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State of New York 
Madison County
On this 21st day of February 1855
 personally appeared before me a
Justice of the peace within & for the County & State aforesaid
Harvey L Keeler aged thirty
years a resident of
Fenner in the County & State aforesaid who being duly
Sworn according to law doth depose & say, that he is
son of Lewis Keeler & Grandson of Nathaniel
Keeler late of Fenner aforesaid who died in said
town, on the 30th day of September 1853
this deponent lived in the House with his GrandFather Nathaniel Keeler at the time of his death,
& did all his out door business. I was famillar
with his affairs. Deponent remembers when
the said Nathaniel Keeler was married to Ann
Stephens as he was informed by said Nathaniel
the said Nathaniel this said wife and lived in
the same house as husband & wife from
the time of said marriage to the time of his
death. There was an entry in the Family
Bible in the hand writing of said Nathaniel
in the usual place devoted to family records
in the following words & figures to wit
"Nathaniel
Keeler Married to Ann Stephens October 13th
1835"
the said Ann Keeler, continues the widow of the said
Nathaniel to the best of deponent belief & knowledge
said Nathaniel Keeler was a pensioner of the United States
in the amount of seventy one dollars annually & said
deponent had the settlement of the Estate of said
Nathaniel deceases & has made diligent search for
said Nathaniel pension certificate but cannot
find the same. That said Nathaniel was almost
blind before his decease, that he used to carry his
pension in his pocket book & presumes in his blindness he lost or mislaid the same
Sworn to and subscribed the day and
year aforesaid before me
Harvey L. Keeler
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid and before me
M Spear Justice of Sessions and

ayer & Terment
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I certify that the above deponent is a reputable witness and I further certify that I have no interest in the result of the case where this is to be used am not concerned in its prosecution

M Spear Justice of Sessions and oer & Lorimer
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State of New York
Madison County
On this 22d day of February 1855
personally appeared before me a
Justice of the peace in & for said County & State Lewis Keeler of the town of Fenner County & State aforesaid &
being by me duly sworn deposes & says that he is
son of the late Nathaniel Keeler who died at the town of
Fenner aforesaid on the 30th day of September 1853 the said
(Lewis Keeler) deponent is in his sixty seventh year. The said
Nathaniel Keeler was married to Ann Stephens his second
wife ) as said Nathaniel informed him not being present
on the 13th day of October 1835 in the adjoining County of
Onondaga, The said Nathaniel lived next neighbour of
deponent with the said Ann as his lawfull wife
from the said 13th October 1835 to the death of the said
Nathaniel which event took place on the 30th day
of Sept 1853
There is an entry in the family record
of the said Nathaniel Keeler in his own hand writing
in the place for Marriage between the old & new testaments of the family Bible belonging to or which
did belong to the said Nathaniel in his life time
& which Bible is now in the possession of the decendants of said Nathaniel in the words following
Nathaniel Keeler Married to Ann Stephens October
13th 1835, the said Nathaniel Keeler drew a pension
annually under the act of June 1832 of seventy one dollars
said Ann Keeler widow of Nathaniel Keeler has not
married to the best of deponent belief or knowledge but
continues the widow of said Nathaniel Keeler
Lewis Keller
Sworn to and Subscribed the day
and year aforesaid before me
M Spear Justice of Sessions and
ayer & Joiner

I certify that the above deponent is a reputable witness and I further
certify that I have no interest in the result of the case where this
is to be and are not concerned in its prosecution and I further certify
that I have examined the record in the Family Bible and find it as
he stated
M Spear Justice of Sessions & Ayer &
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Ann Keeler application for pension

B.T Clarke
Agent Layessovie
New York

Milett

B.T. Clarke
Cazenovia N.Y
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State of New York
Steuben County
On this 30th day of August 1855 personally appeared
before me Isaac Grey one of the Justices of the sessions of the County
Court for said County of Steuben Ann Keeler a resident of West
Union in said County aged seventy nine years who first being
duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d February
1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the
Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Nathaniel Keeler
who was a trumpeter in the Revolutionary Army and a pension
under the act of June 7th 1832 for seventy one dollars per annum
and was said at the Albany (New York agency. she further says
that she has no knowledge of the time, place, names of Officers
under whom the said Nathaniel Keeler served nor any other
parts, relating thereto but relies upon the evidences of
such service now on file in the Pension Department
she further says she was married to the said Nathaniel
Keeler on the 13th day of October 1835 That her said husband died
on the 30th day of September 1853; that she was not married to him prior
to the second of January Eighteen hundred, but at the time whose
stated. She further declares that she is now a widow
Ann her x mark Keeler
In presence of A
Stebbins L. Keeler
sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above
written before me and I certify that the aforesaid
Ann Keeler is unable to appear in court by reason of
bodily infirmity being unable to walk & entirely blind
-
Isaac Perry Justice
of the Court of Sessions
in & for said County
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STATE OF NEW-YORK
Steuben County Clerk's Office, ss.
I, CHARLES W. CAMPBELL, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that
Isaac Gray Esq., before whom
the foregoing declaration and affidavit
were made and acknowledged; and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace and Justice of the [illegible] in and for said County, elected and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of said County, at Bath, this
3rd day of September 1855
Charles W Campbell Clerk