Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W.1974, William Wiman, Vt.
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Service                               Number
Vt                                       W. 1974
Wiman, William                 BLWt.36624-160-55                                                  
Wyman
  Melinda
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Ohio - Pittsburgh 18.706
William Wiman  18.706
of Bennington co in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the company comman
by Captain Fish of the Regt. command
by Col. Fletcher in the Vermont Mil
time for 1 year.

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 40 Dolllars _ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1834

Certificate of Pension issued on the 26 day of Sept 1833 and sent to S. Swift Manchester Vt

Arrears to the 4th of Sept '33 $100.00
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Mar '34 20.00
                                   $120
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Ele Brown  Clerk
Book E.  Vol  3   Page   98
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Cer to Pen Agt 23 Dec 1837 to Ohio - Pittsburgh from Burlington Vt fr.4 Sept 1836 - 4 Jany 1838 Modification sent to Wm Holbrook - Parmesville, Ohio
Paid at the Treasury under the Acts of the 4th April 1838 from 4th Sept 1839 to 4 March 1840. Age Notified 19 Dea 1840
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210710
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210710 Mar 3 Sept 10/55
Melinda Wyman wife of William Wyman
Pri
Revolutionary War
Pension Cert. Sept 12, 1849
[ ] 48-329
William [] 25/56
Boynton
Horace Steele Painsville  Lake County
Vl W=2=174
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I Anna Benedict, a resident of the town of Manchester, in the County of Bennington, State of Vermont, aged eighty four, & within a few days, of eighty five years, do testify, depose & say, that William Wyman formerly residing in this town, & since, as I understand, in the State of Ohio, but now as I am told, deceased, was married at our house, in said Manchester, by George Sexton Esq., Justice of the peace, to Melinda Eaton, then also of said Manchester, & I was present at the performance of the ceremony, but I am not now able from the lapse of time, to state precisely the day, month or year, but I well
recollect, that it was in the spring of the year & that my daughter Sally, who was born on the 21st day of March, seventeen hundred & ninety eight was then an infant & just beginning to lisp, & pronounce a few words. I also well recollect, that the marriage took place in a house, in which we lived, previous to our removal into the house, where I now live, which was in March 1801. & I should now think, that it was more than a year previous to our said removal. 
Anna Benedict
Sworn to & subscribed, this 11th day of May 1849, before me, & I do further certify, that the above Affiant is a credible & respectable person. And I do further certify, that I am the son of the above Affiant, & my age is near sixty two years, & that I was also present at the above marriage, & I agree fully in the statements, made in the above Affidavit
Wm Benedict Justice of the peace
I John Cook a resident of the Town of Manchester aforesaid, aged thirty nine years
do testify, depose & say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in aforesaid town of Manchester & the present is the fourth year, since I have held the same. that I have thoroughly examined the Town Records, of said town, in my profession, & cannot find any record, or entry, therein, of the marriage of William Wyman to Melinda Eaton, or the births of any of their children that in the year 1799 & for several years before, & subsequent, I find no entries of marriages, on said Books.
John Cooke
Sworn to & subscribed this 22d day of May 1849, before me,
A B Straight Justice of the peace
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I William Wyman a resident of the town of Manchester aforesaid, aged forty years, whithin a few days, do testify, depose & say, that I am the reputed son, of the before named William Wyman deceased, & Melinda Wyman. That I have ever understood from my said Parents that they were married on the [] day of May in the year 1799. altho they kept to my knowledge, no word of their marriage, or the births of their children, in their family Bible or otherwise, but I have in my possession & have had for a dozen of years, or more, an old newspaper ( Spooner's Vermont Journal Vol. 33 No. 1688) (which is forwarded herewith) on which my eldest sister, Maritta, several years previous [], worded, or entered, the date of my fathers marriage & also the date of her own birth & of the birth of an uncle on my Mothers side. My said sister Maritta removed from this part of the country, nearly thirteen years ago, into the State of Ohio, & has never since seen said paper, since that time. I had two brothers elder than me, the oldest of whom is now dead. The other, Don, who now lives in the State of Ohio, & next to me in age, is nearly four years older than me. My father, the said William, died in the State of Ohio, on the 6th day of March, A.1842 & I am the more certain of the time, from having lately seen the date of his death, on his gravestone. I am well knowing to this having received a pension in his lifetime of forth dollars a year, for his services in the revolutionary war that since his death, my Mother, the said Melinda has ever remained, & still is a widow. Sworn to , & subscribed this 22d day of May 1849, before me, & I do further certify that all the above affiants, well known to me, are credible & reputable persons. Attest A B Straight Justice of the peace
State of Vermont. I Samuel H Blackmer Clerk of the County Court within & for the county of Bennington aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above named William Benedict & Abrm B Straight, are both Justices of the peace within aforesaid County , duly commissioned & qualified that the Commissions of both bear date from the first day of December A.1848 & will expire on the 30th day of November, of the present year & that the above signatures of both are genuine.
In testimony where of I have hereunto affixed my official signature, & the seal of said Court, at Bennington, this 22d day of May A 1849 & of the independence of the United States the seventy third
Saml H Blackmer Clerk
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Claim of Melinda Wyman
for Bounty Land under act of
3. March 1855
210710


Filed by Horace Steele
Painsville Lake County O.
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State of Ohio
Lake County ⎬ ss
On this fifth day of September A.D. 1855 personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace within & for the County of Lake & State of Ohio, Melinda Wyman of Perry in said County & State aged 75 years, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is
the widow of William Wyman, deceased, a soldier in the revolutionary war, on account of whose service in said war, the particulars of
which are on file in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions & to which she respectfully refers for the particulars & proof ^of the said service of her said Husband, as also for the testimony Establishing her right to a pension, which was granted to her, by a certificate from the Hon. T. Ewing Secretary of War and bears date at the City of Washington the 12th day of Sept 1849
she further states that she was married to her said husband at Manchester in the State of Vermont by one George Saxton Esqr 
on the 4th day of May 1799 and that her name before her said marriage was Melinda Eaton
and that she is now a widow. Proof of said marriage & the death of her husband being  also on file in the pension office, to which she refers.  
She further states that her said husband died in Perry in said County of Lake on the 6th day of March A.D. 1842 in proof of all which she refers to the testimony now on file in the office of the commissioner of Pensions at Washington City D.C.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d
1855, and she further declares that she has never made any other application for nor received any bounty land warrant under this or any other act of Congress. 
Melinda Wyman  her X mark
We Ferdinand Haskett and Marietta Selfridge residents of Perry in the County of Lake & State of Ohio, upon our oaths declare that the
foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledge by Melinda Wyman in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance & statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Ferdinand Heskell
Maritta Selfridge
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
(over)
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The State of Ohio,
Lake County, ss.
I, Christopher Quinn, Clerk of the court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Lake, and State of Ohio, do by these presents, certify and make known, that A P Axtell Esq., before whom the annexed and foregoing Affidavit of Malinda Wyman was taken; and who has thereunto, in his own proper handwriting subscribed his name, was at the time of taking the same and now is, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to the laws of the State of Ohio, and who is duly authorized to take such Affidavit and the annexed and foregoing Affidavit is executed agreeably to the laws of the State of Ohio.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Painesville, in said County, this Fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty five. 
C Quinn Clerk
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383 [on left page]
No 383
Melina Wyman
wd of William
O
act 29 July 1848
married 1799
husband died 6 march 1842
Adms $40 per
[?] 4 March 1849
of
S. Swift
Manchester
Vt
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The State of Ohio
Lake County fs
On this twenty first day of
April in the year of Our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and forty nine personally appeared
before the Court of Common Pleas within and
for the county of Lake and State of Ohio Malinda
Wyman a resident of the township of Perry in said County of Lake and State of Ohio aged sixty nine years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of congress passed on the twenty ninth day of July AD 1848 that she is the widow of William Wyman, formerly of Manchester in the County of Bennington and State of Vermont but late of Perry township in said County of Lake and State of Ohio but now deceased who was a private in the Army of the United States during the revolutionary War serving principally or wholly in the State of Vermont militia but the particulars whereof if she were informed, she is now unable from want of recollection fully to state. that her said husband William Wyman, for his said services, whilst residing in said State of Vermont applied for and received a pension of forty dollars per annum under the Act of June 7th 1832 which he enjoyed during his lifetime and she bys leave to refer to his declaration in pursuance of which he obtained his said pension, now on file in the Pension Office of the United States at Washington, for a specification and proof of his said services, and that her husband the aforesaid William Wyman died on the 6th day of March AD 1842 that
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she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service but the marriage took place prior to second of January Eighteen hundred viz on the fourth day of May seventeen hundred and ninety nine. She further declares that she is now a widow and that she has never before made any application for a pension
Melinda [?] [?] Wyman
Witness
Ellen M Wyman
William Wyman
The State of Ohio
Lake County fs
I Charles D Adams Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County and State do hereby certify that the above named Malinda Wyman appeared before said Court in open Session this day and made oath that the matters and things contained in the foregoing statement contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth as she verily believes
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Painesville this 21st day of April AD 1849
C D Adams Clerk
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W Evans
Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D. C
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Application for a Transfer
The State of Ohio
Geauga County
On this eighth day of November AD 1837
Before me the Subscriber a Justice of the
peace for the said county of 
Geauga and State aforesaid Personally approved William Wiman who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company Commanded by Captain Josiah Tish in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Samuel Fletcher in the service of the United States, that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Vermont from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the Township of Perry in the County of Geauga and State of Ohio where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable at the agency at Pittsburgh State of Pennsylvania in future.
The following are his reasons for removing from the State of Vermont to the State of Ohio. That he was aged and infirm and he removed to the State of Ohio for the purpose of spending the remainder of his days with his sons in the Township of Perry County of Geauga & State of Ohio. William Wiman
Sworn and Subscribed before me
The day and year aforesaid
Wm Graham Justice of the Peace
Geauga County Ohio S.S.
I Guy Wyman & Don Wyman of Perry Township in Said County of lawful age depose and say that I am acquainted with William Wiman who is named in and subscribed the application above for a transfer of his pension and made oath thereto; and I further depose and say that he is the same William Wiman named and described in the affidavit by him above 
Subscribed and Sworn to. Guy Wyman
Don Wyman
Sworn and Subscribed this eighth day of Nov. 1837 Before me Wm Graham Justice of the Peace
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The State of Ohio
Geauga County 
I Wm Graham a Justice of the Peace within and for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Guy Wyman and Don Wyman Witnesses who have this day appeared before me and made the foregoing affidavits of the Identity of William Wiman and that the Said Guy Wyman and Don Wyman are reputable persons and of undoubted veracity and credibility - Witness my hand and seal this eight day of November A D 1834
Wm Graham Justice of the peace SS
The State of Ohio Geauga County I D. D. Aiken Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county do hereby certify that William Graham Esq before whom the foregoing oaths appear to have been taken on the eighth day of November A D 1837 was at that time. & still is a justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned & sworn according to law; and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his are genuine.  In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said Court at Chardon this 5th day of December A. D. 1837.  D. D. Aiken, Clerk
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Painesville Geauga Co. Ohio 
Dec. 12th 1837
Hon.  J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
The within Petitioner Willliam Wyman For a transfer of his Pension papers requests an Examination of the Same by the department and a Certificate of Transfer forwarded to me at this place as Soon as Convenient
Very respectfully
Wm Holbrook
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William Wiman

aomit
12 mos

S. Swift Esq Manchester Vermont
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office, July 8 1833
Sir: The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  Thes 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A STATEMENT showing the Service of William Wiman
Period when the service was rendered 1781 Jany 
Duration of the claimant's service 10 months
Rank of the claimant Private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Col. Sam. Fletcher
Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service 68 years of age - Putney Vt
Proof by which the declaration is supported. James Urans, Assis Traditionary
Period when the service was rendered 1781 Nov
Duration of the claimant's service 2 months
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. 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.
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
considered a Court of Record.
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Ste, Territy, or Dist of
County of
On this
day of
of
A.
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
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
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with
and
there set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he servunder
more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his office, the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles at which he was engaged
sons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and per-
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
the Agency in the State of
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court,
A. B.
tionary soldier, and served as he states.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revoluof
the Court of
the harsheatertify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia.
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
and C. D. residing in (the same)
who has
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
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.
Clerk of the Court of
for a pension.
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
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 serupon
the transaction.
vices of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
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 exexpected
. 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.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it givmen
, and what has become of it?
.
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
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record 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.
to
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.
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.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, and
days, I served as a -. For - months and - days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority
; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubthe
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.
are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
of Clerk & declaration of applicant
not correspond
Certificate of Clerk & declaration of applicant is not [?]
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State of Vermont County of Bennington On this 4th day of August in the year 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon Myron Clark, Judge of the Probate for the Probate District of Manchester in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont now sitting William Wyman a Resident of Manchester in said County of Bennington aged 67 years who being 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 7, 1832. 
That he was born at Northfield in the County of Hampshire now Franklin in the State of Massachusetts on the 16th day of June in the year 1765 that he knows of no Record of his birth, except the Record kept in the family that he lived there until on or about the month of March A 1768 when he removed from thence to the Town of Putney in the County of Windham & State of Vermont. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers and served as herein stated.
That he enlisted at said Putney for the term of ten months some time in the month of January 1781. in the company of Vermont State Troops commanded by Capt. Isiah Fisk, Moses Johnson 1st Lieut & Lyman 2d Lieut  in the Regiment commanded by Lieut Col. Comdr Saml. Fletcher that immediately or soon thereafter they marched from said Putney across the Green mountain through Manchester, Pawlet, in said State of Vermont, to Castleton in said State, when they were stationed at the Fort in that place, & he served through the whole of the said term of ten months, that Genl Enos commanded at said Fort  through the whole of the said Term, that Ad Col S. Fletcher Maj. Gideon Ormsby, Genl Isaac Tickman, Capt Wm Hutchins, Capt. Jas Brookins, Capt. Blakeley, Capt. Cochran [Howard] other Officers whom he still remembers were stationed there at the same time- at the expiration of which said term of enlistment, which was, as he now recollects in the month of November of  the same year 1781. it was proposed by the said Col Saml Fletcher that about 100 men would be needed to guard said Fort during the [ending ] winter, that if that Number of men would voluntarily turn out for that service, it would save a draft. that some as had a time of service [] them out, should volunteer for that purpose where upon he with some [M] gave in their names, to the amount in the whole, as he more thinks of about 120, who was placed under the command of the said Capt Wm. Hutchins, who was also left in command of said Fort and Capt. Com& his Lieut or oldest Lieut whose name he does not now distinctly remember.
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as to give with certainty, but he [?] Phineas Hitt formerly of Abington in said County of Bennington since dead, & who then was a Sergt. Majr. who was among those who remained that he continued to serve at the said fort at said Castleton under the said last engagement for two months or more, when being sick, he applied to the said Capt Wm Hutchins for a furlough to go home, who agreed to comply with his request, & the next day after said application, the said Capt Hutchins presented a paper to him which when
he afterwards examined, he found to be a discharge from said service, which he supposed was granted to him in consequence of a greater number having
volunteered to stay, than were demanded or needed at said fort [?] Discharge was afterwards burnt with his other papers & effects in his house on the 27 day of Jany 1803, at said Manchester that he then returned home to said Putney, that whilst he was so stationed at said Fort besides other service, he was
engaged in a skirmish with the enemy with Tories painted, or Tories Indians in which he was severely wounded by Buck shot in his leg, some of which still
remain there. that some time in the fore part of Octr 1792 he removed from the said Town of Putney, to said town of Manchester, where he has ever since resided, except that occasionally during the fore part of said time he for short periods resided two or three times in the town of Dorset in said County of Bennington. that he has now no documentary evidence to support his said statement, & he knows of no living witness whom he can at this time produce to prove his said services, except one Samuel M[] a resident of said Dorset in said County of Bennington, who enlisted & served with him in the same Company, during the whole of the said first mentioned sum of ten months, & was also knowing that he volunteered a second time in said service for a Winter Compaign as above stated whose testimony he has obtained to that effect & herewith presents as to his character & standing in Society & the general understanding & belief of his said services, he can confidently appeal to any of his respectable neighbours that the Revd. Abraham Brownson residing in said town of
Manchester is the nearest clergyman, whose Certificate he expects to obtain, as also the certificate of Wm Ames, another respectable neighbour of said Manchester to that purport effect. He herby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the the agency of any State. Sworn to & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid
Myron Clark, Judge of Probate
William Wiman
We Abraham Brownson a Clergyman residing in the Town of Manchester in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont, & William Ames residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Wyman who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be sixty seven years of age, that he is reputed & believed
in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid,
Abraham Bronson
Myron Clark Judge of Probate
Wm Amos
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I James Uran of the Town of Dorset in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont, aged seventy one years, do testify & say that I am well acquainted with William Wyman of Manchester in said County of Bennington who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing Declaration & am well knowing that the said Wyman sometime in the month of January A. 1781 enlisted at Putney in the said State of Vermont for the term of ten months in the Company of Vermont State Troops, commanded by Capt Josiah Fish, 1st Lieut Moses Johnson & Lieut. Lyman & in the Regiment commanded by Lt. Col. Comm Saml. Fletcher, & in the United States service. That he marched with said company immediately thereafter to Castleton in said State of Vermont, where he was stationed, & regularly served through the whole of said term. that I belonged to the same Company & served with him the whole of said time until the expiration of the said term of ten months when I was discharged from the said service & went home. & that said Wyman again volunteered & enlisted in the same Company for a [winter] Campaign, but how long he served after that, I know not, except as I have been informed by him & others.  Sworn & subscribed this 4th day Augt. 1832.   James Uran 
Sworn & Subscribed In Court Henry Robinson Register 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 Abraham Brownson who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Manchester and that Wm [Anus], who has signed the same is a resident in Manchester and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Myron Clark Judge of Probate
State of Vermont Bennington County SS} On this 13th day of July 1833 personally appeared the above named William Wyman of Manchester in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont before the Subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace in aforesaid County of Bennington, who being duly sworn defendth & saith, that by reason of old age & the consequently 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, & in the following grade  For one year, I served as a Private & for such service I claim a Pension. William Wyman Sworn & subscribed this day & year aforesaid by & before Leonard [Languant] Justice of the peace
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State of Vermont
I Henry Robinson Register of the Probate Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of William Wyman for a Pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
Subscribed my hand & have affixed
the seal of our said Court at Manchester this sixth day of August A.D. 1832 of the Independence of the United States, the Fifty Seventh-
Henry Robinson Register

District of Manchester
Be it Remembered that at a Probate Court holden at Probate Office on the 13th day of July AD 1833, the name of James Uran,
erroneously inserted in the Certificate last above made, is erased & the name of William Wyman substitute- Done in & by Order of
Court & the Seal affixed -
Attest.
Henry Robinson Register

State of Vermont
I Henry Robinson Clerk of the County
Court for Bennington County do hereby
certify that Leonard Sargent Esq whose
signature to the foregoing Affidavit, was at
the date thereof, a Justice of the peace for said
County duly qualified by law, as such, and
his signature I believe to be genuine-

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name  & affixed  the seal of our P Court at Manchester the 13th day of July AD 1833
Henry Robinson
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June 5, 1939.
XXXXXXX
BA-J/CC [ ]
William Wiman or Wyman
1974
Mr. Vaughn Wyman
595 Mentor Avenue,
Painesville, Ohio.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request
the Revolutionary war record of William Wiman (Wyman) and
of William Wiman, Senior, of Manchester, Bennington County,
Vermont.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file
in bounty land and pension claims on file under W. 1974, based upon service
of William Wiman (or Wyman ) in the Revolutionary War. This
is the only claim for pension or bounty land on file in this
office based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a William
Wiman of Vermont.
William Wiman was born June 16, 1765, in Northfield,
Hampshire County (later Franklin County, Massachusetts. Names
of his parents are not shown. In 1765 he moved to Putney,
Windham County, Vermont.
While a resident of Putney, Vermont, William Wiman enlisted
some time in January 1781, served ten months as private in Captain
Josiah Fish's company, Colonel Samuel Fletcher's Vermont regiment,
was stationed most of the time at the fort in Castleton, Vermont.
In November 1781, he volunteered as a private in Captain William
Hutchins' Vermont company and served again at the fort in Castleton
for about two months, during which time he was in a skirmish with
the Tories and Indians and was wounded in the leg by buckshot,
some of which were still in his leg in 1832.
Sometime in the fore part of 1792, he moved from Putney to
Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont. He resided short periods
also in Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed
August 4, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Manchester,
Vermont. In 1837, he moved to Perry Township, Geauga County, Ohio.
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William Wiman died March 6, 1842, in Perry, Lake County, Ohio.
William Wiman married May 4, 1799, in Manchester, Vermont,
Melinda Eaton, who was also a resident of Manchester, Vermont.
Date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown.
The soldier's widow Melinda was allowed pension on her application
executed April 21, 1849, at which time she was aged sixty-nine
years and a resident of Perry Township, Ohio.
September 5, 1855, still a resident of Perry, Ohio, Melinda
Wiman applied for bounty land which was due under the Act of March
3, 1855, on account of service of her husband, William Wiman, in the
Revolutionary War. On this application she was granted bounty land
Warrant #36624, for one hundred sixty acres under that act.
In 1837, the soldier moved to Perry, Ohio, to be with his sons
( their names not stated). In the same year Guy and Don Wyman were
living in said Perry, their relationship not stated. May 22, 1849,
the soldier's son, William Wyman, aged forty years within a few days
and a resident of Manchester, Vermont, stated that his oldest sister,
Maritta, moved from there to Ohio, about 1836, and that he had two
older brothers, the older of whom was dead and the other, Don,
nearly four years older than William was living in the State of Ohio.
In 1849, in Lake County, Ohio, Ellen M. Wyman and William Wyman
witnessed the signature, by mark, of soldier's widow, Melinda Wyman,
no relationship stated. May 11, 1849, Anna Benedict, a resident of
Manchester, Vermont, aged within a few days of eighty-five years,
stated that William Wyman and Melinda Eaton were married in her home,
she stated, also, that her own daughter, Sally, was born March 21,
1798. In 1849, her (Anna's) son, William Benedict, was aged about
sixty-two years, and stated that he was present, also, at the marriage
of the soldier and Melinda. In 1849, William Benedict was a Justice
of the Peace for Bennington County, Vermont, no relationship of the
Benedicts to the soldier's family is shown. In 1855, one Maritta
Selfridge was living in Perry, Ohio. It is not shown whether she
were identical with the Maritta named above, and there are no further
family data.
For information in regard to the location of the land cited
above, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land
Office, Interior Department, this city, and cite the number of
the warrant, the acreage and the act under which the warrant was
issued.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension,
the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death
of Melinda Wiman, you should write to the Comptroller General,
General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite
the following data:
Melinda Wyman, widow of William Wyman,
Certificate #329,
Issued September 12, 1849,
Rate $40.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1848,
Act of July 29, 1848,
Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Recy
WIDOW, &c.
No. 1974
Melinda Wyman
Widow 
William Wyman
Pri Rev War
Act:
Index:--Vol. JN, Page 363
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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1896 Mil Histy to
Jan 16. Taughn E Wyman Esq
Painesville, O
1912 May 29 Hist of B.L to Bayard Wyman V.L.M
1939 June 5 Hist to Vaughn E Wyman cc
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36624
Nev[ ]
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[ ] SEP 6 
FREE
Hon. J. Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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William Wyman Ohio Pittburgh, Act 7 June 1832 $40.00
To what name was he last paid
P.11 to h to March 1842 [ ]
Pension Office Sept 10 1849 s
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Treasury department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 12th, 1840

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," William Wiman, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburg, Pa Agency, at the rate of forty dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1839 to the 4th March 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller,
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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383 May 28/49
Decd Melinda Wyman
BENNINGTON MAY 24
Vt 18,706
Hon. James L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C. 
FREE
Act July 29/48
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Manchester (Vt) May 22d 1849
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Hon'd Sir Enclosed I forward to you the declaration & the
Vouchers of Mr Melinda Wyman, for a Pension. As her late husband Wm
Wyman drew a Pension in his life time, his removal of transfer from this
State, to the State of Ohio, & also the time of his death, will be shown doubtly
from the files in your office - Her wishes, that her Pension may be made
payable at the nearest Pension agency, to her place of residence, in the State of
Ohio - The Certificate, if you please, may be enclosed to me, at this place
With great respect, I am Hon'd, Sir
Your most obed svt
S. Swift
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[ ] DEC 29
Jan 3d
Mr Evans
J L Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
Washington DC
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Bank of  Burlington
Dec 19th 1837
J L Edwards Esq
Comms of  Pensions
Wm Wiman on
the roll of this agency under the
Act 7 June 1832, at the rate of $40
per annum was last paid to [ ] 4th Sept 1836. on [ ] as appears by our Book,

Very Respectfully
Your obt Ser
E T Englesby
[ ]
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Painesville Ohio, Jan 13 /03
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: Will you kindly inform
me whether my ancestor Henry
Wyman was a pensioner and if so
send me his military record.
He served in the Revolution from
Vermont or Massachusetts, probably
from Vermont (as his father and
brother served from that State)
He afterward lived in Maine,
of
If possible please let me have dates
of his birth and death.
Very respectfully
Charles
Wyman
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HARLEY BARNS, PREST.
VAUGHN L. WYMAN, SECY
C.J. SCOTT, TREAS.
THE REALTY TITLE & INVESTMENT COMPANY INCORPORATED
Painesville, O. Dec. Ist. I895
as other [ ]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Would it be possible for me to ascertain from the records in
the pension office, whether or not William Wyman, and William Wyman, Jr.,
served in the Revolutionary War from Vermont? If so, what would be the
expense of certificates of their services.
Very truly yours,
Vaughn E. Wyman
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HARLEY BARNS, PREST.
VAUGHN L. WYMAN, SECY
C.J. SCOTT, TREAS.
THE REALTY TITLE & INVESTMENT COMPANY INCORPORATED
Painesville, O. Dec. 3rd 1895
no other W
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Does the application of Melinda Wyman, widow of William Wyman a pensioner of the Revolutionary war under act of July 29, 1848
show the war record of said William Wyman? If the information is not
easily ascertained, please advise me as to the fees of any for looking
the matter up
Yours truly
Vaughn E. Wyman
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POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON
May 22, 1912.
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
A military bounty land warrant was issued to William Wyman,
Jr., a Revolutionary soldier who served from Vermont. Will you
kindly give me the date of the act under which the warrant was
issued, the warrant number and the number of acres. I am
particularly interested to know also, whether a warrant was ever
issued in favor of his father, William Wyman, who was also a
Revolutionary soldier from Vermont but not a pensioner.
Very truly yours,
Bayard Wyman
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THE VAUGHN E. WYMAN INSURANCE AGENCY
"Reliable Insurance for More than 25 Years"
595 Mentor Avenue
PAINESVILLE, OHIO
April 11, 1939
Pension Office,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Is there any charge for furnishing certificates of service Revolutionary soldiers?
My great-grandfather, William Wiman (or Wyman ) served in the war of the
Revolution from the Town of Manchester, County of Bennington, States of
mont, as did my great-great-grandfather, William Wiman (or Wyman) Senior.
I believe that one or both of them were pensioners,
Will you kindly give me the necessary steps to be taken to complete my
record?
Very truly,
Vaughn E. Wyman
Vaughn E. Wyman

A.D. 1780
THE
LONDON ASSURANCE

RECEIVED [ ] 

TESTED BY FIRES OF THREE CENTURIES
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3 - 871
RECORD DIVISION
Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Briefed by
Claim No. B. L. Warrant 36624-160-55
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier William Wyman
Service
Rev
Additional Service
of Vt.
No claim, State records.
191
No claim, combination record, 191
REMARKS:
any other, Act 55 than above
over

J S Chariet
Chief Division.
6 -- 1944
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V. L. M.

Rev. War Section.
May 29, 1912.
Mr. Bayard Wyman,
Post Office Department,
Washington, D.C.
Mr. Wyman:
In reply to your letter dated the 22" and received
the 27" instant, you are advised that Bounty Land Warrant. Mo.,
36,624, for one hundred and sixty acres of land, under the
Act of March 3, 1855, was granted William Wyman, a Revolution
ary soldier of the Vermont troops.
A careful search of the Bounty Land records fails
to show that a warrant ever issued in favor of his father
William Wyman, who was also a Revolutionary soldier.
Very respectfully,
J. L. Davenport
Commissioner.
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O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., January 16, 1896,
F. S.
M. E. C.
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of -- William Wyman --
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR,
you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATE OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH
OF SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
COLONEL.
STATE.
It appears that he enlisted at Putney, Vt. in January 1781 and served about ten months as a private in the company commended by Capt
Josiah Fish, Col. Samuel Fletcher's regiment -- stationed most of the time at the Fort in Castleton, Vt., then under the command of Gen.
Enos; in November, 1781, he volunteered as a private in the company
commanded by Capt. William Hutchins and served again at the Fort in
Castleton for about two months, during which time he participated in a
skirmish with Tories and Indians, in which engagement he was wounded
in the leg by buckshot.
Battles engaged in, As above.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Putney, Vt.
Date of application for pension.
August 4, 1832.
Residence at date of application,
Manchester, Vt.
Age at date of application, Born at Northfield, Mass., June 16, 1765.
Remarks: He married Melinda Eaton, May 4, 1799, and died March 6,
1842. Both he and his widow were pensioners.
Very respectfully,
Vaughn E. Wyman, Esq.,
Painesville, Ohio.
870 blm
Commissioner.