Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,506, for Jesse Peters, Georgia
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(3-1776)
nc
Service: Ga. 
Peters, Jesse.     
Number: S. 16.506 
carded

Contents
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Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6th April 1838 from 4th Sept 1837 to 4 Sept 1838. agt notified 17. June 1839.

Georgia 16.821
Jesse Peters of Carrall in the State of Ga: who was a Rv: in the [blank space] commanded by Captain [blank space] of the Rep commanded by Col. Severn in the [crossed out: Wa Ca] Ga. line for 18 month.

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 60 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Oct 33. and [illegible] Thos. Chandler
Carrolton, Ga

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833             150-
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. 34    30

                                                             $180-

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Orath. Rice Clerk Book E Bol. 6 Page 100
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No 25-154
Jesee Peters
Carroll Co - Georgia

Admitted by
Mr (illegible cursive)
18 mo. $1111 =

d.g.i.k.l.m.

Thomas Chandler
Carrolton
Carroll Co -
Georgia -
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
June 4 1833

Sir:
The evidence in support of yoru 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. Those 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 Jesse Peters Carroll Co Georgia

(COLUMN) Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimaint’s service. Years. | Months. | Days.|
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(RESPONSE) Period not stated nor time of service definite but states for about 2 (years) 10 (months) in the Continential Line.

(COLUMN) Rank of the claimant. 
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(RESPONSE) Private

(COLUMN) Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. 
___________
(RESPONSE)
Col Serivein
Col Malmady

(COLUMN) Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. 
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(RESPONSE) age nor place of entering service not stated

(COLUMN) Proof by which the declaration if supported.
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(RESPONSE) No proof given but sworn to in court of the clerks certificate given

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 occassionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of } ss.
County of.                                }

On this __ day of __ personally appeared (a) before __ A.B. a resident (b) of __ in the county of __ and State, Territory or District of (blank) aged (c) __ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) __, with __ and served in the __ (e) regiment of the __ line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank, and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the president, and he declares that his name is not ont he Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of __
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.   A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I ___ of the Court of ___ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoign contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of __ for a pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this __ day of __ &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service int he 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 __ and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ___, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be __ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declaire their opinion, after the investigation fo the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the __ and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the __ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, __ Clerk of the Court of __ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of __ for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this __ day of __ &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his -
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alleged service, as they are known as 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 ex-expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Milita of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1) Where and in what year were you born?
2) Have you and 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 Continential and Milita Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstnaces of your services.
6. {To a Soldier.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become it it.
{To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become 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 int he immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe hs if ot eha ge 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 fo 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.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age fo the claimaint must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name fo the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimaint 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 tot he 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.

[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who autheticates 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.
[j] 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 itime 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 oathe and certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
—> The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule J (illegible) denote [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

(Handwritten) 1 2(crossed out) 3 4 5 6 & 7
John N Ashton
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State of Georgia   }
County of Carroll }  ss

On this second day of September eighteen hundred & thirty three (1833) personally appeared before the Court of Ordinary for said County Jesse Peters a resident of said county & state aged eighty one (81) years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration or statement in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress paper June 7th 1832 That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year seventeen hundred & seventy-six (1776) with John Dooly, (illegible) officer, and served in the third Regiment of the Georgia line under the following named officers, Colonel Acrivire Colonel White & Colonel Malmady Captain Birnil Smith Captain Oddleson & Capt, Nash ; and continued to serve for two years and eleven months, as a private, and was discharged by General Lochlenen Mc,Intosh at Augusta in seveteen hundred & seventy nine (1779), he resides in Wilks County in Georgia
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when he enlisted, he marched through the country from Wilks County to Savanah thru to Tiby Island. Hence an expedition on board the Congress Royally - under Captain Unogati to the mouth of St. Mary’s Way, thence back to Savannah thru to Lunsbury thence to Midway Meeting house thence to Purrysburg South Carolina thence to Augusta Ga. And joined General Ash and was at Ashes defeat at the mouth of brier Creek - he made his escape & joined General Sinkhorn at black swamp, thence to Augusta - he was then marched through South Carolina in pursuit of the British Army to Stone Ferry and was in a battle at that place after which he marched back to Augusta & was discharged as above stated that he has been precunarily on the pension roll under the act of 1818 and has been struck from the same that he resided in Oglethorp County in this state when his first application was made & resides in this county now that he sent his dicharge to the department at the time he first applied & supplies it on file there. We hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state - he answers to the interogatory
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As follows 
1 In Cravine (Illegible) County North Carolina in the year 1752;2d he has no record of age but lost it in revolution; 3d in Wilkes County (or the territory nor forming it,) in this state, has lived since in Wilkes. Oglethorp, & Walton and now in Canoa County are in Georgia; 4th he enlisted in the service voluntarily; 5th General Sinkhorn Colonel Malbely and Captain Perry collects no more but what is stated in the body of Declaration; 6th he received a discharge from General Mc,Intosh which he sent to the war department by Mr. Cobb of the House of Representatives from this State on his former application & has never seen it since; 7th William S. Parr & Joseph Little - no (illegible) his power to procure

Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid.

          his
Jesse     Peters
         mark

Signatures:
J. Kingsbury
J. Little
Jas H Rodgers

Me William S. Pam & Joseph Little residing in said county hereby certify that we are well acquiainted with Jesse Peters who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty one (81) years of age that he is refuted, and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. 

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.

Signatures (Bottom left to bottom right)
Kingsbury
J Little
Jas H. Rogers

Wm S Pam
J. Little (crossed out)
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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, And the court further (illegible) that it appears to them that William S Parr & Joseph Little who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in said county & are credible persons & that their statement is in (inelligble) to credit.

Jas H Rodgers
J Little
S Kingsbury 

I William L Parr Clerk of the Court of Orindary for said county do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original precedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jesse Peters for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this third day of September 1883

Wm L Parr Clk
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16506
INVALID.
File No. 16506
Jesse Peters
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7'' 32
Index:-Vol. 1, Page 294
[Arrangement of 1870]
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9,193
Georgia

Jesse Peters 4 of Oglethorpe Co in the state of Georgia who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel ~~~ of the Georgia line, for the term of eighteen months.

I ascribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17th of September 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of April 1819 and sent Hon. T. W. Cobb Lexington, Oglethorpe Co.

Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819 -             44.76
Semi-anl. all’ce ending 4 Sept 1819  48
5. 14/0 4/30 -                                       $92:76

{Revolutionary claim,   }
{Act 18th March, 1818  }

(Illegible) 18 Feby 1830 to Hon. Wilson Lumpken HR
No 31 Decr 1830
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I Jesse Peters Do swear on the Holy everything of the almighty God, that I was Enlisted by Captain John Douley, the 5th of October 1776 for the term of eighteen (18) months and no longer and I do further swear that I have not been enlisted by him nor any other person since.

Sworn the 14th: August 1779 before me 
John Wereat

                his
Jesse       J              Peters
              mark


207 1/2 
106
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171 1/2
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The bearer Jesse Peters a soldier in the third Regiment is hereby discharged from the service, he having served faithfully during the time of his enlistment by which he is entitled to every advantage of Emolument promised in such form by his Country, and to prevent every Imposition here follows the Description of the said Jesse Peters aged twenty-seven (27) years about five feet nine inches height, florid complexion and hair, blue eyes, born in Craven County state of North Carolina, & a carpenter by trade.

Given under my hand at Augusta y. 11th day of August 's119. Lachn McIntosh. Br. Genl.

I served a warrant for 30 acres on the above in Jackson County -
[Signature]
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Mr Edwards

Honbl John C Calhoun
Secretary at War

move
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Lexington 29th March 1819

Sir,

On examining the enclosed certificate which I did not do, until my arrival at home, I find a mistake made in the Christian name of the Pensioner - In the certificate, he is called John [underlined] - From the ^original^ papers lodged in the Pension Office, which I send for your information, his discharge included, you will find his name was Jesse [underlined] - Will be pleased to have the name
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corrective other papers returned to me by mail, to this place - W. is the brother of the man in favor of whom I appealed to you

Yours respectfully
Tho M Cobb


Honble J. C Calhoun
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June 10
Mr Evans
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Second Comptroller's Office, [date handwritten] June 10th, 1839 -

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, [handwritten] Jesse Peters, - a Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia [handwritten] Agency, at the rate of sixty [handwritten] Dollars and cents [and cents crossed out] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 [handwritten], has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1827 [handwritten] to the 4th Sept. 1838. [handwritten]

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris [handwritten signature]
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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Application of Jesse Peters of Oglethorpe County  Geo for a pension - Revolutionary 3d Regmt Georgia Line 1778 1779-18 [illegible]

By virtue of
discharge signed by
Lachn. McIntosh 
Brigd. Gen'l. 

Admitted
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NOTE: STILL IN PROGRESS

Georgia Oglethorpe County } In the Superior Court - September Term 1878

Jesse Peters came personally into open court and made oath that on the eighth (8th) day of October seventeen hundred and seventy six (1776) this deponent was recruited in the County of Wilkes by Captn John Dooly who was recruiting for the continental line, of after his enlistment was attached to the company of Capt Burnell Smith of the third regiment of the Georgia Registered Troops, this exponent does not at present recollect the name of the Colonel who commanded the regiment. That he enlisted for the term of eighteen months and faithfully served the service, as will appear by this discharge hereto announced. And this deponent further saith that he is more old of [ineligible] and from his medical circumstances, requires the care of his country for his support. 

Sworn to in open court this 19th Septm [September] 1878 Isaac Collier Jesse Peters
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[handwritten]

Jesse Peters & others that the said Jesse Peters did serve against the common enemy during the Revolutionary War upon the continental establishment for at least eighteen months successively as stated in the annexed affidavit & that the said Jesse is in such reduced circumstances as to stand in need of the aid of the country for a support.

Given under my hand & seal this 17th September 1818
[circled with flourish] seal
[signed and underlined] 
Jno. M. Dooly [circled with flourish] seal

Georgia|
Oglethorpe County}
I Isaac Collier Clerk of the Superior Court of said County do certify that the foregoing proceeding was had in open court before the Honorable John M Dooly judge thereof at September Term 1818

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 17th day of September 1818

[signed] Isaac Collier Clk. S.C.

[seal at lower right]