Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43624, James Goodall, New York

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I Aaron Read one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of West Chester as afore'd do Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said James Goodall did serve in the revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy. And I now transmit the Proceeding, and [illegible] and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the [illegible] of the aforementioned Act of Congress - I do also certify that I am Well Acquainted with the said Goodall and his circumstances & know him to be poor and that he [illegible] in need of the assistance of his Country for support - 
Aaron Read
Bedford December 9th 1818
I do Certify that Aaron Read is one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the county of West Chester
Elijah Crawford Clerk of West Chester County