Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11848, John Willard, N. H.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
N. H.
Willard, John
11848
Carded.
CONTENTS

New York 20/101
John Willard of Pineske in the State of N. York who was a Pri; in the Corp. — commanded by Captain Carlisle of the Reg. — commanded by Col. Bidell in the S. Camp. — line for 1 Yr.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Aug 1833 and Supt. W. H. Mitchell Bethany
Arrears to the 4th of Nov 33 $ 80 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep 33 20 $100
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. G. C. Steele
Recorded by _____ Clerk Book E Vol. 13 Page 38

No 25720
John Willard Genesee County New York
Admitted Pwtd 12 months
Wm Mitchell Bethany NYork

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew 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, shewing the Service of John Willard Genesee County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1775 1 - - private Cap Carlisle, Colonel Biddell, 77 years County of Cheshire New Hampshire Traditionary evidence & two Witnesses. certified credible papers correct -  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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.  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 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 present, and he declares that his name is not on the 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 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 (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 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 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.
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

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 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 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.  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 of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what 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 traditional 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.
[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 of the claimant 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 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.
[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 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.
[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 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.
[k] 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 in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of New York Grenadier County p.
On this Eleventh day of June 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Grenadier now Siting John Willard a resident of the town of Berhane in the said County, aged Seventy Seven years and upwards, 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 was born on the 11th day of May 1758. in the town of Pepperell in the State of Massachusetts as he has been informed and believed to be true. That in the latter part of the year 1775, he lived in the town of Charlestown in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, at which time the Officers of the New Hampshire Troops, were raising men for what was then termed, "the Canada Expedition"; and being anxious to join the expedition as a Soldier he enlisted with his Father in the month of December 1775, as a volunteer, under Capt. David Carlisle of the County of Westmoreland in the said State of New Hampshire who was employed in enlisting Troops.
His Father whose name was Henry Willard and himself, both enlisted as private Soldiers, under the said Captain Carlisle in Col. Bedell's Regiment of New Hampshire Troops, which was called a Regiment of Rangers, for one Year. That he remained at Charlestown where the Regiment was raised until sometime in the winter 1776, when he marched, in the Company commanded by Capt. Wilkinson in the said Regiment of Rangers under the command of the said Col. Bedell, through Springfield, Carradick and other towns in the State of Vermont to Ticonderoga in the State of New York. That he remained at Ticonderoga some

time but how long he does not now remember. That he went down the Lake on the ice to Crownpoint, where he remained until the ice had broken up and cleared out of the Lake, when he went to St Johns in lower Canada in Boats, from thence to Capraie, from thence to Kahnawaga, from thence crossed the river St Lawrence and marched to a place called the Cedars about Forty Miles above Montreal. at this place he remained, until it was attacked and surrounded by a party of British and Indians under the command of Capt. Porter a British Officer: At this time Major Bullough had command of the Americans; and after the Surrender of the place to the En- emy the Soldiers were given up as prisoners of war; this he now thinks was on the 19th day of May 1776: The next day after the place was surrendered Major Sherburne with a small party of Americans who were coming prisoners to the Cedars was taken by the British and brought into that place: We were all soon taken to a small Village in Canada and confined in a Stone Church: Soon after General Arnold arrived and a negotiation took place between him and the British Officers for the exchange of prisoners: That he this declarant then understood that the prison- ers were at liberty to go home and return again in the Fall, but my Father being immediately taken sick with the Small Pox at St Johns after we had left the Stone church, his this declarant was de- stined to take care of him and remained until his Father died which was on the 15th day of June 1776, immediately after which he was taken sick with the same disease, and after recovering from which, he was again taken sick, and was put upon the Sick list. That on or about the said 15th day of June he received orders to remain with the army and not return home, and as he believes sometime in September following was able and did perform active duty as a Soldier at Mount Independence, to which place we had previously been ordered: At this time he was in the Company of a Lieutenant Whitcomb as he believes, Capt. Carlisle having been broken for misconduct as he then understood and in the Regiment command- ed by Lieutenant Col. Wait, Col. Buddle having also been broken That he remained at Mount Independence performing

Suaid and Garrison duty until the latter part of November 1776, when he marched to Saratoga and was soon after discharged. The Sergeant Major pronounced our Discharge "by order of Genl. Gates" saying that "the men belonging to Col. Bedell's Regiment were discharged, their time being out," as nearly as he can now recollect.
And this declarant further says that by reason of age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear to the exact time he was in actual service, not distinctly recollecting the exact time of marching from Charlstown to Ticonderoga or the exact time of his discharge at Saratoga. But he was and still is in the full belief that he enlisted for and served the full term of one year. But he is certain from the best of his recollection that he was in actual service as a private soldier in the companies of Captain Carlisle, Captain Wilkins, and Lieutenant Milcomb in the Regiment of Rangers, raised and commanded by Col. Bedell and Lieutenant Col. Wait in the New Hampshire Militia at least ten months, and that during the time for which he enlisted he was not engaged in any civil employment.
That he never had any written discharge, nor has he any documentary evidence of his service: that he knows of no living witnesses who can testify to his services, except Benjamin Coats and Charlotte Walston whose testimony are herewith presented: that he knows of no record of his age excepting the one kept by himself in a large dictionary now in his possession: That after he returned from the Army he continued to live in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, and at different places in the State of Vermont for about one day nineteen years, when he removed to Pompey, in the County of Onondaga and State of New York, where he remained until within one year, when he removed to the town of Bethany and County of Genesee aforesaid where he now resides.
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
State of New York: that he remained at Ticonderoga some

That he is acquainted with the Rev d Hugh Wallace a clergyman of Pembroke and Martin O Coe Pres t of Le Roy in the said County of Essex, both of whom have long been acquainted with this Declarant, and can testify as to his character as to truth and credibility
Subscribed & sworn to this day of year aforesaid in open Court
John Willard
T. Fitch Clerk
We Hugh Wallace a Clergyman residing in the Town of Pembroke in said County & Martin O. Coe of the Town of Le Roy in said County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Willard who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Subscribed & sworn the 12 th day of June 1833 in open Court
Hugh Wallis Martin O Coe
T. Fitch Clerk
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 Hugh Wallis who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Pembroke in said county of Essex and that Martin O. Coe, who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Le Roy in said county and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Isaac Wilson William Mitchell S. Cuming Honor of Turner
I, Timothy Fitch, Clerk of the said court of Common Pleas of said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of John Willard for a Pension - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 12 th day of June 1833
Timothy Fitch Clerk

in of New York Genesee County ss Charlotte Walker of the town of Bethany in said County being Sworn according to Law doth depose and say that She is Sixty four years of age that She was born in the town of Bennington in the State of Massachusetts that when She was about eighteen years of age She lived in the town of Ashburnham in the State of Massachusetts that at that time She was well acquainted with John Willard the applicant mentioned in the annexed Declaration that She well remembers that the said John Willard went into the Service of the United States as a Soldier and that the Father of the said John Willard whose given name She then was Henry also went into the said Service of the United States as a Soldier that She this Deponent lived with a Sister of the said John Willard while the said John Willard was in the said Service, that She this Deponent remained with the Sister of the said John Willard to Brattleboro in the State of Vermont that this Deponent Well remembers that the father of the said John Willard was said to have died with the Small Pox while in the said Service that while She lived with the Sister of the said John Willard She often heard his said Sister speak of her father and Brother as being absent in the Service and particularly remembers the report of the death of the Father of the said John Willard that She has been acquaint- -ed with the said John Willard ever since her earliest recollection that one of the Brothers of this Deponent married a Sister of the said John Willard that the said John Willard was said to have been in the Service of United States one year but the particular length of time which he was absent from home She does not now distinctly recollect and further this Deponent saith not Sworn and Subscribed before me
The 20 th day of May 1833.
Charlotte her Walker mark
William Mitchell
one of the Judges of
the Genesee County Court.

I William Mitchell the Judge before whom the foregoing affidavit of Esther Walker was taken do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Esther Walker who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and that she is a credible person and that her statement is entitled to credit.
William Mitchell a Judge of Genesee County Courts.
State of New York
Genesee County ss. I, Timothy Fitch Clerk of said County certify that William Mitchell before whom the above affidavit purports to have been taken and made was at the date of taking the same a Judge of the County Court Courts in and for said County and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge and verily believe his name subscribed to said affidavit and to the above certificate to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and Seal of Office this twelfth day of June 1833.
Timothy Fitch Clerk
Sta

Rehman
11848 INVALID.
File No. 11848 John Willard Brn. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 412
[Arrangement of 1870.]

John Willard
25720
William Mitchell Agent- Bethany N. Y.

State of New York
County of Onondaga
On the 15th day of February 1933 personally appeared before George Pettit, one of the Judges of the County Courts of said County, Benjamin Cook, of the Town of Pompey in said County, Eighty two years old, who being duly sworn according to Law, saith, on his oath, before me, that he was a Soldier in the revolutionary War, & belonged to a Company commanded by Captain Carters Cartersbrook in a Braden Beadle's Regiment of Rangers, & was mustered at Charleston State of New Hampshire and marched in January 1776 from there to Tienderage, thence to Brown Point, thence to St Johns and Laprairie, was met at Fort Ann, & crossed the water over to a place called the Cedars, where the Americans were surrounded, & all taken prisoners, & carried back to Fort Ann & in the night were carried back again to a Village in Canada where there was a Stone Church & the prisoners put into it - that next morning General Arnold appeared on the opposite side of the river with a considerable force, & a negotiation was begun & carried on between him & Captain Foster the British Officer in command at the Stone Church, by a flag, for an exchange of Prisoners, & that nearly right the first or second day, Capt Foster sent over to Tienderage about half the Prisoners, among whom was the defront, & from there he proceeded home through St Johns, Brown Point & Tienderage - that there was a man about forty or fifty years old, who had a boy, & both belonged to Beadle's Regiment aforesaid, & the defront nearly & confidently believes their names were Willard, and they all lodged at a French Widow's house, between Laprairie & St Johns, & the said Willard had a quarrel with the French Woman, & she said she had a good heart for the Americans & a pretty good one for the French, but none at all for the British - that he recalls at the Cedars, that before the Americans surrendered, one of our men jumped down the bank & ran along under the Bank, & went over to the enemy, & was met by two of the enemy & carried to the Blockhouse of the enemy - that defront was taken prisoner as aforesaid, in May, reached home in July, & in August returned again to Tienderage where he heard said Willard died at St Johns - that while at Mount Independence

near Ithaca, he recollects that a Serjeant Gibbs sold Beer to the deponent - and he saw a Drunkard publicly whipped for stealing Drunk heads - or selling Drunk heads which he had drawn, for rum - that he has not seen the said Willard's boy, since the revolution, till yesterday, when a man who calls himself John Willard, & says he lives in Bethany, Genesee County State of New York, and that he is the boy above alluded to, called at the deponent's house and the deponent, verily he lives, and has no doubt, but he is the same person who was that boy, from his recollection the and statement of the above events, and many other incidents, such as being taken prisoner, the time - and the place - being in the Stone Church, and part of them being exchanged - and the manner the exchange was negotiated by General Arnold - & & all which he states precisely as the deponent re- collects them - & that he has no doubt the said John Willard was a Soldier in said Beadle's Regiment at the same time with the Deponent as afore- said, but being entirely blind the deponent can not speak as to his features or appearance.  Sworn to and Subscribed { Benjamin his Coats the day and year aforesaid { before George Pittel Judge { mark of Onondaga County { Courts {
I certify that I have been for many years acquaint- -ted with Benjamin Coats, who has sworn to the above deposition, & that he is a man of truth and veracity, and that his statement is entitled to credit -  George Pittel Judge of Onondaga County Courts

State of New York } County of Onondaga } P
I, Hanson Edwards Junior Deputy Clerk of the said County do certify that George Pettit Esquire before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn and also by whom the above certificate is subscribed was at the date of the same one of the judges of the Onondaga County Courts and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the jurat of said Affidavit and the said Certificate to be the proper hand writing and genuine signatures of the said Judge
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this Seventh day of June 1833.
H. Edwards Jr. Dep. Clk.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Willard, John GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10591 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 10, 1794 to Elias Hart, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.