Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 32033, Claus I Van Vrancken, New York

SERVICE
New York
NUMBER _____
NUMBER S 32033
Van Vranken, Klaus J. or J. Van Vranken
born July 18, 1759. CONTENTS
CONTENTS

24259  New York
Claus J. Van Frank of Schenectady in the State of New York who was a Sgt. Ye. in the Comp. comm. by Captain Stark of the Regt. comm. by Col. Gordon in the New York line for 4 Mos: 288 days Sgt. 2 6 " 21 " private 3
24259
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 45 Dollars 52 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of Nov. 1832 and to the G. H. Jacob Schenectady.
Arrears to the 14th of Sep. 33 $113.80 Semi-ant. allowance ending Nov. 34 22.76  $136.56
Recorded by Co. Glendale Clerk, Book E. Vol. 4. Page 85
Paid at the Treasury under Act of the 6. April 1838 from March to 12 Sept 1839. Age notified 15 July 1840
91.00 22.76 113.80

19.858 18
In the matter of the application of Klaus J. V. Franken for a pension Proceedings
No 79. to the care of Giles F. Yates Esq. Schenectady N.Y.

State of New York County of Schenectady ss
On this twentieth day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in Open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said county, now sitting, Blauw I. Van Vranken a resident of the town of Niskayuna in said county & State, aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath shake the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832 -
He was born in the town of Niskayuna — in the then County of Albany now Schenectady — on the Eighteenth day of July 1759 . He has no record of his age except that contained in his family Bible
When he was called into the service of the United States in the army of the revolution, he was living in said town
_____ and since the revolutionary war he has lived in the same place
_____ and he now lives in the town of Niskayuna aforesaid
He entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
In the year 1776, when he arrived at the age of sixteen years, he was enrolled in Captain Nanning Fisher's Company of Militia in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Van Schoonhoven . His other Company & field officers whom he recollects were 1 st Lieutenant John Van Vranken , Nicholas P. Van Vranken 2 nd Lieutenant Samuel Van Vranken Ensign Lieutenant Colonel Corporal & Major Taylor

He continued to serve in said company until the end of the said war under one engagement, save that he was on several occasions drafted & then served for the time being under different officers.
It is well known that there were divers disaffected families & individuals residing at or near the different posts & passes along our frontier, more particularly in the vicinity of the place where he resided. These assisted the enemy & their savage allies, and often joined them in their murderous and predatory incursions on these frontiers. Detachments of militia were in consequence often ordered out, & what with service in these detachments & in scouting parties & in expeditions to distant posts along the Mohawk river & elsewhere, he was almost constantly on duty, and is certain that the different terms of these services when added together, will greatly exceed twelve months.
He had marched to and performed military duty at the following places among others: viz - Fort George, Canajoharie, Fort Edward, Saratoga, Stillwater, Palmertown, Ballston, Fort Miller, Fort Hunter, Skeneateles, Lake Otsego, & Canajoharie. He was in camp at Fort Edward when Ticonderoga was taken.
He never engaged in any battles or skirmishes during said war except at Fort Miller & several encounters during the retreat of General Schuyler in 1777. & served during the whole of that retreat. The claimant served as a sergeant in his Company for about two years.
Right year at Pennsylv 14 days
During 1/2 24 days 1/2 month 44 days Schok 14 days

THE FOLLOWING are the names of some of the regular officers whom he knew, or who were with the troops where he served, and such continental and militia regiments or companies with which he served, or as he can recollect, viz : Colonels Van Dyck, Van Schaick, Willett, Generals Van Broek, Schuyler, Arnold, Adjt. General A. Fonda
He never received any written discharge from the service.
He has no _____ documentary evidence, and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except those whose dispositions are hereto annexed
The following are the names of persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood, and who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution, to wit Claus J. Van Vranken and Adam Vrooman
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.
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first aforesaid
John S. Vrooman
Clerk.
Claus Van Vranken

State of New-York County of Schenectady ss.
On this twentieth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirtytwo personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of The Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, now sitting. Derrick Van Vranken resident of the town of Niskayuna in the County of Schenectady who being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that he was in the time of the revolutionary war and is now well acquainted with Claus I. Van Vranken who has subscribed and sworn to the preceeding declaration; that this Deponent served in the same Company with said Claus I. Van Vranken , & knows that said Claus I. Van Vranken served in said Company from the year 1776 until the end of said war as set forth in said declaration.
Subscribed & sworn in open Court this 20th day of October 1832
John S. Voorhman Clerk.
his Derrick Van Vranken mark
And the aforesaid Derrick Van Vranken being further duly sworn, saith, that said Claus I. Van Vranken served with him this Deponent at the following places & for the following terms of time - of the other services of said Claus I. Van Vranken or rather of the particular length of time he served at other places and on other occasions this Deponent cannot speak positively. Said Claus I. & this Deponent served together at Lake or Fort George this Deponent thinks in 1776 not up than two months - at Canajoharie not

less than one month - at Fort Edward not less than one month - at Palmentown not less than three weeks - at Ballstown & Dunning street not less than three weeks & at Halfmoon two months - I further saith not -
his - Derrick X V. Franken mark
I certify that the above named Deponent Derrick Van Franken to me well known per- sonally appeared before me the undersigned & made oath that the facts set forth in the Depo- sition by him signed are true & correct. and I further certify that said Derrick Van Franken is a credible person & that his statements are entitled to credit. Witness my hand this 23 rd day of September 1833.
J. D. Harman Justice of the peace
County of Schenectady ss I, Nicholas P. Van Franken, late a Lieutenant in said Company of Ranninger Rifles, do hereby certify that the aforesaid Claus D. Van Franken served in said Company as a private soldier and for about two years as a sergeant during the revolutionary war at Fort Edward, during the campaign against Burgoyne at Snookkill & other posts in that vicinity during the same Campaign as a private soldier not less than two months - in the Expedition to Lake

Otsego fourteen days - to the upper Schoharie fort as a sergeant fourteen days - at Halfmoon performing garrison duty not less than two months though on different occasions - all of which service was rendered by him in said Company - and I further certify that said Claus J. Van Vranken served in many other expeditions during said war by order and under command of the officers of said Company; but the particular occasions of which, and the periods of which, the cannot specify, yet know said Claus was ever ready to do his duty & was a firm & his zealous soldier -
Nicholas P. Van Vranken
I certify that on the mark 23 rd day of September 1833, personally appeared before me the undersigned, the above deponent Nicholas P. Van Vranken, to me well known, & made oath to that the facts set forth in the above deposition by him signed are true - and I further certify that said Nicholas P. Van Vranken is a man of veracity, & that his statements are entitled to credit
J. D. Harman
Justice of the peace
County of Schenectady
Claus J. Van Vranken the above named applicant being further duly sworn saith, that by reason of old age & 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 in the follow- ing grades - as a private in said Company of Captain Wanning Fisher at fort George, Tienderoga & Skene- borough not less than one hundred and four days during the years 1776 & 1777 - at Canajoharie as a sergeant in said Company during the year 1778 or 79 for at least twentyfour days - as a private as aforesaid at fort Edward, Fort Miller, Stillwater & the other posts occu-

16 1777 fied by the American army under Generals Schuyler & Gates in the Campaign of '77 against Burgoyne's army for a term exceeding forty two days - in an expedition to Lake George for a term not less than fourteen days - for the like term of fourteen days he performed garrison duty at Saratoga at McNeill's post (so called) at Palmer- town as a Sergeant he performed garrison duty he thinks in the year 1780 for a term not less than four weeks - as a private in said com- pany he performed garrison duty at Ballstown, & Dunningstreet for a term not less than twenty six days - as such private he has marched to & performed the like duty at Fort Hunter for the term of two days & at Canajawaga in the year 1780 eight days - He served as such private in Colonel Willett's expedition to Benning not less than twenty days - as a sergeant at the Upper Schoharie fort not less than fourteen days - as a private as aforesaid at Halfmoon point, Rondout Boets & Fisher's ferry, and other places along the Mohawk river for a term not less than sixty days & for the aforesaid service of more than one year this deponent claims a pension and this deponent further deposes, that while engaged in the aforesaid services he was not employed in any civil pursuit. Subscribed & sworn this 23 rd day of September 1833 before me
 J. D. Herrman Justice of the peace
I John S. Vrooman Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Joshua D. Herrman Esq before whom the preceding affidavits of Derrick Van Branten Michael Van Branten & Claus J. Van Branten purport to have been sworn & by whom the preceding certificates are signed, was on the day of the dates thereof a Justice of the peace in and for said County, and that his signature thereto is genuine. Witness my hand & seal of office this 23 rd day of October 1833 John S. Vrooman Clerk

State of New York County of Schenectady } ss.
I, Hermanus Vedder a resident of the town of East- Springfield in the County of Otsego, being duly sworn doth depose and say, that I was in the time of the revolutionary war & am now well acquainted with Claus I. Van Vranken of the town of Niskayuna in the County of Schenectady, aforesaid - that I was in service in the war of the revolution aforesaid in the Company of Militia com- manded by Captain Manning Fisher in Colonel James Van Schoonhoven's Regiment & that said Claus I. Van Vranken served also in the same Company with me from the year 1777 to the end of said war that we were out together in all the expeditions in the declaration of said Claus except the one to Lake Otsego; thence to Lake George, Palm- ertown, Canajoharie, Saratoga, McNeill's Ferry, Ballston, Fort Edward - we have also been in service together as aforesaid in the performance of sentry duty & in scouting parties at the different posts & places on the borders of the then County of Albany
Subscribed & sworn this 24 th day of Sept r . 1832 before me James V. Ryley Judge Schenectady county courts
Hermanus Vedder

I James V.S. Pyley before when the preceding deposition of Harmannus Vidder purports to have been sworn, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with said Harmannus Vidder and believe him to be a man of the strictest verac- ity, whose statements are entitled to credit witness my hand this third day of July 1835 James V.S. Pyley
Class J. Van Norden
There are two affidavits for persons whose names nearly resemble each other one notes Claus J. Van Norden and the other Claus J. Van Norden
person
[Handwritten mark or signature]

WE Claus J. Van Vranken residing in the town of Niskayuna in the county of Schenectady aforesaid, and Adam Vrooman residing in the city of Schenectady do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Claus J. Van Vranken who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood, to be a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid
John P. Vrooman Clerk.
Claus J. Van Vranken Adam Vrooman
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 Adam Vrooman the before named Deponent is a man of credibility and that Claus J. Van Vranken who has signed the above certificate is a resident of said town & that Adam Vrooman who also signed the same resides in said city & John P. Vrooman Clerk of said Court & county certify that John P. Vrooman before whom the preceding deposition of Adam Vrooman was taken was on the day of the date thereof a Judge of said Court & that his signature thereto is genuine. I said — Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Schenectady do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Claus J. Van Vranken for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twentieth — day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty.
John P. Vrooman Clerk.

32033
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 11 th 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," The child ren of Claus J. Van Braken, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Forty five Dollars and fifty two Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 12 th Sept r 1839, the day of his death,
Respectfully yours,
Abdoo E. Parise
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

no 19858
Blanco Van Branken Schenectady N.Y. N.Y.
e.g.
Adm. time
Sugars 4 mo 18 days Phosphate 6 " 24 "
  20.  16    2.88  18    22.64  128    45.12  18     298  
  20    2.64    22.64  
Giles D. Gats age Schenectady N.Y.

32033
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
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 subjunctive 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, showing the Service of Elias Van Bracken Schenectady Co. N.Y.
   Period when the service was rendered Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enrolled 1776 for the war and since more than 1777 1 3 14 Private Capt Fish Lieut Van Bracken N. P. Van Bracken Col Van Schaick Maj Taylor of 1776 Maj Taylor St. Johns Bangjohann on Saratoga Trenton Palmestown Baltimore Kenselbrige Lake George Age 278 Co. Albany N. York Declarations ranked from 1776 with end of the war Saratoga from 1777 to the end of the war Traditional   2 Alm 24 Sergeant   28   26   2   8   20   2 —   11 12  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
4. 18. July 6. 29. Dec 11 12

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 day 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 he 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 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.

32033 Rev INVALID.
File No. 32,033
Class of Bankers Dept Rev Ins
Act: June 1 st 1874
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 495
[Arrangement of 1870.]