Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1980, for Benjamin Mac Afee, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
MacAfee, Benjamin or McAfee
W. 1980
B.L.H. 6399-160-55
Rachel
CONTENTS

New Jersey Pennsylvania 19440
Benjamin McAffee of Sussex in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Ross of the Regt commanded by Col Crow in the New Jersey line for 10 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of June 1833 and sent to Daniel Weinberg Hamburg New Jersey bears to the 4th of Nov 1833 $ 66. 66 Emigrant allowance ending 4 Sept 16. 67
$ 83. 33
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book E
Vol. 3
St. L. Agto Clerk,
Page 121

To a Cr Nov. 23. 1837. can to Pa age of letter to Hon. S. W. Morris 27. March 1838
To. Pennsylvania from 4 March. 1837. 5 April 1838
Letter to Hon. S. W. Morris 5 June 1838. " " 3 rd Aud. June 6. 1838. " " Hon. J. R. Poinsett, Sec. War, June 20. '38.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 7 June 1832 from 4 March to 4 Sept 1837. Agent Notified 24 th July 1838.
Lead Letter to Hon. W. Merced T. Russell Agts. 12 April 1845

Geo W Russell June 20 / 83
6016
Pennsylvania Phil
Rachel McAffee widow of Benjamin Affee who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
N. J. Hill
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Decem, 1852 and sent to
Geo W Russell Springfield Bradford Co. Pa.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 242 Vol. 2

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State of New Jersey, County of Sussex ss
On this twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred & thirty two Person- ally appeared in open court before the Hon- orable Court of Common Pleas now sitting Benjamin McElfee a resident of Wantage in the County of Sussex aforesaid aged seventy two years who being first duly sworn a cecord- ing to law upon his oath doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he was born in Piscataway in the County of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey in the year Seventeen hundred & sixty, has no record of his age - and lived there till he was called into the service in the year 1777 in which as nearly as he can recollect - under Capt. Robt. Major Eagar and Col. Brown, & served one month was in the battle at Springfield, & after the battle a part of the Troops were dismissed but his regiment remained as a guard, and there was marched to Woodbridge - where he remained & there without receiving horse hired as a substitute and stayed another month - near the same place and age in Patroon - the next morning again was called out under Capt. David Dunham went to Woodbridge & stayed another month, on guard & patrolling on the lines

1400 Was then discharged and after being a substitute without pay some 8 or 10 months longer in the winter & was billeted in the neighborhood.
3400 Then in either 1778 or 1779 he can't say which he enlisted for three months under Capt. Freeman and marched to Parry & Woodbridge & thence to Elizabeth town and served out the three months in patrolling and guarding the lines - had severe skirm- ishes with the enemy's scouts.
3400 Besides this service this declarant was enlisted in December 1776. which the British troops had at New Brunswick under General Green. He was one of the subordinate officers and recollected - as a spy - for three months and during this service was frequently within the lines of the enemy & in their camp - and continued in the service three months. This declarant soon after the war came to Wantage aforesaid & has continued to reside there like this day. He has no documentary ev- idence of this service nor does he know of any person who can testify to it - but he is acquainted with Thomas Wilson Esq. in the Saw Mill - who can testify to the charac- ter & veracity of this declarant.
He hereby relinquishes every claim that ever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on any Pension Rolls of the agency of any State - and that there is no clergyman at present residing in the neighborhood of this declarant.

with whom he is much acquainted.
Shown to & subscribed this 8 th year of our Lord
Benj Halsey
Benjamin Halsey
We Jacob Welch of Vienna and Andrew Willson
late of Manlius in the said county of Syracuse hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Halsey who has subsisted the above named as a soldier. Now that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he has resided and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Shown to & subscribed this day, 8 th year of our Lord
Benj Halsey
his Jacob X Welch Mark
Andrew Willson
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 such.
And the court do further certify that they are satisfied that there is no clergyman

Residing near the said Applicant - and that in their opinion the proceeding the attendance of a clergyman with whom the Applicant is much acquainted will be followed by too much expense & inconvenience - But that Jacob Melick and Andrew Melick Esqrs Who have subscribed the foregoing certificate are resident in the townships above named and are credible persons and that their Statement is entitled to credit
Done in Open court the day & year aforesaid
Benj. Halsey Presiding Judge
I Joseph E. Edsall Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in & for the said county of Sussex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Benjamin Wolfe for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the twenty second day of August Eighteen hundred & thirty two -
J E Edsall C. M.

12.603.
Application for Pension
Benjamin Wolfe
to Mrs. Lewis

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" State of Pennsylvania
County of Bradford ss On this 5 day of October  November 1849 personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the court in and for said county Rachel Macafee, (or Macafee, or McAfee) of said county aged Seventy Six years and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of Benjamin Macafee (McAfee, Macafee) late a pensioner of the United States. She further declares that she was married to the said Benjamin Macafee in Wantage Sussex County New Jersey, by Rev Silas Southworth on the first day of January 1793 that her name before marriage was Rachel Potter, That her husband the said Benjamin Macafee died on the 17 th July 1844, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794, to wit at the time above stated subscribed and sworn before me, this 5 day of October  November 1849 Rachael + her McAfee marks Horace Wetston Justs Judge.
I certify that the above named Rachel Macafee is a respectable person, that she cannot attend the court to make her declaration in consequence of bodily infirmity - John Adams Special Judge

STATE OF Pennsylvania } ss. COUNTY OF Bradford }
On this twenty first day of March A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Rachael McAffee  aged eighty two years a resident of the County of Bradford in the State of Pennsylvania who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the widow of Benjamin McAffee deceased, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain W. C. Brown in the Regiment of Major Edgar H. Brown commanded by Genl in the Revolutionary War
That her said husband was drafted, at Piscataway, Middlesex Co. N. Jersey on or about the year of 1778  his second service was at the same place about 1778 or 79 and continued in actual service in said war for the term of three months  and was for the proof of which she refers to the papers presented to her said husband in order to procure his pension which was granted as his widow to prove her marriage She further states that she was married to the said Benjamin McAffee in Wantage, New Jersey on the first day of January A. D. 1792 by one Silas Southworth a Preacher of the Gospel and that her name before her said marriage was Rachael Potter that her said husband died at Springfield, Pennsylvania on the 17th day of July A. D. 1844 and that she is now a widow at the date of executing this her declaration, and having obtained a Bounty Land warrant under act of  for acres No.  which she has legally transferred and disposed of, and not within her power to return , she refers to said declarations for evidence of her husband's service, and her marriage, &c.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under act approved March 3d, 1855. She also declares that she has never received nor applied for Bounty Land under this, or any other act of Congress, except as above stated.
Attest Joel P. McAffee Mary Ann McAffee
Rachael McAffee mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written; and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in said claim.
Erastus Wolcott [L.S.]
STATE OF Pennsylvania } ss. COUNTY OF Bradford }
On this 21st day of March A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and State aforesaid Joel P. McAffee and Mary Ann McAffee residents of the State of Pennsylvania and County of Bradford who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally and well acquainted with Mrs. Rachael McAffee who saw her sign her name (or mark her mark) to the foregoing declaration, that they know her to be the identical person therein represented, and that she is now a widow; and they swear they are disinterested witnesses.
Joel P. McAffee
Mary Ann McAffee
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th day of March A. D. 1855; and I certify that the said Joel P. McAffee and Mary Ann McAffee are credible and respectable citizens
Erastus Wolcott J.P.

Know all men by these presents, That I, Rachael McAlfee of the County of Bradford and State of Pennsylvania and the widow of Benjamin McAlfee deceased, who was a soldier in the service of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint George W. Russell, of Milan, Bradford Co, Pa., my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land certificate, or warrant, due me by virtue of my deceased husband's service in the United States, under existing laws granting Bounty Lands to the officers and soldiers or their widows and minor heirs, for services rendered in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, an Attorney, or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in and about the premises.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
Attest. 21st day of March 1855 Rachael McAlfee [L.S.] Mary Ann McAlfee
Acknowledged and subscribed before me, a Justice of the Peace and for the County of Bradford and State of Pennsylvania this 21st day of March 1855.
Erastus Wolcott [L.S.]
STATE OF Pennsylvania COUNTY OF Bradford
I, Allen McKean Prothonotary of the County Court, in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify, that Erastus Wolcott Esqr —whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration, affidavits and power of attorney, is, and was at the time of signing of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court, is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
GIVEN under my hand and Seal of Office, at Towanda this 26th day of March A. D. 1855. Allen McKean Prothonotary
Presented by G. W. RUSSELL, Milan, Bradford County, Pa.,
BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Widow of M rs

State of Pennsylvania
County of Bradford ss Rev E. Bennett whom I certify is a respectable person, after being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he attended the funeral (& officiated as the minister) of Benjamin Macafee late a prisoner of the United States, & that on his book he finds a note made at the time of his death that he died on the 17 th July 1844 leaving his widow Rachel, who still remains his widow, & is the identical person whom is now applying for a pension from the above mentioned county and state
Subscribed and sworn before me this 14 th day of October 1849
Elam Bennett
Hiram W Root, Justice of Peace
State of Pennsylvania
County of Bradford ss Dr Theodore Wilder whom I certify is a respectable person, after being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he attended the funeral, or rather attend in the last sickness of Benjamin Macafee late a prisoner, & the late husband of Rachel Macafee, herself an applicant for a pension, that on referring to his book, he finds a memorandum, or charge of visit, made at the time it took place, that Benjamin Macafee died on the 17 th July 1844 leaving his widow Rachel, who still remains a widow & who is at present an applicant for a pension & who is the identical person and widow of the said Benjamin Macafee late a prisoner
Subscribed & sworn before me this 17 th day of October 1849
Theodore Wilder
Hiram W Root Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania Bradford County ss
I Allen M c Lean Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the aforesaid County, do hereby certify that Horace Milliston before whom the within foregoing proceedings were had is President Judge of the several Courts in the thirteenth Judicial District composed of the counties of Bradford, Tioga, Potter & M c Lean duly commissioned & qualified, and the within signature purporting to be his is genuine. Also do further hereby certify that Hon. W m Root before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified, and that the signatures herein purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Towanda this 3 rd day of November A.D. 1849
Allen M c Lean Prothonotary
14033
Bradford County ss
I Allen M c Lean Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the aforesaid County do hereby also certify that Lewis Adams before whom a part of the foregoing proceedings were had, & whose name is hereunto signed is an associate Judge in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that the foregoing & within signature purporting to be his is genuine. My hand & official seal at Towanda this 3 rd day of December A.D. 1849
Allen M c Lean Prothonotary

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
Benjamin Mac afee Was born Ma rch 9 th A. 1764.
Rachel Potter. Was Born November 22 nd 1772 Pamela Macafee their Daughter Was born August 10 th 1794.
Samuel Macafee their Son Was born October 10 th 1796.
Phila Macafee their Daughter Was born September 16 th 1798.
Joel P. Macafee Their son Was born July 17 th 1800.
When this you see Remember Me JXM
BIRTHS.
Susan Everline. Macafee their Daugh ter Was born June 19 th 1802.
Benjamin Macafee 3 rd their Son Was born July 19 th 1815.
Isabel Sayre the Daugh t of Pamela Macafee was Born June 11 th 1821
Martha Ann Post the Daugh t of Susan Macafee was Born April 1 st 1824
James L. Marshall the Son of Pamela Macafee was born January 14 th 1829

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
Benjamin Macafee And Rachel Patten Was Married Janua ry 1: 1793.
MARRIAGES.
Samuel B. Macafee And Hannah Riggs Was married October 1 1814.
Benjamin J. McAffee And Caroline R. Wilder Was married November 5 th 1840
Samuel Helm & Phila Macafee was Married August 7 th 1824
Susan E. Macafee & Henry Struble was Married June 17 th 1826
Theodoras Eaton & Isabel Sayre Was married the 21 st of December 1840

12.603
Benjamin M c Alfee
Adm 10 Months
Daniel Haines Esq Hamburg Superior County N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of Benjamin M c Afee of Sussex County in the State of N. Jersey (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 79 Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. Gen.     June In 1777. 1 Private Col s . Rife 3 W. Jersey   not Specified 1 " Col s . Orde 3 "   " do 1 " do do "   " do 1 " Col s . Dunham "   in April 1778. or '79 3 " None named "   " Col s Freeman "    States that, besides the above stated service, he enlisted in Decem r . 1778 under Gen l Green (Subaltern Officers not recalled) and served for 3 Months as a Sp y
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Springfield  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Middlesex County N. Jersey  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence alone  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are Properly authenticated 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Gordon Examining Clerk.

April 27, 1940.
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Reid D. Macafee 115 Randolph Street South Weymouth, Massachusetts
BA-J/ADY Benjamin MacAfee W.1980
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Benjamin MacAfee, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claims for pension and bounty land based upon the military service in that war of Benjamin MacAfee, the name is shown also as McAfee, and Mackafee.
Benjamin MacAfee was born March 9, 1760 or 1764, in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The names of his parents are not given.
Benjamin MacAfee while a resident of said Piscataway, enlisted in December 1776, served three months as private in the New Jersey troops, the name of his captain is not stated, and was in the battle of Springfield. He enlisted in June 1777, and served as private in Captain Ross' Company, Colonel Crow's New Jersey Regiment; length of service two months. He then enlisted and served as private in Captain David Dunham's New Jersey Company; length of service two months. He enlisted in April 1778 or 1779, served three months as private in Captain Freeman's New Jersey Company and was in several skirmishes.
Soon after the Revolutionary War he moved to Wantage, New Jersey.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Wantage, Sussex County, New Jersey.
He died July 17, 1844, in Springfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Soldier married January 1, 1792 or 1793, Rachel, the name is shown also as Rachael, Potter. She was born November 29, 1772.

place, and the names of her parents are not shown. They were married at the home of Nathaniel Martin, in Wantage, New Jersey, where said Rachel had lived nine years. Nathaniel Martin was living in Wantage Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, in 1852, his age and relationship are not stated.
Soldier's widow, Rachel MacAfee, was allowed pension on her application executed November 5, 1849, at which time she was a resident of Springfield, Pennsylvania.
March 21, 1855, soldier's widow, Rachel MacAfee, applied for bounty land at which time she was a resident of Bradford County, Pennsylvania. She was allowed one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on account of the Revolutionary War services of Benjamin MacAfee, on warrant No.6399, under the Act of March 3, 1855.
The following names of the children of Benjamin and Rachel MacAfee are shown.
Pamela Macafee born August 10, 1794. Samuel Macafee " October 10, 1796. Phila Macafee " September 16, 1798. Joel P. Macafee " July 17, 1800. Susan Everline Macafee " June 19, 1802. Benjamin Macafee, Jr. " July 19, 1815.
The following family data are shown also:
Benjamin J. McAfee and Caroline R. Wilder were married November 5, 1840.
Theodoras Eaton and Isabel Sayre were married December 24, 1840.
Samuel H. Macafee and Hannah Riggs were married October 1, 1819.
Samuel Helm and Phila Macafee were married August 7, 1824.
Susan E. Macafee and Henry Struble were married June 17, 1826.
Isabel Sayre, the daughter of Pamela Macafee, was born June 11, 1821.
Martha Ann Post, the daughter of Susan Macafee, was born April 1, 1824.

James L. Marshall, the son of Pamela McAfee, was born January 14, 1829.
Soldier's and Rachel McAfee's son, Benjamin J. McAfee, in 1850, was of Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
In 1855, said Joel P. McAfee and Mary Ann McAfee were residents of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, the relationship of said Mary Ann McAfee is not shown. There are no further family data.
For information in regard to the location of the land you should address the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D. C., and furnish that official the number of the warrant, acreage, and the date of the act.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the death date of widow, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the following data: "Rachel McAfee, widow of Benjamin McAfee, certificate No. 6016, issued December 20, 1852, rate $33.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1848, Act of February 2, 1848, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Agency".
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Act of 3 rd March 1855
Additional evidence in support of the Bounty Land Claim
Rachel McAfee
No 25.268

Notes given by the Commissioners of the several Counties of the State of New Jersey for Militia service during the Revolutionary War.
   NO. OF CERTIF. DATE. SIGNED BY PAYABLE TO AMOUNT.     588 June 8 1784 Thomson Stelle Benjamin McClellan £2.0.0  
STATE OF NEW JERSEY :
I, THOMAS S. ALLISON, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true abstract from a Book, headed as above, as taken from, and compared with the original, now remaining in my office.—And I do further certify, that Thomson Stelle was, by an Act passed by the Legislature of this State, December 20, 1783, entitled, "An Act to procure an estimate of the sums due to the Militia and Troops who have been raised for the defence of the frontiers of the State, and to provide for the settlement of the same," appointed a Commissioner for the County of Middlesex for the purpose of settling and adjusting the Pay-rolls of the Militia and Troops of this State, as aforesaid, and also for signing and delivering out to each and every person a note for the payment of what may be justly due.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, at Trenton, in said State, this tenth day of September A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five
Thos S. Allison Secretary of State.

Sept 13 th 1855
The above obtained and forwarded to the Pension Office, in consequence of a Letter received from the Pension Com te - informing me that the name of Benjamin McAlfee was not found of Record at Washington
Very Respectfully Your Ob t Serv t
Geo. W. Russell
Agent
To Hon J. Minot Com te Pensions.

6399 v
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160 am

March 12. 1853
Rel: to claim of Rachel M. Coffee widow of Benjamin
Gen. James E. Heath
for
Geo. C. ... recd ...
Comm r of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Atkins Pa Mch 10/53

Rachel McAlister Baltimore Md Mrs. J. L. Edwards Com. of Pentecost Wilmington De

No 14033 Rachel McAfee Pa
Settled tract by 7 th Jan y 1850 at 10 same 14 Dec r 1850 Sam Jan 9/81
at 7 July 1838

Pension Office Dec 10 1882
PA Rolls, Philadelphia act June 7 1832 (3 Benjamin McClellan pr.) $33.33 per an (2) To what time years?
T. H. Platt
Joseph Gallagher Esq Q Auditor
Died 17 th July 1844, Paid to his death, B.B.

The voucher of Beryl McAfee was returned to The Hon. S. W. Morris on the 6 th June; the voucher being defective.
Third Aud t Office June 20. 1838 Arch d S y de

Genl. Minot Comm ee Pensions Washington City D 6
FREE
Penn 48 - due Oct 16
25268

Trans
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1880 Rachel McAfee Widow of Benjamin McAfee Pro. Rev. W. M.
Act: Feb. 2. 1848.
Index:—Vol. M. , Page 17
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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June 2. 1894 - History to - Mr. G. L. Estabrook 2231. Uber Place Philadelphia, Penna
June 30 '97 Italy - to G. L. Estabrook Phila Pa.
July 31-1903 - Ab Manning (G.H.) Iowanda Pa.
1940 April 27. Hist to Reid Dana Macaferi

GEO. L. ESTABROOK, JR., ROOMS 710-715, BULLITT BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA.
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Philadelphia, June 12th, 1897.
Commissioner of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:--
Some days ago you were kind enough to give me certain information in regard to a pension which was issued to Benjamin McAfee in 1832 and continued to his wife Rachel McAfee . I think I told you that I wanted this information to enable me to obtain admission to the Society of the Sons of the Revolution. I think it will be necessary to have a more formal certificate from the Pension Office showing the service of Benjamin McAfee, and I write to ask whether the Department will issue a certificate in case it is necessary to have it.
I should also like to know whether the records contain any information in regard to a pension to Zenas Riggs or Jemima Richards Genung Riggs , who was the wife of Zenas Riggs. Zenas Riggs served as a private in the New Jersey Militia during the Revolution, and I think it is quite possible that a pension was granted.
Thanking you for your kindness, I remain Respectfully yours,

Reid Dana Macafee 115 Randolph Street South Weymouth Massachusetts
23 March 1940
Veterans Administration Washington, DC
Gentlemen:
Can you give me any information in regard to my ancestor
Benjamin MacAfee who enlisted in the Revolutionary Army while living in Sussex County, New Jersey, I believe, in 1777. I understand his wife, and perhaps he, received a pension. He died in Bradford County, Pennsylvania 17 July 1844.
Any information you may have will be greatly appreciated, and if there is any charge for such information, I will be pleased to forward the proper amount.
Very truly
Reid Dana Macafee

furnish the military Revolutionary soldiers or whose widows were for services. Original muster and pay Revolutionary War and the are now in the possession ment are on file in the Pension Office, War Depart- al rolls and other records service in the Revolution- also be found on file in the many of the original States.
M.E.C.
Wid. 1,930.
Wid. 1,320.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 30, 1897
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
Sir:
Replying to your request for information concerning Benjamin McAfee and Zenas Riggs, soldiers of the Revolutionary war, you are advised as follows:
Benjamin McAfee made an application for pension on August 27, 1832, at which time he was seventy-two years of age and residing in Sussex Co., N. J., and his pension was allowed for ten months actual service as a private in the New Jersey troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Ross, and Col. Crow. He enlisted in Middlesex Co., N. J.
His widow, Rachel, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Zenas Riggs made an application for pension on July 3, 1845, at which time he was eighty-five years of age and residing at Vernon Vernon, N. J., and his pension was allowed for fifteen months actual service as an artificer and private in the New Jersey troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Lindsley and Col. Baldwin. He enlisted in Morris Co., N. J.

His widow, Sarah, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. George L. Estabrook, Jr., 710 - 715 Bullitt Building, Philadelphia, Pa.

14,769. Augt 24/52
App d of Rachel M rs A. bee wid. of Benjamin Pa
Act. 7 th July 1838.
Dr Geo: W. Russell Springfield Bradford Co. Pennsyl va

No. 25268
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Mar. 30, 1855
Benj. McAfee Rev. Har
Warrant No. 6399-1605
Grs. W. Russell Milan Bradford Co Pa

N 14,033
Rachel M c Afee wid of Benjamin Pa
act 7 July 1838

Qvid N.Y. March 11th '51
Sir
On the 20th Dec - you refused a pension to Rachel Mc Afee as per your letter, for the reason that her husband survived the passage of the law of 7th July 1838, I take it for granted that the proof of her marriage is satisfactory - Please refer to her papers or fill a re-view the same, reporting to me as early as consistent, as the case has been long pending, & the widow is in great need of it,
Much Oblige Most Respectfully Your Obl Servt Adad Joy
Hon Jas E Heath Comm of Pensions Washington DC

March 21-57
Rel. to case of Rachel McAffee
Dear Sir,
I had the pleasure of
Col. E. Heath Comd. of Pensions Washington DC

n o 0784-1780 Rachel M. Atlee Act 3. May 1843. Widow of Benjamin Pa adm d 17 June 1844 x 2 Feby 1848 10 mos priv $33.33 per annum from 17 June 1844 the day he died
Cost to Geo W. Russell Springfield Bradford Co Pa

Brief in the case of Rachel M c Afee widow of Benjamin County and State of Pennsylvania acts 17 June 1844 & 2 nd Feby 1848
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner at $33.33 per annum act June 7 1832 -
Proof of marriage Documentary Proof
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Leo. W. Russell Springfield Bradford Co Pa.
Thornton Tiptlett
Examining Clerk.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Benjamin M c Afee which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No V. * Has he mentioned 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? No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? not all VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? Yes XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants 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.
†QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Ulster, Bradford Co. Pa March 9th 1853
Sir,
Some time last summer I sent by mail to the Commissioner of Pensions a Claim in favour of Rachael McAffee widow of the late Benjamin McAffee deceased. and have never heard a  of Springfield, Bradford Co. Pa.  was who was a Revolutionary Pensioner. His claim was for a Rev. pension. — I have never heard a word from it, nor do I know whether the papers were received at the Pension Office. Will the Commr of Pensions be so kind as to inform me something about it. The Old Lady is very poor, and somebody must absolutely do something for her maintenance; either the U.S. Government or the Township, as she has been a widow 6 or 8 years. is old and cannot longer earn her living — indeed she has been living in part on the earnings of others for a long time.
Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt Geo. H. Rife
Wm James E. Heath

Ph. 25 Feb 48, Pa.
Boylestown.

Rachel Mc Afee
Suspended
Jan 1838
Pa
from Trad Socy

March 27. 1885.
Adams
Prof. McAllee.
Dec d
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm ee of Pensions Washington D.C.

Sir The enclosed papers have been sent to me to collect for the benefit of a poor Widow of a pensioner of the Revolutionary army - a small sum which in presenting at the office here the Agent declined to pay - on account of some regulation - but recommended that an application should be made to you. I have therefore taken the liberty of addressing you & would esteem it a favor if you will forward to me an order for the amount. —
With much respect
J. L. Edwards Esquire Commissary of Pensions Washington D.C.
Yours Etc Etc Holl M c Mercer of the firm of Mercer Brothers & Co
Philad a 26 th March 1845

Trinton Bank Pension Office March 31 1838
Sir
Benjamin M c Afee a Pensioner under Act June 7 1832 @ 33 33 100 Dollars per Annum was paid upon the books of the Agency up to 4 March 1837
I am very respectfully, Your Ob t Serv t
Phil s Dickinson Pres t
Edwards Esq y

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 21. 1838.
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," Benjamin M c Affee a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Agency, at the rate of thirty three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7. June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837 to the 4 th of September 1837
Respectfully, yours,
Abdoo K. Parrish Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

In at Mar 27 No Wm
James Andrew Flatt McHenry Ch to Mr Evans The 20th Mar 5.
26 Pension Bonds Log Wm. C. Morris H 02

Washington Mar 26/38
J L Edwards Esqr
Sir
Will you be good enough to cause the transfer to be made as desired by the within —
Respectfully
I am yours afft
Saml D Morris
My Brother in Law — Mr Charles Ellis of Phila a states that he wrote to you, some two or three weeks ago relative to a difficulty in pension papers of Andrew. Skatt of G coming 6 th — will you please favor me with a reply to his letter —
H M

June 4. M c Lean
Edwards Esq. Pension Office A. H. Morris H.R.

H Reps June 4/38
J L Edwards Esq Sir
Will you be good enough to have the transfer order made out for payment of the pension due, as per within papers
Respectfully
I am yours affly
Saml Morris

Nov 22 Nov 13/44
1844
Mr Wm Howe Jr. Church Census Bureau of Industry Washington D.C.

Atkins Bradford Co Pennsylvania
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comm r of Pensions
Sir
Benjamin McCaffrey as Pensioner under the Act of 7 th June 1832 who formerly resided in the township of Nantygale Luzerne County New Jersey has removed to this township to reside his pension is "payable at Trenton New Jersey by the President & Directors Trenton Banking Co" and he wishes to have the place of payment removed to Phil a as there are several in this neighbourhood who are paid at Phil a & it would be more convenient for him to receive his money there. Please inform me immediately whether the place of payment can be changed
Your obed Servant
E. W. Baird

m. 17.
Mc
May 4th 1897
Pension Commissioner Washington D.C.
Sir:-
I understand my great- grandfather Benjamin McAfee enlisted in the Revolutionary Army from Pennsylvania . I do not know the year. I am further advised that his wife Rachael Patten McAfee re- ceived a pension as a widow of a Revolutionary soldier . I want to corroborate this information as far as I can and would ask

you to advise me from your records whether a pension was paid as above, and any in- formation pertinent thereto e.g. date of beginning and when ceased and what the line of service of Benjamin M c afee was, and in what com- pany etc.
I trust I am not asking too much, and thank- ing you in advance for your kindness, I remain Dear Sir,
Respectfully yours, J. H. M c afee 223 N o ber Place Phila da

723 Pennsylvania - Phila. Rachel M c Afee widow of Benjamin who was a Private in the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1th day of March, 1843. 17 June 1844
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of Decem r 32 and sent to Geo W Russell Springfield Bradford Co. Pa.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 14 Vol. 1 Page 112

State of Pennsylvania County of Bradford
On this 16th day of June A.D. 1852 personally appeared before me Myron Ballard one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County.
Rachael McAlfee, a resident of Springfield in the County of Bradford, and State of Pennsylvania aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838. entitled "An Act granting half pay & Pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of the late Benjamin McAlfee, deceased, who was a private in the New Jersey Militia, as set forth in the application and Papers of the said Benjamin McAlfee deceased, on which his pension was granted, the precise date of which is not now in the possession of this applicant, his papers having been sent back to the Pension office after his death in 1844.
She further declares that she was married to the said Benjamin McAlfee, on the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and ninety two (1792) that her husband the aforesaid Benjamin McAlfee, died on the 17th day of July A.D. 1844; that she was not married to him, prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz at the time above stated (1 st January 1792). She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she made an application by and through Brad Joy, of the State of New York, and that she

doesn't know what has become of them. that she is not aware that any action has been had on it.  Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above  written, before. She is prevented by disability from going before the Hon. Judges in open Court. her Witness Present Joel P. M c Afee Rachael mark + Mc. Afee Joan Coodley Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written, before
Myron Ballard Arraenda Juy

Know all men by these Presents, That I Rachael McAfee, widow of the late Benjamin McAfee deceased of Springfield, Bradford County, and State of Pennsylvania, have constituted and appointed and by these presents do constitute and appoint Dr. George W. Russell of Ulster Bradford County, Pennsylvania my true and lawful attorney irrevocably for me and in my name to receive from the United States, The Pension certificate, and all such sum or sums of Money due me, on account of the Military services of my late Husband, Benjamin McAfee Deceased and generally to do all lawful acts, and things whatsoever, touching the premises, and an Attorney or Attorneys, under him for the purposes aforesaid, to make and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said Attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in and about the prem- ises. — Hereby revoking all former Powers of Attorneys, and especially revoking a Power of Attorney for the purposes aforesaid, here- tofore given to one Brad Joy of the State of New York. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 16 th day of June — A.D. 1852. Joel P. McAfee Isaac Cooley Rachael McAfee her mark
Acknowledged before me this 16 th day of June 1852.
Milton Ballards Associate Judge

State of Pennsylvania } County of Bradford } ss.
On this 27 th day of Janua- ry, - A.D. 1852 personally appeared before me, a justice of the Peace, within and for the State and County aforesaid Joel P. M c Alister & Isaac Cooley residents of the State and County aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, declare that Rachael McAlister is the widow of the late Benjamin McAlister, deceased, who was a Pensioner of the Revolutionary War. That her husband the said Benjamin McAlister died at Springfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania on the 17 th day of July 1844, by a fall from the upper story in his house, and that she is still a widow. They further declare that the said Benjamin McAlister and Rachael McAlister, were reputed to be man & wife and lived together as such, from the time they came into this place to the time of his death say about the last six years, and they never heard their marriage doubted. They further declare that the said Benjamin McAlister received a Pension up to the time of his death. They further declare that they are disinterested witnesses.
Joel P. M c Alister Isaac Cooley
Sworn to and subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Bradford, and State of Pennsylvania the day and year first above written; and I hereby certify that I well know the said Joel P. M c Alister & Isaac Cooley, and that they are Creditable Witnesses
H. H. Root, Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania, Bradford County } ss.
I Allen McKean Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Bradford & State of Pennsylvania do hereby cer- tify that Myron Ballard before whom the foregoing Certificate was made is and was at the time of the making thereof one of the associate Judges in the County aforesaid and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine & I also further hereby certify that A. W. Root whose name appears to the within Certifi- cate is & was at the time of making thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in said County and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Towanda on the 17 th day of August A.D. 1852
Allen McKean Prothonotary

State of New Jersey County of Sussex
On this eighth day of June At one thousand eight hundred and fifty two personally appeared before me, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the State and County above written, Nathaniel Martin of the Township of Wantage, in said County who being duly sworn according to Law, saith that he is well acquainted with Mrs. Rachael Mellor, the widow of Benjamin Mellor, deceased, That he this deponent has been well acquainted with the said Rachael for the last twenty years. She was an inmate of this deponent's house, for the space of nine years before her marriage, and was married to the said Benjamin Mellor in this deponent's house, in the aforesaid township of Wantage. On the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and ninety two, by one Elias Southworth, a Baptist Preacher of the same township. That her name before her said marriage was Rachael Potter. And this deponent well knew the said Benjamin Mellor and Rachael Mellor to live together as Husband and Wife, from the said first day of January 1792, up to the time they moved out of the State of New Jersey which was about the year 1833, and further that he still is convinced and believed that they lived together as Man & Wife up to the time of his death, which was as he believes in the year 1844. He further declares that he is a disinterested Witness.
§ 13. This deponent says that he distinctly recollects the day of their marriage to be on the twenty first of January, and has no doubt been to and subscribed before me the _____ day of _____ in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two I certify that I am well acquainted with the said Nathaniel Martin, and that he is a credible witness.
Full Power Justice of the Peace
N. Martin

whereby I Thomas S. Sadler clerk of said Sussex County do hereby certify that James Decker whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument of writing is now, and was at the time of taking such an active Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and sworn & autho- rized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice & verily believe his signature is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County of Sussex This tenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two
Thomas S. Sadler clerk

County of Bradford: ss.
On this Twelfth day of March A.D. 1838 before me the subscriber as Justice of the Peace for the said County of Bradford Personally appeared Benjamin McAfee who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company Commanded by Captain Dunham, Ropes and Tremann in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Crow in the service of the United States. That his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New Jersey from whence he has lately removed. That he now resides in the state of Pennsylvania where he intends to remain. and wishes his pension to be then payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from New Jersey to Pennsylvania. Several of his children had removed to Bradford County in Pennsylvania and being desirous that he should come & reside among them. he therefore removed to his present residence in Bradford County Sworn & subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid
C. H. Henrick J.P.
Bradford County: ss. Personally appeared before the subscriber as Justice of the Peace in & for said County Chester Duffee who being duly sworn attests upon and says that he is acquainted with Benjamin

Me a few and knowing him to be the identical person who has sworn to & subscribed the above affidavit & further saith not
Sworn & subscribed this 12 th day of March A D 1838 before me
C. H. Kenick J.P.
[H. J. Morris]
J. C. H. Kenick As Justice of the Peace in and for Bradford County do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Benjamin Mease who is a person of truth & veracity & known to me to be the same person who has sworn to & subscribed the above affidavit. Also that I am acquainted with Chester Park who has sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit and he is a person of truth & veracity
March 12 1838 C. H. Kenick J.P.
State of Pennsylvania
Bradford County
To H. Powell Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Certy that C. H. Kenick is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that his Commission is dated the 9 th day of December 1835 and to continue during good behavior and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this fourteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
J. C. Powell Proth.

State of Pennsylvania County of Bradford 88
On this 21 st day of March 1853. personally appeared before me a justice in and for said State and County aforesaid. Joel P. McAlfee and Mary Ann McAlfee who being duly sworn according to law declare that they are intimately acquainted with Rachel McAlfee and that the following is a true copy of his family record "Benjamin McAlfee was born March 9 th 1764 "Rachel Potter was born November 29 th 1772 "Benjamin McAlfee, and Rachel Potter was married January 1 st 1792. (The Births and deaths of the children are not inserted). "Benjamin McAlfee died July 17 th 1844"
And they also declare, that the following is the full and true Copy of the Pension Certificate of Rachel McAlfee.
"Department of the Interior."
"Widows Pensions."
"I certify that in conformity with the Act of February 2 d 1848. Rachel McAlfee, widow of Benjamin McAlfee Deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary war is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum Commencing on the 4 th day of March 1848. and continuing for life, unless unless she shall again marry, in which case the pension is not payable after such marriage."
"Given at the Department of the Interior this 20 th day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fifty two,"
Alex. H. Stewart
Secretary of the Interior."
Examined and countersigned
J. E. Heath
"Commissioner of Pensions"
Signed Over the Sheet
Seal

That Transcribed Original Record is in the in hands. The Original Family is believed to be in the Pension Office presented by Rachel McAffee many years ago in an application for Pension as wid widow.
Joel P. McAffee Mary Ann McAffee
Sworn to and subscribed before me a justice of the peace within and for the State and County aforesaid this 21 st day of March 1855
Erastus Wolcott Justice of the Peace

25. 268.
If Land is granted on this application Please forward the warrant by Mail to Geo W Ruppell Milan Bradford Co Penna

Rachel Mc agee Of Ga, see bond Edith J. Jan. 7th 1856 Answer to Arad Joy Ovid N.Y.
immac v o

State of Pennsylvania
County of Bradford } Is Joel P. Mc Afee, whom I certify is a respectable person, after being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says, that Benjamin Mc Afee late a pensioner was this deponent's father & that Rachel Mc Afee an applicant for a pension is this deponent's mother, that this deponent was born 17th July 1800 that his eldest sister was born August 10th 1794. that the old family record of this deponent's said parents, of their age and marriage, and age of their children forwarded to Comd. Genl. of Quarters N.Y. was partly made by this deponent's father & partly by this deponent, that the said record was made more than thirty years since, that this deponent knows well and recollects distinctly that it was made and in use as the old original record and as the true record when this deponent was a boy, a young man and residing at home with his said parents, that it was at all times referred to as the genuine and true record of all the things stated in it
Sworn & subscribed before me this 11th day of August 1858, W. M. Wood Justice of the Peace
Joel P. Mc Afee
State of Pennsylvania
County of Bradford } Is B. J. Mc Afee whom I certify is a respectable person, after being duly sworn ac- cording to law, deposes and says, that Benjamin Mc Afee late a pensioner was this deponent's father and that Rachel Mc Afee an applicant for a pension is this deponent's mother, that the old original family record of his said parents age, marriage & of the age of their chil- dren has been in use in their family more than twenty five years to the knowledge of this deponent, that it had at all times been referred to as the genuine record of the truth of all the facts stated in it, that the said record was included in Comd. Genl. of Quarters New York Sworn & subscribed this 11th day of August 1858 W. M. Wood Justice of the Peace
Benjamin J. Mc Afee

State of Pennsylvania } Bradford County }
I Allen M c Lean Prothonotary of the Court of Com m Pleas in & for said County, State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that Hiram M c Roth before whom the within proceedings were had is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified, And that the signatures herein purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Towanda the first day of Oct A D 1850
Allen M c Lean Protl