Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,708, for John Jeffrey, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn. U.S. Navy
Jeffrey, John Demaries or Demarias
No. 4,708
CONTENTS

7836. Ohio. Pittsburgh
John Jeffrey
of Wayne in the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the army & navy commanded by Captain Andrews of the Brigade commanded by Wayne in the Revolutionary War line for six months as Private annu. D. or a Marine on board the South Carolina, U.S. before War — $ 50. 00 / 100
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. Pittsburgh at the rate of 50. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of April. 1833 and sent to J. H. Harris. Wooster. Ohio.
Arrears to the 14th of Mar. 1833 100. Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833 25. $125.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. Palmer. Clerk, Book 6. Vol. 8. Page 116.

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5945 4 56 Ohio, Pittsburgh Agency
Demaries Jeffrey
widow of John Jeffrey Pen n who was a Private &c.
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 50 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9. day of August 1844 and sent to Hon. M. Batley Mansfield, Ohio
[Act of March 3, 1843,]
& June 17, 1844.
Recorded in Book A, Vol. 1, Page 159.

6379 Demarries Jeffrey of John Ohio
act 7. July 38 m 85. d 39
Adm d 6 mo pri 9. marine
50$
Wm Stevens Esq Mansfield Ohio -

The State of Ohio }
Wayne County ss }
On this Tenth day of October A D eighteen hundred and thirty nine Personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas being a Court of Record within and for the County of Wayne and State of Ohio as aforesaid Demarcus Jeffries a resident in Sugar Creek Township in the County of Wayne and State of Ohio aforesaid aged Seventy two years on the Twenty third day of March Eighteen hundred and thirty nine 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 Pension to Certain Widows" That she is the Widow of John Jeffries who was a Private in the Army and Marine in the Navy of the Revolution. She has not the means of ascertaining when her deceased Husband entered the service when he left the same whether he was ever in any engagement nor can she state the names or ranks of any of the Officers under whom the said John Jeffry her Husband as aforesaid served. she has heard her said husband very frequently tell of engagements he had been in while in the Service of the Revolution. She further declares that she was married to said John Jeffery on the Thirteenth day of February A D Seventeen hundred and eighty five that her husband the said John Jeffery died on the Twenty fifth day of April A D eighteen hundred and thirty nine 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. To facilitate the investigation of this claim she refers the Department to the Records of the Pension Office in Book E. Vol 8 Page 116 made by William R. Palmer Clerk as appears from the Certificate of said John Jeffery by which he drew his Pension which commenced on the 1 st March 1831 and was to be paid during his natural Life said paper was given at the War Office of the United States on the Tenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty three and signed by Lewis Cass and Counter signed by J. L. Edwards Com Pent.
Demarcus her Jeffries mark
Sworn to & Subscribed before me the 10 th day of October A D 1839
Sam e L. Smith CLK

State of Ohio Wayne County ss
Samuel S. Sorah Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original Journal Entry made in the case therein stated at the October Term A.D. 1839 of the Court aforesaid
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court at Wooster the 30th day of October. A.D. 1839
Samuel S. Sorah Clerk

17167 No. 7836.  John Jeffrey Wayne Co. Ohio  John Jeffrey.
Admitted for 1. year & 3 Months from 1844- 9. Months of the term above as a Marine
  6 Pm's  2 0    9. Marine  3 6    15-  5 6  
Geo. H. Harris Wooster Co. P.O. Ohio

Jeffrey  BRIEF in the case of  John Jeffrey  County of Wayne  in the State of Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1777 drafted — — 2 As a Private Gen. Washington & Gen. Putnam Capt. Andrews   upto this — — 2 Capt. Morrow   4th Regt entered — — 2 Capt. Carlisle   at Valley Forge — 6 South Carolina was the scene of a prisoner captured by the British  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Chesapeake Hill & Gullph Mills —  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Pennsylvania Cumberland Co  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? authenticated 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
John H. Hutton
Examining Clerk.

Deposition taken in the matters of Demarias Lefferies an applicant for a Pension under the act of July 7 th 1838 and subsequent Joint Resolutions of Congress.
Demarias Lefferies of the County of Richland and State of Ohio of lawful age being being by me first duly sworn as hereinafter certified deposes and says
I was Married to My Deceased husband John Lefferies in Westmoreland County State of Pennsylvania at the time mentioned in my Declaration for a Pension under the act of July 1838 at that time there was no licence for Marriage the custom was to publish in the church and there was no Record of any Marriage kept as my Father never kept a Record of the Marriage of any of his children that he knew of and don't recollect of ever seeing any such Record either in a Bible or Elsewhere and my husband never kept a Record of our Marriage and there is not now a Record extant that I have any knowledge of further saith not.
Demarias her X Lefferies mark
Elizabeth Scott of lawful age of the County and State aforesaid being first duly sworn as hereinafter certified deposes & saith
At the time My sister Demarias who has testified above was married can't recollect the year but thinks it was in the month of February was very young at that time between the age of Eight and Nine years. recollects distinctly on the day of a large assembly of people at my Father's house and they with my Father all left the house and went I believe to the Rev. d Mr. Powels I think was the name of the Preacher. in the evening the company returned and my sister Demarias and John Lefferies from that time lived together as husband and wife I was not present at the Marriage but learned from the company that they were married on that day and have no doubt of the fact the Marriage took place in Westmoreland County and State of Pennsylvania My belief is that there never was a Record of their Marriage kept as I have no knowledge of ever seeing any and believe there is no Record now extant further saith not
Elizabeth her X Scott mark

William Scott of lawful age of the County of Richland and State aforesaid deposeth and saith being first duly sworn as hereafter certified upon it and saith -
He is Husband of Elizabeth Scott who has just testified and is also Brother-in-law to the late John Lefferies Dec d and his wife Demarias who is just testified above and married into the family of Demarias's Father in the year 1795 and has been familiar in the family of his Father-in-law and the family of John Lefferies from that up to the present. I have never seen in the family of my Father-in-law Ebenezer Boe nor in the Leffery Family any Record of their Marriage nor as I know of any Record been kept and don't think there is one now. And the Custom in Penn a was to Marry without a licence or much ceremony about it I have no Idea that there was ever any Publick Record of the Marriage kept - further saith not.
W m Scott
Also Mark Finnicum of lawful age of the County and State aforesaid being first duly sworn as hereafter certified says
He has been personally acquainted with the Family of Demarias and John Lefferies since the year 1828 part of which time have been familiar with the family and since the death of her husband John Lefferies Demarias has been living with deponent and he has had all her family Books and is familiar with them among which is an old family Bible which contains Blank leaves for keeping family Records but does not shew any Marriage Record and from what he can learn and believes there never was any Record kept and is also somewhat familiar with the laws of Pennsylvania and believes it is the custom there to Marry without publication or licence or any publick Record being kept and believes from what he knows & has heard there is no Record of John Lefferies and Demarias Marriage either Publick or private kept further saith not -
Mark Finnicum
I Andrew Cohn Justice of the peace in and for the township of Madison in the County of Richland and State of Ohio do hereby certify that the above named witnesses Demarias Lefferies Elizabeth Scott William Scott and Mark Finnicum was by me first duly

sworn to testify the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth and that the foregoing depositions by them respectively subscribed (two by making their mark) were reduced to writing by me
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 17 th day of May AD 1843
Andrew Conn S.P.
By The State of Ohio
Richland County ss
I C. W. Lake Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby certify that Andrew Conn Esq. before whom the foregoing Depositions appears to have been executed and whose genuine signature is thereto affixed was at the time thereof an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly Commissioned and authorized so to act according to Law
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature and affixed the seal of our said Court at Mansfield this 17 th day of May, AD 1843
C. W. Lake Clerk
The State of Ohio Richland County ss
I Andrew Conn Justice of the Peace in and for said County before whom the foregoing Depositions were taken and who have certified them as above do further certify that I am not personally acquainted with the witnesses who have testified above but from general reputation and from information derived from the Most Respectable portion of community in which they reside. I believe them to be persons of unimpeachable character for truth and veracity.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 3 rd day of August AD 1843
Andrew Conn S.P.

John Jeffery Application for a pension
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State of Ohio Wayne County ss
On the Second day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the judges of the court of Common pleas of Wayne County Ohio now sitting John Jaffey a resident of Wayne County Ohio aged Seventy Six 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 July 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated - In the year 1777 as near as he can recollect but cannot be certain as to date I was drafted in the Militia of Pennsylvania in the Company commanded by Captain Anderson (first name not recollected but thinks it was John) of Pennsylvania and served under him the term of two months and was discharged having served out my term about six months afterwards I was again drafted for two months and joined the Company of Captain Morris and served out those two months and was discharged - Some time after being discharged from my third term I enlisted in a Corps of Marines to go on board of the Ship "South Carolina" then lying in the harbor of Philadelphia commanded by Captain John Lieutenant Fitzgerald and Commodore Dillon had the control of the vessel as he understood he went on board this vessel about a year and a half before the close of the war as near as he can recollect but has no means of fixing date more particularly On board of this Ship I continued about three months before she sailed and a few days after we sailed we were captured by three English Ships not later after we doubled the Cape of Delaware and arrived into New York harbor and detained a prisoner on board a British Prison Ship for six months at Hell Gate between New York & Long Island at the end of those six months imprisonment I was discharged (by exchange as I understood) I was in the battle of Brandywine the battle of Gulp Mill and at the Battle of Red Bank Battle of Red Bank I was in the trenches through Lancaster and then direct to Philadelphia. The Regular officers in command that I recollect was General Knowlton

Wayne County Putnam County Ohio and Cal: No orphan of the Right Party. I have no documentary evidence of my service within the knowledge of any person whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my service. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state whatever.
Ques 1. When and where in what year was you born Ans. I was born in England on the 22 nd of May 1786 and came to America before I was 18 years old
Ques 2 Have you any Record of your age and if so where is it Ans. I have no Record but have retained my age from Memory
Ques 3 When were you living. When you were called into the service when have you been lived since the Revolutionary War and when do you now live Ans. I lived in Cumberland County Pennsylvania when I was called into the service and resided there until about six or seven years after the Revolutionary War when I removed to Pittsburgh in the same state and lived there about eight months when I removed to West moreland County in the same state where I lived about 5 years when I removed to near Chambers- burg in Franklin County Pennsylvania where I resided over a year and returned back to West moreland County where I had formerly lived when I resided about two or three years from when I removed to Ohio County Virginia about 16 miles from Wheeling where I resided about eleven years from there I removed to Jefferson County Ohio where I resided about ten  three years from when in the year 1831 I removed to Wayne County Ohio where I now reside
Ques 4 How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
Ans. I was drafted for three successive terms of two months each which I served out. I also enlisted as a Man-

In which Capacity I served and was imprisoned on Long Island the space of about nine months
Part 5 State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served such Continental Regiments & Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
Answer I recollect General Wayne and Putnam & Lee I also recollect Col Morgan of the Rifle Corps The names a number of the particular Regiments I do not recollect - I was stationed most of the time that I was in the Militia near Philadelphia and was in the following battles or skirmishes - at the battle of Cherven hills. The battle of Guilford Mills and at the Storming of Red Bank - besides a number of scouting parties
Part 6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Answer I received regular discharges from my Captain at the end of each term of Militia Service but they have been long since lost
Part 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
Answer Stephen Coe Samuel Orr Esq David Peter Sen d I think will testify to all
Sworn to and subscribed this 2 nd day of October 1832 in open Court
John Jeffrey
J. Sloane Clerk
We Jacob Peterson and Stephen Coe Residents in the said county of Wayne hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Jeffrey who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy six years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolu- tion and that we concur in that opinion We further certify that the character of said John Jeffrey for truth and veracity is good. Sworn to and subscribed this date above written
Jacob Peterson Stephen Coe
J. Sloane Clerk

State of Ohio Wayne County ss
I John Sloane Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Wayne County Ohio do hereby certify that the enclosed and within contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Jeffery for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 23 rd day October A D 1832
J. Sloane Clerk

7746
Ohio
Demaries Jeffrey
widow of John Jeffrey who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 25th: April, 1839 of Wayne (in the State of Ohio who was a private &c in the commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the _____ time for 6 mos. priv: Infy. 9 " Marinf
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 50 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th: _____ day of October, 1843 - and sent to Wm Steven Mansfield, Ohio -
Total amount, $250.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by W. Stevens Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 217

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4708
Demarcei Jeffrey Wid.
John Jeffrey Post Rev: War
Act: Mch. 3rd 3. June 11/1861
Index:—Vol. 11 , Page 373
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Don Jeffrey John Jeffery. Pitt. at 7 June 1832 to what time paid? Pen: Office.
Blan: 30. 1840
#50. due 1839
p t 4 Sep 1838
OH

Demasie Jeffrey Ohio
Rejected
See let. 30 th Jan y 1840 Messrs Avery & Stevens. with N. Stevens May 4 th 1843 " " " " Aug. 17. "
Husband died after marriage of son of 7 July 1838
Act 7 July 1838.

State of Ohio Richland County ss
on the 23 rd day of July one thousand eight hundred forty four, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for the County of Richland & State of Ohio, Damarice Jeffry a resident of the County & State aforesaid, aged seventy six years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, with an oath made the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress on the 3 rd of March, 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of John Jeffry, who was a private in the a useful (Name not known) was a prisoner of war six months, & afterwards served on land until the close of the war, the Regiment or corps not known. She received at the rate of fifty dollars per annum under the act of July 7 th 1838.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Damarice now Jeffry mother
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before
John Stewart Justice

Know all men by these presents that I Damarius Jeffry of Rutherford County a state of Ohio, the widow of John Jeffry dec d , a Revolutionary soldier & pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute & appoint Mordecai Bartley, my true & lawful attorney, for me, & in my name, to receive from the agent of the United States for paying pensions in the state of Ohio my pension from the - day of - 1842
Witness my hand & seal this 28 th day of July 1844
Damarius for Jeffry mark
sealed & delivered in presence of D. Hiestand
State of Ohio Rutherford County ss
Be it known, that on the 28 th of July 1844 before the undersigned, a Notary of the peace in & for the said County personally appeared Damarius Jeffry, above named, & acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act & deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day & year last above mentioned
Daniel Hiestand. J.P.

State of Ohio Richland County ss
Be it known, that on the 23 rd day of July 1844, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the peace, in & for said county, personally appeared H. Woodson Burtley, the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, & made oath that the same was not given by reason of any sale, transfer, or mortgage of the pension, or arms or pension, therein authorized to be received by him
H. Burtley atty.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year last above mentioned, before me
Daniel Hestland Justice of the peace

The State of Ohio } I, Elijah W. Lake clerk of Richland County } the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Richland do hereby certify that John Stewart & Daniel Kierland Esqrs. before whom the foregoing Power of Attorney and the papers thereto attached appear to have been acknowledged and whose genuine signatures appear thereto affixed were at the time thereof and now are acting Justices of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified according to the Laws of the State of Ohio.
Given under my signa- -ture and the seal of said Court at Mansfield this 25 th day of July A D 1844 E. W. Lake clerk By B. Burns Dept

Mansfield Ohio
August 2. 1898
Sir
I re-enclose the depositions heretofore taken in the case of Demarius Jeffrey with the certificate of the Justice of the Peace to the credibility of the witnesses.
I should be glad to hear at as early a date as possible the decision in the case.
Very respectfully
Your obed Servt
Wm Stevens
Per S. J. Nuttall

SPRINGFIELD May 24 1843
FREE
May 24 1843
Ohio
January
Edward Ely Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Morefield Ohio - May 17 1843
J. S. Edward Esq Com. Pensions
Enclosed are several testimony of the marriage of Demarius Leffey an applicant for pension - We presume that this together with what is already on file in your office will be as con- clusive as parole evidence can be Very Respectfully
Wm Stevens

Nov. 27. 1839
Ohio 6379
July 7. 1838
Joseph Pott
proprietor
Yrs
J. Edwards Esqr. Comm of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Warren Ohio Nov 21 1839
Sir Enclosed we send the declaration of Mrs Lippies together with the endorsement of her mortgage
Very Respectfully
Henry & Stevens
J. S. Edwards Esq. Dear Sir

Wooster O Oct 31
Oct. 30
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17188 17167
for
Wm Lewis Wap
Secretary of War
Washington City

Wooster Ohio October 23 d 1832
Dear Lewis Cass
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send to the department the applications for pensions of John Jeffery and William Miller soldiers of the revolution and I hope they will be found sufficient to satisfy the department that the applicants are entitled to share the largess of the government. I hope to be advised as soon as practicable whether their claims are allowed or not, and if not the particular cause of rejection.
Yours humbly & obt.
Servant
John N. H. Harris

ap 3 4
duffes
FREE
J. Edwards Esq. Chairman of Finance Washington City D.C.

Mansfield March 27 1843
J. L. Edward Esq.
In Mr. Demarius Jeffrey some time since placed upon the files in your office her declaration and other papers as an applicant for a pension but as she informs me they were rejected in consequence of their not com- ing within purview of the statute and that at the last session an act has been pas- sed obviating the trouble.
Will you be kind enough to examine the papers and write me immediately giving me all the necessary information upon the subject In haste
Very Respectfully
Wm. Stevens

D. Jeffrey
$50 per an
acts '43 & 2 one '44 8 cent: 56
J. J. Brown Esq. Columbus & Piqua Washington City D.C.
Hon. M. Bartley Mansfield Ohio
RECEIVED

Mansfield O. July 24/44
J. S. Edward Esqum
D. Sir
You will see by the papers which I mail today, that I apply in behalf of Damarias Jeffry the widow of the late John Jeffry, for her pension. She has drawn a pension since the death of her husband, by virtue of the act of the 7 th July 1835. but having no papers, she could not inform me when she drew the last, but believes it was in 1842.
I had no certificate, nor papers of any kind by which I might be directed in preparing her papers. The old Lady tells me that her husband served in the Navy - that he was a prisoner of war six months, that afterwards he served in some Regiment on land, until the close of the war, but that he only proved a part of his services, & received only fifty dollars per annum. Whether he proved his services in the Army or Navy she could not inform me.
Should your office not be the proper one for the investigation of her case, will you have the goodness to give her papers the proper direction - Few if any, need a pension more than this applicant
I am D. Sir, with great respect your ob t . serv t ,
Mo. Bantley

State of Ohio Wayne County ss
Be it known that before me a justice of the peace within and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Anne Munn and was duly sworn according to law and saith that she is well acquainted with Demaris Jeffery wife of John Jeffery late of said Wayne County deceased and that she the said Anne Munn was present at the Marriage of the said John Jeffery and Demaris Jeffery and saw them married and that they were married in the year A D 1785 as she sincerely believes and that the said Demaris Jeffery was never married to any other man but does remain the widow of the said John Jeffery and further this deponent saith not, Sworn to and subscribed before me at the county aforesaid this the 12th day of November A D 1839
Ann Munn mark
Samuel Orr justice of the peace
State of Ohio Wayne County ss
Be it known that before me a justice of the peace within and for said county personally came John Stewart who being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that he is well acquainted with the above named Mrs Anne Munn and that she is a person of good Moral Character and that he has no doubt but that she has testified to the truth, and further this deponent saith not, Sworn to and subscribed before me at the county aforesaid this the 12th day of November A D 1839.
John Stewart
Samuel Orr justice of the peace
State of Ohio Wayne County ss
Be it known that before me a justice of the peace within and for said county personally came Anne Gentry who being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that she is well acquainted with the above named Mrs Anne Munn and that she is a person of a good Moral Character and that she has no doubt but that she the said Mrs Anne Munn has testified to the truth, and further this deponent saith not
Anne Gentry mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me at the county aforesaid this the 12th day of November A D 1839 Samuel Orr justice of peace

State of Ohio Wayne County ss
I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named Mrs Anne Munn, John Stewart, and Mrs Anne Zentz and that they are persons of good Moral Character and have no doubt but that they have testified to the truth, given under my hand this 12th day of November AD 1839 Samuel P. Orr J. P.
State of Ohio } Samuel S. Loach Clerk of the Court of Wayne County ss } Common Pleas of said County Do hereby certify that Samuel Orr Esquire before whom the foregoing depositions were taken is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Wayne and State of Ohio duly elected and Commissioned as such agreeably to the Constitution and Laws of said State and that full faith and credit are of right due to all his Official acts given as such as well in Courts Law as thereout
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court at Wooster the 21st day of November. AD 1839
Samuel S. Loach Clerk