Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10916, for Jonathan Jones, Massachusetts

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Jones Jonathan
S. 10916
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July 26, 1748 First visit to the house in Mass & only time In 1832 visit of Reading, Windsor Co. Vt.

18.941 Vermont Jonathan Jones of Windsor, Co in the State of Vermont who was a Pvt in the Company commanded by Captain Varnum of the Regt commanded by Col. Bridges in the Mass. Militia 14 Mos Private $ 48.68
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 48 Dollars 68 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of Nov 1833 and sent to Carlos Coolidge Esq. Windsor, Vt.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 - 118.65 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mch '34 - 23.33 $ 139.98
Revolutionary Claim, paid June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. D. Sprague Clerk, Book E - Vol. 3 Page 4

Declaration of Jonathan Jones
State of Vermont, County of Windsor } ss.
On this Thirtieth day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Probate for the District of Windsor in the state of Vermont, now sitting, Jonathan Jones, a resident of the town of Reading in said County, and District of Windsor, aged eighty four years, who being first sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832,
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated;
At Dracut in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, (which was the place of his nativity), as near as the declarant can recollect in the month of September in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy four he was enrolled as a "minute-man", and so stood enrolled until April seventeen hundred and seventy five, when he was called into service in the militia; entered the Company of Capt. Peter Coburn, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Ebenezer Bridge, and Lt. Col. Moses Parker; the other officers of the company were Josiah Foster, 1 st Lieut. Ebenezer Varnum 2 nd Lieut.; the Adjutant of the Regiment was Joseph Fox; for this service he volunteered.
From Dracut, on the same day of the fight at Lexington and Concord Massachusetts, he marched to Concord in Massachusetts to repel the attack of the British troops upon that town and

Lexington, but did not arrive at Concord until after the enemy had retreated to Boston - Thence marched to Cambridge where he remained stationed in service through the summer and fall of that year, and was honorably discharged having served, and did receive pay for, eight months. There were no Continental troops in that vicinity, during his service - He then knew Gen. Warren and Col. Prescott of the Massachusetts militia, as also Col. Patnam of the Connecticut militia; was in the battle of Bunker Hill, but in no other engagement;
The said Jonathan Jones further declares that in the fall of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, but in what month the declarant cannot recollect, he enlisted into a volunteer company of Militia commanded by Capt. Zacharias Wright, of which company Artemas Spalding was a Lieutenant - marched from Westford in Massachusetts, where the company was formed, through Littleton Worcester, Brookfield, in Massachusetts - Simsbury, Rye, Hornick, and other places that he cannot recollect, to the neighborhood of the City of New York where he arrived the day after the American troops retreated from that city - thence marched to White Plains and was in the battle of the Plains - From the White Plains was sent to North Castle in care of the wounded, and was afterwards ordered by Capt. Wright, to assist in getting the wounded of his company home - is unable to state precisely how long he was out in this service, but knows it was nearly three months - The company was attached to either Rugg's or Brooks Regiment but to which he cannot now state, his memory being somewhat impaired. He saw continental regiments and their officers, during this tour, but cannot remember names. Gen. Mc Dougall commanded the militia. He knew Capt. James Varnum, of the regulars; grass men.

And the said Jonathan Jones further declares, that about the last of July or first of August, one thousand seven hundred and sixty seven, at Dracut aforesaid, he again enlisted into Capt Joseph B. Varnum's Company of Volunteers, and marched from thence to Stillwater in the State of New York, passing through Bennington On the second day after the Battle of Bennington, in which march he passed through Durfield and Charlemont in Massachusetts, over Hoosack Mountain; marched from Stillwater to Fort Edward where he remained until two days before the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne, when he was ordered back to Stillwater - was one of the guard of the prisoners of Gen. Burgoyne's army from Stillwater to Charlestown in Massachusetts, where the guard was dismissed and returned home. The time of his discharge was, as nearly as he can recollect, some of the first days of November - The route with the prisoners was through Springfield, Brookfield, Worcester, Watertown, and Cambridge, to the barracks on Prospect Hill - his impression is that he was out over three months.
He has no documentary evidence, nor does he know of any person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, or an annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency in any State. To the Interrogatories, propounded to him by the Court, the Declarant answers, that he was born at Dracut aforesaid, on the 26 th day of July 1748, and, that he has no record of his age - gives the names of Aaron Goddard and Ebenezer Robinson, as persons in his neighbourhood,

who can testify to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services; and as to the other matter, to which he is interrogated, he has related the same, according to his best recollection, in his declaration above.
Jonathan Jones
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Isaac Proctor Judge
We Aaron Goddard and Ebenezer Robinson, residing in the town of Reading in the County of Windsor and State of
Vermont, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Jones, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty four 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.
Aaron Goddard Ebenezer Robinson
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Isaac Proctor Judge
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 abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served, as he states. And the Court further certifies, that Aaron Goddard and Ebenezer Robinson who have signed the preceding Certificate, are residents in the town of Reading aforesaid, and are credible persons, and that their Statement is entitled to credit.
Jabez Proctor Judge
I Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Jones for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, this thirtieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight Hundred and thirty two.
Reuben Washburn. —

State of Vermont } Windsor County ss. } District of Windsor ss. — On this Twenty First day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open court, before the Judge of the Probate Court for said District now sitting, the within named Jonathan Jones, who doth on his oath make the following supplementary declaration; — That he has resided in Reading in said County and District for about thirty nine years past — That although, during that time, various persons have officiated, for short periods, as local or travelling preachers, there has never been any permanently resident, or settled, clergyman, in said town, nor any one who knows the reputation of the declarant as to his revolutionary services;
The declarant further says, that all the written documents he ever received at the expiration of any, and all, of his terms of service, was a paper given him by Capt. Dacheru Wright, when the declarant was sent home with the wounded, as stated in his First declaration; that paper he did not regard of any value and soon lost it; nor is he able to say what its contents were;
The declarant further deposeth that, although he is now making exertions to discover living witnesses to his services, he is yet unable to ascertain any survivors who can testify to the same;
He further deposeth and saith that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot so swear positively as to the precise length of his (terms of) service but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades — For Eight months I served as a private in Col. Ebene- zer Bridg's Regiment — For Three months I served as a private in the company of Capt. Dacheru Wright, but cannot say, with any more certainty than in my  his First declaration what Reg't my company belonged to — For three months I served as a private in the company of Capt. Joseph B. Varnum, but am wholly unable to say to what Regiment said Varnum's company belonged — and that during the periods aforesaid, he carried his musket — performed the common duties of a private soldier, and was not employed in any civil pursuit —
Jonathan Jones Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. — Isaac Proctor Judge
upon the march of the Vermont troops upon that town and

I Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court within and for the district of Windsor, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the supplementary proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan James for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Reuben Washburn.

I Moses Pratchett Coburn of Dracutt in the State of Massachusetts testify & say, that in 1746 I entered the army. After the Revolution under Capt. Ichabod Wright, stationed at New York, was in the Battle of White Plains, where I was severely wounded, & am now a Pensioner in consequence of said wounded. That Jonathan Jones, then of Dracutt, but now of Reading of Vermont & as a private in the same company, was in the same battle, and assisted me in my return home. That he served faithfully for three months in that campaign. I also testify, that in the spring of 1775 I was then in the service of the U. States at Cambridge have always understood & believe he served the term of eight months, at that time
Moses P. Coburn
Subscribed & sworn to the 2 nd day of October 1833
Before me John Warren Justice of the Peace

I Paul Coburn of Dorset in the State of Massachusetts do hereby testify & say, that I was a soldier in the War of the Revolution & am a Pensioner of the U.S. under the act of 1818. That I served three months in Capt. Lachlan Knight's Company in the Autumn of 1776. Marched to White Plains in the State of N. York and was in that Battle, that for three years then of Dorset but none of Reading in the State of Vermont was in the same Company & served three months. I also served with said Lachlan Jones in the Company of Capt. Jos B Varnum, in 1777 Marched to Bennington, arrived two days after the Battle, & then marched to Stillwater, & Jones served with me three months in that Campaign, in Col. Read's Regiment. I also know that J. Jones was in the eight months service in 1775, & have always understood & believe he served the full term of eight months at Cambridge.
Paul X Coburn mark
Subscribed sworn to this fourth day of October 1833
Before me
John Varnum Justice of the Peace

Jonas Dorrance of Dracut in the State of Massachusetts do hereby say, that in April 1775 I entered the Army of the Revolution; Marched to Cambridge, was in the Battle of Bunker Hill & served eight months in Capt. Peter Cochran's Company of Col. Bridge's Regiment, and Jonathan Jones, then of said Dracut, but now of Reading in the State of Vermont, entered the Army at the same time, served the full term of eight months in the same Company & was an excellent soldier & man. I also served with said Jones about three months in the fall of 1776 in Capt. Zachariah Knight's Company of Col. Charles Brooks Regiment, was in the Battle of White Plains, where said Jones conducted with great bravery & prudence, after which he was ordered home with the wounded of our Company. He served three months at that time. I also served three months in the same Company with said Jones in 1777 in Capt. J. B. Dorrance's Company Marched to Bennington & Stillwater & arrived a few days after the Battle of Bennington, & assisted in guarding the prisoners to Charlestown. Mass. at said Jones served three months at that time.
Jonas Dorrance
Subscribed and sworn to this fourth day of October 1833
Before me John Dorrance Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss.
Be it remembered, that on this 4 th day of October 1833. the within named Jonas Varnum, Saul Coburn, & Moses Bradstreet Coburn personally appeared before me John Varnum, a Justice of the Peace within & for said County, & severally made oath to the truth of the several affidavits by them subscribed. I also certify, that I have been personally acquainted with each of said deponents more than thirty years, that they are all respectable farmers, of perfect integrity & entitled to full credit.
John Varnum Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. I Elias Phinney Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of record in said County of Middlesex, do certify that John Varnum Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County, and that his name set to the within & foregoing certificates respec- tively, is his own proper signature. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affix- ed the seal of said Court. The 15 day of October 1833.
E Phinney

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File No. 10916
Jonathan Jones Pris Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 196
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Windsor Vt. October 25. th 1833
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm. r of Pensions
Sir - As agent for Jonathan Jones, I again send the documents in support of his claim, accompanied by such proof as, I trust, will establish the fact of his service and entitle him to allowance -
Very respectfully Yr. Ob. t Sv.
Carlos Coolidge

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Jonathan Jones
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Carlos Cadavid Esq.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
April 22 d 1833
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 subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.              
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr Jonathan Jones

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 and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] 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.