Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10903, for John Ingram, Massachusetts

SERVICE
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Ingram, John
S. 10903
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27.061 Massachusetts
John Ingram
of Amherst in the State of Mass who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Dickerson of the Reg't commanded by Col Woodbridge on the Mass line for 9 Months and 12 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 31— Dollars 32 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of July 1834 and Signed by the Hon. Geo. Grinnell Secy of War
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833. $ 78. 30 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Mar. 34 — 15. 66
$ 93. 96
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk, Book C. Vol. 2 Page 38.

I Seth Dickinson of Amherst in the County of Hampshire & late manor of Massachusetts, aged twenty three years, do testify & say: that in the year nineteen hundred & twenty seven, on the alarm given, immediately after the battle of Bennington, which was on the sixteenth of August of that year , I turned out in the militia, under Capt. Amos Dickinson & Lt. Noah Dickinson; & marched with the Company, under said Amos Dickinson, in Col. Porter's Regi- ment, towards Saratoga. We went directly to Pittsfield - then to Bennington, & marched over the Battle ground - then to Sully's mills, so called; where we were stationed for some days. Then we crossed the River Hudson  Hudson  to Saratoga over to Saratoga - then went down the River some distance; where we were again ordered back; & received the order to the left side - & I remained in the Company & Regiment opened, until it was announced that Bur- goyne had surrendered. It was then said that only the remainder of the militia might return home - being as well I with none. As then you might return home. I also testify that, on our way to Saratoga, when I do not remember, John Ingra- ham joined our Company, & remained in it, till I returned; when I left him there. I mean John Ingra- ham, & about to apply for a Pension - settle Dickinson
I Ebenezer Mattson of Amherst in the County of Hampshire & late manor of Massachusetts, Esq. aged twenty seven years, do testify & say, that I was a Lieut. in the artillery, in the Revolutionary army of 1777, at the evacuation of Saratoga, & at the capture of Burgoyne; & although I do not distinctly remem- ber being here then, yet from facts stated to me by him, happening at these places, & which he could not have known, unless then, I am fully satisfied, I was then in the army, at the time of these places , that John Ingra- ham was in the Revolutionary army, at one or both of these places, & times - the same John Ingra- ham now applying for a Pension. E Mattson

We Isaac G. Cutter, Physician, & Elijah Bathwood Esq., both of Amherst in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age testify & say, that we are native citizens of this town, & have always from our youth been acquainted with Lt. John Ingram, who is applying for a Pension: that he is a man of unimpeached integrity, & we confide his statements is entitled to full credence.
Isaac G. Cutter Elijah Bathwood
I Lachem C. Ingram of Amherst in the County of Hampshire & Common- wealth of Massachusetts, aged fifty two years testify & say: that I am the son of the said John Ingram, & that from my boyhood have heard him, with many of the incidents stated in the declaration by him made in this case - particularly of his being at Weymouth, at Cambridge & at Roxbury, & also at Saratoga: & many incidents happening at each of these places.
Lachem C. Ingram
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire, ss. April 29. 1833 Personally appeared Gen. Eben. Matthews, J. S. Dickinson, Dr. Isaac G. Cutter, & Elijah Bathwood Esq. & Lachem C. Ingram, subscribers severally to the foregoing deposition by them, non- ally subscribed; being all well known to me as credible witnesses, & each on a made solemn oath, that the deposition by him severally subscribed contains the truth, the whole truth & nothing but the truth.
Before me Samuel Dickinson justice of the Peace
I testify that I have been acquainted with the said John Ingram from my youth, & have never heard his character in any wise impeached - I confide him a man of truth & integrity.
J. S. Dickinson justice of the Peace

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Samuel F. Dickinson Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition s  were taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty ninth day of April
A. D. 1833-
Sam F. Lyman
Register of Probate.
I certify to my acquaintance with Genl. E. Mattson one of the aforesaid witnesses, & that he is a gentleman of high character, & his statements are entitled to credit. He was an officer of the Revolution. I know too Elijah Boltwood a credible witness. With the other deponents I am personally acquainted - Dr. Butler I know by reputation as a man of veracity & fair character.

27026
John Ingram
Private (most H 2 day) adm'd
Hon. W. G. Gannett, Jr. House of Reps St. L. Dickinson St Amherst Mass

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
No 20 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 subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of John Ingram
   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.     Apr 1775 3 Privat Capt Dickinson Col Madbury 79.   Dec 1776 1 12 " " Capt Hendrick   Apr 1777 3 " Capt Thompson   " 2 " "  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this            day of            personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of            in the county of            and State, Territory or District of            aged (c)            years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, oath on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)           , with            and served in the            (e) regiment of the            line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I            of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of            for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of            &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the            and C. D. residing in (the same)           , who has 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 inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

DECLARATION,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. }
ON this twenty ninth day of April 1833 personally appeared in open court, before the Hon. Samuel  James  Hutchins  Judge of the court of Probate now sitting, John Morgan a resident of Amherst in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged Seventy nine 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 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say;
Immediately after alarm given at Halle of Springfield , which was on the nineteenth of April 1775, standing then as a minute man in the company of Militia  raised at Amherst by Capt. Stephen  Vincent , I turned  set out with said company, for then months , & remained with said company to Cambridge , where we were stationed; our company is one of the Colleges ; I remained in service in said company until the expiration of said three months, when I was regularly discharged; but not in military. The First. I do not remember; the Regiment was commanded by G.B. Huggins  Woodbridge . I believe I was in the left of July or part of August, just after Shut here off. I was not in the battle of Bunkerhill , part of our company being kept back, but I say I do not now remember. I will remember Gen. Putnam - I will remember the firing - & the burning of Charlestown at the battle, but was not in the battle. I did not go over the low ground on to the hill. While here, orders were sent for enlistment to go to Lee  Berk with Gen. Arnold & two of our company, by the name of Brickell , enlisted; & afterwards went with Gen. Arnold ; & were taken prisoners, & retained some time in Canada as such.
In December 1776 I enlisted again, as a militia man, under Capt. James  M'Nichols , for six weeks, went to Reading , & then moved out said time. Our company was raised from Hadley & Amherst ; the Capt. was from Amherst ; the Lieut. from Hadley - his name I have forgotten but I think it was Smith . The chief duty we were called upon to perform in this campaign was, that of attacking  being at  Quincy . The British army was, during this time, in Boston - I do not remember the Regiment to which we were attached.
In the forepart of April 1777, I again enlisted for three months, to go to the North & West . The company was commanded by Capt. Thompson of Pelham . Another officer I do not remember and I do not remember the Regiment to which we belonged. Our company marched, through Tittsbury , to Greenfield , Spicetown to Albany , where we remained a few days - then we went to what was then called, " the new city ", now Johnsburgh ; there we made a short stay - then we went directly to the head of Lake Champlain , where we went in boats to Island  Point - which was our station. Part of our company here went into the woods, two or three miles East, across the lake, to make skin-gloves; & we were there when the news came that General  St. Leger , was given up & we must retreat. This was on one of the first days of July, & I believe on Sabbath morning - we returned highly & in much disorder. Our company were all joined together after this part returned by the way of Lowell , crossing North River , either at Fort Edward or Fort Miller ; then

Saratoga, was given up & we must retreat. This was on one of the first days of July, & I believe on Sabbath morning - we retired highly & in much disorder. Our company were all joined together after this. part returned by the way of Saratoga, crossing North River either at Fort Edward or Fort Miller; then down to Saratoga - here two men were killed by the Indians; one by the name of Thomas Williams , very respectable, when shot, ran into a creek from half a mile to a mile, & there instantly fell dead. This happened by the red horse, as it was called, in Saratoga. We then went to Stillwater where I was dismounted - I then came through Schenectady & Dutchess in New York Hoosick, to Pownal in Vermont; there having an Ulster riding, & I being unwell, I remained for some weeks, as stated below.
I remained at my Uncle's, in Pownal, until after the battle of Bennington, which is the town North of Pownal, which was the 16 th of August - & some days after; when the company of militia, to which I belonged, in Amherst, under the command of Capt. Nathan Dikeman & Lt. Noah Dikeman, came along, on their way to Genl. Burgoyne. I then joined that company, & remained in it from till the capture of Burgoyne. To this time the testimony of Seth Dikeman relates.
From Pownal we went to Bennington; crossed the Battle ground , to "Gall's mills", so called: there we remained some days; then through the woods, to North River, opposite Saratoga. We crossed here, to the West side - went down, over the Bottom Hill, a creek here, to the West side - went down, over the Bottom Hill, a creek here, to the West side - then we came back on to crossing into North River, on the West side - then we came back on to the high ground at Saratoga. I was in a detachment which crossed to the left side of the North River, & went up to Fort Edward to take possession of that place, to keep it from the British - when I remained until Burgoyne surrendered. We then crossed over to the West side of the River & came down to the main army at Saratoga, where the British had surrendered; which was a short period. I was then dismounted, as were others of the militia; & returned home; having been out in this last campaign, two months - Making in all nine months & one half.
I was once, after this, drafted for three months, to go to the White Plains. I hired a substitute, Joseph Gould , & paid him forty dollars, for which I never paid any thing. He was killed in the river.

I was born, after this, drafted for three months, to go to the White Plains. I hired a substitute, Josiah Gould, & paid him forty dollars, for which I never recd any money. He was killed in that service.
I do not know of any officer or private now living, who was out with me in either of the above campaigns; excepting Gen. Manton & Col. Dickinson, who have testified in this case.
I was born in Amherst aforesaid, on the twenty fifth day of March 1754. I have always lived there; and in each of the above terms of service I went from Amherst, excepting when I joined the company at Poomal, as above stated. I do not know whether my birth be recorded or not.
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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. John Ingram Before me Samuel Brinsley Judge of Probate
We, William W. Hunt residing in the town of Amherst and Samuel F. Dickinson residing in said Amherst hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Ingram who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Wm W. Hunt Samuel F. Dickinson Before me Samuel Brinsley Judge of Probate
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 it appears to them that Wm W. Hunt who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in Amherst and that Samuel F. Dickinson who has also signed the same, is a resident in Amherst and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel Brinsley Judge of Probate
I, Samuel F. Lyman Register of the Court of Probate do hereby that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Ingram for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three -
Samuel F. Lyman Register

I John Ingram, within named & subscribed, on this twelfth day of December A.D. 1833, make this further declaration in the premises; that is to say: I have made further & all the inquiries within my power; & have been unable to find any further testi- -mony in support of my claim to a Pension: but I feel it to be a duty to myself to repeat the declaration already made & subscribed on this paper; that all I have therein stated, is according to my best recollection, and full belief. I know I performed the same, as therein declared; & further during the time therein stated.
John Ingram
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John Ingram
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss. Decr. 12 1833. Then John Ingram, subscribe to the above declaration, well known to me as a credible witness, & a man of respectability & good standing in society, personally ap- -peared, & made solemn oath to the truth of the same. Before me Samuel F. Dickinson Justice of the Peace
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Samuel F. Dickinson Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty first day of December A. D. 1833
Samuel F. Lyman Register of Probate.

Reckam
10.903. INVALID.
File No. 10.903
John C. Cragg Prin. Rev. Rev.
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 188
[Arrangement of 1870.]