Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 307, for Andrew Mc Clure, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
McClure, Andrew or M c Lure,
No 307
Mary
CONTENTS

Nipah
Pennsylvania 32606
Andrew M. Levy  Levy
of Schuylkill in the State of who was a Serjt. in the Comp. commanded by Captain D of the Regt. commanded by _____ in the Revolution time for
2 years Serjeant.
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 120 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of May, 1848, and sent to them. H. Strohm
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-ann. allowance ending
Increased from $96. under act of 18th March 1848. Reduced at this rate for the whole time he has been paid on Revolutionary Claim, from 4th March 1831. Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by H. D. Humphkin Clerk, Book F. 2 Vol. 5 Page 48.

2004 Anna Philadelphia Mary McClure widow of Andrew McClure who served in the Revolutionary Col. Martin N.J. war, as a Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848
20 February 1853 Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Sept 53 and sent to
S. M. Knight Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 107 Vol. W
May 30/53
1832
S. H. H. Hine Jan. 16/55 " C. M. Brink Jan. 29/58
Nov. 11/81 Mrs. Sachima informed that no allowance can be made. White

I  Certify that on the 27 day of March 1860
Thomas Baughman Sarah McClure
were joined together in Holy Matrimony according to Law.
Witness my hand
Lewis R. Poelen V.D.M.
Minister of the German R. Church in Pennsylvania Columbia City

State of Penn. County Dauphin
On this 7 day of October
A. D. 1881 personally appeared
before me Porterstown of the Court of Common Pleas
the same being a Court of record in and within the County and State aforesaid Mrs. Sarah Pennant a resident of City of Harrisburg - County of Dauphin in the State of Penn a ,
aged sixty nine years who being duly sworn according to law, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the pension provided for heirs of soldiers who served during the Revolutionary War of the Colonies against Great Britain. Mrs. Pennant is the only surviving child (daughter) of Andrew McClure who enlisted in the service of the Continental Troops in year - under Col. Ogden and Gen. Sullivan - where he served five years - till after expiration of the war - was returned

with which - and put down some information - helped put down some information was appointed to receive pay - for life - but never received any specific pay -
Received a pension of $190) ninety six dollars a year - till date of death in 1850 - at the age of ninety eight years - The Applicant above named Mrs Sarah Canghat - herself being infirm by reason of years - sixty nine - and one year of age - petitions to receive the amount of arrearages due to her father Andrew M c Clure - a faithful soldier of the Revolution and also that pension be awarded her as the only surviving heir.
Her declarant hereby appoints with full power of substitution and revocation, Martha Allen Lachman - of Washington to her Ally to prosecute the above claim, the new residence is Washington - County of Washington - State of Penn s .

Sarah Banghart One person appeared Sarah  Sarah Banghart G. W. Reily and John W. Machlin residing at No.  Street in
Harrisburg persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being my most duly sworn, say they were present and saw the claimant sign her name (make  mark) to the foregoing declaration, that they have many reasons to believe from the appearance of said claimant and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim
Signed and sworn to
Witnesses  John W. Machlin Sworn and subscribed before me at Harrisburg, Oct. 7. 1887 E. B. Mitchell Notary Public

State of Pennsylvania Columbia County ss
Before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Columbia & State of Penn a  a credible & disinterested witness personally appeared Mrs Catharine Boston and after being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that she was present when Andrew M c Clure was married to the above named Mary M c Clure that they was married at her Father (Joseph Britians) about the year eighteen hundred and four, that they was married by Joseph Solomon Esq, that her name was Mary Allen that they lived together within a few miles of where she lived for twenty five or thirty years then moved to a distant town
and further deponent saith not Sworn and subscribed before me this Sixteenth June A.D. one thousand eight hundred and
Catharine X Boston Mark
fifty three D. B. Nusport Associate Judge
sworn at Virginia Post Boston

State of Pennsylvania } ss. On this fifteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand County of Columbia } eight hundred and fifty-three before the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Columbia County held in and for the county and State aforesaid, being a Court of Record, per- sonally appeared Mrs. Mary McClure of said county, who is to me known as a resident of the Town of Orangeville in the County of Columbia and State of Pennsylvania aged seventy-eight 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress, approved 3 d February A.D. 1853, viz:
That she is the widow of Andrew McClure now deceased , who was a Pensioner of the United States under Act of 1818 at the rate of $96 per annum afterwards increased under act of 1832 to $120 per annum and that there are neither public or private records of her marriage to her knowledge
That she was not married to the said Andrew McClure prior to the 2 d January 1800, but at the time viz:
She further declares that she was married to the said Andrew McClure on the tenth day of July (10 th July) in the year Eighteen hundred and four (1804) as will more fully appear by the proofs hereto annexed: That her husband the aforesaid Andrew McClure in died on the twenty seventh day of June in the year eighteen hundred and fifty. (27 th June 1850). She further avers that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a Pension.
Subscribed & sworn to before me this day and year first above written, and I certify that I have no interest in the application as attorney, agent or otherwise.
L. B. Rupert Associate Judge
for Mary X McClure Mark
I do hereby constitute and appoint Samuel M. Knight of Washington D.C. any time & lawful attorney for the purpose of presenting this my application for a Pension, to attend to the same while pending and to receive the certificate when issued and to do all things necessary and proper, as fully as I could do were I personally present. Dated this 16 th day of June A.D. 1853
Witness L. B. Rupert J. Gillin
for Mary X McClure Mark
State of Pennsylvania } ss. It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited County of Columbia } before me the undersigned Judge of the Court of Columbia County a Court of Record held in and for the said County that Andrew McClure who was a revolutionary Pensioner of the United States
died on the twenty seventh day of June eighteen hundred and fifty- and that he left surviving him the following named widow and children, viz: Mary McClure his widow.
Witness my hand this 16 th day of June A.D. 1853
L. B. Rupert
Judge etc.
State of Pennsylvania } ss. I do hereby certify that Hon. Leonard B. Rupert County of Columbia } whose genuine signature appears attached to the foregoing declaration and certificate, was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Columbia  State — held in and for said County (a Court of Record) duly commissioned and sworn. Witness my hand and seal of said Court this twenty sixth day of June A.D. 1853. Jacob Tyson Jr. Clerk. Andrew McClure

N 37604 Andrew McClune Pa
act 7 June 1832
Permitted to Sergeant 23 Dec 1880
Adm d Lyons Sergeant $120 00 per an
from 4 March 1831.
deducting what has been paid for that  some time at the rate of $96 00 per an under the act of 18 March 1818
Hon J. Strohm House of Reps

Declaration
Of Andrew McSine to be transferred from the Act of March 18, 1818, to the Act of Congress of the 7 th June, 1832:-
State of Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, ss.
On this 12 th day of May, A.D. eighteen hundred and forty-eight, personally came before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County aforesaid, Andrew McSine, a resident of the Borough of Pottsville, in the County and State aforesaid, aged 95 years or thereabout, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare and say, that he is the identical Andrew McSine who is now in the receipt of a Pension from the United States, at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, under the Act of Congress passed on the 18 th day of March, 1818 - that he makes this Declaration for the purpose of relinquishing said Pension (which he hereby does relinquish) and having his name transferred to the roll of Pensioners under the Act of Congress passed the 7 th day of June, 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution, as a private, and afterwards served in the (as he now remembers) First New Jersey Regiment, as a Sergeant, for three years and upwards - That as well as he now remembers, he served under the following Officers, viz: - Lord Sterling, Capt. McKinney and Capt. Holmes - but for a more particular description of his services, he refers to the papers now on file in the Pension Office, touching his present Pension. He therefore asks that he may be transferred

as above requested, and a new Certificate of Pension issued to him. —
Andrew M c Clure
Sworn and subscribed this 12 th day of May, A.D. 1848, be- fore me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Com. of Com. Pleas of Schuylkill county, afore- said. —
Strange M c Palmer
I do hereby certify that I am well and intimately acquainted with the above named declarant, having known him for more than thirty years last past, and that he is the same individual he represents himself to be in the foregoing affidavit. —
Strange M c Palmer
One of the Judges of the Court of Com. Pleas of Schuylkill County.
Schuylkill County Sch.
C. M. Strub Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby Certify that Strange M c Palmer Esq. before whom the above affidavit was made at the time of taking, and still is an acting Associate Judge of said Court, and with credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Reading the 13 th day of May 1848.
C. M. Strub Proth.

Andrew McLean
620
May '18
Sept '18
Raw
For application the lessee or licensee of the 114 acres of land within mentioned?
Em.
B

Luzerne County ss.
Personally appeared in Open Court it being a Court of Record to wit the Court of Common Pleas held in and for the County of Luzerne. Andrew McBlane who being duly sworn doth depose & say that he is the owner of the within mentioned 114 ac of land and was at the time of his making the within Schedule,
Sworn & Subscribed in Open Court 8 Nov. 1820
Andrew McBlane,
A Beaumont Proth.
Luzerne County ss.
I Andrew Beaumont Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County do certify that the above is a true copy of the official record sworn and subscribed in Open Court. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Luzerne County at Wilkes bar the Eighth day of December A.D. 1820.
A. Beaumont Proth

Schedule State of Pennsylvania Luzerne County ss.
In this slay of August Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty personally appeared in open court being a Court of Record to wit the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Luzerne in the State aforesaid Andrew McElwee aged sixty five resident in the Township of Newport in the County and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows to wit in Capt Bonds Company in Col. Martins 4th Penna Regt transferred to Col. Mathews Ogden's is more particularly stated in deponents original declaration dated the _____ that he now receives a pension under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 Pension Certificate No. 826
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress Entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
Schedule
  Real Estate Fifty Acres of Land valued at $50.00   Personal Estate - 2 hogs & 6 pigs $4 - 2 heifers $2 - 6.00   four cattle Parts $1 - about $6 on Book 2 old Iron pots $1.50 8.50   Sea pots and Iron cups & saucers $2.25 - 2 pitchers 5 Cents 2.75   Amount Carried Over $67.25 

  Am acct Brought over  $ 67. 25    2 Chests $1.50 - 2 tables - 50 - 1 Candle Stand 50c  2. 50    Bread dish and Salver $1 - 3 tin cups 25 - 2 tin Candle sticks 25  1. 50    12 small earthen plates 75c - 8 tin basons $1 - 11 Spoons $1  2. 75    2 Coffee pots $1 - 1 lantern 50c - 1 old frying pan 25 -  1. 75    1 tin cutter 25 - 1 Iron Tea Kettle 50 - 1 washing tub & 1 bucket 75  1. 50    2 earthen pots 12 1/2 - 1 old Coffee Mill 25 - 1 old weaving loom $2  2. 37 1/2    3 ruses $2 - 1 old spinning wheel $1 - 2 barrels $2  5. 00    4 small glass tumblers 25 - 2 wine glasses 12 1/2 - 3 stout bottles 25 -  62 1/2    11 Keg 50 - 1 old plough $2 - 1 horse $20 - 1 Cow and Calf $15  37. 50     $ 122. 75    Total sum carried over
114 Acres of leased land of which one quarter of an acre of which is under improvement The debts which respondent owes amounts to about $ 375. 85.
This family consists of himself and wife who is aged forty five two sons & three daughters one son is named George Washington aged fourteen the other Abraham aged eleven the names of the daughters are Charlotte aged thirteen Sarah aged eight & Marianne aged five years
His occupation is that of a farmer but he is now rendered unfit for labor on account of sickness and age Sworn to and Subscribed in Open Court 11 August 1820
Andrew W. Blase
Andrew Beccamont Prothon.
State of Pennsylvania - Lycoming County
I Andrew Beccamont Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do Certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule / list annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property described in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred and twenty two dollars and seventy five cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this twenty fourth day of August A.D. 1820.
A Beccamont Prothon.

307 Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 307
Mary McClure Widow
Andrew McClure Genl. Rev. War Dept.
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index:—Vol. M. Page 17
[Arrangement of 1870.]

626
Pennsylvania
Andrew M c Lure
Sergeant 1775 4
New Jersey line 7 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Enscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of May 1818 and sent to the Pensioner care of Thomas Burnside Esq. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County, Pa.
Arrearages to 1 st Sep r 1818 $ 36.00 to do 15 th do $ 36.00
{Revolutionary claims,} {Act 18th March, 1818,}
Newport, Luzerne County (Continued)
Wharton Street Philadelphia Pa. 1818 H. Beaumont Not Public, Luzerne Co Pa

Andrew M c Lure enlisted first in Capt Bonds Co in Col. Ephraim Martins Regiment (the 11 th ) and was afterwards transferred into the First Jersey Regt under Col. Matthias Ogden
of the Regiment
REGISTERED in the Book
Company
DAVID L. MCCLELLAN
June 11 th
Adjutant

By His EXCELLENCY GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Andrew M c Lean in the New Jersey Regiment, having faithful- ly served the United States Seven years and being enlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the 15 th Friday June 1783
G. Washington
By His EXCELLENCY'S Command,
I Humbull Switzer
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Eph m J. Whillock Adjutant.
Rich d Cox Major Com d
30/11/83 Mary M c Clure

HEAD-QUARTERS, June 5 th 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
McLure
Andrew Mc Lure enlisted first in Capt Brads Co in Col Ephraim Martins Regiment (the 4 th ) and was afterwards transferred into the Jersey Key Stone Battery under Col Matthias Ogden

Pension Office September 13/53
Sir Please report time of last payment to or death of within named pensioner
Respectfully &c
F Burt Esqr and Present
S. Cole for Commt
Andrew M c Clure, age 32, $120. p. an. — Died 27 th June 1850, Paid to his death.
F Burt Auditor.

June 30, 1853 No 2522
App d of Mrs Ma- ry M c Clure, widow of Andrew M c Clure,
Columbia co. Penn a
$120
Act 3 d Feby, 1853.
Rev. Allowed $120 per a Com Feb 3. 1853
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS
J. M. Haight, Washington, D.C.
Comms

sect # 307 Revolutionary
Sarah Baughart daughters
Andrew McClure
Col Ogden's White -

Andrew McClure P a act 18 March 1818 #96 o
To what time was he last paid?
Pension office
G.6.A
May 17. 1848
Paid 4 th Sept 1847.
B.10

Pottsville August 6. 1852  Annun M c Clure dec d    To Chas s Bushman  Dr    To 1 Walnut Coffin & Box etc  $8.30    Rec d Cash (from Mrs s Rauhart) five  5.70    Balance  3.50  

Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir;
Will
you please forward me a statement of the amount of Pension paid to Andrew McClure, a revolutionary soldier - showing the time & amount of each payment, by whom drawn & under what act of Congress the same was author- ised ?
Andrew McClure was for- merly of Luzerne County Penna. but at the time of his death of Schuylkill Co., in said state.
Please send also a similar statement as regards his widow Mary (or Polly) McClure.
This information is sought at the instance of his son, who is impressed with the idea that then.

there is a large arrearage due,
Very Respectfully Yours
C. M. Runk Allentown Lehigh Co. Penna.
1858 Jany. 18 th

Due Bill Mr. H. Hill To M c Clure $200.
May 31, 18
Thomas
Langhart

I hereby acknowledge to have re- ceived of the U. States Pension Agency in Philadelphia, per Rev. M. Phillips, At- torney in fact for Andrew McClure of Pottsville, the sum of Two Hundred and four Dollars , being extra Pension due to the said Andrew McClure from the U. States, which amount I agree to pay over to him or to his legal representatives, either in Merchandise or Cash at his or their op- tion, on demand. — May 31, 1848. —
Wm H. Hill

Brief in the case of Mrs Mary Mc Clure widow of Andrew Columbia County and State of Pennsylvania act of Feb. 3 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of 1832 at $120 per annum
Pr
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage Proceed Cr wills,
Death Aud. & up
Identity Cr wills Co cent.
Name and residence of Agent
J. M. Wright Present
Examining Clerk.
J. Gray

State of Pennsylvania Columbia County
Before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Columbia & State of Penna- Personally appeared Mr Samuel White a credible and disinterested witness. After being duly sworn According to Law deposeth and saith That he was not present at the marriage of Andrew McClun who was married to Mrs Mary Allen, that he lived within some seven miles of the place at which the marriage was solemnized, and recollects having of the same at the time it occurred, that he knew both Andrew McClun and Mary Allen, and that to his knowledge they lived and cohabited together as man and wife from the time of their respective marriage until the time of the death of Andrew McClun, the pastor when married at the house of Joseph Britton who was my brother in law with Britton & his wife or the sister who married them are now living
Sworn and subscribed before me this 22 nd June 1853 L. B. Nusport Associate Judge
Samuel White

House of Reps. May 16 th 1878
J. L. Edwards Esq. Sir,
Enclosed I send you the application of Andrew M c Guire, of Penna to be transferred from the roll of Pensioners under the Act of 1878 to that of 1832, and to request that you cause it to receive early attention
Very Respectfully
Yours &c.
John Strohm

I/R.
Washington.
June 29 th 1853.
Hon: S. P. Waldo, Comm te of Pensions. } Sir,
I have the honor to enclose herewith Her declaration of Mrs Mary M c Clure, made in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the 2nd. Sect. Act of Feb 3 rd 1853, as the widow of Andrew M c Clure, late a pensioner of the Pa Roll at $20 per annum, under act of 1832.
Very respectfully,
Your obedt Servt
S. M. Knight

Orangeville, Columbia Co. Pa., June 11, 1856.
To the Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir,
At one time in Oct. 1853, as nearly as I can recollect, I transmitted to S. M. Knight, "Pension Agent," of Washington City, a power of attorney to collect an amt. of pension money due Mary McClure, widow of Andrew, her dec d husband, which pension-money had been allowed her by your department. This power of attorney had been given to me, and by me was forwarded to said Knight, since which time I have been unable to ascertain from Knight what has been done in the matter - That is, whether the money has been collected or not. You will greatly oblige the claimant as well as myself, by transmitting to me whatever information you may possess, and which you may think proper to communicate.
Yours respectfully,
Jacob D. Kline.

Payment to be made at Philadelphia by J. R. Snowden, Esq., Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Philadelphia.
Penn.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book H  2 Vol- ume 5 Page 41 by H. Rumpkin, Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Andrew McClure of Pennsylvania, who was a Sergeant in the War of the Revolution, and a pensioner under the Act of 18th March, 1818, at the rate of Ninety six dollars per annum, is again inscribed on the roll of 1832, at the increased rate of One hundred and twenty dollars per annum, commencing 4th March, 1831. The difference between these two amounts pay from the 4th March 1831, up to the present time, is due and payable to said Andrew McClure.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 24 th day of May, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.
Examined and Countersigned. }
Secretary of War.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Andrew M. Elwood
Admitted
[Signature]
A. P. T.
[Signature]

STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA,
LUZERNE COUNTY, SS.
On this Seventeenth day of April A.D. 1818 before me the subscriber, President Judge of the Eleventh Judicial district in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, personally appears Andrew M c Clure aged Sixty three years, resident in Newport in the County of Luzerne in the State aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for cer- tain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War." That he the said Andrew M c Clure enlisted in Sussex County in the state of New Jersey in 1776 in the company commanded by Captain William B. Abraham and McKinney of the New Jersey Reg t Com d by Ephraim Martin that he continued to serve in the said corps and others in the service of the United States, until the Seventh day of June 1783 when he was discharged from service in Near New Windsor state of New York that he was in the battles of Long Island  White Plains  Brandywine and several small engagements with the enemy and at the taking of Cornwallis that the discharge herewith forwarded her dated in 1783
And that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for Support—and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to, subscribed and declared, Before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Pat k W m Wood
Andrew M c Clure

I, Thomas Burnside President Judge of the eleventh Judicial district in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Andrew McClure did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceeding declaration, against the Common Enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the secretary for the Department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
T. Burnside
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, } LUZERNE COUNTY, SS. }
I, Andrew Beaumont Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Luzerne aforesaid do certify and make known that Thomas Burnside is, and was at the time of signing and taking the foregoing depositions and certifying the same, President Judge of the 11th Judicial district of the State of Pennsylvania, that the signature is his proper hand writing, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such. In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and Seal of Office, at Wilkesbarre, in the County of Luzerne aforesaid.
The 20 th day of April A.D. 1818
Andrew Beaumont Protho.