Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1978, for Charles Martin, Connecticut

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Martin, Charles
W 1978
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Ohio 13.244
Charles Martin
Sicking 6 o in the State of Ohio was a Private in the Company commanded Captain Lee Thomas of the Reg t commanded Col Bartow in the P.V. Militia for one year one Mo & Private & Comm. aw
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of May 1833 and Jane M. Thrall Granville Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $ 86 : 66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4/1/33 21 : 66
$108 32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 8 Page 16

003
Ohio.
Mary Marin widow of Charles Martin who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private for 1 year & 1 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 43 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Feby. 18. 50 and sent to
Walter Thrall Columbus. Ohio.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under " February 20 1848, Page 393 Vol.
July
Book
Reported
Let to James Hall P.W. April 1, 1850 Let. to J. Hall April 23, 30

1839 At mar 3
Ap 26 } 55
Mary Martin wid. Charles Martin Priv.
Conf. of Lett. } No 26
Rev. war Rev. pensioner Ohio July 48-503 Buxton
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Seth P. Smith " Alexandria (Ohio)
Ch: S.P. Martin Oct 20 1855
Vol Mt. page 17.

Mary Martin was born in the year 1771 in state of Pennsylvania in North America
my father and was married August 22 1797
Andrew Martin was born August the 30 1798
Anne Christian Martin was born Jan 20 1800 married Dec 16 1819
Charles H. Martin was born March 6
Catherine Martin was born October married June 3 1824
Mary Charlotty Martin was born Jan 5 18
Jacob Martin was born April April 3 1806
Elizabeth Martin was born May 30 1807 married Feb 10 1837
Thomas Martin was born October 9
Daniel Galen Martin was born December 1811
James Randall Martin was born Jan 1812
Joseph Martin was born December 23 1813
Synthia Martin was born May 14 1815
Lucia Martin was born April 12 1818
William Galen bonded 1/2 of salt
1847 1/2 of salt
1847 1/2 of salt

from the shot house 331 feet number of Brown By 20
42 25 1/2 14 5
By half Day Charnsey
By half Day for the Barstow
By half Day plant Conn
By one Day for the Conn
By half a Day for the Conn
By half a Day for the Conn
By two Days and thousand
1823
By two Bushels of Corn
489
By half a Day for the Conn
599
By one Day for the Conn
90
By half Day  for the Conn
By half a Day for the Conn
By splitting of wood
645 615 35 111 1,018
1828
By one to one bag o' corn 0 50
1829
By one to one half Bushels of Corn 0 37
July 13
By one Day mowing 0 50
Martin, Charles Conn. W 1978

The State of Ohio Franklin County ss
On this 10 th day of December 1849 James P. Martin of Licking County Ohio personally appeared before the subscriber a Notary Public in and for said Franklin County and being duly sworn saith that he is the son of Charles and Mary Martin. That his father was a pen- sioner, a resident of said Licking County, that he died in November 1838. That his mother the said Mary is now an applicant for a pension That his father some years before his death about 1835 left in the possession of this affiant an old account book on a leaf of which is a record of said Charles family written by himself which leaf is herewith inclosed on which this affiant has written his name. It is the only record of said Charles family kept by him- self that affiant ever knew of. And the said James P. further states that he knows the said Mary to be the widow of of said Charles
James P. Martin
Sworn to and subscribed this 10 th day of December 1849 And I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the affiant James P. Martin that he is of good moral character and worthy of belief.
Walter Thrall Notary Public

Columbus Ohio September 14 th 1849
Hon Com ee of Pensions
Sir
Enclosed please find
the application of Mrs Mary Martin wid. of Ch s Martin of Licking Co. for a pension
Respectfully &c
Walter Thall
No 521
Mary Martin
wid of Ch s Martin
Q
act. 29 May 48
Munnikbryf 1800
Deat. Dec 1838
Admo. $43 33 per
Jan 4 March 1848
Walter Thall Postmaster

(Declaration ! In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 29 of July 1848
The State of Ohio } County of Licking ss }
On this 13 th day of September 1849. Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said Licking County Mary Martin a resident of Harrison Township in said County of Licking in the seventy third year of her age who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following decla- ration in order to obtain the benefit of the pro- visions made by the act of Congress passed July 29 th 1848. That she is the widow of Charles Martin who was a private or sergeant in the Army of the Revolution. She thinks in the Connecticut troops of the particulars she cannot state, she believes he was defending a Fort in Connecticut, was taken a prisoner and kept about thirteen months He was a pensioner under the law of 1832 and drew a pension untill his death, he resi- ded in said Licking County
She further declares that she was lawfully married to said Charles Martin on the twenty second day of August seventeen hundred and ninety seven at the house

of her father's Andrew Galer on Duck Creek near to Marietta in Washington County State of Ohio by Monroe Esq. That her husband the said Charles Martin died on the 19 th of Novem- ber 1838. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second of January eighteen hundred viz at the time above stated She further swears that she is now his widow and that she has never before made any ap- plication for a pension, she believes there is no record of her marriage Witness W. M. Hooper Mary her  X Martin Sworn to and subscribed on the mark day and year above written before W m Hunter Abtcl.
I certify that I believe the applicant is unable from bodily infirmity to attend the court W m Hunter arr d Judge

The State of Ohio } Licking County ss }
On this 13 th day of Sep- tember 1849. Edw Daniel Galer, of said County personally ap- peared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Licking, and being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statement. That he is 68 years of age, that he is a brother of Mary Martin who is an applicant for a pension. That he was at the wedding and saw the said Charles Martin and said Mary married, which took place in August Seventeen hundred and ninety seven, my father moved to Ohio in 1796. and and my sister Mary was married the next August. He this affiant has resided for thirty two years in this neighborhood St. Albans Township in said County
Daniel Galer
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year above written W m Hunter Associate Judge
I further certify that said Daniel Galer is a man of good moral character, he is personally known to me W m Hunter Associate Judge

The State of Ohio Licking County ss. }
On this 13 th day of September 1849 William Galer of St Albans Township in said Licking County personally appeared before the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Licking and being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statement. That he is sixty four years of age. That he is a brother of Mary Martin an appli- cant for a pension, That he was at the wedding and saw said Charles and Mary married which took place as near as he can recollect at the time she has stated to wit in August 1797. After she was married when he this affair was thirteen years of age he had a severe fit of sickness William his Galer X mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned W m Hunter Associate Judge
I further certify that said William Galer is a man of good moral character W m Hunter Associate Judge

71839 Mary Martin's Application for Bounty land under the Act ap- proved March 3 d 1855 - All Communications Addressed to the undersigned Alexandria Lehigh County Ohio Sith P. Smith
Mary Martin's

State of Ohio ) On this twenty ninth day of March (County of Sicking ss ) I, one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Martin aged Seventy eight years a resident of Jersey Township County of Sicking in the State of Ohio who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Charles Martin deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary war (Commander of the Company and Regiment not known) that her said husband was pensioned the identical Charles Martin who was a pensioner for services in the said Revolutionary war and received his said pension at Cincinnati that she the said Mary Martin is now a pensioner as the widow of said Charles Martin that her certificate bears date February 26, 1830 payable at Cincinnati Ohio The length of service rendered by said Charles Martin whether enlisted or was drafted or volunteered does not know nor does she know or where he was discharged
She further States that she was married to the said Charles Martin in Washington County in the State of Ohio in the month of August A.D. 1797 by one — Monroe a justice of the peace and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Gaylor that her said husband died in St. Albans Township County of Sicking in the State of Ohio on the 19th day of November A.D. 1835 She further says that there is no public or private record of said marriage that she now knows of to wit She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 d 1833
for Mary Martin
We Cyrus Philbrook and Ann C. Philbrook residents of Jersey Township County of Sicking in

The State of Ohio Upon our oaths declare that the foregoing Declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Martin in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and the affiants further declare that they ever well acquainted with said Charles Martin and Mary Martin the above applicant from the year A.D. 1819 to the death of said Charles Martin which took place as stated by said applicant that during that time the said Charles Martin and Mary Martin lived and cohabited as husband and wife and that they were reputed as husband and wife that they have known the said Mary Martin since the death of her said husband and she is still a widow.
Cyrus Phillbrick June 6 Phillbrick
The foregoing Declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
Seth P. Smith J.P.

State of Ohio County of Licking.
I, Rees Darlington Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Seth P. Smith Esq. whose genuine Signature appears to the foregoing Declaration and affidavit was at the time of the Signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly Commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts, as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas is a Court of Record, having General Jurisdiction. Given under my hand and the Seal of my office at Newark this 9th day of August A.D. 1855
Rees Darlington Clerk

a resident of Harrison Township, Licking County, Ohio. The date of her death is not shown.
Their children were:
Andrew Martin born August 30, 1798. Anney Christeeney " " January 21(?) 1800, married December 16, 1819 Charles H. " " March 6, ---- Cathrine " " October, ---- married June 3, 1824. Mary Charlotty R " January 5, ---- Jacob " " April 3, 1806. Elizabeth " " May 30, 1807, married February 10, 1821. Thomas " " October 9, ---- David Galer " " December 6, 1810 (?) James P. " " January 16, 1812. Joseph " " November 23, 1813. Cynthia " " May 17, 1815. Lucretia " " April 13, 1818.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

April 5, 1910.
Mrs. Mary Martin Johnson, Mt. Sterling, Madison County, Ohio.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 21" and received the 22" ultimo, you are advised that Charles Martin was allowed pension on his application executed October 29, 1832, while a resident of St. Albans Township, Licking County, Ohio.
He stated that he was born in 1759 in Essex County, England, and resided at Warwick, Rhode Island, when he enlisted about the first or middle of July, 1777, under Colonel Barton and assisted in the capture of General Prescott. In the Spring of 1780 he enlisted on the brig "Dean" a Privateer fitted out by the State of Connecticut and commanded by Captain Scovil, and continued in the Privateer service until September, 1781, when he volunteered for the defence of Fort Griswold; after the fort was taken by the British, he attempted to escape by jumping the pickets, but was captured, carried to Halifax, and held until October 1782, being denied an "exchange" because he was born in Great Britain.
He married August 22, 1797, Mary Galer, born in 1777, in Pennsylvania, daughter of Andrew Galer, at said Andrew's house on Duck Creek near Marietta in Washington County, Ohio.
Soldier died November 19, 1832. and his widow Mary was allowed pension Wid. File No. 1,978, on her application executed September 13, 1849 while

Answer. He was born in the County of Essex England in the year 1759
2 d Have you any Record of your age and if so where is it? Ans. He has a record, in the family records
3 d Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Ans when called into service he lived in Warwick Rhode Island, Since the war he follow ed coasting intill 1789 when he came to Marietta Ohio. and except a few years he has lived in Ohio ever since for 13 years past He had lived in St. Albans Township, Licking County Ohio
4 th How were you called into service, were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute?
Ans He was a volunteer each time.
5 th 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 service.
Ans. Col. Ledgard & Capt Latham he thinks both were killed he is sure Ledgard was in fort Griswold The fort was sometimes called grooton fort. & Col Barton, circumstances
are named above, except he received an injury in jumping the 6 th hickets at fort Griswold from which he has never recovered Did you ever receive a discharge from the service
Answer He received none
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution
Answer Noah Fidler & James Holmes
He here relinquishes every claim what ever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
A. H. Clapp Clerk
Charles Martin
We Noah Fidler — a clergyman residing in Licking County and James Holmes residing in the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Charles Martin who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 73 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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
A. H. Clapp Clerk
Noah Fidler
James Holmes
And the said Court do hereby certify declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed the Ward Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certify that it appears to them that Noah Fidler who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Licking and State of Ohio, and that James Holmes who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I A. H. Clapp Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Licking and State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Charles Martin for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 8th day of November A.D. 1832.
A. H. Clapp Clerk

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
The State of Ohio } Licking County } ss On this 29 th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County now sitting Charles Martin a resident of Licking County and State of Ohio aged 73 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 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.
He first entered the service under Col. Barton about the first or middle of July 1777 as a volunteer and aided in taking General Prescott a prisoner in Rhode Island, was in service but a few days at this service time the exact time not recalled he then resided at Warwick Rhode Island
In the Spring of 1780 he went on board of a privateer called the "Dean Brig" of 16 guns under Captain Schofield.
fitted out at Connecticut River. he followed privateering about the first of until September 1781. he then volunteered to defend Fort Griswold, after the fort was taken by the British, he jumped the pickets and attempted to escape, but was taken prisoner, and was one of the few that were suffered to live - he was put on board a frigate and taken to New York then to Halifax. And by reason of his having been born in Great Britain the British refused to exchange him but detained him a prisoner until October 1782. 13 months.
He has no documentary evidence of his service And he knows of no person who can testify to his service
Questions put by the Court
1 st Where and in what year were you born?

N 321 Mary Martin Q Letter to Master Threl 10 th Nov 1849
cut 24 July 48

Charles Martine, 6 in Cincinnati. O. Act 7 June 1842 #45 33
H To what time was he last paid? 46 A
Pension Office July 21 1850 3 Ans. To his death — Nov. 19, 1838 —

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26. 175
5 3 Nov 1884

1895
3-871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by W.T.L.
Claim No. 3/29/1910.
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Charles H. Martin
Service Rev.
Additional Service. _____
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No claim as above, try SM Wid File 1978

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MAR 29 1910
March 21 st 1910 Dept. of Interior Bureau of Pensions - Will you please send me copies of the original pension applications of Charles Henry Wood Martin & his wife Mary [Gayle] Martin. Charles H. Martin died Nov. 19-1838 then his wife Mary Martin became a pensioner - she died Dec. 7-1860. I wish to go in the D. A. R. m this line is why I want his marriage

Hoping you will be able & furnish me with this re- cord, I am Yours Resp.
[Mrs.] Mary Martin Johnson M c Sterling, Madison Co., Ohio.

1910 Apl. 5 Hist. to Mrs. Mary Martin Johnson. P
True
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1978 Mary Martin, Widow Charles Martin. Pre-Rev. War.
Act: July 29. 1848.
Index: —Vol. M , Page 1
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Columbus O Dec r 12 th 1849
Com te of Pensions
Sir
In closed we send further evidence on the application of Mrs Martin for a pension
Very Respectfully
Walter H. Hall

Charles Martin
17897
Walter Thrale
Granville
Licking Co
13 months Priz 43.33 Ohio

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Charles Martin Lickley 6 th Ohio which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? no V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? no VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 44 XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 44 XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? 44 Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 44 XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 44 XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
‡QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Pensional Agency
Emmaville 17 th April 1850
S r J. Edwards Esq r Com r of Pensions
Sir Please find enclosed the Certificate of Mary Martin sent on for collection. Her name is on the Roll under act 29 th July 1848
I am Very Respectfully Your Ob d Serv t
Thomas Hall Pensioning Ag t

Pension Agency
Cincinnati 23 rd March 1850
J. L. Edwards Esq r Com r of Pensions
Sir The papers of W m Mary Martin were presented at this office this morning for payment of pension. They were filed as as if granted under Act 10 th July 1848, Her name is enrolled under act of 29 th July 1848 on the books here, Return the certificate please State under which Act she shall be enrolled,
Very Respectfully Yours C. H. S.
J. A. Hall Co. Pension Agt

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
The State of Ohio, Executive Office,
I, SEABURY FORD,
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OHIO,
So hereby Certify,
That Walter Thrall whose attestation is hereunto annexed, was, on the day of the date thereof, an acting Notary Public within and for the County of Franklin in said State and is duly authorized to administer oaths and is
duly commissioned as such; that he is the proper officer to take such attestation; that his said attestation is in due form; and that his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit, as well in Courts of Justice as thereout.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the GREAT SEAL of the State of Ohio to be hereunto affixed, at Columbus, the Twelfth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine
Seabury Ford Governor of Ohio.
BY THE GOVERNOR: Sam Galloway Secretary of State.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
The State of Ohio, Executive Office,
Ohio State Journal Print. Columbus.
I, SEABURY FORD,
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OHIO,
Do hereby Certify,
That William Hunter Esq. whose attestation is hereunto annexed, was, on the day of the date thereof, an acting Associate Judge within and for the County of Licking and State aforesaid
duly commissioned as such; that he is the proper officer to take such attestation; that his said attestation is in due form; and that his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit, as well in Courts of Justice as thereout.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the GREAT SEAL of the State of Ohio to be hereunto affixed, at Columbus, the fourteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine
Seabury Ford Governor of Ohio.
BY THE GOVERNOR:
Sam Gallun
Secretary of State.