Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11172, for William Lee, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Lee, William
S 11172
carded
CONTENTS

20897 New York
William See
of Morristown in the State of New York who was a Sifer in the Com'y  comman by Captain Emerson of the Reg t  comman by Col Silly in the New Hampshire line for 7 months & 2 days
Inserted on the Roll of New York at the rate of 25 Dollars 91 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Oct 1833 and sent to Hasbrouck Ogdensburg N.Y.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept. 33 - $ 64. 77 1/2 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1/4 Mar 34 12.95 1/4 77.73
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. Cromwell Clerk Book E Vol. 4 Page 66

old case 14.410
14.410
Wm Lee 10 yrs old
St Lawrence co
New York
Rolls - 1 T 17 March 1. to Oct 2. 77 - 7 mos 2 days as piper
admitted
7 mos 2 days piper
admitted
7 mos 2 days piper
143 16 May 15 33 P 3/19
Louis Harbroach Ogdensburg N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of  William Lee  of Morristown of St Lawrence Co in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
How old is he? 66 years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1776. 1 3 — private private sergeant Gen. Put. Col. Silly. Col. Emerson.   1778 — 6 — — Col. Bell. — —  
5. In what battles was he engaged? Capture of Dugoyne
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Synelsborough Hillsboro' N.H.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional - living witnesses refers to papers in War Dept.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not to correct.
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Leavitt Examining Clerk.

for the Court for the County of Hampshire.
Wm Lee Mus n
Col: Gilley, N. Hampshire Reg t 1776 - for 3 yrs.
(13 April 1810)
By the M ss . roll it appears that he engaged March 1 st 1777, was discharged Oct r 2 d 1777 - and is credited a balance of 2 mos. & 2 days. - But the same dates do not com- prise a period of time to give him only a 2 days .
In the list of names, this man, upon the same roll, shows as waiting to his place , previous year, in March, in 1777.
March 1 st 1777 - discharged - Oct r 2 d 1777 - 23 mos. 1 day - by force of enlistment disengaged 16 14 a 7 yrs old - 16 14 a 7 yrs old -

State of New York § St Lawrence County ss:
on the fifth day of June 1821 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas held in and for the Coun- ty of St Lawrence being a court of records for said County William Lee aged fifty six Years, resident in the Town of Amegatchie in said County of St Law- rence who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he ser- ved in the revolutionary war as follows - That he served as a Musician or fifer in Captain Emmersons Company, in Colonel Sillys Regiment, General Poos Brigade of the New Hampshire Line, from the fall of the year 1776 until the winter of 1779 as stated in his original Declaration dated the thir- teenth day of April 1818 and that he has yet received no Pension Certificate. -
And I do solemnly swear that I was at Resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress enti- tled an act to provide for certain persons enga- ged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war pass- -sed on the 18 th 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 to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and

by me subscribed.-
Schedule of Real and Personal Estate
Real Estate. None-
Personal Estate
 2 Cows $30.00  Six Sheep & Six Lambs 9.00  three Shoats 9.00  One old plough 4.00  one Harrow 3.50  one Draught chain 2.50  Household Stuff  one pine Table 0.25  3 pails. 2 of wood & 1 of Tin " 75  6 cups and saucers " 25  1 old chest of drawers (pine) 1.00  3 Kitchen chairs " 18  6 knives and forks " 75  6 Iron Spoons " 50  4 Tin milk Pans " 25  6 Table plates " 25  1 Earthen Platter " 25  2 dinner plates " 20  1 Creamer and Sugar bowl "  2 fine pail kettles (broken) "  1 Dish kettle (cracked) 1.00  one Bake kettle " 75  one Tea kettle "  1 Iron pot (one leg out) " 75  1 wash Tub 2 wooden bowls 1.50  1 pair cast and irons " 25  1 pair tongs $64.68 

Debts owing by me. —
To Noadiah Hubbard on Note $47.25 To Peter Trowbridge on Note — 15.00
W m Lee
And this declarant doth further testify and say, that he is by occupation a farmer, but is unable to labor hard being considerably afflicted with rheumatic pains — that he has a wife and four children living with him — that his wife Lucy Lee is forty nine years old and is so much afflicted with Rheumatism as to be almost entirely unable to labour — that his daughter Nancy Lee is aged twenty three years but has been unable to labour since she was eight years old and by turns is in a state of mental derangement — His son William Lee is 16 years old, and is as able to labour as boys of his age usually are, his son Lewis M Lee is aged 14 years and is healthy, and his son Samuel N Lee is aged 9 years and in good health —
Sworn and declared in open court on the 5 th day of June 1821 before me W B, Hitchcock Clk
W m Lee
June 5 th 1821 — The court appraised the property in the annexed schedule at sixty nine Dollars and sixty eight cents

State of New York St. Lawrence County ss I, Myrtle B. Hitchcock Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court And I further Certify that it is the Opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is sixty nine dollars sixty nine Cents
In testimony whereof I have here- unto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court this ninth day of June 1821.
Myrtle B. Hitchcock Clk. for the Court for the County of St. Lawrence.

Application of William Lee, for Revolutionary Pension and Act of 7 th June 1832.
14.4/0.
Retn - March 1 '77 } m a wife - Oct 2, '77 } p 2

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
State of New York } County of St Lawrence } ss.
On this twenty fourth day of September in the year of our Lord 1832 appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in the said County of St Lawrence, now sitting, William Lee, a resident of the Town of Franklin  Morristown , in the County of St Lawrence & State of New York, aged 66 years last March 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 & served as herein stated. That he, the said William Lee, enlisted at Lyndeborough in the County of Hillsboro & State of New Hampshire in the fall of 1776 under Capt. Emmerson in Col. Silly's Regt. & Genl. Poors Brigade for the term of three years. That during the winter of 1777, he was under drill at Lyndeborough, & in the Spring he was marched with his company under Capt. Emmerson to Ticonderoga and joined the main army & was in service at the capture  capture of Burgoyne. That after the capture of Burgoyne's army he, this deponent, marched with the American army to Albany, & thence, by land, to Kings Ferry on the North River & from thence to Morristown, in New Jersey, & thence to White Marsh, & was there discharged in the spring of 1778 about March, when he left the army & when his Father, William Lee then a First Lieutenant in Capt. Emmerson's Company, also resigned his commission & returned home. That he again enlisted at Chesterfield in County of Cheshire New Hampshire, as a soldier for six months, does not recollect under whom, but was marched to West Point, where he was placed in Capt. Bell's Company in Col. Silly's Regt. & passed muster under Genl. Poor, and did service at West Point & at Tarrytown & at Croton Bridge for the term of his enlistment. He was honorably discharged at a place on the North River called Soldiers Fortune, & then returned home. That he has no documentary evidence & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service excepting Isaac Mitchell whose affidavit he forwards & when he made his application for the Pension in 1818, he procured also the affidavit of Samuel Brittain, then of Gravelly Point, Jefferson County in New York, who is since dead. Both of which affidavits were forwarded to the

office of the Secretary at war, & which, he presumes, still remains at that office.
He relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State. —
And the said declarant doth further say that when he returned home from the Army at White Marsh in March 1778, he remained there a few days, and about the first of May, 1778 enlisted again at Lyndesborough aforesaid, for the term of six months under Lieutenant — Hutchins, and marched from there under said Lieutenant Hutchins, with forty five men to Number four, now called Charleston, thence to Dartmouth College, and thence to Great Oxbow on Connecticut River, at General Baileys Block house, where the said Company were ordered to be stationed to guard the said Block House and the property of General Bailey, and to scout the adjacent country where General Bailey ordered, and that this declarant remained in that service for the term of six months, and then the said Lieutenant and his men with this declarant returned to Lyndesborough and were dismissed.
And to the interrogatories propounded by the court this declarant answereth and saith.
That he was born at Milton, ten miles from Boston in Massachusetts, in the year 1765. Has no record of his age, but thinks it was recorded in Boston.
That he lived when called into service, at each time at Lyndesborough in the State of New Hampshire. That at the termination of the war he went to Halfmoon point

now called Waterford on the North River & lived there 3 years - then removed to the Royal Grant, in the County of Herkimer in this State and lived there for 13 years - then removed to Champlaine in Jefferson County & lived about three years - thence went to Coila in said County & remained there about nine years - and from thence remo- ved to Morristown in the County of Lawrence where he remained for about 20 years and is still a resident of that Town -
That at each period of service he was regularly enlisted -
That the Names of the Officers under whom he served are stated according to his recollection, in this decla- ration -
That he has no recollection of receiving his discharge at Whittemore but thinks it probable his father might have received one for him, and at Soldiers Fortune he received some paper, on producing which he drew provision to return home with - but who signed it, or what has become of it, he does not know -
That he is well known in the neighbourhood where he now resides, and refers to the Reverend Isaac Emmer who preaches in the adjoining Town of Hammond, and to Louis Harbouch of Ogdenburgh to whom he has been known for many years, and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revo- lution -
Sworn to and subscribed - 3 the day and year aforesaid 3
J. C. Emmer Clerk
Nov 1 st 1844

we Joel J. Commes a Clergyman residing in the Town of Morristown in the County of Lawrence and Louis Harbrouck residing in Ogdenburgh in said County hereby certify that we are well ac- quainted with William Lee who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration - that we believe him to be about 86 years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the neighbour- hood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opi- nion -
Sworn and subscribed - 3 the day and year aforesaid 3
A. C. M. Clerk
Joel J. Commes Louis Harbrouck

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 Joel J. Emmes who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Morristown in the County of St Lawrence, and that Louis Hasbrouck who has also signed the same is a resident of the village of Ogdenburgh in the Town of Oswegatchie adjoining Morristown, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit -
John Hays
First Judge of the Court
I Alvin C Low Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of St Lawrence, Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of William Lee for a Pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 24 th day of September in the year of our Lord 1832
A. C. Low

State of New York } St Lawrence County } ss:
Isaac Mitchell of the Town of Lisbon in the said County of St Lawrence, now a Pensioner of the United States for Revolutionary services, being duly sworn doth depose & say That he was well acquainted with William Lee formerly of Lyndsbrough in the State of New Hampshire - That he said William Lee joined the Continental Army at Ticonderoga in the Spring of 1777, in Captain Emersons Company, Colonel Sillyp Regiment and General Poors Brigade - and was in service at the Capture of Burgoyne Army - That after the taking of Burgoyne, this deponent belonging to Captain Isaac Farwells Company in the same Regiment and Brigade, and marched with the Regiment, in which Captain Emersons Company were, to Albany, and thence to Kings Ferry on the North River, and distinctly recollects that William Lee and his father Lieutenant Lee crossed the river with this deponent at Kings Ferry - That they proceeded to Morristown in New Jersey and thence to Whitemarsh where the said William Lee was in service until his discharge in the Spring of 1778 when his Father then a first Lieutenant resigned his Commission and also returned home - That the said William Lee was a Fifer in Captain Emersons Company and part of the time a Fife Major -
Sworn and subscribed before me } this 28 day of September 1832 }
Isaac Mitchell
John Line
Notary Public

State of New York St Lawrence County ss I, Hovey (A Free Clerk of said County do hereby certify that the Hear John Dine before whom the foregoing affidavit of Isaac Mitchell (suspected to have been taken) was at the time of taking the said affidavit, Dink Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly authori- zed to take the same. And I further certify that am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and only believe the signature "John Dine" Subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 2nd day of October, In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two J. M. At
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Isaac Mitchell of Lisbon St Lawrence Co the person whose name is subscribed to the within affidavit and that he is a credible witness. June 1. 1830
John Dine Hovey of St Lawrence
I Alvin C Low Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of St Lawrence Do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original pro- ceedings of the said Court in the matter of William Lee on his application for a Pension

And that the signature of John Fine First Judge of S t Law Ct, subscribed to the said decla- ration & pro: ceedings, is well known to me, and that the same is his proper handwriting and that he was & is duly commissioned and sworn and acting as such Judge —
And that his signature to the prece- ding additional certificate is his own proper handwriting.
In Testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and seal of Office this 8 th day of June in the year of our Lord 1833. —
A. C. M c Cl re

Old. Quat.
18,085 ✓
William Lee St Lawrence Co. N.Y.
• Myrtle B. Hitchcock Agt. 11 Ogdensburg, N.Y.
Recd. 20 June 1871.
John C. Calhoun Esq. Secretary of War. Washington City.
This claim cannot be admitted, as it does not appear that he served 9 months as a soldier  J. L. E. June 22. 1871  Free

Wm Lee.
20m 10
7 mo 22d 5 fifer
En Letter to L Hasbrouck 14 Oct. 1833

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Wm Lee 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? Yes 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? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes 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

VI. 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? yes
VII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
VIII. 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?
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? yes
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? yes  no
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
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? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no
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, 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 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.

Rev. Wm
11172 INVALID.
File No. 11172
William Lee Fifa. R. na
Act: June 1 st 1832
Index:—Vol. a , Page 221
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ogdenburg N.Y. May 3 rd 3
Free
The Honble
John C. Calhoun Esq.
Secy. of War
Washington City
The claimant's name is on the Roll for only 8 months & 2 days -
 Inadmissible 

State of New York } ss: St Lawrence County }
On this Thirtieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me the subscriber First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of St Lawrence in the State of New York personally appears William Lee aged fifty two years resident in the Town of Owegatchie in the said County of St Lawrence 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 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." That he the said William Lee enlisted as a musician or Fifer, in the Town of Lyndesburgh in the State of New Hampshire in the Company commanded by Captain Emerson, in Colonel Sibley's Regiment, General Poors Brigade of the New Hampshire line, in the fall of the year 1776 for three years. That he continued to serve in the said corps and in the service of the United States until the winter of 1779 when he was discharged from service at or near White Marsh in the State of Pennsylvania. That he was in the battles at Bemis' Heights & at the taking of Burgoyne, and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support; that his discharge has been lost and that he

he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. —
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
William Lee
Nathan Ford - First Judge of S t Lawrence County
State of New York -
S t Lawrence County } ss: I Nathan Ford First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of S t Lawrence as aforesaid do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Lee did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding 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 - Witness my hand and the seal of the said court this Thirtieth day of April in the year of our Lord 1818. —
Nathan Ford
State of New York S t Lawrence County } ss: First Judge of S t Lawrence County
Hereby Certify that the above affidavit named Nathan Ford was at the date of the above affidavit and as First Judge of the County of said acting under the authority of state, and that the same is his signature - Witness my hand and seal of the County May 18, 1823
Herbelle B. Welchack P. M. S...

State of New York
Jefferson County ss On this fifth day of March 1821 personally appeared before me Robert Lee Esq. first Judge of Jefferson Common Pleas Samuel Britton of Lymn in the County aforesaid and made oath that he is well acquainted with William Lee of Coosburgh in the County of St. Lawrence What he knew the said William Lee to be in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war in the years 1778 and 1779 that he knows the said William Lee was in the Continental service in the years above mentioned in continuance about eighteen months that the said Lee belonged to Colonel Joseph Selby's Regiment New Hampshire troops a private in Captain Emerson's Company and waiter to Lieutenant William Lee who was father to the above William Lee and further this deponent saith not
Sam Britton
Sworn this 5 th day of March 1821 before me Robert Lee Esq. first Judge of Jeff. Com. Pleas
I certify that I am well acquainted with Sam Britton the person who subscribed the above affidavit and believe him to be a man of truth March 5 th 1821
Robert Lee Esq. first Judge of Jeff. Com. Pleas

State of New York } I Henry Sherwood Clerk of the County of Jefferson } County of Jefferson & do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said first judge & sincerely believe the within signature of "Egbert Ten Eyck" is his own proper hand writing Witness the seal of the County this fifth day of March 1821
Henry H Sherwood Clerk

State of New York } St Lawrence County } ss:
On this ninth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one personally appeared before me John Scott a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of St Lawrence, Isaac Mitchell of the Town of Lisbon in the said County of St Lawrence, who being by me duly sworn doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with William Lee (now of the County of St Lawrence) in the Revolutionary war, that he knows the said William Lee joined the United States Army in the Continental service in the months of May or June in the year 1777 at Ticonderoga - that he was a fifer in Captain Emerson's Company in Colonel Sill's Regiment, and General Poor's Brigade of the New Hampshire line - that this Deponent belonged to the same Regiment, and well knows that the said William Lee continued in the service from the time he knew him in the year 1777 until after the year 1777 until after the Battle of Monmouth in June 1778 - That the said William Lee was fifer in said Emerson's Company and also acted as waiter to his father William Lee who was a lieutenant in the same Company - that this deponent was a private in Captain Isaac Fawell's Company in the same Regiment, and knew the said William Lee (the fifer) to have been in the service during the time above specified & further saith not - sworn and subscribed before me } this ninth day of May 1821 - }
Isaac Mitchell
John Scott Justice Peace
I certify that the above named Isaac Mitchell is a credible witness & that I am well acquainted with him John Scott Justice Peace

State of New York } St. Lawrence County } ss. I Myrtle B. Welchcook Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that John Scott before whom the within affidavit appears to have been made is a Justice of the peace acting under the authority of this State in & for the County of St. Lawrence and that the same is his signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the County this 10 th day of May 1828.
Myrtle B. Welchcook