Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2130, for Alexander Lane, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Loane, Alexander Abigail
No 2130
B.L.Wt 26069-160-55
CONTENTS

1811, 1920
Pennsylvania
Alexander Lane
of Bradford Co. in the State of Penn s who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Livingston of the Reg t V ol. commanded by Col. Cantine in the N. York Troops time for 10 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of July 1833 and sent to D. Bullock North Smithfield Pa.
Arrears to the 1 th of March 1833 66.66 Semi-annual allowance ending Sep. 1833 16.66
$ 83.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Book E Vol. 5
Clerk,
Page 35

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 1 st March to 4 th Sep 1840 Ag t notified 8 th June 1841

D 5823 Emma Phila Miguel Lane widow of Alexr Lane who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private of Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of Dec r 1857 and sent to
Hen G. A. Grow House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1818, Page 241. Vol. 2.
Reg 3 in 58-40950

40.950.
Set March 3/55 April - 4/55
Mr. R. W. Bates Aug 28/55 let. " " Oct 25 " " July 48 - no 5823
Abigail Lane, widow of Alexander Lane, Private Revolutionary War
Capt. " " " Col. " " " Mil.
Ent. day of dis. day of War. Revolution
"Now a Pensioner of the U. S."
AD:160000, May 16/55 B. B. Bates
Mr. Schuyler Present
A. A. Bates, atty Present
Vol I, page 10

State of Pennsylvania County of Northampton
On the 21 st day of March 1855
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Northampton, I believe, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing application, to wit: a resident of Northampton County in the State of Pennsylvania, who being duly sworn, deposes and says that she is the identical widow of Alexander Lane deceased who was a private in the revolutionary war - reference being had to the Department of the Interior for proofs of service & identity. She knows now in her possession the following Certificate (I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2 nd 1848, Abigail Lane widow of Alexander Lane who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty three dollars and 75 cents per annum commencing on the 4 th of March 1848 and continuing for life unless she marries again (marriage in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage -). Given at the Department of the Interior this twentieth day of December 1851 - J. H. H. H. Hunt - Secy of the Interior (J. H. Hall - Com. Pension) Record in Bureau file page 241, vol 2 nd and that she is now his widow and has never intermarried since his death - She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under act approved March 3 rd 1855
I certify the above certificate from the Department is a true copy of the one in her papers
Abigail X Lane mark
J. H. Randall J.P. J. V. Dennis

Mr J. V. Daniels and Zephaniah Lane Resident of Berington Bradford County State of Pennsylvania upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Abigail Lane in our presence and that we believe and know from the appearance & facts and statements of the affiant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be - from the fact that we have long known her when she lived with her husband Alexander Lane and know that he died in our midst & left this identical woman as his widow & knows that she has claimed pension from the United States as his widow. J. V. Daniels Zephaniah Lane
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed by me on the day and year above written to wit the 21 st day of March 1855 and I certify that the affiants to be credible persons that I myself know the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no intent in this Claim. J. B. Randall J.P.
State of Pennsylvania
Bradford County
38 I Allen M c Keen Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of the County of said do hereby certify that S ell Randell is and was at the time of making the foregoing cer- tificate an acting Justice of the Pleas in and for said County and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Tow- anda the 24 th day of March A.D. 1855
Allen M c Keen Protho
Filed by R.W. Bates - Present.

State of Pennsylvania Bradford County } ss
On this thirty first day of December personally appeared before Hon. Jerry Adams, One of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Abigail Lane, a resident of Burlington, in the County and State aforesaid, aged eighty 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 17 th 1844, entitled "An act to continue the pensions of certain widows", that she is the widow of Alexander Lane who was a private in the army of the Revolution, and that he received a pension for his services of thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum - that his pension certificate was dated July 12 th 1833 and is recorded in Book E. Volume 5 th page 35, as appeared by endorsement on said certificate, which has been surrendered that she has no evidence of his services, other than was furnished by him She further declares that she was married to the said Alexander Lane on the eleventh day of August in the year seventeen hundred and eighty seven that her husband the aforesaid Alexander Lane died on the twenty second day of December A.D. 1844; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place prior to the first

of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, in the time above stated
Sworn to and Subscribed } on the day and year before } 1851 written before me by the Abigail K. Lane making of her oath } oath
Jere Adams. Spencer Magee
I Certify that Abigail Lane, the above affiant, is unable by reason of her age and bodily infirmity to attend Court.
Jere Adams Spencer Magee
State of Pennsylvania } Bradford County }
I Allen M. Kean Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Brad- ford do hereby Certify that Jere Adams is one of the Associate Judges of the several courts of the County of Bradford duly Commissioned & qualified and his acts as such are entitled to full faith & Credit In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office at Towanda the 2 nd day of Jany A.D. 1851. I also further Certify that the above signatures purporting to be his are genuine
Allen M. Kean Prothonotary

10667
Henry Leamer
2nd March 1833
Off 5
Admitted 10 mo's 33.33
D. Bullock Esq North Smithfield ps

BRIEF in the case of  Abt Lane of Burlington  County of Burlington in the State of Pennsylvania  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? General  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70  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 1781 9 Private  Capt. Livingston, Col. Clinton  Capt. Conine   Was not in General  Clinton's army  when it was in  Pennsylvania   
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Northampton - New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? As to witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? He makes no relapse as having 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
John H. ... Examining Clerk.

Alex & Lane
6907

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7 th , 1832
State of Pennsylvania Bradford County } ss
On this 12 th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the honorable Edward H. Creek Pres- ident & the honorable John William & Jonathan Stevens his associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county now sitting Alexander Lane a resident of Burlington Township in the county of Bradford & state of Pennsylvania aged 40 years in part next 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. 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated That he enlisted as a private at Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County New York in a company commanded by Capt Elliott Livingston in a Battalion of Col. Carters Light Artillery March 10 th the first of April 1814 - went to New York where he remained until the 10 th of May when he moved to Albany where he remained until the 15 th of June when he moved to Albany where he remained until the 20 th of June when he moved to Albany where he remained until the 25 th of June when he moved to Albany where he remained until the 30 th of June when he moved to Albany where he remained until the 1 st of July when he moved to Albany where he remained until the 5 th of July when he moved to Albany where he remained until the 10 th of July when he moved to Albany where he remained until the 15 th of July when he moved to Albany where he remained until the 20 th of July when he moved to Albany where he remained until the 25 th of July when he moved to Albany where he remained until the 30 th of July when he moved to Albany where he remained until the 1 st

West point and Fish hill at which some place he understood some were stationed but does not know what officers they were under
He made several short tours in addition to the above for a few days at a time in care of prisoners - at one time at one time received an order to march a train in the city back of the North River about thirty five miles and on the third morning but does not recall the name of the captain he was under the quantity of the train was second class - he was not in any battle and does know the name was in the Maryland & state troops he was born in Dutch county New York town of Poughkeepsie at the time of enlistment lived at New Paltz (opposite Poughkeepsie) in Ulster county where the war he has lived about 4 years at New Paltz - at the time he had in Newburg seven years - from there moved to a place about three miles north of West Point where he lived in Ulster county New York and he lived in said county from that to thirty five years where he now resides - he has no record of his age in any documentary evidence of his service - there is no person living near him who knows of his service who has not seen any person who has such knowledge for thirty years past - Brea Long & Thomas Overton are acquainted with the applicant and he believes will testify to his character & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution - there is no other documentary being near the applicant
at New Paltz
Alexander Long
Full Part
We Brea Long residing in the township of Gray & Thomas Overton residing in the township of Grafton - both in the county of Madison Pennsylvania hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Alexander Long who has now reached and even to the above declaration that we believe him to be 70 years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neigh- -borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Thos. Overton Brea Long
Full Part

And the said Court do hereby declare that - of course after the investigation of the matter and after giving the interrogatories prescribed by the court department that the above mentioned applicant was a candidate within and served as he states - and the court further find that it appears to them that one or more of the persons who signed the preceding interrogatories are not the persons to whom the same were sent - the other is a knowledge to which both of the persons named are credible persons and that their statements were true to the best of their knowledge.
By the court
J. O.'Neill Pres.
I James O'Neill Clerk of the Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Alexander Lane for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 14th day of September 1870.
J. O'Neill Prothonotary
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in & for the county of Bradford & state of Pennsylvania Alexander Lane who being duly sworn deposes to & says that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot recollect particularly as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below in the following grades.
For nine months I served as a private in the company of Capt. Robert Livingston & Capt. Philip Conner (Pennsylvania Key Stone Battery) as set forth in the foregoing application.
For one month I served as a private in the militia in a company the Captain's name I have forgotten. The Lieutenant never was before me & the undersigned.
Given to me the use of the name of Alexander Lane in the foregoing and for the reasons therein expressed.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension on account of the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any army or navy. He knows to the best of his knowledge that the 15th day of April 1833 before me Abram Pinehurst of the peace.
Alexander Lane

Bradford County ss.
I James P. Bull, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that Abiram Pierce, before whom the within affidavit was was made, was at the date thereof, recognized in the said Court as a duly qualified Justice of the Peace; and that I am acquainted with his signature and believe the within purporting to be his to be genuine. Witness my hand and official seal this 23 d day of April, A.D., 1833.
J. P. Bull

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
Acc-3 Am
March 24, 1927
Mrs. R. B. Allen Ulster Pa.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 5130 , it appears that Alexander Lane was born in Poughkeepsie, New York.
While residing at New Paltz, New York, he enlisted in March or April 1781 and served as a private in Captains Gilbert Livingston's and Conine's Companies, Colonel Cantine's New York Regiment. He was also out on several alarms, at one time under Lieutenant DePuy.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 12, 1832, while a resident of Burlington Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at which time he stated that he was "aged seventy years January next". He died December 22, 1844.
Soldier married August 11, 1785 or 1787 at New Paltz, New York, Abigail Mills. She was allowed

pension on her application executed January 2, 1851, while a resident of Burlington Township, Pennsylvania, aged eighty years.
There were thirteen children, only names stated being- Sally, the eldest who was dead in 1851; and Hannah Swan, who was sixty-one years old in 1851.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
April 19th, 1899.
Sir:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that Alexander Lane made an application for pension on September 12, 1832, at which time he was 70 years of age and residing at Burlington, Bradford County, Penna., and his pension was allowed for ten months' actual service as a private in the New York troops, Revolutionary war. He alleges to have enlisted in April, 1881, at Poughkeepsie, New York. He served under Capt. Livingston and Col. Cantine.
His widow, Abigail, made an application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Edgar C. Lane, Guthrie Center, Iowa. c/o Guthrie State Bank.

Ulster, Pa. Jan. 29, 1927.
Office of Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen: I wish to obtain the war record of Alexander Lane, Third New York Militia, Revolutionary War. We know he was born at North Castle, N.Y., in 1761, joined under Colonel Livingston, was in the Montgomery expedition, and was present at the surrender of Burgoyne. He became eighteen years of age the day of this surrender. I am especially anxious to learn the date of his marriage to Abigail Mills of Poughkeepsie which occurred at that place soon after the close of the war. I wish this data as I desire to become affiliated with the Daughters of the American Revolution. It has been suggested by the Adjutant-General's Office that you may have this information.
I will greatly appreciate any information you may give me.
Yours truly,
Mrs. R. B. Allen.

Sayre Pa. May 27 1911
May 27 1911
Pension Dept.
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen,
I find that Alexander Leane served in the Revolutionary war under Colonel Matthias Willett (Page 90 of New York in the Revolution) also general index of the same (Page 404) He was pensioner in 1840, in Burlington Bradford Co. Penna. Can you send me papers to substantiate my claim to receive a D. R. R. (Alexander Leane)

Being my Great-grandfather Am anxious to join by the first of June, hoping to have an early and favorable report from you I am Yours Resp. Mrs J. H. Weaver

E. C. Lane, President
Hatt. Barrell, Vice Pres.
F. H. Kephart, Cashier
The Guthrie State Bank
Incorporated under the Laws of Iowa Paid up Capital $20,000
Guthrie Center, Iowa
1899
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
My great-grandfather, Alexander Lane, served in the army from New Bedford, N.Y., and was in the service at the capture of the British army under General Burgoyne at Saratoga, Oct. 17, 184. I understand that, in consequence of the loss of the records at his death, his widow, Abigail Lane, received a pension. His last place of residence at the time of his death was probably either Luther's Mills or Burlington, Bradford County, Penn. I would like to be able to find the exact date of his services and in what company, and in what battles, and to know with reference to his services by the records in your office.
ac
Thanking you in advance for your kind reply and
Very truly yours,
Edgar C. Lane

Apr 1949 - Etcham Esther Patten Iowa May 24-1911 Mr J. S. Manning Sayre Pa Apr. 13. 1912. To Mr. Genl. U. S. A. for Tombstone.
1927 mch 24 - Miss E. mrs R. B. Allen
Parker
2130
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2130  Abigail Lane  Widow  Alexander Lane  Proc. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 2. 1848.
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 116
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Brief in the case of Abigail Lane, widow of Herabiah Lane Bradford County and State of Pennsylvania act 17 June 1846
Claim. ("original," for increase )
Proof exhibited. (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a householder Marriage proved by living witness & by date of children's ages
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what
Name and residence of Agent.
Wm G. & Groves P.O. Box
J. Cole Examining Clerk.

Washington Oct 18. 1855
Hon J. Minter
Sir
On the 1 st of April last I filed in your Office the Claim of Katherine Moore N o 40.981 and Judith Hammersly N o 40.949 on the 4 th of the same Month the Application of Abigail Lane N o 40.950 and James Brownlee N o 40.943 - On the 7 th of the same the Claim of Henry Green N o 48.885, all for Bounty Land under Act of March 3. 1855, which I have not received Warrants for although I have received Warrants for Claims filed at a much later date, you will please have these Cases examin- ed and let me hear from them as soon as convenient
Very Respectfully Yours J. M. Bates

No 31 40950
Bounty Land Claim
Abigail Lane, widow of John Lane Rev. Penn
11st March 3. 1855
Filed April 2. 1855 by W. W. Bates Present

Wm L. P. Waldo Censor of Prisons
Washington City Dec 1853
Sir
I enclose herewith the Application of Mrs. Abigail Lane for increase of the Pension of her deceased husband Abiel Lane, as also a Power of Attorney in my favour to make the necessary examination of reports on file in your Office.
Very Respectfully Yours
A. M. Bates

Tuckahoe Pa 29 th May 1857
Hon. Jas E. Wirtz
It Sir
Last Winter I sent to your Department the application of Abigail Lewis for a pension Will you please inform me what if anything has been done in the case
I am Sir very -
Respectfully Your Obedt Servt Mrs Brisbin

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 3 rd , 1841.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Alexander Lane — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Agency, at the rate of Thirty Three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March, to the 1 st Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Alvin H. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Sir I enclose the previous papers of Alexander Levi which you will please return to me with the certificate when issued
I have to request some information of the officers of Elkins Gate New House David Hop & Theodore Andrews all of Bradford Co Pa
Yours respectfully
North Smithfield Bradford Co Pa David Bullock
Recd April 23. 1833

State of Pennsylvania County of Bradford
Be it known that on the 25 day of Nov 1853 before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Abigail Loom a resident of Bradford County Township of Kingston and made oath according to law that she is the legal widow of Alexander Loom who was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the pension act
That she is deeply interested as a claimant in said pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or argument as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim. Countersigned and renouncing all claims of Attorney and authority heretofore given I hereby constitute and appoint R. W. Bates of Washington City my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Alexander Loom for any amount of Revo- lutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine in relation to said claim on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere to file additional evidence or argument and to receive for my exclusive benefit the certificate which may be issued for said claim which certificate I must make payable at the Washington City and Agency to appoint one or more substitute under him for the purpose herein expressed and to do all things that I might or could do were I

personally present - Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises Shigeil the Lane not
I swear to subscribe & acknowledge
before me this day and year above written & I hereby certify that I believe the said Shigeil Lane to be the person described in said Claim as set forth & to be the identical widow of the said Alexander Lane
Hubbell Whitehead J. P. Dennis
State of Pennsylvania County of Bradford
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me the Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions that Shigeil Lane the party who has sworn to and acknowledged the foregoing declaration and Power of Attorney is the identical widow of Alexander Lane the reputed sole heir of said estate. I further certify that Hubbell Whitehead Esq. before whom the proceedings, affidavits and Power of Attorney were made & acknowledged was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in & for said county and that the signature purporting to be his I believe to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & official Seal at Tow- anda the 26 th day of November 1853
Alvin H. Kean Prothonotary

Imp. 2/2/54 Rel: to case of Abigail Farn
Free Inst. Smithson. M.C.
FREE
Prof. E. W. Cottle Court of Public Washington D.C.

3 and 4 3 rd 1- 1/2 1/2 - 1 2- 1/2 1/2 - 2 3- 1/2 1/2 - 3 4- 1/2 1/2 - 4 5- 1/2 1/2 - 5 6- 1/2 1/2 - 6 7- 1/2 1/2 - 7 8- 1/2 1/2 - 8 9- 1/2 1/2 - 9 10- 1/2 1/2 - 10 11- 1/2 1/2 - 11 12- 1/2 1/2 - 12 13- 1/2 1/2 - 13 14- 1/2 1/2 - 14 15- 1/2 1/2 - 15 16- 1/2 1/2 - 16 17- 1/2 1/2 - 17 18- 1/2 1/2 - 18 19- 1/2 1/2 - 19 20- 1/2 1/2 - 20
9 1/2 1/2 6 Chas. J. Munro Commissioner of Pensions (Signed)

Ms No 735
Abigail Lane widow of Alex r Ira
Act of 17 th June 1844
From John Brishane Apr 29/57 Let to same Sept 24/57.

699 Anna Phila Abigail Lane widow of Alexander who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1th day of March, 1843.
22 d Decr. 1844 Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of Decr. 1851 and sent to
Hon. G. A. Grow House of Reps [Act of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book W Vol. 2 Page 111

✓ 26,069
J New Ames

✓ No 662 No 735
Abigail Lamb, wd of Alex
Pa
Apr 17 June 1844
Marr'd 1787
Hus d died 22. Dec 1844
Oldm o 10 mos per p 33.33
for sum m comg
22 Dec 1844
Apr 17 June 1844
" 2 Feb 1848
She
Hon G. A. Grow, W of R

State of Ohio, county of ... William A. Wetzel, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, on the twenty first day of December A.D. 1850, Daniel H. Mills, a resident of the Township of Pittsfield in said County, who being by me duly sworn according to law, saith on his oath that he is aged seventy years and upwards, having been seventy years of age on the 18 th day of April now last past; that he was present at the marriage of Abigail Mills, now Abigail Lane, to Alexander Lane, that the said Abigail is a sister of his affiant, that the said marriage took place at the house of the father of this affiant at New Paltz, in the County of Ulster and State of New York, on or about the eleventh day of August in the year Seven hundred and eighty five, that the said marriage ceremony was performed and solemnized by the Rev. Jonathan Sturtevant, and that the said Abigail Lane is now the widow of the said Alexander Lane, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner. Daniel H. Mills
Sworn and subscribed the day & year first above written before me. Wm. A. Wetzel
Justice of the Peace.
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Daniel H. Mills the above affiant, and that he is a person in good repute for truth and veracity.
Wm. A. Wetzel
Justice of the Peace.

State of Michigan
Washburn County
SSS I John B Mundy clerk of the County of of Washburn and also clerk of the Circuit Court of said County do hereby certify that William A Fletcher before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have taken was at the date of said affidavit a justice of the peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified and by Law authorized to take the same And I do further certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said William A Fletcher and his signature thereto is genuine.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County and Court at
Ames Ad on this twenty first day of December in the year eighteen hundred and fifty.
John B Mundy Clerk

Bradford County } State of Pennsylvania }
Before me J. M. Wilson a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid, personally came Hannah Swan who being duly sworn according to law, cuttled on her oath before said say, that she is the daughter of Alexander and Rachel Swan that she is now in the years of age that her father Alexander Swan was a revolution- ary pensioner, and for upwards of forty years prior to his death, resided in Burlington in said County, and that with the exception of four years, she has resided in the same place. That she had a sister named Sally now deceased, who if she had lived to the date would have been fifty three years of age. That her father and mother always lived together, raising a family of thirteen chil- dren, of whom Sally was the eldest, until the decease of her father the said Alexander Swan & his wife. Given under my hand this 21 st day of November A.D. 1857
J. M. Wilson } J.P. }
I certify that I am acquainted with Hannah Swan the above deponent, and that she is a woman of good repute for truth and veracity and respected in her neighborhood.
J. M. Wilson } J.P. }

State of Pennsylvania } Bradford County }
I Allen M c Lean Clerk of Common Pleas, Bradford Co. within named in a justice of the Peace in and for said County of Bradford and the signature to the written affidavit reporting to be his, in presence
Prothonotary of the Pleas in and for said County of Bradford by the signature of the Prothonotary in a justice of the Peace in and for said County of Bradford and the signature to the written affidavit reporting to be his,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 24 th day of October A.D. 1857
Allen M c Lean Prothonotary