Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,622, for Henry Taylor, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Taylor, Henry
S 18622
B.Lt 26.550-160-55-
carded
CONTENTS

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 11 th April 1830 from 4 th Sept 1838 to 4 th March 1839 age notified 1 June 1840
13.423  Ohio Pittsburgh
Henry Taylor (15)
of Trumbull Co in the State of Ohio.
who was a Private, in the Co commanded by Captain Westbrook of the Reg t commanded by Col d Leely. in the New Jersey line for 23 mos
8 76. 66 / 100
Entered on the Roll of Ohio Pensions.
at the rate of 76 d Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of July 1833, and sent to A. P. Spalding, Warren Co Ohio.
Arrears to the 14 th of March. 1833. 153.32 Pensions allowance ending 4 Sept 33 38.33
$191.65
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded By (O. P. Palmer) Clerk, Book Vol. Page 129.
Reg d mss-7424

7424 March 22/55 Act March 3/55
Henry Taylor (16)
Revolutionary Rescuer Cleveland Agency
Revolutionary war
160 June 22-1342
AD: 16009 May 15/56 B. H. W.
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J. H. Aspin Swan
AD 160 A. H. Aspin, May 28/55 61 " " 18 July 32 Aug 29/61
Vol Hage Co.

No. 7138. Henry Taylor Trumbull County Ohio
13.423.
Return 14
Adm. 23. Months—
Rufus H. Spalding Warren Trumbull Co Ohio
George Parsons Clerk Trumbull County Court Ohio

(4)  BRIEF in the case of Henry Taylor of Trumbull County in the State of Ohio (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75  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.     Subst- Vol Vol " In 1777 1780 1 6 1 1 Private " " " Gen. Capt Cunterman Col Seely " Rabb " Webb " Johnson Col Hutchinson  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Shermishes with Brattle  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Tapsen Co. N.Y.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence - Living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Oyer Castor
Examining Clerk.

9424 Bounty Land Claims of Henry Taylor Revolutionary Pension of United States, under act of March 3, 1855
Presented by J. H. Asper Attorney of claimant Wapakoneta Ohio

The State of Ohio County of Trumbull ss
On this 16th day of March A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, E. D. King a justice of the peace within and for said county, Henry Taylor, aged 96 years, a resident of Brookfield, County of Trumbull and state of Ohio, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Henry Taylor who was placed on the Ohio Pension Roll, under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 at the rate of $76.66 per annum payable originally at Pittsburgh in the Ohio agency at that city, but latterly transferred to the Ohio agency at Cleveland where his said pension has been paid, and he states that the original pension certificate issued at the War Office on the 20 day of July A.D. 1833 and signed by John Rott Acting Secretary of War, is now in his possession whereof pension certificate is recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E. Vol 8 page 129 by Wm R Palmer Clerk. and he states that he is now regularly receiving his pension under said certificate.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act approved March 3. 1835. He also declares that he has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
Attest: George Smith James Christie
Henry Taylor Mark

We, James Christy and George Smith, Residents of Brookfield in the County and State aforesaid, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Henry Tabor in our presence, and that we know that the applicant is the identical person he represents himself to be.
James Christy George Smith
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 he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
E. D. King Justice of the Peace

Brookfield March 16. 1855
To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington City, D.C.
Sir:
I request that my claim for under the act Bounty Land, passed March 3. 1855, granting Bounty Land to certain officers and soldiers who had been engaged in the Military service of the United States, may be examined and if I am entitled to Bounty Land, I ask that a Certificate or Warrant may be issued therefor, which you will please forward to my attorney J. F. Aspin at Nasau, Ohio , whom I do hereby authorize and empower to prosecute my said claim and receive any warrant which may be issued therefor.
I am respectfully Yours obt. Servt.
his Henry Taylor Mark
Attest: . . . The words "under the act" were interlined before signing by the said Henry Taylor
James Christy George Smith

The State of Ohio Summit County ss
I, Almon D. Webb, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said County, do hereby certify that the above named E. D. King Esquire before whom the foregoing Declaration and Affidavit were made, was at the time the same was so made a justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and legally authorized to take the same, and to whose official acts full faith and credit are due; that the signature of said E. D. King above written I believe to be true and genuine; and that I have no interest in the pension claim of the said Henry Layton claim of the said Henry Layton, nor am I concerned in the prosecution thereof. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand official and affixed the seal of said Court this 17th day of March A.D. 1855.
Almon D. Webb, Clerk

Dep. of Rebecca Drake with regard to the Revolutionary Services of Henry Taylor.
First Deposition

Pennsylvania Washington County
(3)
Before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said county personally came Rebecca Drake of the said county who on her solemn oath did depose and say that her brother Henry Taylor now of Humboldt county in the state of Ohio, performed two tours of duty during the revolutionary war - One of which tours commenced in the spring and ended in the fall of the same year - In the other tour he was gone a considerable time, but how long she does not now recollect, nor can she now recollect the year in which the services were rendered - The said Henry Taylor then resided in New Town in Fayette county in the state of New Jersey - In one of the tours of duty he went as an enlisted soldier in the service of the United States and in the other as a volunteer - The said deponent thinks and believes the name of the Officer with whom her brother enlisted was Col. Hankinson or Hankison and on one of the occasions when he left home he went towards Amboy or Elizabeth Town, but she cannot now recollect the names of any other officers nor in what campaigns her said brother served.
In one of the tours aforesaid, a man named Aaron Hankison went from the same neighbourhood along with her brother, as a drummer - and further saith not.
Sworn & subscribed
before me 24 September 1822
John Marshall
Justice of the peace
Rebecca Drake
mark

Washington County ss The commonwealth of Pennsylvania I Thomas Officer Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas for said county do hereby certify that John A. Marshall Esquire, before whom, the foregoing deposition was taken, was at the time and now is a justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned, & that his signature to said deposition is genuine, & that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at Wash- -ington the 24th day of September A.D. 1832.
Thomas Officer Pro

Henry Taylor's Declaration for a Pension -
17138
V

The State of Ohio ss On this 24 th day of October A.D. 1882 (1) Trumbull County ss Personally appeared in open court before the court of common pleas now sitting at Warren within and for the county of Trumbull and State of Ohio, aforesaid, Henry Taylor a resident of Brookfield in said county Trumbull aged seventy-five 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 - I was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in what year I do not recollect as I have no record. From Thence I was removed with my father when four years of age to Newton Sussex County, New Jersey, where I entered the service of the United States in the year 1777 - for one month as a substitute for one Isaac Swattswelder of Hardwick Sussex County, New Jersey, under Lieutenants John Kirk and Bonone Aston; the Captain Conrad Cuntzman, being kept away by sickness, was not present; marched to Elizabeth Town where the regiments were commanded by Gen. Mims of Eliza- bethtown, Col. Seely of Elizabethtown, was engaged in skirm- ishes with the British when they burned Springfield, was marched to Hackensack River where we were discharged.
I entered the second time (I believe) in 1780 as a volunteer for six months under Captain George Rible, at Newton Sussex County New Jersey, marched to frontier on the Delaware against the Indians, where we spent the time.
The third time commenced soon after the expiration of the second at Ellisburg on the frontier, where I en- tered as a volunteer under Captain Peter Westbrook who was killed by the Indians, he was succeeded by his brother Major Samuel Westbrook, remained on the frontier till the close of the War when we were discharged and paid in Continental Money, & never received a written discharge, I was out in this third tour nine months .
I also volunteered to guard the prisoners of Burgoyne's Army, through the State of New Jersey to Philadelphia.

- Sometime in the Spring after the Surrender - our officers were Col. Henson of Newton New Jersey & Captain Henry Johnson of the same place -
I have lived in Brookfield, Trumbull County, Ohio for the last fifteen years, previously I lived in Sussex County New Jersey -
Ambrose Hart Esq. & Doctor Elijah Flower are persons to whom I am well known where I reside and will testify as to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state Sworn to & subscribed the the day & year aforesaid. } George Parsons Clk. } Henry his Taylor Mark
We Ambrose Hart and Elijah Flower residing in Brookfield Trumbull County & State of Ohio hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Taylor who has subscribed & sworn to the above Dec- -laration. That we believe him to be 75 years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. } George Parsons Clk. }
Elijah Flower
Ambrose Hart
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion. That the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certify that Elijah Flower and Ambrose Hart who have signed the preceding Certificate are residents in the Township of Brookfield, Trumbull County, Ohio and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit -

The State of Ohio Trumbull County
I George Parsons Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Henry Styler for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Warren this 19 th day of October A.D. 1832.
George Parsons Clerk.
is to be

Additional to claim
No 7.424.
7424 Henry Taylor
FREE
Commencement of Paulins
Boynton
Washington City
D.C. (1)

(19) Additional evidence to claim No. 7424.
7424
Henry Taylor
FILE
Bayton
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

26,550 (19)
160 acres

18622 INVALID.
Jan 79, H. B. to A McDowell Clerk, H of R 1912 May 8. N. R. Seaper adv. that which Dildine's aff. refers to service only - C
File No. 18622
Henry Taylor
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index: — Vol. / , Page 445
(Arrangement of 1870.)

L. H. SEAVER & SON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ABSTRACTS OF TITLE FURNISHED TO ANY REAL ESTATE IN KANSAS, TITLES EXAMINED AND PERFECTED. OFFICE: CORNER SECOND STREET AND DOUGLAS AVE
L. H. SEAVER W. R. SEAVER
ELLSWORTH, KANSAS. April 30th. 1912
Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Can you tell me whether Uriah Dildine who served as a private in the Sussex County New Jersey Militia, in the spring of 1777 under Captain Countryman, and under Capt. George Ribble about 1780, ever drew a pension, He was a witness in pension claim No. 18622, and I would like to know when he was born, when and where he died, and whether he left a widow, if so her name and the names of their children.
Did James Wankinson who served in Captain Walton's Troop of Light Dragoons, Monmouth Co. N.J. Militia, receive a pension ? When and where was he born, did he die, and did he leave a widow, her name and names of children. W. R. Seaver

Rev. War.
May 8, 1912.
Mr. W. R. Seaver, Ellsworth, Kansas.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 30 th ultimo and received the 4 th instant, you are advised that the Revolutionary War pension records fail to show that claims were ever filed on account of the services of James Hankinson or Uriah Dildine - and the affidavit of Uriah Dildine executed September 14, 1832, in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, which is filed in the claim of Henry Taylor , Sur. File No. 18,622, Rev. War - relates to their service only, and does not state when Dildine was born, or his age in 1832, therefore this Bureau has no further information concerning him.
Very respectfully,
L. Williams Acting Commissioner.

6. Mott #~ Deposition for Henry Taylor.

Crawford County to State of Pennsylvania September the 13th 1832
(v)
Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in & for the County aforesaid Christopher Mott who being duly sworn according to law doth on his solemn oath say that I am well acquainted with Henry Taylor formerly of the State of New Jersey now Ohio and I saw him in camp on the Beaver Delaware under Captain George Rible about the year 1780 and served six months as a volunteer and Samuel Westbrooks was Major of the corps at that time Sworn and Subscribed Sept the 13th AD 1832
Henry Taylor Brother of the Reuer Crawford County
His Christopher Mott Justice
Crawford County to State of Pennsylvania September the 13th AD 1832 Personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid William Mott who being duly sworn according to law doth on his solemn oath say that I am well acquainted with Henry Taylor formerly of the State of New Jersey now Ohio and I saw him in camp in Pennsylvania in the year 1777 in the Service for one month in Colonel Kellys Regiment our Captain was sick and did not come and Lieutenant was John Kirk Patrick & Beacom Boston and I was with him in the six months town aluded to in the above deposition Sworn and Subscribed Sept the 13th AD 1832 before me
William Mott
James Mason Justice of peace Crawford County

Crawford County, I Edward A. Reynolds Prothonotary of the County of the County of Crawford do hereby certify that Alexander Pow- er and James Mason whose names are subscribed to the foregoing deposition are each of them Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned as such and that the signature signature of said Justices are genuine and of their hand writing and that full faith and credit is due to all their official acts as such in Courts of Justice as the where.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Sub- scribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Courts of Common Pleas & Quarempa the 20th day of September A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Fees 25 cts Paid E. A. R.
Edward A. Reynolds Protho. of C.P. & Q.P.

Warrenton Mar. 17, 1855. Commr of Pensions
Sir:
Herewith enclosed I forward you the application of Henry Taylor Pensioner under act June 7, 1832, for Bounty Land under act of March 3, 1833.
The papers are enclosed according to instructions.
When found send warrant to me.
Yours respectfully & fully J. P. Asper
Hon. L. P. Waldo Commr Washington.

(12)
Warren 6 August 1835 Comm. of Pensions
Sir:
The Bounty Land Claim of Henry Layler No 74241 I have heard nothing of as yet. I think there should be a warrant in this case before this time, or a report. I have received warrants in cases on claims numbered over 20,000 Has the warrant been issued & forwarded? If so it has never been received.
Let me hear from it
I am respectfully
Yours, ob't Serv't
J. P. Alper Atty for claim.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 29 th 1840.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1833, 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," Henry Taylor, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburgh Pa. Agency, at the rate of Seventy Six — Dollars and Sixty Six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1838, to the 4 th March 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
William H. Harrison Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

(10) Warren April 23, 1886 Comm. of Pensions
Sir:
Congress having passed a law to extend the act of March 3, 1885, under which suspended cases can now be allowed, I beg to ask that the case of Henry Taylor Rea- holding, be now taken up and allowed -
The claim is No 7424
Respectfully J. H. D. D. D.
City for Chairman

Warren O March 4, 1856. Commr of Pensions Sir:
I ask that the claim of Henry Taylor No. 7424 act March 3. 1835, heretofore suspended for want of second proof be now taken up & allowed under the provisions of the resolution recently passed extending the act of 1835 in certain cases. The claims of Rev. Soldiers being within the resolution & this being one of those cases I ask its allowance.
I am respectfully Yours ob t Serv t J. F. Asper

Henry Taylors Application for Pension —
R. P. Spalding Warren Furness Co. O

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Henry Taylor which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?

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? no XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no 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? Living Witnesses 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? No Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 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? 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.

Dr Henry Taylor Application
Magistrates Certificate as to the Credibility of Witnesses -

State of Pennsylvania Crawford County ss - 3
(8)
L.S.
I do hereby certify that Christopher Mott, whose Affidavit as to the Rev- olutionary services of Henry Taylor of Ohio was taken before me on the 13 th day of September 1832 is a man of truth and veracity and that his Affi- -davit is entitled to full faith & credence - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Spring Township in said County of Crawford this third day of May A.D. 1833.
Myer Powne
Justice of the Peace
State of Pennsylvania Crawford County ss - 3
L.S.
I do hereby certify that Uriah Dildine, whose Affidavit as to the Revolutionary services of Henry Taylor of Ohio, was taken before me on the 14 th day of September 1832, is a person of strict truth and veracity and that his said Affidavit is entitled to full faith & credit - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at South Shenango Township, said County this first Sunday of May A.D. 1833 -
James Mason Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania Crawford County
I certify that Alexander Board and James Mason are acting Justices of the peace in and for their County, that the handwriting of their Justices are genuine and their own signatures. That they are duly commis- sioned and that full faith and credit is due to all their acts as such in course of Justice as else where
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office the 4 th day of May 1833.
Ebenezer A. Dymner
Prothonotary & Clerk of the several courts of Crawford County

Henry Taylors Amended Declaration

(6) The State of Ohio Trumbull County ss. ss Brookfield April 22 d A.D. 1833.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace within and for said County of Trumbull, Henry Taylor of said Brookfield, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he served his Country as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War the periods mentioned below and in the following grades; For one month as a private in Captain Conrad Bantman Company of New Jersey Militia under Lieutenant John Kirkpatrick and Ensign Benoni Astor in Colonel Peckys Regiment. For Six months as a private in Captain John Johnsons Company in the same Regiment - At this time I was enlisted by Colonel Aaron Hankerson who lived near Suss Court House - I was marched to Newark and from there to Hackensack on Hackensack River - When my first Declaration was drafted, the Draftsman, by mistake, omitted this last mentioned six months service, which is the same alluded to by Rebecca Drake in her Deposition as an enlistment under Col. Hankerson and as continuing from Spring until Fall - For Six months I served as a Volunteer and a private in Captain George Ribbles Company, on the Delaware, against the Indians - This was in 1780 as I think - For Nine months I served as a volunteer and a private in Captain Peter Westbrooks Company against the Indians - For one month I served as a volunteer and a private under Captain Henry Johnson of Newtown, N.J. - This was previous to my service against the Indians - We at this time quarded Burgoynes Men through New Jersey to Philadelphia - For the above described period of Twenty three months I was not employed in any civil pursuit but was called into service by competent authority & served my Country faithfully and for such service I claim a pension - There is no Clergyman Henry his Scryler in my neighborhood at this time - I have sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year as first above written, and I also certify that said Henry Taylor is a man of strict truth & veracity.
Ambrose Hark Justice Peace

The State of Ohio } George Parsons Clerk of the Summit County } Court of Common Pleas for said County of Summit do hereby certify that Asahel Root Esquire whose signature in his own proper hand writing is affixed to the within and foregoing certificate is and was at the time of subscribing the same and acting Justice of the peace for the Township of Brookfield in said County of Summit, duly commis- sioned and sworn agreeably to the Laws of said State of Ohio and that full faith and credence is due his official acts. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 18th day of May A.D. 1833 George Parsons Clerk

Rebecca Drake Deposition
Second Deposition

(7) The State of Ohio Trumbull County ss 3 d Brookfield April 24. A.D. 1833.
Before me, the undersigned, a justice of the Peace in and for said County personally came Rebecca Drake, formerly of Washington County in the State of Pennsylvania now of Brookfield aforesaid, who being duly sworn on her oath deposeth and saith that according to the best of her information and belief she is now twenty three years of age - that Henry Taylor of said Brookfield is her Brother and that he is reputed to be seventy six years of age. This Deponent further saith that at the Commencement of the American Revolutionary war the said Henry Taylor and herself lived in Newtown in Sussex County and State of New Jersey - that she this Deponent distinctly recollects that her said Brother Henry Taylor was out at different times during said war as a soldier in the service of his Country, but how many times and for how long a period she cannot say - This Deponent well recollects however that at one time he was enlisted by Colonel Hawkins - and left home in the Spring and returned in the ensuing Fall - At one time when he left home he was marched towards Annapolis or Elizabeth town. Rebecca her Drake Mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace as aforesaid the 24 th day of April A.D. 1833 - And I do hereby certify that the above named Rebecca Drake is a credible person and that her statement as above is justly entitled to credit -
John Briggs justice of the Peace.

The State of Ohio ss I George Parsons Clerk of the Court. Greenbush County ss of Common Pleas for said County of Greenbush do hereby certify that John Briggs Esquire whose signature in his own proper hand writing is affixed to the within and foregoing certificate is and was an acting Justice of the Peace at the time of subscribing the the same, and that his official acts are entitled to full faith and credence. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affix- ed the Seal of said Court this
George Parsons Clerk