Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,299, for Charles Sullivan, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Sullivan Charles Rhoda
R 10299
CONTENTS

State of New York, 3 County of Chenango, 3
Be it known That before me Elijah Fenton Jr a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Polly Dorn aged seventy six years a resident of Pitcher Chenango county New York aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law says that she is the identical person who made an affidavit which affidavit she supposes is now on file at the Pension office N. C. touching the marriage of Charles Sullivan and Rhoda Lloyd (for that was her maiden name before her marriage) The facts associated with the event touching their marriage are as follows. On the fourth day of November seventeen hundred and ninety seven she this deponent was confined at the birth of her fourth child which child was named Katharine and that the said Rhoda was her nurse which nurse had been keeping house during the summer and fall previous to this deponents confinement as aforesaid for the said Charles Sullivan who by the way was this deponents own Uncle and an old Bachelor so called at that time and that in the month of January following about one month from Christmas this deponent with an invitation to the wedding of the said Charles Sullivan and Rhoda Lloyd was present at her Uncle Charles Sullivans house in Princetown Schenectady county New York and saw the said Charles Sullivan and Rhoda Lloyd married together by George Watson a Justice of the Peace which Justice has long since deceased. — One other circumstance which would naturally tend to help this deponents memory touching the date of the said marriage is this. My Uncle Charles Sullivan at his marriage was somewhat advanced in years and the girl (Rhoda Lloyd) to whom he was married to being quite young together with other visible tokens created in this deponents mind suspicion that all was not right or as it should be. — Hence this deponent kept dates in her mind of their first born which

birth took place but five months and a day or two after the marriage of her Uncle Charles Sullivan to the said Rhode Lloyd
The reasons why this deponent remembers thus distinctly is from the birth of her fourth child and the premature birth of their (Charles Sullivan and Rhode his wife) first born their being but between seven and eight months the difference between the ages of the two children her
Dolly J. Horn mark.
Sworn to and subscribed this 27 th day of March 1857 before me
Elijah Henton Jr. Justice of the Peace
Cincinnati Court House State of New York
METZOM LETTER CLOUT OF ENGL

State of New-York, } ss. Chenango County Clerk's Office, }
I, NELSON PELLET , Clerk of said County, Do Certify,
That, Elijah Henton Jr. Esquire, before whom the annexed instrument was proved or acknowledged, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE , in and for said County, duly authorized and qualified to take the same. And further, That I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the signature thereto purporting to be his, is genuine; and that the said instrument is executed in accordance with the Laws of the State of New-York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, this fifteenth th day of April 1851.
A. Buel Clerk.

State of New York County of Madison
On this 19 th day of October 1849 personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly authorized by law to administer oaths; Maria Sullivan, a resident of the town of Cazenovia, in the county of Madison, aforesaid aged sixty eight years, who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 29 th 1842. That this deponent believes that the services of Charles Sullivan who was a Private in the United States service in the years 1777 and 1778 as set forth in the annexed affidavit made by Charles Patterson November 17 th 1818 before Henry Gates Jr. Mayor of the City of Schenectady was true as therein stated, from the fact that I am well acquainted with said Charles Patterson who signed the affidavit referred to and that he is entitled to full credit, and this deponent further believes that her late husband (Charles Sullivan) served his country in the Revolutionary War the term as above stated, from the fact that she has often heard him the said Charles Sullivan (her husband) services spoken of, and it was and is generally believed and never contradicted that he served his country as above stated. And she further declares that she and the aforesaid Charles Sullivan were married together at the house of the said Charles Sullivan in the town of Rinecktown, in the county of Schenectady, and State of New York, where house she then kept by the side of the said Charles Sullivan on the 25 th day of January seventeen hundred and ninety eight, and that her husband died on the fourth day of

24 th day of September 1822, in the Town of Pithca, Chautauqua County, New York, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second of January 1800, viz: at the time above stated, and that she has seven and but seven surviving chil- -dren by her late husband and their names and ages -are as follows, to wit, Charles a son was born on the 27 th day of June 1798, - Elizabeth a Daughter was born on the 14 th day of May 1801, - Rebecca a Daughter was born on the 14 th day of April 1803, Eunice a Daughter was on the 11 th day of June 1806, Rhoda a Daughter was born on the 30 th day of June 1808, Lloyd a son was born on the 9 th day of April 1815, Mary a Daughter was born March 9 th 1817. She further avers that she is now a widow of the said Charles Sullivan, and that she has never before made any application for a pension, and that she has no record of her marriage and knows of none. The truth of which will more fully appear by reference to the proof herewith annexed. She further says that the reason why she makes her declaration before a Justice of the Peace is in consequence of bodily infirmity which prevents her from appearing before a court of record. This deponent further says that from the best information she can get her late husband entered into the service of the United States as stated in Charles Patterson's affidavit herewith annexed.
Sworn and subscribed to before me on this 19 th day of October 1849 B. T. Clarke Justice of peace
Mr. Rhoda X Sullivan mark
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Rhoda Sullivan who testified in the above affidavit and have been for several years and that she is entitled to full credit Oct 19. 1849 B. T. Clarke Justice of peace

N.B. I certify the reason the said Khoda Sullivan signed the foregoing by making her mark is inability to write by reason of old age and infirmity Also the word "eighteen" in the above was erased and the word "seventeen" interlined before execution. Oct 19. 1849 B. T. Clarke Justice peace
State of New York
Madison County Clerk's Office
I Lorenzo D. Dana clerk of said county hereby certify that Benjamin T. Clarke whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit and certificate was at the time the same bears date a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly elected and qualified according to law and authorized to take such affi- davits, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe the signatures to said affidavit and certificate are genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said county the 14 th day of January 1850 L. D. Dana Clerk per J. T. Bentley Dept. Clks clerk absent

Schenectady ss Charles Patterson being duly known deponeth and saith that he was acquainted with Charles Sullivan in the years 1777 & 1778 during the revolutionary war that he knew him to be enlisted in the service of the said United States under Capt. Lyman Peck that this deponent was enrolled in the same company in the capacity of a teamster that they served together for two years Given this 17 th day of Charles Patterson November 28. 18. 1840. before me Henry Yates Jr. Mayor of Schenectady
STATE OF NEW-YORK, COUNTY OF SCHENECTADY, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, William H. Mansfield Clerk of said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Henry Yates Jr. was subscribed and sworn, w as at the time of taking the same Mayor of the city of  Schenectady in said County in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified as such; and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Henry  Yates and verily believe that the signature to said Affidavit and Certificate is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, this 27 th day of November 1840.
W H Mansfield Clerk.

ps Rhoda Sullivan Cazenovia Madison Co. N. Y.
Jan 27, 1844 R. R. B note to P. L. R.
Pittsfield May 8 th 1843
Dear Sister Sullivan
In reply to Eldu Leonard's request for you I can only say that Mr. Sullivan's declaration made on oath before me May 1 st 1818 with a witness by the name of Thomas Little was sent by me to Washington John C. Calhoun was then Secretary of War. It was rejected. The Secretary of War said the boat service was not provided for by the law of 1818. This was the service that Mr. Sullivan was employed in according to the within affidavit which I send back to you. How the pension fund is now I do not know. You can find those who do. This is all the information I can give. Sister Sterling's house was yesterday burnt up with the new addition made to it by Joseph Baldwin. Beds & most of the furniture saved. The alarm of fire was made just before the close of the afternoon meeting. A dread full calamity. Sincerely yours Claudia Walsley

State of New York County of Columbia
On this 1 st day of January 1850 Polly Dorn personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly autho- rized by law to administer oaths who being duly sworn according to law Declares that she is 74 years of age and that she resides in the town of Ditcher in the county of Columbia aforesaid that she is well acquainted with Rhoda Sullivan who testified in the foregoing affidavit and that the said Rhoda and Charles Sullivan was married together at the house of the said Charles Sullivan on the 25 th day of January 1798 in the town of P'keepsie Schenectady County N.Y. by George Warson a Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Schenectady who has long since deceased and that she was present at their marriage and saw them married and that the said Rhoda is still living and remains the widow of the said Charles Sullivan and that she has been and still is acquainted with the family of the said Charles Sullivan ever since he was married to the said Rhoda Lloydel (for that was her maiden name) and that the names and ages of their children as set forth in the foregoing affidavit made by Rhoda Sullivan are correct more particularly that of the first child therein named, to wit, Charles, he being born but five months and a day or two after their marriage - The said Charles Sullivan died in the town of Ditcher aforesaid on the 24 th day of September 1822 - This deponent further says that she has read both of the foregoing affidavits hereto annexed made by Rhoda Sullivan and Charles Patterson and believes that what is therein.

stated to be true - Speaking of the affidavit made by Charles Patterson she believes to be true from the fact that this deponent has often heard the Revolutionary Soldiers and others speak of the services rendered by the said Charles Sullivan and it was and is generally believed and never contradicted that he served in the War of the Revolution and he was called to the day of his death a Revolutionary Soldier - And further she knows of no record of the marriage of the said Charles Sullivan and has every reason to believe there is none
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Sworn and subscribed to before me on this
1 st day of January 1850
Elizabeth Henton Jr Justice of the Peace
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her Tolly X Dorn mark
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Tolly Dorn who testified in the above affidavit and has been ever since 1804 and that she is entitled to full credit - And I further certify the reason the said Tolly Dorn signed the foregoing by making her mark, is inability to write by reason of old age and infirmity
Elizabeth Henton Jr Justice of the Peace
State of New-York, CHENANGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
} ss.
I, NELSON PELLET, Clerk of said County, Do hereby certify,
That, Elizabeth Henton Jr
before whom the annexed instrument was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for said County, duly qualified and authorised to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature to the said certificate, is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 12 th day of January A. D. 1850
A. P. Pellet CLERK.

10,299
P. O. Roder Sullivan
Service: Charles
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

State of New-York, } ss. County of Schenectady, }
Be it known, that before me R. H. WOOD a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Alonzo Saddell Town Clerk and made oath in due form of law that he is Town Clerk of the Town of Duaneburgh in said county and that he has made search for the Record or Book Book of George Watson who was formerly a Justice of the Peace in the Town of Duaneburgh in the county and State aforesaid who has long since long since deceased and has not been able to find any such Record or Book and has every reason to believe that there is no such records to be found
Sworn and subscribed this 21 st day of April 1857 before me
Alonzo Saddell Town Clerk
R. H. Wood Justice of the Peace in said Co
P.S. The Records of the town of Duaneburgh were destroyed by fire some thirty years ago
STATE OF NEW-YORK, County of Schenectady, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE,
David P. Hornick
I, the undersigned Clerk of the County of Schenectady, Do hereby Certify, That Benjamin H. Wood Esq. whose name is subscribed to the Certificate  Statement of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed and thereon written, was at the time of taking
the Deed a Justice of the Peace in &
for said County, dwelling in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly au- thorized to take the same. — And further, That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of  Statement is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County the — 12 th day of April 1857.
D. P. Hornick Clerk.

Balance unreturned by direction of Chief Clerk
[Persons making application at the Comptroller's or Secretary of State's Office, for searches, or certificates of service of any person, in the army of the U. S. during the revolutionary war, should give the name and ranks held by such person; the nature of the service; whether in the Infantry, Cavalry, or Artillery, &c.; in the regular army or militia; the names of the officers commanding the regiments and companies at the time of enlistment, service and discharge, as near as can be given. The names should be given with care, and in a legible hand.]
In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1781, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their service in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz :
State of New-York,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, March 27, 1851 }
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Books No. 5 now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz :
    1st under Capt. Thomas Hanson in Col. Abn. Varnplé's Regiment.     2d " " so " " so "   3d " " so " " so "   4th " " " " "   5th " " " " "   6th " " " " "   7th " " " " "   8th " " " " "   9th " " " " "   10th " " " " "   11th " " " " "   12th " " " " "   13th " " " " "   14th " " " " "   15th " " " " "   16th " " " " "   
I have examined the records for the service of _____ and find _____ entries, as above, amount- ing to £_____
awake
Examining Clerk.
R. C. Hall Comptroller.

To the Honorable J. E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions

Pitchee April 19 th 1851
Honorable Jas E. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions
My Dear Sir—
Your directions touching Rhoda Sullivan's Declaration for a Pension has as near as may be complied with. You say "It does not recite with sufficient distinctness the character of the service rendered by her husband." Now Sir you will see that Rhoda Sullivan at the time that her husband served his Country as set forth in the affidavit made by Charles Patterson was not born. Therefore she could not know personally any thing about the character of her husband's services. Therefore she in her Declaration is under the necessity of referring you to other testimony which she has attempted to do, to wit, to the affidavit made by Charles Patterson and to common report such as was believed in the region of country where his services was had, Likewise by what was said by those who served with him. — You inquire of her that "she must state as minutely as she can the commencement and termination of that service the names of his commanding officers and all the particulars relating to it with which she is acquainted." She presumes that you meant the his Field Officers for she has shown the names of his Captains, to wit, Capt. William Wemple, and Capt. James Dett by the affidavit made by Charles Patterson, he states in his affidavit that he knows Charles Sullivan to be in list &c. and that he (Charles Patterson) served with him two years in the capacity of a boatman to wit in the years 1777 & 1778. — And now she is enabled to send further testimony of other services of her husband who

served in other years, to wit, 1779-1780 and 1781, and that it is as a Private in 1779 and as a Sergeant in 1780 and 1781. together with the name of the Capt. and Colonel. - You wish to have proof of the extent of his services, - It appears that the widow cannot show how long her husband did serve otherwise than what she has shown, to wit, two years and that to in the years 1777 & 1778 by Charles Patterson and that he served in part of the years 1779-1780 & 1781 as shown by the Comptroller of the State of N.Y. whose certificate is herewith sent. - You ask of her "If the records of the Justice by whom she was married are not in existence she must show this fact by the affidavit of some officer whose duties have required a search for them," She therefore sends an affidavit made by Almon Ladd Clerk of the Town of Brunswick Schenectady Co. N.Y. He states that he has made search for the records and has not been able to find them and you will see by the N.B. below the affidavit that if there ever was one it must have been destroyed by fire some twenty years since. - You say "It is not easy credited that the exact day on which an event of no personal interest to the witness occurred more than fifty years ago would dwell in her memory unless it had been associated with some remarkable event in her history," Therefore Dolly Dorn has explained in her second affidavit which is herewith sent and it gives the reasons why she should thus distinctly remember the event of such marriage which reasons probably will be satisfactory to you without any further explanation.
It is understood in this State N.Y. that Marriages were not a matter of record until very lately and not even now excepting in our School law which was passed some four or six years since and in case a Justice should be called upon to

marry in such case he is required to keep a record book of such marriages and if such Justice shall die or remove out of his jurisdiction the record or docket book must be left on file in the Town Clerks office. Hence the Widow sent to the Town of Durhamburgh (for that was the name of the Town that George Wilson Esq. resided in at the time she and Charles Sullivan was married). Herewith is sent the affidavit for the search of the marriage which speaks for itself. —
I do hope and believe that there is sufficient testimony had on this 3 d trial for the widow Sullivan pension to warrant a Certificate that shall scratch her from the poor list which she now occupies in the City of New York for her daily bread and a hard one she has of it on account of her old age.
If there shall be any other requirement in order that the widow should receive her just due please notify and it shall be forwarded if it can be had. —
Yours with respect Elizabeth Gorton
N.B. If you shall grant a Certificate please direct to Elizabeth Gorton, Niter, Chenango Co. N.Y.

Perkins Office Dec 30 th 1850
Sir:
The second declaration of Rhode Sullivan has been received. It does not so write with sufficient distinctness the character of the service rendered by her husband. She must state as minutely as she can the commencement and termination of that service, the names of his commanding officers, and all the particulars relating to it with which she is acquainted. If he were a mere boatman, as seems to have been the case, she must show that he was acting under a regular enlistment in some organized military corps. To do this she will be required to show from the office of the comptroller of N. Y. where pay has been received, and to prove by witnesses who knew of this service the extent of it. If the records of the justice by whom she was married are not in existence, she must show this fact by the affidavit of some officer whose duties have required a search for them.

The witnesses who pretend to establish the date of her marriage must define the circumstances by which they are enabled to fix so positively the date in their own minds. It is not easily to be credited that the exact day on which an event of no personal interest to the wit- ness occurred, more more than 50 years ago, could dwell in his memory unless it had been as- sociated with some remarkable event in his own history.
E. C. Lyon Esq Pitcher N. Y.

Ditcher Myrs 15 May 1850-
Dear Sir:
I send with this a Declaration made by Rhoda Sullivan before William Mitchell Esq Justice Supreme Court, ... Her Excellency before a Justice of the Supreme Court Hoping to hear a favourable upon You I am with great Respect Your Obedt Servt
E. A. Lyons
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commr Penn

C. L. Lyon
Mar. 23/34
"

Penna Office, April 25 1850
Sir,
The application of Rhoda Sullivan in the matter of the benefit of the provision of the act of July 28, 1848, has not been made according to the rules. It must be made before a court of Record, instead of a justice of the peace, and in all respects in compliance with the regulations herewith sent.
E. C. Lyons, Esq. Pittston. N.Y.

Gen. Harris.
Sir. I have looked very thoroughly over every paper that could contain the name of Chas Sullivan; and I find no further evidence of his having served in '77 & '78. — Our Records are not perfect, however.
He might have served; and no evidence of it kept.
Respcr
aw Lee
I must charge the Applicant { the extra 2/- for the time }

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Rhoda Suller
N.Y.
Wed July 29. 1895
Letter
Rev.
J. L. Edwards Commis.
Pensions
Washington D.C.

Rochester N.Y.
19 Jan. 1850
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir
Accompanying this is an Application for a Pension for Rhoda Sullivan . If any mistakes occur you will act a kindness by informing the undersigned, at your earliest convenience.
I have the honor to be, Respectfully Your Oat. Servt.
James L. Edwards Comm. Pensions. Washington D.C.

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147 Sullivan St
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State of New York City & County of New York
On this 10 th day of May 1850 personally appeared before me William Ditchell one of the Justices of the Supreme Court (the Circuit Court of the City & County of the City and County of New York) of the State of New York. Rhode Sullivan a resident of the City of New York in the county of New York aged sixty nine years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed 29 th July 1840. Charles Sullivan who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution and served under Captains James Teck, and Wynand Wemple, two years, to wit, in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven (1777) and the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight (1778) This deponent has no means of knowing in what town or county the said Charles Sullivan resided in at the time of his enlistment other than from the fact that his interest or property was in or near the town of Princetown Schenectady county N.Y., as told this deponent by the said Charles Sullivan, but that he resided at that time in the State of New York she has no doubt from common report. The facts and circumstances upon which this deponent founds her knowledge and belief that Charles Sullivan served his country as above stated are as follows: This deponent has often heard the said Charles Sullivan in company with Alexander Shylin or Shyler, Thomas Little, and Charles Patterson, who all claimed to have served under the above named Captains and at the same time tell over their privations and hardships which they met with during their services which they claimed to be two years as stated above, they also used to talk about the Country through which they marched during the time of their services which was from the mouth of the Mohawk River westerly

up the Mohawk River somewhat above the City of Utica, thence across to Oneida Lake thence down the Oneida Lake and its outlet into Lake Ontario up the Lake Ontario and the Niagara River to the falls thence back on or near the same route. This deponent should say from the run of their conversation that they spent most of their time somewhere between the mouth of the Mohawk River and the Lake Ontario from the fact that they made statements that they were several times called upon to give chase to the Indians who would often make their appearance somewhere in the vicinity of the Mohawk in order to commit depredations. There was one circumstance which those men used to relate which this deponent distinctly recollects that is the company to which they belonged were called upon to go in pursuit of the Indians who had been out and committed depredations and were upon their retreat they immediately gave the Indians chase and in their pursuit they came so near upon them that they (the Indians) killed a prisoner a girl which they had scalped and stripped off her clothes and hung her upon a limb of a tree and when the Soldiers came up to her the blood was then dripping off from her and she was still warm they followed on but they could not overtake the enemy. This deponent further believes that Charles Sullivan has served in the Revolutionary War as above stated from the fact that she has often heard it spoken of in the Valley of the Mohawk and it was generally believed and never contradicted. She further declares that she was married to the said Charles Sullivan on the twenty fifth (25) day of January seventeen hundred and ninety eight (1798) by George Watson a Justice of the Peace who has long since deceased that her husband the aforesaid

Charles Sullivan died on the twenty fourth (24) day of September eighteen hundred and twenty two (1822) 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 (1800) viz., at the time above mentioned. - And further this deponent has no record proof of her marriage and has every reason to believe that there is none and for further proof of her marriage to the said Charles Sullivan she would refer the Honorable Commissioners of Pensions to an affidavit made by Polly Dorr before Elizah Fenton & a Justice of the Peace near the first of January last and now on file in the Commissioners office D.C. She further swears that she is now a widow of the said Charles Sullivan and that she has never before made any application for a pension excepting the Declaration made before George Clark of Cazenovia Madison County N.Y. which Declaration was not deemed sufficient by the Commissioners of Pensions it being had before a Justice of the Peace in stead before a Court of Record the declaration spoken of is supposed by this deponent to be on file in the office of the Commissioners of Pensions D.C.
Sworn before me }
this 10 May 1850 }
Rhoda Sullivan mark
W m Mitchell Justice Supreme Court in open Court the same being first read over to her & she signing her mark in my presence
I hereby certify that I believe the above named Rhoda Sullivan to be a person of truthful character from the testimony of Henry Kneeland of the City of New York. May 10, 1850 W m Mitchell Justice S.C.

City & County of New York ss Henry Knuland of the City of New York member being duly sworn saith, that he has long been personally acquainted with Rhoda Sullivan the above named deponent and knows her to be a person of truthful character & entitled to full credit & belief
Sworn to this 10 May 1850
in open court before me
W m Melick
Justice Supreme Court
Henry Knuland

316 Edward Sullivan mason & builder
N.Y.C. Last of Jan 25/10 transferred 1850 died E. Forton July 21/51.
102.99
Not. July 29. 1898.