Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8,798, for Philip Klinger, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
Penn.
Klinger Philip
NUMBER
S.8798
CONTENTS
carded.

Chas
26.240
Philip Klinge of Chas in the State of Chas who was a S in the Conf commanded by Captain J of the Reg commanded by W in the Brig line for 2
24 Y  P $ 30.000
Inscribed on the Roll of Chas at the rate of 50 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of May and 1831 to J. M. Miller  Eaton, Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of March Semi-ann. allowance ending Sp  40  d $ 100.000
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. J. H. Tracy Clerk Book C Vol. 54 Page 14
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The state of Ohio, Preble County Court of Common Pleas September Term. A. D. 1832
First Judicial Sitting Court of Common Pleas. in the state of Ohio
On this twenty first day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of said Court of Common Pleas, (being a Court of Record) Philip Hengen, a resident of the County of Preble in the state of Ohio, aged seventy eight 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 provisions made by the act of January of 1831 the seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Deponent saith that he enlisted in the army of the Revolution, some time in the spring of the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy five, under Captain Griffin, for one year, at the Yellow Springs in Chester County Pennsylvania. The corps in which deponent enlisted was intended to join the expedition against Canada. That they marched to Philadelphia when the battalion was put under the command of Colonel Wayne. They remained at Philadelphia a short time, and were marched to Tienderoga, where they received intelligence of the defeat of General Montgomery before the walls of Quebec. They then went into winter quarters at Tienderoga, and remained there until some time in April seventeen hundred and seventy six, to the best of deponent's recollection, when they returned to Philadelphia where they arrived some time in the latter part of May or first of June, where they were discharged by Colonel Wayne. Deponent received a written discharge, which deponent left with his father in Chester County Pennsylvania, he being then a young man, said discharge was lost among the papers of his said father.

which fell into the hands of his said fathers administration many years after. Deponent again enlisted in the army of the Revolution some time in August of the year seventeen hundred and sixty six, at Paulus hook New Jersey, for nine months in what was called the nine months men or "flying camp", it was in Captain Jacob Hetherlings company that he was enlisted. They marched over to New York, and remained there about two weeks, when they were marched to Fort Washington, at haul gate, after remaining at the fort about ten days, this deponent was ordered under the command of sergeant, with twelve others, to go to Fort Lee, a new fort on the Jersey bank of the Hudson river to obtain provisions for the detachment in the fort. While they were absent on this expedition, Fort Washington was taken by the British and all the officers of this deponent, being Captain Hetherlin, and Lieutenant John Titting, and the men were made prisoners. Deponent then assisted in driving the cattle which they had obtained to head quarters six or eight miles from Fort Lee.
Deponent again enlisted in the army of the Revolution at the aforesaid head quarters, about the middle of October  September seventeen hundred and sixty six, in Captain Caleb Norths company of a Regiment of the Pennsylvania line, for during the war of the Revolution - They were then marched to Lehigh Pennsylvania, and from thence to the white plains, and was present at the battle, but not actually engaged in it. Deponent further states that after that time they performed various marches through New Jersey, not now particularly recollected, he was in the battle of Princeton, on the third of January, seventeen hundred and sixty seven, and fought under the immediate command of General Washington, Deponent received a wound with a buckshot in the right shoulder, in the said battle, and was confined from the wound near two weeks. After the battle was over Caleb North was made a major, and the company in which deponent remained, was then placed under

the command of Captain William North, and that he remained in that company until March, of the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven, when at the request of General John Clark, and with the consent of his officers he took charge of and continued to drive a team for said Clark, until the close of the war of the Revolution. Deponent received a written discharge some time in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one, or eighty two, but which deponent is unable to state, at Little York York County Pennsylvania. Deponent placed his discharge among the papers of his father in Chester County Pennsylvania, but it has been lost among the papers of his father. Deponent served in all, as a soldier of the revolution five years and eleven months. Deponent was born in Chester County Pennsylvania, on the tenth day of November seventeen hundred and fifty three five, and has lived in Putte County Ohio seventeen years. Deponent has no documentary evidence, nor does he know of any witness living by whom he can prove his services except John Leisiker and Frederick Miller, to whom he is known. Deponent hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court J. D. [?] the day and year aforesaid
J. C. Hunsicker Clerk
We John Leisiker and Frederick Miller residents of the county of Putte Ohio, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Philip Klinger who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age; that he sustained a good character for truth and veracity; that he is reputed and believed in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution; and that we have full confidence in the truth of his declaration as above stated.

sworn to and submitted in open court this day and you affirmed J. G. Hawkins Clerk his John Swisher mark
Frederick Miller
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 certify that it appears to them, that John Swisher and Frederick Miller, who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents in the county of Preble, and are credible persons - And that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court -
J. G. Hawkins Clerk
I, Joseph C. Hawkins, Clerk of the Court of the Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Philip Klingler for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this twenty fourth day of September, eighteen hundred and thirty two.
J. G. Hawkins Clerk
J. G. Hawkins Clerk 11381

11. 591.
Philip Klingen Ohio
Return J.
Adm 2 years
$80
J. M. W. M c Nute Esq Eaton Preble Co Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
12 Aug 1893
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Philip Klinger
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     En 1775 1. Mvr Cap. Griffin   Aug 1776 " Col. Wayne   Ret. do " Cap. Hetherline   " Cap. North   And served until the close of the War - says he served 5 years and 11 Months.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this day of personally appeared (a) before A B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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, A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposes 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 that pension 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 a want of precision, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Philip Klingman a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. file 8798
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Nov 25 1776 5 yrs 11 mos Col. Genl. Washington Genl. Washington Pa.   Oct 1 1776 1 yr 1 mo Genl. Washington Genl. Washington "   Oct 1 1776 1 yr 1 mo Genl. Washington Genl. Washington "   Nov 1 1776 8 mos 22 days Genl. Washington Genl. Washington "  
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ Date of application for pension, July 21 1832 Residence at date of application, _____ Age at date of application, Nov 10 1753
Remarks: _____

1910 Mar. 1 - Hirt to Ida C. Klinger R
Revised
8798
INVALID.
File No. 8798
Philip Klinger
Phil Rec. Mar.
Act: June 1 th 1932
Index:—Vol. 186 , Page 259
[Arrangement of 1870.]

L. S. Ware

MARSHALL COUNTY COURT HOUSE, PLYMOUTH, IND.
Feb 12, 1910
Pension Office, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen
Please send me copy of Pension of Philip Klinger who served in the Rev. War from Pennsylvania. Application for Pension was made in 1834. Yours truly Ida F. Klinger. Plymouth, Indiana.

War Department Pension Office
14 th Decr 1833
Sir
The claim of Philip Hlinger or Blenger has been again examined and the papers and herewith returned. Agreeably to your request the rolls of the Pennsylvania line in this office have been again carefully examined and the name of Philip Hlinger or Blenger is not found thereon. Probably you may obtain further evidence respecting his claim, by applying to the Secretary of State at Harrisburg Pennsylvania.
I am Sir Very Respectfully Your O bt Serv t J L Edward
J. M. W. Nutt Esq r Eaton Preble County Ohio

Court of common pleas Licking The State of Ohio Term 1833 - Supplemental Pike County By testimony taken in support of the declaration of Philip Klinger, in open court on this 13 th day of July A D 1833 —
We, Henry Mansfort, a clergyman residing in Pike County, Ohio, and John Denny, residing in said County, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Philip Klinger, who has subscribed and sworn to the declaration hereto attached bearing date 21 st September A D 1832, that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Henry Mansfort.
John Denny.
Sworn and subscribed in open court, before the Hon; the court of common pleas in Pike County in the state of Ohio. this 13 th July 1833
J. C. Hawkins clerk
Joseph C Hawkins clerk of the court of common pleas do hereby certify the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Philip Klinger for a Pension —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 13 th day of July eighteen hundred and thirty three — J. C. Hawkins clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare that the premises after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the same
And the Court certifies that it appears to them that Henry Mansport who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the county of Pulaski and State of Ohio, and that John Denny, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the county and State aforesaid, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
By the Court; J. G. Van Leer Clerk

Eaton O 26. Apr. 1834
Free
Mrs.
Return
May 3. 34
(Revolutionary Pension claim)
The Secretary of War Washington City D.C.

Encl 26, Apr 1834
Free
Mrs. Return
May 3. 34
(Revolutionary Pension claim)
The Secretary of War Washington City D.C.

Eaton. Preble County Ohio. 25 th April 1834
Sir!
Enclosed you will again receive the papers of Nehemiah Klinge, an applicant for a pension - In conformity to your suggestions, I have applied to the Secretary of State of Pa a who issued the certificate which is enclosed to be made out by the Auditor General of that state.
You now possess all the evidence which can ever be obtained in support of the claim, and it is hoped that it will be satisfactory - You will please direct to me -
Your obedt servt!
Thos. W. McHugh
J. H. Edwards. Commr. of Pensions

Fourth Regiment 1782
We and each of us whose names are hereunto subscribed do acknowledge to have received from Major Thomas B Bowen and Captain Eneurius Beatty, Agents for the late Pennsylvania Line, the several Sums opposite to our names respectively in Certificates dated July 1. 1784. bearing Interest at six per Cent from January the first 1783 signed by John Pierce Commissioners and described as being for the Balance of a settlement between the United States and us for Pay to January the first 1783
   Date of Pay No. of Certificate Letter Names Sums Signers   Dollars 80ths 40ths     Sept 22, 1785 69,958 H Philip Klingers 590 58 40 J H Bowen  
Auditor Generals Office April 17 th 1834
I Certify that the above is a true copy of the original remaining on file in this Department
Witness my hand & seal of office the day & year aforesaid
David Sturgeon Auditor General

The state of Ohio
Pike County ss
Before me Isaac Stephens, one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid personally came Lewellen Martin, aged sixty five years who being first by me duly sworn, on his oath doth depose and say that, he was, and now is well acquainted with Phillip Klinger (or Klingler) who has sworn to and subscribed a declaration to obtain the benefit of the act of congress of seventh of June A.D. 1832. which declaration is now shown to deponent dated twenty first September A.D. 1832. That deponent first became acquainted with said Klinger, in Chester County Pennsylvania, some time in the year 1778, or 1779 which deponent cannot now remember, but deponent knows that it was at the time the army of the United States lay at Valley Forge. Deponent, at that time saw said Klinger, with the United States troops who were moving and guarding the public means of the Auditor General, as he understood it, from Griffith Adams in Chertington township to James Cloyde. That it was then understood and mentioned that said Klinger belonged to the army of the Revolution.
That deponent and said Klinger both were born, as he always understood in said Chester County
Deponent knows that said Klinger was gone from home a long time, and he always understood he was with the army of the Revolution; but how long deponent does not know, as he was quite young himself, at that time - Deponent has known, said Klinger during nine or ten years last past in Pike County, Ohio. That deponent now resides and has resided in Pike County Ohio for more than twenty years past - Deponent further saith that said Klinger, is now, and has been during all the time that he has known him since the Revolution reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolution: and further this deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14 th November 1833
Isaac Stephens J.P.
Lewellen Martin

The State of Ohio Pike County
I, Isaac Stephens, a Justice of the peace in and for said county do hereby certify that the within named Lewallen Martin, deposes and subscribes the within affidavit. That he is a resident of the county of Pike aforesaid; that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to full credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 14 th day of November A.D. 1833
Isaac Stephens Justice of Peace
The State of Ohio
Pike County 3 d I, Francis A. Cunningham Clerk pro tem of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that Isaac Stephens Esq. before the within affidavit was taken was at the time of the taking thereof an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such, and to whose official acts full faith and credit should be given.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal at Eaton the fourteenth day of November One thousand Eight hundred and thirty three F. A. Cunningham Clerk pro. tem.