Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10231, for William Poplin, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
16.
Poplin, William Lucy
110231
CONTENTS

North Carolina 6/1/60
William Poplin
of Montgomery in the State of North Carolina: who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Welch of the Reg't commanded by Col. Alston in the North Carolina: line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina: at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of July '33 and sent J.B. Martin Lawrenceville N.C.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 — 60 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept " — 15
$ 75
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by
Wm. Miller
Clerk.
Book {
Vol. 6.
Page 57

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - State of South Carolina } Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions Montgomery County } October Sessions 1832.
On this first day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before David Branton John C. Atkinson and Arlay McCurley, the County Court of Montgomery now sitting William Poplin a resident of the County & State of age eighty three years who being first duly sworn according to Law makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832
who states that he was born in February 1749 and that when he entered the service of the United States he lived in the County of Chatham in said State. where Col. Philip Alston . He states that Col. Philip Alston raised a company of horsemen in the County of Chatham who engaged to serve three months and that he this affiant entered the service under him. That Alston and his Company marched into South Carolina to join Genl. Ashe's Army which was then So. Carolina not far from Charleston that they joined said Army near the Santee River in South Carolina. This affiant states that after he had joined Ashe's Army he was placed under the Command of Col. Alston & one Captain Welsh who came from Waynesboro North Carolina or its neighborhood.
From this place Ashe's Army moved crossing the San- tee at Nelson's Ferry, leaving Charleston about nine miles to the left and thence up the Savannah River to the Town of Savannah. Town in Georgia where a part of the British Army was at that time stationed. From Savannah Ash & his Army moved to Augusta and from thence to Briar Creek in pursuit of the British who when they came to Briar Creek tore up the bridge and the Amer- ican Army halted there for a week or so. That the British marched up on the other side of Creek and recrossing it attacked Ashe's Army in their rear and defeated them and took one hundred and thirty of the American prisoners one of whom this affiant was. That the prisoners were taken down about fifteen miles to Savannah
John Poplin 19430

Town when they were a week or ten days confined in large house built for a church from then carried down to the mouth of Savannah River and put on board a prison ship that was laying there. This affiant states that he was then confined for about six months as a prisoner when he was induced from a fear of starving to death to enlist in the British service. He states that during his imprisonment he was allowed a pint of Beer a day & 3 3/4 lbs. of fresh Beef a week. This affiant states that he left Col. Alston a prisoner on board the same ship that he was in. That after he had enlisted he was then carried up to Savannah where he was kept at work on the fortifications for four or five weeks. That at the time Savannah was surrounded at one side by the American Army under Genl. Lincoln and on the other by a French by whom commanded he does not recollect that he found an opportunity and made his escape to Lincoln and made known to him his situation and obtained a pass from to go home to Chatham where he lived. That he was escorted as far as thirty or forty miles to Ocmulgee River by a guard who was sent with him and others in his situation. That from thence he made the best of his way home after having been gone about twelve months. This affiant states that he lived in Chatham about twelve months after his return and then moved into Moore's County again where lived 3 or four years and then moved into Georgia and lived there two years and then moved to Montgomery where he has since lived for thirty years past. That there are no persons living that he knows of who can testify to his services as a soldier of the revolution except Hudson Taylor whose confidential affidavit is herewith herewith submitted. That the said Hudson Taylor lived in the County of Chatham when he entered the service under Col. Alston. He thinks on St. Johns Island. Knows the same but he cannot tell as he has not seen him in a great while. This affiant now states that the pass given by Genl. Lincoln to go home has been lost and he can give no account of it.

This applicant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and Declares that his Name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state - Sworn to in open
William his Poplin mark
J B Martin
We a clergyman residing in the County of Northampton and residing in the same do certify that we are well acquainted with William Poplin who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that the facts therein are true to the best of our knowledge that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to the best of our knowledge of the revolution and that we concur in the opinion expressed and subscribed the day and year of
Questions propounded by the Court to the applicant When and in what year were you born
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after pulling the lines of error presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Northampton and that who has also signed the same is a resident of same County and that each is a credible person and that their statements are entitled to credit.
A M Mc Lary Chairman
I John B Martin Clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions of the county of Montgomery do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Poplin for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 4 th day of October 1832 J B Martin clerk

Questions propounded by the Court to the applicant - 1 st when and in what year were you born?
Answer. I was born in the County of Chatham in North Carolina in the month of February 1749
2 nd Have you any record of your age and if so when is it
A. I have no record of my age nor do I know whether there ever was one. But of it or not but I have always kept my age By my recollection - and what has been told me
2 3rd when were you living when called into service when have you lived since the revolutionary war and when do you now live.
A 3 rd . I lived in Chatham County North Carolina. I lived there for four years in Moore an adjoining County two years in Georgia and since that time in the County of Montgomery where I now reside.
2 4th How were you called into service? were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?
A 4 th . I volunteered under Col. Philip Alston who raised a Company in Chatham County -
2 5th 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 service
A 5 th . I recollect only those officers who were my immediate Commanders and the Genl. who Commanded the Army. Col. Alston Captain Welch & Genl. Ashe for the Genl. As to the names or number of the Continental or Militia Regiments I have no recollection for the Genl. Circumstances of my service see my declaration they are more fully detailed -
2 6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
A 6 th The Only discharge which I received was a pass from Genl. Lincoln after I deserted from the British and that I have long since lost
2 7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution?
A 7 th . I am known to James Crump Daniel Early and Col. Ruben Rendall who can speak as to my character for Veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution. William Smith  William  Smith  Smith I know no other persons

3317.
North Carolina.
Lucy Foplin, widow of William Foplin,
who died on the 2 nd June 1835. of old age, in the State of N. Carolina who was a private, in the Company commanded by Captain Welch of the Regt. commanded by Col: Atkinson in the North Carolina line for 9 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 30. Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834. 3 rd June 1835.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of May 1840. and sent to Hon. Ed: Deberry, House of Reps.
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1840. $142.44 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept: '40 15.00
$157.44
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by Wm. G. Gantinger Clerk Book A C Vol. 26 Page 84.
Letter to Pkt J MacRae, Sept. 22. 1840.

Declaration - In order to obtain the benefit of the third Section of the act of Congress of the 4 th of July 1836.
State of North Carolina Montgomery County
On this 25 th day of April 1840 personally appeared before me Solomon E. Fird a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Lucy Popton a resident of said State and County aged Eighty Nine Years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her Oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836. That she is the Widow of William Popton late a pensioner of the United States, who was a private in the War of the Revolution. She declares that her said deceased husband, went into the service of the United States, during the Revolutionary War, whether as a drafted soldier or as a volunteer she is unable now to state, as a private in said service. That he entered said service for a term of three months under the command of Col. Philip Alston, the name of his Captain and other inferior officers she does not know. That at the time her deceased husband entered the service he lived in the County of Chatham in this State. She further declares that her said husband was absent in the service for the space of two months and as he informed her upon his return, and as she justly believing, was taken prisoner

by the British at the battle of Brim Creek and was obtained as Captain on board a prison ship until he made his escape and fled home. She is unable to state the date of her husband's entering the service, but she believes it was to- wards the close of the Revolution. She is unable to state the particulars of her husband's services in the Revolution only as above stated. She declares that she was informed by her husband upon his return that he had nearly served out the time for which he entered the service, when he was taken prisoner and de- tained as above stated. She further declares that her said husband William Pophin did apply to the War Department with the for a pension which was allowed him as will be seen by reference to the records of said Department in the sum of thirty Dollars per annum &c. For a more particular and de- tailed account of her said husband's services she would refer to the evidence upon which he was pensioned now on file with her de- claration in the office of the War Department of the United States — The said Lucy Pophin further declares that she was married to the said William Pophin her late husband as nearly as she can com- pute about the year 1767 or 1768 which was eight or nine years before the commencement of the Revolution. She further declares that she had by her said husband three children before the war commenced by which children some she is unable to compute the time of her having the said marriage. She declares that she has no documentary evidence of her marriage as she was married in the county of Chatham above named from which she has been a great while absent as she left that county soon after the war broke up and she knows of no person alive in said county or elsewhere by whom she can prove her marriage

proof of her marriage. She declares that she was married by our Simon Poe who was a justice of the peace in said County of Chatham. She is able to prove that the facts of her marriage was never disputed, that she & her said husband has in every re- -lation of life been regarded as man and wife for a great number of years past, and that she does believe so. Considered and believed to be even during the Revolutionary war and that they as such were known to have had children so long ago as that — The said Lucy Poe herein further declares that her said husband William Poe has died in the County of Montgomery aforesaid on the second day of June 1835. She further swears that she is still the widow of the said William Poe, having remarried with no one since his death. She states as well as she can recollect that she was sixteen years of age and that her husband was twenty years of age when they were married. — Hereunto is annexed evidence that she has since the death of her said husband remained a widow, and the best evidence she can procure of the facts of this marriage as above stated. Sworn to and subscribed, on the 3 rd day and year above written before me Solomon Eford
Lucy Poe mark
State of North Carolina } On this 25 th day of April 1840. Montgomery County } personally appeared before me Solomon Eford a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Benjamin Heathcock. Aged about ninety years from what he states and as his appear-

- ance indicates, and who being only sworn according to law declares that as nearly as he can state he is now about ninety years of age. That he was born and raised in the state of Virginia and came to the county of Chatham in this state before the Re- volutionary war. He further states that he became acquainted with William Popley and his wife Lucy Popley before the war and lived in the same neighborhood that they lived in in Chat- ham. That they then lived together as man & wife and had, before the war one child or two he cannot state which but he knows that they had a child. He states that the fact of their marriage was never questioned and he has no doubt, at the time but that they were duly and legally married. He further states that William Popley has been dead for several years and that Lucy Popley who now declares for a Pen- sion is still his widow and has not married since his death and that from the time he first knew them they have lived together as man and wife and has raised a large family of children and no doubt or suspicion have been entertained that they were not only mar- ried but that the deceased was raised in Montgomery County. Sworn to and subscribed before me Solomon Eford
Benjamin J. Heathcock mark

No 19436-
William Tophin
Montgomery County
North Carolina
Adm't as private 9mo $30.00
5 11 12
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John G. Martin Clk Montgomery County Court. North Carolina

BRIEF in the case of  William Tophin  of Montgomery Co in the State of North Carolina  (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? 83  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. As a Gen.     Vol In 17 About 12 months Private Capt Welsh, Col Alston Gen (as he)  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Chatham Co N.C.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The certificate of the certifying officer is not attached to the sheet of paper which contains the affidavit by a piece of tape the ends of which 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Dyer Castor Examining Clerk.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 10231
Lucy Poplin Wid William Poplin Print Rev War
Act: July 4 th 1836
Index:—Vol. 66 , Page 136
[Arrangement of 1870.]

William Dophin

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Williams Tophin - 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? No 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 Witness
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?
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 ?
No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily ? And, if not, which of them is not so answered ?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

May 13. 1840
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commission of Pensions Pension office
Hon. Edmund Schenck, H. R.

House of Rep s May 11. 1840.
Mr. Edwards
I send you the Declaration of Mr d Lucy Poplin of N.C. with other accompanying papers in support of her application for for a Pension &c. When you shall have had time to examine & pass on her claim you will please inform me of the result
Respectfully
Edmund Deberry

State of North Carolina §
Montgomery County
On this 25 th day of April 1840 before the me Solomon Efird a person of the hears and for County aforesaid personally appeared Frederick Henson who being duly sworn according to Law. Declares that he is now six years of age since July last and that he has known Lucy Pop- lin above named and her deceased husband William Poplin as long ago as he can recollect He states that William Poplin died in Montgomery County on the 2 nd day of June 1835. That when he first knew them they were living together as man & wife and had children born as such. He has always heard that they were married in Chatham County in this state and he declares that the fact of their having been duly married was never doubted and in all their relations in life they have been treated and considered as man & wife in Good faith and has raised a large family of children and he has no doubt but that they were married as stated in Lucy Poplin's declaration above He further states that Lucy Poplin above named is now the widow of William Poplin died late of Montgomery and has not married any other per- son since his death. That the said William died in a pension up to the time of his death as stated in Lucy Poplin's declaration and that she is the widow of that identical
Person - sworn to and subscribed before me Frederick Henson the day & year above written Solomon Efird mark

5037

State of Ark on the Carolina } P. Montgomery County }
I Nathaniel Knight Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions in and for the County aforesaid Certify that Solomon Efid is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of my office and subscribe my name this 2 nd day of May 1840
Nat Knight Clerk of Montgomery County Court.

William Poplen d. June '35 Lucy Poplen m. 1767. a 68
79 Mr. Andrew Col alston. about 10. was prs. Col B. Green

Suey Poplin Mid of Millenia NL
Ad July 4 1835
Marmad 1768
due June 1835
Allan $30 per ann
per June. 1835
Atz Ed Debury HR

Payments to be made at Fayetteville by the Presd: U.S. Br: Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of North Car:
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E. Vol. C. Page 57 by Wm. Miller Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, William Poplin of the State of North Carolina who was a private in the war of the revolution Thirty is entitled to receive — dollars and — cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this — 12 th — day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
Acting John D. D. V. Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Laurinville N.C. Sept 13
Friend
6112 Sept 21
N.C. July 7. 1838.
J. S. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

6112.
Poplar
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

Lawrenceville September 14. 1839
J. S. Edwards Esq. Sir
Enclosed you will Re- ceive the declaration of Lucy Poplin of Montgomery. Widow of William Poplin dec. Who was a pensioner, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed in 1838. Granting pen- sions to widows. &c
Any communication on the subject will please be made to me at Lawrenceville. N. Ga. Respectfully
James L. Gaines aft. for the declarant
N.B. The certificate of William Poplin is also enclosed —

Sept 22. 1840
N.C. Lucy Pople
No 3317 N.C.
Edwards Esq
Prov. of Pensylvania
Washington City

J L Edwards Esq
to Sir,
Sturminster Newton 17 Sept 1840
I have before me an original Prussian Certificate issued to Lucy Pohlert (widow of William Pohlert) per secura under the date of 21 st July 1836 dated the 15 th May 1840 and on application at the registry I find that she has not been reported.
Very Respectfully
John Charles

State of North Carolina This day Hudson Taylor who being Montgomery County I unable to attend the Court for this County on account of bodily infirmity before me James D Duke an acting justice of the peace for the County aforesaid being Duly Sworn. Makes the following affidavit in the matter of the application of William Poplin for a pension. That he Taylor lived in the County of Chatham at the time of the Revolutionary war and he recollects that William Poplin volunteered for three months service under one Col. Philip Alston and that he and Alston and their Company went of as he believes towards South Carolina and that the said William Poplin did not return until nearly a year had elapsed and that the said William Poplin has always been reputed to be believed to have been a soldier of the Revo- lution. Sworn to & subscribed before me James D. Duke an acting justice of the peace off: this 29 th day of September A.D. 1832.
James D Duke JR      Hudson Taylor
William Poplin

State of north Carolina Montgomery County
I John R. Martin Clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions of the county aforesaid. do hereby certify that James D. Baker whose signature appears to the within affidavit is an acting Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid duly appointed commissioned and qualified that due faith and credit are due his official acts as such and I do further certify that Hudson Taylor the within affiant is a respectable man and entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Laurensburg this 10 th day of November A.D. 1832.
J R Martin Clerk

The amended declaration of William Popelin in or due to obtain the benefit of the act of Con- gus. passed June 7 th 1832.
State of North Carolina Montgomery County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for the County & State of William Popelin who being duly sworn deposes & saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he is una- ble to swear as to the precise dates of his service but according to the best of his recol- lection he served not less than the period mentioned below: viz that entitled Col. Philip Alston's Company, as before stated for three months service and continued in that ser- vice until until the battle at Brim Creek which happened about three days before the three months had expired for which the affiant had engaged to serve. That at the said Battle he was taken prisoner and kept a prisoner by the enemy for about six months before he was discharged as stated in his first declaration: making the whole time of his service for which he claims a pension - Nine months, although it was eleven months before the affiant reached home - This affiant that when his first dec- laration was drawn up & sworn to in court he was not at that time able to pro- duce the testimony of a clergyman and another respectable witness to prove his rep- utation as a soldier of the revolution.

as there were no persons present who could make the necessary proof. but that he is able now to supply that defect in his testimony, and he with transmits the affidavit of a clergyman and one of his neighbours who is entitled to be a respectable citizen
Sworn to & subscribed his William P Poplin before me this 10 th day of Mark.
April 1833 Solomon Eford J.P.
State of North Carolina } Personally appeared before Montgomery County } me. Solomon Eford. The undersigned a justice of the peace in & for the County of William George Whitley a clergyman residing in said County and George Eford a resident of the same County who being duly sworn, deposes and saith that they are well acquainted with Wil- iam Poplin who has sworn to and sub- scribed the above declaration that he is eighty three or four years of age as they believe that he is reputed and believed in the ne- ighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that they concur in that opinion his of Whitley Cleri sworn to & subscribed before George mark me. this 10 th day of April George Eford 1833 Solomon Eford J.P.
I the said Solomon Eford a justice of the peace of do hereby certify that George Whitley who who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident of the County a clergyman residing in the county of and that George Eford who has

also. Signs the same is a resident of the same county and is a credible person and that this statement is entitled to credit. Given under my hand. This the 10 day of Ap. 1833.
Solomon E. Ford
State of North Carolina } Montgomery County }
I John B. Martin Clerk of the court of pleas and Quarter Sessions of the county aforesaid do hereby certify that Solomon E. Ford whose signature appears to the foregoing is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for the county of Montgomery, duly appointed and qualified that due faith and credit are due his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county at office the 22 nd day of April 1833.
J. B. Martin