Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 22023, for Thomas Relph, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
R.I.
Relph Thomas or Ralph Sarah
W 22023
CONTENTS

21.19.7 Rhode Island
Thomas Alphin
of Mendon who in the State of R Island who was a S t C o S t in the (Mass) commanded by Captain M c K t of the R t commanded by Col. Waterman on the R t & S t line for 3 M o s. M o nts
In 28 Days General on a Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 50 Dollars & 3 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Aug 1833 and sent to B t W m Cowell Providence R.I.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $107.46 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th M o , 25.37
$126.83
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { for June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N H A d S m Clerk,
Book E Vol. 2 d Page 127

Thomas Ralph
15/6/34
[Faint mirrored text from the reverse side of the page]

United States of America -
District of Rhode Island
County of Providence
} ss }
On this 17 th day of September A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the district court of the United States held in Providence, in and for the Rhode Island district, which is a special court, now sitting - Thomas Ralph a resident of Scituate in said county of Providence and State of Rhode Island &c, aged 72 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated -
He was born in said Scituate on the 23 rd day of June 1759 and have a record of my age in my family bible - He was living in said Scituate when called into service, and has lived in the same town ever since, - He served in the Militia of Rhode Island &c, as follows - at the general alarm, which he thinks was in November 1776 he went to Providence & served one week stationed at the Joseph Brown house, from there he marched to Warwick R.I. & was stationed at Benjamin Gorton's, where he served out the remainder of a month, under Captain Nathan Ralph. I served two other monthly tours of duty at said Warwick which I remember of, and think it likely more,

under said Captain Nathan Ralph, this Service was in guarding the Shores of the Narragansett Bay - I by several, two or three tours of duty, being monthly tours at said Warwick under Capt Jonathan Knight, and two monthly tours under said Knight Stations at Newport, and one monthly tour Station at Bristol -
And he served one monthly tour at said Warwick mostly under Captain Samuel Willem & partly under Capt Simon Harrington, all the above Service was in guarding said Shores, & was done whilst the British were in possession of Newport, as I now think and believe; I was a regular soldier during all that time, & served my terms in the said Militia, I was in the first division of Soldiers expectation and remembrance of suffering from a great storm that happened at this time - I also served one month, the next fall after the British left Newport, Stationed at said Newport, & said Jonathan Knight was there, as captain over us a part of the time - I do not think I have stated all my Service, in the above statement of tours of duty, I know that the officers went by turns, & I was sometimes shifted from one to another - and always went when called, or, but do not know how many divisions the Militia of the State were divided into - John Waterman was Col of our regiment at said Warwick some, - and I

remember Lieut. Col. Stephen Kimbleall and Major Joseph Knight, - I also remember, General Edmund Cornwall he commanded a party of us amounting to five or six hundred, who went in flat bottomed boats from Warwick neck to Providence, in which excursion we took a large load of the enemy, we killed two or three of them, in the scuffle & the rest were carried to Warwick neck. They were called Hessian - & this was before Sullivan's expedition.
I never had any written discharge, & have no documentary evidence of my services -
General P. Dague, Benoni Colvin Williams Hines Eleazar Ralphe, Aaron Batty & Thomas Henry, are my present neighbors, and can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution -
Hee hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Thomas Ralphe
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day & year aforesaid -
Attest B. Clarke W.

We Richard Knight, a clergyman residing in Cranston and Isaac Field residing in Rehoboth
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Thomas Ralph who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be 72 years of age: that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion -
Richard Knight Isaac Field
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Attest B Lawrence CLK
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 Richard Knight who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the town of Cranston near where the applicant resides and that Isaac Field who has also signed the same is a

I Ebenezer Collins of Sutdick in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, aged 73 years, I being duly engaged according to Law do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Thomas Ralph of said Sutdick an applicant for a pension, and have been, from a boy, I served several monthly tours as a soldier with him, in the revolution - at the general alarm in the fall of 1776 said Ralph served a monthly tour in Capt Nathan  Ralphs Company, & I remember of his serving one other monthly tour under Nathan  Ralph at Warwick - I also remember that he served three monthly tours of duty at said Warwick , in said war, under Capt. Jonathan  Knight , and I remember of his serving two monthly tours of duty at Newport under said Knight , & I have a faint belief that he turned out, & went to " Newport in 1780 " after the British left there in 1779, & he was there at Bristol upon short tours of about half a month each, under said Knight . I well remember of his serving in the first division of Sullivan's expedition - 20 days, as he had not gone home when I arrived in the second division - I think he did regular duty when called upon during said war, - Not that I was with him in all these tours, but were near neighborhood, and when he went away according to his draft or turn, I supposed he did his duty, for that tour because I never heard any fault found with him - Ebenezer Collins I seem to in open Court B Coocell CLK

I Benoni Colvin of Situate of Situate in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island aged 76 years and being duly engaged according to Law do testify and say; that I am well acquainted with Thomas Ralph of said Situate, an applicant for a pension, and that when I arrived at Warwick on the alarm in 1776 said Ralph was there on Service, Stationed at Benjamin Gorton's. - We were quartered for several towns two or three towns at least, at Daniel Brayton's in Warwick when we served monthly tours. - I was quartered with him one tour of a month, at the old Warner house, which I recollect. we served together in Sullivan's expedi- tion, Stationed at Brattle Hill, till after the great Storm, when we moved down on to the wharves in Providence - I stayed out a month & twenty days whilst I cannot say - I also saw him  was at Bristol, whilst the French were on Newport working on Fort Mary Hill forte, I left him there in the Service, and I went to Newport, do not know how long he stayed. - I do not pretend to know of all his Service. - I never heard it objected against him, but what he was a good soldier. - I also know that in the some part of the war he served as a corporal, and the rest of the time  after that as a sergeant -
I swear to in open Court Benoni Colvin Sept 17 1832. Buye Laurence Clerk

residents in the town of Scituate and is a Cred- that Eleazar Collins & Beman Colven who have testified for said applicant are cred- ible persons, and as they state credible persons are that their statement is entitled to credit -
✓ Benjamin Cawell, Clerk of the above and District Court in and for the District of Rhode Island, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Thomas Relfh for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 7 th day of September  November in the year 1832 -
Benjamin Cawell Clerk

Reported
605 Rhode Island Sarah Ralph widow of Thomas Ralph who served in the Revolutionary war, as a pri. Corp. & Sergt.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 50 Dollars 73
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14. day of July 1848. and sent to
Susan Smith Hoster Rd.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 19. Vol. 3

612
Sarah Relfe widow of Thomas R.I.R.
act 19. July 38.
See detached record of marriage too large to be filed -
Married in 1782
3 mo pri 2. 28. Corp 6. - Seng
$57.73/100
deduct died 23. Mar. 37. Seph: com: 24. March 37. Sarah Relfe
South Scituate R.I.R.

I Daniel Ralph of Scituate in the county of Providence, aged 53 years, do say upon that, I am the son of Thomas Ralph and Sarah Ralph; that the record attached to this affidavit is cut in my presence from a ledger which belonged to my father in his lifetime, and is a genuine document of record of what it states, especially of the marriage of my said father and mother, I have known said record between thirty and forty years My father Thomas Ralph died on the 23 d day of March 1837 and his Pension is due, from the 4 th day of March 1837 - Daniel Ralph
State of Rhode Island County of Providence } S c , August 15, 1838
Then Daniel Ralph made oath to the truth of the facts above by him stated, I also certify that he is a credible witness in the premises and his statement entitled to credit. Eli Aspinwall J. C. C. Pleas

State of Rhode Island } County of Providence } ss.
On this 15 th day of August 1838 personally appeared before me, Eli Aspinworth, one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Providence, and State of Rhode Island, Sarah Ralph, widow, a resident of the Town of Scituate in the said County of Providence aged 77 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 resolution of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled a resolution for the benefit of certain revolutionary officers and soldiers, That she is the widow of Thomas Ralph, late of said Scituate, who was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death by virtue of an act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 and received yearly as such pension from the United States the sum of fifty 73/100 Dollars - She further declares that she was married to said Thomas on the 21 st day of October 1782 that her husband the aforesaid Thomas Ralph died on the 23 d day of March 1837 A.D. since which time, she has continued unmarried & is now his widow, and said pension has since

his death been withheld from her - She further declares that she knows of no record evidence of her marriage except their family record which will be herewith forwarded to the Pension office we were married by Isaac Johnson who gave us a certificate of our marriage but I do not know what has become of it - said Johnson was a justice of the Peace -
Sarah her X Ralph mark
State of Rhode Island County of Providence } St. August 13 - 1838 then Sarah Ralph personally appeared and made oath, in due form of law, that the facts by her stated, in the foregoing declaration are all true I also certify that she is a person of credibility and that her statement is entitled to credit and that by reason of age and bodily infirmity, she is not able to go abroad to attend on a court - for the purpose of giving this Declaration Eli Aspinwall J. C. C. Pleas County of Providence

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Providence ss. I, John W. Smith clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within for said County of Providence, in said State, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify, that Eli Aylesworth Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavits were sworn, is a Justice of the said Court of Common Pleas; that by Law he is authorized to administer oaths and take depositions; and that his signature thereto is written and genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said said Court at Providence, this eighteenth day of August, A.D. 1838.
John W. Smith Clerk

No 17034 Thos. Ralph Providence County Rhode Island
S. 423 Supt 6 Months Capital 2. 28 days Prat 3 5-11/16 28
July 6 1835
10 10. 73 30. 50 73
7 Henry Cowell Providence Rhode Island

BRIEF in the case of Thomas Ralph County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72 years  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.     Enlisted - In 1776 Nov! X 28 Corporal Gen. Greene   " 2 Corporal Capt. A. Dyer   " 5 Sergt Capt. J. Knight at Warwicks   " 2 Private Capt. Knight at Newport   " 1 Sergt Capt. Knight at Bristol   Vol - 1 Private Capt. Mason & Hamlin at Warwicks   1 Private Capt. Knight Col. D. Waterman Co. O   1 S. Kimball, Major D. Knight  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Providence County Rhode Island  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional, living witnesses, Clergman's certificate etc etc  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richd. H. Wall
Examining Clerk.

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22023
Sarah Ralph Widow of Thomas Ralph Sergt New Mar
Act: Feb 29, 48
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 150
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Who! Ralph R.P. act 7. June when last fed? Sept 28. '38 G.M.C.
pl. 4 March 1837
JA

Rhode Island - 561
Sarah Ralph widow of Thomas Ralph, decd. who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June 1832 and who died on the 23 rd March 1837 - of Providence in the State of R. Island who was a P o C o & S o in the Compy. commanded by Captain Knight of the Reg t commanded by Waterman in the R. Island line for 12 M th 28 3/4
Inscribed on the Roll of R. Island at the rate of 50 Dollars 73 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th of March 1837 24 th Mar 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Sep r . 38, and Social Letters, So. Scituate, R. Island.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sep r $ 73. 28 Semi-annual allowance ending 28. 36
$ 98. 64
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk Book A Vol. 2 - Page 22

1862
Cet. to Jonah Titus Nov 11th 1843. —
Rhode Island
Sarah Ralph
widow of Thomas Ralph who was a Pri. Clerk & S. of in the R. I. line
$1000 not 1843
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 50 Dollars & 73 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Sept 1843 and sent to
B. Correll Providence R. I.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book cA Vol. 1 Page 94

A new certificate was issued in this case under the opinion of the A.H. Genl of the 2 d Sep 1840 which was given in consequence of the Resolution of Congress of the 4 th August 1840.
Reported see letter to P. Sgt Decr. 23. 1842.
R. Island 361
Sarah Ralph widow of Thomas Ralph
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 23 d March 1837, of Providence in the State of R. I., who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Knight of the Regt commanded by Col. Waterman in the R. Island line for 12 mos 28 days
Inscribed on the Roll of R. Island at the rate of 50 Dollars 75 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836, ending 23 d March 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d day of Decr 1842, and sent to Benj Cowell Esq. Providence.
Annuity to the 4 th of Semi-annual allowance ending
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Miss T. L. Wood Clerk. Book 1 Vol. 2 Page 22

J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pension Washington City D.C. 4

South Scituate August 19 th 1838
J. L. Edwards, Commr of Pensions, Dear Sir,
Enclosed are the papers, in favor of widow Sarah Ralph's claim for a Pension, as the widow of Thomas Ralph; she ought to draw from the time that the said Thomas last drew, as there is something due from that time to the time of his death; Please to direct the Certificate to me and oblige yours &c Jonah Titus

17034
Thos Ralph
Providence
It appears there is no objection except the 5 which is omitted -
BC July 15 1833
Brownell Esq Providence RI

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

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? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 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? 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? 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.

2183 Sarah Ralph
$50.73 per ann
73 Lowell Providence R.I.

State of Rhode Island
County of Providence
On this 10 th day of March A.D. 1843 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in said County, Sarah Ralph of Scituate in said County aged 83, years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oaths make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed March 3 d 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served in the war of the Revolution that she is the widow of Thomas Ralph late of said Scituate deceased who served in said War as set forth in his declaration for a pension under the act of June 7 1832 that she received a pension under the act of July 7 1838 at the rate of $50 per annum payable at the agency in Providence
R. Almond
Attest Sheldon Knight
Deborah L. Ralph mark

Providence R. I. Situate March the 10-1843 Personally came before me the within named Sarah Ralph and made oath to the within declaration by her signed before me and I further certify that she is a credible person.
Sheldon Knight Justice of the Court of C. & O.
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, Providence, ss. I, Albert Greene, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Provi- dence, in the County of Providence, in said State, do hereby certify, that Sheldon Knight, who has signed the foregoing Certificate, was on the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said County of Providence, duly elected.
In Attestation whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and here affixed the seal of said Municipal Court, this 13 th day of June, A.D. 1843.
Albert Greene, Clerk.

And now on this 15 th day of July A D 1833 Thomas Relfe who subscribed and made oath to the annexed declaration of his service, on 17 September A D 1832 in open Court & further maketh oath in addition & explanation of his said declaration viz, Said Thomas declares that when the British took possession of Rhode Island in the latter part of the year 1776, - he was called out upon the alarm & remembers of going to Provi- dence, he was a Corporal in Captain Nathan Relfe's company & he served one week in Providence & then marched to Warwick & served three weeks longer making one month he served as a corporal at that time in said company. Upon reflection he thinks this was in December 1776 & not in November of that year as stated in his said declaration as he believes that the British took possession of Rhode Island in that month - after this to wit in Jany 1777 & March 1777 he to served two months in the same company at Warwick in guarding the shores of Narragansett Bay the company was attached to Col John Water- bury's Regiment, he served as a corporal also in this service - this service by draft for "immediate turn" And this applicant further says

he was afterwards a Sergeant in Capt Jonathan Knights Company and in this Company he served every other month in said Company until the end of this and following year by being drafted in "Monthly Troops". According to his best recollection he served five Months in this Company viz in May July September November 1777 - Jan'y 1778. he was stationed on & was guarding the shores of Narragansett Bay during all this time at various places - Afterwards in Feb 1778. he served a month as a private at Warwick part of the time in Capt Samuel Wilkes Company & part of the time in Captain Simon Herenden Company as stated. After this to wit in June 1778 he was again drafted in said Jonathan Knights Company to go to Bristol & he went there & served a month in said Company as Sergeant -
And the applicant further says that his next service was in Sullivan's Expedition in August 1778. he was then a volunteer & private in the same Jonathan Knights Company & served one month
And the applicant further says that in the fall of the year 1779 he served another month as a volunteer & private on the Island of Rhode Island, in said Knights Company and the applicant further says that he served

 twelve  thirteen months in all and in the following capacities - As a Sergeant - 6 months As a Corporal - 3 do a private - 3 do 12
And the applicant further says that he has no documentary evidence of his service, nor does he know of any other living witnesses, besides those produced. He has already produced the certificate of a Huggman & another respectable citizen as to his reputation of having been a soldier of the Revolution, he always served out his time & was honorably discharged he never had any court-martial discharge.
The July 15 1833
Thomas Relfh
I swear to before me Benjamin L. Wood Commissioner of the District Court R.I. Dist

Mrs Ralph ✓ R.I.
act 7-July 38 $50.73
from 4 march 36 to 23 march 37. the day of her husband death.
Benj. Cowell Providence R.I.

State of Rhode Island
County of Providence
On this 14 day of December 1842 personally appeared before me Sarah Ralph now resident in Scituate in said County aged 81 years, who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the amount of pension from 4 of March 1836 to March 23 1837 from which period she has already received her pension under the act of July 7 1838 And she further declares, that she is the widow of Thomas Ralph who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution that her pension was allowed at the rate of $50 73 per annum & was paid at Providence Rhode Island & further she saith not-
Attest Sheldon Knight Sarah her X Ralph mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written and I also certify said Sarah Ralph is a credible person
Sheldon Knight Justice C. C. P.

State of Rhode Island Providence Plantations. Providence, ss
I Albert G. Greene, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Providence, in the County of Providence, and State afore- said, do hereby certify that Sheldon Wright who has signed the within Certificate, is a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, duly elected.
In witness attestation whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and have affixed the seal of said Court, this 14 th day of December, A.D. 1842.
Albert G. Greene, Clerk.

3382 Declaration Sarah Ralph

State of Rhode Island County of Providence } s
On this Ninth day of June 1843 personally appeared before the undersigned a Public Notary in and for the County of Providence Sarah Ralph a resident of the Town of Scituate in the county of Providence aged 82 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war; That she is the widow of Thomas Ralph, who was a private & also Corporal & Sergeant and served in the Rhode Island Militia in Colonel John Waterman's Regiment in said revolutionary war, that she received the annual amount of fifty Dollars and seventy three cents under the act of July 7. 1838 - She further declares that she is still a widow -
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before -
Sarah her X Ralph mark Albert B Phillips Public Notary
Witness - Jonah Titus Albert B Phillips

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Providence sc
Clerks Office Supreme Court June 12 th A D 1843
I Walter Paine & Clerk of the Supreme Court of said State for the county of Providence, do hereby certify that Albert B Phillips is a Public Notary in and for the town of Scituate in said county, duly commissioned & qualified, that his commission was dated on the eighth day of May 1843 and will expire on the first Monday of May A D 1844 and that his signature to the before written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court the day and year before written.
Walter Paine Jr. Clerk

admitted
Archie Smith Hoster R.I.

State of Rhode Island County of Providence ss.
On this twentieth day of June 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Sarah Ralph a resident of Scituate in the County of Providence aged Eighty seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Thomas Ralph who was a Private in the Revolution and that she received a pension of Fifty Dollars and Seventy three Cents per annum under the act of June 17 th 1844
She further declares that she is still a widow
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written Sarah her Ralph mark
Before me, Anson Smith, Justice of the Peace. Attest Diana Ralph
I certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual who drew a pension under the act of June 17 th 1844 as stated by her in the above declaration
Anson Smith, Justice of the Peace.

State of Rhode Island, County of Providence } sc
I John W. Smith, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Providence aforesaid, being a court of record, do hereby certify that Anson Smith Esquire, before whom the foregoing declaration was made, is a Justice of the Peace for the town of Glocester in said County of Providence, and is duly qualified to act in said capacity, and that the two preceding signatures purporting to be the signatures of said Smith, are genuine.
In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at the City of Providence this fifth day of July A.D. 1848.
John W. Smith, Clerk.