Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18735, for Jeremiah Perry, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
Privater
Perry, Jeremiah
W 18735
R.I.
Perry Anna
Army or
Anna or
CONTENTS

Anna Perry
Reported
Anna Perry widow of Jeremiah Perry 23 who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Revolutionary Private .
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 70 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Sept. 1848, and sent to Wm. R. L. Rose Allens' Hill New York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 166 Vol. 17

2062 New York
Jeremiah Perry
of Parma in the State of New York who was a private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Manchester of the Regt. commanded by Col. Church in the Mt. Island line for 21 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 70 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Ap. 1833 — and suite H. Gay Rochester
Arrears to the 4th of Ap. '33 $ 175 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 M ch '24 35 $ 210
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. C. Stiles Clerk, Book E. Vol. 1. Page 72.

State of New York } Monroe County ss } On this Tuesday  Wednesday day of September 1832 personally appeared before me Samuel Castle one of the Judges of the county courts in & for the said county of Monroe & State of New York, a court having a seal & clerk, Ser- eniah Perry at his residence in the town of Parma county of Monroe & State aforesaid aged seventy seven years, who first being duly sworn by the said Judge according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of congress of the 7 th June 1832
That sometime in the month of September 1774 as near as this applicant can recollect living in the town of Liviston county of Bristol and State of Rhode Island he volunteered as a private to serve in the united States army Army against the common enemy as long as he should be wanted - no definite time being mentioned - At this time there was no act of congress to his knowledge under which a standing or protective army could be raised - that so far as he can recollect soldiers were raised through committees of the state or town - That he was enrolled and attached to a company commanded by Isaac Manchester, Lieutenant Manchester (her Christian name he can't recollect) Ensign Jon- athan Duvall; and served in a regiment of Volunteers raised in the said State of Rhode Island in the manner of this applicant - said regiment was commanded by Colonel Church formerly of the British service; the Majors name he thinks was Cook, though he is not positive - that he was immediately with

others ordered and marched upon Rhode Island in the said State of Rhode Island, about fifteen or sixteen miles from the place at which he volunteered, and about three miles north of Newport at what was called Corrinton Cove where they (this applicant & others of said volunteers) were employed in preventing the British from landing & plundering property, and the Tories from communicating with them. That the British were on board of a Brig anchored at Newport & commanded by a person by the name of Wallace. About six weeks after entering the service the British attempted to land at Corrinton Cove to carry away stock from the shore when an engagement took place between the Americans & the enemy in which this applicant took a part. That five or six of the enemy were killed - none of the Americans. The enemy once more attempted to land before said applicant was discharged but were again repelled. That said applicant continued thus to serve at the place aforesaid until in the forepart of the winter succeeding the time of his volunteering as aforesaid but the particular time he can't state, but this much he recollects that up to the time he was discharged he had served ninety two days, when he was discharged by his Captain, he having secured a continental Commission & raised a company thereunder. That there was but the Company of the said applicant stationed at the place aforesaid where he was discharged. That in the month of July the particular
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day of said month he can't recollect in the year 1774 still residing at the Town of Tiverton aforesaid he enlisted for the term of four months (though he is not certain that it was four months but it is the best of his recollection it might have been but three) as a private in the militia service of the United States, and was attached to a Company commanded by Captain David Gifford Lieutenant Oliver Durfee Ensign Stukely Wyatt and a Regiment commanded by Colonel John Cook. The other officers of the Regiment he cannot recollect nor can he state the number or line of said Regiment. That after said enlistment he was marched and stationed at the city of New port aforesaid where he continued - Nothing of importance or of an historical nature occurring until about a week or ten days previous to the time when his said term of service would have expired, but the particular time he cannot recollect other than it was sometime in the fall of the year when about 9000 of the British Army in the night entered the Harbour of Newport & effected their landing in the morning - The British force was commanded by Lord Percy and General Prescott - The American force being too feeble, (consisting only of about 2000 or 3000 men) to resist the Enemy, retreated with what cannon & stock they could, to what was called Bristol & Howland Ferry about fifteen miles from Newport where they passed the stock and cannon by ferry to the mainland - There was no engagement though some twenty five or thirty prisoners of the Americans were taken - That when said

applicant was passing from Bristol Ferry to to Howlands ferry he was surprised & taken prisoner by some British Horseman - He was led into ambush by a tory - On said appli- cants seeing the enemy he started to run for a marsh, when orders were given to fire - He then stopped and turned about the guns of the enemy were cocked and pointed at him - Lord Percy ordered the soldiers not to fire but to save said applicants life so that he might pilot the enemy to Bristol Ferry - The said Ferry came up & offered his service to and did pilot them to Bristol Ferry - from thence said applicant was taken by a guard to the Town of Portsmouth where he was with Eight others put under the guard of twelve men over night - that four of the guard having become intem- perated from cider which they stole, attempted to rob said applicant of his money & his handkerchief on his neck - that he resisted them, and in defending himself he was wounded with their knives in his hands & throat the scars of which he now bears - that they were re- ported and suffered a flogging for their conduct - From this he with the other of said prisoners were taken to & put into Newport Jail that in passing the Heptians at Newport the British had to reinforce the guard to prevent them from murdering the prisoners - that for five nights & four days after he was imprisoned he had nothing to eat - and it was through the intercession of the Quakers with Lord Percy that they were pro-

March after July 1774 making 9 mo.
vided at all with food. Said applicant was then continued in prison until the latter part of March after his capture afore said when he with the others of said prisoners were exchanged with men called Highlanders who were brought in from Boston in what was called a cartel - that said applicant & four others of said prisoners were exchanged by the father of this applicant hiring four Highlanders for twenty five dollars each to serve in the British Army - that the exchange of the other prisoners was effected through the Committee of Boston & Providence as said applicant understood - That he recollects & has recollects & born in mind that the length of his service and his imprisonment to the time of his exchange was something more than nine months (about 15 days) though he cannot give the particular time of his enlistment and being exchanged any further than as herenbefore stated -
(9 mo.)
That said applicant then returned to his residence in Tiverton aforesaid & went to the State of Connecticut where he remained until sometime in the month of June 1777 when he returned to Tiverton & enlisted for the term of one year as a minute man into a company commanded by Captain William Durfee - Lieutenant Humphrey Shearman Ensign Thomas Durfee, and Regiment commanded by the aforesaid John Cook as colonel - and thinks the Majors name was Manchester - He cannot recollect any
June 1777
one year

other officers of said Regiment nor the number of said Regiment - said applicant (with his com- pany) entered immediately upon service in guarding the sea shore in the said Town of Tiverton - That when said applicant was not en- gaged in duty in guarding said shore he was employed in drawing timber at Howlands ferry for the purpose of building barracks in the said Town of Tiverton - that said timber was drawn under & by the directions of the Commandant of the Regiment - That said applicant was thus employed until about the last of the three months of said years service which was spent at said Howlands ferry in guarding that place - the season of the year (Spring) was such that it was inconvenient to work at drawing timber or other labor then the general duties of the company - That during said term said applicant was engaged in what was called Sullivan Expedition under the com- mand of General Sullivan - which occurred in this way - The American troops marched against the enemy at what was called Bulls Hill about three miles from Tiverton - they then pursued them to what was called Greenend Brook, about fifteen miles from Tiverton where they had an engage- ment which last about half an hour
That said applicant was discharged at Howlands ferry in the month of June 1778 (the particular time in said month he cannot state) by his said Colonel John Cook - that he received no written discharge - that at

the time of his being discharged he (with his company) was marched to the House of John Howlands and delivered up his gun & Equipment in discharge of his receipt which he gave at the time of his enlistment to return said gun.
That in the month of July after said applicant was discharged (1778) he enlisted on board of a privateering ship commanded by William Dennis - the mates name was Smith - Second mate - Robert Dennis, which was engaged in the continental service as applicant supposed - That he enlisted in the Town of Tiverton aforesaid with seventeen others for the term of one cruise - that immediately after said enlistment they put out at sea & were driven back upon Fisher Island between Martha's Vineyard & the Main land - They put out again & were gone about four weeks when they descried what was supposed to be sugar vessels & bore down upon them, but upon nearing they proved to be a British Fleet strongly manned - said applicant's brig then changed its course - The British ship Gabbler gave chase & took said brig in five or six hours after a short engagement - The Prisoners were put in the cable tier on board of the commodore's ship. In the afternoon they were called on deck to ascertain who of them would engage in the British service - The British claimed those who were from Martha's Vineyard (as there were some) as their men, on the ground that the Island belonged to them
5. md. mending

These they would not exchange. The prisoners were divided & put on board of different ships - said applicant was put on board of the ship Virginia formerly one of the American Line & taken to Deer Island & there put on board of a prison ship and imprisoned about five weeks as near as he can recollect - said applicant & the other prisoners being about one hundred & twenty were taken to Boston and exchanged which was sometime in the month of December 1778 as near as said applicant can recollect - that the whole of the time from the time of his entering on board of the aforesaid ship to the time of his exchange was more than five months - as said applicant has always borne in mind I now recollect & believes -
That there are other services which said applicant rendered during said revolutionary war than those herein set forth, but is advised that it is not material to set them forth under the circumstances of his case -
That he has no Documentary Evidence but he knows of Nates, Azus & Thomas Azus of the Town of Palmyra, county of Wayne & said State of New York who can as he believes prove some part if not all the services of said applicant - and whose testimony he intends to procure
That sometime in the fall of 1824 he made out a declaration under the act of 18 March 1818 & procured the testimony of

the witness aforesaid. That the papers were made out by a person who after getting his pay for preparing them absconded with them papers and he has no knowledge that they ever were forwarded to the war department.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any state.
That there is no clergyman in the neighbourhood of said applicant whose certificate of his age and his belief of his services it is convenient for him to procure.
And hereupon the said Judge propounds & puts to the aforesaid applicant the respective interrogatories as prescribed by the war department under the act of 7 June 1832 who upon his oath makes answer thereunto as follows.
To the first Interrogatory
He says that he was born in the town of Tiverton county of Bristol & State of Rhode Island the 20 th day of June 1754
To the 2 nd Interrogatory
He says that he has no record of his age in his possession, though he believes there is a record of his age in the town where he was born aforesaid.
To the 3 rd Interrogatory
He says that at the respective times when he entered the service hereinbefore stated he was living in the said town of Tiverton - that since the revolutionary war he has

lived in the said Town of Liverton - in the town of Cambridge, in the county of Washington, & state of New York - in the town of Hoosick in the county of Rensselaer in said state of New York - in the town of Sodus county of Wayne - next in the town of Parma where he now resides - next in the town of Palmyra in said county of Wayne and next & now in the said town of Parma in the said county of Monroe & State of New York.
To the 4 th interrogatory
He says that he entered the service as follows. first as a volunteer & served three months - next he enlisted for four months service as aforesaid, and the next term he enlisted, and the last term herein mentioned he volunteered to go a privateering as in his foregoing declaration is particularly set forth -
To the 5 th interrogatory
He says that the names of some of the Regular or continental officers where said applicant served so far as he can recollect are Colonel Duayne - at Howlands Ferry aforesaid - Major Alexander Thomas - General Leonelle - General Sullivan who were also stationed at Howlands ferry - That he can not state the general circumstances of his services any farther or more particularly than are contained in his foregoing declaration.
To the 6 th interrogatory
He says he never received a written discharge for any part or either of his

aforesaid term of service To the 4 th Interrogatory
He says he is known to the following named persons in his neighbourhood who can as he believes testify as to his character for veracity and their belief as to his services as a soldier in the revolutionary war viz Augustus Mather, Hope Davis - Levi Tallmadge Lendall Curtis, Samuel Wyman & others more
remale
Sworn and subscribed this } Jeremiah Parry seventh Monday of September 1832 before } me the Judge aforesaid Samuel Castle Judge Monroe county courts
State of New York } Monroe county ss } We Augustus Mather & Hope Davis of the town of Parma in said county and residing in the neighbourhood of Jeremiah Parry who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration do certify that we are well acquainted with him & that we believe him to be of the age of seventy seven years - that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolutionary war & that we concur in that opinion, & also that he is reputed to be a person of truth & veracity.
Sworn to & subscribed this } Augustus Mather day & year aforesaid before me } Samuel Castle Judge Monroe county courts
Hope Davis
Samuel Castle Judge Monroe county courts

And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department aforesaid that the statement of the aforesaid applicant Jeremiah Perry of his revolutionary service, set forth in his aforesaid declaration and his answers to the respective interrogatories so as aforesaid put and answered is substantially true, and that said applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states.
I do farther certify that I am personally acquainted with Augustus Mather & Hope Davis who have signed the preceding certificate & are respectively residents in the said town of Parma in the neighbourhood of the said applicant, and they are respectively credible persons. That their statement is entitled to credit.
And I farther certify that the said applicant from age and ill health in my opinion is unable to appear in Court & make the foregoing declaration nor will he in my opinion be able at the next Court of the said county of Monroe, which is the first Monday of October next. Dated the day & year aforesaid
Samuel Castle Judge Monroe County Courts

State of New York Monroe County ss } I Leonard Adams Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of Samuel Castle one of the Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas in the Matter of the appli- -cation of Jeremiah Perry for a Pension as appears from the signature thereto of the said Samuel Castle (which signature I am as aforesaid) Respectfully subscribed and that the said Samuel Castle at the date of the aforesaid proceedings was one of the Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas duly Commissioned. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 15 th day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirty two L. Adams Clerk
State of New York Monroe County ss. On the fifth day of June One thousand Eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in the town of Gates in the said county & State Jeremiah Perry the applicant who has signed & sworn to the preceding declaration who being duly sworn deposeth & saith, that an error has been by him committed in the preceding declaration as follows The figures 1774 on the second line from the top of the third page of the preceding declaration

and opposite to which a mark is made in pencil, should be 177 5 instead of 177 4 but in other particulars said declaration is correct
Subscribed & sworn to before me the day & year aforesaid S. Hamilton J.P.
Jeremiah Ferrery
I Leonard Adams Clerk of the County of Monroe State of New York do certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of Samuel Hamilton, and that his name subscribed to the jurat of the above affidavit is the proper hand writing of the said Samuel Hamilton and the said Samuel Hamilton at the date of the said affidavit was an acting justice of the peace of the said county of Monroe In testimony whereof I hereunto affixed the seal of the my Office this 13th June 1833- L. Adams clerk
14823 matter of location of the Pennys (pension)
14823 14 Gray Rochester Monroe Co. N. Y. City

State of New York
Wayne County ss: }
On this twenty ninth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me David Eddy one of the Judges of the county courts of the said county of Wayne and State of New York, a court having a seal and clerk. Thomas Stegus of the town of Marion in the county of Wayne aforesaid aged seventy six years, who first being duly sworn by the said Judge according to law doth make oath and depose as follows, That is to say, that he is well acquainted with Jeremiah Perry of the town of Parma in the county of Monroe and State aforesaid whose declaration to which this deposition is attached this deponent has heard read over clearly and distinctly; That this deponent was well acquainted with the said Jeremiah Perry when he was a minor, having been brought up a near neighbour to him and residing with him in the town of Linnton, county of Bristol and state of Rhode Island for several years before the commencement of the Revolutionary war; That some time in the year 1774 the said Jeremiah Perry volunteered to serve in the United States Army against the common Enemy as a private, and was attached to a company commanded by Isaac Manchester and served in the regiment commanded by Colonel Church for the term of three months as near as
not positive - that he was immediately with

This deponent can recollect; that the said Jeremiah Perry marched with the company to which he belonged to Scituate conc in the state of Rhode Island where he was discharged and returned home to his residence in Tiverton aforesaid some time in December 1774. That in the summer of 1775 the said Jeremiah Perry still residing at the town of Tiverton aforesaid enlisted as a private in the militia service of the United States, as a private , and was attached to a company commanded by Captain David Gifford in a regiment commanded by Colonel Cook and he was afterwards taken prisoner by the enemy and this deponent was informed and believes to be true, it having been currently reported and generally believed in the neighbourhood where this deponent resided at the time of the occurrence that he was thus taken prisoner; and this deponent well remembers that when the said Jeremiah Perry returned to the town of Tiverton aforesaid which was in the month of March 1776, he informed this deponent that he had been a prisoner, and that during the term of his last mentioned service and imprisonment the term of about nine months elapsed.
This deponent saith that after the said Jeremiah Perry had returned to Tiverton as aforesaid and some time in the month of June in 1777 he

enlisted for one year as a private in the United States service and was attached to a company commanded by Captain Durfee and Regiment commanded by Colonel Cook and was employed in guarding the property and buildings along the sea shore and continued to serve for the full term of one year from the time of his enlistment when he was discharged and returned to Tiverton aforesaid in the summer of 1778 & further he saith not -
Subscribed & sworn before me }
The 29th day of May 1833 }
David Eddy
his
Thomas X  Argus mark
10. Monroe and state aforesaid whose declaration to which this deposition is attached this deponent has heard read over clearly and distinctly; that this deponent was well acquainted with the said Jeremiah Perry when he was a minor, having been brought up a near neighbour to him and residing with him in the town of Tiverton, county of Bristol and state of Rhode Island for several years before the commencement of the revolutionary war; that some time in the year 1774 the said Jeremiah Perry volunteered to serve in the United States army against the common enemy, as a private, and was attached to a company commanded by Isaac Manchester and served in the regiment commanded by Colonel Church for the term of at least three months

State of New York
Wayne County ss: On this twenty ninth day of May in the year one thousand eight hun- dred and thirty three personally appeared before me David Eddy one of the Judges of the county courts in and for said county of Wayne and State of New York, a court having a seal and clerk, Nates Fergus of the town of Marion in the county of Wayne aforesaid aged seventy four years, who first being duly sworn by the said Judge according to law doth make oath and depose as follows, That is to say, That he is well acquainted with Jeremiah Perry of the town of Parma in the county of Monroe and State aforesaid whose declaration to which this deposition is attached this deponent has heard read over clearly and distinctly; That this deponent was well acquainted with the said Jeremiah Perry when he was a minor, having been brought up a near neighbour to him and residing with him in the town of Linton, county of Bristol and State of Rhode Island for several years before the commencement of the revolu- tionary war; That some time in the year 1774 the said Jeremiah Perry volunteered to serve in the United States army against the common enemy, as a private, and was attached to a company commanded by Isaac Manchester and served in the regiment commanded by Colonel Church for the term of at least three months more or less - that he was immediately with

that the said Jeremiah Perry marched with the company to which he belonged to Coovington-cove in the state of Rhode Island where he was discharged and returned home to his residence in Linton aforesaid some time in the month of December 1774 he having entered the service in the month of September preceding.
This deponent further saith that in the summer of 1775 the said Jeremiah Perry still residing at the town of Linton aforesaid enlisted as a private in the militia service of the United States, and was attached to a company commanded by Captain David Gifford in a regiment commanded by Colonel Leffingwell and he was afterwards taken prisoner by the enemy as this deponent was informed at the time and believed to be true and this deponent was informed by the said Jeremiah Perry when he returned to the town of Linton aforesaid, which was in the month of March 1776, he informed this deponent that he had been taken a prisoner, and that during the term of his last mentioned service he was actually engaged in the service for the full term of nine months.
This deponent saith that after the said Jeremiah Perry had returned to Linton as aforesaid and some time in the month of June in 1777 he enlisted for one year as a private in the United

states service in the militia and was attached to a company commanded by Captain Dunfee and Regiment commanded by Colonel Cook and was employed in protecting the property and buildings along the sea shore at or near Tiverton aforesaid and that he continued to serve for the full term of one year from the time of his enlistment when he was discharged and returned to Tiverton aforesaid in the summer of 1778; this deponent saith that he is a brother of the said Thomas Agass whose deposition is hereto annexed and further he saith not.
Subscribed and sworn this } his 29th day of May 1833 before me } Nolas Y Agass David Eddy mark
State of New York
Warren County ss: I David Eddy Judge of the county courts in and for the county of Warren aforesaid do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Thomas Agass and Nolas Agass, whose depositions are hereto annexed which were taken before me, and that their are credible witnesses men of good character for truth and veracity.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of May 1833.
David Eddy
not positive - that he was immediately with

State of New York
Wayne County ss: I Cullen Foster Clerk of
the county of Wayne aforesaid do
1
hereby certify that David Eddy before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken was at the day of the taking thereof a Judge of said county duly authorized to take the same -
and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his signature to the said affidavits and the foregoing certificate to be genu- ine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this 31 st day of May, 1833 -
Cullen Foster Acting Clk

4072
Ania Perry
mother of Jeremiah NY
act 4 July 1836
Repetition 1836
Adm act 4  July March 1843

State of New York } County of Wayne } ss On this Eighteenth Day of November One Thousand Eight Hundred and forty three personally appeared before Samuel Moore one of the Judges of the Court of Wayne County Common Pleas in the State of New York in the Town of Palmyra in said County Anna Berry a resident of the Town of Palmyra in the County of Wayne aforesaid aged Eighty 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 fourth One thousand Eight Hundred and thirty six; That she is the Widow of Jeremiah Berry who was a private in the Revolutionary Army and was a United States Pensioner under an act of Congress passed the 7th Day of June 1832. That the Certificate of the said Jeremiah Berry is recorded in Book E. Volume 4 Page 72 in the War Office, as by the said Certificate appears. She further declares that she was married to the said Jeremiah Berry on the Twenty Sixth Day of March One Thou- sand Eight Hundred and Eighty Two. That her Husband the said Jeremiah Berry died on the Sixth Day of August One Thousand Eight Hundred and forty Three and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
And to obtain the balance of the Pension

of the said Jeremiah Perry (her husband for the year 1843 and payable the fourth of September of the year last of said) she further declares that she is the widow of the said Jeremiah Perry the identical person who was a pensioner and is now dead and to whom a certificate of Pension was issued of which the following is a true copy.
War Department Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th June 1843 Jeremiah Perry of the State of New York who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Seventy Dollars per annum during his Natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1851 and payable semiannually on the 4th of March and 4 of September in every Year
Given at the War Office of the United States this 25th Day of September One Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty three
Levi P. King Secretary of War
Examined and Countersigned C. L. Edwards Commissioning Clerks
That the deceased pensioner resided in the Town of Parma in the County of Monroe in the State of New York for the space of three Years before his death and that previous thereto he resided in the County of Clinton in said State
Subscribed and sworn before me this 18th of Nov 1843

Day of November 1843 } Sam Moore }
a Judge of Wayne County Common Pleas
State of New York } County of Wayne } ss Israel Perry being duly sworn deposes and says that he is a resident of the town of Palmyra in said County of Wayne that he is the son of Jeremiah Perry late of the town of Parma County of Monroe & State of New York dece- ased, that the said Jeremiah Perry died in the town of Parma in the County of Monroe, on the Sixth Day of August One Thousand Eight Hundred and forty three that during his lifetime the said Jeremiah Perry was a Business of the United States, that the said Jeremiah Perry left a widow at the time of his decease the name of whom is Anna Perry, that said Widow is the mother of this deponent that she has never married since the death of the said Jeremiah Perry her Husband that she resides in the town of Palmyra aforesaid that this deponent was well acquainted with the said Jeremiah Perry during his lifetime

and knows him to be the identical person set forth in the above declaration of the said Anna Kerry which declaration this deponent has heard read, and that this deponent well knows the aforesaid Anna Kerry described in the said declaration to be the widow of the said Jeremiah Kerry
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th Day of November 1848 at Palmyra in the County of Wayne State of New York Sam. MOORE
a Judge of Wayne County Court Pleas
State of New York County of Wayne } ss a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Wayne aforesaid the said Court being a Court of Record Do certify that Anna Kerry of the town of Palmyra County and State aforesaid who has subscribed the above declaration cannot by bodily infirmity attend the said Court or any other Court of Record And I further certify that it has been proved to my satisfaction that Jeremiah Kerry of the town of Parma

in the County of Monroe & State of New York is dead, that during his lifetime he was a Resident of the United States, that he died at Parma of said on the Sixth Day of August 1843 that he is the the identical person named in the said declaration, and that he was the husband of the said Anna Perry that at his decease he left the said Anna Perry a widow that the said Anna Perry was left a widow by the said Jeremiah Perry, that she was married to the said Jeremiah Perry on the Twenty Sixth Day of March One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty Two that she has never married since the death of the said Jeremiah Perry her husband that she remains a widow up to the present time and is the identical person named as the widow of the said Jeremiah Perry in the said declaration
Saml Moore
State of New York } Wayne County Clerk's Office } ss
I Daniel Chapman Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Samuel Moore before whom the annexed declaration and affidavit purport to have been made and sworn to and now in presence of the person

by whom the annexed certificate purports to have been made that at the date of the same the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to receive and take the said declaration and affidavits and further that I am well acquainted with his said writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the same and to the said certificate to be his proper hand writing, and signature. And further that the said Court of Common Pleas is a Court of Record.
Witness my hand and seal of said County this 21 st Day of November in the Year 1848.
Daniel Chapman, Clk.

No 13741 Anna Perry Wid of Jeremiah NY
act 7 July 1838, and Joint Resolution of 23 June 1845 Mamma 1782 Reported husband died 11 Augt 1843

I Charles Durfee, Town Clerk of the Town of Riverton County of Newport. do certify and say, that by virtue of my office, I have the custody of the Records of births and marriages of said Town, and further certify that it appears by the Records, that Jeremiah Perry and Anna Stafford were lawfully joined in marriage on the Twenty sixth day of March A.D. Seventeen Hundred and Eighty two. The following is a copy of the Record word for word, figure for figure as it stands. "I do hereby certify that Jeremiah Perry son of Pearce Perry and Ruth his wife were and Anna Stafford daughter of Sile Stafford dec d and Jane his wife were lawfully joined together in marriage in said Riverton on the Twenty Six day of March A.D. 1782.
By me the subscriber Walter Cook, Justice Peace All which duly appears - Witness Chas. Durfee Town Clerk
State of Rhode Island etc.
Newport ss. In Riverton October 19 th A.D. 1843
Personally appeared before me, the above named Charles Durfee, known to me as the Town Clerk of the Town of Riverton, and made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him signed.
Asa Gray Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island etc.
County of Newport
Newport ss.
I Charles Durfee Clerk of the Court of Probate of the Town of Tiverton in the County aforesaid, a court of record, do hereby certify, that Asa Gray is a justice of the Peace in Tiverton in said County of Newport, appointed Commissioner and sworn and fully authorized to act in his said capacity, and that the signature of his name on the within affidavit, is his genuine signature.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of office This 19 th day of October A.D. 1843.
Charles Durfee Probate Clerk

1H 823
Jeremiah Perry Monroe Co. N.Y.
i.j.
Admitted
Private 21 st months $69.99
W. Gay, Rochester N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 17 183 3
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. Those 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, shewing the Service of Jeremiah Perry of Parma in Monroe County N.Y.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Oct 1774 92 Private Capt Manchester Col Church Engagement in Rhode Island Guarantee Iverton Bristol County R.I. aged 77 years Revolutionary Evidence & living witnesses   1775 4 " Gifford Cook at Corning   1777 1 " Durfee Cook   1778 5 Marine Dennison no clergyman in the neighborhood  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
X Private not embraced in the provisions of the act

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 he 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 enquiry 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, &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 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 [i] 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.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
Eyn n.Y.
File No. 18735-
Anna Perry widow of Jeremiah Perry U.S. Navy
Act: Feb 29 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 123
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mar 8 '98
W. G. Ferguson
NY City
Nov. 8 1901
Mary Perry Ferguson - BK
Dec. 1, 1904 Hist. to W. G. Ferguson, Brooklyn NY

27. Pulaski St Brooklyn N.Y. Nov 2/01
Com Pensions
Washington, D. C.
I am thinking of joining the Daughters of the Revolution and would like as complete Record as possible. My G. Grandfather served in Col Gibson's Regt Capt Dyer's Co Rhode Island Militia His Name was Jeremiah Perry both he & his wife Polly draw Pensions I recollect the wife well when a child at Palmyra Wayne Co N.Y. He died at Parma N.Y. can you give me record of years & time & sum of each pension and draft as whatever is permitted to be given out my father went to western who could give me facts we had
Yours Respectfully Mary Perry Ferguson "

AMH
Nov 15 th 1904
Brooklyn NY.
Com of Pensions Washington D.C.
NOV 17 1904
Dear Sir
Have you record in your office of Anne Stafford Perry Widow of Jeremiah Perry a Revolutionary Soldier from Rhode Island When & where she died any information as to her as Pensioner would be highly appreciated to be used in giving daughters of Revolution
Yours Truly
W. G. Ferguson
27. Pulaski St Brooklyn
NY

C. SWEZEY, PRESIDENT. L. KAHLER, VICE PRESIDENT. O. H. MONTGOMERY, SEC & TREAS.
Established 1835. INCORPORATED 1894.
N.T. Swezey's Son & Co WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FLOUR.
Main Office 224 PRODUCE EXCHANGE Broadway, cor. Beaver St. Warehouse and Branch Office 176 SOUTH STREET, cor. Roosevelt.
Telephone Call 63 Broad.
New York, 2/11 1898
Pension Office Washington D.C.
I am anxious to find the record of service of my Grandfather in Revolutionary War and as the widow drew a pension I take the liberty of applying to your Dept for the same as we are anxious to know Regt length of service as his widow drew a pension at East Palmyra Wayne Co N.Y. but he enlisted from Rhode Island his home (Jersey) or Jersey City Perry we simply want the information to transmit to our children
Yours Truly Wm G. Ferguson 224. Produce Exchange

Jeremiah Perry N.Y. act 7 June 1832 $70 00
To what time paid he last paid $64
Pension Office Sept 26 1848 $ paid to 4 th March 1843 H.S.

6072
Anna Perry
Md. of Jeremiah
NY
Rapids
Set to S. Culver Aug. 2 44
" " Arad May Oct 27 '45
Act. 4 July 1836

Sir - I have appointed Adad Day of Oride my true & lawful attorney for me & in my name to enquire after & ascertain the exact state of my costs now before the Pension office asking for a pension, you will please inform him of what is wanted to clear the way for my just rights to a pension - Yours Respectfully Palmyra July 1840
M ary Perry
Hon J. L. Edwards Coul. of Pensions } Israel Perry
East Palmyra July 24 1840

W. 18,735
Jeremiah Perry -
Sept. 29, 1832 Parma,
Monroe Co., N.Y. L. Tiverton R.D. June 20, 1754
living at Tiverton, R.D.
74 Capt. Isaac Manchester
Col. Church 928
July 74 Pri. Capt David Lefford
Col John Cook
4m
June 77 Capt Wm Surfee
Col John Cook
1yr
July 78 William Dennison
Privateer " " " "
cap. by British ship Galilee + put on prison ship 5wks - 5m.
mar. Dec 26, 1782 Anna dauc. of Tille Stafford deat + Jane his wife Tiverton, R.D.
Col. d. Aug 6, 1843 Parma
9m

New-Orleans Anna Perry widow of Jeremiah Perry who was a Private in the Regulation Husband died 6 August 1843
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 70 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Sept. 1848 and sent to
Hon. R. L. Rose Albany  He ice New-York
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book a Vol. 2 . Page 82

Reported
10478
New-York
Hannah Perry
Widow of Jeremiah Perry who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 6th August, 1843. of Wayne Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Manchester of the Regt. commanded by Col. Church in the Revolution line for 21 monthly
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 70 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. Joint Reso: 22nd January, 1845.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Sep. 1848, and sent to Hon. R. L. Rose, Attorney New-York
Total amount, $ 350.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Th. D. L. Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 1 Page 175

ad. 43 no. 9507 No 13711 22584
Anna Perry wid of Jeremiah NY
act 7 July 1838 and Inst Resolution of 23 rd June 1845
Adm. 21 no. 100 $70 00 per m
from 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841
Adm. acts 31 March 1843 17 June 44 and 2 July 48 — $70 00 per m
from 4 March 1843
Hon R. L. Rose Member of Congress

1072 Nov. 20. 1842
Am. Bank July 4. 1846
NY
FREE
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Customs Washington City D.C.

Newark Wayne Co N.Y. Nov 25 1843
Hon J. L. Brooks Comm. of Pensions
Sir enclosed I send your Papers in the matter of the application of Mrs Annie Berry (widow of) Osceola Berry deceased for a Pension
Please give them an examination and inform me as soon as convenient of the result
Address me at Newark Wayne Co N.Y.
Yrs truly
Stephen Culver
P.S. If anything further is required on the part of the applicant please notify me S.C.

Orinda July 29 th 1845
Sir
I enclose my authority for my agency in the case of Almy Perry - please inform me exactly what mole you demand in this case, with a copy of your answer to the application & proof. Respectfully
Your Most Ob t Serv t
Amad Joy
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington D. C.

DECLARATION.
State of New York
County of Wayne
said county
} SS.
On this 15 day of September 1848 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for
Almy Perry
a resident of said county, who being first duly
sworn according to law, deposes and states that she is the widow of Jeremiah Perry
deceased, who during his natural life was a Revolutionary pensioner under the act of Congress of 7th
of June 1832
at the rate of Seventy dollars
per annum, and that she is an applicant for a pension from said state
under the act of Congress of 7th July 1838
Now the object of this declaration being made is in order to open a claim at the same rate of pension her husband received, upon her said application and proof now on file - claiming on the evidence filed in her late husband's case, and under the Resolution of Congress approved the 1st July 1848.
She further declares she is still a widow
Sworn and subscribed before me
on this 15 day of September 1848
Asbrow Salisbury
Mary Perry
I do hereby certify that Mary Perry above named is well known to me, and that she is the widow of Jeremiah Perry who was a Revolutionary Pensioner.
Asbrow Salisbury Justice of the Peace for the County of Wayne
If her name is Almy - alter the above to that name

State of New York 13711 May no County Clerk Office of Albany Certify that Amos Salisbury Esq. was at the date of the within Declaration and Certificate the Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected qualified and authorized by the laws of said state to act as such. Further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the Justice and only believe his name subscribed to the several of the within Declaration and to the within Certificate are in his proper hand writing and are each his genuine signature.
I, the undersigned Clerk of the Court of Sessions for the County of Albany do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original thereof now on file in my office and of the whole thereof. Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 15th day of September 1848 J. B. Gann Clerk of said Court. (Clerk of said County)
to the effect of the within copy of the original thereof now on file in my office and of the whole thereof.