Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,126, for William Perkins, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Perkins, William
S. 14126
CONTENTS
Carded

Letter to G. Hentow 12 March 1838 Cn to Pen agt 12 April 1838 To Albany N. York fr. 4. Sept 1837. 28 Oct 1838.
Revolutionary N o 28123
William Perkins - Orleans Co. in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Burrell of the Regt. commanded by Col. Worcester in the Connecticut line for 6 months -
Albany - New York.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of March 1834 — and sent to the Hon. B. F. Jennings, Ho. of Reps.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 - 60.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sept. " 10.00 70.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. Bendire Clerk. Book E. Vol. 3 Page 88

State of Vermont - On the 16 th day of Aug Olson County & State A.D. 1832. Judiciously opposed William Perkins of Sturminster in the County of Sturminster and Downey of Sturminster Concordia of in open Court before the Honorable Robert Court with the District the County District of Olsons found said now sitting of the County duly sworn accepting the law under Libel against the following declarations for the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the provisions of the act of Congress passed March 3 rd A.D. 1832. That he recited the Seal of the United States and thereunder in the following named offices in man- ner hereof that said that in the year 1775 he enlisted in the Service of Charles in the County of New Down and State of New Hampshire Commenced and ended in the State House of Representatives of Connecticut in the Company commanded Captain Arnold's Company at the time of the Enlistment commanded by Lieutenant both each Branch in the Regiment under the command of one Wheeler who was at that time he thinks a Colonel of the N.H. Genl a General of Brigade a resident of New Haven in said State he first enlisted to a place called Hook- sett in the State of New Hampshire from thence oftentimes he marched to the City of New York and remained there a short time when he ascended the River by Boston

so far as Albany & Troy at that place at the barracks on the hill about a week & crossed the river to Gansbush where he remained two or three weeks and March on to Lake George where he remained & crossed to Lake Champlain where he remained & crossed and went to St. Johns in the Province of Lower Cana- da and was at the taking of that town. after the taking of which town he was discharged knowing that occur- ring to be best recollection seven months he is sure he served six months & believes he did seven. He further declared that in the year 1776 he enlisted in the line of the Continental Army in the Company commanded by Captain Nathaniel Bunnell in the regiment commanded by Colonel Rochester; he went to the City of New York in the spring and was there when the independ- ence of the states was declared; he was head cook of the hospital at that place he left New York with General Washington and March to Harlem in the state of New York and from there to the City of White Plains in New York state, where he remained until the expiration of the term of his enlistment long before March 1777 was there at the time of the Battle of White Plains at the expiration of which term he was discharged; but without receiving a dis- charge; at that time a better dis- charge; he is now seventy years of age. he

he was born at Mount Carmel in the State of Connecticut on the 8th day of January A. D. 1755 where is a record of his birth if any where. In the Rev. literary war he has resided in Pomfret and Holston in the State of Vermont sixty years and in said Holston about forty nine years
And I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency of any State Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
William his X Perkins mark
We Samuel Cole Silvanus Burr of Stanstead in the Province of Lower Canada do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Perkins who has sworn and subscribed to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age and that we believe him to be a man whose state- ments are entitled to full credit and that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion —
Sworn and subscribed to in open court the day and year above written —
Samuel Cole
Silvanus Burr
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after perusing the accompanying stories prescribed by the War Department. That the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as a States And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Samuel Cole and Silvanus Burr both reside in Stanstead aforesaid and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Mr Perkins
Do Boston
J. W. Field Duby Esq. Agent & Attorney.
22479

I John H. Kimball Register of the Probate Court for the District of Orleans do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Perkins for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office This 16 th day of August 1832 -
John H. Kimball Register

22 479
William Perkins
Canada
J. F. Redfield N. O. agent
Con Melitica
no roll
6m o
$ 20
Hon. B. F. Dunning
J. F. Redfield
Derby p. 5

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 William Perkins L. C.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     6. t State Troops 1775 enlist, was at the Tpk of Chit. ton. 7 Private Cp Arnold Col Worcester { 77 entered at N Haven 6. t. now lives in Canada No living witnesses no Certificate of Clergyman or others - nor reason why   1776 enlist cont. Army { 6 cook at Hospital 6. t. Danne Col Worcester  
* St Johns in Canada) see declaration
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the 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.
□ 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.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of New York County of Essex ss.
On this second day of March 1838, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Essex aforesaid personally appeared Mr William Perkins who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Arnold in the Regiment commanded by Colonel in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Vermont from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of New York where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The follow- are his reasons for removing from the Province of Lower Canada to Crown Point in said State of New York  and that this Applicant is old feeble & almost blind & unable to provide for himself by labour or otherwise and has taken up his permanent residence with his son William Perkins who resides in said Town of Crown Point for the purpose of receiving assistance in his old age from my said son
Sworn and subscribed to before me, } the day and year aforesaid. }
William Perkins Francis Norton Justice of the Peace
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath, is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
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 be sent with the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.—In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officers who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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.
* See my L tr I wrote the request before Perkins , not Bookins ,

State of New York County of Essex ss On the second day of March 1838 before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace for the said County of Essex personally appeared Mr Obadiah Ballou to me personally known as a man of truth and veracity who being sworn in due form of law declares and says that William Perkins the person who subscribed and swore to the foregoing affidavit is the identical person named in an original certificate in his possession of which the following is a true copy to wit
War Department Revolutionary Claims
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 William Perkins of the Province of Nova Scotia Canada who was a private during the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive Twenty Dollars and — cents per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semiannually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year
E. L. S.
Given at the War Office of the United States this eighth day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty four
Examined and Countersigned Lew C. Casby Secretary of War J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
That said William Perkins is the identical person who subscribed and swore to the foregoing affidavit, & that the facts set forth in said affidavit are true and for the truth thereof doth not
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year last forementioned
Obadiah Ballou
Before me
Francis Fenton Justice of the Peace

State of New York County of Essex
I, Edward S. Cagle, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County & State aforesaid do hereby Certify that Chauncy Fenton Esquire whose name is subscribed to the Seal of the foregoing Affidavit & before whom the same purports to have been taken does on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County - duly qualified according to law & authorized by law to act as such and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and truly believe his signature to said Seal to be his genuine hand writing and signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Elizabethtown this 31 st day of March 1838
Edward S. Cagle Clerk

Rev man
14.126
INVALID.
File No. 14.126
William Perkins
Prv. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 293
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Washington Feb. 24. 1834
Sir
I return you herewith the declaration of William Perkins with the Certificate of the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut tending circumstantially to confirm the statements of the applicant
very respectfully Yours Benj a F. Deming
James L. Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions

Bank of Burlington Apr 20 1838
J. L. Edwards Esq, Cambridge Sir
William Perkins on the Bill of 7 June 1832 at the sum of $200 for annuity, was not paid to the 4 th Sept 1837 on the 14 th Sept 1837 as appearing by our Books
Very Respectfully I am Sir &c
E. C. Emery P. B. Hovey

20
James L Edwards Esq
Council of Pensions
Sir As I have taken up my abode permanently in the Town of Crown Point Essex County and State of New York I desire my name to be transferred from the Pension List, Roll of the Vermont Agency to that of the Albany Agency N York
Respectfully Yours
Attest
Wm William L. Jenkins Mark
Crown Point Aug 31. 1838
Attest
C. Norton
_____

Supplementary due Catharine of Mr. Perkins
J. H. Redfield Esq. & Co. Derby Vermont.
This note awaits the certificate of Mr. Phelps concept of Accts. Conn.

State of Vermont ss Be it remembered that before me, Elias Root Oklons County ss filed a justice's process in and for said County of Oklons at Duby in said County on the 30th day of November A.D. 1870. Personally appeared William Perkins of Houston in the Province of Lower Canada and on oath doth make and subscribe the fol- lowing declaration supplementary to one made and subscribed by him before the Honorable Robert - Court for the District of Oklons on the 15th day of August A.D. 1872 and duly filed in the Office of the Secretary of War for the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1872. That he entered the service of the United States and became in the number herein after stated. In the month of April or May in the year 1775 he resided at Cheshire in the State of Connecticut and there and there in- tited a volunteer for the term of six months in the Company commanded by Captain Arnold in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wooster He marched from said Cheshire to the City of New York and on to Long Island where he remained some days and returned to New York, thence to Albany; there remained in garrison one week; thence crossed the river to Greenbush and marched to Lake George, crossed the same in Boats and marched to Lake Champlain; thence in Boats through incredible perils by storm and hunger to St. Johns in Lower Canada; was at the taking of St. Johns; this was in the month of September. They then returned to Lake Champlain opposite Crown Point when they had left their Boats, where they were discharged but without writing, having completed his full term of enlistment of six months. He next re-enlisted in the month of April or May 1776.

in the company commanded by Captain Nathaniel Buell in the regiment commanded by Colonel Rootes, at Cheshire Connecticut for the term of six months. He first marched to New Britain in the State of Connecticut; thence by route to New York City; there he remained as a cook in the Hospital until the Army embarked from Long Island & the City to Harlem; thence to the White Plains. He was in some part of the skirmish at White Plains; they remained there and at New York until their term of en- listment of six months expired when he was discharged but without writing. He has no documentary evidence and does not know of the testimony of any witness to his War Service which he could produce. He was born in Mt. Corners Connecticut 1756 when if any where is a record of his age since the Revolutionary War he has resided in Con- necticut most of his life; in New Hartford thirty years and the remainder of the time in Connecticut. He hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension except the pension once declared his name is not on the pension list of the agency of any State. Subscribed and sworn - This 28th day of November 1873 Witness J. H. Redfield his William Rootes Mark
Isaac L. Redfield Mr William Rootes of Duby aforesaid and a Minister of the Gospel of said Duby hereby certify that we are on ground

ed with the before named William Perkins who has made and subscribed the foregoing supplement to his declaration; that we believe him to be of the age of seventy seven years; that he has always been reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed and sworn this 28th day of November A.D. 1832. J.H. Rulifson
State of Vermont } Subj December 2 d . 1833 Orleans County }
I certify that the foregoing "Supplementary declaration" of William Perkins was subscribed and sworn before me at the time and place therein set forth and also the foregoing certificates and that the witnesses who made the foregoing certificates are to me personally known to be of good credit and full veracity.
Abel Root Justice of Peace
Orleans County } Subj December 2. 1833
I certify that the said William Perkins lives at such a distance from this place that it is inconvenient and attended with expense to appear for him to have a plenary view of his vicinity before me and that I personally know he has always been reputed to have been a soldier of the revolution to have served as a soldier and I concur in that opinion. Abel Root Justice of Peace

State of Vermont
Orleans County ss
I Ira H. Allen Clerk of Orleans County Court do hereby certify that Peleg Redfield who has affixed his name to the within is a magistrate duly qualified and that I believe the same to be his genuine signature. In testimony whereof
I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Hasburgh this 2. day of September 1833.
Ira H. Allen Clerk