Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14016, for Paul Nelson, New York

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New York. Vt.
Nelson Paul
S 14016
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20.924 New = York
Paul Nelson of Washington in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Lankaff of the Regt. commanded by Col. Williams in the Vermont line for 15 months
N.Y. and Va.
Records completed.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 50 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Oct. 1833 and sent to W. L. Lusk Clerk. Washington
Arrears to the 14th of Sep. 32 $ 200 Semi-ant. allowance ending Apr 34 — 40 $240
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. W. L. Lusk
Recorded by Clerk. Book E. Vol. 1. Page 107

No 21872
Paul Nelson Washington N.Y.
Admitted
Private 15 months
J. S. Leigh Cl. Washington N.Y.

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 Paul Nelson Washington
   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.     15 th Oct 1776 about 10 th July 77 Enlisted July 77 until July 78 9 Private Capt Cook Col Williams Genl St Clair Capt Warner 77 years Purvis Barnington Co. Vermont Traditional witness stated credible by the Court witnesses not stated by the Judge  
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) _____, who has 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 _____; 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 [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.
John R. Ashton

In the Matter of Paul Nelson application for a Pension
21892
William & Edward Savage in his petition having obtained a decree and that he was required to settle the sum owing to the said Paul Nelson during the time of his residence in the said house to the said Paul Nelson and that on the same day he had obtained a lease thereof and that he on the 10th of January 1833. as aforesaid.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County this 1st day of July 1833. J. J. Leight CLE

State of New York County of Washington ss
On this sixth - Day of December 1832. personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington now sitting Paul Nelson a resident of the Town of Hartford in the County of Washington and State of New York Aged Seventy Seven Years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated.
That in 1776 he resided in Rupert Bennington County and State of Vermont and that in October 1776 as he believes about the middle of said Month. he enlisted into the service of the United States for the Term of Nine Months and immediately commenced said service. That he first joined his company at Salem New York under Captain Joshua Conkey and Lieut. Edward Savage and that his company were attached to Colonel John Williams Regiment he believes. That immediately after he entered the service he was employed to assist in building a Picket-Fort in Salem. and remained there as one of the

Guard for said fort until the next Summer except that in the fall of 1776 he was was one of a scouting party which went to Hebron North of Salem & took several Tories and marched & guarded them as prisoners to Albany where they were imprisoned & he returned again to Salem. That about the middle of June he was detached with others to go to the North to Ticonderoga at the time Burgoyne came down & took Ticonderoga. That he first marched to Rupert in Vermont & from there to Castleton where was a considerable body of Troops collected to go to Ticonderoga. That he then marched to Hubbardton & from there to Fort Ticonderoga where he arrived he thinks about the first of July 1777. at which place Genl. St. Clair commanded & on or about the Sixth of July the Fort was abandoned by the American forces and they retreated over the Lake & crossed Mount Independence and went to Hubbardton where the British overtook the Americans & there they had a Battle & he was in said Battle and the Americans had to retreat & did so to Castleton & from there to Bennington where he was discharged after having served out his said Term of three Months and that he believes he was discharged about the 20th of July 1777.

That about the 20 th of July 1777, and immediately after being discharged from the service above stated he enlisted at Bennington Vermont for the term of Six Months & joined a Company Commanded by Captain John Warner of which Enoch Eastman was Lieutenant and Lemuel Bradley was Ensign & which Company belonged to Colonel Herricks Regiment that he was stationed at Manchester mostly until the day before Bennington Battle & that he marched with his company the night before the Battle to Bennington where the Troops slept on their arms and that he was in the Battle on the 16 th of August 1777. and next day after the Battle he helped bury the British. that in about one Week he went to Arlington and from there to Poultney & soon after marched to Castleton & from there to Lake George & Mount Defiance where he assisted in taking a Brass Cannon & several Prisoners & (in that quarter) in releasing from 80. to 100 Americans who were Prisoners & also in taking a Block-House at Mount Hope. in about a Week he went up Lake George and attacked Diamond Island where his party were repulsed by the

British with the loss of 5 or 6 Men killed. That he then marched to Fort Ann & from there to Whitehall & then to Pownall, where he staid about Three Weeks until the day after the battle with Burgoyne at Saratoga when orders came directing his company to March & they did so first to Fort Ann then to Fort Edward and from there to Saratoga where he arrived before the surrender of Burgoyne and after the surrender he Marched the same night for Pownall to which he returned and remained stationed there (except being sent out on scouting parties to a short distance north of there) until the last of December when he Marched to Rutland & from there to Chimney Point on Lake Champlain where he crossed the Lake to a place called Gillelands Creek & participated in taking 22 Prisoners and from 20 to 30 head of Cattle & about 100 Horses from there he returned to Pownall in Vermont & was discharged about the last of January 1778. after having served out the Six Months for which he enlisted 6 Months.

And the said Paul Nelson further says that he does not know of any persons living by whom he can prove any of the services above stated or any facts in relation thereto except Edward Savage who was his Lieutenant in the first service and Timothy Allen who was in the service with him in most of the services in the case last above stated, and that he has no documentary evidence of the facts & services above stated & never had any written discharge from the services aforesaid & that he could not in his opinion procure the attendance in court of Amos C. Little — The Clergymen & Timothy Allen who have signed sworn to the annexed truth Certificate without unnecessary expense & inconvenience especially as said Clergymen had already made appointments which he would have to forego, in order to attend court. And that 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 whatever.

And the said Paul Nelson in answer to the Interrogatories directed by the War Department to be propounded to all applicants for Pensions in certain cases further says.
First That he was born in Suffield in Connecticut on the 8 th Day of June 1755 as he is informed and believes.
Second That he has a Record of his Age in his Bible and believes there is one also in Suffield the place of his birth in Rupert Vermont.
Third That he was living in Rupert Vermont at the time he entered the service but was at Bennington at the time he enlisted for Six Months. That he continued to reside at Rupert until 1805 or about that time and then moved to Hartford County of Washington State of New York where he still resides.
Fourth That he entered the service of his country each & every time by Voluntary Enlistment.
Fifth That Gen. St. Clair. Gen. Starks. Colonels Warner and Herrick. Captains Parmile Allen & Ebenezer Allen Mayor Wait & Adjutant Clarke. & also the Officers mentioned above in his declaration at various times during the services above stated, & no other facts or circumstances than those already stated occur to his recollection. which he deems important in this matter.
Sixth. That he never had any written discharge from said services or either of them.
Seventh That he is known to Timothy Allen Israel Harris Ead Chapin Caleb Brown Isaac B. Clary. Moses Cook & Samuel Griffin in his present neighborhood any of whom can testify as to his character.

for veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
Sworn to and subscribed? The Day and Year aforesaid? Before me in open Court. J. S. Leigh C.R.
Paul his + Nelson mark
We Amos C. Tuttle a Clergyman residing in the Town of Hartford County of Washington and State of New York and Timothy Allen of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Paul Nelson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declara- tion; that we believe him to be Seventy Seven 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 to and subscribed? This 5 th Day of December 1832 } Before me.
Amos C. Tuttle
Timothy Allen
Plade D Brown Justice of the Peace
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed the War Department that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states; And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that

Amos C. Tuttle who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Hartford County of Washington and State of New York and that Timothy Allen who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. And further that the said applicant could not produce in Court the said Amos C. Tuttle and Timothy Allen in the opinion of the said Court without too much expense and inconvenience to said applicant.
Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Paul Nelson for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 6 th Day of December 1832. J. S. Leigh Clerk
State of New York ss. I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Wade D. Brown Esquire before whom the foregoing Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper hand writing & signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of the said County this 7 th Day of December 1832. J. S. Leigh Clerk

State of New York Washington County ss
Sinthus Allen of Hartford in the County of Washington & State of New York Aged Seventy Four Years being duly sworn says that he is well acquainted with Paul Nelson who is named & described in & who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing & annexed Declaration for procuring a Pension & that he also knew him in the time of the Revolutionary War and that this deponent belonged in 1777 to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Herrick and that the said Paul Nelson also belonged to said Regiment in that year & was a member of Captain John Warner's Company & this deponent (all the belonging to the Company of Captain Partridge Allen & not to Capt Warner) often saw said Paul Nelson in the services as related & set forth by said Paul in his said Declaration & that said Paul Nelson & this deponent were at the Battle of Bennington and in August 1777 together & were also at Mount Defiance & Lake George & at the attack on Diamond Island & at the Saratoga after the taking of Burgoyne & at the place called Skaneateles Point on Lake Champlain & also in several other places. & this deponent further says that he verily believes said Paul Nelson must have served about Six Months at this time. that he does not remember.

The precise time he first saw him in the service unless it was at Bennington Battle & from the time he saw him at Chimney Point & the services he was then in he could not have been discharged until some time in January 1778: all which facts are true & correct according to his deponents best recollection & belief & further he saith not
Sworn this 10th Day of January 1833. Before me
Timothy Allen
Plade D. Brown Justice of the Peace.
State of New York & p Washington County } p I certify that on the 10th Day of January 1833 Timothy Allen who has subscribed & sworn to the above Affidavit personally appeared before me & made oath thereto in due form of law & I further certify that said Timothy is well known to me & is a credible person. Dated June 29 th 1833.
Plade D. Brown Justice of the Peace

State of New York } County of Washington }
Edward Savage being duly sworn says that he is Eighty Seven Years of Age & that he knows & is acquainted with Paul Nelson who is named and described in the foregoing & annexed Declaration and that he also well knew him in the time of the Revolutionary War. That in 1776 Joshua Conkey was Captain of this deponent's Lieutenant of a Company stationed at Salem (then called New-Perth) in the now County of Washington (then called Charlotte County) & further that the said Paul Nelson enlisted into said Company in 1776 for the term of Nine Months as stated in his declaration aforesaid and that he served the term of said Enlistment out duly & was discharged from the service as is also stated in his said declaration & that this deponent has in his possession the pay Roll of said Company for one Month from December 1776 to January 1777 and that the name of said Paul Nelson is entered therein as a Member of said Company at said time but this deponent has not any other pay Roll in his possession than for the one Month aforesaid. all which facts are true & correct according to this deponent's best recollection & as he verily believes & further he saith not.
N.B. The information hereon made in my Certificate of the state to the said Paul Nelson was made by me before I signed & testified the same June 29th 1833 J. Brown Justice of the Peace
Sworn this 26th Day of December 1832
Edward Savage
Before me State of New York } Washington County } I, Slade D. Brown Justice of the Peace do hereby certify that on the 26th Day of December 1832 Edward Savage who has subscribed & sworn to the above Affidavit, was well known to me & that on said Day he personally appeared before me & made oath thereto in due form of law & that he is a credible person. Hartford June 29th 1833. Slade D. Brown Justice of the Peace

State of New York Washington County
I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the said County do certify that Slade D. Brown Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits of Timothy Allen & Edward Savage respectively purport to have been sworn was at the time a Justice of the peace of said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and truly believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits to be his proper hand writing and further that I have connected or pasted these six half sheets of paper at the top with tape and placed the seal of the said County thereon.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County this tenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. J. S. Leigh CLR
And I the said Jesse S. Leigh Clerk as aforesaid do further certify that the said Slade D. Brown Esq. named in the above certificate and before whom the annexed affidavits of Timothy Allen & Edward Savage were originally sworn was and still is a Justice of the peace of said County and that his name subscribed to the annexed or additional Jurats of said affidavits which also include a certificate of the credibility of the said Timothy Allen & Edward Savage is his proper hand writing & signature and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice hereby believe his name subscribed to the said Jurats to be his proper hand writing and that these are the same six half sheets of paper heretofore certified to by me on the 10 th of January, 1833. as aforesaid.
21872
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County this 1 st day of July 1833. J. S. Leigh CLR
In the Matter of Earl Nelson application for Pension

Inv. 14, 016 Paul Nelson
Dec. 6, 1832 res Hartford Washington Co., N.Y. 77 b. Suffield, Conn. June 8, 1755 Report at end -
Rupert, Bennington Co., Vt. Oct. 76 pri.
Capt Joshua Conkey NY Col. John Williams
bat Hubbardston 9m.
Bennington Vt. July 20. 77 Vt.
Capt John Warner Col. Herrick
bat Bennington sur. of Burgoyne. 6m.

8-48-597

Feby. 20, 1905 Dist. to Anna Reed Thomson, Utica, NY. letter in ms. file 19914 Paul Nelson
Rev. Mass
14.016 INVALID.
File No. 14.016
Paul Nelson
Paul Nelson
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 274
[Arrangement of 1870.]