Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8483, for Elijah Priest, Massachusetts

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Priest, Elijah Eunice
R 8483
CONTENTS

Eunice Priest and Ethan Priest Affidavits March 16, 1841.

I, Eunice Priest, of Mountholley in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged seventy seven years on the 30th day of September, 1840, widow of Elijah Priest, late of the town of Chittenden in said County, who died on the 15 th day of April, 1813, do depose, testify and say, that my maiden name was Eunice Warner — that, at the time of my intermarriage with the said Priest, I resided with my parents in the town of Harvard in Worcester County, Massachusetts, and continued to reside there, for several years after the said marriage — I had also resided there for several years before my said marriage. When my husband (who was then single) first entered the service in the revolutionary army, he also resided in said Harvard, and enlisted under a Capt. Jonathan Warner, but I do not know for how long a term he then enlisted. Afterwards, he enlisted again for the term, according to my best recollections, for the term of three years, under a Capt. Bradley — that during his service (which part of it she does not know) he went to Quebec — was there taken prisoner, and was afterwards exchanged. And she further deposes and says, that at the time she was married, she had friends then residing in the town of Boston, Massachusetts, and she and her husband decided, for that reason, to go there to be married — that they went to Boston, accordingly, and were there joined in marriage, in the month of March, in the year 1793, by a gentleman whom they called Parker, and who was, as I supposed, a Justice of the Peace — the precise day of the month on which the marriage took place I cannot recollect — it was once recorded by my husband's brother, Job Priest, in a small family bible of ours, but the day of the month had become obliterated and illegible, many years before it was transferred by my direction by my son Ethan Priest, into a new family bible, and is now lost. My friends who resided in Boston at the time of my marriage, and at said Harvard, have long since removed from those places; so that, I have now no means of ascertaining the name of the person

who solemnized the rites of marriage between myself & my said husband. I have made several unsuccessful efforts to obtain proof of said marriage, from said Boston; and the witnesses who were present on the occasion are all now deceased.
Witnesses to the signing: }
Abijah Cole } Ebenezer Priest } Nassau Priest }
free Eunice F. Priest mark
State of Vermont, } Rutland County, ss. } Be it known, that on this 16 th day of March, 1841, before me the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for said County, and duly authorized by the laws of said State to administer oaths, personally appeared the said Eunice Priest, to me well known to be a person of truth and veracity, and made solemn oath in due form of law, that the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed in my presence, contains the truth and nothing but the truth. And I do hereby certify that the affiant is a credible witness. — Abijah Cole Justice Peace.

I, Ethan Priest, of Mountholly in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 39 years and upwards, do depone, testify, and say, that I am a son of Elijah Priest, deceased, who was a soldier of the revolution, and of Eunice Priest, his widow, now residing in said Mountholly. And I further depone and say, that the copy of their family record as set forth in my affidavit, now in the War Office of the United States, and sworn to before Luther Daniels Esq., one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, on the 22 d day of April, 1840, was transferred into a new, family Bible, from a small one, in the manner therein stated, by me. And I further depone and say, that the many of the leaves of the said small bible, and especially the leaf containing the said original family record, have been casually lost, since the transferring of said record as aforesaid, and before the making of my affidavit aforesaid - and that I have made diligent search, and can no where find the said original family record of my said father and mother.
Ethan Priest
State of Vermont }
Rutland County } Be it known, that on this 16 th day of March, 1841, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared the said Ethan Priest, to me well known, and who hath subscribed the preceding affidavit in my presence, and made solemn oath in due form of law, that the same contains the truth, and nothing but the truth. And I do hereby certify, that the said affiant is a credible witness.
Abijah Calk Justice Peace.

State of Vermont } Rutland County } ss
I, Frederic W. Hopkins, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County, do hereby certify, that Abijah Cole is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly Commissioned and qualified, and is authorised by the laws of the State to administer oaths in the manner above written to the acknowledgements of the foregoing affidavits of Eunice Priest, and Ethan Priest; and that the several signatures of the said Cole, affixed to the said acknowledgements, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Rutland in said County, this 17 th day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty one.
F. W. Hopkins.

I, Ethan Priest, of Mountholley in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 40 years on the 9 th day of January, 1842, do depose, testify and say, that the annexed Family Record, which contains the dates of the respective births of my parents, Elijah Priest, and Eunice Priest, and of their intermarriage, and, also, of the births and deaths of several of their children, and of the death of my said father, is the original record referred to by me, and of which a copy is contained in my affidavit sworn to on the 22 nd day of April, 1840, before Luther Daniels Esq r Justice of the Peace, and is now in the Pension office of the United States. And I further depose and say, that the said annexed record was made by myself, and was by me copied from an old, small, family bible, by the direction of my said mother, and about nineteen  ten years after the death of my said father, which took place, as therein stated, on the 15 th day of April, 1813; which copy I know to be correct. The date of the marriage, there set down, I have always understood from both my parents, related to their own marriage; but the day of the month, on the original, was so obliterated that it could not be read, and was not copied by me. The date of the birth of their first child Elijah Priest jun r has been corrected by myself, from June, twenty odd, 1794, to June 8, 1794, - which latter date, on a careful inspection of the original, before it was lost, appeared to be the true date. The loss of the original I have heretofore sworn to, on the 17 th of March, 1841, before Abijah Cole Esq r Justice Peace. I well remember to have heard my father relate, that he and my

mother were married in Boston, Massachusetts; and that when they commenced housekeeping, it was in the town of Brookline, Massachusetts, at a place in said town called birch hill , where they resided a couple of years, and then removed into New Hampshire. And further saith not. The word "ten" being stricken out, and the word "nineteen" inserted in the seventeenth line of this deposition, before signing the same by me. Ethan Priest
State of Vermont Rutland County }ss
Be it known, that on this twenty sixteenth day of January, 1842, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared the said Ethan Priest, to me well known, and who hath subscribed his name to the preceding deposition in my presence, and made oath in due form of law, that the same contains the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. And I do hereby certify, that the said deponent is a credible witness.
Abijah Cole Justice Peace.

FAMILY RECORD.
  Elijah Priest Bunn  May the 16 th 1856    Eunice Priest Bunn  Sept 30. 1863    Marion Munch  1873    Elijah Priest Jr Bunn  June 8. 1874    Elijah Priest Jr  Died Jan 29 1876    Daniel Priest Bunn  Feb 4 1877    Elijah Priest 2 nd Bunn  May 6 1877    Ethan Priest Bunn  Jan 9 1882    Elijah Priest 2 nd Jr  Died July 6 1881    Elijah Priest  Died April 15 1883  

I Silas Warner of Manchester in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, of lawful age being duly sworn Do depose testify and say that I was well acquainted with Eunice Warner of Harvard Mass, she being sister to my Father and the said Eunice in the year 1893 went from Harvard Mass with Elijah Priest to Boston Mass. to get married her Mother being opposed to their being married, the said Elijah and Eunice came to my Father's House a few days after they returned from Boston, and soon after that went to Brookline Mass, to keep out of trouble the reason why I recollect that it was in the year 1893 is, the next year 1894 my Father bought a farm in Fitzwilliam N.H. and removed there with his family &c. and I was personally acquainted with the said Elijah Priest until his decease that he and the said Eunice constantly lived and cohabited together as man and wife until his decease, and that the said Eunice is widow of the said Elijah. and further I say that the words "to keep out of trouble" interlined before signing
Silas Warner State of Vermont } Be it Remembered, that on this 26 th day of Rutland County } January 1849. before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Rutland personally appeared the said Silas Warner to me well known and who hath subscribed his name to the preceding Deposition in my presence and made oath in due form of law, that the same contains the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Elijah Calkins Justice here

I do hereby certify witness
that the said Dependant is a credible Hijah Lala Kaitie puer

Apr 15-1902 Dr. Dr. Priest Akron Ohio
8483 REJECTED
P. O. Service Priest - un
Service: Elijah
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

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Jan 21. 1842
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Town Clerk Certificate in the Case of Census
Handwritten vertical text
for
John Church Esq
Mr John Church
Washington St

Town Clerk's Office, Harvard Worcester County, Mass. U.S. Jan'y. 14. 1842
I hereby certify that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the Town of Harvard. And have held the same office since March 1831.
2nd I have examined the Town Record of Marriage from 1784. to 1794. Carefully.
3rd And find among said record of Marriage that Elijah Priest and Lois Gates were duly & properly married to each other October 25. 1784. and there is no evidence on the record that said Priest was ever married to any other person.
4. Neither does the register of births afford any evidence of the fact.
5. The records appear to be full and complete and the presumption is that said Priest never was married to any other person.
6. And lastly I learn from some of Priest's Old Associates. that he voluntarily (left) his wife Lois. and lived with Emma in open defiance of the laws of God & Man.
I am Respectfully
Your Ob't Serv't
Jerome Gardner
To J. Edwards. Washington City

Maryland and May 31
Feb 4. 1842
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J. L. Edwards. Esq.
Mass.
Washington City
D.C.

Harvard Jan. 26 1842.
Sir:
Yours of the 21 st came to hand on Tuesday, Upon the receipt of yours of the 7 th inst. I made a full examination of the records, and found nothing except. Priest marriage to Lois Gates in 1784. I found recorded on the same page and about the same time the marriage of Elias Warner. (to Abigail Priest) who lives five miles from my residence, in the South part of the town - a pensioner and a very intelligent old man. with whom I am well acquainted, hoping to do an act of kindness to a worthy old widow. I was induced to go and see Mr Warner, and enquire of him about the marriage &c. Warner was a near neighbour of Priest, & was present at his marriage with Lois Gates. he informed me that Priest abandoned her in one or two years - and lived with Eunice Warner. a number of years in Harvard and Eunice had a number of children by him they moved to Vermont: the precise number of years he did not recollect; - some years after Priest came back to Harvard to visit his friends with another woman whom he called his wife & she having a young child in her arms saying that Eunice was dead - and that was the last time that Priest came to Hb. Lois Priest lived in Harvard a number of years with a man by the name of Jewell. they were never married. they moved to New Hampshire and she is living now

for aught that is known to the contrary here She has a Sister living in Stow. ten miles South of here of whom the fact of her living or residence can be obtained. if desirable -
M s Lydia Frost. a highly respectable lady of this place. confirmed Mr. Warner's statement in every particular. and says Priest called at her fathers and she saw him and his last wife and child. and heard him report the death of Eunice.
Respectfully yours &c
Jerome Gardner
J. L. Edwards. Esq. Com. of Pen. &c

Mar 16. 1842
Qb.

Rutland Vt. Mar. 11, 1842
Sir:
The accompanying deposition of Ethan Priest with record-page of his parents' family bible annexed, and of Silas Warner relative to the intermarriage of Elijah Priest and Eunice Warner, are intended to supply the proof intimated in your letter of the 10th of January last. Should this proof fail of establishing, satisfactorily, the fact of the lawful marriage of the parties, within the period in question, it can only be remarked, that the Probate Court in this District has not regarded the issue of it as proceeding from concubinage, and that the laws of the state do not recognise natural offspring as persons capable of inheriting the estate of their reputed male progenitors. The children of these parents have inherited, under the sanction of that Court, the slender patrimony left by this Father.
I am very respectfully
your obt. servt.
Levi Gove
James L. Edwards Esq. Coun. of Pease City of Washington

Rutland N o 4 Dec r 1840
Sir
I transmit herewith the declaration of M rs Eunice Priest, for a pension under the act of 7 July, 1838; and, also, the deposition of Elias Warner, proving the service of Elijah Priest, for whom services the pension is claimed.
Be pleased to communicate to me.
I am respectfully
Your ob t . Servt.
Joseph Gove
James L. Edwards Esq r Coun t of Pensions City of Washington

Rutland Vt. Dec r 25, 1841
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 25 of February last, touching the application of Mrs Eunice Priest for a pension under an existing act of Congress, I now transmit a letter from H. S. Dorrivage Esq r under the direction of the Secy. of Massachussetts, addressed to myself, and dated April 3, 1841; the affidavit of Benjamin Hastings, sworn to on the 6th of Oct. last; and the explanatory affidavits of Mrs Priest herself, and of her son Ethan Priest. On perusing the two last mentioned proofs, it will be seen that "the original family record" required, is lost, and cannot be produced. If the copy, a part of which is original, be required, it can be forwarded.
Awaiting your further decision in the premises, I am, Very respectfully, your obed Servt Levi Gove
James L. Edwards Esq r Com r of Pensions City of Washington

H. S. Durwage Esq. Apts 3, 1841 M rs Eunice Priest's Class Ru d Jan y . Apr 15, 1841.
Yrs Ruthard Yours Yrs Esq.

Boston April 3 d 1841
Sir,
By direction of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, I have made a careful examination of all the Revolutionary records remaining in his department, at the earliest moment which the extreme pressure of business in the office since the receipt of your several letters of March 3 d & 15 th would allow. The great variety of evidence now in his possession, although not giving a regular series of, or any complete evidence of continued service during the war, requires considerable time in making a satisfactory search, and an unusual number of cases were in hand.
The name of Joel Smith jun r does not appear upon any of the Rolls. There is one of the name of Joel Smith of Hatfield in Capt n Murray's Comp y , Col l Woodbridge's Reg t , in what is called the 8 months service 1775.
The name of Elijah Priest occurs but once only — this person was from Harvard — a private in Capt n D. Moore's C y , Col l Halletts Reg t — a very short service. The books of Capt n Bradlee's Company contain the names of those men only who were members of it subsequent to the period of Col l Crafts Command, and no one of the name of Priest appears among them. If the above named Elijah Priest is supposed to be the same about whose service the inquiry is made, and you should deem it of

any case, a certificate will be forwarded to you.
Respectfully,
your obedt. Servt
H. S. Duvige

Rutland Vt. Mar. 29, 1842
Sir,
Your letter of the 24 inst. relating to the claim of Eunice Priest is this moment received. Its disclosure is new to me, and from the supposed fair standing of Ethan Priest, your letter was perused with surprise and astonishment. I shall immediately communicate to Mr. Priest a copy of your letter, and will no further pursue a claim which, until the perusal of your letter, I had no reason to suspect, but, on the contrary, did believe to be fair and honest.
I have never seen this woman but once, which was in October, 1838. Her appearance then exhibited the decay of age, both in body and mind, but I did not observe (perhaps because I did not suspect) any purpose or attempt at deception or misrepresentation, though the manner of her marriage appeared singular, and was explained to me afterwards by her son or some other person who stated that it took place against the wishes of her friends. Had I been made acquainted, in the outset, with the facts disclosed in your letter, it would have saved to myself and to the department the labor already performed; and I request, if you entertain any suspicion of a conspiracy or other improper conduct on my part, that you will institute such inquiry as you may deem proper, and thus give me a further opportunity of exculpating myself, which

I have the most unequivocal confidence I can do, satisfactorily, if required.
I am very respectfully Your att Servt
Levi Poor
James L. Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions City of Washington }

I Elias Warner of Harvard in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged four Seventy years do depose and say that I served in the war of the Revolution as by Declaration on file in the Pension Office will appear — and I do further testify and declare that I knew and was well acquainted with Elijah Priest formerly of said Harvard deceased who served as a Soldier in that war that he was a private in Capt Brattleys Company of Artillery in Boston that said Priest enlisted into the service in May one Thousand seven hundred and seventy seven for the term of three years but do not know how long he actually served
Elias Warner
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Worcester to wit — February 7, 1839 Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Worcester Elias Warner who subscribed the above Deposition and who I certify to be a disinterested and credible witness and made solemn oath that the same is just and true according to his best knowledge and belief
Before me John Park Jus Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester, ss. I certify, that John Park, Esquire, within named, is a Justice of the peace, in and for said County of Worcester - and that his signature, as appears to the preceding certificate, is in his own proper hand writing. —
In testimony whereof, I hereto set my name, and affix the County Seal, at Worcester, this eighth day of February, in the year 1839. —
William Garrison Assistant Clerk.

BUCHTEL COLLEGE AKRON, OHIO
IRA A. PRIEST, D. D. PRESIDENT
C. R. OLIN SECRETARY AND TREASURER
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions,
I desire information concerning Elijah Priest , born May 16, 1756.
It is known that he served in the army, probably during the Revolutionary War and during some Indian War.
In later years, about 1840, the widow, Emmeline Priest , through her son Ethan Priest applied for a pension which was refused because the marriage of Elijah Priest and Emmeline Warner could not be proved.
Where Elijah Priest enlisted is not known, but he was married some where on the Kennebec River in Maine, died at Pittsford, Vt. Apr. 15, 1813.
The application for a pension was made from Mt. Holly, Vermont.
This Elijah Priest is not to be confounded with another Elijah Priest , also in the Revolutionary war who was born June 21, 1760, and who lived and died in Mass. Any information will be thankfully received.
Very truly Ira A. Priest , Akron, O.

Benjamin Hastings' Affidavit October 6, 1841.
Disposition of Benjamin Hastings

I Benjamin Hastings of Sullivan in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire of lawful age do testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Elijah Priest of Harvard Mass. & that I was knowing to his enlistment in the service as a private in Capt. Woodleys Co. of Artillery in Boston for three years - (and that I frequently saw him during that time in the service at Boston and that I have no doubt but that he served his three years out - I saw him directly after he was discharged and returned home - he returned with my brother in law, Benjamin Warner who enlisted at the same time with him and they both were discharged and returned home in 1780 my brother having served three years - and I do further testify that I served in the Revolu- tionary war and that I now draw a pension from the United States -
Benjamin Hastings
Oct. 6th 1841
State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss. The aforesaid affidavit subscribed and sworn to in presence of and before me and I do hereby certify that the affiant or deponent is a credible witness.
Sam. G. Locke
Justice of the peace

State of New Hampshire Cheshire County ss.
I Henry Coolidge Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Samuel Sooker was on the sixteenth day of October last past and still is a Justice of the Peace in the County of Cheshire aforesaid duly qualified and commissioned and that his signature within written is genuine. In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court at Keene, in said County, this fifteenth day of November A. D. 1841.
H. Coolidge Clerk " " " "

State of Vermont Windsor County Ys 3
On this Seventeenth day of October 1846, personally appeared before the Hon ble Reuben Washburn, one of the Assistant Judges within and for the said County of Windsor, Eunice Priest, a resident of Mouthstolley in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged Seventy Seven years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath declare and make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:"
That she is the widow of Elijah Priest , late of Chittenden in said County of Rutland, and formerly of the town of Harvard in the County of Worcestershire and State of Massachusetts , deceased, who was a private in Capt. Bradley's Company of Artillery in Boston, in the Army of the revolution, as she has been informed and does verily believe, and, as she has been further informed & believes, entered into the service of the United States in the Massachusetts troops , in May, 1777 , for the term of three years ; and that he performed other services which she cannot now, for want of information, state.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Elijah Priest in the month of March , in in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety three ; that her oldest child, Elijah Priest jun o was born on the 8th of June, 1794 ; and that her other children were born on the days and years afterwards, as stated in the deposition of her son Ebenezer Priest , herewith annexed and referred to as part of her declaration; that the aforesaid Elijah Priest , her said husband, died on the 15th day of April, 1813 ; that she was not married to him

prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated.
Eunice her X Priest mark
Witness Reuben Washburn-
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written: and I do hereby certify that by reason of bodily infirmary, the said Eunice Priest is unable to appear in said County Court to make her aforesaid declaration - wherefore she hath made the same before me at my own dwelling in Ludlow in said County of Windsor. And I do further certify, that the said applicant is a credible person.
Reuben Washburn, Ass d Judge of Windsor County Court
State of Vermont, } Windsor County } I, Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Windsor aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the Hon. Reuben Washburn is one of the Assistant Judges of the County Court in and for said County; that he was one of said Judges at the time of taking the preceding acknowledgement of Eunice Priest; and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine. Given under my hand and the seal of said Court, at Woodstock in said County, this third day of December anno Domine, 1880. N. Williams. Clerk

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I, Ethan Priest, of Mountholley in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 37 years, do depose, testify and say that the following is a true copy of a family record of the births, marriage, and deaths of my father and mother's family, as made by myself, under the circumstances, and in the manner herein after related:
"Family Record of Elijah Priest Elijah Priest Born May 16. 1756 Eunice Warner " Sept. 30. 1763 Married March 1793 Elijah Priest jw. Born June 8. 1794 " " Died June 27. " 96 Daniel Priest Born Feby. 7. " 97 Elijah Priest 2 d jw. Born May 6. " 99 Ethan Priest Born Janv. 9. 1802 Elijah Priest 2 d jw. Died July 6. " 11 Elijah Priest senior Died April 15. 1813"
That about eleven years ago, the original of the above record, which was made in a small family bible that had belonged to my father in his lifetime, having become much worn and somewhat defaced; my mother requested me to copy it into a new bible, then recently procured, and which copy I did make, accordingly, of which the above is a correct copy, as far as the original was legible. The day of the month on which the intermarriage of my father and mother, the said Elijah Priest, and Eunice Warner, took place, had become so much worn, as to be illegible on the said original family record; and, as it was not distinctly recollected by my mother, and not deemed of importance, was not supplied. The copy is correct, therefore, in every other particular. The first six lines of the original record was made, as I have understood and do verily believe, in by, and in the handwriting of, my late paternal uncle, Job Priest, who died at the town of Mason, New Hampshire, about 14 years ago. This portion of the record, from the

beginning of it, down to, and including the date of the death of the said Elijah Priest junr. to wit, the 27 th of June, 1796, appears to have been made at the same time, and by one hand: the remainder of the original record was, apparently, made at different times, and by different hands, probably as the events transpired; but none of the entries were made by my father or my mother; neither of them being in the habit of writing much, they were not expert or ready writers. I distinctly recollect the death of my brother, Elijah Priest 2 d junr. which was as above recorded, on the 6 th of July, 1811. And I also distinctly recollect the death of my said father, which took place, as stated in the above copy, on the 15 th of April, 1813.
And I do further depose and say, that my said said mother hath not intermarried since the death of her husband the said Elijah Priest Senior. Ethan Priest
State of Vermont } Rutland County } Be it known, that on this 22 d day of April, 1840, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Ethan Priest, who hath subscribed the preceding affidavit in my presence, and made oath, in due form of law, that the same contains the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. And I do hereby certify that the said Ethan Priest is a credible witness.
J. Daniels Justice Peace,

State of Vermont } Rutland County ss } I, Frederic W. Hopkins, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County, do hereby certify, that Luther Daniels is a Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said Court, at Rutland in said County this 22 d day of April, 1840. F. W. Hopkins, Clerk.