Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,755, John C Brink, New York

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Brink, John C. Catharine
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W. 20,755
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New York 8047
John C. Brink
of Ulster in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hunter of the R. H. commanded by Col. Pawling in the New York time for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars per per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of March 1833 and sent to Her. M. Broad head, M.D. in Ulster Co. N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar '33 $160 Semest. allowance ending 4th of Sep '33 40 $200
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by G. Stiles Clerk Book 6 Vol. 1 Page 15

6570 New York City New York
Catharine Brink widow of John A Brink who was a Private in the New York Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence the 4th day of March , 1843. 30 th June
Certificate of Pension issued 13 day of Decemr 1844 and sent to
Hon. Geo. Russell House of Rep s
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 71
Sit to Hon V. Russell May 23. 1845.
Reprod d
Sit to Same March 15. 1845.
Sit to Same Oct. 25. '45

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BRIEF in the case of of Ulster
John C. Brink of Kingston in the State of New York! (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Volunteered April 1778 private Col. Alut. Harley   Enlisted In 1780 78 Col. Hunter   Drafted 1781 8 Col. Washington   Discharged 1781 3 Col. H. H. H. H.   Col. L. L. L. L.   Col. B. B. B. B.   Col. J. J. J. J.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? No  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Kingston New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses & documentary evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
No
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. G. [Signature] Examining Clerk. 7 March 1833

Declaration
In order to retain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July the 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. —
State of New York, Ulster County ss.
On this Sixteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three before me Jacob Snyder one of the Judges of the Ulster County Courts personally appeared Catharina Brink a resident of Kingston County of Ulster and State of New York aged eighty three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows; —
That she is the widow of John C. Brink who in the Revolutionary war resided in said town of Kingston and was a private Soldier in defence of his country for which he was awarded a pension at the rate of eighty dollars per annum which he continued to receive until the day of his death. She further declares that she was married to the said John C. Brink on the twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two in the town of Saugerties, of said county.
That the ceremony was performed by the Reverend Mr Decondt then Clergyman of the Protestant Dutch Reformed Church in said town of Saugerties. — And that her maiden name previous to her marriage was Catharina Hommel, and was a resident of said town of Saugerties. —
She further declares that shortly after marriage she with her said husband moved into the town of Kingston, where

she with her said husband have remained ever since, and that her husband the aforesaid John C. Brink did on the thirtieth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three in said town of Kingston, and that she has remained a widow ever since as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed: -
She further declares that the annexed proof of her marriage and of the death of her husband is all she has at present procured and which she believes is correct. And for proof of the services of her said husband she would respectfully refer to his declaration and proof on file in the War Department made under the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832 -
That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to first of January in the Seventeen hundred and ninety four with, at the time above stated
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day year first above written before me and certify that I am personally acquainted with said applicant, and that from bodily infirmary she is unable to attend court
her Catharina X Brink Mark
Jacob Snyder one of the Judges of the County Courts of Ulster County

Declaration of John C Brink, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th  June 1832 state of New York
Ulster County ss: On this eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ulster assembled now sitting John C Brink a Resident of the town of Kingston in said County aged seventy years & upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832 —
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein after stated & set forth —
That in the Spring of the year 1878 in the month of March or April he enlisted as volunteer in the Company of Militia commanded by Captain Hunter in the Regiment whereof Colonel Penning was Colonel for the term of nine months , and that he loyally & faithfully performed the said nine months service in the manner following — That very soon after his enlistment in said Company at Kingston in the said County

of Ulster he marched with the said Company then under command of Lieutenant Levi De Witt to Ohandahau in the said County of Ulster. Where the said Company remained as he thinks about two months to watch the Indians in that quarter of the Country. That from thence he marched with his Company to Fishkill in the County of Dutchess, and after remaining there a short period, he was ordered with the Company to Stony Point on the Hudson. Where this deponent remained in the service under said enlistment until the expiration of the said nine months. That several persons are now living in this County who served with him during the said nine months. Among whom are Solomon Leut between  Schumann Samuel Post and this deponent's brother Adam Brink and others whom he cannot now recollect, the testimony of whom or some or one of them he hopes to be able to obtain in corroboration of this his declaration —
And this deponent further says that in the year 1787 this deponent then living in the town of Kingston aforesaid, he was drafted in a Company of Militia commanded by Captain Livingston in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Albert Cawley. That this deponent served under this draft in said Company with service

of the Country for the term of eight Months being employed all that time under said draft along the frontier in Shendakan & that region of the Country to protect the settlement from incursions of Tories & hostile Indians & that he was regularly discharged at the expiration of period of service -
And the Deponent further saith that in the year 1780 he again entered the service of the Country by enlisting in the Compa- ny commanded by Henry Rawling as Captain in Colonel Mespensfield's Regiment of the New York Militia and served under said enlistment for the term of eight  nine months along the Indian frontier in this County & the neighbouring Country, and was regularly discharged at the expira- tion of his said term of enlistment at Kingston aforesaid by Col Rawling -
And the Deponent further saith that in the year 1781 in the fall he was drafted to serve in the Compa- ny commanded by Deverech Westbrock as Captain and actually served in said Company for the term of three months in the southern  western & southwestern parts of this County and was regularly, by Col Raw- ling at Stonebridge in said County after the expiration of said period of three months -

And this Deponent further saith that he had no documentary evidence of his services as herein set forth, and that he at no time received to the best of his recollection and belief, a written Discharge from service, at the expira- tion of either of the terms of service herein before set forth —
And this Deponent further saith, that he had always resided at Kingston in said County of Ulster from his birth to this day and that he hopes & expects to be able to prove the services herein set forth, by the oaths of some of his surviving Comrades of that regiment — And this Deponent further saith that he is illiterate & far advanced in years, and that possibly he may have at the distant period have mistaken the dates of the services or some of them herein mentioned, but he positively swears that all the services herein set forth have been performed about the dates mentioned
And this Deponent hereby relinquishes every claim whatever. To a pendente lite annuity, except the present, and declared that her name is not on the Penderton Roll of any Agency in any State
And the deponent further saith that he is well acquainted with Rev John G. Gorman & Henry H. Johnson Minister of the Gospel in said County who can testify to his character & that he has no record of his age —
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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20755
Catharine Brink
Wid. of
John C. Brink
Prv Rev. War
Act: Mch. 3 rd  1843
Index:—Vol. 8 Page 90
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Cath. Brink,
NY.
Lot 10 New Jersey: Russell, May 31. 44
7 July 1838

STATE OF NEW YORK, } GREENE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. }
I, William Pierson, Clerk of the County of Greene, do hereby certify that Perkins Perry Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument in writing, and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Judge of the County Court for the county aforesaid, dwelling in the said county, and duly authorised to take the same. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Perkins Perry and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said county, the 8 day of October 1843
William Pierson Clerk

Saugerties N.Y. Sep 23 1845
Hon. J. L. Jackson, Esq., in Trustee etc.
As I have the Hon. to enclose you an Application from the Heirs of the late Catherine Brink for Bal. of her Leg. Also from the W m & Rachel Meyer.
And I submit both Applications to you without any Remarks, knowing that you stand as an Independent trustee Between the Government and the profits and that you will render a just verdict and when you have known these Cases you will please report to me.
and am Very Respectfully Yours with
Dear Friend Cornelius Russell

Saugus N.Y. March 11 1845
Col: Edwards
Dr. You made out a Pension Certificate for the Widow Catherine Brink for services rendered by her Deceased Husband, John C Brink. The Certificate is Dated Dec 13. 1844. commencing on the 30 th of Jan 1844 & terminating March 4. 1844. - If I mistake not, we passed a Law the last Session, allowing Back Pension to Widows for the same time their Husband drew a Pension. Provided new Applications were made out and placed in your office Prior to a certain date. - And if that is so, Mrs. Brink is certainly entitled to Back Pay. - and if she is entitled to it by the Laws of our land, I see no good reason why her Certificate should not be Returned and a new one issued according to Law. - In fact if her case comes within that Law, and of which I have no doubt, I must insist upon her just rights. her Certificate is No. 6570. Please examine & Report to yours
Very Ob Serv
Jenniah Root
P.S. When you write please let me know how the health of my friend Dr. Crump is. - he complains - About his back and Resembles for him. I hope he is much better.
J.R.
I hope you will soon reach the case of Bridget Lanyear!

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Catharine Brink
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John C Brink Application for a pension -
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I John Clipp Justice of the peace in and for the County of Ulster duly authorised by law to adminis- ter oaths do certify that Johannes Schoenmaker, Abra- ham DeWitt, Tjierick Burkhaus and Jonathan Nicker- son the persons who subscribed and took before me the accompanying annexed oaths in the matter of the application of John C Brink for a pension - Are persons of Credibility and their Statements are each of them entitled to belief. John Clipp Justice of the Peace
Ulster County
Clerk's office
I Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ulster do hereby certify that John Clipp is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Ulster duly author- ised by law to administer oaths and that therein his signature to the above certificate of the credibility of Schoenmaker, DeWitt, Burkhaus and Nickerson is his genuine Signature -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventeenth day of December - in the year 1832.
Jacob Snyder

Alouatta 10.179.
29 months

WE, John Gosman a Clergyman, residing in the town of Kingston in the County of Ulster and State of New-York, and Henry Schoonmaker of the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John C Brink who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be seventy 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.
John Gosman
Henry Schoonmaker
Sworn and Subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
in open Court
C. G. Hardinburgh
John Gansen
Abm. A. Deyo
Judges
CERTIFICATE OF THE COURT.
The Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ulster in the State of New-York, sitting this eleventh day of September in the year 1832 at the court-house in Kingston in said County, do hereby declare their opinion, after 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 John Gosman who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Kingston in the County aforesaid, and that Henry Schoonmaker who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town and a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
C. G. Hardinburgh
 John Gansen
Abm. A. Deyo
Judges
I, Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Ulster in the State of New-York, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John C. Brink for a Pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eleventh day of September - 1832
Jacob Snyder

State of Ohio
Ulster County ss: Johannes Schoonmaker of the town of Saugerties in said County being duly sworn says that he is seventy years of age, that he is well acquainted with John E Brink whose declaration is hereto annexed. That he served with him in the Company of Militia commanded by Captain Livingston in Col Albert Renshaw Regiment in the year 1851, and he swears positively that the said John E Brink actually performed the service of eight months at least (he is inclined to think it was nine months) in said Company in the manner by said Brink set forth in his declaration, - That this deponent joined the said Company at the same time with the said John E Brink and was discharged also at the same time with him - That this deponent knew the said John E Brink before the time of his engaging in said Com- pany & has known him ever since
Johannes Schoonmaker Sworn and Subscribed before me the tenth day of September 1882 John C. Smith for Clerk
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With the exception of the fact that the said Company being only given with desire and desire that he has been acquainted with John E Brink the whole declaration as hereto annexed from his earliest knowledge that the deponent is a good memory years I was born in the neighborhood of the said declaration that the deponent was engaged in the year 1880 as a soldier in the Company commanded by Young Rawling as Captain in Colonel Pettengill's Regiment that the said John E Brink was a fellow soldier with him in said Company and that the said Brink actually performed the service of eight or nine months he does not distinctly remember which in said Company in the manner set forth in his declaration.
And that deponent further saith that in the year 1880 or 1881 he served with the said John E Brink in the Company commanded by Colonel Rawling as Captain and that the said Brink actually performed the service of three months as he has set forth in said declaration.
Abraham D. Smith
sworn and subscribed before me this 10th day of December 1880 Christopher M.

Ulster County H. Gerick Burhans of Kingston in said County being sworn sayeth that he is well acquainted with John B Brink and knew him during the Revolutionary war. That he has heard the declaration of the said John B Brink read, and that he swears positively to the service of the said John B Brink of nine months in the 1778 in the Company commanded by Capt Hunter in Col Albert Rawlings Regiment. That the said Brink served with him in said Company at Shandahar and then marched to Fish Kill & finally went to Stony Point where the Company was dismissed. That besides the said John B Brink he knew in said Company Solomon Scott Samuel Post and Adam Brink. That this deponent is aged is seventy three years & further saith not
Gerick Brink here
Sworn and subscribed before me the tenth day of September 1822 John Chaplin for the

Ulster County ss. I. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ulster do hereby certify that John Chipp is a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Ulster duly authorized to administer oaths and that the signa- tures "John Chipp" subscribed to the Certificates of the annexed affidavits of Johannes Schoonmaker, Abraham DeWitt, & Freick Burkans are genuine signatures of said Justice
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.-
Jacob Snyder
State of New York } Ulster County ss. } be it known that on the first

State of New York } Ulster County to }
be it known that on the first day of August 1832 before Me John Chipp one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Ulster personally appeared Jonathan Nicholson of the Town of Cairo in the County of Greene being duly sworn deposes and saith that he became acquainted with John C. Brink early in the Spring of 1822 that he knows that the said John C. Brink has served in Capt Henry VanDyke Company of Infantry in Colonel Wm Fells Regiment New York Levees for the term of eight or nine months and was discharged at Kingston Ulster County and Subscribed before Jonathan Nicholson the first day of August 1832 John Chipp Justice
I Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ulster do hereby certify that John Chipp is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Ulster duly authorized to administer oaths and that the signature to the preceding affidavit are his genuine signatures -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this Seventeenth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
Jacob Snyder
Edward B.

State of New York Greene Ulster County ss.
Adam Brink of the town of Woodstock County of Ulster and State of New York being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he is Seventy nine years of age was well acquainted with John C. Brink who was a twin brother of deponent Deponent further saith that during the revolutionary war the said John C. Brink resided in the  said town of Hugenot in said County of Ulster, and was a private Soldier in defence of his Country for which he was awarded a pension at the yearly rate of Eighty dollars which deponent believes he continued to receive until the day of his death Deponent further saith that near the close of the revolutionary war his brother the said John was legally married to Catharina Hommel of the town of Hugenot that the marriage ceremony was performed by the Reverend Mr. Doranda Clergyman of the Protestant Dutch Reformed Church in said town of Hugenot deponent was present at the time Deponent further saith that shortly after marriage the said Catharina with her husband the said John C. Brink moved in the town of Kingston where they have remained ever since and had several children. And that the said John C. Brink died on or about the thirtieth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three and left a widow the said Catharina who is still living has not intermarried and is the identical Catharina Brink who is now an applicant for a pension for the Revolutionary Services of her husband the said John C. Brink died and further this deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30 th day of September 1843 by the said Adam Brink, and believe him to be a credible witness and entitled to full credit —
Perkins King First Judge of Court
Adam his X Brink mark

State of New York Ulster County ss.
Cornelius J. Vanzantvoord of the town of Saugerties County of Ulster and State of New York being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is the Present Clergyman of the Protestant Dutch Reformed Church in said town. That it appears by the marriage records of said church that John Brink was legally married to Catharina Hommel on the twenty eighth day of April in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two which is expressed on said record in fair legible figures and letters in the Dutch language as follows viz.
C. J. Van Santvoord
1782
April 28 Jan Brink A. M. & Catharina Hommel S. D. By the Rev. Ulster County.
I Cornelius J. Vanzantvoord above named do depose and say that I hold the office of Clergyman in the above mentioned church, that the foregoing is a true abstract from the records of said church and further this deposing saith not
C. J. Van Santvoord
111366 Sworn to and subscribed before me on the 20 th day of September 1843. by Cornelius J. Van Santvoord known to me as the Clergyman above described Jacob Snyder one of the Judges of the County Court of Ulster County

1 Ulster County ss: On the 16 th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before me Frederick Brink Junior of the town of Kingston in said County who being first duly sworn saith his age is fifty six years that he is the son of Catherine Brink named in the annexed application for a pension that she and his Father John C. Brink resided with this deponent till the day of the death of his father the said John C. Brink which was on the thirtieth day of June 1843 that his father was a pensioner and that his mother is now an Applicant and the widow of said John C. Brink and further this deponent saith not - Sworn to and subscribed before me Frederick his X Brink Jr. on the day and year above written Mark and I certify that I am personally acquainted with Frederick Brink, that he is a respectable Citizen and his deposition entitled to full credit. Jacob Snyder One of the Judges of the County Court of Ulster County

Washington January 9 th 1844
Sir
Enclosed is the application of Catherine Brink widow of John Brink and under the act of 7 th July 1838 for a pension. And believe the evidence of marriage to be conclusive - whatever may be the result of your examination you will please direct to me and oblige
Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant Henry Wm Koop
Col L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions War Department Washington
affidavits purporting to be...

State of New York Ulster County Clerks Office ss.
I George A. Gay clerk of the County of Ulster aforesaid do hereby certify that Jacob Snyder Esqr before the an- nexed declaration of Catharina Brink and the affidavits of Freder- ick Brink and Reine Brink purport to have been subscrib- ed and sworn to at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Ulster County courts duly commissioned and qualified & that his name subscribed to the jurat of said declaration and affidavits purporting to be his is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said court & County
This 5 th day of October  September 1843
The words "Adam Brink" & "September" obliterated and word "October" inserted in the above certificate before execution
G. A. Gay Clerk

State of New York Ulster County Clerks Office, Jr.
I George A. Gay Clerk of the County of Ulster afore said that Jacob Snyder Esqr before whom the foregoing annexed declaration of Catharine Brink and the annexed declaration of
John H. ... Catharine Brink

State of New York
County of Ulster ss. I Joseph McTear Clerk of said County and Clerk of the Court of Oyer and terminer held at the Court house in the Town of Kingston in and for said County of Ulster do. hereby Certify that satisfactory Evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Catharine Brink was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, was a resident of the Town of Kingston in the County of Ulster in the State of New York and died in the town of Kingston aforesaid on the fifteenth day of Janu- ary in the year One thousand Eight hundred and fortyfive that she the said Catharine Brink widow of John G. Brink deceased left five Children whose names are Joel Brink Frederick Brink Junr. Abra- ham Brink Maria Brink and Arty Brink and that they respectively are over the age of twenty one years
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County and Court this 21 st day of March 1845.
Joseph McTear Clerk
Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23 d January 1845.
Whereas the Act of the 30 th of April 1844 prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner I now make the Catharine Brink our Mother from drawing a pension for the same period during which her husband our Father the late John G. Brink was a pensioner we now make the following statement under oath to obtain the benefits of the resolution above mentioned that we are the children of Catharine Brink refer- ence being had to the above Certificate of the Court that she is now dead that she was the widow of John G. Brink who was a private in the war of the

Resolution that a pension has been allowed to our Mother the said Catharine Brink at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum from the 30 th day of June 1843 to the 4 th day of March 1844. And we now ask for the Amount due to our Mother the said Catharine Brink under her application previous to 30 th day of June 1843 the day of the commencement of the pension allowed to her we would refer to her Papers on file in the pension office and Claim that the papers were made out in 1843 and were in the office previous to some to whom a pension has been allowed for five years and that they were for a great length of time in the pension office before the Act of the 30 th day of April 1844
Joel Brink
Frederick his Brink Junior
Abraham his Brink mark
Maria her Brink mark
Antje her Brink mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 26 th day of May 1845 by Joel Brink, Frederick Brink Jun r , Abraham Brink, Maria Brink and Antje Brink (personally) known to me as the Children of Catherine Brink deceased
Jacob Snyder one of the Judges of the County Court of the County of Ulster
I Joseph McTear Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ulster N.Y. Certify that Jacob Snyder is a Magistrate or Judge as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office and subscribed my name. This 12 th day of September 1845
Joseph McTear Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas