Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,389, James Bordine, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Bordine James or Burdine
S. 2389
carded
CONTENTS

New Jersey 17. 884
James Bordine of Hunterdon in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Co commanded by Captain Withersall of the Rgt commanded by Col. Withersall in the New Jersey line for two years.
13. 953
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Oct r 1833 and sent to G. B. G. M. Chesney. Hightstown N.J.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 1833 - 200.- Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 32/ 40
$244.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. Palmer Clerk Book 5 Vol. Three Page 103

State of New Jersey } Declaration in order to obtain the Middlesex County } benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832
On this twenty seventh day of July 1832 personally appeared before me Joseph M c Cluskey one of the practicing Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Middlesex, James Bordine a resident of the Township of South Amboy in said County, aged seventy six years the 10 th day of March last, who being first duly sworn according to law with an oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832, That he entered the service of the United States as a private in the militia of the said State under the following named officers and served as herein stated viz that in the year 1776 he first entered the service under Capt s Vincent Weatherbee and Capt ain John Weatherbee, and was ordered out as one of the Company commanded by the said Capt s and marched on a tour to Amboy and Shrewsbury, and after this tour was ordered out again under the command of Capt ain Berhoun marched to Elizabeth Town Derrack and Bowler's Brook, afterwards served under Capt ain Andrew Longstreet and Capt ain Nelson marched to Shrewsbury, Monmouth County in said State and afterwards under Capt ain David Chambers and marched again to Derrack and other places under the command of said Capt s , and that he was out in the said service at different times as long as two years, as he thereby believes having all the different times together in different years hereby believes he was out every year during the war as it was the practice to take tours by the militia as he obeyed every call to the best of his knowledge and belief, this deponent also declares that the documentary evidence relating to his services are hereby relinquished every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state and this deponent also declares as far as he knows all the officers under whom he served are now dead, except Capt ain David Chambers and Capt ain Nelson. Sworn and subscribed before me This 8 th day of September 1832
James his Bordine mark
Joseph M c Cluskey

Interrogatories put by me L o rd W. Charney, one of the Sponsoring Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in said County to the afore- said applicants.
1. When and where were you born? in the year 1755 March the 10 th at Amboy in the County of Middlesex & State of New Jersey —
Asger, I have no record of my age I had one but it is lost.
3 where were you living when called into service, where have you been living since, and where do you now live in the County of Middlesex State New Jersey, in the Township of South Brunswick in said County, and do now live - in the Township of South Amboy.
4 how ever you call me into service,
Angier, as a volunteer when called upon,
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
As to my services, I do not recollect that I was out under any of the regiments of the Standing Army nor as of the Militia Regiments beside those I have named in my foregoing declaration and as to the general circumstances of my services except those which I have also named in my declaration.
6 Did you ever receive a regular discharge from the service of Congress, not as I recollect of except in battle, discharged from the service which I was called out to serve, and I believe that was generally the case with the militia
of state. The names of some of the persons to whom you are in your present neighbourhoode who can testify as to your character of loyalty, and their belief as to your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Notaries of the Revolution. Colonel R. G. Ladd, Ethan Gulick Timothy Horner Col. David Chambers, Richard Mott Dr. Dr. Jacob Woff Sworn and subscribed before me this 8th day of September 1832
Joseph Schuch -
James his B re Burdine mark

13953
James Bordine Middlesex county New Jersey
Return
Adm 2 years $80.
Dr C. J. Schumey Heights Town N.J.
Fr. Vanarsdale Bth Cambridge N.J.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
31. May 1833
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 subjunctive 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 James Bordine, Middlesex county New Jersey
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Volunteer 1776 2 private Capt Withersall Capt Longstreet Capt Wilson Capt Glanton Colonel Withersall Ambey Hoback Monmouth Newark Purvis Hook Newark 76 Middlesex New Jersey tradition  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Detached

Rev War
2389
INVALID.
File No. 2389
James Bardine
Print Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 37
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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James Bordin
C. G. McChesney Heights Town N. J.

State of New Jersey Middlesex county
Be it known that on this 3 day of August 1833 Personally appeared Before the Subscribed a Justice of the Peace in and for said County James Bordine who being duly sworn accord- -ing to Law deposeth and saith. That the Following - Amenments to his Original Declaration are True and made in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress Passed June 7 th 1832 -
1776
May. Was Drafted under Capt Vincent Wetherill and 1. Mo. Col John Wetherill and marched to Amboy. Staten Island - back to Elizabeth Town - then to Amboy and then remained until the Month expired
June. Volunteered under same Officers and marched 1. Mo. To Spottswood. Morristown - then to Elizabeth Town and other places - This tour was one month
August. Was drafted under Capt. Terhune and Col. Hays 1. Mo. marched to New Brunswick. Elizabeth Town. Newark. - Bouleshook so this tour was one month
October. Drafted under same officers and marched to Spotts 1. Mo. = Wood. Amboy. Woodbridge. Elizabeth Town and then - = remained the month out
November. Volunteered under same officers and marched to 3/4. Mo. Spottswood. Amboy. Elizabeth Town so this tour 1777. was Three weeks
January. Drafted under Capt David Chambers and Col. March Scudder and was Stationed in the Village of May. Cranberry. during the 3 months as specified while - 3. Months the Enemy were in New Brunswick
June. Volunteered under Capt. Longstreet. Col. Scudder and 1 Mo. marched to Souland Mountains. Steele Gap. Buck's Town so - the British at this time marched from New Bruns- 8 3/4. Mo. = mts as far as Somerset Court house so

1777. August. Drafted under Capt Longstreet. Col Scudder and 1. Mo. Marched to South Amboy and then remained the month October. Drafted under Capt Perrine Col Morgan and March 1. Mo. marched to Monmouth Court house. Shrewsbury. Long Branch Tinton Falls &c. This Tour was one month Dec r . Drafted under same Officers and marched to 1. Mo. Monmouth Court and then to the Shore - afterwards retired 1778 to Tinton Falls and was then stationed the month out. April. Drafted under Capt Hartshorne and Col Scudder 1. Mo. Marched to Kingston. then down the Assunpink to - the river Delaware near Trenton &c one month June. Drafted under same officers. and marched to Black- 1. Mo. Horse. Mt. Holly. Red Bank. Burlington &c one month Aug t Drafted again under same officers and marched to - 1. Mo. Cranbury. Spottiswood. Amboy. and there remained until the month expired January 1778. (Omitted). Drafted under Capt Voorhees. acting 1. Mo. as Captain. Marched to Bordentown. Burlington - Red Bank Mt. Holly &c This tour was one month December. Drafted under Capt Stout and marched to Elizabeth 1. Mo. Town. First and Second Rivers. Piscataway. New B - 1779. runswick &c This tour was one month June. Drafted under Capt Longstreet and Col Scudder and 1. Mo. Marched to New Brunswick. Bergen Point. Newark and other places - This tour was one month August. Drafted under Capt Stout and Col Hays Marched 1. Mo. to Spottiswood. Old Bridge. Amboy. then to Cran- bury and there the month expired November. Drafted under same officers. and marched to Spotts 1. Mo. Wood. Old Bridge. South River. Chewaquata and 1780. then back to Spottiswood. This tour was one month June. Drafted under Capt. Coombs and Col Scudder marched to Mt. Brunswick and Blazing Star &c. The Enemy being at

1780 June -
1. Mo. Connecticut Farns. This Lous was one month.
Sept u . Drafted under Capt e Cornls. & marched to 1. Mo. Amboy. Woodbridge. Bonam Farms. Blazing Star 1781. This Lous was one month.
January. Drafted under same officers and marched 1. Mo to Spottiswood. Old Bridge - was there during the Revolt of the Penns a Line &c - this Lous was one month
March. Drafted under Capt e Longstreet and Col l Seccades 1. Mo. and marched to Spottiswood. Old Bridge South River and Amboy - when we were stationed the month out.
April. Volunteered under Capt e Cornls and marched to Amboy Farms and was stationed there during the month.
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year before mentioned Before me John Smith
his James X Bordin Mar. 2
State of New Jersey Middlesex County ss. I Nicholas Boorame Clerk of the court of common Pleas of said county do hereby certify that John Smith before whom the foregoing Supple mental declaration of James Bordin and officers of Piscataway Moore & Daniel Appley all were made was at the time a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned once sworn and that his Signature thereunto affixed is Genuine
In witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Seal of office at New Brunswick this Seventh day of September AD 1833 N Boorame Clerk

James Burdin Papers
13953

State of New Jersey Middlesex County
Be it known that on this sixteenth day of September A.D. 1833. Before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Personally appeared David Applegate who being duly sworn according to Law Deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with James Bordine an Applicant for a Pension and well remembers serving in the May 1776 under Capt Vincent Wetherill and also in June in the same Company served with him in Capt Longstreet's Company in 1777. Was out with said Applicant at a number of Places during the War at Elizabeth Town, Newark, Woodbridge, Amboy, Sourland Mountains, Steels Gap, Bergen Point. Saw him in Capt. Chambers Company when they were stationed in Cranbery. In January March and May cannot recollect all the Places. But served with him at various other times during the said War of the Revolution and further saith not.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid John Smith David Applegate his mark
I also certify that David Applegate who has signed in favour of James Bordine and who served with him in the Revolutionary war is a credible Person and is entitled to credit and belief.
John Smith

State of New Jersey Middlesex County
Be it known that on this Thirteenth day of September A.D. 1833. Before the Subscribers a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Researrick Moore who being duly sworn according to Law Deposeth and saith that Previous to the Revolutionary War he was well acquainted with James Bordine who is an Applicant for a Pension, as they had always resided near each other. Remembers serving in the same Battalion commanded either by Col Hoyer or Nelson in the months of June, August and Octo in 1776. at New Brunswick, Elizabeth Town, Bergenpt, Amboy, Woodbridge and other Places. in the year 1777. Saw the said James Bordine at various times when our Militia were located in Cranberry in the months of January, March and May. In June saw the said Applicant at Sourland Mountains, Huts Gap, Bucks Town etc. In June 1778 saw him - at the Draw Bridge Black Horse when the enemy were advancing towards Monmouth.
Remembers seeing him out in the Battalion at Springfield in the year 1780 and other Places during the said War, and further saith not.
Sworn and subscribed the day
and year aforesaid
Before me John Smith
Researrick Moore
I do certify that Researrick Moore who has subscribed the above is to me personally known as a credible Person and entitled to credit and belief
John Smith

We James C. Henry pastor of the first Presbyterian Church in Piganbury now Cambria
David Chambers and Jacob Wroff of the Township of South Amity and South Brunswick in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Bordine who has subscribed and sworn to the above or forgoing declaration, and believe him to be a man of veracity, and that he is respected, and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Given to and subscribed before James C. Henry David Chambers Jacob Wroff me this 8 th day of Sept. 1832 Joseph McElroy Justice of the Peace
And he the said Joseph McElroy, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare his opinion after the inves- tigation of the matter, and after perusing the above interrogatories, prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as herein stated, and he further certifies that it is known to him that the said James Bordine and Jacob Wroff, who have signed their names, are residents in said County, and are creditable persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit, and he further certifies that in his opinion the said James Bordine, is so inform and distressed that it would be with great difficulty, and might be attended with serious consequences to him to appear in open Court
Joseph McElroy Judge
State of New Jersey Middlesex County ss I H. J. Vanarsdalen Clerk of the Court of the County of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that Joseph McElroy before whom the foregoing proceedings were had was at the time a Judge of the said Court and duly attested to administer oaths In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 19 th day of September A.D. 1832 H. J. Vanarsdalen Clk