Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 2052, Henry Clinton, Conn.

SERVICE
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Clinton, Henry
NUMBER _____
TP 2052
CONTENTS

State of New York } Declaration in order to obtain St Lawrence County. } the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
On this twenty fifth day of September 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of St Lawrence, now sitting, Hen- ry Clinton, a resident of Potsdam in said County & State, aged 68 years the 27 th day of November last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declara- tion, 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 he was first drafted for the term of two months, about the first of September 1788, at New- Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, where he resided during the Revolutionary War, and joined a company commanded by Capt. Ruggles. That said company was raised to guard the town of Norwalk on Long Island Sound, against parties of the British who frequently landed there from Long Island. That he marched im- mediately to Norwalk, where he served out his full term and was dismissed without any written discharge. That he does not know as the company was at-

tached to any regiment and does not re- ollect as any Continental Companies were stationed near there.
In March 1781 Companies were raised for two months, to go and remain at Fort Hosack under Genl. Waterbury. Said Clinton further states, that in March 1781 he entered Capt. Ebenezer Cook's company at New Milford, as a substitute for one Bostwick for two months, and went to Fort Hosack and served out his full term. That before the said term had expired he enlisted as a volunteer for a year from the 12 th of May 1781 and served as waiter to Lieut. Orion Bostwick in Capt. Stock- dard's Company in the Regiment Com- manded by Lieut. Col. David Canfield. That he served the whole of said term at said Fort Hosack when he was discharged about the 12 th of May 1782  1781 . His discharge has lost. He does not know that any Con- tinental Companies or regular officers were stationed near there.
He never was in any engagement, and he knows of no person living who was in the service with him during either of the above mentioned campaigns.
He hereby relinquishes every claim what- ever 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. He further saith that there were only four companies at the Fort at Horse Neck while he was there, that Capt Grouse commanded one company, Lieut Willson - Capt Frisbie com- manded another company. The adjutant's name was Bull. Quarter Masters name was Jonah Baldwin. Sergeant Major's name was Benedict. Ensign Libbels belonged to Capt Frisbie's company. He was born in New Milford aforesaid in 1763. He has a record of his age at home but did not think to bring it to court. While he was in the army his father moved to Barkhamsted Connecticut. He went there from the army and lived there till about 1799 when he moved to Sturges Torrington, Vermont and lived there till 1816 he moved to Patsdam where he has ever since resided & now resides. He has been able to procure no proof of his said service except what is contained in the af- fidavit of Cyrus Bostwick herunto an- nexed. He knows of no person living who was in the service with him. He has lately been to Vermont to procure evidence of his service from persons who lived in his neighborhood when he entered the service but has been able to find none but that of said Bostwick.
Sworn & subscribed } the day & year aforesaid } J. M. C. L. K.
Henry Clinton
And the said court 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.
I Alvin G. Low. Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Henry Clinton for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the twenty day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. I also certify that Iahel Willis, before whom the following affidavit of John Hayward & Luke Clark was taken and Horon Allen before whom the following affidavit of Henry Clinton was taken with all the dates of the said affidavits & still are further of the place and of said County of which their signatures to the said affidavits are in their own handwriting. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the 16 th day of November 1832.
A. Low Clerk
In the matter of Henry Clinton
I James Bostwick of Tazewell in the

I Cyrus Bostwick of Vergennes in the County of Addison and State of Vermont aged sixty three years after being duly sworn do depose, testify and say That I have been acquainted with Henry Clinton of Potsdam in the County of St Lawrence and State of New York since his childhood that we were brought up together in the same neighbourhood in the Town of New Milford in the State of Connecticut, and that the said Henry Clinton was drafted into the Army of the Revolution at New Milford, for the space of two months, and that I was informed and verily believe, that the said Clinton enlisted into the Army after the expiration of the said two months, and that he served in the Army of the Revolution for the space of one year and I further state that I have a distinct recollection of the return of the said Clinton from the Army, and also that it was generally understood and believed in the Town of New Milford that he had served in the Army the time above stated Vergennes August 17 th 1832
Cyrus Bostwick
Sworn & subscribed before me
Samuel Woodbridge Justice
I William Larimer Clerk of the Court with and for the City of Vergennes hereby certify that Samuel Woodbridge the Magistrate before whom the above deposition was taken is a legal magistrate and that

City of Youngstown
Hereby certify that credit are to be given to his official acts. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 17th day of August A.D. 1852
V. Lawrence Clark
Cyrus Perkin Deputy

Lyman Clinton of the Town of Denmark in the County of Linn and State of Iowa
Lyman Clinton of the Town of Denmark in the County of Linn and State of Iowa. Personally appeared before Me the undersigned E.P. Hogue Esq. a justice of said County and being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith that in the Year 1780 he this deponent Resided in the State of Connecticut in the County of Litchfield and town of New Milford and that he had a Brother by the Name of Henry Clinton and that he the said Henry Clinton was drafted about that time and went to Norwalk in the State of Connecticut does not remember how long he was absent at that time has a perfect Recollection of his leaving home and when he Returned thinks however that at this time his brother was absent two or three months. And further this deponent says that he Recollects that his brother Henry enlisted soon after to go in to the army as a Water for the Lieutenant and went to Horse Neck had his brother often say that he had served in the war and had been at Norwalk and Horse Neck. has a perfect Recollection of his brother being in the army about that time and that it was always Reported in his fathers family that he served in the army about 2 Months at one time and one Year at a Nothter times and further none this deponent saith Not
Lyman Clinton
Personally appeared before Me the undersigned the above Named Lyman Clinton to me known and who is a man of the first Respectability and Integrity and that he subscribed his Name to the above affidavit Dated New York August 18 th 1832
E.P. Hogue
J. Miller, Justice Peace

Chauga County to Queen Victoria Clerk of said County do certify that Elizabeth B. ... the justice before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn to on the date of the same ... of the said County & that ... with his hand ... the proper hand ... said justice set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 17th day of August 1852
Sam Rankin
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page. The text is mostly illegible but appears to be a formal letter.]

State of New York } ss: St Lawrence County }
Joseph Hayward & Luke Clark of Potsdam in said
county, being sworn deposed & say that they have respectively been ac- quainted with Henry Clinton of said town, who is now making application for a pension, for ten or twelve years last past, and they both live within a short distance of of him, and they further say that it has for a long time been understood and believed in the neighborhood of the said Clinton that he was a revolutionary soldier, and their deponents both believe that said Clinton was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states in his declara- tion. They further say that he is a man of fair character for truth and veracity.
Subscribed as sworn this 11 th day of October 1832 before me
Joseph Hayward Luke Clark
J. Miller, Justice Peace.
I certify that said Joseph Hayward and Luke Clark are men of truth & veracity.
J. Miller, Justice Peace

State of New-York } St. Lawrence County } ss
Henry Clinton of Potsdam in said County, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that he is the same person who subscribed and made oath to the above declaration annexed, before the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, at the last September Term thereof, and he further saith that he knew of several persons, who would attend, and who did attend said Court from Potsdam aforesaid, who he supposed would testify as to the reputation in his neighborhood, of his services in the revolutionary war, but he did not find any, who could so testify. He is acquainted with Joseph Haywood, John Clark, Daniel Stone and others, who can so testify. There is no clergyman living near him and he knows of none who could testify as to the reputation in his neighborhood of his said services. He further saith that previous to the sitting of said court he sent for the affidavit of his brother Lyman Clinton, of Newark, in said State, which had not been received at the time of the said court, but it has since been received and is hereto annexed.
Subscribed & sworn this 13 th day of October 1832 before me } Horace Allen, Justice Peace.
Henry Clinton

I certify that said Clinton is a man of fair character for truth and veracity - dated Oct. 13. 1832.
Horace Allen, Justice Peace
Abstract of Henry Clinton's services - from Sept 1, 1830 - 2 months 1780 from March 1, 1831 - 2 do 1781 from May 1, 1831 - 12 do 1781. 16 months.
In the matter of Henry Clinton application for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832.
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  2 mo  from Sept 1780.    2 "  " March 1781.    12 "  " May 1781    16   

First Mel. 18. 1858. y Mr J. F. Mock

State of Wisconsin } ss County of Marquette }
Sheldon Clinton of the County & State aforesaid being duly sworn depose & says that he is a brother of Henry Clinton deceased who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. That he the said Sheldon Clinton was born in the year (AD 1767) & was Eighty-Eight (88) years old the sixth day of August last past. He thinks he was born the same year of either General Jackson or General Harrison but is not sure which.
He further depose & says that his oldest brother Henry Clinton was drafted into the service of the war about two years after the war began & continued in the war & service of the government from that time until the close of the war when he hired a man to take his place. And that the latter part of the term of his service he was in the Company of Capt. Canfield & that he the said Henry was in the war over one year. He thinks

it was much larger than that as then western suborned was in great trouble owing to the long absence of her son Henry
That Capt. Canfield belonged at New Bedford Litofield County Connecticut
Mashin March 14 1886 Sheldon Clinton Witness
Mariah Root Elmira Root State of Wisconsin County of Marquette ss
Personally appeared before me Robt. Gillett a Notary Public in Yours aforesaid State. The above named Sheldon Clinton who made oath & subscribed the foregoing affidavit & declared to that the same was true according to his knowledge & belief - Said Clinton also being to me personally known this 14th day of March A.D. 1886 -
Robt. Gillett Notary Public Residing in the County of Marquette State aforesaid

State of Wisconsin } S.S. County of Sheboygan }
Mariah Root of the County State aforesaid being duly sworn depose & says that she is the daughter of Sheldon Glinton that he is at this time & always has been in a soma & same State of mind that his memory is remarkably good
That she has from a small child known that her uncle Henry & also her Grandfather Glinton was in the war of the Revolution
That her uncle Henrys mind was affected by a fit sickness & his memory was affected not good for a time before his decease
Witness
Brooklin March 14 - 1856
Elmira S. Upham Not. E. Gillett
Mariah Root
State of Wisconsin } S.S. County of Sheboygan }
Personally appeared before me the above named Mariah Root who subscribed made oath to the above affidavit & declared the same to be true Not. E. Gillett Notary Public Residing in the County of Sheboygan State aforesaid

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 subjjoined 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. These 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 Henry Clinton of Lawrence Co. Pa.
   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.     Dec/Dec 1780 2 Private Capt. Pringle to North Wall St. Mary's Mt. Connieticut Traditional Memory Witness   Sub 1781 2 Capt. Elenager to Fort Howe aged 65   Volun - 1781 1 Private to Lieut. Oliver Capt. Woodard Lieut. Col. Paul Barr -  
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 he 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 [j] 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.
[f] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Oct 26
Eng
FREE
Pennington
Secretary of War
Washington City D.C.
Com of J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comr of Pensions -
Pension application under act of 7 June 1832 -

Potsdam N.Y. Oct. 17. 1836
Sir. We enclose you papers in the matter of the application of Henry Clinton for a pension under the act of 7 June 1832. Please give the application as early attention as practicable & advise us of the result - Yours Respectfully Allend Baldwin
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions -

In the matter of Henry Clinton, Application for a pension under act of June 7. 1832
Supplemental affidavits &c.
See aff t of Cyrus Bastiade within —
Exec d Ex t 6 th June 1837.
Allen & Baldwin agents.
Potsdam N.Y.

State of New York } ss: St. Lawrence County }
Henry Clinton of Patsdam in said County being duly sworn deponeth and saith that in the fall of 1836 he made a declaration before the Court of Common Pleas of said County for a pension under the act of June 4 th 1832. and caused the same with his proof to be forwarded to the proper department at Washington through Messrs. Allen & Baldwin, his attorneys. That a letter from the Pension office dated Nov. 26. 1836. was afterwards rec d by his said attorneys, in which this department is directed to procure the Certificate of the Comptroller of Connecticut "as to the evidence which his record affords of claimant's service, and the dispositions of such of his old neighborhood and Comrades as may be found in the town of his residence during the war; and also to assign some satisfactory reason for his delay in making his application - This deponent would further state that he has procured a certificate from the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut which is herewith annexed, and further that he supposes he was one of Capt. Ebenezer Cook's men for 2 months, in the year

refered to in the certificate 1781, although the pay Roll of the said Colonel does not appear to be in the said Comptroller's Office. and as mentioned in the said Certificate and also he supposes the years services which he alleges in his declaration to have performed under Col. Can- field, or some part of it, may have been embraced in the bill of expen- ditures of the said Colonel although the Captain's name is not given as appears also in said Certificate. This deponent would further say that he has been at great expense and trouble to procure proof of his alleged services and he can- not procure any more than what he has already forwarded, except the annexed Certificate aforesaid and the affidavit of Cyrus Bostwick hereto annexed. That the reason why he did not make his appli- cation for a pension earlier is that he was unable earlier to procure all the testimony which he sup- posed could be obtained in his case. That he did learn the provisions of the said act until a long time had elapsed after its passage, and he afterwards made one journey into the State of Vermont on pur-

hope to obtain the testimony of a person who was known to the service of the said deponent in the army, but he had died some years before, and other persons living in his neighborhood during the war for whose testimony he has sent gone dead as he is informed, and he further saith that he does not know of any person other than the said Bostwick and his brother Sylvan Clinton (whose affidavit was forwarded with his said declaration) among his old associates now living by whom he could prove his said services or any part of them.
That he believes he is justly entitled to the a pension for the services which he alleges in his declaration to have rendered. That he is very clear in his recollection of such services, but is unable to obtain any other proof than what he has already obtained, and he hopes and trusts that the same will be enough to satisfy the Department of the honesty of his claim.
Henry Clinton
Subscribed & sworn this 6 th day of June 1837 before me Benjamin G. Baldwin Just Peace.

State of New-York St. Lawrence County. } 85.
I Alvin C. Low Clerk of the said County hereby certify that Benjamin G. Baldwin before whom the within affidavit of Henry Clinton purports to have been taken was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace said County duly qualified and that his signature to the jurat is in his proper handwriting with which I am well acquainted.
In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 8 th day of June 1837.
ALVIN C. LOW

Comptrollers Office
Hartford Ct
April 20 th 1837
On application for evidence of the service of Henry Clinton. I have examined the books and papers remaining in this Office relating to the Revolutionary War, and find and certify as follows, Viz =
Haskells Receipts
The United States Dr to the State of Connecticut for sundry expenditures for the service and expense of Troops stationed at Greenwich for the defence of said State.
May 22 nd 1782, Captain Ebenezer Couch, post at Greenwich £ 468 11 12 11 1 11 =
Pay Table Book.
Captain Ebenezer Couch Dr July 20 th 1778
  To order on Treasurer — — — — —  £ 86 11 —    Oct 29 th 1778 to - do - do - — — — —  1139 11 8 11 5 11 =  
There is no pay Roll of capt Ebenezer Couch's men either for the years 1778 or 1781 =
Haskells Receipts.
The United States Dr to the State of Connecticut for sundry expenditures for the service and expense of Quarts on the Sea Coast for the defence of said State. May 22 nd 1781, Colonel Samuel

Canfield, Coast Guard at Norwalk, £84 7 7=
I hereby certify that the within extracts are true copies of Record, and that I have not been able to find the name of Henry Clinton or of Captain Ruggles, or Captain Jesse Stoddard on the Records in this office, and the within extracts are all the evidence I have been able to find respecting the service of Henry Clinton.
Wm. H. Comptroller

11-10-48-2 State of Vermont Addison County } ss:
Cyrus Bostwick of Vergennes in said County being duly sworn, saith that he is aged sixty eight years, in my present that during the revo- lutionary war he lived in the town of New Milford in the State of Connecticut. that he was a neighbor to one Henry Clinton, who now lives in Patsdam in the state of New-York, as this de- ponent understands and believes. This deponent further saith that towards the middle or latter part of the war, he can not recollect the year, though he believes it was after the towns of Norwalk and Danbury were burnt. The said Henry Clinton went into the army and served a few months and the next year after he enlisted as a private soldier for one year as this deponent always under- stood and believes and went and served out his full term of one year at Fort Howe Neck. This deponent was a near neigh- bor to the said Clinton and he will recollect the circumstanc

of the such absence of said Clinton in the army upon such occasions. This deponent cannot say how long the said Clinton was absent in the army the first time but he always understood and still believes that he was in the army at Fort Rosebeck for the pe- riod of one year, that he occa- sionally heard from him while absent and has no doubt that he served out his full period of enlistment. It is many years since the said Clinton re- moved from the said town of New Milford, and a long time also since this deponent removed from them, and this deponent cannot now recollect of any other neighbors of said Clinton during the war who are living and would know any thing of the said Clinton's services, and should think there was none unless one Lyman Clinton, a brother of the said Henry, may be living. He distinctly recollects the return of the said Henry Clinton after the years service after the said Clinton then being dressed in his soldier clothes further the deponent saith not.
Cyrus Bortwick
Sworn to, and subscribed before me this 12 th day of May A D 1837 And I here certify, that I have been well acquainted with the deponent Cyrus Bortwick for many years, and that he is in my opinion a reliable witness - Edwued H. Judson Justice of the Peace for Edmiston County - Vermont

State of Vermont, Addison County ss.
I, Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Addison do hereby certify that Enock Woodbridge before whom the foregoing affidavit of Cyrus Bartwick was made, was at the time a Justice of the peace for said County, and his name subscribed thereto in his own signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this thirteenth day of May 1837.
Sam. Swift Clerk

Henry Clinton N.Y. '32 Suspended
Henry Clinton die d 1 st July 1843, Widow Eleanor - now Lindervivings —

State of Wisconsin }
County of Waukesha I Martin Field Judge of the County. Court & Judge of Probate. in and for said County, do here- by certify that at a Probate Court held at Waukesha in said County, on the 26 th day of January 1852 evidence satisfactory to said Court was adduced to show, that Henry Clinton who made application for a pension for services in the Revolutionary war, from New York - died on the first day of July (1843) one thousand eight hundred and forty three - and that he left a widow him surviving Viz. Eleanor Clinton, who still remains his widow, and now resides in Waukesha in the County of Waukesha. Wiscon- sin -
In testimony I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be impressed the seal of said Court this 26 th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and fifty two.
Martin Field
County Judge & Judge of Probate.

Henry Clinton Act 32, New York. Suspended , —
Ex by Mr Wade Dec 20 - 1857

Pruch Waukesha Nov 3 rd 1899
Mr W. G. Wade
You are hereby requested to examine the papers filed at Washington by my late husband Henry Clinton in view of his claim for pension Eleanor Clinton

Washington D.C. February 9 th 1832,
Sir,
Henry Clinton , late of New York, applied for a pension under act of 7 th June 1832, it is stated, set forth and proved 12 Mos service under a regular enlistment , as a waiter, and 4 Mos as a private soldier , - his claim was suspended or rejected, on the grounds that service as a waiter did not entitle claimant to the benefits of the provisions made by act of Congress above named, and the 4 months not being sufficient to entitle him to such provisions, - no further action has been had in the claim,
As I understand the Department does now consider service in the capacity of a waiter, when performed under regular enlistment, such service as is provided for by the act of 7 th June 1832, - I request that a certificate of pension may issue, to the widow, a certificate of whose heirship is herewith enclosed.
I am Respectfully Your obedt Servt, W. G. Wade
A. E. Heath Esq. Com g Pensions,

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.
application for pension under act of 7 June 1832.
FREE
since
17 June Allen G. Palmer add. enclos. Enc. Henry Clinton Oct 32

Potsdam June 9. 1837.
Sir. The enclosed papers in the case of Henry Clinton's application for a pension will explain themselves. Please examine & return as soon as practicable - Yrs Resp. Allen & Baldwin
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comr. of Pensions.

FREE
Am. Lewis Capt Secretary of War Washington by Am. L. G. Ben J. J. Army Bureau No 13 Secretary

Washington March 18 th 1858
Sir;
Allow me to introduce to your acquaintance and I by how to add to your entire confidence my friend J. F. Mack Esq. from my State
Respectfully Yours W. F. Mottile
Court of Pensions

Commissioner of Pensions (J. F. Mackay, Esq.)

born Nov. 63
Henry Clayton 72 in '36 count. service
1780 Sept. Ruggles - no Col. Norwalk. drafted/vol. 2 mo march St. Spring Creek Waldbury Horseart. sub of Berwick - 2 - End of this term called? Stoddard. Canfield for 12 mo. & served at Horseart. as writer for Lieut. Berwick

New York
Revs:
Henry Clinton
Rejected
let A. C. Low, Pittsfield
Ag. 20 May '33.
let A. C. Do Do
May 30 1834. —
Act 7. June 32

New York (3376)
Henry Clinton
Susq a
Ans r Allen & Baldwin Nov. 26 th '36 -
Acts - my the June 1832

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1863.
2052
P. O. _____
Henry Clinton
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
REJECTED
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

In the matter of 33762 Henry Clinton. Application for a Pension under Act of June 7, 1832.
Executed 20 th Sept 1836
Allen & Baldwin Potsdam, N.Y. agents -

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
State of New York } ss: St. Lawrence County }
On this twentieth day of September 1836 personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sit- ting, Henry Clinton, a resident of the town of Potsdam in the County of St. Lawrence and State of New York, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the ben- efit 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 he lived at his father's in New Mil- ford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, till he entered the army in the Revolutionary War. That in the fall of 1780, being the fall after the towns of Norwalk and Danbury were burnt as he believes, Companies of Connecticut State Troops were raised by the State to guard the frontier against the British who frequently landed there from Long Island, about the first of September 1780 this deponent was drafted for the pe- riod of two months and entered the Company commanded by Capt Ruggles and went and served as
Sep. 1, 1780.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
State of New York } ss: St. Lawrence County. }
On this twentieth day of September 1836 personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Said County now sit- ting, Henry Clinton, a resident of the town of Potsdam in the County of St. Lawrence and State of New York, aged Seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the ben- efit 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 hereinafter stated.
That he lived at his fathers in New Mil- ford Litchfield County Connecticut till he entered the army in the Revolutionary War. That in the fall of 1780, being the fall after the towns of Cornwall and Danbury were burnt as he believes, Companies of Connecticut State Troops were raised by the State to guard the frontier against the British who frequently landed there from Long Island, about the first of September SEP 1. 1780. 1780 this deponent was drafted for the pe- riod of two months and entered the Company commanded by Capt Ruggles and went and served as

the period of his enlistment or for which he was drafted, being two months. The whole company being stationed in said town of Norwalk and the service all being rendered in or near that town, the company being engaged most of the time in guarding the town and frontier against the attacks of the British or the "Cow-boys" upon it. There were no other troops than the said Company in that vicinity, and this deponent does not know to what Regiment the said Company was attached, but always understood and believed & still does believe that the company was raised by a regular order from the state. At the expiration of the two months from the commencement of the service the Company was all dismissed without any written discharge as deponent believes, he having never received any. In the Spring of 1781 some troops were raised to go to Horse Neck and remain under Genl. Waterbury for the period of two months till a Regiment which was to be raised for a year should arrive. This deponent entered the service then as a substitute for one Bostwick who was drafted for the period of two months and joined Capt. Eben n Cook's Company about the month of March 1781 and marched immediately to Fort Horse Neck and Stamford and served

out the said period of two months there, and before the two months had expired he enlisted as a volunteer for the term of one year to commence upon the expiration of his said two months service, and when that period had expired he then joined a company commanded by Capt. Stoddard in a Regiment commanded by Lieut. Col. Samuel Canfield about the first of May 1781. This deponent believes four companies belonged to this Regt. and that they were state troops, and spent the whole year in the garrison at Fort Horse Neck and in guarding the frontier of the state along the Sound. Major Dean of Milford and adjutant Bull belonged to the Regt. also Captains Frisbee and Granger. During the year the deponent had a furlough to go home and was gone 10 or 12 days and returned and served out his full year, and then received a written discharge in May 1882 as he believes, but his discharge was lost many years ago.
This deponent further saith in answer to questions put to him by the Court that he was born in the town of New Milford in the state of Connecticut on the 27 th day of November 1763. That he has a record of his age which he copied from a record kept by his father, copying it at first upon a Bible so afterwards upon a piece of paper which he shews to the Court.

That he was living with his father in New Bedford, Co. when he was first drafted into the service. That when he left the service the last time, he went to live with his father, who had moved while he was in the army to Berkhamsted in the same state. That he resided there about 13 years and then moved to Ferrisburgh in the state of Vermont and lived there till 1817 when he removed to Potsdam in the County of St. Lawrence and State of New York where he has ever since resided and now resides.
That he was drafted to perform the first above mentioned service, and performed the second service as a substitute for one Bostwick as aforesaid and entered and performed the last service as a volunteer.
That he cannot give the names of any more officers with the troops where he served than he has already given except that one Bostwick was Lieutenant of his company during the first service. This deponent is not aware that any Continental troops were in the vicinity where he served, the troops with which he served being state troops, as he supposed. That he never received but one written discharge which he lost several years ago. That he never received any Commission in the army, but performed his said several services as a private soldier. And he further

saith that he knows of no Clergyman who is acquainted with the reputation in his neighborhood of his revolutionary services but is acquainted with Hon. Zenas Clark one of the Judges of this court, with Jonathan Hoit Esq. Sheriff of said County and with others who he believes can certify as to his veracity and as to their belief of his revolutionary services. That he has no documentary evidence of his said services and does not know of any proof which he can procure in his favor unless he can obtain the affidavit of his brother Lyman Clinton who lived with his father during his deponent's absence in the army, and who now resides in Newark Valley in the County of Tioga in this state and for which affidavit he has already sent a mail. 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.
Henry Clinton
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written a blot on the 1 st page at the word "the" on the 2 nd page the word "that" altered on 3 rd page "1782" blotted. on 5 th page "affidavit" entered before signing J C M W R

We Jonas Clark, one of the Judges of said Court residing in Potsdam and Jonathan Hoit, Sheriff of said County of St. Lawrence lately residing in Potsdam aforesaid now residing in Canton in said County hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Henry Clinton, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that he believes him to be 72 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neigh- borhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion - Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid - A CSM AR { Jonathan Hoit Jonas Clark
And the said Court do hereby declare their opin- ion, after the opinion 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 Jonas Clark and Jonathan Hoit who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of Potsdam and Canton as aforesaid, and are credible persons and that their state- ment is entitled to credit.
I Alvin C. Low Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing con- tains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Henry

Clinton for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at office this twentieth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six. The word "opinion" erased on the last page but one before signing.
A. C. McLaughlin

saith that he knows of no Clergyman who is acquainted with the reputation in his neighborhood of his revolutionary services but is acquainted with Hon. Zenas Clark one of the Judges of this Court, with Jona- than Hoit Esq. Sheriff of said County and with others who he believes can certify as to his veracity and as to their belief of his revolutionary services. That he has no documentary evidence of his said ser- vices and does not know of any proof which he can procure in his favor unless he can obtain the affidavit of his brother Lyman Clinton who lived with his father during his deponent's absence in the army, and who now resides in Newark Valley in the County of Tioga in this state and for which affidavit he has already sent a mail. He hereby relinquishes every claim what- ever 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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written
A blot on the 1 st page at the word "the" on the 2 nd page the word "that" altered on 3 rd page "1782" blotted. on 5 th page "affidavit" altered before signing
H Clinton
Henry Clinton

We Zenas Clark, one of the Judges of said Court, residing in Potsdam and Jonathan Hoit, Sheriff of said County of St. Lawrence lately residing in Potsdam aforesaid now residing in Canton in said County hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Henry Clinton, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 72 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neigh- borhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion - Sworn & subscribed this day and year aforesaid
ATTEST { Jonathan Hoit Zenas Clark
And the said Court do hereby declare their opin- ion, after the examination 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 Zenas Clark and Jonathan Hoit who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of Potsdam and Canton as aforesaid, and are credible persons and that their state- ment is entitled to credit.
I Alvin B. Low Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing con- tains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Henry

Lyman Clinton aff t
Ex 1 st 28 Sept 36

State of New York } ss. St Lawrence County }
Henry Clinton of Potsdam in said County, being duly sworn deposeth and saith that at the September Term of the Court of Common Pleas of 1832 in & for the said County of St Lawrence, this Deponent presented his declaration and other papers to substantiate his claim for a pension for services rendered during the revolutionary war, in pursuance of the act of Con- gress of 7 th June 1832, which papers were examined and allowed by the said court and then forwarded to the Pension Office at Washington. To which said claim & an answer has been recently received in a letter directed to the Clerk of said County of which the following is a true copy to wit. "War Department Pension Office
May 20. 1833
Sir. The claim of Henry Clinton had been examined and disallowed. His twelve months service as waiter to Capt. Bostwick, is not the military ser- vice contemplated & provided for by the act of June 7. 1832, and his alleged service in '80 & '81 is less than 6 months, the min- imum provision of the act. His papers are placed on file. I am Respectfully Yr. obdt. Servt.
(Turn over) (Signed) J. L. Edwards.

and the said Henry Clinton would most humbly pray that his said application for a pension may be still further investigated at the War Department and the former decision of the Department in relation to his said Claim reconsidered and a more favorable decision be had thereon. For which purpose the said Henry Clinton would state and declare under oath, in relation to the said twelve months service being performed by him as waiter that he enlisted and served the said twelve months as follows: While he was performing his two months service as a substitute at Fort Horse Neck, in Connecticut, in the Brigade of Genl. Waterbury, as mentioned by him in his declaration first submitted to the said Court of Common Pleas and now on file in the Pension Office at the War Department, Soldiers were enlisting for the period of one year to commence about the first of May 1781, when Genl. Waterbury's Brigade was was to be discharged. That this deponent expected to go home when his time was out in Genl. Waterbury's Brigade the 1st of May, but that one Oliver Bortwick, who had a Lieutenant's Commission and was not Captain as called in the above mentioned letter from the War Department, arrived at said Fort Horse Neck when this deponent

was then doing duty - The said Bostwick then left 'listing orders' and was enlisting soldiers for the year's service to commence after said Waterbury period should expire, when the said Bostwick himself expected to enter into the service. The said Bostwick was an acquaintance of this Deponent and his father and lived in the same town of New Milford, Conn. with them. From which place he came directly to said Fort Hartsack, and told this Deponent who then was young, about 18 years old, that his father was willing to enlist that he, this Deponent, should for the year's service, and the said Bostwick further said, as an inducement for him to enlist, that he would, if practicable, select him out of the company, and use him during the year or a part of the time as his waiter. This Deponent then did enlist and was bound to do military service for one year as a private in the same way that any other private soldier enlisted in Capt. Stoddard's company in Col. Saml. Careful's Regiment, that soon after he enlisted, the said Bostwick took him as a waiter and he acted in that capacity during the year, but he further saith that he all the time considered himself as a regular member of said Capt. Stoddard's Company, that he uniformly paraded with the company.

every night & morning and answered to his name when the roll was called, and unless occasionally he might be absent on the business of said Lieut Bortwick, when the said Bortwick, as he understood, would get him excused, and he further saith that he always attended the company drill, and went through the regular exercises with the company and always kept his gun & equip- ments in good order and ready for use, in case of any action, and always sup- posed he performed as much duty as any other soldier in the company, only he did not go on guard nor out upon scouts, only occasionally, as he went out voluntarily, and he further saith that he never received any com- pensation for such services from the said Bortwick and never entered into any civil engagement with him about said services, but that he received the same wages from Government for his said years military services that other soldiers received, and he always supposed that he was bound to military service in the same way and was entitled to the same pension provided for others by the act of June 7 th 1832 -
Subscribed & sworn to this 24 th day of June 1833 before me
Henry Clinton

Zenas Clark Justin Pease
I have for a long time past been acquainted with the above named Henry Clinton & believe him to be a man of truth and morality.
Z. Clark Jst Pease
State of New York } ss: St Lawrence County }
I Alvin C. Vow.
Clerk of said County, certify that Zenas Clark, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Henry Clinton purports to have been taken was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and believe his signature to said affidavit & certificate to be his own handwriting. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the twenty fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
A. Vow Clerk

In the matter of Henry Clinton.
application for the reconsideration of his pension claim which has been once disallowed under act of June 7. 1832.
Exp 24 - June 82.
Allen & Baldwin agents. Potsdam St. Law. County. N.Y. To whom please di- rect —

State of New York Tioga County } ss:
Lyman Clinton of Newark Valley in said County being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is brother of one Henry Clinton of Potsdam in the County of St. Lawrence and State aforesaid. That this deponent and said Henry lived together with their father in New Milford, Connecticut, during the Revolutionary War until the fall after Newark & Danbury were burnt by the British, which he thinks was in 1780. That the said Henry was drafted in the fall after that event, to go and serve for the period of two months, according to this deponent's best recollection and that he went from home and was gone long enough to serve that period and he always supposed and believed that he served that period in the army, and he further saith that the said Henry again en- tered the army the next spring as a sub- stitute for one Bostwick for a short pe- riod, how long he does not remember, and that while he was then in the army at Fort Herrick he enlisted for a year as this de- ponent always understood & believed - that the said Henry came home once in the year and returned again and served out his year's period as this deponent

believes, that the said Henry was occasionally heard from in the family and it was always understood and believed in the family and by this deponent that said Henry was during his said absence engaged as a soldier in the army.
Lyman Clinton
Sworn this 29 th day of Sept 1830 before me Anson Higbie Justice of the Peace.
I certify that Lyman Clinton the above deponent is well known to me to be a person of fair character for truth & veracity.
Anson Higbie J. Peace
State of New York Livingston Co. ss. I Theodore Drake Deputy Clerk of the county of Livingston do hereby certify that Anson Higbie before whom the above affidavit was taken was at the time a Justice of the Peace duly qualified to administer oaths dwelling in the said County Commissioned and sworn & that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and hereby believe the signature to the above affidavit to be genuine. In testimony whereof I have here set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 29 th day of September A.D. 1830 Theodore Drake Deputy Clerk.