Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2722, Jonathan Davis, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
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Davis, Jonathan Bannah
R. 2722
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Wannah Davis J. W. 25 Springer Wannah Davis? Declaration
2722

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the acts of Congress passed for the relief of the widows of the officers & soldiers of the War of the Revolution,
State of Tennessee
White County
On this sixteenth day of February eighteen hundred and thirty nine, personally appeared before me William Smith one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said County of White and State aforesaid - Hannah Davis a resident of said county and state, aged ninety, the tenth day of the present month. (February) who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the acts of Congress passed the 4 th day of July 1836, the 7 th day of June 1832 and all other acts of Congress passed for the relief & benefits of the widows of the soldiers & officers of the Revolution - That she is the widow of Jonathan Davis who was a soldier of the Revolution as this affiant is informed and believes, her said Husband served a tour of duty, but she can not now state whether as a Militia man or volunteer nor where he went to, nor who he served under, it was before she was married, to him, that she believes he returned home early in the year 1777. That about harvest of that year she was married to Jonathan Davis familiarly and commonly known by the name of Schoolmaster Davis. She will further state, from all that she can learn and remember. Jonathan Davis entered the Army early in the year 1780. as an officer of some kind, and was killed by the British in the battle at Camden on or about the month of October 1780. That she in company with Jonathan Davis's mother visited the Battle ground, a few days after the action, and all that they could hear of Jonathan Davis was that he was seen to fall in the Battle to rise no more - killed

That Jonathan Davis entered the Army from Rowan county State of North Carolina that she has no documentary evidence whereby she can establish her claim to a pension. She cannot state the cause or grade in which he served and that she firmly believes, and is well satisfied he was killed in action as stated. She further declares, that she was married to the said Jonathan Davis on or about the first day of July Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven that her husband the aforesaid Jonathan Davis, was killed in Battle as before stated at Camden in South Carolina on or about the 16 th day of October 1780. and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. Hannah Davis further declares she had two sons by her marriage with said Jonathan, that are now living to wit Augustus Parks Davis, born the 18 th day of November 1798. and Jonathan G. Davis born the 28 th day of October 1780. The last birth took place but a little time after the said Jonathan was killed and that said Jonathan entered the Army as well as she can now remember about the first of April 1780 he said he was promised great things if he would go so that I believe he entered the Army for during the war (sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and date above written.)
Hannah Davis mark
William Bruster (Seal) Justice of the peace
I do hereby certify that from the bodily infirmity and age of Hannah Davis, I believe she could not attend a court of Justice for the purpose of making a declaration. I furthermore certify that I have every confidence in the credibility and statement of Hannah Davis the applicant.
William Bruster (Seal) Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee White County } I Nicholas Ackham clerk of White County. Court hereby certify that William Brent Esq. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing attestations of the Declaration of Hannah Davis as juror of the panel is now and was at the time of attesting the same one of the acting Justices of the panel in and for said County of White duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit is due and should be given to his official acts
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at office the seal of said Court at office in Sparta the 3 rd day of April A. D. 1839. And of the Independence of the United States the 63 rd year.
N. Ackham clerk of White County Court

Amended Declaration of Hannah Davis

The amended Declaration of Hannah Davis - In order to obtain the benefit of the acts of Congress passed for the relief of the officers & soldiers of the war of the Revolution State of Tennessee
White County On this fourth day of January - in the year of our lord eighteen hundred and forty - personally appeared before me William Bruster one of the acting Justices of the peace in & for said county of White & State aforesaid - Hannah Davis a resident of said county & state aged ninety one on the tenth day of February next who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following amended declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the various acts of Congress passed for the benefit of the officers & soldiers & their widows & heirs of the war of the Revolution.
That from her great age the great length of time & loss of memory she will here make the best and most accurate statement she can, she therefore states that she is the widow of Jonathan Davis who was a soldier in the continental line of the state of North Carolina in the Revolutionary war and that was killed in the fall way in the month of October 1780. That said Jonathan Davis served a tour of three months in the year 1777 in Captain James Smiths company against the British at Brimfield in the Regiment commanded by Col. Lock. after his return home and during the harvest of that year (1777) she was married to said Jonathan Davis

That said Jonathan Davis again entered the continental line of South Carolina as a private soldier for during the war on the first day of April (1780) seventeen hundred and eighty, and was killed in the month of October thereafter (she has always or for some time back thought he was killed at Camden South Carolina but of late learning that Battle took place in the month of August 1780 she is satisfied she was not correct for it was after the first of October he was killed. Jonathan Davis lived in Rowan County in the State of North Carolina when he entered the Army. She has no docu- mentary proof in her possession to offer the depart- ment in the authentication of her claim. Sworn to and sub scribed before me { Hannah Davis Seal This 4 th day of January 1840. } Just of the peace
W m Bruster Seal
Justice of the peace
I do hereby certify that from the bodily infirmity and age of Hannah Davis I believe she could not attend a court of Justice for the purpose of making a Declaration. I further more certify that I have every confidence in the credibility and statement of Hannah Davis the affiant
W m Bruster Seal Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee White County
I Nicholas Oldham Clerk of the County Court of White County hereby certify that William Brister Esquire whose name appears signed to the foregoing certificate of probate of Hannah Davis now is and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace in and for the County of White in the State of Tennessee duly and constitutionally elected and qualified to act as such and that his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit and that the signature here assigned purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at office the 4 th day of January A.D. 1840 and sixtyfourth Year of American Independence.
Nicholas Oldham Clerk of the County Court of White County By W. G. Gains D.C. Clerk

J. C. Davis Son of Hancock Davis N. J. & son for Russian

State of Ohio  Indiana
White County
Before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified to administer Oaths Personally of Isaac John athan C. Davis a resident of said county aged twenty one years who being first duly sworn according to Law makes the following declaration in order to obtain the amount are the heirs of Johnathan Davis and his Widow Hannah Davis under the acts of Congress passed 7 th June 1832 July 4 th 1836 and 7 th July 1838, This declarant states that he is the Lawfull child of Johnathan Davis and Hannah Davis late of said county and that his said father was a revolutionary Soldier but never applied for a Pension but his said father Johnathan Davis died on the _____ of _____ 18____ leaving a wife Hannah Davis who did not intermarry after many after the death of her said husband and applied for a Pension and the same was not granted but died on the _____ day of Nov- -ember Eighteen Hundred & forty being the Widow of the said Johnathan Davis the said Johnathan and Hannah Davis has but One Son or Daughter now surviving Name in which is affiant Johnathan C. Davis

Sworn to and subscribed before me on this the 1 st day of December Eighteen Hundred & fifty One Wm Clayton (S)
J. L. Davis
I certify from personal acquaintance with the above officer that he is the same that person he represents himself to be and that he is a person of respecta- -bility in whose statements full con- -fidence may be placed given under my hand and seal this 1 st day of December 1851
Wm. Clayton (S) Justice of the Peace

State of Tennessee } December Term of White County Court A D 1851 White County }
It is hereby Certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited in open court that Hannah Davis Widow of Jonathan Davis deceased departed this life in the County of White on or about the 2 nd day of November 1840 and that Jonathan C Davis is her only reputed child living
I further Certify that William Clayton Esq whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing affidavits is now and was at the time of signing the same an Acting Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified that all of his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Office in open the 2 nd day of December A D 1851
G. G. Dillard clerk of White County Court

I am all now by these presents That I Johnathan C Davis of the county of White and State of Texas have This day appointed Moore & Dikull of said county & State my true and Law full attorneys for me and in my name to prosecute my claim for a Pension (as me) as the son of John athan & Hannah Davis & authorize my said attorneys to ask for & demand from the proper officer of the govment a certificate for the amt that may be found due me as aforesaid hereby ratifying & stating my said attorneys may Lawfully do in and about the premises given under my hand & seal this 1 st day of December 1851
That
Henry Collier
Creed A Taylor
J. C. Davis - (Seal)
I William Clayton hereby certify that J. C. Davis came before me and acknowledged the true execution of the above Power of Attorney & that he signed the said Power of Attorney for the matters & things there in expressed given under my hand and seal This 1 st day of December 1851 Wm Clayton (Seal) Justice of the Peace

State of Tennessee } December Term of White County Court A D 1851 White County }
It is hereby Certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited in open court that Hannah Davis Widow of Jonathan Davis deceased departed this life in the County of White on or about the 2 nd day of November 1840 and that Jonathan C Davis is her only reputed child living
I further Certify that William Clayton Esq whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing affidavits is now and was at the time of signing the same an Acting Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified that all of his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Office in open the 2 nd day of December A D 1851
G. G. Dillard clerk of White County Court

REJECTED 9
9722
P. O.
Hannah Davis
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized.
_____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Benjamin Davis of Jonathan Kimpson
Resigned Resigned
Rec'd 3rd Augt 1839 to W. N. D.
let 9 Augt 1839 D.C.
Davis deft 9th
do 22 Nov 39 do 21st
April 1840 let 11th N.D.
Jan 1841 let 11th
did not pay interest
let 11th Nov 1840 N.D.
Jan 1841 let 11th
W. N. D. June 1845
Act of July 1846

St. John's Church 16 Apr 1852

Dear Rock Island ILL 6 th April 1839.
Hon J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir
I send you enclosed
the Declaration and proof of my aged Mother to the end that we may obtain that, to which by the laws of the Country, we were long since entitled for the want of a knowledge of the lawfulness of our claim, have we been thus delayed until the eleventh hour, we hope however not to our prejudice, all other says Father went to the Army under some resolve of Congress promising him a bounty, that has never been received by any of us - Be pleased to send me the Act of Congress to that effect if there is such a one, please give an early response directed to this place, & you will much oblige
Your Humble Servt. Jonathan C. Davis

Near Rock Island I 26 Augusts 1839.
Dear Sir
Yours is at hand, I am certain My Father was killed fighting the Brits. for his country for my own part I think from what I have long since been told, that he was under the command of a Col. from South Carolina & that he fell fighting Ferguson, he was an officer of some kind, (com- missioned or non commissioned as I believe) he may have fallen at Kings Mountain, my Mother visited both places (Camelion & Kings Mountain) in search of relations in company with other whig ladies of that day, you are cer- =ned about the date of the battle at Camelion it was the 16 th of August. I am sure Mother has it all mixed up in her memory from the fact that I had a piece of an old letter that was in the hand writing of my Father dated near Cowpens S.C. 5 th October 1780. I am reasonably certain he was not a Militia man, I have been told years since that he retired the Army under the promise of a bounty from Congress - all this I communicate for the sake of obtaining your service in the investigation of the claim. I am sure no fraud is intended to be committed the truth is all we ask aid us if you please if it is in your power answer this soon if you please
J. L. Edwards Esq
Washington City.
Yours Respectfully
Jonathan C. Davis

State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify that it appears of record in this Office, that a Warrant issued to the Heirs of Jonathan Davis on the 2 nd day of February 1786 for 640 Acres of land N o 3458. for the services of said Jonathan Davis as a private soldier in the continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, which is the quantity allowed by law to a War soldier, or to the Heirs of such as fell in the service of their Country
Given under my hand this 7 th day of Oct r 1839.
W. Hill

Washington D.C. June 13 th 1853
Dear S r J. P. Waldo Com. of Pensions -
Sir -
The file herewith a power of atty from J. C. Davis an applicant for the pension of Hannah Davis a suspended claimant under act of July 4/36 as widow of Jonathan Davis a North Carolina Soldier - The application being made by J. C. Davis only surviving child we suppose the appointment of an admin is unnecessary. If we are correct please have the case re-examined.
Our ground for asking re-examination is that we have discovered that Benjamin Brown who swore to service of Jonathan Davis for 3 Mos in Capt Smith's Company in 1777 was placed on the pension rolls for his own service in said company - We do not find that this branch of the application was ever acted upon by the Department. We think the decision of the Department correct so far as the continental service is concerned but we think that the N.C. records in connection with the evidence in the papers show a service from April 1 st to August 1780 and that the affidavit of Benjamin Brown in connection with the allowance of his claim is sufficient proof of service for 3 months in 1777 - These two terms together make a service of at least 7 or 7 1/2 months.

It may perhaps be said that the pension of Benjamin Brown was allowed without sufficient evidence - Whether the rolls corroborate his statements I know not, but granting they are silent - He thinks his affidavit filed in this case, in which he has no interest is worth as much as in his own case.
Is not the allowance of his claim an admission of the 3 months service of Smith's Company? The fact that the soldier fell in defence of his country certainly ought not to prejudice the claim as it seems to have done. For if he had lived his single affidavit would doubtless have procured him a pension, as did Mr Brown's - It may be said that the applications under act of 1832 should be more closely scrutinized now than formerly, because the parties have slept so long on their rights, as to raise a presumption against them, and the detection of fraud is more difficult But in reply we say since the reason of the rule does not apply in this case the rule ought not to apply - He believes the case was rejected by some of your predecessors, under the arbitrary rules without any regard to the circumstances or the affidavit of Benj. Brown - He thinks $200. is a small pittance for the government to pay for the life of one of its markers and yet, about sum this is all that the law would give upon the allowance of this claim.
Yours Respectfully Miller & Brown

State of North Carolina Secretary of State's Office 6 th Aug t 1839.
Sir
Your letter of the 3 rd instant asking for a statement of the service of Jonathan Davis said to have been a commissioned Officer in the revolutionary war, was received yesterday, and I have this morning made a carefull search for his name on the Musterrolls and Warrant book, the result is unfavourable to the claim. His name does not appear on the rolls, but a Warrant has issued to the Heirs of Jonathan Davis a private for 640 Acres of land N o 3458, drawn by M c . Shelby Feby 1786. If there was a Jonathan Davis a Commissioned Officer in the revolutionary war, he must have been a Militia man, of which there is no roll in this Office
I am Very respectfully Your O bt Serv t
W m Hill
James L Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions

Rock Island Iowa
4 July 1839.
Dear Sir
I send you in-addition the statement of my friend the Rev H. L. Turney it will aid you in the investigation of the claim of Hannah Davis- Respectfully yours
Jonathan C. Davis
Rev J. L. Edwards Court of prison H.

Raleigh 9 th Nov. 1839
Dear Sir
Your letter of the 31 st Ultimo came to hand yesterday - you will see I had answered that of the 29 th before this was received. I cannot tell any thing about the length of time for which Jonathan Davis enlisted as his name is not on the rolls - He must have been killed or died in the service as his warrant was issued to his heirs.
Yours respectfully
M. Hill
John B. Rogers Esq c

Near Rock Island Jan 5. Jan y 1840.
Dear Sir
I send you the amended Declaration of Hannah Davis. with a letter from William Hill Esq. Secretary of State of North Carolina from which it will appear it is all that can be offered after the lapse of sixty years in behalf of her claim. from one of your letters it seems the Department is disposed to restrict her to the few months her husband served before his death he entered the Army for during the war, did he or not virtually in contemplation of law serve the whole time, his fate & hers also was much harder than if he had served the whole time, please answer me on this point.
I am Respectfully Jonathan C. Davis
Geo. W. Cump Esq Acting Com. of Pensions

Peck Island Jan 20
Dear Sir 7 May 1820
Your favour of the 17 th April 1840 is before me from which I infer you are not disposed to grant a pension to W m M c Donald Davis on the grounds that Jonathan Davis did not serve six months before his death. you will observe that that he served three months in 1777. Benjamin Brown that served with Davis in the same company and regiment & who died a few weeks since in White County. I argued he drew a pension for that term of his service. & why not the widow of Davis - again Davis entered the Army the 1 st of April 1780. and was killed thereafter say in October 1780. look to Brown's deposition - you are doubtless aware of the effect time makes on the human mind, and could not expect that after fifty years those old lost  sense  spirits should be fully accurate in every particular, I much beg of you to take all for its worth in which events I must think your mind will oscillate to the side of the old widow, and that you will be satisfied Jonathan Davis served 9 months before his death toward three months in Captain Smith's Co. in Col. Sock's Regiment to crop break at all. and from the 1 st of April 1780 to the 1 st Oct r 1780. suppose however that he was killed in August. he will then have served at least

Seven months and a half months.
with a respectful and due difference of opinion I would think it could not be possible that Congress did not intend to provide for a case of this kind The law of Congress has heretofore received a wide- -spread construction in all cases of this kind. In this kind case however I would think a strict construc- -tion might be given, and her application confined an additional appeal would not be made to the Dept., that vigilant and careful as you are you must have overlooked the first three months since with Brown. Look for this to the proof of Brown as referred to. If there is any proof of when he was killed, it is that he was killed in the fall of 1880 (at Camden) now probable is it that it might have been at some other place. No appeal can be taken from your decision. it is final on us that line so far from you. It is therefore to be hoped you will give this case a patient reexamination. I have an additional letter from Mr. Hill the Sec. of A.B. if you would desire any additional satisfac- -tion I would send it to you. By that letter it seems she has lost her bounty lands, or that the heirs have by the statute of limitation, having previously lost her husband, now to lose the small pittance of a pension. That she should have, in requiring of a widow a greater sacrifice than any of us would return right. I have the honor to be very Respectfully Yours etc. John B. Roush

Being requested to state as to my knowledge of the character of Benjamin Brown Sen. of White county whose deposition has been introduced in behalf of Hannah Davis, in an application for a pension, in right of her husband Jonathan Davis that was killed in the battle at Camden S.C.
Will state that I am acquainted with the character of said Benjamin Brown, that he is reputed & believed to be an honest upright and truthful old man. & that I would give full faith & credit to his statement. Given under my hand this 25 th day of June 1839.
H. L. Turney

John C Davis heir of Hannah Davis born 1811 Prusim claim

Know all men by these presents. That I Jonathan L Davis of the County of White and State of Tennessee have this day constituted and appointed Messrs Miller & Brown of Washington City and George L Dillard of Sparta Tennessee my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to prosecute before the Department of the Interior my claim for a Pension as one of the children of Hannah Davis deceased who was the widow of Jonathan Davis deceased who served in the Army of the Revolution and was killed at Gates' defeat
My said attorneys are hereby fully authorized and empowered to examine the applications on file in the Pension office relating to said claim and to do any and all things necessary in the premises in as full and ample a manner as I could do if present and acting for myself, Witness my hand and seal this 2 nd day of June A D 1855 J L Davis (Seal) To: Hon. Joel Williams
State of Tennessee
White County } Personally appeared before me George L Dillard clerk of White County Court Jonathan L Davis the above constituent with whom I am personally acquainted and acknowledged the due execution of the above power of Attorney for the purposes and things therein contained which is mounted on the Department Seal of said Court Whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Office in Sparta the 2 nd day of June A D 1855 G. L. Dillard clerk

Jonathan Davis went in the Army of the Revolution from Rowan County North Carolina in was killed in the army was married 1777. in said County. D C Davis is 74 years old her (Damaris) application was made from this County thinks he was in Capt Davis' Company

Dear Sir
Rock Island Iow 29 Oct 1839
Your favour is at hand announcing the rejection of my mother's claim &c. you must pardon me for offering all the circumstantial proof I can I send you enclosed the certificate of the State Secretary of State of Mo. showing that Father fell in the continental line of that State it seems he was a private & that he fell & you know he must have entered for more than 6 months to be in the continental line. I hope you will have charity & that you know how to reconcile the recollections of those old folks after such a lapse of time the main matter is right of which there can be no doubt, that is, That he entered the continental line of Mo. & was killed in his grade what it may, he no doubt entered the army for during the war under the congressional resolution of 1779. I hope to hear from you soon, would it be right to amend mother's declaration to correspond with the facts as they present themselves or not your advice would be thankfully rec d .
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Jane C. Davis
Gen J. L. Edwards. Comr. Mo.

W 2
Hannah Davis s
Proof

State of Tennessee
White County
{ On this 2 nd day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before me Benjamin Brown aged about eighty seven in sum years, who being first duly sworn ac- cording to Law, doth on his oath make the following state- ment to wit: That in the year 1777. Jonathan Davis served a campaign of three months as a private in Captain James Smith's Company against the British at Brop Creek under Col. Socke this officer with, when this officer returned home Jonathan Davis returned home also. That in the summer of 1777. Jonathan Davis was married as he believes to one Hannah Parks - living at this time some few miles from this officer. said Hannah is very old and infirm, this officer will state that he did not see the said Jonathan & Hannah married, but they all lived not far apart in North Carolina at the time, and the said Jonathan & Hannah passed for man & wife they lived together and were reputed to be such and he now has a knath of suspicion to the contrary and this officer now believes they were lawfully married about the first of April 1780. Jonathan Davis again entered the army as this officer believes as a Lieutenant and as this officer believes a first Lieu- tenant for the reason that at the place of Kings Mountain he had the command of the Company in the absence of his captain, and wanted this officer to go with him saying that Congress had promised the army a big bounty and great things. & that he was going to fight the enemy till the war was over. for this reason this officer be- lieves he went for during the war again that was the impression made on this officer's mind from the time he parted with Davis until the present day. Jonathan Davis poor fellow was killed as he believes in the Battle with the British at Camden, the fall after he went to the Army. Say in the month of October A.D. 1780.

Hannah Davis has lived a widow ever since the death of the said Jonathan the said Husband. and has two sons Augustus and Jonathan, Jonathan the Father was an active business man, well qualified as an English scholar for any ordinary business in society. This affiant cannot now say what affairs Jonathan Davis served under the last time - nor could he say what line-
Sworn to & Subscribed before me the day & date above written Wm. Hitchcock (seal) Justice of the peace
his Benjamin Brown mark
I do hereby certify that from bodily informing I told age of Benjamin Brown. I believe he could not attend a court of justice for the purpose of giving his evidence. I furthermore certify that I have very confidence in the credibility and statement of Benjamin Brown -
Wm. Hitchcock (seal) Justice of peace
State of Tennessee } On this Second day of April White County eighteen hundred and thirty nine. personally appeared before me Jane Brown the wife of Benjamin Brown aged about seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following statement to wit. That she was the acquaintance of Hannah Davis now of this county & formerly of Rowan County State of North Carolina, that she believes the said Hannah was the wife of Jonathan Davis that was killed as she is informed and believing at the battle of Camden with the British in 1780. This affiant did not see the said Hannah & Jonathan married, but they were reputed to be Husband & wife. and that she never heard a breath of suspicion to the contrary. That since Hannah has lived a widow ever since the death of said Jonathan, & that said Hannah & Jonathan were married sometime in the year 1777. as she informed & believing sworn to & Subscribed before me the day and date above written Wm. Hitchcock (seal) Justice of the peace
her Jane Brown mark

I do hereby certify that from old age I am now come not well if at all attend a court of Justice to have his evidence taken. And I further certify that I have very confidence in the credibility of statement of Jane Brown.
William Welch Seal Justice of the peace
State of Tennessee White County
I Nicholas Deoham clerk of White County Court hereby certify that William Welch Esquire whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate as Justice of the peace is now and was at the time of subscribing his name to the several allegations one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified to act as such and that all his official acts are entitled to full credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Sparta the 3 rd day of April 1839. And of the Independence of the United States the 63 rd year.
N. Deoham Clerk of White County Court