Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 14457, Elijah Churchill, Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER
continental
Churchill, Elijah Eleanor
W 14457
Mass. residence and agency
CONTENTS

Massachusetts 32096. 1749
Elijah Churchill, dec d .
of Chester, in the State of Mass. who was a Sergt. of Col n the Company command by Captain  of the Regt. command by Col n Shelden in the Dragon, line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass.
at the rate of 180 Dollars  Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. and ter- minating on the 11th April, 1841. the day of his death.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Dec r .
1840, and sent to J. L. Whittelsey
Northampton Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-ann. allowance ending Increase from 180
Deduct what has been
Paid 
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Thomas Sampson Clerk, Book  Vol. 2 Page 15
Rebated
Payable to his widow Eliza Churchill.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Nampshire SS. B E IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventeenth day of April — A. D. 1818, came before me, JOHN HOOKER, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in said State, and including the said county of Nampshire the above named Elijah Churchill  affirmed to the best of the law of England entitled 'An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war' made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, by him subscribed, and hereto annexed. I do thereupon hereby declare, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Elijah Churchill the applicant did serve in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for more than nine months, on the continental establishment, as set forth in his affidavit aforesaid, and that he is yet a resident citizen of the United States, is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of assistance from his country for support. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court for the said county of Nampshire to be affixed hereto, this 20 th day of May 1818
I do therefore hereby certify the above & annexed as the testimony & proceedings held before me on the application aforesaid and transmit the same to the Secretary of the department of War of the United States —
John Hooker
That he was honorably discharged at Danbury in Connecticut in June 1783 as a Sargeant but that said discharge is now lost And this I affirm further saith that he is in reduced circumstances in life & by reason thereof stands in need of assistance from his country for support
and I do further certify that I saw Elijah Churchill  where in it appears a Sargeant was honorably discharged in 1783 — & at the end of the war a badge of military merit under the hand of Genl Washington which warrant & certificate are both hereto annexed
Elijah Churchill
Sergeant Churchill requests that the annexed certificate under the hand & seal of Genl Washington may be returned if consistent to J Hooker

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden
On this nineteenth day of April
AD 1818 personally appeared before John Hooker Esquire Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in said Commonwealth including said County of Hampden Elijah Churchill a Citizen of the United States & Resident in the town of Middlefield in the County of Hampshire in said Circuit who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that in February 1777 he enlisted into the army of the United States then called the Continental Army as a private soldier into Capt Bull's company & Col Sheldon's regiment that he engaged to serve during the war & this Agreement was that he faithfully served the United States until Peace took place and that he was honorably discharged at Danbury in Connecticut in June 1783 as a Sargeant but that said discharge is now lost And this Deposition further saith that he is in reduced circumstances in life & by reason thereof stands in need of assistance from his country for support
and I do further testify that I recd Elijah Churchill while in the service a sergeant's discharge dated in Octo 1780 - & at the end of the war of the war a badge of military merit under the hand of Gen Washington which warrant & certificate are both hereunto annexed
Elijah Churchill
Sergeant Churchill requests that the above certificate under the hand & seal of Gen Washington may be returned if consistent to J Hooker

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
N Hampden SS.
B
April
A. D. 1818, came before me, JOHN HOOKER,
Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in said State, and including the said county of Hampden the above named
Elijah Churchill appeared in the benefit of the law of bankruptcy entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war"
Made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, by him subscribed, and hereto annexed. I do thereupon hereby declare, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said
Elijah Churchill
the applicant did serve in the
revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for more than nine months, on the continental establishment, as set forth in his affidavit aforesaid, and that he is yet a resident citizen of the United States, is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of assistance from his country for support. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand, and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court for the said county of Hampden to be affixed hereto, this 20 th day of May 1818
I do therefore hereby certify the above & annexed as the testimony & proceedings had before me on the application aforesaid and transmit the same to the Secretary of the department of War of the United States -
John Hooker

Circuit
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire. I Josiah Dwight Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of said Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that John Hooker Esq is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit that the within signature is his proper hand writing & that the seal hereto affixed is the proper seal of said Court
Josiah Dwight

9643 Eleanor Churchill
Mass. at 4 July 36-
adm'd. 2 yrs Ser. Cavalry 1809
Husband died Apr. 11. 40 pen: Com. Apr. 12. 41.
9643
Com.
S. L. Hinkley Northampton Mass.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" also for the benefits of the joint resolution of 1842
State of Massachusetts
County of Hampden ss. On this fifth day of September A.D. 1843 personally appeared before the Hon.
Oliver B. Morris Judge of Probate of Wills &c in & for s d County of Hampden Eleanor Churchill a resident of Chester in s d County aged eighty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 1838 entitled an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows, also the benefit of the joint resolution of 1842. That she is the widow of Elisha Churchill who was a sergeant under Capt Edg. in Col. Elisha Sheldon's Regiment of light dragoons & who was a pensioner of the United States under the Law of Congress passed Mar. 18 1818 & who received a pension of sixty six dollars pr. annum whose certificate No. 4163 was returned to the pension office in October 1841 & certificate bearing date Nov r 2 1818, that she is unable to state of service of her s d husband in the Revolutionary Army more particularly & begs to refer the Pension Department to the papers & documents filed in the case of the application of her s d husband under the aforesaid Act of 1818 for complete evidence of the services aforesaid; that her s d husband she has been informed & believes was commended by Gen l Washington for his soldierly deportment (over) While

While in the service & received his discharge in the hand writing of Genl. Washington himself.
She further declares that she was married to the said Elijah Churchill on the tenth day of March 1777/ Seventeen hundred seventy seven; that her husband, the aforesaid Elijah Churchill died on the eleventh day of October April A.D. 1841, (that she was then married) that she was married to him before his leaving the service and the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred ninety four, viz: at the time above stated and she has not been married since the death of said Elijah Churchill.
Given to be subscribed in open & Honor of Churchill Court on the day & year within written, before me
W. D. MOORE Judge of Probate
and I certify that the said Eleanor being unable to write her name made her mark in my presence
W. D. MOORE

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampden 83.
I Sustin Willard Clerk of the Probate Court within & for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Probate Court - the matter of the application of Eleanor Churchell for a Pension - I further certify that the Hon. Oliver B. Morris is the Judge of said Court & that his signature subscribed to the foregoing certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Springfield on this fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three
Sustin Willard Regis. Clerk

Elijah Churchill Was Born Sept. 4 th 1752 Eleanor Churchill Was Born March ap o 7 th 1755 Was Married March 10 th 1777 Sophia Churchill Was Born February 8 th 1782 and Died the 18 th Instant Elijah Churchill Junr was Born ap o 21 st 1784 and Died Sept r 14 th 1796 James Churchill Was Born Nov r 11 th 1785 Eleanor Churchill Was Born Jan y 14 th 1788 and Died January 1 st 1792 Eleanor Churchill 2 d Was Born July 7 th 1790 Joile Churchill Was Born July 28 th 1793 Chauncy Churchill Was Born Feb y 16 th 1796 Sophia Churchill Was Born January 30 th 1798

September 17 th 1796 John Burges Dr
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No 54
June
Elijah Churchill
4163 Middlefield
Nov 1818
[Large cursive signature]
Mar 1819
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
HAMPSHIRE ss.
At a Special Session of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Western Circuit, begun and holden at Northampton, within and for the County of Hampshire, on Wednesday, the fifth day of July, and de die in diem to the sixth day of said month A. D. 1820 :
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said County, created such by the Laws of the Commonwealth, Elijah Churchill aged sixty five years, resident in Middlefield in said County, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows : I served in the Continental Army six years in Colonel Sheldon's Regt of Light Dragoons and was there year a Sergeant in said Regt and was honorably discharged in June 1783 I have new Pension Certificate No 14163 dated 6th Dec 1818 I made my application for a Pension April 1818
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818 ; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818 ; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me ; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the following schedule by me subscribed.
  one Cow 18.00 one hog 6.00 $24.00   four Sheep 83 3/4 each 3.32   One old Chest of drawers 6.50 2 old Chairs 25 3/4 2.75   One Loom 1.00 one old Loom 25 3/4 1.75   One Table 2.50 six old Chairs 95 10.75   one old set Looms tools 10.00 $47.24 
I am by trade a Tinner. but am not able to work much being crippled my Wife is sixty five years old is also crippled we live with our son Charles who is a house tinner & helps support us I have been helped by the town repeatedly before I got my Pension
Elijah Churchill
Sworn to, and declared, on the sixth day of July 1820, before the said Court.
Attest, Josiah Dwight Clerk.
I, JOSIAH DWIGHT, Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule which follows it, are truly copied from the record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is forty seven dollars, and twenty four cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this sixth day of July 1820.
Josiah Dwight

• Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
June 23, 1924.
Henry D. Warren, P. O. Box 58, Kendall Green Mass.
Sir:
see letter no I have to advise you that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to William Brown, Connecticut Troops, who died in Ohio, in 1808, leaving a widow Ruth..
In the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 23604, of Sergeant Daniel Bissell, who died August 5, 1824; his application executed in 1818, contains, what he stated, was a copy of the certificate which he received in September 1782, with the badge of merit, from General Washington, and he also said that the original certificate, with all of his papers, was consumed by fire in July 1813, when his house was destroyed. Said application also contains an exceedingly interesting account of his services.
If you wish photostat copies of this application for pension, the same will be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a page, and twenty-five cents extra for certification, if that is desired.

The number of pages to be copied, is nine.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
The name of soldier's widow was Theoda.
In the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 14457, of Sergeant Elijah Churchill, who died April 11, 1841, he stated in his application executed in 1818, that he had lost his discharge certificate, but that he annexed to his declaration, his sergeant's warrant and a badge of military merit which he received from General Washington at the end of the Revolution, and he requested that they be returned. As said papers are not now in the files, as no memorandum relative to them can be found and as said application shows an old discolored stain as of paste near a torn off corner, it is presumed that they were returned as requested. He gives no statement as to any special conduct during his service in Colonel Elisha Sheldon's Regiment of Light Dragoons, that would have been the cause of said badge being conferred upon him.
If you wish photostat copies of this application, the number of pages to be copied is three.
copy decla. of Elijah Churchill, Apr. 19, 1818. - 1 page Attached affidavit of John Hooker, May 20, 1818. 2 pages

I Charles Churchill, aged forty seven years, depose say that I reside in Chester, Hampden Co. in Mass ts That I am the son of Elijah Churchill de d . Who was a revolutionary prisoner of the United States & of Eleanor his wife who has made application for a pension & on the fifth day of Sept r current appeared before Judge Morris in open Court & made declaration agreeably to the requirements of the Pension Office, That the s d Eleanor now lives with me and at her request I have been to Enfield in Conn t . to examine & ascertain if I could find record evidence of the marriage of my father mother aforesaid but on diligent search I could find no such record in Enfield aforesaid, I have been informed by my mother & by my father in his lifetime that they were married by Ephraim Terry Esq r who was at that time, to wit: March 10 th 1777, an old man I could find no record of s d marriage performed by s d Terry, or by his descendants, I am the fourth generation child of my parents aforesaid & have in my custody the family bible & an old account book which were my father's & which contain in his own hand writing a record of the births, marriages & deaths of his family, In the bible aforesaid the Record appears as follows, viz: "Elijah Churchill and Eleanor Churchill was married March tenth Seventeen hundred seventy seven" except the date which is expressed in fair legible

figures as follows "March 10 th 1777" and in the old account book aforesaid the record appears, as follows, viz: "Elijah Churchill was Born Sept 12 fourth 1755" except the date which is expressed in figures thus "Sept 12 4 1755." this date being illegible the owner of the book on which it was written having been worn off - "Eleanor Churchill was born Apr 7 th 1755 was married March tenth seventeen hundred seventy seven" which is a true extract of s d . record except the last date which is expressed in legible figures as follows "March 10 th 1777." The account book I have always been informed was the original record or contained the original record & that the record aforesaid in the bible was copied or made some years after that in the account book.
I was present when my father died and know that his death occurred on the (11 th ) eleventh day of April 1841 further the record exhibited & accompanying this my deposition is the genuine account book above & before herein referred to.
Northampton Hampshire County Mass s Sept 11 th 1843
Charles Churchill
Massachusetts
Hampshire Co
On this eleventh day of September A.D.
1843 personally appeared Charles Churchill above named subscribed made solemn oaths to the truth of the foregoing affidavit & certify that s d . Churchill is known to me to be a credible person
Sam l L. Hinckley
Jus. Peace

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Samuel L. Hinckley Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Samuel L. Hinckley and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
Samuel Wells
Clerk.

Elijah Churchill - Mass. act 1818. last pos?
GMC
10 Nov. '43 - Died 11 th April 1841 p. 1. that piece JH

Payment to be made at Boston by H. Weaver, Esq Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Mass.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book L Vol- ume 1 Page by Thos. Humphries, Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Elijah Churchill, deceased, who was a Sergeant of Cavalry in the Revolution, at the rate of One hundred and twenty  light Dollars per annum, Commencing on the 4th March, 1831, and terminating on the 11th April, 1841, the day of his death. This pension has been increased from Ninety Six Dollars per annum to  which One hundred and eighty Dollars per annum and, will on the be paid on the production of the proper vouchers, to Eleanor Churchill widow of said Elijah Churchill deceased, after having deducted the amount paid him under the Act of 18th March R.R., which was Ninety Six Dollars per annum.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 23rd day of December, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.

9643 Sep 15. 1843
Prof. A. Asa Gray
Oct 1838.
Dr. Elijah Harris Esq. Passim Office Washington D.C.
Mr. Lempkin

Northampton Sept 77 1843 J. L. Edwards Esq m Comm ee - Pensions
Sir
I send you the declaration of Eleanor Churchill with deposition in support thereof. The account book of Elijah Churchill dec d . containing his family record is also sent to you supported by the deposition of his son Charles Churchill, who has been unable to find any better evidence of the marriage of his father & mother. He informs me that his father received fourteen dollars pr. month while in the service of the U. States at least while for the time that he was orderly sergeant in the Company of Cavalry, or Light Dragoons and that up to the period of his death he was entitled to a larger pension than 48 $ semiannually.
If a pension be granted to Mrs Churchill please transmit through y r . office new
very respectfully Sam l L. Hinckley

Elijah Churchill dec d Mass.
act 7 June '32
Adm d 2 nd Serg t of Cavalry
180 $
from 4 March 31 To 11 Apr l 4 th the day of his death deducting what has been paid since that date — To his widow Eleanor Church- hill
S. L. Hinkley Northampton Mass —

July 22 d 43
Edward Church Esq. M.P. Mass. U.S.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm ee of Pensions Washington

Northampton July 18 th 1843
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r . of Pensions
Sir
Eleanor, the widow of Elijah Churchill late of Chester, Hampshire Co. Mass s - has applied to me to assist her in obtaining a pension. Her husband was a pensioner under the Act of 1818. His certificate was dated Nov. 6 th 1818 Numbered 4163. He died some time between the 4 th Mar. 1841 & 4 th Sept r 1841 - I am not aware of any law of Congress extending a pension to the widow, but she has the impression and it is a prevailing one here, that she is entitled to a pension.
Will you inform me if provision is made for similar cases & favor me with a form of application or of decla- ration? and oblige y r humble serv t - J. L. Hinckley

S. H. Mackley July 22 1843
Quincy Street
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Cambridge, at their meeting held on the 18th day of July 1843, in the City Hall, in the City of Cambridge, did cause to be paid to the said S. H. Mackley, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, for services rendered as a member of the said Board, during the year 1842.
John D. Sleeper Clerk
July 22 1843

Pennin Ohio, July 22 d . 1843
Sir,
If the widow of Elijah Churchill, dec d , late a pensioner under the act of March 18. 1828, was married to him before the 1 st . of January 1794, she may obtain a pension under the act of July 7. 1838, on producing the proof required by the enclosed printed sheet.
J. L. Hinckley, Esq., Northampton Mass.

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
MEMORANDUM:
See this she said she file this was in library records, not ad. - J
From..... Chief, Rev. & 1812 Wars Section To..... Mrs. G. L. Clark, Librarian, Veterans Administration Subject..... Information in regard to the Order of the Purple Heart which might be contained in Revolutionary War claims for pension of Elijah Churchill, Daniel Bissell and Daniel Brown.
In response to your request of March 11, 1938, this memorandum is submitted:
No claim for pension can be identified as that of the Daniel Brown cited above.
In the claim for pension, W. 23604, Daniel Bissell stated that his original certificate which he received with his "badge of merit" from General Washington, with all his papers, was consumed by fire in July, 1813, when his house was destroyed.
In the claim for pension, W. 14457, Elijah Churchill stated that he had lost his discharge certificate, but that he annexed to his declaration for pension his sergeant's warrant and a "badge of military merit" which he received from General Washington at the end of the Revolution. He requested that they be returned. As those papers are not now on file, it is assumed that they were returned as requested. No description of the "Purple Heart" is shown in these claims for pension.
M. M. H. FINCH Chief of Section.
March 15, 1938

Rev. 70
February 3, 1932
541
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Rev. War pension claim of Elijah Church- ill, W. 14457
actual 7 pages each copied once
$ 1. 05 7 pages
IXX
Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2 inches at top of each page & return papers in each case in folder with corresponding name & number The word "unif" written on the pages, are the ones not to be copied
Chief Rev.& 1812 Wars Section
Handwritten notes: Jan 30 - 1812 Rev. War Pension Elijah Church ill, W. 14457 7 pages $1.05

List to Cora S. Curry:
sol. decl. Apr. 19- 1818 _____ 1 page.
sol. schedule July 6-1820 _____ 1 "
Wid decl. Sept. 5-1843 _____ 2 "
Charles Churchill's affid. Sept. 11-1843- 2 "
Family record - last name - Sophia Churchill, 1 " was born Jan. 30-1798!

February 3, 1932
Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Please furnish me photostatic copies of seven pages not certified, from Revolutionary War pension claim of Elijah Churchill, W. 14457.
Miss Cora C Curry 1420 Girard St N.W. Washington D.C.
Received payment $1.05
Antonia N. Ford Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

1924 June 23. T. D. Warren gave data as to badge of merit & advised of cost of copies of application. aw.
1932 Oct. 11. Photo mailed to Com. C. Curry & account & rev. mtfd.
1938 - Mch. 15 - memo to Mr. P. R. Black, Librarian, Wet. ad. MTS
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14457
Eleanor Churchill Widow of Elijah Churchill Bergt Rev War
Act: July 4th 86
Index: - Vol. a , Page 130
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Lt to S. L. Hinckley July 22 nd 43
Massachusetts State Park 28th Sept 1820 to 10th Sept 1821 Northampton Mass
4,163 Massachusetts Roll. 4
Elijah Churchill, Sergeant Sheldon's Dragoon War
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17. of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6. of Nov. 1818 and sent to John Hooker, Esq. Springfield, Mass.
  Arrears to 4th of  Sept. 1818...  $ 36. 80    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  4. Mar 1819...  48. "    Ar d 4m s 18/30.   $ 84.80  
Years { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
✓ Continued
Middlefield, Hampshire

3965.
Massachusetts
Eliza Churchill, widow of Elijah Churchill, Con n who died on the 11th April, 1841, of Hampshire in the State of Mass., who was a Sergt of Co. G in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col. Shelden in the Dragons line for Two Years.
Repeats
Date of death not on AB
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of 180 Dollars 12 1/2 Cents per annum, to commence on the 12th day of April, 1841. the day of his death.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of Decem- ber, 1842 and paid to J. L. Hinckley Northampton, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836. Section the }
Recorded by Thos Knappton, Clerk. Book 6. Vol. 1. Page 57.