Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2058, Jonathan Clough, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Clough, Jonathan
R 2058
CONTENTS

DECLARATION,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. }
ON this, first day of October personally appeared before the Hon Samuel Humphreys of the days of  Probate , Jonathan Clough a resident of Belchertown in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged 89 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 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1775 , with the and served in the regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
That in 1775 at the battle of Lexington I volunteered and was out three days as a private under Capt Paul Bloisat of Stafford Connecticut. In February 1776 I was drafted and was stationed at Boston and Roxbury in May two months Capt Abiah Dyer of Somers & Lieut Wm. Clance were my officers Gen Putnam was my Brigadier my Colonel's name I cannot recall. The British leaving this place evacuated Boston & was doing guard duty when the fleet sailed - In 1778 I was drafted and was stationed at New London during the months of August & Sept. and a few days in Oct in the whole two months and six days under Major Pease, Capt Converse Lieut Ellis. Col. Ledyard commanded. During this time I was employed as an artificer and was promised artificer's pay. I was drafted in 1779 for two months and served the whole time as a prisoner at Albany from in New York under Capt. Converse and Lieut Mumy, I believe the Col's name was Willis, we marched through Danbury Cont. where its name yet smokes - this service was performed I think in the months of July, August & September I served two tours of 3 days each after this I never had any written discharge. The only record of my age that I know is in Microderm Court - a copy of which is in my bible, and shows that I was born June 30 th 1744. I lived in Stafford during 8 services and moved from Stafford to Brimfield and from there to Belchertown about eighteen years ago.
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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
I know of no evidence by which I can prove the above services. Some persons who served with me still live in Stafford but their memories are so impaired by age that they have no distinct recollection of former events.
Jonathan Clough

I know of no evidence by which I can prove the above services. Some persons who served with me still live in Stafford but their memories are so impaired by age that they have no distinct recollection of former events.
Jonathan Clough
Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid.
Before me Samuel Brinsley Judge of Probate
We, Richard Webber minister residing in the town of Belchertown and Myron Lawrence residing in Belchertown hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Clough who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 89 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 Richard Webber day and year aforesaid Myron Lawrence Before me Samuel Brinsley Judge of Probate
N.B. The Rev Richard Webber is the regular clergyman of the Methodist Society in Belchertown of which the applicant is a member but his family resides in Stafford 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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Rev Richard Webber who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in Belchertown and that Myron Lawrence Esq. who has also signed the same, is a resident in Belchertown and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel Brinsley Judge of Probate
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Clough for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office. this first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Samuel F. Lyman Register.
Please direct returns to Mr Lawrence Belchertown Mass

27.965
Jonathan Clough
Belmont Maps

I Timothy Clough of Belchertown in the County of Hampshire do, on oath, depose and say that I was born in the year 1770 - that I was mentioned that my father went into the army of the revolution several times, but how long he served or how many times he was out I do not remember. I have no doubt that he served the times as he has stated because I have heard him from my childhood recite his adventures in the army & as as he has stated in his deposition, I believe he has always been a man of most scrupulous honesty & veracity
Timothy Clough
Hampshire ss August 12 1834 Then per- sonally appeared Timothy Clough signed of the above and made oath that the same is true, and I further certify that I am acquainted with his deposition and believe him to be a man of truth and entitled to credit
Myron Lawrence Just Peace

I Jonathan Clough of Belchertown in the County of Hampshire, on oath, depose and say, that since my pension papers were returned, I have ascer- tained that I was mistaken as to there being two survivors of the service which I performed. There is but one, John Dimmock of Stafford Cont and he is entirely unable to testify having lost his mind entirely. I can- not state any more particularly than I have done in my application, the names of my officers. The service wholly for the government without any private I performed as then stated and hope I may be admitted to my small reward Belchertown Augst 12 1834
Jonathan Clough
Hampshire ss August 12 1834 Then Jonathan Clough personally appeared and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true, and I certify that I am personally acquainted with Jonathan Clough and know him to be a man of veracity and entitled to belief. Myron Lawrence Jus Pacis

I Judith Perkins of West Springfield, now of Belchertown in the County of Hampshire do on oath, depose and say, that I am the dear child of Jonathan Clough, and was born April 18 th 1768 that I well remem- ber my father was called into the service of his country during the revo- lutionary war several times - he was out after the Lexington battle 3 or 4 days, he was in Boston and Roxbury as he told us two months - I distinctly remember that the British left Boston at this time he was gone three months and more in New London in the summer season and left my mother and myself to do the out door work - he was after this gone two months in the state of New York there several times in perfect freedom in my recollection - I do not know with whom he served or in what regiments He lived at this period in Stafford Conn -
Judith X Perkins mark
Hampshire ss Nov 12 1834 Then personally appeared Judith Perkins signer of the above and made oath that the same is true, and I certify her to be a woman of truth and credit to all intents Myron Lawrence Just Peace

Bolton Dec 11 1834
Sir The accompanying deposition is the only additional evidence in favor of Mr Clough's claim, that he has been able to procure it appears to me highly corroborative of his statement. I have withheld the papers till now that he might appear in court and make oath to his additional declaration. He has made two attempts to attend court and in both instances was surprised by fastness to return home without accomplishing his object. The Court of Probate is held once a month at Northampton more than 20 miles from his residence. It set here in Oct. about 8 miles from his home. He came about 3 miles and fainted and was taken home by his sons. He says he cannot think of attending court again. I hope this apology will be deemed sufficient, and that a certificate will be issued.
Respy Wm Lawrence

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jonathan Clough a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT, LENGTH OF SERVICE, RANK, OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE,   CAPTAIN, COLONEL,     1775 3 days Pvt. Paul Bradget ✓ Conn   Feby 1776 1 mo. " Abiel Pease ✓   Aug. 1778 1 mo. 6 days Officer Converse Edy and   July 1779 1 mo. Pvt. Converse Willys   after above 6 days in two towns, no officers stated  
Battles engaged in, Saratoga
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stafford Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 1 1832.
Residence at date of application, Belchertown, Hampshire Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, born July 30 1744; died about 1805-
Remarks: Sons are referred to. Timothy who was born in 1770 and a resident of Belchertown Mass. in 1804, is the only one whose name is stated. Judith Perkins born Apr. 18, 1768 was their eldest child. See other family data.
The claim was rejected on the ground of insufficient proof of the alleged service. Respectfully,
Commissioner.

n o 27.908.
Jonathan Clough Mass. act 1832 Susp d .
letter to.
Laban Marcy or Muncy 16 th May 1853.
Lyman Orcutt 2 o June 1854.
2058
Rejected.
Jonathan Clough Mass June 32
Washington Commissioner of Pensions

27.908 L a Clough
Mr Larren Belchertown Ms

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 subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.              
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES 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 and State, Territory or District A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of 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 A. B.
Sworn to 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 (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 days 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Dec 15 1852
Rec. to case of Jonathan Belough deceased
Saban Mace or Muna Greenfield Mass.
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State Prison of New Jersey

Greenwich Massachussetts Decr. 10. 1892
The Hon Commissioners of Pensions
Sir I am afflicted to by the heirs of Jonathan Clough deceased to prosecute a Petition for a Pension which was pending at the time of his death & suspended. Since his decease it has lain & nothing done until now his Children think they ought to have it. I learn by them that their Father Jonathan Clough died some seventeen years since & Petitioned some three or four years prior to his death. Will you so oblige them as to inform me the ground of the suspension of his claim for a Pension & the name of the Regiment to which he belonged as the soldiers who were with him are dead. The Jones remembers he lived at the time of the Revolution in Stafford in Connecticut as he said, and that Col. Chapman of Tolland in said State commanded and he was in Capt. Gyles Company of Stafford in all his life. Will you please send me by mail the pamphlet containing the Pension & Bounty List. I am and much oblige your humble Servt. Laban Tracy

Springfield Mass May 29 th 1854 To the Commissioners of Pensions Dear Sir I wish to under stand if any Claims has be ben Taken on the name of Johnathan Clough with in the Year of 1850 if so I wish to know and if not so I should by your kind favor to let me know as I am a full Heir of the said Johnathan Clough I say within the Year of 1850 or from that time to the present Date
This with hast Yours with Respects Lyman Orcutt

May 14. 1853.

Pension Office.
14 th May 1853.
Sir,
Your letter of 15 th Dec r 1852, in relation to the claim of the heirs of Jonathan Clough of Mass. die d has been received and filed with his original application.
In the year 1833, Jonathan Clough made application for a pension for his services as a revolutionary soldier, but his claim was rejected because he never produced any proofs, beyond his bare, naked statements, to substantiate his claim. At this late period, the claim is barred by the five year rule of limitation, and his heirs can receive no benefit from it.
Laban Marcy or Muncy Esq. Greenwich. Mass.

Dez Deyman Vraunt June 2/34

26 Pension Office.
2 d June 1854.
Sir,
I would inform you that the claim of Jonathan Clough was never admitted, by this Office because he was unable to prove his services. He claimed to have served at Boston, Massachusetts, early in the war. none but children would be entitled, should the application hereafter prove successful.
Lyman A. C. Ely Esq. Springfield. Mass.

Decbr. 6/1874
Passion  Office

War Department
Pension Office
Sept. 2-1884
Sir:
Either Mr. Blanch must be able to state the Regimental Officers under whom he served at such time, in order that the service may be traced here, or he must prove them by the evidence of other persons. Neither the law nor the regulations, contemplate the allowance of a claim upon the vague, naked, statements of the applicant.
The regulations inferiously require that all declarations should be made in open Court unless when it is impossible from bodily infirmity. Though it appears that the applicant is of an advanced age, nothing is traced of his physical inability to attend Court. In your last letter, on the other hand, you speak in strong terms of his uncommon powers for a man of his age. This objection, though previously overlooked, must be obviated. The papers are again returned.
I am Respectfully, Your obedt. Servt. J. L. Edwards
M. Lawrence Esq. Belchertown Ms.

Station A, Box 65 - AZ 1 San Diego, California, November 6 - 1914 -
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir: —
I am writing you to see if you can give me the record of Jonathan Clough. He served in the Revolutionary war, lost a leg, and I have been told drew a pension. His later years were spent in Belchertown, Mass. I don't know whether he ever lived in Vt. or not, but some of his children did.
He was my mother's grandfather on her father's side.

He died years before I was born, but I have been told he lived to be over 90 years old.
My mother died soon after I was born, so my information is very limited.
I thought you might be able to give me a few facts.
Thanking you, I am
Very Respectfully
Mrs. S. Lovice Howard.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
1914 Nov. 13 High St Mrs. J. Louise Howard. P.L.K.
2058
P. O. Jonathan Clough
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____ 9 _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Nelson Lawrence Esquire, before whom the annexed depositions (2) were taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this twentieth day of August A. D. 183 4
Sam. F. Lyman Register of Probate.