Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1,736, Solomon Dickinson, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Dickinson, Solomon Elizabeth
N. 1,736
CONTENTS

New York 14/73
Solomon Dickinson Cortland in the State of N.Y. who was a private - in the 60th Reg't commanded by Captain Roberts - of the N.Y. commanded by Col. Bradley in the N.Y. time for 19 months 12 days commence
Enrolled on the Roll of New York at the rate of 64 Dollars 66 Cents per annum. commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of May 1832 - and sent to Sarah Cincinnati Cortland Co N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $129.32 Widow's allowance ending 4 Sep 1833 . . 32.33
$161.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk, Book E, Vol. 4, Page 39.

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1882 -
State of New York County of Cattaraugus Ss. On this twenty fifth day of September in the year, 1882, personally appeared in open court before William Mallory, Joseph Reynolds, Andrew Dickson, Aaron Brown and Oliver Klingman Esqrs. —
Judges of the court of common pleas, now sitting at the court-house in the town of Batavia in and for the county of Cattaraugus aforesaid, being at the September term of the said court, Solomon Dickinson , a resident of the town of Cincinatus in the said county of Cattaraugus and State of New York, aged seventy three 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 act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1882 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he was born at Litchfield in the State of Con- necticut in the year, 1759; and has no record of his age -
That in the month of June, 1776, Capt. Baggittai Beebe, came home from his regiment, and he said declarant, then enlisted under his command, at said Litchfield, where he then resided - Capt. Beebe came home for recruits - there were perhaps a dozen enlisted at the time - some of them  he said they soon went with they soon went with Capt. Beebe, and passing New York, went to Bergen Point, in the State of New Jersey, and there joined the Company of Capt. Beebe, in Col. Bradley's Regiment - stayed there about four months as near as he can remember, guarding the country, and then the regiment marched up to what was then called the English Neighborhood, near Fort Lee - That he was taken sick before the regiment left Bergen Point, and was carried along with the regiment when it marched to the English Neighborhood; and he was left at Fort Lee,

with about a dozen others that were sick with the Camp Sickness - he was wholly unable to go, he was so low with said disorder - while there he heard the guns while the British attacked and took Fort Washington on the other side the Hudson - Col. Bradley's regiment had gone over to Fort Washington and was there taken prisoners at the surrender of said Fort - that he and the other sick were thereupon carried from Fort Lee, up across the river, and to Fishkill - they had but just left when the British came on and took Fort Lee - as we were carried away thus, I heard it said, the British light horse were in sight -
While he was with said Regiment there was no other one in company with it - He thinks the Lieut. Col. was, Smith - but is not certain - He does not remember the other officers names -
After getting to Fishkill, he stayed there until a very near January, 1777, when he went home - he was not discharged in writing - as there was no officer there as he recollects - He was in the service that town six months - He is not certain as above suggested but he left Fishkill a few days before the first of January - it might have been 6, 8, or 10 days - he thinks not more - That he again in the month of June, 1777, enlisted, at said Fish- kill, his then place of residence - and he also enlisted there the next year, 1778 - one of said enlistments was for six months and the other was as follows - it was for one year, but on being called for, he was, after serving three months, to have a fur- low, and then was subject to other three months service - and was thus to serve only when actually wanted - was to go any time when wanted - and no other time - was called minute service - That his memory is not clear which year he served six months successively - but one of said years he enlisted for six months and served it out in succession and was discharged the first of January, being at the end of his six months - The other year he first served three months and then was allowed to go home, and after staying at home about ten days, was again called for and he immediately went, and served other

Three months and was then allowed to go home, and was not again called into the service, altho' he was subject to be, till the end of his year as aforesaid - Also, he cannot tell the officers he served under in the particular years, farther than as follows - One of the years he was in the company of Capt. Abraham Bradley who belonged to said Litchfield - and the other year in that of Capt. Joel Gillett of Harwinton - Lieut. Burden of Torrington one year, and he believes in 1777, with Capt. Bradley - and Lieut. Clark, and Lieut. Durr, and he thinks, Ensign Wright, whose christian name was Jonathan, he thinks, and he believes he was with these latter named officers in the year, 1778 - In both of said years, 1777, and, 1778, he was in the regiment of Col. Ennis, but he cannot remember the names of the other officers -
One of the years, and he thinks it was in 1777, he went with his company to Danbury in the state of Connecticut, being there after it was burnt, and they kept guard there, perhaps, two weeks - and then went and joined the regiment of Col. Ennis - he is not certain whether he joined said regiment at Ridgefield in Connecticut, or at Horse Neck in the state of New York - Both of said years then said regiment was stationed at Horse Neck - at White Plains - and along the lines from thence to Fishkill - changing from place to place - and once they went as far as West Point - But was principally at Horse Neck - One of the years Col. Meigs' Regiment was in company with our regiment most of the time - Col. Meigs' regiment was called leather caps, from the caps they wore - Also, part of Col. Elisha Sheldon's light horse, a cavalry, regiment was in company with us at White Plains a part of one of the years -
That he was, with his regiment, at White Plains, marching to the north, when Gen. Gates with his victorious army was passing there to the southern Army, after the taking of Saratoga -

This was in the year, 1777, he believes - The year he went to West Point, was the year after Fort Montgomery was taken by the enemy, and, as he thinks, in 1778 - He stayed with his regiment at West Point about two months -
One of said years he was discharged on the lines, but he cannot remember the particular place - It was done by the Col. in person verbally - he received no written discharge - This he thinks was in 1777 - and he thinks he was dismissed at West Point in 1778, at the end of his term of three months as a guard -
That after the foregoing services were done by him, he was drafted, at said Litchfield, and went and served for six weeks at New Haven - this was after, and consequent upon the British coming there and plundering it - He cannot recollect the names of the officers under whom he there served -
That after the revolutionary War, he continued to reside at said Litchfield in the state of Connecticut for 19 or 20 years - then he removed to Canajoharie in the state of New York, and there lived about 10 years - then to Waterbury in the state of Pennsylvania and there resided 5 or 6 years - and then he removed to Cincinnati in the county of Clermont and state of New York, where he now resides and has ever since continued to reside - having resided in his present residence about 14 years -
That he has no documentary proof of his services, and he knows of no person, except Abel G. Alvord, who now resides in said Cincinnati by whom he can prove the same - unless it may be he could obtain other proof in said Litchfield by going there, which would be attended with much trouble and expense - and then perhaps he could obtain nothing more satisfactory than the evidence of Mr. Alvord, which accompanies this statement -
That he is known to Oliver Kingman & Hannah Niles in his present neighborhood, who can testify in regard to his character for veracity and to their belief of his services

as a soldier of the revolution -
That 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 -
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year Solomon Dickinson aforesaid
Samuel Hotchkiss Dr. Clerk
We Oliver Klingman — residing in the town of Cincinnati in the county of Cattaraugus aforesaid, and Barak Niles — residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Solomon Dickinson , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three 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
Samuel Hotchkiss Dr. Clerk
Oliver Klingman Barak Niles
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 soldier of the revolution, and served as he states -
And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Oliver Klingman — who has signed the preceding certificate is a — resident in the town of Cincinnati aforesaid, and that Barak Niles — who has also signed the same, is a resident of said town

of Cincinnati, and are credible persons, and that their state- ment is entitled to credit.
William Mallory J. Reynolds Andrew Dickson Aaron Brown Judges of Cortland County Courts
State of New York County of Cortland ss. I, Samuel Hotchkiss, Clerk of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Cortland aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of Solomon Dickinson, for a pension -
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said Clerk's office this twentyfifth day of September in the year, 1832 -
Samuel Hotchkiss B. Clerk

State of New York
County of Cortland Ss. Asahel G. Alvord, of the town of Cincinnati in said county of Cortland, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that he, this deponent, is well acquainted, and has been always acquainted from his youth, with Solomon Dickinson, now of said town of Cincinnati, and who resided in the town of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, before, and during, and for some years after the revolutionary War - That this deponent well recollects that during the revolutionary War, of hearing that said Solomon Dickinson was a soldier in said War - That he often heard it spoken of, at that time, and has since - and that he said Dickinson was in said revolutionary War for several distinct tours - but how long each time, or any of the times, is not known to this deponent - but he then believed, and still believes, he served several tours - and is certain it was believed in the neighborhood where said Dickinson & deponent then lived - and that the same is also now believed in his present neighborhood - This deponent resided in the neighborhood of said Dickinson during the revolutionary War, and after it, and has since he has lived in said Cincinnati, all the time of said Dickinson living there -
Sworn and subscribed this 22 nd day of September, 1812, before me
Asahel G. Alvord
John Locke, Justice of the Peace
And I, the said justice, do further certify that I am well acquainted with said Asahel G. Alvord, and that he is a person of credibility & truth -
John Locke Justice of the Peace

Solomon Fishman
Declaration for
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State of New York
Orleans County ss I Samuel Hotchkiss B. Clerk of said County do certify that John Locke Esq. before whom the within affidavit of Asel G. Almond purports to have been known, was at the time of the
same one of the Justices of the peace in & for the said county And that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice & verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be the proper handwriting of the said Justice and is his own proper hand -writing and I so affirm
Witness my hand and seal of office this 25 th day of September A.D. 1832
Samuel Hotchkiss B. Clerk

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 29th July, 1848 - State of New York County of Cortland } ss.
On this 17 th day of May 1849, personally appeared before me, Daniel Hawks, Judge of Cortland County Court, in and for the county of Cortland in the State of New York, Elizabeth Dickinson , a resident of the town of Cincinnati in the said county of Cortland, aged seventy-eight years, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declara- tion in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July 29 th , 1848, that she is the widow of Solomon Dickinson , who was a private in the Revolutionary War, and who rendered such service therein as to receive a pension for the same under the act of June 7 th 1832 - The declarant is unable to state from any knowledge she personally has, the particular services rendered, and she therefore refers the department to his declaration on file in the War Department upon which a pension was granted him for proof of his said services -
She further declares that she was married to the said Solomon Dickinson on the month of day of December, 1798, as she believes - She knows it was in the year 1798, and in December 1798 - That her husband, the aforesaid Solomon Dickinson , died on the 12 th day of February, 1836, at the town of Cincinnati aforesaid - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second of January, eighteen hundred- 27: at the time above stated - She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension -
She further swears that she was married to her said husband in the town of Litchfield in the State of Con-

nocticut as before stated where she then resided - she has no record of her said marriage, nor even had to her recollection - The further says that her oldest son, Eli b. Dickinson was born September, 14th, 1799, and she knows this was between about ten months after their said marriage, and he was 49 years old last September - That she was married by Elder Knapp who then preached in Milton Common but -
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year above mentioned. And I certify the reason of her signing by making her mark is inability to write by reason of old age and long disease - and I further certify that she is not able to attend the sitting of the Court by reason of old age and bodily infirmity. And that she is a person of credibility. And also the word "knoweth" & "November" in the foregoing and "about" written or erased - and the word "day" in said, "between" erased, before execution -
her mark Elizabeth J. Dickinson
J. H. W. K. B. Cortland County Reg -
State of New York
Cortland County Clerks office ss.
I do hereby certify that Daniel Harris Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit of Elizabeth Dickinson purports to have been taken was on the day of the date thereof County Judge in & for the County of Cortland duly commissioned & sworn and authorized to take the same Also that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and truly believe his signature subscribed to the Jurat & Certificate of said affidavit is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County at Portlandville the 18 th day of May 1829 Sam l Holchkif. Clerk of Cortland County.

Eliz. Dickinson
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admitted Pr. $64. \frac{66}{100} per annum com. $ March 1848, at 29 th July, 1848
Lewis Kingsley Cincinnati, New York NY

State of New York,
Cortland County } ss. Lydia Willis of the Town of Cincinatus in said county, being duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, depose and say that she is 74 years of age and was on the 30th day of January last past - that her maiden name was Lydia Dions - that she was born in Litchfield in the State of Connecticut - that she is a sister of Elizabeth Dickinson, widow of Solomon Dickinson late of said Cincinatus, now deceased - that he died at Cincinatus on the 12th day of February, 1836 - that deponent believes said Solomon Dickinson and her said sister Elizabeth Dions were married in November in the year, 1798, though deponent was not present at the marriage - deponent knows that Eli G. Dickinson, the oldest son and child of said Solomon Dickinson and Elizabeth was born in the month of September, she thinks, in the year 1799, being about ten months after their said marriage - That they were married at Litchfield in the State of Connecticut - and that said Eli G. was born in said Litchfield as deponent was present at his birth and she feels certain he is now 49 years old and was in September last past - And further she says not -
Sworn and subscribed this 16th day of December, 1848; before me - she signs by making her mark, owing to old age and long absence - I am also well acquainted with deponent & know her to be a person of truth and veracity Oliver Hingman Justice of the Peace
Lydia her X Willis mark

State of New York
Cortland County ss
§ p. Eli C. Dickinson of Cincinnati in said county of Cortland, being sworn, according to law, doth on his oath say, that he is the son of Solomon Dickinson and Elizabeth his wife within mentioned and that he was forty-nine years of age on the 14 th day of September last past, according to his best information and belief - He has ever believed that he was born Sept. 14. (1799), Seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, and so now believes - And further says not -
Sworn & subscribed this 17 th day of Eli C. Dickinson May, 1849, before me - and I further certify that I am well acquainted with said deponent and that he is a person of truth and credibility -
Oliver Kingsman Justice Peace
558 p. 52

State of New York
vs. Cortland County ss. Louis
Ripley of the town of Solon in said county, being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath depose & say, that she is sixty years of age - That she is a sister of Elizabeth Dickinson, widow of Solomon Dickinson, late of Cincinnati in said county of Cortland, deceased, who died Feb. 12. 1836 - That this deponent was at her father's, a member of his family, in Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety eight (1798), and that this deponent attended the wedding of said Solomon Dickinson & her sister Elizabeth aforesaid, and saw them married by the Rev. Mr. Knapp, then Minister of that place - And deponent knows & says it was in the year, 1798, and she knows it was in the month of November or December, and she thinks in the month of November of that year - And further says not - Except that she knows El' G. Dickinson, their first child was born about ten months after said marriage, and he was born in September the next year after said marriage, which was, 1799 -
Sworn & Subscribed this 17 th day of May 1849 before me and I further certify that I am well acquainted with deponent and that she is a person of truth and creditability
Ebenezer Kingsland Justice of the Peace
Louis Rev Ripley mark

State of New York
Cortland County } ss. Polly Cotton of Solon in said county of Cortland, being duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, depose and say, that she is sixty five years old and was on the 16 th day of March last - That her maiden name was Polly Emmons; - that she was born in Litchfield in the State of Connecticut and she is informed and believes her name was there recorded in the town clerk's office as Mary Emmons, born March 16. 1783 - That she is a sister of Elizabeth Dickinson, now of Cincinnati, widow of Solomon Dick- inson late of said Cincinnati deceased - that he died at Cincinnati on the 12 th day of February 1836 - That deponent knows said Solomon Dick- inson & her said sister Elizabeth were married at said Litchfield in the month of November December [1798] eighteen hundred & at twenty eight as she was present at the marriage and saw them married Her sister's maiden name was Elizabeth Emmons - That she knows her said sister Elizabeth was 28 years of age & no more at her marriage - And that their oldest son & child Eliz. was born at Litchfield about ten months after said marriage, and that he is now forty nine years of age - And further, says deponent - They were married by the Rev. Asa Knapp of Litchfield -
I swear and subscribe by making her mark Polly X Cotton mark day of December, 1848; before me - and I further certify that I am acquainted with said deponent and that she is a person of truth and veracity - Oliver Kingsman Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Cortland County Clerk's office S.S.
I do hereby certify that Oliver Kingman Esquire before whom the within deed & affidavits were taken, was at the date of the said affidavits, a Justice of the the Peace in & for said County duly Commissioned known and authorized to take the same. Also that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and truly believe his signature subscribed to the several of the said affidavits are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said County at Cortlandville this 18 th day of May A D 1849. Sam l Hotchkiss Clerk of said County.
Mrs. Dickinson

15917
Samuel Dickerson Portland co. N.Y.
Barak Niles Cincinnatus New York

BRIEF in the case of Solomon Dickerson of Cortland county in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1889.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days. As a Gen.     Enlisted In 1776 6 private Capt Beers, Col. Bradley   do 1777 6 — Capt Bradley & Capt Harninton   1778 6 both the last years under   Drafted 1 12 Col. Briss.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Litchfield, Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional & living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
A. B. Bradley
Examining Clerk.

Cincinnati, Oct. 60. N. York May 21. 1849
Hon. S. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions,
Dear Sir,
I herewith enclose the evidence of a claim for Pension of Mrs. Elizabeth Dickinson, widow of Solomon Dickinson - I think her husband's pension was $64.66 - I suppose she will be entitled to receive a pension, and expect it will reach back, perhaps to the time of the death of her husband - If not, then to such time as you, Sir, shall decide she is entitled - We submit -
I pray she may have as early a hearing & reply as possible - You will please make return to L. Kingsley Esq. of this place - as I am to remove from here to Connersport, Potter Co. Pa. on Wednesday of this week - I would also be thankful for the result of her case addressed to me there -
As I understand the act of July 1. 1848, I suppose all widows entitled to the same sum their husbands recd - That is, if the husband recd $96 for 9 months service, or more as before the widow on due proof of marriage before Jan. 2. 1800, she will be entitled to $96 per annum - Pray is this so? -
Many widows now receive only $80, where the husband recd 96, I believe, where the service was 2 years. Are such entitled to $96? - And also, are widows entitled to a full pension where the service was only 9 months? -
A reply will be gratefully recd. -
I am Most Respectfully Your Obt Servt - Sarah Miles

I hereby certify that I am the Town Clerk of the Town of Litchfield, Conn. and as Town Clerk have the custody of the Records of Marriages in said Town - and that I have diligently examined and searched said Records to find the Record of the Marriage of Solomon Dickinson to Elizabeth Emmons but cannot find said Marriage recorded, and believe that said Marriage is not Recorded on said Records.
Litchfield Conn Decemr. 25. 1848.
Sam. T. Holley Town Clerk
Litchfield County, Conn. ss Litchfield
I was told before me before me the day & year above written before me, who certify that the said Samuel T. Holley is known to me to be entitled to execute
John Boyd Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut
Litchfield County } ss District of Litchfield
I Geo. C. Woodruff Clerk of the County of Litchfield in & for said District do certify that John Boyd Esq is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned qualified & by Law authorized to administer oaths And that the above signature which purports to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 25 th day of December A. D. 1848
Geo. C. Woodruff Clerk

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Solomon Dickenson of Catland county Ky. which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? A IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? two citizens
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? all answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

From  WIDOW, &c.  for
File No. 1736 Elizabeth Dickinson Widow Solomon Dickinson Pris. Rev. War.
Act: July 29, 1848.
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 183
[Arrangement of 1870.]