Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,699, Elias Clarke, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
P.J.
Clarke Elias
S. 21,699
CONTENTS

15673 Rhode Island
Elias Clarke of Washington in the State of R.I. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Clarke of the R.I. commanded by Col. Dyer in the R.I. Island line for 12 months & 15 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 40 Dollars 56 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of July 1833 and signed Wm. P. Hull Kingston R.I.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $81.12 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 20.28 $101.40
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Abel Atkinson Clerk. Book 5 Vol. 2 Page 104

DECLARATION.
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS, PASSED JUNE 7. 1832. STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND, } ss. COUNTY OF Washington }
On this Third  Seventh day of September  October personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges or Justices of the Court of Common Pleas  now sitting, Elias Clarke a resident of South Kingston  South Kingston in the County of Washington  Washington and State of Rhode-Island, aged Seventy three  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, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. Viz.
In December 1776, he was a private in a company of militia in Richmond in said County of Washington, commanded by Capt. Jonathan Maxson, from which he was then drafted for a month and was marched down to Boston Neck in South Kingston on the West side of Narragansett Bay to guard the shore against the enemy, where five were stationed near the shore, near by opposite Newport, in a house then owned by George Bourn, where he served out his month's term & returned home to Richmond, and was then in Feb. 1777 drafted a second time & sent to the same station, in Boston Neck, where he served his first term of enlistment, when he served another month under Lieut. Jeremiah Peff, after which he was discharged. In June 1777, he was drafted to an other post for service in Boston Neck performed the same then was discharged. In Septm. of A.D. 1777, he was drafted & marched round the head of Narragansett Bay to Pointville, under Capt. John Clark. The general officers at Pointville, he thinks, were Spencer & Haimall at this time: after remaining at Pointville about three weeks, we were marched back to Boston Neck  Boston Neck , where we were discharged, after having having served five weeks. In Decr. 1777, he was drafted from the same company, from which he was first drafted, for a month & served out this term under Capt. John Clarke in Boston

Week. In all the aforementioned terms of service in Boston Neck he will remember that Col. Charles Dyer had the command.
In March & June of 1778, he was drafted from the same company for two several terms of service of one month each, in Boston Neck. He served out these terms then between the mouth of Narrows River & the South Ferry in South Kingston, when he thinks Col. Thomas  James Potter into the Col. of the Regt. In August  July or Sept. A.D. 1878, he was again drafted for one month's service & marched in Capt. Clarke's Company under Col. Dyer to East Greenwich, when he passed over the Bay to Kingston, & from there went on to the Island of R. Island where he was in Sullivan's Expedition & served out this term & was discharged & returned.
In Octr. 1778, and in January, March & July A.D. 1779, he was drafted from said company for one month each time. He served out these several periods in guarding the shore from the mouth of Narrows River to the Col. John Gardner house so called, near the South Ferry in said South Kingston, under Capt. Clarke. In 1781, he was again drafted  volunteered for one month's service, to serve one month & was marched on to the Island of R. Island where he served out this term & was discharged; at this time he saw Genl. Washington the French troops there. In the month of July 1781, he was drafted & marched to the Island of R. Island under Col. Thomas Wolster Kenyon, when he served out the term for which he was was drafted which he thinks was one month & was discharged & returned home.
And the said Clarke declares that he truly & faithfully served all the aforementioned periods in defense of his country, for which he was paid, though inadequately, as he thinks. And therefore the declarant, that he was born in said Neck on the 2 d day of August 1760, though he

has no record of his age or birth. That from the time of his birth till the year 1793, he resided in said Richmond, since which time last aforesaid (with the exception of one year, that he lived in the adjoining town of North Kingston) he has always lived in said town of South Kingston; that he does not remember ever having received any written discharge from any of his aforesaid services; but was honorably discharged therefrom by his commanding officers; that he has no documentary evidence of any of said services. He has no record of his age or birth
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 aforesaid. in Open Ct.
Witn. Sam. Helme Clk
Elias Clarke
We, Oliver Brown clergyman residing in said South Kingston and John J. Nichols residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Elias Clarke who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two 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 to and subscribed the day aforesaid.
Oliver Brown.
in person appeared Mr. Oliver Brown
Mr. J. Nichols, in Open Ct. affirmed the aforesaid cert. by them signed & sealed this 10th day of Feb. 1833
John J. Nichols
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
Oliver Brown who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the Town of South Kingston and that John J. Nichols who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
and the Court also certify that from their knowledge & examination of Jesse Babcock the preceding deposition the Court considers his testimony contained in his preceding deposition entitled to credit.
I Samuel Helme
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Elias Clarke for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fourteenth day of February in the Year 1833.
Sam. Helme Clk

22785
Elias Clarke R Island
Put 12 mrs a day
MC
Wm P Newell Kingston R.I.

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 Miss Clarke Washington Co. R. Island
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1776 — 1 — priv Capt Hoxton None None Boston 72 Traditional   1777 — 1 — Sergt Tiffes “ “ “ Meek Richmond Evidence   1777 — 1 — “ “ “ “ South Kingston R. Island Living   1777 — 1 56 “ “ “ “ Boston “ “   1777 — 1 — “ “ “ “ Meek “ “   1778 — 2 — “ “ “ “ Iverton “ “   1779 — 1 — “ “ “ “ Boston “ “   1779 — 2 — “ “ “ “ Meek “ “   1781 — 1 — “ “ “ “ Boston “ “   “ — 1 — “ “ “ “ East Greenwich “ “   “ — 1 — “ “ “ “ R. Island “ “   “ — 1 — “ “ “ “ South Kingston “ “   “ — 1 — “ “ “ “ Rhode Island “ “  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

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

Rejections
21 699 INVALID.
File No. 21,699
Elias Clarke
As Reo war
Act: June 7" 82
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 72
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Jesse Babbott of Wickwoud in the County of Washington & State of Rhode Island aged seventy three years, do hereby  do hereby do hereby say, that in the revolution between the United States & Great Britain I belonged to a company of militia in the town of Wick- woud, County of Washington & State of Rhode Island, of which town than Wickwoud at the commence- ment of the revolution, & some time afterwards, was captain; & Elias Clarke then of said Wick- woud, but now of South Kingston in the aforesaid county, belonged to said company at the same time with myself, he & the said Elias do hereby assert as the other herein- before the time the enemy took pos- session of R. Island in the latter part of the year 1778, to nearly the end of the war very few quitting drafts or detachments of a month each from said company indeed, at least half of the com- pany was in the service almost

constantly to serve against the enemy, for the most part on on the Naragun will those, but some times in other parts of the State. This deponent knows that the said Elias, as well as himself, was often drafted or detached from said company, for periods of a month each for service performed in the aforesaid service, from the time the enemy took possession of Rhode Island to near the close of the war; he & the said Elias were often drafted or detached & served together in guarding in Narragansett against the enemy. Several times as Rhode Island. He thinks that they were frequently drafted & served apart or not together during the revolution.
Jesse Babcock
Washington Is. } Court House Sept. 3. 1832
I certify that the above deposition was taken in Open Court-
W. S. Sam. Helme clk

I Weeden Clarke of Richmond in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island &c. of lawful age, on solemn oath depose - That I have always been acquainted with Elias Clarke of South Kingstown, in this county, now an applicant for a pension - In the time of the Revolutionary War, at the time the enemy took possession of the Island of Rhode Island and the waters of Narragansett Bay, in the latter part of the year 1776 - said Elias Clarke belonged to the lower company of Militia in said Town of Richmond, and continued in the same during the war - At this time there were frequent drafts or allotments made from said company of Militia, for one month at a time, and ordered into the public service, on the western Shore of Narragansett Bay, on Boston Neck near the South Ferry, and on Point Judith, and other places on the Bay - I at this time belonged to the same company of Militia - and know that said Elias was many times drafted from said company for periods of one month each, during the time that the British held possession of said Island of Rhode Island, which was till the fall of the year 1779 - I have been with said Elias, at divers times in these monthly services during the period aforesaid - at the places, aforesaid on the West side of the Bay - After the Enemy left the said Island of Rhode Island in the year 1780 I went with said Elias Clarke on to the Island of Rhode Island for one month - at this time the French troops were on the Island - I am unable to state the precise amount of service performed by said Elias during the Revolution, but do know that he was in the service, much of the time before referred to - he further saith not.
Weeden Clarke
State of Rhode Island &c.
Washington S.S. At Richmond this 31 st day of December 1832 personally appeared the before named deponent Weeden Clarke, who before me gave and subscribed the preceding deposition and was by me then and there sworn according -

to Law. I further certify that the said Warden Clarke is personally well known to me and that he is a Credible Witness
John G. Clarke Jus. C. & P. Hany
I William Kinyon of Richmond in the County of Washington & State of Rhode Island aged twenty seven years On oath do depose & say that I am well acquainted with Elias Clarke Now of South Kingston in the aforesaid County & Will Remem- ber that the said Elias Elias Clarke and this Deponent served together against the enemy in the Division with Great Britain in Capt John Clarke Company of said Richmond for a period of one month in Boston Neck in said South Kingston in the Spring this Deponent thinks of 1778 This Deponent further says that he was Intimately acquainted with

The said Clarke during the Revolution although he does not now remember of his own knowledge other Military Service of the said Clarke than the aforementioned; yet this deponent remembers that it was during the Revolution & afterwards talked by the people in the neighbourhood of him and that he the said Clarke performed frequent turns of Military Service against the enemy in the Revolution aforesaid under Capt John Clarke William Kingston
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Washington at South Kingstown this 14 th Day of January A.D. 1833 Personally appeared the before named William Kingston who before me known and subscribed the preceding deposition and was by me sworn to. According to Lord D. L. this certify that the said William Kingston is generally well known to me and that he is a credible witness Matthew Alcott Justice Peace

Elis Clarke
22/85

A List as Moore of Rich moved into the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island aged Twenty Three years his before and say, that I have been acquainted with Eliza Clarke of South Kingston from the time we were boys, that in the Year 1776 the said Clarke then lived in said Rich wood and was then a Wife in the Company of Militia in said Town of Richwood then commanded by Capt Jonathan Maxon, and after and by Capt John Clarke, and from the Year 1776 to the Year 1781. I am well knowing to the said Clarke being duty in said Company as a Wife and also as a Soldier at many different times at Quitsquid at Boston Neck, on the Narragansett Bay, and at or about the time of Sullivan's Expedition on the Island of Rhode Island; the Company the said Clarke belonged to was attached to the same Regiment that the man that I did for Col. Sayer's Regiment.

and part of the time by Col Thomas Potter I have frequently I attended at the same place with the said Clarke at the aforesaid place at the time aforesaid, But am unable to recollect the exact number of times -- and further the deponent saith not
Silas Moon
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations —————
Washington Is le at South Kingston the 5 th day of February A.D. 1833
Personally, the above named Silas Moon who before me gave and subscribed the preceding deposition and was by me sworn to to Land, I further certify that the said Moon is personally well known to me and that he is a credible
witness Matthew White Jr.

State of Rhode Island & Providence
Plantations
Washington S c } Clerks Office Court Common Pleas & General Sessions of the County of Washington July 14. A.D. 1833
I Samuel Helme Clerk of the Courts aforesaid do hereby certify that the Honble John G. Clarke whose Signature in his own proper hand Writing is Affixed to his Attestation of the preceding deposition of Warden Clarke was at the time thereof & now is a Justice of said Court of Common Pleas duly commissioned under the Seal of said State and Otherwise duly qualified as Such. I also certify that Matthew Warr Engr r whose Signature in his own proper hand Writing is Affixed to his Attestation of the preceding Depositions of William Kenyon & Israel Moore was at the time thereof & now is a Justice of the Peace for said Town of South Kingstown duly commissioned under the Seal of said State & Otherwise qualified as such. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of said Court the day & Year aforesaid
SAM l Helme Clk