Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 44409, Samuel Harriott, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Harriott, Samuel
S 44409
CONTENTS

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Harriott, Samuel
S 44409
CONTENTS

New York...
Joseph B. George, War.
Margaret W. Alida Woudover, V.
and Mary Ann Davis, children and widow of Samuel Harriott deceased
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 30th August 1838, - of - in the State of New-Jersey who was a private - in the - commanded by Captain - of the Regt: - commanded by Col: Wines - the New-Jersey line for 6 months -
Inscribed on the Roll of New-York City at the rate of 20 - Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831 1831 - and terminated 30th: August, 1838 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd - day March 1838 - and sent to Hon. J. M. Keen, H. R.
Arrears to the 14th of Semi-annual allowance ending
5137.8
June 7 1838 [Act July 1838]
Recorded by Book 6.2 Vol. 4 - Page 31

cho 35.248
Heirs of George Samuel Harriott dec d New York
Act June 7, 1832
See No 32275
adm d
Emory
20A
To Joseph B. George Warren - Sam l B. & Margaret W. Harriott Olivia Wandover the be st Isaac Neubuch & Mary Ann Davis only surviving children of Sam l Harriott dec d
Rev. J. M. Keon H. R.
David Page Esq Clarkstown Aug 25 '41 N.Y.

State of New York, } In Marine court City and county of New York, } On this thirty first day of July - 1841. personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Marine Court — in and for said city and county, George Harriet Warren Harriet, Joseph B Harriet Samuel C Harriet, Phoebe wife of Benja- min Luackenbush, Mary Ann Harriet, Margaret W Harriet — residents of said city, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, do depose and say, that they, with Livia wife of Peter Windover of the state of New Jersey — are the only surviving children of the late Samuel Harriet, of said city deceased, who, some time after the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 was passed, made a Declaration in open court, setting the services by him rendered — during the revolutionary war, as far forth as his memory did then enable him to do, and employed as his agent George Wilson Esq. which papers, not complying with the rules prescribed by the Presi- dent and adopted by the war Department was returned for amend- ment, to his said Agent, who repeatedly promised the said Samuel Harriet to attend to the same, but neglecting so to do, for a long time, the said Samuel Harriet got possession of his papers and placed them in the hands of Henry Meigs — Clerk of the Court of Genl. Sessions, who promised their Father to attend to the papers and — make the necessary amendment thereto, but being much engaged in the duties of his Office, suffered his promises from time to fail until he stated that he had mislaid the papers and as soon as they could be found he would attend to them, but after a considerable time had elapsed and he not being able to find the papers, he reported that he despaired of ever being to find the said papers, and his business was such that he could not devote a sufficiency of time to the request of their father that his case required, the said Samuel Harriet em- ployed David Pyle to attend to the business, who after being informed by the said Samuel Harriet, of the services by him rendered during the said war as particularly as the said Samuel then recollected the same, the said David Pyle drew the annexed form of a declaration, and by him sworn to and the same was read to the said Samuel Harriet who, approved of the same, stating it was true as far as his memory then served him, when the same was left to be sworn to. But that their father a few days thereafter was taken sick of which sickness he died, and the same has been delayed until this time, on account of procuring

such further testimony as was in their power to And that their father the said Samuel Harriet did serve during the Revolutionary war, as follows (as was by him stated) That on the last of August or first of September, in the year 1777, the exact day or month he was unable positively to say, but well recollected it was a little time after the gathering in of the grain and hay harvest, that he enlisted at Woodbridge, in the State of New Jersey, his then place of residence, for six Months, in a company whereof Capt t Freeman was Capt t , in Col n Wines's Regiment, and served out his term of enlistment part of the time at Woodbridge, part at Elizabethtown, and part at Elizabethtown point being marched from Station to station as emergency required, and was discharged at Woodbridge. That after the elapse of one month, or not exceeding two months after the expiration of the aforesaid enlistment, their father again enlisted at Woodbridge under Capt t Swan, in Col n Wines's Regiment, for three months, and served part of the time at Elizabethtown, part at Amboy, and was in the engagement or Battle fought at Monmouth on the 28 th of June, 1778, and after his term of enlistment was expired was discharged at Woodbridge, — That after the expiration of one month after their father's last discharge as above stated, the Militia being obliged to serve in monthly tours, their Father volunteered under the aforesaid Capt t Freeman, in the aforesaid Regiment and served one month, along the shore from Woodbridge to Amboy, and after the expiration of one month after the end of the last recited service, their Father again volunteered and served one month, under the said Capt t , stationed along the shore as aforesaid, and short tours through the country west of said shore, and so continued to serve under said Capt t Freeman, in monthly tours, with intermissions between each tour of duty from one to two months, until he had served in the whole of his Monthly tours five months, in actual duty, e.g. guarding along the shore as aforesaid, or in scouts through different parts of the state of New Jersey, and was also in the Battle fought at Piscataway. That their said Father continued to serve at different times under the said Capt t , until the close of the said war, but he by reason of the length of time that had passed since the service was performed, was unable so to refresh his memory so far as to state with any degree of certainty the commencement or end of each tour of duty, so as fully

unable to refresh his memory so far as to state with any degree of certainty the commencement or end of each term of duty, so as fully
to comply with the rules adopted, and they have been unable to offer any record or parole proof of the said services, and that the annexed certificate of the Secretary of the state of New Jersey and the accompanying affidavits is all they have been able to procure, That the whole of the above recited services was performed by their said father was performed as a private as they understood from him -
Sworn to and subscribed - the day and year aforesaid
Before me
Judah Hammond Justice of the Marine Court
P. Quackenbush Margaret M. Harriet Mary B. Harriet
Samuel Harriet Joseph B. Harriet Warren Harriet Geo. Harriet
City and County of New York Marine Court
I, John Barbrie Clerk of the said Court do hereby certify That Judah Hammond Esq. before whom the above Declaration and the Annexed affidavit of David Pyle was taken is one of the Judges of the Marine Court, in and for said City duly commissioned and Sworn, and that the signatures Annexed are genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this thirty first day of July, 1841.
John Barbrie
Four Regiments Woodbridge month after the again Volunteered

do hereby certify That Judah Hammond Esq. before whom the above Declaration and the Annexed affidavit of David Pye was taken is one of the judges of the Marine Court in and for said City duly commissioned and sworn, and that the signatures Annexed are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at said Court this
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, NATHANIEL JARVIS, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Judah Hammond before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace of the Marine Court in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that I believe the signature of said thereunto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 12 day of August 1841
Nathl Jarvis
Clerk.
length of time that had passed since the service was performed was

State of New York, City and county of New York, } On this day of an August, A.D. 1838, personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Marine Court, now sitting, Samuel Harriet, a resident of the seventh ward, in said City, aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following amendment to his declaration hereto- fore made, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.
That he entered the service under the following named Officers and served as herein stated.
That on the last of August or the first of September, in the year 1777, the exact day or month he is now unable to set forth, but well recollects, it was some little time after the gathering in of the grain and hay harvest, that he enlisted at Woodbridge in the state of New Jersey, his then place of residence, for six Months in a Company whereof Capt. Freeman was Capt., in Col. — Wines's Regiment, and served out his term of enlistment, part of the time at Woodbridge, part at Elizabeth town, and part at Elizabeth town point, being marched from station to station as emergency required, and was discharged at Woodbridge, — That after the lapse of one month or not ex- ceeding two months after the expiration of the aforesaid en- listment, he enlisted at Woodbridge, under Capt. Saven, in Col. Wines's Regiment, for three Months, and served part of the time at Elizabeth town, part at Amboy, and was in the engagement or Battle fought at Monmouth, on the 28th of June 1778, and after his term of enlistment was ex- pired, he was discharged at Woodbridge. — That after the expiration of about one month after his last discharge the Militia being obliged to serve in Monthly tours, he volun- teered under the aforesaid Capt. Freeman in the aforesaid Regiment and served one month along the shore from Woodbridge to Amboy, and after the expiration of one — month after the expiration of the last recited services, he again volunteered, and served one month under the said

Capt. stationed along the shore as aforesaid and short tours through the country west of said shore. - and so continued to serve under said Capt t Freeman, in the regiment aforesaid, in Monthly tours, with intermissions between each tour of duty of from one to two months, until he had served in the whole of his Monthly tours Five Months, in actual duty, a quarreling along the shore from Woodbridge to Amboy, or in scouts through different parts of the State of New Jersey, and was also in the Battle fought at Piscataway.
That after the expiration of the services by him above set forth he did serve, at different times, under the aforesaid Capt t until the close of the Revolutionary War, but the duration of each tour not being of the same length of time, as some were short and some more protracted, he is now unable particularly to set forth the exact length of each, or the number of them and therefore doth relinquish all claim for services by him performed except the fourteen Months by him above specified.
He has in this amended declaration as particularly specified his different engagements or tours of duty As is in his power now to do, as respects the time between each tour of duty or the time of the commencement of the first he may have erred in some part, for which he hopes an allowance will be made, considering the length of time that has past since the services was performed, but as to the length of each tour and the number of them, in that particular he is positive that he is correct, and believes he might have acted 2 or 3 more monthly tours, but omitted so to do as he was not positive.
That when the Act of Congress, of the 7th of June 1832, was passed, he, by industry had provided a comfortable living for himself and family, and then thought he would not apply for the benefit of the Act, but finding that others as well provided for as himself had applied and obtained

a pension certificate, which was the reason of his not making earlier application, and that after his papers was returned to Esq. Meigs for amendment. Mr Meigs promised him from time to time to attend to them and have them completed and returned, but being clerk of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace for the said city and county, and much of his time being taken up in the duties of his office, he neglected so to do, until his papers became mislaid, and Mr Meigs informs him, that altho he has made many diligent searches for them he has not been able to find them, and now utterly despair of ever finding them, which has delayed his renewing his application..
In Marine Court
State of New York
city and county of New York } On this thirty first day of July 1841. Personally appeared before me in open court
David Pye, a resident of Rockland county who being first duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say. That some short time previous to the death of Samuel Harriet this deponent was requested by Samuel Harriet, to assist in trying to obtain his pension, that finding that his former papers could not be found he stated to said Harriet that it would then be necessary to set forth all his services as rendered and in order to enable him so to do, he the said Harriet, must give him a statement thereof setting forth informing him of the time of the commencement and end of each tour, which the said Harriet did precisely as is set forth in said the above draft and when done was left with him for examination who states that it corresponded with his services as rendered during the said war, but was shortly thereafter taken sick and died previous to its being sworn to -
Sworn to and subscribed } the day and year aforesaid }
Before me
Isaac Harrington Justice of the Marine Court
David Pye

City of New York p. I am personally acquainted with David Pyle within named and believe him to be a person of respectability worth and veracity and entitled to Credit
July 31. 1841 Judah Hammond Justice of the Marine Court

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK. } ss.
I, NATHANIEL JARVIS, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Judah Hammond before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace of the Marine Court in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that I believe the signature of said Justice thereunto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 12 day of August 1841
Nath Jarvis Clerk.

Receipts for One years interest paid on Certificates given by the Commissioners in the several Counties to the Militia
   Book No of cert. Date Signed by Payable to Amount Am t Int st     2 404 June 8. 1784 Thomson Stelle Samuel Harriot 1. 10. 6 " 1. 9   2 13 Apr. 1. 1786 St. Dunham Samuel Harriot 1. 13. 9 . 2. 1  
State of New Jersey
I Charles G. Mc Chesney Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing are true abstracts from Book 13 of Auditor's Accounts, and from a book headed "Receipts for one years interest paid on Certificates given by the Commissioners in the several Counties to the Militia", as taken
from and compared with the originals now on record in my Office. And I further certify that Thomson Stelle & St. Dunham Esquires were by the fifth section of an Act passed by the Legislature of this State Dec. 20. 1783, appointed Commissioners for the County of Middlesex for the purpose of settling and adjusting the pay rolls of the Militia & troops of this State, and also for signing and delivering out to each person, a note for the payment of what may be justly due.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Trenton in said State. This

Seventh day of May A.D. One thousand eight hundred and forty one. Charles J. M. Clancey Seventh State

Abstract of Payrolls discharged by Thomson Noble Esquire Paymaster to the Militia of Middlesex
   No of Rolls Date of Service Officers names No of men Regiment Where sent Under whom Amount   £ s d     1 June 2. 1781 Capt. M. Freeman 28 1 st Middlesex Woodbridge Capt. Freeman 518 10   20 1781 Do Do 1 st Do Enlisting 28 men for 1 year 10 10   3 July 15 to Oct 15 Do Do 57 1 st Do Sundry places Col Seeley 326 15 6  
Abstract of Pay Rolls No 1 to 16 discharged as above
   No of Rolls Date of Service Officers names No of men Regiment Where sent Under whom Amount of pay.   £ s d     1 June 30 to Dec 31 /81 Capt Randolph 26 Middlesex Woodbridge 471 13 2   4 June 1 to Ap 30 /82 Do 23 Do Do Major Hayes 195 8 8   5 May 1 to June 30 /82 Do 26 Do Do Do 187 4 9   15 July 1 to Dec 15 /82 Do 27 Do Do Do 23 18 3  

State of New Jersey } Middlesex County }
On this fifteenth day of June 1841
Personally appeared before me Ichabod Potter one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey James Harriet Esq: a Resident in City of Red Bank Amboy in the aforesaid County and State aged 75 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that that he well recollects that his Brother Samuel Harriet Did serve in the revolutionary war at least six Months and the impression of his Mind is that it was nine Months at one time under Cap t Matthew Freeman in Col l Wines Regiment but the time that the said Samuel enlisted he is not able to State but he believes it was in the Summer or fall of 1777 as it was before the Battle of Monmouth & he thinks the Previous Year and that after the Expiration of said Term the said Samuel was again enlisted for three or six months he is not able to say which end under what officers he is also unable to say but under the impression that it was under a Cap t Swan of the aforesaid Regiment he knows of the said Samuel returning after the Battle of Monmouth and knows that he the said Samuel did serve in Monthly tours under the said Cap t Freeman in the aforesaid Regiment at different times untill he believes the close of the Revolutionary war but how many Monthly tours he is unable to say but recollects Perf- ectly well his returning from the Battle of Elizabethtown where Cap t  W Nathaniel F r Randolph & Smith Bloomfield were killed & his  was Next door Hugh Bower was wounded with a Musket Ball through his arm the foregoing relation he has sworn is partly from his own observation & partly from the Declaration of the said Samuel during the said war which he yet perfectly recollects Sworn to and subscribed. The day and year aforesaid before me
James Harriet
Ichabod Potter Judge

I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted within named deponent James Merritt Page & certify that he is a person of good repute for truth and veracity to whom testimony full credit may be given as witness my hand this 15 th day of June AD 1841
Schabod Potter
State of New York
Mendham County } ss I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of the County of Mendham aforesaid do hereby certify that Schabod Potter before whom the within affidavit of James Merritt Page was taken was at the day of the date of the said affidavit a Judge of the Court of common pleas in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and that the signature of the said Judge to the said affidavit and to the certificate above are genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at New Brunswick the sixteenth day of June AD 1841 N Booraem Clerk

State of New York — } City & county of New York } ss. On this twenty seventh day of March 1841. — personally appeared before me Abraham Hatfield Alderman of the Eleventh Ward in and for said City. Charles Gillman, a resident in said City, aged 82 years, who, being first duly sworn, doth depose and say, that he was well acquainted with Samuel Harriet, now deceased, during the Revolutionary War, and knows that the said Samuel Harriet, in the year 1777, some time in the latter part of the summer in said year, enlisted at Woodbridge, in the state of New Jersey, for Six Months, under Capt. Matthew Freeman, in Col n Wines's Regi- ment, and served out his term of enlistment, part of the time at Woodbridge, part of the time at Elizabeth town and part of the time at Elizabeth town Point, and marching from station to station as commanded by his said Capt. That this deponent was a fellow soldier with the said Samuel Harriet during the said term of service. And this deponent doth further say, that he, at several times after the expiration of the said service, during the remain- der of said war, did see the said Samuel Harriet out on duty, but under what Officers, or how long he served he is unable to say, as the six months service above stated is the only service this deponent served in company with the said Samuel Harriet.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Abraham Hatfield Ald n 11 th Ward
his Charles G. Gillman Mark
I certify that I am perfectly acquainted with the above depo- nant, Charles Gillman, and know him to be a person of truth and veracity, whose statement is entitled to full credit —
Abraham Hatfield Ald n 11 th Ward

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK. } ss.
I, NATHANIEL JARVIS, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Abraham Hatfield before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, an Alderman and Justice of the Peace in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that I believe the signature of said Alderman thereunto subscribed is genuine.
field Ward
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 12 day of August 1841
Nath Jarvis Clerk.

State of New York - 4 p city & county of New York
On this Sixth day of August 1841.
Personally appeared before me George White a commissioner of Deeds in and for said city Benjamin Quackenbush & Howell Dobbs residents of the Ninth ward in said city, who being first duly sworn according to law, do depose and say, that they was well acquainted with the late Samuel Harriot, resident in said city and knew that he died to the best of their remembrance the thirteenth day of August 1830, and that he left no widow, and that George Harriot, Warren Harriot, Joseph B Harriot, Samuel C Harriot, Phoebe wife of Benjamin Quackenbush, Levina wife of Peter Wandover, Mary Ann Harriot and Margaret W Harriot are all the surviving children of the said Samuel Harriot at the time of his death
B. Quackenbush Howell Dobbs
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
Geo White Commr of Deeds
State city & County of New York p: I hereby certify that I am personally well acquainted with the above deponents and that I know each of them to be persons of truth & veracity and that their statements are entitled to full credit
New York August 6: 1841
Geo White Commr of Deeds

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, NATHANIEL JARVIS, CLERK of the City and County of New York, and Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, (said Court being a Court of Record,) do hereby certify, that George White before whom the annexed deposition was, taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Commissioner of Deeds,
in and for the said City and County, duly appointed and sworn, and authorized to take the same, and that I believe the signature of said Commissioner thereunto subscribed is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 12 day of August 1841.
Nathl Jarvis
Clerk.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, NATHANIEL JARVIS, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Henry W. Merritt before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that I believe the signature of said Justice thereunto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 12 day of August 1841
Nath Jarvis Clerk.
Special Justice etc)

22.375
Samuel Harrist for Revolutionary pension.
See
Hon. J. Barker

City of New York ss
Samuel Harriot of said city being duly sworn saith That he is now in the seventy eighth year of his age. That in the year 1777 he left his home in Woodbridge in the State of New Jersey under Captain Swan of the Militia, went to the Scotch Plains to watch the British troops. Served there about two months - There immediately afterwards was about One month under Colonel Wines on same service. - Detached served about one month under Colonel Jaynes on like service when the British left Jersey and went to Staten Island - At which time Detached entered under Captain Freeman and served six months in guarding the shores - and after that Detached served several monthly tours - more than a dozen, under said Freeman . Detached fought in skirmishes with the British and Refugees, about the time of the Battle of Monmouth - at another between Elizabethtown point & Elizabethtown - in one under Colonel Wines at Piscataway with a British Foraging Party - and in several other skirmishes with the British when they came over from Staten Island to plunder at Amboy & Woodbridge &c - That during the whole war of the Revolution Detached was a Minute Man, always armed & equipped - Cartridge Box filled & ready for service. Detached once emptied his Cartridge Box of twenty four rounds of ball cartridges in a skirmish with a British Gun Boat on

The River Raitan.
Leutenant first bore arms against the British in the City of New York under Captain Lee Peyster at the time the Ships Man of War of Asia & Phoenix fired on the city. Leutenant was at least twenty months under arms during the Revolutionary war in actual service and was ready for service the whole war - Leutenant now has in his house the Musket (an old french piece) which he carried during the war. Leutenant was at the Battle of Springfield in New Jersey -
Samuel Harriet
Stroom in Open Court December 4 th 1834
H. Meigs Clerk
We certify that we have examined in Open Court Samuel Harriet the above leutenant and that we are satisfied and believe that he rendered the military service stated by him in his deposition aforesaid. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands this Fourth day of Decr. 1834.
R. P. Baker G. H. ... Joseph ...

City & County of New York Court of General Sessions. ss.
On this Fourth — day of December in the Year of our Lord One Thousand eight Hundred and Thirty four personally came into open Court Samuel Harrick of said City who being duly examined & sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the matters stated in his deposition hereto annexed And the Judges of said Court have also affixed their signatures thereto I also the said Clerk do certify that I have personally known the deponent for several years and believe that he has stated no more than what is true in his Deposition annexed.
In Witness whereof I have hereto affixed the Seal of the said Court.
W. Meigs. Clerk
Recorder of the City of New York — Mr. J. H. Ward City of New York — Mr. Ald. 8 th Ward City of New York

44409 Rey INVALID.
File No. 44409 Samuel. Harriott Priv. In the N.Y. Line
Act: 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 213
[Arrangement of 1870.]
✓

J P Parker Jan 12 35 A Myers 25 dec 35
S and H arnt in 1834 produced
No Mtnips —
In 1838 Col. Green in City NY
with 1 Gms
James H and not heavy
S. H and was auct for Aspinwall NY. In Oct 1832. Slated that he sent with him with Gms Scrim — just met him then after the war does not say that he had Gms himself — Scrype has been sent to DuPont Co in NY

Geo Haniot, Waukesha, Wis. B, Sams 6. Phoebe, Mary Ann & Margaret. W. Haniot & Lucia, Child of Sam Hamble. d. Aug. 13. 1838
Sept. 77 6 m N.J. Capt. Newman (d)
due in 1838      Nines     78  3  Swan Nines. Pat Mon th      1  Newman  1. 10. 1. '84     1  "      1  "  1 15. 9 '86     1  "      14   3 6 3  
Capt. Gellman M.L.
dec. in 1834 1177 2. Cabman } at Woodbury 1 Cotimus } 1 Col. Jaynes  6 Capt. Newman guards May 10
Was a much man - @ but Mrs. He was at least 20m d dec 1834

Dear Sir,
I enclose the affidavit in Bannetts case corrected. Will you do me the favour to examine it so that if be insufficient I may return it to New York by return of mail - I hope that after so many trials, it is now correct.
I remain Sir Yours & Sir July 20. 1843
Miss Root, White Haven

32.375 New York.
Samuel Harriott.
Rev.
Suspended.
Let. to Hon. J. Parker.
Letter to Jan 13. 1834.
to same 25 March 1835
David Dye 2 Sept 1841.
to same Sept 29 1841
to same 21 Oct 41

NY. Feb 25. -43
J. Harrison,
J. L. Edwards Prison three Washington J.C.
M. Keen H.O.

The Editor by Dear Sir,
I have heard in expectation of receiving from your Depart- ment a Pension Certificate for Mr Harriott of New York having transmitted to you the correct affidavits. I have thought it possible the papers may have been mislaid. Will you be so kind as to inform me on this point?
Yours of Feb Feb 24. 1843
Yours Truly M c Keen

Sir,
Pray will oblige me by perusing the ensued papers - I shall be under obligation to you if you will take the trouble to re examine and review the decision in this case
I am acquainted with some of the relations of the parties interested and I know none more respectable and deserving. I feel an interest in the application and wish of justice to avoid the delay of a consequential application.
With respect
W. Edwards Esq
Jonathan D. Lusk
John M. Ken
early in Dec 22. 1801

Samuel Hancock ad. evi.

State of Kentucky
Medalton County Clerk's office
I Nicholas Boorman clerk
of the Inferior Court of common Pleas of the county of ... State, Certify that Joseph M c Cluskey before whom the annexed deposition was taken was at the time of taking the same a Judge of the Inferior Court of common Pleas of the county of Medallion aforesaid duly com- missioned and sworn and to all whose official acts as such full faith and credit is given I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and believe his signature to the said deposition is his free hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at New Berniell this fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five 1835
N. Boorman Clerk
... for ...

State of New Jersey Middlesex County ss
March Term 1835
Personally appeared James Harriot Who being Duly sworn on his oath Deposeth & saith that he this deponent is Sixtyeight years old that he has been acquainted With Samuel Harriot since before the revolutionary War that he & Dep- the both resided in the Township of Woodbridge in the County & State aforesaid that he recollects of Samuel Harriot being out in the Service a great deal of the time as a militia man at one time Six Months under Cap Matthew Trum at one other time under a Cap tn Swan & Coll Wines time of his Service not recollected Whether Six or one or Twelve Months and for some time Calling himself a Minute Man & doing duty as such & likewise of his being attached for a time to the Gun Battery coming out of Woodbridge under Comm- -anded Capt John Story At all other times When not being in actual service in cases of alarms of the enemy being out he was turning out  out on the Chase recollects well his returning after the Battle of Monmouth & of hearing him relate many Circumstances of that Eventful day & believes that Samuel Harriot did two years Service or upwards in that Eventfull Contest sworn to & subscribed in open Court this 14th March 1835 James Harriot
Joseph H. Chambers 2 Judge of the Court of Common Pleas

State of New York City & County of New York. On this Sixteenth day of December 1834 personally appeared before me Abraham Hatfield Alderman Eleventh Ward in and for said City. Charles Gilman , a resident in said City, aged eighty three years, who, being first duly sworn, doth depose and say that being aged, and from the many years that has passed by since the close of the Revolutionary war he believes that he was miss in stating in the second affidavit he made in the case of Samuel Harriot now deceased that the six months that this deponent and the said Samuel Harriot did serve, was in the year 1777. as the affidavit by him made the 2 d of June 1834, has since been shown to him, and he believes his memory was better at that time then it was at the time of making his second affidavit, but that he and the said Samuel Harriot did actually serve six months together, at one enlistment under Capt Matthew Freeman , in the war of the Revolution (and he now thinks it was in 1778) he is positive.
Sworn to and subscribed — the day and year aforesaid before me
Abraham Hatfield Alderman 11 th Ward in City New York
his Charles Gilman Mark
I do hereby Certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Charles Gilman and know him to be a man of truth & veracity whose statement can be relied on
Abraham Hatfield Ald 11 th Ward

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
Exhibit A at board
I, NATHANIEL JARVIS, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Abraham Hatfield Esq. before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same an Alderman of said City & Judge of said Court in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized to take the same, and that I believe the signature of said Alderman thereunto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 8 day of Sept 1842.
Nath Jarvis Clerk.

Abstract of Payrolls discharged by Isaac Halsey Paymaster to the Militia of the Counties of Essex & Middlesex
   No. of Rolls Date of Service Regiment Officers name Where served Under whom Amount   £ s d     296 June 7. 1779 Middlesex Capt. Freeman Woodbridge Col. Neilson 163 9 8  
Isaac Halsey Bounty Abstract.
   No. of Rolls Dates Officers names Counties Where served Amount   £ s d     208 June 7. 1778 Capt. Freeman Middlesex Elizabeth Town 17 12 ..  
Abstract of Payrolls discharged by Thomson Stille Esq. Paymaster to the Militia of Middlesex
   No. of Rolls Date of Service Officers names No. of Men Regiment Where served Under whom Amount   £ s d     1 June 2. 1781 Capt. M. Freeman 28 1 st Middlesex Woodbridge Capt. Freeman 518 10 ..   20 1781 Do — Do Enlisting 28 men for 1 Year 10 10 ..   3 July 15 to Dec 31. 1781 Do 51 Do Sundry places Col. Serley 326 15 6  

State of New Jersey
I Charles G. M c Chesney Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby Certify that the foregoing are true abstracts from Book 1 st of Auditor's Accounts pages 12, 85, 218 & 219, as taken from & compared with the originals now remaining of record in this Office.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Trenton in said State, this eleventh day of December A D . One thousand eight hundred and forty one.
Charles G. M c Chesney Secy of State

31296 H
29 Sept 41.
Sarah Ruple
Samuel Harriott
A. Migeat est N. York.

State of New York City of New York. ss.
Charles Gilman, thirty eight years past a resident of said city. Now aged in the  of his age seventy sixth years, being duly examined and sworn deponeth and saith. That he has been acquainted with Samuel Harriott now of this city from before the Revolutionary war - in New Jersey. That said Samuel and Deponent were drafted as Militia at Woodbridge in New Jersey, about the year 1778 and were in the Company commanded by Captain Matthew Freeman - attached to Colonel Crows Regiment. The company contained upwards of One hundred Men. That said Samuel and Deponent served in said Company for six months. That the Deponent and Samuel were called and acted as Minute Men during the Seven years war.
Deponent was on board a gun boat two or three years in and about New York Bay.
Deponent does not know in what particular actions said Samuel was engaged.
Deponent firmly believes all that is asserted by said Samuel in his Affidavit annexed, to be true.
Sworn in open Court.
June 2 d 1834.
H. Meigs. Clerk
Charles his Gilman Mark

City of New York ss.
Samuel Harriott of said city, now in the 78 th year of his age, being duly sworn deponeth and saith. That he took up arms on behalf of American Liberty in the City of New York in 1775 when the British ship Asia fired upon the City. When the British landed at New York neck Leppment fell into a company to prevent them from crossing West Chester Mill Dam - and fought them there - used up a whole Cartouch Box of Cartouches in firing on them. Leppment then fled to Jersey - sleeping in Fort Washington that night with General  Colonel Zebulon Pike. Leppment's Cousin. - Soon after, Leppment joined Captain Swan's Company, at Scotch Plains - Regiment commanded by Colonel Mines - had a fight with the British at Piscataway. - Then had a skirmish with the British near Woodbridge. - had another skirmish with the enemy between Elizabethtown Point and Elizabethtown. The enemy drove us out of town. - Leppment was afterwards in a battle at Connecticut Farms General Sullivan was there that day. Afterwards Leppment watched the enemy as a minute man while they were on Staten Island - where Leppment had a skirmish with them when they were stealing a plundering Cattle from the Jersey Shore.
Leppment was at the Battle of Monmouth in 1778 in Capt Freeman's Company - After that Leppment was in some skirmishes with gun boats who came over to plunder - And continued to the end of the

was as a Minute Man, with his Musket and Cartridges always ready. — Sepment's father suffered largely by the plundering of the enemy.
Sepment has never received a pension. —
Sepment once went over with a Lieutenant Brown to Staten Island on the ice and took took about 30 Cattle from Colonel Bilbop Farmer who had been in the habit of sending parties into Jersey to plunder our Cattle. Sepment was more than eighteen months in service under command of different officers. Sworn in Open Court — Samuel Harriot June 2 d 1834.
W. Meigs Clerk.
I certify that I have known Mr Samuel Harriot of the City of New York for several years past and that I believe the above Statement made by him of his services in the cause of American Independence to be strictly true.
W. Meigs Clerk of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace & Oyer and terminer of the City of New York.

City of New York - ss.
General Sessions. June Term 1834.
We have examined the within named Samuel Harriet and Charles Gilmore and we are perfectly satisfied that the matters stated in their respective depositions within written are true.
Done in Open Court } June 2 d 1834. }
H. Meigs Clerk }
R. Dyer
Gideon Estran
Ira S. J. Smith " "

State of New Jersey } Middlesex County } on this sixth day of August A.D. 1842 personally appeared before me Ichabod Potter one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County Catharine Clarkson widow of Randolph Clarkson a resident of the Township of Woodbridge in said County aged about Eighty years who being duly sworn according to law on oath doth depose and say that she is rising Eighty years of age & in the time of the revolution war she resided with the family in the corner house now occupied by John E. Barron in the Village of Woodbridge and that one company of the men then in the service of the State or U.S. States quartered in the same house a considerable time of the latter part of said war & that she distinctly recollects seeing Samuel Herrick (now deceased) being then there doing duty in said service a considerable time but how long cannot say nor can she state the particular time recollects that both Capt. M c Freeman and Capt. W m H. Randolph at different times quartered in the house commanding each a company of men the service, that her late husband then in service in the same house Sworn & subscribed before me the day & year above Ichabod Potter judge her Catharine Clarkson mark
I Ichabod Potter judge as aforesaid do hereby certify that the above named Catharine Clarkson is person of good reputation for truth and veracity & that full credence may be given to her testimony In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year first hereinabove mentioned
Ichabod Potter judge
State of New Jersey } Middlesex County } I Nicholas Boorman Clerk of the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that the above Ichabod Potter Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit of Sarah Harriet Catharine Clarkson were taken was at the date of the taking thereof a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County duly commissioned therefor & that his signature to the seal of said office & certificates thereunder are genuine In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand since office at the seal of said County this sixteenth day of August A.D. 1842 N Boorman Clerk

State of New Jersey Middlesex County 3 d
On this 6 th day of August A D 1842 Personally appeared before me Ichabod Potter one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County James Warriot Esq r a resident of Perth Amboy in the County aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that from the great length of time that has elapsed since the revolutionary war he has not that perfect recollection of the events that occurred during the said war so as to state particularly the time that each event happened (in this deponent now being years of age) but from more mature reflection he is led to believe that the time of his brother Samuel Warriot's enlistment under Capt d Matthew Freeman for six months (if not for nine months) was in 1778 and not in 1777 as before stated but cannot be positive as to the year but is positive that the service was rendered by his said brother and also that he served at other times under said Capt d Freeman and also that he served under Capt d Swan but how long he served those other terms he cannot say precisely
Sworn and Subscribed before me the day & year above said
James Warriot
Ichabod Potter judge
I do hereby certify that the above named James Warriot is a very respectable man (long held a commission of the peace) & that full credit may be given to his testimony in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand August 6 th 1842
Ichabod Potter judge

Mr. Bernard

Sir,
Will you oblige me by perusing the enclosed and sending to me the necessary paper to draw a pension. Although the parties seem willing to accept the pension you say they are entitled to it appears to me they are entitled to a longer term than you are willing to admit. I remain

I shall be happy to receive
Your decision :
Yours Respectfully M c Lean
Mr. Edwards
June 18: 1843

Samuel Hains hoping...
Mr Parker returns this paper at the request of Mr Meigs as within
29 Dec 1834

Sir Sir
The seal was inadvertently omitted (in the hurry of business) on the papers of Mr Harriott.
I return the papers sealed and wish that the Pension Office would give a definitive answer upon these papers.
Your attention and trouble are regretted but truly acknowledged by
Yr. mo. O. V. Lov.
H. H. Meigs.
New York Dec 27 1834.
Honorable James Packer

Feb 13 43
NY
S. Harriott
J. L. Francis
Prunella Washington
at
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FREE
H. J. McKean VTR

J. L. Edwards Esq
Dear Sir,
I have the pleasure of sending to you the papers required in your last letter to me in relation to the Harriet pension - all the parties to the enclosed papers are personally known to me (except. Leah which I read of their character are beyond question as to reputability and standing - I have no doubt now that you will be able to grant the pension - It will give me

Great satisfaction to forward it to the poetess.
Yours Resp y John W. Hens.
Washington July 11. 1843

NY Mar 21
J. E. Schuch Senior Officer Washington City
Samuel Harnett

Sir.
I enclose an affidavit in taken in behalf of Samuel Harriet - a claimant for Revolutionary Pension. -
The first papers relating to this claim have been sometime in your Department - some, if not all, transmitted thro' Hon. James Packer of Little Anaboy.
This claim is unquestionably just.
I beg your decision upon it as soon as may conveniently be. The old soldier trembles on the verge of the grave. He is now 79 years of age -
I am respectfully Yrs. W. Meigs W. Meigs.
New York March 18. 1835.
J. L. Edwards Esq. 3

Oct 19 1884 Nyack Turnpike } Oct 16 th }
Free
My Friend James L Edwards Bureau of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Clarkstown Oct r 13 th 1841
Hon d Sir
In your letter of the 29 th ultimo you state that the former declaration of Samuel Harriot is on file, and that the discrepancies between that and the one now set forth by his children interpose apparently insuperable obstacles to the adjustment of his claim understandingly. — During the life time of Samuel Harriot and but little before his death I took from his own lips an account of the services by him rendered during the said War (as you can see by my Affidavit to the paper drawn) it having been delayed for some considerable in order if possible to find his original declaration, he at that time (I verily believe) stated his services — truly as far as his memory would permit him to do, and being Old and infirm, and memory often changing, he may in his first stated some service omitted in the second, and in his second some not thought of in his first as well as others not recollected — The claim of the heirs or children is for services performed by their father and by them set forth, and supported by the testimony annexed
You also state in said letter "but it is not established according to the 'rules.' — If so In the declaration is set forth a service of six Months commencing in last of August or first of Sept r 1777, and proceeded by 2 creditable witness exclusive of the 3 Months under Capt s Swan and the Monthly tours thereafter under Capt s Freeman the length of each tour and the grade with precision and as far as I do understand the rules they have been complied with — But if you will point out the deficiency if in truth they can be complied with it will be done —
I remain Hon d Sir Your O bt Serv t .
Hon d
James L Edwards
David Pyle

State of New York } City & County of New York } } I, David Randall Justice of the Marine Court holden in and for the said City & County on the Tenth day of February 1843 do hereby Certify that Satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Samuel Harriot who in his life time did make appl- ication for a pension died on the Thirtieth day of August eighteen hundred & thirty eight- and left no Widow, and left - Eight Children whose names are as follows George Harriot, Warren Harriot, Joseph B Harriot, Samuel C Harriot, Olivia, Wife of Peter P Mendora, Phebe Wife of Benjamin Snack- enbush, Mary Ann, Wife of John G Davis and Margaret W Harriot, all of full age - Given in Open Court.
D Randall
Justice of the Marine Court
In Testimony whereof I have set my hand & affixed my seal of Office at New York this Tenth day of February 1843
Abraham Clark of the Marine Court of the City of New York -

State of New York City & County of New York ss. Benjamin Duckenfield and John G. Davis, of the City of New York being severally known, each for them- selves say - That Samuel Harrick late of the City of New York Gentleman died on the thirteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight, leaving no widow, and at the time of his death, and at the present time, leaving eight Children whose names are follow - George Harrick, Warren Harrick, Joseph P. Harrick, Samuel C. Harrick, Olivia wife of Peter P. Wendover, Phoebe, wife of Benjamin Duckenfield, Mary Ann wife of John G. Davis, and Margaret Harrick and that all the above named Children are above the age of twenty one years - and this Deponent Benjamin Duckenfield, for himself further says - that applica- -tion for a Pension has been made previously to the death of the said Samuel Harrick -
Given to the 10th day of February 1843. be prepared in Open Court. D. Randall Justice of the Superior Court of the City of New York
B. Duckenfield John G. Davis
In the Municipal Court of the City of New York - City of New York ss. The preceding Deposition are satisfactory evidence to me of the truth of the facts therein specified and that the said Benjamin Ducken- field and John G. Davis, are persons

of known respectability and veracity -
D. Randall Justice of the Marine Court of the City of New York
City of New York ss. Henry V. Vultus of said city. bound over at New York this day before me the undersigned and say - There is personally appeared two male Benjamin D. Randall & John G. Davis who being so for a number of years past - and that in the present opinion said Randall & Davis are entitled to full faith and credit - that they are persons of known respectability and character -
Given to before me this 10. day of Feby 1843.
Henry V. Vultus
D. Randall Justice of the Marine Court of the City of New York in Open Court.
City of New York ss. I Abraham Atten Clerk of the Marine Court of the City of New York do hereby Certify that David Randall Esq before whom the preceding affidavits were made and whose name is subscribed to the said Affidavits and
also to the certificate of the respectability of the deponents was on the day of the date of such affidavits a Justice of the Marine Court of the City of New York duly commissioned & sworn In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Marine Court Feby 10. 1843 Abraham Atten Clerk

Clarkstown Sept r 30 th 1842
Hon d Sir
Since the receipt of yours of the 29 th of Sept r 1841. respecting the claim of the heirs of Samuel Harriot as to a pension At Meigs has found the original papers returned to him for amendment, and found that in his declaration he has set forth the nature of the services by him rendered during the war, the battles in which he had been, and the officers under whom he served, but the length of his different tours, the time of commencing and ending, not specified. During his life and near the close thereof, I was called upon to assist him in getting a pension, and not being able to obtain the paper so returned and he being unable to inform me as to any particulars therein contained, I informed him that it would be necessary for him as far as possible to state the time of commencing and ending each tour, he stated his memory was then so poor that he would be unable to do it but would reflect and set them forth as his memory would permit him to do, which he did some days thereafter, from which I drew the declaration sent with the papers sent in behalf of his heirs, but died before sworn to, which statement was the guide followed by the heirs and has caused the discrepancies - Since the receipt of said letter the accompanying certificate of the Secretary of State has been procured and the former witness has had the opportunity to explain themselves and such other testimony as would prove the justness of the claim been sought for, which has delayed the papers until this time, and I now enclose both old and new, feeling confident that nothing more satisfactory can be offered.
It is evident from the proof offered that M c Harriot served six months under Capt t Freeman which according to his statement to me must have ended after the battle of Monmouth which also corresponds with his first Declaration by which it also appears that his service under Capt t Swan was in 1777 as the latter part of -76. as he some little time before engaging in that service slept in fort Washington which fort came into the possession of the British early in the fall of 1776. he no doubt served much during the war but keeping no record thereof, his memory would not permit him precisely to set forth. I think you will be justified in allowing the heirs a pension for six months under Capt t Freeman and three months under Capt t Swan, if his other services be disallowed as the events happening during the service shows at what time they were performed as written by the historians of said war -

I therefore submit their claims as further record or parole testimony at this late day can be offered -
Hon
James L Edwards Com d . of Pensions
I remain Hon d Sir Your B t Serv t
Daniel Pyle
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14 Sep 1841. D.C. Harriet Hond
Nyack Lumpkin Sept 11
free James L Edwards Commr. of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Sept r 11 th 1840.
Hon. Sir
Your letter of the 2 d Inst. respecting the heirs of George Harriot (Samuel I expect is intended) was received last mail, and in it you state that their claim has been examined and placed on your files, and assigning as a reason that the proof is not satisfactory, and that it seemed that Mr Harriot had settled his account in 1784 and 1786, the whole amounting to £3.6.3. but little more than the pay for one months service.
Whether Mr Harriot settled his own account or not I cannot say but if the old soldiers who served in the Jersey Militia is to be believed they had no hand in the settlement, and never received either pay or certificates for one quarter of the service rendered and a great part of the service rendered is not to be found on the records at Trenton — In the case of the Harriots, six months service is positively proved by two witnesses certified to be creditable which is in compliance with the rules by you adopted, and three months under Capt Swan and the monthly tours, by one, and in case you should reject the latter, the former, if rules is to be adhered to — ought to be allowed — All the testimony that could be procured has been sent —
In the case of John Springstead as to the additional testimony sent — The claim of Bridget Demarest widow of Guillian Demarest — The papers of Hester Van Saun first a widow of Carpenter Kelly, have not as yet been heard from by me — altho sent some time previous to the Harriots papers, please to attend to them as soon as convenient
I remain Hon d Sir
Your O bt Serv t .
Hon d James L Edwards
David Pyle

State of New York } City & county of New York } On this 7 th — day of Sept r 1842, personally appeared before me Moses C. Leonard Albany — in and for said City and county — Warren Harriet Joseph B Harriet & Samuel C Harriet who, with George Harriet, Olivia Vandover, Phoebe Quackenbos, Mary Ann Davis & Margaret W Harriet, are the only surviving children of the late Samuel Harriet deceased, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say, that a few weeks since Henry Meigs Esq r . found and returned to them the original papers made out in support of the claim of their said Father for a pension, in which they find that the said Samuel did set forth his first services in the Revolution commenced in 1775, and the first Officer named is Capt. Swan and that in 1778 he stated that he served under Capt. Matthew Freeman, and That in the year 1830, the said Samuel Harriet not being to get his original papers returned for amendment in March 1835 and wishing to renew his application, was requested to state his services rendered during the revolutionary war, each- tour as particularly as his memory would permit him to do, which he did but before it was sworn to he was taken sick and died, which declaration so drawn was the form which they pursued in making out their claim to the pension due to their father up to the time of his death, as per the act of Congress of June 7, 1832. And your deponents doth further state that at the time of stating his services rendered during said war, he was very aged and infirm and his memory necessarily much impaired which caused the discrepancies between the declaration by him sworn to and that sworn to by the deponents, and no intention in them knowingly to misrepresent any of their fathers services, and as time has removed almost every one who served in the revolu- tionary war, they are unable to produce or offer any other or more particular testimony than has been offered and as the six months under Capt. Freeman is supported by

The testimony of two credible witnesses and other services amounting to $3. 6. 3. as per certificate of the Secretary at Sun- ton. that a pension certificate may be granted to the heirs for that service if no more can justly be allow d .
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
before
Moses G. Leonard Alderman 9 th Ward City New York.
Samuel Harriot
Joseph B Harriot Warren Harriot

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, NATHANIEL JARVIS, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Moses G. Leonard  an before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same an Alderman of  our City & a Judge of said Court in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized to take the same, and that I believe the signature of said Alderman thereto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 8 day of Sept 1842
Nath Jarvis
Clerk.