Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4495, John Hallock, New York

SERVICE
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New York
Wallock, John
R. 4495
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John H. Callock Pinecon Papers

State of New York
Orange County ss } On this thirtieth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty, three personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the court of common Pleas now sitting in and for the County of Orange being a court of records John H. Lockwood a resident of the town of Minisink in the said County of Orange and State of New York aged eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers and served as herein stated He entered into the service of the United States under Capt Paul Revere Col James Smith and stationed on the North side of Suff- folk County on Long Island and after being on duty there about three weeks marched to Brooklyn on Long Island and there until the time the British landed at Flat Bush when the troops was ordered to march to meet the British and marched until we came within half a mile of the British army when we landed  pitched & erected a Breastwork General Washington came there & viewed the troops then we were ordered to march to the city of New York and staid there that night about two o'clock the alarm was given and we was all called out & paraded until day light and then we was ordered to Kings bridge and at that time Long Island was given up to the British the Provincial Congress ordered that the troops should have leave to go home and take care of their families was out this time two  Deponent he went home and removed his wife leaving all his effects upon Long Island and this tour of duty was for five months that he then came to reside in the town of Blooming Grove in Orange County the next tour of duty was under Captain Thomas Horton Col- onel he was called on an alarm to Fort Montgomery & then guarding the gap of mountains and had to take his tour of duty every other fortnight for two years was working at West Point Forts and guarding the gaps in the mountains making in this service three years service this was in the years 1776-1777

and 1778. in the year 1779 he was called out in the Militia under Colonel Saly Lieutenant Captain Norton which a prisoner at Hahn (Montgomery) Col Bell's Regiment to Poughkeepsie to guard the Indian frontier two tours of two weeks each tour Colonel Can- -ting and Colonel Newkirk commanded at Poughkeepsie. All the above service was done as a private in the Militia. That he does not know of any person who can testify to his actual service in the revo- lutionary war. 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 and subscribed this day, and year afore- said before me in Open Court.
At a Common Law Court John H. Hallack
Interrogatories Propounded to the applicant John Hallack by the Court on account of service in the Militia as directed by the Secretary of War to the first Interrogatory he answered,
1 he was born at Southold Long Island in the year 1757 2 He has a record of his age in the bible at his son-in-law's 3 he lived at Southold when first called into service and for five months after in the year 1776 then removed into the County of Orange where he has resided ever since 4 he was called into service in the Militia to do his usual duty sometimes drafted some times volunteered but never was a substitute for any other person 5. In the first term of service General Putnam commanded after he came to Orange County General George Clinton and James Clinton Colonel Marvin, Col Bell Major Strong 6 He never received any written discharge from the service And this deponent further saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear more positively than what he has in the above declaration but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the

following grades For one year and six months I served as a private in the militia and for such service I claim a pension
7 Interrogatory put by the Court he states that he is known to James Hulce Samuel Carpenter Stephen W. Fullerton and Elephat Stephens who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution
Subscribed & sworn in when Court the day & year aforesaid before me Asa Dunning Clerk
John
Hallack
We James Hulce Samuel Carpenter Stephen W. Fullerton & Elephat Stephens all residing in the town of Minisink in the county of Orange hereby certify that we are well ac- -quainted with John Hallack who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about eighty two years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to be have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed this
30 th day of May 1833
before me Charles Monell a Supreme Court Commissioner for Orange County
James Hulce
Fullerton
Samuel Carpenter
Stephens
I Gabriel Conkling a clergyman residing in the town of Minisink in the county of Orange hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Hallack who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that I believe him to be about eighty two years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and

that I concur in that opinion
Gabriel Conklin
Sworn and Subscribed before me the 30 th Day of May 1833 John Hallack for a Judge of Orange Com. Pleas
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 in the States and the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Gabriel Conklin who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman residing in the Town of Minisink in the said County of Orange and that James H. H. Stephen W. Fullerton Samuel Conklin and Eliphalt Stephens who have signed the preceding Certificate are residents in the said Town of Minisink and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit -
I Asa Dunning Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Orange do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of John Hallack for a pension - and I further certify that Charles Morris Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit was sworn was at the time a Supreme Court Commissioner and that John Hallack said before whom the preceding affidavit was sworn was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County and that I am acquainted with their handwriting & hereby believe their names subscribed to the said affidavits to be their own hand writing & signatures -
Official
Witness my hand and Seal of office this fourth day of June 1833
Asa Dunning
to all whom
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Orange County ss. Personally appeared before me Charles Monell a Supreme Court Commissioner for Orange County John Hallock who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that in the annexed Declaration made by him before the Court of Common Pleas in and for Orange County on the thirtieth day of May last he has detained his Service in the Revolutionary war as far as he is able 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 fol- lowing grades as a private in the militia in his first term of service five months on Long Island in the summer of 1776. that he served as a private in the militia after he left Long Island and came to reside in the county of Orange in the fall of 1776-1777 & 1778 for a period not less than one year in building and working at the fort at West Point and guarding the gaps of the mountains. and that in the year 1779 he served two tours of duty in the militia at Peen Peak of two weeks each as a private in the militia that he served in the whole for a period not less than one year and six months as a private in the militia and for which service I claim a pension And this deponent further saith that he has no means of giving any other proof of his service than what is stated in his said declaration that
Sworn and subscribed
this 21st day of September 1833
Chs Monell a Supreme Court Commissioner for Orange County
John Hallock

State of New York Orange County ss.
I Asa Dunning Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Orange do certify that Charles Monell before whom the preced- ing affidavit as amended Declaration was sworn was at the date of the same a Supreme Court Commission- er for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the name C. Monell to be his hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and seal of office this twenty first day of September 1833
Asa Dunning Clerk

No 25468
John Hallowell Orange County New York
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Chas. Morel Goshen New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjjoined 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 John Hallock Orange County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Entered - 1776 - 5 - private Col Smith 82 years Traditional evidence papers correct   Served { 1776 1777 1778 1 - - " Capt Horton, Col Odell Suffolk County New York   Called 1779 - - 28 " Capt Horton, Col Odell Col Cantine, & Colonel Newkirk  
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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
Handwritten initials or marks
It does not appear that any exertions have been made to procure proof in this case

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the 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 years, 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.

New York
Rev. 4495
John Hallock
Suspended
for 6 months
Nov. 1833.
let to 6 Morell
19 Nov 1834
Let to D. M. C. Hallock June 27. 1835.
to Hon. N. Jones 18. Feb. 1840
Act. 7 June 33
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State of New York
Suffolk County } ss. On the 29 th day of January, in the year 1834, personally appeared before me David Warner Esquire, one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in and for the said County. Daniel Hallock, of the Town of Southold in the County aforesaid, and made Oath, that he is well acquainted with John Hallock now an inhabitant of Orange County in the State aforesaid, as he is informed, and that he the said John Hallock, did serve as a common Soldier in the Revolutionary War, in the company commanded by Paul Reeve, on Long Island, in the year 1776, according to the best of his knowledge and belief. Further this deponent saith not.
Sworn and Subscribed the day, and year above written
before me
Daniel Hallock
David Warner Judge
I Do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above Deponent Daniel Hallock, and that he sustains a good moral character. Signed David Warner.
State of New York - Suffolk
County Clerk's Office } ss. I Joseph R. Huntington Clerk of the County of Suffolk Do Certify that David Warner Esq. before whom the foregoing Deposition of Daniel Hallock was taken is a Judge of the Court of Common pleas for said County that I am well acquainted with his handwriting & believe the Signature Genuine. Witness my hand and Seal of office this 3 d of February 1834. Joseph R. Huntington Clk.

Hudson Ny. February 16 -
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Judge John Hallock. To be left at the Post Office in Goshen Town -
Orange County N. Y.
The postmaster will please to forward this immediately -

Orange County p. John Hallock of petitioner for a pension under the act of the 7 th June 1832 being duly sworn affidavit saith that Daniel Hallock whose affidavit accompanies this is the only person known to this deponent now living who knows of the actual service of this deponent in the revolutionary war and further this deponent saith not
Sworn & subscribed
this 12 th March 1834 before me
Ch s Mowatt a Superior Court Commissioner for Orange County
John Hallock

REJECTED
4495
P. O.
John Hallock
Service:
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Printed list of 1852 gives as
Application filed: Cause of suspension:
"Twenty-two months service alleged in 1776 '77 & '78, which
Alleges must be specified in detail, and submitted to the
Re-enlisted: Comptroller at Albany."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

Washington Feb. 15. 1840
To The Com te of Pensions
Sir.
The Hon. John Hallock, former Member of Congress from My District, writes me as follows: "Some few years past My father (John Hallock) made application for a Pension, and his papers are now on file - He was answered that he had not sufficient proof to entitle him to be placed on the Roll: - Recently he has procured other testimony which he thinks will be sufficient to supply the deficiency - The report rec d from the Department is lost or mislaid. He desires you to call at the Pension Office and ascertain what evidence is lacking etc" Will the Com te please favor me with a Report of the above case early as convenient and as full as may be - I presume Mr. Hallock applied for relief under the provisions of the act of June 7. 1832. I know the old gentleman - I would suppose him to be nearly Ninety years of age. He is highly respectable and richly deserving - Very Respectfully Yrs. O be Serv t Nath l . Jones

June 25 June
Statehill Orange County NY
June 15 1835
For John Hallock Senior has had an atty employed in sending his petition as a pensioner to the secretary of war he having made the arrangements of his papers and sent them on to Washington for the purpose of drawing a pension I take this method of gaining some information relative to the same by writing to the Hon. secretary myself. The papers were sent back for additional evidence which was procured and the papers returned and since that whether from the neglect of the atty or what is the reason no answer has never been received And now my immediate cause in writing this line is to ask an answer whether there is or is not sufficient evidence to warrant the drawing of a pension as I know he has served the necessary time in the revolution and can produce the necessary evidence He being an old man who is a grandfather of mine and by his request I have ask the present favour of your Honor.
Lewis Cap
Yours with respect
Secretary of War D. W. C. Hallock
Please to direct a line to Statehill Orange County State of New York

March 20. 1834.
add. evidence for John Hall New York
Hon J. J. Edwards Pension Office Washington
1834

Dr Sir
Goshen N.Y. March 15 th 1834
In the matter of the Petition of John Hallack for a pension suspended and the papers filed I send you the enclosed hoping the evidence will be sufficient you must be aware of the difficulty of obtaining proof and also the inability to state the times and places with certainty after the great lapse of time they applicants expect and the Act contemplated a Liberal Construction to be given to their statements when the character of the petitioner stands fair and well supported as it is in this case there is not a respectable man in the whole County in which he resides he is the father of John Hallack Jun d late a member of Congress from this County. if the enclosed is insufficient I wish you would send me his papers together with the enclosed
I am Sir yours with the highest Consideration rev.
C. H. Chouin
I did not procure the Clerk's Certificate to my signature to the Deed of John Hallack Applicant because you have his Certificate to the original papers