Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,532, Jeremiah Griffith, Conn. New York

SERVICE
CONN. New York
Griffith, Jeremiah Mary
NUMBER _____
W. 19. 532.
CONTENTS

1986 New York - C.A.
Mary Griffith widow of Jeremiah Griffith who served in the Revolutionary N.Y. war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 1 st day of July 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of April 1851 and sent to
Wm Samuel A. Brown Janestown N.Y. Inverness
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 70 Vol. 4

Albany 20.364
Jeremiah Griffith
of Chautauque in the State of N.York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Hamtramck of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Dubois in the New York line, for the term of nine months from June 1778 to February 1779
Inscribed on the roll of Albany at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 29 th day of October 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th of October 1831. and sent to Pensioner, at Ellery: Chautauque Co. N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of March 1832. 33:80
Semi-annual all'ce ending
$ 33:80.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }

See letter to Hon. J. Purvis 16 May 1832

5th Reg t
   Name and Rank Company Date of Commission Periods Discharge   Enlistment & Discharge Enlisted for     Griffith Jer h P. Hamtramck 14 June '78 9 Mo Discharged  
State of New York Secretarys Office }
I certify the above to be a true Extract from the Military Register of the Troops of this State in the line of the late Army of the United States on file in this Office, which register was purchased pursuant to law in the year 1828
Arch d Campbell Dep Secretary
Albany June 13. 1831

State of New-York, Chautauqua County } ss. on this twenty eighth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven personally appeared in open court Jeremiah Griffith Pleas for the county and state aforesaid, being a court of Record for the county aforesaid, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jury action unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, having a clerk and seal and the power of fine & imprisonment. Jeremiah Griffith , of the town of Ellery in the county aforesaid, aged nearly sixty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, cross on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1 st May 1820, that he the said Jeremiah Griffith , enlisted for the term of five months , in the month of July , in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five in Barnum in the county of Columbia in the state of New-York , in the company commanded by Captain Herbick Baldwin , in colonel Van Schaick's regiment, of the New-York state troops, and within a few days, went to Lake George , stayed there some time, and then was ordered to Montreal , where I arrived about the time my term of service expired when I was honorably discharged and immediately enlisted into the company commanded by captain Beber in the regiment commanded by General Worth of Bonnetical for the term of six months , my term of service expired some time in April one thousand seven hundred and seventy six , but the weather being bad and soldiers much wanted, I remained until May , when I was honorably discharged, at Montreal and returned home to Columbia County, where I rema- ined a short time, when I enlisted under Lieutenant Hanford , but for how long a time I do not now recollect,

went to what was then called Fort Constitution, opposite West Point and remained there under Colonel Clinton who had the command; we had not joined any company, but remained under the command of the Lieut. When the British came into New York, we were ordered down the river and joined the army at Kings-Bridge. I do not now recollect the name of the Colonel or Captain though I think the Colonel's name was Drake or Humphrey and the Captain's Baldwin, I remained until my term of service expired, and was honorably discharged in the state of New Jersey. Next year 77, one half of the militia was called for and I went to the northern frontier, I remained until the first half was relieved and then took the place of one of the second half who was house sick. The two tours kept me out through all the retreat of our army. I was often in danger, but was not hurt. one morning volunteers were called for, and four from our tent, including myself, turned out, two only ever returned, and one after being a prisoner some time and with the loss of an eye.
I was then continually in service and endured great hardships, particularly during the winter campaign in Canada and whilst our army was returning from New York to Jersey in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight, and as near as I can recollect in the month of June I enlisted as a private at Canada in the county of Columbia in the state of New York, for nine months in the Company commanded

by Captain Hamtramck, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dubois, in the line of the state of New York, on the continental establishment. We went first to Albany where we were sworn, and having staid there a short time, we were marched down the river and joined the army near Poughkeepsie in the state of New York, where we remained until some time in the fall, when I was sent to the north on an expedition by General George Clinton after about forty days, I joined the regiment again on the western frontier where I remained until I was honorably discharged at Schoharie, by Major Roncraut, about ten months after my arrival at Albany. I was also present at the burning of Fairfield, Green Farms, and Norwalk, and other places on the sea coast of Connecticut where I served as a volunteer, being on a visit to my latter native town, Norwalk. The claimant states that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. He is by occupation a farmer and is becoming very infirm in consequence of age and a rheumatic affection which has afflicted him for many years, and is constantly becoming more troublesome.
He also states that his family consists of himself and his wife Mary, who is sixty three years of age. That he hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension except the present. That his name is not on the roll of any state except that of New York, to his knowledge and that his reasons for not making an earlier application are that he felt a strong reluctance to call upon his country for assistance so long as he could by reasonable exertions

2 support himself; in fact, he felt too proud to consider himself dependant on his country for support. He did make application immediately after the passage of the act of 18 th March 1818 and his papers were sent back for further proof of his being in indigent circumstances, and as he considered that the testimony of a faithful soldier ought to be sufficient of itself, he paid no further attention to his application, at that time. And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any in common other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. That since the 18 th of March 1818, the following changes have taken place have been made in my property. I had no Real Estate in 1818. It is impossible for me at this distance of time to enumerate the articles of personal property which I then had, and how I have disposed of them. I had then about the same amount of household goods, as at the present time - since that time I have frequently had a robe or two and sometimes have had none

Having been obliged at different times to make sale of them to discharge my honest Debts and procure necessaries for my family. I have also generally had three cows and about twenty sheep. The income of stock I have been obliged to dispose of in payment of my debts and defraying my necessary expenses. It is impossible for me at this period to state the particulars of all my sales, transfers and exchanges of my personal estate. I have been for several years harassed by Sheriffs & Constables and have been obliged frequently to dispose of my property on very disadvantageous terms, to meet their calls. Since 1818 I have had a horse which I sold about a year ago to my brother Samuel Griffith. In 1821, I took an assignment of a contract for the purchase of a tract of Land in Ellery, which I resented last fall, when all of my personal property out of my house was levied on by the Sheriff of Chautauqua County to satisfy an execution in favor of Henry Baker, for about one hundred and seventy five dollars. I transferred my interest in the said Land contract, being one of the Holland Land Company's articles, which had been forfeit several years ago. Though I had been supposed to retain possession of the Land, to Jeremiah Griffith Junior, and Alexander Hamilton Griffith, two of my sons in order to save my personal property from being sold and to discharge the said debt. My sons became obliged to pay the said debt & I was released. I believe that I sold the Land contract for as much as it was worth, especially as I was wholly unable to make payment to the company.
Sworn and declared in open court this 28th day of June 1827.
John Dexter Clerk.
Jeremiah Griffith

2 4  A. Schedule of all the estate real & personal of Jeremiah Griffith, of the town of Ellery in the state of New-York an applicant for a pension under the acts of Congress, providing for certain persons who served in the land and naval service of the United States of America during the revolutionary war, passed the 18th March 1818 and the act supplementary thereto, passed on the 1st. May 1820.
I have no Real Estate in law or equity.
Personal Estate.
  one Gray Colt one year old. . . . . $16. 00   one sucking Colt - - - - - 10. 00   Two Cows - - - - - 30. 00   Twenty five Sheep and Lambs - - - - - 16. 00   Hogs and Pigs five old ones - - - - - 15. 00   one three year old Bull - - - - - 15. 00   one three year old Steer - - - - - 10. 00   one two year old Steer - - - - - 07. 00   Two Heifers one year old. . . . . 06. 00   one Plough old - - - - - 01. 00   Three chains - - - - - 02. 25   Yoke and Irons - - - - - 02. 00   one fine pail Kettle very old - - - - - 01. 00   one Pot cracked - - - - - 00. 50   one small Kettle - - - - - 00. 25   one Iron tea Kettle - - - - - 01. 00   one Table - - - - - 02. 00   Some old kitchen chains - - - - - 03. 00   Table furniture, such as Knives & forks, plates, cups & saucers, tea pots, worth perhaps. . . . . { 04. 00   My Brother Samuel Griffith, owes me, 7 

five thousand feet of boards towards a } 15. 00 horn - he is not considered very responsible } $157. 00
Jeremiah Griffith
State of New-York, } ss. I, John Dexter, Clerk of the Chautauqua County } Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Chautauqua, do certify, that the foregoing is truly copied from the minutes of the said Court. And further that the Court estimate the property contained in the above schedule of Jeremiah Griffith, at one hundred & fifty seven dollars.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Court Seal to these presents at Mayville, this 2nd day of July A. 1827.
John Dexter
Perpetual bounty for Jeremiah Griffith, the applicant, in the annexed papers named in explanation of the transaction, so far as it respects the possession by him, of real & personal estate since 18. March 1818. Being duly sworn says that in the year 1806. he took from the agent of the Holland Land Company a certificate that if he this deponent should at any time, within ten years from the date of said certificate pay to said Company the sum of Seven hundred & seventy two dollars fifty cents with interest thereon from the date of said certificate, that then they would pay convey to this deponent

in fee Simple Three hundred & nine, acres of Land & And this deponent further says that from the absolute wants of means he was unable to fulfill said contract on his part, not being able, nor having paid any part of the principal or interest of said sum, - And this deponent further says that after the forfeiture of said contract above mentioned, he this deponent again, made application, to said Company for a certificate for one hundred & fifty nine acres which was granted to this deponent upon the condition that I should pay Three hundred eighteen dollars on at any time within, Six years from, the date of said certificate with the interest thereon, that they would convey to me the said one hundred & fifty nine acres in lieu of said three hundred & nine acres. That this deponent was altogether unable to fulfill said contract on his part, not having paid any part of the principal or interest of said last mentioned sum, - There being due upon both of the said contracts & charged upon the last certificate the sum of One thousand four hundred dollars or thereabouts, this deponent knowing his entire inability to pay that amount or any part of it, without taking all he had of personal estate say of the value of about two hundred fifty dollars. - The real estate if my title to it had been perfect and not forfeited would not have been valued at more than nine hundred dollars or thereabouts - And this deponent at the time of the surrender of his claim to said land (title he had none) to his son was compelled to sell two cows & one yoke of oxen to get rid of the debt that had accrued & accumulated on the last certificate of said Land & any demand that originated by my becoming security for a no other person who became insolvent. And this deponent further says that he has not to his knowledge or belief possessed property to the value of Two hundred & fifty dollars at any one time, or been able so to do since the year 1817. And this deponent further says that this deponent has not been the owner of any real estate in Twenty years last past - Further says not.
Sworn to this 15. June 1821 before me D. H. Wood Justice Peace
Jeremiah Griffith

State of New York Rensselaer County
ss: I certify that Daniel W. Stone whose signature is affixed, to the above and annexed affidavit, was at the time of taking the same one of the Justices of the peace in & for the County of Rensselaer.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said County this fifteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred & thirty one.
Scribald Ball Clerk

This may Certify that I have been personally acquainted With John Babcock (being a brother in law of mine) and have heard him often recount some of the transactions while in the service of his Country as a Soldier in the time of the American Revolution and that among other names that of Genemiah Griffin being a soldier in the same Company with him and that the Capt's name was Hamtramack and of a certain transaction that occur'd at Schobarris between the Continental troops and the Company he the said Babcock belong'd to and that I the subscriber have been acquainted with the afore said Genemiah Griffin formerly and although I have not seen him for a number of years yet I believe him to be the same man that I was formerly acquainted with and that he is the same man that my brother in law Babcock had reference to and further that the S d Babcock mention as afore said is the same Babcock mention'd in the affi davit of Samuel Shaw to the best of my belief and that the said Genemiah Griffin is now present this 11 th day of November 1830 Clark Bly
State of New York } County of Rensselaer } Personally appeared before me W m Jones one of the Justices of the peace of said County the above named Clark Bly and made oath that the above certificate is correct and true according to the best of his recollection and belief this 11 th November 1830
W m Jones S. J.
I hereby certify that the above named Clark Bly is a man with whom I am personally acqu- ainted and that his reputation stands fair and unimpeached so far as I have any knowledge
W m Jones S. J.

Rensselaer County State of New York Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace of the county aforesaid Samuel Shaw and made oath on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God. That in the year of our Lord 1778 according to the best of my recollection I was at or near Patskill in the State of New York and there became acquainted with Jeremiah Griffith who was a soldier in the same company of Elisha Berry and John Babcock and in Colonel Lewis Dubois's Regiment and from circumstances which then occurred and from acquaintance with him for a number years after I now know him to be the same person who is now present
Samuel Shaw
Subscribed and sworn this 11 th November 1830 before me
Wm Jones J. P.
This may certify that I am personally acquaint- -ed with with the above named Samuel Shaw that he has held the office of Colonel of Mili- -tia, and that of Justice of the Peace for a number years in the Town in of Berlin, and that his Reputation stands fair and unimpeached so far as I have any knowledge
Wm Jones Justice
State of New York
Rensselaer County
I certify that William Jones whose signature is affixed to the above certifi- -cate was at the time the above affidavit was taken one of the Justices of -the peace for the County of Rensselaer
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed the seal of -this Twelfth day of November One thousand eight hundred and
Archibald F.

State of New York on Chautauqua County ss. Alexander Hamilton Griffith being duly sworn, says that he has heard the state- ment of the charges of the property of Jeremiah Griffith as set forth in his annexed declaration read; that depo- nent is the son of the said Jeremiah, and one who received the transfer of the article of Land therein mentioned and is acquainted with the facts in relation to the said transfer, that deponent believes the said statement in such declaration set forth, to be substantially true, and that the transfer of such article, was made to the best of the deponent's knowledge & belief in good faith, for the purpose of satisfying the said execution in favor of the said Baker & that it was the only way in which the said Jeremiah could satisfy the same, without having his property which had been levied upon, sold by the sher- iff, and deponent is confident that said Jeremiah could not have had in view, in making the said transfer, any intention to aid his application for a pension, as it was, with much reluctance that he made the same.
Sworn subscribed this 25 th August 1831 before me
J. A. Osborn Comt. of Deeds.
Alexander H. Griffith
I certify that I am acquainted with the character, of the above Alexander H. Griffith, & the under named Sam- uel Griffith, & that the same is unimpeachable for truth & veracity J. A. Osborn Notary Public & Comt. of Deeds.
State of New York Chautauqua County ss. Samuel Griffith E. being duly sworn says that he has heard the statement in regard to the charges in the property of Jeremiah Griffith, as set forth in his annexed de- claration, & the above affidavit of A. H. Griffith, read, & that the same are true to the best of deponent's knowledge & belief. That deponent is a son of the said Jeremiah & has heard fre- quently the facts in relation to the transfer of the article to deponent's brother, conversed of in the family, & never knew, heard, thought or believed that it was made other- wise than in good faith, to discharge his liability on the

Broken judgment against him.
Sworn subscribed this
25. August 1831 before me
Daniel Griffith 2 nd
J. A. Osborn Comr. of Deeds.
State of New York Chautauqua County ss.
I James Blorry Clerk of Said County do hereby Certify that Thomas A. Osborn Esquire whose name appears to the above affidavit, was, on the day of the date of his Certificate of Said Affidavit. a Commissioner of Deeds in & for Said County, and acting as such. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of Said Commissioner and verily believe the above Signature "T A Osborn" - is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of Said County this 25 th day of August A. D. 1831.
James Blorry Clerk

Ontario County State of New York
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace of the County aforesaid
Emanuel Heneka and made oath on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God that in the year of our Lord 1774 according to the best of my recollections I was at or near PEEKSKILL in the State of New York and there became acquainted with Jeremiah Griffith who was a Soldier in the same Company of HENNINGSEN's and DEBOIS regiment and from circumstances which then occurred I now know him to be the person who is now present and further that I know he joined at the same time that I did and served his time out and was discharged at the same time I was at the expiration of nine months
Subscribed and sworn this 15 th day of August 1831 before me.
Emanuel his X mark Heneka
Elisha Pratt Justice of Peace
This may certify that I am personally acquainted with Emanuel Heneka in the Town of Goshen and that his reputation for integrity and unimpeachable so far as I have any knowledge Elisha Pratt Justice of Peace
State of New York
Ontario County ss I certify that Elisha Pratt before whom the above affidavit was taken and whose signature appears to the jurat thereof, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and sworn In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 18 th day of August 1831
Ralph Lester Clerk of Ontario County

Chautauqua County ss.
Henry Baker of the village of Samastown, County of Chautauqua State of New York, being duly sworn says, that in the year 1826, he recovered two Judgments against Jeremiah Griffith (also of the County of Chautauqua), in the Court of Common Pleas of said County, amounting to one hundred and ninety three Dollars, that soon after the recovery of said Judgments, executions were issued thereon against the goods & chattels, &c of the said Jeremiah Griffith, & all his personal property was seized & levied on by the Sheriff, being all the property owned by him subject to an execution at said the farm he occupied being held by him by virtue of a contract or article of agreement for the purchase, entered into with the Agent of the Holland Company - that in the winter of 1827, Jeremiah Griffith Junior, & Alexander Griffith, (sons of the said Jeremiah) paid the said Judgments to this deponent, & he understood from all the parties that the consideration for paying said judgments, was the assignment of his article of agreement with the Holland Company for purchase his said farm, that at the time the executions were satisfied the amount of said judgments, costs & interest amounted to about two hundred & fifteen Dollars -
Sworn & subscribed this 10 th day of October 1831
Before me Samuel Barrett Justice of the Peace
Henry Baker

I certify that I am personally acquainted with Henry Baker the deponent named on the other side of the Sheet and that his character is fair and unimpeached
Samuel Barrett Just Peace
State of New York } County of Chautauqua } ss
I James B. Sowny clerk of the said County do certify that Samuel Barrett, before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, & whose sign- ature appears to the above certificate, was, at the date of the same justice of the Peace in & for said county and that I am acquainted with his handwriting & verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit & certificate to be his proper handwriting & signature Witness my hand & seal of Office this twentieth day of October A.D. 1831.
James B. Sowny Clerk

State of New York Chautauqua County } ss. William Peacock, the agent for Wilbur Mclink Jothan, known as the Holland Land Company, residing in the county of Chautauqua, being duly sworn, says that on the 2 d day of January 1817, a contract was executed between the said company & John Griffith of Ellery in said county, for the sale by the said company of 169 3/4 acres of land lying in the town of Ellery, to the said John Griffith, on condition of the immediate payment of two dollars & the further sum of $720.85, in six annual instal- ments, commencing the 2 d day of January 1818, with yearly in- terest to be paid thereon. That on the 11 th of February 1817 the first payment of two dollars was made. That on the 24 th day of April 1821, John Griffith assigned over his right to about 119 acres of the same land to Jeremiah Griffith of Ellery, who deponent believes went into the occupation of the same. That on the 23 d December 1826, the following assignment was made by the said Jeremiah Griffith, which is a true copy from the back of the original article, "This may certify, that I do hereby transfer & assign over, all my right interest & claim in & to the within named & described land, to Jeremiah Griffith Junr. & Alexander H. Griffith. Witness my hand & seal 23 d Dec r 1826" Jeremiah Griffith"
That nothing having ever been paid upon the said article except the two dollars, as above stated, the same became forfeited & void, and was on the 4 th December 1827, brought to the Land Office and surrendered. That the same 169 3/4 acres have been resold & articulated as follows, 96 3/4 acres on the 4 th Dec r 1827 to Jeremiah Griffith Junr. & 73 acres on the 7 th of March 1828 to Alexander H. Griffith, and that all the payments made towards the said lands, have been made by the said Jeremiah Junr. & Alexander H. & since the making of the said new contracts, and they are now con- sidered by the company as the "contractors". That Jeremiah Griffith is not known or recognised by the company, as a par- ty to any existing contract for land, or as having any inter- est therein; - all of which appears from documents remaining in deponents possession.
William Peacock
Sworn before me this 20 th day of October 1831
J. A. Olborne Court of Deeds.

State of New York } Chautauqua County } James B. Lony
I James B. Lony Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Thomas A. Osborn, before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, a commissioner of Deeds in & for said County, duly authorized by Law to take such affidavit, and that I am acquainted with his handwriting & verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper handwriting & signature.
Witness my hand & seal of office this twentieth day of October A.D. 1831. James B. Lony Clerk
Griffiths Pension Papers

State of New York } Chautauqua County } ss
On this nineteenth day of October 1843 personally appeared before me Joseph Wait a Supreme Court Commissioner, with power to do the duties of first Judge of said county at Chambers; residing in the village of Jamestown in said county; Mary Griffith a resident of the town of Ellery, in said county, aged seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn, according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," also an act of Congress passed on the third of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of Jeremiah Griffith who was a private in the Revolutionary Army, as she verily believes, that she cannot state the number of the Regiment or the Colonel who commanded when her husband served as a soldier, that she cannot state the services he rendered, as she was not acquainted with him but two or three years before they were married.
She further declares that she was married to the said Jeremiah Griffith about the twentieth of August one thousand seven hundred and eighty four, by a Baptist clergyman, at the (then) dwelling house of one John B. Babcock, in the present town of Berlin, Rensselaer

county N.Y., that her husband, the aforesaid Jeremiah Griffith died on the tenth of June 1842, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of Janu- ary, seventeen hundred and ninety four, O.S., at the time above stated -
She further declares that her husband was a pensioner, and received ninety six dollars a year, that he drew till March 4th 1842, and that this deponent drew afterwards till the day of his death, that her maiden surname was Bropsey, that she was married at Berlin aforesaid, lived there about fifteen years, then they removed to Posenania, Madison Co. N.Y. where they lived about six years, and from thence they moved to Ellery, Chautauqua County, in which place this deponent has lived for thirty seven years last past - that she cannot conveniently or safely attend court at Mayville, as she verily believes on ac- count of old age and debility, and further that she cannot write her name as she never learnt to write - She fur- ther declares that she is still a widow, that she does not know that there is any written evidence of her mar- riage, and believes there is none, and that the only evidence of which she has any knowledge of her marriage is contained in the affi- davit of John B. Babcock hereto attached -

9968 Mary Griffith N.Y. Act July 7 th '38
Marnie 1784 must die 10 June 1842
H. d. June 10 th 42

State of New York Hampshire County ss
John B. Babcock of the town of Berlin in said County being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is eighty four years old the second day of last August and that this deponent says that he knows one Mary Griffith who now resides in the town of Ellery in the County of Chautauqua in said State and this deponent further saith that he saw said Mary Griffith married to one Jeremiah Griffith in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty four and thinks it took place in the fall of that year and further this deponent saith that said Mary Griffith and Jeremiah Griffith were married by one Eld d William Coon at this deponent's then dwelling house in the town then called Little Hoosack but now the town of Berlin aforesaid
sworn and subscribed this 21st day of September 1843
before me who is acquainted with the said John B. Babcock and believe him to be an honest upright man
Geo. H. Anderson Justice of the Peace
John B. Babcock

State of New York Rensselaer County ss. I Charles Hooper Clerk of said Clerk's Office do hereby certify that George J. Garrison Esq. before whom the within Affirmation of John W. Waboo was taken was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the peace of the County of Rensselaer residing in said County duly Commissioned & duly qualified to take the same. That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe his signature subscribed to the within Subat to be his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my official Seal this 25 th September 1853
Charles Hooper Clerk

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written - before me I having first had the same read to her & explained & I verily believe she well understood the same
Her Mary G Griffith master
Joseph Wait Supreme Court Court with powers of first judge of Chautauqua Common Pleas
Saml A Brown witness to Mary Griffith master
Chautauqua County ss Saml A Brown being duly sworn says he is 44 years old, that he has known Jeremiah Griffith and Mary Griffith, the above affidavit for a pension for twenty seven years last past, that for a number of years he knew the said Jeremiah Griffith, pension wants to enable him to draw his money, that the said Mary is a person of irreproachable character, has raised up a large family, all of whom are respect- able for industry, honesty and truth -
Sworn & subscribed
this 19 th of October 1842. Saml A Brown
Joseph Wait Supreme Court with powers of first judge of Chaut. Com. Pleas

Chautauqua County ss: I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the within named Mary Griffith the widow of Jeremiah Griffith late of Ellery in said County deceased. The said Mary has borne a good moral character ever since my acquaintance with her & her family which is twenty six years. I have entire confidence in her affidavit & statement hereto annexed. She is the mother of a large & respectable family in full health and her nerves affected as appears from her mark. I think her health too feeble to go to our Court of Common Pleas which is about sixteen miles from her residence. Date 19 th 1843 -
Joseph Wait Supreme Court Commissioner with powers of first Judge of Chaut. Comm. Pleas -
State of New York Chautauqua County Clerk's Office
I John G. Hinckley Clerk of said County and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that Joseph Wait Esq. whose name is subscribed to the first of the foregoing affidavit and also to the above certificate, was on the day of the date of such first and certificate, a Supreme Court Commissioner with the powers of first Judge in said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by the laws of this State to take such affidavit, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Sup. Court. Comm. and truly believe that the signature "Joseph Wait" subscribed to said first & certificate
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas in said County this twenty fourth day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty three
J. G. Hinckley Clerk

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John Griffith born 2 June 1785
Seth Griffith married Dec 20 1787
Sam l Griffith born 8 May 1790
Polley Griffith born 28 July 1793
Sam l Griffith Jun r born 22 Oct 1795
Alexander born 14 Oct 1805
born 1805
Alexander Hamilton
Griffith born 17 July 1805
was married at 21 years old in 1827
See Alexander Griffith's death in
act 18 March 1848

Information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Jeremiah Griffith N.F. 195-32
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1770 5 mos. Pvt. Hezekiah Baldwin Van Schaick N.Y.   Nov. after above 6 " " Beebe Gen Wooster Conn.   1776 — " Baldwin Drake or Humphrey N.Y.   1777 — " Served two tours in the militia.   June 4 1778 9 " Hamtramck Gen Dubois N.Y.   Also volunteered and was at the burning of Fairfield Green Farm and Norwalk  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Columbia Co. N.Y.
Date of application for pension, June 28, 1827. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Ellery Chautauqua Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application nearly 69; born in Norwalk Conn. Died June 10, 1842
Remarks: Soldier married Mary Crofsey Aug 20 1784 at Little Hoosack afterwards called Berlin Rensselaer Co. N.Y. She was allowed pension on an application executed Oct. 19, 1843 while a resident of Ellery N.Y. and aged 78 years. Their children were John b. June 2, 1785 - Seth b. Dec. 20, 1787. Samuel b. May 8, 1790 or 91. Polly b. July 28, 1793 - Jeremiah b. Oct. 22, 1795 - Alexander Hamilton b. July 17, 1801. Very respectfully, no further family data.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
No. 19532 Mary Griffith widow of Jeremiah Griffith Dei Rev. was
Act: Feb 24 48 Index:—Vol. 18 Page 290
[Arrangement of 1870.]

May, 26. 1905. Mary Griffith
Hist to city
1907. Mar. 25: Hist to Miss Mary Griffith. 1918 June 20 Hist to Mrs. C. D. Boren
Fl
In

Recd 20
7476. New York
Mary Griffith, widow of Jeremiah Griffith, who was a private in the N. York line.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Dec. 45 and sent to J. F. Curtis Huron N. Y.
[Act of March 3, 1843.] 17 June 44
Recorded in Book A Vol 2 Page 76.

Rept
1986. New York Albany. Mary Griffith widow of Jeremiah Griffith who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Sept 1848 and sent to
Sarah A. Brown Jamestown N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1818, Page 75 Vol. 4.

New York No. 9778.
Mary Griffith, widow of Jeremiah Griffith, who was a pensioner under act, 1818, who died on the 10th: June, 1842 of Chetague (in the State of N. Yk) who was a private in the                      commanded by Captain                      of the                      commanded by                      in the N. York line for 9 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 30 Dollars                      Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19. day of Dec: 1845 and sent to J. F. Curtis, Amos, N. Yk
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
$150.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838, Section 10 of the joint resolution of Jan'y. 1845 }
Recorded by Kellett Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 — Page 159.
3417
1413.

0-000. 20367 D. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Searched by
Simmons
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier
Service
Jeremiah Griffith, N.Y., 1812.
Additional service _____
Remarks
No 1812/ Surv. " " " Wid. May 17/05.
_____ Chief of Division

Miss. Mary Griffith 1218 H. St. N.W.

9968
Mary Griffith N.Y.
Suspended for 6 months July 7 th 44 to J. F. Curtis 26. Sep. 1845
Act July 7 th 38

LAW OFFICES SHUTTS, SMITH & BOWEN
FRANK B. SHUTTS WILLIAM P. SMITH CRATE D. BOWEN W. LEONARD FREELAND LOUIS F. SNEDIGAR GROVER C. MCCLURE
MIAMI, FLORIDA
June 13, 1918.
Rev Sec Jms
Pension Department, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
I would like to have the enclosed information, regarding the military record of Jeremiah Griffith verified by your department. This request is being made on behalf of Mrs. C. D. Bowen, of this city, who is seeking to qualify for membership in the D. A. R.
A prompt reply will be appreciated.
CDB/CF
Yours truly,
C. D. Bowen

GRIFFITH
A very interesting paper obtained from the Pension Bureau at Washington, D. C., giving the military record of Jeremiah Griffith, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, contained the following;
He enlisted as a Private in July 1775, for five months serving under Captain Hezekiah Baldwin of Vanshaick, N. Y. He reenlisted in 1775 or 1776 under Captain Beebe of Wooster, Conn. for six months; then again in 1776 under Link Manford of Clinton, N. Y.
In 1777 he was out on the northern frontier and endured great hardships in the winter campaign in Canada; then served as a re-enlisted soldier in 1778 under Captain Mawtrack of Du Bois, N. Y. At the time of his application for a pension he was 68 years old and made the trip from Griffith's Point to Washington, D. C. on horseback.
Taken from the record of the Griffith family reunion June 15, 1905.
Jeremiah Griffith's wife, Mrs. Mary Griffith, was 91 years old when she died. Her husband was a Continental Soldier; was pensioned as such. After his decease his widow, by a subsequent Act of Congress was placed on the pension roll at the rate of $96.00 a year and never was a boon from the Government more worthily bestowed. She was called a Mother of the Revolution.

HOTEL GORDON, WASHINGTON, D.C. WM P. KENNEY.
May 18 th 1905-
Pension Agent
Dear Sir If you have any record of the services of Jeremiah Griffith in the War of 1812 from Farmstown Char- tantoga Co N.Y. The time of enlistment, and discharge, and Pension received. Will you kindly send such record to me in the enclosed envelope. Next year the descendants of Jeremiah Griffith (about 200 in number) will celebrate the 100 th anniversary of his settlement on Chautauqua Lake and we wish all points of history we can gather. We are told he walked from Chautauqua to Washington and back to get his pension
Very Respectfully
Mary A Griffith.

Sept 3. 1848 Huron NY Aug 29. Adams Co. Penn. Mary Griffith
for 15
Rev. J. S. Edwards Court of Pensions Washington D. C.

Warren Aug 29, 1845
Sir
I am appointed agent in the enclosed cause of Melan Griffith - In Your Report to Esqr Brown of 1844 - You say that 9 months divorce is admitted - but that the proof of marriage is satisfactory Not Satisfactory - The enclosed Record & proof will probably be satisfactory proof to establish the marriage as having taken place before 1794 - I understand that the husband Emmanuel Griffith blamed to have lived more than nine months - Permit me to ask You for a copy of his declaration as far as it relates to his divorce and say what part of the divorce is allowed. That I may if possible obtain satisfactory proof to establish the balance You will confer a special favor by giving the above information in relation to the divorce immediately That I may commence a search of Records
Yours with Much Respect John F. Curtis
Hon. S. D. Edwards Comr of Pensions Washington

Garnestown Aug. 18. 1848 - Hon J. L. Edwards -
Sir -
Enclosed I send the papers of Mrs Mary Griffith to be placed on the pension list again -
In your printed circular you make mention of a magistrate, and I supposed you meant a judge of a court of record, but I have been informed to day, that this business could have been done before a justice of the peace, but as I have caused it to be done before one of the highest Judicial officers in the state it cannot vitiates -
Be pleased to send her certifi- cates to me -
I Oblige
Sam l A Brown -
M c John Ashton a disabled sol- -dier who applied for an increase of pension is very impatient to hear from your department -

9968 Nov 4. 1843
13
NY. July 7. 1838
Mary Guffith
FREE
Hon J. L. Edwards Commr of Pensions City of Washington.

Jamestown N.Y. Oct. 24/43. Hon J. L. Edwards -
Sir - Enclosed I send you the papers of Mrs Mary Griffith an applicant for a pension - As soon as you decide the case be pleased to let me know the result -
I Abide
Sam A Brown

No 9968 Mary Griffith Maw of Jeremiah N
Act 7 July 1838 and some Resolution of 23 rd Jany 1845 Adm. 9 mo per $30 00 per am
Adm acts March 1843 and 17 June 1844 $30 00 per am
John F. Curtis Esq Hearon NY

Mary Griffith.
Payment to be made at Albany by
Thos. W. Woolley Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of New York
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 21, 1848, Page 75 Vol. 4.
Elo. Phelps King Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Mary Griffith. widow of Jeremiah Griffith. who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 12th day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
J. G. Mason, acting Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. S. Carrado Commissioner of Pensions. By H. S. Evans

State of New York County of Chautauque
ss. On this twenty first day of March A.D. 1857 before me Asahel Smiley a justice of the peace, in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Mary Griffith of the town of Ellery, county and State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth that she is the widow of Jeremiah Griffith deceased, who during his natural life, was a pensioner of the United States, under the act of Congress of March 14th 1814, at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum, on account of his Revolutionary services, and that she has received a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per annum under the act of 1836, on account of her late husband's Revolutionary services, as she verily believes, that she obtained a certificate dated Dec. 19, 1845, signed by W. L. Marcy Sec. of War, at 30 dollars per annum; and another dated Sept. 12 1844, signed by J. G. Mason Acting Secretary of War, at 30 dollars a year, — And the object of this declaration, is to assert a claim at the same rate of Pension (Nelson) by her said husband,

under the act of March 14 th 1844, and the acts of pension due her under the acts which she has been pensioned, on the head now on file, and under the joint resolution of Congress passed July 1 st 1844, and any other act, which may have been passed provided she is entitled to an in- crease of pension since the death of her husband, which happened on the 10 th day of June 1842. Subscribed) The further swears that she and known { cannot write her name as to, before me { she never has or to write. This 11 th day of } her March 1851. } Mary X Griffith Notary Public Martin Abel Smiley Justice of the Peace in and for said County DeLois Babcock witness to Mary Griffiths mark
I certify that I have been inti- -mately acquainted with the widow Mary Griffith the above declarant and deponent, the widow of Jeremiah Griffith Esq., from my youth up, that she is personally known to me, and is the identical person

above named and her statement is entitled to full faith and credit. That she is a lover of the strict truth and veracity, and further that I am satisfied that she cannot write her name for the reasons set forth in her declaration.
Abel Smiley Justice of the Peace in and for said County
Chautauque County ss. Samuel A Brown of Jamestown, aged 56 years, being duly sworn doth depose and say, that he has been a practicing attorney in the village of Jamestown aforesaid for 34 years last past, that he has been in- timately acquainted with Mrs Mary Griffith of Ellery the above deponent for the whole period of time aforesaid, that he was well acquainted with Jeremiah Griffith Esq., the husband of the said Mary Griffith, during his life time, that he attended his funeral and ac- cording to the best of his recollection and belief he died on the 10th day of June 1842, that said Jeremiah Grif- fith was a harrioner at 96 Dally a year, that for many years before his death, up to his death, this deponent was the attorney for said Griffith and used to draw his papers every six months in order to draw his

pension money, that after the death of said Jeremiah Griffith his widow the said Mary Griffith employed some Attorney at the court to get her on the pension list, as he has been informed and believes true, that she was pensioned at 30 dollars a year, that for a num- ber of years this deponent has drawn her power of Attorney to obtain her pension money semi annually, - that said Jeremiah Griffith and the said Mary his wife were early settlers in this county, that ever since this depo- nent has known them, till the death of the said Jeremiah, they cohabited together as husband and wife, raised up a numerous family of children, all of whom were very respectable, and that this deponent never heard the validity of their marriage questioned, that the said Jeremiah and Mary sustained a fair and honorable character known and subscribed this 21 st day of                      Samuel A Brown March 1851-
Before me
Orrel Green Justice of the Peace
I certify the above deponent to be a person of truth and ve- racity - Orrel Green Justice of the Peace State of New York Chautauqua County } ss - Person Stated clerk of the said

County & of the Courts thereof do hereby certify that Asa Smiley and Ornel Green whose names are subscribed to the above jurats and certificates were at the date of the same justices of the Peace in and for the said County duly elected and sworn and authorized to administer and certify oaths and that their signatures subscribed to said jurats and certificates are genuine -
In testimony whereof I have here- to set my name & affixed the seal of said County this 29 day of March A.D. 1857 -
O. Stiles Clerk

Oct 29 1891
Mayville Oct 21
Hon. Alb. agency
Colony, Chautauqua Co. N.Y. sent Oct 20 to former at
sent to com: Oct 29 1891
Colo Secretary of War Washington
fm

Mayville, Chaut. Co. N. York
Oct. 20 th 1831.
Sir, The advice from your department, in the case of J. Griffiths Pension Claim, that "the evidence was not complete, respecting the transfer of the claimant's property to his two sons" were duly rec d . & in obedience to the requirements contained in your communication, I now forward you the "testimony of the agent of the Holland Land Company, stating the history of the transaction up to this time, who is considered by the company at this time the contractor ", & that $726.85, with the annual interest thereon from the 2 d day of Jan 1817, to the 23 d December 1826, was due to the office at the time of the assignment from the claimant to his sons, & "exhibit to you a copy of the instrument of conveyance, or assignment, duly authenticated by the affidavit of the agent in whose possession it is, wherein it is shown as required, that the sum paid by the claimant's father for his interest in the land, was the amount of Baker's judgment against their father, & this is proved by the "proper witness," the affidavit of Baker "who received the money".
I had also herewith rec d notice from your Dept. that "agents who send papers there, if they are not known, at the department, must be recommended by some one with whom you are acquainted." I find no party with the rule, or the reasons for its adoption, but unknown as I am to you, & equally ignorant of any one "with whom you are acquainted," from whom I could procure a "recommendation," & as this kind of service is always rendered by me gratis , you would do me no injustice, & comply strictly with your rule, by forwarding the Pension Certificate directly to the applicant in Ellery in this county.
Respectfully Yours
T. A. Osborne
Hon. Lewis Cass.

Inc to f 96. dec 30 per alim. County 1 July 1848
Hon J. E. Heath
Alby
Hon S. A. Brown, James town N. York

Carrolltown N.Y. April 7. 1851. Hon J. E. Heath Copy of Petitions -
Sir -
Enclosed I send you the Declaration of Mrs Mary Griffith of this county for an increase of Pension -
The enclosed papers, and your own Records will show that she has received but 30 Dals a year, whereas her husband General Griffith Esq. recd 96 Dals per annum -
I conclude that under the late law referred to in her ap- -plicant enclosed, and par- -ticularly under the late Resolu- -tion of Congress approved March 8 th 1851, she is entitled to the difference between 30 Dals & 96, since the death of her hus- -band -
I believe that under a con- -struction of the law Mr Shaeffer made, that Mrs Griffith's certificate authorized her to draw some money before the death of her husband, how this is I do not know for a certainty, but your records will show -
(over)

Mrs Griffith says that her husband never drew as much money, (as she has lately understood from Travelling Agents who have solicited her business,) as he was entitled to - As she understands the case her husband's pension ought to have commenced as soon as the law of 1848 was passed whereas he did not begin to draw till some time afterwards -
If I am correct in this respect, will you send me your forms or a printed circular for a case of this kind, provided the widow's affidavit enclosed is not broad enough to meet the case -
Yours Respectfully
Sam l A. Brown
I have received your "Pension Laws now in force" published in 1849, but do not see any form to instruct me in regard to the enclosed application -
I hope an application of this kind will be attended to by some branch of your Department, without the delay of 18 months spoken of in your circular of the 20th ult in regard to land warrants - (over)

I send Mr Griffiths herewith - note as I believe you require a return of it before you issue a new one -

State of New York. County of Chautauqua } " "
On this 16th day of August 1844
personally appeared before James G. Doyt a Supreme Judge of the State of New York, at the court house in Mayville, at a special term of the Supreme Court, the same being a court of Record. Mary Griffith a resident of the town of Ellery in said county of Chautauqua, aged eighty three years, who being first duly sworn, in open court, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d day of February 1844 entitled "Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war." That she is the widow of Jeremiah Griffith who was a private in the army of the Revolution, that she cannot state the Regiment to which he belonged but she thinks his Colonel's name was Dubois, a New York Colonel, and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of 17th June 1844 was thirty Dollars.
She further declares that she is still a widow - She further declares that she cannot write her name, as she never learnt to write.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court, on the day and year above written.
Mary Griffith
Before me P. P. Burnus Clerk. I am a Notary Public - never to have Griffith made

Chautauqua County ss - Samuel A Mrown being duly sworn doth depose and say that he has been well acquaint- -ed with Mary Griffith the within deponent for more than 30 years, that he was her attorney in getting her pension, that he has drawn her papers semi-annually since to obtain her pension money, and that he verily believes that she cannot write
her name Sworn & subscribed this 16 th day of August Samuel A Mrown 1848 M. R. Penned Clerk
At a Special Term of the Supreme Court of the State of New York held at the Court House in the Village of Mayville in and for the County of Chautauqua on the 16 th day of August 1848
Present Hon. James B. Hoyt. Justice Personally appeared in open court Mary Griffith and made oath in due form of law, to the within Deposition In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court and county this sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight
M. R. Penned Clerk of Chautauqua County

Declaration in order to obtain the Benefits of the act Resolution of Congress of the 23 d January 1845.
Whereas the act of the 30 th of April 1844, prohibited me from drawing a Pension for the same time during which my husband, was a Pensioner, I now make the following statement under oath in order to obtain the benefits of the Resolution above mentioned. I am the widow of Jeremiah Griffith, who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States. I now ask for the amount due me under acts of 1838, March 3 d 1823 and Joint Resolution of 17 th June 1845, not having drawn a Pension under either of those acts. Sworn to and subscribed before me
On this 13 th day of October 1845 } Mary her Griffith Alexander Brown Justice } mark of the peace
I certify that the Declarant is personally known to me - and that she is the same individual that she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit, Alexander Brown Justice of the peace
Report to John G. Curtis. Huron Wayne Co NY

State of New York } Chautauqua County } for
I Alvin Plumb Clerk of the aforesaid County, do hereby certify that Alexander Brown before me the within affidavit and by whom the certificate following was made, is a justice of the Peace in and for the aforesaid County, duly qua- lified to act as such, that his term of service commenced on the first day of January 1842, and will expire on the last day of December 1845, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and that his signature is as correct to the Jurat of the affidavit and the said certificate are genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of the Court of Common Pleas at said County this 14 day October 1845. Alvin Plumb Clerk

State of New York 3 County of Chautauqua 3 SS Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid John Griffith of Olery in said County aged Sixty Years the 2 nd day of last June. After being duly sworn according to law deponeth & saith. That Mary Griffith who is applying for a Pension as the widow of the late Jeremiah Griffith who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution & a Pensioner of the United States, is this deponent's Mother. And that the said Jeremiah Griffith was this deponent's Father. That this deponent said Father & Mother lived together as Husband & wife from the earliest period of this deponent's recollection until the death of this deponent said Father which took place on the 18 th day of June 1842. Eighteen hundred & forty two. That the attached Family Records is a true & original record in the hands of this deponent's Father that has been kept in the family as a true record of the births of this deponent aforesaid Father & Mother Children for forty years & upwards. That this deponent's Mother is now the entitled widow of the said Jeremiah Griffith. Subscribed & sworn before me 3 John Griffith This 12 th day of August 1845 3 Alexander Brown Justice of the peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named John Griffith - That he is a respectable person & worthy of credit Alexander Brown Justice of the peace
State of New York 3 County of Chautauqua 3 SS Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid Seth Griffith of Olery in said County aged 88 Years the 20 th of next December. After being duly sworn according to law deponeth & saith. That the above named Mary Griffith who is applying for a Pension is this deponent's Mother. And that the above named Jeremiah Griffith who was a soldier of the Revolution & a Pensioner of the United States was this deponent's Father. That this deponent aforesaid Father & Mother had, as the legal fruit of their marriage, one son older than this deponent the above named John Griffith. That the attached Family Record has been kept in the family as a true Family Record since the earliest period of this deponent's recollection. That this de- ponent aforesaid Father died June 10 th 1842. That his aforesaid Mother still remains a widow. - S. Griffith Subscribed & sworn before me 3 This 12 th day of August 1845 3 Alexander Brown Justice of the peace
I certify that the above named Seth Griffith is a respectable person & sustains a fair reputation for truth & veracity Alexander Brown Justice of the peace

State of New York } Chautauqua County } ss - Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Joseph Emery of Otter in said County aged six to three years. After being duly sworn according to law Deposeth & saith - That for the last thirty five years he has been personally acquainted with Mary Griffith who is applying for a Pension as the widow of Jeremiah Griffith a Soldier in the War of the Revolution & a Pensioner of the United States. That at the earliest period of this deponent's acquaintance with the said parties they were living together as Husband & Wife & continued to do so until the death of the said Jeremiah Griffith which occurred in 1842. That the above named John & Seth Griffith have always been considered children of the said Jeremiah & Mary Griffith - That the said Mary Griffith is now the widow of the aforesaid Jeremiah Griffith.  Subscribed & sworn before me } This 12 th day of August 1845 } Joseph H. Smiley Justice of the Peace  Alexander Brown Justice of the Peace I certify that the above named Joseph Emery is a respectable person & worthy of credit. Alexander Brown Justice of the Peace
State of New York } ss Chautauqua County } I Alvin Plumb Clerk of Chautauqua County aforesaid do hereby certify that Alexander Brown Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Commissioned and sworn and duly auth- orized to take affidavits, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and that the signatures affixed to the jurat to the above affidavit and certificate are the genuine signatures of said Justice
GIVEN under my hand and the seal of said County this 13 th day of August 1845. Alvin Plumb Clerk