Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17465, John Hamlin, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Hamlin, John or Hamlen
S. 1746 5
CONTENTS
carded

Ohio 19716.
John Hamlin
Delaware in the State of Ohio. — who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Hurlbick, of the Regt. commanded by Genl. Dickerson in the New Jersey line for 9 mos. & 20 days.
$32.22 100
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. — at the rate of 32. Dollars 22 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 d day of Aug. 1833 and dated Ohio. Keyserstown, Md. Delaware Co. O. V.
Arrears to the 4th of March. 1837 — 64.44 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th. 33. 16. 11.
$80.55
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm. P. Palmer Clerk Book 8 Vol. 8. Page ten.

March 6. '34 do let to Pa apt - J. H. Groesbeck Esq See letter to Hon. J. M c Lene Feb. 26. 1835
J. H. Groesbeck - caption '35 do. to P. Capt. Oct. 14. 1835 - do. to Hon. B. Storer Feb. 26. 1836 - do. to J. Armstrong 25 March 1836 - do to Hon. J. M c Lene & Pen. apt apt 25. 1836.
J. H. Powell, Dec. 24. '36 - (Dec.

John Hamlen Application for Pension
20/2/

John Hambleton of Concord
The State of Ohio Delaware County ss Be it remembered that on the twentieth day of November in the year eighteen hundred thirty two, personally appeared in open court before Judges of the Court of Com. Pleas in & for the said County of Delaware now in session, John Hambleton a resident of Concord Township in the said County of Delaware aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
I the said John Hambleton upon my said oath declare that I entered into the service of the United States and the following named officers and served as herein stated, to wit:—
I was born in Huntington Township Sussex County New Jersey July 2 nd 1759 (and am now 73 years of age) and resided in that County during the revolutionary war. In the fall of 1776 I went as a substitute for my father John Hambleton, who was called out for a term of one month. I served under Capt. Healey and marched with him to their quarters on the Raritan and served under Genl. Dickerson above Brunswick where the British were. After I was discharged from this service in the forepart of the winter 1776-1777 following I enlisted under Capt. Benjamin McCulloch of the New Jersey Militia for three months. I was again marched to the same place on the Raritan and served under Genl. Dickerson . During this time I was in several skirmishes with the enemy. In the spring after serving my 3 months I was discharged and returned home. In the same summer 1777 after that I was hired by Capt. Beck to serve as a substitute for a Tory who was called out but refused to serve. I again marched with Capt. Beck to Genl. Dickerson's head quarters, and there we were just under a Capt. whose name I do not recollect. After serving this month I again hired into the service before

I returned home and served under Capt. Heiler who was Capt. of the Rifles and I was employed with him in watching the movements of the enemy. After serving this last month I was discharged and returned home. In the fall of the same year I volunteered and served one month under Capt. Beard and went to the same place under Genl. Beckmann . Before I returned I volunteered and served two other tours of one month each. I served this time as a scout and a spy as before. After I was discharged from this service I volunteered and was hired and served another tour of one month under Capt. Millick in the same service and in the same country, but was discharged before I served the whole month.
I thus served nearly ten months; and after I was discharged the last time which was towards the spring of 1778 I was engaged in the Continental service and was employed in driving a team with the army. I belonged to a Brigade of waggons under the Command of Capt. Wm. McCulloch . I was with the army at the time the army under Genl. Washington left the encampment at the Valley Forge. and was with them at Monmouth. I was after that engaged with my team collecting and bringing in provisions to the army. I served in this employment eighteen months or two years. I have lost my discharges, and have no documentary evidence, and know of no person whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my services.
Soon after the revolution I moved from New Jersey to Washington Co. Penna. and in about six years after I removed to Washington County, Kentucky, about 21 miles from Pine Stone. About 8 years since I removed from there to Ohio, where I now reside.
I hereby relinquish all claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Given & subscribed to the day & year aforesaid.
his John D. Harkins
March

We John Allison Stephen Smith residents of Concord Township in Sarat County and, residing in the neigh- -borhood of the within named John Hamlin, hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with the said John Hamlin, who has signed & sworn to the foregoing decl- -aration, that we believe him to be seventy three years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neigh- -borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion Soorn I subscribe to the day & year above written
Stephen Smith
John Allison
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 certify that it appears to them that Stephen Smith and John Allison who signed and swore to the preceding certificate are residents in the Township of Concord in the said County and in the neighborhood of the above named applicant, and are creditable persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Thomas Reynolds Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said, do hereby certify the foregoing contents the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Hamlin for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my office this 20 th day of Nov. A.D. 1832
T. Reynolds

20121 19.716
John Hamlen
Ohio
Adm - for Moathe of 20 days
Refer to Mr Edwards.
Th Reynolds C.A. Delaware C.H. Ohio

   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Vol In 1778 1 As a Private Gen. Washington Capt Millick   { or 1 6 { Teamster { Capt Mcullack   2  
3. How old is he? 73
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Sub In 1776 1 As a Private Gen. Capt Hulin, Genl Dickerson   dropped 3 " Capt Mcullack. "   Sub 1 " Capt Lock   Vol 1778 1 " Capt Hiler,   " 1 " Capt Ward  
5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sussex Co N Jersey
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no clergyman
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. H. Forrest
Examining Clerk.

BRIEF in the case of John Hamlen  County of Delaware in the State of Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.   Years, Months, Days.     Sub In 1776 1 Private Capt Hulin, Genl Dickerson   dropped 3 " Capt McCallum. "   Sub 1 " Capt Lock   Val 1778 1 " Capt Hiler,   " 1 " Capt Ward  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Supsex Co N Jersey  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no clergyman 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. H. Forrest Examining Clerk.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section ILL
May 15, 1930.
Mrs. William A. Meyer 2618 L Street Sacramento, California.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 17465, it appears that John Hamlin, son of John Hamlin, was born July 3, 1759, in "Huntington" Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.
While a resident of Sussex County, New Jersey, he enlisted in the fall of 1776 and served until in the spring of 1778, about ten months in all, as a private, scout and spy, under Captains Hulick, Benjamin McCullough, Lock, Ward and Malick.
After the above services, he enlisted, date not given, and served eighteen months as a teamster under Captain William McCulloch in the New Jersey troops.
Soldier stated that soon after the Revolution he moved from New Jersey to Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he lived six years, then moved to Washington County, Kentucky, lived for eight years about twenty-one miles from Limestone, and then moved to Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 20, 1832, while a resident of Concord Township, Delaware County, Ohio.
Late in 1836, soldier moved to Lewis County, Kentucky, post office Clarksburg.
Very truly yours,
E.W.MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

Oct 22
Mr Brundine
Dear
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City District of Col.
John Hamlin
Ohio to Esq

Delaware (Ohio) Sept. 24. 1836.
Sir.
The undersigned John Haulin a pensioner of the U. S. of the 7 th of June, has drawn his pension up to Sept 4. inst. and is now about to remove from Delaware County Ohio to Lewis County Kentucky, where he will reside in future and wishes to receive his pension there. Will you be so kind as to send to me at Clarksville Lewis County Ky. a statement that I am transferred to the pension roll of that state, or direction what is necessary for me to do in order to draw my pension in Lewis County.
Pension is for $32.22 dated August 23 rd 1833 No. 19.716
Very respectfully Your Obed. servant.
John Haulin By J. W. Powell his agent.
Commissioner of Pensions!

J. W. Powell
Oct 24 36
46.
Record V36 Page 287

War Dept.
Pen. affair,
Oct 24: '96.
Sir,
Your letter of the 24 th Ult o has been rec d and in answer I have to inform you that before John Hamilton can be transferred as requested, he must make an application ac- cording to the enclosed form.
J. W. Powell Esq. Delaware, Ohio

July 13, 1936.
Mrs. Charles Blake 122 South Curry Street Phoebus, Virginia.
BA-J/ILL Cur John Hamlin S. 17455
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of your ancestor, John Hamlin, a pensioner, who died in Ohio.
The data given herein were found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 17455, based upon service of John Hamlin in that war.
John Hamlin, the son of John Hamlin, was born July 3, 1759, in Huntington Township, Sussex County, New Jersey; the name of his mother was not given.
While a resident of Sussex County, New Jersey, he enlisted sometime in the fall of 1776 and served on different tours until the spring of 1778, amounting in all to about ten months, as private, spy and scout in Captains Hulick's, Benjamin McCullough's, Lock's, Huyler's, Ward's and Malick's companies in the New Jersey troops under General Dickinson; his first tour was rendered as substitute for his father. During said services, he was in a number of skirmishes. After this, he enlisted and served eighteen months as a teamster under Captain William McCullough in the New Jersey troops, in which capacity he was acting at the time of the battle of Monmouth.
Soon after the Revolutionary War, John Hamlin moved from New Jersey, to Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he remained about six years, then moved to Washington County, Kentucky, about twenty-one miles from Limestone, and from there moved to Ohio.
John Hamlin was allowed pension on his application executed November 30, 1832, at which time he resided in Concord Township, Delaware County, Ohio, where he had resided about eight years.

September 24, 1836, John Hamlin requested that his pension might be sent to Clarkburg, Lewis County, Kentucky, as he intended to reside in said Lewis County. He made no reference to wife or children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the followings:
John Hamlin Certificate #19716 Issued August 23, 1833 Rate $32.22 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831. Act of June 7, 1832. Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of John Hamlin. No. 17465 , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Fall 1776 1 mo. Pri Hullick. N. J.   Early Winter 1776-7 3 mos " Benjamin McCulloch, L N. J.   Summer 1777 1 mo. " Lock. "   1777 1 mo. " Hayler's co of Spies "   Fall 1777 3 mos. Scout & Spy Ward. "   Spring 1778 less than 1 mo Private Willick in the N. J. Line   - 18 mos Teamster William M c Guock.  
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Sussex Co. N. J.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 20, 1832; his claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Concord Twp. Delaware Co. Ohio. Clarkeburg Ky in 1836
Age at date of application, 6. July 2, 1759. Son of John Hamlin.
Remarks: F
Very respectfully,
Mrs. Martha E. Gordon
720 Meigs ave.
15567b2m11-04
Jeffersville Ind.
Commissioner.

JRW
I.17465:Rev.War.
Dec. 12, 1904.
Sir:
In reply to your recent inquiry, you are advised that the date and place of John Hamlin's death are not of record in this Bureau.
For date of last payment of pension, apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, at the Treasury Department, this city, citing the following data: Certificate No. 19716, Act of June 7, 1832, issued August 23, 1833, Ohio agency.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Dr. F. W. Lavison, Lambertville, New Jersey.

Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., _____, 189___
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of John Hamlin , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Fall 1776 1 mo Pri Heick Leuckner N.J.   Winter 76-77 3 mo " Brig McLough " "   Summer 1777 1 mo. " Lock " "   1777 1 mo. " Kiler not stat "   Fall 1777 3 mo. " Ward not stat "  
Battles engaged in, None Residence of soldier at enlistment, Sussex Co N.J. Date of application for pension, Nov 20 1892 Residence at date of application, Concord W.C. Ohio Age at date of application, M Huntington Ky July 2 1759. Remarks: After the war removed to Washington Co Pa, to Wash. Co Ky, to Delaware Co Ohio.
Very respectfully,
_____ Commissioner.

Drawn July 9
122 S. Curry Street, Phoebus, Virginia, June 20, 1936
The Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
It is my desire to obtain a copy of the war record of an ancestor of mine, John Hamlin . The office of the Adjutant General has suggested that your department, having custody of the United States pension records, might be able to furnish it.
The man, John Hamlin, was a Revolutionary War soldier, born in Huntington, N. J., July 2, 1759. He was married there and moved to Washington County, Pennsylvania and later to Kentucky. He died in Ohio. He received a pension from the United States government.
Thanking you for any assistance you may be able to give me, I am,
Respectfully,
May Dinwiddie Blaha
(Mrs. Charles Blaha)

2618 L St.,
Sacramento, Calif.
March 5, 1930,
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am writing to you seek- ing to establish a Rev. war record of my ancestor, John Hamlin , in order that I may become a member of the D.A.R.
The name is John Hamlin. He served with the New Jersey troops under Gen. Dickensen. He is said to have lived in Sussex Co., N.J.
He was a private in Capt. Hulick's Co. one Mo. 1776,
Private in Capt. Hiler's Co. one Mo. 1777,
Private in Capt. Ward's Co., 3 Mo. 1777.

I received this information from Mr. Andrew's book "The History of Audobon Co., Ia." and desire to have it assured.
Thanking you in advance for any efforts you make in my behalf, I am,
Very respectfully yours,
Ruby Hamlin Meyer
Mrs. Wm. A. Meyer, 2618 L St.,
Sacramento Calif.

Note
He served also about 2 years as a teamster under the command of Capt Wm McClellan  Sig. to Sec. of War. is by mark and his initials. Hamilin

REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. Div.
MEMORANDA.
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Date of death (as near as possible):
Christian name of widow:
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Remarks:
Your name and address:

Jeffersonville Ind.
Oct. 22 nd 1905
Hon. Secretary of the Interior Washington D. C.
Dear Sir;
Can you send me a copy of the Record of my great grandfather John Hamlin, he was born at Huntington N. J. July 2 nd 1759 was a pensioner of the Revolutionary war. I want the Record for genealogical purposes.

Please let me hear from you soon, Very Respectfully
Mrs. Martha E. Gordon 720 Meigs Ave., Jeffersonville Ind.

F. W. LARISON, M. D.
OFFICE HOURS: { UNTIL 9 A. M. 1 " 2 P. M. 16 " 8 P. M.
Lambertville, N. J., Nov. 21 1904. J. R. W. 17465 Inv. Rev. War. B. T. War Com. Washington D. C. Dear Sir:—
Yours of Nov. 17th in reference to John Handlin Rev. Soldier. You say his claim was allowed. Will you tell me how long he drew a pension and if you have the date and place of his death? Hoping to hear from you soon
Yours truly
F. W. Larison M.D.

F. W. LARISON, M. D.
OFFICE HOURS: { UNTIL 9 A. M. {     "     2 P. M. {     "     8 P. M.
O.M. + M.
R
19716
Lambertville, N. J., Oct. 27 1904
E. J. Ware, Comr. of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Have you a record of John Hamlen a Revolutionary soldier from New Jersey who applied for pension from Concord, Ohio, Nov. 20, 1832. He enlisted from Sussex Co., N. J. in the fall of 1776, served one month as private in Capt. Hellick's Company; in the winter of 1776-7 three months as private in Capt. Benj. McCullough's Company; in the summer of 1777 one month as private in Capt. Lochs Co., and one month as a Private in Capt. Heden's Co; in the fall of 1777 three months as private in Capt. Wards Co., He also served about two years as a teamster under Capt. Benj. McCulloughs. Was he pensioned and date of its expiration.

Establishing these facts will be of great benefit to me.
Hoping to hear from you
I remain
Yours truly
F. N. Larson.

17465 INVALID.
File No. 17465
John Hamlin
Pre Civil War
Act: June 7" 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 165-
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1894 Sept 20 Hist. to Hon. H. F. Andrews
Audubon, Iowa
Nov. 17, 1904 - Hist. to Dr. F. W. Larison Sumbertville Mo
Sept. 10, 1904 To above date of place of death not stated How to get date of last payment
1905 Oct. 31. Hist to Mrs M. E. Gordon [Letter in 1812 Misc 7. Mrs Hamlin.]
M.B.H.
1930 - May 15 - History to Mrs. Wm A. Meyer, Sacramento, Cal. 1936 - July 13 - Hist. to Mrs. Chas. Blake - Ill.

War Dept.
Pension off
Aug 12. 85
Sir
The pensions of James Gregory John Hamlin Joseph Gillette & Azariah Root were suspended on 8 Mar '34 in consequence of the striking discrepancy between their signatures upon the vouchers presented to the Agent for paying pensions & upon their papers on file in this office.
In the course of the reexamination of claims authorized by the appropriation of the last session of Congress, they have been investigated upon their merits.
James Gregory claims to have served under a Lt in a corps of 30 or 40 men from '80 to the close of the war at Stratford in Conn t under an enlistment for no specified term. - No such military service was rendered under the authority of Conn t . The Coast guards were raised by special acts from year to year and rarely served 9 mo in any one enlistment. The pay tables in the office of the Comptroller of Conn t furnish evidence of that service. But it is inferred from the narrative of the claimant that he was engaged in that service of mere vigilance which the town authorities organized for local purposes & for which the act of 7 June '32 does not provide. He should therefore be referred to the Pension act at

Cincinnati the amt he may have improperly received -
The certificates and explanations which you refer to as having been presented to the Pension Agent last fall & by him forwarded to this office do not appear to have been recd. The pensions of John Hamlin Azariah Root & Joseph Pettet must remain suspended until the explanations required by my letters of 6 Mar '34 to Mr. Livesback & 26 Feby '35 to Hon. J. M. Lene are furnished,
W. G. Jones
Nov. 27. 1836
J. M. Powell Esq. Delaware Ohio.
W. G. Jones Aug. 12. 1836

Hon. J. McSene.
Oct 26. 1855
S.C.
Ruora. Vol 25 2 page 2 54

War Dept. Pension Office Feb. 26, 1835
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 2 d inst. I have to inform you that the pensions of Azariah Root, John Hamlin and James Gregory, have been stopped, because in the case of Hamlin, in one instance he writes his name, and in another place he makes his mark; and in the other cases the cases of Gregory and Root their signatures on different papers bear so little resemblance to each other, as to induce the belief that he has not signed the papers in any instance. Similar objections exist in the case of Gregory. The person who drew up the papers should give a satisfactory statement, under oath, explaining the matter; otherwise the pensions will cease. I have the honor,
Hon. J. M c Lene House of Reps

John Hamlen, Application for a pension. Amended declaration.

The State of Ohio Delaware County ss.
The amended declaration of John Hamlin a resident of Concord Township in the said County of Delaware, and an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7. 1832, whose original declaration was made on the twentieth day of November A.D. 1832 before the court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Delaware then in session.
Personally appeared before me Alvan Randall a justice of the peace in & for the said County, the above named John Hamlin, who being duly sworn upon his oath saith that he has no record of his age, but that from the best information he has received from his parents and otherwise he is now 73 years of age as stated in his aforesaid declaration. That as to the discharges he received from the several terms of services he rendered as stated in the said declaration, can not he recollect that he received a written discharge for all of them, nor can he recollect by whom in particular any one of his discharges were given, but that he has long since lost all such discharges by accident or otherwise.
He further states that John Alsop a  the above named clergyman was absent from home at the time of making his declaration residing in his neighbourhood but in addition to the names of Stephen Smith and John Allison who gave their certificate accompanying his said declaration he states the names of Leburn Weston, Aaron Crane, Joseph Smart, Lepe Gaid, Asa Robertson, Daniel Roberts, Michael G. Crider, John Beckley. Persons to whom he is known in his present neigh-

bourhood, and who can testify as to his character, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution, and who are all highly respectable and creditable persons.
And he further states, that by reason of his age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than nine months and twenty days (9 months) as a private in actual service in the militia in the manner stated in the in declaration, no part of which was spent in any civil employment or in teaming. and for which since months he claims a pension for the said nine months & twenty days (9 months & 20 days) - Signed & sworn to -
John his Hamlen mark
We John Alsap a Clergyman of the United Brethren in Christ, Ichurn Hinton & Aaron Crane — residents in the neighborhood of the above named John Hamlen who has signed the above affidavit do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said John Hamlen, that we believe him to be seventy three years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion, that the statement made by the said Hamlen that the said John Alsap a Clergyman was absent at the time of making his former declaration residing in his neighborhood is true, and that Stephen Smith & John Alsap who have certified for the said Hamlen, are creditable persons. Sworn & subscribed to.
John Alsap Ichburn Hinton
Aaron Crane

And I the undersigned Alvan Randall justice of the peace - do hereby certify that on this sixth day of April 1833, the above named John Hamble and John Alsap a clergyman, Gehrurn Bainton & Aaron Crane who have severally subscribed the above affidavit a Certificate, personally appeared before me and were severally sworn to the same in due form of law, and I further certify that they are known to me personally to be the persons whom they represent themselves to be, and that the said John Alsap, is a clergyman, and Gehrurn Bainton and Aaron Crane are residents in the neighborhood of the said Hamble the above named applicant, and are creditable persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. Alvan Randall J. P.
The State of Ohio Delaware County ss. I Thomas P. Nicholas Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County certify, that Alvan Randall Esq. is a Magistrate, as above, & that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Delaware this 20 th day of April, A.D. 1833.
T. P. Nicholas Clerk C.C.P. D. Co. Ohio