Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4602, George Harding, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Harding, George. Martha.
R. 4602
CONTENTS

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 Sep to 25 Oct 1839 the day of his death Age noted 20. Oct 1840
8755
New York
George Harding
Onwego Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Hubbard of the Regt. commanded by Col Sage - in the St. M c time for 24 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Apr 1833 and sent to Mr. Reynolds Richland
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $160.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending Sept - 40.00
$200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 59

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a judge of Ponce Common Pleas George Han- ding who being by me duly sworn deposes 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 the following grade viz
for two years and eleven months I served as a private and for such service I claim a pension
That in the short time I was in the service in 1777 I was under Captain Hubbard Lieut Cook Ensign Babbet and Joseph Caswell orderly Supt and was drafted from Col Bages Regt of Middletown that after remaining at Fishkill Barracks a short time Col Sage came there with the remainder of his Regt That I cannot recollect the general officers names except as above stated
That when I enlisted in 1778 I enlisted under General Wadsworth and Col Champion and Capt Buckle Commandant over the teams and Capt Salom Phelps that I remained under Capt Phelps two years when he became Commandant and Ebenezer Col- man became my Capt that while I was in the team service I often saw General Washington General Starks General Poor and General Steuben that I can well recollect seeing a great many other officers but from the circumstance of my being in the team service and going from place to place I never was seldom stationed but a short time under any particular officers and therefore cannot recollect but very few names in addition I recollect General Paterson That when I was drafted in 1781 I was under Col Swift The Lieut Col now Mayers names I cannot recollect my Capt name was Brainerd Lieut Barrier Ensign Cook & Capt Black orderly Supt The general officers if we had any I cannot recollect

That while I was in this service I was seldom out at Roll Call on account of my being the Capt waiting &c
Sworn and subscribed before George Harding me this 15 th day of January 1833
John Reynolds a judge of Oswego Common Pleas
State of New York } Oswego County } ss
I Eric Poor Clerk of said County do hereby certify that John Reynolds before whom the preceding Affidavit purports to have been Sworn was at the date of the same a judge of the Court of Common
Pleas in said County which is a Court of Record and that his name subscribed thereto is his genuine signature
Witness my hand and seal of office this 25 th day of January 1833
Eric Poor Clerk By D. McPherson Dep. Clerk

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832 State of New York } County of Oswego }
On this 24 th day of September 1832 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Oswego now sitting George Harding a resident of the town of Sandy Creek in the County of Oswego and State of New-York aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered into the United States service under the following named officers
That he was drafted in a company of Militia Commanded by Capt. Hubbard of Middletown in the State of Con- necticut in the month of September 1777 and mar- ched immediately to Fishkill barracks where he join- ed the and from Fishkill to Poughkeepsie Army that he was at Poughkeepsie the day
Brooks was burned by the British then back to Fishkill That he was marched from the barracks to Fishkill landing where he crossed over the river to New Windsor and there was detached under ensign Babbitt to work on the fortifications near the river that was destroyed by the British when they cut the Chevaux defrise across the river that he remained there until the first of December when he was discharged and return- ed home that he was out from home in this service about ten weeks
That during the winter of 1778 measures were taken to raise a number of Companies of Continental Teamsters That Colonel Wadsworth of Hartford and Colonel Champlaine of Colchester had charge of this service That in April 1778 he enlisted as a Continental team- ster for three years under Captain Solomon Phelps

of Colchester and was immediately employed in transporting provisions from Hartford to Danbury and continued in that service until August, That about the last of August he was sent with sea bread to the French fleet then in in Boston Harbor repairing That he returned from Boston to Hartford and was stationed there with the French Army until sometime in the fall when he returned to transporting provisions &c during the winter That in the spring of 1779 he was employed in carrying heavy Cannon from Salisbury to Fishkill That after performing that service he returned to Hartford and was then employed some time in carrying Beef and Pork and other military stores to Fishkill landing to the White Plains and to a small army on the sea shore near Fairfield after that place was burned That about the tenth of September of this year a number of Companies of teams was ordered across the Hudson River to draw large timber and chains for the Chevauxdefrise across the River That after performing that service he was ordered to Hartford to recruit the teams, That he remained in Hartford until the first of January 1780 when he was ordered to Norwich landing and loaded with Rum & Sugar for Hartford but after driving a short distance the snow fell so deep that he was obliged to unload and proceeded without his loading about ten miles to Colonel Masons where he was obliged to stay six weeks on account of the deep snows That he then went back and took his load and carried it to Hartford where he loaded with pork for the army at West Point and in the service  service  which  which was in a starving condition that he was employed in that business until the 20 th of March when he was ordered to Litchfield for two weeks to recruit the teams That he was at this time under the Command of Major Seymour Quartermaster

That about this time his Captain was raised to a Major Commandant over the teams and that Ebenezer Coleman acted as Captain during the remainder of the term for which he enlisted
That about the first of June he was ordered to Hartford where he loaded with rum and sugar and carried it to White Plains That the direct Road from Hartford to White Plains was so bad at this time that he was induced to go by the way of New Haven Fairfield and Norwalk that from White Plains he went to Kings Ferry and crossed over the River into the Jerseys and joined the Army that he here saw a hard Campaign on account of the scarcity of provisions that a considerable part of the time that he was stationed at this place (which he thinks was called Tappan) he did not draw half rations, that one incident he wishes to relate and that was, on the night that he returned from the alarm made by Arnolds treason the whole Company to which he was attached drew but one pound of fresh beef each and no bread and that on account of the heavy rain that fell that night they were unable to kindle fire so that they were (officers and all) under the necessity of eating their fresh beef raw
That he remained with the Army until the first of December That in October he was attacked with the fever and ague but continued to do duty until the first of December when he obtained a permit from Major Phelps to go home that he remained at home sick until after the term for which he enlisted had expired That for this reason he never obtained a regular discharge
That in July 1781 Colonel Sage (in whose Regiment he then belonged) and Colonel Ledgard had orders to put their Regiments under minut orders That in consequence of Arnolds being on the East the two Regiments were often called out on alarms

That he was twice called out on these alarms that he was once was once called to Guilford and once to New Haven this being so but then that it caused a draft for two months
That about the first of October he was drafted for two months and marched immediately under Captain Brainerd to of Middlehaddam to New Haven where he was when the news of the surrender of Cornwallis reached them which caused great rejoicing that he remained at New Haven until the term for which he was drafted expired when he returned home with the consolation that the Cause of Independence had prevailed
That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of but one person whose testimony he can procure (without great inconvenience and expense) who can in anywise testify to his service
That he was born in the town of Chatham then County of Hartford and State of Connecticut on the 20 th day of July 1761 that he has a record in his Bible made by his Father that corresponds with the above
That he was sixteen years old in July previous to his first being drafted which was in September 1777
That he resided in Chatham at the time he was drafted and also when he enlisted and that he resided there about 3 years after the close of the war
That he removed from Chatham to the town of Paris (then in the County of Herkimer) now Oneida County and State of New York that he removed from Paris to the town of Augusta in the same County that he removed from Augusta to the then town of Richland now town of Sandy Creek and Coun- ty of Onondaga where he now resides and where he has resided 27 years
That the reason why he has never made application before is because he has always been informed that Continental Teamsters were not entitled to a pen-

-sion by law
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to, and subscribed the 1 st day of March 1877 George Harding
D r McPherson Dep Clerk
We Caleb Burge — a clergyman residing in the town of Sandy Creek and Simon Meacham residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Harding who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy one 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 Caleb Burge
Sworn and subscribed the 1 st day of March 1877 Simon Meacham
D r McPherson Dep Clerk
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 Caleb Burge who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Sandy Creek and that Simon Meacham who has also signed the same is also a resident of Sandy Creek and is a credible person and that their statements is entitled to credit
Jacob Johnson J dge of said Court
Samuel Freeman
Deputy Clerk
Erie Court Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of

The County of Briscoe do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of George Harding for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 25 th day of September 1832
Erie Doon Clerk
By D McHughan Dep Clerk

State of New York Oswego County 38
Personally appeared before me John Reynolds a judge of Oswego Common Pleas station West of the town of Pamel in said County and after being duly sworn according to law deposed and saith that he was born and broat up in the same town that George Harding the above named applicant was, that he was well acquainted with him during the revolutionary war that he work ed for the same man with him in the town of Shatham during the summer of 1777 that in Septem ber of that year the said George Harding was drafted that he this deponent was with him when he was drafted, and knows the said Harding went into the service and was gone all the fall months of his coming home late in the fall or first of winter
And this deponent further says that in the spring of 1778 he saw the said George Harding and he the said Harding told this deponent that he had enlisted into the Continental service as a teamster for three years that in 1779 this deponent also enlisted that in this year he saw the said Harding at Drubs ferry that he the said Harding was then in the service as a team ster that he saw the said Harding at the English neigh borhood in the year 1780 that he was then a teamster in the regular service as he this deponent then understood and further this deponent has no hesitation in saying that from Common report at the time as well as from his seeing him in the service at different times that the said Harding was actually in the service three years and further this deponent saith not
Sworn and subscribed before me
This 25 th day of August 1832
John Reynolds judge of Oswego Com Pleas
Amos West

Oswego County ss I Eric Poor Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that John Reynolds Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been taken was at the date of the same a judge of Oswego Common Pleas.
State of New York Oswego County ss
I Eric Poor Clerk of Oswego Common Pleas do hereby certify that John Reynolds Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date thereof a judge of Oswego Common Pleas which is a Court of Record and that his name thereunto annexed is his genuine signature. Witness my hand and seal of office this 24 th day of September 1882 Eric Poor Clerk By O. M. Pearson Dep. Clerk
I John Reynolds do hereby certify that I am the Magistrate before whom the foregoing affidavit of Aaron West was taken on the 25 th of August 1882 and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Aaron West and have been for more than twenty years that he does now and always has since my acquaintance with him a good character for truth and veracity and that any statement made by him is entitled to credit.
Given under my hand at Pinesville this 8 th day of January 1883
John Reynolds a judge of Oswego Com. Pleas.
11.098 George Hardings Preliminary
admitted.
24 mo Private.

George T Harding 12/3/15 Alpheus Josephson Minchu Harding did Act July 1838 Mary H. Glyn
husband died 1839 Mary died 1841
Not entitled
Agent Wm B Pierce Albany N.Y.

Declaration
In order to obtain arrears of pension under the act of July 7. 1838.
State of New York Oswego County Ep On this Eighteenth day of September 1845 personally appeared me George Harding a resident of Sandy Creek in said County aged 55 years & upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the arrears of pension due his mother Martha Harding at the time of her death under the act of July 7. 1838.
That his mother the said Martha Harding died at Sandy Creek aforesaid on the twelfth day of February. Eighteen hundred & forty one. That previous to her death she commenced collecting proofs concerning her marriage & with a view of obtaining her pension, but died without asserting her claim. The papers collected for her now accompany this application.
That his mother the said Martha Harding was at the time of her death the widow of George Harding , who was a pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7. 1832 at the rate of $80. per annum & who also died at Sandy Creek aforesaid on the twenty fifth day of October. Eighteen hundred & thirty nine.
Declarant believes that his father the said George Harding was a continental soldier of the Connecticut Line during the war of the revolution.
He has often been informed that his said parents were married in the town of Bristol in the State of Connecticut, about the close of

the revolutionary war. The accompanying records is the family records of Declarant's father or commenced made by him in his family bible many years ago, or as long ago as Declarant can remember.
That his mother the said Martha Harding left five children her surviving, who were the only children her surviving and who are still living viz. Marmare  Hossing- ton living in Shams. Jefferson County, NY. Parmen- le Robbins of Sandy Creek aforesaid, Grove W Harding of Sandy Creek aforesaid, Martha Harding of Sandy Creek aforesaid & this De- clarant.
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid Before said Court
A. D. Freeman
by Clk. (Clerk Absent)
George T. Harding
And the said Court do hereby certify that it has been satisfactorily shown before them, that Martha Harding named in the above declaration, died at Sandy Creek in said County of Oswego, on the twelfth day of February, Eighteen Hundred & forty one, leaving the following children her surviving who were the only children her surviving & who are still living viz Marme  Hossington , Parmele Robbins , Grove W. Harding , Martha Harding & George T. Har- ding the above declarant.
I certify that the above are the original proceedings of said Court in the mat- ter of the application of George T. Harding for a pension
Witness my hand & official seal This eighteenth day of September AD 1845.
A. D. Freeman by clerk pro tempore Court (The Clerk Absent)

1 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another; and the LORD hearkened, and heard it: and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked; between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.
C H A P. IV.
1 God's judgment on the wicked, 2 and his blessing on the good. 4 He exhorteth to the study of the law, 5 and telleth of Elijah's coming and office.
For behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh
shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and grow up as calves of the stall.
3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet, in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Before Christ cir. 397.
a Luke 1. 78.
b Exodus 20. 3.
c Matth. 17. 14. Mark 9. 11. Luke 1. 17.
The End of the OLD TESTAMENT.
Salmon Born Oct 25 1784 Mamm Born Febr y 9 1786 Polley Van Born Nov r 28 1787 Salmon Dec r Januay 19 1788 Pamela Born Septem r 10 1789 Salmon born June 22 1791 George Iron born Nov r 14 1792 Salmon Dec r Nov r 18 1793 Salmon Shaler Born Sept 19 1794 Grover Willis Born Septem r 16 1796 Jules Lee Born May 11 th 1798 Patty Born March 29 1802 Polly Van Dec r Februy 4 1804 Jules Lee Dec r April 15 1815
George Harding Born June 2 th 1761 Died October 25 1839 Martha Harding Born March 29 1759 Died February 12 1848

I Tracy Peck, of Bristol in the county of Hartford in the state of Connecticut, do hereby say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town Bristol aforesaid & have the care custody & keeping of the Public Records in said town, in which are recorded many of the marriages which have been celebrated in said town for the last sixty years - and that I have fully examined said records to find the record of the marriage of George Harding & Martha Cook, who formerly as I understand resided in said town of Bristol, but I find no such record, there being none on the aforesaid records -
Tracy Peck, Town Clerk of Bristol aforesaid -
Sworn before me, at Bristol aforesaid this 14 th day of October 1840, -
George Mitchell Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut } County of Hartford } ss -
I, Tracy Peck Notary Public, within & for said County of Hartford aforesaid do certify that George Mitchell Esq. before whom the foregoing Affidavit or depositions was taken & executed is a justice of the Peace within and for said County of Hartford in said State - and I believe that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal Notarial & set my name this 11 th day of October 1840. Tracy Peck Notary Public

I David L. Parmelee, of Bristol in the county of Hartford, in the State of Conn- ecticut, do hereby say that I hold the Office of a settled & ordained minister of the Gospel, over the Congregational Church & Society in Bristol aforesaid, and that I have the care, custody & keeping of the Records of the aforesaid Church, in which are recorded many of the mar- riages, which have been celebrated in in said town, and that I have fully examined said records to find the marriage of George Harding & Martha Cook, but find no such record, there being none on the said Records
David L. Parmelee
Pastor of the Congregational Church in said Bristol
Sworn before me, the subscriber at Bristol aforesaid, this 14 th day of October 1840 -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Notarial the day & year above written -
Isaac Dike Notary Public

I Cyrus Gaylord of the town of Plymouth in the County of Litchfield in the state of Connecticut, being now in Bristol in Hartford County in said State, do hereby say that I am now in the seventy seventh year of my age, and that I was well & personally acquainted with George Harding, formerly of Bristol aforesaid, and formerly of Sandy Brook, in the County Oswego in the state of New York now deceased, and was also well acquainted with his Widow to wit, Martha Harding formerly of Bristol aforesaid & who is also now res- iding in the aforesaid town of Sandy Brook, = and that the initials name of the said Martha Harding contained the book, = that said George Harding & Martha book, were married in Bristol aforesaid by Zebulon Peck Esq. a justice of the Peace as I then understood and believe, and was knowing to the fact that they lived together in Connecticut as Husband & Wife, as much as sixty years ago, that is to say, about the

year Seventeen hundred & eighty - - - I well recollect, that at the time time George Harding & his Widow Martha Harding had several children at the time that they moved from Con- necticut into the State of New York And I further depose & say that I find find , that the aforesaid George Harding & his said Widow Martha Harding, had a son by the name of Salmon who was baptised on the 16 th day of January 1785. This fact, I find on old church records now in my possession - - and further the deponent saith not - Ebenezer Gaylord
I Ebenezer Gaylord, of Plymouth, in the County of Litchfield in the State of Con- necticut, being now at Bristol in the County of Hartford in said State - do hereby say that I am now in the eighty first year of my age, and that I have heard the foregoing disposition of the bygone Gaylord

read, and am borrowing to the truth of all the facts therein stated - excepting & saving only that part of it, which has reference to the baptism of Solomon the son of said George Marshall Ward- ing -
and further the deponent saith not.
Mamre Fisher
State of Connecticut County of Hartford } ss.
Be it remembered, that on the 14 th day of October 1840, Personally appeared the foregoing named Cyrus Gaylord & Mamre Fisher, & being duly sworn made solemn oath to the truth of all the facts stated in the foregoing depositions by them severally subs- cribed - before me - and I further cer- tify that I am well acquainted with the said Cyrus Gaylord & Mamre Fisher & know them to be respectable persons & credible Witnesses - In Witness Whereof I have set my hand & seal Notarial the day above written, Irney Peck Notary Public

11,090
Geo. Harding
admitted.
24 mo. Private.
5.6 14.16
26 Sep. '82 13 Dec. "
D 15T.
John Reynolds Ryckland Orwell Onondaga Co. N. York

11,090
BRIEF in the case of  George Harding, - Bandy creek,  Co. of Oswego  in the State of  New York  (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? 71 years  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.     Sep. In 1777 ab. 10 weeks private Gen. Hubbard   Apr. 1778 3 years * seamaster Col. Wadsworth & Champion   ab. 1 Oct. 1781 2 months private Cap. B. Phelps, Maj. Seymour Dr. Mastu Col. Sage, Cap. Brainerd  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Chatham, Hartford, Conn.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Witnesses for the two first terms & Lra. 2. 4  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? * "Latter part of this time sick & absent." 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Hawe Examining Clerk.

REJECTED
4602
P. O.
Martha Harding
Service: widow of George
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 15 th , 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of George Harding a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of September to the 25 th October 1839, the day of his death.
Respectfully yours,
Merion L. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Albany N.Y. Oct 31. 1845
Sir, Martha Harding dec d for whom this application was made was the widow of George Harding a revolutionary pensioner to whom she was married near the close of the revolutionary war. The marriage is proved by the affidavits of Cyrus Gaylord & Munroe Fancher. Mr Gaylord states that he has the old church records and that a son by the name of Salmon was baptized January 16. 1785. as appears from the records. The old family record is also submitted to establish the due evidence.
I am Sir
Very Respectfully
Your Obedient
W. H. Pierce
Wm J. S. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Washington, 10th March 1853.
Honble Jas E. Heath Coun sel of Pensions Sir,
I submit a power of attorney from George S. Harding of Olney City New York, the son & lineal desc d of George Harding who was a revolution ary pensioner & Martha Harding his widow, who was an applicant for a pension under act of 7th July 1838. You will please permit me to examine the papers in the case.
Very respectfully Your obed t Serv t W. C. Spalding Atty

State of New York } ss County of Oswego } ss
Be it known that before me Marion Salisbury a justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared George T Harding aged sixty one years; who being by me duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of Law deposes and says that he is the son George Harding late of the town of Sandy Creek in said county; deceased; who was a Revolutionary; Pensioner under an act of Congress granting pensions to officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary War with Great Britain; that he was as this deponent is informed and believes; a resident of the state of Connecticut during the the War of the Revolution; and that he died on the 25 th day of October in the year 1839, that at the time of his death he was a resident of the town of Sandy Creek Oswego county; and that this deponent's mother; named Martha; was living at the decease of the said George Harding; and this deponent further says that the said Martha was the only wife that the said George Harding ever married and that the said Martha never was into =married after the death of her said husband George Harding that the said Martha the mother of this deponent died on the 11 th day of February in the year 1841 in Sandy Creek in said County; and further that the said Martha was never intermarried with any other person except the said George Harding; as this deponent is informed and verily believes; that they were married and resided in the state of Connecticut at the time of their marriage and resided there for the space of 14 years or more according to the best information and belief of this deponent; and this depon- =nent further says that the record and evidence of marriage of the said George Harding to the said Martha; together with the pension papers of the said George Harding

increase in or at the rate of five per cent per for her next for further note and offered my When; Osborn When; Osborn 
State of New York, OSWEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
ss.
I, E. M. Hill Clerk of the County of Oswego, hereby certify that Mason Salisbury, 2nd Esq. whose name is subscribed to the jurat of affidavit & certificate hereto annexed, was, at the date of said jurat & certificate a Jus- tice of the Peace in and for the said county, dwelling in said county, and duly elect- ed and qualified to act as such; that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe his signature to said jurat & certificate is genuine.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said county this 26 th day of February A. D. 1853.
E. M. Hill Clerk.
shall true copy be a Martha Fleming in as in right of her to signed my name 1853  M rs J. Fleming 

were delivered to a pension agent by the name of G. Pierce of Albany New York State and that they have never been returned, and this deponent is unable to give any information as to the whereabouts of said papers unless they should be deposited in the War department at the city of Washington, and further that this deponent now resides in the town of Sandy Creek in said County and has resided there for the space of about fortyfive years; And further more I do hereby, by these presents
constitute and appoint, fully empower and authorize; irrevocably and with powers of substitution H C Spaulding of Washington City D C as my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name and stead to examine into, to prosecute; to demand; and to receive from the United States Government and State Officers my and all rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of pension or Lands that may be due me as heir of the said George and Martha Fleming who died leaving the same undrawn as in right of Law I as heir may be entitled
In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal this 24 th day of Feb 1853
Witnesses; Mason C Witnesses; Edson
George J Fleming
Signed sealed me; and I further has always by Martha Fleming with the said G good moral char Dated at Sandy 24 th day of Feb
and sworn to before d George J Fleming in the son of George and that I have been acquainted e him to be a man of enacity
Lakewood; J P

were delivered to a petition agent by the name of G. Pierce of Albany New York State and that they have never been returned, and this deponent is unable to give any information as to the whereabouts of said papers, unless they should be deposited in the War department at the city of Washington; and further that this deponent now resides in the town of Sandy Creek in said County and has resided there for the space of about fortyfive years; And further more I do hereby, by these presents
Constitute and appoint, fully Empower and authorize; irrevocably and with powers of substitution H C Spaulding of Washington City D C as my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name and stead to examine into, to prosecute; to demand; and to receive from the United States Government and State Officers my, and all rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of pension on Lands that may be due me as heir of the said George and Martha Harding who died leaving the same undrawn as in right of Law I as heir may
In witness whereof and affixed my Witness; Mason Witness; Edson,
signed my name 1853 George T Harding
Signed sealed and acknowledged, and sworn to before me; and I further certify that the said George T Harding has always by the community been known as the son of George and Martha Harding and I further certify that I have been acquainted with the said Geo T Harding and believe him to be a man of good moral character and of truth and veracity
Dated at Sandy Creek this 24 th day of Feb 1853
Mason Salisbury; J P