American AcornsPension file W.25398 (Nathaniel Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Susan), scan 00098: probate clerk's certification of Judge Putnam's signature, 26 Sept 1838. James Crawford, clerk of the Probate Court for the District of Westminster, certifies David L. Putnam as judge.
Image · dated 26 Sep 1838 · source: U.S. National Archives (public record), supplied by the owner
Transcription
Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).
State of Vermont
Windham County
District of Westminster
Rockingham Sept 26th 1838
I James Crawford Clerk and Register of the Probate Court for the District of Westminster aforesaid said Court being a court of record do certify that David L Putnam was on the 1st day of January 1838 and still is Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Westminster aforesaid and that the foregoing signature purporting to be the signature of the said David L Putnam is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 26th day of Sept A D 1838
James Crawford Clerk & Register
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Keep in mind: Part of pension file W.25398 (Nathaniel Oak of Athens, Vt., died 25 March 1830, married Susan Evans 1787; widow Susan Oaks). The file itself is a Confirmed record of that man. That he is the Nathaniel Oak born 1762, son of Seth Oak of Winchendon and Athens, is Likely: an inquirer's 1923 letter (scan 00116) says so and the Pension Office reply fits his 1780 service; the file never names his parents. Keep this file separate from the Chelsea pensioner's S.18534.