American AcornsPension file W.25398 (Nathaniel Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Susan), scan 00113: Daniel Bradish's affidavit, concluding certifications. Character certificate by B. G. Baldwin, J.P., and the clerk's certification of 16 Dec 1840 at St. Lawrence County, N.Y.
Image · dated 11-16 Dec 1840 · source: U.S. National Archives (public record), supplied by the owner
Transcription
Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).
acquainted with the above named Daniel Bradish and believe him to be a person of good character for truth & veracity.
B. G. Baldwin
Just. Peace
State of New York
St. Lawrence County } ss I Albin C. Low [name uncertain] Clerk of the County of St. Lawrence and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County do hereby certify that Benjamin G Baldwin Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit of Daniel Bradish purports to have been made was on the day of the date of the said affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified, and that the signatures to the said affidavit and certificate purporting to be his are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 16 day of December 1840
A C [Low?] Clk
[Seal/ribbon]
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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. The clerk's name is difficult to read.