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Mr. Thomas Bruin, aged 102 years, applied to J. C. Sabin, Esq., for the necessary papers to secure bounty land, to which he is entitled under the late law.  He was born in 1750 - witnessed the conflicts between the U. States and Great Britain before and since the Revolution - voted for Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Q. Adams, Clay, Harrison, Taylor, and if he lives until November next, will go for Gen. Scott.

Source: The Western Star, Lebanon, Ohio, Friday, August 6, 1852,
[copy obtained from microfilm available at the Warren County Genealogical Society]