"That at all the times hereinafter mentioned said claimant was duly licensed as a pilot of the port of New York to pilot vessels in and out of said port by way of Sandy Hook; that said claimant is of the age of fifty-six years, and was born at Charleston, in the State of South Carolina, on the 9th day of September, 1826; that between the 13th day of April, 1861, and the 9th day of April, 1865, both inclusive, he resided in Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New York, and at present resides in said city of Brooklyn; that he has never been naturalized in any other country than the United States nor ever taken any steps towards being so naturalized; that at the time of the loss and injury hereinafter mentioned he was entitled to the protection of the United States in the premises, and did at all times during the war of the rebellion and at all other times bear true allegiance to the United States."