Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,445, Zachariah Hart, Continental New York
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(3-1776) 

SERVICE 
Continental 
New York 

Hart, Zachariah 

NUMBER 
S. 15,445 
carded 

CONTENTS
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No. 18391 
Vermont
Zachariah Hart 
Chittenden Co. in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Vanderhoof of the Regt. commanded by Col. Warner in the N. York and Continental Troops for 8 months & 5 days 

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 27 Dollars 21 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of August 1833 and sent to N.B. Haswell Burlington Vt.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833   54.42 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. 1833   13.60 
[total]  $68.02 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book E.  Vol. 3  Page 69
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Revolutionary Claims. 
STATE OF VERMONT, 
Chittenden County, ss. } 
On this seventeenth day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable County Court for the County of Chittenden, now sitting, Zachariah Hart a resident of Williston in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That at Pittstown in the State of New York in the fall of the year 1776 the Regiment I belonged to was called out to go to fort Edward When we went staid there about 7 or 8 Weeks was dismissed and went home. In 1777 was called out to go to Stillwater to guard the stores under Capt Vanderhoof staid 5 or six weeks again dismissed when Burgoyne came down the Regiment were again called out, part of the Regiment went to lake George  I went no farther than fort Edward staid say [crossed out 4 or 5] Weeks till the stores were brought down from fort George, was on the picket guard on Sandy Hill North the fort when Miss McRea was killed  retreated from there down to Smoot hill staid a short time then went to McReas heights, soon Marched to Saratoga, from then to Stillwater and was dismissed say in this service 8 or 9 Weeks - I was draughted to go to Parmertowne hired Levi Paddock to take my place and was to receive his wages for which I paid him in advance, I think he was there about seven weeks and returned home. The next campaign I was draughted to go to Fort Edward I think in 1778 Majr. Chipman in Warners Regt say there I think we were under him staid about 6 weeks and was dismissed I was next draughted to go to Skeensborough was gone about one week and returned – 
Makeing in the whole 42 Weeks
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I have no documentary evidence nor living testimony except the enclosed one signed by you Jacob Snider

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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. 
[signed] Zachariah Hart
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, 
Before [signed] Nathan B Maswell 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 certify, that it appears to them, that Josiah F Goodhue and Chancy Brownal who have signed the annexed certificate and who are residents of the town of Williston are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit, and that Josiah F Goodhue is a Clergyman – 
Attest
[signed] Eli Brownson  John VanSickle Jr } Judges of Chittenden County Court

STATE OF VERMONT, 
Chittenden County, ss. } I Nathan B Maswell Clerk of Chittenden County Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Zachariah Hart for a Pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 17th day of August A. D. 1832. 
[signed] Nathan B Maswell
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October 14, 1907. 
Sir: 
In reply to your personal inquiry for the military history of Zachariah Hart, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that the papers in claim Survivor's File 15,445 show that Zachariah Hart, who was born October 17, 1758, at Piles Grove, forty miles below Philadelphia, was allowed pension on an application executed August 17, 1832, at which time he resided at Williston, Chittenden County, Vermont. 
It is alleged that he resided at Pittstown, New York, where he enlisted, and served as a private as follows: 
In fall, 1775, 7 weeks, and in the year 1777, 21 weeks, under Captains Brown, Vander Hoff. and Wiltse, in Colonel Knickerbocker's New York regiment; in 1778, 6 weeks under Major Chipman and Colonel Warner, and 1 week in Colonel Yates' New York regiment. 

[handwritten note] This letter was forwarded to Mr. Marsh Commrs room for name and address and the case was also submitted for inspection of soldiers signature

The date of soldier's death is not shown. For the date of last payment of his pension, and name of the person to whom said payment was made, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury Department , citing the following data: "Certificate 18,391, issued August 20, 1833, under Act June 7, 1832, at the Vermont Agency. 
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.
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L. W. B. 
I. 15445.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services. 
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States. 
O. W. & N. DIV. 
REVOLUTIONARY. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., 
April 17, 1897. 
Sir: -
Replying to your communication of a recent date I have the honor to advise you that it would be impracticable for this Bureau to comply with your request for copies of the papers on file in the claim of Zachariah Hart, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, as there is no appropriation of money by Congress for carrying on work of this character and important work of the Bureau would have to be neglected in order to comply with such requests. 
I enclose, herewith, a concise statement of the soldier's military record as shown by the papers on file in his application for pension. 
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.

Hon. Redfield Proctor, 
United States Senate.
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O. W. & N. Division. 
L. W. B. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C., April 17, 1897. 
Sir: - 
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history Zachariah Hart, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[BEGIN TABLE]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  |   LENGTH OF SERVICE.   |   RANK.   |  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN.   |   COLONEL.   |   STATE.  |
1776  |  7 weeks  |  Pvt.  |  John Snyder  |  Knickerbocker  |  N.Y.  |
1777  |  4 weeks  |  Pvt.  |  Vandehoof  |  Knickerbocker  |  N.Y.  |
1777  |  4 weeks  |  Pvt.  |  Not stated.  |  Knickerbocker  |  N.Y.  |
1778  |  4 weeks  |  Pvt.  |  Not stated.  |  Warner |  N.Y.  |
1778  |  1 week  |  Pvt.  |  Not stated.  |  Yates  |  N.Y.  |
[END TABLE]

Battles engaged in, None mentioned
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pittstown, N.Y.
Date of application for pension, August 17, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Williston, Vt.
Age at date of application, Seventy-three
Remarks: 
Very Respectfully, 
Commissioner.

Hon. Redfield Proctor,
United States Senate.

1832b2m
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I 15,445
L. W. B.
February 17, 1897.
Sir:
Replying to your request for information concerning the military records of Zachariah Hart, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he made an application for pension on August 17, 1832, at which time he was 73 years of age and residing at Williston, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for eight months and five days’ actual service as a private in the New York Troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. Vanderhoof and Col. Knickerbocker. He enlisted at Pittstown, N.Y.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

Mr. R. S. Taft,
Burlington, Vt.
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O. W. & N. Division.
P. S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., September 27, 1898.
Sir: -
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history Zachariah Hart, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[BEGIN TABLE]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE. |
1776 | 7 wks. | Pvt. | John Snyder | Knickerbocker | N.Y. |
1777 | 4 wks. | Pvt. | Vandehoof | Knickerbocker | N.Y. |
1777 | 4 wks. | Pvt. | Not stated. | Knickerbocker | N.Y. |
1778 | 4 wks. | Pvt. | Not stated. | Warner | N.Y. |
1778 | 1 wk. | Pvt. | Not stated. | Yates | N.Y. |
[END TABLE]

Battles engaged in, None mentioned
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pittstown, N.Y.
Date of application for pension, August 17, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Williston, Vt.
Age at date of application, Seventy-three years.
Remarks:

Very Respectfully,
Commissioner.

W. H. Duncan, Esq.,
256 Appleton St.,
Lowell, Mass.
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Rev & 1812
SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE. 1-681 PHONE Branch 476 
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 44295 
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
WASHINGTON 
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 139.  Please furnish work specified below.
June 13, 1930. 192. 
Bureau ordering Pension  Deliver to Room No. 5033

(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.) 
Title and description of job photostatic copies of 11 pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Zachariah Hart, S.15445, N.Y. Troops.. 
No. of copies 1 of each page   Shall form be kept standing? ___days 
For further information see Mrs. Finch  Room No. 5033  Phone No. 541
Approved: 
A. D. Wilkerson Chief Clerk of Bureau. 
Margaret M. H. Finch Chief of Branch or Division. 
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering 

CHECK WORK DESIRED 
Duplicate 
Multigraph  single or double space?  Facsimile signature? 
Mimeograph  single or double space?  Facsimile signature?
Folding  once or twice?
Assembling 
Stapling Once?  Twice?  Side?  End?
Electric typewriter  Fill in addresses?  Dated?
Addressograph from lists
Envelopes, size  Cards, size
Proof list  Pay rolls
Labels (submit sample)  Corrections
Fill in letters  Tabulation sheets
Photostat  x Size actual  Official use?  Repay? yes  $1.65
Blue Print  Size  Official use?  Repay?  $
Remarks 
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NOTE: Routine changes of addresses may be made on this blank without formal reference through or initialing of chiefs of branches or chief clerks of bureaus. 
192 .
(Date) 
INDICATE BY AN X IN PROPER SQUARE ACTION TO BE TAKEN. 
Make new addressograph plate 
Change present addressograph plate  } On list
Destroy present addressograph plate 
as follows: 
Now reads  1  2  3  4  5
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FOR USE OF DUPLICATING AND ADDRESSING SECTION 
ADDRESSOGRAPH 
The above change was made    192 .
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NEW YORK TITLE AND MORTGAGE COMPANY 
HARRY A. KAHLER, PRESIDENT 
Law Department. 
32 COURT STREET, BROOKLYN 
June 4-1930
CHARLES G STEVENSON, Solicitor 
WINTHROP H DUNCAN, Asst. Solicitor
JAMES B OKEEFE. Asst. Solicitor 
HUGH N. WELLS Dept. Mgr. 

[stamp]
REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS SECTION BUREAU OF PENSIONS JUN 5 1930

M.O. #622930- $1.90
[stamp]
FINANCE DIVISION BOOK-KEEPER’S DESK BUREAU OF PENSIONS JUN 7 1930


U.S. Dept of the Interior 
Bureau of Pensions 
Rev & 1812 Wars Section 
Dear Sir: 
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of May 27 with reference to obtaining copies of the original papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Zachariah Hart, S. 15445. 
Enclosed please find money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior for $1.90 in payment of certified photostatic copies of the original papers. This is as per your letter, at the rate of 15 cents a page for 11 pages plus 25 cents for certification 
Very truly yours 
Winthrop H. Duncan
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[Rev & ] 1812 Wars Section. 

May 27, 1930. 
Winthrop H. Duncan, 
32 Court Street, 
Brooklyn, New York. 
Dear Sir: 
I advise you that photostatic copies of original papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Zachariah Hart, S. 15445, will be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a page. 
The number of pages to be copied is eleven. 
Should you desire to have them certified, allow twenty-five cents additional for the set. 
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior. 
Very truly yours, 
E. W. MORGAN, 
Acting Commissioner.
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NEW YORK TITLE AND MORTGAGE COMPANY
HARRY A. KAHLER, PRESIDENT
Law Department.
32 COURT STREET, BROOKLYN
In replying please refer to Title No.
CHARLES G. STEVENSON, Solicitor
WINTHROP H. DUNCAN, Asst. Solicitor
JAMES B. O’KEEFE. Asst. Solicitor
HUGH N. WELLS Dept. Mgr.
March 27th, 1930. 
Pension Bureau, 
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I am anxious to obtain a copy of all the papers filed department, if any, in the matter of an application pension of one Zachariah Hart, a Revolutionary soldier, 
Said Zachariah Hart was born, I am informed, at a place called Pete’s Grove, the neighborhood of Philadelphia, October 17th, 1758. He served in New York State during the Revolutionary War, and after the war, settled at Williston, Vermont. The Town Clerk’s records at Williston show that he died there March 27th, 1852. His name appears on a printed pension list of Revolutionary soldiers, issued by the Government about 1834 or at any rate some time in the 1830s. 
If you will let me know your charge, for making copies of these papers, if they exist, I would gladly pay for the same, in advance.
 Very truly yours,
[signed] W. H. Duncan 

W. H. Duncan: EJW.
[stamp]
U.S. Pension Office MAR 28 1930
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Please have certified and return to Revolutionary & 1812 Wars Section, Room 5033. 
Photostatic copies of eleven pages from Revolutionary War claim for pension of Zachariah Hart, Survivor File No. 15445.
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Lowell Mass 
Sept. 15 1895 
Pension Bureau 
Gentlemen:
Could you please furnish me with any further information concerning one Zachariah Hart a Revolutionary Pensioner a description of whom is enclosed in this letter 
Any information concerning his family or ancestry or anything be not herein described would be very
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thankfully received 
Very Truly 
W. H. Duncan 
256 Appleton St 
Lowell Mass.
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3-079. 
Bureau of Pensions, 
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER. 
, 190 
No. Claim 
Cert. No. 
Claimant, 
Soldier, Zachariah Hart 
Co.  Reg’t.
Rev War 
ACTION AND ORDER: 
Pensioned while living in Vermont 
Believed he served in N.Y. Militia 
Died in Vt. either in Burlington Lewiston about 1840.

[stamp] 
To Chf   Div
Action
OCT 14 1907 
COMMISSIONER. 


279475m3-07    Commissioner.
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[center]
15.445
INVALID.
File No. 15.445
Zachariah Hart
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7” 32
Index: - Vol. 1,  Page 164
{Arrangement of 1870.} 


[right and left sides]
Sept 2/95 Hist. to W.H. Duncan 236 Appleton St. Lowell, Mass  [illegible initials]
Feby. 17. 1897. History, to Mr. R. S. Taft, Burlington Vt.
Apr. 17, 1897 - History to Hon. Redfield Proctor U. S. Senate
1897. June 19 Coping of declaration made in 1st Deputy [illegible] by order of 1st Deputy [Commissioner] & sent to Senator Proctor
1907 Oct. 14. Hist to W. L. Marsh Pen. O. C
1930 May 27. Winthrop H. Duncan adv cost of photos
1930 July 1. Photos mailed to W. H. Duncan & Fin Div. ntfd.   A.D.y.
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State of Vermont 
Chittenden County }  I hereby certify that the papers hereto attached and marked A B. C. & D. are the same documents forwarded to the Pension Office to substantiate the declaration of Zachariah Hart of Williston who claims a Pension under the act of Congress of June 7, 1832, and that since their return from the Pension office, the documents marked No 1. 2 & 3. have been added 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Chittenden County Court at Burlington this fifth of June AD 1833 
[signed] Nathan B Maswell Clerk
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[Certd?] on Index
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Chittenden County 
Clerks Office 
Burlington Vt June 6th 1832 
J. L. Edwards Esqr 
Dear Sir 
I herewith enclose the following Pension claim under the act of June 7, 1832. - which have been corrected, and are returned under the expectation that a favorable result will accompany their return - If Certificates are granted please to enclose them to me at this place 
Yours Respectfully 
Nathan B Maswell. 

Isaac Barker your Number 6446
Benjamin Bartlett – do - 6447
Benoni Chapin - do - 6451
Jared Farrand - do - 6454
Jeremiah Fisher – do - 6456
Chauncey Graves – do - 6457
Leonard Hodges – do - 6458
David Welster – do - 6470
George Northway – do – 8445
Zachariah Hart - do - 8456.
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Zachariah Hart 
8456 
Admitted 
8 mos & 5 ds
N. B. Haswell 
Burlington Vt
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Zachariah Hart which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No  [crossed out: not] satisfactory
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled? No See quere 5
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No  no
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? no  no
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? no
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? No Vide quere 16
EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth 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 in the following grades; For___ year ___ months, and ___ days, I served as a ___ For ___ months and ___ days, I served as a ___ and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service 
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Statement of Chittenden County, State of Vermont, 
Pensioners under act passed June 7, 1832. 
Zachariah Hart 
Private- 
Annual allowance 27.81 
Sums received 81.63 
Description of service 
New York Militia 
Placed on pension roll Aug. 20 1833 
Commencement of Pension.- Do. [Aug. 20 1833]
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Age - 75 
Born 1758 
Died about April 1 -1852.
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Zachariah Harts Declaration
[illegible]
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State of Vermont 
Chittenden County ss } We the undersigned Inhabitants of Williston in the County of Chittenden do hereby certify on oath that we are well acquainted with Zachariah Hart of said Williston and we believe him to be about seventy four years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier and we concur in that Opinion 
[signed] Josiah F. Goodhue
Chauncey Brownell
Sworn and subscribed this 17th Day of August 1832 and I hereby certify the above deponents are credible witnesses 
[signed] John Brown Jr Justice Peace 

I hereby certify that Josiah F. Goodhue who has signed the foregoing certificate is a Clergyman in Regular standing 
[signed] John Brown Jr Justice Peace
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STATE OF VERMONT, 
Chittenden County, SS. }  I Nathan B Haswell [sic] Clerk of Chittenden County Court, do hereby certify that, Chauncey Brownell & John Brown Jn Esqrs before whom the annexed Deposition & Affidavit are taken, was at the time thereof, Justices of the Peace, duly qualified, acting under the authority of this State, and that I believe their names thereto subscribed, to be their own proper signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Burlington, this 17th day of August A.D. 1832 
[signed] Nathan B Maswell
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STATE OF VERMONT, 
Chittenden County, SS. }  I Nathan B Haswell [sic] Clerk of Chittenden County Court, do hereby certify that, Chauncey Brownell & John Brown Jn Esqrs before whom the annexed Deposition & Affidavit are taken, was at the time thereof, Justices of the Peace, duly qualified, acting under the authority of this State, and that I believe their names thereto subscribed, to be their own proper signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Burlington, this 17th day of August A.D. 1832 
[signed] Nathan B Maswell
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(additional No 1)
State of Vermont 
Chittenden County  } Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for Chittenden County Zachariah Hart of Williston to me known on the same person who made his Declaration before the Honorable Chittenden County Court on the 17th August AD 1832 for the purpose of obtaining a Pension under the act of Congress of June 7, 1832 - Who being duly sworn doth make the following additional declaration - that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:
For seven weeks I served as a private in 1776. in Col Knickerbockers Regt of New York Troops
For five weeks as a private in 1777 - Col Knickerbockers Regt
For eight weeks as a private, 1777 - same Regt
For eight weeks as a Private 1777 - same Regt
For seven week as a Private 1777 -
thro one Levi Raddock whom I hired to take my place, and who I think served in Col Yates Regt
For six weeks as a private in 1778 - Col Warners Regt of Vermont Troops
For one week as a private in 1778 - Col Yates of the N York Troops 
making in all forty two weeks, and for such services I claim a pension - my services were for short periods, and owing to the loss of memory consequent or old age, it is not in my power to state more distinctly the names of my officers. - I was born
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at a place called Petes grove, about forty miles below Philadelphia, the 17th of October 1758 - but have no record of my age - when I first entered the service I lived in Pittstown (New York) - since the Revolutionary war. I have lived the principal part of my time in Vermont, having lived at Williston (my present place of residence) for the last forty two years 
[signed] Zachariah Hart
Sworn and subscribed this fifth day of June AD 1833, and I hereby certify that the above named Zachariah is a credible person 
Before me 
[signed] Nathan B Maswell Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont 
Chittenden County } I Nathan B Maswell Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that Nathan B Maswell Esqr before whom the foregoing declaration is taken is a Justice of the peace duly qualified acting and in the authority of this State, and that his name thereto subscribed is his own proper signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Burlington this 5th day of June AD 1833 
[signed] Nathan B Maswell
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Jacob Snyders
Deposition -
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Zachariah Hart
Williston
8456.
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D 
I Jacob Snyder of Huntington, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, of lawful age, depose and say that I was seventy four years of age last April, that I formerly resided at Tomhanick [Tomhannock], County of Rensalaer [Rensselaer] and State of New York - That sometime after the Revolutionary war commenced in the United States and during its continuance and while I resided at Tomhanick I was called out for military service in said war together with the whole Regiment of the New York Militia under the command of Colonel Knickerbocker, Major Van Vackter [Vechten?] and my first Captain was John Snyder and Leutenant Peter Martin and last captain was Ganno [?] and I was at this time out in service several weeks and was stationed at Fort Edward - soon after this was either drafted or called out under the command of Captain Vanderoof and marched to Stillwater to guard the stores and was kept there in service something more than a month, and again when Burgoine came I was called out with said Regiment under the command of said Colonel Knickerbocker of the New York line and marched with a part of said Regiment to Fort Edward and we retreated from said Fort to Snout Hill, from thence to McCrays heights, from thence to Saratoga, from thence to Stillwater – then I was released from the Army and at this time I was out from six to eight weeks or more - soon after this was drafted went into the New York Militia branch of the Army and marched to Palmertown (this was after the taking of Burgoine) there I remained several weeks and was again discharged - I was several times after this called and drafted into service and marched to and done military duty at various places will I made out in all more than six months regular service in the New York Militia line in the Revolutionary Army of the United States - That I was at the time I resided at said Tomhanick well acquainted with Zachariah Hart, who at that time resided at Pittstown in the County of Rensalaer aforesaid, that I have been well acquainted with him ever since and that he now lives in Williston, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont and has resided there more than forty years - That I well know the said Zachariah Hart was frequently called out into Military service in said war in the aforesaid Regiment and under the commend fully of Captain Brown and again he was out under the command of Captain Cornelius Wilsey and the same
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Field Officers as aforesaid: And I further said that the said Zachariah Hart was out at all the times and places where and when I was as a private soldier in the said Army as above mentioned (except at Palmertown) at which time and place he hired a substitute, and which amounted in all to more than six months regular service by him faithfully performed – I further say that when we were at McCrays heights General Amold called for one hundred more to volunteer and go with him and drove back the Army, who had attacked the picket guard a few miles above the heights I saw the said Zachariah Hart turn out but, the General having his complement of one hundred, he did not go
[signed] Jacob Snyder X his mark
Huntington Vermont August 13, 1832 

State of Vermont 
Chittenden County ss } Huntington August 13, 1832 Then and there Personally appeared before me, Jacob Snyder whom I know to be the signer of the above and foregoing deposition or affidavit and made solemn oath that the same contained the whole truth and nothing but the truth 
Attest Chauncey Brownell Justice of the Peace 

additional No 2 
State of Vermont 
Chittenden County ss } In addition to the forgoing certificate I hereby certify that Jacob Snyder is a credible witness and that the forgoing was signed by him - June 4 1833 
[signed] Chauncey Brownell Justice of the Peace
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additional No. 3 
State of Vermont 
Chittenden County } I Nathan B Maswell Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that Chauncey Brownall Esqr before whom and at the time when the foregoing certificate was by him subscribed he was a Justice of the Peace duly qualified acting under the authority of this state, and that his name thereto subscribed is his own proper signature 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Burlington this 5th day of June A.D. 1833 
[signed] Nathan B Maswell