Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,793, James Hart, Conn.
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SERVICE: Con.
Hart, James
NUMBER: S. 10,793
carded
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Left side:
Connecticut 30.626 
James Hart 
of Madison in the State of Cont. 
who was a Private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Hall of the Rgt. commanded 
by Col. Collins in the Cont. 
line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut 
at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of May
1836 and sent Jesse Crampton
Madison Ct 

Arrears to the 4th of March 1836 $100.00 
Semi-an. allowance ending 4 Sept 10.00
[=] $110.00

{Revolutionary Claim,} 
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D D Addison Clerk, 
Book E2 Vol. 3d Page 19

Right side:
let to Jesse Crampton May 12, 1836. 
Let to J A [?] Hand, May 24" '36
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. State of Connecticut} 
County of New Haven} ss. Madison July 18th 1832. 
On this 18th day of July 1832, personally appeared before me Noyes Darling, Chief Judge of the County Court for said County of New Haven, James Hart a resident of Madison, once a part of Guilford, in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, aged 78 years, who being 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 7th 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated-
I enlisted as a private in the State troops of Connecticut the 1st of July 1776 and marched by the way of Middletown, Farmington, & Canaan in Connecticut, Sheffield and Pittsfield in Massachusetts, & Bennington Vermont, to Skanesborough, our Capt. was Stephen Hall - Lieut Gilbert Dudley. I do not remember any of the field officers. The oldest Doctor was Russel of Branford - the youngest was Locket. We were stationed some time at Skanesborough, where many of the Company were sick of the Camp distemper & I among the rest. We thence went to Mount Independence, where it was all woods, and built log houses, having no tents - we got our roof boards from fort Ann. The Brittish were at Crown Point. We were obliged to turn out 2 hours before day for a long time expecting the Brittish. We built a swinging bridge across the lake to Ticonderoga, & drew logs by hand. When we were dismissed, the Company crossed the bridge & took boats down the lake, & then by land went down the west side of the River. I enlisted for 5 months, was dismissed a little before the time was out; got as far as Norfolk in Connecticut day after Thanksgiving. Only one Co. was dismissed in a day, for fear that they might not find provisions if all departed at once. One mess [?] (being 6) Indians of the Stockbridge tribe enlisted into our
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Company, and were with us all summer. Some of the troops were from Boston. Mrs Sarah Lee of Madison, daughter of Lieut Dudley has my certificate of enlistment, & my receipt of the bounty in the words following
"I ______ of ______ do acknowledge to have voluntarily inlisted myself a soldier, to serve in a Battalion of Foot raised by the Colony of Connecticut, for the defence of the United Colonies to be commanded by Col Heman Swift Esq; until the first day of December next, according to the directions of the Continental Congress. Witness my hand this ___ day of _____  A.D. 1776." (signed James Hart) 
"East Guilford July 1st 1776. Then received of Lieutenant Gilbert Dudley six pound Lawful money as a bounty to go into government service as witness my hand" 
Signed James Hart 
Timothy Rossiter of North Guilford is the only survivor of our company that I remember. Pay 40 shillings a month. 
Afterwords, I believe the next summer, I was called out with the Militia to go to New Haven. I do not remember the year. I continued there one month, the month of May. The Regiment was exercised every afternoon - guard was kept every night on the wharf. Genl Augustus Collins was the principal to exercise the Regt and another little man from Saybrook. I think Gilbert Dudley was Captain.
Wyllys Munger of Madison is the only survivor that I remember. pay same as before. 
Afterwards I served in the guard, by enlistment, in Madison, then Guilford, one summer. I do not remember the year. I served this time about 4 months. I was unwell and was dismissed before the regular term (9 months) was out. I do not remember the officers Lyman Graves dec'd was drummer. The Company was not kept together, but distributed along the coast. Ichabod Hand of Guilford and Elijah Stannard of Saybrook are the only survivors that I remember. The guard house was near Tucks Island.
Afterwards. I believe the summer following, I served in the guard two months, at the salt works in Madison, then East Guilford [illegible], where the guard was kept. I forgot the officers, & there is no survivor that I remember. I forgot what pay I received while in the guard.
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I was born in Guilford, State of Connecticut, now in that part set off as the town of Madison, (where I have ever since resided) in the year 1754, in the month of March. My age is recorded in the records of Guilford. 
I have never received any written discharge; & have no documentary evidence, except what accompanies this declaration.   Samuel N. Shepard of Madison, Clergyman & Jesse Crampton Esq of Madison, will testify as to my veracity & their belief of my services. 
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. 
James (X his mark) Hart
Sworn to and subscribed, the day & year aforesaid 
[Signed] Noyes Darling, Judge of New Haven County Court
In presence of
[Signed] Noyes Darling
[Signed] Jesse Crampton
We Samuel N. Shepard, a clergyman, residing in said town of Madison, and Jesse Crampton residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with James Hart, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 78 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides,  o have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn & subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
[Signed] Noyes Darling, Judge of New Haven County Court
[Signed] Samuel N. Shepard
[Signed] Jesse Crampton 

I Wyllys Munger, residing in said town of Madison, hereby certify, that I served in the Militia in New Haven, but do not remember the year - that I was there two months, and that James Hart who has subscribed the above declaration, was there also, but cannot say whether he was there the whole of the two months. 
Sworn & subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
[Signed] Noyes Darling, Judge of New Haven County Court 
[Signed] Wyllys Munger 
New Haven County ss. Guilford October 28 1833 [?] I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Wyllys Munger and that he is a man of truth & a credible Witness [Signed] Reuben Elliott Justice of Peace
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I Timothy Rossiter of Guilford in New Haven County depose & say that I served in the Connecticut State troops at the time mentioned by James Hart in the foregoing declaration - That I well recollect that he was a private in the Same Company with myself, which Company was Commanded by Stephen Hall, and that the particulars enumerated by him are fresh in my memory and Substantially true 
[Signed] Timothy Rositer 
New Haven County ss.
Sworn to & subscribed this 6th day of August 1832-before me 
Malachi Cook Just. Peace 

I certify that the above named Timothy Rossiter is a credible witness 
[Signed] Reuben Elliott Judge 
And the said Judge hereby declares his opinion, after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the said Judge further certifies that it appears to him that Samuel N. Shepard, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in said town of Madison, & that Jesse Crompton Esq. who has signed the same is a resident in the same town & is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit: and that said applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court.
[Signed] Noyes Darling Judge of the County Court for New Haven County 

State of Connecticut County of New Haven ss. New Haven Aug. 15 1832. I Jno Beach Clerk of the County Court in & for sd New Haven County, Certify that Honl. Noyes Darling whose name is above & foregoing written & subscribed is & was on the 18th July 1832 "Judge of the County Court for New Haven County" & duly qualified to administer Oaths. I also certify that Malachi Cook Esq. whose name is above written & subscribed is & was on the 6th day of August 1882 a Justice of Peace in & for sd New Haven County duly qualified to administer Oaths 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said County Court the day & date above written. 
[SEAL]
Attest [Signed] Jno Beach Clerk
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James Hart
28,664

admd
6 mo pri
20$
Claimant
Madison Ct
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office, 

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling [sic] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A Statement, shewing the Service of James Hart
Period when the service was rendered |  Duration of the claimant's service (Y-M-D) | Rank of the claimant | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served | Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service | Proof by which the declaration is supported 
July 76 | 0-5-0 | pri | Capt Hall, Col. Swift | 78 | blank
77 | 0-1-0 | " | Dudley- Collins | blank | blank
-- | 0-4-0 | " | Hodgkin } coast guards | blank | blank
-- | 0-2-0 | " | Hodgkin } coast guards | blank | blank

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
JAMES L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

[At bottom, the following is bracketed]
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his 

[and noted:]
Evidence in detail must be forwarded.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

[At bottom, the following is bracketed]
It must every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served;
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James Hart S. File 10793 

The enlistment paper of soldier and ^Eleven others, as of Col. Heman Swifts Battalion of Foot raised by the Colony of Conn. in 1776, has been removed from this case for safe keeping.

This paper may be found in the safe in the room of the Chief of the O.W. and N. Div.
[written on top of the above:]
Sent to War Dept Oct. 27, 1905
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East Guilford July 15 1776 
Then Received of Lieutenant Gilbert Dudley Six pound Lawful money as a bounty to go into Goverment [sic] Service as witness my Hand [Signed] Albion Baly

East Guilford July 15 1776 
Then Received of Lieutenant Gilbert Dudley Six pounds Lawful money as abounty to go into Goverment Service as witness my Hand [Signed] Miles Doud

East Guilford July 15 1776 
Then Received of Lieutenant Gilbert Dudley Sixpound Lawful money as a bounty to Go into Goverment Service as witness my Hand [Signed] Ambrose Evans 

East Guilford July 18 1776 
Then Received of Lieutenant Gilbert Dudley Six pound Lawful money as a bounty to go into Goverment Service as witness my Hand [Signed] Jesse Murray 

East Guilford July 18 1776 
Then Received of Lieutenant Gilbert Dudley Six pound Lawful money as abounty to Go into Goverment Service as Witness my Hand Zacariah (X) Doud 

East Guilford July 22 1776 
Then Received of Lieutenant Gilbert Dudley Six pound Lawful money as abounty to Go into Goverment Sevice as Witness my Hand  Joshua (X my mark) Toole
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East Guilford July 1st 1776 
Then Received of Lieutenant Gilbert Dudley Six pound Lawful money as a bounty to go into Goverment Service as witness my Hand  [Signed] Elihu Bragg 

East Guilford July 1st 1776 
Then Received of Lieutenant Gilbert Dudley Six pound Lawful money ^as a bounty to go into Goverment service as witness my Hand [Signed] James Hart 

East Guilford July 1st 1776 
Then Received of Lieutenant Gilbert Dudley Six pound ^Lawful money as a bounty to go into Goverment Service as witness my Hand [Signed] Joseph Hodgkin

East Guilford July 1st 1776 
Then Received of Lieutenant Gilbert Dudley Six pound Lawful money ^as a bounty to go into Goverment Service as witness my Hand [Signed] Eber Doud

East Guilford July 1st 1776 
Then Received of Lieutenant Guilbert Dudley Six pound Lawful money ^as a bounty to go into Goverment Service as ^witness my Hand [Signed] Jabez [?] Bishop 

East Guilford July 1st 1776 
Then Received of Lieutenant Gilbert Dudley Sixpound Lawful money ^as a bounty to go into Goverment Service as witness my Hand  Reuben (X his mark) Norton
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East Guilford July 15 1776
Then Received of Lieutenant Gilbert Dudley Six pound Lawful money as a bounty to go into Goverment [sic] Service as witness my Hand [Signed] Albion Baly

East Guilford July 15 1776
Then Received of Lieutenant Gilbert Dudley Six pounds Lawful money as abounty to go into Goverment Service as witness my Hand [Signed] Miles Doud

East Guilford July 15 1776
Then Received of Lieutenant Gilbert Dudley Sixpound Lawful money as a bounty to Go into Goverment Service as witness my Hand [Signed] Ambrose Evans

East Guilford July 18 1776
Then Received of Lieutenant Gilbert Dudley Six pound Lawful money as a bounty to go into Goverment Service as witness my Hand [Signed] Jesse Murray

East Guilford July 18 1776
Then Received of Lieutenant Gilbert Dudley Six pound Lawful money as abounty to Go into Goverment Service as Witness my Hand Zacariah (X) Doud

East Guilford July 22 1776
Then Received of Lieutenant Gilbert Dudley Six pound Lawful money as abounty to Go into Goverment Sevice as Witness my Hand Joshua (X my mark) Toole
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James Hart
Cont. [Conn]

Free [postage]
James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

Crosswise:
Apl 29
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Madison April 25th AD 1836 
Dear Sir
I was this morning, at the house of James Hart and by his Special Instance and request, I make a communication relative to his declaration for a pension, made on the 18th of July AD 1832, it appears that his papers were returned with notes on the margin that Evidence in detail must be forwarded with regard to the first service declared on, he has the testamony [sic] of Timothy Rossiter in body & in his Declaration, he has also his inlistment and receipt for his Bounty (the Original will be forwarded,) on the roll of inlistment the date seems to be omitted as is the case with others on the same roll, his Declaration says the 1st of July 1776 his receipt for his Bounty is dated 1st of July 1776 corisponding [sic] with his Declaration, this documentary Evidence with that certificate of Timothy Rosseter will fully substantiate the first Count in his Decleration [sic]. The next Service declared on is one Month at New Haven it was as will be seen by the ^witness and months tour the applicant thinks he served but one month Genl Augustus Collins and Capt Gilbert Dudley are all the officers he remembers this Gilbert Dudley was the same under whom he inlisted in 1776 then a Lieut. Wylys Munger who has swore to this service is since dead and further testamony [sic] probably cannot be had   His next service was by inlistment, it appears the term was nine months but by reason of ill health ^declares on only four months he says Thomas Hadkin was Serjeant [sic] of the Guard altho not inserted in his declaration (Hodgkin since dead) 
The next service he claims 2 months at the salt works of this service he can get no direct proof none survives who guarded with him; after this he served 15 days not Claimed in his Declaration but clearly proved by the pay roll   I mention this to show that the Claimant is not disposed to claim more than he has performed, I think many, for the same service would Claim more
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it is not probable that the Claimant knows or ever did much about the field or commisioned [sic] officers while on guard from this circumstance the Regiment was divided into Companys [sic] and subdivided into Guards and Stationed along the coast commanded generally by Serjeants [sic] some time by Corperals [sic] and I have satisfactory Evidence for those who belonged to the Guard that the regment [sic] was not called out during the whole service, some of them think that their Col. was a Saye [?] or Middletown but I can find none that positively know   I certify that James Hart is, and for a long time has been feeble man, both in his bodyly [sic] and mental powers   I have resided most of my life near his residence and for more than ten years within a Stones throw of his door   I consider him to be of weak mind and memory but I have no doubt of his truth and veracity to all he has declared, if the Declaration is deficient by neglecting to state the fact, where witness cannot be had or where the officers cannot be recollected your applicant would be directed to the way whereby his Declaration can be amended, I am in no way connected with the Claimant  a thorough conviction of the Justice of his Claim leads me to make this Communication with perfect confidence in your ability to devise between truth and error and the corectness [sic] of principal to do Justice to all men   I subscribe myself your obedient 
Servant [signed] Jesse Crompton 

James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions 

NB I refer to Joseph W Handy Esq who will hand 
the before mentioned Documents
J Crompton
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RevWar
10,793
INVALID.
File N. 10,793
James Hart
Priv. Rev. war
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index:-Vol. A, Page 163
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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James Hart
Madison Con[n]
28,664

Crosswise:
admd
6 mo pri
20$
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State of Connecticut 
New Haven County 
On this 17 day of August 1833 Personally appeared before me Reuben Elliott Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford James Hart aged Seventy Nine years who being duly sworn doth make the following amendment to his former declaration taken before Judge Darling on the 18 day of July 1832 
That while he was on Guard on the shore of Long Island Sound he was not employed in any civil pursuit and that according to the best of his recollection Thomas Hodgkin was officer of the Guard part of the time. Ichabod Hand by reason of old age (was in the guard) but does not remember any particulars of my service 
James (X his mark) Hart
Sworn and Subscribed the day and} 
year aforesaid before me Reuben Elliott Judge} 

Personally appeared before me Reuben Elliott Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford James Hart 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 one year I served as a private Soldier and for such service I claim a pension
James (X his mark) Hart
Sworn and Subscribed the day} 
and year aforesaid before me } [Signed] Reuben Elliott Judge
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Upside down:
James Hart
Madison Con[n]
28,664

State of Connecticut} 
New Haven County} ss. Probate Court District of Guilford 
I George Griswold Clerk of sd Court Do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the additional proceeding of the Court of Probate on the Matter of the Application of James Hart for a Pension 
A more particular amendment being thot [?] unnecessary by the Applicant in Consequence of its being sent by Joseph Hand Esqr. who is conversant with all the parties & Can explain 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 28th Day of Oct 1833. 
[Signed] George Griswold Clerk
[SEAL]