Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4943, Asa Hiatt, Md.
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SERVICE
Md.

Hiatt Asa
or Hyatt

NUMBER
R4943

CONTENT
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State of Indiana
Parke County 
in the Parke Probate Court
Term 1835
On this 12th day of May AD 1835 personally
appeared in open Court before the Honorable Tyler S Baldwin Probate Judge of the County of Parke State of Indiana, the same being a Court of Record, now in session Asa Hyatt a resident of Florida Township Parke County aforesaid, Aged Eighty one 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 7th 1832 That he entered the line of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein
stated I listed as a regular soldier in Frederick County State of Maryland where at that time I resided with my Farther Messick Hyatt who lived about nine miles from Frederick Town in said County, under Captain Philip Griffin
Lieutenant Nathan Maynard Ensign Richard Talbert, as my company officers, that at the time I listed, my father was about fifty years of Age, and was opposed to me listing, and was disposed to assist the enemy or at least to remain neutral as he remarked to me when I listed that he thought the British would
take the country, that it was sometime in the month of July 1780 when I listed under the following  named officers, and that I continued to serve  my country faithfully until some time in October 1783, Though I only listed (as I believe) to serve three years, we left Frederick Town in August 1780 under the above named officers and then went on near Philadelphia to head quarters on which march we had a small skirmish with a company of British Dragoons on the Susquehanna
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River that we were attached to the 7th Regiment of the continental line at Head quarters, under Col. Michael Rogers
Lieutenant Col. Thomas Willis and Major Alvin Falls as our Field officer  John Wolfe was a fifer for our company during of the time, there was a Sergeant of our company by the name of James Moore and another of the name of 
Wolfe a brother  of the fifer we
remained at our place near Philadelphia lay four or five miles from the city about five months, in scouting and in the vicinity of Philadelphia we went to Germantown, where we met the British under a British General by the name of Hance, with a British force to strong for us, and we were ordered
to retreat to Chestnut Hill, where we went and staid a short time, and then went back to Germantown where we made an attack on the British, which was the first engagement we had after we had routed the British we staid some time a Germantown, engaged in scouting, we were then  marched to Long Island in the State of New York where we had another engagement with the British we remained there some time engaged in scouting
and in doing whatever was required of us we
situated to the Schuylkill about nine miles from Philadelphia, when we remained four or four months and from there we were moved to Monmouth, where we had an engagement, and remained there some time, the actions, that I was engaged in are as follows, the first, I speak of the skirmishes and Battle at Tracters Hill, we had a skirmish, another at a place called Germantown Monmouth, and that we were in a number of skirmish and small actions, that I cannot State names or time with any degree
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certainty that he believes at the Battle of Germantown we were joined with the 4th and 9th Regiment, though the names and numbers I cannot State with any degree of Correctness. That he served in other party then that of a Soldier. that he received  discharge in the month of October 1781 signed as I think  by Genl Washington, which discharge I Kept for
a long time, and which has long since been lost or torn up. That we were frequently joined with other troops and Regiments during the time of my service and more frequently with the 4th and 9th Regiments, and that I am not certain that the number of my Regiment in the 7th of it was not it was the 4th on 9th
that Genl. Washington had the contract of all matters and things during the time I served, and was present when the troops where discharged, and known that we were honorably  discharged  his extreme
age and infirmities consequent thereto, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot recollect the circumstances of the same of war, and that names to him as a cham, or at least
a number of the scenes through which I passed And that it is impossible for him to state, at the circumstances of the same, that he has no documentary evidence of his service, nor can prove his service by any living witnesses that he knows of that he has during the last year since his papers were returned from the war department estate letters, and made many inquiry that he could and that he knows of no person  living by whom he can prove his service that he (illegible) hereby claim to a person or state and that his name
not on the Pension Roll of the Agency State
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he further states that it was impossible to obtain clergyman of his township  to attend as a witness in this case for him, that he is not acquainted with
any order of the clergy since he lived  in Parke Cty Indiana 
That he would have made this declaration Sooner and 
immediately after the returning of the one back by the war department, had it not
have been the for his afflictions, that he has not been  able to attend to the same until now and that he makes this application for a pension
at this time, under the firm belief that he never will be
able to attend to the same any more owing to the State of his Health, Asa Hiatt {seal}
Sworn and subscribed in open Court
February 12th 1835 John G Davis, Clerk
We Moses Robbins Joseph Smith & Randolph H Wedding residing  in the Township of Florida County of Parke State of Indiana and in the neighborhood of Asa Hyatt
who has sworn and subscribed to the above declaration , hereby certify that we are well acquainted with him, that we believe him to be eighty one
years of age, that we have know him for a number of years past, that he is reputed and in the neighbourhood where he resides and where we  the reside to have been a soldier of the volution, and that we cheerfully concur in  that       
opinion
Sworn and subscribe
Moses Robbins
Joseph Smith
Randolph H Wedding
Sworn and subscribe 
this 12th day of February 1835

John G Davis Clk
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the last eight or nine years I have resided in Florida
Township Parke County Indiana
How were you called into service
Ans  I listed  a regular Soldier at my father residence under
Captain Philip Griffin a recording Officer
5th State the names of some of the regular officers, who
were with the troops, where you served; such continental and Malitia Regiments as you can recollect and the
general circumstances of your service.
Ans  Col Michael Rogers Liuet Col Thomas Willis, Maj Oliver 
Talls, Philip were our field officers and
Captain Philip Griffin Lieut Nathan Maynard and Ensign
Richard Talbert Sergeant John Moore and one John Wolf
a fifer and a brother of John Wolf whose Christian name 
I do not recollect another Sergeant I recollect as of
our company officers I also recollect one Eli Dorsey who
was a part of the time a Major in the Seventh Regiment
and I also Recollect one Joseph Ingram who was a col
and one John Smallwood who was a Major of what
Regiment I do not know I think of the fourth and ninth
but can not speak positively at this distance of time
we were of the seventh regiment much shifted
about, were occasionally with the fourth and ninth,
with them I think at the Battle of Germantown,
I do not know that I was at any time joined with the
Militia, and no militia Regiment is recollected
I am so frail in body from old age and my memory
is so much impaired, that none but the most prominent of the general circumstances of my service are
now (illegible), those I have stated in my declaration
according to the best of my recollection, though as
to the dates Numbers of Regiments names and ranks of officers
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The following interrogatories were propounded by the Court to Asa Hyatt on his application for pension with his answer annexed to each
1st where and in what State were you born?
Ans. I was born in nine miles of the Town of Frederick in Frederick County Maryland where my father then lived, whose name was Messick Hyatt
2nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Ans: I have no record of my age, I saw a record
of it kept by my Father when last at his residence in Maryland above described and I have not seen it since and know not into whose hands it in  now My Father has been dead for more than twenty year
3rd  Where were you living when called into service; and where have you lived since the revolutionary war And where do you now live?
Ans I was living at my fathers residence above
described in Maryland when called into service and was until the last eight or nine years
I have resided  in Parke  County North Carolina, during
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I may have been mistaken
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service,
Ans I did signed by Genl Washington, (as I believe and
I kept for a long time but have not seen it for many
the years past and believe it is now lost or destroyed
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your
resent neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution
Ans. I am known to Randolph H Wedding a Justice of the
peace for the Township of Florida in Parke County Indiana
where I now and where he and I have both resided for
the last June years live within two miles of said wedding
And I am known and have been known to Moses Robin
the merchant at Roseville for eight or nine years have
lived during all that time in his neighborhood from
a half to four miles, and Joseph Smith is my near
neighbor and has been for several years past
And the said Tyler Baldwin Probate Judge in and for Parke
County Indiana, now in session, do declare my opinion after
the investigation of the matter and after putting of the
interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the
above named and gate was a Revolutionary soldier
and served as he state and the Court in giving this
opinion cannot withhold stating to the department that the
said Hyatt from extreme age & infirmity seems
much impaired in memory. And that this opinion of
his services is much strengthened from his age and appearance and from the united opinion of his Neighbors and
acquaintance, generally, and particularly from the statements of Randolph H Wedding Esq. Col. Moses Robbins and
Joseph Smith, who have signed the preceding certify
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(unreadable) It is known to the Court that they are resident of Florida Township in said County and are his near neighbors  the said Randolph is an acting Justice of the peace in said Township Col Robbins a Respectful man
of said Township and Joseph Smith is a
respectful farmer, they are all gentlemen of the
standing in society, are as credible as any
in the Country, and their statements are
entitled  to great weight, and that this application is made by said Asa Wiatt in open Court, having made a part of this application at the November session of this Court AD 1834, but owing to his health and
afflictions could not then be completed
that the same is now (illegible) by said
Hiatt in his own proper hand  that such a
man now is living and that this (illegible) has no  doubt of the correctness of his claim
Signed May 12th 1835
Lyle L. Baldwin Judge
I John G. Davis Clerk of the court of Probate,
he being a Court of record of Parke County
Indiana, do hereby certify that the foregoing
the original proceedings of the said Court
of the application of Asa Hyatt for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirteenth day of May  eighteen hundred and thirty five
John G. Davis, Clerk
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(no legible information)
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
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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 complying with this request
claim.
Enlisted July
John
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Statement, showing the Service of Asa Hiatt Parke County Indiana

Enlisted July 1780
John
Duration of the
claimant's service.
3 years
3 months
Rank of the claimant.
 private
Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Cap Griffin, Col Bogus
Age at present, and place of abode 
 when he entered
the service.
 80 years
 Frederick County Maryland
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
7th Regt Continental line,
No evidence - paper correct

Battle at Germantown, Long Island
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
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 complying with this request
claim.
Enlisted July
John
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Statement, showing the Service of Asa Hiatt Parke County Indiana

Enlisted July 1780
John
Duration of the
claimant's service.
3 years
3 months
Rank of the claimant.
 private
Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Cap Griffin, Col Bogus
Age at present, and place of abode 
 when he entered
the service.
 80 years
 Frederick County Maryland
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
7th Regt Continental line,
No evidence - paper correct

Battle at Germantown, Long Island
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who 
were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory or District of 
County of   ss
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before _____
A.B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District
of _____  aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ______, with _____ and
served in the ______ (e) regiment of the ______ line, under the following named officers: _____

{Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
{And then will follow the certificate of the court}

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____
day of _____ & c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____
and C.D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
_____, who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
{And then will follow the certificate of the Court.}

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 serves as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, _____Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this _____day of ______ & c.

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-
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary 
war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. 
TO A SOLDIER. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
TO AN OFFICER.  Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
Office has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of services of any person, who may have died before 
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure,
taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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(a)The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow
the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
(c)The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d)The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e)Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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 amount of pension he is entitled. 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 Justiceof the 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."

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 that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars regarding their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the individual served, the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served when 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 period, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.

(f)The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g)The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.

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 papers 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.

Proof of Service
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's 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.
(k)The notes from (a) to (j) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia men, Volunteers and Stat Troops.  The proof is required by rule note (j) applies to continental troops only.  
(k) this traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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REJECTED
4943
P.O.

Asa Hiatt
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Suspended
see letter 29 May
1835 to Joseph
A. Wright, Rockville
dated 13 July 1835


4943
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Application of Asa
Hiatt  for a Pension
25482
not on
taken out for a package
of rel case no direction
by who they were
head
Post Mark
Rockville 
Md
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State of Indiana in the Parke County
County of the Term of May 18
this fifth day of May 1835 personally appeared in
open Court before the now Hon John R. Porter President Judge of
the Circuit Court in and for said County of Parke and
Robert Mitchel associate Judge of said Court now
sitting Asa Hiatt resident of said County of Parke
and State of Indiana, Aged Eighty 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 7th 1832

That he the entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as here stated.
I (illegible) as a regular soldier in Frederick (illegible)
where he at the time resided (illegible) Captain Philip Griffin (illegible) 
Nathan Maynard Ensign Richard Talbert as my Company officers
Thomas Willis, and Maj  Oliver Toles as my full officers
in the first part of the month of July in the year 1780 and
continued constantly in the service untill in the month
of October in the year 1783 during which time we (illegible)
in the following engagements, we left Frederick Town in
early part of August 1780 and marched through Pennsylvania
to headquarters near Philadelphia on which march
we had a small skirmish with a company of British
Dragoons on the Susquehanna River, we remained at
our destination which was in four or six miles of Philadelphia
engaged the most of the time in scouting round in
the vicinity of Philadelphia for five or six months
from whence we marched to Germantown, where we
met with the British General by the name of Howe with
British force too strong for us, and we were ordered
by General Washington to retreat to Charmat Hill to
reinforce which we did and stayed --  a short time and
then were marched back to Germantown and made
an attack at that place on the British which
was our first important engagement after we (illegible)
routed the British we remained at Germantown
Engaged in scouting for about twelve months
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and then marched to Long Island in the State
New York where with another (?) with
the  (illegible)
with and reciting about to
month and returned to the city of 
Philadelphia where we remained  four or five
months and were marched thereto therewith
we remained consider (recollect
that have long and back to Chellen
charged by Col Washington (illegible) in the month of October 1783 (illegible) written discharge I kept for many years but our
have lost or worn out we were of the of
the continuation, were easily found with
other agents and at the Battle town
with the wrath and with no
part then as I have
of my land now of
whose testimony I can prove from the
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not in the pension Roll of any Agency in any State
Asa Hiatt
Sworn to and subscribed the day
and year first above written
John G. Davis Clk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revoluntary soldier and served as he states
 John Porter
Robert Mitchell
I John Davis Clerk of the Court in
Parke County State of the Indiana 
certify that the foregoing contains the
of the said Court in the matter of the application for a pension and hereby confirms

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office
the fifth day of May 1833
John G Davis Clerk
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Revolutionary
Act 7. June 1832
Asa Hiatt
Indiana,
Suspended,

Power of Attorney to
examine papers

C.C. Tucker,
Atty
18. July 54.

Present.
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Know all men by these present that I Samuel Hiatt do hereby constitute and appoint Charles C. Tucker of Washington City D. C. my true and lawful agent and attorney to prosecute the Claim of Asa Hiatt for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of pension that may be due under the provisions of the Act of [illegible] June 1832, or any other act or resolution of Congress and I hereby authorize my said attorney to examine all papers and documents in relation to said claim on file in the Department at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments and to receive the certificate which may be issued for said claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed: and to do all things that I might or could do, were I personally present hereby notifying and confirming all that my said attorney may lawfully do in the premises.
Witness my hand and seal this 21st day of June 1854.
In presence of            
[illegible] Fisher              
[illegible] N. Baker     
Samuel his x mark Hiatt           

State of Indiana. Parke County SS.
On this 21st day of June 1854, before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above mentioned personally appeared Samuel Hiatt and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed for the purpose therein mentioned
                                            [illegible]
                                            Justice of the Peace

State of Indiana, Parke County SS
On this 21st day of June 1854, before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for the county and state of aforesaid, personally appeared Samuel Hiatt a resident of said county, and made oath according to the law that he is the identical Samuel Hiatt who executed the foregoing power of attorney, and that he is directly interested in said claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional
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Evidence or arguments as my said attorney may use in Prosecuting said claim  samuel his mark x Sdiatt sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written Samuel N  Baker j P seal 
State of Indiana park County SS I George and Thompson Clerk of the park Circuit Court do here by certify that Samuel N Baker Esquire before whom before going affidavit and acknowledgment were made and who has thereunto signed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and state of four said duly commissioned and sworn and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit in testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and fixed my official seal this 21st day of June 1854 
George W Thompson clerk 
(illegible) BrJ (illegible) D Strawn deputy Clerk
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Rockville Indiana
June 29th 1835.

Sir

The answer to your letter of May 29th
on the subject of Asa Hiatt application for a
pension, the letter I return for the purpose of
directing your attention the (illegible) to the
point, I can say, that so for as I have any
knowledge of the subject, that the Department has
all the proof that he can possibly furnish
you have in his application his own statements,
and no doubt the dates &c are wrong, this
matter, I know , the times he gives of the
Battle of Germantown and other facts I could
now corrected myself from a knowledge of the
History of the same, but I thought it correct
to give the facts to the Department in the way
and manner stated by Hiatt, his age and
his loss of memory, and not being able to attend
to business for himself and his entire weakness
of body & mind, all authorize me to say to the
Department, to do with his application as the
law and the Justice of his case will warrant.
That he served in the Revolutionary war is beyond
doubt, from his age, his character and a
number of other circumstances which are all
given in his application at large, and which
I must refer you to, for you have it as
he states, it is impossible for to obtain any
thing more for a man in his situation,
and who cannot live but a few days in
his situation.  If you think he only served in the
militia, give him, whatever you then is right, if
you cannot do any thing for him and it is
not inconsistent with the rules of the department
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return his papers, and if any thing more can be
done, the same shall be attended to, I should like
to have, what (illegible) the Department saith of the
matter after changing his application again, you
will remember that this is not his first application.
the first one was returned with this.

I return likewise a letter from Mrs. Gordon
the subject of Samuel Moore formerly of
Alexander Mills Ky, for the purpose of obtaining
information on the following subject:
within the Moore name, is found (illegible)
previous to the year 1815, and if so, have long
he served;
And likewise send the department the Affidavit
of John T. Chersen, who swears to the facts as
stated by Samuel Moore, which I wish the
Department to examine, and if not sufficient to
return to me with instructions how to proceed,
and to state what Mr Moore is entitled to
provided he succeeds in making out his case
Yours Respectfully
Joseph A Wright

James L Edwards Eq
Washington
City
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War Department
Pension Office
May 29, 1835
Sir:
The papers in the case of Asa
Hiat have been examined and filed
with suspended cases in this office. He
alleges that he enlisted for the war in July
1780 in a regiment of the Maryland line ┃
commanded by Colonel Michael Rogers, and
that he was discharged in October, 1783.
That officer did not command a regiment
belonging to the continental establishment nor
could the applicant have served as stated.
The battle of Germantown at which he alleges
to have been present did not take place
at so late a period of the war as 1780 and
the actual service in the neighbourhood of Philadelphia was performed at the time at which
the enemy had possession of that city.  It is
very doubtful whether he served more than
one tour of militia duty, unless he
can exhibit the testimony of witnesses, who had a
personal knowledge of his service, as required in
notes in the enclosed printed sheet his claim
cannot be allowed.
I am respectfully 
Your Obt. Servt
J L Edwards

Joseph A. Wright Esqr
Rockville
Indiana
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Joseph A Wright
letter
Rockville Ind
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Rockville Indiana
May 13th 1835
Sir
I send you enclosed the application of Asa Hyatt for a pension, the papers are made out very bad, owing to the fact that the same was made partly last Fall as the Judge [?], on [ch strikethrough] balance this [?], This [?] is a full statement of the case, and there exists no doubt in the minds of any who seen the old man make his application in open court, and heard the answers to the interrogations, and his age and appearance of the correctness of his claim, I have no doubt but what the old man is wrong in some of his Statements, such as that Genl. Washington signed his discharge, and a number of dates. [?], you have it as the old man made them all together, that he has served there is no doubt, and that he is entitled to a pension.  There can be no doubt, when you act on this application, if refuse, send them, with a full account of the objections to me
Again Respectfully
James S Edwards Joseph A Wright