Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18427, William Hardin, Md.
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SERVICE
MD
HARDIN WILLIAM
NUMBER
S.18427
Carded
Contents
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12374
Ohio Pittsburgh
Wm Hardin
Sergeant  in the state of Ohio
who was a sergeant in the C commanded
by Captain Gill in the Regt commanded
by  --------in the Maryland Line for one year.
$60
 Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh of
the rate of 60 Dollars - Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
1833


Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of July
1833 and sent to E. Hanna McConnellville, MC
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.
 120.00
  30.00
$150.00
Semi-ant allowance ending 4 Sept 33.

{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832.       }
Recorded by Wm R. Palmer, Clerk
Book E Vol 8Vol. 8. Page 113
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2258513, 374
William Hardin
Ohio
Adm 1 year
Sergeant

E. Hanna 
McConnesville
Morgan County
Ohio
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WAR DEPARTMENT,

Pension Office,
20th April 1833

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 show 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, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
showing the service of William Hardin  Ohio
94 born in Baltimore cy MD
.entered there -- now lives in Ohio
1777 called out
3or 4 Invated Gill col cockey
Spring 1778 belonged to a company of minute men and ferquently out
Served at least 1 year -- actual Serve during the war
One swearing witness knows service generally 
certificate of three citizens
interrogatores are answered

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 claim
ing 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.
Sate Territor
County of
On this
day of
A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
of
and State, Territory or District
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 religion or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any way on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A.
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.
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
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
and C. D. residing in (the same)
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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
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 served 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.
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
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it givdren
, and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
on 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 herein requested to perform,
and will also certy minutes required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
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 the 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.
The declarant must appear in Court, were on the
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.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
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 and. Every claimant me
state, with precision, the length of his service, and the inherent 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 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, anddays
, 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 reign of his service. The use of the phrase when three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they carried two years
March
in the militia, &c. without specifying the others, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionate must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
Declard
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.
51 The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
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.
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 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.
The notes from (a) to (l) 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.
Sefed
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
certificate of amended
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
to
is
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as he states and the said William Hardin by reason of bodily infirmity could
not appear at the seat of Justice at a regular
Court of record to make his application. And I further certify that it appears to me that Amos Shilling and James McCreary & Sarah Hardin are residents in the immediate neighbourhood of the said William Hardin and that they are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal officially this fifth
of day of December AD 1832
B Connel Asst Judge  {Seal}

The State of Ohio  Personally appeared before the Morgan County of Subscriber an associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Morgan County Ohio Rachel Orsborn who after being duly sworn according to law deposeth and says that she is a daughter of William Hardin of Bloom Township in Morgan
County Ohio  that at the time of the
revolutionary war she was about ten years of
age that she recollects of her father being frequently called upon & of his going out in the army as soldier but the time she cannot recollect & further this deponent saith not
Mabel Orsborn  her mark
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revolutionary war she was about ten
years of age that she recollects her
father being frequently called upon &
of his going out in the army as a soldier
but the time she cannot recollect & further this deponent saith not

Rachel Osborn  her mark

Sworn to & subscribed before me this
22 day of November 11832 and
(unreadable)

The State of Ohio
Morgan County I Samuel A Barker Clerk pro tempore of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Robert McConnell before whom the above deposition appears to have been taken on the 22nd of November last and before whom the proceedings on the application of William Harden for a Pension appear to have been heard on the 20th day of November last was on the 20th and 22nd day of November aforesaid one of the acting Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County duly Commissioned and qualified as such and
that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his acts as such. And I do further certify that the foregoing signatures
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are the genuine signatures of the said Robert McConnell 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court at McConnelsville this sixth day of December in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two
.
S A Barker Clk






W. Hardin
22585
Amended December
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The State of Ohio
Morgan County

Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Morgan County Ohio aforesaid William Hardin a resident of said
Morgan County & State of Ohio aged ninety four 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 AD 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated I was in the militia of Maryland in the year 1775  about harvest  in a company commanded by Captain Stephen Gill and Lieutenant Thomas
Thomas Bond and James Trapland and Ensign Nicholas Gill in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Edward Cockey and Adjutant Henry 
Talbott and B. General Andrew Buchanon and Major General Smallwood  I was living in Baltimore County Maryland at the time I was called into actual service as a militia man in 1777 Just after the battle of Germantown we went to Baltimore and were stationed there and remained there I think about three or four months when we were discharged and in the spring of the year 1778 Brigadier General Andrew Buchanan at a review of the troops called upon us to see how many men would turn out as volunteers & when he called upon Captain Gill to know how many men his party would turn out when the Captain himself went forward and all the men that had appeared
or parade that day followed him and I was
one of them we were to be ready at a minutes
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warning at any time and from that (unclear)stance we were denominated minute men our names were all taken down with red ink and during the time that the war lasted we were frequently called upon and always went
when ever it was thought that there was any
danger at Baltimore during the war I was
at least one year upon actual service
at the time we were at Baltimore in 1778
I became acquainted with Captain Cuess of the regulars I have no documentary evidence of
my service and that I know of no person
by whom I can prove my service but my
daughter Rachel Osborn 
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the Pension rolls of any State
Where in what year were you born
I was in Baltimore County Maryland
but the year I cannot positively state but I
think in the year 1778
Have you any record of your age 
none
where were you living when you were called into service, where you lived since
the Revolutionary war and where do you now
live
I was living in Baltimore County Maryland and after the war I moved to Bedford County Pennsylvania and then I came to Muskingum County Ohio & from there to my present residence in Morgan County Ohio
Did you ever receive a discharge from the
service.
I never received a written discharge from the service
State the names of persons to whom you
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are known in your present neighbourhood
and who can testiby as to your character for veracity and good behaviour Amos Shilling Samuel McCune Wilks Richardson William Lahew Sarah Hardin Isaac Hains David Smith Nati Smith & James McCreary
William Hardin    his mark
Sworn to and subscribed this 20th day of
November AD 1832 
R McConnel County Judge 
We Amos Shilling Sarah Hardin and
James McCreary of Boone township Morgan
 County Ohio hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with William Hardin residing
 in the same neighbourhood who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration that we having him to be ninety four years that he is reputed & believed in the
neighbourhood where he resides to have been
a soldier of the Revolution and that we
concur in that opinion
Amos Shilling
Sarah Hardin     her mark
James McCreary
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
R McConnel {Seal}
The State of Ohio
 Morgan County ss ⎬
I Robert McConnell one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Morgan County aforesaid do hereby declare that after investigating the above matter & putting the above interrogatories that I am of opinion that the above named applicant William Hardin was a Revolutionary soldier and served
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as he states and the said William Hardin
in by reason of bodily infirmity could
not appear at the seat of justice  at a regular Court of record to make his application. And I further certify that it appears to me that Amos Shilling and James McCreary & Sarah Hardin are residents in the immediate neighbourhood of the said William Hardin and that they are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal officially this fifth day of December AD 1832

B Mc Connel Asst Judge
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18427
INVALID--
File No 18427
INVALID.
18427
William Hardin
Serg Rev War

Act: June  7 32
Index--Vol. 1___Page 166
(Arrangement of 1870.]
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Oct. 10, 1940 Sun to Mrs E, B, Federa MCs
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WM Hardin   S,18427
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Amended Declaration of William Hardin
of Morgan County Ohio in order to obtain the
benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 of June 1832
The State of Ohio Morgan County Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid William Hardin 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
period mentioned below and in the grades
following in the Militia in 1775 mentioned in my Declaration hereto annexed as a Sargent not less than the rents, in the minute then as mentioned in said Declaration under Capt Gill as a Sargent Not less than nine months
William Hardin     his mark

Sworn and Subscribed to before me this
third day of June A.D 1883
John Lewis
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The State of Ohio
Morgan County I Samuel A. Barker Clerk
of the Court of Common of Pleas of the County aforesaid do hereby certify
that John Lewis Esqr before whom the within
Declaration appears to have been made sworn
and subscribed to on the third inst and who
has subscribed his name thereto was at the 
time, to wit on the 2nd of June inst and now
is one of the acting  Justices of the Peace in
and for said County duly commissioned and
qualified as such, to whose official acts full
faith and credit is due and ought to be given
And I do further certify that the within sig
nature of John Lewis is the genuine sig
of the said Justice Lewis In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed
the Seal of the Court of Common
Pleas at McConnelsville this
4th day of June A.D. 1833.
A. Barker Clerk