Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,419, John Carhart, New Jersey
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Service Number
[handwritten] New Jersey  Carhart, John  S2419
carded
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pay [illegible] let [letter] Agent & J M Hartshome 2 Jul 35
E. Osborn 10 Septer
Let Hon James Parker 11 Jan 1836

Letter to Hon James Parker March 25. 1836 - do [ditto] to Same 15 June 1835 - do to same June 22. 1836.

do - do - Jany 13. 1837
Let to J. M. Hartshome June 10, 1837
"  " Pension Agent. "  "  "
"  " J.M. Hartshome July 2. 1837
order to pay 14 Sept. 1838

New Jersey 17.660
John Carhart of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey who was a private in the company commanded Captain Walton of the Regt. commanded by Col. Holmes in the N. J. militia line for two years

in Walling 60 1781 not in Shepherds.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11. day of Sept 1833 and sent to J. M. Hartshome
Freehold

[illegible] to the 4th of Sept. 1883  200.— [$200.00]
Personal allowance ending 4 Mch ʻ34  40.— [$40.00]
$240. -
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.]
Recorded by JM Duffield Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 105.
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Monmouth Pleas of July Term 1832.
Declaration of John Carhart for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
No 4064
no papers
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Declaration of John Carhart in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. 
State of New Jersey 
Monmouth County, ss:

On this thirty first day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two, personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth, now sitting, John Carhart, a resident in the township of Middletown, Monmouth County, State of New Jersey, seventy six years old on the fifteenth day of July last, 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 & served as herein stated -

That when about 18 years old, in the early part of the year 1776, residing in the said township of Middletown, he entered the said service in a company of militia commanded by Captain John Holmes, & that he continued out under the said Captain & those herein named in the manner herein stated, till the close of the war. That beside the said Capt Holmes, he served under Capt Thos Walling, Capt Saml Carhart, Capt John Schenck, Capt. Wm Schenk, Capt. Elisha Walton, Capt John Walton, Capt. Jonathan Pearce & Capt Jn Stetwell, but he cannot state in what order nor when his parties: when engagement under each captain commenced or terminated, nor for what length of time he served under each captain. That he was out under the said Captains in consequence of his being drafted
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called in the monthly service, except when under Capt. Thos. Walling in whose company he enlisted for a year. That his field officers were Genl David Forman, Col. Asher Holmes & Maj. Elisha Walton. That he was chiefly employed while in said service in guarding the shores of the said County of Monmouth. That he frequently engaged in skirmishes with the Tories. That he was never a substitute. That he was never in service with any continental company or regiment, & that he knew Captain John Burrowes, Major Lyon & Col. John Gorman who were in the continental service. That his marches were confined to the said County of Monmouth, principally along the sea coast. That he has no doubt he was out in actual service more than two years. That he has a record of his age in his possession. That he now lives in the township of Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, where he resided at the time he entered the said service & where he has ever lived since the Revolutionary War. That he received no discharge from the said service & that he has no documentary in defence of such service. That Daniel Walling, Nicholes Worrell & George Taylor know that he was in such service, & will testify to the same. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or owing except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

Sworn to & subscribed to this day & year aforesd-
John Carhart

John Patterson
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We Daniel Walling, Nicholas Morrell and George Taylor, surviving soldiers of the Revolutionary War do hereby certify under oath, that we are respectively acquainted with the within named John Carhart & was acquainted with him at the time of the Revolution, & we also further certify that he was a soldier in the militia of New Jersey at the time of the Revolution. We do verily believe that the preceding declaration which he has made under oath as to his service in the Revolutionary war is entitled to full credit, & further that his character for truth & veracity has never been to our knowledge questioned, but that his oath is entitled to full credit.
 
Sworn & subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid -
Nicholas Morrell
George Taylor
Daniel Walling

John Patterson


And the said Court do hereby declare their 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, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Nicholas Morrell, George Taylor and Daniel Walling, surviving soldiers of the Revolutionary War, who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the County of Monmouth, in the State of New Jersey, and are credible persons and that their statement is
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John Carhart [vertically on left margin]

entitled to full credit
William Lloyd
John Hull
John Hearden
Judges of the said Court

I Daniel H. Ellis Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth, New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Carhart for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office, this second day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two 
Seal
D.H. Ellis  Clk

I Daniel H. Ellis, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey, Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Carhart for a pension made before the said Court, in term find, on the thirty first day of July last.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twenty ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three
D.H. Ellis  Clk
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Supplemental affidavit of John Carhart, amending his original declaration, made July 31st 1832, before a Court of Record of the County of Monmouth, in the State of New Jersey, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

State of New Jersey, 
Monmouth County, to wit,

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County of Monmouth, John Carhart, who being duly sworn deposeth & saith, that he is the indentical [identical] John Carhart, named in the above named original declaration & numbered by the War Department 4064, & that by reason of old age & 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, & in the following grades, to wit: In the month of June 1776, I entered the service of the Revolutionary War, & in the said year I served the period of 4 months as a private, in the militia of New Jersey, under my drafts or calls, namely, the month of June in a militia company commanded by Capt John Holmes & Lt. Elias Bailey, & the months of August, October & December, in a militia company commanded by Capt Thos Walling, Lt. Cornelius Conover & Ensign Geo Pool. In the years of 1777, 1778 & 1779. I served eighteen months, as a private, under my drafts, in the Militia of New Jersey, in the following militia companies, commanded by Cap. Thos. Walling, Cap. Saml Carhart, Cap. Jno. Schenck, Cap. Wm Schenck, Cap. Elisha Walton, Cap. Jno. Walton, Capt. Jonathan Pearce & Cap. Joseph Stilwell, namely, the month of February,
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April, June, August, October & December, in the year 1777, the months of February, April, June, August, October & December, in the year 1778, & the months of February, April, June, August October & December in the year 1779; that is to say, I served eleven months under the said Cap. Walling, one month under Capt. Carhart, one month under Cap. Jno. Schenck, one month under Cap. Wm Schenck, one month under Capt Elisha Walton, one month under Cap. John Walton, one month under Cap. Pearce & one month under Capt. Stilwell, but I cannot specify & name the particular months that I served under the foregoing named Captains respectively, but know that I served under them during the above named years of 1777, 1778 & 1779, the said period of eighteen months, above enumerated. In the year 1780, I served six months, as a private, under my drafts or calls in the militia company commanded by the said Cap. Thos Walling & at that time Lt. Geo. Pool, who was chosen in the stead of the aforesaid Conover, & Ensign Garret Hendrickson, namely the month of February, April, June, August, October & December In the year 1781 I served twelve months as a private, under an enlistment of 12 months, in a militia company placed under the command of my said regular Captain Thos. Walling, & Lt. Geo. Pool, namely the months of January, February March, April, May, June July, August, September, October, November & December. In the year 1782, I think I served at least four months, but am unable to specify the particular months of my actual service, by reason of the tours of service being at this time very irregular, & not alternately every other month as they were at the beginning of the war, but I know that each tour comprised a period of one month
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& think I served at least four of said tours during the said last named year; and for such service claim a pension. David Forman was the commanding General, & Geo. Taylor the Col. during the commencement of the war, but after his desertion Asher Holmes was appointed Col. Beside the said service, I was often out at the General alarms that occurred when the British landed on, or appeared near the Monmonth shores & whenever the Tories, that abounded in the County collected together for the purpose of plunder; upon either of which occasions, upon a signal from the alarm Gen. the militia of the neighborhood, whether out under their regular drafts or not, repaired with all speed to the known place of Rendezvous, in order to muster a sufficient force to prevent or repel the inroad, or prevent the plunder. At these musters I was frequently out, but am unable to specify the time when each occurred, their duration, or under whom the services were performed. My services were to guard the Monmouth shores from the inroads of the British, & to operate against the Tories, in which duty, I was constantly marching & counter marching the sea coast, & often extended said marches into the interior of the County, in order to act against the Tories. I was engaged in several skirmishes during the war, one under Cap. Jno. Schenck at a general alarm, when a muster of the militia convened at the Highlands in said County, & took about thirty of the Tories who had been plundering, prisoners; I was also at a skirmish at Conaskonk in said County, under Cap. Walling; I was born July 15. 1756, in the township of Middletown, in said County of Monmouth, New Jersey; I have a record of my age in the family Bible in my
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possession. I lived in the said township of Middle town when called into the service, where I have ever lived since the Revolutionary War, & where I now live. I entered the service under the said Cap. Holmes under my draft, & always served twelve under my said draft, except my [inserted:] twelve years enlistment before named, was never a substitute for another. I have heretofore & in my original Declaration stated the names of such of the regular officers, Continental & Militia Regiments as I know any thing about, & generally all such general circumstances of my service and can remember & think important. I never received any other discharge from the service except by word of mouth. I am known to the Revd Thomas Roberts & George D. Walling, in my present neighborhood who can testify to my character for veracity, & their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution. I always served with an embodied corps called into service by the authority of the State of New Jersey. I always served in the field & never in garrison, & for the times during which the service was performed I was not engaged in any civil pursuit.

John Carhart

Sworn & subscribed this 18th day of June, 1833, before
me. Interlineations being made on the 1st 6th & 14th lines of the 4th page, before deponent was sworn
William Lloyd
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1921 Dec. Mrs. C. L. Danner that John Carhart S.F. 2419 was a res. of Middletown N. J. but did not serve in N. J.ʻs militia

Rev War

2419
INVALID.
File No. 2419
John Carhart
Privt Rev War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 56
[Arrangement of 1870.}
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John Carhart

Middletown N.J. Aug 10th Free
Hon. Lew Cass
Sea Man
N. J. Aug 13.
Revolutionary Claims
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New Jersey Middletown Monmouth Ct.
In
The pay of Mr John Carhart as a private in Col. Asher Holmes Reg is stopped, his claims being from the information of the oldest men now among us, as I have know doubt just and right. I will just inform you that those old men have have to pay from 25 to 30 dollars a piece to get their papers made out and if the same thing is to go over again the men interceding is making to much money out of the Government through them and the unjust claims are so great, but if they will pass that is all. I think for my own part that if such a man as John Carhart is thrown out, where must the greatest number of his acquaintance be. His claims I repeat again & again is Just I believe, and the man Thos Walling as Cap. there can be no doubt he both fed and paid his men and obtained the same from the commissary at Freehold, and if consistent with your rules & regulations restore the old man again in the number of those that is to be paid for actual service, not from his name standing on the pay roll and scarcely or ever seen in the service, but for long and actual service to his country he will ever be thankful from your result. From—
John Carhart

Ezra Osborn
Hon Luce, Aug. Lest Man
N.S. I you would be so good as to drop a line how or in what manner the old man is to proceed, it be a great favor
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Sworn and subscribed in open Court. October 21 1836

James Hopping
Thos C Throckmorton
William Lloyd

And the said Court do hereby certify that opinion that the said Gershom Walling the above affiant is a person of credit and respectability, and that his statement and will under as without oath is entitled to full faith and credit. — & that the above statement is true.
Oct. 21. 1836.
William Lloyd
Thos C Throckmorton
James Hopping

I the subscriber clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify, that the foregoing is the original proceeding of the said Court in relation to the affidavit of Gershom Walling taken with Respect to the services of John Carhart, Joseph Walling and Daniel Walling as soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court this 22d day of October AD 1836.

D.H. Ellis Clk
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Addendum for
Jn Carhart
Wm Walling and
Daniel Walling
N.E.

Hon G. D Wall
Burlington
New Jersey
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State of New Jersey Monmouth County [illegible]:

Gershom Walling being duly sworn deposes and saith that he will be sixty eight years of age on the tenth day of next January & resides in Middletown township Monmonth County that he is well acquainted with
John Carhart Joseph Walling and Daniel Walling of Middletown aforesaid late pensioners under the act of June 1832 but whose pensions together understand have been stopped, that they were all
during the Revolutionary War soldiers in a company commanded by Captain Thomas Walling the father of this deponent, that Captain Thomas Walling enlisted men as Minute Men in his Company for one year and that the above named John Carhart Joseph Walling and Daniel Walling enlisted in his Capt Thomas Wallingʻs Company and served therein one year each the period authorized by the laws or ordinances of Newbury under which Captain Thomas Walling acted, this deponent cannot specify the year this service was performed, their duties were to guard the shores of Monmouth County from the [illegible] of the British and Tories of that period, witness often sent them out at different places in the service in the discharge of their duties under his father, and recollects having seen many years ago the [illegible] of enlistment among his fathers papers [illegible] by the above named three persons but after his this deponents fathers death which happened in August 1815 the paper with many others were destroyed as deponent believes it being considered as of no importance.

Gershon Walling

Statement subscribed before [illegible] of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Monmouth this 21st day of October 1836.

William Lloyd
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June 9
M at,
No Syl

Freehold NJ June 6th

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Comr of Pensions
War Department
Washington City, D.C.
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Freehold June 5th 1837.

Sir

I herewith transmit some additional evidence in the case of Joseph Walling, Daniel Walling and John Carhart. In your letter to John Patterson of the 8th Feby last respecting their claims you say that John Car hart states that he served a tour of twelve months in 1780 in Captain Thomas Walling's Company and four months in 1782. No evidence can be found in the office of the Secretary of State as suggested in your letter, but some evidence of the kind has been found among the private papers of John W. Holmes the son of Col Asher Holmes, sworn copies of which are herewith sent, which prove that Capt. Thomas Walling's company was in actual service during the whole of the year 1780 as appears by the abstracts marked No. 4. & No 7. The first he appears to have received pay for, and for the other he has the certificate of his Col. Therin twelve pay rolls named, begg 15th Jany 1780 and ending 9th Jany 1781.

There appears upon first view to be some little discrepancy between the amt of the pay, and the amt of the receipts, but this is easily explained, for the amt received shows that it must have been for some services previously performed as well as for those mentioned in the abstracts. And if we had all the pay abstracts of Col. Holmes I have no doubt but that fact would so appear, but W. Holmes says that many of them have been destroyed. It appears farther by the receipts that the militia not only recd pay, but also bounty and subsistence mony.

Here then is proof positive that Capt. Walling's company was in service during 1780, and then to prove that John Carhart, Joseph Walling and Daniel Walling belonged to his company & in his district, I refer you to a sworn copy the list of men belonging to his company who were at the capture of the Brig Brittania on 30th Decr 1779, & found among Col. H. papers.

Previous to 1780 it appears by the abstract marked No. 1. & the receipts following it that Thomas Walling
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had command of his company as an Ensign, and as such received a large amt of pay for services previously performed.

The claimants and witnesses have probably stated that Thomas Walling was Capt. previous to 1780, which is perfectly natural because they knew that he had command of the company & acted as the Captain, tho only an Ensign.

They knew that he was a captain, but they could not tell exactly at what time he was appointed.

I trust that these papers will entirely do away the suspicion resting upon these cases, and that you will restore to them their pensions again.

I must be permitted to say that great injustice has been done to these men by suspending their pay, though no blame is attributable to you, as you have only done your duty, for two of them are extremely poor and almost entirely helpless, one of them completely bedridden, and wholly dependent upon their friends for support.

While receiving the pensions they were happy & enjoyed tolerable good health, but the suspension, was to them a heavy blow, & sunk them deeper in poverty and misery than they were before the allowance of a pension.

I refer you also to the case of Mrs Shepherd widow of Moses Shepherd, who receives a pension for 1 yearʻs service of her husband as captain - the papers herewith sent, particularly No. 4. & No. 6. Show 3 months service as Lieutenant, for which she will be entitled to have something added to her certificate.

I should like to hear from you as soon as practicable.

Most Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
J. M. Hartshome
J
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J. L. Edwards Esqr
Comr of Pensions
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4064
John Carhart

Capt. Thos Walling
12 M in 1781
See abstract of Pay codes
in the [illegible] of J W. Holmes

In pay-
Marginal record. £32.16.8
£15.0.0
_______
£47.16.8

[overwritten]
2 in $80.

J. M. Hartshome
Freehold, N. J.

D H Ellis
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
[handwritten] April 30th 1833

[printed]
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, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

[table with no handwritten entries]
A Statement, showing the Service of

Period when the service was rendered.
Duration of the claimant's service
Years.
Months.
Days.
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.
[end of table]

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

[handwritten] Mr John Carhart
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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:

[handwritten to indicate relevant section] (
[printed][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. [note] 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.]
[handwritten] )

[printed]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.

[handwritten to indicate relevant section] (  
[printed]     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 [text obscured by paper fold] _____  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. 
[handwritten] )

[printed] 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.

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.

[handwritten to indicate relevant section] (  
[printed] 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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[handwritten to indicate relevant section] (
[printed] 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. 
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[handwritten to indicate relevant section] (
[printed] 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 has become of it? 
[handwritten] )

[printed] 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 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. 
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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] [text obscured by paper fold] ...must give the name the Colonel under whom he served, otherwise satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every...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 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 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."

[handwritten to indicate relevant section] (
[printed] 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 respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case be clearly shown 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. 
[handwritten] )

[printed][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 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.

[handwritten to indicate relevant section] (
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. 
[handwritten] )

[printed] Proof of Service.

[j] 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. 

[note] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. il 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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We Thomas Roberts, a clergyman residing in the township of Middletown in the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, and George D. Walling residing in the same township, County and State, Do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Carhart, who has sworn to & subscribed the foregoing supplemental affidavit to his original Declaration; that we believe [him is erased] that he was seventy six years of age on the fifteenth day of July last, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.

Thomas Roberts
George D Walling

Sworn to subscribed this 18th day of June A.D. 1833, before me one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Monmouth, in the State of New Jersey 
= "him" being erased before deponents being sworn =
Ezra Osborn (Justice)

I Ezra Osborn - one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Monmouth, in the State of New Jersey, Do hereby certify, that it appears to me that Thomas Roberts who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the township of Middletown, in the said County of Monmouth & State of New Jersey & that George D. Wallis who has also signed
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the same is a resident in the said township, County & State, & is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit.

Dated June 18th A.D. 1833.
Esra Osborn Justice

State of New Jersey}
Monmouth County   } SS

Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Monmouth Daniel Walling, who being duly sworn doth depose & say that he is seventy two years of age, & a surviving soldier of the Revolution & as such hath applied for his Pension, that he is well acquainted with the foregoing named John Carhart, that he knew him well during the war of the Revolution, and remembers perfectly having seen him time after time, out in actual service during said War, particularly serving under Cap. Thos Walling as a private in the New Jersey Militia, that he was at the battle of Conaskonk & at a skirmish at the Highlands, & remembers having seen the said John Carhart taking a part in said engagements; that he enlisted during the year 1781, for 12 months, in a company of militia placed under the command of the said Cap. Thos. Walling, & remembers that the said John Carhart enlisted at the same time & for the same term, that the months comprised in said enlistment were January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December & that this deponent & the said John Carhart served during said term enumerated, that this deponent has known the said
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John Carhart from childhood, that he is a credible person & that his statement is entitled credit.

Daniel Walling

Sworn & subscribed this 18th day of June 1833, before me - the word "during" being erased before being sworn to.

William Lloyd

I William Lloyd a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth, in the State of New Jersey, & a Justice of the peace in & for said County, do hereby certify, that I was one of the Judges of said Court when the foregoing named John Carhart made his original declaration before said Court, that it appears to me that the said John Carhart who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing supplemental affidavit amending his said original declaration, before me, is seventy six years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that I concur in that opinion, & further that the said John Carhart is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit, and I do further certify, that Daniel Walling who has sworn to & subscribed the foregoing affidavit before me, is advanced in years, reputed to be a soldier of the Revolution, and as such hath applied for his pension, under the late act of Congress, that he is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of June, 1833.
 
William Lloyd

I Daniel H. Ellis, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth, in the State of New Jersey, Do hereby
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certify, that William Lloyd Esquire & Ezra Osborn Esquires by & before whom the foregoing proceedings were done had & taken, were at the time said proceedings were performed, & still are Justices of the Peace in & for the said County, & that the said William Lloyd was at said time & still is, also, a Judge of said Court, duly enrolled, commissioned & sworn into office, the one as such Judge & Justice the other as such Justice, & that due faith & credit are due & ought to be given to the official acts of the one as such Judge & Justice, & to the other as such Justice; and further that the name "William Lloyd," signed to the Jurat to the foregoing supplemental affidavit of John Carhart, & to the Jurat to the foregoing affidavit of Daniel Walling, & to the foregoing certificate of the said William Lloyd, & the name "Ezra Osborn Justice," signed to the Jurat to the foregoing certificate of the Revd. Thomas Roberts & George D. Walling, & to the foregoing certificate of the said Ezra Osborn, are severally the genuine signatures of the said William Lloyd
& Ezra Osborn Esquires.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office, this twenty ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. "Esquire," erased, and & "Lloyd" & "supplemental", interlined in certificate before signing & sealing it.

D. H. Ellis Clk
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John Carharts affidavit
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State of New Jersey}
Monmouth Co}

Supplementary affidavit of John Carhart taken by me this 9th day of February 1836 for the purpose of satisfying the War Department that the services as stated in his affidavit now in that department was a true statement. He being duly sworn according to law did depose and say - that he being old and infirm and his mind much impaired - but he will state his meaning as to the services he rendered in the Revolution War under the command of Capt Thomas Walling in the first affidavit made by him for the purpose of obtaining his pension now in the War Department. First he would say he was out under his command as much if not more than he [illegible] before the company was called out by General David Fremont to go to the Germantown battle. This he thinks first was in October 1777 as he believes he was at that time left with a small party as a guard to the place under the command of Peter Vanderhoof at that time an ensign as he believes. After Capt Wallings return home from German Town he was out as much as 12 months under him in monthly tours. They were part of the time [stationed?] at Capt Wallings own house and from there [illegible] there some part of the time in the village of Middletown and at one Vanderbilts their duty was to guard the shores from Middletown to Sandy Hook to keep the enemy from landing and robbing the inhabitants. He remembers well that he was out for one year in continued scription and more, but whether this was by authority or not he canʻt say. The truth was that day on the lines and keep inbeded for fear of being surprised and taken off by the enemy. All the dates he can guess is taken from the time that the battle took place at Germantown and that he has been told took place on the 4th day of October 1777.

John Carhart

Sworn and subscribed before me this day and year above written}

John Patterson
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Hinton Bank
Pension Office
Sept 10 1838

Sir

The enclosed voucher requiring special direction for payment, was inadverten paid at this Agency, without such direction, and has suspended by the Comptroller. Will you be so good as to issue the necessary order that the suspension may be removed

I am respectfully
Your obt serv
W.P. Hunt for
P Dickerson

I L Edwards Esq
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CHARLES WHITMER, DIRECTOR
C. L. DANNER, CLERK
GEORGE LEVITT, TREASURER

A. M. McCULLOUGH SUPT.
A. E. ISAACSON, PRIN. HIGH SCHOOL.

Wilson Public Schools
FULLY ACCREDITED HIGH SCHOOL
WILSON, KANSAS
Nov 18" 1921.

Commissioner of Pension
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-

I would thank you for the record of Service of John Carhart who served in the Revolutionary War with the Westchester Co. N. Y. Militia 3" Reg't and who was granted a pension in 1840, at the time he received his pension he was living in Middletown, Monmouth Co, New Jersey.

Show on records the name of his wife, and her maiden name, and names of Children and any other information that will help to establish a relation ship.

Thanking you very much,
I am very respectfully,
Mrs C. L. Danner

[stamp]
U. S. Pension Office.
Nov 25 1921
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Rev. War Section.
Record Division.

December 7, 1931.

Mrs. C. L. Danner,
Wilson, Kansas.

Madam:

In response to your letter dated the 18" ultimo, you are advised that the Revolutionary War pensioner John Carhart S. File No. 2,419, of Middletown New Jersey, did not serve in the Westchester County, New York militia.

Please state whether you desire the history of the soldier who served in the New York militia or the one who lived in Middletown, New Jersey, in order that the proper data be furnished you.

Very respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.