Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4699, Henry Hart, S.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S. C.

Hart, Henry
Martha

NUMBER
R. 4699

CONTENTS
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Alabama.  19.936
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Henry Hart
of Green in the State of Ala
who was a Private in the Co  commanded
by Captain Fair of the Regt  commanded
by Col. Sevier in the South Carolina
line for two years
$80
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Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00. Cent per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Septr
1833 and sent to James
all. Rushing  Erie. Green Co. Ala.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 __   200.-
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar      40.-
                                                               ========
                                                                    $240.-
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.       }

Recorded by Wm R.Palmer    Clerk,
Book E Vol.  8  Page 46

[right side]
Order to pay 27 March  1838
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19609
Henry Mark:
Declaration
for a pension
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Declaration of Henry Hart in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of Alabama
Greene County } Ss
On the 6th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the honorable Thomas Follordy Judge of the County Court of Greene County now sitting Henry Hart a resident of the county of Greene and state of Alabama aged sixty nine 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 service of the United States in the month of May seventeen hundred and seventy eight in the state of South Carolina Orangeburg District (since [illegible]ed] and now Barnwell District) in his fifteenth year a drafted militia man under captain George Roberson Michael Odom Lieutenant Lewis Collins ensign company officers of the militia of that state and marched under the above named officers to Savannah River then in the same district where he was stationed on said River the June & July of the year 1778 under the command of colonel Sevier and Major Sheppard Field officers of the militia and from thence marched to Jacksonsborough at the same district under the aforenamed officers and remained there about a week and from thence marched to a small village in the same district called Pakatalago his term of service having expired he was discharged and returned home about three months
This applicant further states that in a few days after he arrived at home he was again called out and drafted and entered the tour of the United States served a soldier of the militia under a captain James Fair Lieutenant Saml Colmon (none others recollected) and marched from there in Orangeburg district aforementioned to Savannah Georgia in August that year 1778 and then [illegible] the continental soldier of the [illegible]
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commanded by General Lincoln Colonel Sevier and Major Sheppard of their part he also joined these the French army under the command of Count D Estang in a five days they was put in action to wit the town of Savannah was then in possession of the British, he with the armies was planted with the French army in their entrenchments as they was then throwing up their best units to storm the tower on one knight and kept up a regular firing and bombarding all knight there was both French and Americans killed & wounded they the French and Americans continued to keep up the siege for three weeks but this applicant after the first nights action was always kept as Peqent guard and was not in the engagement and stats that this battle is well recorded in the history of the revolution that it was thence the Court Pulaski was killed and Major Sheppard Lieut upon together with other of the American side and a great number of Count D Estang soldiers he is not able to state the particulars not being in the immediate engagements the British having deserted the town he was discharged and returned home in Orangeburg District South Carolina about the middle of September of that year
This applicant further states that after about two weeks he was again called out This same captain James Fair and have a company in the aforenamed district and he joined him a volunteer and was for about two months in scouting parties on the sd district annoying the Tories from there he went to and was stationed  on Salkketches creek in the same district which entered at the [illegible] at Beaufort So Ca having remained there one month he was marched and stationed on Poke Creek in the same district (this was all in the winter of 1778 & 9) and remained at Pedee Creek one month they was then discharged and this applicant further states they capt Fair and company returned home and capt Fair resigned
This applicant further states that in about a fortnight after he returned home he again was called out and drafted and entered the service again on the [illegible] troop under captain Roberts (now [illegible] recollected) from thence we were serving in the same district in the spri8ng of that year 1779 for [illegible] of that year in the same district
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3
and [illegible] of August of that year they went [illegible] down in the district and on the same day they [illegible] two Tories and one of them was killed they kept the other until the hu[illegible] after being camped they were find on by a company of Tories and all killed but fifteen his capt was not killed but acted the [illegible] they kept him being just thirty in number fifteen was left this applicant with a few others returned home and they also few in number they was occasionally and a captain Vince during the fall of 1779 and when without a captain scouted about the best they could not being able to collect any more men and they were thence frequently taken under the command of capt Joshua Inman from Augusta Georgia as his services regained then they were able after a while to collect a few more men and chose a captain of their own making who was not a commissioned officer name not recollected and kept up a small scouting party for that year and seventeen hundred & eighty and until the British evacuated Charleston he believes to be in the fall of seventeen hundred & eighty two and he finally after all operations of revolution was ceased went home which was he believes in November 1782
This applicant further states that from the time he entered the service to wit in May 1778 he was never at home only twice a fortnight each time any more than mainly to call a few days or hours until his final discharge in November 1782 the which the rise of four years
And this applicant further states in answer to the interogators to him propounded by the court saith &c that he was born in Edgemt county North Carolina in the year 1765 Decr 22 according to his parents information & record of age that he had a recrd of his age but it has been totally destroyed but rembers well its contents
That he entered the services in Orangeburg District So Carolina and has lived in Barnwell District So Carolina from his been of the services until the year 1820 from that time he moved to Greene County Alabama where he now resides that he has stated in his declaration how he was called into service
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4 That he never received any written discharge
That he is known in in his present neighborhood by James Yeats Esq Rev Burwell Holbrook and Jacob Holbrook who can testify as to his character for veracity and a belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution
And this applicant further states that he has no documentary evidence of his services nor knows of any person living whose testimony he can procure to testify to his services and that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or Territory only as he now applieth 
sworn and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid in open court
Attest JC Snedecor Clk } Henry Hart
We Burwell Holbrook clergyman residing in the county of Greene and state of Alabama and Jacob Holbrook residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Hart who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court
Burwell Holbrook
Jacob X Holbrook
his mark
Attest JC Snedecor clk
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 Burwell Holbrook clergyman who signed the preceding certificate is resident in the county of Greene and state of Alabama and that Jacob Holbrook who has also signed the same is a resident of the county of Greene and state of Alabama and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
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in open court
Attest JC Snedecor clk } Burwell Holbrook
Jacob X Holbrook
his mark
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 Burwell Holbrook clergyman who signed the preceding certificate is resident in the county of Greene and state of Alabama and that Jacob Holbrook who has also signed the same is a resident of the county of Greene and state of Alabama and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Thos Moody Judge
I Issac C Snedecor clerk of the county court of Greene county and state of Alabama do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Henry Hart for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two and of American Independence the fifty seventh year
Attest I C Snedecor clerk
The state of Alabama Greene County Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in & for the county of Greene aforesaid Henry Hart who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively 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 following grade for two years & eleven months I served as a private soldier in the revolution and for such service I claim a pension sworn to & subscribed before me a justice of the peace for Gr  } Henry Hart
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The state of Alabama Greene County Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in & for the county of Greene aforesaid Henry Hart who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively 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 following grade for two years & eleven months I served as a private soldier in the revolution and for such service I claim a pension sworn to & subscribed before me a justice of the peace for Greene county  } Henry Hart
the 19th July 1833 Wm M Murphy JP
The State of Alabama Greene County
I ISAAC C SNEDECOR Clerk of the County Court of the County of Greene aforesaid do hereby certify that William M Murphy whose signature appears to the above affidavit of Henry Hart now is and at the time of his certifying was an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected, qualified and commissioned ; and that due faith and credit are due, and ought to be given to all his acts as such and that his said certificate is in due form of law his signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of my said office to be affixed the 19th day of July 1883 and of American Independence the 58th year
ST
IC Snedecor CLERK
The state of Alabama Greene County
I THOMAS F MOODY Presiding Judge of the county court of said county do hereby certify that Isaac C Snedecor whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate now is and was at the time he signed the same Clerk of the county court of said county and that his certificate is made in due form of law.
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The State of Alabama, Greene County.
I, ISAAC C. SNEDECOR, Clerk of the County Court of the County of
Greene aforesaid, do hereby certify that William M Murphey
whose signature appears to the above
affidavit of Henry Hart

now and at the time of his certifying was an
acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly elected, qualified, and
commissioned, ; and that due faith and credit are due, and ought to be given to all
his acts as such, and that his said certificate is in due
form of lawn his signature thereto is Genuine

SEAL

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand, and caused the seal of my said office
to be affixed, the 19th day of
July 1833 and of American
Independence, the 58th year.
[illegible]
I.. C. Snedecor  Clerk

The State of Alabama, Greene County.
I, THOMAS F. MOODY, Presiding Judge of the County Court of said
County, do hereby certify, that Isaac C. Snedecor, whose signature appears to
the foregoing certificate, now is, and was, at the time he signed the same, Clerk of
the County Court of said County, and that his certificate is made in due form of law.
Given under my hand seal this 19th
day of July  1833
Thos F. Moody.  SEAL
Judge of said Court

The State of Alabama, Greene County.
I, ISAAC C. SNEDECOR, Clerk of the County Court of said County, do
hereby certify, that Thomas F. Moody, whose signature appears to the above cer -tificate, now is, and at the time of his signing the same was Judge of the County
Court of said County, duly qualified and commissioned, and that due faith and
credit are due toall his acts as such, and that his said certificate is in due form of
law,

SEAL

┃ In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and
caused the seal of my said office to be affixed, the 19th
day of July 1833 and of American
Independence, the 58th year.
ATTEST.
I..C.. Snedecor  CLERK
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State of Alabama
Greene County } SS
On this 24 May AD 1852 Before me David D Harris Justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid personally appeared Darrel Hart aged about 57 years a resident of Greene county and state of Alabama who first being duly sworn according to law declares and says that he Darrel Hart and his sisters Olive Abston and Mary Abston are the children and legal heirs of Martha Hart deceased late of Greene County and state of Alabama and the widow of Henry Hart deceased late of county and state aforesaid and formerly a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed 7 June 1832 for services in the war of the revolution at the rate of $80 eighty dollars per annum that the said Henry Hart decd in the county and state aforesaid on the 21st day of July AD 1840 one thousand eight hundred and forty at the age of 77 years leaving the aforesaid Martha Hart who remained a widow until the time of her death that the said Martha Hart died in the county and state aforesaid on the 23d day of December 1847 one thousand eight hundred and forty seven at the age of 75 years leaving three living children to wit Darrel Hart aged about 57 years Olive Abston aged 55 years and Martha Abston aged
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and Mary Abston are still living
Derrel Hart
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24 May
A D 1852 and I hereby certify that I am
personally acquainted with Derrel Hart
the above affiant that he is a person of
good moral character and about
the age above Stated and I believe all
his statements above to be correct and
True The [illegible] of the word "and "on the
15th line of the foregoing page was done before
signing
David D Harris
J P
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19.936
Henry Hart
Alabama

Adm 2 years $80.


[illegible]
Green County
Ala
Jas M Rushing
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BRIEF in the case of Henry Hart of County of Greene in the state of Alabama
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3.  How old is he? 69 years
4.  State his service, as direct in the form annexed.

Period / Duration of Service / Rank / Names of General and Field officers under whom he served

Period
Entered In 1778 May
drafted 1778
Volunteered 1778 & 9
drafted 1779
1779

Duration of Service
about 3 months
about 2 months
he stated he served with slight intermission from May 1778 to Nov 1782 4 years and more

Rank Private
Private
Private
Horse troops

Names of General and Field officers under whom he served
Capt Roberson Col Sevier
Capt Fair Col Sevier
Capt Fair
Capt Roberts
Capt Vince Capt Inman

5.  In what battles was he engaged? 
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Orangeburg District SC
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? papers informally attached
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Examining Clerk
Jno Watson
25th Febry 1833
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Sept 4 1852
___________
Martha Hart
wid of Henry
       ___
Alw. Act 1836

Addl proof

Kirby

[illegible]
61

J. J. Coombs


Martha Hart case
Ala
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State of Alabama
Greene County}
On this 24th May 1832 Before me David D Harris Justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid personally appeared Jacob Holbrook and Elizabeth Holbrook residents of Greene County who being first duly sworn according to law declare and say that they are well and personally acquainted with Darrel Hart Olive Abston and Mary Abston and have been for the last forty years that they knew them in the lifetime of their parents Henry Hart and Martha Hart late of the county and state above mentioned that Henry Hart who was a pensioner of the United States under act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 for services in the war of the Revolution at the rate of $80 dollars per annum died in Greene County State of Alabama on the 21st day of July AD 1840 one thousand eight hundred and forty leaving the said Martha Hart who remained a widow until the time of her death that the said Martha Hart died in the aforesaid county and state on the 23rd day of December 1847 one thousand eight hundred and forty seven leaving the afore mentioned three living children
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they further state that they were well acquainted with the aforesaid Martha Hart decd in the lifetime of her husband Henry Hart deceased that they knew them to live together as husband and wife for about thirty years and that it was generally believed and reported that they were legally and truly married
Jacob X Holbrook
Elizabeth X Holbrook
witnessed by
EM Stevenson
David D Harris}
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24th May AD 1852 and I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Jacob Holbrook and Elizabeth Holbrook the above affidavits and that they are credible and disinterested witnesses and persons of known respectability
The underlineation of the work word "their" in the 4th line above was made before signing
David D Harris
JP
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State of Alabama ⎬ I James R Evans
Greene County     ⎬ sole presiding Judge
of the Probate Court of said County and by law.
Clerk of said Court do certify that David
D. Harris whose genuine signature appears to
the foregoing Power of Attorney, declaration
and affidavits is and was at the time of 
Signing the same a Justice of the Peace in &
for the County and State aforesaid duly
Commissioned and sworn, that all his offi
cial acts as such are entitled to full faith
and Credit. And that the aforesaid Probate
Court is a Court of Record

SEAL
Given under my hand and Seal
of office at Eutau this 24th
May 1852
J R Evans 
Judge of Probate
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4699
P.O.
Martha Hart
Service:  widow of Henry

REJECTED

Enlisted:                  , 18
Discharged:            , 18
Application filed:   , 18

Alleges:  

Re-enlisted:


Attorney: 
P. O. _
_____Recognized.   _____Contract.
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Henry Hart Alabama 7. June 1832
$80
To what time last paid
Pension Office    p to the 4th Sep 1835
                                                   ?H
27. March 1838
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Know all men by these presents that we Darrel Hart heirs at law of the estate of Martha Hart deceased late of Greene County State of Alabama and widow of Henry Hart deceased late of the county and state aforesaid and formerly a pensioner of the United States under act of Congress passed June 7 1832 for services in the war of the revolution at the rate of $80 per annum do hereby nominate constitute and appoint J J Coombs of Washington City District of Columbia our true and lawful attorney for us and in our name to prosecute against the Government of the United States under the act of Congress passed
or under any other act or acts of the said congress the claim due us as the heirs of the estate of the said Martha Hart deceased on account of the Revolutionary services of her said Deceased Husband and when an amount or amounts are found due then our said attorney is fully authorised to to demand and receive the pension certificate or warrant in satisfaction for
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any instrument or instruments in
writing in order thereto which he may think
right and proper hereby ratifying and
confirming all which our said Attorney
my do by virtue of these presents

Witness our hands and
Seals at Greene Co May 24 1852
Derrel Hart

Witnessed by

E M Stevenson
David D Harris

State of Alabama}
Greene County    }

On this 24 May AD 1852 personally
appeared before me David D Harris Justice of the
peace in and for the County and State aforesaid
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Henry Hart
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of                                  Henry Hart                                                                   which require                                               further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  yes


II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes


III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 


IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  yes


V.* Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled?  No


VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  yes
            

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of 
June 7, 1832?  yes


VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  yes


IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes


X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes 

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes 

XIV.+ If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?         no

If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? 

Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?   yes
                                                          ________________________________
                                                                     EXPLANATORY NOTES. 

QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:

" Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being 
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; 
For _____ year _____ months, and ____days,
I served as a_____ For_________months   and ______days, 
I served as a __________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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3

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 pension   merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly 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 embolied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either the field or  in garrison and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not 
employed in any civil pursuit.

†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

‡QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper  authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying oflicer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 

☞In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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House Rep.  21 March 46

Sir

I herewith transmit to you the
letter of the Jno H Parish, will you
at the earlist opportunity furnish me
the information therein desired
return the letter of [illegible] Parish
I have the honor to be
your obt St
W W Peyne

Coln J L Edwards
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[2 pieces of paper 1st is very dark and hard to transcribe ]

No 12?29
Martha Hart
Ala  Henry
[illegible] R Daiz Sept 2/
[illegible]  W. W. Payne [illegible] 
[illegible]  1846
J. J. Coomb Dec 29 1832
July 7, 1838

4681.
Sec C Newton, Sept
23 '39


Act 4 July 36
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[writing is all over page]

No 12229
Martha Hart
Widow of Henry
Ala
act 7 July 1838

Sept 9 1845
be [staff?]
Martha Harte
[circle illegible - staff ?]

FREE

postal stamp
[illegible] EUT
AUG
29
[illegible] 

To the Secretary of War or Com. of Pensions
Washington city 
D.C.
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State of Alabama
Green County } Be it known that before me an acting Justice of the peace in and for the county & state aforesaid personally appeared Martha Harte and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of Henry Hart who was in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 which being proved was a private in the army of the Revolution was entitled to eighty dollars a year during his natural life time given under my hand and seal this July the 19th 1845
John R Harris JP
Also personally appeared the same day and date Burwell Holbrook and Martha Collins and made oath in due form of law that each of them have known Mrs Martha Harte as being the only wife of the late Henry Harte for the last forth or forty five years Given under my hand and seal the same day and date above named
John R Harris JP
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The State of Alabama }  I, Alloway R
Greene County              }  Davis Clerk of 
the County Court of said County, do
hereby certify that John R Harris whose
Signature is affixed to the foregoing Cer=
=tificate now is and was at the time
the same [illegible] date  an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County
of Greene duly Commissioned & qualified that full faith and credit are due to
all his official acts as such Justice


SEAL

Given under my hand
and seal of Office at
Eutaw this 28 day of
August AD 1840.
Attest
A. R. Davis Clerk
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Eutau Aug 28 1845

To the Com of Pensions

Dr Sir

Old Mrs Hart the
Widow of Henry Hart decd who is very
old infirm & poor, has been informed
that she is entitled to a pension.  This
Document is forw'd to you for that purpose
to ascertain whether she is or not and
if she is how she must proceed to draw
Compliance will very much oblige
An old Lady 

Your Humble Servt
A. R. Davis

Please write to me for Mrs Hart,
Henry Hart was Certife was dated the
26 Sept 1833.    And
numbered 19.936