Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18368, David Dart, Conn.
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Service: Conn

Dart, David

Number: S.18368

Contents: Carded
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6207
Connecticut
David Dart
of Montville in the State of Conn. who was a private in the comp. 9 command [illegible] Captain Deshon of the reg. 2 command by Col Selden in the Conn Militia  line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 20. Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Feby 1833 and sent to
Hon. N. Barber H of R. 

Arrears to the 4th Sept. 32 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March: 33

30.00
10.00
$40.00
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Francis F. Franciosi Clerk, 
Book C. Vol. 3d Page 38 -
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State of Connecticut
Probate [illegible] of New London
County of New London
On this 31 day of July A 1832 personable appeared in open court before the Court of Probate for the District of New London [illegible] sitting David Dart a resident of the town of Montville in land district of County & State of Connecticut aged Seventy One years who being first duty sworn accordingly to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benifit [benefit] of the act of Congress paper June 7 A 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein Stated -
That sometime in the year 1776 he inlisted [enlisted] into Captain Reinhard [illegible] Conn -
serving in Colonel Seldens Regiment of Congress [illegible] troops to serve for the period of six months - that he did serve to the period of six months in and [illegible] served at the end of served time he was honorably discharged. That at the time of said enlistment he resided in the town of New London now Montville - that he inlisted [enlisted] at New London. That he was a private in said Company. That said company was converged by water from New London to New York. York was stationed on Island & that said Regiment was in a Brigade commanded by Brigadier General Wadsworth
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Hartford in this State - that on or about
the 20th day of September AD 1776 as near as he can reccolect said Regiment was in
action at a placed called Turtle Bay - [illegible] Colonel Selden was at that time
sick & the Regt was under the command of Lieut Colonel Lattimer. That several
men were ["killed" appears to be marked out] in said Company - that Brigade Major Willys came up & gave orders to retreat that soon there after Major Willys was taken prisoner - That he has no documentary evidence of his service  That said Regiment was discharged at North Castle about Fifty miles above New York & declarant returned home. That at the time of discharge the officers of said Regiment were ["both" is marked out] [illegible] Col Jonathan Lattimer & Major Clift The officers of the Company were Richard Deshon Captain John Comstock 1st Lieut Edward Hallam and Richard [illegible] Ensign That the only persons who were in the service in the [illegible] with him whose testimony he can [illegible] are [illegible]Jason Comstock Latham Forsyth both of said town whose depositions are here unto affixed & attached & ["that" is marked out]  he has ever since resided where he now resides in the town of Montville formerly the North Parish of New London

[The last three lines of this document are marked out and read: "He hereby relinquishes [illegible] That in the year 1778 he the declarant [illegible]
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
a pension or annuity except the present and
declares his name is not on the pension roll
of the agency of any State

And the said David Dart to the interrogations
presented by the War Department the same
being propounded & to him by said
Court makes answers as follows

I was born in that part of Anderson
Montville  in the year 1761 on the 5th day of
February
Reind Book [signature]

My age is entered on the family [a word is marked out here] of my Father [illegible] of
I believe it is also recorded in N London town records

To the 3d, 4th & 5th he answers that he has stated all his knowledge in the body of his Declaration above -

To the 6th that had no written Discharge

To the 7th That he has stated the only persons whom he knows to be living who can testify to his services of [illegible] affidavits are [illegible]

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year afore
in open Court
David Dart [signature]
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David Dart 

Admitted
priv: 6 mo
20 [illegible] per an
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BRIEF in the case of David Dart of Montville
in the State of Connt.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
{No answer given}

3. How old is he?
71.

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
In 1776

Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days
6 [Months]

Rank.
As a
private

Names of General and Field Officers whom he served. Gen.
Brigadier Gl. Wadsworth
Col. Selden and
Capt Deshon

5. In what battles was he engaged? Turtle Bay

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Montville

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Living Witnesses

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Frances F. Franciosi [signature]
Examining Clerk.
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David Dart
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State of Connecticut
County of New London ss
Probate District of New London -

On this 28th day of December AD 1832, personally appeared in open Court being the Court of Probate for said District now sitting David Dart of the town of Montville in said District and County and a resident of said town in the State of Connecticut aged about seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration supplementary to his former declaration made before this Court on the 31st day of July AD 1832 in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
passed June 7th 1832.

That he is the same David Dart who said
& subscribed the above mentioned declaration and that the same is true-

That the said declaration has been
returned from Washington with objections
as stated in the answers to the 10th 11th & 12th [illegible] in the printed brief accompanying said Declaration and in answer to said objections he declares and says that when the said declaration was completed at the office of the Court of Probate according to his best knowledge and belief the Seal of said Declaration was perfect & not [illegible] & that the same is now in court to be
again affixed

That he now offers in court the [illegible]
table
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table citizens as witnesses to the facts required under the 11th Question in said Brief viz Deacon John Watrous of the town of Waterford in New London County and Lemuel Chapman [illegible] Ames of said Waterford both of them have long known the said applicant David Dart & who know that he did serve & that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution as p [private?] these affidavits hereunto to be attached

That he the said Declarant did not
obtain the affidavit of a clergyman and another respectable Witness because he [illegible] told & believed that such testimony was needed only in those cases where there
was no direct proof except the declaration
of the party - & for a further reason that the
Clergyman under whose ministry he mostly
attended viz the Revd Jonathan Ames has
been dead for some time & that no person
has succeeded him in the ministry over
the congregation to which the said Ames
ministered but that the above named Deacon John Watrous was deacon of the Church
and lastly that there is now settled clergyman with whom the said declarant is acquainted who resides within five miles of the place declarant resides
David Dart [signature]

Subscribed [illegible] to in open Court before [illegible] said Court Dec 28th 1832
[illegible] J. Isham [signature]
Clerk
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I Jirah Isham Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of New London aforesaid do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original & supplementary proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of David Dart for a Pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of Office this 28th day of
December AD 1833.
J. Isham [signature]
Clerk
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Rev. &1812 Wars Section
MMHF [handwritten initials in upper right corner]

July 21, 1926

Mrs. Lucian H. Beebe
Quaker Hill, Conn.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 18368 it appears that David Dart was born February 5, 1761 in that part of New London which was later Waterford, Connecticut.

While a resident of New London, Connecticut he enlisted in 1776, served six months as a private in Captain Richard Deshon's Company, Colonel Selden's Connecticut
Regiment and was at the battle of Turtle Bay, and was discharged December 25, 1776.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 31, 1832 while a resident of Montville (which was formerly the North Parish of New London), Connecticut.

There is no data on file as to his family.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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P  18368

INVALID.
File No. 18368
David Dart
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 429
Arrangement of 1870.}

June 26 Hist to Mrs. Lillian D. Kelsey, 
278 Exchange St. MEL
New Haven, Conn

Aug 28 '96 sold [illegible] to Walter H Dart. Springfield Mas
LWB [initials]

1911 Jan. 26. Hist. to Mrs. Charles O. Norton from card catalogue & 26 July 21- Hist to Mrs. Lucian H Beebe
{initials illegible]
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David Dart
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And the said 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 said Court further certifies that the above named Jason Comstock & Latham Forsyth who have signed and sworn to the preceding affidavit are both in the opinion of the Court credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit-

I Jirah Isham Clerk of the Court of Probate
for the District of New London, County of State aforesd do hereby certify that the above & foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of David Dart for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & seal of said Court of my office this 31 day of July AD 1832 
J. Isham [signature]
Clerk
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No 4226 -
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Latham Forsyth of the town of Montville
in New London County, having first been duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose, testify & say -  that he is about seventy one years of age

That he well knows Mr David Dart of said town of Montville now in court & an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1833

That he believes that said Dart is about the
age of Seventy one years - that they both enlisted in the year 1776 in Capt Richard Deshon Company in ["Cap" is marked out] Colonel Seldens Regiment of Infantry in the Connecticut troops - that both the deponent of the said applicant went from New London to New York in a Sloop - that they were in the same tent during most of the time - that the said Dart did serve the said time of six months in said Company & that they were both discharged on Christmas 1776 &
came home together - That he has heared the application of the said Dart read to him as it has been made in Court this day & he the
Deponent believes that it is true & that the [illegible] therein set forth are correctly set forth -
Latham Forsyth [signature]

Sworn to & [illegible] in  open Court before & Court the day & year aforsd
J. Isham [signature]
Clerk
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Jason Comstock of the town of Montville in
the County of New London, having been duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose, testify & say that he is now about seventy five years and that he was born in the North Parish of the town of New London & has always been a resident in said Parish. That he well knows Mr David Dart of said Montville now present in Court & an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. that the deponent
& the said Dart have known each other
from boyhood - that in the year 1776. both of us were in the service of the United States in the Regiment of Connecticut troops commanded by Colonel Selden that we were not in the same Company he serving in Cap Deshon Compy while deponent served in a Bingham's - that said Regiment was raised to serve for the term of six months. That the deponent saw the said Dart in said Regiment almost every day as their companies were next each other in the encampment & that to the best of deponents recollection the said David Dart served in said Regiment the whole period of six months. That deponent has heard the application of the said Dart read this day in Court & he believes that it is true & that all the [illegible] therein set forth are true.
Jason Comstock [signature]

Sworn to & [illegible] in open court this day & year aforsd [illegible]
J Isham [signature]
Clerk
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We the subscribers, Samuel Chapman
and George Ames both residents of the town of Waterford in New London County & State of Connecticut do certify that we are each of
as near neighbors of Mr David Dart, who has
signed the foregoing declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that we have long lived by him & known him - that we believe him to be of the age of 72 years. that he is reputed &
believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
and we do further certify that there is no
settled Clergyman living within five miles
of the residence of the said Dart, or is there in the town of Waterford & Montville any
settled Clergyman of any denomination
who would be likely to know by reputation or
personal knowledge anything of the Revolutionary services of Mr Dart or any other soldier of the Revolution
Lemuel Chapman [signature]
George Ames [signature]

Subscribed [illegible] to before said Court Dec 28th 1832
J Isham [signature]
Clerk
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And said Court doth hereby certify that the
above named John Watrous, Lemuel Chapman
& George Ames who have severally [illegible] & sworn to the preceding affidavits are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to [illegible] credit & belief
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John Watrous a resident of the town of
Waterford in the State of Connecticut who having been first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and says - that he is now about 63 years of age. that he has always resided in that part of the town of New London now Waterford, that he has from early youth known Mr Dart of Montville who has made a declaration before this Court to obtain a pension.  That they are neighbors now & were brought up within one mile of each other - the deponent further deposes & says that he well remembers that Mr David Dart above named was in the Public service in the army during the Revolutionary army - that he well remembers this fact because deponent had several friends and connexions in the army & these things were subjects of conversation in the neighborhood. That he believes the said David Dart to be about 71 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 I the said deponent know, ["and believe" is marked out]  the same to be true & [illegible] in that
opinion-
John Watrous [signature]

Subscribed & sworn to in open Court
before said Court Dec 20 1882
[illegible] J. Isham [signature]
Clerk
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To the
Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington
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New London Conn
December 28th 1832

Sir
I have the honor herewith to forward the
application and declaration of David Dart for
a pension under the act of June 7th 1832

Mr Darts papers have been returned
to me for the certificates & information required by the 11th & 12 Interogatories in the printed brief which accompanied them as well as on account of the [illegible] State of the seal of the Court of Probate. The seal was perfect and the [illegible] perfectly plain when it was put into the post office here - the impression has been renewed. There being no clergyman in this neighborhood or vicinity to whom [illegible] was ever personally known had procured the testimony of three very respectable gentlemen who have signed the certificate required

Very respectfully your obdt Servant
Thos Perkins [signature]

To the 
Hon Secretary of War
Washington
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New Haven, Conn.,
June 14th 1895

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

Sir: -
Will you kindly forward me an abstract of the pension file of one David Dart, a Connecticut soldier in the War of the American Revolution, who was pensioned under the Act of 1832, and again under the Act of 1840, at which latter date he was seventy-nine years of age. I desire this information for myself as proof of descent, from a Revolutionary soldier, to
enable me to become a member of the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Very truly yours,
(Mrs.) Lillian D. Kelsey,
278 Exchange Street,
New Haven, Conn.
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OW & N
& C L

U.S. Pension Office Aug 26 1896 [Office Stamp} 
Old War & Navy Files Aug 28 1896 {Office Stamp}
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W. S. AND DANA BUXTON,
28 Worthington St.

D

Springfield, Mass., Aug. 24 1896

Hon. Commissioner of Pension
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir
Please send me the pension record of David
Dart. who fought in the Revolutionary War
Yours very truly
Walter H. Dart [signature]
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[Postmark}. New London Conn Jun 12-M 1925

THS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

Dept of the Interior
Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.
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Quaker Hill, Conn
June 1926

Dear Sir: Will you kindly send me particulars
concerning the Revolutionary service of
David Dart of Montville? This can be found
in Sen. Dec. 1st. Sess. 23rd. Cong. 1833.34.
I believe he served in a minor capacity at Ft.
Griswold, Groton, Conn. I should like this
data for entrance papers & D.A.R.
Very truly,
Mrs. Lucian H. Beebe
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Record Division Jan 23 1911 [Office Stamp]

U.S. Pension Office D Jan 23 1911 [Office Stamp]

S18368
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THE ELMS
KEARNEY, NEBRASKA

January 20th 1911.

Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington. D.D.
Dear Sir;-
Please send me by return of mail if possible, Memorandum of Pension granted to David Dart, of Conn, (Sharon or Haddom, I think) who enlisted at the age of 15, in Capt
Richard Deshon's company, Col Samuel Selden's regiment, raised for the
defense of New York, and who survived to receive a pension for his services.

I desire to obtain dates, and names of wife and children from this Pension record.
Possibly this pension was granted from New York State, in or near Otsego Co) as I think David Dart later removed to New York State.
Thanking you in advance for the prompt attention I am sure to receive, I am,

Yours very sincerely.
L. G. Norton
Regent Fort Kearney Chapter
D. A. R.

(Mrs Chas O.)