Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4426, Barnet Hageman, Penn.
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of
Hagerman
Hageman, Barnet
NUMBER
R. 4426
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Application of
Barnet Hagerman
for a pension
24564
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State of Ohio
Wayne County ⎬
On
this
18th day of March
AD 1833
personally appeared before the
Judges of the Court of Common pleas of
Ohio Barnet Hagerman
Wayne County
a resident of
plain township in the County
of Wayne and State of Ohio aged
seventy seven who being duly sworn according to law
doth on his oath make the following decla
ration in order to obtain the
benefit of the
provisions made by the act of Congress poped
June
the 7th 1832. That he enlisted in the army
the United States in the year 1776 or 1777
as near as he can now recolect with Col Butler
and served in the second Regiment of the
Pennsylvania line on the continental Establishment under the following named officers Col
Butler commanded the Regiment and Capt
in Davis Commanded the Company
that
he enlisted for the Term of three years and
served to the expiration of the Term of
his enlistment that he resided at the time of
his enlistment in the County of Bucks
in the State of Pennsylvania. That after
He joined his Regiment he was stationed
at a place called the Trapp about thirty
miles from the City of Philadelphila
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where he was in a skirmish with the British
troops. He was from theree marched with his company
to the port in the State of Delaware where he
remained for four or five weeks and from thence
he was marched to the State of South Carolina
That whilst this deponent was stationed at the Horse
Plains
the
in South Carolina. He was ordered
on a scouting party against the enemy and was
surrounded by a party of British light Horse
and in the affray this deponant received a blow
from the sword of one of the enemy across
his head which felled him to the ground and
in the attempt to ward of the blow he nearly
lost the fore finger of his left hand which was
almost cut off, after this deponant had recov
ered from the effects of the blow. He found that the
enemy had left the ground and ever person
in the Americans in various directions. He then
made for a small thicket where he remained
concealed for some time, when one of the British
Horseman returned near when he lay He shot that the
Horseman and succeeding in getting possession
of the Horse and equipage and brought them
safe to camp, when he gave them up to the
American Commander. He was then march
ed back to the State of Pennsylvania
after an absence of about two years. This
deponent then joined the main army
and was in the battle of the Brandywine
from daylight untill dark, and was wounded in
the foot by a musket shot the next night after
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the
the battle the Troops fell back upon the
high lands and built large fiers and shortly
after the fiers were kindled they left
the ground and were marched to Will
mington and from thence to German Town
where they were again engaged
with
the enemy in the battle of
German Town
When this deponents term of three years
service having expired he was discharged
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from the continental service. This deponent
believes that his discharge was signed by
George Washington. He retained
his discharge untill about three years
sence when his chest in which be kept
his papers even broken open and his discharge
taken away or distroyed
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension
or an annuity except the present and declare
that my name is not on the pension Roll of
any agency in any State
sworn to and subscribed the Barnot Hageman
day and year aforesaid in open court Sloans Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declair their
opinion that the above named applicant
was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
I
John Sloane Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas
Wayne County and
State of Ohio do hereby certify that the
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foregoing contains
the original proceedings
in the matter of the application of
Barnet Hagerman for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this
18th day of March AD 1833
Sloane
Clerk

Application of
Barnet Hagerman
for a pension
24564
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No 2564
Barnet Hagerman Wayne County
Ohio
look or Parole
not
Return
Hon B. Jones
HR
E. D
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
27th June 1833

Sir,

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.
The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed.
The notes and the regulations will 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.

A Statement, showing the service of Barnet Hagerman Wayne County Ohio
 period when service was rendered.
Enlisted 
1726
1777
Duration 
of the
claimant's service. 
3 Years┃
Rank of
claimant.
private
Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Genl Washington
Col Butler Capt Davis
Age at present,
and place of abode
when he entered ┃
the service.
77 years Bucks County Pennsylvania
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
2 Regt Pennsylvania on Continent
┃ establishment
┃ County
┃ Pennsylvania
┃ no evidence any hand or clergiman
┃ certificate - paper properly authenticated
┃ Battle of Brandywine & German
Town
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of
On this
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
of
and State, Territory or District
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
with and
served in the
(e) regiment of the
line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby 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.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
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.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-
expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
To a Soldier
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv-
en, and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
To an officer has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
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No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
 taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in 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.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine
to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
saith, that
by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise long
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For year
months, and days
, I served as a
and for such service I claim a pension."
in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of
his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
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;
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
T
and it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubseal
of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their amurvits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses
, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from to are all equally liable to the ends of this men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner
the
of Pensions
I have appointed Arad Day of Ovid New York agent
to act in all things for Barnet Hagerman of O in procuring or
investigating our claim as the children & claim to a pension
Dated Reedsburgh O. June
claim to a pension
1846
William
Hageman
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I desire N Leake Esq
to act
for me
Arad Joy
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Ohio
Barnet Hagerman, Pa.  Act 7 June 1832
for
for
F T Evan Aft 16 57
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Barnet Hagerman
June 1832
Pensions
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Barnat Hagerman
Ohi - act 1832
Not admitted on this roll
Hon J Minot
Commissioner Pens
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Barnet Hagerman
Ohio
24564
See let to Hon
Benj
Jones
March 21, 1836
Suspended
to Nathan Leake, Esq.
Sept. 21 - 46
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Let. J.G. Miller, Jan 24 /56
Let same Mar 8/56
7 June 1832
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Sir
Washington City Jay 29 1836
I have just been applied to by Edith
Evers of Bucks Co. Pa. in relation to a
claim she supposes she has under some of the
Pension Laws
11 ┃
She says her father Barnet
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Hagerman was a Revolutionary soldier lived in Buck Co. Pa. when he entered the Army.
and died about four years ago in Wayne
County Ohio. That he made application for
a Pension and received a certificate
but never drew the Pension. The certificate
is worn out and lost.
If consistent with the
Rules of the office. I would esteem it a
favor to be informed whether such appears
to be the case from record of the office and
of not whether he ever did apply & how
now and his case. Yours very  Resp
James
Miller
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September the 25th
D
6
1833
Personly appeared before me Ely Wilson
A justice of the peace in
and for Wayne
County
Ohio John Keller and deposeth and sayeth
that he
enlisted in to the american army in
March
Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six in 
Worthampton County for pennSylvania
1
and he further states that Barnet Hageman
of Bucks County Pennsylvania about the same
time enlisted into the U.S. Service and shortly
after he states that he saw the said Barnet Hageman
Philladel adoing doing duty as a soldier in the second
Regiment of the Pennyslvania line
where he continued for a short time till the ragement
drew there necessary equipments and
then
he thinks the proceded to ward
New York
and this deponent further states that he saw
the said Barnet Hagaman
on the 11th of Sept
in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy six
about twelve or one oclock on Said day in the
battle of Brandawine further this deponent
states 
Sworn to
and subscribed before me on the 25th day of Sept 1883.
John Freer

I am well acquainted
Ely Wilson J of peace ℗
with John
Miller
who 
States
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has signed the above deposition and I do hereby certify that he is a person of good
moral Caracter and Sustanes a good reputation
for truth and verasity
and think his
Statement is entitled to credit
State of Ohio
Elzy Wilson
Justice of the peace

State of Ohio
Wayne County of ⎬ 
I John Sloane Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said Wayne County Ohio do hereby certify that
Elzey Wilson Esquire before whom the foregoing pro
ceedings
appear to have been had was at the date
thereof an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Wayne duly commissioned &
qualified and that all his official acts are entitled to full faith &
Credit In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
Official seal at Wooster within said County the 4th day of
March A.D. 1826
Sloane
Clerk
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Washington City February 23, 1836
Sir
I enclose herewith a power of attorney
from the heirs of Barnet Hagerman a
Rev Soldier, the object of which is to
ascertain whether there is not due them
an increase or arrears of Pension, and
& C. J C. You will please institute inquiry
and report to me at your earliest convenience.
From the power I should Judge
he received pension while either in
the State of Pennsylvania or
Ohio
Very Respy
Robert
James Miller

Com Pensions
if no service is found please return powers
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
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Barnet Hagerman
Service
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed:
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
Recognized.
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Contract.