Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4219, Christopher Hartman, New Jersey
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(8-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey | Hartman, Christopher; Mary | W.4219

CONTENTS
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13156
Ohio
Christopher Hartman of Clermont in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company command by Captain Stout of the reg(iment) commanded by Col. Heard in the New Jersey [crossed out: line for] Militia 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 80 Dollars (blank) Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of May 1833 and sent (to) Jno. Jolliffe, Batavia.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833..............$160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. '33...........40.00
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                                              $200.00
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 1832.}

Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting, Clerk
Book E; Vol. 8; Page 10
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Ohio | 625

Mary Hartman, widow of Christopher Hartman, N.J., who died on the 16th March 1833 of Clermont Co. in the State of Ohio, who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Nixon & Ether of the reg(iment) commanded by Heard in the N. Jersey [crossed out: line] for Militia 2 yrs.

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 80 Dollars (blank) Cents per annum to commence on the [crossed out: 4th day of March 1831] 16 March 1833.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of March 1837 and sent to John Jolliffe, Esq., Batavia.

Arrears to the 4th of (blank).
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. 1837; $40.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3rd.}

Recorded by Wm. J. Allison, Clerk
Book [illegible]; Vol. 1; Page 200

Let(ter sent) to Hon. T.L. Hamer, June 7th.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to 4 Sept 1837. Age(nt) notified 18 June 1838.
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On this Twenty third day of August, personally appeared before me, William Waters, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Township of Williamsburgh, County of Clermont and State of Ohio, Christopher Hartman, a resident of the Township of Williamsburgh, County of Clermont, State of Ohio, aged Eighty two 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 under the following named officer and served as herein stated.

He was born in Germany and when about two or three years old, came with his father and his father's family to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he lived with in father about five years, at which time his father died. After this even, deponent and his mother moved over to Burlington County, New Jersey, in which County his mother forced him, as an apprentice, under Joseph Bullock, to learn the pursuit of farming. Stayed with said Bullock until he was 21 years of age and then worked about day work in Burlington County and then moved over to Middlesex County, in which county he lived when he was first called into the service of the United States in the month of January, in the same year that Gen'l Montgomery was killed at Quebec. He with others was called to go to Long Island to disarm the Tories, in which expedition they took six wagon loads of arms, which they brought will them over to New Jersey. His captain's name was Stout. He was called out as a minuteman of the Militia of New Jersey. They were out all the month of January on this expedition. Returned from this expedition and stayed house about & a week and was then called to go to Staten Island to keep the Tories from conveying provision to the British onboard the Phoenix and Asia Man of War, which were then lying in the harbor before New York. He was commanded by Captain Robert Nixon. He thinks John Kinsman was 1st Lieutenant. The regiment was commanded by Col. Herrod. Was out on this expedition about a week. After this, went home and remained there until June in the same year when he was called out on a tour to South Amboy to guard the coast under the command of Capt. Stout and Col. Herrod or Heard; thinks they were out on this expedition the last first of a month when they went home to harvest. In the same year, he thinks in the month of August, he was called on another expedition to Elizabeth Town...
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...where they stayed, deponent thinks about a week. The wen to Bergen and from there to Paulus Hook. While lying there, the British fleet came up and fired upon New York and upon the regiment to which deponent belonged. The British took New York & the militia were dismissed and deponent went home. Captain James Burr commanded the company to which deponent was attached on the expedition. Was out this time maybe about a week. In the January or February following, deponent was again called to go to [crossed out: Brunswick] Cranbury. The British had landed on Staten Island and had crossed over to Brunswick and their road, as deponent thinks, to Philadelphia. He was commanded by Captain Weatherly. While out on this expedition, a portion of the militia had go down every other day to the British lines at Brunswick. Gen'l Sterling, at the same time, was at Princeton; having the command of some of the New Jersey militia. And he too sent down every other day a portion of his men to the British lines at Brunswick, where they frequently went with the militia from Cranbury. Stayed out on this expedition all winter. In the spring, was [crossed out: discharged from the service] called from Cranbury to go to Monmouth Courthouse. This was in year 1777. They were called there to disarm and disperse the Tories and to prevent them from taking horses over to the British. [crossed out: we] Gen'l Forman was the general. Captain Weatherly commanded to company deponent belonged to part of the time. Does not remember when who else commanded the company or the names of the rest of the officers. While out on this expedition, they took about twenty horses from the Tories. They, Tories and Refugees, had previously taken part of their horses from Gen'l Forman, who gave them up to the soldiers, who set them up at auction. Lieutenant Kinsman bought one sometime in the spring. Was discharged and went home. In the same year, he thinks in the mouth of June, at the time Gen'l Washington lay at Morristown, deponent was called on a tour to meet Gen'l Washington there. After we arrived, the 100 men was taken from each regiment of the militia to go to Somerset Courthouse to disperse the British regular troops collected there. Went to Somerset; the British had retreated with so much haste that they left [crossed out: on] their bottles of wine & whiskey on the table. Pursued the British from Somerset Courthouse to Brunswick [crossed out: where] and was there attacked by the British from a fort. Lieutenant James Monfort was struck on the ankle...
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...with a spent [crossed out: case] ball and was bruised. Returned the fire of the British and kept firing on them for about half a day, when the captain drew them off and deponent went home. Captain Williams commanded the company to which deponent belonged on this expedition. They were discharged from this service in June and went home. At the time of the Battle of Germantown, deponent was again called but did not reach the scene of action before it was over. Before they got to the place where the battle was fought, they were ordered to Elizabeth Town or Somerset; does not distinctly remember which, under the command of Gen'l Forman. Does not remember any other officer. Was discharged and went home. Another time was called out on a tour to Springfield, just before harvest, but does not remember the year, but it was about the time of the battle there under the command of Captain Jonathan Combs. When they got down to Springfield, there was a French gen(eral) there with a detachment. Think but is not certain that the French gen(eral's) name was La Fayette. A number of men out of each company went down to the British lines at Elizabeth Town under the command of Captain Jonathan Combs. Deponent was that time 1st Sergeant of the company and while at Elizabeth Town, it was his place to set the guards, in which service he was engaged a whole night. From Elizabeth Town, went back to Springfield where they stayed the week out and on Sunday morning were discharged and deponent went home. In spring 1778, the British marched from Philadelphia to Monmouth. And while they were on this march, deponent was called out to war. Virginia Militia were in pursuit of the British and deponent [crossed out: was sent] mixed in with them and acted as their pilot. A wagon of the Virginia Militia broke down and deponent was sent to to mending it. And while he was engaged in mending in, the Battle of Monmouth was fought. Do not remember the names of any of the officers. On another occasion, he was called out under Captain Jonathan Combs on a tour to South River Bridge...
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...[crossed out: This was at the time Gen'l Sterling lay at Princeton.] He was engaged from the beginning of the war to the end of it as a militiaman of New Jersey and went out every time he was called on. He was called out on a number of other tours during the war. That he does not now recollect the particulars of them or where they went to, except one at Newark under the command of Captain Jonathan Combs. He was a minuteman during the whole war. Does not now recollect the names of any other officers than those he has named. He has no documenting evidence. He has a record of his age taken from his father's Bible. He was born on the 6th day of May in the year 1750. Ramoth Benting and Robert English can testify to his character for veracity. Lived in [crossed out: he] New Jersey after the revolution in the County of Middlesex until the year 1798. And then moved to Fayette County, Ky., lived there about six years. In the month of [crossed out: November] December 1801, moved in to the Northwest Territory, now State of Ohio. Moved into the town of Williamsburgh and stayed there all winter and in June following, came to the place in which he now lives, where he has continued to reside ever since. He hereby relinquished every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
s/ Christopher Hartman

Sworn & subscribed before me this 23rd day of August 1832.
s/ William Walters, J. Peace

I do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after [duplicate: 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 I do further certify that it appears to me that Ezekiel Hutchinson [crossed out: (illegible)], who has signed the annexed certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the Township of Williamsburgh, County of Clermont, State of Ohio And that Robert Dickey, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the Township of Williamsburgh [crossed out: Township] County and State aforesaid, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. I do further certify that I have known Christopher Hartman, the present applicant for about sixteen years and that he sustains a good character for veracity and that he is unable from bodily infirmity to attend Court. August 23, 1832.
s/ William Walters, J. Peace
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Declaration.

In order to obtain the benefit of the Third Section of the Act of Congress of the 4th July 1836.

State of Ohio
Clermont County//

On this fifteenth day of February in the year 1837, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the above named County, Mary Hartman, a resident in the County of Clermont and State of Ohio, aged Eighty one years on the 24th day of March now last past, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836. That she is the widow of Christopher Hartman, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, who served in Middlesex County in the State of New Jersey and this deponent does verily believe under Captain Nixon. That her said husband, after his marriage to his applicant, had for [crossed out: one year] about one year to serve....
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...every other month in the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution. That after said marriage, her said husband went a tour of Staten Island and also that he went to Newark. And when he returned, he told applicant that he marched forty miles in one day. That she believes said Christopher was in service at the time of the Battle of Monmouth but was not in the battle, having been, an he told this applicant, taken off to mend a baggage wagon at the time of the battle. Said Christopher was out, as this applicant verily believes, whenever he was called for in the Revolutionary War.

She cannot from old age and consequent loss of memory now state the particulars of said service with the same accuracy. That from information obtained from her said husband & others, he might have done some after said war. She states that said Christopher Hartman, for his said service in the War of the Revolution, made application for a pension about four years ago. That a pension certificate issue to...
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...said Christopher Hartman, which from information he believes, was dated about May 12th or 13th or 14th the in the year 1833. Said certificate was for a
pension of Eighty dollars, on which this applicant drew One Hundred & Sixty two dollars and forty two cents, as the believes. She [crossed out: does] is not now from her own recollection [crossed out: un] able to state the amount & makes said statement from the information [crossed out: of] from her son who drew the money for her.

She further declares that he was married to said Christopher Hartman in the town of Cranbury in Middlesex County in the State of New Jersey by a Presbyterian Clergyman named Smith on the 20th day of April (as well as she now can recollect) the year 1777 and of that her husband, the aforesaid Christopher Hartman, died on the sixteenth day of March in the year 1833 in said County of Clermont and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. She refers to the declaration of said Christopher Hartman and the proof sent in with it for the particulars of said service...
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...and to her own affidavit made in support of the application of Robert English (deceased) for a pension when her memory was better than it now is.
s/ Mary Hartman (X - her mark)

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me.
s/ William Hartman, J.P.

State of Ohio 
Clermont County//

I certify that I am well acquainted with Mary Hartman, above named, who has sworn and subscribed to the above affidavit. That she is generally reputed and believed to be a woman of the truth, in which opinion I do fully concur and certify. That her statement above made is entitled to credit.

And I do further certify that the said applicant, Mary Hartman, is unable from bodily infirmity to attend the Court [crossed out: in] to make her declaration above. I do further certify that I have seen the Pension Certificate of said Christopher Hartman. That it was for Eighty dollars per annum and I returned said certificate the Agency in Cincinnati, Ohio, when I drew pension money thereon. It was under the law of June 7th 1832.
s/ William Hartman, J.P.
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May 20, 1931.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
AWF

Mrs. W.W. Clark,
Williamsburg,
Ohio.

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.4219, that Christopher Hartman was born May 6, 1750 in Germany.

When about two or three years old, he came to this country with his father and family (no names given) and settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he lived about five years when his father died and he, with his mother, moved to Burlington County, New Jersey.

While residing in Middlesex County, New Jersey, he enlisted in January 1775 and served at various times as a private and sergeant in the New Jersey Militia under Captains Stout, Robert Nixon, Barr, Wetherby, Williams, Jonathan Combs, Colonels Heard and Forman to the close of the war, amounting in all to two years.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 23, 1832 at which time he was living in Township of Williamsburgh, Clermont County, Ohio. He died in said county, March 16, 1833.

The soldier married April 20, 1777 in Cranbury, Middlesex County, New Jersey, Mary Hutchinson, who was born March 24, 1755.

She was allowed pension on her application executed February 15, 1837, at which time she was living in Clermont County, Ohio.

Children are referred to, only name stated being William. A granddaughter, Nancy Hartman, testified in the case...
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...There are no further data as to children and grandchildren.

Very truly yours,
E.W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.
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The State of Ohio
Clermont County//

Before me, the undersigned, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the above named County, personally appeared Ezekiel Hutchinson of lawful age, who being duly sworn on his oath states that he, the said Ezekiel Hutchinson, is a brother of Mary Hartman, widow of Christopher Hartman, deceased. That in, he thinks, the second year of the American Revolution, he, this deponent, heard it talked of in the family that Christopher Hartman and his sister Mary, then [crossed out: called] named Mary Hutchinson were about to be marred and this deponent saw some persons start who said they were [crossed out: (illegible)] going to the wedding of the above named persons and afterwards, he, this deponent, saw about six persons come to his father's and during then were said Christopher Harman and Mary, who were treated and recognized by all the company as husband and wife. Deponent has been acquainted with said Christopher and Mary until the death of said Christopher and does verily believe they were legally married in the second year of the Revolutionary War in Middlesex County in the State of New Jersey. He [crossed out: said] has never heard the fact of said marriage doubted...
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...[crossed out: from the time] said Christopher and Mary Hartman always, as this deponent verily believes, lived together as husband and wife until the death of said Christopher Hartman, about three years ago. Deponent was a witness for Christopher Hartman in his application for a pension about three or four years ago. Deponent further states that said Mary Hartman has never married since the death of said Christopher Hartman, as he verily believes. That he, the deponent, lives about two miles from said Mary and never heard of such an event that he, this deponent, believes said Mary is now about Eighty years of age. Deponent further states that he was at the funeral of said Christopher Hartman. That he died in Clermont County in the State of Ohio, in which County said Mary now resides.

After said marriage, this deponent remembers that said Cristopher Hartman went out into the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution in Middlesex County in the State of New Jersey. That [crossed out: in] on one of these tours of duty this deponent...
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...went and lived [crossed out: (illegible)] in the house of said Christopher Hartman with his sister, the said Mary, for the time of two weeks. This took place, according to the best recollection of deponent, about three years after said marriage.

Deponent thinks he can state with certainty that he recollects of a half a dozen tours of duty in the Revolutionary War in said County performed by said Christopher after said marriage but as this deponent was then only about eleven years old (at the time of the Battle of Monmouth) he cannot state the particulars of said service nor the numbers of said tours.

And further this deponent saith not.
s/ Ezekiel Hutchinson

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 15th day of February 1837.
s/ William Hartman, J.P.

The State of Ohio
Clermont County//

I certify that I well acquainted with Ezekiel Hutchinson, who has subscribed and sworn to the above deposition and that he is generally reputed and believed to be a man of truth in which opinion I fully concur and his statement is entitled to credit.
s/ William Hartman, J.P.
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
AWF/eel

March 18, 1929

Frances Carver
1317 Locust Street
Cincinnati, Ohio

Madame:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.4219, it appears that Christopher Hartman was born, May 6, 1750, in Germany.

When about two or three years old, he came to this country with his father and family (no names given) and settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he lived about five years when his father died and he, with his mother, moved to Burlington County, New Jersey.

While residing in Middlesex County, New Jersey, he enlisted in January, 1775, and served at various times as a private and sergeant in the New Jersey Militia under Captains Stout, Robert Nixon, Barr, Wetherby, Williams, Jonathan Combs, Colonels Heard and Forman to the close of the war, amounting in all to two years.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 3, 1832, at which time he was living in the Town(ship)...
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...(Town)ship of Williamsburgh, Clermont County, Ohio. He died in said county March 16, 1833.

The soldier married, April 20, 1777, in Cranbury, Middlesex County, New Jersey, Mary Hutchinson, who was born, March 24, 1755.

She was allowed pension on her application executed February 15, 1837, at which time she was living in Clermont County, Ohio.

Children are referred to, only name stated being William. A granddaughter, Nancy Hartman, testified in the case.

There are no further data as to children and grandchildren.

Respectfully,
E.W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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1317 Locust St.
Cincinnati, Ohio
July 12, 1928

Bureau of Pensions, War Dept.
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:-

My great grandfather, Christopher Hartman, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. I have a certificate from the Adj. Gen. of New Jersey in 1897, Wm. S. Stryker, stating that he belonged to Capt. Samuel Stout's Company, Heard's Brigade. I wish very much to find out more about his military record. He died in Marathon, Clermont Co., Ohio, in March 1833. I have been told that his widow, Mary Hutchinson Hartman, of Marathon, Ohio, drew a pension from the government until her death in 1839. I assume that in applying for the pension a detailed statement would be made of Christopher Hartman's services in the army, naming the battles in which he fought etc. Will you kindly tell me whether such information is obtainable, and if there is any expense attached, how much it will be.

Very truly yours,
s/ Frances Carver
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Rev(olutionary War)

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4219
Mary Hartman, wid(ow of) Christopher Hartman, Pri(vate), N.J. Militia.
Act: July 4th/'36 Sect. 3rd.
Index: -; Vol. A; Page 303.

{Arrangement of 1870.}

Feb. 8, '97 - Hist(ory sent) to Mrs. Lowell Rondebush, Stonelick, Ohio thro(ugh) Hon. G.W. Hulick [illegible]
1929 Mch. 18 - Hist(ory sent) to Frances Carver. A.W.F.
1931 May 20 - Hist(ory sent) to Mrs. W. W. Clark, See Adam Bicker, W.2714.
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Treasury Department
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
June 8, 1838

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, Mary Hartman, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars [crossed out: and (blank) Cents] per annum, under the law of the 4th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837 to the 4th of September 1837.

Respectfully yours,
s/ Albion K. Parris, Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Graesbeck's Agency.
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Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.
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Batavia, Ohio
February 16th 1837

Sir,

I herewith enclose the application of Mary Hartman, widow of Christopher Hartman, deceased, for a pension under the 3rd Section of the law of July 4th 1836, together with the affidavits of Ezekiel Hutchinson, Robert Dickey and Nancy Hartman, and the certificate of William Hartman in support of her claim. A pension was granted to Christopher Hartman under the law of June 7th 1832 and to his declaration and the proof accompanying the same he refers as evidence of his service.

About the same time that Christopher Hartman applied for a pension, Robert English, then of Clermont County, Ohio, since deceased, made application for the same purpose...
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...under the law of June 7th 1832. Mary Hartman was a witness in support of the claim of Robert English & to her deposition she refers, as it was made when her memory was more retentive than it now is, and Mary continues to establish her present claim. Please forward her certificate to the undersigned.

I am, Sir, with great respect,
s/ Jno. Jolliffe

Hon. [crossed out: James] J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.
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The State of Ohio
Clermont County/

I, Jonathan D. Morris, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that William Waters, Esquire, before whom the above affidavits of Christopher Hartman, Ezekiel Hutchinson, Robert Dickey, Ramoth Bunting, Ezekiel Hutchinson and Robert English and who signed the above certificate declaring his opinion of military services &c. of said Hartman, was at the time and now is one of the Acting Justices of the Peace [crossed out: in] within and for the County of Clermont aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such and that the signatures to the above affidavits are the signatures of said Waters.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Batavia this 27th day of August A.D. 1832.
s/ J.D. Morris, Clerk of Clermont Com(mon) Pleas
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The State of Ohio
Clermont County//

Before me, the undersigned, Justice of the Peace of said County, personally came Robert Dickey, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with the within named Mary Hartman. That she is generally reputed in the neighborhood where she resides to a be a person of good character for truth and deponent concurs in that opinion and further the deponent said not.
s/ Robert Dickey (X - his mark)

Sworn to and subscribed before me the 11th day of March 1833.
s/ William Hartman, J. Peace

I certify that the above named Robert Dickey in a man of veracity. That the above named Mary Hartman in the same person who subscribed and swore to an affidavit in support of the claim of Robert English (of Clermont County, Ohio) for a pension before William Waters. That she is a person of veracity.
s/ William Hartman, J. Peace

By referring to the declaration of said Robert English, it will be seen that William Waters, Esq., has certified for to veracity of Mary Hartman. March 12th 1833.
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The State of Ohio
Clermont County//

I, Jonathan D. Morris, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, do hereby certify that William Hartman, Esquire, whose name is attached to the within affidavits of Christopher Hartman, Mary Hartman and Robert Dicken and also to the within two certificates, was at the time of taking and subscribing such affidavits and certificates, and still is, one of the Acting Justices of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified and full faith and credit is due to all his official acts as such and that the several signatures purporting to be his are genuine.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Batavia this 12th day of March A.D. 1833.
s/ J.D. Morris, Clerk
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Personally appeared before me, William Waters, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Township of Williamsburg, County of Clermont, State of Ohio, Ezekiel Hutchinson, a resident of the Township, County and State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following deposition. That he became acquainted with Christopher Hartman, the present applicant for a pension, about fifty years ago in the County of Middlesex, State of New Jersey. Said Hartman lived about a year in the same house deponent lived in at the time of the Revolutionary War. While living together, deponent saw said Harman start out at several different times on tours of service in the minutemen in the New Jersey Militia. At one time, deponent thinks said Hartman was gone out on an expedition three weeks. This was after the year when deponent and said Hartman lived in the same house. Never recollects of hearing of said Hartman being called out but that he went. Captains Nixon and Combs commanded generally the militia from that neighborhood. Never heard said Hartman's character for truth and veracity impeached. Believe it to be good. I was the general opinion in the neighborhood which said Hartman lived in New Jersey that he was a soldier of the Revolution and further deponent saith not.
s/ Ezekiel Hutchinson

Sworn & subscribed before me this 23d day of August 1832.
s/ William Waters, J. Peace
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We, [crossed out: Christopher Hartman] Ezekiel Hutchinson, a Clergyman residing in the Township of Williamsburgh, County of Clermont and State of Ohio, and Robert Dickey, residing in the same township, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Christopher Hartman, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be Eighty two 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.
s/ Ezekiel Hutchinson
s/ Robert Dickey

Sworn and subscribed to before me this 23rd day of August 1832.
s/ William Waters, J. Peace

Personally appeared before me William Water, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Clermont, State of Ohio, [crossed out: William] Ramoth Bunting, a resident of the Township of Williamsburgh, County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following deposition. That he became acquainted with Christopher Hartman, the present applicant, sixty odd years ago, in Burlington County, State of New Jersey; lived about a mile and a half from Hartman. In the year 1775, deponent enlisted in the 2nd New Jersey Regiment under Col. William Maxfield and Captain Joseph Bradly. While then enlisted, deponent sometimes went home on furlough and on the some of these occasions heard that said Hartman was in the minutemen and had been out on service in different tours. He heard that he had been out under Captain Nixon & Colmbs. It was the [crossed out: gen(eral)] well known by some of the best citizens in New Jersey in the neighborhood where said Hartman lived that he had been out in the Revolutionary War. Said Hartman sustains and always has sustained, as far as deponent has ever heard, a good character for truth and veracity and further deponent saith not.
s/ Ramoth Bunting (X - his mark)

Sworn & subscribed before me this 23rd day of August 1832.
s/ William Waters, J. Peace
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[crossed out: Personally appeared before me William Water, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Clermont and State of Ohio, Robert English, of the Township of Batavia, County of Clermont and State of Ohio, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following deposition. That...]
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Christopher Hartman
Clermont, Ohio
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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 Christopher Hartman, 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? (blank)
IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No.
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 [amount] 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? (blank)
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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? (blank)
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? (blank)
XVI. **Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No.
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 (blank) year (blank) months, and  (blank) days, I served as a  (blank). For  (blank) months and  (blank) days, I served as a  (blank); and for such service I claim a pension."
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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 shewn 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.

*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 officer, 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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Personally appeared before me, William Waters, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Clermont, State of Ohio, Robert English, a resident of the Township of Batavia, County of Clermont, State of Ohio, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following deposition. That he became acquainted with Christopher Hartman, the present applicant in Middlesex County, State of New Jersey, about the year 1776 and has been acquainted with him ever since. Deponet went out in the New Jersey Militia three tours with said Hartman as follows. Once at Springfield under the command of Captain Jonathan Combs. The company joined Captain Combs near his own house and marched on to Springfield about & 50 or 60 miles. Were called from Springfield to Elizabeth Town. While there stationed not far from the town. The company were called out in the evening upon duty on the lines. The British were in Elizabeth Town and they and the militia were firing all night upon each other. The next day, they came back to Springfield. Said Hartman was alone the said night near the British lines. Stayed there till said the tour was out and was then dismissed. This was sometime a little before harvest; soon after Connecticut towns were burnt. Saw some of the buildings smoking and the wheat scorched as they marched down. The next tour was to Newark, New Jersey, under the command of Captain Jonathan Combs. They were sent out on scouting to the water [illegible], where the British were. Continued on the tour out and went home. It was in the fall of the year but does not remember the year when he went out on this expedition. The next expedition when deponent and said Hartman were out together in the Militia of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War was to Spotswood and from there to South River Bridge. They stayed there at South River Bridge guarding it until the tour was not quite out and then went back to Spotswood... (over)
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...where they were discharged. Hartman is a man of truth and veracity and deponent always heard it stated in New Jersey that said Hartman always went whenever he was called on and further deponent saith not.
s/ Rob't English

Sworn & subscribed before me this 23d day of August 1832.
s/ William Waters, J. Peace
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Christopher Hartman, Ohio, Act 7 June 1832, to what time last paid?

Pen(sion) Office
March 21, 1837

Died 16 March 1833. Pd. to that period. J.H.
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The State of Ohio
Clermont County//

Before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally came Robert Dickey, who being duly sworn states that he was well acquainted with [crossed out: Ezekiel Hutchinson] Christopher Hartman for about thirty years next, preceding the death of said Christopher Hartman. [crossed out: That] and has also been acquainted with Mary Hartman for [crossed out: about] upwards of thirty [crossed out: three or thirty four] years last past. That said Christopher & Mary were reputed esteemed and accepted by and amongst their neighbors in the neighborhood in which they resided to be husband and wife. That the deponent verily believes they were legally married and never heard that fact doubted in the least and further this deponent saith not. He [crossed out: s] has resided in the same neighborhood in which said Mary [crossed out: and] now lives and has lived in upwards of thirty years past. That he does verily believe that said Mary has never married since the death of said Christopher Hartman
s/ Robert Dickey (X - his mark)

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 15th of February 1837.
s/ William Hartman, J.P.
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The State of Ohio
Clermont County//

I certify that I am well acquainted with Robert Dickey, who has sworn and subscribed to the within affidavit. That he is generally reputed and believed to be a man of truth in which statement I fully concur and certify that his statement is entitled to credit.
s/ William Hartman, J.P.
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The State of Ohio
Clermont County//

Before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the above named County, personally came Nancy Hartman of lawful age. Who being duly sworn states that Mary Hartman, widow of Christopher Hartman, has remained unmarried since the death of said Christopher as this deponent (who is a granddaughter of said Mary) verily believes. Deponent lived with said Mary about one year after the death of said Christopher and since that time said Mary has been living about caring (for) her children. This deponent further states that she believes said Christopher Hartman died with old age on the 16th day of March 1833. And further she says not.
s/ Nancy Hartman

Sworn to and subscribed this 15th day of February 1837.
s/ Wm. Hartman, J.P.
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The State of Ohio
Clermont County//

I certify that I am well acquainted with Nancy Hartman, who has sworn and subscribed to the within affidavit. That she is personally reputed & believed to be a person of truth & that her statement within is entitled to credit.
s/ William Hartman, J.P.
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Admitted for two years. Private. $80

Died 16 March 1833.
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The State of Ohio
Clermont County//

I, Jonathan D. Morris, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William Hartman, Esquire, was on the 15th day of February A.D. 1837 one of the Acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Clermont duly commissioned and qualified and full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such in all Courts of Record as well as elsewhere and that the above and foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas at Batavia this 16th day of February A.D. 1837.
s/ J.D. Morris Clerk
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Personally appeared before me, William Hartman, a Justice of the Peace in and for the above named County, Mary Hartman, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that on the 20th day of April 1777 she was married to the within named Christopher Hartman. That before her said marriage, she lived about one mile and a half from said Christopher Hartman and heard of his going to Long Island and Staten Island against the Tories & [crossed out: against the British] to guard the coast on Staten Island. Thinks he was not out over two weeks on Staten Island and two or three weeks on Long Island. That the first year [crossed out: (1778) said Christopher] after said marriage Hartman was called [crossed out: called] out every other month to go to Cranbury and other places to guard the shores. Half the militia was called out at a time and had to stay their full month tour, to the best of deponents knowledge. She has not the least doubt [crossed out: that] but that he was out altogether not less than two years in the War of the Revolution. She has heard the deration of said Christopher read and knows that he was out on some tours of duty not stated therein. She knows that he went out from the time [crossed out: he was called on] of said marriage whenever he was called on until the peace. And further deponent saith not.
s/ Mary Hartman (X - her mark)

Sworn to and subscribed before me the 11th day of March 1833.
s/ William Hartman, J. Peace
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State of Ohio
Clermont County//

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the above named County, Christopher Hartman, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that, by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades [crossed out: about] one week as a sergeant [crossed out: and the balance of the tour as a private]. He served not less than two years in the War of the Revolution as a private (except the one week before mentioned that he served as a sergeant). He commenced the service at the commencement of the War of the Revolution and continued to serve where ever he was called on until the peace. He was called on every year during the war and sometimes three or four times a year and for such service I claim a pension.
s/ Christopher & Hartman (X - his mark)

Sworn and subscribed before me the 11th day of March 1833.
s/ William Hartman, J. Peace

[crossed out: Sworn and subscribed]

The above named Christopher Hartman is my father. He is very infirm in body and in mind so much so that I have made the above mark that purports to be his for him and he has adopted it. His mind in nearly gone. He appears to remember events of the revolution better than passing occurrences. He cannot walk in steps but is able to sit up for an hour or 2 more [crossed out: sometimes].
s/ William Hartman