Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24046, Levi Dart, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.

Dart, Levi
Elizabeth

NUMBER
W. 24046
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21.351
Masachusetts
Levi Dart
of Hampden in the State of Massvwho was a private in the Comp commanded by Captain Spapely of the Regt. commanded by Col. Ledyard in the ["Markle" is marked out] line for 7 Mo. 15 days
[illegible]

Inscribed on the Roll of Mass atthe rate of 23 Dollars - Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Sep 1833- and hereto  R. D. Morris -
Springfield

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1833
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4m & 3 [illegible]

$75
25 off
$75

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Fo. C. Stiles, Clerk
Book E Vol. [illegible], Page 18
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Levi Dart
Declaration with the Depontion of James Chapman
12.636
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden SS.

On this ["Eighth" is marked out] Twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Thirty two personally appeared in open Court ["open Court" is underlined] before Oliver B. Morris ["Oliver B. Morris" is underlined] Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Hampton now sitting at Springfield in
said County of Hampden Levi Dart ["Levi Dart" is underlined] a resident of
Springfield in said County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged sixty eight 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 7. 1832

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That the fifteenth day of August in the year 1781 at Bolton in the State of Connecticut he enlisted
for the Term of Seven and an half months ["Seven and an half months" is underlined] in a company of Artillery of the Connecticut State troops under the following named officers [illegible] Capt Adam Shapley
Lieut Chapman ["Lieut Chapman" is underlined] and Lieut Stow ["Lieut Stow" is underlined] in the Regiment or Battallion commanded by Col Ledyard ["Col Ledyard" is underlined] that he marched to New London where Capt Shapley was stationed with his company at Fort Trumbull Col Ledgard was at Fort Griswold on the Groton Side of the River. 

On the Sixth day of September following the
Enemy appeared in the Harbor and Capt Shapley received orders to evacuate Fort Trumbull and repair to Fort Griswold with his Company. Capt Shapley ordered Corporal Smith to [illegible] seven men and remain and
Spike the guns of the Fort and follow across the River and he was [illegible] as [illegible] to remain with Corporal Smith. That after they had spiked all the guns they attempted to cross the River to Grotion in a boat but were captured by the enemy before they
had proceeded far. That they were then sent down the River and put on board the British Frigate Amphion; while passing down the River the Enemy attacked the Fort at Groton and carried it and our Second Lieutenant [illegible] was captured and brought on
board the Frigate. Gen. Arnold commanded the enemy in the attack on New London and Groton [illegible] were carried to New York as prisoners of war and there
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imprisoned in the Old Sugar House (so called)
and there kept until the latter part of the month of October following when he with others were exchanges and put on shore at Elizabeth Town point and received by an American Officer which he thinks was called Gen Skinner. That they marched to Morristown and from there to Kings Ferry and across the country to Bolton Con - under Lieut Stow (who was exchange at the same time) and at Bolton received orders to report themselves at New London where they immediately repaired and reported themselves about first of December and were placed under the command of Lieut Durgee. Capt Shapley having been severely wounded & Lieut Chapman having been killed in the attack on the Fort at Groton by the British - That he remained on duty at New London until the first of April in the year 1782 when he was discharged verbally and returned home. Among the Prisoners in the Sugar house
at New York with him were Col [illegible] Hubbell Capt Knox, Capt Morrell and Commissary Pratt

He further declares that he was born in Bolton in the State of Connecticut and that a record of his death is on the Town Records of Bolton, that he lived in said Bolton when
he entered the service of the United States, that he has since resided in Coventry Connecticut and in South Hadley Mass and that he has resided in Springfield for thirty two years last part in the employment of the United State at the National Armory there. 

That he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify of his service other than the Deposition of James Chapman which is hereunto annexed, the Revd Bezaleel Howard & Georg [illegible] of Springfield can testify as to his character

He hereby relinquishes 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

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Levi Dart [signature]
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Mr Bezaleel Howard a Clergymen resident in Springfield & George Blake of Springfield in the County of Hampton hereby certify that we
are well acquainted with Levi Dart who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty eight 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
Bezaleel Howard [signature]
George Blake [signature]

Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after having the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war [illegible] 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 Bezaleel Howard D D is a Clergyman resident in said Springfield and that George Blake is also resident in the same Springfield & that both of them have signed the preceeding certificate & that they are credible persons & their Statement entitled to credit

I Justin Willard Register of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Levi Dart for a Pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight  hundred and thirty two
J Willard [signature]
Register [illegible]
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12631
Levi Dart
Private 7 mos 15 days
14 ob
May 16 1833
P. 402
R. D. Morris
Springfield
Mass
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Brief in the case of Levi Part of Springfield
County of Hampdon in the State of Massachusetts
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

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

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
[No response]

3. How old is he? 68

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

Period
Enlisted August In 1781

Duration of Service.
7 Months, 15 Days

Rank.
As a private

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Col Ledyard
Copl Adam Shapley
Connt State troops

5. In what battles was he engaged
Not any

6.. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Burton County

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

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
No

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas G Wilcox [signature] Examining Clerk
2nd March 1833
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I Jabez Kingsbury a resident of Coventry in Tolland County Connecticut hereby depose and say

That I attended
the solemnization of the marriage of Levi Part of the town of Bolton to Elizabeth Utly of Coventry they were married by my Farther Ephraim Kingsbury on the 5th day of October
A.D. 1790 at the House of her Brother in [illegible] Benjamin Carpenter of sd Coventry.  I further say that my Father was often called on to officiate in the solemnization of Marriage and that if he kept any record of the Marriages thus solemnized by him
they are [illegible] lost

Coventry Jany 26th 1844
Jabez Kingsbury [signature]

State of Connecticut
Tolland County
Ss Coventry on this 26th of Jany 1844

Personally appeared before me Eleazer Hunt one of the Justices of the Peace for Tolland County aforesaid Jabez Kingsbury a resident of said Coventry a credible & respectable
man with whom I am well acquainted who being first duly sworn according to Law made solemn oath to the truth of the above
certificate by him subscribed
before me 
Eleazer Hunt [signature]
Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut,
office of Secretary of State

I certify that Eleazer Hunt Esq is, and
on the 26th day of January last part was, a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Tolland in said State, duly appointed and commissioned, as appears of record in this office - and that the within signature
purporting to be his is in my opinion, genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said State
this 3 day of February AD 1844
N A Phelps
Secretary of State.
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10521
5386 Act 1843
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hampden County

Be it known that on this [empty space] day
of February A.D. 1844 personally appeared before the Honorable Oliver B Morris Judge of Probate for said County, the same being a Court of record Elizabeth Dart a resident of Springfield in said County of Hampden aged Eighty years on the 15th of March next, 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 on the 3d day of March A.D. 1843 granting pensions
to widows of persons who served during the
Revolutionary War

That she is the widow of Levi Dart who
was a Private in the Revolutionary Army and
served as she verily believes in the State Troops of Connecticut for which he received a pension at the rate of twenty five Dollars per annum commencing March 4th 1831 - until the [illegible]th day of March 1842 - That her husband the said Levi Dart, according to her best recollections & according to the testimony & speech of her neighbors & friends, entered the service of the United States but a day or two before the massacre at Groton Fort in Connecticut. That he left his home in Bolton Ct. and arrived at New London & Groton before the massacre & surrender of the Fort - That he enlisted, she believes at New London, after he left home in the Connecticut State troops & but a day or two after his enlistment, marched with his company to Groton & was in or near the Fort when it was [the second writing of "it was" is marked out] taken & the Commander Ledgard was killed
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That he was taken prisoner & carried to
New York & New Jersey, immediately after
the capture & surrender of the Fort and was
liberated at Elizabeth town in New Jersey - and that afterwards he returned home to
Bolton where he remained a while & again
entered the service of the United States, by enlistment, as it is believed in the same Regiment he first joined.

That she was born in Ashford Ct. March
15th 1764. That her father Jeremiah Utley
was several years in the Revolutionary War, as
also her two brothers Daniel & Simeon, both
of whom were killed in the service, and
her Fathers family with others suffered deeply
in the war of Independence-

That the Elizabeth Dart does not remember
the names of the Officers under whom her late husband served, but would beg leave to refer to the Declaration of her said husband on file in the war department for a more particular Statement of his service and that she cannot State particularly the exact time of his service, and that her said husband the late Levi Dart was a pensioner as before stated and died at Springfield in the State of Massachusetts on the 24th day of May A.D. 1842.

She further declares that she was married to the said Levi Dart on the 5th day of
October A.D. 1790, at Coventry in the State of
Connecticut at the house of her brother in
law Benjamin Carpenter, by Ephraim
Kingsbury Esq a Justice of the Peace for the
County of Tolland in the said State of Connecticut to her said late husband the said Levi Dart, and that the said Levi Dart died
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at said Springfield on the 24th day of May
A.D. 1842, as appears from the Deposition annexed.

That she was not married to him prior
to his leaving the service, but the marriage
took place previous to the first of January
A.D. 1794, viz. at Coventry in said State of
Connecticut on the 5th day of October A.D. 1790 as above stated; and in proof of which she refers to the depositions hereunto annexed she having no
Documentary evidence of Record of her marriage.

Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year above written
Elizabeth Part [signature]

I Oliver B. Morris Judge of the Court of
Probate holden in the County of Hampden where the above declarant resides, do hereby certify that the above named Elizabeth Dart, is from disease & great debility of body of more than one year's continuance & during most of the time confined to her bed, as she is now at this time - of taking this examination & with which disease & debility I am credibly informed she has been afflicted & being very weak & feeble & unable to attend the Court of which I am Judge; and I do not think from
present appearances, that she will be able to attend the Court above named at its next session. I have therefore in pursuance of the act of Congress of March 1, 1823 attended at her place of abode & administered the foregoing oath and I further certify that the declarant is a credible witness & that the facts stated by her in said declaration are in my opinion true
Oliver B Moore [signature]
Judge of Probate
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden SS.

I Justin Willard Clerk of the Probate Court within & for said County do hereby certify that the Honorable Oliver B. Morris is the Judge of said Court & that his signature subscribed to the within certificate in the matter of the application of Elizabeth Dart
for a Pension is genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Springfield this fifth day of February AD 1844
Justin Willard [signature]
Clerk [illegible]
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1281
Massachusetts
Elizabeth Dart
widow of Levi Dart,
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
25 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of August 1848 and sent to

G.S. Bulfinch [signature]
Boston
Mass

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 41 Vol. 2
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,  Se.  19-

CW  W 240 46

In reply to your request of [space]  received
[space] a statement of the military history of Levi Dart. soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on
file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Aug. 18, 1781.

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
he was stationed at Fort Trumbull and on Sept 6, 1781 he was left at fort to spike the guns after which while crossing the river to go to Fort Griswold he was captured, imprisoned in Old Sugar House N.Y. City, exchanged late in Oct. 1781 returned New London & remained there on duty until Apr. 1, 1782 -

Rank
Pvt

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN Adam Shapley
COLONEL Ledyard

STATE.
Conn

Battles engaged in. 
See above

Residence of soldier at enlistment
Bolton, Conn

Date of application for pension
Aug 27, 1833 [illegible]

Residence at date of application, 
Springfield, Hampton Co Mass.

Age at date of application 
68 ys/date not stated born at Bolton Conn. 
He died at Springfield Mass May 24, 1842.

Remarks:
Sol. mar at Coventry Conn Oct 5, 1790, Elizabeth dau. of Jeremiah Utly. she was born at Ashford Conn. Mar. 15, 1764.  She was al. pens. on her ap. ex. Feb 5, 1844 while living in  Springfield Mass.  It is not stated whether they had any children. 

Respectfully, 
Commissioner
6-2856
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1917 Apr. 6. [illegible] to Thaddeus L. Bolton aw.

Revy
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 24046
Elizabeth Dart 
Wid of 
Levi Cart
Pri. The Rev. War

Act Feb 2nd 1848.
Index: Vol. A, Page 173 
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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8132
Massachusetts
Elizabeth Dart
widow of Levi Dart
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 26th May 1842
of Hampden Co. in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the company
commanded by Captain Shapley of the
rigt. commanded by Ledyard in
the Connt - line for 7 mos & 18 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 25 Dollars --- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23d day of
February 1844 and sent to Hon. O. Baker
House of Representatives

Total amount, $125 -
(Act July 7, 1838.}

Recorded by D. Brown - Clerk
Book D Vol. 1. Page 55
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5002
Massachusetts
Elizabeth Dart
widow of Levi Dart
who was a Private
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
25 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the, day of Feb. 1844
and sent to Hon. O. Baker
House of Representatives

Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book A.
Vol 1 Page 266

Repd
Paid at the Treasury
under the Act 6 April 1838, 
from 4 March to 24 May 1842. 
Agt Notified
17 Oct 1844
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I James Chapman of Longmeadow in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Seventy seven years
do testify and say that in the year 1781 
I resided in Bolton in the State of Connecticut and well knew Levi Dart - who now resides in Springfield Massachusetts and who then 
resided in Bolton and I verry well recollect that the said Levi Dart and Elias Dart entered the service of the United States in the Connecticut State Troops and went to
New London that year in the latter part of [illegible]  That they were absent, - and supposed to be at New London at the time Fort Trumbull and Fort Griswold were taken by the enemy under General Arnold. That it was reported and believed at Bolton that the
said Levi Dart and Elias Dart were captured by
the enemy and carried to New York  I do not recollect how long the Darts were gone from home but I believe seven or eight months - I furth say that I have known the said Levi Dart for Fifty six years past and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity and I believe him to be Sixty eight or sixty nine years of age and that full credit may be given to his declaration.  And I further say that he has always had the reputation of being
a Soldier of the Revolution in Bolton where he
then resided and I have frequently heard him spoken of as a Revolutionary soldier since that time by those who are acquainted with him - further this deponent saith not
James Chapman [signature]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden SS. On this Twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord 1832 Personally appeared the above named James Chapman and made solemn oath
that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed is true 

Before me Richard D. Morris Justice of the Peace Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampson ss. 
I John Ingersoll Clerk of the Common Pleas Court being a Court of Record in the County of Hampton do hereby certify that Richard D. Morris Esq before whom the above deposition was [illegible] is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden & that his name thereto subscribed is his true & genuine signature - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Common Pleas Court of Springfield on this twelfth day of September A.D. 1832
John Ingersoll [signature]
Clerk

[Note: The following statement is written in the left margin of document.}

New London ss
I further certify that James Chapman the aforesaid deponent is a [illegible] in the Town of Longmeadow in said county and a credible person and his statement is certified to be credible. 
Richard D Morris [signature]
Justice of the Peace
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Additional declaration of Levi Dart for a Pension

I Levi Dart of Springfield in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do make this declaration
in addition to the declaration by me made on the Twenty Seventh day of August AD 1832 before the Judge of Probate for the County of Hampton and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and on oath declare and say that I have in my former declaration I stated that I was in the Regiment or Battalion commanded by Col Ledyard in Capt Shapley Company and stationed at New London  That I was captured by the enemy and imprisoned in the old Sugar House (so called) at New York that I there stated the names of several officers who were prisoners of men with me  I further say that in my former declaration I named all the officers that I have any recollection of and that I mentioned the Rev Bezaleel Howard and George Blake as persons in my Neighborhood who well knew me and who testified to my character & reputation relative to my military service. In addition to which I have procured the certificate of Col Roswell Lee Superintendant of the United States armory in Springfield and Major Charles Howard Paymaster & [illegal] military Storekeeper at said Springfield who testify as to their belief in my age and the reputation I sustain in the Neighborhood where I reside of having served in the revolutionary army and of their own belief in my Services.  I further say that I have proved the certificate of the magistrate as to the credibility of the witness whose deposition is annexed to my former declaration. I furth say that I served as a private soldier during the
Revolutionary War seven and an half
months and for such service I claim a pension
all of which service is [illegible] set forth in
in my former declaration and I furth say that I know of no other person living who can testify
as to my actual service

Levi Dart [signature]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden County [illegible]. May 25th 1833. Then the above named Levi Dart personally appeared
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden ss

I Justin Willard Clerk of the Probate Court, being a Court of Record within & for said County of Hampden do hereby certify that Oliver B. Morris Esq. before whom the preceeding ["declaration of" is marked out] additional declaration of Levi Dart was made & sworn to 

[It appears that the following portion is marked out: "& that the name Oliver B Morris's [illegible] to the certificate thereof in the is the"]

is the Judge of said Court, & that the name Oliver B Morris subscribed to the certificate thereof is his proper hand writing & genuine signature -

I further certify that Richard D. Morris Esq
before whom the annexed certificate of Roswell Lee & Charles Howard was sworn to & subscribed is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County & that his name subscribed to the certificate thereof is his genuine signature & proper hand writing

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Probate Court at Springfield this twenty fifth day of May AD 1833
Justin Willard [signature]
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We Roswell Lee Superintendant of the United States Army at Springfield in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Charles Howard Pay Master and United States Military Storekeeper at the Same Town of
Springfield in the County & Commonwealth aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Levi Dart of the same Springfield who has made application for a
Pension under the Act of Congress passed Jun 7th 1832 that we believe him to be sixty eight 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
Roswell Lee [signature]
Charles Howard [signature]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden County SS May 23, 1833
Then personally appeared before me the subscriber the above named Roswell Lee and Charles Howard and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by them subscribed and I hereby certify that Roswell Lee who has signed the presiding Certificate is Superintendent of the United States Army
in Springfield in the County of Hampden and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a resident in said Springfield and a credible person, and that Charles Howard who has also signed the same is paymaster and U.S. Military Storekeeper at said Springfield and a resident at the same Springfield and a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to full credit

Richard D. Morris [signature]
Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut
office of Secretary of State.

I certify that in May 1790, Ephraim Kingsbury Esq of Coventry in the County of Tolland & State aforesaid, was appointed a Justice of the Peace within & for the said County of Tolland, for the year then next ensuing & was duly commissioned, as appears of record in this office - that he held the said office of Justice of the Peace previously to 1790, and from the circumstance of his being reappointed to the same office in 1791 & subsequently, as also appears of record, no doubt can inist [?] of his being duly qualified to act as a Justice of the Peace throughout the year of 1790.

I further certify that by the laws of this State
Justices of the Peace were then, as well as now, authorized & fully impowered to solmenize Marriages.

in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said State, this 31st day of January 1844.
N. A. Phelps [signature]
Secretary of State
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Eliz [illegible] Dart
aa S002
Admitted
G.S. Bulfinch
Boston
Mass
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
Hampden COUNTY, ss

On this twenty ninth
day of July 1848, personally appeared

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Secretary's Office, Boston August 1848

I hereby Certify, That ab the date of the
annexed attestation Henry Morris
was a Justice of the Peace for the County
of Hampden in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written

W.B. Calhoun
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
Hampden COUNTY, ss

On this twenty ninth day of July 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, Elizabeth Dart a resident of Springfield in the county of Hampden aged eighty four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Levi Dart who was a resident of Springfield and who was a in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of
twenty five dollars and cents per annum.

She further declares that she is still a widow.
Elizabeth Dart [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written,
Before me, 
Henry Morris [signature] 

In presence of 
Henry Morris [signature]
Emily Collins [signature]

I Certify, That the declarant is personally know to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares. 
Henry Morris [signature]
Justice of the Peace.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
COUNTY, ss


[Portions of the following statement are covered by the seal of the Court and therefore incomplete.]

I [space] Clerk of the [space] and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that [space] is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly lified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine. and the Seal of said Court, this
CLERK.
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[illegible] 27, 1844
W Evans
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GIDEON, PRINTER.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Feby 23d 1844

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," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Levi Part decd, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Boston, Mass Agency, at the rate of Twenty five Dollars and -- Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March to the 24th May 1842.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris [signature]
Comptroller.

To the Commission of Pensions, Present.
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Springfield Mass May 25 1833

Sir:
Enclosed herewith I return to the pension 
Office the declaration of Levi Dart which was
hundred [illegible] by J. Willard Esq the sum having been returned to him through mistake. it is one of the declaration forwarded by me
to the War Department last September

[illegible] Dart has made an additional declaration and procured the certificate of Col Roswell Lee  & illegible] Charles Howard [illegible] at the US [illegible]  in this [illegible] and also the certificate of the magistrate to the credibility of the Witness James Chapman whose deposition is [illegible]. I had the claim of the applicant may illegible] early
attention and that the certificate may be sent to me when granted - I have [illegible] J Willard name on the [illegible] and [illegible] my own lest another mistake should occur. 

I am respectfully Yours [illegible]
Richard D. Morris

J.L. Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
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Springfield Feb. 7, 1844

Sir -
I enclose to your Department the declaration & accompanying documents of Mrs. Elizabeth Dart widow of Levi Dart, decd. a Revolutionary Pensioner-

I am not aware that any further evidence as to Mrs. Darts marriage can be obtained & do not
suppose it will be required.

It is her wish that you would examine the papers or [illegible] as may be; & if action thereon is favorable, as I have no doubt
it will be, will thank you to forward his certificate to me

Yours [illegible] 
Respectfully
James W. Crook [signature]

J.L. Edwards Esq
Comm.  of Pensions
Washington
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12636
Levi Drnt

["Justin Willard" is marked out]

Richard D. Morris
Springfield
Mass
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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 Levi Dart which required 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? [No answer given]

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

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled? Yes

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? [No response given]

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? [No response given]


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

If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No

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

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? Yes

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

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 3rd  7th

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 - months, and --- days, I served as a - For months - and --- days, I served as a and for such service I claim a pension.
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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 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
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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In Preparation
DARTE -- DARTT -- DART-- DORT
Genealogy by
Dr. T. L. Bolton
Correspondence invited

WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASS. March 24, 1917. 

U. S. Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.

My Dear Sirs,-
Might I inquire of the Pension Bureau whether
Levi Dart, whose name is on the Soldiers's monument at Fort Griswold, Groton Point, Conn is the same with the Levi Dart whose name is given on the pension rolls for Revolutionary soldiers as living in Springfield, Mass. as late as 1832? Where could I find full information as to who he was, where he
died and what family he had? Are the full details of the records published?
Very Truly Yours,
Thaddeus L Bolton