Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5426, Cyrus De Hart, New Jersey.
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
New Jersey

DeHart, Cyrus
or
Hart, Cyrus D.

NUMBER
S. 5426.
{B.L.W. #557-300 - Capt.
{Issued July 9, 1790
{ No papers.

Carded
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CONTENTS
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[left side]
New Jersey - 32.076 -
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Cyrus DeHart, deceased-
[illegible] of act 7th June '32 & 4th July, 1836.
who died on the 8th September, 1831.
of Essex Coy.- in the State of N. Jersey
who was a Capt. &c. in the [blank] commanded
by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded
by [blank] in the New Jersey
line for 12 months Captain
12 mo. Lieutenant & Pay Master
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
the rate of 520 Dollars ---- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831  & end on 8th September, 1831. the day of his death-
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Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of September 1843-- and sent to Henry Northrup
Present.-
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[stamp:] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES

Arrears to the 4th of [blank]
Seminal allowance ending [blank]
Deduct what was to act 15 May 28
 $265.80
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{Revolutionary Claim,
{Act July 7, 1852
{Section the Second
Page 124
Recorded by Will. Stewart Clerk
Book E2  Vol. [illegible]Page 124
 act 7th June3 1832

[right side]
29th of Sept. 1843rept 
by letter to Agt.

[stamp:] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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DE HART, CYRUS
(N.J.)  S-5426
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State of New York
.
To the Honorable Richard Riker
Recorder of the City of New York
& one of the Judges of the Court of
Common Pleas called the Mayor's
Court of the city of New York
which is a Court of Record
in the State of New York

The Declaration under Oath of Cyrus D Hart formerly and officer engaged in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, now a Citizen of the United States, and resident of the City of New York.      Respectfully sheweth that the said Cyrus D Hart some time
in Nov. 1775 was appointed an Ensign in the first Regt. of Jersey then raising for the service of the the United Colonies--
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commanded by the Earl of Sterling as Col. of the said Reg. and subsequently by Colo. Mathias Ogden--, he recd. the several
promotions of 2d and first Lieut in said Regt.
he was promoted to a captaincy in the early
part of the year 1781- and transfer'ed to the
Second Regt.y of Jersey on the continental
establishmen-- commanded by Col Israel
Shreeve- subsequent thereto by Cols. 
Franies Barber & Cummings - he was then appointed to the command of a Compy. of Infantry- in said Regt and served in the first
Regt of Infantry- commanded by Col. F. Barber under the Marquis Le Fiatee [Lafayette?] in Virginia- that he was in the regular service of the United States in the several grades- specified-- from Nov. 1775 till
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the dissolution of the Army in 1783- and honorably discharged from service and the declaration further represents that the said Cyrus D Hart now a Citizen of the United States resides in the City of New York, and is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life in need
of assistance from his Country for support and that he never has recd or been allowed any pension whatever, by the Laws of the United States. Therefore the said Cyrus D Hart
conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the act of congress of the United States, entitled
an act to provide for certain persons engaged
in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war and approved the 18th March 1818- And request your honor
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will examine into the truth of the makers afsd certify and transmit the testimony in this case of the proceedings, had thereon, to the Honble. 
the Secretary of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such cases provided.

And in support of the facts above set forth the said Cyrus D Hart refers to the oath of himself, and of Leonard Bleecker hereafter set forth
New York 28 March 1818
Cyrus D Hart

City of New York SS.
Cyrus D Hart of the City of New York being duly sworn says that the matter by him set forth in the foregoing declaration are in all respects true.
Cyrus D Hart

Sworn before me this
28th day of March 1818
R. Riker
Recorder of the City of New York
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Sold by J.B. Jansen.
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NEW-YORK MAYOR'S COURT.
In the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, held at the City-Hall, in and for the said City, before the Judges of the same Court, of July term, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty

PRESENT the Honorable Peter A. Jay Recorder.
City of New-York, ss. Be it Remembered, That on the twenty ninth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New York, in open court, the said court being a court of record for the city and county of New-York, according to the charter of the said city and the laws of the state of New-York, Cyrus De Hart aged sixty three years, resident in the City of New York who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: That he entered the army under the
command of Genl Washington in September 1775 as an Ensign in the first Regiment of New Jersey under the command of Lord Sterling then Colonel of that Regiment in May 1776 he served with the same Regiment commanded at that time by Col Winds in Canada, was at the action of three Rivers after which he returned to Ticonderoga and served in the Garrison under command of Gen Gates where he remained until Decr 1776. In January 1777 he was appointed a second Lieutenant in said Regiment under the command of Col Mathias Ogden and in the same year he was at Richmond Hill Staten Island at the taking of Col Lawrence & Regt. In the month of June he was at the action of Short hills in New Jersey under Lord Sterling the fall of the same year was at the battle of Brandywine also at German Town battle when he was appointed to the command of a Company of Fusilliers- In 1778 he was at the Battle of Monmouth also in the two actions of Springfield. In 1779 he served in the west of New York under the command of General Sullivan against the savages was in the action beyond the Allegany against the savages. In the fall of 1780 he was transferred to the command of a Company of Infantry and served in Virginia under the command of Marquis De Lafayette, was at the action of Hot water under Col
McPherson and also at Jamestown, afterwards be served at the reduction of Lord Cornwallis which closed the contest and was disbanded
with the army after service of seven years & ten months--
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and that his original declaration is dated the twenty eighth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that his pension certificate is No. 2029
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AND I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, ""An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, to wit:

Real Estate none. Personal Estate as follows except necessary clothing and Bedding.

one old Carpet       $9
one old piece do.     3
one Doz. Chairs half worn by
ten do very old         8
one pair Venetian Blinds
                                   2
one dining table       5
one tea - do -           2.50
three looking glasses Small
                                   3
one old side board   5
one Case of Drawers
                                   4.
one writing stand.    2.
few tumblers about 10
                                   1.
lot of Necessary pots, kettles, Gridiron, Pail ⎬
Andironus, shovel & tongs, some small articles
not worth enumerating 
                                   10.
Spoons knives & forks.-
                                     3
Sundry Small articles 8

And I do further certify that my family consists of my wife named Mary aged sixty two years, one son named Ogden De Hart twelve years old, one daughter named Jane Died aged twenty eight years and her child with her, one daughter named Mary aged eighteen years; and that my wife and children are not in a capacity to contribute to their own support. And further that I have no occupation or profession and have no other income than what I obtain from the government on my pension and have nothing else to depend on
Cyrus D Hart

Sworn in open Court this 29 July
1820.
Benn. Ferris Clk
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I, Benjamin Ferris-- Clerk of the city and county of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, Do hereby certify, That the foregoing deposition and the schedule thereto annexed,
are truly copied from the records of the said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the
opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the
aforesaid schedule is not exceeding one hundred dollars---

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this fifth day of August 1820
Benjn. Ferris
Clk
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New Jersey
Borough of Elizabeth } SS
On this sixth day of January in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six.  Before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the Borough of Elizabeth, personally appeared Cyrus De Hart who on his oath declares that he is the same person formerly 
a Captain in the regiment commanded by Colonel Shreeve in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed that he now resides in the State of New Jersey where he intends to remain and wishes his pension
to be there payable in future, and that his reasons for removing to the State of New Jersey was to lessen the expenses of his family--
Cyrus D Hart

Sworn and Subscribed
before me the day and year
aforesaid
Shepard Kollock
WJudge, &c.
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New Jersey
Borough of Elizabeth } SS
On this sixth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six, Before me the subscribed one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the Borough of Elizabeth Personally came George C. Barber of full age who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Captain DeHart and knows him to be the same identical person described in the aforesaid affidavit.
Geo C. Barber

Sworn and Subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid, and I do further certify that this deponent is a person of veracity and to me well known-
Shepard Kollock, Judge, &c
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New Jersey
Borough of Elizabeth } SS  George C Barber Clerk of the Borough of Elizabeth do hereby Certify that Shepard Kollock Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for
the Borough of Elizabeth and that the signature of Shepard Kollock signed thereto is his own genuine signature

In Testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of the said Borough this
sixth day of January eighteen
hundred & twenty six -
Geo Barber Clk &c.
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[seal affixed at left]
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Application
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O. W. and N. Division.    3 -- 525.
SSC
Sen. file 5426
Rev.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., ____________

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Cyrus De Hart, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ['(or his widow's)' crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau.
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[table follows with 5 columns, column headings as follows:]
(1) DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
(2) LENGTH OF SERVICE.
(3) RANK.
(4) OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. {sub-headings} a. CAPTAIN. 
b. COLONEL.
(5) STATE.

[text beneath column headings as follows:]
(1) Sept. 75, May 76,  Jany 77, Fall 80
(2) 7 yrs 10 mos., until the end of the war
(3) Ens., 2 Lt., Capt.
(4) a. [blank] b. Lord Sterling, Winds, Matthias Ogden, Israel Shreve, Francis Barber, Cumming
(5) N. J.
[writen across bottom of table:]  commanded a co. of Fusilliers
[end of table]

Battles engaged in, ___ Three River, Short Hills, Staten Island, Brandy. Germ. Mon. - & Spr-
Hot Water, Jamestown, Yorktown _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, __ [check mark] _____
Date of application for pension, ___ Mch. 28 1818. _____
Residence at date of application, ___ NY City    ___ 1826 Elizabethtown, N.J. _____
Age at date of application, __ 61 _____
Remarks: ___ 1820 wife Mary 62,Children Jane Diedl 28 (and her child name not mentioned ) Mary 18 & Ogden 12 yrs. ____Sol. died Sept. 8, 1831 arrears paid to only surv chil. Wm C & Mary E De Hart in 1843- ___________

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

20581b3m11 - 05
Aug 22 1777

*Richmond Hill (Staten Island)
taking of Col Lawrence See Lossing 2 - 630
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DE HART, CYRUS
(N.J.) 5-5426
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Transfer to N. Jersey 1 2 Jany. 1826

[stamp:] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES

New York
to N. Jersey
2039
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Cyrus D Hart,
Col. Shreve
Captain,
New Jersey Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28th of March, 1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 4th of Augt. 1818 and sent to R. Riker, Esqr.
City of New York.
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Arrearages to 4th Sept 1818
5 Mos 4/31. 4/30.        $105.24.

{ Revolutionary claims,}
{Act 18th March, 1818,}

1775
8 years
[stamp:]. THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES

Shreve

City and County of New York
Sep. 18. Continued
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Commissioner of Pensions


F- 34391-
Ctf 2039
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the laws of the United States, of the 7th of June, 1832, and of the Second Section of the act of the 4th of July, 1836, Cyrus DeHart, deceased, who was a Captain, Lieutenant and a Pay Master, in the Revolutionary [illegible] was entitled to a pension at the rate of five hundred and twenty dollars per annum, commencing on the 11th of March 1831, and ending on the eighth of September, eighteen hundred and thirty one the day of his death. The amount due will be paid upon the production of the proper vouchers to William C. and Mary E. DeHart, only surviving children of said Cyrus after having deducted the amount already paid him under the act of May 15th 1828 at the rate of $480 per annum.
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Given at the War Office of the United States, this 28th day of September one thousand eight
hundred and forty-three-

Secretary of War
.
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Wm C. De Hart
&
Mary E. De Hart

Daughter & Son
of Cyrus Deckart
N. J

2 Section Act 4 July 36
Admd
12 Mo. Capt
12. Lt. & paymt.
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520$ from
4 March 31 to 8 Sept
31, deducting what was
paid within chose
period under act 15
May 1828.

H. Northorp         Henry Northorp
Payb
July 17 43
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State of New Jersey
Borough of Elizabeth } SS.
On this seventh day of July in the year One 
Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Three, personally appeared before William Chitwood Mayor and one of the Judges of the Inferior
Court of Common Pleas of the Borough of Elizabeth, Mary E De Hart, who being duly sworn according to law on her oath says that her late father Cyrus De Hart departed this life on or about the eighth day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty one, leaving this Deponent his sole Executrix, and that the said Cyrus De Hart
at the time of his death and for some years previous had been in the receipt of Four Hundred and Eighty Dollars per year, from the United States in right of his services as a Captain in the New Jersey line of the army of the Revolution. That she this deponent is led to believe that her late father acquired a right to a larger sum per year than he was in the receipt of at the time of his death, his having held the office of a Paymaster for a time, as well as his
actual rank in the line at the same time thus acquiring a right to be paid under both of his offices, to wit his then rank in the line and his monthly pay as paymaster. That this deponent therefore makes this declaration for the purpose of getting such additional allowanceas her late father was of right entitled to-
Mary E. De Hart

Subscribed and sworn to this
[illegible] day of July 1843 before me
Wm Chitwood Mayor
of the Borough of Elizabeth

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, at Elizabeth Town in the said Borough of Elizabeth, this seventh day of July A.D. eighteen hundred
and forty three.
[seal affixed at left]
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State New Jersey ⎬
Essex County SS }

Surrogates Office of the County of Essex
Satisfactory evidence having been additional
to me to show that William C De Hart and Mary E De Hart are the only living children of Cyrus De Hart, late of the said County of Essex, deceased, who was a Captain in the War of the Revolution, and that his wife departed this life before him, I do hereby accordingly certify that the said William C. De Hart and Mary De Hart are the only living children of the said Capt. Cyrus De Hart [illegible] is his long since deceased.

In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this seventh day of July A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty three, at Newark in the said County.
Jno. J. Chitwood Surrogate
of the County of Essex in the
State of New Jersey
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35540

Cyrus De Hart
decd.
N.J.
Act 7 June '32
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Ogden's Regiments
X
Return of the Officers of the First Jersey Regiment in service the 6th day of January 1781 with the sums due to each on account of the
depreciation of their pay agreeably to an Act of the Legislature passed January 6, 1781.
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[table follows with 9 columns; column headings are as follows:]
(1) Names
(2) Rank
(3)Time of Service
(4) Pay per month
(5)  Amt. of Dept
(6)State Stores
(7) Clothing
(8) Cash from Commr.
(9) Bal. due

[text beneath columns as follows:]
(1) Cyrus Dehart, do
(2) Lieut., Pay Master
(3) Feb. 1. 1777 to Aug. 1. 1780, Apr. 1. 1778 to Apr.  1. 1779
(4) 10.2.6, 11.5, [total] $53.50
(5) 350.2.6, 112.0.7
(6) $ 8
(7) 40.0.1
(8) 7.10.0
(9) 406.13.0
[end of table]


State of New Jersey
I Charles G McChesney Secretary of State of
the State of New Jersey do hereby certify
that the foregoing is a true extract from Book
A. of Auditors accounts page 2, as taken
from and compared with the original now
remaining in my Office.
[seal affixed at left]

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Trenton in said State this twenty eighth day of June A.D.
One thousand eight hundred and forty three.
Charles G. McChesney
Sec of State

 320
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160

240
160
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400
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Act 1828
Settled at
Treasury

Consd. with
Invalid file
#5426
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Revolutionary Claims

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of
the army of the Revolution, approved on the 15th May 1828--
I, Cyrus De Hart of Elizabeth Town in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution and served as such to the end of the War, at which time I was a Captain in the Second Regiment of the New Jersey line commanded by Shwen Barber &c.
And I also declare that I afterwards received certificate commonly called commutation certificates for a sum equal to the amount of five years full pay; which sum was offered
by the resolve of Congress of the 22d March 1783 instead of half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October 1780.

And I do further declare that I have received of the United States as a pensioner since the 3d day of March 1826, four hundred and eighty dollars paid me by the agent for paying pensions in the State of New Jersey--

Witness my hand this ninth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight--
Cyrus De Hart
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Before me Oliver Nuttman Esq one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, personally
appeared this day Luther Halsey and Jacob De 
Hart of the said County who did severally make
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oath, that Cyrus De Hart by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed  is generally reputed and believed to have been an Officer in the army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated-- 

Witness my hand this ninth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight--
S. Halsey
Jacob De Hart

Sworn before me this 9th
day of June 1828. }
Oliver Ruttman
Justice of Peace
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I Asa Whitehead Clerk of the Court of the County of Essex in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that Oliver Ruttman, before the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was at the time a Justice of the Peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this tenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight--
Asa Whitehead
[seal affixed at left]
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No of orig Pamt 37

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
16. June 1828.

Cyrus De Hart of Elizabeth Town in the County of Essex in the State of New Jersey has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828.  He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war, at which period he was a Captain in the Second regiment of the New Jersey  line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d [illegible] 1826, the sum of four hundred & eighty dollars, paid to him by [illegible] in the State of New Jersey.

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated  by the records in his office.

By order of the Secretary
A. Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
June 16. 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for
the commutation of five years full pay to Cyrus De Hart Captain in the New Jersey line, amounting to Two thousand four hundred dollars.

It further appears that Cyrus De Hart is now on the pension list of the New Jersey agency, and has been since the 3d March 1826 at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month.
Peter Hagner Aud.
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[stamp:] ELIZ. N.J. JAN 6

Free

The Honorable
James Barbour
Secretary at War
Washington City

Cyrus De Hart
Mr Edwards
for Transfer
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Recd
Jany 11, 1826
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1820
    63
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1757
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[stamp:] ELIZ. N.J. JAN 6

Free

The Honorable
James Barbour
Secretary at War
Washington City

Cyrus De Hart
Mr Edwards
for Transfer
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Recd
Jany 11, 1826
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1820
    63
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1757
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Sir            Eliza Town   6thJany 1826

You will oblige me in forwarding to Trenton as soon as convenient the order of transfer I have complied with the direction as far as possible--
agreeable to my understanding of it.  I regret that this payment could not have been made at N York--

With respect you7rs &c.
Cyrus De Hart
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Pension certificate
[illegible] Secrey

FREE

Honble. J.C. Calhoun
Secy. of War
Washington City

[stamp:] NEW-YORK AUG 8

NY [illegible] 100
Recd 10 Aug 1828

1820
    63
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    57
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To the Honl. Secy of War,

Sir
I herewith enclose the affidavit & certificate of the court pursuant to a Resolution of the Congress of the United States with the belief that it will be placed on Record.  They are
submitted Respectfully By
Your obt. Servant
Cyrus De Hart

New York August 6, 1820
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Recd 18 Sep. 1820

FREE

To
The Honl.
J.C. Calhoun
Secy. at War
Washington /D.C.

[stamp:] NEW-YORK SEP 16

Mark}
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Recd 18 Sep. 1820

FREE

To
The Honl.
J.C. Calhoun
Secy. at War
Washington/D.C.

[stamp:] NEW-YOERK SEP 16

mark}
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New York
Sept. 17, 1820

To
J.C. Calhoun Esqr.

Sir

My certificate conformably to the late law of Congress relative to Revolutionary pensions
was forwarded to your office for Examination
& approval nearly six weeks ago, and not having
received an answer, leads me in conjecture
that the same did not come to hand.  If so
will the Dept favor me with the information, as my situation renders
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it necessary.

I have the Honor to be, Sir, Respy,
Cyrus De Hart
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State of New-York.

CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, SS.

I, BENJAMIN FERRIS, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County, Do hereby certify, That Richard Riker, Esq. before whom the annexed Affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavits were made and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of
New York and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn.
And further, that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New-York, and that the signature of R. RIKER subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand writing of the said Richard Riker.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this thirteenth day of April 1818.
Benj. Ferris
Clerk
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In the matter of the application of Cyrus De Hart of the City of New York }  Declaration Testimony & Certificate
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Officer
Shilings & Shreve Regts.
New Jersey line
Apl 18th 1818
S.D.
Compare this case
-----------------
New York roll
Exed. found to be
correct.----
New York
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City and County of New York ss:  Leonard Bleecker of the City of New York being duly affirmed declares that he was an officer in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary war & was well acquainted with the said Cyrus De Hart in the declaration above named sometime previous to the commencement of the said War; that the said Cyrus De Hart was an officer in the army of the United States on the continental establishment as stated in the aforegoing declaration & continued in such service until the end of the said war against the common enemy; & this affirmant further declares that the facts as set forth in the said declaration & sworn to by the said Cyrus De Hart, are true as this affirmant verily believes.
Leond. Bleecker

Affirmed this 28th
day of March 1818
Before me,
R. Riker Recr.
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The Commissions in his several grades has been lost or mislaid.
Cyrus De Hart

Sworn this 3d April
1818
R. Riker Recr.

Whereupon I being satisfied that the said Cyrus De Hart did serve in the army of the the United States as an officer in the revolutionary war against the Common Enemy for the time of nine months or longer (to wit) for the term and manner stated in the declaration of the said Applicant, and that the said applicant is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the act aforesaid Therefore I do hereby certify and transmit the Testimony in the case and the
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proceedings had thereon as before set forth to the Honorable the Secretary of the war department

Given under my hand & Seal of the said Court in the City of New York this third day April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred &
eighteen--
R Riker

Attest
Benj. Ferris
Clerk
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The Commissions of said D Hart has
been lost- considering them as blank
paper of no value
Cyrus D Hart
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HON. COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS.
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR,
WASHINGTON, D. C.

[stamp:]. O.W. & N. DIV. JAN 24 1907 FILES

Dear Sir: --

Will you be good enough to send me a copy of the record of Capt. Cyrus De Hart who served with the New Jersey Regiment during the Revolution.

I desire this information in order to establish eligibility with the Sons of the Revolution and will be much obliged to you for such information as is in your files.

Yours truly,
H. V. De Hart

HVD-T-10

[stamp:] U.S. PENSION OFFCE A JAN 24 1907
1907
Page 45

STATE OF NEW JERSEY,
OFFICE OF ADJUTANT GENERAL.

G W
Trenton, May 4, 1906.

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Sir:

For the information of the Chief of the Old War and Navy Division, I would suggest that the Revolutionary pension case of Cyrus D. Hart, Invalid No. 5426 and Invalid No. 34391, refers to the same officer.

Very respectfully,
R Heber Breintnall
Adjutant General.

[stamp:] FIRST DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
MAY 7 1906 U. S. PENSION OFFICE.
Page 46

[left side]
1906 May 7. Adj. Gen. N.J. infd. of 
consolidation of claims     AW
inv. file 34391 herewith
1907 Feby. 4. History to H. V. De Hart

[right side]
5426
Rev War    INVALID.
File No. 5426
Cyrus De Hart
Capt Rev War 
---------
Act: June 7" 1832 
Index:- Vol. M, Page 93

[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 47

34391
Revy INVALID
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File No. 34, 391.
Cyrus D Hart
Capt Rev War
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Act: 18 March 18"
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 175
5
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Consolidated with
S.F. 5426. F. M.C. May 10 1904
Page 48

COPY.

L. M. H.              May 8, 1906.

Cyrus De Hart
S.5426

The Adjutant General of New Jersey,
Trenton, New Jersey.

Sir:

In response to your letter dated May 4, 1906 and received May 7, 1906, you are advised that the Revolutionary pension claims of Cyrus DeHart, Invalid No. 5,426, and Invalid No. 34,391, have been consolidated under the former number.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.