Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29217, John Hart, N.H.
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Service
A. H.   

Hart, John

Number
S(urvivor) 29217
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Service  
A [?] H.           |   Hart, John       |  S. 29217
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1186
Maine
John Hart
of Thompson in the state Maine
who was a private in the company commander
by Captain Chase of the Regt commanded
by Col Read in the New Hampshire
line for 9 months

Inscribe on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 30 Dollars - Cents per anum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of October
1832 and Sent to Pensioner
, Thompson Maine

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832  $45.
Semi=anl allowance ending 4 Mon 1833 15
$60
{Revolutionary Claim,
  Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by E.D. Bullock    Clerk,
Book  D   Vol.  1+,   Page 63
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

PENOBSCOT, SS.

On the 19th day of July - A.D. 1819, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Third Eastern Circuit, of the Court of Common Pleas, in said Commonwealth, including the Counties of Hancock, Washington and Penobscot: Personally appeared John Hart who being by me first duly sworn according to law, on his oath made the statement and declaration by him subscribed, and hereto annexed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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."

And thereupon, I the said Judge do certify that I am satisfied the said John Hart did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in his said declaration, against the common enemy, and that he has made it appear to me, that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.

Which proceedings and the testimony annexed, being all he has been able to produce,  I now transmit to the Secretary, for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.

IN testimony whereof, I have hereto unto set my name and caused the seal of said Court to be hereto affixed M Kinsley~Esquire, Judge of the Court as aforesaid.
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John Hart.
Private
New Hampshire 
Gov. Reed 
July 1782 
10 July 1783 Discharged 
die 19 July 1819 
Admitted 
Admitted
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District of Maine, Penobscot Is. July 19th 1819
On this 19th day of July 1819, Before me the subscriber, and of the judges of the third Eastern Circuit for the said District personally appeared John Hart of the town of Atkinson in said County, aged fifty five years, being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth are his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress, entitled [  ask] to provide for certain persons engaged in the honorable Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, that he the said John Hart, enlisted for the term of three years on or about the first day of July 1782 in the Company commanded by Cap Chase Regiment Commanded by Col Reed, of the N. Hampshire Line, on the Continental establishment. That he continued to service in the T Corps, or in the service of the United States until the 10th day of July 1783 when he was discharged from service at Newburgh, State of New York as will appear by his discharge, which is enclosed. That he served in said Company & Reg+ One full year & was then discharged as an invalid.
That he is now in [  ] circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. And that he has no other evidence now in his power to finance.
John Hart
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Rev. &1812 Wars Section
February 12, 1926

Mrs. Eliza Rowe Merrill
Dover-Foxcroft, Maine


Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 29218 it appears that John Hart enlisted July 1, 1782, the place not stated, served as a private in Captain Chase's Company, Colonel Reid, New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged July 10, 1783.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 19, 1819, while a resident of Atkinson, Penobscot County, Maine aged fifty-five years. In 1832 he was still living in said Atkinson.

There is no data on file as to his family.

Respectfully,
N W MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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14 [July]
Maine

John Hart 
of Atkinson in the dist of Maine who is a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Reed of the N Hampshire Line, for the term of 1 year.

Inscribed on the roll of Dist of Maine at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence on the 19 of July 1819

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Sept 1819 and sent to M [Hinsley] Castine Maine

Arrears to 19th of Sept 1819, 12.41 Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March [  48]
$60.41
1 13/31 4/30

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}
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admit
(qui  ])
private 30 per year
 {  }
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Hon Lewis Cass Esquire
Secretary of War
Washington

Old case

P.O. Aug 17 1832
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War Department
Revolutionary Claim

I Certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 18th March, 1818

John Hart late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the pension list, Roll of the District of Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the 19th day of July one thousand eight hundred and nineteen-

Given at the War Office of the United States, this 16th day of September on thousand eight hundred and nineteen-

J.C. Calhoun
Secretary of War

I John Hart of Atkinson in the County of Penobscot on oath declare that I have the original certificate of which the above is a true copy - and that I am the identical John Hart therein named; that I served as a private in the Revolutionary Army in the Second New Hampshire Regiment, Commanded by Col. Read. - that I was struck from the pension roll on account of having some property - that at the time of my first application I lived in the same place where I now reside which was then an unincorporated place called No2 6th range North of the Waldo patent

(signed) John Hart
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State of Maine
Penobscot Is. Bangor August 18th, 1892 Then personally appeared the written named John Hart and made oath that the within statement by him made and submitted is just and true before me.
Alexander Savage Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
Penobscot IS
I Isaac Hodsdon Clerk all the Judicial Courts holden within and for the County of Penobscot, do hereby certify that Alexander Savage is a Justice of the Peace within and for the above is his signature.
In writing when of I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of our Supreme Judicial Court the ninth day of August AD 1832
Isaac Hodsdon Clerk
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By His Excellency General George Washington Commander in Chief  of the Armies of the United States

John Hart Soldier in the New Hampshire Regiment having been reported by a Board of Officers (Appointed to examine the invalidity of the Army) as unfit for any further duty within the field or garrison being lame is hereby discharged from the Service of the United States.

Given at Headquarters Newburgh 

This 10th day of July 1738
GWashington
By Command 
J Trumbull [Governor of Conn}
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section
July 21, 1925

Arthur A. Sinclair
1814 Delevan Ave.,
Lansing, Mich.

Sir:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 29217 it appears that John Hart enlisted July 1, 1782, the place not stated, served as a private in Captain Chase's Company, Colonel Reid's New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged July 10, 1783.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 19, 1819, while a resident of Atkinson, Penobscot County, Maine aged fifty-five years. In 1892 he was still living in said Atkinson.

There is no data on file as to his family.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

(Written on page) Date of death - Not on arb(?)
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Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, 
6th January, 1926.
Commissioner - Department of Interior, 
Bureau of Pensions, 
Wasington, D. C. 
Dear Sir:- 
Will you kindly furnish me with copy of statement of the
 military history of John Hart, Atkinson, Me., who served in the
Revolutionary War as private from July 1, 1782 to July 10, 1783
under Captain Chase and Colonel Reid. 
Thanking you, 
Very truly yours, 
Mrs. Eliza Rome Merrill
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Marshalltown Iowa

Dear Sir:
I would like to get a copy of the record of services filed by my great grandfather John Hart in his original application for pension for services in the Revolutionary War.
He was residing in Atkinson Maine when the application was made and served in the New Hampshire troops.
Yours truly
M.C.Hart
206 E Linn St
Marshalltown Iowa

Aug 19, 1901

[Stamped]
Pension Office US
Aug 22 1901
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Orono, Maine
Jan. 23, 1899

Dear Sirs:
I would like to get a little information if possible in regard to my Great Grandfather John Hart, who was in the Revolutionary War, came on a war vessel from "York State" to Bangor, Maine and after the close of the was married and settled in Penobscot, Maine. This is all we know as he never knew anything about his people after coming east.

Yours truly,
Malcolm C Hart
Orono
Maine
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sion on file in this Bureau.  John Hart S. 29217

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment Length of Service  July 1 1782 to July 10 1783
Rank Pvt
Officers under whom Service was Rendered  Captain Chase Colonel Reid
State NH

Battles Engaged in, [checkmark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [checkmark]
Date of application for pension, July 19, 1819 lel. al.
Residence at time of application, Atkinson, Penobscot Co Ma
Age at date of application, 55
Remarks: No data as to family
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Arthur A. Sinclair
1814 Delevan Ave, 
Lansing, Michigan, 
May 21, 1921. 
Pension Office
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Sirs: Can you furnish me further 
information than the following about Private
John Hart of the Revolutionary War?
He enlisted from New Hampshire July 1, 1782
and served until July 10, 1783. His captain's
name was Chase. His colonel's name was 
Reid. He applied for a pension July 19, 1819
at the age of 55. His claim was allowed.
We would like any of the following data:
What town or county did he enlist from?
What his wife's name was?
What his father's name was? 
If you cannot give us this information can you
suggest any probable source of such records?
Thanking you in advance for any reply 
you may be able to make
Respectfully, John Hart's great
grandson, 
Arthur Q. Sinclair. 
[stamp]
Pension
MAY
23 
1226
U.S.
OFFICE
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Bureau of Pensions 
Washinton.
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[letterhead] University of Maine Orono, Maine
 James N. Hart Dean of the University
#2
Names | Rank | Annual Allowance | Sums Rec'd | Description of Service | When placed on Pension Roll | Com. of Pension | Age | Laws under which they were formerly inscribed on the Pension Roll, and remarks
John Hart | Private | 96.00 |  |156.00 N. H. Cont'l  | | 9-10-1819 | 7-19-1818 | 70 | March 18, 1818 Dropped from roll under Act May 1, 1820

" | " | 30.00 | 90.00 | " | 10-27-1832 |  3-4-1831 | 70 | Pensioned again under Act June 7, 1832

He is also mentioned in Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services with their Names, Ages and Places of Residence as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts. under the Act for the Taking of the Sixth Census. Published by the Authority of the Act of Congress under the direction of the Secretary of State Washington
Printed by Blair and Rives 1841
page 14  Atkinson | Age | June 1 1841
John Hart | 78 | living with John Hart. Jr
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UNIVERSITY OF MAINE 
ORONO, MAINE
JAMES N. HART 
DEAN OF THE UNIVERSITY 
In any information you may be able to send 
me. I shall not only be grateful, but shall be
prepared to pay the proper charge. 
Respectfully yours,
James Norris Hart 
by.  A.P.H.
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Dover, Maine, Dec. 12, 1907
Hon. Vespasian Warner, 
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C. 
Sir:
 I am informed that your department furnishes to the descendants of
 Revolutionary soldiers, a transcript from the record of their service. 
I am a grandson of John Hart, who was a revolutionary soldier and 
received a pension. At the time of his death he was a resident of At-
kinson, Maine. 
Will you please send me such information relative to his service as 
your department furnishes?
 I have the honor to remain, 
Yours respectfully, 
Russell Hart, 
Atkinson, Maine. 
[Stamp]
Record Division 
DEC 17 
[Stamp] 
PENSION OFFICE 
U. S. 
A 
DEC
14
1907 
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29217
Revy Invalid.
File No. 29217

John Hart
[illegible] Rev War
Act:- June 7" 32"
Index:- Vol 2 , Page 171
[Arrangement of 1870]
Feby. 8" 99
Maldom C. Hart
Orono, Me.
Sept. 4 1901
M. C. Hart, Marshalltown Iowa
1907 Dec 24 Hist to Russell Hart AW
1916 May 27 History to Mr. James N. Hart. M, B. H.
1925 July 21- Hist to arthur A. Sinclair. MNNF