Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41604, Richard Hardin, Penn.
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Service                                                                     Number
Penn                Hardin, Richard                                S.41604[handwritten] 
                        or Harden [handwritten]

Contents
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9324 [handwritten]
Ohio       R [handwritten]

Richard Hardin[handwritten]

of Ross County [handwritten] in the state of Ohio[handwritten]
who was a private[handwritten]  in the 2nd regiment commanded by Capt Stratton[handwritten, crossed out]  of the Pensylvania [sic, handwritten]  line for the term of Three years [handwritten]

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio[handwritten]  at the rate of 8 [handwritten] Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 [handwritten]  of July 1818 [handwritten]

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 [handwritten] of April 1819 [handwritten] and sent to John Thompson Esq Chillicothe, Ohio [handwritten]

Arrears to the 4th of March 1819 7 23/31 61.93 [handwritten]
Semi-anl all'ce ending 4 Feb 1819 6 mos 48. [handwritten]
                                              $109.93

{Revolutionary claim,  }
{Act 18th March, 1818}
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41604
INVALID
Revy 
File No. 41.604
Richard Hardin
Pa Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index-Vol. S, Page 212
[Arrangement of 1870]

1911, Feb 10 Hist. [illegible]
Mrs. Frances Hardin Hess.
1913 Aug 2. Hist [illegible]
Miss A. C. Truby V.L.M.
Letters in R.F. 8292 Adam Pac
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A [unsure if letter or number] Case
John Thompson, Judge,
Chillicothe, Ohio

Recd 21st July, 1818

On roll

Rich Hardin, Private
2@Penn @State [illegible]
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CHILLICOTHE
11 
JUL 
OHIO

FREE

Honble
John C Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington City
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State of Ohio
On this 12th day of July 1818 before me the subscriber Circuit Judge of the court of Common Pleas in the District aforesaid personally appear Richard Hardin aged 65 years resident of Ross County in this District [illegible] was being by me first-duly sworn as according to law doth on this oath make following the declaration (In order to obtain this provision made by the late act of Congress - Entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval forces of the United States in the Revolutionary War)  That the said Richard Hardin Enlisted in the town of Redding Pennsylvania in the Company commanded by Captain John Statton of the [illegible] Pennsylvania State Reg P & he continued to serve in said company or in the Service of the U States [illegible]when  he was discharged at [illegible] in New Jersey that he was in the Battles of Story Point & White Plains & that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of his counties assistance for support, & that he was no other widow in his [illegible] in of his said services.
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid.
his
Richard X Hardin
mark
John Thompson

I John Thompson Prisadent Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Ross County & District aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Richard Hardin did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the proceding declaration against the evidence & may for the ten or nine months [illegible] established & I now havenot the proceedings & testimony had before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the aforementioned act of congress, and [illegible] satisfied that [illegible] and really reads the [illegible] provided by said acts [illegible].

John Thompson
July 13. 1818

Dons ab Chellistham
Ross County Ross County
State of Ohio
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The State of Ohio
Ross County Sct
I Humphrey Fullerton clerk of the court of Common pleas in the County aforesaid Do hereby certify that John Thompson Esquire before whom the written affidavit appears to have been taken was at the time of doing the same President Judge of the Second circuit court of common pleas, including the County of Ross
and that the subscription to the within certificate 
is in his own hand writing.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 13th day of July 1818 and in the 10th year of this state

Humphrey Fullerton, Clerk
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Bureau of Pensions
Washington January 20, 1911.
Mrs. Frances Hardin Hess,
Matron,
Lane County, Oregon.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 12th and received the 19th instant, you are advised that owing to the lack of clerical force available for such a purpose, this Bureau is unable to furnish the records of more than four pensioners of the Revolution to any one person, and in order to identify such claims, in addition to the full names of any four of the soldiers whose records you desire, some of the following data is essential: names of some officers under whom they served, places of residence at enlistment and after discharge, approximate dates of birth and death, given names of widows.
Very respectfully, J L Davenport
Commissioner

28 Jan 1910
My dear Mr. Davenport,
I am extremely mortified to have asked more than your division allows. I assure you, I have no wish to violate the rules of a division so gracious and generous as the records division. I am not a professional
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[Leue alapiat], I am [simply] helping the various members of the Hardin family who live out here "in the woods" cut off from libraries, to get their history [straightened] out. My long residence in New York City adjacent to the great [Lenox] library has perhaps made me less thoughtful many people like yourself & staff than I ought to be. Please pardon me.

If you can see your way clear to send us the following records we will be grateful and quite willing to pay for some, if there is a rule allowing pay for some. If you cant send the [makenine] I am still grateful for past favors,

Sincerely yours, 
(Mrs.) Francis Hardin Hess [stamp: Record Division Feb 4, 1911]

1- Capt Mark Hardin WH13-Pennsylvania Militia [bub] afterwards moved to Washington Co, KY, over ts when he died
(Census [library] pensioners, in 3 volumes pub. in 1835-1840-vol. 3: page 142)

2. Pension list of 1820-' S31100 1 vol. p 607-Ky agency 1818 by 5059 [unclear] 1821
Benjamin Hardin private in VA [line, H states in 1833] (in the census dept) that he is 81 years of age

3. Pension list of 1820-lool, page 639 S41604
Richard Hardin, prive in Pa, [line] went to Ohio to live after Rev War was over & died there.
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O.W. and N. Division 3--525
S.41604

Department of the Interior/Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

In reply to your request of __________, received__________ for a statement of the military history of Richard Hardin a 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.

[Column Headings] Dates of Enlistment or Appointment, Length of Service, Rank, Officers under whom service was rendered, State
1. blank, 3 yrs, Pvt., John Statton, blank, Pa. 

Battles engaged in, White Plains and Stony Point
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Reading, PA. 
Date of application for pension, July 13, 1818-His el, was al
Residence at date of application, Ross Co. Oh
Age at date of application, 65 yrs
Remarks:_________