Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7627, Samuel Hart, New Jersey
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
New Jersey

Hart, Samuel
Mary

NUMBER
W.7627

CONTENTS
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Virginia - 23353
Samuel Hart
of [...] in the state of Virginia 
who was a [..] in the [..] commanded
by Captain Porterfield of the [...] commanded
by [...] in the N.J.
line for [...]
---
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia 
at the rate of 26 dollars 66 cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
--- 
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of JanY34.
and Jack [Lawrence]
[...] [...] - va
---
Arrears to the 4th of Jul 1833  
Semi-anl. allowing ending [...]  
66.65
13.33
$49.98
{ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by [Natt] Rice - Clerk,
Book 3 Vol. 64 Page 17
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Paid at the Treasury under the Acts of the 11th(?) April 1838 from 10th May 1838 to 28 Fbry(?) 1839, the day of her death.  Of(?) notified 8th Dec(?) 1840.

109
Richmond, Virginia
Mary Hart
widow of Samuel Hart dec'd [deceased]
who died on the 10th May 1838
of Fredeuche(?) in the State of Va
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Porterheld of the (?) commanded
by [blank] in the (N.Y. crossed out) Va.
line for 8 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond, Va.
at the rate of 26 Dollars 67 Cents per annum,
to commence on the (4th day of March, 1831 crossed out) 10th May 1838.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of Augt. 1838 and sent Thomas Monroe, Nineveh, Va.
Arrears to the 4th of March, 1838
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. of $12.20
$12.80

Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1838
Section the
Recorded by D.D.(?) Addison Clerk,
Book A, Bol. 20, Page 178
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Samuel Hart's
Declaration
26.338
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June of 1832.
State of Virginia
County of Frederick

On that 11th day of June 1833, personally appeared before this board of the County aforesaid Samuel Hart a resident of the County of Frederick and State of Virginia aged seventy-five years, who being first duty sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make this following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.  "That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year of 1777 with Lieut. Robert Porterfield and served in the 11th Regiment of the Virginia line, under the following named officers:  That he enlisted in the Army of the Revolution on the 7th day of January 1777 for during the below under Lieutenant Robert Porterfield, in Frederick County, Virginia, from whence he was marched to Fredericktown in Maryland, where he joined a company commanded by Capt. William Johnson of the 11th Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Daniel Morgan, afterwards, by Col. Febecker in Genl. Woodford's Brigade, from whence he marched in the said company and Regiment through York & Lancaster to Philadelphia, from thence to Princetown, then to Middlebrooke(?), and then marched about in New Jersey, afterwards returned to Pennsylvania and was in the battle of Brandywine, in which he was taken sick, and remained in a hospital, which was in a Church about eighteen miles from Philadelphia until the summer of 1778, when he was permitted, being still unfit for duty, to go among some relations he had in Pennsylvania, and he remained an invalid unfit for duty until the end of the War, being enrolled as a private in the Revolutionary Army during the whole war.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, & he declares that his name is not on the Pension Role of any agency in any State.

Sam X Hart his mark

Sworn to & aubsented(?) the day & year aforesaid.
T.A. Tidball
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SERVICE
New Jersey
Hart, Samuel
Mary
NUMBER
W. 7627
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139
Mary Hart
Wid, of Sam. du(?)

VS(?)

Married 1789
Died 1838
3 of Act of July '38
Same for/Williser(?)
with pen. May 10 1838
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State of Virginia
County of Frederick/P.S.(?)
On this 3 day of August 1838 personally appeared before me W. Wood. a Justice of the peace in and for said county; Mary Hart, a resident of said County aged seventy years.  Who being first duty sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7th, 1838 intitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows," that she is the widow of Samuel Hart, who was a revolutionary soldier, and belonged to the New Jersey line, and she has often heard of him speak of being in the battle of Brandywine, and that he was a pensioner of the United States on the Virginia agency; and she refers to proof as to his services as a soldier to testimony now on file in the pension office, or the Department of War.  She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Hart on the 10th day of September 1789, that her husband the aforesaid Samuel Hart died on the 10th day of May 1838; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four vis at the time above stated.
Mary Hart X her mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me, I certify that Mary Hart is not able to appear in consequence of bodily infirmity, and I further certify that I am well acquainted with Mary Hart and that she is the widow of Samuel Hart and that the said Saml. Hart was a revolutionary pensioner.
Wood J.P.
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The Deposition of Binoni Wheat testifies that he was well acquainted with Samuel Hart and Mary Hart his wife, that the said Samuel Hart died on the day of May 1838, leaving Mary Hart his widow, that the said Mary Hart has never intermarried since the death of her said Husband Samuel Hart, but still continues the widow of the above mentioned Samuel Hart.

Given under my hand this day of August 1838
BEnoni Wheat

State of Virginia
County of Frederick/P.S.(?)

On this 3rd day of August 1838 personally appeared before me W. Wood, a Justice of the peace in and for said County Benoni Wheat and made oath in and form of law, that the facts set forth in the above deposition, and by him subscribed are true, I certify that I am well acquainted with Benoni Wheat and he is entitled to full confidence, (?) in under my hand this day and year above written, before me.
W. Wood J.P.

Virginia
Frederick County Set
I Thomas Allen Tidball Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that William Wood Esq. is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.  In Testimony whereof I  have to subscribe my name and affirm my seal of office this 4th day of August 1838.
T.A. Tidball Clerk of Frederick County Court.
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Revy. WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1621
Mary Hart
Widow
Samuel Hart
Port. Va. Line
Act: July 7, 1838
Index:–Vol. A, Page 304

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Saml. Hart Va. Ac 7 Nine $26.00
Frederick Co. When paid half(?) a
Aug. 25, 38

H.H.L.

p to the 4 March 1838
JH
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159 Aug. 10
Free
7 July 1838
Va.
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Nineveh Va.
August 6th

Mail 3
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Nineveh Va. August 5th 1838

Sir,
I have inclosed to you the declarations of Mrs. Catharine Braithwaite, and F.W. Mary Hart, widows of revolutionary soldier, with their accompanying testimony, they request, that you will please examine their papers and place them upon the pension roll of the United States under the act of July 7th 1838 please direct any communication to them through me.

I am Sir your very
Obt. Lint. (?)
Thomas Momor

J.J. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
November 23, 1840.

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, The childn. of Mary Hart, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and 67 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th July 1838, has been paid at this Department from the 10th of May, 1838, to the 28th Feby. 1839, the day of her death.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
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Saml. Hart

J.L. Edwards esq.
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Winchester, Nov. 27, 1833

Dear Sir,

I send you again the papers of old Mr. Samuel Hart with his affidavit stating rather more fully his term of service.  He stated in his declaration in June that he enlisted on the 7th of January 1777 and served until the Battle of Brandywine.  I thought the time of that battle was so generally known that I did not ask him when it took place.  He now states the date—hence it appears that he served more than eight months actively, and that he continued an invalid to the end of the war.

Mr. Hart is very infirm, and believing most sincerely that he is entitled to a pension, I respectfully request that you will again consider his case, and inform me of the result as soon as convenient.  Is not an invalid considered in actual service until he is discharged.

I am, Sir, very respectfully,
Your Most Herot(?)
Leml. Bert
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Virginia

I Thomas Allen Tidball, clerk of the County Court of Frederick, do hereby certify that it appears from the register of marriages recorded in my Office that Samuel Hart and Mary Farmer were legally married by the Reverend Christian Street on the 10th day of September 1789-(The tenth day of September one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine).  In Testimony whereof I here write.

Subscribe my name and affix my seal of Office the fourth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight and in the sixty third year of the Commonwealth.

T.A. Tidball
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edmilasa(?)
Invalid
8 mo $26.66

Lemuel Bert
Winchester
Va.
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Virginia
Frederick County Court.

On this 27th day of November 1778, Samuel Hart aged seventy five years late August personally appeared before me in a justice of the peace for the County aforesaid, and being duty sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he enlisted in the army of the Revolution on the 7th day of January 1777 under Lieut. Robert Porterfield and marched as stated in his declaration made on the 4th day of June last that he was in active service having been engaged in several skirmishes in the State of New Jersey until the Battle of Brandywine which happened on the 11th day of September 1777—that he was in that battle, and that a few days after that battle he was taken sick, and remained an invalid from that time until the end of the war, and two years afterwards, before he was able to return home, that he served faithfully from the 7th of January to a few days after the 11th of September 1777 making a little more than eight months of service, and that although an invalid and not in active service afterwards, he still continued to draw ration, until the war was ended.

Samuel Hart 0 his mark

Sworn to and subscribed the day first above written.

Jno. Bell
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I Thomas Allen Tidball Clerk of the Court of Frederick County certify that John Bell Esq. is a magistrate as written and that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seals of office this 27th day of November in the year 1833:

T.A. Tidball
Clerk of the Court of Frederick County.
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State of Virginia
Frederick County Ct.(?)

On this 5th day of October 1833, personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace for the County aforesaid Thomas Fisher of the said County aged sixty nine years the 18th day of November last, who being first duly affirmed according to Law, deposeth and faith, that he was well acquainted with Samuel Hart who is now applying for a pension from the United States, from the time of his first recollection, he then living in the same neighbourhood, and he has been acquainted with him ever since, excepting the time he was absent during the revolutionary War, that he this deponent recollects, that in the time of the revolutionary War, the said Samuel Hart enlisted as a Soldier, and marched from the neighbourhood, and was absent for several years until the close of the War—this deponent being a boy at the time he cannot recollect the time that the said Samuel Hart did enlist and march away.  And that he was absent several years—and it was always understood and believed in the neighbourhood, that the said Samuel Hart was a Soldier in the army of the revolution, and that he served as pack for several years.

The said Thomas Fisher, being one of the people called Quakers, and religiously scrupulous of taking an oath, made solemn affirmation to the above affidavid, before me, the day and year above mentioned.

Jno Heiskell J.P.
And I do certify that the said Thomas Fisher is a person of credibility
Jno Heiskell J.P.

Thomas Fisher
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State of Virginia
Frederick County, VA

   On the 5th day of October 1833, personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace for the county aforesaid. Adam Hart aged sixty four years, who being first sworn according to law deposeth and faith, that Samuel Hart who is applying for a pension, is brother to this deponent that the said Samuel Hart, as this deponent well recollects enlisting in the army of the revolution under Lieut Robert Porterfield in the year 1777, to the best of his recollections that soon after enlisting he the said Samuel Hart left home for the army and was absent several years. Deponent further saith that he always believed and understood from the said Samuel and others that he served in the Revolutionary Army for several years, and of which this deponent never had a doubt. And that it has always been believed in the neighbourhood that he was an old soldier - some of the neighbours calling him "old Brandywine." because he was in the battle at that place.

Adam Hart X his mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first mentioned before me.

Jno Heiskell J.P.

And I do certify that the said Adam Hart is a person of credibility.

Jno Heiskell J.P.
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State of Virginia
      Frederick County
On the 8th day of October 1833, personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace for the County aforesaid, Gabriel Darlinton aged sixty-six years last August, who being first sworn according to law deposeth and faith, that he knew Samuel Hart an applicant for a pension from the United States during the Revolutionary War that the said Samuel Hart was an apprentice to or worked with one Aldridge a shoemaker, who made shoes for the family of this deponents father that he well recollects hearing that Aldridge and Samuel Hart both enlisted in the army and he saw no more of Hart until after the end of the Revolutionary War, from which time this deponent hath known him -  he has always understood from general report that the said Samuel Hard did serve as a soldier of the revolution and he believes that that is the general belief in the neighbourhood in which he lives. Deponent was a small boy at the time, but he does not recollect the time when he heard that Hart enlisted. He understood that the enlisted with Porterfield. Sworn to and subscribed the day Gabriel Darlinton and year above mentioned before me.

Jno Heiskell J.P.

And I do certify that the said Gabriel Darlinton is a person of credibility. and that the words "fix" and "or worked with" were interlined.

Jno Heiskell J.P.

I Thomas Allen Tidball Clerk of the the Court of Frederick County Virginia do hereby certify that John Heiskell Esq is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.

In Testimony whereof I have herewith affixed the seal of my said office and subscribed my name this 8th day of October in the year 1833.

T.A. Tidball
Clerk of the Court of Frederick County