Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11619, Henry Van Wart, New York

515-266-2121
NUMBER _____
New York
Van Wart, Henry
S. 11619
CONTENTS
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8661
New York
Henry Van Wart of N.Y. City in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company by Captain Orser of the Regt by Col Hammond in the New York line for 12 months & 12 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 41 Dollars 32 Cents per ann to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Apr 1833 - and sent to Hon. L. Comp Secy of War
Bears to the 4th of March 1833 $82.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept '33 20.66 $103.33
{ Revolutionary Claim { Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Ino. Brownell Clerk Book E Vol. 4 Page 34
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1839 from 4 th Sept 1833 to 25 Sept 1833. Age notice 3 Nov 1839.

Application of Henry Van Wart of the City of New York for a Pension.
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Declaration of Henry Van Wart of the City of New York, in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the Act of Congress, passed 7 June 1832. taken by the Honorable John T. Irving, First and Presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York on the Ninth day of January 1833.
State of New York — ss City and County of New York ss Henry Van Wart of the City of New York House Carpenter by trade being duly sworn says that he was born on the first day of December One thousand seven hundred and fifty four, and is now in his Seventy ninth year, that he is exceedingly weak in health and unable to leave his room, and has been in that state of health for nearly two years past, that he was a private during the Revolutionary war in a company of artillery of which Jonas Order was the Captain, and James M'Manns the Colonel of the Regiment, that he was in the service in 1779 and continued therein for one year, that his services in said Company were confined to the County of Westchester, State of New York, that he was also in service in said Company in 1780 and recollects the British Army then coming up the Hudson River and laying opposite Tarry town, and that he continued in service during that year and months, and that he continued in service pretty much during the war, in said County, that he recollects being actively engaged on the lines assisting in repelling some of the enemy called the Cow boys, that he recollects being engaged in other service the year 1781, that his station was altogether on the lines in Westchester County, mounting Guard, and watching the movements of the enemy, that

his enlistments were for different periods, and as his term of enlistment expired he was honorably discharged, and the applicant further swears that his health is very feeble and his memory considerably impaired by reason of sickness with which he has been afflicted for two years past, and that the difficulty on account of the want of title made him unable to give the above details of his services, but that the same commenced with the war and continued until the close of it. 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 and subscribed in my presence this ninth day of January, 1881 before me
Henry S. Van Wart
Notary Public
Notary Public of the District of Columbia New York City
February 1 New York

Deposition of Regina Van Wart wife of the applicant made in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York on Saturday the Second day of February 1833.
State of New York } City and County of New York } ss. Regina Van Wart of said City wife of the above named applicant being duly sworn according to Law, says that she was married to the said Henry Van Wart in the year 1814, that she has read the annexed deposition of Jonas Orser, that the circumstances therein set forth correspond with statements made at various times by her said husband; that he has often conversed with her on the subject of his revolutionary services, and always informed her, that they commenced with the beginning of the War, and continued until the close of it. That two years ago last September, her said husband fell down stairs, in a fit, and injured his head, and since that time his faculties have been much impaired, and his health so bad, that he has not been able to leave his room that last November she proceeded to Tarrytown in the County of Westchester, and procured the annexed deposition of Jonas Orser which was taken down by General Aaron Ward, and further this deponent saith not.
Subscribed and sworn to
Regina Van Wart
In open Court this 2 d
day of February 1833
Allen Alston Clerk

State of New York City and County of New York } S. Garret Van Doren of said City Phisician being duly sworn according to Law says that he attended the above named Henry Van Wart at the time he received the fall mentioned in the foregoing affidavit of Regina Van Wart, that the said Van Wart's memory has become much impaired in consequence of the injury received on his head at that time and that he has since become blind, that this deponent has frequently conversed with him in relation to his Revolutionary services, that his memory at that time in reference to those events was much better than it now is, that from those conversations this deponent believes that the said Van Wart must have served in the Revolutionary Army, and this deponent further believes that the said Henry Van Wart is a man of good moral character.
Subscribed and Sworn to in Open Court this 2 d day of February 1833 Henry Van Wart
Garret Van Doren
And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as is stated in his declaration and the depositions annexed - and further that the First Judge of the said Court personally attended at the house of the said applicant, and with considerable difficulty took down the said declaration, in consequence of the infirmities of the said applicant as being entirely blind and unable to leave his room - And
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the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Doctor Garret Van Doren who has signed the preceding certificate is a creditable person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
John I. Storm
First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the City & County of New York
I Abraham Allen Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York, do hereby certify the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Henry Van Wart for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this Second day of February in the year One thousand Eight hundred and thirty three.
Abraham Allen Clerk

Westchester County Some of the Town of Mount  West County of Westchester and State of New York late a Captain of the militia of Revolution being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is well acquainted with Henry Van Wart of the City of New York and was well acquainted with him during the Revolutionary war. That in the Month of May Seventeen hundred and seventy nine the said Henry Van Wart entered the Company commanded by the deponent in the Regiment under the command of Lieut Col James M'Namara as a private for the period of one year that said Henry Van Wart served out said term of service and retired duly and was stationed during the whole of said term of service on the lines in the said County of Westchester and was Honorable discharged as the deponent believes according to the best of his recollection and belief in the Month of May Seventeen hun- dred and eighty in the aforesaid County of Westchester
That previous to the time above mentioned that is to say in the Month of July 1776 when the British ships the Phoenix and Rose came up the Hudson River the said Col Ry t was called into service and according to the best of his recollection of this deponent the said Henry Van Wart was a private in the Company to which this deponent then belonged and served for the period of six weeks on the lines in said County and was then Honorable discharged.
That in the Month of June

1777 the said Henry Van Alst again belonged to the same Company with the deponent according to the best of this deponent's recollection and belief and that said Company and reg't were again called into active service & encamped in a stone saw-mill on the river in the County of Westchester for the period of one month when he was honorably discharged
That in the fall of the year the same year of 1777 the said Company and regiment were again called into active service and encamped in a stone saw-mill on the river in the County of Westchester for the period of one six weeks that according to the best of this deponent's recollection and belief the said Henry served as a private in the same Company with this deponent in said reg't for the six weeks when he was again honorably discharged further this deponent saith not.
Given this 23 d day
of November 1832
before me
James Orr
J. Graham Commissioner
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named James Orr and know him to be a man entitled to full credit and belief.
Given Nov 23 d 1832
J. Graham
J. Graham

State of New-York, County of Westchester } ss. I, Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the County aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That, Andrew Graham Esq r whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the  affidavit of joint tenancy of the annexed conveyance, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said Certificate  affidavit in and for the said County, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Commissioner and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate  affidavit is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County, the 23 d day of November 1882
N. Bayles

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 21 st , 1839.
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 widow of Henry Van Warth, a Pensioner on the Roll of the New York City Agency, at the rate of forty one Dollars and thirty two Cents per annum, under the law of the 17 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1833, to the 25 th Sept., 1833, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
William B. Paton Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Henry Van Wart , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( as his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. File 11,619.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 6 mos. Pri. Jonas Orr James Hamman N.Y.   1777 2 mos 2 wks " " " "   May 1779 1 year " " " "        
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓ served in Westchester Co., N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Jany. 9. 1833. Allowed.
Residence at date of application, New York City, N.Y.
Age at date of application, born Dec. 1, 1754.
Remarks: Col. mar. 1814 Regina
He died Sept. 25, 1833 and the arrears of his pension were allowed for his widow.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

J.W.
Rev. War Section.
October 8, 1912.
Mrs. W. H. Hyatt, R. F. D. 1, McCune, Kansas.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 2 nd and received the 5 th instant, you are advised that the records of this Bureau fail to show that any claim for pension was ever filed by the widow of Henry Van Wart, and for the name of the person to whom the arrears of soldier's pension were paid, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, citing the following data: Henry Van Wart, Certificate No. 8,661, issued April 24, 1833, under Act of June 7, 1832, at the New York Agency.
You are further advised that there is no family data on file in said pension claim, other than that furnished you on April 29, 1912.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Mrs E. H. Hyatt M c Cune Kansas R. F. D. No 1
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Will you kindly look up the record of my Grandfather Henry Van Wart a soldier in the American revolutionary War, He is pointed as a Pensioner in the Book of monument Dedication at

at 4 in the old Dutch Church yard Sleepy Hollow, Poughkeepsie N.Y. but all Tomb Stone are gone, & at the time of his Death they did not keep any record of burials. The Van Warts killed there just in the Revolution as appears on the Monument in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Poughkeepsie N.Y. Isaac Van Wart the Captain of Major Andre, was my Grandfather Cousin. My reason to establish his record, to prove he was a Soldier in the Revolution

Larystown N.Y. He died in New York City, I think in 1835. Also the name of his last wife, which I think will be on the Pension list in what capacity he served. The old Dutch Church or the new Church at Greenburgh N.Y. or Halls Corners gives the name of Mary Isaac, Isaac the (2) William Rachel John & Henry all their records were burned Van Wart, I think ever my grandfather's father & brothers Henry Van Wart was buried

that I may become a Daughter of the American Revolution. Will you kindly give me what you can pertaining to my Grandfather & oblige
Mrs Sarah Olive Hyatt nee Bannart.
April 22-1912.
P.S. I wish to get through this season before they close the last of June. S.O.H.

Pension Office October 22 1912-
Dear Sir
You will see I am giving you a little more trouble in regard to to my Grandfather. The Regulator Gen. wants the name of Henry Van Wart last wife who drew his pension after his death, also his other wives, I think he had been married once or twice before. This last wife. & the date of his last marriage. You will oblige me by a reply as soon

as possible; Also if you could give the date of his last wife's death. Many thanks for the quick attention you gave to my former letter
Very Sincerely Yours Ellie Van West Hyatt
McCune Kansas R. F. D. No 1

1912 Apl. 29 History to Mrs. W. H. Hyatt p 1912. Oct 8. To above that all family data has been furnished. F
Clerk
11619 INVALID.
File No. 11619 Henry Wm. Hunt Rev. Rev. Wm.
Act: June 9th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 2 Page 389
[Arrangement of 1870.]