Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,895, John Carhartt, New York

SERVICE
New York.
Carhartt, John Hannah
NUMBER
W. 16895
CONTENTS

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New York
John Carhartt
of Rensselaer in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Brown of the Regt. commanded by Col. Drake in the M. V. M. line for Hmo 15 ds.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 38 Dollars 31 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of May 1833 and sent to Henry R. Mygatt. Oxford
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $76.42 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 19.15
$95.77
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book C Vol. 4 Page 49
141

State of New York. } County of Chenango }
On this ninth day of October 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Chenango and State of New York, now sitting, John Carhartt, a resident of the town of Oxford, in the County and State aforesaid, aged 79 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers and served as herein stated,
1777 one month & one half month.
That he in the year 1777, volunteered and enlisted, in Captain Andrew Brown, Lieutenant Samuel Haight, Ensign Dubishner, Orderly Sergeant Isaac Tidd's Company of New York State Militia, in Colonel Samuel Draper, Lt Colonel John Drake, and Major Dellivans Regiment, that the Company of which he was a member stood ready to be called out a moments warning, that when he enlisted he lived at Gortlands manor and that in the months of August and September, he was out in active service at Peekskill, 8 miles from Gortlands manor, for the term of one month and one half month, that he with the Company were in camp at Peekskill, and that when at Peekskill the enemy came up the river in a man of war to plunder the country.
1778 . 1 month and 3 weeks
That in the summer of 1778, he and the Company were out and at Peekskill five times, and that they were out at least one month and three weeks and in active service at Peekskill, during the summer of 1778, and with the Company under the officers aforesaid.
1779 - at Kings ferry. 2\frac{1}{2} months } 4\frac{1}{2} months at Peekskill - 2 months
That on or about the 15th February 1779 he with the Company marched from Gortlands manor to Kings ferry and there he remaining with the Company aforesaid until about the 1st of May 1779, keeping guard, and that Colonel Govian (a frenchman) was with them at Kings ferry, and he was there in active service two and one half months. - That he in the summer and fall of this same year was out with the Company and officers aforesaid, at Peekskill, in six alarms and that the time he was out in active service, in the summer and fall of 1779 amounts to more than two months.
1780 , at Peekskill - 2 months } 3 months, 10 days at Crum Lond 1 month 10 days
That he with the Company and officers aforesaid, was out at Peekskill in the Spring, summer and fall of 1780, seven different times - and that they were out during those times at least two months - That he with the Company and officers aforesaid on or about the 1st of November 1780 marched to Crum Lond 4 or 5 miles from Peekskill and there he remained with the Company keeping guard until on or about the 10th of December, when he returned home.
1782 , 2 weeks
That in December 1782, several members of the Company aforesaid, went to North Salem, 6 miles distant, and he went with them to guard a young man by the name of Smith, who had been taken enlisting men for the enemy, and he and the soldiers of his Company, were called out to guard him, lest the mob should

Carry off the young man, after there remaining two weeks, he with the rest of the Company were discharged, and the young man was sent to P'keepsie to be tried for his life, and he afterwards understood, that the young man was reprieved.
Although he cannot recollect the day of the month when he went into service, during all of the engagements, but he did serve with the Company and officers aforesaid, for the whole time, as is above set forth.
That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service,
To the first interrogatory prescribed, by the War Department, he answers, that he was born at Rye, in the State of New York, on the 15th of December 1757,
To the second answer, that he has no record of his age
To the third answer, that he lived at Cortlandsmanor, when called into service 8 miles east of P'keepsie, after the Revolution he moved to Bedford where he lived eight years, from thence he moved to Montgomerytown in Ulster County, where he lived 19 years, and from thence he moved to Osford, in Chenango County, where he has since lived, and now lives,
To the fourth answer, that he always volunteered his services as a Soldier, and that he never was a Substitute,
To the fifth answer, that Colonel Drake and Garrison were Regular Officers with the troops where he served, and that he recollects no Regiment except the one with which he served, and that the general circumstances of his service are above related,
To the sixth answer, that he never received a written discharge from service,
To the seventh answer, that John Tracy, Post Master, Uri Tracy, late Member of Congress, Luther Root, Bliss Willoughby and Ira Willcox are persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood, and they can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his service, as a Soldier of the Revolution,
That he is acquainted with no Clergyman, residing in his vicinity. 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 to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
the word "moved" written over an erasure, with "when called into service" interlined
P. B. Prindle
John Corhant

We Stephen Carhartt residing in the town of Oxford, in the County of Chenango and State of New York, and Bliss Willoughby , late Overseer of the Poor residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Carhartt , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be 79 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid, in the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid }
P. B. Briedle Dep. Clerk
Bliss Willoughby Stephen Carhartt
Judges present, John Tracy, Levi Bigelow, Nathan Taylor, Charles York, & Hezekiah Reed. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Stephen Carhartt who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the town of Oxford, in the County of Chenango and State of New York, and that Bliss Willoughby , — who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place, and that they are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit,
I, Irvin K. Pike , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Chenango, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John Carhartt , for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ninth day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two,
P. B. Briedle Dep. Clerk

I Macariah Carhartt of the Town of Greenwich State of Connecticut do hereby on this the 10 th day of the fifth month 1837 certify that our Brother John Carhartt was legally married to the then Hannah Merritt by a regularly Ordained n Chaplain at white plains Westchester County N.Y. State about the year 1772 -- that he S d John and his wife Hannah Carhartt have lived together more than Half a century -- hath borne to him a large Family of Children Enjoying the legal Name of Carhartt
Macariah Carhartt

of the ...
thy memory to us so dear thy anguish & sorrow in foreign lands extract the falling tear to approach the tender parent near thee no kindred the lonely Head to safe thy wearying Head in heaven's light surround fair from thy native land no sympathy from mortals oh Jesus reach thy hand four decades of bliss unfold in youthfull prospect bright as morning sun is vanished in perpetual night

8014954 John Carhardt Chenango Co N.Y.
  Period  Years  Months  Days  Rank  Name of General and Field Officers under whom he served      admitted 11 mo. 15 days     \begin{array}{r} 36.66 \\ 1.65 \\ \hline 38.31 \end{array}   
Henry B. Rygatt Oxford Chenango Co N.Y.
mentioned
He (Carhardt) that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
2. Are the papers reflective as to form or authenticity, and if so, in what respect?
3. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the weight of the evidence?
4. What papers did he receive when he entered the service?
Planning Clerk

BRIEF in the case of  John Carhart  County of Pensylvania in the State of N. York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 79 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days.     In 1777 Vol - 1 15 Private Gen. Captm Brown   1778 ditto - 1 21 Col Drake   1779 ditto - 4 15 Majr Delavon   1780 ditto - 3 10   1782 ditto - 14 -   11 15  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Cortland Manor N. York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? authenticated 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.  John H. Johnson Examining Clerk.

I the undersigned Clerk of Salem, Wis. County of Franklin & State of Connecticut of lawful age do hereby certify that the above certificate herunto attached is in the handwriting of my father Theophilus Carhart Esq. & that his name subscribed to it is in his hand writing also - And I heard my father say at in his life time that he inten- -ded to have affirmed to the truth of the same, he was unwell at the time & remained so until his death.
Theophilus Carhart
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 2 nd day of January 1839 James Merrill Justice of Peace
I James Merrill of Greenfield in the County of Franklin & State of Connecticut of lawful age do hereby certify that I heard Theophilus Carhart now dec d  who showed me the above certificate that is attached to this deposition in his life time and  saying that he should go before a magistrate & affirm to the truth of the same as soon as he was able, he being unwell at the time, and he continued unwell until his death so that he could not attend to it
The information & reasons were made before execution
James Merrill
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 2 nd day of January 1839 James Merrill Justice of Peace
The County Clerk will annex certf. &c. by a ribbon or tape to this & the above paper

State of Connecticut Fairfield County
ss. I Thomas B. Osborne Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Samuel Close Esquire is now for more than one year last past has been a Justice of the Peace within and for said Fairfield County duly commissioned and duly sworn to administer oaths and take Depositions so said that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Samuel Close Esquire and verily believe that the signatures to the Certificates on the other side hereof and purporting to be his, are genuine. Given under my hand and the Seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 27 th day of March A.D. 1834.
Thomas B. Osborne Clerk

New York, 2986
Hannah Carhartt widow of John Carhartt
who died on the 6th: February, 1836 - of Chenango (in the State of N. York) who was a private in the company - commanded by Captain Brown of the Regt - commanded by Col: Drake - in the N. York line for 11.45 days -
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 35 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834. The of February, 1836 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of July 1843 - and sent to Henry R. Slayton Oxford, N. York
Arrears to the 4th of March 43 $ 271. 24 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept: 19.16
deduct what has been paid $ 290.40
{ Revolutionary Claim Act July 4, 1836 Section the 3rd }
Recorded by Whittemore Clerk, Book 6 - Vol. 2 - Page 207
Rept: by letter to P. Agt - 26th July - 1843 A new certificate has been issued in this case, commencing on the 7th: February, instead of the 7th: Decem- ber, 1836 - see within -

State of New York
Chenango County ss On this 25 th day of January 1839. personally appeared before Samuel McKoon one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Chenango, Hannah Corhart a resident of Oxford in the County of Chenango and State of New York, aged Eighty four years, who being first duly 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 15 th 1836. That she is the widow of John Corhart who was a private in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner under the act June 7 th 1832. for the particulars of his service she refers to the papers on which he was pensioned. She further declares that she was married to the said John Corhart on the (day forgotten) day of (month forgotten) in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy two. at White Plains Westchester County, New York, by a Presbyterian clergyman named (name not recollected). That her husband the aforesaid John Corhart died on the sixth day of February in the year eighteen hundred and thirty six and that she has remained a widow ever since that period. as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written. and I certify that in my opinion the said Hannah Corhart from bodily infirmity is unable to attend the Court of which I am a Judge
Hannah Corhart
Samuel McKoon Judge of Chenango County Courts

Anna Garhartt Ways Born in year one thousand seven hundred and seventy three October the 20th Day Phebe Garhartt Ways Born the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six February the 10th Day on Saturday
James Garhartt Born in year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight October the 10th Day on this Day
Abigail Garhartt Born in year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one January the 10th Day on Monday
1781 Jany 10 Monday

John ... April 11th 1796
... 1796
... one thousand ... April ...
... one thousand ...
Elizabeth ... one thousand ... 25 ...
... one thousand ...
Henry ... one thousand ... 1836 1787 49
... one thousand ... September 10 ... Monday
1836 1790 46 1796 1795 51
1836 1796 40

Stephen Carhartt Waite Born in the Year one Thousand Seven hundred and Ninety March 1 th first Day on Monday
John Carhartt Waite Born in the Year one Thousand Seven hundred and Ninety five on Thursday December
Ambras Carhartt Waite Born in the Year one Thousand Seven hundred and Ninety six March 1 th the Day on Tuesday
Sebastian Carhartt Waite Born in the Year one Thousand Seven hundred and Ninety Seven March 22 nd

State of New York Chenango County } ss: Stephen Carhartt of Oxford in said County of Chenango, being duly sworn. Says, that he was born, the first 1 st day of March 1790, that he is the son of John and Hannah Carhartt. That the annexed is the family record of births in the family of and the children of said John and Hannah, the first birth being deponent's eldest sister in 1773. That he has always un- derstood in the family and believes true the said John and Hannah were married in 1772, and that they lived together until the day of said John's death, as husband and wife. That said John Carhartt this deponent's father died February the 6 th in the year 1836 at deponent's house and that his wife and deponent's mother Hannah has not married since his death. That there is no other family record except the annexed, which is the original family record in the said John Carhartt's hand writing. That from his nativity this depo- nent, until the present day this deponent has

lived with his mother Hannah, and this deponent further saith that his said father John was a Revolutionary pensioner under the act of 1832.
Sworn to April 4. 1839 Before me, and I certify that I am well acquainted with said Stephen Carhartt and that he is a credible person.
Stephen Carhartt
Samuel M c Koon Judge of Chautauqua County Courts

AWF W. 16895
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John barhartt 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1777 1 1/2 mos Pvt. Andrew Brown Samuel Drake N.Y.   1778 1 mos 3 wks " "   1779 4 1/2 mos " "   1780 3 mos 10 das " "   Dec. 1782 2 wks ✓ ✓  
Battles engaged in, none stated.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Cortlands Manor 8 miles east Poughkeepsie
Date of application for pension, Oct. 9-1832 - allowed
Residence at date of application, Oxford, Chenango Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, Born at Pyle, N.Y. Dec. 15-1752.
Remarks: He died Feb. 6-1836. Soldier married in 1772 at White Plains, Westchester Co. N.Y., Hannah Merritt. she was allowed pension on her application executed Jan. 25-1839, while a resident of Oxford. Chenango Co. N.Y., aged 84 years.
Respectfully,
See additional family history
Commissioner.

Rev. War Section.
April 28, 1923.
Judge V. E. Danner, Ellsworth, Kansas.
Dear Sir;
In addition to the military history of the Revolutionary War pensioner, John Garhartt, W. 16895, you are furnished the following data as to his chil- dren:
Anna born Oct. 6, 1773. Phebe born Feb. 10, 1776. James born Oct. 18, 1778. ----- born Jan. - 1781 Elizabeth born Aug. 25, 1785. Hennery born Sept. 10, 1787. Stephen born March 1, 1790. John born Dec. --- 1795. Ambros born March -- 1796. Selvanus born March 22, 1797. Isaac born April -----
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
The name of John appears on the record twice I only used it once, as the record is so illegible -

23-Apr. 28 Hist. to Judge E. Danner AWS.
Re WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16895
Hannah Carhartt widow of John Carhartt Private Rev. War
Act: July 4, 1836
Index:—Vol. a , Page 119
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York N. 2,986
Hannah Carhart, widow of John Carhart, who died on the 6 th  December February 1836 of Oswego in the State of N. York who was a P. in the Comp y commanded by Captain Brown of the Reg t commanded by Drake, in the N. Y. line for 11 m s & 15 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 38 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14 th day of March, 1839. 7 th Dec r 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of Aug t '39, and sealed Henry R. Mygatt, Oxford, N. Y.
Arrears to the 14 th of Mar. - $86.28 Semi-annual allowance ending 19.16 $105.44
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 207.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 th Sep r 1839 to 4 th March 1840. Ag t Notified 11 th June 1840.
Let H. R. Mygatt June 27 '43.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss Chenango County Clerk's Office,
Cyrus Wheeler
I, JARVIS K. REECE , Clerk of said county, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that Daniel M c Rea Esq whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the subjoined Instruments and therein written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement a Judge of the County Courts in and for said county, duly authorised to take the same: and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgements to be genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said county, this fourth day of April A. D. 1839.
Cyrus Wheeler - Clerk.

HH56
Hannah Barhart
N.Y.
Act. 14 July 36.
m 72. a 36
Adm'd
11 mo 15 days pri
$38. \frac{32}{100}
Died 6 Feby '38
pen: com: 7. Feby 38.
Henry R. M'gatt
Oxford
N.Y.

June 26. 1843.
Hon. Canhart My. Pk 30.
Princess of Prussia Washington City D.C.
PA"> PAID
37 3/4

Oxford, Chenango Co. N.Y. June 22 d 1843
Sir
Hannah Lockhart was pensioned under the act granting pensions to widows for life at the rate of $30.00 per annum.
Her husband died July 6. 1836 and her pension was allowed to her only from Dec 7. 1836.
She is entitled to the pension from the day of her husband's death July 6. 1836, and is she entitled further back than her husband's death?
Please in reply send me the forms necessary to procure the back pay.
Resp. Yrs
Henry R. Mygatt
transfers of pensions.

Oxford Chenango Co. N.Y. July 15. 1843
Sir
In your letter of the 27th ult you stated that Hannah Lusk's pension is payable from the 7th July 1836, and that the error would be corrected upon return of her pension Certificate.
I herewith return said Certificate and you will please send me Certificate corrected
Very Resp t Yours
Henry R. Mygatt
J. L. Edwards Esq head of pensions

Oxford, Chenango County, NY.
April 12. 1839
Sir,
I send declaration of Hannah Carhartt for a pension under act July 4. 1836.
Her husband John Carhartt deceased was a pensioner under the act June 7th 1832.
They were married in 1772.
Address me at the place above dated
I am. Very Respec t
Your obt Serv t
Henry R. Mygatt
J. L. Edwards Esq, Com re pension War Dept t Washington City DC.

John Charharts BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Citizens only
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 10 th , 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," Hannah Cathcart, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Thirty eight Dollars and 32 Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1839, to the 4 th March 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Almon B. Ladd Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Payment to be made at Albany by J. W. O'Leary, Esq., Agent for paying Pen- sioners, in the Agency of N. South.
Certificate erroneous - Issue a new one Commencing 7 th February 1836.
H. R. Mygatt, Oxford, New York.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Vol. 2 Page 207 by
R. Burdine Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the 3d section of the law of the United States, of the 4th July, 1836, Hannah Carhartt, of New York, widow of John Carhartt, deceased, who was a Private in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive thirty eight dollars and thirty two cents per annum, during the time she may remain unmarried, commencing on the Seventh day of December 1836 and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Sixteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine
Examined and Countersigned. }

John Carhart N.Y. Albany act 7. June 32. when last paid?
G.W.P.
14 aug 39 Due 6 th Feb y 1836 p't. that paid (Feb.)
SH

OFFICE OF PROBATE AND JUVENILE COURT OF ELLSWORTH COUNTY V. E. DANNER, JUDGE
ELLSWORTH, KANSAS.
February 15, 1923.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
It is exceedingly important to this office that I have the record of service of John Carhart who served in the Revolutionary War with the Third Regiment, of the Westchester Co. New York Militia and who was granted a pension in 1840. At the time said John Carhart received his pension he was residing at Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Especially I wish to know if the record shows that his wife was named, prior to her marriage, Hannah Merritt and a list of his children if any there were.
Trusting that you will speedily inquire into this matter and render this office a certified report thereof. I am,
Very truly yours,
V. E. Danner
VED*KS