Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12437, Jacob Carhart, New York

SERVICE
New York
barhart, jacob
NUMBER
S. 12437
CONTENTS
carded

14828
City New York
Jacob Carhart
of Pompey in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Lee of the Regt commanded by Col Myers in the New York line for 15 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 50 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of July 1833 and Cent Smith Manlius N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 33 — $ 100 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 33  25
$ 125.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ino Cromwell Clerk Book E Vol. 4 Page 57
ad to Pension Agent 25 April 1838 To New York City from 4 March 1838. — 3. May 1838. — Notification sent to Alexander Borfus P'keepsie N. York

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 State of New York, County of Onondaga ss. On this eleventh day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before Daniel Morely Gagarin Vice Chancellor of the Seventh Circuit of the State of New York at a Court of Chancery now sitting at Onondaga in said County Jacob Garhart aged seventy two years a resident of Pompey in said County and State, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the fol- lowing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832; That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated In the early part of the summer, probably June 1778, this applicant then residing at Southcreek Ditches, County State of New York, he enlisted for three months, under Captain Lee of Southcreek, and served the whole time of his enlist- ment at West Point doing Garrison duty and repair- ing or building the fort, that Lord Stirling was command- er at the Fort; that early in the next campaign 1779 he again enlisted and served three months, in Cap- tain Lee's Company, at West Point and Fort Constitution trans, mostly the time on fatigue carrying fascines and building the fort, that in one of these period of service he ap- peared to build the Bomb Proof at West Point; at another time, he was one of six to row General Washington from West Point to New Windsor; In the spring of 1781, then residing at Northcreek, he was clapped in a clap of six to raise one man for the Army, that the Clap stood a draft & he was drafted and served nine months; that Walter Park, was head of the Clap and gave applicant a certificate that he marched to Fishkill where he was mustered about the first day of May under Captain Livingston's, in Colonel Wisinfield's Regiment, that he marched to Esopus, afterwards to Marlinton, where was then head quarters being stationed on the frontier for back

from the large settlements serving under different captains, that two officers of the name of Dubois and one Lieutenant Finch were of the Party, that on one of their excursions an soldier Michael Lines was wounded beyond Henry & he was brought by this applicant and others seventeen miles to Marlinton on a blanket, lying on poles; that he was discharged at the close of the war, nine months service at Marlinton, and recd. lets he was at headquarters there when he heard first of the Capture of Cornwallis, that at his said service was as a private in the New York State troops as he understands and believes This applicant further states that he was out in several short periods of service, was at the burning of the stores at Dunbury, was in the Battle at Long Island on Sunday and was on the march to join the Army against Bur- -goyne when he received news of his surrender. That he has no documentary evidence of his service and that he does not know of any of his comrades in arms who can testify to his service, that one Husted formerly of Catskill, if living could probably so testify; that he was born at Poughkeepsie in New Jersey 8 November probably in the year 1760, that he was seventeen in the fall after the burning of the stores at Dunbury, which makes this applicant but seventy one years old and not quite seventy two, but this applicant had understood his age to be greater, about seventy five, that he has no records of his age; that he resided in the State of New York at Southeast, Northeast & the vicinity when called into service; that at the commencement of the Revolu- tionary war he resided at New York, that when the British in 1776 took New York he went out first to Green- Farms, then to Southeast, that during the war he resided about a year and a half at Red Hook that up to 1815 he had resided most of the time at different places in Dutchess County, but had in the time lived about two years at Bethlehem in Alba-

my County, that for the last seventeen years he has resided in Pompey in this County in which town he now lives; that as he recollects he had a discharge in writing from two of his periods of service
which was burned up in the house of Widow Dridge at Little Nine Partners, that he has no documentary evidence of service, and that he knows of no person who has testimony he can prove, who can testify to his service
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year Jacob Carhart before said - Daniel Moseley Quasi-judge & Vice Chancellor his mark
We Moses Mountcomb and Thomas Marsh of Pompey in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Carhart of Pompey who has signed the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides, who have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Dated 11 th September 1832
Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid
Daniel Moseley Quasi-judge & Vice Chancellor
Thomas Marsh Moses Mountcomb
I the said Jacob Carhart hereby relinquish every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present, and hereby declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state
And the said Board do hereby certify and declare its opinion after investigating the matter and setting the interrogatories required by the War Department that

The above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and further that Moses Moulthrop and Thomas Marsh are residents of the town of Pompey (who have signed the foregoing certificate) and that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Daniel Moseley Vice Chancellor
I Daniel M c Moseley Deputy Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the Second Circuit for the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jakob Leishart for a pension.
D. M c Moseley Dep. Clerk
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 11 th day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two —
Daniel M c Moseley Deputy Clerk
7819

1 st Brief No. 7809.
Jacob Carhart
admitted.
15 mo. Private.
Page 71
16 17 Sep 1832 28 Nov 1832
A. Smith agent.
Jan. Dec
Examining Clerk
space reserved X (Gallup) that the foregoing statement and the answers given with the evidence in the case of the facts deposed to as to facts of registration; and it was in what respect; of additional evidence on the roll; to the statement supported by being additional being of additional evidence to have had he made when he entered the service.

No 7809.
BRIEF in the case of Jacob Carhart of Pompey County of Onondaga — in the State of New York. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In Open Court. —
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
72 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.     June In 1778. — 3. — private Gen. Capt. Lee.   1779. — 3. — — " — To Do   Spring 1781. — 9. — — " — Capt Livingston. Col. Wijnfeldt.  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
Battle on Long Island. —
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Southeast Dutchess County New York
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By traditionary Evidence. —
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Certificate of Clergyman Mounting, —
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Ord
Examining Clerk.

7809
Jacob Carhart
admitted.
15 mo. Private.
Jan 1882

State of New York County of Onondaga ss. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in said County Jacob Carhart, who being duly sworn depones and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memo- ry, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, in the several periods of service mentioned in his application for a Pension under the act of 7 th June 1832, except the three longest periods, one of nine months & two of three months, each, of which he recollects the length particularly, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grade; For one year & six months, I ser- ved as a private, and for such service I claim a Pen- sion; the said Deponent further saith that at the time of his ap- this application to the Baptist Church & Society and that application for a Pension in September last, the Rev Messrs. Holland & Sutton of the Methodist denomination resided near this Deponent and were the only Ministers resident in the neighbourhood, whom he personally knew, that they were young men, and also they could have testified of his good character for truth and veracity would not probably have been acquainted with the fact, that this deponent was reputed and believed in the neigh- -bourhood when he resided to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and would not like Revolutionary men have been able understandingly to concur in that opinion, that Thomas Marsh, aged about seventy, and Moses Moulton a Revolutionary Pensioner between sixty & seventy years of age whom this deponent procured to make the certificate for him together with John Newman and Peter van Buren, and probably many others of the men, living in that neighbourhood (many of whom have often advised this deponent to apply for a Pension under the act of 1818, but having at that time the means of living he did not do so,) can testify to his character for veracity and to their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution, and that the omission to insert the answer to the seventh interrogatory, was made by A Smith who wrote his declara- tion; as the Court however took the certificate of two of this de- ponent's neighbours, he thought it of no importance Sworn and Subscribed this twenty th day of January A.D. 1833. Jacob Carhart Mark
A. May J.P.

State of New York } County of Onondaga } p.
I, Reuben S. Hess Clerk of said County do Certify that Asa Nims was on the 26 th day of January Instant, one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the front of the within affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 4 th day of February 1833.
R. S. Hess clerk

Reorder
12,437
✓ INVALID.
File No. 12,437
Jacob Carhart Prim. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 61
[Arrangement of 1870.]

MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK,
Albany Pension Agency,
April 28.
1838.
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 25 th inst. I have to state, that Jacob Garhart a Pensioner under the Act of June 7, 1832 at 50 — Dollars per annum was last paid to the 4 day of March 1838.
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully,
Your ob't serv't,
Thos M. Elliott
PRES'T, AND PENSION AGENT.

W Evans
Dec 24 Cincinnati Ohio
J. L. Lewis Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
[Large decorative flourish or signature]

J. L. Edwards Esq m
Sir I enclose affidavits on the application of Jacob Garhart to transfer the payment of his pension from New York to New Jersey. Please send to me for Garhart the notice of the transfer
Respectfully Yours &c
W. H. Burd
P'keepsie April 20. 1838.

State of New York Dutchess County. } ss:
Jacob Carhart now of the town of Dover in the said County of Dutchess being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Gilbert Livingston in the regiment commanded by Colonel Weissenfeldt, of the New York troops in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war: that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New York, under the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832, as evidenced by his pension certificate dated the 9 th day of July 1833, Numbered 14,827, and Recorded in the Pension Office in Book E, Vol. 4. page 51. That this deponent has heretofore resided in the town of Pompey in the County of Onondaga in the State of New York, and has received payment of his pension to the fourth day of March 1838, at the city of Albany, from the agent for paying pensions there: that this deponent in the month of September last removed to and now resides in the town of Dover in the County of Dutchess where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be payable in the city of New York: that the means of communication between his present place of residence, by his neighbours and otherwise is much more frequent with New York than with Albany, and this deponent can receive his pension when payable at New York with less expense, than when payable at Albany. And this deponent further says that he removed from the County of Onondaga to the County of Dutchess for the reason that he has not now any family or relations living in the former County, and that his children, being two daughters, reside in the latter County. and further this deponent saith not.
Jacob Carhart mark
Subscribed and sworn to this 20 th day of April 1838, before me Silas E. Haight Justice of the Peace in & for Dutchess County

State of New York
Dutchess County } ss: Jahleel B. Stark of the town of Dover in the said County of Dutchess being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is acquainted with Jacob Carhart within named and has known him for upwards of thirty years, and knows him to be the same person described in and who has subscribed and sworn to the within and foregoing affidavit, and further this deponent saith not. Subscribed and sworn to the 20 th day of April 1838. before me
Jahleel B. Stark
Silas E. Haight
Justice of the Peace in & for Dutchess County
And I the said Silas E. Haight Justice of the peace as aforesaid do certify that the said Jahleel B. Stark is entitled to full credit as a witness as attests my hand this 20 th day of April 1838.
Silas E. Haight
State of New York
Dutchess County } ss. I. Daniel M c Beadle Clerk of the said County of Dutchess do hereby certify that Silas E. Haight before whom the foregoing affidavits were made, is a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Dutchess, duly elected and sworn, and that the signatures thereto, "Silas E. Haight" are in his proper hand writing.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscri- bed my name and affixed the seal of the County Court of the said County of Dutchess the twentieth day of April One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight —
Daniel M c Beadle Clerk