Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2673, Elias Dart, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
learn.
Dart, Elias Ruth
R. 2673
CONTENTS

Declaration.
State of Connecticut } Tolland County, } Ss.
On this 4 th day of March, 1853, before the Court of Probate for the district of Andover, in said County, & State, personally appeared, Mrs. Harriett McBrown, a resi- dent of Bolton, in said district, aged 86 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following decla- ration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain Widows"; and also, of any other acts connected with this or any one under which her case may be classified. She further declares, that she is the daughter of Elias Dart of said Bolton and of his Wife Ruth Dart. That the said Elias Dart served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, at New London Connecti- cut, in the year 1781, & 1782, for the time & in the manner, fully detailed in his Declaration which is herewith sent to which she would refer the Commissioner;

for a more full account of his services. She further declares, that the said Elias Dart was married to Ruth Morley, of Glastenbury, in Hartford County, on the thirtieth day of December, Seventeen hundred & ninety three; and that he the said Elias Dart died in said Bolton, on the 27 th day of August 1828. and the widow the said Ruth Dart, my Mother died without having made any application for a pension: that she died at said Bolton on the sixth day of February Eighteen hundred & forty one. That she left nine children & no more, viz; Ruth Burns, Eli Dart, Jerza Dart, Luther Dart, Horace Dart, Sylvester Dart, Alfred Dart, John Dart, & Horneret Mc Brown, the declarant. That she makes this application in order to obtain what her mother might have obtained if she had applied for it: for the benefit of herself & her said brothers & Sisters; and that she has this an interest in this claim.
And the declarant further states that she hereby constitutes & appoints J. A. Peigh Esq. of Washington City D. C. her true & lawful attorney & agent, to prosecute said claim, (with power of substitution) to examine all

papers & documents, in relation to it & To do all things necessary & lawful in the premises.
Harriet M. Brown
Sworn subscribed and acknowledged before me on the 4th day of March 1853. And I certify that it hath been satisfactorily proved, before me this day, that the said Harriet M. Brown, is a respectable resident, of said Bolton, & is the same person she represents herself to be, & also that the number & names of her Brothers & Sisters, is as she has stated in the foregoing declaration.
Attest Gurley Phelps Judge of Probate Court for Andover District
J. A. E. Phelps Clerk of the probate Court for the District of Andover, in Tolland County, Connecticut do hereby certify That Hon Gurley Phelps, who has signed & certified the foregoing proceedings, was at the time of the execution, Sole Judge of said Court, & that the signature purporting to be his is in his own hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I set my hand the Seal of said County on the day & year first written Attest A. E. Phelps Clerk

J. E. Williams, Town Clerk and Register of the Town of Bolton in Tolland County, Connecticut do hereby certify that I have custody of the records of said Town, and of the marriages of its inhabitants and in its regular place, in the series of entries I find the following entry (viz)
Elias Dart was married to Ruth Norley of Glastenbury December thirtieth One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Three
The above is an exact transcript from the record with with the exception of the date, which is in the original in the following words and figures legible & plain.
Elias Dart was married to Ruth Norley of Glastenbury December 30 th 1793
Attest E. H. Williams Town Clerk
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the 25 th day of February 1853 and I certify that the said E. H. Williams is at this time & has been for the year past Town Clerk and Register of said Town of Bolton & keeper of its records and is a credible witness & a respectable man well known to me Attest Samuel Ruggles Justice of the Peace

IN REPLY REFER TO
Rev. War Section. R. File 2673.
3-1864
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSION December 23, 1919.
WASHINGTON
Mrs. E. B. Robertson, 219 Church St. Hartford, Conn.
Madam:
In reply to your letter of the 10 th instant, you are advised that from the records of this Bureau it appears that on March 4, 1853, Mrs. Harriet M. Brown, of Bolton, Tolland Co., Conn. aged 36 years, applied for pension for her sisters and brothers, on account of the alleged services of her father Elias Dart, in the War of the Revolution. It is stated in the claim that he served at New Britain in 1781 and 1782 and that he was captured when that place was burned by Arnold. Pension was not allowed as she did not furnish specific proof of service as required by the pension laws, the names of his officers, length of service and rank not being given.
Elias Dart married at Bolton Conn., December 30, 1793, Ruth Morley of Glastonbury, Conn. He died at Bolton, Conn., August 27, 1828 and she died there on February 6, 1841, leaving nine children, namely: Eli, Tirza, Luther, Horace, Sylvester, Alfred, and John Dart and Ruth Barnes and Harriet M. Brown.
Very respectfully,
E. C. Sieman
Acting Commissioner.

1919 Dec. 23. Manuscript to E. B. Robinson and
2673
N. O. _____
Ruth Hart
Service: Elias
Enlisted: REJECTED , 18
Discharged: _____ , 18
Application filed: _____ , 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Claims filed too late to have cause of rejection on printed list of 1852
Attorney: _____
N. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____ , 18

Mr 15,001.
Ruth Dart, dec'd. widow of Elias lot
St. S. A. Pugh - Sept 27. 1853.
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Act July 7. 1838
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State of Connecticut
Tolland County ss Botten February 25 th 1853
On this 25 th day of February 1853 personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace for said county, Doctor Roger C. Risley of Botten in said county aged sixty eight years and being duly sworn according to law deposes & says that he was partially acquainted with the late Elias Dart and was well acquainted with Ruth Morley. I well remember the time they were married and more particular it being the first wedding I ever attended. Saw them stand up and were married by the minister of the parish in East Glastenbury and with whom the said Dart lived till the time of his death. I have not the least doubt but it was more than a year before the birth of their first child. Though I have not dates to which I can refer yet the circumstance that I never heard an intimation that they had not been married an honest time before the birth of their first child satisfies me. I cannot name the day nor year they were married but think it was in the fall.
Roger C. Risley
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Attest Samuel Pruggles justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut Tolland County ss On this 24 th day of February 1853 personally appeared before me the subscriber & one of the justices of the peace for said County Jacob Lyman of Botten is said County aged Eighty years a man who though of advanced age retains his memory & intelligence in an uncommon degree & who is a credible witness & a respectable man who being duly sworn according to law deposes & says that he was well acquainted with the late Elias Durt of said Botten during the Revolutionary war and after that time down to his death. I well remember his going into the service at New London & his being taken there when Arnold took & burned New London I remember his return home after he was exchanged. And I well remember that several years after the close of the war he married Ruth Morley of East Glastenbury in Hartford County Conn with whom he lived down to the time of his death. The Durt & his family were a respectable people & brought up a large family I cannot state the month of his marriage but remember that it was an honest number of months after the marriage before the birth of their first child. I well remember the time of the said Elias Durt's death and it is more than twenty years & his wife died several years since
his Jacob Lyman mark

The within was sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first named Attest Samuel Bruggles Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut
Tolland County ss Botten Feb 28-53
On this 28 th day of February 1853 personally appeared before me the subscriber & one of the justices of the Peace for said County Richard Skinner of Botten in said County aged Eighty Three years a man who though of advanced age retains his memory & intelligence in an uncommon degree & who is a credible witness & a respectable man who being duly sworn according to law deposes & says that he was well acquainted with the late Elias Dart of said Botten before the Revolutionary war and after that, down to the time of his death.
I well remember his going into the service at New London and his being taken there when Arnold took & burned New London. I remember his return home after he was exchanged and am strongly impressed that he enlisted the second time and went to New-London to serve but with regard to that particular am not positive and I well remember that several years after the close of the war he married Ruth Morley of East Glastenbury in Hartford County Conn with whom he lived down to the time of his death. Mr Dart and his family were respectable people & brought up a large

family I can not state the month of their marriage but remember that it was an honest number of months after the marriage before the birth of their first child I well remember the time of the said Elias Dents death and it was more than twenty years & his wife died several years since his X mark Richard Skinner
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first named Attest - Samuel Ruggles Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut County of Tolland, } S.S Bolton
On this 4 th day of March 1853, before me Samuel Puggles, one of the Justices of the Peace for said County, & being in person ally appeared, Arba H Brown, a resident of said Bolton who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose & say That he is well acquainted with such of the children of the late Elias Dart & of his Wife Ruth Dart, as reside in this State; that he well remembers the death of the said Ruth: I was present at her funeral, & she died in said Bolton, on the 6 th day of February 1841. I have lately examined the monuments or grave stones of each, and on his it is stated that he died August 29 th A 1828, and on hers, the said Ruths, that she died February 6 th 1841 Arba H. Brown
Sworn & subscribed before me on the 4 th day of March 1853 And I certify that the deponent is a respectable man, & credible witness.
Samuel Puggles Justice of Peace

No 15,001.
Ruth Darr, deceased widow of Elias br
1 Declaration re
Act July 7. 1838
Elias Darr died Aug 27. 1825 Ruth " do " Feby 6. 1841
In testimony whereof
S. A. Pease Present

State of Connecticut.
I, John P. C. Matteson Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, That Samuel Ruggles _____ was, from the fourth day of July, A. D. 1852, to the fourth day of July, A. D. 1854, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Tolland in said State, duly appointed and commissioned—having full power and authority by the laws of said State, to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
And I further certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said Samuel Ruggles to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, this 9 th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
John P. C. Matteson Secretary of State.

Washington City D.C. 8 th August 1853
Hon. L. P. Waldo. Sir
I herewith enclose the application of the children of Ruth Dart, widow of Elias Dart of Connecticut for pension under act 7 July 1838, & respectfully request its liberal consideration.
I am very Respectfully Yours S. H. Pugh.

S. A. Pugh, Sept 27/53.

583 Pension Office Sept 27. 1853
Sir
The application for a pension, of Ruth Dark, deceased, widow of Elias, has been examined, and filed under the act of July 7. 1838.
The declaration of (Mrs Harriet M Brown) (Ruth Barnes) refers to the declaration of Elias Dark, (as being enclosed) for a specification of his services, but his declaration does not accompany the application.
S. A. Peugh Esq Present.

HARTFORD COUNTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
WM. A. ERVING, PRESIDENT. EDWARD F. HARRISON, SEC'Y.
Recd 1-7-20
HARTFORD, CONN. Dec. 10, 1919.
INCORPORATED 1831.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
285 BLS
Gentlemen:
Kindly give me all the information you can about record of Elias Com. Dart of Bolton, in the American Revolution, and oblige.
Application Elias Dart, wid. Ruth R 2673.
Yours truly,
(Miss) Evelyn B. Phelps
#219 Church St., Hartford, Conn.