Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,395, John Heard, Continental N.J. Residence In 1818

SERVICE
Continental
Heard, John
NUMBER
S. 34.395
{ B.L.W. 1023-300-kept. Issued June 11, 1789. No papers.
His residence in 1818
CONTENTS

(41) New Jersey. // John Heard, //
Captain, Colo Penn M d and In the Army of the U. States.
At $20. per mo. com. 18 th Mar: 1818.
Cert: issued 2 d April, 1818. & sent to the Hon. Genl. Bloom- field, Quar ter of Rep t . U. S. -
Ar d to 4 th Sept. 1818. 5 14 / 28 mo. $110. -
(Rev d J. Blair, Act 18 th March 1818.)
Pennsylvania line ' 77 Wm
Chichester Co ty Penn yl

enemy until the emergency was he was a Captain on the Continental Establishments as written by him deposed.
 John Hearne.  24 
Geo. Hance
1878. 9. 4 1878. 3. 15
5. 14 20 $100 10 $110
To the Secretary of the War Department

State of New Jersey Middlesex County
Be it known that on this eighteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me Thomas Hance Esq. one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Middlesex in the State aforesaid came John Heard of the said county to me known and being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he was appointed and commissioned in the month of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven a Lieutenant in the fourth Regiment of United States Light Dragoons commanded by Col. Stephen Moylan - that deponent immediately joined the said Regiment and was in the same year promoted to the office of Captain in said Regiment and that he continued to serve as such in the Regiment aforesaid against the common enemy until the end of the Revolutionary war, when the said Regiment was disbanded. And the deponent further saith that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support. -
Tho Hance
John Heard
By Thomas Hance Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey it

is hereby certified, that the affidavit of John Heard above set forth and other documents by him produced and shown are to me satisfactory proof that the said John Heard served in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy until the end thereof and that he was a captain on the Continental Establishments as within by him deposed.
  1818  5. 14    1818  3. 15    1818  3. 4    1818  3. 4  
Thos Hance
John Heard
24
To the Secretary of the Department of War.
State of New Jersey
Middlesex County
I William P Beare clerk of the court of common pleas of the county of Middlesex
in the State do hereby certify that Thomas Hance Esq. who hath subscribed his name to the foregoing certificate and affidavit is one of the judges of said court duly commissioned and sworn and to his official acts full faith is to be given. —
Witness my hand & the seal of said court this eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. —
Wm P Beare

34395 Rev INVALID.
File No. 84, 395
John Heard Capt Rev War
Act: 16 th March 187
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 181
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Sept, '09 Not entitled to back pay. Mrs. C. H. Murray, Rensselaer Ind

Hagers Town Nov. 12. /55
Dear Sir,
I received in answer to my letter, a pamphlet containing the Rules of Practice of the Court of Claims, for which receive my grateful thanks. I must again take your great kindness, by asking the favor of you, to inform me whether my Father Capt. John Heard of the Pennsylvania Line, ever recd. a Pension, Incd. a letter from New Jersey informing me that he had recd a pension from the 18 th March 1818 to 1 st of May 1820 at which time his name was struck from the rolls, and the Act of Congress repealed - if so, what was the amount recd. per Year - He was entitled to $600. per Annum. Also, was he employed by the Government in the Whiskey Insurrection - It is very important for me to obtain this information, as I have several claims depending. If you can give me the above information, you will confer a very great favor on me, & I hope it may be in my power one day, to return it, your good. W. Nesbitt & family are all well.
Yours very respectfully, Wm Dunlap N. J. Ward

No H
Rensselaer, Ind. Feb. 20 - 1899.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir: -
Several years ago, my mother received a letter from a lawyer in Washington, stating that a sum of money was due the descendants of Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Heard and Captain John Heard (both of New Jersey) for services rendered during the Revolutionary War. Also a sum of 2200 pounds for property taken by British , and

destroyed at that time. For some reason the matter was not looked into. Can you tell me whether the money has ever been claimed?
If not, is there any chance of recovering it?
Hoping to hear from you soon, I am
Respect- (Mrs.) Charlotte H. Murray