Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], Samuel Hart, Conn.

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Hart, Samuel
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Dept of Pensions Rev. Washington D.C.
Please send the pension records of Samuel Hart born July 18, 1735, at Wallingford, Conn. (He was son of Lieut. Hawkins Hart and 2nd wife Mary Eliot, granddaughter of Rev. John Eliot, Apostle to the Indians.
Samuel Hart married in 1759 at Durham Ct. Abridget Fowles. He left rank of Lieut. in the

Continental Army during the Revolutionary war, and was wounded at the Battle of Saratoga Sept. 19, 1777. He died Jan. 12, 1805,
I would appreciate a prompt reply as I wish to use the record to attain admission into the D. A. R.
Very truly.
(Mrs) Gertrude Hart Hughes Cambridge, New York

May 5, 1906
Ch. J. H.
1921, May 3 Letter to
Mr. Gerlach de H. Hughes - Enr

Hart, Samuel
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Connecticut, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 88.
Rank: Lieutenant.
Regt: Col. Hook's
Disability: Wounded in the right breast by a musket ball, which came out near the shoulder, which renders his right arm almost useless.
When disabled: 19 th September, 1777.
Residence: Durham.
To what pension entitled: Six-sevenths.
Remarks: There are no militia rolls in this office.
Evidence transmitted by the District Court complete.
Albany Sept 30 1821

Rev. War Section
Rev. War Section.
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May 3, 1921.
Mrs. Gertrude Hart Hughes, Cambridge, New York.
Madam:
In response to your letter received April 3, 1921 you are advised that Lieutenant Samuel Hart, of Colonel Cook's Regiment, Revolutionary Army, was wounded in the right breast by a musket ball, on September 15, 1777 and was pensioned on account of disability resulting therefrom (which rendered his right arm useless) from September 4, 1793 at $137.10 per annum. He died January 13, 1805.
There is no data on file as to his family, and no further data as to his services, owing to the destruction of papers when the War Office was burned in 1800 and 1812.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.