Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41598, Nathaniel Hardy, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Hardy, Nathaniel or Hardy
S. 41598
CONTENTS
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This Envelope Includes FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAD

Ohio
(17.589)
Nathaniel Hardy
of Northampton the state of Ohio who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Huntington of the Connecticut line, for the term of Three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 16 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of July 1820 and sent to Elias Harmon Ravenna - Ohio.
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 181:03 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1820 48
22 \frac{15 \ 4}{30 \ 31}
$ 224:03
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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Order sent to Supt Pay M c 6 Nov 1820. Ravenna Ohio

District of Portage County, ss.
On this ninth day of Febru 18 20 , before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of the United States  Court of Common Pleas for the said district, personally appears Nathaniel Hardy aged Sixty years, resident in Northampton in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he the said Nathaniel Hardy enlisted in Ashford in the state of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain John Shumney Col. of the Huntington's Regiment ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the Month of May 1780 , when he was discharged from service in Elizabeth town state of New Jersey , that he was in the battles of which discharge is lost,
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Elias Harmon Ass't Judge
I, Elias Harmon Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Nathaniel Hardy did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support. I also certify that he made a previous declaration on the 16 day of April 1818 as by the testimony of Samuel King Junr. late a Judge in this County.
Elias Harmon Ass't Judge
State of Ohio Portage County ss. June 18th 1820.
I do further certify that the aforesaid Nathaniel Hardy when making the aforesaid declaration before me - Declared (as appears from my record of Declarations) that he enlisted for the term of three years in or about the Month of April 1777 in the Company and Regiment aforesaid in the line of the State of Connecticut and that he was discharged by Col. Starr at Elizabeth town in the State of New Jersey .
Elias Harmon Ass't Judge

The State of Ohio Portage County Js. ss.
I Seth Day Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the County of Portage do hereby certify that Elias Harmon Esquire within named and who at appears to satisfaction took and subscribed the within deposition is an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County duly commissioned and sworn and to all whom Official acts full faith and credit is and ought to be given. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official seal this twelfth day of February Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred & twenty.
Seth Day Clerk.
Col. Nathl. Hardy - P.M. Col. Huntington's Conner's Def.
The line should be added in the description - Also the time of said amount a length of fence must be stated.
On this 12th day of Feb 1820 James Day
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The State of Ohio Portage County ss
Be it Remembered that at a term of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Portage specially held at the Court House in the town of Ravenna within and for the County of Portage and state of Ohio before Elias Harmon Alva Day and Augustus Baldwin Esquires Associate Judges of said County holding said Court being a Court of Record for said County expressly constituted by law proceeding according to the course of the common law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a record of their proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment: On this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared test in open Court Nathaniel Hardy aged sixty two years resident in Northampton in said County who being first duly sworn according to law cloth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: That he the said Nathaniel Hardy enlisted for the term of three years in the month of May 1777 at Ashford in the County of Windham in the state of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Capt. John Shumway in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Huntington of the Connecticut line on the continental establishment; That he was discharged the said service at Elizabethtown in the state of New Jersey: That he was in the battles of Stony Point: Battle at Germantown: That he was taken prisoner at Cavern Hill Church about the month of August 1779 carried to Philadelphia; and from thence to New York: And from thence to Elizabethtown where he was exchanged for Hessians joined the Army at White Plains: And serve as a waiter to Col. Storer until April 1780 at which time I was discharged by said Col. Storer at Elizabethtown in the state of New Jersey. That this declaration has heretofore been on the sixteenth day of April 1813, under the provisions of the act of Congress of the 18 th day of March 1818 made declaration of his said services before Samuel King Jr. Esquire then one of the associate Judges of said Court which declaration was forwarded by mail to the War Office by the said Judge King which miscarried as appears by a letter from the War Office. That he again in the month of March 1820 made declaration of his said services before Elias Harmon Esquire one of the associate

That this declarant has heretofore wit, on the sixteenth day of April 1818, made the provisions of the act of Congress of the 18 th day of March 1818 made declaration of his said services before Samuel King Esquire then one of the associate Judges of the said Court which declaration was forwarded by mail to the War Office by the said Judge King which miscarried as appears by a letter from the War Office. That he again in the month of March 1820 made declaration of his said services before Elias Harmon Esquire one of the associate Judges of the said Court. The said Judge King at the same time in said March testified before the said Judge Harmon that he had made the same declaration before him on the sixteenth day of April as above mentioned And in pursuance thereof has been inscribed on the petition list of the United States as by his petition certificate Number 17,589, dated the 6 th day of July 1820 in his possession will appear.
And I do solemnly swear that I was resident a citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of Property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
This

This declaration exhibits in Court the following inventory of his estate viz,
  1 howeb $1.00 1 tea kettle $1.00 4 tin cups $0.25   1 crooked Shear 0.75 1 skillet 0.50 4 new trays for sale 2.00   1 draw Shear 1.00 1 bake oven 1.51 2 tea cups & 2 saucers 0.12   1 file 0.25 1 spider 0.25 Debts due me 13.26   1 pot 1.00 3 knives & 3 forks 0.12 Total 24.00 
Debts that I owe are to Hezekiah King to Samuel King
$5.00
3.00
Total owing $8.00
This declaration further states that his occupation was formerly a farmer but the misfortune of losing his left leg in Dec r 1811 has compelled him to abandon farming and to take up the business of making trays to obtain subsistence for himself and family.
This declaration states that his age is sixty two years, old this day his infirmities are the loss of one leg the other leg crippled by the Rheumatism one fourth of the time for four years past so as to prevent his going abroad. That his wife aged sixty four has the Asmy and is otherwise very infirm and feeble; Anson Hardy a grand son aged fourteen of a sound constitution and contributes something towards his support; these persons constitute the whole of his family.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
This eighth day of August A.D. 1820.
Nathaniel Hardy

...his age is sixty two years, old this day his infirmities are the loss of one leg the other leg crippled by the Rheumatism one fourth of the time for four years past so as to prevent his going abroad. That his wife aged sixty four has the Asmy and is otherwise very infirm and feeble; Anson Hardy a grand son aged fourteen of a sound constitution and contributes something towards his support; these persons constitute the whole of his family.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
This eighth day of August A.D. 1890.
Nathaniel Hardy.
Deu Clerk.
The State of Ohio
Portage County ss
I Seth Day Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the Records of the said court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule after deducting the debts due and owing from the said Nathaniel Hardy amounts to six hundred dollars. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at Ravenna
this tenth day of August Anno Domini One Thousand eight hundred and ninety.
Seth Day Clerk.
EM
Dated September 6th July 1890
Nathaniel Hardy 17,589.

Nathaniel Hardy
Pension Claim -
N o . 53 $21.06
Act Mar 18, 1818
Chillicothe, Ohio
4 th Quarter 1823
Bundle # 10

State of Ohio } Be it remembered that William Portage County } Looker and Robert Guy person- ss } ally appeared before me Abel Woodward.
-ward, a Justice of the Peace in and for Portage County and made solemn oath that Nathaniel Hardy died at the township of Boston County of Portage and State of Ohio, on the twenty third day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one, that he was the same Nathaniel Hardy named in the original certificate herewith enclosed, that at the time of his death he resided in the State of Ohio. —
Sworn to and subscribed Wm Looker before me the fifth day Robert Guy of august A.D. 1823.
Abel Woodward Justice of the Peace.
State of Ohio ss. —
I do hereby certify that I have been for some time acquainted with William Looker and Robert Guy deponents above named, and I know them to be credible disinterested persons, and they sustain general characters as such — Given under my hand and seal this fifth day of august A.D. 1823 —
Abel Woodward Justice of the Peace

Offic D & D. B. U States Chillicothe
Recd of
President of the
Offic of Discount & Deposit Bank U. States Chillicothe Agent. twenty one dollars and eighty  sixty six Cents. being for two months and twenty two  number days pension due to Nathaniel Hardy from the 4 th day of Sept r 1821. to the 23 rd Nov r 1821 for which I have signed duplicate Receipts —
Gideon Gates Administrator to the estate of Nathaniel Hardy dec d . —

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Nathaniel Hardy , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. 41,598
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1777 to Apr. 1780 John Schuyler Horatio Gates Conn.   Starr       He was captured at Barnum Hill Church about Aug. 1779 carried to Phila., New York & finally exchanged at Elizabethtown.  
Battles engaged in, Germanstown & Stony Point
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl. at Ashford, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Feb. 9, 1820.
Residence at date of application, Northampton, Portage Co., Ohio.
Age at date of application, sixty-two yrs. Aug. 8, 1820.
Remarks: He referred to his wife as 64 yrs. and grand son Anson Hardy as 14 yrs. Name of wife not stated. No further data re to family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

THE STATE OF OHIO JAMES HAY, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and for the county of Franklin, in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the following deed, before whom the foregoing taken, and who his thereunto, in his own proper hand writing subscribed his and who is a Notary Public in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn and in all respects qualified according to law, and whose name and commission are entered of record at the time of signing the same, is hereby certified to be true and correct. Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 10th day of March, 1841.
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

THE STATE OF OHIO, }
Portage County, ss. }
I, SETH DAY, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in, and for the county of Portage, in the State of Ohio, do by these presents, certify and make known, that Abel Woodard
Esquire, before whom the foregoing
affirmation was
taken, and who
has thereunto, in his own proper hand writing subscribed his
name, was, at the time of taking such Deputation
and now is a Justice of
the Peace
in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and to all
whose official acts as such, full faith and credit is, and ought to be given, throughout the United States, and elsewhere.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court at Ravenna, in said county, this 24 th day of Sept r , in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty three .
Day
Clerk.

Payable on the 4th March and 4th September of each year, by W. B. B. W.S. in Chillicothe - Oh o
No pension is payable until the arrival of one or the other of the above dates, after the issue of a Certificate. pay- able to 4 th March 1820: but thereafter no pay- ment can be made before exhibiting a schedule of property.
Registered, by G. S. Balfinch Clerk, in book B, volume 11 th page 20 th
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, _____ " _____
Nathaniel Hardy late a _____ " private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Ohio _____ " Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the sixteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this sixth day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty .
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

THE STATE OF OHIO } Franklin County, ss. I, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the within copy of the foregoing order is a true and correct copy of the original thereof on file in my office and the same is now on record in my office. Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this _____ day of _____, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and _____, and of the Independence of the United States the _____. My Commission expires _____
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
IN PRESENCE WHEREOF, we have caused the seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed. Witness the honorable President thereof, at Havre, in said county, the _____ day of _____, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and _____. Clerk.

THE STATE OF OHIO.
George Todd
President of the
Portage County, ss.
in the State of Ohio and Augustus Baldwin, Elias Harmon and
Alva Dey his associates, judges of the same court, within and for the county of Portage aforesaid, in the name and by the authority of the State of Ohio, to all to whom these presents shall come, BE IT KNOWN, That administration of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits which were of Nathaniel Hardy late of the township of ... in the county aforesaid, deceased, at the time of his death is hereby committed unto Gibson Gates Administrator ad bonos non ... whose duty it shall be (under oath or affirmation) to have all and singular the said goods and chattels inventoried and appraised by Henry ... freeholders of the county aforesaid (after deducting one bed and bedding for the widow, and such provisions as the appraisers aforesaid shall consider reasonable for the support of herself and her children for one year) and make a return thereof (signed by the said appraisers) with a bill of the sale of the goods and chattels of the said deceased, together with a true and accurate statement of the debts due and owing to the estate of the said Nathaniel Hardy deceased, to the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas for the county aforesaid, within three months from the date hereof: and moreover to adjust and settle up the account of your administration within twelve months from the date of this letter as the law directs. And we do by these presents appoint you the said Gibson Gates Administrator ad bonos non.
of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights and credits, which were of the said Nathaniel Hardy deceased.
IN TESTIMONY OF WHICH, we have caused the seal of our said court to be hereunto affixed. Witness the honorable
George Todd
president thereof,
at Ravenna, in said county, the fifteenth
day of May
Anno Domini one thousand
eight hundred and twenty three.
[Signature]
Clerk.
I certify that Gibson Gates is administrator on the estate of Nathaniel Hardy deceased, and that the foregoing is in substance a copy of his Letters of Administration - Attest [Signature] Clerk.

July 14. 1905 Dist. to Letia H. Knorrlon, Akron, Ohio. 1915 July 1. Dist. to Miss Emily A. Greenman. &
41598 INVALID.
Rev Rev
File No. 41598
Nathaniel Hardy Dr. Rev. Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 211
[Arrangement of 1870.]

17,89
Asken Ohio June 30-05-
Commissioner of Pensions: Washington D. C.
Dear Sir: Will you kindly inform me whether Nathaniel Hardy was a pensioner? We know he served in the Revolutionary War and lost a leg on the field of

He would have received pension in Northampton Summit Co. Ohio.
Litia Hardy Knowlton 64 Fay St Akron Ohio

Rev Sec June 25, 1915 4
Pension Bureau Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
I would like to know if the Pension Records of the Revolutionary War show Nathaniel Hardy, born about 1758, died 1821 in Portage Co., Ohio. He enlisted from Ashford, Windham Co., Conn.
If you can give me this information I will greatly appreciate it.
Yours truly
(Miss) Emily A. Greenman
La Grange, Indiana