Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 85075-160-55, Elijah Hobart, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Moses
Robart, Elijah Polly
B.L.W. 85075-160-55
CONTENTS

224,006 Act March 3, 1883 cont. m. Mar. 21. 294.963
Sally Hobart, mid. Elijah Hobart, mid.
Capt. Daniel Fisher.
Act. no. —
Rev. war.
Act. 160 ac's Dec 2 30/58
Dodge
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Vol H 2, page 95.
E. D. H. b. C. Dyer, South Abington, Me.
S. H. C. Dyer Sept. 27/56
July 25-96 claim granted to A. C. Hobart Elgin Dils J. M. B.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, Nov. 17 1855
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestations hereunto annexed,
Yras A Dyer was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony of Which, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.
E. M. Perigee
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth
On this ninth day of November A. D. eighteen hundred and fiftyfive, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Polly Hobart aged eighty years, a resident of Abington in the State of Mass who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Elijah Hobart deceased, who was a Soldier in the company commanded by Capt Daniel Fisher in the Revolutionary regiment was commanded by in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812; that her said husband was drafted, or enlisted on or about the third day of October A. D. 1812 1782 for the term of time unknown and continued in actual service in said war for the term of twentythree and was honorably discharged with said company at Hull Mass on or about the twentyfourth day of October A. D. 1812 1782, as will appear by the roll of said company. and by the "Recorded evidence herewith annexed"
She also declares that neither herself nor her husband have applied for or received any bounty land under any Act of Congress, except a _____ acre land warrant, No. _____ which was issued under the Act of Sept. 28th, 1850.
She further declares that she was married to the said Elijah Hobart in Abington on the _____ day of Nov A. D. 1794 by one Saml Riles a Clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Polly Brewster that her said husband died at Abington on the _____ day of Septemb A. D. 1847, and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the additional bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act of Congress passed March 3d, A. D. 1855, and she prays that a certificate thereof may be sent for her to E. D. & C. A. DYER, South Abington, Mass.
Attest Albert Hobart Ezekiel D. Dyer Polly Hobart
Subscribed and sworn to before me, the day and year first above mentioned. and I certify that I have no interest in this claim
Cyrus Dyer Justice of the Peace.

State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth
Personally appeared Albert Hobart and Ezekiel Dyer residents of Shington in the State of Mass
persons whom I certify are respectable and entitled to credit, and who being sworn according to law, say that they were present and saw Mary Hobart sign his name to the within declaration, and they further swear that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be, and that the deponents do reside in the aforesaid town and State,
Albert Hobart Ezekiel Dyer
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this ninth day of November A. D. 185 5
Cyrus Dyer Justice of the Peace.

State of Massachusetts, County of Plymouth, Town of Abington.
[Date of Marriage wrote out in words]
"Return of Marriages by Rev. Samuel Niles." "Elijah Hobart to Polly Osceutt both of Abington November twenty ninth, Seventeen Hundred & ninety four."
I CERTIFY that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date and figures which are expressed in the record in fair legible date and figures as follows:
[Date of Marriage in figures]
"Nov r 29 th 1794."
Freeman P. Howland, Town Clerk, of Abington.
I F. P. Howland above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town, County, and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town, with the exception above named as certified by me.
Freeman P. Howland, Town Clerk, of Abington.
Subscribed, and duly sworn to before me, this fifteenth day of November A. D. 185 5 ; and I certify, that I have no interest whatever in the prosecution, or result of the annexed claim.
Cyrus Alger Justice of the Peace.

State of Massachusetts , Plymouth County.
We, Albert Hobart and Joseph Matthews having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew Elijah Hobart who was a Soldier in the war  Revolutionary war whose widow now applies for bounty land,—that we knew him for more than forty  eighty years before his death, which occurred at Abington about eight years ago,—that we know that he died at about that time, because we were his neighbors ,
that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she is now unmarried, and that we are disinterested.
Albert Hobart
Joseph Matthews
Subscribed, and duly sworn to before me, this ninth day of November A. D. 18 55
Cyrus A Dyer Justice of the Peace.
It is hereby certified, that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of Albert Hobart and Joseph Matthews of the said County and State, who are personally known to me, who are entitled to credit, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the foregoing application; that Polly Hobart the applicant for bounty land in the foregoing declaration is now unmarried, that she is the widow of the late Elijah Hobart who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war and that the said Elijah Hobart died at the time above stated.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, this ninth day of November 18 55
Cyrus A Dyer Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston. November 9 th 1855.
I Hereby Certify , That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Elijah Hobbs is borne on pay roll of Capt. Daniel Fisher's Comp. detached to do duty at Hull in 1782. from Oct. 3 to Oct. 24. 23 days, hand included from Dedham.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. M. Winger Secretary of the Commonwealth.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES.
Made by the widow of the party who rendered the service.
County of Plymouth State of Mass. Town of Abington
The Secretary of the State of Mass is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Elijah Hobart in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Hingham in the County of Plymouth and State of Mass
He enlisted from the Town of Hingham in the County of Plymouth and State of Mass in the year 17 as a
Regiment in the Company commanded by Captain and he served as follows, viz:—
at Nantasket or South Berlew three months,
which is all the information I have concerning the service of my husband ; and you will please forward the result of your examination of the rolls to E. D. & C. A. DYER, South Abington, Mass.
Witness my hand this twentieth day of October A. D. 185
Attest Cyrus A Dyer  Polly  Hen  Hobart Mary
Signed by the said Mary Hobart before me,
Cyrus A Dyer
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, Nov. 79 th 1858.
I Hereby Certify , That at the date of the attestation hereto annexed
Chas. C. Stevens was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk and Nathaniel Beals a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted: and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony of which, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.
Oliver Warner.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Massachusetts Suffolk County Ss,
I Elijah Hobart aged Sixty four years a resident of Hingham, Plymouth County in Massachusetts having been duly sworn, depose and say, that I was intimately acquainted with Elijah Hobart, who served in the war of the Revolution, and that he was the identical person who performed the service certified by the Secretary of State, and that he resided in Hingham after the said war about ten years, then removed to Abington in Massachusetts, where he lived until his death, and that he left a Widow Polly Hobart, who now remains his widow not having married since the death of her said husband That the said Elijah Hobart was my Father, and I often heard him say that he served in the war of the Revolution at Hull- Mass, and said that he was in Capt. Daniel Fishers Company, and related incidents which occurred during his service, at Hull about forty years ago I was at Hull Mass with my Father, and he went with me, and visited the old Fort, where he said he served, in the war of the revolution and where they slept, and where the out posts were, and where he stood on guard during that time, he served at Hull, and showed me the well - 100 feet deep, which the soldiers dug while stationed there, I know that my Father performed the said service, for he told me so, many times when relating the facts and occurrences which took - I never knew any other Elijah Hobart who ever

Served in said War, and my father was born in Hingham, and lived in Hingham after the war - but served in Capt. Fishers Company from Dedham, There is no man now living, who served in said Company, from whom to procure proof, and no one is known who saw him in said service I have no interest whatever,
Elijah Hobart
State of Massachusetts, County of Suffolk Ss.
On this tenth day of November A.D. 1858, personally came before me Elijah Hobart a credible person and made oath that the foregoing affidavit is true Thos. C. Starnes Justice of the Peace,

5
85,117.5
160 Acres

223.006
Nov 21/31
FREE
HON. L. P. WALDO, J. Minot Com. of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

223.006
Nov 21/55
FREE
HON. L. P. WALDO, J. Minot Com. of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Elijah Hobart's dear
Miss H. Stuart,
For. Brynthon
Official Business
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

For. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.,

294763 AM Mich 3/15 Cond M Oct 20/18 224006
Hillwood man. Dec. 21/59
Polly Hobart maid Elijah Hobart (a man)
Capt Daniel Lishu loc.
Rev War
Horatio Woodman Boston Mass

State of Massachusetts Plymouth County we the under signed residence of Abington Plymouth County Massachusetts having been duly sworn depose and say that we was intimately acquainted with Elijah Hobart who served in the war of the Revolution and that he was the identical Person who performed the service certified by the Secretary of State and that he resided in Hingham after the the said war about ten years then removed to Abington in Massachusetts where he lived untill his death and that he left a widow Polly Hobart who now remains his widow not having married since the death of her said husband and we have often heard the said Elijah Hobart say that the he served in the war of the Revolution at Hull Mass and said that he was in Capt Daniel Fishers Company and related incidents which occurred during his services at Hull from thirty to forty years ago we were with him at Hull Massachusetts and he went with us and visited the old fort where he said he served in the war of the revolution and where he stood on guard during the time he served at Hull and showed us the well he said was a bout 100 feet deep which the soldiers dug while stationed there I know that he performed the said Service for he told us so many times when relating the occurrences which took place during the time of his service at Hull I never knew any other Elijah Hobart who ever served in said war. said Elijah Hobart was born in

Hingham and lived in Hingham after the war some ten years but he served in Capt. Fishers Company from Dedham we know of know one living now who served with him - he removed to Abington some ten years after the war and lived there till his death - we have no interest whatever in the case
Albert Hobart Henry Burnell Isaac Everson John Hobart
State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth on this Sixteenth day of November A.D. 1858 personally came before me
Albert Hobart Henry Burnell Isaac Everson John Hobart
and Made Oath that the Statement contained in the above draft and by them signed was true and correct
Wathaniel Beal (Justice of the Peace)

South Abington, Mass., Nov 19
1855
Sir,
We herewith enclose the applications of Polly Hobart wid of Elizer Hobart Res. Soldier and Mary Snow wid of Daniel Snow
Soldiers in the company commanded by Capt. Wilder - on Cushingman
for bounty land under the Act of March 3d, 1855, and you will please forward the warrants to which they may be entitled to our address.
Yours, very respectfully,
E. D. & C. A. DYER.
Hon. L. P. Waldo,
Com. of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Boston Dec 1. 1858
Claim of Polly, widow of Elijah Hobart No. 294,963
Act of 1855, Revolution war —
For Commemoration of Pensions
Dear Sir,
Enclosed is proof of identity, in the above claim — there is not a man living who served, with Elijah Hobart. but the proof is positive, as can be, unless they were with the soldier — The Applicant is a Worthy old Lady & needs the avails of her warrant for her comfort & support.
Very Respectfully Yours — Horatio Woodman M.

Boston Nov 9. 1859
In Commission of Pensions,
Sir
In the claim of Polly Hobart widow of Elijah No 294,963, Act of 1855, I have received no report, good proof of identi- ty was forwarded, as can be found in any Revolutionary case, not a pensioned - case
- please examine the case & report if the evidence was received, The old Lady is very aged about 90 & feeble An Early examination is desired in this claim Very Respectfully,
Horatio Woodman
L. M.

W. & N. Div. B. L. (W) 85075. 160-55. L. W. B.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 25, 1896.
Sir:-
In response to your recent inquiry referred to this Bureau by Hon. John M. Reynolds, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, I have the honor to state that the records on file in this Bureau show that Polly Hobart, widow of Elijah Hobart, made an application for bounty land on November 9th, 1855, at which time she was residing at Abington, Mass., and eighty years of age, and her claim was allowed for the actual service of her husband as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war, for a period of three months; a part of the time he served under Capt. Daniel Fisher and Major Job Cushing. He enlisted at Hingham, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. A. Claude Hobart, Elgin, Ills.

Polly Hobart widow of Elijah Revolution claim act of 1855 for (160) acres
294963
Horatio Woodman Boston Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston,
Oct. 18 th 1858.
I Hereby Certify , That at the date of the attestation hereunto subscribed James Noyes, and Nathaniel Peabody were Justices of the Peace for the County of Plymouth and Warren W. Barker a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted: and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony of which, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.
Oliver Warner.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Mass. County of Plymouth Town of Abington
(a) "Return of Marriages by Rev. Samuel Niles" "Elijah Hobart to Polly Orent both of Abington. November twenty ninth Seventeen hundred and ninety four."
I CERTIFY that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows: — (b) "Nov th 29 th 1794"
John N. Noyes
I, John N. Noyes above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town, county, and state afore- said, and that the above is a true copy from the records of said city, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
John N. Noyes }
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this Eleventh day of October A. D. 1858 I have no interest in this case. Samuel Cross Justice of the Peace.
(a) Here fill in an exact transcript of the record, except that, instead of copying the figures, the date must be written out in full. (b) Here give the date exactly as it is in the record

State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth and Town of Abington
We Isaac Everson and Charles H. Dill Elijah Hobart having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew who was a resident of Abington County and State aforesaid whose widow now applies for bounty land,—that we knew him for more than Twenty years years before his death, which occurred at Abington September 22 d — about 1847 — eleven — years ago,—that we know that he died about that time because* we lived in the neighborhood at the time.
that we are residents of Abington County and state aforesaid that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she has remained unmarried,—that her declaration was signed and acknowledged by her in our presence,—that she is the identical person she represents herself to be,—and that we are disinterested.
Isaac Everson
Charles H. Dill
Subscribed, and duly sworn to before me, this Eleventh — day of October A.D. 1858
Nathaniel Beal } Justice of the Peace.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of Isaac Everson and Charles H. Dill of the said county and state, who are personally known to me, who are entitled to credit, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the above application; that Polly Hobart is the widow, remaining unmarried of the late Elijah Hobart — who was a citizen of Abington and that the said Elijah Hobart died at Abington on or about the Twenty Second day of September 1847 A.D.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh — day of October 1858 I have no interest in this case.
Nathaniel Beal Justice of the Peace.
* "We attended his funeral," or "were in the neighborhood at the time," or some equally good reason.

War of the Revolution.
Plymouth State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth October
On this Eleventh day of September  October , A. D. 1858 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, Polly Hobart aged Eighty-eight years, a resident of Abington in Plymouth County who being duly sworn according to law, declared that she is the widow of Elijah Hobart deceased, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain  Capt. Daniel Fisher in the Detachment to do duty at Hull 1782 commanded by Maine Job Cushing in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States, on the 4th day of June 1776 , that her said husband was drafted  Enlisted at Mass. on or about the 3rd day of October A.D. 1782 for the term of indefinite time and continued in actual service in the said war for the term of more than fourteen days and was honorably discharged at Hull Mass. on or about the twenty fourth day of October A.D. 1782 , as will appear by reference to the rolls, that he received no printed or written discharge, and that neither he nor she ever received or applied for, or is entitled to bounty land for any other service, except that she received for the same service, under the act of September 1850, a 40 acre warrant, No.  which she has legally sold and cannot return, and never before applied for this
She further states that she was married to the said Elijah Hobart of Abington in Abington on the twenty ninth day of November 1794 , by Samuel Wiles a Clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Polly Orcutt that her husband died at Abington on the twenty second day of September 18 47 , proof of which will be found on file with her former application, that she is still a widow, — that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act of Congress passed March 3, 1855, and that she prays that the certificate thereof may be sent for her to Horatio Woodman, Boston, Mass. Whom She hereby Constitutes her Attorney irrevocable to receive the same Polly Hobart her mark
We Isaac Emerson and Charles H. Dill residents of Abington County and State aforesaid in the state of Massachusetts upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Polly Hobart on her mark in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be,
Isaac Emerson Charles H. Dill
The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Nathaniel Beal { Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, August 31. 1858.
I Hereby Certify , That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Elijah Hobart is borne upon "a pay roll" "for the company under the command of Capt." "Daniel Fisher, that was detached to do duty at" "Hull, 1782; under the command of Major Job" "Cushing." Service from October 3 rd to October 24 th , twenty-three days, - travel included, - as private, from Dedham.
[A certificate of the service above mentioned was issued from this office, Nov. 9. 1855, upon the application of the widow of said Elijah Hobart.]
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
J. G. D. D. D. Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Massachusetts
County of Suffolk Norfolk
I Elijah Hobart having been duly sworn, depose and say, that I am the son of Elijah Hobart or Hubbard who was a Revolutionary soldier, — that he is believed to have enlisted at or near Hingham, Plymouth Co. Mass that the names of some of his officers are believed to have been
that he is believed to have been in the battles of
that he is supposed to have served for three months or more at Hull and Elsewhere and that I pray to receive from the Secretary of State a certificate from the rolls in his office of the service of the said soldier, through Horatio Woodman, of Boston.
Elijah Hobart
Subscribed and duly affirmed sworn to before me this Twenty ninth day of July A.D. 1858.
Warren D Barker } Justice of the Peace.