Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35,390, James Hart, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Hart, James
S. 35,390
CONTENTS

3,508
Roll of the District of Maine
James Hart
Capt Barnes
Lieutenant
Massachusetts line one year in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of October 1818 and sent to Daniel Sewall Esq. Justice Kennebec
  Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 - 4 mo. & \frac{27}{30}  98:    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819  120:     $ 218:  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Continued
Resignation sent to Daniel Sewall Esq 13 July 1820
Works York 1825 Maine
York 1825

Stephen Thacher, Esq; Judge Wells, York County, Massachusetts!
James Hart, Massachusetts line, Revolutionary Claim.
Not found on the Mass ts . rolls. — The testimony, on oath, of two or more disinterested and credible persons, taken before the judge, and under the seal of the Court, proving the service stated by the applicant, is required, in lieu thereof. — The evidence relative to the claimant's indigent cir- cumstances, is satisfactory.
Adjutant James Hart's claim for pension.
York, District of Maine.
2 depositions annexed.
Admitted

I James Hart, of York in the County of York and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, upward of Seventy years of age testify and say that on the 19 th day of April 1775, I marched from Northborough in the County of Worcester, with a number of other citizens through Concord and arrived at Cambridge the next day. That on the 19 th day of May following I was commissioned as Adjutant in the Regiment commanded by the Hon ble Artemas Ward Esq r , who then commanded the troops before his Excellency Gen l Washington was appointed, and continued as Adjutant of said regiment till the last day of December following. On the first day of January 1776 I received a Commission appointing me Lieutenant in Capt. Daniel Brann's company in the regiment commanded by Col o Jonathan Ward, and also Adjutant of said regiment, said Regiment (when we arrived at New York) was attached to Gen l Parsons' Brigade & continued doing the duty of Lieutenant and Adjutant as aforesaid till the last day of December 1776, the time for which I engaged being expired I returned home.
I further testify that by reason of my indigent circumstances I lived in a log house and the rain beating in, my commissions were wet to such a degree that only a small fragment of them remain & that owing to my indigence in life I am in need of assistance from my country for support.
April 8 th 1810. + James Hart
I Daniel Sewall of Wells in the county of York, hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with James Hart above named, that has a very large family of children, and that from his reduced circumstances, he stands in great need of the assistance of his country for support. And that he is fully intitled to the provision made by the late act of Congress, as an officer in the late revolutionary War.
Wells, April 8 th 1810. Daniel Sewall.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
York ss. On the eighth day of April, A.D. 1818, before me Stephen Thacher, Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the county of York in the Commonwealth aforesaid, personally appeared the above-named James Hart, and in my presence subscribed and made oath to the above-written declaration and affidavit by him made, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, intitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War". And it appearing to my satisfaction that the above-named James Hart served as a commissioned Officer for the term of more than nine months, to wit, from January 1776 till the last of December 1776, at one period in the War of the revolution on the continental establishment against the common enemy; I hereby certify the testimony in the case and the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of War; pursuant to the directions of the above-mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and have caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, the day and year aforesaid.
Daniel Sewall, Reg d of said Court.
Stephen Thacher Judge

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DO by these Presents, con
I James W. Daniel of York in the County of York and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged fifty nine years, testify and say that I entered the United States Service as a Soldier on the 14 th of March 1776 in the Regiment commanded by Col o William Prescott, in the Massachusetts Line, and at the time of my enlistment, I saw James Hart (now of York) and knew him to be then an Adjutant in the Regiment commanded by Col o Jonathan Ward in the Massachusetts Line, and in the United States Service, and knew him to continue as Adjutant in said Ward's Regiment till the close of the Campaign in that year, to wit till the last of December - James W. Daniel
to
York ss. August 3 d 1818. Then James W. Daniel personally appeared and made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true - Taken at the request of James Hart, in order to substantiate his claim against the United States for a pension, agreeably to a late act of Congress. Before me Alex M c Intire Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify from my personal knowledge, that the said James W. Daniel is a credible and disinterested witness
Alex M c Intire Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. York ss. I Daniel Sewall, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within and for the county of York, hereby certify, that Alexander M c Intire, before whom the foregoing deposition was taken, then was, and now is a Justice of the Peace with- in and for said county of York, within the said Commonwealth; and that the foregoing attestations are his signatures. And that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done as aforesaid.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, and the seal of the said Court, the eighteenth day of August, A. D. 1818.
Daniel Sewall.

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DO by these Presents, coi
Daniel Barnes
Joseph Leland = sixty one years of age testify and say that I was in Colonel Jonathan Ward's Regiment in the year eighteen hundred and twenty five, and I think it was some time in May when said Regiment was organized, at which time James Hart was Adjutant of said Regiment and continued to act as Adjutant of said Regiment until the close of the year; during this period I was a corporal in Captain Luke Duryee's Com- pany = after which I enlisted into Col. Baldwin's Regt. in Capt. Samuel Warner's Company as an Orderly Sergeant - and I have no distinct recollection of James Hart afterwards, but I am strongly impressed with the belief that he continued to act as Adjutant in the year eighteen hun- dred & twenty six. Joseph Leland
Albany New York
Commonwealth of Massachusetts ss.
August 11. 1818. Then personally appeared before me the Subscriber One of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the said Commonwealth the above named Joseph Leland, & made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him in my presence subscribed -
George Barker

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
York ss. I Daniel Sewall, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within and for the county of York, hereby certify, that George Shacher before whom the foregoing deposition was taken, then was, and now is one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, and that the foregoing is his signature. And I further certify from my personal knowledge, that the said Joseph Leland is a disinterested and credible witness.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and the seal of the said Court, the eighteenth day of August, A. D. 1818.
Daniel Sewall.

W DO by these Presents, con Daniel Barnes Esq. Col. Jonathan Ward, & also in the Army of the United Colonies, hostile Invasion thereof. You are th Assistant by doing and perform charge and require all Officers and Lieutenants & Adjutants Time to Time, as you shall receive fro
We The Subscribers, Selectmen of the Town of York hereby certify that we have always understood and verily believe that James Hart aforesaid served as a Commission Officer in the revolutionary army - we also certify that he is now a resident in this Town that he is in very indigent circumstances and de- pendent on his daily labour and that of his wife for support - that he is greatly advanced in years & infirmities & becoming every day more and more incapable of labour - York April 18. 1818
Alex. Wetmore } Selectmen Elisha Bragdon } of York

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Daniel Barnes Esq. Col. Jonathan Ward, M.A. also
in the Army of the United Colonies, hostile Invasion thereof. You are the by doing and perform charge and require all Officers and
and lieut. Genl. John Time to Time, as you shall receive from
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STATE OF MAINE.
York ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York , within and for the County of York , on the first Tuesday of July , being the fourth day of said month, and by adjournment  from day to day, on the in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene, chief Justice  Judge of said Court.
ON this fourth day of July , in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court,
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit , James Hart , aged nearly, seventy three years, resident in York in said Circuit , who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Lieut't & Adjutant in the company commanded by Capt. Daniel Barnes , in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Jonathan Ward , in the line of the State of Massachusetts , on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the eighth day of April , A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 3 508 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my 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 18th 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
James Hart.
Sworn to and declared, on the 4 th day of July , A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Benj a Greene, chief Justice { One of the Judges of the said Court.

James Hart.
Contin'd 3508
8 Oct 1818

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Real estate - Neither house nor land - nor have had for more than ten years past.
Personal estate. One Cow, one swine. 4 sheep & 4 lambs.
And a few old articles necessary for common use:
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me James Hart , who, by occupation am a schoolmaster, which I am unable to pursue by reason of the infirmities of age and deafness.
NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support. Wife Lydia 56 Able to do housework. James Hart.
STATE OF MAINE.
I, Daniel Sewall Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit , within the county of Yorke do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record 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, is twenty five dollars and fifty cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this sixth day of July , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Daniel Sewall, { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. James Hart S.F. 35-390
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 19. 1775- marched to Cambridge Mass.   May 19. 1775- Dec 31. 1775 Adjt. Artemus Ward Mass.   Jan'y 1. 1776- Dec 31. 1776 Adjt. Lt. Col. Daniel Barnes Jonathan Ward Continental  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, Apr. 8. 1818 His el. was ab.
Residence at date of application, York York Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, 71 yrs.
Remarks: In 1820 soldier's wife Lydia was 56 years old.
A large family of children referred to, no names are stated
nor is the date of death or place of burial.
The only James Hart on the Maine Agency.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

35390
INVALID.
Reog
1912 Mch. 8 Hist. to Mrs. Lucilla King. V.L.W.
File No. 35,390
James Watt Lieut Rev War
Act: 16 th March 16 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 176
[Arrangement of 1870.]

ELIZABETH WADSWORTH CHAPTER
MISS LUETTA KING REGISTRAR 610 CONGRESS STREET PORTLAND, MAINE
Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send in my care for Mrs. Alice P. Houghton a statement of her ancestor's (Major James Hart ) service. He died May 4, 1825 aged 78, is buried in Portland and I think died here.
Respectfully yours
Luetta King
# 610 Congress St.,
Portland, Maine.
Feb. 28, 1912.