Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44194, James Hardin, Conn.

SERVICE
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Hardin, James
S. 44194
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10.337.
New York
James Hardin
of Broome in the State of N. York who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel A. Ward of the Connecticut line, for the term of one year -
Inscribed on the Roll of New-York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 d of April 1818. —
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of Nov. 1821 and sent to A. Crookshank Esq r Esperance, N. York -
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1821 — 823. 46 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1822. — 48. 00 3 yrs 4 mos \frac{13}{30} — $ 371. 46
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
21 May 1822 -
Schoharie Co. N.Y.

22 d Apr: 1810.
James Harding
Private Conn t Col. Ward's Regiment 1776-1781 9 months
The line must be set forth for the second service. No service is admissible less than 9 months in continuation. The deposition of 2 credible witnesses certified by the Judge to be such as to 9 months service on continental establishment will be satisfac- tory.
Broome - Schoharie Co. N. York

State of New York Schuylkill County } ss.
On this 22 nd day of April 1818 before me the subscriber first Judge of the court of Common Pleas of the said County of Schuylkill (the said Court being a court of Record of the said State of New York) personally appears James Hardin (a soldier) aged sixty three years resident in the town of Duaneburgh in the County and State aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn According to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons en- aged in the Land and Naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary war." That he the said James Hardin enlisted in the town of Mansfield in the state of Connecticut, in the Company, commanded by Captain James Dany and joined a Regiment commanded by Colonel Ward at the City of New York, was enlisted in the month of May in the second year of the war for the term of one year and was discharged at the expiration of said term in the Service - That he again enlisted about nine months after the above discharge, at the said town of Mansfield under the said Captain James Dany for the term of five months, was discharged therefrom at New London, That he in addition to the above times was served twice as a substitute but for the period time he served he does not recollect, and was discharged from the Service on the 13 January 1780 as appears from the inclosed discharge* and was in the battle of the White Plains under Cap- tain Dany and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said Service sworn to and declared before me the day and year in aforesaid
Gardner Cleveland
James Hardin
* The services entitled to the discharge appears by roll to have been only for 6 months - see Col. Russell's act 1 st Jan. 1780

I Gardner Cleveland Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said James Hardin did bear 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 of the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress, Witness my hand seal at Duaneburg the day & year above writ.
Gardner Cleveland
State of New York Schenectady County
I certify that Gardner Cleveland Esq. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was at the time the same purports to have been made & still continues to be the first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Schenectady in the State of New York and that the same is subscribed in his own proper hand writing as appears from the records of the said Court now hereinafter in the office of the Clerk of the said Court. In Witness whereof the seal of the said Court is hereunto affixed this 21 st day of May 1818
Isaac C. Foxdale Clerk

James Hardin, Prison Papers—

State of New York
Schoharie county ss, On this second day of October 1821. personally appeared in open court, being a court of record, commonly called the Court of Common Pleas, held in and for the county of Schoharie, at the court house in the town of Schoharie, before the judges of the said court, James Hardin aged sixty seven years resident in Broome in the county & state aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war, to the best of his recollection as follows, that he entered into a company commanded by Captain James Dana, in Col. Ward's Regiment in the Connecticut line, in the second year of the war believed to be 1776, and served in the said Regiment for the term of one year, being the time for which the said deponent enlisted — And that he served also in the said war, for two or three other terms but for shorter periods each time — that he was in the battle of the White Plains, that he was regularly discharged from the said years service near Elizabeth town in New Jersey, after he had served for the said period of one year —
That his original declaration was made on the 22 d day of April 1818. to the best of this deponent's recollection — And this

disponit further saith. that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18. day of March 1818. and that he has not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of his property or any part thereof with an intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring himself within the provision 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 March 18. 1818. And he has not nor has any person in trust for him, any property or securities, contracts or debts due him, nor has he any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by him subscribed -
That his family consists of himself & his wife; that his wife is about fifty eight years of age; that this disponit is, and has been for many years past in a bad state of health, and wholly unable to support himself by labor, that his wife can labor but little - that he has no child living with him, and that he has need of assistance from his country for support -
Schedule of Property
Real property - none -

 Personal — 2 beds & bedding very old — volun $20.00 1 Stove 10/ 2 Kules 2/ 6 plates 6/ — 3 Knives & forks 2/ — 1.87 7 chairs 7/ 2 boxes 2/ 1 do 2/ 1 tea canister 1/ 2 bags 2/ — 1.75 2 bottles 4/ 6 tea spoons 1/ — 3 table spoons 1/ — 1 pot 6/ — 1.18 1 dish Kettle (broken) 1/ tea Kettle 5/ 1 fm shore 3/ 1 ax 2/ 4/ — 1.50 1 Churn 2/ 1 band box 4/ 6/ 1 basket 1/ 1 table 4/ 1 bench 4/ — 1.44 1 small chest 4/ 1 trunk 4/ 2 boxes 16/ 1 tray 2/ 1 cubboard 16/ 5.25 1 Meal chest 4/ 1 oaken tub 8/ 1 do 1/ 2 suits of clothes 16/ — 7.62  $40.61 
(A Copy.)
Sworn in open court } James Harkin this 2 d day of October 1821 Before me John D Lawy r } Clerk
Schoharie County Clerks office
I John D. Lawy r Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Schoharie, in the State of New York do hereby Certify that the fore- going oath and Schedule therunto 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 prop- erty exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule does not exceed forty dollars and Sixty one cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this second day of October in the year 1821.
John D. Lawy r Clerk.

44.194 INVALID.
Rev
No. 44.194
James Hardin St. Peter, Mo.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index — Vol. 8, Page 212
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Responding to letter of James Hardin -
See letter to A. Crookshanks
14 th Sept r 1821. -
adm d . & Coa d .
Referred to J. L. E. J. L. E.
Edwards to decide if the proof of service in 1776-77 for one year, is satisfactory.
13 th Oct r 1821.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Nov. 5, 1853.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled, "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States;" and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents,
the children of James Hardin, dec.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars and Cents per month, under the law of the 18 th March 1818. have been paid at this Department, from the the arrears due him 1 st of March 1828 to the 27 th April 1828. Respectfully, yours,
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J. M. Brooke Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

State of New York Schenectady County I James B. Mosher of the town of Duaneburgh in the County of Schenectady do hereby certify that I have known and been acquainted with James Hardin the person named in the foregoing declaration for about eleven years, and that from an early period of such acquaintance understood from the said James Hardin and believe it has been so generally understood among his neighbors that the said James Hardin served in the Revolutionary War and was an active soldier therein and this certifies further that that the character of the said James Hardin is decidedly good as regards his veracity & good morals in general of further faith not
James B. Mosher
Given this 22 nd day of April 1815 Before me Gardner Cleveland First Judge of Schenectady Com d pleas

Old case. 18,136
James Hardin, Scheneady 6° N.Yk.
A. Brooks Rank, Esperance, N.Yk.
Recd 23 July 1821.
J. B. Calhoun Secretary of War U.S. Washington

Esperance, Schoharie Co. N. York
Dr. Sir, I enclose all the papers of James Hardin, praying for a pension for Revolutionary services, he has after about 1000 miles travel procured Affidavits of his service, from a source that I trust will be altogether satisfactory — the additional affidavits of Messrs Campbell & Squire show that he served one year on the Continental Establishment, in the Connecticut line under Captain Dana, (afterwards Gen. Dana) in Col. Ward's Regt both continental regular officers — Mr. Hardin is an infirm old man, in extreme poverty — and will not in all probability, long enjoy the bounty of his country — he is very solicitous to have an early answer to his prayer — his papers are in such a state, accompanied with his discharge, that he hopes no delay will be necessary in putting him on the pension roll, an early answer is anxiously solicited —
Very Respectfully Your humble servt
Hon. J. C. Calhoun Secy of War
A. Hookshank
Then sent the answer to me at the above place —

Schenectady Bridge N.Y. 4.00 d.
Free Pension papers -
Rev. M. York
Hon. J. C. Calhoun
Secy of War. Or. J. L. Edward Esquire in the War Office
Washington -
to be sent to the War Office

Espanance (Schoharie Co), N.Y. 5 th October 1821.
Inclosed are the papers of James Hardin, a pension claimant, forwarded at your request, which I presume will be found satisfactory —
You state that it may be advisable for Mr. Hardin to procure additional evidence of his services in the Revolutionary army before a final decision is made on his papers — I believe it will be quite impossible for him to get any more witnesses — the affidavits of the two coadjutors already furnished were procured by great exertions & labor — one of them was found in the interior of Mass. & the other in the north part of this State, the only survivors of his company which is known to be still living —
I believe on an examination of these affidavits, all is proved that can be reasonably expected at this remote period of time — should his pension be granted he is anxious to receive his certificate soon as he is in much want of the relief proposed — yours &c —
W. L. Edwards Esquire
A. Rootshawk

State of New York Washington County } ss. Daniel Serries of the town of Salem in the County & State aforesaid aged sixty five years and up- wards, being duly sworn saith that in the month of May 1776 this deponent enlisted into Captain James Dana's company in Col. Andrew Ward's Regiment in the Connecticut line for one year, and that this deponent served in the said com- pany & Regiment untill the time of his enlistment expired which was on the 14 th day of May 1777 according to this deponent's best recollection & belief. And this deponent saith that he well recollects that James Harding then of Ashford in Connecticut was a private soldier in said com- pany, but what day he enlisted this deponent doth not know, but this deponent remembers that he was with the said company in Connecticut, New York & New Jersey and to the best of this deponent's knowledge and belief he the said James Harding was with the said company untill it was discharged and that he served in the said company through said year. In March or April 1777 this deponent was sick with the small pox & this deponent thinks that the said James Harding was in the hospital at the same time with this deponent - And this deponent further saith that the said James Harding was during the whole of said service a faithful soldier, and an honest man so far as this deponent knows. And this deponent saith that the said service was on the continental establishment as he verily believes -
Sworn before me this 12 th day of July 1821 and I certify that the said Daniel Serries is a credible witness -
Anthony Blanchard First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington in the State of New York

Clerk's Office Washington County State of New York.
I certify, that Anthony S. Blanchard Esquire before whom the within affidavit was made, was at the time of taking the same and still is First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Washington acting Under and by authority of the State of New York. That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Anthony S. Blanchard and that I verily believe the within signature to be the proper hand and signature of him the said Anthony S. Blanchard.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal Of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 13th day of July 1831.
M. D. DAWSON Clerk.

James Gardin, a soldier, under Capt Dana. Col. ward, in Conte line, Continental Estates down one year —

I Jediah Lamphear of Hampton in the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut sixty eight years of age do testify and say that on the first day of July 1776 I enlisted myself as a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt James Dana in Col. Andrew Ward's Regiment in the Connecticut line of the Continental establishment & I served against the enemy therein until the 14 th May 1777 In my first service in sd company I found James Harding then of Ashford in sd County serving in sd company as a private soldier I served with him till into the month of November I think the 14 th  when by reason of sickness I went to the hospital where & at other hospitals I remained and after I recovered my health I helped take care of the sick soldiers until the first day of February 1777 I was ordered to join the sd company & regiment in Lamptown in New Jersey which I did & found sd Harding there still serving as a soldier in sd company and except some turns of sickness which took me out of actual service we served together until the 14 th May 1777 when our time was out as the year for which sd company was enlisted ended on that day and we were desired to stay one day longer as none were come to take our places and accordingly we staid & 15 th of May when I was discharged and I have no doubt that sd Harding was a faithful soldier serving in sd company the whole term of its service and he was always considered an honest good man so far as I know and further this Deposition saith not Jediah Lamphear
State of Connecticut
Windham ss Ashford July 4 th AD 1821
Personally appeared Jediah Lamphear signor of the above deposition who is a credible witness and a reputable citizen of fair character and made solemn oath to the truth of the above sd Deposition before David Bolles Chief Judge of Windham County Court

I Beomperse Leonard of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut of lawful age testify and say that the within mentioned James Waring formerly belonged to S d Ashford and he now, as S d Waring dwells in the town of Bloom Broom in the County of Schoharie in the State of New York he being a poor man has removed from place to place in that vicinity He is my half brother and although I was young at the time of the revolutionary war I have some recollection of his service therein and will remember when he came home from the war & further saith not Beomperse Leonard
State of Connecticut
Windham & Ashford 7 th July AD 1821
Personally appeared Beomperse Leonard signer of the above deposition and made oath to the truth of the same before me & I do certify that he is a credible witness
David Bolles Chief Judge of Windham County Court
I David C. Bolles Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do certify that David Bolles Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits annexed hereto, have been made, is Chief Judge of said County Court, that the foregoing signatures of his name & office are in his handwriting, and full faith and credit ought to be given to his acts as such — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Publick of said Court at Brooklyn in said County this 7 th day of July Anno Domini 1821
David C. Bolles

James Hardin S. 44194 Penn
See this man's name in Col. Royal Ref. of Virginia Vol. 6, Ser.

Danbury 13 th Jany 1780 James Hardin a Soldier of Connecticut being it discharged by Order Col. Bradley John Russell Capt. D r