Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 425, Absalom Hart, New Jersey

SERVICE
Hart, Absalom Susan
W. 425.
CONTENTS

5. 202
New Jersey
Susan Hart deceased widow of Solomon Hart who died on the
of in the State of who was a priv in the by Captain of the
commanded commanded
by N. J. in the line for Revolution
Inscribed on the Regt of Trenton at the rate of 11 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March, 1831 & ending 24 Nov. 1845.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of Feb 1853 and sent to A. W. Markland
Issues to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
Revolutionary Class Act July 4, 1836 Section the
R. M. Mac
Recorded by Book
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V1609
Application of Susan Hart widow of Abraham Hart for a pension
She died Jan. 1. 1826
admit 8 nos.
JEM
Feb. 10. 1853.
Evidence of time of death to be furnished before the claims can be granted.
Evans & Hart Pocahont.

State of New Jersey Hunterdon County ss On this eleventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven before me Evan Evans one of the judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hunterdon aforesaid. Susan Hart a resident of the Township of Laurence in the county of Hunter- don aforesaid and widow of Abraham Hart deceased late of the township and county aforesaid, aged Eigh- ty-two on the second day of May next who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congreg passed July fourth one thousand eight hundred and thirty six; That she is the widow of Abraham Hart late of the Township of Laurence in the County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey who was a soldier in the militia of New Jersey in the time of the revolutionary war at the time he first entered the service he resided in the Township of Tren- ton and went out as a volunteer in the first uniform company that went out from Trenton in the Rev- olutionary war in the month of July one thousand seven hundred and seventy six under the command of Captain Robert Hoops and went as she has been

informed and believes to Amboy in the County of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey where she be- lieves he staid one month. She also thinks she heard her husband speak of his being out at Smiths Farm on the Staten Island road opposite Staten Island in the neighborhood of Woodbridge in the county of Middlesex a period where he remained one month. She has been informed and believes that he served one month at Headleys Mills between Smiths farm and Blazing Star on the Staten Island road near mouth. and has also heard him speak of being at Elizabeth Town and serving seven or eight months there at different times and has has heard him speak of his being at the battle of Eliz- abeth Town when Captain Lock was killed and also that he was at the battle of Monmouth the battle He also heard him speak of his going out as a volunteer under Lieutenant Ralph Jones and their attacking and taking a picket post near New Brunswick when the British lay there that she believes he turned out and did his turn of service every time he was called or drafted during the revolutionary war besides volunteer- ing several times and that he served altogether as a soldier in the militia more than two

years That she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim
And this claimant further declares that she was by James  James M c Knight a justice of the peace of Monmouth married to the said Absalom Hart in the month of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six she does not now recollect the day of the month: That her husband the said Absalom Hart died on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six And that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written Susan X Hart mark before me. E. M. Evans. 3
State of New Jersey Humboldt p. Personally appear ed before me the undersigned one of the judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Humboldt Joshua Forman of the town- ship of Ewing in the county of Humboldt

1 July 1776 aforsaid who alleging himself conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath and being duly affirmed according to law doth declare and say That he is eighty two years old in the month of January last. That he was well acquainted with Absalom Hart the late husband of the above named Claimant Susan Hart we were play boys and school boys together That he knows that there was a volunteer company that went out from Trenton to Amboy in the County of Middlesex That his brother Richard was one of that Company but this affirment did not go out at that time. That this affirment recollects being out on a tour of duty for one month at Smith's Farms on the ferry side of the Staten Island Sound, and that Absalom Hart the husband of the Claimant was with this affirment and served one month. This time when they went out together was on the fifteenth of July one thousand eight  seven hundred and seventy six That this affirment was out with the said Absalom Hart a great number of times together thinks they were out each of them out more than two years during the revolutionary

war That this affiant believes that the said Absalom Hart was out a greater num- ber of times than this affiant and that if there is any widow of any soldier of the revo- lution that deserves a pension this claimant does. And this affiant further says that the said Absalom served a term of duty of one month with this affiant at Headly's Mills be- tween Smith's farm and Blazing Star on the Hudson sound on ferry side under the command of Cap- tain William Tucker. When they marched to that place the Company paraded at Pres- ton and marched the first day to Princeton and quartered that night in the meeting house and the next day marched through New Bruns- wick and Woodbridge to Headly's mills This affiant was also out on a term of duty for one month with the said Absalom Hart at Blazing Star under the command of Captain John Mott Thinks that Col Isaac Smith was the colonel who commanded the regiment at that time. That this affiant also recollects that after the rebellion British came to

New Brunswick and while they lay there this affirmant was called out on a tour of duty and marched to the the Barmap Mills on the Rari- tan river under the command of Captain John Mott and that the said Absalom Hart was one of the Company and served out his tour of one month at this time after  we arrived on the ground a day or two after General Dickinson had fought the battle with the British foraging party I cannot recollect every time we were out to gether but this affirmant thinks that they were out and served each of them more than two years. That he was always called a good whip and always went out in the service of his country whenever called or the country wanted his service. That this affirmant knows that this claimant lived with the said Absalom Hart as his wife during the revolutionary war and until his death and they raised a family of children; and were always reputed to be man and wife and he believes they were legally married thinks they were married in early part of the Revolutionary war. The said Absalom Hart died ten or eleven years ago, and that this

claimant Susan Hart has remained his widow ever since. This affiant also rec- alls hearing Absalom Hart say that he was at the battle at Elizabeth Town when Captain Lock was killed and that he fired his piece sixteen times. I believe also that he was in the battle of Monmouth his
Affirmed at Trenton this 11 th day of March 1837 Erwin P. Smith
Joshua J Forman mark
New Jersey Burlington County ss personally appear- ed before me the subscriber one of the judges of the inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Bur- lington Stephen Hart of the Township of Ewing in the County aforesaid aged Seventy six years who being duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith that he was acquainted with Absa- lom Hart the husband of the above mentioned claimant, during the revolutionary war and since that he was a brother of this deponent that he this deponent knows that the said Absalom

Hart served one months term of duty at Elizabeth Town under Captain William Tucker as a substitute for this deponent in the year 1778. That the said Ab- salom Hart was at Elizabeth Town and had served one months term of duty before this deponent arri- ved there and that the said Absalom consented to remain and served another month instead of this deponent who returned home in a few days. That this deponent was out with the said Absalom Hart when the British row galleys came up to Sam- berton on the Delaware river to burn the shipping there was in the month of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy- eight. was out at this time about two weeks deponent was at Princeton with his brother when the Pennsylvania line revolted think we were there about two weeks or a little more This de- ponent served one months term with brother Ab- salom at Meadlys mills in the county of Glou- cester and one month with him at Bound- brook and also knows that his brother Absa- lom served one months term of duty along the Raritan river deponent was there with him two weeks and then came home and left his brother Absalom. Absalom loved soldiering
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much better than deponent. He remained at the Raritan two weeks longer than this depo- nent. This deponent's brother Absalom also served at Bergen's mills and Schenck's mills on the Millstone river in the county of Pome- set and served one month there. Absalom was also in the battle of Elizabeth town when Cap- tain Lock was killed and was also in the battle of Monmouth under the command of Captain John Mott. Thinks that his brother Absalom served altogether two years. He was al- ways ready and anxious to go out a soldiering he went out at the first call during the revo- lutionary war and continued to go whenever called on until the termination of the war. This deponent recollects the time when Absalom Hart was married the claimant Susan Hart. He married her in the county of Monmouth and recollects when Absalom brought her home to his father's house in the year 1776 she was received and acknowledged by the fam- ily as the lawful wife of Absalom Hart and always acknowledged by him as such. It

much better than deponent. He remained at the Raritan two weeks longer than this depo- nent. This deponent's brother Absalom also served at Bergen's mills and Schenck's mills on the Millstone river in the county of Pome- set and served one month there. Absalom was also in the battle of Elizabeth town when Cap- tain Lock was killed and was also in the battle of Monmouth under the command of Captain John Mott. Thinks that his brother Absalom served altogether two years. He was al- ways ready and anxious to go out a soldiering he went out at the first call during the revo- lutionary war and continued to go whenever called on until the termination of the war. This deponent recollects the time when Absalom Hart was married the claimant Susan Hart. He married her in the county of Monmouth and recollects when Absalom brought her home to his father's house in the year 1776. She was received and acknowledged by the fam- ily as the lawful wife of Absalom Hart and always acknowledged by him as such. He

salon. Hart the husband of the claimant resided in the township of Trenton in the county of Hun- terdon when he first entered the service of his country as a Militia man and after the war he moved into the township of Laurence where he died about eleven years ago. Some years ago and the said Susan Hart has remained his widow ever since. Stephen Hart
Sworn and Subscribed the 11 th day of March A D 1837 before me
E. M. Stevens
New Jersey Hunterdon County ss. Personally appeared before me Evan Evans one of the Judges of the Su- perior Court of Common Pleas in and for the coun- ty of Hunterdon Elijah Hart of the township of Laurence in the county of Hunterdon afore- said aged Seventy two years on the first day of January last who being duly sworn ac- cording to law deponeth and saith that he is a brother to Absalom Hart late of the township of Laurence deceased who was the husband of the claimant Susan Hart. That he recol-

lects the first time that his brother turned out as a soldier in the militia of New Jersey in the revolutionary war he went as a volunteer. It was the first time during the Revolutionary war that the militia were called on in the county where Absalom then lived, that is in the county of Hunterdon. Deponent was then a lad about eleven or twelve years old and he recollects, seeing the company in which his brother Absalom was, march off from Trenton on towards Princeton. Deponent recollects his brother Absalom going out several other times on tours of military duty. Has heard his brother Absalom speak of his being at the battle of Elizabeth Town at the time Captain Lock was killed. Deponent remembers that his brother Absalom was out on a tour of duty at the time of the battle of Monmouth and believes he was in that battle. Has frequently heard him say he was, he went out on military duty every time he was called on, from the commencement of the war until the end of it; cannot recollect how many times but it was very often. The first time Absalom went out, was under the command of Captain

Robert Hoops. Recollects that his brother married Susan the present claimant some time in the be- ginning of the war but cannot tell the day or month. Recollects when Absalom brought his wife home to father's house. She was received by the family as the wife of Absalom, always treated by him as such; and reputed and believed to be so, they lived together until the death of Ab- salom in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred eight hundred and twenty six. Absalom lived in the township of Laurensia at the time of his death and that his wife Susan Hart the above named claimant has remained a widow ever since.
Elijah Most
Sworn and subscribed at Trenton this 11 th day of March 1837 before me Evan Evans
I Evan Evans one of the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Brant- ford do hereby declare my opinion after in- vestigating the matter that Absalom Hart the husband of the above named applicant Susan Hart was a revolutionary soldier and served as is the

ted in the foregoing affidavits. And I do further certify that the witnesses who have taken and subscribed the foregoing affidavits viz. Tohene Forman, Stephen Hart and Elijah Hart are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit. - And I do further certify that the said applicant Susan Hart cannot from bodily infirmity and old age attend the Court. And I do further certify that the said Susan Hart is a credible person and that her statement is entitled to credit.
And I do further certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before me in the matter of the application of Susan Hart in dower of Abraham Hart for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this seventeenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
Ebenezer D. Smith.

State of New Jersey ss. I James D Westcott Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that Evan Evans whose name is subscribed to the foregoing proceedings affidavits and Certificates is one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common
pleas of the County of Hunterdon duly commissioned as such and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this
day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven James D. Westcott

I know all men by these Presents, that I, John Humble of the Township of Lawrence County of Mercer State of New Jersey, (son in Law of Absalom Hart deceased, formerly of Hunterdon, County in said State, who served in the Militia, in the War of the Revolution, and whose Widow Susan Hart applied for a Pension about the Year 1836. or 1837. - and died about the Year 1846. - whose Claim for Pension was suspended, for some informality in the Proceedings, as he has been informed, do hereby make constitute & appoint Messrs Evans & Taut of the City of Washington, my Attorneys for me and in my name to examine any, and all papers, filed in the Pension Office in behalf of Susan Hart, who claimed a Pension for the services of her husband Absalom Hart dec. who served in the War of the Revolution, to see if any Pension, or arrears of Pension are due to the Children of said Absalom and Susan Hart dec.
John Humble
Acknowledged & subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Mercer & State of New Jersey, And I further Certify that I am personally acquainted with the aforesaid John Humble who has subscribed & acknowledged to the above & believe him to be the son-law of said Absalom Hart deceased a Soldier of the Revolution.
May 20 th 1852
Bailey A. West
J. of the peace

Susan Hart St. Jersey
Aug d Oct-1836
I did not know until this moment that this power of Attorney was in Washington. — Suspended until the parties are written to J.H.
St Markland Park

State of New Jersey } County of Mercer }
Be it Known, that on this third day of November , A. D. 185 2 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Mary Plumley (daughter of Absalom Hart and Susan Hart his wife, late of Lawrence Township, N. J. Dec?) resident of the City of Trenton in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the daughter of Absalom Hart who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of 1836.
that she is directly interested as a claimant in said pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney, and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT , of Washington City , my true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute the claim of Absalom Hart for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim on file in the Department at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Mary Plumley mark
Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Mary Plumley to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
Sam d Evans , Justice of the Peace.
State of New Jersey } County of Mercer }
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Mercer that Mary Plumley the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney is the child of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that Samuel Evans Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office,
this third day of November 185 2
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Ralph H. Shreve Clerk
1. Claimant's name or names in full.—2. Post Office address. 3 "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this line blank.—5. "He is," "she is," or "they are."—6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.—7. Claimant's signature.—8. Claimant's name.—9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of."—11. Magistrate's name.—12. Clerk's signature.
N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

V Susan Hart New Jersey
Suspended
See letter 13 June 1837 Hon. William Halstead Trenton
Halstead Pet. to Hon. Wm. Halstead 7. Dec. 37. do to Mrs. Mary Plumbly Mar. 26 1845. Det. Mrs. Mary Plumbly Cane Israel Stone Oct. 25. 1849 Det. Evans & Hart Sep. 1. 1852.
1836
West 4-11-1836
The Com. to decide that the com. is not bound.
h. Trans. Feb 5/53.
Of the commission should decide that the com. is not bound of the five years Rule. I think should be cancelled for 8 months, amended order, which is sustained by the testimony of Stephen Hart, who is a Pensioner to the Rev. Not 1832 - Provided satisfactory evidence of money's
Feb 4/52 N. C.

New Jersey Agency Susan Heart, the widow of Absalom, who was a private N.J., Milicia —
She died July 4, 1836,
8 mo. 10 days.
$26:66 per Ann
Bor. Mar. 4, 1831
Ind Nov. 27, 1845,
when she died —
Pay all to
Hannah Allen &
Mary Plumbly, as
daughters &
A.H. Markland,
Execut.

WIDOW, &c.
Pay
No. 425
Susan Hart
Widow
Absalom Hart
Priv. Riv. War.
Act: July 4, 1836.
Index: —Vol. 1
Page 300
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Absalom Hart
  1776  0  1  0  —      July 15 d   1  0  Capt Tucker  at Blazing Star  Forman      1  0  " Meete  do      1  0  " — "  Van Klief (Miles)        Claimant      July 1776  0  1  0  "  Robt Hook   

Susan Hart N. J. dies 1836
Chas Col Miles - Feb 1853

J. M. Knight, Esquire
Washington City D. C.
A. N. Markland Pocah
file by A. N. Markland

L. M. Knight, Esq.
Dear Sir,
Judge Evans has, as now read to me a letter which he recd from you a few days since, in which you stated that Messrs. Stapp & others have found fault with your prosecuting my claim for pension &c in right of my late father Absalom Hart died. Now my dear Sir, I wish it to be distinctly understood that I never employed either Mr. Stapp, Miss Stapp or any other person besides yourself, and hope you will continue to act for me as you have heretofore done, regardless of all that may be said and done by them, or any of them, as I have full confidence that you will do for me all that can be done towards obtaining my rightful claim. Please let me hear from you at your earliest convenience.
Yours very respectfully
Mary Plummer
for Saml Evans.
Trenton July 19. 1853.

Washington, June 16 1852
Sir.
We herewith enclose a power of Attorney, from Joseph Plumley, authorizing us to examine the papers, and prosecute the claim of Susan Hart , whose papers are in the files of suspended cases from New Jersey under the Acts of 1836 & 1838.
Very respectfully Ezra G. Hart.
J. E. Heath, Esq. Counsel of Petitioner.

Trenton June 10 th 1837
James L. Edwards Esq
Sir
I forwarded to your department the application and declaration of Lepe Moore of Hopewell in the county of Hunterdon for the purpose of obtaining a pension, some time in the month of March last. not having received any communication from you I am apprehensive the papers may not have reached you, allow to enquire whether the papers have been received and the application acted on.
I also forwarded the application of Susan Hart the widow of Absalom Hart please mention also whether these papers have been received or acted on
Yours Respectfully
W. Walsted
(L. L.)

Brief in the case of Susan Hart, et al Hunterdon — County and State of New Jersey . act July 4, 1836.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Satisfactory Parish proof of birth and marriage.
See case of Stephen Hart, New Jersey, 1832.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
A. M. Markland, Present.
Examining Clerk.
G. C. Miles

Trenton October 20' 1852
Sir
Some time since a Thirteen years ago I forwarded to the Commissioner of Pensions an application for a Pension of Susan Hart who was the widow of Absalom Hart who was a soldier in the Militia of New Jersey during the Revolutionary War. The pension was not allowed by the Commissioner of Pensions because neither the Certificate of the Clergymen to the marriage nor the affidavit of a person present at the marriage could be procured, since then the widow has died. And the heirs have received a letter from certain persons in Washington representing themselves to be engaged in obtaining pensions, who offer to obtain the pension for the Children of Absalom Hart for one half, of what they obtain.
The Children of Absalom Hart are two females one a poor widow and they cannot afford to pay so large a Commission. They therefore applied to me for advice, as I had drawn up the papers for their mother, to know what they should do. They suppose that the persons who write to them must

had access to the files of the Pension office and to the papers which I forwarded on behalf of the widows of Abraham Hart or they could not have ascertained the name of the widows. If those papers remain in the files of the Pension office they establish the claim of their father Abraham Hart to a pension, and with the additional proof which they can obtain that they were always acknowledged and reputed to be the children of Abraham Hart. I suppose their right to a pension might be made complete. My object therefore in writing is to ascertain if possible whether the papers in regard to the application of Susan Hart widow of Abraham Hart are still on file in the Pension office if they are the children desire to renew the application for themselves, and it would be an act of charity to aid them in procuring it
I am very Respectfully your obedt Servt
Commissioner of Pensions
W. Halsted

had access to the files of the Pension office and to the papers which I forwarded on behalf of the widows of Abra- ham Hart or they could not have ascertained the name of the widows. If those papers remain in the files of the Pension office, they establish the claim of their father Abraham Hart to a pension, and with the additional proof which they can obtain that they were always acknowledged and reputed to be the chil- dren of Abraham Hart. I suppose their right to a pension might be made complete. My object therefore in writing is to ascertain if possible whether the papers in regard to the application of Susan Hart widow of Abraham Hart are still on file in the Pension office if they are the children desire to renew the application for themselves, and it would be an act of charity to aid them in procuring it
I am very Respectfully your obedt Servt
W. H. Halsted
Commissioner of Pensions

Washington, Sep. 28 th 1852.
Sir
Yours of the 1 st inst t in the case of Susannah Hart, (we have it on our books thus) is as follows. "In 1837 the claim of Susannah Hart of New Jersey, was filed there, and suspended, since which time no additional evidence has been produced. It cannot now be re-opened."
If we understand the rule adopted and rather made, by the Secretary of the Interior, where five years have not elapsed since there has been action in the case, it is not barred by said rule. Our notes show, that correspondence was had thereon in 1849, and we are of the opinion that justice was not done the claimant, when the case was examined in 1837.
Also we ask is, that the claim be examined and the evidence duly weighed, and if the office shall adhere to its decision made in 1837, we shall then take such

steps as he shall deem proper in the premises.
Very respectfully Evans J. Hunt
James E. Heath, Esq. Counsel of Plaintiff

Mar 26 45
Mr Hart N.J. Not Adm.

Trenton N.J.
March 24 1845
Dear Sir
Some years ago Mr Hildes engaged to get a pension for my mother, and did not succeed. She would like to know what Mr Edwards done with the Bill - my mother's name is Susanna Hildes, widow of Absalom Hildes. She was married in the Revolution War. Mr Hildes don't know what he done with the letter, please to send a copy.
Your friend Mary Plumbley
Mr Edwards Washington

Chas. Ward
To Mr. Benson
Wadsworth
St. Catherine

Trenton October 18 th 1848
Sir
You will oblige me by letting me know if there was a pension granted to Susan the widow of Absalom Hart of Trenton New Jersey from 12 to 15 years ago and if there was how much the amount if you will answer this ameli- -ately you will oblige me very much
Yours Respectfully Mary Plunk
19 Please address Mary Plunk Warren St Trenton New Jersey Care of Israel Howell

Files
A. H. Markland Present

State of New Jersey, } ss. County of Mercer } ss.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas _____ held in and for said county, a Court of Record, that Susan Hart the widow of Absalom Hart decd. a reputed Revolutionary soldier, died at Philadelphia on the twenty-seventh day of November in the year eighteen hundred and forty five and that she left surviving her the following named children, viz: Hannah Allen, and Mary Plummer
who is or are the only surviving children of the said Susan Hart deceased.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office the twenty fourth day of February A.D. 1853.
Ralph Shreve Clerk

Washington, June 23 d 1852.
Sir,
He requests a re-examination in the case of Susan Hart, Widow of Solomon, New Jersey, susp d Oct July 4 th 1836. This case does not come under the 5 years rule, as correspondence was had thereon in 1849.
The evidence in the case is as follows. In July 1776 Solomon Hart, marched in a Vol- -unter company from Trenton, under Capt Robert Stoops, went to Amboy and served 1. Month, Staten Island 1. Month, and again at Staten Island 1. Month. Performed various tours in the Militia of New Jersey from 1776 to the close of the war, making an aggregate of service of more than two years . Joshua Hornerman, aged 82 years in 1837, enumerates several tours performed by Hart, and that his services amounted to more than two years . Married in the early part of the war.
Stephen Hart aged 76 years in 1837, enumerates various tours, and that he served more than two years . ~ Married in 1776.

Elisab & Mary Hart, aged persons, testify to more than 2 years service, and to the period of the marriage.
Joshua St Horemann, deposes to certain facts in regard to the marriage, shewing the period at which it took place.
It should be borne in mind, that Mr Hart, who alone could have given a statement of the particulars, as to the periods of his service and the duration thereof, departed this life prior to the passage of the law, under which he could have asserted a claim to a pension. It is also well known, that the Militia of New Jersey performed alternate monthly services from the commencement to the close of the Revolutionary War. - There was scarcely a man in New Jersey, particularly in that portion of the State where Mr Hart resided, who was capable of bearing arms, and subject to military duty, who did not perform from 1. to 2 years service in the Militia. In proof of this position, I refer you to the roll of Pensioners of Hunterdon County, (Mr Hart's County) under Act June 7 th

1852. - Preston's Reso n , of the number of persons receiving pensions, residents of that County, for their services in the Militia of New Jersey. I feel every confidence, that if a pension were allowed for one year , the Government would be more than safe, and that the claimant would not receive her due, yet no will accept a pension for that amount.
Very respectfully J. S. Evans for Evans & Hart.
Our authority to call up the case, is on file with the papers.
James E. Heath, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.

Susan Hart Application for Pension
Am W. Halstead NR

In the case of the application of Asen Hart } for a pension }
The State of New Jersey Hunterdon County ss Mercy Hart of the township of Ewing in the County of Hunterdon being duly sworn accor- ding to law doth depose and say That she was Seventy one years old last March. That she recollects when Absalom Hart first brought home to her father's father his wife Susan Hart That he married the said Susan in the county of Monmouth and brought the said Susan home to her father a few weeks after they were mar- ried Witness was between ten and eleven years old when her brother Absalom brought his said wife Susan home to their father's house, in the township of Trenton now called the Township of Ewing; That the family all received the said Susan as the wife of the said Absalom and she was always esteemed and reputed by all who knew them as the lawful wife of the said Ab- salom and always acknowledged and treated by him as such. Witness further recollects that her brother Absalom went out repeatedly and served as a military man that he went out when ever called upon and frequently volunteered when

he was not required to go. But witness does not recollect how long he stayed at each time nor how many times he was out thinks witness he was out on duty as a militia man repeatedly after his marriage with the said Susan Hart  Sworn and Subscribed the 10 th day of Nov r 1837 before me Ethan D. Doolittle the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Litchfield.  her Mary X Hart 11. ask
He is tender to Joshua Forman aged Eighty two years and ten months being duly affirmed according to law doth declare and say that he was well acquainted with Absalom Hart late of the township of Lawrence in the County of Hunterdon deceased. That the said Absalom Hart lived with Susan Hart as his husband and always acknowledged and treated her as his wife and had a family of children by her. Witness recollects that in the year one thousand eight hundred twenty seven he heard Henry Drake who was a tavern keeper and lived in Trenton during the revolutionary war and who was a lieutenant in the five months service and acted as a lieutenant in the battle of Red Bank. Witness heard said Henry Drake say that he was present at the marriage of Absalom Hart to his wife Susan and heard him relate the circum- stances nearly as follows viz That the said Henry Drake went down to Monmouth county with his wife on a visit to her friends and that while there Absalom Hart

of Trenton came down to Monmouth and being a stranger there and having no pass over the militia took him up and Absalom excused himself for coming into the county at that time by saying that he had come a courting, and that the said Henry Drake interceded for him and told the militia who had taken Absalom that he knew him, that he was a good whig, and that he had no doubt of the truth of his story. And that the said Absalom Hart was soon after married to the said he- ren and that the said Henry Drake was present at the marriage. Witness heard Drake tell this some short time before Absalom Hart brought his wife up to his father's house in the township of Free- ton. And he thinks that it was Henry Drake who first brought to Trenton the news of Absalom Hart's marriage to his wife Susan. That witness was out with the said Absalom Hart as a militia man in the service of the United States repeatedly after his marriage with his said wife Susan Hart. And he has no doubt but that the said Absalom Hart and Susan Hart were joined together in lawful wed- lock.
Isaac Forman mark
Attest and Subscribed the 10 th day of November 1837 before me
Erne Morris, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Middlesex.

Frankton March 17 th 1837
James L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions }
Sir
I herewith enclose the application and papers of Susan Hart for a pension which I will thank to examine and if found satisfactory forward the Certificate of pension to me
Yours Respectfully W m Halstead