Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17468, Richard Hardesty, Continental Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Penn.
Hardisty, Richard
S 17468
CONTENTS
bearded

Ohio 19 Sept Pittsburgh
Richard Hardesty
of Belmont in the State of Ohio who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Claggett of the Regt commanded by Col Thompson in the Penna & Va line for One year and continental
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of August 1833 and sent to Hon Wm Kennan H Blainsville O
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. $ 80.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep " 20.00 $ 100.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. S. Eraw Clerk, Book E Vol. 8. Page 113.
Letter to Henry Kennan & Rev Sept. 15 Sep 1846.
Date of death not in AB.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832.
State of Ohio Belmont County } ss.
On this 27 th day of May AD 1833 personally appeared before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Belmont County, Richard Vandervy a resident of Belmont County, State of Ohio, aged seventy eight on the 15 th of September next, who being duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pro- vision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th , 1832 . 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1775 or about the 1 st of July with Captain Robert Cluggage, and served in the, as he thinks, First Rifle Regiment raised in Pennsylvania under the following named officers— Capt. Robert Cluggage; Lieutenant Rich- ard Brown at first and afterwards under Capt. John Hottady under whom he was discharged: Colonel — Thompson. He belonged to Gen'l Green's Brigade. He left the service on the 8 th day of July in 1776 and served but one term of enlistment having enlisted but for one year. At the time of enlistment he resided in Bedford County, State of Pennsylvania. He was at the "cannonading of the British out of Boston." He marched from Bedford to Boston; through Carlisle, where Capt. Cluggage was elected,

through Reading, — Easton, on the Delaware, — Fishkill on North River to Hartford Con- necticut & from thence to Boston. Hee hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension role of any agency in any State
Sworn & subscribed the day Richard May Wadsworth given afore said 3 mark
And the said Court do hereby de- clare their opinion that the above named ap- plicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
I John C. Hallman Clerk pro tem Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the appli- cation of Richard Wadsworth for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at P'keepsie This 31 st day of May A D 1833 John C Hallman Clerk Pro Tem

State of Ohio Belmont County ss
Personally appeared before me William McMahon a Justice of the peace in & for said County The above named Richard Hardisty who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that at the end of the service specified in the foregoing declaration he received a printed discharge which is lost that he has no written evidence of his said service and that he knows of no person by whom he can prove said service unless possibly by one Robert Pratt who resides in Virginia & who served with said deponent during said year but who is older than this deponent & who owing to advanced old age & infirmity of mind this deponent understands & believes is incapable of giving testimony if yet alive
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6th day of July A D 1833 Richard V Hardisty Mark William McMahon Justice of the Peace
State of Ohio Belmont County ss
Personally appeared before me William McMahon a Justice of the peace in & for said County William Pennock & Wilson Shannon who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that the above named Richard Hardisty is reputed in the neighborhood where he resides & believed to have been a soldier of the revolution that he is a man of truth and veracity & that they have not the least doubt of the truth of the above declaration made by him
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6th day of July 1833 William Pennock Wilson Shannon William McMahon Jus Peace

The State of Ohio Belmont County ss.
I William Gallman deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, certify that William McMahon Esq. before whom the within Affidavits of Richard Hardesty, William Kennon and Wilson Shannon has been made and sworn to and whose names is to each subscribed with his own true and genuine signature was at the time thereof a Justice of the peace of said County duly elected Commissioned and sworn, and fully authorized to administer oaths and whose official acts as a Justice is entitled to and receive full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Steubenville this 6 th day of July Anno Domini 1833.
William Gallman deputy Clerk

August 23, 1934
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Miss D. B. Johnson 115 North 4th Street Fort Smith, Arkansas
RICHARD HARDESTY S. 17468 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Richard Hardesty, who in 1840 was a resident of Belmont County, Ohio, at which time he gave his age as eighty-six years. You state that Richard Hardesty may be the father of your great-grandfather, Levy Hardesty who married Jane Newall in 1793 in Dilles Bottom, Belmont County, Ohio, and died in 1815.
A careful search of the records of both Revolutionary War and War of 1812 has been made for the record of one Levy Hardesty, and no claim for pension found based upon his service in either war.
A search of the Revolutionary War records was also made for Richard Hardesty and only one claim for pension found. His record follows as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 17468, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Richard Hardesty was born September 15, 1755; the place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given.
While residing in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted about July 1, 1775, served as private in Captains Robert Cluggage's and John Holliday's companies, Colonel Thompson's Pennsylvania regiment, was at the "cannonading of the British out of Boston" and was discharged July 8, 1776.
Richard Hardesty was allowed pension on his application executed May 27, 1833, at which time he was residing in Belmont County, Ohio.
There are no family data shown in the claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

115 N. 4th st., Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Aug. 6, 1934.
The Director of Pensions, U.S. Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
A letter from W.L. Austin, Director of the Census contains this paragraph:
"At the census of 1840, the names of persons receiving pensions for Revolutionary or other military service, were secured and published in 1841. We find one Richard Hardesty listed in that volume as residing in Richland Township, Belmont Co., Ohio, the county in which Dillie's Bottom is situated his age being given as 86. If he was receiving a Federal pension, the record on file in his case may disclose information concerning the Hardesty family of that county."
I am interested in this Hardesty as he maybe the father of my great grand father Levy Hardesty. All I know of Levy is the date of his birth—that he married Jane Newall in Dillies Bottom in 1793 and died in 1815.
Jane married twice after that—and from stories handed down by word of mouth in the family she must have been an unmitigated snob and I can fully understand how, in a family row one of her numerous step children by the third husband could get angry enough to destroy Jane's family bible and its records. That action, however has surely complicated things for me.
I am not digging up our after record for the usual reasons—but simply because that I believe, in the next two generations, the only persons who can demand a record of clean white blood in the one they marry, will be those who can produce such a record of their own. I have a number of neices and nephews and great ones for whom I am doing this work.
Hoping you will send me the wanted data soon, I am,
Very truly yours, (Miss) O B Johnson

Martin Genl J.W. story of
17.468 INVALID.
Sept. 8, 1904. To Martin P. S. War Dept. 1904. Oct. 20 I. M. Gen. fur. full in service and residence. And 1904 Aug 23 - Hct. to Miss D. B. Johnson - m. R.
File No. 17.468
Richard Hardesty
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 165-
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sept 15 1846
Mr. Evans
PAID
J. L. Edwards. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Ch. Secy. M. C. B. P. O. Box 100

St. Clairsville, O. 12 Sept. 1846.
Dear Sir -
Enclosed you will please find the pension paper of Rich d Hordesty. He has not drawn for the last 18 months - and it is therefore necessary to forward the paper to your department - Please give a speedy answer to his case, as he stands much in need of his money.
Very respectfully &c. Henry Kennon
J. L. Edward Esq. Comm r of Pensions &c.

Adm for 1 year,
$40.—
Bellmont Ohio

Pension papers
1819
James Edward Ely
Pension officer War Department Washington City D.C.

Abbeville July 6 th 1833
Dear Sir
Inclined I return the application of Mr. Nordesty with all the evidence within the power of the party & such as I hope will be considered by you as sufficient your usual early attention to this will place me under additional obligation
Yours very respectfully
William Kennon
James S o Edward Esq
at 13 There is no preacher residing in his neighborhood nor did I consider one necessary being a services or continental establishment William Kennon