Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17471, Selah Hart, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Hart, Selah
S. 17471.
CONTENTS
carded

17812
Connecticut
Isaac Hoar
Deceased in the State of Conn who was a Private in the Conn commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col. Mansfield in the Conn Troops line for 12 Mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 10 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of October 1833 and sent M. P. Mills Esq Norfolk Conn
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 33 $ 100 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 34 20
$120
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by C. D. Dillworth Clerk, Book 10 Vol. 3 Page 19
Dead. See letter to W Lawrence, Mar 24. 1838
Paid at the Treasury under Act of 6 April 1838 from 14 Sept 1835 to the 25 Feb 1836. Act notified 13 April 1838

Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 - 1832 State of Connecticut } S Litchfield County } Norfolk Probate District on this 3 rd day of August 1832 Personally appeared in her Court before me Michael D. Miles Esquire Judge of Probate for the District of Norfolk having said Court now sitting for said District. Silah Hart of a resident of Canaan in Litchfield County in said State aged Sixty seven last January who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 - 1832
That he intend the Service of the United States on the 15 th day of April A D 1882 under the command of Colt Oliver Granger Col d Samuel Confed d That he enlisted at South Berrien where he then Resided in said Col d Granger's Company and was marched to the Fort at Horse Neck and that he served the whole term of one year at Horse Neck and was thereupon released at said Horse Neck but had not money
And he hereby relinquishes his every claim what- soever to a pension or annuity except the present and future that his name is not on the

hensian Hall of the General of our State and he further states that he resides near to the line of the Town of Norfolk that he is well acquainted with Augustus Pitt Rivers Esq. & Joseph Ballall Esq. of the Town of Norfolk and that he is well known to them and also with the Rev. Daniel Cae a Clergyman of Winchester who and is well known to him who can testify as to his character
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid. And further that he was born in Southampton. Supposes his name is and age is there recorded that he is sixty seven years old Jan'y. That his father moved to Winsted before he was twenty years old that he resided in Winsted or Winchester for a number of years and then removed to Canada where he now Resides. Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Selah Stuart
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Michael D. Miller Judge of Probate for Norfolk District

O. W. & N. Division.
P. S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
M.H.U.
Washington, D. C.,
July 27, 1895.
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Selah Hart --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. April, 1782 12 mos. Pvt. Abner Granger Canfield Conn. No other service mentioned.
Battles engaged in, None mentioned.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Southampton, Conn.
Date of application for pension, August 3 6, 1852.
Residence at date of application, Canaan, Conn.
Age at date of application, Sixty-seven in January, 1852.
Remarks:
18321
Very respectfully,
Dr. P. M. Cooke, 1290 Race St., Denver, Colo.
Acting
Commissioner.

82 v. m.
17. 4-71 INVALID.
Carmen Mr. Turner, C.R. M.C.
File No. 17. 4-71
1 Oct. 1891
1891 Nov 218
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 165
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1894 Nov. 17 Tracing Signature to Mrs. Chas. L. Updegraff Meriden, Conn. 1894 Dec 13, Hist. Soc. H.W. Lines Meriden July 1893 Hist. Soc. P. Cook, 1280 Race St.

REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. Div.
MEMORANDA.
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
Gen. Selah Hart
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Conn.
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Date of death (as near as possible):
Ruth
Christian name of widow:
Both did
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Remarks:
Wanted the signature
Your name and address:
Dr. Riley Waiting at Chief Clerk's room
6-870

OFFICE OF PERSIFOR M. COOKE, M. D. WALNUT STREET. 1290 Race
Denver, Colo., July 18 1895-
U.S. Pension Office Washington, D.C.
Will you please furnish me what information you have in your records con- cerning Sarah Hart of Connecticut said to have been pensioned in 1832 from Litchfield Co.
Yours sincerely
P. M. Cooke
J 17471

O. W. & N. Division,
F.S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., November 18, 1894.
Madam:-
In response to your personal request you will please find enclosed a tracing of the signature of Sarah Hart who was pensioned for services rendered during the Revolutionary war.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. Chas. L. Goss, Meriden, Conn.
Commissioner.

10. Mar 24
S. Clark Clerk P. R. 32
17872. Mr. J. Edwards Esq. War Department Pension Office Washington D.C.

C. S. Edwards Esq Norfolk, Litchfield Co. Conn March 21. 1838.
Sir
Selah Hart, a Revolutionary Pensioner here, on the list of 1832. died on the 25 Feb. 1836. — Near the time of his Semi annual stipend the 4 th March. ($40 pr Year) He has 5 children to survive him who want what was due him — One daughter lives in Pennsylvania & is married. — Will you be good enough to state what steps are necessary to collect the same — I suppose it will be necessary to prove by the Court of Probate — his death — & the heirs severally to sign a power of atty. to draw the same. —
If any thing further is necessary, will you prescribe a form & thus oblige them & me —
Very respectfully Yr ob Serv
Wm. Lawrence

Yorfo the July 15 1833
Mr. Edwards Sir
I have with the enclosed the Secularization of Joseph Rackham & Sarah Ward they have made some further explanation as you may see of their claim should be allowed please to forward their Certificates to Mr.
Yours &
Michael B. Mills

N o 7207 Selah Hart
12 u / minute $ 60
M. F. Mills Esq. Norfolk 6.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Selah Hart which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes  No VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No see the quere 16 XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? not  no if not, which of them is not so answered? not
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
The declarant should give a more full and detailed account of his services as required by the Regulations of the Department in order to substantiate his claim.

Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 6 - 1838.
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; The children of Sarah Hart a Pensioner on the Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of forty Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of September 1835 to the 25 th February 1836, the day of said pensioner's death — Respectfully, yours,
William H. Parris Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

We Daniel Coo a clergyman residing in the Town of Winchester in Litchfield County and Augustus Pittsborn Esq. and Joseph Bartlett Esq. Residing in the Town of Norfolk in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Silah Hart of Canaan in said Litchfield County who has been subscribed and sworn to the within and foregoing declaration, that we have been to his Sixty four years of age that he is respected and loved in the neighborhood where he resides & have been a Seder of the Reuelian and we concur on that character and that his character is far out his statement is entitled to credit.
Daniel Coo Joseph Bartlett Augustus Pittsborn
Whereupon the said Justices in open Court before me - Michael H. Miller Judge of Probate. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion of the investigation of the matter and after hearing the testimony of the witnesses by the name of Silah Hart that the above named Silah Hart applicant was a lawful born subject and according to his statement and the Court further certifies that it appears that Daniel Coo who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman residing in the Town of Winchester and that Augustus Pittsborn Esq. and Joseph Bartlett Esq. are both Residents of the Town of Norfolk and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.  Michael H. Miller Judge of Probate for the County of Litchfield

I John H Pettibone Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Norfolk do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the Application of Selah Hart for a Pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th A.D. 1832
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 3 rd day of August A.D. 1832
John H Pettibone Clerk

State of Connecticut) Do. Joseph Prohale District Litchfield County. ) Jan. Litchfield County on this 2nd day of August 1832 person ally appeared before me Michael F. Miller Judge of Probate for said District. Jonathan Strong of Hillsdale in the County of Columbia and State of New York who was duly sworn and sworn and subscribed and said that in the year of 1882 1782 he was well acquainted with Silas Hark of then of South Berkshire in the State of Connecticut that he the said Jonathan Strong was a soldier in the New- hampshire Army and belonged to Col. Oliver George's Company and Reg't of Col. Samuel Confid and was stationed at a place called Horse neck that the said Silas Hark was also a soldier in the same Company that we joined the Army at the same time served one year each and were discharged the same day - which was in the Spring of 1783 Jonathan Strong
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
Michael F. Miller Judge of Probate and the Court certifies that it appears to said Court that Jonathan Strong who has subscribed and

Sworn to the above Deposition, a credible person and entitled to Credit.
Michael F. Miller Judge.

Declaration in under & at trial the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 State of Connecticut
Solidified Country } to be read & Proved & delivered on the 10 th day of July A.D. 1833 here as well as elsewhere
Solomon Hart of Connecticut in said County and being before me Michael F. Miller Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate holding said Court and the said Hart being duly first duly sworn, was ordered to leave doth on his oath make the following Declaration in under & at trial the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 In addition to his former Declaration made to before this Court on the 3 rd day of August 1832 that in addition to the affair mentioned in his former Declaration of Col. Compt. that the Major name as he believe near Danas that there was no General officer higher than Col there. That a Mr. Woodbury had the Command when he Mr Hart arrived at the post fort & when he arrived he was but under Col. Compt. who commanded the Regt. that in the Company in which he served Capt. G. M. G. M.

had the Command of the Company, and Mr Wilson was Lieutenant and Mr Cutler was Ensign and he believes Mr Talbot was under his Sergeant and Mr Bull was some of the time adjutant of the Regt.
And further that he has no Sacramento evidence to prove his name and does not know of any other evidence to prove his name except the two Depositions hereunto forwarded Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Jeremiah Hart
Sworn and Subscribed in a new Court before me Michael G. Mills Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Norfolk
I Michael G. Mills Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Norfolk do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Hart for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 10 day of July A 1833.
Michael G. Mills Clerk

State of Connecticut } B. Norfolk Probate County of Litchfield } District On this 11 th day of July  1832 of August A 1832 personally appeared in open Court before Mr. Michael F. Miles Judge of Probate Robbery and Court Justice Aply of Torrington in said Litchfield County after being duly sworn according to Law before me said that in the year A 1783 about the first of February he joined the army of the revolution at a place called Horse neck in the County of Columbia George & Col. Corfield Regt. and served two months and that he was well acquainted with Silah Hart of Saugerties now of Canaan in this State that he the said Silah Hart was a Soldier in the said Company and had served at the time thus  the near one year as he then understood                      Josiah Aply
Subscribed and sworn the day and year above before me and I hereby certify that it appears to our Court that Josiah Aply who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration is a credible person that his statement is entitled to credit that his attendance at the said Town of Torrington was Michael F. Miles Judge