Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13304, Gilbert Hart, Conn. N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. N.H.
Hart, Gilbert
S13304
Carded
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New York 20392
Gilbert Hart
of Madison in the State of N.Y. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Sudd of the Regt commanded by Col Swift in the Continental line for
2 years
Coyn. ★ and N.H.
Records corrected Apr 23/46
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80. Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Sept r 1833 - and sent to Ephraim Holmes - Morrisville N.Y.
  Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 33 -  200. 00    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 34 -  110 00     $ 310 00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. Francis Clerk, Book C. Vol. 4. Page 62
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832
State of New York Madison County ss: On this 8 th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting, Gilbert Hart a resident of the town of Seneca in the said County of Madison, in the State of New York aged seventy years the 29 th day of April last past, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following de- claration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed That he was born in the town of Farmington 1762 State of Penn June 7 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated That is to say About the first of May in the year 1776 as near as this applicant can recollect he from Farmington aforesaid went as a substitute (employed by Abel Lewis and Benjamin Lundy under a regulation that he then understood to exist that three men must furnish one) under Capt. Ladd of Farmington in Col. Swift's Regiment, in Gen. Parsons Brigade, and under these same officers he served six months, at the end of which he was discharged at West Point verbally by the officers under whom he had then served. That after entering into the service as aforesaid he was marched immediately to West Point, and from there

soon after to White Plains, and that the whole of this six months he served between West Point and New York. That at the time of thus entering the service he was little over fourteen years of age, and being large at his age he was accepted in the said company, served faithfully and was discharged honorably.
That immediately after being thus discharged he enlisted again for four months, under Captain Daniel Burns of Farmington in Connecticut, in Col. Swift's Regiment and Gen. Parsons Brigade and served these four months faithfully and was discharged honorably by a written discharge at Morristown in New Jersey. This discharge he received from Capt. Burns, and as he believes was signed by Gen. Washington, and has been lost a number of years - During these four months he served some time at West Point. Some at Dobb's Ferry and a part of the time at Morristown where he was discharged as he has stated.
That after this last term had thus expired he returned home to Farmington, where he had been but a few days when he was drafted to go to Horse Neck, and went under Captain Porter in Col. Hooker's Regiment and served at Horse Neck nine weeks. N. ...

Porter, in Col. Hooker's Regiment and served at Horse Neck five weeks when he with the said Regiment was marched to New Haven and there he and the said Regiment were dismissed verbally. While he was at Horse Neck one guard was kept at a place called Sherwood's, and another at Byram, Bridge at both of which he frequently served on guard.
That after he was discharged as last stated and while on his way home, enlistment orders were presented to him by Capt. Thomas Hunger- ford and Col. Hooker and he again enlisted under said Hungerford and Hooker for six months and was mustered at Litchfield within two or three days afterward, and joined the army near Kings Ferry. Four months of this time he served faithfully and was then honably discharged at Morristown in New Jersey by reason of sickness, which then confined him to the hospital where he had been for several days. The doctor who gave him his discharge was Dr. Higgins, who was his Lieutenant in the company at which this applicant then served. This company was Capt. Chapman's, who then served as Major

in Col. Bradly's Regiment in Gen. Huntington's Brigade - to which this applicant was transferred when wintered at Litchfield as above stated.
That about the first of November 1779 he again enlisted. The enlisting orders he believes were presented to him by Sergeant Brapp. of the Regiment commanded by Col. Return J. Meigs in which he served to the first of July 1780. His Captain's name during this service he does not certainly remember, but it appears rather to him that it was Captain Beroy. This regiment belonged to the Continental Army. During this term he was marched from Dobbs Ferry to Morristown, from there to Trenton, Princeton, and to Philadelphia where he was honorably discharged. This discharge is lost. In evidence of this service he refers to a certificate of Eliza Phelps Comptroller of the State of Connecticut which is annexed.
That in the month of February in the year 1781 in the town of Farmington in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut he again enlisted as a Continental soldier under Captain Norton of Farmington aforesaid who was not then

enlisted as a continental soldier under Captain Horton of Lancaster aforesaid who was not then attached to any particular Regiment, and was immediately marched to Mount Carmel in New Haven County and stationed there to guard a store where he remained till about the middle of April, when he was marched to Fishkill in the State of New York and there joined the Army, and was put into Capt. Fisher's Company, and was then marched to what was called the Park about three miles from Newburgh, where he remained till the army marched to the south. That on the march he con- tinued under Capt. Fisher till they crossed the Delaware River, when he was put into Col. Scamell's Regiment under a Captain whose name he does not remember. From this place he marched with the main body of the army under command of Gen Washington to York Town, and was actually engaged in the service when and where Cornwallis surrendered. After this he was marched back to West Point where he was finally, honorably discharged about the 15 th of January 1782. This discharge is lost. For evidence of this service he refers to the certificates annexed of Israel Hart & Amos Smith, authenticated by the certificates

Bradias Regiment in Gen. Huntington's of Charles G. Ines and William Marks Justices of the peace, and John S. Peters, Governor of the State of Connecticut. That he continued to reside in Farmington aforesaid until about twenty five years since, when he removed to Vernon in the County of Oneida, State of New York where he lives 13 years and although he was not recd. under his applicant has no other or for the de- mentary evidence that what he has stated above and he knows of no other persons, whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present out, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any State, of and that he has no record of his age of That the Reverend David M. Smith and Herman Knorr are acquainted with me as they can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief as to my serving as a soldier in the Revolution. sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Gilbert Hart A. S. Sloan Atty
We David M. Smith a clergyman residing in the town of Caugheyton  Smithfield in the County of Oneida  Madison and State of New York and near to the residence of Gilbert Hart the above named applicant and Herman Knorr residing in the same town of Smithfield in the County of Madison and likewise near to the residence of the said Hart, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with the said Gilbert Hart, who has sub- scribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be seventy years of age

and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbor- hood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion,
David M. Smith
Sworn and subscribed the day and year — aforesaid Thos. or Wilson Justice man.
Vermon Knox
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, That the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that David M. Smith who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Augusta Smithfield in the county of Onida  Madison afore- said and near to the residence of the above named applicant, and that the said applicant's residence residence is nearer to the said Smith's residence than to the residence of any other Clergyman, and that the said Vermon Knox who has also signed the same is a resident in the

Said town of Smithfield and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the County of Madison in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Gilbert Hart for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this ninth day of October 1832. A. S. Sloan Clk.
State of New York } Madison County Clerk's Office } I, Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the said County, do certify that Thomas Millson, before whom the within, or preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn, was, at the date of the same, One of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County. And that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of Office this ninth day of October 1832. A. S. Sloan Clk.

15.981
Gilbert Heart Mecum 6" Wyuk
on rolls of Col. Brantley July 80 a dis 27
ej.
on rolls 11 mo 27 days
Admired Private 2 years.
A. S. Shannett Stewart Station Moreville

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Gilbert Root
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     May 1776 6 Pirate Capt Dade Capt Swift Full Person West Indies to States Plains 70 years Farmington cont. By his witnesses a clergyman   4 " Capt Burns Capt Swift Full Person   1 12 " Capt Porter Capt Hooker To New neck   4 " Capt Hunsford Capt Woodruff Ditchfield Stony   Nov 1779 8 " Capt Chapman Capt Bradley The army near Kings Terry   July 1781 11 15 -- Capt Barton Capt Fisher Capt Briggs Col. Scammel Mine Carmel To Virginia  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person.

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
WCS
June 10, 1926
Mrs. A. E. Hart 2403 Vineyard Ave. Los Angeles, Calif.
Madam:
I have to advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 13304, that GILBERT HART was born April 19, 1762, in Farmington, Connecticut.
While a resident of said place he enlisted and served as private as follows:
From May 1, 1776, six months in Captain Judd's Company, Colonel Swift's Connecticut Regiment.
Immediately after said service, four months in Captain Daniel Barnes' Company, Colonel Swift's Connecticut Regiment.
Soon afterward, five weeks in Captain Porter's Company, Colonel Hooker's Connecticut Regiment.
Soon afterward, four months in Captains Thomas Hungerford's and Chapman's Companies, Colonels Hooker's and Bradley's Regiments.
From November 1, 1779, until July 1, 1780, in Captain Barry's Company, Colonel Return J. Mielge's Connecticut Regiment.
From February, 1781, until about January 15, 1782, in Captains Norton's and Fisher's Companies and in Colonel Scamell's Regiment; and was at the siege of Yorktown.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 8, 1832, at which time he was living in Lenox, Madison County, New York, having moved there from Vernon, Oneida County, New York.
There are no data on file relative to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

1926, June 10, Asst. to Mrs. A. E. Hart. (See letter in case of Joseph Lord, W. 20517) M.E.
Rev. Hart
✓ 13.304 INVALID.
File No. 13. 304
Gilbert Hart Brn. Rev. War.
Act: June 9 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 485
[Arrangement of 1870.]

2403 Vineyard Ave., Los Angeles, Calif., 3/25/1926
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly furnish me with such information as your office possesses in regard to the two following pensioners of the Revolutionary war?
GILBERT HART, born May 24, 1762, at Southington, Conn., moved to Bristol, Conn., with his parents; enlisted July 1, 1780, in Major Chapman's Third Co., Fifth Connecticut Regt, commanded by Col. Bradley; was honorably discharged December 27th of same year. Was granted a pension of $80 a year Sept. 5, 1833, when he was living at Stockbridge, Madison county, N. Y. This pension he was still receiving June 1, 1840, when he was living at Vernon, Oneida county, N. Y. He died about 1847, exact date not known. He was the great-grandfather of my husband, and we would be grateful for information as to name of his wife, if it appears on the pension report, also names of any children that may be recorded in your office.
JOSEPH LORD, born in Lyme, Conn., in 1757, and served from that state as a private in militia. In 1832 he was placed on the pension roll. Just when he removed to Chenango county, N. Y., I do not know, but he died there in 1839, and June 1, 1840, his widow, Caroline Sterling Lord, was receiving a pension and she was still living there at Sherburne Chenango county. Would be glad to get any details the pension papers afford. He had served under Col. John Ely, of Saybrook, Conn., in 1777, and continued to serve under other commanders until about 1780.
Thanking you in advance for kindness in giving me this information, I am
Yours truly,
Jessie Williams Hart.
(Mrs. A. E. Hart, 2403 Vineyard Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.)

Morrisville May 24 th 18 th 3/4
Sir. With this the pension application &c. of Gilbert Hart are returned. He has added his affidavit upon such points as we learned from the printed sheet sent us with them needed more proof. Should the evidence still be deficient, if he could be informed in what particulars it may be considered so, he would endeavor to supply what may be required if he could consistently with the truth of this.
His certificate if granted him may be sent to me at Morrisville Madison County New York Ebenetus Holmes agent for Gilbert Hart.
J. S. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions

Large decorative flourish or signature mark.
Mr. Gilbert Hart
Seneca
For the Post Office? at Stockbridge Hollow Madison County Madison County New York

I, THOMAS DAY , Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
That William Marks, Esquire, of Burlington and Charles G. Ingersoll Esquire, of Bristol in Hartford County, are, and for more than seven years last past have been Justices of the Peace within and for said County of Hartford, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority by the Laws of said State, to administer Oaths to witnesses and to take Depositions and Affidavits out of court, and to certify the same.
and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Justices respectively, in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the fifteenth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Thomas Day

STATE OF CONNECTICUT :
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Hartford, June 15th, 1882.
I John S. Peters, Governor of said State, do hereby certify, that THOMAS DAY, Esq, whose name is subscribed in his proper hand writing, to the foregoing Certificate, is, and at the date thereof was, Secretary of said State, duly elected and qualified, and as such, keeper of the Seal thereof ; that the Seal affixed to said Certificate, is the genuine Seal of said State ; and that full credence is due to the official acts of said Secretary so authenticated.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Executive Department, the day and year above written.
John S. Peters

Comptroller's Office, Hartford, Connecticut.
15 June 1832
I, Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut, certify that by the Records in my office, it appears that Gilbert Hart served from the 1 st Novem r 1779 until the 1 st January 1780 - And from the 1 st January 1780 until the 1 st of July 1780, in the Regiment commanded by Col o Return J. Meigs of the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army. —
Elisha Phelps

State of Connecticut } County of Hartford }
Bristol May 2 nd 1832
I, Ithurel Hart of Bristol In the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut of Lawful Age Doth depose and say that In the month of February In the year of Our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty One I was Knowing to Gilbert Hart Then In the Town of Farmington County of Hartford Now of the Town of Senos In the County of Madison & State of New York. Enlisting at the time aforesaid under the Command of Captain Gershon Tuttle into the service of the United States In the Continental Army and that he served Five or Eleven months In the year aforesaid and further the deponent sayth not. Ithurel Hart.
I here Personally appeared Ithurel Hart the date as above stated, who is known to me, and being duly examined cautious and sworn agreeable to law made solemn oath, that all the facts contained & set forth in the foregoing deposition or affidavit by him subscribed is the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth; the said deposition or affidavit was taken at the request of Gilbert Hart of Senos in the State of New York to be by him improved in an application by him made or to be made for a pension from the United States of America, under an act of Congress of the United States, in such case provided, Sworn before me -
Charles G. Ives Justice of Peace
I here certify that I am personally acquainted with Ithurel Hart the aforesaid deponent & that he is a credible witness -
Certified by Charles G. Ives Justice of Peace

Hartford County ss Burlington May 5 th 1832 This may certify that Amos Smith of said Burlington is now and has been for more than fifty years last past personally ac- quainted with Gilbert Hart formerly of said town and now residing in the town of Lenox County Madison in the State of New York and said Smith further says that in the time of the Revolutionary War in the year that was Bunker Hill taken said Gilbert Hart then of the town of Farmington in said Hartford County was in the army of the Revolution with me about six weeks and when my time was out and I returned home said Hart stayed in the army then in the State of Penn- sylvania near the Delaware River Amos Smith
Hartford County ss Burlington May 5 th 1832
Personally appeared Amos Smith viewer of the above certificate and

State of New York, Madison County ss: On this 23 rd day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three Personally appeared before me, the undersigned Justice of the peace in and for the said county of Madison Gilbert Hart the applicant for a pension, whose name appears in the declaration to which this is annexed, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and a 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 in the following grades that is to say. The first term of service mentioned in my declaration to which this is annexed, For six months I served as a private —
The second term mentioned under Capt. Barnes in Col. Swifts Regiment, For four months I served as a private
The third term mentioned in my said declaration, under Capt. Porter in Col. Hookers Regiment, For five weeks I served as a private.
The fourth term mentioned in my said declaration when I enlisted under Capt. Hungerford and Col. Hooker in ; For four months I served as a private —
The fifth term mentioned in my said declaration when I enlisted in a Company in Col. Meigs Regiment, For eight months I served as a private.
The sixth term mentioned in my said declaration and then I  served in this and in Fishers Company and in Scammons Regiment, For Eleven months — — — — — I served as a private
And for such services I claim a pension.
And further that I cannot state more particularly than I in my said declaration have done the names of the officers under whom and with whom I served, and that during the said
Terms of service I was not engaged in any civil employment,
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23 rd day of May 1833 { Gilbert Hart
Justice of the Peace

State of New York. County of Madison
ss. I Andrew S. Sloan clerk of the said county do certify that David Sickey before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 24th day of May 1833.
A. S. Sloan. Clerk Per C. Barnard. Dep. Ck.