Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,387, John Harding, New Jersey

SERVICE
New Jersey
Harding, John
NUMBER
S. 34,387 B.L.Wt. 534-100
CONTENTS
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N o 534.
John Harding, — Private New-Jersey Line.
Warrant issued Jan y 4 th 1811.
and dld to Gen t Helms Jan y 8 th 1811.
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New Jersey 4,751
Ino Harding Capt Dickerson
Private
New Jersey line - 1777. 8 years. In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of Nov 1818 and delivered Hon Mr Linn,
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818. am \frac{21}{30} 37. 60 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 mar 1819 48. 0 $ 85.60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Sussex Co Continued
Letter to T. Gordon 19. Sep 1838.
Notification sent September 14 1820 to E. Green, Newton, New Jersey.

I Joseph Anderson late an officer in the Army of the United States during the Revolutionary war - Do hereby certify - that a man by the name of John Harding was enlisted as a sol- -dier in my third Regiment of New Jersey Troops - for during the war - that said Harding served faithfully to the end of the war - the several last years of this time; he served in the Company which I commanded in the first Regiment of New Jersey - and I can with great truth add - that Harding was an excellent soldier and a man of good morals and unspotted character in every other respect -
31 st March 1810
Jos: Anderson late a Captain in the 1 st Regt. of the Troops of New Jersey - in the Revolutionary war -

I do hereby inform W m Hume Esq r for me and to my uses to draw from the War Office of the United States the Patent for the Land to which I am entitled for my service in the revolutionary war, being a Soldier in the 3 d & 1 st regiments of New Jersey, enlisted for during the war and having served to the end thereof — Given under my Hand the 15 th day of December A.D. 1810. —
John his Harding Mark
I John Linn Esquire one of the Judges of Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Sussex in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that I am acquainted with John Harding who hath signed his name to the above order. who is the same person served as a Soldier during the revolutionary war in the 3 d & 1 st Regiments of Jersey Troops. and believe him to be the man mentioned by Capt. Anderson in the annexed Certificate. Given under my hand the 15 th day of December A.D. 1810. —
J. Linn

District of New Jersey
Sussex County ss
On this fifth day of June at a Session begun on the Tuesday of May in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty, personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Sussex and State of New Jersey [The said court of Common Pleas being a court of Record in and for the said County being a Court constituted and established by the laws of the State of New Jersey as a Court of Record, having a seal with power to fine and imprison and an unlimited Jurisdiction in civil cases and where judgments are only reversible by writ of error at common law] and then sitting at Newton in and for the said County of the town of May — John Harding, of the age of sixty one years resident in the township of Frankford in the County and State of one said who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows. He enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt Peter Dickerson in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six. for one year in the 3 d New Jersey Regiment commanded by Colo Jonathan Dayton, and I enlisted in the same year during the war in the same company and regiment and was discharged near New Burg at the close of the war the principal battles in which he was engaged were Germantown Brandywine and York in Virginia and Springfield in New Jersey

That on the fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen he applied for a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month he being a private in the army aforesaid and on the nineteenth day of November in the year last aforesaid obtained a certifi- cate under the hand and seal of S. Calhoun Secretary at War of the United States numbered 4751 payable on the 14 th of March and 14 th of September annually at the Trenton Banking Company - And I do hereby solemnly swear that that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March Anno Domini 1818 - And that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled 'an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutiona- ry war' passed on the 18 th day of March Anno Domini 1818 And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annex- ed and by me subscribed. And this deponent further saith that he is aged sixty one years that he has no trade but is a common laborer - and is incapable by reason of his age and infirmity to procure to himself a sufficient support - that his family consists of wife named Sarah aged fifty years who is very infirm and weak and is not able to afford him any assistance towards his support, and daughter aged eleven years named Phoebe and this deponent considers himself in such indigent circum- stances as to be unable to support himself without assist- ance of his country except by public or private charity.
Thereon and declared in open court this
8 th day of June AD 1890
John Ogden
his John X Hendling mark

Copy of John Wardens affidavit Frankford township Sussex County New Jersey.
4957
Cono
Nov 18
Mar. 1819

Schedule of property
Real estate } none
Personal Estate
    1 horse  1 yee old heifer  1 calf  2-3 year old heifer  3 pigs  1 axe  2 old drawing knives  1 Shovel  1 pot  2 barrels  5 chairs  1 chest of drawers  1 tea kettle      1 hen  1 Grillion  1 wash tub  2 old pails  1 churn  8 plates  3 platters  6 spoons  5 knives & forks  3 earthen pots  2 milk tubs  1 table  1 trunk    
no other property except my bed and bedding and the clothing of myself and family
Sworn in open court and declared this 3 rd day of June A.D. 1820  John Harding mark  John Ogden
It is the opinion of the court that the total amount in value of the articles exhibited in the foregoing Schedule is sixty eight dollars forty three cents  John Ogden
I Ephraim Green my clerk of the aforesaid court of common Pleas in & for said county of Sussex do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the records of the said court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is sixty eight dollars and forty three cents In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said court on this fourth day of July in the Year of our Lord A.D. 1820  Ephraim Green my clerk of the court for the County of Sussex

Hamburg St. I- 14 th April 3
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The Hon. John  John  Calhoun  Calhoun Mr. Boyd John Hand 3 rd Linn Rep Comptroller after 22 nd Mar
J. C. Calhoun Secy of War, Pension office Washington
Admitted
Hon. Mr. Linn.

District of New Jersey Supercounty ss. On this fourteenth day of April Eighteen hundred and eighteen, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas of said County, personally ap- pears Jno. Harding aged Fifty eight years, resident in New Jersey Supercounty aforesaid in the said district, who being by me duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revo- lutionary War" That he the said Jno. Harding enlisted in the County and State aforesaid in the Company commanded by Capt. Peter Dickerson, attached to the Third Jersey Regiment commanded by Col. John Dayton, on or about the month of May 1775, for one year and at the expiration thereof he again enlisted under the said Capt. Peter Dickerson for during the War. That he continued to serve in the said corps, or service of the United States until the close of the war, when he was discharged from service in the State of New York at New Windsor. That he was in the Battles of Brandywine, at Germantown at Monmouth and at the taking of Lord Howe's Wallac. and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
I swear to and declare before me the day and year aforesaid
J. Johnson
his Jno. Harding mark

I John Johnson Judge of the Court of common pleas as aforesaid do certify. That it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Mr. Harden did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned act of Congress. Witness my hand at Newton N. Jersey the 14 th day of April A. D. 1818. —
J. Johnson
State of New Jersey Superior Court ss. I Ephraim Green Jr. Clerk of the Court of common pleas in & for said county do certify that John Johnson Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition appears to have been made and who has thereto subscribed his name, was at the taking & signing the same one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in & for said county duly commissioned and sworn and to all his acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of Superior Court this 14 th day of April A. D. 1818. —
E. Green Jr.

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of John Harding Ser. F 34387, 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.     Enl. Sussex Co. N.J. May 1776 to close of war Pvt. Peter Dickerson Joseph Anderson Jonathan Dayton N.J.                                                                 
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill. Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Springfield N.J. and Yorktown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, —
Date of application for pension, Apr. 14 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Sussex Co. N.J.
Age at date of application, 58 years. Date of death not stated.
Remarks: Soldier's wife Sarah 50 yrs old in 1820 and daughter Phebe 11 years at same date. No further family data.
For date of last payment of pension apply to Auditor for the Interior Dept., Treasury Dept. citing the following data lot. no. 4751. Issue Nov. 19. 1818. Act. Mar. 18. 1818. Agency New Jersey.
Very respectfully,

J. L. RANDALL, President
All orders taken and contracts made subject to strikes, fires and other causes beyond our control. After 10 days prices subject to change without notice.
H. T. BAIRD, Secy. & Treas.
The Iroca Manufacturing Co. Reels and Bobbins.
REELS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR WIRE MILLS (CABLE REELS A SPECIALTY.)
ROPE REELS AND BOBBINS FOR CORDAGE MILLS.
Iroca, N.Y.
Sept. 5th, 10.
Mr. J. L. Davenport, Acting Commissioner, Washington, D. C.
Dear sir:-
Would request that you kindly furnish me with statements of the military history of John Harding, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, O.W.& N. Division, V.L.M., Inv. File #34387.
Also, John Sutphin, I.S.C., Su. File #29489.
Thanking you in advance for the favor, I am,
Yours very truly,
H. T. Baird

Nov. 19. 18
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Holly Apr 22, 1907
Dear Sir
will you Pleas send me any information you can regarding John Hardin a Revolutionary Soldier who I think enlisted in New Jersey died in New Jersey Sussex about the year 1835 drew a pension was said to have served in the army seven years
John Hardin
Holly Michigan

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary claim
I CERTIFY. That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES, of the 18 th of March 1818
John Harding late a Private in the
Army of the Revolution
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New Jersey Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars — cents per month, to commence on the fourteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this Nineteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War

Sept. 19th 1829 Paid to Sept. 4. 1829. March 15. 1830 Paid to Mar. 4. 1830. Sept. 8. 1830 Paid to Sept. 4. 1830. Mar. 11. 1831 Paid to Mar. 4. 1831. Sept. 16. 1831 Paid to Sept. 16. 1831. Sept. 4. 1832 Paid to March 1832. Feb. 24. 1832 Paid to Feb. 11. 1832. Mar. 13. 1833 Paid to Mar. 4. 1833. Sept. 13. 1833 Paid to Sept. 4. 1833. Mar. 10. 1834 Paid to Mar. 4. 1834. Sept. 12. 1834 Paid to Sept. 4. 1834. Mar. 12. 1835 Paid to Mar. 1835. Oct. 19. 1835 Paid to Sept. 1835. Mar. 11. 1836 Paid to Mar. 4. 1836. Sept. 12. 1836 Paid to Sept. 1836. Apr. 1. Paid to Mar. 1837. Paid to Sept. 1837. Paid to Mar. 1838. Paid to Sept. 1838. Paid to Mar. 1839. Paid to Sept. 1839.
Mar. 1. 1819. Paid to Mar. 1819. Sept. 9. 1819. Paid to Sept. 4. 1819. May 12. 1820 Paid to Mar. 4. 1820. Mar. 15. 1821 Paid to Mar. 4. 1821. Sept. 10. 1821 Paid to Sept. 4. 1821. Apr. 6. 1822 Paid to Mar. 4. 1822. Sept. 16. 1822 Paid to Sept. 4. 1822. Mar. 28. 1823 Paid to Mar. 4. 1823. Sept. 9. 1823 Paid to Sept. 4. 1823. Mar. 25. 1824 Paid to Mar. 4. 1824. Sept. 9. 1824 Paid to Sept. 4. 1824. Mar. 15. 1825 Paid to Mar. 4. 1825. Sept. 9. 1825 Paid to Sept. 4. 1825. Mar. 20. 1826 Paid to Mar. 4. 1826. Sept. 5. 1826 Paid to Sept. 4. 1826. Mar. 13. 1827 Paid to Mar. 4. 1827. Oct. 17. 1827 Paid to Sept. 4. 1827. Mar. 8. 1828 Paid to Mar. 4. 1828. Sept. 18. 1828 Paid to Sept. 4. 1828. Mar. 11. 1829 Paid to Mar. 4. 1829.
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Three FREE
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington D. C.
Worthing

Trenton N.J. Sept. 14, 1838
Sir
The sub pension agent here refused to pay the enclosed because of the expression, "That he (John Harding) now resides in the township of Frankford in said county of Sussex and has resided there for the space of fourteen years past and that previous thereto he resided in the same place" - notwithstanding the same kind of expression has been heretofore used (for I have been the attorney for him a number of years) and have always been allowed without , to the best of my recollection, without even a single remark - The fact being no doubt that he always resided in that township, and that form of expression merely used in compliance with the printed form.
The sub agent also made some objection to the manner in which one of the witnesses, Rebecca Harding, had written her name, but did not seem to consider that as altogether amounting to an objection.
If correct, please to order the pension to be paid. I should not trouble you with this but it is frequently attended with much inconvenience in the country, for these old pensioners to have their papers made out and executed.
Respectfully, Yours &c
Chas. Gordon

Chico Jan. 3d 1922.
Bureau of Pensions,
Will you please send me a record of John Harding who applied for pension in 1818. John Harding was soldier in Revolutionary war. Phebe, his daughter was my mother.
I want the record as a "Daughter of the American Revolution" Rank in Army, etc. Please send it as soon as possible
Very Sincerely
Mrs. Mary O. Nelson
639 Olive St
Chico
California

34387 Rev INVALID.
File No. 34387
John Harding Rev Rev 1880
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 175
[Arrangement of 1870.]
May 10, 1907 Hist. Co John Harding, Lake Mich. 1909 Dec 7 Hist. Co Agnes Rae. V.S.M. 1910 Sept. 15. Hist Co. Mr. H. J. Baird, Avoca, N.Y. 1918 Oct. 5 Hist. Co Mrs. L. G. Wright. Letter in S.F. 19459 John Vulpin. 1922 Jan 24 Hist. Co Mrs. Mary O. Nelson

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by Geo M. Moore
Claim No. Dec 1, 1909
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier John Hardire or Harding Hardire or Harding
Service N.J.  Tex
Additional Service. _____ _____
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No O.W. S. W or R. as above except I.F. 34387

Payable on the 4 th March & 4 th Sept in each year by the President of the Freetown Banking Company Freetown
M c Harding
Recorded

Certificate John Harding $48
John Harding 2274
Mr. Price

John Harding. Certificate from Captain Joseph Anderson, (now Judge Anderson), relative to the Service of said Harding; also a certificate to his Identity , signed by Jn o Linn, - one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas, -
Sc. Sc. Sc. -
N o . 10. Said Warrant issued in the name of said John Harding, under the Number 534 - dated 7 th Jan y . 1811.
- and dld to

962 Summit Ave. Jersey City, N.J., Nov. 24, 09.
Pension Dept. U.S. Washington.
Can you give me information as to whether my great grandfather John Hardy (died) of Sussex Co. N.J. was on your pension list?
He has a wonderful record of service during The Revolutionary War, and was pre- sented with two badges for over six years of service. I can not tell just when he died, somewhere about 1820. He lies buried in Sussex Co., and I do not know that any of his descendants have verified his pension.
Yours very truly,
Miss Agnes Rae.