Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4696, Hosea Hart, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Hart Hosea
Pr. 4696
CONTENTS

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State of Connecticut - Hartford County S d Town (formerly Farmington) On this 12 th Day of April A D 1836 - Personally appeared before me in open Court Hosea Hart of S d town & County & State of Connecticut aged Seventy five 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 7 th A D 1832 That he was in the Army of the United States in the years of A D 1777 1778 & 1779 Several different periods of time or several different tours of Duty: - at one time two months at West-Point in the state of New-York at another time one month & fifteen days at White Plains in S d State of New York in both of which times & places he belonged to Capt - Hoadley, Company & Col - Moseley's Regiment - & also some other shorter periods of time in S d State at Dover - & at Oblong the exact length of S d periods the S d Hosea Hart does not recollect - & at another time one month in New-Haven in Connecticut under the command of Capt Joseph Woodford & at other periods of time at S d New-Haven - at Fairfield - at Danbury in S d State under the command of Capt James Lusk - & at another time in New-London in S d State; all which four last periods of time he the S d Hart does not exactly recollect - but feels confident that in all the aforesaid tours of duty he was in the United States Service as a Soldier in the Revo- -lutionary War between Six & seven months - for which the S d Hosea Hart claims a Pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th A D 1832 - The S d Hosea Hart hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or an annuity except the present - & he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State - And during the above mentioned term of time he was not employed in any civil pursuit. HOSEA HART
Sworn to & subscribed this 12 th day of April A D 1836 - And the Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states
Truman Woodford Justice of Peace I Sarah Woodford of the town of Avon in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut - Do Depose & say that in month of September A D 1778 I was in the Service of the United States in the town of New- Haven in the County of New-Haven & State of Connecticut one month or more & Hosea Hart of S d Avon (then Farmington) was a Soldier with me all the time I was there & that we both belonged to the Company Commanded by Capt Joseph Woodford then of Farmington - further saith she Sworn to & subscribed this 12 th Day of April A D 1836 Sarah Woodford Before me Truman Woodford Justice of Peace.

We Francis H. Cady & Claggett Amey men residing in the town of Avond (formerly Farmington) in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut & Joshua Butchey residing in said town - County & State above mentioned hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Hosea Hart of said town who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him the said Hosea Hart to be seventy five years of age - & that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution - & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed this 12 th day of April AD 1836. Sworn to before me
Francis H. Cady Pastor of the First Church in this town Joshua Butchey Deacon
Truman Woodford - Justice of Peace
The Court do propound the following Interrogatories to wit Where & in what year were you born - Ans in Farmington - AD 1761
Have you any record of your age - - - Answer No.
When were you living when you was called in service - Ans. Farmington
When have you lived since the Revolutionary War - Ans - Farmington
Where do you live now - - - in the town of Avond; formerly Farmington
How were you called into service { Ans - once I was drafted - - - several times I volunteered - & once I was a substitute
For whom were you a substitute - - - Ans - for Mr. Woodruff
Who were your principal Officers - { Ans - Col - - - - - Major - Moses Mills
{ Capt - - - - - Stedord
What are some of the circumstances of your services for the United States { Ans { I helped in the building of the Fort - Putnam - & the Fort Constitution not a great distance from the Hudson River
Did you ever receive any Discharge - Ans: I do not recollect any only draft
Will you state some of the names of the persons to whom you are known - who will testify to your character for veracity - & their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution - - - { I will mention { Luther Woodford Esqr Elijah Miller Joseph Miller Joseph North Francis Woodford Luther Wheeler Bartholomew Chidsey Isaac Chapman
And the Said Court does hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the foregoing named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. & the Court further certifies that he knows that Francis H. Cady is a clergyman who has signed the preceding certificate as such in the town of Avond in said Hartford County when he resided & that Joshua Butchey who has signed the same is a resident in the said town of Avond & is a credible

person & that their statement is entitled to credit: & I do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the S d Court in the matter of the application of Hosea Hart for a Pension certified & signed by me this 12 th day of April A D 1836
Truman Woodford Justice of Peace
And Whereas the Said Hosea Hart is unable to appear in the Court of common Pleas in the S d County of Hartford by reason of bodily infirmity therefore the S d Hart has applied to: - & made his Declaration: & submitted to the examination before Truman Woodford Esquire a Justice of the Peace within & for the aforesaid County of Hartford in his opened Court held in the S d Justice Woodford's office in the S d town upon this 12 th day of April A D 1836. - And now Whereas the S d Hosea Hart cannot by reason of the loss of memory state precisely how long he served he would amend his Declaration by making his affidavit in the following words: - Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Hartford Hosea Hart who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that by reason of old age & 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 was not less than between Six & Seven months as a private Soldier: & for such service I claim a Pension
Sworn to & subscribed this 12 th day of April A D 1836 Hosea Hart before me Truman Woodford Justice of Peace
this is to certify the above named Hart is a great friend to his country and he went when called for in the service of the very glorious war - worse in sickness prevented I sacrificed to the present administration now Mr Hart has become aged and wants help from his

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Hosea Hunt
rolls 2 mo. 78 N.Y. writings 1. 77. Newton
4696
Clairmont
Avon
Co

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
5 Oct. 1871.
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 subjoined 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. Those 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, showing the Service of Bozeu Burt
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.      For the years 1774, 1778 & 1779  For the years 1812  6 3 Soldier  Colo. J. Mosley  Maj. Amara Miller  Colo. J. Mosley  Maj. Amara Miller   75 years  Farmington   Joshua Woodford  Geder Woodruff  Bozeu Burt's statement  Rev. Francis H. Cope  Joshua B. Buckley   
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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 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 annuity, except the present, and he states 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 days 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
Handwritten: Hatt, Hosea Jan 9 1869

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, a 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 the 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 other proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubt has been entertained upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration 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 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 fix 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 [d] 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.

4696.
P. O. _____
Choise Heart
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REFLECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

Dr J. Woodruff
Feb 21/57
(26659)
Hoste Hart Wein Connecticut
Suspended
Let to B.A.C.D.
March 12 1842
same April 1842
same April 1842
at Fort Sumter  Sumter N 1861

W. H. ... Washington D. C. Feb 8

W d Catharine Gaylord now of the age of eighty eight years states as follows.
That Mr Hart was enlisted into the U. States service for one year, and while in the service was taken sick, or unable to do duty, and to fill the vacancy occasioned by his absence hired her son Samuel Gaylord for one month, but previous to the month having expired, her son was taken to the south and served as a substitute for Mr Hart about two months, for which services, he was paid by Mr Hart. She says further that her son went for Mr Hart in the year 1781.
Wm Bradley
Burlington Jan 23 d 1833

Stuan March 2 1842
Dear Sir the children of Mr Hosea Hart have put into my hands some papers of their father claiming a pension for services done in the revolution also a printed document which you sent them in order to direct them what course to take in order to obtain it as the other petition was not a complicated one they have followed your directions at considerable expense and I believe you will think that they have been also a long time about it but their father was taken sick about the time they were doing it but they are very slow people and very poor and it would be an act of great kindness to them if it is really due to send it immediately I am well acquainted with the family they are noted for truth and honor veracity and I verily believe that he served every moment that he has stated after he was taken sick they was about all the time taking care of him till on the 21 st day of January 1837 he died and they had given their papers to the B. of S. of Sinabury but he never sent them on and they finally got them by going several times which accounts for their waiting to send them until now now now Sir if you should grant the petition of their poor deserving heirs I wish it might be sent so soon as government direct it to Isaac Orson of avon and it will be sent to them immediately
Respectfully Yours Isaac Orson
the wife of Mr Hart lived 3 years and some days after Mr Hart died was married in time of the war when they draw on her account

April 2nd 1877
Birmingham Mr. Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir
Will you be good enough to inform me if there has been a pension granted to Horace Hunt Kings of Devon, Eastport County Conn.
Please direct to Birmingham Conn. and Oblige your friend John Mansel
P.S. Please to inform me if C. W. Boush is in Washington

Avon October 13 th 1834
I Selah Woodford Depose and say that in the year 1777- or 1778 I am not sure which in the month of September I was in the service of the United States at Newhaven for one month or more Joseph Woodford of Farmington was my Captain I further State that Horace Hart of Avon was in the same Company and Service at Newhaven with me all the time I was there. I state further that I was well acquainted with Capt. Ichabod Norton & Capt James Lusk - they both lived in the Town where I lived
Selah Woodford
Hartford County ss Avon October 13-1834
Personally appeared Selah Woodford and made Oath to the truth of the above Statement before me Amasa Woodford Justice of Peace
Avon October 13-1834
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the Selah Woodford and I consider him to be a man of truth and veracity I further certify that I was well acquainted with Capt. Joseph Woodford, Capt. Ichabod Norton & Capt James Lusk, when living but they have all three been dead a number of years.
Amasa Woodford Justice of Peace

One Journey to the Oblong Sixteen Days
One Journey to Dover. ————— Seventeen Days
One Journey to New Haven Fifteen Days
One Journey to New London Seventy Days
W. Wollenston ————— Witness
Hosea Hart

State of New York
Cortland County
§
Ebenezer Woodruff of the Town of Cortlandville in the said State and County, age twenty one years, deponeth and saith that in the year Nineteen hundred and twenty as near as he can now recollect, that in the Month of August in the same year, he was draughted for the term of two Months, under Captain Stoddard Connecticut Troops of the Militia of the Army of Revolution, and went from Farmington in the State of Connecticut, to West Point in the State of New York, where this deponent remained two Months - and further he says that he personally knows that Horace Hart, then of said Farmington and now of Swan, in the aforesaid State, was in Captain Stoddard's Company upon which as a Private and served honestly and faithfully, the full term of Two Months, at the same time of this deponent -
Ebenezer Woodruff -
Subscribed and sworn before me November twentieth 1832
Lyman W. Campfield Justice Peace
State of New York
Calland Clerk of said Ct.
I Samuel Stites Clerk of said County certify that Lyman W. Campfield Esq. before whom the above affidavit was known, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned & sworn his acts therefor in that capacity are to be regarded as such
also that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and only believe his name subscribed to the above affidavit is his own proper handwriting & signature
Witness my hand & seal of office this 12th day of Nov. 1832
Samuel Stites Clerk

Avon Dec 4 1833
This may certify that I have been well acquainted with Mr. Gideon Woodruff in years that are past and I consider him a man of undoubted truth and veracity, Amasa Woodford Justice of Peace
1834 75 1909

State of Connecticut, County of Hartford ss.
I, Jared Griswold, Clerk of the County Court for said County, do hereby certify, that Amasa Woodford Esq. before whom the within affidavit of Francis H. Case was taken, was on the 8 th day of May A.D. 1833, a Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned & qualified according to Law, & that the signature purporting to be of Amasa Woodford, is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County Court, & subscribed my name this 27 th day of May A.D. 1833.
Jared Griswold Clerk

This certifies that I regard Mr Hosea Hart as a man of truth and veracity. Avon May 6 th 1833 Francis H Case Pastor of the East church in Avon Conn
Hartford County ss Avon May 6 th 1833 Personally appeared Francis H Case and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate before me Amasa Woodford Justice of Peace

James Moseley colonel Capt Stodard march thru new haven west haven stratford norwalk old millford fairfield old stanford from there to white plains then to west point more defenses if required
Yours Truly Account of Services in the War
  74  1836  1836     74  78     1862  60      1836      1862      74      1776      1762      14  

Services in the Revolution War
Services at White Plains one month and one week on pay Master Genl Gage and other services from White Plains to New York City Services at West Point for 12 months a building Forts and other services
Services at Newburgh for four days Do Services at Newburgh for one month and three days keeping garrison
Services at Dover in New York State two weeks and three days
Services at Oblong in the state of New York two weeks
Services on a farm to New London two weeks
Hosea Hart

from the Rev. J. B. L. [?]
for
Apr 20. 1843
to a V. [?] Adolphus [?] Heute [?] the J. B. [?] [?] at Washington

Conon April 19 th 1842
Sir, We send you one more petition in behalf of these orphans of Mr H Hart. it appears by your letter of the 2 nd that you could not find testimony of as much as six months service Mr Hart declared to a man now living in this town who is ready to be qualified that he had not sent all his services in his first petition but that he intended for one year in the united States Services and served a few months in the year 1781 under Col Mosby was then sick and hired a man to take his place those children since the death of their Mother have found a Mr Bradley of Bristol who had taken the testimony of an old lady whose son Mr Hart hired it appears plain from that testimony that Mr Hart served a few months in that time which is not accounted for
They have also found an account of services part of which surely was not accounted in your last examination we herein send you both these papers as stated above
I am Sir, Respect yours Truly A Servt
Isaac Osborn

Dear Sir
We have at length found the original Document that you requested and to add to that we have found other Additional testimony of service almost or quite all is substantiated by the Oath of respectable and credible witnesses and the deceased's testimony on oath before the proper officers together with the recommendation of almost half the town of respectable people in Aston and Lakin and I believe all whose names were worth putting on paper would say the same and as the deceased spent considerable time and great share of his property in the revolution now his orphan children do earnestly request your Honor to send the small sum sum that they and other people who are acquainted with the business think is the due owe our liberty and prosperity to those poor and worn out revolutioners. I wish it might be attended to as soon as is convenient I am with great respect Your very Humble Servt
Isaac Orson

To the Honorable Lewis Cass Secretary of the War Department in the United States
The Memorial of Hosea Hart of the town of Avon in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut humbly represents. — That he the sd Hart is now seventy two years old & has become infirm by reason of age & needs the aid of his country for a support. — The sd Hart further states that he was in the service of his country as a private soldier in the Revolutionary War in the years 1777 1778 & 1779 several different times or several different tours of duty. — At one time two months at West Point in the State of New-York; & also another tour at White Plains in sd State; — in both of which tours he was under the command of Capt Stoddard & Col Moseley; — & also some other shorter periods of time in sd State. — And other times in the State of Connecticut at New-Haven under Capt Joseph Woodford. — At Fairfield; & at Danbury in sd State under the command of Capt James Lusk; the three last mentioned tours of duty the sd Hart volunteered his services for the good of his country: making in all the tours of duty actually performed between six & seven months faithful services for his country as a private soldier in the Revolutionary War. —
which sd services he the sd Hart claims that he is entitled to an annual Pension under the acts of the United States. — For which he the sd Hart Prays Your Honor to take his case into consideration & grant him sd Pension: — which in duty bound he will ever pray. Dated at Avon this 15 th day of May 1833
Hartford County ss. On May 16 th 1833 Hosea Hart personally appeared the above named Hosea Hart and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing statement before me Amasa Woodford Justice of Peace