Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21279, Joshua Hartshorn, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Hartshorn, Joshua Buldah
W. 21279
CONTENTS

Connecticut 1629.
Huldah Hartshorn widow of Joshua Hartshorn, Con. who died on the 21 st Jan y . 1813; of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut. who was a private in the company commanded by Captain L. Rogers. of the reg t commanded by Col. H. Swift in the Connecticut line for 9 mos. 26 days private.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 33 Dollars 11 Cents, per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of De- cember, 1837- and Geo. Wheaton, Esq. Cornwall, Connecticut.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept r 1837 = $ 215:21 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th M ch '38 = 16:55
$ 231:76
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 }
Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk, Book 1, Vol. 2 Page

2783
Huldah Hartshorne widow of Joshua.
married '75.
Rolls
26 Feb '78 - 800. discharge
31 Dec '78 - 9. 2609
adm?
9 mo. 26.
$33. 11
no deduction
Geo Wheaton Cornwall Con.!

— George C Woodruff Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Litchfield, do hereby Certify, that the foregoing contains, the Original pro- ceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Huldah West's home for a pension In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal of Office This 29 th day of September A D 1887
Geo. C. Woodruff Clerk

Declaration, In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the 4 th of July 1836
State of Connecticut } County of Litchfield } ss Litchfield District On this 20 th day of September 1837 personally appeared before the Court of Probate in and for the District of Litchfield in said County and State being a Court of Record Huldah Hartshorn a resident of Cornwall in said Probate District aged seventy-eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 - That she is the widow of Joshua Hartshorn who was a resident of said Cornwall on the first day of April 1778 and had been for many years before and so continued until his death except the time he was in the Army That he the said Joshua Hartshorn on the first day of April 1778 went into the Army of the Revolution as a substitute of Jesse Ferrands then a resident of said Cornwall who had been draughted as a Militia Man for six months and he belonged to Col Newman Swifts Regt and was stationed about the Hudson River and Horse neck in the State of New York and he continued in the service until the end of his tour and returned home, In a few days afterwards he was draughted out of the Militia for three months and he immediately returned again into the Army and served in the same Regt and was stationed in different places in the vicinity of the Hudson River, she is not able to state the name of the Capt her Husband served under in either tour aforesaid, he returned home the forepart of January 1779 and the following

Spring he was draughted again as a Militia man for a tour of nine months and he joined the Army about the first of May 1779 and belonged to the Capt Eldershine's Company in Col. Heman Swift's Regt and served in the State of New Jersey and near the Hudson River in the State of New York and he returned home the 24 th day of January 1780 and his feet and legs were very much frozen this being the hard winter so called, The said Joshua Hartshorn was a private private Soldier in all his services in the Army that she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim - and she further declares that she was married to Joshua Hartshorn on the twenty ninth day of October in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five, That her Husband the aforesaid Joshua Hartshorn died at said Cornwall on the thirty first day of January Eighteen hundred and thirty and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written Huldah his Hartshorn mark before
Elisha J. Abner Judge of Probate for Litchfield District.
And the said Court doth hereby declare its opinion after an investigation of the matter; that the facts stated by the Applicant, in the above declaration, by her subscribed; are true as therein set forth -
Elisha J. Abner Judge

I Frederick Kellogg of Cornwall in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut do certify that I am Town Clerk of said town of Cornwall and as such have the custody of the Public Records of said town and that among the ancient Records of said town I find an entry in the words and figures following. - to wit,
"This may certify that Joshua Hartshorn" and Huldah Dibble were intermarried October 29 th 1775 "Cornwall Feb. 7. 18 th 1777." "for me Hez a Gold. Pastor."
I further certify that I am acquainted with Wid o Huldah Hartshorn who is making application for a pension, and I do believe that she is the same person named in the above certificate, that she is unmarried and has been since the death of her husband Joshua Hartshorn —
Frederick Kellogg
Town Clerk of Cornwall
State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss. On this 12 th day of September 1837 Personally appeared the above named Frederick Kellogg Town Clerk of Cornwall who is a credible person, and made Oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me —
George Wheaton Justice of the peace

State of Connecticut } ss Litchfield Litchfield County }
I Geo. C. Woodruff Assistant Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid do here- by certify that George Wheaton Esq is & for more than one year last past has been a justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified And that the foregoing signatures which purport to be his are genuine
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 29 th day of September A. D. 1837
Geo. C. Woodruff Assistant Clerk

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21279  Hannah Hartshorn  Widow of  Joshua Hartshorn  Dis. New Mar
Act: July 4 th 86 Index:—Vol. 14 , Page 315
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Conway Ct Sept 30 th 1837
In enclosed is the application of Huldah Hartshorn for a pension with the evidence and she believes that the proof fully shows that her husband served in the army eighteen months and as she is poor and needs assistance I hope her pension will be granted and if so please return them to me should any further evidence on any part be required she will try to furnish it
Yours George Wheaton
To the Commissioners of Pensions

I Jacob Schovil of Cornwall in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut aged 86 years being a Revolutionary pensioner and being first duly sworn according to law do depose and say That Joshua Hartshorn resided during the Revolution in the town of Cornwall aforesaid which was my place of Residence and I was well acquainted with him and know that he was in the Army, he went one tour in a Company commanded by Capt Edward Rogers I cannot state the time he joined or left the Company but know he served during the summer and Fall and I have understood that the Joshua Hartshorn went more than one tour in the service but I am not able with certainty to testify to it as I was in the Army myself a considerable part of the war, I am acquainted with Huldah Hartshorn the widow of the said Joshua Hartshorn and verily believe her to be a person of truth and that she has remained unmarried since the death of her husband to the present time
Jacob Schovil
State of Connecticut County of Litchfield } ss
Be it known That on this 15 th day of September 1837 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Jacob Schovil the subscriber to the above Affidavit and who is well known to me as a Credible witness and made Oath to the truth of the facts therein contained
George Wheaton Justice of the peace

I Berechiah Gold of Cornwall in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut aged 71 years being first duly sworn according to law do depose and say that during the Revolution I was acquainted with Joshua Hartshorn that the deponent and the said Hartshorn then resided in the same town and in the same neighborhood and I perfectly remember that the said Hartshorn went into the Army of the Revolution and served therein for several campaigns I am not able to state any particulars in relation to his service as I was then a Boy but I have no doubt but what the said Hartshorn was a considerable time in the Army for I was well acquainted with his family both when he was at home and when he was in the Army and I have ever been acquainted with the family until the death of the said Hartshorn and the deponent says that Huldah Hartshorn the widow of the said Joshua is a person of truth
H. B. Gold
State of Connecticut
County of Litchfield } to Cornwall September 15 th 1837
Be it known that before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Berechiah Gold the above deponent who is well known to me as a credible witness and made Oath to the truth of the facts stated in his deposition aforesaid
George Wheaton Justice of the peace

I John Slead of Warren in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut aged 84 years and pensioner of the United States do testify and say that in the year 1775 I enlisted into the Army for one year and in the year 1776 I enlisted again for one year and both years went to the Northward in the year 1777 I enlisted again for three years in the Continental Army and served at the South in different places as the Army moved I belonged to a Company commanded part of the time by Capt Beardsley and part of the time by Capt Chamberlin in Col. Heman Swifts Regt, during the three years service I became acquainted with Joshua Hartshorne then of Cornwall in Litchfield County and I will remember that he was in the Army and belonged to Swifts Regt and I think to Capt Eldkins Company I cannot state the exact time when Hartshorne entered the Army but according to the best of my recollection he served (at the time I was acquainted with him) during the Campaign previous to the hard winter so called, 1780 he served in and about the State of New Jersey, I have been acquainted with him since the War having both resided for a time in the same Town, Col Freeman was in the Army at the same time that I was and served in the same Company and Regt.
his John X Slead mark
State of Connecticut Litchfield County } ss Cornwall
Be it known that on the 12 th day of September 1837 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared John Slead the subscriber to the foregoing Affidavit and made Oath in due form of Law to all the facts therein stated by

him and I the said Justice do certify that the said John Shad is well known to me and that he is an intelligent and credible witness
George Wheaton Justice of the peace The interline and alteration in the above Certificate was made by me George Wheaton Justice of the peace
I Call Freeman of Cornwall in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut a Revolutionary pensioner do testify and say that I enlisted into the Army of the Revolution in one week after the Battle of Germantown in the State of New- Jersey during the war and I continued therein until the Army was disbanded I belonged to Capt Beardley's Company and Col. Heman Swift's Regt and while I was stationed at Spr- ingfield in New Jersey I was well acquainted with Joshua Hartshorn of Cornwall in Litchfield County I see him almost daily and I know that he was a private Soldier in the Army and as I have always understood he was draughted as a Militia Man, he performed service and was stationed near the Hudson River in the State of New York and in the State of New Jersey, he belonged to Capt Eldkin's Company and Col. Heman Swift's Regt I cannot testify at this distant period the time that Hartshorn entered or left the Army although I am confident that he was in the service during the Spring, Summer and Fall of the year 1779 and I have no doubt he was in the service during the whole Campaign of 1779, I was acquainted with John Shad in the Army he was in the same Company and Regt with myself his Call X Freeman mark

State of Connecticut, Litchfield County } ss Cornwall
Be it known That on the 12 th day of September 1837 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace personally appeared Call Freeman the subscriber to the foregoing Affidavit and made Oath in due form of Law to the truth of the facts therein contained Before me
George Wheaton Justice of the peace
I certify that I am acquainted with the above named Call Freeman and that he is a credible person and intelligent
George Wheaton Justice of the peace
I Luther Emmons of Cornwall in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut being first duly sworn according to law do depose and say that I was present and see Joshua Hartshorn late of said Cornwall die and shaved him after his death and watched with his Corpse, he died the last of January 1813 and I believe the last day of said Month, and the deponent further says that Huldah Hartshorn of said Cornwall is the widow of the said Joshua Hartshorn and that she has remained unmarried even since the death of her said Husband and that the said Huldah is a credible person for therewith
Luther Emmons
State of Connecticut, Litchfield County } ss
Be it known That on the 15 th day of September 1837 before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace for said County personally appeared Luther Emmons the subscriber to the foregoing deposition and who is well known to me as a credible witness and made Oath to the truth of the facts therein contained
George Wheaton Justice of the peace

I Oliver Burnham of Cornwall in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut being first duly sworn according to law and a Revolutionary pensioner and aged 76 years do depose and say that I was ac- quainted with Joshua Hartshorn during the Revolution both residents of Cornwall in the county of Litchfield and I will remember that the said Joshua Hartshorn went in to the service several times as a Militia man during the war and as I have always un- derstood that he served in Col Swift's Regt, I have been acquainted with the said Hartshorn since the war he having often labored for me and I have frequently heard him converse about being in the Army and I have no doubt of the fact. I remember in particular that on one of his tours he came home in the hard winter 1780 and that he under went much suffer- ing from the cold, I am acquainted with Huldah Hartshorn the widow of Joshua Hartshorn aforesaid and know her to be a credible person and of undoubted truth and that she has remained unmarried ever since the death of her husband
Oliver Burnham
State of Connecticut Litchfield County } ss
Be it known That on the 15 th day of September 1833 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace for said County personally appeared Oliver Burnham Esq. the subscriber to the above Affidavit and will known to me as a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the facts contained in his deposition above before me George Wheaton Justice of the peace

I Jacob Schoorl of Cornwall in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut aged 86 years being a Revolutionary pensioner and being first duly sworn according to law do depose and say That Joshua Hartshorn resided during the Revolution in the town of Cornwall aforesaid which was my place of Residence and I was well acquainted with him and know that he was in the Army, he went one tour in a Company Commanded by Capt Edward Rogers I cannot state the time he joined or left the Company but know he served during the summer and Fall and I have understood that the Joshua Hartshorn went more than one tour in the service but I am not able with certainty to testify to it as I was in the Army myself a considerable part of the war, I am acquainted with Huldah Hartshorn the widow of the said Joshua Hartshorn and verily believe her to be a person of truth and that she has remained unmarried since the death of her husband to the present time
Jacob Schoorl
State of Connecticut County of Litchfield } ss
Be it known That on this 15 th day of September 1837 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Jacob Schoorl the subscriber to the above Affidavit and who is well known to me as a Credible witness and made Oath to the truth of the facts therein contained
George Wheaton Justice of the peace