Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8894, Ard Hart, Conn

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
born
Hart, Ard
W. 8894
Louey
B.L. Mt. 949-160-55
CONTENTS

33.285 Connecticut.
And Hart, dec d of _____ in the State of Connecticut who was a private, in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolution time for Six Months
Inscribed on the Roll of Hartford at the rate of 20. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Sent 5 th March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of January 1833. and sent to
Arrears to the 4th of Abijah Gattin Semi-annual allowance ending Present.
{ Revolutionary Claim. } Act June 7, 1832. } Recorded by G. T. Getty Clerk. Book E 2 Vol. 3 Page 19.

4900
Connecticut Lucy Hart, widow of Con n Mrd. Hart who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 30 th day of Jan y 1853. and sent to
Abijah Catlin Hartington Ct. Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 60 Vol. a (32)
Rev. Abijah Catlin Feb y 12, 1855

11.387-act March 3/50
March 23/50
Lucy Hoark - wid of And Hoark - Penn.
Col: Enas Regt.
Cf: State Tro.
Revolutionary War
Acct H6000 per 14/75 S.
[Signature] Bryant
949 iss June 14/55
Samuel D. Hootchkins Burlington Conn
6-5
July 1853 No. 4701
Vol. No. 1.

Declaration of Ad Hart of Burlington in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
State of Connecticut } Southington Probate District } ss Southington
On this 8 th day of August A. D 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate for the District of Southington in the State of Connecticut now sitting at Southington in the Probate District of Southington in the county of Hartford in the State of Connecticut, Ad Hart of Burlington in the county of Hartford in the State of Connecticut aged Seventy one 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 act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he was born in said Southington in the month of May 1761 and on the 19 th day of said month as appears from a minute made by his father a copy of which is now in his possession - that he resided in said Southington the principal part of the time until he was twenty two years of age, when he removed to Burlington aforesaid where he has resided ever since

-That in the fall of the year 1777, he thinks in the month of September, his brother Lemuel Hart of said Southampton was drafted from the Connecticut militia into the continental service, and received orders to march to Brumfield near Peeks Kill in the State of New York, that he took his Brothers place as a substitute and went on from said Southampton in the company of Capt Langdon, and first made a stand at Brumfield aforesaid, that he and the rest of his company remained at said Brumfield, ten or fifteen days and while there, the duty of said company was to guard the cattle, belonging to the continental Army. From there he and the company to which he belonged marched to Peeks Kill, at which place he was stationed when Fort Montgomery surrendered, from Peeks Kill he and his company marched to Fish Kill, and when the British fleet went up the river, he and the company to which he belonged marched to Red Hook where he remained several days after the news of the surrender of Burgoyne reached him; that he was dismissed the latter part of October, or some days after.

the surrender of Burgoyne and returned home to Connecticut having been out 999 The draft as a substitute for Lemuel Hart in the service about six weeks, to the best of my his recollection. That while at Peks Kill he H 2 saw Gen Putnam,-
And he further states that in the spring of the year A.D 1778. He thinks in the month of May he enlisted into the Connecticut State Troops as a private in the service of the United States for the term of one year. That he enlisted into the company of Capt Asa Bray in the Regiment commanded by Col Roger Enos and that the condition upon which he and the rest of the company enlisted was that they should not be called into actual service for a longer term than three months at one time but were to be ready to enter upon duty on the shortest notice. That they were called minute men but does not distinctly recollect whether they drew pay except for the time when in actual service. That soon after he enlisted he was called into the service and joined his regiment at Housatuck in the Town of Greenwich in the State of Connecticut

after remaining at Harnack a few days the regiment marched to Prospect Hill near the Saw Pits in the State of New York and after remaining at this place a short time he with the rest of the Regiment marched to White Plains, where he remained two or three weeks and then removed with the rest of the Regiment to West Point where he remained until the expiration of three months from the time he entered the service and was then and there dismissed and returned to 3 said Southington where he then resided. That when at White Plains, Col Miers Regiment was also stationed there and a Regiment called Congreg Regiment, came to White Plains a short time before they left. - about the time they left White Plains other troops from the Continental Army came there. That Col Malcomb commanded at West Point when they were stationed there -
That late in the fall of the same year A.D 1778 he and the company to which he belonged was again called out on said enlistment, and immed- -iately joined the Regiment at Harnack aforesaid where they were stationed as long as he continued with the company, that after having been in the service a month or two, he thinks about

Six weeks, he was taken sick and by the advice of his officers returned to said Southington, where 1 1/2 he remained sick until the spring of 1779. That he drew full pay for Three months for this last term of duty under said enlistment, and full pay for Six months for all the actual services rendered under said enlistment, but cannot tell whether he drew half pay for the time when not in actual service. That Joseph Bunker was Lieutenant in the company into which he entered as aforesaid and that he entered and served as a private in said company. That he never received as he recollects a discharge from said service, and if so he has lost it. and that he has no documentary evidence of his services - That all of the companions of his youth now living or nearly all now reside in the town of Southington aforesaid, and are the persons best acquainted with his services as a soldier of the Revolution, that he is well known to Robert Frost & Samuel Hart, both of said Southington who were formerly his neighbors in said Southington and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution and that he is likewise well known to Rev

David L. Ogden a clergyman residing in said Southampton who can testify to his character for veracity.
That he hereby relinquishes all claims for a pension whatever or an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State
And Hart
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. before me
Romeo Sawrey Judge of said Court 

Act 41. 41. 1 passed 20 June 1832 Price for services
Carte
Ada Hunt
CLAIM OF ACT OF 7 June 1832
STATE OF Connecticut } ss. New Hartford COUNTY of Litchfield }
day of May 23 d three
Be it known, That on this day personally appeared A. D. Hunt, a resident of New Hartford in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the
Ada Hunt
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner an affidavit for a pension under the act entitled "An act to allow certain Revolutionary Pensioners"
at the rate of _____ Dollars per annum; that she has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me.

POWER OF ATTORNEY — Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Lucy Hart of New Hartford County of Litchfield
Widow of Asa Hart
hereby constitute and appoint Myah Gulliver my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of Asa Hart for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to myself
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall law- fully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 23 d day of May
A. D. 185 3 .
Signed and Sealed in the presence of Gordon W Henderson } Frederick Bull }
Lucy Hart
STATE OF Connecticut } ss. New Hartford COUNTY OF Litchfield }
On this 23 d day of May A. D. 185 3 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Lucy Hart Widow of Asa Hart and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be Her free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid.
Gordon W Henderson
Justice Peace.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } COUNTY OF LITCHFIELD, } ss. Litchfield.
I Frederick S. Beeman Clerk of the County Court, in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Gordon W. Henderson Ebenezer whose genuine signature appears to the accompanying instrument,
is and was, at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly elected and sworn, and by law authorized to administer Oaths, and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds, and that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit: and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at Litchfield, this 24 th day of May A. D. 185 3 .
Frederick S. Beeman
CLERK.

Partee
Not at the time of execution 20 July 1852 Peace for her own
CLAIM OF Lucy Hart ACT OF 7 June 1832
STATE OF Connecticut COUNTY of Litchfield } ss. New Hartford
Be it known, That on this 23 rd day of May A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty three , before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Lucy Hart a resident of New Hartford in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the Widow of
Lucy Hart
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner  an applicant for a pension under the above act which is suspended
at the rate of allowed Dollars per annum; that she has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me. Gordon W Henderson J. Peace.
I, Gordon W Henderson Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, do hereby certify that Lucy Hart who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Gordon W Henderson J. Peace.
I, Clerk of the Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal this day of A. D. 185
Clerk.

11.387
Direct any communication on the subject of the within claim to Samuel J. Hotchkiss Burlington Conn. —

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } COUNTY OF Litchfield }
ss. New Hartford March 28 th A.D. 1855,
On this twentieth day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared
before me, a Notary Public, within and for the County and State aforesaid,
Lucy Hart aged sixty nine years, a resident of New Hartford in the State of Connecticut, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Asa Hart deceased, who was a Soldier in the Company commanded by  War of the Revolution in the regiment of commanded by in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th day of June 1812,
that her said husband on, or about the  day of  A. D.  for the term of and was honorably discharged at on the  day of  A. D.  as will appear by the muster rolls
of said She further states that she was married to the said Asa Hart in Burlington on the twenty first day of January A. D. 1827 by one Erastus Clapp a Minister of the Gospel  said Burlington and that her name before her said marriage was Lucy Hotchkiss that her said husband died at Burlington on the fifth day of March A. D. 1851 and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d, 1855. She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor. She says that her claim to pension has been established - and that she now receives from the government the sum of twenty Dollars a year -
Lucy Hart
We, Samuel J. Hotchkiss of Burlington and Eliza Hotchkiss of New Hartford residents of in the State of Connecticut, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by said Lucy Hart in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Samuel J. Hotchkiss
Eliza Hotchkiss
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
David Bennett Notary Public.
The widow did not recollect names or dates as you will see, & supposed it unnecessary as the proof was on file at Washington.
D. 53 -

State of Connecticut County of Hartford } In Burlington
Marryed Burlington January twentys second eighteen hundred twenty seven And Hart to Lucy Hotchkiss both of Burlington
Ernestus Clapp V D R
A true entry of a Marriage Certif- icate received for record January 22 nd 1827 per Willard Hitchcock, Register
I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of the record of the marriage of And Hart and Lucy Hotchkiss with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows January 22 nd 1827
And I further depose & say that I am well acquainted with Lucy Hart widow of And Hart & know she is and has been since the death of her husband And Hart a widow
Abraham Pitbore { Town Clerk of Burlington

I Abraham Pettibone above named depon & say that I hold the office of Town clerk in the town of Burlington County & State aforesaid and that the above is a true copy from the records with the exception above named as certified by me
Abraham Pettibone } Town clerk of } Burlington
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6 th day of September 1853 and I further certify that I am not the Attorney or agent of the claim of Lucy Hunt and am not concerned in the prosecution thereof Darius F. Butler Justice of the Peace

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And Mark 6.T
John Wightman Southington Mass

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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. 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, shewing the Service of  And Hart 6T
   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.     1817 Sub. about 1. 12 private Sp Langdon 71. born in Hartford CT entered in P State now lives in said Hartford.   Spring 1818 3 " Col. Gray   Fall. 1818 about 1. 12 " " " Three surviving witnesses prove his service — They are not entitled to a pension. Certificate of clergyman and a citizen.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
* enlisted for 1 year. * he drew pay for 6 months,

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)                      , who has 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 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 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 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 terms, 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.

11.387
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Mar 23, 18 55
Suey Hart, Mid. of Land " Col. Emas. Revolutionary War. p
Warrant No 949-160-55
Samuel D. Hatchell's Burlington Conn.

No 3576
Lucy Hart, widow of Asa Hart
Set to Abijah Catlin, Nov 3/53. Rh
St. to A. Catlin, Oct. 26 1851. Hon. J. C. Palmer, 19 th June, 1852.
Nov
Act 30 Feb 1853
94 9
]
160 acres

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Burlington March 21
33 Quinc
Hon. Lewis J. Waldo. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Connecticut and Hart
republic
not 6 in diam
see letter to Clain
22 nd Aug 1832
S. Gester 26. on the foot the 16. Jan 16 th
1834 to claimant 14. Oct. 1840

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8894
Lucy Hart Wid.
And Hart Print Rev. War
Act: Febry 3 d  1853
Index:—Vol. A , Page 306
[Arrangement of 1870.]

And Hart, deceased, Connecticut Admitted.
Act June 7. 1832 - 6 mos. as private Infantry at rate of $20 per annum from 4 th March 1831 to 5 th March 1832 -
Lucy Hart, widow of And Hart, deceased, Conn
Act 3 rd February 1853 at rate of $20 per annum from 3 rd February 1853
Pay in both cases to Lucy Hart, widow &c.
Certificate to Abijah Catlin, Esq. Present
Lucy Hart
And Hart was a Lucy Hart, widow of And, Litchfield Co., Ct.
Act 15 th $20 per An., Comm: Feb: 3 rd 1853, Rev.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business.
Abijah Catlin, Hartington, Ct. Commissioner.

Hamorton 19 Feb 1855
Mrs L P Waldo
Gentlemen of Prudens Will please accept Geo C. Jones Esq as my substituted attorney in the case of Ad Heat under act of Jan 7 1832 and of Lucy Heat her widow under act of February 3 1833 and also
A. Galtin

Hon J. C. Palmer is authorized to act as my substitute attorney in the application of Lucy Hart widow of Fred Hart under act 3 Feb 1853 for a pension also for an account due her husband under act 7 June 1832 Elizabeth Coatman Attorney for Lucy Hart
Dep. Secy War.

Leeds
Hon. Saml. J. Waldo at Pension Office Washington City D. C.

Pension Office,
November 3. 1853.
Sir,
The papers filed in the case of Mrs. Lucy Hart for pension under act of 3 rd February 1853, together with those filed by her alleged husband Ard Hart, in an unsuccessful application for pension under the act of June 7. 1852, have been carefully examined.
It appears from the correspondence in the original application, that the claim was rejected on the ground that the claimant did not appear to have served, in the aggregate a sufficient time to entitle him to any pension. In a letter to him dated October 14. 1840, it is stated (and the statement is now confirmed by the papers) that " according to his own statement under oath.

his three Terms of alleged service did not amount to six months " He only claims to have marched to Crown Point in the militia company of Captain Langdon (of what regiment does not appear) and to have remained about six weeks in service - He alleges that he enlisted in Col. Enos' Regiment of minute men, and, there after serving a tour of three months, was dismissed agreeably to the terms of enlistment - That he was afterwards called out, and, after serving a month or six weeks, was dismissed by his officers in consequence of sickness. All three tours do not bring the claim within any of the pension laws.
It will thus be seen that, allowing all the service claimed in the Declaration, of the soldier himself there is no foundation for the claim of his widow for  it - But such declaration is no proof whatever of service under our present rules, and there is no evidence within the reach of this office showing a sufficiency of service to entitle the claimant in this case to a pension. He

claim is consequently rejected
Agreeably to your request the attention of the Commission has been specially called to the contents of this letter
Very respectfully Your obt. servant
Commission
the soldier shall hereafter be shown by satisfactory evidence to have enlisted in his Third Tour for a definite period, and to have been prevented by sickness from incurring in the line of his duty, from completing such his tour, his widow  under the would be entitled, under the ruling of the Office to the full term of such enlistment. Until, however, such evidence is produced, the decision of the Office in the original case must be adhered to.
Abijah Catlin Esq. Hartwinton, Connecticut

Newington 10 th Feby 1855
Hon Commr of Pensions
I respectfully return the enclosed Certificates believing that six weeks men service should have been allowed Hart in his declaration alledged & found 6 weeks service in 1777 and six months under Enor in 1778-1779. The first six weeks has now been admitted & the only difficulty has been with regard to the latter portion of the 6 months service that being now admitted I surrender these Certificates in order that amended ones may be issued. If I am not right these Certificates can be again ordered to me Yours very Respectfully Abijah Collins
Hon S. P. Hildreth Commr Pensions Washington City

Department of the Interior Washington February 3 rd 1858
Sir
I have signed the Certificate, herewith transmitted, in favor of Lucy Hart widow of Uriah Hart upon your personal explanation, that during the last tour of service the said Uriah, was taken sick and remained on the sick list, until its close. At the same time, I take occasion to say, that although under the circumstances of this case, I have deemed the claimant entitled to the benefit of the six months service, yet I cannot sanction the decision of Secretary Caring, that the service in Ennis regiment should entitle a soldier to "Eight months pension" under the act of the Legislature of Connecticut.
I am very respectfully Your obed Servt N. W. Leland
Mr L. P. Wells Pension of Pensions
Secretary

Department of The Interior Washington January 31. 1875.
Sir:
I have to call your attention to what appear to be defects in the testimony, as presented by the accompanying Brief, in the case of Fred Hart, decd, submitted with the certificate of Pension, in favor of his Widow Lucy Hart. This brief, as you will perceive, does not show the duration or circumstances of the sickness of Hart, nor whether the result of the service - whether while sick he remained in camp, or was on the sick list &c &c.
The brief states that 'the principle has been long established that under the circumstances a soldier in the revolutionary war, is entitled to the remainder of the time for which he definitely enlisted'. To that to be understood to make a distinction between service in the War of the rebellion and in the other wars, as to what is deemed actual service, as a general principle, or is it only to be taken as applicable to cases in which the circumstances are similar to those which exist in the present case.
I am very respectfully Your obedt Servt.
P. M. Bland Secretary
Hon S. P. Waldo Mem. of Pensions

Warrenton 30 March 1884
Hon L P Waldo
Commission of Pensions
Sir
In relation to the application of Lucy Hart for a pension under act 3 July 1832 for services due her deceased husband and in reply to your letter of the 3 Nov last
I accept of the proposition you make when you say "If the soldier above named & shall hereafter be shown by satisfactory evidence to have served the two terms as specified in his declaration etc have enlisted in his third term for a definite period & to have been mustered by Mchup etc
If you will take the trouble to look at your Muster roll of Col Puer Regiment you will find it headed for a three months term
Again if you will look at the certificates of the Secretary of State of Connecticut in the case of Hannah Austin - New York roll you will find that Col Puer Regiment to which Adt Hart belonged as proved by your own records was raised for a year & that they actually served 8 months in

tour. Your own records show the existing store of service by the agreement of more than 8 months. The history of this agreement is well known to all the old employees of the Pension office to whom if any doubt exists please refer.
The answer shows that his last tour of 8 months, was interrupted by sickness "incurred in the line of his duty" . As to the first tour of six weeks, it was promised at the time of the application as fully as required. Among the papers it was put down in the brief as allowed there was no objection to any thing except the last tour.
Properly understood, the case is made out within your own rules, I should have answered sooner had I not expected to have been in Washington.
Please call the attention of the Commissioner to the present letter personally.
I think sufficient importance was not given to my suggestions in my former letter especially that part when of in the absence of pay roll, which legally are supposed to be in the possession of the government since

fact are so proof that a man did belong to a raised, raising a definite proof regiment is sufficient to show that he served the whole time also
Hart alleged he received pay for his whole term your records show that the regiment did serve 8 months you to deny his claim you must prove he deserted or was discharged from the service In the absence of proof you cannot presume that
yours respectfully
A. Battrick
P.S. I have merely presented the argument in very few words making that the conclusion cannot be otherwise than favorable if the facts are understood

State of Connecticut
Probate District of New Britain
On this 3 rd day of September 1833 personally appeared before the Probate Court within for the district aforesaid Lucy Heart a resident of said New Britain in the County of Litchfield and State aforesaid aged Sixty Seven years who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd of February 1833 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war, and also for the purpose of obtaining the arrears of pension which she is informed and believes to have been due and owing her husband Adis Heart, that she is the widow of said Adis Heart who was a private in the service and performed several terms of duty but she is unable to specify them & she refers for the same to the declaration of her said husband now on file at the Pension Office in Washington City & the evidence & proofs on file among the suspended cases under the act of June 7 th 1832, which evidence she believes should establish her right to a pension and also to the arrears due her said husband. She further declares that she was married to the said

And that on the 20 th day of January 1827 that her said husband died on the 5 th of March A D 1827 that she was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated she further declares that she is now a widow Sworn to and Subscribed on the day & year above } Lucy Hart written before
Roger H. Mills Judge of Probate Court

Act July 3 1858 annex 1 June 1832

Warrenton 6 th 28 Oct 1853
Hon S P Waldo
Commencement of Pensions
I herewith present the application of Lucy Hart widow of Asa Hart for the benefits of the act of 8 th February 1850 and also for the arrears of pension to be due in right of her husband under Act of 7 th June 1832
The marriage is proved by record and also the death of her husband - It may be well to remind you of the fact that in 1849 all deaths are required to be made a matter of record by a sworn officer Consequently the record is the best evidence. The identity is also proved by the deposition of William Marks taken before the same Magistrate as are the affidavits proving the marriage and death where official character is proved.
Trusting all formal matters are sufficiently proved, it remains to consider the evidence of service - All that we can at this day offer is found in the application of Asa Hart under the Act of 7 th June 1832 which is suspended and also the evidence accompanying the same and other evidence in the Pension office to which I will refer - Asa Hart avows to under service under

Capt Langdon ca raised two tours of three months each in Col Evers Regiment raised Feby 1778 to serve until March 1779 or one year to serve 3 months at a time See Hinmans History Page 310, 311 and also documents from Secretary of State of Conn t in the case of Hannah Austin widow of James Austin New York in P Office The department hereupon admitted the service in 1778 6 weeks, 3 months of one tour in 1778 & 6 weeks of another tour - in same regiment. And this not amounting to 6 calendar months denied the pension to said Hart
But said Hart arranged that he served the two tours of 3 months each under Evers that he was not honor on account of sickness that he was not discharged but received pay for the whole period including his sickness and if the statement was true I apprehend he was entitled. And why should not his whole declaration be considered together said Harts name will be found in the Muster rolls of that regiment in the office The pay rolls are lost it is said. But the applicant should not suffer for the fault or misfortune of the government in whose service they are presumed to be. And having been a member of that regiment he is presumed to have served according to the terms of his enlistment unless the contrary appears. And as nothing appears to that effect why I respectfully ask is the Pension denied

By rejecting the claim you refuse to consider his whole declaration and more than that I presume either that he was discharged or a deserter of which there is no proof & certainly cannot be presumed
I have no disposition to expand my remarks knowing that the claim & the grounds thereof may be presented - & the application will be made by yourself.
We claim to be mustered in 1877 6 July
7879 letter —
I am aware that more might be claimed for the service under Evers in the case of Hannibal Garrison when 8 months was allowed on appeal to the Secretary of the interior. The two extra months were probably made up by counting the time from time of Marching & service when being disciplined not on the lines. They were called Minute men liable to be called out any minute to serve no "longer than three months from the time they should arrive at their place of destination each co to be called out for exercise once in 15 days by battalions three times a year with the same wages and rations as in actual service
If the examine contains doubts as to allowing the claim please present the points to the Commissioner himself. With In his decision we will acquiesce

State of Connecticut County of Hartford
on this 12th day of October 1883 personally appeared before me James F. Miller a justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid William Marks a resident of Burlington Mr. said County aged sixty nine who being duly sworn says that he was well acquainted with Arad Hart late of said Burlington & knows that he was an applicant for a pension which was denied him that he knows his wife Lucy who now lives in West Hartford & understands she is about to apply for a pension I never knew any other person by the name of Arad Hart who was old enough to have been a pensioner - have known said Arad Hart ever since I was a school boy & his wife ever since she was a girl -
Sworn to subscribed William Marks this 12th day of October
1883 and I further certify that I am not the agent of the said Lucy Hart or concerned in the prosecution of her claim that William Marks is a person of truth and integrity James F. Miller Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut Hartford County } ss Burlington
September 6 th 1853
I hereby certify from the record of deaths for said Burlington that And Hunt died at Burlington on the fifth day of March one thousand eight hundred & fifty one aged Ninety his occupation was farming his birth place was Southington his residence at the time of death Burlington the reported cause of death was lung fever or Old age
( David Bernet ) Register of Births Marriages & Deaths for the Town of Burlington
David Bernet above named depon & say that I hold the office of Register of Births Marriages & deaths for the town of Burlington County and State aforesaid and that the foregoing is a true extract from the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures (turn over)

in March 5 th 1851 and I further depon & say that I am well acquainted with Lucy Hart widow of Drd Hart and know she is & has been since the death of her husband And Hart a Widow
David Bunnell
September 6 th 1853 Subscribed & solemnly affirmed as true before me & I further certify that I am not the attorney or agent of the said Lucy Hart claim nor am I concerned in the prosecution thereof
Daniss F Butler - Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut.
I, John P. C. Webster, 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 Darius H. Butler was, from the fourth day of July, A. D. 1852, to the fourth day of July, A. D. 1854, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed and commissioned—having full power and authority by the laws of said State, to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
And I further certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said Darius H. Butler to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, this 21 st day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty & three.
John P. C. Webster, Secretary of State.

We Samuel Hart and Robert Foot of Southington in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut hereby certify that we have been well assured for sixty years or more with Mr. Hart now of Burlington in the County of Hartford aforesaid formerly of said Southington and who has subscribed to the foregoing declaration and that we believe him to be seventy one years of age, that he is reputed in said Town of Southington and in the neighborhood where he formerly resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Robert Foot
Samuel Hart
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Romus Lowrey Judge of said Court of Probate
I David L. Ogden a Clergyman residing in the Town of Southington in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut

hereby certify that I am acquainted with Oral Hart of Burlington in said County who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that he now holds the office of a deacon in the church of Christ in said Town of Burlington and maintains a fair character for veracity, and I believe the utmost reliance can be placed upon any declaration made and sworn to by him David L Ogden
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before me
Romeo Lawrey Judge of 5 th Court of Probate
And the said Court does hereby declare its opinion after the in- vestigation 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 its least that Robert Hart and Samuel Hart, who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in said Southington, and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit - and that David L. Ogden who hath signed the certificate next preceding is a clergyman residing in said Southington and that his statement is entitled to credit -
Romeo Lawrey Judge of said Court of Probate
John Wightman Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Southington in Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Oral Hart for a Pension and that Romeo Lawrey is the Judge of said Court, and that the same is a Court of Record, and that the Depositions of Samuel Stetchack, Moses Mathews and Samuel

hereby certify that I am acquainted with And Hart of Burlington in said county who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that he now holds the office of a deacon in the church of Christ in said Town of Burlington and maintains a fair character for veracity, and I believe the utmost reliance can be placed upon any declaration made and sworn to by him David L Ogden
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before me Romio Lowrey Judge of 5 th Court of Probate
And the said Court does hereby declare its opinion after the in- vestigation 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 its least that Robert Scott and Samuel Scott, who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in said Southington, and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit - and that David L. Ogden who hath signed the certificate next preceding is a clergyman residing in said Southington and that his statement is entitled to credit -
Romio Lowrey Judge of said Court of Probate
John Wightman Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Southington in Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of And Scott for a Pension and that Romio Lowrey is the Judge of said Court, and that the same is a Court of Record, and that the Depositions of Samuel Stetson, Moses Mathews and Samuel

That herunto annexed were sworn to and subscribed before said Court, on the hearing of the application aforesaid
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 8 th day of August A.D. 1832
John Wightman
I Samuel Hitchcock of Southmepton in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut of the age of twenty five years depose and say that in the fore part of September A.D. 1777. I was residing in said Southmepton, and was drafted from the Connecticut militia, to serve in the war of the Revolution, that I immediately went in the company commanded by Capt John Langdon to Brumfield near Peekskill in the state of New York, from there we went to the Highlands and Fish Kill and Red Hook, and I think was at Red Hook when news came of the surrender of Gen Burgoyne, that I was out on this draft in the service aforesaid about three months to the best of my recollection.
I further state that there was a private by the name of Hart from said Southmepton in the company of Capt Langdon in which I served, but so long a time has elapsed, that I cannot recollect precisely the christian name

of the person said Hart, but from a recent conversation that I have had with said Hart now residing in Burlington in the county of Hartford aforesaid, and from his statement of the events which took place on said tour of duties above stated, and which are fresh in my recollection, I have no doubt, but that the said Dea Hart is the same person that was with us in said company on said draft
Sam l Hitchcock
Sworn to and subscribed on the 8 th day of August A. D. 1832 in court
Before me Rome Lacey Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Southington in Connecticut

I Moses Mathews of Southington in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut of the age of Seventy four years depose and say That in the month of May A.D. 1778 I enlisted into the service of the United States for one year and into the Connecticut State Troops in the company of Capt Asa Bray and in the Regiment commanded by Col Roger Ennis That I enlisted as a minute man and was liable to be called out into actual service at any time on the shortest notice, and was to draw half pay when not in actual service That soon after I enlisted our company was called into service of the United States, and went and joined the Regiment aforesaid at Housatonic in the Town of Greenwich in the State of Connecticut, from thence we went to Prospect Hill or Rye in the State of New York and from thence to White Plains and from

There to West Point, where after having been out on duty three months I was with the rest of the company dismissed -
That I and the company aforesaid were again called out on 12 enlistment in the month of November or December of the same year A D 1778. and joined our Regiment at Horseneck where we were stationed for three months - That I well recollect that Ord Hart then of said Southington now residing in Burlington in the county of Hartford aforesaid enlisted at the same time that I did into said company and for the same term of time, and was with the company in service for the three months first above stated and a part or all of the time during the last term of three months -
Moses Mathews
State of Connecticut } Southington Probate District } of Southington
On the 8 th day of August A. D 1832 personally appeared Moses Mathews who hath subscribed the foregoing Deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me
Romeo Lowrey Judge of The Court of Probate for the District of Southington in Connecticut -

I Samuel Hart of Southington in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut of the age of seventy one years depose and say that I enlisted into the Connecticut State Troops for the term of one year in the month of May 1778. That I enlisted into the company of Capt Asa Brey in the Regiment commanded by Col Roger Enos, that we were called minute men and liable to be called into service at any time on the shortest notice that I was out about six months on duty on said enlistment, and know that Ad Hart then of said Southington now residing in the Town of Burlington in the county of Hartford aforesaid enlisted at the same time that I did into the same company and for the same term, that he was with the company to which we belonged in the

Service of the United States all the time that I was except the latter part of the time for five or six weeks when he was sick and unable to be on duty
Sam l Hart
State of Connecticut } Southington Probate District } to Southington
On this 8 th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared Samuel Hart who hath subscribed the foregoing Disposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
Before me Rome Lowrey Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Southington in Connecticut
State of Connecticut } Southington Probate District } to Southington June 13. A.D. 1833.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid and Hart who has subscribed and sworn to the original declaration, herein, before made. and being now duly sworn deponeth and saith that by reason of age he cannot swear  to the precise length of time of all of the terms of service mentioned in his said original declaration, but according to the best of his recollection he served, on the first term of duty mentioned in said original declaration as a private in Capt Langdon's company as a substitute for Samuel Hart for a period not less than six weeks, that the company in which he served was called into service by competent authority.
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a period not less than four months and fifteen Days, and that he served as stated in his original declaration, that for the remainder of the time when said company was out under said enlistment he was confined by sickness and left the army by the advice of his officers in consequence of his sickness and that he drew full pay for the term of six months under said enlistment, and that for such service he claims a pension—
And Hart
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid—Romus Lowry Judge of Probate for Southington District—
State of Connecticut } } f. Southington June 13. 1833 Southington Probate District
I Romus Lowry Judge of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid before whom the foregoing Depositions of Samuel Hitchcock Moses Mathews and Samuel Hart were

been sworn to and subscribed hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Samuel Hitchcock Moses Mathews and Samuel Hart and know them to be credible persons and that their testimony is entitled to credit.
Romeo Lowry Judge of The Court of Probate for Southington District —
I John Wightman Clerk of The Court of Probate for The District of Southington hereby certify that said Court is a Court of Record and that Romeo Lowry who has subscribed the foregoing certificate is the Judge of said Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court the 13 th day of June A. D 1833.
John Wightman

been sworn to and subscribed hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Samuel Hitchcock Moses Mathews and Samuel Hart and know them to be credible persons and that their testimony is entitled to credit.
Romeo Lawrey Judge of the Court of Probate for Southington District —
I John Wightman Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Southington hereby certify that said Court is a Court of Record and that Romeo Lawrey who has subscribed the foregoing certificate is the Judge of said Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 13 th day of June A. D 1833.
John Wightman