Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,460, Moody Hardy, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Hardy, Moody
S. 17,460
Carded.
CONTENTS

10331
New Hampshire
Woody Hardy
of Hillsboro in the State of N H who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain ————— of the Regt commanded by Col Dyer in the ————— line for 1 year Mass
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of April 1833 and sent to Hardy N H
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $ 80 — Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep — 20 — $100 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H Spencer Clerk, Book 8, Vol. 1 st Page 90

10,856
Moody Mundy
5 & 13 interrogations in the Prof not coupled with Nov 29 1832
Pwats 12 Months alone
$40-114.
Chas. F. Gore Goffstown NH

10,856
BRIEF in the case of  Moody Hardy of Goffstown  vs Hillsboro G  in the State of  New Hampshire  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? —
3. How old is he? 79
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     1775. 19 April. Nov 74 Jan 75 — 9 — private Col. Hays Capt Gage   21 Dec 76 — 3 — — " — Capt. Moody Col. Pickering  
5. In what battles was he engaged? None mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Goffstown Bradford Mass
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  No living Witnesses — Tradition
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Right
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Wm C. Easton Examining Clerk.

No 38 R. Hardy
10.856

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of New-Hampshire, } ss. County of Hillsborough
On this 27 th day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of Probate in & for said County, now sitting, Moody Hardy a resident of Goffstown in the County of Hillsborough and State of N. H. aged 79 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 entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated - That is to say - In November A.D. 1774 he lived at Bradford in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. That he then & there enlisted as a Minute-Man for the service of the United States to serve till January A.D. 1776 in the Company commanded by Captain at Manchester ... of said Bradford in Colonel Jones Frazar's Regiment - Forfeit Sentiment Colonel ... Poor Major - was called out on the 19 th day of April A.D. 1775 and marched to Woburn same night - The next day marched to Cambridge where he was stationed under the command of General Ward, who commanded till General Washington arrived in March in July - on the evening of the 16 th June marched to Bunker's Hill and that night threw up a fort & breastwork, which was attacked by the British on the following day - In this Battle he was wounded by a ball in the head but the skull, but which disabled him from duty about two weeks and then returned to his duty and continued till his term of enlistment expired, & the new troops not having arrived was retained till some time in January A.D. 1776. & was in the service about nine months - did not take a discharge.
On the 21 st day of December A.D. 1776 he enlisted again into the service of the United States in the Company commanded by Capt. Paul Mobley for the term of three months. He then lived in Bradford aforesaid Col. Kimball was Lieutenant & John Atkinson ensign Timothy Pickering of Salem Mass. was Colonel - one - Colonel of Amesbury Det. Col. & one B. Major - was mustered into service at Medbury and marched through Cambridge, Providence R.I. Danbury Conn. - North Castle N.Y. Thence to White Plains. Thence to Pleasant Swamp, & said twelve days in a line of woods near Kings Bridge which crossed East River, in January without tents - Thence to Peekskill & crossed the Hudson, & went to New-Jersey to a place called Bound Brook at the head of Brunswick River where he remained till the 20 th day of March A.D. 1777 and was allowed for seventeen days prior to returning home. He was born in Tuftsbury Mass. October 3 rd A.D. 1752, has no record of his age, lived at Bradford Mass. when he entered the service, where he lived till within about 40 years since which time he has lived in Goffstown where he was when he enlisted as a volunteer was acquainted with the officers above named - never knew any of the officers acquainted with him. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed, the 27 th day of August A.D. 1832 Colman Parker. Judge of Probate -
We, Jesse Carr residing in Goffstown and Charles F. Good residing in Goffstown hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Moody Hardy, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 79 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. Jesse Carr
Sworn and subscribed the 27 th day of August A.D. 1832 Colman Parker J. Probate -
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 certifies, that it appears to them that Jesse Carr who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the town of Goffstown and that Charles F. Good, who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Colman Parker Judge of Probate I, Charles H. Atkinson Register of the Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Moody Hardy for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 27 th day of August AD 1832 C. H. Atkinson Regr

17460 INVALID.
File No. 17465
Muddy Hardy Pre Civil War
Act: June 7 '32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 163
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New Hampshire Secretary's Office Dec r 17. 1839
I certify that the within named Edmund Parker is Judge of Probate, and Charles H. Atherton Register of Probate and Charles F. Gove and David Hale Justices of the Peace, of our County of Hillsborough duly constituted and sworn, and their signatures as such genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the Seal of State. Ralph Metcalf Secretary.
I further certify that the within named Bodwell Emerson is a Justice of the Peace for our County of Merrimack duly constituted and sworn and his signature as such genuine.
Ralph Metcalf Secretary.

Wathania Mitchell Affectionate

I Nathaniel Mitchell now of Hooksett in the county of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that on the twenty first day of December, Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six I with Moody Hardy who now lives in Goffstown in the County of Hillsborough in said State, and who is now present at the making of this affidavit, entered on signed bonds engaging to serve for the space of three months into a company commanded by Capt Paul Moody of Nashua. whose company was in the Regiment commanded by Col Leinathy. and that I Hardy and myself were mustered in said company at West Newbury and were ordered to March through Providence Rhode Island to Danbury in the State of Connecticut where we remained four or five days until the Regiment assembled and were then ordered to Forty Town on Hudson River a few miles above New York City where we received our ammunition and were then ordered to Dobbs Ferry where we were mustered a few days and then received orders and orders to leave there cooked and be ready to March

at Green Block at Night. Once we were then Marched downs to Kings Bridge. where we remained some time to protect the Farms above from the foraging parties of the British below. from there we were ordered to White Plains. once there to Kings Ferry and then to Morris Town in New Jersey and then to Laurens brooks where we remained until our terms had expired at which time we received pay for three Months & Seventeen days Services which was the exact time we was also were out. Said Family left home with me. which was in Bradford Massachusetts. and we were both together in the Service of the United States therein as Militia men during the above time of three Months and Seventeen days.
And I further confess and say that I was born August 23 d AD 1757 in the town of Danvers Mass. The above named Nabby Hardy I love & know ever since I was a boy and then & now know that he is a few years older than I am.
August 20 th 1832.
With friend Mitchell

State of Pennsylvania Hillsborough ss August 20 th A.D. 1832.
Then the aforementioned Nathaniel Mitchell prisoner affirmed and made solemn oath that the aforesaid affidavit by him subscribed in my presence was true
Before Me Daniel Steele Justice of the Peace

We Benjamin Hardy and Isaac Hardy both of Hopkinton of lawful age do testify and say that we were both in the same company at Cambridge under the command of Capt. Nathaniel Gay in Colonel James Fry's Regiment in the Revolutionary Army about nine months with Noah Hardy of Goffstown in the county of Hillsborough who served the same term with us in the same company in the year 1775. Hopkinton August 4 th 1832. Benjamin Hardy Isaac Hardy
Then personally appeared the above named Benjamin Hardy and Isaac Hardy and certified that the above affidavit by them subscribed is just and true, before me. Boelwell Emerson Justice of the Peace

10.856
Moody Hardy
was not all the power from the district last time. he says about 7 months
Charles F. Gove Esq Goffstown N.H.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned 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? NO - has 1 st enlistment VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
* he is not entitled to compensation for his service as a Minute Man prior to 15 April 1775 when he was called into Actual Service

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 the 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

10856

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss. On this Seventeenth day of December Anno Domini 1832 Personally came before me the under- signed, one of the Justices of the Peace within & for the County of Hillsborough Moody Hardy of Goffstown in said County who being sworn, deponeth and saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he can not swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grades, to wit:
For Nine months I served as a soldier in the Army of the Revolution in the Company commanded by Captain Nathaniel Gage that is to say not less than Nine months from the 19 th day of April A.D. 1775 including the time when I was confined by the wound on my head mentioned in my Declaration
For Three months I served as a soldier in the Company commanded by Captain Paul Moody making in the whole a term not less than Twelve months -
Chas. F. Gove Justice of the Peace