Editing Isaac Van Wart (section)

{{Short description|American militiaman}}
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|name         = Isaac Van Wart
|image        = Isaac Van Wart grave.jpg
|caption      = The 
Van Wart grave obelisk at the [[Elmsford Reformed Church and Cemetery]]
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|birth_date   = {{birth date|1762|10|25}}
|birth_place  = [[Greenburgh, New York]]
|death_date   = {{death date|1828|5|23}} (age 65)
|death_place  = [[Elmsford, New York]]
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|occupation   = [[Militiaman]]
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|family       = 
|spouse       = Rachel Storm (1760–1834)
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'''Isaac Van Wart''' (October 25, 1762{{spaced ndash}}May 23, 1828) was a [[militia]]man from the state of [[New York (state)|New York]] during the [[American Revolution]]. In 1780, he was one of three men who captured British Major [[John André]], who was convicted and executed as a spy for conspiring with treasonous Continental general and commandant of [[West Point]] [[Benedict Arnold]].<ref name="Raymond11-17">Raymond, pp. 11–17</ref><ref name="Cray371-397">Cray, pp. 371–397</ref>