Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,861, Baxter Hall, Mass.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                                NUMBER
Mass.            Hall, Baxter       S.29,861
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Massachusetts 18 797
Vermont [crossed out]

Baxter Hall 
Windham Co in the State of Vermont  
who was a pri. Sgt & Dr.  in the Company commanded by Captain Webb of the regt: commanded by Col. Patterson in the Mass.[illegible] line for
13 mo 14  ds  Dr.
  5   "    28  "  Sgt.
  3   "    18  "  Pr.

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont 
at the rate of 91 Dollars - Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Octr 1833 and sent to 
J. Elliott   Newfane

Arrears to the 4th of Spet. 1833            $227.50 
Semi-anl, allowance ending 4 March '34  45.50
                                                             $ 273.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by W. L. Williams, Clerk,
 Book  E  Vol  3.  Page 70 
~ E. ~ 2. ~ 36. 

March 29 - '34 - See let 
To Pen: Agents to know when last pd
Transfd. from Vermont to Massachusetts from 4 Sep. 1833, and Notification sent to agents 16. April 1834.
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State of Vermont 
District of Marlboro 
On the fifth day of September AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Marlboro in the County of Windham and state of Vermont now sitting Baxter Hall resident of Whitingham in the County of Windham and State of Vermont aged seventy four years who on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following officers and served at herein stated (viz) he turned out as a volunteer at the time [illegible] of Lexington battle was under command of Captain Samuel Chapin in[illegible] [illegible] Regiment [illegible] about two weeks he again volunteered at the time of Bunker Hill Battle and went down to Charlestown and was [illegible] at Charlestown bridge was in Captain Welby Company in Colonel Pattersons regiment Seth Reace was his LT. Col in about two or there weeks he was taken sick and carried to the hospital  where he remained a month or more when he was dismissed and carried home sick. In the year 1776 in July he enlisted Captain Benjamin Farrows Company in Colonel Tylers regiment Massachusetts Militia for three months, as a drummer  and was marched to Dobbs Ferry about 25 miles above the city of New York, he remained there and at Terry Town during the whole of the term of his enlistment does not recollect any other regiment being 
there was stationed there to guard against the enemy's shipping which lay in the river below them was  dismissed when his term of service had expired had no written discharge [illegible][illegible]after his return he volunteered to go to Providence in Rhode Island under Captain Samuel Craghan in Colonel Nathan Tylers Regt was marched
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immediately to Providence and was stationed in the [illegible] six weeks and was dismissed
he was stationed then as a guard against the enemy which lay off there [illegible][illegible][illegible][illegible]
In the month of July 1777 he inlisted in Captain Knaps Company in Colonel Cushings regiment for three months as a [illegible] and was marched to Pawlet in the Hampshire grants now Vermont state about a fortnight and recieved orders to march to Saratoga and marched down there arrived there a few weeks before the surrender of General Bourgoine and soon after his surrender he was marched with his regiment to White  Plains remained there but few weeks by when his time had expired and he was dismissed had not written discharge. In December 1777 he enlisted Captain Craghams company in Colonel Dike regiment for three months as a drummer and was marched to Greenwich in Rhode Island and when the whole regiment arrived there was marched to  Quidnect point  in Rhode Island and there his regiment was stationed during his timer of inlistment and was dismissed about the first of March 1778, some time during the summer following there was a  call for volunteers to go to Providence he volunteered again to go for six weeks in Captain [illegible] Company in Col. Tylers Regt was marched down to Providence immediately and staed there six weeks to guard the coast freight & entrances night and day does not recollect that any other regiment was there during the time was dismissed and returned home had no written discharge, in the fall of the same year he again volunteered for six weeks in Captain Whitings Company in Col Hawes regiment marched to  Tiver Town in Rhode Island staed out his time and was dismissed was stationed  there to guard the place there was no other troops there except Tylers Regiment & returned home before  cold weather,
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In the summer of 1779 he declared that he volunteered again for six weeks and was appointed a seargeant in Captain Whitings Company in Colonel [illegible] Regiment  was marched to NewPort Rhode Island and had a little skirmish with the enemy on Quaker hill so called two men were severely wounded in the regiment to which he belonged but none killed the troops retracted back to Buts  hill
{Crossed out sentence Colonel [illegible] the only officer of the [illegible]  }
This applicant recollects to have been  present at [illegible] he knows the [illegible] of the troops retreated off the night following and stayed a short time at Bristol and his term had expired and he was dismissed had no written discharge 
In the month of September or October 1779 he enlisted in the Company commanded by Captain Baker in Colonel Danas regiment in the Massachusetts militia for three months and was marched to Albany in the state of New York to defend the plan against the Indians 
Staid there and served as a Sergeant in illegible] Company till shortly near the end of his term and was dismissed but had not written discharge returned home some time in December he was not connected with any other regiment  and does not recollect there being any other troops there except the regiment to which he belonged. In the month of July 1780 and this applicant thinks [illegible]the first of July he again enlisted in a company commanded by Captain Benjamin Read of  Mendon in Colonel Rands regiment for three months as a Drummer was was marched to west point in the State of New York remained on the point except when they when they were sent out on fatigue this declarant being a Drummer was not obliged to work except when hired by other soldiers to do their duty which he sometimes did and then he marched on a fort called NO 7 he recollects that General Arnold sent some of the men up to Pokepsie to cut wood under pretens to send it to New York for the next Winter and when he made
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his escape to the enemy there but few men at the Point this applicant recollects being at his house [illegible] [illegible] the morning of his leaving the place but did not see him when he went off he was dismissed when his three months had expired but had no written discharge he further declares that during the whole of the several campains by him above stated he resided in Uxbridge in the County of Worcester Massachusetts and that he [illegible] them for about eighteen years after the war and then moved to the Town of Whitingham in Vermont where he has resided ever since he never received any written discharge in any of his terms of service and supposes them to be written in the militia or volunteers Uxbridge is only 20 miles from  Providence and the calls for volunteers were frequent and this applicant [crossed out] has frequent been called out for short period to short to be [illegible] in this applications [illegible] times on alarms when going a few miles {crossed out]  he would have [illegible] to return [illegible] and at the other times his stay would be only a day or two and be dismissed 
He [illegible] says that he has no documentary evidence in his knows of no witness in his town   to [illegible]except Jesse March and David Chace whose Depositions are herewith transmitted 
He hereby relinquishes all claim to whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension role of the agency of any state
Declared before the Court,
1 in Uxbridge Massachusetts 1757
2 I have in Uxbridge [illegible] 
3 in Uxbridge in Whitingham Vermont where I now reside as stated in my Declaration 
4 voluntary enlistment
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No. 103 [illegible Co Vert
Baxter Hall
Declaration for Pension Sept. 1832

13,973.
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5 # I had no written discharge
6 Amherst Lamb Received [illegible] and  [illegible] and [illegible] 
Baxter Hall
sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Marshall Miller Judge of Probate
We Samuel Parker and David [illegible] hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Baxter Hall who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration and believe him to be seventy years old and that he is reputed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
David Jillson
Samuel Parker 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 

Marshall Miller Judge of Probate 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion , after the investigations of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary solider, and served as he states - And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that David Jilson and Samuel Parker, who have signed the preceding certificate, are citizens of the County of Windham aforesaid, and are credible  persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I James Elliot, Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Marlborough aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Baxter Hall for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixth day of September, A.D. 1832. 
James Elliot, Probate Register 

{illegible seal}
Sealed anew Aug.ust 28 A.D. 1833
Jas Elliot,
Prob Marlboro District, Vermont
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER. 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
County of Worcester  ss. 
On this third - - - day of March 1834.
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Worcester - personally appeared Baxter all who, on his oath, declares that he he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Samuel Chapin (& a number of others) in the Regiments commanded by Colonels Leonard, Patterson, Tyler, Hawes & others in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Vermont from when he has lately removed; that new now resides in the State( District or Territory,) of Massachusetts where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Whitingham in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the pace his nativity, to live with his only daughter, having  lost two wives in Vermont having no family of his own left.
Baxter Hall 
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid.} Benjamin Adams
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I Bezaleel Taft of Uxbridge in the County of Worcester &
Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged eighty three years,
testify & say that I am well acquainted with Baxter Hall the
Signers of the within affidavit, who formerly lived in this town
& moved into the State of Vermont as it was said & now has returned to this
town & has produced to me a certificate given at the War Office of
the United States of the 7th June 1832 Baxter Hall of the State of Vermont
who was a Private, Sergeant & Drummer in the Revolutionary War
is entitled to receive Ninety one Dollars per annum during his natural
life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831 & payable semi annually
on the 4th of March & 4th of September in every year & that I 
have no doubt that Said Pension [illegible] was given to the identical
Baxter Hall as signed the written affidavit.
Bezaleel Taft

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County SS March 3d 1834 Personally appeared
before me the Subscriber the Hon. Bezaleel Taft and made
solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit I further 
certify that I am well acquainted with the said dependent & that
he is a person of the [illegible] veracity.
Benjamin Adams Justice of the Peace
Worcester Ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County
of Worcester, do hereby certify that Benjamin Adams Esq 
before whom the above oath was made and affidavit
taken, is a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of
Worcester, duly commissioned and sworn and that
the signature purporting to be his signature in the two 
foregoing places is I believe genuine.
In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of the said Court of Probate this 4th day of March 1834 Theophilus Wheeler Reg of
said court
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13973
Baxter Hall
Windham county
Vermont
91 [underscored]
182
45.50 [underscored]
227.50
e: not authentic
Adm     44
3.66
1.68
13 mos 14 S'  Drum 25.
5. 28 "  Sergt.4.67
10.
3.18 "   private 1.98 [underscored]
23 [uderscored]    90.99 

James Elliott, clk
New Fane
Vermont
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Hon James Elliot Esquire
Clerk at
Fayetteville
Vt.

Point Pleasant Vt.
Augt 19th 1833
Paid, 30
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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 tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These 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, sent 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 Baxter Hall, Windham Vermont
Period when the service was rendered. 
Duration of the claimant's service. Years. Months. Days.
Rank of the claimant.
Names and ranks of the Company officers under whom he served. 
Names and ranks of the General and Field officers. 
(?)the applicant was engaged. 
County through which he marched. 
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. 
Evidence by which the declaration is supported. 

Volunteer 1775/  About 14/  private/  Capt. Chapin/  Col. Larred/  - /  Charleston/ 74/ -

Enlisted/  1 or more/  Capt. Webb/ Col. Patterson/ - / -/ Worcester Mass/ tradition.
1776/ 3/ Drummer/ Capt. Farrow/ Col. Tyler/ -/ Dobs ferry/

Vol./ 1. 12/ Capt Craghan/ Col Tyler/ -/Terrytown/

Enlist 1777/ 3.-/ Capt. Knapp/ Col. Dike/ -/ Providence

Volun 1778 1.12/ Capt. Craghan/ Col. Haws/ Quakehill/ Freetown(?)

&/ 1.12/ -/ Capt. Whiting/ Col. Haws/ -/-/-/

Volun 1779/ 1.12/ -/ -/-/ Albany/-

Enlisted - /3. / sarjeant/ Capt. Baker/ Col. Dana/ -/ -/ -/ 

to 1780/ 3. / Drummer/ Capt. Read/ Col. Rand. /-/-/-

part of the service of the applicant proved by a witness

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Regulations Under the Act of June 7, 1832

The following regulation have been adopted:

The 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" as persons enlisted, drafted or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those which were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and Store Keepers and Teamsters, Boatmen etc.  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 each 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 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 ht 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 county 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 etc.]

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 of 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 Court said do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served in the states.

I _________________of the court of ____________ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in her matter of the application of ___________.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ___________day  of ____________etc.

If, on the 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 the State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, and with the following additions, viz:

(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the __________and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with ___________________, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _________years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have ben a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the day 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 prescribe 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 signed the preceding certificate, 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 jy hand ad seal of this office, this __________day of __________etc.

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 there with, 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 service of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts state I will afford on 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 ofrh, 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 wil propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of the 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 to you now live?
4. How were you called into services; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officer 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 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 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 the 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 question are embodies 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 in a Clergyman, the Court will so certify and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons vibing such certificates.

The traditionary 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, 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 a Justice of a Court of Record or a Justice of the Peace and that the signature annexed is the 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 the case of death [illegible] 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, in the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such service, the title of the claimant and the opinion of the Court upon the matter. 

Footnotes:

[a] The declarant must appear in option Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity in which case the declaration 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 of 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.  Evert 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 follow words:

"Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, etc. A.B. who being due sworn, deposit and saith that by reason of cold age and the consequent loss of member, he cannot swear positive 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 such applicants served and the particular rank he held, as the laws 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 stage that thye served two years in the militia etc without specifying the tours, the names of the offices and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is  highly objectionable. It must in every cased 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; 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 if always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i] The Clerk just affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it an 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 clamant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving gate same, as well as the regiment, zcomanhy and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oath must certify in 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.

The notes from [a] to [i] are 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.

[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable  in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written and sent to the War Department with the declaration.
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29861 Rery INVALID
File No. 29,861
Baxter Hall
Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7 39 (1839)
Index: -
Vol: 2
Page 171
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Rev Preserve
Smith certificate
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I Preferoed Smith minister of the Gospel do hereby testify and say that I have been acquainted for many years with Captn Baxter Hall of Whitingam Windom County State of Vermont and have always found him to be a gentleman of truth and integrity. I believe the Declaration he has mad in being a soldier in the army of the revolution is a correct statement and that he is entitled to a pension according to an act of Congress passed June 7the 1832. 
Reverend Smith
Rowe County of Frontier Stah [unintelligable] 
August 25th 1832

Minister of the Gospel
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James L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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Uxbridge Marth 10th- 1834

James L. Edwards Esqr.

Sir, Enclosed is an application for a transfer, the applicant has returned from Willingham in the State of Vermont to Uxbridge, the place of his nativity, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts- his pension having been granted when he lived in Vermont and he was entitled to receive it in Massachusetts. Your attention to this so soon as your convenience will permit, will vary much oblige the pensioner and yours truly
Respectfully
Benjamin Adams
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I Jesse Musk of Dover in the County of Windhern in the State of Vermont of legal Age certify and say that I was out in the service of the Militia of the State of Massachusetts in the year 1777 and '78 and that Baxter Hall now living in Whitingham in said Windham County at that time living in Uxbridge Worcester County Massachusetts and the John Hall was in the service with me three months stationed at Gleinger Town in the State of Rhode Island under Captn Craggin and Lient. Green and I further state that in the year 1779 was in the sever of said state with the John Hall was in Capn Baker's Company and marched with the Sixth (?) Battalion to the State of New York and was Stationed near the Mohawk above Albany  in
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State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerks Office
New Fane, August 28 A.D. 1833.
I certify that John Roberts, Esquire, is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Windham, and that the within in his signature. Witness my hand and (illegible)
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State of Vermont
Windham County Ss. 
On this 17th day of August A.D. 1833 before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace within and for said county of Windham personally appeared Baxter Hall resident in Whitingham(?) in said county who made his declaration in order to obtain the transfer of an act of congress of the 7th June 1832 before the Probate court of the district of Marlboro on the 5th day of Sept. A.D. 1832, who being first duly sworn doth on his oath declare that by reason of old age the consequence loss of Memory he cannot now swear positively as to the length of his service in the year 1775 but from the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades for 1775 fourteen days as a private at one time (?) same year at another period one month and twenty days(?) as a private. for 1776 three months as a drummer same year at another period one month and fourteen days as a drummer for 1777 three months as a drummer for 1777 commencing in December and ending March 1778 three months as a drummer for 1778 one month and fourteen days as a private. Same year at another period one month and fourteen days as a sarjeant for 1779 one month and fourteen days as a sarjeant 1779 (Sept or October) three months as a sarjeant for 1780 three months as a Drummer. 
Baxter Hill
aged (?) for each service he claims a pension 
sworn to and subscribed the 17th day of August  1833 before me 
John Roberts Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont.
Windham County Court Clerks Office
New Fane, August 28 A.D. 1833.
I certify that John Roberts, Esquire, is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Windham, and that the within is his signature. Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court.
James Elliot, Clerk