Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7640, David Hall, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey

Hall, David
Hannah

NUMBER
W. 7640
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CONTENTS
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22.898
New Jersey
David Hall
of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey
who was a Private in the Comp commanded
by Captain Carhart of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Holmes in the New Jersey
line for 2 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of Dec.
1833 and sent to G. F. Randolph present
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Arrears to the 4th Sep. '33                 $200
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 M '34      40
[total]                                                     $240
{ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Go C. Stiles Clerk,
Book E, Vol. 3 Page 116.
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[left side]
2207
New-Jersey
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Hannah Hall
widow of David Hall
N J
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars___Cents per annum, 
to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
9th day of Oct. 1848
and sent to
S. ed. Pengle'
,Present.'
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 295 Vol. 4

[right side]
Reported
Let. to P. Dickins [Philemon Dickinson]
Oct. 14 '48
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Declaration of David Hall, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the United States of the 7th June, 1832.
State of New Jersey
Middlesex County ss. 
On this twenty-sixth day of August
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared before the Judges of the Inferior Court
of Common Pleas of said County of Middlesex, David Hall a resident of the township of South Amboy, County of Middlesex, State of New Jersey, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was born in the County of Essex, New Jersey, in the year 1759, as appears from a record of his age in his Fathers Bible, was
in the township of Middletown in the county of Monmouth, New Jersey when he entered the service, lived there until the war was over. Soon after the conclusion of the war removed
into South Amboy Middlesex County where he has ever since lived, and where he now lives. He entered the service at Middletown in Monmouth County, in the latter part of the year 1775 as a volunteer and private in the company commanded by Capt Carhart, Col Holmes, and served one month in guarding the shore from Middletown to Sandy Hook. At the expiration of
his month he joined the Company of Capt Walling, was classed and from this time forward he served his regular tours to the end of the war. His duty generally called him out every
other month in every year for six years, but there were one or two occasions of hard winter, when the ice prevented the approach of the enemy he was enabled to remain at home two
months or nearly at a time. In the year '76 he served not less than four tours of a month each, all under Capt Walling, along the shore from Sandy Hook to South Amboy, a distance of about thirty miles, in guarding it from the depredations of the enemy in the Bay and on Staten Island. In '77 he served six tours of a month each in the same service, on the same station under the same Captain. Gen. David Forman commanded.  In '78 he served five tours of a month each on the same station,
under the same Captain and in the same service. This was the year of the battle of Monmouth, but he was not present being kept
on the lines.  In the winter of this year the cold was intense, and he therefore did not perform so much service as usual by one month.
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In 1779 he served five tours of a month each, all under the same Capt Walling, on the lines as before, and in the same kind of duty.
In the year 1780 he served five tours of a month each, as before under Capt Walling and Gen. Forman, and on the lines between Sandy Hook
and South Amboy. During this year recollects what was at the time called the battle of Kanaskunk [Conkaskunk] but which perhaps may be regarded rather as a skirmish. The enemy were estimated to be 1500 in force. They landed at Kanaskunk [Conkaskunk] Point. Who their officers were he does not know. They marched up to a place called Hedges Farm where they were met by our troops, the company of Capt Walling being the first to attack them. The enemy had a company of Negroes [underlined] with them commanded by a black fellow whom they called Col Dye. The fight with the enemy was severe, and they long and obstinately contested the field.
The blacks in particular were very fierce and determined. Many were killed on both sides. The Sergeant of his, Capt Walling's Company, Vanderhoof was shot thro' the body, but survived. The enemy had to pass a long narrow cause way, with thick woods on either side. In those woods our militia were posted, and they cut the enemy down by scores, and finally succeeded in driving them off. The enemy came from their shipping, and from Staten Island on a plundering party -- but they failed in their
purpose. The militia rallied from all parts of the adjacent country, and did their duty like veterans. This battle took place in warm weather, but the month he does not recollect.  In 1781 he was out again and served at least four tours of a month each, on the lines as before, in the same service, and under Capt Walling.  He never served under any other Capt. He belonged to the same class with Capt Walling. The Company was divided into two
classes, and his Lieutenant, Joseph Walling, commanded the other class. In 1782 he performed four tours of a month each,
all as before, on the same station, in the same service, and under the same Capt. He was out again in 1783 but as this was near the
end of the war he did not perform over two tours of a month each as he thinks. All his services as above narrated was in the capa[city]
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We James C. Goble & David FitzRandolph
of the County of Middlesex & State of New Jersey do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Hall who has signed the foregoing affidavit or declaration.  That we believe him to be seventy four years of age - that he is reputed & believed in his neighborhood, where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.  That he is a man highly esteemed for his truth & veracity & that we have the highest confidence in his character & word & that his statement is entitled to full credit & belief.
                                 James C Goble
                                 David FitzRandolph
Subscribed & Sworn to
the day & year aforesaid
Peter P. Runyon Judge}

On the day & year aforesaid before the Judges aforesaid, personally appeared Anthony Hansel & David Owen, who being duly sworn on their oaths respectively say.  And the said Anthony Hansel for himself says that he is in the 73rd year of his age, and a soldier of the Revolution. That he is well acquainted will David Hall, who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing application for a Pension, knows him
to have served in the Revolution.  Lived a neighbor to said Hall during the latter part of the Revolution.  Knows him to have been out much at that time, saw him in going out & on his return never served with him, but from his proximity to him, had an opportunity of knowing every tour he served.   He was out a great deal - thinks at last half his time.  Knows him to have been a faithful as well as a brave soldier, and
one of the readiest to shoulder his musket.
Knows said Hall to be a man of unquestionable
integrity.  That he long held the office
of Magistrate in the County of Middlesex,
and that he has always been regarded as
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[capa]city of a private. He was in no battle, or severe skirmish, except the one he has referred to. He was not in service with Continental
troops at any time, nor commanded by Continental officers.  He never received any written discharge from his service, nor
has he any documentary evidence. He refers to the Rev. James C. Goble and David Fitz Randolph to testify as to his character
for veracity and their belief of his Revolutionary services -- and to Anthony Hansell, David Owen, David Lamberson, & Thomas Lamberson,
surviving soldiers, who testify as to their knowledge and belief of those services. He has no other evidence to produce, nor does he
know of any other living witnesses to be obtained. His services were principally performed in Monmouth, and upon diligent
enquiry, he is unable to find a single person living in that county who can testify of his knowledge to his services. He is sure &
confidant that he performed the services [ill.] &
even more than he has particularized
[8 lines crossed out]. 
He thinks he has done all that he could & would only add that he hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension or annuity except the present & states that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any State and he cannot forbear adding his ardent hope to receive some small compensation for his Services.
                                                   David Hall
Subscribed & sworn to
the day & year aforesaid
Peter P. Runyon Judge}
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Application of
David Hall
of Middlesex Co.
New Jersey for a
Pension under the
Act of June 1832
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27.112
Duplicate



}James F Randolph
New Brunsk.
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an upright honest man, has no doubt of the truth of his statement in relation to his revolutionary services, and that he served, as he says he did, more than two years. And the said David Owen for himself says that he is in the 76th year of his age, and a soldier of the Revolution, that he is well acquainted with David
Hall the person named in the foregoing
application for a pension, has known him
since some time in the Revolution, and has
always regarded him as a man of the most
scrupulous integrity & veracity & worthy of the
fullest credit in any statement he might make
under oath or otherwise.  Knows that said
Hall was a soldier in the Revolution, not from
having served with him, but from seeing him
or his return from his tours, with his musket
on his shoulders, and from their conversations
at the time and since. Cannot pretend to specify how long said Hall served, nor where he served, except from his own statements, but has entire confidence in those statements from the character of said Hall and his own observation of him during the war, and has no hesitation in saying, and does say with a perfectly
clear conscience, that said Hall served
long and faithfully, and is fully entitled to the
Pension check he claims. Has no doubt that he served more than two years.  Was in a very exposed part of the country, where to his own knowledge, every man capable of bearing arms, was in an almost constant requisition. 
                                    Anthony Hansell
                                    David Owen

Subscribed & sworn the day & year
aforesaid before the Judges aforesaid}
Peter P. Runyon Judge
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David Lamberson & Thomas Lamberson, also appeared before the Judges aforesaid, on the day aforesaid, and being sworn, on their oath severally depose and say, that they are both soldiers of the Revolution and served a great deal as such- that they lived within a mile or two of David Hall the applicant named in the
foregoing declaration during the Revolutionary
War, knew him well, knew that he served
often & faithfully, but not being in
the same company with him never served
with him. They were under Morgan, he under
Capt Walling, and cannot therefore specify
tours nor places, believe that he
served regularly, and that was very often,
for the service here was almost incessant.
Know said Hall to be a person of strictest
integrity &  unquestionable veracity and
have no doubt of the truth of his statement
in relation to his Revolutionary services. In all the neighborhood in which said Hall resides, no one doubts of his revolutionary services, so far as may know believe and that he is fully
entitled to all that long & faithful
services can claim.
                                 David Lamberson
                                 Thomas Lamberson

Subscribed & sworn to the day &}
year aforesaid before the Judges aforesaid}
Peter P. Runyon Judge

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after put[ting]
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[put]ting 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 James C.
Goble, who has signed the preceding certificate
is a Clergyman resident in the County of
Middlesex, and that Stephen Hall who has also
signed the same is a resident of said County, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. And the Court further certify that it satisfactorily appears to them that Anthony Hansell, David Owen, David Lamberson & Thomas Lamberson, who have been examined as witnesses in the foregoing case, are surviving soldiers of the Revolution and credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.

                                     Robert McChesney
                                     Peter P. Runyon
                                     Jn Centrall
                                     Jacob Van Winkle

I Nicholas Booraem, Clerk of the Court aforesaid
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of David Hall for a Pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set                       my hand & the seal of said
Court this twenty seventh day
of August Eighteen hundred and thirty three
                                     N Booraem Clerk
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                          Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March 1843 Granting pensions for one year to Certain Widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7 1838.
State of N. Jersey
County of Middlesex } ss
On this 5th day of May 1845 personally appeared before the Subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Hannah Hall a resident of the State and County any aforesaid aged 78 years, who being first 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 3d March 1843 Granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.  That she is the Widow of David Hall who was a private in the revolutionary war And received 80 dollars per annum from the Government of the United States. She further saith that her late husband the said David Hall died in November 1843. She further saith that she is still a widow.

Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year last above written
                          Hannah X Hall
                               her mark
Witness present
Courtney Hall
James M Warn J.P.

I certify that the above named applicant is
the widow of the late David Hall who was a
pensioner on the Govt of the US and that she
is a credible person.
                                  James M Warn J. P.
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State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex } ss
Personally appeared before the Subscriber Courtney Hall who being duly sworn on her oath deposeth and saith that Hannah Hall who has made the accompanying declaration is the widow of David Hall who was a revolutionary pensioner and that she is still a widow. He further saith that the bible herewith transmitted contains the only original record extant of the Marriage of the said David and Hannah Hall.
Sworn to and subscribed this 5th day of May
1845 before.                   Courtney Hall
James M Warne J. P.                                            

I certify that the above named deponent is
a credible person.  I further certify that the
word "original" in the 11th line [ill.] inserted
before execution.
                                    James M Warne J P

State of New Jersey Middlesex County ss 
I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of the County of Middlesex aforesaid do hereby Certify that James M. Warne before whom the foregoing declaration of Hannah Hall & affidavit of Courtney Hall were made & taken was at the date of the Making Said declaration & taking Said affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for Said County duly Commissioned & Sworn & that I verily believe his Signature to the Jurats of Said declaration and [ill.] & the certificates thereto are his proper hand writing.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the Seal of Said County this Sixth day of May AD 1845
N Booraem Clerk
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David Hall

see letter 2d Octo
J F Randolph

Admitted
Private 2 years
Carhart
Holmes
David Hall

J F Randolph
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                                     WAR DEPARTMENT,
                                                Pension Office,
                                                         Oct 2d 1833

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 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. 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 compiling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
________________________________________
A Statement, showing the service of David Hall

Period when the service was rendered.
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years. Months. Days.
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.

[The above table entries are completely blank.]
                                    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 regulations have been adopted:

This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every brand 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 ___
County of ___ } ss.
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 solider, 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) 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 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 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 knowledges 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

[Last 2 paragraphs marked in left margin, and the following hand-written underneath:]
Claimant states he belonged to the same class with Capt and "his duty generally called him out every other month for 6 years."
}By an order of Gov Livingston it appears that a Class was 1/8.
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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 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 who 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 he 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 who 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 solider, 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 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 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.
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[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 consequent loss of memory, he cannot sweat 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 tot he 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 expression are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c without specifying the tours, 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 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.
 
                       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.
> The notes from [a] to [i] 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.
[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 seat to the War Department, with the declaration.

[The last five lines of section e are marked with a brace in the right margin; phrases underlined: "under what officers", "particular ... performed", "served ... service", "either in the field or in garrison", "any civil pursuit". The following is written across the bottom of two pages -- images # 17 and #18]
"Claimant states he belonged to the same class with Cap'n Walling and his duty generally called him out every other month for 6 years."
By an order of Gov Livingston it appears that a Class was 1/8  part of a company. An explanation of these services is necessary."
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Hannah Hall
Widow of
David
Page 20

B. L. Dir
Evans

Department of the Interior.
PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. June 30. 1877.

Dear Sir

Please furnish this office with the
names and P. O. Address of some of the
descendants of Hannah Hall Widow of David
Hall formerly of your Town.

Application for Pension was made by the
widow thro' her Agent Jas C. FaherRee of New-
Brunswick N.J. in 1845 at which time a Bible,
contain'g a family record was sent to this office to be filed in Evidence. It is now desired to return said Bible to the family. The names of the children, as found in Bible, are Stephen, Mary, Susanah, Melsney, David and Eliza.

Please return this letter with your reply
                                  Very respectfully,
                                         J A Beulley
                                         Pension Commissioner

Post Master
South Amboy
Middlesex Co.
N. J.}
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David Hall NJ. Act 7 Mar 1832 $80.00 pr an
To what time was he last paid? 
                                                        G.C.A
Pension Office
Septem 30 1848 } Died 29th Nov'r 1843 Paid in
                                  full to that time 
                                                           J.B.P.
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7640
Hannah Hall
Wid.
David Hall
Pri Rev. war
Act: Feby. 2d/48
Index:-- Vol. A, Page 304
[Arrangement 0f 1870.]
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7192
Act 43 9373
Hannah Hall
N. J.
Act 3 March '43
Married before 1794
husband died 29 Nov 1843
Admd, 2 years 1m
$80.00 per an
[illegible] 29 Nov [?] 1843.
Adm'd 2 Feby 48
$80.00 pr an
S A. Peugh
Present
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                                         New Brunswick
                                             May 5 1845 

Hon J L Edwards

Dr Sir

Herewith I send the papers in the case of Mrs Hannah Hall.  In your letter to me dated the 29th March You state as fol.  "In answer to your letter of the 25th Mrh I have to inform you that if
the husband died between the 4th of March
1841 and the 4th of March 1844 the application
should be made under the Act of March 3 1843 &c." I have conformed to your instructions
in the case of Mrs Hall varying from the printed form only in so far As to conform to the case itself.  If therefore the papers are defective I
apprehend it will not be my fault
I send the bible containing the record.

Very Resp'
Your Obt Sv
James C Zabriskie
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Sept 20, 1848
Mrs Hall
N.J.
Refer to [illegible]
Humphry [?] letter
[illegible] service three weeks
[illegible]

S A Peugh
Present
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County ss I Nicholas Booraem Clerk
of the County of Middlesex and of the
Court of Common pleas in & for said County
do hereby certify that Judges of Said Court
are authorized during vacation to take
affidavits & administer oaths as well
as in Term Time, and that all their acts
as Judges during vacation are entitled
to the same credit as if done in Term
time. Their authority as Judges
continues in vacation.

In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand &
Seal of office this 2d day
of September AD 1848

N Booraem
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House Representatives June 20th 1848

J L Edwards
Com of Pensions

Sir
Will the commissioner of Pensions have the kindness to inform me what are the difficulties in the case of the application of Hannah Hall of New Jersey widow of David Hall for a Pension

very respectfully
Yours &c
J G Hampton
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Trenton N.J. Pension Agency
Oct 12 1848

Sir
I apprehend there must be some
inadvertence in the accompanying notifications
which I therefore return herewith for your
examination & further instructions

I am very Respectfully
your ob. Servant
Phil [Philemon] Dickinson

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commr of Pensions
Washington
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[Left Side of folded paper]
Hon J L Edwards
Washington City
D. C.

[postmark]
NEW-BRUNSWICK N.J. JUN 20

[Right side of folded paper]

June 23d 45

Han Hall NJ
Sub a month ago
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New Brunswick
June 19 1845

Hon J L Edwards

Dr Sir

About one month since I forwarded the papers in the case of Hannah Hall Widow of David
Hall together with a large bible.
Be pleased to inform me whether they
were rec'd and if rec'd when they will
be acted upon

Respf
Your obt sv
Jas C Zabriskie

May 8. rec'd
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                           Post Office South Amboy N J
                           July 13th 1877

To J A. Bentley
Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir

I have made inquiries in regard to the Hall family named in your Letter, and am informed that, Maria, the widow of David who is mentioned in your Letter as one of the children resides near
Mattawan Monmouth Co New Jersey.
There is also a Rebecca Hall residing at
South Amboy N.J. who is the widow of
William Hall, Son of the above named
David. I obtained the above information from
the family and it is concurred in by old residents of this place.

                                     Your Truly
                                      H C Cadwell
                                                        Rev [?]
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[left side]
8412
New Jersey
======================
Hannah Hall
widow of David Hall
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Husband died 19 Nov. 1843
=======================
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars --
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 29th day of November 1843.
=======================
Certificate of Pension issued the
9th day of Oct. 1848
and sent to  S. A. Peugh
                              Present
========================
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June
17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 96.

[right side]
Reported
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[left side]
Widow
File No. 7,640
Hannah Hall
Widow of
David Hall
Rev'y War
This paper to be filed
with the case
June 2d/79  E

[right side]
Family record of the
Warne and Hall family
as taken from Bible
sent to the Hall family
this 1st of July 1877.
                  Evans 
                        clk
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True copy / Evans
Department of the Interior,
PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. June 30 1877

Record from the Warne-Hall family Bible
Joshua Warne born Dec. 8th A.D. 1740.
Meleney -- Wife of Joshua born Jan 10-1744.
The above were married Oct 30. A.D. 1762
Thos. Warne son of the above couple born Sep 3d. 1763.
Elizabeth " was born June 20. A.D. 1765. died July 2d 1794
Hannah " " " Apl 5 " 1767.
William " " " June 8 " 1769.
Susanna " " " Apl 27 " 1780. died same day.
Joshua W Morgan born Aug. 5 " 1793.
Louiza Ann. Fickett born Mar. 27, 1828.
David Hall born August 19. 1759
David Hall & Hannah Warne Married Nov. 23d 1787 their children are:
Stephen Hall born Jan 28/1789 died Aug 2d 1834.
Mary Hall born Jan 18. 1792. Susanah born Nov 5 1794.
Meleney born Feb 10, 1797. David born Oct 10. 1799.
- Eliza born Sep 10. 1801. Courtney born Feb- 1805
[upward in left margin:]
Dorcas Brown born Feb 18 1814. Hannah Eliza Brown born Jan 29. 1815.
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State of New Jersey,
County of Middlesex ss

      Be it known that on this fifth day of July eighteen hundred and forty eight before the subscriber, one of the Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas of said County and also Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Hannah Hall of South Amboy Township in said County, and made oath in due form of law after being duly sworn, that she is the widow of David Hall who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, that he drew a pension of $80.00 per annum under the
act of 1832 to the time of his death.- that
he died on the twenty ninth day of November eighteen hundred and forty three.- that his pension has been drawn to the day of his death.- that he resided in said Township in the County aforesaid when he died and had resided there many years.- that her declaration and papers are on file in the Pension Office, but that she has never obtained a pension.- that she, the said Hannah now asks for a pension under the
act of 3d March 1849, 17th June 1844, the
Joint Resolution of 23d January 1845 giving a
pension under act of 7th July 1838, and 2d. February 1848, and of 26th of June 1848.

That she has continued the widow of the
said David Hall since his his death,- that
she now resides in South Amboy Township and
has resided there many years.- that she is now
living and is eighty one years of age.

                                              Hannah Hall

Witnesses.
Courtney Hall
[illegible] Prickett

Sworn to and subscribed before me this
fifth day of July eighteen hundred and forty eight.
James M Warn Judge & Justice of Peace
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I further certify that I have been personally
acquainted with Hannah Hall who has subscribed the within affidavit for fifty years
past, and I know her to be the same person she
represents herself to be in said affidavit, that
she is now a widow and has been since the
death of her husband the above named David Hall who was a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner, and that by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to attend court, and that I know her
to be a highly respectable lady.

James M Warn [illegible] Justice of the peace

State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex ss I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of the County of Middlesex aforesaid do hereby certify that James M Warn before whom the foregoing affidavit of Hannah Hall was made was at the time of the making said affidavit a
Judge of the Court of Common pleas of the
County of Middlesex & also a Justice of the
peace in & for said County duly commissioned
& Sworn & that his signatures to the Jurat of said affidavit & to the foregoing Certificate are genuine.

In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & seal of office this
tenth day of July AD 1848

N Booraem Clk
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State of New Jersey
Mid'x County } ss On this twelfth day of October one thousand Eight hundred & thirty three, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared David Hall, who being duly sworn, on his oath saith that understanding that some explanation as to his obligation to serve six months in the year is required, he does not know that he can furnish so satisfactory a One as he is instructed by his agent James P Randolph has recently been forwarded to the department from the records of the Secretary of State's office in New Jersey - his legal liability
to be called out one half the time of six months
in a year is, he understands, clearly shewn by all
the legislation of the State in the time of the
Revolution on the subject: As to the fact of service, he refers to his own statement heretofore made on the subject, and to the proofs that accompany it. He can add nothing to the distinction or precision of that statement. He knows nothing of the Proclamation of Gov Livingston, to which reference is made by the
Department. It cannot, however, contravene the
command that is emphatic & perfectly clear in its provisions. That with respect to the number of classes into which each company was divided. it appears that he was mistaken in saying they were divided into but two. By law it must have been divided into eight  but the mistake is readily accounted for from the fact that there were but two classes as to service in his company, one half of the company being always required to perform the duty at the same time - the Captain & Lieutenant commanding alternately. And this recollection of his, & Statement, exactly coincide with the provisions of the Laws on the subject - the officers being classed as well as the men, and doing Duty
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alternately, the Captain or Lieutenant always
being out with the portion of the company detailed.  The declarant further states, in answer to an objection that his narrative omits to state whether he served in the field or in garrison, that his services were altogether in the field, and that for the time he claims to have been in service, he was exclusively engaged in
that service, and not at any time in any civil
pursuit.                           
                                              David Hall

Subscribed & Sworn to the
day & year af'd before me
Peter P. Runyon
Justice of the Peace}

I certify that Peter P Runyon before whom the
foregoing affidavit was made is a Justice of
the Peace, as he represents, and that his
signature is genuine, made in my presence

Ja F Randolph
Late Rep in Congress

Oct. 1833

State of New Jersey Middlesex ss
     I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in & for said County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Peter P Runyon before whom the foregoing deposition was made was at the time a Justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned & Sworn & that his signature thereto is genuine
              In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
              set my hand and affixed my official
               Seal this 31st day of October AD 1833

                                 N Booraem Clerk