Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13510, Benjamin Hull, Conn.
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Service                                                      Number

Conn.    Hull, Benjamin                          S.13510

                                                                  carded
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                             3015
                      Connecticut

Benjamin Hull
of Watertown in the State of Conn who was a Private in the Company commanded by captain of the Regt commanded by Col Sherman in the Conn Militia

                          for 9 mos

Inscribed on the Roll of Conn 
at the rate of 30 Dollars ~Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of December 1832 and sent to R. J. Hinman Salem Bridge P.O. CT

Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832                           $45

Semi=amt. allowance ending 
4 [illegible] 1833                                             15
                                                                    _____
                                                                    $60

              {Revolutionary Claim,
               Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by E.D. Bullock Clerk
Book D        Vol. 3     Page 4
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admit
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$30
R J Hinman
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BRIEF in the case of Benjamin Hull
of Watertown in the State of Connecticut
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? Sixty Eight years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
June In 1780
July 5, 1781

Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days
"           3 -[mo]   "
"            6 [mo]   "
Rank.
private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Liut Thomas Fansher
Col Sherman's Regt
5. In what battles was he engaged: none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Watertown
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? first term by witness
and second by the Rolls
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Francis F. Franciosi
Examining Clerk.
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-
Declaration in order to obtain

the benefit of the
act of Congress, passed June 7th
1832.
State of Connecticut   Js
County of Litchfield ⎬
On this 31st day of August
1832, personally
appeared in open court, before the court of
Probate for the District of Waterbury, at Plymouth
in Litchfield County in said District
now sitting, Benjamin Hull a resident of Watertown
in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut
aged sixty eight 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 7th
1832;

That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers
and served as herein stated.
That is to say
That he entered the service in the month of
drafted militia of this State
June 1780, in a company of States under the
command of Thomas Fansher, Lieutenant, and John
Stoddard Ensign; the captain being absent, which June 1780, in a company of drafted military [crossed out State Troops] under the command of Thomas Fansher , Lieutenant, and John Stoddard Ensign; the captain being absent, which
company belonged to a regiment commanded by Colonel
Wyllys and Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Richards
that he served in said company as a private three months, and
left the same the latter part of August or beginning of September following; that he enlisted into said
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company and service as a substitute for James Alcox
that
immediately after he entered the service, he
marched through a part of the State of Connecticut
to a place called Chester in the town of Saybrook,
County of Middlesex in this State, and remained
there about a month, and then marched to New
London in New London
County in this State, where
he remained a month or
more and then
marched to a place called Mohegan in said
County, where he served the remainder of sd term of
three months and was there dismissed, that during
this time he was in no battles and did not serve
with any Continental regiments or companies,
and to the interrogatories proposed, he answers
and
declares that he was born in the town of
Wallingford, in the County of New Haven
in the State of Connecticut on eleventh day of
December, 1763
That he believes his birth is recorded
in the Town records of said Wallingford, that
when called into service he was living at a place called
Northbury then a part of the town of
Waterbury in New Haven County & State of Connecticut
but which is
now the town of
of Plymouth in the County
of Litchfield in said State, that since the revolutionary
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War
he has lived in the said Town of Plymouth,
until about two years ago, when he removed to the
town of Watertown in said Litchfield County, where
he has continued to reside to this time, that he
entered the service as a substitute for James Alcox
in a company of drafted militia of this State
as before stated
that he did not serve with any
regular officers and know of no continental or
militia regiments at that time except the one
in which he served; That his duty was to guard
against the enemy, landing on the coast, and
his fatigue duty was, making fascines for building
fortifications, that he was dismissed with the rest of the company in which he served but did not recieve [sic] a written
discharge, that he has no documentary
evidence of this service, but can prove the same
by the testimony of Ames Foot whose deposition
to that effect is hereto annexed. The names of
the persons to whom he is known in his present
neighborhood
who can testify to his character for
veracity and their belief
of his services as a soldier of
the revolution and Reverend Luther Hart and Calvin
Butler Esqr
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He further on his oath declares and says
the he enlisted in the army of the United States
in the year 1781 with Capt Charles Upson and
served in the fifth regiment of the Connecticut
State line under the following named officers, to wit,
Colonel Isaac Sherman, Major David Smith
Major Joseph Allyn Wright Capt Nehemiah
Royce, Lieutenant Hodge, and Ensign Whitney
+ that he left the service the last of February,
the day of the month he does not recollect
having served four
or five days less than nine months,
that he received, at that time a regular
discharge which he has since lost, that he resided
when he entered this service, at the same place as
when he entered the service before as therein stated,
that he was engaged in no battle during this term
of service, that the joined the army at White Plains 
in the State of New York and marched from
there to a place called Red mills, & from there
to Peekskill in said State, where he was detached
and marched into & through a part of the State of
Connecticut and a part of the State of
Massachusetts, and through and about twenty miles
beyond Springfield in said State of Massachusetts
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and then returned into the State of New York to the town of
Fishkill, and there crossed the
Hudson river into New Windsor from there he
marched to Morristown in the State of New Jersey
and from there to within about fifteen miles
of Philadelphia and thence returned to the
Highlands in the State of New York where he
was discharged.
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 day & year aforesaid
Benjamin Hall
We Luther Hunt, a clergyman residing in said
Plymouth, and Calvin Butler Esq residing in said
Plymouth, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Benjamin Hall, who has subscribed and
sworn to the above declaration; that we believe
him to be sixty eight years of age; that he is
reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where
he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution
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[crossed through and served as he states. 
And the court further certifies] 
and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed, the day & year aforesaid
Luther Hent.
Calvin Butler
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 Luther Heart who has signed the preceding
certificate is a clergyman resident in the said
town of Plymouth, and that Calvin Butler
Esqr who has also signed the same is a resident
in said Plymouth, and is a credible person
and that their statement
is entitled to credit.
I Robinson S. Heinman, Clerk of the Court of Probate
for the District of Waterbury, do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the
said Court in the matter of the application, of
Ephraim Camp for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & seal of Office
this 31 day of August, 1832.
R.S. Heinman Clerk
[seal]
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[print missing] and 1812
ection
103/HMM
November 7, 1929.
Mrs. Dora Jennings
129 S. Washington Street
Shelby
North Carolina.
Dear Madam;

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim S. 13510, it appears that Benjamin Hull was born December 11,
1763 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
While a resident of Northbury, which was a part of Waterbury,
New Haven County, Connecticut, he enlisted in June 1780 and served
three months as private in Lieutenant Thomas Fansher's Company, Colonel
Wyllys' Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted in 1781, served as a private in Captains Charles
Upson's and Nehemiah Royce's Companies, Colonel Isaac Sherman's
Connecticut Regiment and was discharged the last of February 1782,
having served nine months lacking four or five days.
About 1830 he moved from Plymouth, Litchfield County, Connecticut
to Watertown, in said Litchfield County, where he was allowed
pension on his application executed August 31, 1832.
There are no data on file as to his family.
The above noted is the only soldier named Benjamin Hull found
on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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December 5, 1925

Honorable Duncan U. Fletcher
United States Senate


My dear Senator:
In response to your letter of the fourth instant, I
have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim S. 13510 it appears that
Benjamin Hull was born December 11, 1763 in Wallingford,
New Haven County, Connecticut.
While a resident of Northbury, which was a part of
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, he enlisted in
June 1780 and served three months as private in Lieutenant
Thomas Fansher's Company, Colonel Wyllys' Connecticut Regiment
.
He enlisted in 1781, served as a private in Captains
Charles Upson's and Nehemiah Royce's Companies, Colonel
Isaac Sherman's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged
the last of February 1783 having served nine months lack
ing four or five days.
About 1830 he moved from Plymouth, Litchfield County,
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Connecticut to Watertown, in said Litchfield County,
where he was allowed pension on his application executed
August 31, 1832.
There is no data on file as to his family.
The above noted is the only soldier named Benjamin
Hull found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
[hand written] Date death not on AB
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3923
Benjm Hull of
Watertown Ct
Application for a 
pension
Butler
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I Amos Foot of Watertown Litchfield County
Connecticut Sixty [?] nine years of age do depose and say
that I served  three months in the Revolutionary Army  in a drafted Company of Militia and
that Benjamin Hall now resident in sd Watertown
but then of Plymouth in sd County served with [crossed out me]
me the three months in sd Company and [illegible]
with me the whole time it was in the summer of
1780 we spent about one month at Chester a month
or more at New London and the remainder at the Mohegan
in the Indian Village the Col of the Regiment was Wyllys
the Lieut Colonel was Benjamin Richards our
Company was commanded by Liut Thomas Fansher
and John Stoddard was Ensign we were discharge
at Mohegan and our tour of duty was three months
State of Connecticut Litchfield County S S Watertown
August 11th 1832
Amos Foot
Litchfield County State of Connecticut SS Watertown
August 11th 1832, Personally Appear, Amos Foot
personally known to me as a man of truth and respectability
and being duly sworn made oath to the truth of the facts
contained, in the deposition by him subscribe before me
Holbrook Curtis Justice of peace
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I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court
within & for the County of Litchfield in the State of
Connecticut certify that Holbrook Curtis
he was on the eleventh day of instant August
that he now is Justice of the Peace within and
for said County of Litchfield, & that the signature
to the within Certificate which purports to
be his is genuine & his proper hand writing.-
Witness my hand & the Seal of
said Court at Litchfield in said
County this 29th day of August
D. 1832
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk-
[seal]
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1925 -Dec. 5 - Hist to Hon Duncan U
Fletcher MMMNF.
1929 Nov. 7. Hist to Mrs Dora
Jennings
M.C.S.
Rev War
13510
INVALID.
File No. 13,510
Benjamin Hull
Pri. Rev. War
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Act:: June 7, 1832
Index: -- Vol. 1 Page 186
(Arrangement of 1870.]
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129 S.. Washington [illegible]
Shelby, N.C.
Commissioner of Pension
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs-
Please give me Rev.
War record of Benjamin
Hull, body guard of George
Washington, I've been told he
was from New Jersey. His descendants
came to Catwaba Co. N.C.
I want his war record, age
& Marriage, his wife's name
& age also names of their children,
ages and who they married on
Thank you-
Very cordially yours,
Mrs. Dora Jennings -
[stamp] PENSION OFFICE U.S. SEP 13 1929
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[stamp]  [illegible] US BEUREAU OF PENSIONS
[illegible] EB DEC 5 1925
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WESLEY L. JONES, WASH., CHAIRMAN
BERT W. FERNALD, ME.
CHARLES L. McNARY, OREG.
WALTER E. EDCE, N. J.
FRANK B. WILLIA, OHIO
OVINGTON E. WELLER, MD.
JAMES COUZENS. MICH.
HIRAM W. JOHNSON, CALIF
HIRAM BINGHAM, CONN.
DUNCAN U. FLETCHER. FLA.
JOSEPH E. RANSCELLA, LA.
MORRIS SHEPPARD, TEXAS
FURNIFOLD MOL. SIMMONE, N. C.
HUBERT D. STEPHENS, MISS.
WILLIAM J. HARRIS, GA.
ROYAL S. COPELAND, N.Y.
EDWIN F. LADD, N. DAK.
JAMES H. DAVIS, CLERK
United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE
December 4, 1925.
Honorable Winfield Scott,
Commissioner of Pensions.
My dear Mr. Commissioner:

Please let me have, at earliest convenience, the
complete record of Benjamin Hull who, it is said, served in
the Revolutionary War under General Washington and part of the
time as one of the General's body guard.
If, perchance, there is a record of more than one
Benjamin Hull having served in the Revolutionary War I shall
be pleased to have a record of each -- though it is believe there
was but one.
Please accept my thanks in advance, and believe me,
Very truly and sincerely,
Duncan U Fletcher
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME A Hull, Chester
GRADE  Corporal
LINE Sheldon's Dragoons (Connecticut)
WARRANT
NUMBER 5989
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED Oct. 7, 1789
to Benj. Tallmadge -
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.