Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23274, Jedediah Hill, Conn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Hill, Jedediah
Abigail

NUMBER
W.23274.
B.L.Wt. 26491-160-55

CONTENTS
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151978  
Act March 3} 55
May 28

Abigail Hill widow
Jedediah Hill Priv
Ent

Rev War
Rev pensioner
AW: 160 acrs May 24/56
Boynton

Written across the document
No. 26491 of May 29/56

T.C. Chittenden
Watertown, N.Y.

T.C. Chittenden  Mch 28/66

Vol. H2_ 8.
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5203    H. 
New York
Abigail Hill
Widow of Jedediah 
Conn who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll as the rate of 
80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 
15th day of Nov 1849
and sent to Hon. J. L. Slingerland
Albany, New York

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
January 2, 1848, Page 81, Vol. 4

Reposted
Reg 8 m55 - 151978
Date of death [?] on 03
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32744   A. 
New York. 
Jedediah Hill dec’d
of Jefferson Co in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Miles of the Regt commanded
by Cap. Canfield in the 
line for two years

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. & end 28
April 1841, when he died

Certified of Pension issued the 25 day of June
1850 and Sent to
Hm. R. Halloway. H.R.

Arrears to the 4 of ---
Semi-annual allowance ending 

Payable to his widow
Abigail Hill, after deducting what has been paid under act, July 1838. 
Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832. 

Recorded by J.P. Chase Clerk,

Book E2 Vol. 4 Page 32
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State of New York
Jefferson County
Personally appeared before me Austin Robbins a Justice of the peace for & In said County of Jefferson Ephraim Wright now a Resident of the Town of Henderson in said County Aged 84 years and upwards a Pensioner of the United States first duty sworn according to law does testify and say that I am now a Pensioner of the United States for service rendered in the War of the Revolution and apart of my services were Rendered under Capt Smith & Lieutenant Godwin & Major Humphry and Mayor Shipman I enlisted for one year on the first or about the first of the month of March 1781 and I served under the above named officers until March 1782 when my year and time of Enlistment was expired. I was then discharged and my years service was rendered at Horse Neck and at Throgneck & I was in the Battles of Throgneck  Mr John Pettingell is now present he served the same year in the same Regiment with me under Captain James Dana and during this year I was well acquainted with a fellow solder named Jedediah Hill he was from Simsbury State of Connecticut 

& he served with me in the said Regiment during said year he Enlisted & served under Captain Mills and he served during said year in the same Regiment with me he marched from said Connecticut to this place to said Jefferson County I should say over 40 years ago he died in Loraine in the spring of 1841 I was at the funeral. He was a good soldier during said year I do well recollect where he resided in the time of said War of the Revolution he resided in Connecticutt and served as a private in said Company of Captain Miles as aforesaid for the Enlistment of one year we were & the Battalions stationed together Commanded by Major Humphry and by Major Shipman we were Connecticutt State Troops Samuel Woodworth was in my Company and served also with me under said Captain & during said year our time & years service – Expired on or about the first of March 1782 – said Jedediah Hill resided in Simsbury after the War of the Revolution & moved from there to this place as aforesaid and died here in Loraine in the spring of 1841 I then resided in Rodman the adjoining Town and visited him while sick and attended his funeral he left his wife Abaigail widow. She is now single and is his widow and resided 5 or 6
By W.E. Massey clerk
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miles from me in said Town of Henderson (where I reside now) their oldest children Jedediah and John are both over sixty years old. Jedediah lives in said Loraine and his Father said Jedediah Hill died as aforesaid at his residence in said town of Loraine, in the spring of 1841. He died at the residence of his son Jedidiah (had then lived with). Said Jedediah Hill and myself served as soldiers together as aforesaid during one year. He has often told me he enlisted again and served the next year also under said Captain Miles aforesaid my service command in 1781.
Ephraim Wright

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29 day of September A.D. 1849 and I certify that I am acquainted with said Ephraim Wright. He is a pensioner of the United States and he is a credible witness and is a man of a good sound memory and is a man of sound moral principles. I have full confidence in this foregoing deposition.
Austin Robbins Justice of the Peace

Witness present
Asa Pettingell

State of New York
Jefferson County
I James G Lynde, Clerk of the County and Courts of the County of Jefferson aforesaid do hereby certify, that Austin Robbins Esq was a Justice of the peace for and in said County of Jefferson at the date of the aforesaid testament executed by him and that he was duly qualified by law as such to administer oaths in & for said County at the above date and his signature above is genuine in his proper hand writing.

In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court & County aforesaid this first day of October AD 1849.
Jas. G. Lynde. Clerk
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State of New York
Jefferson County
Personally appeared before me Wolby --- a Justice of the Peace for and in said county of Jefferson aforesaid John Pettingell a resident of the Town of Henderson in said County of Jefferson first duly sworn according to Law does Testify and say I am 84 years old and I am not a Pensioner of the United States for services I have rendered as a soldier in the War of the Revolution. I resided in the State of Connecticutt where my service was rendered and a part of my services were Rendered under Capt James Dana. I enlisted in the month of March or the spring of the year of 1781 for one year under said Captain James Dana and Major Shipman & Adjutant Bull. I served during this year at different points and plains part of the time at Frog Point by some called Frogneck. I was in the Battle of said Frog Neck we drove the British and took one Cannon from them. hung on a [illegible] we could not get this cannon away & for fear the British might retake it again we broke it to pieces on the Rocks and during this year we had a fellow soldier who was enlisted under Captain Miles and he served in our Regiment during said year named Jedediah Hill.  He was from Simsbury Connecticut & he married Abigail Kilby. I was acquainted with her and her Father famiy. She is now the widow of said Jedediah Hill aforesaid and lives about 3 miles from me. 

Said Jedediah Hill served as aforesaid during the above stated year from spring of 1781 to the spring of 1782. He served this year faithfully in our Regiment under Capt Miles. I was well acquainted with him during the whole of said year as aforesaid. I was discharged in the spring of 1782 and left him in the service. We served together during the whole of said year as we enlisted at one time & our year ended at one time. I made a previous affidavit in this case for said Jedediah Hill while living. He then applied for a pension about 9 or 10 years ago.

I moved from the state of Connecticut to N York State 60 years ago (to this place) to Jefferson County aforesaid, and I have lived here ever since (said Jedediah Hill was a good faithful soldier during the above said year he was in the Battle of Frog Neck and engaged in taking the above named Cannon we had a struggle to take it as it was placed on a swivel. They tried it every way it got of the swivel and before they could replace it we gave them Musketry & killed saw the end of the British [?}  them & got the cannon away from them and broke it to pieces on the rocks as aforesaid. I moved from Rome Oneida County N. Y. to this place forty years ago I think & found my old friend & fellow soldier Jedediah lining in this Town the Town of Henderson where I now reside & Jedidiah lived here some years & now

By
W. E. Massey Clerk
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Neighbor [?] he then moved to the town of Loraine in said county of Jefferson where he died in the year 1841 and his widow Abigail moved back to Henderson aforesaid immediately after his death and now lives about three miles from me and has not been married since the death of her husband Jedediah. Their oldest children are over 60 years old. She is now the widow of said Jedediah Hill aforesaid. Their son Jedediah is an old man he is at least 65 years Old; he was always told me he served the next year up to the close of the war of the Revolution.
John Pettingell X his mark

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of September AD 1849 and I certify that I am a neighbour to said John Pettingell & have known him many years. He is very intelligent credible man, good memory & sound mind for his age, uncommonly so and highly respected for credit he is a pensioner of the United States as stated within his testimony, bears the highest credit among us he is unfortunately blind and made his cross mark to his signature for want of eye sight this deposition was read to him by me and I have questioned the old gentleman fully and the foregoing deposition is perfect to his mind sworn to before me.
Francis Wolby Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Jefferson County }ss
I James G Lynde, Clerk of the County and Courts of said Jefferson County do hereby Certify that Francis Wolby is a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Jefferson and was as such a Justice of the peace duly authorized and Qualified by Law to Administer Oaths in said County aforesaid at the date of the above Instruments and that his signature to the above is genuine in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of County of said Jefferson aforesaid this first day of October AD 1849.
J. G. Lynde, Clerk
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State of New York
Jefferson County [?]
are John H Dutton, a Justice of the Peace of Watertown in & for said county of Jefferson, Thomas C Chittenden Esq a resident of said town & County, who being first duly sworn deposes & says that he has, for many years past been acquainted with John Pettingell, an old Revolutionary Pensioner of the town of Henderson, in the County of Jefferson. & also with Ephraim Wright, an old Revolutionary Pensioner, now residing in said town of Henderson, but formerly in the town of Rodman in said county & that both of said persons are respectable citizens of good reputation & credible witnesses & that full confidence can be placed in their testimony that they [?] sound minds & good memories for men of their advanced age. & that this deponent served as a member of Congress from this County & district in the years 1840-1841-1842 & 1843.
T. C. Chittenden

Subscribed & sworn to before me this 10th day of October 1849 & I certify that I am acquainted with the said Thomas C Chittenden who served as a member of Congress as stated by him in the foregoing affidavit.
John H Dutton
Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK
Jefferson County Clerk's Office }ss.

I, James G Lynde, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that John H Dutton Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the same to be his proper hand-writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of said County this 10th day of October in the year 1849. 
Jas. G. Lynde, Clerk
By W. E. Massey Dep
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14002
Abigail Hill
widow of Jedediah
New York

Admitted
Pr: 2 yrs = $80
per anum from 4 March
1836 to 4 March 1841
from 4 March 1843 to 4 
March 1848 & from 4th
March 1848 during life

Acts of July 1838, 3rd March 1843 & 17 June 44 as of Feb 1848
Hon J. J. Slingerland
Albany NY
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Please report this
Claim of the widow
Hill to me
John J Slingerland
Albany New York
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State of New York
Fulton County }ss
Personally appeared before me Lucius Rice a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county of Fulton Samuel Woodworth a resident of the Town of Mayfield in said county of Fulton, aged 86 years and upwards being duly sworn according to law does testify and say that he is a pensioner of the United States for services rendered in the war of the Revolution a part of my services were rendered among the state Troops in the state of Connecticutt I enlisted in the spring of the year of 1781 under Capt Smith Lieutenant Goodwin Major Humphry and Major Sherman for one year and served during said year at Frogneck and Horseneck and through that section of Country I was discharged in the spring of 1782 when my years enlistment and service ended Ephraim Wright served with me in my company and John Pettengill served in other regiment during said year he served under Capt James Dana and Jedediah Hill from Simsbury served in our regiment during said year said Jedediah Hill served under Captain Miles in our regiment from the spring of 1781 to the spring of the year 1782 we served one year together as aforesaid under  said Captain Miles we were in the Battle of Frogneck together and served during the year aforesaid together in two Battalions and one regiment as aforesaid we was together during said year as aforesaid and when I was discharged as aforesaid I left him in the service when I was discharged we had then served one year together as aforesaid we served then under and Enlistment of one year as aforesaid. 
Samuel Woodworth

Subscribed and sworn before me this 5th day of October 1849
Lucius Rice Justice of Peace
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and I certify that I have been acquainted with Samuel Woodworth for many years he is a very respectable man and he is a pensioner, and man of a good sound mind for a man of his age he is a credible witness.
Lucius Rice Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Fulton County}
I Stephen Wait, Clerk of the Courts & County of Fulton aforesaid do Certify that Lucius Rice is a Justice of the Peace for and in said County of Fulton aforesaid and as such was duly and Lawfully Qualified to administer Oath at the date of the above and his Term of office Commenced on the first day of January 1849 and will Terminate on the last day of December 1851 and his signature to the above is genuine in his own proper hand writing. 

In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court and County of Fulton aforesaid.
Stephen Wait Clerk
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State of New York
Oneida County }ss
Personally appeared before me Stephen A Covell a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Oneida Billings Worden of the town of Vienna and aforesaid county of Oneida aged 87 years and upwards first being duly sworn according to law does testify and say that I served the last year of the war of Revolution at Horse Neck in the State of Connectticutt and in that vicinity I enlisted on the 4th of March 1782 for one year under Capt Miles and served under said Capt Miles, Major Dana and Colonel Canfield during said year to March 1783. When we were all discharged and I had a mate a soldier by the name of Jedediah Hill he was from Simsbury Connectticutt he enlisted when I did under said Captain Miles for one year also and I remember well the Captain promised him a furlough to go home to get married. At this time he had been in the service at this time and his line had Canfield under said Captain Miles he enlisted again and then took a furlough and said he was going home to get married and returned to us & our Company and served with me as a mate during said year as aforesaid from March 1782 to March 1783 when we were all discharged together Jedediah Hill was a Good Soldier and served the aforesaid year faithfully we had many a hard siege and trial together during said year aforesaid  I remember him well the time he enlisted he had done more services as he was only just discharged from the said Company of Capt Miles when the Capt wanted him to enlist again and he refused and made the excuse that he was going home to get married but the Captain persuaded him to enlist again and then gave him a furlough
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he is called a creditable witness in all cases by all who know him and full confidence can be placed in old Father Worders Depposition and the within.
S. A. Covell Justice of the Peace

Mr. Jacob Slingerland
Dear Sir I received your line yesterday and have succeeded in Copying it off but it has been a hard task. I have been sicke about 3 weeks with a Chill fever and am so now that I can sit up but a part of the time and it tires me almost out to write. I have resolved since I have been sick to become a faithful soldier under King Emanuel pray for me that I may ever be found faithful and never flinch let the contest be ever so Great, may the lord Bless you and yours and Bless you in your labors in looking up the Claims of those that spilt their blood in obtaining the freedom of a nation that exceeds any under the light of the heavens.
I subscribe myself truly your friend
S. A. Covell
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State of New York
Oneida County} ss
I Patrick Mahon Clerk of the Courts and County of Oneida aforesaid do hereby Certify that S. A. Covell is a Justice of the Peace for and in said county of Oneida and that he was duly and Lawfully Qualified as such to administer Oaths at the date of the within Deposition and that his Term of Office Commenced on the first day of January A.D. 1848 and will terminate on the last day of December A.D. 1851 and his signature to the within Deposition is Genuine and in his proper hand writing.

In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court and County of Oneida. October 4th 1849.
Patrick Mahon Clerk
James Edgar Dep Clk


Vienna NY    5
Aug 8

Jacob Slingerland
Burnerville
Schoharie Co
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State of Connecticut
County of Hartford} ss Avon July 18, 1849
Personally appeared before me Saml S Cowles, a Justice of the Peace for and within said County of Hartford, John Bartlett, a resident of the town of Avon (recently part of the town of Farmington) in aforesaid county, of lawful age, late pastor of the First Congregational Church of Avon, who holds the records of said Church now in his possession, first duly sworn according to law, does testify and say:

I hold the record of the marriages of the above named church and congregation now in my possession, and by searching the Records of said church, of marriages, I find a marriage recorded in fair legible figures, in the handwriting of Rev. Rufus Hawley as follows, to wit: "March 13th 1783, married Jedediah Hills of West Simsbury and Abigail Kilby of Farmington” “1st Society."  Said Rufus Hawley was then Pastor and Minister over this Church and Congregation. Said records show definitely that said Jedediah Hills and Abigail Kilby were duly and lawfully married before Revd Mr. Hawley on the 13th day of March AD 1783 as I have the records of the said church now in my possession as aforesaid, and the foregoing is a true copy of said record, which stands in fair figures.
John Bartlett, [?] Pastor of the 1st Congregational Church of Avon

Subscribed and sworn before me this 18th day
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of July AD 1849 and I certify that I am acquainted with said John Bartlett; and that he was recently the presiding minister over the above named church and congregation, and still holds part of the Records of said Church, and is a credible witness.
Saml. S Cowles, Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut
Hartford County}ss
I Chauncey Howard, Clerk of the county courts of the county of Hartford aforesaid do certify that Saml S Cowles is an acting justice of the peace for and in said county of Hartford aforesaid, duly authorized and qualified by law to administer oaths, and was such at the date of the above deposition and his term of office commenced on the 20th day of June 1849 and will expire on the first day of July 1850. And his signature to the above is genuine, in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have set my name and affixed the seal of the county & for the county of Hartford aforesaid, this 12th day of October AD 1849.
Chauncey Howard
Clerk of the County Court
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State of New York
Jefferson County} Ss.

Personally appeared before me Francis Wolby - a Justice of the peace for and in said County of Jefferson Allen Kilby
A Resident of the Town of Henderson in said County of Jefferson aged 77 years and upwards first duly sworn deposeth and says I was well acquainted with Jedediah Hill from Simsbury Connecticutt he was duly and Lawfully Married to Abigail Kilby my sister at Farmington state of Connecticutt soon after the War of the Revolution before Rev. Mr. Hawley as they then said and as has always been reported immediately after the War when said Jedediah came out of the service_ as a soldier in the year 1783 and said Jedediah and Abigail his wife (my sister) moved from Simsbury from the State of Connecticutt to this place to said Jefferson County about 42 years ago and said Jedidiah died in the Town of Loraine in said County of Jefferson in the year & spring of 1841 I attended his funeral and he left my sister Abigail a widow surviving him and she resides now in said Town of Henderson  and is single and unmarried and is now the Widow of said Jedediah Hill aforesaid in the marriage of said Jedediah Hill and my sister Abigail Kilby has never been questioned or disputed they always said and it was the General Report that they were married before Rev'd Hawley at Farmington where my sister Abigail Resided at that time and Simsbury and Farmington are adjoining places_ said Jedediah was a soldier in the War of the Revolution as was always said by him & others who served with him in said War I was not present at their marriage I was absent at that time their two Oldest Children namely Jedediah and John are both of them over sixty years old Jedediah is the oldest he is at least 65 years old and John is 63 years old and upwards as I reckon time now they lived together in all the relations of Husband and wife up to the death of said Jedediah they was to have been married in the spring of 1782 his time was out for an enlistment. He enlisted again & my said sister refused to marry said Jedediah as long as he was a soldier
Allen Kilby

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th day of September A. D. 1849 and I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Allen Kilby he is a credable witness} 

Francis Wolby Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Jefferson County} Ss.

Personally appeared before me Francis Wolby a Justice of the peace duly and lawfully qualified to administer oaths in & for said County of Jefferson aforesaid Theda Kilby Aged 71 years and upwards and a Resident of the Town of Henderson County of Jefferson aforesaid first duly sworn does testify and say she was well acquainted with Jedediah Hill and Abigail his wife now his widow I have been Acquainted with them for more than 50 years I was a neighbour to them in Farmington now called Avon in the state of Connecticutt. Said Jedediah Hill and Abigail moved from Simsbury Connecticutt to this place & County of Jefferson about three years before I moved here. It is 39 years since I moved here to this place - that will make it about 42 years since Jedediah & Abigail moved to said Jefferson County we were neighbours in Connecticutt and also here in said  County of Jefferson untill the death of said Jedediah he died some years ago I was at the Funeral and his Widow Abigail came home with me when I returned from the Funeral he died in the Town of Loraine as I reckon time it was in the spring of 1841 when he died as aforesaid and said Abigail is now living and is now the widow of said Jedediah Hill and they lived together as husband and wife in all the relations there of untill said Jedediah died and they raised a family of Children together Their oldest son is Jedediah he lives in Loraine where the Old Gentleman said Jedediah died_ I should say from my acquaintance of 50 years and more with the family that their oldest son Jedediah is at least 65 years old it was always said by them that they were Lawfully married by Rev Hawley in Farmington now called Avon aforesaid This has never been disputed or questioned to my knowledge. The old gentleman Jedediah Hill as aforesaid died at the Residence of his Oldest Son Jedediah Hill Jr in the Town of Loraine at the time and date aforesaid I am the wife of Allen Kilby who is brother to said Abigail now the widow of said Jedediah Hill as aforesaid said Abigail has always told me she had engaged to have been married to Jedediah in the spring of 1782 his enlistment then expired he enlisted again and came on a furlough to get married & she refused to marry him as long as he was a soldier in the Army they were married as soon as he came out of the army in 178- (1783)
Theda Kilby

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th day of September A.D. 1849 and I certify that said Theda Kilby is a credible witness I have known her for many years she is a very credable old lady} 
Francis Wolby Justice of the Peace

see County Clerks Certificate in the Depositi[on] of John Pettingill for the above_
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State of New York
Jefferson County }ss.
Personally appeared before me Sardis Abby a Justice of the Peace for and in said county of Jefferson aforesaid Jedediah Hill Jr aged 65 years & upwards a Resident of the Town of Loraine In said County of Jefferson first duly sworn according to Law does testify and say I was 65 years old on the 11th day of February last past. I am the oldest son of Jedediah Hill and Abigail Hill who is my Mother. My said Father Jedediah Hill died in said Town of Loraine we resided as a family together in one house when he died on the 28th day of April 1841. My said Mother Abigail is still living and is Single and unmarried and is now the Widow of my said Father Jedediah Hill. She now resides in the town of Henderson in said County of Jefferson. Her maiden name was Kilby. My aforesaid Father & Mother was married at Farmington in the State of Connecticutt by Rev Mr Holly as they have always told me we resided in Simsbury in Connecticutt near Farmington aforesaid from whence we moved to this place to Jefferson County about 42 years ago and we have resided here in said county of Jefferson ever since and my said Father Died here as aforesaid on the 28th day of April 1841 as aforesaid and left my said Mother Abigail a widow & she is now living and is now his widow.

And I can well recollect of hearing my said Father state and tell over his war stories. That he was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and he served under Major Shipman where they took a cannon from the British in a Battle at Frogneck. The cannon was hung on a swivel and they killed some of the British and drove them and took this cannon and broke it to pieces upon the Rocks and he stated he served under Col Canfield and Major Dana at Horse Neck & New London and in that part of the country near the last and close of the War of the Revolution my said Father was always noted as an Old Soldier of the Revolution he applied for a pension before he died & I do not know what was done with his papers after his
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death and I understood my said Mother had applied some years ago and do not know what has been done with those papers and has now applied again for a Pension which I believe she is justly entitled to as my said Father as I have always been informed by him while living, served at different places and under different officers during the War of the Revolution and always stated over a vast amount of service he had Rendered under different Enlistments during Said War and was in many Battles & skirmishes with the British & the Tories and the Cowboys and that he Suffered very much while a soldier during said War as he always stated while living. I am the Oldest of the Children and am now upwards of sixty five years old as aforesaid and I recollect of hearing my Father state that he served the two last years under Captain Miles at Frogneck and Horse Neck and in that county he enlisted one year at the time and served under two Enlistment under Capt MIles aforesaid.
Jedediah Hill Jr

Subscribed and sworn before me this 27th day of September AD 1849 and I certify that I am acquainted with the above named Jedediah Hill Junior he is a credible man & witness full confidence may be placed in the above Deposition.
Sardis Abby Justice of the Peace in said County

State of New York
Jefferson County}
 I James G. Lynde, Clerk of the Courts and County of Jefferson aforesaid do hereby Certify that Sardis Abby is a Justice of the Peace for and in Said County of Jefferson and that he was as such a Justice of the peace in & for said County duly Authorized & Qualified by Law to Administer Oaths at the date of the above Instrument and his signature to the above is Genuine in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of the Courts & County of said Jefferson this first day of October A.D. 184--
J. G. Lynde, Clk
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Henderson October 1849
Sir
I sent you my decleration and papers and I have appointed you as my agent to transact and to obtain my pention for me from the United States I inform you that I have been very unfortunate in my Claim_ my Deceased husband made out his Decleration and papers before he died before Judge Ellis my husband died and Judge Ellis Died and I doe not know where those papers are I have had search made for those paper and they Cannot be found I wanted the testimony that was taken at that time to prove my husbands services it is supposed the papers was sent to Washington or have been Destroyed with useless papers at the office of Judge Ellis after his Death I have made out two Declerations before this and they went into agents hands who resided in the Eastern part of the state and they have neglected my Case and Claim they was shiftless agents I was Disapointed by them I have been informed you was a member of Congress and did such businss for such Claim and that you was the most faithful Agent I Could find I hope you will aid and assist me and speed my Claim extra pains and testamony is added from C Congressmen John Pettingill and Mr Ephraim wright we have been neighbors together for many years and they knew my said husband from the time they served in
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the war of the Revolution to the time of his Death and probably their former testimony which was taken to prove the services is now in Washington if it should be there it will add to my Claim and the testimony I now send my Case may be a new Case and Claim at Washington if my husbands old papers are at Washington it is an old Claim I hope and trust they will be found if any thing is lacking please to let me know - my Claim is just and honest and I feel thankful to feel that I can sustain it yet by the best men I think in our Cuntry which I think I have fully Done in every way on my part please to do me all the good with your aid you can you will present my Claim your self at Washington as I shall have no others to meddle with my Claim but you I wish you could attend to it soon I hope you will remember me I remain your aged servent and friend 
Abigail Hill

Hon
John J Slingerland
member of Congress
City of Albany
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Esq Cavill he was converted by Father Worden. He is beloved by all that know him. He has no Enemies and an Instrument now yet in his old days to spread the blessings of a Messiah and bear it down when the Carnal - his old Grey head is silvering for a brighter world as a Sainted worthy Father here - he will be made more Worthy when he meets his Dying master and possesses the promised crown - Such then are the Characters of our witnesses - beloved by God in Old age memories bright - but said remarkable Father Worden has never lost his Eye sight nor Teeth nor memory - and stands up firm speaks with an undaunted heavy Tone when he addresses an audience.

You have full proof of the death of Mr. Jedediah Hill his sons Testimony as well as Father Wrights and Kilbys [?]

Here is a perfect case & the proof is perfect for two years service from the spring of 1781 to the spring of 1783.
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This claim has been unfortunately in shiftless han It is not known by the Declarant whether her former declarations have been sent to Washington or not it is very desirable hoping they are on file at the Pension office to show that due Exertions have been made in this case years previous to this and it may Possibly be the Declaration of her Deceased Husband and the Papers was Sent on by Judge Ellis - Judge Ellis died some years ago and no traces of the papers to be found after his death useful papers were all burnt up and those papers might have been among those.

The Testimony selected and added to the Declaration is Conclusive and Definite from the time of his first years service to his Grave - there is no better testimony than Ephraim Wright & John Pettingill Ephraim Wright attended and visited him when sick & attended his Funeral - he then resided in Rodman not far from Jedediah Hill - he had the satisfaction to see the last of the remains of his Old friend & fellow soldier Hill - he knew him & his wife after the war in Simsbury Conn - and resides a short distance from the Widow now - and he swears to the ages of the Children from his own knowledge etc & said Mr John Pettingill swears to all but the same only he was not at his Funeral - men of the best of morals and blest with uncommon good memories for their age - and whose testimony stands unparalleled among the first class- praised by Judge Chittenden one of our first noted men in our parts of the union & must be known as such at Washington.

The marriage is proven by Record and by other Testimony as by both Mr & Mrs Kilby who state the year they was married in and they was to have been married the year previous he was then a Soldier in the service with Wright, Pettingill and Woodworth see their testimony and in the Spring of 1782 his Captain Miles Persuaded him to Enlist again - he refused & told his captain he was going to get Married. The Captain promised him a Furlough and he did Enlist again for another year and took his Furlough but his intended Bride refused to be married to him as long as he was a soldier - he returned to the army and served out his second year and went directly out from the Army and was Married - see the Marriage Record date and the Testimony of Mr. & Mrs. Kilby also the Testimony of Father Billings Worden - see the note from the
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Esq Cavill he was converted by Father Worden. He is beloved by all that know him. He has no Enemies and an Instrument now yet in his old days to spread the blessings of a Messiah and bear it down upon the Carnal - his old Grey head is silvering for a brighter world as a Sainted worthy Father here - he will be made more Worthy when he meets his Dying master and possesses the promised crown - Such then are the Characters of our witnesses - blessed by God in Old age memories bright - but have remarkable Father Worden has never lost his Eye sight nor [illegible] Teeth nor memory - and stands up firm speaks with an undaunted heavy Tone when he addresses an audience.

You have full proof of the death of Mr. Jedediah Hill his sons Testimony as well as Father Wrights and Kilbeys etc etc

Here is a perfect case & the proof is perfect for two years service from the spring of 1781 to the spring of 1783.
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Abigail Hill
151978
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State of New York
County of Jefferson } Ss

On this Fifth day of May A.D. 1855 before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer Oaths under and for the County of Jefferson and State aforesaid personally appeared Abigail Hill aged 95 (nearly) years a resident of the Town of Henderson County of Jefferson and State of New York who made oath in due form of law that she is the identical Abigail Hill to whom under the pensions of the act of February 2d 1848 a pension of eighty Dollars per annum has been allowed her as the widow of Jedediah Hill for his services as a Private in the revolutionary War, 

She further States that her Pension certificate under the aforesaid act of February 2d 1848 is numbered '5203' and bears date 'November 15th 1849' and is made payable at Albany by T. W. Olcott agent for paying pensioners in the Agency of New York payable on the 4th Sept and 4th March and recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d 1848 Page 86 Vol 4 signed
J. P Chase Clerk

She makes this declaration for the purpose of otaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d 1855, never having received or known herself entitled or made application for a Land Warrant under any previous act of Congress, in evidence of her Identity and proof of the Services of Her said Husband Jedediah Hill, deceas'd, She respectfully refers to the proofs heretofore adduced now on file in the pension Office and upon which Her annuity as aforesaid was granted and to the accompanying affidavits and she hereby appoints T C Chittenden of Watertown Jefferson County
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New York Her attorney to prosecute her claim and receive a Warrant therefor and she further states she is now a widow & refers you to the proof on file in your office of Her Marriage to said Jedediah Hill 
Abigail Hill
X her mark

Attest_ A. A Davis}
David Boice} of Henderson County & State aforesaid

Sworn to subscribed and acknowledged before me this 5th day of May 1855 and I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid Abigail Hill to be the identical person she represents herself to be a pensioner of the United States and that I am not interested in her claim as agent attorney or otherwise

John H Farman} Justice of the Peace
State of New York
County of Jefferson} Ss

On this 5th day of May 1855 before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County of Jefferson & State aforesaid personally appeared David Boice and Isabel Boice residents of the Town of Henderson County & State aforesaid known to me as credible persons who made oath in due form of law that Abigail Hill who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration is to their personal knowledge the identical person to whom under the provisions of the act of February 2d 1843 a pension of Eighty Dollars per annum has been granted for the services of her said Husband Jedediah Hill a soldier of the Revolutionary War, that they have known her for thirteen years, and the said Isabel Boice has known her for forty years and know her said Husband until he died which was in 1841 and had
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husband until he died which was in 1841 and had known him for twenty years at the time of his death, that they each of them derive their knowledge from the facts herein named to wit an intimate and personal acquaintance with the facts in reference to the said Abigail Hill's drawing yearly her pension and that they know the said Abigail Hill is now a widow and never has married since the death of her husband. And they further state that they are disinterested witnesses.
David Boice
Isabel Boice

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 5th day of May 1855.
John H. Farman, Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK
JEFFERSON COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE }SS.
I, John L. Marsh, Clerk of the County of Jefferson do hereby Certify that John H. Farman Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking such affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice, and verily believe that his signature thereto is genuine.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of said County, this 22nd day of May 1855.
John S. Marsh, Clerk
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Pen 12036
Jedediah Hill

Obj 5.13.17

T. C. Chittenden
Adams
Jefferson Cty
New York
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No. 12036
Brief in the case of Jedediah Hill of Ellisburgh County of Jefferson in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Before a Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? Seventy one years -71-

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. | Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days.| Rank. As a| Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served Gen.

Enlisted some time in October in 1779 & was discharged some time in winter 1781 | 2 [years] and none [months] | private | Col. Enos' regt Conn't Troopss Capt. Amasa Mills  Major Curtis Lieut Benjamin Adams Ensign Roberts

in August (year not stated) | [0 years] 5 [months] | private | Capt Elisha Case

5. In what battles was he engaged? Not any

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? at Simsbury, Connecticut

7. In his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By traditionary evidence

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 

Chas G Wilcox Examining Clerk.
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State of New York
County of Jefferson } ss

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County Jedediah Jill who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he cannot by reason of old age & consequent loss of memory swear positively as to the precise length of his service but from the best of his recollection he served in the first tour mentioned in his declaration hereunto attached at least two years as a private soldier & in the second tour mentioned in said declaration not less than five months & for such service he claims a pension. He cannot state more particularly than he has in his said declarations the places manner or general circumstances of his services but that he engaged in no other employment that that of a soldier --- He further saith that he does not now nor did he when he swore to his said declaration know of any witness living who can testify to his services & that it was by mistake that his declaration did not so state

He was born on the 29 of March 1761 in the town of Simsbury County of Hartford & State of Connecticut & that he has no record of his age

Jedediah Hill

Subscribed & sworn to this 25th of April 1833 before me
Benjamin Wright one of the Judges of Jefferson Co. Courts N.Y.
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I Peleg Burchard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Jefferson do hereby certify that Benjamin Wright before whom the within affidavit was taken is a Judge of the said County & duly authorised to administer oaths that I am acquainted with his hand writing & ^believe his signature to be genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 27th day of April 1833

[seal]
P. Burchard Clerk
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12036
12
Jedediah Hill
Pension Papers
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State of New York
Jefferson County Ss

On this eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Jefferson aforesaid now sitting Jedediah Hill a resident of the town of Ellisburgh county and state aforesaid aged seventy one years the 29th day of March last who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832 - that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
To wit: He enlisted in what was called the three years service some time in the month of October & he believes the latter part of the month, at Simsbury (where he was born) in the State of Connecticut in the year 1779 ^(if he recollects the year correctly) in a company commanded by Capt. Amasa Mills & belonging to a Regiment commanded by Col. Enos or Eno. He went immediately into service & joined the Regiment at Farmington Maj. Curtis belonged to the Regiment Benjamin Adams was his Lieut - one Roberts was ensign of the company. About one year of what was called the three year service had expired when he enlisted. He belonged to the Connecticut troops. After joining the Regiment at Farmington the Regiment went to New Haven from there to Stratford ferry through Milford - Norwalk - Greenwich to Horse Neck near Long Island Sound, where he remained
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from some time in November until some time in March following. His duties while there was standing on guard. [illegible] He asirted while at Horse Neck in taking one Capt Mead, who belonged to what were called the Refugees & he was hung soon after he was taken at New Haven or Stratford. Some time in March He left Horse Neck and went to Mamaroneck & from there [illegible] to Kingsbridge and The enemy was in possession of the latter place - & of New York. He left with the Regiment which went from one place to another during the summer. They were at Horse Neck - New Rochelle - Danbury & other places not now recollected. They were once at White Plains about three or four weeks in the time. We performed guard duties & were engaged a part of the time in cutting & collecting [illegible] for fortifications. He did not remain a long time at any one place Some time in the month of December following we went into winter quarters at Horse Neck & remained until the following Spring performing guard & fatigue duties. There were from 5 to 700 troops stationed there & his Col. (Enos) had command. Genl Washington was at Horse Neck several times while deponent was there & he knew him by sight. He also saw Genl Putnam and saw him frequently at Horse Neck. After leaving Horse Neck in the Spring he went with the Regiment to White Plains where we remained a few weeks & returned to Horse Neck & after that we went from one
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place to another performing guard duties at different places until some time in November following when he was discharged at Hartford in Connecticut by Col. Enos. He received a written discharge from Col. Enos, which he afterwards lost before peace was declared. The time that he was out during this period of season was something more than two years & after he was discharged he visit home. The time of the three years service had expired & he did not enlist into that service until about a year after it commenced. In the month of August & he thinks the latter part of the month he again enlisted at Simsbury aforesaid for six months in a company commanded by Capt Elisha Case of the Connecticut troops. There had been an order for a draft & deponent volunteered with enough other men to fill the Company. He thinks that [illegible] Case was Lieut & one Barker Ensign. After enlisting he went first to New Haven & remained there & at Stratford, Norwalk & other places until some time in Jan'y following when we were discharged at New Haven, before our six months had expired. He then went home having served at this time about five months according to he best recollection & belief. He was never engaged in any general battle, but was several times engaged in several small skirmishes at Horse Neck & other places. The whole time that he served as a solder in the war of the Revolution was about two years & five or six months
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according to his best recollection & belief. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except this present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. 
Jedh. Hill
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. 
P. Burchard clerk

Mr. Pitt Morse a clergyman residing in the town of Watertown and Ebenezer Hill residing in Ellisburgh both in the county of Jefferson hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jedidiah Hill who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy one years of age - that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a solder of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion & that we believe him to be a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit - 
Pitt Morse
Ebben Hill
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
P.J. Burchard clerk

And the said court do hereby declare this opinion after the investigation of the matter & after ... the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to ... that Pitt Morse who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman.
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resident in the town of Watertown, in Jefferson County and that Ebben Hill who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Ellisburgh in the county aforesaid & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit. 

I, Peleg Burchard Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Jefferson is hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original recordings of the said court in the matter of Jedediah Hill for a pension. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 12th day of September eighteen hundred and thirty two. 
P. Burchard clerk
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Declaration

In order to ...pension under the acts of July 7th 1838 & July 1st 1848 and act of February 2nd 1848 and embodying all other acts herewith such as is made by Congress for the benefit and the provisions there of for such widows as this declaration 
Jefferson County
State of New York

Personally appeared before me Samuel Boyden now an acting Judge of the courts for & in said county of Jefferson & state of New York aforesaid Abigail Hill aged eighty nine years a resident of the town of Henderson county  of Jefferson aforesaid first duly sworn according to law doth on the oath make the following declaration in order to obtain pension due her from the united state for service rendered by declarant Hill her deceased husand who served as a soldier and as a private in said war of the revolution as this declarant alwasy has been informed by her said deceased husband who being in the state troops of the state of connecticut for which declarant never applied under the said acts as prefaced by congress provisions made for the benefit of said widows as said declarant and first above named. 

That she this declarant is now singel and is unmarried and is now the widow of the aforenamed Jedidiah Hill who was a solder in the war of hte revolution and who died in the town of Loraine in said county of Jefferson on the 28th day of April AD 1841 and lef this declarant a widow and she is now his widow single and unmarried and that she this declarant was duly and lawfully married to said Jedidiah Hill on the 13th day of March 1783 by Rev'd Mr. Holly  as clergyman in Framington in the sate of Connecticut where this declarant there resided and bore this maiden names of Abigail Kilby before her said marriage to said Jedediah Hill aforesaid served Clement Hart Eber AShford and Capt.  Lilford and other were present at said marriage
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And this Declarant has frequently heard her said husband state that he had done a vast amount of services during said War of the Revolution in the Connecticut troops and served under different stations & officers as a private and was enlisted & served under the Connecticut Troops as aforesaid and Declarant Remembers the name of a Capt Miles he served under for a length of time near the close of said War and at this Declarant believes he served under Capt Miles at Frog Point & New London & at Horse Neck the two last years of the War of the Revolution & this Declarant remembers of hearing him state of being under Major Shipman and an officer by the name of Dana and a Col by the name of Canfield and that he served under other officers. This Declarant does not now recollect their names nor the many places she has heard her said husband state he had served at before her said marriage and that her said Husband resided in Simsbury not far distant from Farmington from whence he entered the service and returned home out of the army and was duly and lawfully married to this Declarant on the 13th day of March 1783 as 
before Rev'd M Hawley at Farmington as
aforesaid and that her name was Kilby previous to her said marriage to Jedediah Hill and her said husband died as aforesaid in the town of Loraine Jefferson County aforesaid on the twenty eighth day of April A.D. 1841 and she is now single and his widow as aforesaid.
And that she this Declarant has no family record made by her said husband. Her oldest son Jedediah lives in said town of Loraine and is upwards of 65 years old and my son John lives in the state of Illinois and is upwards of 63 years old. These are the oldest children of said Declarant and her deceased husband to wit Jedediah Hill aforenamed.
And that her said husband before he died did apply to Judge Ellis of said County of Jefferson and his papers were made out to send to Washington and that her said husband died as aforesaid and as this Declarant was
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informed those papers was not sent to Washington and Judge Ellis is dead & this Declarant does not know what has become of those papers. And also that this Declarant has since the death of her said husband made out papers once years ago a Declaration & other papers to an Agent who said he resided in the City of Albany and this Declarant does not know whether those papers have been sent to Washington or not & this Declarant has since been informed of late that her said Agent had been moved away from Albany for a length of time past and this Declarant now applies in bringing her Just Claim for the services as aforestated rendered by her said husband as he came directly out of the Army as he then said and was married to said Declarant and his last services was rendered at New London & Horse Neck under said Capt Miles and the other officers aforenamed and that said Declarant and her said Husband moved from the state of Connecticut to said Jefferson county at least forty two years ago & that they have resided & lived in said county of Jefferson until the death of her said Husband and that she this Declarant still resides in said County of Jefferson aforesaid and that his last service as this Declarant was informed was in the last two years of said War of the Revolution. His services were under Capt Miles, Major Shipman and a Col Canfield. Declarant is old and forgets the different officers names he served under but well recollects Capt Miles & those names above stated, as he conversed much about those officers & mentioned their names and skirmishes & driving the British at Frog Point and many other places as Declarant believes she shall be able to furnish said Testimony to establish her Just claim for the services and hardship her said husband endured while a soldier in said War of the Revolution for the liberty of his Country which we now enjoy.

Abigail Hill X her mark
Subscribed and sworn before me this eleventh day of August 1849.
Saml Boyden
Acting Judge of Jefferson County Courts
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and I further certify that the within named Declarant is Old and cannot attend court and I have full confidence in her claim as stated by her in the within declaration and which the reason she [illegible] her mark is because she cannot see to write
Saml Boyden
Acting Judge of Jeff Co Courts

State of New York
Jefferson County } ss
I James G Lynde Clerk of the County and Courts of said Jefferson County do certify that Samuel Boyden Esq is and was an acting Judge at the date and execution of the above Declaration and was duly and Lawfully qualified as such for said county of Jefferson and was such at the date and the execution of the above and that his signature to the above is genuine in his proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of said County of Jefferson this first day of October A.D. 1849.
Jas G Lynde Clerk
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January 13, 1933.

Ba-J/ADY
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Jedediah Hill
V.23274.

Mrs. Ben Johnson,
P. O. Box 356
Independence, Oregon

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one Jedediah Hill, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim, V.23274, based upon his military service in that war.
Jedediah Hill was born March 29, 1761 in Simsbury, Connecticut.
While a resident of Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, he enlisted in October 1779, served as a private in Captain Amasa Mills' Company, Colonel Enos' Connecticut Regiment, and in Captain Miles' (possibly meant for Miel's) Company, Colonel Canfield's Connecticut Regiment, and was in skirmishes at Horse Neck and Frog Neck and others not named; length of service two years. He enlisted in August 1782 and served five months as a private in Captain Elisha Case's Connecticut Company.
Pension was allowed on his application executed September 11, 1832 while a resident of Ellisburgh, Jefferson County, New York.
He died April 28, 1841 in Lorraine, Jefferson County, New York.
Soldier married March 13, 1783 Abigail Kilby of Farmington. He was then living in West Simsbury. Their marriage was recorded on the records of the First Congregational Church of Avon, formerly part of Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut.
The widow, Abigail Hill, was allowed pension on her application executed August 11, 1849 while a resident of Henderson, Jefferson County, New York, aged eighty-nine years
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She was still living in Henderson, New York, in 1855.
[handwritten in the margin] Date of widows death not on A.R.

They reared a family of children, only names given are the two oldest children, Jedediah Hill, Jr. born February 11, 1784, residing in Lorraine, New York in 1849, and John Hill "upwards of sixty-three years" and living in Illinois in 1849.
Abigail Hill's brother Allen Kilby, aged seventy-seven years and upwards and his wife Theda Kilby aged seventy-one years and upwards were residents of Henderson, [crossed out "Jefferson County"] New York, in 1849. There are no further family data.

Very truly yours,
A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.
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V.
26.491

Rev Army
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State of New York
Jefferson County } ss:
I Abigail Hill of Henderson in said County do hereby certify that I am the widow of the late Jedediah Hill deceased and am a pensioner under the acdts of Congress granting pensions to widows of Revolutionary Soldiers at the rate of Eighty dollars per year and hereby ask for any further award of pension or any sum [crossed out "to which"] that I may be entitled to.
Abigail Hill X her mark

Dated at Henderson
May 13, 1850
Witness
D. M. Chapin
David Boice
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8696      A
New York
Abigail Hill
widow of Jedediah
who was a Private
in the Revolution
for two years

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of Nov '49 and sent to 
Hon J. J. Slingerland
Albany
New York

(Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.)

Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 259
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New York
Revol

Jedediah Hill
Suspended

letter to 
T. C. Chittenden
28 August '33

Act 7 June 18[?]2
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10778.         A.
New York
Abigail Hill
Widow of Jedediah Hill
who was a pensioner under the Act of [left blank] and who died on the 28th April 1841 of Jefferson C in the State of N.Y. who was a Private in the Comp'y commanded by Captain Miles of the Regt commanded by Col Canfield in the [left blank] line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars and 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of Nov 1849 and sent to Hon. J. S. Slingerland, Albany, N.Y.

Total amount $ [left blank]

(Act July 7, 1838.)
Recorded by J. P. Chase Clerk,
Book D Vol 1 Page 163
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[written in the margin] 1910


Rev
WIDOW, &c.

File No 23274
Abigail Hill
Wid. of 
Jedediah Hill
Priv. Rev. War

Act Feb. 2nd 1848

Index: Vol. A, Page 337

(Arrangement of 1870)

[written on right side]
Letter to 
Mrs. Anna D. Bonner - Feb 8 1910
1919 Nov 5 History to Mrs George F. Stackpole ¢
1921 July 11. History to Miss C. White [illegible]
1933 Jan 13. Hist. to Mrs. Ben Johnson A. N. Y.
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[handwritten]

Rev Sec
a [illegible]

Riverhead N.Y.
Oct. 25th, 1919

Pension Bureau
Dept. of Records

Sirs:

Please send me proof of the service of Jedediah Hill in the war of the Revolution. It is traditionary that he received a pension and that his widow did also. He probally enlisted from Old Simsbury Connecticut and later lived on the St. Lawrence near Sacketts Harbor, N.Y.

Address:
Mrs. Geo. F. Stackpole
Riverhead,
N.Y.

[A circular date stamp says "U S PENSION D Oct 27 1919 OFFICE"]
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[DAR symbol]
[handwritten on DAR letterhead]

436 South Shade Street
Dillon, Montana --
June 26th 1921

War Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C. --

Have you any record of a Revolutionary soldier named Jedediah Hill [name underlined], who was born at Simesbury, Connecticut.

His widow, Abagail Kilby Hill [name underlined], who lived at Ellisburg or Sackets Harbor, New York, received a pension from the government.

Any information you can send will be greatly appreciated.

Very truly yours
(Miss) Carolyn White
Registrar Beaverhead Chapter D.A.R.

[A circular date stamp says "U S PENSION G Jun 29 1921 OFFICE"]
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[handwritten letter]

[illegible]   Adams N.Y.Jan 24 1910
Dept. of the Interior
Com. of Pensions

Dear Sir:--
-- [name underlined] Jedediah Hill 1761-1844
Revolutionary Soldier and resident of Ellisburgh Jeff. Co. N.Y. --
If a Pensioner will you kindly send certificate of service

Respectfully yours
Mrs. Anna D. Boomer,
Vice Pres. Deborah Champion Chapt.

D.A.R.

[A circular date stamp says "U S PENSION D Jan 25 1910 OFFICE"]
[Another date stamp says "Jan 25 1910"]
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[handwritten letter]
Independence Ore.
Dec. 20th 1932

Director of Pensions
Washington D.C.

I have a letter from the Adjutant General's Office, at Washington directing me to write to your Office for information I had written there for about my Great Grand Father's war record in the Revolutionary War.

Mother says He served in that war she is sure of because her Grand Mother received a pension after his death.

His name was Jediah Hill [underlined]. He enlisted in Hartford Conneticut.

[two checkmarks appear above the "Jediah"
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[part of handwritten letter]
My Grand Father I [crossed out] enlisted from New York.
His name was John Hill.
He served in the War of 1812.
He served twice one the last was from July 29, to August 21, 1814.
Don't remember the dates of the first enlistment, But do know he served two years and five months For he was given two land Grants, and they were laid out in Oregon Co. Missouri. However they were lost and my Grand Mother never knew where the land was.
Two years ago I wrote to the Land Office at Washington D.C. and secured the numbers found the land all right, but also found out that a tie Co. had secured a tax title as late

[A circular date stamp overprints the handwriting and says "Received Dec 27 1932 Mail Sub-Div Vets. Adm Pension #2. In the border of the stamp are numbers and an arrow points to between 9 and 10.]
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[part of handwritten letter]
1923 would appreciate all formation I can get as I want to join the Daughters of the American Revolution.
I am also going to join the Daughters of the War of 1812.
My mother Esther Ann Hill Morgan is an Honor Member of the Daughters of 1812 here in Portland Oregon.
She is an only living Daughter living of a veteran of the War of 1812.
She is 75 years of age.
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[handwritten]
Hoping you can furnish me with the information I desire
Will close

Yours respt.
Mrs. Ben Johnson
P. O. box 356
Independence, Oregon

[A circular date stamp  says "Received Dec 27 1932 Mail Sub-Div Vets. Adm Pension." In the border of the stamp are numbers and an arrow points to between 9 and 10.]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of [name handwritten] Jedediah Hill which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?
[handwritten] No -- Vide quire 5 particularly the [illegible] claim -- vide annexed affidavit

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with regulations? 

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? [handwritten] No
Rif afft.

XIV. [dagger symbol] If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. [double dagger symbol] Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them is not so answered? 
[handwritten] 2 Rif afft.

Explanatory Notes.
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _______ year ________ months, and _________ days, I served as a ________ For ________ months and _________ days, I served as a __________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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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 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 state 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 shewn 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.

[dagger symbol] QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set for in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[double dagger symbol] QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
[pointing hand symbol] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir:
I believe that all the objections to the pension papers of Jedediah Hill (which are herewith returned) are [illegible ] in the supplementary aff't annexed to the papers. I therefore anticipate a favorable decision in his case.
Your Obt Svt
J. C. Chittenden
Adams. May 14, 1833
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38020 A.
Jedediah Hill, dec'd
New York
Jefferson Co.

h. d. 28 April 1841

issue certificate
under act of June 32
from 4 March 1831 to 
28 April 1841 when
he died payable to 
his widow deducting
what has been paid under
act 7 July 1838, at $80
per an--

Ran R. Halloway
H.R
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Hon J L Edwards
Washington
D.C
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Albany November the 6th 1849
Hon J L. Edwards
Commt of Pensions.

Sir with this I send you the claim of the Widow Hill for Pension, it is proven out so strong no defects in it, and I believe it is a just claim, and hope that it will not be rejected without sufficient cause.

Please report to me.

Very Respectfully,
Your Pvt Servent
John I. Slingerland
Albany
New York
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p. 74
Washington June 18/50
Ransom Holloway

enclosing application of
Mrs Abigail Hill for increase
of pension under act 7th
June 1832


Ref'd to Comm. of Pensions
Dep Interior
June 21, 1850
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House of Representatives
June 18th 1850

Hon Thomas Ewing,
Sect of Treasury

Sir I have the honor to enclose to you the application of Mrs Abigale Hill of Jefferson County in my state, asking for increase of pension due her under the act of June 7th 1832

I am very Respectfully yours sir
Ransom Holloway