Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,277, Hananiah Hall, Mass. N.H.
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SERVICE  Mass.   N.H.

Hall, Hananiah

NUMBER S. 13277

carded
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[left side]
5992
1333
6666

[right side]
28069
Vermont
Hananiah Hall
of Eaton in Lo Canada
who was a Private in the com commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Col Stark in the Ver* Troops line for 8 mo

N.H.*  and Mass 
Records corrected [illegible]

Inscribed on the Roll of Ver at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Feb 1834 and sent J. F. Redfield Present

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 - $6666
Semi-anl. allowance ending March 4,  - 1333
[total] $79.99

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 70
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State of Vermont 
Orleans County ss} On this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and thirty two  personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Robt Court within and for the County & district of Orleans aforesaid now sitting Hananiah Hall of the Town of Eaton in the Parish of St. Peters and County of [Sherbroke?] & district of [illegible] & province of Lower Canada aged seventy four years, being first duly sworn, according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions 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 hereafter stated, that in the first of May or last of April in the year 1775 he resided in the town of Keene in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire and enlisted in the State troops of said State of New Hampshire for the term of Eight months in the company commanded by Captain Jeremiah Stiles of said Keene and Lemuel Holmes Lieutenant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Starks; that he joined the regiment in Mystic then called in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts where he was stationed till the Battle of Bunker hill on the 17th day of June 1775 he was in said Battle he went on to the Hill aforesaid with about
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Two Hundred men under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Wyman at about
ten o clock in the forenoon and began to throw up a breast work at the same spot where the enemy first broke ground when they come out of Concord in said commonwealth; he with nine others and a Sergeant named Asabel Sims were sent forward of the regiment on fatigue & it was ordered the regiment did not move till after twelve; they labored on the works about an hour & the enemy appeared and the regiment were ordered to stand to their arms; he was there with one other & a sergeant left to guard the baggage when he continued in securing packs &  other baggage until the army come on to the Hill; and while he was engaged in that service General Putnam spoke to him personally. He next returned on to Winter Hill when he found his Captain wounded by  a stone thrown by the concussion of a common ball.  He assisted in removing him to Mystick; he next day returned to Winter Hill & there remained till General Sims arrived in that quarter.  There was then a new arrangement of the troops & his company was transferred to Colonel Sargents regiment; he was next stationed at Cambridge at [Inmores?] Farm and there remained until the Expiration of the term of his enlistment; he was then [illegible line] of his company named John Griggs; & after the army began to [build?] [illegible] he [illegible]
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a Mason, after that he did duty on drill about two months before his  enlistment expired. He was born in the town of [illegible] in the State of Massachusetts on the 20th day of January 1758 where there is a record of his age if any where[.]
He lived at Keene till he was forty one years of age since that time he has resided in the Town of Eaton aforesaid[.]  He entered the service aforesaid as a volunteer[.]  He further declares that by order of the Judge of said Cheshire County Court he was called out to guard the fort in Charleston [illegible] on account of Tories being there imprisoned there and then served one month under Captain Hood.  He was also called out at the time of the Indian burnings in Royalton in Vermont and [Newark?] [illegible] under command of Captain Reuben Partridge, and served two weeks.  He further states that he knows of no further testimony except the annexed affidavits which be can procure
Subscribed & sworn to  in open Court the day & year first above written
He due
& hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the agency of any state-
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
[signed] Hananiah Hall
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We Nathan Barlow of Shipton and Josiah Sawyer of Eaton both in the Province of Lower Canada do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Hananiah Hall who has subscribed and sworn to the within declaration and we believe him to be seventy four years, that he is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion
[signed]  Josiah Sawyer   Nathan Barlow

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 within named applicant was a revolutionary pensioner, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Josaih Sawyer and Nathan Barlow who have signed the above certificate, are residents in the townships of Eaton and Shipton as aforesaid, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I John H. Kimball Register of the Probate Court in the district of Orleans aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Hananiah Hall  for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 15th day of August 1832. 
[signed] John H. Kimball  Register
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22481

Ananiah Hall

L Canada

J. F. Redfield

Vt Agent

J. F. Redfield
Derby Vt.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
183
Sir:  The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace. (thus: } ).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Ananiah Hall Vt or L. C
N. H. Troops - 1775 - 8 months  -  Private
Capt Stiles,  Col Stark,  
Battles: at the battle of Bunkers Hill
Place of Abode when entered service: entered in N. Hampshire now lives in L Canada
Present age:  74 born in Mass 
Evidence:  two surviving Witnesses from the 8 on Tour
  Certificate of two citizens  no Clergyman nor reason why

After did duty about 2 months  Waiter to the Ensign  does not say how long
was called out - 1 month on act of Louis Cp Hood
was called out when Indians burned Royal Town Vt. Cap Partridge
served 14 days


I am, Respectfully, Your obedient servant.
 J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
   This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State Troops." "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers. &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.   Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
   Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies.
   As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of_____}
County of_____ } ss.
   On this_____day of_____personally appeared (a) before_____A.B. a resident (b) of_____in the county of_____and State, Territory or District of_____aged (c)_____years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)_____, with _____and served in the _____(e) regiment of the_____line, under the following named officers:
    [in brackets:]  Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  (L.)  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c. [end of brackets]

   He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency for the State of
   Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
     [in brackets:] And then will follow the certificate of the Court.

   And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
   I_____of the Court of _____do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of_____for a pension.
   In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____day of_____&c.

   If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
   Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers, or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
   (k)  We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
   Sworn to and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
    [in brackets:] And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
   And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier,  
and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergymen, resident in the_____and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
   I,_____Clerk of the Court of _____do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____for a pension.
     In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this _____day of_____&c.

   Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
   If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his  alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person  [end of page]
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the county in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
   The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State Troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State Troops of Virginia.
1.  Where and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.  To a Soldier {  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

   The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
   The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons---one of whom should be the nearest clergymen, if one lives in  the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergymen, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
    The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
   Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of the Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
   Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of Court or County, under his seal of office will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
   No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authorized before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

  (a)  The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
   (b)  The declarant must make his declaration in the cpounty where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
   (c)  The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
   (d)  The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
   (e)  Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
   "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and 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."
   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 [in italics:] about three or four months, [end italics] in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
   (f)  The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
   (g)  The opinion of the Court is always required.
   (h)  The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
   (i)  The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
   In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
   (j)  In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
   [double brackets]  The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers, and State Troops.  The proof required by rule [?] note (j) applies to continental troops only.
   (k)  This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
   (l)  If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
   (m)  The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Rev War

13277

INVALID.

File No. 13,277

Hananiah Hall

Pri. Rev. War

Act:  June 7th 1832
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 434
[in brackets]  Arrangement of 1870.
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Hanoniah Holl
Pension declaration
S. F. Redfield agent and Atty
Derby Vt.

22481

[stamp]  St. Albans
SEP 6
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12 1/2

Fletcher Redfield
Counselor at Law
Derby, Vermont
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I Schiel Holdridge of St. Albans in the County
of Franklin & State of Vermont aged 77 years testify and say that I am personally acquainted with Ananiah Hall of Caton L.C formerly of Keene New Hampshire, that in the year 1775 the last of April of [or] first of May the said Hall enlisted for eight months in the comp commanded by Capt Jeremiah Stiles, Lieut. Lemuel Holms, Col Starks Regt. I belonged to the same company and served with said Hall for and during the term of eight months and further say not
[signed] Shiel Holdridge

State of Vermont } 
Franklin County ss }  St. Albans September 3 1832, This day personally appeared before the undersigned authority the above named Schiel Holdridge and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true before me
[signed]  William Bridges Judge

And the court further certify that the said Shiel Holdridge is a credible person and his statement is entitled to full faith and credit [signed] Wm Bridges  Judge

State of Vermont } St. Albans Sept 4th 1832
Georgia District ss.}
I, John Gates Jr Register of of the Court of Probate within & for the district aforesaid hereby certify
that William Bridges who signed the above certificates is Judge of the Court of Probate for said district and that the signature subscribed to said certificate is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of office
att [signed]  John Gates Jr. Register
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 I Daniel Stone of Broom L.C. aged 78 years, do testify and say that I am personally acquainted with Ananiah Hall of Eaton L.C. formerly of Keen New Hampshire, where I first became acquainted with him; that in the year 1775 the said Hall enlisted at Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts into the company commanded by Capt Jeremiah Stiles, Lieut Lemuel Holms, & John Grigg's Company, Col Starks Regt for eight months and continued to serve in said company for and during the term of eight months. I served in the same company and said Hall was one of my mess mates, and further say not
[signed] Daniel Stone

State of Vermont   
Franklin County ss⎬
St. Albans September 3rd A D 1832
Personally appeared before the undersigned authority Daniel Stone a credible witness who made oath that the facts set forth in the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed as therein contained are true according to his best knowledge information and belief
Before me [signed] William Bridges Judge

St. Albans September 4th 1832 State of
Vermont Georgia District ss  I  John Gates Jr Register of the court of Probate hereby certify that Wm. Bridges before whom the above affidavit was taken is Judge of said Court, and the signature subscribed to the foregoing certificate is his own proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I
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I have hereunto subscribed my name at St. Albans in said district and affixed the seal of said court the day and year aforesaid.
Att [signed] John Gates  Registry
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Declaration of H. Holl in Suplement
J. F. Redfield Atty
Derby Vt

8 mo

26.66

J. F. Redfield
Present
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State of Vermont
Orleans County ss.}  Be it remembered that before me Peleg Redfield a justice of peace within and for the County of Orleans aforesaid at Derby in said County this tenth day of December A.D. 1833 Personally appeared Hananiah Hall of Eaton in the Province of Lower Canada aged Seventy five years and on his oath made and subscribed the following Supplementory declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1833.  
That he made his declaration in due form before the Hon. Probate Court for the District of Orleans aforesaid on the 12th day of August A.D. 1833 at said Derby  for the purpose aforesaid, which was duly forwarded to the office of the Secretary of War and which he has not since seen.  But believes the same must be in said office.  He entered the service of the United States and served  under the following named officers in the manner herein after stated. In the month of April 1775 he resided in Keene in the State of New Hampshire and then and there enlisted for the term of Eight months in the company commanded by Captain Jeremiah Stiles of said Keene in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Storks [Stark]. He marched to Mystic in the State of Massachusetts and there remained until the Battle of Bunker hill on the
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17th of June 1775 performing comf & drill Service.  the Lieutenants name was Holmes, the Ensigns name Griggs. He was in the Battle of Bunker Hill [?] on about ten o'clock forenoon with the "Two Hundred" under Colonel Isaac Wyman, Lieut. Colonel under Starks.  He continued through the battle till the army retreated on to Winter Hill and there remained till Generals Lee & Washington arrived which was in July, at which time Captain Stiles and Captain Scotts companies, from Starks Regiment were transferred to Colonel Sergeants regiment, which was
stationed below "No 2" fort at Cambridge.  He remained in Colonel Sergeants regiment until his said term of eight months expired. In this regiment Chortout was Lieut. Colonel and Austin Was Major. He continued at the last named station digging "blind holes," to prevent the enemy coming out with their artillery and entrenching Lechmere Point. There was an alarm when the Enemy come on to Lechmere Point and took some Cattle & he was called out; another when the enemy come up with gun boats upon the "Marsh". He served his full term of enlistment and was regularly discharged about
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the first of January, but without writing. He was called out under Captain [ink blot - Floyd Martin?] of Walpole to guard the jail at Charleston No 4 where there were prisoners called Tories confined. He served here one month, which was he thinks in June and July 1777.  He has no documentary Evidence. He was born in Franklin in the State of Massachusetts in the year1758 where is a record of his age. He has, since the revolutionary war resided in said Eaton Thirty years and the remainder of the time in said Keene.  He relinquishes all claim to a pension except the present and declares his name is not on the pension list of the agency of any State in the Union.  He was called out at "the burning of Station H." with Captain Partridge's Company in Col. Ellis' regiment and [served?] two weeks.
[signed] Hananiah Hall

Subscribed and Sworn this 10th day of December A.D. 1833
I certify the said Hananiah Hall appeared before me and made and subscribed the foregoing Supplementary declaration. And he is shown to me [to] be a man entitled to full credit & that I believe he served as he states. In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand & designation of Office the day first written
[signed] Peleg Redfield Justice of Peace

8 no
1 mo
2 weeks
9 mo. 2 wks
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I Ira H. Allen Clerk of Orleans County Court do hereby certify that Peleg Redfield who has affixed his name to the within is a magistrate duly qualified and that I believe the same to be his genuine signature -
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at Irasburgh this 18 day of Dec. 1833
[signed] Ira H. Allen  Clerk