Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46,005, James Hall, R.I. Applied For Pension In Miss.
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(3–1776).
SERVICE
R. I.
Hall, James
NUMBER
S. 46,005
Applied for pension in Miss —
CONTENTS
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United States of America }
District of Mississippi } ss.

In the District Court of the United States, 
for the Mississippi District. 
Of April Term 1827. 

Be it remembered That on this fourteenth 
day of April A.D. 1827, personally 
appeared in open Court, James Hall, 
a resident citizen of the County of Adams, 
in the State of Mississippi, aged about 
seventy three years, who, being first duly 
sworn, according to law, doth, on his 
oath, make the following declaration, 
in order to obtain the provision made 
by the Acts of Congress of the 18th March 
1818, and the 1st May 1820; That he, the 
said James Hall, enlisted for the Term 
of three years on the 13th day of June 
in the year 1777, in the State of Rhode 
Island, in the company commanded 
by Capt. John Holden, in the Regiment 
commanded by Col. John Topin, in the
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line of the State of Rhode Island, on 
the continental Establishment; that he 
continued to serve in the said corps, 
until the 13th June 1780, when he was 
discharged from the service, at Dobb’s 
Ferry, in said State of Rhode Island; 
that he enlisted shortly afterwards, served 
three years, and was again regularly 
discharged; That he hereby relinquishes 
every claim whatever to a pension, except 
the present; That his name is not 
on the Roll of any State, except as 
above — that the following are the 
reasons for not making earlier 
application for a pension, that he has 
resided in the interior of the Country & 
was uninformed until within the last 
two years That he was entitled to a 
pension, or that the United States had 
made any provisions therefore — that he 
has not had the means of information 
& therefore this application was not 
made at an earlier period. 
And, in pursuance of the Act
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of the 1st May 1820, I do solemnly swear 
that I was a resident citizen of the United 
States on the 18th day of March 1818, and 
that I have not since that time, by gift 
sale or in any manner disposed of my 
property, or any part thereof, with intent 
thereby, so to diminish it as to bring myself 
within the provisions of an Act of 
Congress entitled "an act to provide for 
certain persons engaged in the land 
and naval service of the United States 
in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 
Eighteenth day of March 1818; and that 
I have not, nor hath any person in 
trust for me, any property or securities 
contracts or debts, due to me; nor have 
I any income whatever, and that I am 
incapable from age and bodily 
infirmities consequent thereon to obtain 
a livelihood, by pursuing my occupation 
as a shoemaker or otherwise. 
his 
(Signed) James X Hall 
mark 
Sworn to and declared in open Court 
this 14th day of April 1827. 
Wm. Burns, Clk.
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United States of America }
District of Mississippi } ss.

I, William Burns, Clerk of the District 
Court of the United States for the 
Mississippi District, do hereby certify 
that it appears to the satisfaction of 
the Court, that the said James Hall did 
serve in the revolutionary war, as stated 
in the preceding declaration, against 
the common enemy, for the term of three 
years under one engagement, on the 
continental establishment. I also certify, 
that the foregoing oath is truly copied 
from the records of said Court; 
and I do further certify, that it is the 
opinion of the said Court, that the 
said James Hall has no property of any 
description or value, his necessary clothing 
excepted.
In testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand, & 
affixed the Seal of the 
said Court, on this 26th 
day of June A.D. 1827. 
Wm. Burns, Clk. 



[Seal appears at the bottom, left of the document.]
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No. _____________________
File  #46,005
Revy war
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Name: James Hall
Rank: Private   Comp’y: Capt Holden
Reg’t: Rhode Island line Rev
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Mississippi } Agency.
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RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT.
1st Issue. __________ Comm’g __________
2nd Issue. _________ Comm’g __________
3rd Issue. __________ Comm’g __________
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DATE OF CERTIFICATE, AND TO WHOM SENT.
1st Issue. __________ Sent to __________
2nd Issue. _________ Sent to __________
3rd Issue. _________ Sent to __________
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Act 14th July, 1862.  Bk. G . Vol., _____, Page _____
Registering Clerk :
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Disability. { Rejected Claim inside
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20,382
James Hall
of 
Mississippi 
Act 18 March 1818
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Claim Rejected
see letter 24 July 1827
to Wm Burns —
4466
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
4466
P. O. ___________________________
James Hall
Service: ________________________

Enlisted: ______________________, 18
Discharged: ___________________, 18

Application filed: _______________, 18

Alleges: _______________________
_______________________________
Re-enlisted: ____________________
_______________________________

Attorney: _______________________
P. O. ___________________________
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_______ Recognized.  _______Contract     
_____ Cert. of Dis.   Searched for _____, 18
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James Hall
R. I. line

Miss -
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Inval. — Wid —
Ref. #4,466.
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The Hon:
James Barbour
Secretary of War
Washington

20,382
Pension Office
July 24th 1827
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The Hon: 
James Barbour 
Secretary of War 
Washington  

20,382 
Pension Office 
July 24th 1827
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Th
Hatching June 26. 1827.

Sir,
An old revolutionary soldier has requested 
me to forward his declaration and 
certificate thereof, in order to be placed on 
the Pension List, under the Act of Congress 
of 18th March 1818 - I have, therefore, the 
honor to enclose the same, and to 
solicit in his behalf your attention 
to it  This old man is now dependent on 
the charity of his neighbours [sp] for his existence,
& the amount of pension commencing 
from the date of his declaration would 
be a great relief to him — You will have 
the goodness to give instructions, how & 
where the pension will be paid to him —
I have the honor to be 
very respectfully
yr. obt. srvt.
The Hon: James Barbour 
Secretary of War— 
Wm Burns.
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663   924.   944
No. of Original Payments 659 [hand written]

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS. 
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 
Sept. 5. 1828. 
James Hall, of [check mark] in the County of
Adams, in the State of Mississippi, has applied to the Secretary 
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving 
officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he 
enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and 
continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain
___________'s company, in the ________ regiment of the Rhode Island 
line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve 
of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the 
pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of 
March, 1826, nothing —
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by 
the records in his office. 
By order of the Secretary, 
A. Dickins. 

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE, 
13th September 1828 
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has 
been issued to James Hall --- in the Rhode Island line 
It further appears that James Hall is not now on the pension 
list of any agency, and has not been so since the 3d.March 
1826
Peter Hagner Aud
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The State of Mississippi }
Adams County }
For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an Act for the relief of certain 
surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution, approved on 
the 15th of May 1828. I James Hall of the aforesaid State and County 
do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army 
of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in service until 
its termination; at which period I was a soldier in Captain 
John Holden's Company, in the fifth Regiment of the Rhode 
Island line. And I further declare that I was not, on the 15th day of 
March 1828 on the Pension List of the United States. 
his 
James X Hall 
mark 

Before me Henry Tooley a justice of the peace in the County of Adams 
and State of Mississippi, personally appeared this day Andrew Williams 
and Benjamin M Corington of said County, who did severally make oath that 
James Hall by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is 
generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army 
of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated. 
Witness my hand and seal this seventh day of August in the year 
one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight. 
H. Tooley J. P. 

State of Mississippi }
Adam’s County }
I Woodson Wren Clerk of the County 
Court of said County certify that 
James Tooley Esqr Whose name is subscribed to the foregoing 
affidavit is and was on the day of subscribing the same 
a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified 
Given under my hand and official seal at 
the City of Natchez this 7th day of August 
A D 1828
Woodson Wren clk