Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32306, Enoch Hall, Mass
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Mass.                    Hall, Enoch                  S32306
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Maine - N.27.29 
Enoch Hall of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a private in the Compy commanded by Captain Harlow of the Regt commanded by Col. Carey in the Mass M line for 13 month Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Mar 1834 --- and R. C. Vose - Present Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1834 - 129.99 
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 21.66 
= &151.65
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk 
Book E. Vol. 4 Page 22. Date of death not on AD
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Enoch Hall 
Private Bradfords Regt Mass. Line 9 months 14 April 1818 served only eight months Rejected 4461 Enoch Hall
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I Enoch Hall a resident citizen of the United States in the Town of Sumner in the County of Oxford & Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath declare that in the month of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven I enlisted into the army of said United States of America & marched under the order of the recruiting officer, with whom I enlisted, to Kingston wherein the early part of the succeeding month I entered the company commanded by Captain Thomas Turner in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bradford in General Patterson's Brigade in the Massachusetts line & continued to serve as a private soldier in the same company on the continental establishment in the war of the revolution from that time to the latter part of May or first of June in the year next following, when I received a discharge since lost, & left the service having been on duty as aforesaid the full term of nine months I further testify that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, & that I am not borne on any list of the United States, Enoch Hall 
We Isaac Sturtevant of Sumner in said County of Oxford & Joshua Churchill of Sumner in said County testify that we have no doubt that the sd Enoch Hall rendered the service described in the foregoing declaration by him subscribed, we having frequently seen him on duty as a soldier as therein stated & that according to our best knowledge & belief the said Hall by reason of his reduced circumstances in life is in need of assistance from his country for support ---Isaac Sturtevant Joshua Churchill
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We the Subscriber Selectmen of the town of Sumner in the County of Oxford & Commonwealth of Massachusetts hereby certify that M. Enoch Hall of said Sumner is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life in need of assistance from his country for support - Sumner April 1818 Calvin Bisbee Stephen Ellis James Harsey
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. MAINE DISTRICT, SS. --- 
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Enoch Hall the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true. 
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the affidavits of Isaac Sturtevant & Joshua Churchil fellow soldiers with - --- the affiant in the revolutionary war, made & requed in my presence; also the certificate of Calvin Bisbee & others municipal officers of the corporation to which the applicant belongs, relative to his circumstances in life, all which are hereunto annexed 
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Enoch Hall the applicant served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months  in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support ; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled ""An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war." IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned Albion K. Parris Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
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Enoch Hall  30.009 
Private Massachusetts Troops

Harlow Co Carey's regt 5 months
Turner's CO Bradford rent 8 " $43.33
R. C. Vose Augusta Me
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Declaration, In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
STATE OF MAINE KENNEBEC COUNTY SS, On this 26th day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Enoch Hall resident of Abbot in the County of Somerset and State of Maine, aged Seventy nine 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 1776 with Captain James Harlow and served in Col. Carey's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz Harlow Capt. & Carey Col. That he enlisted in said company & regiment as a private at Kingston, Mass in May or June 1776 for five months, that he served in New York & after serving out the full term of his enlistment was discharged in October of November of the same year. That he again enlisted in September 1777 as a private for nine months in Capt. Thomas Turners Company & Col. Bradford's regiment of the same troops, that he served until the last of April 1778 at Valley forge & then procured Noah Sister of Plymton Mass as a substitute who was accepted by Col. Bradford, Having served eight months 
That he was born in Plymouth Mass, in the year 1753, where he presumes his age is recorded. That during his revolutionary services his home was at Kingston in the same State, that he afterwards removed to Sumner Maine where he lived thirty or forty years; then lived in Parkman 6 or 7 years & now lives in Abbot where he has lived about a year, That he enlisted into the service was not drafted or received as a substitute. That he never received a written discharge That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his revolutionary services, I am now seventy nine years of age & do not know of any body living who served with me or of any evidence I can procure of Services. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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. 
Enoch Hall
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Before Nathan Weston in Unt S.J.C. And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. Nathan Weston ,
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STATE OF MAINE. Kennebec County, ss. 
AT the Supreme Judicial Court, begun and holden at Augusta, within and for the County of Kennebec, on the first Tuesday of October, A. D. 1883,[cross out and thence by adjournment on the] being the first day of October A.D. 1833 PERSONALLY appears in open Court Enoch Hall by whom the annexed declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7th, 1832, was made before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jr.on the twenty sixth day of July A.D. 1833, and makes oath, in due form of law, that the annexed declaration, by him made and signed, is true. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. Nathan Weston the Justice, before whom said court was holden, I, JOHN ALPHONSO CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix the seal of said Supreme Judicial Court, and subscribe my name this first day of October day of A. D. 1833. J.A. Chandler
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DECLARATION
In order to Declaration. obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. STATE OF MAINE KENNEBEC COUNTY, SS 
On this 24th day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, Enoch Hall a resident of Abbot in the County of Somerset and State of Maine, aged seventy nine 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 1776 with Captain James Harlow and served in Col. Carey regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz Harlow Capt. Harey Col. That he enlisted in said company & regiment as a private at Kingston, Mass. in May or June 1776 for nine months, that he served in New York, & after serving out the full term of his enlistment was discharged in October & of November of the same year 
That he again enlisted in September 1777 as a private for nine months in Capt. Thomas Turners Company & Col. Bradfords regiment of the same troops, that he served in the last of April 1778 at Valley forge & then proceed Noah [illegible] Plymton Mass as a substitute who was accepted by Col. Bradford, Having served eight months
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March 2, 1930 
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Mr. Ellis B. Hall 2841 North Talbott Avenue Indianapolis, Indiana March 2, 1937
ENOCH HALL S. 32506 BA-J/MLB 
Dear Sir: Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Enoch Hall, a soldier of the Revolutionary War who, you state, was born in Kingston, or in Plymouth, Massachusetts, enlisted from Kingston and died in Sumner, Maine. The record of Enoch Hall follows as found in pension claim, S. 32306, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. Enoch Hall was born in 1753 in Plymouth, Massachusetts ; the names of his parents are not given. While a resident of Kingston, Massachusetts, Enoch Hall enlisted in May or June, 1776, served as private in Captain James Harlow's company, Colonel Carey's Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged in October or November of the same year, after having served a tour of five months. He enlisted in September, 1777, served as private in Captain Thomas Turner's company, Colonel Bradford's Massachusetts regiment at Valley Forge and was discharged in May or June, 1778. In 1818, the soldier was a resident of Sumner, Maine, and had lived there thirty or forty years; then lived in Parkman six or seven years, thence to Abbot, both in Maine. Enoch Hall was allowed pension on his application executed July 26, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Abbott, Somerset County, Maine. No reference was made in the claim to wife or children. In 1832, one Joseph Hall, a clergyman, was residing in Abbot, Maine, his relationship to the soldier not stated. In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of Enoch Hall, you should
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write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: 
Enoch Hall Certificate #27239 Issued March 10, 1834 Rate, $43.33 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act June 7, 1832 Maine Agency. Very truly yours A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administratorthis aller
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NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES 
E. B. HALL CHEMIST.2847 NORTH TALBOTT AVENUE INDIANAPOLIS, IND. January 31, 1937  
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: I am desirous of obtaining as much information as I can relative to the Revolutionary War service of Enoch Hall who enlisted in the Continental Army from Kingston, Mass. He was born either in Kingston or Plymouth, Mass. and died in Sumner, Me. I understand he served several short enlistments and that his pension was allowed for several months service as a private in a Massachusetts regiment commanded by Colonel Bradford. any information you can give me will be greatly appreciated. Will Yours truly, Ellis B. Hall
[postmark RECEIVED FEB 2 1937 MAIL SUB-DIV 12]
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32306 
Revy INVALID. 
File No. 32, 306
Enoch Hall
Pri. Rev Ward
Act Jun 7 '32
Indeed: - Vol 2, Page 174
[Arrangement of 1870]
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4461
P.O Enoch Hall
Service: Consolidated July 15 1882 with admitted Soldier Files 32306 
Enlisted: ___,18
Discharged: ___,18
REJECTED
Application filed: ___ ,18
Alleges:
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Secretary's Office, Jany 23d 1834. 
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the roll of Capt. Harlow's Company in Col. Cary's Regt in 1776, under which Enoch Hall claims for services, is not found in this Office 
Enoch Hall claims for services from Sept 1777 for nine months, under Capt. Thomas Turner, Col. Bradford's Regt. the roll he described is not found in this Office 
Edward S Bangs 
Enoch HallEenlist  Co Sept 1777 for 8 mos
dinly May 1778