Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1829, Thomas Hall, N.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.C.

Hall, Thomas

NUMBER
S. 1829

Born in Va.  March 1, 1758

carded
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5545
Tennessee East

Thomas Hall
Knox Co in the State of Tennessee 
who was private in the Company commanded
[cut off] Captain Richards of the Regt commanded 
by Col Tinnius in the Miltia
line for 
20 months
N.C. Line Records [illegible]

Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee Nov 16 03
at the rate of 70$ Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of  Mary, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of Feby 
1823 and sent to 
Hon Ths  D. Arnold- H of R.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1822-    $105
Semi anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33.  35.
                                                         _________
                                                        $140

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Francis F.  Franciosi Clerk,
Book D  Vol. 9- Page 102
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3938
Application of
Thos Hall
for a pension



Sent to 
James Hair
Knoxville
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State of Tennessee 
Knox County   }  SS
On the 13th day of August 1832 Personally appeared in open court before me [crossed out-Edward Scott] Samuel Powell one of the Circuit Judges of law and equity in and for the said State of Tennessee and for the [crossed out- second] first Judicial Circuit in the circuit court now sitting Thomas Hall a resident of the County and State aforesaid in the said county of Knox and State of Tennessee aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. He resided in Orange County North Carolina some time in March 1780 he was drafted in said Orange County under Capt Richard Christmas and Lieutenant Christmas in Col [illegible] Regiment of Militia. Marched to Charleston South Carolina and was in the whole siege of that place he thinks the first battle was fought was the 30th of March he was taken prisoner on the 12th of May by the British was kept in town as a prisoner till the 19th of May was there paroled and remained a prisoner of war till the latter end of October [crossed out- March] 1781 and was then exchanged he recollects that he was a prisoner at the time of the battle of Guilford and at the time Cornwallis was taken he considers that he was in the actual service and a prisoner of war [crossed out- a to the a year] for twenty months. Genl Lincoln commanded at the battle of Charleston His parole accompanies the declaration and bears oath May 19th 1780. Signed by Maj Stwart witness James Hamilton.
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I Thos D Arnold a member of congress from the State of Tennessee  and from the District in which Knox county is [illegible] do hereby certify that William Swan is the Clerk of Circuit Court in and for said county of Knox and State of Tennessee  and the signatures annexed to the within application of Thomas Hall for a pension which purports to be his are his genuine signatures.
Thos. D. Arnold
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He has no documentary evidence except his parole and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his actual service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension as anuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension all of of the agency of any state sworn to and subscribed the say and year aforesaid    Thomas his X mark Hall
hereunto in open court, 13th
Apl 1832. Test Amon Clk

Samuel Lane a Cergy residing in the said County of Knox and State of Tennessee and Andrew C Copland ending in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Thomas Hall who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy one years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the
revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
being 13th Aug 1832
Test     Samel Love
Wm Swan Clk    Andrew. C. Coupland

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented 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 him that Samuel Love who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the said County of Knox and that Andrew Copeland who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County and is a credible person and that these statement entitled to credit
S [illegible] July 7
the circuit court of the
state of Tennessee
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I Wm Swan Clerk of the Circuit Court of the said County of Knox and State of Tennessee
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Hall for a pension and that the said Samuel Powell who signed the above certificate is one of the Circuit Judges of law and Equity in and for the State of Tennessee and that the signature annexed there to is his genuine signature In tesimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and private seal having no seal of Office at office in Knoxville this 17th
day of August 1832
Will Swan
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3938
Thomas Hall

admitted
20 months
private 70. $

[illegible]
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BRIEF in the case of Thomas Hall 
of Knox Co in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

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

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

3. How old is he? 74 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period  |  Duration of Service  |   Rank   |  Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
March In 1780    | years, 1 Months, 8 Days | As a Private  |  Gen. Capt Richards
    |claimed for service  |      |  and Col Linnins
    | & time of being a prisoner

5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Orange County, N.C.

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

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

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

Francis F. Franciosi
Examining Clerk.
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Page 2 fold
Left side:

Apr. 1/95 [illegible] Hist to [illegible]
H.B. Mitchell, of 3 Nat Bank
Chattanooga, Tenn M.E.L.

Decr. 4, 1900, Histy to
Mrs. Ivy H. Wilkinson
Ottawa Kas,

Right side:
Hand written: Rev War

1829
INVALID.
File No. 1829
Thomas Hall,
Priv Mil.
Act: June 7. 1832
Index:-Vol. A, Page 156
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N.C. Line. Records corrected
Nov 16 03  a
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3938
Amended
application of 
Thomas Hall
for a pension


Sent to 
James Hair
Knoxville
Tennessee
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State of Tennessee 
Knox County ⎬  ss   On this 11th day of January 1833 Personally appeared before me  Zac Booth one of the acting Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter sessions in and for said county were Thomas Hall who after being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following amendment to his declaration which was made in the County and State aforesaid and bears date August 13th 1832 and was membered in the War Department No 3938 and sent back for amendment
that he was born in Prince Edward County Virginia on the 1st day of March 1758
That he has a record of his age at home in his bible
That he was living in Orange County North Carolina when called into the service and continued to live there till the year 1799 at which time he removed to Knox County Tennessee and has lived there ever since and still lives there
That he was drafted, he never was a volunteer nor a substitute
That he dose not recollect the names of the regular officers who were with the troops where he served as the continental as militia regiments as the general circumstances of the service farther he has stated in his declaration to which this is an amendment
That he never did receive a written discharge nor a commission
That he is known in his known in his present neighbourhood to John Lindsay
Andrew Copeland Samuel Love Robt Hamilton Stephen Bishop &c all of whom he believes would testify that he is a man of veracity and that they believe he served as a
soldier in the Revolution Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid    Thomas his X mark Hall
before me Zac Boothe
one of the acting Justices of the Court 
of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for said
County of Knox and State of Tennessee
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State of Tennessee    on this 11th day of January 1835
Knox County ⎬   ss   Personally appeared before me Zac Boothe one of the acting Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions came James Hair who after being
duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is the agent of the within named Thos Hall as far as proving his pension goes that the said Hall gave him his parole mentioned in his declaration to and to the War Department that he forgot to send it at the time he sent the said Declaration but discovered his mistake the next day and enclosed it in a letter with appropiate directions on the envelope that it might be known to belong to Halls file of papers and sent it to the War Department and it has not been sent back   sworn to and
subscribed the day and year aforesaid
before me Zac Boothe    
one of the acting Justices of the Court    James Hair
of pleas and Quarter Sephans in and for said
County of Knox and State of Tennessee


I do further certify that James Hair whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit
is a creditable person and entitled to due credit on oath-
Zac Boothe
Justice Peace
for Knox County


State of Tennessee ⎬ I Charles McClung Clerk of the
Knox County ⎬   Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for said County do hereby certify that as the before whom the above affidavit was made is an acting Justice of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions in and for said County duly commissioned
and sworn as such and that the above signatures which purports to be his are his genuine signatures and that
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full faith and credit is due and ought to be
given to all his official acts In
testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal of
office at office in Knoxville this
11th day of January 1833

Chas M. Clung
By his Deed
Wm Swan
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
PLEASE GIVE NUMBER OF CLAIM, AND
SOLDIER'S NAME, COMPANY, REGIMENT
AND STATE FROM WHICH ENLISTED.
-
E. F. Ware
COMMISSIONER.

Thos Hall 1st N.C. Reg
Ensign 24 Dec 1776 2nd Lt
8th Feb. 1777
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J. R. W.

Old War and Navy Division.     3 - 523.

Department of the Interior   [to the side stamped]  O. W. & N. DIVISION
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,                DEC 4 1900
Washington, D. C. Nov 7  1900    RECEIVED

Madam
In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that this Bureau is unable to furnish a history of the service of any soldier of the Revolutionary war or of the war of 1812 unless he or his widow was a pensioner or an applicant for pension or bounty land; and that under the rules such a history is furnished only to the soldier's descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical or genealogical purposes.

The large number of inquiries made on this subject, and the length of time required to make a proper search of the records in each case, will not permit of information being given to any applicant concerning more than two soldiers.

In order that the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, you are requested to furnish as much as possible of the data called for below.

Very respectfully,
    [illegible] 
Commissioner.

Mrs. Jay H. Wilkinson
Ottawa
Kas 

Full name of soldier, Thomas Hall, (Born Mar. 1, 1758
Where did he enter service?
(Town, county, and State.)
Under what officers did he serve?
Place of residence after service,  Fort of Black Oak Ridge near Knoxville Tenn
Approximate date of death, Died in 1833
Given name of widow, Nancy (Hais) (They were married in 1783)
Did either the soldier or his widow receive pension? The soldier recd a pension
Additional information, Thomas Hall came from near Chapel.
Hill, Orange Co. N.C. was a Revolutionary soldier was
prisoner at Charleston. Is buried at Black Oak Ridge
Signature, (Mrs.) Ivy (Hall) Wilkinson
(Mrs. or Miss to be prefixed if a lady signs.)

Post-office address, including street and
number, town, county, and State,) Kansas

14554b3m5 - 1900
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REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. DIV.
MEMORANDA.
Please supply as much as possible of the
data called for below.

Full name of soldier:  
Thomas Hall

Place of residence before service;
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Near Chapel Hill,
Orange County N.C.
Place of residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Knox County Tennessee
Date of death (as near as possible):
1833
Christian name of widow:
Nancy H.
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
It is supposed that one or both did
Remarks:  Am not positive as to the
town County of the North Carolina
Residence-

Your name and address:
Mrs. W. B. Mitchell
  Third Nott Book
Chattanooga, June
6 -- 870
(Over)
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He went into the Revolutionary War at 18 yrs of age. He was captured by the Brittish & held as a prisoner at Charleston S.C. about a year in 1776

He moved to Knox County, Tenn, about the year 1796 -
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W   8

Chattanooga im
Feb 10th 1895.

To the Chief Commisioners 1
of Pension Department old Army & Navy Record Div
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir.
I am desirous of knowing if you can give me any information regard the service of Thomas Hall in the Revolutionary war. He entered the army in N. Carolina and aftewards
became one of the pensioners, at that time was living near Chapel Hill in Orange Co N.C. I will
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be very glad if you will kindly look this [illegible] [illegible] for me, and let me hear from you as soon as you can conveniently do so. if there is any charges please let me know

Yours Respectfully
Mrs W. B. Mitchell
Challanooga, Tenn.


Address letter
care Third National Bank
this City-
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3-464.     W. H. H. P.

O. W. & N  Div. ........F.S.    Ex'r.

Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D.C.  Feb. 23 1895

Respectfully
returned to
Mrs. W. B. Mitchell,
Care Ed. Nat. Bk.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.

For purposes of identification
please fill out the enclosed slip
as fully as possible and return
it to this Bureau with your letter
of February 10th.

Wm Lochren
Commissioner.
(0  6-059)
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Ottawa Kans.
Nov 26 1900

Commissioner of Pensions:

I have answered questions as far as is possible

as I wrote before I am a direct descendent being a great-grand-daughter
and wish the information in order to become a member of the D.A.R.

Please give all the information concerning this soldier possible
Respectfully,
(Mrs.) Ivy Hall Wilkinson