Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 460, Wait Ball, Conn.
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No
37741
Shubil G. Ball's
Affidavit
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No 3774)
Wait Ball in
NY
Act 7 June 1832
A
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State of New York
County of Cortland ⎬
On this Eleventh day of
December

in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine
personally appeared in open Court, before the County Court of Cortland
County now sitting in the Village of Cortland
in and for said
County, Shubel G. Ball, a resident of the town of Virgil in the County
of Cortland and State of New York, aged thirty 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 Act of Congress approved
the seventh day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty two - That he is the son of Wait Ball who
was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, that he remembers to
have heard his father say that he enlisted in the service of the
United States at the age of about twenty three years for the term of
one year in a company of Teamsters commanded by Captain
Lemuel Benedict; that he served the whole of the said year in
the afore mentioned Company, and that he was at all times ready
to obey the orders of the officers appointed by the Government of
the United States and did so obey them during the whole of the
afore mentioned year; that he was not engaged in any civil
employment during the same time; but was ready at all times
to do the duty of a private soldier: that he sometimes handled
the weapons of war and sometimes drove a team, according to
the orders of his Captain; that at the end of the aforementioned
year he received an honorable written discharge signed by the
aforementioned Captain Lemuel Benedict; that he lived in
the town of New Fairfield in the State of Connecticut at
the time when he entered said service and that he returned
back to the town of New Fairfield in the State of Connecticut
aforesaid immediately after the said term of service and that
he afterwards moved to the town of Virgil in the County of
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Cortland and State of New York; that he commenced the
aforesaid years service on the twentieth day of March one thousand
seven hundred and seventy eight and that he received his
discharge at the expiration of the said year's service: and this
deponent further states that the aforesaid Wait Ball died in
the town of Virgil in the County of Cortland and State of New York
on the thirteenth day of September in the year one thousand
eight hundred and thirty seven, and that he does not know of
any former application being made for a pension or annuity for
said Wait Ball; he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension
or annuity except the present, and declares that the name of Wait
Ball is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State, this
deponent further says that his father the aforesaid Wait Ball was
at the age of eighty two years when he died; and further this
deponent declares that he is the sole Administrator of the estate
of the aforesaid Wait Ball,

Shubel G. Ball

⎬Sworn and subscribed the day and year
first above written before me
Saml Hotchkiss Clerk of Cortland County Court

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after fair and
thorough investigation of the proof offered to said Court in and relating to the
Claim of Wait Ball to a pension from the Government of the United States that
said Wait Ball was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and that he served
as stated in the above declaration of Shubel G. Balle
I Samuel Hotchkiss
Clerk of the County Courts of Cortland County
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of Shubel G. Ball for a pension for his
deceased father Wait Ball
In testimony whereof I have hereunto annexed
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my hand and official seal this Eleventh day of
November, one thousand eight hundred and forty nine.
Saml Hotchkiss Clerk
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Know all Men by these presents, That I, Shubel G. Ball
of Cortland County New York
do hereby constitute
and appoint Thomas Lumpkin of Washington D.C my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute the claim of
Wait Ball deceased of New York for an
account of Pension due him at his decease
and I hereby authorize my said agent and attorney to examine all the papers and documents
in relation to said claim on file in the Departments at Washington City, or else
where additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the certificate that may be issued
for said claim, to appoint one or more substitute for the purpose herein expressed, to
do all things that I might or could do were I personally present; hereby ratifying and
confirming all that my said agent and attorney shall lawfully do in the premises.
And I do hereby revoke all other agents and attorneys heretofore appointed by me.
Witness my hand and seal this 14th
day of October 1852


Shubel Ball
Signed and delivered
in presence of
J. H. Werther
Aaron Murphey
State of New York
Cortland
County

BE IT KNOWN that on the 14 day of October
1852 before the subscriber
a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly authorized by law to
administer oaths, personally appeared Shubel G Ball above
named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above
mentioned.
Thomas Mott Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
CORTLAND COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
I, Thomas Watt Justice of the Peace
I, Rufus A Reed
Clerk of said County, do hereby certify
Thomas Mott
before whom the annexed
instrument was proven acknowledged, was at the time of taking such proof
acknowledgment, 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
the hand writing of said Justice and verily
believe the signature to the said certificate is genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County, this 24th
day of Oct.
1882.
Rufus A Reed
CLERK.
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State of New York
Cortland
County ⎬
Be it known that on this 14th day of October
1852
before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the county, and state aforesaid,
personally appeared Shubel. G. Ball
of the
county of Cortland, and state of New York and made oath in due form
of law that he is the son and one of the legal heirs
of Wait Ball deceased of New York who applied
for a Pension under act of June 7th 1832 and
was suspended
That he has lately been informed, that said pension ought to be allowed, that he
is directly interested in said claim as a Son and her that he makes
this affidavit, to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my said agent
or attorney may use in prosecuting said claim.

Shubel G. Ball
Sworn and subscribed the day
and year aforesaid before me,
Thomas Mott Justice

I, Thomas Mott Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, do hereby certify, that Shubel, G. Ball who executed the
foregoing papers, is a reputable resident of the county of Portland
and is I believe directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Thomas Mott Justice
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No. 460
Ex'r,
INVALID.
Wait Ball

Act of July 14, 1996
3, 1873,
[fields below are blank]
P. O.
Service:
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed:
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
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No 37741
Wait Ball as
NY
Letter D. D. T Benedict 18 Mar 1850
Sec Int April 26 /50
Decision confirmed. See
Secretary of the Interior
letter of June 14 1850 filed
with "Decisions"
7 June 1832
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Auburn New York January 7th
in the of our Lord 1850
Enclosed you will find proof
I
sustaining the claim of Shabel
J. Ball to the Ballance of
pension due to his father-
Whit Ball a soldier of
the
Revolution Yours Respectfully
Daniel D. Benedict
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Wart Ball N.J. Act 32
Suspended
Mr Lumpkin
Commiss
Jany 30/54
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J. Carly
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Falls case
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37741
Wait Ball
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State of New York
Delaware County

Jonathan Carley of the Town of Sidney
in the County of Delaware of State of New York aged 77 years
personally appears before me the undersigned Justice of
the Peace in for County of Delaware and on being by
me duly sworn according to Law Deposeth & saith that he is personally well-acquainted with Wait Ball now of the Town of Virgil in the County of Courtland and
formerly of New Fairfield in the County of Fairfield in the
State of Connecticut, that they lived near each other
in the time of the revolutionary War- said Deponant further
saith that he now well recollects that said Wait Ball
enlisted into the service of the United States in the Company of Teamsters for the Term of one year in a company
of Teamsters commanded by Capt L. Benedick - that he,
said Ball, went off with a term of four oxon and that
he sd Deponant saw said Ball with his team frequently carrying provisions for the Army & verily believes that
he continued in the said service during the said year
with said team which was his own property, and that he
entered the service as aforesaid about the 20th of March 1778

Jonathan Curly
Sworn and  subscribed to this 18th
day of December 1833
James Hughston- Justice
I also certify that  Jonathan Carley who has subscribed
sworn to the above before me is well known to me
as a man of truth & veracity and a creditable and Lawfull witness
James Hughston Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
County of Delaware SS 

I Crawford B Sheldon Clerk of the
said County do certify that James
Hughston Esqr. before whom the
within affidavit purports to have
been sworn, and the person
who has signed the within certificate was at the date of
the Same a Justice of the Peace
in and for the County of Delaware, Commissioned &
Sworn, and that I am well acquainted with the
hand writing of the said Justice and that his name
Subscribed to the within affidavit & certificate is his
proper hand writing. In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office
this 28th day of December 1833,
C B Sheldon Clerk
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Department of the Interior
June 14. 1850
Sir:
I herewith return you the papers
in the case
of Wait Ball, deceased,
late of New York, claiming a pension
under the act of June 7. 1850, and have

to inform you that your report thereon
has been confirmed
very respectfully
Your Obt Sert
(Signed) J Ewing
J.L. Edwards, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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April 17. 1850
Danl D. S. Benedict
Appeals from the decision
of the Commissioner of
Pension in the claim
of the heir of Wait Ball
Letter to D.D. T. Benedick
April 25th 1850
Refd to Comm of
Pensions
for a Report
Dep. of Interior
April 25 1850
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Auburn, NY, April 7, 1850

Hon Sir

and myself under the necesite of
appealing from the decision of the Commissioner of Pensions in the case of the heirs
of Wait Ball a claimant for a pension
under Act June 7th 1832. The Hon Commisioner of Pension seems to recognize Wait Ball, as a kind man on some civil
Contract. The proofs forwarded by me to the
Pension office to quite a different story and they show beyond a shadow of doubt
that Wait Ball, was an enlisted soldier
bound to military service for a certain
period, and subject to all the rules and
regulations of the Army, the same as any other
Soldier and therefore as a matter of course, entitled to the bounty promised in the above
named act, to all men who were bound to
military service, either as enlisted men, or
Volunteers, or draughted men, but not those
who were occasionally employed with the
Army in civil contracts.
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The only point in dispute between my Cliant
and the Hon Commissioner of Pensions is, was
Wait Ball a Soldier duly enlisted or was
a volunteer, hired man or on a civil contract.
If you, in examining the proofs now in the
Pension Office, find that Wait Ball was
hired man, on a civil contract, you of course
will confirm the decision of the Hon Commissioner of Pensions.  If on the contrary you find
as I am sure you will, that he is fairly
proved to be an enlisted soldier for a
certain period, you cannot do otherwise then
give your decision in favor of my cliant.
[illegible] in relation to the matter, please
direct to me at this place.
Yours Respectfully
Daniel C. S. Benedict
attorney for the heirs of
Wait Ball
per, Harrison & Newhall
Hon. Thomas Ewing
Secretary of the Interior
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Secretary of the Interior
case of
Wait Ball decd
Jan. 7 1832
Reg 460
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Department of the Interior
June 14th 1850.
Sir
I herewith return you the papers in the
case of Wait Ball, deceased, late of New York
claiming a pension under the act of June 7th 1850
and have to inform you that your report thereon
has been confirmed.
very respectfully
yr Obt Servt

[illegible]
J. L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
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Wait Ball
NY [illegible]
Ex by Mr Ames
May 20 57
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Washington April 14 1857
Sir:
Enclosed you will please find
Power of attorney from the heirs of 
Sarah Webster widow of  Timothy Webster
and of the heirs of Wait Ball [illegible] to
Harvey Heath Esq of New York
Mr. Heath has requested me
to assist him in the presentation of these
Claim.  In order to do so understandingly I
have to request to be allowed to examine
the papers now on file in your office in
support of their applications
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Svt
Geo S. Connell
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-
Auburn, New York. February 26th 1850
Honorable Sir:

In reply to yours of the count I would say that I
forwarded to the Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
paper proving a claim of Shubal G. Ball, Administrator of the estate of
Wait Ball, deceased, for the services of the said Wait Ball in the war of the
revolution, on the fifth day of January last. On the sixteenth of the same
month I forwarded to the same address paper sustaining the claim of George
E. Martin to an invalid pension
Very Respectfully Yours

Daniel D. T Benedict


[Note on side]
Answered as to Ball
Answered as to Geo. E. Martin

The Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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Virgil April 8th 1857
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I made application for a pension
under the act of June 7th 1832 for the
services of my Father Wait Ball deceased
in the revolutionary war and his claim
was rejected.
I now as administrator of the
said Wait Ball Deceased hereby authorise
and empower Mr Harvey Heath of Locke NY to act as my attorney in establishing
a claim to a pension.   Should he desire
in the case
to refer to the papers on file in your
office under the act of June 7th 1832 you
will confer a favour on me, by 
permitting him to do so, the amount
that may be found due I wish made
payable to myself by the United States
Pension agent at Albany in the State of
New York

Shubel G. Ball ⎬
Administrator of

Wait Ball

Witness Page Green
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George C. Ames Esq will please attend
to the within for me
Harvey Heath