Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3992, Zimry Hills, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.

Hills, Zimry
Mille

NUMBER
W. 3992
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No. 7708.
Ohio
Zimry Hills
of Delaware Co in the State of Ohio who was a private in the ~~ commanded by Captain ~~ of the Regt commanded by Col. Bebee in the Connt M. for 8 months from 1778.

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

Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of March 1833 and sent to T. Reynols Clk of Delaware Co Ohio.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.  $53.33
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " 13.33
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$66.66

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by F. S. Evans Clerk
Book E Vol. 8 Page 10
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Ohio Cincinnati 4458
Mille Hills
widow of Zimry Hills who was a Private Conn in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Jan. 1844 and sent to Justin Morrison Columbus, Ohio

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 159

Repd
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20119
Zimry Hills
Ohio

Admitted from 1778
8 months $26.66 2/3

Th Reynolds Clk
Delaware CH Ohio
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BRIEF in the case of Zimry Hills County of Delaware in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 70
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[column headings]
Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
[crossed out "drafted in 1778"]
Sub 1778 | 2 Months | Private | no officer mentioned
Militia 1779 | 3 Months | Private | Col. Bebee
Militia 1780 | 3 Months | Private | Gen McDougle

5. In what battles was he engaged? none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Litchfield Connecticut
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no clergyman

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chs W. Forrest
Examining Clerk.
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[958]
FAMILY RECORD
BIRTHS
Zimry Hills Nov 16, 1762
Amelia Hills January 28th 1763
Zimry Hills Jr October 9th 1787
Lorrain Hills October 1st 1792

BIRTHS
Roger Enos Hills January 7th 1783
Huldah Hills November 25th 1784
Bular Hills December 27th 1789
Orvillie Hills October 11th 1794
Esther Hills June 22nd 1799
Patty Hills October 4th 1802
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[957]
FAMILY RECORD
MARRIAGES
Zimry HIlls and Millie Hills Married Jany 17th 1782
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Zimry Hills 
application for pension
20,119
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The State of Ohio
Delaware County Ss} Be it remembered that on the nineteenth day of November in the year eighteen hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county of Delaware, now in session; Zimri Hill a resident of Harlem Township in the said county, aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his said oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
I the said Zimri Hill on my said oath state that I entered into the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, to wit:
{       }
I was born November 16, 1762 in the Town of Farmington in the County of Litchfield, Connecticut where I resided during the revolutionary war. I think it was 1778 when the son of Mr. Noah North, whose name I think was Memma North, was drafted to serve in the militia two months. I was hired to serve as a substitute by Mr. Noah North to serve for and instead of his son. I mustered with our company at Litchfield and marched to Horse Neck on the sea coast; where there were a Regt of troops were stationed. I there served my two months services and returned home. Next year I enlisted and served three months in a company of Conn. Militia. I mustered to Horse Neck and served that time there as before when I was discharged. I cannot recollect my officers names except Col. Bebee who I think commanded at Horse Neck while I was there.
In 1780 I enlisted at Litchfield for three months. I marched to West Point where I arrived about the time of Arnold's treason. I was stationed in
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Fort No. 4 at the time Gen. Washington crossed the North River to West Point in 2 or 3 days after Arnold's desertion on his return from Connecticut. While at West Point I was under the command of Genl. McDougle. I cannot recollect the names of any of my other officers. After serving my 3 months I was discharged at West Point. 
After the revolution I removed to Chittenden County Vermont where I resided about 30 years. About 18 years since I removed from Vermont to Delaware County Ohio where I now reside.
I have lost my discharges, and have no documentary evidence and know of no person whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my services. I hereby relinquish all claims whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn & subscribed to the day & year aforesaid.
Zimry Hills

We William Budd and Sherman Fairchild of Harlem Township in the said county and residing in the neighborhood of the above named Zimri Hill do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Zimri Hill who has signed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be seventy years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed to the day & year aforesaid}
Wm. Budd
Sherman Fairchild
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acquainted with the said Zimri Hill who has signed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be seventy years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed to the day & year aforesaid}
Wm. Budd
Sherman Fairchild

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 certify that it appears to them that William Budd and Sherman Fairchild who have signed & sworn to the preceding certificate are residents in the said Township of Harlem in the said County of Delaware, and are creditable persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Thomas Reynolds Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Zimry Hills for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this 19th day of Nov. A.D. 1832.
T. Reynolds Clerk
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of said Court, duly commissioned & qualified &c and that his signature before written I believe to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Delaware this 15th day of December AD 1833.
Thos. Reynolds Clerk
by Wm. D. Heim Dept.

Mille Hills  3624

admitted
pr $26.66
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State of Ohio Delaware County} Ss.
Be it known that before Ezra Griswold one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county on this twelfth day of December AD 1838 personally appeared Mille Hills (widow of Zimri Hills) aged seventy eight years a resident of Genoa Township in the state and county aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July the 7th 1838 being an act entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of Zimri Hills who was a soldier in the army of the revolution and to whom a pension was granted by the United States under the act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832. She saith that her husband the aforesaid Zimri Hills resided in the Township of Harlem in the County of Delaware and State of Ohio when said pension was granted. She further declares that she was married to the aforesaid Zimri Hills by Joshua Knapp Minister of the town of Winchester in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut on seventeenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two.
And that her husband the aforesaid Zimri Hills died in said Township of Harlem on the sixteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and ninety four namely at the time above stated and that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband, and that she is at this time the widow of the said Zimri Hills.
Mille Hills X her mark
Subscribed and sworn to before the subscriber Decr 12th 1838 E. Griswold Associate Judge of Del. Com. Pleas
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The within named Mille Hills by reason of the infirmities of age is unable to attend court.
Dec 12th 1838 E. Griswold Associate Judge
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The State of Ohio Delaware County ss.
Personally appeared before the subscriber, an associate Judge for said County, Huldah Fairchild, who being duly sworn according to law, deposeth & saith that she is the daughter of Zimri Hills, that her father the aforesaid Zimri Hills caused record to be made of the births f his children on a blank leaf of his family Bible in the hand writing of Sanford S. Bennett, more than twenty years since of which the following is an exact copy- viz.
"Zimri Hills and Millie Hills married Jany 17th 1782-
Births- Zimri Hills Nov. 16th 1762, Amelia Hills January 28th 1763, Zimri Hills Jr. October 9th 1787, Lorrain Hills October 1st 1792, Roger Enos Hills January 7th 1782, Huldah Hills November 25th 1784, Bulah Hills December 27th 1789, Orvillie Hills October 11th 1794, Esther Hills June 22d 1799, Patty Hills October 5th 1802,"
She further saith that her father, the aforesaid Zimri Hills died on the sixteenth day of July, Eighteen hundred and thirty-four, and that her mother the aforesaid Mille Hills has remained a widow ever since that period and is at this time the widow of the aforesaid Zimri Hills.

Huldah Farichild

Sworn to and subscribed before me Dec. 13th 1838, and I further certify that the above named Huldah Fairchild sustains a good reputation for truth.

E. Griswold, associate Judge of Del. Com. Pleas
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of said Court, duly commissioned & qualified &c. and that his signature before written, I believe to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court, at Delaware, this 15th day of Dec. AD 1838.

Thos. Reynolds Clerk
by Wm D. Heim Dept


3624
Mille Hills

admitted 
Pr $26.66

Hon J Ridgway
HR
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Nov. 19, 1913

Hon. Frank B. Willis
house of Representatives

Zimry Hills W. File No. 3,992. Rev. War. was born November 16, 1762, at Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, where he resided where he enlisted, and served in 1778, 2 months, 1779, 3 months, 1780, 3 months, under Colonel Bebee and General McDougle- no Captain is stated.
He was allowed pension for 8 months service in the Connecticut troops on his application executed November 19, 1832, while a resident of Harlem Township, Delaware County, Ohio.
Soldier married at Winchester, Litchfield County, Connecticut, January 7, 1782, Mille---; he died July 16, 1834, in Harlem Township, and she was allowed pension on her application executed December 20, 1838, while a resident of Genoa Township, Delaware County, Ohio.
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Ohio 1497
Mille Hills
widow of Zimry Hills decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died 16th July, 1834
of Delaware Co in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain        of the Regt commanded
by Col. Bebee in the Ct. 
line for 8 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 26 Dollars 67 Center per annum
to commence on the 4th of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Dec
1838 and sent Hon. J. Ridgway, Ho of Reps

arrears to the 4th Sept 1838  $66.67
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '39 13.33
                                               -------------------
                                                  $80.00

{Act July 7, 1838}

Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk,
Book A Vol. 2 Page 217
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State of Ohio
County of Franklin} ss.
On this twenty eighth day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace of the County of Franklin and State of Ohio, Mile Hill a resident of Plain township in said County and State aged eighty four years who being first duly sworn according law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3d March 1843, granting pensions to widows of person who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Zimri Hill who was a private, in the militia, under Captain Woodrough.
And the annual amount of the pension what I received under the act of July 7th 1838 was twenty six 66/100 Dollars and I further declare that I am still a widow.

Mile Hill her mark X

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before 

Daniel Hamaker Justice Peace

State of Ohio
Franklin County} ss.
I Daniel Hamaker a magistrate in the above named County do hereby certify that the above named Mile Hills who has subscribed the above oath is the identical person she there describe herself to be and by me personally known to be such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this twenty eighth day of September eighteen hundred and forty three.

Daniel Hamaker J. Peace
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United States of America
The State of Ohio, Executive Office

I, Wilson Shannon, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that Daniel Hamaker Esq whose attestation is hereby attached was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Franklin in the State of Ohio, duly commissioned as such; and that his official acts are entitled to full cfaith and credit, as well [unk] Courts of Justice as thereout, and also that said attestation is in due form & by the proper officer.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the Great Seal of the State of Ohio to be hereunto affixed, at Columbus, the second day of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
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Zimri Hill, Ohio, 26.66 per ann act 7 June 1832
to what time paid?
Pen: Office
Dec 24, 1838

pd to 4th March 1834
JH
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House of Reps U.S. Dec. 21st 1838

Dear Sir,
I herewith transmit to your Department the papers of Mille Hills of Delaware County, Ohio, you will please to examine those papers, and if the evidence therein contained is sufficient to place Mrs. Hills on the Pension rolls, under the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 "granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" you will please issue a certificate to that effect and forward the same to me.
If those papers are defective, you will please point where in they are, and forward, at as early a period as your convenience will permit to.

Your obedt servt

J Ridgway

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comr of Pensions
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4801
[unk] 10/43
Mile Hill
March 3d/43
Ohio
$26:66 per an

Justice Morrison
Columbus
Ohio
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Columbus Ohio Nov 6th 1843
Mr. James L. Edwards
Dear Sir,
Enclosed is Mrs. Mile Hills application for pensions.

I am truly yours
Justin Morrison
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Zimry Hills which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V. *Has he mentioned 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 pension he is entitled?

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  NO

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And is so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  No

VII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  No

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. * If the applicant's names is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. **Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department  answered satisfactory? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  2.5.6.7.

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

QUERE V. 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 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.
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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 about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years 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.
*QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
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 claimants 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.
**QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.

In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 3992
Mille Hills
Wid.
Zimry Hills
Pvt. Rev. War

Act: March 3/43
Index:- Vol. A, Page 333

[Arrangement of 1870]

Mar 4 '98
Miss Harriet L Hall
Westfield NY
1913 Nov. 19 History to Hon. Frank B. Willis, letter in W. File 5834 Alam Balin
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round stamp on letter
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
D
FEB 11
1898

Record & Pension Bureau
Dept of the Interior
Washington, D.C.

Sir
Will you kindly give me a statement of the military history of Jimri Hill, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, and who probably enlisted from Vermont or Connecticut.
I do not know whether he ever drew a pension, but [illegible word] you may have some record of their service.
Very respectfully
(Miss) Harriet L. Hall
Westfield, N. Y.


February 9th, 1898
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In reply to your request of ............., received .............. for a statement of the military history of Zimry Hills a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: 1778
Length of Service: 2 mos.
Rank:
Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered" Captain (check mark)
Colonel (check mark)
State: Conn.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: 1779
Length of Service: 3 mos.
Rank:
Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered: 
Captain (check mark)
Colonel Bebee
State:

Date of Enlistment or Appointment: 1780
Length of Service: 3 mos.
Rank:
Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered:
Captain (check mark)
Colonel Genl. McDongle
State:

Battles engaged in, (check mark)
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Torrington Litchfield Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, Nov 19, 1832
Residence at date of application, Harlem Twp. Delaware Co. Ohio
Age at date of application, born Nov. 16, 1762 Torrington, Litchfield Co., Ct.
Remarks: Col. was Winchester, Litchfield Co., Ct. Jany 17, 1782 Millie [unk] he died July 16, 1834 Harlem Twp. [unk] was allowed pension on her application November 30, 1838 while a red. of Geneo Twp. Delaware Co. Oh.
(last line unreadable)

Respectfully,

Commissioner