Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13340, Jeremiah Hall, R.I.
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Service 
R.I.  
Hall, Jeremiah 
Number 
S.13 3 40 
Carded
Contents
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21.507

New York
Jeremiah Hall

Reapellear in the state of New York who was a private in the Camp. commanded by Captain Holden of the Regt. commanded by Col. Green in the Rh. Island line for 8 m. 20 ds. 

Transcribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 28 dollars 88 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Sept. 1833 and [suitto] A.G. Hammond Beslin

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '33 $72.22
Semi-anl. Allowance ending 4 Ma '34 14.44
Deed  
Feb 10, 1838 $86.66

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by G.C. Stiles Clerk
Book E. Vol. 4, Page 91
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Jeremiah Hall's Application for Pension
14670
No calls for '80

Aom [illegible]
8 mo. 20 [illegible]
$28.88
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Declaration, in order to [obscured] the act of Congress of June 7, 1832.

Form for State Toops, &[obscured] Printed & Sold by Kemble & Hooper, 8 State-st. Troy, N.Y.

State of New York [obscured] 88.
County of Rensselaer
On this third day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting, Jeremiah Hall a resident of Petersburgh county of Rensselaer and State of New York, aged sixty 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 passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.

That in the year 1780 he resided in the Town of Charlestown in the State of Rhode island - that in the month of April of that year he enlisted into the Continental service in said town under Captain John Holden in Colonel Green Regiment for six months - that he immediately marched to Providence in said State where he remained a few weeks when he was marched to Newport where he remained for about a month when they were ordered to march to the west to join the army that they marched accordingly into the town of Greenwich in said State where they remained a few days when they received counter orders and were again marched back to Newport where they remained untill near the expiration of his enlistment when they were again marched to Providence till he was discharged having served his said terms of six months - that the majors under which he served this tour of duty were Major Flagg Kellog or Handy & that the name
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[illegible] [regiment?] was also [Handy?] _ that the next Spring being 1781 he was drafted in the Militia of said town of Charlestown & served one month under Captain Amos Green in Colonel Noyes Regiment, that he served this month in [illegible] the [shore?] & a part of the time on Newport_ that during that season he served one other Month in the Militia under Captain Parks in the same regiment. That in the spring of 1782 he served one month in the said Militia under the said Captain Parks and afterwards in August of the same year he served twenty days in said Militia under the said Captain Green that [illegible] was the last mentioned services he was engaging in garding the [shore?] [illegible] that he served in all as he has above states nine months and twenty days. That he has no documentary evidence of his services and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can certify to his services except [illegible] is [hereunto?] annexed.
To the prescribed [interrogations] [put?] by the Court he answers 
1. He was born in Charlestown aforesaid in the year [1763?]
2. He has no record of his age.
3. He resides when he entered the service as above stated and continued then till 1799 when he [removed?] to when he now lives in the town of Pittsburgh County of Rensselaer State of New York where he has ever since resided.
4 &5. For answers to these interrogations he refers to his above statement.
6. He never received a written discharge
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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 the agency of any State, [strikethrough the following] or (if any,) only on that of the agency of the State of

Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Archibald Bull Clerk
Jeremiah Hall 
his X mark

We, William Satterlee a clergyman, residing in the Town of Berlin and Edward Whitford residing in Berlin aforesaid hereby certify that we are acquainted with Jeremiah Hall who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood 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.

William Satterlee
Archibald Bull Clerk
Edward Whitford

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 applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that William Satterlee who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the Town of Berlin and that Edward Whitford who has also signed the same, is a resident in the Same Town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, Archibald Bull Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Rensselaer do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Hall for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this second day of October 1832.

Archibald Bull Clerk
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Schenectady County [N. Y.]
Benjamin Crandel came before me 
C. S. Conde Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace
in & for S. County being duly sworn deposeth
 & said that [he] was acquainted with Jeremiah
Hall of Petersburgh, Rennselaer County,
State of New York from their younger days
and is known to J. Hall being an enlisted
Soldier in the Revolutionary war and did
duty with him in Captain John Holden's
Company, Colonel Green's Regiment regimes[?]
in the State of Rhode Island.  J Hall is about
Seventy[?Sixty] years of age & that he served there
about Six months  Benjamin Crandel
Sworn before me
this 2nd Day of Sept 1832
C. S. Conde Justice
I certify that Benjamin Crandall the above deponent is a man
whose reputation for his character for truth and veracity is good
and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his statement.
Cornelius S. Conde
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York, County of Schenectady Ss.
I John S Vrooman a Clerk of the said
County, do certify that C S Conde Esq.,
before whom the within affidavit purports
to have been sworn, was at the date of
the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in
and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 28th day of September 1832.
John S Vrooman [signature]
Clerk
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7. He is known in his present Neighbourhood to Aaron Worthington P. M. and to Isassc Saunders Esq. who can certify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution  

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 14670
Jeremiah Hall
Rensselaer Co
N. Y.
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May 4th 1833
P. 377
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A. G. Hammond
Berlin
N. Y.
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BRIEF in the case of Jeremiah Hall
of Rensselaer Co. in the State of New York
(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 the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 69
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Headings: Period.| Duration of Service.| Rank.| Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.|

-Enlisted In 1780| 6mo.| As a Private| Capt. Holden, Col. Green
-Drafted In 1781| 1 mo.| As a Private| Capt. Green, Col. Noyes|
-1782| 1 mo.| As a Private| Capt Parks, Capt Green|
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Charlestown, R. I.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witness
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Not connected as required
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
J G Bradford
Examining Clerk.
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February 11, 1932
BA-J/EEL
Miss Leone B. Hall
Green River Road
Williamstown, Mass.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Jeremiah Hall, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.13340, based upon the
military service of Jeremiah Hall in that war.
Jeremiah Hall was born in 1763, in Charlestown, Rhode Island.
While residing in Charlestown, Rhode Island, he enlisted in 1780, and served six months in Captain John Holden's Company, Colonel
Greene's Rhode Island Regiment. In 1781, he served two months in Captains Amos Green's and Parks' Companies, Colonel Noyes' Rhode Island Regiment. He enlisted in the spring of 1782, served one month in Captain Parks Rhode Island Company, and again enlisted in August, 1782, and served twenty days in Captain Green's Rhode Island Company.
He continued to reside in Charlestown, Rhode Island, until 1799, when he moved to Petersburgh, Rensselaer County, New York. It is
not stated that he ever lived in Providence or Exeter, Rhode Island.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 3, 1832, while residing in Petersburgh, New York.
He died February 10, 1838.
There are no data as to his family.
The above is the history of the only soldier name Jeremiah Hall found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
[Handwritten in pencil in right margin: Can not 
identify either Capt Amos Green or Capt Parks}
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[Upper left side of Department of Interior stationary with lines on all 4 sides]
This Bureau can furnish the military
record of only such Revolutionary soldiers
as were pensioned or whose widows were
pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay
rolls of the Revolutionary War and the
War of 1812 as are now in the possession
of the Government are on file in the
Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records
pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the
archives of many of the original States.
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
L. W. B.
I. 13340.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
April 8th, 1899.
Sir: -
In compliance with your request you are advised that Jeremiah Hall made an application for pension on October 3rd, 1832, at which time he was 69 years of age and residing at Petersburgh, New York, and
his pension was allowed for eight months and twenty days' actual service as a private in the Rhode Island troops, Revolutionary war. He
enlisted at Charlestown, Rhode Island, and served under Capt. Holden and Col. Green. He moved from Charlestown, R. I., to Petersburgh, New York, in the year 1799. His wife's name is not mentioned in the papers on file in his claim.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. E. W. Morgan,
Middle Division, Pension Bureau.
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13340
INVALID.   [Written perpendicular to text: Rev War]
File No. 13, 340
Jeremiah Hall
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7"" 1832
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 435
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Charlestown RI
Apr. 8" 99.
E. W. Morgan
Pension B
1932 - Feb 11 - Hist to
Miss Leone B. Hall. ERS
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Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C
Dear Sirs   Jan 10th 1932
Can you give me any
information regarding the
Revolutionary record of
of
Jeremiah Hall who lived in
Providence, and Exeter, R.I.
("In Newport R.I.- 1774 - Jeremiah Hall
family of five" (from Vital Records.))
("1790 - Jeremiah Hall - Richmond Town"
(from First Census of U.S.))
Any information will be most
gratefully received
Very sincerely
Miss Leone R. Hall
Green River Road
Williamstown, Mass.

[Date stamped]
Received
Jan 13 1932
Receipt Section
Pension Files Sub-Division
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14670
Jeremiah Hall
N Y

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A, G, Hammand
Berlin
N. Y.
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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
Jeremiah Hall of Renssalaer Co. NY which require
further proof or explanation.

I. . Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
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? [blank]
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
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 [typo on form 'amout'] of pension
he is entitled? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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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?
Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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 name 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? No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?
all answered

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 the 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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[Typed instructions on a form.]
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 shewn 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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N.Y. service probably
For
E. W. Morgan
Chief Widow's Section
Middle Division
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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:
Jeremiah Hall
Place of residence before service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
[blank]
Place of residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Petersburgh N. Y.
Date of death (as near as possible)
about 1834
Christian name of widow:
Cinthia Harvey
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Widow received pension
Remarks:
[blank]
Your name and address:
M. Adelia Scott
943. O. Street

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