Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16146, Joseph Hall, Penn.
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SERVICE
Penn.

Hall, Joseph


NUMBER
S.16146
carded

CONTENTS
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24740 New York
Joseph Hall
Seneca Co in the State of New York who was a
Private in the compy commanded by Captain Newman of the Regt commanded by Col Cooksey in the Penna. line for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
the rate of 30 Dollars - Cents per annum to
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Feby
1834 and sent J McAlester
Waterloo N. Y.

Arrears to the 4th of Sep 33 - $75.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 34 15.00
[total] $90.00

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk
Book E  Vol. 4 Page 111
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State of New York
County at Seneca
On this fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Seneca in the State of New York Joseph Hall a resident of the town of Fayette in the County of Seneca and State of Vermont, aged Eighty years on the Seventeenth day of December next, 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 about the tenth of December in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six he was drafted into the three month service at Munsey in the County of Northumberland in the State of Pennsylvania, where he then resided that he entered the service by virtue of said Draft in the company of Captain Cooksey or Cookson Long in the Regiment commanded by Col James Potter and marched to Sunbury, thence to Reading, thence to Philadelphia thence to Trenton in the State of New Jersey, That he was in the battle of Prescataway [Piscataway], and in the Engagement at Ash Swamp and in the battle at Carmans Hill That he served out his said term of three months and was discharged at Morristown in the State of New Jersey
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on the tenth day of March in the year 1777 and returned to Munsey in the County of Northumberland aforesaid and was again drafted for three months service at Munsey aforesaid in winter of the year 1777 in the company commanded by Captain Joseph Newman which Company was under the command of Col. Cooksey Long the same person mentioned as captain in his first term of service that said Company was located during said three months for which this deponent was drafted at the head waters of the west Branch of the Susquehanna & near big Island, and that he there served out his said term of three months and returned home. That he was again
Drafted into the three month service in the
month of July in the year [illegible] in the company commanded by Captain Harkrader and was stationed during the last mentioned three months in Buffalo Valley on the West Branch of the Susquehanna and was quartered at the house of one Joseph Green and at the expiration of said three months, was discharged And that between his [illegible] draft & last draft entered the service as a minuteman  at Fort Brady [illegible] Munsey and drew his rations from the facts as a soldier for more than two years -
That on his first entering the service Joseph Newman was his Lieutenant that at the time
the was at Fort Brady his Brother John Hall was his Lieutenant
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that he has no documentary evidence of his services and no evidence except  of the first three months which the can prove by James McClung who served with him. that he knows of no testimony of the rest of the time of his service which he knows of He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of any State agency
Joseph Hall 
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court
Seba Murphy Clerk of
Seneca County &c.
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State of New York
Seneca County ss. 
James McClung resident of the town of Fayette in the County of Seneca and State of New York personally appeared in open Court in a Court of Common Pleas held at Waterloo in and for the County of Seneca and being duly sworn according to Law deposes & says that he was well acquainted with Joseph Hall in the above declaration named, that he knew said Joseph Hall while he was a soldier in the Regiment
commanded by Col. James Potter as is stated
in said Declaration and knows that he served as a soldier in said regiment in Captain Longs Company and was discharged from said service on the tenth day of March in the year 1777 - that he has been acquainted with said Joseph
Hall ever since said Service and knows that it was generally understood and believed by this deponent to be true that said Joseph Hall did serve in Militia of the State of Pennsylvania during the revolution about three years and that he knew said Joseph Hall before he entered the service that said Hall resided in Munsey in the State of Pennsylvania and that he has resided about thirty years last past in the town of Fayette in the County of Seneca & State of New York and that the General Character of said Joseph Hall for truth & Veracity is good-
James McClung

Seba Murphy Clerk
of Seneca County
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19875
Joseph Hall
N. Y.

All
Admitted
Private
9 months
Jno M Calister
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1892
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
20 May 1833

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim
A Statement showing the service of Joseph Hall Seneca Co N. Y.
Period when services were rendered, Duration of claimant's services, Rank of the Claimant, Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served, Name and rank of General and Field officers, Battles in which the applicant was engaged, Country through which he marched, Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period, Evidence by which the declaration is supported
the General
drafted Dec'r/ '76, 3 months, private, Capt Cooksey or Cookson, Col. Potter, {illegible] Carmen's Hill, Pa, NJ, 80 Northumberton, Pa.

drafted Dec'r/ '76, 3 months, private, Capt Newman, Col. Cooksey, {illegible] Carmen's Hill, Pa, NJ, 80 Northumberton, Pa.

drafted Dec'r/ '76, 3 months, private, Capt Harkelrider, Col. Long, {illegible] Carmen's Hill, Pa, NJ, 80 Northumberton, Pa.

I am respectfully
Your obedient servant

J. L. EDWARDS,
the
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 1832,
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of
 [blank] in the county of  [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c)[blank] 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)[blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] 
(e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers:
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
sons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and per-
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he the Agency in the State of
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.    A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) 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 have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of
[blank] & c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
[blank] 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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] 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 have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank] & c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.
To a Soldier, Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer, Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what one has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates,
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general; and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State of Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the declarant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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 of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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 consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, accordingly 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."
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 phrases about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, names of officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of 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 to 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certification of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] In 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 claimant's 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.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must in all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
W. L. Williams army clerk
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O. W. and N. Division
OVR
ISC.
Sur File 16146
Rev. War-

3 -- 525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Joseph Hall a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his
application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT, LENGTH OF SERVICE, RANK, OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED CAPTAIN.
COLONEL., STATE.
Dr. [drafted] Munsey, Pa Dec. 10, 1776; 3 mos; Sergt., Corkey or Cookson Long; James Potter; Pa.

winter 1777; 3 mos; minuteman at Ft. Brady under Lt John Hall (brother),Joseph Newman; Cooksey Long, [blank]

July 1779, 3 mos., [blank], Harkelrider, [blank], [blank]

Battles engaged in, Piscataway, Ash Swamp, Carman's Hill
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Munsey, Northumberland Co. Pa.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 5, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Fayette, Seneca Co. NY
Age at date of application, B. [born]  Dec. 17, 1752 Baskenridge [Basking Ridge] Twp. Somerset Co NY
Remarks: [blank]

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

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3-595.
O. W. and N. Division

Geo. N. John, Alliam
D
partment of the Interior,
AU OF PENSIONS,
Final No.
Oct 27
Gill
Certificate No.
Claimant,
190
Remarks:
Alice
Pa
Solator, Joseph Hall
Rev. War
no claim as above
except In 16. 146 sant
Chief of Division.
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Alliance Ohio October 25th 1906
Hon Commissioner of Pensions
Dept Interior Washington D.C.

My Dear Sir

By a certificate received from the custodian of the Public records of the State of Pennsylvania I learn that Joseph Hall (my Great Grand Father) was a Soldier of the of the Revolution in a Miscellaneous list entitled "Rangers the Frontier". Rank, Company and regiment not stated, to 1778, Page 314 Volume Twenty three
Penna Archives Third series. 
Please let me know if your office has any records of the above (Joseph Hall) and if he ever applied for a Pension from the United States Government for services in that war, all records for him have been lost by the family hence my application to the Government
Very truly yours
George E. Fuhr

[stamp]
O. W. & N. DIV.
FILES
OCT 27 1906

[stamp]
U. S.
PENSION OFFICE.
A
OCT 27 1906
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16146
INVALID.
File No. 16146
Joseph Hall
Pri Rev War

June 7" 32
Index:-- Vol. 1 Page 164
[Amusement of 1870.]

1906 Nov. 1 Hist to Geo. N. Fuhr
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In the matter of the
Application of
Moses Hall for
a Pension

McAlister
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We Aaron D. Lane a Clergyman residing in
the town of Waterloo in the County of Seneca
and State of New York and James McClung Junior of Fayette in said County of Seneca hereby certify that we are acquainted well, with Joseph Hall who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be about Eighty years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood [sic] where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Aaron D Lane
James McClung Jr
Seneca County &

Subscribed & Sworn this 5th day of October
A.D. 1832 in open Court
Seba Murphy Clerk of
Seneca County &c.
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In the matter of
the application for
a pension of
Joseph Hall
19875
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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 Joseph Hall was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Aaron D. Lane who signed the preceeding [sic] certificate, is a Clergyman residing in the town of Waterloo in Seneca County also that James McClung Junior is a resident of the town of Fayette in said County and is a creditable  person and that their Statement is entitled to credit and that James McClung who subscribed
& swore to the annexed affidavit is a man worthy of credit-

I Seba Murphy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Seneca in the State of New York Do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Hall for a Pension
In testimony whereof, I have here unto set my hand and Seal of Office this fifth day of October AD. 1832
Seba Murphy Clerk
[seal]
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In the Matter of
Joseph Hall
as a Penson
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State of New York
Seneca County ss:
On this 25th day of November in the year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in Open Court in a circuit Court held in & for the County of Seneca at the Court house in the Village of Waterloo before the Hon. Daniel Moseley One of the Circuit Judges of the State of New York
Joseph Hall who being first duly sworn according to law makes the following declaration in addition to the annexed declaration made by him on the fifth day of October A.D. 1832- In answer to the Interrogatories put to him by said Court, pursuant to the requirements of the war office to entitle him to the benefit of the Provision made by act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
-
1st
That he was born in the Township of
Baskelridge [Basking Ridge] Somerset County & State of New Jersey the Seventeenth day of December in the year one Thousand Seven Hundred & fifty two
2nd
That at two first times he was called into the service he lived at Munsey then in the County of Northumberland & State of Pennsylvania at the time of the third time he was called out he
lived in the town of Hanover the name of the County he does not recollect, but thinks it was then in Lancaster County, in the State of Pennsylvania that the year after Peace he moved back to Munsey and
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lived there untill [sic] about thirty one years age when he removed to the place where he now resides in Fayette in the County of Seneca & State of New York 
3 That he has no record of this age except a memorandum entered in his family Bible as it was given him by his father & mother, which Entry he made forty years ago
4 That at the several times he entered the
Service he was drafted
5 That at the Battle of Pascataway [Piscataway] Col Patton commanded at the Battle of Ash Swamp in which he fought Capt Brady of the regular troops with his company were present
At the Battle of Carmans Hill in which he fought Major Robinson Commanded this deponent was under Capt Long
6 He has no documentary evidence of his service or discharges
7 That he has known Rev A. D. Lane & the Hon John Knox about ten years
III That he served said nine months as a Sargent
Joseph Hall

Sworn in open Court
this 26th day of November 
1833. 
Seba Murphy Clk
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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 Joseph Hall was a revolutionary soldier and that he served as he States and the Court further certify that it appears to them John Knox who signed the preceeding [sic] Certificate is a resident of said town of Waterloo and is a creditable person & that the
said Aaron D Lane is a Clergyman residing in Waterloo & that their Statement is entitled to credit and that the said Joseph Hall the above named applicant is a person entitled to credit-

I Seba Murphy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Seneca in the State of New York & of the Circuit Courts of the same County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original Proceeding [sic] of the said Court of Common Pleas and of the said Circuit Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Hall for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my office this 25th day of
November Eighteen hundred & thirty three
Seba Murphy Clk