Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4476, Lebbeus Hall, R.I.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                                         NUMBER
R.I.              Hall,Lebbeus                R.4476
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CONTENTS
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OWRej
#4476
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act 1813 for the relief of
certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution approved[ number 1813 overlaying word "approved"]
the 15th of May 1828 I Lebbeus Hall of Stewartstown in the State of New-hampshire do hereby declare that I enlisted in the continental line of
army of the revolution for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination, at which period I was a private in Capt. Humphreys company in Lieut Col. Olneys regiment of the Rhode Island
line, and I also declare that I afterwards received no kind of
certificate for the reward of eighty dollars under a resolve of Congress passed
15th of May 1778.
And I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of March 1828,
on the pension list of the United States.
    Lebbeus Hall [signature]
Before me Luther Newcomb a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Orleans and State of Vermont personally appeared
this day Benjamin Steeper and Henry Stanton both of Compton in the
Province of Lower Canada who did severally make oath that Lebbeus Hall by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally
reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the army of the revolution in manner as therein stated
Witness my hand this sixth day of January A.D. 1830.
Luther Newcomb Just. Peace
I Ira H Allen Clerk of the Court of the County of Orleans
and State of Vermont do hereby certify that Luther Newcomb before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the
time a Justice of the Peace for said County and duly empowered
to administer oaths.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of the said Court
this 15 day January in the year 1830.
Ira H Allen Clerk
[seal affixed at left]
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No 37433
Sebius Hall [illegible due to ink blot]
NH
act 7 June 1832
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State of Newhampshire} At a Probate
Coos ss--}                        Court holden
at Lancaster in Coos County aforesaid
on the 31st day of October AD. 1846, Comes Luther French Hall Administrator of the Estate of Lebius Hall late of ^Stewartstown ["Lancaster" lined through]  -deceased ^ aged 68 years And on his
oath makes the following declaration in
order to obtain the benefit of the act of
Congress passed passed "June 7th 1832", and
each and every other act or resolution relative
thereto. That he the said Lebius Hall enlisted
in the army of the Revolution of the United States
in the year 1781 and served to the
Close of the War or untill "March 1st 1783"-
That he enlisted from the Town of Westerly-
Rhode Island- his officers names he is not
fully able to set forth.
That the aforesaid Lebius Hall died at
Stewartstown Newhampshire on the -17th day
of February A.D. 1833 without ever making
application for or receiving any Pension
for his services in said War.
That he left no widow,-but left the
the following Children who are still living,
(viz) Lebius Hall, Saml Hall, Cynthia Hall,
Luther French Hall, Submits Hall Harding, Esther Hall Hodge.
Luther F. Hall Administrator of}
the Estate of Lebius Hall,}
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Sworn and Subscribed before me the day
and year within written,
B Hunking    Judge of Probate Courts.
State of Newhampshire }
Coos    S.S.  }        Probate Office October             
1846 I Ben.j  Hunking Judge of Probate within
and for said County do hereby certify that
Luther French Hall within named is reputed
to be a credible witness.
B Hunking        Judge
I certify that Lancaster was erased and Stewardstown
inserted before signing, also the age of deceased-
B Hunking Judge -
State of Newhampshire }
Coos--S.S.}                  Probate office     
October 31st 1846, I Benjamin Hunking Justice
of the Probate Courts within and for
said County do hereby certify that satisfactory
evidence has been exhibited to said
Court, that Lebius Hall who was a
Soldier in the Revolution from Rhode Island
died at Stewartstown in s. County on
the 17th day of February 1833, and left no
Widow, but left Children & heirs who
Still survive. (Viz) Lebius Hall, Saml Hall
Cynthia Hall,^  Luther French Hall,  Submits Hall
Harding, Esther Hall Hodge, And thats 
Luther French Hall has been appointed administrator
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of the Estate of Lebius Hall, by said-
Probate Courts, and that the administrator [words " has been appointed" lined through] resides in Stewartstown
in said County,
[ Seal affixed at left]     In witness whereof
hereunto affix the seal
of s. Probate Court this
31st day of October 1846,

B Hunking   Judge-
I Geo. A. Cossitt Register of the Courts of
Probate for the County of Coos aforesaid 
Certify that Benj Hunking is Judge of said 
Court of Probate in s. County, and that  the
foregoing certificate purporting
to be his is genuine.
[ Seal affixed at left]  In testimony whereof I have
hereunto affixed my seal
of office & Subscribed my
name this 31st day of October
A.D. 1846
Geo. A. Cossitt
Register of}
Probate}
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No 37433
Lebius Hall died
NH
S.D. Kimball 13-Dec'40
L.B. True May 2/56
____________________________________________
LB True
Agent
Act 7 June 1832
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----Ex'r.       OLD WAR,
No. 4476
[words "Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873." lined through]
Le^bbius Hall
P.O.-------
Service: Rev War
Enlisted:   REJECTED,18
[?]scharged:----,18
application filed:-----,18
alleges:----
Re-enlisted:------
Attorney:-----
P.O.-------
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Lebius Hall- NH
 yr 1832

[ the following written vertically bottom to top ]                      Hon. Judge Minot
Conn. Pensions
present
_______________________

Lebius Hall
Rev. Case Suspended
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Lebius Hall Rev. Case Suspended [written vertically on left side of page]


Hon. Judge Minot 
Conn. Pensions
Present
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Washington D.C
April 23/56
Hon Judge Minat
Sir
Herein I
enclose you 3 important
papers in the close of Lebius Hall
for a Rev. Pension Act of 1832
viz, a Power of Att. containing some 
important facts in the case
2d Deposition of many very aged
People associates of the Soldier
in life-
3d Deposition of a Soldier in war
of 1812 who lived with him &
heard his testimony of his Rev-
Services from 1814 till his death
& that he knew him well & was familiar &
intimate with him is intimated
by the death Scenes Stated
I am &
Most respectly
L.B.True
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Barton Orleans Co. V.T.
Nov. 23d- 1846-
Sir,
Enclosed is the case of the Heirs of
Lebieus Hall-
If Hall is not sufficiently [illegible]
 I can procure the testimony of those who
were his Neighbors prior to his death as always
understanding from him, that he was a soldier
in the Revolution from Rhode Island
Respectfully yours
Obt Servt,
S.D. Kimball

Hon. J. L. Edwards      }     
Commiss,  of Pensions}
Washington D.C.}
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Derby V.T. }                  Free
Jan 19. }



Hon. Samuel D. Ingham
 Secretary of the U.S. Treasury
   Washington City

Revolutionary claim}
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Recd 27 Jany 1830.
1298
Derby, Vt. Jan. 18, 1830.
Sir. Enclosed you will find the application of Lebbeus Hall
for a pension. We understand from him that he enlisted for
a limited time before he enlisted for during the war but
that he afterwards enlisted and served as is set forth in
his application. If any difficulty arises in the investigation
upon an early intimation to us of that fact proof as we
are informed will be promptly made such as most likely
may be desired-
Very respectfully yours &c
Camp & Marsh

Hon. S. D. Ingham
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1813
Evidence insufficient Act 1828
Revolutionary Claims.
_______________________________
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
30 Jany 1830
Lebbeus Hall  of
Stewartstown in the county of Coos
---
in the State of New Hampshire has applied to the Secretary
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers
and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the
Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination
, at which period he was a Private--in captain
Humphreys--'s company, in the --
regiment of the R. Island
line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the
15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list
of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the
records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary.
Ft Dickins

Rj. File No
4.476
OK
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
3d February 1830
[words "It appears by the records in this office that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to--in the --" crossed out]
It further appears that Lebbeus Hall is ^ not now on the pension list of any --agency, and has^ not been so since the 3d March 1826
The name of Lebbeus Hall can
not be found among those of the Rhode
Island line, to whom certificates for the
gratuity of Eighty Dollars, were issued-
A certificate for the gratuity was
issued in the name of London Hall of that
line -

Peter Hagner And
(correct)
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War Dept Bounty Land Office
Feby 5th 1830
The name of Lebbeus Hall cannot be found on the Records of the Rhode Island line on file in this office, among those, entitled to Bounty Land of the U. States, or to whom a Land Warrant has issued
 Wm Gordon
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Rev Case
Lebius Hall
___________________
Joseph Westons
Deposition
__________________
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State of New Hampshire County of Coos Ss

On this second day of April 1856
personally appeared before me Isaiah H Pichard
 a Justice of the Peace in and for
the County of Coos and State above mention
duly authorize and commisioned [commissioned] as such.
Joseph Weston personally known to me
and made oath in due form of law I here
State that I personally well knew Lebus Hall
I first come to Stewartstown as a soldier under
Captain Isaac Hodgdon January 10th 1814  I shortly after became acquainted with said Hall
I was ever after acquainted with him until
he died and I stood by his bed side when he died  He died in Stewartstown State and county 
aforesaid at his son Lebeus Halls on Sunday I think some where near the middle of February 1833
Barsilla Brainard Esqr who was with me is now dead. I have often heard said Hall state he was a soldier in the Revolution and have heard him talk about the various
 battles he was in I recollect in particular about 
the taking Cornwallis I recollect hearing him
tell about standing behind a White Oak tree and loading and firing from behind it and that the balls after struck the tree
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said Hall was a very strong muscular
man and from what I have heard him say
had seen much hard service
There is no doubt in my mind about his
being a soldier as above stated He often
stated he was from Rhode Island And I
further state he is not related to me and I am
not in any way interested in said Halls claim
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year above     Joseph Weston[signature]
given before me
and I state that I too
have no interest in this 
claim
Isaiah H Pichard Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire Coos Ss Probate Court
I A. L. Robinson Register of the Court of Probate within
County hereby certify that Isaiah H Pichard
Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was executed
and who has subscribed his name, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice
of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned
& sworn, and duly authorized to administer oaths & take acknowledge ments of deeds, &c, and that his signature thereunto is genuine


In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name,
and affixed the seal of said Court this 11th day of April
A.D. 1856
A. S. Robinson Register
[ seal affixed at left]
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Lebius Hall
---
Suspended
See
Report printed
for Vermont
------
{Have these been entered}
{ From Westerly R.I.
-
L. B. True
Attorney

Suspended for want
of proof of Identity
between two soldiers
of the same name,
but differing circumstances-- which of
these was the claimen
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[POWER OF ATTORNEY.]
Know all men by these presents, That we Lebeus and Luther F.
Hall of Stewartstown and of the County of Coos, and State
of New Hampshire,
for and in consideration of the sum of thirteen
hundred dollars as due from goverment [government] to
Lebeus Hall be the same more or less
we do hereby make, constitute, and appoint, L.BLANCHARD TRUE, of Washington City, D. C.,
our true and lawful Attorney, for us and in our name, to examine all papers filed in any Department or Office of Government, upon which a
Pension was ^ to be granted to Lebeus Hall
on account of the [blank] services of said Lebeus Hall
and to obtain, by all lawful means, any and all additional amounts that may be due from the United States to said Lebeus Hall, by virtue of said services, as
private in the Company of Capt. [blank] in the Regiment of [blank] and in the [blank] line of the forces of [blank]
(The captains name is unknown to any of
the heirs. Said Lebeus Hall went to Rhode Island
and found Maj' Olney under whom he served
He had a writing from him stating that he served
under him
Lebeus Hall Jr and Luther F Hall state they have seen his
discharge when they were small They remember hearing their father say it would be of no use to him)
And for good and sufficient reasons we do hereby REVOKE and CANCEL any and all other Powers
of Attorney and authority which we may at any former time have given to any person or
persons for the above specified purposes; and we do hereby vest the same irrevocably in
said Attorney herein appointed, said L. Blanchard True.
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hand and seal this twentieth day of April, in the year A. D. 1853.
In presence of
L. J. Hall                          Lebbeus Hall   [seal affixed]
Catherine Hall                 L F. Hall  [seal affixed]
---------------------------------------------------
STATE Of New Hampshire}
COUNTY OF Coos} ss.
On this twentieth day of April in the year A. D. 1856,
personally appeared before me [ names "Lebeus Hall, and Luther F " lined through]
^ H F Hall duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgments
in and for the county aforesaid Lebeus Hall, and Luther F Hall
subscriber to the above, and
acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be their free act and deed, for the purposes
therein mentioned; and made oath in due form of law, that they are personally interested
sons of Lebeus Hall as interested in said claim.
And I further certify that they are personally known to me to be the identical individual
represented.
H,F, Hall    
J.P.[SEAL.} [seal affixed]
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I Lebbeus Hall of Sewartstown, in the County
of Coos & State of Newhampshire, aged 58 years
depose and say that I am Son of Lebias Hall
(deceased) who was a Soldier in the war of the
Revolution in the State of Rhode Island -That I have
heard my father say that he Inlisted from Westerly
Rhode Island- he frequently spoke of being at Saratoga and often spoke of "Dexter" as one of his officers-
after the war my father moved to Suffield
Con..- where I was born. Since then he [illegible]
in this Town & Canada -he was living with
me at the time of his death which
took place the 17th day of February A.D. 1833
Lebbeus Hall
State of Newhampshire}
Coos County ss}
At Stewartstown on this 30th
day of October A.D. 1846. Personally appeared Lebbeus Hall
Signer of the above affidavit -and made oath
to the truth of the same before me -And I further
Certify that deponent is a neighbor of mine and a
man of truth- Barzillai Brainard Justice Peace
I further certify that I was personally acquainted with
the above named "Lebius Hall" for many years before his death which took place in the winter of 1833- he died at his son Lebbeus Halls my nearest neighbor. I assisted in laying him out and in burying him---
I frequently had conversation with the aforesaid
Lebius Hall relative to his serving in the war of the
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Revolution from the State of Rhode Island. I have no doubt but he was a soldier and done much service in said war. He was a short thick set more with dark complexion-
Barzillai Brainard Justice Peace
I  James M. Rix, Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas, within and for the County of Coos, State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Barzillai Brainard
is a Justice of Peace as above, and that the signature purporting
to be his is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court, this thirtieth day of October, Anno Domini 1846
James M Rix Clerk
within and for said County"
interlined above by me
James M Rix Clerk
[seal affixed at left]
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Lebius Hall Case
Rev Pensions
_________
Universal testimony of many old People-
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West Stewartstown Dec. 12 " " /53
We the undersigned certify that we were personally  acquainted with Lebbeus Hall when living and often heard him state that he was a revolutionary soldier and it is our belief that he served as such in the Revolutionary war
and was ever looked upon as such by all who 
knew him.

Ira Seen
Esther Piper  age 58
Mary Hodge  age82
Howard Blodgett  84
Nomi Delon    84
Joseph [his X mark] Loomis   87
Amos Cortland   60
Lucy [ her X mark] Beacher   93

State of New Hampshire
Coos Dec. 12, 1853
Personally appearing the above named Ira Owen
Esther Piper Moses,  Hodge Howard Blodgette
Naomi Hilliard Joseph Loomis Amos Carlton
Lucy Beacher took and subscribed the oath
as required by law before me
H.j Hall Justice of the
Peace
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and respectability and I know nothing
they would not be allowed as witness in any 
court And that that they are not in
any way interested
H J Hall Justice of
the Peace

I, J. W. Merriam Asst. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Coos, State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Horace J. Hall a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, as above, and that the Signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
said Court this 5th day 
of January Anno Domini 1854.
J. W. Merriam Asst. Clerk 
[seal affixed left]
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[Seal affixed left]
State of Rhode Island &c
Secretary's Office Sept 17. 1846.
I certify that in the Rhode Island
Regimental Book for 1781. &:
Deposited in this office by the Executors of the
late Col. Dexter, I find among the Inlistments, the
name "Lebias Hall" age 16 years - Size, 5 feet 3 1/.4
Complexion, dark, Born & inlisted in Westerly RI. No date of  Inlistment. That in the "Register of Furloughs granted
since Jany 1, 1782", find the name "Lebeus Hall"
Furlough granted at Saratoga by Lt Col. Com. Olney
on the 23 Nov. 1782 to April 1 '83
That in the "Register of Levies who
Servd in the Rhode Island Regim' the Campaign
of 82 & are Disch" I find the name "Lebins Hall"
 Dischargd 1. March 83.
Witness my hand and the Seal
of said State at Providence
the day and year above written
Henry Bowen Secry
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51-
12 - 5 - 41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Hall, Lemuel  GRADE Private   LINE Connecticut
WARRANT
NUMBER  6001 ACREAGE 100  ISSUED Mar.29,1792
                                                                 to Joel Rice---


The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.