Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,025, James Hall, N.H.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE N.H. 
Hall, James Huldah.
NUMBER  W.16.025
CONTENTS
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21 976
New Hampshire
James Hall
of Sullivan in the State of New Hampshire who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Russell of the Regiment. commanded by Colonel Chase in the New Hampshire line for 7 months and 13 days.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 24 Dollars 76 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of 1833 and Select. H. Hubbard Member of Congress, House of Representatives

Arrears to the 4th of February ‘[18]33 $61.90
Semi-annual. allowance ending April [18]34 12.38
                                                 $74.28
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by George C. Stiles Clerk, 
Book E. Volume 1, Page 91.
[Right column:]
952
278
190
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Concord New Hampshire 491

Huldah Hall
of Sullivan in the State of New Hampshire
who was a       in the      commanded by Captain     of the       commanded by      in the         
 Widow of James Hall deceased late a private in the War of the Revolution New Hampshire

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Inscribed on the Roll of Concord at the rate of 24 Dollars 76 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.  Amount-paid to 28 July 1835 to be deducted.

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Certificate of Pension ifsued the 16 day of Feby 1837 and Sent. Hon H. Hubbard Senate U.S.


Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836 $136.18
Semi-annual. allowance ending 4 Mar 37 12.38
$148.56
3 Section act 

4 July 1836}
{Revolutionary Claim.}

Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk,
Book A. Volume  1 Page 28

[Right side of fold]

 
Duplicate certificate 
20 May 1842 and sent to Honorable E Burbe House of Representatives
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25749
Declaration of 
James Hall.
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DECLARATION.

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

State of New-Hampshire, County of Sullivan. } ss.


On this 17th day of October 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of Probate, now sitting, James Hall a resident of Croydon in the County of Sullivan and State of N. H. aged 75 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 off the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated

That he volunteered into a Militia company commanded by Captain Russel of Plainfield New Hampshire and passed muster before Colonel Chase of Cornish New Hampshire on the 15th or 16th day of August 1776 at said Cornish for the time of three months that Daniel Chase was Lieutenant in said company that he mustered with said company to Haverhill New Hampshire and was stationed there and performed duty there as a private soldier in said company during the full time of said three months and was there dismissed. Declarant further states that on the 14th day of May 1780 (as he thinks) he again returned in the service at said Croydon for the term of six months and passed muster under said Colonel Chase at said Cornish who ordered him to march immediately to Newbury Vermont, and put himself under the command of General Bailey of said Newbury, which he did, and remained under his command three weeks, when he was ordered to join the company commanded by Captain Samuel Paine, then stationed at Stratford New Hampshire which he did immediately, and that he served there and did duty in said Company till the 25th day of July following on a few days later, when he hired a man by the name of Rhodes to take his place and do duty for him in said Company. That he then started for his home and on his arrival at Haverhill New Hampshire he again engaged in the service in Captain Runnels or Reynolds Company of Militia  then stationed at said Haverhill in place of one Asa Goodwin of said Haverhill whose time of enlistment would have expired in the month of November following and that he did duty there in said company for the term of one month when he procured a man by the name of Thomas Whipple to to take his place in said company. That his name was erased from the roll of said company and said Thomas Whipples name inserted.

That he again entered the service in the Month of October following at the time of the burning of Royalton in Captain Moses
Whipples Company who belonged to said Croydon and marched 
Sharon Vermont and then to Lebanon New Hampshire and from thence to Newbury Vermont and from there home to Croydon and
time of said service was three weeks all of which time he 
was under the command of said Captain Whipple.
He further
states that in the month of March 1781 at the time
Colonel Johnson of Newbury was taken by the Indians, he went on an alarm
to Piermont New Hampshire and then remained till the scouts returned with
information that the Indians had left that part of the
Country and he then returned home having been in the service at this time one week.
He was born in Uxbridge Massachusetts in 1757. He has no record of his age existing on which he made himself from information from his [illegible]. His home was in said Croydon during all the time of the above mentioned service and he now lives there.
He further says that there were no continental officers stationed
at the times and places where he performed the above mentioned services as he recollects.
He is acquainted with Abijah Powers and Isaac Cooper who can testify to their belief in his services as a revolutionary soldier. He has provided the depositions of John Weld, Thomas Whipple and Sherman Cooper to substantiate his services in part
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He was under the command of said Captain Whipple.
He further states that in the month of March 1781 at the time
Colonel Johnson of Newbury was taken by the Indians, he went on an alarm
to Piermont New Hampshire and then remained till the scouts returned with
information that the Indians had left that part of the
country and he then returned home having been in the service at that time one week.
He was born in Uxbridge Massachusetts in 1757. He has no record of his age existing on which he made himself from information from his [illegible]. His home was in said Croydon during all the time of the above mentioned service and he now lives there.
He further says that there were no continental officers stationed
at the times and places where he performed the above mentioned services as he recollects.
He is acquainted with Abijah Powers and Isaac Cooper who can testify to their belief in his services as a revolutionary soldier. He has [illegible] the depositions of John Weld, Thomas Whipple and Sherman Cooer to substantiate his services in part


He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his
name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State,
-
James Hall
Sworn to and subscribed, the
day and year
aforesaid
Frederick A. Summer Judge of probate
We, Abijah Powers residing in said Croydon and Isaac Cooper also residing in said Croydon hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with James Hall
who has subscribed and sworn to the above obligation; that we believe him to be 75
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
Abijah Powers
Isaac Cooper
part
Frederick A. Sumner Judge Probate
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 certifies, that it appears to them that Abijah Powers
who has signed the preceding certificate, is [illegible] of [illegible] resident in the aforesaid Cornish and that Isaac Cooper 
who has also signed the same is a resident in the aforesaid Cornish are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
Frederick A. Sumner Judge  of Probate
I Aaron Nettleton Jr Register of the Court of Probate do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of James Hall
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this 17
day of October 1872
Aaron Nettleton Register of Probate
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Huldah Hall
Widow of
James Hall
New Hampshire

Admitted $247.76 per annum
commences 28 July 1835


Honorable H Hubbard
United States Senate
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Declaration
In order to obtain in the benefits of the 3rd Section of the seat of Congress of the 4th July 1836

State of New Hampshire on the 25th day of January Sullivans 1837 personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Sullivan Huldah Hall a resident of Croydon in said County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire aged Seventy Eight years 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 4th 1836 that she is the Widow of James Hall, late of Croydon who was a Private in the Militia in the Army of the Revolution that he was at post in said Croydon in the summer station of 1776 in the Militia to Newbury MA or Haverhill N.H and returned home late in the fall that he also served as a private in Capt Sane
and Poiner Company in the summer of 1780 that at the time Royalton was captive by the Indians he went with a party of Militia from said Croydon that the exact time of service performed she does not recollect, that he was at the time of his death a Pensioner under the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 in the New Hampshire line
she further declares that she was married to the said James Hall on the 30th day of November in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Five at said Croydon on Thanksgiving day in the Meeting House by Esqr Giles of Newport in said County that her husband the fore said James Hall died on the 24th day of July 1835 in said Croydon, and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period at will more fully appear by reference to the  proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above
Written and I hereby certify that the above Huldah Hall is a credible person. 
Huldah Hall
John L Putnam
Judge of Probate
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I, J. W. Gilchrest, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Sullivan, do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of the said County in the matter of the application of Huldah Hall for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 25th day of January AD. 1837
John James Gilchrest
Register of Probate

The State of New Hampshire 
Sullivan Ss.
I T.W. Gilmore Clerk of the Superior Court of Judecation, do hereby certify. That the Honorable John L. Putman is Judge of Probate within and for the County of Sullivan and that the signature herewith purporting to be his is genuine

Given under my hand and Seal of the Count
this 25th day of January A. D. 1837

T W. Gilmore Clerk
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I, Matilda Whipple of Croydon in the county of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire, aged seventy five years depose and say that I am sister to Huldah Hall of said Croydon who is Widow of James Hall of said Croydon deceased that I was present at Croydon Meeting House on thanksgiving day in the year 1775 and saw and heard Esqr. Giles of Newport in said County Join in Marriage James Hall and Huldah Hall that said James Hall went to [illegible] as a private Soldier the summer following and returned home late in the fall of 1776 I further saythat the said Huldah is now the widow of said James Hall having never been Married since the decease of said James Hall
Metilda Whipple
State of New}
Hampshire}
Sullivan}
January 24th 1837 then the  said Metilda Whipple appeared and made Solemn oath that the above affidavit by her Subscribed instance before me

Abijah Powers Justice   of the Peace

I hereby certify that the above named Matilda Whipple
is a disinterested a credible witness

Abijah Power Justice of the Peace

The State of New Hampshire Sullivan ss
I T. W. Gilmon Clerk of the Superior Court of
Judicature do hereby certify that Abijah Power is a Justice
of the Peace within and for said County, and that the above
signature purporting to be his is genuine-
Given under my hand and seal of the Court
this 25th day of January AD 1837
T. W. Gilmon Clerk
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No. 25749
James Hall Sullivan County
New Hampshire
Private 7months/3days
Admitted [underlined]

  143 [faint writing for calculation]
2373
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3416 

Honorable H Hubbard
House of Representatives
F. A. Summer, Sullivan County
New Hampshire
Charlestown
New Hampshire
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183

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 a 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 [show] 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, shewing [showing] the Service of James Hall Sullivan County New Hampshire

Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. ( Years. | Months. | Days. ) | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.

Vol. 6. Aug't 1776 | - | 3 | - | private | Cap Rupell, Col Chase | 75 years | Traditionary evidence & Three
 |  |  |  |  |  | Cornish | witnesses - papers defective
Served 1780 | about | 2 | 15 | " | { Col Chase, Gen C. Bailey | New Hampshire | & not attached
 |  |  |  |  | { Cap Paine |  |
Entered " | - | 1 | - | " | Cap Runnells |  |
Entered Oct. " | - | - | 21 | " | Cap Whipples |  |
Served Mar. 1781 | - | - | 7 | " | no officer named | This m | ust [must] be done
[line drawn to total Duration of Service]
 |  | 7 | 13 |  |  |  | [7 years 13 months]

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 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, mucicians [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 } ss.
County of }

On this day of personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District
of aged (c) 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) , with and
served in the (e) regiment of the 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,
and the country through which he marched. [hand pointing right] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
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
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 of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of &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 and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
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
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this day of &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 circumstances 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
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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 exexpected
. 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 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 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 enquiry 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 or 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.
The declarant must appear in 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.
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.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
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 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."
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 that 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 enable. 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.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
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 certificate 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.
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 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
per officer, under his seal of office.
are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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BA-J/MCS
James Hall, W.16025
Mrs. H.M. Carr
Proctor
St.Louis County
Minnesota

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of James Hall who was born April 19, 1757, at Uxbridge, Massachusetts, and died at Croyden, New Hampshire, in 1835.

The data which follows were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W.16025, based upon the military service of James Hall.

He was born in 1757 at Oxbridge, Massachusetts. The name of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Croydon, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, he enlisted and served as private with the New Hampshire troops as follows: from August 1776 , three months in Captain Russell’s Company; from May 14, 1780 until late in July,1780, in Captain Samuel Paine’s company;  in 1780, one month in Captain Runals*   company; from October, 1780 three weeks in Captain Moses Whipple’s company; in March, 1781, one week in Captain Moses Whipple's company. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 17, 1832, at which time he was living in Croydon, New Hampshire.
He died July 28, 1835, at Croydon, New Hampshire.
James Hall married November 30, 1775, at Croydon, New Hampshire, Hulda —-.

As the widow of James Hall, Hulda Hall was allowed pension on her application executed January 25, 1837, at which time she was seventy eight years of age and was living in. Croydon. 
* See Heitman
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In 1837 Matilda Whipple of Croydon, aged seventy five years, stated that she was the sister of Huldah Hall and that she was present at the marriage of “James Hall and Huldah Hall” on Thanksgiving day in 1775. 
In 1832 one Isaac Cooper was living in Croydon and in 1833 one Sherman Cooper of Croydon, aged seventy-two, stated that he served with James Hall in 1781 but it was not shown that they were related to the widow, Huldah. 
The papers in said claim contain no further data relative to the family of James Hall. 
Very truly yours, A.D. Miller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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I Thomas Whipple of Charlestown
County of Sullivan & State of
NewHamp.shire [New Hampshire] aged 73 years depose &
say that in the Spring of 1780 James
Hall then & now a resident of
Croydon in said County & State
entered the service in the Revolutionary
army at said Croydon &
Marched as I understood to the
upper Coos in Capt Sam.l [Samuel] James
Company ( [phrase crossed out & illegible] )

I also understood that
he there hired a man to take his place
in said Company & on his return
Home he came by the way of HaverHill
[Haverhill] in said State & there took a mans
place in Capt Runnels Company
who was Stationed at said Haverhill
& served in said Runnels Company
as I then understood one month
when he hired me to take his place
which I did

I also know that the said James
Hall volunteered in October following
when Royalton was burned into
Capt Moses Whipples Company who
then belonged to said Croydon
& marched to Royalton or nearly
there then back to Lebanon NH
then to Newbury VT then home to
Croydon
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Thomas Whipple
State of New Hampshire
August 16th 1832

that we were in the service and
was with him in the same Company
all the time three weeks or more

Sullivan
then the said Thomas Whipple 
Personally came before me
and made solemn oath that the
foregoing Deposition by him subscribed
is true
Abijah Powers Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that the said Thomas
Whipple is a disinterested and credible
Witness
Abijah Powers Justice Peace

1833 October 16th I Aaron Nettleton Jr Register of
the Court of Probate for the County of Sullivan
and State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that
Abijah Powers is a Justice of the Peace in and
for said County of Sullivan and that the foregoing
signature
purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have set my hand & seal this 6th day of October AD 1883


Aaron Nettleton Register of Probate
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In reply to your request of  [ ] received [ ] for a statement of the military history of James Hall a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (and his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W.F. 16.025. 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Length of service.
Rank.
Officers under whom service was rendered
Captain. 
Colonel.
State
Aug. 1776 3 mos. Pri. Captain Russell N.H.
May 14, 1780 to July 29 '80 Captain Sammel Paine
1780 1 mo. Captain Runnals
Oct., 1780 3 wks Moses Whipple
Mch, 1781 1" Moses Whipple
Battles engaged in 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Croyden, N.H.
Date of application for pension, October. 17, 1832, His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Croydon, Sullivan Co., N.H.
Age at date of application, B. 1757, Uxbridge, Mass.
Remarks: He mar. Nov. 30, 1775, at Croyden, N.H.
Huldah [ ]; he died at Croyden, N. H., July 28, 1835, and she was al. pension on her ap. ex. Jan. 25, 1837, while a resident of Croyden, N. H., aged 78 years
Respectfully,
Commissioner

1802  1757 45
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Rev. War Sec.
Record Div.
Mrs. Sherman I. Peel,
Waverly, Iowa.
Madam:
June 12, 1920.
V.L.M.
In response to your letter dated the 22nd ultimo, you
are advised that the record of the Revolutionary War pensioner
James Hall was forwarded to you November 26, 1915. It is not
the practice of this Bureau to furnish the same statement more than
once to any person.
It is not stated in said claim that soldier served
subsequent to 1781, nor is it shown that there were any children.
Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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Proctor, Minn.,
April 29, 1937
U. S. Census Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir- 

I should like your record of James Hall born Uxbridge Mass. April 19, 1757. Died at Croydon N.H. 7/29/1835. He served under General Washington in the Revolutionary War and drew a pension until his death. His wife was Huldah Cooper and date of marriage Nov. 30, 1775. She died 1847.
I should like the names of their sons especially.

Very truly

Mrs H.M. Carr
Proctor, Minnesota
St Louis Co.

[Round Stamp numbered 1 to 12 around the outside] RECEIVED MAY 3 1937 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM. READER #29
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Rev Svc
Waverly Iowa
May 22. 1920
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Please may I have the official Pension Record of James Hall Born 1757 in Uxbridge Mass. died in Croyden New Hampshire 1835, Placed on Pension Roll 1831. Sullivan Co. N.H. he served in New Hampshire Rangers
of Revolutionary war, wife was Huldah Cooper did he have any service in War 1812
I wish to join the United States Daughters 1812 society elligibility depends on any
kind of service from 1784 to 1815
Mrs Sherman L. Pool
Waverly
Iowa

[Round Stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE D May
24 1920
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1
JMD
Rev Sec
Waverly, Iowa, Nov. 16, 1915.
Bureau of Pensions - Revolutionary War Records Section
Washington, D.C.
Kindly send me a copy of the application
for pension of James Hall of New Hampshire who
served as a private in Capt. Josiah Russell's Co.
of Rangers, 1776. He was my great-great-grandfather.
Very sincerely yours,
Minnie A. Lewis Pool, Regent
Clock Reel Chapter, D.A.R.
Mrs. Sherman T. Pool
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Rev [Revolutionary] WIDOW, &c.

File No. 16025
Huldah Hall
Widow of
James Hall
Pri [Private] Rev War

Act July 4th 36
Index: Vol. A, Page 311
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1915, Nov. 26. History to
Mrs. Sherman J. Pool.

1920 June 12 Mrs. Sherman I. Pool
[that] not more than one Statement
is furnished the same person.

1937, May 22 hist. to
Mrs. H. W. Carr. W.C.S.
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I Sherman Cooper of Croydon in the County of Sullivan & State of New Hampshire aged seventy one years do testify and say that in the fore part of the Summer of the year 1780 I joined Capt Samuel Paines' Company of Militia, as a Soldier in the service of the United States, at Stratford New-Hampshire. That I then belonged to said Croydon, and that James Hall
then, and now of said Croydon was a soldier in said Company at the time I joined it at said Stratford and that I know that said James Hall enlisted
into the service and left Croydon to join the service some time before I engaged myself, and he was there in in the service when I joined said Company at Stratford and served three in said company till the last part of
July or fore part of August of the same year when he hired a man by the name of Rhodes to take his place in the service and he then left the service to go home
Sherman Cooper

State of New Hampshire Sullivan SS } October 11 1832 Then the said Sherman Cooper who is a disinterested and credible witness appeared and made Solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true before me [Signed] Abijah Powers Justice of Peace

1833 October 16th I Aaron Nettleton Jr Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Sullivan & State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Abijah Powers is a justice of the Peace in and for said County of Sullivan and that the foregoing signature purporting [covered by paper] his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand & Seal of office The 18th day of October AD 1832
[Signed] Aaron Nettleton Jr Register of Probate
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I John Weld of Cornish in the County of Sullivan and State of
NewHampshire, eighty years of age, depose and say, that in the fall of the year 1776 I enlisted as a (crossed out "Militian") soldier into a Company of Militia commanded by Capt. _____ Russel of Plainfield in said County of Sullivan, that I marched with said Company
to Haverhill in the County of Grafton in the State of New Hampshire where I served the term of two months or more, and was discharged ┃at said Haverhill, I further say that one James Hall of Croydon enlisted into the same Company, marched to the same place and served the same length of time with myself-- I further say that the same James Hall is now living and present with me
at the taking of this affidavit
John Held
State of New Hampshire
Sullivan SS.                     ⎬ Cornish August 18th 1832 Then the above named John Weld personally appeared and made solemn oath  that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me Eliason Jackson Jr. Justice of the Peace Thereby certify that the above named John Well is a disinterested
and credible Witness
genuine
Eliason Jackson Jr.  Justice of the Peace
1833 October16th I Aaron Nettleton Jr. Registrar of the Court of Probate for the County of Sullivan State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Eliason Jackson Jr. is a justice of the Peace in and for said County of Sullivan and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 16th day of October AD 1833
Aaron Nettleton Jr. Register of Probate
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Original Certificate destroyed by fire. See proof
on file with the papers of Nathan Carr
W.H. Me. Act 1832, No 3084.
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To what time was James Hall, a pensioner
under the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832; of Sullivan County New Hampshire paid?
Henry Hostaugh
Pension Officer
13 [illegible]
Died 28 July 1835 paid to that period
JH
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Croydon New Hampshire
November 7
Free
Honorable Henry Hubbard Member of Congress
Charlestown New Hampshire
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Croydon Nov. 5 1833
Dear Sir, 
Enclosed are the papers concerning 
the petition of James Hall of Croydon
You will have the goodness to examine the whole & 
certify the official character & signature of  A Nettleton
Regr of Probate & also certify that I am a Justice of the Peace
You will perceive by the attached letter that the papers were returned on account of depositions not being attached-
They are now one all attached excepting three which
have taken since in order to name one of the
officers under which said Hall served in March 1881,  7 days which no officers were named in the Declaration as you will perceive by the printed letter.
Wish you to thoroughly examine the
whole & send them to the Department with
such additions as you think will be proper
& forward the certificate to me soon as you
Receive it and much oblige your friend
& humble Servt
Abijah Power

Hon Henry Hubbard
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I Sherman Cooper of Croydon County
of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire
aged 72 years depose and say that in the spring of 1781 at the time that Colonel Johnson of
Newbury New Hampshire was taken by the Indian
Captain Moses Whipple and a number of
Soldiers went from Croydon on an
alarm upon Connecticut River and I
believe James Hall then and now of
said Croydon was there with me under the
command of said Whipple
Sherman Cooper
State of New Hampshire
Sullivan Ss.
October 31. 1833. Then the
above named Sherman Cooper whom I consider a disinterested and credible Witness personally appeared and made solemn oath
to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
Before me
Abijah  Powers Justice of the Peace
I James Hall of Croydon in the County of
Sullivan and State of New Hampshire depose
and say that in March 1781 I did serve one week in the War of the Revolution at the time that Colonel Johnson was taken by the Indians as testified in my declaration in order to obtain a
Pension order before F H Sumner Judge
of Probate for the County of Sullivan on this 17th day of October 1832 and in addition I say that I was under the command and in the
Company of Captain Moses Whipple of said Croydon
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and I know that Sherman Cooper was in said company with me my age is 76 years
James Hall
State of New Hampshire November 22 1833
Sullivan Ss
then the above James Hall whom I consider a (crossed out "disinterested and") credible witness personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
Before me
Abijah Powers Justice of the Peace
Hall
Jacob Haven of Croydon in the County
of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire
hereby certify that I am well acquainted with
James Hall who resides in this Town & who has applied for a pension and I believe him to be 76 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 I concur in that opinion
Jacob Haven, A.M. Pastor of the Church of Christ in Croydon
State of New Hampshire November 2 1833 
Sullivan Ss Then the above named Jacob Haven whom I consider a disinterested and credible witness personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
Before me Abijah Powers Justice of the Peace