Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2588, John Hall, Conn. R.I.
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Conn. 
R.I.

Hall, John
Number S2588

carded
CONTENTS
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7.761
Ohio Pittsburgh
John Hall
of Cuyahoga in the state of Ohio who was a p.t & Sarg.t in the Comp.y commanded by captain Stanton of the Reg.t commanded by Col.o Cook in the R. Island line for nineteen months
Serg.t 10 mos 50
Private 9 - do 30 $30
R.I. and Conn. Record corrected Jan.y 1804

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsb.g at the rate of 80 dollars 00 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Mar. 1833 and sent to Geo Hoadly Cleveland O.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 160.00
Seminal allowance ending 4 Sept. 40
$200.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act Jun7, 1832}

Recorded by W.m R. Palmer clerk, Book E. Vol. 8 Page 113
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John Hall
20080
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The State of Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Common Pleas
November Term 1832

On this sixth day of November AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justice of the court of common pleas for said county and sitting John Hall a resident of Royalton in said county of Cuyahoga and state of Ohio aged seventy three 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 Jan 7, 1832.
1st That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. 
The applicant first entered the service in September 1775 by enlistment with the Connecticut troops and served two months under Col. Oliver Smith at Stonington in New London county and state of Connecticut. He was with a company chiefly employed in contracting a fort and defender at Stonington Point. He then lived at Charleston in Rhode Island fourteen miles distant from the Point.
2d. In the latter half of February 1776 the applicant was drafted and served two months in March and April with the Rhode Island militia in guarding the coast under Daniel Stafford a in battle officer. 
3d. On 1. 1776 he enlisted again and served three months with the Rhode Island troops under Capt. John Gavit Lieut. Matthew Randall and ensign Elnathan Wells, He enlisted on the island (R.I.) under Col. John Cook, remained on the island until December and then driven off by the British to Tiverton. 
4th In 1778 the applicant was again drafted and served through March and April under Lieunt. John Welch of the R.I. militia in Keeping guard at Point Judith.
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5th May 1, 1778 enlisted among the fifteen month men and served nine months the remainder of the term then unexpired. this was a comp.y raised by Rhode Island. served under Col. Joseph Stanton, Major Hawkins adjutant Charles Handy John Handy was Brigadier Major and Peleg Hoxie was Captain served chiefly at Tiverton. The applicant was orderly sergeant and discharged 16 January AD 1779.
6th In the year 1779 or 1780 year not recollected the applicant enlisted with the Independent volunteers of Rhode Island in the spring was at Point Judith when [Count?] D Estaing arrived with the French Fleet. It was day time and he thinks in July. The comp. then marched to Tiverton 70 miles around Narraganset bay, was with Sullivan's army when they crossed over from Tiverton to the island in August  served under Capt. Augustus Stanton & Lieut William Gardener. Applicant was orderly sergeant was out four months and his company was placed on the sight of a continental regiment. 

The applicant has no documentary evidence, he was always honorably discharged. He knows of no one living who can testify to his services, but he [illegible] thinks and several he knows not where to find them. 

The applicant was born in Hopkinton Rhode Island. when five years old moved to Clarkstown same state and that was his home till after the war. He then moved to Otis Berkshire County Massachusetts remained there fourteen years then 1815 removed Clay in Cuyahoga county Ohio, remained there till April 1831 where he moved to Royalton in the same county which is his present residence. He was born 28 January 1759. This is no clergyman in Royalton or in Chagrin. He is well known to Dr. John M. Henderson, the present fort master as Chagrin to Varnum I. basd? Esqr attorney at law formerly of Chagrin & now of Chardon to Judge Allen and Judge. Fuller both of Chagrin
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either of them will vouch for his character. 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension list or agency of any state
John Hall
Sworn to and subscribed in open court
Nov. 12, 1832
Horace Perry Clk Com Pleas

We John M. Henderson, of Chagrin physician and postmaster, and Varnum I. Card, both of said Chagrin now of Cleveland, attorney and Counsellor at law do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Hall who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion. 
John M. Henderson
Sworn to and subscribed
Nov. 12, 1832 in open court
Horace Perry
Clerk Com. Pleas

I john Marsaliss of Royalton in Cuyahoga county do certify that John Hall who has signed and subscribed the following declaration is seventy three years of age as I believe that I have been well acquainted with him about fourteen years that he has been and is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he formerly resided and where he was understood to have been a soldier of the revolution and I concur in that opinion. 
John Marsaliss 
Sworn to at subscribed Nov 12, 1832 in open court Horace Perry Clk Com Pleas
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And that said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations 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 John M. Henderson and John Marsaliss who have signed the within certificate are residence in the county of Cuyahuga and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
The state of Ohio
Cuyuhoga County

Horace Perry Clerk of the court of common pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings after said court in the matter of the application of JOhn Hall for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourteenth day of November one thousand eighth hundred and thirty two. 
Horace Perry - Clk Com Pleas
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2008.7.761
John Hall
Cuyahoga Co. Ohio

Admitted from 1775
9 mo private 30.
10 mo sergeant 50
$80

George Hoadly
Cleaveland
Ohio
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Brief in the case of John Hall of Cuyahoga Co in the state of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a court or a judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disable by bodily infirmity? 

3. How old is he? 73 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

[TABLE]
Period: in 1775
Duration of service: 2 months
Rank: Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Col. Oliver

Period: 1776
Duration of Service: 2 months
Rank: [blank]
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Col. Cook

Period: 1778
Duration of Service: 3 months
Rank: [blank]
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Maj. Handy

Period: 1779 or 1780
Duration of Service: 6 months
Rank: Orderly Sergeant
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Maj. Handy

Period: 1779 or 1780
Duration of Service: 4 months
Rank: [blank]
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Cap. Stanton

5. In what battles was he engaged? None mentioned

6. Where id he reside when he entered the service? Charleston Rhode Island

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence by incidental evidence or by the rolls? Traditional

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 

Joseph Rowen 
Examining clerk
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Cleaveland, O
Nov. 26

Application for pension
Free

To the War Department 
Washington 
DC

Dec. 1
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Rev War
2588
Invalid

File No. 2588
John Hall
Sgt. R.I. line

Act: June 7, '32
Index: Vol. A Page 157
[Arrangement of 1870]

R.I. and Conn. Line. Records corrected Jan'y 18..
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Hall which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

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

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

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

V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled? Yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes.

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

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes.
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Two Citizens

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? Yes

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

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

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

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

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

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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For---year -- months , and -- days, I served as a-- For -- months and --days, I served as a -- and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite , and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objection able. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

QUERE XIV. the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths
must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate
must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate. In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Pensions

Cleaveland, Ohio, Novm. 24, 1832

To the Secretary of War

Sir, 
By request of the parties I send the papers & documents of four applicants for a pension. When examined and allowed will you have the goodness to transmit to me the proper certificate. 
Very respectfully yours ob. srvt
Jn. Hoadly

Samuel Copley
John Hall
Jacob Hutchins
Hugh Stewart

With Jacob Hutchins application in the affidavit of his brother John Hutchins.
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National Archives
Form VAN-51
12-5-41

Bounty Land Warrant Record Card

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name: Hall, John Grade Private Line Maryland

Warrant Number 1105 Acreage 100 Issued January 21, 1795 to John Faires assignee

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.