Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13306, William Hall, N.C.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE   NUMBER
NC Hall, William   S13306
Carded
CONTENTS
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North Carolina William Hall a Captain of the North Carolina Militia 

Ratio of disability, between 2/39 & 3/4th
Date of discharge 

Inscribed on the roll of North Carolina 
at 5 dollars per month, to commence on the 
28 Nov. 1804, increased to $8 per month by law 
24th April 1816 & increased by Secy of War to  
$14 per month: [illegible] March 25. 1825. 

Certificate  of  of pension issued the 22 of April 1825 
and Sent to Henry Blount Esq 
Nashville, North Carolina 

Arrears to 4th 
Sum due on the 4 Sept 1825   $77.85 
$77.85 

Certificate issued Feb. 
17. 1821 annulled
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The pension Certificate, by mistake, was sent to
Nashville, Tennessee, April 22. 1825 & returned
to this Department by the Post Master at Nashville
Recd May 26 1825- should have been sent to
Nashville N. Carolina
May 26, 1825, Certificate sent to Thomas Blount
Nashville NC
Note on side -Died June 3, 1835, from 1835 list
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disabled between 
2/3rd & 3/4th. though in one place 
it is stated to be total 


Nashville Nash Co Va
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ORIGINAL CLAIM

UNITED STATES

North Carolina DISTRICT, SS
I Henry Potter-Judge of the District Court of the United States of America, for the North Carolina District; by AUTHORITY of an act of Congress, passed the 25th day of April,1812, entitled "An act to revive and continue in force an Act to provide for persons who were disabled by nown wounds received in the Revolutionary war, and for other purposes," DO HEREBY ESPECIALLY AUTHORIZE AND COMMISSION 
John Arrington, Esq a Justice of the Peace of the county of Nash and district of North Carolina to take all evidence pursuant to the rules and regulations of the said act, for substantiating the claim of William Hall of the town of (illegible) in the county of Nash and district of No. Carolina to be placed on the Pension List of the United States, by reason of known wounds received in said war, or since, (as Prescribed in the fourth section of "An act concerning invalid pensioners,'' passed the 25th of April 1808,) while in the actual service of the United States, and in the line of his duty. And when the same shall be completed, to return the evidence, affidavits, certificates, and proceedings had hereupon, together with this commission, to the Secretary for the Department of War.
Given under my hand and seal, at Raleigh the twelfth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five 
H. Potter (illegible)

If the applicant is not on the pension list the commission alone is to be used.
H. Potter
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INCREASE OF PENSION.
United States
North Carolina
DISTRICT, SS.
To Doctor John Emerson of Nashville and
Doctor John Arrington of Nash County in said County & said district.
Pursuant to an act of Congress of the United States, passed the 25th of April, 1812, entitled "An act to revive and continue in force 'An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary war, and for other purposes,"  you are hereby appointed and authorized to examine William Hall who is inscribed on the Pension List of the United States, and is claimant for an increase of pension, conformably to the 5th section of the act of the 10th April, 1806, revived as aforesaid; and you are to report, in writing, and on oath or affirmation, your opinion of the nature of his disability and in what degree it prevents him from obtaining a subsistence by manual labor; and in your proceedings in the premises you are to be regulated and governed by said act.
Given under my hand and seal, at Raleigh this Twelfth day of January
in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty five
H. Potter DJUSNC
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INCREASE OF PENSION.
IT is hereby certified that William Hall formerly a captain of a company, in the
Regiment of North Carolina Militia commanded by Colo. James Kenan & Major H. Griffin who it appears by the accompanying certificate was placed on the pension roll at the rate of Eight dollars per month, on account, as he states, of having received a wound in the head, in the face, in the right hand and left elbow  while in the line of his duty, and in the said service, on or about the second day of August in the year 1781 at a place called Rockfish in the state or territory of North Carolina, is not only still disabled in consequence of the said injury, but, in our opinion is entitled to six dollars per month more than he  already receives as a pensioner, which will make his pension per month Fourteen Dollars.
We are of opinion that the wounds in the right hand and left elbow, are the
only ones which seem to have produced any permanent injury, the wound in the left elbow sums to have produced a stiffness and a slight imaciation of the arm on that side- The wound in the right hand has divided the Extensor Tendon of the Ring Finger, and deprived him of the use of that Finger-- The Degree of disability arising from the wounds which he has received together with Chronic
diseases under which he labours, and the infirmities of his age (being as he says
in his seventy sixth year) amounts to a Total Disability - 22nd March 1825
Jno Emason  M.D.
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use of that Finger-The Degree of disability arising from the wounds which
he has received together with Chronic diseases under which he labours, and the
infirmities of his age (being as he says in his seventy sixth year) amounts to
a Total Disability 22nd March 1825
Jno Emerson M.D
JJno Arrington M.D.

State of North Carolina 
Nash County.
The foregoing certificate was sworn to & Subscribed before me by Drs Jno Emerson & Jno Arrington, both of whom I believe to be immensely skilled in their profession. Given under my hand & Seal this 22nd day March A.D. 1825.
John Arrington  MD
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State of North Carolina
Nash County } SS

I Henry Blount Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions of Nash County
do hereby certify that John Arrington Esqr. whose signature appears
to the foregoing certificate, is and was at the date thereof an acting Justice of
the Peace in and for our said County of Nash, and that full faith and credit
is and should be given to all his Official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my Office as Clerk aforesaid at Nashville on the 25th day of March in the 49th year
of the Independence of our said State
Anno Domini 1825
H. Blount, C.C.C.
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August 7,1934
Miss Danie Hall
900 Faxon Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee,
William Hall S 13306  BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter containing further information in regard to one William Hall whose record you desire.

With the information furnished by you, no record of a William Hall could be definitely identified. The record of one William Hall, a commissioned officer in the Revolutionary War from North Carolina, has been found which may aid you in your research. His record is given as found in pension claim, S. 13306, based upon disability incurred in service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given.

The Revolutionary War records of this office show that William Hall served as captain of Colonel James Kenyon's (? ) North Carolina regiment, and while in line of duty received wounds in his head, face, right hand and left elbow in a battle at Rockfish, August 2, 1781; the date and place he entered service and length of his service are not stated.

On account of disability resulting from the above noted injuries, William Hall was pension from November 28, 1804, at which time he was a resident of Nash County, North Carolina, and Clerk of the County Court. He had formerly received a pension from the State of North Carolina.

In 1825, William Hall was still residing in Nash County, North Carolina, and at that time gave his age as seventy-five years. He died June 3, 1825.

There are no family data shown in the claim.

It is not stated that he served in the War of 1812.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON

June 23, 1934

Miss Danie Hall
940 Faxon Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee

IN REPLY REFER TO:
BA-J/MMHF:MLB
Stamped:  Received July 7, 1934 Mail Sub-Div. Reader 19 Vets Admin

Dear Madam: [the below typed information X'd out.]
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of a soldier with surname Porter and that of a William Hall.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service of a soldier with surname Porter who went from Fairfield or Chester County, South Carolina, about 1834, lived his last days in Maury County, Tennessee, where both he and his wife died.
In addition to the data furnished in regard to William Hall, the approximate dates of his birth and death are essential.
Very truly yours  A.D. Hiller  Assistant to Administrator

[handwritten in right margin] - Died June 3, 1825


We think he was born somewhere about 1750 dies about 1820. He  was made second major from Surry Co. N.C. during Revolutionary War. He received a grant of land in Tenn. 1785.  He was made commander of Tenn. forces in War 1812. His son John was made Indian agent in Leake Co Miss. to Choctaw Indians by Andrew Jackson. William Hall may have been born in NC or in  Va or even in England. We are very anxious to find his father's name, also that of his brothers sisters
Danie Hall
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1934 Org. 7 - Hist. to Miss
Danie Hall MLF

Right side:
Rev War

13306
INVALID.
File No. 13306
William Hall
Capt. N. C. Militia
Act:
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 435
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Application for a New Certificate

State of N Carolina }
Cumberland County }
One the 2nd day of January in the year of 1821, before me John A. Cameron a
Justice of the peace of said County, personally appeared William Hill who on his oath declares that he is the same person who commanded a Company in the regiment commanded by Col. James Kenyon in the militia of N. Carolina during the time of the revolution: that he was  wounded while in service: that his name was penned on the pension list of this state and was subsequently [illegible] [illegible]to this of the U. States: that he [illegible] received a certificate of Pension from the United States and now makes the application in order to obtain one
Wm Hall
Sworn to subscribed to before
me the day and year afore said
John A Cameron JP
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State of North Carolina
I John Armstrong Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter sessions for Cumberland County in said State, do Certify that the name Signation of John A Cameron Esq which appears to the within affidavit is in the proper hand writing of the said John A. Cameron that he is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County duly Commissioned & sworn that faith & credit is attached to his official acts.
In testimony whereof hereunto set my hand affix the County seal at Fayetteville this 2nd day of January 1821 and 45th year of our Independance   
Jno Armstrong Clk
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THE STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA.
To all to whom these presents shall come, GREETING:
It is hereby certified and made known, that
William Hill, whom signature appears
to the annexed certificate was at
the time of signing the same
and now is secretary of State,
in and for the State of North Carolina

And that full faith and credit is due, and ought to be given, to his official acts as such..
In Testimony whereof, I, HUTCHINS G
BURTON, Governor, &c. have caused
the great seal of the State, to be hereunto
affixed, and signed the same at the
City of Raleigh, on the fifth
day of March in the year of our
Lord eighteen hundred and twenty-
five and in the XLIX year of American
Independence.
H G Burton

by the Governor,
John Campbell Private Secretary
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Certificates issued the 4th March and
the 4th September, are not payable until
the 4th September. Those issued between
the 4th September and 4th March, are not
payable before 4th March.
The stipend due to the within
named Pensioner will be paid 
at Fayetteville.... by
the President of the Branch Bank U.S.
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State of North Carolina
In House of Common 28th Novr 1804. 
The petition of William Hall of Nash County late a captain in the militia of North Carolina, and wounded and disabled at the battle of Rockfish in the time of the revolutionary war, being read and considered, and the recommendation of the Court of Nash County being also read, resolved, that in consideration of the sufferings and disabilities of said William Hall and in Testimony of his merit as a militia officer disabled in the service of the Country, he be henceforth placed on the list of pensioners this State; and that for the year 1804, and each succeeding year, he be entitled to draw out of the public treasury the sum of thirty pounds, towards his support and maintenance, agreeably to the recommendation of the Court of the County aforesaid.

In Senate November 28th 1804.
Received from the House of Commons, a resolution for placing, William Hall of Nash County on the pension list of this State; which being read was concurred with by this house, and returned.

The above is truly copied from the Journals of the General Assembly of this State, this 3rd day of March 1825. Wm Hill Secretary of State
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
INVALID PENSION.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, William Hall late
of the Army of the Revolution.
is inscribed
on the Pension List, Roll of the North Carolina
Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month
[to commence on the____ day of ______ one thousand eight hundred-struck thru]
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States
, this seventeenth day of
February     one thousand eight
hundred twenty one
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.
[handwritten ANNULLED across form]
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Nashville, Nash County, N. Carolina
25th March 1825
Sir
In forwarding to you, the dockuments herewith inclosed, I feel that I owe an appology to your department for my repealed importunities on behalf of the applicant, which it is not in my power to make, other than the extreme indigence of the poor old wounded soldier. The recollection of past services, the personal knowledge that I have of his great poverty, and the total disability which he labours under from Causes as stated in the Certificate of the examining surgeons, are  circumstances which seem to render him not only an object of personal sympathy but of National Commisseration and Charity: considerations like these sir have enlisted for the old man my feelings and the little services that I have it in my power to render,

I think it not improper to remark Sir that pursuant to the certificate of your predecessor the Hon. J.C. Calhoun Esq. which is herewith sent the old man drew his pension regularly for the first, 12 or 18 months thereafter, with which he
was Content, altho it was much short of what many others were then receiving for less services and for less disability. But some time in the month of
September '22 of March '23 owing to the ignorance or mistake of his examining Physician, his
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his Pension was reduced from $8 to $4 per month, by the Pay Master at Fayetteville N. C. without the smallest [illegible]  of disability whatever; but which in fact was rather increasing with his increasing years & infirmities. The consequence of which has been that since that time he has received but $4 per mo instead of $8. That he was in justice and (I suppose) by Law entitled to receive- For a proof of which I refer you to the accts. of your accounting officer in Fayetteville and Documents in your possession.

The resolution of our Genl Assembly of 1804
shews clearly the estimation in which the old man held.  They then allowed and paid to him a Pension of Sixty Dollars p. annum, at a time when he held the office that I at present fill (Clk. of County Court), and was of course much less disabled than at present. But since he has become a United States Pensioner the State of No Ca very properly with holds the Pension which she had allowed to him; and through bad management on his part, or the ignorance of those with whom he had hitherto entrusted his business, so far from having his situation [illegible] by being transferred from the Charity & Bounty of the State to that of the United States, he is actually reduced not only from the Pension first allowed and paid to him by the genl government; but
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also $12 pr annum below what the State of No. Ca. was paying. That the old man has had great injustice done him, is in my opinion manifest, and is for redress of grievances as well for part deficiencies as for further provisions that I on behalf of the old man have presumed to add these lines to the inclosed, for your consideration

Be pleased to give this your attention as early as may be convenient to you
and advise me per Mail, the result -

The common course of things portends that the Charity of the government
will be but a short time required towards the old soldier. His great age, many wounds, disease & infirmities augur a speedy dissolution, when the County will be clear of his Charge & he of his cares.

I have the honor to be with sentiments of profound respect &c &c
Henry Blount
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North Carolina
William Hall
late In the Revolutionary war

Inscribed on the roll of North Carolina at $5
increased to $8 per mon: by law 24 Apl 1876

Formal cert issued 17 Febr 1821 & sent to the
care of Hon. W. N. Edwards  Ho Reps
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Nashville, Nv 6  paid of ( 8 1/2
3rd  Febry 1821
To the Honorable R. N. Edwards
Washington City
Virginia
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War Department
Pension Office
James Barbour

Henry Blount Esq
Nashville Tennessee
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The Honorable
James Barbour
{illegible] War
Washington City

postmark Nashville, Tenn

Notation on side: 
Recd. May 26, 1825

Stamped: FREE
Tenn Office
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Nashville May 11, 1825
Sir,
The enclosed letter was no doubt improperly addressed to this office - Th. Crutcher Esq the Pension agents for Western presuming that it might be intended for him, opened it, and states that it is for the agency in N Carolina but as neither of us are acquainted with the residence of Mr Blount I have with the advice of Mr Crutcher concluded to return it to you.
I have the honor to be Sir respectfully
your obd servt
Rob. B. Currey
Postmaster

The Honorable James Barbour