Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18015, Amos Hall, Conn.
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SERVICE                                               NUMBER
Conn.                     Hall, Amos           S 18015
B. L. WT. 5928-100
Issued Aug, 23, 1790
No papers
carded
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1192
Vermont Burlington
Amos Hall decd
of ____in the State of __________ who was a Sergeant in the _________commanded by Captain __________ of the _____________commanded by _____________in the Revolution line for two years.
Conn.

Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington at the rate of 120 Dollars and 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1926, and ending 4th March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of Sept 1833 and Sent to Weston & Shaw, Burlington VT

Arrears to the 4th of __________
Semi-Annual allowance ending _________

May 15th 1828

Recorded by G. T. Getty Clerk
Book ____, Vol. _____ Page __________

[crossed out] Luke Hall June 7/55
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Declaration of Joseph Amos McLuaghlin Adm of Amos Hall Deceased
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State of Vermont
District and County of Chittenden } ss.
On this 18th day of August in the year eighteen hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before the Honorable the Probate Court, within and for the district and state aforesaid, Joseph Amos McLoughlin of Burlington in the county district and state aforesaid, aged thirty two years, grandson and administrator of the estate of Amos Hall, late of the township of Ireland, in the county of Megantic, in the Province of Canada East (formerly Lower Canada), deceased, 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 May 15, 1828, for the benefit, when obtained, of Lucinda Cross, John Hall, Ira Hall, Luke Hall and Sophia Ready, children and only surviving children of the said Amos Hall, deceased: 
That the said Amos Hall was a Pensioner inscribed on the Vermont Roll, Burlington Agency, at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum, under the act of June 7, 1832; that he enlisted into the Continental Army of the United States, during the war of the Revolution, for the term of during the war, and was honorably discharged at the close of said war, and that he was a Sergeant for more than two years prior to and at the time of his discharge, as this declarant is informed and believes; and for proof of the services of the said Amos Hall, the officers under whom he served, and the regiment to which he belonged, this declarant refers to the declaration of said Amos Hall under the aforesaid Act of 7 June 1832, and the proofs sent therewith, now supposed to be on file in the Pension Office at Washington, D.C.
The declarant further declares that the said Amos Hall died at Ireland aforesaid on the 19th day of
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October A.D. 1854, that he left no widow, and that the said Lucinda Cross, John Hall, Ira Hall, Luke Hall and Sophia Ready are the children and only surviving children of the said Amos Hall, deceased.
The declarant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, on account of the Revolutionary services of the said Amos Hall, and declares that he believes that the name of the said Amos is not on any Pension Roll of any agency except on the Roll of the Vermont Agency as above stated.
He further declares that he has no knowledge that the said Amos ever received the reward of eighty dollars, to which he became entitled under the resolve of Congress, passed May 15th 1778.
And he hereby constitutes Misters Misbow & Shaw of Burlington, Vermont, his attorneys to procure the balance of pension due to the said Amos Hall, deceased.
Joseph Amos McLaughlin

Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged on the day and year first above written before me in open court; and I certify that the declarant is a man of truth and credibility.
W. H. French Judge of Probate for the District of Chittenden

State of Vermont
District of Chittenden ss}
I, David French, Register of the Probate Court in and for said District and State, do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration was made by Joseph Amos McLoughlin aforesaid, in open court, on the day and year first therein mentioned, before the Hon. William H. French, whose signature appears at the close of said declaration or rather at the close of the certificate thereto, and who was at the date thereof and now is Judge of the Probate Court in and for said district, and I further certify that the said Joseph Amos McLaughlin
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has been duly appointed and authorized to act as administrator of the Estate of said Amos Hall deceased and has given a Bond to said court, with a sufficient surety, in the penal sum of eight hundred dollars conditioned for the faithful performance by the said McLoughlin of his duties as administrator of the estate of said Amos Hall.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 18th day of August AD 1855.
D. French Register
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35,400
Amos Hall
Vermont

Act 7 June 32
on Rolls - Swift. Con L
Adm
2 yrs Sergt
120$
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State of Vermont
Orleans District}ss. At a Probate court holden at the Probate Office at Irasburg within and for the District of Orleans on this 21 day of September AD 1842 Personally appeared in open court, Amos Hall of Ireland, Megantic County, S.C. Aged eighty two years on the 1st day of October 1842, 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 of June 1832 for a Pension.
That he entered the service in the spring of 1777 being at that time in the 17th year of his age. Up to the time of his enlistment he resided in Stonington Connecticut, the name of the Captain is forgotten. The Cols name was Swift. He entered the service as a fifer and remained as a fifer over one year. He believes after this time, I acted (as he says) a Sergeant and served in that capacity I think for over three years. When I received the appointment of Sergeant, I was in the same company or regiment in which I enlisted as a fifer but during the time in which I served as a Sergeant, the regiment in which I served was paraded as I supposed for reviews but the aide comp of General Arnold passed through the regiment and touched out several men and myself among the rest. We were marched to the quarters of General Arnold and were formed into or added to his life guard but what portion of the three years last mentioned I was in Arnolds life guard I do not remember, but I do recollect that I remained in that company until Arnold deserted from the army. I was part of the time at West Point and part of the time at Robinsons Farms. I recollect of being present when Arnold saddled his horse and fled to the enemy. After this event I went immediately over to West point again and was placed in commissaries department as Quarter Masters Sergeant. I continued with the army in this capacity and went from West Point to the South Yorktown Gloucester &c &c. I was at the taking of Cornwallis and continued with the army until their return to West Point. From the reason of age and the long time since the events
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do recollect that I remained in that company until Arnold deserted from the army. I was part of the time at West Point and part of the time at Robinsons Farms. I recollect of being present when Arnold saddled his horse and fled to the enemy. After this event I went immediately over to West Point again and was placed in commissaries department as Quarter Master Sergeant. I continued with the army in this capacity and went from West Point to the south Yorktown Gloucester &c &c. I was at the taking of Cornwallis and continued with the army until their return to West Point. From the reason of age and the long time since the events I cannot recollect the dates, and but few particulars respecting events as they transpired but remember that it was in the fall of the year when I was discharged and I was always in the Continental Line, so called. I must have been in the service as much as four or five years but cannot state precisely the time of my discharge. I do not know of any person living by whom I can prove my services but rely upon the records in the Department of Washington & Connecticut. He relinquishes all claim to any Pension other than the present & declare that his name is not on the roll of any agency for a pension in any state or
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or territory of the United States.
Amos Hall
Sworn and subscribed this 21st day of September AD 1842 in open court.
Before me Geo Nye Judge

State of Vermont
Orleans District ss}
And the Probate Court before which the foregoing Declaration was taken do hereby declare their opinion; that after putting sundry interrogatories and a full examination of the applicant touching the matter of his services in the War of the Revolution as by him stated. Do believe that he the said Amos Hall was a soldier and Sergeant in the Revolution and served as he has declared in his declaration.
Geo Nye Judge of Probate

State of Vermont
Orleans District}
I Henry M Bates, Register of the Probate Court within and for the district of Orleans, do hereby certify that the foregoing contain the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of Amos Hall for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 21st day of September 1842.
Attest H. M. Bates Register
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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME: Hall, Amos
GRADE Private
LINE Connecticut

WARRANT NUMBER 5928
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED Aug 23 1790
to ---- not shown-----

*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 18, 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.
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[March or January [ month was overtyped] 1938

Amos Hall
S. 18015
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Mary E. Macafee
Court House Annex
106 E. Liberty Drive
Wheaton, Illinois

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of February 3, addressed to the National Archives, in behalf of Mr. Luke A. Hall of 129 North Wilmett Avenue, Westmont Illinois, an applicant to your office for old age assistance. You state that Mr. Hall is the son of John Hall, was born in Quebec, Canada, and grandson of Amos Hall who served in the Revolutionary War as sergeant and captain, and that the birth of John Hall in the United States must be established in order that his son, Luke, may be eligible for assistance.

Your letter has been referred for reply to the Veterans Administration, custodian of United States pension records.

The Revolutionary War record of Amos Hall is furnished you herewith for your convenience.

In order to identify a record in the War of 1812 of the John Hall in questions, as much as possible of the following data relative to him are essential - places of residence at enlistment and after service, date of his death, and name of widow.

The data which follow concerning Amos Hall were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 18015, based upon his military service in the
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Revolutionary War.

Amos Hall was born October 1, 1760, place not given, nor were the names of his parents stated.

While residing in Stonington, Connecticut, Amos Hall enlisted February 6, 1777, served as a fifer in Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut regiment, served as sergeant in same regiment, was Life Guard to General Arnold, until Arnold deserted the army; Amos Hall was then placed in the Commissary Department and served as quartermaster sergeant, marched to Yorktown, was at the surrender of Cornwallis, and continued in the service until the close of the war. 

Amos Hall was commissioned, May 13, 1793, Captain of the 13th Company, 16th Regiment, New Hampshire Militia.

Amos Hall moved with his family about the year 1812 to Canada, "more than one hundred miles from the Province line".

He was allowed pension on account of his service in the War of the Revolution, on his application executed September 21, 1842, at which time he was living in Ireland, Megantic County, Lower Canada. His application was made in District of Orleans, Vermont. He was, also, allowed one hundred acres of bounty land, on warrant #5928, issued August 23, 1790.

Amos Hall died October 18, 1854 in Ireland, Canada, leaving no widow. The name of his wife is not given, and there are no data relative to their marriage.

The following children survived their father, Amos Hall - Lucinda Cross, Sophia Ready, John Hall, Ira Hall, and Luke Hall who gave his address in 1855,
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3

Fox Lake, Dodge County, Wisconsin.

John Hall, son of the soldier, Amos Hall, came to the United States, where he remained about ten years, and on his return home "from Massachusetts" about the year 1838, stopped in Barton, Vermont, for several months.

Joseph Amos McLoughlin (McLaughlin), grandson of the soldier, Amos Hall, was thirty-two years old in 1855 and living in Burlington, Vermont; he was administrator of the estate of Amos Hall. Other grandchildren were referred to, but no names were designated.

If you desire information in regard to location of the land referred to herein, you should apply to The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, Bureau, and furnish the following data - 

Warrant # 5928 - 100 Acres - Issued August 23, 1790.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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STATE OF ILLINOIS
HENRY HORNER, GOVERNOR

DIVISION OF OLD AGE ASSITANCE
DU PAGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
COURT HOUSE ANNEX
106 E. LIBERTY DRIVE
WHEATON, ILLINOIS

February 2nd, 1938

National Archives 
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
Luke A. Hall, 129 North Wilmett Avenue, Westmont, Illinois, has applied to our office for old age assistance. Mr. Hall was born in Quebec, Canada and believes himself to be a citizen of the United States. We are having difficulty in trying to prove that his father, John Hall, was a citizen of the United States.

Amos Hall, the grandfather of our applicant, Luke A. Hall, served in the Revolutionary War as a Sergeant and was later promoted to Captain. Do your records show that he had a son by the name of John Hall who we understand was born June 29, 1797 at Hoptinkin, New Hampshire?

If we can prove that John Hall was a citizen of the United States as his son insists, then our applicant will be eligible for old age assistance which he needs.

Thanking you for your cooperation in this matter as we have exhausted every other means of proving his citizenship, I am

Sincerely yours,
Mary E. Macafee

Mrs. Mary E. Macafee
Superintendent, DuPage County
Department of Public Welfare
Division of Old Age Assistance

MFM-dk
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Form K-8a
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Division of Reference

Date 1/9/38

From Mrs. Mary E. Macafee
Superintendent 
Division of Old Age Assistance,
DuPage County Department of Public Welfare
Court House Annex
106 East Liberty Drive
Wheaton, Illinois

Dated February 2, 1938

Re: information from the pension record of Amos Hall, who is alleged to have served in the Revolutionary War.

Respectfully referred to:
Revolutionary and 1812 Wars Section
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Nelson Vance Russell
Chief, Division of Reference
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section

January 24, 1924.

Helen M. Crowl,
Albert Lea, Box 408,
Minn.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary pension claim, S. 18015, it appears that Amos Hall was born October 1, 1760.
While residing in Stonington, Connecticut, he enlisted February 6, 1777 and served as fifer in Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut Regiment. On September 7, 1780 he was appointed Sergeant in same regiment, was Life Guard to General Arnold, until he deserted, then served in Commissary Department as Quartermaster Sergeant, was at the surrender of Cornwallis and served until the close of War.
He was commissioned, May 13, 1793, Captain of the 13th Company 16th Regiment, New Hampshire Militia.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 21, 1842, while a resident of Ireland, Megantic
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County, Lower Canada, and died there October 19, 1854, leaving no widow, but the following children survived him - Lucinda Cross; John Hall; Ira Hall; Luke Hall, who was living in Wisconsin in 1855; and Sophia Ready.
A grandson, Joseph Amos McLaughlin or McLoughlin, in 1855 aged thirty two years and a resident of Burlington, Vermont, is also mentioned. There is no further family data on file. 

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Albert Lea, Minn.

January 14, 1924

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

The writer is submitting her application to the D. A. R. and would like to ask for the service of Capt. Amos Hall. I wrote you under date of November 17th and on January 5th you replied asking for additional information, which I submit herewith:

According to the data I have, Capt. Amos Hall was born in Salem, Mass., in 1761, entered the Revolutionary War when 18, served as paymaster-sergeant and was for a time one of Washington's body-guard. He moved north to New Hampshire and in 1782 married a Martha Straw of New Hampshire. Later he and his family moved to Canada. It was while he was in Canada, I believe, that he received his pension from the U.S. Government. "Capt. Hall drew a pension from the United States Government and in 1843 obtained all his back pay to that date". He died in 1854, aged 93, and was buried at Dinning Bridge, Megantic County, Quebec.

I trust with the above additional information that you will be able to give me his service. Again thanking you, I beg to remain

Yours very truly,
Helen M. Crowl

(Miss) Helen M. Crowl,
Box 408
Albert Lea, Minnesota.
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18015

INVALID.

File No. 18015
Amos Hall

Sergt Rev War
Conn Line

Act May 15th 28
on Vermont roll

Index Vol. 1, Page 166

(arrangement of 1870)


1924 Jan 24 - Hist to Helen M. Crowl aws

1938 March 1 hist to Mrs Mary E Macafee
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Amos Hall
Vermont

Suspended

[crossed out] See let 24 Oct 42 J. Kimball

Act 7 June 1832
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Burlington, VT
Sept 14, 1855

Sir
Yours of the 8th inst, in reply to "the application of the children of Amos Hall, for the arrears of pension due him under the act of May 15, 1828" is received. You say that "before a certificate therefor can be issued an adm. on his estate must be appointed by some Probate Court in Vermont".
The declaration, you well perceive, was made by Joseph Amos McLaughlin, Adm, and a certificate of his appointment by the Probate Court here, and the amount of the Adm land will surely [illegible] is attached to the declaration as required by your rules, which certificate are supposed was sufficient both in form and substance.
We have procured another certificate from the court of those facts, made now full than the former one, which we hope will be satisfactory, and we enclose it herewith.
We are very respectfully
Your obt. servant
Weston & Shaw

J. Minot Esq
Comm of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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State of Vermont
District of Chittenden ss}
I, David French, Register of the Probate Court within and for said District of Chittenden, do hereby certify that Joseph Amos McLaughlin, of Burlington, in said District, was on the 30th day of June A.D. 1855, duly appointed by said court administrator of the state of Amos Hall deceased late of Ireland, in the County of Megantic, in the Province of Canada East (formerly Lower Canada) and gave bond to said court with sufficient surety in the penal sum of eight hundred dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, as such administrator, in due form of law, which bond is satisfactory to said court.
And I further certify that the said McLaughlin still is administrator of the estate of the said Amos Hall, deceased.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto affix the seal of said court and subscribe my name at Burlington, in said district this fourteenth day of September A.D. 1855, and I further certify that the word "deceased" was interlined in the above certificate before signing.
D. French Register
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To the Hon Commissioner of Revolutionary Pensions
Washington
District of Columbia
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Town of Fox Lake, County of Dodge, State of Wisconsin
1st November 1855

Dear Sir,
My father, Amos Hall, was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, in which (in the later years of his life) & he received a pension of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum from the govt. He died last fall nearly one hundred years old, and I have just received a letter from my nephew Joseph A. McLaughlin of Burlington, VT, giving me notice that, an additional sum of money was due to my father at his death, and that he has received it from the government for his heirs, and he offers me twenty dollars on my forwarding to him a receipt in full for my share, but does not inform me what was the aggregate amount which he received for all the heirs.
I therefore request of you, sir, to inform me what amount of money was due from the government to my father Amos Hall, at the time of his death, and what amount has been paid over to the said Joseph A. McLaughlin for the heirs of said Amos Hall. And also, whether my fathers grandchildren whose parents are dead, are entitled to a childs share of such money.
By complying with the request you will lay me under heavy obligations, and greatly oblige.
Sir, your obedient Humble Servant
Luke Hall

To the Hon Commissioner of Revolutionary Pensions
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Treasury Department
Third Auditors Office
Sept 21, 1855

Sir,
In reply to your letter of yesterday, relative to the pension of Amos Hall of Vermont, I have to inform you that it appears from the books of this office that it has been paid up to 4 Sept 1854.
I am, Sir, your obedient Servant
Robt J. Atkinson
Auditor

J. Minot Esq
Court of Pensions
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Burlington Vt Sept 23rd 1855

Hon. J. Minot
Comm of Pensions

Sir,
We send herewith declaration of Joseph Amos McLoughlin Adm of Estate of Amos Hall, deceased for arrears of pension due to said Hall under Act of May 15th 1828.
We also send, with said declaration, proof of the death of said Hall.
In case said declaration & proof are satisfactory please send certificate to us.
Yours Respectfully
Weston & Shaw
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R. J. Atkinson
3rd [illegible]
Sept 20 55
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Penn Office
Sept 20 1855

Sir
I herewith submit the papers which Amos Hall was enrolled on the Vermont roll under the act of June 7, 1832, at the rate of $120 per annum and will be obliged if you will state to [illegible] for pension has been paid.

R. J. Atkinson
3d October
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Pension Office
Nov 17 1855

Sir
Arrears of pension due Amos Hall under the act of May 15 1828 to the amount of $600 have been allowed by this office, payable to Joseph A McLaughlin administrator for the benefit of Lucinda Cross, John Hall, Ira Hall, Luke Hall and Sophia Ready, making the sum of $100 one each of the five children mentioned. Grandchildren are not allowed.
The certificate of pension was sent to the care of Mssrs West & Shaw of Burlington Vermont.



18181

Luke Hall Esq
Waushara
Dodge Co
Wisconsin
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Weston & Shaw
Sept 8/55
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Pension Office
Sept 8, 1855

Gentlemen,
I have examined the application of the children of Amos Hall for the amount of pension due to him under the act of 15th May 1828, and you are referred that before a certificate therefor can be issued, an administrator to said estate must be appointed & some probate court in the state of Vermont [illegible] of deed, the amount of the administrator bond must be submitted to this office.


Mssrs Weston & Shaw
Burlington Vt
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J Kimball
21 Oct 1842
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Pen Office
Oct 21 1842

233

Sir,
The papers in the case of Amos Hall have been examined and filed. The most satisfactory proof of his [crossed out "service"] identity as the same person of whose service in the Connecticut line there in record evidence should be produced. He should also state under oath his reasons for not making an earlier application for a pension.



John Kimball Esq
Barton VT

OC
35,400
act 32
to be entered
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Brief in the case of Amos Hall, decd
Orleans District and State of Vermont
Act May 15, 1828

Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")

Proof exhibited, (if original.)     Increase

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Amos Hall was pensioned under the act of June 7, 1832 on the 3d of April 1843 for two years service as a Sergeant. The rolls show that he enlisted in Col Swifts Regiment of Connecticut Line, "fort he war" on the 6th of July 1777 as a musician.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
And that he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant on the 6th of Sept 1781. So is so shown that he served to the end of the war in that rank received the gratuity of 50 dollars, and on the 23rd of August 1790 his quota of Land. An administrator on the estate of Hall has been appointed, and the day of his death and names of his children, certified as required by the regulations.

Name and residence of Agent
Weston & Shaw,
Burlington, VT

Examining Clerk.
Ogden Niles
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Burlington Vt Agency

Amos Hall, decd who was a sergeant under Col. Swifts Regiment, Connecticut troops

An Act May 15, 1828
$120 per annum

Com March 4, 1826,
End March 4, 1831, when by pension under the act of June 7, 1832 commenced.

Payable to 
Joseph Amos McLaughlin, Ad
[illegible] of Lucinda Cross
John Hall
Ira Hall
Luke Hall
& Sophia Ready , only children

Weston & Shaw
Burlington VT
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I, Richard Charles Porter, of the Township of Ireland, in the County of Megantic, in the Province of Canada, of lawful age, on oath say, that I was well acquainted with Amos Hall, late of the said township of Ireland, deceased; that I know he was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of one hundred & twenty dollars per annum That said Amos Hall died in the said township of Ireland, on the nineteenth day of October A.D. 1854, and that I attended his funeral. That said Amos Hall left no widow but left the following children, viz: Lucinda Cross, John Hall, Ira Hall, Luke Hall, and Sophia Ready, who are the only surviving children of the said Amos Hall.
I further say that I have no interest in any claim of the said children of the said Amos Hall, or of any other persons, upon the United States for arrears of Pension due the said Amos Hall.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 19th day of August 1855.
Richard Charles Porter

Province of Canada
County Magantic, to wit:}
The foregoing affidavit of Richard Charles Porter, was subscribed & sworn to before me on the day and year last above mentioned; and I certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person; and that I have no interest in the said claim.
Peter C Lord
Justice of the Peace
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY SIR EDMUND WALKER HEAD, BARONET,
Governor General of British North American, and Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the Island of Prince Edward, and Vice Admiral of the same, &c &c &c.

To all to whom these Presents shall come - Greeting:
THESE ARE TO CERTIFY, that Peter C. Lord Esquire whose name is subscribed to the annexed documents is one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace duly appointed in and for the District of Quebec in that part of the Province of Canada, called Lower Canada, and that full faith and credence are due and ought to be given to such signature and act in all places.
GIVEN under my Hand and Office Seal, at Quebec this twenty third day of August in the year of Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty five and of Her Majesty's Reign the nineteenth.

By Command,
[illegible] Edmund Head
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I James Thorn, of the township of Ireland in the county of Megantic, in the Province of Canada, of lawful age, on oath say that I was well acquainted with Amos Hall, late of the said township of Ireland, deceased. That I know he was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum. That the said Amos Hall died in the said township of Ireland on the nineteenth day of October A. D. 1854 and that I attended his funeral. That the said Amos Hall left no widow, but left the following children, viz: Lucinda Cross, John Hall, Ira Hall, Luke Hall and Sophia Ready, who are the only surviving children of the Amos Hall.
I further say that I have no interest in any claim of the said children of the said Amos Hall, or any other person, upon the United States, for arrears of pension due the said Amos Hall.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 17th day of August 1855.
James Thorn

Province of Canada
County of Megantic, [illegible] }
The foregoing affidavit of James Thorn was subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year last above mentioned. And certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person; and that I have no interest in the said claim.
Peter C. Lord
Justice of the Peace
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Comptrollers Office
Hartford CT 29th Sept 1842

This may certify that I find on the books of the Pay Table, in this office, and in the settlement of service of the "Connecticut Line", the following entries of Amos Hall of the 7th Regiment of said Line, commanded by Col. Heman Swift, viz:
"Amos Hall, fifer, commencement of service, eb 6, 1777
"Settlement January 1st 1780, term of service 2 years
"10 month 22 days, amount of wages 75.8.1"
"Amos Hall, fifer, commenced of service January 1st 1780
"time of this settlement Sept 6th 1780 term of service 8 months 6 days
"Amos Hall, Sergt, comment of service Sept 7 1780
"time of this settlement Jan 1st 1781 term of service 3 months 26 days, time of wages/both tours 27.3.6"
"Amos Hall, Sergt, Commend of service January 1st 1781
"Expiration of service  Dec 31 1781 of serviced 12 months
Gideon Welles Comptroller
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Amos Hall - Feby 6th 1777 in for the war - Sergt
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Barton 13th Oct 1842

Col. James L. Edwards - 
Sir enclosed is the declaration of Amos Hall for a pension which is sustained by the certificate of the comptroller so far as to give a full pension for service as a fifer & sergeant.
Although it shows no service as Quarter Master Sergeant, he says he wrote a very good hand when young, probably he might have done duty in the commissary department by writing when he was Sergeant.
I asked him why he had delayed so long before making application for a pension - the reason he gave was that he had been informed that all the papers showing service of soldiers had been burned at Washington and knowing not where he could find witnesses to prove his service he had delayed to make application. And one other reason he says his health for some of the last years has been such that he was unable to take the journey.
I would have observe that Mr. Hall some thirty years ago removed with his family into Canada into a wilderness more than one hundred miles from the Province line and probably more than forty miles from any pensioner, although there has been a new road made through that part of the country leading to Quebec.
Please direct your return to John Kimball Barton Orleans County Vermont.
Respectfully yours, John Kimball

Mr. Hall wished me to forward his old commission which is enclosed. I suppose it will do no good or harm. J. K.
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I, Amos Hall, Senr of the township of New Ireland in the county of Megantic in the District of Quebec, being duly sworn in the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God declare, depose and say that other reasons for my not applying for a pension sooner for my service in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was as follows, viz: from being under the impression that since but wounded or disabled men would receive a pension. 2ddly having been informed that all the papers relating to the war office was burned at Washington and that knowing where to find living witnesses, to prove my service, add to the distance I lived from United States, and being located in a part of the country far from any one for a number of years and heard but little on the subject , these circumstances continued were the cause of the protracted delay in my application.
But being informed by my son John Hall who came home, from the United States, after an absence of ten years, that the old soldiers who had served in the Continental army were receiving pensions, I was on mature  deliberation, induced to apply for my pension.
My son also informed me that John Kimball, Esquire of Barton, Orleans County, Vermont, was acting as agent for the [illegible] of claimant on the United States Government
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for pensions. I hired a conveyance, and owing to my age and infirmities, a person to accompany me, and proceeded to the state of Vermont and placed my papers and claims in the hands of the aforesaid John Kimball Esq to act as my agent for the obtaining of the same.
Amos Hall Senr

Sworn before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace for the district of Quebec on this third day of February one thousand eight hundred & forty three at the township of New Ireland aforesaid.
John R. Lambly JP

I, Samuel Meservey of the township of New Ireland, county of Megantic, District of Quebec, being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God, do declare and say, that as far back as the year 1807 and 1808, that Amos Hall said of the township of New Ireland, as aforesaid, repeatedly told me that he had served in the Revolutionary Army, and also many times since, and I have also heard he served in capacity of a fifer, and sergeant and having lived neighbors to said Amos Hall Senr, ever since I have no doubt, but that the statements made by the said Amos Hall Senr  are true and correct.
Samuel Meservy

Sworn before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace for the district of Quebec on this third day of February one thousand eight hundred & forty three.
John R. Lambly, J. P.
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I, Erastus Bills of the township of New Ireland, of the county of Megantic, in the district of Quebec, being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God do declare and say that I have known Amos Hall Senr for these last twenty years, and that during that time I have several times heard him mention his having been in the Continental Army, during the Revolutionary War, and also mention circumstances which transpired during his service in the said army, and from my long acquaintance with the said Amos Hall Senr, I have ever reason to believe his statement to be true and correct.
Erastus Bills

Sworn before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace for the district of Quebec on this third day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty three, at the township above written.
John R. Lambly J. P.

This is to certify to all whom these present may come, that I, the undersigned Justice of the Peace for the District of Quebec have known Amos Hall Senr for several years, and have repeatedly heard him say that he had served in the Continental army during the Revolutionary War.
John R. Lambly, J. P.

New Ireland
February 3, 1843
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This is to certify to all whom these present may concern, that the persons whos affidavits are hereunto attached are worth of credence.
John R. Lambly J. P.

Township of New Ireland Feb 1843

Province of Canada}
His Excellency the Right Honorable Sir Charles Baget G. C. of her Majestys most honorable Privy Council Governor General of British North America and Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the Island of Prince Edward and Vice Admiral of the same. 
To all to whom these presents may concern.
I do hereby certify that John R. Lambly Esquire is one o f Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the District of Quebec in that part of the Province of Canada formerly constituting the Province of Lower Canada duly commissioned and authorized as such. In consequence whereof full faith and entire credit are and ought to be given this signature i t hat capacity wherever the same may appear.
Given under my hand and seal at Arms at the government house in the town of Kingston in the said Province the fourteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty three and in the sixth year of Her Majesty's reign.
By his excellences command.
D. Daly
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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE}
The State of New-Hampshire.
To Amos Hall, Gentleman - Greeting.
We reposing special trust and confidence in your Fidelity, Courage and good conduct, DO by these presents, constitute and appoint you the said Amos Hall a Captain of the Thirteenth Company in the Sixteenth Regiment of Militia, in the said State of New-Hampshire. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Captain in leading, ordering, and exercising said Company in Arms, both inferior officers and soldiers, and to keep them in good order and discipline; hereby commanding them to obey you as their Captain and yourself to observe and follow fresh orders and instructions as you shall from time to time receive from the Commander in Chief of the Army, Navy, and Military Forces of said State for the time being, or any of your superior officers for the service of said State, according to military rules and discipline, pursuant to the trust reposed in you, and to hold said office during good behavior. In testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of said State to be hereunto affixed.

Witness His Excellency Josiah Bartlett Esq President of our State, at Exeter, the Thirteenth Day of May Anno Domini, 1793, and of the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America, the seventeenth.
Josiah Bartlett
By His Excellency's Command
Joseph Pearson, Secretary
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Vermont 32,031

Amos Hall of Megantic Co in the Province of Lower Canada who was a Sergeant in the ----- by  Captain ----- of the Regt commanded by Col. Swift in the Connecticut Line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington at the rate of 120 Dollars -- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of April 1848 and sent to John Kimball Barton, Orleans County, Vermont

Arrears to the 4th of March 43 $1,440.00
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept 60.00
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$1,500.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W. M. Stewart, Clerk,

Book E2, Vol 3, Page 74

[crossed out]
Maj. Winter & J. Hall
Sept 8 53
3rd Nov Sept 20 55


Rev Land
Aug 23rd 1790
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Barton, Orleans County, Vermont 18 March 1843

Col James L, Edwards,
Sir enclosed is the affidavit of Amos Hall giving his reasons why he did not make an earlier application for a pension,. Also the affidavits of Samuel Meservy & Erastus Bell in the case. One circumstance I can state, some where from four to six years ago John Hall (referred to by his Father in his affidavit) made a stop in Barton of several months on his way home from Massachusetts during which time he worked for me several weeks as a house joiner (or house carpenter) that being his occupation. The said John while at my house noticed that persons called on me in relation to pensions - asked me if his Father could obtain a pension - saying he had often heard his Father say that he served a number of years in the War.  I told him his Father living in Canada would not prevent his drawing a pension, if evidence of service could be found. I thought he might obtain. When John Hall left here for his home he said he thought his Father would come out and make a trial for a pension although he deferred coming until the time of the date of his declaration which I sent. But since the time of his son John returned home I have several times had word from them that the old gentleman was coming to try for his pension. From his statement and the evidence I have not the least doubt but he served as stated by him. Although he might have been employed as a clerk in the Commissary department as he stated, when in the rank of Sergeant by his writing it is probable he was a good [illegible] in his youth. Same time in [illegible] I sent you the claim of Sarah Ball and soon had a return containing her certificate. Soon after I sent you the claim of Abigail Clough which I repose in clear case but have had no return. I have since also sent you the claims of Patience Bennet & Abigail White. I hope to have from Abigail Clough soon, and others soon as convenient.
Respectfully yours,
John Kimball