Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,814, Benajah Hall, New York
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[Printed form, upper part three columns, two lines. The word "service" over the first column, "number over the third]
[The only entry in this document is on the first line of the upper part]:

New York [very faint]  Hall. Benajah S.22.814

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N.York 32.542 Benajah Hall, dec. [deceased?] of Cayuga IN THE STATE OF New York WHO WAS A Fifer IN THE Co. COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN Pond IN THE  Reg. COMMANDED BY Col. Meigs IN THE Revolution LINE [crossed out] FOR 2 years.  NY [written under the word "Revolution"]
He died 4th Nov. 1840.
INSCRIBED ON THE ROLL OF Albany, NY. AT THE RATE OF 88 DOLLARS ---CENTS PER ANNUM, TO COMMENCE ON THE 4th DAY OF MARCH, 1831, ending 4 Nov. 1840.
CERTIFICATE OF PENSION ISSUED THE 12th DAY OF Feby [February] 1847---AND sent to Hiram Powers, Locke, N.Y.
ARREARS TO THE 4TH OF -----SEMI-ANL.[annaul] ALLOWANCE ENDING---
Payable to Children
[Following in brackets] REVOLUTIONARY. CLAIM, ACT JUNE 7, 1832
RECORDED BY D.H Wood CLERK BOOK 6 [?][2 which appears as a superscript] VOL 4 Page 32
To Phebe Gurnee, Chloe Powers and Nancy Williams and Isaac B. Hall, only children

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[This, #26, seems to be a duplicate of the previous document, #25].
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 4th June 1832
State of New York
County of Cayuga SS  On the 23d day of September 1846 personally appeared before the Court then in session holden [sic] at Auburn in and for Said County Chloe Powers of Spafford in the County of Onondaga and state aforesaid aged Fifty two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her [illegible] make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832  That this Deponent is a daughter of the late Benajah Hall late a Fifer in the War of the Revolution and Who resided at the time of his performing the Service in Dutchess County New York that the Said Benajah Hall did on the 4th day of November 1840 Eighteen hundred and forty leaving no Widow and that at his death he left the following named Children him Surviving being his only Children him Surviving and that Each of them is of the age of 
twenty one Years and upwards Isaac. B Hall of Crawford County Phebe Gurnee of Wayne County New York Chloe Powers of Onondaga County New York and Nancy Williams of Cayuga County New York
This Declaration and application is made for the purpose of obtaining for the Surviving Children of the Said Benajah Hall the Pension due to him at his decease under the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1842 And that the reason the Said Benajah Hall never made
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application for a Pension before he died was as follows
That he had too much property to be allowed a Pension under the Act of March 18th 1818 and that before the passage of the Act of of June 7 1832 he became insane and fancied himself very Wealthy and Still maintained the impression that he was not Entitled to a Pension unless by reason of his reduced Circumstances in life he Should be in need of assistance from his County for Support and that the Said Benajah Hall Continued in that insane State of Mind Until he died and for that reason he 
Could not be prevailed upon by his friends to make Application for a Pension
Subscribed and Sworn before the Court of Common Pleas in open Court the and and date last [vertical squiggle here] Chloe Powers [signature?] within written before 

J.L Richardson first Judge of Cayuga [signed in a large hand]

The Court certify that the within named Chloe Powers is a respectable person and her Statement Entitled to full Credit

J.L. Richardson First Judge of Cayuga [also signed in a large hand]
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[Typed form]  In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of [hand written] Benajah Hall a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
[Hand written over printed table] [illegible] file 22,814
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Dates of Enlistment or Appointment - no entries
Length of Service - 21/2 yrs
Rank - fifer
Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered
  Captain [possible illegible entry]
  Colonel - Return J Meigs
State - no entries

[Typed form follows]
Battles engaged in, [blank]
Residence of soldier at enlistment [written entry]: Dutchess Co, NY
Date of application for pension, [written entry]: by heirs: Sept 23, 1846 by Chloe Powers
Residence at date of application, [written entry]: Stafford, Onondaga, Co, NY
Age at date of application, [written entry]:  52
   Remarks: [written entries]: Sol. died [inserted above]: Cayuga Co, [resume line] NY Nov. 4, 1846 leaving no widow but following ch- Isaac B. Hall, Phebe Gurnee, Chloe Powers, & Nancy Williams Crawford Pa

Very respectfully,  [no signature]
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No 37424
Benijah Hall dec [deceased?]
NY

[Following crossed out]
[illegible] to Hiram Powers
Dec[?] 3.'46
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37,424
Benijah Hall [dec? deceased?]NY Act of June 1832
Admitted 2 yrs fifer
$8

[illegible] to Isaac B. Hall  Phebe Gurnee  Chloe Powers  Nancy Williams
Surviving Children
4 Nov. 1840

Hiram Powers 
[illegible]
Locke N.Y.
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State of New York
County of Cayuga ss.

Personally appeared before the subscriber is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, William Cooper of Niles in the said County aged forty five years after being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he was personally acquainted with Benajah Hall late of the town of Niles in the said County whose children have applied for or are making application for a pension for the amount due to the said Father at his death in 1840 - this deponent deposes and says that he was a practicing Physician in 1840 and that as such, he attended upon the said Benajah Hall during his last illness and that on referring to his book in which he kept his daily accounts he finds an entry on his said book as having visited the said Benajah Hall on the third day of November 1840 eighteen hundred and forty that the said Benajah Hall died on the 4th day of November 1840 eighteen hundred and forty that this deponent was well acquainted the the said Benajah Hall being neighbors for more than ten year previous to his death and that the said Benajah Hall was during that length of time previous to his death an insane man and fancied himself very wealthy that this said Benajah Hall had the reputation of having been a Fifer in the war of the Revolution and that this deponent has conversed with the said Benajah Hall on the subject of getting a pension for his services in the war of the Revolution and that the said Hall would always remark that he
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was sick and that he could not draw a pension unless he was poor and stood in need of assistance from his county for support and for that reason he could not be prevailed upon to make application for a pension that the said Benajah Hall died on the 4th day of November 1840 leaving no widow and that his death he left the following named children him surviving being his only children him surviving and that each of them is of the age of twenty one years and upwards to Wit Isaac B. Hall of Crawford County P.A. Phebe Gurnee of Wayne County New York and Nancy Williams of Cayuga County New York
Subscribed and Sworn me this 8th day of October 1846 
William F Cooper 
Harvey Heath Justice Peace

I certify that the within[?] and above named William F Cooper is a respectable person
Harvey Heath Justice Peace
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PAYMENT TO BE MADE AT Albany BY T.W. Olcott AGENT FOR PAYING PENSIONERS IN THE AGENCY OF of New York
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RECORDED IN THE PENSION OFFICE, IN BOOK [E2 or 62?] Vol. 4.
PAGE BY 
D.H. Wood  Clerk
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PAYMENT TO BE MADE AT Albany BY T.W. Olcott AGENT FOR PAYING PENSIONERS IN THE AGENCY OF of New York
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RECORDED IN THE PENSION OFFICE, IN BOOK [E2 or 62?] Vol. 4.
PAGE BY 
D.H. Wood  Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY IN CONFORMITY WITH THE LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OF THE 7TH JUNE, 1832, Benajah Hall, dec. of New York WHO WAS A Fifer in the Revolution
IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE Eighty Eight DOLLARS AND --- CENTS PER ANNUM, DURING HIS NATURAL LIFE, COMMENCING ON THE 4TH OF MARCH,1831, AND PAYABLE SEMI-ANNUALLY, ON THE 4TH OF MARCH AND 4TH OF SEPTEMBER, IN EVERY YEAR, ending November 4. 1840, when he died and payable to Isaac. B. Hall Phebe Garnee, Chloe Powers and Nancy Williams, only children
GIVEN AT THE WAR OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES THIS 12th DAY OF Feby [February] ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY seven.

SECRETARY OF WAR.


EXAMINED AND COUNTERSIGNED [IN BRACKETS],
[No signatures, handwritten below]:
Duplicate
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State of New York
County of Oneida  SS

Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for Said County Hannah Brown of Said County aged Seventy five Years after being duly Sworn according to Law deposed and says that in 1781 She became acquainted with Benajah Hall in Windsor Hartford County  in the State of Connecticut that when she first became acquainted with the Said Benajah Hall She understood and believed that he had removed there from Dutchess County New York and that the Said Benajah Hall had the reputation of having been a Fifer in the War of the Revolution that the Said Benajah Hall afterwards located in the County of Cayuga in the State of New York where [he died?] on the 4th day of November 1840 eighteen hundred and Forty, leaving at his death the following named Children him Surviving being his only Children him Surviving and that each of them is of the age of twenty one years and upwards To Wit Isaac B. Hall of Crawford County [illegible] Phebe Garnee of Wayne County New York Chloe Powers of Onondaga County New York and Nancy Williams of Cayuga County New York

Hanna X Brown her mark
Subscribed and Sworn before me this 16th day of October 1846 by the deponent making her mark
A Jones - Justice Peace
I certify that the above named Hannah Brown is a respectable person
A Jones Justice of the Peace
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[First line partially legible, written vertically on folded document from previous transcription #13]:

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal this 17th day of October 1846
Delos Dewolf Clerk
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State of New York
Clerks Office Oneida County

I Delos Dewolf Clerk of the County aforesaid and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that A Jones Esq whose name is subscribed with in [within] was at the date of the said written affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for said County aforesaid duly authorized to act as such & the signature written to the same I know to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal this 17th day of October 1846
Delos Dewolf Clerk
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State of New York
Cortland County SS

On the 19th day of September1846 personally appeared before the [illegible] Eleazer W. Edgecomb, a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County- Mead Merrill Resident of Cortland Vill[age] in said County aged Eighty four years who [illegible] duly swore according to law doth depose and say, that he knew Benajah Hall who was a fifer in Colonel R J Meigs Regiment who belonged to the three years men or troops that he was acquainted with him while he served in said Regiment for two years and a half or more - and that the said Hall served at the following places before he became acquainted with him in New Jersey Peekskill [?] N.Y. and also near West Point and further this deponent says not
Sworn and subscribed before me this day and year first mentioned 
E W Edgecomb Justice of the Peace
Mead Merrill
I certify that the above named Mead Merrill [illegible] a good character [illegible] truth and honesty
State of New York   E W Edgecomb Justice of the Peace

Cortland County Clerks Office SS I Samuel Hotchkiss Clerk of Said County do hereby certify that Eleazer W Edgcomb Esq before whom the above affidavit of Mead Merrill was taken was on the day of the date hereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned & known and authorized by law to state the same, also that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verify [illegible] his signature subscribed to the [illegible] of the said affidavit to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said county and subscribed my Name at Cortlandville this 19th day of September AD 1846
Saml Hotchkiss Clerk
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May 14, 1940

Mrs . H.T. Jeffery 388 West Main Street. Palmyra, New York
BA-J/ILL Benajah Hall S. 22814

Dear Madam:  Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Banajah Hall, who lived with his wife, Sarah, in Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York, in 1819, died in that county and children whose names were Jesse, Asa, Isaac, Benajah, Phebe, Chloe, Nancy and Sally.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 22814, based upon service of Benajah Hall in the Revolutionary War.
Benajah Hall resided in Dutchess County, New York at the time he entered service in the Revolutionary. War.  The date and place of his birth were not given, nor the names of his parents and his age.
He enlisted and served more than two years as a fifer in Colonel R.J. Meigs' regiment  during which he was stationed in New Jersey, at Peekskill and at West Point.  It is shown that a part of the time he served in Captain Pond's company in that regiment.
This soldier moved from Dutchess County, New York, to Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, where he resided in the year 1781.  Afterwards, he resided in Cayuga County, New York.
Benajah Hall died November 4, 1840, in Niles, Cayuga County, New York.  He was not survived by a widow; the name of his wife was not given, nor the date and place of their marriage.
September 23, 1846, the names of the only surviving children of Benajah Hall were given as follow:  Isaac B. Hall of Crawford County, Pennsylvania; Phebe Gurnee of Wayne County, New York; Chloe
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Powers, aged fifty-two years of Spafford, Onondaga County, New York; and Nancy Williams of Cayuga County New York  Chloe Powers, the daughter listed above, applied September 23, 1846 for the pension which was due her father at the time of his death on account of his service in the Revolutionary  War.  She applied in behalf of herself and her brother and sisters listed above.  Pension was allowed.
In November 1846, Hiram Powers, the son of said Chloe Powers, resided in Locke, New York.
In October 1846, one Hannah Brown, aged seventy-five years, stated before a Justice of the Peace in Oneida County, New York, that she was acquainted with the soldier, Benajah Hall, in Windsor, Connecticut, in 1781; she did not state any relationship to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours,  A.D. HILLER  Executive Assistant to the Administator.
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338 West Main St Palmyra, N.Y. Apr. 1[illegble], 1940

Bureau of Pensions, Washington, DC
Gentlemen:  
Can you locate the Revolutionary War [underlined] record of Benajah Hall [underlined] - 
wife Sarah, in Fairfield, Montgomery Co. New York in 1807.
He was in Sempronius, Cayuga Co. New York in 1819 July 17, with wife Sarah and sons, Jesse, Asa, and Issac.  He died [double underline] in Cayuga Co. N.Y.  He had other children, Benajah, Phoebe b. 1804, Chloe, Nancy and Sally, all of Sempronius Cayuga Co. N.Y.
Thank you. Very truly yours,  Mrs. H.T. Jeffrey.
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Revolution
22814 
[Printed form]: INVALID
File No.   22,814 Benajah Hall Fifer Rev War
Act: June 7 32
Index: Vol 2, Page 168
[Illegible Mich?] 6/90 Ex 
Mr. Aspinwall, B [illegible]
1940. May 15 Hist to Mrs H.J Jeffrey....
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Jan 27 1847
[illegible] can do[?]
Benajah Hall

[Written vertically below]:
Paid 10
Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington DC
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Locke NY Jany 21st 1847

Hon J.L. Edwards   Sir enclosed I send you the Certificate required in your Communication of the 3d Dec /46 in relation to Benajah Hall and hope the same will be Satisfactory &c
Yours very respectfully  Hiram Powers
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[Envelope with address]:
Locke, NY                        [illegible] 30
Nov16
Hon J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington DC

[Vertical writing, overwriting parts of the above]:
37,424  Nov. 21:1846 [two illegible marks] Benajah Hall June 7, 1832
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[Illegible:  Locke?]  Nov 16th 1846

Sir       At the request of my Mother Chloe Powers who is is one of the Heirs of the Late Benajah Hall I send the Papers in support of the Claim of the Heirs of the said Benajah Hall to the Pension due to him at his death under the act of June 7th 1832     We prove by Mead Merril that he Served as a fifer under Col Meiggs and that be belonged to the three Years Troops   I understand that if the name of the Person for whom service the Pension is claimed is found on the records of the Department is is admitted as evidence of his Service and as he belonged to the three years men I think there is no doubt but that his name will be found there

Yours very Respectfully
Hiram Powers

Hon J. L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Illegible
Dec. 3 [13?] '46
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Pension Office
Decemb [ber] 3 184 [6?]
Sir    The [illegible, evidence?] in the Case of Benijah Hall dec. [deceased?] is satisfactory to establish his service for more that 2 years as a fifer but a Certificate cannot issue to his children until they shall have filed the Certificate of a Court of Record Showing that their father has no widow living, and giving their names and place of residence,
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State of New York
County of Cayuga
I Ebenezer B. Cobb Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas [added as an insert: this same being a Court of record] holden [held?] at Auburn in and for the said County do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Benajah Hall deceased, whose children are now making application for the Pension due to him at his death has no widow now living and that he died on the 4th day of November 1840 eighteen hundred and Forty in the said County and that at his death he left the following named children him surviving being his only children him surviving & that each of them is of the age of twenty one years and upwards to Wit - Isaac B Hall of Crawford County Pennsylvania, Phebe Gurnee of Wayne County New York Chloe Powers of Onondaga County New York and Nancy Williams of Cayuga County New York  In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Auburn this 20 day of January in the year of our Lord 1847
E.B. Cobb clerk of said Court .