Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 19743, Levi Hall, Vt.
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SERVICE
Vt

Hall, Levi
          Grace

NUMBER  
W19743
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Vermont 22979
Levi Hall
of Barnet in the State of Ver
who was a Private in the Com commanded
by Captain --------- of the Regt commanded
by Col Wait in the Vt
line for 7 mo

Inscribed on the Roll of Ver
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of Marc, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued on the 27 day of Der
33 and sent Hon
B F Deming Ho of R

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 33    $58.32
Semi-anl allowance ending Sept [illegible] 11.66
                                                        $69.98

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by E D Bullock Clerk,
Book      Vol        Page 70

Letter to Henry Mattocks of 3d [illegible]
22d Nov 1842

Dead

Dead.  Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6 April 1838 &c
from 4th March to 7 July 1838  Agt notified 23d Decr 1842.
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[nothing to transcribe
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Levi Halls
Declaration
Vt
28,946

Mr Deming
Hon Mr Deming
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admit
7 mo private
23.33

Hon B F Deming
[illegible]

  46 66
-11 66
  58 32

omit
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State of Vermont
District & County of
Caledonia

On this 12th day of November A.D. 1833
Personally appeared in open court before
the Hon Samuel Sias Judge of the
Court of Probate for the District of Caledonia aforesaid
now sitting Levi Hall a resident of Barnet in the County
and District aforesaid 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
of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers and served as herein
stated

That at Barnet in the County of Caledonia aforesaid in
in the spring of the year 1781 he was employed by the
town authority of sd town of Barnet to enter the service
of the United States for the defence of the frontier. that
in pursuance of sd contract between the middle of April
and the first of May in sd year he joined the Company
of Capt Nathaniel Lovell Lt Mowry in the Regt of 
Col Wait under the authority of the State of Vermont
was stationed at said Peacham during the whole summer
and fall – and was employed in enlarging the fort and
in scouting.  Two of the company were killed and one
taken prisoner by the Indians: continued to serve at said
Peacham until some time in December of the same year
when they were marched to Newbury Vt and were discharged
in three or four days after their arrival at
said Newbury, having served according to the best
of his recollection not less than seven months.

Was born at Northampton in the State of Massachuestts
in the year 1759 in the month of December  Has no record
of his age – was living when called into the service at
Barnet aforesaid; where he now resides and where he
has ever since resided except a few years when he
resided in the adjoining town of Waterford. Entered
the service by voluntary enlistment.  There were no
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troops stationed at sd Peacham during the campaign
of 1781 except Lovell’s company. Some militia from the
vicinity came out upon on an alarm and remained there
a few days. He did not receive a written discharge.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or an annuity except the present and declares that his
name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State
        his
Levi  X  Hall
       mark

Witness Amos Paul
Sworn to and subscribed the day year aforesaid
Saml Sias Judge of Probate

And the 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 stated.

I Amos Paul Register of the Court of Probate
for the District of Caledonia aforesaid do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of said Court in the matter of the application of Levi
Hall for a pension.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and
the seal of said Court this 12th day of
November A.D. 1833
Amos Paul, Register
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State of Vermont
Caledonia County

At a Probate Court holden
at Danville in said district, this ninth day
of August 1843 Personally appeared Grace Hall
a resident of Barnet, in the State of Vermont
aforesaid, aged seventy seven years, who being
first duly sworn according to law doth on
her oath make the following declaration in
order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the
Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 & other subsequent
Acts which may apply to her case.

That she is the widow of Levi Hall
who served in the war of the Revolution & was a
Pensioner of the United States at the rate of
twenty three dollars & thirty three cents per annum;
that he the said Levi Hall died at Barnet aforesaid
on the seventh day of July 1841; that for proof of his
services she refers to his declaration now  in the
war Department by which he obtained his pension
that she was married to the said Levi Hall
at Isle La Mott in the state of Vermont in the spring
of the year 1784 as she thinks, by a Justice of the peace
named Antell; that previous to her marriage her name
was Grace Hall, that she was not married previous
to his leaving the service, but the marriage took
place previous to the first day of January 1794
         her
Grace X Hall
        mark

Sworn to and subscribed by the above named
Grace Hall the day & year first above written
Before me, Saml B Mattocks
Judge of sd Court
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State of Vermont
Caledonia District

I Henry W Palmer
Register of the Probate Court in & for said
District do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of said
Court in the matter of the application of 
Grace Hall for a pension.

In testimony wherof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed
my seal of office this 9th day of August
1843.

Henry W Palmer 
Register
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Waterford Oct 9th 1843
Mr Kimball
Sir
Agreeable to your request I herewith
transmit to you a copy of the record of the 
births of Levi Hall’s children as recorded in 
this office

Ephraim Hall son to Levi Hall
by Grace his wife born October 1st 1790
Sally Daughter to Levi Hall by Grace his wife
born February 3d 1793—and departed this life April 22 1798
Susanna Daughter to Levi Hall by Grace his wife born 
May 22 1796
Orin son to Levi Hall by Grace his wife born March 20th 1798
Enoch son to Levi Hall by Grace his wife born July 14th 1800
Waterford April 12th 1809 the above is a copy from the first book page 242
Attest Sylva Hemingway Town Clerk
Waterford Town Clerk’s office Oct 9th 1843
I hereby certify the above is a true copy of record as appears in the second Book of Births in this Town
Attest L S Freeman Town Clerk

State of Vermont
Caledonia County
Waterford Oct 9th 1843
Personally appeared the above 
named L S Freeman Town Clerk of Waterford
and made oath that the above record is a true
copy of record as appears from the Book of
Record of Births in the Town of Waterford
Before me Royal Ross Justice of Peace
Fees .50
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STATE OF VERMONT,
Secretary of State’s Office,
Montpelier, December 5th 1843

I certify that Royal Ross Esq whose name is subscribed
in his own proper hand writing to the following certificate, is and was at
the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the county of
Caledonia duly elected and qualified, and that to his official
acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought ot be given.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the
seal of this office, at Montpelier, this the 5th
day of December in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and forty three
Ferrand F Merrill
Deputy Secretary of State.
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Rev WIDOW, &c.

File No. 19743
Grace Hall
Widow of
Levi Hall
Pri Rev Ear

Act: Feb 2d 48
Index Vol A Page 814
[Arrangement of 1870]
Vermont

1925 Jan 26 Copies delivered to Mr DeGoosh 
in person aw
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Delivered to him in person Jan 26 25
Mr. A. W. DeGoosh, c/o U.S. Shipping Board,
Washington, D.C., wants photostat copies of five
pages, not certified, from Revolutionary War pension
claim W. 19743, Levi Hall, Widow Grace, Vermont Troops,
and wants three pages, not certified, from Revolutionary 
War pension claim, R. 4479, Moses Hall, Vermont Troops.
Received payment,
$1.20. Januar 19, 1925.
Antonia W Ford [illegible]
REV. WAR SECTION

FINANCE DIVISION
JAN 19 1925
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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M 233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division 
Jan 19 1925
Chief Rev Sect

Sir:

I have this day received
from A W De Gorsh
cash No
for $1.20, requesting
copies as per
letter herewith

Respectfully,
O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Div.
H C L

Copies delivered
& Finance Div
notf AW
Jan 25 25 
REV WAR SECTION
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M6

Request for Photastating
(To be prepared in duplicate)                Ex. [illegible]
OFFICE OF CHIEF CLERK

Job No 1664     Date Jan. 24, 25
Subjectt Levi Hall, Rev. W. 19743

1 copies of 3 pieces consisting of 5 pages to be
forwarded when completed to the REV. WAR SECTION Divison.
Remarks:

Approved:
[illegible] Wilson
Chief REV. WAR SECTION                               Chief Clerk.
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Barton Vermont December 8th 1843

Col James L Edwards

Sir enclosed is the papers of
Grace Hall widow of Levi Hall for a pension
No record can be found – but is presumed
the record of childrens ages will be sufficient

Respectfully Yours
John Kimball
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6208

Grace Hall
Vt

Act Mar 3d 43

Add
7 mo
priv

$23 per an

John Kimball Esq
Barton 
Vt
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9168
Vermont
Grace Hall
widow of Levi Hall.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and  who died on the 7 July 1841
of         in the State of Vt
who was a Pri in the Co
commanded by captain                        of the
             commanded by Col Wait in
the                      line for 7 mos

Inscribed on the Roll of Montpelier
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of
Apl 1845 and sent to
F. W. Kimball, Barton
Vermont

Total amount

[Act July 7, 1838 & J Res 23 Jany]

Recorded by F. L. Swann Clerk
Book D Vol. 1 Page 129


No. 68
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Reuben Shearman Deposition
for
Levi Hall
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I Reubin Shearman of LIsbon in the County of
Grafton & State of New Hampshire of Lawfull age,
being in my seventy first year, & now a Pensioner of
the United States, Testify & say: that I am, & have
been well acquainted with Mr Levi Hall, of Barnett
in the County of Caledonia & State of Vermont
& that I have been acquainted with him, ever since
the year 1780. & he is the same Person, being now in
my Presence, & whom I Perfectly Recognise to be the
same Person, that served with me in the Revolutionary
War. he served in a Company Commanded by Nehemiah
Lovewell as Captain, Israel Morey Lieutenant, & in a 
Regiment Whereof Colo Wait was Commandant
in the New Hampshire & Vermont line as I understood,
of Militia, I Enlisted about the first of April 1781, & Marched
to Peacham, in the Middle of the Month, where the Troops
were Stationed, & I found said Hall there, in the Company,
when I got there, & we Served on said Station, Doing Duty
Guarding, Scouting, Building a Part of a Fort, &c till about
the first of December following, Making Eight Months,
as near as I can Recollect, & we were Discharged Honorably,
but I think Verbally, & Returned home, & in so Doing
I Crossed Connecticut River on the Sea, & the said Hall
was with me all the time, in said Company, after I
joined at Peacham, & I can say said Hall was a Good
Soldier –
Reuben Shearman

State of New Hampshire Grafton County 
Bath the 29th Day of October
1833 Then Reuben Shearman who has been well known by me for a
number of years Past to be considered a Person of Truth & Veracity & that
I consider him as such & believe him to be a Disinterested Witness. Personally
appeared & made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him
subscribed is true before me Moody Bedel Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton

I Stephen P Webster Clerk of the
Superior Court of Judicature within and
for the County of Grafton do hereby certify
that Moody Bedel Esqr before whom
the within Deposition was taken was
on the 29th day of October instant an
acting Justice of the peace within & for
said County, that his attestations as such
are entitled to credit and that his signature
within is genuine. –

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of said Court at Haverhill in
said County this 31 day of October in the year of
our Lord. – 1833—

S P Webster Clerk
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Thomas Manchester
Affidavit
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I Thomas Manchester of Barnet in the County of
Caledonia and state of Vermont of lawful age
being in my being Sixty three years old on the
on the 25th day of July last past Testify and say
that I am and have been well acquainted
with Levi Hall of Barnet in the County of Caledonia
and state of Vermont and have been acquainted
with him ever since the year 1781 and he is the
same person being now in my presence and whom
I perfectly recognize to be the same person that served
in the revolutionary war he served in a company
commanded by Nehemiah Lovewell as Captain Israel
Mory Lieutenent and in a regiment whereof Colonel
Wait was commandant in the Vermont line of Malitia
I lived in the family of James Baily from the time
I was six years old untill I was Twenty two years old
In the year 1779 the said Baily moved to Peacham
and continued to live in said Pecham in the county
of Caledonia and the state of Vermont during fourteen or
fifteen years succeeding. In the year 1781 the aforesaid
Company were stationed at said Peacham and served as
enlisted soldiers in the Revolutionary war against Great
Britain during the whole season commencing early in
the spring and continuing untill the last of November
in said year and that said Levi Hall served in said
Company during the whole season
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Doing duty guarding, scouting Building part of a fort
and so forth. The house of the said Baily in which I
resided was within the fort and I was at that time
eleven years old a member of the family in said house
and that I was well acquainted with sd Levi Hall
at that time and ever since having resided in the same
town the greatest part of the time since
Thomas Manchester

State of Vermont
Caledonia County
Barnet Nov 11. 1833

Personally appeared Thomas Manchester
the signer of the within and foregoing deposition and
made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me Samuel A Chandler Justice of
                                                        the Peace

State of Vermont
Caledonia County

I certify that Thomas Manchester
the subscriber of the above and foregoing deposition is
a man of strict truth and virasity.
Samuel A Chandler Justice of Peace
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Omit

State of Vermont
Caldonia County

I Amos Paul Clerk of the County
Court for the County of Caledonia aforesaid
do hereby certify that Samuel A Chandler 
is a Justice of the Peace with and for
the County aforesaid, and that the
foregoing signatures purporting to be his are
genuine.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and the
seal of said Court this 12th day of November A.D. 1833.
Amos Paul Clerk
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Danville Cal Co Vt Sept 5 1848
Hon J L Edwards
Comm of Pensions

Dear Dir:

I enclose
herewith the declarations of Ruth Haselton,
Grace Hall, # Lydia Babbitt, Deborah Warner and
## Urben Perkins admr of Mercy Perkins in order to
obtain certificates of Pensions under the Act of
Feb 2d 1848

Please enclose the certificates to 
me and oblige
yr mo obt servt
J A Page

# Hon L Peck
## Cole
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House of Rep 15 Jany 1846

J L Edward Com Pensions
Sir

Inclosed is the Declaration
of Mrs Grace Hall for a Pension.
Will you inclose the certificate to me,
as early as it is convenient to
examine the claim

Your obedt servant
P Dillingham Jr
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Isle La Mott Oct 10th 1843
I Jesse W Holcomb of Isle La Mott in 
the County of Grand Isle and state
of Vermont Certify that I am Assistent
Town Clerk within and for said Town and
have the Care and keeping of the records
of said Town and that upon a full examination
of the same no record to the marriage of 
Levi Hall and Grace Hall can be found
Attest Jesse W Holcomb Assistent Town Clerk

State of Vermont
Grand Isle County
Isle la Mott November 8th 1843
Then Jesse W Holcomb signer of the above 
Certificette and known to me as Assitent
Town Clerk of the Town of Isle La Mott and
a Credible witness peronly made oath that
the same is true.
Before me Jared Pike Justic peace
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
SECOND COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE
Nov. 26th, 1842

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled “An Act
directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners,
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United
States,” and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending
the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension
agents, The widow of Levi Hall, decd,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Montpelier, Vt
Agency, at the rate of Twenty three Dollars
and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June
1832, has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of March to the 7th July 1841.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K Parris
Comptroller
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5897
Vermont Montr

Grace Hall
widow of Levi Hall
who was a Private
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the roll at the rate of
23. Dollars -------
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1843

Certificate of Pension issued the
29th day of July 1844
and sent to John Kimball Esq
Barton,
Vermont

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 270

Reported 
No 68 Joint
Resolution.
see letter to Hon. P. Dillingham
16 Jany 1846
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STATE OF VERMONT
Caledonia County

I Saml B Mattocks, Clerk of the County Court of the County
of Caledonia in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
Levi P Parks Esq of Barnet
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county,
duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was
dated on the 30th day of November in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven
and will expire the thirtieth day of November next, and that
his signatures to the annexed certificates are
genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, this 5th day of
September A.D. 1848
Saml B Mattocks
Clerk.
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State of Vermont
Caledonia County

On this 4th day of Sept AD 1848
personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace
within & for said County, duly authorized by law to administer
oaths, Grace Hall a resident of Barnet in the
County of Caledonia & state of Vermont aged 83 years
who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits
of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2d day
of February AD 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who
served during the war of the revolution, that she is the
widow of Levi Hall who was a private in the war of the
Revolution from the state of Vermont, and that she drew a
pension under the act of 17th June 1844 at the rate of twenty
three dollars per annum—She further declares that
she is still a widow
        her
Grace  X  Hall
        mark

Witnesses Geo W Peck
                    Levi P Parks

Subscribed & sworn to on the day and year just above written
Before me  Levi P Parks – Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that the above named Grace Hall is personally known to me
& is the identical person who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit
Barnet Sept 4, 1848          Levi P Parks Justice of the Peace
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Grace Hall
Grace Hall
joint resolution of 23d of
Jany 1845 & act 7th
July 1838

Admd:  $34 per ann:
from 4 March 1836 to
          4   “          1841

No 68

husband died 7 July 1841

F.W. Kimball –agent—

F. W. Kimball
Barton,
Vermont
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State of Vermont
Orleans County
At Albany in said county
personally appeared Grace Hall before F. W.
Kimball a Justice of the Peace in and for the county
aforesaid and made the following Declaration
in order to obtain the benefits of the Resolution
of Congress of the 23d January 1845—
Whereas the act of the 30th of April 1844 prohibited
me from drawing a pension for the same
period during which my husband was a pensioner,
I now make the following statement
under oath to obtain the benefits of the
Resolution above mentioned—

I am the widow of Levi Hall who was
a private in the war of the Revolution.
I have drawn a pension at the rate of twenty
three dollars per annum from the
day of 4th March 1843 and now ask for the amount due
me from the 4th day of March 1836 to the
time when my former pension commenced or to the
4th March 1841.
       her
Grace X Hall
       mark

Attest Sims [illegible]
Daniel Meder

Sworn to and subscribed before
me on this 24th day of February 1845
F.W. Kimball Justice Peace

I certify that the above Declarant is personally
known to me and that she is the same
individual she represents herself to be in the
foregoing affidavit—
Attest  F.W. Kimball Justice Peace
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State of Vermont
Orleans County
Clerks Office March 4th 1845

I Henry M Bates Clerk of Orleans
Couty Court do hereby certify that
F W Kimball of Barton is a Justice
of the Peace within and for Orleans
County – duly qualified – and that
the foregoing signature purporting
to be his is true and genuine
In testimony wherof I have herunto set my hand and
seal of Office this 4th day of March AD 1845
Henry M Bates Clerk
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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD

NAME Hall, London
GRADE Private
LINE Rhode Island
WARRANT NUMBER 3234
ISSUED Dec 31, 1789   to ----not shown--