Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43672, Thomas Hill, New York
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
New York

Hill, Thomas

NUMBER
S. 43672
B.L.Wt. [?] 1283 - 100

CONTENTS
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Wm. B. Welles
receipt for 
Warr . no. 1283
The Hills case
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Acknowledgement of receipt of Land Warrant
Canandaigua April 15th 1828
Sir
As desired, - I hereby acknowledge the receipt of a warrant signed by The Hon James Barbour Secretary at War U.S - for one hundred acres of Land - viz No 1283. -dated "the second day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight"
Very Respectfully
Yr Mo Ob Servt
Wm B Welles
attorney for Thomas Hill late a private in the A Y. line tc

Hon James Barbour
Secretary at War
US
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aw
May 22, 1906
N.J.F
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Hill, Thomas
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of New York, submitted to House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers class 9, page 93.

Rank: Private.
Regt: Colonel Livingston's
Disability: Wounded in the breast by a musket ball at Behmus's Heights.
When and where disabled: Sept. 19, 1777, Behmus's Heights.
Residence: Rensselaerville.
Remarks: Enlisted Jan'ry 1, 1777; continued to January, 1782.
Evidence transmitted by the District Court complete.
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[Folded Folio with handwritten and printed type]
[Right side]
3314
New York Roll.
Thomas Hill, [two check marks[
Capt Titus
Private-
New York Line, [crossed out] War
[printed type] In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of [handwritten] New York
[printed type] at the rate of [handwritten] eight
[printed type] Dollars per month, to commence on the [handwritten] 28th of April 1818
[Printed type] Certificate of Pension issued the [handwritten] 30th of Sept. 1818 and sent to Stephen Phelps Esqr Judge
Canandaigua N. York
[Printed type] Arrears to 4th of [handwritten] September 1818----33:86
[Printed type] Semi-anl. all'ce ending [handwritten] 4th March 1819---48:--
[double lines to signify total] $81:86
[Signature next to total] Livingston
[illegible numeric notations]
[handwritten] Continued
[Stamped in curved brackets] Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818
[Handwritten below in ink] 7 years [later pencilled note] Mch, '19
[Handwritten in ink] diff: between invalid and Revolutionary pensioner to the 4. Sept: 1818 $:16.[illegible and cutoff]
[In light ink on bottom ragged edge] Williamson, Ontari[illegible]

[Left page/Back of folio]
Handwritten] Continued [underlined]
Notification sent to Stephen Phelps Esqr
29 Sept: 1820. Canandaigua
New York
[crossed out] Let. to Hon. G. Ingham  March. 4, 18[illegible]
[handwritten]
Let. to Hon M. H. Sibley,
March 26, 1838
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Claims of
Thomas Hill
April 28th 1818

The Honorable
Secratary of War
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State of New York
Ontario County
On this twenty eighth day of April 1818 before me Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Ontario and State of New York appears Thomas Hill aged 63 years Resident in the Town of Williamson in the County aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain Persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War that he the said Thomas Hill enlisted in the year 1776 during that war at faurt[sic] Montgomery in the State of New York under Captain Jonathan Titus in Col Henry B Livingston, Regiment being the fourth York Regiment that he continued to Serve in the Service of the United States untill[sic] June 1788 whin[sic] he Received an honorable discharge from Service at Newborough in the State of New York that he was in these Battles of the taking of B[illegible] and Lord Cornwallis and that he the said Thomas Hill received a wound in the former battle afforesaid was placed on the Pention List in the year 17792[crossed-out] seventeen hundred ninty two at thirty dollars per annum which Pention he hereby relinquishes to the United States and that he is in Reduced Circumsances [sic] and stands in Need of the assistance of his County for Support and that he has no other evidence now in his Power of his Said survivor
Thomas Hill
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The foregoing declaration
Sworn to and Declared the
day and year afoursaid
before me
Stephen Phelps

State of New York
Ontario County

I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of common Pleas in and for said County and State do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Thomas Hill did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress
Canandaigua April 28th 1818-
Stephen Phelps

State of New York
Ontario County
I certify by Personal knowledge that Thomas Hill the aforesaid applicant is in [illegible] Circumstances and Stands in Need of the [illegible] of his Country for Support-
August 25th 1818
Stehen Phelps as
Judge of Ontario Common pleas

The Honorable Secratary of War if my Claims are allowed will please to forward a Certificate thereof to Stephen Phelps Esq of Canandaigua who is my agent
April 28th 1818
Thomas Hill
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Wheareas, I Thomas Hill named in the preceding declaration was placed on the pension List pursuant to a Notice from the war department dated August 6th 1792 to Military Invalids of the United States

Now know ye that I Thomas Hill for and in Consideration of the provisions made by the Late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for Certain persons Engaged in the Land and Naval Services of the United States in the Revolutionary War do by the presents release Quit claim and Relinquish all and every right title and Interest I now have or even had to a pension from the United States of two Dollars and fifty cents per month commencing the 5th September 1792 which accrued to me by  reasons of Wounds Received in the Revolutionary War

In Witness whereof I have here unto Let my hand and deal this 28th day of April 1818 in presence of us-
Thomas Hill [name right-justified]
Ezra Shepardson
Stephen Phelps

State of New York
Ontario County Ss.
Clerks Office

[sun-shaped sticker]

[illegible] testimony that Stephen Phelp's whole name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate dated August 25th 1818 was on the day of the date of the same a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas and that the same is his signature I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said county Canandaigua this 27th day of August 1818 Hon McNair clk
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State of New York
Ontario County
Clerks Office

[sun-shaped sticker]

In testimony that Stephen Phelp's whole name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate dated August 25th 1818 was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Ontario and that the same is his signature I here unto subscribe my name and affise the county seal of  Cananandaigua this 7th day of May of D 1818

Hon McNair Clk
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Case of
Thomas Hill

3314
30 Sept 1818

Mar '19
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[typed] State of New York, Ontario County, ss
On this [handwritten] 19th [typed] day of [handwritten] August [typed] 182 [handwritten] 0 [typed] personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) [handwritten] Thomas Hill [typed] aged [handwritten] sixty seven [typed] years, resident in the town of [handwritten] Williamson [typed] in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
[handwritten] for the time of six years in continuation, commencing in the spring of the year 1777 in Capt. John Titus Company, in Col. Livingston's Regiment of the New York line, and was transferred to Capt. Walkers Company in the 2nd New York regiment commanded by Col. Philip Cortland, from which he was discharged in 1783.
[typed] and that he made application for a Pension on the [handwritten] twenty eighth [typed] day of [handwritten] April [typed] 181 [handwritten] 8 [typed] and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. [handwritten] 3314 [typed] And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, viz.
[handwritten]
One Cow and Calf             $19.00
One Calf                                1.25
2 sheep 2.00 - 2 Hogs 4.00 - 6.00
1 Scythe 1.25-2 wheels 2.00-1 chest 1.25 - 4.50
5 chairs 1.25-2 damaged kettles 2.00 - 3.25
1 tea kettle 1.00-1 spider .67-1 table 1.25 - 2.92
1 Sad Iron .50-2 pails .50-1 Rul 1.00 - 2.00
2 Bosuns & 1 Bowl .50-2 oto Bowls .75 - 1.25
4 knives & forks .25-1 cup .12-1 knife .10 - .47
[underline]
                                                $40.64
Thomas Hill
And I do further swear and declare that I am by occupation a farmer and that by age and bodily infirmity am by reason of a wound received in the service I am unable to labour and that my family consists of my wife Lydia age fifty seven years unable to labor, and my wife's son Isa Fry age 12 years, sickly and able to perform but little labour.
Thomas Hill
Sworn to and declared this 19th day of August 1820 in open Court before me,
Stephen Bates
a Judge of Ontario Com. Pleas
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ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.

I, John Van Fossen [name handwritten] Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I farther certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Forty [handwritten] dollars and Sixty four [number handwritten] cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 19th [handwritten] day of August 1820 [date handwritten]

J Van Fossen [name handwritten] Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.
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No 1283
Thomas Hill's land
pri : N. York
W. sent to Wm. B. Welles
all:
N. York
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[all handwritten]
Thomas Hills application for Revolutionary Bounty Land
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State of New York
Ontario County Ss.

I Thomas Hill aged seventy four years do upon oath testify and declare that in the year one thousand seventeen seventy five I inlisted[sic] for the term of during the war[last three words underlined] and served in the regiment number four under the command of Colonel HB Livingston of the New York line and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war when I was regularly discharged from the second regiment commanded by Colonel Phillip Van Cortland- I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to me on the part of the United States nor have I  assigned or hand fixed my claim in any manner whatsoever . therefore
Know- all men by these presents that I Thomas Hill aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Wm B Welles to be my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of war of the United States a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me at aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and endowed to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attornees [sic] under him for the official purposes above [illegible]
Thomas Hill[name right-justified]
attest
Friend Draper
Peter Mitchell
Thomas Hill [paper seal]
I Thomas Hill Junior aged thirty years do upon oath declare that I have been long acquainted with Thomas Hill who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence and well know- that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and further I know and do believe that he did perform the military service therein stated-
Thomas Hill J.r[name right-justified]
attest
Friend Draper
Peter Mitchell
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Before me Peter Mitchell a justice of the peace in and for the town of Manchester county of Ontario state of New York personally appeared the above named Thomas Hill subscribes to the foregoing declaration and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subpoenaed to be his free act and deed; and whereto personally appeared Thomas Hill Junior who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth and solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them [illegible] subscribed this 21st day of January 1828
Peter Mitchell Justice of the peace

The testimony that the above written Peter Mitchell was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgements to in the state of New York at the above date and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal and subscribed my name and quality at Canandaigua this twenty fifth day of March 1828-
Ralph Lester
County Clerk Ontario
County State of New York

I William B. Welles the attorney within named do hereby in virtue of the power vested in me by the within letter of attorney.  Substitute and appoint               of             in my stead and as attorney for Thomas Hill for the purposes
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Specified in the within letter of attorney hereby ratifying and confirming his acts in the premises given under my hand this 25th day of March 1838 at Canandaigua NY.
Wm. B. Welles
in presence of Jno. A. Welles
A. S. Beardsley
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Specified in the within letter of attorney hereby verifying and confirming his act in the promises given under my hand this 25th day of March 1838 at Canandaigua NY-

Wm B Welles

in presence of
Jno A Welles
A S Beardsley
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December 18, 1939
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BA-J/MLB

Mrs. William A. Mylchreest
46 Brainerd Avenue
Middletown, Connecticut

[First paragraph below is bracketed with handwritten vertical note in right margin] 
See misc. File under (handwritten arrow drawn from note to Mrs. William A. Mylchreest name) for her letters relative to Abner Morton and Daniel Tucker.
 
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters of recent date, in which you state that the records of Abner Morton (S. 35156) and of Daniel Tucker (W. 14068) which were furnished you December 1, are not those of the soldiers in whom you are interested. You furnished in your letter further information relative to those two soldiers, to Adam Knox, in regard to whom you were informed December 1 that there was no pension claim on file based upon his service in either the Revolution or War of 1818, and to Thomas Hill. You state that Thomas Hill married May 28, 1778, in Williston, Connecticut, Lydia Davis, that they had children - Thomas, Jr. who married Anna Morton, daughter of Abner Morton of Kest Windsor, Connecticut, and died in 1809, also John, Israel, Lydia who died in 1800, Hossa and Esther, and that Thomas Hill took his family to New York State where he died, and that he was a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

[begin handwritten note, written vertically referring to the address and above paragraph]
See Misc. File under for her letters to Abner Morton + Daniel Tucker
[end note]

The pension records of both the Revolutionary War and War of 1818 have been searched carefully and no claim for pension found based upon service in either war of the soldier named Daniel Tucker, as described by you. The record furnished furnished you of Abner Morton (S. 33156) was that of the only soldier of that name found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

The record has been found of a Thomas Hill who served in the Revolution, had wife named Lydia and lived in New York State, which may be that of the soldier in whom you are interested. It is enclosed herewith.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[handwritten] 43672
[typed] INVALID.
[handwritten] Revy
[typed] File No. [handwritten] 43672
Thomas Hill
Pri Rev War
[typed] Act: [handwritten] 18 March 18
[typed] Index:-Vol. [handwritten] S [?][typed], Page [handwritten] 227
[typed] Arrangement of 1870.
[handwritten on right hand side] 
1925 Oct 26 hist to A. S. Woodcock (see letter in case of Reuben Hill No. 23292) MCS
[underline]
1934 Nov 16 his to Mrs. C. H. Sturtz MCS
[underline]
1939 Dec. 12 hist to Mrs. Thom. A. Mylchreest MCS
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[begin left]
43672

INVALID. [last word typed]

File No. [last 2 words typed] 43,672
Thomas Hill
Pri Rev War

Act: [last word typed] 18 March 18
Index:-Vol. [last 2 words typed] 5, Page [last word typed] 227

[Arrangement of 1870.] [sic; line typed;]
[end left]

[begin right]
1925 Oct. 26 hist to A.S. Woodcock (the letter in case of Reuben Hill W.23292) MCS

1934. Nov. 16. hist. to Mrs. C.H. Sturty. MCS

1939. Dec. 12. hist. to Mrs. Wm. A. Mylchreest [last word underlined]
MCS
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Grosvenor Library, Buffalo, N.Y.
Sep. 18, 1925.

Pension Dept. U.S.A.
Washington.
D.C.

Gentlemen:-
May I ask you to send me the pension record of one Reuben Hill [name underlined] whose name I find among the deaths given under the list of those pensioned under act of March 18, 1818. Albany agency, N.Y.
Also of Thomas Hill [name underlined] of Ontario, county, N.Y.

Sincerely yours,
[begin handwritten]
A.S. Woodcock

Our Grosvenor Library
Buffalo
N.Y.
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[top of document, right-aligned] 48 Brainerd Avenue, Middletown, Conn., December 7, 1939
[near top of document, left-aligned] Mr. A. D. Holler, Executive Assistant, to the Administrator, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
[stamp under address, right] RECIEVED DEC 8 1939 MAIL SUB-DIV Reader No. 28 VETS ADM

[left aligned] Dear Sir:-
Reference is made to your letter of December 1, 1939, BA-J/MLB. I certainly appreciate very much the time and patience required to secure the information contained in your three letters to mee under date of Dec. 1, 1939, and thank you.
[handwritten] [ineligible] no Red [ineligible] 1812
In regard to Adam Knox [“Knox” underlined], he was born in or near Boston about 1750, and later came to Ashford, Conn., via Rehoboth, Mass. He died in Stafford, Conn., March 24, 1834. His wife’s name was Dorothy Chaffee. I cannot find any record of service in a Connecticut company by him, but there was an “Adam Knox, Jr.” in Col. Jabez Hatch’s (Boston) Regiment, and as my ancestor Adam Knox originally came from Boston, I thought he might possibly have gone back there and enlisted with others whom he knew. Apparently this was what James Knox, a brother of his, did. He enlisted at Marblehead, Mass. in Col. Knox’s Massachusetts Regiment, andboth he and his wife later received a pension - his W20,361, cert. 2824, and hers cert. 8,758. They were then living in Windsor, N.Y. I am afraid my ancestor Adam Knox did not serve.
[right margins, slanted upward, handwritten] refers to Jauren (am Jeles)
[handwritten in space above “Hill”] 12
In regard to Thomas Hill [black mark/underline under “Hill”] my ancestor, I do not know where he was born, but apparently he and Lydia Davis were “joined in marriage May ye 28th, 1778, in Willington, Conn. They had six children born there, among them a son Thomas Hill, Jr., who married Anna Morton, daughter of Abner Morton, of East Windsor, Conn. The last Willington record concerning Thomas and Lydia Hill was on July 10, 1800, giving the death of their daughter Lydia. Whether they left Willington soon after that, I do not know, but in 1809 Thomas Hill, Jr. died somewhere in New York State where he went to visit relatives - whether his father and mother, and where, I do not know.
In looking through my notes now I have just discovered on from page 643 “Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution” as follows: “Connecticut Pensioners residing in New York - Thomas Hill, 2nd.” Among those mentioned on Page 450 of the same book in a list of Capt. David Miller’s company that marched in September 1776 to East Chester to join General Washington’s army is Thomas Hill (no place of residence given). On page 25 of the same book “from the town of Willington (conn.) “Thomas Hill, in service [r in “service” covering a “5”] 9 days, Lex-ington Alarm.” (One Thomas Hill from Pomfret, Conn., mention-ed p. 58 same book was not my ancestor [“o” covering a “p”]. He later received a pension at Riga, N.Y.
On page 155, same book, giving “Connecticut Men in the War of 1812, it mentions “Thomas Hill, priv. Hartford, May 24. [handwritten]”
Of course I have no way of knowing if any of these were my ancestor, but thought if there was record of a pension paid, I might secure the information that way. If it was my Thomas Hill who responded to the [end of page]
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[top of page, centered] -2-

[left-aligned] Lexington Alarm, he might have joined a Massachusetts Regiment, but I do not know. I am inclined to think he took his family to New York State and died there. [underlined, continuous] Did any Thomas Hill [underlined, single stroke] other [underlined, single stroke] than [end underlining] the one in Riga, N.Y. receive a pension in New York State, and where? Of course Lydia might have died andhe [vertical mark between “and” and “he”] re-married.
I presume it would be asking too much for you to investigate any data you may have concerning any Thomas Hill or Hills in whatever state he may have been living when he received a pension - Vermont, Pennsylvania or Ohio, and see if anything [mark] its the information (for either war) that I have given.
Their children’s names were - Thomas, John, Israel, (Lydia died 1800) Hosea and Esther.

[centered, slightly left] Yours very truly,

[stamp in bottom right corner, slanted downward] RECIEVED DEC [mark] 1939 MAIL SUB-DIV Reader No. 28 VETS ADM
[end of letter]
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[top of document, centered] 3014 East Sixth St. Kansas City Mo. Nov 8, 1934.
[left aligned] Mr. A. D, Hiller,
Dear Sir:

[indent] I am still trying to complete my family history [“r” in “history” smudged] and I find this name in the Pension Roll.
Thomas [underlined] Hill [end underline], pension Ontario Co [“C” covering ineligible letter]. N.Y.

Mr gr. gr. [scratched out third “gr.”] grandmother [scratched out, ineligible] Abigail Hill married Silas Sprague. She was his second wife. Do you have any record of who this Thomas Hill mentioned above was?
Do you have the name of his wife and c ildren. It occurs to me their living in the same county as that of my ancestors that hemay be the father of above Abigail Hill. I shall appreciate any information you may be able to give me concerning this Hill or any other Hill of Ontario County MNew York.
[center, slightly left] Very truly yours,
[underneath, handwritten] 
[Ineligible] C H Sturtz ([Ineligible] Sprague Sturtz)
[bottom right stamp, upside down] RECEIVED NOV 12 1934 MAIL SUB-DIV [ineligible] 10
[end of letter]
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[top of document, right aligned] November 16, 1934 XXXXXXXXXXXXXX [space] BA-J/MCS Thomas Hill, S.43672
[left-aligned, beginning across from “Thomas Hill, S.43672”] Mrs. C. H. Sturtz 3014 East Sixth Street Kansas City Missouri

[left-aligned] Dear Madam:

[indent] Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Thomas Hill, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

[indent] The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S, 43672, based upon the military service of Thomas Hill and upon disability incurred during his service.

[indent] He enlisted at Fort Montgomery, New York, in 1776 or January 1, 1777, served as private in Captains Jonathan Titus’ and Walker’s companies in Colonels Henry B. Livington’s and Philip Van Cortlandt’s New York regiments, was wounded in the breast by a musket ball at the battle of Bemns Heights, September 19, 1777, and was at the capture of Cornwallis and was discharged in June, 1783.

[indent] He was pensioned from September 5, 1792, on account of the disability resulting from the above-mentioned wound.

[indent] He was living at Rensselaerville, New York, about 1794.

[indent] In 1818 he was a resident orf Williamson, Ontario County, New York, and then stated that he was sixty-tre years of age. In 1820 he stated that he was sixty-seven years of age and referred to his wife, Lydia, aged fifty-seven years and her son, Ira Fry, aged twelve years. The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the soldier’s family.

[centered, slightly right] Very truly yours

[bottom right corner] A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
[end letter]
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MCS [Written in pen at top right]

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

October 26, 1925

A. S. WOODCOCK
c/o Grosvenor Library
Buffalo, N.Y.

Sir:

I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 43672, it appears that THOMAS HILL enlisted at Fort Montgomery, New York, January 1, 1777, served as private in Captains Jonathan Titus' and Walker's Companies, Colonels Henry B. Livingston's and Philip Van Contlandt's New York Regiments, was wounded in the breast by a musket ball at the battle of Bemus Heights, September 19, 1777, was at the capture of Cornwallis and was discharged in June 1783.

He was pensioned from September 5, 1792, on account of the disability resulting from the above mentioned wound.

In 1818 he was a resident of Williamson, Ontario County, New York, and then stated that he was sixty-three years of age. In 1820 he stated that he was sixty-seven years of age and the referred to his wife, Lidia, aged fifty-seven years, and her son, Ira Fry, aged twelve years.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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December 12, 1939

BA-J/MCS
Thomas Hill, S.43672

Mrs. William A. Mylchreest
48 Brainerd Avenue
Middletown, Connecticut

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were taken from papers on file under pension claim, S.43672, based on the disability of Thomas Hill incurred during his military service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth of Thomas Hill and the names of his parents are not shown.

He enlisted at Fort Montgomery, New York, in 1776 or January 1, 1777, served as private in Captains Jonathan Titus' and Walker's companied in Colonels Henry B. Livingston's and Philip Van Cortlandt's New York regiments, was wounded in the breast by a musket ball at the battle of Bemus Heights, September 19, 1777, and was at the capture of Cornwallis and was discharged in June, 1783.

He was pensioned from September 5, 1792, on account of the disability resulting from the above-mentioned wound.

Thomas Hill was living at Rensselaerville, New York, about 1794.

In 1818, he was a resident of Williamson, Ontario County, New York, and then stated that he was sixty-[illegible] years of age and referred to his wife, Lydia, aged fifty seven years and her son, Ira Fry, aged twelve years.

In 1826, Thomas Hill, the soldier, was living in Ontario County, New York, and in that year one Thomas Hill, Junior, aged thirty years, stated that he had long been acquainted with said soldier, relationship not shown.

There are no further data relative to family.

Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
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Stephen Phelps, Esq.
Judge,
Canandaigua, Ontario County, New-York.

Thomas Hill,
New-York line,
Revolutionary Claim.

found on the New-York rolls. -Correct
For testimony relative to the applicants' reduced circumstances, see endorsement in the case of Jeremiah Battles.