Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4459, Elisha Hall, Mass.
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Service                                          Number

Mass            Hall, Elisha                R.4459
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In the matter of the
application of Elisha
Hall for a pension
Grove Lawrence Attr
P.M. Camillus
Onondaga b; N.Y
14128
[illegible]
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State of New York
Onondaga County Ss
On this eighth day of April 1833 personally approved before the Court of Chancery of the State of New York now sitting at Onondaga in the county aforesaid Elisha Hall a resident of the town of Camille, County of Onondaga & State of New York aged seventy one years on the seventh day of October 1832 who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United under the following named officers & served as herein stated he enlisted for the term of four months in a company commanded by Captain Caleb Richardson in Colonel Keyes Regiment in the town of Attlebury in the State of Massachusetts my Lieutenants name was Munro & my enisgns name was Fuller their Christian names I do not [illegible] the Regiment belonged to the State of Massachusetts.
The depondent joined his company at Obdyke Newtown in the state of Rhode Island marched to North Kingston & was parted there to keep off the British Shipping which lay off that place. This deponant enlisted the first day of August 1776 & joined his company the same day - This deponants company were marched from North Kingston to Warren mar Brister in Rhode Island & continued at that place about two months during the time this deponant & his Company was at this place Colonel Spencer with all the troops at that place attempted there
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nights in succession to cross the Ferry but was driven back by the Brittish shipping this deponent & his company was engaged in this expedition & a great many soldiers were killed while attempting to cross; Colonel Spencer had obtained a quantity of boats at Providence for the purpose of crossing which were afterwards taken bank by this deponent & the soldiers belonging to Richardsons Company to Providence. This deponent with Captain Richardsons Company were parted a short distance from Warren during the remainder of the time of his inlistment until the first day of January 1777 when the term of service of this deponent & the whole company expired & this deponent was discharged with the resident of the company at Warren aforesaid by Captain Richardson no written discharge was given at that time. there was no regular troops quartered near us at this time of more this deponent understood that most of the Regular troops were then at White Plains; this deponent performed during said time five full months of service not having the army from the time he entered it till he was regularly discharged 

this deponent again entered the service of the United State for the term of two months on the twentieth day of September 1777 & entitled under Lieutenant Allen the captain was then sick & not join the company & his name is not rolled, this deponent entered at Attlebury in Massachusetts at the same place where he enlisted for his first term of service above mentioned, at which place this deponent resided at each of said times, this deponent joined Lintenant Allens Company at Dorchester Hill the Ensigns name is not notted - this deponent with aforementioned Allens company were marched to
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he Castle near Boston - This deponent's company during the intestment got orders to go & guard the prisoners that were taken with General Burgoyne & marched for that purpose but Lieutenant Allen got orders countermanding the first order & we 
marched back to Dorchester Hill where we continued till our term of enlistment expired; during this time of service this deponent does not know that Lieutenant Allens company was attached to any Regiment. this deponent & all of the company under command of Lieutenant Allen was discharged at Dorchester Hill on the twentieth day of November 1777 - no written discharges were given but we ware regularly discharged by Lieutenant Allen. Then was at the Castle during the last term of service a  company of State Troops from Cape Cod there was no regular troops stationed marching at this time this deponent faithfully discharged his duty as a soldier for this term of service two months not having his company from the time he joined it till he was discharged 

This deponent was stationed afterwards as a minute man under Captain Ebenezer Tyler in Attlebury in the State of Massachusetts when this deponent resided & was continued as a minute man for one year & during that time was called out on allarms & did duty at short periods as a soldier when called out doing that year - this deponent was engaged in actual service during that year in all over three months, this was from November 1777 to December 1778 during this year several attempts were made by the mitted to git into Providence to Burn the town & the whole militia was several times called out to protect the frontier. this deponent resided during the War except while engaged in the service of the United States
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at Attlebury in the State of Massachusetts This Deponent has no documentary, widow of his services & he knows of no person living whose testimony he can procure who can certify to his services.-- This deponent was born in the town of Attlebury in the State of Massachusetts on the seventh day of October 1761 & his birth was recorded in the town Records of that town together with those of his two sisters by his father as this deponent has been told by his father & believes to be true, both of the deponents sisters are dead & both of this deponents parents also 

this deponent has a record of his age in his bible which was inserted by this deponents mother & agrees with the above statement & which this deponent believes to be true.-

This deponent resided in said town of Attlebury till he was twenty nine years of age & this deponent and to the town of Adams in the State of Massachusetts when this deponent resided for about twenty years & from them more to the town of Lenox in the County of Madison State of New York & moved  then for about four years & then and to the town of Mantises in the County of Onondaga & State of New York when this deponent has now since resided & still he moved to the town of Camilles in said County of Onondaga three years ago last Independence day the 4th of July 1832 where he still resides this deponent give the names of the following persons who reside in the same neighborhood with this deponent & can testify as to their opinion of this deponents Character and of this reputation of this deponents servicess f a soldier of the Revolution & of this deponents age
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as follows to wit Otis Skinner Esquire, Deacon Aaron Bell Ethan Campbell Esquire Doctor Harvey Robert Grove Lawrence Esquire James M Baker Esquire Loring Richmond & James Bennett 

There is no Clergyman residing within several miles of this deponent & this deponent could not get a clergyman to attend in Court for this reason this deponent hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present & hereby declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any State.-
Elisha Hall
 Sworn to in open Court this 8th day of April 1833 Daniel Moseley - 
Mr. Grove Lawrence Loring Richmond & James M. Baker residing in the town of Camille County of Onondaga & State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elisha Hall who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that is believe him to be seventy one years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion 
we further certify that there is no Clergyman residing in the nighborhood of said Elisha Hall so that he could not procure a certificate from a Clergyman for that reason.- Grove Lawrence James M Baker Loring Richmond
Sworn to in open Court the 8 day of 1833 Daniel Moseley [from an overlapping page] with all the troops at that the attempted the
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above-named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Grove Lawrence, Loring Richmond and James M. Baker residents of the town of Camillus and County aforesaid are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit - 
Daniel Moseley
V. Chancellor

I Daniel T. Moseley Deputy Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the Seventh Circuit for the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elisha Hall for a pension - 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this eighth day of April 1833 - 
Daniel T. Mosely
Deputy Clerk
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873, [illegible]
4439
P. O. Elisha Hall
Service:
Enlisted: , 18
Discharged: REJECTED, 18
Application filed: , 18
Alleges: 
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.
[illegible]
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New York
Revoli
of
Elisha
Hall
Suspended
44 9
see letter to
gove Lawrence
10 August 
[illegible] to Hove M. Taylor
Apr 19 134
-
[illegible] 7 June 1832
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(Postmark) 
Camillus.
May. 13
N. Y.

May 25.
N. Y. ret.

FREE

Hon. Lewis Cass Esq.
Secretary of War
City of Washington D. C.
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Free

Hon. Lewis Cass Esq.
Secretary of War
City of Washington, D.C.
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Camillus (Onondaga)

Hon. Lewis Cass Esq.
Secretary of War

Sir
I herewith enclose the pension papers of Elisha Hall properly authenticated according to the directions from the War department. - you will please communicate with me if any thing further is to be done to enable him to draw his pension. - It will be observed that he was out on alarms several times & he thinks the whole amount would be 3 months & over while he was a minute man from Dec. 1777 to 1778. - he sends all the evidence he has as to that service & if it cannot be allowed the papers need not be returned on that amount for he cannot prove any thing further as to that service. - he makes out 7 months only without it & if that service is allowed he will draw for 10 months service - 

In November last I sent the pension papers of Moses roger, Abijah Tuttle, W. Woodward W. Ruey Ezekiel Chapman & John Paddock to the War Department (in one package) & I have never yet heard a word from them. - Is it possible they, have never arrived at the office or is want of time to examine them. - I find returns have been rec. from others that were sent long after these were. - will you please inquire about these papers & write me 

Your able serv
Grover Lawerence. P. M.  Camillus N. Y.
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14.128
 Elisha Halls Pension
supplemental afft. 
Grove Lawrence att Law, & Pick 
Camilla NY agent W. Taylor
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State of New York Onondaga County SS
Elisha Hall of the town of Camillus County & State aforesaid personally appeared before the undersign David B. Winton a Justin of the peace in & for said county & who being first duly Sworn according to law doth depose & say that he is the identical Elisha Hall who has heretofore made application for a 4 Pension & took the oath & made his declaration in the Court of Channey of the State of New York before the Vice Chancellor of said State for the Seventh Circuit. that he has seen a letter from J. L. Edwards Esq which was directed to Grove Lawrence Esq of Camiller N Y & of which the following is a true copy --- - 
War Department Pension office 10th August 1833, 
Sir the papers of Elisha Hall for again been examined, it --- by the declaration appears that he entered in the service before he was 16 years of age in a Militia Regiment, until the applicant became 16 years of age he was not liable to the performance of military duty. in the militia there were no interments, In order to substantiate this claim it is necessary to produce proof of service. - An application to E.D. Bangs Secretary of the State of Massachusetts in whose office are rolls of the militia of that State may enable the declarant to produce proof - The original declaration should accompany the paper if the application is removed the Supplemental declaration is placed on file I am respectfully your obt J. L. Edwards
Grove Lawrence Esq Camiller N Y This deponent further saith that he has not made any supplemental declaration & but one affidavit which was made in the Court of Chancy above mentioned on his application for a pension. This deponent intend the service
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of the United States under Captain Caleb Richardson of Attlebury on the first day of August 1776 as stated in his declaration before the Vice Chancellor above mention under the following circumstances This deponent resided within the bounds of Captain Ebenzer Tayler Company who also resided in the town of Attlebury aforesaid in the State of Massachusetts. This deponent then lacked but two months & seven days of being sixteen years of age & would soon be liable to do military duty & Captain Taylor was called on to furnish from his company a certain number of men to join the company which was to be commanded by Captain Richardson as aforesaid which company under Captain Richardson was found from soldiers taken from the different companies in that Regiment & the company was said to guard against, & keep off the Brittish shipping which being off North Kingston in the State of Rhode Island. This deponent consented to go for five months service provided captain Richardson would ampt of this deponent & four other soldiers from Captain Tyler company also court & this deponent was large of his age & no objections were made by Captain Richardson & this deponent proved in his company while men joined the Regiment & this deponent verily believes that no returns were we made of said company to the Territory of State of Massachusetts in consequence of their not joining the Regiment - there were three other soldiers in the same company that were not sixteen years of age they were but about fifteen years of age & were discharged before they arrived at the age of sixteen years one by the name of Crossman our by the name of Cummings & the others name is not without most of the soldiers in this company were Young & the company was frequently called the Chickadee Company but Captain Richardson had got his men so will desiption that at the time of their discharge the company was called the but ┃
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in that region This deponent was born on the 7th day of October 1761 & joined his company at Obdykes Newtown in the State of Rhode Island & the question as to this deponents age was not acked by the muster master & Captain Richard will know this deponents age this deponent had known him from the time this deponent was a child -  this deponent well recollects that the mustermaster was rather loath to accept of Cumming above mentioned but said he was large of his age & concluded finally to conscript him. This deponent has been to Oswego County to reside a while with his daughter thirty five miles from when he has resided in Camille aforesaid since this deponent made his declaration in the Court of Chancery aforesaid & did not return till the 30th day of October last which is the reason this deponent has not sooner made a supplimental affidavit in this matter-- this declaration which was made before the Court of Chancery aforesaid this deponent was mailed by the deponents attorney Grove Lawrence Esq & directed to the War Department as this deponent has been informed by his said attorney & believes to be true & this deponent has not see it since; & no supplemental affidavit or other paper has we been since made by this deponent on his application for a pension till the present.-- This deponent has made enquiry for the purpose of ascertaining whether them or any persons living by whom this deponent could prove his service - this deponent is not able to find or hear from any person who could testify as to his service. This deponent is old & poor & if this deponent was able & could go into the old town of Attlebury he does not think then are any person then now living who could testify about this deponents service in the army - & unless the proof already furnished shall be considered sufficient this deponent must linger out the few remaining days he has left in this world without the small and which his county held out to him & which
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he had anxiously exhibited to me & must sum it up among the many misfortunes he has had to undergo till poverty has taken him at the close of life.-- This deponent would not have made this supplemental affidavit if it had not appeared that there must have been a mistake made by the Commissioner of pensions he having refered to the supplemental affidavit which met be the affidavit of some other person & his also stating that the original affidavit and declaration must  accompany the papers of the application was removed. when the only affidavit made is the our made in court & has not been returned. The commissioner also writes that this deponents papers have been again examined while still sum to show their is a mistake which this deponent hopes will yet be could & further with not
Elisha Hall - Subscribed & sworn to before me this first day of November 1833 David B. Winton Justice Peace --- 
State of New York County of Onondaga SS
I Reuben G. Hess Clerk of the said County do certify that David B. Winton before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justice of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and only believe his name subscribed to the final of the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of Office this 27th day of March 1834 R.G. Hess Clerk