Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2335, Abner Hull, Conn.
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Conn.
Abner Hull
S. 2335
Carded
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13.069
Ohio Pittsburgh.
13060
Abner Hull.
of Cuyahoga in the State of Ohio
who was a Private on the Conpy commanded
by Captain Brookets of the Regt commanded
by Col. Douglass in the Conner.
line for 13m or 3 days.
$43.89/100
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Gills.
at the rate of 43. Dollars 89. Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of May
and sent to Saml
Starkweather, Cleveland, Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1835 | 87.78
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept | 21.94
1833
$109.72

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by W. R. Palmer, Clerk
Book [illegible]. Vol. 8. Page 113.

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18659/13060

Abner Hull
Ohio

Adm 13. Months 8[?]5 days.
from 1776

Sam Starkweather
Cleveland
Ohio
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BRIEF in the case of Abner Hull
County of Cuyahoga in the State of - Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge: Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 73

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

| Period | Duration of Service. | Rank | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. |
| | Years, Months, Days. | As a | Gen. Wadsworth |
| enlisted In 1776 ___ | 6 [months] ___ | Private | Capt. Breckett, Col Douglass |
| drafted 1777 ___ | 2 [months] ___| " | Capt Riggs, none mentioned |
| " 1778 ___ | 1 [month] 14 [days] | " | Capt Potter, none mentioned |
| Sub ___ " ___ | ___21 [days] | " ___ | Lieut Barns none mentioned |
| " 1779 ___ | 1 [month] ___ | " | Sargt Pardee |
| drafted 1780 ___ | 1 [month} ___ | " ___ | Capt Barns |
| 1781 ___ | 1 [month] ___ | " ___ | Lt Brockett |

5. In what battles was he engaged? Harlaam, Whiteplains

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Newhaven. Connecticut

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not properly attached

I CERTIFY that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

CLtlee Forrest
Examaning Clerk
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entered

Abner Hull
Cuyahoga County Ohio
Declaration 

18659

The Department will please add[?] to the case of
Saml Starkweather
Cleveland
Ohio

fees paid
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7th 1832
State of Ohio
Cuyahoga County [illegible]
On this seventh day of November AD. 1832, personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Commons Pleas now sitting in and for said County, Abner Hull a resident of the town of Orange, in the county, and State aforesaid, aged 73 years, who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act passed the the 7th of June 1832
that he was born of New-Haven in the State of Connecticutt, on the 4th day of May 1759 the record of his age, being as he believes on the Records of said Town that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated
that at New-Haven his native place in the month of June 1776 he enlisted in a company of Connecticutt Malitia, whereof Jacob Brackett was Captain, and Andrew Humeston Lieutenant, in Col Douglass Regiment in General Wadsworth’s Brigade he proceeded with said company to New York, where he remained on duty until the month of August 1776, when he proceeded with the company, to which he was attached, and to Long Island to reinforce the American forces there stationed, under Lord Sterling who were then engaged in an action with the enemy, the action was not decisive, the parties withdrew from the field, formed their lines, and so remained for several days, when the American forces retired to New-York, he remained in New-York, as he thinks, while about the middle of [document continued on next page]
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of September (1776) when the city was evacuated by the American forces, and the British forces entered the city, he withdrew, with the American forces, and was engaged in the battle of Harlam [?] in this battle, the British were defeated, and restricted to New York, and the Americans kept the field, his next movement, with his company was to White Plains, was in the battle of White Plains, in which the Americans were defeated, and entered North Castle so called, and there he was discharged on the 25th of December, he having served the whole period of six months, being the full term of six months, the period, for which he enlisted.

At New _ Haven aforesaid, sometime in the month of May AD 1777 he was drafted into a company of Connecticutt [Connecticut] malitia [militia] under the command of one Capt. Riggs whose Christian name [illegible] not remember, and was stationed", with said company at a place, called Horse Kick, in Connecticutt, where he remained on duty two months, when he was discharged.

that in the month of September in the year 1778. at New Haven aforesaid, he was drafted into a company of Connecticutt  malitia, under the command of one Capt Potter, whose Christian name he does not recall?, and marched with said company to New London in Conneticutt, where said company was stationed as a guard, he continued on duty; in this company for the span of six months, when he was discharged.

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on his return, from his last mentioned service, at New - Haven aforesaid, some time in the month of November 1778. he joined a company of Connecticutt [Connecticut] malitia [militia] under the command of one Lieut Barnes as a substitute of his father Daniel Hull who had been drafted into said company said company marched from New Haven to Derby in Connecticutt, where it was stationed as a guard, He performed duty in this company for three weeks, when He was discharged

In the month of August in the year 1779 at New - Haven aforesaid, he entered In service, as a substitute for one Eli Sackett was attached to a guard under the command of one Sergaent [Sargeant] Pardee, said guard was stationed at West - Haven in Connecticutt. He did duty therein, for the space of one month. and untill [until] discharged.

In the month of May 1780. at New. Haven aforesaid, he was drafted in a company of Connecticutt malitia under Capt. Joshua Barnes, and served therein one month, and was discharged. during this time he was stationed in New - Haven

In the month of November 1781. at New - Haven aforesaid he joined a company, under the command of one Lieut Brackett

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[Abner Hull was 73 years old in 1832 at the time of this deposition]

as a substitute for one Eliphalet Pardee who had been drafted into said Company, he performed duty in said company one month at New London in Connecticutt [Connecticut], where said company was stationed, In his first service, in Gen? Wadsworths Brigade he thinks, he obtained a written discharge from Gen? Wadsworth, but in the other services, related by him, he received only verbal discharges or dismissals. from his officers. his discharge from Gen? Wadsworth [???] [???] last. 
He has no documentary evidence of his said services. no does he know any [???] eve [???] by whom he is able to prove them.

Since the Revolutionary war, he has been a sailor, that is for a few years after the war he followed this occupation; he then moved, and settled in the County of Delaware, New York, thence to Buffalo. New. York. and thence to the State of Ohio. he has lived at his present place of residence, about, twelve years.

he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares [???] his name is not on the pension roll of any State.

He knows. Caleb Leach and Caleb Alvord Esqrs. his fellow townsmen. (there being no clergymen stationed in the town of his residence,) to where certificate he refers.

Sworn and subscribed in open Court
November 7th 1832
[Signatures]
Abner Hull
Horace Perry
Clerk Complier[?]

We Caleb. Leach, and Caleb. Alvord,
residing in the township of Orange and
State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Abner Hull
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who has subscribed, and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 73 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion

Sworn and subscribed to November 7th 1832 in Open Court [signatures]
Horace Perry
Clerk Com Pleat

Caleb Alvord 
Caleb Litch

And the said Court do  hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and 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 Caleb Alvord & Caleb Litch who have signed the proceeding certificate are residents in the County of Cuyahoga and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

The State of Ohio, Cuyahoga County
I Horace Perry Clerk of the Courts of Common pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing continues the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abner Hull for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this fourteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.

Horace Perry Clerk
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Rev War [Sideways at top of page]

2335
INVALID.
File No. 2335
Abner Hull
Privt Rev War
Act: June 7 1832
Inex: Vol. A, Page 183.
{Arrangement of 1870}
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Abner Gull which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the application did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service and the different grades which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the application obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belied respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes
XIII. If the application has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility or witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 5. 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, And in the following grades; For ____ year ___ months, and ___ days, I served as a ___ For ____ months and ____ days, I served as a ___; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

† QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case whether the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

‡ QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
[hand pointing right] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Declaration 
for
Abner Hull
for 
Cuyahoga Co.  Ohio
18659

The  Department will
please [illegible] to the
care of Saml Starkweather
Cleveland, Ohio