Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2589, John Hall, Va.
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(8-1776) Service Number
Da Hall, John &2589
carded
CONTENTS
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Ohio 7834
John Hall.
of Chiton Coin the State of Ohio, who was a Prinate in the [ineligible] command by Captain Lyon of the Covalry command by in the [ineligible] line for one year. 6 mov infantry. 20.00 
25.00
$45.00
r.d. Cavalry.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. at the rate of 45. Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension ifored the 11, day of April.
B. Hinkson, [ineligible] Ohio.
Annears to the 4th of March 1833.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833.
90.00
22.50
112.50
Revolutionary Clavm,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by [ineligible] Clerk
Book Vol. Page ten
[ineligible] Buck Octo 28/85
[ineligble] 21/54
Same [ineligble] 3/54
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John Hall
8648
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of 
the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

The State of Ohio County of Clinton Ss on 
this 5th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before George J Smith President -Judge and Jesse Hughes Aaron Sewell and James Dakin Esquire his associate in office constituting the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County now sitting John Hall a resident of Clark Township in the said County of Clinton and State of Ohio aged 81 years who after being duly sworn according to law on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and under the following circumstances and served as hereinafter stated to wit about the 1st day of May 1780 this deponent resided in the County of Patrick in the State of Virginia and that he then belonged to a Company of light horse or Cavalry Commanded by one Lifus Shelton whose Lieutenants were Edward Tatom and Jonathan Hanly. 

That about this time last aforesaid the whole company with its officers was called into the service of the United States as this deponent was informed and believes at the special request of General Washington, and was dispatched in pursuit of a Cavalry Company of tories commanded by a man by the name of Coil who was then Scouring the Country with his troop and committing the most horrid 
depredations on the Whiggs residing on and near the Rivers Dan and Holkin in North Carolina and at a place called the Hollows near the head of the Dan River and about the time said Coil and his party had most cruelly and illegally seized and put to death a certain Colonel [William] Letcher a resident within the said 'Hollows'.

The said Company agreeably to said call after parading at the time aforesaid proceeded to said Hollows and endeavored to find the said Coil & his party but were never able to overtake him. They found one band of tories with whom they had a skirmish and dispersed them. From thence  the said company proceeded to Gilbert Town and joined the expedition which had been projected by the Carolina and Virginia Militia against General Ferguson. This deponent was with said Militia in the battle of Kings Mountain. The militia aforesaid were commanded by Colonels Cleavland Shelby and Campbell.  This deponent knew them all well but who was the principal in command he cannot tell.

After said battle said Company of Shelton returned to Patrick County aforesaid and were discharged with out receiving any written certificate to that effect to the knowledge of this deponent. He is unable to state precisely the time of said discharge but to the best of his knowledge and recollection
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it was about the latter part of the month of
October or 1st of November 1780 making a tour of duty of about 6 months.

Afterwards about the 1st of January 1781 there was again an unusual alarm and terror throughout the whole Country on account of the depredations committed in North Carolina and a body of Militia was again raised from the Carolina's and Virginia when this deponent volunteered his services in the Company Commanded by Captain Stephen Lyon and the same Edward Tatesh was elected Lieutenant and Brit Stol at Ensign, attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Lyon. 

The said Regiment first paraded at Taylorsville in said County of Patrick about the 1st day of January aforesaid. From thence they were marched to the encampment of General Greene under whose command this deponent served in said Regiment until after the battle of Guilford. This deponent was in said battle and made a very narrow escape with his life inconsequence of being brought suddenly in contact with a house [horse] when the line in which he was engaged were forced to retreat from a charge of the bayonet from the enemy. After the battle was [illegible] and Cornwallis and his troops had retreated or retired towards the seacoast the said Regiment to which deponent belonged was withdrawn from the service and marched back to said Patrick County where they were discharged about the 1st of April 1781 this deponent having served with them and on duty from the time they entered the service aforesaid. No written discharges were given to any of the soldiers to the knowledge of this deponent. 

A few days afterwards this deponent volunteered his services again for a three months tour of duty in the rifle company of the Henry County Militia of Virginia commanded by Captain James Cowden .
The company paraded at Henry County Court House. From thence it was marched to Charlotte County Court House where they joined the regular troops Commanded by General Morgan. Among the field officers was Colonel [William] Campbell who appeared frequently to have the command. From Charlotte Court House they marched to Prince Edward Court House and from thence to a place called Mud Island the troops were encamped at a place called Mappin Hill where this deponent remained until the month of July when the said rifle company was marched back to Richmond on James River where the deponent was discharged on the 27th day of July 1781 under the proper handwriting of said Captain Cowden which is herewith presented. 

After his discharge he returned to Patrick County aforesaid where he resided until in the  year 1811 when he removed to the State of Kentucky.

When he removed to Clinton County Ohio where he now resides. He was born as near as he is informed sometime the year 1751. He has no record of his age nor does he know that any such record is
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now in existence. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State. He also states that he has no other documentary evidence of his services than the one herewith presented nor does he at this time know of any individual by whom he can prove his services as above set forth
John Hall [his mark] X

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Isaiah Morris, Clk.

We Charles Cline and William Shepherd  residents of the Township of Clark Clinton County Ohio hereby certify that We are well acquainted with John Hall who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be 81 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Charles Cline
Wm Shepherd
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Isaiah Morris, CLK.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter  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 Charles Cline & Wm Shepherd who have signed the preceding certificate are credible persons and that their Statement is entitled to credit and also that they reside in the Township of Clark in the neighborhood of the applicant.

I Isaiah Morris Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Hall for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Wilmington the 15th day of September A. D. 1832
Isaiah Morris CLK

[illegible round seal attached]
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John Hall [ineligible] 32
Ohio-
Ex [ineligible] 
Dec 18-1857
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Schroon Oct 20 1851
Mr Wade
Dear sir I saw an advertisement stating that you would attend to obtaining pension under the late law. Therefore I Thought I would give a statement relative to my Fathers pension and employ you to attend to it if it should be your pleasure My father was a pensioner, receive for services in the Revolutionary war only part pay according to the proof he made of those services We were about to make an effort to obtain more when my Father died and there was nothing more done about it. But it appears that it might now be obtained by his children The papers are all in the pension office proof &c. I wish you would attend to it and reexamine the the papers and let me know what the prospects are as soon as conveniet.
Yours
Henry Hall
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My Fathers was John Hall 
he Died at Perrysburg Ohio 
[ineligible]
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8648 = 7854.
Clinton County
Ohio
John Hall
Allow for [ineligible] 
Cavalry from 1780
[ineligible] 
20
25
45
B. Honkson
[ineligible]
Clinton County
Ohio
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BRIEF in the case of John Hall
of Clinton County in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 81
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. Gen.
[ineligible] in 1780 1781 1781 1781
6 3 3
As a, [ineligible]
Captr Helton of the horse company
Col Fyom
Captr Condon
5. In what battles was he engaged? Skirmish with the [ineligible]
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Patrick County Virginia
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? authenticate
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
John Hitton
Examining Clerk.
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2589
INVALID.
Rev Mar
File No. 2589.
John Hall
Pu. Ma. line
Act: June 7, 32
Index:-Vol. A., Page 157.
[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 John Hall 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 applicant 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 the precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language of definite as the enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled? yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a reliquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of 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 applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service ? Witness only
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant 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?
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 of the witness or witnesses? 
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service ?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?yes
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, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, 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.

IQUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where 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 saine, 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. 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.