Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13238, Ephraim Hall, Conn Mass.
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SERVICE                                       NUMBER
Conn             Hall, Ephraim          S13238.
Mass.
Carded
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3123
New York
Ephraim Hall
of Onondaga in the State of New York
Who was a Private in the Company  commanded
by Captian Keep of the Regt. commanded 
by Col Shepard in the * Connectictut
line for 10 Mo. and 26 days-

*Mass and Conn
Feb14/06
Records completed. Js
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 36 Dollars 16 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of December
1832----- and sent to OHungerford
Watertown N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept.1832- $54.24
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4Mar33 18.08

$72.32

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Ino Cromwell Clerk
Book D Vol.5 page 127
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10,998.

In the matter of the appla
cation of Ephraim Hall
 of the Town of Col. of Onondaga
N.Y. for a pension under
the Act. of 7June1832

On rolls
Capt, Keep. Col Sheperd
(illegible)
1 Sept 77 to 26 apr 78
7 mo. 76 days Contl army
1 mo Militia
2.~~

10 mo + 26 days-
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State of New York
Onondaga County ss On the Eleventh day of September A.D. 1832 personally appeared in the open court before the vice chancellor of this
seventh circuit of the State of New York holding a Court of Chancery in for the same State, Ephraim Hall a resident of the Town of Onondaga in the County of Onondaga and State of New York aged Seventy-one years one the fourteenth day of September A.D. 1831
who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit  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 about the first day of September 1777 Humphrey Needham in behalf of a class of men in the Town of South Brimfield in the County of Hampshire and Common Wealth of Massachusetts, hired this deponent to Enter the Service of the United  States for a period of Eight months, that  deponent then resided in the Town of Stafford in the County of Tolland 
State of Connecticut adjoining South Brimfield, that a few days afterwards depodent [deponent] with Isaac Fuller & Robert Jennings all of said Stafford who were also hired to enter the Service of the United State were directed to March and did then March to Saratoga in the state of New York to join a company commanded by Captain Keep of the Town of Muason[?] in Said Commonwealth in a Regiment Commanded by Col. Shepherd, who was then absent on a furlough and 
Said Regiment was actually Commanded by
Lieut Col. Sprout, that Said Regiment belonged to General Gloves Brigade- Deponent arrived at Saratoga in October and on the day after the Battle between the British Army commanded by
General Burgoyne and the American Army
Commanded by General Gates, deponent was not in said Engagement, deponent then joined said
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Company- The next day asfter the Surender of 
General Burgoyne, the Regiment Commanded by Said Col. Sprout in which deponent was, Marched for Albany and the next day about sunrise, the regiment arrived at Greenbush, opposite of Albany, same day were taken across the river to the City of Albany, there they pitched their tents & remained there about two weeks, then they went aboard of a ship and sailed to Coeymans about fourteen miles south of Albany when they landed and commenced preparation to go into winter quarters, they remained there a few days when orders were received to march, they marched on the west side of the River several miles, then crossed  the river to the East Side & marched to Fishkill or Peekskill and which he cannot remember, at which plan the Regiment crossed the River to the west side, marched through New Jersey to a place called Smoking[?] Hill about four or five miles [illegible] of the City of Philidelphia
they remained there four or five days, then
marched to Valley Forge on the Schuylkill
River, and there joined the main army under
General Washington and there remained till
about the first of May of the same year, when he with said Isaac Fuller Robert Jennings and on Ichabod Munger were discharged and went
home together- That said Munger lived in said Town of Brimfield and Hired as a substitute at same time deponent did, his was taken sick & did not join the company until after the Regiment went to Valley Forge, That said Fuller, Jennings, & Munger were in the same Company; that General Washington remained with the Army at that place during that winter- that while there deponent assisted to build a Bridge across the Schuylkill
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under the Command of General Sullivan- They were Eighteen days on the march from Coeyman Landing to Philidelphia- Deponent was not in any battle, that he Deponent, in April 1779, was drafted as a militia man out of a company of militia Commanded by Captain Josiah Converse in the Town of Stafford and State of Connecticut- he was marched
 to New London and Stationed in a Garrison at
Fort Trumbull, under Command of Captain
Converse, Deponent was in Said Service one month, that in the fall on 1779. Hezekiah Fisk of Stafford belonged to a company commanded by said Converse and was drafted, deponent hired to said Fisk to serve in his place as a substitute deponent did serve as a substitute in a company there commanded by [illegible] Converse from [illegible] Town two months- deponent was born in Mansfield in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut, the record of his birth as he is informed & believes is kept in the Town Clerks office of said Town he lived in the Town of Stafford in the ^County of Tolland,^ where he entered the Service-
after peace he resided in the Town of ^Mansfield ^ [deleted word] in the County of Tolland & State of Connecticut about six years, He [several deleted words]  then moved 
to Duanesburgh in the State of New York
lived there thirteen or fourteen years, then moved to the town of ^[illegible] Montgomery^ [several deleted words] & remained there one year then moved to the Town of Onondaga
where he now resides, deponent has not got
any documentary Evidence of the facts herein
Stated, he is well acquainted with William
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Abbey & William Balch & was acquainted with 
him during the time of the revolution, deponent
does not know any person by whom he can 
prove his service as a soldier of the revolution
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity, except to present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.

Ephraim Hall

Subscribed to & sworn this day [illegible] written

David Moseley
Circuit Judge
Vice Chancellor
[deleted words]
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State of New York
Onondaga County  William Abbey of the Town of Onondaga in said County, on the 11th day of September 1832 personally appeared in the Court of the Chancellor of the State of New York held in said county before the Vice Chancellor of the Seventh Circuit & having duly sworn deposeth & saith that he was seventy four years of age the 14th day of April last past, he was born and brought up in the town of Mansfield in the County of Windham & state of Connecticut & resided there until about forty years since when he moved from that place. Deponent was well acquainted with Ephraim Hall now of the town of Onondaga & who has this day in said court made a declaration to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832. He knew said Hall in said Mansfield prior to the time of the War of the Revolution. They were boys together, that said Hall's father & family moved to the town of Stafford in said Connecticut about twenty miles distant from the place of residence of the deponent, the deponent remembers that during the war of the revolution he heard that said Ephraim Hall had gone as a soldier to he taking of Burgoyne, that some time afterward & during the [illegible] was heard from the said Ephraim Hall & others that said Ephraim was gone about eight or nine months & that he went to Philadelphia during the time. That said Hall some years after the close of the war of the revolution married a sister of this deponent, & was understood & respected in the town of Mansfield and elsewhere when the deponent was acquainted. That said Hall
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did serve as a soldier in the army of the revolution several periods, deponent further saith that after the war of the revolution he moved from said Mansfield to Duramburgh in the state about a year before the said Hall moved there. That they lived in [illegible] near neighbors about thirty years ago about which time, then within about a year apart moved to said town of Onondaga where they have lived as neighbors, about eighty [illegible] distant from each other.
William [illegible]

Subscribed & sworn to before the court the day & year first written.
Daniel Moseley
Circuit Judge & Vice Chancellor
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State of New York
Onondaga County} ss. William Balch of the town of Onondaga in said county on this eleventh day of September 1832 personally appeared in the court of Chaucer held for said state in said county before the vice chancellor of the seventh circuit in open court & having sworn says he was sixty seven years of age in Jan last. He was born & brought up in Mansfield in the county of Windham, state of Connecticut. That he became acquainted with Ephraim Hall of the town of Onondaga who has now appeared in the said court this day to make his declaration in regard to his service, as a soldier in the revolutionary army, he became acquainted with said Hall one or two years before the close of the revolutionary army, deponent served as a soldier at New London, came home & was at said Halls wedding in Mansfield. He married Jerusha Abbey, a daughter of Gideon Abbey. Deponent doesn't know of his own knowledge that said Hall served as a soldier but it was generally reputed and understood at the time of the war that he did serve as a soldier at several times. He remembers hearing it talked about he went to Saratoga to the catching of Burgoyne, deponent has no doubt but that said Hall did serve as a soldier at several times in the army of the revolution. That deponent moved from the state of Con
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-necticut to the town of Onondaga about the time said Hall moved from Durhamburgh to said Onondaga where he has resided ever since and has always since been intimately acquainted with him.
William Balch

Subscribed & sworn to the day & year first written.
Daniel Moseley
Circuit Judge & Vice Chancellor

The Solomon Gardner a clergyman residing in the town of Onondaga and William Balch residing in said town & county of Onondaga to hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Hall of said town who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be of the age as in his affidavit hath stated, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion.
Solomon Gardner
William Balch

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Daniel Moseley
Circuit Judge & Vice Chancellor
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And the said court do hereby declare his 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 further that it appears to him that Solomon Gardner who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Onondaga & that William Balch who has also signed the same is a resident in the county of Onondaga and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Daniel Moseley
Vice Chancellor

I Daniel Mosely Deputy Clerk of the Court of Chaucers of the State of New York for the seventh circuit of the state of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contain the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of this application of Ephraim Hall for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 11th day of September AD 1832 at the town of Onondaga & in the county of Onondaga.
Daniel T. Moseley
Deputy Clerk
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Brief No. 10,998

Ephraim Hall

on rolls
1 Sept 77 to 26 Apl 78
7 mo 26 days

admitted
10 mo & 26 days

O. Hungerford
Watertown N.Y.
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No 10,998.

BRIEF in the case of Ephraim Hall of Onondaga County of Onondaga in the state of New York

(Act 7 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?
71 years

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

[column titles]
Period.
Duration of Service.
Rank.
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

In 1777 about Sept 1, 8 months, as private, Capt Keep, Col Shepherd, Lt. Col. Sprout

1779 April 1 month, private, Capt Josiah Converse

1779 fall, 2 months, private, Cap Jos Converse

5. In what battles was he engaged?

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

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

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
They appear correct

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Ord
Examining Clerk
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WASHINGTON September 14, 1931

BA-J/AWF

Mrs. H. T. Jeffery
14 Stafford Street
Palmyra, New York.

Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.13238, that Ephraim Hall was born September 14, 1761 in Mansfield, Windham County, Connecticut.

While residing in Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut, he enlisted September 1, 1777 and served eight months in Captain Keep's company, Colonel Shepard's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted in April 1779 and served one month in Captain Josiah Converse's Connecticut company; and enlisted in the fall of 1779 and served two months in Captain Jesse Converse's company.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 11, 1838, then a resident of Onondaga, New York.

Soldier married soon after the Revolution (no date given) in Mansfield, Connecticut, Jerusha, the daughter of Gideon Abbey.

A son, Ephraim, stated in 1857 (at that time in Michigan), that his father had been dead about fourteen years, that his mother had died about twenty-five years ago; and that his father had a second wife, who died a few years after his father's death, and that there were no children by the second wife.

Other children by first wife were referred, their names were not shown.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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[illegible] Oct 5 1838

Dear Sir
Yours of the 2nd [illegible] is at hand and in reply say that you have misassocated my letter or else I have not been explicit enough myself, which is very probable. My inquiry was or ought to have been had should the widow of a deceased pensioner deems this anxious, when this certificate is lost. I allude to the case of the Widow of Ephraim Hall. You have been burnished now with the blanks, but in those blanks the certificate must be given which I cannot do if it is lost, and I have never seen it.
I am yours respectfully
Nathan J. Bovee

Hon. J. L. Edwards

Ps. We name D. F. Sacia Esq for Congress in our district.
M. J. B.
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[illegible] Nov 25 57

Com of pension
Dear Sir
My Father was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and for his service he was pensioned at the rate of half pension. He commenced drawing his pension about 25 years ago and drew it until he died as near that time he died about 14 years ago. My mother died about 25 years before my father. My father did not leave any widow as rather he left one but she died in a few years after my father died. He had no children by his second and last wife.
If you think there is anything due the children of my father, will you please to send the necessary forms and instructions to be observed in order to obtain what may be due. I think he [crossed out "was pens"] paid out Albany NY. His name was Ephraim Hall.

Ephraim Hall
s. of Direct to S. Fitzgerald
At Albian Calhoun Co Michigan
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3-397
(old No. 3-399)

O. W. and N. Division
Pen File No 13238
Ephraim Hall
Rev War

M. R. Ex'r

Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D.C. Jan 30, 1905

SIR:
For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of Ephraim Hall pensioned under the act of June 7, 1832 by certificate No. 3153 issued Dec 15, 1832 at the New York agency, showing date of last payment and to whom paid and if possible date of soldier's death.

Very respectfully
J. L. Davenport
Acting Commissioner

THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Treasury Department.

[stamped]
O. W. & N. DIVISION
FEB 2 1906
RECEIVED

U.S.
PENSION
OFFICE
A
FEB 2 1906

OFFICE OF AUDITOR FOR 
INTERIOR DEPT
FEB 1 1906
Pension Division.
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United States Senate

Washington March 10, 1928.

Colonel Winfield Scott
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, DC

Sir:
I have the honor to submit the following communication, and to ask that the request made therein be complied with if possible.
When the matter is disposed of, will you kindly have the letter returned to my office, and oblige.

Yours truly,
HIRAM BINGHAM U.S.S.

[stamped]
U.S.
PENSION 
OFFICE
MAR 12 1928
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Washington, D.C. Mar. 10, 1928

Respectfully referred to
Colonel Winfield Scott
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Ephraim Hall
Conn and Mass. Pension S 13238

Respectfully
by direction
HIRAM BINGHAM U.S.S.

[stamped]
U.S.
PENSION 
OFFICE
MAR 12 1928
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This came on letter from F.C. Bissell 1009 W. Boulevard Hartford, Conn. Letter returned to Sen. Bingham [illegible]
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Ephraim Hall [crossed out]

Oct 9, 1838

G.B.

Record of 47 page 321
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War Dep
Pension Office
Oct 9, 1838

Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 5 inst. I have to inform you that the widow of Ephraim Hall, if she cannot find her decd husband's certificate, must, in order to obtain the balance of pension due to him, proceed according to the instructions contained in the enclosed furnished sheets. The rule No. 7 is very clear on the subject of a lost pension certificate.


Hon. M. J. Bovee
Amsterdam, N. York
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Ephraim Hall
Decd
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Pension Office, Dec. 18, 1837

Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 25th November last, I have to state that as it appears the pension of your father, Ephraim Hall, was paid to the date of his death, no arrears could possibly be due you. Children of a revolutionary soldier are only entitled to the small amount accruing between the past payment to a pensioner and the date of his death. No land could be due you in this behalf.

Ephraim Hall Esq
Care of S. Fitzgerald,
Albion, Calhoun Co, Michigan
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Rev War
13238

INVALID.

File No. 13.238
Ephraim Hall
Priv Rev War

Act June 7th 1832
Indes: vol. 1, Page 163
(arrangement of 1870)
Mansfield, Con

Jan 30 1906 Aud for Int dept for date last payment and to whom & date of soldiers death. M. R.

1928 mch 3 - hist to Hon. Hiram Brigham for F. C. Bissell

1931 Sept 14 Hist to Mrs H. J. Jeffery. See letter in Jesse Hall s. 8366
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section

March 13, 1928

Honorable Hiram Bingham
United States Senate
Washington, D.C.

My dear Senator:
In response to your letter of the tenth instant, with enclosure from Mr. F. C. Bissell, 1009 West Boulevard, Hartford, Connecticut, I have the honor to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 13238, it appears that Ephraim Hall was born September 14, 1760 at Mansfield, Windham County, Connecticut.
While residing at Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut, he enlisted September 1, 1777 and served eight months in Captain Keep's company, Colonel Shepard's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in April 1779 and served one month in Captain Josiah Converse's Connecticut company, and enlisted in the fall of 1779 and served two months in Captain Jesse Converse's Connecticut Company.
He was allowed pension on his application exe-
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cuted September 11, 1832, while a resident of Onondaga, New York.
Soldier married soon after the Revolution at Mansfield, Connecticut, Jerusha, daughter of Gideon Abbey.
Their son, Ephraim, stated in 1857 (at that time he was in Michigan), that his father had been dead about fourteen years, and that his mother had died about twenty-five years ago; and that the soldier had a second wife, who died a few years after the soldier, and that there were no children by the second marriage. The name of second wife is not given.
Your letter from Mr. F. C. Bissell is herewith enclosed.

Very truly yours, 
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner