Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23679, Gad Hall, Conn.
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Service:; Conn
Hall, Gad
Number: S 23679
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4428
Utica, New Yo
Gad Hall of Onieda in the Sate of New York who was Private in the company commanded by Captain Norton of the Rep commanded by Col. Arnold in the (illegible) line for 17 months 25 days

Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 59 dollars 41 cents per annun to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of pension issued the 18th day of  Jany 1933 and

A to 4th of Sep 1872  $89.12
Semi=anl allowance ending 4th  29.70
$118.82

Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Geo C Stiles
Book D Vol 5 Page 57
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Gad Hall
Oneida County, N.Y.

Private 10,678

1776 Col. Jas Arnolds Regt mil [illegible] 1 1/2 mos.

1777 same Regt Peekskill  4 1/2 mos.

Fall 1777 same Reg 1 1/2 mo.

1779 Lt Parsons at Hartford 3 1/2 m

1781 Capt Chas Norton Co 3 1/2 m
at Hartford 1/2
new Haven 1 1/2

Whole 19 1/2 mos.

B. P. Johnson
Agent Rome N.Y.

17 mos 25 days
Pension to be payable at R. Bank Utica N.Y.
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State of New York
Oneida County }ss
On this 24th day of December 1832 before me personally appeared Gad Hall within named who being duly sworn deposed and says that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows viz:
That in October 1776 he was called out in Captain Camps company of militia. Ensign Charles Burrett had command of the company, in Col. James Arnolds regiment and marched from Durham Conn to Horseneck and served there and at Saw Pells for the full term of four & a half months. Genl Wooster had the general commissioned.

In April 1777 this deponent was drafted in Captain Samuel Camps company, Colonel James Arnolds Regt Conn Militia and marched immediately to Peekskill on the North River in the State of New York, and continued to serve there for the term of four months, two weeks. Genl. McDougall had the command.

In the fall of 1777 the militia was called out en masse and this deponent went in Captain Samuel Camps company Col James Arnolds Regiment and marched immediately to Fishkill in the North River and from there to Peekskill and continued there to serve for the full time of six weeks according to his deponents believe & recollection and for which time he claims allowance. Genl. Putnam had the command.

In 1779 as he believes, about the first of September this deponent was drafted from Captain Samuel Camps
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company and was placed under the command of a Lieutenant Larson, and were stationed at Hartford Conn. And there continued in Service at that place for the full time and period of three and a half months. And was then regularly discharged but had no written discharge.

In the fall of 1781 about the time of the capture of Fort Cornwallis, was again drafted from Captain Samuel Camps company, and was attached to a Captain Charles Norton company. And were marched immediately to New Haven Conn and served there for the full and term of three and a half months, which this deponent verily believes was the term of his service and for which he claims allowance. The officer in command at New Haven was as he recollects Capt Charles Norton.

And this deponent further says that he was called out in the militia at an alarm at Guilford Conn under Captain Samuel Camp and served at that time two weeks. This deponent does not and cannot now distinctly recollect the time of this service. His impression is strong however that it was before the service at New Haven.
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And this deponent further says that he was called out again under Capt Samuel Camp at the time the British came to New Haven and was marched directly to New Haven and served there and at East Haven for the full ends and term of six weeks. This deponent cannot now fix the year of this service, but the time he does recollect of service. The name of the officer in command, he thinks was Gen James Wadsworth.
Gad Hall

Sworn & subscribed the date written before me.
Nathan Kimball} Judge of Oneida Common Pleas

Personally appeared before me the above named Gad Hall to me known as a man of credibility truth veracity and made oath to the foregoing affidavit.
Nathan Kimball} Judge of Oneida Common Pleas

Clerks Office
Oneida County ss.
I Geo Brown, Clerk of the said county do certify that Nathan Kimball before whom the within and foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the signature, "Nathan Kimball" to be genuine. Witness my hand & seal of office this 27th day of December 1832.
Geo Brown, Clerk
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STATE OF NEW YORK
Oneida County }ss.
On this 11th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court in the court of Common Pleas of Oneida County now sitting, Gad Hall a resident of said county and state, aged seventy two years, 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 he was born in Durham, Con 14 July 1760. Record of his age he supposes [illegible]. Lived there when he entered service. Since war has lived at Richmond MS, Rempellanville NY. Now Augusta Oneida Co N.Y. Called out in militia in October 1776 in Capt Camps comp. Charles Burrett Ensign had command. Col Jas Arnold Regt. Went to Horse Neck & said [illegible] and served four and a half months. In April 1777 was drafted in Capt Samuel Camps company, Col. Jas Arnolds Reg Militia marched to Peekskill on the North River, and served there about four months and two weeks. Genl McDougall in command. In fall of 1777 militia called out en masse, went under Capt Samuel Camp, Col. Jas Arnold Regt, marched to Fishkill and then to Peekskill and served about six weeks. Gen Putnam in command. Was drafted int he year 1779 as he believes about first September from Capt Camps compy and was placed under command of Lieutenant Parsons and served three 1/2 months being stationed at Stratford Conn. In the year of 1781 about time Cornwallis was taken was drafted from Capt Camps compy and was attached to Capt Charles Nortons compy and marched to New Haven Con. and served there 3 1/2 months, according to the deponents best recollection. Was also called out under Capt Camp in an alarm at Guilford Conn. Two weeks. but don't recollect the exact time but think it was before service at New Haven. Was also called out again under Apt Camp at time British came into New Haven and served there and East Haven six weeks. but does not recollect [illegible] makers in the
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Guilford Conn Two weeks but don't recollect the exact time but think it was before service at New Haven. Was also called out again under Capt Camp at time British came into New Haven and served there and at East Haven six weeks but does not recollect the when this service was had. Making in the whole 19 1/2 months service. This deponent served many times in alarms at short service, during the war but cannot specify particulars. The whole time would amount to several months.

This deponent never rec any written discharge. And he does not know of any living witnesses to prove his service, but after [illegible] annexed affidavit, said character reputation. [illegible] in Putnam & Wooster cont oth [illegible].

Gad Hall

Sworn & subscribed in open court
We, Philip P Brown and Wm Smith residing in Augusta Oneida County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Gad Hall who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about seventy two 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 & that he is a man of truth and veracity.
Philip P. Brown
William Smith

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph B Read, Dep Clk

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 Phillip P. Brown who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in August is a clergyman and that William Smith who has also signed the same, is a resident in Augusta & a Justice and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court C. Hayden first Judge

I, George Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Oneida Co do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Gad Hall for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this sixth day of Sept 1832.
Geo Brown, Clerk
Joseph B. Read Dep Clk
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Revolution 
23679

INVALID.

File No. 23679
Gad Hall
Pri Rev War

Act June 7 32
Index vol 2, Page 168

(arrangement of 1870)

Durham Con
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admitted
17 mos 25 days
private

[unlabeled calculations]
[illegible]
17
2331
333
5666

5666
275
$5941
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Admitted 
17 mo 25 days
Private
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10,678

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered i the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Gad Hall which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration sow where the applicant resides? It does

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? He did 

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? He has

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?
He has not. a detailed statement of each tour, claimed for, is required

Now detailed

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
He has not 

Now done

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Has

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
He has

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?
It is, it is so distinguishable
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and an other respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
He has

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? He has

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?

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? Not connected as prescribed.

Now corrected.

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them is not so answered?
They are.

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 the 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.

QUERE 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 witness, 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 office who authenticated 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 end 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.