Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18863, Jacob Hall, Mass. N.H.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Mass.
N. H.

Hall, Jacob

NUMBER
S. 18863

CONTENTS

carded
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28.487.
Vermont
Jacob Hall
of Windsor in the State of VT
who was a pvt  Ser in the (blank) commanded by Captain (blank) of the Rgt commanded by Col Whitney in the Mass. & N.H. - line for 7 mos. 27 days -
and N.H.

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838.  from 4 March to 4 Sept 1837.
Agt notified 5. Nov 1838

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont - at the rate of 28- Dollars 54-Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pensions issued the 28th, day of June. 34   and (illegible) 
Everette, H.R.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar; 34                 85.62
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept "        14.27
                                                             ________
                                                             $99.89
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by C Rice, Clerk
Book C   Vol. 3   Page 72.
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5947
Jacob Hall
Decleration
__

Col Chase regt
Capt Chase
Jacob Hall Sergt
discharged 16 June of 1777
Served illegible 10 days

When an Examination is had on the 
within I wish the returns sent to me
Walter Palmer
Woodstock VT July 5th of 1833
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STATE OF VERMONT,
WINDSOR COUNTY, SS.
On this 25th day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared
in open Court before the Judge of the Probate Court of Hartford District now sitting, Jacob Hall a resident of the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged Eighty Three 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. In the year 1775 he lived in Croydon New Hampshire in the fall of the said year he went to Nantucket and took the place of a young man by the name of Berries and served two month.

in 1776 about the first of January he enlisted into Capt Cerrys Company in Colo Whitneys Reg
iment (State Troops) for three months marched to Dorchester Stationed there untill his time was out and returned to Sutton Mass. in 1777 he enlisted into Capt John Putnam Company Colo Whitneys Regiment for three months marched to Dorchester Stationed there until his time was out and returned to Sutton- illegible in 1777 He entered into Capt John Putnam company Colo Whitneys Regiment for three months marched to Fishkill N York state and spent time there marched to New Jersey state there a short time then went to a place called illegible illegible Brook in New Jersey staid there until his time eas out then returned home to Croydon in the Spring of 1777 he went as a Sergeant  in Capt Chase Company in New Hampshire Militia marched to Mount Independence and staid one month and then returned home in the fall of said year he went as a Sergeant in Capt illegible company illegible marched to Pollet (Pawlet) Vermont staid a short time then marched to Saratoga staid a short time and returned home having served one month or there abouts- in 1780 in October he lived in Hartford Vermont Hw illegible came to Royalton Vermont he went in the militia to said Royalton illegible ten days or more and returned home
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he has no documentary evidence & knows of no person whose testimony he can [illegible, may be produce] who can testify to his services

he was born in Sutton Massachusetts the 2nd day of February (Old State) At 1749 where it is recorded he now lives in Hartford Vermont & has lived there more than fifty years & is known to most of the inhabitants in Hartford & in Woodstock in particular to [illegible] Austin Hazen & Lionel Richardson who can testify to his [illegible] for [illegible] & their belief of his service as a Solider of the Revolution.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.}

L A Marsh, Register Jacob Hall

We, Austin Hazen a Clergyman resident in Hartford and Lionel Richardson residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jacob Hall -- who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 83 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.

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,} Austin Hazen, Lionel Richardson, LA March, Register

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 Austin Hazen who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Hartford and that Lionel Richardson who has also signed the same, is a resident in Hartford and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, Lyndon A Marsh Register of the court of Probate for the District of Hartford do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Hall for a Pension.

In testimony thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 25th day of August A.D. 1832

L A Marsh, Register
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Jacob Hall
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I Nathaniel Burdon of Charlton in the County of Worcester and commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testify & say:  That Jacob Hall of Hartford in the state of Vermont formerly of Sutton in the county of Worcester Massachusetts enlisted into a company of State troops raised in the said town of Suttan and nearby Stanbridge and Charlton and all in the said county of Worcester commanded by Capt Johathan Carriel of said Sutton about the last week in December. 1775. and was in the same company with me.  The company marched to Milton in the vicinity of Dorchester Massachusetts and remained there until the first of May following.  The said Jacob Hall was with the company during the whole time. being four months. and about fifteen days.  I was there the whole time and personally know that said Jacob Hall was in the company doing duty four months and fifteen days. since we were in the same mos. and were both discharged at the same time and came home together to Sutton fore part of May in 1776 -
                                                     Nataniel Burdon

Worcester Ss. July 11th. 1832. Then personally appeared before me the above named Deponent and made solemn oath to the truth of the above - and I certify that he has long been well known to me and is entitled to full credit
                                                           Jonas L. Sibley Justice Peace
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I Josiah Hall of Sutton in the County of Worcester and commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy three years. an oath of depose and say, that I enlisted in the month of April AD 1776. into a company commanded by Capt Janathan Carriel of Sutton. for the term of seven months and marched to Boston about forty miles and was stationed at Nantasket Heights about nine miles below Boston and remained the whole time of seven months. doing duty - I helped build the fort on Saccamano's Island in Boston Harbor. - while I was there my brother Jacob Hall came there and enlisted into the same company with me. and did duty for the term of three months. and was taken sick and came home before my time was out - He enlisted for the whole time of my service. after he came down which was about two months after I left home - but be the said Jacob was taken sick after he had been with us three months and came home to Sutton.
                                                              Josiah Hall

Worcester Ss. August 30th.1832. Then personally appeared. before me the above named deponent and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition. and I hereby certify. that he has long been well known to me and is entitled to full credit

                                                  Jonas L. Sibley Justice of the Peace
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I Samuel Bixby esq lived in the county of Worcester state of Massachusetts aged 76 years do on oath depose and say that I entered the service as a militia man in the month of Dec 1776 in a company commanded by Capt John Putman of Sutton whose officers were Lts Phase and Lovell in Col Josiah Whitney regt. I marched to Danbury Conn thence to Bound Brook N Jersey where I remained three months the term of my enlistment when I was honorably discharged by verbal permission, that Jacob Hall of Sutton was waiter to our Adjutant during the same service and at the expiration of the three months he was honorably discharged that I was well acquainted with him at that time. 
                                           Samel. Bixby 

Worcester Aug 14 1832
Then personally appeared before me the above named deponent and made solemn oath to the truth of above and I certify that he has long been well known to me and is entitled to full credit.
                                
                                                 John Davis
                                                            Justice of the Peace
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I Josiah Hall of Sutton in the county of Worcester state of Mass aged 72 10/12 do on oath depose and say that in April 1776 I enlisted as a militia man in Capt Johnathan Carrell's company in the regt of Col Josiah Whitney. I marched to Boston where I remained about six weeks thence I went to Point Shirley where we remained some time building a fort, thence I went in a sloop to Nantasket where I remained till the remainder of my seven months were out when I was honorably discharged by a verbal permission, that my bother Jacob Hall joined us at Nantasket and to the best of my recollection remained with us about four months when he was discharged as above and further that I know that my brother Jacob enlisted in a company commanded by Capt john Putman of Sutton and that he was absent three months and more and was always believed and refuted to have been three months in the militia service in Bound Brook New Jersey.
                                          Josiah Hall

Worcester Aug 14 1832
                           Then personally appeared before me the above named deponent and made solemn oath to the truth of the above and I certify that he has been long well known to me and is entitled to full credit.
                                          John Davis Justice of the peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester. Ss.
I Abijah Bigelow, clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Worcester, do certify, that Jonas L. Sibley and John Davis, Esquires, before whom the annexed Depositions of Nathaniel Burdon, Josiah Hall, Samuel Bixby, and Josiah Hall, were respectively signed and sworn to, are Justices of the Peace within and for the county of Worcester - and the signatures of said Justices to the certificates of the oaths of said Deponents, appear to be in their own proper hand writing. 

In testimony whereof, I hereto set my hand, and affix the County Seal, this fourteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.

                              Abijah Bigelow, Clerk
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59. 47
Jacob Hall
M
Admit as private
6 mo 17 d
Sergeant
1 mo 10
28.54
Hon H Everett
H R
Walter Palmer
Vt
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                                  WAR DEPARTMENT,
                                                  Pension Office,
                                                      May 13 1837

  Sir:
           The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus:  }).    You will, when you return your papers to the Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Jacob Hall Windsor Co N.H.
____________________________________________________
Period when the service was rendered.
Sub: fall '75
Duration of the claimant's service.
2 Months.
Rank of the claimant.
Pr.
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
(Blank)
Age of present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
83 H.H.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
(Blank)

Period when the service was rendered.
Jary '76
Duration of the claimant's service.
1 Month 7 Days
Rank of the claimant.
" (Pr.)
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Proof Col Whitney 
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
(Blank)
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
(Blank)

Period when the service was rendered.
" (Jary) '77
Duration of the claimant's service.
3 Months
Rank of the claimant.
" (Pr.)
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
" " (Col Whitney)
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
(Blank)
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
(Blank)

Period when the service was rendered.
Spring '77 -
Duration of the claimant's service.
1 Month
Rank of the claimant.
Sergt.
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
(Blank)
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
(Blank)
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
(Blank)

Period when the service was rendered.
'80 -
Duration of the claimant's service.
10 Days
total= 1month 10 days Sergt.
Rank of the claimant.
Pr. - Sergt.
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
(Blank)
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
(Blank)
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
(Blank)

Duration of the claimant's service.
2 Months
1 Month 7 Days
3 Months
             10 Days
_________________
6 Months 17 Days

                 I am, respectfully,
                        Your obedient servant,
                                    J. L. Edwards,
                              Commissioner of Pensions.  

Mr. Jacob Hall
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
Thie law has been construed to extend as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.    

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLATIOIN,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Acy of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
          State, Territory, of District of ___________ County of __________} ss.

On this __________day of __________personally appeared (a) before _________________A. B. a resident (b) of __________in the country of __________and State, Territory or District of __________aged (c) __________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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United Stated in the year (d)__________, with__________and served in the __________(e) regiment of the _________line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. 
-> This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militias, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of __________
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                             A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I __________of the Court of __________do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of __________for a pension.  
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of ________ &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot by found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the state troops, Volunteers, or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman. residing in the ________and C. D. residing in (the ame) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with __________, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be  __________ years of age; that he reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the __________ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, __________Clerk of the Court of __________ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ________ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _________ day of _____&c.

(Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.   This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither if these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of a least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstance connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.)                                                              +
(If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his)
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(alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be excepted.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.)

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, of Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1.  Where and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary was, and where do you now live?
4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And is a substitute, for whom?
5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.  {To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
     {To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.  The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
______________________________________________________________________________
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, 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.  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."

(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 that they served two years in the militia, &e. 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 shown 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 au 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if h 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.

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 papers 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.

Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
-> The notes from [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] (The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.)

* proof if possible
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(illegible) 28487
REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. Div.

MEMORANDA.

Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.

Full name of soldier:  Jacob Hall

Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)  Hartford   Windsor County   Vermont
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)  Hartford   Windsor County   Vermont

Date of death (as near as possible):  About 1840

Christian name of widow:  Wife died first - 

Did either he or (his widow crossed out) receive a pension?
Do not know.  Wish to ascertain if he was a revolutionary pensioner.  Find name Jacob Hall in town history, as doing guard duty in Sate during years 1780 and 1781 - but do not know if he was regularly enrolled in Continental army and entitled to, or received pensions during his life.

Your name and address:  
Mrs. E. M. Jones
114 - 9th St. S.
Minneapolis Minn

6-870
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[illegible], Jr
Mr. Everett
WOODSTOCK, VT
JUN 20
FREE

Hon Horace Everett
House of Representation
Washington D.C.

Hon. H Everett
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Woodstock June 19th AD 1834
Dear Sir
enclosed is a certificate from the Secretary of State
of Mass relating to the Military Service of Mr
Jacob Hall of Hartford Vt. whose declaration was sent 
to the War Department the 4th of Sept 1832 which was sent back for some amendment & was returned to the
War Department the 5th of July 1833, the 19th of October
1833 - I read a letter from the War Department (is) the letter was of the state requesting 
further explanation, which Mr Hall endeavored to do
but having no further testimony & he being so deaf that
it is with much dificulty that he can understand any
thing he could do no more than he then did,
I then read a Letter from the War Department
to you wherein further proof of the service of Mr
Hall in Colo Whitney Regiment was required and
accordingly I sent & obtained the wittness Certificate
which is hoped will be satisfactory to the Department
& that a Pension Certificate will be granted Mr Hall
which no person who knows him will doubt his
claim, I do not know that you are personally
acquainted with Mr Hall He is a Brother or near relative of the Mr Hall who lives in Windsor; is a good old man
Mr Hall labors under great difficulties he is
very deaf as I observed before & his mind & memory
are
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as much impaired & he is almost a child again.
I know of nothing further that Mr Hall can
do as to having further proof he must submit
his case as it

if you will be so good Sir as to
present this certificate to the War Department &
attend to the case of Mr Hall you will him
a very great favor

I am very sorry to thus
trouble you Sir but Mr Hall is very anxious
to obtain his pension certificate

Respectfully yours
Walter Palmer
Hon. H. Everett
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Hon. James L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington D.C.

[seal]
Woodstock Vert
Oct. 2

Free
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Woodstock Vermont Oct 2nd, 1833

Hon I. L. Edwards Commor.. of Pensions

Sir
By your letter of Sept 25th 1833 it appears that objections still exist in the case of Jacob Hall who applies for a Pension the objection is that in his amend to my declaration he claims more service than in his first declaration which must be supports (supported) by direst proof: which is supposed to have been done by the affidavit which accompanies his papers sent the last time: unless some mistake was made, the testimony was processed in maybe & sent to me after his papers were sent to the War department the first time. & I thought it as well to amend his declaration as to make a new one: as he is an old gentleman.  His mind & his memory very much impaired & so Deaf that it is next to impossibility (impossible) for me to make him understand what I say to him: therefore I know of nothing further that can be done.  I think by a further examination of the testimony sent with his papers the last time it will be found that the proof agrees with his last declaration if not we must if posible (possible) correct the mistake or let his Pension be agreeably (agreeable) to the time he has proven as the testimony now at the War department is undoubtedly all that can be proven in relation to his
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claim: & his mind memory & hearing are so much impaired that any thing further from him would not help the matter:  He is very confident that his services amount to the term of time stated in his amendatory declaration & says that he was very much mistaken in his first &c
        Respectfully yours
                             Walter Pulman

Hon J. L. Edwards
 P.S. on the 4th of September of 1832 I sent to the War Department with a number of others the Declaration of Jacob Doubleday of Sharon Vermont & all of the cases have been returned as what that which has not been heard from I should be glad to know the situation of it if a Certificate has been sent & has miscarried we should try to look it up &c.
                                    W. Palmer
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, June 16th 1834.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books
and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of
the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears
that the name of Jacob Hall, as a private,
is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt. Jonathan
Carriel's Company in Col. Josiah Whitney's
Regt in the service of the State of the
Massachusetts Bay for three months pay
from the 1st of August to the first of November.
Camp at Hull, Nov. 2d 1776, where he is allowed
"One month and seven days."-- m. d. 1=7
Jacob Hall's name is borne on a Pay Roll
of Capt. Jonathan Carriel's Company, in
Col. Josiah Whitney's Regt where he is
allowed for the month of Novr 1776, for
services & travel one month & four days. -- 1=4
Jacob Hall claims for services under Capt.
Putnam, in Col. Whitney's Regt. but the roll
he described is not found in this Office.
Edward D. Barys Ly
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Treasury Department
Second Comptroller's Office
Oct 25 1838

Sir;
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Jacob Hall a Pensioner on the Roll of the [Bellory] Falls Vt. Agency at the rate of Twenty eight Dollars and fifty four cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837 to the 4th Sept 1837.

Respectfully, your, Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
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State of Vermont  Woodstock July 5th AD 1833
Windsor County SS Personally appeared before me
the undersigned a Justice of peace within & for the
County of Windsor Jacob Hall who being duly
Sworn deposeth & sayeth that by reason of old age
& the consequent loss of memory (at the time he
made his Declaration in order to obtain a Pension
which this is an addition or amendment thereto)
he omited to mention one term of service which 
was in 1776 that in the month of June in said year
he went to Nantucket near Boston & entered into
Capt Jonathan Carrel Company in Colo Whitneys
Regiment & did duty there three month was their taken
sick & was dismised & returned home, he further deposeth
& sayeth that since making his said declaration
he recollects that his second term of service instead of being
three month was four months & fifteen days --
that 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 & in the following grades -- 
For one year & twenty five day I served as a
Private & for two months I served as a Sargeant
& for such service I claim a Pension & for the time
during which the service was performed I was not 
inployed in any civil pursuit that I served with an
imbodied corpse called into service by competent
authority, & performed the service as I have stated in my
said Declaration. I further depose & say that since I
made my said Declaration I have obtained the testimony
that accompanies this to prove my service, but I know
of no person living who can testify to my service as a 
Sergeant in the Militia or my service in 1780
I further depose & say that although I was appointed
& did the duty of a Sergeant I never had a
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Sargent Warrant & when I was discharged from
the service I never had a written Discharge at ┃
the expiration of either of my term of service
Jacob Hall
Sworn to the day & year first above written -
Before me
Edwin Hutchinson Justice Peace
State of Vermont
Windsor County SS
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of
Windsor County Court do hereby
Certify that Edwin Hutchinson who
has affixed his name to the above
& within is a Magistrate duly
qualified, & that the same is his Genuine
Signature,
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed the
Seal of said Court at Woodstock
this 5th day of July AD. 1833
Benj. Swan
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18 863
INVALID
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File No. 18,863
Jacob Hall
Sergt Rev War
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Act: June 7n 82
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 166
[Arrangement of 1870]

May 1896
sold pens
to Mrs Em Jone
Minneapolis, M
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