Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4478, James Hall, Va.
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
Va.

Hall, James
Margaret

NUMBER
R. 4478

NC

CONTENTS [blank]
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See letter 2 [illegible] 1804 to N. L. [illegible]
26676
East Tennessee
James Hall
of the County in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the com [company] commanded by Captain Preston of the regt commanded by Colonel in the N Carolina
line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of East Tenny at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per ann to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Apr
1834 and [illegible] Lee House of Reps.

Arrears to the 4th of March                240.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept     40. 00
[total]                                                  $280.00
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk
Book E Vol. 7 Page 46
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State of Tennessee
Blount County 
September Session 1832
On the 25th day of September personally appeared in open Court, before the acting
Justices of the peace for said County, and for the Court of pleas and quarter session now sitting in and for the County of Blount James Hall and being first duly sworn according to law, doth, upon his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832.
This applicant states, this
that he was born June 29th 1766 the State of Pennsylvania (the County not recollected) From
thence he was moved at an early age to the State of North Carolina and County of Gilford
From thence he was moved to Montgomery County State of Virginia. At which place he entered the service at the age of 17 or 18 under the command of Capt. Preston as a volunteer. He further states, that he was in the service from time to time about two years as well as he can recollect, but to say precisely time for which he volunteered from the first he cannot now recollect. But to the best of his recollection it was about one year, during which time he says, he was in no regular battle, but that he was in several little skirmishes, and at the expiration of the above mentioned time he says, he enlisted and before his term expired the [illegible]
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tended. He states, that when he enlisted, that he was placed under the command of Capt Jas Campbell in the light horse-- He says further, that he was under the command of Colonel William Campbell during which time he states, that he was in the battle fought at the Shallow ford on the Atkin [Yadkin?] River
This applicant states, that after his time as a volunteer expired he returned home, and enlisted and entered the service at Montgomery Cty Virginia - From thence he says, that he moved things Mountain-- From thence he marched to Kires Mountain - From
thence he marched to the Atkin River and fought the battle mentioned above, and continued in the service afterwards untill [sic] the war ended, From the State of Virginia he moved to Washington County State of Tennessee from thence he moved to Kentucky Logan County from thence he moved to the State of Tennessee Davidson County from thence he moved to Washington County in same state. From thence he moved to Blount County in the same State of Tennessee where he has remained ever since. This applicant states, that he does now recollect whether he recd a discharge or not; he says if he did, he does not now recollect what has become of it. He says furthermore, that he can prove by George Caldwell and George Ewing that he was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he
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as is stated above in this his declaration - He further declares, that he is not on the Agency
of any State- and that he hereby relinquishes
every claim whatever to a pension or annuity
except the present-
Sworn to and subscribed in open
Court it being a Court of Record this
25th day of September 1832
James Hall

I William Fogg a Clergyman resident in the
County of Blount and State of Tennessee do certify, that I am well acquainted with James Hall Jr. who have sworn to and subscribed the
above declaration; that he is a man of good
character, and his statements are entitled to full  - credit

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court it being a Court of Record this 25th Sept 1832

Sworn to & subscribed
in Open Court Sept 25 1832
Wm Fag L D M C
Jac. F. Foute Clk
The Court of pleas and quarter Session now
setting for the County of Blount do hereby declare it to be there [sic] 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 solder, and served as he states. and the Court further certify that it appears to them that William Fagg who has signed the above
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certificate is a Clergyman, and resides in the State of Tennessee and County of Blount, and is entitled to credit

Robt Houston ┃
William McTeer
Sam Henry
We George Caldwell and George Ewing resident of the County of Blount and State of Tennessee, do hereby
hereby declare upon oath, that that James Hall was a revolutionary solder and that he serve several towers [tours] as a revolutionary soldier

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 25th day of September 1832
George Ewing
George Caldwell
X
his mark

Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court Sept 25th 1832
George
Jac. F. Foute Clk
B D D Heule D. C.

State of Tennessee Sct
I Jacob F. Foute Clerk of the Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions of Blount County Tennessee Do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Hall for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my signature
and seal of Office at Office in Maryville 28 September
1832
J. F. Foute
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State of Tennessee
Monroe County
On this the 13th day of February 1840
personally appeared before the subscriber
John Knox a Justice of the County Court for said County (the same being a Court of record)
Margaret Hall, a resident of said County in said State, aged seventy two years (so will as she can ascertain, and as she truly believes,) who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of James Hall late of said Monroe County, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner in accordance with the provisions of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832, and who died on the 11th day of March 1836
Your petitioner refers to the Declaration of the said James Hall deceased, now on file in the War Department, for a detailed account of his services in the Revolution, which declaration
was established by the proof required. She further declares that she was married to the said James Hall (so well as she is informed or can ascertain) in the first week of September
1782, that her said husband died as above stated March 11th 1836, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, 1794, viz at the time above
Stated. She states that she was married in Virginia near what is now Wythe County Virginia, on cripple Creek, by a German Preacher of the Gospel, in accordance ┃
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she thinks with the form of the church of England She has no record of the marriage, and never has had since the book in which it was recorded was taken to first see by Quint Hall her husbands brother, many say 30 years ago. The said quiet Hall is now dead, and the she knows not where the record is.
She is able particularly to state the services of
her husband; but understood he was in the battle at the shallow ford of the Yadkin. Her said husband was when he obtained the pension, was a citizen of Blount County, T. [Tenn.], but removed afterwards to said Monroe County, where he died.
She does not know that there was ever any record of her marriage, except that she had the date of it in the confession of Faith, which Quint all took off long ago, at least 30 years &
she knows nothing of it-- he being long since dead.
Margaret Hall
X
her mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me the date first written

John Knox
Justice of the County Court for Monroe County
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State of Tennessee 
Monroe County    ⎬

Personally appeared before me John Knox a
Justice of the County Court for said County
On this February 13th 1840 James Wyly aged 77 years and Harris K. . Wyly aged about 70 years who having been by me duly sworn according to law, depose and say that they are will acquainted with the Petitioner Margaret Hall, and one well acquainted with her  husband the late James Hall decd.  - that the said James Hall decd was the identical individual who applied for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, and was placed on the pension roll, and a certificate issued from the War Department intitling him to draw $80. per annum. The said James Hall resided in Blount County when he applied for a pension; but afterwards moved to said Monroe County where he died March 11. 1836. They state that said Margaret Hall and James Hall were married in what is now Wythe County Virginia by a high Church Minister. The
ceremony was performed in the customary legal manner, and said married couple lived together in matrimony until the death of said James Hall. The said marriage took place soon after the close of the Revolutionary War, or at least after the service of said Hall was rendered, tho' some skirmishes occurred
probably afterwards. Said Margaret Hall has not been since married to any other person. Affiants were present at the marriage of said James & Margaret Hall and were also personally acquainted with said James
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Hall at the time of his death, and saw him after his death Affiant James Wyly served with said James Hall during the Revolutionary war, and refers to his statement on file in the
War Department in proof of said James Halls services.
James Wyly
Harris K Wyly

Sworn to and subscribed before me this Feby 13 1840
John Knox
Justice of the County Court for Monroe County

I John Knox one of the Justices of the County
Court for Monroe County Tennessee, certify that Margaret Hall who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration before me is by reason of bodily infirmity utterly unable to attend in Court, which is held at least twenty miles from the place of her residence. I do hereby also certify that James Wyly and Harris K. Wyly who have been qualified by me to
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the foregoing affidavit, are credible persons,
and their statements entitled to full credit - 
that said affiants are men of respectability
the said James residing in Blount and said Harris K. Residing in said County of Monroe
John Knox
Justice of the County Court
for Monroe County Tenn

I James M. Broyles Clerk of the County Court for Monroe County, Tennessee, certify that  John Knox whose name is subscribed, in his own hand writing to the foregoing declaration of Margaret Hall, and to the foregoing affidavit and certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of said Court, the same being a Court of Record.
witness my signature and seal of Office at Office in Madisonville this the 24th day of February 1840.
James M Broyles Clerk

[seal illegible]
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14.765
Margaret Hall, decd.
wid of
James Hall, decd.

4478

July 7th 1838

James W. Newman
Knoxville,
Tenn
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Power of Attorney
Know all men by these presents that I James W. Hall of the County of Monroe and State of Tennessee do hereby nominate constitute and appoint G Watkins of the city of Washington my true and lawful attorney, in my name place and stead, to prosecute the General Government of the United States for all arringes of pension due my late mother Margret [sic] Hall, at the day of her death, under the act of Congress of July the 7th 1838.
Hereby giving my said attorney full power to examine all papers which may be on file,  to file all additional evidence, to recieve [sic]  all communications in relation to the same, and to do any and all things which I might do or cause to be done were I personally present at the doing thereof.
Hereby ratifying, and confirming all that my ┃
said attorney may lawfully do in the premises
by virtue thereof. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 5th day of August A D 1852.
James W. Hall

Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of
Wm Heiskell
J. W. Newman

State of Tennessee
County of  Monroe ss.
Be it known that on this the 5th day of August A.D. 1852 personally appeared before the subscriber, an acting Justice of peace in and for said county, Mr James W. Hall and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purposes therein contained. In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand the day and date above written
Wm Heiskell
Justice of the peace for
MonroecCounty Tennessee
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Declaration
State of Tennessee
County of Monroe ⎬ S.S.
Be it known that on this the 5th day of August A.D. 1852 personally appeared before the subscribed an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county, Mr James W. Hall, and made oath in due for of law that he is a son of James Hall who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of eighty dollars, and died on the 11th day of March A.D. 1836, leaving a surviving widow Margret [sic] Hall, affiants mother, who died on the 20th day of May A.D. 1840, leaving the following only surviving children John Hall, Caswell Hall, Elizabeth Kelsoe, Euphafama
Persley, Mahala Upton and affiant in this declaration Affiant further declared that the marriage of his mother the said Margret [sic] Hall and his father the said James Hall, took place previous to the first day January A.D. 1794, viz; in the year A.D. 1783 for proof of which affiant would refer the department to the attached family record of his age. Affiant makes this declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of July the 7th 1838, and for proof would refer the Department to that which is upon file and that
accompanies this declaration
James  W Hall
Sworn to and subscribed the day and date above writen [sic] befor [sic] me, and I further certify that James Hall, who was a  Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of eighty dollars per annum died on the 11th day of March A.D. 1836 leaving a surviving widow Margret [sic] Hall, who died on the 30th day of May A.D. 1840, leaving the folowing [sic] only surviving children, John Hall, Caswell  Hall, Elizabeth Kelsoe, Mahala [illegible], Euphama Persley, and James W. Hall who makes the foregoing declaration. I further certify that I believe the attached family record contains a faithful record of the age of said James W. Hall. I further
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BIRTHS.

James W Hall June
Was Born on the
8th day of July in
the year 1787

Arty [Artemesia] Hall 
was Borne on the 18th day
of July 1809

Calvin M. Hall was 
Borne on 29th day of May 1811

Samuel P Hall
Was Born on the
9th day of October 1813

BIRTHS.
Uphamy Hall
was Born on the
the 17th day of December
1815

John P  Hall was
Borne on Febuary [sic]
11th day 1822

Joseph C. Hall
was borne on the
16th day of December
1820

William S Hall was
Born the 9th day
of March 1822.
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MARRIAGES.

James Hall &
Ruth Parks was
Maried [sic] 23rd day
of December 1808

Silvester Cobb &
Arty Hall
was Married Oct
13th day, 1825

Margaret Hall.
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FAMILY RECORD.

BIRTHS.
James C. Hall Junior
was Born the 13th of
January 1824

Silvester Y. Hall
was Born the 28
of March 1826

Caswell Hall March
was born
the 31st, 1828

Ruth Margaret Hall was
born on March 7th
1830
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FAMILY RECORD.
DEATHS.
Joseph Parks
Departed this life on
the 30th day of April
to 1816

James Hall Sen [Senior]
Departed this life
on 11 day of March
1836 Age 75

Margaret Hall
departed this Life
the 30 May 1840
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that James W. Hall who makes the foregoing declarasion [sic] is a man in whom full faith and credit may be placed and his oath would be taken in any court of Justice where he is known. In Testamoney [sic] whereof I have hereunto set my hand this the 5th day August A D. 1852
William Heiskell
Justice of the peace for
Monroe County Tennessee

State of Tennessee
County of Monroe
To wit;
I John, A. Stephens Clerk of the county court of the county and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to show that James Hall was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at
the rate of eighty dollars per annum died on the 11th day of March A.D. 1836, leaving a surviving widow Margret [sic] Hall, who died on the 30th day of May A.D. 1840 leaving the folowing [sic] only surving [sic] children, James W. Hall, John Hall, Caswell Hall, Elizabeth Kelsoe, Euphama Persly [sic] and Mahala Upton. I farther [sic] certify that William 
Heiskell, Esq. before whom the foregoing papers were had is an acting Justice of the peace and in and for the county and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and the signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set ┃
my hand and affixed my official seal, in
Madisonville Tennessee this the 5th day of August A D. 1852.
John A. Stephens Clk
By A.T. Hicks D. [Deputy] Clk

[seal illegible]
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State of Tennessee
County of Monroe ⎬ SS.
Be it known, that in this the 7th day of March A.D. 1853, before the subscriber, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared, the James Hall a resident of said county, and made oath in due form of law, that he is the identical person who is making application for a pension as one of the only surviving children of Margret [sic] Hall deceased, that the attached record, purporting to be a record of the ages of the children of James Hall and Margret Hall [sic] is taken from the family Bible of said James and Margret [sic] Hall and is genuine. Affiant father [sic] declares that his reasons for not filling this record with the other papers were it was then in the posession [sic] of another brother of affiant. Futher [sic], by these presents, affiant constitutes and appoints T. W. Newman of Knoxville Tennessee his true and lawful
attorney to prosecute the General Government
of the United States for his claim, before the
proper Department in Washington City. Hereby
revoking any and all former powers of Attorney.
James Hall [seal]
X
his mark

Sworn to and subscribed the day and date
above writen [sic] before me, and I futher [sic]
certify that James Hall who makes the foregoing declaration is a man in whom full
faith and credit may be placed and his oath
would be taken in any Court of Justice where he is known
David Lowry [seal]
Justice of the Peace for
Monroe County Tennessee
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State of Tennessee
County of Monroe ⎬ SS.
I, J. A. Stephens Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that David Lowry Esq.
before whom the foregoing declaration was had, is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and sworn, and the signature purporting to is genuine.
Witness my hand and official seal, this 9th day of 9th March A.D. 1883
John A. Stephens Clerk
By A.T. Hicks D. [Deputy] Clk

[seal illegible]
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FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
James Hall, Senior 
was born on the 29th of June In the year of our Lord, 1760,)

Margaret Hall, was Born
[illegible] A.D. 1768

James Hall Jnr [Junior]
was born on the 8th day of
July in the year of our Lord 1787

John Hall
was born on the 4th Day of
November In the year of our and 1789

Elizabeth Hall was
Born in the year of our Lord 1791
March the 6th

Famy Hall, was Born on
the 27th of February in the
year of our Lord 1795
 
Martha Hall, was Born
on the 16th of November in the
year of our Lord, 1798,

Patty M. M. Hall, was Born 
on the 22nd May In the
Year of our Lord, 1801.

Ibby Hall, was Born on
the 9th of November in the year
of our Lord, 1803,

Andrew Hall, was born
on the 3d of March in the
year of our Lord, 1806,

Caswell Hall, was Born
on the 21st of November in
the year of our Lord, 1808,
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[677]
FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
Caswell Hall
Was born on the 21st
of November in the
year of our Lord, 1808
---

Mary Ann Hall
Was born on the 11 of
June in the year of
Our Lord - 1815

And was married
The sixth of
September 1832

MARRIAGES.

86 4R
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In a matter of a Pension vested in Margaret Hall, widow of James Hall, late a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;

State of Tennessee
Monroe County SS
This day personally appeared before me William Heiskell a justice of the peace and one of the justices of the county Court for the County and State aforesaid James Hall Jr. a resident of said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, depose and say, that he is the oldest living child of James Hall late of Blount County, Tennessee, and of Margaret Hall, his widow, now deceased, late of Monroe County, Tennessee; that his father James Hall senior, was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 at the rate of eighty dollars per annum; that his father the aforesaid James Hall senior, died on the eleventh (11th) day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six (1836); that Margaret Hall, the widow of said James Hall, and mother of this deponent, and the [blank] day of February eighteen hundred and forty (1840)
made a declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, which was forwarded to the Pension Office, & which declaration, together with the
the original declaration and proofs of service of the said James Hall, on which he was placed on the Pension Roll for the agency of East Tennessee on the 25th day of April 1834,
now on file in the Pension Office, are hereby referred to; that the aforesaid Margaret Hall's attorney, James A. Coffin Esqr. of Madisonville, Monroe County, some time after forwarding her declaration as aforesaid to the Pension Office received from the Commissioner of Pensions a letter requiring proof of the marriage of the aforesaid James Hall & Margaret Hall, and before
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the proof of Marriage could be had and forwarded to the Pension Office the said Margaret Hall died, to wit on the thirtieth day of May Eighteen hundred and forty; that until very recently he was not aware that the heirs at Law might successfully assert and prosecute
a claim where a soldier or his widow had died before a certificate was issued thereon, hence he did not then further prosecute the claim vested in his mother by the above recited act, and to secure the benefits of which she had previous to her death made her declaration as aforesaid; that this deponent, James Hall Jr. was born, agreeably to his father's family record, from which he took a transcript but knows not where the original is-- on the (8th) eighth day of July, seventeen hundred and
eighty-seven, (1787) & that there was one child older than himself, which died in infancy; that the following children of the aforesaid James Hall & Margaret Hall are yet living, to wit, James Hall Jr, John, Elizabeth, now Elizabeth Kelsoe, Euphema, now Euphema Pursley; Mahala, now Mahala Upton who all reside in Monroe County, Tennessee; and Caswell, who resides in Bradley County, Tennessee
James Hall

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd day of April 1845
Wm Heiskell
A justice of the Peace

State of Tennessee
Monroe County
I William Heiskell an acting justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with James Hall whose affidavit has this day been made before me, and that he is a credible person and his statements entitled to
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entire belief; And I further certify that I was also well acquainted with James Hall Senr. before his decease and know that he was a Pensioner of the United States, that the above named Margaret Hall was the widow of the said James Hall senr, deceased and the mother
of James Hall  Jr. whose affadavit [sic] precedes this certificate and that the death of the above named James Hall Senr. and Margaret Hall are correctly given by the said James Hall in his affidavit this day made before me as aforesaid. And I further certify that the following is a true copy taken from the family record of the said James Hall Jr. with the exception of the date, which is herein expressed in words and figures, and that the said record is in fair legible figures, as follows.

"James Hall Junr, was born on the eighth (8th) day of July in the year (1787) Seventeen hundred and eighty seven

James Hall senr. departed this life on the eleventh (11th) day of March eighteen hundred and thirty-six (1836)
age (75) seventy-five

Margaret Hall departed this life the thirtyeth [sic] of May eighteen hundred and forty (1840)"

Given under my hand this 3rd day of
April 1845
Wm Heiskell
A Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee
Monroe County    ⎬
This day personally appeared before me William Heiskell a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Monroe &  State aforesaid James Wiley a resident of Blount County and State aforesaid a pensioner of the United States now aged eighty three years, who
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being first duly sworn doth on his oath depose
and say that he was at the marriage of James
Hall and Margaret Wiley, his sister, in what was
then Montgomery County, now Wythe County Virginia on Cripple Creek, and that the celebration of said marrige [sic] was had on the [blank] day of [blank] seventeen hundred and eighty two, or, thereabouts that the marriage did not take place prior to James Halls leaving the service but previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninty [sic]-four-to wit at the time above stated. He further deposes that James Hall died on the 11th day of March 1836 and that Margaret Hall died on the 30th day of May 1840. He further deposes that he is not interested either directly or indirectly in the result of the claim of said Margaret Hall deceased.
James Wyley
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 3 day of April 1845
Wm Heiskell
a Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee
Monroe County    ⎬  ss
I. William Heiskell, a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with James Wyley who has sworn to and subscribed the above affadavit, [sic] that he is a pensioner of the United States and is a credible and intelligent
person
Given under my hand this 2nd day of April 1845.
W Heiskell
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State of Tennessee
Monroe County Sct
I. John A. Stephens, Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that William Heiskell, is a Justice of the peace in and for said County, and one of the
Justices of the County Court for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his commission was dated on the 21st day of March 1842, and will expire on the 21st day of March 1848. and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the said County, this 16th day of April 1845
John A Stephens Clerk

[illegible raised seal]

State of Tennessee
Monroe County    ⎬ SS
I, John Carson, presiding Justice of the County
Court in and for said County and State, do hereby certify, that John A. Stephens is the
clerk of said Court, duly elected and qualified as such, and that full faith and credit are due
all his official acts.
Given under my hand this 16th day of April 1845.
John Carson [seal]
Chairman of the County Court
for Monroe Co. Tn.
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Maryville Blount Co. Tn
April 22nd 1845
To the Commissioner of Pensions:
Dear Sir:
I herewith enclose evidence in the claim of the late Margaret Hall, widow of James Hall deceased, late of Blount County, Tn. Mr James A. Coffin, Esqr, Clerk of the Chancery Court at Madisonville, Monroe, Co. Ten assures me that he prepared a declaration for the said M. Hall, sometime in February 1840, which he forwarded to the Pension Office & in a short time received a letter from the Commissioner requiring proof of Marriage of James Hall & Margaret Hall, and that owing to her death shortly after he abandoned the further prosecution of the claim The Evidence of Esqr. James Wyley, one of the most respectable citizens of Blount County, is now furnished to prove the marriage. From the to have great lapse of time he was unable to name the day and month, but knows that it was sometime previous to his own Marriage, which, if I mistake not, was early in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three.
If it is Indispensibly necessary, he is of opinion that among his old papers he may find something, that may enable him to state the precise date.
I am respectfully Yours &c.
Montgomery McTeer for
M & W McTeer

J. L. Edwards, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D C
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The amended Declaration of James Hall
State of Tennessee 
Blount County

September Sessions of the Court of pleas & quarter Sessions in & for the County of Blount 24th Sept 1833

On the 24th day of September 1833 personally
appeared James Hall in Open Court and after
having been sworn according to law doth make the following amended declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832. This applicant states to the best of his recollection he entered the service as a private soldier in the revolutionary war in 1778, he served as a volunteer under the command of Capt. Preston first was afterward placed or transferred to the command of Capt Isaac Campbell who was Capt of the light house was in the battle fought at the Adkin river, and continued in served until the termination of the revolutionary war. He state confidently he was in the service for two years he believes several months more, but owing to old age his memory is impaired and he cannot State with precision, the length of time he served more than two years, but knows well he  served two
and more, that he continued in the army until
the close of the war. He further state the two Captains
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under whom he served the Preston & Campbell that the commanding Col. was Col. William Campbell. There were other officers of inferior grade, whose names at his now advanced age he cannot recollect-
James Hall
Sworn and subscribed in open Court this 24th Sept. 1833.
Jo. D. Foute Clk Bt. [Blount] Tenn.

I James Wiley citizen of the County of Blount
County & State of Tennessee, state upon oath having been duly qualified in open Court that I have known James Hall the present applicant from the time he was in the revolutionary war until the present at that time I should judge him to be about 17 or 18 years old- I know he was in the service for I served at the same time
I know he served two years certainly and I
believe several months more, but how many
months more I cannot state precisely. I was
then myself a young man in the army & was in a situation to know and had a full
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knowledge of the actual service of the said James
Hall for two years at least I believe we both served
more
by several months-
Sworn to & subscribed
in open Court 4 Sept 1833
J. D. Forte Clk B. For
James Wyle
We the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions now sitting
for the County of Blount do hereby certify that we
are acquainted with James
Wiley a citizen
of Blount County and to the service
of James Hall before us in open Court, that we
believe him to be a man of truth and his
1
is many desirous to be accreditedfurther
certify that George living and George
Caldwell whose names are subscribed to the
original declaration, are men of good character
and their testimony may be fully relied on
Wm Williamson
the
Robt Houston
Presiding Justice
1
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State of Tennessee
County Court of Blount
Sept. 24th 1833
I Joseph D. Foute Clerk Pro Tem of said County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing
amended declaration and certificate therein contained were made had in the County Court of Blount on the September Last of said Court 1833 and that William Williamson Jeremiah K Mosler & Robert Houston were the Justices of the peace then presiding and holding court --
In witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office in Maryville 24th Sept 1833
Jo D. Foute
Clerk Pro Tem
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The further amended Declaration of James Hall
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832. On this the 26th day of March 1834 James Hall the applicant for a pension personally appeared in open Court, it being the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Blount in the State of Tennessee, and after being duly sworn made the following amended Declaration - He states as to the particular periods of his service that after mature reflection on his part revolutionary services and conversing with his old brother soldiers who served with him he can confidently state the first term he served in the revolutionary war was for the period of three months which was in the year 1778- at this time we were called Minute Men as one even compelled to be ready at a minutes warning-- at this time I was in Capt. Isaac Campbell's company, and
William Campbell was Col Commandant The next period was for six months in the same
year and under the same officers-- I then
served three months at a time until the war ended. I know in the whole I served two years certainly and I believe several months more but I do not wish ask com
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[com]pensation for longer services than I am certain I am entitled to-- I am now aged and infirm and it cannot be expected that I can recollect with precision the days and months that have long gone by. I am certain of the period of three months, first of six months [illegible] and that the other period I served three months at a time until the end of the war, making I know in the whole two years certainly-- I was in actual Service -
James Hall

Sworn to in open Court 26th March 1834
Nathl. [Nathaniel] Ragan Clerk
of Blount County Court

Personally appeared in open Court this 26th March 1834. George Caldwell aged upward of seventy four years, and after having been duly sworn made the following statement, I was acquainted with James Hall the present applicant for a pension in the year 1778. He had served three months before I entered the army. I was in the service with him in the revolutionary war in 1778. After I entered the service James Hall and myself with many others served six months under Capt Isaac Campbell and Col. William Campbell commanded. I Know the applicant James Hall
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was in actual service at the periods I have
named for I knew him intimately and saw him
in actual service the other tours were for
three months at a time until the end of the war  I can state confidently as to the particular
period I have named and including the other
three months tours until the end of the war I am confident the said James Hall was in actual service for two years certainly. I believe for several months longer but of to years I feel certain.
George Caldwell
X
his mark

Sworn to in open Court 26th March 1834
Nathaniel Ragan Clerk
of Blount County Court

We the undersigned Justices of the peace for
County of Blount now holding the Court of
pleas & quarter Sessions for said County of
Blount in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that we are acquainted personally with George Coldwell, a citizen of the County of Blount who has deposed before us in open Court as to the services of James Hall the applicant for pension. We believe said George Caldwell to be a man of truth and respectability and from our knowledge of him and his character certify we believe him to be
entitled to full credit-
Given under hand & seal
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Robt. Houston  [seal]
Justice of the peace 

Eleven Hitch  [seal]
Justice of the peace

John William   [seal]
Justice of the peace 

The State of Tennessee Sct.
I, Nathaniel Ragan Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions of Blount County & State aforesaid, hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original and amended Declarations and proceedings of Court, in the matter of the application of James Hall for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office in Maryville, County & State aforesaid, this 8th day of April A.D. 1834
Nathaniel Ragan Clerk
 
[seal illegible]
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Maryville Tennessee
October 22nd 1849

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Com of Pensions

Sir:  As attorneys, attention has been recently called by the heirs, to the claim of the late Mrs Margaret Hall widow of James Hall late of Monroe County Tennessee and it is with reluctance again call your attention to the matter; but our duty to the Heirs demands it,
By the act of July 1 1848. The evidence upon which a pension has been granted an officer
or soldier of the Revolution shall be deemed
conclusive upon the application of his widow,
and upon proof by her that she was married
to such officer or soldier prior to Jan 1st 1794
and that she is a widow. she shall thereupon
be placed upon the Pension roll at the same
rate such officer or soldier received during
his lifetime
In your letter of Sep. 29. 1845 you say: "In the case of Margaret Hall the additional evidence is sufficient to establish the date of the Marriage." We know not the practice of the Department under the act of July 1 1848, but the heirs claim that, as the right of Pension was vested in their mother by the Act of July 7th 1888, and in consequence thereof must revert to them; and as satisfactory proof of Marriage has been rendered, and viewing the act of July 1 1848 as merely directory for the government of the Commissioner of Pensions, they flatter
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If the full amount of Pension which the late husband drew cannot be allowed, they cannot conceive why all should be denied.
Very respectfully
M & W Mc Teer
Attos [Attorneys] for the Heirs of
Mrs M. Hall

J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Com. of Pensions
Washington
D. C.
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REJECTED
4478
Margaret Hall
widow of James
Service: [blank] 
Enlisted:[blank]
Discharged:[blank]
Application filed:[blank]
Alleges:[blank]
Re-enlisted:[blank]
Attorney:[blank]
P. O.[blank]
[blank]Recognized.
[blank]Contract.
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Knoxville Tennessee
August the 9th 1852.
Hon. A. G. Watkins
Sir
Enclosed you find the revolutionary pension claim of the heirs of James Hall, which you
will please file in the pension office You will perceive that I took the liberty of naming you as the attorney.  I at first drew up the papers in
the name of Joseph Bryan of Washington but he was unwilling to acknowledge it before the magistrate, he said that he knew you, and thought it best to substitute your name. Will you please urge this claim, and one of Will. Hulls, which I sent you some months since,
before the adjournment of the present session of Congress, and greatly oblige,
Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
James W. Newman
For T. W. Newman
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Panther Springs
Nov 11 1852

Dear Sir

Your favour of the 8th is to hand. I also recieved [sic] a note a few days since in reference to the same matter which I ought to have answered immediately-- but other pressing engagements induced me to delay it until now. The application to which you refer was received and filed on the 11th of August - but if it has been examined I have received no information of the fact. I will
attend to it in due time
Your friend
A. G. Watkins
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Knoxville Tenn
March the 11th 1853

Sir;

Enclosed you will please find some additional evidence in the claim of the heirs of Margret [Margaret] Hall decd., of Monroe County Tennessee.
I presented the claim some five months since through the Hon. H. G. Watkins; but you will see at the at the conclusion of the evidence declaration, that I am appointed the attorney.
The claim has been on file a long time and I demand on immediate Investigation.

Respectfully your
obt [obedient] Servt [Servant]
J. W. Newman, for
T. W. Newman

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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Knoxville Tennessee
July 30th 1853

Sir:

When I was in Washington City, we examined the Pension Office for papers in the case of the heirs of Mary [Margaret] Hall widow of James Hall or Hill, as it is written in the pension roll
in my possession of the Blount County Tennessee pensioners act of July 7th 1832, and we could not find said papers. The papers were filed, according to the enclosed letter of the Hon. A. G. Watkins on the 17th of August last. Since that time, in March last, some additional
testimony has been forwarded. Please examine again for the papers

Very respectfully,
T W Newman
By Jos. W Newman
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Margaret Hall
wid of James
Tennessee - Suspended

July 7 1838
Act 26 June 1848
J. A. Coffin
Letter to att [attorney] & M McTeer
19 1841
[illegible words]

Hon. Wm M Cocke Apr. 2 '46
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Maryville, Tn. FREE
9th April

To the Hon. Luke Lea
Washington City
District Columbia

Hon L. Lea H. R.
Apl. 23. 1834
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Maryville Apl 8th 1834
Dear Sir,
Inclosed [sic] are the original and amended
declaration of James Hall on applicant for a pension. The original was sent on same considerable time since, but owing to several
defects it was sent back when I was applied
to by Mr. Hall to have it amended-- I did so and still the seemed to be one objection to wit that the periods of service were not specifically designated. This objection is non  abinated as the last amended declaration shows clearly two several definite periods and that after these period he served three months at a time until the termination of the war. I do hope there will be no further difficulty. The old gentlemen by and all doubt entitled to a pension, he served two years certainly as is fully shown and he believes as do the  witnesses several months more-
He is now quite aged and infirm and it cannot be expected after the course of so many years, he can recollect with precession the days and months of his service. Those who seven with him on similar proof have been allowed their pensions. He is a man
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whose character for veracity is unimpeached
and is one among the most respectable citizens of Blount County-- I presume you know him well. He lives on the Tennessee in the lower part of this County. He tell, me he is well acquainted with you and Judge White - He served with the Judges Father, and respectfully requests that yourself and the Judge would be so kind as to bestow some attention to his application for a pension. I full confident there cannot now exist any legal objection as all the proof shows clearly the old man is entitled as a private Soldier for two years service-
You will please answer this communication soon as practicable directed to me at Maryville as I wish to inform the old gentleman of the result soon as it may be in my power-
I am in respectfully
Yr. Obt. [Obedient] Svt. [Servant]
John A. Aiken

Hon Luke Lea
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Madisonville Tenn
Feby 23. 1840.

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commr. of Pensions

Dr. Sir,

In case the enclosed declaration is in any respects defective you will please advise me in the matter; and if it is properly made out please enclose the certificate to the or to my care, as the old lady lives at a distance, and is entirely
confined by reason of the infirmities of age.
Respectfully
James A. Coffin
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14,288

James Hall

Tennessee

Adm 2 years
$80.00

Hon. L. Lea

John A. Aikin
Maryville Tennessee
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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
James 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? [crossed through]
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No
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 amout [sic] of pension he is entitled? No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the 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? Yes
XIII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [crossed through]
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?
[crossed through]
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? Yes
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? No.
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? No
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 satisfactorily?  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
[blank]months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] 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 objection able. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case 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 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.
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.

The applicants first service it is presumed was as a minute man. The time engaged in actual service should be computed only His holding himself in readiness to service when called upon did not constitute a claim. The time at which he enlisted should be stated and the regt & line to which he belonged should be stated. The regt will be sufficiently designated by giving the name of the Col. under whom he
served. More satisfactory proof of his services
under his far enlistment is required.
Nov 5 1833
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Maryville Tenn.
August 16th 

12064
August 1, 1845
[illegible] Ann White.
July 7, 1838


Margaret Hall & Robert Rhea
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Robert Rhea

J. L. Edwards, Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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Maryville Tn August 5th 1845,
James L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions:

Sir: 
Herein enclosed you will find evidence in the Claim of Mrs Margaret Hall, widow of James Hall, late a pensioner of the United States - proof both of service and marriage
Also evidence of the service of Robert Rhea of two years and upwards- at present borne on the Pension Rolls for the agency at Knoxville, at the rate of $40 per annum.
Also, the original papers and evidence, in part of service, and evidence of marriage in the claim of Mrs Ann White, widow of Gordon White, late a pensioner of the United States, at the rate of $200.33 on the Rolls of the Knoxville Agency for Blount County.
We trust we have complied in every essential particular in the requirements of the Executive regulations in these claims - all the papers having been passed and approved in open Court.
We would mention the fact as corroborative testimony & standing of Messrs Wyley & Rhea, altho' [sic] not evidence in itself of their alleged services, that we have had exhibited to us by Mr Wyley a Captains Commission & Mr. Rhea a Lieutenants Commission in the Virginia militia, held by them respectively, immediately after the revolution, and by Mr. Rhea the commission of Captain, if not the first, among the very first ever issued by the authorities of the Territorial Government of the Territory S.W. of the Ohio and by Mr Wyley a commission of Justice of the peace issued by the authorities of Georgia, and he has held a similar commission from the State of Tennessee. But we trust their character for veracity and intelligence is sufficiently attested by the officers without the recital of these facts-
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the evidence of Esqr. Wyleys service is borne on the files of your office, as well as partial evidence of the service of Mr Rhea.
Enclosed with Mrs Whites papers you will find
an Original Family Record of the births of the children of Gordon and Ann White, in Gordon White's own handwriting, which will be sufficiently attested by comparing it with his signature attached to his original application for a pension, and we are compelled in part to
refer to the original evidence on which he was
pensioned for proof of service. No one where he is known doubts the credibility and intelligence of Mr James Caruthers, by whom we prove the marriage of Gordon White & Ann Diddle, late Ann White. We applied to the Clerk of Augusta County Court for a certificate of said Marriage, & through a friend, received
a verbal answer that no records of marriages were to be found in his office of an earlier date than 1796. Hence we "produce the best evidence the nature of the case will allow." The record we send with the papers, we took out of an old Psalm book which had been the property of the said Gordon White, and which had remained with his son until placed in our hands. No Family Record of the exact date of the marriage is to be found, but Mr Caruthers establishes the fact of the marriage having
taken place one year or more before the birth of their oldest child Ibbe, now Ibbe Hutchison
Very Respectfully
Montgomery & William McTeer

James L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Maryville Tn. Aug. 6th 1845

James L Edwards Esqr
Com. of Pensions:

Sir:

 We wish to enquire in behalf of the Heirs of John Caldwell late an invalid pensioner of the United States, whether, upon application, any law relating to pensions would allow them to draw what might have been due their father had he been allowed a pension for total disability-- which fact they can establish by all those of this neighbors who were acquainted with his condition-- the examining physician, were not personally well acquainted with him. The family are very poor, consisting of two daughters unable to obtain a living by labor, and an idiot diseased son, scarce able to take care of himself, all unmarried. Should you encourage the application, our services will be
ordered gratuitously.
Statement
John Caldwell was a private in Captain Gilmore's Company & in Tripletts regiment - had his right arm broken above the elbow at the Battle of Cowpens - was placed on the Invalid Pension Roll September 4th 1789 under the act of the 7th June 1785 at the rate of $40 per annum- Pension increased to $64 per
annum 24. April 1816, and the same day transferred from Virginia to Knox Co. His pension was raised to full pay- October 22. 1825, and he died 25 February 1829. As much
to as allowed he drew in his lifetime, but the heirs allege Messrs can establish by the most respectable testimony among to their immediate neighbors of the said John Caldwell & his [illegible] acquaintances, that for ten years or upwards immediately proceding [sic] his death, he was totally disabled from procuring a living by labor. If arrears would be granted on the establishment of these facts from reliable evidence, such as we have named, we will prepare their papers, otherwise it would be useless
Very Respectfully,
Montgomery  & William McTeer



Jas L. Edwards Esqr. 
Com. of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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In a matter of a Pension vested in Margaret Hall, widow of James Hall, late a pensioner of the United States by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"

State of Tennessee
Blount County       ⎬ SS.
I, James Wyley a resident of the County of Blount and State aforesaid a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 - aged eighty-two years, do hereby certify that I served in a company of cavalry in the Revolutionary war under Captain Isaac Campbell Lieut. Michael Gleaves-- Ensign William Dean - Col Walter Crocket Maj. Floyd. Gen. William Campbell - that I entered the service early in May 1780 in Montgomery County Virginia, I was in service in said company and regiment as well as my memory serves me, from associated events, until June or July 1788. that previous to my service in said corps, I had been on several detachments of Virginia militia for short terms under Capt Love, Preston, & others, amounting in all to
five or six months; that the said James Hall late of Blount County, Tennessee, and also a pensioner, was in service with me all the time in said company under Captain Isaac Campbell & Col. Crocketts Regiment, and in most of the
detachments of Va. Militia above named, amounting in all to between two and three years
And I further certify that I was at the celebration of the marriage of the said James Hall and Margaret Wyley, which was celebrated by the Rev. Mr. Brooks, a Presbyterian minister of the Gospel, and which took place in cripple creek in Montgomery County, Virginia shortly after my return home from the army, to wit, in seventeen hundred and eighty two (1782)-- about two years previous to my own marriage, which took place on the 6th day of July (1774) seventeen hundred and eighty four; and that the said Margaret Hall
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is the same person to whom the said James Hall was then married as above named
James Wyley

Sworn to and subscribed                            
before me this 30th July 1845 ⎬
Wesley Earnest [seal]
a justice of the peace
for Blount County

I,  Wesley Earnest one of the acting justices of the peace & one of the associate Justices of the County Court in and for the County & State aforesaid, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with James Wyley, who has this day made and subscribed the above deposition
before me-- that he is a credible and intelligent person and a pensioner of the United States, and that I believe him to be eighty two years of age.
Given under my hand this 30th day of July 1845.
Wesley Earnest [seal]
Justice of the peace
for Blount County

State of Tennessee
Blount County SS
At a County Court begun and held at Maryville
on the 4th day of August 1845 for the County and State aforesaid, came the Heirs of Margaret Hall late of Monroe County Tn. by their attorneys and submitted to the Court for approval the act of Wesley Earnest Esqr one of the Justices of said Court before whom the preceding deposition of James Wyley was made in support of the Claim of the said Margaret Hall for a pension under the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838. And the said Court hereby approves of the above recited act of Wesley Earnest Esqr, one of its members; and ordered that the Clerk certify the same, as well as the official character of the said Wesley Earnest Esqr.
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I, William Lowry Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify that the above proceedings were had and done in open court when sitting for ordinary purposes. And I further certify that Wesley Earnest, is, and was an acting justice of the peace, and one of the Justices of the County Court at the time the deposition of James Wiley taken before him, bears date, and that his signature as written is genuine
Given under my hand and the seal of the said County, at office in Maryville this 4th day of August 1845.
Will Lowry Clk
[illegible] & countersigned
Saml Pride Chairman
John Tipton Esqr. Justice of said Court
Green B Raffell
-
State of Tennessee
Blount County       ⎬ SS
On this 4th day of August 1845 personally appeared before the Worshipful County Court in and for the County & State aforesaid, when setting for ordinary purposes Robert Rhea a resident of said County and a pensioner of the United States-- whose  credibility and intelligence is hereby certified by the Court, aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath depose and say that he was personally well acquainted with James Hall late of said County, at the time of the war of the revolution, and from his personal knowledge testifies of the service of the said James Hall in said war, having served with him in several detachments of Virginia Militia in the years 1779 and 1780 for short terms under Captain Love, Preston and then
subalterns, amounting in all to five or six months; & in a company of Cavalry under Captain Isaac Campbell, Lieutenant Michael Gleaves, Ensign William Dean - Col. Walter Crocket Maj. - Floyd -  Gen William Campbell
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from early in May seventeen hundred and eighty, to the month of June or July seventeen hundred and eighty - two-that the said troops rendesvoused [sic] on New River at the Lead mines & Fort Chisel & was in service in Virginia
North Carolina & was at the battle of the Shallow Ford of the Yadkin on the Saturday after the battle of King's Mountain.
And the said Robert Rhea further deposes that
he was at and witnessed the marriage ceremony of the said James Hall and Margaret Wyley, late Margaret Hall on Cripple creek in Montgomery County, Virginia, which marriage took place in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two (1782) shortly after his return from
the army
Sworn to and Subscribed in Open Court, this 17th day of August, 1845.
Robt Rhea

Will Lowry CPk

I, William Lowry Clerk of the County Court for
the County & State aforesaid, do hereby certify that above containing the proceedings before the said Court in the matter of evidence taken before the said court in support of the claim of Margaret Hall, late Monroe County, for a pension.
Witness William Lowry, Clerk of the said Court, at office in Maryville, this 4th day of August 1845
Will Lowry Clk

Knoxville