Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18430, Henry Hall, N.H.

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SERVICE  N. H.

Hall, Henry

NUMBER S. 18430

Carded

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No. 18455

Vermont

Henry Hall
of Windsor Co. in the State of Vermont . who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Emerson of the Regt commanded by Col Heald in the N. Hamp. Troops for 7 months & 14 days 

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 24 Dollars 84 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of Sept. 1833 and Sent to E. L. Simons  Simonsville Vt.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  - - -49.78
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept 1833 - - -  12.44
[tota]  $62.22

{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by D Brown  Clerk,
Book E Vol. 3 Page 69

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Henry Hall

Application

21582

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State of Vermont,
Windsor County ss.}
 On this thirty first day of October Anno Domini 1832, Personally appeared before the  Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, in open Court now sitting, Henry Hall of Weston in the County of Windsor and State aforesaid, aged seventy five years the 26th of October, 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 of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  
That he enlisted in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War under the following named officers and served as herein stated. . . .
He entered said service in the Company commanded by Capt Noah Wooster, Lieut Obadiah Parker at Mason in the County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire. in the month of January 1776 for six weeks, marched to Cambridge Massachusetts.  That he served two months and was then dismissed some time in the month of March 1776.
That he again enlisted in the New Hampshire Militia for five months in the month of July 1776 in the Company commanded by Capt Emerson & Lieut Obadiah Parker.  Marched through Charleston No 4 New Hampshire, and on the Crown Point Road formerly so called, through Vermont, to Ticonderoga, where he was dismissed at Ticonderoga in the month of Dec. 1776.
That he was again called out on an Alarm in the month of July 1777 & served under the following officers Col Heald, Captain Benjamin Mann & Lieut Hosmer.  Marched through Massachusetts to Rhode Island and served as near as he can now recollect about two or three weeks.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of [end of page]

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 of any Agency in any State. [signed] Henry Hall

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first herein mentioned  [signed] Jabez Proctor  Judge 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named Henry Hall the applicant,  was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
[signed] Jabez Proctor  Judge

I, Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Windsor,  in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Henry Hall for a Pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. and affixed the seal of said Court, this thirty first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty second
[signed] Reuben Washburn

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21,582

Henry Hall

Windsor Co

Vermont


oly, E. K. C

admitted
7 mos 14 days

E. L. Simons
Simonsville, Vt

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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office, 
183
 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 show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margins with a brace, ( thus: } ).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A Statement, showing the Service of Henry Hall
January 1776 - -2 Months - -Private - -Capt Worster -  - Served at Cambridge - 75 years, Hillsborough, N Hamp - evidence, none

July 1776 - 5 months - Private - Capt Emerson - From Chichester NH to Ticonderoga -

July 1777 about 3 or 4 weeks - Capt Benjamin - Col Heald - Mass to Rhode Island


On roll of Capt./ Emerson's company

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

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 

  The following regulations have been adopted: 
  This 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, musicians 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. 

DECLARATION, 
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory, or District of_____} County of_____ } ss. On this_____day of_____personally appeared (a) before_____A.B. a resident (b) of_____in the county 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 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)_____, with _____and served in the _____(e) regiment of the_____line, under the following named officers: 

[in brackets:] 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. (L.) This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c. [end of brackets] 

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 for the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
[in brackets:] 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 be 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 same) 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 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 to and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 

[in brackets:] 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. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergymen, 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 of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person [end of page]

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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 expected. 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, or 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 War, 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 if 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 clergymen, 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 Clergymen, 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 inquiry 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 the 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 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 authorized 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 [in italics:] about three or four months, [end italics] in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly 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 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. 
  (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 he 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 all 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.

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525

AWF  S. 18430

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,  192

In reply to your request of [blank], for the  history of Henry Hall, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the soldier's claim for pension .

Jan 1776 - 2 mos - Pvt - Capt Noah Worcester - N.H.
July 1776 - 5 mos - Capt Emerson 
July 1777 - 2 or 3 wks - Capt Benj. Mann - Col Heald


Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, He enlisted ay Mason, Hillsboro Co., N. H.
Date of application for pension, Oct 31, 1832, His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Weston, Windsor Co. N. H.
Age at date of application, born  Oct 26 1757 
Remarks :  There is no data on file as to family

(Owing to the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, not more than two records are sent to each inquirer
for letter of Oct 22 only

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Government Printing Office

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Weston, Vt., Sept 26, 1922.
Pension Bureau, (Rev. War Rec. Section) 
Record Rev. War Sec  JH
Dept of Interior
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I wish to secure the military history, as given in pension applications, of the following named persons who are listed in the Census pf Pensions in 1840.
W 2644  Ezra Ritter  79 of Weston - Windsor Co. - Vermont
N. H. Henry Hall 82 of Weston Co. - Vermont
{Samuel Proctor 78 [75?] of Weston 
{Benjamin Pierce of Londonderry - Windham Co, - Vermont}  Do not search these  send two only  AW

Very truly, [signed] Mrs. Mary E Pease
Weston - Vt.

[stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
D 
SEPT 28 1922

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P
18430

INVALID.

File No.  i8430

Henry Hall

Pri. Rev. War

Act:  June 7th '32

Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 166

[in brackets]
Arrangement of 1870.


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1922 Oct 31  History sent to Mrs. Mary E. Pease   AWF.

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State of Vermont
District of Windsor, ss.}  On this twenty fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open Court, before the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, now sitting, Henry Hall, a Resident of Weston in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged seventy five years the twenty sixth day of October now last past, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following supplementary declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That as to his first term of service , as stated in his original declaration, hereunto annexed, he enlisted for only six weeks, but on account of the Continental Troops not coming in so soon, as was expected, he was required to stay two weeks longer than the term for which he enlisted, till they cam in; that he served the said two months at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the Company commanded by Capt. Noah Worcester, as stated in his said original declaration. and he thinks in the Regiment commanded by Col. Wingate, but in consequence of the infirmity of age and loss of memory, he cannot say with certainty that that was
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The Colonel's name.
Next as to his second term of  service, as stated in his said original declaration, he served the five months, as therein stated, in the Company commanded by Capt. Emerson, but he cannot now recall to mind the name of the Colonel who commanded the Regiment to which said Company belonged.
Third as to his last term of service, in July 1777, he is certain that he served at that term of service as much as two weeks, but cannot state foe a certainty that it was more than two weeks.  That he never received any written discharge, but at the expiration of each of his said terms of service, he was dismissed with the rest of the Company.
That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service.
He states the names of the Rev. Justin Parsons and Asa B. Foster Esq. of Weston aforesaid to whom he is known in his present neighborhood, and who can testify as to his character for truth and veracity, and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
[signed] Henry Hall
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid} 
 [signed] Jabez Proctor  Judge

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We, Justin Parsons, a clergyman residing in the town of Weston, and Asa B. Foster residing in the said town of Weston, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Hall, who has subscribed and sworn to the above supplementary declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five years of age; that he is respected and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
[signed] Justin Parsons   Asa B. Foster
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid}  [signed] Jabez Proctor  Judge

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the subject 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 Justin Parsons, who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Weston in the County of Windsor in the State of Vermont, and that Asa B. Foster, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town of Weston, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
[signed] Jabez Proctor  Judge

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I Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original and supplementary proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Henry Hall for a Pension.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this twenty fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty three.
[signed] Reuben Washburn.