Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4999, Henry Hill, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N 26
Hill, Henry
R 4999
CONTENTS

11308
Henry Steele N.H.
Dover
W.E.
By Jan 28 Am 1832
A. Pierce Dover N.H.
Memoranda
X General that the following statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
1. Did the parties described as to form an organization, and if so, in what respect?
2. What evidence, or if any, what?
3. Where did he receive when he entered the service?
4. In what position was he engaged?
5. State the service, as directed in the form annexed.
Regiment of Service
Rank
Name of General and Field Officer under whom he served

BRIEF in the case of  Henry Hill  of  Hartford  in the State of  New Hampshire  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Yes a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? —
3. How old is he? 77
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     1775 In 1775 1 Premium Service Gen. Capt. Saml. Hayes   1776 Dec. to March 3 Capt. Wallingford - Detached Co.   1777 X 3 Capt. Danl. M c Duffey   Col. Stephen Evans Regt.  
5. In what battles was he engaged? Capture of Burgoyne
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Don't say
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
All all right
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
X Dunbar
W. A. Easton Examining Clerk.

N308 Henry Dill

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
COUNTY OF STRAFFORD ss.—
Superior Court of Judicature
August
TERM, 1832
On this 22 d day of August 1832, personally appeared before the Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature now in session at Gilford within and for said County of Strafford, Henry Hill a resident of Strafford in said County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, aged Seventy Seven 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 enlisted in the army of the United States, in the year 1775 and served as follows: — for the term of one Month in the Company commanded by Capt Samuel Heyes, and was stationed at Portsmouth Harbour. — On the first of December 1775 I again enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt Samuel Wallingford — in the Regt. (I do not recollect by whom commanded) for the term of three months, passed muster at Dover N. H. on the 24 th of same December & marched to Peekskill in New York & there continued until about the 6 th March following — when my time of service expired — I again entered the service in 1777 in the Company commanded by Capt. Daniel McRuffie Col. Stephen Evans Regt N. H. Militia & served three months — was at the Capture of Burgoyne — all the services were performed in the New Hampshire Militia in the service of the United States —
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 any agency in any state.
Henry Hill
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, in open Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
ATTEST—
A. Peirce,
CLERK.
I, Andrew Peirce Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Henry Hill for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this 22 d day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
ATTEST—
A. Peirce,
CLERK.

I John B Hill of Deerfield in the County of Rockingham - an and State of New Hampshire. Aged Seventy five years testify and say that I Enlisted in the Company of Militia, commanded by Captain Samuel Hay- -es, in the Year Seventeen Hundred and Twenty five. For the term of One Month, that said Company was marched to Portsmouth Harbour, where I served as a Soldier during the time of my enlistment, that my Brother Henry Hill of Strafford in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire, was a for- -ate Soldier in said Company and served with -me for the term of One Month, in the United States Served Witness Bradbury Bartlett Joseph Leary
John B. Hill mark
State of New Hampshire } July 25. 1832 Then John B. Rockingham ss. } Hill who subscribed the above made solemn Oath that the same was True
Before me
Bradbury Bartlett, Jus. Peace
I certify that I am acquainted with John B Hill who subscribed the above, and that he sustains a fair character and is entitled to credit.
Bradbury Bartlett, Jus. Peace

We Daniel Delan of New Durham formerly of Barrington and George Foss gun r of Strafford formerly George Foss 3 d of Barrington New Hampshire in the County of Strafford aged Eighty Six years and aged Seventy five years Testify and say that we enlisted in the Company of Militia commanded by Capt. Daniel M c Duffa in Colon Stephen Evers Regiment in the united states since for the term of three months in seventeen hundred and seventy seven and Marched to Bennington and was there at the capture of Gen l Burgoyne's army and further Testify and say that Henry Hill of Strafford then of Barrington was a Solger in the same Company and the same Regiment with us the above named time and at the above named Place
Daniel Delean George Foss
State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss July 23 rd 1832 Then Daniel Delean and
George Foss gun r who subscribed the above made solemn oath that the above affidavit was true before me
William Foss gun r justice Peace
I certify that I am acquainted with the above named George Foss gun r and that he is a man of truth and veracity
William Foss gun r justice Peace
I certify that I am acquainted with the above named Daniel Delean and that he is a man of truth and veracity William Foss gun r justice Peace

I John Twombly of Madbury in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire aged Seventy six years do testify and say that I enlisted in Captain Samuel Walingford's Company of Militia, and marched with said Company from Dover in the County aforesaid on the twenty fourth day of December one Thousand Seven hundred and seventy five and joined the army at Peaks Hill in New York, and there continued until the first day of March following, and I further say that Henry Hill of Strafford in the County then of Barrington, was a Soldier in the same Company and same Regiment and the same term of time with the one
his
attest John Wingate Henry Hill State of New Hampshire
John
X Twombly mark
Strafford ss } August eighth one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. Then the above named John Twombly made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me
John Wingate } Judge of the peace
I hereby certify that the above named John Twombly with whom I am well acquainted is a man of truth and veracity
John Wingate Judge of the peace

State of New Hampshire
Strasburg ss. I Andrew Peirce, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature, for said County, do hereby certify - that John Wingate Ely , whose signature is affixed to the within document, and William Foss Jr. Esq. before whom one of the annexed affidavits was taken, are Justices of the Peace for the County of Strafford, & Bradbury Bartlett Esq. before whom the other annexed affidavit was executed is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Rockingham in said State, and they are duly qualified to administer oaths in their respective Counties - and I have no doubt the signatures purporting to be theirs (as affixed to said affidavits) are genuine - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, this 10 th day of September A.D. 1833. A. Peirce, Clerk

Ex'r.
OLD WAR.
No. 4999
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
Henry Hill
P. O.
HH
Service:
Revolutionary
Enlisted:
_____, 18__
Discharged:
_____, 18__
Application filed:
_____, 18__
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.

11308
Henry Hill
being under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being inserted, which he attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which was written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper, authenticated, the in every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the paper is not...
A Pierce
Seven NH

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Henry Hill 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? _____ IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes 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

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?
No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
No
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?
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
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?
Yes
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?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible 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.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

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Newmarket N.H. Oct 26 1856
Sir,
I have been informed that the Secretary Ewing ruled in a case that the manner in which a soldier left the service had nothing to do with his claim to a pension.
If so should not the claim of Henry Hull of Stratford, County of Stratford and State of New Hampshire under the Act of June 7, 1832 be now allowed?
If a petition against the subscriber
I am very respectfully yours &c.
David Murray
Isaac D. Dorrance Corn Room Nashville T.C.

New Market N.H. June 28. 1845.
Sir;
Enclosed is a deposition taken for the purpose of explaining the alleged desertion of Henry Hill, in 1777, which I hope will prove to be satisfactory to the Department. It appears by the rolls of that campaign, that a vast number of the Militia left the Army soon after the Surrender of Burgoyne, there being then no further need of their services. The American army, at that time, I believe amounted to upwards of 13000 men and no army in that region to oppose, or attack. Mr Hill, served upwards of 6 months including the battle of Saratoga, and if he did not wilfully desert it would appear to be very hard that he should be deprived of the small pension, to which he would otherwise have been entitled. The Widows of Joseph Durgin and Jeremiah Pinder have both drawn pensions for 12 years service in the same service, whose husbands left in the same manner as did Henry Hill. They, however, entered the service afterwards, and served, Durgin 6 mos. but Pinder only 28 days.
Therefore, in view of the foregoing circumstances, I can but hope that a liberal ground will be taken in regard to Mr Hill's case, and that his claim will be allowed.
As he did not desert wilfully, I hope that he will not be punished therefor.
I am, very respectfully, Your Old Servant David Merrill
James T. Edwards Esq c. Pension

Hon. Secretary of War

Dover N. H. Sept. 10. 1832.
Sir -
At the request of George Foss Junr - Henry Hill & Daniel Delan, Soldiers of the Revolution, I enclose their applications to be placed on the pension roll. - The answers to their applications to be returned to me at this place - Respectfully yours &c
A. Pierce, Clerk Sub. Cont. Stafford County
Hon. Secretary of War

FREE
June 10 1845
Henry Kite Esq Supp. 32.
James L Edwards, Esq Comm r of Pensions, Washington

Sir:
New Market NH June 9. 1845
I conversation to day with Mr Henry Hill of Strafford (formerly a part of Barrington), I learned by him, that he was in the Revolutionary Service at three different periods viz; At Seavys Island under Capt Samuel Hays in 1775 At New York ————— Capt Samuel Wallingford 1776 At Saratoga ————— Col t William M c Duffee 1777, all of which Service amounting to upwards of 6 mos; that he made an application for a pension for said Service a long time since, and that his claim was suspended or rejected, either because the time fell short, or because he was marked as a deserter in 1777. If his claim was rejected for the former reason, I think that there must have been a mistake made in computing the time; but if for the latter reason. I think an explanation can be made, which will be satisfactory to the Department.
Therefore I would respectfully request you to communicate to me such facts in relation to the case, as will enable me to make a further prosecution of the claim.
I suffer
I am, very respectfully, Your P st Serv t David Murray
James L e Edwards, Esq r Comm r of Pensions Washington D C

Edmund Pendleton Affidavit as to Status of Capt. William G. MA found in repository of Henry Hall N.H. N.H.
See Ordeal of War John N.H.

I, Edmund Pendergast, of Durham, in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire, aged eighty five years next Octo- ber, depose and say; that in September 1777, I enlisted as a private Soldier under Capt George Tuttle in Col Regt. Evans; for three months, and went up to help take Burgoyen; that previous to his Surrender, the Soldiers in said Evans Regt, myself amongst the rest, were almost furnished for want of provisions, and could obtain none from the public Store; That after the Surrender of said Burgoyen, proclamation was made by Col Regt. Evans, that under the circumstance, it was necessary that the Soldiers should shift and provide for themselves, and that all who were disposed to go home might do so, notwithstanding they had not served out the term of their enlistment; That accordingly Capt Tuttle and all the other Officers of the Company, (with the exception of Lt Joseph Thomas) left, and came home, together with nearly half of the privates; That the idea of a wilful desertion was not named; or thought of by any one to my knowledge; That we did not leave in a clandestine manner, but publicly and in presence and to the knowledge of the Officers and Soldiers of the Army generally, no objection being made, and not the least attempt was made to interrupt us on our return.
I further depose and say, that a great many Officers and Soldiers of other Militia Companies in said cam- paign, left in the same manner, and for the same reason.
I further depose and say that I have given my

Deposition in regard to the services of Lt Thomas, Isaiah Dun- gin Jr and Jeremiah Pinder, all members of Captain Yule's company. I further depose and say that of all those who left the army in manner aforesaid, I never knew or heard that one of them was arrested or a deserter, or that any attempt was made for that purpose. Edmund Pendergast
State of New Hampshire Rockingham County, Is June 26. 1845 Subscribed and sworn to, by the said Edmund Pendergast, before, and I hereby certify that he is a respectable, and intelligent witness. David Murray Jus Peace
State of New Hampshire Rockingham County Is I Ezra B. North Clerk of the Judicial Court in and for said County certify that David Murray Esq is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified, that his commission is dated on the 14th day of June A.D. 1842, and will expire in five years from that date & that the above is his genuine signature Witness my hand & the seal of our Court of Common Pleas this 26th day of June A.D. 1845 E. B. North Clerk

Rejected
Letter to David Murray
12 June 1845. NA
Set to David Murray Aug 15
NA
13. 1845
Letter to David Murray Esq. New- Market - N. 14. Jan 21 - 1857
Agd
Act 7 June 1832

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Hill, Henry GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7247 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Aug. 3, 1790 To Cornelius Van Dyck, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.