Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4470, John Hall, Mass.

SERVICE
Wass.
NUMBER _____
R. 4470
Hall, John
CONTENTS

184 John Hall.
Sergeant Capt Ezra Hicock's Co Col Samuel. Brewer's Regt. Mass. Militia.
From July 1776 to about Feb 1777. abt 7 months
— " — In 1777. Capt M c Bacon's Militia 4 months
— " — 1778 or 1779. 2 weeks at Rhinebeck
H. A. Johnson Agent, Rome, N.Y.

to the Town of Declaration in order to obtain the provision of an act of Congress entitled "An Act Supplementary to an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution."
State of New York Oneida County. On this 14 th day of June 1832 Before me personally appeared John Hall of Rome in said County, formerly of Floyd in said County aged 84 years and upwards, who being first duly sworn in order to obtain the provision of an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, deposes and says, that he enlisted in the month of July 1776 at the Town of Sheffield, Berkshire Co. Mass. in Capt Ezra Hickok's Co., Col Samuel Brown's Regiment for the term of six months and continued in service for a little more than that time, nearly seven months - and served all that time as an Orderly Sergeant - and was discharged at Ticonderoga.
This deponent further says, that he was out in the year 1778 or 1779 in the Militia at Rhinebeck or Redhook on the North River, under Capt John Spurr, for about two weeks - That he was also in Capt William Bacon's company of militia in the year 1777 and served four months - and this deponent further says, that the annual military return of Capt Ezra Hickok's Co. is one made out by himself at the day of its date, Nov. 8 1776 -
That he has never been placed on the pension roll of any state or territory - and that he is not entitled to any benefit, under the acts passed 18 th May 1828 for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers,

A Weekly Return of Capt Ezra Stickhols Company in Collo Samuel Brewen Regimt. November the 8 th 1776
   officers Present   Commitioned Non Commitioned   Captain 1 st Lieut 2 nd Lieut No Ensign Sergts Drum and Fife Present for Duty Sick Present With Regiment on Command on Quarters Wanting to Complain S er Drum & Fife Privates Dead Deserted Discharge Total     1 1 1 0 4 2 19 6 3 8 0 . . . . 1 0 2 39  

A Weekly Return of Capt. Ezra Stickhols Company in Collo Samuel Brewers Regim t . November the 8 th 1776
   officers Present   Commissioned Non Commissioned   Captain 1 st Lieut. 2 nd Lieut. No Insign Sergts Drum and Fife Present for Duty Sick Present With Regim t on Command on Quorum Wanting to Compa ny Drum & Fife Privates Dead Deserted Discharge Total     1 1 1 0 4 2 19 6 3 8 0 1 0 2 39  

of the Revolution.
And further this deponent says not.
John Hall
State of New York
Oneida County
On the day and year within named before me personally appeared
John Hall within mentioned to me known as a man of truth and veracity and made oath to the truth of the within affidavit and declaration.
W. B. Johnson
Comr of Deeds.

Warren County to Anne Rice of the Town of Bolton in the county of Warren and State of New York being duly sworn before me a Justice of the peace for said County doth depose and say that John Hall lately of said County but now of the Town of Floyd in the County of Oneida did enlist in the Militia of the State of Massachusetts in the Revolutionary war and was absent from home seven months in Captain Heacock's Company in the year of our Lord 1776 and that this deponent did see letters that passed from the said John Hall to his wife during said period of seven months and that this deponent then lived with the wife of the said John Hall and that this deponent was then of the age of twenty years old and that the said John Hall enlisted in the Town of Sheffield Berkshire County
Subscribed and sworn this 27th day of September 1830 before me David Woodward Justice
her Anne Rice mark
in the 74th year of age and in the

The within named Anne Rice being Sworn say, the reason she cannot write her name is because she has lost the use of her right hand Sworn before me this 27 th day of September 1830
Daniel Woodward Justice

Warren County Berkshire Officer-p
I Thomas Chilbald Clerk of the County of Warren do hereby Certify that David Woodward whose name is subscribed to the Deed of the annexed affidavit and Certificate was a Justice of the peace on the day of the date of the annexed affidavit in and for the County of Warren duly Elected and sworn and residing in the said County, and auth- =orised by Law to take affidavits and I do further Certify that I am acquainted with the hand Writing of the said Justice and very believe that the Signature David Woodward subscribed to the Deed and Certificate of the annexed affidavit is the proper hand Writing of the said Justice.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said County the 8th day of October 1830 Thomas Chilbald Clerk

Simon Stevens being duly sworn deposes and says, That in the year 1776 or 1777 that John Hall then of the Town of Sheffield in County of Berkshire in the Common- Wealth of Massachusetts did enter the revolutionary Army under the Command of Capt. Hunk of the same place as the deponent very likely believes and thinks was absent from home one season at the North and also said Hall was in the said Army one other season at South but for what length of time the said Hall was out either of the seasons said deponent cannot say but thinks the first season said Hall was out all of the season and that the deponent was at that time eleven or twelve years of age and did reside in the neighborhood of said Hall and further said deponent says that Jackson out of the 1830 - Sworn the 11th day of October 1830 before me Simon Stevens to J. Prigall - Justice of the Peace -

State of New York Washington County ss.
I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County do certify that Charles F. Ingalls Esq. before whom the within affidavit sworn was and whose name is within subscribed to the best of my knowledge was at the time the said affidavit purports to have been sworn a Justice of the peace in and for said County appointed and sworn & duly authorized by law to act as such Justice - and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and do verily believe that the signature "C. F. Ingalls" within subscribed is genuine and the proper hand writing of the said Justice - In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this sixth day of October 1830
J. S. Leigh Clerk

Clerks office Oneida County
I George Brown Clerk of the County of Oneida, do hereby certify, that Benjamin P Johnson before whom the within affidavit purports to have been taken, was on the day of the date of the same a commissioner duly appointed and sworn, and authorized to take affidavits - And that the signature "B. P. Johnson" thereto annexed is the proper hand writing of the said Commissioner.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, this 19 th day of June A.D. 1832.
George Brown Clerk for Joseph B. Read Deputy Clerk

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to 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, shewing the Service of John Hall of Oneida co
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1776 6 ordly sergeant Col. Brewer 85 Berkshire Mass.   1777 4 militia, Capt Baron   1778-1779 14 Papers on file in War Office referred to. court certify the credibility of the applicant.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Applicant must state furnish some evidence of his service - name not on the rolls, and no papers to be found on the files of the office
2 Witnesses in person Application - See letter annexed

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 } ss. County of }
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 7th, 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:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot 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 and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither 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

1470 P. O.
John Hall Service: _____
Mass.
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Formly in Warren Co NY
1832 in Rensselaer Co NY
Alleges: Cath in Onondaga Co NY
Enlisted 1736 at Schenectady Mass
Re-enlisted: Col. Brewer's Mass regt
Orderly Sgt 6751
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
Berkshire Co Mass
_____ Recognized. _____
Contract

4473 P. O.
John Hale Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: Consolidated , 18
(R) No 4470
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
Berkshire Co Mass
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Surf D
Ltr. to B. Johnson - 6 Nov '33 -
do Hon. A. H. Collins 28 June '34
This letter was an answer to an enquiry respecting another Jno Hall
Henry C. Lake Aug 7 1832
See his letter inside dated 12 May 1832
13
4453

See letter 17 July 1832 to B.P. Johnson agt,
447.0

John 12. 1773 John Hall Oneida Co. N.Y.
1776. Sergeant in Col. Samuel Brecken Regt. from 6 to 7 mos
1777. Capt. M c Bacon Co — 4 months
1778-79. at Rhinebeck or Redhook. 2 weeks
See papers on file
73. P. Johnson Agent Rome N.Y.
Person to be pay'd at Utica N.Y.

State of New York
Oneida County B On this 1 st day of Jan 1833 before me personally appeared John Hall named in the annexed affidavit who being duly sworn deposes and says, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows.
That he enlisted in July 1776 at Sheffield Mass, in Capt Ezra Hicocks Co. Col Samuel Brewers Reg t for six months , and marched directly from the Sheffield, through Vermont to Ticonderoga, and continued in service as Orderly Sergeant until sometime in the month of January thereafter 1777 when he was discharged at Ticonderoga having served the full term of six months and some days over, but how much over six months, this deponent cannot distinctly recollect.
In the month of September 1777 this dept t volunteered in Capt William Bacon's company of Militia of Sheffield, in Col Samuel Brewers Regiment and marched from Sheffield to Kinderhook, in the State of New York, and to some other places, having not now recollects & continued in service for the full term of four months and was regularly discharged
And this deponent further says that in May Year 1778 - or 1779 he cast the cutans which he was called out in Capt. Bacon's Comp y Militia, and marched immediately to the North River at Rhinebeck or Redhook

and continued in service the full term of two weeks when the militia were discharged and we returned home.
Another deponent further says that his papers with the aff ts of Ann Rice and Simon Stevens as to his services were sent to Secretary Treasurys, and by him transferred to War office. June 26. 1892 as will appear by attached letter & there is no clergyman living here with whom I am acquainted — John Hall
Personally appeared before me the above named John Hall as to the of credibility, truth & veracity, and made oath to the foregoing affidavit June 1 st 1893. Martin Rowley J.P.
Mr Benjamin Johnson and Henry Bass of Rome in Oneida County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Hall of Rome above named & believe him to be about 85 years of age — That he is respected in the neighborhood where he lives & have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion and we also

Certify that he is a man of credibility truth and veracity —
known before me
V. R. Johnson
the day of year of said I know the above person as person of credibility
Harvey Hall
Martin Rowley J.P.
Clerks office
Oneida County B. George Brown Clerk of Said County of Oneida as hereby
Certify that Martin Rowley before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken was, on the day of the date of the same, a justice of the peace in and for said County — That I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the above signatures to be his proper hand writing. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this fifth day of June 1833,
Geo Brown clerk For Peace Dyblk

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed Jan. 7 th 1832.
State of New York Oneida County B On this 14 th day of Sept r 1832 before me personally appeared John Hall of Rome in Said County, aged 85 years, Since 15 July 1832 who being first duly sworn in order to obtain the provisions of an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 does declare and say that he enlisted in July 1776 at Sheffield Berkshire Co. Mass, in Capt ain Zora Hicocks Co. Col Samuel Brewers Regiment for Six months and continued in service for nearly Seven months, as orderly sergeant and was discharged at Ticonderoga. In the Year 1777 was out in the service in Capt William Bacons Co of militia Four months - was also out two weeks at Albany & Red Hook in 1778 or 1779 - he refers to his papers & proofs on file at War Office Washington.
He hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension except the present and says that his name is not on the pension roll of any state. "Since 15 July 1882" intitled John Hall
John Hall
Sacra County ss. Before me personally appeared on the day and year afore said the above named John Hall to me known as a man of credibility, truth and veracity and made oath to the above declaration.

Clerk's office Oneida County
I George Brown Clerk of the County of Oneida, do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration before whom the foregoing declaration purports to have been made was on the day of the date of the same a judge of the said County, and that the signature to the same is in his proper hand writing.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 14th day of September 1832.
G. Brown Clerk

Treasury dept June 26 th 1832
Sir
Your letters of the 19 th & 20 th instants covering the applications of Peter Lippel & John H. Hall for pensions under the act of the 7 th of June 1832 have been referred to the Secretary of War who is the officer charged with the duties imposed by that Law
I am respectfully Your obedient Serv t
B. J. Johnson Esq re Rome New York
Louis M. Lane Secretary of the Treasury

Charlotte Centre Chautauqua Co New York May 12 th 1852 Dear E. North Com re
Sir
I suppose Mr B B Chapman of Elyria Lorain Co Ohio or has been trying to obtain the assets of an unclaimed pension for the children of one John Hall (deceased) who formerly resided in this place
Sarah Hall a son resides in this place & some circumstances go to show that in the event of a successful issue his rights will be disregarded by an arrangement between Mr Chapman & another son John Hall's original place of residence was Cherry Valley Otsego Co New York
Will you please inform me how the matter stands in your office if your papers or book will show as we have no other means of obtaining information
Truly Yours W. May to Lake