Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,885, Thomas Hill, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hill, Thomas
S. 29,885
CONTENTS

29885 INVALID. Rev
File No. 29,885
Thomas Hill
Dis. Rev War
Act: James Jan 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 186
[Arrangement of 1870.]

10.003.
Massachusetts
Thomas Hill
of Cambridge in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Flint of the reg t commanded by Col Jackson in the Sp al line for 13 sp es
Inscribed on the Roll of Sp al at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of March 1833 and sent to Dana of Boston Sp al
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $86.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 st " 21.66
$108.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G H B Clerk, Book 9-6 Vol. 2 nd Page 31.

Thomas Hill
73
13 Months
Atkins
19440
$43.33.
Howland
[Faint, mirrored text from the reverse page, likely bleed-through from a printed form.]

BRIEF in the case of  Thomas Hill  of West Cambridge in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 69 Years  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.     In 17 80 " 9 " Private Gen. Cap t Hunt Col l Jackson   81 " 7 " " " do " do   Not on Roll of service for 6 months  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Cambridge Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correction every respect 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. H. Addison Examining Clerk.

Thomas H. Hearn Sep 2 1805
Declaration of Thomas Hill
Thos Hill
19440 V
Part

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WARRICK  Middlesex
ON this twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate now sitting at Charles Town  the Massachusetts  Hall of West Cambridge in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged sixty nine 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 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
 1 In 1780, being a resident of Cambridge in said County he was procured to go into the Continental service for nine months, and he enlisted into that service and was ordered into the Company of Capt. John Hunt of Watertown, was quartered at Lechfield in Connecticut, proceeded to Peekskill and was in the Reg t of Col. Michael Jackson & went to Freshkill and was encamped at that place, when Arnold's treason came out he was in the English Neighborhood, saw Major Andre hung and continued with his Reg t until he completed his nine months.  2 In 1781, being still a resident of Cambridge he again went into the Continental service for seven months, was quartered at Concord, Mass & proceeded to Springfield, Lechfield in Connecticut to Peekskill, & was again ordered into Capt. Hunt's Company in Col. Jackson's Reg t . he was encamped at Haverneck he departed from hence the 18 th June and continued with his Company until he completed his term of seven months and was discharged. 
Thomass Hill
At the same time
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
L. P. May  Thomass Hill Prob

Middlesex ss. Oct. 28 th 1832
We Thaddaeus Fiske D.D. Clergyman residing in the town of West-Cambridge and Thomas Russell Esq. residing in the same West-Cambridge hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Hill who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 69 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before me. James Russell Just. Peace
Thaddaeus Fiske Thomas Russell
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 mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Thaddaeus Fiske who signed
the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of West-Cambridge and that Thomas Russell who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town - is a magistrate and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. P. Day  Robt
I Isaac Fiske  Esq. , Clerk of the Court of Probate in said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Hill for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this Twentyth day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two
Isaac Fiske Esq. Clerk of Probate.
And I do further certify, that James Russell Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, and that his
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