Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2327, Obed Hall, Continental (Mass.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.)
Hall, Obed
W 2327
Odell, Eliza
B.L.Wt. 6435-160-55
(Former widow)
CONTENTS

12,606
at E. F. Hall July 26/50
Nathan Hampshire Oled. Hall
of Marlill in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Crane of the Mass a line, for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Nathan Hampshire at the rate of 5 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 of May 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of July 1819 and sent to Col. S. Hall Lancaster Coos Co. NH
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819 30 00 Semi-ann. all'ce ending
3 23 3/4 Dollars 30 00 3 35 3/4 Dollars 30 00 $ 60 00
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

1330
Elaine
Eliza Odel, formerly widow of Obed Hall, who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Matron, Maso Sine Increased from $80.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 7 th day of February 1853 and sent to
J. J. Grants. Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under a February 3, 1853, Page 167 Vol. 2
Mrs. Eliza Odel, Aug 22/57

58378
act March 3/55
April 11/55
Eliza Odell formerly widow of Obed Hall. private
Col I Callender (Col. I. Callender) Col I Crane } Sept. Cont. line
en 10 apt 1788 } Rev War en 10 apt 3/80 }
not to Me Feb 53-no 1330
Ad: No accts, Bopk: 192855 M. H. W.
(Large stylized signature or initials)
Freeman Bradford Portland Maine
Vol. No. 7. 5

4202 V
Obed Hall
Private
Col. J. Brainerd Regt. Artillery Massachusetts Line 1777-1778-1779-3 years -
Rev.
J. B. Colborne Esquire Secretary of war -
Washington City Samuel Ebenezer L. Hall Judge Coos Co. ct. Hamp. recd. Jan 28. 1819.
Correct by Roll

State of New Hampshire - ss.
On this Ninth day of May 1819. Before me the Subscriber, Judge as aforesaid, personally appears Levi Chubbuck Esq. aged 58. years, residents in Bath in said County, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration; that he the said Levi Chubbuck was a fellow Soldier (tho' not of the same corps) with the above named Obed Hall for three years viz, 1777-1778, & 1779, in the Service of the United States in the revolutionary war; during some part of those periods he frequently saw the said Obed Hall in the Army, & was knowing that he belonged to Col. Cram's Regiment of Artillery of the Mass- achusetts line - I swear to declaration before me the day & year aforesaid. - And I the Subscriber, Judge as aforesaid, do certify that the within named Levi Chubbuck is a man of veracity, & his declaration entitled to credit - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & Seal Official, this Ninth day of May 1819.
Ebenezer D. Hall Judge as aforesaid.

State of New Hampshire - 600 S.
On this Ninth day of May 1819, before me the Subscriber, Judge of the Probate Court, within the County of 600 aforesaid, personally appears Obed Hall aged 62, years, resident in Bristol in said County, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval Service of the United States, in the revolutionary war: That he the said Obed Hall enlisted in Raynham in the County of Bristol State of Massachusetts, about the middle of April 1777, for the term of three years, in the company commanded by Captain Perkins of the Regiment of Artillery commanded by Col. John Cram of the Massachusetts line: That he joined the Army at Pehkhill in May following, & continued to serve in the same Regiment until about the middle of April 1780, when he was discharged from Service at Morristown in the State of New Jersey; That he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Red Bank, Monmouth, & Newport R. I. & that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for Support, & that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said Service than the numbers accompanying this affidavit - sworn to & declared before me, the day & year aforesaid
I Eben L. Hall, Judge as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Obed Hall did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the foregoing declaration against the common enemy; & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony had & taken before me, to the Secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress of the 18, of March 1818
I Eben L. Hall, Judge as aforesaid, do certify that Obed Hall, is from my own knowledge (by reason of his late loss) in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for Support
Eben L. Hall Judge as aforesaid

United States of America Maine District p.
District Court March 18. 1853.
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the second section of the act of Congress passed on the third day of February A D 1853 entitled an act to continue half pay to certain widows and orphans
State of Maine County of Cumberland } ss
on this eighteenth day of March A D 1853 personally appeared before me Ashur Ware District Judge of the Court of the United States in said County  District which is a Court of record in open court Eliza Odell a resident of Portland in the  said County of Cumberland aged sixty eight years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the second section of the act aforesaid. That she was the widow of Oliver Hall who served in the army of the Revolution that her said husband was put upon the pension roll by virtue of an act of Congress passed on the eighteenth of March A D 1818 and due one half years pay that he was stricken from said pension roll under the act of the first day of May A D 1820 in refusing to return a schedule under oath of his property agreeable to said act he not being at the time in his opinion in indigent circumstances - That her said husband served as she thinks the three first years of the war as a private soldier part of the time in the Infantry and part of the time in the artillery she thinks he was in Capt. Cooks company of artillery at the Battle of Monmouth

he enlisted in the town of Raynham in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts That by reason of imperfect memory and because she was not married to him till many years after his service it is not in her power to state the particulars thereof she cannot tell who commanded the Regiment he served in but thinks his company was changed from one regiment to another during his service therefore she would respec- tfully beg leave to refer for the particulars of her said husband's service to the papers on file in the pension office by virtue of which he was put upon the pension roll under said act of 1818
She further declares that she was married to the said Obad Hall in the town of Lee in the county of Stafford and state of New Hampshire on the eleventh day of June A D 1805 That her husband said Obad Hall Died at Bartlett in the county of Coos in said state of New Hampshire on the twenty fifth day of April A D 1828 That she was not married to him prior to his having the service nor prior to the year 1794 nor prior to the year 1800 but the marriage took place at the time above stated She further swears that she is now a widow by the name of Eliza Odell that she has never before made any appl- -ication for a pension Eliza Odell

The foregoing declaration was sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above mentioned before me
I do hereby certify that I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said Court to be affixed and I certify that I have no interest in the result of the aforesaid claim and no concern in the prosecution thereof
Maine District J.
As new Wm Dix. Juror
Subscribed and sworn to in open Court.
Attest Wm P. Preble J. Clerk.

58378
CLAIM OF Eliza Odell widow of (formerly) Obed Hall
To Bounty Land.
Act of March 3, 1855.
WAR OF the Revolution
Freeman Bradford
PORTLAND, - Maine.

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND, April 7 185 6 .
I, OBADIAH G. COOK,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
J. H. Harmon Esq
is, and at the date of his Certificate to the paper hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for _____ the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take Acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid, — and that the following Signature , purporting to be his
W _____ GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
O. G. Cook
CLERK.

STATE OF MAINE.
County of Cumberland ss.
On this Sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Eliza Odell formerly widow of Obed Heall aged over 70 years, a resident of Portland in the County and State aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, on oath declares that she is the widow of Obed Heall deceased, who was a Soldier in the Company commanded by Captain John Coakendall in the Regiment of Artillery commanded by Colonel John Cram in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the eighteenth day of June, 1812.  of the Revolution
That her husband enlisted at Raynham on or about the tenth day of April  1777 for the term of Three years and continued in actual service in said war for the term of three years and was honorably discharged at (place unknown) on the tenth day of April A. D. 1780 as will appear by the Muster Rolls of said Regiment . She believes her husband had an honorable discharge which he filed with his application for a pension under the Act of 1815. She further states, that she was married to the said Obed Heall in Lee N.H. on the 11 th day of June A. D. 1805 by Rev. Wm. Hooper a Minister of the Gospel , and that her name before her said marriage was Eliza Fox ; that her said husband died at Bartlett on the 25 th day of April A. D. 1828 and that she is now a widow. She also declares that she has not received a Warrant for Bounty land, under this or

any other Act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor, and believes that her said
husband never applied for or received Bounty land under any Act of Congress, in his life time. For evidence of her marriage, and the death of her husband, Obed Hall and Richard Odell, she refers to her declaration under 3 rd Febry 1853
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act of Congress, approved March 3d, 1855.
And for the purpose of this application, I, the said Eliza Odell do hereby constitute and appoint Freeman Bradford of Portland in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of the Interior, a warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid: and I fully authorize and empower him to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purpose therein expressed, hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my Attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do in the premises.
Eliza Odell
We Obed Hall and Maria L. Hall residents of Portland in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine on oath depose and say, that the foregoing declaration and Power of Attorney was signed and acknowledged by Eliza Odell  abovenamed in our presence, and we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, and our personal knowledge of her for many years past, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be in her declaration. we further declare that said Eliza Odell is now a wid ow.
Obed Hall Maria L. Hall
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me, on the day and year first above written, by Eliza Odell the declarant above named, and by Obed Hall and Maria L. Hall witnesses above named, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
J. H. Hannay Justice of the Peace.

Town Clerk, Certificate & Affidavit
— " —

The State of New Hampshire Stratford ss Court of Common Pleas Clerk's Office
I Richard Keyes Jr, Clerk of said Court hereby certify that Charles H. Kingman Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and was such at the time of the taking of the foregoing affidavit, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is true and genuine, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas is a Court of Record -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court, this fifteenth day of March A.D. 1853
Richard Keyes Jr. Clerk

Extract from the Records in the Town of Madbury in the County of Strafford & State of New Hampshire under the head of Marriages solemnized by William Hooper,
I certify that the following is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures, as follows.
"Obed Hall Esq., of Bartlet and Eliza Fox, of Lee Mard Inn the eleventh day A.D. one thousand eight hundred and five"
Ezra E. Dementt, Town Clerk
I Ezra E. Dementt above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town, County, and State, aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town of Madbury with the exception above named as certified by me,
Ezra E. Dementt, Town Clerk
State of New Hampshire } ss- March 11th A.D. 1853, County of Strafford }
Then the above named Ezra E. Dementt, personally appearing made oath that the above certificate & affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before me, —
Chas. H. Haining Justice of the Peace

The commission of Purses will see that the widow of Obed Hall in her de- claration says she was married in the town of Lee in the county of Strafford in the state of New Hampshire but the certificate of her marriage is from the town of Madbury in said county
An act of the Legislature of New Hampshire passed on the fifteenth day of February A D 1791 provides that all persons before whom any marriage is solemnized shall cause the same to be recorded in the town where the bride and the New M c Heaphy who married the above named Obed Hall and Eliza Frost lived at the time in said town of Madbury and that act was the in force Jan y 18 th 1844

Please to send the certificates on any other papers in relation to this pension to Jane S. Chan Canney

W 2727  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Obed Hall a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 10, 1777 3 yrs Col. John Callender Wm Perkins John Slewman John Cramer Regt of Artillery  
Battles engaged in, Brandywine, Germantown, Red Bank, Monmouth, Newport Residence of soldier at enlistment, Raynham, Bristol Co. Mass. Date of application for pension, May 6, 1819. His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Bartlett, Coos Co. N.H. Age at date of application, St. at Raynham Mass. Dec. 23, 1757 son of Jonathan & Lydia  Ed. at Sault Ste. M. Apr. 25, 1828. Remarks: Soldier's first wife was named Hannah. They had no children, her given name & date of marriage & death not stated. Sol. mar. June 11, 1805 - at Lee, Strafford Co. N.H. Eliza Foss of Lee. They had a son Elijah F. Hall. She re-married in 1832 or 33 Richard Odell who died about 1850. She was al. just as the former wid. of Obed Hall on her ap. es. Mar. 18, 1853 while living at Portland Me. at 68 yrs. Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, Jan. 25. 1856
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed,
John D. Sleeper was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Bristol
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony of Which, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.
J. De Witt Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Soranus Hall, Town Clerk of Raynham in the County of Bristol, State of Massachusetts on oath testify and say that I have carefully and thoroughly examined the records of the town of said Raynham and find in Book No. 1, page 46, the following record, viz. "Obed Hall son of Jonathan & Lydia his wife was Born ye 23 day of December 1757." and he is the only Obed Hall whose name is recorded in the records of the town Raynham either before or or since the Revolutionary war. I have no interest direct or indirect in the claim of the widow of said Obed Hall for an increase of Pension.
Soranus Hall, Town Clerk of Raynham
Commonwealth of Mass. Bristol ss. Jan. 29 1855 Then personally appeared the above named Soranus Hall Town Clerk of Raynham and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed. Before me
Deborah D. Wilbur Justice of Peace

No 606
Eliza Odell formerly widow of Obed Wall Maine
Let to J. T. Chase May 23 1853
Act Feby 3. 1853

✓ 1.330
Maine
Eliza Adel Young widow of Obed Hall
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1818.
3 rd February 1833
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of Aug 1833 and sent to
J. T. Chase Conway N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act January 9, 1818, Page 7 Vol. A
3 rd February 1833
Letter F. Chase, Sept 4 2/9 th 1853
Freeman Bradford, Jan'y 15/52.

1912 Aug. 15, Hist. to Hon. Henry E. Burnham C 1920 Apr. 22, Trust. to L. W. Lewis ad
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2327
Eliza Odel (Brownlee) Widow
Obed Hall, Matross, Rev. War.
Act. Feb. 3. 1853.
Index:—Vol. M. Page 96
[Arrangement of 1870.]

↓ 6435
100 Acers

We Timothy W George and Benjamin F George of Bartlett in the County of Carroll (formerly Coos) in the State of New Hampshire of lawful age do depose testify and say that we were personally acquainted with the Hon. Obed Hall late of Bartlett aforesaid and that we were both neighbors to him and were at his funeral and both assisted as bearers that he died at Bartlett aforesaid on or about the twenty fifth day of April A.D. 1828 and left Eliza Hall his widow who is still living and is now a widow by the name of Eliza Odell
Timothy W George Benjamin F George
State of New Hampshire
Carroll ss Subscribed and sworn to on this twenty first day of March A.D. 1853 Before me J. A. S. Chase Justice of the Peace
For any further information or evidence please to address J. A. S. Chase Canoeay New Hampshire

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, SS.
Circuit Court Clerk's Office, } FIRST CIRCUIT, PORTLAND, January A. D. 1855 }
I Geo. F. Emery
CLERK OF THE
CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,
Within and for said MAINE DISTRICT , certify that
Zebulon K. Haiman
Is an Acting Justice of the Peace,
Within and for the County of Cumberland : that he is Duly Qualified to act as such : that the COMMISSION of the said Haiman is dated Nov. 23 d A. D. 1854, and will expire Nov 23 d A. D. 1857, and that the SIGNATURES appended to the papers hereunto annexed, purporting to be his, are GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Circuit Court, this sixth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
Geo. F. Emery { CLERK. G. G. N. S. for Maine District

Freeman Bradford Portland Maine

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston,
Dec. 30 th 1854.
I Hereby Certify , That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that The name of Obed Hall is borne on Continental Army Books in Capt. John Callender's Comp. Col. Crane's Regt. from April 10. 1777 to Dec. 31. 1779. 32. mos. 21. days, as M ts ps from Raynham, at 50/ per month. Also in Continental Army Books in Capt. John Slewman's Comp. Col. John Crane's Regt. from Jany 1. 1780 to April 10. 1780. - 3 mos. 10 days, as M ts ps. at 50/ per month.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

To the Secretary of State Massachusetts
The undersigned Eliza Odell formerly the widow of Obed Hall who was a Pensioner under the Act of 1818 requests the Secretary aforesaid to Examine the Rolls and Documents in his Office which relate to military service in the war of the Revolution for the service of said Obed Hall.
She states that the said Obed Hall was a resident of Raynham in the time of the Revolution and she has heard him say that he served at least three years in the Regiment of Artillery under Col. Crane in Captain Cook or Calandra's Company and that he was honorably discharged.
For the purpose of this application I appoint Freeman Bradford of Portland my Attorney.
Eliza Odell
Cumberland ss. December 29th 1854 Signed before me
J. H. Hamon
Jus Peace

State of Maine Cumberland Co. On this first day of January AD 1855 personally appeared before the sub- scriber a justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Eliza Odell formerly the widow of Obed Hall who being duly sworn doth on oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed February 3 d 1853.
And this declarant states that she is the identical person to whom was granted a pension certificate dated at the Depart- ment of the Interior on the Sixteenth day of August 1853 No 1330 herewith surrendered. Your declarant further states that her said husband Obed Hall was pensioned under the Act of 1818 at the rate of Ninety six dollars per annum and that he was struck from the Roll under the act of 1820. She has no doubt but her said husband performed the identical service given in the certificate of the Secretary of State Massachusetts, hereto annexed and that she is justly entitled to a pension of one hundred dollars

per annum under the act aforesaid.
For proof of marriage she refers the commissioner of Pensions to her declaration and proof in her original application for a pension.
She claims a pension at the rate of one hundred dollars per annum and states her age to be 70 years, and that she is still a widow.
Witness
Eliza Odell
Saml Thoms
J. H. Harmon
Signed and sworn to before me on the day and year first above written.
And I hereby certify, that the above named Eliza Odell is the identical person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration.
J. H. Harmon

Weymouth (Mass) Aug. 10. 1857 Hon. Geo. C. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions Sir;
My Mother, Eliza Odell, and widow of the late Obed Hall, died is a Pensioner under the act of Feby. 3. 1853; and in accordance with the rules of the Department, her pension commenced on the day of the passage of said Act.
She is informed by certain persons, who act as private agents in Washington, that the Court of Claims have decided that such pension should commence on the 4 th of March 1848. but that each claim must go through said Court before the arrears can be allowed & paid.
Will you inform me whether such representations are true and whether she is entitled to any arrears, and if so what course it will be necessary for her to pursue in order to receive them.
Very Respectfully
Eliza Odell by her Son Elijah Hall

State of New-Hampshire.
CARROLL, SS.
I, Francis R. Chase, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said County, hereby certify that Jonathan J. Chase Esq., before whom the annexed Affidavit was made, and who has thereunto
subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereunto is genuine.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court, this thirteenth day of June 1853
Francis R. Chase Clerk.
AD 1828 and left Eliza Hall his widow who is still living and is now a widow by the name of Eliza Odell she now resides in the City of Portland in the State of Maine And we do both of us further testify that we have no interest in the result of any claim that the said Eliza may have for any Pension from the United States or elsewhere and have no concern in the Massachusetts
Timothy W George Benjamin F George
State of New Hampshire
County of Carroll SS June 8 th 1853 Then the above named Timothy W George and Benjamin F George personally appearing made oath the above affidavit by them subscribed is true and I certify that I have no interest either direct or indirect by fee admeasurement, pension, contingent or pecuniary offered in the result of any claim that the said Eliza Odell may have to a pension from the United States or elsewhere Jan y 8 th Chase Justice of the Peace

We Timothy W George and Benjamin F George of Bartlett in the County of Canale (formerly Coos) in the State of New Hampshire of lawfull age do hereby depose and say that we were well acquainted with the Hon Obed Hall late of Bartlett aforesaid deceased that we were both neighbours to him and were at his funeral and both assisted as bearers that he died on or about the twenty fifth day of April A D 1828 and left Eliza Hall his widow who is still living and is now a widow by the name of Eliza Odell she now resides in the City of Portland in the State of Maine And we do both of us further testify that we have no interest in the result of any claim that the said Eliza may have for any Pension from the United States or elsewhere and have no concern in the prosecution thereof
Timothy W George
Benjamin F George
State of New Hampshire
County of Canale June 3 rd 1858 Then the above named Timothy W George and Benjamin F George personally appearing made oath the above affidavit by them subscribed is true and I certify that I have no interest either direct or indirect by fee admeasurement, parcel, contingent or conceal offered in the result of any claim that the said Eliza Odell may have to a Pension from the United States or elsewhere Jan y 8 th 1858 Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office, Concord.
June 30. 1853.
I hereby certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Elijah Wadleigh was a Justice of the Peace for the county of Strafford —
in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the State, the date above written.
John G. Badley Secretary of State.

Extract from the records in the town of Madbury in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire - where the heads of marriages -ges solemnized by Rev William Hooper -
"Obed Hall Esq, of Bartlet and Eliza Fox of Lee March Jan the eleventh day A.D. one thousand eight hundred and five "
I certify that the above is a true copy of records in said town of Madbury with the exception of the date which is expressed on the records in fair legible figures as follows - vizt. Obed Hall Esq, of Bartlet and Eliza Fox, of Lee March Jan 11 th 1805, Ezra E. Demeritt, Town Clerk -
I Ezra E. Demeritt, do hereby certify that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Madbury above named, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me, and I further certify that I have no interest whatever in the prosecution or result of the claim of said Eliza Fox - now called Eliza Odell for a pension -
Ezra E. Demeritt,
State of New Hampshire.
County of Strafford ss - June 7 th A.D. 1853. Then the above named Ezra E. Demeritt, personally appearing made oath that the above certification by him subscribed is true & I certify that he holds his office of Town Clerk in said town of Madbury as above & has the keeping of the records of said town. Elijah Wadleigh In Pac,

Eliza Adair for wid of Obed Statham
fine ..
Act 1883, adm to
for increase
J. G. Coombs Mistress

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston,
January 17 th 1855.
I Hereby Certify , That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that by search in the rolls in this office, the name of Obed Hall does not appear on any other rolls or documents except on Army Books in Capt. Callender's Company and Capt. Slewman's Comp. in Col. Cram's Regt. from April 10. 1777 to April 10. 1780. as given in a Certificate from this office dated Dec. 30. 1854. and there does not appear any other Obed Hall in the service from this State.
I further Certify That the rolls and documents in this office show that Capt. William Perkins commanded a Company of Artillery in Col. Cram's Regt. from January 1. 1777 to the close of the war, and that no other Capt. Perkins appears to have been in the service for that period.
Office note, in printed records of Mass.
Obed Hall's name also appears on Capt. Wm Perkins co. as alleged by soldier in 1879.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

6 Conway N.H. July 27 1854
Sir I have delayed an answer to your letter under date Nov 30 1853 in order to obtain fully information upon all the points of your enquiry And now all I can say is that the Mrs Odell referred to, was prior to her marriage to Mr Odell, the wife of Obed Hall of Bartlett N.H. Who served in the war of the Revolution, said Obed Hall was prior to 1818 put upon the Pension Roll for a time drew a pension as I am informed, but when the Law was passed providing that none should receive the benefits of the Pension Act unless they were poor and in destitute circumstances, he declined to receive the pension. Said Obed died about the year 1829 & his Widow Married in 1832 or 1833, Reshaw Odell, then of Conway N.H. but soon after Mr Odell & his wife moved to Portland, Me. When he died in 1850 I think. Soon after his death his Widow, Mrs Odell Applied for a pension by virtue of the services of her first husband, At the time of her application she resided in Portland And still resides there
Mrs Odell's maiden name was Eliza Loy & she was the second wife of Obed Hall Obed Hall had no family by his

first wife, whose Maiden Name was Deane.
You will probably find this case upon the Pearson Rolls for the state of Maine
Respectfully Yours Joel Eastman
Jos H Barstow Esq Commissioner of Pensions
1330

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, July 25, 1856
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed.
De Witt D. Wilbar
Justice of the Peace for the County of Bristol
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony of Which, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.
G. De Witt Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Amos Hall of Raynham in the County of Bristol in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath depose and say that I am seventy nine years of age and upwards and have lived in the Town of Raynham nearly all my life time. I was acquainted with Obed Hall after the war of the Revolution and I have heard him say that he served in the Artillery, and have heard him tell of being in Rhode Island and in New York while he was in the service. My impression is that Obed Hall was in the service more than three years and that impression is derived from what I have heard him say of his service. There was no other Obed Hall that I ever knew or heard of in Raynham and this one removed to Bartlett N. H. after the Revolutionary war and died there as I have been informed many years ago. I have no interest direct or indirect in the claim of said Obed Hall's widow for an increase of Pension. Amos Hall
Commonwealth of Mass. County of Bristol ss. Jan. 29, 1855. Then personally appeared the above named Amos Hall a disinterested and credible witness and a man of strict truth and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed. Before me,
Seth D. Wilbur Justice of Peace

p. 84 Weymouth Mass July 16. 1850
E. F. Hall
asks for information respecting Obed Hall formerly on the Pension Roll of Rev. pensioner
FREE
July 19/50
Hon
George W. Crawford
Secretary of War Letter to E. F. Hall Washington July 17 th 1850
D. C.
W. Cole
Ref d to v Card of Pension for Andrew Dep. Interior July 17. 1850

Massachusetts. Weymouth July 6. 1850.
Will you inform me whether the name of Obed Hall is upon the list of Revolutionary Pensioners and if not, when it was struck off, and for what reason. It was on the list of Pensioners as late as the year 1818, when he received a Pension draft for $33.00, but since that time nothing has been received — Hall at that time lived in the town of Bartlett State of New Hampshire — A reply will oblige your obt. Servt.
To the Hon. . . . . E. A. Hall George W. Crawford Secretary of War

The deposition of Ebenezer Hall

Elizer Hall aged 60, years, resident in Bartlett in the County of Coos & State of New Hampshire, do testify & say, that I was a fellow soldier in the Revolutionary army with Obed Hall of said Bartlett for the term of three years viz - 1777-1778, & 1779. The said Obed Hall enlisted in Raynham in the County of Bristol & State of Massachusetts some time in April 1777 - in the Corps of Artillery, & in the same month, marched to join the Southern Army. I marched the same month to join the Northern Army at Ticonderoga, in which I continued until the surrender of the British Army at Saratoga. Soon after that event, General John Patterson's Brigade to which I belonged, marched to the Southward & joined General Washington's Army at White Marsh in the State of Pennsylvania in the forepart of December 1777. Here I saw the said Obed Hall, & from that time until after the battle at Monmouth in June 1778, was frequently with him - Soon after this battle, the Company of Artillery to which he belonged, marched to Rhode Island. I saw him no more until April 1780, when he came home with his discharge from the service, which I saw & read - My term of service expired a few days before his, & I arrived at home a few days before him - Elizer Hall
State of New Hampshire - Coos ss -
June 17-1819 - Then personally appeared the above named Elizer Hall & made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the truth, & nothing but the truth before me -
Silas Merrill Esq. Associate Judge of the court of C.C.P. in and for the County of Coos
State of New Hampshire - Coos ss -
June 17-1819 - The subscriber do certify that the declaration of the above named Elizer Hall is entitled to credit
Silas Merrill Esq. Associate Judge of the C.C.P. in and for the County of Coos

Washington Feb. 3 d 1856.
Sir:
Enclosed I have the honor to present the certificate of Eliza Odell, formerly widow of Obed Hall, under act of 3 d Feb. 1853, and to ask that a new certificate may be issued increasing her pension to $100 per annum.
The said Obed Hall served 3 years in the Artillery . In his application under the act of 1818, he claimed service in the Artillery and proved it by a comrade. I now present record evidence confirming his statements on this point.
Some time ago an application was made to the same effect and similar evidence presented, by Freeman Bradford Esq. Upon what ground the claim was rejected, I am unable to ascertain, as the letter to Mr. Bradford, of 5 th Jany. 1855, seems not to have been preserved in your letter books. The evidence is so perfectly clear that Obed Hall, the husband of the claimant, served more than two years in the Artillery , that I must suppose the claim was rejected by some inadvertence.
Very Respectfully Your obed servt F. J. Coombs
Hon. F. Minot Comm ee of Pensions

Brief in the case of Elizer Odel formerly widow of Obed Hall County and State of Maine act 3 Feb 1853
Claim, ( original or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was a private of Artillery or matross under Col Brane of the Mass Line. He was pensioned under the Act of 1816 a year, not continued under 1820, because he did not exhibit his schedule and show himself indigent . She was pensioned under the Act of 1853 at $80 a year , as the endorsement on her husband's papers merely showed him a private , which was considered as a private of Infantry .
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
The records, however, show him to have been, as he alleged, a matross or private of Artillery , which entitles her to $100 a year, deducting $80, or an increase of $20. — Certificates returned to be needed.
Name and residence of Agent
J. J. Coombs Esq Present
Shemson D. [unintelligible] Examining Clerk. [unintelligible]

Portland Jany 1. 1855
Sir
I herewith transmit the claim of Mrs Eliza Odell formerly the widow of Obed Hall for an increased rate of pension under the 2 d Sec of the Act of Feby 3 d 1853
The evidence on which the claimant relies will be found in the Certificate of the Secretary of State Massachusetts herewith sent.
I am Very Respectfully Your Ob t : Serv t : Freeman B. Bradford
L. P. Waldo Esq r Comm d of Pensions Washington D.C.

Cannery N H Sept 24. 1853
To the Commissioner of Pensions Sir
I understand the act of Congress passed Feb - 1850 entitled an act of Revolutionary soldiers to the same pay their husbands would be if living Oliver Hall late of Bartlett County of Coos (now Coos) I think served three years in the war of the Revolution - then his widow now Eliza Odell has recently been placed upon the pension roll at eighty dollars a year not not that a mistake and I have not been notified I have since an answer and necessary directions in due time Very Respectfully Yours
J. H. Chase
L P Waldo Commissioner of Pensions

Odell, Eliza
Payment to be made at
Portland.
by
Geo: F. Emery Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Maine
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 7. Vol. A,
Clerk.
A. H. Hightman
J. L. Coombes

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,
Eliza Odel, formerly widow of Obed Hall who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and 83 cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this Sixteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
Robert Bell
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
S. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions.

Cambridge Hampshire
Sir
I received information dated Purvis office May 23. 1853 saying the papers in relation to the claim of Eliza Odell for a pension were not in accordance with the rules of the department. I have obtained a new affidavit naming the death of Alice Hill and a new certificate of the town clerk having her marriage with considerable expense in consequence of the distance they live from me and the distance from each other. The papers I think were sent to the Purvis office as early as April last and if there is no satisfactory reply I hope they will receive the earliest attention of the department direct to me.
Very Respectfully yours John A. Chase

Brief in the case of Eliza Odell, formerly widow of Abt Hall, Cumberland County and State of Maine, act 3 rd Feby: 1853,
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 18 th March, 1818, drawn in Revolutionary War 3 years.
Second evidence of marriage (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
J. T. Chase, Esq., Conway, M. H. Name and residence of Agent
E. C. Boynton Examining Clerk.

Eliza Odel, formerly widow of Obed Hall Maine
Increased, 3 Feby 1853 24m Matrop $100 a year from the pupage of the Adk deducting $80 a year,
Certto J H Coombs Esq Present

March 25 th 1853
Asst. of Eliza Dell formerly widow of Obed Hall. Cumberland Co. Maine
Act 3 d Feby: 1853. $80. Per Annum Commencing 3 d Feby: 1853,
J. Chase Conway Me.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Register

2c Postage Stamp paid. ZKZ. 26 Linden Place, Brookline, Mass. Monday, April 5, 1920.
Recd. file Commissioner of Pensions: Dear Sir,--Obed Hall of Bartlett, N. H., was a Revolutionary pensioner. He was a member of the National House of Representatives in the 12th Congress (1811-1813). He died at Bartlett on April 25, 1828, aged 70. I should like to get some biographic data regarding him, and perhaps you can furnish me with them from his application for a pension and from the affidavit, or affidavits, which accompanied the application. There is a sketch of him on page 695 of the 1913 edition of "A Biographic Congressional Directory," but it is so meager as to be almost worthless, besides being erroneous as to the date of his death. I particularly desire to know where he was born, and should also like to get the exact date of his birth.
Very truly yours,
C. W. Merrill.

No. 58378
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 11, 1855.
Obed Hall Col Crane Rev. War
Warrant No 435-160.33
Greeman Bradford Portland Maine

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Hall, Oliver GRADE Sifer LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4424 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Aug. 12, 1789 to — not shown —
*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.