Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1232-200, Talmage Hall, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Hall, Talmage
B.L.Wt. 1232-200
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Warrant No 1232 issued to John Hall &c - heirs of Lieutenant Taborage Hall of the Connecticut line for 200 acres of land -
March 14 th - 1827 -
And delivered to Jos: Watson

What degree of con- -sanguinity did it within 2nd degree bear to the dec? See form within
No 1232

Col. Watson
5 Mar 1827

State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } ss. I Almon Barnum one of the heirs at law of Salwage Hall late of the County of Fairfield deceased do upon oath testify and declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief the said Salwage Hall was a Lieutenant in the Connecticut line on Continental establishment in the Army of the Revolution and served as such to the close of the war. Also I do further testify and declare that I have never received a warrant from the United States for the quantity of land due the said deceased from the U. States nor do I believe that he ever received it or transferred his right to it in any manner during his life.
Therefore Know all men by these presents that I Almon Barnum as aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Col. Joseph Watson of Washington City my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States a warrant for the quantity of land due me in right of said deceased.
And my said Attorney is hereby fully authorized and empow- ered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purposes therein expressed and the same to revoke at will.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this 19 th day of February 1827.
Witness.
Almon Barnum
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the above named County the above named Almon Barnum signer and Sealer to the foregoing Power of Attorney and Deposition and acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein named. Sworn Subscribed and acknowledged before me this 19 th day of February 1827.
Edward Taylor Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } ss. I do hereby certify that Edward Taylor Esquire

before whom the foregoing Power of Attorney and deposition appear to have been taken and acknowledged was at the time of taking the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified as such and that to all of his official acts as such, due faith and credit is to be given.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Fairfield this 20 th day of February 1827.
Thomas B Coborne Clerk of the County Court for Fairfield County
State of Connecticut } Probate District of Danbury County of Fairfield } ss. Be it remembered that on this day, the 20 th day of February Anno Domini 1827, there has been adduced to me satisfactory evidence to prove that Almon Barstow who has made the foregoing declaration on oath and has subscribed the power of attorney herewith connected, is one of the heirs of Saluborg Hall late a Lieutenant in the Continental Army of the Revolution, and that the other heirs of the said Saluborg Hall are sixteen in number, to wit: John Hall of place of residence unknown, Esther Beardsley & Saluborg Hall children of said Saluborg Hall also unknown, Mary Benedict, Milo H. Barstow, Augustus Taylor, Matilda Taylor all of Danbury in said County, Sarah Taylor, Abigail Taylor, Mary Taylor, Hannah Taylor, Deborah Bishop, Mary Bishop, Sarah Bishop, Mary Bishop, Sarah Bishop, and that the above named persons are all the heirs of the said Saluborg Hall known to be living and that Almon Barstow resides in said District of Danbury. In witness of all which, I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal official, in my capacity of a Judge of Probate as aforesaid, this 20 th day of February A.D. 1827.
Richard Booth Judge of Probate for the District of Danbury

Postage stamps - 8 cents
Dept Recd June 17 1928
Dear Sir,
Can you give me the war record & family record of Talmadge Hall my great great grandfather on my father's mother's side I don't know what Reg. he served in. I see he was the only one by the name of Hall on the list of New York State pensioners in the revolutionary war  Yours Respectfully Belmont Horseheads N.Y. R.5

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has Talmadge Hall been in the Connecticut Line?
June 20, 1928
Velmont Cooper R. D. No. 5 Horsesheds New York
Sir:
I advise you that from the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau it appears that Talmadge Hall was a Lieutenant in the Connecticut Line, War of the Revolution, and served to its close.
He died in Fairfield County, Connecticut, date not stated.
Almon Barnum of Danbury District, Fairfield County, Connecticut, applied February 19, 1827, for bounty land due on account of the services of said Talmadge Hall, in behalf of himself and sixteen other heirs of the deceased soldier, as follows: John Hall, Esther Beardsley and Talmadge Fairchild, residences unknown; Rany? Benedict, (given name not clearly written) Philo F. Barnum, Augustus Taylor, Malinda Taylor, all of Danbury, Connecticut; Nathan Taylor of Madison, New York; Elnathan H. Taylor of Coxsackie, New York; Elias Taylor of New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; Deborah Bishop of Tyringham, Massachusetts; Hannah Pitch of New Haven, Connecticut; Minerva Drew of New York State; Laurens Stevens, Harriett Stevens and Tallmadge Stevens of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Warrant No. 1232 for two hundred acres of land was issued March 14, 1827 in behalf of said heirs. Their relationship to the soldier is not stated.
The above noted is the history of the only soldier named Talmage Hall found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
It does not appear that application for pension was ever made to the United States on account of the services of this Lieutenant Talmage Hall.
Herewith are returned your four two-cent postage stamps.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Hall, Thomas GRADE — LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5931 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 14, 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.