Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,944, William Hall, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Hall William
S. 6.944
carded
CONTENTS

Virginia 12.922
William Hall
of Tazewell in the State of Virginia who was a pri: in the company commanded by Captain Brockett of the _____ command by _____ in the Virginia line for 20 mos. & 11 days -
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Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 67 Dollars 76 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of June '33 and sent I. J. Leftwich Wythe C. H. Va.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 - 135.52 Femi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. - 33.88
$169.40
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk, Book E. Vol. 6. Page 12

Letter to Stuart Jan'y 1839
Rev. Agt of Home & House of Reps. 27 th
Joseph [unclear] a. B
3 L

October 30 th 1832
William Dali:
Declaration St.
for Pension
15461
Dep. Oct. 30. 1832

State of Virginia Fazwell County
On this 25th day of September 1832 personally appeared before the court of the county of Fazwell William Hall a resident of Virginia in the county of Fazwell aged eighty four or eighty five years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to attain the benefit of the provision of the act, of congress passed June 7th 1832, That he enlisted in the army of the United States in May 1774, with Walter Brooks and Sima, (that he does not recollect, the regiment to which he was attached) under the following
names officers Andrew Simms was the head commander, Walter Brooks the captain, John Draper lieutenant, and he thinks William Simpson was the ensign, the campaign was called the Shawnee campaign, that he was a resident of the county of Montgomery when he enlisted, and that he was discharged in September 1775 at the mouth of the Kenawha river at a place called the point, by Capt. Walter Brooks, that during his first term of enlistment he was in no battle, That he enlisted a second time under Captain John Shetton in Fazwell County Virginia in the month of October 1775 and served under General Woodford the head commander, Chas Edmunds, Lieutenant and Willis from the ensign, that he was marched from them to Williamsburg, and from there to the Long Bridge, ten miles from Norfolk, when he was in the battle of the Long Bridge, when the British were commanded by General Forbes who commanded the fourteenth regiment, as he discerned by the stamps on their military buttons, that he was sent to the point with a certain John Douglas, in July 1775, by Captain William Ruple to the Shawnee towns with certain dispatches to inform the Indians who were in future to be at war with them, instead of Dunmore who had been superseded, when he remained about eighteen days, and then returned to the Point, where

was during the first campaign, that he was marched back from the Long Bridge to Farnham to Houn and discharged then by Capt. John Shilton in June 1776, that all his discharges have been by time and accident lost or mislaid. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or 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 Virginia given to me subscribed the day and year aforesaid. He also states that in May 1777, he was sent out as an Indian spy by Col. Christian that he remained on said duty about seven or eight months from the Rye-horns of which Westmore, and Powell, to the Turkey horn etc. all of which has been given to me subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
his William H. Hall mark
State of Virginia Fazek County
The day Low Brown a witness, a grantee for or six years, appeared in open court and after being duly sworn, states that he is well acquainted with William Hall the abn applicant, and that he intitled at the same time with the said Hall and even with him in the regular service, and was discharged at the same time when the said William Hall was discharged, that he was in the battle at the Point, Shawnee Battle, on the 10. day of October 1774, and that the said William Hall arrived at the battle ground on the night after with all the rest of the Fincastle troops, given to me subscribed in open court this 18 th Septm 1832.
his Low Brown mark

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and since as he states.
We Low Brown, and William H. Green do hereby certify that in an order of agreement with William Hall, that in order in the county of Fayette now the said William Hall, & that he like him to be seventy four years of age, and that it is traditionally behind in the neighborhood that he is a revolutionary soldier and since as he states in the sum of the United States, and that it has now been uttered in the opinion of this officer that he was a revolutionary soldier and that he is a man of good character and truth in his neighborhood seven to and subside the day and year aforesaid.
Wm H Green Low Brown wife
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and since as he states.
I John Crockett Clerk of the circuit superior court of law and chancery for the county of Fayette, and state of Virginia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Hall for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this 25th day of September 1832.
John Crockett Clerk

For remainder of this letter see
January 17, 1935
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William Hall, S. 6944 Elijah Dickerson, S. 6796 RA-J/MCS
Honorable John Kee House of Representatives Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Kee:
Reference is made to your letter of January 10, 1935, requesting the records of Revolutionary War soldiers, William Hall, Curtis Elliott and Elijah Dickerson.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that war. A careful search of the records fails to show such claim on file on account of the service of any soldier named Curtis Elliott.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 6944, based upon the military service of William Hall.
While living in Montgomery County, Virginia, he enlisted in May, 1774, and served in the Shawnee Campaign in Captain Walter Crockett's company with the Virginia troops under Andrew Lewis and was discharged in September, 1775. He enlisted in October, 1775, in Fauquier County, Virginia, served with the Virginia troops under Captain John Shelton, was in the battle of Long Bridge ten miles from Norfolk and was discharged in June, 1776. In May, 1777, he was sent as an Indian Spy by Colonel Christian and at this time served eight months as private.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832, at which time he was living in Tazewell County, Virginia, and was eighty-four or eighty-five years of age.
The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the soldier's family.
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Death not on A.B

Hall of Reps Jan'y 23 d . 1839.
Mrs. J. L. Edwards.
I have been requested by my friend Mr. Hopkins in his absence to enclose you the within communication - It is unnecessary for me to state what information is required - The letter speaks for itself. You will oblige me to return the enclosed with the desired information as soon as convenient.
yours very respectfully
Arch. Stuart

Wm Hall - Va. Wheeling Agency Act 7 June '32. $67.76.
To what time paid. Paid to 4 March 1845 } F. F. K. at $20 per annum }
SSK

Reuben
6944.
INVALID.
1935 Jay 17 hist. to Hon. John Ke. See Elijah Dickenson 6796 ms
No. 6944
William Hall
Pr. Rev War
Act: June 1 st 82
lex:—Vol. 1 st , Page 159
[Arrangement of 1870.]

JOHN KEE 5TH DIST. WEST VIRGINIA
MEMBER OF COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C.
January 10 1935
Mr. A. D. Hiller, Assistant to the Administrator, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Hiller:
I shall appreciate it very much if you will kindly furnish me with a written re- port in regard to the Revolutionary War records of the following:
William Hall, Tazewell County, Virginia, 1835 Pension, 2,203, (all o Curtis Elliott, Montgomery County, Virginia, family data) Elijah Dickerson, Floyd County, Virginia.
Thanking you for your attention to this request, and assuring you of my appreciation of your many courtesies, I am
Sincerely yours,
A handwritten signature in cursive, reading "John Kee". The signature is written in dark ink and features a large, stylized "J" and "K".
K-b-h

William Hall
of the result inform Isaac J. Lipton Key to the Oklawaha Va.

Virginia
Floyd county
S
On this 28. day of May 1833
William Hall again personally appeared in open court, the County Court of Floyd County, it being a court of record having power to fine and imprison, who being duly sworn, deposed and said that by way of amendment to his declaration formerly in a cause in the court against  the  of Law & Chancery for this county  the  and  the  and by him subscribed  sworn and a subscribed  sworn on the 25. day of September 1832, and which said declaration is affirmed, and accompanies this affidavit, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, mentioned in his said first declaration as an indian spy, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less, on the part  of duty as a private, eight months, beginning May 1777, and ending in January 1778. And that he served the second term of his enlistment, mentioned in his said first declaration also referred to, as a private under the officers then named, not  less than eight months, to wit, from October 1775, until June 1776, as then stated, and for such service, as well as the first term of service mentioned in the said first declaration, mentioned to wit, from the 19. April 1775, until September 1775, (the said 19. April 1775 being the time beyond which no claim can be made for service) I claim a pension.
William Hall his mark
Mr William Brooks, Coll Hoskiah Harmon & Peter Goss (there being no clergyman to be had) residing
in the county of Floyd in the neighborhood of Wm Hall residing in the same county hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William Hall who has subscribed to and sworn to the above affidavit, and also the declaration accompanying, made in the Supreme  court  of Law & Chancery  of Floyd on the 25. day of September 1832, that we believe him to be eighty four or eighty years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the

of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
William Brooks Hy Haman
Peter Gove
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 a service as he states, and the court further certifies that he is the same identical William Hale who swore to and subscribed the accompanying declaration in the the court - Supreme court of law & chancery in the city on the 25 th day of September 1832. And the said court further certifies that it appears to them that William Brooks, Nathaniel Haman & Peter Gove who has signed the preceding certificate are citizens and residents in the county of Fayette and that  who has also signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the county of Fayette , and that they are credible persons, and that the statement is entitled to credit.
I John Crookell Clerk of the county court of Fayette County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Hale for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and put my seal, (there being no public seal of office premised) this 21 st day of May 1833.
John Crookell

I Joseph Draper late a Representative in the Congress of the United States from the district in Virginia of which Tazewell County is part: do hereby certify that the signature of John Crockett to the foregoing certificate is genuine, that he is clerk of the County Court of Tazewell and that there is no seal of office.
May 25 th 1833
J Draper
William H. Lee off.
of the result inform Isaac J. Ligon North Branch Va.
Adm'd as correct 20 march 211 days H. H. 76