Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,635, Benajah Hill, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Hill Benajah
8 41.635
CONTENTS

18.719
Ohio R
Benajah Hill (aged 58)
on element 67 in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Sproat of the Maple line, for the term of 1780 to end of War. on final settlement Cert.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 of March 1822
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th of August 1822 and sent to David E. Bryan Esq Williamsburg, Ohio -
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1822
Semi-annual acct ending
5 mo 18 4/30 8 1/30 40. 2.58 1.6 43.64
$13.64 $13.64
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Aug 1. 1820
Schedule $14.50

18,4532
Benajah Hill Ohio
David C. Bryan Williamsburg, Ohio.
Recd. 23 April 1832.
Benajah Hill Service, admitted Applicant must file the County in which he lives On final List Entry Vol 1. Page 169 Sen. Office May 25. 1832
On final List Entry Vol 1. Page 169
attorney of Mr Hill in the City
Pat Shoun
Agree

The State of Ohio } Ohio Agency & District Clermont County ss. }
Be it remembered that on this 22 nd Day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty two, at a court of Common Pleas held in Williamsburgh in the County of Clermont in the State of Ohio. George P. Lawrence President thereof Alexander Blair & Philip Gatch & John Morris Esqrs. associate judges; being a court of Record under the laws of the said State and having the power of fine and imprisonment. Benajah Mills and a resident of Clermont County State of Ohio aged fifty Eight years, personally appeared in open court and being first duly sworn according to law Did on his corporal oath, in the presence of the court aforesaid make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions of the Acts of Congress - of the 18 th of March 1818 & of the 1 st of May 1820
That he the said Benajah Mills enlisted for the term of three years, in the year 1780 - in the months of April or May of the aforesaid year in the Town of Springfield in the State of Massachusetts - That he served in a company of Grenadiers commanded by Capt. Shaw - in the Second Regiment commanded by Col. Sproat in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the continent establishment

That he continued to serve in said Regiment & Corps until the close or end of the war when he was discharged - That he rec d a wound while in the service of the United States in his side, when ordered and engaged in a scouting party during the time he was in service.
That he is in possession of no documents at present to prove his of no evidence except as is here stated.
And in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 1 st of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818: and that I have not since that time, by gift or sale, or in any manner whatever disposed of any property, or any part thereof, with intent, thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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 passing on the 18 th of March 1818" & that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due: nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule herunto annexed & by me subscribed.
That he has no real estate - has bargained for a piece of land but no part of the consideration paid
That he has one horse value 35.00 one cow 12.00 two yearling calves 6.00 4 sheep 4.00 3 small hogs 4.50 61.50

  Wrist brought on  63 50    6 pins  2 00    4 chain  3 00    1 pot - 1 Skillet & 1 Apron -  3 00    1 Axe & 1 Hoe  3     74 50  
And this applicant, on his oath sworn, further declares that to the best of his belief he is now in the 58 th year of his age. That at present by occupation a Farmer. That he has a family consisting of a wife and one child.
Barnajah Hill
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court of the 22 nd day of March 1832. And I David C Bryan Clerk of said Court do certify that the value of the applicant's property in the opinion of the Court amounts to seventy four dollars & fifty cents.
David C Bryan Clk
I David C. Bryan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Within & for said County, do certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the records of said Court, & I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount & value of the said property exhibited in the a schedule is seventy four dollars and fifty cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal this 25 th day of April A.D. 1832.
David C. Bryan Clk " " "

18,459✓
Benajah Hill,
David C. Bryan, Williamsburg, Ohio.
Rec d 27 June 1822
Be for Care of Mrs. Mary Hill 1822

41635
INVALID.
Rev
File No.
H. 685-
Benajah Hill
Rev Rev
Act:
15 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol.
8
, Page
227
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Z. R. 7V. #41.635-Inv. Rev. War
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Apr 24, 1903
Sir,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Benajah Hill , 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.     Spring 1780 to end of war Pvt Alden Sprout Mass.                                                                 
Battles engaged in, None mentioned Residence of soldier at enlistment, Springfield Mass. Date of application for pension, Feb. 22, 1822. Residence at date of application, Clermont Co. Ohio Age at date of application, 58 years Remarks: His claim was allowed.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.