Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 48852, Laban Hall, N.H.

SERVICE
N.H.
Hall, Laban
NUMBER
S 48852
CONTENTS
Mercy Hall, widow of above soldier, was pensioned as the former widow of Joseph Daggett, Mass., N. 24386

Restored
Transferred to Massachusetts 13 May 1828 to take effect from that date,
See letter to Hon. W.K. Bond
Jan. 8. 1838
  Letter to Penn  26 th Jan y 1839.    Cost to Pen Agt  10 April 1839.    To Madison  Indiana from    4 th Sept 1838.  26 th April 1838.  
Let 23 March 1842 to Hon R. W. Thompson to Hon. J. Whitecomb.
24386
15,989  Massachusetts Vermont Madison Indiana
Leban Hall
48852
of Chelsea Co in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Russell of the Reg t commanded by Colonel Reed in the Connecticut line, for the term of one year. from March 1778 to March 1779
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 th day of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th of Nov r and sent to Josiah Dana, Chelsea, Vt.
Restored to the Roll on the 13 th day of May 1828 and notification sent to Hon. S.C. Allen at House of Representatives Pens commencing on the 13 th of May 1828
Amount due on 4 th of September 1828 } $ 29.96
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820.
Mar 20

Lillian Hall
Chelsea
Vermont
Not on Rolls
Not on Rolls
Rejected
On roll of 18 1/2 years new N. Hamp re line.
Adm d
17 Nov r 1819

I Leban Hall of Chelsea in the County of Orange and State of Vermont a Citizen of the United States of America and ever have been — Testify and say that I Enlisted and went to Dubee that year that Montgomery was defeated under Capt Abner Sely and I think Col Hale and was out three or four Months — I was out another time to Saratoga I think in the year 1776 and Col. Shaw was out at that time three or four months In 1777 I was out when Burgoyne was taken under Col. Shaw was out at that time two or three Months I then enlisted under Capt Rowell in Col. Shaw's Nids Regiment March 1778 marched to Portsmouth in New Hampshire was there mustered and Marched to Monmouth and was under the Immediate Command of General Washington my Enlistment was for the term of one year — I served out the year and was honorably discharged I think by Col. Shaw my whole services were done in the New Hampshire line — suffered much by the depreciation of paper currency — I am now 63 years of age very infirm and almost past Labour — I have a small farm on which I live the Buildings very much impaired and considerably Embarrassed with debts but little stock on my farm and it is wholly out of my power to make comfortable Buildings and pay my honest debts without selling my small farm which by a long series of Industry I have obtained — Therefore I need the assistance of my Country to make myself and Family Comfortable through life — I have never Received any pension from Government neither do I claim any except what is provided in a late act of Congress making provision for the Officers and Soldiers &c who served in the Revolutionary War — Therefore pray that

It may be placed on said Pension list agreeably to the provisions of said act as in duty bound will ever pray Chelsea April 7 th 1818-
Saban Hall
State of Vermont of Chelsea April 7 th 1818 Orange County, I personally appeared Saban Hall and made oath that the foregoing declaration by him subscribed is true
Before me
Jasiah Dana Chief Judge of Orange County Court
Saban Hall
Chelsea
April 7 th 1818
I do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Saban Hall did serve in the revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy. And I also certify that it appears to my satisfaction that he has made a true statement of his circumstances and I consider him a poor man and that he needs the assistance of his country for his support, and I now transmit the proceedings taken and had before me to the Secretary of the War department pursuant to the aforementioned
Act of Congress
Chelsea January 19. 1819.
Jasiah Dana Chief Judge of Orange County Court

State of Vermont
Orange County Clerks office January 19 th 1819 I hereby certify that Josiah Dana Esq. of Chelsea in the County of Orange aforesaid before whom the foregoing Declaration was taken is Chief Judge of Orange County Court, acting under the Authority of the State of Vermont & that his name — Subscribed to the foregoing Certificate is in his own hand writing —
Attest H. E. H. S. Langhlin Clerk of Orange County Court

125
Laban Hall
Declaration & Schedule
Laban Hall
15.981
March 1890
No entitled

State of Vermont 2 nd District 5 th day of July 1820 personally appeared before the County Orange County ss I being for the County of Orange in open Court said Court being a court of record agreeably to the laws of this State having the power of fine and imprisonment &c) Laban Hall aged 66 years resident in Chelsea in said County of Orange who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows I enlisted in 1778 for one year in Capt Mowat's Company Col. Freese's Regiment in the Continental establishment served said term in the New Hampshire line and received my discharge that he made his original Declaration on the 4 th day of April 1818 has received a pension Certificate No 15981 and I hereby 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 sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed Real Estate $900 Household Furniture &c $10.00 2 Oxen 2 Cows 3 Three year old 1 Two year old 1 Yearling 2 Calves 1 Horse 14 Sheep 18 Lambs 1 pair Wooden Block 1 old plough 2 Hogs 2 Pigs 1 Sled cart Boxes 2 Broken Chains amounting in all to the sum of $1072.50
I am owing sundry persons $249.50 My family consists of myself very infirm and useless as to labour on account of Breeches as per Doctor's certificate annexed my Wife Mary aged 56 years Infirmary Rebecca aged 8 Abel 6 Lucy 5 small and weakly and Allen 2 years all dependent on me for support education &c Laban Hall
This may certify that I have examined the circumstances of Laban Hall as to his disabilities and find him by reason of 2 Breeches ruptures upon the right and left side of the lower part of the abdomen and think said Breeches must of course prevent him from doing much labour John M c Clure Physician
Sworn to and declared on the 5 th day of July 1820 before said Court H. E. McLaughlin Clerk State of Vermont ss I H. E. McLaughlin Clerk of the County Court Orange County ss for the County of Orange do hereby certify that the foregoing both and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said Court and I further testify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is $1072.50
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Chelsea this 5 th day of July 1820 H. E. McLaughlin Clerk

has a warrant and warrant, APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Indiana County of Pulaski
ss.
On this twenty eighth day of March, 1839, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Pulaski, aforesaid personally appeared Laban Hall who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Rawel in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Reed in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Massachusetts from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Indiana where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The follow- ing are his reasons for removing from Massachusetts to Indiana . He has become so infirm with old age that he cannot labor for a living and having no property to subsist on in Massachusetts and his children are now all in Indiana he has therefore resolutely determined to move with his children to Indiana and depend on them and his pension for his future subsistence.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, } the day and year aforesaid. }
Jas. M. Brown J.P. (seal)
Laban Hall
¶ The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
¶ The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.

Indiana to wit Putnam County
Before me James M Groom a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, this day personally came Samuel M Drew, and being by me duly sworn sworn faith upon his oath that he has been acquainted, with the within named Salom Hall, and knows him to be the identi- cal person named in the within affidavit sworn & subscribed before Samuel M Drew. me this 28 th day of March 1839 Jas M Groom J.P. (Seal)
I James M Groom Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Putnam, do certify that Samuel M Drew, is a man of credit.
Given under my hand & Seal this 28 th day of March 1839 State of Indiana Putnam County Jas M Groom J.P. (Seal) I Arthur M c Gaughey Clerk of the Putnam County Circuit Court certify that James M Groom is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto Affixed my Seal of Office and subscribed my name this Twenty Eighth day of September in the year Eighteen Hundred and thirty nine A M c Gaughey Clk

Rev. War Section
S. 48853
MMH am
July 23, 1923
Smile Thompson 43 The Terrace Redlands, Calif.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau it appears that Laban Hall enlisted in 1775 and served three or four months as Private in Captain Abner Sely's Company, Colonel Hale's New Hampshire Regiment. In 1776 he enlisted and served three or four months, officers not stated; went to Ticonderoga. In 1777 he served as Private two or three months in Colonel Chase's Regiment. In March 1778 he enlisted at New Marlboro, New Hampshire and served as Private one year in Captain William Rowell's Company, Colonel George Reid's New Hampshire Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed 1818 April 7, 1828 while a resident of Chelsea, Orange County, Vermont aged sixty-three years. About 1831 he moved to Shutesbury, Franklin County, Massachusetts. In 1839 he was living in Putnam County, Indiana because all of his children were there. He died in Indiana, place not stated, September 9, 1848.
In 1820 soldier referred to his wife Mary aged fifty-

six years and to his children, Rebeckah aged eight years, Abel aged six years, Lucy aged five years and Allen aged two years.
Soldier's second wife, Marcy or Meroy, born Celton, was the widow of Joseph Daggett. She died June 28, 1843 in Vershire, Vermont aged seventy-eight years.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
{ Soldier's death and the last paragraph taken from cl. N. 24386 of Mary Hall former widow of Jos. Daggett.

17.11.2.
42 The Terrace Redlands, Calif. Mar. 13-23.
Pension Dept. Washington,
Will you please advise me if there was a Revolutionary War soldier by the name of Laban Hall who drew a pension. If so, and there is any data concerning him on record in your department, I should be very glad to have it as evidence of my eligibility for mem-

bership in the D.A.R.
Sincerely
Susie Thompson 42 The Terrace Redlands Calif.

Additional Information
Laban Hall lived at Shutesbury, Mass. after the Revolution and died at or near Terre Haute, Indiana.
He was discharged from service I think at Plainfield, N. H.
I believe he served with volunteers and afterward with the Continental Army. At Ticonderoga with Colonel Jonathan Chase's Reg. Also at Saratoga.

REV. WAR SECTION Div.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 7 , 19 23
The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.
First name of widow Mercy No. of claim, _____ Name of soldier Laban Hall  Plainfield New Hampshire P. O. address of claimant, at enlistment  & after service Company _____ Regiment _____ ✓ State where enlisted Plainfield, N.H. Date of birth  Sept. 9, 1755 Date of death  Sept. 7, 1843 If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.  Colonel Chase's Regiment  Colonel Bedel - Capt. Solomon Cushman
Return attached letter with reply.
Washington Gardner Commissioner.

INVALID. (Series _____)
Cert. No. 15.981
Name, Laban Hall
Rank, Private; Service, N. H. Rev. Y.
18.832
Agency. { Original Roll: _____ { Transf'd. _____, 18_____, to _____ { " _____, 18_____, to _____
Issued _____, 18_____
Mailed _____, 18_____
Rate and Period, $_____, from _____, 18_____
Act March 18. 1818
His widow Admitted
Deductions: File 24.326 as the former Widow of Joseph Daggett.
Class. Issue.

1923-July 23- Hist. To Lucie Thompson- ms

Salmon Hall to Stephen Spurr
Copy

To all people to whom these presents shall come, Greeting. Know ye that I Laban Hall of Chelsea in the County of Orange and State of Vermont, Groom, for and in consideration of the sum of one thousand Dollars Current money of the commonwealth aforesaid to me in hand paid before the sealing hereof by Stephen Spear of Shutesbury in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Groom, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and am fully satisfied contented and paid have given, granted, bargained, sold aliened released conveyed & confirmed and by these presents do fully clearly & absolutely give grant - bargain sell, alien release convey & confirm unto him the said Stephen Spear his heirs and assigns forever a certain farm on which I now live in Chelsea County of Orange & State of Vermont and bounded as follows. Began and is part of two Lots N o 68. and 65. N o . sixty eight both ends of said pieces of said Lot. running south for enough to contain sixty eight acres by measure - and also the south part of Lot N o 65. being the after division lot drawn to the Original right of Douglass Chapman, receiving the whole of that part of said Lot N o 65. which lies on the south side of the County road so called - as better laid out and now travelled from Chelsea to Brookfield containing forty five acres by measure, exclusive of the highway on said land and also one quarter of an acre by measure situated on the North East corner of the lot now which John the self, now lives and is the aforesaid two parts of or parcels of land - Containing one hundred and thirteen acres and one quarter of an acre by measure, now in life - and also Lot N o 65. is bounded on the County Road To him and to his the before granted premises - with all the appurtenances & privileges thereto belonging to him the said Stephen Spear and to his heirs & assigns to his and their own proper use benefit and behoof forever.

and I the said Laban Hall for my self my lines Executors and Administrators do coven- ant promise and grant unto and with the said Stephen Spear his lines & assigns forever that before and until the encloseing hereof I am the true proper sole and Lawful owner of the aforesaid premises and have in our good weight full power and Lawful authority to give grant bargain sell alien release convey and confirm the same as aforesaid and that free and clear and freely and clearly Executed acknowledged and discharged of and from all former and other gifts grants bargains sales leases mortgages leases wills entails jointures dower rights & Ex- ecutions and incumbrances whatsoever —  And further know I the said Stephen Spear for myself and my lines Executors and Ad- ministrators do hereby covenant promise and engage before the the before granted premises with the affertions unto him the said Laban Hall and his lines and assigns forever to warrant and defend against the Lawful claims and demands of any person or persons whatsoever — In witness whereof I the said Laban Hall together with Mary my Wife in token of her right of dower in the aforesaid Land have hereunto set our hands & seals this 2 d day of October A D 1820 —  Signed Sealed & Delivered in presence of Ansel Leonard } Laban Hall L.S. John Conkey Jr. } Mary Hall L.S.
Franklin J. October 2 d A D 1820 Then Laban Hall above named personally appeared & acknow- ledged the above instrument by him subscribed to be his free act & deed, before me — John Conkey Jr. Not. Public

Town Clerks Office Chelsea January 22. 1821 Rec d for and recorded and examined — Attest John Stevens, Town Clk
State of Vermont } I hereby certify that Orange County ss } the above and foregoing is a true copy of the original record in the Town Clerks Office in Chelsea — Examined by me this 8 th day of October AD 1827 Attest John Washburn, Town Clerk — of S t Chelsea
State of Vermont Be it known that before me Orange County ss } Joel Tinker Esq r one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Orange afo d this eighth day of October AD 1827 personally ap peared Joel Washburn, Town Clerk of S t Chelsea Afore named and made solemn oath that the above and foregoing is a true — and attested copy of the original record in the Town Clerks Office in S t Chelsea Joel Tinker Justice Peace

L Henry's affidavit

I Luther Henry of Shutesbury in the county of Frank- lin & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age, testify & say: that I have, for many years, owned & occupied a store in said Shutesbury: that between the year 1821 & the present time, I have sold out of my said store, to Laban Hall of said Shutesbury, in grain, meat, fish, chips, clothing, & such other articles as are necessary for his family, including the use & rent of a cow six of these years, to the amount of $166.15; as ap- pears by my book & other papers; all of which he has paid. He also is now indebted to me in the further sum of six dollars for beef & the use of a cow last year, in part.
I further testify, that I have not known of his owning, or keeping any other cow, during this time, excepting that he kept another a short time for her milk; that he has had much sickness in his family; that he is a very infirm man, & in very needy circumstances. He is also a very industrious & prudent man, & supports the character of a very upright & honest man. & further say not.
Luther Henry
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Hampshire ss. December 27. 1827 Personally appeared Capt. Luther Henry, subscriber to the above affidavit, well known to me to be a credible witness, & made solemn oath to the truth of the statements therein made.
Before me, Samuel G. Dikenson Justice of the Peace.

I hereby certify that Sam l F. Dickinson's sign within named is a picture of the Peace as he has stated and that his name subscribed to the within written Certificate is his handwriting
May 12. 1828
Sam l G Allen M C

Merchants Bank, Boston, 15 th April 1839.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 10 th inst. I have to state that Laban Hall, a Pensioner now on the roll of this Agency at eight doll s per month, has been paid up to 4 th September 1838.
I am, very resp ly . Your obt st serv t .
Franklin Hawn Pension Agt.
J. H. Edwards Esq r Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.

Terre Haute, Indiana, August 20, 1842.
Dear Sir,
Laban Hall was inscribed on the pension roll of Vermont at 8 Dolls. per month on the 7 th April 1818. On the 21 st Oct. 1820, he was informed by letter that that the Secy at War, did not, on account of his property, consider him entitled to a Pension, under the Acts of 18 March, 1818, & 1 May 1820, & his name was stricken from the Pension list. On May 13 th 1828, he was informed by letter that under the Act of 1 st March, 1823, he had been restored to the Pension roll of the Massachusetts agency, his allowance to commence May 13 th 1828. Since that time, say from 6 to 10 years ago , he forwarded a petition or other papers (his recollection not being clear on the subject) from Massachusetts, the object of which was to be allowed for the years during which his name had been stricken from the Pension list. He has written to different members of Congress on the matter, but as yet no intelligence has reached him of the fate of that application. Will you be so kind as to inform me whether any action was had upon his application, & if not, whether any further proof or act on his part, could remove the difficulty & what is the nature of such further proof or

set. On the 26 th of April, 1839, he was informed by letter from the Department that he was that day transferred from the Roll of Massachusetts to that of Madison, Ind a . He yet resides in this State and is anxious to draw his money due in the beginning of Sept. next. His advanced age will compel him to send another for it. Will you also oblige me with the forms of such power of attorney & other papers as will enable him to effectuate the latter object?
I will thank you also for a full set of the forms &c. &c. in relation to the execution of Pension laws and the regulation of your office generally. As the time for drawing his pension is near at hand, I will take it as a favor if you can comply with these requests as soon as convenient, & am
Very Respectfully J. W. Whitcomb.

I Laban Hall of Shutesbury in the county of Franklin & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, applicant for the release of my Pension, aged nearly twenty four years, do now further testify & say, in addition to my former declaration under oath:
That I received of Stephen Spear for my farm in Chelsea in Vermont, three hundred dollars in money, & other property, which he valued at hundred dollars; but I did not consider it worth to me over four hundred dollars; so that I did not receive for my farm what was, in fact , worth more than seven hundred dollars.
In my former declaration I stated that I left two hundred dollars by Lester & Thompson. The evidence herewith transmitted shows one hundred & eighty dollars by Lester. In addition to this I was put to a considerable trouble & expense in trying to get the payment of him; & a considerable loss in raising the money to pay myself; my means being small, & wanting all I had & could command, for my own use. As to Thompson I left, at least, fifty dollars by him - but, he is dead, & the people who knew of the business, have all moved from that part of the country, & I do not know where they reside.
I also stated, that, at the time of selling my farm, I owed two hundred dollars. It will appear by the evidence sent, that I owed one hundred & sixty two dollars, including the payment made by Dyer Walker, which was paid by him, for an old debt of mine, due for doctoring my family, which he paid at my request, & I repaid the same to him. In addition to this I owed to the town of Chelsea about seventy dollars, which was paid by Spear, out of the three hundred dollars which he paid me. And I further say, that I did not desire Spear to testify this fact; because it

then expected to have procured the testimony of the Selectmen of Chelsea but they were absent. I afterwards sent to the Hon. Mr. Bunker Member of Congress, from this District, desiring him to get the testimony of the Selectmen; he wrote in answer, that the Selectmen had no means of ascertaining the amount; & that I must resort to Mr. Spear for evidence of that fact - but the distance, being one hundred & thirty miles, & being so great, & my age & infirmities such, I could not undertake a second journey; & I could not conveniently send, without going - therefore have not procured his testimony to this fact - but he actually paid to the town of Chelsea for me, out of the three hundred dollars, as much as twenty dollars, & I believe just that sum, being a debt I owed, when I sold my farm. I further testify, that the expenses of removing my family from Chelsea to Shutesbury, one hundred & thirty miles, over a hilly country, was considerable; & helped to diminish the little property I had. And I could again repeat & testify, that I can not support myself & family, without the aid of charity. Leban Hall
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss. Dec. 31. 1827 Personally appeared Lebanon Hall, subscriber to the above affidavit, & made oath to the truth of the same.
Before me Samuel F. Dickinson Justice of the Peace.

I Laban Hall of Shutesbury in the county of Franklin, of lawful age, testify & say, that in addition to what I have heretofore testified in my representation for a removal of my pension from the United States, I can only state; that with a sickly & dependent family, (myself now nearly seventy four years of age) it is impossible for me to account for all the property I formerly had. Expenses have been almost continual, & of such a nature as to render it impracticable to be able to recover back & re spite them. Such has been my state for seven years past; & the result is, my property is all exhausted; I can do no more. I can not tell how all is gone - further than I have already stated. If no relief remains for me, in my country, I must rely on the kind charity of individuals; or go, in part, to my grave.
Laban Hall
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss. April 1. 1820 Personally appeared Laban Hall, sub- scribed to the above affidavit, & made oath to the truth of the same.
Before me Samuel F. Dickinson justice of the Peace.
May 12 1828 I hereby certify that Sam l F. Dickinson Esq r appeared in a justice of the Peace within & for the County of Hampshire appeared & that the foregoing is his signature
Sam l F. Allen. M.C.

We the undersigned Selectmen of the town of Shelburne in the county of Franklin & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereby certify; that Laban Hall, who is now applying to the United States for a renewal of his pension, came into Shelburne, with his family about six years ago, from Chelsea in the State of Vermont, as we have always understood; that he brought a small stock of cattle, & was then in a comfortable situation to live for a poor man; possessing property, apparently, to the amount of three or four hundred dollars, including household furniture & all movables; that that his wife has been unwell, during all this time; & for the last two or three years, almost a cripple, & unable to any thing to any amount; and much of the time under the care of Physicians; that the said Laban Hall is an honest man, in regard to his bodily health, but remarkably industrious & economical; but that his means of living appear to be expended, & he & family really in need of relief.
We further certify, that we have seen a schedule of his property, appraised by Paul Maccumber & Archibald Lord, and, amounting to sixty four dollars & twenty three cents, & do not know of his possessing any other property.
Shelburne July 9. 1827
Paul Maccumber } Selectmen Asa Adams. } of Jonas Winter } Shelburne
I hereby certify that John Cooksey within named is a justice of the Peace within & for the County of Franklin & State of Massachusetts & that the within is his signature August 23. 1827.
Sam l G. Allen M c E

We the subscribers, justices of the Peace within & for the county of Franklin, and inhabitants of the town of Shutesbury in said county, hereby certify; that we are acquainted with Laban Hall, resident in said Shutesbury, & are affiant for a deposition; and believe the statement of the deponent, contained in this paper, to be correct & true.
Shutesbury July 9. 1827
Abner Smith } Justice John Cooksey } of the Josiah ... } Peace as above.
Franklin Co. August 21 st A.D. 1827
Then the within is sworn Jonas Winter and the above named Abner Smith Esq. well known to me and are credible witnesses personally appeared and made oaths that they believe the within statement contains the Truth
Before me John Cooksey jus. Peace.
Franklin Co. August 21. A.D. 1827
Then the within is sworn Paul Mearcker well known to me and is a credible witness personally appeared and made oaths that the within statement by him subscribed is
True Before me John Cooksey jus. Peace.
Franklin Co. August 21. A.D. 1827
Then the within is sworn Mrs Adams well known to me and is a credible witness personally appeared and made oaths that she believes the within written instrument contains the truth
Before me John Cooksey jus. Peace.

This may Certify that Labor Hall of Shutesbury is indebted to me the Sum of Seven Dollars & Seventeen Cents $7.17 Shutesbury aug 6 th 1827 — Moses C. Filton
Franklin p March 31 st A.D. 1828 Then the above named Moses C. Filton well known to me and is a creditable witness and made oath that the instrument by him subscribed to contains the Truth Before me John Cooksey jus. Pius
This may Certify that the Subscriber now has a note against Labor Hall of Sixteen Dollars and fifty Cents which is justly due Given at Shutesbury July 26 th 1828 Paul Mearns
Franklin p March 31 st A.D. 1828 Then the above named Paul Mearns well known to me and is a creditable witness and made oath that the above statement by him subscribed to contains the Truth Before me John Cooksey jus Pius

Shelburne July 31. 1888
I hereby certify that Mr. Luben Hull is indebted to me on Book and in Note twenty five Dollars and twelve cents $25.12
John Conkey
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Hampton ss. April 1. 1920 Then John Conkey Esq. of Shel- burne in the County of Franklin, subscribes to the above affidavit, well known to me as a credible witness, personally appeared before me, & made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed, contains the truth.
Samuel F. Dickinson - justice of the Peace

Washington May 12. 1828.
This may certify that Samuel F. Dickinson Esq. & John Conkey Esq. are Justices of the peace as stated & that the within is certified by them subscribed respectively and in their respective signatures
Sam l F. Allen M c

Dona & Stearns Joice & Dona Hen M. Buck affidavit

I John Stearns of Chelsea in the County of Orange and State of Vermont of lawful age depose and say that Saban Hall formerly of Chelsea aforesaid now of Shutesbury in the County of Franklin & Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 22 d day of January 1821 was justly indebted on Book account to Dana & Stearns of said Chelsea in the sum of forty two dollars & thirty cents for goods wares & merchandise before that time sold to said Hall; And on said day the said Hall paid to Dana & Stearns aforesaid sum out of the avails of the real estate sold by said Hall in Chelsea. I further testify that said Hall on the 23 d Jany 1822 was further indebted in the sum of sixty one cents to said Dana & Stearns which the said Hall paid on said day.
John Stearns
I Josiah Dana of Chelsea in Orange County of lawful age depose and say that Saban Hall late of said Chelsea now of Shutesbury in the County of Franklin & Commonwealth of Massachusetts on or about the first day of Feby 1821 was justly indebted to me in the sum of five dollars on promissory note which the said Hall about the aforesaid time paid to me.
Josiah Dana
State of Vermont Orange County ss
At Chelsea in said County Nov. 9. 1827 Personally appeared Josiah Dana and John Stearns and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavits by them severally subscribed contain the truth & nothing but the truth. I also certify that the said Josiah Dana & John Stearns are credible witnesses.
DEACON UCH Justice of the Peace

3 Jan 25. Lt 24. Jan 25. 1839. Pension Office.
Mr Evan

Clark County Indiana January 7 th 1839
to the secretary of the War department
Honored sir I would inform you that I have moved from Massachusetts to Indiana and desire that you would transfer my Pension from Mass to Ind Indiana and direct it to Green Castle Putnam County Ind and by so doing you will greatly oblige your Humble servant
Salmon Hall
Salmon Hall Green Castle Putnam Co. Ind.
Mr. Hall

Affidavit Dyah Walker

State of Vermont } Oct 6 1827 J Dyar Orange County } Walker of lawful age do hereby certify of the County of Orange and State of Vermont that I found for Liberator Hall of Sherburne in the County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts in the year A.D. 1825 1826 - for the benefit of his family Twelve dollars for Distering his said family - and have paid payment of said Hall for said sum Dyar - Walker
State of Vermont } At Chelsea Oct 6. 1827 Orange County } Personally appeared Dyar Walker and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth Before me - Ebenezer Hyde J. Revere

Chelsea October 6 th 1827 This is to certify that Eldi Liban Hall of Shutesbury in the State of Massachusetts Franklin County Paid me as near as I can recollect twelve Dollars for services done for the Family since 1821 if according to my best recollection being of Lawful age testify my Eli Barms

Eliz
Certificate for one Eli Barnes
State of Vermont } At 6 1827 personally Orange County } appeared Eli Barnes and made solemn oath that the within Affi- =davit by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth Before me Elihu H. Hyde Just Peace

I Nancy Dagget of West Fairlee in the County of Orange and State of Vermont do hereby certify that Laban Hall of Canterbury in the County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts has paid me fourteen Dollars and sixty seven cents for nursing his family since the year 1822 Sturtevant October 3 rd 1827 Nancy Daggett
State of Vermont } October 3 rd 1827 Then Nancy Daggett Orange County } The above named person well known to me personally appeared and made oath that the above certificate by her subscribed is the truth
Before me Samuel Daniels Justice of the Peace

J. Buxton Cofferdam

State of Vermont } I Ichabod Bixby of lawful age testify and say that I paid in Labour or Service done for Eliza Hull's family in the year AD 1821 - Nine or Ten dollars - I have read of Hull - Ichabod Bixby for false for some
State of Vermont } at Chester Oct 6 1827 Bixby (cont'd) Then Ichabod Bixby having affid and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth Before me Eliza Hyde J. Rea

I Fanny Daggett of Sunbridge in the County of Orange and State of Vermont do hereby Certify that Laban Hall of Shatsbury in Franklin County and State of Massachusetts has paid me forty two dollars and thirty four cents in the year 1822 it was due me for labor in nursing and taking care of his family Sunbridge October 9 th 1827 Fanny Daggett
State of Vermont } Sunbridge October 9 th 1827 Orange County ss } Fanny Daggett the signer of the above certificate a person well known to me personally appeared and made Oath that the above certificate by her subscribed is true
Eli Austin Justice of Peace

I hereby certify that John Cankey Ely whose name is subscribed to the within written Certificate is a justice of the peace within & for the County of Franklin & State of Massachusetts, & that the same is his signature
Sam l G Allen M c E
May 12. 1828.

Shrewsbury Dec 25. 1827
This may Certify that Labor Hall of Shrewsbury paid me Sixteen Dollars and Eighty Cents for Rent in the year 1828 and 1829

S. Sear
affidavit

State of Vermont } Orange County ss } Chelsea Apr 6 1827 This may certify that I Stephen Speer of lawful age testify and say that I paid Elder Lebaron Hall Three hundred dollars in money and paid for the use and benefit of said Lebaron Hall's family beside Seven hundred dollars — Said payments all made since AD 1821 last payment since Jan'y AD 1826 — Stephen Speer
State of Vermont } Orange County ss } Chelsea Oct 6 1827 Then personally appeared and made known to me that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth Before me — Ebenezer Dyer Jus' peace

Chubun et abru - 20 -
Samuel J. Di Am

Chelsea Nov. 17. 1827
Sam l F. Dickinson Esq r
Dear Sir
Agreeable to your request I have obtained from Messrs Dana & Stearns such evidence as they are enabled to furnish relative to Mr. Hall's business I adduce thereto my certificate & enclose the same to you. The select men of this town have no means of ascertaining the same process by Mr. Hall to the town and I apprehend he must rely on Mr. Spear the purchaser of his farm to make out that part of his case.
If while I am at Washington I should have it in my power to assist Mr. Hall in his business I shall cheerfully do it upon being apprised of the mode in which my services will be beneficial.
I am Sir respectfully
Your Obed t Servant
D. ARLOUBER

Philadelphia
Luci. Draper.
Luci. Draper.

Lewis D. Cooper
Franklin Co,
Strattonbury Dec 27. 1827.
Then the above named Lewis D. Cooper will known to me and read a oath that the above statement by him Subscribed contains the Truth
Before the John Cook, Justice of the Peace

I DANIEL ARUCK Member of Congress from the State of Vermont do hereby certify that in the year 1820 I was employed as Attorney to prosecute a Suit in favour of Sabra Hall then of Chelsea in Orange County & State of Vermont now of Shutesbury in the County of Franklin & State of Massachusetts against our David Senter. On the 27 th of Nov 1820 I recovered a judgment in favour of said Hall in the suit afo d for $36.80 Damages & $8.55 costs of suit. The said Hall expended in said suit the afo d sum of $8.55 for costs & in addition thereto a considerable sum not taxable ag t the Deft. Said judgment I believe is now wholly unpaid and of little or no value, the said Centre being totally insolvent and having taken the benefit of the Act in Vermont for the relief of poor debtors.
DANIEL ARUCK
Nov. 17. 1827

No. of Reps. 22 o . March 1842
Sir
Please inform me whether Laban Hall, late of Massachusetts, and now of Indiana, ever petitioned for an award of Pension for Revolutionary Ser- vices, or and if so, what disposition has been made of his case. I oblige
Yours Reply
J. L. Edwards
R. W. Thompson
Comm. of Pensions.

Amherst Mass January 3 1820
Hon. Sir,
I herewith transmit sundry other documents in behalf of Laban Hall, a poor man, praying for a pension. His declaration he once forwarded last Aug. or Sept. & not acted on, for want of further testimony or proof. He has now furnished probably all he can get.
In order to shew that he was indebted in the sum of two hundred dollars, at the time of selling his farm in Chelsea in Vermont, in 1820. or 1821, as stated in his application, he offers the affidavits of Dyer Walker, Ichabod Biabie, Eli Bams, Nancy Dasset, Fanny Dasset, Mary Sher, Dana & Thoms, & Maria Damer, with his own affidavit connected with Mr. Buck's letter, concerning money paid to the Town of Chelsea; amounting to $162. 04. & 78 for the last debt paid to Chelsea.
To shew that he left by Senter & Thompson, he offers the aff. the affidavit of Mr. McLaughlin - the statement of the Hon. Mr. Buck, & of himself; amounting to $110. 49 besides incidental travel & expenses; & besides the loss by Thompson.
To shew his present situation, he offers the affidavits & certificates of Mr. Canterbury, from Vermont, Moses O. Felt, Lewis Drape, Luther Story, Paul Macomber &c.
With regard to the price of the farm - He can explain his understanding of it.
He hopes the above may be sufficient
Most respectfully &c
Samuel F. Dickinson
Hon. Philip P. Barbour Secretary of War of the United States.

H. E. B. L. Langlin
officemate

I H E G M c Laughlin of Chelsea in the County of Orange and State of Vermont, of Lawfull age depose and say, that in the fall of 1879. Saban Hall then of Chelsea aforsaid, but now of Shutesbury in the State of Massachusetts Gave me his note of hand for I think $60. on Interest said Note was given as security for one David Senter, and I further depose and say that said Senter failed to pay said Note, and I called in said Hall for the money, and he said Hall paid me the full amount of said Note & Interest in the fall of 1882 I think, said Note & Interest amounted to between $70. & 80 Dollars, I am confident, but have no means to ascertain the Exact Sum, — and I have no know- ledge of Senter paying said Sum, and further the Deposition is not Chelsea 8 th October 1887 H. E. G. M c Laughlin
State of Vermont } At Chelsea in said County October the 8 th 1887 Orange County } personally appeared H. E. G. M c Laughlin and made Solemn Oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth — before us.
G. A. ROBBUCK Justice of Peace

State of Vermont Orange County Clerk's Office October 9th 1827.
J. H. E. G. M. Daughlan Clerk of Orange County Court. do hereby certify that Joel Fisher Clerk Hyde, De Witt Buck and Urbane Lathrop all of Chelsea Samuel Daniels of Shelburne and Eli Austin of Cambridge in said County before whom the accompanying Affidavits were taken are all of them Justices of the peace within and for the County of Orange State of Vermont acting under the Authority of this State, and that the signatures to their several Certificates are in their own hand writing.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of Orange County Court the day & year above written — attest J. H. E. G. M. Daughlan, Clerk

I James Boyes of Sandwich age testifie depose and say that I was intimately acquainted with Saban Hall in the Continental Service in the year 1778 and I know that he served as a private soldier in Capt Nowell's Company of Col Reid's Regiment on the Continental establishment the term of one year
James Boyes
Hillsborough for State of New Hampshire October 18 th 1819
Personally appeared the above named James Boyes and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed
Before me Isaac Luse Justice of Peace
I do hereby certify that the above named James Boyes deponent is a credible and disinterested witness - Isaac Luse Justice of Peace

State of New Hampshire Secretary's Office
October 19 th 1879
I hereby certify that Isaac Hove Esq. whose name is subscribed to the within certificate is a Justice of the peace for the county of Hillsborough in said State, duly appointed and commissioned and that faith and credit are due to his official acts
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said State on the day of the date hereof
Sam l G. Grafton Sec y

This may certify that Elder Laban Hall is at this time owing me the Subscriber the Sum of Seven Dollars and Twenty four Cents. dated at Leavitt July 12 th 1827 $7.74
Jonathan Conant
March 31, 1828 Then Jonathan Conant Subscriber of the above Account, appeared before me & made Oath that the above demand was at this date justly due him from the said Laban Hall -
Before me
Eliphaleth S. Darling
Justice of the Peace for the County of Franklin.

Mosses State Guidance.

I Moses Spear of Vershire in Orange County and State of Vermont of lawful age dispose and say that Sabas Hall now of Shutesbury in the County of Frank- lin & State of Massachusetts in the month of April 1820 paid to me my claim against him for services as physician to the amount as near as I can recollect of Twenty dollars and forty nine cents.
Chelsea Oct. 5. 1827
Moses Spear
State of Vermont Orange County to - Oct 5. 1827 personally appeared Moses Spear and made solemn Oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth.
Before me JOHN ARBUCK Justice Peace

I Robert B Wilkins of Concord in the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire, on Oath declare, that I was a Lieut. in the 2 d New Hampshire Regt. commanded by Col. George Reid, in the Continental Revolutionary Army, and was personally acquainted with Laban Hall, who enlisted in the month of March 1778 for one year, as a Soldier in the said New Hampshire Line, and joined said line in June of said year 1778 and was annexed to Capt. William Rowell's Company in said 2 d New Hampshire Regt. commanded by Col. George Reid aforesaid, where he continued faithfully to serve in said Rowell's Comp y in the Regt. aforesaid upon the Continental establishment until March 1779, and some day in said March 1779 he was Discharged, his discharge expressed as follows, Laban Hall a Soldier of the 2 d New Hampshire Regt. having faithfully served one year it being the term of his enlistment is honorably discharged and permitted to go to the State of New Hampshire and was signed by the commanding officer of said 2 d Regt. — and I further declare that Mr. Laban Hall of Chelsea in the State of Vermont, and now in my presence is the identical man which rendered the services above stated. Robert B Wilkins

State of New Hampshire Rochester } Concord Oct 19th 1819
Be it known that on this nineteenth day of October A.D. 1819 before me Joseph Law Notary Public in & for the State of New Hampshire, Robert M. Wilkins, & made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is just & true.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Notarial Seal at Concord in the County & State aforesaid on this day aforesaid.
Joseph Law, Notary Public,
I certify that the above deponent is a credible old Saladin, now a resident in this town.
Joseph Law Not. Pub.

15881 R Vermont am. Restore & transfer
to Mass. Gaban Hall Hon. S.C. Allen H.R. Chelsea in the state of Vermont who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Reid of the Vt. Hamp. te time, for the term of One year pension to comm. May 13, 1820 inscribed on the roll of Vermont 1820 at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 of Nov r 1818 and sent to Josiah Dana Chelsea Vt
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1819 135.46 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1820 48. 16 23 / 30 $ 183.46
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued

Notification sent Oct. 23. 1820, to H. E. G. McLaughlin Clerk of Orange Co. Williamstown, Vt.
Deed, relating to this case, sent the 9 th June, 1823, to Elijah Wood, Esq. Greenfield, Mass. - Also the schedule re- turned for vouchers to payments referred to in the same.

Laban Hall Indiana Act 18 to what time paid?
to at Mays. to 4 Sep 1838 and at Pen: Offici. Indiana fr 4 Sep 38 to 4 Sep 1841 March 23. 1842 2/4

Schedule of the estate of Laban Hall of Shutesbury in the County of Franklin Commonwealth of Massachusetts Applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of May 1. 1820- No Real Estate
  1 Horse 18. 1 Ox Cart 5. — — $ 23.   1 Plow 3. 1 set of Harrow teeth 2. — — 5.   1 Draft Chain 1. 1 set of horse chains 75 — — 1.75   1 set of old waggon Wheels — — — 4.   1 Hoe & Axe 1.25 3 Iron wedges .67 — — 1.92   1 Handsaw, 50 1 set of Andirons 1.25 — — 1.75   1 Crane .75 1 Shovel & tongs 75 — — 1.50   Old Iron 1. Iron ware 5 — — 6.   Wooden ware, 50 Penter 1.67 tin ware .69 — 2.86   6 Glass Bottles .75 Grocery .45 — — 1.20   1 Wooden Clock 4. 2 tables 1 — — 5   1 Old Bureau & 3 old chests — — — 4.   13 old chairs 3.25 1 Shoat 3 — — 6.25   $ 64.23 
Shutesbury July 9. 1827 — Laban Hall
We the subscribers testify and say that we have viewed the property contained in the above schedule shown to us by Laban Hall above named as his property and are of the opinion that the sums set against the respective items are their true value
Shutesbury July 9. A. D. 1827 —
Paul Macomber Archelaus Leonard
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss — Aug. 1. 1827 —
Personally appeared Paul Macomber & Archelaus Leonard above named & to me known & made oath to the truth of the above statements by them subscribed. Sam. F. Dickenson Justice of the Peace
Aug. 1. 1827 — I certify that Paul Macomber & Archelaus Leonard above named are disinterested & credible witnesses Sam. F. Dickenson Justice of the Peace

Laban Hall.
Act 1 March 1827
(March 1820)
Sam l F. Dickinson Esq. Age Amherst Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF FRANKLIN ss.
ON this — sixteenth day of August — 1827, personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Common Pleas, being a court of record for the county of Franklin, established as such by the Constitution and Laws of said Commonwealth, Laban Hall — resident in said county, aged seventy three — years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress, of the 18th March, 1818, and the 1st May, 1820, that he, the said — Laban — enlisted for the term of one year — on the ninth day of March in the year — 1778 — in the state of New Hampshire in the company commanded by captain Rowell — in the regiment commanded by colonel Reed — in the line of the state of New Hampshire — on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until March 1779 — when he was discharged from the said service, in Dukbury — in the state of Connecticut that his name has been placed on the pension list, and dropt therefrom on account of his property.
And, in pursuance of the act of the 1st of May, 1820, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my 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 and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. That, since the exhibition of my first schedule, the following changes have been made in my property—viz.
My real estate then lying in Chelsea in the state of Vermont I sold to one Stephen Spear for seven hundred dollars, my personal property has been gradually diminishing since as well as the proceeds of my land from the procuring causes viz. at the time of my former declaration I was indebted in the sum of two hundred dollars or more. that since that time I lost two hundred dollars more by being bound for two men by the names of Francis Thompson & David Centre , my first wife lay sick nearly or quite one year, under the constant care of Physicians. I was after her death left alone with a young family. My present wife with whom I have lived between six and seven years, has been very feeble for five of those years and during the two last years lame and unable to walk, or to do any thing to any amount. My own health has been poor, having two ruptures or breeches in my body and worn down which render me unable to do hard labor, my health has also been much impaired by being compelled by need to labor beyond my strength & ability to perform, so that by means of these losses & misfortunes altho' I have done all in my power I am now reduced to be wholly unable to support myself and need the charity of my country. I further say that my occupation is that of a labourer on a farm that I have four children two sons & two daughters between the ages of fourteen & nine unable to do more than their own support if so much, and that I am now indebted in the following sums to the following persons viz. to John Conkey $25.12, Paul Macomber $16.50 Luther Henry $6. Lewis Draper $8.25. Moses B. Filton 7.17 & Jonathan Conant $7.74 without any means of paying them as above mentioned in said Schedule. Laban Hall —
Sworn to, and declared, on the Sixteenth — day August 1827 before the Court aforesaid.
Albert E. Alvord clk —
I, Elyah Alvord Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Laban Hall did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Sixty four dollars and twenty three cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this sixteenth day of August 1827
E. Alvord Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Franklin.

Hall in Vermont

State of Vermont } On this 23 rd day of October 1819 Orange County } Before me Josiah Dima Chief Judge of Orange County Court for the State of Vermont personally appeared Laban Hall of Chelsea in the County and State aforesaid aged Sixty four years, who being 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, intitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War. That he the said Laban Hall enlisted for the term of one year in the Month of March 1778. in New Marlboro, in the State of New Hampshire in the Company commanded by Captain Rowell of the Regiment commanded by Colonel George Rice, in the line of the State of New Hampshire on the continental establishment; That he continued to serve in the said Corps or in the service of the United States until some time in the Month of March 1779, when he was dis- charged from service in Reading in the State of Connecticut that and he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of assistance of his Country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. Sworn to and declared before me, the day & year aforesaid

Sworn to and declared before me, the day & year aforesaid
Isaiah Dana Chief Judge of Orange County Court
I Isaiah Dana Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Saban Hall did serve in the revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemies
for the term of nine months at one time on the continental establishments; and I now transmit the proceedings taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress, I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support.
and I also certify that the first declaration was made on the 7 th day of April 1818.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our Court this 23 rd day of October in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and nineteen
Isaiah Dana Chief Judge of Orange County Court