Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10812, Seth Hall, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Hall, Seth
S. 10812
Carded
CONTENTS

Connecticut 9453.
Seth Hall
Fairfield in the State of Conn. He was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Wm Hall of the ————— commanded ————— in the Ct. Militia for
6 months
Enscribed on the Roll of Conn. at the rate of 20. Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21. day of May 1833. and sent to Edward Taylor, Clerk P.C. Danbury, Ct.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 — 10.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept. — " — 10.00
$ 50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. L. Francioni Clerk C. Vol. 3 d Page 17.
1889
Jan'y 7
Henry Hall history - Priv.

State of Connecticut, County of Fairfield } ss.
Probate District of Danbury
On this sixth day of August 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in said County and State
now sitting at Danbury in said District, John Hall a resident of Danbury in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, aged Eighty three years, who being first sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated. —
That in the month of July 1782 there was a Guard called "Coast Guard" stationed at a place then called Newfield near Bridgeport on the coast of Long Island and in said Fairfield County under the command of Lieutenant William Hall who was an Officer under the authority of the said State Government, but whether in the State Troops or militia he does not know. That on the 1 st of said month of July 1782 he enlisted to serve in the said Guard the term of six months, and served there as a private soldier under the command of said Lieutenant Hall six months then next following, and until the 1 st day of January 1783 —
There were no regular troops there during said service, and all the military force stationed there during his said term of service was under the command of said William Hall — The duty of said Guard was to protect the persons and property of the citizens, but the enemy made no attack upon that point during his said term of service, and he was not engaged in any battle —
On said 1 st day of January 1783 he was regularly discharged by said William Hall, but received no written discharge —
He further saith that he was born in Fairfield in said County on the 9 th day

of May 1749, and an entry thereof in the family record of his Father Ebenezer Hall deceased he produces here in court that when he so entered the said service he resided in the town of Weston in his county, and continued to reside there until the year 1805, when he removed to said Fairfield where he resided until the month of October last - He then removed to said Danbury, where he has since resided, and now resides - That he has no document- ary evidence and knowers of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his said service excepting those who be affidavits are hereunto annexed. He is not known to any clergyman in said Weston, Fairfield, or Danbury, and does not therefore comply with the require- ment of the Department of War re- quiring a clergyman's certificate. but produces here in court other certificates in lieu thereof. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any state - Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. } Seth Hall - Attest Edward Layton clerk }

6556 Seth Hall
W. B. C.
Admitted
Ed. Taylor Esq. Clerk Probate Danbury Ct

BRIEF in the case of  Seth Hall of  Hanfield  in the State of  Conn (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 83  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     July In 17 82 to Jan '83 6 private Gen. Lieut. Wm Hall  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Weston  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Right 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Apal C. Easton Examining Clerk. 22 Jan y 1833

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
Ill Sur file 10812 Rev. Mar
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history + of Seth 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. + son of Ebenezer Hall -
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1. 1782 6 mos. Pri. Lt. Wm Hall Conn.   "Coast guards"            
Battles engaged in, none.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Weston Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 6. 1832 — allowed -
Residence at date of application, Danbury, Conn.
Age at date of application, B. Fairfield, Conn. May 9. 1749
Remarks: In 1832 Molly Wileman ae 56 yrs. res  Brookfield, Conn. dau. of col testified in claim.  "soldier died" Sept. 30, 1838 at Bridgeport Conn. leaving  no widow.
Very respectfully,

To S. D. Atkin Esq agent for paying Pensions in Hartford Conn. Sir I return My Certificate to you by direction of the sum of S ts Hale who died on the last day of September 1838 at Hartford Conn. which Pension has been drawn up to Sept 1838. The amount now being so should be further drawn will be mailed your Hon. otherwise the left no und
Seth Hall
Payments to be made at Hartford, Ct by Rev. U.S. br. bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
Connecticut
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E. Vol. 3 d . Page 17 by Francis T. Francis Clerk.

Lett Hall
Payments to be made at Hartford, Ct by Pres. U.S. br. bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
Connecticut
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E. Vol. 3 d . Page 17. by Francis J. Francis Clerk.
J. S. Patten Esq. agent for paying Pensions in Hartford Con. his return May 6th 1838 to pay by order of the sum of Lett Hall who died on the last day of September 1838 at Hartford Con. which Pension has been known up to Sept 4 th 1838. The amount now being so shall be paid to her with no interest young man Sherman

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Seth Hall of the State of Connecticut who was a private during the Revolutionary War
is entitled to receive Twenty dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Twenty first day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three
Secy
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

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Pension Bureau,
Please give me a copy of Seth Hall's service as a soldier, as he was a pensioner He died Sept 30 1838 aged 89 yrs born May 9. 1749
Also of William Nichols - born March 10 1755 died 1837
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Address.
Mrs Robert N Blakeslee
22 Elwood Ave
Bridgeport ct

Pension Agency Norfolk March 16. 1843
Sir
Herewith I transmit various Pension Certificates which have been surrendered from time to time principally since the expiration of the Act of 7 July 1838.
I am very Respectfully Your Ob st Serv t
A. H. Powney for Henry Hawkins Purs Clerk
J. S. Edwards Esq

Pension Agency Norfolk March 16. 1843
Sir Herewith I transmit various Pension Certificates which have been surrendered from time to time principally since the expiration of the Act of 7 July 1838.
I am very Respectfully Your Ob t Serv t
A. V. Barray per Henry Fowler Pension Clerk
J. P. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington

1906 May 24 History to Mrs. Robt. N. Blakeslee - c
Rev. Mr.
10812 ✓ INVALID.
File No. 10812
Seth Hall
Miss. Rev. war
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 163
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Joseph Backus of Bridgeport in Fairfield County do depose and say that I have been for about thirty years well ac- quainted with Mr Seth Hall formerly of Fairfield in said County and now resident in Danbury in said County and an applicant for a pension from the United States and have known him during that time to sustain a fair character for integrity & many years of a Christian character and have full confidence & belief that the facts by him stated for the obtaining such pen- sion are in all things true; and that he is entitled to full credit & belief in Court & Country Joseph Backus a Justice of the Peace & Notary Public In room at Bridgeport Fairfield County
This first day of August 1832
before me
Hanson Hamlin Justice of Peace

I Sam l Rowland of Fairfield in Connecticut do certify That for more than forty years I have been acquainted with Mr. Seth Hall formerly of Fairfield but now a resident of Danbury in said State, is a person of respectability & is entitled to belief - That he has for several many years served as a constable in this town and often appointed to other officers of trust which he performed with fidelity to his trust & had the full confidence of the community and I have never heard or known of any reason to alter my opinion or above expressed -
Fairfield August 8 th 1832
Samuel Rowland
Subscribed & sworn to before me at Fairfield this 1 st day of August A D 1832, before me
Thomas B. Borne Justice of Peace

And the said Court of Probate, do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories, prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Joseph Braker and Samuel Rowland Esquire, who have signed the preceding certificate, are credible persons, and you them of credibility. That said Joseph Braker resides in the town of Bridgeport and said Samuel Rowland in Newfield aforesaid, and that their statements are entitled to credit - And that said Hanson Merrill and Thomas B. Osborne before whom the said certificates were sworn, are just and the same, and that the preceding certificates, purporting to be theirs are in the handwriting of said Thomas B. and Hanson respectively. - Attest Edward Taylor clerk
I Edward Taylor Clerk of the said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Seth Hall for a Pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my said Office this 6 th day of August A.D. 1832 - Attest Edward Taylor clerk

Connecticut Hartford County ss. s.
I Reuben Booth of Darien in said county judge of the court of Probate within and for the District of Darien in said county and State. Do hereby certify that Edward Taylor Esquire who hath signed and certified the foregoing proceedings of the said court of Probate is clerk thereof and had such clerk duly appointed and known when the same herefor were here been signed and certified by him: that the preceding signatures and all the signatures appended to annexed, attesting the proceedings of said court and purporting to be the signatures of the said Edward Taylor are in his proper handwriting: and that full faith and credit are due to his attestation as such clerk - In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand at Darien aforesaid this 24 th day of August 1832 Reuben Booth Judge of the court of Probate for the District of Darien, Connecticut

Judge of Probate for Danbury, District

Fairfield County ss. Fairfield August 3 rd 1832
Aaron Hubbell born in Fairfield in the county of Fairfield & State of Connecticut aged seventy years deposeth & saith that he recollects that Seth Hall formerly of said Fairfield but now living in Danbury in said county served in a guard of the State Troops at Bridgeport in the war of the Revolution in the year 1782 under the command of Lieutenant William Hall for the term of six months - & further said deponent saith not -
Aaron Hubbell
Fairfield County ss. Fairfield 3 day of August 1832
Personally appeared before me Aaron Hubbell subscribed to the above deposition who is a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above facts stated in this deposition before me
Joseph Banks Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut } Fairfield County }
ss. Thomas Bloome Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield in said State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Joseph Banks Esq. of Fairfield in said County is proven and was on the 3 rd day of August 1832 a Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned & duly authorized to administer oaths & take Depositions &c. - I further certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Joseph Banks & that I verily believe the official signature to the above Certificate purporting to be his is genuine. I further certify that I verily believe that the body of the foregoing Deposition & the Certificate thereto annexed are in the proper hand writing of the said Joseph Banks & also that the words interlined in said Deposition ("at Bridgeport") are in his the said Banks' own handwriting. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 10 th day of August A.D. 1832. Thomas Bloome Clerk of said County Court.

No 6556.
Admiral Percy Byron the Count Melville
Please direct to Edward Layton Esq. Clerk Probate Dunleary Co. Down.

I Molly Willman of Brookfield, in the County of Hampshire and State of Connecticut, aged fifty six years being duly sworn, do depose and say, that I am the Daughter of Seth Hall of Danbury in the said County, who hath applied for a Pension for Revolutionary services. That when I was about six or seven years of age, the said Seth Hall served as a soldier in a Guard then stationed at New Field House called Bridgeport in said County of Hampshire. I lived in his family in Watton at the time about four miles distant from said New Field, and can distinctly recollect the fact that he do served in said guard, but cannot say for how long a time he served - Molly Willman
State of Connecticut County of Hampshire ss.
Probate District of Danbury. ✓
Probate Court August 10th 1832 Personally appeared Molly Willman the above named deponent and in open court, has denied the foregoing deposition and made oath to the truth of the same. And the said Court notes her as a witness that she is a person of good character for truth and veracity, and is a credible witness - Attest Edward Laylin Clerk