Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4486, James Hall, Mass. Privateer

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass. Privateer
Hall, James. Sarah
P. 4486
CONTENTS
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Declaration.
Sarah Hall,
widow of James
W.
July 7. 1838,
A. D. Kimball Barton Vt.

State of Vermont, } (County & District of Orleans, } ss, On this 17 th day of December, A.D. 1855, at a Probate Court, held at Troy, in said District of Orleans, before the Hon. Mar- shal, Carpenter, Judge of said Court, personally appeared Sarah Hall, Wid- ow, of James Hall, deceased, a resident of Pottine, in the Province of Canada- East, aged 85 years, who being first du- ly sworn according to law, to the said her oath make the following declar- ation in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows." Also the benefits of a joint Resolution of Congress passed, August 23 rd 1842. Also the benefits of all subsequent acts, applicable to her case.
That she is the Widow of James Hall, who was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion, and done much service as quartermaster in Massachusetts, militia, also was engaged on the Water as a Private when she has often heard him state when living, his officers names from her own memory she is not able to give, but would respectfully refer the Hon. Com. to the certificate of the Secy of Massachusetts, for proof of his ser- vice, that he enlisted from Chelmsford Massachusetts, where he resided at the time

the War of Revolution was declared, She further declares that she was married to the said James Hall, in Wethersfield, Vermont, on the day of May A.D. 1788, that her husband the aforesaid James Hall, died on the 21 st day of December A.D. 1850, in Troy Vermont, That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marri- age took place previous to the first of January A.D. 1794, Vigg, at the time above stated, that her marriage to  name before said marriage was Sarah Sherman. to the said
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me — Marshall Carpenter } Judge of said Probate Court }
State of Vermont
Orleans district p.
I hereby certify that the foregoing proceedings were had at Troy in said district on the 17 th day of December A.D. 1855, as herein and above represented, and that Marshall Carpenter is Judge of Probate within and for said district; and that his signature is true and genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at Brattleborough in said district this 17 th day of December A.D. 1855 Thomas Parnson Register

Know all men by their powers that I Sarah Hall, of Potten in the Province of Canada east, do hereby appoint S. D. Kimball of Barton Orleans County, Vermont, my true and lawful agent and Attorney for me & in my name to do and transact any business at the U.S. Pension Office, in relation to my claim for a pension, as the Widow of James Hall, late of Troy in S d Orleans County, deceased,
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal at Troy in S d Orleans County this 17 th day of December, A.D. 1855, Signed & Sealed In presence of } S. D. Kimball M c Intosh Comptroller } Sarah Hall
State of Vermont Orleans County } S.S. At Troy in said Orleans County on the day and year above written personally came Sarah Hall, to me well known as the Widow of James Hall & acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act & deed before me - I certify that I have no interest in the result of her "blazing" W. C. Gilman Justice Peace.

Proof of Service

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, Aug. 30 th 1855.
I Hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of James Hall is on descriptive list of men detached to serve for nine months in the Continental Army, agreeable to a resolve of the General Court of the State of Massachusetts Bay passed June 9 th 1779. from Middlesex County - Age 25: Height, 5.7; Complex. Light: from Chelmsford.
David Chambers & Henry Fletcher enlisted with him, from Chelmsford.
And there is evidence that those three men served the 9 mos. in the 8 th Regt. in 1779 & 1780. in this office.
To the Hon. Thomas Jones Esq. "Please to pay Nathl Boynton Jr. or order all the balance that may appear due to James Hall for nine months service in the year 1779 & 1780. and in the 8 th Regiment and this order shall be his receipt your sufficient voucher for the same. see me;"
attest Silas Frooton Thomas Cummings
"James Hall"

Springfield July 19. 1779 Capt. James Cooper acknowledges the receipt of the said James Hall and others, of Justin Ely Esqr. Com- missioner for Massachusetts Bay.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Sir Barton, W. Va., Aug. 28-1855,
Herewith I send you a power of atty from a Son of James Hall, to Ed. Mores, and by his request will you please to make search for the friend of said Hall, and if you find to the amt of 14 days please send me your certificate & I will immediately enclose to you your fee,
Truly yours S. D. Kimball
Hon. Sect y of State, Boston Mass
Please by return mail send a fr d of one dollar for search for service of James Hall.
S. D. Kimball Esq. Barton W. Va.
Yours truly E. M. Wright
Per N. Lyman Strong Clerk of Pensimp.

To the Hon. Sect y of the Common- Wealth of Mass — You are requ- ested to furnish evidence of the Service of my late father James Hall. He rendered some Service in the War of the Revolution, and was taken prisoner, and retained at Halifax Six months, and then exchan- ged — as he informed me when living. He lived at the time at Chelmsford Mass.
I hereby authorize Edward of Barton Vermont my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to Cause search to be made for said Service. James H. Mc Son of the aforesaid James Hall deceased
State of Vermont, Orleans County. — ss: At Barton in said County of Orleans on this 25 th  day of August A.D. 1855, personally came James Hall and acknowledged the foregoing power of atty to be his act and deed.
Before me S. D. Kimball Justice Peace

Dec for Boxt and

State of Vermont, } ss. COUNTY OF Orleans }
On this 17 day of Decr A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Sarah Hall , aged 85 years, a resident of Potton Canada East in the State of Vermont , who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the Widow of James Hall , deceased, who was a Soldier and served in the War of the Revolution from Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and rendered 9 months service,
She further states that she was married to the said James Hall in Weathersfield Vermont on the 10th day of Mar , A. D. 1788 , and that she is now a widow, and that her said husband James Hall , died in Irroy Orleans Co Vermont on the 22nd day of Decr 1854,
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d, 1855.
Sarah Hall
WE Marshall Carpenter and Nancy A. Flint residents of Derby & Irroy , in the State of Vermont, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing Declaration was signed and acknowledged by the said Sarah Hall in our presence, that we believe, from the appearances and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Marshall Carpenter Nancy A. Flint
The foregoing Declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
W. C. Gilman
Justice Peace.
State of Vermont, } ss. COUNTY OF Orleans }
I, W. W. Bingham , Clerk of Orleans County Court in the State of Vermont , do hereby certify that W. C. Gilman , whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing Certificate was at the date thereof such officer as he there subscribes himself namely, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, and as such officer he is duly authorized by the Laws of this State to take acknowledgments and administer oaths.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed and affixed the Seal of said Court this 21st day of December , A. D. 1855
W. W. Bingham Clerk.

REJECTED
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P. O.
Sarah Hale
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
Chelseaford Mass
_____ Recognized. _____
Contract.

No 15,370
Sarah Hall
mo of John James
Cornwall,
Les. L. S. 11/11/56
4486
July 7, 1838.

Spencer S. D. Kimball. Ag t

Sir, Barton, W. Dec r 20 th 1855,
Herewith enclosed please find the papers in the case of Sarah Hall, Widow of James Hall, I send you her declaration for a pension, Also for Bo Land, with other papers to prove service, Death &c.
If I understand the pension law correctly her said husband was entitled to a pension from the 4 th of March 1831, to the day of his death, under the act of 1832, Will you have the goodness to inform me what the proper application should be to procure it, whether it can be done by his Widow, or by one of his children by an affidavit, or a "Declaration" by an administrator. Perhaps I should state that Perkinsville is a village in the Town of Weathersfield.
Hon. J. Menet - Bureau of Pensions
Respectfully yours - S. D. Kimball

Parker'sville Nov 1 55 Mr Kimball
Dear Sir
Your Letter of Oct 13, was, after delay at Walthamfield Post Off'ce, received
I hasten to say that the Marriage certificate of James Hall to Sarah Shum is not on record at this Off'ce.
And I am con- fident that you cannot get any clue to the record thereof, for the Records of Esqr Chilson who was my Grand Father

are not to be found and are probably lost as others before you have made trial to find them
Yours &c
J Field Chilson
Town Clerk
PS No charge for this
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We Robert Kay & Enoch Sanborn, of St. Johnsbury in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont, of lawful age depose & say, and you adjuring that we have resided in said St. Johnsbury for the last twenty years, that from the time we first located in St. Johnsbury until about 1850 we were per- -sonally acquainted with James Hall, and his wife Sarah Hall, during that period they lived as husband & wife, and continued so to be until his death which took place in this Town as be- understood at the time, but were not personally conversant with the fact, Since his death his Widow the said Sarah has lived with her son James Hall , in Potter Canada - adjoining this Town, and is still living.
Robert Kay
Enoch Sanborn

State of Vermont Orleans County ss, on this 17 day of Decr 1855, before me personally came Robert Ray, & Enoch Sanborn, to me well known as men of truth and signed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit - I have no interest in this case,
W. D. Gilman
Justice Peace

I, Benj Porter of Dux, in the County of Orleans & State of Vermont of lawful age depon, & say, that I am personally acquainted with - Sarah Hall, now a resident of Patten Com- -dwant, that she is the widow of Francis Hall who died in St. John, in the fall of 1850 I attended his funeral, and was one of the bearers and my team was used used to carry his rem- -ains to the hanging Ground, for some two years prior to his death they lived in this vicinity as husband & wife, they moved from Weathersfield, Vermont, to this Town as I was informed & from what I have heard S d Hall say I have no doubt but he was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, Benj Porter
State of Vermont Orleans County } On this 17 day of Dec r 1865, before me personally came Benj t Porter to me well known as a man of truth & signed & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit - I have no interest in this claim! W C Gilman Justice Peace

State of Vermont ss Orleans Co ss
I N. W. Bingham, Clerk of Orleans County Court in the state of Vermont, do hereby certify that W. C. Gilman, whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing Certificate was, at the date thereof, such officer as he there subscribes himself, namely, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, and as such officer he is duly authorized by the Laws of this State to take acknowledgments and administer Oaths;
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed and affixed the seal of said Court this 21 st day of Dec. 1855. — N. W. Bingham Clerk