Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17049, George Hall, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R.L.
Hall, George Mercy
W 17049
CONTENTS

14718
Lowick George Hale
of Genesee in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Serlow of the Regt commanded by Col Brown in the P.M. Militia for 13 Months service
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 50 Dollars 11 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of June 1833 and sent Gates Kohas Gate N. York NY
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $100:00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 33 25:05
$125:05
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 61

Reported to Agent. February 19, 1841.
Albany Nov: York - 3521.
Mary Hall widow of George Hall, deceased.
who died on the 2 d of February, 1839 - of Genessee Co. in the State of N. York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Gorton of the Regt. commanded by Col. Sillingerhart in the R. Island line for militia - private 6 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 20 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1 st 3 rd day of March, 1839 } Feb y
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Febru- ary, 1841 and sent to B. M. L. N. Yates, House of Representatives Arrears to the 1 st of Sept. 1840 - $ 31:71 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Mo. 41 - $ 10.00
$41:71
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by S. S. Elliot Clerk. Book 6 Vol. 1. Page 117.

George Wall, Papua

Genesee County ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a justice of the peace of said county George Hall who being duly sworn deponeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following graded, For two months and six days, I served as a private soldier under Captain Benjamin Gorton in the year 1776 — For two months, I served as a private soldier in the same year, Colonel Benjamin Tillyhast commanded the Regiment; For three months and four days I served as a private soldier at Tiverton, & in attempting to take the Island of Newport under General Spencer in the year 1777; For three months as a private soldier in Sullivan's expedition to take the Island of Newport in the year 1778; For three months as a private soldier under Captain Meechan in the year 1779; For one month & one week as a private soldier under Captain Benjamin Gorton in the year 1780; For two weeks as a private soldier on alarms after the time last above mentioned; And for such service I claim a pension.  15 tho 3 rd
Sworn to and subscribed this 19 th day of March 1833
George Hall
Augustus P. Hascall a Justice of the peace
State of New York Genesee County ss. I Timothy Fitch, Clerk of said county certify that Augustus P. Hascall before whom the foregoing affidavit of George Hall purports to have been taken and made was at the date of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe his signature to the said affidavit is genuine — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and Seal of Office this twenty first day of March 1833 —
Timothy Fitch Clerk By B. Pringle Deputy

State of New York
Genesee County } ss, Preserved Richmond of LeRoy in the
County & state aforesaid being duly sworn deposed and saith that he was acquainted with George Hall in the Revolutionary war, that he resided in the same town which town was West Greenwich in the County of Kent state of Rhode Island, that he had been previously acquainted with the said George, that said George now resides in the town of LeRoy aforesaid, and said deponent further says, that he knew of said George being in the service of the United States in the Army, and as one of the state troops so called, that said George went into the service under Captain Benjamin Gorton in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wathaniel Brown, that the troops to which said George belonged were stationed at Quinnetuck neck to guard against the attack of a British man of war that lay in the river, that he knew of said George serving two months or about that time on the said occasion the year this deponent thinks was in 1776 — and this deponent recollects that said George served under Benjamin Tillinghast Colonel for about two months the same year. And this deponent further states that said George served under Captain Gibbs at Dartmouth and Dartmouth near Massachusetts line, that a man by the name of Tappan or Topham was Colonel some of the time, and Spencer was General, that the object of the expedition was to take Rhode Island, or Newport from the British who were then in possession of it, this time of service of the said George was as much as two months, and is pretty confident was about three months, and this deponent thinks the last above service was performed in the year 1777 — and this deponent further states that the said George served under General Cornwall who commanded in Genesee the Militia in General Sullivan's expedition to the Island of Newport in the year 1778, that the said George served at that time about three months probably a little short of three months. And this deponent further recollects and states that the said George was out & served in several other expeditions during the revolutionary war, but the length of time he served & the names of the officers under whom he served this deponent does not now recollect, that the said George served as a private soldier in all the expeditions herein mentioned as a Militia man, or in the state troops as they were called — That this deponent is confident that the whole time of actual service of the said George during the Revolutionary war would exceed twelve months, and further this deponent says not.
Subscribed and sworn to this 28 th day of August 1832 before me
Preserved Richmond
Augustus P. Maseall a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Genesee

State of New York
Genesee County p; I Timothy Fitch Clerk of the said County of Genesee do hereby certify that Augustus P. Hascall before whom the foregoing affidavit of Preserved Richmond purports to have been taken was on the day of taking the same a Justice of the peace in & for the said county of Genesee and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity and further that I am well acquainted with the signature of the said Justice & verily believe that the signature of the said Justice subscribed to the said affidavit is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 15 th day of October 1832.
Timothy Fitch Clerk
Genesee County ss. I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Preserved Richmond the person who has subscribed the foregoing affidavit and that he is a credible witness and that his statement is entitled to credit. Dated the 10 th day of March 1833
Augustus P. Hascall a Justice of the Peace &c.
State of New York } Genesee County } ss. I, Timothy Fitch Clerk of said County certify that Augustus P. Hascall whose name is subscribed to the above certificate was at the time the same bears date a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and seal of office this twenty first day of March 1833
Timothy Fitch Clerk By B. Pringle Deputy

Oniida County ss:
Lodowick Green & Caleb Green of Langfield in the County of Oniida & State of New York, being duly sworn severally depose & say that they have been for many years acquainted with George Hall, now a resident of the Town of Le Roy in the County of Genesee and State of New York, but formerly a resident of the Town of West Greenwich, in the County of Kent in State of Rhode Island. That they were well acquainted with the said George Hall, at the time when he so resided in the said Town of West Greenwich. And these deponents further severally depose and say that the said George Hall at various times between the years 1776 & 1780, served in the Revolutionary War as one of the Militia of the State of Rhode Island, and that these deponents particularly recollect that the said George Hall within the period aforesaid, served in the said war as one of the Militia of the State of Rhode Island, under 156 Gen. Sullivan, for thirty days, in his expedition against Newport, and also for the same term of time, as one of the 156 militia aforesaid, under Gen. Spencer, in his expedition against the same place - And that the said George Hall during the said period, was employed, according to the best knowledge information and belief of these deponents about twelve months as one of the State Militia aforesaid in the expeditions aforesaid & in assisting to guard & protect the Narragansett shore from invasion - And further these deponents say not -
Subscribed & sworn to this
13th day of March 1830 before me,
Manuel Park Justice of Peace
Lodowick Green Caleb Green

George Hale
19949
L. Tracy.

State of New York
Genesee County ss On this 15 th day of October 1832
personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Genesee now sitting George Hall a resident of the town of LeRay in the said County of Genesee & State of New York 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 benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
11 That in the month of March, about the first of the month In the year 1776 Captain Benjamin Gorton who then resided in West Greenwich County of Kent in the state of Rhode Island at which place I also then resided commanded a company of Militia in that town, & was sent  drafted & went out with his company to guard against an expected attack from a British man of war that lay in the Providence river and I belonging to said company was called out and we were marched to Quonset neck where we lay two months, Colonel Nathaniel Brown commanded the regiment to which said company belonged, on our way to Quonset neck we marched through East Greenwich, the only noted place on the route. About the first of June in the same year the said Company was called out again and I went with the company as a private belonging there, and we were marched through East Greenwich & continued further south than Quonset neck and lay at North Kingston two months to prevent the British from landing who came off in Providence river, or Bay as it was sometimes called, with vessels of war, Colonel Benjamin Tillinghast commanded the Militia in this expedition — In the year 1777 in the latter part of August a call was made for a certain part of the Militia at West Greenwich and other places round about there to go and take Newport from the British — the lot was determined by drafting or detaching and the lot fell upon me for one, and one Captain Gibbs of the town of Coventry in the said County of Kent commanded the Company in which I was placed — We were marched through Providence and from thence to Kingston where we lay about two months, they then beat up for Volunteers to see who would enlist into what was then called the front guard commanded by a Colonel Tappan or Tapham, I enlisted into that Guard for one month, the object was to go on under General Spencer for the purpose of taking the Island of Newport from the British, we were marched down to Dartmouth, we lay at Dartmouth sometimes, we were then ordered to have our arms & every thing ready to march at a moments warning, we were marched during the night to a place called Fogland,erry and boats were there prepared to land us on the Island, the British were cannonading all the while and some disaster happening to the Company that first started in

the boats the expedition was abandoned and I think probably it was well that the expedition was abandoned for the British had cut down all the orchards on the Island and dragged the trees down to the water. I placed the tops after first sharpening & cutting them towards the water and were well prepared to receive us - We were then soon marched back to Dartmouth and there we lay till the month was expired for which I enlisted. I then had to get home the best way I could it being about one hundred miles the way I had to go. There were six of us together returning home, and upon enquiry found we could muster money enough among us all to buy one meal a day for each man and thus we arranged the business until we got home - In the year 1778 there was a call for one half the Militia to go on Sullivan's Expedition as it was called to take the Island of Newport from the British. I think the call was for just one half the Militia but may be mistaken I was drafted as one. I have forgotten the Captain's name that commanded the Company but think it sounded some like Needham or Wheaton, he did not live in the same town that I did but I recollect that the Ensign's name was Sedgwick. I do not know where he was from but I recollect where I resided, we marched to Providence where we staid a few days. A part of the Company was then detached out to take Scows or flat bottomed boats down to Tiverton. I and Ensign Ellsworth were among the number. We supposed we took water enough to last us but we found we did not - We rowed all night and passed when the British lay at Butts Hill Port. During the passing down the river we landed at a place called Poppy's Squash for the purpose of getting water. The British had filled the wells & we searched some time before we found any. We landed the Scows at Tiverton and lay there some time until the troops came down by land. After some days Sullivan gave out orders that on a certain day he should make an attack upon the Island. The day fixed on was Sunday but owing to a heavy thunder storm we did not commence embarking until late in the day - We crossed over to the Island but we went in such numbers that we were able to clear away the orchard trees this time that the British had placed where we landed, we were then marched towards Butts Hill & encamped for the night. A Frenchman was then appointed an Engineer and he laid a plan for a redoubt a little down the hill on the South East side so as to prevent the British landing if they should attempt it. I worked at fatigue on the redoubt. A very tedious storm came on & we did nothing but keep guard for several days. General Cornwallis

Commanded the Militia. We then marched down about ten miles by the Windmill, towards, Johnnary Hill Fort. The Militia then went on fatigue in building a fort & in trenching & worked nights at first only. After a while we got it so we could work days. The British were throwing bombs & balls at us all the while. We lay there nearly a month. A part of the Militia was then ordered off as a feint to draw the enemy out of the fort. The enemy came out & attacked a company of Grenadiers who fought on their retreat until they came up with the main body, a battle then commenced & continued through the day. I was among the party that was ordered to cross the river in order to draw the British out of the Fort & consequently was not in the battle. The Americans then crossed at Howlands Ferry I think it was called. We lay there some time I do not recollect the exact time. We were then discharged & returned home. The whole time I served during Sullivan's Expedition as it was called was about three months, & I think I can safely say it was three months, taking in the necessary time in returning home. In 1779 I think about the first of July the half of the Militia were again called out & I was drafted & went under Captain Menden of Company. Colonel Waterman Commanded the Regiment. We were marched to Warwick neck & lay there about one month to guard against an expected landing of the British from thence we were marched to Providence & staid there half a month I believe. We then marched by Water to Bristol. Bristol had previously been burnt by the British. We staid about one month at Bristol & then marched back to Warren to prevent the British from burning it. We staid at Warren about twenty days. In all about three months in my first service. We were then dismissed & returned home. In the year 1780 the Militia were called out & marched to East Greenwich I went as one of the Militia. It was expected the British would come in to that place. Captain Benjamin Gorton Commanded the Company in which I was. Thomas Gorton Commanded the Regiment. Messrs I believe was General at that time. We staid one month only, & were dismissed & returned home. I was out in several Alarms afterwards. One time at Stonington at one time at Updikes Newtown now called Wickford, at time . At one or more time to South Kingstown, but did not stay there any time for by the time the Militia arrived at them the British would be off at some other part of the Narragansett Shore & I should think the whole time in going & returning an Alarm would not amount to more than two or three weeks. I never received but one written discharge & that was
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from Colonel Tappan or Topham which was on the occasion of the second expedition before set forth. I did not consider it of any consequence at the time & very soon lost or destroyed it - I have no written evidence of my service that I know of. I do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any state - I was born in the year 1759 in West Greenwich in the County of Kent & State of Rhode Island. I know of no record of my age - My father entered the Army in the French War in the Spring of 1759 and I was born in September of the same year - My father died late in the fall in the same year near Albany as I have been informed - Several years After the Revolutionary war I moved to Clarendon County of Rutland in the State of Vermont where I resided five years. from there I moved to Leviston in the same state where I lived thirteen years - I then returned to Clarendon & lived there five years. then I moved to Marcellus in the County of Onondaga State of New York where I lived one year. I then moved to Onondaga in the same County where I lived six years from that place I moved to LeRoy aforesaid where I resided five years. I then lived in Stafford, County of Genesee aforesaid three years, from Stafford I moved to LeRoy aforesaid where I have since resided & where I now reside. Colonel John G. Bisby & Frederick  Bass  Foot  both reside in my neighborhood and are personally acquainted with me and can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution."
Subscribed & sworn to the George G. Hall day & year aforesaid in open court Timothy Fitch Clerk

John G. Bigby & Frederick Root residing in the town of LeRoy in the County of Genesee & State of New York hereby certify, that we live in the immediate neighborhood of George Hall who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and are well acquainted with him, that we believe him to be seventy three years of age, that he is upright & he lived in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, that we have never heard that fact doubted and that we fully concur in the belief that he was a Revolutionary soldier
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court
Timothy Fitch Clerk
John G. Bigby
Frederick Root
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter before it 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 said Court further certify that it appears to them that John G. Bigby & Frederick Root are residents in the town of LeRoy aforesaid and that both of them are credible witnesses persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
Isaac Wilson William Mitchell Robert Carr

I Timothy Fitch Clerk of the court of common Pleas of Genesee county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original pro- ceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of George Hall for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 15 th day of October 1832
Timothy Fitch Clerk

4938 Widow Mercy Hall Declaration under act of July 4. 1839.
M. Soper, Agt. Batavia N.Y.

State of New York Genesee County ss. On this 14 th day of March 1839 personally appeared before the Judges of the Circuit Court and Court of Oyer and terminer Mercy Hall a resident of Le Roy in the said County aged twenty nine years; also being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4. 1836. That she is the widow of George Hall who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and received a Pension under the Act of Congress of 1832 of $50.00 per annum. She further declares that she was married to the said George Hall in the month of August June in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine but the day she cannot recollect . That her husband the aforesaid George Hall died on the second day of February eighteen hundred and thirty nine and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. — Sworn to and Subscribed } her in the day and year above } Mercy X Hall written in open Court } March N.W. Soper, Clerk
State of New York } Genesee County } ss. I, Horace W. Soper, Clerk of said County and Court certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of said court on the application of Mercy Hall for a Pension — In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal this 14 th March 1839 — N.W. Soper, Clerk

4938. Thidow Mercy Hall
Affidavit —

State of New York Genesee County } ss.
Solomon Hall, of Churchville, in the County of Monroe in the said State, and Ezekiel Hall of Batavia in the said County, being duly sworn do depose and say, the said Solomon Hall that he is aged fifty eight years and the said Ezekiel Hall that he is aged fifty six years and they both respectfully depose and say that they are children of Widow Mercy Hall of Le Roy in said County and George Hall, deceased, late a Revolutionary Pensioner, and that their said parents had one child older than these deponents, Sally Hall, now a resident of Batavia. — That these Deponents always understood that their father was a soldier in the Revolution and that he was married to the said Mercy Hall, the mother of these Deponents, prior to his leaving the service and some time in the month of June in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy nine. — That the leaf hereto annexed is the Family Record of the said George Hall and Mercy Hall and of the birth of their children and is in the hand writing of the said George Hall and was attached to the Family Bible and has always been in the possession of the said George and Mercy Hall. — And these Deponents further say that they have always supposed and truly believe that the said George Hall and Mercy Hall were lawfully married, and further these Deponents say not.
Sworn and Subscribed this 5 th day of September 1839 before me by Solomon Hall and Ezekiel Hall who are personally known to me to be persons of truth and veracity.
Solomon Hall
Solomon Hall
Ezekiel Hall
John Chapfield Judge of Genesee County Court

State of New York Genesee County ss. Sarah Hall of Batavia in said County, being duly sworn deposes and says that she is aged Fifty nine years and is the oldest daughter of George Hall, deceased and Mercy Hall, his widow. That her father was a Revolutionary soldier and was married to the said Mercy Hall prior to his leaving the service. That the leaf hereto annexed is the Family Record of her said Parents and is in the hand writing of her said father and this Dependent further says that her mother the said Mercy Hall has not intermarried since the death of her husband the said George Hall, but still remains a widow.
Sarah H Hall mark
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 5 th day of September 1839 by Sarah Hall, who is known to me to be a person of truth and veracity.
John Chatfield Judge of Genesee County Courts

State of New York Genesee County
I, Horace M. Soper, Clerk of said county, do hereby certify that John Chatfield Esq. was a Judge of Genesee County Courts at the time of taking the foregoing affidavits and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and do truly believe the signatures to the foregoing certificates of taking the same are his hand writing.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 5 th day of September 1839
H. M. Soper. Clerk

Amot Hall the
Family record George Hall his Book Series
Series 1st

Family Record
Polly Hall Jan 27 1760 Sarah Hall Broom
Solomon Hall, B Mar 11 1781
Ezekiel Hall, B Feb 47 1788
Y Asa Hall, B Feb 1/2 1784
Phillip Hall, B Jan 1/2 1787
Deborah Hall, B July 20 1791
Thomas G. Hall, B Jan 25 1793
James Hall Daniel Hall, B Jan 1 1796
Mercin Hall, B July 21 1798
Hiram Hall, B August 3 1801
Eunice Hall, B June 9th 1808

Samuel Hall — 1780
Samuel
Samuel Hall
Samuel
William
Samuel

sion on file in this Bureau.
James H. ...
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  RANK.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  STATE.    CAPTAIN.  COLONEL.      March 1776  2 mos 4 days  Pvt.  Benjamin Gorton  William Brown  R.I.    June 1 1776  1 mo.  "   Benjamin Gorton     Aug. 1777  3 mos 4 days  "  Gibbs  Stephen     1778  3 mos  "  Thompson or Whiston      July 1779  3 mos  "  Welden  W. Sherman     1780  1 mo 1 week  "  Benjamin Gorton  Thomas Gorton      When General Moultrie moved to Sullivan's Island, he left the Battalion now Wickford once to South Kingston, in all two or three weeks.  Soldier's father, entered the service in the French war, Spring of 1759.  Battles engaged in, Wickford Feb 1778 R.I.  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Wickford R.I.  Date of application for pension, Feb 1839  Residence at date of application, Providence R.I.  Age at date of application, Feb 2, 1839  Remarks: Soldier married in West Greenwich R.I. June 1779 Mary Green. She was allowed pension on an application executed Mar 14, 1839 when a resident of Le Roy, N.Y. aged 79 yrs. Children: Sarah b. June 27, 1780; Solomon b. May 11, 1781; Elizabeth b. Feb 17, 1783; Asa b. July 10, 1784; Philip b. Jan 7, 1789; Phebe b. July 26, 1791; Mary b. Jan 2, 1793; Daniel b. Jan 7, 1796; Miriam b. July 2, 1798; Hiram b. Aug 9, 1800; Eunice b. Jan 9, 1805 or 1808 Very respectfully,

4938
Mercy Hall
Act. July 4: 1836
Married June 1779
Husband died 2 d February 1839
Present to Communa 3 d Feb 1839
Col Tillinghast R I Capt Gorton Solitica
Admitted
Private 6 months
$20-
Hon. S. M. Gates
Home Rep.
U.S.

State of Rhode Island No. 16
Town clerks office
West Greenwich Sept. 25th 1939
I John James Town clerk of said Town of West Greenwich do hereby certify that there is no record of the marriage of George Hall to Mercy Green to be found on the marriage records in said Town of West Greenwich given under my hand and the seal of said Town on the day and year above written
John James Town Clerk

State of Rhode Island } County of Kent } ss
I Joseph J. Sillinghurst Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for the said County of Kent (being a Court of Record) do hereby certify That John James the subscriber to the Certificate on the back of this, is Town Clerk for the Town of West Greenwich within said County and the seal by him affixed is the seal of said Town
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at East Greenwich this Third day of October in the year one Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Nine
Joseph J. Sillinghurst Clerk

Albany - George Hall on June 7. 1832 to what time paid? V L
Due 2 nd Feb 1839 paid to that period J H

Owego, Mich. Oct. 16. 1920
W. A. Commissioned of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I am writing for information concerning Geo. Hall, a Revolutionary soldier who died at Leroy New York. He drew a pension and his wife, Mary Green, drew a pension until her death. She may

have lived at Bennington Vt. at the time he was pensioned. This was his wife's childhood home. At one time they lived at Scranton Vt.
I would also like any information you could give me concerning Matthew Towsley, a Revolutionary soldier.
I would be greatly obliged if you would
give me such information and data as is available to you and would be of assistance to me in forming the D.A.R.
Thanking you for your trouble I am.
Yours truly.
(Mrs. H. R.) Lula Avery Maxwell
Address: Care of Miss Lotta Avery. 11016 65 th St.
Chicago Ill.

4938.
Mercy Hall N.Y.
Act 4 July, 1836.
Let. to Hon. S. M. Gates. Feby 9, 1841.

N. York
Mercy Hall
let. to H. W. Soper 1. May 1840
to Mrs. S. M. Gates 21. Dec. 1840.
For same 27 Jan. 7. 1841.
Affid. At July 1836

Widow Mercy Hall Affidavit in case of

State of New York Genesee County ss.
Reverend Richmond of the town of Le Roy in the said county, being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with George Hall and Mercy Hall of the said town of Le Roy, and had been acquainted with them for many years, nearly all his life time and was present at their marriage and saw them married that they were married by the Reverend Calob Nichols in West Greenwich, Rhode Island sometime in the summer of the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine and while the said George Hall was still in the Revolutionary Service and before his term had expired. — That the said Mercy Hall's maiden name was Green. — And this Deponent further says that he has been acquainted with the said George Hall and Mercy Hall, his present widow, since their said marriage that they have brought up a family of children — that the said George Hall died some time last winter and and that the said Mercy Hall has not intermarried since the death of her said husband. — And this Deponent further says that he this Deponent is aged seventy five years. and further says not.
Reverend Richmond
Sworn and subscribed before me this 13 th day of September 1839 by Reverend Richmond who is known to me to be a man of truth and veracity. Levi J. P.
State of New York Genesee County ss.
I, Horace W. Soper, Clerk of said County, certify that Laurence Moe was a Justice of the Peace of said County at the time of taking the foregoing affidavit and that the signature subscribed to the foregoing Certificate of taking the same is his hand writing. —
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 13 th September 1839 — H. W. Soper, Clerk

LeMoy March 28-04
Free
Hon. J. L. Edwards War Department Pension Office Washington City
6/12
May
RTD

27 March 1833
Dear Sir
Enclosed are Pension Papers of Mr George Hall
with additional affidavit &c. It will be seen that we have not procured the affidavit of M c Green to be authenticated. We did not rely upon that affidavit. It was attached merely as a kind of circumstantial evidence. It was procured by Mr Hall with a view of making a special application to Congress, but we concluded it was too vague to rely upon in the present application. We supposed the proof sufficient without that affidavit, having the statement of Mr Hall full and particular, and the positive testimony of one credible witness stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant &c. Mr Hall is a very poor man and has already incurred much expense in various applications for pension and is unable to traverse the country in search of testimony other than what he has procured herewith.
We remain very Respectfully Yours, Gates & Hoar
M c L Edwards

Mercy Hall's Cash - Henry Brown Esq. Sett.
Worthington M & M Hon. S. M. Gates
Hon S. M. Gates NOR

H. M. Gates N.Y.
Hon. J. M. Gates M.C. Washington
Mercy Hall's Cash. Tenny Brown Esq. Secy.

Penji Office R Island Dec 1. 1841.
Sir - Thomas Tillinghast was Major of a Militia Regiment in Kent County in 1776 and 77- He was Lt Col Com d of the same Reg t in 78/79-80.
Benjamin Gorton was Capt  Lieut of the 2 nd Co of E Greenwich in said Reg t in 1776 appointed Captain in 77- and so continued until 81- I find no appointment of Weldon.
Ginge Hall must therefore have served in the Militia and there are no documents in this office by which his services can be ascertained.
He must resort to the Depositions of such as served with him.
Respectfully yr Ob dt Serv t
Adams Bowen
Mem Mr Gates.

Mary Hall's Pension case
14. S. M. Gats 200
H. H. [unclear] Esq. Amanda Wascall Esq.
Batavia Genl. Co. Le Roy N.Y.

State of Rhode Island County of Kent and Town of West Greenwich
I hereby certify that now record of the Marriage of George Hall To Mercy Hall is to be found on the the Marriage records of the Town of West Greenwich in my books whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 2nd Day of October A D 1840
John James Town Clerk of West Greenwich
I John James above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the boundary in the County, Town, and State aforesaid and that the above is a true report of the record of said Town as certified by me
John James Town Clerk of West Greenwich Sworn before me this 7 Second day of October A D 1840
Joseph Lockwood Justice of the Peace

West Gravenish Kent County R. I. October 22 nd 1890
Mr Soper Sir I have complied with your request, and have not taken the trouble to see the postmaster referred to by you for the reason that I had furnished him with a certificate of the fact that there was no record of any such marriage, and he further then stated to me that he could not obtain any evidence of the marriage referred to I received the records and gave said certificate something like a year past & he then stated to me that he would pay me when you remitted to him &c
for the trouble I am at I will leave to your discretion the expenses I pay to the justice is inconsiderable being like Sworn -
N.B any communication made to me please to direct it to the Washington Village Post office box 45 R.D.
H. U. Soper
Yours Truly
John James

Patani, Genesee County, N.Y. Jan 15. 1840.
Dear Sir,
I herewith enclose the Pension Papers of Widow Mercy Hall. — The old lady could not fix the day of her marriage although I had a number of conversations with her and we tried in vain to find any Record which would settle that point. Neither could Mr. Richmond who was the only witness present living by any thing in his possession determine the day of the marriage.
I am Sir
Very Respectfully
T. W. Dofey
J. L. Edwards Esq. Clerk of Pension.

H.R. Dec 10 1840
Sir
Herewith I enclose additional evidence in the case of Mercy Hall, an applicant for a Pension from Genesee County New York Very Respectfully Yours Obt S er v t Seth M c Grath
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comfr Pensions

Wash ng Jany 23. 1841
Sir
The Secy of State of Rhode Island desires to know what Regiment George Hall of N.Y. served in, in the Revolutionary War, & whether he served as an officer or private, to enable him to make search for an account of his services - Will you enable me to inform him
Yours Very Respectfully S. M c Guire
Hon- J. S. Edwards Compt re &c

29 Irving Place. Buffalo, N.Y. Dec. 3. 1907
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly give me the record of Mercy Hall of Stafford, Genesee Co. New York, whose name appears on pension list of 1840?
Yours truly H. F. Hall

29 Irving Place Buffalo, N.Y. Dec. 3-1907
June 10, 33
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly give me the record of George Hall, Private Rhode Island Militia, placed on pension roll June 10-1833, and whose name appears on list of 1831? He was later a resident of Stafford, Genesee Co. New York.
Yours truly H. F. Hall.

Washington Feby 9 1841
Sir - You will please issue a Certificate for a Six Months Reunion in the case of Mrs Mercy Hall, & accept my thanks for the very full & conclusive decision & opinion received in the case of Mrs Sarah Smith Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt Seth M Gates
Wm J L Edwards

SWW, Olympia, Wash. May 5 th 1910 To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly give me the dates of birth and death of George Hall Jr. private in Lieut. Joseph Little's Company, Col. Marsh's Regiment; October 10, 1778. Time of engagement; Aug. 16; mo. 1; day 21; discharged Oct. 5 th as per enclosed Certificate.
My Grand Father, George Hall was a pensioner as was his wife, Mercy Greene, who survived him.
Being desirous of becoming a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution I would thank you for the above and any other information you have at your command that will aid me.
Kindly return the certificate and your bill if any and I will at once remit.
Very truly yours,
Mrs. David Mitchell
416 Rogers Ave.
MAY 11 1910
Olympia, Wash.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
1907 Dec 18 Hist. Soc. 1910 May 20 Hist. Soc. Mrs. David Mitchell 1920 Oct 18 Hist. Soc. H.R. Maynell.
File No. 17048 Mrs. Hall Widow of George Hall St. Stephen
Act July 1 st 86
Index: Vol. a , Page 312
[Arrangement of 1870.]