Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23212, Ebenezer L Hall, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hall, Ebenezer L. Lydia
W. 23212
B.L. Mt. 3817-160-55
CONTENTS

32727
Act Mar 3/55 Ah 2/55
Lydia Hall wid of Ebenezer Hall deceased Rev. Pensioner
Fife Major, Map: Cont. line,
Ad: No dem Aug: 15/55,
Br. H. R.
Bizton
3817 rip Aug 17/55
Johnathan L. Hall Bridgeport Maine
CH
Feb 48 - Nov 1770
Vol. No. 4.

N. Hampshire. 32.566.
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Ebenezer Hall, deceased of Merrimack Co. the State of N. H. who was a Sergeant in the Co. commanded by Captain — of the Reg. commanded by Col. Bradford in the N. H. line for 2 years.
Deduct what was paid under Act 1818.
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord, N.H. at the rate of 120 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831, ending 18 th Nov. 1834, when he died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18. day of May 1847 — and sent to D. M. Thayer, Esq. present.
Accrues to the 4th of Pension allowance ending
To Lydia Hall,
his Widow. { Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. H. Wood Clerk, Book E. Vol. 1. Page 91

Reported Hon Chas. T. James Feby 7 1833
1770, to Hampshire (now) Lydia Hall widow of Ebenezer Hall Mass who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Sergeant ,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4, day of Sept. 1848 and sent to
Stephen Meseve Sommer Bartlett M.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners in February 2, 1848, Page 73

Copy of Schedule, Court record re

No. 1. Copy of Hall Baptist Association. 1827.

Schedule
Containing the whole estate & income of Ebenezer Hall (his necessary clothing & bedding excepted) by him submitted, exhibited to the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Coos in the State of New Hampshire on the 11th day of July 1820 & annexed to his oath, viz.
Real Estate none
Personal Estate. 7 chairs, small room $1,50
Crockery ware $4.00 glass $3.00
Woolen ware $5.00 Tin ware 1.00
Wooden ware $5.00 Amounting in the whole to the sum of one hundred and fifty cents $19.50
Ebenezer Hall.
Copy by A. N. Brackett, Clerk.
Coos Co. State of New Hampshire On this eleven-th day of July A.D. 1820 personally appeared Ebenezer Hall of Bar- toft in said County before me Lovejoy & John Pendleton, Jr. judges of the Court of Common Pleas in said County of Coos aforesaid being a court of record in & for said County, having the power of fine & imprisonment said Hall aged sixty one years resident in Bartlett in said County, & being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary War as follows viz. enlisted on the 28th day of March A.D. 1777 in the State of Massachusetts for the term of three years in the company commanded by Capt. James Bagley Regiment commanded by Colo. Gabriel Bloodgood in the Massachusetts line on the Continental establishment, continued to serve three years & was honorably discharged on the 29th day of March 1780 in the State of New York at West Point. The date of my original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the 16th day of April A.D. 1818. The amount of my pension certificate is 7027. I have received a pension. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it, or to bring myself within the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 & that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities

contracts or debts and to nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed by me subscribed. My occupation is a farmer but of not sufficient ability to pursue it. My family consists of a wife & two children Lydia my wife is feeble & infirm aged fifty two years. John Hall aged twenty years in a feeble debilitated state & unable to labor at present. Sarah Ann D. Hall aged 10 years healthy. Their capacity to contribute to their support is small.
Elmer Hall
Sworn to & declared at Lancaster in said County on the eleventh day of July A.D. 1828 before
Wm Lovejoy & Judges of the said Court John Pendleton Jr.
Attest John Williamson, Clerk. Adin N. Blackett, Clerk.
Virginia Court Clerk's Office October 15th 1827.
I hereby certify that the above & foregoing contains a true copy of the original, schedule, & declaration on oath of Elmer Hall whose signature is affixed to the original, that the same was transferred to this office by operation of law, & that the same now remains in this office. In testimony of which I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court the day & year above written.
Adin N. Blackett, Clerk.

Ebenezer Hall S. H.
Recd Apr 16 1818

I Eleanor Hall a resident citizen of the United States of America an Inhabitant of the town of Brattleboro' in the County of Coos & State of New Hampshire aged 88 years, on oath declare that at Brattleboro' here in the County of Bristol in the State of Massachusetts, on or about the 28 th day of March A.D. 1777 I enlisted in to the Army of the United States, in to the company commanded by Capt. James Coo- per of the 14 th Massachusetts regiment commanded by Col. Gammali- el Bradford, for the term of three years, that I joined the Army at Ticonderoga the same following, and continued to serve in the same regiment untill on or about the 28 th day of March A.D. 1780 when I received an honorable discharge at West Point in the State of New York, which I have since lost, and that I was in the battles of Saratoga and Monmouth, and I further on oath declare that I am not borne on any pension list, & that by reason of my old age circumstances in life am in need of assistance from my country for support, as herefore I pray that this application may be trans- mitted to the Secretary of War, to the end that I may be placed on the pension list of the United States aforesaid agreeable to an act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war. Eleanor Hall
I Levi Chubbuck of Brattleboro' in the County of Coos & State of New Hampshire do testify and say, that I was a fellow soldier in the Army of the United States in the revolution- ary war, with the above named Eleanor Hall, in the years A.D. 1777, 1778 and 1779, and that he served in the Army of the United as stated in the foregoing application by him Subscribed Levi Chubbuck
Coos Ss } on the 16 th day of April 1818
personally appearing the above named Levi Chubbuck and made oath to the above by him Subscribed before me — Silas Munroe & Associate Judge of the court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Coos —

State of New Hampshire Coos ss,
On the 26 th day of April, A.D. 1878 before me the subscriber, Silas Merriee one of the judges of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Coos in said State, personally appeared Ebenazar Hall Esq aged fifty eight years, resident in the Town of Pratt's, in said county, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions, made by the late 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; that he the said Ebenazar Hall enlisted in the town of Drayton in the County of Bristol in the State of Massachusetts, on or about the 28 th of March 1777 for the term of three years, in the company commanded by Capt James Cooper of the 14 th Massachusetts regiment of Infantry, commanded by Col o Gamaliel Bradford; that he joined the army at Ticonderoga in May following and continued to serve in the same regiment until on or about the 28 th day of March 1780, when he was discharged from service at West Point, in the State of New York; that he was in the battle of Stillwater, and the siege at Saratoga and in the battle of Bemis Heights, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service; and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, as aforesaid  to which he declared before me the day and year aforesaid; and that I Silas Merriee Merriee Judge V.C. as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Ebenazar Hall did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the foregoing declaration, that he is in reduced circumstances & needs the assistance of his country for support against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony, taken and had before me to the secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
of March 18 th 1878 Silas Merriee
an associate judge of the C.C. pleas in & for said County of Coos

State of New Hampshire
County of Carroll p.
On this 24 th day of March 1855. before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Alexis Garland and Ebenezer Tashman residents of Bartlett, County Carroll in the State of New Hampshire, known to me as credible persons who made oath in due form of law that Lydia Hall who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration is to their personal knowledge the identical person to whom under the provision of the act of March 4, 1848, a pension of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum has been granted for the services of her late husband Ebenezer Hall deceased, a Sergeant of the Revolutionary War. That since being placed on the pension roll or roll of pensioners, she the said Lydia Hall has not intermarried but remains and now is a widow. That they have known her for 40 years and derive their knowledge of the facts herein stated from the following circumstances to wit. They have seen her Pension certificate and examined it this day and they know that she has drawn her pension under the same, they have personally known her as the widow of the said Ebenezer Hall for twenty years past. They further state that they are disinterested witnesses. Alexis Garland Ebenezer Tashman
Sworn to and subscribed, before me, the day and year above written.
Isaac Meserve
(Justice of the Peace)

Lydia Hall
32227

State of New-Hampshire.
CARROLL, SS.
I, Francis R. Chase, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said County, hereby certify that Isaac Musser Esq., before whom the annexed Declaration  Declaration &affidavit was made, and who has thereunto
subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereunto is genuine.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court, this 27th day of
March 1858 Francis R. Chase Clerk.
of One hundred and twenty dollars per annum has been allowed for the services of her late husband Ebenezer Hall a Sergeant of the Revolutionary War and late of Danforth, County of Franklin then in the State of New-Hampshire.
She further states that her Pension Certificate under the act aforesaid of March 4, 1848 is numbered 1770 and bears date the 14th day of September 1848 and is made payable at Concord Agency.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty bond to which she may be entitled under the act of March 2 d 1855, never having received or known herself entitled or made application under any previous act of Congress.
In evidence of her marriage and proof of service of her said husband, she respectfully refers to proofs heretofore adduced now on file in the Pension Office and upon which her annuity as aforesaid was granted. That since being placed on the list of Revolutionary Pensioners, she has not intermarried but remains the widow of said Ebenezer Hall.
She appoints as her Attorney for the within specified purpose Jonathan L. Hall of Bangor Maine.
Attest, Alexis Garland Ebenezer D. Dyer
Ebenezer Hall

State of New Hampshire
County of Carroll ss.
On this Twenty fourth day of March 1855. before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace, duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Lydia Hall aged 85 years a resident of Bartlett, in the County of Carroll in the State of New Hampshire, who made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical Lydia Hall to whom under the provisions of the act of March 4, 1848, a pension of One hundred and twenty dollars per annum has been allowed for the services of her late husband Ebenezer Hall a Sergeant of the Revolutionary War and late of Bartlett, County of Carroll, then living in the State of New Hampshire.
She further states that her Pension Certificate under the act aforesaid of March 4, 1848 is numbered 1770 and bears date the 14 th day of September 1848 and is made payable at Concord Agency.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act of March 3 rd 1855, never having received or known herself entitled or made application under any previous act of Congress.
In evidence of her marriage and proof of service of her said husband she respectfully refers to proofs heretofore adduced now on file in the Pension Office and upon which her annuity as aforesaid was granted. That since being placed on the list of Revolutionary Pensioners she has not intermarried but remains the widow of said Ebenezer Hall .
She appoints as her Attorney for the within specified purpose Jonathan G. Hall of Bangor Maine.
Attest, Alexis Garland Ebenezer Tinker
Lydia Hall

State of New Hampshire
band 18.
Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged before me, the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid Lydia Hall, to be the identical person she alleges herself to be, a Pensioner, of the United States; and at the date of the execution of this declaration, a widow, and that I am not interested in her claim as Agent, Attorney or otherwise.
: Osborn Mesevor
(Justice of the Peace e a c

State of New Hampshire
County of Carroll ss.
On this 24 th day of March 1855. before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Alexis Garland and Ebenezer Tashman residents of Bartlett, Carroll in the State of New Hampshire, known to me as credible persons who made oath in due form of law that Lydia Hall who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration is to their personal knowledge the identical person to whom under the provisions of the act of March 4, 1848, a pension of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum has been granted for the services of her late husband Ebenezer Hall deceased, a Sergeant of the Revolutionary War. That since being placed on the pension roll or roll of pensioners, she the said Lydia Hall has not intermarried but remains and now is a widow. That they have known her for 40 years and derive their knowledge of the facts herein stated from the following circumstances viz. They have seen her Pension certificate and examined it this day and they know that she has drawn her pension under the same, they have personally known her as the widow of the said Ebenezer Hall for twenty years past. They further state that they are disinterested witnesses. Alexis Garland Ebenezer Tashman
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written.
Isaac Meserve
(Justice of the Peace)

Lydia Hall 11/51
Wid of Ebenezer N.H.
Ad 7 July 1838 Mar d 1793 died 1834
Allow $120 per ann
Wm West. Concord N.H.

State of New Hampshire
Stroud
August 25th 1838 } ss. we the subscribers Solomon Densmore aged 71 years and John Densmore, residents of Conway aged 66 years in the County and State aforesaid testify and say that we have been well acquainted with Ebenezer Hall late of Bartlett and Lydia Densmore (who has signed the annexed declaration) for more than fifty years last past. and further testify that we were at the wedding and saw the above named Ebenezer Hall and Lydia Densmore lawfully joined together in Marriage on the twenty fourth day of October AD 1793. by the Rev Mr Porter of Conway.
Solomon Densmore John Densmore
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me.
James Willey Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named Solomon Densmore and John Densmore who has sworn and subscribed the above affidavits are credible persons whose statements are entitled to full credit the day above written.
James Willey Justice of the Peace
Statements are entered in your records J.A.H. Justice

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1835. entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack
ss.
On this Eighth day of August 1835. personally appeared before me. Aaron Whittmore Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid.
Sydia Hall a resident of Boscawen in the County and State aforesaid aged 69 years who first being 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 7 th 1835. entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
That she is the widow of Ebenzer Hall, who was a Life Member in Mass. Continental line in the army of the Revolution.
That according to her best knowledge and belief he served more than four years in the service of the United States;
who was a pensioner under the act of 18 th March 1818. at the rate of 96 Dollars per year.
For proof of service reference will be had at the war office produced when his certificate was obtained on the New Hampshire agency.
She further declares that she was married to the said Ebenzer Hall on Conway N.H. the twenty fourth day of October A.D. 1793. as will more fully appear by reference to proof herunto annexed.

at the war office produced when his certificate was obtained on the New Hampshire agency.
She further declares that she was married to the said Ebenezer Hall at Conway N.H. the twenty fourth day of October A.D. 1793. as will more fully appear by reference to proof herewith annexed.
That her husband the above said Ebenezer Hall Died on the eighteenth day of November 1834. (as will appear by reference to his account with the department)
That she was not married to him (her said husband) prior to his leaving the service, but the Marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and thirty four, viz. at the time above stated.
She further declares she was never afterwards married, and still remains a widow.
Lydia Hall
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written Before me.
Aaron Whittmore
Justice of the court of Comm. Pleas for the county of Merrimack State of Mass.
I certify that the above declaration was taken at the residence of the above named Lydia Hall she being unable to attend court from bodily infirmity, that she is a credible person whose statements are entitled to full credit.
Oct 4
Oct 11/40

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written Before me. Aaron Whittermore
Justice of the court of Common Pleas for the county of Merrimack State of Mass.
I certify that the above declaration was taken at the residence of the above named Lydia Hall. She being unable to attend court from bodily infirmity, that she is a credible person whose statements are entitled to full credit.
Aaron Whittermore
Justice of the Peace
State of New Hampshire Secretary of State's Office
I certify that the above named Aaron Whittermore is a Justice of the court of common Pleas in and for the county of Merrimack, and Aaron Whittermore is a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Merrimack, and James Willey is a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Strafford, and their signatures as such are genuine -
In testimony whereof I have this twenty eighth of August Anno Domini 1838, caused the seal of the State to be hereunto affixed.
Wm. Whipple Deputy Secy

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Glencoe R. 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.
N. file 23 212.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mch 28, 77 3 yrs 1st Maj James Cooper General Bedford 14. Maine   disch. March 25, 1780   at West Point 76, 77                                                   
Battles engaged in, Bennington & Saratoga Residence of soldier at enlistment, End of Raynham, Mass. Date of application for pension, Apr 16 1818 Allowed. Residence at date of application, Barnesville, Me. Age at date of application, 58 yrs
Remarks: at time of application N.H. Oct 22 1793 Lydia ...  he died Nov 18 1834  she was alive at the time of application Aug 8 1838 while living in Bangor, Me.  12 Dec 1838 N.H.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
1820 wife Lydia 32 ch. Jonathan 20, Sarah Ann D. Hall - 10 yrs -

London April 22. 1831
To the honorable, the Secretary of War.

Hon. Secretary of War
Dear Sir: H. H. [unintelligible]

Coos County, New Hampshire Dec 26 - 1827 To the Honorable the Secretary of War - Dear Sir - By rec't in- formation through a channel entitled to credit, prompts me to state the following facts. The execution of said Statute, at June Session 1811, appointed me Judge of the Probate Court for said County . This Office I now hold, though the fees annexed thereto, have but little more than bal- anced the expenses. While the Office was thus nominal, none perhaps I seemed to count. The Legislature at June Session 1820 - granted a Salary to the Judges & Register of Probate. This excited the feelings of some dissenters who now wished the Office. To that end a memorial was got up & signed by a number of the lower class of Society & forwarded to the Legislature at June Session 1827 - Praying & most earnestly Soliciting my removal from the bench. Setting forth no other cause nor cause, charge nor Specification, than that of being a pensioner. And that no pensioner ought to hold an Office under the local laws of the State. This memorial met with a decided rebuff by the delegations of the County. Being thus baffled in their design, have shifted ground; and now attempting my removal from the pension roll. Stating that I obtained my pension by fraudulent means & under misrepresentation; that I was not on the Continental establishment, the term stated in my declaration of the 10. of April 1818 - The roll of the Company, commanded by Captain James Cooper of the Eleventh Massachusetts Reg't, commanded by General Bradford; will refute that fallacious statement. It will be found on that roll, that I served three full years in that same Company & Reg't. It will be there found also, that I was a First Major of that Reg't; my name there written - Ebenezer Hull. The addition of London, I appeared about the close of 1780. From that, to the present era, I have placed the letter L. in my Signature. Another Statement is; that I deeded my property to retain my pension. This like the other, is an untruthful falsehood. Another Statement is; that I paid no tax in two years after the date of the deed. That the premises were taxed to me is a fact; & that they were so taxed, is as through the ignorance of the Select men, is also a fact. But that I paid no tax since 1819, except the capi- tation, is an egregious falsehood. It is well known that at the date of the deed, was anticipated an alteration of the Act of the 18, of March 1818. Being by all, considered a gratuity, founded on the plighted faith of the nation. Besides it is known by some here, that from 1815 to 1819. I endeavored to send my property, with my family, remove to the State of Maine, & there spend the residue of life as an instructor of the youth, to which employment, much of my time had been appropriated. But as I could not sell, I willed to my Son, who was now 19, years of age (though of a feeble constitution from his infancy) that if he had a disposition to abide in this Section of the County, I would deed him the prop- erty, & he might make the best of it, by his paying my debts, & giving

my daughter as soon to be named in the deed; payable in some future period, & I would remove with my wife & her, to the State of Maine. Both he & I were ill. While preparing for the journey. I was taken ill, which was the alone hind to my removal that winter. The next Spring my son was taken sick, which occasioned a further protraction of my removal. Previous to those transactions, I was with a disorder which made it necessary for me to resort to a solitary life, being unable to perform the business of agriculture: This was the ostensible cause in the first instance of my wish to migrate to the State of Maine; when I could meet with better management than perhaps in any station in this State; of which I had due proof before the late war. On the recovery of my son; those measures were again put in train for removal; & when upon the verge of departure, my daughter fell sick; this sickness left her in a debilitated state, & for several years last past, I know is, under the care of the Physicians, remaining in a feeble state of health: which frustrated all further attempts to migration. My son paid the doctor's bills up to the first of Sept r 1826, & was in arrears of it. I am named in the deed: at which time my daughter relinquished all further claim upon him, by reason of the destruction of his farm by the floods in Aug t 1826. Since that time, I have discharged the medical bills, from the annuity of $100, from the State. But of this I shall shortly be foreclosed by the Constitution; which provides that no judge shall hold the Office after he shall attain to the age of 70 years. I feel a conscious rectitude of my conduct in obtaining or retaining my pension. A quittance of those things whereof I am accused. — The documents sent, as to be sent, are the copy of the deed, & the copy of the Schedule of my property given in by me in July 1820. With such colourings & comments thereon as may occur my dictate — I would here note my Service in the Revolutionary war; to show that the years 77-78- & 79, does not cover the Service rendered, though they cover the Continental establishment. I was 9 months under the Command of Col. Simon Gary in 76, & was in the battle at White Plains in the autumn of that year. I was 10 months in the Rhode-Island Reg t commanded by Col. Christopher Greene in 1780. — I joined the Continental army at Ticonderoga in May 77- On the retreat from that garrison in July, I shared in the battle at Hubbardston. I was in the battles at Still-Water, & the Siege at Saratoga in Oct r . After the Surrender of the British army at the latter place: General John Patterson's Brigade to which I belonged, marched to the South-ward & joined General Washington's army at White Marsh, about the first of Dec r of the same year. I was in the battle at Monmouth in June 78- In the autumn of that year, General Washington with the main body of

the army removed to West Point. I continued in that garrison to the close of March 1780; at which time I was discharged; the term of my enlistment having expired. — The opposition pretended to much sagacity in obtaining my removal from the bench at the last June Session; but meeting with their firm rebuff, heightened their rage & malignity, those unscrupulous pupians build prejudices, which too often finds an asylum in the breast of designing men; from this source, arises this smoke, foam & fury; this intrigue, finagle, & management. If my conduct in obtaining, or retaining my pension was so correct, so glaringly reprehensible. It is surprisingly strange that the friend should have slept upon the files, & slumbered upon the records of our courts to this late era, when the pensioner is so far advanced in the age of life, as to be upon the last stage of human existence, with whom life itself wears an obsequious aspect; the tails of youthful vigor worn away, & changed to the barren wild of age, sorrow & despondence; connected with all those infirmities incident to the aged in general, & to the war worn soldiers in particular. The conduct of those malicious opponents is more abhorrent, when considering that neither they nor their fathers, wielded spear nor sword, either in defense, or support of their country's rights. I am now in my 69 th year; I carry the age debility of man generally, of 75- I have long since been unfit for field labor from the cause before named. I have three children, two sons & a daughter; I gave my first born his time in 1815- who had then entered his 20 th year. From that time, he has comfortably supported himself abroad. In 1817- I made him the same proposal as to my other son in 1819- He declined the offer, & observed that he could better support himself by his calling, than take the farm through a gift; he could not readily sell it, & to lease it, would be worse than useless. Moreover he said, that he was not sufficiently hale to take charge of a farm. — It was my fortune in Providence, to have a family of invalid offspring; but being capable, I fitted them for literary employment, so far as to instruct in english grammar school, in all its various branches, in early life. — I have written in haste, & this is my apology for all errors & blemishes that may be noticed in the foregoing hurried scrawl. In the interim - Accept, Dear Sir, the assurance of my high consideration & perfect respect, your most obt. & very humble Servt — Grew L. Hall

V.
General Office Nov 1 1830

Ortill N.H. Sept 20 1830
To the honorable, the Secretary of War - Sir -  Your communication under date of the 3, ult. reached this Office 12 days after date. It found me in a state of indisposition, unable to do anything further than to notice its contents; by which it appears, that in consequence of the debt to my Son in 1819, my pension had been suspended, & would so remain until a full investigation of the case was had. Being conversant with the rules & regulations of the department in cases of this character, I am at a loss what course to pursue, that would meet its approbation, or be satisfactory thereto. Therefore I must rest the matter at present on the following remarks. I wrote the Secretary Dec 26 - 1827. No mention was made in that letter, of the consideration of the debt to my Son, nor the consideration of the several deeds which that was intended to cover. It is every where known, & well understood; that the consideration of a deed, is in no instance the criterion by which we may infer the value of the property deeded; any more than we can solve the plaintiff's demand, by the ad damnum of his writ. It is not unfrequently the case (however absurd the practice) in the Section wherein I reside, & also where it is to give the consideration, double, treble, & often quadruple the value of the alienee premises. Since my residence in this Section of the State, I have made many instruments of conveyance; but not a solitary instance within my present recollection, wherein I recited the value; that the consideration was less than double the value of the property conveyed: except in banking concerns, where security is predicated on real estate; & deeds made by collectors; of bonds of non-residents sold at auction for taxes. The deeds here on file are the following -    1 st - Stanton to Hall, date June 3 - 1797. Consideration, $200. - I am paid in full satisfaction thereof, $75.     2 nd - Hall to Hall, date Jan'y 16, 1800 - 14, 3. 17. Consideration $100 - I am paid in full satisfaction thereof, $55.     3 rd - Hall to Hall, date Sept 5, 1807. Consideration, $185. - I am paid in full satisfaction thereof, $80.     4 th - State to Hall, date June 22 - 1814. Consideration $12.50. - I am paid in full satisfaction thereof, $12.50. Not one of the foregoing deeds was the production of my pen, nor my coin heard in running the considerations therein. Amount of which is - - - $497.50.     Amount of money paid - - -  222.50.    Stocks & tools by me estimated at the date of said deed - - -  77.50.     $300.00  
This I affirm to be a just statement. It recites the full value of the property conveyed by the deed in question. One third of which, was a gift to my daughter, payable to her by her Brother, at the dates designated in said conveyance. In the execution of the deed, my Son was strongly

Solicitor to give the consideration at $1000. Observing that that would but about double the amount of the several considerations which the annuity was meant to embrace. In reply I remarked; that the deeds in a collective view, had already been more than doubled, in their considerations; like this cause of provision, what must be the ultimate? But as it neither increased nor diminished the value of the property con- -vey'd, it made no difference with me: I only, that I should you sell for more than the present value, let the gift to your Sister, extend in proportion to your considerations, as my intention is; that your Sister shall be entitled to one third of the property conveyed, be that third more or less: & when that is dis- -charged, the end is accomplished. In 1815, & 16, I endeavored to sell, or lease my little property. (I was poor at all times) I could not sell for present payment at any price, & the most that I could obtain by lease, including Stock & Tools was $15. per ann. In 1817, I made a deed to my eldest Son (who was then, & still is abroad) of all the property I possessed; the consideration of that deed was $300. On his visit to the family, I presented the deed; he declined, upon the ground that he was unable to perform the requisites, labor on a farm, to him, would under its rather a burden than otherwise. In 1818, I should have sold an indent; the purchaser being in adverse circumstances, was unable to procure approved Security. In this situation I considered duty to quit my all here, in some way; as I have for a number of years past, been unable to perform manual labor any profit; & go where I could pursue a voluntary life for the support of myself & family. For this cause I deeded my little all to my Son in 1819, as above noted; with a resolution to abandon for life, this Section of the Country. But Providence, that overrules the affairs of men, thwarted my inten- -tions, & overthrew my fondest anticipations. This Providential de- -fect, placed me in a peculiar situation; as my future sup- -port wholly depended on my pension & the trivial fees of Office, which together did not, until 1826, amount to $120. per ann: when doors were opened to me abroad, in those days, of more than $300. per ann. My Office is now extinct, my pension suspended; the last resort daily means of subsistence. I would that I had been Slain, with my brethren in war, who fell on the blood stained fields of Mammoth: then I should not have thus become a burden to my pension, country, & me to my future life. I am not insensible of the cause of this foundering as I have long been the object of envy, with the distasteful, the Spar- -tate, the Trawler, the Fuleris, & the Office Seducer of all parties. Upon reflection, one would suppose by the feeble influence I now have in Society, the languid state of body, the impair of men- -tal faculties, in connection with the infirmities attached to the aged. The restless grasp would check their unbridled rage, more than hostile violence; & let me go down with my grey hairs in peace to the grave; as they have long pursued me with a pace as steady as time, & an appetite as keen as death. I have ever consid- -ered it a duty I owe to Society, to aid in the defeat of those dishon- -est, those unqualified aspirants, professing more than ordinary

Solicitude for Office, the recent defeat is only adding another arrow to their hostile bow. Many are the misfortunes which have fallen to my lot in life; many are the misfortunes which have attended me. Yet under all these trials, & persecutions to which I have long been accustomed; I thank God that I feel a perfect rectitude of mind, in that I have in all cases, & under all circumstances, acted from pure motives & just views; whatever construction may be put upon, or imputation of my private or public conduct. Considering my limited circle, & more limited influence in society, I think I have had far more than my share of calumny from the opposition. What would be my fate in these days of excitement in which we live, could my adversaries glut their animosity? Would they not have me down by the ten- -pests of opposition, & with more than savage malignity, hurl me to the shades of oblivion? Yet notwithstanding all these venomous arrows, however sharply pointed: an honest man who has been a faithful servant in public life. In War, a valiant Soldier; is entitled to some consideration with the American people, who enjoy the fruits of that Independence which under the smiles of the Almighty, was achieved by the gallant conduct, brave exertions of the veteran troops of the Revolutionary Army, whose ranks are now few & feeble. If my conduct in the case of the - due to my Son in 1819, be considered fraudulent. What can be said of my conduct in 1815, 16, 17, & 18? The object in view was the same, the very same in those years, as that of 1819. What can construction may be attached to my conduct in the case under consideration; I feel safe to testify, that it was as far from my intention in dealing my property in 1819, for the purpose of retain- -ing my possession: as it was in the years foregoing; to turn myself & family adrift upon a unrelieved world. I am indebted for my part sur- -tenance $34,458, which I promised to discharge by draft in Sept. inst. As soon as I recd. your letter, I caused notice to my creditors of my unpleasant situation, no longer in my power to meet their demands, was my most cordial wishes. I am indeed reduced to real pecuniary. What is the reply? Let your Son who possesses the property support you. My Son is not able to support his own family, & to that end I sold that tract of land for which I gave $40, for $54. knew all he could get. Although as good in every respect, as when I got in 1807. Little did I think that my country would have cast me off when I was old, near fourscore when I am grey headed. But I testify unto all men, that I shall go to my grave (which I humbly to be near) with this con- -soling reflection, that I have at all times, in all cases & under all circum- -stances; acted from unselfish, honest & just views. And if I have at any time, or in any case erred; it was through failure of judgment, or want information; not through intention. As before noted, I am now in your with the rules & regulations of the Department, would therefore respectfully re- -quest such information as the Secretary may please to impart. And if not attended with too great proximity & expense, I shall cheerfully comply with the requirement. My hold of life Sir, is indeed slender, whatever therefore is done for me, must be done shortly. In the interim, I have the honor to be Sir, with perfect respect, your aged & dear warm Servt. - Eben L. Hall.

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My letter N. H. June 7. 8 - 1842
To the honorable, the Secretary of War - Sir -
Your communication under date of the 2 d of Nov r last, reached this Office 13 days after date. I feel grateful Sir, for the information imparted; I have endeavored to meet its requisitions. I have not been so confident as might have been anticipated. The indisposition of Lady in the first instance, & the long unexpected absence of the certifying Officer, are the ostensible causes of this regretful delay. I considered Sir, of some importance, not only to procure direct testimony, but that there may be fair representation of the value of all the property I possessed. I should the Secretary imagine a suspicion, that in consequence of the deed to my Son, I held a claim upon him, or in some way a lien upon the property devised, in case of failure of negotiation. It would be impossible to remove that suspicion (if such doth exist) by disinterested testimony. Therefore it must rest wholly on the affidavit of myself & Son, herewith forwarded. In the latter clause of said information, it is required that a minute detail of all the transactions between myself & Son be given. This clause does not appear to require proof; if it had; it would, like the one above noted, be impossible to meet the requisition by disinterested evidence. Therefore what further remains to be said, must rest on matters yet to be related; which I will endeavor to do with as much irreprehension as though the act of God was upon me. From the close of the late war, to 1819. It was very necessary desirable, to leave this part of the country; but all my efforts proved ineffectual. In the autumn of that year, I made my first pension draft. I then decided firmly, to abandon for life, this section of the country; having ample means of defraying the expenses of the undertaking; if I could sell my little all, even at a reduced price, well if not leave it. On my return from Portsmouth in Sept r of that year; arrangements were put in train for removal. While those measures were in operation, I was taken ill, which was the alone cause to the carrying the operation into effect at that time. Soon after my recovery, my Son was taken sick; before his recovery, my daughter, who was feeble at all times, was taken; this latter illness has ruined my hopes of a speedy removal. A long time failed in my plans, the family resided upon the annuity of the farm for 1819, until Jan y . 1-1820. My daughter continuing in a languid state, ruined all hopes of removal very unflattering. My Son who had now recovered, desired that he might to remain in the family as usual; that he would furnish his own clothing, & the whole with provisions. I replied, that my daughter might at the opening of the Spring be restored to usual health; at which event, I should without delay pursue my primary intention. As it should be the case be the case; I recommended that his better cause would be to furnish his own support; but that surplus there might be from the annual assets of the farm, to appropriate that surplusage to the discharge of those demands which were against him; to which he assented. In the Spring of 1822, he moved his wife home, & as he furnished their own support as heretofore. This in substance is, to the best of my knowledge & knowledge & recollection of all concerned; a true Statement of all the transactions between myself & Son, from 1819, to this date. My Secretary, it is quite unfortunate for me, that this case should be protracted to this late period, when I am much enfeebled by age, & more by infirmity; my witnesses being either dead, or gone to parts unknown.

Especially Justice Hall, who knows more of my domestic affairs, than every man in this vicinity; by whom I would (if living) substantiate many items which must now rest on statements only. Though God forbid that I should in any case whatever; knowingly, wittingly, or willingly, make an improper, much less a false statement. — I have time to be Sir, with all due consideration & respect, your honors most obt Servt
Ebenezer L. Hall
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Hon.
Secretary of War.
Inverness Off. July 23. 1852

Ortelle N.H. Feb 10 1831
To the honorable, the Secretary of War - Sir -
I recd a letter from the War department dated Nov 2, 1830, which reached this Office in the evening of the 14. of that month. In conformity to, in compliance with the requisition of that letter; in the morning of the 12. ult. I mailed at, & sent from this Office, a packet addressed to the Secretary of War. More than five weeks have elapsed since that packet was forwarded. Receiving no return, raises a conjecture in mind, that there is under attention to duty, by some of the Post Masters on the route, either to or from, & perhaps both. I am Sir, that this unpleasant affair has been attended with much delay, & that from various causes, mostly however new & unpre- cedented, & therefore unavoidable. Some from inattention of Post Masters. Some perhaps through design: wishing to impede the march of the Revolutionary remnant, to whatever point its destination; viewing those noble ranks; the scene, filth, offal & breath of creation. - - - - I have but the most part of my time been unable to write, since the 6. of July last, at which time I was struck by a heavy blow upon the large artery of the temple, which nearly proved my end. It had at the first, by time yet here, an uncommon effect upon my nerves. Mine to the Secretary of the 20. of Sept. was about the first of my writing. I have through much of the full duration, been afflicted with a bilious complaint, unable to be abroad much, much of my time unable to use the pen. I make these remarks, to show the cause of much delay in the present case. Additional causes might have been noticed, especially the long unexpected absence of the certifying Officer - With Sentiments of perfect respect Sir, your obed Servt - Ebenezer B. Hall

Hon. Secretary of War!

Wethersfield N.H. May 6, 1831
To the honorable, the Secretary of War in Sir -
In your favor of the 4. ult. reached this Office 14. days after date. I only complied with the advice therein given, by furnishing the honorable John M. Weeks (a member of Congress elect from N.H.) with all the documents connected with the present case, recd. from the War Department: together with copies of all the documents sent to that Office in relation to said case. On the evening of Mail of the 4. inst. a letter was recd. at this Office from that gentleman, addressed to James L. Edwards Esq., herewith forwarded; expressive I presume, of his opinion of the case in question. But of that I know nothing. One thing I know. Although worn down by age & infirmity, poverty & distress. My love of country remains unimpaired. My sensibility of feeling & reflection, in no wise abated. Therefore, my feelings have been externally wounded from the commencement of this unpleasant affair, to the present moment. This wound can never be healed until I can to reflect. And it is deepened by every reflection of having been influenced by no consideration whatever, other than that of duty, drawn from pure motives & just views, in whatever capacity I have been called to officiate. Duty to my God, duty to my country, duty to Society. These Sir, will accompany me to the grave. These Sir, I have superlatively endeavored to make the leading features of my conduct, both in my public & private avocations. Law & justice dictate the duty of all in authority: to strike at the guilty, & protect the innocent. I know that to err is human; therefore as errors may exist; would it not be well Sir, that they fall on the side of humanity? The statements & affidavits forwarded to the War Office, Jan. 7. 12, 1831, had no effect as to the removal of the Suspension, being deemed insufficient. If the accused can not remove the accusations by respectable disinterested testimony. Where is his remedy? To what tribunal can he resort? I believe Sir, that evidence is the criterion by which causes are decided. It is stated that the Suspension was predicated on the consideration of the deed of Nov. 1000, see Aug. 3, 1830. The affidavits forwarded as above noted, meet as I view the force of evidence, clearly to prove my statements of Sept. 20, 1830, respecting the real value of the property described. But it appears to have been considered in a different point of light by the honorable Secretary. I further convinced that they were in strict accordance with the requisition of the 2. Nov. 1830, to which I endeavored likely to conform, without the least shade of disguise, in full management. I well

know that there were others in view of the 20. of Sept. 1830, though facts in themselves, could not be supported by unbiased evidence. My witness to the most material of them, being either dead or gone beyond my call, & therefore unattainable. I am full aware Sir, that the zeal for my country has made me many enemies, & has been the moving cause of much perplexity; with brooding animosities in the hearts of others in the opposition towards me, from the same cause. But none of these things move me; being taught in early life, to fight my battles for: I will not in the name of life, desert her ranks: nor view with indifference her banners of liberty. Or at what much surprised me, to find a veteran of the Revolution taking sides with that band of vipers, that gang of scoundrels, ever plotting their battles against me. I wish to give umbrage to none; but as I love every body & fear nobody, I speak the language of Independence, well knowing its worth. I think it more than probable Sir, this to be the last address I may make to the War Department, or perhaps to any other. I feel in my declining days to add much -up to the frame already mentioned by age. I would repeat what I've -mentioned in a former letter. That I shall go to my grave with this con- -soling reflection; that I have deserved well of my country; I have fought her battles, but the time now is, when I can render her no further service. Therefore if I am thought worthy of her notice, she will manifest it by contributing to my relief. Otherwise she may behold me tottering to the grave, pressed with age, poverty & distress. — I love the present remarks — With perfect respect Sir, your obedt Servt. Ebenezer D. Hull
Hon. Secretary of War,

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I Jonathan Hall Testify, that no writings of any kind what soever have come from me to Ebenezer L. Hall in consequence of his deed to me in 1819, nor from any other person, either directly or indirectly, and I further Testify, that no use ever was made in any manner whatever, than what was made in said deed ————— Jonathan Hall
Conway Dec r 25 th 1830 Subscribed & sworn to before me
James Willey Justice Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Jonathan Hall sustains a fair and respectable character, and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his acts and attestations whenever the same may be required
Dec 25 th 1830
James Willey Justice Peace

State of New Hampshire
Conway County ss
I John Hill Notary Public in and for said County certify, that James Milley of Conway is a Magistrate now in Commission of the Peace in said County, and as such, cloth official under the authority of the State aforesaid - In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of my office & subscribe my name this 8 th day of January A D 1831
John Hill Notary Public

Feb. 22, 1888, H.H.
W. H. H.

I Obed Hall of Northfield in the County of Coos in the State of New Hampshire do testify & say that I was a fellow soldier in the Army of the United States in the revolutionary war, with the within named Obed Hall in the years 1777 - 1778 & 1779, and that he served in the Army of the United States as stated in the within application by him subscribed Obed Hall
Coos St. July 10 th 1816
Then personally appearing the above named Obed Hall and made oath to the above by him subscribed before me
Isaac Merrill, Associate Judge of the court of C.C. P. in & for the County of Coos

Declaration of Lycia Hall aa 7451
Admitted
Stephen Meseve Lower Bartlett N.H.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 2 d February 1848 entitled an Act making further provision for surviving widows and soldiers of the Revolution
State of Southampshire } An this seventeenth county of Coos } day of August 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace and of the Inferior throughout the State Lydia Hall a resident of Bartlett in the county of Coos, aged seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 d February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolution that she is the widow of Ebenezer Hall who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, that she was a pensioner and received a pension under the act of 17 th June 1844 at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum by reason of her husband the said Ebenezer Hall being a Sergeant.
She further declares that she is still a widow
Lydia Hall
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me Stephen Merrow } A justice of the Peace and of the Inferior throughout the state

I further certify that the above document is personally known to me
Stephen Miserve { Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum throughout the State of
The State of New Hampshire Canoe Id. I Francis R. Chase Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County hereby certify that Stephen Miserve above named is a Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum throughout the State of New Hampshire that his Commission is dated on the 7 th day of December A.D. 1847 and will expire on the 6 th day of Decem- ber A.D. 1852 and that the above purporting to be his signature is genuine — In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name this 21 st day of August A.D. 1848 Francis R. Chase Clerk

39.512
Ebenezer Hall acc?
N.H.
Act 7. June 32
adm o , 2 yrs. cont.
$120.
to 18 Nov. 34 when he died - deduct what was paid from 4 March 31 - To Lydia Hall his widow
Full Thayer Esq Present

State of New Hampshire Coos County ss
Be it known that on this 29 th day of March, 1847, before the Subscriber Justice of the peace and of the Quorum throughout the State of New Hampshire, personally appeared Lydia Hall and made oath in due form of law, that she is the widow of Ebenezer Hall, who was a soldier in the war of the revolution, and who drew a pension at the rate of $96.00, per annum, under the act of 1818, up to the time of his death,
the eighteenth day of November, 1834, that she the said Lydia Hall widow drew a pension at the rate of $120.00, per annum, and has drawn the same since 1836.
that she now asks for the increase of pay that was due her Husband, from the 4 th day of March 1831, to the time of his death, under the act of 7 th of June, 1832, — And also whatever is due her under the act of 7 th of July, 1838,
Lydia Hall
day of March
Sworn to and subscribed this 29 th 1847 before me Stephen Meserve Justice of the peace and of the Quorum throughout the State
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Lydia Hall and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be, in the foregoing affidavit. Stephen Meserve Justice of the peace and quorum throughout the State.

I Stephen Mearne a justice of the peace and of the quorum throughout the State, do hereby certify that Ebenezer Hall a revolutionary pensioner died the 18th of November 1832
Stephen Mearne
I Lydia Hall, do testify and say that I never drew $96.00 but to have drawn $120.00 since 1836.
Lydia Hall
State of New Hampshire Coos County ss - March 29th 1847.
Personally appeared the above named Lydia Hall and made oath in due form of law - Before me The undersigned to the above by her subscribed Stephen Mearne Justice of the Peace and of the quorum through the State

The State of New Hampshire Canoll p.
I Francis R. Chase Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said County hereby certify that Stephen Miserov is a justice of the Peace and of the Superior Court throughout the the State of New Hampshire, duly qualified to administer oaths. That his commission is dated on the 21 st day of December A.D. 1842, and will expire on the 21 st day of December A.D. 1847, and that the foregoing purporting to be his signatures are genuine and in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and subscribed my name this fifth day of April Anno Domini 1847.
Francis R. Chase Clerk

July 9 44
Pension Office.
N.H. June 17 1844. Lydia Hall
Obed Hall Tamworth N.H.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 17 th of June 1844, granting a continuance of pensions for four years from and after the 4 th day of March 1844 to certain Widows, who have received pensions under the act of the 3 rd of March 1843.
State of New Hampshire
Concord ss.
On this third day of July 1844.
Personally appeared before me Enoch Remick, a Justice of the Peace and of the Inferior, within and for said County of Concord, in said State of New Hampshire, Lydia Hall, a resident of Bartlett, in the County of Coos, in said State of New Hampshire, aged seventy five years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed on the 17 th of June 1844 granting the continuance of pensions to the Widows of certain Revolutionary soldiers, for the term of four years from the 4 th of March 1844. That she is the Widow of Ebenezer Hall, who was a fifer in the Army of the Revolution. That she received a pension under the act of Congress of July 7 th 1838 and also under the act of Congress of March 3 rd 1843, at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars per year, or at the rate of ten dollars per month. She further declares she is still a Widow of the said Ebenezer Hall.
L. Hall
Sworn to, and subscribed, on the third day of July 1844 - before me
Enoch Remick
{ Justice of the Peace & of the Inferior
I Enoch Remick, a Justice of the Peace and of the Inferior, within

and for the county of Carroll and state of New Hampshire, hereby certify, that I am personally acquainted with Lydia Hall, the deponent, who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration, and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to her declarations -
Enoch Remick. Justice of the Peace S d of the Peace
State of New Hampshire
Carroll ss -
I Fred Hall, Register of Probate within and for the county of Carroll and state of New Hampshire, hereby certify that Enoch Remick, who has officially signed the above certificates, is a justice of the Peace and of the Quorum for the county of Carroll, duly commissioned as such, and authorized by law to administer oaths in his official capacity, and that his official signatures to the foregoing certificates are his true and genuine signatures. In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed affixed the seal of the Court of Probate for said Carroll County this third day of July 1844
Fred Hall Reg t Prob e

All communications in Reference to the foregoing addressed to
"Stratbell Esq -
Temworth -
Cornwall Co.
N.H."

Lydia Hall Bureau

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE,
Merrimack } S. October the 22 d 1838.
I James Hall —, a resident of Boscawen in the County and State aforesaid, of lawful age, testify that I have known and been acquainted with Lydia Hall —, a resident of Boscawen, in the County and State aforesaid, and Phineas Hall —, her husband, for many years past, and know that the above named Lydia Hall — has never married since the death of her above named husband, and still remains a widow. —
Sworn and subscribed to, the day and year above mentioned, before me,
James Hall Jeremiah Kimball Justice Peace.
I CERTIFY that the above named James Hall —, is a creditable person, whose statements are entitled to full credit.
Jeremiah Kimball Justice Peace.

14. 1/2 Plan
No 7.

I Robert H. Plam depose and say that I am ac- quainted with Jonathan Hall the son of Hon. Eben. L. Hall, and that I am well acquainted with the people in the town of Bartlett in the State of New Hampshire, and that I know no person by the name of Jonathan Hall in that town or vicinity other than the said son of the said Ebenezer Robert H. Plam
State of New Hampshire Stratford J. January 18. 1830 Then the above named Robert H. Plam appeared & oath that the above affidavit by him sub- scribed is just and true before me Nehemiah Eastman Justice

Elijah Stanton m. 3.

I Elyah Stanton of Seattit in the County of Coos, and State of New Hampshire do testify and say that I was at Lancaster the first of July 1820 to present my claim for a Pension under the Act of May 8 th 1820 and I have heard Hon Bleeny I shall say Mr Cook you may leave the S. out of my name for I want known by that name in this County and I further say the Hon Bleeny I Hall and Ebenezer Hall who signed a petition under which it is one and the same man with both names
Attest Jonathan Tashner
Elyah
+ Stanton mark
October 11 th 1829 Personally appeared the above named Elyah Stanton and made oath that the above affidavit by him submitted is true
before
Sworn to before me Jonathan Tashner for Pease

Pension Off'ce 24th Aug r 1828.
Give a new Cert.
J. C. West Esq. Concord N.H.

I David Dow of Lawful age depose and say that on or about the eighth day of September A.D. 1828. The was delivered to me certificate of Ebenezer Hall, to be by me delivered to Joseph C. West of Concord. I further testify that on the same day or the day following I delivered the same certificate to said Joseph C. West, since which time I have never seen said certificate. I also testify that I well know the person named in the original certificate, which I was delivered to said West, is the same person named in the affidavit by him signed which affidavit is dated July the 8. A.D. 1829. David Dow
State of Massachusetts - Augt - 8. 1829 - The foregoing personally appeared the above named David Dow and made oath that the above affidavit by him signed is just and true before
O.W. Hall Justice of the Peace
I Ebenezer Hall the above justice hereby certify that the above named David Dow is a person of truth and veracity -
O.W. Hall Justice of the Peace

D. Deew's Affidavit

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
County of Shafford - ss. State of New Hampshire
On this eighth day of July 182 9 , before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Shafford
aforesaid personally appeared Phineas Hall
who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain
James Crocker in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jeremiah Bradford in the service of the
United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New Hampshire that he received a certificate of that
fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War: which certificate, on or about the eighth day of September
182 8 , at Concord  Gilford in said county of Shafford was delivered
to one Duane Davis to be delivered to one Joseph C. West of Concord in the county of Merrimack , who was duly authorized by him the said Phineas Hall to draw his pension since which time the said Phineas Hall has never seen the said certificate and knows not what has become of it -
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, } the day and year aforesaid. }
Henry Hall
PH Hall Justice
NOTES.—The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one."
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be.
When a person acting as an Agent or Attorney for a Pensioner, loses the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required, which must be authenticated as above.
If the affidavit of P. C. West is not in proper form the Secretary of War is requested to call on Hon. J. Hill who is well acquainted with said West as to the correctness of the same.

I Joseph C. West of Concord County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire of lawful age depose and say that on or about the eighth day of September A 1828 the pension certificate of Ebenezer Hall a revolutionary pensioner was delivered to me by some person and at the same time the money due on said certificate was paid to a man by the name of David Lord agent of said pensioner as appears by the receipt of said Lord now in my possession since that time. I have no recollection of having seen said certificate and verily believe it to have been lost by some means due unknown - Joseph C. West
State of New Hampshire Merrimack ss. August 17. 1828 Personally appeared the above named Joseph C. West and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just and true - Before me Moses Eastman Jr. Clerk
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Joseph C. West and that he is a man of credit and veracity - Moses Eastman Jr. Clerk

State of New-Hampshire.
To All whom it may Concern.
KNOW YE, THAT J. Dudley S. Palmer , Secretary of State for the State of New-Hampshire, do hereby certify, that Moses Eastman of Concord, county of Merrimack, whose name is subscribed to a paper hereunto annexed, certifying that he is acquainted with Joseph C. West, and Ebed Hall of Farmworth, county of Strafford, whose name is subscribed to a certificate which is hereunto annexed, declaring that David Gow is a person of truth and veracity, Esquire, are Justices of the Peace; the former for the county of Merrimack, and the later for the county of Strafford
in said STATE, duly constituted and sworn, and that to their Acts and Attestations, as such, full Faith and Credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court, within and out of the STATE.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL of the STATE, at Concord, this eighteenth day of August in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine and in the fifty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
Dudley S. Palmer , Secretary of State.

A.

Rochester July 26th 1820
To the Hon: John H Eaton, Secretary of War, Sir,
I inclose a number of papers relating to the Pension of Ebenezer L Hall of Bartlett in the State of New Hampshire, who claimed and receives a pen- sion as a Revolutionary soldier by the name of Ebenezer Hall.
The documents which I inclose establish the following facts-
No 1. is the Declaration of Mr Hall before the Court in the County in which he resides. It exhibits a schedule of the property which the Applicant alleges to be & swears to be all the property which he then owned, with an accompanying oath that he had made no transfer of this property with a view to bring himself within the provisions of the act of Congress on that subject.
No's 2. 3 & 4. are the Depositions of three respectable men, one of them a member of the Court before whom Mr Hall made this declaration, all establishing the fact that Ebenezer L Hall and Ebenezer Hall, the Pensioner, are the same iden- tical person.
No. 5. is a copy of a deed from the Records in Coos County in New Hampshire, in which County Hall resides, by which deed Hall, the Pensioner,

Conveyed to Jonathan Hall several tracts of land for the consideration of one thousand dollars, and by the same deed provided for gratuities for certain children named therein to a consid- erable amount.
No. 6 is a copy from the Records of the Town of Bar. Hitt, where Hall lives, showing that Hall was taxed for a considerable amount in value of real and personal estate, subsequent to the date of the aforementioned conveyance.
It is in truth the same property mentioned in the deed to Jonathan Hall, and is in my opinion full to the worth of one thousand dollars, the sum named as a consid- eration of the deed.
No. 7 is a deposition of myself, showing that Jonathan Hall, the grantee in the deed, is the son of the Pensioner, Ebenezer Hall, who is the Ebenezer L Hall the grantor in the deed. The declaration, No. 1. also shows that Jonathan was a minor in July 1820.
These documents, I think, show that Ebene- zer L Hall, alias Ebenezer Hall, the Pensioner, a few months previous to his application in 1820 to be con- tinued as a Pensioner, was possessed of property according to his own valuation of it, to the amount of one thousand dollars - that he conveyed it to his son not then twenty years of age - that he was taxed for the same property as his own after the conveyance and after declaration for a pension. I have myself formerly resided in

the Town of Bartlett for many years previous to the present, and it is within my own knowl- edge that Mr Hall conducted with the prosperity he conveyed to his Son for several years there- after as he had done before the conveyance and as if it was his own property. I think Mr Hall had no means of paying the consid- eration mentioned in the conveyance from his own resources, and it is my opinion and the opinion of others, and none to the contrary, that the conveyance of Hall's property to his Son thereafter was without any actual con- sideration paid in good faith.
The Pension Hall for many years has been a Judge of Probate and has received a salary of one hundred dollars per an- num. He has, however, recently ceased to hold that office.
I would, therefore, respectfully beg leave to submit to the Secretary of War, whether Ebenezer Hall, the Pensioner, was and is just- ly entitled to the bounty of the Government, according to the provisions of the Pension law of 1820—
I contemplate sending these Papers to the Department of War some time since, and have actually once sent them a member of Con- gress at Washington from this State. He replied that being the friend of pensioners and pensioners he did not incline to present them. Altho' coming from a private humble individual, I trust they will be duly exam- ined. Very respectfully &c Robert G. Phase

John Pendleton Jr.
no 2

John Pendergast Jr do hereby testify and say that I was an associate justice of the court of common Pleas held at Lancaster in and for the county of Lucas on the eighth day of July 1920. at a special court for the purpose of Revolutionary Soldiers and -veterans a schedule of their property to claim a pension under the Act of Congress May 1920. Then Edward L. Hall exhibited his claim, and stated as a reason why he subscribed his name Edward on behalf Hall, was that he so subscribed his name when he enlisted. Further state that Edward L Hall is the same man that exhibited his schedule before the court of common Pleas as shown stated
John Pendergast Jr
Butt December 7th 1929 Personally appeared the above named John Pendergast Jr and made oath that the above copy of his schedule is true before me
Jonathan Drake Justice of the Peace

copy Elmer Hall's
Declaration of Schedule
July 1820
7627
Sept 1019
Con

I John Willson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County of Coos, do hereby 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 nine- teen dollars and fifty cents —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 11 th day of July A.D. 1820
John Willson Clerk

Copy of The Town Records
No 6.

Town Clerks Office Bartlett, N.H. April 11 th 1928 This may certify that John L. Hall's invoice of property in the town of Bartlett for 1919-26 1927 is as follows as appears on record.
  Groom   amount of   Valuation   Unimproved   Land & build   Mowing   Pasturing   Orchard   2 years old   3 years old   Cows   Heifers   Other   2 years old   3 years old   4 years old   Hens   Polls   1819   1320 
A true copy of Record
Attest Ezra H. Merriam Town Clerk Bartlett

Town Clerks Office Bartlett, N.H. April 11 th 1828
This may certify that Ebenezer L. Hall's Invoice of property in the town of Bartlett for 1819 & 1820 is as follows as appears on record.
   Bills Horn 1/4 yard 3 yard 2 yard Stem 1/4 yard Corn 3 yard 2 yard Orchard Apple Pathway Mowing Long Short Valuation Amount Grass     1819 1 2 " " " 2 " 1 " " " 1 1 1 101 180 5.05   1820 1 2 " " " 2 " 1 " 1 " 1 1 1 101 180 5.10  
A true Copy of Record
Attest Ezra H. Morrison Town Clerk Bartlett

John Willson Clerk of the court of commonpleas in & for the County of Coos in the State of New Hampshire do certify that the above named Silas Merree is an associate judge of the court of commonpleas in & for said County of Coos, duly commissioned and sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties attached to the office of an associate judge in & for said County of Coos, and that the above application and caption is in the handwriting of the said judge in testimony whereof I have hereun- to affixed the seal of said court, at Lancaster the 21 st day of May A D 1818
John Willson C.C.C. Pleas

Certificate of the Select-men & Town clerk of Bartlett
Ebenezer Hull
Revolutionary claimant

To the honorable Silas Meserve Esquire one of the Judges of the court of common pleas within and for the county of Coos & State of New Hampshire - We the subscribers, do hereby certify that Ebenezer Hall of Bartlett in the county and State aforesaid, is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. —————
Obed Hall John Pendergast Jonathan Tasker. } Select-men of Bartlett
I the subscriber, do hereby certify that John Pendergast Jr., Obed Hall, and Jonathan Tasker, are Select-men of the town of Bartlett aforesaid, for the year - 1818 —————
April 13 th 1818 —
John Pendergast Jr. } Clerk of the town of Bartlett for - 1818 —

P.
Pension Office May 14 1871
James L. Edleards Esq. Pension Office Washington City.

Leicester N.H. April 30. 1831.
James L. Edwards Esq.
Sir, I have this morning examined several of your letters to Hon. Eben L. Hall of Bartlett in this County copying his answers, but not having ever seen the evidence, which produced the suspension, am not so well acquainted with the whole case, as could be wished - If any thing has been preferred implicating the Moral Character of Mr Hall, I have no doubt but it has its origin in something other than truth - I have known him well about thirty years & have always considered him, an honest patriotic, high minded & highly honorable Man, perhaps a little enthusiastic on the part of his Country, but it is the chastened enthusiasm of 1776. Gentlemannly in his deportment & faithful in the performance of his duties as a Christian & Magistrate - And from my knowledge of his poverty & all other circumstances, have not the least doubt, but he should be restored to the pension list - With high respect, I am Sir y s obed t Serv t Th s Wheeler

Case of Ebenezer Hale respectfully submitted to the Secretary of War.
Pension Office
16 May 1871
unlisted
J. H. Eaton

War Department, Pension Office May 16, 1831.
Sir,
The enclosed papers in the case of Ebenezer, (or Ebenezer L.) Hall, a revolutionary Pensioner of New Hampshire, are submitted to you for your decision.
The Pensioner was inscribed on the List, and continued to receive a pension of $8 per month until 1830, when, (in the month of August of that year) it was suspended, on the evidence contained in papers marked A. accompanied by papers numbered from 1 to 7. Papers marked I. K. L. M. N. O. P. contain Mr. Hall's and others affidavits, intended to explain the transactions alleged against him as criminal.
The evidence is of such a nature that a full and satisfactory knowledge of it cannot be had but by a perusal of the whole of the papers. It would seem that Mr. Hall did convey certain property to one of his

sons in 1819; but if credit can be given to his statements, the conveyance it would seem was not made with a view of getting on the Pension List, as he at that time was in the receipt of his Pension, and no charge had been made against him in this Department. The Hon. J. W. Weeks, a member of Congress from the District in which the Pensioner resides, gives an opinion favorable to the Pensioner; see paper marked P.
I have the honor to be Very respectfully Your Oat. Servt., J. L. Edwards
Hon: J. H. Eaton, Secretary of War.

Washington Feb. 28. 1881
James L. Edwards Esq.,
Sir, Should any attempt be made to remove Eben L. Hall of Bartlett H.H. from the pension roll, you will confer a favor by notifying me, or some of his friends of the fact.
Very respectfully your fr d & Sert. A. H. Weeks

Ebenezer Hale Dec. 2

Washington D.C. May 2 nd / Ap
Sir, I herewith transmit a declaration of Lydia Hall, widow of Ebenezer Hall, of New Hampshire, asking for the increase of pension from 96 to $120. due her husband under the act of 1 st of June 1832.
Very Respectfully
Yours,
J. M. Hayer

Coos B
State of New Hampshire
On the eleventh day of July A.D. 1820 personally appeared Ebenezer Hall of Bartlett in said county  Before William Looney John Penhallow } Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the county of Coos aforesaid being a court of record in and for the said county having the power of fine and imprisonment said Hall age sixty one years resident in Bartlett in said county who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows vizt enlisted on the 28 th day of March A.D. 1777 in the state of Massachusetts for the term of three years in the company commanded by Captain James  James  Brigant  Brigant commanded by Col. Gamaliel Braceford in the Massachusetts line on the Continental Establishment continued to serve three years was honorably discharged on the 29 th day of March 1780 in the state of New York at West Point  The date of my original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the 16 th day of April A.D. 1818 the number of my pension certificate is 7627. I have received a pension and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner dispose 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 18 th day of

March 1878 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. My occupation is a farmer but of not sufficient ability to pursue. My family consi- sts of a wife & two children Lydia my wife is full of links aged 53 years & Jonathan Keale aged twenty years in a public debt to the state & small to labor at present. Sarah Ann D. H. aged 20 years healthy - Their capacity to contribute to their support is small
Ebenezer Hall
Schedule Containing the whole estate and income of Ebenezer Hall (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted) by him subscribed exhibited to the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Coos in the state of New Hampshire on the eleventh day of July 1820 and annexed to his oath
Real Estate none
Personal Estate 4 C harris much worn $1.50 crockery ware $4.00 glass $3.00 hollow ware $5.00 tin ware $1.00 wooden ware $5.00 amounting in the whole to nineteen dollars and fifty cents
Ebenezer Hall
Sworn to and declared at Lancaster in said County on the eleventh day of July A.D. 1820
Before me John Phipps Atty } Judges of the said Attest John Wilson Clerk } Court

Ebenezer Hall Rev. N. H.
Susp. ✓
Suspension removed June 7. 1831. See letters to Agent & Pantheon.
(file Sept 1819)

See letters to Hon. J. Holmes & Pen. Agt. April 24. 1832 - do. to J. Bradley 2 d May 1832 - do 18 June 1832 - do to Hon. Henry Hubbard H. R. Feb. 26. 1834

N Hampshire - 1818
Lydia Hall, widow of Ebenezer Hall, who who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818. He was 78 and who died on the 18 th November 1834, of Allenton in the State of N. H. who was a Sgt. in the County commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt. commanded by Br a [blank] in the N. H. line for 2 years
Researched me Ellen L. Hall
July 1838
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord at the rate of 120 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Nov. '38 and sent to [blank] Concord, N. H.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept. $ 300.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 60.00 $ 360.00
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burdin Clerk Book A Vol. 1 Page 42

Instructions under act 44. Sent to Obed Hall, Farmington N.H. July 10. 1844
Jan Oct 26
I certify Act 1832 issued to Ebenezer Hall, dec d , 18 th May 1847 Sent to J. M. Thayer, Esq. Resent.
2451
New Hampshire Cm
Lydia Hall
widow of Ebenezer Hall who was a Sergeant in the N.H. line
for 2 years no. an  Soldier's correct name then L. Hall
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Oct. 1843 and sent to
Stephen Meserve Lona Bartlett A. H.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 21.

Washington Feb. 6/55
Loren P. Waldo Esq. Commssr of Pensions
Sir
The bearer Miss Linsmore, is here as the representa- tive of her aunt, Mrs Spence  Hall , widow of the late Judge Spence  Hall of New Hamp- shire who was a revolutionary sold- ier, and a pensioner. The object of Mrs. B. is, to ascertain how much, if any thing, is due her aunt, and to be informed as to how she shall pro- ceed. Supposing you to be the proper person to whom to direct her, I have taken the liberty to do so, with the hope that you will give her such in- formation as she may require.
Yours truly
Lydia Hall.
Ebenezer D. Hall
N. H. P. T. B.
Chas. D. James

32,727

Midton Maine Cumberland County.
March 28, 1855.
Sir
I enclose herewith the application of Lydia Hall for County land under the Act of March 3. 1855. Please communicate the decision to me as soon as made. Yours respectfully,
B. S. Hall
Hon. Loren D. Waldo Com. of Pensions Washington

3897
S Nocturn

No. 32,727.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 2, 18 55
Sydia Hall. Wid of Ebenezer Hall. Rev: War.
Warrant No 3817-162-55
Johnathan L. Hall. Bridgton. Maine.

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32,727
Hon. Loren D. Waldo Com. of Pensions Washington D.C.

1911 Apl. 12. Hist. to Mrs. L.J. Ricker letter in W. file 22 725 Woodman Carlton &
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23212
Lydia Hall
wid of
Abner Hall
Sgt PW war
Act: Feb. 2 d
1/48
Index:—Vol. A , Page 312
[Arrangement of 1870.]

7627
L
New Hampshire Roll
Ebenezer Hall of Bartlett in the state of New Hampshire who was a Life Major in the regiment commanded by Colonel John Bradford of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years - 1770 - now Correct Name Eben L Hall July 1 1903 inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 16 th of April 1812 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th of March 1819 and sent to Silas Merrill Esq r Judge - Bartlett, Coos Co y . N. Hampshire
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10 \text{ m } \frac{15}{30} \times \frac{4}{31} = 85.5 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept r 1819. 40
$133.3
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Bartlett Continued
Notification sent to John Willson Lancaster N.H.
19 Sep 1820
Respecting caveat, ser. letter to E. L. Hall, 5 Jan. 1828.
respecting appn for new Eny see letter to Mr. Hall 23 rd June 1829.
Duplicate certificate issued 26 Aug t 1829 sent to J. C. West, Esq r Concord, N.H.

No. 3287 Declaration of Lydia Hall
$120 per ann
Stephen Merrill Esq. Bartlett N Hampshire

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3 d of March, 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7, 1838,
State of New Hampshire Coos Co. ss.
On this first day of July eighteen hundred and forty three, personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace and of the Quorum throughout the State, Lydia Hall a resident of Bartlett in the County of Coos, aged seventy four years, who first being duly sworn, according to law, cloth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the third March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Ebenezer Hall who was a Sergeant in the Revolutionary Army, and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7, 1838, was one hundred and twenty dollars.
She further declares she is still a widow.
Lydia Hall
State of New Hampshire, Coos ss.
Sworn and subscribed on this day and year above written before me. Stephen Merrill { Justice of the peace and of the Quorum throughout the State

I Stephen Misener do certify that the within declarant Lydia Hall is personally known to me Stephen Misener Justice of the peace and of the Quorum throughout the State
State of New Hampshire - Carroll Co. Office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas.
I Francis R. Chase Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county of Carroll hereby certify that Stephen Misener is a justice of the Peace & of the Quorum throughout the State of New Hampshire as within & before mentioned that his commission is dated the 21 st day of December A.D. 1842 and will expire on the 21 st day of December A.D. 1847 and that the within purporting to be his signature is genuine in my belief.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office and sub- scribed my name this third day of July A.D. 1843.
F Francis R. Chase Clerk.

Copy of Deed — Rev. L. Hall — To Jonathan Hall — No. 5.
1531

Know all Men by these presents. I, Jonathan L. Hall of Bartlett, in the County of Coos & State of New Hampshire, Esquire. For and in Consideration of the sum of one thousand Dollars, to me in hand before the delivery hereof, well and truly paid by Jonathan Hall of Bartlett, in the County and State aforesaid-yeoman. The receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have given, granted, bargained, sold, and by these presents do give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, release, confirm and confirm unto the said Jonathan Hall, his heirs, and assigns forever, a certain tract of Land lying in Bartlett, in said County and is the same Land, that I bot. of Isaac Staunton, as by his Deed to me, dated June the 3 rd A.D. 1797. will appear containing fifty acres, more or less. also one other tract of Land ly- ing adjoining to said Bartlett, & is the same Land, that I bot. of Oliver Hall Esquire, as by his Deed to me will appear, dated July 16. A.D. 1800. containing fourteen acres, three quarters, & seventeen Rods, more or less. also one other tract of Land, lying in said Bartlett & is the same Land, that I bot. of Oliver Hall Esq r as by his Deed to me dated Sept. the 5 th A.D. 1807 will appear, containing fifty five acres, two quarters, & twenty Rods, more or less. also one other tract of Land, lying on the Mountain, between the Towns of Bartlett & Burton, & is the same Land that I Bot of the State, as by the Treasurers Deed to me Dated June 22 nd 1814. will appear, and the said Jonathan Hall shall pay, or cause to be paid, all my just debts, & also pay or cause to be paid, to my Daughter Sarah Ann Hall, three hun- -dred Dollars, in three years from, & after she shall attain to the age of twenty one years. (If called for, otherwise in three years from her marriage, & if the said Jonathan Hall, do here in reserve, for my son Oliver Hall, upon & a support out of, or from the said granted premises, in Case of his mental disability, or Providential misfortune, or accident, at such an event he should not possess the means of support for himself, with all the stock of every kind, & farming utensils of every description & kind whatsoever. To have and to hold the said granted premises with all the privileges, and appurtenances to the same belonging to him the said Jonathan Hall his heirs and assigns to his & their only proper use and benefit forever and I the said Jonathan L. Hall my heirs executors and administrators do hereby covenant, grant

and agree to and with the said Jonathan Hall his heirs and assigns, that until the delivery hereof I am the lawful owner of the said premises and seized and possessed thereof in my own right in fee-simple and have full power and lawful authority to grant and convey the same in manner aforesaid that the said premises are free and clear of all and every encumbrance whatsoever and that I my heirs executors and administrators shall and will warrant the same to him the said Jonathan Hall his heirs and assigns against the lawful claims, and demands, of any person or persons whomsoever.
In witness whereof, I the said Ebenezer L. Hall, have hereunto set my hand, and seal this 25 th day of Septm. in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred, and nineteen.
Signed Sealed and Delivered } In presence of us
Ebenezer L. Hall (L.S.)
Jonathan Hall Phoebe Dinsmore
Be it known that on this 18 th day of Septm. 1819 the above named Ebenezer L. Hall, personally appearing, acknowledged the above written instrument, before me, to be his voluntary act and deed. Silas Messers - Justice Peace Before me
Oct. 1 st Sept 1822 Recd Recorded and Examined - By John M. Dinsmore Regr
State of New Hampshire - Coos. ss. Register of Deeds Office at Lancaster in said County of Coos - 15 th Oct. 1827 - I hereby Certify that the above foregoing is a true Copy of Record, found in this Office Lib. 11 - Fol. 341 & 342 - Attest John M. Dinsmore Regr

Samsul Fall
No. 4.
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page. The text is mostly illegible but appears to be a list or series of entries.]

I Samuel Fall do testify and say that I was at Lancaster on or about the Eleventh of July 1420 to present my claim for a pension under Act of the first of May 1420 and I there heard the Hon. Elenyge L Hall say Mr Clerk you need not think strange of my writing my name so far that was my name in the same and further say that the Hon. Elenyge L Hall who draws a pension under said Act and Eleno Hall are one and the same man with both names J O'Neill Fall
Bartlett December the 7 1429 Personally appeared the above named Samuel Fall and made oath that the above certificate by him sub- scribed is true before me Jonathan Fisher Justice of the Peace

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I Eben. L. Hall testify, that I have not, nor ever had any claim upon my son, Jonathan Hall, by virtue, of, or in consequence of the deed to him in 1819. Nor of any person whomsoever; either directly or collaterally; nor any lien whatsoever, either oral or written; upon the property described, either in possession, expectancy, reversion or remainder. That my wife, should she survive me, will be entitled to her right of dower, by virtue of the Statute. She having made no relinquishment — Eben. L. Hall —
State of New Hampshire, Strafford County ss —
December 15 th 1830. Subscribed and sworn to before me —
James Willey Justice Peace
I the subscriber certify, that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given in all cases, to the acts and attestations of the said Eben. L. Hall wherein the same may be required. — ~ ~ ~ ~ In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal, on the day and year last above written — — — — —
James Willey Justice of the Peace
We the subscribers testify, that we have examined all papers relative to the conveyance of several parcels of land by Eben. L. Hall to his son, Jonathan Hall, in the autumn of 1819, as also a copy of a letter under the signature of the said Eben. L. Hall, addressed to the Secretary of War, dated Sept 20 1830, and in our belief, the statements therein made are correct, so far as respects the value of the property conveyed, but of the several sums paid by the said Eben. L. Hall, for the several tracts of land named in said copy, we know nothing (except that granted him by the State June 22 1814), neither can we know, as Mr. Stanton & Mr. Hall, of whom the lands were purchased, and to whom the money was paid, are both dead. He says he gave two hundred & twenty two dollars & fifty cents. The stock and farming utensils he valued it seems, at seventy seven dollars and fifty cents, making in the whole, three hundred dollars. This sum in our belief was as much as the property would have commanded in prompt payment at that time.
Elijah Densmore —
Daniel Densmore —
Disinterested persons
Strafford ss Dec 15 1830. Subscribed & sworn to, before me —
James Willey Justice Peace
I the subscriber certify, that full faith and credit is & ought to be paid in all cases, to the acts & attestations of the said Elijah Densmore & Daniel Densmore wherein the same may be required — In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, on the day and year last above written
James Willey Justice of Peace