Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22843, David Hull, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Comm.
Hull, David
S 22843
CONTENTS

5674 New York
David Hull 2nd
Okay in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. _____ in the Colborne's Brigade for the Year _____
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 40 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of Feby. 1833 and sent to the Hon. Secy of War
  Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832  $ 60    Pension and allowance ending 4th Mo. 1833  20         $ 80  
{ Revolutionary Claim } { Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by _____ Clerk Book D Vol. D Page 45

Remitted
22843. INVALID.
File No. 22,843
David Hull
Rev Rev
Act: June 7 th 82
Index: Vol. 2 Page 194
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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David Bruce and
adm
Rev. W. Angelo New York

BRIEF in the case of David Hull 2nd of Otsego County in the State of New York. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  a Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72 Years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     In 1782 . . . . . 1 - - private Col. Greville - L. H. Ward  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated -  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Home of  Stamford Litchfield Connecticut.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Elizabeth Wetmore recollects that declarant lived as he states for one year & was absent for one year on the series -  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  yes. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
R. H. Plevens Examining Clerk.

In the matter of David Hull 2 d , a Soldier of the Revolution,
Exemplification
26 July 16 1832
on Roll. Butler.
adm d
1 year pri -
40 $

matter of David a soldier of the tion. —
enplification

The People of the state of New York by the Grace of God Free & Independent To all to whom these presents shall come, or may concern, Greeting: I know ye, that we having inspected the Records and proceedings remaining in the Clerk's Office of Our Court of Common Pleas for our County of Otsego, do find therein the record of certain evidence and proceedings in the words & figures following to wit:
Otsego Com. Pleas.
Of the Term of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
State of New York
Otsego County ss.
Be it remembered that on this 21 st day of June A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court, being the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Otsego in the State of New York, and a Court of Record proceeding according to the principles of the common law with power of fine and imprisonment, Daniel Hull 2 nd aged seventy two years, a Resident of the town of Newford in the County of Otsego & State of New York, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath depose & declare in order to obtain a pension under the provisions of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 entitled "An Act supplementary to the Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers & Soldiers of the Revolution," that on or about the first of May 1782 he the said Daniel Hull 2 nd enlisted as a Volunteer at Watertown in the County of Litchfield Connecticut as a private in the Army of the Revolution for the term of one year : This enlistment was under a requisition made upon the State of Connecticut to fill the Army, about the last of May or first of June 1782 this Deponent mustered with other Troops enlisted for the same purpose at Wallingford New Haven County, Connecticut, and marched immediately from that place to the Hudson River in the State of New York and there joined the first Regiment of Connecticut Troops commanded by Col. Grosvenor at West Point. The Company in which this Deponent belonged was at this time under the command of Lieutenant Hubbard & Ensign Cotton. And the said Daniel Hull 2 nd further declared

that he remained in the service at West Point until some time in July 1782, when the company to which he belonged were marched down the Hudson River to Verplank's Point at the head of Haverstraw Bay, at which place he remained in service until the latter part of October or first of November of the same year, at which time the company, and Regiment returned to West Point for Winter Quarters. That sometime in the month of November 1782 all the Connecticut troops at West Point were formed by consolidation into three Regiments, and this deponent from that time belonged to a company commanded by Capt David Judson, Lieutenant Hubbard and Ensign Cotton in the first Regiment of the Connecticut line; And the said David Hull 2 d also states as aforesaid, that he continued in the service at West Point through the Winter & until sometime in May 1783, when his term of service or enlistment expired, at which time he was Honorably discharged by a written discharge signed by the Col. of the Regiment but which discharge this Deponent cannot now produce, the same having been lost or destroyed for many years past.
The said David Hull 2 d declares upon oath as aforesaid that he served as a Private in the War of the Revolution under the enlistment above stated, and was in actual service for the period of one year. And that he hath not at any time received any annuity or pension under any Law of the United States providing for Revolutionary Officers and Soldiers and that he has never until now made any application for any such pension or annuity. And the said David Hull 2 d further declares in manner aforesaid, that he has no knowledge of any person now living who is knowing to, or recollects the services rendered by him for his country during the War of the Revolution, as above stated, except Elizabeth Motson now of Westford in the County of Otsego, and whose deposition is herunto annexed. And further the said David Hull 2 d saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court David Hull 2 d , in the Court of Common Pleas of Otsego County, June 21 st 1832.
Horace Lathrop, Clerk.

State of New York
Otsego County ss.
Elizabeth Wetmore aged eighty five years residing in the Town of Westford in the County of Otsego, being duly sworn, doth upon her oath depose & say, that she resided in the Town of Watertown Litchfield County, Connecticut in the year 1782, and that time was well acquainted with David Hull D r and has ever since that time been well acquainted with him, and for many years past resided in the same neighborhood with him, in the Town of Westford in the County of Otsego aforesaid.
And this Deponent further states that she well recollects that the said David Hull D r some time in the Spring of the year 1782, enlisted as a soldier into the Army of the Revolution for the period of one year, and when the said David Hull D r went into the Army at the time he so enlisted, he left his clothing in the care & custody of this Deponent: Also that he was absent for the term of one year and it was well understood at that time that the said David was stationed at West Point in the State of New York: At the expiration of the years service this Deponent well recollects that the said David Hull D r returned to the house of this Deponent at Watertown aforesaid for the clothing which he left with this Deponent when he went into the service and this Deponent has no doubt but the said David Hull D r was in the Army of the Revolution, and served one year as a soldier therein as above stated: And this Deponent further saith, that she resides about ten miles from the Court House in the County of Otsego, and by reason of her advanced age, ill health & lameness, she is not able to attend before the Court of Common Pleas at the Court House aforesaid to make this oath, and further saith not.
Subscribed & sworn to before me her
this 19 th day of June A.D. 1832. Elizabeth X Wetmore
Seth Chase, a Judge of Otsego County. mark
Otsego County ss: I Seth Chase, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Otsego County, do certify that the said Elizabeth Wetmore known to me to be the same person who subscribed the above Affidavit, appeared before me, and made oath to the facts therein stated, and that she the said Elizabeth is a credible witness entitled to full belief as such Witness as aforesaid. Seth Chase.

Otsego County ss. Harvey M. Babcock late Sheriff of said County of Otsego, being duly sworn in open Court, in the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Otsego, doth depose & say that he is well acquainted with David Hull 2 d the person who has made the above declaration & oath, and that he the said David Hull 2 d is a man of fair character & entitled to full credit on oath or otherwise, And further saith not. Sworn & subscribed in open court in the Court of Common Pleas the 21 st H. M. Babcock day of June 1832. Horace Lathrop, Clerk.
Otsego Com. Pleas. Of the term of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and state of New York thirty two. — Otsego County ss. We the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Otsego, do certify that David Hull 2 d appeared before us in open court at the present June Term of said court and made his declaration and oath in manner and form above specified, for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the provisions of the act of Congress of June 7, 1832, and at the same time produced before the said court the affidavit or deposition of Margaret Wetmore, taken before Seth Chase Esquire one of the Judges of said court, which is hereto annexed. And also Harvey M. Babcock a witness to support his said declaration, who then & there in open court made oath to the deposition by him subscribed. In witness whereof we the said Judges have hereto subscribed our names in open court at the Court House in Cooperstown in said County this 22 nd day of June A.D. 1832. Elisha Root J. C. Malworth Seth Chase Judges, Filed June 22. 1832.
Attest which we have caused by these presents to be exemplified and the seal of our said Court of Common Pleas to be hereunto affixed. Witness George Morell Esquire First Judge of our said Court, at Cooperstown in the County aforesaid the 22 nd day of June A.D. 1832. Horace Lathrop, Clerk.