Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,896, Daniel Hall, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hall, Daniel
S. 44,896
CONTENTS

Notifications sent to B. Anderson - North Watertown New York July 14 1820
14.758 R  Revolutionary
Daniel Hall of Jefferson Co. in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded Colonel Spratt of the Mass line, for the term of 18 months War
Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of Sep 1819 and sent to Elijah Field junr Esqr Sacketts harbor New York
  Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819  134.40    Semi-annual all'ce ending 4th Mar 1820  48. "     $182.40    Balance 24/30   
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Daniel Hall
18 th Ap 1818 - private
18 Months - Colif nia
Col Sprout Mass-
achusetts line
Wanted the judges cer- tificate of the reduced circumstances of the applicant
for our do.

State of New York } County of Jefferson } ss Daniel Hall being duly sworn saith, that he is a resident citizen of the United States, Town of Hounsfield County and State aforesaid and that he is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life in need of assistance from his country for support -
That he enlisted in the continental Army of the United States on the 15 th day of April 1702 for the period of three years and served in a company commanded by Capt Alden and others in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Sprout, of the Massachusetts Line -
He served until the first day of January 1704 when he was honorably dis- charged at Fort Point in the State of New York which said Discharge he has lost. His Discharge was signed by Major Genl Knox - He served in the capacity of a private soldier -
Daniel Hall
Sworn this 11 th day } of April 1910 before me Elijah Shield
one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Jefferson County

I hereby relinquish all claims to any pension granted me by the United States prior to the Act of the 10th March 1810- Daniel Hall
Witness
Atkinsworth Col U.S. Army
Elijah Field junior one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Jefferson in the State of New York, do hereby certify that on this eleventh day of April 1810, it has been made to appear to my satisfaction, by the pre- ceding affidavit, that Daniel Hall therein named, did serve in the revolutionary war, on the continental establishment, against the common enemy, for the period of nine months or longer, and that he served in the capacity of a private soldier - Elijah Field Jr.

Clerk's Office Jefferson County N York
to certify that the within named Elijah Field, Jr. was on the day of April 1818 a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for this County & duly qualified to act as such
B. Harnes Clerk of Jeff County N York
April 17 th 1818
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Daniel Hall the applicant within named I know him to be a man in indigent and necessitous circumstances & absolutely requires the relief granted to revolutionary pensioners.
Sackets Harbor July 17 th 1819.
Elijah Field Jr Judge
Reuben Rockwell of Cobrook in the County of Litchfield State of Connecticut deposes and says that before leaving and for several years after the Revolutionary war he was acquainted with Daniel Hall that his character for truth and integrity has been good that towards the close of said Hall was absent from his family for a considerable time and it was universally said and understood as being a fact that no one at all questioned that he enlisted in the Army in the Mass- achusetts Line and was honorably discharged at the close of the war having served a year and a half or about that period. The deponent further says that

done of the war having served a year and a half or about that period. The deponent further says that after the said Revolutionary war he heard said Hall discharge from the Army need before a Military Company in said Ulbrock which by producing which said Hall apprehended he by Law was exempt from Military duty - and that said Hall is in needy and necessitous circumstances wholly destitute of property. The deponent further saith not
Reuben Rockwell
State of Vermont p. Litchfield June 12 th 1819 Personally appeared Reuben Rockwell and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts contained in the above deposition.
Certified by Lambert Phelps Justice of the Peace
Personally came before me Samuel Luman one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Bennington. Serajah Comstock of the Town of Williamstown in said County and Subscribed to the said that that he was personally acquainted with Daniel Hall (now of Pownalfield, County of Jefferson, State of Vermont) in the year 1782 and knows that he was a private in the United States Service from that time until Nov. 1783 belonging to Col. Spratt's Reg. Mass. line - and further this deponent saith not
Sworn & Subscribed before me, Serajah Comstock This 22 nd day of June A.D. 1819
Samuel Luman J.P.

D Hall
04753
Sept 15 19
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STATE OF NEW YORK, JEFFERSON COUNTY, ss.
On this fifth day of July 1820 personally appeared in open court, being a court of record by a law of said state for the said county Daniel Hall aged Sixty nine years, resident in Hounsfield 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:
in Cap t Seth Dows and Cap t Aldens Company in the 2 d Reg t Mass s Shuethy line , Com d by Col. Sprout the date of his original declaration the Eleventh day of April 1818- the number of his Pension Certificate 14.758 —
He also subscribed and sworn as follows.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed 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 18th day of March, 1818; 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.
Schedule
our  Two and thirty dollars in cash in part that I received the 4 th day of March 1820 on my Pension Certificate (as I did not draw any pay until the fourth  March 1820.)
Daniel Hall He further states that his occupation is a farmer and that he resides with his son Dan l Hall Esq. and has for fourteen years past.
Sworn to and declared before George Andrews Clerk on the 5 th day of July 1820
I Geo Andrews Clerk of the county of Jefferson, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is forty eight dollars, and cents . In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this fifth day of July 1820 Geo. Andrews Clerk of the Court for Jefferson County

Sarah Hall applied from N. York Daniel Hall 1815 from Adad boy
I wish to see the papers
Feb 1852

State of New York COUNTY OF Oswego } ss. Ashbel B Hall — being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is a Grandchild of Sarah Hall (widow of Daniel Hall ) — deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, & who was — an applicant for a pension from the State of New York — that this deponent is directly interested as one of the claimants in said claim: This deponent is of opinion she made an application for a pension, but cannot be certain as to it A B Hall
Sworn and subscribed before me this 26 day December 1851 and I do hereby certify that the said Ashbel B Hall from all information is a respectable person, and that I have full faith in the truth of the above statement sworn to by him as being directly interested in said claim. J H Harmon Recorder of the city of Oswego
Know all Men by these Presents, That I Ashbel B Hall a Grandchild of Sarah Hall deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, & who made an applicant for a pension from the State of New York do hereby constitute and appoint ARAD JOY, of Ovid, N. Y., my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name as one directly and personally interested, as also for and in behalf of all others interested in the claim or application for a pension as above mentioned Witness my hand and seal, this 26 day of December 1851 SEALED AND DELIVERED IN THE PRESENCE OF Ashbel B Hall
STATE OF New York County of Oswego Be it known that on the 26 day of December 1851 before the subscriber, Recorder of the city of Oswego and for said County and State, duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, personally appeared Ashbel B Hall above named, and duly acknowledged the above Power of Attorney and affidavits to be his act and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and date above mentioned. J H Harmon Recorder of the city of Oswego

44 896 Revy INVALID. own
File No. 44,896
Daniel Hall
Pris Rev. War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 213
[Arrangement of 1870.]