Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,866, Jonathan Hall, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Hall, Jonathan
S. 29,866
CONTENTS

6968
Massachusetts
Jonathan Hall
of Hampden in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Miller of the regt commanded by Col Mansfield in the Conn line for 197 days
At Milford State
72 Hampden
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of March 1833 and June 1833
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $126.66 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 31.66 $158.33
{ Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by J H B Blair Clerk Book 5 - Vol. 2 nd Page 100.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Hampden ss. - On this eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the Probate Court for the County of Hampden aforesaid now sitting at Springfield within and for said County - Present Hon. Oliver B. Morris Esq te Judge of said Court Jonathan Hall of Blandford in the County of Hampden aforesaid aged seventy years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the

The benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 —
That he was born in Middletown in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut on the twelfth day of March 1762 — the record of which he has in a memorandum Book — he lived in Middletown most of the time until the termination of the Revolu- tionary War when he came to Blan- ford where he now and has ever since resided —
He entered the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution for the first time by being drafted by Capt Brooks of Middletown to go to New London for the term of One month — marched immediately to New London and joined a company commanded by Capt Gilbert — Waterman your Lieutenant or Ensign  Subt. Waterman don't recollect the Ensign I staid a while at New London and then went up to Machegone to cut Fascine

Was stationed at the Court house in New London and kept guard at the Light house - Served out said term of One month and was regularly discharged -
He cannot recollect the year nor the time of year with any de- gree of accuracy when the above service was performed -
He was next enlisted for the term of One month as a substitute for his Brother John Hall to go to New Haven - Marched to New Haven and found a large body of men commanded he thinks by Col. Sage of Middle- town - Was employed on guard Served out said term of time and was discharged and came home - - Soon after, one Atkins was drafted to go to New Haven - and I enlisted and went in his for One month place and he gave me fifteen Shillings for going - Was on guard at East Haven

Served out said time and came home - cannot recollect the year nor the time of year when the service of the last mentioned two months was performed - nor does he recollect the names of any of the Officers except Col. Sage - Samuel Crowell of Middletown is the only person now living that I know of, who had any knowledge of this two months Service, and his deposition to that fact is hereto annexed -
He next enlisted in said Service for the term of Three months to go to New London under Capt Stewart of Chatham - Richards was Colonel of the Regiment - Marched immediately to New London - Staid a while at New London and then went up to Mohegan to cut Fascines and "Gabines" (Gabions) - We were instructed into the art of making these things by a Frenchman whose name he does not recollect, and was told the use should want them for Fortification

when we got to Long Island Served out said time of Three months and was discharged and came home — He does not recollect the year nor the time of year that he en- listed — but is sure the ser- vice was performed in the latter part of the summer, as he well recollects that the sol- diers got out of provision and the prize master appraised off a field of green corn that be- longed to some of the cattle to the soldiers, and they stripped the whole field in a very short time —
He was next drafted as a sol- dier in said service to go to

Guilford for the term of one month - marched immediately to that place under old Capt George Dubbarn of Middletown Southfarms - his service at that place was keep- ing guard - he served out said term of time was regularly discharged and came home -
He again enlisted in said service at said Middletown for the term of One Year to go to Stamford to guard the Shores - march di- rectly to Newhaven - thence to Milford - Stratford and Fairfield. - Saw the naked chimnies and the ruins of that town which had been previously burnt by the British marched to the Fort at Stamford and there joined Capt Miles's

Company in Col. Canfield's Regi- ment - Dpt guard at Titus's Mill - took up the bridge every night at the Mill near Cross Cobb. to prevent the British Light horse from coming over - Dpt guard a part of the time about two miles North at a dwelling house - Went at one time from the Fort with others on a Scouting party and took a Ref- ugee, Prisoner - brought him the Fort - Served out said term of One year and was regularly discharged and came home
He cannot recollect the year nor the time of year in which the last mentioned enlistment was made - nor is it possible for him to recollect particularly the names

of the Officers with whom he served He was so young at the time and so many incidents in his life have transpired since that period, and nothing having occurred particularly to recall to mind the events of those days - the dates of the different times he served in the war is wholly out of his mind - He claims to have served his Country in the war of the Revolution as a private soldier the term of Nineteen Months to which he is willing to make solemn Oath -
at New London — 1 month at New Haven — 2 — at New London — 3 — at Guilford — 1 — at Stamford — 12 — 19 months

The first One month he has no testimony to prove nor does he know of any person living by whom he can prove the same except Libidee Waterman, to whose service in the said Hall has already been called upon to testify, and whose deposition he shall procure if practicable —
Two months at Newhaven he proves by the disposition of Samuel Crowell —
Three months at NewLondon by the disposition of Elijah Roberts —
One month at Guilford by the latter clause of the disposition of Samuel Crowell —
Twelve months at Stamford by the disposition of Samuel Willson

He never to his recollection received any written discharge - nor has he any documentary evidence what- ever - He now resides in Bland- ford - County of Hampden - Com- monwealth of Massachusetts - and has resided there ever since the Revolution -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State. Jonathan Wood
Subscribed and sworn to in open Court the day and year abovesaid - Nathan Morris Judge of Probate

Where the said Court, after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, do hereby declare their opinion that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and such as he states.
I Justin Willard Register of said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Hall for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
Justin Willard

8931 Jonathan Hall
Affidavit in the 4 th - 5 th - 6 th & 14 th Interrogatories
Parish
19 Month
and
86333
Hon J. C. Bates House of Reps.
115.

BRIEF in the case of Jonathan Hall  of in the State of  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Yes  3. How old is he? 70 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.     In 17 can't recollect when he entered 1 — — Private Gen. Capt. Brooks   " — 1 — " Col. Sage   " — 1 — " Does not recollect   " — 3 — " Capt. Stewart (Col. Richards)   " — 1 — " Capt. Habbart   " — 12 — " Capt. Miles, Col. Garfield  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Middle town Conn.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? defective witnesses not stated as evidence 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D. Richardson Examining Clerk.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jonathan Hall which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? no - V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no - VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? no VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service ? C XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it ? C XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had ? C XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? no - Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service ? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct ? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily ? And, if not, which of them is not so answered ? yes
 EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: “Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades : For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

on SANTIN w.c.
Dec. 30th, 1903.
Sir:
Will you kindly give the service record of Jonathan Hall, late of Oswego Co., New York, who was pensioned as a revolutionary soldier about 1819, and who died at Caughdenoy, Oswego Co., N.Y. in 1827.
I understand that he was born in Conn. Feb. 29th, 1756.
Thanking you for an early reply, I am,
The Com. of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Respectfully, A. L. Hall.

no 2
Fulton N. Y.
Nov. 17, 1903.
"To the Commissioner of Pensions."
Dear Sir - I write you in regard to a Revolutionary soldier  Augustine L. Elmer . I have found that he enlisted in New. London Connecticut, and that his regiment was under a Col. Wolcott He afterwards came to New York state and founded the village

P.S. I would also like to know if you have a record of the pensions of Jonathan Hall & his wife. They were formerly of Mass. but lived for a while at Canadeneu N.Y. and are buried there.

of New London and was buried there.
What I would like to know is whether he or his wife received a pension and also his service.
If you will kindly inform me of these facts or how I may obtain them I will be greatly obliged to you.
Very Truly Yours - Blanche A. Hall

no 2
Fulton N. Y.
Nov. 17, 1903.
"To the Commissioner of Pensions."
Dear Sir - I write you in regard to a Revolutionary soldier  Augustine L. Elmer . I have found that he enlisted in New. London Connecticut, and that his regiment was under a Col. Wolcott He afterwards came to New York state and founded the village

of New London and was buried there.
What I would like to know is whether he or his wife received a pension and also his service.
If you will kindly inform me of these facts or how I may obtain them I will be greatly obliged to you.
Very Truly Yours - Blanche A. Hall

P.S. I would also like to know if you have a record of the pensions of Jonathan Hall & his wife. They were formerly of Mass. but lived for a while at Canadeneuq N.Y. and are buried there.

29866 REG INVALID.
File No. 29,866
Jonathan Keall Rev. Rev. Rev.
Act: June 1 st 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 122
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Med. & Chir. Rev.
Nov. 30, 1903 - High Blanch A Hall Fulton N.Y. Jan'y 12, 1904, No 56 Mr. A. R. Hall - Fulton

Amendment to the Declaration of Jonathan Hall of Blandford to obtain a Pension under the Act of June 1832
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Jonathan Hall of Blandford in said County who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot positively swear as to the precise length of his service, nor the period of the war when he served, nor the names of the Officers under whom he served but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below - and in the following grades -
For 1 month at New London as a private soldier 2 months at New Haven - Do over

3 Months at NewLondon as a private Soldier 1 month at Guilford — Do 12 months at Stamford — Do
19 — Making in whole Nineteen months which I served as a private Soldier in the Service of the United States in the War of the Revolution and for such Service I claim a Pension.
Jonathan Hall
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss. Granville 18 th Jan y 1833 Then personally appeared Jonathan Hall and made oath to the truth of the foregoing additional declaration by him subscribed — and I certify that the said Jonathan Hall is to me personally known and I believe him to be a man of truth and veracity and his testi- mony entitled to credit —
James Cooly Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden Co. - I John Ingersoll a Clerk of the Common Pleas Court being a Court of Record in the County of Hampden aforesaid do hereby certify that Samy Ooley Esq. before whom the annexed deposition of Jonathan Hall was verified is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden aforesaid, and that I believe his name thereto subscribed to be his true and proper signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Common Pleas Court at Spring- field this twenty first day of January one thousand eight hundred & thirty three John Ingersoll Clerk

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex August 20 th 1832 personally appeared Mr Samuel Crowell of Middletown in said County & after being duly sworn according to Law deposes & says that he knows that Mr Jonathan Hall (formerly of said Middletown & now of Mansfield in the State of Massachusetts) was drafted & went to New Haven as a soldier for two months during the Revolutionary War, & he also deposes & says that he knows that said Hall went on a tour of duty to Griswold in this State but how long he can't say & further the deponent saith not Middletown Aug: 20 th 1832 Samuel Crowell
Personally appeared Samuel Crowell & made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is the truth before me
A. Sam l Cooper Just of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above mentioned Samuel Crowell and I believe him to be a man of truth & veracity & that his deposition is entitled to credit Middletown State of Connecticut January 16 th 1832 A. Sam l Cooper Just of the Peace

State of Connecticut, County of Middlesex Aug 20 th 1832 personally appeared Mr Elijah Roberts of Middletown in said County & after being duly sworn at the Law directly - deposes & says that in the Summer of 1780 he was with Mr Jonathan Hill (formerly of said Middletown & now of Mansfield in Massachusetts) in a Camp near New London for three months under Col d Robert Stewart of Chatham in said County & that the Colonel's name was Richardson. The christian name he does not recollect & further the deponent saith not.
Middletown Aug 20 1832 Elijah Roberts Personally appeared Mr Elijah Roberts & made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed, is the truth before me
Sam l Cooper Just of the Peace
13 I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above mentioned Elijah Roberts and I believe him to be a man of truth and veracity & that his deposition is entitled to credit. Middletown State of Connecticut January 15 th 1833 B Sam l Cooper Just of the Peace

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex & I John Fisk Clerk of the County Court for said County of Mid- dlesex do certify that Samuel Cooper Esquire was on the 30 th day of August last and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Middlesex as per commission on file in my office and that his name subscribed to the within certificates marked A. & B. are his proper hand writing and Signatures.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Middletown in said County this first day of September A D one thou- sand eight hundred and thirty two.
J. Fisk Clerk
State of Connecticut County of Middlesex & I John Fisk Clerk of the County Court for said County of Middlesex do certify that Samuel Cooper Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Middlesex as per

Commission on file in my office and that his name subscribed to the preceding certificates marked A. & B. are his proper handwriting and signatures.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Middletown in said county this 16 th day of January A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
W. M. R. C.

Jonathan Hall
8931
to be sent to
James Cooley
Grenville
Massachusetts

State of Connecticut, ss. County of Hartford, on this 29 th day of August 1832 - personally came before me, Samuel Wilson, of Windsor, in the County of State aforesaid, aged 76 years, who being duly sworn according to law, deposes & says that he was a soldier in the revolutionary war, that he enlisted in said Windsor, into the militia or State troops for one year, and as nearly as he can recollect in the month of March or April, and in the year 1782. That he was marched through New Haven, Milford, Stratford, &c. to Stamford in Connecticut. That when arrived to Stamford, he was put into a Company commanded by Capt. - Granger. The Company was put into a Regiment commanded by Col. Cranfield. - The Adjutant's name was - Bruce.
That he served out the full time of his enlistment at Stamford & vicinity - where he was dismissed.
He further deposes & says that he was well acquainted with one Jonathan Hall, formerly of Middletown in Middlesex County & State of Con- necticut, but now a resident in Plainfield & County of Hampden, in Massachusetts; that he the said Hall was a soldier in Capt. Miles's Company in the same Regiment commanded by Col. Cranfield, & that he the deponent & said Hall were together, fellow soldiers

in Col. Garfield's Regiment 12 months - but that he cannot say as to the exact time that there entered the service.
David Grant John O. Pittsbury
his Samuel X Wilson marks
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year first above written -
C. John O. Pittsbury Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Samuel Wilson, who subscribed and swore to the above & foregoing deposition & that I believe him to be a man of truth & veracity, & that his deposition is entitled to credit.
Hartford County January 18th 1833.
John O. Pittsbury Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut Hartford County Is. Probate Office, Simsbury District, in said County —
I certify that John C. Pettibone, Esq. whose name appears to the taking of the foregoing affidavit is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hartford, duly commissioned & sworn — And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, & verily believe the signature of "John C. Pettibone" to the taking of said affidavit to be the proper hand writing of the said Justice.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office, this 29th day of August 1832 —
Benjamin Ely Clerk of Probate Simsbury District.
State of Connecticut Is. Probate Office, Simsbury Hartford County — District, Jan. 18th 1833.
I certify that John C. Pettibone, Esq. whose name is subscribed to the preceding certificate marked C & dated this day, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hartford, duly commissioned & sworn. And further I do certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice & verily believe the signature of "John C. Pettibone" to the taking of said certificate to be the proper hand writing of the said Justice.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office, this 18th day of January 1833 —
Benjamin Ely Clerk of Probate Simsbury District.