Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,893, Robert Hall, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hall, Robert
S. 44,893
CONTENTS

4,023
New York Roll.
Robert Hall Capt Trotter Private, 4th Massachusetts Line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York. at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20. of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of Oct. 1818, and sent to Henry Wendell, jr. Albany, N. York.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 — $36. " Semi-ann. all'ce ending March 4. 1819 — 48. " am d 4m d 15/30. $ 84. "
Four Years { Revolutionary claim, } Years { Act 18th March, 1818. } 1779 Bethlehem Co. Albany
Off 26 July 1820 Reinstated, 24 May 1822
Application sent to H. Wendell Esq. Albany New York Re-instated 24 May 1822, a notice sent as above

Robert Hall's private Pension documents
Dated 20 th April 1818—
J. H. Wendell Esqr Albany N York
Admitted on Maj. Rolls —
Enlisted 1 Mar 80 for War under Capt. Williams says he enlisted in March 79 under Capt. South reported Mr. Edwards,
Admitted —

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
State of New-York. } TO WIT: CITY AND COUNTY OF ALBANY.
IN conformity with the provisions of the Act of the Congress of the United States of America, passed March 18th, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," the following DECLARATION , in writing, is made under oath, by Robert Hall of the Town of Bethlehem in the County of Albany in the State of New York before the Honorable Samuel Haring Esquire, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in for the City and County of Albany in the said state, which Court is a Court of Record of the County and State, in which the said Robert Hall doth reside, that is to say:
DECLARATION.
I Robert Hall aged sixty four years in September last of the Town of Bethlehem in the County of Albany in the State of New York on this Twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, Do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear and declare, that I served against the common enemy in the Army, in the War of the Revolution, until the end thereof, on the continental establishment and that I am a resident Citizen of the United States, to wit, in the Town County and State aforesaid; and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my country for support. I do further swear and declare, that I served in the said Revolutionary War, in the capacity of, and being a Private Soldier that I belonged to the Army, to wit, I belonged to Captain John Trotter's Company Col. Rufus Putnam's Regiment and Massachusetts Line That I entered the said service the last part day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Seventy Nine and left it the Eight or Ninth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty Three in the manner following, to wit: I left it by reason of The conclusion of the War that I received One document concerning the same service and discharge, which has been casually lost or destroyed , That I was in no Battle, but in several Skirmishes near New York and that there is no other evidence in my power to my knowledge, concerning the matters deposed by me than Joseph Perry, who has made a deposition, accompanying this declaration And I further declare, that in pursuance of the requisitions of the aforesaid Act of Congress, I do hereby freely and absolutely, and to all intents and purposes, relinquish all claims to any Pension under any of the Laws of the United States, except the Pension contemplated to be allowed me under the Act of Congress aforesaid mentioned, and under which this Declaration is made.
IN WITNESS of the truth of this Declaration, I have subscribed the same in presence of the said Judge, and have solemnly deposed to the truth thereof, on the day herein before, for that purpose, specified.
Sworn before me, this Twentieth day of April 1818.
Robert Hall his Mark
Sam. Haring Judge of Albany Com. Pleas

State of New York Albany County } to wit -
In Clerk's Office - I hereby certify, That Samuel Haring Esq. in the following Certificate named, is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the City & County of Albany - and that the foregoing thereof is in his own proper Hand Writing In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Seal of the said Court, to be hereunto Affixed - this 20 th day of April 1818 United States of America. George Mechant
By the Honorable Samuel Haring Esquire, one of the Judges of a Court of Record in the State of New-York, to wit, of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the City & County of Albany in the said State.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States of America.
SIR,
I do respectfully certify to you, in pursuance of the Act of the Congress of the United States of America, passed March 18th, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," that Robert Hall of the Town of Bethlehem in the County of Albany and State of New-York, personally appeared before me, at the City of Albany, in the said State, on the Twentieth day of April - in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and then and there was carefully and minutely interrogated and examined by me, under oath, touching the facts stated in his foregoing Declaration, and thereupon he then and there subscribed the said Declaration in my presence, (after the same was deliberately read and explained to him by me) and at the same time made solemn oath before me, on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, that the said Declaration was, in all respects, true - Whereupon, I required of him to produce such other evidence as was in his power, to support the truth of his said Declaration - Accordingly he produced as testimony,
The deposition of Joseph Berry
(and which accompanies this Certificate) - And I having duly considered the said Declaration and the said testimony produced in support thereof, I DO CERTIFY to you, Sir, that I am fully satisfied that the said Robert Hall did serve in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the time and in the manner by him stated in his said DECLARATION; and I am likewise satisfied, that the other facts in that Declaration stated, are, in like manner, true - I do therefore, respectfully transmit to you the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, according to the Act of Congress aforesaid.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal, at the City of Albany, the Twentieth day of April - in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Sam. Haring

State of New York City & County of Albany } Forwit -
Joseph Perry late a Soldier in the Army, in the Revolutionary War, against the common Enemy - being duly sworn Faith, that he knows Robert Hall the Soldier in the preceding Declaration & the Certificate of his Honor Judge Haring named - That the said Robert Hall, served as a Soldier in Col: Rufus Putnam's Regiment in the Massachusetts Line - And that he verily believes the facts stated, by the said Robert Hall in the foregoing Declaration & Certificate to be substantially true -
Joseph his Perry Mark
Sworn Before me this Twentieth day of April 1858
Sam. Haring Judge of Albany Co. N.Y.

Robert Hall
4023 29 Oct 1818
Not entitled
Notification sent to H. Wendell Smith Albany NY
† July 25. 1870 Agent

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Court of Common Pleas City & County of Albany
On this fifteenth day of June 1820 personally appeared in open court, (being a court of record in and for the said County — according to the solemn adjudications of the Supreme Court of this state, and being a court which proceeds according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and possessing the power of fine and imprisonment) Robert Hall a private — aged Sixty eight years, resident in the Town of Bethlehem in said County who, being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: in the Company commanded by Captain John Trotter — Col: Rufus Putnam's Regi- ment, in the Massachusetts Line , on the Continental Establishment of Infantry — that his Original declaration on file, in the Pension Office , at Washington — is dated the 20 th day of April 1818 — & his Certificate , dated and issued, on the 29 th of October 1818 — and Numbered 4,023 — Pension rec d up to the 4 th of March 1820 —
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 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. that I have no family other than my Wife who resides with me. My Wife is sixty three years old & very infirm, that I have no occupation other than a farmer — that I am weak & infirm , and stand in need of assistance from my Country for support — And that I have no Estate , Real or Personal , but the following viz — One Cow Worth Eighteen dollars , Three Sheep  Five dollars — One Hog  Six dollars , Two Tables  four dollars , Six Chairs  Two dollars — Six Cups & Saucers  one dollar , Twelve plates  One dollar fifty Cents — One Milk pot  one dollar , Three plates  one dollar fifty Cents , Two Pails  one dollar , Two Iron pots  one dollar fifty Cents , Two Pails  one dollar , One Barel  one dollar , Tongs & Shovel  one dollar , Two Candles  one dollar — One brass kettle  Two dollars — one hundred dollars due — stick twenty five Cents — One brass kettle  Two dollars — one hundred dollars due — from Robert Hall —
Sworn to and declared on the 15 th day of June 1820 — Before me in open court
Robert Hall Mark
F. Williams Dep CLK
STATE OF NEW-YORK, City and County of Albany
I Henry Truay — for the city of Albany
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify, that the foregoing affidavit 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 property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is one hundred and forty five dollars and twenty five cents. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 8 th day of July — 1820
Henry Truay Clerk.

Recd. 19 Feb. 1822
Robert Hall's additional Pension Documents —
H. Wendell Davis Agent Albany N.Y.

State of New York City & County of Albany Court of Common Pleas
Christian I Se Grange being duly sworn Faith, that he is Well acquainted With Robert Hall, Who Was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, as appears from a letter directed to said Robert, informing him that his Name Was Stricken from the Pension List - - that the said Robert has for Several years, resided in the town of Bethlehem, a near Neighbor to this deponent - that the said Robert and his Wife are old & infirm, and unable to support themselves, Without the aid of this Pension heretofore granted to said Robert - And further this deponent saith not, Excepting, that he has no interest Neither directly or indirectly in said Robert's application -
Sworn to this 15 day of Sept r 1820. In open Court
Christian I Lagrange
A. Williams Clerk
Isaac Stiles, being duly sworn Faith, that he Well knows, Robert Hall, Who served as a Soldier, in the Revolutionary War, as appears from a letter directed to said Robert informing him, that his

Name, was stricken from the Pension List - that the said Robert occupies, part of a house of this deponent for which he pays fifteen dollars per year, which - together with the necessary support of himself, Wife & Son will absorb the One hundred Dollars mentioned in said Robert's Inventory, now at Washington - And this deponent further saith, that the said Robert has no means of support - and by reason of Old Age and debility cannot perform manual labor to a suffi- -cient extent to support himself and an aged and sickly Wife - And further saith not -
Sworn to in Open Court this 15 th day of September 1828 H. Williams Dep. Clerk
Isaac Stiles
Matthew Bender being duly sworn saith, that he has known, Robert Hall above named for several years - that from the knowledge this deponent has, of the said Robert's Pecuniary circumstances - And the Old Age & infirmity of the said Robert & his Wife, he verily believes, the said Robert, cannot support himself & Wife without the assistance of his Pension - And further that he has no interest either directly or indirectly in the said Robert obtaining a further

Continuance of the said Pension - And further faith Not - Matthew Benton
Given to, in Open Court this 15 th day of Sept. 1820 J. H. Williams Sup. Clk

We the subscribers inhabitants of the town of Bethlehem county of Albany and state of New-York do certify that we believe Mr Robert Hall of the same place to have been a revolutionary soldier that he is a man of unquestionable veracity and honesty. that he and his wife are advanced in years. destitute of property and unable to support themselves.
Bethlehem Dec r 1821
Rev d Thomas Holiday
William Coughtry
Anthony Waine
James Waind.
John Wands of
Albany Fuller
Wm Lihoo
Joseph Bullock
Archibald Mornick
John Willebrant
John Haswell
Henry Burhans
Matthew Bender
Andrew Thompson
Jacob Ten Eyck
M. Grotton
(over)

I hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with Robert Hall of the town of Bethlehem Albany County late a Pensioner, and that the said Robert is an aged & infirm Man - And also that I am personally acquainted with the Gentlemen who signed the Within Certificate and from their respectability and standing in Society, I verily believe they would not have affixed their names thereto, had they not been fully persuaded, that the contents thereof were true -
Sol. Van Rensselaer

Albany to Robert Hall of the town of Bethlehem in the County of Albany, being duly sworn Gailth, that the one hundred dollars named in his schedule, now on file in the office of the Secretary of War at Washington, and on which his name was erased from the Pension Roll, has long since been expended, in paying for the board of his aged & infirm wife, who by reason of lameness & fits is wholly unable to provide for herself - And that this deponent has also been obliged to pay for his board & lodging owing to his being too feeble to do manual labor - And that by means of his being deprived of the benefit of the Pension once granted him, he has been compelled to run in debt, to extinction which he sees no hopes unless, he should be reinstated on the Pension Roll - And further this deponent saith not -
Sworn Before me this 13 th day of Feb y 1822
H. Wendell Hunt
Commissioner
His Robert X Hall Mark

44 893
Rev INVALID.
File No. 44, 893
Robert Hall
Priv. Res. Hall
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 213
[Arrangement of 1870.]

For Reconsideration
Report to H. Wendell Albany N.Y.R.
(H. Wendell Albany N.Y.R.) January 1842.