Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,635, Solomon Hull, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Hull, Solomon
S. 2,635
carded
CONTENTS

7207 Ohio 2207
Solomon Hull of Knox Co in the State of Ohio who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Vance of the Regt commanded by Gen Windes in the New Jersey line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of March 1833 and sent to Miss D Johnston Knox Co Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 60 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th 15.00 $75 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk Book E Vol. 8 Page 10

No 15022
Solomon Hull
Knox County
Ohio -
from 1776 present 9 months $30.
Isley D Johnston
Knox County
Ohio

BRIEF in the case of  Solomon Hull  Ohio  of Knox County in the State of  (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? 73  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.     Enftd. In 1776- 1 Private Gen. Capt s Vance & H. Horton   8 " Capt Solomons Genl. Winds  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Springfield N.C.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Morris Co. N.J.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Dyer Castor Examining Clerk.

In the matter of the application of Solomon Hull for a pension the following questions were by the order of the court propounded to him the said Solomon Hull and the answers hereinafter mentioned given thereto by the said Solomon Hull under oath as follows —
1 st Where and in what year were you born
Answer in Mendham, Morris County in the State of New Jersey in the year 1758
2 nd have you any record of your age? if so where is it?
Ans., I have, at home in my family Bible
3 rd Where were you living when called into the service Where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live
Answer when first called into the service I lived in Morris County in the State of New Jersey and some time after the revolutionary war I moved to Washington County Pennsylvania where I lived until about eight years ago when I moved to Knox County Ohio where I now live
4 th How were you called into the service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or was you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
Answer I was drafted each time - into the service
5 th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served. Each continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
Answer Generals Washington, Putnam, and Green were with the troops where I served part of the time the number of the regiments with which I served I do not now recollect the general circumstances of my service are set forth in my declaration as well as I can recollect —

6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it —
Answer I have never received a written discharge
7 th State the names of Persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution
Answer I am known to Rev. James Gray a minister of the Gospel and Levi Herrick Rev James Gray — — — Solomon Hull
Sworn to and subscribed in open court Alex. Elliot Clerk

Salomon Hall
Declaration
15022
V

The State of Ohio Knox County ss
On the twenty fifth day of September an Thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the court of common pleas in & for the county of Knox now sitting Solomon Hill a resident of Jackson Township in the county of Knox and State of Ohio aged Seventy three years on the 7 th day of November last who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated to wit in the month of November 1776 he entered the Service as a Drafted Militia man resided when he entered the Service in Mendham, Morris County State of New Jersey marched to Elizabeth town and lay there until Genl. Washington's Army came along on his retreat from Newark to Brunswick & marched with Washington to Millstone and there in consequence of his months Service (the term for which he was Drafted) having expired he returned home and after that time untill some time in the year 1780 he served eight months at several different periods in the revolutionary war the exact time, of each month is not now distinctly recollected. but he served one month at Bulyan's Tavern in the State of New Jersey under General Winds also one month at Pumpion Plains under Genl. Putnam, also one month at Morristown guarding the Jail in which were a number of Tories confined two of which were hung Captain's name not recollected also one month south of Elizabeth Town guarding the Shore opposite Staten Island officers name not recollected, also one month near Amboy under General Winds guarding the lines. also one month at Elizabeth town Standing Guard at Elizabeth River point under Capt. Solomons according to the best of his recollection, also one month at Shetham under Col. Ford & Capt. Vance in at which time they had a small engagement with the enemy at Springfield

in the evening and the next morning the enemy retreated to Staten Island and again he served one month under general Ward and capt. Horton was stationed a short distance north of Elizabeth Town and was drove by the enemy from Elizabeth Town to Springfield and was in the battle at that place under General Green at the time Springfield was burned and then drove the enemy back to Elizabeth Town - all of which terms he was drafted into the service for a month at each time and served as stated
He also states that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He also states he was born in Mendham in Morris county in the state of New Jersey in the year 1758 has the record of his age at home in his family Bible. He has lived since the revolutionary war in the state of New Jersey and in Washington County Pennsylvania and about 8 years ago moved to Ohio where he now lives - he never received a written discharge - He also states that he is known in his present neighborhood to Reverend James Foy and Levi Herron. James Foy
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
Solomon Hall
Sworn to and subscribed { this day 8 years aforesaid }
Alex n Elliott Clerk

in the evening and the next morning the Army retreated to Hatter Island and again the Army retreated
We James Fry a clergyman residing in the county of Knox and State of Ohio and Benjamin Rush residing in said county and State hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Solomon Hall who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
James Fry
Benjamin Rush
sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Alex d Elliott Clerk
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of this matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the county of Knox and State of Ohio and that _____ who has also signed the same is a resident in the said county & State and is a credible person and that their statements is entitled to credit.
I Alexander Elliott Clerk of the court of common pleas for said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Solomon Hall for a pension
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Mount Vernon this 8 th day of October, A.D. 1832
Alex d Elliott Clerk

Rev War
2635 INVALID.
File No. 2635
Salomon Kull
Br. Apolonia
Act: June 7, '32
Index: Vol. A , Page 183
[Arrangement of 1870.]
✓

Rev War
2635 INVALID.
File No. 2635
Sharon Hull
Br. Sp. line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: Vol. 4 , Page 183
[Arrangement of 1870.]
✓

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Solomon Hull which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?

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? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 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? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 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? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 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."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Solomon Hulls
Power of
Attorney
Indley D Johnston

Know all men by these presents
That I Solomon Vull of the County of Knox and State of Ohio have made constituted and appointed and by these presents do make constitute and appoint and in my place and stead put and Deputy Insley D Johnston of the County of Knox and State of Ohio my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name and for my use to ask demand and receive all such sum or sums of money or other demands whatsoever, which is or shall be, due, owing, and belonging to me, by any manner or means whatsoever. Especially any money or pension that I may be entitled to receive from the Government of the United States under the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832 for services as a revolutionary soldier, giving and granting by these presents, my full and whole power strength and authority in and about the premises, to have, and to take all all lawful ways and means in my name for the purposes aforesaid.
And upon the receipt of any such pension, money, or sums of money, a acquittances or other sufficient Discharges for me and in my name to make seal and deliver. Hereby ratifying and holding for firm and effectual all and whatsoever my said Attorney shall lawfully do in and about the premises by virtue hereof.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 25 th day of September One thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us }
Solomon Vull (Seal)

State of Ohio Knox County ss
Personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County Solomon Yeat, who executed the within power of Attorney and acknowledged the signing and sealing thereof to be his act and deed for the purposes therein expressed.
Given under my hand and seal Officially this 25 th day of September A.D. 1832
Gymn Osborn J.P.
The State of Ohio Knox County ss.
I Alexander Elliott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that Mr. M c Creary Esq. before whom the above acknowledgment, appearing
to have been made, was at the time of taking the said acknowledgment and yet is an acting Justice of the peace for said County, duly commissioned & sworn, and full faith is due to all his official acts as such as well in Courts of Justice as otherwise.
And I further certify that the above signature purporting to be his signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Mount Vernon this 29 th day of September A.D. 1832.
Alex. Elliott Clerk