Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,274, Charles Hall, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R.I.
Hall Charles
S. 13274
Carded.
CONTENTS

20,556 New York
Charles Hall
Penpelled in the State of New York who was a Private in the Camp, commanded by Captain Hovey of the Regt. commanded by Col. Stuart in the Rh Island for 23 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 16 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Sep. 1833 and to A. P. Wannamaker Berlin
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33 $191.66 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th Mar. '34 38.33
$229.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book 6,
Co. C. C. C. Clerk, Vol. 4. Page 15

14650 Old Cause Charles Hall Rensselaer Co N.Y.
adams
16. 06 May 6-1833.
P. 376
15333 3.8.33
19 166
A. G. Hammond Berlin N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of Charles Hall of Rensselaer Co in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74  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.     Drafted In 1776 1 As a Gen. Capt. Stillman   Enlisted 1777 1 Capt. Gavit   do 1 9 Capt. Hovey, Col. Stanton   Capt. Springer same Regt.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Westerly, Rhode Island.  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? not corrected as required 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. B. Bradford Examining Clerk.

In the Matter of Charles Hall }
Application for a Pension
14850
✓
Abn d
23 mo. per
$76.66

State of New York, } ss. County of Rensselaer
On this Sixth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Mayors & Aldermen of the City of Troy now sitting, Charles Hall a resident of Grafton county of Rensselaer and State of New York, aged seventy four years, 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, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in the Year 1776 he resided in the Town of Westerly in the State of Rhode Island - That in the fall of this Year he was drafted and entered the service under Captain George Stillman and served one Month on Boston Neck in the town of South Kingston - That during the same fall or beginning of winter he was again drafted as a militiaman and served one Month at Point Judith Point, in both these services he was engaged in guarding the shore - he thinks he performed this last tour under Captain Savitt - That in June 1777 at Westerly aforesaid he enlisted in the Rhode Island State troops under Captain Pelay Hovey for Nine months in Colonel Stantons Regiment - That he served this tour out principally at Riverstown in said State and was discharged at that post on the 15 th of March 1778 - during this term he was engaged in General Spencer's expedition against Rhode Island - When his last term of enlistment expired as aforesaid he on the spot enlisted again under Captain Springer in the same Regiment for one Year and continued at the same post except that he was in General Sullivan's expedition in Rhode Island during the said Year and was discharged on the 15 th of March 1779 during this enlistment General Cornwallis had the Command of the Troops stationed at Riverstown - That he has no documentary evidence of his services and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services except what is herunto annexed -
To the foregoing Interrogatories put by the Court he answers - 1. He was born in the town of Westerly aforesaid in the Year 1758 2. There is a record of his age in the said town of Westerly in the town

General Sullivan's Expedition - He declares during the said Year and was discharged on the 15 th of March 1779 during this enlistment General Cornwallis had the Command of the Troops stationed at Grafton - That he has no documentary evidence of his services and that he knows of no person when testimony he can procure who can testify to his services except what is hereunto annexed -
To the foregoing Interrogatories he answers -
1. He was born in the town of Westerly aforesaid in the Year 1758
2. There is a record of his age in the said town of Westerly in the town Clerks office -
3. He resided in Westerly aforesaid till he removed to where he now lives in Grafton County of Pennsylvania & State of New York in which neighbourhood & its vicinity he has lived forty six Years -
4 & 5. To these interrogatories he refers to the above statements -
6. He never received a Written discharge
7. He is known in his present neighbourhood to Gen. Aaron Worthington
J d M c & Joshua Randall Esq rs who can testify as to his Character for veracity and their belief of his services as soldier of the Revolution -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity of any kind the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Given & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Archibald Bull Clerk
Charles Hall

State of New York Rensselaer County ss.
Daniel Saunders of Grafton County of Rensselaer & State of New York being duly sworn deposition says that he was acquainted with Charles Hall within named during the Revolutionary War & that he is knowing to his serving as he has within stated for nine months in the Year 1777 and he is confident that he also served as within stated in the Year 1778 - and he this deponent has no reason to doubt that he served as he has within stated - and for the this deponent says not -
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid -
Archibald Bull Clerk
Daniel Saunders
I hereby Certify that the general reputation as respects Daniel Saunders Character for truth & veracity is good. Archibald Bull

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency of the State of
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
We, William Satterlee, a Clergyman, residing in the town of Berlin and Liba Hewitt residing in town of Grafton hereby certify that we are acquainted with Charles Hall who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four 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.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Wm Satterlee
Archibald Bull Clerk
Liba Hewitt
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier , and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that William Satterlee who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Berlin and that Liba Hewitt & Daniel Sanders who has also signed the same, are is a resident, in the town of Grafton and are is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Archibald Bull, Clerk of the Court of (Floyd) Mayers Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Charles Hall for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ninth day of August 1832.
Archibald Bull

Rev. War
13244 INVALID.
File No. 13. 274
Charles Hall Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 484
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Charles Ware
16

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Charles Hall of Rensselaer county N.Y. 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? yes 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes 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? yes
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? yes
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? No
* Amended
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? all 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.