Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37100, Abner Hill, Conn.

SERVICE
SERVICE Conn.
Hill, Abner
NUMBER _____
S. 37100
CONTENTS

72.829
Connecticut
Abner Hill
Lebanon in the state of Connecticut who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Butler of the Connecticut line, for the term of Three Years
inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 29 of May 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 of July 1819 and sent to Calvin Goodara & Norwich Connecticut
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1819. 25.83
Semi-annual all'ce ending 3 Mo. 3/4 31 30
$25.83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Abner Hill Private 81 to 84 Butler Connecticut Reg t
Admitted on Roll
Calvin Goddard Vermont 29 May Lebanon

State of Connecticut To the city of Norwich
On the 29th Day of May A.D. 1819 before me the subscriber Mayor of the city of Norwich & presiding Judge of the city Court personally appears Abner Hill of Lebanon in said State who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following dele- ration in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war: viz. that he the said Abner Hill enlisted the Month of February A.D. 1781 as he believes that he enlisted in the State of Connecticut into Col. Babalon's Battery Regiment being the 4th Connecticut Regiment & into a company commanded by Capt. Asa Lay, for the term of three years. That he continued to serve in said company in the service of the United States until the end of the war & on the Month of December January A.D. 1784 when he was discharged from service in the city of State of New York

I have a discharge which he has lost - He belonged at the time of his discharge to a guard in order to take possession of New York. That he was in no battle - That he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support -
I have declared before me
Caleb Goddard Mayor
I, Caleb Goddard Mayor as aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Abner Hill did serve in the War of the revolution as stated in the preceding Declaration against the common enemy & as may transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress. Dated at Norwalk Connecticut this 29 th day of May 1814
Caleb Goddard Mayor
I certify that it is proved to my satisfaction That the aforesaid Abner Hill is in reduced circum- stances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. Caleb Goddard

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section EKL
November 6, 1929
Mr. William G. Hills Eight East Broad Street Columbus, Ohio
Dear Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.37100, it appears that Abner Hill enlisted in the State of Connecticut, February 8, 1781, as a private in Captain Asa Lay's Company in Colonel Zebulon Butler's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged in January, 1784.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 29, 1819, while a resident of Lebanon, Connecticut.
His age is not stated and there are no data as to his family.
The above is the history of the only soldier named Abner Hill found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

April 22, 1931
Pension Department Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I would appreciate your sending me the pension record of Abner Hill , private from Connecticut and pensioned under the Act of Congress March 18, 1818, at which time I believe he was a resident of Massachusetts.
Thank you.
Very truly yours,
Wm G Hills
William G. Hills 51 North High Street Columbus, Ohio
WGH:W

Retail Merchants Association
EIGHT EAST BROAD STREET
Columbus : : Ohio
September 9, 1929.
Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Connecticut records of Revolutionary War soldiers show one Abner Hill, private, Connecticut line, 1777-79. The records also indicate that the said Abner Hill was a pensioner.
I would appreciate very much having the subject's record as shown in your office to assist me in clearing up my family genealogy.
Very truly yours,
Wm G. Hills
Wm. G. Hills.
WGH/HB.

Framingham April 14 th 1818
We the Subscribers do hereby certify that Aaron Hill now resident in Framingham and a soldier in the Revolutionary war (for nine months as it is said) is in reduced circumstances in life and needs assistance from his Country & that as an inhabitant of the Town of Sherburne we have afforded him assistance for several years past
Daniel Leland Selectmen Isaac Whitney John Pigeon } Sherburne

Comptroller's Estimate

State of Connecticut Comptroller Office Hartford May 19. 1819,
Upon examination of the Books of this Office it appears that Abner Hill served as a private in Colonel Zebulon Butler's Regiment, in the Connecticut line of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary war from the eighth day of February 1781. untill the thirty first day of December 1781. - and that after that time the pay of the army - not being made up in this Office no record of further service appears - so far as this service is on record he was paid by this State and the same allowed by the United States on the final settlement of the Expenses of said Revolutionary war
Certified by Elisha Root Comptroller of Public Accounts