Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3017, Edward Hall, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Hall, Edward.
N 3017
Milly
CONTENTS
[Faint handwritten scribble]

26651 Kentucky
Edward Hall of Clark Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the 2nd Regt commanded by Captain Woodhead of the 2nd Regt commanded by Col Patterson in the Virginia line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annu to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of April 1834 and Jean Allen
Arrears to the 4th of March 240.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 40.00 $280.00
{ Revolutionary Claims { Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by David Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 45

3079
Kentucky
Milly Hall
widow of Edward Hall
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Va Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Jan'y 1849 and sent to
A. A. Co. Ky Irvine Estill Co. Ky
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 236 Vol. 3.
Reported Jan'y 16/49

23039 Declaration of Edward Hall for a pension

State of Kentucky Clarke county set On this fourth  day of  December  1831 in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Clarke Circuit Court held in said county and now sitting Edward Hall a resident of Clarke County and State aforesaid, aged seventy four years on the twenty fifth day of December 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 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That about the last of march or first of April 1779 (but the day of the month he cannot recollect) he enlisted as a private soldier at Boonsborough Boonsborough in the now County of Madison & State aforesaid for and during the war then being waging between the United States and Great Britain and thereupon immediately took the oath by law required of enlisted sol- diers, before Col. Richard Callaway who was an acting Justice of the Peace for Kentucky County, in the State of Virginia - and then entered the service service of the United States as a private soldier, and by virtue of said enlistment he continued in said service until the end of the war and thus thus served upwards of two years - that he was enlisted by Capt John Golden in whose company he served as aforesaid - that James Bunton was

the lieutenant in said company, though this affiant never saw him as before his enlistment said Benton was detached to Harrodsburg with a portion of the company - that Thomas South was the ensign in said company until he was killed in Bowman's defeat, when Reuben Procter was appointed the ensign of said company, who continued to act as such until the end of the war - that said Holden and Procter are now dead - that he received at the end of said Revolutionary War from said Holden a written discharge, which he has since lost and that he never had in his possession any other written evidence of his enlistment and service as a soldier aforesaid - and that he knows of no person, now living, by whom he can prove his enlistment and service aforesaid except his brother Thomas Hall, whom he has not seen for about eighteen months and whose place of residence this affiant does not know and cannot learn - that Nathaniel Bulloch was sergeant in said Holden's company, and he recollects that the said Ballard acted as commissary to said company and that Page Procter was also a sergeant to said com- pany - that said Bulloch and Ballard and Procter are dead, that his brother William Hall, (who died in the service at Lexington) his brother Thomas Hall, and Garnett Farnshead (who married his sister) were also private soldiers in said com- pany and that said Farnshead is also dead - that at the time of his enlistment he lived in the fort at Boonsborough (then Kentucky County) but now Madison County, State of Kentucky and that he has lived ever since he left said service aforesaid on the north side of the Kentucky river, within twelve miles of Boonsborough and in what is now called Clarke County, where he now lives - that during his service aforesaid, he knew Genl. Daniel Boone and Genl. Clark

whose Christian name he has forgotten - that Capt George commanded a regular company under said Clark and he remembers that one Butten- den was a Major under said Clark, and the Christian names of said George and But- tenden he had forgotten - He states that Capt McCracken (whose Christian name he has for- gotten) commanded a company of horse under Genl. Clark. and he recollects and he recollects that he saw McCracken frequently in the service that after he entered said service he was marched from Pensylvania to the mouth of Licking river and thence across the Ohio to Mad River thence to the Big Miami and he was in a battle fought with the In- dians under Genl. Clark on the Big Miami - and two Indian towns were taken - and in that battle said Capt McCracken received a wound of which he died in a few days. that the head of the Little Miami River he was in a battle where Col Benjamin Logan commanded and five Indian towns were taken, one of them called McCracken and in said battle Capt Christopher Irvin who commanded a company of horse troops was killed that he cannot recollect the years in which these battles or skirmishes skirmishes happened and he states that Capt Holders was not in either of said battles - He recollects that Capt William Bird James Riley & lieutenant & John McIntire Logan, were the officers of a militia company which were de- tached with a part of the army under Col. Logan by Genl. Clark to go against the Shawnee towns as above and Col. Patterson was a Colonel of the Militia and in said Pattersons regiment said Birks company belonged -
He does not remember to what Colonels regiment Capt Holders company belonged; but he thinks from his best recollection that the above named Butten- den was a Major in the regular service under Genl. Clark that during his service aforesaid he served besides in the above mentioned expeditions in the different

Station was one of the great -
He states that he was born in Prince William County, State of Virginia - that he has not now the record of his age but that he was born on the twenty fifth day of December 1757. and that the paper on which his name was registered, was burnt up with together with the the house of Abigail Hall his younger brother, in which that and and his father's other papers were deposited.
And 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. He states that in his present neighborhood he is well known to Col. Francis & Jackson and  to  the David Hampton Chilton James Lane, Chilton Allen Esq. at present a representative in Congress & James Clarke Esq. late re- presentative in Congress from this State and Capt. Cornelius Combs all of whom can testify as to his character for veracity and as to their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.
the
Edward my Hall Essex

And the said Court do hereby declare therein in that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
I Samuel W. Taylor Clerk of the Clarke Circuit Court, in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Edward Hall for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on this 4th day of October 1832.
Sam. W. Taylor
State of Kentucky Clarke County /et
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Edward Hall of said County being duly sworn sworn deposes
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 recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grade - For four years & upwards I served as a private in the Virginia State Troops during the Revolutionary War and for such service I claim a pension - I do not know the name of the Colonel of the Regiment to which my Company was attached; I have forgotten it and have been as precise and particular on that subject as I could be (owing to my loss of memory) in my Declaration above set forth -
April 3rd 1834
Edward Hall - mark
Subscribed and sworn to on this 3rd day of April 1834. before me a Justice of the Peace of Clarke County
William T. Hockaday J.P. &c.
State of Kentucky Clarke County, I James P. Bullock Clerk of the County Court of Clarke County aforesaid do certify that the above named William T. Hockaday William T. Hockaday is an acting Justice of the Peace of the County aforesaid and that his signature signature to the above certificate

is in the genuine proper hand writing of said Hochaday In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my said office on this 3 rd day of April 1834
Attest J. P. Bullock Clerk of Clinton County Courts

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, State of Kentucky, County of Clark } ss
On this Twenty eighth day of June eighteen hundred and forty three personally appeared before the Magistrate Court of the County of Clark and State of Kentucky Millie Hall a resident of the County and State first above written aged seventy-five years on the sixteenth day of October 1843, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of Edward Hall, who was a soldier of the revolutionary war from the State of Virginia. She is unable to state the County he went from or the officers he served under or whether he was a regular militiaman. She refers to the papers and evidence on file that give her husband a pension in her case. She further declares that she was married to the said Edward Hall on the ninth day of June seventeen hundred and eighty six in the County of Fayette Kentucky, that her husband the aforesaid Edward Hall died on the thirtieth day of July eighteen hundred thirty eight in the County of Estall Kentucky that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz. at the time above stated

She states that she had a family record but it has got lost or misplaced and that she has had nine children the eldest that is living is fifty two she states that her eldest child is dead that she was married as a veenteen months when her first child was born. Garrett Hall her eldest that is living resides in the state of Indiana. she further states that she was married by Parson Andrew Gribble, and the office is burnt when the license was issued when we was married. Millie Hall Mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written, before the Magistrate Court of the County of Clark and state of Kentucky being a court of record holden by a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid I Stephen Eubank certify that Millie Hall personally appeared in open court and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and subscribed my name this 28th day of June 1843, and interlined in the second line of the declaration before signing. Stephen Eubank J.P. Presiding Justice of the Magistrate Court
I James Welch a resident of the County of Clark and state of Kentucky aged fifty four, certify that I am acquainted with Millie Hall and know her to be the widow of Edward Hall who was a pensioner of the revolutionary war I have heard her Declaration and believe it contains the truth. James Welch

State of Kentucky } County of Clark } ss
Be it known that on this twenty-eight day of June eighteen hundred and forty-three personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State first above written James Welch who is a man of respectability and truth and made oath and subscribed to the truth of the above affi- davit given from under my hand this day and year first above written been interlined in the second line of the affidavit before signing
Stephen Labank J.P.
I John George a resident of the County of Clarke and State of Kentucky aged seventy-five years certify that I am acquainted with Milly Hall and was acquainted with Edward Hall before his death. I was not at their wedding but was well acquainted with both of them previous to their marriage we lived in Boonsborough in Madison Coun- ty Kentucky together. They moved from Boonsborough to the opposite side of the Kentucky river not more than two miles and a half from Boonsborough we were frequenta- ly together after they moved out of Boonsborough to Fletch- Fayette County but now Clarke County Kentucky before the time they were said to have married I frequently heard the want to be married and heard they were married I never heard it doubted but what they was married I believe they was married they lived together as husband and wife until the death of her husband and was both persons persons of respectability in their neighbourhood. She is the Milly Hall that was the wife of Edward Hall who was a pensioner for services

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in the revolutionary war and I believe she was married at the time stated by her in her declaration but I am not positive as to it being the year she states that it is but I know it was previous to the first of January that was the year that I was married and I know she was married before seven hundred and ninety four that the I was clerk's office was burnt as stated by her they raised a family of children and her eldest is dead as stated by her given from under my hand this 29th day of June 1843
State of Kentucky County of Clarke } ss
John George
Be it known that before me personally a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared John George who is known to me to be a man of respectability and truth and from appearance is as old as stated by him in his affidavit and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit years in the second line and marriage in the sixth line of the affidavit before signing given from under my hand this 29th day of June 1843, was interlined. The time of his marriage interlined twenty fourth line before signing in the eighteenth line before signing of the affidavit.
Stephen Eubank J.P. etc.
State of Kentucky Clarke County Set
I James P. Bullock Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do certify that Stephen Eubank esq whose name is subscribed to the above and foregoing Certificate is now & was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace within aforesaid County of Clarke duly commissioned & qualified as aforesaid & that full faith & credit is due to all his official acts.
In testimony whereof I the Clerk aforesaid have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court this 30th of June 1843
att James P. Bullock

Edward Hall Clark Co. Kentucky
for R 23 $80
Hon. Chilton Allan — H.R.
James M. Taylor Clark Co. Kentucky

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjunctive notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Edward Hall Clark to Kentucky.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Apr 1770 at afterwards 2 1 " Priv. Gen. Clark Col. Holden Lieut. Burton Col. Patterson 74 years Madison Co Ky Kentucky Traditionary  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this                      day of                      personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of                      in the county of                      and State, Territory or District of                      aged (c)                      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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                      , with                      and served in the                      (e) regiment of the                      line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                      of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                      for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of                      &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the                      and C. D. residing in (the same)                      hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                      , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be                      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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the                      and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                      and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                      Clerk of the Court of                      do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
 7. 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. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Joseph Henson Baugh

January 23, 1925.
Francis H. Ryner, Coatesville, IND.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.3017, it appears that Edward Hall was born in Prince William County, Virginia, December 25, 1757.
While living in the fort at Boonsboro, Kentucky County (later Madison County) Kentucky, he enlisted in March or April 1779 as a private in Captain John Holder's Virginia Company and was in General Clark's Indian campaign, was at the taking of Indian towns on the Big and Little Miami Rivers, and served to the close of the Revolution.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 4, 1832, while a resident of Clark County, Kentucky. He died in Estill County, Kentucky, July 30, 1838.
Soldier married in Fayette County, Kentucky, June 9, 1786, Milly (maiden name not stated) who was born October 16, 1768. She was allowed pension on her application ex-

ecuted June 28, 1843, while a resident of Clark County, Kentucky, at which time she stated that they had nine children, names not given except Garrott, who was the oldest child then living, aged 52 years and residing in Indiana, place not stated. A daughter, name not mentioned, was then living in Clark County, Kentucky.
In 1848, the widow, Milly, was living in Estill County, Kentucky.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

Coatesville Ind Jan 1 1925
Hon Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
My dear Sir: Can you furnish me with the military Record of the soldier to whom the following Pension was allowed?
Referring to official list of Pensioners of 1835, under Clarke Co. Ky. Edward Hall, private, Va Line, placed on roll Feb 27, 1834. Commencement of Pension March 4, 1831. Age 76.
Very respectfully
Francis H. Ryner.
Coatesville, Indiana

1925, Jan. 23 - Hist. to Francis Ryner.
u m.
Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3017 Milly Hall Widow Edward Hall Priv. Rev War
Act: Feby 2 d 1848
Index: — Vol. A , Page 312
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rep?
Kentucky 6890
Milly Hall
widow of Edward Hall
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Gents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of May 1845
and sent to M. S. Allison, near George Town, Dist. Col.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A 8 June 17, 1844.
Vol. 2 Page 181.

Rep?
Kentucky 9299
Milly Hall
widow of Edward Hall
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 30. July 1838 of Clark Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Holden of the regt. commanded by Col. Patterson in the Virginia line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of May 1845, and sent to W.S. Allison Near George Town, Dist. Col.
Total amount, $400
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 369.

Milly Hall widow of Edward Hall, private
$80 per annum
Acti 38 } '43 } 780 '44 } 568
married 9 June 1786
husband die 30 July 1838
to commence 4 March '36
Kentucky Roll
Send cert: to Wm. S. Allison near George Town Ky. Col.

9332
Milly Hale
Rev:
act 7. July 58.

Edward Hall application for a pension. Affidavits of Joseph Proctor & Matthew Horn.

State of Kentucky Estill County to wit
The deposition of Joseph Procter and Matthew Stone taken at the clerks office in frame on the 9 th day of October 1833 - state that Edward Hall came to the state of Kentucky in the spring 1779 - and enlisted and done Garrison duty under Capt. Holsom at Boonsborough until the fall 1779 - at which time he received a furlough from Capt. Holsom to return and bring his Walters family to Kentucky, which he did the same fall, and then continued to do Garrison duty at Boonsborough, Shrodes Station, and Bryants Station and when at Shrodes station he was under Capt. Constant while doing duty at the different forts or stations the said Hall was frequently out on scouting parties and served on Clarkes campaign and also on Logans campaign. The said Hall continued to do duty as a soldier in the different forts and with the scouting parties until peace was made the time he was discharged and cannot now rec- lect but was full confident he served four years or more and done his duty as a faithful good soldier - from the spring 1779 - until peace was made with the Indians and the different forts and

stations was broken up in July - given under our hands Heals the date first written.
Joseph Proctor
(Seal)
Mathew Horn
(Seal)
Essex County set -
This day Joseph Proctor and Mathew Horn made oath before me the undersigned a justice of the peace for the county aforesaid that the facts as stated in their foregoing dispo- sition are true to the best of their knowledge and belief, I further certify that Joseph Proctor is a clergyman of long and high standing and that the said Mathew Horn is a reliable man, given under my hand this 9 th day of October 1833.
Henty Essex County set
Sampson Matthews
I Robert Clark clerk of the court for the county aforesaid do certify that Sampson Matthews is an acting justice of the peace for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned as such. That he is one of the justices of the county court, and that an oath of office is now due to be given to all his official acts given under my hand Heals of office this 9 th day of October 1833 Robert Clark

Kentucky Estate County sets
I Rott Clarke clerk of the court for the county aforesaid, do certify that the signature of Sampson Watts attached to the foregoing certificate is genuine and the act and deed of the said Watts, and that he was at the time, and still is an acting Justice of the peace for the county aforesaid duly commissioned as such and that due faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such,
Given under my hand & seal of office this 28 th day of December 1833 —
Rott Clarke

State of Kentucky, Estill County, Sct.
On this 20 day of November, 1848, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace; in and for said County, Milly Hall, a resident of said County, aged 81 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2 nd February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Edward Hall, who was a private in the Revolution, and who died on the 30 th day of July, 1838. And that she received an annual pension of Eighty Dollars, under the act of 17 th June, 1844.
She further declares that she is still a Widow.
Milly per Hall Mark
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before me.
Andrew Alexander J. P.
Witness Albert A. Curtis
I certify that the above declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration.
Andrew Alexander J. P.
State of Kentucky, Estill County, Sct.
J Robert Clark, clerk of the court for said County, certify, that Andrew Alexander is a magistrate in and for said County, duly Commissioned and sworn, and that the

foregoing signature, purporting to be his is genuine. His commission is dated on the 31 day of August 1836, and continues during good behavior.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this 7 th day of December — 1848.
Notch Clarke clerk
Essex County Court

You will transmit this document James S Edwards Com-Religious. He will then issue a new certificate of Pardon, and it will then be payable at this office.
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Thomas Hall's affidavit

Statement of Thomas Hall.
I, Thomas Hall of Montgomery County and State of Kentucky hereby state that I am the same Thomas Hall who has obtained a pension under the Act of June 7 1832. and that I am now seventyfive years of age. that I am the brother of Edward Hall who now lives in Clarke County Kentucky and I know that he served two years and upwards as a soldier of the Revolutionary War in the Virginia State Troops and was attached to Capt John Holder's company. I was present when he was enlisted by said Holder as a private in his company and I was enlisted at the same time which was in the spring of the year 1779 and I remember that he served from the time of his enlistment to the close of the Revolutionary War, when he and I were both at the same time discharged by said Capt Holder at Boonsborough, in what is now called Madison County in this State. Said Edward was enlisted at Boonsborough and there I saw him seven in as a soldier. He served in the different garrisons, in Kentucky, and

from time to time went out on scouting parties - and he is older than I am - As witnessed my hand this 16 th day of Nov 1833. Tho. King Hall Mark
State of Kentucky
Montgomery County set.
I James Mc Bell — a Justice of the Peace in and for said County do certify that on this 16 th day of Nov 1833 personally appeared the above named Thomas Hall before me and made oath that the foregoing statement is true to the best of his knowledge and belief - and I further that said Thomas Hall is a resident of Montgomery County aforesaid and is a credi- ble man - Given under my hand this 16 th day of Nov - 1833. J H Wells J N M C
State of Kentucky
Montgomery County set
I Maceyah Harrison, Clerk of the County

Count of the County aforesaid do certify that James H Webb - whose name is sub- scribed to the foregoing certificate is now and was at the date thereof an acting Jus- tice of the Peace in and for said County and duly commissioned as such and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts and I further certify that the name of said James H Webb - subscribed to said certificate is in his own proper hand writing. In testi- mony whereof I have hereunto to on this 16 th day of November 1833 subscribed my name and affixed the the seal of my said office -
W. H. Harrison clerk

I Francis F. Jackson a resident of the county of Clarke and State of Kentucky aged sixty-six years state that I have been acquainted with Millie Hall who is the widow of Edward Hall who drew a pension for his services as a soldier of the revolutionary war ever since my earliest recollection, and I know when she was married to the above named Edward Hall, in the year of seventeen hundred and eighty eight or eighty-nine she was living in Colonel Holders house and was married the year that we moved into the house I know it was one of the above named years I am certain it was before seventeen hundred and ninety-four I have been acquainted with her ever since her marriage and know she is the widow of the above named Edward Hall and she has remained a widow ever since his death and she resides a part of her time in Clarke county with her daughter and the balance of her time in Estill county both in Kentucky given from under my hand this 23 rd day of September 1843
Francis F. Jackson
State of Kentucky county of Clarke } ss
Be it known that personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for the county and state above written Francis F. Jackson a man known to me to be a man of respectable truth and piety a member of the church of Christ and subscribed and subscribed to the truth of the above affidavit given from under my hand this 23 rd day of September 1843
Fielding Burke C.P.

State of Kentucky
Clarke County ss
I James Bullock clerk of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid do Certify that Fielding Bush Esq. who have sub- scribed to the within Certificate is a Magistrate and that his signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Witnesseth where I the clerk aforesaid have here to set my hand and affixed the seal of said County of Clarke at Winchester this 25 th day of Sept. 1843
James Bullock

Col. R. M. Johnson Washington City D.C.

Pension Office, September 20 1843
Sir,
The claim of Milly Hall has been examined and disallowed. Waiving any question as to the insufficiency of the proof of the date of marriage, the examination of his papers with the present information of the Department renders it very doubtful whether he could have been in service as much as six months in an organized Military Corps. He asserted that he was in 1779 enlisted for the war by Captain Holden, and served to fall of 1783. He was a Militia Officer who could not have enlisted men for the war, and who could command only the drafted Militia whose term of service was three months and no more.
There is not a single Militia term of service set forth as the rules require, and the allegation of enlisting for and serving during the war at Boon's Station, where he lived, is unfounded.
Levi C. Suggett, Esq., Long Seek, Scott County, Kentucky.
I am very respectfully, Your obedient servant J L Edwards

Long Lick Feb 28 1843
The enclosed is additional evidence that your husband drew 80 g of it near and produced the widening several at the time the Peninsular was allowed in what is now secured of this Poor old widow Yours & S. G. G.

Sir,
Washington, Jan 31. 1845
In the case of Milly Hall widow of Edward Hall, objection has been made to the character of her husband's service for which he was allowed a pension. One of the witnesses, his brother, testifies to the service, and he is a pensioner for the same service in Capt Holdens Co. of the Virginia State reg ts . His name is on the rolls of the State line, and I would therefore respectfully request that the claim of Mrs. Milly Hall be allowed.
I am resp y
Your Obed. Servt.
Wm Allison
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm ee of Pensions

Washington Feb: 28, 1845
Sir,
I would respectfully request a re-examination of the claim of Milly Hall of Kentucky under act 7 July 1838. Thomas Hall of Kentucky a pensioner under act 7 th June 1832, is a witness and served in the same company with the widows husband as an enlisted soldier, and of his service there is record evidence. If the name of the widows husband (Edward Hall) is not found on the list of those who received certificate of disengagement pay, it should not operate upon his claim to its prejudice, as many who served never received certificates.
I am respectfully Your Obt. Servt.
Wm Allison
J. S. Edwards Esq Comm'r of Pensions.

March 30 '45,
Mar 1 45
U S J F Y
Porter Mary Hall Ky
Commissaries of Penitence
W.S. Allison Prest
Washington Pa

To be filed in Mary Thall, base Report to Mr Alison Wm Buggett Jun

Washington March 1 st 1845-
Sir -
Colo. Francis H Jackson of Clark County Ky. is a man of as good moral character as any in Ky - I have known him intimately for most thirty years -
Very respectfully,
Richard French

J. L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions

Washington, D.C. May 6 1845-
Sir,
In requesting that a review of the claim of Milly Hall of Kentucky might be made, in my letters of the 31 st January & 28 th February last, I had reason to believe that the proof of the marriage was sufficient. The service has now been allowed, and it will be seen that no record evidence of the marriage can be obtained, which fact must have been overlooked in the examination of the claim on the 14 th ult. I would therefore request a review of the testimony of the claimant and of the witnesses relative to the marriage and to there being no record evidence within the reach of the claimant.
I am, respectfully, Your Obt. Servt Wm L Allison
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm ee of Pensions.

Pension Office, April 11 th 1845
Sir,
In the case of Milly Hall, the service of her husband Edward Hall is admitted; But the date of her marriage should be established by a certified copy of the marriage bond, or license, or by some other record or documentary evidence if attainable. The testimony of individuals cannot be received until it be shown that proof of a higher grade does not exist.
I am very Respectfully, Your obedt Servt J L Edwards
W. G. Allison, Esq. Near Georgetown. D. C.

Willy Hall
see papers to know when the marriage took place

Emine Ky 24 Dec
Paid 10
U H Ky 6840
Call
James L. Edwards { Commisioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Home Dec 24 1848
Dr Sir
Dr Sir
Enclosed is Milly Hall's Pension Claim renewed, which expired in March last the pension agent at Louisville advised us to forward it to you and you would issue the necessary Certificate to draw at Louisville, please attend to the above without delay and enclose the Certif- icate to me
Respectfully A. A. Curtis Irvine Estate Co Ky

Long Litch B3 July 4. B43
9332 July 10
Edw J. L. Edwards Esq. Committee of Papers Washington City D. B.

Long Lick Ky July 4. 1843
Am
1843 May 10
Kentucky July 7 1838 Millly Hall
Edward Edw. T. Logan Carnegie room 9 Penn Washington City D.C.

Long Island Scott Co Ky July 4 1843
Dear Sir
The enclosed is the Declaration of Mrs. Nelly Hale Widow of the late Edward Hale which you will please to have the kindness to examine as soon as convenient
I am yours with great respect Lewis C. Buford
J L Edwards Esq Commision Merchant Washington City D. B