Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,801, Zephaniah Hull, Continental (Conn.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Conn.)
Hull, Zephaniah - Rachel
Wt. 25,801
B.L. Wt. 521-100
CONTENTS

No 520
Zephaniah Hull private L. Dragoon.
Whip poor will July 1870
2nd to the Bradley Regt.

9138 Connecticut
Zephaniah Hull of Cornwall in the State of Conn who was a Pr. of Drn the Conn commanded by Captain Edgar of the Reg- commanded by Col. Selden in the Conn army —
To be dropped old case
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn- at the rate of 100 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29. day of March 1833 and sent. S. H- Parsons Hartford Ct
Arrears to the 14th of March: 33 $2 00.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sep. 33. 150.00
$ 25.000
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Buel Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 - Page 17

No. 135745
a 43 9559
Rachel Hull Wid of Ephraim Con
act 7 July 1838
Marrid before 1794 Must d acco 21 March 41 Referred
Adm act 3 March 1843 aw 17 June 44
$100 pr. an
on 4 March 1843
Hon Truman Smith House of Reps

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" & the acts in amendment thereof & in continuance of the same
State of Connecticut Litchfield County } ss District of Litchfield
On this 13 th day of November 1837 personally appeared before the Court of Probate within & for said District, said Court being a Court of Record, Rachel Hull a resident of Litchfield in said District aged seventythree years 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 7 th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" & the acts amendatory & in continuance thereof
That she is the now widow of Zephaniah Hull late of said Litchfield deceased who was a private of Dragoons in the Company commanded by Capt David Edgar in Col Elisha Sheldon's Regiment in the Connecticut Line in the Continental establishment, & that he served therein from or about the 1 st of January 1781 till the end of the Revolutionary War That he resided in Wallingford Conn when he entered said service. That he was a pensioner of the United States under the law of the 7 th June 1832 at the rate of One hundred Dollars per annum. For proof of which facts she refers to the record & documentary evidence in the War Department She further declares that her maiden name was Rachel Gilbert & that she was married to the

said Zephaniah Hull in December 1792 at Cornwall Conn by Elder Purnell an Itinerant Methodist Clergyman That she has never had nor seen any record of said marriage & does not know or believe that any such is in existence, & that she has caused diligent search to be made for such Record, but without success.
That her husband the aforesaid Zephaniah Hull died at said Litchfield on the 22 nd day of March 1841; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service aforesaid but the marriage took place previous to the 1 st of January 1794 viz at the time above stated; & that she has remained a widow ever since the death of the said Zephaniah Hull
She further declares that the reason why she has not before applied for a pension is, that she was informed by those in whom she had confidence that she was not entitled thereto unless she was mar- ried previous to the year 1790, & that it was only during the last summer that she learned to the contrary. She further declares that she knows of no living witness of her marriage
Deff Hull
Sworn & subscribed on the day & year above written
Before
Charles Adams
Judge of Probate for the District of Litchfield

And the said Court doth hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter that the facts stated & set forth in the foregoing declaration of Rachel Hall are true
Charles Adams.
Judge of Probate for The District of Litchfield.
I Geo. C. Woodruff Clerk of the Court of Probate within & for the District of Litchfield Conn do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Rachel Hall for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 18 th day of November A. D. 1847
Geo. C. Woodruff Clerk

4305.
Michael Hall Zephaniah Hall
who served in the Revolutionary War
as a Genl of Org
Inscribed on the Roll of Pensioners 100 Dollars
Cents per annum the 4th day of
Certificate of 9. days and sent to
Dear Sir Mr. G. G.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners February 2, 1848, Page 284
Litt Drury
July 17, 1856
Same Feb 5 1856
same Feb 26 1856

I know all men by these Presents that I Lephaniah Hull of Cornwall in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut do make constitute & appoint Abraham Bradley Esq. Assistant Post Master General of the City Washington my true & lawful Attorney for me & in my name to demand & receive at the War Office of the United States the Land Warrant to which I am entitled in consequence of my having served until the close of the late Revolutionary War as a Soldier in the second Regiment of Light Dragoons under the command of the late Col. Elisha Sturtevant - hereby ratifying & confirming all that my sd Attorney shall lawfully do by virtue hereof.
Witness my hand & Seal at Litchfield in sd State this 15 th day of June A.D. 1810.
In presence of Frederick Wolcott.
Lephaniah Hull
State of Connecticut ss.
Litchfield in the County of Litchfield
June 15 th 1810.
Personally appeared Lephaniah Hull & acknowledged the above Letter of Attorney to be his Act & Deed. -
Witness my hand & notarial Seal the day above written
Frederick Wolcott, Notary Public.

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield ss.
On this 18 th day of February 1856. personally appeared in open Court Curtis Hall of Litchfield in said county who being first duly sworn doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the amount due the heirs of Zephaniah Hall, de d under act of 13 th May 1828.
Declarant states that his father the said Zephaniah Hall was a soldier in the war of the revolution that he enlisted into Col Sheldon's Regiment of Dragoons, for during the war & served to the close - that he drew a Pension of three one hun- dred dollars per annum under act of 7 th June 1832. but that his services in the war were such as to entitle him to the benefits of the act of 13 th May 1828. as de- clarant is informed & believes I swear to & subscribe this day of year first above written, before me Charles Adams
Curtis Hall
Judge of Probate for the District of Litchfield

State of Connecticut
District of Litchfield, p.
I Charles Adams, the judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Litchfield, in said State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Charles Hull of Litchfield in said District, is Sole Administrators as the estate of his father Zephaniah Hull, late of said Litchfield, deceased, and is under bonds in the sum of one thousand dollars, with surety for the faithful discharge of his duties as said Administrator as appears from the Records and Files of said Office.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court, this 13th day of February A.D. 1856.
Charles Adams
Judge of Probate for the Dist. of Litchf.
John H. Sprague Secretary of State.

State of Connecticut.
By his Excellency WILLIAM T. MINOR, Governor of said State.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know ye, That Charles Adams was at the time of subscribing the within attestations and now is Judge of the Court of Probate for the Probate District of Litchfield in the said State, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his acts and attestations as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court; that the annexed attestation is in due form and by the proper officer; and that I believe the signature of said Charles Adams thereto to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the public Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed, at Hartford, in said State, this 15 day of February A. D. 1856, and in the ..... 80th ..... year of the Independence of the United States of America.
J. S. Sperry Secretary of State.
see page

State of Connecticut } S. Hartford County of Hartford }
On this 13th day of November A.D. 1832 before me the subscriber a Notary Public for the County of Hartford aforesaid, personally appeared Jephaniah Hull of Cornwall in the County of St. Asaph and State aforesaid, and made oath, that he is now in the receipt of a pension from the Connec- ticut agency at the rate of $8 per month, as may appear by his pension certificate dated June 30 th 1818, herewith enclosed.
That he served as a Dragoon in the Army of the Revolution, in the company commanded by David Colgan of New Jersey, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Elisha Sheldon, for the term of three or four years , according to his present impressions - That the company in which he served was called the 5th Troop of the 2nd regt. of light Dragoons.
He would most affectionately request that his name may be placed on the roll under the Act of June 7 th 1832 by the provisions of which that he

considers himself entitled to an increased pension. That he now resides in Cornwall in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut where he has resided more than forty years past.
I own to and subscribe } Zephaniah Hull
This 13th day of November 1832
and I hereby certify that said Zephaniah Hull sustains a fair moral character, and is now in the receipt of a pension from the Connecticut agency.
Witness my signature & official seal
Samuel H. Parsons Notary Public

At a County Court, held in and for the County of Litchfield, in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 5 th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, Ephraim Hall , a resident in the town of Cornwall in the County of Litchfield in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made oath that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, necessary cloathing and bedding excepted, viz:
2 Cows _____ 28 00 5 year old cattle _____ 34 00 3 Calves _____ 7 00 3 Sheep _____ 2 50 2 Tables _____ 1 50 2 Wheels & Pail _____ 1 00 7 Chairs _____ 1 50 2 Chests _____ 1 25 1 Large Iron Kettle _____ 3 00 1 Iron pot _____ 50 c 1 Dish Kettle _____ 1 25 1 Tea Kettle _____ 75 c 1 Peat _____ 1 25 1 Lad Iron _____ 2 50 3 Tin Pans _____ 75 c 3 earthen Do _____ 37 c 3 tin cups _____ 10 c 1 Platter _____ 10 c 3 Table Spoons _____ 17 c 4 Do Do _____ 22 c 4 Knives & Forks _____ 17 c 2 Pails _____ 34 c 1 Dipper & grate _____ 12 c 1 Do Bottle _____ 10 c 8 Plates _____ 40 c 1 Churn _____ 50 c 1 Hand saw _____ 75 c 1 Corn Backet _____ 25 c 2 cider barrels _____ 1 00 Carried up $87.19
Am t P t up $87.19 1 neck manna _____ 34 c 1 Meat Barrel _____ 50 c 2 Brails _____ 2 50 1 Slingspine _____ 2 50 1 Sledge _____ 50 c 1 Ox Bed _____ 1 00 2 Saws _____ 50 c 1 Shovel _____ 50 c 2 axes _____ 2 25 2 saws & fine pliers _____ 10 00 1 Wash tub _____ 2 50 1 Bread tray _____ 2 50 1 Grindstone _____ 75 c 1 Do Do _____ 75 c  $106.28
41 acres of land and building thereon } 900.00 $1006.28

District and State of Connecticut, ss. County of Litchfield
Be it Remembered, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of Litchfield, in the District and State aforesaid, on this 5 th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, Stephanah Hull aged fifty five years, resident in the Town of Cornwall in the County of Litchfield in said State, and being sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: In the Connecticut line in the Regiment commanded by Col. Elisha Sheldon in the company of Dragoons commanded by Capt. David Eager in the Continental establishment and served to the termination of the war and regularly discharged me
that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818, was dated the 20 th day of April 18 18 ; that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the list of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 1257 And I do further 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 day 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation is a farmer
and that I have a family residing with me consisting of a wife aged 45 years and six children under the age of seventeen years - one a confirmed cripple aged thirteen years - Wife for some years past under the immediate care of a Physician and myself unable to labour constantly on account of lameness in my knees and am indebted six hundred dollars which debt was contracted for the building & land contained in this schedule all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
Stephanah Hull
Sworn to, and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule, is One thousand  Seven Dollars and 28 Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court.
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk

District of Connecticut, ss. County of Litchfield
I, Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Litchfield in the State and District of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing and the Schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the records of said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount, in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is One
Thousand & 200 Dollars and 28 Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court on this 19th day of July 182 0
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk
presiding Judge of the Court in and for the in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that is Clerk of said Court, and keeper of the Seal and Records thereof; and that the preceding Certificate, under his hand, and the Seal of said Court, is authentic, and in due form of Law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in this day of 182
Ebenezer Hull
1257
Sept. 10th

May 17, 1938
XXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/WSL Zephaniah Hull-W.25801
Mr. C.M.Hull P.F.D.# 3 Wallingford, Connecticut
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Zephaniah Hull, of Wallingford, Connecticut, who served in Colonel Sheldon's Regiment of Light Dragoons, married Rachel Gilbert, applied for pension in 1818, abd died in 1841.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.25801, based upon the military service in that war of Zephaniah Hull.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Zephaniah Hull are not shown.
Zephaniah Hull enlisted at Wallingford, Connecticut, January 1, 1781, served as a private in Captain David Edgar's Company, Colonel Elisha Sheldon's 2 nd Regiment of Light Dragoons, was in every skirmish and battle in which the regiment participated, names of these engagements not shown, and was discharged in June, 1783..
Found col. in Carry book in Sheldon's Regt
He was granted one hundred acres of bounty land on account of his service in the Revolutionary War on Warrant No.521, issued July 21, 1810. He was then residing in Cornwall, Connecticut.
In order to obtain information in regard to the location of the land cited above, you should address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and the act under which said warrant was issued.
Zephaniah Hull was allowed pension on his application executed April 20, 1818, at which time he was aged fifty-three years and resided in Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

Zephaniah Hull died March 21 or 22, 1841, at Litchfield, Connecticut. His death was caused from drowning.
The soldier married in December, 1792, at Cornwall, Connecticut, Rachel Gilbert, date and place of her birth and names of her parents not shown. They were married by the Reverend Freeborn Garretson, a Methodist minister.
Soldier's widow, Rachel, was allowed pension on her application executed November 13, 1847, at which time she was aged seventy-three years and resided in Litchfield, Connecticut.
She died March 3, 1853, place not shown.
In 1820, soldier stated that he had six children living with him, but did not give their names or ages. Five children survived their mother, as follows:
Betsey. . . . . aged about 60 years in 1855, and the wife of Eben Ives. John Hull . . . . . " " 50 " " 1855. Lucy. . . . . " " 44 " " " , and the wife of Sheldon Frisbie. Curtis Hull . . . . . " " 41 " " " , then living in Litchfield, Connecticut. Eben Hull . . . . . " " 38 " " "
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Report
8439
Connecticut
Rachel Wall widow of Stephen Wall who was a Pri. of Dragoons in the Rev. War husband died 21 March 1840.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of Jany. '49. and sent to
Mrs. Truman Smith Weg of Reps
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 53

No! atty Genl's opinion sent August 10. 1822
To F. Wolcott
This is to certify that the within is a true copy of the original as shown to the Hon. Attorney General
advised private of Dragoons $100
drop from Rev Roll
Sent J H Parsons Hartford
Connecticut Roll.
1,257
Zephaniah Hull, Dragoon Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20. of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. of June 1818, and sent to M a Bacon Esq. Litchfield, Conn.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818.
4 months 15/30. $ 36.00
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
2 of 007
Cornwall, Litchfield
Not admitted

1196 Connecticut Zephaniah Hull doc of Private of in the State of Conn. who was Cavalry in the command by Captain of the  command by in the Revolution line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Hartford at the rate of 100. Dollars 00 Cents per annu. to commence on the 1st day of March, 1826 , and ending 21 st March 1841.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 15 day of March 1834 and sent to L. M. Drury, Arrears to the 4th of Canandaigua , Semi-annual allowance ending New York .
Deducting former payment under act 7 th June 1832.
Revolutionary Claim, Act March 1825 May 18 1835 Recorded by J. W. Titty Clerk Book No Vol. 1. Page 40.

Rachel Hall ~ Zephaniah
Con - Dec 22 1848
Cale J.
Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
F.C.R.A.

Hon. J. Minot.
Col
FREE
Court of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

Rachel Hull -
2 3/4 1/8
Hon. J. Miot -
Comm ee of Pensions
Washington
Cole
L. C.

2. Schedule dated March 10th 1822 - a full schedule, exemplified a list of the estate from Decatur, valued at $ 51.821
The Selectmen certify that affidavit for which has been disposed of by Joseph's will, and that he is a poor person by Charity, and must become a town charge if he remains in the town - He stated in his first schedule that he was indebted $600 for the new Buildings - besides other debts
Heads to the old house Pitchfield Creek
sent reg. 1 Mar. 26. 23.
Connecticut
Stephanah Hull Dragoon -
Served 60 years from 1781
1 st Schedule asked July 5. 1820 -
11 acres of land Buildings thereon $ 900 -
2 Cows $ 28, 5 Cattle $ 34 Calves $ 9, 3 Hogs $ 10
and farming utensils of furniture - House and of School $ 1,000. 28
His age 57 - same - wife 47, very weak - 6 children under 17 years of age - one of them a couple application for pension made & rejected August 1822

This Certifies that Ephraim Hull enlisted into the 2 d Regiment of Light Dragoons to serve during the War ; & from the Regimental Book kept by me & now before me, it appears that he served until the close of the Revolutionary War - Given under my hand at Litchfield this 15 th Day of June 1810 - Benj. Tallmadge late Major 2 d Reg t L. Dragoons.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Zephaniah Hall W.F. 25-80
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1. 1781 June 1783 Pvt David Edgar Sheila Sheldon's Regiment of Continental Light Dragoons                                                   
Battles engaged in, In every ch - battle in which he was
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Wethersfield Conn
Date of application for pension, Apr 20. 1847. Then at
Residence at date of application, Connington Litchfield Co Conn
Age at date of application, 65 yrs. He died at Pittsfield Mass drowned Feb 22, 1841
Remarks: His wife married at Connington Conn Dec 1792. Rachel Gilbert. She was at home on an application Apr 13. 1847 also a resident of Litchfield Conn aged 75 yrs. She died Feb 3. 1853 leaving children: Abigail 60 yrs old wid of Eben; Sarah 50 yrs; Lucy 44 yrs of Cheddon; Frances 41 years, then 38 yrs. In 1850 there were 6 children.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

APPLES
BEACH FARM
C. M. HULL
TELEPHONE 1319-3
WALLINGFORD :: CONN.
PEACHES
April 30 - 38.
Pension Dept Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Revolutionary Records.
Gentlemen,
I'm writing for information of ZEPHANIAH HULL born at Wallingford. Conn. April 26. 1765, and enlisted Jan 1. 1781, in Capt Talmadge co of Dragoons in Sheldon's regiment, and married Rachel Gilbert he died March 22. 1841. he applied for pension in 1815 and I would like to know where he lived at the time of his application and where his last pension check was mailed and also if they had children mentioned in his claim & if names were mentioned,
Yours Truly, C. M. Hull.
R. D. 3.

Hot
3-871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by a. m. D. 18/4/11
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Zephaniah Hill
Service Ganti., Conn.
Additional Service Rev.
No _____ claim, State records _____, 191
No claim, combination records _____, 191
REMARKS:
No Wid. any serv ce fm 18,001 e.g. West. F. 25801 Conn. No Ry. at all

REC'D MAR 16 1922 DIVISION

Revised
BOARD OF EDUCATION ELIZABETH, N. J.
FREDERICK E. EMMONS SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS OFFICE: BATTIN HIGH SCHOOL
Mar. 14, 1922
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
My great grandfather, Zeph- aniah Hull , of Cornwall, Conn., served in the Revolutionary War , according to information given me by my mother. He died March 4th, 1849, aged seventy-eight. I can find no record of his rank or the organization in which he served. As I am anxious to be- come a member of the S.A.R., I shall sincerely appreciate any information you can give me re- garding his service.
Respectfully yours,
Indy. H. Cannon

W. H. HICKOK SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
ANTIGO, WIS. April 14 th 1911
Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Will you kindly furnish me what information you can about Zephaniah Hull.
He was a pensioner and served as a private in Edgar's Company, 2nd Regiment Light-Dragoons, Continental Troops, commanded by Col. Elisha Sheldon, Revolutionary war.
He was from Wallingford Conn. I would like a certificate of his pension record as I wish to become a member of the D.A.R.
Respectfully, W. H. Hickok, 1139 - 5th Ave., Antigo.

WIDOW, &c.
1911 — Dist. to Mrs. N.H. Hicken 1922 Apr. 8 Dist. to E. Emanuel 1938 May 17 Dist. No 6 M. Hull. T. C.
File No. 25801
Rachel Hull Wid of Stephaniah Hull Brn of Oregon Rev War
Act Feb 2nd 1848
Index: Vol A , Page 360
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N 13575
Rachel Hall
6m
Sub to Rev. C. Woodruff
Case of Rev. J. Smith
March 16 48
Act 7 July 1838

Reston April 13. 1824 sent to A. Sterling
!! 40 1. 0 1. 0  42 8 25  90 8
26. Sept 1829
Litchfield County
enlisted 1st Jan'y 1731 for the war

L. M. Drury
Amend. Act. 3. 1885
Luke Geyant - Sheldon's Drgs.
Zephaniah Hull - " "
521-100
Rev

Canandaigua. N.Y. Sept. 28, 1835.
Sir;
I beg leave to enquire whether the books in the Pension Office show that Luke Guyant and Zephaniah Hull , who both belonged to the Regiment of Dragoons commanded by Col. Sheldon of Conn. in the revolutionary war, ever drew bounty lands, or were entitled to draw them
Very respectfully
Your Obl. Servt.
P. M. Drury
J. Minot Esq Comm d of Pensions Washington D.C.

Canandaigua, N.Y.
Oct 25 1835.
No 521 per 100 acres opened July 21. 1810 to Jeremiah Hall on for 2nd Rept. St. Dogs Ct. line - Abm Bradley Esq. agt.
N o 5889 per 100 acres opened Sep. 22. 1790 to Jas F. Sibley Esq. Lake George for Tholam. Dogs Ct. line

Zephania Hull decd Litchfield Connecticut
Adm May 15-1828
$100 a year from 3 March 1826 to 21 March 1841 when he
died  By Deducting $100 a year under the Act of June 7/1832-
Pay to Curtius Hull adm for himself, John 2 Luc 3 & Eben Hull 4 & Betsy Hull
Hull 5 or any of them or any other of his children that may be alive,
bequeath to L. M. Dury, Esq Canandaigua NY

Sophia's three sons
22 March 1841

Canandaigua N.Y.
Feb. 18. 183-6
Sir;
I enclose herewith the declaration & Certificate of appointment of Administrator, in the case of Zephaniah Hull. of Conn. as required by your letter of the 17 th ult o .
Very respectfully
Your Obed. Servt.
L. M. Drury
Hon. J. Stuart Secy of the Navy Washington D.C.

Canadunqua N.Y.
Feb. 28 th 1832
Sir,
I am positively certain, that if a careful examination is made of the papers first sent by me in the case of Zephaniah Hall, you will find the very certificate required by your letter to me of the 26 th inst which I have just rec d
You will find two separate certificates given by Charles Adams Probate Judge , one setting forth that Chester Hall had been appointed an administrator on Mrs Hall's estate - the other setting forth the time of the Mr & Mrs Hall's death, & the names & number of their living children - I am not mistaken about this for I was very careful to examine the certificate, knowing its importance -
You will find that it has been overlooked in the last examination - very respectfully
Your obedt. servt.
L. M. Brown,
Hon J. Meigs.
Comm r of Pensions Washington
D.C.

Canandaigua, N.Y.
Jan. 24, 1856
Sir:
I have received your letter of the 17 th inst. relating to the case of Stephenah Hull, of Conn. claiming under the act of 15. May 1828, in which you require an administrator to be appointed on his estate and a declaration to be made by the claimants.
An administrator, one of the children was appointed upon the widow's estate, and evidence of it is among the papers presented by me - A power of attorney by the administrator is also filed with them -
I had supposed that this would be deemed sufficient - if not to authorize the issue of a certificate at least to secure a decision of the Department upon the merits of the case -
And I beg leave to request - if it can be done that such a decision may be given - An administrator as well as a proper declaration can be obtained, but you are aware that it will be attended by considerable expense, & considerable trouble in applying to the Probate Court, getting bonds executed &c. to get an administrator appointed - If the claim is to be allowed, it could be done after an intimation to that effect has been given - if it is to be rejected - the appointment of an administrator &c

would be useless. It is of course my belief that the claim should be allowed, and I can perceive no objection that can be made to it - but my belief is very far from being equivalent to a decision of the Pension Office as my experience in very many cases heretofore presented can testify, and though I may find no objection to the allowance of a claim those who are called upon to pass upon it may see substantial objections.
If I had examined the papers in the case on file in the Pension Office, I could of course tell better, than I can now, whether the claim would be allowed - and I should not then desire a decision until all the proper proofs of heirship &c were presented - but as these proofs can, subsequently be adduced, and do not at all affect the merits of the case, and as my authority to act cannot at all be questioned as will appear upon an inspection of the papers , I am therefore constrained, in view of the trouble & expense of getting an administrator appointed constrained to request that I may have a decision upon the merits. The case, and the

application of the children - the legal heirs is before the Department, and though there may be a technical informality in the papers yet that can be cured, as well after a decision as before -
I am very respectfully Your obt. Servt.
L. M. Drury
Hon. J. Minot. Court of Pensions Washington D.C.

Canandaigua, N.Y.
Jany, 4. 1836,
Sir:
I herewith enclose the papers in the case of Stephenah Hull, of Conn. under act of 15 th May 1825. Hull was a pensioner under act of 7 th June 1832, at the rate of $100. per ann. But he enlisted for during the war, & served to the close, & was therefore entitled to the benefit of the act of 15 th May 1825. The amount under that act from 3 rd March 1826. to 1 st March 1831. is the present claim.
Very respectfully
Your Obedt. Servt.
J. Millnot. Esq. Comm ee of Pensions,
L. M. Drury

Hon. J. Church U.S. Senate
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comr of Pensions Washington City P.R.
Flora Haines Church

Litchfield Conn Jan 7 15 th 1849
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dr Sir I enclose Rachel Miller's application for a Pension under act of Feb 7 1848. When granted please send me her certificate
Respectfully Yours &c
Geo. C. Woodruff

Hon. J. Smith
FREE
Hon Truman Smith M.C. Washington City D.C.

Litchfield Jan 13 th 1848
Hon S. Smith
D r Sir
I have some business at the Pension Office, in which your personal attention is deemed of great importance to the party interested.
Mrs Hull of the western part of this Town, is a worthy & poor widow. She is the widow of Ephraim Hull Esq d , late farmer, & is the mother of the young Hulls, who I suppose are known to you. Mr Edwin Potter was interested for her last spring & enquired why she did not draw a pension, she told him she could not, because she was not married till after 1790. He told her the year previous to which she must have been married was 1794, & not 1790. This was last spring, & led to my employment in the matter. She has made her declaration & forwarded it to the Pension Office with evidence.
The only difficulty (if any) in her case is the want of satisfactory evidence of her marriage. I have faithfully tried for some months to find some record evidence of it, without success. No person present at her marriage is living. She was married by an itinerant Methodist Clergyman, & you will easily see. When there would be no Church record of it. The Clergyman performed the ceremony, passed away, & no record was ever made, as I fully believe.
But the evidence forwarded does seem to me to be satisfactory under the circumstances. I refer to the de-

positions of Deacon Nathan Hart with whom you are acquainted, Mrs Read & others of Cornwall. Now whether these dispositions ought to be satisfactory to the Commissioners or not, will depend much upon the evidence he has of the character & standing of the Deponents.
Her friends with you would take an interest in this matter; that you would call on the Commissioners of Pensions, & look at the Papers in the case, & state to the Com ee your knowledge of the witnesses, & what is your impression as to the justness of the claim, & any other matter which you can properly do, calculated to obtain for Mrs Hale, that which I sincerely believe she is entitled to.
By doing so you will oblige many friends.
Yours truly
Geo. C. Woodruff
P.S. No presumption ought to arise against her from her neglect to apply so long after her husband's decease, because it was only recently that she learned, that it was sufficient if she was married previous to 1794.

13545 Jan'y 18 48 Rachel Duff Land of Goshenah 1838 N. Eleim
Hon J. P. Kennedy Comm ee of Pensions Washington City D.C. Hon. J. Smith
et

Litchfield Conn Jan y 13 th 1848 J. L. Edwards Esq Sir
I enclose Mrs E Rachel Hall's application for a Pension, with evidence in support thereof. No record evidence of her marriage can be found. To show that efforts have been made to procure such evidence I also enclose two Letters received in answer to applications for that purpose. Altho' not in the form of admissible testimony, yet they may somewhat corroborate the applicant's declaration that she has made search for record evidence without success.
Respt Yours
G. C. Woodruff

Washington City Jany 4 th - 1848
Dear Sir. I now enclose additional testimony in the case of Rachael Hall an applicant for a pension on account of the Revolutionary Services of her late husband L. Hall. The case was originally presented for the consideration of the Committee by Jos C Woodruff Esq ofatchfield 5 th - I invite attention to an abstract of the testimony in the case by Mr Woodruff - I deem it my duty to say that I am well acquainted with Dea Nathan Hunt of Cornwall one of the deponents in the case - that he is a gent of great worth & respectability & that I think it will be safe to repose entire confidence in any statement which he may make - I

respectfully submit that the proof now adduced ought to be deemed full & adequate. With much respect I am Your friend & ob't Serv't
Freeman Smith

Miss Garrison's Letter

Rhinebeck October 29 th 1847
Sir,
I owe you an apology for not having answered the letter of inquiry relating to the marriage of Mrs. Hull. — Many circumstances combined to prevent the search you wished me to make — I have now done so — but without any satisfactory result. My Father had no book in which he recorded the Marriage which he solemnized — there records are I believe made in books kept for that purpose in the various churches. — His journals also are silent on that subject — I have examined them minutely for the year 1892 find

That from October 15 th to Dec r  Dec r 24 th of that year 1772 My Father was in Baltimore, Philadelphia, & New York, & the intermediate places; - That on the evening of the 29 th of December he was in Dover, He was on the 27 th at Sharon; on the 28 th passed through Canaan on his way to Pittsfield, which he reached on the 29 th ; on the 31 st he was at Lanesborough; & on Jan y 2 nd at Williamstown, & then he journeyed on to Pownal, Ashgrove, Albany - Perhaps in this tour he may have passed through Cornwall There better acquainted with the localities can decide whether it lay in his way -
July 24 In 1790 he mentions Cornwall & speaks of staying at the house of a Mr Rogers, & on July 23, 24, 1791 he staid at the same place for
My Father was not the pastor of these Churches - but occupied the station of a preaching- Elder - I very much regret my inability to give you more satisfactory intelligence & remain very respectfully M c Garet

Rev. M. Blydenburgh Letter

Cornwall Bridge Nov 23 1847 Dear Sir
I have complied with your request without being able to furnish you with any additional information. I cannot conceal however my full conviction that the marriage in question did take place about the time you specify. Could I have given you any more evidence on the subject I am sure it would not only have gratified Mrs Hull and yourself but would have been given real pleasure to
Your most obedient servant
G. C. Woodruff
M c Blydenburgh
Answer of the Rev M c Blydenburgh to my letter request- ing him to search the Church Records for the marriage of Mr & Mrs Hull
G. C. Woodruff

Grisham Hall loan act 7 June 1832 $100
To what time was he last paid
G. B. A.
Pension Office January 8 1849
Died 21 st March 1846
Paid to his death.
B. B.

Brief in the case of Zephaniah Hull , County and State of Connecticut act May 15-1828
Claim, ("original," for increase )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
He enlisted for the war and served to the end thereof. He was pensioned under the Act of 1818 & dropped be- cause he had too much property to be deemed indi- gent. He was pensioned under the Act of 1832 after The passage of that Act at $100 a year and received his pension until 21 March 1841. He was entitled
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Under the Act of 1828 as a " War's man ", He is therefore so allowed pension commencing 3 March 1826 & ending 21 March 1841 deducting $100 a year from 4 March 1831, - Administration, death &c shown agreeably to our Regulations,
Name and residence of Agent J. M. Drury Esq Canaan Dauphin NY
Thomas D. Plett Examining Clerk

War Department,
PENSION OFFICE, April 13 th 1824
SIR:
In conformity with the law of the United States, of the 1st March, 1823, authorizing the Secretary of War to restore the names of certain persons to the List of Pensioners, you are hereby notified, that your name has been this day restored to the Pension Roll of the Connecticut Agency, and that, agreeably to the provisions of said act, your allowance, as a Pensioner, will commence from the 24. of Sept. 1823, the day on which the evidence was closed upon which you obtained a restoration to the List. First payment in September next
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
To Mr. Zephaniah Hull,
United States' Pensioner,
Litchfield County,
Care of Hon'ble
A. Sterling
H. Rep

Mr. J. P. Johnson
brief note letter memo
Perison Office
Washington
Leahman Hall Cont.
like cont.
Hon: A. Sterling A. Sterling H. R.

W. of M. July 9-1824
Dear Sir
In answer to the papers of Mr Hull, applying for a pension. I hope they will be deemed sufficient as will appear that he had a pension then under the law of 18. & under law of 20. was stricken off & it will appear by the papers now in your office that all the real property he had was purchased on the credit of his pension under the law of 18. & has now been disposed in payment of his debts Please to inform me as soon as convenient the result of his present application
A. Sterling

I Samuel Hopkins of Cornwall of lawful age before and say that I am one of the assignees of Mr. Nathl. Hull. I have ever since the date tried to dispose of the property for enough to pay all his debts I have sold part and part remains unsold, from what I know of the debts mentioned in the assignment I have no doubt but what they are all just debts and have been due many of them for a long time, he was obliged to in some way to dispose of his property to pay his debts and his friends and their interests advised him to take this course for if he was sued and his property taken in that way he would not have enough to pay his debts. Mr. Hull at the time of his assignment was indebted to me about one thousand dollars which he had owed me for nearly ten years. It is my opinion that if he had paid his debts he would not have had any property left for a number of years past, he assigned all his property without reserving even what by law he might have kept. Mr. Hull is now a poor man
Samuel Hopkins
Sworn before me Geo. Wheaton Justice of Peace

I certify that the within named Sam l Hopkins Esq r is a man of truth and holds the office of Justice of the Peace within and for ditto said county
Geo. Wheaton Justice of Peace
Samuel Hopkins Esq r
Affidavit

Depositions in the Dept. Health application for Pension

I Certify that I live in the neighborhood with Leferenah Hull of Loomis Connecticut that I have for many years been acquainted with him and the situation of his family that I have often been applied to by him as a Physician in his family that he is subject to infirmities which disables him from manual labour that he has a numerous family dependent on his labour for subsistence that his Wife is sickly and one child that is crippled and at considerable expense and that by the expenses of sickness in his family he is reduced in his pecuniary circumstances and I have understood that the little property that he possess is transferred for the benefit of his credit- ors and to the best of my knowledge he is considered at this time destitute of property and I also certify that from September 1815 to March 1821 the said Hull had accumulated a debt with me for attendance on his family in sickness of thirty one Dollars and ninety one cents which remains unpaid and still due me & that I know of no means with in his reach to pay the same unless the little property assigned for the benefit of his creditors should be sufficient to pay the same
John Colbourn
Dated January 23 d 1824
Sitkfield County Jan y 24 th 1824 Personally appeared D r John Colbourn and made Oath to the truth of the above Certificate by him subscribed before me Geo. Wheaton Justice of Peace
I Certify that the above name John Colbourn is a regular Physician and a Gentleman of truth Geo. Wheaton Justice of Peace

I Drake Northrop of Cornwall in Dutchess County of lawfull age before and say that I am well acquainted with Mr. Stephen Hull of this Town he having lived a neighbor to me more than twenty years I believe his Character for industry and honesty is good I consider that he is reduced in his circumstances, he has had some property in his hands though he has been indebt for a number of years and has owed me for about four years, and at the time he assigned his property for the benefit of his Creditors he was indebt to me about three thousand and forty Dollars by Notes dated March 17 th 1820 these Notes were given for the sum that he was in possession of until he made his assignment, Mr. Hull's family is very expensive he has had a son that has been a cripple for a long time and his Wife has been sick for a number of years he is not able to perform as much labor as many men, he made an assignment of his property because he could not pay his Debts and keep his property, from my knowledge of Mr. Hulls Debts I should say that the property assigned would not more than pay his Debts Indeed the assignees have offered the property to me on these terms but I would not take it

and I know that Mr Bull assigned all his property not even reserving what the Law would allow him to keep from his Creditors
Drake Northrop
DeKalbfield County ss January 21 st 1824 Personally appeared Mr Drake Northrop and made Oath to the truth of the facts contained in the foregoing affidavit before me
Geo. Wheaton Justice of Peace
Mr Drake Northrop Affidavit
I Certify that the above name Drake Northrop is a man of truth
Geo. Wheaton Justice of Peace

Deposition of Saml H Jackson

I Samuel Atkinson of Cornwall in the County of Ditchfield of lawful age before and say that I am well acquainted with Stephen Hull of said Cornwall and consider him as a poor man and have so considered him for a number of years past though he had some property in his hands which he must have sold long ago if his creditors had pressed him for payment he has owed me for nearly twelve years and did owe me until he made an assignment of his property to pay his debts the sum of Eighty five dollars or nearly that sum. Mr Hull has a very expensive family and I consider him an industrious and honest man and that he assigned his property because he was obliged to pay his debts
Samuel Atkinson
Ditchfield County, Cornwall January 20 th 1824. Personally appeared Mr Samuel Atkinson and made oath to the truth of the facts by him subscribed before me
Geo. Wheaton Justice of Peace
I certify that the above named Samuel Atkinson is a man of truth
Geo. Wheaton Justice of the Peace

We Elias Hart, Samuel Hoopkins and James Wadsworth Select Men within and for the Town of Cornwall Do testify and say that we have been acquainted with Mr. Dufour Hull of this Town for a long time and do know that his health has been very poor for great number of years that his wife has not been able to labor in consequence of sickness that a child has been a cripple and under the Physicians care for about Seven Years, that he has been obliged to pay large sums for the sickness in his family and by reason of his misfortunes he become embarrassed in his circumstances and we further Depose that the said Hull is an industrious Man and has been during our acquaintance with him, the Select Men have frequently abated his taxes on account of his misfor- -tunes and We are of opinion that the said Hull must soon be a Public expense unless he is placed on the Pension Roll for he has no Property of any considerable amount to assist him and he is not able

to perform but little labour, his wife continues weakly and his son a cripple
Elias Hart
Samuel Hopkins
James Wadsworth
Rutland County ss Commence September 15 th 1823 Personally appeared Elias Hart, Samuel Hopkins and James Wadsworth Select Men and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by them subscribed before me
George Wheaton Justice of Peace
I certify that the said Elias Hart, Samuel Hopkins and James Wadsworth are Men of truth and Select Men for the Town of Cornwall
Sept 15 th 1823
Geo. Wheaton Justice of Peace
The affidavit of the Select Men

M rs S S Edwards
Pension Offer Washington

Waverly Pa Oct 17 1822.
Sir The Affidavits & Deed presented to the War Department in the case of General Scott is requested to be returned as he may present a petition to Congress soon respectfully Muel Shultz
Affidavits & Deed sent to Mr. Shultz Dec 16. 1822

To the Hon. Secretary of War The Deposition of Capt Elias Root Samuel Hopkins Esq. and Capt James Wadsworth to be improved in Mr. Zeph. Hull's application for a Pension taken by me Geo. Wheaton Justice of Peace

We Elias Hart, Samuel Hopkins and James Wadsworth Select Men within and for the Town of Cornwall in Ditchfield County Depose and say that we have been acquainted and now are of Stephen Hull of said Cornwall and know that he has a very expensive family that he has one child that has been a cripple for a number of years natively unable to do any labour but a continual expense of Physicians or Medicines, that the said Hull's Wife is very weakly has been unable to do any labour for a number of years, or a considerable part of the time, the said Hull has had for some time past had some property in his possession but at the same time he was indebted to the amount of his property, which property he has now sold for the benefit of his creditors which in our opinion leaves the said Hull destitute of the means of support and the neighbors have to assist him, and he will have to be probably supported by the Public soon together with his family unless he is placed on the Pension Rolls and indeed his friends must have to aid him in supporting his family, the said Hull's Health is poor Samuel Hopkins
Elias Hart
James Wadsworth
Ditchfield County S. Cornwall March 21 st 1822
Personally appeared Capt Elias Hart Saml Hopkins Esq and Capt James Wadsworth all the Select Men of the Town of Cornwall and made Oath to the truth of the above affidavit by them. Subscribed before me Geo. Wheaton Justice of the Peace

This Certifies that I have for several years past and to this time been improved in the family of Stephen Hall of this Town as a Physician that Hall has a wife who for the greater part of two years past has been confined to a sick bed and he has a son about thirteen years old who has a disease of the hip joint which renders him a cripple and wholly unable to walk that he has a number of small children who together with his sick wife & crippled son are dependent on his labour for a support that his health is such that he is unable to labour steadily  for any amount of an affection in his legs called Varicose veins that from my particular knowledge of his family altho' he is in possession of a small estate which he purchased on a credit for which he is still indebted for the greatest part his family are poor and helpless and could not obtain a comfortable support unaided by charity Certified by Johnathan
Cornwall July 5th 1820
State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss July 10th 1820 at Cornwall John Coltham appeared before me & made oath that the foregoing certificate contains the truth regard- ing the life of said Hall Samuel Hopkins Justice Peace

State of Connecticut ss.
County of Litchfield,
Office of the Clerk of Common Pleas
July 12 th D. 1820.
I certify that Samuel Hopkins, Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within said County legally commissioned & qualified & that he has a right by law to take affidavits &c and that his name subscribed to the within certificate is his hand writing, & that the Seal hereto affixed is the Seal of said Court.
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.

Linn Hull
Payable on the 4. March 14. Sept. of each year at the U. States Branch Bank, Middletown, Connecticut
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
I CERTIFY. That in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 18. March 1818, Zephaniah Hull, late a Dragoon in the Army of the Revolution,
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars  cents per month, to commence on the twentieth day of April one thousand eight hundred and 18.
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES. this 30. day of June one thousand eight hundred and 18.
J. C. Calhoun Sec. of War.

I Frederick Kellogg of Cornwall in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut of lawful age depose and say that I am Town Clerk of S d town of Cornwall, and as such, have in my custody the Public Records of S d town, and that I have carefully examined the Records of marriages in S d town, and can find no Record of the marriage of Stephen Hull, and Rachel his wife, and that I have reason to believe that the Records of marriages in S d town from 1790. to 1800. are imperfect, all such marriages not being recorded. And furthermore, I have examined the record of Births in S d town, and can find no record of the births of any of their Children,
Frederick Kellogg
Cornwall Dec r . 3 1847
Cornwall Litchfield County Ss. December 3 d . 1847. Personally appeared Frederick Kellogg the subscriber to the above certificate and made oath to the same - before me - Philo Kellogg Justice of Peace

Abstract of Sentiments on Mr Hall's Marriage

Rachel Hull's application for a Pension under act July 7 th 1835 & acts in amendment thereof
The only question now made by the Department is, was she married to Jephaniah Hull before Jan y 1 st 1794
Abstract of Evidence
Mrs Hull declares under oath that she was married in Dec r 1792 at Cornwall by Mr Garrison a Methodist clergyman Mrs Reed of Cornwall testifies that she (Mrs Reed) was married May 31 st 1792 I have a knowledge of that event. That she well knew Mr & Mrs Hull & that they were married in the autumn of the same year (1792) That their marriage was notorious in the neighborhood, never concealed, that they were respectably cohabited here
1776 1793 Deacon Nathan Hart of Cornwall testifies that he was born 12 th June 1776, knows Mr & Mrs Hull well, that his grandmother brought up Mrs Hull, That in the autumn after his 17 th birthday (which was in 1793) he was at Mr Hull's house & they showed him their eldest child, then a small Infant, That they were respectable people; 'twas said they were married; never concealed it here
John Kellogg testified in 1847, that he was then 69 & that when he was about 15 Mr & Mrs Hull were reported to have been married by Mr Garrison & subsequently lived together as husband & wife Mary Ann Pratt testified that she was in 1847, 71 years of age, was married at the age of 19 & that she knew & visited Mr Hull & that Mrs Hull was married (as was reported) before she (Mrs Pratt) was.
In view of this testimony, a Clerk in the Pension Office, over the signature of Mr F. S. Evans  Evans for the Comm ee , writes, "that the only evidence of the date of the marriage, that can at all be relied on is the testimony of Mrs Reed which is not deemed sufficient"
It seems to me that the testimony of (Deacon) Deacon Hart a (very worthy, accurate & intelligent man) has been overlooked

That it is material, I have directly on the point,
The declaration of Mrs Hall, I should suppose, to be entitled to some consideration
And the testimony of the other witnesses, to some extent certainly corroborates that of the witnesses Mrs Hall & Mr Hart; & Mrs Hall's declaration
Mr Evans Letter states that "the marriage before 1794 should be established by at least two respectable intelligent witnesses, who can show by collateral facts that they are not mistaken"
Mrs Hall has therefore obtained the deposition of Mr Chas J Jackson who testifies substantially to her the marriage of Mrs Hall in 1792, & refers to collateral facts in corroboration of his recollection, particularly his own marriage in the same year, No record of his marriage can be found, but Mrs Hall has obtained the deposition of Hiram Jackson to prove the birth of Charles Jackson's eldest child Julius, & Hiram's testimony is based, to some extent, upon a Record of his own birth, as will be seen by his deposition.
It is hoped that this additional evidence, with that previously forwarded will prove satisfactory, especially when the great difficulty of proving the fact, in the absence of a Record, after such a lapse of time, is considered

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
State of Connecticut COUNTY OF Litchfield } ss.
Know all Men by these Presents,
That I, Curtis Hall of Litchfield in Litchfield in do hereby authorize, constitute and appoint Will Denny, Esq. of Canandaigua my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute for me and in my behalf, all and singular, claim or claims, I may have against the General Government of the United States, in ac- count of the service of my son, Ephraim Hall (deceased) , in the war of the Re- bellion; the said power of Attorney to be irrevocable for the space of three years from the within date; and the said Will Denny is hereby authorized to take all necessary and proper steps in the prosecution of said claim or claims on my behalf.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 21 st Day of December 1855
Rufus Smith Geo Robinson
Curtis Hall (L.S.) Administrator.
State of Connecticut COUNTY OF Litchfield } ss.
Be it Known, That on the twelfth day of December A.D. 1855
before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Curtis Hall named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year last above mentioned.
Geo Robinson Notary Public (S.S.)

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield } Probate Court for the District of Litchfield
I, Charles Adams, Judge of the Probate Court aforesaid hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court by the affidavits of Garry G. Potter and Mary A. Potter residents of said town of Lit- chfield, two respectable and credible witnesses, whose affidavits are hereunto annexed, that Zephaniah Hall a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States died on the 22 d of March A D 1841 leaving a widow Rachel Hall who was also a pensioner of the United States at the rate of one hundred dollars per annum, and who died on the 3 rd of March A D 1853 leaving five children only viz, Betsy Ives who is of the age of about sixty years John Hall, who is of the age of about fifty years, Lucy Hall who is of the age of about forty four years, Curtis Hall, who is of the age of forty one years, and Eben Hall who is of the age of about thirty eight years, and that the said Betsy Ives, John Hall, Lucy Hall, Curtis Hall and Eben Hall are the only surviving children of Zephaniah Hall and Rachel Hall deceased.
Witness my hand this 21 st day of December A D 1858.
Charles Adams,
Judge of Probate.

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield
Litchfield Dec 2 21 st AD 1855
I, Mary H. Potter, and Mary H. Potter, do hereby certify that the within copy of the last will and testament of my late husband, John Potter, is a true and correct copy of the original thereof, which was at the time of his death in the hands of the said John Potter, and which said will was at the time of his death in the hands of the said John Potter, and which said will was at the time of his death in the hands of the said John Potter.
John Potter, at the time of his death, was the owner of the within copy of the last will and testament of my late husband, John Potter, and which said will was at the time of his death in the hands of the said John Potter, and which said will was at the time of his death in the hands of the said John Potter.
Yours truly Mary H. Potter
Subscribed and sworn to, the day and year above written, before me
Geo. Robinson Notary Public

State of Connecticut for Probate Office - District of Litchfield
I Charles Adams, Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Litchfield, do hereby certify that Guillem Hull of Litchfield in said District was on the 6th day of April 1853 appointed Administrator on the Estate of Rachel Hull, late of said Litchfield, deceased; and said Guillem Hull appeared in Court on said 6th day of April 1853 and gave bonds for the faithful discharge of the duties of said Trust, as appears from the records and files of this Office.
Witness my hand and the Seal of this Court this 24th day of December AD 1855, at said Litchfield.
Charles Adams, Judge
I hereby certify that Charles Adams Esq r was on the 24 th day of December AD 1855 and still is Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Litchfield and that I believe his signature and official seal, above, to be genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the State of Connecticut, at Hartford this 26 th of December AD 1855
H. D. Sperry, Secretary of State by Charles J. Woodley, Clerk

State of Connecticut.
By his Excellency WILLIAM T. MINOR, Governor of said State.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know ye, That George Robinson was on the twenty first day of December A. D. 1855 and now is a Notary Public in the said State, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his acts and attestations as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court; that the annexed attestation is in due form and by the proper officer; and that I believe the signature of said George Robinson thereto to be genuine.
William T. Minor
In testimony whereof, I have caused the public Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed, at Hartford, in said State, this 26 th day of December A. D. 1855, and in the eightieth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
J. D. Sperry
Secretary of State.

Charles Jackson of Kent in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut being of Lawful age deposes and says that he lived in Cornwall in said Litchfield County in the year 1792. He was married in October of that year & was 28 years old when he was married that he had lived in Cornwall when he was married about 13 years. He became acquainted with Rachel Gilbert and Zephaniah Hull about 3 years before he was married. In the deponent was a merchant in Cornwall in said year of 1792 he was well acquainted with the said Rachel Gilbert and the said Zephaniah Hull & that they were very respectable persons that in December 1792 there was a religious revival among the Methodist in Cornwall and at an evening meeting of the Methodist at a Mr. Emmons in said Cornwall it was said by the people on their return from said meeting that said Zephaniah Hull and Rachel Gilbert was married at said meeting. In the deponent says he was not present at said meeting but knows that the said Zephaniah and Rachel immediately after began to live together as husband and wife and knows that they continued to live as husband and wife until the death of the said Zephaniah. The deponent further says that he kept a store and tavern in said Cornwall at the time it was said they were married in 1792 and for ten years afterwards, and knows that they were often at his store and were living together as husband and wife, he has had a Record of his own marriage in a certain old bible but in moving or some other way it is lost. The deponent says he knows that he commenced trade as a merchant in the Spring of 1792 and that he was married in the October following and that the said Hull was reported to be married to the said Rachel in December of the same year and further the deponent saith not
Charles Jackson

Litchfield County - ss. Heard November 24 th 1848 Personally appeared Charles T Jackson who hath subscribed the within Deposition on the day aforesaid and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me Daniel Parsons justice of the Peace
I further certify that the said Charles T Jackson is a credible witness - Daniel Parsons justice of the Peace

I Hiram Jackson of Litchfield Conn of Lawful Age being duly sworn do upon & say that Julius Jackson my Brother, is the eldest child of Charles S. Jackson of Kent in the County of Litchfield Conn & Abigail his wife, That said Julius was born in the year 1794 in March or April, as he has ever understood & believes, and within one week of two years before the deponent was born, since that he more particularly believes this because many years ago his father the s d Charles S. Jackson had in his family Bible (now lost) a Record of the births of his children & I have often seen that Record in which the Record of the birth of s d Julius was entered almost exactly two years before my own birth & my birth was entered as of the 30 th of March 1796. & there has always been said to have been be two years difference between the birth of Julius & myself. About the time of my marriage in 1820, I copied the record of my birth from my father's Bible & entered it in my own Bible as follows viz "Hiram Jackson was born March 30 th 1796" that is to say, March thirtieth seventeen hundred and ninety six. The birth of Julius was entered as early as April 1794. (Dated Litchfield Dec 30 th 1848)
Hiram Jackson
State of Connecticut
Litchfield County } ss Litchfield Dec 30 th 1848
Personally appeared Hiram Jackson to me well known who is entitled to credit & made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed in my presence
Before me
Sam l P. Briggs
Just. of peace

Cornwall, Dec 1 st 1845.
G. B. Woodruff Esq
Dear Sir
Yours of Nov 28 th enquiring respecting the birth of Julius Jackson has been received, and in answer I can say that the name is not to be found on the Records in my possession.
Respectfully Yours,
F. Kellogg by H. D. Kellogg
The above Letter was received from F. Kellogg Esq, who is Town Clerk of Cornwall, in answer to my enquiry whether the Birth of Julius Jackson, appeared on the Records of Cornwall.
G. B. Woodruff

State of Connecticut
Litchfield County } ss District of Litchfield
71 Geo. C. Woodruff Clerk of the Court of Probate in & for said District do certify that Daniel Parsons, and Samuel P. Bellis Esq s are, and for more than three months last past have been, Justices of the Peace in & for said County, duly commissioned & qualified, and by Law authorized to ad- minister oaths, And that the preceding signatures, which purport to be theirs, respectively, are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 1 st day of Jan y A D 1849
Geo. C. Woodruff Clerk

I Selah Read of Cornwall Conn aged seventy years two, 'being duly sworn do depose & say that I am the widow of Kolly Read late of Cornwall aforesaid now deceased, & that I was married to s d Kolly on the 31 st day of May 1792 of which marriage there is a Record in my family bible (which was my husband's) made many years ago, of which the following is a copy viz "Kolly Read & Sen. Selah Madnouth Married May 31 st 1792"
And that long before & long after my said mar- riage, I was intimately acquainted with Zeph- aniah Kull & Rachel his wife, then of said Corn- wall, but since of Litchfield Conn.. They attended the same place of religious worship that I did, and in the autumn of the same year in which I was married, viz in the autumn of the year 1792, said Zephaniah & Rachel were married by an Itinerant Methodist Clergyman then preach- ing in said Cornwall, as I then understood ever have believed although I was not present at the time the ceremony was performed. Their mar- riage at that time was a subject of notoriety in the neighborhood, & no one to my knowledge ever doubted that it then took place. They ever after that, lived together as husband & wife, they were respectable people, & had several children. and further saith not
S. Selah Read
our

State of Connecticut, Litchfield County ss Cornwall Oct 23 rd 1847
Then personally appeared Selah Read, to me well known having been acquainted with him about fifty years & who is entitled to credit, & made who subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence, & made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me
Obadiah Biery
Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut, Litchfield County ss Cornwall Oct 23 rd 1847
Then personally appeared Selah Read, to me well known having been acquainted with him about fifty years & who is entitled to credit, & made who subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence, & made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me
Obadiah Bissell
Justice of the Peace

I Nathan Hart of Cornwall Conn being duly sworn do depose and say that I was born on the 12 th day of June 1776. In my youth I was well acquainted with Zechariah Hull and Rachel Gilbert both of said Cornwall; they were both persons of respectability; said Rachel was brought up by my Grandmother according to common report somewhere between 1790 & 1800 they were married. I know that said Zechariah was said to be courting said Rachel & after a suitable time it was said they were married by a Methodist Clergyman There was frequently in the neighborhood an Intinerant Methodist Clergyman named Garrison. After it was said they were married, they lived together as husband & wife & had a family of children in my neighborhood. They were respectable people & no one who knew them would believe they so lived together without being married I have no doubt they were legally married.
I did not see them married & cannot state the precise time that event took place. But I do remember that late in the autumn of the year after my seventeenth birth day I went on business for my father to said Hull's He & his wife were living together & showed me their eldest child, a daughter, then a small infant I well remember the pleasure expressed by him when showing me his first born This took place in the autumn of the year 1793 Said Hull & his wife removed from this town to the town of Litchfield about ten or twelve years ago
Nathan Hart

State of Connecticut ss Cornwall Oct 19 th 1847 Litchfield county
Then personally appeared Deac: Nathan Hart to me well known & who is entitled to credit & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed in my presence -
Before me
Geo. C. Woodruff Justice of Peace

I John Kellogg of Cornwall Conn aged 83 years being duly sworn do depose say that I have always resided in said Cornwall & so long as Leahundah Hill & his wife Rachel lived here knew them well. They lived together for a great many years, & in after it was reported they were married, as man and wife. I never heard it doubted that they were duly married.
Between Freeborn Parsons was an Elder of the Methodist Denomination and familiar about this part of the country in my youth. He used to perform marriage ceremonies & it was said & generally be- lieved that he performed the marriage ceremony between said Hill & his wife. I knew Hill before & after his marriage. He was said to be married when I was about 15 years of age.
John Kellogg
State of Connecticut } Litchfield County } ss Cornwall Oct 19 th 1847
Personally appeared John Kellogg to me personally known to be the person described in and who subscribed the foregoing deposition in my pre- sence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
Before me
Geo. C. Woodruff Justice of the Peace

I Mary Ann Pratt of Cornwall Ct aged 71 years being duly sworn do depose & say that I was married at the age of 19 years & that previous thereto it was said that Rachel Gilbert married Lephaniah Hall, I was not present at the ceremony but it was generally understood & believed in our neighborhood that they were married I know them both well, & after it was said they were married she went to live with him, & I afterwards visited them, They lived many years & till after they left Cornwall as husband & wife & had children & I never heard a doubt expressed as to their being lawfully married. Mary A. Pratt
State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss Cornwall. On this 19 th day of October 1847 personally appeared Mary A. Pratt to me not personally known but who, on the representation of Deacon Nathan Hart, I believe to be entitled to credit & made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by her subscribing in my presence
Before me
Geo. C. Woodruff Justice of Peace

I Hugh P. Welch of Litchfield Conn of lawful age being duly sworn do depose & say that I was well acquainted with Zephaniah Hull late of Litchfield dec d & late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. That said Hull was drowned & died at said Litchfield on the 22 d day of March 1841. I was present when the Jury of Inquest were enquiring into the cause of his death. That at his decease he left a widow whose name is Rachel Hull who resides in Litchfield & has ever since remained his widow & unmarried.
(Dated at Litchfield the 16 th day of Nov r 1847)
Hugh P. Welch
State of Connecticut Litchfield County } ss Litchfield Nov 16 th 1847
Personally appeared Hugh P. Welch Esq. to me well known & who is entitled to credit, & who sub- scribed the foregoing deposition in my presence and made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me Chester C. Goss Justice of Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY,
I Gideon H. Hollister Clerk
of the COUNTY COURT of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Philo Kellogg and Obadiah Bliss of Cornwall in said County and George C. Woodhull and Chester C. Goss of Litchfield in said County are acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer OATHS and to take the acknowledgment of DEEDS: And that their commissions were dated on the 20 th day of June A. D., 1847 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A. D. 1848 and that the signatures to the accompanying instrument purporting to be theirs are genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 13 th day of January. A. D. 1848.
Gideon H. Hollister Clerk

Zephaniah Hull, Priv: Supplementary Brief.
Hon: N. Sterling A.R.

Supplementary Brief in the case of Lephaniah Hull - priv:-
A copy of a deed to Samuel Hopkins & Victor Amos Clark, dated 31 st Jany 1822, conveying to them, in trust, the 41 acres of land & Buildings exhibited in the 1 st Schedule, is within - It designates the names of the several creditors of the Applicant, & the order, as soon as in which they are to be paid, & the particular sums to be paid to each creditor - making about $669 - -
An affidavit, duly authenticated, made by Drake Morton, & dated 21 st 1824, states, that at the time the assignment above referred to, Applicant was indebted to him $340, on account of the 41 acres of land, purchased of Applicant. He states, that Assignees have offered him the said real estate, provided he would assume Applicant's debts, ($669) but declined the offer, believing the property not worth that sum. Testifies to the good character of Applicant - to his poverty, & to his inability to labour for his support - - The affidavit of Samuel Hopkins, (one of the Trustees) states, he has frequently offered the property to any person who would assume Applicant's debts, but has not been able effect that object - He has however, sold part of the property - the remainder remains unsold. - Two other affidavits go prove the fact Applicant's indigence, & inability labour for his support - They state also the sums due to them from the Applicant. -
The Affidavit of the Selectmen, state the indigence, &c. of Applicant, & say they have frequently abated his taxes on account of misfortunes - And that they are of opinion that he must soon become a Town charge, unless he is replaced on the pension roll - & that his property is very inconsiderable. His schedule exhibits 1 Cow, $11. 1 swine, $6. 6. sundry articles of household & kitchen furniture - whole amt. $35. 74
"Hon:
A. Sterling -
H.R."

It will appear in the 3 d Auditor's Office Treasury Department that Geo. Wheaton is a Justice of the Peace in the application for the renewal of Donal Dibbles Pension Certificate
Stephan H. Hill.

Liquid assets
  1 Eves $ 11.00   1 Lume 6.00   2 Tables 1.25   2 Wheels & Reel 1.00   7 old Chairs 1.25   2 Chests 1.00   1 Trunk 2.50   1 Pot 0.50   1 Pitch 0.75   Reel & Pan 0.50   1 Sad iron 0.50   3 Tin pans 0.50   3 Cups & Saucers 0.10   1 Platter 0.10   3 Shovels 0.87   2 Bowls 0.20   4 Knives & Forks 0.17   2 Pails 0.34   1 Wotch 0.8   6 plates 0.30   1 Churn 0.50   1 Saw 0.50   1 Basket 0.25   3 barrels 1.50   1 measure 0.25   1 meat barrel 0.50   1 cley & pin 0.25   1 pin 0.30   1 shovel 0.50   1 Axe 1.00   1 half bbl 0.87   1 bread tray 0.25   1 grind stone 0.50   1 Sledge & rope 0.34   1 Spade 0.25   1 Chain 0.75 
$ 35.74

That since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property.
   Names of the persons to whom sold: Time of sale.  Amount of money or description of property received in return.   
I sold my real estate as expressed in a Deed hereto annexed for the benefit of my creditors. One Cow I sold to Tho s Griswold & rec d $16. in money which I paid to Drake Northrop on a note he held against me. Three Cattle I sold to Samuel Hopkins for $19. which he applied on a Debt I owed him. & Three Cattle I sold to Drake Northrop for $44. 50. which he applied on his said Debt. The remainder of my property contained in my former schedule, except the schedule hereto annexed, I have either consumed in my family or the same is worn out. The above personal property was sold in the fall and winter of the years 1821 and 1822. -
Lephaniah Hull.
Sworn to, and declared on the 24 th day of September A. D. 1823 before the said Court - Certified by Frederick Wolcott, Clerk -
I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court in the County of Litchfield and state of Connecticut (a Court of Record having authority to fine and imprison) do here by certify that the foregoing Oath and the schedules thereto annexed have been admitted to the record of said Court, and that the same are truly copied therefrom; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is 35 - dollars and 74 - cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 24 th day of September A. D. 1823
Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court or Court of Com. Pleas.

County of Litchfield SS. Litchfield
On this 24 th day of September A. D. 1823 personally appeared in open Court
Zephaniah Hull
being a Court of Record (having power to fine and imprison) for the county aforesaid,
resident in said County aged 57 years who being first du- ly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration  declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of the 18th of March 1818, the 1st of May 1820, and 1st March 1823, that he the said Zephaniah Hull enlisted for the term of  during the War on the 1 st day of January in the year A. D. 1781 in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Capt. David Edgar in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Elisha Sheldon in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the corps until the end of the War  A. D. when he was discharged from the said service in Danbury in the State of Connecticut And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 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 as it relates to my occupation, my ability to pursue it, the number and names of my family residing with me, their ages and their capacity to contribute to their support, I declare as follows viz. I have a Wife aged 47 years, whose health is very poor, not able to labour - I have one Daughter under the age of nineteen who are dependent on me for support, one of my 6 children a Son has been a cripple for eight years, & this winter he has been under the hand of Physicians the most part of the time - my own health is not such that I can labour but a small part of the time, & then I cannot do but little - I have had to pay large sums to Physicians, for attending to my Wife & Son, my occupation is a Day labourer at farming business
The following schedule contains each article of real and personal estate now owned by the subscriber (except necessary clothing and bedding) viz :

To all Peoples to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Know ye that I Zephaniah Hull of Cornersville in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut for the consideration of Seven hundred Dollars to me in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged to my full satisfaction of Samuel Hopkins and Victorinus Clark Esqrs of said Cornersville do give grant, bargain sell and confirm unto the said Hopkins and Clark for the purposes herein after mentioned the following Tracts of Land lying in said Cornersville, that is to say the whole of that Tract of Land which I purchased of Drake Northrop bounded West on Samuel Seelys Land South on said Northrops Land East on Highway and North on William and Daniel Bennetts Land - (excepting about two Rods of Land which I have heretofore conveyed to Samuel Seelys) containing about forty Acres, be the same more or less - And one other piece of Wood land which was conveyed to me by Seth Pierce and contains about seven Acres and is described in said Pierces Deed to me.
To have and to hold the above described premises unto them the said Hopkins & Clark and to the survivors of them for the use and benefit of certain of my creditors who are and specified hereafter and in a Bill of Sale of my personal property to the said Hopkins and Clark for the same purposes as this Instrument and of the same date.
With full and ample powers to hold, occupy, sell and dispose of the same for the benefit of my said creditors in such way and manner as they shall deem best for the interest of my said creditors - they being accountable to my said creditors for the avails thereof - deducting all necessary charges and expenses attending the disposing of and managing the same.
And I further covenant with the said Hopkins and Clark, that at the inscribing this Instrument I am well seized of the premises and have good right to sell and dispose of the same in manner and form as is above written and that the same is free from all incumbrances whatsoever - and that I will warrant and defend the same against all claims and demands whatsoever - And my said creditors are to be paid by my said Assignees the whole amount of their several Debts so far as my property will raise for the payment thereof, and said Assignees are to pay said creditors off in full in the order in which they stand in the following List so far as the funds raised from my property assigned and conveyed to them will extend - And the following is a list of my said creditors with the sums due to them severally as near as I can now ascertain the amount of their several claims on me and in the order in which they are to be paid by my said Assignees.
1 st Samuel Hopkins about $100. Samuel A. Hudson about $85. Drake Northrop about $350. Stiles Beardsley about $30. Doct. John Galt about $40. Sherman Galt about $8. Peter Pierce about $12. Truman Baldwin about $15.

Seth Priced and about $15 - Gurtis P. Morris Beas about $13 - amounting to about five hundred and sixty seven Dollars - and John C. Lewis about $2.50 - making about five hundred and sixty nine Dollars -
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 31 st day of January
Anno Domini 1822.
Signed Sealed and delivered in Presence
of Ann P. Hopkins William Kellogg
Zephaniah Hull (S.S.)
Simsfield County ss Cornwall January 31 st 1822
Received and Recorded February 2 nd A.D. 1822 by William Kellogg Register
Personally appeared Zephaniah Hull signer and seal of the foregoing Instrument and acknowledged the same to be his free act & deed before me William Kellogg Justice of the Peace
The within and foregoing is a true copy of Record, End William Kellogg T. Clerk
10.50283 The bond of his brother John C. Lewis with Clerk for

Leah Hannah Hull.

District of Connecticut ss. County of Litchfield.
On this 8 th day of March A. D. 1822 personally appeared in open Court which is a Court of Record, having power to fine & imprison Stephania Hall of Cornwall, in said District aged 56 years, resident in said Town of Cornwall, in Litchfield County, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: I enlisted into a company commanded by Capt. David Edgar, which belonged to & constituted a part of the Regiment of Dragoons commanded by Col. Elias Sheldon, in the Army of the United States, during the War, & served during the War, & was regularly discharged at the close of the War as I have shown in my former application for a pension. & I did under a law of the United States of the 18 th of March 1818 make my application & offered it agreeable to the provisions of said law, & obtained a Certificate from the War Department, that he was inscribed on the Pension List Roll of the United States at the rate of eight Dollars per month, & on the promulgation of the Law of the United States of the first of May 1820, in the month of July 1820, in my application & a schedule of the property which I then had in possession accompanied by my affidavit agreeable to the provisions of said law in which schedule was included about forty Acres of Land with the Buildings thereon, of which I was then in possession, & included in said schedule was also some articles of personal estate, the whole amount of said property being more than was thought proper to be held by a person who was in need of the assistance of his Country for support & in consequence thereof was struck from the Pension List Roll. And I do further declare that at the time of making said schedule & application I was indebted in sundry sums of Money, & since that time, to pay & satisfy my several Creditors I have been obliged to assign, put over & convey to Assignees the whole of my property, (except what is exempt by the Law of the State of Connecticut from being taken by execution) for the benefit of my Creditors, & have no property real or personal except such as is contained in the schedule hereto annexed. And I do further swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, & that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of any property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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, passed on the 18 th day 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, & by me subscribed, & I am poor & in need of the assistance of my Country for support. And I do further declare that the forty Acres of Land and the Buildings included in my said former schedule I purchased on the credit of my said Pension after I was inscribed on the Pension List Roll, & have since been obliged to dispose of the same, as aforesaid, in payment of my Debts, and all and the whole of my property is included in the following list.

 1 Cow $10.00  2 Hogs 7.00  9 Small Sheep 14.00  2 Tables 0.75  4 Chairs 0.50  1 De. armed 0.25  2 old Chests 0.34  2 broken Pots 0.25  1 iron kettle 1.50  1 Candle Stick 0.4  1 Pail 0.34  1 Sad iron 0.25  1 Broom 0.10  2 Wheels 1.00  1 Pail 0.34  1 Sickle 0.25  1 Ax 0.50  1 old Plough 1.00  1 1/2 Chain 1.50  1 old Saw 0.50  1 Auger 0.12  1 Hammer 0.25  1 old Bed 0.50  1 do. Stone D. w. p. 0.25  1 Note & Pencil 0.50  2 old Leythis 0.50  1 old Shovel 0.47  5 Smiths Pans 0.52  1 Set Yea 0.12  4 Box knives & 3 forks 0.10  3 Table Spoons 0.06  2 tin platters 0.20  2 EARTHEN PLETS 0.6  1 do. Plaster 0.47  3 glass bottles 0.25  1 tin Nail 0.25  1 do. Basin 0.10  1 old Churn 0.35  1 do. Shides 0.00  1 Tea Kettle 0.50  1 old tin Shovel 0.10  1 fresh measure 0.25 
 1 Earth on Box $0.08  1 Pork Bll. 0.25  1 Beer 3.00  1 Tub 0.25  1 bread Tray 0.20  1 Wash Tub 0.16  3 dry bbls. 0.20  1 Testament 0.25  2 other books 0.20  1 Rake 0.20  1 Pitchfork 0.20  1 plan brake 1.00  1 twingling knife 0.6  Total $57.84 
Lebaniah Hull.
Sworn to & declared on the 6th day of March A. 1822 before the said Superior Court. —
Certified by Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.

I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the Superior Court within the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the Court; & I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of property exhib- ited in the aforesaid Schedule is fifty one Dollars eighty four Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 6 th day of March A.D. 1822.
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the Superior Court as above
Recd. 2 Apr. 1822.
Sept. 1818.

Litchfield. Conn t . - Apr. 20. 1818
This Certifies that Stephen Hull was drafted into the 2 d Reg t L t Dragoons, commanded by Col o Elisha Sheldon, on the Continental Establishment, on the 1 st Day of January 1781 to serve during the War , & that he served in said Reg t until the close of the Revolutionary War in 1783
Extracted from my Regimental Book, now before me — in of Benj. Saltonstall late Major 2 d Reg t L. D.

LIBRARY May 1 OT
Hon. John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington
200 100
sent recd the

District of Connecticut ss Town and County of Litchfield on this twentieth day of April A.D. 1818 before me the subscriber Frederick Wolcott Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Litchfield in the state of Connecticut. personally appears
Lepheniah Hull of Cornwall in said County aged fifty three years. Who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration 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 and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war"
That he the said Hull in the town of Wal- lingford in the County of New Haven & state of Connecticut on the 1st day of January A.D. 1781 enlisted in the company commanded by Captain David Edgar in the 2nd Regiment of light Dragoons commanded by Colonel Elisha Sheldon that he enlisted as a private for and during the war of the revolution on the continen- tal establishment. That he continued to serve in said corps against the common enemy of the United States until the end of the war when he was regularly discharged from service at Danbury in said state and received a written discharge signed by Elisha Sheldon and he believes by General Washington but he has lost said discharge. That he was in every battle & skirmish in which said Regiment was engaged from the time of his enlistment till the end of the war.
That he is in reduced circumstances

and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support
That he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services except the enclosed certificate under the hand of the Honl Benjamin Tallmadge late a Major in said Regiment, and the testimony of Moore Gibbs, who served with him in the said Regiment.
Y. Affirmative Hull
Subscribed, sworn to and declared before me the day and year first above written.
Frederick Wolcott, Judge of Probate
Personally appears Moore Gibbs of the town and County of Litchfield to me personally known to be a credible witness and being duly sworn according to law testifies and says. That he well knows the above named Lephemiah Hull, that he enlisted in the second Regiment of Light Dragoons commanded by Colonel Elisha Sheldon, and that the said Hull served the United States in said Regiment between two and three years in the Revolutionary war, against the common enemy and was discharged, regularly, at Danbury in Connecticut at the close of the war in the month of June A.D. 1783. That the said Gibbs served in the same Regiment with said Hull more than two years, and was discharged with him.
Moore Gibbs
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day & day and date first above written.
Frederick Wolcott, Judge of Probate

I Frederick Wolcott Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Litchfield as aforesaid which is a Court of Record, do certify that I have taken the preceding evidence and have examined the enclosed certificate of the Honble Ben- jamin Tallmadge with whom & with whose hand writing I am personally acquainted, and know that the body of sd certificate and the signature thereto is the proper hand of the said Tallmadge, and it appears to my satisfaction that the said Stephen Hull did serve the United States in the revolutionary war against the common enemy as stated in his preceding declaration and I now trans- mit the proceedings on the and had been me, to the secretary for the department of War pur- suant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress
In testimony whereof I have unto set my hand & affixed my Seal of Affix this 20 th day of A. D. 1818.
Frederick Wolcott, name of Probate for the District of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut
If a Pension is allowed to Stephen Hull please send the certificate to Asa Bacon Esq. Litchfield

9439

(Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2 d of February 1848 entitled "An act making further provision for surviving widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution")
State of Connecticut,
County of Litchfield } ss Litchfield January 18 th 1849
On this 18 th day of January 1849 personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the Peace in & for said County Rachel Hull a resident of Litchfield in said County aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law with 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 d of February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Jeshurun Hull who was a Private of Dragoons in Capt. Eager's Company, Col. Sheldon's Reg t in the Conn te Line of the Continental Army & that she was a Pensioner of the United States under the acts of 3 d March 1843 & June 17 th 1844 at the rate of one hundred dollars per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Marked X Hull Rachel
I do hereby certify that the above declaration was made before me, and that the above named declarant is personally known to me.
Chester C. Gosslee — Justice of the Peace
Litchfield January 18 th 1849
Marked X Hull Rachel
State of Connecticut,
Litchfield County } ss District of Litchfield
I Geo. C. Woodruff Clerk of the Court of Probate in & for said District do certify that Chester C. Gosslee Esq. is a justice of the Peace in & for said County (I have for more than six months last past been such justice) duly commissioned & qualified & by law authorized to administer oaths & that the above signature which purports to be his is
genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 18 th day of Jan y A. D. 1849 Geo. C. Woodruff Clerk

War Department,
No. 1257
PENSION OFFICE,
9 th Oct r 1820.
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the Secretary of War does not, on account of the amount of your property, consider you entitled to a Pension under the Acts of the 18th March, 1818, and 1st May, 1820; and has, therefore, directed your name to be stricken from the Pension List.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
To Mr. Lephaniah Hull, Care of S. Wolcott, Esq. Litchfield, Conn.
C

Deponent Northrop of Cornwall of full age deposes and says that he was nephew to one Jeremiah Hull of said Cornwall and that on the 17 th Day of March 1820 he sold & conveyed to the said Hull a tract of Land situated in said Cornwall the original Deed of conveyance is hereunto annexed dated said 17 th of March 1820 which is all the Land that said Hull owned at the time he made his Inventory as a pensioner under the act of Congress of 1820 & as the deponent understands was inventoried at about 1875.00. the precise sum this deponent cannot state but well knows it was all the Land that said Hull owned at the time he made his inventory & the deponent says that said Hull is now & ever has been since he has known him a very poor Man & at the time the deponent sold said Land to said Hull he did it solely upon the faith & credit of said Hull. Pension which he had obtained under the act of Congress 1818. said Land was sold for $1000. & said Hull was to pay the deponent $100. per Annum until the whole was paid for but soon after said Hull failed of his pension after making

His inventory under the Law of 1820 he was compelled to surrender his Land for the remaining amount of the purchase money & also lose all his hard paid which had taken up the time years previous which he had then received & he is now left entirely destitute of any real property & but a few articles of household furniture with a sick wife & family dependent upon him for support & nothing but his hard labor to support them & his health much impaired.
Dinah Northrop
State of Vermont ss. Town of St. Johnsbury Oct 30 th 1822. Personally appeared Dinah Northrop subscribed to the foregoing deposition & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition & further testified that her character is good for truth & veracity.
Israel Sterling Justice of Peace

Drake Northrop's Deed to Ephraim Hull Recorded to Records March 18 th A.D. 1820 and is Recorded in the eleventh Volume of the Records of the Town of Concord Page 95.
Witness William Kellogg Register
Register

To all People to whom these Presents shall come:—GREETING.
Know Ye, That I Drake Northrop of Cornwall in the County of Dutchess and State of Connecticut
for the consideration of one thousand dollars, received to my full satisfaction of Tiphania H. Hull of Cornwall aforesaid
do give, grant, bargain, sell and confirm unto the said Tiphania H. Hull, his heirs and assigns a tract of Land lying in said Cornwall - Bounded as follows, East on the Road or Highway leading from near Daniel Bennett's house dwelling house to the Cornwall and Washington Turnpike Road North on said Bennett's Land West on undivided Land and Samuel Suley's Land and to extend South so far as my Land extends Reserving four Acres and one Rod of Land East of the Road leading to William Sussman's and five Acres West of said Road to be taken off and the North line of each Run to run parallel with the South line of my Land TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above granted and bargained premises, with the appurtenances thereof unto the said Tiphania H. Hull - his
heirs and assigns forever, to his and their own proper use and behoof. And also I the said Drake Northrop do for my self and my heirs, executors, and administrators covenant with the said Tiphania H. Hull - his heirs and assigns, that at and until the ensealing of these presents I was well seized of the premises as a good indefeasible estate in fee simple, and have good right to bargain and sell the same in manner and form as is above written, and that the same is free of all incumbrances whatsoever.
AND FURTHERMORE I that the said Drake Northrop do by these presents bind my self and my heirs forever to WARRANT AND DEFEND the above granted and bargained premises to him the said Tiphania H. Hull his heirs and assigns against all claims and demands whatsoever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 17th day of March Anno Domini 1820
Signed, sealed, and delivered In presence of
Samuel Steele Abra. Northrop
Drake Northrop
Dutchess COUNTY, ss. Cornwall March 17th A.D. 1820
Personally appeared W. Drake Northrop
signer and sealer of the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed, before me, William Kellogg Justice of the Peace

Samuel Hopkins, Secy of Connec. disposes & says that he is well acquainted with Zephaniel Hull of said Connec. who attained a pension under the act of Congress 1818. & that said Hull applied to the Disponent to make out his Inventory under the act of Congress 1820. & that he did make out the same for said Hull the principal article which it contained was a tract of Land which never ought to have been included in the same as I now suppose because the same to the knowledge of the Disponent was bought long after he had attained his pension under the act of Congress 1818. & in, on the 17 th of March 1820. & he had a credit for the same solely on the ground that he was entitled to his pension from the U s States & by reason of inventorying said Land which he bought on the credit of his pension, he has lost both Land & pension for he has been compelled to surrender his Land for the payment of what it cost rather debted the Disponent further says that that said Hull is a very poor man & has a sickly & dependent family & has no means of supporting them but by his personal industry & his health

much impaired by sickness & infirmities
Samuel Hopkins
Litchfield County ss. Connecticut ss. 30 th 1822. Personally appeared before me Samuel Hopkins the subscriber to the foregoing affidavit & made oath to the truth of the same. Further testify that said Hopkins is well known to me & that his character is as good as any man's for truth & veracity. Trust Sterling Judg.
John N. H. H. application
Worthy of it.
Ref. to the Union Miss.
Dec
Sept. 1818
Dec 1818