Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4480, Moses R Hall, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Hall Moses R.
R. 4480
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35. 300
Moses R. Hall
Pennsylvania

State of Pennsylvania County of Tioga 3rd.
On this twenty fifth day of January A. D. 1842 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Com. Pleas for the said County Moses R. Hall a resident of the township of Charleston in the said County of Tioga & State of Pennsylvania aged seventy five years who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1779 as he thinks the last of November or first of December under Lieut. Michael Bronson at Watertown in Connecticut and served in the first Regiment that was raised in that part in the Continental line (He cannot say it was the first Regiment in number) under Col. Meigs - Col. Porter also commanded in part - Lieut. Bronson also served as adjutant - He cannot state (his recollection failing him) the names of any other of the field or Company Officers - He further declared that he served three months in lieu of his father, Nathaniel Hall, who enlisted in 1776 - served three years - went home on a furlough - was taken sick & declarant took his place & served the three months at West Point - He then went home & the third day after enlisted for himself at Watertown as aforesaid & returned again to West Point - He further saith that he enlisted under the same name to which he answered while serving on his father's account, to wit Nathaniel Hall & always went

by that name while he remained in the service - He further declares that he served three years the most of which time was spent in garrison at West Point - He was at West Point & remembers the circumstance particularly of Gen. Arnold's ever treachery when about to surrender the fort - saw Gen. Washington when he arrived - He marched with a portion of young troops to the ground near where the battle was fought at Saratoga Bridge which he thinks was about two days march above West Point - was stationed during the battle in the woods near - as he understood they were stationed there as a reinforcement but was not called into battle - helped to bury the dead afterwards - He marched up the East side of the river - recollects going thro' Poughkeepsie - He further saith that he was discharged some time in August or September of the year 1782 - this was about one or two months before the army went into winter quarters - He further declares that he had a written discharge signed by Col's Meigs & Porter both - He kept this discharge in his pocket book among other papers and some money - This pocket book with its contents including the discharge was burned about twenty eight years ago while declarant lived in Watertown, Connecticut - The circumstances were these - His coat had got wet & was hung upon the back of a chair before the fire to dry - The chair while he was out of the house by some means was tipped over into the fire & the coat together with the pocket book consumed -
He hereby relinquishes every claim

whatsoever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declared that his name is not on the pension-roll of any agency in any state —
Sworn and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid J. F. Donaldson, Prothry.
Nathaniel Hall Moses R Hall
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he stated —
I, John F. Donaldson, prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County, do hereby certify that the foregoing con- tains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Moses R. Hall, for a pension. — For testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 25th day of January 1842. — J. F. Donaldson, Prothry.

Isl. Ref. 4480 Rev.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of * Moses R. Hall a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Watertown Conn Nov. or Dec. 79 3yrs. not stated Sub. for his father Nathaniel Hall.   Lt. Michael Bronson { Meigs Porter Conn.        
* noted that he always under the name of "Nathaniel Hall"
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Date of application for pension, Jan. 25, 1842.
Residence at date of application, Charleston Twp., Tioga Co., Penn.
Age at date of application, 75
Remarks: Ref. on ground of failure to furnish proof of 6 mos. service as req. under act June 7, 1832.
"He did not serve six mos."
Very respectfully,

Moses Hall of Pa See his declarations on file and judge you of his service.
Comer of Pension will please favour me with an answer to this case.
Respectfully
Yours
W J Jackson
1st of Reps
Washngt
July 26. '50

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Hartford July 19 th 1850
I certify that on application for evidence of the service of Moses R Hall in the War of the Revolution, I have examined the Books and Documents remaining in this Office relating to that War, and find the name of Moses Hall in a Pay Roll under the following heading viz, "Settlement with the " "6 th Connecticut Reg t Return J Meigs Esq. Colonel " "before January 1780" and opposite his name are the following entries viz, | Rank, Private | Commencement of service March 2 d '78 | Time of this settlement Jan y . 1 st '80 | Term 1 yr. 9 m. 29 ds. | Amt. of wages £43. 18. 8 | Money due for Blankets £1. 11. 6 | Value of money rec d for cloths + Refreshments £1. 11. | Amt. of Debt £47. 1. 2 | Value of Money rec d on acct. of Wages £5. 2. 7 | Value of Money rec d from U.S. Comm. & Fours 10/ | Value of Clothing & Refreshments supplied £7. 9. | Amt. of Blankets supplied £0. 18. 10. | Amt. of Credit £14. 0. 5 | Balance £33. 0. 9. |"
I find the name of the s d Moses Hall in another settlement with the same Regiment for the year 1780, and opposite his name are the following entries, | Rank Private | Commencement of service Jan y 1 st '80 | Time of this settlement Jan. 1 st '81 | Term 1 yr. | Amt. of

"Wages £24. | Money due for Blankets £0. 18. | Value of Money for "Clothing & Refreshments 3 | Amt. of Debt. £24. 18. 3. | Value of "money Rec. on acct. of Wages £0. 1. 8. | Value of Clothing & Refreshments "supplied £0. 17. 6 | Amt. of Credit £0. 19. 2 | Balance £23. 19. 1 |"
In a "Settlement with the 4 th Connecticut Regiment, Lebanon "Batt n Esquire Colonel for the year 1781" I also find the name of Moses Hall and opposite his name are entries as follows "Rank Private | commencement of service Jan. 1 st 81 | Expiration of service " "Dec 31 st 81 | Term 12 mos. | Amt. of wages £24. | Amt. of Rations " "Retained + money due for Blankets £0. 18. | Amt. of Debt. £24. 18. | Money "for wages £6. | Clothing & Refreshments supplied £0. 11. | Amt. of Credit "£6. 11. | Balance £18. 7. |" Ebenezer Gray was Lt. Colonel, and Abner Prior was Major of this Regiment.
The for signing Certificates and Receipt, are filed in this Office viz., "Camp Highlands, May 2 nd 1781"
"This certifies that Moses Hall Soldier of the late 6 th now 4 th "Conn t . Reg t was in the Continental Service before the 1 st Jan y , "1781, A. Prior Maj r "Pay Table Committee Conn d . 4 th Conn t . Reg t "Hartford"
Wethersfield 16 th May 1781
These certify that in the Settlement of the acct. with the Conn t . Line of the Cont d . Army, there appears by the original entries to be due to Moses Hall, in Col. Grays Conn d . Reg t , in the 6 th Reg t a Balance of thirty three Pounds and nine pence the 1 st Day of Jan y 1780, Test, James Wadsworth

Hartford May 16 th 1781
Received of Pay-Table Committee their order on the Treasurer of this State to secure the payment of Thirty three pounds, & nine pence, it being the balance due to me on the first day of January 1780 last, as stated by the Committee of the State and of the army. £33. 0. 9
Moses Hall
I further certify that the Moses Hall, whose service is certified to above, is the only person of that name on the Rolls of the Connecticut Line, and that the name of Moses R Hall is not found on said line in the books of this Office. A. G. Pinney, Comptroller by Geo. Robinson Clerk,

Feb 14. 1842.
Cellerboro Feb 6
Free
Rev. Nathaniel D. Edward Esqr Comm ee of Pensions Washington D. C.

Wellsboro' Tioga Co. Pa Feb. 4. 1842 -
J. G. Edwards Esq
Dr Sir - Enclosed I forward the papers of Moses R. Hall for a Pension - In signing Mr Hall supposed he must sign the name of Nathanial which was the name of his father & the name as he states that he went by while in the Army - This explains the reason of the two names to his declaration
Respectfully Yours
B. B. Smith

To the Commissioner of pensions Washington
D C
Cole
Moss Hill

Troy Bradford Ct Pa Feb 9 th 1857
Dear Sir
I would inquire off you to know whether any one has received Moses Hall's a soldier of the Revolution Pension or any part of it and if there has inform me who it is and if not inform me whether it can be had or not as I do not see why since he served three year and others that never served any more than to list have received and enjoyed there pension Dear sir pleas send me an answer soon Adress to me hear of fail not
Lydia Andrus Troy Bradford Ct Pa

Moses R Hall authority pension claim
Pa
authority N. York. act 7 June 32
Please file this with the papers,
let me see them.
V.E
Exb
Jan 22, 57

Sullivan, Tioga Co., Pa. Nov. 20 th 1880.
To the Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir, my pension papers are now in your office, for a pension under act of 7 th June 1832, and I wish you from this time forward, to allow Mr. Verhaseun Ellis, In no other person, to examine the same, the act for me in regard to the same.
All authority heretofore given to any one else is revoked.
Witness.
Alfred R. Hall
Benjamin P. Shaw

Mrs Hall. Penn. act 32 Suspended,
Power of Atty filed in Sept: 37
H. G. Wade,

Moses R. Hall Pennsylvania  4480
Rejected
See let. 22 Feb 1822 to B. B. Smith
did not serve six months
Letter to B. B. Jackson May 23/50
to the same Augt 1/50
M. Lydia Adams May 23/57
A. L. June 1832

1907 Mch. 22. Hist. to Mrs. W.E. Lloyd letter in R 4 4484 Moses Hall - c
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
4480
P. O.
Moses Hall
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.