Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9561, John Hall, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hall, John
S.9561
Carded
CONTENTS

en. New York 31. 1802
John Hall Ohio
Essex Co in the State of N.Y.
who was a Pn Sgt in the Company commanded by Captain Sloan of the Regt commanded by Pattison in the N.Y. ★ line for 16 mos & 25 days Private " " 15 " Sergt " " 17 " Lieut
★ Mass. Line Jan'y 23 / 05. Second edition B
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 66 Dollars 16 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of May 1837 and sent Hon. N. Briggs Land Off. Wis.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1837 $396.96 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 32.08 $430.04
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. Wilson Clerk, Book 12 Vol. 4 Page 31
Act to Pen. 9. Oct 1837 to Pen. Act 28 Oct 1837
Albany N.Y. to Ohio from March 1831 - 4 Nov 1837 relocation to Pensioned, Perry Wood County Ohio.
Letter to Hon. A.C. Hand 20 July 1840

60 bets Towac this 25 th day of January 1834 Alvin L. Ruggles Clerk
28.513
28.513

28573
John Hall Pension Papers
Mark Rawson Agent
Schoharie
April 6 th N.Y.
N.Y.
John Hall Pension Papers Schoharie N.Y.

State of New York County of Essex
On this 26 th day of September in the year of our Lord 1832 personally appeared John Court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Essex now sitting at the Hall a resident of the town of Schoharie in the said County of the age of eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
That in the month of April in the year 1775, he resided in the town of Tacone borough in the County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts, and enlisted in a company of the Massachusetts state state troops which were then designated Minute men com- manded by Capt Alexander Hovey in the Regiment of Colonel Patterson as a volunteer and pioneer, and was sent forthwith thro' Northampton to Worcester to Cambridge. There was immediately after the battle of Lexington, the term of enlistment was nine months but he actually served nearly a month longer than that term by the special request of his officers; He was enga- ged during the chief part of this time in drilling planning, entrenching & throwing up fortifications a little below Cambridge at what was then the

Cobble Hill also at Ridgymore Point in time of the battle of Brattle Hill his Regiment was stationed a little to the south of Fort Snod- grass but did not engage in the battle It was in our March at Ridgymore Point was discharged in the winter of 1776 at Ridg- ymore Point received a written discharge from Capt Moore which discharge was destroyed when his son Aaron Bell here was burned about two years ago
That in October 1776 he enlisted as a private & volunteer at Newborough & served in a Compa- ny of Massachusetts Militia commanded by Capt Braback of Williamstown in the Regiment of Col. Deymon of the same place & served in the capacity of waiter to Lieut William Lewis six months being the term of his enlistment He was marched thro Bingham & Paulat in her- met to Newborough where he remained at the call of Col. George & was engaged during the whole term in doing Garrison Duty. There were other Regts under Col. Deymon's Regiment there but don't recall their officers names. He received only a verbal discharge -

In the latter part of the Summer of 1777. He volunteered in the Company of Capt. David Wheeler of Lumboro organized on the occasion of an alarm about the time of the surrender of Fort Ticonderoga & spent three months in the vicinity of Ticonderoga as a private but in what or which Regiment he does not recollect. Received no military discharge, was discharged by Captain Wheeler verbally.
That afterwards he was a Lieut. in the Company of Captain Asa Burney of Lumboro Massachusetts. and was during the term of between two & three years, was frequently called out in alarms. Recollect them been marched at one time to Williamstown & Bennington. and frequently marched in other directions to other places in case of alarms. but does not distinctly recollect when He was during the whole of the time last described or nearly the whole term engaged either in guarding the frontier or in enlisting soldiers or undergoing exercise & drill. He is well satisfied that his actual service was not less than one year & a half besides the three first terms as above stated. He has no documentary evidence to prove the fact of his service in either term & knows of no person living by whom he can prove it.

Since a any part thereof except Calvin Hall whose affidavit was forwarded last July  last July since to the War Department from Farmboro The applicant - He was born in January 1753. at the village in Mittler in the State of Connecticut as he has been informed by his parents He has no record of his birth
He has been in Farmboro a year and even since the Revolution until within fifteen years past. Since which he has constantly resided in Schoon & now resides there.
He has never drawn a pension in not on the pension Roll of no state or of the United States & hereby releases all claim to any pension except under the law passed June 7. 1832
His commission of trust was signed by the then Governor of Massachusetts but he does not recollect his name His commission was burned with his discharge as above stated.
He expects to prove his character for truth & veracity by Wolcott Tynell & Thomas Gilmore both residents of Schoon.
John Hall
Sworn & subscribed
the day of year ago and
in open court
Leonard Stockwell of Essex
Com. Pleas

We Wolcott Tyrrell a Judge of the Supreme Court of Common Pleas residing in the town of Schroon in said county and Thomas Leland residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Dull who has subscribed hereto to the above Declaration - that we believe him to be eighty years of age that he is res- ided to be and resided  to be in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that concurs in that opinion of that he sustains an impeccable character for truth and veracity
Wolcott Tyrrell
Thomas Leland
Sworn to subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court - Leonard Stone Clerk of the same court. Pleas
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigating the matter and after putting the Subrogation prescribed by the War Department that the above

The undersigned Applicant was a revolutionary war soldier & served as he states. And the said Court further certifies that it ap- pears to them that Wolcott Lyman who has signed the preceding certificate is one of the Judges of the County Court sitting in Schoharie and that Thomas L. Hall and who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town of Schoharie County of Ulster and is a credible person. And that their statements are entitled to credit -
Signed by order of the court
Leonard Stone clerk of Court
Com. Pleas
Leonard Stone Clerk of the County of Ulster Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original pro- ceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Hall for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 26 th day of September A.D. 1832 - Leonard Stone clerk

State of New York Essex County } ss: Horace Hall being duly sworn saith that John Hall and whom has subscribed to the annexed Declaration is the father of this deponent & has resided with this deponent steadily for fifteen years last past, that this deponent recalled when frequently seen in his possession a paper purporting to be a Unitarian and Communion dated sometime - during the American War that also speak by discharge referred to in his said Declaration that both the said Communion & Discharge were burned in the conflagra- tion of this deponent's house about two years since - That this deponent resides at Johnson in the County of Essex and State of New York and is of the age of forty four years - Sworn & subscribed this 26 th day of September
Horace Hall
1852 in open court
Leonard Stockwell of Essex Co. Pleas

Lanesborough July 9 th 1832
Before me Timothy Whitney Esq one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts Personally came Lyman Hall of Lanesborough in the county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts and being duly sworn deposes and saith that he was knowing to John Hall being in the army of the Revolution at Boston under the command of Capt Sam l Sloan from April AD 1775 to January following 1776 - and further deponent saith that he is knowing to s d John Hall's enlistment for six months under the command of Capt Burbank and marched in 1776 to Ticonderoga and did not return until the expiration of the time for which he enlisted and further deponent saith that he was knowing to s d John Hall being in the army of the United States for the term of three months at the North and deponent further saith that he was knowing to John Hall going on several occasions as a volunteer and further this deponent saith not - Lyman Hall
Commonwealth of Massachusetts — Berkshire County ss. July 9 th 1832 Then Lyman Hall made Oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed Before me Timothy Whitney Justice of the Peace

I Samuel P. Tyler of the Town of New Ashford County of Berkshire to the State of Massachusetts, being of lawful age do testify to that I was well acquainted with John Hall during the revolutionary war, that I went to Boston with him in April 1775 at which time he enlisted under Capt. Sam d Hovey & was at Boston in September following & found him on duty. I did not see him again until Winter & suppose in January after his return to Lanesborough in said County at that time the place of his residence  Samuel P. Tyler
Berkshire ss.
On the 18 th day of October A.D. 1830 the above said Samuel P. Tyler made oath that the above certificate by him subscribed was true before me Wm H. Tyler Justice of the Peace - see over Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire ss. I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Berkshire do hereby certify that William H. Tyler Esq r was on the eighteenth day of October A.D. 1830 a Justice of the Peace for said County of Berkshire that Timothy Whitney Esq r is one of the Justices of the Peace for said County & that I believe the foregoing signature, purporting to be by said Whitney & Tyler are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this eleventh day of July A.D. 1832 Chas. Sedgwick Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire County ss On this thirteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three I certify that I have been personally acquainted with William Hall the within deponent for forty years past

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Berkshire County ss } on this thirteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
I certify that I have been personally acquainted with Lyman Hall the within deponent for forty years past and consider him as a moral man and a man of strict truth and veracity
Timothy Whitney Justice of the peace
No 5015

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire County ss - Lenoxborough July 18 th 1883 I hereby certify that I have been long acquainted with Samuel P. Syle the deponent within mentioned that he is a Moral industrious citizen & a Man of unquestioned truth & veracity
Wm H. Syle Justice of the Peace
Samuel P. Syle Deponent

Before me Walcutt Tyrrel one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego personally came Calvin Hall of Deerfield County, and State of New York being duly sworn deposith and sayeth that he was knowing to John Hall being in the army of the Revolution at Boston in the year 1775 for nine months and this deponent further sayeth that he was knowing to John Hall being in the army of the United States on the Northern frontier for a number of months and further sayeth not
Calvin Hall
Sworn and subscribed
before me at Schoharie
this 14 June 1832
Walcutt Tyrrel Judge
I do hereby certify that Calvin Hall who swore to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit by repute is a credible person and is intitled to credit as a witness - his General Character is that he is a man of truth and veracity
Walcutt Tyrrel J.P.

State of New York Essex County ss:
I Leonard Starr clerk of the county of Essex do hereby certify that Robert T. Gysel before whom the within affi-
avit purports to have been sworn to on the day of the date of the same a judge of the court of Common Pleas of said county duly appointed and sworn and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Gysel and rightly believe the signature to the first of the said affidavit to be the proper hand writing & signature of the said Gysel and that the said Gysel is duly authorized to administer oaths. In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my seal of office the 20 th day of June in the year 1832
L Starr Clerk
filed June 20. 1832

28573 John Hall
d.c.c.
Miss E.D. Bangs
Nov 26 '83
Adams Harrison County of Erie New York

Return this
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of John Hall, Essex Co NY.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted Apr. 1775 in a Comp y of Minute men Maj: State Troops 9 † Private Cap. Alexander Sloan - Col. Pattison 80 Ys. Traditionary.   Enlisted in Oct. 1776 Maj: Militia 6 † waiter to Lieut Linds Capt. Burbank Col Symonds Berkshire County Mass.   Volunteered Summer 1778 3 Private Cap. D r Wheeler Col. not recollected His son testifies that his Commission as Lt. and discharge were burned in deponents house   No period mentioned 1. 6 † Lieut  
† "and nearly a month more!"
I am, respectfully,
* "not left"
† "Commission burned also his discharge with his son's house"
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
In Capt Wm Douglas pay col, Col Gannett regt Lieut Burbank

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

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or the Governor, or the Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
to Mr Bangs Proof of the pension in question may be obtained

A Supplementary to John Hall: for giving Declaration Personally came before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace John Hall who made the foregoing Declaration and being duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith That in the Year 1775 he enlisted for nine months and that he was on his march for Boston on or before the 25 th of April the same Year and that he did not get home to Lansborough the place where he resided at the time of his enlistment until after the 25 th of January 1776 the whole of which time he was in actual service as is stated in the foregoing Declaration.
That in the Year 1776 he enlisted for six months and entered the service in the Month of October (he thinks) and served the whole time for which he enlisted in the way and manner set forth in the foregoing Declaration.
That in the Year 1777 he volunteered in Capt David Rootes Company for three months and served for the whole time he was engaged to serve as is set forth in the foregoing Declaration.
Up to the time of the last above mentioned service he knows that he had served more than Eighteen Months and he thinks near 20 for which service he claims a pension for Eighteen Months.
John Hall
sworn and subscribed before me at Sherborn
this 18. day of January 1834
Walcott Fyrrl Justice of the Peace

State of New York Essex County ss.
I Edw d S t Cuyler Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex, do hereby Certify that Robert Lyell Esq r . the Justice before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been taken was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Essex, in the State aforesaid, duly Commissioned & qualified to act as such. That his Commission was dated on the first day of January 1832 and will expire on the first day of January 1836. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and truly believe his name subscribed to the Swear of said Affidavit to be his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office at Eliz- abeth Towne this 25 th day of January 1834. Edw d S t Cuyler Clerk

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Wood
ss.
On this sixteenth day of October 1837, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace  Notary Public for the said County of Wood personally appeared John Hall
who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Shane Patterson in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Patterson in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Ohio where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Said State of New-York to Said State of Ohio - First - Because two of his sons removed to this State, one of whom he was and is now living with. Secondly, because it was the request of his sons that he should do so and was dependent upon the one with whom he now lives for support.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, } the day and year aforesaid.
J. Stetson Notary Public
John Hall
☞ The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
☞ The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath, is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
☞ In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers.
☞ Mode of authenticating papers. —In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officers who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

State of Ohio Wood County ss
I Horace Hall being duly sworn depose and say that John Hall who has taken the within oath is the identical person described in the affidavit
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16th day Oct. 1837 Horace Hall J. Stetson Notary Public
State of Ohio Wood County ss
I certify that the above named Horace Hall is a man of veracity Seymour Oct 16th 1837 J. Stetson Notary Public
State of Ohio Wood County ss
I John Webb Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the county of Wood aforesaid do certify that Isaac Stetson who administered the oath to the within named John Hall and to the above named Horace Hall is a Notary Public; and that the signa- tures to both purporting to be his are genuine
JOHN WEBB Clerk W.C.P.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. John Hall S.F. 95-61
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1775 over 9 mos. Pvt. * Samuel Sloan Paterson Mass.   Oct. 1776 6 mos. Burbank Simonds   Summer 1777 3 mos. David Wheeler   afterwards 1 1/2 yr. Lieut. Asa Barns  
Battles engaged in, Sk. at Ridgebury Point Residence of soldier at enlistment, Tansborough Berkshire Co. Mass. Date of application for pension, Sept. 26, 1832 His cl. al. Residence at date of application, Schroon Essex Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, b. at Milton Conn. Jan'y 1753
Remarks: In 1837 soldier was living at Piqua Ohio having moved from N.Y. to be with his sons in Ohio. No names stated other than Horace who was 44 years old in 1832.
* witnesses say Samuel & so does Mass. book
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Perryburg (Ohio) Oct 16th 1857
Dear Sir
Please inform me at what bank or place in Ohio I can draw the money and Oblige Yours &c.
John Hall by Horace Ho

New York
Rev. J. E. Spoon co.
John Hall
Susp d See letter to Malcott Tyrrell Esq
Chokawee March 19
1834. To Hon C. B. Cook
Apr 29. 1834. to Hon
A. Hazeltine June 19.
1834. Lett to W Tyrrell
18 March '35
Ltt. to Hon. G. A. Briggs 28 Jan '36.
As per J. L. S. Jr.

Let n of June 29. 34 was an answer to an enquiring of another John Hall.

Perrysburg (Ohio) Sept. 28 th 1837
Sir
In the early part of the summer I received my certificate for drawing my pension and forwarded my papers to Albany New York with a power of Attorney to my son to draw the money for me. He has returned the papers and says that every State (under the present law) pays its own pensioners - and that before I can draw my money I must have my name transferred, upon your book, from New York where I formerly resided, to this State where I now reside - and that I can then draw the money from some bank in this State - You will Oblige an old Soldier by informing me on this subject and where I can get the money -
You will oblige me by transferring my name to this State, if necessary, and if necessary for you to have my certificate to make the alteration I will forward it - It was given at the War department 17 th May 1837 and is recorded in Pension Office In Book D 2 vol. 4 page 31 by M ch l Adison Clerk - I have not received any part of my pension yet, and am in great want of it. Any facilities or instructions you can afford me will Oblige Yours &c. his John L Hall mark In presence of Isaac Stetson

Lansboro Mass 10 May 1837
Dr Sir
Towards the close of the last Session of Congress I asked some information about the case of John Hale of the County of Essex N.Y. You and my enquiring & stated some difficulty which arose from the testimony of a brother of his being in Vermont I think — As the John Hale I enquired after had no brother in Warren there was evidently some mistake about it — I am desirous to make further enquiring about the case — The John Hale I wish to know about lived when he made his application in Schraalen Co. of Essex & State of N. York — Will you do me the favour of looking to his case & telling me the state of it —
Respectfully
Yours G. N. Briggs
P 379

Schroon January 30 th 1834
Dear Sir
I here inclose the papers of John Hall for the purpose of obtaining a pension by which papers you will discover that the said applicant has proved Eighteen Months services previous to his obtaining a Lieutenants Commission Under which Commission he Claims to have rendered his Country more than six months actual services
I have written to the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts to obtain Certification of his Commission, and recd his answer, in which he states the Rolls and pits kept in the time of the Revolution are very imperfect Some of them are lost with various circumstances this department is well acquainted and from the many calls that are pressing him closely for Certificates he has adopted the rule that he will not satisfy for any person but gives all persons the privilege of examine for selves or by their agents and will make the necessary Certificate if the records be found to warrant him in granting it if there should be any thing wanting to in title the said applicant to a pension for Eighteen months services please to notify me - I am with Great respect Your obed Servt
Walter D. Dymond
Genl Wm Crump Esq Com de

MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK,
Albany Pension Agency,
Oct. 31.
1837
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 28 th inst. I have to state, that John Hall a Pensioner under the Act of June 7. 1832 at 66\frac{2}{3} — Dollars per ann: was last paid to the 4 day of March 1831 — no payment having been made to him at this Agency.
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully,
Your ob't serv't,
Thos. M. Olcott
PRES'T, AND PENSION AGENT. pr
L. M. King

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, October 6 th , 1834.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of John Hall is borne on "A Pay Roll of Capt d Asa Barnes' Company, of Militia, who marched on the Alarm, on the 13 th day of July, 1777, to Manchester, it being 50 Miles, for Continental pay." where he is allow'd fifteen days, as Sergeant. . . . . 0.15
John Hall's name is borne on "A Pay Roll of Capt m Asa Barnes' Company in Col d Benj a Simons Regiment of Militia, marched from Lanesborough, County of Berkshire, in October 14, 1780, & continued in service 14 days, in pursuance of a Resolution of the General Assembly, of Novem r 13, 1780. State pay Roll." where he served as a 2 d Lieutenant and was allow'd seven days . . . . . 0.7.
John Hall's name is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt d Asa Barnes's Company, Col d Benjamin . . . . . 0.22

Simonds's Regiment of Militia marched from Lanesborough County of Berkshire, on the 26 th October 1780, and continued in service, the number of days set to each man's name, said Pay is according to a Resolve of the General Assembly of November the 13 th 1780. having served as a Lieutenant Ten days. . . . . 10
The name of John Hall is borne in a Book of Records for "Naval & Militia Officers, Com- missionated from Dec. 16 1776, to October 11 1780." where he is rank'd as 2 d Lieutenant in the 4 th Company under Capt. Asa Barnes, in the 2 d Reg. in the County of Berkshire, Commanded by Colonel Benjamin Simonds, dated Oct. 8, 1779.
Edward D. Bumps by
Vol 16. p 24 Mass. Hist.
H. Hall Lanesboro' May 5 75
by John Brown the Probate June 25 75

John Hall
Ad d Evidence
No 28513

State of Massachusetts } Kimball Lyon of the Washington County } town of Easton County of aforesaid Franklin Swann Before me James M Skill one of the Justices of the Peace of said County the Deponent saith that his acquaintance with John Hall of the town of Rehoboth and County of Bristol That in the year 1778 and 1779 this Deponent and the said John Hall served in the town of Sandwich in the County of Barnstable in the State of Massachusetts that during a part of the said years 1778 and 1779 and according to the best of his recollection timely of this Deponent saith at least the said John Hall served one year in the Continental Army in the Massachusetts Line as Lieutenant in Capt Asa Brann's Company That his service was recruiting and drilling troops in the united States service that this Deponent is 78 years old and further saith not  Given this 11 th day of July 1834 Before James M Skill Justice of the Peace }  Kimball Lyon Mark
Kimball Lyon is a man well known to me the subscriber residing in the town of Easton County of Washington State of Massachusetts and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity according to the best of my knowledge Easton July the 11 th 1834 James M Skill Justice

State of New York
Washington County } ss; I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the said County do certify that James M. Skiff Esq. before whom the within affi- davit purports to have been sworn was at the time a Justice of the peace of said County elected and duly qualified; and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and to the certificate of credibility therein written, to be the proper hand writing and signature of the said Justice
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County this 29 th day of July 1834.
J. S. Leigh C.R.

23/45 Hist. John Martin Plattsburg, N.Y. 1911 Dec 26 Hist. to Mary G. H. Selby V.L.M.
Reborn
9561
INVALID.
File No. 9561
John Hall St Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 162
[Arrangement of 1870.]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
O. W. & N. Div. F. S. M. E. C.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., November 27, 1895.
Respectfully returned to Mr. Milton R. Shaefer , Schaffer , S. E.
Division, Bureau of Pensions, with the information that the pension of John Hall was allowed for his actual services in the Revolutionary was as follows: sixteen months and twenty-five days as a private, fifteen days as a Sergeant, and seventeen days as a Lieutenant.
The date of his death is not a matter of record in this Bureau, but it can probably be ascertained by addressing an inquiry to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, giving the number of his certificate (31102), the date when issued (May 17, 1837), and the agency at which the last payment was made (Ohio).
Chief, O. W. & N. Division.

714 N Main Street
Sheridan, Wyo.
December 14, 1911
Bureau of Pensions, Dept of Interior Washington.
Is there any information either in the War Dept or the Bureau of Pensions concerning the following Revolutionary ancestors of mine.
Jabez Hall, wife Hannah, removed from New Fairfield, Connecticut to Lancaster Mass. prior to the Revolution. Was member of Committee of Safety of Lancaster; served in Arnold's Canadian Expedi- tion taking his sons John, Gershom & Lyman with him. Died of small- pox in Canada in 1776 when that epidemic depleted the army. Born probably abt 1724.

John Hall, son of Jahaz, wife Phebe Benedict, enlisted at Saratoga: served thro' war. Applied for pension when living at Saratoga, N.Y.; application granted Sept. 26 , 26, 1832. He was a pensioner under certificate No. 31,103 payable at Albany N.Y. and was transferred from Albany agency to Perrys- burg, Wood Co., Ohio in 1837.
Respectfully yours, Mary G. H. Selby.

Custom-House, Collector's Office,
PLATTSBURG, N. Y.,
....., 189.....
..... Collector.
SUBJECT:
No. of Inclosures, .....

Office of the Collector of Customs.
Port of Plattsburg, N. Y.,
May 17, 1895.
M.R. Schaffer, Esq.,
Pension Office,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter was duly received and I was ever so glad to hear from you, I often think and refer to you when talking to my friends. I am glad that you succeeded in keeping your place during the last administration. The present administration is using me nicely.
As to the favor I want it is this I want to get the regiment and Company if possible of my wifes great grandfather who was a revolutionary soldier. viz: John Hall, born in New Farfield Conn., about 1750, removed to Lanesboro, Mass., and late in life to Schroon, N. Y., and afterwards to Perrysburgh, Ohio. He served two years in the revolutionary army, and late in life procured a pension. I think that he was not pensioned for wounds but on some general and late law as a survivor &c. He died in 1859, or 1840 at Perrysburgh Ohio where he had been receiving his pension. I think that he got his pension before he left Schroon N. Y. I am of the opinion that the pension office would show his identity although the data is not very complete. One trouble is, that I am unable to tell whether he served in a Connecticut or a Massachusetts regiment.
If you will hunt this up for me I will pay you. for your XXXXXXX

Respectfully referred to the Chief Clerk, Bureau of Pensions, with the request that the desired informa- tion be furnished, if pos- sible, to the writer of this letter, through me.
May 20/95 Milton R. Schaffner J. E. Orr.

trouble. I am extremely anxious to get the data that I asked for, and any other facts that the pension office will disclose, no fact will be considered unimportant. By correspondence I find that there were 11 men on the Connecticut rolls in the Revolutionary army, I presume that Mass. had a few more but the number will not be great and as he drew pension at Perrysburgh Ohio I think you can run it down.
Hoping that you will not give up the task I submit the case to you knowing that you have the intelligence to solve the problem if it is within the possibilities.
Why dont this administration let you take the field, are you so high up in the office that you are above going out?
Write me on receipt of this letter and let me know what you think of the case and give me any suggestions you may think proper. Delaney is still in the office and doing good work.
Hon. George S. Weed is Collector, Mr. Hull died in office on the 5th of March last. E. T. Stokes of Port Henry is our Special Agent, he is a good one. T. F. Dwyer and W. H. Ferrell are the Deputies with me.
have a Typh writer - Burhans - in the office - I wrote this myself We have a stenographer and a typewriter - myself, also a writer and a typewriter that with a pen. I am gaining although I do'nt get much time to practice.
O.W. & N. DIV. MAY 20 1895 CHIEF'S DESK
Very Respectfully yours,
John Martin
I want the information on the "Daughters of the Revolution" Society" racket. J.M.