Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1764, Anthony Hall, N.C. Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N 6 Va.
Hall, Anthony Ruth
N 1764 B.L.W. 26425-160-55
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1001. Kentucky Ruth Hall widow of Anthony Hall,
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a pirate .
Vaseline Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 98 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of July 1850 and sent to
Morris Owen Pittsburgh Pa
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under Act of March 29 1848, Page 174 Vol. July.

19. 538
Kentucky.
Anthony Hall.
of Perry Co., in the State of Kentucky who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bowyer of the regiment commanded by Colonel Campbell in the Virginia line, for the term of one year & four years. from June 1777 to June 1778 and to end of war.
scribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 th of November, 1825
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th of Dec 1825, and sent to Robert Walker, Floyd Co. Ky.
Arrears to 4th of March 1826. — $28.76 Semi-ann. all'ce ending
Ind. on Roll in list for 1825 in 1826
$28.76
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. } 1 March, 1823.

Cir J. S. Edwards Feb 27/56
Vol. No. 28.
No. 40. 893 May 19/55
Set Mar 55
Ruth Hall wid o Anthony Hall priv
Passion
No. Mar.
No. July 48-601
W. 160th May 23, 78
PA/18
AA
Mrs. S. Edwards Present
No 26-4208 p 26

Cir J. S. Edwards Feb 27/56
Vol. No. 28.
Ms. 40. 893 May 19/55 et maris
Ruth Hall wid o Anthony Hall priv
Pensioner
Rev. Mar.
No 26 42. 2. 1/2 9/2/56
Ky July 48-601 AD 160000 May 23, 186 P.A.H.
AA
Thos. S. Edwards Present.

State of Kentucky Perry County ss at a Circuit Court held for said County at the Court house thereof on the 16 th day of November 1825 Anthony Hall an old Revolutionary Soldier produced his declaration and thereon in open Court for a pension which is in the following words and figures to wit Perry County Kentucky ss on this 16 th day of November 1825 - personally appeared in open Court this day a Court of record for the Circuit and County aforesaid it being made so by the laws of this State and being solemnly adjourned to be held by the other Justices of this State with unlimited jurisdiction Anthony Hall aged seventy three years a resident in said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on the oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the pension made by the Act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and May the 1 st 1820 that he the said Anthony Hall enlisted in Halifax County in the State of Virginia in June in the year 1777 for the term of one year in Captain Hawyers Company in the 4 th Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel Campbell in Virginia line an Continental Establishment that he served out his full term of enlistment and was honorably dis- charged in Hazenell County in the State of North Carolina that he then enlisted immediately again for the term of three years at Hazenell County in the State of North Carolina and at about the 1 st day of Nov 1778 and served in a Company com- manded by a Captain Sanders in the

2 d North Carolina Regiment commanded by Col. Little in the line of the State of North Carolina on Continental Establishment that he continued to serve in said Corps until the siege of Charles Town in the State of South Carolina when he was taken a prisoner of war by the British and was after wards put on parole and that he never got exchanged until the time the war was ended and parole was made and he never afterwards met with his officers under whom he served and never got any discharge so that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension except the present that his name is not on the roll of any State Except Kentucky that he did on the 20 th day of July 1878 in the Floyd Circuit Court deliver in his declaration for a pension but was unsuccessful in obtaining it for the want of proof that it has been sent at his power until now to procure proof of his services as a soldier in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war
and in pursuance of the Act of the 1 st of May 1870 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1878 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 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 services of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1878 and that I have not nor has any person trust for me any property or securities or contracts or debts due to me nor have I any means other than what is contained in the

Schedule hereto annexed and by me sub- scribed
to wit one old mare worth ————— $830. one cow & half worth ————— 10.
Anthony Hall
The following changes has been made in my property since the 18 th of March 1878 at that time I owned the same mare I now own above mentioned the cow and half are the offspring of a cow and half that I then owned the cow I had then has had 2 calves one died and the other I killed for beef except the one I have now
that my family consists of my wife named Ruth aged 55 years and three children one named Samuel aged 13 years one named John aged 16 years one named Alexander aged 17 years
that my occupation has been that of a farmer But from age and infirmity I am unable to pursue it
I swore and declared on this 16 th day of November 1825 before me Joseph Ewing Circuit Judge for the County of Perry & Ohio and I do hereby that it is the opinion of this Court from the evidence that the said Anthony Hall does render the services to his family in his declaration set forth and that the property contained in the foregoing Schedule does not exceed $840, and from the peculiar circumstances of the Applicant he is in need of the assistance of his family for support
Joseph Ewing Judge of the Circuit Court

State of Kentucky County of Perry ss I Jesse Lemons Clerk of the Perry Circuit Court do hereby certify that Elijah Lemons whose certificate appears to the deposition of Solas P. Mason and Edward Pally here with filed marked A. is and was at the time of subscribing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Perry duly commissioned and qualified according to Law and that his certificate is in due form of Law to which official acts as such full faith and credit is due and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as well as elsewhere given under my hand this 17 th day of November 1825
Perry County Ky.
Jesse Lemons, Clerk
I Jesse Lemons Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of Perry do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of said Court that the said Anthony Hall and some in the Revolutionary war as stated in the pre- ceding declaration against the common enemies of our country under our engagement in the Continental Establishment I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto 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 Debited in the above said schedule is $40.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal of office having as yet no pub- lic seal of office of said Court on this 17 th day of November 1825 Jesse Lemons, Clerk

State of Kentucky County of Estcher p. - On this 3 d day of June 1850, in Open Court held in and for said County, personally appeared Ruth Hall aged about eighty years, resident in said coun- ty who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 2 d February 1848 . 29 th July 1848.
This declarant states that she is the lawful widow of Anthony Hall late of said county, who was a revolu- tionary pensioner of the United States under the act of 18 th March 1818 at the rate of $60 per annum and who died on the fourteenth day of December in the year eighteen hun- dred and forty six (1846) - that the said Anthony Hall serv- ed a period of 8 years in the war of the revolution under Col. Little in the 20 th North Carolina Regiment, that he was subsequently made prisoner by the enemy, & was finally released & discharged at the close of said war - and that he was awarded bounty land for his services in said war - This declarant further states that her maiden name was Ruth Butler, that she was married to the said Anthony Hall in the month of December, in the year seventeen hundred & ninety four (1794) - that said marriage took place in the County of Roanoke in the State of Virginia . That Halifax in the State of Virginia, that the license for her marriage was obtained at the Court House of Caswell County in the State of North Carolina, but that the ceremony of her said marriage was performed by a Baptist Minister named Holliday, at the house of her father George Butler in the aforesaid County of Halifax.
This declarant further states that she has no record of her aforesaid marriage or birth of her children had by the said Anthony Hall. that she has no knowledge of the existence of such a record. that her said husband never made or kept a family record -
(over)

This declarant further states that she had as many as three children born prior to the year 1800, as the fruits of her said marriage, whose names are William, James & David Hall. Declarant further states that she lived with the said Anthony Hall in lawful and wedlock as his wife from the time of her aforesaid marriage to him, up to the period of his decease and that she has not again intermarried, but remains his widow.
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year first above written Before me
Las Collins J P
With her X Hall mark
Signature

State of Kentucky County of Litcher ss I Ezekiel Brashear Clerk of the monthly court held in & for said county, do hereby certi- -fy that at a session of said court held on the 3 d day of June 1850, it was duly proven in open court by the exhibition of testimony satisfactory to said court, that Anthony Hall late of said county a revolutionary pensioner of the United States died on the fourteenth day of December in the year eighteen hund- -red & forty six (1846). That he left a widow surviving him now living whose name is Ruth Hall, and who has not again intermarried.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said court and county this 3 d day of June 1850.
Ezekiel Brashear Clerk No Seal of office

(Ruth Hall) widow of Anthony Hall for B Land act 3 March 1855-
No. 893
filed by John Edwards 19 May 1855-

State of Kentucky } set Floyd County }
On this the 21 st day of April A D 1855 personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State above written Ruth Heall aged about eighty Years being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Anthony Heall deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary Army that her said husband enlisted in North Carolina as she is informed and believes for during the war and continued in actual service in said as much as fourteen days and was honorably discharged at Charleston South Carolina after the termination of said war. She states that she was married to the said Anthony Heall in the County of Halifax State of Virginia by one Nathan Holaway in or about the Year 1800 and that her name before her said marriage was Ruth Butler that her said husband died in the County of Letcher State of Kentucky about the Year 1845 or 1846. She states that she is now a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $96 per annum payable at the Kentucky agency and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounties and to which she may be entitled under the act of Congress passed the 3 rd March 1855 for proof of marriage death etc. of the said Anthony Heall she refers to the evidence on file at

the previous Office upon she was presumed Ruth Henry Hall now
We John Heall and Mary Ann Heall Residents of the County of Floyd and State of Kentucky upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Ruth Heall in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that the said Anthony Heall died about the time stated in the foregoing declaration of Ruth Heall and that the said Ruth Heall is still a widow
John his Heall Mary Ann her Heall now
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have interest in this claim
State of Kentucky Floyd County Set
William Isaacs S. J. B. F. 6
I James Minble Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid certify that William Isaacs or whose signature appears above now is and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace in and for said County duly Com- missioned and qualified In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of said court at Prestonsburgh this 28 th day of April 1855 James Minble Atty

Marriage Bond A. Updegraff

Know all men by these presents that we Anthony Hall and Richard Hall are held and firmly bound unto his Excellency Richard H. Spaight Esq Governor &c in the sum of five hundred pounds to be paid to the said Rich d de Spaight and his Successors and assigns, to the which payment is well and truly to be made we bind ourselves our heirs, Executors and Administrators jointly and severally firmly Sealed with our Seals and dated this 23 rd day of November 1794 —
The Condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bound Anthony Hall has the day of the date hereof obtained a License to be joined together in holy matrimony with Kathy Butler. If therefore there shall be no lawful impediment why the said Anthony Hall and Kathy Butler should not be joined together in holy matrimony then the above obligation to be void otherwise to remain in full force and effect. Signed Sealed &c in presence of Rev. Mr. Spaight. Anthony Hall Seal his mark Richard Hall Seal his mark
State of North Carolina Carrwell County
I Abisha Slade Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarters Sessions of Carrwell County hereby Certify the foregoing to be a Correct Copy of a Marriage Bond of Anthony Hall found on file in my office.
In Testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and affix my Seal of Office on this 14 th day of January 1857
A. Slade CLK

April 20, 1931
Mrs. W. L. Mack 114 South Washington Street Circleville, Ohio
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section MCS:MLB
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 1764 , that Anthony Hall enlisted in Halifax County, Virginia, in June, 1777, and served one year as a private in Captain Bowyer's company, Colonel Campbell's Virginia regiment.
He enlisted June 10, 1778, in Captain Doncho's company, Colonel Lytle's North Carolina regiment, was at the siege of Charleston where he was taken prisoner and held until the close of the Revolution.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 16, 1825, while a resident of Perry County, Kentucky, aged seventy-three years.
He died December 14, 1846, in Letcher County, Kentucky.
The soldier married in December, 1794, in Halifax County, Virginia, Ruth Butler.
She was allowed pension on her application executed June 3, 1850, while a resident of Letcher County, Kentucky, aged about eighty years.
They had the following children: Alexander aged 17 years, John aged 15 years, Samuel aged 13 years, in 1825, and William, James and David, ages not stated.

The above noted is the history of the only soldier named Anthony Hall that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau, and there is no record of Alex Ridgeway.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MCA
August 5, 1924
Major J. Elliott Hall 1287 Bryden Road Columbus, Ohio
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.1764, it appears that Anthony Hall enlisted in Halifax County, Virginia, in June, 1777, and served one year as a private in Captain Bowyer's Company, Colonel Campbell's Virginia Regiment.
He enlisted June 10, 1778, in Captain Donoho's Company, Colonel Lytle's North Carolina Regiment, was at the siege of Charleston where he was taken prisoner and held until the close of the Revolution.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 16, 1825, while a resident of Perry County, Kentucky, aged 73 years. He died December 14, 1846, in Letcher County, Kentucky.
He married in December, 1794, in Halifax County, Virginia, Ruth Butler. She was allowed pension on her application executed June 3, 1850, while a resident of Letcher County, Kentucky, aged about 80 years.

They had the following children: Alexander aged 17 years, John aged 15 years, Samuel aged 13 years, in 1825, and William, James, and David, ages not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner

Rev. #1812 Pircerille, Ohio.
April 7 th 1931.
Department of Interior Washington, D.C.
Mr. Frank J. ... much 1931 if you could give me any data about Alex Redge ... about the Revolutionary war Record. Also. Anthony Hall. May 30 1825 Age 84 - Born. 1747.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. D. L. Mack.
#14 S. Washington St. Pircerille.

MAJOR JAMES ELLIOTT HALL
1287 Bryden Road,
Columbus, Ohio
July 3, 1924/
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Information is desired relative to the record of the following Revolutionary War Soldier, whose name appears upon the Pension Roll:
ANTHONY HALL, Perry County, Kentucky.
Placed on Pension Roll December 14th, 1825.
Pension effective from November 17th, 1825.
Age 83 years. (When placed on pension roll?)
Died.
Kindly furnish me such information as is necessary to establish eligibility for membership in Daughters of American Revolution, Sons of American Revolution, and other patriotic societies, having similar requirements, including date of birth, birth-place, names and addresses of parents, if any, army service record, name of wife and children, or other heirs, date of death and burying place.
I believe the above mentioned Anthony Hall, Perry County, Kentucky, to have been my Great- Great- Grandfather.
Respectfully,
J Elliott Hall J. Elliott Hall
JEH/N

1924 Aug. 5 - Hist. 8 Major J. Elliott Hall 1931 Apr. 30. Hist. to time W. S. Mack. ms ms
Brady
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1264
Ruth Hall, Widow Anthony Hall. Prio. Rev. War.
Act: July 29. 1848.
Index: — Vol. A, Page 301
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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26.425
J Mrs. Adams

No 712,
Ruth Hull widow of Anthony, Ky.
Act 29 July 1848
Married from 1794 Most died 1846
Adm fgh per annum com g 4 March 1848
Morris Owen, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Pittsburgh Penn a 24 th June 1830
Sir
Please find enclosed the papers in the application of Ruth Hall widow of Anthony Hall of Kentucky for a pension under the act of 29 th July 1840. composing a declaration & Marriage Bond. The License for their marriage was not found on file.
I have the honor to be with great respect your Ob t Serv t Morris Owen
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions Washington D. C.

Wootton depositions Hall
A
To be Examined and enclosed to Robert Walker Esq. at Floyd Court house Kentucky
Pension off

Perry County Kentucky ss
the following is the depositions of Silas P Wooton and Edward Polly this day taken before me Elijah Combs a justice of the peace for Perry County to prove the service of Anthony Hall and other Revolutionary soldiers
I Silas P Wooton do swear that I was well acquainted with Anthony Hall as a revolutionary soldier I do swear that the said Anthony Hall and myself both enlisted in the same company which was commanded by Captain Bowyer in the 7 th Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Campbell in Virginia line on continental establishment that we both enlisted for the term of one year that I do know that the said Anthony Hall did serve out his full term of enlistment and was honourably discharged at Camden County in the State of North Carolina after serving out his full term of enlistment which was one year under the same enlistment that I do know that the said Anthony Hall did then immediately enlist again into the service of the United States in Col. Littel 2 nd North Carolina Regiment in a company commanded by a Captain Donohoe for the term of three years and I do know that the said Hall did serve in said Regiment until the siege at Charleston in South Carolina and I do know that the said Anthony Hall was then taken a prisoner of war by the

British and was afterwards paroled by them and was not exchanged until peace was made      Silas P. Wooton
There also follows the deposition of of Edward Polly who deposeth as follows I Edward Polly do swear that I was well acquainted with Anthony Hall in the army of the Revolutionary war that I do know that the said Anthony Hall did enlist into the service of the United States in the army of the revolutionary war in the year 1776 or 1777 in the 9 th Virginia Regiment commanded by Col Campbell in Captain Bowyers Company in Virginias line on continental establishment and for the term of one year that I do know that the said Anthony Hall did serve out his full term of enlistment under one and the same term and was honorably discharged in Gageswell County in the State of North Carolina and that I do know that the said Anthony Hall did immediately enlist again for the term of 3 years in a Captain Donahos Company in the 2 nd North Carolina Regiment commanded by Col

Little and that the said Hall was taken a prisoner of war by the British at the Siege of Charleston in South Carolina and I never seen him any more until the close of the war his Edward P Polly marks
State of Kentucky Perry County (ss) I Elijah Combs a justice of the peace for said county do hereby certify that the foregoing deposition of Silas P. Wooton and Edward Polly was this day taken subscribed and sworn to before me and I do further certify that the said Deponents are both credible witnesses given under my hand this 16 th day of November 1825 Elijah Combs