Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,015, Abraham Hill, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Hill, Abraham
24.18015
Ruth
B.L. Mt. 17731-160-55
CONTENTS

Vol. No. 2/55 Aug 10 55
Rich Hill Md & of Yorkam Hill Nov 1 Abraham
Ed Gardner Map: State Hook
Rev. Wm. Rev. Primary Mission
160 Ac. Feb: 26/56. July 48-34 Blyton Dr.
A. S. Campbell, Bellow Falls, Va. Gloucester Spottsylvania Virginia
Vol. No. 5.

2430 North
7th Street
Philadelphia
where of full age in the and served in the Revolutionary war as a Private
and on the Roll at the rate of Dollars
to commence on the 1st day of March, 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the day of
Signature of Pensioner
the rate of Dollars per month from
Rev. Samuel... 1848

11.669
Vermont
Abraham Hill
of Windham, so in the State of Vermont who was a - P t in the Company - commanded by Captain Sock - of the Reg t commanded by Col. Gardiner, in the Vt. State Troops -
8 Mo. Service - $26.66
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 26 - Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of June, and sent to 1833 A. S. Putnam, Rockingham
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - 53.32 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept. 13.33
$66.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. P. Sprague Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 68

124.380
Declaration for Bounty Land
Ruth Hill Grafton Vermont

State of Vermont County of Windham ss. On this 28 day of April AD 1855 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace within and for the county and State aforesaid Ruth Hill aged eighty nine years a resident of Grafton in said county who being duly sworn, according to law, declares that she is the widow of Abraham Hill deceased, who was a private in the regiment commanded by the Col. Gardner, mortally wounded at the Battle of Bunker Hill, in the Revolutionary War, but in what company she is now unable to state, that her said husband volunteered at Cambridge in the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts about the month of May AD 1775, for the term of eight months and continued in actual service in said war for said term of eight months, and was honorably discharged at the expiration thereof at as she believes the vicinity of Boston. She further states that she was married to the said Abraham Hill in said Cambridge by Rev. Mr. Hilliard a minister of the gospel, she believes about the month of September AD 1785 and that her name before she was married was Ruth Blodgett; that her said husband died at Grafton aforesaid on the eighteenth day of February AD 1838 and that she is now a widow. She further states that the said Abraham Hill was at the time of his death a pensioner, and that she is now a pensioner of the United States at the rate of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum under the Act of

Congress approved February, 2 d A.D. 1848, and that the following is a true and correct copy of her Pension Certificate, to wit: "War Department. Widow's Pension I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2 d 1848 Ruth Hill of Vermont widow of Abraham Hill who was a Private in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of twenty, six dollars and sixty, six cents per annum commencing on the 4 th of March 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry, in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage Given at the War Office of the United States this 26 th day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty nine."
S.S.
W. L. Marcy Secretary of War.
Examined and countersigned P. G. Burt for Commissioner of Pensions. Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2 d 1848 Page 55 Vol. 3. Th. Lumpkin Clerk. And for due proof of the service of her said husband, and of her said marriage, and of the decease of her said husband she refers to the proof made at the time of the application for the pensions aforesaid, which as she believes are now on file in the Pension Office. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855."
Ruth her X Hill mark

We Asahel Putnam and S. Henry Graves residents of Grafton in the State of Vermont upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Ruth Hill 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 she is now a widow,
Asahel Putnam
Simeon H. Graves
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 no interest in this claim.
B. H. Bridgman Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont County of Windham
3
District of Westminster ss. I Benjamin W Dean Register of the Probate Court for said District, being a court of record and having a seal as hereto attached do certify that B. H. Bridgman was at the date of the above written instrument & now is a justice of the Peace within & for said county duly commissioned & qualified, that his signature as above written is genuine; that said instrument is executed according to the laws of this State and all in due form, and that as such officer he is duly authorized to administer oaths &c.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Grafton this fourth day of May A.D. 1855 Benjamin W. Dean Register

20,599 Abraham Hill
Omitted 8 months $26.66
David L. Putnam Saxtons River, P.O. Rockingham Vermont

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the 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 Abraham Hill  Winooski, Vermont
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Oct. 24. May 1775 8 Private Capt Lock Col. Gardner Battle of Bunker Hill Stationed in vicinity of Cambridge Cambridge, Massachusetts aged 75 years Documentary Evidence  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
 This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
 [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I 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 day 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 _____, 19____ &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 (1) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

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

3694
Declaration for
a pension under Act of 7 th July 1838
Ruth Hills case
m 84 d Feby 38 act 138
adm
8 mo paid
26. 6 3/4 100
Died 18 Feby 38
Pen. Com: 19. Feby 38
Ken H. Hall

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows State of Vermont
District of Westminster ss on the Thirtieth day of November On this first day of September A.D. 1838 personally ap- peared before the probate Court for said District Ruth Hill a resident of Grafton in said district and in the County of Windham aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to said oath and her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, That she is the widow of Abraham Hill who as she understood and believes was a private soldier in the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution — That he was residing at West Cambridge Massachusetts at the time he entered said service that he served eight months being stationed at Charlestown Massachusetts and vicinity — That he served under Captain Locke, that he was pensioned since the seventh of June in the year 1832 at between twenty six and twenty seven Dollars per year on account of said service and for further particulars she refers to the evidence in the War Office of the United States as she supposes upon which he was pensioned — She further declares that she was married to the said Abraham Hill at Cambridge Massachusetts on the ninth day of September in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four by the maiden name of Ruth Blodgett by the Rev Mr. Hilliard that her husband the aforesaid Abraham Hill died at said Grafton on the eighteenth day of February eighteen hundred and thirty eight where he had resided for about forty years next prior to his death that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four

big at the time before stated - that she has never been married to any other person - Ruth Hill sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before David L Putnam Judge of Probate
I certify the words "on this first day of September" are crossed out and put above them the words viz "on this thirtieth day of November" in the foregoing declaration (also the letter a put above) before the execution thereof D L Putnam Judge
State of Vermont District of Westminster ss I David L Putnam - Judge of the Probate Court for said District in the absence of the Register of said Court without this State do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original declaration made before said Court in the matter of the application of Ruth Hill of Grafton in said district widow of Abraham Hill deceased for a pension, that my foregoing signatures are genuine said Court is a court of record & I am fully thereof
- In testimony whereof I have - hereunto set my hand and - affixed the seal of said - Court at Grafton in said - District this thirtieth day - of November in the year of - our Lord one thousand - eight hundred and - thirty eight - - - David L Putnam Judge

Abraham Hill
Pension applicant
Grafton W
20599

State of Vermont } County of Windham }
On this 28 th day of November A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Probate Court within and for the District of Westminster in said county — Abraham Hill a resident of Grafton in said County of Windham and State of Vermont aged seventy three years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he enlisted in the army of the United States May 18 th 1775 with the soldiers mentioned in documents designed to accompany this declaration, in the 37 th Regt commanded by Col Gardner — of the Mass line under Capt Ruf Lock and other officers as named in said documents — enlisted at Cambridge Mass for the term of eight months. At the battle of Bunker's Hill, where Col Gardner was killed or mortally wounded — he was but two or three rods from him when he fell, heard him say to his men, "push on" He served the full term of his enlistment at Cambridge and vicinity and was there discharged — recollects no written discharge having been given — The said documents relate the truth as to said service I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension of annuity up to the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency

in any state Abraham O'Neil
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first of said }
Peter M. Taft Judge
and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the new defendant that the claimant supplement was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as his states
Peter M. Taft Judge
I Am Vice Clerk and Register of the Probate Court in and for said District of Westminster do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding in the matter of the application of Abraham O'Neil for a Pardon In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28th day of November A.D. 1832
Amos Hays and

The Department will please direct this return in this matter to David I Putnam Rockingham Vermont (Saxtons River post office)

Ruth Hall Can

"List of persons married by Rev Timothy Heiliana, Pastor of the First Church in Cambridge 1783 Nov 2. William Whittmore & Elizabeth Cutter " 16 Thomas Whittmore & Lucy Cutter " 20 Rev Samuel Kendall & Miss Mary Austin Decr Capt John Hastings & Miss Lydia Damer 1784 March 17. William Boardman & Sarah Mc Clary May 9 Timothy Lufd. & Beulah Prentice " 27 Rev John Allen & Miss Martha Fitch Winchell June 13. Isaac Sparhawk Gardner & Miss Mary Sparhawk July 8. Isaac Leavitt & Elizabeth Winship " 18 Josiah Mason Jr & Lois Russell Sept 9. Abraham Hill & Ruth Bloodgett. Oct 21. Dr William Gammell & Miss Lucy Watson Richard Pierce & Anna Dickson T. Heiliana
Certif or file
Recorded Dr Wm Winthrop Town Clerk
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record of marriages solemnized by Timothy Heil- iana, as recorded in the Records of the town of Cam- bridge, County of Middlesex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Henry M. Chamberlain, Town Clerk of Cambridge
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex p. Oct 11. 1838. Then personally appeared

The above named Henry M. Chamberlain, came made oaths, that the above certificate by him made and subscribed is true.
Before me, Nathan Fiske Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Henry M. Chamberlain is the town clerk of the town of Cambridge, and that he is a credible witness.
October 11. 1838. Nathan Fiske Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. I Elias Primey clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the County of Middlesex do certify that Nathan Fiske Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County and that his name subscribed to the above certificate is his genuine signature. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the twelfth day of October 1838.
E. Primey

Bm: Feb: 2 1848 Vt;
B. J. Johnson

124380
Ruth Hill and Abraham
Rev. J. M. West Boynton Home of Friends Washington City.

17731
5
Nov 1919

North Hill
Under the joint resolution of the 23 d Jany: 1845- and act of July 7. 1838.
Adm d : of 26.66 per ann from 4 March 1836 to the 19 February, 1838-
A. S. Campbell Esq d :
Boston,
Massachusetts.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Resolution of Congress of the 23 rd Jan uary 1845. Whereas the act of the 30 th April 1844 prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner I now make the following statement under oath to obtain the benefits of the Resolution above mentioned. I am the widow of Jeremiah Hill who was a private in the war of the Revolution I have drawn a pension at the rate of twenty six Dollars Sixty Six cents per annum from the 18 th day of February 1838 and now ask for the amount due me from the 4 th day of March 1836 to the 18 th day of February 1838 when my former pension commenced.
Witness Thomas Hill
her Ruth J. Hill mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 10 th day of April 1845
Sam l J. Billings Justice of the Peace
I certify that the Declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit
Sam l J. Billings Justice of the Peace

I Marshall Miller Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Windham in the State of Vermont do hereby certify that Samuel L Billings who has signed the foregoing, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Windham in the State of Vermont and that the preceding are his signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 15 th day of April 1845 at Brattleboro in the State of Vermont.
Attest Marshall Miller, Clerk.

State of Vermont Windham County ss
On this twenty-seventh day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty-three personally appeared before Asher Putnam justice of the Peace for the County of Windham aforesaid. Ruth Hill a resident of Grafton in the County of Windham and State of Vermont aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d of March 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the Widow of Abraham Hill who was a private in Capt. Lock's company and the Regiment commanded by Col Gardner (said Gardner fell mortally wounded while marching on to Bunker hill) That she received twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum under the act of July 7 th 1838
She further declares that she is still a widow Signed in presence of } Ruth her Hill Thomas Hill } mark Richard H. Palmer }
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me Asher Putnam justice of the Peace
I certify that Ruth Hill the subscriber to the above declaration is personally known to me Asher Putnam justice of the Peace

State of Vermont Windham County Court Clerk's office Newfane June 2 A. D. 1843 I Marshall Miller, Clerk of said Court certify, that Asahel Putnam is a Justice of the Peace, within & for said County, duly commissioned & qualified, that his commission bears date December 9 th A. D. 1842 & will expire on the 30 th day of December A. D. 1843, and that his signature within written is genuine In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand & affix the Seal of said Court, the day & year first above written Attest Marshall Miller, Clerk,
9645

Ruth Hill

State of Vermont
Wittiam S. Cummings a justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Ruth Hill of Grafton in the County of Windham aforesaid who applied for a certificate of pension from the 4th of March 1836 to the 18th day of February 1838 and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of Abraham Hill late of said Grafton deceased, that the said Hill was a pensioner under the act of June 7. 1832 at the rate of twenty six dollars, sixty six cents per annum that the said Abraham Hill died on the 18th day of February 1838, that she has been placed on the pension list under the act of 1838 and received a pension from the time of her husband's death to the first of March 1841 and also a pension under the act of March 1843 at the rate of 26 dollars 66 cents per annum and she prays that a certificate may be granted her from the 4th March 1836 to the 18th Febry 1838 the time of her husband's death, she was married to the said Abraham Hill on  the the 1st day of January 1794 and is now seventy seven years of age Thomas Hill Ruth nee Hill mark
90
State of Vermont } Ap 30 1844 Windham County ss } Personally appeared Ruth Hill who sworn and made oath that the above affidavit by her subscribed is true.
Before me Alexander S. Cummings Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerk's Office Newfane May 7 th 1844
I Marshall Miller Clerk of said Court certify that Alexander S. Campbelle is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified that his commission bears date October
31 st 1843 and will expire on the 30 th of November 1844 and that his signature within written is genuine
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court the day aforesaid above written
Attest Marshall Miller Clerk

Ruth Hill
aa 2436

State of Vermont Windham County ss. On this 29th day of August 1848 Personally appeared before me Asher Putnam a justice of the Peace in and for the county of Windham duly authorized by law to administer oaths. Ruth Hill a resident of Grafton in the county of Windham aged 82 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2 d of February, 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Abraham Hill who was a private in the Massachusetts line
that she received under the act of 17th June 1844 twenty six dollars & sixty six cents per annum, she further declares she is still a widow
Witness Asher Putnam Ruth her Hill Thomas Hall mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me Asher Putnam justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named Ruth Hill is personally known to me and that she is the same individual who drew a pension under the act of 17th June 1844 as stated by her in the above declaration
Asher Putnam justice of the Peace

State of Vermont Windham County ss.
I Marshall Miller, Clerk of the County Court for said County, do hereby certify, that John D. Dyer is a Justice of the Peace in and for said duly Commissioned and qualified, and that his signatures within written are genuine —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, this 29 th day of August in the year of D. 1828
Attest (Marshall Miller, Clerk)

App for Pension Ruth Hills Can Affidavits

I Thomas Hill of Grafton in the County of Windham and State of Vermont of the age of thirty six years being duly sworn depose and say that my father Abraham Hill late a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States deceased died at said Grafton where he then resided on the eighteenth day of February eighteen hundred and thirty eight that I was present and saw him expire and that Ruth Hill of said Grafton whom I have this day seen living I have known from my earliest recollection to the time of his death to live with him and by common reputation as his wife - that from the time of his death to the present time she has lived in the same house with me and I have never known or heard and do not believe that she has ever been married to any other person but the said Abraham Hill - - Thomas Hill
State of Vermont } Windham County ss } At Grafton in said County, 1 st Sept 1838 Then personally appeared Thomas Hill whom I certify to be a credible witness, and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true ————— Before me David L Putnam Justice of the Peace
I Margaret Sherwin of Grafton in the County of Windham and State of Vermont of lawful age being duly sworn depose and say, that my husband for a few years past has usually tolled the bell in case of deaths in said Grafton and I have been in the habit of keeping a memorandum of deaths I have a memorandum of the death of Abraham Hill a reputed Revolutionary pensioner of the United States late of said Grafton deceased which I made about the time of his death as I

then understood it and which I believe is correct by which it appears that he died on the eighteenth day of February - eighteen hundred thirty eight, also upon that Ruth Hill of said Grafton whom I believe to be living as I have recently seen her and with whom I am well acquainted was - his re spouse surviving widow, that I have not known or heard and do not believe that she has been married since his death, that I was well acquainted with him also.
Margaret Sherwin
State of Vermont
Windham County ss ss At Grafton 10 th Septm 1838
Personally appeared Margaret Sherwin whom I certify to be a credible witness and made oath that the next preceding affidavit by her subscribed is true. Before me N te said affidavit in the lined words "I also depose" & "in" before signing
David L Putnam Justice Peace
State of Vermont
Windham County Clerks Newfane 11 th Sept 1838
J Marshall Miller Clerk of the County Court for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that David L Putnam is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, and his two preceding signatures are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County Court the day and year above written.
Clara (Marshall Miller, Clerk)

Sec. D. G. Parton, A.P. 13: 29 - No. 261
May 17. 1845.
Certificate under Joint Reso. of Jan'y 23.
1845 at $26.66 per hour.
Commencing 1 th March, 1836
and ending 19 th Feb.
1838 and due to S. Temple
Rep. Boston Mass
Vermont - 2010
Ruth Skill,
widow of Abraham Skill,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June 1832 and who died on the 18 th Feby 1838, of Grafton in the State of Vermont who was a P.M. in the County commanded by Captain Dorr, of the Reg't commanded by Garrison in the Mass'ts line for 8 months
Back pay Awarded on the Roll of Burlington at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 1 th day of March, 1836. 19 th Feby. 1838
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of March '39, as set in and to H. Hall, Barnington, Vt.
Arrears to the 1 th of March - $ 28.32 Semi-annual allowance ending 13.33
$ 41.65
{ Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burdick Clerk Book A Vol. 2 Page 41.

let to Ad. Campbell May 14 th 1843 relation to anear, inscribed 1838.
Rep Oct 25 No. 261 First Class of Pay 23rd 1843.
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Vermont  Montpelier
Eliza Will
widow of Abraham Will who was a Private in the Clark's line
for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of Oct 1843 and sent to
Abner Putnam Grafton Vt.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 27.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, February 18 th 1856.
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 Abraham Hill is borne on pay roll or return of Capt. Benjamin Lock's Comp. Col. Thomas Gardner's Regt. Return dated Oct. 6. 1775. Name borne on Coat roll dated Prospect Hill Dec. 22. 1775. as private for 18 mos. service, from Cambridge.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Dyer Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The Secretary of State of the State of Massa- chusetts is requested to send me by mail a certificate of the service of Abraham Hill in the Revolutionary War. He served eight months in 1775 in Capt Ben Lockes company in Col Gardners Regiment. He lived in Mendon, Mass now called Cambridge at the time of the service. The certificate is to be used in support of the claim of Ruth Hill his widow for Bounty lands. He sometimes wrote his name Abra m Hill jun r . Alexander Scamperfield Bellows Falls Vermont February 15 th 1856

Bellows Falls Vt. July 21. 1856
Sir
I send a certificate of the Secretary of State of the State of Massachusetts in ref- -part of the claim of Ruth Hill widow of Abraham Hill for Bounty lands Her application now in your office is numbered 124380
Respectfully yr,
A S. Packard
Hon J Menet Secy of Pensions Washington City. D.C.

Her WIDOW, &c.
No. 18015
Smith Hill
widow of
Abraham Hill
Pris. New Mar
Act: Feb 29. 48
Index:—Vol. CA , Page 336
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Mr Colo
J. S. Streeter, Esq. Washington City - Pension Department
FREE

Sept. 7 1848
Sir You are requested to return the premium certificates when issued, on the enclosed applications to Asher Putnam Esq. Grafton, Windham County, Vermont

J. C. Jablonski Pre. t
See memo. • within.
J. C. Jablonski Pre. t

Abraham Hill W. act. 7. June 26. 66 when last fed? GWC
7. March 39—
Due 18 th Feb 1838 p st . that period
JH

Belmont Town Apr 24 House 20 New Haven,
Sir,
J. P. Colbeck Esq
Greenwich Street
Newburyport
Mass

Bishop Bellows Falls April 19. 1839
Sir, Application has been made by Ruth Hills, a pensioner under the last Act at 26.66 & Betty Gannett, a pensioner under the same Act at $30.00 p. m. for their pensions. They are both residents of this (Windham) County & of Grafton, an adjoining town - but their certificates are made payable at Burlington They ask to have their names transferred that they may receive their pay here.
I am Sir,
Wath. Guttman. Pay by William Henry
J. L. Edwards Esq Sir

Ruth Hill
$26:66 her own
Asher Putnam Grafton VT

Grafton Windham Co. Vt. July 7 th 1843
Sir
Herewith I send the application of Ruth Hill for the benefit of the act of the 3 d of March 1843 extending the act of July 1848 &c Please make return to me
Respectfully your O bt S vt
Asher Putnam
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comm ee of Pensions

May 14 '44
Can't be allowed
Dear
Ruth Hale
V. 21 p. 38
a 43.
No. 2436-43
Edna
Comiskey-Jenison
Washington City
ERFB

Bellows Falls Vt. May 9 1844
Sir
I enclose the application of Rutha Hill widow of Abraham Hill deceased for the arrears of pension under the act of 1838 from the 4 th of March 1836 to the 18 th Feby 1838 the time of his death.
I am very respectfully Yr obt serv
A S Campbelf
Hon J L Edwards Com r of Pensions Washington City

Ruth Hills Case
Letter

Grafton Windham County } Vermont Dec 5 th 1838 }
If you please in case of Ruth Hill - application for pension you make - return to me
Respectfully Yours S ir D. L. Putnam
Hon J L Edwards Com r Pensions

124380
Rev. S. P. Webb Commission of Peace Washington D.C.
FREE