Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,794, William Hammill, New York

SERVICE
New York.
Hammill William
NUMBER
S. 10.794
carded
CONTENTS

N 24.064 York William Hammill
Montgomery in the State of New York who was a Sergeant in the Comp commanded by Captain Clyde of the Regt. commanded by Col. Campbell in the New York line for 22 months and 6 days
$110 "96 $110.96
Inscribed on the Roll of New at the rate of 110 Dollars 96 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Oct. 1833 and sent to P. Randall Norwich
Arrears to the 14th of Sep '33 $277.40 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 Mch '34 55.48 $332.88
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. J. C. Attilus Clerk,
Recorded by Book 6, Vol. 1, Page 104.
order to pay P. Fleming. 25. March
letter to B. Agent, 1831.
6 16 96
Date of death not on A.B.

Dedication of William Hamble of Canajoharie County of Montgomery State of New York - for a pension under the act of June 4th 1842
No 894
J. Randall Agent

State of New York Montgomery County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in for the County of Montgomery one of the officers William Hamill the pensioner in the annexed declaration received. Who being duly sworn, deposes 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 as at least three periods mentioned below in the following grades: First - for one year, ten months & six days he served as a sergeant. & for such service he claims a pension - By way of amendment & explanation of his original declaration he saith under oath, that his first eighteen days service mentioned as a private was an induction of his Attorney - he acted as a sergeant the whole time - Also states - that his two three months service in his said declaration was under Capt. Haight - of the Militia does not recollect the name of the Col at this period - That he served all this time with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority - That he was either in the field or in garrison or marching under orders the whole time & for the time during which the service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit - The reason no clergyman was called to prove his service by tradition was that no one then resided in the vicinity who could with propriety testify - Also testifies that the annexed papers are the identical papers to which the seals of the Obey & Montgomery Creek are attached & no other or different ones - I further saith not -
Subscribed & sworn to the 4th day of July before me - Wm Saml. J. P.
William Hamill

State of New York Montgomery County Clerks office ss
I Richard H Cushing Deputy Clerk of the County of Montgomery do certify that William Lane Esquire whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the within affidavit was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Montgomery and duly au- thorized to take the same And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the Jurat of the said affidavit is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said County this fifth day of July 1833
R. H. Cushing

State of New York } Otsego County ss. }
John Galt of Cherry Valley in said County aged sixty six years being duly sworn says that he lived before the revolution in Cherry Valley & that he knew William Hamnill upon declaration of independence before the revolution & has known him ever since. That he has heard said declaration read & from his knowledge he verily believes that it is all true. This deponent well recollects that the said Hamnill was very frequently out on scouts & was called a very active & efficient man & a zealous whig. - This deponent also recollects that the said Hamnill served as a soldier in the garrison at Cherry Valley & that he often marched off with the militia to other parts of the country. -
This deponent recollects that the said Hamnill during the revolution spent the most part of his time in the service & further saith not.
John Galt
Sworn & subscribed
This 27 th day of August 1832
before me
James O. Morse First Judge of Otsego County.
I certify that I have known John Galt above named for more than twenty years & that he is a man of truth & veracity & that I believe the facts above stated by him. - Aug. 27. 1832 James O. Morse

State of New York
Otsego County ss.
John Thompson of Cherry Valley in said County aged seventy four years being duly sworn says that he knew William Hamill whose declaration is hereto annexed before the war of the revolution & has known him ever since, that he has heard the said declaration read & from his best recollection he believes it all true, that this deponent was with said Hamill when he went to Unadilla & when he lived at Cherry Valley as is mentioned in his said declaration. This deponent also recollects that the said Hamill was in service a considerable part of the war & was a very active & efficient man.
Sworn & subscribed This 28th day of August 1832
John Thompson
before me James A. Moore First Judge of Otsego County.
I certify that I have known John Thompson above named for more than twenty years & that I consider him & that he is reputed a man of truth & veracity & a credible witness, & that I fully believe the facts stated by him in the above affidavit.
Aug. 28. 1832 James A. Moore
State of New York Otsego County ss.
I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the said County of Otsego do certify that James Moore, before whom the above affidavits purport to have been sworn, and whose name appears to the above certificates, was at the date of the same, First Judge of the said County, duly appointed & sworn as such: And also that I am acquainted with his handwriting & verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits and certificates to be his own proper handwriting & signature, given under my hand & seal of Office the 30th day of August 1832.
Horace Lathrop, Clerk.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7 th of June 1832.
State of New York Montgomery County
on the 18 th day of August in the year of our Lord 1832 personally appeared before me Henry J. Dippendorff Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Montgomery being a Court of record. William Hamnille at the house of William Lane Esq r in the Town of Canajoharie in said County of Montgomery aged 80 years who being first by me 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 th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated to wit. Deponent was born on the 14 th of Sept r 1752 in the County of Antrim Ireland & moved to Cherry Valley at the age of 19 years then Canajoharie in the County of Fulton now Otsego County & now resides in Canajoharie & County of Montgomery. In the 7 th year of January on the 26 th day thereof 1776 - he was ordered out with the militia under Capt. Clyde - in Genl. Herkimer's first division - Col. Campbell commanded the Regt. Went down the Mohawk to Cles- -arn Sir John Johnson was over 18 days
18 days

18 days was classed & returned home - In the summer of 76 - Most of the not recalled Department kept garrison - at Col Campbell's farm at Cherry Valley where his son now resides - Col Campbell & Capt Clyde - was then on leave at that time - for 2 months acted as sergeant - a few days thereafter was called on & went under Capt. Thomas Whitaker - Col. Campbell commanded the Regt - Clyde then was a Major - all under the command of Genl. Herkimer & went down the Unadilla River - to meet with Brant - & concluded a kind of treaty with Brant then com- mencing a party of Indians - Brant notwithstanding the treaty was soon found among the enemy again was absent on this occasion for on return 18 days - In July 1777 - was called out under Col. John Rupp - to disarm the Indians & Indians at Harnessed 25 miles south of Cherry Valley - absent on this service - 18 days - His Captain was not out at this time - department had the command of the men from C Valley as Sergeant - Nelson & on the 20th of the same month was called out - by the whole company - to go to the German Flats - in Herkimer County where about 30 miles under the command of Capt. Whitaker - gone from home 16 days - Immediately then after called out under Capt. McLean until we arrived with the officers of the Regt - on the way to Oriskany - arrived just after the battle at that place - returned home when

an express without any delay - he was sent. with by Col. Campbell & General Herkimer to Genl. Clinton at Albany - Deponent went to Albany - delivered the express brought back the answer. - to the Res- -idence of Genl. Herkimer. The day after the Generals death by a wound received in the orchard battle - Deponent was then ordered to take the place of his brother who was drafted - deponent was then drafted was ordered to join the troops of Genl. Arnold then on their way up to Fort Schuyler joined them at Canajoharie on the Mohawk - went until they arrived at the German Flatts - on hearing of the evacuation of that Fort - they returned - Deponent went home - & the very next day volunteered to take the place of his brother who had been drafted - went to Bernis Neighbors at Stillwater - under Capt. Whetstone Lieutenant Campbell (Capt. Whetstone being absent) - in Col. Samuel Campbells Regt - arrived there before the Great Battle - at that place - which was called the second battle with Burgoyne - when they sent around the enemys lines Camp - as spies or scouts. with Col. Morgan company of Riflemen. and returned home with the Regt - returned home about the 12 or 13th of Oct 1777 as as the deponent recollects.

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His Negt. being dismissed the very day of the battle on account of the perilous condition of Cherry Valley & its vicinity
Then last period of service amount to
4 months - In the Spring of 1778 deponent kept Garrison at Cherry Valley under Col. Alden until his death & then under Col.
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Butler 10 months & 17 days - was discharged in the
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early part of 1779 - Then had a written discharge under the hand of Col. Ballou for the last period of time at that place - Deponent acted as
scouts & skirmishes in during the whole time as sergeant - After Cherry Valley was burnt deponent served as a volunteer in several alarms & likely believes to the amount of 3 months
in all - but in such detached portions of time that deponent cannot otherwise describe it - Deponent was never in any general battles - Has seen in the
several Genl. Gates, Genl. Schuyler - Col. Morgan, Col. Genl. Putnam & many others & often Genl. Lafayette (The latter not in the service) - Deponent has no documentary evidence nor does he
know of any person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service

Except those whose affidavits are hereto annexed He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & disclaims that his name is not on the pen- sion roll of the Agency of Pennsylvania - I do hereby subscribe the day & year first above written before me Henry J. Dievendoff
W m Hammill
We William Lane an acting Magistrate residing in the Town of Canajoharie & County of Montgomery & State of New York & John H. Dunlap late a Magistrate of the same place hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with William Hammill who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be 80 years of age that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opin- ion also that he is infirm on account of age & also that in our opinion from bodily infirmity cannot attend Court
W m Lane
I do hereby subscribe the day & year first above written - before me Henry J. Dievendoff
J. H. Dunlap

And the said judge doth hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matters after putting the inter- rogatories presented by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states the said judge further certifies that it appears to him such is the fact from his own personal knowledge that William Lane who has subscribed the above certificate is now an acting justice of the peace in Canajoharie aforesaid & the said John H. Dunsbach who also has subscribed the same is also a late Magistrate of said town. That they are both of gentlemanly and reputation - credible persons that their statement is entitled to credit Dated the 18th August 1832 Henry J. Dierendorff 1832 ————— Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County
And I the said judge do further certify that it appeared to me at the above date & still appears to me that the said ap- plicant cannot, on account of bodily infirmary attend court - which certificate was previously omitted through inadvertent omission — Dated 29th August 1832 Henry J. Dierendorff Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County

State of New York Montgomery County, Clerk's Office, ss:
I, George D. Ferguson, Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of the County aforesaid, do hereby Certify, that Henry A. Schuchaff, before whom the foregoing declaration of William Rasmill purports to have been sworn, & also before whom the foregoing Certificate of William Lane & John H. Doolittle purports to have been sworn, was on the day of the date thereof a Judge of the Court of Common pleas of the said County, Commissioned & sworn & duly authorized by Law to act as such: And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge, & verily believe that his name subscribed to the said declaration of the said William Rasmill and to the said Certificate of the said William Lane and John H. Doolittle, as also to his own two foregoing Certificates, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this 11th day of September 1832.
Geo D. Ferguson

No 14894
M m Hannibal. W. G.
e. i.
Amended
Admitted
Surgeon 22 months days
T. Randall agent
Montgomery Co
New York

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 William Harnall of Montgomery, New York
   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.     Ord 1776 18 Private Capt Clyde Genl Harkness - Col Campbell Down the Mohawk Montgomery County - aged 80 Gratuitary & living witness   " 4 acted as Sergeant Capt Whittles Major Clyde Down the Mohawk   " 18 Quartermaster Col Harkness Down the Mohawk   Col 1777 18 Quartermaster Col Harkness Down the Mohawk   Vol 1778 4 10 17 Quartermaster Capt Harkness Col Harkness 2nd Battle of Bennington Down the Mohawk   Vol 1779 3  
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 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 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 &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 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 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 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 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 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.

February 29, 1936
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Mrs. Robert LeRoy Byrd Manassas Virginia
WILLIAM HAMMILL S. 10794 BA-J/MCHF:MLB
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War claim for pension, S. 10794, based upon service of William Hammill in the Revolutionary War.
William Hammill was born September 14, 1752, in County Antrim, Ireland, names of parents not shown. He moved to "Cherry Valley at the age of nineteen years, then Canajoharie in the County of Tryon now Otsego County", New York.
While a resident of Cherry Valley, New York, William Hammill enlisted January 26, 1776, served eighteen days in Captain Clyde's company, Colonel Campbell's regiment, down the Mohawk River against Sir John Johnson. He enlisted in the summer of 1776, kept garrison at Colonel Campbell's house in Cherry Valley (where his son now (1832) resides) under the same officers and went out from there on scout duty. A few days later, was called out in Captain Thomas Whitaker's company, Colonel Campbell's regiment, went down the Unadilla River to make a treaty with Brant who then commanded a party of Indians, length of service eighteen days. In July, 1777, he was called out under Colonel John Harper to disarm the Tories and Indians at Harpersfield, twenty-five miles south of Cherry Valley, and served eighteen days, during which time he was in command as sergeant, his captain not on this tour. From July 20, 1777, he served sixteen days in Captain Whitaker's company at German Flatts in Herkimer County. Immediately after, he was called out under Captain McKean and arrived at Oriskany just after the battle, returned home and without delay was sent as express bearer by Colonel Campbell and General Herkimer to General Clinton at Albany, delivered the message, returned with the answer to the residence of General Herkimer, the day after the General's death, which resulted from a wound received in the battle of Oriskany. Next, he joined the troops under General Arnold at Canajoharie on the Mohawk en route

to German Flatts, and on arrival at that place, learned of the evacuation and returned home. He volunteered the next day to take the place of his brother Robert who had been drafted, and went to Bemis Heights (Stillwater) under Lieutenant Campbell in Colonel Samuel Campbell's regiment, arrived before the second battle at that place, acted as spy and scout around the enemy's camp and returned home about October 13, 1777, because of the perilous condition then existing at Cherry Valley, these tours in all about four months. From the spring of 1778, he kept garrison at Cherry Valley ten months seventeen days under Colonels Alden and Ballard and received a written discharge from the latter. After Cherry Valley was burned, he volunteered on several alarms under Captain Haight, no details of service given. His entire service was as sergeant, engaged in spying, scouting, etc., in the New York troops and amounted to more than two years. (It cannot be determined whether the "son", referred to above, was the son of William Hammill, or whether the pronoun "his" has reference to Colonel Campbell named in same sentence, since the name was not stated.)
William Hammill was allowed pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War, on his application executed August 18, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York. He signed his name William Hammill.
John Gallt, of Cherry Valley, New York, in 1832, aged sixty-six years, stated that he lived in Cherry Valley before the Revolutionary War and knew William Hammill and had known him ever since that war and that he (Hammill) was known as a very active and efficient man and a zealous Whig, and one John Thompson, of Cherry Valley in 1832, aged seventy-four years, made practically the same affidavit. It was stated in 1833, that William Hammill had numerous connections and friends.
No reference was made in the papers in this claim to the wife of William Hammill and no names of children are shown.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of William Hammill, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following: William Hammill, Certificate #24064, issued October 29, 1833,

rate $110.96 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1936-Feb-29. List to Mrs. Rott. L. E. R. Byrd - MSV8
Revised
10.794 ✓ INVALID.
File No. 10.794
William Hamann Sergt. Ral. War
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index: —Vol. A , Page 163
[Arrangement of 1870.]

February 29, 1936
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Mrs. Robert LeRoy Byrd Manassas Virginia
William Hammill, S. 10794 Christopher Windsor, W. 9025 BA-J/MMHF:MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Christopher Windsor and of a soldier with surname Hammill of New York, also, record of Thomas Alexander who served, perhaps, from New York State in the Revolutionary War or War of 1812 and married in Virginia.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War or War of 1812 of a Thomas Alexander which seems to be that of the Thomas Alexander in whom you are interested. The record has been found of Christopher Windsor, of Fairfax County, Virginia, and of one Revolutionary War soldier only, of New York State, with the surname Hammill; it is the record of William Hammill. Those two records are furnished you herewith as found in the claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

MRS. ROBERT LE'ROY BYRD MANASSAS, VIRGINIA
3v etc Feb. 10-1936.
Veterans Administration Bureau Washington, D. C. Dear Sirs,
Please send me records as of the following soldiers:— Christopher Windson of the Revolution- ary War who went from Prince William or Fairfax County, Virginia. — Hammill or Hammel of New York State, soldier of the Revolutionary War and Thomas Alexander of New York

MRS. ROBERT LE ROY BYRD MANASSAS, VIRGINIA
who was a soldier of War of 1812 or Revolutionary War, I am not sure which - Thomas Alexander married in Virginia but I think he was of New York as a soldier -
Yours very truly, Mrs. R. L. Byrd

Brief in the case of W m Flammin Pension Claimant
J s Randall agent

Brief in the case of William Flannery a Pension Applicant
Hon L. Cag.
In this application claims for one year ten months & six days as sergeant - The disengagement of the first 18 days as a private in the declaration was an error of the subscriber in drawing the declaration - The second of months term mentioned in the schedule on reviewal by the applicant found have been 3 months & 18 days - Corrected from the last recollection of the applicant the amt is estimated above - The subscriber has taken the liberty to insert in the schedule the names of two Col. whose names escaped the notice of the applicant - Also inserted in the line for days in the printed schedule the figures 18 & 18 - which he found in the declaration - not noted in the declaration - but on examination finds they were included & intended to be included in the 4 months & mentioned above - The Thompson struck them out again -
It will be perceived by the amended declaration of the applicant amended - that he sets forth his last service mentioned as having been performed under Capt. Haight - an omission in the original & declaration -
The subscriber begs leave to state, that the applicant is a very unserviceable & indigent man & so infirm as to render his continuance from week to week extremely doubtful -
An immediate attention to his case would be very gratefully acknowledged by his numerous & respectable connections & friends -
I am most respectfully
Dated July 8 th 1843 -
Yours S er & Serv t
R Randall agent