Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16159, Asahel Hull, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Hull, Asahel
S16159
CONTENTS
Carded

804
New York
Asahel Hull
of Greene Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Com'y of Artillery commanded by Captain Moore & attached to the Reg't commanded by Col. Baldwin &c in the Connecticut line for 39 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars & 00 Cents per Ann. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Octr. 1831 and sent to J. H. Goslee.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 $120- Semi-annual allowance ending in Mar. '33 40-
$160
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. W. Crump Clerk, Book D Vol. 5 Page 99

2324.
Asahel Hull
Windham, Greene Co.,
New York.

2324.
BRIEF in the case of Asahel Hull , of Windham, Greene Co., in the State of New York . (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? It does.  3. How old is he? 72 years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1776 2 private Gen. Col. Baldwin, Cap t Moore   About last January 2 Substitute Col. Baldwin, Cap t S. Yale   About 1 st Aug t 1776 3 private Cap t Hotchkiss - Adjt t R. Bradley   About Jany 1777 4 " part of time under Genl. Woodhull   Sep t " 3 " Cap t Miles Johnson   About 1 st Jany 1778 12 " Cap t Collins, Col. T. Brooke   Spring of 1778 7 " Cap t Blish Chapman, H. A. Booley, Col. M c Lean   June 1780 6 Substitute Col. Sherman   July 1. 1781 private Col. Butts, H. Col. Grey  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Retreat at New York; Skirmish at Valintines Hill.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wallingford, New Haven Co., Conn t .  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Perfect, except that his papers are not connected as prescribed. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Havell Examining Clerk.

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New-York State } County of Greene } ss.
On this 21 st day of July 1832 personally appeared before me Munson Dool, one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas of said county, Asahel Hull a resident of Windham in the county of Greene and state of New-York, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That on or about the last of January 1775 he enlisted at the town of Wallingford County of New-Haven & state of Connecticut as a private under Capt. Morse of the same town, & that Col. Baldwin commanded the Regiment the engagement was for two months, and well recollects passing through Hartford on the march, and was stationed at Roxbury in the vicinity of Boston, served for two months, and was discharged, poorly recollects that his Lieut. name was Shepherd and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to the above service.
That about the 1 st of August in 1776 he entered the service (as a substitute for Joel Hull) who was drafted at Wallingford aforesaid for two months, in the company commanded by Capt. Stephen Gale, recollects that Amos Hall was ensign and that Col. Baldwin commanded the Regiment, embarked at New-Haven and went through Long-Island sound to the city of New-York & was stationed at New-York - was present at the retreat from the city and was afterwards stationed in the neighbourhood of Kingsbridge where he served the time above mentioned out and was discharged, knows of no person by whom he could prove the above service, & has no written document whereby he can prove the above service.
That about January 1777 he enlisted at Wallingford in the state of Connecticut for three months under Capt. Amos Hotchkiss of Cheshire, (what the troops were called cannot tell, thinks New-Levies) does not recollect the name of the Col., the adjutant was Roe Bradley also of Cheshire, lived in Wallingford at the time he enlisted & was march- -ed to Low-pits in the state of New-York, where the Regt.

was stationed the principal part of the time, and done duty at Rye-neck, & Mamaroneck. Was commanded by Genl. Wooten, & was discharged at Sawports on or about the first of April same year, Marched from New Haven through Stratford, Fairfield & Norwalk & to Horse-neck - has no documentary evidence & knows of no person who can testify to the above service.
That some time in the month of September 1777 he was called out in the militia, from Wallingford, state of Vermont & marched to Fishkill in the state of New-York, went by way of Litchfield state of Connecticut was stationed at a place called Stoney-ridge near Peekskill, served out the two months & was there discharged. The company he served in was commanded by Capt. Miles Johnson, Belonged to a Regiment of militia which was called out at the time Burgoyne was approaching from the north, and the enemy were burning & plundering on the north-River, and that after arriving at the North-River part of the Regiment was discharged, while the remainder together with this applicant was retained in service for two months has no written documents of the above service nor knows of no person to be procured who can testify to the above service.
That about the first of January 1778 he enlisted for three months in Capt. Collins Company (of new levies raised at that time at Wallingford state of Connecticut) in the Regiment commanded by Col. Thaddeus Cooke and was stationed at various places along the lines, in East & West Chester & was on Valentines-Hill, and at Mamaroneck where he was discharged at the expiration of the three months as aforesaid. does not recollect what officers were present except those named and Lieut. Dan Johnson & Capt. Grumball of North Haven was in a small skirmish at Valentines-Hill and was discharged at the expiration of three months about the first of April, Has no documentary evidence & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to the above service.
That in the spring of 1778 he enlisted in the Connecticut state troops for one year, (does not know the particular time when he so enlisted) enlisted at

Wallingford, County of New-Haven & State of Connecticut was in the company commanded by Capt. Elisha Chapman & was entitled under Lieut. Asahel Cooley, the Regt. was under the command of Col. M c Lauren and was stationed at different places in the State of Connecticut applicant was stationed at New-Haven, East-Haven & at New-London in fort Trumbull, served out the year and was discharged at New-London at the expiration of the said enlistment, did not receive any written discharge, has no documentary evidence & knows of no person, whose testimony he can produce who can testify to the above service, except Eliakim Storrs who served in the same company for three months.
That he entered the service of the United States about the month of June 1780 in the room of Seba Bronson for eight months in 8 th Connecticut Regiment commanded by Col. Sherman, does not recollect the names of the company officers. The name of the orderly serg t . was Thompson; that he served out the said enlistment and was discharged at the Highlands opposite West-Point about the first of January. That he resided at Wallingford, County of New-Haven State of Connecticut at the time he so enlisted went by way of Litchfield & Newtown and joined the Regt. in the Highlands was at Lapham at the time of the execution of Andre and was discharged at the Highlands about the first of January 1781. The discharge was signed by the Col. Sherman & is now lost or destroyed, has no documentary evidence & knows of no person, by whom he can prove the said service.
That about the last of June or first of July 1780 he enlisted for six months in the 4 th Connecticut Regt. commanded by Col. Butler, that the Lieut. Col. was none Grey, the company to which this applicant was attached was under the command of Capt. Enock Reed. The ensign was of the name of Smith, resided at Wallingford when he entered the service & joined the Regt. at the Highlands & was there stationed generally in that neighbourhood, that in the month of October he was detached for the purpose of hauling wood from

Verplank's Point to West Point, was engaged at that for some time & then sent with others back of Newburgh to cut wood for Genl. Washington for his winter quarters.
Then joined the Regiment & was then discharged by Genl. Washington at West Point about the month of December or January — The said applicant entered the service at the two last mentioned times under the call for men to fill up the continental Regiments for the summer campaigns — Discharge lost.
We hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid. before me Mearns Root a judge of the court of Common Pleas of the county aforesaid —
Asahel Hull
We Chester Hull, a resident of the town of Lexington and Samuel Mearns, residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted Asahel Hull who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; and have been so acquainted for at least fifty years past; and have frequently heard him detail the circumstances named in the above declaration, frequently for the time as mentioned that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion and further that we knew the officers named in his declaration, viz Lieut. Shepard, Capt. Stephen Yale, Ensign Amos Hall, Capt. Miles Johnson, Col. Phaddeus Cooke, Lieut. Dan Johnson & Capt. Trumbull,
Chester Hull
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Samuel Mearns
before me Mearns Root a judge of the court of Common Pleas of the county aforesaid
And the said Judge doth hereby declare his 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 said Judge further certifies, that it appears to him that Chester Hull and Samuel Mewin who have signed the proceeding certificate are residents of the town of Lexington in the County of Greene & State of New York and are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit.
And the said Judge further certifies the said Asahel Hull is unable from bodily infirmities to attend court
Munson Puel a judge of the court of common pleas of the county aforesaid being a court of record—
State of New York Greene County ss.
I William T. B. Hermance Clerk of the County of Greene do certify that Munson Puel Esq. before whom the above declaration or affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, one of the Judges of the court of common pleas of the said county, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and do verily believe his name subscribed to the said declaration or affidavit, to be his hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office this fourteenth day of August 1832.
William T. B. Hermance Clerk

State of New York Greene County } ss.
Elizkin Stannard of the Town of Durham in the County aforesaid, being first duly sworn according to law, says, that he was orderly sergeant of a Company of Connecticut State Troops under the command of Captain Eliza Chapman and stationed at New-London, served for three months & that while he so served, Asahel Hull belonged to the said company, was a private & so continued to serve until he the said Respondent was discharged, thinks this was in the year 1778.
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 3 rd day of July 1832
Henry Goslee
State of New York. Greene County ss I. William T. B. Hermance Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Henry Goslee Esq. before
whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and do verily believe, that his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office this fourteenth day of August 1832.
William T. B. Hermance Clerk

16.159 INVALID.
File No. 16.159
Asahel Hull
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]