Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7,691, Allen Hackett, N.H.

SERVICE
N.H.
Hackett, Allen Sally
NUMBER
W. 7.691 B.L. Wt. 30785-160-55
CONTENTS

1770. — Ohio. Pittsburgh.
Allen Hackett of the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Greene of the — commanded by — in the N. Hampshire line for One Year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pensions at the rate of 40. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of April. 1832 and sent to B. Harper, Harperfield. Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 33. 80 — Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th Mo. '33 20 —
$100.80
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. R. Balmer Clerk, Book 6. Vol. 8, Page 113,

4829
Ohio Cleveland Sally Hackett, widow of Allen Hackett N H
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 3 rd day of January and sent to
Jones & Hall Jefferson Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 163. Vol. A.
1831.

180693
Act 3, March
June 29th
Sally Hackett wife of Allen Hackett. pm.
Capt Col
Vol
180693
Revolutionary War
Revolutionary Pension
July 53 6829
Will 60 A. pm. 13/57 Alfred
James Wall Lepperman Ohio
Vol Hb = 1 = 31

Allen Harkins - Secretat- ion & Pension papers
admitted before
25th/1832 for
deposition with
Lo M
17/1/31
Service One year in the New Hampshire Militia
{ N.B. his name is found among the Rolls at Washington }

The State of Ohio } Ashtabula County } B
On this Twenty fifth day of September AD 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting in & for the County of Ashtabula aforesaid Allen Hackett of Harpersfield in said County a resident of the Town of Harpersfield County Ashtabula aforesaid aged Seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to Law with on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress passed June Seventh AD 1832 that he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers & served as here in after stated. That he entered in a Company Commanded by Capt Green of New Hampshire Troops in the Month of January AD 1776 in the Town of Farmington in the State of New Hampshire for one year that said Company belonged to a Regiment Commanded by Col Butler. That in the Month of February of that year he was marched with his Company then under Command of Lieut. John White with said Regiment to Quebec in Lower Canada & then joined the American Army then under Command I think of Generals Arnold & Continental then till the 6 day of May when the American Army left Quebec & retreated at that time I was in the Hospital confined with the smallpox my self with several others, we left the Hospital & followed after the army, and found it at Sorell & was a short time at the Quarters at Sorell we joined with General Sullivan Brigade & went to Lake Champlain up the Lake to Mount Independence, where I was stationed till the last of November or first of December our Regiment was then ordered to Albany to be discharged as our time was about out. I was then sick & obtained leave from Lieut White who was my officer to go home from there with out going to Albany, & did so & remained at home the last of December after having given a "Gran but did not get a written discharge because my health was such I could not well go to Albany. I was in the Siege at Quebec before I had the smallpox. I her by relinquish every Claim what ever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension Rolls of the agency of any State.
Sworn & subscribed to the day & year aforesaid
L. Moffatt Associate Judge
Allen Hackett
We Jonathan Sibley a Clergyman residing in the Town of Geneva in the County of Ashtabula and J.B. Bartholomew residing in Harpersfield in the same County her by certify that we are well acquainted with Allen Hackett

who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 74 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Jonathan Leslie
J. B. Bartholomew Sworn & subscribed to the day & year aforesaid
L. Moffitt Associate Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and farmer as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Jonathan Leslie who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the Town of Geneva — and that J. B. Bartholomew who has also signed the same is a resident of Harpersfield in the County of Ashtabula and is a creditable person & that their statements is entitled to credit
The State of Ohio
Ashtabula County ss
I Sam. Hendry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ashtabula aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing containing the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Allen Hackett for a Pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Jefferson the 25th day of September A.D. 1832 Sam. Hendry Clerk

Adolph Jones & Hall Jefferson Ohio

State of Ohio
Ashtabula County ss }
On this fifth day of September A.D. 1884 personally appeared before me J. A. Giddings Probate Judge within and for the County & State aforesaid Mrs. Sally Hackett a resident of the Town of Jefferson in the County of Ashtabula & State of Ohio aged fifty five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision recited by the laws of the United States passed on the 3rd day of February A.D. 1853: That she is the widow of Allen Hackett who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of forty dollars per annum That said Allen Hackett resided in the Town of Jefferson aforesaid dur- ing the time he drew his pension, and was paid at the Pension Agency at Pittsburgh Pennsylvania She further declares that she was married to the said Allen Hackett on the 23rd of January

in the year one thousand eight Hundred and nineteen at the town of Durham in the province of Lower Canada: That her husband the said Allen Hackett departed this life on the 17 th October A.D. 1841; That she was married to him at the time above stated, but that she has no knowledge that there is any record of said marriage either of a Public or a private kind
She further swears that she was a widow on the 3 rd of February A.D. 1853 at the passage of said act, and is still a widow; and that she has never before made application for a Pension Sally Hackett
Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day and year above written in open court-
J. A. Seddings
Probate Judge

State of Ohio } I hereby certify that Ashtabula County } J. H. H. Dings Esq before whom the foregoing declaration was made and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing Probate Judge in and for said County duly qualified and sworn
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office as clerk of the Court of Com. Pleas of said County this 8 th day of September A.D. 1854 A. Kellogg Clerk

State of Ohio Ashtabula County } ss
On this 5 th day of September A.D. 1854 Personally came before me J. A. Budding Probate Judge in & for said County James Hacket who being duly sworn says, that he is a son of Allen Hacket who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and of Sally Hacket who made application for Pension as the widow of said Allen Hacket that he was present at the death of his said Father Allen Hacket which occurred on the 17 th day of October A.D. 1841 at the Township of Jefferson in the County & State aforesaid. He further says that he is of the age of thirty four years, and resided with his said Father & Mother up to the day of his Father's death, that his said Father & Mother from his first remembrance to his death openly lived & co- habited as husband & wife;

That he has also three brothers of the said marriage. He further says that the said Sally Hocket is now a widow and was a widow on the 30 th of February A.D. 1853 at the time of the passage of the act under which she applies for a Pension. James H. Hocket
Sworn & Subscribed before me the day and year above written, & I cer- tify that I am acquainted with said James Hocket & that he is a credible witness; I further certify that I have no interest as agent or otherwise in said claim to which said Affi- davit relates
J. A. Giddings Probate Judge

I Roger Prentice of the Town of Jefferson depose & say, that about thirty two years ago Allen Hackett & Sally Hackett came to reside in the Township of Hor- nersfield in the County of Asht- abula & State of Ohio, when he became acquainted with them, that they resided there about thirteen years and then removed to Ashtabula & soon after it to Jefferson in said County; that he has been acquainted with the said parties from the first acquaintance of said up to said Allen Hackett's death, that they lived & co- habited as Husband & Wife during that time, and this affiant believes them to have been duly married as far as such belief & judgment can be formed from co-habitation & reputation of marriage. He further says that there were four issues of said marriage, and that Sally Hackett was

a widow of said Allen Hackett on the 3 d of February A.D. 1853 and is now a widow. N.B. Patten
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 5 th day of September A.D. 1854 & I further certify that the above named Noyes B. Patten is to me well known and that he is a man of entitled to credit, and full confidence may be placed in his testimony J. A. Gittings Probate Judge
Adolph Jones & Hall Jefferson Ohio

The State of Ohio, Ashtabula County: ss.
On this 25 th day of June 1855, before me, the undersigned, a J.P., duly authorized by law, to administer oaths within and for the county and state aforesaid, personally appeared Sally Hackett aged 56 years, a resident of Jefferson in the county of Ashtabula and state of Ohio; who, being sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Allen Hackett who was a private in the company of infantry commanded by Captain in the regiment New Hampshire commanded by in the war with the Revolution. That her husband enlisted or entered the service at about the day of A. D. 181 ; for the term of and continued in actual service in said war, for the term of and was honorably discharged at on the day of A. D. 18
She further states that she was married to the said Allen Hackett on the 22 nd day of January A. D. 1819, by one John Currier a Clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Sally Snell; that her husband died at Jefferson O. on the 17 th day of Oct r A. D. 1841 and that she is now a widow. She says that she was made a Pensioner of the U.S. as widow of Allen Hackett on the 8 th day of January 1855.
That she has never heretofore made application for Bounty Land, under the Act of Congress, 18, and received a Land Warrant, No. for acres, which she has since legally disposed of, and cannot now return. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the 160 acres Bounty land to which she may be entitled on account of said service, under the Act approved the 3d day of March, 1855: she also declares that she has not received a Warrant for Bounty land, under this or any other Act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor except that that she believes the said Allen Hackett never received Bounty land for said service; she further says, she authorizes Jones & Hall of Jefferson, Ohio, to act as her attorneys in obtaining said bounty land. She further says that there is no private or public record of her said marriage as she believes. Sally Hackett We, Darius Cadwell and A. Kellogg residents of Jefferson in the County of Ashtabula and State of Ohio, being duly sworn, do, upon our oaths, declare that the forgoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sally Hackett in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statement of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
M. J. Wright A. Kellogg
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.
Darius Cadwell J.P.

17131 - 7.770
Allen Hackett Ashtabula co. Ohio
Adm for 1 year from 1796 $40-00
R. Harper Harpersfield Ohio

BRIEF in the case of Allen Hackett of Ashtabula co. in the State of Ohio (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     Enlisted In 1776 1 Capt. Green  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Seige of Luebeck  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Tamworth, New Hampshire  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? Court 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. B. Bradford. Examining Clerk.

Brief in the case of
Sally Hackett, W. of Allen,
Ashtabula County and State of Ohio
act 3 d July: 1853,
Claim, ("original," and for increase )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was pensioned under the Act of 7 th June, 1832, (a) the rate of 40.00 per Mo. Two witness testf y to General reputation of marriage & Cohabitation of over 30 years & that the parties raised a family of children. Pension paid 17 th October, 1841, as per the Affidavits of two credible witnesses. Report of the Third Auditor. Witnessed & certified by the Auditor. Affidavits of two Credible Affiants.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Messrs Jones & Hall, Jefferson Name and residence of Agent Ohio,
J. C. Supton, Examining Clerk.

Jefferson Ohio Dec. 18. 1851
Hon. Comr. of Pensions Washington D.C.
We enclose the Application of Sally Hackett for a Pension under the act of February 1853
Respectfully Jones & Hall

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Allen Hackett, Ashtabula co. Ohio which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1, 2, 7
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

2 to 30 years, up to 10: Rain. Jan. 10th; 2 to 10 years. 17th Oct. 41, 2 to 10 years.
[Handwritten signature: "R. [unclear]"]

Genl. Atty Office.
Dec. 26 th 1852.
Sir:
Please certify the time to which the within named pension was paid. On the date of his death.
Very Respectfully,
L. Malles
100 41
Commissary,
W. B. [unclear]
Mr. Randall
W. F. Atkinson Esq.
Third Auditor. Dec. 13. 52.

Allen Hackett paid to 4 Sept 1841.
Robt Johnson Auctioneer
Robt Johnson
Dec 26 th 1852.
Sir:
Please certify the
time to which the
names of persons were
paid the date of his death.
Very Respectfully,
I am Sir
Robt Johnson
Robt Johnson
Robt Johnson
Robt Johnson

Sally Hackett, wid: of Allen, N o 5.329 Atholton Ohio
Nov 15 th $40. 00 per An. Com: July 3.1853.
Rev:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business
Miss: Mrs. H. Hall, Commissioner Jefferson

John Hackett Ohio and Painesville 6000
Paymaster Washington D.C.
Rev. Deacon [unclear] H.C. [unclear]

Sally Hackett - W. H. Allen - Ohio 25. 1833
May 1833
76
Joseph C. Barnett Esq. Clerk of Superior Court Washington

THE STATE OF OHIO, } Ashtabula County, ss: }
I, Amner Kellogg, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Ashtabula,
certify that Darius Cadwell Esquire, by whom the annexed and foregoing Indictment  Declaration and Affidavit as en- taken, was, at the dates thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the said county, duly qualified, and as such duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am acquaint- ed with the Hand-Writings of said Justice, and believe the
Signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said court, at Jefferson, the 25 days of June A. D. 1855
A. Kellogg , Clerk.

State of Ohio Ashtabula County ss }
Personally came before me a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, N.B. Prentiss who being sworn says, that he was acquainted with Almon Hackett in his life time, that he is also acquainted with Sally Hackett his widow, that the said Almon & Sally Hackett lived and cohabited as husband & wife within the personal knowledge of this affiant for the period of about Eleven years, prior to the said Almon Hackett's death, and that there were several children of said marriage, that the said Almon departed this life about the year 1841, and that the said Sally Hackett has remained his widow and unmarried from his death to the present time. N.B. Prentiss
Sworn & subscribed before me & in my presence this 25 th June 1855, and I certify that the witness is credible, and that I have no interest in this claim or the proceedings thereof. G. G. Gail

180693
Sally Hackett widow of Allen Hackett
Adolph Jones & Hall Jefferson Ashtabula Co. Ohio

Pension Certificate of Sally Hackett City,
Department of the Interior: Widows' Pension I certify that in conformity with the 2 d section of the act of February 3, 1853 Sally Hackett widow of Allen Hackett who was a private in the New Hampshire war is inscribed on the Pension List at the rate of Forty dollars per annum commencing on the 3 d of February 1853, and continuing for life unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not for other than the time of such marriage
Given at the Department of the Interior this third day of January one thou- sand eight hundred and fifty three R. McLaughlin Secretary of the Interior
Examined & Certified
L. H. Noble Commissioner of Pensions
"Recorded in the Pension Office on the roll of Pensions under act Feb y 3 d 1853 page 163 book A G. T. Ely Clerk

30.785
5
Her Aug

Hon. S. P. Waldo
Commr of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No.
7691
Sally Hackett
Wid
Allen Hackett
Birt Rev War
Act:
Chely 37
1848.
Index:—Vol.
24
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[Arrangement of 1870.]