Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25762, Enoch Hall, Conn

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Hall, Enoch, Esther.
W. 25762
CONTENTS

5021 New York, N.Y.
1829 July 4 Henry Hall history Pres
Esther Hall widow of Con Enoch Hall who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 31 Dollars 54 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of August, 1847 and sent to Hon John I. Slingerland Albany N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 86 Vol. 4

24,086 New York Enoch Hall
of Oneida Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Neill of the Regt. commanded by Col. Dunning in the  service time for 9 Months and 14 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of $1 Dollars 34 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Oct. 1833 and to Henry Remsen
Arrears to the 4th of Oct '33 $78.85 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 M. '34 15.77 $94.62
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. C. [unclear] Clerk, Book C Vol. 1 , Page 104
Det. Rev. & Pensions Dec 33

Geo. Brown Clerk
Enoch Hall's Pension Papers
212 88

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
State of New York } Oneida County }
On this Eighteenth day of December 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before the judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Oneida now sitting Enoch Hall a resident of the Town of Remsen in the County of Oneida and State of New York aged sixty Eight years the 22 d day of July last, 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 here in stated, That he listed as a Drummer for during the war on the first Monday of May in the year 1780 being almost sixteen years of age and at the time he listed he lived with his Father in the Town of Newtown County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut, that he listed into a Company commanded by Capt. Abel Kimbley in Col. Chandlers Regiment, and within two or three days after he listed was marched from Newtown the most direct way to Fishkill, on the North River in the State of New York where he stayed three months, when his Father came to see him and as he was under age his Father got liberty of him before Col. Chandler to have him go home with him
In July 1781 he listed again as a volunteer to serve for nine months, he was in Greenfield in the State of Connecticut at the time he listed, and he listed under Capt. Hill of Fairfield & Lieut. Henry Fairman of Newtown both of

the State of Connecticut, The Regiment was Commanded by Col. Dearing & Major Burr, he with the rest of the Company was Marched immediately after he listed to Horse-neck in the State of Connecticut When they they were stationed and he continued there Eleven months, at the end of that time he received an honorable discharge from one of the officers then in Command, but is not positive as to the name of the officer who signed his discharge - which discharge he has lost While at Horse-neck the British Cap! Barnum who commanded a troop of horse came upon us in the night and fired and killed one of our sentinels, we were all immediately called out and pursued them several miles to the Town of Ryegate but did not come to an engagement, as their object ap- peared to be to plunder from the American Farmers
At the time Danbury was burnt, the whole of the Militia of the Town of Newtown were called out and he with the rest under the Command of Capt. Botchford, his Father was Ensign of the Company and they were Marched immediately to Danbury in Connecticut When he & the rest of the Company arrived before the fire was entirely extinguished and While there they were fired upon by the British but they did not come to any close engagement, he was under Col. Hunting's Command and While there Genl. Putnam came on with a detachment of Troops and pursued the British to Ridgefield where they had a short engagement, at this time he was absent from home two weeks, - He further states that he

was Born July 22 d 1764 in the Town of Newtown County of Fairfield in the state of Connecticut, he has a record of his age in his Bible, And the said Enoch Hall further states that he has no documentary evidence of his services, that he does not know of any one whose testimony he can procure that can testify to his services, That the names of the Persons to whom he is known in his present Neighborhood and who can testify to his Character for veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution are as follows V z . Silas Fowler Esq r . Col. Henry R. Sheldon Doct r . Earl Bills Elias Bardwell Farmer & James Hall Farmer and Rev. Samuel Cross Minister of the Christian Church in said Town & J. Lewis Mason Farmer of said Town of Remsen and the said Enoch Hall further states that after his service in the Army he lived in the Town of Newtown in the state of Connecticut about five years and from then he moved to Bedford in the state of New York, and afterwards to Cambridge and Watervliet & Rome & from then to to the Town of Remsen where he now lives & has lived for the last thirty two years. And he further states that he does not remember to have known any other officers of the Army than those above mentioned. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state
Sworn and subscribed this 18 day of Dec r 1832 J. Read D r of C ls
Enoch Hall
We Samuel Cross — a Clergyman residing in the Town of Remsen and County & State aforesaid and Jarvis Mason residing in the Town of Remsen County & State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Enoch Hall who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we

believe him to be about sixty eight years of age That he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolu- -tion and that we concur in that opinion and that he is a man of truth and veracity  Sworn & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid  Samuel Cross James Mason Joseph B. Read D. J. Clark
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 Samuel Cross who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Remsen aforesaid and that James Mason who has also signed the same is a resident of the Town of Remsen aforesaid and that they are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
C. Hayden, first judge
J. George Brown Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Onondaga aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing second page and annexed affidavit contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the applica-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 18th day of December A.D. 1832  J. George Brown Clerk Jos. B. Read D. J. Clark

We Silas Fowler Earl Bill Henry K. Sheldon & James Hall residing in the Town of Remsen County of Oneida and State of New- =York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Enoch Hall of the Town of Remsen & County & State aforesaid who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty eight 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 and that he is a man of truth and veracity
Subscribed and sworn before me this 14 th of December 1832 and I believe the subscribers to be men of truth and veracity
Silas Fowler Earl Bill Henry K. Sheldon James Hall
Caleb Steves Justice of the peace Remsen
I further certify that I am acquainted with the subscribers and have been for many years
Caleb Steves Justice of the peace

Clerk's Office Oneida County N.Y.
I George Brown clerk of said County do certify that Caleb Steves Esq before whom the within affidavit purport to have been acknowledged sworn, was at the date of the same a justice of the Peace in for said County & duly authorized to act as such, and further that I am acquainted with his handwriting & truly believe his name subscribed thereto to be his proper handwriting & signature. Witness my hand & seal of office this 24 th day of August A.D. 1833
Geo Brown Clerk
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No. 704.
Esther Hall, widow of Enoch H. U.
Act 17 June 1844
Married 1787 Husband died Nov 2. 1847.
Allow d 9 mos 14 days for $31.54 per annum, com. 2 Nov 1847
Allow d Act 2 d Feb 1848.
Wm John S. Hingerland, Albany, N.Y.

Will the Comm ee of Pensions Hon J. S. Edwards Please report this Claim to me
John D. Wingard D D D

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the provision of the act of Congress passed February 2 d 1848, of the act of Congress passed July 29 th 1848, & under the act of Congress passed June 17 th . 1844.
State of New York Oneida County ss.
On this fourteenth twenty fifth day of March July in the year One Thousand Eight hundred and forty nine - personally appeared in open Court before me, P. Sheldon Root, county judge of the court of common pleas of Oneida County, being a court of record held in and for said County in and for said County of Oneida now sitting, Esther Hall, a resident of the Town of Remsen in said County, aged nearly eighty 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 2 d February, 1848, making further provisions for the relief of certain surviving widows of the Officers and soldiers of the Revolution, or for the benefits of the act of July 29 th 1848, and the benefits of the Joint Resolution of Congress approved July 1 st , 1848; and of the act of June 17 th . 1844.
That she this Declarant is now the widow of Enoch Hall, who was a soldier of the United States during a portion of the War of the Revolution, That for his services in said war he drew a Pension at the rate of $31.54 per annum, That he was such Revolutionary Pensioner at the time of his death, That he died in the aforesaid Town of Remsen in said County of Oneida on the second day of November, in the year One Thousand Eight hundred and forty seven.
That Declarant was married to her husband the aforesaid

Enoch Hall, in the month of August, in the year One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty Seven, in the Town of Bedford, County of Westchester and State of New York, by the Revd Mr. Davenport a Presbyterian Clergyman, then Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Bedford aforesaid, - That the following persons were present at her said marriage, to wit, Joshua, James, Uriah, & Stephen Raymond, Ann Raymond, Aaron Reed, and others. That previous to her marriage as aforesaid Declarant resided in said Town of Bedford and bore the maiden name of Raymond. And Declarant further saith that the accompanying Record is her family Record made by her said husband many years ago, or between Twenty and thirty years ago, That the said Record is in the hand writing of the said Enoch Hall, and is as Declarant verily believes true and correct.
Subscribed and sworn on the day and year first aforesaid, in open Court, now sitting being the said Court cont of Meida County & before me  George P. Bridgman Justice of the peace now  sitting in justice court in the town  of Bedford & co aforesaid as presiding judge thereof.
Esther Hall
P. Sheldon Root. County Judge of Meida County Court.
N.B. The words George P. Bridgman Justice &c erased by me in the body of the declaration & the jurat to it, before oath administered &c. also dated P. Sheldon Root. County Judge of Meida County Court.

Meida Young Court.
FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
BIRTHS.
1764 July 22
Enoch Hall was Born & My Wife
1769. April 29 day
Esther Hall was Born & My Oldest
Septem ber 15 day
Daughter Polly Hall was Born & My first son
1788
James Hall was Born
April 2 day
& Sally Hall My 2d daugh
1791
ter was Born &
Janu ary 1 day
Anna Hall My 3d daughter
1793
was Born & Betsy Hall
April 23 day
My 4th Daughter was
1796
Born & Raymond
June 10 day
Hall My 2nd son was
1798
Born & My 5th Daughter
June 1 day
Clairnece Hall was
1802
Born & William
April 26 day
Hall My 3rd son was
1805
Born
March 12 day
1807
Swain more

State of New York } 28. Westchester County }
Rev d David Inglis, being duly sworn according to law, depositeth and saith that he is Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Bedford in said County of Westchester of which Church the Rev d Mr Davenport was Pastor in or about the year 1787. That Deponent has charge of the Records of said Church and has diligently examined said Records in order to find evidence of the marriage of Enoch Hall to Esther Raymond which is reputed to have occurred in 1787, but that Deponent can find no entry of said marriage upon said Records.
The Deponent further depositeth and saith, that it appears from the Records aforesaid that Rev d John Davenport was installed Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Bedford aforesaid on the 18 th of May 1786 and dismissed May 4 th 1791. That on the Index to the said Records there appears the following entry "Marriages p. 61," That the leaf containing p. p. 61 & 62, has been cut or torn out of the said Records and is not to be found. That on page 63 there are certain records of Marriages, and that the date of the first of these Marriages is Feb y 29 th 1788.
David Inglis.
Sworn this 16 th day of January 1849 before me Walter Wheeler Justice of the Peace

State of New York } ss. Westchester County }
I Clarissa Trowbridge, a Resident of the Town of Bedford in said County aged Seventy four years being duly sworn according to Laws do depose and say that I was formerly Well Acquainted With Enoch Hall and Esther Maymond for she was my Sister and before they were Married they lived in Bedford, I Will remember when his visiting & paying his addresses to my Sister Esther and of himself the said Enoch Hall asking my Father Consent to Marry my Sister (for my Father was rather opposed to the Marriage but finally gave Consent) I will remember the time they was to be Married our Friends came in, it was at my Father's House the Revd Mr Davenport was there yet I cannot clearly remember Witnessing the Ceremony, but I Will remember they immediately after this, that they lived together as Husband and Wife and that my Sister Esther left her Father's House and went with him the said Enoch Hall down to the Village of Bedford and went to House keeping for I remember of living with her for a while and she had a babe a Daughter and called her Name Polly, and I do firmly believe that the said Enoch Hall and my Sister Esther Maymond were Married about the year 1787 For Mr Davenport came to Bedford in 1786 & remained but a few years, and because my Sister Anna was Married to Hezekiah Dann about one year before & she also went down to the Village of Bedford, and both of my Sisters Mrs Dann and Mrs Hall the above named, were house keepers near Neighbours in the Village of Bedford at the time I lived with my Sister and it must have been the next year my Sister Esther was Married and that her first child named Polly must be of living about fifty years of age
Clarissa Trowbridge
Sworn and subscribed
this 16 th day of January 1849
before me
Walter Wheeler
Justice of the Peace

State of New York Putnam County
I Aaron Read a Resident of the Town of Bedford in said County aged Eighty one years being duly sworn according to Law Doth Depose and say that I was formerly well acquainted with Enoch Hall and Esther Raymond both of them before they were married lived in Bedford that we were young together & very often in company, that the said Enoch Hall at and before the time of his marriage boarded in our Family, we were associates, and I well remember his paying his addresses to Esther Raymond he used to call her Betty & talk of his marriage but I do not remember being at the wedding, but do remember their living together as Husband and Wife near one house & that he the said Enoch worked at the blacksmith's bench in a shop opposite our house for that was his occupation, that he remained in Bedford a few years & then removed with his wife & family as I understood to the Western part of this State. And that this deponent further saith that he has reason to believe that the said Enoch Hall and Esther Raymond were married about the year 1787, for they lived together as Husband and Wife, some time before this deponent was married. For according to the records of our church I was married by the Rev. Mr. Davenport December 21 st 1790, and this agrees with the record in my Family Bible, and this deponent further saith that he is now and has been for several years past a Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian Church in Bedford, and at several times the church records has been in his keeping, and in which there is an entry of the time the Rev. Mr. Davenport was installed over this church as its congregation at their Pastor and the time of his dismission, making his ministry here from 1786 to 1791 being about five years. And further saith that in company with our present minister the Rev. Mr. Anglin & examining the list of marriages as entered on our church record by the Rev. Mr. Davenport, we found the leaf containing as supposed all the names of those marriages performed in the year 1786 and 1787 to be cut or torn out & gone & not to be found. Sworn this 17 th day of January 1849 Aaron Read before me Walter Keele Justice of the Peace

(Wiltshire County)
I Sarah Raymond a resident of the Town of Bedford in said County aged Seventy Eight Years being sworn according to Law do Depose and say that I was formerly well acquainted with Enoch Hall and Esther Raymond, both of whom before they were married lived in said Town of Bedford, and after they were married they lived together as Man and Wife and occupied part of the Dwelling House in which my Mother & myself & family resided, and I well remember they lodged in a room adjoining the loom in which I slept and I often heard them converse together in the night, and they had a babe or daughter who they called Polly who if now living must be about the age of sixty years.
and this Deponent further saith that she firmly believes that the said Enoch Hall and Esther Raymond were married about the year 1787 for at the time they left our House and moved to the West their little girl Polly was about four years old, and it was some few years after they went to the West before I was married, and I was married in the year 1795 and my oldest child named James is now fifty three years of age.
Sarah Raymond
Sworn this 16 th day of January 1849
before me Walter Keeler Justice of the Peace

Westchester County ss
I Anna Dann a Resident of Bedford in said County Aged Seventy eight years being duly sworn According to Law Do Depose and Say that I was former ly Well Acquainted With Enoch Hall and Esther Ray mond for she was my own Sister. And before they Were Married they lived in Bedford and she the said Esther lived at home in my Father's House, and they the said Enoch Hall and Esther Raymond Were Married in our Father's House by the Revd Mr Davenport and I believe it must have been some time in the year 1787 I know this for it was one year after I Was Married to my husband Abraham Dann & that took place in the year 1786 After which We Moved to the Village of Bedford and in about three years from the time I Was Married I had a Daughter my only Child which I named Eunice and she is now living and is in her fifty fifth year of age and after my Sister Esther Was Married to Enoch Hall they also Moved down into the Village and for a little time my Nearest Neighbors & continued to live together as Husband & Wife in Bedford about five years before they removed to the West. But during their stay in Bedford my Sister Esther Hall had a baby & call her name Polly & she was about four years old when the Parents left Bedford and of the below living she must be about fifty years of age
State of New York,
COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, ss.
I, MUNSON I. LOCKWOOD, Clerk of the County aforesaid, and also Clerk of the Courts in and for said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Walter Keeler Esqr whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed Instruments and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said certificate a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE in and for the said County, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same, according to the laws of the said State. And, further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County and Courts, the
18 th
day of
January
1849
Munson Lockwood
Clerk.

Westchester County ss
I Anna Dann a Resident of Bedford in said County aged Twenty eighty years being duly sworn According to Law Do Depose and say that I Was former ly Well Acquainted With Enoch Hall and Esther Raymond for she was my Own Sister. And before they Were Married they lived in Bedford and she the said Esther lived at home in my Father's House, And they the said Enoch Hall and Esther Raymond Were Married in our Father's House by the Rev. Mr. Loomis and I Was there. It must have been some time in the Year 1787 I know this for it was one year after I Was Married to my husband Abraham Danna & that took place in the Year 1786 After which We Moved to the Village of Bedford and in about three years from the time I Was Married I had a Daughter my Only Child which I named Eunice and she is Now living and is in her Sixtyth Year of age And after my Sister Esther Was Married to Enoch Hall They also Moved down into the Village and for a while lived my Nearest Neighbors & continued to live together as Husband & Wife in Bedford about five years before they removed to the West. But during their stay in Bedford my Sister Esther Hall had a Daughter called Polly & she Was about four Years Old when the Parents left Bedford and as she is Now living she must be about fifty Years of Age.
Sworn and subscribed
this 17th day of January 1849.
before me
Walter Wheeler Justice of the Peace
Anna Danna

State of New York
Clerk's Office Oneida County I, Patrick Mahon Clerk of the said County Certify That V. Sheldon Root Esquire was on the 25 th day of July A D 1849 a County Judge of Oneida County Court duly elected and authorized to act as such Judge in and for the County of Oneida and that the signatures to the annexed and thereon written purporting to be those of the said Judge are genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto affixed my Official Seal and subscribed my name (This 25 th day of July A D. 1849)
Patrick Mahon Clerk

21488
Enoch Hall
N.Y.
Proof
Admitted
Private 9 mo & 14 day
ad
Heman Perry
Remsen
Oneida Co
(h 2)

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
J Wallay 183 3/
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. These 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 Enoch Hall Oneida Co N.Y.
   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.     Enlisted '80 3 Drummer Capt. Kimbly Col. Chandler On N.Y. 88 Fairport Tradg.   Vol. '87 11 for " Hall " Denning Greenfield   14 " " Bletcher " Hunting   14 14   5 discharged   9 14 and 2  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
The applicant must produce the best proof in his power of the 11 mos service - he must have some direct proof

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 [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.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
W. L. Williams Esq.

M rs Work (Albany) Roll Act. 7 June 1837 Eunice Hall, Spri p for annuity, To what time last paid? pd to 4 th Sept. 1847. 12/3/47
Leicester Office Call
To Third Auditor

602. New York, Albany
Esther Hall widow of Enoch who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 31 — Dollars 54 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844.
2 nd November, 1847.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of August, 1849, and sent to
Wm John L. Hingerland Albany, N.Y.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 2 Page 259.

Rev  WIDOW, &c.  aw
File No. 25762
Esther Hall
Wid of
Enoch Hall
Br Newmar
Act: Feb 2nd 1848
Index:—Vol. A , Page 319
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Newton Co

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the provision of the act of Congress passed February 2 d 1848, of the act of Congress passed June 17 th 1844. under the act of Congress passed June 17 th 1844. State of New York
Oneida County ss.
On this fourteenth twenty fifth day of November July B. — in the year One thousand Eight hundred and forty nine — personally appeared in open Court before me J. Nelson Root, court judge of the court of common pleas of the county of Oneida, being a commissioner of the United States in and for said County of Oneida now sitting, Esther Wall , a resident of the Town of Remsen in said County, aged nearly eighty 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 2 d February, 1848, making further provisions for the relief of certain surviving widows of the Officers and soldiers of the Revolution, under the benefits of the act of July 9 th 1840, and the benefits of the Joint Resolution of Congress approved July 12 th 1848, and of the act of June 17 th 1844. That she this Declarant is now the widow of Enoch Wall who was a soldier of the United States during a portion of the War of the Revolution. That for his services in said war he drew a Pension at the rate of $10.00 per annum. That he was such Revolutionary Pensioner at the time of his death. That he died in the aforesaid Town of Remsen in said County of Oneida on the second day of November in the year One thousand Eight hundred and forty seven. That Declarant was married to her husband the aforesaid

Town of Hartford 3/3 Washington County
Sarah Hall being sworn Deposeth and Saith that she is the Mother of Enoch Hall and that he was born July the twenty Second day Seventeen Hundred and Sixty four that in the Revolutionary war Said Enoch had a desire to join the American Army that this deponent and his husband who was then living was much opposed to and to prevent him from going this deponent and his husband sent him to live with a Connection of this deponent who lived at a place Called Rock House in the State of Connecticut, in the Year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty one according to the best Remembrance of this deponent the afore said Enoch enlisted into the American Service and joined the Army at or High Horse Creek as this deponent was informed and  amely believes to be true and this deponent further Saith that some length of time after this this Deponent received Information from a Sister of hers who was living High Horse Creek that the afore said Enoch Hall had enlisted into the American Service for nine months and was then doing duty as a Drummer in a Company Commanded by Captain Hills and Lieutenant Farman which Information this deponent merely believes to be true and this deponent Further Saith Not
Sarah Hall
Sworn and Subscribed the seventeenth day of July Eighteen Hundred and thirty three before me Jordan R Seely Justice
and I believe the said Sarah Hall to be a person of truth and veracity Jordan R Seely Justice

New-York July 27 1838
State of New York Washington county
ss. I James Proudfit Deputy clerk of the said county do certify that Jordan R. Seely Esq r before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said county and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and truly believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said county this 19. day of July 1838.
J. Proudfit Sup. Clerk.

Town of Hampton } Washington County p } Ammon Hall of Hampton afore- -said - being duly sworn, makes oath and says - that Enoch Hall is a brother of this deponent, and that said Enoch now lives in Rensselaer County and that this deponent was knowing to the said Enoch Hall being in the revolutionary service, or in listing first under Captain Timbly in Colonel Chambers Regiment, and after he was gone into the service some time, (this deponent cannot tell how long) his father get him discharged on this first enlist- -ment - Then some time after, this deponent, rem- -embers that Enoch enlisted again, and was gone into the service about one year, these enlistmen- -ts were towards the close of the American Revolution and further this deponent saith not
Ammon Hall
Subscribed and Sworn
This 13 day of July 1833
Before me W m Miller Justice
And I believe the above signer Ammon Hall is a man of truth and veracity W m Miller Justice State of New York,
Washington County ss. I James Proudftt Deputy Clerk of the said county do certify that William Miller Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits of Salomon Hall and Ammon Hall purports to have been sworn was at the dates of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said county - And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits to be his proper hand writing and signature -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said county this 19. day of July 1833. ~ J. Proudftt Dep. Clerk

Town of Hampton Washington County ss. } Zalmon Hall of Whitehall in the County of Washington and State of New York, being duly sworn makes Oath and says - that Enoch Hall now of Rensselaer in the County of Oneida, is a Brother of this deponent and that he was Sixty Eight years old on the 22 nd day of July last 1832. and further I knew him well when he served in the American Revolution. I know that the said Enoch Hall did enlist as a drummer into Captain Kimbley's company and Colonel Chandler's Regiment of Connecticut troops - on the first Monday of May 1780 he being then almost 16 years old. The Lieutenant of said Company was Sacey. All of said Officers were residents of Newtown that said Enoch went to Fish kills with the army, as I was then informed, and that he enlisted for during the war, and that he was gone from home until the fore part of August following, our Father brought him home. as I then understood was in the service three months; and further I was knowing to his enlisting again in July 1781 To go down to Horse-neck in the State of Connecticut - For Nine Months. and I know he was gone Eleven Months. for I carried him down to the camp on or near horse neck, I was in the camp again in the fall, and saw my brother doing duty as a drummer, on his return in May or June 1782 he returned home, and that he had a discharge from Captain Hill and Colonel Deming on Demond further this deponent saith not -
Subscribed and sworn                      Zalmon Hall
This 12 th day of July 1833
before me W m Miller Justice
and I believe the above named deponent Zalmon Hall is a man of truth and veracity
W m Miller Justice

Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Albany August 13 th 49
Hon J. L. Edwards.
Dear Sir,
Herewith enclosed please find papers in support of the claim of Esther widow of Enoch Hall for pension under the acts of June 17 th 1844 and Feby. 22, 1848. This as you will find from examination is but a small claim but I consider the papers and evidence enclosed ample and sufficient proof to sustain the claim.
Please report this claim to me as soon as convenient,
I have the honor to remain Very Respectfully Your obedt Servt. John J. Sturgeland
Albany Co N. Y.
P.S. Has Mary E. Edwards arrived at Washington yet and how is her health J. L. E.