Subj: William Hall II Revolutionary War Pension Application (Transcribed) Date: Monday, March 6, :15:01 PM From:

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1 Subj: William Hall II Revolutionary War Pension Application (Transcribed) Date: Monday, March 6, :15:01 PM From: bcc: HHallChem Dear Halls. Cousin Jesse F. Hall kindly sent me photocopies of William H's Rev. War Pension Application, along with his transcription of much of it and his analysis of information it contains. William II is the brother of my ancestor Anthony, son of William I and Hannah Richardson. I think it is interesting that William was 95 years old when he applied for the pension from Monroe Co. Ohio. He was then living with his son Wm. Ill, and one witness to his character said that Wm. II attended the "regular Baptist Church." I have lifted this pension information from William H's PAF notes, entered today, for your perusal. William said in his testimony that he had no documentation for his claims, so I think it would be wasted time to hope there is anything else in his pension packet. Bill Hall-note that a Henry Hall of Preston Co. VA is one of Wm.'s witnesses. Enjoy! Sherlene B PENSION APPLICATION AT AGE 95 FROM WASHINGTON TWP., MONROE COUNTY, (AND WOODSFIELD CO.) OHIO, WHILE ATTENDING BAPTIST CHURCH AND LIVING WITH SON WILLIAM: Jesse F. Hall sent shb, Feb 2000, a photocopy of William ll's original pension application, along with his transcription and an analysis. I (Sherlene Hall Bartholomew) have gone over the photocopy, made a few changes more true to the initial spelling, punctuation, and include Mr. Hall's analysis, as follows: 3/6/0 America Online : HHallChem Page 1

2 Cover Sheet says "Service Va. - Hall, William - Number S " Handwritten below is this note: "The attached 16 pages are true copies of Revolutionary war Pension files - Film M Archives - Roll #1166- Seimes MicroFilm - NSDAR - Janice E. Paliemi [Raliemi?~shb] - October 6, 1993." "The State of Ohio, Monroe County on this 31st day of August 1838 personally appeared before me, Jeremiah Holister, one of the associate Judges in the County aforesaid, William Hall of Washington township in the said County of Monroe, aged 95 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 7th That he Entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and Served as herein Stated. "That he was drafted for three months and went to Winchester to guard prisoners under Captain Cehon. he believes in the year 1781 that he Served the Said three months he believes he went out in the faul [sic-shb] and came home in the winter. "Second he was drafted to go to Winchester to guard British prisoners under one Captain Crookshanks in the year 1782 that he Served Said three months guarding prisoners was discharged but he thinks not in writing. "3rd that he was drafted and march[ed--shb] to Richmond and falmouth and Several places Rembers [sic-should be "remembers"] Crossin [sic] a Large water very wide and he thinks his Capt. name was Brown about the time he was to be discharged peace was made Rembers [sic] Colonel Bird Colonel Morgan that he was never in an engagement or Battle "That he thinks he Can prove his Service by Sally Powell Nimrod Snider or 3/6/0 America Online : HHallChem Page 2

3 Caty Snider or Henry Hall. [Next page] "That he has no documentary evidence. 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 and that his memory is so impaired he Cannot recollect precisely [?~shb] as to the times of the year or day of the month but that he Served at Least nine months, at three Several tours "Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid "Jer Holister William X Hall - his mark "Associate Judge "I do hereby Certify that from bodily infirmity the above applicant William Hall Cannot attend the Court - Jer. Hollister Associate Judge "Interogatories "1st. where and in what year were you Born - ans I was born near a place caled front Royal in Virginia and not far from Stavertown in the year 1743 [sic shb]. "2nd have you any record of your age and if So where is it - "ans he has none "3rd where were you Living when Caled into Service where have you Lived Since the Revolutionary war and where do you now Live - "ans when Caled into Service I was Living in Shanodoah [sic] Virginia and near front Royal Since the war Lived in Preston County va and I now Live in Monroe County Ohio "4th how was you Caled into Service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a Substitute and if a Substitute for whom - ans I was drafted 3/6/0 America Online : HHallChem Page 3 «

4 [Next page] "5th State the names of Some of the regular officers who were with the Troops where you Served Such Continal [probably "Continental" shb] Regiments and Militia as you can recollect - "[ans] Col Morgan Col Bird Capt Cehon Capt Brown Capt Crookshanks "The General Circumstance of his Service was that he was drafted for three months twice to guard prisoners and marched a land [probably meant "long"-shb] distance and discharged at the Close of the war. and was drafted and went to Richmond falmouth and other places in Virginia "6th did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if So by whom was it given and what has become of it - "ans I did receive a discharge Each time but do not know what has become of it "7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who Can testify to your Character for truth and veracity and their belief of your Service as a Soldier of the Revolution - "ans John R. Dye James Carothers Cornilus Okey Elias Conger William Mason [Jesse wrote a note that Mason was Sheriff-also notes under the names of Dye and Carothers that I cannot read-shb] "Mr. John R Dye a Clergyman residing in County of Monroe and State of Ohio and William Mason residing in the Same hereby Certify that we are well acquainted [with-shb] William Hall who has Subscribed and Sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be 95 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 [Signed-shb] John R Dye, Wm Mason [initialed, as were the other pages, by JR shb]." [Next page] and I do hereby declare my 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 I do further Certify that it appears to me that John R Dye who has Signed the preceeding Certificate is a Clergyman 3/6/0 America Online : HHallChem Page 4

5 residing [in-shb] the County of Monroe aforesaidand that William Mason is a Credible person and that their Statement is entitled to credit. [Signed by~shb] Jer Hollister Associate Judge "and I do further Certify that the Said applicant upon his oath declares the reason he has not made an Earlier application is that he Lives remote from the County Seat and was not informed on the Subject that he Supposed it was only regular Soldier that was Entitled did not know the Law embraced Militia [I think that reads "Cases"~shb]. that he Lives with his Son William that he owns no property and his Son is poor and Lives on a rented farm [Signed-shb] Jer Hollister Associate Judge [Jesse F. Hall transcription ends here. For the record, I transcribe the rest of the photocopies of this pension record, as sent me by Mr. Hall shb]: "State of Ohio - Monroe County. I Robert F. Taylor Clerk of the Court of Common Please within aforsaid County Do Certify that Jer Hollister Esquire is an acting Judge of said Court within aforsaid County duly Commissioned & Qualified according to law And [?] that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto sld my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Woodsfield the 9th [?-shb] day of January [Signed-shb] Robert F. Taylor - Clerk [initialled by JR~shb] [On the side of this notarization is a note: " William Hall - Ohio" shb] [Next page-shb] A letter is included in this pension file, sent August 6, 1931 by a Mr. William H. Maddox, Wadsson [?~typing smeared, hard to read-shb], Ohio: - Rev. & 1812 Wars Sections AWF [this typed over at right side of address-smeared, hard to read-under that someone handwrote in "Wm Hall S 16142"~shb.] "Dear Sir. [paragraph] You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S , that William Hall was born in 1743 near Front Royal, Virginia, [paragraph] While residing in Shenandoah, near Front Royal, Virginia, he enlisted and served with the Virginia Troops, as follows-in 1781, three 3/6/0 America Online : HHallChem Page 5

6 months in Captain Cehon's (?) company; in 1782, three months in Captain Crookshank's company [? I think a questionmark there shb] later three months in Captain Brown's company, there are no specific dates of service given, [paragraph] After the Revolution he lived in Preston County, Virginia, [paragraph] He was allowed pension on his application executied August , then a resident of Washington Township, Monroe County, Ohio; at this time he was living with his son William, [paragraph] Henry Hall was a resident of Preston County, Virginia in 1838 [the final "8" is blurred, hard to read-shb], there is no relationship shown, and there are no further data relative to soldier's family. Very truly yours, A. D. Sillen [?-can't read, last name blurred-shb], Assistant to Adminstrator." [page also intialled by JR-shb] [Next page-shb] "[No. printed at top is 0767-shb] - [Handwriting on page reads-shb]: William Hall - Ohio - Suspended - [hard to read this next part-my guess is shb]: Ct June '39 - J. Hollister. Ct to do. Nov [At bottom is handwritten-shb]: "Act of June '32." [Initialed at bottom by] JR." TWO INQUIRIES SENT TO BUREAU OF PENSIONS: [Next two pages are answers to letters of inquiry by Miss Blanche T. Dillin (answered 16 Mar 1931) and a Wm H. Maddox, M.D., of Wauseon, OH, written to the Bureau of Pensions, Washington D.C., 20 July 1931, that apparently was referred to a Land Office. This Maddox is interested in "The William Hall [who]... acquired the south half of Sec. 4 Town 5 Range 9 [?-number cut off-shb] in Springfield Twp., Clark Co., Ohio by patent from James Madison President dated July to William Hall of Kentucky." There was no new information in the response to Dillin, so I do not retype it here-shb.] HENRY HALL OF PRESTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA TESTIFIES FOR WILLIAM: [Next page-all handwritten, with initials JR in lower right hand corner]: "Common Welth [sic] of Virginia - Preston County - Be it known that on this 22nd day of December 1838 personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Henry Hall a resident in Said County and after being duly Sworn according to Law Saith that he 3/6/0 America Online : HHallChem Page 6

7 is well acquainted with William Hall of Monroe County Ohio and that he also knows that Said William Hall was a Soldier of the Revolution that the Said William Served three Several tours of three months Each under Capt Cehan Capt Crookshanks and Capt Brown and he further Saith that the tours of Service was performed from the year 1780 to 1782 or near the Close of the Revolution and further this deponent Saith not Sworn and Subscribed the day and year first above written before me Joseph Mathew J.P. [and signed] Henry Hall [Statement below shb]: "I do hereby Certify that the above named Henry Hall is a Credible witness and a man in good Circumstance respectable in this neighborhood Joseph Mathew J.P." shb 5 Mar 2000 CATY SNIDER OF PRESTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA TESTIFIES FOR WILLIAM: [Next page all handwritten shb]: "Common Welth [sic] of Virginia - Preston County - Be it known that on this 22nd day of December 1838 personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Caty Snider a resident of Said County who after being duly Sworn acording to Law Saith that She knows that William Hall of Monroe County Ohio was a Soldier of the Revolution that She well remembers of his Service in the year 1781 that he went out about the middle of April 1781 and returned in July and that after wards he went and Served three months went the four part of winter and returned in April 1782 that She believes he Served a third Tour but is not personally knowing to that the two first tours She personally knows of and distinctly recollects the fact as Stated. Sworn and Subscribed to before the day and year above written [signed by-shb] James Snider witness - Joseph Mathew J. P., Caty Snider + her mark [paragraph]: and I do hereby Certify that the above named Caty Snider is a woman of Credibility and veracity and respectable in her neighbourhood, [signed-shb] Joseph Mathew J. P. [initials JR at bottom right shb]." SON FOLLOWS UP ON FATHER WILLIAM'S APPLICATION: [Next page-shb]: Woodsfield Ohio Nov 6th Dear Sir [paragraph] I would not 3/6/0 America Online : HHallChem Page 7

8 intentionaly [sic] make you trouble but as the Son of William Hall is frequently Caling on me to know if his father is Like to obtain a pension and as I forwarded to the war department the [can't read-shb] or reasons for his not making an earlyer application Some three months ago will you pleas inform me how his case Stands. Respectfully yours, Jer. Hollister." SALLY POWELL, AGE 69, KNEW WILLIAM SINCE CHILDHOOD IN SHENANDOAH, VIRGINIA-TESTIFIES FOR WILLIAM: "State of Ohio, Monroe County [can't read two initials shb] [paragraph-can't read first word-shb]... Be it known that on this 31st day of August 1838 personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the advocate Judges in and for the County aforesaid Sally Powell who being duly Sworn according to Law being Sixty-nine years of age doth declare that She has been acquainted with William Hall from her Childhood and that She knows that the Said William Hall Served as a Soldier of the Revolutionary War for about nine months at three tours knows well of his Service but does not recollect his officers names She Lived at the time of the Revolutionary war at a Place Caled Shanondoa in Virginia. Sworn and Subscribed the day and year first above written. [Signed by-shb] Sally Powell X her mark, Jer. Hollister Associate Judge [paragraph] I do hereby Certify that the above named Sally Powell is a Credable witness and in good repute in her neighbourhood. Jer Hollister, Associate Judge [statement below-shb]: State of Ohio Monroe County [those two unreadable initials, again-shb] I Robert F. Naylor Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby Certify that Jeremiah Holister Esquire is an acting associate Judge of said County within & for said County duly commissioned & qualified according to law. And that the foregoing Signatures purporting to be his are Genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Woodsfield the 9th day of January Robert F. Naylor Clerk" WILLIAM INFIRM FOR TEN TO TWELVE YEARS BEFORE 1838: [Next page- 3/6/0 America Online : HHallChem Page 8

9 shb] "State of Ohio - Monroe County [paragraph] Be it known that before me Jeremiah Hollister an associate Judge in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared William Hall a Resident of said County and after being duly Sworn according to Law deposeth and Saith that the reasons of his not makeing an earlier application for a pention are as follows to wit - that he resides at a distance from any Source of information in a verry [sic] thinly Settled part and that his age and infirmity is Such that for the Last ten or twelve years he has been almost entirely confined to the house and farm that it has only been two or three years Since he first was informed on the Subject and Since that time he has been trying to procure his testimony and further this deponent Saith not Sworn and Subscribed this 9th day of July 1839 before me [signed-shb] Jer Holllister associate Judge - William Hall X his mark [below this]: State of Ohio Monroe County : I Robert F. Naylor Clerk of this Court of Common Pleas aforsaid County Do hereby Certify that Jeremiah Hollisten Esq is an associate Judge of said County Duly Comissioned and Qualified according to Law: And that the forgoing Signatures Qualifying to be his is genuine. In Testmony Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Affixed the Seal of this County of Woodsfield the 20th day of July Robert F. Naylor, Clerk" -shb 5 Mar 2000 "A MAN OF UNBLEMISHED CHARACTER AND A MEMBER IN THE REGULAR BAPTIST CHURCH": [Next page-shb] William Hall the witness named applicant herewith Submits his Claim. I would by Leave to give my opinion. Hall appeared verry fearful that he will make wrong Statements, is So old and has forgot almost all the Circumstances of the war but I do firmly believe he Served the nine months as he States or not perhaps Exactly as he State but that the third tour be [?-can't read] mystated [?] further from formal knowledge, for the Last 20 or 25 years I have known the applicant that he is a man of unblemished Character and a member in the regular baptist Church. I would not I dare not recommend him to the department was his character otherwise, he is truly needy all he owns on earth I do believe is not worth five dollars. I Remain your most obedient 3/6/0 America Online : HHallChem Page 9

10 Jer. Hollister." [This is the last photocopied page of the pension application record sent me Feb 2000 by Jesse F. Hall-shb 5 Mar 2000.] SUMMARY BY JESSE F. Hall: "The pension records show: (1) Four of Wm Hall's children: namely, Sarah (Sally) (Hall) Powell and William Hall III living in Monroe County, OH in 1838; Catherine (Caty) (Hall) Snider and Henry Hall living in Preston Co., VA in "(2) Sally Powell as 69 years old by Aug 1838 meaning born circa "(3) Wm Hall mentions on his 3rd tour of duty crossing a large water presumably after marching to Falmouth, VA. There is a place on the Potomac River about miles NNE of Famouth called Wide Water, VA. "(4) Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown on 19 Oct The British troops at Savannah, GA surrendered sometime between the surrender at Yorktown and 30 Nov 1782 when a preliminary peace treaty was signed with Britain. The final treaty was signed between the US, Britain and France on 03 Sep The Rev. War began on 19 apr 1775 with the battles of Lexington & Concord; ie, 7.5 years. "(5) Based on dates in item 4 and dates provided by Caty Snider, Wm served from Apr 1781 to Jul 1781, then from end of year to Apr 1782, and may have served a third tour after that. This agrees with statement made in 3rd interrogative question about serving to near end of war. "(6) Judge Holister knew Wm Hall years, By Jesse F. Hall, February 8, 1994." -shb 5 Mar 2000 </XMP> Headers Return-Path: <dsb@burgoyne.com> Received: from rly-yh03.mx.aol.com (rly-yh03.mail.aol.com [ ]) by air-yh03.mail.aol.com (v69.17) with ESMTP; Mon, 06 Mar :15: Received: from smtp.burgoyne.com ( .burgoyne.com [ ]) by rly-yh03.mx.aol.com (v69.17) with ESMTP; Mon, 06 Mar :14: Received: from shb (pma12.burgoyne.com [ ]) by smtp.burgoyne.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) with SMTP id QAA08510; 3/6/0 America Online : HHallChem Page 10

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