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Revolutionary War Pension Declaration Source: Montgomery County, VA Court Order Book 26 pp. 9-10 On this 7th day of January 1833 personally appeared before the justices of the county court of Montgomery County in open court, Jesse Hall a resident of said county and state aged 72 years last March, 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 February 1776 for nine months under Capt. Nathan Pierce in Dutchess County state of New York and was attached to and served in the regiment (no. forgotten) commanded by Colonel Richmore, which regiment belonged to the brigade of General McDougal. He was in the battle of the White Plains, he was discharged near Fort Montgomery in the state of New York sometime in the month of December following his enlistment. Again in the month of March 1778 (having in the interval served about seven months in the militia) in the same county and state, he enlisted again under a Capt. Johnston to serve another nine months term in the regular army, and joined the regiment commanded by Colonel Gonzie (don't know that the name is rightly spelled). He was stationed for the greater part of his tour of service at Fort Plank or Blank on the Mohawk river; there was no officer at he place above the grade of Colonel, at this latter place he was discharged, his discharges are lost. He hereby relinquishes every claim 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. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Jesse Hall On this day and year above written Asa Hall a resident of the said county made oath in open court that he was a soldier in the first tour spoken of in the above declaration of Jesse Hall and in the same company and regiment and knows that the time and also the services are correctly stated, and was actually performed, he has resided near the applicant ever since the revolution and knows him well, as also Charles Willis, a resident of said county who declares on oath that the applicant is thought and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that he concurs in that opinion, and both declare that he applicant is a man of respectability and entitled to credit. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written. Asa Hall Charles Willis 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 Asa Hall and Charles Willis who signed the preceding certificate are residents in the county aforesaid and are persons of respectability and that their statement is entitled to credit. Revolutionary War Pension Declaration Source: NARA Microfilm M804 1161 LDS Microfilm 971.161 State of Virginia, Montgomery County On this 30th day of September 1833 personally appeared before the Judge of the circuit superior court of law and chancery for the county aforesaid, the same being a court of record Jesse Hall a resident of said county and state, age 73 years last March, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 - that he enlisted in the army of the United States in February 1776 for nine months, under Capt. Nathan Pierce in Dutchess County State of N. York and was attached to and served in the regiment commanded by Colonel Richmore which regiment belonged to the brigade of General McDougal. He was in the battle of the White Plains, and was discharged near Fort Montgomery in the State of New York sometime in the month of December following his enlistment. Afterwards in the said county of Dutchess and State of N. York on the 1st day of May 1777, being drafted, he again entered as a militia man into the service of the U. States under Colonel Morehouse, in the company of Capt. William Pierce. He was marched to a point about fifteen miles above the city of N. York on the Hudson; at this time the British were in possession of the city of N. York. At this station he remained three months in the regiment commanded by the said Colonel Morehouse and company of Capt. William Pierce. Afterwards, early in August (there being no interruption of his service) he was connected to a division of the army under command of General Putnam, (Morehouse being his Colonel and Pierce his Capt.) and marched near to Fort Montgomery with a view to its relief but the forces to which he belonged was unable to give any assistance and the Fort was taken. He then fell back to the place from which he had started - the point fifteen miles above the city of N. York having been absent one month according to his best recollection. He continued at this latter point after his said return, in the service, three months until the first of December or the early part of that month, where and when he was discharged. he was at the time of his discharge in the regiment of Colonel Morehouse and company of Capt. William Pierce. Afterwards, in the month of March 1778, in the same state and county, he enlisted under a Capt. Johnston, as a regular, for the term of nine months, and joined the regiment commanded by Colonel Gonsay (the name is spelt to give the sound) this applicant was stationed for the greater part of this term of service at Fort Plank or Blank on the Mohawk river. Colonel Gonsay during this time had his station some twenty miles higher up the river at Fort Stennock. There was but a Captain's command at Fort Plank, and that command was part of Gonsey's regiment. The soldiers all at Fort Plank believed the name of the Colonel to whose regiment they belonged to be Gonsay or Ganzie. The applicant had no personal acquaintance with him. A part of this tour of service was spent in an expedition to a place called Cherry Valley for the purpose of suppressing some tories and indians who had done considerable mischief to that neighborhood. While on this expedition he and his company were attached to a militia regiment commanded by one Colonel Clock. He returned again to Fort Plank and his nine month tour being expired he was discharged in December 1778. Afterwards in the month of August 1779 in the same county and state he went as a draft in the service of the U. States under the command of Colonel Burcham in the company of Capt. Israel Veal and was stationed during the three months for which he was drafted at West Point on the Hudson, where he was discharged in the month of November 1779 having served three months from some period in the preceding August. His discharge having long since been lost. This applicant was born in the State of Rhode Island on the 22nd of March 1760. He has a record of his age at his own house where he resides. He came an infant from Rhode Island to Dutchess County in the State of New York which latter place was his residence where called into service. His residence for the last 44 years has been in the county of Montgomery State of Virginia. He received discharges but whether he received one at the end of each tour of service he cannot now recollect. He cannot now recollect whether his discharges were signed by a Captain, Colonel or officer of some other grade. He well remembers, however, to have received several of them which he thought would be of no value in future and permitted them to be lost or were cast away. He has no other evidence of his said service, but that accompanying this declaration. Applicant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above. Jesse Hall (his mark) On the 30th day of September 1833 personally appeared in said court Asa Hall and being first duly sworn saith that he was a soldier in the first tour of service described in the foregoing declaration of Jesse Hall and in the same company and regiment with him said Jesse and knows that his statement as to these services is correct. He states farther that in the year 1779 he saw the applicant in the militia service on the Hudson river, in the State of New York. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Asa Hall (his mark) We Asa Hall and Bartlett Martin, a clergyman residing in the county of Montgomery, State of Virginia, certify that we are well acquainted with Jesse Hall who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy three 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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Asa Hall (his mark) Bartlett Martin notes:
Letter to the Hon. R. Craig, Christiansburg, from J.L. Edwards, War Department Pension Office, 21 September 1833: Sir, In reply to yours respecting the claim of Jesse Hall, I have the honor to state, that upon examination of his papers there is no objection to the 1st term of nine months which is fully detailed and established by a witness. With respect to the other term of nine months the name of the Col: must be a mistake. There is no knowledge in this office of any New York Col: bearing the name of ''Gonzie'' or even resembling it. The militia service which is asserted in the affidavit, and a part of it which he alleges he could prove by a witness whose testimony is not produced, should be verified by a Court of Record. No claim or a part of a claim can be admitted which has not been asserted before a Court of Record, or in cases of disability only, before a Judge or Magistrate. It will therefore be necessary to make his declaration de novo, embody the answers to the interrogatories, and accompany it with the original papers herewith forwarded. |
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