REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION - THOMAS HALL
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State of Kentucky and county of Montgomery

On this 7th day of Jan. 1833, personally appeared in open court, being a court 
of record, before Clement Conner, James Means and Lewis Ford, justices of, and 
constituting the Court of Montgomery co. in the State of Ky., now sitting, 
Thomas Hall, a resident of said Montgomery Co. & state of Ky., and seventy three 
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 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the 
United States at Boonesborough, Lincoln Co. in the State of Virginia (now Ky.) 
in the year 1779, for the term of during the War, with Capt. John Holder, and 
served in the regiments of the Virginia line, under the following named 
officers, --- That he resided in the County of Lincoln and State of Virginia, 
when he entered the service, under Capt. John Holder, - Col. Boone and Logan and 
Gen. Clark, in the year 1779 about the last of March of that year was stationed 
sometime at Boonesborough, and was marched to the lower Blue Licks against the 
Indians, under Col. Logan; but the enemy fled, and we were then marched across 
the country to Salt River, where the Indians had burnt Kincheloe's Fort and were 
murdering the frontier inhabitants, but we soon dispersed them after our 
arrival, we were then marched to Strodes Station, to guard that Fort. After 
being stationed at that point for for some months, we were marched to 
Boonesborough; and from there to the upper Blue Licks, under command of Maj. Hoy 
(?) where we had a pretty severe engagement with the Indians from there we were 
marched back to Boonesbough, where we were stationed principally until the 
thermination of the War, engaged, however, during the whole period in 
occassional and frequent scouting along the frontier settlements. In fact our 
whole service partook a good deal of the nature of a frontier guard. After the 
termination of the revoluutionary War, I was regularly discharged at 
Boonesborouugh and received a discharge given, to the best of my recollection, 
by Gen. clark, but which is now lost. States that he was born in the year 1759 
in the county of Prince William and State of Virginia, and is at present a 
resident oof Ky. in the county of Montgomery. He states that he is infirm and in 
very needy circumstances; and although he cannot now recollect the precise dates 
at which he was stationed at the different points, or the commander of the 
regiment to whichh he was attached, he is certain that he rendered the service 
as stated in his declaration; and in the evening of his life, appeals to the 
government of that county whose independence he contributed to establish for 
such compensation as the justices of his claim may entitle him to receive. He 
hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to to a pension or an annuity except 
the present, & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any 
agency in any state. he referes to the Hon. H. Daniel, his representative in 
congress for his situation & character.

Sworn to and subscribed in open court this 7th day of January 1833
Recorded by David Boyd, Clerk
Bk. E. Vol. 7, Page 12