REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION - WILLIAM HALL Contributed by: Charles Layne (flfirst500@aol.com) ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** THE WILLIAM HALL APPLICATION FOR PENSION National Archives File S5475 The following is a transcription of the affidavits filed by William Hall of Hanover County to obtain a pension for service in the war of the revolution. He was born May 22, 1759 near Terrell's Tavern (now Teman, near Beaverdam) served four tours during the revolution for a total of eight months. He was awarded a pension of $26.66 per annum effective retroactively to March 1831. Names of persons in the affidavits are William Hall James Hall James Seay William Johnson General Nelson John Thompson Edward Bullock Francis Underwood Marquis DeLafayette David Davenport Lord Cornwallis Genet Anderson Charles Thompson Charles Terrell Edward T. Rowzie Philip B. Winston -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State Of Virginia Hanover County to wit: On this 24th day of November 1832 personally appeared before me Genet Anderson a justice of the peace of said county, William Hall a resident of the said county of Hanover sound of mind aged 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 act of congress passed June the 7th, 1832. He states that he was born near Charles Terrell's Tavern in the upper part of Hanover about thirty miles from Hanover Court House on the 22nd day of May, 1759 according to family registers there being no record of his age - that he was drafted and called into service in the year 1776 as a private in the first division of the Hanover Militia and marched from Hanover under Captain William Johnson through New Kent, Charles City and James City to the town of Williamsburg and then he joined the Army commanded by General Nelson and was stationed there upwards of a month and then discharged. He was called out again in the year 1779 and marched from Hanover under Captain John Thompson through New Kent, then joined the Army commanded by General Nelson thence to York Town and returned to Williarnsburg and was then discharged. He served in this tour upwards of two months. He was called out again in the year 1779 from Hanover and marched under Captain Edward Ballock through Henrico and crossed James River at Westham into Chesterfield to a place called Windy Hundred on said river thence to Charles City Courthouse where several of our men were killed by the enemy thence to Holt's forge where we were stationed awhile thence we started to march to Williarnsburg but before we reached Williarnsburg we were ordered to march to a place called Sandy point on James River thence to Cabin point and were stationed near Jamestown. He served in this tour two months. He was called out again in the year 1781 and marched from Hanover under Captain Francis Underwood through the counties of Louisa, Spotsylvania and Orange and crossed the Rapidan River at the Raccoon Ford into Culpepper and joined the American Army commanded by the Marquis De Lafayette at that place, thence we marched through Albemarle, Fluvanna, Goochland to a place called (Dandridge's) old fields in Hanover and were stationed there awhile thence to Westham on James River before we crossed the said river into Chesterfield thence down the said river to Manikin Hills and we were stationed there awhile and then discharged. He served in this tour two months. He was called out again in the year 1782 under Captain David Davenport and marched from Hanover through New Kent, Charles City and James City to York Town where he was employed sometime after the capture of Lord Cornwallis in (loading?) our (vessels?) with cannon and balls taken of the enemy. He served in this tour a month and upwards. He served during the war of the revolution eight months in all. He states that he has lived since the revolution in the said county of Hanover and has no written discharge or documentary evidence but can prove his services by James Seay and James Hall and refers to Genet Anderson, Charles Thompson and Charles Terrell as persons who live in his neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief as to his being a soldier of the revolution. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an. annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or territory whatever. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. William (his x mark) Hal] Hanover County To Wit: This day William Hall personally appeared before me a justice of the peace for said County and made oath to the truth of the above mentioned declaration given under my hand this 26th day of November 1832. Genett Anderson I, James Seay, a resident of Hanover County hereby dispose on oath that I am well acquainted with the above named William Hall that he served during the revolution with this affiant four tours of duty-that he marched from Hanover under Captain John Thompson and was stationed at Williarnsburg, York Town in the year 1776. He marched again in the year 1779 from Hanover under Captain Edward Bullock and was stationed at Cabin Point and he marched again from said county under Captain Underwood in the year 1781 and joined the Marquis De Lafayette army and was in his C . ). He served in the revolution one other tour under Captain David Davenport and was at York Town. He served upwards of eight months. Sworn to subscribed the day and year aforesaid James Seay. Hanover County To Wit: This day James Seay personally appeared before me a justice of the peace for said county and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit given under my hand this 26th day of November 1832. Genet Anderson I, James Hall, a resident of Louisa and State of Virginia hereby dispose on oath that I am well acquainted with the above named William Hall that he served in the revolution with this affiant two tours of duty one of which he served in the year 1780 under Captain Edward Bulloch and was stationed at Cabin Point. The other tour was performed under Captain Francis Underwood in the year 1781 when he joined the Marquis De Lafayette's Army and was stationed at (Manikin?) Hills. This affiant further states that the said William Hall was in service with him four months. Sworn and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid. James (his x mark) Hall Hanover County To Wit: This day James Hall personally appeared before me a justice of the peace for said county and made an oath to the truth of the above certificate given under my hand this 24th day of November 1832. (S) Genet Anderson Edward T. Rowzie, a clergyman residing in the said County of Hanover and Charles Terrell and James Seay residing in the same county certify that we are well acquainted with William Hall who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is reputable 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. (S) Edward T. Rowzie (S) Charles Terrell (S) James Seay Hanover County Co wit this day Edward T. Rowzie and Charles Terrell and James Seay personally appeared before me a justice of the peace for said county and made an oath to the truth of the above certificate given under my hand this 24th day of November, 1832. Genet Anderson I, Genet Anderson, a justice of the peace for the said county of Hanover and State of Virginia hereby certify that the above names William Hall who is an applicant for a pension resides twenty seven (27) miles from Hanover Court that he is an infirm man and I do not think that he could attend Court without endangering his health and I further declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that he was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states and T further certify that it appears that Edward T. Rowzie who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the said county and that James Seay and Charles Terrell who have signed the same are residents in the same county are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit - Given under my hand this 24th day of November 1832. (S) Genet Anderson Virginia, Hanover County To Wit: I, Phillip B. Winston, clerk of the Court of the said County in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that Genet Anderson before whom the foregoing proceedings were held in the matter of the application of William Hall for a' pension was at the time of doing the same and still is Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid and duly authorized to administer oaths and that his signature annexed is his genuine signature. In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county, the eleventh day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. Philip B. Winston CHC