Thomas Hall, Revolutionary War Pension Statement

THOMAS HALL (brother of Edward Hall), Revolutionary War Pension Statement
Note: The "severe Indian engagement" referenced was probably the Battle of Blue Licks which was the last battle of the Revolutionary War.

THOMAS HALL, Revolutionary War Pension Statement
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 serrvice, under the of Capt. John Holder, Col. Boone and Logan and Gen. Clark, in the year 1779 about the last of March of that year. - Was stationed some time 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 accrose the country to Salt River, where the Indians had burnt Kincheloe’s Fort and were murdering the frontier inhhabitants, 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 some months, we were marched to Booonesbough; and from there to the upper Blue Licks, under command of Maj. (?) 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 termination of the War, - engaged, however, during the whole period in occassional and frequent scouting along the frontier settlements. - In fact our whole service partook as good deal of the nature of a frontier guard. After the termination of the Revolutionary War, I was regularly discharged at Boonesborugh, 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 of 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 which 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 country whose independence he contribuuted to establish for such compensation as the juustices of his claim may entitle him to receive. He hereby relinquuishes every claim whatever 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 refers to the Hon. H. Daniel, his representative in Congress for his situation & character.
Thomas (his X mark) Hall

Sworn to and subscribed in open court this 7th day of January 1833 - M. Harrison CMCC
The brief dated 1833
Certificate of pension issued the 20 day of March 1833 and sent to Hon. Henry Daniels, MC.
Arrears to the 4th of Mardh $ 160.00
Semi-annual allowance September $ 40.00
$200.00
Recorded by David Boyd, Clerk, Bk. E, Vol. 7, Page # 12