> >Subject: Daniel Webster Hall > > Got a request to help locate military documentation that Daniel > Webster Hall b. 28 Sep 1790, Orwell, Addison, Vermont, d. 30 Mar 1869 > Hall Mtn., Marion, AR buried Hurst/Teagarden Cem., Marion AR., served in > the war of 1812. > I do not have very good documentation but here is what I have and > hopefully someone can help with where we might locate other documents. > First I would say that there are 156 Daniel Halls in American War > Records, there is only one Daniel Webster Hall and that is not the right one. > I have found one Daniel Hall and all it says is served in War of > 1812. I am thinking that to claim this one of 156 is the right one may be > a stretch, but it is all I find. > I am told by family tradition that Daniel Webster Hall enrolled > in the NY Militia on 29 Aug 1814. Sounds like my kind of brave guy, since > the Peace Negotiations had begun in early August of 1814, and the war was > very close to being over. The only battle left in that part of the world > was the Battle of Plattsburg NY, early in Sept 1814, and it was a Naval > Battle on Lake Champlaign, began at 9AM the British surrendered at 10AM > and the land attack was called off. I assume Daniel Webster Hall may have > been in the soldiers waiting for the land attack. Although there was no > Army participating in this last battle after he joined the NY Militia, we > are told that he was captured by the British and made a prisoner. I have > no record of that except family tradition. > The War ended in that part of the world in September however > there were some sea battles and of course the Battle of New Orleans came > later. As I recall that was even after the Treaty of Ghent was signed in > Dec 1814. (Guess the e-mail was down that day). > >Documentation I have: >"New York Military Equipment Claims, War of 1812. > >#2,475 >Hall, Daniel >Erie County, New York >Amount allowed: 55 00 > >#3,435 >Hall, Daniel >Jerusalem, Yates Co., NY >Amount Allowed: 53 00 > >#8,394 >Hall, Daniel >,Morgan Co. Indiana >Amount Allowed: 90 00 > >War of 1812 Service Records > >Daniel Hall >Parmenio Adam's Battalion, New York Militia >Indicted Pvt. >Discharged Pvt. >Roll Box 89 >Roll Exct. 602 > >Servicemen were given the right to take land in three states, Arkansas was >one of them. Since Daniel Hall had relatives here as did his wife Hannah >Treat, they chose to take 160 Acres on Hall Mountain in Marion Co. AR. He >filed for that land in Morgan County Indiana. > >The record of that land transaction, filed in the Harrison Arkansas >office, #1757 160 Acres as follows: >N1/2SW 5th PM North 14N 22W 27 (80 Acres) >NESE 5th PM North 14N 22W 28 (40 Acres) >SENE 5th PM North 14N 22W 28 (40 Acres) > >Any help on this appreciated. >Don Ott