Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 27852, John Wallace, N.H.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.H.

Wallace, John
..................Phebe

NUMBER
W. 27852
B.L.Wt. 80.012-160-55

Died in 1837

CONTENTS
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No. 33421

New Hampshire.
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John Wallace, Dec'd.
of [blank] in the State of [blank]
who was a Private in the [blank] ["commanded" stricken out]
["by Captain of the commanded" stricken out] 
["by   in the" stricken out]
["line for" stricken out]
Revolution.
________________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord
at the rate of 67 Dollars 22 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4 day of
March, 1831 and end on the
3. March 1836.
_________________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of
Mar. 1862 and sent to
L.D. Stevens.
Concord, N.H.
___________________________________________
Payable to widow. ~~
✓

{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by J.C. Winn Clerk,
Book H   Vol. 1   Page 74.
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Hon. M.W. Tappan.  Mch. 30 / 58

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6433
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New Hampshire--Concord--

Phebe Wallace,
widow of John,
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private.
Increased from $30-55--
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
67--Dollars 22--
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
18th day of March 1858
and sent to
Hon M. W. Tappan.
H of. R.
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 151   Vol. H.
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Act / of
July 14 / 57

Phebe Wallace
widow of
John Wallace   Pri

Rev. War

Ad:  160 Acs Apl. 16 / 58.
Boynton.

N.H.  Ad 48 '2 Feby  6433

Spl cl.   B.

J. Clark
Plymouth
N.H.

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Wt no 80,012  ifs  April  19 / 58

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Let:  J. Clark.  Aug:  1 / 57

6462 - 160

Vol W 1.  page 46.
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1827
1770
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1827
1793
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John Wallace  Born Monday
June 13 ..  1757
In the Town of 
Londonderry and State of New
Hampshire
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John Wallace   Died June 4  1837
at forty minets of ten one Oclock
in his 80 year.

Phebe Stickeney  Born
Wednesday  ["December" stricken out]
November 29 .. 1770
In the Town of Pembrooke
and State of New Hampshire

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John Wallace Married to
Phebe Stickney  October
23..1788 Wednesday
By the Rev'd Wm Davidson
Minister of the East
Parish In Londonderry--
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John Prentice Wallace
Born Thursday March
["15" stricken out] 5..1789
In the Town of Londonderry
State of New Hampshire and
County of Rockingham--

Hannah Thornton Wallace  Born
Thursday May ["15" stricken out] 19..1791
In the Town of Thornton
State of New Hampshire
and County of Grafton

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Rebecca Kimbal Wallace   Born
Friday October 25..1793
In the Town of Thornton
State of New Hampshire and
County of Grafton

Phebe Wallace Born
May 1797 and died
aged Nine days--
and was buried  In
the grave yard on
Holland Hill so Called
In Thornton--
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Phebe Stickney Wallace Born
March yr 8, 1801 upon
Sabaday Evening about
Seven O Clock.--
In the Town of Thornton
and County of Grafton and
State of New Hampshire

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Lemuel Stickney Wallace
Born October 21..1805
at one in the Morning
In the Town of Thornton
and County of Grafton
State of New Hampshire

Hannah P Sanborn
born May 6 1813

Alexsander Woodward
born August 27  1800
on thursday,
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Hannah Thornton
Wallace, Married to
Samuel Demerit  July
16..1819 by the Rev'd
Drury Fairbank of
Plymouth.

Rebeca Kimbal Wallace
Married to John Vincent
December 23..1815
by the Rev'd Drury
Fairbank of Plymouth

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John Prentice Wallace  Died
December 26..1824 at one
in the morning  hi Death
Occasioned by fits---

Samuel Demerit  Died
March 21  1838  aged 57 years
3 months

Phebe S Wallace  Married
to Alexander Woodman
February 21, 1830 by
the Rev'd Mr Baly
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Lemuel S Wallace
Married to Hamat Page
Sanborn  Aprill 13  1832
by Neis Kiah Baley

Daniel E Brown
born Aprile 6, 1817
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London 
darry 
[letters written over the top] N, C, O, D 

[capital letter] P and the some of ten [illegible] and lodging you will oblige yours to the some of ten po

Lawful money and lodging 

you will oblige your one servant Jonathan [illegible] 

Londonderry The one some he and [smudged ink blot]
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Londonderry N hamp[?]
[illegible]







Londonderry
[illegible] Book of [illegible]
transactions from the time of
our Inlistment forward [illegible]
John Wallace his Book
July 20th 1777 We had orders
[illegible] Londonderry to Raise Every
fourth man of the melitia for
two months friday 25th We met
at Liut Jospeh Greggs and Chose
David [illegible] Runels for our Capt
David McCl[illegible] ary for our first [illegible] 
adam Tayler for our Second and
John King for our Ensine
Munday 28th of July we met [illegible]
Mr [illegible] and Chas our under [illegible]
Officers and that night we
stayed at Mr tomsons Tuesday
the 29th we marcht from Londonderry
through Litchfield and [illegible]
and amhorst and lodged at [illegible]
in Willton Wensday th30 we went
through Petersborough
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[spelling, punctuation, and capitalization kept in line with the document] 

[top of page torn, two words illegible] Dublin into New market and lodged at Jackson Thursday then we marchet through Kean [Keene] into Walpole to Bellicas Now utlys [spelled as shown] 
today 1th we went to [illegible town name] and stayed there to munday august 4thin the after noon then we marcht to Rockinham Tuesday 5th Being we we [twice] stayed between Rockinham and Kent wensday 6th we marcht into Kent and Lodged at Robert Mountgomery's and there left John McKeene and Mathew Dukey Sisk 
Thursday 7th we went over the mountain into Manchester Friday and Saturday we stayed at Manchester 
Sunday 10th we marcht about 10 [illegible] the clock and went through Sunderland and Allentown into the town called Shaftsberry and stayed there 
munday 11th we marcht into Bennington and stayed there the remainder of munday & tusday [black line across to end of line] 
Wednesday we had our orders to march to Millwater and our packs slung but [torn corner of page] not marcht but a few roads till [torn] had Intelligence that [ink blot over word] armes 

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Wase Comeing Down from Salatogo [Saratoga] through Cambridge  

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I was taken on munday with the Camp Disorder and wensday I thou [page worn and torn edges] I could march with the company but that knight I wase taken so bad with Purgin Blud that the next day I was not able to march

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wensday 13th in the Evening Col Gregg went with the detachment of 216 for to make discovereys thursday then the whole Brigade marcht from Beninton and met our Scouting Party Coming in who informed us the Enemy was near at hand in number about 1500 Gen Starks hearing this Retreated back to a height and mo[ink blot] a Breastwork in the afternoon our Brigade went near to them and Exchanged Several Shots with them But the Distance Being so far Did Little Execution - I had not the honor to be there as I was lying sick at Benington [ink blot] having Exchanged a good many shots [carrot] it is said men killed two of their Chief Indians
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[...] others then the Brigade Came Back to there Brestworke 
friday 15th a large Party was Detacht But it rained so Excessively that the all returned to there Brestworke without effecting any thing Saturday 16th of august 1777 Gen Starks Brigade with a number of men from Bennington and the town adjacent and some from the maysachuctes [Massachusetts] Bay marcht to Pay them a visit and Drove them from there Brestwork and obtained a Compleat victory over them took about Seven hundred Prisonors and Killed and wounded three hundred more Recovered four Bras field Pieces with their carrige's With many guns swords and other articles there wase belonging to Gen Starks Brigade [ torn and dark spot on page] men Killed and 43 wounded of the men Belonging to different Partys [dashes to finish line on the page]

Women & Children Plying before the Enemy with there affects women crying sum walking sum riding the men join our army the women left to shift for themselves

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sum riding on horses with there Children at there Brests sum before sum behind tied to there mothers People Packing there Goods Loading there teams torys [illegible] of [illegible] Cattle 
Blating seams both to leave, the fruitful soyl & ten men found Dead Near New Site in meadow Killed by the torys - a Party of our men sent to ward Cattle to Stillwater on there Return fired upon by a Party of 80 Torys took three Prisnors the Torys killed 2 and wounded 1 of our men [long line to finish the line] 

Sabathday August 17th our men Brought in 80 Prisnors and one of our women Brought in with them who wase taken by the Indians - the Prisoners in attempting to escape 6 shot 20 by the garden 5 got of which causes to Keep a Stronger Garde the british legions & other Prisnors Execpting 140 toreys
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Toys sent to Brekshire [Berkshire] County by a strong grade 
Tuesday 19th maysechucets [Massachusetts] Torys sent home in order for trial - about 10 loads of Plunder Came to Day from the Lines - Wensday 20 the Post Dispatched for Exeter Court a number of Torys sent W in order for tryal about 40 Torys Heard they Swearing allegiance to the United States
thursday 21th Gen Warner arrived from the masechucets [Massachusetts] state Same Day Dyed Archibel Cuningham with the flu
friday 22th one of our men in our Company [illegible] under eye by a Tory Saturday 23th nothing Remarkable [ink line to end line]

Sunday 24th Samuel S Peer and Samuel [ink blot] Powal & Johnathon Elegy set our for Londonderry and that Evening Sergent Dickey cam down from the camps and Drove me to the 


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camps which was the [illegible/blurry] Pratfall into Sikneys
munday 25th 1 Tory Deserted from our Gard in womens cloaths
Tuesday 26th of august we had Certain intilagence from fort Stanwix on Mohave River that our troops under Gen Arnold had an engagement the same day ours had the 16th Augt in the engagement there was 1 man killed & 2 wounded the totally routed them Destroyed two of there encampments took 50 Brass Kettles and more than 100 Blankits muskets tomhawks spear ammunition clothing Dearskins & a variety of Indians affairs the Enemys los is unclear [word town is written above - unsure which line it should fit on] there were 6 lying Dead on the field two of which was Indians 
Wensday 27th Several of the wounded hushens (Hessians?] & waldeckers Dyed of there wounds thursday 28th 3  the maschusetts [Massechusetts] Bay forces came in 
friday 29th we hear the Enemy Retreated towards Ticonderoga
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Saturday 30th Col Gregg sent his hors and brought me and Ephraim Gregg to his Lodging - 
Sabathday august 31st - Col Gregg in Great Pain sends after knight for the Doctor - 
munday September 1th 1777 mayger [major]  [ink blot] Dyed he was mayr [major] to Col Sikeny - 
Tuesday 2th a Tory came in and resigned himself acknowledged his misconduct 
wensday 3th Col Williams and Capt Fay cut a man on the head for taking his own hors while fay had to make up with money the Col had to go to the head of his Regiment and ask there Pardon as it wase a soldier he struck 
thursday 4th nothing Remarkable happened
friday 5th  50 of the Continental troops came in - the same day Gen Starks Brigade was ordered to Rangley mills or Santcoin so called 9 miles out of town 
Saturday 6th the said fay cained the Rev.d mr Eloy so that he wase 

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forced to go home and leave his Brigade 
Sabathday 7th the enemies canon was heard from this Place - a scouting Party of our men that was out 11 miles heard the enemy small arms and supposed them to be about 4 miles Distance 
munday 8th a regiment came in from the massachcets [Massachusetts] Bay Genl Linkhorn marcht from from Manchester to Skeans Corner in order to meat with the Continental army [ink line to end of line] 
Tuesday 9th the militia came in from all Quarters and march right on to join our army [ ink line to end of line]
wensday 01th Gel. Starks Bg marcht rom Ransley Mills to Stilwater 

John Robinson [carrot] was going to be Put under grade for Raising mutany
Thursday 11th we have Sustained amount from a man who was taken by the Torys
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that there was one and thirty hundred men came out again ours at the Battle of sancoise and there was not more then six 100 Returned but how much more Reason have we if so meany to Bless god for our Conquest 
thursday 11th I made a margin for a hors 
friday 12th I got the lend of Thirteen Dolard from the [illegible] Wallace and 5 from Col Gregg and 8 from Ephram Gregg 
Saturday 13th I went [illegible] and got him shod [shoed] and payed for Shillings for the shoeing 
Sabathday 14th we have intelligence that there is one wagon load of Plunder come into town that will amount to a hundred pounds [law?]full money 
munday 15th Nothing Remarkable [ink line across rest of line]
Tuesday 16th Settled with mr Walbridge and Payed him two dollars for my lodging. 

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and for his keeping one week and started from there about 10 o'clock and we had the worst road that ever I traveled through mire and [illegible] over mountains and through Dales and that knight we got 20 miles to Col Williamses and logged there wensday we came through molborough [Marlbrough] and bratalsborough [Brattleboro] and came 5 miles up the river out of our way into a town called Fulam [Fulham] from there we crossed Connecticut river a cunou [canoe] swam our horses and came into a town
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Londonderry in the Province of New Hampshire and for the County Rockingham 

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We the under Subsribers have signed our names to this paper to get Col Stephan Holand of gole cause that we thought we would bee wise to work with both hands and save our seats go the case which 
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Londonderry Farming 
Der [illegible] J [crossed out] Wells
Horneshesheim 
K H hand Rog 
Randog G Gregg [crossed out] [illegible underlined] 
John [too light]
Johan 
John Gregg [crossed out]
H B C D E regg 
T F G H I J K L M N 
O P Q 
R S T U V
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[very faint handwriting with markings and scribble lines throughout] 

[alphabet letters visible] C B D C 

H T 

Wallace Journ
W.29852 
N H 

L H James 

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State of New Hampshire
Secretary's Office, Concord,
June 24 1857

I hereby certify That, at the date of the annexed
attestations, N. S. Berry was Judge of Probate
for the County of Grafton, and
William Campbell was Justice of the Pence
for the County of Rockingham
in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to their
acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and
out of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
affixed the seal of the State, the
date above written.
James Peverly
Deputy Secretary of State.
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State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton   ss.. On this sixth
day of February in the year Eighteen
hundred and fifty seven personally appeared
before me Nathaniel S. Berry, Judge
of the Court of Probate in and for the State
and County aforesaid Phebe Wallace a resident
of Thornton in said County aged
Eighty six years, who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth, on her oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefit provided by the Act of Congress
passed July 7. 1838 and the Acts Supplementans thereto: that she is the widow
that she is the widow of John Wallace who was a Private in the war of the Revolution; that the said John Wallace was born in the town of Londonderry in the County of Rockingham and State aforesaid on the thirteenth day of June
1757: that he enlisted at said town of
Londonderry into the Company commanded
by Captain James Osgood in the Regt
of Rangers commanded by Col. Bedel and
served about five months in said Company
in the year 1775 on the Northern frontiers;
that he enlisted again at Londonderry
aforesaid on the 20th day of July in the
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year 1777 under Captain Daniel Runnells
and served about two months; that
he again enlisted into the Company of
Capt Daniel Runnels about the first of
the year 1778 and went to Rhode Island
and served about one year:
She further declares that she was married
to the said John Wallace in Londonderry
aforesaid on the twenty third day of October
1788 by Rev. William Davidson, Minister of the
Gospel: that her name before her said marriage was Phebe Stickney; that her husband the aforesaid John Wallace died in the town of
Thornton in the State aforesaid on the
fourth day of June AD. 1837; that she
was not married to him prior to his leaving
the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four, to wit: at the time above stated: that she still remains the widow of the aforesaid John Wallace; that the papers of the said John Wallace hereto annexed or the original papers and have been in my hands all the time since his death and that they are the journal kept by the said
John Wallace while he was in
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Service under Capt. Runnels:
Phebe Wallace
Witness
Wm W Col
Phil Waller
Lemuel J. Wallace
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and
year first above written before me
and I certify that this declaration is
taken at the dwelling house of the said
declarent for the reason that she is
unable to appear in open Court on
account of old age & bodily infirmity
N. S. Berry
Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Grafton
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State of New Hampshire
County of Rockingham  ss.
Town Clerks Office June 20 1857.
I Jonathan McAllister depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of the Town of Londonderry in the State and County aforesaid and the records of said town are in my possession, that after a careful examination
of records I am unable to find any record of the marriage of John Wallace and Phebe Stickney,
Jonathan McAllister Town Clerk
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year
above written.
Before me
Wm. Campbell 
Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton  ss

On this Sixth day of
February A.D. 1857 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Lemuel S. Wallace & William W. Cox who on to me well known and who are reliable witnesses, and who being by me duly sworn depose and say that they are each well acquainted with Mrs Phebe Wallace the above applicant for a pension - that they have known her for forty years last past. That they are acquainted with John Wallace her late husband having known him for forty years previous to his death: that they the said John and Phebe Wallace live together as husband and wife, and were reputed so to be; that deponents were know the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned: that the said John Wallace died on the fourth day of June A.D. 1837. at Thornton in said County, and the said Phebe Wallace has been since that day, and still is reputed to be his widow, which deponents believe to be the fact: that she has now moved since her said husband's death and still is his widow, and that her
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said husband was as they believe, the identical
man mentioned as the a soldier in her declaration above; and further that they were present and saw said Phebe Wallace execute the foregoing affidavit by signing her name to the foregoing declaration and making oath thereto in due form of law, and further, that they, deponents, do reside in the County aforesaid, & have no interest in the claim. 
Wm W. Cox
Lemuel L Wallace
Joseph Clark
M. L. Berry

Sworn to and Subscribed before
me this Sixth day of February AD 1857
N. L. Berry 
Justice of the Peace
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Londonderry Sep. 1st 1857
Dear Sir
I received your of August 27th and in answer
to your enquiries I will say the
Selectmen's records do not extend back farther than 1785. The information you wish is not
to be found in the Selectmen's records but it may possibly be with the Town Clerk
There are no aged people in
this Town that would give the information you wish
Elizabeth P. Baker Sandbornton Bridge N.H. can give you the information you want. She was a
Patterson from this Town her
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Mother was a Wallace and she can give a history of the Wallace and almost any other family that formerly lived in Town
Respectfully yours
Matthew Holmes
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Form of Declaration
To be made by the Widow of a deceased person who has not had a Land Warrant.

State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton  ss.
On this thirteenth day of December 
A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Phebe Wallace aged eighty six years, a resident of Thornton in the State of New Hampshire who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Wallace deceased, who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain
Daniel Runnels in the [Blank] regiment of [Blank] commanded by [Blank] in the War of the revolution with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812; that her said husband enlisted at [Blank]
on or about the [Illegible] day of July A.D. 1777 and continued in actual service in said War for the term of more than fourteen days and was honorably discharged at [Blank]
on the twenty eighth day of September A. D. 1777.
She further states that she was married to the said John Wallace
in Londonderry on the twenty third day of October A.D. 1788 by one
William Davidson a minister and
that her name before her said marriage was Phebe Stickney.  That 
her said husband died at Thornton
on the fourth day of June A. D. 1837
and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855."
Phebe Wallace
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WE, Lemuel S. Wallace and Calvin Clark
 residents of Thornton & Compton
in the State of New Hampshire upon
our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Phebe Wallace
in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Lemuel L. Wallace
Calvin Clark
[SEAL]
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written;  and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Joseph Clark 
Justice of the Peace.

State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton ss.
I [Illegible], Clerk of the Court of [Blank]
and Pleas [Illegible] aforesaid the County and State aforesaid hereby certify that Joseph Clark Jr. Esquire before whom the foregoing declarations and affiants prepared to [Illegible] 
taken was at the time of taking and certifying the same and [Illegible] Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Grafton duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due to all this affiant acts as such.
I further certify that the signature to the above
certificate purporting to be the said Joseph
Clark Jr. is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fifth day June Anno Dominus 1857.
[Illegible]
Clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid.
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State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office, Concord,
September 26th 1857.
I hereby certify that at the date of the annexed attestations B. M. Colby, was a Justice of the Peace and Quorum throughout said state; and that D. A. Gregg and G. C. Bartlett were Justices of the Peace for the County of Rockingham, and
that L.D. Stevens was a Justice of the Peace for
the County of Merrimack in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to their
acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
affixed the seal of the State, the
date above written.
Lemuel N. Pattee
Secretary of State
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State of New Hampshire.
SECRETARY OF STATE's OFFICE.
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That from an examination
of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the war of the Revolution, which remain in this office, it appears that the name of John Wallace is borne upon the -- Pay--- Roll of Capt. Daniel Reynolds Company as a Private
in said Company, Vol. 3 Letter N. Pages 9 to 11
also that the following names are borne upon
said Pay Roll, to wit. William Adams Sergt
Thomas McClary, Q.M. Sergt John McClary.
Jacob Lane, John McCarty, John Goffett,
Robert Taggart, Daniel Stickney and
Roger Dutton as Privates
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
said State this twenty sixth day of September
A.D. 1857 Lemuel N. Pattee Secretary State
(No SEAL appears)
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I Elizabeth P. Baker of Sanbornton in the County of Belknap and State of New Hampshire on oath testify and say that I am now sixty six years of age: that I was born in the town of Londonderry in said State and lived there until the year 1835; that my mother was Elizabeth Wallace a second Cousin of William Wallace who resided in said Londonderry: that the said William Wallace married Hannah Thornton, and they had five children whose names are as follows: William, James and John, Catherine and Hannah: that these children are all dead except Catherine and whether she is living or not I am unable to say: that the said John Wallace as I have always
understood moved from Londonderry and
settled in the town of Thornton in said State
and died there; that Hannah Thornton the wife
of said William Wallace was sister of Matthew
Thornton who lived in said Londonderry
and signed the Declaration of Independence:
that I have now in my possession a silver
teaspoon which as I have been informed belonged to the said William & Hannah Wallace and is marked with their initials in this way " W.W.H." that I was so much  younger than the children of said William & Hannah Wallace that I cannot [Illegible] [Illegible] in Londonderry; I saw her
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State particularly about them: I have no interest in the claim of Phebe Wallace for Pension
Elizabeth P Baker
State pf Ne Hampshire
County of Belknap  ss.
Subscribed and sworn to on the twenty fourth  day of September 1857 before me the subscribed and I certify that the above named affiant is known to me as a highly intelligent lady and her statements are entitled to full confidence
B.M. Colby
Justice of the Peace
throughout the state
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I Lucy Gregg of Derry formerly a part of
Londonderry in the County of Rockingham & 
State of New Hampshire on oath testify
and say that I am now seventy
six years of age and over: that I have
lived in said town Seventy three years
and over: that my father was the nearest
neighbor to William and Hannah
Wallace:  that I knew the said William & Hannah Wallace and their family: 
the said Hannah was sister to Matthew Thornton true who lived in Londonderry and was an active public man in the time of
the Revolutionary War; that the said William
 & Hannah Wallace had five children
their names were William, James, John
Hannah and Catharine all of whom I used to see often: that the said Hannah
died in this town unmarried: James and
William moved to the West and lived
as I have understood for a time in Canada and are now both dead: Catherine married a man by the name of Cox and died as I have understood in the town of Holderness in said State: that John Wallace married Phebe Stickney who lived in Londonderry; & saw her
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but was not intimately acquainted with
her but I recollect when they were
married and that her father was a
Tailor by trade: that the said John and
Phebe Wallace moved to the town of
Thornton New Hampshire where I  understand
he died several years ago: that I was a young when the said John Wallace lived in Londonderry that I do not recollect about his service in the Revolutionary war which must
have happened several years before I saw him: that I used to know Daniel Reynolds usually called Runnells who was an officer in the war of the Revolution as have I  have understood and lived in Londonderry. that I have no interest in the claim of the said Phebe for pension.
Lucy Gregg
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss Subscribed and sworn
to on this twenty fifth day of September
1857 before me the subscriber:  and
I certify that the said affiant is known
me to be a credible witness
D. A. Gregg
Justice of the Peace
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I Matthew Clark of Derry formerly a part of
Londondondeny [Londonderry] in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire
on oath testify and say that I am now
eighty eight years of age; that I was born in said Londonderry and have lived here all my life: that I was well acquainted with William Wallace
and Hannah his wife and with their
children John James & William: I recollect
that John was the oldest son and that
he married Phebe Stickney of Londonderry
and moved up to the town of Thornton N.H.:  that I also remember Daniel
Runnells who was an officer in the
war of the Revolution and lived in
this town, he was a carpenter by trade
and worked for my father: also
recollect that said William & Hannah
Wallace had two daughters Hannah
and Catharine: that said Daniel Runnells went to Rhode Island in the war of the Revolution and my brother James was out in that service about the same time: that I have no interest in the claim
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said Phebe Wallace.
Witness
May Clark
[Illegible]
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham  ss
Subscribed and sworn on this 25th day of September before me the subscribed and I certify that the said affiant is a credible witness
D. A. Gregg Justice of the Peace
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I David A. Gregg of Derry formerly
a part of the town of Londonderry in the
County of Rockingham and State of
New Hampshire on oath testify and
say that I was born in the town of Londonderry
and have resided in said place
all my life and any now Sixty nine
years of age and over: that my father
lived a neighbor to William Wallace
who resided in that part of the town
formerly called the East Parish: that I
was well acquainted with the said
William Wallace and his wife who was
Hannah Thornton a sister of Matthew
Thornton a man of note in the days
of the Revolutionary war: that I was
also well acquainted with said Wallaces
children to wit: John James William Hannah
and Catharine: that I was familiar
with said Wallace family and am
now familiar with their history - 
the sons James and William Went to Canada
& afterward in the time of the last war
came back to the State of New York
finally died in that State.  Hannah
died in this town unmarried and
her sister Catharine married James
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Cox & moved to Holderness N.H.: that John
Wallace moved to Thornton N H and
died there as I have understood that
said John went away from Londondenywhen
[Londonderry when] I was so young that I have
no distict [distinct] recollection about his
Revolutionary services: that I well
knew William Adam Thomas McClary
who resided in Londonderry and were
reputed to have been Revolutionary
soldiers: that I well recollect Daniel
Reynolds who was a particular
friend and companion of my
father and he used to be at my
father's house & that I have often
heard said Reynolds talk of his serving
as a captain in the war of the Revolution and went from Londonderry and that his company was raised mostly if not wholly in
said Londonderry: that all of the
children of William & Hannah Wallace
are now dead: that I have no recollection
of any other John Wallace who lived in
Londonderry during the Revolution
than the son of the said William and
Hannah: that I qualify my first
statement by saying that I have in two
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or three instance been absent from
this town for a short period. that
I am disintersted [disinterested]
D. A. Gregg
State of New Hampshire
County of Rockingham ss 
Subscribed and sworn to on this twenty fifth
day of September 1857 before me the
subscriber: and I certify that the said
affiant is one of the most respectable
citizens of said Derry and his
Statements are entitled to full confidence

G. C. Bartlett
Justice of the Peace
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I Reuben Philbrook of Sanbornton in the County of Belknap and State of New Hampshire on oath testify and say that I formerly lived in the town of Thornton in said State and the nearest neighbor to John & Phebe Wallace; that I was well acquainted with them both for ten years while I lived in Thornton: that said Wallace came to Thornton from Londonderry in said state as he has told me.  That I have frequently heard said Wallace
speak of his services in the war of the
Revolution: that I have him speak of being
at Bennington with Gen Stock & that he spoke
of Capt Runnells: that have heard him
speak of his serving with Daniel Stickney
brother of his wife; also with John McCarty
John Gaffett & Robert Taygort: that said Wallace told me that he was in service in the
Revolution about one year & a half- that he
spoke of serving in Canada: that I have
heard him speak of serving in Canada in the fall of the year-- that he said that he was very sick at Bennington with the camp disorder and
liked to have died & that when medicine was
given him they turned him on one side & that
his father came to see him while he was
sick: that said Wallace served a large part of
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the time he was in service, under Capt Runnells
who, he said, lived in Londonderry: that
I have heard said Wallace relate stones
and incidents that happened while he was
in the Revolutionary war very often in the
evening when I was at his house and at my
grandfather's  where I then lived that I am well acquainted with Phebe Wallace of said Thornton who now applies for Pension and know her to be the widow of the identical John Wallace who served as before stated; I also recollect that said Wallace spoke of being out in service with Ephraim Gregg, Thomas McClary & John McClary; that I have no interest in the claim of the this Phebe Wallace for Pension.
Reuben Hilbook
State of New Hampshire
County of Belknap ss. 
Subscribed and sworn on this twenty fourth
day of September 1857 before me the subscriber; and I certify that the
said affiant is known to me and is a credible witness.
B. M. Colby
Justice of Peace &
throughout the State
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I Thomas L Poor of Northfield in the
County of Merrimack and State of New
Hampshire on oath testify and say that I 
am sixty six years of age & over: that
I lived in the town of Thornton in said
State about nineteen years and left that
town about ten years ago that while I lived in
said Thornton I lived about three quarters of a mile from the residence of John and Phebe Wallace: that I often exchanged work with said
Wallace and was intimate with his
family: that I have heard said Wallace
say that he came from Londonderry
in said State to the town of Thornton:
that I have often heard said Wallace
speak of his services in the war of the
Revolution and how he suffered while
he was in said War; that I have heard him
speak of going to Rhode Island and
describe what kind of land it was there;
that I have heard him say that several of the
soldiers knocked down a beef creature
in the night & then went to the owners house
& told him that one of his cattle was
dead & that they would buy it; that
they did this because the inhabitants would
not sell the soldier any beef; that
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I think said Wallace said that Jacob Lane
and Roger Dutton was with him in said 
Service: that I have heard said Wallace speak of going Bennington in said war also about the surrender of Cornwallis; that said Wallace spoke of serving several campaigns and
from what I have heard him say I should think said Wallace served as long as two years in the whole: that I am well acquainted with
his widow and know that she is the widow of of the the identical John Wallace who served as
aforesaid: that said Wallace died in said Thornton and I assisted in carrying him
to his grave; that said Wallace died
in the month of June but I cannot
State definitely the year - that I am 
disinterest

Thomas L. Poor
State of New Hampshire
County of Merrimack ss  Subscribed and sworn to before me the subscriber on this twenty fourth day of September 1857 & I certify that I believe the said affiant a credible person: that the interlineations in the foregoing affidavit were all made by me before the same was signed  & sworn to.
L. D. Stevens. Jus. of the Peace
The above named affiant is personally
known to me and is a credible witness
B.M. Colby Justice of Peace
[Illegible] the State
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No 15463
Phebe Wallace
widow of John
N. Hampshire
Act July 7. 1838
L. D. Stevens
Concord
N. H.

No. 1
Page 47

I, Polly Cummings, of Berlin County of Washington State of Vermont, state & say that I am the sister of Phebe Wallacd, widow of John Wallace, late of Thornton, county of Grafton in the state of New Hampshire, deceased - that said Phebe Wallace's maiden name, was Phebe Strikney, that she was married to John Wallace in Londonderry in the county of Rockingham & state of New Hampshire on the twenty third day of October A.D. 1788. by the Rev William Davidson, minister of Gospel - that I was present at the time said John Wallace and said Phebe Stickney was joined in marriage, that they the John & Phebe Wallace live together as husband & wife: the said Phebe Wallace has made her declaration to obtain a pension, to which she may be [illegible] on account of the services of her now husband in the War of the Revolution; & that I have no interest in said claim. 

Polly X [her mark] Cummings 

Washington Ps, May 16th 1857
In [illegible] of Harriett Cummings 
Subscribed & sworn to before me & I certify [first letters are faint] count is a credible person & that I have no mistrust in this claim. 
The presence of: 
William Cummings  William W. Cadwell Justice of the peace [signatures]
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Washington County, Clerk's Office
Montpelier, Vermont.
I, Luther Newcomb Deputy Clerk of the County Court for the County of Washington, in the State of Vermont, which is a Court of Record hereby certify that William W. Cadwell Esq., whose name is subscribed in his own proper hand writing, to the foregoing certificate was at the date thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Washington aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified by the laws of this State, to administer Oaths for general
purposes, to take Depositions and the acknowledgment of Deeds and other written 
Instruments; and that to his official acts and attestations full faith and credit are and ought to
be given.
Given under my hand and the Seal of this Office
this 18th day of May A.D. 1857
Luther Newcomb Deputy Clerk
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary's Office, Concord,
September 10th 1857.
---
I hereby certify that, at the date of the annexed
attestations, John A. Holmes was a
Justice of the Peace for the County of 
Rockingham; and that William W. Russell was a
Justice of the Peace for the County of Grafton in
the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
affixed the seal of the State, the date above written.
Lemuel N. Pattee
Secretary of State.

(SEAL appears to be covered over with tape)
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State of New Hampshire
County of Rockingham  ss.
Town Clerks Office Londonderry N. H.
September third, `857.
I Jonathan McAllister Town Clerk of Londonderry
hereby certify that upon examination of the record of births in said Town I find the following viz:
John Wallace the son of Lieut. William Wallace &
Hannah his wife was born June the 13th 1757.
I certify that the above is a true copy of the
records of said town
I further certify that I have examined the
records of said town in my possession from 1776
to 1783 and do not find the name of John Wallace borne then
Jonathan McAllister
Town Clerk
Subscribed & sworn on the day and year
above written
before me
John A. Holmes 
Justice of the Peace
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I Lemuel S. Wallace of Thornton in the County
of Grafton and State of New Hampshire on oath testify and say that I am the son of John Wallace late of said Thornton deceased and Phebe Wallace who is now making application for pension; that I am fifty two years of age
and always lived with my father until his
death: that he often related to me and to others in my presence many things that took place while he was in service in the war of the Revolution; that my father was born in the town of Londonderry N.H. and removed from that town to Thornton about the year [Blank];
that I have often heard my father say that he was out in the army during the Revolution and
served in several different campaigns, that the
first time he was out it was a hard campaign; that the next time he went with Capt. Reynolds of Londonderry to Bennington and that while he was at Bennington he was very sick with the Camp disorder; that at this time he was in the Army a shorter time than in any other campaign; that I have heard him speak
of service under Capt Reynolds afterwards
and that he suffered much from sickness
and hard face: that he was accustomed to keep 
a private journal. all the time while he was
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in the war and that I have seen & read the
journals which he kept & which were in his
possession before his death; that I have
often seen my father write and am familiar with his hand writing and that I know all of said journals to be in his hand writing: that these journals were considered of
no particular value and were not very
carefully kept; that they have all been
lost except the one which was sent to the
Pension Office with my mothers declaration;
that said journal annexed to said declaration
was in my father's possession at the time of his
death and that I know it to be in the hand
writing of my said father: that I have made
a careful search for the other journals
but have been unable to find them:
that I am disinterested that the family record annexed to my mothers declaration & know I have been in my fathers possession before 
his death & is in his hand writing-- except entries made by me since his death
Lemuel S. Wallace
State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton  ss Subscribed & sworn to on this Twenty Eight day of August A D 1857 before me the subscriber, and I certify that the said affiant is a credible person and that I have no intent in this claim
William W. Russell Justice of the Peace.
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I, William W. Cox of [illegible] County of Grafton & state of New Hampshire - age sixty two years on oath testify & say that I will know John Wallace late of Thornton deceased fifty five years since - that I have often her son John Wallace say that he was out at different times in the Revolutionary War. That forty seven years since I lived in Londonderry with the mother of John Wallace & she told me that her son John Wallace went as a soldier in the Revolutionary Army - that while he was out in the service [illegible] was sent by Capt Rumdle [?] to the father of John Wallace unit to Bennington & found his son the said John Wallace very sick & lying upon a sled - that he took care of him & brought him home. I have also heard said John Wallace relate in Thornton the same circumstance of his sickness & of his father's coming to Bennington to take care of him - that said John Wallace has related to me & to others in my knowing many circumstances that took place while he was in the Revolutionary Army - that he spoke in my [illegible] of his sickness how labor & how [illegible] - that while I was at Londonderry I know a soldier of the [illegible] of Gregg relate to the mother of John Wallace among circumstances that took place while he & John Wallace were in
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are in the army -  that while I was at
Londonderry I heard many officer & soldier of
the Revolution speak of said John Wallace by
in the Army at the some time they are - that said John Wallace while I was at Londonderry
was always reputed to be a Revolutionary Soldier - that at Thornton said John Wallace was always reputed to be a Revolutionary soldier-- that I was present when Phebe Wallace made her declaration for a pension - that I saw then the private Journal of said John Wallace, that I was acquainted the will, with the handwriting of said Wallace that all of said journal, annexed to said declaration is in the hand writing of said John Wallace & that I am disinterested-
Wm. S.S. Cox
State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton ss. September ninth A.D. 1852
subscribed & sworn to on this day before in
one I certify that the affiant is a credible person
and that I have no interest in this claim
Wm W. Russell Justice of the Peace
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[Illegible]
WIDOW, & c.
File No. 27.852
Phebe Wallace
Widow of John
Private Rev War
---
Act Feb 2nd 1848.
Index: Vol. 26, Page 15(1 or A)
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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11.863
I
New Hampshire               C
Phebe Wallace, widow of John who died on the 4th June 1837- of [Blank] in the State of [Blank]
who was a private in the [Blank] commanded
by Captain [Blank] of the [Blank] commanded
by [Blank] in the Revolution time for 9 mos & 5 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord at the rate of 
30 Dollars 55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of
Oct. 1857 and
Arrears to the 4th of L. D. Stevens,
Semi-annual allowance ending Concord
N. H.
(Revolutionary Claim)
(Act July 7, 1838.)
Recorded by G. T. Getty, Clerk
Book 126 Vol. 1  Page 110
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9698.
New Hampshire
C
Phebe Wallace
widow of John
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Increased from $30.55
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 67 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of March 1858 and sent to
Hon M W. Tappan
H of R
[Acts of March 3, 1843 & June 17, 1844]
Recorded in Book H
Vol. 1  Page 130
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11863
New Hampshire
Concord
Phebe Wallace,
widow of John
who died on the 4th June 1837-
of [Blank] in the State of [Blank]
who was a private in the [Blank] commanded by Captain [Blank] of the [Blank] commanded
by [Blank] in the Revolution
line for Increased from $30.55.
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord
at the rate of 67 - Dollars 22 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of
March 1858 - and sent to
Hon M W Tappan
Arrears to the 4th of H of R
Semi-annual allowance ending
[Blank]
Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by G. T. Getty
Clerk.
Book 36 Vol 1. Page110
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(Please note: Left side of paper looks like it was torn off, thus any words are cut off.)


ew [New]  Hampshire
Phebe Wallace
idow [Widow] of John
ho [Who] was a Private
the Revolution
scribed [Described] on the Roll at the rate 
30 Dollars 33 
Cents per annum, to commence on
he [the] 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
6th day of Oct 1857 and
nt [sent] to 
L. D. Stevens,
Concord
N. H
cts [Acts] of March 3, 1843 & June
17, 1844.
orded [Recorded] in Book 26
Page 130
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6433
New Hampshire Concord
Phebe Wallace
widow of John Wallace
NH
who served in the Revolutionary war,
as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate o [of]
30 Dollars 55,
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
-
Certificate of Pension issued th [the]
6th day of Octr 1857
and sent to 
L. D. Stevens
Concord
N.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under ac [Act]
February 2, 1848, Page 151. Vpl. 26.
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Let L D. Stevens, Oct 15 /57
Report to Secy of the Interior Oct 27, 1857
Let Samuel N. Pattee, Secy of State  Concord N.H. Dec 11. 1857
Secy of Interior Decr 22nd 1857
Hon. M. W. Tappan, Mch. 19 /58
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80,012
160 acres
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John Wallace
New Hampshire
Grafton County
Act 7th June 1832
Allowed at the rate of
$67.22. per ann. as a Private
of Infantry, to begin the
March 1831 & to Terminate 
3d March 1836. Payable
to his widow Phebe
Wallace,
Certificate to
L. D. Stevens
Concord
NH
i
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(BLANK PAGE)
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John Wallace, husband of Hannah of N.H.
was pensioned, act 7th June 1832, for 9
months 12 days service in Col.
John Greaton, Massachusetts Regiment, 
drew a pension at the rate of $31.32,
per ann, and died January 8th 1851.
His  wid. Hannah is pensioned for
same service at same rate
under act 29th July, 1848.
Phebe Wallace of N.H. widow of John draws a pension for her husband's service in the State of N.H. at the rate of $67.22
per ann, under act 2d Feb 1848,
Husband died June 4th 1837, without draw a pension (over)
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Her certificates when issued 6th October 1857 under act of 7th July '38, 3d March 1843, 1844, and 2d Feb. 1848. at the rate of $30.58 per ann
and the pension began 4th March 1837,
On the 18th March 1858, it was increased
to $67.22, per ann under same acts,
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Grafton Co. N H
Married Oct 23d, 1788
John Wallace died June 4. 1837
In 1775    4 M    23 das
  "   '77     2 M       9 das
  "   '78     2 M       3 das
                9 M        5 das
Private
See Col. Nichols & Peabody's
Rolls. Vol 9
Also. Amr Archines 4th series
Vol. 3  p 1207 & Vol 4 p. 1 & 2
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Concord N.H. Sept 26, 1857.
Sir:
Your letter of the 17th inst relative
to the claim of Phebe Wallace, widow of
John, for Pension under the Act of 1838
&c came duly to hand
I have used my best endeavors to obtain testimony that shall satisfy you of the identity of John Wallace who served under Capt Runnells in 1777 with the man of that name who served under the same Capt in 1778 & 9.
I have furnished abundant evidence as to 
the names of the father & mother of John
Wallace - husband of the applicant.
I have got no additional Certificate
from the town Clerk of Londonderry
because he has already certified all
he could on that point, from the records
of the town.
The former certificates of the Secretary of the State of N. H. show all the information
contained in the Records in his office
as to the town from which John Wallace
entered service in 1778 & 9 under Col
Peabody.  The Secretary is willing to give
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his own belief in the matter, but that
I suppose would not be proper evidence
in a case like this.
I feel confident that the testimony herewith forwarded will satisfy you on the point of identity- all the names of men who served with John Wallace as he said, are found on Capt
Reynolds Roll in 1778 & 9 with the exception
of Ephraim Gregg whose name appears
on Capt Runnells Roll in 1777.
I have spared no labor or expense
to produce such evidence as would
be convincing and I feel confident
that you will it the such.
In one instance & was compelled to
act as Justice of the Peace because the
affiant lived at a distance from any
other magistrate & I could not procure
another.
I am respectfully
Your Obt Servt
L. D. Stevens
Hon Geo C. Whiting
Comm of Pensions
Washington
D. C
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I, Elizabeth Hale of Derry formerly a
part of Londonderry in the County of
Rockingham and State of New Hampshire
on oath testify and say that I have
lived in said town from my infancy
and have always lived a near neighbor
to the homestead of William and Hannah
Wallace with whom I was well acquainted
with them and their children: they
had five children to wit. William, James
and John and two daughters Hannah
and Catherine with all of whom I was
familiar that William and James went to
Canada and lived for a while there and
in the time of the last war with England
they came to the State of New York and
died in that State - James died in Buffalo
Hannah died in this town unmarried and
Catherine married a man by the name of
Cox and moved to the town of Holderness in this State and died there several
years ago: John Wallace moved from
this town at the town of Thornton in
this State and died in that town some
years since: that I was never acquainted with
said John's wife that I think have heard
my father who was a Revolutionary soldier
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speak of said John Wallace being out
in the Revolutionary war but I was so young
that I cannot speak particularly of it & that I
never knew of any other John Wallace who
lived in this town during the Rev. War.
that William Adams, who was a soldier
in the Revolution I knew; that Hannah
Wallace wife of William was Hannah Thornton
and a sister of Matthew Thornton who
signed the Declaration of Independence and
resided in Londonderry; that I have no interest
in the claim of the widow of said John Wallace
for pension.
Elizabeth Hale
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss Subscribed and
Sworn to on this twenty fifth day of
September 1857 before me the subscribe
and I certify that I know the
affiant to be a credible witness
D. A. Gregg Justice of the Peace
(Written in right margin)
6 claims for Pension by Phebe Wallace 
Act of 1838 
L. D. Stevens Atty.
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Brief in the case of John Wallace, a Private in the revolution
Grafton, County and State of New Hampshire
act 7th June 1832.
Claim, ("original," or " for increase".)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Phebe Wallace the widow of John, is now 
in the receipt of a pension, under act of 2d
February 1848, at the rate of $67.22 per ann.
and she has drawn a pension under acts of
7th July 1838. 3d March 1843 & 17th June 1844.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Her husband died on the 4th of June 1837 but
was never pensioned under act of 7th June 1832.
The widows claim was allowed in the year 1858, after the opinion of the late Attorney General was delivered and the practice of the office had been changed - she would not then receive the amount that her husband was entitled under act 7th June 183. She is more entitled to it, as the former practice of the office has been restored, but as her pension began on
Name and residence of Agent
the 4 March 1836, (the act of the 7th July, 1838) the pension due to her husband must terminate on the day previous to that time,
though he did not die till the 4th
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day of June 1837. as the law forbids the allowance of a pension to the soldier this widow for the same period of time.
Allowed at the rate of $67.22  per ann to
begin on the 4th March 1831, and to terminate
on the 3 day of March 1836
Payable to his widow Phebe Wallace,
L. D. Stevens, Esq
L.M. Drury
Examiner
L. D. Stevens, Esqr.
Concord
New Hampshire
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary's Office, Concord,
August 5. 1857
-
I hereby certify that, at the date of the annexed
attestations John Horner was a Justice of
the Peace for the County of Grafton
in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
affixed the seal of the State, the
date above written.
Nathan M Gove
Deputy Secretary of State.

(No SEAL attached)
Page 75

I Phebe Wallace of Thornton in the county of Grafton state of New Hampshire, widow of John Wallace testify and say that I have made application for Pension under the Act of July 7th 1838 & act supplementary thereto that I now State in addition to my declaration that the family record attached to said declaration is the family record of my said husband's family and was written by my deceased husband John Wallace [carrot inserted] except what has been written since his death and has been in my possession all the time since my said husband's death. 
I further state in explanation of the reason why I have delayed so long in asserting my claim for pension, that I have lived in a back town & no pension in my neighborhood was acquainted with petion runs & I did not know my rights until I found in making inquires about county land, I found that I was entitled to pension I should have applied sooner if I had known what my rights were. 
[signature] John Horner 
[signature] Phebe Wallace
[signature] J. A. B. Horner 

State of New Hampshire
Grafton County 
S.S. 

Sworn & submitted on this thirty first day of July 1857 before me & I certify that I have no interest in this claim 
[signature] John Horner  Justice of the Peace
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The family record mentioned in
Mrs Phebe Wallace Affidavit of July
31, 1857 she testifies was made by her
deceased Husband John Wallace after
the time of his death since that time
which has been written is in the 
hand writing of her son Lemuel S.
Wallace & the whole record was made
by her deceased Husband & Lon L.S.
the fact above stated were sworn to at
the time Mr Phebe Wallace signed the
affidavit above mentioned.
before me John Homes
Justice of the Peace
Esq Steven, I think likely you will
not need the above but I send it
not knowing but they might say that
perhaps the whole record was made
after his death. I do not think that the
old Lady Mrs Wallace would make a false statement for all the pension money that has been dawn $ act took affect.
John Horner
Page 77

[top of page] State of New Hampshire 
[second line] Secretary of State's Office

I do herby certify That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the war of the Revolution which remain in this office it appears that the name of John Wallace appears upon a Book of orders & now remaining in this office. Page 79. 

[centered] Londonderry January 29th A.D. 1776

Sir please to pay to the Bearer Matthew Thornton Esq. the Wages due to me the Subscriber A Soldier in Col Beddel Regiment, Cap Osgoods Company & my coat & Billiting money & this Shall be your Discharge. - [signature faded] John Wallace 

To the Hon.ble Nick Gilman Receiver General

The small paper here to annexed contains a facsimile of the signature of John Wallace to the forgoing order. 
And I further certify that the following is a facsimile of the signature of John Wallace as it appears on the back of the foregoing order for pay. Also on the back of said order is "Wallace" [underlined]
Page 78

Also is found upon Page 245 of said Book of orders is 
"we the subscribers do acknowledge to have received of Nichl Gilman the sums offered to each of our names on the written Roll -
Witness on Hand - "Ebenezer Sanborn"

Received for - 
Soloman Todd 4: 9: 8
John Wallace 4. 19. 1
Stephan Bethel 6. 11. 9 
John Ryant 9. 6: 2
Duncan McGregor 8. 17: 2
Segt Joseph Hatch 7. 13 1
[British pound symbol and underline]  41. 16. 11
& for myself the above received [number added under total] 18. 19. 2 [underlined with total] 60. 16.. 1
[signature] Cm Mathew Thornton 

The small piece of paper attached to the above copy contains a facsimile of the Signature of John Wallace as it appears in the said Roll. 
And on the back of said Roll is the follow -
Page 79

ing. [carried from previous page "following"] 

Lient. Matthew Thornton [British pound symbol]  13.. 14.. 2
price of Rations due to [illegible] 5.. 5. 0 
[underlined with total] 18.. 19.. 2

Andrew Nealey - - - - 3.. 15.. 3
Soloman Todd - - - - - 4. 9. 8
John Wallace 4 19 1 
Stephen Bethel - - - - - - - 6.. 11.. 9
John Ryan - - - - - 9.. 6.. 2
Duncan McGregore - - - 8. 17. 2
Segt Joseph Hatch - - - -  7.. 13.. 1
Segt Ebenezer Sandborn - 4.. 5.. 3
[underlined British Pound symbol] 68.. 16.. 7 

To Nicholas Gilman Esq. R Genl 
pay to the several persons above named the sums set against their Respective names being the whole wages due to them exclusive. "(The remainder of the order is torn off.)
The small piece of paper attached to the above contains a facsimile of the signature of John Wallace as it appears in the back of said Roll.
Page 80

Also is borne upon the Pay Roll Vol. 7 Page 11. 
"A Pay Roll of Cap James Osgoods Company in Col. Bedels Regiment of Rangers raised by the Colony of New Hampshire - - - joined the northern Continental Army under the Command of General Montgomery 1775. 

[Column Title] Names   [Column Title] Quality 

Joseph Hatch                   Sergent 
[four "x's" under name and quality]
Ebenezer Sandborn               Do
[eight "x's" under name and quality]
Stephen Bethel                  Private 
[one "x" under name] 
Andrew Nealey
John Bryant
Solomon Todd 
[five "x's" under name] 
Duncan McGregore
[six "x's" under name]
John Wallace 

[flush right] In testimony where of I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said State this fifth day of August AD 1857 - 
[signature] Lemuel N. Pattee Secretary of State
Page 81

Brief in the case of Phebe Wallace, widow of John, Grafton County and State of New Hampshire
act 7 July 1838 & subsequent acts
of 43, 48   21 Feb. 1848
Claim, (" "for increase.")  Increased from $30.55 to 67.22
per An: under the Act of 7 July 1838 & subsequent acts
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
[Blank]
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
This increase is authorized by the decision of the Secretary of the Interior, made in the case upon an appeal, 16th March 1858
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
[Blank]
Hon.  M.W. Tappan
Ho: Rep
Name and residence of Agent
J. C. Boynton
Examining Clerk.
Page 82

Comr of Pensions
December 22. 1857
(check mark) 75.
Returning the papers
of Phebe Wallace
Rec'd 2 (ink spot) Dec '57
Mr. Rhett
Page 83

Pension Office,
December 22d, 1857
Sir
As directed by your letter of the 3d instant,
I have procured from the Secretary of State of New Hampshire a certificate of the amount of wages paid to John Wallace for his alleged service under Capt. Reynolds during the year 1778; and herewith return the same,
together with the papers in the case of Phebe Wallace, widow of John, of New Hampshire, on appeal.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
Your Obt Sert
Geo C Whiting
Commissioner
Hon. Jacob Thompson
Secretary of the Interior.
Dodge
Page 84

If the Secy of [illegible] would make any change for the certificate we had better regain the appel Court to [illegible] & for [illegible] such a Certificate until he [illegible] the Secry [illeible] that it may be proclaimed - [illegible] it is [illegible] before he can file the [illegible final four words] 
[initials] G C W 
3 Dec 1857
Page 85

Department of the Interior.
December 3d 1857.
Dear Sir,
Upon looking over the pension
claim of Phebe Wallace widow of John
the Seceretary thinks it advisable you
should procure from the Secretary of
State of New Hampshire a certificate
of the amount paid John Wallace for services rendered during the year 1778, as shown by the Pay Rolls in his office.  I send you the
case and all the papers connected
with it, asking that you will return
them to me when you have the Certificate from New Hampshire
Yours truly
Charles H. Rhett
Hon. G. C. Whiting
Commsr of Pensions.
Page 86

L. D. Stevens
Concord NH.
Dec 31. 1857
Respecting the claim
of Phebe Wallace for
a Pension.
Answered Jany 14, 1858
(The following was crossed out)
Dodge
Respectfully referred to the Commissioner of Pensions
Dept Int 
Moses Kelly
CC
Jan 12 /58

Rec'd 4 Jan : '58
Wm Rhitt
Page 87

[flush right] Concord N.H.  Dec 31. 1857. 

[flush left] Sir. 
On or about the 16th day of October last I addressed to you and forwarded a letter relative to the adjustment of the claim of Phebe Wallace, widow of John Wallace, for Pension under the Act of Congress of July 7 1838 and other Acts supplementary thereto appealing from the decision of the Comm of Pensions and requesting your decision thereou.
So long as time has elapsed  & no answer to my said letter having been received. I beg leave to call your attention to my said letter and enquirer of it was received. 
[flush right] I am very Respectfully your Obt Servt [signature] L. D. Stevens

[flush left] Hon John Thompson 
Sec of the Interior 
Washington 
D.C.
Page 88

Payment to be made at Concord
by
George Minot, Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of
New Hampshire
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
2d, 1848, Page 187. Vol.26
G. Y. Getty  Clerk
(Written across paper "CANCELLED")
Page 89

[left upper corner] Enc. C.H.R. [ underlined]

[copy type face and centered] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
[second line] WIDOW'S PENSION.

[script typeface] I certify, that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, 
[in ink script] Phebe Wallace, 
[script typeface] widow of [ink script] John Wallace [last name underlined] 
[script typeface] who was a [ink script] private [script typeface] in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of [ink script] Thirty [script typeface] dollars and [ink script] fifty five [script typeface] cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. 
[flush right] Given at the Department of the Interior this [ink script] Sixth [script typeface] day of [ink script] October, [script typeface] one thousand eight hundred and [ink script] fifty seven. 

[written across the paragraph in ink script] Cancelled April 7th 1858

[ink script signature] J. Thompson [script typeface] Secretary of the Interior

[flush left in script typeface] Examined and Countersigned, [ink script] Geo C Whiting [script typeface] Commissioner of Pensions.
Page 90

[flush right] Concord, N.H. Oct. 9. 1857. 

Sir, 
I have to acknowledge the receipt of Pension Certificates granting a Pension to Phebe Wallace widow of John under the Act of July 7 18[white mark]8 and Supplemental Acts at the rate of Thirty Dollars & fifty five cents per annum. 
I feel confident that there was a mistake made in estimating the length of the Service performed by the husband of the applicant. 
I beg leave to call your attention to the Certificate of the Secretary of State of N. H. dated June 24 1857 which is now on file among the papers in this case. 
You will see in said Certificate the following terms of service certified, to with: the first term of 4 months & 2 days under Capt. Osgood's [Co scratched out] in 1775: the second term of 2 months & 9 days under Capt Rummell's in 1777: and the third term of eleven [underlined] months under Capt. Reynolds at R.I. in 1778 making in the whole...
Page 91

18 months and 2 days. 
From the amount allowed, I infer that the last term of service was called two [underlined] months instead of eleven. [underlined]
Will you have the kindness to inform me how the matter is and if [illegible] for compilation was not correct. I will return the certificates forwarded to me that others may be issued. 

[flush right] I am very respectfully Your Obt. Serv. [signature] L. D. Stevens. 

[flush left bottom] Hon Geo. C. Whiting 
Comm of Pensions 
Washington 
D.C.
Page 92

copy
Pension Office
Oct 10. 1857.
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 9th instant
you are respectfully informed that the claim
of Phebe Wallace was adjusted as to the item
of service in 1778 from the  original payrolls in this office and not from the certificate of the Secretary of State of New Hampshire, as you have inferred from the allowance
I am very respectfully
Your Obt Servant
Geo. C. Whiting
Commissioner
L D Stevens Esq.
Concord
N. Hampshire
Page 93

L. D. Stevens
Concord NH.
October 21. 1857
Respecting the case of
Phebe Wallace
Respectfully referred to the Commissioner
of Pensions
Dept. Int.
Oct. 24 /57.
Moses Kelly
Chief Clk.
Rec'd 24 Oct. '57
M. Rhitt
Page 94

Concord N.H. Oct. 21. 1857
Sir,
Since writing my letter of the 20th
[Illegible] relative to the case of Phebe Wallace
widow of John, on which I have appealed
from the decision of the Commt of Pensions
as to the time of service performed in 1778
by John Wallace, it has occurred to me
that I did not state so fully aa I ought,
my views relative to that service-
I take the ground that the Rolls in
the Office of the Sec. of State of N.H. are
as reliable and entitled to as much weight
as evidence as the Rolls in the Pension
Office. These Rolls were formerly in the Pension office and were relied upon in the
adjustment of pension claims and it is
but a few years since they were
sent from that office to the office of the
Sec of State of N.H. Therefore if the Pay Roll
of Capt Daniel Reynolds Co. in the office
of the Secretary of State shows eleven months
service, the widow is entitled to the benefit
of that term and the Roll in the Pension
office is incomplete in not showing all the
service performed by Capt Reynolds Co in
Page 95

which John Wallace served.
I contend that the widow
should not suffer
because of the defective Rolls in the Pension
Office, when she addresses reliable and indisputable record evidence from the archives
of New Hampshire which supply such
deficiency. The husband is clearly entitled to
the benefit of the Act of June 7. 1832.
Be pleased to fill this letter with my
former letter
let its contents
above alluded to and let its contents 
be considered in connection with that.
I am very respectfully
Your Obt Sevnrt
L .D. Stevens
Hon John Thompson
Sec. of the Interior
Washington
D.C.
Page 96

[centered] Stat of New Hampshire. 
Secretary of States Office 

[the words on left side are cut off - missing words will be called out]
[missing] of the Books and Documents relating to [missing] _ution. which services in this office it appears [missing] upon Vol 3 Letter N. Page 11. "Pay Roll [missing] Col Stephen Peabody's Regiment which [missing] Hampshire for the Continental Service at Rhode [missing] December 30th 1778. and allowed one days pay

[table names are missing. Eight column headers visible with six rows of numbers and "X's"placed in locations without numbers, split into two sets of four columns] 

[angled upward, British Pound symbol present in three columns] 

[column one] "Travel out to Providence a 3 per miles" 
[column two] "Travel home a 8 per mile"
[column three] "Officers Subsistance Money"  
[column four] "Whole Amount"

           "-              |       "3..6..8"       |      "43..-.."         |    "193..2..8"   |   
---------------------------------- 
           "-               |       "3..6..8"       |      "21.. 10.."       |    "123.4.4"     |
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           "-               |       "3..6..8"       |      "21.. 6."          |    "117..1..1."     | 
----------------------------------
           4.."             |      "3..6..8"        |             .               |    "69..6 6"      |
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           4.."             |      "3..6..8"        |             .               |    "70..9..4"     |
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            4                |      3..6..8            |             .              |     60.0.. 8        |
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[column five] "Bounty Wages and travel pa by the states"
[column six] "Received of the Continent"
[column seven] " Amt, Wages, County, & travel Received"
[column eight] "Balance.
_____________________________
         "-                |       "3..6..8"       |      "43..-.."          |    "3.. 6.. 8.."   |      
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         "-                |       "3..6..8"       |      "21.. 10.."       |    "3.. 6.. 8.."   |
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          "-                |       "3..6..8"       |      "21.. 6."          |    "3.. 6.. 8.."   | 
 ----------------------------------      
          4.."              |      "3..6..8"        |             .               |    "28..11.. 4."  |
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          4.."              |      "3..6..8"        |             .               |    "29..5.. 1"    |
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          4                 |      3..6..8            |        "3                |     27..17..         |
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______________________________

[missing] Servant set my hand and affixed the seal of December A.D. 1857 --
[signature] Samuel A. Pattee Secretary of State
Page 97

(It appears the right margin has been cut off)

I do hereby certify, That from an examin
Military Services in the War of the Revo
that the name of John Wallace is borne
for Captain Daniel Reynolds Company,
Regiment was raised by the State of New
Island. Discharged at Rhode Island
for every, twenty miles travel home
No
Name
Rank
Engagements
Discharge
Time in Service
Rate per Month
Amount
W---
1.
Daniel Reynolds
Capt
1778 Jany 1
1779 Jany 9
12 mos 9 d
£12
£146.16
"
2.
Bracket Towle
1t Lieut
1778 Jany 1
1779 Jany 7
12 mos 7 d
£12
£98.7.8
"
3.
Jacob Elliot
3rd Lieut
1778 Jany 2
1779 Jany 4
11 mos 16 d
£12
£ 92.8.5
"
4.
William Adams
Sergt
1778 Feb 2
1779 Jany 4
11 mos 3 d
£12
£58.15.16 
6

5
John Elliot
Sergt
1778 Jany 26
1779 Jany 4
11 mos 10 d
£12
£59.15.8 
6
x
x
x
x
x
x
49
John Wallace
Private
1778 Feb 5
1779 Jany 4
11 mos
£12
£449.10
6
x
x

In testimony whereof I have
said State, this 15 day of
Page 98

Phebe Wallace
Wif: of John
N. H.
Allow at the rate of 67.20 per an. under the act of 7 July 1838 & subsequent acts of '43, 4 & 2d Feb. 1848, deducting former payments at the rate of
$3055 Per An. under said Acts
Cert to
Hon. M. W. Tappan,
Ho. Rep.
Page 99

Concord N.H. March 3d. 1862
Sir
I herewith forward the application of
Phebe Wallace widow of John for the
arrears of Pension due to her said
husband at the time of his decease
and which she has never received
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
L D Stevens
Hon. Jos. H. Barrett
Commr of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 100

L. D. Stevens
Concord N.H.
Mch 3rd 1862.

Referred by Pen. Office
[Illegible] of pension
of Phebe Wallace
widow John
Recd March 1862.
Respectfully returned to the
Commr of Pensions
8th Auditors Office
March 11. 1862
A J [Illegible]
Auditor
Mr Randall
Page 101

Phebe Wallace
widow of John
New Hampshire- Grafton Co
Act July 7. 1838 & subst acts
married Oct 23, 1788.
John died June 4. 1837
Admitted
Private 9mos 5ds at $30.55
from March 4, 1836, excepting
2 years
Certificate payable to
Claimant
Atty
L. D. Stevens
Concord
N. Hampshire.
Page 102

Plymouth, NH. July 18th 1857
Dear Sir,
Enclosed you will find the application of Phebe Wallace, Widow of John Wallace late of Thornton - for Bounty Land.  The evidence in her case has been filed in your Department with application for a pension for the service of
her late husband -
Yours Truly
G.C. Whiting Esqr
Nelark
Page 103

State of New Hampshire
Secretary of State's Office
I do hereby certify, that from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this office it appears that the following is an extract of the Heading of a Pay Roll borne upon Vol. 3 Page s 9-10 & 11 "N"
"Pay Roll for Captain Daniel Reynolds Company in Col. Stephen, Peabody's Regiment; which
Regiment was raised by the State of New Hampshire for the Continental Service at Rhode Island.  Discharged at Rhode Island December 30th 1778 and allowed one days pay for every twenty miles travel home."
No. 
Names
Rank Engagement
Discharge
Time in Service
1.  Daniel Reynolds
Capt
1778 Jany 1
1779
Jany 7
12 mo 7 d
2. Backet Towle
1 Lieut
1778 Jany 1
1779 Jany 7
12 mo 7 d
3.  Jacob Elliot
2nd Lieut
1778 Jany 20
1779 any 4
11 mo 16 d

Also the following is an extract taken from the Records now in this office of the Committee of Safety for the Colony of New Hampshire as it appears commencing May 19th 1778 and continuing to May 29th 1784.
(over)
Page 104


Monday April 27 1778"
X
28  Tuesday 
Ordered the Rg to pay Lieut Jacob Elliot
Twenty Eight pounds four Shillings which is
for one months advance wages for Capt
Dane'l Runnells Lieut Bracket Lowle &
Lieut Jacob Elliot they to be accountable being
officers in Col. Stephen Peabodys Regt
raised for the Defence of Rhode Island
Also the following is an extract taken from
the same records----
-
"Friday March 12th 1779 ordered the R G.
to pay the Selectmen of Londonderry £200 for
advance of £10 each to 20 men volunteers
in R. Island Expedition"
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
said State this tenth day of September
A.D. 1857 Lemuel N. Pattee Secretary
of State
I hereby certify that the interlination
after the sixth line on the first page was
made before signing -
Lemuel N. Pattee Secy of State
Page 105

Plymouth (NH) April 5 1858 
Sir,
I wrote you last week in relation
to the claim of Phebe Wallace, Widow of
John Wallace, for bounty land-
Since then I have obtained four
acknowledgement of the receipt of her
claim.
No 278,120 - Will you please to
inform me soon of the State of her claim
Respectfully your
Geo C. Whiting Esq.
Clark
Page 106

Pension Agency
Concord N.H. April 22 1858
The pension of Phebe Wallace under the
Acts of 1838 + 1843, & 44, have been
paid in full at this Agency & the
Certificates issued to her under those
acts are now on file with vouchers
in this Office
The pension payable to her under the
act of 1848 has also been paid
to the 4th of March 1858
Geo Minot Pen Agent
Page 107

80012  N.H.
278.120
John Wallace
now dead
Phebe
Revolutionary
[Illegible]
This is not [Illegible]
B
Page 108

Plymouth (N H) March 31 1858 -
Sir
Yours of the 26th was duly
read.  In reply I will say that in
relation the application of Phebe Wallace
widow of John was sent by me I
think in July 1857. as the first
I heard from it was your letter
dated August 1. 1857. stating that
you had examined her claim and
suspended it, for want of evidence
of Widowhood & identity & requesting
an explanation why she did not
apply before.  I furnished the desired
evidence & information to the department & since then have not heard from her claim for Bounty Land although since then I
have obtained a pension for her
Will [Illegible] under the circumstances, inform me if possible of the present condition of the
case & oblige me with an early reply-
Respectfully yours
Geo. C Whiting Esqr.
Joseph Clark
Page 109

Plymouth (N.H.)  June 28. 1858 -
Sir
In the case of
Phebe Wallace widow of
John application for Bounty
land-- I have not heard from
the deportment for a long
time.  A Pension hold was given 
her on account of the
service of her husband & I
do not understand why the
Bounty Land is not granted
Will you please writ me how
the case stands so that if
it is necessary for me to
do more I may do it
If I understand the matter at all
evidence sufficient to proceed a
pension is such and sufficient
to procure the Bounty land-
Yours truly
Geo C. Whiting Esq
J Clock
Page 110

Phebe Wallace
N. H.
Act 1838
Brief
Dodge
Page 111

Brief in the case of Phebe Wallace, widow of John
Grafton County and State of N. Hampshire
act July 7. 1838 & subsequent acts
Claim, ("original")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Service - Documentary, record, and traditional proof that claimants late husband served, in 1775 '7 & 8 - 9 months & 8 days as Private of Infantry in the N.H. Militia.
Marriage - Oct 23d 1788, proved by record
Death of John Wallace, June 4, 1837. by record and [Illegible]
Widowhood and Identity clearly proved.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
S. G. Dodge
Examining Clerk.
Name and residence of Agent
L. D. Stevens
Concord  N. Hampshire
S. G. Dodge
Examining Clerk.
Page 112

Concord N.H. Sept 10 1857.
Sir,
Your letter of the 21st ult relative
to the claim of Phebe Wallace widow
of John, for pension under the
Act of July 7. 1838 & subsequent acts,
came duly to hand.
I have endeavored to comply with
the suggestions contained in said letter.
The Rolls in the office of the Secretary of
State of N.H. do not show the place from
which John Wallace entered service.
I addressed a letter to the Chairman of the
board of Selectmen of Londonderry and I
herewith transmit his answer.  I have
also sent to Elizabeth P. Baker for information
but as yet have heard nothing from her
but hope to in [Illegible] season to furnish her affidavit before the papers now sent, shall come up in order for examination
I also made application to the Town Clerk of
Londonderry & herewith forward his certificate
The affidavits herewith sent I hope may
be satisfactory as to the private journal
annexed to claimants declaration
(over )
Page 113


It appears from the accompanying certificate of the Sec. of State of N.H. that Londonderry furnished 20 men for the Rhode Island service in 1778 and of the Selectmen's records extended back to that period I should have found a record of the men and the payment to them of the advance wages, which was
paid by the town in the first instance and afterward repaid to the town by the Colony of N.H.
The Capt Runnells under whom John Wallace served in 1777 was the same man under whom he served in 1778 at Rhode Island, although his name is spelled Reynolds-- you will see that his name was written both ways, by the certificate of the Sec of State herewith forwarded.
Capt Reynolds was from Londonderry and
afterward was promoted to Col.  Matthew Thornton was also a Londonderry man
I think
On examining the evidence you will, I think,
have no doubt that John Wallace, husband of 
the applicant, was from Londonderry
& that the evidence now adduced said be 
be satisfactory to you-
I am very respectfully
Your Obt Sert
L. D. Stevens
Hon Geo. C. Whiting
Comm of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 114

Ho Reps Martin
March 19, 1858
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting
My Dear Sir,
I have recd from your office a note stating 
that the claim of Mrs. Phebe Wallace
for an increase of her pension
will be allowed &c-- but on
taxing my recollection and
refering [ referring] to my minutes I am
not ascertain who Mrs. Wallace
is or from whence her application came.  I presume that I may have addressed your 
department on the subject but have
entirely forgotten it.  Will you be kind enough to recur to my letter to give & either for
Page 115

ward it to me ola returned
again to you, or give me
such information as
will enable me to ascertain
in whom to address in refences
other matter
Very truly yours
Obed Servt
M[Illegible] Tappan
Page 116

Concord N.H. June 24, 1857.
Sir:
I herewith forward the application of
Phebe Wallace widow of John Wallace
for Pension under the Act of July 1838 & supplements & for the arrears of
Pension due her in right of her said
husband under Act of June 7, 1832.
I am respectfully
Your Obt Sert
L. D. Stevens
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting
Commr of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 117

Concord N.H. April 2. 1855
Sir
Your letter of the 19th inst addressed
to the Hon. M. W. Tappan relative
to the claim of Phebe Wallace for
increase of her pension under the
Act of July 7. 1838 & subsequent
acts, has been forwarded to me.
Agreeably to your suggestion &
now forward the original certificate
issued to Mrs Wallace together with a
statement from the Pension Agent as
to the payments made to her, amounting
in the whole to $611.
I am very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
L. D. Stevens
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting
Commr of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Department of the Interior
March 16th 1858.
Sir:
I have considered the claim of
Phebe Wallace widow of John Wallace, for
a pension under Act July 7th 1838, upon
which an appeal was taken from your
decision.  I am of the opinion that the
Certificate of the Secretary of State of New
Hampshire, shows that John Waller was
paid for eleven months services in addition
to those for which Phebe was allowed a pension; and that in accordance with your suggestion her allowance ought to be increased for that additional period.  The papers which accompanied your report are herewith returned to your Office.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obdt Servt
J. [Illegible]
Secretary
Hon George C. Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Concord N.H. Aug 5. 1837
Sir:
Your letter of July 24 relative to the claim of Phebe Wallace widow John Wallace for pension under the Act of July 7. 1838 & came duly of
hand
Herewith I forward evidence in Copliance[compliance] with the request contained in your said letter and and it will be satisfactory.
I am very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt
L. D. Stevens
Hon
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting
Comr of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 120

I Phebe Wallace of Thornton in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire widow of John Wallace late of said Thornton on oath testify & say that the daily Journal forwarded with my application for pension is the original
journal kept by my said husband while
in service under Capt. Runnells in the
War of the Revolution: that it is in the hand
writing of my said husband and was in his
possession and was his property from the
time of our marriage until his death;
that since his death said journal has been
in my possession until it was forwarded
to Washington at the time above alluded to
that I have not applied for pension at on
earlier period for the reason that I was not in a
situation to know about the pension
laws & did not know that I was entitled to
pension until making inquiry about County
land under the late act of Congress 
Phebe Wallace
State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton ss- 
Subscribed & sworn to on this tenth day of August 1857.
Before me
Joseph Clark Jr
Jus [Justice] of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire, 
County of Grafton ss
I D C Cooper Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas in the County & State aforesaid hereby
certify that Joseph Clark Jr whose given
signature is affixed to the within certificate
(SEAL)
and before whom the within affidavit purposes to have been taken was at the time of  [Illegible]
and certifying the same as acting Justice
of the [Illegible] in and for said County of Grafton 
any commissioned and qualified and
that full faith and credit are due
to all his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
and [Illegible] this 12th day of August
[Illegible] [Illegible] 1857
D.C. Cooper
Clerk
Page 122

The State of New-Hampshire.
Secretary's Office,
Concord, March 3d 1862
I Hereby Certify that at the date of the
annexed attestation John
Horner was a Justice of the Peace
for the County of Grafton
in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his
acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given,
in and out of Court and that his signature
thereto, is, in my belief genuine.
(SEAL)
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto affixed
the Seal of the State, the date above written.
George H. Chandler
Deputy Secretary of State
Page 123

State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton  ss.
On this third day of March A.D. 1862 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for
said County personally appeared Phebe
Wallace and made oath in due form
of law that she is the widow of John
Wallace who was a soldier in the war
of the Revolution: that she is now receiving
from the United States a pension under the
Act of February 2 1848 and that her name is
is on the Roll of the Concord N.H. Pension
Agency at the rate of $67.22 per annum,
that her said husband died on the fourth
day of June 1837 and that she still remains a
widow: that she makes this statement for the
purpose of obtaining the pension due to
her said husband at the time of his decease
under the Act of June 7th 1832.
Phebe Wallace
Subscribed and sworn to on the third day of March 1862 : before me and I certify that I am disintersted.
John  Homer
Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary of States Office
I do hereby certify. That from an examination
of the Books and Documents relating to Military services in the war of the Revolution, which remain in this office, it appears that the name of John Wallace is borne upon the pay Roll of Captain James Osgood's Company as a private in said company. Vol. 7 Page 11
"A Pay Roll of Captain James Osgood's
Company Col Bedel's Regiment of Rangers,
raised by the Colony of New Hampshire, joined
the Northern Continental Army under the
command of General Montgomery 1775.
Names " " John Wallace" "Quality, Private.
Time of engagement 1775. July 10, Time of
Discharge Dec 2." "Time in service 4 mo. 23 dys
And also upon a Book of Orders, Page 79 is
the following
Londonderry January 29th A.D. 1776
Sir please pay to the Bearer Matthew Thornton
Esq. the wages due to me the Subscriber a soldier in Col Bedels Regiment - Capt. Osgood's Company and my Coart and Belleting money and this shall be your Discharge
John Wallace
To the Hon'ble Nick Gilman Receiver General
And on said Book of Orders Page 245 is the following
"We the subscribers do acknowledge to have received of Nathl Gilman the sum affixed to each of our names on the within Roll
Witness our Hands
Ebenezer Sandborn
Received for
Page 125

"Solomon Todds         4 : 9 : 8 "
" John Wallace            4 :19 : 1 "
" Stephen Bethel         6 : 11 : 9 "
"John Bryant                9 : 6 : 2 "
"Duncan McGregore   8 : 17 : 2 "
"Sergt Joseph Heath   7 : 13 : 1 "
                               £41 : 16 : 11 "
and for myself          18 : 19 : 2
                                 63 : 16 : 6
The above received per me Matthew Thornton 
And on the back of the same is the following
"Lieut Matthew Thornton        £ 13 : 14 : 2 "
"Price of rations due to so           5 : 5 : 10 "
                                                   18 : 19 : 2 "
"Andrew Nealey                           3 : 15 : 3 "
" Solomon Todd                           4 - 9 -8 "
" John Wallace                             14 - 19 - 1
" Stephen Bethel                           6 -11 -9 "
"John Bryant                                 9 - 6 -2 "
" Duncan McGregore                   8 - 17 - 2 "
Sergt. Joseph Heath                      7 - 13 -1 " 
Sergt Ebenezer Sandborn            4 - 5 -3 "
                                                £  68-16-7 "
To Nicholas Gilman Esq. R. Gen.
pay the several persons above named the sums set against their respective names, being the whole wages " due to them.  The remainder of the order is torn off
And is also borne upon Vol. 1. Letter D. Page 52 "The Muster and Pay Roll of Capt. Daniel Runnels Company" in Col. Moses Nichols Regiment belonging to Gen. Starks Brigade in the Continental Service Inlisted
July 20. 1777 "Mens Names ""John Wallace""Rank Private Time of Discharge Sept. 10. Time in service 2 ms 9 dys,"
The names of David McClary, Lieut. Adam Taylor Lieut " and John Hughs Ensign. are borne on the foregoing Roll of Capt Runnel's Co.
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And is also borne upon the Vol. 3. Letter N. Page 11
Pay Roll for Captain Daniel Reynolds Company
in Col. Stephen Peabody's Regiment, which was "
raised by the State of New Hampshire for the Continental service at Rhode Island. Discharged
at Rhode Island December 30th 1778 and allowed one days pay for every twenty miles
travel home.  "Names" John Wallace Rank
Private" "Engagement Feb 5. 1778" Discharge
Jan. 4. 1779. Time in service 11 Mo.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of the State
this twenty fourth day of June 1857.
James Peverly
Dept Secy of State
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary of State's Office

I do hereby certify that from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military services in the war of the Revolution which remain in this office, it appears that the name of John Wallace is borne upon the Pay Roll of Capt James Osgoods' Company as a private in said Company.
Vol. 7 Page 11
"A Pay Roll of Captain James
Osgoods Company in Col Bedels Regiment of Rangers raised by the Colony of New Hampshire  joined the Northern Continental Army under the command of General Montgomery 1775."
"Names" "John Wallace". Quality. Private.  'Time of Engagement 1775 July 10".
"Time of Discharge Dec 2". "Time in Service 4 mo.  23 dys"
And also upon a Book of orders. Page 79 is
following.
"Londonderry, January 29th A.D. 1776"
"Sir please to pay to the Bearer Matthew Thornton," Esq. the wages due to me the Subscriber A Soldier in Col. Bedel Regiment Capt Osgoods' Company & my Coat & Billeting money & this shall be  your Discharge"
"John Wallace"
To the Hon ble Nick Gilman Receiver General
And upon said Book of Orders Page 245 is
the following
We the Subscribers do acknowledge to have
received of Nath'l Gilman the sums affixed to each of our names on the within Roll
Witness our hands
Ebenezer Sandborn
Received for
Solomon Todd 4 : 9 : 8
John Wallace 4 .. 19 : 1
Stephen Bethel  6 .. 11 . 9
John Bryant  9 .. 6 .. 2
Duncan McGregore 8 .. 1 7: 2
over
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Sergt Joseph Hatch  7:13:1
                                41:16:11
& for myself            18:19:2
                           £   60:16:1              
The above received per me
Matthew Thornton
And on the back of the same Roll is the following
"Lieut Matthew Thornton   £ 13.14.2
price of Rations due to Do      5: 5:0
                                             18:19:2
Andrew Nealy                        3:15:3                     
Solomon Todd                        4:9:8
John Wallace                          4:19:1
Stephen Bethel                       6:11:9 
John Bryant                             9:6:2 
Duncan McGregore                8:17:2
Joseph Hatch                          7:13:1
Ebenezer Sandborn                4:5:3
                                         £   68:16:7
"To Nicholas Gilman Esq R Gen."
pay to the several persons above named the sums set against their respective names being the whole wages due to them."  The remainder of the order is torn off
And is also borne upon Vol. 1. Letter D. 
Page 52
The Muster & Pay Roll of Capt Daniel Runnels
Company in Colonel Moses Nichols's  regiment belonging to Gen. Starks Brigade in the Continental Service enlisted July 20th
1777.
Mens Names John Wallace "Rank Private
Time of Discharge Sept 28" "Time in Service 2ms 9 dys
The names David McCary Lieut. Adam Taylor Lieut and John Hughs Ensign we borne on the foregoing Roll of Capt Runnels Co.
And is also borne upon Vol. 3. Letter N.
Page 11
Pay Roll for Captain Daniel Reynolds
Company in Col Stephen Peabody's Regiment; which Regiment was raised by the State of New Hampshire
Page 129

the Continental Service at Rhode Island.  Discharged at Rhode Island December 30th 1778 and allowed one day's pay for every twenty miles travel home"

"Names"  "John Wallace"  "Rank"  "Private"  "Engagement Feb. 5, 1778"  "Discharge Jan. 4, 1779"  "Time in Service  11 Mo."

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the State this twenty fourth day of June A.D. 1857.
James Peverly
Deputy Secretary of State

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]