Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6391, James Wall, New Jersey
Page 1

(3 - 1776)
    
SERVICE                             NUMBER    
New Jersey      Wall, James      W 6391
                                 Mary
Page 2

New Jersey 119
Mary Wall  119
of (blank space) in the State of NJ
who was a (blank space) in the (blank space)    commanded by Captain (blank space) of the (blank space)  commanded by (blank space) in the (blank space)

Line for Widow of James
Wall decd late an Ensign and Lieutenant in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 290 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Octo1836 and sent to the Wall Burlington N.J.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept '36 $1595.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '37 145.00
                                                $1,740.00
Revolutionary Claim,
July 4, 1836
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by H H Addison Clerk
Book   Vol. 1 Page 156
Page 3

26.
Mary Wall
N. J.
I have examined the evidence in
in this case & and am satisfied
that Mrs Wall has established
within the regulations heretofore       , 
the fact of service by her 
husband as an officer for 
at least five years. But I
think this widow is insufficient
to show that such service was
in the grade of lieutenant.
Mr. Wall was not commissioned
as Lieut. till the 2.5. Sept.
1777 which was eight months
after his marriage & Mrs Wall
estimate. All his service
after his marriage and about
three years ago - it would
be unsafe & improper to take
these recollections, after so great
a passage of time, as suffi-
cient proof of a fact so
important. I am however
convinced by her statements
& those of the other depo.
statements that her husband
served at least one 
year after he was commissioned as Lieut.
& at least one before
that time, & these
memories will hence
-from be allowed
accordingly.
27. Oct. 1836
B. McBorthans
Page 4

State of New Jersey, Warren County towit  8
On this twenty third day of August
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and thirty six personally appeared
before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common
Pleas, held at Belvidere, in and for the County of Warren aforesaid, in open court -
Mary Wall, a Resident of Belvidere, in the Township
of Oxford in the County of Warren and State of
New Jersey Mary Wall, aged eighty three years of on
the twenty first day of November last being first
duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make
the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit 
of the provisions made by the act of Congress
passed July the fourth 1836, that she is the widow
of James Wall of the township of Middletown, in the
County of Monmouth, and State of New Jersey aforesaid, who in his lifetime, was a lieutenant of a Company of Monmouth Militia in the County of Monmouth
in the said state that at the time of the marriage of this Deponent and the said James Wall, she
believes that the said James Wall was an Ensign that
shortly towit, in the month of May following as. ap.
years by the annexed certificate of the Secretary of
State of the State of New Jersey, he was elected a Lieutenant of the company of Monmouth Militia commanded by Captain William Schenck, that she well recollects
the fact of his being elected and commissioned
Lieutenant having frequently seen his commission
which was signed by William Livingston, Governor of New Jersey, and had the great Seal of New Jersey
thereto - but she recollects she would not have
been able to fix the date with any precision
Page 5

9
without the aid of that certificate. That from age and
recent sickness her memory has become very imperfect and she cannot rely upon it as to dates, or
names, if she has no means of refreshing her memory
that she remembers that previous to her marriage
her husband belonged to a uniform Company. commanded by Captain George Taylor. to which also belonged a
Brother of this Deponent. That her husband served several
tours of duty in said Company before their intermarriage, in which he acted in the grade of a Sergeant at first
and afterwards an Ensign. That the tour of
duty consisted of one month. That after at the time of their intermarriage, he was serving a tour of duty, and got permission for a temporary absence on that occasion.
That at this time this Deponent and that
husband resided with their parents respectively in the
township of Middletown, in the County of Monmouth
and State aforesaid, on the plantations of their
parents, within less than two miles of each other
and within four miles of the shores of Princes Bay - 
which separates the county of record between the shores of
Monmouth and Staten Island. That about the
first of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and seventy seven, this deponent
and her husband removed to Freehold, in the township of
Freehold in the said County. where they resided for (word unclear)
years and nine months. That in the month of June 1778 when the British army passed through the village
of Freehold, they plundered the house of this
deponent of every thing valuable and portable
Page 6


leaving this Deponent who was alone with an infant
child in a very destitute situation. That at that
time the husband of this Deponent was with the
American army. That at the battle of Monmouth the
husband of this Deponent was out with his company and this deponent has always understood, was
selected on account of his knowledge of the
country and enterprize, as a guide. and to communicate to General
Washington the movements of the enemy - that on that occasion, he in company with Stephen Seaborn (?),
captured a British officer, who surrendered
him his sword, which he ever after wore, until
it was subsequently plundered by the Refugees - that this
deponent well recollects that after the marriage of this
deponent and after her husband was appointed Lieutenant he served several different tours of duty
when the militia were regularly called out by
the general authorities of the State of New Jersey. in the rank
of Lieutenant sometimes in the rank of
Lieutenant commandant and as and as she has always understood in the rank of Captain, about the close of the war. That she cannot recollect the dates of the service at each
call or tour nor with what officers he served, further than what is hereafter stated. That he served a tour of three months at or near Elizabeth Town, one tour at New Brunswick. That he was at the Battle of Monmouth - and was engaged in several of the skirmishes, between the British refugees, and the Monmouth Militia on the frontiers of Monmouth County, as she has
Page 7

frequently heard her husband, and many of those who served with him state. But she cannot now recollect the places where the skirmishes occurred.
That his other tours of service were in defence of the frontier of the County of Monmouth, and his range was from Long Branch to Middletown Point Creek, on the water, and to the township of Upper Freehold in
the County of Monmouth aforesaid, in the interior. That the Refugees and British were continually on the alert and harrassed the frontier with great many
incursions in which the houses of the active
Whigs were generally attacked, and it became necessary for those who were officers actively employed (word crossed out) against the enemy to be continually on their guard. 
That her husband was peculiarly obnoxious to the refugees. and always slept with his arms at hand. That his house was frequently searched and on one occasion he very narrowly escaped by availing himself of the darkness of the night when the enemy were at the door. At that time he lived at Spotswood and his
house was then again plundered of every
thing valuable and portable - and he then lost the sword
which had been surrendered to him by the
British officer at the Battle of Monmouth. That after living two years and nine months at Freehold, this Deponent and her husband removed to Spotswood in the
township of South Amboy, in the County of
Middlesex, which was also a frontier position
(word unclear) to the incursions of the Refugees
Page 8

12
(top line crossed out)
That after living at Spotswood either a year and three
months or two years & three months, they removed
to Vanmaters Mills, in the township of Middletown
aforesaid. That notwithstanding these several removals, the husband of this Deponent retained his rank
of Lieutenant and when called out always acted as such.
That his last residence was a frontier position also. That this Deponent well recollects that her husband
after their intermarriage and after his appointment
as Lieutenant was at different periods from that time until
the cessation of hostilities in the County absent from his home, engaged in performing several tours of duty for upwards of three years altogether.
this that it is impossible for her at this time to recollect 
the precise dates of each period of service that
(word unclear) was the defence of the frontiers of Monmouth County from the ravages of the enemy - and that on every occasion action that she can recollect when the militia
of Monmouth County were called out to defend the County, he was either detailed or volunteered for the service.
That she cannot be mistaken as to the length
of time that her husband was absent from the
service of the Country because it is written of
her sufferings - as she was sometimes left
with small children - and such assistance, as could be procured in the affected States of the Country exposed 
to the ravages of a cruel enemy, without any
male about the house - and aware that even
this. She would be safer than if her husband
Page 9

13
was at home, as the disaffected watched his movements and communicated intelligence to the enemy
who were always ready to make daring inroads into the
country, to capture those who were of (word unclear) to them, or plunder their houses - That the tour of duty which he was called upon to serve, were usually to
guard the coast from Long Branch to the Raritan and the
the stations were at some of the intermediate
(word unclear) & frequently in the interior of the Country (word crossed out)
were consisted of detachments command
and sometimes by a Lieutenant and sometimes by a captain
who were regularly detailed under the
(word unclear) of New Jersey for that special service that this Deponent
well recollects that these detachments consist of (word unclear) & Infantry - and she remembers that during the
different periods of her husbands service
aforesaid. he served tours of duty, either with or under
Captain (last name unclear), Captain David Gordon, Captain John Walton, Captain William Remsen, Captain John Schenck, Captain John Coward, and she also thinks he
(word unclear) served with
Captain William Schenck, Captain Barnes Smock, Captain Joseph Stillwell and Captain Moses Shepherd.
That she is positive that in the (word unclear) year, that elapsed after her marriage
her husband was absent in the service of his country
and performing tours of Military duty in the
whole (word unclear) amounting to three 
years - That he was
performing military duty in the Rank officer (word unclear) this Deponent knows as well from the
Page 10

State of New Jersey. Monmouth County. towit

On this twenty ninth day of July in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six personally appeared before the Judges of the
inferior Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey, in open
Court, James Wall. Resident of the township of
Freehold, in the County of Monmouth aforesaid Revolutionary Pensioner, aged seventy nine years on the twenty first day of June last, who being first duly sworn according to law, on his (word unclear) faith that he is well acquainted with Mary Wall, now of Belvidere, in the township of Oxford, in the County of Warren, and State aforesaid, the widow of Lieutenant James Wall, of the
Township of Middletown in the County of Monmouth in the State aforesaid deceased. That as early as the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, he knew the said Lieutenant
James Wall, and Mary Wall his now widow to be living and cohabiting together as man and wife and that they were reputed to be lawfully married by all their friends, neighbors, relations and all acquaintances, and visited and esteemed as such. That they had six children born during their cohabitation, who were esteemed and reputed to be born in lawful wedlock. That the said Lieutenant
James Wall, and Mary Wall, his now widow lived and cohabited together as man and wife and
Page 11

2
were universally so reputed and esteemed
until the death of the said James Wall, which look place some time in the year 1791 or 1792, leaving issue at the time, Joseph Wall, John Wall, Mary Wall, Garret D Wall and Susan Wall, and a posthummous son James B Wall - of whom the said John Wall and James B Wall, have since died without issue. This Deponent was a cousin of the said Lieutenant James Wall, and intimate in the family of John Wall, the father of Lieutenant James Wall, and in the family of Mary Dorsett the widow of Joseph Dorsett, and the mother of said
Mary Wall, who lived in the same neighborhood.
And that the said Lieutenant James Wall and Mary his wife, were visited, treated, esteemed and received as man and wife, from the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy seven, by their parents and relations and neighbors, and that he never heard a doubt expressed of the fact of the validity of their marriage.
And this Deponent further saith that the said
Mary Wall hath not to his knowledge or belief ever married since the death of her husband.
Lieutenant James Wall, and still remains a widow and must be aged upwards of eighty two years.
And this Deponent further saith that
he was a few years younger than the said James Wall, who if living would be now upwards of eighty two years of age and was in habits of intimacy with him, from his infancy, and lived
Page 12

in the same neighborhood that some time in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, this Deponent and the said James Wall, joined
an uniform Company of Militia Volunteers commanded by Captain George Taylor - first Lieutenant Barnes Smock, Second Lieutenant John Taylor, and Jacob Covenhoven Ensign. Shortly afterwards, (word unclear) some time in the month of June 1776 the said James Wall
was duly appointed Sergeant in the said Company. That shortly afterwards Captain George Taylor was appointed
Colonel and Barnes Smock ("was appointed" crossed out) acted captain of the said Company, John Taylor first Lieutenant and
second lieutenant (several words crossed out)
Jacob Covenhoven as second Lieutenant
but he does not remember who acted as Ensign.
That this deponent and the said James Wall, as
Sergeant in the said Company were detailed to
a tour of duty of one month, about the time
of the battle of Long Island, which according to the recollection of this Deponent took place on the 27 August 1776. They were stationed at Browns Point and on the shore of Princes bay -together with a detachment of a Light Infantry commanded by Captain Thomas Dunn, James Whitlock Lieutenant, and Samuel Carhart Ensign - That this Deponent
and the said James Wall served out their full term of service one month, regularly performing guard duty day and night on the shore of Princes Bay and drilling with their Company at Browns Point which was their head quarters, once a week. That at this time, the British were in possession
of Staten Island and Long Island, and had
Page 13

4
a guard ship in Princes bay and the object and duty of the detachment, in which the said James Wall served was to prevent any incursions of the Enemy
and to give alarm, if any was made. There was no officer in command on that occasion, of higher rank than Captain. In the month of October following this Deponent and the said James Wall, as Sergeant were again called out in the same Company under the same officers to perform a tour of duty of one month at Snag Swamp, on the sea coast
and had their quarters at Jacob Wardells - the
head quarters of the Company as well as a company commanded by Captain Sweetman and another Company not recollected, was at a place called the White House where the 
house now occupied by Mrs
Renshaw - & lands where all met to drill once
a week - the duty performed by this detachment was to guard the coast, night and day - which was done and the full term of one month was served by this Deponent, and the said James Wall as Sergeant - That previous to this - the said James Wall was a Trooper in the Company of Horse, commanded by
Captain Nixon, and served a tour of
duty in the said Company, but for what
length of time, he does not recollect. This Dep
also saw the said James Wall, doing duty
under Captain Joseph Stillwell, as a Militia man
at the battle of Monmouth on the 28 June 1778. That after this, the Deponent frequently saw the said James Wall, acting and obey and as Lieutenant and wearing the epaulet of a Lieutenant in
Page 14

5
command of a party of militia on the lines at
Middletown and on the sea coast pursuing or repelling the Tory and plundering parties, that came over from the enemies lines at different times. That this Deponent never served in the same company with the said Lieutenant James Wall except the two tours herein before mentioned, but from this knowledge of his services during the whole of the
Revolutionary war in which he was an active
militia man, he has no doubt, that he served
several different tours of duty amounting in
the whole at least four years- two of which
he acted and commanded as Lieutenant. That
this deponent verily believes that he had a
Commission as Lieutenant - he was universally
reputed to be such, commanded as such
and was obeyed as such - and this Deponent
verily believes that if the said James Wall had been living at the time the act of 7 June 1832 entitled an act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution (inserted word unclear), he would have been entitled to a pension now for at least two years service as Lieutenant.
That such is the universal belief and
tradition among the surviving officers and
soldiers of the Revolution who were 
acquainted with him. And
this deponent further saith that
he now recollects, that either on the eve
or the morning of the Battle of Monmouth
the said James Wall captured a British
Page 15

officer and brought him in and delivered him in the American lines. That he was allowed to keep the sword which the British officer surrendered to him, and has frequently seen him wear it.
That during the whole of the war the said Lieutenant James Wall, was a firm and unwavering friend of his country, an active and enterprizing soldier and officer, prompt and ready to do his duty when called upon, and from his proximity to the lines of the enemy was very frequently called on to do military duty.

Sworn and subscribed
to the day and year
above written, in open              James Wall
Court - The words "acted as"
on the 3 page, "his services"
on the 5 page & "was passed "
on the same page (two words unclear)
W J Bowney

New Jersey Monmouth County Court Garret D Wall being duly sworn according to law saith that he has examined the family Bible belonging to his Grandfather John Wall
and that on inspection of the same, he finds it recorded that his father James Wall, was born on the thirteenth day of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and fifty three and that he died on the twenty first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety one - and further saith not.

Sworn & Subscribed Augt 1836
in open Court, the word Bible
first interline           Garret D Wall

John Patterson
Page 16

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County
-
Rev. James Otterson a Dutch
Otterson Reformed Clergyman, and pastor
of the first Reformed Dutch Church of Freehold, being duly sworn in open court, upon his oath deposeth and saith, that he has now in his possession the original
church Register of the Dutch Reformed Church of Freehold and Middletown (Monmouth County N. Jersey) and that in and among the entries of marriages made therein, he finds the entry of a marriage, in the original hand writing as he believes of the Rev
Benjamin Dubois, who was then and at the time the doing thereof the pastor of said church as this deponant
is informed and verily believes between James
Wall and Polly or Mary Dorset, in these words viz - January derr 19th 1777 so Peter Van Doven met Fannie
Williams, En James Wall met Polly Dorset getrounent to esteming van de orders - that he finds the above entry in the said Register of the said church upon an examination made by him with a view to the said Marriage

Sworn & Subscribed in open     
Court this first day of August      Jas Otterson
A.D. 1836 -
John Patterson
⎬
Page 17

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the said James Wall was a Revolutionary soldier and served in the capacity and as is stated by the
above named James Wall, Revolutionary soldier and pensioner in the foregoing affidavit, And they also declare their opinion that the said Lieutenant James Wall and Mary Dorsett were lawfully married and
joined in wedlock by the Rev. Benjamin Dubois
a Dutch Reformed Clergyman on the nineteenth day of January A.D. seventeen hundred and seventy seven at Freehold, Monmouth County New Jersey &
who was legally authorized by the laws of New Jersey to solemnize matrimony, they also declare their opinion that the said Lieutenant James Wall performed several different periods of service in the militia during the Revolutionary war, after the solemnization of the said marriage of the said James Wall and Mary Dorsett by the said Reverend
Benjamin Dubois in the year 1777 aforesaid; they also declare that they have examined the original Register of the Dutch Reformed Church of Freehold and Middletown; (Monmouth County New Jersey)
and that among the entries made therein, they find the entry of the marriage between James Wall and Mary Dorsett, in the original hand writing of the said Rev. Benjamin Dubois, as they believe, which said James Wall and Mary Dorsett, they believe are the identical Lieutenant James Wall and Mary Wall above in the said affidavit named, they also declare their opinion that the said Lieut James Wall has been dead very many years, and has left the said Mary Wall his widow, and that the
said Mary Wall has remained a widow single
and unmarried ever since. They also declare their opinion that the said James Wall is a soldier of
Page 18

the Revolution and pensioner, and that his state
ment together with the statement of the said Revered James Otterson are entitled to full faith and credit.
         By the Court - 
                John Patterson

I the subscriber Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey. Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of Mary Wall widow of
Lieutenant James Wall a Revolutionary soldier for
a pension.

In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of my office this first
day of August A D 1836 -

L. H. Ellis
Page 19


State of New Jersey Burlington County Court

On this ninth day of August in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six personally appeared before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Burlington, in open court. Joseph Parker, a Resident of Bloomsbury in the township of Nottingham in the County of Burlington and State of New Jersey, a Revolutionary Pensioner aged seventy six years on the twenty third day of April last who being first duly sworn according to law, on his oath saith that he is well acquainted with Mary Wall, now of Belvidere in the township of Oxford, in the County of Warren and State aforesaid, the widow of Lieutenant James Wall, deceased, late of the township of Middletown, in the County of Monmouth and State aforesaid - that he was well acquainted with Lieutenant James Wall during the revolutionary war - that the said James Wall, early in the revolution
was a Sergeant in a Militia Company
raised in the township of Middletown, in
the said County of Monmouth - the commander of which he cannot recollect - that he knew him to serve one or more tours of duty in the rank of Sergeant - he believes that the tours consisted of one month each - That afterwards he saw the said James Wall, serving several tours of duty as a Trooper, in a Troop of Horse
Page 20

raised in the Monmouth Brigade, which was
doing duty on the lines, in defence of the
frontiers of the County of Monmouth. That 
afterwards the said James Wall was appointed a Lieutenant of a Company of Militia which
this Deponent thinks was commanded by Cap-
John Schenck. But at all events he
recollects, that on more than one tour of duty
the said Lieutenant James Wall was doing duty
as Captain in the place of Captain John Schenck.
That this Deponent well recollects that he served as a private under the said Lieutenant James Wall for several different tours of duty in the whole amounting to more than six months. That the said James Wall was during that time commanding as a Lieutenant and sometimes acting as Captain, and obeyed as such and that he was universally deemed, esteemed and reputed as such, that the company to which this Deponent belonged and to which the said Lieutenant James Wall acted as Lieutenant was stationed during the said several tours of duty in the townships of Middletown, and Shrewsbury, and whose duty it was to guard and protect the coast of Monmouth from the attacks of the enemy and to give alarm, in case of any incursion or invasion, by the British soldiers or refugees -
That sometimes they had their quarters at Samuel Dorsets in Middletown. sometimes at Captain
Page 21

John Schencks - and on Princes Bay and
the sea coast - it being the object and duty
of the detachment to which this Deponent
and the said James Wall belonged to guard
the coast night and day - and the service
was severe constant and full of danger during
each tour. And this Deponent further saith
that he frequently saw the said Lieutenant
James Wall performing several tours of duty in
the rank of and acting as a Lieutenant at
several different times upon the frontiers of
the County of Monmouth - in the whole as this deponent verily believes amounting to more than  two full years - and that from his knowledge of the said James Wall and of his services, and of his  seeing him performing tours of duty, he verily believes, that he served in the militia during the revolutionary war called out regularly under the authority of New Jersey as soldier, sergeant, trooper and Lieutenant upwards of four years at
different times - that this deponent cannot
now recollect dates - but he saw the said
James Wall doing duty as a militia man or 
sergeant as early as the year 1776 - and that he continued in the militia either as Sergeant Trooper or Lieutenant until the termination of the war - that he was an active and zealous whig always ready to do his duty, prompt in obeying orders and living on the frontier of Monmouth County a part of the time - and known to the enemy as an active whig - he was seldom
Page 22

safe in his home and therefore compelled to
be in arms during the season, when the said
frontiers were exposed to the incursions of
the enemy - From the nature of the warfare
pursued on the lines - the active Whigs and particularly the officers were rarely safe in sleeping in their own houses & at their own homes for any length of time - and were almost always engaged in active duty as soldiers in guarding the frontiers -
and further this Deponent saith not

Sworn and subscribed to
the day and year above ⎬ Joseph Parker Sen
written in open Court
the words "called out regularly
under the authority of New Jersey"
Thos Swaim -

And the said Court do hereby declare
their opinion that the said Joseph Parker Senior is a soldier of the Revolution and a Pensioner and that his statement is entitled to full faith and credit - and that the said Joseph Parker is a Resident of Bloomsbury in the township of Nottingham
in the County of Burlington and State of New Jersey-
I John R. Slack, Clerk of the Inferior Court
of Common Pleas of the County of Burlington in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original affidavit of Joseph Parker Senior on the application of Mary Wall, the widow of Lieutenant James Wall, a Revolutionary officer for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed my seal of office
Page 23


the ninth day of August in
the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty six
John R. Slack
Page 24

September 14, 1935

Miss Callie K. Walls         BA-J/XXL
2358 Auburn Avenue       James Wall - W. 6391
Mount Auburn
Cincinnati, Ohio

Dear Madam:
                            
Your request for the record of James Wall, of New Jersey, who married Mary Dorset, has been transmitted to this office from the
office of the Adjutant General, War Department, for reply as the data are recorded in a claim for pension which is on file in this office.

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.6391, based upon the military
service of James Wall in that war.

James Wall, the son of John, was born March 13, 1753. The place of his birth and the name of his mother are not shown. During the Revolution, his parents resided on their plantation in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, about two
miles from Prince's Bay,

While residing with his parents in said Middletown Township, James Wall enlisted in 1776, and served at various times on tours,
generally of one month each, until the close of the war, at least three years in all, as private, sergeant, ensign and lieutenant in the New Jersey Troops under Captains George Taylor, Barnes Shock, William Schanck, Nixon, David Gordon, John Walton, Moses Sheppard,
William Runyan, John Schenck, John Coward and Joseph Stillwell and Colonel Nathaniel Scudder. He was engaged in guarding and protecting the county of Monmouth from Long Branch to the frontier. He was in several skirmishes and at the battle of Monmouth where he acted as a guide for the troops and furnished General Washington with information reading the movements of the enemy. Either on the evening preceding the battle or on the morning of the engagement, he captured a British officer of rank and was allowed to keep the sword surrendered to him, and which he ever afterward wore until it was taken by the refugees when their home was plundered.

(Handwritten on page: Identified all officers except Capt John Coward& Capt Wm Runyan)
.
Page 25

James Wall married January 19, 1777, Mary or Polly, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Dorsett. She was born November 23, 1752.
Both were then of Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, the plantations of their fathers being within two miles of each other. They were married by the Reverend Benjamin Dubois, pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church of Freehold and Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey and the marriage was recorded on the register
of marriages of that church.

In April, following their marriage, they moved to Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, where they resided for two
years and nine months; in June, 1778, when the British passed through the village of Freehold, their home was plundered and everything
valuable and portable was carried away and she and her infant child were left almost destitute, James Wall being then away in the
American Army: they then moved to Spottswoood, South Amboy Township,
Middlesex County, New Jersey, where their home was again plundered and the soldier narrowly escaped capture. The widow stated that during the whole of the Revolution, she and her small children were subjected to many hardships and much privation and that her
husband, being peculiarly obnoxious to the Tories, was in constant danger and when at home always slept with his arms at hand. After
living a few years at Spottswood, they moved to Van Meter's Mills, Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.

The soldier died March 21, 1791, place not shown.

Soldier's widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed August 23, 1836, while residing in Belvidere, Warren County, New Jersey.

It was stated that James and Mary Wall had six children, as follows: Joseph, John, Mary, Garret D., Susan and James B. Wall. The last named child was born after the death of his father. In
1836, John Wall and James B. Wall were deceased; in that year, Garret D. Wall gave his age as fifty years and his residence as
Monmouth County, New Jersey.

It was stated that a brother of the widow, Mary Wall, served with the soldier on his tour under Captain George Taylor; the name of
the brother was not stated. In 1836, James Wall, a cousin of the soldier was living in Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey and stated that he was born June 21, 1757.

There are no further family data.
Page 26

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of
the Revolutionary War pensioner, Mary Wall, widow of James Wall (W. 6391 ), you should address The Comptroller General, General Acccounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following
data:

Mary Wall, widow of James Wall, Certificate No. 119, issued
October 27, 1836, rate $290 per annum,
commenced March 4, 1831,
Act of July 4, 1836, New Jersey Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
Page 27

8
State of New Jersey

I James D Westcott Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do certify, that it satisfactorily appears, from documents and papers, remaining in my office relating to the revolutionary war, that the name of
James Wall Ensign was subscribed, with that of
other officers, to a petition from the militia officers of the County of Monmouth to the legislature praying for more effectual measures to be taken against the disaffected- which 
petition is dated "Monmouth County
March 14th 1777," and was received and filed, as apparently by the endorsement thereon, April 4th 1777.

And I further certify that it appears from the
original certificate of election and the endorsement thereon now remaining on file in my office, that in May 1777 James Wall was elected second lieutenant of the company of Monmouth Militia commanded by Captain
William Schanck, and that the said James Wall
was commissioned accordingly on the 25th day of September 1777.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand, and affixed my seal of office
at Trenton this seventeenth day of August
AD one thousand eight hundred and thirty
six - 1886.

James D.  Westcott
Page 28

Apl 25 1901
Gertrude E. Wall
Chicago Ills
1935. Sept. 14 - Hist.
Callie K. Walls E

Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6391
Mary Wall 
Wid, of 
James Wall
Lieut. Rev. War

Act: June 1732
Index: - Vol. M, Page 306

[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 29

Mary Wall, widow
of Lieut James Wall
act 4 July 1836
3d Section

1 year Ensign
1 year Lieut. - & adm
Send cert: to Hon
G. D. Wall
Burlington
N. Jersey
Page 30

This is certify that some time last May the
following persons was chosen as officers in my company of the first Batallion of Monmouth County under Colonel Nat Scudder - Garrit Hendrickson first Lieutenant
James Wall Second- Thomas Walling Ensign, (next word unclear)
September 25th 1777
William Schanck Capt.

Endorsed "Consigned dat. 25 Sept. '77"
Page 31

Copy of the certificate of the recollection of the officers ofCapt. Wm Schencks Co.
Page 32

To the Honourable the Govr. Council & Genl Assembly of the State of New Jersey in Legis_ convened.

The remonstrance and Petition of the field and other officers of the County of Monmouth, now assembled, humbly showeth, that we are fully of opinion, that the enlargement of the 
Commission appointed under Lord & Genl Howe to give protection and take the oaths of allegiances to George the third, King of Great Brittin, & a nu__ of other persons of considerable property within the county will
prove the destruction of this place; we humbly conceive that unless those persons are apprehended & confined agreeable to the laws of the State, our strugle will only tend to involve those who always have & still are
heartily disposed to espouse their country's cause in the most disagreeable situation; those lenient measures exercised to the most notorious offenders only harden them and their adherents in their crimes, they have it plainly proven to them that they have
nothing to fear from the violation of the laws of this state, while they are eternaly learning 
the most horrid consequences of violating the Lordly mandate of the Howes; we do therefore humbly pray that the Commisionors & other men of property as well as poor men, may
be called upon to answer the broken laws of the State of New Jersey & that your Honours will authorise some persons within this county to take the oaths to the States, from every person; as our affairs now stand, the disaffection is so general & great, that even
amongst the guards assembled, there are some that have declared that they would not fire an alarm gun, should they be on duty & see an enemy approach, in short, we are fully convinced that unless some very spirited and speedy measures are taken we will fall a prey to the enemy within our own bowels.---
-
Monmouth County March 14th 1777-
                                          (Signatures over)
Page 33

Asher Holmes Major
Kin Anderson Adjt:
Daniel Hendrickson Coth
Anke Wikoff Left Coth
Hendrick Van Brunt Major
Elisha Lawrence Lt. Col.
Hendrick Smock Capt.
Elisha Walton Capt.
Nathaniel Polemus Capt.
Joseph Cowperthwaite Capt.
Michael Sweetman Capt.
Nicholas Van Brunt Capt.
John Dennis Capt.
Jonathan Peairs Capt
John Smock Capt.
Joseph Stillwell Capt.
Benj Dennis Capt
William Montgomery Capt.
Peter Wikoff Capt.
Isaac Finlay 1st Lieut
David Gordon Ensign
John Schanck Lieut.
James Bruer Lieut
William Finlay Lieut.
John Walton Ensign
Benjamin Covenhoven Lieut
David Loyd Lieut
James Green Lieut
Samuel Dennis Lieut
Thos. Little Lieut
Garrit Hendrickson Lieut
Thomas Chadwick Ensign
Thomas Wainright
William Schanck Lieut.
James Wall Ensign
David Forman Lieut.
Moses Davis Lieut.
Nathan Davison
Endorsed - "Petition from Field & other officers in Monmouth read 4 Ap. 1777 - in conference"
Page 34

Copy of
Petition from Officers
of Monmouth - Dated
14th March 1777
Page 35

State of New Jersey Monmouth County Court

On this twenty second day of September (April crossed out) in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six personally appeared before the Judges
of the Orphans Court - held at Freehold in and for the County of Monmouth at a special Term thereof lawfully appointed and
duly convened. Garret D Wall, a resident of the City of Burlington, in the County of Burlington, in the said State, aged upwards of fifty years, who being duly sworn, according to law, saith that he found among the papers and records of the (two words inserted and unclear) of the State of New Jersey in the possession of the clerk of the Legislative Council thereof. An original remonstrance and Petition of the field and other officers of the County of Monmouth, dated the 14 March 1777 a true Copy whereof is hereto annexed, which said remonstrance
and petition is subscribed in the proper handwriting of his father James Wall as "James Hall Ensign." Also an original certificate of election, dated 25 September 1777. Signed by William Schanck, Captain, certifying that in the month of May then last the said James Wall was duly elected Second Lieutenant of the said Captain William Schanck Company in the first Battalion of Monmouth County Militia commanded by Colonel Nathaniel Scudder a true copywhereof is also hereto annexed.

And this Deponent further saith that he also found in the office of Charles Parker, the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey
among the records of the said Treasury office
a certain margin, in the proper hand writing
of Thomas Henderson Esquire now deceased
with which he is well acquainted from having
frequently seen him write - which said Thomas
Henderson is known to him, to be the same
Page 36

Thomas Henderson, named in a certain act of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey passed the 20 December 1783 entitled ""an act to procure an estimate of the pension due the Militia (next word crossed out) and troops who have been raised for the defense of
the frontier of the state and to provide for the settlement of the same," and therein and thereby appointed a Commissioner for settling and adjusting the pay rolls of the Militia and Troops of the state of New Jersey who have served on the frontiers of the said State for the defence, thereof and also for signing and delivering out to every such person, a
note for the payment of what may be justly due for the County of Monmouth which margin he was informed by the said Treasurer, and he verily believed is the original margin which the said Thomas Henderson, Commissioner as aforesaid was required by the said Act to keep, and to deposit afterwards in the office of the Treasurer of the said State, and also to enter therein the number, the persons name, and the sum specified in the said note" - which said margin contains, among others, in the proper hand writing
of the said Thomas Henderson, the following
Entries towit. (James Wall crossed out)
No 403. James Wall, L41. 16, 1 May 1784 " also" No 684 James Wall L15.10. 6 1 May 1784" which first entry this Deponent verily believes contains the name of this Deponents father, the said James Wall because there is an erasure of what appears to this Deponent to be the word "Lieut" immediately under said name and that the said margin also (word crossed out) shows erasures of others
of the rank of divers other persons, contained
in the said Margin. (word crossed out) which appears to have been originally written under their names and which appear to have been likewise carefully erased - and that it appears to this Deponent and he verily believes that the said Erasures have been in consequence of a mistake that the
Page 37

Commissioner seems to have committed from confounding the requirements of the said act as to the contents of the said Margin and the Book therein, likewise directed to be made and regt by the said Commissioner in the latter of which the rank of the person to whom any note should be given is required to be inserted in addition to what is directed to be written in the margin aforesaid. But whether the latter entry relates to another James Wall, who was the cousin of the father of this Deponent and who was also a Revolutionary soldier engaged in the defence of the said frontier (and whose affidavits annexed to the application of Mary Wall the widow of the said Lieutenant James Wall, for a Pension under the act of Congress of 4 July 1836) or the father of this Deponent, he has no means of ascertaning -

And this Deponent further saith that
he hath made delegent enquiry for the said
Book also required by the said act to be kept
by the said Commissioner and to be deposited
likewise in the said Treasurers office - and he
was informed by the said Treasurer, Charles
Parker, that it could not be found - and that
was either lost, destroyed or mislaid and
that he verily believes that such information
is correct, and further saith not.
                         Garret D. Wall

Sworn in open Court
the day and year above written.
The word "original on the first page, first interlined twice and also the words "Legislature of the" on same page - also "the" & "been" on the second & "likewise" on the third pages for & (word unclear) - also the word "September" on the first page - (several words crossed out)
  
M J Bowen
Joseph Goodenough
Thos C Throckmorton
Page 38

We do certify that we are personally
acquainted with the within named Garret
D Wall and that his statement is entitled
to full credit and belief

W J Borone
Joseph Goodenough
Thos Throckmorton

In Testimony whereof I Henry D Polhemus
the Clerk of the first Court have
herein set my hand and affixed
the seal of the said Court at Freehold
the twenty third day of September in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
thirty six
         Henry D. Polhemus
Page 39

State of Pennsylvania
Mckean County ss
On this Nineteenth - day of September
in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight
hundred and thirty Six Personally appeared
before the Honourable the Judges of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for McKean County
Col Elihu Chadwick a resident of Smethport in the township of Keating in the County of Mckean in the said State of Pennsylvania a Revolutionary pensioner Aged Seventy Seven years on the Twenty Seventh day of may last. Who being first duly sworn according to law
on his oath saith that he is well acquainted with Mary Wall now of Belvidere in the township of Oxford in the County of
Warren and State of New Jersey. The Widow of Lieutenant James Wall deceased late of the township of Middletown in the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey that he was well acquainted with the said Lieutenant James Wall during the Revolutionary war. That he knew that the said James Wall was frequently out in the militia when the said militia was regularly called out by the Lawfull authority of the State of New Jersey for the defence of the State and the frontiers of
the State during the Revolutionary war that this deponent and the said James Wall belonged to different townships and different companies and they never served
together in the same company but both living
the frontiers they were out frequently at the locations although stationed at different points and as a (word unclear) at one point generally (word unclear) used the whole frontier Defence he had an opertunity of knowing the location 
rendered by many of the militia engaged in the same service that he knows that the said James Wall as a militia man as a Trooper and as a Lieutenant at (word unclear) times during the Revelution from the commencement of it to the conclution in all amounting to more
than four years that this Deponent Recollects of seeing him performing a tour of service as early as the year 1776 that he
Recollects that the said James Wall and company at least two years of his service was addresed as Lieutenant and filed acted and
Page 40

and was obeyed as Lieutenant and was estemed and respected as such by both officers and Soldiers and he always understood and believed that he was duly appointed and commisioned as a Lieutenant in the Militia of New Jersey by his Excellency William Livingston since the Governor and
Commander in Chief of that state that the said Lieutenant James Wall Being known as an active and (word unclear) Whig and living near the lines was like all other Patriots in the same situation marked by the Refugees and British and he was compelled to be in armes during the time that the frontiers were exposed to their incursions and the Refugees being well acquainted with the Country were ready to act at all times when any oppertunity occured to strike a blow hence the whigs were
forced to threatining Vigilance and preparations he cannot enumerate the different dates of the servises of the said James Wall but from what he saw of his servises and what he knows of the Course of Service
he verily believes that the said James Wall served in the Militia of New Jersey from the year 1776 to the termination of the war and that during that time he the said James Wall served in various Companies which were regularly called out by the Lawfull Authority of the State of New Jersey for the Defence of the frontiers of the said State as a lieut and Sergeant in the Infantry and as a trooper ---
upwards of Two years at different times and on
Different Towns-- and as a Lieutenant Lawfully
appointed and commisioned upwards of Two
years at different times and on different
tours of duty - and this Deponent further
saith that such hath always been the reputation tradition and belief in the vicinity where the said James Wall lived and in the County of Monmouth and was so reputed till the time of his death which I believe was as much as forty years ago.

Sworn and subscribed in open Court
before the Judges thereof
A.B. Eldred, Prest (word unclear)
                            Elihu Chadwick
  M. Chadwick, Prothy
Page 41

Pennsylvania
McKean County

I Richard Chadwick Prothonotary of the Court
the Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, in and for McKean County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that after the proper examination of Elihu Chadwick enquiry the within deponent in open Court before Nathaniel B. Eldred Esq President Judge
of said Court the within affidavit was sworn to
and subscribed by the said Elihu Chadwick, in
open Court.

Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at Southport the Nineteenth day of September in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty six.
            M. Chadwick Prothy
Page 42

6391 - wid
James Wall
(Sept 19 crossed out) 1836 -
(McKean Co. 77 crossed out) 
Aug 23. 1836
Belvidere N. J. 83

Married Mary Dorset
Jay 19, 1777,
Died March 21, 1791

June 76. Monmouth Co. N.J.
Capt Geo Taylor
Sgt  1 m

Oct. 76.
Sgt. 1 m.
May 27
. Do
and - 
Sgt.  1. m.

May 77 (Capt Jos Stillwell crossed out)
Capt Wm Schenck
Lt. 2 yrs

Monmouth
St. 27

---
It appears he served as
Ensign before he was a
Lieut. but no details
are shown
Page 43

6 April 1901
United States Commissioner
of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Will you be so kind as to send to the subjoined
address the full army record of John Wall Ensign of Militia from New Jersey during the
Revolutionary War. It is important that the identity of this particular John be established. The inclosed sheet may possibly be of
Page 44

service. What we wish to know is whether Ensign Wall was the John born in 1723 or John S. who wrote his name John Galen or a John
from some other branch of the family

Any aid you can give will be duly appreciated.

I am, 
Very truly
Miss Gertrude E. Wall
308 North State Street
Chicago, Ill
Irving F 3.

(Stamp on page: Pension Office Apr 8 1901)
.
Page 45

(Family Tree diagram here):

Walter Wall (England, 1843. Mass. L. Irland - New Jersey 1857)
      Garrit
John - Humphrey - Walter - Jarrett
                                     Humphrey - John (b. 1723
                                                 (m. Rachel Bowne)
James - Mary - Elisha - John S. or John "Galen" (m. a sister of Gov Bloomfield

Garret d. - John
Page 46

a telephone request was received from Mr. Wenzell (as sounded ) in the War Department, that this office please Mail to

Miss Callie T. Walls
2358 Auburn Ave.
Mount Auburn
Cincinnati, Ohio

the Rev War record of James
Walls, who died about 1790 or
1791 & whose widow Mary
Dorset Walls received a pension,
both parties of Monmouth Co.,
N. J. Miss Walls had called
at A.G.O. and left the request.
MM (initials unclear)
Sept. 13 (Friday) 1935