Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,242, Walter Adams, N.C.
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(S-1776)
Service
N.C.

Adams, Walter

NUMBER
S.30,242

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CONTENTS
b. Jan. 19, 1755 in Fauquier Co. Va.
Res. at enl. Rowan Co. N.C.
Res. in 1833 Graves Co. Ky.
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                                                           1922
                                     Kentucky
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                                 Walter Adams
of McCracken in the State of Kentucky 
who was a pr in the co command 
by Captain Reed of the rgt command 
by Colo Rutherford in the NC
line for 13 mos

                                               Ctl. 19221-A.B.
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Inscribed on the Rolls of Kent
at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension iſsued the 17 day of Aug
1833 and [illegible] John
L Murray [illegible]
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Arrears to the 4th of March 86.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending [illegible] 21 66
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                                                                  $108.32
                                             {Revolutionary Claim,}
                                             {Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk
Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 1
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State of Kentucky   } st
McCracken County }     Personally of [illegible]

Mr Isaac Lovelace a [illegible] the [illegible] in [illegible] County Elias Lovelace a resident of the said County of McCracken aged seventy eight years who being [illegible] sworn [illegible] sworn deposeth and saith that during the Revolutionary War he resided in Rowan County North Carolina that he served in the same Company with Walter Adams [illegible] who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing [illegible] under Capt Nicholas [illegible] Capt Grayham for five months against the British at Savannah That he afterward served in the same Company with said Walter under Captain Reed for five months during which Time he and said Adams were both in the Battle at Beatty's ford on the Catawby River when General Davidson was killed that he knows of his own knowledge that said Adams served truthfully the whole of the above named Tours having served with him from which Circumstance he has a [illegible] knowledge of his service He further deposeth and saith that he knew Captain David Caldwell of Rowan County and that said Walter Adams served in his company for three months on the law above stated and that he has no doubt of the truth [illegible] the statement of said Adams in his foregoing declaration And I the said Isaac Lovelace [illegible] said Elias Lovelace is [illegible] to have been a soldier of the Revolution That I [illegible] seventy eight years [illegible] that from his aye [illegible] Godly [illegible] that he is wholly unable To attend court for the [illegible] That he is a [illegible] statement entered To Cricket 
Sworn to and subscribed This 11th day of Elias Lovelace
May 1833 before me Isaac Lovelace J,P.

Commonwealth of Kentucky 
McCracken County I Braxton Small clerk of the 
County Court for the County aforesaid do humbly Certify that Isaac Lovelace whose signature is affixed to the foregoing Certificate was at [illegible] of affixing the same and now is an [illegible] for the County aforesaid, In having been duly Commiſsioned [illegible] agreeably to the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth and that full faith and Credit are due [illegible] to be given to all his acts as such, and that the signature annexed is his genuine Signature - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed seal of the said Court [illegible] tenth day of May Eighteen hundred and thirty three

Braxton Small
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we believe him to be seventy eight years of age that he is [illegible] and believed in the [illegible] as here he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion

                                                                                                                Lewis Goad

Sworn to and subscribed in open court     Walter W. Adams Jr. 
this day [illegible] aforesaid attest
Jno Anderson eqie

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after letting the interrogations [illegible] by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he stated; and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Lewis Goad who has signed the preceding certificate is a [illegible] man resident in Graves County Kentucky and that Waltr W Adams .- who has signed the same is a resident of the same county & state and is a credible [illegible] and that their statement is [illegible] Credit Given under our hand as Justice of the Court aforesaid 
the day and [illegible] aforesaid 
                                                                                                                    Wm Armstrong J.P_
                                                                                                                    James Cochran jp
                                                                                                                    Daniel T Cargill JP
I John Anderson clerk of the court of Graves County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of [illegible] of Walter Adams for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto [illegible] my hand & seal of office this 16th day of May 1833
Jno Anderson eqie
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Walter Adams

Fro 1777 private 13 months

5, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

[illegible] 7 # 43.33
                             100

[illegible]

+




John L. Murray
Waidsboro
Jan 28.33 Ke


Na  R. M. Johnson
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BRIEF in the case of Walter Adams of McCracken Co in the State of Kentucky
                             (Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he?

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.


Period.  Duration of Service.  Rank.  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

In 1777  Years, Months, Days.  As a General Rutherford N.C. na.

'' 5 ''  Pt.  l J Reed

'' 4 or 5 ''  Pt.  Capt. Caldwell


'' 4 [illegible] 5 ''  ''


5. In what battles was he engaged?

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? [illegible] N.C.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary [illegible], by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? [illegible] by its relation

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?


I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

                                             Examining Clerk.
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State of Kentucky                    On the 16th day of May - 1833
Graves County [illegible]         personally appeared in open court

before Wm Armstrong James Cochran and Daniel J. Cargill Justices of the Graves County court [illegible] Walter Adams a resident of the
                                                                   eight
County & State aforesaid aged seventy   ^     years who being first duly sworn according to law doth in his oath make the following declaration in Order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congreſs [illegible] June 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named [illegible] & served as herein stated He will first state that he was born in Fauquier County Virginia January 12th 1755 as a [illegible] from his father record of his age now in in poſseſsion of George Adams brother and neighbourhood to this [illegible] He states that he was raised in Fauquier & Loudon Counties Virginia & moved to and settled in Rowan County in the year 1776 in which county he continued to reside till after the close of the Revolution [illegible] In the month of April in the year 1779 he was drafted in the North Carolina Militia for a five month Tour and [illegible] at Salisbury Courthouse when he entered the Service under Capt Nicholas who formed a Regiment commanded by Colonel Locke and General Rutherford all of were order to Severn [illegible] in [illegible] at which place the British [illegible] He states that before Mr. [illegible] arrived at Savannah General Rutherford was called on to suppreſs the Tories and General Matthew Locke took the Command and Captain Nicholas [illegible] in the rank of colonel after which this applicant served under Captain Grayham till the end of his Tour He stated that he proceeded under said officers to Savannah at which place some [illegible] of Shot & bombs took place acroſs the River; the British being on the Opposite side of the River and in poſseſsion of the Town He states that remained in this part of the Country with the army mostly in the vicinity of Savannah till his Tour of five months expired after which he received a discharge signed by either Colonel Nicholas or Capt Grayham he does not recollect which - this discharge he has long since lost 
He afterwards volunteered for the term of three months and [illegible] he served in September in the year 1780 
                                   & Colonel Locke
under Captain David Caldwell, 
of Rowan County This company was raised [illegible] with the view of suppreſsing the Tories and supplying the American magazines in Salisbury with provisions in which service [illegible]
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applicant continued till the expiration of his said Term of three months when he received a discharge signed by his Capt David Caldwell which discharge he has long since lost He states that about the month of January AD 1781 he again entered the service as a volunteer under Captain Reed of Rowan County North Carolina for the Term of five months He states that under Capt Reed he joined the army under Colonel Francis Locke and General Davidson at Beatty’s ford on the Catawby River at which place this applicant was in a Battle with the British in which the Americans were defeated and General Davidson killed He states that General Rutherford shortly afterward took the Command but nothing further of any importance took place till this applicant had served out his Tour of five months after which he received a discharge signed in the Carolinas by General Rutherford which [illegible] has [illegible] been lost many year ago He states that he continued to reside in Rowan County till some ten years after the close of the Revolutionary War when he moved to Kentucky where he has resided ever since He has no documentary evidence of his services nor any evidence to him known better than he here adds [illegible] which includes the Certificate of Elias Lovelace his old fellow soldier in arms but his neighbors to wit Samuel Mahan Peter Mahan Benj Kimmel Israel Lynn Isaac Buckles Andrew Lovelace George Lovelace Samuel Huntsucker and others who are well acquainted with him will bear a proper testimony as to his character for veracity and his reputation of having been a Revolutionary soldier He hereby Relinquishes every Claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not in the Pension Roll of the agency of any State whatever

Subscribed and sworn to in open court this day   Walter Adams
[illegible] aforesaid
                                  after
                                           Jno Anderson equi  
Mr. Lewis Goad a clergyman residing in Graves County and State aforesaid and Walter W. Adams also a resident of the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Walter Adams who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that
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Waidsboro Ky                                          Free
May 29th 
[illegible]
                    Secretary of War or 
                    J L Edwards Commiſsioner of 
                                                           pensions
Ky 
[illegible]
                                  Washington City
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Waidsboro May 28 1833

Dr Sir 
           Enclosed I send you the amended declarations of Joseph Glover and the declarations of Elias Lovelace and Walter Adams   Please forward a return either to me or the applicant as soon as the claims can be examined 
            Respectfully yours [illegible]

J L Edwards Esq             J L Murray
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30 242
Revy INVALID

File No. 30,242
Walter Adams
Pri         Rev War


Act: June 7th 39 [illegible]

Index:-Vol. 2, Page 3

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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30 242
Revy INVALID

File No. 30, 242
Walter Adams
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7 39 [illegible]
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 3

[Arrangement of 1870.]