Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11090, Randolph Walls, Va.
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[typed form, with handwritten response]
(3-1776)
SERVICE  NUMBER
Va. Walls, Randolph R.11090
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CONTENTS
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
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(Crossed out) Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 8, 1873
11,090
P.O. [left blank]
Randolph Walls
Service: [left blank]
(stamped) REJECTED 

Enlisted: [left blank], 18
Discharged: [left blank], 18

Application filed: [left blank], 18

Alleges: [left blank]
Re-enlisted: [left blank]

Attorney: [left blank]
P.O. [left blank]

[left blank] Recognized.     [left blank] Contract.
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Rejected
let 21 June 1836
Hov: Luke Sea

did not serve six months.

11090
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Washington City
June 20th. 1836.
Col. James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions,

Sir,
I have the honor to enclose to you
the declaration of Randolph Walls a resident
of Sevier County Tennessee, asking to be placed 
on the pension roll under the act of 7th June 1832-
for which I ask your consideration at as early
a period as will suit your convenience-

Very respectfully
Your obt Servent
Luke Lea

P. S.
I also send the letter of Maj. Jap. P. H. Porter, which
accompanied the declaration-  L. L.
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33. 717
Randolph Walls
Declaration
Tennessee

Hov Luke Lea
H.R.
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State of Tennessee
Sevier County
Town

On the Sixth day of June 1836
personally appeared in open Court before the
County Court for the County of Second ofened
A Being a court of wind now sitting
Randolph Walls a resident of said County
and State aged Seventy five years who after
being first duly sworn according to law doath
on his oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the act
of Congress passed 7th June 1832
That he entered the service of
the United States under the following
named officers & served as herein stated
lowed) he entered the service about the
middle of the month of July in the year
1780 as a drafted militia man for a
tour of six months in the company of
Virginia Malitia Commanded by Capt
William Dawson & Lieutenant Abraham
Many of the County Leenburgh in
the State of Virginia, and was marched 
under the command of said officers to
join the Southern army then lying at
the Bufalo ford on deep Rive North 
Carolina they crossed the Roanoak River
at Skep with long and [???]
Halifax North Carolina to the encompound
on deep River to Join Genl Gates on reaching
that place it was found Gates had moved
into South Carolina when we were moved
on in that direction to join him after
advancing a short distance we were in
-formed of Gates defeat by the British
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and on receiving this information we
moved in the direction to fall in with his
troops who were then retreating in to north Carolina and joined them at Hillsborough
on reaching that place it was found the
tours were rising in the different sections
of North Carolina and the Company of
Captain Dawson was ordered to move
down the County to observe the movements
of the towns & keep them down between
Hillsborough & the South Carolina line
in the direction of Charleston to prevent
them from assembling or communicating
with the British in that place in this
service declarant and his company
were engaged some part of their time at
what was then called Cross Creek now
Fayellville and different places untill
about the middle of January 1781 when
his term of service expired and he was
dismissed and returned home declare and
remained at home about two weeks then
Genl Green retreated across the Dan River
with the Southern Army at which time
there was a call on the adjacent counties
of Virginia for troops to reinforce him
When declareant turned out as a volunteer
for a tour of three months as he now believes
but it may have been for a less period &
Joined [???] on the Dan River in
the month of February 1781 on the day
before he with his army recrossed the
Dan River and remained with his
Army in Captain Dawson Company
in the Regiment commanded by the
Matha Col Cocke and was in the
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Battle of Guilford and Continued
with the army untill as he think the
Seventh day of april after the Battle
and was then discharged by his captain
at Ramsey Mill on Deep River in the
State of N Carolin
He was born in Dunwoody County
in the State of Virginia 12th of March 1761 as
informed by his parents he lived in the County
of Lunenburgh in that State when he entered
the service of the united States has had since
the war in the Counties of Montgomery & Lincoln
in N Carolina union in South Carolina
and now lives in Sevier County Tennessee
He recollects Genl Green and
Genl Stephens & Genl. Gates-
He has no documentary evidence of his
Service as he has lost his - discharge and
does not know of any person whose testimony
he can procure who can testify as to his
Service
In 1st where were you & in what year, Born
A In the county of Denwoody in the State of
Virginia on the 12th March 1761
In 2nd Have you any record of your age & if so where
is it
as I have none
In 3rd Where were you living when called into the
Service where have you lived since the
revolutionary war & where do you now live
A In the County of Lunenburgh Virginia when
I entered the service I have lived since in
the Counties of [?] jomery & Lincoln N Carolina
Union S Carolina & now live in Seven
Tennessee
In 4 How were you called into service were you
drafted did you volunteer or were you
a Substitute
A I was drafted the first four the second I
Volunliened
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In 5th State the names of some of the Regular
officers who were with the troops when
you served such continental & Matilia
regiments as you can recollect & the general
circumstances of your service
A Genl Green Genl Stephens & Genl
Gates
In 6th Did you receive a discharge from the
Service & if so by whom was it given &
what has become of it
A I read none for the first four the last
[?] done which I have lost -
In 7th I late the names of persons to when you
are known in your present neighbourhood
and who can testify as to your charater
for varacity and then belief of your
Lerour as a soldier of the revolution
As the Revd Eli Roberts and Richard
Fields-
He hereby relinquishes every claim
Whatever to a pension or annuity except
the present & declares that his name is not
on the pension roll of the agency of any
State-
Sworn to & subscribed     Randolph his Walls
in open Court the day               mark
& year aforesaid
Isaac A Miller Clerk
We the Roberts and Richard L Shields
residing in the County of Sevier in the State of
Tennessee hereby certify that we are well acquainted 
with Randolph Walls who has subscribed &
Sworn to the above declaration that we believe
him to be seventy five years of age that he is
reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where
he under to have been a soldier of the revolution
and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & Subscribed the                   Eli Roberts
day & year aforesaid                       R. S. Shields
Isaac A Miller Clerk
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And the said Court do hereby declare
their opinion after investigation and after
puting the interrogatories prescribed by the
War department that the above applicant
was a revolutionary soldier & has served as
he states and the court further certifies
that it appears to them that Eli Robert
Richard S Shields
who has signed the preceeding certificate
are booth - resident in the County
of seven and that they any credible person and
that their statement is entitled to credit
and that Eli Roberts is a minister of the
Gospel-
I Isaac A Miller Clerk of
the County Court of Sevier County
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceeding of
the said Court in the matter of the
application of Randolph Wall for a
pension
In testimony whereof I have
hereto set my hand and seal
of office this Sixth day of June
1836
Isaac A Miller
Clink.