Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11087, Mathew Wallis, Va.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Va.
Wallis, Mathew
Sarah
NUMBER
R. 11087
CONTENTS
[blank lines]
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State of N Carolina
Wake County
[illegible signature]
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State of North Carolina,
Wake County, I James T Marriott
Clerk of the court of Pleas & Quarter sessions for the
County & State aforesaid do hereby certify
that I find among the file of Marriage
bonds in this office one which is endorsed on
the back Matthew Wallis Marriage Bond to
Govenor & of which the foregoing on the other side
of this page is a true copy all blank except the
name to the Bond, County & state & in fact the
foregoing is an exact copy as near as I could
make it I further certify that I find many other
in the same condition purporting to be marriage bonds and on examination are blank
In Testimony whereof I hereunto affix
the seal of said Court & subscribe my
name & at office in Raleigh the
20th day of April 1846
Jas. F. Marriott
By W.H. High he
[upside-down]
Washington city D.C.
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Springfield (Mo)
Sir
A Mrs Sarah Wallace
or Wallis several years since made
application for a widow, Rev. Pension.
she was then a resident of this County.
She died in 1847. A. Mr Hendrick
formerly of Ky was employed to prepare
her application & he shortly
thereafter removed to Ky. The old
lady never heard of the result
of her application.

Her heirs now desire to
know the result of that application
and if a pension was not granted
her the objections if any there are.
Her husbands name was
Matthew Wallace or Wallis.
Yours respectfully
John S. Phelps
Here L. P. Waldo
Court of Pensions
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No. 12650
Sarah Wallis.
Green County, Missouri.
Widow of Matthew Wallis.
Acts 1838, 1843, & 1844.
Married 1792
husband died 1831
E. F. Brown,
Agent.
Washington, D.C.
30. March 1846.
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State of Missouri 
County of Green⎬ SS
Personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace in and for
said County Sarah Wallis, a resident of 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 benefits of the act of Congress passed on the 7th July 1838 the 3d of March 1843 and the 17th June 1844 granting pensions to certain widows
of Revolutionary Soldiers
That she is the widow of Mathew Wallis, who
was a Fifer in the War of the Revolution.
That said Mathew Wallis entered the Service
of the United States Army as a Fifer on the
1st of March one thousand, seven hundred and
eighty one from Amelia County Virginia
under Captain Overstreet and was immediatly
marched on to Guilford County North Carolina and he was present at the Battle of Guilford under Gen. Green Soon after which he
was transfered into the first Regiment of
North Carolina State Troops under Captain
Dunahoe and Col. Henry Dixon and continued
under said officers as Fifer untill the first of
August one thousand seven hundred and
eighty two. That soon after said Wallis entered
said service, the Regiment to which he belonged was marched on from Orange County N. Carolina to join Gen. Green near Camden South Carolina; that from there they were marched to the Siege of Ninty [Ninety] six and then to the high hills of Santee and remained there untill the battle of the Eutaw Springs in September 1781. That they were then marched back to the high hills of Santee and there to a place called the "four holes "or Orangburg and
Dorchester where they remained during the
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fall winter spring & summer untill he was
discharged at Charlotte North Carolina on
the first of August one thousand seven
hundred and eighty two. He lost his discharge
she makes the above statement from the
recollection she has of the account of his
services as detailed by himself after his
return. She states that she was living in
Amelia County Virginia and was well
acquainted with Mathew [Matthew] Wallis before
and after his service in the Revolution.
She recollects distinctly when he entered
said service and when he returned
from the same and that he was in the
Southern Army.
She states that she was married to the
said Mathew Wallis in Wake County
North Carolina in January one thousand
seven hundred and eighty seven and
that her maiden name was Sarah Sneed
That said Mathew Wallis died on the 26th
day of September 1821 in Iredell County
North Carolina. That she has never married
since but is now and continues to
be the his widow
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Sworn to & signed by making her mark before me this September 30th 1845
R. W. Sims J.P.
Sarah Wallis
Mark
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I certify that I am well acquainted with
the above Declarent [declarant] Sarah Wallis
and she is an old lady of respectability
and truth and the above statement is
entitled to full faith. Given under
my hand this September 30th 1845
R. W. Sims
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State of Missouri  
County of Green⎬SS

At a County Court
begun and held in Springfield on
the 2nd day of February A.D. 1846
The following proceeding was had
"This day was exhibited in open Court
the Declaration of Sarah Wallis for a pension
taken before R. W. Sims, who is known
to this Court to be an acting Justice of the
Peace and was such at the time of signing
the same an acting Justice of the Peace
in and for said County duly commissioned
and qualified according to law and that
all his official acts as such are entitled
to full faith and credit and the
foregoing signatures purporting to be
his are genuine
In testimony whereof I Joshua Davis Clerk of said County Court in and for said County of Greene [Green] have
hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said
Court done at my Office in Springfield this 4th day
of February 1846
Joshua Davis Clerk
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11087
P.O. Sarah Wallis
Service: [blank]
Enlisted: [blank] , 18  .
Discharged: [blank] , 18  .

[stamped on the page] REJECTED
Application filed: [blank] , 18  .
Alleges: [blank]
Re-enlisted: [blank]
Attorney: [blank]
P. O. [blank]
[blank] Recognized.
[blank] Contract.
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No 12 1150
Sarah Wallis
Mo.
E. F. Brown Jan 20, 1846
Ins. S. Phelps Sep 29 1853
11081
act 7 July 1828
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Letters addressed to this Office must be post-paid.
[stationary seal heading] E. F. BROWN'S
United States Agency and Notarial Office, Established 1843. 
Seventeen doors east of the
Treasury Department.
EDMUND F. BROWN,
ATTORNEY AND AGENT FOR CLAIMANTS,
Notary Public, Illinois Commissioner, &c.,
Continues to settle all kinds of business with the several
branches of Government, with his usual promptness, efficiency
and fidelity, especially
CLAIMS FOR PENSIONS, PATENTS, LANDS,
Post Office and other Contracts, &c.,
F STREET, NEAR 14th STREET,
WASHINGTON CITY.

UNITED STATES AGENCY
AND NOTARIAL OFFICE,
WASHINGTON CITY,
29th April 1846.

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commr. of Pensions

Sir:
Enclosed I hand you the
affidavit of Moses Edwards, alias Hopper, to be used
in the application of Sarah Wallis [name underlined] for a Pension.
See papers filed by me on 30th ult. and 24th inst.
My correspondent at Raleigh informs me that
he cannot find the name of Matthew Wallis on the Rolls there.
It is therefore respectfully submitted whether the papers filed are sufficient to entitle the 
 Widow to a Pension.
Very Respectfully
Yr. Obt Sr.
Edm. F. Brown
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April 25, 1876,
To be placed with papers of
Sarah Wallis,
which were filed 30. March 1846.
Denotes case
Sarah Wallis
B
Present.
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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Letters addressed to this Office must be post-paid.
[stationary seal heading] E. F. BROWN'S
United States Agency and Notarial Office, Established 1843.
Seventeen doors east of the
Treasury Department.
EDMUND F. BROWN,
ATTORNEY AND AGENT FOR CLAIMANTS,
Notary Public, Illinois Commissioner, &c.,
Continues to settle all kinds of business with the several
branches of Government, with his usual promptness, efficiency
and fidelity, especially
CLAIMS FOR PENSIONS, PATENTS, LANDS,
Post Office and other Contracts, &c.,
F STREET, NEAR 14th STREET,
WASHINGTON CITY.

UNITED STATES AGENCY
AND NOTARIAL OFFICE,
WASHINGTON CITY,
24th April 1846.

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commr. of Pensions

Sir:
Please file the enclosed
Certified copy of an unexecuted Marriage Bond [underlined], with
the papers of Sarah Wallis [unerlined], Widow of Matthew Wallis, which I sent you on 30th ult.
Very Respectfully,
Yr. Obt. Sr.
Edm. F. Brown
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Letters addressed to this Office must be post-paid.
[stationary seal heading] E. F. BROWN'S
United States Agency and Notarial Office, Established 1843.
Seventeen doors east of the
Treasury Department.
EDMUND F. BROWN,
ATTORNEY AND AGENT FOR CLAIMANTS,
Notary Public, Illinois Commissioner, &c.,
Continues to settle all kinds of business with the several
branches of Government, with his usual promptness, efficiency
and fidelity, especially
CLAIMS FOR PENSIONS, PATENTS, LANDS,
Post Office and other Contracts, &c.,
F STREET, NEAR 14th STREET,
WASHINGTON CITY.

UNITED STATES AGENCY
AND NOTARIAL OFFICE,
WASHINGTON CITY,
24th April 1846.

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commr. of Pensions

Sir:
Herewith I enclose the
Declaration of Sarah Wallis [underlined] of Green Co. Mo. for a Pension
under Acts of 1838, 1843, & 1844.
Before the case comes up for examination
I expect to fill such proof of service and Marriage
as will be satisfactory.
I am Sir,
Very Respectfully,
Your Obt. Sr.
Edm. F. Brown
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State of Kentucky 
County of Grayson⎬ Set
Personally appeared before the undersigned
an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said
County Moses Edwards alias Hopper, who being
first duly sworn according to law, doth, on
his oath depose and say. That he was well
acquainted with Mathew Wallis when said
affiant was in the service of the United States
in the war of the Revolution in the State of
North Carolina. He further states that said
Mathew Wallis was a mess mate of Affiants during the
whole of said service under Col
Dixon and Major Armstrong of the first
Regiment of North Carolina State troops
This affiant further states that said Mathew
Wallis was a Fifer in Capt Dunaho's company from the first of March one thousand
Seven hundred and eighty one untill this
affiant left said service in July one
thousand seven hundred & eighty two
And further saith not

Sworn to & signed before
me this 10th day of March
1846
H Litsey
J. P.

Moses [inserted] his X mark Edwards alias Hopper 


I certify that I am well acquainted with
the above Affiant Moses Edwards alias Hopper
and that he is an old man of strict truth
and the foregoing statement is entitled
to full faith & credit. Given under
my hand this March 10th 1846
H Litsey J P
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Claim of Sarah Wallis,
Affidavit of Moses Edwards
alias Hopper, a Revy.
Pensioner.

8 Reg Col Armstong
Gen Wallis Fifer
1777 Fife May 1782
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State of Kentucky
County of Grayson } Set
Jack Thomas Clerk of the Grayson

I, Jack Thomas - Clerk of the Court of Grayson County Court do hereby certify that H Litsey, whose name appears to be subscribed to the foregoing affidavit
is now and was at the time of subscribing the same an
acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly
commissioned and qualified according to law, that
all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and
credit and the foregoing signatures, purporting to be
his are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of the County aforesaid this 2nd day
of April 1846
Jack Thomas clerk
of the Court of Grayson County