Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,037, Newell Walton, Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                          NUMBER
Va. WALTON, NEWELL    S.22.037
CONTENTS
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16.255
South Carolina - Newell Walton 
of Abbeville in the State of South Carolina who was a pri. in the company commanded by Captain Harris of the Reg commanded by Col. Dabney in the Virginia line for 7 months & 24 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of South Car: at the rate of 25 Dollars 99 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of July '33 and sent P. Noble Abbeville C. H. S. C
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 -         51.98
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " - 12.99 1/2
                                                            $64.97 1/2
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk
Book E., Vol. 6 Page 83
(Date of death not on AB)
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13951
Newell Walton
Abbeville D.C.
South Carolina
Admit as private 7 mos 24 days
$25.99
Patrick Noble
Abbeville SC
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 6th 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A STATEMENT, showing the Service of Newell Walton, Abbeville, D.C. South Carolina
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Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the Claimant's service Years | Months | Days | Rank of the claimant | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. | Battles in which the applicant was engaged. | Country through which he marched. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. | Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
1781 substitute for John {illegible} | no time | Sell Statement, shewing the service of Newell Walton, Abbeville D.C. South Co Duration of the claimant's service No. ┃| Capt. Harris Capt. Thompson | Col. Dabney Maj Campbell Maj Houston Gen. Stevens Gen. Marquis | | Marched through several countryside | | traditional
In all between 7 and 8 months.
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service. but not those who were occasionally employed with, the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops. Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of County of }ss.
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years
 of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but it neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known in the Department, A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principle means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in he County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you live now?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and If a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. 
To a Solder. { Did you ever receive a discharge from service, and if so, why whom was it given and what has become of it?
To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to you character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a solder of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth to the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, and the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in the Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must sign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the declarant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service: but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: __For ____ year_______ months, and ______days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia &C, without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying office, should accompany he papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required o set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[symbol of a hand pointing to the right] The notes from [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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State of South Carolina
Abbeville District }
On the Tenth day of August in the
year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred
and thirty two, Personally appeard Newell Walton Before the subscribing 
Justice. A resident of the state & of the District of Abbeville
Adged [aged} as stated in the Declaration. Who being duly sworn
according to Law, doth, on his oath, make the following Declaration,
In order to obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress passed the seven
of June 1832 - Being at this time Reduced to avery low state of
Health And my memory as well as my Constitution being greatly
Empaired (by a Consumtive Coff) [consumptive cough] that in many Instances, I cannot
recollect persons names that I was once well acquanted. But will
Endeavour to give a correct state of Facts as my memory will serve
me agreeable to the Requisitions required from all applicants
to obtain a pention [pension]        I was born in Hanover County
in the State of Virginia, when I became of age, I was Compelld
to bring suit against my Guardian for a settlement, I had to show
in open Court that I was of Age I applied to the Parson of the Parish
where I obtained a Coppy of my Regester which stated that
I was born on the thirteenth day of December in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty three,
In the year 1780 I went & lived in Louisa County, where I was
Enroled & Drafted into the second Divition of Militia, January
1781 I was called into service at the Time of Arnolds Incursion
up James River under the command of Captn. Harris. We marched
in & through several Counties before we were Discharged
We were never Embodied into any Redgement, while in that
Tower, After being Discharged from that tower [tour] I returned to
Hanover and lived with my Mother wher I was Enroled and
Drafted into the Tenth Divition [Division] of the Militia Corps in the
Month of March, I substituted myself for a man in the Second
Regiment of General Stevens Brigade - turn over -
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Whoes name I Cannot recollect, Neither can I Remember the names of the Company Officers, After I was releaved from that Tower [tour] I substituted for one John Spencer After serving out his Tour the Divition which I was Drafted into In Hanover County being called out I had to serve in my own place, which I did [crossed out] under the  Command of Captain Thompson, After being releaved from that Tour, I substituted myself for a man whoes name I Cannot recollect in which place I continued untill I was Discharged at the seige of Cornwallace, I never had a written Discharge [margin: General Nolean was our first commander] it was always by verbal or Releaved Discharge as the Division releaved one another in Rotation according to the Number of men required.
In the month of March I Entered the service in the second Redgement of General Stevens Brigade and continued in that line the whole time of my service.  Our Field Officers ware Col Dabney, Majr Campbell and Majr Armsted, I Knew Col Innis, Also Col. Matthews of the third Redgiment.
We ware at the City of Richmond at the time General Marques Arived and took Command and Reviewed the line, I was in the Retreat up to Brocks Bridge, where we met General Waine I was in the Pursuit Down to the seige, On our way Down our Brigade was [crossed out: discharged] detached from the Army, that was to go to little york, and Crossed the river to Glocester side after being there a short time, Myself among seventy five Active Chosen Men was Detached from the Armey put under Officers who ware Residents of Glocester County who well knew the situation of the Place to watch and scout on the Enimes lines.  We ware on a Continual scout, Never ate or slept twice on the same Place, Often alarmed By the Forageing Parties of the Enemy, but never Came to an Engagement finding always that they ware too strong for our little Corps, After being Harrased for some time I was taken violently sick and ware Conveyed to the Hospital whare I lay sick untill the Term [crossed out: of] or Tour Expired Which was a few days before the surrender of Comwallas, My Mother being Notified of My situation and Illness [crossed out: set] sent Her Overseer Down with a Carrage, who conveyed me Home in a very low state of Health, where I resided untill the year 1795 When I removed to the State of Georgia in the County of Lincoln, where I resided untill the year 1822 when I Removed turn over
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Into Abbeville District in the State of South Carolina where I now
Live -  I Do hereby further state that from the long Relapse
of time, and being in a distant state from whare I was in service 
that I Do not know of any living Person, whoes Testamony
I Could Precure, that Could Testify to my Actual service
as a Soldier in the Revolutionary Ware - 

My Time of service is Between seven & Eight Months, & I Now
Declare on my Oath that I never have been a pentioner Nether
In this State Nor in the State of Georgia
Sworn to & subscribed this 10th day of August 1832
Before me Hugh Morrah J. Q.
Newell Walton

We, Moses Waddel, D. D. a Clergyman residing in
the District of Abbeville & State of South Carolina, and
William A Bull, residing in the same State & District
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Newell 
Walton, who has subscribed & sworn to the above
Declaration; that we believe him to be near seventy 
years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the
neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier 
of the Revolution, and that we concur in
that opinion. Sworn & subscribed this 28th August, 
1832.
Moses Waddel, D. D.
Wm A. Bull
Before Hugh Morrah J. Q.
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Abbeville District } Before me Personly Came and appeared 
Newel Walton, Who being Duly sworn Deposeth
and sayeth from my Debillitated state with a Consumtive 
Coff and Weakness Renders it out of my Power to attend
Court - Sworn to 11th Sept 1832
Newell Walton
before H. Morrah J. Q.

South Carolina
Abbeville District } Personally appeared before me James
Wardlaw Clerk of the Court & Justice 
of the Quorum, Patrick Noble who deposes &
says that from his personal knowledge of the applicant
Newell Walton, he knows the State of his health
to be as he has described it in the foregoing affidavit.
Patrick Noble
Sworn to this 4th Octo.
1832 before Ja. Wardlaw Clk. & J. Q.
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August 4, 1930

EEL
Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
S.22037

Mrs. W. H. Simmons
421 - 7th Avenue
Springfield, Tennessee

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in
the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.22037, that Newell
Walton was born December 13, 1763, in Hanover County, 
Virginia.

While residing in Louisa County, Virginia, to which
place he had moved in 1780, he enlisted January 5, 1781,
served as a private in Captain Harris' Company in the Virginia
Troops and was discharged January 29, 1781.

After the termination of this service, he returned
to Hanover County, Virginia, to reside with his mother,
whose name is not given, and enlisted in said Hanover
County, March 10, 1781, served as a private in Captain
Thompson's Company, Colonel Dabney's Virginia Regiment,
and was discharged October 12, 1781.

In 1795, he moved to Lincoln County, Georgia, remained
there until 1822, when he moved to Abbeville District, 
South Carolina.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
August 10, 1832, while residing in Abbeville District,
South Carolina.

It is not stated that soldier was ever married.

Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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Revolution

22037
INVALID.

File No. 22.037
Newell Walton
Pri Rev War

Act June 7" 32"
Index: --Vol. 2, Page 435

{Arrangement of 1870.}



July 14, 1905 History to
May W. Greene, Greenwood, Miss
1915 June 18 Hist to Mrs. Walter
G. Cooper, V. L. M.
1919 Sept 26 Hist to Wm H. Black
1922 Jany 25 Hist to Mrs John McBee

1930- Aug. 4 - Hist. to
Mrs. W. H. Simmons
EEL

1934 Jan 4 - Hist. to
W. B. Collins - EEL

1939 June 28, Hist, to Mrs. J. R.
Carson - MLB.
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Abeville C. H
June 12th

Free

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. C.

S. C. June 19
entd
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Abbeville S.C. 12 June 1833
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Sir,
I return you the papers of Newell
Walton accompanied with his amended Declaration, 
which it is hoped will remove the objections 
to the grant of his pension - If they
are still defective be good enough to point
out the defects and let me know them.
Respectfully yr
obt
Patrick Noble
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State of South Carolina
Abbeville District }
To wit on this eleventh
day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared
before me Hugh Morrah the undersigned
Justice of the Peace in & for the District
& State aforesaid, Newell Walton a resident of
the same District & State, who being first duly
sworn, according to Law, doth on his oath, make
the following amended Declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the provision made
by the act of Congress passed June 7th
1832. viz, on the 5th January 1781 (I am sure it
was in the first week of that month) I entered
the service as already stated under the command 
of Captain Harris whose Lieutenant was
George Mickie. We marched through the
Counties of Hanover, Henrico, New-Kent &
Caroline, in which latter county we were
discharged on the 29th of the same month.
I suppose that Captain Harris acted under
order from General Thomas Nelson who had
at this time the chief command of the Militia 
- from the 29th of January until the 10th
of March following I remained at home;
and on the said tenth of March when Phillips
made an incursion [crossed out: of] ^up James River I
joined the militia force as substitute
but for whom I cannot now recollect - 
I served as a substitute for three persons one of
whom was John Spencer already named
the names of the others I do not recollect
I continued in the service without intermission 
from this time until I was discharged
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from the Hospital on the 12th October 1781
so that I can safely declare that I
served seven months continuously.
I remember the name of John Spencer for
whom I substituted as he was a neighbour
and acquaintance, the others for whom
I substituted were strangers to me and
they had served part of their tours &
I served the remainder - 

From bodily infirmity I am utterly unable
to appear before or in a Court of Record
the nearest being twenty miles distant
from my residence & no term of which will
intervene before the fourth Monday of
October next, and no Judge or Justice
of a Court of record resides nearer to
me than seventy miles, so that to obtain 
the opinion of a Court of Record
or to make the declaration & submit
to the examination before a judge or
justice of such a court, unless such person
would come to me is physically
impossible  - from my extreme debility.
Newell Walton
Sworn to & subscribed
before me this 11th
June 1833
Hugh Morrah J. Q


The State of South Carolina
Abbeville District }
I James Wardlaw Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for Abbeville District do
hereby certify that Hugh Morrah before whom
the preceding affidavit was made is an acting Justice of the Quorum
in and for the District aforesaid and that all due faith and credit are to
be had and given to his attestations as such; and that the above is the
genuine signature of the said Hugh Morrah,
Given under my hand and seal of Office
at Abbeville Court House this twelfth day
of June in the year of our Lord 1833.
Rob. H. Wardlaw
Dep. Clk.
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We Rem Renson & William C. Stokes

Residing in the County of Lincoln and State of
Georgia do hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Newell Walton who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration 
that he resided for many years in
this County and was an acting Justice of the
Peace he was always considered to be an
honest upright man, from our knowledge of
Mr Walton we believe him to be near seventy
years of age that he has been considered
a soldier of the revolution which we concur
in that opinion and believe his statement
to be true,
Rem Remson
W.C. Stokes
Sworn to before me
this 14th day of August 1832
Elijah Frazer J.P.


Georgia
Lincoln County } 
I Francis Fleming deputy clerk
of the Inferior Court of the county and state
aforesaid do hereby certify that Elijah Frazer
whose name and signature appears to the above certificate 
and affidavit was and is still an acting Justice
of the peace for said county and that the signature
annexed is his genuine signature.
Given under my hand as deputy [illegible]
Inferior Court of the County state af[illegible]
under seal of office 14 August 1832.
F F Fleming
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Georgia
Lincoln County }
I Frances F. Fleming
deputy clerk of the
Inferior Court of the County and State aforesaid 
do hereby certify that on reference
to the record books of the Inferior Court
now in office it appears that Newell
Walton was one of the Judges of said Inferior
Court for [crossed out: around] ^the year Eighteen hundred.
Given under my hand as clerk of
the Inferior Court of said County
seal of office this 14th August [illegible]
F F Fleming


Georgia
Lincoln County }
I Rem Remson one of the
Judges of the Inferior Court for the County
aforesaid do hereby certify that Frances F
Fleming whose name and signature appear
to the two foregoing certificate is deputy clerk
of the Inferior Court for said County duly
and legally appointed and qualified and
that his attestation is in due form and
by the proper officer
Given under my hand this 14 August
1832
Rem Remson JIC


13,951
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The State of South Carolina
Abbeville District }
⎬
I James Wardlaw
Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas for Abbeville District do hereby
certify that Hugh Morrah before whom the two
affidavits above and the one endorsed were made
and who hath signed the same is an acting Justice
of the Quorum in and for the District aforesaid, duly
qualified and authorized to administer oaths
that all due faith and credit are to be given
to his attestations as such, and that the signatures
annexed thereto purporting to be his are
his genuine signatures
Given under my hand and seal
of Office at Abbeville Court
House the fourth day of October
Anno Domini one thousand eight
hundred and thirty two
Jas Wardlaw
C.C.P.

State of South Carolina
Abbeville District } 

I James Wardlaw Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas for the District aforesaid
do certify that Moses Waddel D.D. who has signed the presiding
certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the district aforesaid &
that Wm A. Bull who has also signed the same is resident
in the same district & is a credible person & that their statement
is entitled to credit
Given under my hand and seal of Office
at Abbeville Court House this seventh day
of June 1833
Robt T Wardlaw Depty Clk
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Rev Sec

[stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE
D
JAN 10 1922]

MRS. JOHN MCBEE
1437 PEABODY AVENUE
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

Pension Bureau
Revolutionary Dept
Washington - 

Dear Sir:-
Have you on record in
your offices the pension
papers of Newell Walton,
born in Virginia in 1763, died
in South Carolina 1834 - served in
Revolution in 2nd Virginia regiment
under Capt Thompson &
Col. Dabney, - 
and of William Marshall
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who served in Rev. in Capt.
Alexander Parker's brigade
in a Virginia regiment - 
If you have these pension
papers, I would like to have
data concerning military record
& family history contained
therein, & use same for
to use same for
historical purposes - 
Thanking you for your
attention, I am 
very truly yours

Mrs. John McBee
1437 Peabody Ave
Memphis, Tenn.

Dec 7/22
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Harlem, Ga., Dec. 16, 1933

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
Please advise me as to whether you have
any record of (as I suppose) Revolutionary
war pension claims by anyone by the
name of Newell Walton, and if so,
please send me a copy or at least
a synopsis of these claims
Very respectfully
W. B. Collins

[stamp: RECEIVED
DEC. 18 1933
MAIL SUB-DIV.
READER 6
VETS. ADM.]
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155 Peeples St
Atlanta Ga
June 14th 1913

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir,
Please send
me the record of service
in the Revolution
of my ancestor Newell
Walton, a pensioner
in Abbeville Dist. S.C. in
1830. Please send
also any family
data to be found
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in his application
papers.
Very Truly
Belle Walton B. Cooper
(Mrs. Walter G. Cooper).
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7/13 - 1913

Mr. Scott.,
Commissioner
If you please I want very much all the
information you have of these two men
Majer Jesse Walton and Captin Wm Walton
I am encloseing some information of them.

Please to be patient and kind.
I want very much the history of all the
Waltons of Virginia from Jamestown
May the 13- 1607 throughout the Revolution
John. Edward. Robert. Simeon. Myaplin Newell
Walton.

If you will send me the
Records of these men that you have
we will always think of you as truly
worthy of the valued pasition you
wold for the people of the U. S. A.
thanking you
I am sincerely
Francis Walton Simmons
Springfield Tennessee

Mrs W. H. S-
30 W

[stamp: US PENSION OFFICE
JUL 16 1930]
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Mr. Scott
United States
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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OFFICE OF
N. E. WHITEHEAD, M.D.


GREENWOOD, Miss., June 19 1905

[stamp: OLD WAR & NAVY FILES
JUN 23 1905]

Commissioner of Pensions-
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Please give me the
military service of Newel Walton, said to
have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War
He was from Amelia Co, Virginia, after war
moved to Lincoln Co. Ga.

Also give me the military service of his
brother William Walton, Col. of Washington
Artillary - etc; also of Francis Woolfolk. I shall
appreciate a reply at your early convenience -
please state if any of them drew a pension
Thanking you for your attention - I am
very respectfully
May Whitehead Greene
Greenwood
Mississippi

P.S. Would also like to
know if William or George Boddie had a
military record, or if either were in Revolution?
They were both in Colonial Legislature etc.
May Greene -
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Rev Sec


Plymouth, Ill.
Sept. 8, 1919.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

I am advised by the Secretary of State of
South Carolina that the pension papers of Newel
Walton are at the Pension Bureau.

Newel Walton applied from Abbeville, S.C.,
I believe, in 1832, for Revolutionary Service.
Please send me copy of all data on record with his
papers.

Thanking you, I am
Respectfully,
Wm. H. Black

[stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE
D
SEP 11 1919]
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Chester, S. C.
April 25, '39.

Dept. of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Sirs:

If you have pension records of the following REVOLUTIONARY
SOLDIERS would you please send me copies. Please mention
wife and also names of any children.

In doing this (that is if you have them) could you give each
on a separate sheet of paper. We wish these pension records
as Proof of the Revolutionary soldier for membership into
THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Thank you very
much.
Yours truly,
[signature: Mrs. J R. Carson]
(Mrs. J. R. Carson )
Genealogist for South Carolina D. A. R.
151 West End,
Chester, S. C.

1 -- Bennett, Boddie -- North Carolina, probably Edgeworth Co.
Born 1763, in N. C. Married Sarah Louise Smith in 1792. Was a
young soldier in last years of Rev. War.
(2) Joseph Gresham, Louisa County, Va. Had a wife named
Mary -----(? )
( 3 ) Richard Bray - either Virginia, or N. C.
( 4 ) - Walton -- probably John - of Georgia.
one only who
is shown to have
lived in Ga.     Newell

[stamp: RECEIVED
APR 26 1939
[illegible]
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January 4, 1934

BA-J/EEL
Newell Walton-S.22037

Mr. W. B. Collins
Harlem
Georgia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record
of Newell Walton, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in
Revolutionary War pension claim, S.22037, based upon the military service
of Newell Walton in that war.

Newell Walton was born December 13, 1763, in Hanover County,
Virginia; the names of his parents are not shown in the papers in
the pension claim.

In 1780, he moved to Louisa County, Virginia, enlisted there on
January 5, 1781, served as a private in Captain Harris' Virginia Company
and was discharged January 29, 1781; after the termination of
this service, he returned to Hanover County, Virginia, to reside with
his mother, enlisted in said county on March 10, 1781, served as a
private in Captain Thompson's Company, Colonel Dabney's Virginia Regiment
and was discharged October 12, 1781.

In 1795, he moved to Lincoln County, Georgia, ^[illegible] where he resided
until 1822; then moved to Abbeville District, South Carolina, of which
place he was a resident when he was allowed pension on his application
executed August 10, 1832.

There are no data as to wife and children.

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, Newell Walton (S. 23037), you should address
The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division,
this city, citing the following data:
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Newell Walton, Certificate No. 16255, issued July 20, 1833, rate 
$25.99 per annum commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, South
Carolina Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

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June 28, 1939

am
NEWELL WALTON
S. 22037
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. J. R. Carson
151 West End
Chester, South Carolina

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary
War records of Bonnett Boddie, Joseph Gresham, Richard Bray
and the record of any soldier with surname Walton ( probably John, of
Georgia).

There are no claims for pension on file based upon service in the
Revolutionary War of a Bennett Boddie, Joseph Gresham or Richard Bray,
under any spelling of those surnames. Such claims are the source of
Revolutionary War data furnished by the Veterans Administration. The
record has been found of one soldier, only, with the surname Walton
who is shown to have resided in Georgia; it is that of Newell Walton.
His record follows as found in the papers on file in pension claim,
S. 22037, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Newell Walton was born December 13, 1763, in Hanover County,
Virginia; the names of his parents were not given.

In 1780, Newell Walton moved to Louisa County, Virginia, where he
enlisted January 5, 1781, served as private in Captain Harris' Virginia
company and was discharged January 29, 1781, after which he returned to
his mother's home in Hanover County, Virginia, where he enlisted
March 10, 1781, served as private in Captain Thompson's company, Colonel
Dabney's Virginia regiment, and was discharged October 12, 1781.

The soldier moved in 1795 to Lincoln County, Georgia, where he was an
acting justice of the peace, and where he resided until 1822, then
moved to Abbeville District, South Carolina.

Newell Walton was allowed pension on his application executed
August 10, 1832, at which time he was living in Abbeville District,
South Carolina.
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There are no data in the claim relative to wife or children
of Newell Walton.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the
name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death
of this soldier, you should write to the Comptroller General,
General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite
the following data:
Newell Walton
Certificate No. 16255
Issued July 20, 1833
Rate, $25.99 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
South Carolina Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the administrator

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RECORD DIVISION.
3-525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., [blank] 19
S. F. 22037

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank]
for a statement of the military history of Newell Walton
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
[column headings:DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT; LENGTH OF SERVICE; RANK;OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED; STATE]
Jany 5 1781; Jany 29 1781; Pvt.; [Captain] Harris; Va
Mch 10 1781; Oct 12 1781; [blank]; [Captain] Thompson, [Colonel] Dabney; [blank]

Battles engaged in, [blank]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Louisa Co. Va
Date of application for pension, Aug. 10, 1832 His cl. was al
Residence at date of application, Abbeville Dist., S.C.
Age at date of application, b. in Hanover Co. Va. Dec. 13, 1763
Remarks: In 1781 his mother was living in Hanover Co. Va.
her name is not stated nor is there any family data.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.