Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11654, Calvin Walker, R.I.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
R. I.

Walker, Calvin

NUMBER
S. 11654

carded
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10444
Rhode Island
Calvin Walker
of Providence in the State of R Island who was a Pr Col. Sgt in the Company commanded by Captain Adams of the Regt. commanded by Col Elliott in the R. Island line for 11 months 27 days Corpl 12 months 3 days Sergeant

Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 104 Dollars 14 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Apl. 1833 and sent Benjn Cowell Providence R. Island

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  $208.28
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept. 4 1833 52.07
                                                         $260.35


{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk,
Book E Vol. 2d. Page 135
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N. 13149

Calvin Walker

Sergt 12 Mos. 3 days
Corporal 11 - 27 d


11. & 12 0C
Jany 12 1833


P - 216


Benjn. Cowell Esqr
Providence R. I.
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BRIEF in the case of Calvin Walker of the County of Providence in the State of R. Island
(Act 7 June, 1832.)

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

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

3.  How old is he?  77 years.

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

Period.
In 1775 May 1st
76 Jany
" 77
" 78

Duration of Service.
8 Months
1 year
1 year 3 months
2 months

Rank.
As a Private
Corporal
Sergeant

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Col. Hitchcock, Capt. Olney
Col. Whitecomb
Col. Elliott, Capt. Adams
Capt. Man

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  none

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Providence

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Depositions

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or [illegible]?  no Clergyman's Certificate

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Levin Belt
Examining Clerk.
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Blank

And now on this twenty third day of January AD 1833 Calvin Walker further declares, that he has no evidence of his services other than stated in his former declaration, but the Revd Barney is well acquainted with him & can testify in his behalf - Calvin Walker

Jany 23 1833.

Personally appeared before me the above named Calvin Walker & made to the truth of the same affidavit by him signed

Benjamin Cowell
[illegible] Dist
Court R I Dist
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I James O Barney a Clergyman now residing in Lukouk & officiating as such in said town do certify & declare that I am well acquainted with Calvin Walker of Providence who has subscribed & sworn to the annexed declaration I believe him to be 77 years of age & he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and I concur in that opinion
James O Barney

Rhode Island District
In Providence Jany 24 1833

Personally appeared before me the above named James O Barney & made oath to said affidavit by him signed & I further certify that said Deponent is a Clergyman & that his statement is entitled to credit
Benjamin Cowell
[illegible] Dist
Court R. I. Dist
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I George W. Walker of North Providence in the State of Rhode Island on oath do testify and say that I well remember when my brother Calvin Walker of Providence returned from Ticonderoga in the year 1776, when he had been in the Army for some months before, as I then understood & believed - I was young but I well remember the above fact
Geo W. Walker
and I the said George do further testify that I once carried my brother aforesaid to Trinton [illegible] Howlands ferry - to Join the Revolutionary Army & once I carried him part of the way to Roxbury for the same purpose when the Troops were stationed on Jamaica plains -
Geo W. Walker

Aug 20 1832
Sworn to in open Court
B Cowell Clk
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I Ephraim Bowen of Warwick in the State of Rhode Island on oath testify and say that according to the best of recollection knowledge & belief - Calvin Walker of Providence enlisted & served in Capt C Olneys company & Col Hitchcocks regiment of Rhode Island Troops for the term of eight months - in the year 1775, ending December of that year I was a Lieutenant in the same company & I who know that said Calvin is a man of truth & veracity Ephraim Bowen

Aug 20 1832 Sworn to in open Court
B Cowell Clk
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Calvin Walker
Providence 
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13.149
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Rhode-Island District, SC.  August Term 1832

County of Providence

On this day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, being a District Court of the United States within and for said District, now in session -- Calvin Walker a resident of Providence in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island aged 77 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 Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832, viz. That he entered the service of the United States under the following names officers, and served as herein stated.
That he was born January 5th 1755 in Seekonk Mass which is on record in the Town Clerks office of that town and lived in Providence R. I. when he entered the service and also has lived there ever since the war ----
and the applicant further states that he enlisted as a private about the first of May 1775 in Col Hitchcock's regiment of Rhode Island Continental troops & Company of Capt C Olney for eight months and served on Prospect Hill near Boston --
and the applicant further states that about the first of January 1776 he again enlisted as a corporal to go to Ticonderoga in Col Whitcombs regiment of New Hampshire Troops for one year but staid only untill October or November -- While there the camp fever broke out which swept off a great many of the soldiers & it is his opinion that not more than half the soldiers ever got back that started on that expedition out of about 1400 strong --
The manner in which the camp fever broke out was, as near as he can recollect, as follows --
the soldiers first had the fever and ague for a few days & then what was called the camp fever succeeded -- this fever was attended with a bloody flux & most violent cramps in the extremities of the body & unusual prostration of the strength - it lasted from one to four days as near as he can recollect before the patient died - before he came away as many as ten used to be buried in a day out of our regiment during the fever the pulse was very weak & slow sometimes he could not feel any pulse in his own wrist when the fever was upon him - I recovered however & came home but it was a long time
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[test carried over from preceding page]
pick up here:  ...a long time before I recovered my strength - The provisions we had were very bad we had no beef but horse beef & our pork was bad & no bread for a great while and when we had any it was bad & full of worms and the applicant further states that in Decr 1776 or Jany 1777 he again enlisted as a sergeant in Capt Adams Company & Col Rob Elliotts regiment of Rhode Island Artillery for fifteen months and was stationed at Warwick in R. I. & other places during that enlistment was in Spencers expedition --
and the applicant further states that he served two months in Sullivans expedition in the fall of 1778 in Sullivans life guards under Cap Aaron Man --
all of which he served out and was honourably discharged
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.  Calvin Walker
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
attest    Benja Cowell Clk

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 sd. Ephraim Bowen and George Walker who have testified for sd applicant are resident as they states and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, BENJAMIN COWELL, Clerk of said District Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Calvin Walker for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this third day of October, AD 1832
Benjamin Cowell Clerk
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Calvin Walker S. F. 11654

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
May 7, 1775
Jany 1, 1776
Dec. 1776 or Jany 1777
-- 1778

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
8 mos.
Oct. or Nov. 1776
15 mos.
2 mos.

RANK.
Pvt.
Corpl.
Sgt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
C. Olney
Adams
Aaron Man

COLONEL.
Hitchcock
Whitcomb
Rob Elliott
on Sullivans Expedition.
STATE.
R. I.
N. H.
R. I. 


Battles engaged in, [check mark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Providence R. I.
Date of application for pension. Oct 3 1832 this I was al
Residence at date of application, Providence, R. I.
Age at date of application, Born Jany 5. 1755, Seekonk , Mass.  Died Mar 25, 1835 (From Agency book)
Remarks:  The above noted &c.
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1908 May 13 Hist. to
J. W. Richards. V. L. M.
(Letter in W. F. 817)


Rev War
11654
INVALID.

File No. 11,654
Calvin Walker
Sergt. Rev. war.

Act: June 7th 1832.

Index:--Vol. A, Page 393

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Record Division.
O. W. AND N. DIVISION.

Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
May 9, 1908

Searched by A. 0.7.&

Original No.
Certificate No.
Claimant,
Soldier, Calvin Walker
Service, Rev. War


Remarks:  Tcy Im. File 11654
No other


Chief of Division.
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