Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23.993, Simeon Walker, Conn.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
CONTENTS
Walker, Simeon
NUMBER
S.23993
Deed
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Vermont 924 Simon Walker
of Peacham in the state of Vermont who was a private in the ______commanded by Captain ____ of the reg't commanded by Col.Minnan in the Con. troops for 15 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 50  Dollars ___Cents per an. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of October 1832 and sent to A. Paul Danville b'r.

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832   75.00
Semizzant allowanced ending 4th Mch 18833 237.00
$100.00

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by GM Daffield clerk 
Book 0 Vol. 4 page 92
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No 115-8 Admitted
Private 15 months
$50:
924
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Brief in the case of Simeon Walker of Caledonia County int the State of Vermont  (Act 7 June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court of Probate
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 76 years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
In 1775 May
1776 June
1777
Years,
Duration of Service.
Months
to
6
Days.
15 months
Rank.
As a
private
do
do
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Connecticut troops
Secut Heman Col. Hinman
Capt. and Col. Silliman
Town of Militia duty

5. In what battles was he engaged?  White Plains
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Woodbury Connecticut
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By two living witnesses except the first period proved by only one.
8.Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Correct
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Duffield Examining Clerk
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I James Miner of Danville in the County of Caledonia
and State of Vermont depose and say- that in the time of
the revolutionary war I resided at Woodbury in the State of
Connecticut- that I was well acquainted with Simeon
Walker then of said Woodbury who has subscribed and ┃
sworn to the foregoing declaration-- that I was knowing to
his being enlisted by Lieut Hungerford for seven months
as I understood and now believe he marched to Fort Ticonderoga
this was in 1775 - I know he was absent for several
months - and that it was understood and believed that he
was in the service as aforesaid. I recollect the seeing him
shortly after his return sick of the fever and ague which was
I think in the fall, but what month I cannot say
I further depose and say that I am knowing that he enlisted
in 1776 in Capt Nathan Hard's Company in Col. Silliman's
regiment - I was myself a soldier in the same Company
and for the same term and know that the said Walker served
the full term of his engagement. I saw the said Walker in
the service at Peekskill N.Y. in 1777 in the militia about the
time of the burning of Sopers I was out with the said Walker
1779 at the time of the burning of Norwalk - I think we were
out about three weeks that time Jane Mies
I swore to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
before Benj F Deming Judge of
Ashbel Martin of Peacham in the County of Caledonia and
State of Vermont depose and say that I resided at Woodbury in
the State of Connecticut in the time of the revolutionary war
that I was well acquainted with Simeon Walker
then of said Woodbury who has subscribed and sworn to the
foregoing declaration-- That I was knowing to his being in
the service of the United States in the Connecticut troop's for
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the term of six months at New York City, Long Island and White Plains in Capt Hurd's Company, in Col Silliman's
regiment. I was myself a soldier in the same Company
and regiment and served for the same term
I further depose and say that in the winter of 1777 I was
with said Walker at place called Horse neck for about three
weeks in the service-- I was also out with said Walker in
the fall of said year in the militia service about one month
at the time of the burning of Sopers Ashbel Martin
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
before Benj F Deming Judge of Probate
And the Court aforesaid do hereby declare their opinion after
the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatory
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 James Miner and Ashbel
Martin who have signed the foregoing affidavits are residents
the former of Danville and the latter of Peacham in Caledo
County and are credible persons and that their statements
be entitled to credit
I Amos Paul Register of the Court of Probate for the
district of Caledonia do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of Simeon Walker for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and the seal of office this 12th day
of July A.D. 1832
Amos Paul Register
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of
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by
the
in
the
Col. Silliman in Wadsworth's Brigade-- marched to Norwalk Conn 
& there took shipping for N. York City-- from the City on to Long Island - the Brigade he was in was relieved by
Lord Sterling the day before the battle at the time of the
taking of Gen Sullivan and his troops-- thence crossed to
City left the City at the time of the evacuation by the
American troops - thence by Haarlem to White Plains and
was in the battle of White Plains-- continued in the service
til the expiration of his term and was discharged (as he
thinks) at a place called North Castle a few miles from White
laws
That in 1777 was out seven times in the militia on alarms
some times for a few days and some times for a few weeks
in the service
was at Fishkill and Redhook in the service at the time of burning
Sopers. He thinks he served in 1777 as much as two month
in all
was out a few days at the time of the burning of Norwalk
That he was born at Woodbury in the State of Connecticut
was nineteen years of age when he entered the service-- lived at
said Woodbury until 1780 when he removed to Peacham, Vermont
where he now resides. Peacham was at that time a frontier
town, being the most northerly settlement in this part of Vermont
That he never received a written discharge
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or
an annuity except the present and declares that his name
is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state
Simeon Wilker
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before Benj F Deming Judge of Probate
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State of Vermont
District and County of Caledonia
On this 12th day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared in
open Court before the Hon Benj F Deming Judge of the
Court of Probate now sitting for the District aforesaid Since
Walker a resident of Peachan in the County of Caledonia
and District aforesaid in the State of Vermont aged seventy
six 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 of June 7, 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the
following named officers and served as herein stated
viz. That at Woodbury in the County of Litchfield in the
State of Connecticut the place of his then residence in the
month of May 1775 he enlisted in the Connecticut troop
for the term of seven months-- marched to Fort Ticonderoga
on lake Champlain by the way of Greenbush and Fort Edward
N. York in the Company called the Colonel's Company in
Col. Hinman's regiment, another Hinman 1st Lieut of the
Company, Benj. Hungerford 2d Lieut. Ensign Torrence
remained at Ticonderoga until some time in the fall
being taken sick with fever & aque was permitted to return
home and was sick during the remn winter following
That at said Woodbury in the month of June 1776 he enlisted
for the term of six months in the Connecticut troop
in the Company of Capt Hurd-- Brace, 1st Lieut
Judson 2d Lieut- Clarke Ensign in the reg
of
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Mr. Noel C. Stevenson
449 Clifton Street
Los Angeles, California
Dear Sir:
July 17, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
SIMEON WALKER
S. 23993
BA-J/MMIF:MLB
Reference is made to your letter of June 11, in which you
request an abstract of the essential items found in other papers
on file in pension claim, S. 23993, based upon service of Simeon
Walker, as you desire especially to obtain the date of his death
and information in regard to his wife, Mary Walker.
This office does not have record of the date of death of
Simeon Walker, above-named, nor is there a claim for pension on
file made by any one as wife or descendant of that soldier.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of
this soldier, the name and address of person paid and possibly the
date of his death, you should apply to the Comptroller General,
General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite
the following data:
Simeon Walker
Certificate #924
Issued October 23, 1832
Rate, $50 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1832
Vermont Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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S
23993
INVALID.
ile No. 23,993
Simeon Walker
Pri Rev War
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Act: June 7 32
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Index: -- Vol. 2
Page 435
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[Arrangement of 1870.]
1935 Aug. . Photos,
mailed to Noel C.
Stephenson
account, Div. ntld. of N.Y.
1936 July 16. Noel C. Stephen
had to obtain
date of last pay. qpers?
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Canville, Vermont, July 14, 1832
Sir. I transmit you herewith the declarations of
several persons made to procure pensions
under the act of June 7, 1832.

you will be pleased to communicate
the result to the undersigned-
Respectfully
Jos
Amos Paul
Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
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A. D. Hiller
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
2
Los Angeles, California
June 11, 1936
S. 23993
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Veterans Administration
Re: BA-J/MMHFady
Simeon Walker
Last August you sent me a photostat copy of the pension claim of
Simeon Walker, which arrived in perfect condition. However there is
one other matter which I would like to learn about this file. Would
you please send an abstract of essential items to be found in the balance
of the file? I am especially anxious to find some proof of his death,
perhaps the date of his death might be given. Any information which
might be given about his wife Mary Walker would also be valuable.
help
This information is needed to complete a history of the Walker
family.
Thanking you for your previous courtesy in this matter and for
the present request, I am,
Address:
449 Clifton Street,
Los Angeles, California
Very truly yours,
Noel C. Stevens
Noel C. Stevenson
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Veterans' Administration,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Los Angeles, Calif.
May 31, 1935
I am very anxious to get a negative photostat print of the pension
application of my great-great-grandfather, whose name and other information
follows. I am compiling a book on the Walker family and wish to use this
for a illustration and also for documentary evidence.
I examined said application while I was back there in 1933, but failed
to get a photostat copy. I haven't much of an idea of how much the cost
will come to, but an enclosing one dollar ($1.00). If this does not cover 6787
the cost I will be glad to send the balance.
Name:
War;
SIMEON WALKER, of Peacham, Vermont ( age 76 )
REVOLUTIONARY
Application dated July 12, 1832 at Peacham, Vt.
As I recall the File number is 23993)
If possible please send the print without folding.
Address:
Quer
449 Clifton Street,
Los Angeles, Calif.
Very truly yours,
Noel C. Stevenson
Noel C. Stevenson
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RECEIVED 
JUN 5 81935 AM

RECEIVED 
JUN 4 1935

RECEIVED JUN 6 1935 
EMPLOYEES
ACCOUNTS
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Dear Sir:
August 1, 1935.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Mr. Noel C. Stevenson    BA-J/MMHF/adj
449 Clifton Street    Simeon Walker
Los Angeles, California  S.23993
Dear Sir:
You are furnished herewith copies of four pages
( twenty-five cents each) of original papers on
file in pension claim, S. 23993, based upon service
of Simeon Walker in the Revolutionary War.
This is in response to your request of May 31,
with which you enclosed $1.00 to cover cost of copying
It is regretted that the matter could not
have received immediate attention, but the demand
for Revolutionary War data is great and letters are answered in order of receipt as rapidly as possible.
Very truly yours



A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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A-J/ady
Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Rev & 1812
No. 273
July 18, 1935.
Navy 970
Rev. War claim for pension of Simeon
Walker, File No. S. 23993.
Actual 1 of each page

UNCERTIFIED.

Kindly leave margin of 1
in at top of each page and
return papers in folder with
corresponding name and number.

$1.00..................4 pages
Chief, Rev. & 1812 Wars Section