Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 7,136, for Walter Leak, North Carolina
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SERVICE
N. C. 

Leak, Walter

NUMBER
S 7,136

carded
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North Carolina
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Walter Leak
of Richmond in the  State of N. Car;
who was a pr: in the ____commanded by Captain ____of the Regt commanded by Col Wade in the N. C. line for 2 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina 
at the rate of 80 Dollars _____Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of Apl. 33 
and [illegible] M. D.  Crawford
Clk. Rockingham, No Ca
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833      100
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept     40
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$200
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1932}

Recorded by [illegible] Rick  Clerk
Book E   Vol. 6    Page 47

[written vertically along left edge]
Date of death not on A. B.
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Walter Leak
No. Ca.
No. 3674

R

Hdmiz as [illegible] for 2 years from 1779 - $ 80__
Capt. Dejarnet 
Col Wade  NC

{printed vertically along left edge]
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 On this ____ day of ____ personally appeared (a) before ____ A. B. a resident (b) ____ 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. [____ 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 ____ 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 days 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 ____ 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 if 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. 
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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 at 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 principal 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 the 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 now live? 
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 Soldier: Did you ever receive a discharge from service, and if so, by 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 your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier 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 of 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, 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 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 the 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 the 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. 
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[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 assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
[c] The age of the claimant 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 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 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 ____ 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 a declaration in 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 the 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 officer, should accompany the 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 to 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. 
[k] The notes from [a] and [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops [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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[Second Declaration page 1]

State of No Carolina
Richmond County  Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions   January term 1833

On this 25th day of January 1833 Personally appeared in open court the worshipped Court of Pleas and Quarters Sessions now Sitting Walter Leak Sr a Resident of the County of Richmond and State of No Carolina Aged Seventy two years, [illegible] in his seventy second year, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on the oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the Provision made by the act of Congress Passed June 7 1832.  that he entered the service of the United State under Captain Dejarnet [John DeJarnett] who was under the immediate command of Col [Thomas] Wade and Col Robert] Love who were the officers in command for the County of Anson he [illegible] commencement of his service was in the fall of 1779 that when he first entered the Service under Capt Dejarnet [John De Jarnett] he took an oath which was in Substance to hold himself always ready at a minutes waning to march against  the Tories and suppress all disaffection which might brake out in the [illegible] Country which was totally a Hot Bed of Tories  Hence he became what was know in that day & time a Minute Man.  That he was in constant Service until they were forced off by the British  Tories [illegible] a period of Service of Six months.  that this length of Service is impressed on his mind from the circumstance of his knowledge of Service fro the fall of 1779 until after the defect of Charleston which was in the Spring of 1780 which defeat cast a gloom over the American army  emboldened the disaffected & Tories, who immediately oversaw this Section of the State and forced the Whigs off, that he went to Buckingham County in the State of Virginia at which place he was Born and to which he [illegible] that he went in company with his Capt Dejarnet Col Davidson and Bedford Browne that he remained in the State of Virginia but a short time he thinks not more than Six or Eight
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[Second Declaration page 2]

weeks probably three months when he returned into No. Carolina under the protection of Genl. [Edward] Stevens who had marched into No Carolina with 6 or 700 Virginia Militia. 

that he left Genl.[Edward] Stevens at Hillsboro No. Carolina returned to his former residence on Pedee [River] and was immediately taken prisoner by the British Dragoons under Major [William] Sutherland who was stationed at Anson Court House No. Ca.  That he was charged with having been a spy Personally examined by [William] Sutherland  That he was told if he did not take the oath that he would be Sent to Charleston [SC] and there placed on Board a prison Ship. 
That being quite young and much alarmed for his personal Safety he was forced to take the oath alluded to and was by Major [William] Sutherland discharged 

without losing time he made his escape and Joined the Montgomery Militia [NC] Commanded by Col [William Lee] Davidson
the time he thinks was in September 1780 that they then went in pursuit of the Tories Commanded by Col [David] Fanning in Moore [County, NC] adjoining Montgomery county.

they dispersed the Tories and took the Prisoners to Genl. [Griffith] Rutherford 
who had by that time got into Montgomery [County, NC]  that he was one of those who took the Prisoners to Genl. [Griffith] Rutherford's army who was then marching into South Carolina. 

that he was in some few days sent with an Express from Col [William Lee] Davidson to Genl [Horatio] Gates who was marching on through No. Carolina into South Carolina that  
came up with Genl [Horatio] Gates who was encamped at Mask's Ferry in the county of Anson [North Carolina] that he delivered his express in Person to Genl. [Horatio] Gates 

that he was immediately started by Genl [Horatio] Gates with a package or dispatch after Genl. [Griffith] Rutherford  That he overtook Genl [Griffith] Rutherford army at Lynches Creek [SC], delivered his dispatch and received an answer back for Genl [Horatio] Gates. That he came to Genl. Gates marching in to Camden delivered it to him 

Genl Gates gave him a receipt or certificate or something he knows not what . that he returned to his Captain Dyjanet [John De Jarnett] and Col [William Lee] Davidson who had been directed to follow Genl [Horatio] Gates that we did follow but we met the Virginia Militia and Some few of
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[Second Declaration page 3]

of the regulars who had just been defeated at Camden, we then fell back into Montgomery [County] where Col. Childes [Thomas Childs] made a Stand at his own House which stand they maintained and would Sally forth against the Tories, under the command of Col [David] Fanning  and Col McNiell [Hector McNeill] That he was in the two engagements against the Tories both at Betty's Bridge [Battle of Beatti's Bridge, NC 1781] which Battle took place in September 1781 where the Americans met with a total defeat, we were commanded by Col [Thomas] Childs, Col [Thomas] Wade & Col. [Robert] Love

From the time we continued in service untill we Joined Genl. [Griffith] Rutherford I was commanded immediately I think by Col [Robert] Smith, who was Col of the Cavalry, our Col marched us into South Carolina upon the Wakamaw [Waccamaw River, SC] between Wakamaw & Wilmington [SC], we were Stationed then for the Purpose of Stoping the communication between the British at Georgetown [SC] and the British at Wilmington [SC] 

we was afterwards marched to Wilmington [SC] where he was in two battles with the British at the Brick House [November 1781] but was repulsed in both engagements, that they had intended to make the third attack on the British at the Brick House had prepared themselves and was marching to the attack they captured a Tory who informed them that they had received news off the Surrender of Corn Wallace [Surrender of Cornwallis, Yorktown, Virginia 1781] [General Charles Lord Cornwallis]

when we arrived at the Brick  House we found that the Brittish had evacuated (this was in the latter part of October 1781.

In our absence the Tories under Col.[David] Fanning & [Hector] McNeill had again had  again well neigh run over the Counties of Anson & Richmond, we who belonged to the Counties of Anson Richmond & Montgomery  returned from Wilmington into the aforesaid Counties after scouring the country in pursuit of Col [David] Fanning & [Hector] McNeill for some time (cannot tell what time) he was discharged
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[Second Declaration page 4]

He takes the occasion to Say that when he was at the Engagement at the Brick House [Wilmington, North Carolina] that General [Griffith] Rutherford was not there but was Stationed on the opposite Side at the distance of one or two Miles.

 He states during the whole length of 
service he always volunteered, cannot tell what precise time he was in Service but distinctly recollects that he was out from the  Commencement untill some few months after the defeat of Corn Wallace [General Charles Lord Cornwallis]  he does not entertain an [any] existing doubt but what he Served Two years and will therefore fix on that period as the time.

He further States that there was a part of his services, or rather Something connected therewith, which he has not mentioned but which took place before the time he dates in the commencement of his Services, the circumstance to which he alludes to the following 

viz that in 1778 he was drafted in the County of Anson No. Carolina to proceed against the Brittish in Georgia that he did not go, but hired a Substitute one Alexdr [Alexander] McDonold who did go under Genl. [John] Ashe.

He states he has no documentary evidence having lost all his papers and the discharge which he received. He States that there are now living (viz) John McAlister, William Thomas, Thomas P. Williams and Moses Knight who can testify as to the fact of my Serving regularly in behalf of my country for they know and were with me at least two of them in Some of the Battles which I was in.

I have also the affidavit Samuel Ingram of So Carolina who also speaks as to my Service
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[Second Declaration page 5]

5th
He [Walter Leak] 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
Sworn to and subscribed the day and the year aforesaid:
Test. M.P. Crawford Clk 
Walter Leak Sr 72 years

We Martin P Crawford a Clergyman residing in the County of Richmond & State of No Carolina and Elias Sinclair residing in the Same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Walter Leak who has Subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be of Seventy two years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion

Sworn to & subscribed the day and the year aforesaid 
M.P. Crawford
Elias Sinclair

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 States that it appears to them that M.P. Crawford who has signed the proceeding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Richmond [NC] and that Elias Sinclair who has also signed the Same is a resident in  the Same place and is a Credible Person and that their Statement is entitled to Credit.
Joh  C. Knight J.P.
R. R. Thomas J.P.
H. Graham J.P.
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[Second Declaration page 6]
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State  of No Carolina
Richmond County 

I Martin P. Crawford Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarters sessions for the County of Richmond do hereby Certify that the foregoing Contains the original Proceedings of the Said Court in the Matter of the application of Walter Leak for a Pension-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal of office this 30th day of January 1833-
M.P. Crawford Clk
[seal attached] 

Interrogatories put by the Court:
Where and in what year were you Born
Answer I was Born the 31st of Nov 17?? in the county of Burlingham and State of Virginia
2nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Answer I have it in my family Bible at home

3rd where were you living when called into Service, where have you lived Since the revolutionary war and where do you now live-
Answer,When called into the revolutionary war I lived and do now live in the County of Richmond [NC]

4th How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom-
Answer, I volunteered under Capt Dyjarnet [John DeJarnett] in Anson [NC] and continued a volunteer through out untill Col.[David] Fanning left the country

5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served such Continental & Militia regiments as you can recollect and the General circumstances of your Services -
Answer, My first Services were under Col [Thomas] Wade, Col [Robert] Love, & Col Dyjanet [John De Jarnett] also under Col [William Lee] Davidson of Montgomery. 
I came with Genl [Edward] Stevens  from Virginia to which place I took refuge when compelled to leave this Section of Country
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[Second Declaration page 7]

[continuation of question #5]
I was not or did not belong to the Virginia Millitia [Militia] commanded by Genl [Edward] Stevens but returned to No Carolina under his protection. I was employed to carry an Express from Genl. [Horatio] Gates to Genl. [Griffith] Rutherford and was repeatably in both of the armies but was always commanded by the Cols & Captain above described not properly belonging to either, but under their command and Governd [Governed] by their orders, I was also under Col [Robert] Smith who commanded a Troop of Cavalry was with him at Wilmington [NC]. Genl [Griffith] Rutherford  being at that time opposite. I know of nothing Else more than that I have stated in my declaration.

6th - did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so, what has become of it-
Answer, I did receive a discharge but have lost the same

7th State the names of Persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your Service as a Soldier of the revolution-
Answer, John McAlister William Thomas, Moses Knight M.P. Crawford & others-

State of No Carolina
Richmond County

I Chester P. Crawford Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the county aforesaid do herrby Certify that William Thomas, John McAlister ,Moses Knight who are witnesses to the Services of Walter Leak in the revolutionary War are men of undoubted veracity and that full faith & credit are due to their statements 

In witness whereof I have here affixed my hand & Seal of office this 30th day of January  1833-
M.P. Crawford Clk
[seal attached with ribbon]
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[Second Declaration page 8]

This day Personally appeared in open Court John McAlistar William Thomas and Moses Knight who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that they were acquainted with Walter Leak in the Revolutionary War; that they were with him at the Battle of Bettys Bridge [Battle of Bettis's Bridge, North Carolina 1781] and saw him at divers [diverse] times during the War and know him to have been a true friend to his Country and that they are Satisfied of the truth of his declaration

Sworn to & subscribed in open Court this 25th day of January 1832
J. McAlister
Moses Knight
Wm Thomas SR
Test M.P.Crawford Clk

[below the above writing]
Declaration of 
Walter Leak for a
Pension January Session 1833
Richmond County Court
a Copy
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Walter Leak -S.7136
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. J. . M. sloan
502 Hanna Street
Gastonia, North Carolina

Dear Madam:
The Revolutionary War record of Walter Leak
which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 7136, based upon his military service in that war.

Walter Leak was born November 31 (?), 1761 in Buckingham County, Virginia, names of his parents not given.

While residing in Anson County, North Carolina, he enlisted in the fall of 1779, served as a private in Captain DeJarnette's company under Colonels Thomas Wade and Love in pursuit of Tories; he was captured in 1780 and charged as being a spy, was forced to take the oath of allegiance to the British, but soon after made his escape and returned to Captain Dejarnette's 
company and served under Colonels Davidson and Smith, a part of the time, was express rider; he was in two battles at Beattys Bridge, and two battles at the Brick House near Wilmington, North Carolina.  He served in all two years with the North Carolina troops.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 19, 1832, at which time he was living in Richmond County, North Carolina.

There are no data in this claim relative to the family of Walter Leak.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[First Declaration page 1]

North Carolina
Richmond County
Court of Pleas & Quarters Session
On this day the 19th July 1832 Personally appeared in open court before the Worshipful Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarters Session now sitting Walter Leak a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged seventy one years 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 7th 1832

That he enlisted in the Service of th United State under the following named officers and Served  as herein Stated 

Viz He resided at the Commencement of the War in Anson County N.C. [North Carolina]. In 1778 he was then drafted to proceed against the British forces in Georgia, but that he hired Alexander McDaniel as a substitute who proceeded thither under Genl. [John] Ashe of N.C. that about three months after the defeat of the Americans at Brier Creek Georgia [Battle of Brier Creek, Georgia 1779] he volunteered under Capt Dyearnett [John De Jarnett] (Thomas Wade Col.) and continued under his command untill some time after the Capture of Cornwallis [General Charles Lord Cornwallis] [Surrender of Cornwallis, Yorktown, Virginia 1781]

that he was in the two battles at Betty's Bridge [Battle of Beatti's Bridge, North Carolina 1781] in the So. Eastern part of the County. That he was afterwards in two Battles at the Brick House near Wilmington N.C. under Genl. [Griffith] Rutherford he is certain that he served two years at least, I served as a  
[two illegible words.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a Pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any States-

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written -
Walter Leak (71 yrs old)
Test M.P. Crawford Clk
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[First Declaration page 2]

I Martin P Crawford a Clergyman Residing  near the Town of Rockingham Richmond County [North Carolina] hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Walter Leak who has Sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration that I believe him to be seventy one years of age  that he is reputed and believed to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion
M.P. Crawford

North Carolina
Richmond County 
John McAlister, William Thomas, & Thomas P. Williams came into Court and made oath that they were acquainted with Walter Leak during the revolutionary War that they saw him frequently in Service and they believe the foregoing declaration to be true and that he is of the age he represents
test M.P. Crawford
John McAlister
William Thomas
Thomas P. Williams

and the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War department that the applicant Walter Leak was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certify that M.P. Crawford who signed one of the Preceding Certificate is a clergyman that they are well acquainted with John McAlister William Thomas and Thomas P Williams who signed the other Certificate that they all reside in the County that they are men of high respectability and that their statements are entitled to the fullest confidence
Test M.P. Crawford
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State of No Carolina
Richmond County

I Martin P. Crawford 
clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarters Sessions for the County of Richmond do hereby Certify that the foregoing Contains the original Proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the application of Walter Leak for a Pension- 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal of office this 2nd day of August 1832-
M.P. Crawford Clk

[Seal attached]