Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11642, William Walling, S.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.
Walling, William
NUMBER 
S. 11642
carded
CONTENTS

This Envelope Includes
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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Alabama 22.45
Wm Walling
Madison in the State of Alabama
who was a Private & Serg. in the Co. commanded
by Captain Cook of the Rgt. commanded
by Col Goodwin in the South Ca.
line for 7 months & 20 days.
5 Mo. & 20 days as Sergt 28.33 1/3
2 do. Private                       6.66 2/3
[total] $35.00
---
Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama
at the rate of 35. Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
---
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Novr
1833 and sent to John
Graham, Huntsville, Ala.
---
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833.              87.50
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34.     17.50
[total]  $105.

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer, Clerk
Book E. Vol. 8 Page 53
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State of Alabama )
Madison County ) SS
 On this second day of November 1832 personally 
appeared in open court, before
William J Adair Judge of the circuit court of said County
now sitting in Huntsville, William Walling a resident
of said County & State & of about seventy one years of age
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
7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United 
States, under the following named officers & served as
herein stated; that in the year 1778 to the
best of his recollection, when he was sixteen years
of age he was placed on the muster roll & on the 
same day was ^draughted in the militia service of
the United States from the County of Richland in
the State of South Carolina where he then resided.
that his captain was of the name of John Cook
that its  capt. having served such tour remained 
at home, the Lieutenant who was of the
name of Timothy Reaves took command of the
company, he states they joined a regiment of
Militia commanded by Col Robert Goodwin
who marched them on until they joined Genl
Williamson, they then took up the line of March
for St. Augustine in Florida, that they marched
through Georgia, passed by Savanah, from
thence to St. Marys river, passed over, then they
halted, & sent a detachment to St Johns river
where they understood the British & Tories had
erected a fort but they had evacuated the
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fort, ^before the detachment got there^ he states that their provisions gave out
& they were compelled to return, that they returned
as far as midway meeting house in
Georgia when the militia men all discharged.
Every man made his way home the best way he
could, selling their cloaths off their backs to
negroes for bread. He thinks that this term
of service was more than one month-
He states that shortly after this term of service
but he cannot recollect when exacty, he was
again ^draughted in the same company, that
Capt Cook took command of the company
& marched from Richland County down to
the Tories tole bridge, in about 30 miles from
Charleston where they remained about one
month the British were then in Charleston,
he thinks his Colonel was of the name of
Lacey, that their relief could relieve them
& they returned home, he states that these
terms of service were only for a month
each, that they were only ^draughted  for a month
at a time ---
He states that after this last term of service
he was again ^draughted & went from his said county,
under the command of Lieutenant Joel Adams,
that they joined the regiment commanded by
Col. Robert Goodwin & near Augusta they joined
Genl Williamson who marched them across
Savanah river, & down Savanah to the Two
Sister ferry, crossed &  marched to Stono, where they
had an engagement with the British got whip'd
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situated to Santee river, where they were discharged
& returned home. that they were out
this tour three months & ten days, although they
were ^draughted but for one month.
The applicant states after these tours of service
but in what year he does not recollect he
was again draughted from said ^county
of Richland in the militia service, & went out 
under the command of Lieutenant David McCord
that the Regiment to which his company belonged 
was commanded by Col Thomas
Taylor, that the army was commanded by
Genl Sumpter, he states they marched
on to Biggin Church within about 32
miles of Charleston, where the British ^men
forted in. the British got information that 
they were approaching set fire to the church
& fort & retreated towards Charleston, they
pursued them, Col Lee's horse
over took them at Quinter creek at a
bridge, & took about 40 prisoners, when the
regiment to which affiant belonged got
up, the British had crossed the bridge &
pulled the planks up, the american army
then went up the creek crossed over, came
down & attacked the British who proved too
hard for them, they then retreated to Santee
river, where they lay about ten days when they
were discharged, that they served this
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tour about a month & upwards, he states that
Col Charles Middleton of State troops of South Carolina, 
was along. also Capt. John McCord
& Adgt. Joseph Loyd of the State Troops
The applicant states that he was often after this
called out whenever they receved information
of the depredations committed by the Tories & British, 
for five or ten days at a time that at one
time he volenteered in a company commanded
by Capt. John McCord (a horse company) to
attack some Tories that were lying about in the
neighbourhood & plundering. that in pursuit
of them they came upon the camp of the
Tories. that they were all out except one
that he broke & they pursued & took
him, that Capt. Derrell Hart, & Col. William
Thompson were along-- The applicant states
that before he was sixteen years ^old, before ^he was on
the muster roll & before any of the services above
named, he does not recollect in what year
however, he went ^a tour of service as a substitute 
for one George Horton, in a militia company
commanded by Lieutenant James Dabney,
that they march'd from the said County to
Charleston, where their chief commander
was Genl Lee, the British vessels lay in sight
and attempting to pass the fort run aground
was deserted by the British & the whole fleet
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20434

William Walling
Statement

Madison Cty. Ala

C C Clay
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then made off the month for which he sustituted having expired he was discharged
& returned home - the applicant states that
these are not all the services that he rendered
in the revolutionary war, that it is impossible 
for him to recollect the whole, he
thinks that he has served in the whole about 
twelve months - he states the most of his time
he was Sergeant of the companies in which
he served. he states he has no documentary
evidence of service, that he knows of no
living witness by whom he can prove his
services but submits his own statement
which is the only evidence he can offer.
I hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension
or annuity whatever except the present,
& declares that his name is not on the pension 
roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, & subscribed the day & year first above named & in open count. 
 Wm Walling
2nd November 1832    
[illegible] clk [illegible]
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State of Alabama )
Madison County )
We John Simmons & James
F. W. Smith & John Hardy
George McCleod, Soloman Spence, & Pleasant
S. Austin, do hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with William Walling
Senr who has subscribed & sworn to the
foregoing declaration, that we believe
him to be seventy one years of age; that he
is reputed ^& believed^in the neighbourhood where he
resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, 
& we concur in that opinion.
We further state that he is a man of undoubted 
veracity & would believe any statement 
he would make.
Sworn & subscribed ^to the day & year aforesaid
in open Court.
2th November 1832
Test Pluard clk CC
George Mc Leod
Jno Simmons
Jas FW Smith
Solomon Spence
Pleasant S. Austin
State of Alabama )
Madison County )
And the said Court doth hereby declare its
opinion after the investigation of the matter & after pulling
the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the
above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier &
served as he states. And the court further certifies that it
appears to the satisfaction of the court John Timmons, James
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F W Smith John Hardy George McLeod Soloman Spence &
Pleasant L Austin are residents in the County of Madison and State of Alabama are credible persons, that their statements
are entitled to credit.
W. J. Adair

State of Alabama}
Madison County}
I Lemuel Mead clerk of the Circuit court
of said county do hereby certify that the
forgoing contains the original proceedings of the court in the matter of the application of William Walling for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this
second day of number one thousand
eight hundred and thirty two
L Mead
[physical seal & ribbon affixed]
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No 30
Wm Walling
$20 41/100

Decatur Ala-

Agri 35
Box 4
C4

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[rubber stamp]
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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Know all men by these presents that I Lydia Walling, of Madison County in
the State of Alabama, Widow and relict of William Walling a Revolutionary Pensioner
of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Theophilus Lacy, my true and
lawful attorney, for me and in my name to receive from the Agent of the United States
for paying pensions in Decatur, State of Alabama, The pension of the
said William Walling from the 4th day of March 1834 to the 4th
day of November due to me in consequence of the death of said William
Walling. Witness my hand and seal this 23rd day of October 1835.
Sealed and delivered )
in presence of )
Payton Spence
Lydia ^her X mark]^ Walling (seal)

The State of Alabama} 
Madison County ss}
Be it known that on the 23rd day of October 1835, before
the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County
personally appeared Lydia Walling, above named, and acknowledged the
foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed. In Testimony ^whereof I have hereunto
set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
John J. Coleman J. P.

I Richard B. Purdom, Clerk of the County Court of Madison County in the
State of Alabama, certify that John J. Coleman is a Magistrate as above, and
that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine. In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office
and subscribed my name this 23rd day
of October in the year 1835
Richd B Purdom Clerk of the
County Court of Madison County in the State of Alabama

The State of Alabama}
Morgan County ss} 
Be it known that on the 31st day of Octr 1835
before the subsriber a Justice of the peace in and for said [damage]
County, personally appeared Theophilus Lacy the Attorney named in the foregoing [damage]
power of Attorney, and made oath that the same was not given by reason of any
sale, transfer, or mortgage of the pension, or arrears of pension therein authorized
to be received by him.
Sworn and subscribed}
the day and year last above}
mentioned, before me}    Theo Lacy 
Geo W Price JP
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Branch of the Bank of the State of Alabama, at Decatur, 30 October   1835
Received of Horace Greene, agent for paying Pensions,
Twenty Dollars, 41 Cents, being for Eight
months pension due to William Walling decd from the 4th
day of March 1834 to the 4th day of November 1835
for which I have signed duplicate receipts.
$20.41
Theo. Lacy
atto
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Signature of the Magistrate (John J. Coleman JP) Jus. Peace
The State of Alabama}
Madison County ss} 
I Richard B. Purdom Clerk of the County Court
County of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
John J. Coleman is a Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned
and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 23rd day of March 1835
and will expire as soon after the first Monday in March 1838 as his successor
shall be duly qualified, and that his signature above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal
of said County this 23rd day of October
1835.
Richd B. Purdom
Clerk
[physical seal affixed]
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The State of Alabama.}
Madison Count ss} 
Be it known that before me John J. Coleman, a Justice
of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally
appeared Lydia Walling, widow and relict of William Walling, Deceased
late of said County, and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of the
identical person named in an original certificate in the possession of the said Will.
WM Walling at the time of his death, and now in the possession of said affiant, of
which (I certify) the following is a true copy: "War Department. Revolutionary
claim. I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June
1832 Wm Walling of the State of Alabama, who was a private and Sergeant in
the Army of the Revolution, is entitled to receive Thirty five Dollars per annum
during his natural life, commencing on the 4th March 1831, and payable
Semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year
(seal)
Given at the War Office of the United States, this
Fourth day of November One Thousand Eight
hundred and Thirty Three.
Lew Cass
Secretary of War. "
Examined and}
Countersigned}
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions. {numbered on
the back of the seal thus} "No 22.450," {Endorsed thus} "Payments to be made
at Mobile, by Pr. U.S. Br Bank, agent for paying pensioners in the Agency of
Alabama. Recorded in the pension Office in Book E Vol. 8. page 53 by Wm R.
Palmer, Clerk. That at the time of his death the said William Walling resided
in Madison County in the State of Alabama, and had resided there for the
space of Seventeen years past; and that previous thereto he resided in
the County of Richland in the State of South Carolina. That she now
surrenders the said Original certificate, and claims all the benefit arising
therefore in consequence of the death of the said William Walling, and
according to the act of Congress in such cases made and provided-- That the
said William Walling departed this life in said County of Madison on
the fourth day of November 1834.
Lydia ^her X mark^ Walling
Sworn and subscribed}
before me this 23rd day}
of October in the year 1835}
John J. Coleman J.P.  {seal}

[rubber stamped]
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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I Richard B. Purdom, Clerk of the County Court of Madison County in the
State of Alabama, Certify that John J Coleman is a Magistrate as above, and
that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine
M
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed
my seal of Office and subscribed my name, this
23rd day of October in the year 1835.
Richd B. Purdon Clerk of
the County Court of Madison County in the State of Alabama
The State of Alabama} 
Madison County ss.}
Orphans Court of said County, Special Term thereof
held at the Court house in Huntsville, in said County
on the 23rd day of October 1835 before the Honorable John C. Thompson
Judge of said Court. "This day personally appeared in Open Court before the
Judge thereof Lydia Walling who represents herself to be the widow of William
Walling, late of said County, who was in his liftime a Pensioner of the United States
as appears by a certificate of pension now produced by the said Lydia bearing date
at the War Office of the United States the 4th day of November 1833, numbered
22. 450, signed by Lew Cass, Secretary of War, entitling the said William Walling
to receive Thirty five Dollars per annum, during his natural life, as a Private
and Sergant in the Army of the Revolution; and it appearing to the satisfaction of
the Court upon proof made that the said Lydia Walling is the widow of the
identical William Walling named in the said certificate, and that the said
William Walling departed this life in said County on the 4th day of November
1834 the same is ordered to be recorded on the minutes of said Court &c."
I, Richard B. Purdom, Clerk of the County Court (which is also the Orphans
Court) of Madison County in the State of Alabama, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing is a true copy and correct transcript from the records of my Office
made upon the application of Lydia Walling to enable her to draw the
arrears of Pension due to her from the Government of the United, in consequence
of the death of her husband, the late William Walling deceased.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed
my name this the 23d day of October
in the year of our Lord 1835
Richd B. Purdom, Clerk of the
County Court of Madison County in the State of Alabama
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1938, May 5 - Trsf to Hon Jno Sparkman
for Mrs. Howard Jones (see ltr in
pos. of Robt Allen, P.37661)
MMHDB

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Rev War
11642
INVALID.
File No. 11642
William Walling
Sergt Rev. War
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Act: June 7th 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 393
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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22.650
William Walling
Adm 7 months & 20 days
5 Mo & 20 days thereof Sergt
Madison County
Alabama.

2 Private.---6.66
5.20 Sergt--28.33
[total] 35.00

3/10
---
3.33

John P. Graham
Huntsville
Alabama
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of                                  William Walling                                          which require                                               further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? ----

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  No
     
V.* Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled?  No
The allegation of an agregate service composed of different tours without detailing  them is objectionable.__The Departt is entitled to the data upon 
which he makes the computation-- no allowance can be made
for any service which is not distinctly set forth with such minutia
as to enable the Departt  to determine the amount & character 
of it. Claimants relying upon traditionary evidence alone
is required to comply strictly with the regulations applicable 
to their cases--

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?    Yes

 VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  Yes
                      
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  No No

where the Clerk has no County seal he should adopt one &
transmit to this office an impression of it with a facsimile of
his signature.
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  No  No


XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No


XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  Yes


XIV.+ If the applicant produced a witness or witnesses as to his service has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she or they are persons of credibility?  ----------

Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?__________

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  ____________

XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?   No No

XVll. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  1  2  6  7

                           

                                                          ________________________________
 EXPLANATORY NOTES. 

QUERE V. 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.
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3

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.  
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
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 claimants 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.
‡QUERE XVI.  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 paper  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 oflicer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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Payments to be made
at Mobile
by [illegible] Br Bank [President U.S. Branch Bank?]
Agent for paying Pensioners, 
in the Agency of
Alabama
Recorded in the Pension Office, 
in Book E. Volume 8
Page 53 by William. R. Palmer
Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Wm Walling
of the  State of Alabama.
who was a Private and Sergeant  
in the Army of the Revolution 
is entitled to receive Thirty Five dollars 
per annum, during his natural life, commencing 
on the 4th of March, 1831, and  payable  semiannually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United
States this Fourth day of 
November  one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-three

Lew Cass
Secretary of War

SEAL [physical seal affixed]

Examined and  }
Countersigned.}

J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions.

[rubber stamp]
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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Amended declaration of William Walling
State of Alabama } S.S.
Madison County } On this nineteenth day of
August 1833, personally appeared before me Samuel
Chapman Judge of the County Court now sitting at
Huntsville in said County William Walling 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 time when he entered the service of the
United States, nor can he 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 one month he served as a private in a militia company commanded
by Capt. Cook and Lieut. Reaves, to the best of his
recollection in the year 1778. - For one month he served
as a Sergeant in a militia company commanded by
the same Captain (Capt. Cook) - For three months
ten days he served as a Sergeant in ^a militia company
commanded by Lieut. Joel Adams - For one
month he served as a Sergeant in a company of
Militia, commanded by Lieut. David McCord, &
attached to a regiment commanded by Col. Thos. Taylor.
For ten days he served as a Sergeant in a volenteer
horse company commanded by Capt. John McCord,
For one month he served as a substitute in the place
of one George Horton, in a militia company
commanded by Lieut. James Dabney and for these
services he claims a pension. The applicant states this
in answer to the four interrogatories (part of the seven
prescribed by the war department), and which by the
department he is instructed have not been sufficiently
and satisfactorily answered, He states that he
was born on the 20th day of April 1761 in the City of
Charleston in the State of South Carolina, he states
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that his age is recorded in a bible at home, that it was transcribed from the records in his fathers bible, he states he never received any written discharge from service & that he has no documentary evidence of any of his service. He
States that he has lived in the neighborhood
where he now resides in Madison County for
about fifteen years. He states that he lives
in a neighborhood (to wit the neighborhood of
Dittos Landing in Madison County) where there is no stationed preacher or minister of the
gospel or clergyman, that it is but
occasionally an itenerant Preacher passes
through the neighborhood, that he is
consequently not personally acquainted with
any clergyman or minister of the
gospel & is therefore unable to procure the
certificate of one - That he is however acquainted with all his neighbors, & that he
is willing to refer to all his respectable neighbors 
as to his character for veracity & to their 
belief as to his services as a soldier of the
revolution. He states that the omission to
put the seal of office of the circuit court in
the certificate of the Clerk, to his original
declaration was by mistake or inadvertance
of said Clerk.
William Walling

Sworn Subsribed to before

me Richd. B. Purdom Clk cc
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State of Alabama }
Madison County }
We Hughy Smith, John Morris, Francis Bell, and John D. McCutchen ^Joseph McCutchen^   do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Walling, Senr. who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing amended declaration; that we believe him to be seventy one years of age - that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a a soldier of the revolution & that we  concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed to 
before me 19th August 
1833 Richd B. Purdom Clk  CC 
Hughy Smith, John D. McCutchen, J J  McCutchen

State of Alabama }
Madison County }
And the said Court doth hereby declare its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that Hughy Smith, John D. McCutchen, and J. J. McCutchen who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the County of Madison & State of Alabama, and that that statement is entitled to credit that they are credible persons.

State of Alabama }
Madison County } I Richard B. Purdon Clerk of the County Court of said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the amended declaration or application of the said
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William Walling for a pension. In
testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my seal
of office in Huntsville this
19th day of August 1833
Richd B. Purdom, Clk.

[physical seal and ribbon affixed]