Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10,266, for Walter E Sutherland, Maryland
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE Md.
Sutherland, Walter E.
Sarah
NUMBER W. 10,266
B.L. Wt. 24998-160-55.
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Aig JG Search Jany 30/56
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124298 Act Mar 3/55
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Sarah Sutherland Ridge
Walter E Sutherland
Walter E Fru-
Revolutionary Pensioner
No 24998 ifs May 15/56
Rev: War
Md: Erie.
Ky July 48 - 818
Ad: 160 Aly May 14/56
Boyter
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Jas G Leach
New Castle Ky
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818
Kentucky
Sarah Sutherland
widow of Walter E Sutherland
who served in the Revolutionary
war as a Private

MD

Inscribed on the roll at the rate of 20 dollars 00 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848

Certificate of Pension issued 15th day of July and sent to 
C.M. Mathew
New Castle Kentucky

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848 Page 111 Vol C

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1860 July 25 - Special order to pay
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23363
Kentucky
Walter E Sutherland
of Henry Co in the state of Kentucky
who was a private in the company commanded 
by Captain Hanson of the Regiment commanded by Col. Ewell in the Maryland line for 6 months.

Inscribed on the roll of Kentucky at the rate of 20 dollars blank cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Feb 1834 and Hon. Robt. Johnson

Arrears to the 4th of Sept $50.00
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 March $10.00
$60.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk
Book E Vol 7 page 31

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Dead

Letter to E.P. Howard of 3d Auditor, May 22, 1845
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MARRIAGES.
Walter E Sutherland
was married to ann the
his wife July the 30
In the your of our Lord
(illegible)
Merline Sutherland
was born May 30th 1823
Clergain Sutherland
was born November 
the 8 in the year 1824
Alizaan Sutherland
was July  9 1826

Elizabeth Sutherland
was born October 16 1828
Mary Sutherland was
born August 19 1833 
Travis Sutherland was
born April 1831
Sutherland was
august 4th 1836


Sutherland was born 13 of
     (677)
FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
(illegible)
30 " 1780
(illegible)

T Thomas Sutherland
land put on the muster list
 in the year of lord 
the 1816  tho June 6 1819

Thomas Sutherland 
was married to Elisabeth Sutherland his
wife October the 14 in the year of our to
Lord 1819

John B Sutherland
Was married to Rebecca MC
June  9 of the
January 18 (unreadable)
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(illegible)
      (678)
FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS( B)
BIRTHS.
Sarah Sutherland was daughter
of Walter Sutherland & his wife
was Born April the 11 1781
William M. Sutherland was born 
October 11 1784
Verlinda  B Sutherland
Was born the 23 day January 1787
Elizabeth Sutherland  was
Born  September11 day of January 1788

April the 22 1798
was Walter E Sutherland
married to his second  wife
Thomas Sutherland of Walter & 
Sarah his wife was born March the 4th 1799
(illegible) Sutherland was born June the 22nd  1800
Farris Sutherland was born June the 3 1805
Eleaner Sutherland was born March the 20th 1807
Walter Sutherland was born January 25 1809
Elizabeth Sutherland was February 15th1809
Elizabeth Sutherland was born June the 4th 1810
Richard  Sutherland was a born February 13 1811
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State of Kentucky
County of Henry
On this twenty seventh day of March One thousand Eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me a justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Sarah Sutherland aged Eighty one years a resident of Henry County in the State of Kentucky, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Walter E Sutherland deceased who was a private in
the Revolutionary war and refers pension agent to her vouchers now on file in the pension office. There filed on her application for a pension under the act of 29 July 1848
she further states that she is now a widow
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the County land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3d 1853 Sarah Sutherland

We William Sutherland and John H Mahomey, residents of Henry County in the State of Kentucky, upon our oaths declare that the
foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sarah Sutherland in
our presents, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and we further state that the were acquainted with Walter E. Southerland her late husband having known him more than thirty years age and more than twelve years before his death and that he has been dead about Eighteen years. We further state that we
are well acquainted with Sarah Sutherland the widow of Walter E Sutherland having known her for more than twenty years past and
that the said Walter E Sutherland and Sarah Sutherland lived together as husband and wife and were reputed so to be and never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned. We further state that she has
never married since her husbands death and that she is still his widow and that we reside in Henry County in the State of Kentucky
William Sutherland 
John H Mahomey
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the foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn
to and subscribed before me on the day and year
above written; and I certify that I know the affiants
to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person
she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest
in this claim
Wm A. Perry 
Justice of the Peace
-
State of Kentucky
County of Henry ⎬ S.S.
I Edm P. Thomas Clerk of the county court for Henry County do certify that William A Perry whose genuine signature  of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County duly elected commissioned and
Sworn In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
Done at Office in New Castle
this 7" day of April 1853
Edm P. Thomas
By M. Cronkon DC
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W. E. Sutherland
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State of Kentucky
Henry County 

On this 29th day of August 1833 personally appear before William McCrackin a Justice of the peace in and for Henry County in the State of Ky and member of the Henry County Court
Walter E Sutherland a resident of the said County and State aged 84 years who from bodily infirmity cannot attend the proper
Court to make his declaration and who being duly sworn according to law doth upon 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 and served as herein stated that is to say being a
resident of the County of Charles in the State of Maryland interest the service of the United States as a private volunteer soldier in the
company of Captain Hanson upon a tour of twelve months that he rendezvoused with his company at the Courthouse in said County
and was attached to the regiment of Col. Ewell, and to the Brigade of Genl Bell. that he thus entered the service in the month of October 
in the year 1775. that he was marched from the said place of  Renderous to the City of Philadelphia and after sometime
he was marched from thence to the City of New York and there joined the main army of the United States under the command of
Genl Washington where he remained for a long time, that a short time before the battle on Long Island he thinks it was called the both
of Brooklin he was marched from the City of New York the white Plains where he remained stationed till after the evacuation of the City of
New York by the American Army and after that the army retreated to that place and the battle of the White plains was fought and this declarent was personally engaged in said battle he states that the American army was worsted in that engagement and were all compelled to retreat-- that soon after this said battle said oath that is to say in about two weeks afterwards he was discharged he having fully and faithfully served out the term of ┃
his said engagement He states that he has no documentary evidence of and that
he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any of any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Walter E. Sutherland  his mark
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Interrogatories put to the above named applicant by the said William McCrackin Justice of the peace as aforesaid
1st Where and in what year were you born?
Answer I was born in Charles County State of Maryland in the 2d Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
answer - I have none my knowledge upon that subject is from
3 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 service I lived in Charles County Maryland and  remained after war until the year 1800 and then moved to Clark County Ky. and there continued until about five years ago and then to Henry County Ky where I now live
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 was a volunteer
5th 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 service-
Answer I recollect Genl. Washington, Wayne and Woodford and Col. Grant and Ewell of the regulars my memory very much failed me and I do not now recollect the name of
any of the Militia officers. I went to Philadelphia soon after I entered the service and afterwards went to the City of
New York and joined the main Army under Genl Washington
I was in the battle of the White Plains and about two weeks
afterwards was discharged and returned home
6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become
of it.
Answer I received a discharge signed by my officers which I have lost
7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a
soldier of the revolution
Answer I will name this Sutherland, Will: & Jas Jones
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Walter E. Sutherland  his mark
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We Thomas Sutherland William McCrackin & S. Jones being resident of the County of Henry County Kentucky hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Walter E Sutherland who has subscribed & sworn to the preceding declaration that we believe him to be 84 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. We further certify that the said Sutherland is so infirm in body that he cannot attend the proper Court to make his  declaration
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Thos Sutherland
Wiliam McMCrakin
J, Jones his mark
and the said William McCrackin Justice as a
member of the Henry County Court hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant
Walter E Sutherland was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and that he cannot by reason of bodily infirmity attend the proper Court to make his declaration. And I further certify that there is no clergyman in the neighbourhood where he resides
and that the Sutherland, Will in Brackin & James Jones who have signed the preceding certificate are resident of Henry County
and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to Credit
In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand the day and year first above written -
William McCrakin JP

State of Kentucky
County of Henry
I Edmund P Thomas Clerk of the Court of Henry County in the State of Kentucky hereby certify that William McCrackin where name appears to the foregoing certificate was at the state thereof and still is a Justice of the peace in and for Henry County and one of the
Justices of the Court of which I am clerk and that the preceding signature purporting to be his is his genuine signature; and that the
foregoing proceedings were this day presented to me in my office as the
original proceedings in the matter therein mentioned by the said Justice
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In testimony whereof I have hereto set
my hand and affixed my seal of office
this 9th day of Sept 1833
EI Howard
Clerk of the Henry County Court
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The deposition of Traverse Sutherland taken in Henry County on the 31st day of Decr 1833 to be used on the part of
Walter E. Sutherland an applicant to be placed on the pension roll of the United States as a soldier of the Revolution, this deponent being duly sworn according to law upon his oath
States and deposes that he is now 84 years of age and resides at the house of his daughter Mrs. N. Wilson in Henry County Ky where he has been living for the last two months
a few days. He states that he is the brother of the said Walter E. Sutherland who resides in the County and who he is informed has made his application to be placed on the pension roll of the United States as a soldier of the Revolution. This deponent states that during the revolution his said Brother resided in Charles County State of Maryland and he knows that he was in the service of the United States as a soldier in that was in the company of a Captain Hanson and that he was attached to the regiment commanded by a Colonel by the name of Ewell for long that he served for a long time, he is confident not than twelve months and he now thinks that he entered
the service as a volunteer in the fall of the year 1775 to as to the time he cannot be certain
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Traverse Sutherland     his  mark
Also the deposition of Mrs Nancy Wilson taken at the same time and for the same purpose who being duly sworn according to law on her oath states and depose of age resides in Henry County is that she is now and is the daughter of the above named Traverse Sutherland and who has subscribed and sworn to the above deposition the abovementioned Walter E. Sutherland is her uncle she states that during the revolution she was a small girl but that has a distinct and perfect recollection of
having seen her and Walter E. Sutherland during that was upon several occasions at her fathers house and she also let to have understood upon one of those occasions
that he was about going into the army and that when he left there she understood he had gone to the army & afterwards when she again saw him she understood from
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him and from the family that he had been in the army and had then just returned. The cannot say how long he was absent but from her present impression it was a long time. She states that the said Walter E. Sutherland
lives in Henry County Ky & her father now lives at her house
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Nancy Wilson   her mark

State of Kentucky
Henry County
 I  I P McCrackin a Justice of the peace
in and for said County hereby certify that the foregoing depositions of Traverse Sutherland and Nancy Wilson were this day taken, subscribed and sworn to before me at the house of the said N. Wilson in Henry County
. And I further certify that the said deponents are credible and respectable persons - Given under my hand this 31st day of December
of 1833

I WilliamPilliam McCracklin J.H.C.
State of Kentucky
Henry County
I E. P. Thomas Clerk of the Court of Henry
County Kentucky hereby certify that William 
McCrackin whose name appears to the foregoing certificate was at the date thereof
and still is a Justice of the peace for Henry County & the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed my seal of 
office this 9td day of Jany 1834
E P Thomas
Clerk of the Henry County Courts
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Walter E. Sutherland
Henry Co. Kentucky
(j)
from 1776 pri
6 months
$20

can only allow for
6 months the time that
(unreadable)
Berryman
Hon. R. A.Johnson
Great (illegible)
Kentucky
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This is returned without any remark to
know what is wanting. If you see 
any correct it   it not send it
where set to Congress
(illegible)
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
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 tubular 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. Those 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the service of Walter E. Sutherland
Period when the service was rendered
Oct 1775
Duration of the
claimant's service.
┃ 12 months┃
Rank of the claimant.
PR
Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Cap Hanson
Col Ewell
Age at present, 
and place of abode
when he entered
the service.
84 Md
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary
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," "miltia," 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:
The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
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, mucicians 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 } ss.
County of
On this
day of
A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
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.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of 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 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 the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal  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. 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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 the service, and if so, by whom was it given
, and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
To an Office 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
inquiry 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
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.
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.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
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
recollect, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following order, and for such service pension
days, I served as a . For-
-- months anddays
, I served as a
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 four months,
is the 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 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.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk to fix 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.
partment, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the regiment
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service,
the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
in the regimen
ut, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the
nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note lil applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
interrogatories art is written, and that to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Payments to be made 
at Lexington
by Prest of W B Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners
in the Agency of 
Kentucky

Recorded in the Pension Office in Book E Vol 7 Page 31 by Dan'l Boyd - Clerk

W.E. Sutherland
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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, Walter E. Sutherland of the State of Kentucky who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty dollars and blank cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March, 1831 and payable semi-annually 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 February one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four.

Lewis Cass
Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned

SEAL

J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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State of Kentucky Henry County

On this the 20th day of Apr 1851 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the County Court at Henry County and State aforesaid, Sarah Sutherland aged seventy-seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by act of Congress passed July 29, 1848. She states that she is the widow of Walter E. Sutherland who was a private in the army of the revolution. That she was married to the said Walter E. Sutherland on the 22nd day of Apr 1798 and that said Walter E. Sutherland died on the 24th day of March 1837. She further states that she is now a widow and has so remained ever since the death of her said husband. She further states that her said husband Walter E. Sutherland was a pensioner of the United States which fact is shown by his certificate herewith filed marked (A) and made part hereof and the evidence documentary and of record now in the war department of the United States all of which is here affixed to. She further states that she was not married to the said Walter E. Sutherland prior to his leaving the service but that the marriage took place previous to the 2nd day of Jany 1800 to wit: at the time above stated as evidence of this fact she files the family record a leaf taken from the family bible showing the following entry (to wit) April the 22nd 1798 was Walter E. Sutherland married to his second wife, she further states that she is the second and last wife of the said Walter E. Sutherland & files this record marked (B) as evidence being the best evidence she has. She further states that by reason of bodily infirmity she
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is unable to attend court to make this declaration.

Sarah Sutherland
Her X Mark

Attest
C.M. Mathews

Henry County State of Kentucky Set

I hereby certify that the above and foregoing declaration was on this day subscribed and sworn to before me a Justice of the County Court of Henry County & state aforesaid duly authorized to administer oath. April 20, 1851

David Adams - Justice

And I further certify that Sarah Sutherland the person making the foregoing declaration is unable by reason of her age and bodily infirmity to attend court. I further certify that she is a credible person and that all her statements are entitled to full credit. I also certify that I know her to be the widow of Walter E. Sutherland having lived her neighbor ever since the death of her said husband and also that she has never again married since his death & that she is now a widow. I also knew them as man & wife. I also certify that the paper marked (B) purporting to be the family record was torn from an old family bible in my presence and I have no doubt is the same record of her marriage as she states. Given under my hand as a Justice of the County Court of Henry County & state aforesaid this the 20th Apri 1851.

David Adams - Justice
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State of Kentucky
Henry County Set

I Edward P.  Thomas clerk of the county court for said county of Henry do certify that satisfactory evidence was advanced before the County Court of said County at the Sept Term 1838 that Walter E. Sutherland a pensioner departed this life on the 26th of March 1837 and that he is the identical person named in a certificate bearing date fourth Feby 1834. Signed by Lewis Cass Secy of war and that Sarah Sutherland is his widow and alive. And I further certify that Davia Adams above names is and was at the time of certifying as above a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Henry and a Justice of said county court duly commissioned and qualified.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court which is a court of record this 11th June 1851.

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No 953
Sarah Sutherland
widow of Walter E.
Ky
Act 29 July 1848
Adm $20 per annum
Comm 4 March 1848

Married 1798
Husb died 1837

Ky

C.M. Mathews
New Castle
Ky
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New Castle Ky Jun 12 1851

Dear Sir

Enclosed please find the declaration and papers of Mrs. Sarah Sutherland. I hope they will be found full enough to receive the old lady her pension. Mrs. Sutherland informs me that her husband did not draw up to the time of his death and that she made application for the balance due him & that she thinks it was ordered to be paid but says she has never rec'd anything and dare not know what to do to enable her to get it. I also enclose a paper from your department on that subject which will probably enable you immediately to turn to the case and see how it stands. Please write me what is due her as the heir of her husband & how she is to get it. Mr. Edw'd P Thomas & myself have prepared & sent on several months since some forty cases for land when will we get any warrants. We have not rec'd as yet a single one. Your attention to these cases and to the one now sent will very much oblige.

Your obt servant

C.M. Mathews

N.B.
Plese address communications to 
C.M. Mathews
New Castle, Ky
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Pension Office
May 22, 1845

Sir

I have referred the papers in the case of Walter E. Sutherland dec'd to the Third Auditor of the Treasury that the pension may be paid in conformity to the acts of the 23rd August 1842.

I am very respectfully
your obt servant
J.L. Edwards

Edmund P. Thomas, Esq.
New Castle, Kentucky
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No. 123,295

Reconsideration 
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New Castle, Ky May 1, 1856

Sir

Bounty Land claim No 123,295 under the act of 3rd March 1855 in favor of Sarah widow of Walter E. Sutherland was suspended for record evidence of service.

By a recent act of Congress suppose the necessity of procuring record evidence of the service for which the land warrant is claimed has been dispensed with - Walter E. Sutherland's services were in the revolutionary war - I believe he drew a pension in his lifetime and his widow (the claimant) now draws one. I wrote to Maryland to try to find record evidence of the service but failed - His pension must have been allowed on past evidence which is doubtless on file in your office.

If I am not mistaken as to the passage of the late act alluded to I presume there can be no objection to the allowance of this claim where the evidence already filed in your office. I therefore respectfully ask a reconsideration of this claim and the allowance of Mrs. Sutherland's warrant.

Very respectfully

James Leach

Hon. J. Minot - Comm of Pensions
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New Castle Ky Feb 11 1856

Sir

I will thank you to state the alleged service of the late Walter E Sutherland so as to enable me to cause search to be made in the proper office in Annapolis, MD - His widow knows nothing of the particulars of his alleged service neither as to time nor the officers under whom the service was rendered. I cannot procure a search of the militia rolls of Md without the information asked for and I know not when to obtain it excepting from the Pension Office.

His widow's claim for bounty land under act of 3rd March 1855 is No. 123,295

Very Respectfully
James G Leach

Hon J. Minot
Comm of Pensions
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New Castle, Ky May 1st 1855

Sir

I enclose herewith the application of Sarah Sutherland widow of Walter E for bounty land under the act of March 3rd, 1855. Her husband was a private in the Maryland Militia Revolutionary war. She is now a pensioner of the United States at the rate of twenty dollars per annum. Her pension certificate is dated 15th July 1851 - is payable at the Louisville Ky agency and it may be found recorded in the Pension Office on the roll of pensioners under act July 29th 1848 Page 177 Vol A.

You are referred to her application for a pension for proof of service, marriage and the death of her said husband. Proof of her continued widowhood accompanies her declaration herein made.

Very Respectfully

James G Leach

Hon L P Waldo
Comm of Pensions
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Left Side Page

May - 13 - 1902
Dr. J W Gass, Dallas, Tex

Right Side Page

Rev WIDOW Etc.

File No 10266
Sarah Sutherland
Wid of
Walter E. Sutherland
Pri Rev War

Act July 29, '48

Index Vol M Page 284
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Official Business
FREE

New Castle
July 11 1856

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.

123,295 
Sarah Sutherland
wid
Walter E.

Bounty Land
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24,998
New [illegible]
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Official Business
FREE

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, City
D.C.

New Castle, Ky
May 2nd

123,295
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Official Business
FREE

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

New Castle, Ky
May 2

123,295
Walter E Sutherland
and Sarah

Ky

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Rev
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20
O.W. & N.

Dallas Texas Mary 6th 1902

Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir

I write you for information Mr. Walter E Sutherland was in the Mexican War as drawing a pension of $8.00 per month living in Kentucky at Spring Hill Henry Co. When the Civil War broke out the pension was stopped. He died 10 or 12 years later without drawing. He also had received a land warrant of 160 claim which was burned up in his house that was burned. Now the heirs ask me to see after the matter for them you will please inform me concerning the matter whether the claims is good or not. Can the land warrant be reissued or back claims. Inform me at Dr. J.W. Goss 565 Commerce St. Dallas, Texas

Walther S and Josel Sutherland was both in the union both Army both died. Son and grandson of Walter E. Sutherland have the heirs any rite to any claim?

You please inform
Dr. J W Goss at
565 Commerce St
Dallas Texas

US PENSION OFFICE STAMP - May 9, 1902