Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 16083, William Walker, N.H.
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(9-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
N.H. Walker, William W16083
      Elizabeth

CONTENTS
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-6274-

New Hampshire
Wm walker
of Strafford in the State of N Hamp who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Daniels of the Regt. commanded by [blank] in the New Hampshire line for 12 months
The certificate issued in favor of Elizabeth Walker his Widow - He died Dec 3, 1832
Inscribed on the Roll of N Hampshire at the rate of - 40 - Dollars --- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Feb 1833 and Sent A. Peirce Dover N. Hamp
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832  $60.00
[deleted] Semi-anl. allowance ending [/deleted]
{Amt due the day of his death & from 4 Sept. to 3d Dec 1832}  9.90
                         $69.90

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk,
Box D  Vol. 1st. Page 194

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See letter to William Walker Jr. June 17, 1833
Barnstead N.H.
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5641
New Hampshire
Elizabeth Walker widow of William Walker, decd who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 3 Dec 1832 of Strafford in the State of N. Hamp who was a private in the compy commanded by Captain Daniels ^N. H.^ of the regt commanded by Col. Long in the N. Hamp line for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Portsmouth at the rate of 40 Dollars ___ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of July 1840 & sent to Pierson Cogswell, Esqr Present
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1840     $160.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep 40  20.00
                                                             $180.00
{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by D. McCurdy, Clerk, Box A. Vol.  1. Page 6a
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[right margin]  2093 [/right margin]

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
STRAFFORD SS.--On this tenth day of September A.D. 1838 personally appeared before the Honbl Daniel C. Atkinson Judge of the Probate for said County Elizabeth Walker a resident of Barnstead in the County of Strafford aged Seventy Six years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:" That she is the widow of William Walker who was a private in the Revolutionary War in the N. Hampshire Militia and is the same William Walker who was placed on the pension Roll of New Hampshire agency February 27th AD 1833 Not being acquainted with the particulars of his service I must refer you to the Declaration of the said William Walker and the evidence Connected therewith for to establish my Claim and they are on file at the Pension and War Department at Washington City.
She further declares that she was married to the said William Walker the last day of February in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty four the her husband, the aforesaid William Walker died on the third day of December AD 1832 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated.

                     her
Elizabeth      X Walker
                   mark

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me in open Court--
Daniel C. Atkinson Judge of Probate
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I John Walker of Barnstead in the County of Strafford depose and say that William Walker within named died as within stated by his Widow and that I am personally acquainted with the within named Elizabeth Walker and that she is the widow of the within named William Walker described and has remained his Widow ever since his death.
Sept 10th 1838           John Walker

State of New Hampshire}
Strafford ss                      } September 10th 1838
Subscribed & sworn to before me
Daniel C. Atkinson Judge of Probate

State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss I Ira A. Eastman Register of Probate of said county hereby certify that the within and above named Daniel C. Atkinson is Judge of Probate of said county and that the within and above signature are his true and genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Probate of said county this tenth day of September A. D. 1838.
Ira A. Eastman
Register
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12,108

Wm Walker
Private
1 year
? C. E

5 & 6 interrogatories in the Brief not [illegible] with
Nov 29 183?

P 114
/& applicant at Barnstead NH
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BRIEF in the case of Wm Walker of Barnstead [deleted word] Strafford Cy in the State of New Hampshire (Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  a Court
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3.  How old is he?  72
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
Oct or Nov. In 1775 Continued in Service part of the years '75, '76 & 77  1 year [unclear if the 1 year applies to this category or to the Duration of Service category]

Duration of Service 
Years, Months, Days.
2  1 year by a Substitute

Rank. As a
private

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Gen.
Capt Daniels N.H.

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  none mentioned
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Portsmouth N.H.
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  2 living Witnesses
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so , in what respect?  George Colbath's affdt.  was taken before a Notary Public, whose character as such is not certified by a Clerk of a Court &c
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Wm. C. Easton
Examining Clerk.
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V
2294[?]
Elizabeth Walker
Wid of William
NH
Act July 7 1838

P Cogswell
Gilmanton NH
[deleted word; illegible word]

{There is illegible writing on both margins of document; unsure if belongs to this document or if part of another.]
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I Josiah Shackford of Barnstead in the County of Strafford, and State of New Hampshire, aged Seventy One years, Testify, that I am well acquainted with Elizabeth Walker, Widow of William Walker, late of Barnstead, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, and have been acquainted with her from early Youth she being a Sister of mine, that her maiden name was Elizabeth Shackford daughter of the late Samuel Shackford of Newington Rockingham County, in said State.  And that said Elizabeth was married to the aforesaid William Walker on the last day of February 1764 according to the best of my recollection.  That they were married at her father's the said Samuel Shackford's dwelling House, by the Reverend Samuel Haven, pastor of the South Church Portsmouth, that they the said William Walker and the said Elizabeth Shackford were married in my presence, and I saw them married.
That the said William Walker died sometime in December 1832.  That the said Elizabeth Walker is now living and has not married since the death of said William Walker and is now a widow    Josiah Shackford
Strafford County ss Barnstead September 10th 1838
Personally appeared the above named Josiah Shackford and made solemn oath that the above Affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me James C. Dame  Justice of the Peace
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I hereby certify that Josiah Shackford within named has a fair Character and his Reputation for truth and veracity is good
James C. Dame

State of New Hampshire
Stafford ss I Ira A. Eastman Register of Probate of said county hereby certify that the within named James C. Dame is a Justice of the Peace within and for said county and that the within is his true and genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the court of Probate of said county this tenth day of September A.D. 1838.
Ira A. Eastman
Register
[seal]
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I Seth Walker of Exeter in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged seventy six years and upwards depose and say in addition to and in explanation of my former affidavit relating to the revolutionary service of William Walker an applicant for a Pension -- that the said William was my brother, a native of Portsmouth in said County and born in 1759 -- that in the Autumn of 1775 the said William Walker enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Elephalet Daniels which was stationed at the first on the river Piscataqua in the mouth of Portsmouth Harbor and for the protection thereof -- that I was well acquainted with Capt Daniels and was the orderly Sargeant of his company -- and from the first of January 1777 a Lieutenant in said Company.  When the said William enlisted it was on an agreement or understanding with the Captain that in the busy seasons of the year, haying, harvesting &c he the said William might be furloughed or permitted to attend to his farming business on providing a substitute:--that the said William served from the time of his enlistment through the winter and until the spring opened -- I should think to the middle of April and then went on to his farm where he continued till the next Autumn, that is the Autumn of 1776, when he returned to the service again in said Daniels company and continued in it till the Spring opened in 1777, when he again returned
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to his farm; -- that on my receiving a Lieutenants commission January 1 1777 I took the said William Walker to my quarters and he acted as my waiter till he left as I believe the middle or last of April 1777. -- When the said William Walker left the company in the Spring of 1776 and in the Spring of 1777 it was with Capt Daniels consent and in pursuance of the agreement or understanding with him before mentioned and in both instances of so leaving he furnished a substitute of the name of [underlined] Benson [/underlined] whom I well knew and who served out the time of the said William excepting what the said William served out himself.  This term of service according to my recollection of it was two years and the said William Walker served in his own person about one half thereof and the other half by his substitute the said Benson. -- This company was connected with no Regiment. -- Written discharges were not given to soldiers of that company when they were dismissed.
The said William Walker since making his application for Pension in September 1832 has deceased, having died on the third of December in that year.
Seth Walker

State of New Hampshire
County of Rockingham ss
Sworn to and subscribed this 26th day of January Anno Domini 1838.  Before me John Kelly, Jus Peace
I certify that the said Seth Walker is a person of good reputation for truth and is entitled to full credit.
John Kelly Justice of the Peace
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I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Superior Court for the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that John Kelly is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Rockingham and that his signature to the foregoing certificate is genuine and in his own hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this twenty sixth day of January Anno Domini 1833
P Chadwick Clerk of the Court Rockingham County

I Mark Walker of Dover in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire aged seventy nine years in the month of March last, testify and say that I am the brother of the above mentioned William Walker and Seth Walker, and that I was knowing of & recollects the facts stated in the annexed deposition of Seth Walker, and that previously to and at time of the enlistment of said William, we lived together in the same family
Mark Walker

State of New Hampshire Strafford ss January 28th 1833 Sworn to and subscribed by said Mark Walker before me.  And I do certify the I am acquainted with said Mark and that he is a person of good reputation for truth and veracity.  
Thomas E. Sawyer Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire Strafford I Andrew Peirce Clerk of the Superior Court of Judication for said County, Certify that Thomas E. Sawyer, Esq before whom the within affidavit was taken, is a Justice of the Peace for said County; and I have no doubt his signature thereto affixed is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 31 day of January, 1833 A Peirce Clerk
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I George Colebath of Portsmouth in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, aged 72 years, testify and Say:  That I am well acquainted with William Walker of Barnstead in the County of Strafford and State aforesaid:--That said Walker was a Revolutionary Soldier, in Captain Eliphalet Daniels' company, of the State troops of New Hampshire; He believes that Colo. Hackett or Colo Long was the field officer commanding the Regiment; that he the said Colebath served in the same company with said Walker: - the other officers of the Company ^1st Lt. Andrew Marshall succeeded by^ Lieut. Janverin and 2d Lt. Seth Walker: - that said William Walker enlisted in October 1775 and served two years; - except the last six months, when he procured a substitute whose name was James Benson who has been dead over twenty years.  
George Colebath
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State of New Hampshire  }
Rockingham ss                  }

This is to certify, that on this twentieth day of September A. D. 1832 George Colebath personally appeared before me, William Bennett Parker a Notary Public for said State, by legal authority, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, dwelling in Portsmouth in the State and County aforesaid, and made oath in due form of law that the facts stated in the foregoing deposition are true: and I also certify that in my opinion said George Colebath is a credible witness.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed by Notarial seal the day & year aforesaid
W. B. Parker Not. Public

[seal] W. B. PARKER NOT. PUB. N.H. [remainder of seal hard to decipher; white cross in middle] [/seal]
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Barnstead Sept. 14, 1832

This certifies that Mr. William Walker of this town, has been a member of ^the^ Congregational Church in Barnstead of which I am pastor, for nearly fifteen years, and sustains a fair & moral character; and to the best of my knowledge, has ever been and still is, considered a man of truth & veracity.
Enos George
Pastor
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[dim handwriting with X through it] The Court must certify that the within [illegible] deponent is a clergy man. [/dim handwriting with X through it]  See the Certificate of E. Georges & J. Jewett

[written upside down] E. Georges Certificate[?]
[/writtten upside down]
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DECLARATION

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

State of New-Hampshire, }
County of Strafford            }ss.  At a Court of Probate [illegible] at Gilmanton in said County 

On this tenth day of September A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of Probate, now sitting, William Walker a resident of Barnstead in the County of Strafford and State of N.H. aged 72 ^seventy-two^ years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated--

[deleted word] About the last of October or the first of November in the year 1775 he living in Portsmouth County of Rockingham in State of New Hampshire enlisted in the [deleted words] State Troops & continued in the Service of the U. States during part of the years of 1775, 1776 & 1777 making in the whole the full term of two years, that soon after he enlisted he marched to Fort Sullivan on the Piscataqua River near the mouth of Portsmouth Harbour & served under Capt. Eliphalet Daniels and was dismissed at said Fort -- that he has no documentary proof of said service.

That he lived in Portsmouth aforesaid at the time of making said enlistment from thence after the war he moved to Durham N.H. from thence to said Barnstead where he now lives

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.

Sworn to and subscribed the 10th Sept. 1832 Wm Walker

We, Ebenezer Nutter residing in sd Barnstead and James C. Dame residing in same Barnstead hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William Walker, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 72 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 10th Sept. 1832 In Court
James C. Dame
Ebenezer Nutter

And the said Court do hereby declare [deleted word] ^its^ 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 certifies, that it appears to [deleted word] ^him^ that James C. Dame who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the same Barnstead and that Ebenezer Nutter, who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Barnstead and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.  Daniel C. Atkinson Judge of Probate

I James Bartlett Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of William Walker for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 10th day of September A.D. 1832
James Bartlett Register

[seal]
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I Seth Walker of Exeter in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire depose and say that I served in the State troops of the State of New Hampshire in the years 1775-1776 & 1777 and was stationed in the forts on the Piscataqua River at the mouth of Portsmouth harbour-- and that I was acquainted with William Walker who belonged to Captain Eliphalet Daniels company of which company I was a part of the time orderly sargent and the residue of the time [deleted word] second Lieutenant [deleted words] that said William Walker was in said Company as a private a part of each of spring years of 1775-1776 & 1777 but I cannot recollect the exact time of his service -- that the identical William Walker is now present while giving this affidavit     Seth Walker

Rockingham ss State of New Hampshire
I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham aforesaid do hereby certify that the above named Seth Walker personally appeared before me and made solemn oath that
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that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is just and true -- and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Seth Walker and that he is entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 27th day of July Anno Domini 1832
P Chadwick Clerk of the Courts Rockingham 
P D[?]

12.10:8
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I Dorothy Nutter of Barnstead, Strafford County New Hampshire, (wife of Nathaniel Nutter,) aged Seventy two ^years^ testify, that I am well acquainted with Elizabeth Walker Widow of the late William Walker of said Barnstead ^deceased,^ who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and have been from her youth, and that her maiden name was Elizabeth Shackford, daughter of Captain Samuel Shackford of Newington, Rockingham County in said State; And that the said Elizabeth, was married to the aforesaid William Walker to the best of my recollection about Fifty four years ^ago^ that they were married at her father's the said Samuel Shackford's dwelling house by the Reverend Samuel Haven pastor of South Church Portsmouth, that they the said William Walker and the said Elizabeth Shackford were married in my presence and I saw them formed in wedlock.
That the said William Walker died about six years ago, that the said Elizabeth Walker is now  living, and has not intermarried, and is now the widow of the said William Walker.
Witness  John Walker
              her
Dorothy  X  Nutter
             mark

Strafford ss Barnstead September 8th 1838
Personally appeared the above named Dorothy Nutter and made solemn oath, that the above Affidavit by her subscribed, by her mark, is true.
Before me James C. Dame Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify, that the Reputation of the above named Dorothy Nutter, for truth and veracity is Good, and her character unimpeachable.
James C. Dame
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State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss.  I Ira A. Eastman Register of Probate of said county hereby certify that the within named James C. Dame was on the eighth day of September instant a Justice of the Peace within and for said county and that the within is his true and genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Probate of said county this tenth day of September A.D. 1838
Ira A. Eastman
Register

[seal]
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[typed letter]

August 1, 1938

[handwritten] ans[?] [/handwritten]
BA-J/AWF
William Walker
W. 16083

H. L. Walker, M.D.
Cedar Rapids
Iowa

Dear Sir:

The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W. 16083, based on the military service of William Walker in the Revolutionary War.

William Walker was born in 1759 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  The day and month of his birth were not given, nor were the names of his parents stated.

While residing in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, William Walker enlisted in the fall of 1775 and served as a private until in the spring of 1776, and from the fall of 1776, until in the spring of 1777, in Captain Eliphalet Daniels' company, under either Colonel Hackett or Long with the New Hampshire troops;  he was stationed at Fort Sullivan on the Piscataqua River, length of entire service about twelve months.  His brother, Seth Walker, was orderly sergeant and 2nd lieutenant in this company at this time.

William Walker applied for pension September 10, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Barnstead, Strafford County, New Hampshire, having moved there from Durham, New Hampshire.  The pension was allowed.  He died at said Barnstead, December 3, 1932.

William Walker married on the last day of
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[typed letter]

February, 1784, Elizabeth Shackford, the daughter of "Captain" Samuel Shackford of Newington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.  The date and place of her birth were not given, nor was the name of her mother stated.  William Walker and Elizabeth Shackford were married at her father's dwelling house, by the Reverend Samuel Haven, "pastor of the South Church, Portsmouth".

The widow, Elizabeth Walker, was allowed pension on her application executed September 10, 1938, at which time she was seventy-six years of age, and a resident of Barnstead, New Hampshire.

It was not stated whether they had children.

One John Walker was of Barnstead, New Hampshire, in 1838, no relationship to the family shown.

Mark and Seth Walker, brothers of the soldier, William Walker, in 1833 were aged respectively, seventy-nine years and seventy-six years, and Mark was then living in Dover, New Hampshire, and Seth in Exeter, New Hampshire.  Josiah Shackford, brother of the widow, Elizabeth Walker, in 1838 was seventy-one years old, and living in Barnstead, New Hampshire.

The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of the widow, Elizabeth Walker, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and furnish the following data:

Elizabeth Walker, widow of William Walker
Certificate #5641
Issued July 18, 1840
Rate $40.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1836
Act of July 7, 1838
New Hampshire Agency.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1927 - Oct 1 - Hist to Robt. T. Walker ans[?]
1927 - Oct 24 Robert Walker ad - as to place of marriage ans[?]
1928 - Aug 14 - Hist to Martha B. Walker ans[?]
1933 - Jan 11 - hist to Mrs. A. G. Berger ans[?]
1936 - Aug 1 - hist to H. L. Walker M.D.

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Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16083
Elizabeth Walker
Widow of William Walker
Priv. Rev. War
Act June 7th 1838
Index: Vol. M, Page 310
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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V
Elizabeth Walker widow of Wm
Act 7 July 1838 
P Cogswell 25 Apl 1839
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State of New Hampshire
Strafford, ss.
Court of Common Pleas, January term, 1833.
I, Andrew Peirce, Clerk of said court, certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court, that William Walker late of Barnstead in said county, did serve as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, that said William Walker died on the third day of December last, and that Elizabeth Walker of said Barnstead is his Widow, and now survives him. -  In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this 31st day of January A.D. 1833.
A. Peirce, Clerk
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We, Enos George a Clergyman residing in the town of Barnstead and Jeremiah Jewett a physician residing in the same Barnstead, hereby certify that we have been well acquainted with William Walker (now deceased) who has subscribed and sworn to the accompanying declaration; that we believe him to have been at his decease Seventy three years of age, that he has been reported and believed in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resided, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Enos George
Jeremiah Jewett

State of New Hampshire Strafford ss. January 29th 1833
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Enos George and Jeremiah Jewett, before me. And I do certify that I am well acquainted with said Enos George and Jeremiah Jewett, and that they are persons of good reputation for truth and veracity.
John Tuttle Justice of the Peace.
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State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss.
I Andrew Peirce Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature, for said County of Strafford; - certify, that Enos George whose [who] signed the within certificate is a Clergyman & Jeremiah Jewett is a Physician both residing in Barnstead in this County - and that John Tuttle Esq, before whom they made oath is a Justice of the Peace for said County -
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, this 31st day of January 1833
A. Peirce, Clerk

[seal]
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Dover 4 Feby 1833

Mr. William Walker late of Barnstead N.H. a Soldier in the Revolutionary War - having died since he made application for a pension, and his papers having been returned for further evidence; - At the request of his widow they are now again forwarded with such additional evidence as she has been enabled to procure, that she may obtain the amount that would be due at the time of his decease - any answer to this application forwarded to me shall be immediately transmitted to her
Respectfully Yours
A. Peirce
(Dover New Hampshire)

Hon Lewis Cass
Secy at War
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AN ACT making provision for the payment of pensions to the executors or administrators of deceased pensioners in certain cases,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, than in case any male pensioner shall die, leaving children, but no widow, the amount of person due to such pensioner at the time of his death shall be paid to the executor or administrator on the estate of such pensioner, for the sole and exclusive benefit of the children, to be by him distributed among them in equal shares, and the same shall not be considered as a part of the assets of said estate, nor liable to be applied to the payment of the debts of said estate in any case whatever.
Sec. 2.  And be it further enacted, That in case any pensioner who is a widow shall die, leaving children, the amount of pension due at the time of her death shall be paid to the executor or administrator for the benefit of her children, as directed in the foregoing section.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in case of the death of any pensioner whether male of female, leaving children, the amount of pension may be paid to any one or each of them, as they may prefer, without the intervention of an administrator.
APPROVED, June 19th, 1840.

PENSION OFFICE,
June 22d, 1840.

Sir:  
The foregoing is a copy of an act passed on the 19th instant, by which you will be hereafter governed in making payments in certain cases where the Pensioners have died.
I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

To        Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners.
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12,108

Wm Walker
dec
NH
Elizabeth Walker Widow
died 3 Dec 1832
1 year service Private $40.00

A. Peirce Esqr 
Dover NH
[deleted] happened at Barnstead NH [/deleted]
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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 claims of Wm Walker 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? [blank]
IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
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 amount of pension he is entitled? No
VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No
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? Yes
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2

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?  [deleted] No [/deleted]
XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [deleted] No [deleted]
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? [blank]
XIV.  If the applicant has 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? Yes  Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Yes [deleted] No [/deleted]
XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  Yes
XVI.  Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? and, if not, which of them is not so answered? No to 1, 2, 5 & 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 collection 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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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 verify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be verified 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 authenticated 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 end 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.
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2294
Elizabeth Walker
Wid of William 
NH
Act July 7, 1838
Married 1784
died Dec 3 1832
Allow 12 mos for $40 per ann
NH Militia 

Pierson Cogswell Esq
Present [?]
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MISS MARTHA B. WALKER
NEWMARKET, N. H.
R. F. D.

Newmarket - Oct 13 1927

Pension Office Washington D.C.

Gentlemen--
Will you please send me a coy of the Rev. War Pension claim of William Walker. b Portsmouth N.H. 1759. His claim is W. 16083 - He was in Capt Eliphalet Daniels Co. Col Hackets N.H. troop - He died Dec 3, 1832

Very truly yours
Martha B. Walker
Newmarket New Hamp
R. F. D.
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H. L. WALKER, M. D.
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA

July 2, 1938

[stamped] RECEIVED JUL 8 1838 MAIL SUB-DIV. [illegible] [arrow pointing to 3:15] [/stamped]

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

I should like histories of William 
[underlined] Walker [/underlined] who was a soldier in the American Revolution and also one of Benjamin [underlined] Mackall. [/underlined]  Mackall was a private who enlisted on April 1, 1782 and served to July 17, 1784.  His application for pension was dated Sept. 28, 1819.
William Walker at one time lived at Bow, New Hampshire.  I am unable to give any more information regarding him.

Yours very truly,
H. L. Walker

[handwritten in different handwriting on right side of letter] both of these [/handwritten in different handwriting on right side of letter]
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ROBT. T. WALKER
55 FROST STREET
CAMBRIDGE 40, MASS.

7 Sept 1927

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen

It is a matter of family record that my great-grandmother Elizabeth Shackford Walker who died in Barnstead, N.H. 9 September 1843 received a pension as the widow of William Walker (born in Newington N.H. 21 November 1759, served in the Revolutionary War and died in Barnstead N.H.  3 December 1832).
Have you in your files a record of the service of said William Walker and any record of the date of his marriage to Elizabeth Shackford.  Both were born in Newington and in 1784 after their marriage moved to Barnstead N.H.
Any information you may be 

[stamped] U.S. PENSION OFFICE SEP 8 1927 [/stamped]
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CAMBRDIGE 40, MASS.

able to send me regarding this matter will be most welcome and any necessary fees gladly paid.
Very truly yours
Robt. T. Walker

[stamped] U.S. PENSION OFFICE SEP 8 1927 [/stamped]
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CAMBRIDGE 40, MASS.

4 October 1927

Winfield Scott,
Commissioner
Bureau of Pensions
Rev. and 1812 Wars Section

Dear Sir,

Your communication of 1 October is duly appreciated as it clears up some uncertainties which our family records did not have.
The application of Elizabeth Shackford Walker widow of William Walker of Barnstead New Hampshire executed September 10, 1838 did not by chance include the [underlined] place [/underlined] of their marriage on the last day of February 1784?
I have all the necessary data relative to their children of whom my grandfather was the second youngest.
With thanks for so far clearing up this matter in furnishing the date of their marriage of which we could find no record in any family papers.

I am
Appreciatively
Robt. T. Walker
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CAMBRIDGE 40, MASS.

27 Sept 1927

Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.

Sir:-
About three weeks ago I wrote to see if you could give me any information regarding my great grand father who fought in the Revolution and his widow Elizabeth Shackford who received a pension after his death.
They lived in Newington N.H. until after the Revolution and moved in 1784 to Barnstead N.H.
I saw on Saturday a volume of N.H. State papers that William Walker was granted a pension in October 1832 - he died 3 Dec 1832.
If possible I should like to get a copy of his affidavit when he applied and also that of his widow Elizabeth S. If any expense is entailed in this please advise me and I will gladly forward what is necessary.
Very truly yours
Robt. T. Walker
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THE KANSAS PIONEER WOMAN'S MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
MRS. GEORGE NORRIS, STATE CHAIRMAN KANSAS CITY
MRS. LUVERNA WILLIAMSON, STATE FINANCIAL SECRETARY NEWTON

MRS. J. D. MCFARLAND, FIRST VICE CHAIRMAN, TOPEKA
MRS. ETTA COVELL BRUNT, SECOND VICE CHAIRMAN, TOPEKA
MRS. J. B. CARTER, THIRD VICE CHAIRMAN, WILSON
MRS. E. A. TUFTS, CORRESPONDING AND RECORDING SECRETARY, ARKANSAS CITY
WM. MACFERRAN, JR., TREASURER, TOPEKA
MRS. E. E. ROUDEBUSH, AUDITOR, TOPEKA
MRS. EMMA SELLS MARSHALL, AUDITOR, TOPEKA

CHAIRMEN OF DISTRICTS
FIRST DISTRICT - MRS. C. I. MARTIN, LEAVENSWORTH
SECOND DISTRICT -
THIRD DISTRICT - MRS. NELLIE MCCOOK, INDEPENDENCE
FOURTH DISTRICT - MRS. ROSS BICKER, COUNCIL GROVE
FIFTH DISTRICT - MRS. CORA SHELTON, SALINA
SIXTH DISTRICT - MRS. FRANK BOYD, PHILLIPSBURG
SEVENTH DISTRICT - MRS. MAE C. PATRICK, SATANTA
EIGHTH DISTRICT - MRS. JOHN L. VICKERS, WICHITA

Arkansas City, [underlined] Kansas [/underlined]
Box 379
Dec. 30th 1932

Bureau of Pensions,
Revolutionary War Dept.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Will you kindly advise me of the family data given in the Revolutionary Pension record of:
✓1. [underlined] JESSE WALKER, [/underlined] of New Ipswich, N.H. and who died in 1832.
✓2. [underlined] William Walker, [/underlined]  of Barnstead, N.H., b. 1759, died 1832, married Elizabeth Schackleford.
✓3. [underlined] Seth Walker, [/underlined] of Portsmouth, N.H. and Exeter, N.H. died 1838, married 1777, Temperance Peverly.
Thanking you most kindly for this information.

Yours truly,
Ruth Norris Berger
Mrs. A. J. Berger.
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Rev. and 1812 
Wars Section. 

October 24, 1927

Robert Walker 
55 Frost St. 
Cambridge 40, Mass 

Sir: 
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim (W. 16083) of William Walker and of his widow Elizabeth, it appears that they were married at her father's 
(Samuel Shackford) dwelling house, by the 
Reverend Samuel Haven "pastor of the South Church, Portsmouth".
It also is stated that said Samuel Shackford was of Newington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. 

Respectfully, 
WINFIELD SCOTT 
Commissioner.
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July 30, 1938
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
BA-J/EEL

Dr. H. L. Walker 
Cedar Rapids 
Iowa 

Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of William Walker, who, at one time, lived at Bow, New Hampshire, and Benjamin Mackall, who received pension in 1819. 
You are furnished herewith the records of Benjamin Mackall and William Walker, the date for which were obtained from the papers filed in their respective pension claims. 

Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.
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[typed letter]

January 11, 1933

William Walker-W. 16083
xxxxxxxxxx
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. A. J. Berger
Arkansas City, Box 379
Kansas

Dear Madam:
[handwritten above first paragraph] only one who rec'd pen while residing in N.H. [/handwritten above first paragraph]

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 16083,  based upon the Revolutionary War service of William Walker.

He was born in 1759 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  The month and day of his birth are not given, nor are the names of his parents stated.

While residing in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, William Walker enlisted in the fall of 1775 and served as a private until the spring of 1776 and from the fall of 1776 until the spring oasis 1777 in Captain Eliphalet Daniels' company under Colonel Hackett or Long in the New Hampshire troops, in all about twelve months, and was stationed at Fort Sullivan on the Piscataqua River.

[handwritten on right side of above paragraph] Bro Ord sgt & Seth Walker 2d Lt [/handwritten on right side of above paragraph]

Pension was allowed on his application executed, September 10, 1832, then a resident of Barnstead, Strafford County, New Hampshire, having moved there from Durham, New Hampshire.

He died at said Barnstead, December 3, 1832.

The soldier, William Walker, married on the last day of February, 1784, Elizabeth Shackford, the daughter of Samuel Shackford of Newington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.  They were married at her father's dwelling house, by the Reverend Samuel Haven, "pastor of
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[typed letter]

the South Church, Portsmouth".

The widow, Elizabeth Walker was allowed pension on her application executed September 10, 1838, at which she was [illegible]-six years of age and a resident of Barnstead, New Hampshire.  [handwritten on right side of paragraph to correct age] seventy-six [/handwritten on right side of paragraph to correct age]

There is no reference to their children.

William Walker's brothers, Mark and Seth Walker in 1833 were aged respectively, seventy-nine and seventy-six years, and Mark then was living in Dover, New Hampshire and Seth in Exeter, New Hampshire.  Josiah Shackford, brother of the widow, Elizabeth Walker, in 1838 was seventy-one years of age and living in Barnstead, New Hampshire.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

[handwritten at bottom of letter] 1838 - one John Walker of Barnstead, N.H. well seq [/handwritten at bottom of letter]
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Rev & 1812 Wars Section.

August 14, 1928.

Martha B. Walker, 
R. F. D.,
Newmarket, New Hampshire.

Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 16083, it appears that William Walker was born in 1759 at Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
While a resident of said Portsmouth, he enlisted and served as a private in Captain Eliphalet Daniels' Company, under Colonels Hackett or Long in the New Hampshire Troops, as follows:
In the fall and winter of 1775 and 1776, and in the fall and winter of 1776 and 1777, in all about twelve months.
Pension was allowed on his application executed September 10, 1832, while a resident of Barnstead, Strafford County, New Hampshire.  He died December 3, 1832.
Soldier married on the last day of February 1784, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Shackford of Newington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
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She was allowed a pension on her application executed September 10, 1833, while a resident of Barnstead, New Hampshire, aged seventy-six years.
There are no data relative to children.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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Rev & 1812 Wars Section.  

October 1, 1927

Robert Walker
55 Frost St
Cambridge 40, Mass

Sir: 
I have to advise  you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 16083, it appears that William Walker was born in 1759 at Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. 
While a resident of said Portsmouth, he enlisted and served as a private in Captain Eliphalet Daniels' Company, under Colonels Hackett or Long in the New Hampshire Troops, as follows: In the fall and winter of 1775 and 1776, and in the fall and winter of 1776 and 1777, in all about twelve months. 
Pension was allowed on his application executed September 10, 1832, while a resident of Barnstead, Strafford County, New Hampshire. He
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died December 3, 1832. 
Soldier married on the last day of February 1784, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Shackford of Newington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
She was allowed pension on her application executed September 10, 1838, while a resident of Barnstead, New Hampshire, aged seventy-six years.
There are no data relative to children.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME  Walker, William
GRADE Private
LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8856
ACREAGE   100
ISSUED September 12, 178? (torn} to -- not shown--

_____
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.