Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11083, Zebulon Wallis, Conn.
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(3 - 1776)

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SERVICE
Conn.

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Wallis, Zebulon ["(colored)" added in lighter ink/pencil of "Conn." in SERVICE column.)
Eleanor

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NUMBER
R. Ma[?]83

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CONTENTS
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State of Conneticut
[ineligible] County
(So Grandby)
On this 25th day of September 1840, personally, appeared, before me the subscribing authority Eleanor Wallis a color Woman, a resident of said Grandby aged seventy seven years, who being first duly Sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in addition to, & in  explanation of her former Declaration she states that her said husband Lebulon Wallis was a Pensioner for his services in the Revolutionary War; She ought to have expressed herself differently She ought to have said that she heard he got a Pension, and then when she made her Declaration believed it to be the truth.
He left me when I had five children
by him & went away with a woman of bad character and after some time when
pensions were granted to the Soldiers he
came back to this place and got some 
depositions to prove his services and then
went away again and I heard that
he got a pension but I never saw it,
or any of the money; or ever had any 
benefit from it, and I am now  satisfied that he
never did get a pension though I was so informed I did fully believe it when I made the first declaration    Eleanor Wallis (her Mark X)
In Presence of
Edmund Thompson
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State of Connecticut }
Hartford County Ss   }  Granby, on the 25th day of
September AD 1840 Personally appeared before me
Eleanor Wallis a resident of said Granby the
identical person whose Declaration I transmitted to
the Pension office an intelligent woman & of reported
piety who then & there made solemn oath to the
truth of the within declaration by her subscribed
written in her presence and carefully read to her
in the presence of Edmund Thompson Esq formerly
a Magistrate in said County and who witnessed
the same & for whose respectibility [sic] the Hon. H. L. Ellsworth will vouch.


Attest Jesse Charlton Justice of the Peace
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I Esther Jackson, a resident of Simsbury aged Seventy seven years, do hereby depose and say, That I was a sister of Zebulon Wallis, a colored man, who formerly lived in said town of Simsbury in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, I had three brothers who went into the service in the Revolutionary War viz Joseph, and Zebulon, & Lonon [?]  Joseph inlisted [sic] for during the War, and Zebulon I understood enlisted for three years and I well remember that Joseph came home first, and Zebulon a little time after I remember well their both returning from the army: and a few years after his return the said Zebulon Married to the present widow, Eleanor Wallis.  the said Zebulon went away from here many years ago, and I saw him when he came to Simsbury, and Granby, after proof of his services; he then went away to near Boston, and I have not seen him since.  I heard after wards that he got a pension, but it seems to have been but a flying story, I heard of his death several years ago; & his widow is still living in the town of Granby in Connecticut

In presence of          }
Edmund Thompson } 

[signed by mark]
         her
Esther  X  Jackson
       mark

State of Connecticut }
Hartford County       } Ss [=scilicet] Simsbury, on the 25th day of September 1840, Personally appeared before me the subscribing authority, & one of the Justices of the peace
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for said Hartford County, Esther Jackson, a colored woman, of whose credibility I obtained satisfactory proof, (a part of which may be seen in the annexed certificate of Judge Holcomb;) who then & there made solemn oath to the truth of the within certificate written in her presence, from her statement of the facts, & read to her in presence of Edmund Thompson Esq, late a Magistrate and for whose respectibility [sic] the Hon Commissioner of Patents, (by whom he is well known) will vouch.
Attest Jesse Charlton Justice of the Peace
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I James Dibble a resident of Granby, which was formerly a part of the town of Simsbury, in Hartford County, do hereby depose say, that I have lived in this place for more than seventy years, and that I was acquainted with Zebulon Wallis of the town of Simsbury from my youth and he was a colored man, and I have never known any other man in the town of Simsbury, or Granby, of the name of Zebulon Wallis, or Wallace; but this colored man: & he was reported and believed to have been in the Continental army, in the Revolutionary War; I understood at the time that the said Zebulon Wallis was gone into the army I did not see him there, but believed then, that he was gone into the army, and have believed ever since that he was there. the said Zebulon Willis went away some years after the exact time I cannot state and after the passage of the pension act of 1818, The said Zebulon Wallis came to Granby and applied to me as I was then a Justice of the Peace for Hartford County to take some Deposisions [sic] for him to prove his services; I did take some deposisions [sic] for him, he brought his witness & they were persons whom I know, & for whose credibility I certified, but it has slipped from my mind now, who the persons were.

The said Zebulon Wallis took the
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papers and went away, telling me that he would pay me for my trouble when he got his pension.  And I have not seen him since, nor heard from him. His aged widow, Eleanor Wallis, is still living in this town & is blind. Their childen [sic] have several of them lived with me, Elinor, and Polly, & Lorena, have all lived in my family
James Dibble

State of Connecticut }
Hartford County       } Ss [=scilicet] Granby On this 25th day of September 1840, personally appeared, before me the subscribing authority Capt James Dibble, a resident of said Granby, a credible person; who was formerly a Magistrate for said County, and who then and there made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed
Before me
Jesse Charlton Justice of Peace.
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I Thomas Holcomb a resident of Granby in Hartford County & State of Connecticut do hereby Depose and say That I was acquainted with Zebulon Wallis formerly of Simsbury a Town adjoining ["town" struck out] to this he was a man of Color & the reputed husband of the present Widow Eleanor Wallis   The said Zebulon went away from this part of the Country many years ago,  I also knew his brother Joseph  ["They were both respected and believed to have" struck out] Zebulon was reported to have been in the army of the Revolution, and it is my belief that he was.  I understood from my Father and my uncle that they united in hiring the said Zebulon to enlist into the army, by which they were protected from the inconvenience of being frequently called away from home by draughts.

I am acquainted with the Widow Esther Jackson of Simsbury, and I have no hesitation in saying that she is considered a credible women, whose evidence is entitled to credit, as the deposision [sic] at first written stated that Joseph was reputed to be in the service, as I was misunderstood, I request that the erasure and interlineation be made, as above, and it was made accordingly before signing. Thos Holcomb

State of Connecticut}
Hartford County      } Granby September 25th 1840
Then, personally appeared before me, the Hon Thomas Holcomb, a resident of said Granby, and late a Judge of the Probate Court for
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said District, and a credible and respectable man, who then and there made Solemn oath to the truth of the within certificate by him subscribed, before me, and I certify that the erasures & interlineations were made before the signing and Oath.

Jesse Charlton Justice of the Peace
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I Joshua R Jewell a resident of Granby in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, do hereby depose and say, that I have lived in the town of Granby aforesaid ever since the year 1786, or fifty four years ago, That I performed the duties of a Sheriffs Deputy for twenty one years, that I entered on the duties of said office in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety eight and retired from the office in the year 1819, In all this time I was well acquainted in the town of Granby and Simsbury in Hartford County: the said Granby was taken from the Town of Simsbury at the October Session of the General Assemby [sic] in the year AD 1785.

I was acquainted with Zebulon Wallis, formerly of the town of Simsbury, he was a colored man, and I have never known any other man in this Town, ["of the" crossed out] or the town of Simsbury of the name of Zebulon Wallis, or Wallace and he was a colored man and the man who was accredited in this place as the husband of the present widow Eleanor Wallis I have known one of their children Elinor, who married a colored man by the name of Bristow the said Zebulon Wallis went away from this town, and left his family many years ago, & what became of him I do not know, his Widow is still living in this town & is blind

Joshua R. Jewett -
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State of Connecticut, }
Hartford County        } Granby, on this 25th day of September 1846, personally appeared, before me, Joshua R Jewett, a resident of said Granby, a credible man, whom I have known for more than twenty years, who then and there made Solemn Oath to the truth of the within certificate by him subscribed.

Before me
Jesse Charlton Justice of the Peace
Royal R Hinman
Secretary

[seal attached]
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State of Connecticut }
Hartford County       } Ss [=scilicet] Hartford,

I, Royal R Hinman Secretary of State for the State of Connecticut do hereby certify, that Jesse Charlton Esq, before whom the annexed certificates and explanatory Declaration were taken is at this time and for more than one year last past has been, a Lawful Justice of the Peace for the County of Hartford aforesaid, and his signatures to each of said annexed papers, is his genuine Signature to me well known.

In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said State, at Hartford aforesaid, on this 25th day of September 1840.

Royal R Hinman Secretary
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[large initial? V with stroke through it?]
No 7300.
Eleanor Wallis -
Con Zebulon
Act 7 July '38.
M[?] 84. d28.

[several lines crossed out]

Jesse Charlton
E. Windsor Hill
Con
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State of Connecticut }
Hartford County       } Ss [=scilicet] Granby

On this 20th day of July 1840 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Granby in the County of Hartford and state aforesaid

Eleanor Wallis a Colored Women a resident of Granby in said County of Hartford aged 77 years a credible person who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed on the 7th day of July 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain Widows."

That she is the widow of Zebulon a colored man, late of Simsbury, Hartford County Connt [=Connecticut] 
who was a Soldier of army of the revolution and who received a pension for his services therein as she believes: as his services in the army were sufficient and who died at Boston in the County of Suffolk & State of Massachusetts on the [blank] day of [blank] or twelve years ago last Winter.

She furthermore declares, that she was married to the said Zebulon Wallis at Westfield in Massachusetts, by Rev Mr Atwater, on Eighth day of Jany 1784 And that he died as she has stated above aas her husband.  That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January AD 1794, viz at the time above stated, and she has never again married.

[signed by mark]
          her
Elianor  X  Wallis
          mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above
written before said probate Court. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the evidence before them is entitled to credit and I, Thomas Holcomb Clerk of the said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
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the original proceedings before said Court in the matter of the application of Widow Eleanor Wallis [for crossed out] Widow of Zebulon Wallis [for crossed out] formerly of Simsbury [for crossed out] Connecticut for a pension under the act of July 7th AD 1838

In testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name and affix the Seal of said Court at Granby in the County of Hartford & State aforesaid on the 20th day of July - 1840

Thomas Holcomb Clerk of said
Probate Court

[paper stamp applied??]
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I do hereby depose & say that in the time of the Revtionary War, I was well acquainted with Zebulon Wallis, a colored man, a resident of Simsbury Con. I well remember that he inlisted [sic] into the continental army, and went away and served a long time but cannot say how many years.

After his return he married a colored Woman from Westfield Mass. and lived with her in this place & brought up a family of children together And he has been gone from here several years and I have heard of his death & his said widow is still living in Granby in Conn poor & blind.

[signed by mark]
          her
Esther  X  Jackson
        marke

Sworn to & subscribed before me on[e] of the Justices of the Peace for Hartford County Conn on this 20 day of July 1840 And I certify that the said deponent is a credible person

Elisha Phelps Just. of Peace
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do hereby depose & say that in the time of the revolutionary war, I was well acquainted with Zebulan Wallis a colored man & resident of Simsbury Conn. I well remember that he enlisted into the continental army & went away & served a long time, but cannot say how long.
[signed] Butler Pinney

sworn to & subscribed before me one of the Justices of the Peace for Hartford County Conn on this 20th day of July 1820 [?] & I certify that the deponent is a credible person.

Geo W. Sanford Justice of Peace 

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Zebulon Wallis
Widow
Elanor Wallis
Declaration
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I Betsey Mosely of West Springfield in Hampden County, & State of Massachusetts, do hereby depose and say, that I am a Niece of Zebulon Wallis formerly of Simsbury in the State of Connecticut that I have been often at the House of the said Wallis in my youth; That I am well knowing to the fact that he is the Identical person who lived with the present widow Elianor Walls, [sic] of Granby, in Connecticut, & with her brought up a family of children with whom I was well acquainted I have often heard, & believe that the said Zebulon Wallace served in the Revolutionary War, & drew a pension & that he is now dead, & that the said Widow Eleanor, is still his widow
John Ingersoll

[signed by mark]
          her
Betsey  x   Mosely
       mark

Sworn to and subscribed, before John Ingersoll Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, on this 15th day of June 1840, & the said deponent is a credible person.

Before me
John Ingersoll Justice of Peace
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I William Fletcher of Springfield in the County of Hampden in the State of Massachusetts, do hereby depose and say, that I was well acquainted with Zebulon Wallis formerly of Simsbury in the State of Connecticut, I am well knowing to the fact that he was the Husband of the present widow Eleanor Wallis, now of Granby in Hartford County Connecticut, who is now blind; and I am well knowing to the fact that the said Zebulon drew a Pension for his services in the War of the Revolution I am well knowing to the fact that the said Zebulon Wallis died in South Boston in the State of Massachusetts twelve years ago last February I attended his funeral & the said Eleanor still remains his widow

William Fletcher

Sworn to and subscribed before me John Ingersoll a Justice of the peace for Hampden County & State of Massachusetts, at Springfield in the County of Hampden, aforesaid, on this 15th day of June
Before me John Ingersoll Justice of the Peace  AD 1840
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Common Wealth of Massachusetts
Hampden S.S. [=scilicet]  I John Ingersoll Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the Count of Hampden, do Certify that John Ingersoll Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the two annexed certificates, of William Fletcher and Betsey Mosely was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the peace within & for said County, duly commissioned & acting under the authority of this Commonwealth & that full faith & credit ought to be given to his acts, & attestations, done in that capacity, & that the hand writing of the said John Ingersoll to said Certificate, is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas, for said Commonwealth this 15th day of June AD 1840

John Ingersoll Clerk
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I Emerson Davis Pastor of the Congregational Church in the Town of Westfield in the County of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that in the records of Marriages kept by the Rev Mr Atwater a former Pastor of this Church, I find an entry in its regular place in the series of entries in the following words. January eighth Seventeen hundred & Eighty four Zebulon Wallis Negro of Simsbury in Connecticut and Elinor .. Negro of Westfield

The above is a true Copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed in the record in fair and legible figures as follows. Jan 8th 1784.

I Emerson Davis the above named depose & say; that I hold the office of Pastor of said Church, at this time; & the above is a true extract from the records of the said Rev Mr Atwater, with the exception above named as certified by me.

Emerson Davis
Pastor


Sworn & Subscribed before me at said Westfield on this, 16 day of June 1840 and I certify, that the said Emerson Davis is a credible person & is at this time pastor of
the Congregational Church in said Westfield

Attest  
James Fowler Justice of the Peace
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Common Wealth of Massachusetts,
Hampden Ss. [=scilicet]  I, John Ingersoll Clerk
of the Judicial Courts, of the Common Wealth,
for the County of Hampden, do certify, that
James Fowler Esq, whose signature is annexed to the within Certificate, of the Revd Emerson Davis, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County; duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Common Wealth, and that
full faith and credit ought to be given his acts and attestations done in that capacity, and that the hand writing of the said James Fowler, to said certificate is genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Common Wealth, at Springfield in sd [=said] County on this 31st day of July AD 1840.

John Ingersoll Clerk
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Symsbury

1st Reg.t [in margin]
Phillip Grigery
["Eben.r Drake" crosssed out] Counted for Windsu [?]
Jacob Davice
Benj.n Hayse
Steph.n Langatha
Timo [superscript o] Woodbridge
James Slaughter
Consider Holcomb
Rufus Mason
John White
Jeremiah Case
Elisha Harrington
Elijah Clark
Zeb.n Wallasse

2d reg.t
Joseph Wallace

3d Reg.t [in margin]
Asa Hayse
Jacob Hollidy
Eli Tuller
W.m Tayler
Jophson Tiff
John G. Holcomb
Jacob Gillet
David Tayler

4th
John Herlihy
James Aldridge

5th
David Eglestone
John Crocker

Light Dragoons [in margin]
Gad Alderman
John Hunt
David Enos
Levi Woolworth
Rod.k Adams
Azer Bowton
Eben.r Edgerton
Timo [superscript o] Humphry
Jacob Tuller
W.m Phillips
Jered Towser
Sol.n Parkharst
Levi Adams
Abel Case
Enum Mosses
Furbuss More
Humphry Tiffeny
David Parkhurst
48

[calculation in right margin]
Toto 79
        48
Def.t 31

[written up right edge]
Asahel Holcomb 3d taken from Hartford
Hezekiah Philps: Gilbert Whitney taken from Suffield
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Name amd spelling check IP

18
28
--
46

Symsbury
Entered
Dest [= deserters?] 31

Simsbury State
Service Last Campaign
Dessuinti. [?]   O----


Continental Army not Returnd

Owen Rewick
John Huseley
George Sweet [?]
Wm Andrews Dischargd [sic] Inability
David Jones
John Hill Dischd Inability
John Hills 2nd dischd Inability
John CarrolI
Charles Spencer
Josiah Linsley
Robert Linsley
Eastus Hatch
John Pooler
Jonathan Andras
Phillip Negro
Ezekiel Davis
Morris Jarold
William Shephard
Amaziah Barber
John Slaughter
Jeremiah Parmerly
Wm Peck
John Allen
Ithamen Granger
Edward Knap
Israel Humphrey
Joseph Seyer 3rd Dischrd Inability
Joseph Sharp
Cuff Negro

Last Campaign full

Insuiny Campaign

Desruint [illegible]
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Comptrollers Office,
Hartford Conn.

Edwin Benjamin, Clerk in the office of [Henry Wilborn crossed out] Comptroller of Public accounts for the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify

That I find Zebulon Wallis is credited in the Books of the Pay Table of the Revolutionary War, for services in the 1st Regt of the Connecticut State line of the Continental army, from the first day of January to the thirty first day of December Seventeen hundred & Eighty one, one year.  After that period, the accounts of the Connecticut Line of the Continental army, were not settled at this office and
no account of the services in the line after
that time appears in this Office. [written account has been corrected from stating that accounts were settled at another un-named board, to accounts were not settled at this board. See original if this distinction is important]

Dated at Hartford aforesaid this 4th day
of August AD 1840

And I further certify that I have examined the record & list of the Regiments of the Connecticut line of the Continental army and find but one Zebulon Wallis in the whole line, viz the one in said first Regiment.

Edwin Benjamin, Clerk
for, & in the absence of
Henry Wilbourn Comptl.r

I Jesse Charlton do hereby depose & say that the annexed list of names, was found by me among the Military Papers of the late Col. Jonathan WElls of East Hartford in Hartford County Connecticut: by which it appears that Zebulon Wallis or Wallace who was a private in
the first Regt of the Conn. Line belonged to the Town
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of Simbury in Connecticut.
Jesse Charlton,.

State of Connecticut }
Hartford County       } Ss [=scilicet] Hartford Aug 4 1840

I Jeremiah Brown one of the Justices of the peace for said Hartford County, do hereby certify that on this 4 day of August AD 1840, personally appeared, before me, Jesse Charlton of East Windsor who then & there made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed Before me & I certify that he is a credible person well known to me

Jeremiah Brown, Jus: of Peace
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State of Connecticut }
Hartford County        } Ss [=scilicet] Hartford

I Royal R Hinman Secretary of State for the State of Connecticut do hereby certify, That Elisha Phelps Esq, and Geo W Sanford Esq, before whom the annexed certificates of Esther Jackson and of Butler Pinney were taken, were at the time of taking the same, lawful Justices of the Peace for the County of Hartford, in said State, and that the signature of the said Phelps, and of the said Sanford, are their genuine signatures, as affixed to the said Certificates.

In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said State at Hartford aforesaid this Fourth - day of August AD 1840

And I further certify, that Jeremiah Brown Esq before whom the annexed Certificate of Jesse Charlton was taken, is a lawful Justice of the Peace for said Hartford County & that the Signature of said Justice to said certificate is his genuine Signature & is well known to me that he was a Justice of Peace at the time of giving said certificate lawfully appointed for said Hartford County

Royal R Hinman Secretary
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October 31, 1938

BA-J/AWF
Zebulon Wallis
R. 11083

Mr. Lew Wallace
1009-12 Wilcox Building
506 S. W. Sixth Avenue
Portland, Oregon

Dear Sir:

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, R. 11083, based on the military service in the Revolutionary War of Zebulon Wallis, a colored man.

The date and place of birth of Zebulon Wallis
are not given, nor are the names of his parents
stated.
 
Zebulon Wallis married January 8, 1784 in Westfield, Massachusetts, Elinor or Eleanor, her maiden name was not given, nor date and place of her birth; she was a colored woman. At time of marriage, he was of Simsbury, Connecticut, and she was of Westfield, Massachusetts. It was stated by several persons that no other Zebulon Wallis or Wallace resided in Simsbury and Granby, Connectiticut.

He died about February, 1828, at South Boston, Massachusetts.

The widow, Elinor or Eleanor Wallis, July 20, 1840, then aged seventy-seven years, and living in Granby, Connecticut, applied for the pension that might be due on account of the service of her husband, Zebulon Wallis. She alleged that he served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, but gave no
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details of his service.

In a report furnished by the Comptroller's Office at Hartford, Connecticut, it was shown that one Zebulon Wallis served in the First Connecticut regiment, from January 1, 1780 to December 31, 1781.

The claim for pension was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof that the Zebulon Wallis, who served in 1781, was her husband.

Reference was made to five children of Zebulon Wallis and his wife, Eleanor; the names of three are shown - Elinor, who married a colored man named _____ Bristow, Polly, and Lorena, or Locena.

Esther Jackson, a colored woman, sister of the soldier, Zebulona [sic] Wallis, was a resident of Simsbury, Connecticut in 1840, then aged seventy-seven years, stated that she had three brothers in the Revolution, Zebulon, Joseph, and "Lonon".

Betsey Moseley, niece of the soldier, Zebulon Wallis, was living in 1840 in West Springfield, Massachusetts.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 9, 1873. struck out]

1938 Oct 31 - list[?] to Gen [or Geo?] Wallace esq[?]

11,083.
P.O.   Eleanor Wallis 
Service:   Zebulon

[stamped] REJECTED

Prininted list of 1852 shows cause of rejection
Alleges: "He was a deserter"
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[mark illegible - V struck out? letter K?]
7300
Con
let to Jesse Charlton, Esq
[August 31,1840 struck out]
[Sept. 7, 1840 struck out]
to same
Rejected

H.L. Ellsworth Esq.
October 9, 1840  Not Found [?]

Act 7. July 38

11083
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Jesse Charlton
September 7, 1840
P.C.
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89 [in upper right corner, in lighter ink/pencil]

Sir
Pen off [=Pension Office]

Sept 7, 1840

Sir
In the case of [crossed out] Eleanor Wallis it does not appear that Ziblon Wallis a soldier of the Con.t [=Connecticut] Line applied under the act of March 1818 and it is therefore infired [sic] that the Claimants late husband who lived 10 years after the passage of that act, was a different person altho bearing the same name.  

Unless some satisfactory proof is adduced going [inserted above line] to prove that her late husband (a colored man) enlisted for a designated term and served such term faithfully under a designated Captain & Col her claim will not be llowed

It might be satisfactory if it is clearly proved that Zebilon Wallis the soldier was a colored man-

Jesse Charlton
E. Windsor Hill
Con
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East Windsor Hill, Hartford County Conn
August
1840

Sir.

I herewith transmit the application of Eleanor Wallis, or Wallace, Widow of Zebulon Wallis or Wallace, formerly of Simsbury & [additional location crossed out] Conn for a pension under the act of July 7. 1838

The paytable books in the Comptrollers office show that Zebulon Wallis or Wallace was in the service in the 1st Reg. of the Conn Line on the 31st of December 1781, as the accounts after
that time were not kept by the paytable of Connecticut you will find by your Books how long his services continued after that time: it is believed they continued to the end of the war

I am Sir with the greatest respect
Your obdt Servant.
Jesse Charlton

Hon J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D C
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Jesse Charlton, Esq
August 31. 1840
O.C.[?]
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343 [light pencil/ink, in upper right]

Sir

In off [?]
Aug 31. '40

In the case of Elinor Wallis it is asserted that her late husband drew a pension in his life time - It is desirable to know under what act he has drawn when he applied & where he resided while he was a pensioner.

Jesse Charlton esq [?]
E Windsor Hill
Con.
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W City Sept 30 40

Dear Sir

I have the have the honor to inclose[sic] some additional testimony in a pension case and have added my certificate to the character of the Witnesses.

Your [illegible]
H L Ellsworth

Nov
JL Edwards
Commiss[ioner] of Pension [?]
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East Windsor Hill, Hartford County, Connecticut
Sept 29th 1840.

Hon.d [superscript "d" = Honored] Friend

I have obtained the additional evidence
in support of the claim spoken of to Mr Edwards when we called upon him at his office.

Thos Holcomb Esq, late Judge of Probate;
Joshua R Jewett many years a Deputy Sheriff, and afterwards Judge of Probate; and Capt James [Th?] Dibble have all given their certificates:

And Edmund Thompson Esq late a Justice I took with me, he witnessed in the case of the Old Widow he is a very humane man & it is expected he will council & aid the Widow in the right use of what she hopes to obtain.

These are men of your acquaintance and you will please write on the papers with respect to them as you think they merit, & transmit to
the Commissioner of Pensions

Your obliged & respectful friend
Jesse Charlton

Hon H L Ellsworth
Commis of Patents
Washington DC

[added running up the left margin]
Washington DC Sept 30 '40

I am acquainted with the [illegible - perhaps "within"?] named persons & certify to their 
respectability and credibility
HL Ellsworth
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East Windsor Hill,
Hartford County
Conn Sept. 3 1840.

Sir.

In answer to yours, of Aug. 31, in relation to Zebulon Wallace, husband of Eleanor Wallace, I have to say;

That the witness informed me that he left his wife & children & went away to some place in Massachusetts or Maine; and that after the passage of the law of 1818, he came back to Simsbury for a short time & procured some proof of his services, & then went away and staid about a month, & then came back
Simsbury & said he had got his pension; this they say was his story to them; but I am disposed to think that he told them a wrong
story, perhaps to give himself a kind of consequence, as a man of money &
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of income

I have carefully searched the Pension Roll, of all the States from Maine to the District of Columbia, 
but cannot find his name.

But, Sir, I do not see that it can make any difference in respect to the Justice of the Widows claims, as his services and marriage are I apprehend indisputably proved.

If they are not, more testimony can be obtained.

I was at Granby a few weeks since, & Judge Holcomb [?] told me that his Father and another man obtaind [sic] Wallace to enlist & go in their stead.

With sincere respect Sir
I am your Obedient Servant
Jesse Charlton

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D C
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October 31, 1938


Mr. Lew Wallace
1009-12 Wilcox Building
506 S. W. Sixth Avenue
Portland, Oregon

BA-J/AWF
Zebulon Wallis
R. 11083

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter [of Septem]ber 21, addressed to the General Accounting Office, in which you state that your great-grandfather's name was Zebulon Wallace, and that there was a Zebulon Wallace who served in Colonel R.J. Meigs' First Connecticut regiment in the Revolutionary War, and received certificate #5539 for $18.66 due him at the close of the war. Your letter has been referred to this office for reply.

Your citation in regard to the $18,66 does not pertain to the records of this office, but to the records of the Paymaster General, and this office has no means by which to ascertain whether or not the Zebulon Wallace who received this payment, and the Zebulon Wallace who served under Colonel Meigs were one and the same.

There is one claim for pension, only, on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Zebulon Wallis, under any spelling of the name. He was a colored man. His record is furnished you herewith to aid you in the matter of elimination, as pertains to the military service of this man.


Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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October 12, 1938.

R-97346-WGS

Veterans Administration,
Revolutionary and 1812 War Section,
Washington, D. C.

Sirs:

There is transmitted herewith for your consideration and direct reply letter, dated September 21, 1930, from Lew Wallace, 1009-12 Wilcox Building, 706 S.W. Sixth Avenue, Portland, Oregon, requesting information concerning Zebulun Wallace, who is alleged to have served in the Revolutionary War.

The writer has been advised of this reference.

Respectfully,

(Signed) P. D. Fallon [stamped, not signed]

Asst. Chief, Records Division.

Incl.
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October 12, 1938.

R-97346-WGS

Mr. Lew Wallace,
1009-12 Wilcox Building,
506 S.W. Sixth Avenue,
Portland, Oregon.

Sir:

In reply to your letter of September 21, 1938, requesting information concerning Zebulun Wallace, who is alleged to have served in the Revolutionary War in the First Regiment of Col.
R. J. Meigs, Connecticut, you are advised that your letter has been referred on this date to the Veterans Administration, Revolutionary and 1812 War Section, Washington, D. C., for consideration and direct reply.

Respectfully,

(Signed) P. D. Fallon [this is a stamp which says "signed"!]

Asst. Chief, Records Division.
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[letterhead]
THE CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY

ESTABLISHED 1847

OREGON BRANCH
LEW WALLACE
ATWATER 2391

1009-12 WILCOX BUILDING
506 S. W. SIXTH AVENUE
PORTLAND, OREGON

[received stamp] GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
1938 SEP 25 AM 9:50
RECEIVED MAIL ROOM

[additional stamp]
RECORDS DIVISION
Misc. Case # [left blank]
[initials] LL 9/28
[other info on stamp also left blank]


September 21st, 1938.

General Accounting Office,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:-
I have been trying to trace some relatives of mine who were in the Revolutionary War.

My great Grandfather's name was Zebulun Wallace, [underlined with check mark by hand]  and I find there was a Zebulun Wallace who served in the Revolutionary War in the First Regiment of Col. R. J. Meigs, Connecticut. [also underlined by hand] At the close of the war the Government owed him $18.66 - his certificate [underlined by hand] for this amount was 5539. [underlined by hand]

Would you be good enough to give me any information you might have regarding this man.

Very truly yours,

[signed] Lew Wallace

Lew Wallace.

[stamp]
RECEIVED
SEP 26 1938
G. A. O.
RECORDS DIVISION
LW/D

[stamp in right margin]
OCT 8 1938
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October 26, 1931

BA-J/EEL

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file
in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, R. 11083, based upon the military service [of Zebulon Wallis - struck out] in that war, of Zebulon Wallis, a colored man. [last 6 words written in]

Zebulon Wallis married January 8, 1784, in Westfield, Massachusetts, Elinor, maiden name not stated, a colored woman. [last 3 words written in.] He was then of Simsbury,
Connecticut, and she of Westfield, Massachusetts. Their marriage
was recorded on the records of the Congregational Church of said
Westfield. It was stated by several that
no other Z.W. resided in Simsbury & Granby, Conn. [last sentence added by hand]

He died about February, 1838, at South Boston, Massachusetts.

On July 20, 1840, soldier's widow Elinor or Eleanor, then aged seventy-seven years and a resident of Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, applied for the pension that might be due her on account of the services of her husband, Zebulon Wallis, and [overwritten with the word "she"] alleged that he served as a soldier in the Revolutionary, but gave no details of his service.

In a report furnished by the Comptroller's office at Hartford, Connecticut, it was shown that on Zebulon Wallis served from January
1, 1781, to December 31, 1781. Upon an examination of the military rolls it was shown that one Zebulon Wallis enlisted December 14, 1780, in Captain Reed's Company, Colonel Butler's Regiment of the Connecticut Line, for three years and deserted May 16, 1783.

Her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof that the Zebulon Wallis, who served in 1781, was her husband, and had he been the soldier who was a deserter, which fact was not established, she would not here been entitled to pension. [this last sentence rewritten in several places]

Five children are [corrected by hand to "were"] referred to; the names of three are given, Elinor, who married a colored man named _____ Bristow, Polly and Lorena.


This history to be furnished if ever called for
It was written just to have a record of negroes.

[added in lighter ink and cleaner type bars]
Sol. had two bros in the serv.., Joseph & Lonon.  A sister, Emily Jackson lived in Simsbury, Conn. in 1840, and in same
year, niece Betsey Moseley lived in West Springfield, Mass.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51-
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Walliser, Christian  
GRADE Private  
LINE New York

WARRANT NUMBER 8020
ACREAGE100
ISSUED July 20, 1791
to [?] not shown


[form footer]
*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.