Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6324, William Walthall, Va.
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SERVICE
Va.

Walthall, Senior, William

NUMBER
S.6324

Carded
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Virginia 3675

William Walthall Sen'R
of Chesterfield in the State of Va.:
who was P'vt. High in the Company:  command by Captain Fowler of the Regt commanded by Col. Monroe in the Va: 
[illegible] for 22 months from 1776

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia 
at the rate of 86 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Dec '32 [blank] and sent to R.W. Flournory, Chesterfield, Va.

Arreas to 4th of Sept. 1832                       129.99
Semi=an'. allowance ending in Mar '33      43.33
                                                                 $173.32

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Nathan Rice, Clerk,
Book D Vol. of Page 120
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6201

William Walthall, Sr.
Virginia
from 1776 private
to Sept 22 months

$86.66

5.15

Amt. 5%
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6201
BRIEF in the case of William Walthall
County of Chesterfield in the State of Virginia
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge:  Court

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3.  How old is he?  74

4.  State his Service, as directed in the form annexed.

[Column 1 - Period]
10 Feby In 1778 enlisted
1780 drafted winter,
Summer 1871 
1776 called out
1780 to _____

[Column 2 - Duration of Service]
1 Year
Served [unclear] May
& served [unclear] after capture of Cornwallis
about 2 months
do     do*

[Column 3 - Rank]
As a
Private
Serg't
do
private
Serg't

[Column 4 Names of General and Fields Officers under whom he served]
Gen.
5 Reg. of Va. Line Captain Wm. Fowler
Gen. Mulenburg
Capt. E. Moseley [illegible]
Capt. E. Moseley, Gen. Lafayette
Capt. Rich'd Baugh
Capt. Geo. Markham

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  Was at Monmouth

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Chesterfield Co. Va.

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Witnesses & traditionary 
On Roll.

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  And if so, in what respect?  Correct.

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

*In the Militia 10 months & in the regular army 12 months
[Signature]
F. Waugh, Examining Clerk.
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William Walthalls
No. 6201

declaration

1832 August 14
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On this 14th day of August, Anno Domini 1832, personally appeared in o-pen Court before the County Court of Chesterfield County, now sitting, William Walthall, a resident of the said County of Chesterfield and State of Virginia aged seventy four 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 7th 1832, entitled A"n Act Supplementary to the Act for the relief of certain surviving officers of and, soldiers of the Revolution."

That he enters the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as hereinafter stated, towit.

On the 10th day of February 1778 in the County of Chesterfield and state of Virginia, he enlisted as a private in the Army of the United States for a term of eighteen months and served in the fifth Regiment of the Virginia line, under the following name officers, viz:  the companies in which he entered the service was commanded by Captain William Fow-ler, the [unclear] officers not recollected, [blank] in the Regiment commanded by Colonel [Blank] and Brigade by General Muhlenburg, that he was marched with the said Regiment by Freder-icksburg and Alexandria to Valley Forge where the said Regiment joined the main Army under General Washington, under whose command he continued until the expiration of twelve months, from the time of his entering the service, when he was discharged on the Vir-ginia bank of the Potomac River opposite Georgetown, the latter six months of the enlistment of the Chesterfield Regulars having remitted on the intercession of Colonel Archibald Casey of Chesterfield County, during this time he was marched from Valley Forge through the [illegible] to the White Plains, and to West Point, and afterwards west into Winter Quarters at Middlebrooke.  Was present at the battle of Monmouth, but being posted in the rear of the Army, he did not take any part in the action.  That he was furnished with a written discharge, dated [blank] 1777 signed by Capt. Fowler, when he was discharged on the Potomac as as above mentioned, which he afterwards sent to Williamsburg to the Department then, to get his arrear of clothing, and has never seen it since.
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In the winter of 1780-1781, he was drafted and entered the service in the same County and State, in the company of militia commanded by Captain Edward Mosely, with the rank of sergeant of militia, the subaltern officers of said company being John Hill, Lieutenant and Robert Wooldridge Ensign, ___ attached to the Brigade commanded by General Muhlenburg, the other field officers being Colonel James Monroe, and Major Boyce, marched down to Blackwater in lower Virginia; was afterwards detached from that Brigade, came back to Chesterfield, and attached to Captain Henry Cheatham's company in Colonel Robert Goode's Regiment of militia, still holding the rank of sergeant, and was stationed near Warebottom in the said county at the time of the Battle of Petersburg; he was present shortly afterwards at a place called Sudbury's in the same county, where two or three companies of militia which were stationed there were attacked by a detachment of British Cavalry, were dispersed and some taken prisoners; shortly afterwards together with the company to which he was attached, he crossed James River at Cary's (?) in the same County, and was discharged soon after at Wilton in the County of Henrico in the month of May.

In the summer of 1781, but in what month he does not now remember, he again entered the service in the same County as a sergeant of militia in the same Company, John Farmer and Bartelet Elam being the subalterns, went across James River and was put under the Command of General Lafayette, the other field officers he cannot recollect, marched about between James River and Pamunkey, and was employed chiefly in watching the movements of Cornwallis' Army by whom they were frequently pursued, without ever having a regular engagement between the two armies; was discharged on the Pamunkey, in October shortly after the Captain of the British Army at York.
On his way home both he and Ensign Elam were taken by a detachment of British Horse, who dismissed them after being detained about two days.

He was also called out about August, 1776 as well as he recollects and served a tour of about two months, as a private in the company commanded by Captain Richard Baugh, Thomas Goode being Lieutenant and Baxter Foulks ensign, went down to Hampton and remained about that place the whole time, and was there discharged.
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He was also called out and served another tour of about two months, about the fall of 1780 [blank] as a Sergeant to Capt. George Markham's company of militia, with James Moody and John Ardmore subalterns, marched down to [unclear] Hole, Mackay's Mills and the neighborhood of Suffolk in the County of Nansemond and served about two months, and was discharged at Petersburg.  That is all he thinks he served in the militia about ten months in addition to his service in the Regular Army.

That he was born in the County of Chesterfield and State of Virginia the 19th day of November 1757, as his parents always informed him, and that his birth is recorded, correctly on day therewith, in his fa-ther's family bible, and that he has always resided in the same County.  That in the militia service he never received any written discharges and has no documentary proof of the said service, but that there are witnesses who can testify to some of the said term, still living.

He hereby relinquishes every claim [illegible] 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 this day and year aforesaid.
[Signature]
Wm. Walthall, Sr.

We William Goode Sen. and Allen Whitworth, both residing in the County of Chesterfield and State of Virginia, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Wm. Walthall who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, and that he served, as he rep-resents, as a Sergeant in Capt. George Markham's company on a time of about two months in the fall of 1780, in the Revolutionary War, down about Mackey's Mills, Smithfield & that we have also understood and have no doubt that he served other towns in the militia during the war, and they believe him to be seventy four years of age.

Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid

[Signatures]
Wm. Good Sen.
Allen Whitworth
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I, John Condrey, residing in the County of Chesterfield and State of Virginia do hereby certify that Wm Walthall, who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration, served as he rep-resents in Capt. Richard Baugh's company, on a term of about two months, down at Hampton & that part of the State in the year 1776 or 77.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

John Condrey

I, Charles Forsee, a clergyman residing in the County of Chester-field and State of Virginia hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Wm. Walthall, who has subscribed to and sworn to the fore-going declaration, and believe him to be seventy four years of age.  That he is reputed and believed in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that I concur in that opinion, and has never heard it doubted.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

Charles Forsee

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigating, the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that William Walthall sen'r the above named applicant was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states.

And the court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Charles Forsee who has signed one of the proceeding certificates, is a clergyman resident in the county of Chesterfield and State of Virginia; and that John Condrey who has signed another of said certificates, and that William Goode sen'r and Allen Whitworth who have signed the other of the said certificates, are residents of the county and state aforesaid, and are credible persons, and that their statements, are entitled to credit.

I Parke Poindexter clerk of the county court of Chesterfield county, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Wm. Walthall, senior for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 15th day of August anno Domini 1832 and in the 57th year of our Independence.

[Signature]
Parke Poindexter, Clerk
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section

September 28, 1925

Mrs. Aylmer R. Bryan
Fisher, Louisiana


Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim S. 6324 it appears
that William Walthall, Senior, was born November 19,
1757 in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
While a resident of his native county he enlisted
in August 1776 and served two months as a private
in Captain Richard Baugh's Virginia Company.
He enlisted February 10, 1778, served twelve months
as private in Captain William Fowler's Company, Fifth
Virginia Regiment and was at the battle of Monmouth.
He enlisted in the fall of 1780 and served two
months as Sergeant in Captain George Markham's Virginia Company.
He enlisted in the winter of 1780-1781, served as
Sergeant in Captain Edward Moseley's Virginia Company
until he was attached to Captain Henry Cheatham's Company,
Colonel Robert Goode's Virginia Regiment, was in an engagement
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engagement at Sudbury's in Chesterfield County, Virginia
and served until May 1781.
He enlisted in the summer of 1781, served as Sergeant
in Captain Henry Cheatham's Company and was discharged
in October 1781 soon after the surrender at
Yorktown and on his way home was captured by the British
and held about two days then dismissed. He served
about twenty-two months in all.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
August 14, 1832 while living in Chesterfield County,
Virginia.
There is no data on file as to his family.

Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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[Left Panel]
6324
Revolutionary INVALID

File No. 6324
William Walthall Sen'r
Segt Rev War

Act:  June 7th '32
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 391
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[Right Panel]
1922 Mar 14 hist to Mr. J.R. Rich, Esq
1924 Feb 20 - Hist to Mr. E.C. Angel MMNF
1928 May 6 Hist to Mr. Jerome Ross
1928 Sept. 28 Hist. to Mrs. Aylmer R. Bryan MMNF
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8 - 1000.
United States
Department of the Interior.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
If not called for in 15 days return to
THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
OFFICIAL BUSINESS

[postmark] WASHINGTON MAY 7 11-AM  1925
CITIZENS MILITAR TRAINING CAMPS

Moved

PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID 
PAYMENT OF POSTAGE  $300
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
William Walthall  which require
further proof or explanation.

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

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

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

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
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?
yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of 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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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?
yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining 
it?
---

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? 
The are [...illegible]

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?
---

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
No

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Correct

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For___year___
months and___ days, I served as a___.  For ___months
and___days, I served as a ___;   and for such service I claim a pension."
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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 be belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature
of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who 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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State of Virginia, Chesterfield County, viz

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in the County & State aforesaid, William Walthall, sen'r, who being duly sworn, deposes to the following statement, viz, "that from old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service for the United States in the Revolutionary War, but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades, viz.  That for twelve months, he served as a private in the Regular Army of the U. States for eight onths, he served as a sergeant in the Virginia Militia and for two months as a private in the Militia in the U. States Service in the Revolution.  He refers for his veracity & the belief of his services particularly to Major Wm. Goode, Edmond Lorkett, James Elam & Richard Elam, & might mention he supposes a hundred others.  Remem-bers no Regular officers, but then mentioned in his Declaration.

Subscribed & sworn to before me this 4th day of December 1832.
William Walthall, Sr.

Subscribed and sworn to before me
Woodson W. Hancock, J.P.

I, John Condrey, a resident of the County of Chesterfield & State of Virginia, aged seventy two years, do hereby certify, that I have been acquainted with William Walthall Sen'r who has made the above statement for sixty years, & I do personally know that he served a tour of two months, as well I can recollect, in Capt. Richard Baugh's company of militia during the Re-volution, down at Hampton, as the said Walthall has represented in his declaration, made before the county court of Chesterfield, the 11th of August last.  I served with him in the same company during that period, & remember him distinctly as we were neighbours & pre-vious acquaintances.  I have also often heard, and, from my knowledge of Mr. Walthall & the circumstances of this part of the county at the time, I have no doubt that he served other terms in the militia.  I have likewise understood [insert] & have no doubt & have never heard it doubted [end insert] & have never heard it doubted, that he served twelve months in the Regular Army of the United States & I believe him to be seventy four years of age.
[John Condrey's mark]

Subscribed & sworn to before me the 4th December 1832.

William Goode J.P.

We, James Elam & Richard Elam, residing in the County of Chesterfield & State of Virginia, hereby certify that we are & have been for many years well acquainted with William Walthall, Sen'r who has made the above affidavit, & believe him to be sev-enty five years of age; that he is reputed & believed in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution,.  We concur in that belief & have never heard it doubted, that he is a man of much respectability & veracity.  We are also well acquainted with John Condrey & Wm. Goode Sen'r & believe them to be up-wards of seventy years old.  They are both reputed to have been & we have no
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doubt were in the service during the Revolution, & are highly respectable men and their statement is entitled to full credit.

J. Elam
Rich'd Elam

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 4th day December 1832.

William Good Jr. JP

I, William Goode Jun'r, a Justice of the Peace in the county of Chest-erfield hereby certify that the aforementioned John Cordrey, James Elam & Richard Elam made oath before me in the county aforesaid to the truth of the certificates to which their names subscribed respectively, & that they are very respectable & credible men & their statements are en-titled to full confidence.  Given under my hand this 4th December 1832.

William Goode Jr JP

Virginia, Chesterfield County court Clerk's Offices.

I Parker Poindexter Clerk of the County Court of Chesterfield, in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that Woodson W. Hancock esq whose name is affixed to the foregoing affidavit of William Walthall, Sen'r (in relation to his application for a pension) and, William Goode, Jr. esq., whose name is also affixed, to this affidavit of Charles Forsee, James Elam, and Richard Elam, in relation to the said application, and his certificates in relation thereto are and were at the times of signing the same, acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned, and qualified as such, and that their signatures thereto subscribed are genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 5th day of December, Anno Domini, one thousand and eight hundred and thirty two; and, in the 57th year of our Independence.

Parke Poindexter, Clk
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Fisher, Louisiana.
July 20th, 1925.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir;--

I would like to have the Revolutionary service and whatever
information was given in his application for a Revolutionary
service of William Walthall Sr. who drew a pension in Chesterfield
Co. 1832. He was probably born in 1756 as his age is given as
be in 76 at time of application.
I will be very grateful for an immediate reply.

Yours truly,
Mrs. Aylmer Reese Bryan
Fisher - La.

[received stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE  AUG 2 1925
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2204 Berteau Ave.
Chicago.
March 10th, 1925.

Hon. Pension Commissioner
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir;--

I find in the Virginia history that an ancestor named
William Walthall was drawing a pension in 1832 in Chesterfield Co.
The records do not give either his birth or death but I think as he
was said to be 76 when he applied he must have been born in 1756.
Would you be good enough to give me the full particulars as given
in his application of birth, wife etc. Names of children is given.

I shall very greatly appreciate an early reply.

Yours truly,

Mrs. Jerome Ross

Mrs. Jerome Ross
2204 Berteau Ave. 3d. Apt.

Chicago.
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Feb. 8, 1922.
Princeton, W. Va.

Bureau of Pensions,
Gentlemen,
Does the Revolutionary War pension record for -
HENRY WALTHALL of Virginia, in Virginia Militia,
placed on pension roll June 17, 1833,
age 72, residing in Campbell Co. Va., show
Date of his death, and names of his wife and children?
If so, please give me whatever family data is contained in
his pension record and also the date of his death,
X
Does the Revolutionary War pension record for -
WILLIAM WALTHALL, SR. residing in Chesterfield Co. Va.
placed on pension roll, Dec. 29, 1832,
age 76, private and Sergeant, show
Date of his death, and names of his wife and children?
If so, please give me whatever family data is contained in
his pension record and also the date of his death.
XXXX
Thanking you most sincerely for the courtesy as
I am very anxious for this data to complete a D. A. R. paper

Yours,

Mrs. J. R. Rich,
#113 College Hill,
Princeton, Mercer Co., W. Va.

[received stamp] U.S. PENSION  OFFICE  FEB 14 1922
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1502 Chamberlain Avenue
Chattanooga Tenn
Jan. 21 1924

The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Sir,

I see from list of Revolutionary soldiers the name William Walthall Sr. Chesterfield Co. Virginia S. of W 1835 - Pen. 2. 127.  He is a paternal ancestor.  Shall appreciate it greatly if you will send me a copy of pension - also his wife and children's names - date, etc.  Any
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information regarding him shall be appreciated.

Yours truly

Mrs. E. C. Angel
1502 Chamberlain Avenue
Chattanooga Tenn.
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IN REPLY REFER TO Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
[LETTER HEAD]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON

May 5, 1935

Mrs. Jerome Ross
2204 Berteau Av., 3rd Apt.
Chicago, Ill.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 6324 it appears that William Walthall, Senior, was born November 19, 1757 in Chesterfield County, Virginia.

While a resident of his native county he enlist-ed in August 1778 and served two months as a private in Captain Richard Baugh's Virginia Company.

He enlisted February 10, 1778, served twelve months as private in Captain William Fowler's Company, Fifth Virginia Regiment and was at the battle of Monmouth.

He enlisted in the fall of 1780 and served two months as Sergeant in Captain George Markham's Virginia Company.  He enlisted in the winter of 1780-1781, served as a Sergeant in Captain Edward Moseley's Virginia Company until he was attached to Captain Henry Cheatham's Compa-ny, Colonel Robert Goode's Virginia Regiment, was in an
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engagement at Sudbury's in Chesterfield County, Vir-ginia and served until May 1781.

He enlisted in the summer of 1781, served as Ser-geant in Captain Henry Cheatham's Company and as dis-charged in October 1781 soon after the surrender at Yorktown and on his way home was capture by the Brit-ish and held about two days then dismissed.  He served about twenty-two months in all.

He was allowed pension on his application execut-ed August 14, 1832 while living in Chesterfield County in Virginia.

There is no data on file as to his family.

[SIgnature]
Wilder S. Metcalf
WILDER S. METCALF,
Commissioner
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
February 20, 1924

Mrs. E. C. Angel
1502 Chamberlain Ave.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim S. 2324 it appears
that William Walthall was born November 19, 1757 in
Chesterfield County, Virginia and resided there during
the Revolution.
He was allowed pension for the service of twenty-
two months as private and Sergeant in the Virginia
Troops, on his application executed August 14, 1832
while a resident of Chesterfield County, Virginia.
There is no family data on file.
Respectfully,


Commissioner.

Date of death not
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
May 8, 1925


Mrs. Jerome Ross
2204 Berteau Ave., 3rd Apt.
Chicago, Ill.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim S. 6324 it appears
that William Walthall, Senior, was born November 18,
1757 in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
While a resident of his native county he enlisted
in August 1776 and served two months as a private
in Captain Richard Baugh's Virginia Company.
He enlisted February 10, 1778, served twelve months
as private in Captain William Fowler's Company, Fifth
Virginia Regiment and was at the battle of Monmouth.
He enlisted in the fall of 1780 and served two
months as Sergeant in Captain George Markham's Virginia
Company.
He enlisted in the winter of 1780-1781, served as
Sergeant in Captain Edward Moseley's Virginia Company
until he was attached to Captain Henry Cheatham's Company
, Colonel Robert Goode's Virginia Regiment, was in an
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engagement at Sudbury's in Chesterfield County, Virginia
and served until May 1781.
He enlisted in the summer of 1781, served as Sergeant
in Captain Henry Cheatham's Company and was discharged
in October 1781 soon after the surrender at
Yorktown and on his way home was captured by the British
and held about two days then dismissed. He served
about twenty-two months in all.
He was allowed pension on his application executed 
August 14, 1832 while living in Chesterfield County,
Virginia.
There is no data on file as to his family,

Respectfully,
WILDER S. METCALF.
Commissioner.

[handwritten note] Date of death not on AB
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C....19...

In reply to your request of...received...
a statement of the military history of...Wm Walthall
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
S.6324
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.

LENGTH OF
SERVICE
RANK.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.  COLONEL.   STATE
Va.

Aug 1776   2 mos Pvt  Rich Baugh
Wm Fowle
Edward Mosley

[Most of the hand written entries on this form are so light as to be illegible, the above are all that could be distinguished. ]

Battles engaged in,...[illegible]
Residence of soldier at enlistment,...[illegible]
Date of application for pension,...[illegible]
Residence at date of application,...Chesterfield Va.
Age at date of application,...b. Nov 19, 1757, Chesterfield Va.
Remarks:...No fam. data
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

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