Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19588, William Walling, New Jersey
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(S-1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey
Walling, William Elizabeth
NUMBER W. 19588
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31.276
Albany New York
William Walling of Wayne in the State of N.Y. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Pool of the Regt commanded by ______ in the New York line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars ____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of (illegible) 1837 and sent J.M. Harthshorne Freehold N.J.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1837 $529.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mar '38 40.00__ 560.00

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by DD Addison Clerk Book C2 Vol. 4 Page 82
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555
New York, Albany
Elizabeth Walling widow of William Walling N.Y. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private.  Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars ------- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1848.  Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of June 1848 and sent to J.F. Curtis Huron N.Y. Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1858, Page 240 Vol 4
Reported
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Family Record
Births
William Walling was born Sept 29th 1757
Elisabeth Walling was born March 31st 1764
James Walling son of William and Elisabeth Walling was born April the 21st 1784
Richard Walling son of William and Elisabeth Walling was born February the 11th 1786
William Walling son of William and Elisabeth Walling was born January the 30th 1788
Anna Walling daughter of William and Elisabeth Walling was born April the 22nd 1790
George Walling son of William and Elisabeth Walling was born April the 5th 1792
Sarah Walling daughter of William and Elisabeth Walling was born July the 4th 1794
Philip Walling son of William and Elisabeth Walling was both March 13th 1797
Mary Walling daughter of William and Elisabeth Walling was born May 19th 1799
Amy Walling daughter of William and Elisabeth Walling was born March 22nd 1802
Elisabeth Walling born June the 11 1804
Joseph Walling born July the 6 1807
E. Sanderson, Printer
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April the 21 1786
James Walling son of William Walling and Elisabeth Walling was born April the 21 1784
Richard Walling son of William Walling and Elisabeth Walling was born February the 11 1786, departed this life March 9th 1823
William Walling son of William Walling and Elisabeth was born January the 31 1788
Anna Walling daughter of William Walling and Elisabeth was both April the 22 1790
E. Sanderson, Printer
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10537
NY
July 7, 1838
Eli Walling
NY
Act 7 July 38
Hon B. Green MC
H Rep (illegible)
$80
Hon. B.Green HO
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows."
State of New York County of Wayne On this 11th day of January 184X (illegible) personally appeared before the subscribed a Judge of this court in & for said county.  Elizabeth Walling a resident of the town of Lyons in this said county aged seventy nine years, who being just 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 (illegible) July 8. 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of William Walling who was a soldier in this war of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States, that his residence was in this most if not all the time during the Revolution in the State of New (crossed out: York) Jersey.  She further declares that she was married to the said William Walling in the month of June seventeen hundred & eighty three, that her husband the aforesaid William Walling died of the 2 day of May 1843, eighteen hundred & forty three, that she (illegible) 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, to wit, at the time above stated. Sworn to and subscribed on this day and year above written before (signature) Elisabeth Walling
One Amos Snyder a Judge of Wayne County Court

I certify that the above named Elizabeth Walling is a respectable person, that I consider her to be of the age represented by her and that from her great age & bodily infirmity and (illegible) and disability, she ought not in any capacity be required to appear in open court to make her declaration. Amos Snyder a Judge of the County Court

State of New York County of Wayne
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County William Walling of (illegible) in said county aged fifty five years & upwards, after being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that the above named Elizabeth Walling who is applying for a pension as the widow of William Walling was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States, is this deponent's mother & that the aforesaid William Walling was this deponent's father, that the attached family record is an exact copy of the original family record of his aforementioned father & mother that it was copied four years since in consequence of the original record being so old, worn & becoming defaced it was copied.
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to keep a true record for further use that this deponent's father aforesaid died on the 2d day of May 1843 eighteen hundred and forty three, that this deponent's mother the aforesaid Elizabeth Walling remains a widow. Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 29 day of December 1843. Wm Walling, John F Curtis Justice of the Peace

I certify that the written named William Walling who executed this written deposition is a respectable person. John F Curtis

State of New York County of Wayne Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said county Joseph Walling of Lyons in said County aged thirty six years, after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth & saith that widow Elizabeth Walling within named & who is making application for a pension as the widow of William Walling late a soldier in the war of the Revolution for United States and a pensioner of the United States is the deponent's mother & that the aforesaid William Walling was this deponent's father, that the attached family record is a true & exact copy of the old original family record of this deponent's aforesaid father & mother & their children, their family, that it had been in its present form for four years, that it was copied from the old original family record in consequence of the decayed state of that record & to preserve a true record of their ages of this deponent's aforesaid father & mother & their family for future use, that this deponent's father aforesaid died on the 2d day of May 1843 eighteen hundred & forty three & that this deponent's mother aforesaid has not since married but remains a widow. Subscribed & sworn before me this 11th day of January 1844 Joseph Walling, John F Curtis

I certify that the above names Joseph Walling is a respectable person. John F Curtis

State of New York County of Wayne Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said county Peter Loyd of Lyons in said county aged 67 years after being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he is and had been for forty years personally acquainted with the written named widow Elizabeth Walling & also with her late husband William Walling, late a pensioner of the United States, that they have always since this deponent's recollection lived together as man & wife or husband & wife & that the above & written named Joseph Walling & William Walling
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have always been called their children, their sons, that the aforesaid William Walling the late pensioner of the Unites States died on the 2d day of May 1843 eighteen hundred & forty three & that the above and written named widow Elizabeth Walling remains a widow.  Subscribed & sworn before me this 11th day of January 1844 Peter Loyd, John F Curtis.  I certify that the above named Peter Loyd is a respectable person. John F Curtis, J.P.

State of New York County of Wayne Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said County Ezekiel Price of Lyons in said County aged (illegible) eight years after being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he has for thirty years or more been acquainted with widow Elizabeth Walling whose late husband was William Walling a pensioner of the United States, that this deponent has always known them as husband & wife & that Joseph Walling & William Walling who appear as witnesses in this case have always been called their sons since this deponent's (illegible) acquaintance that the aforesaid William Walling the late pensioner & the late husband of the present applicant for a pension, to wit Elizabeth Walling, died on the 2d day of May 1843 eighteen hundred & forty three, that his widow, the aforesaid Elizabeth Walling still remains his widow.  Subscribed & sworn before me this 12th day of January 1844 Ezekiel Price, John F Curtis, J.P.  I certify that the above named Ezekiel Price is a respectable person, John F Curtis, J.P.

State of New York Wayne County Clerk's Office  I hereby certify that Amos Snyder Esq before whom the preceding declaration was sworn and whose signature appears to the (illegible) of said affidavit and the certificate appended thereto was at the date of said declaration a judge of the courts of said county duly qualified and that John F Curtis whose signatures appear to the (illegible) of the preceding affidavits was at the times of taking the said affidavits a Justice of the Peace of said county duly qualified and that the several signatures of said Judge and Justice are genuine.  Witness my hand & seal of office. January 12th 1844. Daniel Chapman Clerk of said County
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14791

William Walling
N.Y.
(illegible) 2 yr. (illegible) $80 per Ann
New Jersey State troops
Capt Pool
Col
14791

Jas M Hartshorne
Freehold N.J.
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State of New York County of Wayne
On this second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Wayne and State of New York, now sitting, William Walling, a resident of the town of Lyons in the county of Wayne and the State aforesaid, aged seventy five 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: the term of five months at the town of Freehold, Monmouth County & State of New Jersey in the month of June and the latter part, he thinks, in the year 1776, as a private and served under Capt. John Henderson of said Freehold 1st Lieutenant Teunis Vanderveer, 2d Lieutenant Elisha Walton in Colonel David Forman or Forman's Regiment all the said officers lived in Freehold aforesaid. That he served the whole of said term - that he and the company to which he belonged & the Colonel, marched the latter of June aforesaid to the City of New York, and a few days thereafter to Brooklyn or Long Island, and was in the Battle near that place called Long Island Battle, between the American troops and the British, in which Genl. Sterling was taken prisoner, by the enemy - soon after that Battle, he and the American forces retreated back to New York in the night time, where they (staid, sic) stayed three days after which he & the regiment in which he was, marched to Kingsbridge where they remained until after the Battle at New York.  They then marched to White Plains where they remained some time, and while there, a battle took place between our troops and the enemy, and that he was in the same
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shortly after the Battle, they crossed over the Hudson River to the west side and went to Haverstraw Landing, where they (staid, sic) stayed several days.  From there they retreated into the State of New Jersey, and were pursued by the enemy and at the expiration of the five months, he was discharged at the town of Freehold aforesaid, but had no written discharge.

That in the latter part of the spring in the year 1777, at the town of Freehold aforesaid he enlisted into the State Troops of New Jersey for the term of one year under Capt. Elisha Walton of the same town, and thinks David Gordon of the same place, was Lieutenant or (illegible, ensign), but which he is not positive - David Forman who was then a Colonel in the Militia, was the Colonel under whom he then served, and he was in  actual service during the whole term of the said enlistment and was principally engaged on the lines in the State of New Jersey in guarding and protecting the inhabitants - during this period of service he & the company were marched to Germantown in the State of Pennsylvania and he was in the battle at that place in October 1777 - at the expiration of the year he was discharged at Freehold aforesaid, but he no written discharge.

That from the expiration of the above mentioned year's service, to the time hereinafter mentioned where he again enlisted for a year which was in the spring of the year 1781 or 1782 and which he is not certain, he served in the Militia of the State of New Jersey, every other month excepting one month, and was in actual service - was deployed along the lines, to guard them, and to protect the inhabitants from the Tories and enemies & had frequent skirmishes with the Tories & British who came from New York & other places, in possession of the enemy - and at one time about fifteen hundred of the British and
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Tories came from near the Light house at Sandy Hook where the enemy there had possession & went into then country five or six miles plundering and carrying off the people's property & actually carried off several horses and wagons and there was considerable of a battle between them and our troops, in which he was engaged and there were several men badly wounded; during these services, he resided when not in service in Freehold aforesaid, and during the time he served under the following officers, Capt. Elisha Walton, Capt. Benjamin Van Cleef, Capt. Thomas Walling, David Gordon Lieutenant, William Van Cleef brother of Capt. Van Cleef was a Lieutenant; these are all he now recollects - he cannot state at what particular time or times he served under each or any of the said officers. David Forman was Colonel who had the command during the said services and he verily believes that during the time which intervened between the expiration of the last year's enlistment herein above mentioned and the time he enlisted for another year as hereinafter stated, he served and was in active service in the Militia as aforesaid for eighteen months and upwards.

That in the spring of the year 1781 or 1782 & which he is unable to state, he enlisted in the State Troops in the State of New Jersey at Middletown, Monmouth County and State of New Jersey, for one year and served under Capt. George Pool, who lived in Monmouth County,  Elisha Holmes of Middletown aforesaid was Colonel the other officers he does not recollect - that he was in active service guarding the shores and lives & protecting them and guarding the inhabitants from the tories and enemy - this service was during the last year of the War, and he served until he was discharged on account of the news of peace which was a short time before the term of service expired and he must have served at least nine months
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and thinks more - the declared says he served all the time during the revolutionary war, as herein before stated, as a private - that he never had any written discharge from service at any time - that he has no documentary evidence to prove his services herein before stated - that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services herein before stated by him, or to any of them.

To the Interrogatories required by the regulations of the War Department, to be propounded by the Court, to him, he the said William Walling answers as follows. To wit: To the first interrogatory, he answers that he was born in the town of Middletown Monmouth County and State of New Jersey in the year 1757, September 29th.  To the second interrogatory, he answers that he has no record of his age to his knowledge.  To the third interrogatory, he answers that when he was called into service he lived in the town of Freehold Monmouth County & State of New Jersey, except that last enlistment & then he resided in the town of Middletown County & State last mentioned - that since the revolutionary war he has lived a part of the time in Monmouth County State of New Jersey, some of the time in the town of Middletown and some of the time in the town of Freehold, and for the last twenty one years he has lived in the town of Lyons, County of Wayne and the State of New York, and that he now lives in the said town of Lyons, County and State last mentioned.  To the fourth interrogatory, he answers that he enlisted three times in the manner in his declaration
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herein before stated and the other times he was called out as he understood according to the law there in force, but cannot state exactly how.    To the fifth interrogatory, he answers and says that in the five months in 1776 there was a Captain by the name John Burrows or Burroughs who commanded a company in the same regiment in which he served and in said Burrows' company there was a Lieutenant by the name of Jonathan Forman - Burroughs afterwards went into the army for three years.  At the Battle of Germantown there was a militia regiment from Monmouth County & State of New Jersey, commanded by Col. Elisha Holmes of Middletown in that county, which he recollects, besides the regiment in which he served commanded by Col. Forman, and he has herein before stated the general circumstances of his service, as far as the at the present recollects them.  To the sixth interrogatory, he answers that he never received any written discharge from service.  To the seventh interrogatory, he states the persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood, who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution, the following (illegible): Elisha Sylvester, Abel Peace, Alexander Beard & Stephen M Palmer & Ezekiel Price.  

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declared that his name is not on the pension toll of the agency of any state.  William Walling

Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid (illegible) Court, John L Cuyler Clerk
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We, Jonathan Pendell residing in the town of Sodus
in the County of Wayne and State of New York, and
Gabriel Smith residing in the town of Lyons
county and state aforesaid, do hereby certify, that
we are well acquainted with William Walling,
who has subscribed and sworn to the above decla-
ration; that we believe him to be seventy five years
of age; that he is reputed, and believed, in the 
neighborhood where he resides to have been a sol-
dier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that
opinion.
Sworn and subscribed }
the day and year aforesaid }

Jonathan his + mark Pendell
Gabriel Smith [signature]
In the Court
John L Cuyler [signature] Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opin-
ion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War
Department, that the above named applicant
was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he 
states. And the Court further certifies, that it 
appears to them that Jonathan Pendell who has 
signed the preceding certificate, is a resident of
the town of Sodus and State of New York, and
that Gabriel Smith who has also signed the
same is a resident of the town of Lyons in
the County of Wayne and State aforesaid, and
they are both credible persons, and that their
statement is entitled to credit.
I John L Cuyler Clerk of the Court of Com-
mon Please of the County of Wayne and State of
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New York, do herby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Walling for a pension.  

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this second day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, John L Cuyler, Clerk
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State of New York, County of Wayne
Sarah Boyl residing in the town of Lyons in the said county aged seventy two years and upwards of sound mind, being duly sworn, both depose and say that she is a sister of William Walling of Lyons in said county and is well acquainted with him - that during the revolutionary war she lived in Monmouth County in the State of New Jersey at her father's - that she understood that said William Walling enlisted several times the forepart of the revolutionary war into the service as a soldier, and she well recollects of his going into the service a number of times during the war - that she has always understood, and believes, that he served at a good many different times during the said war - that she has seen him start a number of times to go into the service, and it was repeated and believed he was much in the service during the whole of the revolutionary war - the word "County" first underlined before signing & swearing to this affidavit. Subscribed and sworn this 21st day of September 1832 (illegible), Sarah Boyl
Wm Sisson First Judge of Wayne County I further certify that I am personally acquainted with Sarah Boyl the above deponent and that she is a credible witness and sustains a fair character Wm Sisson First Judge of Wayne County
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State of New York, County of Wayne, I John L Cuyler clerk of the said county do hereby certify that William Sisson before whom the written affidavit purports to have been taken before was at the day of the date  of (illegible) same First Judge of said county and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting & (illegible) believe the signature of the same to be his proper handwriting.  In testimony whereof I have hereunder set my hand & official seal of said County this Ninth day of October, Eighteen Hundred & Thirty Two John L Cuyler Clerk
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J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington D.C.
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J.L. Edwards Esq, Dear Sir, The enclosed Pension papers of William Walling, were by you returned to me for the purpose of being duly authenticated by the Clerk, which has been done.  You mentioned that the applicant's name was not found of the Rolls of Forman's Regiment and as to this, the applicant suggests, that it may be there, spelled "Wallen" instead of "Walling" - the latter being the true name, as the same has always been spelled by him & his ancestors.  He says his name is often written & spelled by other persons not acquainted with the manner in which he spells it himself, "Wallen" instead of "Walling" & he showed to me papers relative to his business, written by other persons & spelled "Wallen" & I personally know that some persons so spell his name.  

It was also objected to the papers that at the time of making his Declaration in Court, there was no certificate (or affidavit) of a Clergyman.  To obviate that objection a Clergyman's affidavit has been procured & now accompanies the papers.

Your claim that there must be some proof of the applicant's services.  The papers have been retained by me until the present time for the purpose of trying to procure proof, & efforts have been making ever since the return of the papers to do so, and several affidavits have been obtained & which accompany the other papers.  It is some time since these affidavits were obtained, & the reason why the whole were not forwarded to you upon obtaining them was an expectation of the applicant that he should be able to procure additional affidavits, from other persons - and this he had been trying to do, through his friends in New Jersey, where he lived at the time of performing the services. But he has as yet been unable to do so, and has now no expectation of being able to procure further proof of his services.  He trusts and believes, however, that the
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has has fairly and clearly established his right to a full Pension.  Although there may be some discrepancies in the affidavits of the witnesses & the declarant as to the names of officers under whom the services were performed, & the times of performing the services, yet the main fact (illegible, Viz:) the performance of the services by the applicant is established - and it cannot be reasonably expected at this distance of time, that the memory of all should correspond as to the times of service, or as to the names of officers under whom the services were performed.  I hope, sir, that a careful examination of the papers will satisfy you of the applicant's right to a full Pension.  He is old & is in need of it for the support of himself & his wife.  I have known him personally for 15 or 16 years past & believe him to be an honest man & he sustains a fair reputation for truth & veracity & honesty.  Please to let me hear the result of his application, soon as convenient, and much oblige your (illegible) Wm Sisson, Yours N.Y. March 24, 1835
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Rev 
WIDOW, & c.
File No. 19588
Elizabeth Walling 
Wid of 
William Walling
Priv Rev War
Act: Feb 2nd /48
Index: - Vol. (M, illegible), Page 312
Arrangement of 1870
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5258
Albany, N. York
Elizabeth Walling widow of William Walling who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars ------ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of April 1844 and sent to Arad Joy, Ovid N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1. Page 258
Rep?
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8203
Albany N.Y.
Elizabeth Walling widow of William Walling who as a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 2d May 1843 of Wayne Co in the State of New York who was a Priv in the Company commanded by Captain Pool of the Reg. commanded by ______________ in the N. York line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars -------- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Mar. 1844 and sen to Hon B. Green Ho Rep

Whole amount due $400.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by F.L. Swann Clerk,
Book R. Vol. 1 Page 187

Rep 19 Mar '44
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New York
Revo
William Walling 
Suspended 
let to Wm Sisson April 6, 1835
let to Hon G.H. Chapin 
May 30, 1836
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Ner Jersey Monmouth
James Yetman being duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that William Walling formerly of the said County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey enlisted in the service of the United States in the year 1776 under Capt. Elisha Walton and continued in the service one year to this deponent's knowledge and said deponent verily believes that said Walling now resides in the town of Lyons in the state of New York - deponent further saith he thinks said Walling was (illegible) in the service of the United States after that period but cannot recollect under whose command or how many months but thinks at least four months James Yetman
Sworn and subscribed before me the undesigned one of the Justices of the Peace of said County this 11th day of June 1834, Joseph Barclay
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I am D H Ellis Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth do hereby certify that Joseph Barclay before whom the written affidavit was sworn & subscribed is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duty appointed & sworn, that the signature is the proper handwriting of said Justice and that his official acts are entitled to full faith & credit. In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and office as the seal of said Court this tenth day of June A&D 1834, DH Ellis, Clerk
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5713
April 15 1844
NY
Eliza Walling
3 March 1843
$80 per an
Arad Joy
Ovid N. York

Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Ovid Seneca Co. N.Y.
April 9th 1844

Dear Sir
I respectfully (two words, illegible) to enclose a one year application for a pension, for Elizabeth Walling. I am Respectfully Your (two words, Illegible) Arad Joy
Hon J. L. Edwards
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Answer to J F Curtis Huron Wayne Co NY 
As written
J F Curtis
Huron N.Y.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February 1848, Entitled as an act making further provisions for surviving widows of the Revolution State of New York, County of Wayne.  On the 15th day of June 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Elisabeth Walling a resident of the town of Lyons in the county aforesaid aged eight four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 2d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of husbands who served during the Revolutionary War.  That she is the widow of William Walling who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution from the State of New Jersey that he served as a private cannot state positively the names of the officers he served under but thinks he served under an officer by the name of Burias Thomas Walling & Col. Jonathan Forman. That he drew a pension under the act of June 17th 1840 of Eighty Dollars per annum.  She further declares this is still a widow.  Sworn to and Subscribed before me this day and year above written.  Elisabeth Walling (her mark X) Nathan Leighton Justice of the Peace
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I certify that the written named Declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same person who drew a pension under the act of June 17th 1844 as stated by (two words illegible) of Eighty Dollars per annum, June 15th 1848 Nathan Leighton Justice of the Peace

Printed Document
STATE OF NEW YORK,
WAYNE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, ss.
I, Alexander B Williams, Clerk of said County hereby certify that Nathan Leighton Esq., before whom the annexed Declaration was taken was, at the time of taking such, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same.  And that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the (illegible) of the same to be genuine. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the 1848 County Court of the said County, this 16 day of June 
A.B. Williams Clerk
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Washington May 16 1836

Sir,
I have the honor to submit the enclosed papers & letters relating to the application of William Walling for a pension.  Will you do me the favor to examine them soon, and if the papers are defective or the proofs insufficient I should like to be informed in what (illegible) they are so.
Very respectfully,
Your (illegible) servant,
Graham H. Chapin

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
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(illegible)
Wm Walling
N York
No. 31
Margaret Walton
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County
Personally appeared before me Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County - George Pool of said county who being duly sworn and saith that he was well acquainted with William Walling, who was a private in a company commanded by Capt George Pool this deponent's father who raised a company of volunteers in the last year of the war commencing in April in the year 1782 and that they continued in service until January in 1783, for he recollects well that the said William Walling belonged to served in the said company under the said Capt Pool this deponent's being at that time about fourteen years of age, recollects it perfectly well from the fact that the said William Walling married his sister. The duties of the said company were to guard the shores of Middletown and their headquarters were at one Joel Bidle near the said shore, George Pool

Sworn to & subscribed this 30th Oct 1837 before me Judge as aforesaid by the said George Pool who is a credible person & whose statement is entitled to credit, Joseph Barclay
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ss
Personally appeared before me Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County James Yetman who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is a surviving soldier of the Revolution aged seventy eight years - that he is was well acquainted with William Walling in the Revolutionary War, and knows that the said William Walling enlisted and served in Captain Elisha Walton's company of volunteers for a term of one year commencing in April in the year 1777, and ending in April in 1778, for this deponent enlisted in the same company and served the same term of one year with the said William Walling - that the said company was in service at the time both night and day at Tintin Falls in said county.  During this tour of service they were marched to Germantown and were engaged in the battle at that place - that it was a mistake in the former affidavit of this deponent stating that the above mentioned tour was in the year 1776, and thinks that date was put down by mistake. James Yetman

Sworn & subscribed before me Judge as aforesaid Oct 30th 1837 by the said James Yetman who is a credible person & whose statement is entitled to credit, Joseph Barclay
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County, ss

I Daniel H Ellis Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County do hereby certify that Joseph Barclay before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn is a Judge of the said Court duly enrolled commissioned and qualified and that his signatures thereto are genuine.  

Witness my hand and seal of Office this thirtieth day of October A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty seven
D.H. Ellis

(imprint of an official seal)
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State of New York
County of Wayne, ss
On this second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Wayne and State of New York, now sitting, William Walling, a resident of the town of Lyons in the County of Wayne and State aforesaid, aged seventy five 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: - That he enlisted into the Continental or regular Army for the term of five months at the town of Freehold, Monmouth County & State of New Jersey in the month of June and the latter part, he thinks, in the year 1776, as a private and served under Capt. John Henderson of said Freehold - 1st Lieutenant Teunis Vanderveer, 2nd Lieutenant Elisha Walton in Colonel David Furman or Forman's Regiment all the said officers lived in Freehold aforesaid - that he served the whole of said term - that he and the company to which he belonged & the Colonel, marched the latter part of June aforesaid to the City of New York and a few days thereafter to Brooklyn or Long Island, and was in the Battle near that place, called Long Island Battle between the American Troops and the British, in which General Sterling was taken Prisoner by the enemy.  Soon after that Battle, he and the American forces retreated back to New York in the night time, where he stayed three days - after which he and the regiment in which he was, marched to Kings Bridge where they remained until after the Battle at New York.  They then marched to White Plains where they remained some time, and while there, a Battle took place between our Troops and the enemy, and that he was in the same, shortly after the Battle, they crossed over the Hudson River to the west side, and went to Haverstraw Landing, where they (staid, sic) stayed several days.  From there they retreated into the State of New Jersey, and were pursued by the enemy, and at the expiration of five months he was discharged at the town of Freehold aforesaid, but had written discharged.  That in the latter part of the spring in the year 1777 at the town
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of Freehold aforesaid, he enlisted into the State Troops of New Jersey for the term of one year under Capt. Elisha Walton of the same town and thinks David Gordon of the same place, was Lieutenant, or ensign but which he is not positive.  David Forman who was then a Colonel in the Militia, was the Colonel under whom he then served and he was in the actual service during the whole term of the said enlistment, and was principally engaged on the lines in the State of New Jersey in guarding and protecting the inhabitants, during this period of service, he and the company were marched to Germantown in the State of Pennsylvania and he was tin the Battle at that place in October 1777 at the expiration of the year he was discharged at Freehold aforesaid, but had no written discharged.  That from the expiration of the above years service to one time herein after mentioned when he again enlisted for a year, which was in the spring of the year 1781 or 1782, and which he is not certain, he served in the Militia of the State of New Jersey every other month, excepting one month, and was in actual service was employed along the lines to guard there, and to protect the inhabitants from the Tories and enemies, and had frequent skirmishes with the Tories and British who came from New York and other places, in possession of the enemy - and at one time about fifteen hundred of the British and Tories came from near the lighthouse at Sandy Hook, where the enemy there had possession and went into the country five of six miles plundering and carrying off the People's property, and actually carried off several horses and wagons and there was considerable of a Battle between them and our Troops in which he was engaged and there were several men badly wounded, during these services, he resided when not in service in Freehold aforesaid, and during the time he served under the following officers: Capt. Elisha Walton, Capt. Benjamin Van Cleef, Capt. Thomas Walling, David Gordon Lieutenant, William Van Cleef brother of Capt. Van Cleef was a Lieutenant.  These are all he now recollects - he cannot state at what particular time or times he served under each or any of the said officers.  David Forman as Colonel who
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had the command during the said services - and he verily believes that during the time which intervened between the expiration of the last year's enlistment herein above mentioned, and the time he enlisted for all other years as herein after stated, he served and was in active service in the Militia as aforesaid for eighteen months and upwards.
That in the spring of the year 1781 or 1782, and which he is unable to state, he enlisted into the State troops in the State of New Jersey, at Middletown, Monmouth County and State of New Jersey, for one year, and served under Capt. George Pool, who lived in Monmouth County, Elisha Holmes of Middletown aforesaid was Colonel - the other officers he does not recollect - that he was in active service guarding the shores and lives & protecting them and guarding the inhabitants from the Tories and enemy - this service was during the last year of the war, and he served until he was discharged on account of the news of peace which was a short time before the term of service expired and he must have served at least nine months, and thinks more - The declarant says he served all the time during the revolutionary war as herein before stated, as a private.  That he never had any written discharge - from service at any time - that he has no documentary evidence to prove his services herein before stated - that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services herein before stated by him, or to any of them.  To the Interrogatories required the regulations of the war department to be propounded by the court, to him, he the said William Walling answers as follows, To wit: To the first interrogatory, he answers that he was born in the town of Middletown, Monmouth Comity and State of New Jersey in the year 1757, September 29th. To the second interrogatory he answers that he has no record of his age, to his knowledge.  To the third interrogatory, he answers that when he was called into service he lived in the town of Freehold, Monmouth County and State of New Jersey, except that last enlistment, and then he resided in the town of Middletown, Court, County and State last mentioned - that since the revolutionary war he has lived a part of the time in Monmouth County, State of New Jersey, some of the time in the town of Middletown and some of the time in the town
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of Freehold, and for the last twenty one years he has lived in
the town of Lyons, County of Wayne and State of New York, and that
he now lives in said town of Lyons County and State [insertion] last mentioned [/insertion] [struck out] aforesaid [/struck out]
To the fourth interrogatory, he answers, that he enlisted three times
in the manner in his declaration herein before stated and the other
times he was called out as he understood according to the law then
in fore, but cannot state exactly how.
To the fifth interrogatory, he answers and says that in the five
months in 1776, there was a Captain by the name of John Burrows
or Burroughs, who commanded a Company in the same regi-
ment in which he served, and in said Burrows Company there
was a Lieutenant by the name of Jonathan Forman. Burroughs
afterwards went into the army for three years. At the Battle of
Germantown there was a Militia Regiment from Monmouth
County and Hale of New Jersey commanded by [insertion] Colonel [/insertion] Elisha Holmes of
Middletown in that County, which he recollects, beside the regi-
ment in which he served commanded by Col. Forman, and he was
herein before stated the general circumstances of his services, as 
far as he at present recollects them
To the sixth interrogatory, he answers, that he never received
any written discharge from service
To the seventh interrogatory, he states the persons to whom he is
known in his present neighbourhood, who can testify to his charac-
ter for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Rev-
olution the following Viz: Elisha Sylvester, Abel Peas, Alexander
Beard, Stephen M. Palmer & Ezekiel Price
He hereby relinquishes every Claim whatever to a pension or an-
nuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the
pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
In open Court, John L Cuyler Clerk
William Walling [signature]

We Jonathan Pendell residing in the town of Sodus in the County
of Wayne and state of New York, and Gabriel Smith residing in the 
town of Lyons County and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that we 
are well acquainted with William Walling, who has subscribed and
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sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be seventy five
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 day & year aforesaid }
Jonathan his x mark Pendell
Gabriel Smith
In open Court. John L. Cuyler Clerk.

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the in-
vestigations of the matter, and after putting the Interrogatories prescri-
bed by the War Department that the above named applicant
was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court
further Certifies that it appears to them that Jonathan Pendell, who
has signed the preceding Certificate, is a resident of the town of
Sodus and State of New York, and that Gabriel Smith who has also
signed the same is a resident of the town of Lyons in the County of
Wayne and state aforesaid, and that they are both credible
persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I John L Cuyler Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county
of Wayne and State of New York, do hereby certify [insertion] that [/insertion] the [struck out] following [/struck out]
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in
the matter of the application of William Walling for a Pension.
[hand-drawn box enclosing the word seal] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of Office this second day of October in the 
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty two
John L. Cuyler Clerk.

State of New York }
County of Wayne } ss Sarah Boyle residing in the town of Lyons in the
said county, aged seventy two years and upwards, of sound mind
being duly sworn, doth depose and say that she is the sister of William
Walling of Lyons in said County and is well acquainted with him
that during the Revolutionary war she lived in Monmouth County
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in the State of New Jersey at her father's - that she understood that said William Walling enlisted several times the forepart of the revolutionary war into the service, as a soldier, and she well recollects of his going into the service a number of times during the war, and of his being from home and going into the service a considerable part of the time during the war - that she has always understood, and believes, that he served a good many different times during the said war - that she has seen him start a number of times to go into service, and it was reputed and believed he was much in the service during the whole of the revolutionary war. Sarah Boyle
Subscribed and sworn this 21st day of September 1832 Before me Wm Sisson First Judge of Wayne County
I further certify that I am personally acquainted with Sarah Boyle the above deponent and that she is a credible witness and sustains a fair character. Duly Certified by John L Cuyler Clerk of Wayne County 9th October 1832

State of New York 
Wayne County, ss
Personally appeared before ,e. the undersigned, First Judge of the County Courts of the said County, Seba Norton, a resident of the town of Sodus in the said County a Clergyman, who being by me duly sworn, deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with William Walling, who resides in the town of Lyons in the county and State aforesaid, who has made an application for a Pension under the act of Congress entitled  "An act supplementary to the "Act for the relief of certain serving officers and soldiers of the revolution" passed June 7 1832 and who subscribed and made oath to a declaration for that purpose, before the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Wayne aforesaid in the state aforesaid in the month of October in the year 1832, that he has been so acquainted with him for eighteen years and upwards, now past; that he believe the said William Walling to be seventy five years of age, and upwards; that the said William Walling is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood, where he resides to
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have been a soldier of the Revolution, and he this deponent concurs in that opinion. Seba Norton
Subscribed and sworn this 2d day of September 1833 before me and I certify that I am well acquainted with Seba Norton the above deponent, and that he is a Clergyman residing in the town of Sodus in the County of Wayne and State of New York, that he is a credible person and his statement is entitled to full faith and credit. Wm Sisson, First Judge of Wayne County

Monmouth County, ss Personally appeared before John P Vanpelt one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said county Thomas Geron and being duly sworn saith that he served with William Walling in the revolution war as a (sic, melishamen) militiaman, and that he was a resident at that time in the township of Middletown and I further knew that we was guarding the shores from Sandy Hook up to Amboy Bay both before and after the five months service under Colonel David Forman and I served under the Colonel in (sic, Melissha) Militia after he came out of the five months service, and William Walling was with me and further this deponent saith not. Thomas Geron

Taking and subscribed before me this 26th day of January 1834 John P Vanpelt Justice of the Peace I do certify that the above named Thomas Geron is a man that may be depended upon as for truth and veracity and I have seen the witness out in the revolution myself, John P Vanpelt

I the subscriber of the Inferior Court of Common Please in and for the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey do hereby certify that John P Vanpelt whose name is signed to the above affidavit or before whom it was taken was at the time of signing the same and now is one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County duly enrolled in my office and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such and further that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the
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name signed John P. Vanpelt (above) is the proper handwriting of said Justice Vanpelt in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Freehold [SS] this twenty seventh day of January A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty four, D.H. Ellis, Clerk

Monmouth County ss Personally appeared before me the subscriber John Carhart and being duly sworn saith that he was out in the Revolution War with William Walling and that he was listed under Captain Thomas Walling in the years service to guard the Bay shores from Sandy Hook up to Browns Point in the Township of Middletown and likewise we was under Captain Elisha Walton to guard the salt works at Toms River and likewise under Captain Jonathan Pearce to guard the Bay shores in danger my self and William walling has stood together what was called a double sentry. John Carhart
Taking and subscribed before me this 24th [or 26th] day of January 1834 John Vanpelt Justice of the Peace.  I do further certify that the above named John Carhart is a respectable man and that his evidence be depended upon, John P. Vanpelt, Certified by D.H. Ellis like the preceding affidavit same day under official seal.

State of New Jersey, Monmouth County, ss, Personally appeared before me Littleton White one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County George Pool, of the township of Shrewsbury County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn agreeable to law deposeth and saith that he knows: William Walling and that he knew him the said William Walling to be a soldier in the Revolution War and that he was out in the service of his Country and at the close of the war he was under his father (as a private) George Pool deceased who was at that time a Captain in the service of the said war and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty or thereabouts he knew the said William Walling to be in the service of the said war under Capt. Thomas Walling and at the close of the war he well remembers of his said father Capt. George Pool deceased drawing the money to pay off his men and the aforesaid
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William walling was one amongst them and received his pay for his services.  George Pool

Sworn and subscribed to this 27th day of January 1834 before me Littleton White, Justice

I do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with George Pool this deponent for more than twenty two years and I have always taken him to be a man of veracity and Respectability and I never hear of any thing to the contrary by or from any person or persons whomsoever, Littleton White, Justice
Duly certified by DH Ellis Clk on 27th Jany (sic) 1834 in the same manner as the two preceding affdvts were certified, under official seal

New Jersey
Monmouth, ss
James Yetman being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that William Walling formerly of the said county of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey, enlisted in the service of the United States in the year 1776 under Capt. Elisha Walton and continued in the service one year to this deponent's knowledge, and said deponent verily believes that said William Walling now resides in the town of Lyons In the State of New York.  Deponent further saith he the said Walling was out in the service of the United States after that period but cannot recollect under whose command or how many months but thinks at least four months.  James Yetman

Sworn and subscribed before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace said county this 16th day of June 1834, Joesph Barclay

I David JH Ellis Clerk of the inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the county Monmouth do hereby certify that Joseph Barclay before whom the within [crossed out, written] affidavit was sworn and subscribed is a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county duly appointed and sworn that the signature is the proper hand
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writing of said Justice and that his official acts are entitled to full faith & credit.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand {seal} and affixed the seal of said court this seventeenth day of June A.D. 1834.  D.H. Ellis Clerk
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3  - Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 3 March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7, 1838
State of New York
County of Wayne, ss
On this 4th day of April 1844 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Elizabeth Walling a resident of the town of Lyons in this said county and State aged eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made of Congress proposed on the 3 March 1843, granting pensions to widows or persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of William Walling who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States, and that she received a pension of Eighty dollars ------ per annum under the Act of July 7th, 1838.  She further declares that she is still a widow.  Subscribed and sworn before me this 4th day of April 1844. John F Curtis, Justice of the Peace (signature) Elizabeth Walling
I certify that the above named Elizabeth Walling is a respectable person, John F Curtis, Justice of the Peace

State of New York, County of Wayne ss
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Samuel Hoyt and on being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that the above named widow, Elizabeth Walling is the identical person and widow to whom was granted a five years pension under the law of July 7, 1838 at the rate of Eighty dollars ------ per annum, and that she is still a widow.  Subscribed and sworn before me this 4th day of April 1844 (signature) Samuel Hoyt
John F Curtis, Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named Samuel Hoyt is a respectable person (signature) John F Curtis, Justice of the Peace

State of New York, County of Wayne ss
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Gardner Warren and after being duly sworn and according to law, desposeth and saith that the above named widow Elizabeth Walling is the identical person and widow to whom was granted a five years pension under the Act of July 7th 1838 at the rate of Eighty dollars ------- per annum, and that she is still a widow (signature) Gardner Warren Subscribed and sworn before me this 5th day of April 1844 John F Curtis, Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named Gardner Warren is a respectable person (signature) John F Curtis, Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Wayne County Clerks Office

I Daniel Chapman, Clerk of said County and Clerk of the courts in and for said county do hereby certify that John F Curtiss Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly qualified that his time of office commenced on the first day of January 1843, and will expire on the 31st day of December 1844(?) and that his signatures within or written are genuine.  Witness my hand & the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, April 5, 1844, David Chapman, Clerk of said County
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County, ss
Personally appeared before me William McKee a Justice of the Peace in and for (illegible) County Jacob Fline who being duly sworn saith that he is Treasurer of the State of New Jersey, that he hath examined the margin of Thomas Henderson Esq Commissioner to  settle with the militia of the County of Monmouth at the close of the revolutionary war (purporting so to be) and that he finds therein the following entries which are truly taken and copied from the said margin now in my office to wit:
No. 165, William Walling, L 15 6 8, May 1st 1784
No. 62, George Pool, L 75 0 0, May 1st 1784
Jacob Fline

Sworn before me William McKee Justice of the Peace November 1st 1839, (signature) Wm McKee

State of New Jersey:  I James D Westcott, secretary of the State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that William McKee Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and who has attested the same was at the time thereof and now is a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county of Hunterdon in said state duly appointed, confirmed and sworn, and that full faith and credit are and ought to be give to his official acts.  Given under my hand and seal of the office at the city of Trenton, in said state this first day of November AD Eighteen hundred and thirty seven (1837) (signature) James D Westcott
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State of New York
Wayne County, ss
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned First Judge of the County Courts of the said county Seba Norton, a resident of the town of Sodus in the said county, a Clergyman, who being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he is well acquainted with William Walling, who resides in the town of Lyons in the county and State aforesaid, who has made an application for a Pension under the act of Congress entitled "An act supplementary to the "Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," passed June 7, 1832, and who subscribed and made oath to a declaration for that purpose, before the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Wayne aforesaid in the state aforesaid, in the month of October in the year 1832, that he has been so acquainted with him for eighteen years and upwards now past; that he believes the said William Walling to be seventy five years of age, and upwards that the said William Walling is reputed, and believed, in the neighborhood, where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and he this deponent concurs in that opinion.  (signature) Seba Norton

Subscribed and sworn this 2d day of September 1833 before me.  And I certify that I am well acquainted with Seba Norton, the above deponent, and that he is a Clergyman, residing in the town of Sodus in the County of Wayne and State of New York, that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to full faith and credit. (signature) Wm Sisson, First Judge of Wayne County
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State of New York
County of Wayne, ss
I Cullen Foster Clerk of the said county so hereby certify that William Sussib before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, and whose signature appears to the within certificate was at the date hereof a First Judge of said county duly appointed and qualified, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature to the within certificate is  genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this eighteenth day of March 1835 (signature) Cullen Foster Clerk

[Seal appears upper left corner]
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[Postmark on front of envelope]
LYONS NY APR 27

[Addressed to]
Hon Graham H Chapin
Member of Congress
Washington City

[Stamp] FREE

[handwriting] Hon G H Chapin Hr
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Lyons April 27th 1836
Hon G.H. Chapin
Dear Sir,
I take the liberty of sending to you the enclosed papers and of requesting your assistance in  behalf of Wm Walling, an applicant for a Pension under the act of Congress of 7th June 1832 & Wm W hopes you will favor him with your assistance.
The enclosed are copies of his declaration & all the papers and affidavits heretofore sent to the War Department in support of his claims, where they may now be found.  I wish you to examine the papers and to see the Secretary of War, or (illegible) Edwards the Commission of Pensions and ascertain what the difficulty or objections is.  It does appear to me he should receive a certificate without delay.  There are some discrepancies between his declaration & forms of the affidavits among these, he states an enlistment for one year in 1777 under Capt. Elisha Walton & the affidavit of Yetman states the enlistment in 1776 under same officer.  He states that he enlisted for a year under Capt. Geo Pool (illegible) in his affidavit states that Walling & his were in the years service under Capt. Thomas Walling (Wm W says he was under Capt Walling in some of the monthly services & so states in his declaration). Geo Pool (son of Capt. George Pool) in his affidavit states that Walling was in service under his father in 1780 or thereabouts & which probably refers to the last year's service stated by Walling in his declaration.  The affidavits from New Jersey were obtained by sending this & without Wm W's having any opportunity of conferring with the deponents & it is not strange, at this late day, that they should not agree in all things with his statements but they all go to show that services were performed by Walling - tho' they may be mistaken or differ as to the periods of service, names of officers.  It is quite probably that his five mos. service stated by Walling in 1776 was in the state Troops.
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By an examination of these papers you will see the situation of the case, or rather, what the case is.  If any certificate can be obtained, I want it done, but if not, then I want to know what the difficulty is.  I will write to you again in a day or two on this subject.  I am yours most respectfully (signature) Wm Sisson
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[envelope addressed to]
Hon. Graham H. Chapin
(Member of Congress)
City of Washington DC

Postal Stamp: LYONS, NY APR 29

Stamp: FREE

Hon. G.H. Chapim, H.R.
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Lyons April 29, 1836
Dear Sir,

Last evening after writing to you, I received the enclosed certificate from Mr. Wescott Secretary of State of New Jersey.  You can see how much it proves, and will use it as you may think proper.  I am satisfied that Walling is justly entitled to a Pension & I think the War Department ought to be satisfied & issue a certificate.  You will please to see how the business stands, and advise me, soon as convenient and do all that you can properly do to assist this old soldier.  Am much obliged Yr (illegible) (signature) Wm Sisson

G.H. Chapin Esq

P.S. The first 5 mos. service was under Capt. Henderson in Col. David Forman's Regiment in 1776 (see Walling's Declaration).  It may be that the role of that Regimnent is in the War Department for I have been informed (from that source) that Walling's name does not appear on it.  Mr. W suggests that his name may have been spelled "Wallen" as some do write the name.  He states this service to have been in the continental or regular army in this he is most likely mistaken for it is most probable it was in the State Troops or militia.  I have no doubt that he performed the service in some corps. W.S.
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Freehold Nov 7th 1837
Sir
I herewith send you some additional evidence in the case of Mr. William Walling who resides in Wayne County New York, but whose services were performed in this county and whose evidence has been taken here.  In the first place he served 5 mos. in the Army in 1776 under enlistment which appeared to be admitted by your letter to the Hon. G.H. Chapin dated May 30th 1836.

He served one year under Captain Elisha Walton commencing in April 1777.  To this point the affidavit of James Yetman herewith sent, is conclusive, and his evidence is fully sustained by the fact that a large sum was paid to Elisha Walton in June 1778 just after the close of that year's services. (See Exhibit No. 31 attached to Mrs. Margaret Walton's papers.). This payment can be accounted for in no other way for Col. Holmes received all the pay except for those companies raised for a limited period.  Another instance of which is the payment to Capt. Huddy for a company during the same period.  This payment could not have been made to him for his services as Major for he had then been just promoted, and because Col. Holmes as the abstract shows, received the pay for all his officers and men (except the companies raised for a limited period either by enlistment or as volunteers).  In making the payment to him it is perfectly natural that they should call him Major, giving him his new title, although the payment was made to him on account of his company.

He also served one year 1780 under Captain Thomas Walling - see the affidavit of John Carhart, also the list of Walling's company, and the pay abstract of Col. Holmes sent to the Department in the cases of John Carhart, Joseph Walling & others.  His name is found on Capt. Walling's list, and a witness proves the service, whose evidence is fully sustained by the papers referred to.
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He also served a period of from 6 to 9 months under Capt. George Pool, as will appear by the evidence of George Pool his son, already in your office, and by the affidavit herewith sent.  This evidence is fully corroborated and sustained by the extract from Thos Henderson's margin showing a sum due him at the close of the war of riding $40 reckoned at 7/6 to the dollars, July currency.

The same margin shows conclusively that George Pool must have been an officer, for no private could have that amount due him, being $75.00.

Under all the circumstances of this case supported as it is by strong and conclusive evidence I hope you will place the name of the applicant at once upon the Pension list.  He is an unfortunate old man who lives far distant from the scene of his early troubles and who was under the necessity of sending an agent to this place for the purpose of looking for evidence for him and at this distant time after so many disappointments I hope that he may yet be cleared with the idea that his country is not ungrateful for his long and arduous services.

Please direct your communication to me
Yours with respect
J.M. Hartshorne
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Monmouth County, ss
Personally appeared before me the subscriber John Carhart and being duly sworn saith that he was out in Revolution war with William Walling and that he was listed under Captain Thomas Walling in the years served to guard the Bay Shores from Sandy Hook up to Browns Point in the Township of Middletown and likewise he was under Captain Elisha Walton to guard the Salt works at Toms River and likewise under Captain Jonathan Pearce to guard the Bay Shores in danger myself and William Walling had stood together what was called a Double Sentry. (signature) John Carhart

Taking and subscribed before me this 24th day of January 1834 John P. Vanpelt, Justice of the Peace. I do further certify that the above named John Carhart is a respectable man and that his evidence may be depended upon. (signature) John P Vanpelt

I the subscriber Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth in the state of New Jersey do hereby certify that John P Vanpelt whose name is signed to the above acknowledgement & before whom it was taken was at the time of signing the tome and now is one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly enrolled in my office and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such and further that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the name signed John P Vanpelt (above) is the proper handwriting of the said Justice Vanpelt.

[side comment] swore before whom it was taken intestament before (illegible)

In testament whereof I have herewith set my hand and affixed the seal of said Couty of Freehold this twenty seventh day of January Eighteen hundred and thirty four (signature) D H Ellis, Clerk
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Monmouth County, ss
Personally appeared before John P Vanpelt one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, Thomas Geron and being duly sworn saith that he served with William Walling in the Revolution War as a militiamen and that he was a resident at that time in the township of Middletown and I further knew that he was guarding the shores from Sandy Hook up to the Amboy Bay both before and after the five months served under Colonel David Forman and I served under the Colonel in the militia after he came out of the five months service and William Walling was with me and further this Deponent saith (signature) Thomas Heron

Taking and subscribed before me this 26th day of January 1834 John P Vanpelt Justice of the Peace. I do certify that the above named Thomas Geron is a man that may be depended upon as for saith and (illegible) and I have seen the witness out in the Revolution myself John P Vanpelt

I the subscriber Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth and state of New Jersey do hereby certify that John P Vanpelt whose name is signed to the above affidavit on before whom it was taken was at the time of signing the same and now is one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly enrolled in my office, and that full with and credit is due and ought to be give to all his official acts as such and further that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the name signed John P Vanpelt (above) is the proper hand writing of said Justice Vanpelt

In testimony therefor Ihave herewith set my hands nd affixed the seal of said Court of Freehold this twenty seventh day of January AD Eighteen hundred and thrity four (signature) D H Ellis, Clerk
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State of New Jersey, Monmouth County

Personally appeared before me-- Lyttleton) White one of the justices of the peace in and for said county--
George Pool of the Township of Shrewsbury County (?) aforesaid, who being duly sworn agreeable to Law. D(uncertain name) and Smith; that he knows; William walling; and that he knows him, the said: William Walling, to be a soldier in the Revolution War; and that he was out in the service of his country and at the close of the war he was under his father (as a private): George Pool Deceased who was at that time a captain in the Service of the said war= and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty or thereabouts he knew the said--William Walling to be in the service of the said war under captain Thomas Walling, and at the close of the war: he will remember of his said father captain George Pool Deceased drawing the money to pay off his men and the aforesaid william walling was one amongst them and received his pay for his services.

Sworn and subscribed to this 27th Day of January, 1834; before me---Lyttleton White Justice. (signed: George Pool)

I do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with George Pool: this deponent, for more than twenty-two years and I have always taken him to be a man of __ and respectability; and I never heard of anything to the contrary by or from any person or persons whomsoever. 

(signed) Lyttleton White Justice
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[Envelope]
[seal - Trenton N. J. April 21]

William Gibson, Esquire
Lyons
Wayne County
New York

1844
Honorable G. H. Chapin,  H. R.
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State of New Jersey:

I, James D. Westcott, Secretary of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that it appears from the files and records of my office that there were during the Revolutionary War, in the (?) or of the County of Monmouth in this state, such officers as colonels Samuel Forman and Asher Holmes, captains Elisha Walton and David Gordon, Lieutenant William Van Cleaf, and ensigns David Gordon, Benjamin Van Cleaf, Thomas Walling and David Forman;--that there is no record book of military commissions (verb) during the Revolutionary War in my office, and not more than twenty of such commissions recorded therein, that the names of the above named officers are not among that number, and that my office is the proper place where such record book would or ought to be were any such to exist.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at the city of Trenton, in said state, this twentieth day of april, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and thirty six (1836).

(signed) James D. Westcott
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Fees for services and certificate $3.00 which you can enclose to the Secretary and said fees per mail.  Postage Paid.

G. C. Westcott  [seal]