Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6424, John Walton, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey

Walton, John
Margaret

NUMBER
W. 6424
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CONTENTS
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187
New Jersey
Margaret Walton
widow of John Wallon
who died on the ---
of --- in the State of N. Jersey
who was a Captain in the --- command[ed]
by Captain Infantry of the comm[anded]
by --- in the Revolution
for 11 mos 14 days Capt Ir[?]
12 " 26 " " I[?]
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Inscribed on the Roll of Trenton
at the rate of 535 Dollars 66 
per annum, to commence on the 4" day
March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 19" day of
Nov'r 1836 and sent to
P. Vredenburgh
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Arrears to the 4th of Freehold,
Semiannual allowance ending N. J.
{ Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3'd }
Recorded by J. J. Addison Clerk,
Vol. A, Page 131
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THE NEW TESTAMENT
OF OUR
LORD and SAVIOUR
JESUS CHRIST,
Newly Translated out of the
Original Greek:
And with the former
TRANSLATIONS
Diligently Compared and Revised.
By his Majesty's Special Command,
Appointed to be Read in CHURCHES.
LONDON:
Printed by JOHN BASKETT, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty. MDCCXXXV.

[written in right margin:]
Exhibit No 34 John Headden
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No 1 Thomas Walton the son of Thomas Walton
& Rebekah his Spouse was Born
May 24th Annoq: Domini 1730 Dead [?]
in Newtown on Staten-Island
2 Mary Walton was Born Sep'br ye 30th
Annoq: Domini 1731
3 Lucy Walton was Born Jan'y 29th
Annoq: Domini 1732
4 Martha Walton was Born S'br 10th
Annoq: Domini 1734 Dead [?]
5 Elisha Walton was Born June ye 8th
Annoq: Domini 1736
6 Rebekah Walton was Born March ye 3[1?]
Annoq: Domini 1738
7 William Walton Born Nov'r ye 18th
Annoq: Domini 1739
8 Elisabeth Walton was Born S'br ye 9th
Annoq: Domini 1741
9 Sarah Walton was Born July 20th
Annoq: Domini 1743
10 John Walton was Born March ye 28[th]
Annoq: Domini 1745
11 Elisha ye Second was Born Aug't ye 24th
Annoq: Domini 1747
12 Thomas Walton ye Second was Born May 6th
Annoq: Domini 1750

[written in left margin]
John Headden Exhibit No 32
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Elizabeth Walton, Daughter of John & Margaret
Walton, Born the 3rd of December 1775.
Elisha Walton, Born August the 28th: 1777.
Forman Walton, Born June the 14th: 1779
Thomas Walton, Born August the 16th. 1781.
Rebekah Walton, Born April the 4th 1784.
Catherine Walton, Born March the 8th 1787.
Nancey Walton, Born October the 17th 1791.
William Walton, Born July the 13th 1795.

Walton, John
NJ W6424
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[This page of the Family Record is in some parts unreadable]

Thomas Walton Dyed January the 23= 1780
being 81 years old.
The Names of the Son and ...
Wiliam and ann Walton
Thomas Walton Born Jenewery th1-1770
Sel... Walton ...
Reeb... Walton Dyed December ...
Being 87 years one Month & 23 Days ...
Mary Morris Departed this
World August 26th 1806 Being
Seventy Four years eleven Months
And Twenty Days old When She ...

[bottom left]
Walton, John
N.J. W6424

[in left margin]
Exhibit No 33 John Headden
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...ice of the Quorom
[El]izabeth Lawrence the First Daughter of Elisha &
...ia Lawrence, May the First 1698. --
2 William Lawrence the First Son of Elisha & Lucia Lawrence
was Born May the First 1694 --
3 Sarah the Second Daughter of Elisha & Lucia Lawrence
was Born the Twenty  Day of January 1695
4 Hannah Lawrence the Third Daughter of Elisha &
... Lawrence was Born the Tenth day of December 1697
John Lawrence the Second Son of Elisha & Lucia Lawrence
was born the Tenth Day of of November 1699 --
Elisha Lawrence the Third Son of Elisha
and Lucia Lawrence was Born August the Twenty Eig[hth]
1701 --
Joseph Lawrence the fourth son of Elisha Lucia Law[rence]
was Born December the Seventh 1704 --
Rebeckah Lawrence the Fourth Daughter of Elisha
& Lucia Lawrence was Born November the Seventh ...
9 John Lawrence the Fifth Son of Elisha & Lucia
Lawrence Was Born January the Eight 1708
Birth's
Walton, John
NJ W6424
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Elisha Lawrence
the Elder
his marriage and
Childrens Births
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New York June 3rd 1837
Sir

In behalf of the heirs of Mrs Margaret Walton widow of John Walton dec'd I take the liberty to enclose for your examination and decision the affidavits &c in relation to the Amt's of money rec'd from the Pension Agent at Trenton N.J. and the amt paid to the heirs

Benjamin Dye of Englishtown County of Monmouth State of New Jersey, a son in law of Mrs Walton was the Acting agent to procure the powers of attorney from the different heirs saying to them that the pension amounted to only $1600 and which am't was only divided between the heirs

It is said that in order to guard against a suit at law he has placed his property out of his hands

It is also said that he retains the balance of the pension money without use untill he knows the result of this business

This is to request that the department will take the proper course to bring him to Justice for the fraud he has committed also that the heirs may receive their just proportion

I am Very Respectfuly
Your Obt Sert
Ferdinand L Wilsey
No 2 Cedar St
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ss } Personally before me John Headden one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Monmouth, Mary Mount, who being duly Sworn, Saith that she is the Sister of Margaret Walton, and that she this Deponent is 77 or 78 years of age that she recollects the time when this sister the said Margaret was Married to Capt. John Walton, before or about the commencement of the Revolutionary War, this Deponent recollects of Capt. Walton & her Sister going on horse Back from her fathers in Matchaponix, Middlesex County, to David Joneses a Baptist Minister, who solemnised the Marriage as she this Deponent was informed when they returnd with their Guest She well recollects, that the company all partook of the Entertainment provided for the occasion, and from that time the said Capt. John Walton and the said Margaret Walton lived together raised a large family of children, and the said Margaret was always reputed to be the wife of the said John Walton, to the time of his death in 1812 and that the said Margaret Walton has remained a widow ever since the death of the said John Walton.

[signed] Mary Mount

Sworn and Subscribed this first day of September 1836
before me

John Headden

[written vertically in left margin]
John Headden
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[vertical at top]
Mary Mounts Deposition

& I the said judge do hereby certify that I am not personally acquainted with the said Mary Mount but that I believe she is a credible person & her statements worth of belief & confidence

John Headden
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A R Throckmorton
Freehold
Monmouth Co.
N.J.
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State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss: On this Eighth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and forty six Personally appeared before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas now holden at Freehold in and for said County and State Anne Dey wife of Benjamin Dey, a resident of Freehold Township County and State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836.

That she is the daughter of Margaret Walton late the widow of Captain John Walton of Monmouth County to whom a pension of Four hundred and Eight Dollars per annum was granted under the foregoing act. declarant asks on behalf of herself and Forman Walton, Catharine Wilsey widow of Peter Wilsey and William Walton the other children and heirs of the said Widow, for an increase of Pension as due her for the services of her husband, the said John Walton who was a captain of Dragoons and received as she has heard and believes fifty Dollars per month, which entitled him to the highest grade of pensions, for which facts and such other information as may be desired by the commission she refers him to the Declaration of her Mother, the said Margaret Walton, on file in the pension Office, and the testimony thereto, documentary and parst [?] - Declarant claims said increase from March 4th 1831 to the 8th day of November 1836.

Ann Dey

Sworn and subscribed in open Court, the day and year first aforesaid
Before me
Thos C. Throckmorton
Judge
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State of New Jersey

I Charles G McChesney Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey
do hereby certify that Thomas C Throckmorton Esquire before whom the
foregoing declaration of Ann Dey was made and taken was at the time of the doing thereof, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth in said State duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations and that the signature thereto is in the proper handwriting of the said Thomas C. Throckmorton.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Trenton in said State this eighteenth day of May One thousand eight hundred and forty six.

Charles G McChesney
Sec'y of State
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County } ss:

On this twenty sixth day of April eighteen hundred and forty four, personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Monmouth, Forman Walton a resident of the Township of South Amboy in the County of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey who bring first duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the son of Capt. John Walton, who was an officer in the war of the revolution; that the said Capt. John Walton left a widow named Margaret Walton who received a pension under the Act July 4th 1836. That the said Margaret Walton is now deceased, and that the following are her only surviving children, to wit: Forman Walton this deponent, William Walton, Ann Dey wife of Benjamin Dey, and Catharine Wilsey Widow. And this Deponent on behalf of himself and the other children of the said Capt. John Walton and Margaret Walton above mentioned, doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836:

That this Deponent, and the said William Walton, Ann Dey, and Catharine Wilsey are the only surviving children of the said Margaret Walton, and that the said Margaret Walton was the widow of the said John Walton who was a Captain of Infantry and also of Cavalry in the War of the Revolution This Deponent always understood and believes that the said John Walton Served as Captain in the Militia of the County of Monmouth until the year 1781. That during the year 1781, he served as Captain of a Company
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of Infantry called "State troops" which was raised by an act of the Legislature, and continued in service for one year, and during the year 1782 he served as Captain of a Company of Cavalry called "State troops" and raised by an act of the Legislature, and continued in service for one year as this deponent always understood and believes And for further particulars in relation to such service and the proof thereof, this deponent refers to the papers of the said Margaret Walton on her application for a pension, and for further particulars of the proof of Marriage &c of Margaret Walton, he refers to the same papers.

Forman Walton

Sworn to and Subscribed before the Court of Common Pleas of said County in open Court the day & year above written The words "South Amboy" & "Middlesex" written over erasures & "in the State of New Jersey" interlined on the first page, before signing hereof

James M Andrews

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ss

I Samuel Mains Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of the children of Margaret Walton for a pension, and that James M Andrews is a Judge of the said Court duly Commissioned and Sworn, & that his signature thereto is
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the third Section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836.

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ss: On this eighth day of September Eighteen hundred & thirty six personally appeared before me John Headden one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Monmouth (the same being a court of Record) Margaret Walton a resident of the Village of Englishtown in the Township of Freehold County & State aforesaid aged Eighty one years & a few days who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836, That she is widow of the late Captain John Walton, who in the later part of June or the 1st July 1776 resided in said Township of Freehold, & then & there entered the service of the United States as an orderly Sergeant in Captain John Hendersons Company, which said Capt John Hendersons company was one of the four companies raised in Monmouth County under an ordinance of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey dated June 14, 1776, by which said ordinance 3300 men were ordered to be immediately raised to serve for five months & marched to Long Island to join the continental army, four companies from Monmouth & four companies from Middlesex to form one Battalion under the command Genl Heard Brigade General,
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Hooper or Hoop Brigade Major, Col, David Forman & Thomas Henderson Lieutenant Colonel, & for further proof this deponent refers to the printed copy of said ordinance. And this declarant further states that her said husband immediately thereafter marched with said detachment as orderly sargeant as aforesaid to Long Island & served in said Company as orderly Sergeant as aforesaid for some time & for further proof thereof she refers to Exhibit No 1 on this application, the said exhibit, being the original book kept by her said husband as orderly Sargeant. And this declarant further states, that her said husband a short time after their arrival at Long Island was created Ensign in said company & continued to serve as Ensign in said Company, in cooperation with the Continental Army, till about the 1st December following when their term of enlistment (which was for 5 months) having expired & Monmouth County being about to fall into the power of the tories, the Monmouth troops were detached into Monmouth to guard the country, & for further proof she refers to the History of the Country, & such evidence as she may be able to procure. And this deponent further States, that her said husband on the 29th January 1777 again entered the service as Ensign of Capt Kenneth Hankinsons Company, in the first regiment of Monmouth Militia, of which said company John Davis was Lieutenant & James Harbut Sargeant
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Major this deponent thinks was Asher Holmes & was in actual service in said Company doing duty as Ensign thereof till the 28th April 1777, when her said husband was duly appointed first Lieutenant of said Company & for further proof she refers to Exhibits marked No 3, 4, & 5. That during the time last aforesaid, the said Company had its head quarters at Freehold Monmouth & its general duties were to guard the County from the attacks of the Brittish & Tories, & to preserve the ascendancy of the Whigs in the County, which could then only be done by the greatest exertions of the inhabitants. And this declarant further states, that her said husband continued doing duty in said Company as 1st Lieutenant thereof till the later part of the year 1777 or the beginning of 1778, when he was duly elected Captain of said Company, & for further proof she refers to Exhibits marked No 3. & to two several receipts upon Exhibit No 5. And this deponent further states that her said husband was in actual service of the United States as Captain of said Company during the month of June 1778, & for the term of one month, which said Company with a number of others from Monmouth County were ordered up towards Trenton some time before the Battle of Monmouth, by Genl Washington & when they arrived there were put under the command of Col Morgan, & that her said husbands Company with the rest of the detachment under Morgan continued upon the right flank of the Brittish Army till after the battle of Monmouth aforesaid, And this deponent further states, that
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her said husband was in actual service as Captain of said Company during the months of February March April September & October of the same year of 1778 in tours of one month each according to the best of this deponents memory & belief. And this deponent further States, that her said husband was in actual service as captain of said Company during the month of January 1779, & she refers to Exhibit No 6, & to page 30, on Exhibit No 1, there being a charge there against one Johnson for hiring a substitute. And this deponent further states, that her said husband was in actual service as Capt of said Company during the Months of September & December 1779 in tours of one month each, according to the best of this deponents knowledge memory & belief, And this deponent further States that her said husband continued in & held the office of Captain of said Company of Militia according to the then existing Laws of New Jersey doing duty as such in conformity with the laws then in force, & whereever the exigencies of the State & the Commands of his Superiors required, from the time of his appointment as aforesaid until he was appointed a Captain of a Company raised & embodied for a limited time under Acts of the Legislature of this State for the defence of the frontiers. And this deponent further States that her said husband on the 12 June 1780, was Captain of a Company
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And as she verily believes, & if there was that the same is now lost, nor does Deponent know or believe, that any contemporaneous Entry of the precise day of her said marriage except as before stated any where exists at this time. She further States that she & her said husband made deeds to several persons during the Revolutionary War which she executed as wife of said John Walton & acknowledged before a judge, she recollects one to James Harbut. This deponent further States that her said husband died on the 25th day of January 1812 & that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed. And she further states that she is now very infirm & has not been out of her room for a year last past, & that she cannot by means of bodily infirmity attend the Court.

Margaret Walton X her mark

Sworn & subscribed before me one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said to this 8th day of September 1836. The words "fifth" erased & Eighth interlined on 1st page before sworn to, the words "to serve for five Months" on 1st page & also "men" on 1st page & also the words "& for the term of one month" interlined, & the words "from the 1st January 1781" interlined & also the words "to Exhibit No 10" & the words "possession" "in Freehold aforesaid" the words "on the 28th March 1745 interlined, "in the said Comp" interlined before sworn to, & the same being first read

John Headden

[vertically in left margin] John Headden
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State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss: And I the said John Headden the Judge before whom the forgoing declaration is made do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Margaret Walton & have been for the last ["40 years" crossed out] thirty years & upwards & have lived in the same ["neighborhood" crossed out] village with her for the last eleven years, & that she cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court, that she is now very weakly & unable to leave her room & has been so as I believe for the year last past, And I do further certify that the said Margaret Walton is a woman of good repute & a credible person & her oaths & statements entitled to belief & confidence. And I do further certify that the Exhibits marked by me Exhibits No 32, 33, & 34, are three continuous leaves taken in my presence at the request of said Margaret for the purpose of being sent to Washington on this application, from an old family Bible produced & shown to me, & that I believe the said Family Bible to be the family record & the only one of the said John & Margaret Walton, & that they contain a true record of such things as are therein contained, & I do further certify that the papers marked Exhibits by me are the same ones refered to by the said Margaret Walton, in her foregoing Declaration, & produced & shown by her at the time of making said deposition

Witness my hand this Eighth day of September Eighteen hundred & thirty six

John Headden
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March 17, 1937
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
JOHN WALTON
W. 6424
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. W. H. Simmons
Springfield
Tennessee

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of John Walton, Junior, who served in the Revolutionary War as Captain in the New Jersey troops.

The record of John Walton follows as found in pension claim, W. 6424, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

John Walton, son of Thomas and Rebekah Walton, was born March 28, 1745, on Long Island, New York.

Several years before the Revolutionary War, John Walton moved to Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, where he was living when he enlisted the latter part of June or first of July, 1776, served five months as orderly sergeant and ensign in Captain John Henderson's company, Colonel David Forman's New Jersey regiment, and was in the battles of Long Island and White Plains. He again entered the service January 29, 1777, as ensign in Captain Kenneth Hankinson's company, and was elected April 28, 1777, 1" lieutenant and served at various times, was elected captain the last of the year 1777, or first of 1778, served in Colonels Asher Holmes' and Nathaniel Scudder's New Jersey regiments, was in the battle of Monmouth under Colonel Morgan. He continued to serve as captain in the New Jersey militia until December 29, 1781, when he was appointed captain of a company of New Jersey light dragoons and was in the service until December 15, 1782.

The soldier died January 25, 1812, in Freehold Township, New Jersey.

John Walton married the latter part of 1774, or the first of the year 1775, in Matchaponix, Middlesex County, New Jersey, Margaret ___, maiden name not stated, who was born and resided there with her father (name not given). The date of her birth is not shown but she stated that she was ten years and a few days younger than her husband, John Walton.
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Pension was allowed on the application of soldier's widow, Margaret Walton, which application was executed September 8, 1836, while she was still a resident of the Village of Englishtown, Township of Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey. She died November 8 or 9, 1836.

The following names of children of John Walton and his wife, Margaret, are shown in the claim:

Elizabeth born December 3, 1775, died April 18, 1776
Elisha, " August 28, 1777
Forman, " June 14, 1779
Thomas, " August 16, 1781
Rebecca or Rebekah, " April 4, 1784
Catherine or Catharine, " March 8, 1787
Nancy or Ann, " October 17, 1791
William, " July 13, 1795

The following children survived their mother, Margaret Walton:

Forman Walton, who in 1844 was living in South Amboy, Middlesex Co., N.J.
Ann, wife of Benjamin Day, and in 1846 living in Freehold, New Jersey.
Catherine or Catharine, widow of Peter Wilsey.

In 1778, the names of Elisha Walton and Elisha I. Walton appeared officially in several deed indentures for the soldier, John Walton, in Freehold, New Jersey; further one Elisha Walton appeared, also, as captain of the Monmouth County, New Jersey militia in 1778, but relationship to soldier was not stated.

In 1836, Mary Mount, sister of the soldier's wife, Margaret, was aged seventy-seven or seventy-eight years and was a resident of Monmouth County, New Jersey.

In 1837, one Ferdinand L. Wilsey was living at #2 Cedar Street, New York City, relationship to Peter Wilsey, husband of soldier's daughter, Catherine, not shown.

The family record shows the following brothers and sisters of John Walton:

Thomas, born May 24, 1730, in Newtown on Staten Island
Mary, " September 30, 1731
Lucy, " January 29, 1732
Martha, " October 10, 1734
Elisha, " June 8, 1736
Rebekah, " March 31, 1736
William, " November 18, 1739

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Brothers and sisters of John Walton continued -

Elizabeth, born October 9, 1741
Sarah, " July 20, 1743
Elisha, 2nd " August 24, 1747
Thomas, 2nd " May 6, 175- (illegible)

The following deaths appear in the family record:

Thomas Walton died January 23, 1780, aged eighty-one years
Rebekah or Rebecca " December 30, 1793, aged eighty-seven years, one month, twenty-three days.
Mary Morris " August 20, 1806, aged seventy-four years, eleven months and twenty days.

Children of William Walton and his wife, Ann:

Thomas, born January 1, 1770
Rebeca, " April 6, 1776

The family record also shows the following children of Elisha and Lucia Lawrence:

Elizabeth Lawrence, May 1, 169- (illegible)
William " born May 1, 1694
Sarah " " Jan. 20, 1695
Hannah " " Dec. 10, 1697
John " " Nov. 10, 1699
Elisha " " Aug. 28, 1701
Joseph " " Dec. 7, 1704
Rebeckah " " Nov. 7, 1706
John " " Jan. 28, 1708

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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[left side]
1932 Aug. 15 - Hist to Mrs Helen E. Abbott MLB
1935, May 13 - Hist to Mrs Edw W Lewis [?]
(See ltr  S.23 058 William Walton)
1937- Mar 17 Hist to Mrs. W. H. Simmons

[right side]
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6424
Margaret Walton
Wid. of
John Walton
Capt. Rev. War
Act: July 4th/36, Sec. 3d
Index:-- Vol. M, Page 307
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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These papers were sent to the War Dept. Jan. 16, 1913

John Walton - W 6424
New Jersey

A mutilated regimental order addressed to (torn)--hn Walton, signed Saml Hayes, Major Comd't and dated Monmouth Co. June 18, 1782; five receipts signed David Gordon Cap, Joseph Thomson, Wm. A. Covenhoven, Elizabeth Kinsley and John Covenhoven respectively, and dated Jan. 17, 1779, June 24, 1779, June 24, 1779, July 28, 1790, and Feb 26., --, respectively; three orders signed Daniel Dey. Jas. Voorhees and John Salmon respectively
and dated - no date --, July 1, 1782, and Feb 3, 1783, and a mutilated order with signature torn off dated Aug. 9, 17-- (torn) --

These papers have been removed from this case to be forwarded to the War Dept.

M.R.

[Stamp] JAN 28 1911
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Posty & Harbert } Aff't
Exhibit No 9
John Headden

[Written downward]
Records in Monmouth
Clerks Office Book E page 74
hnderson Clk

[Written upward]
Settled
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County }

Personally Appeared Before Me Denise Denise
One of the Justices of Peace For S'd County Charles Posty
and Daniel Herbert Who Being Duly Sworn Depose and
Say That They Counted 210 Dollars for Capt John Walton Which The S'd
Capt John Walton did Owe To William Covenhoven Son [illegible] Which S'd Money
Was Tenderd To S'd Covenhoven on 15 May Last, Which He Refused To Take Given Under My Hand [illegible] Sworn Before me This 26th Day of July - 1780

Denise Denise Judge
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Belonging to the County of Mon[mouth]

[Table of 9 columns, in groups of 3]
August 31 days | September 30 days | October 31 days
L S D [pounds, shillings, pence] | L S D | L S D
20 10  9 | 19 17 6 | 20 10  9
13 .. 11 | 12 12 6 | 13 .. 11
10  1  6 | 9 15 .. | 10  3 6 
 5 16  3 | 5 12  6 |  5 16 3
 5 16  3 | 5 12  6 |  5 16 3
 5 16  3 | 5 12  6 |  5 16 3
 5 16  3 | 5 12  6 |  5 16 3
 3 12  4 | 3 10 .. |  3 12 4
 3 12  4 | 3 10 .. |  3 12 4
 3 12  4 | 3 10 .. |  3 12 4
 3 12  4 | 3 10 .. |  3 12 4
 3 12  4 | 3 10 .. |  3 12 4
 3 12  4 | 3 10 .. |  3 12 4
 3 12  4 | 3 10 .. |  3 12 4
 3 12  4 | 3 10 .. |  3 12 4
 3 12  4 | 3 10 .. |  3 12 4
 3 12  4 | 3 10 .. |  3 12 4
 3 12  4 | 3 10 [missing] | 3 12 4
 3 12  4 | 3 10 [missing] | 3 [missing]
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[Table of 9 columns, in groups of 3, presumably continued from image #30]

 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 30  4  4
 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 30  4  4
 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 30  4  4
 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 30  4  4
 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 30  4  4
 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 30  4  4
 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 30  4  4
 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 30  4  4
 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 30  4  4
 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 30  4  4
 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 30  4  4
 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 30  4  4
 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 30  4  4
 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 30  4  4
 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 30  4  4
 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 30  4  4
 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 30  4  4
 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 30  4  4
 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 30  4  4
 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 30  4  4
 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 30  4  4
 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 30  4  4
 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 30  4  4
 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 20  3  8
 3 10 .. |  1 15 .. | 19  5  0
             amount 1686  4 10
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[Monmou]th Commencing the 1st day

[Table of 9 columns in sets of 3, to right of image #30]
November 30 days | December the 15th day | Sum Totle [Total]
L S D [pounds, shillings, pence] | L S D | L S D
9 17  6 | 9 15  9 | 193 11 9
9 18  6 | 6  6  3 | 108 19 11
9 15 .. | 4 17  6 |  84 8 6
5 19  6 | 9 16  3 |  48 11 3
5 19  6 | 9 16  3 |  48 11 3
5 19  6 | 9 16  3 |  48 11 3
5 19  6 | 9 16  3 |  48 11 3
3 10 .. | 1 15 .. |  30  4 4
3 10 .. | 1 15 .. |  30  4 4
3 10 .. | 1 15 .. |  30  4 4
3 10 .. | 1 15 .. |  30  4 4
3 10 .. | 1 15 .. |  30  4 4
3 10 .. | 1 15 .. |  30  4 4
3 10 .. | 1 15 .. |  30  4 4
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Exhibit No 3:
John Headden
Page 35

Walton, John
NJ W6424
Page 36

[Ne]w Jersey
Margaret Walton
of Monmouth in the State of N. Jersey
who was a [blank] in the [blank] commanded
by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded
by [blank] in the [blank]
line for Widow of John Walton
late a Captain in the Revolution,
11 mos & 4 days of Dragoons
and 12 " 26 " of Infantry
===
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 535 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
===
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Nov'r
1836 and sent P 
Vredenburgh Freehold N. J.
===
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836 $2966.13
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '57 [missing]
[total] $3.2[missing]
Revolutionary [missing]
Act 4 July 1836
Recorded by D D Addison
Book [blank] Vol. 1 Page 156
Page 37

Exhibit No. 14
John Headden

[Written upward]
Colo'l Abraham Skinner
Commissary
of Prisners
Page 38

Monmouth July 13. 1782

Sir

I here Forward, 7 Prisners
for Exchange or as you may find
Right --- [illegible]

Josiah Valleau }
Rob't Linton } Lieut. of a Privateer.
John Bacon, Queens Rangers -
John Browning, 23 Reg't Welch Fusi:rs [Fusiliers]
Michael Cleach, one of Borgoynes [Burgoyne's] men
Mordica Starke }
Ephrandus Brewer } 3'd Jersey Regt.
of it is Consister [consistent?] with the Line of Exchange
I wish, Starke & Brewer to be Exchanged for
George Parker & David London 2 of Capt.
Huddy's men
Page 39

I send you the sum of
for the follow'g men taken with Capt.
Huddy - Reg't

James Mitchel } 
David London
John Mitchel
[illegible] Ab'r. Donnald [?]
George Parker
James Edsall -
Wm Case --- } Huddy men

John Hendrickson }
John Pellman } Militia men

Please to send me a Receipt for the men
& the money -- I wish you to Deliver the
money to the Prisners if any of them is
D[ead?] Divide the money amongst the Survivors
Page 40

I am Sr. yr: Ob't. Serv't
John Walton Cap't L't. D. [Captain, Light Dragoons]

Walton, John
N.J. W6424
Page 41

To the Roll of
Capt. Walton's
Company. see
New Jersey Mis.
Rolls-Marker
Jr N J Regt 1780
Page 42

Exhibit No 21
John Headden

Walton, John
NJ W6424

[written downward]
Artical [article] of John North
Page 43

An Article of Agreement made and
agreed upon Between Jn'o Walton Capt and
John North Both of the County of Monmouth
State of New Jersey the s'd John North is to
give the s'd Capt Walton all his years wage,
and half of his prise money arising during
the s'd Year for one Black Mair [mare] or if Disch[arged?]
Before the year the s'd North to Return
the mair [mare] to s'd Capt. Walton or pay the
Remainder of the years wages to the
And the s'd Capt. Walton to pay the wages to
the s'd North if the mare is Returned
as witness Our hand this fifth Day
of February one thousand seven hundred
and Eighty two

John Walton
John North

Sister [?] Present
Page 44

82 Hendrick
Smock
Exhibit No. 13 [?]
John Headden
Page 45

Cap't John Walton
Bo't Sep'r. 27th 1781 -
Hendrick Smock & comp'y

To 5 yd. Corderoy -- @ 15/ -- [pounds]3-15-0
To 5 yd. Morven -- @7/6 -- 1-17-6
To 2 yd. Dowla -- @4/ -- 8-
To 1 Skain Silk -- @1/6 -- 1-6
To 2 thik twist -- @1/6 -- 3-
To 40 yds. Broad binding -- @/4d -- 13-4
To 2 Do. Narrow -- @/3d -- 6
To 3/4 yd. Durant -- @5/6 -- 4-
To 1 Paper pins -- @2/ -- 2-
---
[pounds] 7-4-11
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[X through following 6 lines:]
November the 8th 1782 [?]
Received in part of Col'o Samuel Forman -- 7:10:0
March the 12th Receivd of Col'o Forman 3:15:0
Received in cash by the hand of Robert
Dan the sum of --- 15:0:0
Wages due to Capt hilday [?] --- 26:5:0
[Sum] 35:9:0 [pounds, shillings, pence]

[X through the following 9 lines:]
Gen'l David Forman D'r to Boards Lent 1200 feet
Credit for 486
Gen'l David Forman D'r for Knives L S D
and forks Seller
Paid an order to Hankison for --- 12:0:9
D'r for a Prise Taken at Egharber [Egg Harbor]
the Expence A Going to Egharber --  1:17:0
Paid the Expence a going to Egharber
the Expence a going to Trentown, and
Returning from the trial --- 6:15:0
---
October the 8th 1782 Cap't James Green L S D
D'r for Cash --- 3:0:0
D'r for some ropes --- 0:17:0
D'r for money signed at Colts Neck - 0:15:0
1782. John Chasare [?] Jr to Cash over
Paid for Caderies [?] which was to Go
[illegible] the remainder of his Sirtificate
[illegible]
Page 47

July [missing] 1782
Paid Jacob Hart one Dollar for
Bringing up the Rosam
James Morgan Entred in the Service July the 3d 1782.
James Cottrel Entred June the 25th 1782
---
John Loyd Contractor D'r for two locks for
the Use of the Stables when in Service 0:15:0
And Giting two Horses Shod at Wm Johnston:12:0
---
[the next 5 lines crossed out:]
June the 24th 1782 John Brindley D'r L S D
to one peice of Ganes [?] --- 6-0:10
D'r to one Spotted Bark Silk Hankerchief - 0:7:7
Cash Paid to Cap't Hahoon [?] by order -- 3:17:0
D'r to Money Signd at Colts Neck -- 0:15:0
---
[the next 4 lines crossed out:]
July the 10th 1782 John Hight pd for L S D
A Quantity of Turpentine -- 55:5:0
July the 23 D'r for Money overpaid -- 0:10:0
Paid 15/ Signed by Hight for a Purse -- 15:0

[written downward]
Exhibit No 24

[inverted]
John Headden
Page 48

February the 4th 1782 Jacob Brindley Entred
In the Service and Continued till the 15th
of December the Amount of his Wages -- L S D
36:12:5
The Amount of Prise Money -- 8:4:0
October 31st 1787 to Cash paid -- 1-2-6
[total] [pounds] 46..19.2

[written upward]
Exhibit No 16
John Headden

[written downward]
Money Paid
Jacob Brindley
[pounds] 46..19..2 OCJ
Page 49

[All of this X'ed out]
July 1786 paid Henry Berry for Clearing
A Meddow the Meddow Not Being
Cleared for four Years the Damige
for Not Clearing Said Meddow L-S-D
pr Year the Sum of 1 [pound]-S 1-10 pr year -- 6-0-0
November the 28th 1790 D'r for one
Quart of Spirets -- 0:1:3
Page 50

John Walton Jr.aug 1781 - 9.0 [missing]
[illegible] May 1787 3:0:0
June the 24th 1798 15:0:0
[sum] 12:0:0
Jonathan Yarman 2:5:3
[sum] 14:5:3

[written upward]
Commenc'd the 15th June 1782.
War
Exhibit No 18
John Headden

[inverted: calculations]
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State of New Jersey
To [blank] D'r
1782.
To four days Carting with a two horse team
for the use of a Detachment of Horsemen under
the command of Cap't John Walton Commenc'g
the 1st & ending the 4th of June 1782.
@ . . . 15/.
I do Certify the above Service was done for the use of my
Company -
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Exhibit No 27
John Headden
Page 53

An account of the goods sold which goods
save the property of Joseph prine and
condemned by a jury as forfeited to the
Captors Who are Simon Suidam James
Abrams & Cornelious Suidam on the 18 of
De'm 1789
1 bag Wm tone [pounds] 0-4-6
1 ox yoke 1 grate Clibes John Vanwickle 0-4-7
1 Iron Chane Simon Vanwickle 0-7-0
1 set Waggon gears John Vanwickle 1-7-0
1 Black ox Whit face James Paton 15-0-0
1 Read & Whit ox Wm tone 15-8-0
1 gray hors Joseph prine 10-10-0
1 Dark gray horse John Rue 18-3-0
Ropes Fredrick breckeless 0-5-10
1 Waggon Cap't David Gordon 25-5-0
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Exhibit No 26
John Headden
Page 55

A Bill of Cost

On a Seizure of one Yoke of Oxen a Waggon & two horses taken
by Simon Suydam James Abraham Jun in the Pression [?] of Joseph
Perrine brought before John Lloyd for Condemnation on the 11th day of December 1782 Called to Assistance Nath'l Slant & Andrew Bun[?]
Law Cost [pounds] 0..11..4
Justices fees ... 4..10..--
Constable fees ... 1..2..6
Juriors fees ... 2..5..--
[pounds] 8..8..10
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Margaret Walton
Widow of
John Walton
Admitted
Capt of Dragoons 11 mo 14 days
" of Infantry 12 " 26 "
[total] 2 years
535 66

[calculations:]
25 * 4 = 100
100/30 = 3.33
20 * 11 = 220
220/30 = 7.33
275 + 240 + 10 + 7.33 + 3.33 = 535.66
Page 57

John Walton
1776 July 0.5.0 Sergt & Ensign Capt Henderson
1777 June 29 0.3.0 Ens. & Lieut " Hankinson Ex. 3.0.15 [?]
1778 June 0.3.0 Captain " Ex. 3.5
1779 June 0.1.0 - do
Sept. 0.1.0 - do
Dec 0.1.0 - do
1780 June 1.0.0 - do Ex. 8.9.10
1782 0.11.4 do Dragoons
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[upper left is torn off]
...estigation of other
...art of the Country
inp'y
P. Vredenburgh
J. L. E[dwards] Esq.

James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City,
D. C.

With the papers of Mrs Walton I have sent
a number which do not bear directly upon her
claim, but which I have supposed may assist
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Freehold Sept 12, 1836

Dr Sir

Enclosed is an abstract from two Acts of New Jersey
Legislature - Marked Exhibit No 35.

I have also in an enclosed paper taken
the liberty of respectfully calling the attention
of the Department to the points & evidences
of Mrs Margaret Waltons application.

It is done merely with the view of facilitating
the investigation of her claim by the Department.
She is an extremely weak state of
health, as well as very poor. And unless her
claim can he acted on soon the benefits of
the Act will be lost to her.

Very resp'y y'r Ob. Serv't
P. Vredenburgh

J.L. Edwards Esq.

[calculations]
240 + 300 = 540; 540 * 5 = 2700
Page 60

Exhibit No 23

6424
Page 61

Copy of a receipt found in the case of Margaret Walton, widow of John Walton, File No 6424 admitted

This is to Certify that James Kinsley, a Soldier under Capt Joshua Hudy, was listed in the 12 months service, and was Slayn in the Block house at Toms river on the 24 day of March 1782 and left a wife and several small children, as witness my hand this 24th day of April 1783

John Walton Capt L.D.

Application is hereby made by the Sd Mary Kinsley, widdow of James Kinsley to the legislature for the Half Pay of her deceased husband

Settled

Marked Exhibit No 23 (endorsed on the back of above paper) John Headden (who was the magistrate in application for pension by Margaret Walton)

Pension Office May 20, 1882
The above is a true copy of the original

WHW

Rec'd May 20, 1882 the original paper, of which the above is a copy.

James S Kiger
Lt Col and Depy Adj Gen'l
Page 62

House of Representatives
Washington June 14. 1844

Sir

I enclose an application from Forman Walton one of the surviving children of Margaret Walton dec'd claiming an increase on the pension she rec'd under act 4 July 1836 for the services of Capt. John Walton as a Cavalry Officer, as set forth in her declaration.

In my absence from Washington you will be pleased to communicate with Mr Ab' Ray in this case.

very respectfully
Your Ob Serv.
Geo Sykes

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com' of Pensions
Page 63

Freehold nJ nov 28th
free
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
District of Columbia

[written upward]
Dec. 2d
Com'r
Margaret Walton
4 July 36
Adm'd
1187
Page 64

Freehold N. Jersey Nov'r 26 - 1836-

Sir

The Department enclosed & sent me a certificate dated 19th inst for Mrs Margaret Walton. Mrs Walton died on the 8th instant. My object in writing is to inquire who is to have the money & for instructions as to the manner of drawing up the vouchers.

It will be recollected that her claim was forwarded to the department on the 12th September 1836 perfected. It will be a hard case if the money certainly due to her under the act must be lost, because the other duties of the Pension Department rendered it impossible for it to attend sooner to her claim.

very respectfully your ob serv't
P. Vredenburgh jr

P.S. Is there any reason why her personal representatives cannot share the money
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Extracts from an act of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, passed June 7th 1780 entitled "An Act to raise and embody for a limited time six hundred and twenty four men for the defence of the frontiers of this state."

"1. Be it therefore enacted by the council and General Assembly of this state, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That there shall be immediately raised and embodied for the defence of the frontiers of this State six hundred and twenty four men exclusive of field officers to continue in service until the first day of January next unless sooner discharged, and that the said six hundred and twenty four men be enlisted and raised from the several counties of this state in the proportion following, that is to say:"

"From the County of Bergen, &c ...

"From the County of Monmouth one captain one Ensign and fifty eight non-commissioned officers and privates, including two horsemen."

"That two hundred and sixty two men of the said levy including commissioned officers and horsemen be stationed in the County of Monmouth and in the County of Middlesex on the south side of Raritoan River to be commanded by three captains, four Lieutenants and three Ensigns, and that the whole thereof shall be under the command of Col. Asher Holmes"

(over)

[light, at bottom]
The names of the officers are not mentioned in this act [illegible]
Page 66

State of New Jersey ss:

I James D. Westcott Secretary of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing are true extracts from a law of said State, passed the seventh day of June A.D. Seventeen hundred and eighty, entitled An Act to raise and embody for a limited time six hundred and twenty four men for the defence of the frontiers of this state", as taken from and compared with the original now on file in my office--

Given under my hand and seal of office at the City of Trenton this seventh day of September A.D. One thousand eight hundred & thirty six (1836).

James D. Westcott
Page 67

Extracts from an act of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, passed December 27th 1780 entitled "An Act to raise by voluntary enlistment eight hundred and twenty men for the defence of the frontiers of the State".

"1 Be it therefore enacted by the Council and General assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That eight hundred and twenty men shall be raised by voluntary enlistment and embodied for the defence of the frontiers of this State, to continue in service until the first day of January, One thousand seven hundred and eighty two, unless sooner discharged and to be stationed in the several counties in such a manner as to afford the most equal and beneficial protection to all the inhabitants on the said frontiers, and that the said eight hundred and twenty men be distributed and stationed in the different counties as follows: that is to say":

"In the County of Bergen" &c ...

"In the County of Monmouth two hundred and fifty nine men including nine commissioned officers, nine serjeants, nine corporals, and twelve horsemen; to be raised by the officers hereinafter named and divided into three companies as equally as may be; one to be commanded by Captain John Walton, Lieutenant Nathan Sheppard of the County of Cumberland, and Ensign John Morris, one to be commanded by Captain Samuel Carhart, Lieutenant John Davis of the County of Gloucester, and Ensign Matthias Johnson; and one to be commanded by Captain David Anderson of the County
Page 68

of Burlington, Lieutenant Moses Sheppard and Ensign David Imlay".
---
State of New Jersey ss:

I James D. Westcott Secretary of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing are true extracts from a law of said state, passed December twenty seventh A.D. Seventeen hundred and eighty, entitled "An Act to raise by voluntary enlistment eight hundred and twenty men for the defence of the frontiers of the state", as taken from and compared with the original now on file in my office.

Given under my hand and seal of office at the city of Trenton this seventh day of September A.D. One thousand eight hundred and thirty six - (1836)

James D. Westcott
Page 69

Cap'n John Walton -
Exhibits 35 & 36 on
Mrs Margaret Waltons
Application for a
Pension -
P. Vredenburgh jr,
Agent -
Freehold
N. Jersey.
Page 70

To the Honourable Council and assembly of the State of New Jersey now setting at Trentown

We your Petitioners inhabitants of the County of Monmouth, thinking ourselves, and the inhabitants our neighbours much aggrieved in our present situation of public affairs would with submission, beg leave to lay before your Honors some matters which we esteem ought to be taken notice of. We find that our commissaries and Quarter Masters of the Monmouth Malitia are not able to get supplys for the small number of troops stationed in this county (perhaps it may be the case, the want of money prevents then purchasing) which we humbly conceive is sound reason, but admitting that to be the case we make no doubt you will imediately order provision to be made to prevent that excuse -- but as grain and provisions have been and hope still are plenty in the County, quite sufficient not only for the support of the inhabitants, but also for the support of the malitia stationed and that may be stationed in this county, could we have a power to secure it for that purpose, but to our great mortification we do find that grain and other provisions are daily carted from the townships of Freehold, Midletown &c to the township of Shrewsberry (a noted place not only for raising of grain but likewise produce of every kind in great plenty) under a pretence of supplying the inhabitants of the said township of Shrewsberry -- but with submission to your Honors we do conceive that all produce that is purchased and taken from the different townships in this county to Shrewsberry aforesaid, is by some means conveyed to the public enemy to the United States of America.

We would beg leave to lay another matter before your Honor's in regard to our Malitia, as they are under necessity (if in case they act in their duty)
Page 71

to be frequently out upon scouts, and most commonly have to march in the night and at this season of the year, often in bad weather, when of consequence we must conclude (in order to preserve their health) they must stop at private houses in order to refresh and warm themselves, the which by the late act of Assembly passed the 11th of October 1777, we find they are forbid to do; We pray your Honor's
will take this matter into consideration and prevent the entire discouragement of our scouts, which we esteem to be the preservation of the inhabitants of our shores -- Whereas by the foregoing recited act all malitia officers when in actual service are forbid impressing any teams, horses or saddles, from which many inconveniences may arise in case of emergency -- We do most humbly conceive that the commanding officer of the Malitia, or the commanding officer of any scouting party should be impowered (if need requires) to hire waggons or horses, and upon refusal of the owner or owners to be impowered to impress them.-- giving the owner or owners proper certificates for the time they were in the service.

Monmouth County 25th February 1778.

Daniel Hendrickson, Colo.
Anke Wikoff, Legt Colo.
Asher Holmes, Major
Hendrick Van Brunt, Major
Peter Wikoff, Capt.
Samuel Carhart Capt
Richard Hartshorne, 2d. M'r
Benj'n Dennis, Capt
James Wall, Lieut
Lewis Forman
James Cop. Lieut
George Cook Adjt.
David Gordon, Ensign
William Vancleaf, Lieut

Hendrick Vanderveer, Lieut
Thomas Chadwick, Capt
Thomas Wainright Capt
Joshua Bennit Capt
Hendrick Van Brunt Jr Legt
Joseph Cosgrove 2d Leut.
John Buckelew, Ensign
James Wall 2d Lieut.
John Smock Capt
William Hillyer, Ensign
Benjamin Vancleaf Ensign
John Walton, Capt.
Page 72

Ephraim Buck Leut.
Garret Hendrickson Leut.
Jacob Fleming, Lent

Joseph Stillwell, Capt
Elisha Walton, Capt
Richard McKnight, Capt

John Lloyd A.C. of W

Endorsed "Petition from sundry inhabitants of the county of Monmouth 25th February 1778 - 1 read 2 "March."
---
State of New Jersey ss:

I James D. Westcott Secretary of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a "Petition from sundry inhabitants of the County of Monmouth to the Legislature of said State, in the year Seventeen hundred & seventy eight, as taken from & compared with the original now on file in my office.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at the City of Trenton in said State, this twenty ninth day of September AD Eighteen hundred and thirty six (1836)

James D. Westcott
Page 73

The State of New Jersey
1782. To Tho: Henderson Dr.

Jan.} 21. To a visit 1 1/2 mile and dressing wound, Prisoner -- [pounds] 0-7-6
March 1 To a visit 1 1/2 mile and bleeding Capt Walton -- 0-3--
" " To a Vomit -- Do -- 0-1-6
" 2 To a visit -- Do -- 0-1-6
" " To 12 doses fever pills -- Do -- 0-12--
" " To 1 oz fever drops -- Do -- 0-2-6
" 5. To a visit 5 miles -- Do -- 0-5--
" 13. To 6 purges for soldiers -- 0-9--
" 19. To a visit 1 1/2 mile and dressing wound with ointmt sold'r -- 0-4--
" " To 2 oz Plaster -- Do -- 0-2--
April 6. To a visit 1 1/2 mile and a purge - soldier -- 0-3--
" 9. To a visit 1 1/2 mile bleeding and a purge Do -- 0-4-6
" " To examining contusion sold'r arm & camph'td spt } oz -- 0-15-
" 24 To a visit 1 1/2 mile and vomit soldier -- 0-3-
May 6. To 4 oz Camphorated spirit Capt Walton -- 0-8-
To 1/2 oz Mercurial Ointment Do -- 0-1-6
July 13 To 1/2 oz Do -- Do -- 0-1-6
July 30 To 3 oz. eye water soldier -- 0-2-
" " To 1 oz. Mercurial ointment Do -- 0-3-
" " To 2 oz Flour Sulphur -- Do -- 0-1-
September 17. To 8 oz fever mixture, Cornet Denis 6/ and Drops 1/6 -- 0-7-6
" 19. To a visit in part & vomit Do -- 0-2-6
[sum][pounds] 5-1-6

Thomas Henderson the accountant within named being duly sworn did depose and say that he was employed by Capt John Walton who commanded the troop of Horse raised for the defence of the frontiers of Monmouth in 1782 to administer medicine to himself and his soldiers and that the articles charged in the within account excepting the first were delivered for the use of soldiers and officers of said troop that the account is just and true, and that he has never received any compensation
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[Image is blurred, only snatches can be made out]
... Thos. Henderson
...

State of New Jersey ss:

I James Westcott Secretary of the State of
New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing is a
true copy of the account of Thomas Henderson
against the State of New Jersey and 
...
of the said Tho's Henderson thereunto ...
and taken from ...
In testimony whereof ...
at the city of Trenton, in said state
... ninth day of September ...
eighteen hundred and thirty six (1836)

James Westcott
Page 75

Exhibit No 3. on Mar't Waltons application -
John Headden
Page 76

Office of the Secretary of State,
Trenton, New Jersey

State of New Jersey ss:

I James D. Westcott Secretary of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the name of "John Walton" as Ensign is subscribed (together with the signatures of other officers) to a paper dated "Monmouth County March 14th 1777" addressed "To the Honourable the Gov'r Council & Gen'l Assembly of the State of New Jersey in Legis're convened, which said paper is endorsed "Petition from Field & other officers in Monmouth -- read 4 Ap. 1777. in conference"-- as appears by the original now on file in this office.-- I also certify that it appears from a certificate of election on file in this office, dated "Freehold April 28th 1777" and signed by "Kenneth Hankinson," that "John Walton" was duly elected first Lieutenant of a company of the first Regiment of Foot Militia in the County of Monmouth, which said company was commanded by the said Kenneth Hankinson.- and I do further certify that it appears from a paper on file in this office, headed "A List of men inlisted by the several classes of the first Regiment of Monmouth Meletia to serve as soldiers during the term of nine months unless sooner discharged pursuant to a law of this State passed at Trentown the 3d day of April 1778 intitled an Act for the speedy and effectual recruiting of the four New Jersey Regiments in the service of the United States," - that four of the soldiers thus enlisted and named in the said List did belong to and were taken from the company of "Capt. John Walton".-

Given under my hand and seal of office at the city of Trenton in said State, this second day of September, Anno Domini, One thousand eight hundred and thirty six - (1836)

James Westcott
Page 77

Monmouth County Freehold Sept 10th 1836 -

Sir:

Enclosed are the Pension papers of Mrs Margaret Walton widow of Capt John Walton, She applies under the 3d Section of the Act of 4th July 1836. The attention of the Department to her case is solicited as early as its other duties will permit.

With respect to her mariage the department will percieve, that she produces 1st Her Family Bible Exhibits 32, 33 & 34, which contains a record of Births of Great Antiquity, & among others the birth & death of her Eldest Child Elizabeth who was born on the 3d December 1775 & She swears positively that she was married about a year before that period. She had also according to the said record several other children who were born before the last period of her husbands services.

It is submitted that this is as strong proof as if the precise day of her marriage had been set down. She also swears that she has no other record & the Judge certifies to the same thing.

Again, By a Certificate of the Clerk of this County appended to the proceedings it appears that she Executed & acknowledged before a judge, as wife of s'd Cap Walton, divers Conveyances of Land during & after the Revolutionary War, the attention of the department is particularly directed to the deed to Harbert, which is dated the 7th June 1777 & acknowledged on the same day by her & her husband before a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, put upon the record in 1785, & continued there ever since. Also the deed to Anderson dated in June 1778. These conveyances are perhaps Stronger Evidence than any family record."

Again we have the testimony of her sister Mrs Mount who details the circumstances of the Wedding, & also of the black woman Isabella Davis, also of Reed, Walker & Craig. The applicant

[written in left margin]
" These conveyances as also the Bible show that in those times she was called by the name of her husband which would not have been if they had not been legally married.
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trusts that the evidence will satisfy the department of the legality of her marriage before the last period of her husbands services & also of his death & of her remaining Still his widow.

With respect to the amount of her claim, she respectfully submits - That she is entitled 1st to a pro rata allowance of Captains pay in the horse from the 1st January 1782 to the 15th December 1782.

The Act by which her husband was appointed Captain of said Troop will be found in Willsons Edition of the New Jersey Laws printed in 1784, page 251, & was passed on the 29th Dec'r 1781. His appointment & the time for which he was to serve is found in the 1'st & 2'd Sections. By the 2'd Section the Governor was to issue his warrant immediately after the passing of the act to the officers therein named & by the 6th section the pay of the officers to commence from the reception of their warrants, Exhibit No 11 shows that he had Actually commanded enlisting men as early as the 11th of January 1782, & the exhibits from 11 to 30 inclusive shows that he continued as Captain till the act expired by its own limitation 15th Dec'r 1782. Also the note at the bottom of  he page 251 said Willsons Laws The same thing also appears from the testimony of Walker, & Craig. Exhibits 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, As particularly referred to.

By the Act aforesaid Section 6, & by Exhibits No 12 & 3 & by the Laws of New Jersey then in force it appears that the pay of a Cap'n in the horse, was $600 per year, & it is supposed that it is upon this principle that Thomas Egbert & Daniel Kemper upon the New Jersey Pension Roll for the County of Middlesex draw the one $576.66 & the other $600- per year. It is submitted therefore that Mrs Walton is entitled to draw for the services of her husband as Cap'n in the horse at the rate of $600 per year from the 1st January 1782 to the 15th December 1782, the same being in the language of the Act of 1832 "the amount of his full pay"
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Secondly she submits that she is entitled to draw at the rate of $480, for the ballance of the two years the same being the pay of Capt in foot.

By an act of the Legislature of this State passed Dec'r 26, 1780, entitled An Act to raise by voluntary enlistment 820 men for the defence of the frontiers of this State John Walton was created Captain by name of one of the Companies stationed in Monmouth, & by which act the persons enlisted were to serve till the 1st or 5th of January 1782. This act is referred to, in said Willsons Laws page 157, I understand also, that a copy or part of a copy of this Act certified by the Secretary of State, is among the papers of Mrs Moses Sheppard of the Township of Middletown in this County, who is now applying for a pension, & whose papers are now on the files of the Department, & to which the Department is refered #. The Editors remark Willson page 157 aforesaid as also the act itself, the testimony of Craig & Walker establish this service as also does Exhibit No 10, Which Exhibit has the figures 82 on the back probably in the hand writing of Walton, & together with the nature of the articles furnished show, that the articles were for his men. These documents & proofs it is submitted prove Cap'n Waltons services from 1st January 1781 to his taking command of the horse in January 1782.

Again by Exhibit No 8. it appears that he served a month in June & July 1780, the same also appears by the evidence of other witnesses. This will make more than the term of two years, & entitle her to draw full captain's pay in proportions as aforesaid.

In addition to this it appears by Exhibit No 3, by her own declarations, by the testimony of Mary Walker Reid, & Exhibits 6, 7, & 8, That he was elected Cap'n in the summer or fall of the year

[Written in left margin]
# I have since obtained a certificate of this act which will be found among the accompanying papers. P. V.
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1777 of a company in the first regiment of Monmouth Militia, & must inevitably have been out a great deal during the year of 1778-9-80. Major Craig specifies with great particularity the month of June 1778, at & before the battle of Monmouth, Indeed it could hardly be otherwise but that Walton should then have been out with his company. Major Craig also specifies a number of other months during which he must have been out during said last mentioned years. The same facts appear substantially from the testimony of Walker Reed & Parent. I am also informed that Mr Walker was Cap'n as early as the battle of Germantown & was with his company there, Perhaps the papers of Peter Johnson from the township of Freehold in this County now on the files of the Department, & who draws a pension under the act of 1832 may show that fact. For other Evidence of the services of said Walton as Captain the department is refered to the papers of Peter Johnson William Van Pelt John Chasey Aaron Reed John Reed Daniel Hays, & others now pensioners from this County under the act of 1832 & which are now on file at the Department. It also appears from Exhibits No 1-4, & 5. that he enlisted among the first in 1776, was orderly & ensign in the company under Henderson at Long Island, in the battles of Long Island White plains & other places, & then again early in 1777 ensign under Hankinson, then tenant, & then Cap'n in 1777- In fine that he served as an officer from the beginning to the land of the war, rising gradually from orderly to Captain & honoured repeatedly with special commands by the Legislature of his state, It is submitted therefore that his case presents a fair one for the liberal action of the department & entitles his widow to draw in the language of the act of 1832 the amount of his full pay in the New Jersey line, part of the time as Captain of horse & part of the time as Captain of foot.
All of what is respectfully submitted

P. Vredenburgh jr
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[Postmark] VENTNOR N.J. JUL 22 11 AM 1932

[Stamp]
RECEIVED JUL 23 1932
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION

HEA
Ventnor, N. J.
July 21, 1932.

Administrator
Wash D.C.

Dear Sir,

Will you kindly send me a copy of the Pension Claim Record of Captain John Walton of Monmouth County, New Jersey, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. I am anxious to get the names of his wife and children with date of birth.

very truly yours
(Mrs) Helen E. Abbott
10 S. Dorset Ave
Ventnor, N. J.
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Springfield, Tennessee
2-24-'37

Veterans Administration
Pension Bureau,

Dear Sir-

Please let me have the record (Rev War) of John Walton Jr. he was a Capt. serving with the N. Jersey troops.

Very Truly Yours
(Mrs. W. H) Frances Walton Simmons
Springfield
Tennessee

[Stamp]
RECEIVED FEB 26 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS ADM READER # 5
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State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss: Aaron F. Walker of said County being duly sworn according to Law doth depose & say, that he is now in his seventy eighth year of his age, & that he was acquainted with Cap'n John Walton whose widow Mrs Margaret Walton is now applying for a pension from the time of this deponents childhood to the time of his death, & that he recollects, that said John Walton was in the Company of Cap'n John Henderson in July 1776, & he saw said Company start for Long Island to join the American Service there, that said Company was Enlisted for five months, this deponent is of the impression that said Walton held some office in said Company, but this deponent does not recollect what this deponent has not the least doubt that said Walton served out his said time of five months, fairly in said service, this deponent having having always understood so, & never having heard any thing to the contrary. This deponent has no doubt, but that he frequently saw said Walton out on duty in the American service during the year 1777, but in what capacity this deponent cannot recollect whether as private on an officer. This deponent knows that said Walton served as captain of Militia as early in the war as the Battle of Monmouth June 1778, how much sooner this deponent does not know. Said Walton commanded a company in the 1st Regiment of Monmouth Militia, & this deponent further states that from the Battle of Monmouth till the end of the year 1781 this deponent frequently saw
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said Walton out on actual duty as Captain of said Company, in different parts of the County of Monmouth Sometimes at Freehold, sometimes along the Bay Shore, in different parts of Township of Middletown along the Shore of the ocean, & in fine in every part of the County of Monmouth, & some times in the County of Middlesex, that said John Walton was one of the most active men in the County during the war, & was almost always upon actual duty. But this deponent cannot specify the particular periods of service nor the times of their beginning & ending of said Walton; but this deponent is confident that said Walton was out on duty more than every other month during the period aforesaid, the said Walton taking great pride, in Military affairs was always among the first & most prompt upon any expedition. This deponent recollects that in January 1782 a Company of Light Dragoons was raised in said County of Monmouth which said company was Enlisted to serve for 12 months or during the War, & that Said Company was put under the Command of said John Walton, which said company was out in actual service for the year next Ensuing & all the time under the Command of said Walton, that David Rhea was the Lieutenant of said Company, & this deponent thinks one Dennise was Cornet, that the general duty of said company was to patrole in different parts of the County to guard the country from the incursions of the Bri- [British]
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tish [British] & Tories, who from their vicinity in New York were perpetually making incursions into Monmouth County plundering Robbing & murdering the inhabitants. This deponent recollects the affair of Joshua Huddy who was taken at the destruction of the Block house at Toms River in the spring of 1782, & who was hanged shortly afterwards by the refugees, the excuse given by the Brittish for that Barbarous act, was that one White had been killed by the Americans. This deponent recollects, that said White was taken by a part of said Waltons Company of Light Dragoons & was killed in injustifiably trying to make his escape either by David Rhea or John Russell who were then member of said Capt Waltons Company. This deponent was at the time of the happening of said events a member of Capt Conovers troop of horse, & the above naration of the Huddy affair is as he understood it at the time it happened or shortly after it, from members of Capt Waltons Company. This deponent recollects hearing of the marriage of said John & Margaret Walton a little time before the Revolutionary War at the time it occured, but was not present at the wedding but has no doubt of its occurrence, & the said John & Margaret Walton continued to live together in the township of Freehold in said County of Monmouth from their marriage aforesaid till the death of said John Walton which occurred this deponent thinks in the year 1812, & that said Margaret
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has resided in Freehold aforesaid ever since, & has never again been married since the death of her said husband but still remains his widow, & this deponent further states that said John Walton when he entered the service of the United States as aforesaid in 1776 he the said Walton resided in said township of Freehold.

Aaron F Walker

Sworn & subscribed at Freehold in said County this 29th August 1836 before me a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County.

John Headden

State of New Jersey Monmouth County Ss. Major James Craig of said County being duly sworn according to Law, doth depose & say, that he is now very nearly 83 years old, & has been acquainted with John Walton whose Widow Margaret Walton is now applying for a pension ever since this deponent was 10 or 11 years old, & that said Walton always resided in said Township of Freehold from the time this deponent became acquainted with him as aforesaid till his death. This deponent further states that some time in June 1776 this deponent enlisted as a private Soldier in a company of Militia raised in said County for five months under Captain John Henderson that James Van Derveer was the first Lieutenant & Elisha Walton 2d Lieutenant & the said John Walton was orderly sargeant of said Company, that this deponent & the said John Walton served, this deponent as a priv- [private]
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ate [private] & the said John Walton as Ensign part of the time & part of the time as orderly Sargeant in said Company till the five months had expired - that Shortly after this deponent had enlisted the said Company marched to Long Island & joined the Regular Army then stationed there, that when this deponent enlisted & for some time afterwards said Walton was orderly Sergeant but shortly after their arival at Long Island said Walton was made ensign in said Company & John Lane appointed orderly Sargeant This deponent being shewn Exhibit marked No 1, says that he is acquainted with said John Waltons hand writing & that he thinks the said book to be kept in the hand writing of said John Walton, & that it is the original book kept by said John Walton while serving as orderly Sargeant in said Company. This deponent further states that this deponent & the said John Walton & the said Company remained at Long Island till the battle. They then marched to Haverstraw, then to Hackensack thence to Newark, & returned into Monmouth County the 1st December 1776 when their five months had expired, David Forman was Colonel, Thomas Henderson was Lieutenant Colonel. That this deponent & his said company when at the Battle of White Plains, & were attached to the main army till the 1st Dec'r 1776, when their time of enlistment having expired, they were sent down into Monmouth County to

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 John Headden
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preserve the ascendancy of the Whigs in that County that during all the said term of five months the said John Walton served in said Company 1st as orderly Sargeant & then as Ensign till detached as aforesaid into Monmouth County at the Expiration of said five months. This deponent further States that John Walton was Ensign in Capt Kenneth Hankinson Company & served as such doing actual duty during the months of January February & March 1777, that it was only by the greatest vigillance & activity that the Whigs could preserve their ascendancy in Monmouth County. Exhibit marked No 5 being shown to this deponent he say that the name signed "John Walton" to a receipt upon the same is the proper hand writing of said John Walton. This deponent thinks, & has always understood that said Walton served [obscured] service some months in the year 1777 in said Company as Lieutenant. This deponent further States, that in the winter of 1777-1778 this deponent joined said Company of Militia, of which the said John Walton was then Captain, & this deponent was elected Ensign of said company. That Asher Holmes was Major & Nathaniel Scudder Col of said regiment, & David Forman General. That this deponent served under said Walton, & was out on actual duty without intermission until the Battle of Monmouth in June 1778, the said Walton acting as Captain during the whole of said time
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And this deponent further states, that the said John Walton served as Captain of said Company for the term of one month in said June 1778, and this deponent further states Exhibit No 31. being shew him, that he believes, & has no doubt, that said Capt John Walton was out in Actual service as Captain of said company during the months of February March April September & October of the year 1778, in the tours of one month each & also during the month of September & December 1779 in tours of one month each this deponent serving under said Walton, And this deponent further States, that he recollects of serving the months of June July & September of the year 1780, he thinks in tours of one month each. And this deponent further states that he recollects, that John Walton aforesaid, was created a Captain of Volunteers under an act of the Legislature passed Dec'r 26, 1780 entitled an act to raise by voluntary enlistment 820 for the defence of the portions to serve till the 5th January 1782, & that said Walton immediately entered upon the duties of his office, & served as said Captain of said Company for the period for which they were raised & until said Walton was created by the act of the Legislature Captain of a troop of horse in Dec'r 1781. This deponent being in the constant habit during the period aforesaid of seeing said Walton in actual command of said company. And this deponent further States that the said Walton was created by an act of the Legislature captain of a troop of horsemen to be raised & serve in Monmouth County from the 1st January 1782 till the 15th Dec'r following & that said Walton immediately entered upon

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John Headden
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the duties of his office & continued to serve therein till the 15th Decr 1782, this deponent being in the Constant habit of seeing him in actual command of said troop of horse. That David Rhea was Lieutenant of said Company & Jonathan Forman Cornet, this deponent further States, that some time before the Battle of Monmouth a number of Companies were ordered by Genl Washington to march up towards Trenton & Capt Waltons among others, & when they got there they were put under the command of Col Morgan & were marched down into Monmouth following on the Eight flank of the Brittish Army, & lay off to the right of the Brittish army under the command of Col Morgan on the day of the Battle And this deponent further states, that he has also been acquainted with the said Margaret Walton who is now applying for a pension & has been acquainted with her from his childhood upwards, and has a recollection of the said Margaret & John Walton being married during the 1st part of the Revolutionary War, & is confidant they were married before the commencement of the Revolutionary War, & that during the war & ever since till his death the said Margaret & John lived together as man & wife & were so universally always reputed in the neighborhood, & their children of which they have several always received & reputed in Society as legitimate, & that the Margaret Walton now applying for a Pension is the widow of the same John Walton who was Captain as is before detailed in this deposition, & is the same Margaret Walton who was the wife of the said John Walton at & before the commencement
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of the Revolutionary war & that the said John Walton died in 1812 & that the said Margaret has not been married again since his death but has remained his widow ever since, & this deponent further states that the said Margaret Walton is a woman of good repute & a credible person & her statement worthy of belief.

James Craig

Sworn & subscribed before me a judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County this 8th day of September 1836 the words "in a company of Militia raised in said" & the words orderly Sargeant, & the word Major, & Nathaniel Scudder Col interlined, & the words Ensign & Colonel erased before sworn to

John Headden

And I the said John Headden do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Aaron F. Walker & Major James Craig who have taken the foregoing affidavits before me the said Aaron Walkers affidavit bearing date the 29th August 1836. & that they are respectively credible persons & their oaths & statements entitled to belief & confidence.

John Headden

[Written in left margin]
John Headden
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Issabella Davies
Deposition
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ss }

Isabella Davies a Black woman residing in said County, being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that she is now Eighty Eight years of age, that she was a servent of Thomas Walton the father of Capt. John Walton, this deponent was Brought up in the family from a child, in the family of said Thomas Walton, this Deponent thinks said Capt John Walton was Married to Margaret Walton just before the Revolutionary War or at the commencement of it. She recollects of their having a home Bringing as is called at his fathers She was a Servant of the said Thomas Walton But she has since been free for forty years. This Deponent recollects that their was a Dinner provided for the ocasion and from that time the said Margaret Walton has always been reputed to be the wife of the said Capt John Walton to the time of his death, which she believes was in 1812, and that she has never Married since & still remains a widow, and that she is the same Margaret Walton who is now Applying for a pension

Issbella Davies X her mark

Taken & sworn to before me the subscriber one of the judges of the peace in & for County this 2 day of Sept. 1836

John Headden
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And I the said Judge do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the said Isabella Davis who has signed the foregoing affidavit & that she is a credible person & her oaths & statements worthy of belief & confidence

John Headden
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State of New Jersey Monmouth County Ss: William Parrent of said County being duly sworn according to Law, doth depose & say that he is upwards of 80 years old, & that he was acquainted during the Revolutionary War with Capt John Walton of said County whose widow Margaret Walton is now applying for a pension, & this deponent further states that in the latter part of the year 1777 & during the years 1778, & 1779, this deponent was constantly in the habit of seeing very frequently the said John Walton in actual service as Captain of a Company of Monmouth Militia & this deponent believes that said Walton was duly commissioned as said Captain, & served the United States as such during the period aforesaid but this deponent cannot state more specifically the periods of said Waltons service.

William Parent

Sworn & Subscribed this 31st day of August 1836 before me a justice of the peace in & for said County

William Lloyd

And I the said William Lloyd before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said William Parent & that he is a credible person & his statements entitled to belief & confidence

William Lloyd

[written in left margin]
John Headden
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And I the said John Headden after the investigation of the matter & Examination of the foregoing papers do hereby declare my opinion that the said Capt John Walton was a revolutionary Soldier & served as in the foregoing papers are stated & that the said Margret Walton is entitled to obtain the benefit of the 3d Section of the act of Congress passed 4th July 1836. Witness my hand this 8th September 1836 & my signature on the margin of the foregoing
declaration & affidavits

John Headden
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No 200.
John Walton
[pounds] 35.0.0
May 1st 1784

No 220
John Walton
[pounds] 151.14.3d
May 1st 1784.

State of New Jersey Hunterdon County ss: Charles Parker of said County being duly sworn according to Law doth depose & say that he is Treasurer of the State of New Jersey, & that the above is truly copied from the margin of the book of Thomas Henderson Esq Commissioner appointed under an act of the legislature of the State of New Jersey passed 1783, by which Act the Commissioners are required to file the margins of the Book's with the Treasurer, & which commissioners were appointed to settle the ballances due the New Jersey Militia of the Revolutionary War, which said book is now in my office but the original pay rolls cannot be found

Charles Parker

Sworn & subscribed before me a justice of the Peace this 2d day of September A.D. 1836

Sam'l. Evans J.P.
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peace in & for said County
this 2d September 1836.

State of New Jersey ss.

I James D. Westcott Secretary of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that Samuel Evans Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and who hath 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 commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his official acts.

Given under my hand and seal of office at the city of Trenton this third day of September Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thirty six.
(1836.)

James D. Westcott
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John Walton & Margaret his wife
James Herbert
} Deed Poll

An Indenture mde between John Walton of the Township of Freehold County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey & Margaret his wife Releasing to James Herbert of the Same Place for a valuable consideration all there Right to a tract of Land in said County of Monmouth & Dated the 7th day of June anno Domini one Thousand Seven hundred & seventy seven

Signed
John Walton LS
Margaret Walton LS

Signed Sealed & Delivered in the presence of
Elisha Walton
Ken Anderson Jn'r.

Be it Remembered that on the seventh day of June 1777 John Walton one of the Grantors of the within Instrument of wrighting Personally appeared Before me John Anderson one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth and acknowledged the same to be his Voluntary act and Deed. And Also Margaret Walton his wife and being privetly examined apart from her husband Acknowledged that she signed and sealed the within Instrument of her own free and Volentary will without any compulsion of her said Husband -- Acknowledged Before me

Recorded 18th Nov 1785 in Book of Deeds Folio 70 &c John Anderson Judge
Compared by
I Rhea clk

John Walton &
Margaret his wife
To
Kenneth Anderson

} Deed Indenture
This Indenture made Between John Walton of the township of Freehold County of Monmouth & State of New Jersey & Margaret his wife Conveying to Kenneth Anderson a certain Tract of Land in the County of Monmouth for the consideration of one thousand pounds curent money all there right to the above tract of Land in said County & Dated the twelfth day of June AD 1778

Signed
John Walton LS
Margaret Walton LS

Signed Sealed & Delivered in the presence of
Moss Sproul
Elisha Walton
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Acknowledged the fifth of February A.D. 1788 by the said John & Margaret his wife Before Elisha Lawrence Judge of the Pleas Recorded in Book of Deeds folio 316. 17, &c & Compared By J Rhea clk

John Walton &
Margaret his wife
To
Joseph Rue
} Quit Claim Deed
This Indenture made the twentieth day of June Eighteen hundred & one
Between John Walton of the County of Monmouth & State of New Jersey Yeoman & Margaret his wife of the first part and Joseph Rue of the County and
State aforesaid of the second Part Doth Quit claim unto said Rue a certain tract of Land in the said county aforesaid for the consideration of seventy two pounds Current Money

Signed
John Walton
Margaret Walton

Sealed & Delivered in the presence of James Egbert
Henry Perrine

Acknowledged on the twenty second day of August Eighteen hundred and one Before me by the said John and Margaret his wife -- Thomas Henderson Judge of the Pleas

Rec'd & Recorded 7th Jan'y 1802 in Book M folio 701 &c

John Walton & wife
To
Samuel Errixson
} Deed Indentured

This Indenture made the twenty 4th day of March in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred & Eight Between John Walton of the Township of Lower Freehold near Englishtown in the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey and Margaret his wife Conveying a certain Tract of Land in the Township County and State aforesaid for a valuable consideration unto Samuel Errixson of the same place aforesaid

Signed
John Walton
Margaret Walton

Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presence of
Elisha J Walton

Acknowledged the 13th day of March 1808 Before Thomas Henderson Judge &c by the said John & Margaret
Rec'd & Recorded 27th April 1808
in Book R No 262 &c
} Compared By J. Phillips clk
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I the Subscriber Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth Certify the foregoing Extracts to be correct from the Respective Records in my office of Deeds

I [sic] Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this seventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & thirty six

D H Ellis clk
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11.
State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ss. Aaron Read of said County being duly sworn according to Law doth depose & say, that he is between 80 & 81 years of age, that he was acquainted with Capt John Walton & his wife Margaret of said County for several years before the commencement of the Revolutionary War, & that during said war this deponent served under said Capt Walton who served as Captain in the Militia of Monmouth County & this deponent for a more specific naration of his services under said Walton refers to the papers of this Deponent now on the files of the pension department on this deponents application for a pension, this deponent recollect of having heard at the time of its occurrence of the marriage of said John Walton to his present widow Margaret Walton, which was a short time before the commencement of the Revolutionary War & that the said John & Margaret have ever since till his death lived together as man & wife & so been universally reputed in the neighbourhood ever since, & that their children of which they have several are universally reputed in the neighbourhood & received in Society as legitimate, & that the said Margaret has not again been Married the death of her said husband which happened in the year 1812

Sworn & subscribed this 29th August 1836 before me
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one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, the words "& his wife Margaret" interlined before Execution

Aaron Reed

John Headden

I the said John Headden do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Aaron Reed who has signed the foregoing affidavit & that he is a credible person & his statements worthy of belief & confidence

John Headden
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I the said John Headden judge as aforesaid do hereby certify that Margaret Walton used to write her name, but that at the time of her making the forgoing declaration she made her mark in consequence of her being unable from bodily infirmity & weakness to write her name. And I do hereby further certify that the forgoing papers, together with Exhibit No 1, on the application of Margaret Walton for a pension, purporting to be an orderly book & book of accounts of said John Walton (with the Exception of the Affidavit of William Parent) are the original proceedings had before me as judge as aforesaid in the Matter of the Application of Margaret Walton for a pension, & I have also ordered the said affidavit of Wm Parent to be inserted among the foregoing papers.

My hand & seal this 12th September 1836.

John Headden

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ss: I the Subscriber Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Monmouth do hereby certify that I have inspected the foregoing papers, & that John Headden before whom the foregoing Declaration was made & affidavits taken & who has signed the foregoing papers was at the respective times of the doing thereof & still is a judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas duly commissioned Sworn & enrolled in my office & that to his official act as sent full faith & credit are due & ought to be given, & I do further Certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said John Headden & that the name Signed John Headden to the foregoing Papers & on the margin of the foregoing declaration & affidavits is the genuine hand writing of the said John Headden, that the foregoing papers are the original proceedings had before the said Judge in the matter of the application of Margaret Walton for a pension, & I do further certify that William Lloyd before whom the foregoing affidavit of William Parent was taken was at the time of the doing thereof & still is a justice of the peace
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in & for said County, in & for said County duly commissioned & sworn & Enrolled in my office & that to his official acts as such full faith & credit are due & ought to be given, & that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said William Lloyd & that the name William Lloyd signed to the said affidavit of William
Parent is the proper hand writing of said William Lloyd, & that the name Signed John Headden to the several foregoing certificates & proceedings is the proper hand writing of the said John Headden & I do further certify that John Headden before whom the foregoing affidavit of Isabella Davies was taken was at the time of the doing thereof a justice of the peace duly commissioned & sworn & enrolled in my office & that to his official acts as sat full faith & credit are due & ought to be given & that the name signed John Headden to said affidavit & the certificate attached thereto, is the proper hand writing of said John Headden & the name signed William Lloyd to the Certificate attached to the affidavit of William Parent is the hand writing of the said William Lloyd.

In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Freehold in the said County this twelfth 12th day of September Anno Domini Eighteen hundred & thirty six.

D. H. Ellis Clk
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genuine; and I do hereby further certify that it has been proven to the satisfaction of the said Court, that Margaret Walton who was the widow of Capt. John Walton died on the ninth day of November eighteen hundred and thirty six, and the said Forman Walton William Walton, Ann Dey wife of Benjamin Dey, and Catharine Welsey are the only surviving children of the said Margaret Walton deceased.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Freehold this twenty third day of May eighteen hundred and forty four

Samuel Mairs Clk
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16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30.

And this deponent further States, that she thinks, but is not certain, that said troop of horse was not discharged on the said 15th Dec'r 1782, but was kept up under the authorities of New Jersey to prevent illicit trading with the Enemy then at New York, & to defend the country from incursions from New York till the Brittish army evacuated the City of New York, & she refers to a note of the Editor of Willsons Laws af'd page 251, & to such other evidence as she may procure. The whole force raised by said Act was put under the command of Samuel Hays Major. And this deponent further states that her said husband during the war & for some time after, had commissions from the proper authorities for his said officers & also possession of a large collection of other papers, but that he & his family considering them of no use have been in the habit of using them as waste paper ever since by which means & the lapse of time, his said Commissions have been lost or destroyed also all his other papers except those herein marked as exhibits. That the papers herein marked as exhibits from 1 to 30 inclusive Except No 3, have always been kept where her said husband had usually kept his papers, & have been in the possession of her said husband & herself ever since the Revolutionary War, & that the said Exhibits except Exhibit No 3 were papers belonging to her said husband & came into his hands in the course of his business as an officer during the Revolutionary war & have been in his possession & the possession of this deponent ever since that time, & this deponent further States that she has no record of her age, but she recollects that she was ten years & a few days younger than
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raised under a Law of the Legislature for a limited time for the defence of the frontiers & continued to serve as captain of said company in actual service till the 1st January 1781, & she refers to Exhibits No 8 & 9 & to such testimony as she may procure. And this deponent further States, that on the 26th Dec'r 1780 her said husband was appointed Captain of a volunteer Company, raised under an act of the Legislature of that date, entitled "An act to raise by voluntary enlistment, 820 Men for the defence of the frontiers of said State, that by said act 250 men including 12 horsemen were to be stationed in the County of Monmouth to be divided into three companies, to be raised & commanded as follows, one to be commanded by her said husband the said John Walton, & that her said husband did raise & command said company under said act, & was in Actual service under said act, till the 1st January 1782 from the 1st January 1781 as by said act was required, for a period of twelve months, & for further proof she refers to said act to Exhibit No 10 & such other proof as may be obtained. And this deponent further States that on the 29th December 1781, her said husband was appointed by an act of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey to raise & command a company of Eight Dragoons or horsemen to be raised by voluntary enlistment & to serve till the 15th December 1782 for the defence of the frontiers of this State, that by the said act, said Walton was created Captain, David Rhea Lieutenant & Jonathan Forman Cornet, & that her said husband immediately entered upon the duties of his office, & served therein till the said 15th December 1782 & for further proof she refers to said Act Willson Edition of New Jersey Laws page 251 and to Exhibits No 11, 12, 13, 14 15
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of births, & that the names of the children of the said Deponent & Capt John Walton & the date of their respective births are there correctly kept, as also the date of her said husbands birth & his brothers & sisters. And this deponent further states, that the birth of her first child viz Elizabeth Walton on the 3d December 1775, & the births of her other children Elisha Walton, Forman Walton, Thomas Walton Rebecca Walton Catharine Walton, Nancy Walton, William Walton are on the said leaves in her said family bible there correctly stated, & that the said leaves are the family record cut from her said Bible, & that the said bible has been & is the only family record of her & her said husband & that the time of her marriage is not stated therein, but she knows & is perfectly certain that the time of the birth of her said Edest [sic] Child Elizabeth is there correctly stated & that she was married about a year before the birth of her Eldest child Elizabeth aforesaid. And she further states, that she was married by one David Jones a Baptist Clergyman who then resided in the neighborhood, that she & her said husband started from her Fathers house in Matchaponix in said County of Middlesex on horse back on Sunday morning before Church & went to the said Jones & were then & there legally married by him & that they resided & lived together ever after till his death as man & wife, that said Jones is now dead, & his family scattered, that said Jones did not keep any record of Marriages that this deponent knows of & if he did, that this deponent cannot now find the same, & she believes that that no such record exists, She further States, that there was no record made in her Fathers Family record of her marriage as this deponent knows
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her said husband & consequently that she is of the age above stated, that this deponent was born at Matchaponix Middlesex County near the boundary line between Monmouth & Middlesex County, & resided there till her marriage when he removed over into the township of Freehold Monmouth County & that she has resided here ever since. That her said husband was born on Long Island in the State of New York on the 28th March 1745 but moved into the township of Freehold several years before the commencement of the Revolutionary war, that he resided in Freehold aforesaid when he entered the service in 1776, & continued to reside there, except when absent on duty during the war, till his death. This deponent further states that she was married to the said John Walton in the latter part of the year 1774 or the beginning of the year 1775, but she cannot recollect the precise day or month of her marriage. And this deponent further says, that she never made any record of her marriage in any family record or any where else, nor has any other person to this deponents knowledge & belief. And she further states, that Exhibits marked 32, 33, 34 are three continuous leaves this day torn out of her family record being an old family Bible for the purpose of being sent to Washington as Evidence on this affliction, that said family Bible belonged to her said husbands fathers family & contains a record of births of her husband, & of his brothers & sisters, & that said Bible after this deponents marriage came into the possession of her said husband & that said Bible has always been with possession of her & her said husband ever since & has always been treated & refered to as a family record & believed to be a true family record of births, & that she & her husband have made & used it as a record
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May 13, 1935.
BA-J/ILL

Mrs. Edward W. Lewis
111 North Main Street
Pennington, New Jersey.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Walton, W. 6424 and William Walton, S. 23058.

These records are furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

[handwritten]
Her letter in William Walton S. 23058.
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May 13, 1935
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JOHN WALTON
W. 6424
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Edward W. Lewis
111 North Main Street
Pennington, New Jersey

Dear Madam:

You are furnished herein the record of John Walton, as obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 6424, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

John Walton, son of Thomas and Rebekah Walton, was born March 28, 1745, on Long Island, New York.

Several years before the Revolutionary War, John Walton moved to Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, where he was living when he enlisted the latter part of June or first of July, 1776, served five months as orderly sergeant and ensign in Captain John Henderson's company, Colonel David Forman's New Jersey regiment, and was in the battles of Long Island and White Plains. He again entered the service January 29, 1777, as ensign in Captain Kenneth Hankinson's company, and was elected April 28, 1777, lieutenant and served at various times, was elected captain the last of the year 1777, or first of 1778, served in Colonels Asher Holmes and Nathaniel Scudder's New Jersey regiments, was in the battle of Monmouth under Colonel Morgan. He continued to serve as captain in the New Jersey militia until December 29, 1781, when he was appointed captain of a company of New Jersey light dragoons and was in the service until December 15, 1782.

He died January 25, 1812, in Freehold Township, New Jersey.

John Walton married the latter part of 1774 or the first of the year 1775, in Matchaponix, Middlesex County, New Jersey, Margaret ___, maiden name not stated, who was born and resided there with her father (name not given). The date of her birth is not shown but she stated that she was ten years and a few days younger than her husband, John Walton.
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Pension was allowed on the application of soldier's widow, Margaret Walton, executed September 8, 1836, while a resident of the village of Englishtown, township of Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey. She died November 8 or 9, 1836.

The names of the following children of John Walton and his wife, Margaret, are shown in the claim:

Elizabeth born December 3, 1775, died April 18, 1776
Elisha " August 28, 1777
Forman " June 14, 1779
Thomas " August 16, 1781
Rebecca or Rebekah " April 4, 1784
Catherine or Catharine " March 8, 1787
Nancy or Ann " October 17, 1791
William " July 13, 1795

The following children survived their mother, Margaret Walton:

Forman Walton, who in 1844 was living in South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
Ann, wife of Benjamin Dey, in 1846 living in Freehold, New Jersey.
Catherine or Catharine, widow of Peter Wilsey.

In 1778, the name of Elisha Walton and Elisha I. Walton appeared
as a witness in several deed indentures for the soldier, John Walton, in Freehold, New Jersey, and the name Elisha Walton appeared also as captain of the Monmouth County, New Jersey militia in 1778, but relationship to soldier was not stated.

In 1836, Mary Mount, sister of the soldier's wife, Margaret, was aged seventy-seven or seventy-eight years and was a resident of Monmouth County, New Jersey.

In 1837, one Ferdinand L. Wilsey was living at 2 Cedar Street, New York City, relationship to Peter Wilsey, husband of soldier's
daughter Catharine not shown.

The family record shows the following brothers and sisters of John Walton:

Thomas born May 24, 1730, in Newtown on Staten Island
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Brothers and sisters of John Walton continued -

Mary born September 30, 1731
Lucy " January 29, 1732
Martha " October 10, 1734
Elisha " June 8, 1736
Rebekah " March 31, 1736
William " November 18, 1739
Elizabeth born October 9, 1741
Sarah " July 20, 1743
Elisha, 2nd " August 24, 1747
Thomas, 2nd " May 6, 175- (illegible)

The following deaths appear in the family record:

Thomas Walton died January 23, 1780, aged eighty-one years
Rebekah or Rebecca " December 30, 1793, aged eighty-seven years, one month, twenty-three days.
Mary Morris " August 20, 1806, aged seventy-four years, eleven months and twenty days.

Children of William Walton and his wife, Ann:

Thomas born January 1, 1770
Rebeca " April 6, 1776

The family record also shows the following children of Elisha and Lucia Lawrence:

Elizabeth Lawrence, May 1, 169- (illegible)
William " born May 1, 1694
Sarah " " Jan. 20, 1695
Hannah " " Dec. 10, 1697
John " " Nov. 10, 1699
Elisha " " Aug. 28, 1701
Joseph " " Dec. 7, 1704
Rebeckah " " Nov. 7, 1706
John " " Jan. 28, 1708

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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August 15, 1932
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JOHN WALTON
W. 6424

Mrs. Helen E. Abbott
10 South Dorset Avenue
Ventnor, New Jersey

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to John Walton, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 6424, based upon the Revolutionary War service of John Walton.

John Walton, son of Thomas and Rebekah Walton, was born March 28, 1745, on Long Island, New York.

Several years before the Revolutionary War, John Walton moved to Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, where he was living when he enlisted the latter part of June or first of July, 1776, served five months as orderly sergeant and ensign in Captain John Henderson's company, Colonel David Forman's New Jersey regiment, and was in the battles of Long Island and White Plains. He again entered the service January 29, 1777, as ensign in Captain Kenneth Hankinson's company, and was elected April 28, 1777, 1" lieutenant and served at various times, was elected captain the last of the year 1777 or first of 1778, served in Colonels Asher Holmes and Nathaniel Scudder's New Jersey regiments, was in the battle of Monmouth under Colonel Morgan. He continued to serve as captain in the New Jersey militia until December 29, 1781, when he was appointed captain of a company of New Jersey light dragoons and was in the service until December 15, 1782.

He died January 25, 1812, in Freehold Township, New Jersey.

Soldier married the latter part of 1774 or the first of the year 1775, in Matchaponix, Middlesex County, New Jersey,
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Margaret, who was born and resided there with her father (name not given). The date of her birth is not shown but she stated that she was ten years and a few days younger than her husband, John Walton.

Pension was allowed on the application of soldier's widow, Margaret Walton, executed September 8, 1836, while a resident of the village of Englishtown, township of Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey. She died November 8 or 9, 1836.

The family record of John Walton and his wife, Margaret, shows the following children:

Elizabeth born December 3, 1775, died April 18, 1776
Elisha " August 28, 1777
Forman " June 14, 1779
Thomas " August 16, 1781
Rebecca or Rebekah " April 4, 1784
Catherine or Catharine " March 8, 1787
Nancy or Ann " October 17, 1791
William " July 13, 1795

The following children survived their mother, Margaret Walton:

Forman Walton, who in 1844 was living in South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
Ann, wife of Benjamin Dey, in 1846 living in Freehold, New Jersey.
Catherine or Catharine, widow of Peter Wilsey.

In 1778, the name of Elisha Walton and Elisha I. Walton appeared as a witness in several deed indentures for the soldier, John Walton, in Freehold, New Jersey, and the name Elisha Walton appeared also as captain of the Monmouth County, New Jersey militia in 1778, but relationship to soldier was not stated.

In 1836, Mary Mount, sister of soldier's wife, Margaret, was aged seventy-seven or seventy-eight years and a resident of Monmouth County, New Jersey.

In 1837, one Ferdinand L. Wilsey was living at 2 Cedar Street, New York City, relationship to Peter Wilsey, husband of soldier's daughter Catharine not shown.

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The family record shows the following brothers and sisters of John Walton:

Thomas born May 24, 1730, in Newtown on Staten Island
Mary " September 30, 1731
Lucy " January 29, 1732
Martha " October 10, 1734
Elisha " June 8, 1736
Rebekah " March 31, 1736
William " November 18, 1739
Elizabeth born October 9, 1741
Sarah " July 20, 1743
Elisha, 2nd " August 24, 1747
Thomas, 2nd " May 6, 175- (illegible)

The following deaths appear in the family record:

Thomas Walton died January 23, 1780, aged eighty-one years
Rebekah or Rebecca " " December 30, 1793, aged eighty-seven years, one month, twenty-three days
Mary Morris " August 20, 1806, aged seventy-four years, eleven months and twenty days

Children of William Walton and his wife, Ann:

Thomas born January 1, 1770
Rebeca " April 6, 1776

The family record also shows the following children of Elisha and Lucia Lawrence:

Elizabeth Lawrence May 1, 169- (illegible)
William " born May 1, 1694
Sarah " " Jan. 20, 1695
Hannah " " Dec. 10, 1697
John " " Nov. 10, 1699
Elisha " " Aug. 28, 1701
Joseph " " Dec. 7, 1704
Rebeckah " " Nov. 7, 1706
John " " Jan. 28, 1708

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Walton, John GRADE Private LINE New York

WARRANT NUMBER 8014 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 23, 1792
to Nicholas Everitt assignee
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*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.