Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6669, Walter Christian, Va.

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(8-1776)
SERVICE
Va.
Christian, Walter
Patsey
or Martha
NUMBER 
W. 6669
CONTENTS

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75401
Virginia, R.
Patsey Christian,
widow of Walter Christian,
who was a private,
in the Virginia line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Jany, 1846. and sent to R.H. Gray of Va. 
Present.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
+ 17 June, 1844
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 135.
1 certificate. 
Retd 30

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7101
Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.
State of Virginia
County of Amherst ⎬ S.S.
On the 20th day of April Eighteen hundred and forty personally appeared before the County Court of Amherst County Patsey Christian a resident of the said County of Amherst aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress, passed July 7th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
That she is the widow of Walter Christian deceased who enlisted and served as a soldier, for the term of three years in the company commanded by Captain Rice, and the regiment commanded by Col.
Frances Taylor in the line of the State of Virginia continental
establishment and war of the Revolution. That she derived her knowledge of the services of her said husband from his repeated declarations of service whilst alive and from the fact, that a land warrant issued for the three years service of her said husband from the Registers office in Richmond Virginia, which warrant was forwarded to the General Land Office in Washington City and Land scrip or treasury certificates issued therefor to the heirs at Law of her
said husband, and from the further fact of the affidavits of Hardin Woodroof and William Lavender copies of which are herewith exhibited marked A. which she recently procured from the Executive Department of the Commonwealth of Virginia the said affidavits being the evidence upon which the said land warrant was issued. She further declares that she was lawfully married to the said Walter Christian on the 31st day of
July in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty three, that her
said husband died on the day of August 1829. That she was
married to him prior to his leaving the service aforesaid but the marriage took place previous to the 1st day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, to wit: at the time above stated. That her marriage with the said Walter Christian was solemnized on the day and year aforesaid by the Reverend __________ Saunders an officiating minister in the Episcopalin church by license issued from the clerk of the County of Cumberland where her father Thomas Walton then resided, and where the affiant was married to her said husband-- the marriage register and Bond she believes has since been destroyed by the fire which burnt down the clerks office of the said County of Cumberland and consumed many of the papers and records herein. all which will appear by the affidavits of Judith Wordson, Absalom Howl, Jacob Lagree and the certificate of the clerk of the County courts of Cumberland herewith exhibited marked B. C. & D.
Patsey Christian
+ her mark
Sworn to and subscribed in open
Court on the day & year above written
S[illegible M Garland Clk
And the said Court doth order it to be certified to the Pension office at
Washington City that it satisfactorily appears to the Court that

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Patsey Christian the within declarant is the widow of Walter Christian deceased, late of this County, who died as stated by the declarant; and that it also appears to the court, that the said Patsey Christian intermarried with the said Water prior to the 1st day of January 1794 as appears by the family register this day, provided in
Court and proved by the oath of a witness to have been kept in the
hand writing of the said Walter Christian in his family bible wherein it is recorded, that the said Walter Christian intermarried with the declarant the said Patsey on the last day of July 1783, and further more that the said Patsey Christian is a credible person
The copies of the affidavits of Hardin Woodroof and William Lavender marked A. and referred to in the foregoing Declaration, are in the record following to wit:
The affidavit of Hardin Woodroof taken this 24th day of March 1825 at the house of John Franklin in the County of Amherst before me a Justice of the peace for the said County. This affiant being first duly sworn saith that he knows that Walter Christian senr was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He is well acquainted with the said Christian and served with him in the Regiment commanded by Colo. Francis Taylor in the Virginia line on Continental establishment. That the said Christian served in Capt Rice's company and that he served three years and was honorably discharged 
Hardin Woodroof
Amherst County to wit:
Subscribed and sworn to before me a Justice of Peace for the County aforesaid this 24th March 1825
Chs. L. Barret
The affidavit of William Lavender taken this 25th day of March 1825 at the house of John Franklin in the County of Amherst before me a Justice of the peace for said County. This affiant being duly
sworn saith that he knows that Walter Christian sen. was a
soldier in the Revolution War he is well acquainted with the said
Christian and served with him in the Regiment commanded by
Colo Francis Taylor in the Virginia Line on continental establishment that the said Christian served in Capt Rices Company and that he served three years and was honourable discharged
Amherst County to wit
Subscribed and sworn to before me a Justice of the peace in the County aforesaid this 24th day of March 1825
Hill Carter
I have an acquaintance of long standing with William Lavender and
Harden Woodroof who have testified as to the service of Walter Christian. They are both men of respectability and at this time are United States pensioners. They are both men of respectability, and are entitled to the fullest confidence
with respect
David S. Garland
Executive pt.
January  10. 1840
The foregoing are true copies of papers filed in this department
Wm. H. Richardson Secy comth