Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,773, for Walter Rand, Virginia

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SERVICE NUMBER
Va. Rand, Walter W. 4,773
Mary
CONTENTS

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No. 6745. Reptd. 31. Augt, 1842
North Carolina
Mary Rand
widow of Walter Rand, decd.
who died in the year 1812
of Wake Co in the State of North Carolina
who was a private in the - commanded by Captain - of the - commanded by - in the Virginia line for

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

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of August 1842 - and sent to the Hon: 
R. M. Saunders H. of Representatives

Arrears to the 4th of Mar: 1841 $400.00
Semi=annual allowance ending

{26 Augt: 1842}
Recorded by W. M. Steuart, Clerk
Book A. Vol. 2 Page 189

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This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session, 1781, that a Certificate issued on the 27th day of September 1784, in the name of Walter Rand as a soldier of Infantry
for L56.18.6, which Certificate appears to have been delivered to
Jno. Stockdell and was given for services prior to the 1st January, 1782.

{No Seal
of
Office.}
Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this 24th day of June 1839.
Jas E Heath AUDITOR.

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State of North Carolina - Wake County Sc
On this the 20th day of August 1839, personally appeared before the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Wake & C -
Mary Rand a resident of said County aged Seventy four years (74-) 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 7, 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of Walter Rand who served as a Soldier of Infantry in the Virginia Continental line during the Revolutionary War, as will more fully appear by the annexed certificate from the Auditors Office of the Commonwealth of Virginia - she further declares that she was married to the said Walter Rand on the 13th day of February Seventeen Hundred & Eighty three (1783) that her Husband the aforesaid Walter Rand died on the 17th day of December 1812 - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen Hundred & ninety four viz at the time above stated
Sworn

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Sworn to and Subscribed on the day
and year above written before me
Mary Rand

At the same time personally appeared Johnson Russell and Isaac Hutchins - 
in open Court who being duly sworn according to law do on their oaths declare that they for many years knew Walter Rand the Husband of Mary Rand the above named applicant for a pension, that he removed to this County from the State of Virginia some fifty years ago about the year 1789 (as they have always understood & believed) where he then settled and continued to reside untill his death sometime in the latter part of the year 1812 0 that he was a worthy good citizen and always had the Reputation of having served in the Revolutionary war in the neighbourhood in which he lived

Sworn to and Subscribed in open Court
J. Russell
A. Williams C.C. I. Hutchinson

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5973
Mary Rand
wid of Walter
N.C.
Act 7 July 1838

5973

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Walton Rand was born 15 day of June A.D. 1761
Mary Parker born April 14th A.D. 1765
Walter Rand & Mary Parker were Married 13th February 1783 Eleven [illegible]
John Rand son of Walter, & Mary - born 22nd October 1786
Betsey Rand daughter of Walter & Mary - born 22nd February A.D. 1789
William Rand born 29th June A.D. 1791 - & son to the above Walter & Mary
Parker Rand (their son) born 11th August 1793
Nathaniel Green Rand (Their son) born 10th January 1796
Harrison Rand (Their son) born 29th September 1798
Molsey Rand (their daughter) born 16th January 1801

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THE NEW
Rand Son of Nathl., G. R and Pheraba Rand
STAMENT
15th day of March AD 1822
our LORD and SAVIOUR
US CHRIST,
wly TRANSLATED out of the 
GINAL GREEK,
And with the former
NSLATIONS
ntly COMPARED and REVISED.
His MAJESTY'S Special Command.
ppointed to be Read in CHURCHES.
L A Rand

EDINBURGH:
ALEXANDER KINCAID His Majesty's Printer.
MDCCLXII.

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State of North Carolina - 
At the same time and place the annexed family Record of Walter Rand taken from the old family Bible which has been in the care of Harrison Rand deceased and of Mary Rand the widow ever since his father's death who on his oath declares that the same is the family Record of his late Father Walter Rand deceased and that the whole of the said family Record is in his Father's hand writing -
Sworn to & Subscribed} Harrison Rand
in Open Court
A. Williams C.C.

State of North Carolina Sc
I Alfred Williams Clerk of the Court of pleas & quarter sessions for the County of Wake do hereby certify that the foregoing declarations & affidavits were made in open court at the present August Sessions of said Court
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my seal of office this 24th day of August 1839 AD
A. Williams C.C.

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I hereby certify, That the accompanying pages numbered from one to ten, inclusive, are truly copied from the originals
in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions, Department of War.
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Be it remembered, That James L. Edwards; who has signed the foregoing certificate, is Commissioner of Pensions; and that to his attestations full faith and credit are and ought to be given.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 
subscribed my name and caused the seal 
of the Department to be affixed, on
this twenty-ninth day of December
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and forty-one
John C. Spencer
Secretary of War.

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State of North Carolina - Wake COunty ss
This day personally appeared before us Jordan Womble & Thomas R. Debman two of the Justices of the Peace for the County and State above named William Crittenden who being duly sworn in the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God, doth on his oath declare that he is now a Pensioner of the United States that he is now in his 79th year - that he served in the Revolutionary war in the Virginia Continental line & that while in said service he knew one Walter Rand who was on the same service & served in the same Regiment with him and that he was a drummer in said service and that they served together twelve months or more & that after he quit said service he removed to North Carolina & settled on the Cape Fear River in Cumberland County and that he there became well acquainted with one William Rand who was Clerk of the County Court of Cumberland County and that the said William Rand often spoke to him of his Brother Walter Rand who was then living in Wake County, and said that his Brother Walter had served in the Virginia Continental line and the said William Rand is now dead - this deponent also states that while he was in the army the said Walter Rand often spoke to him of his Brother William Rand and the above William Rand spoken of by this Deponent is the same William Rand whom this Deponent knew in Cumberland County
Sworn to & subscribed before us this 5th day of March 1840
William Crittenden x his mark

Thos R. Debnam JP.
Jordan Womble J.P.
I Alfred Williams Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Wake County certify that Thos R. Debnam &

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Jordan Womble are Magistrates as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be theirs is genuine, In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this the 5th day of March in the year 1840
A. Williams C.C.

State of North Carolina Wake County 
This day personally appeared before me Jorden Womble and Thomas R. Debnam two of the Justices for the County & State aforesaid Parker Rand who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God doth on his oath declare that he is the son of Walter Rand late of this County decd, and Mary Rand his widow who now lives in this County, is an applicant for a pension, under the late act of Congress granting pensions to widows of deceased Soldiers - that he has often heard his Father speak of having been in the Revolutionary war in the Virginia Continental line - he stated to this affiant that he enlisted at the age of sixteen & served three years a part of the time as Drummer - that he received a ball wound in his leg at the Battle of Brandywine the scar of which he often showed this affiant that he was discharged in the winter of 1779-1780 near Philadelphia & walked home on the snow and Ice - this affiant further states that William Rand the Clerk of Cumberland County Court spoken of by William Crittenden in his deposition on this sheet was a Brother of his Father Walter Rand - This affiant further states that he would have heretofore made this same affidavit in behalf of the application of his Mother for a pension under this Act of Congress if he had supposed it necessary but not supposing it to be requisite believing that the other testimony produced was sufficient he has heretofore forbourne to give this statement

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and he now makes it for the purpose of endeavouring fully to verify the facts satisfactorily to the Pension Office
Sworn to & subscribed before us this 6th day of March 1840 A.D.
Parker Rand
Thos. R. Debuarn J.P.
Jordan Wamble J.P.

State of North Carolina
Wake County} Sct
On this the 25th day of January 1840 personally appeared before us two of the acting Justices of the Peace for the County and State aforesaid James Woodward a Citizen & Resident of said County who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God doth on his oath declare that Jesse Osborne decd. late of said County who was a Revolutionary Soldier and on the Pension Roll of North Carolina and who departed this life some time in the month of Feby. in 1839. A.D. has often told this affiant that he knew Walter Rand of this County as a Revolutionary soldier that he (the said Jesse Osborne) served with him in the old war and that the said Walter Rand was a Drummer in said service and this affiant further states that this Walter Rand of whom the said Jesse spoke was Walter Rand the Husband of the widow Mrs. Mary Rand and of this County and this affiant further states that he has heard James Deford who was an old and respectable man of this County died some eight or ten years since, that he the said James Deford was raised in Isle of Wight County Virginia in the same neighborhood with Walter Rand and that the said Walter Rand served in the Virginia Continental line with him and that he was

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Drum Major in said service and the Walter Rand of whom the said Jesse and the said James Defort was Walter Rand the Husband of the widow Mrs. Mary Rand now of this County and the said Walter was well known to this affiant many years before his death and this affiant has lived in the same neighborhood all life and is now about 48 years of age - this affiant further states that he knew Mrs. Mary Rand the widow of the said Walter Rand and that she is a very old woman upwards of seventy years old he would suppose from her appearance and he has no doubt but that she is quite as old as she states herself to be 74 and upwards she is a very respectable & worthy woman and she is the only Mary Rand a widow that has ever lived in this County to the Knowledge or belief of this affiant
James Woodward
Sworn to and
subscribed before us
Thomas G. Whitaker J.P.
Jordan Womble J.P.

State of North Carolina
Wake County} Sct
At the same time and place also personally appeared before us two of the acting Justices of the Peace for said County & State Hutchins Atkins a very old man of said County who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he was well acquainted with Walter Rand deceased late of this County who departed this life some time in the year 1812 as he now recollects that he knew the said Walter Rand before he removed from Virginia to this State

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State and ever afterwards to the day of his death that he has often heard him say that he served in the Revolutionary War in the Virginia Continental line and his name was entered on the roll at Richmond Virginia and this affiant is well acquainted with his widow Mrs. Mary Rand of this County who has lately applied for a pension that he knows her to be the same person who was the wife of the said Walter Rand as he knew her both before & since the death of her Husband the said Walter Rand that she is the only Mary Rand widow in the County of Wake or that has ever lived in said County to the knowledge, belief or recollection of this affiant and he has always lived in said County in the same neighborhood & is now upwards of seventy years of age
H. Atkins
Sworn and subscribed
before us Thos. G. Whitaker J.P.
Jordan Womble J.P.

State of North Carolina
Wake County
We the subscribers two of the acting Justices of the peace for the county & State above named do hereby certify that the affiant James Woodward is well known to us as a worthy and respectable man and is one of the Justices of the Peace for said County and we also certify that the affiant Hutchins Atkins is also well known to us and that he is a man of good moral upulation and we believe them both to be entirely worth of credit and full confidence
Given under our hands as Justices of the Peace this 25th day of January 1840 A.D. 
Jordan Womble J.P.
Thomas G. Whitaker J.P.

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State of North Carolina
Wake County} stc.
I Alfred Williams Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County and State above named do hereby certify that Thomas G. Whitaker and Jordan Womble whose names are subscribed to the foregoing affidavits and Certificate of James Woodward and Hutchins Atkins are acting Justices of the peace in and for said County and that the Signatures purporting to be theirs are their genuine signatures and full faith and credit are due and should be given to them as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
{seal} subscribed my name & affixed my seal
of Office this the 25th day of January 1840 A.D.
A. Williams C.C.

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October 7, 1938.
xxxxxx
Mrs. Jerome A. Esker BA-J/ady
107 East Main Street Walter Rand
Norwalk, Ohio W.4773

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your requests relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War, Robert Allison, William Lamkin, Peter Lamkin, Griffin Lewis Lamkin, and soldiers with the surname Rand of Wake County, North Carolina.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.

A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Robert Allison as described by you or William Lapmkin, Peter Lamkin, Griffin Lewis Lamkin, Griffin Lamkin or Lewis Lamkin, all spellings of the names searched.

The record has been found of a Walter Rand of Wake County, North Carolina, which may be of interest to you. His record follows as found in the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.4773, based upon his military service in that war.

Walter Rand was born June 15, 1761, place, and the names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, and aged sixteen years, Walter Rand enlisted and served in the Virginia troops as drummer, the names of his officers are not given, and was discharged in the winter of 1779-1780; length of service three years. He was in the battle of Brandywine where he was wounded in his leg.

About 1789 Walter Rand moved from Virginia, to Wake County, North Carolina.

He died December 17 or 19, 1812, in Wake County, North Carolina.

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Walter Rand married February 13, 1783, place not stated, Mary Parker, who was born April 14, 1765, plce, and the names of her parents are not given.

Soldier's widow, Mary Rand, applied for pension August 20, 1839, at which time she was a resident of Wake County, North Carolina. She was allowed pension.

The following names of the children of Walter and Mary Rand are shown:
John Rand born October 22, 1786.
Betsey Rand " February 22, 1789.
William Rand " June 29, 1791.
Parker Rand " August 11, 1793.
Nathaniel Greene Rand " January 18, 1796.
Harrison Rand " September 29, 1798.
Molsey Rand (daughter) " January 16, 1801.

The following family data are shown also
..... Rand, son of Nathaniel G.R. and Pheraba Rand
...... 13" day of March A. D. 1822 (edge of record torn).

Soldier's brother, William Rand, was Clerk of the Court of Cumberland County, North Carolina, after the Revolutionary War. Said William was deceased in 1840, date and places of his death, and his age not stated.
There are no further family data.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of widow's death, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and cite the following data: "Mary Rand, widow of Walter Rand, Certificate No. 6745, issued August 29, 1842, rate $80.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1836, under an Act of Congress approved August 26, 1842, North Carolina Agency".
Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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1917 Mch. 16, Hist. to Mrs. P.H. Haler C
1938 Oct. 7. Hist. to Mrs. Jerome A. Esker
1940 Mar. 27. Hist. to M- G. Young A.D.Y.

Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4773
Mary Rand
Wid.
Walter Rand
Pvt. Va. line
Act: Aug. 26"/42
Index:-Vol. M, Page 148
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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N. Carolina
Mary Rand
widow of Walter
See lets to D. W. Stone,
Oct. 25, 1839 Hon W. Mont-
gomery 3 Feby 1840.
Same Feb 15, 1840. same feb 29 1840
let to Hon R. Saunders June 30, 1841.
do to same Jan 22 1842
do to Same Jany 31st 1842
Act. 7 July 1838

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By the pencilled "Ex." on the Bill, the Clerk presumes the Chairman has examined Mrs. Rands case himself. Although the Pension Office has not been satisfied on the point of the identity of the widow, it is no reason why the H. R. may not be - because when troops are cut up in action it is very probable that a drummer of artillery might have been assigned to the Infantry.

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of Wm Crittenden and
James Woodward.
supports the decision of
the department.
Crittenden who was
in the Artillery swears
that he served one year in
the same Regiment with
Walter Rand - that Walter
Rand was a brother to 
William Rand of Cumberland
Co, now deceased.
Woodward swears
that Jesse Osborn who
first entered the service in 1782
had frequently told him
that he had served with
Walter Rand the husband
of Claimant.
The Committee Can not
believe there were two Walter
Rands in the Virginia Service, and
that the apparent discrepancy
might be satisfactorily ex-
plained; yet to take the
testimony of either class
the Claimant must be the
Widow of a Soldier
who served one year
and they therefore recommend
a pension for 1 years service
a bill for 2 years

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The certificate of the
Auditor of Virginia
shows that Walter Rand
received 56:18.6 for
services as a soldier of infantry prior to Jan 1. 1782
Record kept in the family
bible in the hand writing
of Walter Rand, states
that he was married
to Mary Parker in 1783
J Busbee and J Hutchins
swear they knew Walter
Rand the husband of
Mary Rand since 1789
that he then moved from Virginia to
North Carolina, was
a good citizen, reputed
to have been a Revolutionary
soldier & died in 1812 -
Parker Rand a son swears 
that he has heard his father
speak of his service, & of
his being wounded at the
Battle of Brandywine
The department refused to
grant her a pension, because
the evidence was not sufficient
to prove that the husband
of the claimant was the
same person named in
the Certificate from the
Auditor of Virginia;
and, the Com. of Pensions
thinks, the evidence

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of Wm Crittenden and
James Woodward.
supports the decision of
the department.
Crittenden who was
in the Artillery swears
that he served one year in
the same Regiment with
Walter Rand - that Walter
Rand was a brother to
William Rand of Cumberland
Co, now deceased.
Woodward swears
that Jesse Osborn who
first entered the service in 1782
had frequently told him
that he had served with
Walter Rand the husband
of Claimant.
The Committee Can not
believe there were two Walter
Rands in the Virginia Service, and
that the apparent discrepancy
might be satisfactorily ex-
plained; yet to take the
testimony of either class
the Claimant must be the
Widow of a Soldier
who served one year
and they therefore recommend
a pension for 1 years service
a bill for 2 years

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J. L. Edwards Esqr
Pension Office

Aug 25, 42
Mary Rand
Sp. Act

clk HR. Aug 25. '42.

Hon R. M. Saunders
HR

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The Witness, William Crittenden swears that he served in the same Rgt. with Rand.
The Rand whose name is found on the Va rolls was in a Rgt of Infantry Crittenden is one of Artillery See his paper NC
In - 7109 No. 16425

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Mary Rand - the petitioner alleges that she is the Widow of Walter Rand - a revolutionary Soldier - of the Virginia Continental Line -

The Evidence -
1. a Certificate from the Auditors office of Virginia - that a person by the name of Walter Rand - had served in the Infantry - prior to the 1. Jany - 1782 =
=
2 - The family Bible, shows that Walter Rand was born the 15. June 1761 - and was married to the applicant Mary Feb - 1783 -
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3 William Crittenden - swears that he served as a Soldier in the Virginia Conl. Line - that he knew Walter Rand - who was a Drummer & served in the same Regiment - with witness - That he had heard Walter Rand speak of a Brother by name William - That in Witness removing to Cumberland County had there became acquainted with one Wm Rand - who spoke of his Brother Walter is then living in Wake County -

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4 - Parker Rand - a son - states - that his father after stated that he enlisted as a Soldier at 16 years of age - served 3 years - was part of the time a Drummer - was at the battle of Brandywine - wounded on the knee - Wits has seen the scar - was discharged in 1779 - 1780 - was the Brother of the William Rand - refered to by the last Witness - 
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5. James Woodward - That he knew Walter Rand - has heard Jesse Osborne - a Pensioner say - Walter Rand was a Soldier of the Vira. Continental Line - a Drummer & that he served with the said Jesse - he further swears - he also heard James Deford, another Soldier may - he knew Walter Rand in the Isle of Wight County Virga. that he had served with him in the continental line & was a drummer - that this was the same man then living in Wake & the husband of the applicant - both of these Soldiers are dead - 
6 - Hutchins Atkins - states that he knew Walter Rand - before he removed from Virga. heard him say - had served as a Revolutionary Soldier - the same he lived in Wake - & husband of applicant -

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7 - I Busbee & J. Hutchens - swear they lived neighbors to Walter Rand - that he came from Virginia & was reputed a Soldier of the revolution -
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The Commissioner of Pensions - has rejected the application - because the evidence does not satisfactorily show - that the Husband was the same Walter Rand to whom the Certificate was given as having served in the Virginia Conl. line - This opinion is founded on the facts stated by the Witness William Crittenden - who was a pensioner & who swears that Walter Rand served in the same Regiment with him & that he served in the Artillery - also the declaration of Jesse Osborn as given by the Wits. Woodard - that he Osborne served with Walter Rand - whereas Rand left the service in 177 - 80 - & Osborne entered it in 1782 -
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It seems to be these objections are without foundation - Crittenden may have served with Rand & also belonged to the Artillery & the others to the Infantry - and yet he might be mistake in regs. 
they belonged to service
Removal

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The evidence fully establishes the fact that walter Rand the Husband of the applicant did serve as a Soldier in the Virginia Line - Wm. Crittenden swears positively to the fact - old Soldiers have been heard to say - he did serve & They are now dead - Parker Rand gives the declaration of the old man himself - That he entered the service at 16 years of age & that he served 3 years - was wounded at the battle of Brandywine - & that he left the service in 1779 - 80 - The family record shows that Walter Rand was born in 1761 - which would make him 16 years old - about the period he says he entered the service - The battle of Brandywine was fought Sep. 1777 -
It may be objected that Parker Rand is the son - he is - but I know Parker Rand personally - 
he is a highly respectable & intelligent Magistrate of the Community - & I should not hesitate in giving to his testimony full & entire credence - 
To 
Mr Taliaferro R. M. Saunders
Chs. Comr. Revy. Pensions} Feb. 2. 1842 -

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Mr Rands papers

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Pension Office
June 30th 1841

Sir
In answer to your enquiry respecting the claim of Mrs. Mary Rand, and Mrs. Sarha McCullens,
I have the honor to inform you that no additional proof has been furnished in support of these claims since the last report from this office to their respective agents, The letter of July 2, 1840 to Hon Charles Shepperd in the case of Mrs McCullins is again returned.
In the case of Mrs Rand, proof of service is unsatisfactory. The name of Walter Rand is found upon the Virginia rolls, or rather upon the list of the names of those who received depreciation pay from the State of Virginia. The evidence that this person was the husband of the claimant is not sufficient.
It is alleged that Mr Rand left the service in 1779 or 1780, The principal witness by whom it is intended to establish the identity of the claimants is William Crittenden. He swears that he was knowing to the fact of Rand's service - that he served in the same Regiment with him, and that he (Rand) was a drummer
This witness served in Regiment of Artillery, while the person whose name is found upon the Virginia Army books, whom the widow alledges was her late husband, served in a Regiment of Infantry as a private-
soldier

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It is also in evidence that one Jesse Osborne recently deceased has uniformly stated that he served with said Rand, who as has been before stated left the service in 1779 or 1780, This could not be the fact, because Osborne himself did not enter the army untill two or three years after Rand had left it: to wit, in 1782. The proof therefore that the Walter Rand mentioned in the Auditors Certificate of June 1839, was the same person for whose services the widow claims a pension as set forth in her declaration dated August 1839, is not Satisfactory
I have the honor to be
Your Obt. Servant
Signed J. L. Edwards

Hon: R M: Sanders
H.R.

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Mary Rand
Petition
In favour of
Mary Rand
for a
Pension
Feb. 9 - 1842
Repd. to Comr. Rev - Pensions
Mar. 8 1842
Bill - 269

Saunders 114 Rev Pen

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Resolved - That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions enquire into the propriety of allowing Mary Rand - Widow of Walter Rand - of Wake County N.C - a Pensioner -

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Ho. of Reps. Augt 24 - '42

Sir - You will oblige me by issuing the Pension certificate in favour of Mr. Rand - who is my neighbor & I should like to carry her the certificate on my return home - the enclosed is a copy of the bill as passed by both Houses -
Respectfully
R. M. Saunders -

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comr. &c.

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J. L. Edwards Esqr
Pension Office

Jan 26, 1842
Sarah McCullens
Mary Rand.
retransfer not allowing
wanted

Hon R M. Saunders
HR

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Jany. 25 - '42

Sir - Will you please state the grounds on which you rejected the claim of Sarah McCullens & that of Mary Rand - 
to pensioners -
respectfully
R. M. Saunders

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9. Sep 1842
Hon R M Saunders

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Pension Office
9th Sept 1842

Sir
In answer to your letter of the 3d inst I have to inform you that a pension Certificate has issued in favor of Mary Rand on the 29th Ulto and on the next day enclosed to you directed to the House of Reps.
I have &c

Hon R M Saunders
House of Reps

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Ho. Reps. Decr. 23rd '41

Sir - I have to request the favour of you to have the Papers in the case of Mrs. Rand of Wake County N.C - copied & sent me -
also the papers in the case of Mrs. McCullens of the same County -
respectfully
R. M. Saunders

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Mary Rand
N. C.

Honbl. M. Montgomery 
HR

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State of North Carolina
Wake County Sct
I Alfred Williams Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County and State above named do hereby certify that Thomas G. Whitaker and Jordan Wemble whose names are subscribed to the foregoing affidavits and Certificate of James Woodward and Hutching Atkins are acting Justices of the peace in and for said County and that the signatures purporting to be theirs are their genuine signatures and full faith and credit are due and should be given to them as such
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my seal of office this the 25th day of January 1840 A.D.
A. Williams C.C.

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State of North Carolina
Wake County Sc
On this the 25th day of January 1840 personally appeared before us two of the acting Justice of the Peace for the County and State aforesaid James Woodward a Citizen & Resident of said County who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God doth on his oath declare that Jesse Osborne deceased late of said County who was a Revolutionary soldier and on the Pension Roll of North Carolina and who departed this life sometime in the month of February in 1839 AD has often told this affiant that he knew Walter Rand of the County as a Revolutionary solder that he the said Jesse Osborne served with him in the old war and that the said Walter Rand was a drummer in said service and this affiant further states that the Walter Rand of whom the said Jesse spoke was Walter Rand the husband of the widow [illegible] Nancy Rand [illegible]

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27th CONGRESS,
2d Session.

H. R. 269.
(Rep. No. 301 A.)

March 8, 1842.

Read twice, and committed to a Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill:

A BILL
For the relief of Mary Rand.
1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
2. of the United States of America assembled, That,
3. the Secretary of War is hereby directed to place the name of 
4. Mary Rand, widow of Walter Rand, of North Carolina, on
5. the revolutionary pension roll, and pay her a pension, at the 
6. rate of eighty dollars per annum, for five years; to commence
7. on the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and
8. thirty-six.

The above is a true copy of the Bill as passed by both Houses of Congress. 
Office of Reps. U. S.
August 23 of 1842
[signed] S. Burche
C.C.

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Pri 146 [crossed out]
27th CONGRESS,
2d Session.

H.R. 269.
(Rep. No. 301 A.)
March 8, 1842.

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Fornance, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill:
[all of the above crossed out]
A BILL [crossed out]

an act
For the relief of Mary Rand.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, the Secretary of War is hereby directed to place the name of Mary Rand, widow of Walter Rand of North Carolina, on the revolutionary pension roll, and pay her a pension, at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, for five years; to commence on the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.

Approved, August 26th, 1842.
A true copy from the roll in this office.
Dept. of State, Augt 29th. 1842.

[signed] Fletcher White  Ch Clk.

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[post mark] SEP 5 [the rest is illegible]

c/r. R. M. Saunders

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Washington
City

8 Sep 1842
Evans

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State of North Carolina
Wake County Stc
On this the 20th day of August 1839, personally appeared before the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Wake &c Mary Rand a Resident of said County aged seventy four years (74) 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 7 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows"  That she is the widow of Walter Rand who served as a soldier of Infantry in the Virginia Continental line during the Revolutionary War , as will more fully appear by the annexed certificate from the Auditors Office of the Commonwealth of Virginia.  She further declares that she was married to the said Walter Rand on the 13th day of February Seventeen Hundred & Eighty three (1783)  that her Husband  the aforesaid Walter Rand died on the 19th day of December 1812 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred & ninety four viz. at the time above stated
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Mary Rand

At the same time personally appeared Johnson Busbee and Isaac Hutchins in open Court who being duly sworn according to law doth their oaths declare that they for many years knew Walter Rand the husband of Mary Rand

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the above named applicant for a pension, that he removed to this County from the State of Virginia some fifty years ago about the year 1789 (as they have always understood and believed when he then settled and continued to reside untill his death sometime in the latter part of the year 1812 that he was a worthy good Citizen and always had the reputation of having served in the Revolutionary war in the neighborhood in which he lived
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
J. Busbee
I. Hutchins

A Williams C.C.

This is to certify, That it appears from a list in this office of such Officers and soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line, during the Revolutionary war, as settled their accounts, and received certificates for the balance of their full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session, 1781, that a certificate issued on the 28th day of September 1784, in the name of Walter Rand as a Soldier of Infantry for £56.18.6, which Certificate appears to have been delivered to Jno. Stockdell and was given for services prior to the 1st January 1782.
Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this 24th day of June 1839
Jas. E. Heath
Auditor
No Seal of Office

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3
State of North Carolina-]
At the same time and place the annexed Family Record of Walter Rand taken from the old Family bible which has been in the care of Harrison Rand a son of Walter Rand deceased and of Mary Rand the widow ever since his Father's death who on his oath declares that the same is the family Record of his late Father Walter Rand deceased and that the whole of the said family Record is in his Father's handwriting.
Harrison Rand
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court
A. Williams C.C.

State of North Carolina Stc
I Afred Williams Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the county of Wake do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration & affidavits were made in open Court at the present August Session of said Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my seal of office this the 20th day of August 1839 AD.
A. Williams C.C.
[handwritten Seal]

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4.
Walter Rand was born 15th day of June A.D. 1761 Mary Parker born april 14th A.D. 1765
Walter Rand & Mary Parker were married 13th February 1783 about Eleven Oclock
John Rand son of Walter & Mary Rand born 28 October 1786
Betsey Rand daughter of Walter & Mary born 22d February AD. 1789.
William Rand born 29th June A.D. 1791  son to the above Walter & Mary
Parker Rand (third son) born 11th August 1793
Nathaniel Greene Rand their son born 18th January 1796
Harrison Rand (their son) born 29th September 1798
Molsey Rand (their daughter) born 16th January 1801.

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[STAMP]
Norwalk Ohio
Sep 28 1938 1 PM

This side of Card is for Address

[STAMP]
Received
Sep 29 1938
Mail Sub-Div
Vets Adm
Reader #9

Veterans Administration,
Pension Records,
Washington, D.C.

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Sept. 28, 1938
Veterans' Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
Would you kindly sent me any information which your files disclose on the following names of Revolutionary soldiers:
1.  Griffin Lewis Lamkin of Virginia--possibly Westmoreland or Northumberland Counties.
2.  Peter Lamkin of Virginia--possibly Lunneburg County.
Thank you for your courtesy in this matter.
Very truly,
KPW Esker
Mrs. Jerome A Esker
107 East Main Street,
Norwalk, Ohio.

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[STAMP]
Norwalk Ohio
Sep 2 1938 1 PM

This side of Card is for Address

[STAMP]
Received
Sep 13 1938
Mail Sub-Div
Vets Adm
Reader 

Veterans' Bureau,
Pension Records Division,
Washington, D.C.

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107 East Main St.
Norwalk, Ohio.
Sept. 10, 1938

Veterans Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
Would you kindly send me any information which your records show on the following Revolutionary soldiers:
(1) Allison-Lamkin.  William Lamkin (later spelled Lampkin) was in Capt. John Camp's Co., 1st Va. Regiment.  He died 12-3-1777.  His widow Jane (Moore) Lam(p)kin married a Rev. solider, Robert Allison.  I am trying to establish the date of their marriage.
(2) Revolutionary soldiers by the name of RAND, from Wake County North Carolina.
Thanking you for any assistance you may give me, I am
Very truly yours,
Mrs. Jerome A. Esker

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[STAMP]
Norwalk Ohio
Sep 5 1938 630 PM

This side of Card is for Address

[STAMP]
Received
Sep 6 1938
Mail Sub-Div
Vets Adm
Reader #3

Veterans' Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

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107 East Main Street,
Norwalk, Ohi.

Veterans' Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:  Would you kindly send me information your records may show on the following Revolutionary soldiers.
(1) William Lam(p)kin, the Elder, Pvt. 1st Va. State Regiment.  I am trying to establish date of this man's death.  War Dept. has it Dec. 3, 1777;  but a conflicting record says that his widow Jane (Moore) Lamkin married Robert Allison in 174.
(2) Robert Allison of Virginia.  I am trying to ascertain date of his marriage to Jane Moore Lamkin.
(3) Anyone by the name of Rand from Wake County North Carolina.
Thanking you for any assistance I am,
Very truly yours,
Mrs. Jerome A. Esker

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Rev Sec
H

Feb. 28th, 1917.

Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Mr. G.M. Saltzgaber,

My dear sir,
I thank you for your prompt reply to my query, and this is all the information I can give  I am sorry to say.  Even this I do not

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Walter Rand married about 1784-married a Miss Parker of Va.  I do not know the co.  He went to Carolina after the war, and died there in 1805 near Winchester N.C.  He was wounded in the knee at the battle of Brandywine, was with the army at Yorktown.  As a man of some means he may not have had a pension but should have a war record.
Respectfully yours,

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understand in regard to war.
In the list of Va. Revy soldiers
Rand, Walter, Saft.
264: War 4 327.
Rand. Walkter, (11.V.R.)
W.D.236,1; W.D. 279, 1,
(50 or 51 11VR) W.D. 330,1.
Died near Wilmington North Carolina 1805.

Mrs. P.H. Hale
4119 Westminster Pl
St Louis, Mo.

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[STAMP]
U.S. Pension Office.
O
Mar 3 1917


Hale

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Proctor Ark.
Nov. 3, 1939

Veterans Bureau
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen;
Will you please let me know, if you can have the records in File W. 4773 on Walter Rand and his wife Mary Rank photo-stated records made for me, and what the cost will be?  I shall want the whole file copied by the Photo-Stat.
Thanking you for the above information,
I am very truly yours,
Mrs. C.G. Young

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March 27, 1940.
BA-J/ADT
Walter Rand
W.4773

Mrs. C.G. Young
Proctor
Arkansas

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Walker Rand.
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.4773, based upon the military service in that war of Walter Rand.
Walter Rand was born June 15, 1761, place, and the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, and aged sixteen years, Walter Rand enlisted and served in the Virginia troops as drummer, the names of his officers are not given, and was discharged in the winter of 1779-1780;  length of service three years.  He was in the battle of Brandywine where he was wounded in his leg.
About 1789 Walter Rank moved from Virginia, to Wake County, North Carolina.
He died December 17 or 19, 1912 in Wake County, North Carolina.
Walter Rand married February 13, 1783, place not stated, Mary Parker, who was born April 14, 1765, place, and names of her parents are not given.
Soldier's widow, Mary Rand, applied for pension August 20, 1839, at which time she was a resident of Wake County, North Carolina.  She was allowed pension.
The following names of the children of Walter and Mary Rand are shown:

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John Rand  born October 22, 1785.
Betsey Rand  born February 22, 1789.
William Rand born June 29, 1791.
Parker Rand  born August 11, 1793.
Nathaniel Greene Rand born January 18, 1796.
Harrison Rank  born September 29, 1798.
Molsey Rand (daughter) born January 16, 1801.

The following family data are shown also;
....Rand, son of Nathaniel G.R. and Pheraba Rand
....15: day of March A.D. 1822, (edge of record town)

Soldier's brother, William Rand, was Clerk of the court of Cumberland County, North Carolina, after the Revolutionary War.  Said Willian was deceased in 1840, date and place of his death, and his age not stated.  There are no further family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of the person paid and possibly the date of widow's death, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington D.C. and cite the following data:  "Mary Rand, widow of Walter Rand, Certificate No. 6745, issued August 29, 1842, rate $80.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1836, under an Act of Congress approved August 26, 1842, North Carolina Agency.
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator