Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35704, Abraham Walker, Continental Dist. Maine In 1818

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Walker, Abraham
S 35 704
Dist. Maine in 1818
CONTENTS

11.454
District of Maine
Abraham Walker
of Alna in the state of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hitchcock of the R. Island line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of June 1819 and sent to  Jere Bailey Esq. Wiscasset D Maine
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar 1819  86.89    Semi-anl. all'ce ending  Sep 1819  48.00    10 Mo. \frac{22}{30} \frac{4}{31}   $134.89  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Cont d
Notification sent to Thos M c brat Esq 25 Oct 1820 Wiscasset Maine
Died June 1, 1834 Agency book

Abraham 6 Walker
1659
Alma
con
David Gore
W. Grati

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment  from day to day, on the  day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.
ON this twentieth day of June in the year 1820, personally appeared in open
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Abraham Walker aged Sixty four years, resident in Alna in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. William Lee in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Hitchcock in the line of the State of Rhode Island Troops on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the ninth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 11454 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Abraham Walker
Sworn to and declared, on the 20th day of June A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Ebenezer Thatcher
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Real estate, none Personal property— one ox, $24 at 4.50 each 2 swine, $15 1 wooden clock, $8 2 tables, $8 9 chairs, $9 2 pots, $2 1 kettle, $1 crockery ware etc. $10. Farming tools, $15. Abram Walker
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Abraham Walker who, by occupation am a farmer which I am unable to pursue by reason of old age
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Nancy Walker wife 63 always complaining   Jane Walker & an infant at the breast without father to pay for the mother's suckling 26 health poor unfit for any kind of labor Abraham Walker  
Attest Nat Coffin clerk
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Ninety three dollars and cents .
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat Coffin
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

9 th April 1910 Abm. Walker. Alma, Maine
1 st March 1776. Enlisted in Col. Hitch = Cochr's Regt. Mass Line R. I. Served 13 months
Josiah Robbins Esq
Admitted

I Abraham Walker. of Alna, in the County of Lincoln, in the District of Maine, a resident cit- izen of the United States, on oath declare and say: That about the first of March, in the year 1776, I enlisted under Lieut Blunt, into the Company of Capt. William Jew, of Col. Hitchcock's regiment, General Greene's brigade , as a soldier; in the war of the revolution, on the Continental establish- ment, in the Massachusetts or Rhode Island line: I served in this company from that time, on Prospect Hill and near Boston till the town was evacuated by the British. I then went to Long Island and was in the battle of Flatbush, and served to the end of the year, being ten months. The time and manner of my leaving the service were these; I was taken sick in November; left camp on the twenty eighth; and was carried to the hos- pital at a town about ten miles from Nor- walk in Connecticut, which I think was Stam- ford. After I was so far recovered as to be able, I and several others came to Norwalk, where we

were directed to wait for our pay, and staid till February. Here we received our wages, up to the last of December, the time for which we were engaged, and I and the others with me then came homeward, regularly discharged. Whether I received a written discharge I am not absolutely certain, but believe no written discharges were then given to soldiers who served out the time of enlistment. Abraham Walker
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Lincoln ss. On the ninth day of April A.D. 1818, before me Josiah Stebbins, a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Second Eastern Circuit, personally appeared Abraham Walker above named, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Declaration by him subscribed.
Josiah Stebbins.
See addition on the next page of this sheet.

I Moral Hilton of Providence in said County of Lincoln on oath testify & say, that I am well acquainted with Abraham Walker the aforesaid Applicant, that he enlisted in the War of the revolu- -tion in January or February 1776 and served from that time to the first day of January 1777. That he faithfully served said time out without interruption or absence, and excepting a very short time before said time was out, when he was taken sick at the White Plains - at I was in the same company as a soldier, we received our pay at Providence - I understood that said Walker re- -ceived his pay at Norwalk in Connecticut - I further understood that those who could not come on to Providence on account of sickness, received their pay where they happened to be -
Moral Hilton

I Thomas Trask Jun r . of Jefferson in said County of Lincoln on oath testify as say, that I am well acquainted with Abraham Walker the afore- -said Applicant, that he enlisted in the war of the revolution in January or February 1776 for three years  one year , & faithfully served out said time without interruption excepting about one month before the expiration of said time when said Walker was taken sick at the White Plains & left left behind — I served as a soldier in the same company with him, & enlisted for the same term of time after after I served the time out, I engaged for one month more, — after I served that time out, & on my return to receive my pay at Providence I — met with said Walker, & found that he had got a regular discharge & had been paid off at some town in Connecticut — said one year was to end on the 1 st day of January 1777 —
Thomas Trask Jr

Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
Lincoln ss. June 29. 1818. Personally appeared before me Jeremiah Bailey one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Lincoln in said Commonwealth, the aforesaid Morral Hilton & Thomas Fresh Jr. and after due examination and caution to testify the whole truth, they severally made oath to the truth of the depositions aforesaid by each of them respectively signed - which said depositions were each written by me, & both signed in my presence, and each of the aforesaid deponents are credible persons. -
Jer Bailey
Lincoln ss
Clerk's Office
July 20. 1818 I certify that Jer. Bailey was on the 29 th of June 1818 a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned & qualified for this County & that the foregoing is his signature -
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & the Seal of the Court in said County -
Nath l Coffin Clerk of the Judicial Court for said County -

In addition to the foregoing I testify and declare that from my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my country for support. On further recollection I am convinced that I enlisted earlier in the year than the first of March, it being what was called the year's service, though I did not engage and enter on duty at the very first of the year; and the time of my actual service must have been about eleven months. —
Abraham Waldo
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Live Oak Is. Sept. 7. 1818, Subscribed and sworn to before me, Josiah Stebbins a Judge of the C.C.C.P. 2 d E. Circuit.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Abraham Walker a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. File 35,704
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 76 11 mos.   March 1, 76 10 mos. Pvt. William Tew Hitchcock R.I.          
Battles engaged in, Plattsburgh Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓ Date of application for pension, Apr. 9, 1818 Residence at date of application, Alna, Lincoln Co., Me. Age at date of application, 64 Remarks: 1820 he referred to wife Nancy at 63 Jane at 26  Sol. died June 1, 1834 - Agrarian book.

35704
Rev INVALID.
1909 Mar. 19. Hist. to Mrs. Geo. W. Stafford 1917 Oct. 12. Hist. to Mrs. P. H. Porcheron
File No. 35-704
Abraham Walker Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 39
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Abraham Walker , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Alna , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the ninth day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by said applicant are hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, this seventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Josiah Stebbins.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LINCOLN, ss.
I THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS , Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:—Dated at Wiscasset , in said County of Lincoln , this 3 d day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
Nathl. Coffin

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Abraham Walker
Service P. I.
Additional Service Rev. War
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No claim except I # 22036  Am. issued July 25, 1908 but resided in R. I. " # 35704  Pens. 1819 - res. Alma, Me.

1339 Vine Place, Minneapolis, Minn. Feb. 20 1909.
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
For purposes of affiliation with the "D. A. R."
I desire to get a copy of the pension record of Abraham Walker, private and sergeant, in Rhode Island line, Revolutionary War.
He was placed on rolls July 25. 1833 Pension began March 4. 1831.
This Walker after the above war, went to Lincoln County, Me. and settled there, being buried in Alna, Me. If records have dates of birth and death, would particularly like that information
Yours truly
Mrs. George W. Hayward.

Rev 1-6-17 No.
Albany, N.Y., Oct. 6th, 1917.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly send me the military record of Abraham Walker, who served for eleven months as a private under Captain Tews Company, 11th Continental Infantry of Rhode Island, Colonel Hitchcock commanding?
I desire this information for the records of the D. A. R., and will forward any fees or costs in connection with the same.
Yours very truly,
Diana A Porcheron
Address: Mrs. P. H. Porcheron, 267 Quail Street, Albany, N.Y.
Diana A Porcheron