Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11663, Timothy Wale, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Wale, Timothy
S. 11663
CONTENTS
carded

Ohio
26.451
Order to pay 11 Aug 1838.
Timothy Waldo of Hamilton Co in the State of Ohio who was a P in the Company commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the Virginia troops - Ohio
9/10 $ 30.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 20 Dollars and Cents per annum, to commence on the 24th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of July 1834 and 1835 by John H. Nease, Auditor, Ohio
Arrears to the 24th of Feb 34 94.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 15.00
$ 109.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. S. Sprague Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 5 Page 29

The Declaration of Timothy Wale, in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
State of Ohio
County of Madison ss.
On this 19 th day of Sept r - A.D. 1832. Timothy Wale, personally appeared in open court before the Judges thereof in session, to wit: Frederick Grimké President & John Arbuckle & George Linnon Esqrs Associate Judges, associate Judges of said Court of Common Pleas of said County the said Timothy Wale, being a Citizen of and Resident in said County of Madison and aged Seventy years, being born 20 th Oct r 1762 who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers and served as herein stated. Viz. That he was during the Revolutionary War a Citizen of and Resident in the County of Culpepper in the State of Virginia, that he was a drafted Militiaman in the service of the United States during the war of the Revolution, that he was drafted four different times & at four different periods, for four different tours of duty, of two months each, says of three months and under each different draft he went into the service & served out faithfully each tour of two months, making in all eight  nine months service, in the Militia of Virginia. That he never got any discharge for either or all of said tours of duty, but the Militia was usually discharged by forming the line, & the Commanding officer, Colonel or Captain as the case might be would tell us we were discharged, sometimes would address us, & give us credit etc. That he kept no note or memorandum of the times when he was drafted or of the times when he was discharged, and cannot recollect them any better than is herein after stated. The first time he was drafted, was because of a general alarm in that part of the Country, that Cornwallis was coming up through the Carolinas to retake (as well as I recollect) Burgoyne's prisoners who were at that time the City of Albany, or up there somewhere. These prisoners were taken in the Northern State, somewhere, & I think were Burgoyne's men -

for some reason or other, either the report being changed or something else I don't recollect, we were marched down into Orange County where we remained until we returned Home - Our Term of Service of two months having expired - at this time I was commanded by Col John Slaughter of Culpepper County Virginia - The next time I was called out was in consequence of a similar report, for all along for the two last years of the war reports of the coming of the British from the Carolinas into Virginia caused us to be called out very often - this second time I went out as a substitute under Capt. Rob. Pollard & Col. James Slaughter, we went down through Fredericksburg to a place called Cobbin point, where we camped a week or so & thence (this was in the spring of the year that Cornwallis was taken) we went to a little town then called Osborn, thence to Petersburg - and was in that Battle at Petersburg - when we were beaten, & we retreated to Chesterfield Ct. House - when the wounded were taken to the Hospital - thence we went to about 20 mi. above Richmond where we were discharged, our term of service having expired - The third time I was drafted I went out in my own place - under Capt. Royes & Col. Alcock Christian name not recollect - This was called the Town of the Mobbins Hills - Here we called out as was understood at the time to guard the Burgoyne Prisoners, though the Enemy were a great way off & we moved about from time to time & from place to place under Col. Alcock, - until our term of 2 mo. expired & we were discharged - The fourth time, I went as a substitute under Capt. Gancey - I went to York Town, where we were put under other officers, Strangely to me whose name I can't recollect, Washington was there when we got there - so was the

French, Layton was there, I was put into the artillery - a Park I think they called it - & we opened the grand Battery as it was called in the evening upon the Defenses fort, as it was called - and upon the Town - & that we kept up a pretty steady firing for 16 or 17 days & nights, may be not so long, but not for short of it - It was a dreadful time - I think a Col Nelson was there who had some command there - The French wanted to storm the Town, & the French went well pleased because Washington refused to let them - because he could take it with lip top of men - after the British Surrendered, I went as a guard with Prisoners, at Falmouth in Virginia we Divided the prisoners Some were sent to Fort Frederick in Maryland, as I was told & the rest were sent to New-Prinier a little above Winchester where I went as a guard & there we were discharged by Capt Lewis Chauncy This is all the services I performed, I am now or shall be Seventy years of age in Oct o next 1832 - I think that Genl Muhlenberg Commanded the Battle of Peterborough - at York, Town - I think Genl Sturbai Commanded some Continental troops as well as I recollect, and Lafayette, who we called De Marens - Commanded French -
I do not know of any person except foreign birth now living who served with me at any one of these periods as I have lived a long time in an obscure part of the County of Madison, am very poor & have no opportunity of making search for my old Comrades in arms, if any of them should be yet living - I hereby relinquish my claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and I declare that my name is not on the

pension Roll of the agent of this state, or any where else Sworn to and Subscribed this 19 th day of
September A.D. 1832 June 19 th 1832 John Moore Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a soldier in the Revolution and served as he states, and the Court further certify that it appears to them that James G Allen who signed the certificate accompanying this declaration is a clergyman residing in the county of Madison and state aforesaid, and Joseph Bishop who signed the same is a resident of the county and state aforesaid and is a credible person and their statements are entitled to credit.
I John Moore Clerk of the Court of common pleas of the county of Madison in the state of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of application of Timothy Wales for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at my Office at London the 29 th day of September A.D. 1832 John Moore Clerk
Timothy Wales application
13.863
Court let 19 Sept 1832

Amended Declaration of Timothy Pate an ap- plicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.

Declaration Amended
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
The State of Ohio Madison County
On this 27 th day of June Anno Domini , one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Frederick Grimké President, and John Arbuckle Esq. Lieutenant Judge, Esquire Associates, Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Madison, now sitting, Timothy Mace a resident in the County of Madison aforesaid, aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, amendatory to a declaration made by said applicant before the said court, at the September Term of said Court, in the Year Eighteen hundred and thirty two, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832. — This applicant in this amending declaration deems it unnecessary to detail again the particulars of his services in the revolutionary war, as far as they are made plain in the declaration, to which this is an amendment, but only to give details of some particulars which are not therein, and to correct some errors which are therein manifest. This applicant then on his oath as aforesaid states that he entered the service of the United States, while a resident of the County of Culpepper Virginia, at four several times to serve four different tours or Terms. That the first time he thus entered the service was in the Year Seventeen hundred and _____ for and during the space of three months (the attorney who drew up the former declaration mistook said applicant's meaning as respects this particular - confused the terms & made it all wrong) The second for the space of two months , and was in the spring then next following. The third was in the same year, with the one last aforesaid, was called the tour of the Molung Hills , and was for the space of two months . And the fourth and last was also for the space of two months and was the time of the siege of York in the Year Seventeen hundred and _____ making in all nine months . This is the whole time in which this applicant served in the revolutionary war, and is all for which he claims a pension. (Answers to the several interrogatories prescribed by the War department, which are not in the former declaration satisfactorily)
Answer to Question First. This applicant was born in the Year Seventeen hundred and sixty two, in the month of October and on the twentieth day thereof, in the said County of Culpepper Virginia.
Q. Second. He had a record of his age, but his brothers or some one of them took it out of his possession & reach, some ten or eleven years ago and he now knows not what has become of it.
Q. Fifth. He cannot remember more of the officers who were with the troops when

he served in consequence of an exceedingly frail memory, he has lost from his recollections the names of regiments which he knew when out, and the general circumstances are, as near as memory will permit, detailed in his former declaration.
D. Seventh In addition to those who testified for him on the former occasion this applicant can produce
who can testify for me all that is needful to be spoken, and whose affidavits are hereinafter placed.
This applicant, as before, hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year first aforesaid John Moore etc
Timothy Wal
We Daniel C Allen a clergyman residing in the county of Madison aforesaid & said state, and Isaac Baureman residing in the the same said county, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Timothy Wal who has subscribed & sworn to the above amending declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year first aforesaid
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Daniel C Allen who had signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the said county of Madison, that Isaac Baureman who has also signed the same is a resident in the said county of Madison, that Peter Arber whose affidavits follow hereafter, are residents in the said county of Madison that they are all credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I. John Moore Clerk of the court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Timothy Wal, applicant,

for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 24 th day of Sept r Anno Domini 1833.
John Moore Clark
The State of Ohio Madison County
Personally appeared in open of lawful age, who being first duly sworn according to law, deposes and says, that they are each acquainted with Timothy Mole, an applicant before the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting, within and for the said County of Meadison, that they have for a great length of time been acquainted with him, that they believe him to be seventy years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides & elsewhere, where he is known, to have been a Soldier of the revolution, that they do not know any thing from personal observation respecting the services of the said Timothy, but they are fully convinced that he served as he has stated in his declaration & therein believes, and that he is an honest, judicious, and respectable citizen, and supports the character for truth and veracity among all his acquaintances.
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court this _____ day of _____
A. D. 1833.

Perhans
11663 INVALID.
File No. 11.663
Timothy Wale
Brn. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. a , Page 394
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Peter Askenoff -

State of this Logan County ss
Before me Uriah M Hinnon one of the justices of the peace for said county personally came Peter Fisher who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he was was acquainted with Simon Walb at the time of the revolution and knew him to be in the service and that said Walb is a man of good moral character and further his deponent saith not
Given under my hand this 22 d day of June A. D. 1833
Uriah M Hinnon J.P.

Washington City Jan. 10 th 1838
Dear Sir
I enclose you the pension papers & exemplified ranches of Timothy Wake a pensioner.
He has neglected to draw for more than 12 months and bids thee to the Pension to be entitled to draw his pension.
Very Respectfully
Yours Truly
P. L. Coode
J. L. Edmonds Esq
Commissioner

13.803
Timothy Wale Ohio
f -- p 9 p 30
John Moore London Madison Co. Ohio.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
April 9th 1833
SIR :
I return herewith the papers in support of the claim s of the person s whose names are hereto annexed.
These papers are in several respects defective. This  Each case is accompanied by a brief. The objections are contained in the negative answers, in red ink, given to the questions.
Particular attention should be paid to the accompanying regulations and to the explanatory notes subjoined to the brief.
The extraordinary press of business in this office, arising from the great number of claims under the act of June 7, 1832, has hitherto prevented us from attending to the applications sent by you. The investigation of the cases presented under this law has been difficult and laborious, and notwithstanding the greatest exertions have been made by this Department, an earlier attention to your business has been found impracticable.
The brief has been prepared to meet all cases, and thus to save the excessive labor which would otherwise be imposed upon the office, and which would consume so much time as to render the delay two fold greater than it now is in the investigation of claims and writing letters. Each  Each case is considered correct in all respects except in relation to those questions to which a negative answer is affixed. No other alteration or addition will be required.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
John Moore Esq. London - Madison County Ohio
Timothy Wate.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Timothy Male which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? No IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? No X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? In Chase's Monthly
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Declarant says his service was nine Months — and that he served four hours of two Months each and one of three. — This makes eleven of these is an under estimation. — ¶ This difficulty must be explained

Siânthy Wales Application

The State of Ohio Madison County ss
Personally appeared in open court Josiah Bishop of Lenoir age who being duly sworn Deposeth & saith that he was well acquainted with Timothy Wole an applicant for a Pension under the act of 7 th June 1832 during the Revolutionary War that he knows of said Timothy Wole having at least three allies during the Revolution - say was in Culpeper County in the State of Virginia in a Detachment under the Command of Col. John Houghton that he is informed & believes the said Timothy served a longer Period in the Army of the Revolution though he does not know it personally - That he has been acquainted with said Timothy Wole from his youth up wards & that he has invariable sustained the Reputation of an honest & faithful man
Citizen
Sworn and subscribed in open court This 19 th day of September 1932
Josiah Bishop
John Moore clk
I Darius C Allen a clergyman in the Presbyterian Church in the Town of Landon in said County of Madison do hereby certify that from a particular acquaintance with the above named Timothy Wole who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration & from the information of others on whom I can firmly I believe him to be about twenty years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that I concur in that opinion -
Darius C. Allen #
I testified in open court
John Moore clk

We the under named Subscribers Do Hereby Certify that We have been acquainted with Timothy Wall for about Seven or Eight years and has had dealings with him like and so far found him to be true to his contract and that we never knew him to either steal or act dishonest in any way and further we call him a good Neighbor Oct 11th 5 day 1830
Jackson Baker
William Foster
George Hewitt
Marlow Dutton
Jamess Rayns
John Foster
Samuel H Baker
David Baygs
Job Clifton
Caleb Baygs
George Sitchey
Charles Foster
Samuel Rayns
Jacob Gabil
Mason Grippin
Abra England

W. C. is certify that I have had some Acquaintance with Timothy Wale for several years & I know nothing Disrespectful of his Character. that is given under my hand this 5 th Day of October 1830
W. H. Alkins
Henry Baker Elijah Simmons Timoth. G. Galt Daniel Baker Nicholas J. Bennett James J. Magee Jacob Baker
Edward Stevens
Peter Clibton John B. Davis John M. Magee David Grohul