Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43247, Gordon Walker, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Walker, Gordon
S. 432 47
CONTENTS

Notification sent to Stephen Phelps. 29 Sep 1820. Canan- -daigua. N. Y.
1995
New York
Gordon Walker, private, Massachusetts Line - 7 years.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York , at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of June, 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of July 1818 . and sent to Stephen Phelps Esq. Canandaigua, N. York
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 .
Stated at
2 mo. 22/30 $ 21.53.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
✓ Wigglesworth
Continued Canandaigua,
Ontario

copy copy of Gordon Walker Tupper & 13 May 1848
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1993 30 July 1818 Sep 18

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this twenty first day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Gordon Walker aged fifty seven years, resident in the town of Canonville in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
for the term of four years and an half in continuation, about 4 years of said time in Capt Allens company in the 13th Massachusetts Regiment and was then transferred to the company of Capt Smith in the 6th Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Col Duffer from which he was discharged in June 1783
and that he made application for a Pension on the thirteenth day of June 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 1993 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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, viz.
  One Old mare  15.00    One Old one horse waggon & harness  10.00    One Iron Basin. 88 & wooden dishes etc  2.00  
$27.00
his Gordon X Walker mark
And I do further swear and declare that I am by occupation a basket maker and that by age and bodily infirmity I am able to perform but very little labor. That I am entirely blind and have been so for twenty one years past, and that my family consists of my son Adams aged ten years
his Gordon X Walker mark
Sworn and declared this 21 st Day of August 1820 in Open Court before me
Wm Rogers
a Judge of Ontario Com Pleas

ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
I, John Van Fosen Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I farther 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 twenty seven dollars and _____ cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 22 nd day of August 18 90
J Van Fosen Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.

Declaration of Gordon Walker
June 13 th 1818
Transmitted by Judge Phelps
Correct
The Honorable Secy of War
Map: roll
Land W. R. 5289 Feb. 27. 1790.

State of New York } ss Ontario County } On this 13 th day of June 1818 before me Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County personally appeared Gordon Walker aged 58 years Resident in the Town of Canandaigua in the County of Ontario who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following declar- ation in Order to Obtain the provision made by the late 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. That he the said Gordon Walker enlisted or entered into the Continental Service in the place of his Brother Ezra Walker for during the war in capt the Company commanded by Captain Noah Allen in the 13 th Massachu- setts Regiment called Colonel Dyer's worth Regi- ment. At that time commanded by Cap t Allen Comd g and soon after commanded by Colonel Sprout. This was in Providence in the State of Rhode Island in November 1778, and that he continued to serve in said Company as a private Soldier until sometime in the year 1782 when a new arrangement took place when said 13 th Regiment was consolidated into the 6 th Massachusetts Regiment and that he was then mustered in the Company comman- ded by Captain Ebenezer Smith in the said 6 th Regiment commanded by Colonel Tupper and that he continued to serve in said Company until June 1783 when he received an honora- ble Discharge at what was called New Windsor near Hudsons River in the State of New York. And that he was at the Siege of taking Cornwallis and in a Number of Skirmishes with the Enemy

but in No General Battle, and that he is in Reduced Circumstances and unable to labor having lost his eyesight for About 20 years since and stands in need of the assistance of his country for Support - and that he has No other evidence now in his Power of his said Service - I attest to and declare the his Day and year aforesaid } Gordon & Walker before me } mark
Stephen Phelps
State of New York } Ontario County }
I Stephen Phelps Judge etc as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my Satisfaction that the said Gordon Walker did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common Enemy for the term of Nine Months or more on the Continental Establish- ment, and I further certify by my Personal knowledge that the said Applicant is deprived of his eyesight and in Indigent Circumstances. and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursu- ant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress
Canandaigua June 13 th 1818
Stephen Phelps

The Honorable Secretary of War if my claim are allowed will please to forward a certificate copy of the same to Stephen Phelps Esq. of Canandaigua who is authorized to receive the same.
June 13 th 1818
His Gordon X Walker mark

State of New York Ontario County Clerks Office -
fs; In Testimony that Stephen Hayes whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificates was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Onta- rio and that the foregoing is his signature I hereunto subscribe my name & affix the County Seal at Canandaigua this 16 th day of June A.D. 1818
Her: M c Naughton

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INVALID.
Rev
File No. 43.247
Gordon Walker
Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 586
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1905 Apr. 12. Reinst. of service to R. E. Gamble 1908 Sept. 29 R. E. Gamble date of death not stated V.S. etc.

Gordon Walker.
Wake Capt. Allen. Col. Wiglesworth Sprout 13 Mass end - Nov. 78 - no 782
Ebenezer Capt. Smith, Col. Lupper 6" Mass - Cons. with dis June 1783 -
res. Canandaigua N.Y. 1820

Record Division. Am
September 22, 1908.
Capt. Ralph E. Campbell, Fort "El Moro", San Juan, Porto Rico.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 14" and received the 22" inst., you are advised that in the claim of Gordon Walker , Sur. File 43247 , the date of his death is not stated. For date of last payment of pension and possible date of death, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury Department, citing the following data: Gordon Walker; Certificate #1992; Issue July 30, 1812; Act March 18, 1813; Agency, New York.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner. -

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Fort "El Morro", San Juan, Porto Rico., Sept. 14, 1908.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.,
Sir:-
I have the honor to request that you furnish me, if permitted by rules of your Bureau, the date of death of Gordon Walker a pensioner of the War of the Revolution, who served in the 6th and 13th Massachusetts Regiments, at the time of his death residing at or near Canandagua, N.Y.
This information is desired for the purpose of completing the record for my wife as a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Very respectfully,
Ralph E. Lambell,
Captain U.S. Army.