Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1935, William Walling, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. C.
Walling, William
S. 1935
CONTENTS
carded

Late to Gen. Agt at Leesburg in Pensylvania, Feb. 6: '37
71 00
Pension: Tennessee.
William Walling of Hawkins Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Martin of the Regt. commanded by Capt. Tipton in the N.C. Line time for 23 months. from '77
Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee.
the rate of 74 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of March 1833 and sent to Hon. Mr. Blair H. of Reps.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $153.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833. 38.33
$191.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 6 Page 136

12743
William Walling
Leesburg
from 1777 private 23 months.
$76. 66 / 100
Done In Blair D. Alexander Rogersville

BRIEF in the case of  William Walling  County of Hawkins  in the State of  Tennessee  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     drofled In 1777 6 private Genl Jos Martin   about 3 " Capt Tapp   1780 3 " Capt Elliott & Col Shelby   Vol about 5 " Col Sevier & Col Campbell   1781 6 " Capt Chas Morgan   1  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? King's Mountain  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? does not say, it appears in NC  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no clergyman 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas Forrest Examining Clerk.

Duration of Time Rolling 12.763
✓

State of Tennessee Hankins County
On the 30th day of August 1832 Personally appeared before the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County of Hankins and State aforesaid William Walling a resident of said County and State, aged seventy three years next Christmas day old stile. Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress the 7th day of June 1832. That he was a volunteer in the year 1777 under Genl. Joseph Martin that he was ordered to his station in the Rye Cove in the month of September 1777 shortly after he was enrolled when he remained until the last of February 1778 and remained in service about six months or more after which service he returned home in Sullivan County Tennessee. When he remained a short time, when he was again ordered to a station at the mouth of Copper Creek or Clinch River in the State of Virginia where he remained in service about three months. This declarant further states that in the Spring of 1780 he served three months under the Command of Captain Roger Jones at a fort near the mouth of Big Creek on the frontier of the Holston Settlement and was discharged after which he enrolled as a volunteer under the Command of Captain James Elliot in the Summer of 1780 and marched under the Command of Col Isaac Shelby for Kings Mountain upon which march the troops under the Command of Col. Shelby were joined by Col. Sevier, Col. Campbell and others the Army arrived at Kings Mountain on or about before the 7th of October 1780 at which time Col. Ferguson was defeated after the surrender of the British

and to us. the principal part of Captain Elliott's company was sent on with the prisoners to Salem in North Carolina from which place he returned home after being in the service of the United States about five months. And this declarant further states that early in the spring of 1780 he was ordered out under Captain Charles Morgan to guard the frontiers and remained in the service six months ending about the last of September 1780. Shortly after which time Captain Charles Morgan and his company was ordered to Yorktown Virginia with which he marched with and on their march some where in Virginia received information of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and was ordered to return home during which time declarant he was in service one month making altogether the time he was in service two years during the revolutionary war. And this declarant further states that after the revolutionary war he served on the frontiers against the Indians from one year to eighteen months in addition.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Yrs sincerely & obediently
William his Walbridge Mark

State of Tennessee Hancock County
I William Snodgrass of the county of Sullivan and state of Tennessee who was  being duly sworn according to law states he has been acquainted with William Walling the applicant herein named since the commencement of the American Revolutionary war and he knows he did reside on the frontier during the whole time of the war that he was at the battle of Kings Mountain in the year 1780 himself and also that the said William Walling was there and belonged to the Regiment commanded by Col. Isaac Shelby as he then understood. And this deponent further states that the said William Wallings was one of the inhabitants of of the frontier that all the inhabitants residing on the frontier that were able to bear arms were frequently called out the times herein stated by him, and further he has no doubt that the facts stated by William Walling in his declaration are true Sworn to and subscribed William Snodgrass W B Mitchell Clerk
State of Tennessee Hancock County
I Henry Plemmons of the county of Hawkins and State of Tennessee who was  being duly sworn according to law states he has been acquainted with William Wallings since his first recollection that he was himself a private in the Company commanded by Captain James East in Col. Shelby's Regiment at the battle of Kings Mountain on the guard the day of the battle - and that

William Walling was also a soldier in the same Company and was in the engagement and went with the prisoners to Salem in North Carolina when the said Walling left the troops and returned for home. And the deponent further states that he lived a near neighbor to said Walling during the whole of the Revolutionary war that he knew of his being in service at different times as stated in his declarations and from his knowledge of all the circumstances at that time that he did perform the duty in the service of the United States as stated by him given to and subscribe the day and Year aforesaid Yzram Mitchell Bblr  Henry his H B Stevens Mark
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 certifies that it appears that the persons Colonel William Snodgrass & Henry Blum who have signed the proceeding certificates are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit. And further that the said Col. William Snodgrass and Henry Blum were both at the Battle of Kings Mountain which fact is notorious in this part of the Country.

I Stockley Detmehle Clerk of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Hawkins County in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the Application of William Walling for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 30 th day of August 1832
H Detmehle Clerk By M c Bratton Clerk
As there is an uncertainty as to the length of two of the Terms of Service twenty three months will be taken
I know the declarant to be a man of veracity J H Blair

MMH  8-1935
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., May 26 , 192 3
In reply to your request of Wm Walling , for the history of _____, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the soldier's claim for pension.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Sept. 1777 6 mos. Pvt. ✓ Genl. Joseph Martin NC   1778 3 mos. No officers stated   Spring 1780 3 mos. Roger Tapp ✓   December 1780 5 mos. James Elliott Isaac Shelby   6 mos. ending Sept 1781 Charles Morgan ✓   1781 1 mo. Charles Morgan ✓  
*
Battles engaged in, Kings Mountain
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Sullivan Co. Tenn District
Date of application for pension, Dec. 30, 1832 His ch. al.
Residence at date of application, Hawkins Co., Tenn.
Age at date of application, 73 yrs. old (Old Style) on Dec. 25, 1832.
Remarks: * After the Rev. he served on the frontier for one year or 18 mos. against the Indians. There is no family data on file
(Date of death not on A.B.)
Respectfully,
(Miss Wilson O.K'd this when I wrote it)
Commissioner.

1932 May 26 - Fish to Miss L. D. Smith, MMH.
Rev. Nat.
1935
INVALID.
File No. 1935
William Walling Port. No. Line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 390
[Arrangement of 1870.]

William Walling, private, annual allowance $76.66 - Recd $229.96 in N.C. Militia - Enrolled as pensioner Mar Mar. 2, 1833 - Age 75 years. Lived in Tenn. Address, Miss L. A. Sutrell - Disbursing Office. personal inquiry Mar 25. 1923

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Walling 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? yes 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? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? no XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no 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? witnesses 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? the court has Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 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? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1. 2. 3. 7.
 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.

Rogersville Sept 1 st
"Revolutionary claims"
Inspection Rec'd Sep 25 1840
The Honorable Lewis Cass Secretary of War Washington City Dist. Col.
12740 12.743 v
Mail

Pocahontas - Virginia
September 18 th 1832
J. L. Edwards Esq r
Sir
I herewith enclose to you the declarations of the following named applicants for pensions under the act of the last Session of Congress vizt Daniel Jones, William Walling, William Thurman, Henry Blevins. You will perceive, in examining the papers of Daniel Jones, that besides his services as a foot soldier, he served one month & ten days as a light Horseman; which I presume will entitle him to his proportion of the pay, that services of force received, when in service - He had his discharge, which he received from Col. Lytle and Capt Wood the only one which was preserved -
I am respectfully
Your most obed t servant
D. Alexander