Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,581, Samson Walker, Mass.

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Walker, Samson Thankful
No. 19,581
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Vermont 3240
Thankful Walker widow of Samson Walker decd. who died on the 23 rd March 1828 of Windsor the State of Vt. who was a Sergeant in the Comp y commanded by Captain Towne of the P ty commanded by _____ in the N.Y.C. line for 7 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 35 - Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Feb. 1840 and Lieut. Salomon J. Nuttall Cavendish Vt.
Arrears to the 4th Sept 1839 $297.50 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Nov. 40. 17.50 $315.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 8. }
Recorded by N. Addison Clerk, Book A Vol. 2. Page 43
see letter to A. Heald Oct. 1. 1842 Same person. 24 th Nov. 1842.
Paid at Treasury under the Act of 6. April 1838 for from 4 March to 4 Sep 1841. Age notified 24 May 1843.

I Eliakin Walker of Essex County of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire aged eighty six years on the twelfth Third day of March now last past being duly sworn do depose & say that I am a brother of Sampson Walker formerly of Concord in the County of Windsor & State of Vermont now deceased; that my said brother Sampson, as I always understood was married in New Hampshire before the commencement of the war of the Revolution; that it was said that he married Thankful Pinner though I was not at the Wedding & was not acquainted with the said Thankful Pinner before their marriage but I saw them after their first child was born which was before the commencement of the Revolution; the child was a daughter named Thankful & I went with my said Brother's Wife & carried her said child in my arms to to see her Parents in Chelmsford M.S. and I have not the slightest reason to doubt but that my said brother & the said Thankful Pinner were legally married, — And I further say that I entered the service of the United States in the year nineteen hundred & seventy five in the Massachusetts line, was a Sergeant in Cap Benj. Walkers Company Col Bridge Regt was in the eight month service; that during this service I frequently saw my said Brother Sampson Walker, he belonged to the Army of the Revolution in the same eight month service & was a Sergeant in Capt. Butts Forsters Company & was at the Battle of Bunker Hill, That I again saw my said brother Sampson Walker at the taking of Burytown in seventeen hundred & seventy seven but I cannot now tell to what company or Regt he belonged but I understood from him that he was engaged for three months as a Sergeant. I after wards saw my said Brother at Cambridge M.S. and understood from him that he was then enlisted for three months & was employed in guarding the Regulars of British Troops taken Prisoners at Stillwater & by the preceding fall, That the above statements are made according to my best recollection and belief but after the lapse of so many years & being now in very infirm health it would not be strange if I should have forgotten many

important particulars in relation to my said Brothers Sampsons services. I had found Brothers myself making the fifth who were all at the Bunker Hill Battle in 1775 my Brothers Benjamin & William were Captains & my Brother Zebulon was a Lieutenant & my said Brother Sampson & myself were Sergeants.
Eliakim Walker
Sworn to & submitted by the said Eliakim Walker this twenty first day of June A D One thousand eight hundred & thirty nine
Before me Laban M. Childwick Justice P.
State of New Hampshire } Merrimack Is }
I certify that the above named Eliakim Walker who has sworn to & submitted the foregoing affidavit is a person of truth & veracity & that the statements by him made are entitled to full credit & belief
Laban M. Childwick Justice Peace
The word 'twenty' & the word 'Brother' interlined before signing
Laban M. Childwick Justice Peace

State of Vermont, } District and County of Windsor, ss. }
On this thirty first day of October, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight,
Personally appeared before the Hon. the Probate Court for said district of Windsor, in the state of Vermont, Thankful Walker, a resident of Andover in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, aged eighty six years on the twentieth day of January, now last past, 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 4 th 1836. That she is the Widow of Samson Walker, who was a Sergeant and Private in the war of the Revolution. That her said husband the said Samson Walker, voluntarily entered the service of the United States, at Merrimac, New Hampshire, as an Orderly Sergeant under Capt. Towne or Towns, of Amherst, N.H. and went to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he joined the army about the first of June, seventeen hundred and seventy five; was in the Battle of Bunker Hill, and continued in the army during the time for which he volunteered, and returned home to sd. Merrimac in the fore part of December following, having served in the army six months; That in the early part of September, seventeen hundred and seventy six, the said Samson Walker again voluntarily entered the service of the United States, as a private, for three months, under Capt. Bloodgett of Chelmsford, Mass s and went to Licondaroga, N.Y. and other frontier places, and returned to said Merrimac in December, the same year, having served three months; That in the month of September, (about the first as she is very sure) in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven, her sd. husband again entered the service as a private, for three months, and went to Bennington, Vt. and thence to the state of New York; was in one or both the Battles at Stillwater, and after the surrender of Burgoine, returned home by the way of New York City, having been discharged in New York City, he returned home through Connecticut, after having served three months; that she cannot now recollect the names of any of the Officers under whom he served in the campaign last aforesaid. In the winter or spring of seventeen hundred and seventy eight, her said husband again volunteered as a private, for three months, and was stationed in the vicinity of Cambridge and Boston, Ms. to guard the prisoners taken at Stillwater, N.Y. the preceding fall, where he remained during said three months, and returned home in the following summer. That some time after these services, and when her said husband resided at Temple, N.H. he volunteered and started to go to Royalton, Vermont, at the time Royalton was burned by the Indians; went as far as Charlestown, N.H. then called "number four", and hearing that the Indians had dispersed, he returned home to Temple aforesaid, having been gone only a few days, about five days as she thinks.

She further declares that she was married to the said Samson Walker in or about the month of September, in the year seventeen hundred and seventy two, but after a lapse of so many years, she cannot now safely tell the precise day on which she was married, but she is confident it must have been in the early part of the fall of seventeen hundred and seventy two; that her first Child was born in seventeen hundred and seventy three, and her second Child, in seventeen hundred and seventy five, in April, a few days after the battle at Lexington; that she was married at Dunstable near Shelburne, Ms. by the Rev. Mr. Hiddler, Minister of the Gospel, then of said Dunstable, having previously obtained a Marriage License of the proper authority, and that her Husband, the aforesaid Samson Walker, died at Andover aforesaid, on the twenty third day of March in the year eighteen hundred and twenty eight, and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Thankful Walker
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Thankful Walker, on this 31 st day of October, A.D. 1838, before me.
Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of said Probate Court.
I, Thankful Burnah, of Andover in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged sixty five years, depose and say, that I am the Daughter of Samson Walker and Thankful Walker, formerly his Wife, and now the Widow of the said Samson Walker, who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing Declaration; that I constantly lived with my said Parents until I was twenty one years old when I was married to Eli Burnah, and from that time to the year eighteen hundred eighteen I lived away from my said Parents and only saw them occasionally. That since 1818, I have made it my home with my said Parents. I was present when my Father, the said Samson Walker died, on the 23 rd day of March, 1828, as stated in the above Declaration. I was present and saw him die; that from my earliest recollection the said Samson and Thankful have lived together in the relation of Husband and Wife, up to the decease of the said Samson, and I never heard their marriage questioned by any one, and I have no manner of doubt but that they were legally married; that since the death of my said Father, I have made it my home with my said Mother, who has ever since that time, remained the Widow of the said Samson, and is now sole and unmarried; that I well recollect to have heard my said Father relate his services in the War of the Revolution, and have heard him relate the several services mentioned in the foregoing Declaration; that I distinctly

recollect the circumstance of my Father's return from the army on one occasion, but I cannot now tell which, and I remember his dress which he then wore, which was, among other things, a brown Coat faced with red, and a wide white cloth belt bound with blue.
Thankful Burnap
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Thankful Burnap, on this 31 st day of October, A.D. 1838. Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of said Probate Court.
I, Hart Balch of Andover in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, aged nearly eighty seven years, repose and say, that in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five, I belonged to the army of the United States and was stationed at Winter Hill, near Boston, Ms. Whilst there I became acquainted with Samson Walker, who was then a Sargeant in Capt. Artless Towne's Company stationed at Cambridge. I belonged to Capt. William Walker's Company; and the said Capt. Walker was a Brother of the said Samson Walker. The said Samson Walker removed with his family to said Andover, in the year eighteen hundred, and since that time I have lived in the same neighbourhood with them, and have been well acquainted the said Samson and Thankful, his wife who constantly lived together in the relation of Husband and Wife. The said Samson died at said Andover, as I should think, about ten years ago; I was present and saw him die; and since that time the said Thankful Walker, who has subscribed the foregoing Declaration, has remained the widow of the said Samson, and now is sole and unmarried.
Thomas F. Hammond. Witness.
Hart his Balch mark
Moses W. Hutchinson
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Hart Balch, on this thirty first day of October, eighteen hundred and thirty eight, before me,
Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of said Probate Court.
State of Vermont, District of Windsor, ss.
Probate Registry for said District.
Thomas F. Hammond
Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Windsor aforesaid, hereby Certify, that Thankful Walker who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing Declaration, and Thankful Burnap and Hart Balch who have sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavits are severally persons of truth and veracity, and that their respective statements are entitled to full credit and belief.
Thomas F. Hammond, (Judge of the said Probate Court.)

State of Vermont, } I, Salmon F. Dutton, Register of the Probate District of Windsor, ss. } Court for the District of Windsor aforesaid, hereby Certify, that Thomas F. Hammond, before whom the foregoing Declaration of Thankful Walker, and the foregoing affidavits of Thankful Binnap and Heart Balch were swor- =nally sworn to and subscribed, and who has certified to the credibility of the said Declarant and affiants, is Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Windsor aforesaid, which Probate Court is a court of Record; and that the signature annexed to the respective certificates of the oaths, and to the certificate of the credibility, of the said Declar- =ant and affiants, purporting to be the signature of him the said Thom- as F. Hammond, is his own proper and genuine signature.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Probate Court, and subscribed my name, at Clarendon, in said District, this first day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
Salmon F. Dutton, Register.

for a statement of the military history of Samson 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. Mid. 7. 19,581.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1. 1775- 8 mos. Sergt. Archibalds Town Ebenezer Bridges Mass.   Aug. 23. 1776 to Dec. 76 Pri. Zachariah Fitch Samuel Brewer   Aug. 15. 1777 3 mos. Stephen Russell Samuel Bullard   Apr. 1. 1778 3 mos. 2 d. John Moore Jona. Reed  
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill, 2 nd battle of Stillwater,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Merrimack, N. H.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 31. 1838. Her cl. was sl.
Residence at date of application, Andover, Windover Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, 13 Jan. 20. 1752.
Remarks: was born at Billerica, Middlesex Co., Mass., date not stated; soldier, mar. about Sept. 1772. at Dunstable, Mass.
Thankful Pierce; he died Mar. 23. 1828 at Andover, Vt.
Children: Thankful, b. in 1773, mar. Eli Burnap; another child b. in Apr. 1775; name not stated.
Yours respectfully,

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19581
Thankful Walker
Widow of
Sampson Walker
Clergy. Rev. Mr.
Act: July 15 1886
Index:—Vol. M, Page 3111
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Apr 10. 1897 - History to Mr. Walter Orhlan. Chelmsford. Mass.
— 1909, Feb. 13, History to J. D. Adams, Springfield, Vt. Fr.

3240
Memor. Montpelier
Thankful Walker widow of Samson Walker who died on the 23 rd March 1828 of Montpelier in the State of Vermont who was a Sp ts Pri in the Confy commanded by Captain Towne of the Regt commanded by Col in the A. H. C. Mass. line for 6 Mos 80 days Sergeant 8 " 9 " private
Inscribed on the Roll of Montpelier at the rate of 60 Dollars 91 3/4 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of April 1831 and sent to John Bryant
Arrears to the 4th of Meridian Semi-annual allowance ending A. H. C.
Sum from $35.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 32 nd }
Recorded by H. W. Wright Clerk, Book L , Vol. 2 , Page 343
a 2, 43

Meriden
Montpelier (Vt.) Agency
Thankful Walker, widow of Samson who was a sergeant & private
Cashed July 4, 1836
6 mo 20 days $33.33
8 mo 9 days pri. 27.65 $60.98
per Sumner - commencing March 4, 1831, former payments at $35 per share to be deducted.
John Bryant, Meriden, N. H.

Feb 20 1840
Rev. J. Walker
James L. Schurman Esq.
Commission of Peace,
Washington City
D. C.
Greenwich St
NY 15. 1840

Gloucester Feb. 13 th 1840
To James P. Edwards Esq.
Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of yr favour of the 30 th Jan y , informing me that, "in the case of Mrs. Thankful Walker the proof of the date of the marriage, and of 7 months service as a Sargant in 1775 is satisfactory, but the alleged service in 1777 under Capt. Bloodget is not supported by the rolls of Massachusetts even to the extent of shewing, that there was an officer of that name. There must be some mistake as to the name of the Captain."
As to the last named service, I have never entertained a doubt but that it was performed, but I am not certain that Mrs. Walker will at this late day be able to make satisfactory proof of it. I do not know that it will be in her power to furnish yr department with any better evidence than that, which she has already forwarded. A further attempt, such as would warrant any prospect of success, must be attended with some considerable delay and expense. She will, therefore, take a certificate, if you shall be fit to forward it, for the present, covering the 7 months service of her deceased husband as a Sargant in 1775, which has been satisfactorily proved. This I suppose, will not prejudice her right to prove any further service hereafter, if she should be so fortunate as to find the proper evidence. She is an indigent old woman, and will be essentially relieved and aided by a Certificate for said 7 months service. You will confer upon her no small favour by forwarding to me the Certificate in season to send it on to the agent at Montpelier, Vt. by the 4 th March next. She will then have an opportunity to draw her money with but little expense. If this opportunity be lost, she will be put to a considerable additional trouble and expense, as she resides about one hundred miles distant from the St agency.
I have the Honor to be very Respectfully, Yr. ob. Servt, Salomon F. Dutton.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES,
made by the  by the her Dow.
of the party who rendered the service.
In order to an Increase of Pension State of Vermont
County of Windsor
Town of Andover
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Samson Walker in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Pilgrim in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts
He first enlisted from the Town of Merimack in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire in the year 1775 as a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain _____ name of the Captain & Regiment in not known to me Regiment and he served as follows, * viz:—
I cannot describe the several tours of service performed by my husband Samson Walker more definitely than to say that that he first engaged in what was called the Massachusetts eight months service as a Sergeant but I cannot state under what officers, and that he was subsequently out in service at Bennington & other places, but I cannot give the names of his Company or Regimental officers. My husband the said Samson Walker at the time of the commencement of the Revolutionary War was a resident of the town of Merimack in the State of New Hampshire , and soon afterwards removed to Chelmsford  Massachusetts —from both of which places, he engaged in service. I have therefore to request evidence of all the services rendered by Samson Walker from said town of Merimack and Chelmsford or any of the neighboring towns—
* Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, &c. of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

He was a native of the Town of... and State of... He enlisted from the Town of... in the County of... in the year... in the Company commanded by Captain... and he served as follows: viz: -
Thankful Walker of Windsor Co. Vt. Affirmation 4372
I am now _____ years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.
I am now upwards of 98 years old and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated
WITNESS my hand, this 9 th day of November
A. D. 1857
Thankful her X Walker mark
Signed by said Thankful Walker in my presence,
Joseph Sedgley
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
For Windsor County Vermont
John Bryant Manders M.D. ag

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
April 1 st , 1843.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Thankful Walker , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Montpelier , Vt. Agency, at the rate of Thirty five Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 4 th Sept. 1841.  Respectfully yours,
J. W. Foster  Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Thankful Walker of Vt claimant to an increase of her Pension Act 4 th July 1836
application for, and certified evidence of her husband Simon Walker service
8 mo d as Sergeant in 1775 and 8 mo 9 day subsequently as a private
John Bryant Agent Meriden N.H.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
December 28 1850.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Sampson Walker is borne on rolls of 8 mo. service in 1775 in Capt. Archelaus Towns Co. Col. Eben d Bridges Regt. as a Sergt. from Merrimack, N. H., from May 1. on coat roll Nov. 20. 1775. —
On a pay roll of Capt. Zachariah Fitch Co. Col. Samuel Brevar's Regt. as a private, from Aug 23 to Sept. 30. 1776. 1 mo. 9 d. — It appears by a mileage roll for the officers, that the Co. did not return till Dec r , but no roll for service is found after Sept. 30. Capt. Fitch belonged to Groton. —
On a pay roll of Capt. Stephen Russell Co. Col. Samuel Bullard's Regt. at Northward, as a private, from Aug 15. 1777. 3 mo. 28 days. — roll dated at Inverness. —
On a pay roll of Capt. John Moore Co. Col. John Reed's Regt. of guards at Cambridge from Apr 1. 1778. 3 mo. 2 d.

rank not stated, but from Middlesex Co. Graft Moore was from Bedford. _____
There appears to be no evidence of any other service by any person of the name. _____
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth the date above written.
Wm. Swift Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Thankful Walker widow of Samson Walker a Vt Pensioner act 4 th July 1836 claimant to an increase of her Pension - Declaration made Nov 9. 1850

State of Vermont Windsor County ss }
On this 9 th day of November 1850 before me Joseph Dedge a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Windsor personally appeared Thankful Walker a resident of Ardoreen in said County of Windsor and a Vermont Personer of the United States aged upwards of 98 years who being first duly sworn according to law saith on her oath that the following declaration is true to an intirety of her pension, That she is the widow of Samson Walker for whose service she has heretofore claimed and been allowed a pension under the act of the 4 th of July 1836 at the rate of thirty five dollars per annum with which annual amount she has never been satisfied, believing herself entitled to an allowance for eight months ser- -vice as a sergeant in 1775 - under Massachusetts officers and for various other subsequent tours performed under Massachusetts or New Hampshire, but which tours she is unable to describe not knowing the length dates or names of his officers. He was at the time of the commencement of the war a resident of Merrim- -ack in the State of New Hampshire from which place she thinks he engaged in the 8 months service That he afterwards took up his abode in Chelmsford Massachusetts - That from either said Merrimack or said Chelmsford her belief is that he engaged and served -as many as three tours of service of three months each, for he used so to state in his application and other short tours in the good service at

Turnbridge and other places that she feels confident that he served three months in 1777 but is unable to state the names of his officers - That she has there- -fore renewedly to claim an allowance for all the service rendered by Samson Walker from said towns of Monmouth in the State of New Hampshire and also from said towns of Shelburne in the State of Massachusetts and to pay an increase of her present pension for said service whether rendered under S.H. or Massachusetts officers Thankful x Walker mark
Sworn and subscribed to by the said Thankful Walker on the day and year aforesaid Report me Joseph Durye { Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the declarant is personally known to me being a neighbour of mine and all things aforesaid in age is entitled to help Joseph Durye { Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont
Secretary of State's Office
Montpelier January 10 th 1851
I hereby certify that Joseph Dodge Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificates, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Windsor in said State, duly appointed and qualified, and that full credit is due to his official acts and attestations as such.
Given under my hand and the seal of this Office this 10 th day of January A.D. 1851.
Fernand F. Merrill Secretary of State

Oct 21. 1842
W. L. Wray
James L. Calhoun Commissioner of Pensions Washington City District of Columbia
FREE

Chelsea Vermont Oct 15 th 1842
Sir,
In the case of Thankful Walker, I now enclose to you, Justice Lovjoy's certificate of Identity of the Pensioner, (She having omitted one semi-annual payment,) together with duplicate Receipts for the first six months, from the 11 th of March 1841 to the 4 th day of September 1841. Signed by the Attorney named in the Power of Attorney, executed by the Pensioner for twelve Months, (now in your Office) the duplicate returned therewith, being for the last six months (to wit) from the 4 th of September 1841 to the 4 th of March 1842. I send two Receipts, supposing should you direct the agent to pay the $175.50 the first six months pay now due, you would enclose one of them to him, or to me, in case the directions should be enclosed to me, to present to the agent. ~ The Clerk's certificate of the Official capacity of Justice Lovjoy I supposed not necessary, as the agent has it in his Office.
If the Vouchers are not acceptable, please give Special directions, how to be made out.
Your Obed t & Hum l Serv t
Amos Heald
James L. Edwards Esq r Comm r of Pensions.

Sept 24. 1842. FREE
J. L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington
Thankful Walker W. Wh 36

Sir
Chester Vermont Sept r 20 th 1842
A Power of Attorney was made & duly executed By Thankful Walker of Weston or Andover Vermont; on the 4 th of March last, to Benjamin B. Sargent of Chester aforesaid, the S d Attorney being authorized to receive her pension from the 4 th of March 1841 to the 4 th of March 1842 - being 12 months pension Due her - by an oversight of the writer of the dupli- cate Receipts they were made for six months only and paid by the Pension Agent according to the duplicates $7 50 in Lieu of $35 00 as it should have been. on discovering the error I immediately wrote to the agent, who discovered the mistake & wrote me that it could be rectified, by sending him, a certificate of Identity of the pensioner & duplicates for twelve months in stead of six - on the 11 th of Sep r inst I enclosed the certificate & duplicates to the agent - he said the Books were closed and advised to send new vouchers to you for six months from the 4 th of March 1841 to the 4 th of Sep r 1841.
Not knowing the mode which will be most acceptab- le to your Department, in like cases, I thought proper to write to you, for information, altho. it may belong to the auditor department, to adjust.
From your former obliging correspondence, am led to believe, you will have the goodness to give me necessary instructions, in the mode necessary for making pension in behalf of the Widow. To obtain the deficit-
Your sincere Friend & Hum d Serv t
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Amos H. Field.

Nov. 20, 1839
Vt.
4 July 1836 4808
Thankful Walker
Vt
at 4 July 36
m'72-
20.16.48. Townes - Serg. Tnd. 75
adm'd
7 mo. Serg.
35 $
16.48 Serg. 7 mo 75
no deduction
salmon
H. Dutton, Cavendish.
Vt.

Nashua, late Dunstable, N.H. August 21. 1839
Salmon J. Dutton Esq.
Dear Sir Yours of 16 th inst. asking for Record evidence of the marriage of Sampson Walker and Thankful Pierce, came to hand this day. I have made diligent search through the records of Marriages, beginning at 1746, the earliest records of the Town, and do not find records such a marriage. As it regards procuring evidence of said Marriage, from any other source in this town, I doubt whether it can be done. The Rev d Mr. Widdon, died long ago, and his family are entirely extinct in this place. His aged widow, died several years since, and her two remaining daughters removed to Ohio. — any further attempt to procure evidence here would, I doubt not, prove entirely useless.
I am Respectfully Your obed t Servant G. W. Noyes Town Clerk of Nashua, formerly (Dunstable N.H.)

State of New Hampshire Merrimack County.
The subscriber, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Merrimack hereby certifies and declares, that Laban M. Chadwick, Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Eliakim Walker purports to have been taken, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Merrimack, duly qualified to administer oaths and that his name subscribed to the certificate thereon, is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this twenty-first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
H. B. Chase, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Merrimack.

Rec 19281
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Springfield St. Jan. 28/09
Commissioner Pension Office Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please furnish me with the complete record shown in Pension File No 19,581 of the Rev. War Records. Claim of Thankful Walker widow of Simon Walker.
If you will kindly do so I would thank you very much.
Respectfully Yours.
J. L. Holcomb. Springfield Vermont Box 118

Chelmsford Mass March 10 '97
Hon Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:..
For genealogical and historical purposes only, I desire to know what were the services of Samson Walker (my ancestor) whose widow, Thankful Walker, of Andover, Windsor County, Vermont received a revolutionary pension, as appears in - "A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services" Published by authority of an act of Congress Washington 1841. I will be

greatly obliged for the above information.
very truly yours
Walter Perham
Chelsea, Mass.