Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7836, Jacob Wall, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Nb
Wall Jacob
S 7836
Carded
CONTENTS

North Carolina 18.540
Jacob Wall of Wilkes in the State of North Carolina who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Walton of the Reg't commanded by Col. Armstrong in the North Carolina line for 12 months and 16 days
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 40 Dollars - 66 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of June '33 and sent S. F. Patter- son Wilkesboro' N. C.
Arrears to the 14th of March '33 - 81.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 20.33 $101.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk, Book E. Vol. 6. Page 59

18590 Jacob Wall Wilkes co. N.C.
Admit as a juror 12 mo & 6 days 40.66
W J S 5. 11. 12. apl. 30. '33. Sp. let. 13 P. 361
S. F. Patterson Wilkesboro' N.C.

BRIEF in the case of  Jacob Wall  of  Wilkes Co.  in the State of  North Carolina  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Justice of the Peace  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes  3. How old is he? 83  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.     Volunteer In 1775 6 Gen. Moore Gen. Rutherford   Drafted 1 to 6 weeks Col. Martin Armstrong   1780 At least 2 months Col. Alex. Martin   1781 1 to 6 weeks   1 to 6 weeks   1. 12   1. 12   1. 12   2  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Pedee & Rocky rivers  # 12. 6  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wilkes county N.C.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional 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? Perfect 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. G. Bradford. Examining Clerk.
App d claim in armed del n 14 mo.

State of North Carolina } County of Wilkes } p.
On this 4 th day of September 1832 personally appeared before me the subscriber, an acting Justice of the Peace for the County & State aforesaid, Jacob Wall a resident of the County of Wilkes & State of North Carolina aged Eighty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he was born in the year 1759 in the County of Culpepper and State of Virginia, and continued to reside in the said State until he removed to the State of North Carolina in the year 1773. — In the month of October or November 1775 he entered the service of the United States in the County of Wilkes as a volunteer for six months in a company of minute men commanded by Captain Jesse Wallen & immediately after rendezvoused at Salisbury where they remained for some time, drilling and training their men and from there returned home which was a few days before Christmas. — On the 13 th day of February following they set out for Cross Creek or Fayetteville, having heard that the Scotch Forces in that part of the Country had become very troublesome. — On their march they were joined by Colo. Mark Armstrong with a body of Militia from Surry County at a place called Old Richmond, and from thence they continued their march until they reached the County of Randolph where they joined Colo. Alexander Martin of the Continental line, with a small body of troops under his command. — After joining Colo. Martin they continued their march to Cross Creek or Fayetteville. — The day

before their arrival at that place, a battle had been fought near that between the Tories under the command of Genl. McDonald, and the Americans under Genl. Moore, which resulted in the defeat of the former with the loss of a good many killed & wounded and a number taken prisoners - The prisoners taken by Genl. Moore in this engagement were delivered up to Captain Jesse Wallow and placed under charge of his company as a guard to convey them to Hillsboro' - They set out for Hillsboro' immediately with the prisoners, but before they arrived at that place they were met by two companies of Light Horse under the command of Captain Nathan Shepherd, who took charge of the prisoners, by which they were relieved - and Captain Wallow and his company were discharged and returned home, which they reached on the 29 th of March - having been gone nearly two months - After their arrival at home they met twice every week for the purpose of drilling and training until the expiration of their term of service - Soon after the expiration of his first term of service under Captain Wallow, he was drafted to go out as one of a scouting party to guard the frontiers of North Carolina against the depredations of the Cherokee Indians, and was during this expedition under the command of Captain Benjamin  Joseph Herndon - He was engaged in this expedition from a month to six weeks - Some time after his return home, this deponent was again called out and rendezvoused below Salisbury where he joined the regiment under the command of Genl. Rutherford, and marched from thence against the Tories who had embodied themselves in the country adjacent to the Pedee & Rocky Rivers - an engagement was there fought between the Tories and the whig

militia under Genl. Rutherford and Colo. Graes in which the former were defeated and taken prisoners - After this engagement this deponent was discharged and returned home in order to guard the frontier settlements against the incursions of the Tories - In this last expedition this deponent believes he was gone at least two months - About the month of September 1780 information was received by Colo. Benjamin Cleveland that Majr. Ferguson was approaching from South Carolina with a large body of British and Tories - upon receiving this information Colo. Cleveland issued orders immediately for all the troops within the County of Wilkes to rendezvous at the Court House - This deponent immediately repaired to the Court House and after remaining there for a few days until the troops were organized, they marched towards South Carolina, and having reached as far as Hiden's fort in the County of Burke, this deponent was taken extremely ill, and was there discharged by Col. Cleveland, who procured a conveyance to bring him home - after he recovered he set out again to join the army but and met them at Wilkes Court House on their return from Kings moun- -tain with the prisoners, where he joined them and as- -sisted in guarding the prisoners until they reached one of the Moravian Towns in the County of Stokes, where they continued to guard the prisoners for a considerable time until they were relieved by Colo. Winston with a body of fresh troops - after which they were dischar- -ged and returned home - having been absent in this expedition from a month to six weeks -
Some time in the winter of 1781 or early in the Spring this deponent was again called upon to rendezvous at Salisbury in order to check the progress of Lord Cornwallis who was supposed to be advancing from South Carolina - but before this deponent and the

troops to which he belonged, reached Salisbury, they received information that Lord Cornwallis had entered the State and was then in Salisbury - They immediately changed the direction of their route and proceeded towards Salem where in order to join Genl Greene who was supposed to be somewhere on the waters of Dan River - When they had advanced as far as Person County in N.C. they received order from Genl Greene to return and endeavor to form a junction with Genl Pickens who was supposed to be advancing from South Carolina by the way of East Tennessee, with a small body of troops, and to inform him of the posture of affairs as well as to conduct him through the country so that he might be able to cooperate with Genl Greene - Having met Genl Pickens near Mitchell's River in the County of Surry they conducted him to Salem where they fell in with Col Locke - upon leaving that place, Genl Pickens and Col Locke with the respective troops under their command separated - the former taking the direct route to Hillsboro' and the latter pursuing a road higher up the country - This detachment was attached to the troops under the command of Col Locke, and when they had proceeded as far as Stoney Creek in the County of Guilford or Rockingham, they received information from Genl Pickens that a large body of Tories had assembled themselves under the command of Col Pyle, and requesting Col Locke to repair with all possible despatch to meet him at Trottinger's ford on Haw River - They set out immediately for that place, but before they reached it, Genl Pickens had engaged with the Tories and defeated them - After this event they directed their course towards Genl Greene's army and fell in with it near the High Rock - They remained with Genl Greene a few days, and was discharged and returned home - having been gone in this expedition from a month to six weeks - This detachment performed some other short tours against

the Tories, but the precise length of each cannot now be particularly recollected - This deponent has no documentary evidence by which to prove his services, but refers to the affidavit of Colo Richard Allen hereto annexed for proof of most of them - He has no record of his age, but derived his information on that subject in early life from his mother - He has resided in the County of Wilkes ever since the revolutionary war, and still resides there -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State -
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Witness
William J. P.
his Jacob Wall mark
State of North Carolina } Wilkes County } ss.
On this 4 th day of September 1832 personally appeared Colo Richard Allen before me the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace for the County & State aforesaid and having first been duly sworn according to law deposith and saith that the services set forth & specified in the foregoing declaration made by Jacob Wall, W.Mt. the six months war under Captain Jesse Wallen, the long part of the way to Kings Mountain, and thence to the Moravian Towns, and the war to Guilford and the surrounding country, where they joined Genl. Greene, were performed by the said Jacob Wall - and that the remaining part of the services set forth in the said declaration he believes (from his knowledge of the character of the said Jacob Wall) were performed by him -
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid -
Witness
William J. P.
his Richard Allen Sen d mark

State of North Carolina } p. Wilkes County }
I Richard Allen Jr one of the Justices of the Justices of the Peace for the County & State aforesaid do hereby declare my 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 - I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Jacob Wall, and that I believe from his extreme age and great bodily infirmity that he is not able to attend a trial of record for the purpose of making the declaration aforesaid, without great injury to his health and very great expense personal pain and suffering -
I further certify that Col Richard Allen who has signed the affidavit hereto annexed is a resident of the County of Wilkes and is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Given under my hand & Seal this 11 th day of September 1832 -
W. Allen J. P. Seal

Rev. War
7836 INVALID.
File No. 7836
Jacob Wall Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:—Vol. 123, Page 392
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Jacob Wall:
Amended Declaration.

I Robert Martin Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of the County of Wilkes State of North Carolina hereby certify that Richard Allen Esquire whose signature appears to the foregoing proceedings, is, and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature -
Given under my hand & Seal of office affixed this 21 st day of May 1833 -
R. Martin Clk by B. W. G. Stock