Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 612, Martin Walter, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Walter, Martin Phebe
W 612 B.L. Wt 58-60-55 B.L. Wt. 8006-100-1790
CONTENTS

See letter 2 May 1839 to Col. P. Ag d do. to same May 15. 1839 do. to same & H. Worden June 14. 1839 Let. to Pen. Agent & John L. Russell (resumption) Jan. 9, '40. do. to 3 d Auditor July 7. 1840.
New York Roll - Martin Waller Private - New York Line 1820 to 1821
2584
New York Roll
Martin Waller
Private - New York Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence the 1 st of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st of Sept. 1818 and sent to to James O. Waller Manlius N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818, 5 th mo 4/30 — 41 6 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 st March 1819 — 48 — $ 89 6
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
8 Years
Continued Manlius, Onondaga Co.

Wm Luther Oct 25/7 1821
1855 March 14 To P. Capt. Hicks Warden
1987 New York Albany Phoebe Walter widow of Martin
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Pirate
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
30 Feby 1853 Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Sept 53 and sent to
S. L. Edwards Manlius Onondaga N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under July 20, 1848, Page 87 Vol. A
Feby 30/53
78185

62.280 per mar 3/55 (Rec ap 6/55)
Phoebe Walter wife of Martin Walter (Pinehurst) Walter Capt Col
Man of the revolution Corporal Col Vandchaick Regt N.Y. Line War recd 100 acs U.S. Pensioner under act Feb 1853
Buyers Adms 60 acs Sept 4/55 Dodge
Rdw
Chas. W. Benica Syracuse NY
set to J. Walter Apr 28/56
AVV July 53 - Nov 1987

In the matter of Application for of Phebe Walter The widow of the Martin Walter deceased for a pension —
Simon Walter afft —

State of New York
Orange County Simon Walter being duly sworn saith that he is the son of Martin Walter by his first wife whose name before marriage was Betty Swoap whom his father married as he is in- formed & believes, in Stone at which is in the State of New York. He also saith that soon after the Revolutionary war his father and his family moved to the town of Matilda in the Province of Upper Canada at which place his wife who was my mother died in the summer of eighteen hun- dred. He also saith that his father had six children by his first wife, of whom four only survive to wit his deponent and George Lewis & Peter and that this deponent is the eldest of the said children & aged sixty five years. He also saith that on the twenty eigh- th day of December eighteen hundred & two his father Martin Walter married Phebe Pelton at the town of Matilda in the Provin- ce of Upper Canada aforesaid. That he was present at the marriage of his father to the said Phebe and saw them married by William Frazier Esq. who was then a justice of the peace in the town aforesaid & married his father to the said Phebe on the twenty eighth day of December in the year eighteen hundred & two - and that his father Martin Martin Walter & Phebe his wife lived to- gether as man & wife from the day of her marriage aforesaid to the time of his death which occurred on the sixth day of April in the year eighteen hundred & forty four in the town of Meridian in

The county of Onondaga and that his step mother Phebe Walter has lived a widow ever since his death and still is such widow and old & infirm and in very poor and indigent circumstances and una- ble to support herself and depends upon the charity of her friends for her living He also saith that William Fraser Esq. The Justice of the Peace who married them died several years ago in the town of Matilda aforesaid. He further saith that widow Phebe Walter the second wife of the said Martin Walter is the same person who now makes the application for a pension on account of the revolution- ary services of her husband Martin Walter who was a revolutionary soldier and a pensioner on the pension list to the time of his death and that she is the same woman whose name was Phebe Pelton before her marriage to my father Martin Walter and further this depo- nent saith not Sworn this 27 day his Simon Walter of May 1853 mark
Before me at Marysburgh county of Prince Edward John Bongard L.L.D. Canada West

In the matter of Martin Walter a Revolutionary Soldier.
Not on Rolls
IM
Seal of the Court wanting
See Laws and Rules of regula- tions herewith generally
War Dept Pension office July 1876

State of New York Onondaga County ss
I Sylvanus Fowler one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County To the Honorable Secretary of the War Department do certify That on this first day of April Eighteen hundred and eighty personally came before me Martin Walter a resident of the town of Manlius in said County and being duly sworn declared on oath that some time in the latter part of the year 1775 he enlisted into the ser- vice of the United States in the First Reg- ment of New York Troops Commanded by Colonel Van Schaick in the Company then Commanded by Captain Gink and served in that Company about three years when he was transferred to the Company of Captain Hicks served about six months — That he was then transferred to the Company of Captain Greig and served therein till the close of the war for which term he was enlisted That he was discharged on the fourth day of June 1783 at a place called "Snake Hill" near West-Point and that his discharge has since been burnt in the dwelling house which was consumed by accident — He fur- ther declares that he receives no pension from the United States and that he is now poor and unable, without assistance to support himself and family
From all which and from the testimony of Adam Walter herewith transmitted it ap- pears to my satisfaction that the said Mar- tin Walter served in the Revolutionary War until the end thereof as above stated against the Common Enemy and is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assis- tance from his country for support
Done in pursuance of the act of Congress of the United States entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of

of the United States in the Revolu- tionary War Approved March 28 th 1818
Sylvanus Townshend

State of New York Onondaga County ss I Sylvanus Tousley an of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County Do certify that on this first day of April 1818 personally came before me Adam Walter of Manlius in said County and being duly sworn declared on oath that Martin Walter did enlist into the service of the United States some time in the year 1775 for during the war, the witness being then present at the time of said enlistment that Captain Fink was the recruiting officer — He further declared that said Martin Walter served as a soldier till the end of the war when he was discharged and the witness met him at Schenectady with a wagon and conveyed him home to Stone Arabia on the Mohawk river where he then resided
The said Adam Walter further declared that he was well acquainted with the situation in life and circumstances of the said Martin Walter — That he is des- titute of property and the means of support for himself & family except his own hand labor and that he is now growing old and infirm
Sylvanus Tousley

State of New York } ss: Onondaga County }
I certify that Sylvanus Fousley Esquire before whom the within proceedings were had who hath certified the same was at the times therein stated a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in for said County duly commissioned & sworn. That the above is his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the County Seal this fifteenth day of May A.D. 1818.
Malcolm H. McLean Dep. Clk.
New York

Martin Walter
2584
March 1867
200
10

Schedule of the property of Martin Walter taken the first day of September 1820
 1 Cupboard  1 Table  1 Shovel & Tongs  1 pair Iron Horns  1 Iron Pot  1 do 1 Broken  1 Frying pan  4 old Chains no value  4 Earthen Milk Pans  1 Tin Pail  1 Wood Pail  6 Tea Cups & Saucers  5 Plates  5 Knives & Forks  3 Bowls  1 Tea Pot  1 Cream Pot  1 ditto 
 1 Axe  1 Scythe  1 Cradle  1 Sickle  1 Hand Saw  2 Drawing Knives  1 Hammer  1 pair Compasses  1 Salt Barrel  1 Cow  1 Pig  1 bible  1 Psalm Book 
Due me from Martin Walter
1 chair 1 wash tub Peter Marsh 1.75 Abraham Everson 4.25 6.00 Garden vegetables
value $33.95
I justly owe Mariah Smith sixty one dollars Clarissa Clark one dollar & thirty three cents Robert Gilmore eighty eight cents
in all sixty three dollars & fifty one cents his Martin M c Walter mark

State of New York Onondaga County ss. On this first day of September 1820 personally appeared before the Judges of the court of common pleas in said county in open court Martin Waller aged sixty eight years resident in said county who being first duly sworn doth on his oath declare that he served in the the revolutionary war as follows viz for ten months from March 1776 to January 1777 in Capt John Singlards Company in the first regiment of New York troops commanded by Colonel Goose Van Schieck & was regularly discharged and that on the 9 th January 1777 he again enlisted in the same corps to serve during the war & continued to serve in said regiment until the 8 th June 1783 when he was finally discharged: that on the first day of April 1818 he made his declaration & application for a pension under the act of 18 th March 1818 and a few months afterwards received a pension certificate no. 2584 dated 21 September 1818 at eight dollars a month which he has regularly received up to the fourth of March last The said Martin Waller further saith on his oath that his occupation is that of a common laborer that his age (sixty eight years) & informs do not admit of his laboring more than three fourths of the time & that at very reduced wages that his family residing with him consists of himself his wife Phoebe Waller aged thirty nine years his son Isaac Waller aged eight years and Sarah Waller aged ten months that his wife can do little more than to cook & wash for his family and take care of the children & that the children can in no way contribute to their own support
And the said Martin Waller 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 whatever disposed of of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring bring myself within the provisions of an act of congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property (necessary wearing apparel & bedding excepted) 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
his
Martin W Waller Marks
Sworn to and declared in open court on the 1 day of September 1820 before J. O. Waller, Judge of Onon. Com. Pleas

State of New York
Onondaga County, ss
I Truman Adams Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court - and I further 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 thirty three Dollars, & ninety five cents. and that the within named Martin Walter justly owes sixty three Dollars & fifty one cents - In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 7 th day of September 1820
Truman Adams Clerk
of said Court

42.280
Widow Phoebe Walter
Revolution claim
E. W. Bensen
Atty
Syracuse

State of New York } ss.
County of Onondaga
On this 26 day of March A. D., 1855, personally appeared before me John Watson a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Phoebe Walter aged 72 years, a Resident of Marcellus, in the County of Onondaga and State of New York Who being duly sworn, according to law, declares that she is the widow of Martin Walter deceased, who was a private in the War of the Revolution, and was Pensioned under the act of 1818 at the rate of $96 per annum, and that she has been Pensioned under the act of February 1853 at the rate of $96 per annum, as the widow of the said Martin Walter deceased.
She further declares that she was married to the said Martin Walter in Marcellus in the County of Onondaga and State of New York on the 28 day of December 1802. She further declares that her husband, the aforesaid Martin Walter died in Marcellus in the County of Onondaga and State of New York on the 6 day of April 1844 and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act of March 3 - 1855.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written, before me.
John Watson Justice of the Peace
Phoebe Walter mark
We, Simon B. Washburn and Joseph H. Raymond, residents of Marcellus in the State of New York upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Phoebe Walter, in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Subscribed and sworn to before me the 26 day of March 1855
S. B. Washburn J. H. Raymond
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be; and that I have no interest in this claim.
John Watson Justice of the Peace
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I Phoebe Walter of the county of Onondaga, and State of New York, do hereby constitute and appoint ELIAS W. BENSON, of Syracuse, N. Y., my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my behalf, to prosecute my claim for bounty land
and to receive such bounty land as may be issued, hereby revoking any power of Attorney which may have been heretofore given, and confirming all things that my Attorney, the said Elias W. Benson may lawfully do in the premises.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 26 day of March A. D. 1855 in the presence of John Watson Phoebe Walter mark
Acknowledged before me the day and year last above written.
John Watson Justice of the Peace
J. P.

STATE OF NEW YORK, ONONDAGA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
88.
I Certify That John Watson whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the annexed instrument, was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace

320 240 Declaration,
Phebe Walter. widow of Martin Walter, decd.
Claim for Bounty Land.
Act of March 3 d 1855.
Revolutionary Service.
Ph. H. Bartnick Attorney. Auland. Leipzig, etc. N.Y.

State of New York County of Onondaga
On this 28 th day of May 1864 before me, A. Wilmer a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Phebe Walter aged 81 years, a resident of Southville in said County, who being duly sworn according to law declares, that she is the widow of Martin Walter, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, in the 1 st N.Y. Regt. in the Company commanded by Captain Fink, (Col Van Schaick's Regt.) That she is now in receipt of a pension issued to her as the widow, and on account of the said services of the said Martin Walter, and that the following is a copy of the Certificate issued to her for the same.
"Department of the Interior, Pensions Office."
"I certify that in conformity with the 2 nd section of the Act of Feb. 3, 1853, Phebe Walter, widow of Martin Walter who was a private in the Revolutionary War, is inscribed on the Pension List at the rate of Ninety six Dollars per Annum, commencing on the 3 rd of Feb. 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry, in which case the marriage pension is not payable after the time of such marriage."
J.S.
"Given at the Department of the Interior this nineteenth day of September, one thousand, eight hundred and fifty three"
"Examined & Countersigned, "S. P. Hildreth, Commissioner of Pensions."
"R. McLelland Secretary of the Interior,"
That she was married to the said Martin Walter in the Town of Matilda, Canada West, on the 28 th day of December, 1802, by the Rev William Mrazier a Justice of the Peace, who is now dead, and that her name before marriage was Phebe Pelton. That her said husband died in the Town of Manlius in the County of Onondaga aforesaid, on the 6 th day of April 1844, and that she is now a widow. That proofs of her said marriage and her said hus- band's death were made and filed in the Pension office at the time of her application for the aforesaid pension, to which, and the evidence in the proper Departments, she refers to establish her claim.
She makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act of Congress, approved the 3 rd day of March 1855, and declares that she has not received Bounty Land under this or any other act, nor made any other application therefor.
Phebe her Walter
We, William J Erdman, and Thomas B Robinson residents of the Town of Manlius in the County & State aforesaid, said, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing de- claration, was signed and acknowledged by Phebe Walter, in our presence, and that we know the ap- plicant to be the identical person she represents her- self to be, and that she is a widow. And that we have no interest in the pension or result of this claim.
William J. Erdman Thos B Robinson
The foregoing Declaration and Affidavit were sworn to & subscribed before me the day and year above written and I certify that the Affiants are credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest direct or indirect in the pension or result of this claim.
A. Wilmer Justice of the Peace, Onondaga County, N.Y.

I, of the County of ... State of New York, do hereby constitute and appoint Henry H. Bostwick of the City of Auburn in the County of Cayuga, and State of New York, my true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute my claim for Bounty Land, and to receive such Certificate or Warrant as may be issued therefor, and to appoint an Attorney or Attorneys under powers of Attorney which may have heretofore been given for such purpose, and confirming all things that my said Attorney or his deputies may lawfully do in the premises. In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 23 d day of May, A.D. 1864.
William J. Erdman } Tho s B. Robinson }
Phebe Walter marks
Subscribed and acknowledged before me the day and year first above written and I certify that I have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution or result of this claim.
A. Wilmer Justice of the Peace

STATE OF New York } Onondaga County Clerk's Office. }
A. F. Gilmore
I hereby certify that before whom the annexed Deposition acknowledgment & Declaration were taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county and State aforesaid, duly elected, and authorized to take the same, and that the signature thereto purporting to be his , are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said county and of the Court of Record thereof, this 25th day of May 18 64 . And I further certify that I am not interested or concerned in the prosecution or result of this case.
E. S. Payne
County Clerk, of Onondaga County.

Fayetteville Onondaga County N.Y. April 1856.
Yrs
My Father Martin Walter was a private in the war of the Revolution, and was from the State (New York) My mother Phebe Walter has received a land warrant for sixty acres of land no. of warrant 55 of the last issue. The reason given for not issuing a warrant for 160 acres, was that my Father had drawn 100 acres of land, or that amount had been allotted him in the State of Ohio
Please give me as your earliest convenience the location of the land and such other information as will enable me to know all about it
Hon Com d of Pensions Truly Yours Washington Isaac Walter

June 18/53
May 1853
Samuel L. Edwards Manlius N.Y.

State of New York
D
Onondaga County ss. On this 13 - day of June one thousand eight hundred and fifty three before the county court of the county of Onondaga personally appeared Phebe Walter the widow of Martin Walter deceased who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she was seventy years of age the tenth day of April last that she was born in Hartford in the county of Washington in the State of New York aforesaid, that she moved from Washington County to the town of Matilda in Upper Canada and she also saith that in the town of Matilda in Upper Canada on or about the twenty eighth day of December in the year eighteen hundred & two she was lawfully married to Martin Walter who then resided in that place, by William Frazier Esq. who was then a justice of the peace in that town, that she resided in Canada about thirteen years and then moved into the county of St Lawrence and resided a short time and from there to the Black River where she staid a short time and from there she moved into the town of Manlius about the year 1816 in which town she resided for most of the time until the death of her husband, Martin Walter - and she further declares that her husband Martin Walter died on the sixth day of April in the year 1844 at the village of Manlius in the town of Manlius aforesaid in which village he was buried - and she further declares that they always after their marriage lived together and cohabited together

as man & wife until his death, That they have had during that time twelve children five of whom she believes to be still living to wit David Walter Daniel Walter - Elijah Walter - Isaac Walter and Gideon Walter - She further saith that her husband Martin Walter was a private Soldier and served as such in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain and that her husband Martin Walter was a pensioner and drew a pension for his services in the said war as a private but in what company & in what Regiment she does not know & for that information she would refer to  his papers on file in the pension office - And she further saith that as she is informed & believes her husband Martin Walter was put up - on the pension list in the year 1818 and drew a pension of ninety six dollars a year from that time until the time of his death and she further saith that the pension papers - of her husband were left with General Smith of the town of Mansfield who drew the pension for her husband for many years previous to her husband's death and that the said Smith died in the year 1846. and she further saith Smith as she is informed and believes died in the year 1846 and that the said Smith as she is informed and believes to be true after the death of her husband sent the said papers back to the pension office to draw the back pay of her husband up to the time of his death and she further declares that about the year 1844 and soon after her husband's

death. she made an application for her pension as his widow and that at that time she sent with her pap- -ers to the pension office her certificate of marriage which she then had which she thinks will now be found on file with her papers in that depart- -ment and she also states that she thinks her husband's pension papers will also be found on file in that department which were sent there by the said Francis Smith when he made application for Martin Walter her husband's pension back pay up to the time of his death - and she also saith that she thinks the papers of her husband Martin Walter show- -ing the time of his enlistment, the term of service, the company in which her. served his Captain & batt. commanding the Regiment & his discharge will all be found on file in the pension department on or about the year 1818 and she further states that her appl- -lication for her pension for what was commonly called the widows pension was refused on the ground as she was informed and believes that she was mar- ried after the year 1800 - and she further declares that Martin Walter who drew the pension as aforesaid is the same identical man who was married to her as aforesaid and with whom she lived & cohabited cont as man and

wife until the time of his death as aforesaid and that she Phebe Walter who makes this application for a pension is the same identical woman whose name was Phebe Pelton before her marriage and the same woman that was married to the said Martin Walter in the town of Matilda in Upper Canada by William Frazier Esqr and she always lived with him and cohabited with him from the time of their marriage until the time of his death that since his death she has remained his widow unmarrried and still remains so.
Witness
Phebe her * Walter mark
188.
John Bender
Henry B Moore
Sworn to this 13 th day of June 1853
Barnard Swann Clerk

State of New York
Onondaga County ss. I hereby certify that on the 13 th day of June 1858 in court personally appeared John Bender of the town of Manlius & Henry B. Moore of the town of Salina in the county of Onondaga aforesaid two credible witnesses who reside in the town & county aforesaid whose character for truth and veracity are unimpeachable and made oath in due form of law that they are personally ac- quainted with Phebe Walter and have known her for about 35 years & that during all that time she lived with Martin Walter as his wife that they saw her sign & execute the declaration and application for a pension hereto annexed and that they have also known the said Martin Walter who resided in Manlius until the time of his death which was about the seventh day of April 1844 and that they lived together in the said town (excepting about three years abridge) of Manlius ever since they knew them until the time of the death of the said Martin and that the aforesaid applicant who has signed the papers aforesaid is the same Phebe Walter who lived with the said Martin Walter as his wife in the town of Manlius and where she still lives and is now his widow. That during all the time aforesaid they lived together as man & wife and were so reputed to be in the said town of Manlius - and they further state that they have no interest or value in this application - but are entirely

disinterested
John Binder Henry B Moore Dated at Lyman This 13 th day of June 1853
Sworn to this 13 th day of June 1853 Barnard Slocomb Clerk
I hereby certify that the foregoing declaration of Phebe Walter and the aforesaid affidavits & testimony of the said Phebe John Binder & Henry B Moore was taken in the county court of Onondaga - county this 13 th day of June 1853 Israel Spencer
County Judge of said Court.
I hereby certify that Israel Spencer who has signed the above certificate was the county Judge of Onondaga County at the time of signing the said certificate E P Hopkins Dept Clerk Onondaga

State of New York Onondaga County } ss
Personally appeared before me Phebe Walter who being duly sworn, doth depose and say that she is the widow of Martin Walter deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States and who died on the 6 th day of April 1844 that he left her poor and in destitute circumstances in which condition she now remains that she had twelve children by her husband the said Martin Walter that no one of them is able to support her that she was married to the said Martin Walter on the 27 th day of December 1802 that since his death she has not intermarried but is now the widow of the said Martin Walter
Sworn and subscribed before me this 3 rd day of December 1849 R. Gilmer, Clerk
Phebe W Walter (Mark)
State of New York Onondaga County } ss Clerk's Office. —
I certify that Robert Gilmer Esq. was on the 3 rd day of December 1849, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and sworn that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine, given under my hand & the seal of said County Dec: 8. 1849 V. W. Smith, Clerk.

This is to certify that we are personally acquainted with Phebe Watts Wilson of Martinsville and know her to be a person of good character and in distress circumstances also acquainted with her children and think them not able to support the said widow.
March 2nd Dec 9, 1849
G. H. Taylor. John M. Atkinson Hicks Woodruff. Mark Van Dyke

State of New York 3 Onondaga County ss
Horace Kings of the town of Manlius by profession a Physician being duly sworn do hereby state and say that he knew Martin Walter of Manlius who was a physician of the United States that the said Walter died as near as his deponent can recollect on the 6 th day of April 1844 and that the said Walter left a Widow who is now living and whose name is Phebe Walter that the said Phebe Walter is poor having had no property left her by her husband, that she has not the ability to do much for her own support
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 3 rd day of December 1849
Horace Kings
R. Wilson J. Pease

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Walter Martin GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBERS 8006 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED August 30, 1790 58 —  60 —  1855
At. 58 to Veeder + Gonyne, assignees
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

Wid.File #612, Rev.War.
Sept. 30, 1905.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated August 20, 1905, and received August 23, 1905, requesting a statement of the military history of Martin Walter, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following information is contained in his and his widow's applications for pension on file in this Bureau:
While living at Stone Arabia, N. Y., he enlisted in 1775, Private, under Captain John Isler or Isinglord and Captain Bloomfield, in Colonel Goose Van Schaick's regiment New York troops, and served nine months.
He enlisted January 4, 1776, Private, Corporal and Sergeant, under Captains Andrew Finck, Hicks, John Graham and James Greig, in Colonel Goose Van Schaick's regiment, and was discharged June 8, 1783 1875, at Snake Hill or Pompton Heights, near West Point. He was in the battle of Monmouth and at the surrender of Cornwallis. No mention is made of wounds.
His father, Jacob, served in the same company with him during the war.
Soldier applied for pension April 1, 1818, and was then living at Manlius, Onondago, N. Y., where he died April 6, 1844. He was sixty-eight years old in 1820.
He married Caty Swoap in Stone Arabia, N. Y.; she died at

Walter, Mr. Simon
--2--
M.R. Exr.
Matilda, Upper Canada, in the summer of 1800. They had six children, of whom Simon, aged sixty-five years, George, Lewis and Peter survived in 1853.
Soldier married Phebe Pelton December 28, 1802, in Matilda Township, Upper Canada; She was seventy years old April 10, 1853.
They had twelve children, of whom Isaac was eight years old and Azariah ten months old in September 1820; David, Daniel, Isaac, Elijah and Gideon were living in 1853.
Soldier's and his widow's claims were allowed.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Simon Walter,
C/o of Dr. Sinclair,
Lysander, New York.

11407 Walter papers
11407 These Walter N.Y.
Act 7. July 3 8 o m 1802!
Husband's papers under Act 1818 mis-laid —

State of New York } Secretary's Office }
I certify that it appears by the Military Register in this Office that on the 20 th day of January 1777 Martin Walter Enlisted as a Soldier in the First New York Regiment commanded by Col. Goose Van Schaick Captain Fink's Company to serve during the War and was Mustered to the end of the war as a corporal.
Arch d Campbell Dep. Sec. of State
Albany October 14. 1844.

This may certify that we the undersigned, were actually present at the Solemnization of Matrimony between Martin Walter & Phoebe Ratten their both of the Township of Matilda Eastern District as Province of Upper Canada, and that the marriage ceremony was performed by William Francis Cost, one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the Township of Matilda as above written - some time in the month of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & two.
Witness - John his Witness mark Christie his Witness mark James Lucas
Deacon Lucas
A.

State of New York Onondaga County - 3 p. - Phoebe Walter of the Town of Marlins being duly sworn clothed before and say that she is aged fifty nine years and upwards - and that she has resided in the Town of Marlins aforesaid for the space of four years & upwards last past and previous thereto she resided in the Town of Canton in the County of St d Lawrence  That her maiden name was Phoebe Pelton - and that she was married to Martin Walter, at the Township of Matilda in Upper Canada - on the twenty eighth day of December one thousand Eight hundred and two - & that William Frazer a magistrate of the aforesaid Township of Matilda officiated at the time of such marriage - & that John Wallison & his wife Christen Wallison - & James Frazer & Susan Frazer were present as witnesses at the time of said marriage - & within about two years after said marriage took place, this deponent procured a certificate of said marriage from said James Frazer - which said certificate has been in the possession of this deponent ever since about the year 1804. & is hereto annexed marked "A" & that she has no other record of said

marriage, but her own recollection thereof is perfectly distinct. I Depponent further says - She & said Martin Walter her said husband left Canada for the State of New York, about the beginning of the last war with Great Britain. & about the year 1813 - I went to the Town of Canton aforesaid to reside. I resided there about three years & then removed to Chazy in Jefferson County. & after residing there about one year removed to Manlius aforesaid -
Depponent further says that said Martin Walter, was (as she always understood from him) a private & afterwards a corporal in the First Regiment of New York Troops. & served under Captain John
at German Flatts for a term of nine months - The Colonel's name is not now distinctly recollected. but Depponent is of the belief that it was Bloomfield -
Depponent further says that after the expiration of said nine months service, as she also understood from him, he enlisted for during the war - at what was then called Stone Arabia - Town of Palatine & County of Montgomery - He then enlisted under Captain Andrew Hise - in the same Regiment & continued to

serve under said Col Smith & after wards under Major Graham - and and Col. Van Schaick - & Lieut. Col. Van Dyck. Deponent further says that after a time but how long she is unable to state - Said Walter served under Captain James Greig or Greig - Said Graham having given up the command of his Company - & he was at the close of the war discharged at a place called Poughkeepsie - or Snake-hill - according to her present recollection of her said husband's account of his services & his discharge - I have seen his discharge - but it was destroyed in Canajoharie - at the burning of his house - & Deponent has no papers showing such services - Deponent further says her said husband drew lot No. 12 - in the original Township of Poughkeepsie in the State of New York - for his Revolution - any services - That he never actually received & enjoyed the land - for the reason that his father transferred or assigned said Walter's said Military Lot to some other person - It was then by the name of Keeder & Conynge obtained the land and disposed of it as Deponent has been informed and believed - without the

Knowledge or Consent of said Walter - Deponent further says that as she has been informed and believes - her said husband Martin Walter was a Corporal during a portion of his Revolu- -tionary Services - & particularly as she has heard him say & verily believes to be true while he was in service under Capt. Grey -
Deponent further says she has seen a copy of a deed or Patent from the State of New York granting said land to said Martin Walter - & that said Martin was therein described as a Corporal - and that said copy deed was placed in the hands of lawyers for the purpose of making a suit commenced with a view of recovering said lot of land - Deponent has not seen the same for many years & does not know what has become of it -
Deponent further says that she will recollect that about or soon after the year 1818 said Martin Walter made application for and obtained a pension pension on account of his Revolutionary services at the rate of Ninety Six Dollars a year

which he continued to draw until the close of his life which event took place on the sixth day of April 1844- at the Town of Manlius - That he never drew any more than $96 25 per year as above stated - That he held a certificate for said pension, which is now in the possession of Abigail Smith Esq. of the Town of Manlius, who was in the habit of procuring the semiannual payments of said pension for her said husband.
Subscribed and sworn before me } This 12 th day of September 1844 } Robert Gilmore J Peace
Phoebe Walter Mark
State of New York - 3 } Onondaga County - 3 } ss I Robert Gilmore a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Onondaga do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named Phoebe Walter for the space of about twenty - years last past and also with her

late husband Martin Walter - who was a pensioner of the United States. and that said Phoebe Walter is a credible person and her Statements are entitled to full Confidence & Credit -
I further Certify that the following alterations, erasures & were made in said affidavit before the same was sworn to - Viz. - an erasure on 12 th line from top of first page - And "not" interlined - "nine" written on erasure on second page -
"And" erased on third page -
Dated this 12 th day of September 1844 -
Robert Gilmor, J. Peace
State of New York, Onondaga County - }
p - I hereby certify that Robert Gilmor, above named is a justice of the peace in & for the county of Onondaga, & was such justice on the 12 th day of September 1844 - and that the several signatures above purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereto
} Set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this 10 th day of October A.D. 1844 -
Lewis J. Gillet, Dep. Clk.

State of New York } Onondaga County = } p. I Charles P. Nichols, Clerk
of said county of Onondaga and of the Circuit Courts held in & for said County. do hereby Certify that on this fourteenth day of September one thousand Eight hundred and forty four. Satisfactory evidence was produced before the Circuit Court held at the Court House, in the village of Syracuse in & for the said County of Onondaga, before the Hon. James Bower Whiting, Circuit Judge of the Seventh Circuit of the State of New York.
That Martin Walter, late of the Town of Manlius in said County of Onondaga, was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of Ninety Six Dollars a year under an act of Congress passed in 1818. on account of Revolutionary Services. That said Martin Walter served in the First New York Regiment under Captain Andrew Hick, Major Graham. Lieut Col. Van Dyck. & Col. Van Schrick.
That said Martin Walter also served in the same Regiment as a Corporal under Captain James Gregg. That he was entitled to bounty land from

The said State of New York for his said Revolutionary Services, & that Military Lot No. 12 - in Township No. 10 - (original Township of Pompey in said State of New York) was awarded to said Martin Walter for said Revolu- -tionary Services -
That said Martin Walter intermarried with Phoebe Pelton, at the Township of Matilda in Canada on the 28 th day of December 1802 - and that said Martin Walter died at the Town of Marlins aforesaid on the sixth day of April 1844 - and that he left the said Phoebe Walter his widow him surviving - That said Phoebe still resides in said Town of Marlins & continues the widow of said Martin Walter.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of office at Syracuse this 14 th day of September A. D. 1844. N. B. "Samuel" erased -
Chas. T. Hicks Clerk of Onondaga County

WIDOW, &c.
File No.
612
Phoebe Walter
Widow
Martin Walter
Br. Rev. M.
Act:
Feb. 3, 1853
Index:—Vol.
M.
Page
304
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sept. 23, 1905. History to Dr. Sinclair Lyons, N.Y. M.R.

1987. New York.
Albany. Phebe Walters, widow of
Martin, Walter who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private. New York line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 76 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 17 th day of Sept., 53. and sent to
S. C. Edwards, Manlius, N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 87 Vol. A.

0.11. x n. Lansons N.Y. Aug. 20 1908 Commissioner of Pensions. Washington D.C.
My Grandfather, Martin Walter, was a Revolutionary soldier and a pensioner. From the Records of the Military Secretary I learn that he enlisted January 20 1776 and was discharged, or at least is last mentioned on the rolls May 21 1783. He had been wounded and was a pensioner. I am trying to find out all I can about him, and will thank you if you will look your records over and let me know all you find out about him, including date of his death, and place of it, or at least his last Post office address.
He was a soldier from New York State and the records show he was a Corporal.
If you know, I would like to find out his age at enlistment, what battles he par- ticipated in, where he was and what doing when wounded, and when and where he was discharged, and date of death. Also did he leave a widow.
Please reply for me to
Dr. Sinclair,
Lysander Nef,
as he is doing the corresponding for me. Very Respectfully Yours, Simon Walter I am 85 years old. W.

Recd Duplicate May 24/64
Rev. Mr. A. H. Barnett, Census of Poultry.
Washington D.C.
Original Bounty Land Claims Act March 3 rd /55

OP
Quares

Respectfully referred to the Commission of Pensions, with the request that the proper information on the subject be given to Mr. Edwards -
Dept. of State Mar. 16 th -

11.407
Phoebe Walter
New York
Set to E. A. Brown
Jan'y 6. th. 1845.
Set to E. A. Brown, Jan'y 18. 45.
Act July 4th 1828.

No. 88 — 911
Phebe Walter wid. of Martin
New York
1853 June 8 - Letto Sam l L'Edwards
Adm d . $96. per annum Comming. 2 Feb 1853.
S. L. Edwards (Albany) Manlius Onondaga N.Y.
Act 3. February 1853.

Declaration of M. Walter copied & sent to Hon. W. Collins. June 9. 48 " Preston King. 29 th Jan y 1850
Rejected
Hon Preston King 16 th May 1850

42 4228p Phebe Walter
Broe wid Martha Dad-60-acres-1858 Boston
Washington City
D.C.
His Cousin

Phebe Walter
De
Woman's Pension Washington
D.C.

Martin Walter, on Roll of Albany agency - act 18 March 1818 Letter to Hon. Wolcolius May 26, 1818
Mch. 19

June 18. 1853
App d of Phebe
Walter widow of
Martin -
Age - for annu m comm g Feb. 1853
New York married 1802 death alleged Apr 1844 died in 3 rd and confirmed -
Act 3 d Feb 1853
Rev: _____
Saml. G. Edwards.
Manlius
Onondaga Co.
N.Y.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

Mayo 1853
10
FREE
To the Pension Office Department Washington D.C.

320240 Act Mch 3/55.
June 3/64
Phebe Walter Wid of Martin Walter
Rev. Pemsiner.
1987/53 All. No 58-6055 Rejected. claimant has already rec d 60 acres land twice sixty acres, more than her husband drove 100 acres in his life time - she is entitled to - L. M. Drury.
W. H. Bostwick Exangine
Auburn
(Drury)
N. York

P Sm. Office Sept. 13, 1853
Sir,
Please give the date of Martin Walter's death - Bensus. 196 - pr. ann: Act 1818, My Roll
Resp r ,
L. Moulds for Comm r .
Is J. W. Walter Bensus.
Martin Walter, Act 1818, p. 196 Died 1 st April 1844, Bensus to his death.
F. Benth Auditor

Papers rel to case Phebe Walter widow of Martin
Act 3 d Feby 1853
Rev.
Saml. G. Edwards Manlius N.Y.
Pension Office, Official Business

1853. Augt. 12 - This additional evidence, filed 2 June which has just come up for consideration, does not meet the difficulty which was made in the letter from this office of the 8. of June; that her the claimant's declaration was not made before a court of record. That objection must be overcome before the case can be reconsidered with this addition. - M c Rae Clerk.

Asheville, N.C. May 25 th 1864 Dear Josh H. Barnett, Counsel of Pension.
Washington D.C., Enclosed I send an application of Phoebe Walter (Phoebe Walter) widow of Martin Walter deceased. For Bounty Land, Revolutionary service. Your Early issue of a warrant will be returned as soon as.
Very respectfully,
Yours truly,
A. H. Bosombee,

Revolutionary Claim.
State of New-York } ss. St. Lawrence county }
Be it Known; That before me, H. B. Richardson a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Martin Walter and made oath, in due form of law, that he is the identical person named in an original certificate, in his possession, of which (I certify) the following is a true copy:
War Department.
Revolutionary Claims.
I certify That in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 18 th day of March, 1818, Martin Walter late a Private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List Roll of the New-York Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st day of April one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 21 st day of September one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen (S. S.)
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War.

That he now resides in Madrid, St. Lawrence county State of New York and has resided there for the space of three years past, and that previous thereto he resi- ded in Perrington, Munroe county
Sworn and subscribed before me, }
this 4 day of Sept 1838 }
H. B. Richardson J. Pease
Martin his M W Walter mark
Sireno Woodbridge
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Martin Walter, of Madrid a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint John S. Goervey my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying Pensions in the city of Albany my Pension, from the 4 th day of March 1838 to 4 th day of Sept. 1838
Witness, my hand and seal, this 4 th day of Sept.
1838.
Sealed and delivered in the presence of
H. B. Richardson
Sireno Woodbridge
Martin his M W Walter mark

(copy)
State of New York - Onondaga Co. Fayetteville April 18 - 1839
Dear Sir,
Martin Walter who was a soldier of the Revolution - a pensioner for some time previous to his death which took place in the latter part of 1836 - had not obtained his bounty lands granted by an act of Congress a few years since.
M r . Walter resided the last part of his life in Onondaga County in the State of New-York - M r . Azariah Smith was his agent to get his pension money.
In behalf of his children I wish to ascertain where his bounty land is located and what steps his children must take to obtain it.
Respectfully Yours,
(signed)
Hicks Worden
Peter Wagner Esq r .

Rec'd June 7. 1839.
J. W. O'Leath Esq.
President of the Albany Bank, Albany (N.Y.)
Wadsworth Col. June 1-

Wadsworth & Lawrence C o May 20 1839 J. W. Olcott Esqr Sir Sir
Your letter of the 20 th inst was rec d yesterday relating to the Pension of Martin Walter. In answer we would say, we have been acquainted with Mr. Walter about two years. About that time he put into our hands his Pension Certificate wishing us to hold it for him. At the time of each drawing since we have handed it to Mr. Richardson the Justice who made out the paper and when the money was drawn we have paid over the amt. to Mr. Walter. Mr. Richardson has attended to the application for the money for this Pension since 'Walter' came to this Town which he thinks is four years he says he was directed to sign Walter's name by his initials then "M W" and has signed for him in the same manner since. Walter is quite an aged man we should suppose he was as much as seventy years of age is nearly blind. The character of Mr. Richardson we consider to be good he has held the office of Justice of the Peace one term before the present to which he was elected March 1837. Mr. Dyer the witness we are well acquainted with, he is a young man, he is a mechanic of good character and fair standing. From what we know of the matter, we cannot see any possible way for deception and if there is anything wrong about it in any way, we think it must arise from ignorance so far as anything that either

of the persons named had to do with the Pension for drawing it,
We are very Respectfully Yours &c
C. Powell & Co.

Mecht. & Farmers Bank Albany Pension Agency June 7. 1839.
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
Your letter of the 15. th ult. o respecting the case of Martin Walter was duly received.
As Mr. Young, the Attorney, is a clerk to the firm of C. Corning & Co. who are Merchants of high standing in this City, inquiry was made of them, from which I learned that the Vouchers in Walter's case were received by them from Messrs C. Powell & Co. Merchants, of Madrid, St. Lawrence Co. whom Messrs Corning & Co. represent to be highly respectable & worthy of confidence.
I therefore address to Messrs C. Powell & Co. a letter of inquiry in conformity with your suggestions, to which I have this morning received an answer, which is herewith transmitted to you.
If I can render any further service in the matter, you will please to favor me with your instructions.
I am, Sir, very Respectfully Your ob. t Servt.
Thos. M. Clark President & Pay

Canton St Lawrence Co N.Y.
December 26. 1839.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comt. of Pensions Sir:
Enclosed I send the depositions of Martin Walter, Elijah Baker & Elisha Pelton in the matter of the application of Martin Walter for pay- ment of suspended pension
Walter's pension has been refused by the paying agent at Albany by directions from the Pension Department, as he is informed by the atty who presented his power, on the ground that the bona fides of Walter was doubted. It is probable that the doubt has arisen from the fact that Walter has become wholly blind & cannot now make the same signature or mark which he formerly used. The depositions will remove all doubt as to his identity. If the Comt. of Pensions has any doubt as to the credibility of the witnesses, please refer to Hon. S. Wright Jr. who is well acquainted with Dr. Elijah Baker one of the witnesses & also with Judge Jenison & Justice L. Buck before whom the

the depositions were taken.
I have drawn out Walter's statement of his services, so that it may be compared with the record evidence in possession of the Department, with which I have no doubt his statement will be found substantially to coincide.
The old man is miserably poor & his necessities require speedy payment of his pension if he is legally entitled to it. Permit me to express the hope that the order for payment by the Pension agent may be made as soon as practicable.
Very Respectfully
Your O bt Servant
Jno Leslie Russell

House of Reps June 5 th 1845
Col Edwards
My object in applying for a certified copy of the papers in the case in the accompanying communication mentioned is to lay the same before a law of the House in support of an appli- cation of the widow for a pension
Very respectfully yours W. C. Olin.

Home of Representative May 17 th 1845
Colt Edwards Dear Sir
Please send me certified copies of the papers upon which a revolutionary pension was granted to Martin Walter Jr. of St Lawrence, N. York. Mr Walter belonged to the 1 st N.Y. Reg t of the line
Resp ly yours W. Corning

Pensions Office, May 26 th 1848.
Sir,
Your letter requesting to be furnished with certified copies of the papers upon which a revolutionary pension was granted to Martin Waller of St Lawrence, County, New York", has been received.
In reply, I have the honor to inform you that it is not customary for the Department to comply with requests of this kind, unless we are advised of the object for which the papers are wanted.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
your obedt servt
J L Edwards
Hon ble Mr Collins House of Representatives.

Pheba Walter widow Martin Geddy 1853
To the Hon. Commissioner of Prisons at this Prison of Hill Washington D.C. Column
Due Paid 33 3/4

As Mansfield Aug 6. 1853 To the Commission of Pensions Sir
About two months since I sent you a new set of papers made out according to your kindly suggestion in the application of Widow Phebe Walter who is the widow of Martin Walter deceased who was a revolutionary soldier & drew a pension during his life time - The papers were presented by a Mr Albert Cook in my name as her Attorney - The Power of Attorney I did not send with the papers - but I have it & now send it to you There can be no doubt of her right to a pension & the bulk here of I have drawn up her papers so as to conform to the rules adopted by the department - It seems the first time I sent them they did not - I had no blunder & it being the first case I had then had, you thought they did not conform to your rules. But the second set of papers I believe are made out according to your suggestion - Please to put the power of Attorney on file among her papers but sent on file - and write me whether anything further is wanting - and if the papers will

not do - have the goodness to inclose to me the necessary blanks to make out a new set of papers - but I hope those already made out will prove sufficient -
She would have procured some one more skilled than myself in these ways to have made out her papers - but they refused her to give one half for getting the money & she advised her not to give away her money in that way. Will you please to answer this letter as soon as your convenience will permit
Very Respectfully
yours &c
Samuel L Edwards

No. of Reps Apr. 6. 1850
Hon J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions
Sir
Yours of Apr. 1. Enclosed
I send you a letter of Isaac Plumb relative to claim of Phoebe Wal- ter of Onondaga County, N.Y. for Widows pension for Revolutionary service of her husband. A re- mark in the letter that her marriage was two years after the date of the law induces me to suppose it may have been in 1796 - as the old law fixed the time at 1794 - now ex- tended 1800 - Will you examine her papers and inform me - Very Respectfully, Preston King

No. 7. Rep.
Janf. 14. 1850
Col. J. L. Edwards Com of Pensions Sir
Enclosed I send you some additional testimony in the case of the application for a pension for Phoebe Walter widow of Martin Walter - a Revolutionary pensioner as I am informed by Isaac Plumb who sends the paper to me - Will you inform me what is the state of her application?
Very Respectfully Preston Hines

E
Hon. W. B. Russell Commissioner Pension Office Washington
Mr. W. B. Russell

Hon W. P. Waldo
Comm ee
Dear Sir
I have several times written you on the subject of Widow Phebe Wall's pension - but as I have not heard anything from you since I last sent the papers to the pension office. I hope you will pardon for waiting by the bearer Mr. A. Bangs - Will you please to inform him whether Mrs. Wall's pension is allowed and if not what is the difficulty - She is the widow of Madison Wall deceased who drew a pension for many years previous to his death - Her papers show when she was married to him & when he died - Please write me whether the pension is allowed & if so what amount & if not what the difficulty is - Very Respectfully
yours &c
Manlius Aug 31. 1853 Samuel L. Edwards

Webster Dec 21 st 1854
To the Commissioner of Pensions Sir,
The Widow of Martin Waller a Revolutionary Soldier who was drawing a Pension at the time of his death which took place on the 6 th day of April 1844 has requested me to write to the Department upon the subject of her pension. She made application through Mr. Israel T. Edwards of Maclure for a Pension. She also made the requisite proof so that she has Recd. a Pension of $96 per year for the past year and a half, She is advised by her friends that she is entitled to the back pay since the death of her husband, She is in needy circumstances and should have it if it is her right.
Will you please inform her through me the reason why she does not receive the back pay, if she is not entitled to it, & she is made acquainted with the reason it will relieve the old Ladies anxiety, Her Name is Phoebe Waller
W m Butler P.M. of Webster Monroe Co.

To the Commission of Pensions Sir
About a month since I sent to Mr. Lundy Mary the papers for a pension for widow Phoebe Walker, who was the wife of Martin Walter deceased who was a pensioner until his death which happened in the year 1844. Your Mary writes me that his clerk handed the papers over to the Pension Office - But I have not heard from the office and do not know whether the pension has been allowed or not. The affidavits show the time of her marriage and there is also a certificate of the clergyman among her papers in the office when she made her application under the former widows act a few years ago, but it was refused on the ground that she was married since 1800 - She was married in the year 1802 and makes her application under the last pension act passed for the relief of widows of revolutionary men married since the first of Jan'y 1800. Will you please to write me whether you have received the papers and whether they are satisfactory for the allowance of the pension & the back pay - and if not what further will be required

There is no doubt I think after being entitled to the pension under the late act - Please to give your attention to this subject as early as your convenience will permit - Very Respectfully Maurice Enondaga C o yours &c N York Sam l L Edward April 14. 1853

Most Bury D r Sir
I about the 12 th of March last sent Phebe Walter's papers to Gov r Mr L t M c Henry with a request that he would hand them into the pension office and make an applica- -tion for her pension - and if the papers were not sufficient for him to write me what further was wanting - but I have heard nothing from the office as to the case - Will you be please to go to the pension office & enquire whether the papers of Widow Phebe Walter who was the wife of Martin Walter a pensioner has been re- -ceived - and if so whether a pension has been granted to her & if not what is the objection & what other proof does her case require to entitle her to a pension - There was no certificate of marriage with the papers & sent - but her certificate of mar- -riage is on file with some papers sent to the pension office about

Washington May 7. 1833
Sir
Will you be so kind as to examine the within case and write to Judge Edwards at Martins On Onondaga Co. New York.
Yours A. B. Almy
Wm H. T. Waldo Comm of Business Washington
two or three years ago - and bends her affections with that part of her memory. Their to your great affection to the subject before you have Washington Very truly Respectfully Yours Amir L. Edwards

two, or three years ago - and besides her affidavit states the facts of her marriage. Please to give your attention to this subject before you leave Washington
Very Respectfully
Yours Samuel L. Edgewood

Hon Wm L Marcy D Sir
I regret to trouble you in relation to a subject so foreign from that which might be considered as falling within the sphere of your official duties. But knowing of no one I am sure of being at Washington at this time to whom I can write I hope you will excuse me for writing you.
I send you inclosed affidavits for the purpose of procuring a pension for Mrs. Phebe Walter, the widow of Martin Walter a revolutionary soldier, & if it will not be too much trouble to you, I should be glad to have you request one of your clerks to go to the pension office and present the papers and obtain it for her. Her certificate of marriage is on file in the pension office of the pension among her papers, and the certificate of her deceased husband Martin Walter of his pension is also on file in that department. His certificate was returned to the office to obtain his back pay after his death and her certificate of marriage was sent to get her widow's pension under the former act - but as she was married after the year 1800 - she did not fall within

the provisions of the former act - She was married in the year 1802 - and her case comes within the late act and I suppose she is entitled also to back pay from the time of her husband's death April 6. 1844 - If he does not find the papers in the pension office - He will probably find them in the possession of a man by the name of H. C. Spalding Esq. an attorney at law who has written her that "from documents in his possession" she discovers she is entitled to a pension and that he will obtain it for her for one half of the amount, which she does not intend to give - Please to give your attention to this subject, and if any thing further is wanting, write me, also write me the result of the application.
Permit me to congratulate you upon your appointment to the highly Honorable and responsible station to which you have been called with such a hearty approval of your democratic friends -
Very truly yours, &c.
Sam L. Edwards

Hon. J. L. Edwards Court of Pension Washington

Gracuse N.Y. Oct. 15:44
Sir,
I send herewith papers to establish a claim of Mrs. Walter - for additional pay which her late husband was entitled to but never received - He was a Corporal - as appears by the statement of his widow - & also by the certificate enclosed. His name in the county land office is written Waller - but if you examine the " Balloting Book " (which I have not at hand and cannot now refer to -) I have no doubt you will be able to detect the error in spelling the name.
The Secretary's Certificate is commendably brief - & does not state the officers names except Van Schaick & Pink - I suppose your office will furnish the rest - I was some time ago consulted on the old Munn's account to commence an Ejectment against the present occupants of No. 12 Powney - & I could do so with success, but for the Statute of limitation.

The old lady is as prompt as a book in her statements - & I hope on examin- -ation you will find her accurate . You will find a blank after "Ishu" It is not the old lady's fault that that blank is there - she spoke the name a dozen times over - but it was so confounded Dutch I could not understand it nor spell it - I did try to write it down - & there are my attempts - (my memorandum is gone but I think it was thus) " Irez " - " Ishez " & " Oshrez " or " Orez " - on running over these names as written, I found I was wrong, & gave it up - Mr. Walter's original papers on which his first pension was paid will state who the Captain was - He also names Capt G reff or " Greiz " - under whom he says he declared he was corporal - also that he served under Major Graham, who had for a time command of a company - I have no doubt of the substantial accuracy of her

Statements which are all made from memory. She not having written evidence of anything but her marriage -
Yours truly G. A. Brown
J. L. Edwards Court of Pensions -
27- if

Oct 1853
Walter
(1) For whom? This additional content... since the registration of the claim? If so, when?
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If other, state the substance.
Proof exhibited (if existing)
(If none, explain, or offer evidence.)
Detail in the case of Count and State of

Brief in the case of
Hebe Walter
County and State of
New York
act
3 Feb 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Husband a pensioner for Br. ann. Act 1818
Death proved by vouchers, confirmed by 3rd Auditor's record
Marriage & Identity of applicant, established by abundant parole testimony.
(She had previously made application under the Act of 7 July '38, which was rejected, She having been married in 1802.)
Name and residence of Agent
S. S. Edwards Marlinton Onondaga Co. N.Y.
M. P. Rue Examining Clerk.

New York
Phoebe Waller wid of Martin
at 3 Feb. 1853
admon. H. W. K. ann. Crimm. 3 Feb. 1853
Alb.
S. S. Edwards Manlius Onondaga Co N.Y.

June 26
Martin Waller N.Y. N.Y.
J. H. ... Schomburg Ctr Empire State Washington D.C.
[Faint, mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the paper]

Sayville June 21-1839
Sir
In regard to Mr Martin Walter a revolutionary Pensioner - I have to inform you that he is still living as I have ascertained since I wrote you - His son lives at this place - and he had heard that his father was dead - but it turns out on inquiry to have been another man of that name who died -
I should have answered your inquiry sooner - but have been absent in the western part of the State for the last three weeks -
Inclosed I send you the letter which I found on my return home yesterday - giving the information requested -
Respectfully Yours
H. L. Edwards Esq
Hicks Warden

To the Post Master Fayetteville May 24. 1839
In Sir I Recd yours enquiring after Martin Watton an old Revolutionary Patriot he is yet living and enjoys as good health as can be expected for an old man of his infirmities. The family lives near here and are all well they have often enquired at this office for a letter expecting to receive one from his son Isaac Should think that his son had better write to his Father as the old people are anxious to hear from him yours Respectfully
Ebenezer Horton P.M.
Meadrid May. 24. 1839

In the matter of application of Phebe Walter the widow of Martin Walter of the town of Munroe Anondaga county for a pension on his deaths

State of New York
Onondaga County ss. Phoebe Walter being duly sworn saith that she resides at Fayetteville in the town of Manlius in the county aforesaid & that she will be seventy years of age the tenth day of April next. That she was born in Hartford in the county of Washington in the State of New York aforesaid. That she moved from Washington County to the town of Matilda in Upper Canada and she also saith that in the aforesaid town of Matilda Upper Canada and that on or about the twenty eighth day of December in the year eighteen hundred and two she was lawfully married to Martin Walter who then resided in that place, before William Francis Ely who was then a justice of the peace, that she resided in Canada about thirteen years & then moved into the county of St Lawrence & resided a short time and from there to the Black River where she staid a short time & from there she moved into the town of Manlius about the year 1816, in which place she resided for the most part of the time until the death of the said Martin Walter and she further saith that the said Martin Walter died on the ninth day of April in the year 1844, at the village of Manlius in the town of Manlius aforesaid in which village he was buried - and she further saith that they always after their marriage lived together and cohabited together as man & wife until his death - That they have had twelve children five of whom she believes to be living to wit David

Laniel, Isaac & Elijah and this deponent believe Gideon is also living. She further saith that her husband Martin Walter was a private soldier and served as such in the Revolution- ary war with Great Britain - and she further saith that her husband Martin Walter was put upon the pension list in the year 1818 and drew a pension of ninety six dollars a year from that time time until the time of his death - And this depo- nent further saith that the pension papers of her husband were left with Zariah Smith deacon of the town of Mansfield who died as she is informed in the year 1846 and believes to be true. and she further saith that the said Smith as this deponent is informed and believes to be true, after the death of her husband sent the said papers back to the pension office to draw the back pay of her husband up to the time of his death and she further saith that about the year 1844 & soon after her husband's death she made an application for the widows pension at that time & with her papers she sent to the pension office her certificate of marriage which this deponent thinks will now be found among the papers on file in that department and she also saith she thinks her husband's pension papers will also be found on file in that department which were sent there to file when the said Zariah Smith made application for the back pay of the said Martin Walter up to the time of his death - but her application was refused for her pension which was

called the widows pension on the ground as she was informed that she was married after the year 1802 - and further this dispo- sition saith not -
Phoebe her  Walter mark
Sworn before me This 8 th day of March 1853 -
Isaac N Mead, Justice of the Peace of the town of Manlius
ONONDAGA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I Certify, That Robert Gilmer & Isaac N Mead whose names is subscribed to the Jurats of the annexed instrument were , at the time of taking the same, Justices of the Peace in and for said County, and duly qualified and authorised to take the same. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with this his hand-writing, and verily believe the signatures to said Jurats are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, at Syracuse this 11 day of March 1853.
Barnard Bloom Clerk.

State of New York
Onondaga county } Horace Kings being duly sworn says that he is a physician residing in the Village of Manlius in the county aforesaid that he was acquainted with Martin Walter & Phebe his wife that he has known them for more than fifteen years - He further saith that he was the said Martin Physician during the time of his last sickness, that he died in Manlius Village on or about the sixth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and forty four. He also saith that the said Martin & Phebe always lived together as man & wife in the town of Manlius aforesaid ever since he knew them until the time of his death aforesaid and further he saith not Sworn this 10 th day
Horace Kings
of March 1853 -
before me J. Gilmore J. P. of the Town of Manlius

State of New York
Onondaga County ss Charles Smith being duly sworn saith that he is the son of Zariah Smith late of the town of Manlius deceased that his father died in the year 1846 - He further saith that he was well acquainted with Martin Walter & Phebe Walter his wife of the town of Manlius, that he knew them for more than twenty years previous to the said Martin Walter's death which happened in the year 1844 - He also saith that the said Martin was a revolutionary soldier and pensioner on the pension list until the time of his death - that he drew his pension of ninety six dollars a year as a private soldier in the revolutionary war - that his father Zariah Smith drew the said pension for the said Martin first in the year 1831 and afterwards in the years 1832 & 1833 and again in the years 1841. 1842. 1843 & 1844. but from the year 1833 to the year 1841 he does not know who drew it - but as he is informed and well believes he regularly drew his pension from the time his father first drew it for him until the time of his death - But whether he drew a pension before the father of this deponent first drew it or not this deponent does not know - This deponent further saith that the said Martin always lived with & cohabited with the said Phebe Walter as his wife

during all the time this deponent knew him to the time of his death by whom he had several children and that he died and was buried in the village of Manlius in the town of Manlius aforesaid in the month of April in the year 1844, and this depo- nent also saith that at the time of his death he left the said Phebe Walter his wife & widow surviving him who is still living in the village of Fayetteville in the town of Manlius and further this deponent saith not
Sworn this ninth day of March 1853
Charles Smith
Deponent M c Gilmer J. Pease of the town of Manlius

In the matter of Application of Phebe Walker for Pension
Affidavit of Sally Shaver as to marriage -

State of New York
Onondaga County ss -
Sally Shaver of Manlius, Onondaga County, New York, being duly sworn saith - That she is well acquainted with Phebe Walter the widow of Martin Walter deceased and has known her for about thirty years - That she was well acquainted with Martin Walter during his lifetime and knew him for about twenty one years previous to his death, and that during the said twenty one years that she knew them, that they lived together as man and wife - And this deponent further saith that she has frequently seen the certificate of the marriage of Martin Walter and Phebe Walter, that the said certificate was signed by William Frazier a Justice of the Peace, and that according to the best of her belief it was dated at Matiteta in the province of Upper Canada, but the precise time when the said certificate was dated she cannot now recollect - And further this deponent saith not -
Sally Shaver
Sworn before me this
30 th day of May 1853 -
William Frazier

State of New York
Onondaga County
I now all men by these presents, That I, Phebe Walter of the town of Manlius in the said county the widow of Martin Walter deceased who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain and a pensioner on the pension left to the time of his death, have constituted and appointed and by these presents do constitute and appoint Samuel L. Edwards of the said town of Manlius my true and lawful attorney irrevocably for me in my name place and stead to ask and receive of & from the United States any bounty lands, extra pay Travelling allowances or other monies that are now due to me on account of services rendered & expenses incurred by my late husband Martin Walter while he was a soldier in the service of the United States or on my account as his widow or on any other account whatever and in my name to give any receipt or other sufficient discharge the nature of the case may require as fully to all intents and purposes as I myself might or could do. And to attend to and procure any and all business of whatever nature I may have with or before any of the departments of government and generally to do any and every other act or acts, that I might or could do were I personally present at the doing thereof. Hereby ratifying & confirming whatever my said attorney shall do in & about the premises by virtue hereof. And I hereby revoke any and all former powers of Attorney heretofore given by me for any of the purposes above mentioned.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 4 th day of August in the year eighteen hundred

- and fifty three Sealed & delivered In presence of Robert Gilmore
her Phoebe X Walter marks
State of New York
Onondaga County
On the 11th day of August
1853 personally appeared Phoebe Walter before me and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed for the pur- poses therein contained.
Robert Gilmore, J. Pease
State of New York
Onondaga County
I hereby certify that Robert Gilmore Esq. before whom the foregoing acknow- ledgment was made, was at the time of so doing a justice of the peace in & for the town of Manlius in the county of Onondaga duly commis- ioned & sworn.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix- ed the seal of Onondaga County Court this 8th day of Augt one thousand eight hundred & fifty three
E. P. Hopkins Dept. Clk Clerk Absr

The Pension Office Department Washington D.C.

To the Commission of Pensions
Dr.
I have sometime since sent to the pension office the papers of Widow Phoebe Walter the widow of Martin Walter concerning asking for back pay & a widow's pension - but I have not received any communication from the office relative to them - tho' I have heard incidentally by way of a gentleman from this town that it was thought there was not sufficient evidence of Mr. Walter's marriage. You have her own oath that she was married to Mr. Walter & the time & place when & where and the name of the Justice of the peace who married them - and I now send you the affidavit of Simon Walter who was present & saw her married to Martin Walter & in addition I send you the affidavit of Mrs. Schaver that she has repeatedly seen her certificate of marriage & read it - I cannot send you the certificate itself - For that I suppose is already in the pension office on file with some papers she had sent to the office supposing herself entitled to a pension under the former law passed for the relief of widows & orphans -
In regard from the letter of

which the following is a copy that her certificate is on file in the Pension office department - A man by the name of Spaulding wrote her a letter as follows to wit
Washington Jan 30 th 1853
Mrs Phebe Walter
or her heirs
I understand from documents in my possession that the lady above named applied for a revolutionary pension for the services of her husband and that her claim has been rejected because the law did not give pensions to widows who were married after the first of January 1800 and as she was married in 1802 therefore she was not entitled if she or the heirs will employ & give me one half of what I may get or nothing if I fail - I will undertake to establish her claim to a pension - If I fail I will expect nothing - if you desire me to undertake it - you will send me a power of attorney so that I can examine the papers already on file at the department
(a copy) Very Respectfully Your obed Servt H. C. Spaulding Atty

I do not know whether you will be able to find the certificate on file in the office - but if you should not I think the proof of marriage is well established the fact and I hope you will come to the same favorable conclusion. Neither Mr Walter or I know the name of Mr Spaulding - but from the tenor of his letter I should think he has seen his certificate of marriage and knows where it is to be found - If it should not be found, you would confer a great favor upon a very poor & needy woman and lay me under many obligations to you to let one of your Clerks call upon Mrs Spaulding for it - or to tell where it may be found if in the department - Please to give this subject as early attention as your convenience will permit and write as soon as you can whether her pension can be shown  kept  continued Very Respectfully yours
Samuel L Edwards

1853 ad 1987
Phil Walt and Martin
Washington D.C.
Dear J. P. Walsh X
Hicks  Worren  1849
Jay  Keene  1849
Orson  Co.
1849

Albany March 8 th 1855
Hicks Warden Esq
Sir I have just called at the Pension office, & am then informed that you will have to send your papers to Washington & get an order from the Commission of Pensions, L. P. Waldo, authorizing the agent here to pay - There is nothing on the Books here to show that the Pension Certificate is withheld, which they say must appear before the money can be paid.
Respectfully Sir
Your obedt Servt
J. M. H. Clarke
P.S. Any thing I can do for you, I will, most cheerfully - C
Fayetteville March 10-1855
Sir
Pursuant to the above directions I send to you the Afft &c. to obtain the Pension money due to Widow Rebe Walter -
I sent the papers to Hon J. V. H. Clark who is a Member of Assembly from the 4th Assembly District of Onond Co - and the above is his return -
You will please advise me if any thing more is required in the case -
Hon L. P. Waldo - Com. of Pensions
Your obedt Servt
Hicks Warden

Jan 11 45
NY
Rev: J. J. Schwenk
FREE
Rev. J. J. Schwenk
Washington City Pa.

Syracuse Jan'y 10 th 1844.
Sir,
Yours of the 6 th instant relative to the Claim of Phebe Walter for arrears of pension alleged to have been due to her husband at the time of his death was duly recd.
You say the Claim is disallowed because the marriage took place after December 31 st 1835. I trust the pension laws do not provide for these cases.
I respectfully suggest that the grounds of this application have been wholly overlooked by your department. It is not a Claim for a widow's pension under any of the laws passed in 1836, 38 or since. The case is this -
Martin Walter drew a pension under the act of 1818 - I believe - as a private . He was actually a Corporal & served during nearly the whole war - I suppose the pay & of course the pension of a corporal would be greater than that of a were private .
He never applied for any other pension than that of a private . & never received any greater -
Now if we show him entitled to more - we suppose what he did not receive before his death. His widow can now draw on proving him entitled when he died - (no matter system was used -) I beg you to examine this case at once & inform me explicitly of the result - I must oblige Yours Truly
J. L. Edwards Esq to Col. M c Brown

Phoebe Walters Power of Attys To Samuel L. Edwards August 4. 1853

3 In the matter of Martin Walter
App n for payment of suspended pension
Deposition of Elisha Tilton

State of New York County of St Lawrence p: On this 20th day of December A.D. 1839 personally appeared before me Minot Jenison a Judge of the County Courts in and for the said County of St Lawrence Elisha Pitton aged forty three years, who being by me first duly sworn deposes and says that has been acquainted with Martin Walter now a resident of Canton in the said County since the year 1808 or 1809; that the said Martin Walter then resided at South Gore - in Upper Canada where the deponent and his parents also resided at the time; soon after the war broke out in 1812 the said Walter left Canada and came to the United States side of the river, on which side he has since resided; That he knows the said Walter well. Previous to the last war whilst the witness and Walter resided in Canada the said Walter was reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution in the Regular con- tinental line of the American Army; the deponent's father was in the river in the militia & State troops during the revolution & the witness used frequently to hear his father & the said Walter relate their respective services & its incidents during the revolutionary war. The deponent now resides in the Town of Madrid in the said County of St Lawrence, at which place the said Walter resided several years, and he cannot be master- ed as to the identity of the said Walter.
Sworn to and subscribed this 20th day of December 1839 Minot Jenison Judge of St Lawrence Co
Elisha Pitton
State of New York St Lawrence County p: I Minot Jenison the judge before whom the preceding deposition of Elisha Pitton was taken do certify that I am acquainted with the said Elisha Pitton and that he is a creditable man whose statement is entitled to full credit.
Minot Jenison Judge of St Lawrence Co

State of New York § §. I, Samuel County, ss. I, Allen C. Saw, Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Minton Simson Deyne before whom the foregoing affidavit of Elisha Patten purports to have been made, was on the day of the date of the said affidavit a Judge of the County Courts in and for the said County Commissioners and was then and duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe that the signatures to the said affidavit and certificate purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 25. December 1839
A C SAW

Martin 2 Walter
New York line

State of New York Onondaga County ss
Ephraim Blanchard being only sworn deponent and saith that he is well acquainted with Martin Watter whose application for a pension is hereto annexed and was acquainted with him during the Revolutionary War - That said Watter did to the know- edge of this deponent serve in the first New York regiment for about six years - That he was in the battles of Monmouth & at York Town and was discharged at the same time with this deponent at a place called Shake Hill near West point in June 1783
Subscribed & sworn This 17 th day of July 1818 Before me
Ephraim Blanchard
Jammy O'Wattles Com r &c
State of New York Onondaga County ss
I certify that the above named Ephraim Blanchard and also Adam Watter whose affidavit is annexed both reside in the town of Manlius in said County of Onondaga and are cred- ible witnesses
Jammy O'Wattles Com r for taking affidavits &c

Onondaga County Clerk's office 18. Aug. 1818
I certify that James Wattles before whom the within affidavits were taken is a Commissioner duly appointed and authorized to take affidavits and that the within are his signatures
Cutter Leonard Dep. Clk

4 In the matter of Martin Walter
App n for fragment of Suspended pension aff to . of Martin Walter & Elijah Baker.

State of New York
County of St Lawrence: On this 24th day of December 1839 personally appeared before me Samuel Buck the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the said County of St Lawrence Martin Walter of the Town of Canton in said County who being by me first duly sworn deposes and says, that he is eighty nine years of age; that he served as a soldier in the Continental line of the United States during the whole of the Revolutionary war in the New York line; that in the year 1775 he enlisted as a private in John Isler's (or Isler's) company Col Van Schaick's Regiment (or 1st N.Y. Regiment) at Stone Arabia on the Mohawks for the term of nine months; was stationed at German Flatts, most of the time, under the command of Capt. Bloomfield, during this enlistment - On the 4th day of January 1776 he again enlisted under Capt. Andrew Fink, at Stone Arabia for "during the war" & actually served in Van Schaick's or 1st N.Y. Regiment during the whole war until Jan 1783 when he was discharged at Poughkeepsie Heights near West Point; He served in Capt. Fink's company until the fore part of the year 1779 when he was transferred to Capt John Graham's company. In the year 1780 the 1st & 3rd Regiments of the N.Y. Line were consolidated under Col Van Schaick, being out Col. Gausevoort of the 3rd Regiment. From the spring of the year 1780 he served in the Consolidated Regiment under Capt. Janus Greig until the close of the war. He served as private until the month of February 1780 when he was appointed Corporal & served as corporal until the month of December 1782 when Edward Foy the orderly sergeant of the Company

was killed & the deponent was made sergeant to fill the vacancy & served as sergeant until he received his discharge in June 1783.
In the year 1776 he was stationed at Lake George & Saratoga. In the spring of the year 1777 they retreated to Stillwater & from thence the deponent & his company to Fort Stanwix where he was stationed at the time of the Surrender of Burgoyne. In the year 1778 his regiment was marching most of the time in New York Connecticut & New Jersey. He was at the Battle of Monmouth. In the year 1779 he was stationed most of the time on the Mohawk at Fort Stanwix. In the spring of the year 1780 he was at Albany. The companies that year were scattered at different places. In the spring of the year 1781 the regt Regiment united at West Point & from thence marched to Stony Point - from thence to Philadelphia - from Philadelphia to Head of Elk - from Head of Elk to Baltimore & from Baltimore to York Town where he was stationed at the surrender of Cornwallis, after which event he marched back to West Point & was stationed there & in the vicinity until he was discharged. His father Jacob Walter served in the same company with him during the war.
In the year 1818 he received a pension & continued to receive it until during the last year when he was informed that his pension had stopped because the identity of the deponent was questioned. In the year 1786 the deponent removed to South Gen in Upper Canada where he resided until the year 1813 when he removed on the account of the war to Canton in the County of St Lawrence, from which place he removed to Champion in Jefferson County; from whence he removed

Manlius in Onondaga county, where he resided in the year 1818 when he received his pension certificate - from Manlius he removed to Vestal in Broome County from Vestal back to Manlius; from thence to Delphi in same county; and from thence to Cazenovia in Madison County; from thence to Perrington in Monroe Co; and from thence to Madrid in St Lawrence County; and from thence to Canton aforesaid where he now resides.
That he is now blind and cannot see to write his name.
Sworn & subscribed before } his me this 24th day of December 1839 } Martin H Walter Lemuel Buck J.P. mark
State of New York
County of St Lawrence ss: On this 24th day December 1839 before me Lemuel Buck a justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Elijah Baker a resident Physician to me well known who being first duly sworn deposes and says that he is fifty five years of age; he has resided in the Town of Canton in said County for thirty years last past; that he is acquainted with Martin Walter the above named deponent; that he first became acquainted with him in the year 1813 or 1814 when the said Walter came from the Canada side to reside in the said Town of Canton; and that he cannot be mistaken as to the identity of the said Walter.
Sworn before me this } 24th day of December 1839 } Personally appeared "intitled"
Elijah Baker
L. Buck J.P.
State of New York
County of St Lawrence ss: I Lemuel Buck the before named justice of the peace before whom the foregoing deposition was taken and made by Martin Walter and the said Elijah Baker do certify that

I have only known the said Walter but a short time; that I am well acquainted with the said Elijah Baker, that he is a man of veracity whose statement is entitled to full credit, and further that I am well satisfied that the said Walter is the identical person he describes himself to be and that he is a person of the United States. Dated December 24th 1839.
Samuel Buck J. Peace
State of New York St Lawrence County ss. I, Alvin C. Snow Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that on the day of the date of the above certificate Samuel Buck was a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly elected and qualified, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 25th day of December 1839.
A. C. SNOW