Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,570, David Walden, N.C.

SERVICE
Nb.
Walden, David
NUMBER
S. 32.570
CONTENTS

Order to pay Letter to c. Mr Paters h. Oct 1838
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 Sept 1838. Age notified 9 Feb 1839
Paid as above from 4 March 1838 to 4 Sept 1838. Agents Modified 1. June 1840
Letter to Hon G. S. Houston 26 June '41 do to 3 rd Auditor G. S. L. Bean - Champs 26 Oct 1841.
Paid as above from 4 Sept 1840 to 4 March 1841. Age notified 4 th March 1842.
Let to W Selden Mar 31. 1842. do to Hon R. Chapman Apr 4. 1842.
To Mobile from Tuscaloosa from 4. March 1842. 25 Nov. 1842 Notification to J. B. Beauchamp Jasper Ala
Letter to J. B. Beauchamp 13. April 1843. 1874 Oct 12 Mrs Amy Williams - no date of death given cannot satisfy pension fund or pay the 1874 Dec 17 Amy Williams date to which p'ty gave the present law under which arrears are paid.
Alabama
David Walden of Wadsworth City in the State of Alabama who was a Captain in the Company commanded by Captain Dixon of the Reg't by Col. Shepard in the State Guard time for
Y R p 80.00
* Blount County -
Enscribed on the Roll of Alabama at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per as to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Jan and Sept to 1831 Hon C. C. Clay Sec of War
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833 300.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 1833 40.00
$ 340.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
18 Page 53

Larissa Ala Sept 22 nd 1874 Mr E. B. French 2 nd Auditor
Dear sir
I have come
to the conclusion to ask you for information in regard to my father's pension as a revolutioner he drew a pension during his life and he left several children and we received a letter just before the war from the 2 auditors office that in case that he had any children receiving that there was something of importance coming and our sister who moved to Texas at close of the war took the letter with her and we have waited for her until the present and ask you to see in regard to that matter you will find his name as a revolutioner David Walden and please to write me as soon as you can and gave me a true statement and I will recompense you for your trouble write to Larissa P.O. Winston County Ala yours very Truly David Walden & Amy Williams & my Sister }

State of Alabama } County of Blount } personally appeared me  me before the County Court of the County of Blount David Walden a resident of the County of Blount and State of Alabama aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn accor- ding to Law doth on his Oath make the following decla- ration in order to attain the benefit of the act of Con- gress passed June 7 th 1832 - That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1777 as a private Soldier with the Regular Troops for the term of Two years and served in the Sixth Regiment of the North Carolina Line Continental Line under the following named officers He enlisted and Served first under Capt Dixon on Dickerson and at the time of his enlistment Resided in Machenburg County in the State of North Carolina and Marched from thence to Fort Wells on a geeshee River in the State of Georgia and Carlinend State and there during the Winter of 1777 & 78. and then were Marched to Augusta and there Contin- ued until the Summer of 1778 and there Com- manded by Capt Sharp under Col Abraham Shepherd and we then Marched from Augusta and placed under the Command of Gen Howe and proceeded on into East Florida and Crossed the following Rivers Tourt the Hallamahaw . St Tillam and St Marys ; and after Crossing the latter River we came near the British Troops & we there encamped and some time in the night our horse Guard was attackt by the British three of our Guard were killed and four wounded, The enemy lost Twelv soldiers that were found dead on the field but they did not come to a Gener- al engagement & near this place our troops were divided and a party of about eight hundred pursued them so far as St Johns and the enemy Crossed in their Vessels at the Cow ford and rela- ted towards St Augustine; and we there

returned and many of the Soldiers were taken Sick and those who were no longer able to March were Stationed at Reeds Bluffs on the Savannah River and were there when Gen Horne was Defeated and Savannah Taken; and in the latter part of the Winter we left Reeds Bluffs and Crossed over the Savannah River to the Carolina Side and were placed under the Command of Gen Lincoln and From his encampment at Black Swamp he was sent across with some regular troops to the Georgia Side and was in Gen Ashes Defeat in the Spring of the year 1779; and he continued to serve under Said Capt Sharp in Col Shepherds Regiment and Recrossed to the Carolina Side after Ashes Defeat; and some time thereafter Crossed again to the Georgia Side of said River and encamped in the Summer of 1779 at Midway Meeting House Nine or Ten Miles from the town of Savannah . This Deponent served out the full term of his enlistment as a private Soldier and was discharged at Midway Meeting House some time (as he believes) in the month of September in the year 1779; This Deponent states that his discharge was Burnt in his House about Seven years ago and his recollection so impaired by Sickness Misfortune and age that he has forgotten many of his Field Officers; He was informed that he was entitled to a pension under the act of Congress entitled an act for the Relief of certain Surviving officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution passed 15 th May 1828 and hereby declares that he made application under the said Act some time in February or March in the year 1830 & received information from the Commissioner of Pensions that his Case and Services were not embraced in the act last aforesaid; & as his memory has been recently so much impaired; Refers to his Declaration & Vouching now on file in the Pension office at Washington City; This Deponent at the time of his application aforesaid resided in

Jackson County in the State of Alabama and since removed to Blount County -; This Deponent is an illiterate man he was never able to keep dates except from memory he may be mistaken in the name of his Regiment; But refers to the Documents now in the pension office. He has forgotten the name of his Lieutenant his ensign & major but believes his Lieutenant was John Richy. H. Gannett
he hereby Relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any State
David Walden his mark
Sworn & subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid
And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states
Marion Meade Judge
I Mace T. Brindley, clerk of the court of the County of Blount in the State of Alabama, do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of David Walden, for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twenty sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three & of American Independence the fifty eighth.
Mace T. Brindley, clerk 66.

27. 363
David Walden
Alabama
11 th Harper Co. 10 th Reg 2 nd Albany St. for - Oct 11 th 1861
Am. Rebel
Adm 2 years
$80
Hon. L. L. L. L. L.
No of Rep
Philip L. Black
Blountsville
Alabama

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
28th October 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of David Walden.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1777. 2. priv Cap. Dixon or Dickinson Col. Shepherd 75 years. Mecklen burg Co N.C.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }  On this                      day of                      personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of                      in the county of                      and State, Territory or District of                      aged (c)                      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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                      , with                      and served in the                      (e) regiment of the                      line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I,                      of the Court of                      do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                      for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of                      &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the                      and C. D. residing in (the same)                      hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                      , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be                      years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the                      and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                      and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                      Clerk of the Court of                      do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of                      for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
 6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

32 570 Rev INVALID.
File No. 32,570
David Walden
His Rev. Mrs.
Act: June 1 st 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 438
[Arrangement of 1870.]

act June 7. 1832 Probably  Tuscaloosa agency - but Alabama Penit. David Walden Date to which paid or of anything due
Died Oct 28. 1849
Evansy pv to 4 Sept 1847 + a lot w x mado - H Sept 48 with the
Walden O.C. after 1848

David Walder. Alabama. 7 th June 1832.
$80. per Annum.
p st 4 th March 1802 - S rd in 24
To what time last paid.
Pension Office 28 Nov 1842

Letters from Hon R Chapman & Hon D Hubbard were sent to the Treasurer on the 31 st Ult o . in relation to the loss of a draft drawn in favor of David Walden, in the year 1840. Please give us the information necessary to enable us to answer Hon. Mr Chapman.
Pension Office { April 4. 1842. }
A duplicate draft was sent to Mr Chapman on Saturday —

Letters from Hon R Chapman & Hon D Hubbard were sent to the Treasurer on the 31 st ulto. in relation to the loss of a draft drawn in favor of David Walden, in the year 1840. Please give us the information necessary to enable us to answer Hon. Mr Chapman.
Pension Office { April 4. 1842. }
a duplicate draft was sent to Mr Chapman on Saturday —

Inat. April 11 1845 No Ways
Miss J. J. Richards correspondence Purdue
Washington City D.C.
Upper Mar 31 1845
See

Dr Sir
Jasper Ala
March 31 st 1843
David Walden a Revolutionary Pensioner whose name is on the Roll of the Agency at at Tuscaloosa Ala, requests me to state to you the fact of the death of the agent at that place as a cause why the said Walden can not in the receive of his pension he made apply some three months since to the Department in order to obtain a draft on some other agency, and no return has been had from the Department, whilst  the two other Pensioners of the same county Jeremiah Alexander and Noble Penland, have received from the Department a notice to the Agent at Mobile with instructions etc. the object of writing is to get the name of David Walden of Jasper Co Ala changed to the agency at Mobile, (or Huntsville would be preferred) - that said Walden may obtain his Pension since the 4 th day of March 1842 to 4 th Sept 1842 and also from the 4 th Sept - 1842 to 4 th March 1843. two semi annual payments.
Please to let us hear from you as soon as a date is convenient, the old man is in great need,
I am in the mean time
Respectfully
J. P. Bennekamp
for
David Walden
To J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner,

J. H. Baker Washington Dec

Larissa Ala Dec 5 th 1874 I can inform you that my father David Walden deceased the 28 th day of October 1849 Yours Respectfully } Amy Williams
To J H Baker Commissioner Washington D C,
Ala Huntsville
Commissioner
Larissa
Mrs Amy Williams
Huntsville
Very respectfully
In reply to yours of 22 nd ult. you are informed that David Walden was a pensioner, but as you did not state when he died, it cannot be determined whether there is any portion of his pension unpaid or that would be payable. The date may be endorsed on this letter and returned.
Madam,
Washington, D.C. Oct 12 1874
[Handwritten signature] 843

Ans
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. Octo 12 1874
Madam,
In reply to yours of 22 d ult. you are informed that David Walden was a pensioner, but as you did not state when he died, it cannot be determined whether there is any portion of his pension unpaid or that would be payable. The date may be endorsed on this letter and returned.
Very respectfully
J. A. Baker
Commissioner
Mrs Amy Williams Larissa Winston Co Ala
J. A. Baker Commissioner Washington D.C.
Larissa Ala Dec 5 1874 I am inform you that my father David Walden deceased the 28 day of October 1874 your Respectfully Amy Williams

P1346. Oct 2 1838
Pension Office
Mr. Evans
To the Hon. Secretary at War.
Washington City
District of Columbia

Moulton Alabama
To the Hon. Secretary at War.
Dear Sir— You will find inclosed Certain papers touching the Pension of David Walden, Revolutionary Prisoner, which explain themselves. You will also find other papers making me his attorney to receive his pension of the agent at the City Washington. If these documents are formal you can have Mr Walden's Pension inclosed to me at this place; at least what is due him. and if they are informal let him know in what particular— Mr Walden has twice applied at the Branch Bank at Decatur for the payment but was both times refused— first because they had no funds, and lastly, (which was on the 10 th Sept. inst.) because the agency at Decatur had been abolished— Mr Walden is not apprised of any Pension-agency in this State, nor does he know where he is authorized to draw. I hope therefore that you will have such information forwarded to me, as early as convenient, as shall enable him to succeed.
Very Respectfully
Mrs M. Peters
11 th Sept. 1838.

Pension Office March 4. 1891
Hon. John H. Eaton Sec. War Washington

Waver of Rep. March 2 nd 1831.
Hon. John H. Eaton —
Sir, The enclosed documents in relation to the claim of David Walden, a revolutionary soldier, to a pension, were only rec d . this morning. Please cause them to be examined, and let me know the result, at Humboldt. Ala.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, your obed. Servt.
C. C. Clay

State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid do certify that it appears from the Musterrolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, that David Walden a private in Capt. Sharpe's company of the 10 th Regiment enlisted on the 2 nd day of May 1781 for the term of . . . . and was omitted in 1781. That nothing more is said of him on said rolls
Given under my hand this 15 th day of Jan y 1834.
W. Hill

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Dec. 28 th , 1841.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," David Walden — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Tuskaloosa Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1840, to the 4 th March 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 13 th , 1840.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," (David Walden, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Huntsville, Al. Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March 1838, to the 1 st Sept. 1838,
Respectfully, yours,
Widow B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office, January 30 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," David Walden, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Huntsville, Ala a , Agency, at the rate of eighty _____ Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept; 1837, to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
William H. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Referred to the Pension Office as requested.
Treasury Department.
21 Nov 1893
David P. Folsom Pensionary

1938 The declaration of David Walden a Private Soldier in the American Revolution for the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled "entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15 th May 1828.
I David Walden of the County of Jackson and State of Alabama do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the term of two years and was in the service of the United States at the close of the Revolution. Commanded by Capt Shipstead  Sparks in the Regiment of Col. Shepherd of the North Carolina line.
And I further declare that I was not written on the fifteenth May 1828 nor at any other time before or since on the pension list of the United States. Witness my hand and seal this 15 th Febry 1831.
his David Walden Mark
See letter from the War Department 9 March 1831.

The State of Alabama, This day Thomas Barnett Limestone County personally appeared before me Terrell Harrar a justice of the peace for said County and made oath that he had been induced to believe in large from the instructions in the constitution there given by the Col of the North  line to the line this the 9th November 1830 Wm. Connell Sworn to and signed before me Terrell Harrar
The State of Alabama, This day William Limestone County - personally appeared before me Terrell Harrar an acting Justice of the peace for said County and made oath that he was acquainted with David Walden in 1781 or 1782 at that time he said David Walden was in the Continental Service of the United States and he believes to have been a member of the Continental Congress and that he saw and heard his son charged Nov 9th 1830 Sworn to and signed before me Terrell Harrar
The State of Alabama Limestone County Set; I Robert Austin Jr Clerk of the County Court of the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that Terrell Harrar before whom the foregoing affi- davits were taken was at the dates thereof an acting Justice of the peace for said County and that full faith and Credit are due to all his official acts and deeds as such In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at office this 12th day of November 1830 55th Year of American Independence Test Robert Austin Jr. CR

Limestone County Tenn. 2 nd Monday December.

Eldridge Ala 10th Oct
J O. D. Beauchamp P.M. Gasper Ala

State of Alabama } ss Walker County }
Be it known that before me John Lane — a Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid Personally appeared David Wallen 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 7 th June 1832 David Walden of the State of Alabama who was a Private during the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive Eighty dollars and — cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4 th March 1831. and payable semi annually on the 4 th of March and 4 th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 27 th day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
Dear Capt
secretary of war,
„Examined and { „Countersigned {
J. L. Edwards
11. Commissioner of Pensions
(Payments to be made at Mobile Ala by Russ For. State Bank Agent for paying Pensions in the agency of Slaves)
That he now resides in Walker County in the State of Alabama and has resided there for the space of four years past, and that previous thereto he resided in Blount County in said State. David X Walden
his David x Walden mark
sworn to and subscribed this fifth day of October 1842.
John, M. Lane Justice of the Peace
3 1 Simon Lane 2 S. D. H. ... Lanes

State of Alabama { Walker County }
October the fifth 1842.
I John M Lane a Magistrate in the county above named do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence viz my own knowledge and the oath of David Mellen that David Mellen who has this day appeared before me to take the oath of identity, is the identical person named in the Pension Certificate which he has exhibited before me numbered 25.907 and bearing date at the War Office the 27 th day of January 1834 and signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of War
Given under my hand at Walker County on the day and year above written.
John John M. Lane Justice of the Peace
State of Alabama { Walker County }
I Moses Camak Clerk of the Court of Walker County certify that John M Lane is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this fifth day of October in the year 1842.
Moses Camak
Clerk of the Court of Walker County.
[Faint, illegible handwriting or bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

Jasper Ala Oct 21 st 1842
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4 th Nov 1842 Evans.
Honble J L Edwards Commissioner of Pension Washington City D.C.

Gasper Ala
Oct 5 th 1842
Dr Sir
I send you the application for my Pension from the 4 th March 1842. to 4 th Sept 1842. for $40. being half yearly pay, due on the 4 th Sept, last. And I will now state I found by applying at the old agency at Tuscaloosa Ala that in consequence of the death of the Pension Agent (P. Redmond) that no payments could be made at Tuscaloosa, and I was advised forward my application to your, Department for payment,
Transmit drafts or any communications to care of J. S. Beauchamp at Gasper Ala,
I am with High regard
Your Obt St
David his X Walden Mark
Test. J. S. Beauchamp

Mountville N.
Sept. 2 nd —
Sept
alt
27.363
True
J. L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Blountsville Alabama August 27 th 1833
H on Edwardz Esq r
Sir Enclosed I send you the Declaration of David Walden an applicant for a pension - he informs me that he appli- ed under the act 15 th May 1828 & of course you will find his proofs on file in your office. The old M ss Memory - has almost failed him & - he referred me to the Docum- ents in his behalf now on file in the Pension office; as soon as convenient I shall expect to be informed of the result of his application & oblige H on your most humble Servt Philip Black