Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,558, James Walden, R.I.

SERVICE
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Walden, James
S 21,558
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Letter to Parisian, March 31. 1847.
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James Walden of New York in the State of New York who was a Seaman in the Company commanded by Captain John of the Ship commanded by Captain in the line line for 3  months  time 1 month  time
Inscribed on the Roll of R. G. Ward at the rate of 25 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Aug 1833 and Seal A B Gunnell Clerk (omphn 1 R)
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $108.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 27.00 $135.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N. N. West Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 135

State of Rhode-Island County of Newport } ss,
On this twenty 1833  first of February personally appeared in open Court before the judges of the Court of Probate now sitting, James Walden of Little Compton in the County of Newport and State of Rhode-Island, aged Sixty eight years the 6 th day of May last, who being first duly sworn according to law - doth on his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th D, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated,
That he enlisted as a musician and served a fife er in the Spring of the year 1778, he being then about fourteen years of age (the precise time that he enlisted or discharged does not recollect) for twelve months in a company of Rhode-Island State troops commanded by Capt Nathan Blny, in Col. Crarys Regiment, that he enlisted in the town of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol, and State of Massachusetts, and was marched to the town of Bristol, in the State of Rhode-Island where our company joined Col. Crarys Regiment, and were stationed in Bristol and the adjoining town of Warren, from the best of my recollection about two months, and I well recollect that when we were stationed at Warren, that our guard had a smart battle with the crew of a boat maned by Englishmen that landed on the shore of Warren and that we succeeded in taking them prisoners the being Summers  and that and whilst we remained there, we had several other skirmishes with the enemy, and they burnt a number of houses and of our boats in Warren & Bristol and in the term aforesaid of about two months, our company and Regiment were marched to Howlands ferry in Tiverton and there stood guard on said shore of Tiverton a short time, the exact length I do not now recollect and he and the company and Regiment that he belonged to, went in to Rhode-Island, when the american army

went on to said Island at the commencement of Genl Sullivan's Expedition, (he believes some time in the month of July 1778, the exact day he cannot recollect) and remained on the Island and on duty, during the whole of said expedition and was in all the different battles, in some of which the Company to which he belonged to, had some hard fighting and a considerable number killed and wounded on both sides, he remained on the Island until the whole american army retreated off of Rhode Island, and he came off of the Island in Capt. Clary Company, in the Regiment aforesaid, crossing the river at Howlands ferry to between the latter part of August Tiverton, and was stationed at and near Howlands ferry a few weeks, he thinks about five, and was then marched down on the east side of the River to the shores of Little Compton, and was stationed at different places on said shores opposite the Island of Rhode Island, and there continued to stand guard, and on duty, until he had served the aforesaid term of twelve months, and was then discharged, but had no written discharge, the time that he was discharged he well recollects was in the Spring of the year 1779, the precise time that he was discharged he cannot now recollect, but well recollects that he served twelve months and that he was a fifer in the aforesaid Company, the term aforesaid, He again enlisted in Capt. Turtelows Company of Militia in the town of Providence in Rhode Island, near the fore part of January 1780, as a private, for three months and was stationed in said Providence, guarding Magazine and stores belonging to said Company, from the best of his recollection about seven weeks, as he well recollects, that it was a few days short of two months, and then he and the rest of the Company that he belonged to, were marched down the west side of River Providence to the Village of Pettaquamcutt and were stationed there a few days, and were then marched down on the west side of said river, Bay, and Sea, until we arrived at Point Judith (so called) being the Southern Boundary of the State of Rhode Island on the Sea Shore

and he and the Company aforesaid that he belonged to, was Stationed at a house near the aforesaid Point Judith, and after they had remained there a few days a boat was discovered coming towards the aforesaid point, where the Company were stationed, the Company immediately went on to the Beach where they shot most likely for the boat to land from the situation of the shore, and there secreted themselves in the Beach grass, by laying down in it, and so remained undiscovered by the man that was in the boat until he had come very near the shore, when Orders was given by Capt. Turtelow to rush to the shore as quick as possible, it being but a few rods, we immediately all sprang and was to the waters edge in a moment, when the boat was not half hundred feet from us, the Capt immediately hailed the man in the boat, and ordered him to come on shore or he was a dead man, the man came immediately on shore and gave himself up a prisoner and we found by the papers he had that he was what was then called a Refuge Capt., after a further examination we found he had a Commission from the English, that he was a Capt., and had also listing orders, & a number of others. Don't recollect and afterwards acknowledged that he had come there to enlist some men and carry them to the enemy, I well recollect that he was called Capt. Hart, and I well recollect that it was so wrote in his Commission, his given name do not now remember, but I well recollect that it was stated by him, or some that knew him that he was born and brought up in Tiverton in said State of Rhode Island, and after we had taken Capt. Hart, he and the Company that he belonged to, were immediately ordered to march to Providence with our Prisoners, and our Company continued on our march until we arrived at Providence

Where Capt. Hart was tryed, and condemned to be hung to be hung, and that he see him hung, as he was near to him, he being one of the guard, and he also well recollects that there was one other man, (his name he does not recollect) that was bro't to the place of Execution with Capt. Hart, that he had been condemned to be hung, and when they arrived to the place of execution the man that was condemned to be hung with Capt. Hart, had an offer made to him, that if he would hang Capt. Hart and enlist in the service in the American Army during the War, that he should be reprieved from the Gallows, and he accepted the offer and he see him hung Capt. Hart, and that he enlisted into the Service during the war, and after that, the said Walden remained on guard in Providence a few days until he had served the three months as aforesaid, and was then discharged, but had no written discharge, and he further testifies and says that after a diligent search, he has been unable to find any person now living that was with him in the aforesaid three months Service, with Capt. Tuttle, therefore is unable to prove it, but that he actually did the Service in Capt. Tuttle's company as before stated — and that he was a private
I was born in the town of Dighton in the County of Bristol in the State of Massachusetts, May 6 th in the year 1764.
I have a Record of my age, that I made myself, by being told by my father and mother and some others, a Certificate thereof will be annexed
I was living in the town of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol State of Massachusetts, when I entered the service, and lived there a few years after the Revolutionary war, he then moved to the town of Swansea in the County and State aforesaid by the where he remained a few years, and then moved to the town of North Providence in the State of Rhode-Island and there remained for a few years, and then moved to the town of the Townsend in the State of Vermont, and there remained several years, and then moved to the town of Little Compton in the State of Rhode-Island, where he has resided about six years and now lives there, the precise time that he lived in the different towns aforesaid, he cannot positively recollect, he enlisted into the Service during the whole time that he served

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court,
James Walden
Witness A. H. B. Williams Probate Clerk.

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James Walborn Rhode Island
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A B Brownell The Court Newport City Little Compton R.I.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjoined 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 James Walden  County of Newport State of Rhode Island
   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.     Enlisted 1778 " 12 fifer Capt Alney Col Brady 68 years Bristol County 2 Living Witnesses Prove 12 Mo Service 1 Witness Only Certified to be Credible papers not authenticated   " 1780 " 3 " privat Capt Hartshorn Massa  
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) _____, who has 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 enquiry 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 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] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[n] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[o] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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File No. 21,338
James Walden His Rev. W. C.
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 232
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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James L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pension Washington D.C.)
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Dartmouth. March 19. 1847—
Sir.
Will you have the kindness to have my name transferred from the Pension Agency in Providence (R.I.) to that of Boston. (Mass.) so that I can draw my Pension at the latter office. — I was pensioned in 1832. (as a private Troop, in the Army of the Revolution, in the Service of Fifty-four (Baltimore,) and resided at that time & since in Little Compton, R.I. — I have since September 1846. been a resident of Massachusetts. — The No. of my Pension Certificate is 21.284.
Almon L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.
James Waldon Fifer
P.S. Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E, Vol 2. page 135. by D.D. Addison Clerk

We William A. Brown residing in the town of Little Compton county of Newport and State of Rhode-Island, and Nathaniel Tompkins, residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Walden, of said Little Compton, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration, that we believe him to be about Sixty nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion,
William A. Brown Nath. Tompkins
Newport ss, Little Compton February 21 st 1833 Personally appeared, before me, the above named William A. Brown & Nathaniel Tompkins, and made both to the truth of the above statement - And I further testify and say, that the said William A. Brown, and Nathaniel Tompkins, are well known to me, as they have lived near me for many years, and that they are credible witnesses in the premises by me — Sylvester Gifford Justice Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named, Sylvester Gifford, and that he is a Magistrate duly qualified, and that the signature to the above certificate is his true and genuine signature; In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Seal of Office this twenty first day of February 1833 — Witness A. N. Brown Probate Clerk.

I certify that I have examined the Record that the said James Walden has, that is in his own hand writing, of his birth, in his Psalm Book, which Record he made, from what his father and mother and some others told him, and I find it there Recorded by himself, that he was born in Dighton May the 6 th 1764 — by me
Sylvester Gifford Justice Peace
I hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with with the above named Sylvester Gifford, and that he is a Magistrate duly qualified, and that the Signature to the above certificate , is his true and genuine Signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand, & affixed my Seal of Office, this 21 st day of February 1832 A. D. 1832 J. H. B. Probate Clerk
And the said Board of Probate of the Town of Little Compton in the State aforesaid do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named ap- plicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Board further certifies that it appears to them, that William A. Brown and Nathaniel Tomp- kins who has signed the preceding certificates is a resident of Little Compton; and that Nathaniel Tompkins who has also signed the same is a resident of the same Little Comp- ton; that both are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, Alexander R. Brownell, Clerk of the Court of Probate of the Town of Little Compton in the county of Newport, and State of Rhode Island, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the appli- cation of James Walden for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this twenty first day of Februa- ry A. D. 1833.
A. R. Brownell Probate Clerk

I Israel Washburn A Clergyman now residing in Westport County of Bristol, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Doct James Walden of Little Compton in the County of Newport and State of Rhode Island, who has subscribed to the annexed Declaration and sworn to the same, and that I believe him to be about Sixty Eight years of age, and that I believe him to be reputed, and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and I concur in that opinion
Israel Washburn
Newport So. Little Compton July 27 th 1833
Personally appeared before me the above named Israel Washburn, and made oath to the truth of the above Certificate by him signed — And I further testify that said Israel Washburn is well known to me and that he is a credible witness as a Clergyman in the premises — by me
Sylvester Gifford Justice Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Sylvester Gifford and that he is a Magistrate duly qualified, and that the signature to the above Certificate is his true and genuine Signature
In testimony whereof I have, hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office this twenty Seventh day of July A.D., 1833
J. H. BROWNELL Probate Clerk.

James Walden
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I Jeremiah Dwyly of Tiverton in the County of Newport and State of Rhode-Island do hereby testify and say, that I served with James Walden now residing in Little Compton in said County of Newport, whom I well remember in the year 1778. Said Walden was a fifer in Capt. Olney Company of State Troops in Col. Crary Regiment, for the space of one year as near as I can recollect, that his Company joined our Regiment at Bristol in the State of Rhode-Island, and we had several Battles in said Bristol and in Warren with the English and after that, our Regiment was marched to Tiverton where we remained for a short time and then we were marched on to Rhode-Island a short time before Sullivan's Expedition and remained there in all the different Battles in said Expedition and we retreated off the Island at the time that the whole army retreated off to Tiverton and we remained at Tiverton and Little Compton on duty, standing guards on the shores of said Tiverton and Little Compton during the aforesaid term of one year and was then discharged, & said Walden was a fifer.
Jeremiah Dwyly
Newport for Little Compton February 20 th 1833
Personally appeared before me the above named Jeremiah Dwyly and made oath, to the truth of the above Deposition by him signed — And I further testify and say, that the said Jeremiah Dwyly, is well known to me, and that he is a credible witness in the premises —
by me Sylvester Gifford Justice Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Sylvester Gifford, and that he is a Magistrate duly qualified, who has subscribed his name to the above Certificate, and that the signature to the above Certificate, is his true and genuine Signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Seal of Office this
Little Compton Feby 21. 1833. — Witness H. W. Smith Probate Clerk

Little Compton, Newport County, R.I. July 30 th 1833 Mr. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions — Sir, the Papers of James Walden herewith inclosed, that you returned on account of some defects in them, I believe has been all amended agreeable to your direction with very little trouble, and also the addition of a Clargymans Certificate, which was fortunately obtained by falling in with one of his particular acquaintance, so that I can have no doubt now, but that you will forward him a Certificate soon — and you will please to direct it to Sylvester Gifford of Little Compton R.I. — and you will much oblige your friend and Humble Servant
Sylvester Gifford

I Samuel Pickham of Dartmouth in the County of Bristol and State of Massachussetts, aged Seventy thruyears, a revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, testify and say that I was, drummer, in the service of the United States, in Colonel Crary's Regiment, in Nathan Olney's Company, that some time in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Eight, the Company that I belonged to marched from the Westward (as it was called) to Bristol in the State of Rhode Island - that while I was in Bristol aforesaid - I recollect James Walden joined the Company aforesaid and was a musician, that the said James Walden was then a young man, - that he belonged to the Company with me as aforesaid and acted as fifer in said Company for the term of one year as near as I can recollect Samuel Pickham
State of Massachussetts - County of Bristol - s.s. - 3. On this twenty sixth day of October in the year A.D. 1832. personally appeared the above named Samuel Pickham and made oath according to law, that the foregoing disposition by him subscribed is true in all its parts - before me Abner B. Gifford Justice of Peace
Court of Probate, Town of Little Compton, February 21 st , 1833.
I Alexander R. Brownell, Clerk of the Court of Probate of the Town of Little Compton in the State of Rhode Island, hereby certify, that Abner B. Gifford, whose signa- ture is attached to the above acknowledgment - is well known to me as a Justice of the Peace of the Commonwealth of Massachussetts, duly commissioned by the Governor and Council of that Commonwealth, & now exercising his office in the county of Bristol: and that the above

Signature of the said Abner B. Gifford is his his own proper hand-writing which to me is well known.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, the day and year above written.
A. N. B. W. M. G. Probate Clerk.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - County of Bristol - Ss - On this 25 th day of July in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty three these papers were returned, and presented to me for a further Certificate as respects the Credibility of the within named Samuel Pickham which appear to have been an omission when the former Certificate was made I therefore hereby certify that the within named Samuel Pickham is well known to me, that in my opinion his deposition within subscribed by him is entitled to full credit.
attest Abner B. Gifford Just of the Peace
Court of Probate Town of Little July 27 th 1833
I Alexander R. Brownell Clerk of the Court of Probate of the Town of Little Compton in the State of Rhode-Island hereby certify that Abner B. Gifford whose signature is attached to the above acknowledgment is well known to me as a justice of the Peace of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, duly commissioned by the Governor and Council of that Commonwealth and now exercises his Office in the Courts of Bristol and that the above signature of the said Abner B. Gifford is his own proper hand-writing which to me is well known.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court the day and year above written.
A. N. B. W. M. G. Probate Clerk.