Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40621, Meshec Walker, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Walker, Meshee Masheek or
S. 40621.
B.L. Wt. 362-100.
CONTENTS

N o 362.
362
Messrs Walker.
Corporal New Jersey Line.
W. J. Wood & Col. H. P. H.
Bradley 17. Oct. 1807.

14. 594 Ohio
Messrs Walker of Ashtland  county in the state of Ohio who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Ogden of the New Jersey line, for the term of Six Years & 10 months
Inscribed on the roll of Ohio at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 26 th of May 1813
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th of Sept 1819 and sent to Daniel Stillwell Esq. Judge Townsville Ohio
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819  16 2/3  122.60
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1820  48
$ 170:60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Declarant himself spells his No

26 May 1818.
Messrs Walker. prw Ogden N Jersey Reg 1776 to 1783
The Subscribers ficate as to the lawful claim of James M c an Adm
Janesville, Ohio.
attested by

Muskingum County State of Ohio } Ct.
Be it known, that before me in the State & county aforesaid personally appeared Meshac Walker & made oath, that he is a resi- dent citizen of this state & that he served as a soldier in the army of the Revolutionary war, with Great Britain; that he enlisted on the 10. th August 1776 for and during the war in Capt. Isaac Morrison's company, 1. st Regiment, com- manded by Col. Matthias Ogden, in the New Jersey Line on continental establishment that after serving in the army as aforesaid from the time aforesaid until the 5. th June 1783 he was discharged at the Highlands of York by Capt. Aaron Ogden by a printed discharge, which was afterwards sent to Washington to obtain his warrant for his land about 8 or 9 years ago, & was retained there & a warrant granted for his land — that he has no other evidence to offer; — and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support; being in his 67. th year of his age. Sworn & Subscribed to this 26. May 1818 Meshac Walker Before me, Danl. Stillwell H. Judge

Muskingum County, I do hereby certify, that Meshee State of Ohio Walker who has sworn to and subscribed to the within Deposition before me, has satisfied me, that he served in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in his Deposition — all the proceedings of which I hereby transmit to the Secretary of war. Danl, Stillwell Atty at law
State of Ohio } I David Chambers clerk of the court of common Muskingum county ss } pleas of Muskingum county do hereby certify that Daniel Stillwell Esqr. before whom the foregoing deposition was taken and certified is and was at the time the same was done, one of the acting associate judges of the court of common pleas of said county duly commissioned, and that to all his official acts as such full faith and credit is due as well in courts of justice as elsewhere — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Zanesville, this 28 th day of May A.D. 1818. David Chambers Clk. etc.

The Secretary of War will please to enclose to the care of Marshal of Ohio. Zanesville Appar
not citizen
My Afficio Muskingum County — I do certify, that Meskie Walker who claims a pension for Revolutionary services, is in reduced & indigent circumstances. Given under my hand this 16 day of August 1819.
Robert Mitchell Associate Judge
State of Ohio
Muskingum County
I David Chambers clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Muskingum County do hereby certify that Robert Mitch- ell Esquire whose name is affixed to the above certificate was at the time of signing the same and now is one of the acting associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county duly commissioned and qualified. — and that to all his official acts as such faith and credit is due as well in courts of justice as thereout. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official seal at Zanesville this 16 th day of August A. D. 1819. —
David Chambers Clerk

Meshech Walkers Power of Attorney
to J. B. Bradley.

I know all men by these presents that I Meshech Walker who served in the New Jersey Regiment also  the six years in revolutionary war and am now resident in the County of Luzerne, state of Pennsylvania do hereby constitute and appoint Doct. Phineas Bradley to be my true and lawful Attorney for me to ask and demand at the proper board, for a warrant for the land to which I am legally entitled for the abovesaid services, I having served to the end of the war as a corporal and been duly discharged: hereby authorizing my said attorney to receive the said Land warrant for me, and in my name and behalf to give a receipt for the same; hereby also ratifying and confirming whatsoever my said attorney shall legally do in the premisses. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 26 th  sixth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and seven
In presence of
Meshech his  mark Walker Seal
Phineas Waller Abraham Bradley
State of Pennsylvania } Luzerne County ss. } Personally appeared before me one of the associate judges for Luzerne County, Meshech Walker signer and sealer of the above written instrument and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned. Witness my hand this 26 th day of Septem r A D one thousand eight hundred and seven
Matthias Hollenback

The State of Ohio, Licking County ss. Court of Common Pleas, October Term, 1896.
Be it remembered that, "On this 4th day of October, A.D. 1896, Personally appeared in open Court of common Pleas held in Newark for the County of Licking and State of Ohio aforesaid, Proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, Mashech Walker, aged seventy five years, resident in said County of Licking, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions of the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818, and 1st of May 1820, that he served in the Revolutionary War in the company commanded by Captain Isaac Morrison, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Matthias Ogden, in the line of the State of New Jersey, and that he has obtained a Pension under the act of the 18th March 1818, his certificate being numbered 14594. And I do solemnly swear that I was resident, citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March A.D. 1818, and that I have not nor any person in trust for me, any property, securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than that which is contained, in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, and that I have not, since that time by gift, sale or in any manner

disposal of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of the act, of Congress, of the 18th of March 1888 entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons, engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, passed on the 18th day of March 1888, Mashuck his Walker Sworn and subscribed in open Court. —
Schedule —
1 Bay Mare valued at, $85.00 1 Cow " " 8.00 7 head of Sheep " " 8.75 95 acres of wild land of a very poor quality estimated to be worth 1 dollar per acre 95.00 $137.75
I have no debts due to me; I owe none of any consequence. I have no family except a wife seventy years of age who from age and infirmity is unable to contribute to our support. Mashuck his Walker. —
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the 5th day of October A.D. 1896.
Test A.H.C. after att.
The State of Ohio Ticking County ss.
Court of common Pleas June Term A.D. 1897.
Be it remembered that on this 13th day of June 1897 personally appeared in open Court the above named Mashuck Walker who being duly sworn and interrogated doth depose and say in addition to his foregoing declaration, that with the aid of his little property and his personal

exertions and labour he had been hitherto enabled to subsist himself tolerably well, and so long as that was the case he thought himself not entitled under the law to a pension and therefore did not apply for it and that this was the only reason he has to state why he did not apply sooner. For further State he has never since the 18th of March 1818 disposed of any of his property except what was imme- diately necessary for his subsistence. And of which it is now not in his power to render any particular account, his property has now gradually been exhausted and he is now very infirm, and unable to procure a subsistence, except by the founty and beneficence of his country, and further saith not. —
Masheek his  mark Walker
Sworn to and subscribed to in open Court this 13th day of June 1827. Test A. H. Coffey clk
The State of Ohio, Licking County S.
I, Amos K. Coffey clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County truly certify that the foregoing call and the the Schedule thereto annexed, and the additional affidavit of the said Walker above recited are truly copied from the records of said Court. And I do further certify that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in said Schedule in the opinion of said Court is one hundred and forty seven dollars and seventy five cents. In testimony of all which, I have

Thereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Newark in said County of Delaware this 30th day of September A.D. 1827
J.H. Caffee C.R.
Pension office Sept. 11th 1827 Place Mm
Newark D.C. Sept 4 Mm
Wm. H. James Barbour
Secy at War Washington D.C.
Rev
Dr. Sir, Herewith I return you the application of Mashuck Walker for a pension with an additional affidavit Yours with respect J.H. Caffee

Rev. Mr. ...
40 621 INVALID.
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In letter of the 11 th September 1827, to A. H. Caffee Esq. Newark, Ohio.
(March 1820)

HEAD-QUARTERS, June fifth 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Corp d Walker
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
Messrs Walker B.S. No. 362-100 New Jersey.

BY HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America:
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Misheck Walker Corporal in the New Jersey Regiment, having faith- fully served the United States six years and being inlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the fifth day of June 1783
G. Washington
By HIS EXCELLENCY'S
Command,
John Humblel Sub Secy
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Ephraim Whittlock Adjutant.
Richd. Cox Major Comd
THE above has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for six Years faithful Service.

Act 1828 Settled at Treasury Cons d , with Invalid file # H0.621

640 634
No. of Original Payroll 634 REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Sept. 1. 1828
Masheck Walker , of _____ in the County of Licking , in the State of Ohio , has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Corporal in captain Ogden 's company, in the Fifth regiment of the New Jersey line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing >
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary A. Dickinson
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
9. September 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Masheck Walker in the New Jersey line
It further appears that Masheck Walker is now on the pension list of any _____ agency, and has been so since the 3 March 1826  at the rate of  dollars per month
R. H. Hagmeyer

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15 th of May, 1828 I, Mashek Walker, of the County of Licking and State of Ohio, do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the War, and continued in its service until its termination, at which period I was a Corporal in Capt. Aaron Ogden's company, in the first Regiment of the Jersey line, and I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, to which I was intitled under a resolve of Congress, passed 15 th May 1778. And I further declare that I was not on the 15 th day of March 1828, on the pension list of the United States.
Mashek Walker
Before me Robert Mills, a Justice of the Peace in the County of Licking State of Ohio, personally appeared this day Richard Davidson & James Smith of said County who did severally make oath, that Mashek Walker by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution in manner therein stated.
Witness my hand this 21 st day of August 1828
Robert Mills J.P.

State of Ohio Licking County set
I Amos H. Coffey, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Licking aforesaid, do hereby certify that the within named Robert Wiles esquire, before whom the foregoing declaration of Matthew Walker appears to have been made as at this time and was at the time of signing the certificate thereof an attesting officer of the peace within said County duly qualified to administer Oaths, and to whose acts as such full faith and credit is due in all Courts and elsewhere. and also that the signature of the said Robert Wiles is in his proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said County this 21 st day of August 1828.
A. H. Coffey Clerk

Newark this Aug 23 d 1828
Sir
I transmit to you the declaration of Nathaniel Walker, made in pursuance of the act of Congress. Mr. Walker was formerly on the pension list of the United States - and he informs me that all the evidence of his services was sent on to Washington - to that he refers - Very respectfully
Wm W. Cumber
Wm W. Cumber Thos. Rush Secy of the Pres.
Stanley