Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44206, John Walsh, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Walsh, John
S. 44206
CONTENTS

1986
New-York. ✓
John Walsh, private, New-York line / Colo Van Schaick 7 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New-York, at the rate of 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on the 15. of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29. of July, 1818. and sent to the care of John Grover, Esq; Auburn, Cayuga county, N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. $: 37.33 Semi-annual allowance
4 months, \frac{20}{30} $: 37.33.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
✓ Van Schaick Onondaga
_____ Cayuga continued. Co
See letter to Joshua Forman, 26 March 1822
Duplicate certificate issued and sent to S. For- man, Esq; at Syracuse, N.Y. 19 Oct. 1822.
Notification sent to Forman 12 Novr 1821 to S. Forman, Syracuse, N.Y.

John Grover, Esq; Judge, Auburn, Cayuga County, New-York.
John Walsh, New-York line, Revolutionary claim.
found on the rolls.
correct.
dated April 15, 1818.

John Walsh

State of New York Cayuga County ss.
John Walsh of the Town of Pawcossie County aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth & saith that in the Spring of the year 1778 he enlisted for six months into the service of the United States under Capt. John Oeder in the first Regiment of the New York troops commanded by Colonel Van Schaick & served out the same & then enlisted for during the war under Capt. John Goss in the same Regiment above mentioned & that he served during the war & was honorable discharged after the peace at Newburg in the State of New York from the same Regiment, but that his discharge is now lost
And he further saith that by reason of reduced cir- cumstances he is in need of assistance from his country for support. John Walsh mark
John Walsh
State of New York Cayuga County ss.
Personally appeared before me John Grover Esq. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Cayuga the above mentioned John Walsh & t. true known of me to have sworn up on the Holy Evangelists that the contents of the above affidavit are true: And I the said Judge do certify to the Honorable the Secretary of the War Department that I am satisfied that the above affidavit is true. Dated April 15. 1818
John Grover Esq. of Cayuga Com. Pleas

State of New York County of Camaga
I certify that John Grover Esquire before whom the within Affidavit appears to have been made, is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County acting under the authority of this State that full faith and credit are due to his Official acts in that capacity and that his Signature thereto subscribed is Genuine—
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County the fifteenth day of April A.D. 1878.
E. T. Hoop Esq.

John Walsh a pensioner
Copy of papers
2c

State of New-York, } ss : Onondaga County }
On the thirty first day of May 1821, personally appeared in open court in the court of common pleas in and for the county of Onondaga, being a court of record proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of their proceedings, John Walsh aged eighty one years, resident in Marcellus in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:— he enlisted in the year 1775 in Col l Paul Dudley Sergeants regiment in Captain William Scotts company & served in the same as a private soldier for the space of six months & in the Spring of the year 1776 he enlisted into Colonel Van Schaicks regiment in Capt h John Veeder's company for the space of six months & served for that time in making roads from Albany to Lake George that in the fall of the year 1776 he enlisted for during the war in Colonel Van Schaicks regiment in Captain John Coys's Company & served in the same & Charles Parsons Company until he was discharged in the 1783 during part of which time he did Sergeants duty and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, 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.
Personal property nothing
Real property nothing
That he is blind & otherwise so in firm as to be utterly unable to do any thing to support himself & that he lives upon the charity of his friends
John Walsh mark
Subscribed & sworn this 30 th day of May, in open Court, 1821
Joshua Farnan first Judge of said Court
Daniel Moseley I, Truman Adams , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in
and for the county of Onondaga, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & statement and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do 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 nothing dollars and nothing cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this fifth day of July 1821.
Daniel Moseley
Clerk of the court for the County of Onondaga.

44 206
Rev INVALID.
File No. 44 206
John Walsh Rev Rev War
Act: 18 March 18 n
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 537
[Arrangement of 1870.]

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES,
of the 18. th of March, 1818, John Walsh,
_____ # _____ late a private _____ in the New-York line of the revolutionary army -
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New-York Agency, at the rate of eight _____ dollars, _____ cents per month, to commence on the fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Mem o { an named John Walsh is now on the Legalized pensioners for the State of New York }

John Mels. 8/11 Affidavit to prove a New Certificate

State of New York Onondaga County } ss: On the fifth day of March in the year 1822 before me first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in said County personally appeared John Walsh who his oath declares that he is the same person who served in Captain Parsons' company in Col. Van Schaik's regiment in the New York line in the for the United States Service in the Revolutionary war - That his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York, that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature of seal of the Secretary of War which certifi- cate was torn & partly destroyed by some person to this deponent unknown on or near the tenth of February last at the house of Horace Moffat in the Town of Marcellus where this deponent lives - That the person thereof mentioned annexed is all that this deponent has been able to discover of said certificate - He is desirous of getting a New one -
Subscribed & sworn this day & year just aforesaid before me -
John N. D. L. S.
Joshua Forman First Judge of Onondaga Common Pleas -

Onondaga County ss I certify that Joshua Forman Esquire whose signature appears to the within deposition was at the time of taking the same first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County. Witness the seal of said County this 17 th day of Sept. 1872.
D. Moseley Clerk

State of New-york Onondaga County ss. }
John Walsh of the Town of Marcellus in the County of Onondaga being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he never was an invalid pensioner, and that he never drew a pension from any source whatever until he received his pension under the act passed for the benefit of Indigent Revolutionary Soldiers A.D. 1818
Sworn to & subscribed August 23 rd 1822 before me
Samuel H. Greenman Justice of the peace
in his John Walsh mark
State of New-york Onondaga County ss. }
Alexander Price Esq. of the Town of Oswego in the County of Cayuga being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he hath been for a period of twenty years last past been personally acquainted with the above named John Walsh and that he believes & is very positive that the above named John Walsh never was a pensioner until he received a pension under the act passed in the year of our Lord 1818 for the benefit of Indigent Revolutionary Soldiers
Sworn to & subscribed August 23 rd 1822 before me
Samuel H. Greenman Justice of the peace
Alexander Price
State of New-york Onondaga County ss. }
Daniel Davis of the Town of Marcellus in the County of Onondaga being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he hath been personally acquainted with the above named John Walsh for the last part of twenty years and that he believes & is very positive that the above named John Walsh never was a pensioner until he received a pension under the act passed in the year of our Lord 1818 for the benefit of Indigent Revolutionary Soldiers

State of New-york Onondaga County ss
Daniel Davis of the Town of Marcellus in the County of Onondaga being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he hath been personally acquainted with the above named John Walsh for fifteen and that he believes & is very positive that the above named John Walsh never was a pensioner until he received a pension under the act passed in the year of our Lord 1818 for the benefit of Indigent Revolutionary Soldiers
Daniel Davis
Sworn to & subscribed August 23 rd 1822 before me Samuel H. Greenman Justice of the peace
State of New-york Onondaga County ss
Hosea Moffit of the Town of Marcellus in the County of Onondaga being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he hath been for the term of fifteen years last past personally acquainted with the above named John Welch, and that he believes and is very positive that the said John Welch never did receive a pension from any source whatever until he received a pension under under the act passed A.D. 1818 for the benefit of Indigent Revolutionary Soldiers
Hosea Moffit
Sworn to & subscribed August 23 rd 1822 before me Samuel H. Greenman Justice of the peace

Wosen Moffit
Sworn to & subscribed August 23 rd 1822 before me Samuel H. Greenman Justice of the peace
I Samuel H. Greenman of the Town of Marcellus in the County of Onondaga hereby certify that I have been for the term of twelve years last past personally acquainted with the above named Alexander Price Daniel Davis & Hosea Moffit and that each & every one of them are men of good moral characters Respectable citizens of the above mentioned places in their affidavits and men that may Confidently be relied on for truth & veracity
Dated at Marcellus August 23 rd 1822
Samuel H. Greenman one of the justices of the peace in & for the County of Onondaga