Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40632, Christopher Walter, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Walter, Christopher
S 40632
CONTENTS

let 12 June 1839 to Mrs Catherine Wal- ter
Christopher Walter, Co. G, 1st Regt. Penna. Vol. Inf. mustered out June 18th 1861, for 3 years service.
6863 Ohio L 1
Christopher Walter
of Guernsey Co. in the state of Ohio who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Butler of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 of July 1818 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 of Feb. 1819 and sent to Hon. Mr Herick House of Representatives U.S.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 15/30 $ 11.84 Semi-ann. all'ce ending March 1819 48.
59.89
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued
March 19

Cambridge O 4 th June
War Department
Washington
City O.B.C.
Not called yet advised 11 June Christopher to the

The State of Ohio, Guernsey County ss.
On this sixth day of March A.D. 1821, personally appeared in open Court being a Court of records for said County Christopher Walter aged sixty three years a resident of Knox Township in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as followeth to wit, enlisted in August 1782 under Colonel Richard Butler in Captain Parker's company in the Pennsylvania line and discharged at Philadelphia in June 1783 he has received a pension certificate from Government numbered 6863 the date of his original declaration was the twenty first day of July 1818, and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 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 naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the 18 th 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.
Schedule
  1 Horse $35.00 One quarter Section of Land entered on the $110.00   1 Cattle 10.00 10 th day of Sept r in the year 1819. with the   4 cow cattle 25.00 pension due to the United States 230.00   7 Hogs 8.50 The Declarant is indebted to the follow g persons to wit: $340.00   1 Loom 6.00 to Solomon Wilson $6.50   1 plow tackling & gear 6.00 to Benjamin Masters 6.00   1 Scythe 2.00 to Daniel Terbracke 6.50   pot metal 6.50 to George Metcalf 1.25   1 table & 2 chairs 1.50 to James Hutchison 1.12 1/2   Dresser ware 2.00 to James Patterson 4.60   1 Chest 1.00 to N. Ross 3.00   1 Spinning wheel .50 to the United States on 240.00   for the Lands Interest 267.84   balance $72.16 
The Declarants family consists of his wife Mary aged 39 years his daughter Margaret 15 or 17 th instant his William aged 12 years past his daughter Mary Ann 10 years past, his daughter Rachel Catherine aged 7 years past, his daughter Rachel aged 5 years

past, and Rebecca a sucking child 5 months old, the Declarant follows farming as well as he can.
(Signature) Christopher Walters
Sworn to & subscribed in open court March 6 th 1821.
C. P. Peatty Clerk S.C.
The State of Ohio, Guernsey county S.
I, Cyrus P. Peatty, clerk of the Court of common pleas for said county, do certify that the foregoing declaration under oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of 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 after deducting his debts is seventy two dollars & sixteen cents - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on the sixth day of March A.D. 1821.
C. P. Peatty Clerk S.C.

Cambridge O. June 1 st 1871.
please direct your answer to me at this place, - there are several of the former applica- tions, which remain unanswered particularly Moritz Adler - the folks are very impatient as well as needy should be glad to hear about them as soon as convenience will permit Yrs &c
Hon. Secretary of War E. P. Baily

Christopher Wren's Observation
Admiralty

Christopher Walter of the County of Guernsey State of Ohio, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that in the month of May  August Seventeen Hundred and eighty two, he enlisted into the Army of the United States for during the war with Great Britain, in a Company commanded by Capt. Decker of the Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Col. William Butler, in which Regiment he faithfully served until the close of the war when he was regularly and Honorably Discharged, by his Excellency Genl. George Washington, in the month of June Seventeen Hundred eighty Three - and this deponent further saith, that he has at no time received any Pension from the United States, and that he does hereby relinquish his right to such pension (if any) as may have heretofore been granted him, and that he is a citizen of the United States of America residing in the County of Guernsey and State of Ohio. and very much in need of assistance from his country for support, by reason of his advanced age and destitution of property and further this deponent saith not -
Christopher Walter
Sworn and subscribed to this 28 th day of July Eighteen Hundred and eighteen before me
Thos Henderson associate judge
I hereby certify that it hath appeared satisfactory to me that the statements in the foregoing deposition or deposition are true and correct, and that the deponent Christopher Walter, is in need of assistance from his country, and entitled to a pension as a soldier of the revolutionary war,
Thos Henderson associate judge
G. C. Ohio

State of Ohio, I Zachaeus A. Beatty Clerk of the Guernsey County Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that the within signed Thomas Henderson Esq r is a duly elected commissioner and acting associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts as such as well in Court of Justice as thereout. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Cam- bridge the twenty first day of July Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and Eighteen,
Z A Beatty Clerk, G.C.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 192
In reply to your request of _____, for the history of Christopher Waller , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the soldier's claim for pension.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug 17/82 to June 1783 Pvt. Parker Wm Butler Penn.            
Battles engaged in, _____ ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ ✓ Date of application for pension, July 21, 1888. His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Guernsey Co. Ohio Age at date of application, about 61 yrs
Remarks: In 1831 he referred to his wife Mary aged 39 yrs. and children Margaret b. Mar 7/1806, William 12 Mary Ann 10. Catharine 7, Rachel 5, yrs & Rebecca 5 mos old No further data as to family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

40 632 INVALID. Rev
File No. 40.632
Christopher Walter Dr Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 534
[Arrangement of 1870.]
123 June 14. Recd to Mrs. E. G. Lofland. aud.

469.
C. Walter.
Act 1828 Settled at Treasury
Come d with Invalid file # 40,632

No of orig 469. Pay 391 REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
July 31. 1828
Christopher Walter, of Knox township, in the County of Guernsey, 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 private in captain Parker 's company, in Col. Butler's the regiment of the Pennsylvania - 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,
5. August 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Christopher Walter in the Pennsylvania line
It further appears that Christopher Walter  not is now on the pension list of the  any  not agency, and has been so since the 3d of March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month.
John Hagner Auditor
correct No 73,515

Revolutionary Claims.
[ B. ]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Non-Commissioned Officers, Musicians, and Privates.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, Christopher Walter of Knob township in the county of Guernsey in the 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 * Privat Soldier — in Captain Parkers Company, in the Col. Butlers Regiment, of the Pennsylvania Line. And, I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th of May, 1778.
And I further declare, that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May, 1828, on the Pension List of the United States.†
Witness my hand, this 8 — day of july — , in the year - 1828 Wm. Morrow J. P.  Christopher Walter
Before me,‡ William Morrow Justice of the Peace in the county of Guernsey — in the State of Ohio — personally appeared, this day, John Clark — and James Longson of the said county, who did severally make oath that Christopher Walter 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 as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this 8 — day of july — in the year - 1828 Wm. Morrow J. P.  John Clark James Longson mark
I, Moses Panchet Clerk of the Court of the County of Guernsey in the State of Ohio do hereby certify, that William Morrow Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a § Justice of the peace , and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the [L. S.] said Court, this Eighth day of july Anno Domini 1828 . Attest  Moses Panchet Clk
* Sergeant, Corporal, Musician, or Private, as the case may be.
† The claimant, though not on the pension list on the 15th May, 1828, may have been on the list on or since the 3d of March, 1826, and afterwards stricken off: if so, he will add, and that I have received of the United States, as a pensioner, since the 3d of March, 1826, the sum of dollars, paid to me by the Agent for paying pensions in the State of
‡ Here insert a Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths.
§ Justice of the Peace, or otherwise, as the case may be.

17.10.2 American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Cambridge Works
J.E. THOMPSON, MANAGER M.H. BARMES, CHIEF CLERK.
Cambridge, Ohio.
March 20th. 1923.
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Will you please inform me if you have any record of any kind, and with dates if possible, relative to one Christopher Walter, Revolutionary War Soldier, or his wife Mary Ann Stutts Walter,
Am trying to secure information necessary for making application for D.A.R. membership.
Courteously yours,
Mrs E. G. Lofland,
Address : #135 N. 11th. St.