Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11078, Joseph Waller, Vt.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
UZ.
Waller, Joseph
St. 11078
CONTENTS

State of Vermont
Franklin County ss. 3
On the 13 th day of Novembr A.D. 1832 personally appeared Joseph Wallin of Enosburgh in the County of Franklin aforesaid, aged sixty nine years, before the Honorable Court of Probate for the district of Georgia in said County and being duly sworn the said Joseph Wallin doth upon his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th A.D. 1832.
That in the spring summer and fall of 1780 he performed military service as a drafted militia man in the service of the united states, for the term of six months in and about the towns of Bethel and Royalton in the County of Windsor in the state of Vermont. That he was employed part of said term of time in patrolling the roads up and down White River between said towns of Bethel and Royalton as a guard in company with other drafted militia men - and that the remainder of the time he was employed as a teamster in transporting provisions to a fort under the command of a Captain Benjamin at Bethel aforesaid, and in carrying other materials for the fort and the use of the men stationed there. He also states that the last service which he performed in the year 1780 was the transportation of a load of provisions to said fort under a guard of seven militia men on Sunday the day previous to the burning of the town of Royalton by the Indians and Tories - and he further states that he was enrolled by his own consent and that of his father as a minute man in the militia company in said town of Royalton at the age of fourteen years and that he continued in said company, except when in actual service, under the command of one Calvin Parkhurst, afterwards, as he verily believes, to the close of the revolutionary war
And the said Joseph Wallin on his oath as aforesaid further declares that in the year 1781. the first year after the burning of Royalton as aforesaid he was again in the service of the united states as a drafted militia man from the opening of the spring in said year to the setting in of winter - He cannot declare with precision how many months - that during this term he was engaged in patrolling the roads, alternately with others, between the

said fort at Bethel and the town of Sharon in said county of Windsor and in various scouting parties which were sent out from said fort to ascertain whether there were enemys forces in the neighborhood - that on one of these excursions he was in company with some of the regular troops and went towards Canada a distance of about 40 miles thro' the wilderness to ascertain the truth of a rumor that a body of indians were encamped on Onion River in said state near what is now Watbury in the county of Washington - A Mr. Prescott who had been three years in the service of the United States commanded this scouting party, as a Sargeant, and one Sull was also of the party, who this deponent believes, was likewise in the regular army - The expedition was ordered by Capt. Benjamin who commanded at the fort. This deponent further declares that he also served a considerable time but cannot tell how long in the year 1782, in the same kind of service mentioned above - The time for which he served in 1782 & 1781. he is not now able, by reason of the his age and the consequent loss of memory, to state, with precision: what length of time but according to his best recollection he believes he was in the service of the United States, as a private of infantry, at least nine months; which added to the time he served in 1780, would make, in all, one year and three months - and for such service he claims a pension.
And the said Joseph Waller further says that he believes that Captain Benjamin who commanded the garrison at the fort was an officer commissioned by the United States and belonged to the regular army and that the service performed by the drafted militia in the neighborhood of said fort was under his command and direction - and he further states that he does not know what authority the militia officers acted under but supposes it was the same under which they acted throughout the country which is now the state of Vermont

And the said Joseph Waller further declares that he has resided in the said State of Vermont, except for short periods when absent on journeys, from the year 1779. to the present time; a part of the time in said town of Royalton and the remainder of the time in said town of Ennismore - and that he relinquishes all claim to a pension, except the present; and that his name is not on any pension roll of any army in any state.
and the said Joseph Waller further states that the towns of Royalton Bethel and Sharon were, at the time of his said service as a soldier in the revolutionary war, frontier towns; that is, the most northerly settlements in that part of what is now Vermont. That he does not know that there was any brigade officers, or that the corp, in which he served was attached to any regiment and he does not recollect, if he ever knew, to what regiment the said Benjamin belonged; but that his men were considered to belong to the continental service he distinctly recollects and he was acquainted with several of his men at the time of their enlistment, under him, in said service. And the said Joseph Waller further states that for his said services he has never received from the government any remuneration whatever -
Joseph Waller

And the said probate Court do hereby declare, that in the opinion of said Court after the investigation of the matter the said Joseph Waller did perform the said services as a soldier in the revolutionary war as set forth in the preceding declaration by him subscribed. And the said Court of Probate further declare that in its opinion the said Joseph Waller is a man of truth and veracity and entitled to full credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at St Albans in the County of Franklin, aforesaid, on the thirteenth day of November A.D. 1833.
Stephen G Brown Judge
State of Vermont } Georgia District } I Aaron S Beman Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Waller for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 13 th day of November A.D. 1833.
Aaron S Beman Clerk

29 770 Joseph Waller
Declaration and affidavits in support of it.
JE
J. H. Knight
Longville, Miss.
officer
Lost papers a number for a long time
ans d S. Knight apt. 10 - 1834
11078
act 7 th June 1832

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
11078.
P. O. _____
Joseph Waller
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

State of Vermont } fs. Franklin County }
On this 26 th . day of March A.D. 1834 personally appeared before the honorable Court of Probate for the district of Georgia in said County of Franklin Joseph Wallin a resident of Enosburgh in said County aged sixty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following additional declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7. th 1832.
That he has according to his best knowledge and belief furnished in his declaration, to which this is an addition the best proof in his power of the military services which he performed during the revolutionary war and that he knows of no other proof which he can at this time adduce
He further declares that he was born in the town of Dover, which he believes is in the County of Dutchess in the State of New York and he believes on the first day of October 1764
He has a record of his age in his family Bible which record he made himself from one which was made by Israel Wallin his father but that the original record of his father he has not now in his possession nor does he know that it is in existence
He further states that when called into service as stated in his said declaration he lived in Royalton, in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont. That since the Revolutionary war he has resided till 1806 in the said town of Royalton and since 1806 in said town of Enosburgh
He further declares that his said services

at Bethel Royallton and the vicinity, as set forth in his said declaration were under the command of a Captain Benjamin who he understood at that time was an officer of the regular army of the United States but to what Regiment Brigade & Division he does not, now recollect if he ever knew. Zebulon Lyon was an officer under Capt. Benjamin, and he thinks a Lieutenant a part if not all the time during which the said Waller served. Men were enlisted into the regular service under said Benjamin & Lyon at said Bethel and Jonathan Burton now dead who was an acquaintance of said Waller was one of the men who so enlisted.
He further states that he never had any regular discharge from service and that he never knew of a written discharge being given to any of the Volunteer or drafted Militia who served with him, when they left the army —
He further states that in 1781 & 1782, he believes he was in actual service nine months as set forth in his declaration and that in each of said years he served four months and a half and that during the time he was thus in actual service he did not follow any Civil pursuit; and that he served in an embodied corps called into service by authority which at the time he thought was competent and which he still believes was not only competent but that such authority acted in the premises at the instance of officers of the United States Army —
His services in 1780 he concurs are set forth with sufficient precision in his declaration, at six months —
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year } Joseph Waller aforesaid Stephen S. Brown Judge

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states in this and the declaration to which this is an addition -
Stephen S. Brown Judge
I, Aaron S. Burnan clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of Georgia in the county of Franklin and State of Vermont do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Waller for a pension in addition to his declaration made in the said Court on the thirteenth day of November A.D. 1833
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 26 th day of March A.D. 1834
Aaron S Burnan Clerk

Joseph Waller to America?

State of Vermont } Addison County } ss }
John C Waller of Middlebury in the county of Addison and state of Vermont being duly sworn according to law testifies and says that the services which Joseph Waller his brother rendered in 1780 in the service of the United States were not exclusively as a teamster but that he was principally so employed as this deponent believes during the six months - That he always understood that said Joseph Waller was enrolled as a soldier and served as such and that he was selected for the particular service mentioned because he was better fitted for that employment on account of his age - and that this was done by the direction of the commanding officer at Bethel - This deponent further says that when said Joseph Waller was not employed as a teamster he performed the usual duties of a private soldier -
John C. Waller
I certify that John C Waller the signer of the foregoing affidavit personally appeared before me the 5 th day of June 1834 and made solemn oath that it contains the truth according to the best of his knowledge & belief - I also certify that I am personally acquainted with said John C Waller & that he is a man of veracity.
Ozias Seymour Just Peace

State of Vermont, Addison County ss
I, Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Addison, do hereby certify that Osias Gayman, before whom the within affidavit of John C. Waller was made was at the time Justice of the peace for said County, and his name subscribed thereto in his own handwriting.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 3 rd day of June 1834.
Sam d Swift Clerk

I John C Waller of Middlebury in the county of Addison and state of Vermont, aged seventy years, being duly sworn depose and say that Joseph Waller of Enosburgh in the state of Vermont is my brother - that I believe him to be sixty nine years of age on the first day of October A.D. 1833. That during the revolutionary war I was knowing to his performing six months service as a drafted militia man at Royalton and Bethel in said state of Vermont in the year 1780. That during the summer spring and fall of that year I was myself in the service and often saw the said Joseph Waller and believe he served under the command of a Captain Benjamin who commanded the garrison at the fort in Bethel, said Joseph Waller was partly employed as a guard to patrol the roads and a part of the time as a teamster to transport provisions and other material for the garrison; and I further state that I was knowing to the said Joseph Waller, performing military service as a militia man during the years 1781 & 1782. under the command of the officer of the fort at Bethel - The period which he served during the last mentioned year I am unable to state with precision - I served during the summer, part of the spring and part of the fall of the same year, myself, and frequently met him in the course of patrols which were constantly kept up during those years. And I further state that I believe he was in actual service during the years 1781 and 1782 as much as nine months. And further this deponent saith not.
Middlebury October 22 d 1833.
John C Waller
State of Vermont } Personally appeared, before the subscribing authority, Addison County } John C Waller of Middlebury in the county of Addison aforesaid, to me personally known, who subscribed the foregoing affidavit in my presence and made solemn oath that the facts therein set forth are true according to his best recollection and belief. And I certify that said John C Waller is a man of veracity and his declarations entitled to credit where he is known. Dorr Atkins Justice of Peace

State of Vermont Addison County ss
I, Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Addison do hereby certify that Forastes Wooster, before whom the within affidavit of John C. Waller was made was at the time a Justice of the peace for said County, and his name subscribed thereto is his own signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 22 d day of October 1833.
Sam. Swift Clerk

I Luther Cole of Enosburgh in the county of Franklin and state of Vermont, pastor of the baptist Church in said town of Enosburgh, certify that I have been acquainted with Joseph Waller of said Enosburgh for about ten years, that during that period, and as appears by the records of said Church, for many years before, the said Joseph Waller has been a member of said Church in regular standing. and I also certify that the said Joseph Waller has been a deacon of said Church, as appears from its records, from its first organization, in the year 1810, to the present time, and is so now. I further certify that I am well and intimately acquainted with him, that his reputation is perfectly fair and unimpeached and that I do not believe he would be guilty of making any statement contrary to truth in order to obtain a pension or for any other purpose whatever. Of his revolutionary services, or his reputation as a soldier of the revolution, I know nothing except what has been communicated to me by him.  Luther Cole Pastor of the Baptist Church
State of Vermont } Personally appeared before the subscribing Franklin County ss } authority Luther Cole, to me personally known as pastor of the Baptist Church in Enosburgh in the County of Franklin aforesaid, and made solemn Oath that the foregoing Certifi- cate by him subscribed is according to truth, and I also certify that said Luther Cole is a clergyman of high and fair character and his declarations on oath or otherwise entitled to full credit. Enosburgh Oct. 27th A.D. 1833. Charles Stevens Justice Peace
State of Vermont } I Horace Janes Clerk of the County Court for  the said County of } the said County of Franklin do hereby certify Frankl. ss } that Charles Stevens before whom the foregoing affidavit of Luther Cole was made was at the time a justice of the peace for said County and his name subscribed thereto is his own signature. And I also certify that the said Joseph Waller named in said affidavit is one of the justices of the peace of the said County of Franklin. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 11th day of November A.D. 1833. Horace Janes Clerk