Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10040, George Walter, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Walter, George
S 10040
boarded
CONTENTS

increased from $33.08
3 rd Section
Oct. 25/54
St. John Horne
Oct 30/54.
Let Geo. Walter
Oct 30/54
Let A. St. John Horne
Dec 13/54
Albany 30,268
George Walter
of Montgomery Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Delbubick of the reg t commanded by Col. Klock in the Revolution time for 2 years
N.Y.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Increased from $33.08
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of August 1839 and sent to Thos. R. Benedict, Esopus, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March: Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Book C. 2. Vol. 4
Clerk,
Page 82

State of New York Montgomery County ss. On this Nineteenth day of June in the year 1835 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting George Walter of Johnstown in the County of Montgomery and State of New York aged seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the bene- fit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the follow- ing named officers and served as herein stated That he entered the service of the United States at Palatine in said County and State when for thirty years at the commence- ment of the Revolutionary war in the year 1775 as a private  militia man under the command of Captain Andrew Dillenbach in the Regiment of Militia commanded by Colonel Jacob Klock and Lieutenant Col Peter Waggoner and that he continued in said service at various periods during the various duties which his said Captain was until the month of August in the year 1777 when his said Captain was slain in the Oriskana Battle and was then succeed- ed by Captain Suffern's book - and in which battle this deponent was engaged and was twice severely wounded for which he now receives an invalid pension That according to the best of this applicant's recollection he commenced service in the Spring of the year 1775 and served occasionally till the fall of that year and that he is certain he served at least a month during that year that he was eight days at mounts in Seney field on a scouting party and that he went from Stone Arabia where he then lived which in going and returning made in the whole eleven days service - that he was during that year ten days at Fort Plain keeping guard and was engaged several other times in that year in other services amounting in

218 the whole to at least a month
That in the year 1776 he was at Cunnegun wagon and marched to Johnstown and was at the taking of Sir John Johnson and -10 was then engaged at least ten days in that service and was engaged during that summer in going out upon several occasions the time he was engaged in each time he turned out and how long he was out on each time he finds it impossible to state with precision - but he thinks at least twenty times and therefore charges -20 for twenty days service in these tours
That in the year 1777 in the Spring he went to Unadilla under his said officers and under the command of General Herkimer in pursuit of Brant and his Indians and was engaged in that expe- -21 dition twenty one days and after re- turning to Stone Arabia he again was engaged in service which led to the Oriskany battle on the 6th of August that he believes he was under arms at -15 least fifteen days and engaged previous to that battle that after the wounds which he received in that battle (and which were very severe) he was confined and unable to do a day's service during the remaining part of that Cam- paign the wounds he received in that battle having disabled him - that the whole time he was engaged during that season including the time that he was laid up from the wounds he received amounts 224 to six months
That in the year 1778 he went under Colonel Waggoner in June or July but under what Captain he does not now recollect in pursuit of the enemy to Springfield at the time that it was

burnt by Brant and his Indians and Lories — he recalls distinctly of having seen horse meat roasted on a fire while there for food. This town of Sumner as Captured at least six days. — He continued in occasional service during the sum- mer according to the emergency of the times and in November he thinks went under the same officers to the defence of Cherry Valley at the time the same was burnt by Brant and Butler and their mercenary troops and when the general massacre so well known in history took place there he was out there at least six days upon the town and he was engaged during that year fre- quently in small excursions for a day as the advance or retreat of the Indians and Lories rendered it necessary which for certainly he is constrained to limit to ten days.
That in the years 1779 & 1780 he was enga- ged in Brant service for which he is in- formed that he cannot be allowed under the act of June 7. 1832. as military service and will not therefore specify the service.
That in the year 1781. he enlisted in the month of March for nine months in a company of levies and that he actually served the said nine months under the command of Captain Lawrence Grop. Lieut. Jacob Summons and 2 nd Lieut Peter Vrooman and that himself as well as the company to which he belonged were under the command of Col Willett that they appre- hended was during that period engaged in three battles first the Sunnyside battle in July — the second battle was commonly called Landmans battle and occurred soon after the first and the third battle was the Johnstown Battle which was fought in the month of October and after the battle

he pursued the Enemy to the west Cana- da Creek where Rutter was killed - and that he served out the full nine months that he enlisted and until his Company were disbanded - and he received no discharge proper than your discharging That he has no documentary evidence to prove his claim - and that although he is positive as well from the nature of the service he was engaged in as from his general recollections of that service that he has been engaged full two years in mili- tary service but that  in the when he refers to turn his memory for particular services and specific terms he finds that by reason of the great length of time as well as the infirmities of age that he is unable to be more definite than he has been there here in and that he could not have recollected the particular ser- vices herein stated were they not con- nected with prominent events which were calculated to make an indelible impression on the mind of every one who participated in them - That he has no record of his age - that since the Am- Revolutionary war he has lived in Schenectady  Saratoga County That he was born in the year 1756 in Schenectady  Saratoga State And that he was  that he was  born  born and further states that the reason why he has not presented this his claim before now is that he made enquiry upon the sub- ject but that he was informed that he could not obtain a claim under the act of 1832 without surrendering his invalid pension and he never knew the existence of the same until he was so informed this summer upon enquiry by Charles McLean Esq. and this Department immediately upon such information commenced prepara- tions for presenting this his claim to the Department And the said Claimant hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present (and except his said pension as an invalid) and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state or only on that of the state of New York for his said invalid pension that the clergyman to whose church he belonged  he belonged the day and year aforesaid he believes has lately left his church and this town and

gone away into parts unknown to this ap- plicant and he has as yet formed no per- sonal acquaintance with his suppos- ed father as a stranger in these parts That the claimant is well acquainted with Aaron Haring Esqr who has lately been for many years past first Judge of Seneca County and for 25 years past a Justice of the Peace residing in Seneca town and that he has known Joseph Packard for more than 20 years a merchant in Seneca town both of whom have known him during that time and in whose neigh- borhood he has resided during the whole of that time and who can testify as to his char- acter for veracity and their belief of his having been a soldier of the Revolution
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid in his open Court. — George + Walter mark Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk.
We Aaron Haring and Joseph Packard residing in the town of Johnstown in the County of Montgomery and State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Walter of said town and County who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age that he is res- ident and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we can give in that opinion Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid and open Court
Aaron Haring Joseph Packard
Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories herein contained 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 Danaw Haining Esq. who has signed the preceding certificate is a Justice of the Peace Resident in the town of Johnstown and was for many years first Judge of this Court and that Joseph Packard who has also signed the same is a Resident in the town of Johnstown and is a credible person and that this state- ment is entitled to credit
I George D Ferguson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery and State of New York do hereby certify that the preceding contains the original proceedings in the said Court in the matter of the application of George Walter for a pension
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal and seal of office this 11 th day of June in the year 1835
Geo: D Ferguson, Clerk.

State of N. York } Montgomery County } ss
On the 18 th day of June 1835 Personally appeared and came before me Abraham Morell First Judge of Montgomery County Courts
Jacob Suel of the Town of Palatine, County of State aforesaid, who being duly sworn deposes and saith, that he has been formerly acquainted with George Walter, therein from the commencement of the Revolutionary War to the conclusion of the same, and ever since,
This deponent further saith, that said George Walter hath resided in The Town of Palatine then County of Tryon, during the said War aforesaid, until after said War, and that deponent feels satisfied, and believes that said Walter has resided in the said County of Tryon Until the Name of the County was changed To that of Montgomery, and that in which he resided ever since, and hath resided in the Town of Johnstown for a Number years past, to this present time that the deponent had been well acquainted, with his Father & Family, in particular With the old Gentleman & his two sons, Vyt Adam, & George the present Applicant for a Pension, that the said George first did belong to the Company of Militia Commanded by Capt Andrew Dillenbaugh, in the Regiment Commanded by Col Jacob Klock & Lieut Col Peter Waggoner, Until the 6 th day of Aug t 1777 When his Capt was Slain in battle, and the present Claimant Wounded, as deponent  deponent Always understood by those who were engaged in the Battle at Oriskana, Under the command of Gen l Herkimer, Against part of the British Army Commanded by Genl l St Leger, from Canada, and after which Battle, Although belonging to the same Company, then Severus Cook Succeeded to the Command of said Company as Capt and continued to the close of the said War, to which said Walter belonged to, Excepting his Enlistments in the Boat Service in 1779 & 1780 besides his Enlistment Under the Nine months Service, When he Enlisted into the Company of Capt Lawrence Grops, and Under the chief Command of Col Willett, And verily belief that he has and did perform his services honestly And faithfully While and during term of Nine Months Under Capt Grops and Col Willett
And this deponent further says that he perfectly feels assured, and knowing to it, that that Claimant, and deponent, often were called out, and occasionally And frequently Marched out in Mass, by Reg t & otherwise, calculated to repel the incursions of the Enemy, but deponent cannot swear Positive, as to the particular

tours, and occurrences, but that the said Claimant, was considered not only by the deponent, but by all others with whom deponent has conversed, with those who were acquainted with the said Walter, or claimant, during said War, that he the said Claimant hath distinguished himself as a brave and faithful Soldier in favour of the American revolution, against the British Government; and their Incendiaries, composed of Indians, Tories, and British — Although deponent engaged in several Battles but cannot swear positively to have seen him personally, while engaged in either, but having no doubt, but that, he has and did distinguish himself alike a true and faithful interprising Soldier, in the following named battles Vizt at Oriskana on the 6 th day of Aug t 1777 he was Engaged Under Gen l Herkimer Against Gen l St Leger, with his Army from Canada — latter part of June or forepart of July at Furlough Battle, Under Col l Willett, Against a Numerous party of Incendiaries from Canada, Again, same year, latter part of July, in what is called Landmans battle, in the woods near Landmans farm, in Palatine, Against a large party of Incendiaries, composed of Indians and Tories, from Canada headed by Jacob I Klock as Lieut t , Again, same year 1781. Oct 25 th Engaged in Battle Vizt Johnston Battle, Under the command of Col l Willett. Against Maj r Rop t & Capt t Butler, and their Incendiary Associates, Estimated 800 in Number, And force after, in pursuit of Rop t and Butler to the West Canada Creek, where Butler was killed and a number of them killed and taken prisoners on their rout, — And that the deponent tho says that Claimant at least from the year 1775 for and during the said Revolutionary War, to the close of the War Vizt 1783, both inclusive, will be entitled to full two years Service, And that claimant is an Man of truth and veracity as far as has come to his knowledge and obser- vation, and further saith not —
Jacob Snell
Subscribed and sworn to this 18 th day of June A.D. 1835.
Before me
Alvin Morrill First Judge of Montgomery County Courts
State of New York
Montgomery County ss. I hereby certify that Jac- ob Snell the individual who subscribed the above affidavit & made oath to the same is a credible person that full faith and confidence ought to be reposed in him & in the above affidavit & statements made by him. That I am personally acquainted with him & have been for about thirty years last past. June 18. 1835 Alvin Morrill First Judge of Montgomery County Courts

No 33163 George Walter
Book 5 page 4 - Capt Grofo's compy.
Geo. Walter $16.44.2 " " 2.13 3/4 $19.76 7 mo. 40 d. Short terms 2.24 - 9.28.
cont?
9 mo. 288 pri.
Wm C McLean Johnstown N.Y.
25.18

State of New York } County of Montgomery }
Jacob Shew of the town of Northampton being duly sworn says that he was acquainted with George Walter of the town of Johnstown State & County aforesaid; previous to, and during the time of the Revolutionary War; that he entered the service as a Militia man under the command of Capt. Dillenbeck in Col. Jacob Klock's regiment in the year 1775, and stood in readiness for service during the several years down to the year 1781, in which said year 1781 the said George enlisted for a term of 9 months, & continued to serve therein the full term of 9 months in compliance with the law & rules of war regulating such enlistments and was then honorably discharged.
And this deponent on his oath aforesaid saith that during the said years intervening between the said '75 & '81, the said George must have served the at different periods and at different places, by being out on scouting parties, keeping garrison, being engaged in different battles, by being wounded in the same, and time lost in recovering from said wounds a full term of 15 months. That although this deponent cannot now; by reason of the time which has intervened between that time & the present, recollect the different times and the different places where the said services were rendered; yet is decided in the opinion that the time of the said George must have served in all, as a faithful soldier at the times and places mentioned in his declaration amounting in all to at least two years. That the said George served under the officers named in the said declaration, to wit: Capt. Grops, Lt. Simmons & 2 d Lt. Brooman during the nine months service in the service of the said year '81. And further this deponent saith not.
Subscribed & sworn before me this 17 th day of June 1835-
B. S. D. M c Intosh Compt ble
Jacob Shew

State of New York
Montgomery County
Clerks office, ss: I, George D. Ferguson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Clark S. Grinnell, Esquire, before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn Was on the date thereof a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the county aforesaid, and duly authorized by law to administer oaths, and take affidavits. And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe that his name subscribed to the within affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 22 nd day of July 1835.
Geo: D. Ferguson

State of New York
Montgomery County
Peter Wormwood of Johnstown being duly sworn says that during the Revolutionary War I since I was well acquainted with George Walter of said town now a Pensioner of the United States. That at in August 1776 or 1777 I cannot state which year now that a battle called the Oriskany battle took place and a few days after I saw the said George and he was wounded & it was then & ever since reputed that he was wounded in that battle & this information I always since believed & never heard it contradicted & which battle was in the County of Oneida in said State that I cannot say under which Officers he served at that time except General Herkimer That afterwards but I cannot state I saw him do duty also in a military character at Fort Herkimer now Town of Danube County of Herkimer, under the said General & the other officers I cannot state: That after the last mentioned time and year I saw him do military duty at Fort Plain now Town of Minden Mont- gomery County I cannot state the Officers there except Colonel Willet & Lieutenant Gray. And that whilst there he was sent as an express from thence to Fort Stanwix when no other dared to go. That I also saw him do Military duty at Johnstown under Colonel Willet in November 1781 - at the time of the That I do not know how long he served for at each time I saw him do duty that it was said & reported during said revolutionary War and ever since that the said George served du- ring said War in the character of a private sol- dier and this information was never doubted or disputed by any one and this deponent always believed and yet believes it to be true. That the said George is a person of fair & honest character
Subscribed and sworn this 21 st day of July 1835 before me and I certify that the said Peter Wormwood is a credible Witness
Peter his X Wormwood mark
Aaron Haring Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County

State of New York Montgomery County Clerks Office: ss.
I, George D. Ferguson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery aforesaid, do hereby Certify that Aaron Haring Esquire, before whom the within affidavit of Peter Wormwood purports to have been sworn, was on the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid: And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & Verily believe that his name subscribed to said affidavit & to the within Certificate of Character of said Peter Wormwood, is Genuine.
And I further Certify that Abraham Monell, Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit of Jacob Shell purports to have been sworn, was on the date thereof First Judge of the County Courts of said County And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & Verily believe that his name subscribed to the said affidavit & to the annexed Certificate of Character of said Jacob Shell is Genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 22 nd July 1835.
Geo: D. Ferguson

State of New York Fulton County } ss
On this 30 th day of September 1854
Personally appeared before the county board of the county of Fulton & State of New York, George Walter a resident of the town of Johnstown County & State aforesaid aged fifty three years who being first duly sworn according to law cloth on his oath make the following declaration In order to obtain a pension for the heirs & children of George Walter Deceased who was an Invalid pensioner of the United States at the rate of $72.00 Seventy two Dollars per annum under the act of Congress passed 3 rd April 1826, That the aforesaid George Walter In his life time was entitled to a pension under the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832 For Services Rendered In the war of the revolution, That he served under Capt Andrew Dillenbach, In the year 1777, That on the 6 th day of August 1777 he was wounded In the Heel & Hip In the Briskma-Battle which disabled him, The time of his being on Duty & his wounds healed was about six months as the Dece- -ent was, Informed & Believes by his Father That George Walter this declarant Father did Duty Under Capt Dorrinus Hook Under Col Jacob Black Regiment also Under, Capt Lawrence Gross & Capt John Cuyler & Capt Dorrinus Hook Under Col Jacob Black & Lieut Col Peter Waggoner which will more fully appear from the Certificates & Papers accompanying this declaration From the Comptroller of the State of New York The aforesaid George Walter Declarant Father Served Two Seasons Under Capt Samuel Gray as a Boatman or Boatman the Season of Boating commenced the first of March & continued to the first of December following which made eighteen Months Service Nine Months each for the Season of Boating Declarant None particularity refers to Capt Samuel Grays Mails on file In the pension

Officer at Washington City This Declarant further states his Father died on the 19 th day of May Eighteen Hundred & forty six at Johnstown County of State aforesaid. When he left him surviving, no widow and the following named children George Walter, Robert Walter, Mary Walter, Susan Walter all of the town of Johnstown & County of said Hannah wife of Robert Danielson living near Buffalo N.Y. Eve wife of Henry Avery living in Michigan all over the age of twenty one years, The Declarant prays that a full pension may be granted to the heirs & children of the aforesaid George Walter deceased during his life time Under cut 7 th June 1832
The Declarant further states that the reason of his father not applying for a pension for services was that he did not know a pension for services he might possibly be dropped & lose all & have no pension he meant to hold what he had some of his neighbors pensioned except the reason for applying for more, This declarant had a letter from a pension agent living in the State of Ohio saying the story of George Walter was entitled a pension for services rendered in the War of the Revolution & was on record at Albany in Comptroller of Office of the State of New York which was referred subscribed and sworn to before me this 30 th day of September 1854
George his X Walter mark
P. J. Johnson
County Judge of Fulton County

State of New-York, Fulton County Clerk's Office, } ss.
I, A. Anderson, Clerk of the said County, do hereby CERTIFY, that H. J. Johnson Esq , whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing, and endorsed thereon, was, at the time of taking such Proof or Acknowledgment, County Judge in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, and duly authorized to take the same: That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said County Judge and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgment is genuine: And that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New-York.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, this 30th day of September 185 4
A. Anderson Clerk
County
7/2

State of New York County of Fulton } ss: J. Nathan J. John- son Surrogate of said county do hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to me, that George Waltn was a citizen of the United States at the time of his decease under the act of Congress passed April 8 th 1826 at the rate of seventy two dollars per annum. That he was a resident of the town of Johnstown in said county and died on the 14 th day of May 1846. That he left no widow him surviving, but left the following named children viz. George Waltn, Betsey Waltn Mary Waltn & Susan Waltn all residing in the town of Johnstown aforesaid, and Hannah, wife of Robert Donelson residing near Buffalo, in the State of New York. Eve wife of Henry Avery resi- ding in Michigan all over the age of twenty one years
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Surrogate's Court of said county this 30 th day of September 1854
J. J. Johnson Surrogate

Rev. War
10.040 INVALID.
File No. 10.040
George Hatter
Rev. War
Act: June 1 st 1832.
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 393
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York.
George Walter, a Private of, Captain Dillenbach's company of the reg't com- manded by Col. J. Klock. N.Y.
Ratio of disability, \frac{3}{4}  th (on 10 th ap l . 1826)
Date of discharge, unknown
Time of closing testimony, unknown
scribed on the Roll of New York
at One dollar per month, to commence on the increased at diff l times - and lastly, on 10 th ap l . 1826 to $6 per mo. from 3 rd ap l . 1826
New Certificate of pension issued the 10 th of April 1826 and sent to Aaron Haring, Esq r . of Johnstown, N.Y.
Arrears to 4 th
Semi-ann. all'ce ending
See the other order
Actsof the 25 th April 1808, 4 th Feb. 1822, &c. &c.
Increased to 16 doll. per month, on 10 th Ap l . 1826, to commence 3 rd Ap l 1826, and sent to Aaron Haring
This was not pensioned under the Act of June 7. 1832, Aug. 9. 1839
See New York Roll No 30,268,
Let A. M. Horne. Dec. 12/54

30.268 Albany New York
George Walter
of Montgomery in the State of N.Y.
who was a private in the Comp y
commanded
by Captain Dederbeck of the 28 th
commanded
by Col Hlock in the Militia
time for 9 months & 28 days
N.Y.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany N.Y. at the rate of 33 Dollars & 8 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Nov 1833 and Helen C. Mr Kate Johnstown
Arrears to the 4th of March 1835, 132.33
Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 16.54
$148.86
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dana Boyd Clerk, Book 82 Vol. 4 Page 81

Service of 2 terms after he was wounded no officers name Short terms amounting Willetts regt. in 81.
2 mo. 24 d
  7  4       9  28     308     (30     33.8  

New York
Revs. -
George Walter
Suspended
See Let to C M c Vean
Engr, July 28, 1835

S Hon. S. P. Waldo, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C.

7-24
Hon L. P. Walda
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

No 38817 George Walter Dec New York
Abram Van Horn Octo 7 1857 3 rd Indictment Oct 25/54 Ls. A. Van Horn Oct. 30/54 Geo. Walter Oct 30/54 " A. Van Horn Dec 12/54
June 7/1832

John Thomas Widener Married to Fanny West the widower Died about two years ago had two sons Henry John & Henry Young John Kingsbury Bush
A
George Walter of Johnstown served Under Capt. Dollenback at the Boraknack Battle credited since then the Under Capt. Gray Borak Seasons Under Capt. Samuel Gray as Boatman
Adam Horning can find only Sept. 13. 1844 at. Can't find rules of service Sergeant Walter Horning claimed in 1844 Capt. Woodward & Capt.

Genl John Poer Col M c Cannell Capt Ebenezer Bul Capt John Denick
Charles Burry's Service one year at least with me & at his Discharge 1783 at Newburg Fort Onake Hill
Sent at Letter A Isaac Willson Isaac Mahack Post office Rochester County
Angelica Prison Prison a person at $ 31. 22 Peterson

J. D. Badgely Attorney Attorney for Walker & Co. Oct. 20. 1846 } $19.33 Rev Penn Instated
Art 2
Instal $16.93.
Same Instal 1/2 1832 }

Canal Old Hake out a New Calcificat

P. A. Atkinson, Esq. Third Auditor
I herewith submit the papers on which

Pension Office, Oct. 25. 1851.
Sir,
I herewith submit the papers on which George Walter was inscribed on the Roll of New York under the act of June 7, 1832, at the rate of $80 per annum, and will be obliged if you will state to what time his pension has been paid, and, if paid to his death, request that the names of the heirs at law who received the arrears may also be stated.
I am respectfully Your Obedt Servt.
L. M. Ward Commissioner.

George Walter died 29 May 1846. paid in full, to George Walter, Ex or for the benefit of Elizabeth, Mary, Hannah, Eva, Susan, & George Walter the only surviving children, Sam l S. Rinds Acting Auditor

do 29 May 46
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no word
Eliz
May
Hannah
George
Eva
Quinn - Walter

Payments to be made at Albany by Ezra A. Cushing Esq. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of New York.
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E 2 Vol. 1 Page 51 by Dean Boyd Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, George Walter of the State of New York who was a private of Infantry in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Thirty-three dollars and Eight cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Seventeenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five .
Examined and Countersigned. }
J

George Walter Nov 21 st 1852
A. V. Waldo
Commonwealth of Vermont Stoeburg, N. H.
REC

Hon L. O. Walda Commisioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
111

Florida November 6 th 1854
Hon L. P. Walda Commissioner of Pensions
I Received your letter of October 30 th 1854 in relation to the application of George Walter for a pension under act of 7 th June 1854 ————— I will give you a true & correct detail of the case, Some time about Middle of last august George Walter called on me at my house & showed me 2 letters he received from a pension agent living in Ohio by the name of Benedict writing that the Heirs of George Walter were entitled to a pension for services rendered in the war of the Revolution that the proof was to be found at the comptroller office at Albany George Walter then spoke to me about the pension & wished me to get the pension for him, I then asked him if his Father George Walter had not allready received a pension for his services he said he had not he had only received a pension for his wounds & Invalid pension of $72 per annum, that his father was entitled to a pension for his services rendered in the Revolutionary War, that his father had suffered much as a soldier & boatman & his children were entitled to his pay for his services & that John Wallau had sent him to me & told him I could get the pension if any man could get it for him, I told him I had taken up the old pension cases it was hard to get the proof of identity of the old soldiers at so late a period & that I did not wish to take such old cases that I was engaged in other business I then told him I was acquainted with him & would go to Albany for a

Few days & if he would risk one dollar, I would have the comptroller examine the rolls of his office & get a certificate, if proof could be found, in his office & then Benedict could get the case for him. He handed me one dollar & I get the certificate of the Service of George Walter. When I returned home I sent George Walter a letter to come & see me when he came I handed him the certificate & papers I drew from the comptroller & told him I considered the proof of Service from the comptroller certificate good & if he could prove the Boat Service and capt Samuel Gray I would give him a full pension in my opinion he told me he could prove the Boat Service by two or three witnesses & by Jacob Duvall & wished me to get the pension for him I told him I could not & had other business to attend to he told me he would pay me well I told him I would not undertake such old cases unless I got the years I should be allowed he said he would give me the half of it told him that was the usual sum pension agent charged for such old cases I could not be troubled with it unless I was well paid he went off A few days after I was looking over a old memorandum book of 1845 I found the name of George Walter his father at that time he gave me the amount of sum he had rendered which would give him a full pension Service under capt A. Graft & two seasons as Boat man under capt Samuel Gray I then had some business In the neighborhood George Walter was brought up & lived during & after the war until he moved to Johnston I then called on David L. Luley Esq. & Marshall giving the

Some of least Samuel Gray brother very Resp Able Persons they told me what they knew about George Walter Service When I came home I wrote to our Walter he came to see me & then told him I had found in my memorandum book of 1845 the amount of some his Father had given me In 1845 was in debt to him then a full pension & It could be given Satisfactory to the Commission of pension which could be done if the Board Service could be proven he then a good to fetch the Witness to prove the Back then at time he would come before the judge to make his Declaration I then went & see Col. Leeky & Gray took a faster with me & I ask the officers all the Papers are In your possession I see his name as an Invalid Pension at $72 per annum that is George Walter but I could see his name as a pension for Services of any amount per annum I did not know or have I ever heard that he George Walter had a pension for Services rendered nor have I seen his name on the Book or Rolls under act of 7th June 1832 entitled Don Heirgum Respectfully Yours Letter of the 30 October 1854
Alvin Alan Horne

Harda, N.Y., Nov. 1. 1884
My Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the 30 th ult. to Mr. Abraham H. Van Home, of this place, relative to the application of George Walter, for an award of pension due, on account of his Father, was rec d this morning - Mr. Van Home is absent from home, & will not return before the first of next week; his wife therefore, desired me to write & say to you that, immediately on his return home, he will answer your communication to your entire satisfaction, & wholly exculpate himself in the matter of which you write - You may rest assured that Mr. V. H. has been grossly imposed upon - & very probably, Mr. George Walter may never have rec d the money that was drawn by his attorney - It strikes me that no man in his proper senses, could commit such blundering sad calamity - The fault is somewhere, & Mr. V. H. will no doubt ferret it out - His

due to himself to do so
Sir,
Very Gt.
Yr. Humble Servt.
E. T. Schenck.
Hon. S. P. Wells. Washington D.C.

Tondu October 14 th . 1854 Hon L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions
I Received your letter of the 7 th Inst relating to the application of George Walter decd. For the benefits of the act of June 7 th 1832 has been examined and filed you say when he was placed on the Invalid roll he had no declaration in file, but merely the certificate of a surgeon of his disability That was all that was necessary at that time the disability was so small it amounted to all most nothing It was not necessary to go in detail of all his services, The Certificate of the examining commissary appointed for the examination I recd you have a justice certificate when he resided his age the Capt He served under the Battle In which he was wounded George Walter a Private was pensioned under act 7 th June 1785 at $12 per annum twenty three years afterwards April 25 th 1808 Increased to $30 per Annum & 8 years after Increased to $40 per Annum Und at April 24 th 1816 April 3 rd 1826 Paid together by means of Deputy to 72 per Annum all was paid & I might the Capt of George Walter when he was wounded was Capt Andrew Dellenback was killed at Brandywine The Sgt Capt he served Under Capt Safford Hook from Palatine District which was short a little over 7/12 yrs The Sgt was under Capt Lawrence Grop Nine months then a Capt under Capt John Canup & then Under Capt Henry Klak all Under Col Jacob Klack & Lieut Col Peter Waggoner I do not know But I have left of one Capt as I did not keep a copy of the company rolls certificate

Then comes the two seasons of service under Capt Samuel Gracy Boat Captain his Boat Services 4 Months you will find the amount of George Waller Boat Service made out on his act when Capt Samuel Gracy was Pensioned Under act of 18th June 1832 he was the Witness who Identified Capt Gracy to this Boat Services Now in Capt Samuel Gracy Papers on file at your office do these poor things faster It has been spoken of whenever George Waller talked of that he was entitled to a full pension for his services as a Soldier & for Boat Service I have spoken of about his wounds at the Chesapeake & the time he was out & until he was able to work after his wounds were healed & he was able to work after he was so that the cause of his work again I am satisfied the great reason that George Waller in his lifetime did not apply for this pension for services rendered Lieut William Waller was an Invalid pensioner when he was pensioned under act of 15 May 1828 his Invalid pension was dropped Waller was a Neighbor of Waller - which made Waller fearful & uncertain of what Doctor Mellin told Waller In the office of David S. Gully which I sent you that he better hold on what he had he might lose the whole or word to that effect the official papers here will show I am satisfied that the wives of George Waller are entitled to a full pension all the reasons that served under Capt Gracy that were duly under

out of 7 th June 1832 get the person also then when Giles Yates got many of them to my list ten know- ledge many from my neighborhood; but George here a In Palatine District & said then so did all the captains that George Walter served under I know two of the captains & the children of the other & when they heard there is no doubt George Walter the Invalid pensioner is the the very person who was the Soldier who done the Service which is certified by the Comptroller of the State of New York then Comptroller told me the Papers of the Invalid pension of George Walter Plainly Identified that he was the very person that done the Service as a Soldier Under the Different officers he served under & If you do examine the Papers closely I am sure when they resided you will find he is the very Soldier & the man himself bless of arms & Comptroller the Invalid pension certificate & the other certificate of the Comptroller you will find they both make the same man so we claim the the full pension for the heirs of George Walter deceased I am satisfied It is a meritorious case & will be Thankfully Paid by the heirs of George Walter deceased I know old man almost destitute George Walter was an uneducated but good honest and upright & fearful to do wrong & that Millers was his place in the spoken of in the affidavit of David Lively

I make the time in my calculation as follows Under Capt Andrew Dillenbeck at Oreskna Pratt
June 6 th August 1777 Time out Woods Head 6 Months
Certificate of Computation Share 11 Months
Boat Service Under Capt Gray 18 18 Months
Have the goodness to favor interest 35 Months
The papers of Capt Gray Giles T. Yates Esq 24 Months
Told me he filed the Bills of Capt Samuel Gray in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions But he believed they were taken out by some one they were not to be found or mislaid He did not know what rightfully the interest had been of them
A. B. Allen
Yours Dec
If my time does not meet your views give them what is honest & just Then Sue Gray Walter was one of the Sisters that achieved our liberty which we now enjoy

Coughnawago Coughnawago. April 25 th 1784
Sir
Please to pay to Simon Veder or his order the full pay due to me as a private soldier in Capt. Cross's Company in Colonel Willett Regiment of New York State levies for the nine months service from the first day of April Eighty one until the first day of January Eighty two it being nine months service if I do hereby assign all right and title to the said Simon Veder or his order to receive the same from the State of New York. It being for value received as witness my hand the day and date above written
By his George X Walter (mark)
To the paymaster of said Regiment or any other person authorized for the same.
Witness Thomas English

Received New York 18 th Aug st 1784 of Col Marmis Willett the sum of Ninety pounds, Seven Shillings, & Six Pence on the within order £ 97 7 6 For Simon Voad -- John Winne
State of New York } Comptroller's Office } Albany Sept. 8. 1854
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a paper remaining in this Office that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said ori- ginal paper with that of the endorsement thereon
W. D. Hasbrouck } blk. }
J. M. Wood Comptroller

State of New-York, COMPROLLER'S OFFICE.
Albany, September 8 1854.
I Hereby Certify, That on searching the Records in this office for the Registry of Certificates issued in pursuance of a law, passed April 27, 1784, entitled "An Act for the settlement of the pay of Levies and Militia for their services in the late war, and for other purposes therein mentioned," I find the following, viz:
   NAMES. No. OF BOOK. NO. OF CERTIFICATE. DATE. £ S. D. RANK AND NAME OF COMPANY OFFICER. RANK AND NAME OF FIELD OFFICER.     George Walter Private 1 2,082 March 6, 1780 " 7 11 3/4 Capt. Servinus Rocke Col. Jacob Kloke   George Walter " 2 4,687 Nov. 30, 1781 16 14 2 " Laurena Gross " do,   George Walter " 2 4,752 Dec 13, 1781 2 13 4 " do, " do,   George Walter " 4 18,711 Dec 31, 1779 " 14 2 " John Bayser Lt. Col Peter Waggoner   George Walder " 4 18,884 Dec 31, 1782 3 2 2 " Servinus Kloke " " do,   £ 23 10 11 3/4  
I have examined the Rolls for the items above set forth, and find them to be correct.
W. A. Haswell Clerk.
J. H. Brock Comptroller.

George Walter, for in care
Red Apr. 1826
A. Haring Esq. Whitman New York
no paper in Office
Secretary of War
Washington City
FREE
Mr. [unclear]

Sir
Enclosed I send you the papers for an increase of my Pension
Respectfully A Haring
Johnstown April 3rd 1826

Application of George Walter for A pension under act 7 th June 1832
Abin Van Horne Attorney & Agent Fonda Montgomery Co N.Y.

Ephratah Aug 3
free
Dear James L. Edwards Comr. Penns.
Washington City D.C.

Ephratah July 30 th Augt 39
Dear Sir
The inclosed Application of George Walter for an increase to his pension for boating services had ought to have been forward long since; but he having taken his Affidavit in this County (Fulton) which as yet has no established Seal, it has been relayed until an opportunity offered for him to renew his application before an Officer in Montgomery County, as it is a plain case being the same in Merit as that of Col d William Teeter I presume your decision can be had in time that he may draw his stipend 4 th Sept r as usual
Respectfully Yours &c
Thomas R. Benedict

George Welter came before me one of the Justices of the County of Montgomery in the State of New York and made oath that he was examined by Abraham Ten Broeck and Peter Gansevoort Esqrs. appointed by the said State for that purpose obtained a certificate, or had Certificate examined and countersigned setting forth that he had served in Capt. Andrew Dellenbaugh Company of Militia commanded by Col. Block that he was disabled by several wounds he received in Montgomery County and that he now lives in the State of Baltimore and County of Montgomery
Sworn before me in the County of Montgomery the 31 st day of May
1788
Wendrick Krysler Justice
From 1 st June 1787 to 1 st Jan y 17783
in 7 months at 8/- per month } £2 16 0
State of New York }
Comptroller's Office }
Albany Sep. 8. 1854. I certify that the foregoing is a true abstract from Book D. of Invalid Pensions pages 48 & 49 of Record in this office, that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original record so far as the same relates to George Welter
W. D. Haswell Clerk.
J. M. Wood Comptroller

Tondu October 3 rd 1854
Hon L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions
Inclosed I send the Declaration of George Walter The Son of George Walter Deceased who was and Invaled Pension of the United States at $72 per annum, The declaration is for Services Rendered as a Saldier & Boatman In the war of the Revolution, The Certificate of the Comptroller of the State of New York of Identity & the Services Rendered under Different Captains In the Revolutionary war The Declarant oath as to his Father Boat Services, The term of Services Rendered at the Oriskina Battle 6 th of August 1777 & the term of the Healing of his wounds 6 Months Eighteen months Services as Boatman Under Capt Samuel Gray The affidavit State his Boat Services & the Reasons of his not applying for a Pension for his Services Rendered as a Boatman & Saldier In the Revolutionary War, all the Boatman who Served Under Capt Samuel Gray that were living & come under act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832 were allowed Pensions the same as some Months more of Military the Boat Services Was more hazardous than Fighting Many and other men there were of passed to India In the Forest along the Mohawk River when they were gathering up Traverses & ammunition for our Saldiers many of them were killed by the Indians they daid along the river they were compelled to leave the Boats at Night & lay off in the wood not allowed any fire for fear of being Discovered by the Indians The Season of Boating was calculated from the first of March to the first of December following I believe there is time enough for a full pension & some months left you will find his affidavit of Identity among the papers of the application of Capt Samuel Gray for a pension as you will see by

By the affidavit of Andrew S. Gray the son of Capt Samuel Gray applicant for a pension Andrew Grays affidavit is among the affidavits in the case Please give this your earliest attention
Respectfully yours Thos H Van Horn
SB Direct the certificate done at Faded
To the Hon S. P. Walda Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

which at George Walter in 1845 which I alluded to In this affidavit which I believe to be a true statement of George Walter the Invalid Pensioner as has always been so believed when talked of amongst the Downson & Neighbors George Walter was all ways considered a man of strict Integrity & Truth honest & up- right, In all common circumstances all ways spoken of as a Soldier of the Revolution & that when Capt Samuel Gray Resided in Dryon County & District of Columbia In the Revolutionary War, as I often & do know That so did George Walter which His papers will show & further I am not
Subscribed & sworn to before
Abraham Van Horn
John Everson Justice of the Peace
I John Everson the Justice of the peace before whom the above affidavit was taken do certify that I am personally acquainted with the above said Abraham Van Horn and that he is a Creditable witness and a man of truth and veracity - and I further certify that I am not interested in any shape or manner whatever in this case
Dated at Ulster Oct 2 o - 1854
John Everson Justice of the peace

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Montgomery County Clerk's Office, } ss.
Darius V. Lenny Clerk I, S. W. VAN DER VEER , Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that John Eversen , Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment to which this is annexed, was on the date of the same a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for said County, and dwelling in said County, duly qualified, and authorized by law to take the same, and that the said certificate of proof &c., is taken according to the laws of this State. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and verily believe his signature to the said Certificate an genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my official seal, at FONDA, this 20 day of October 185 4
D. V. Lenny Clerk

State of New York Montgomery County Personally appeared before the Undersigned a justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid John Van Horne of the Town Mahawk County & State aforesaid aged sixty four years first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he has been acquainted with George Walter who was an Invalid Pensioner of the United States over twenty years or more that they were of Farmton before the County of Montgomery was divided which took place about the 1835 that this de- ponent went out to see him and affidavit of said George Walter in the year 1845 that while there inquired what services he George Walter had done in the revolutionary war he told deponent he served under Capt Dillenback at the Oriskene Battle served nine Months Under Capt Groff two seasons Under Capt Samuel Gray as Wachtmeister asked him no more told him he was entitled to a full Pension & that down in my Memorandum book of 1845 I asked if he wish to have the pension paid for his services he told me it would cost too much he had a pension now he might lose that and not get another I then left him & heard no more about him till about the first of September 1854 when his son George Walter called on me & showed me a letter he had from a pension agent from Ohio that the Huns of his Father George Walter who was an Invalid Pen- sioner was entitled to a pension for his services the record could be found at the Comptroller's office at Albany N.Y. I told him I was going to Albany in a few days & I would examine at the Comptroller's office where I found the proof I annex the duplicate to my affidavit which I have removed from my memorandum book In the year 1845 containing the memorandum I took

State of New York
Montgomery County
Is personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the County & State of said State authorized to administer oaths Andrew Gray of the Town of Palatine County of aforesaid aged Sixty Some years of age first being duly sworn on his oath says that Capt Samuel Gray who was a Captain in the  in the Provincial Service was this deponents father That at the time this Deponent was about getting his Fathers Pension he em- ployed Thomas M c Benedict to procure this fathers pension In order to identify his Father as the said Boat Captain they had to get some one that had served under him in the Boat Service In the war of the Revolution This deponent & the aforesaid Thomas M c Benedict Went to see George Waller who was then living In the Town of Johnstown New York County of Fulton they went to his House & herein are made the enquiries as to his services Under Capt Samuel Gray a Boat Captain the aforesaid George Waller told this deponent & said Thomas M c Benedict that he has had served two seasons under Capt Samuel Gray as a Boatman the said Thomas M c Benedict then made an arrangement with the aforesaid George Waller to meet him at a place called the Cocks New Euphrate Village to get his Affidavit of Intent to pay Capt Samuel Gray Boat Captain
Subscribed & sworn to before me
this 2 nd day of October 1854
John Erskine Justice of the Peace of said County of Montgomery
Andrew S. Green

I John Everson the justice of the peace before whom the within affidavit was taken do certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Andrew S Gray and that he is a creditable witness and a man of truth and veracity And I further certify that I am not intent in any way shape or manner whatever in this case
Dated October 2 d 1854
John Everson Justice of the peace

State of New York Montgomery County } ss
Personally appeared before the undersigned justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer oaths of Montgomery County David J. Zeely Esq. of the town of Palatine & County of said aged 84 years first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he has been acquainted & known George Walter who was a Soldier of Revolution & wounded In the Briskona Battle on the 6 Day of August 1777 that the said George Walter Den Duty Under Capt. Lawrence Grep as this Deponent is Inform'd & Believes this Deponent says George Walter was a President of the Court of Palatine & removed from there to the Town of Johnstown some years before 1832 that after 1832 this Deponent was a Commissioner of Loans and was at Johnstown & met George Walter one Morning at Noble House where he was while there on Loan Business The conversation commenced about pensions this Deponent told George Walter that Judge Gould had got a Double pension his Invalid pension & his pension for Services & he Judge Small had got it for others Doctor Miller was present the Doctor told George Walter he now had a good pension He better leave it as long as he might have health & discouraged Walter Deponent knew Walter had been an Invalid Pension for a long time Walter appeared to be discouraged about getting his pension for his services
Subscribed & sworn to before me
October 2 d 1854
David J. Zeely
John Everson Justice of the Peace
I John Everson the Justice of the peace before whom the above affidavit was taken do certify that I am personally acquainted with the said David J. Zeely and that he is a Creditable witness and a man of Truth and Veracity
Dated Mohawk Oct. 2 d 1854
John Everson Justice of the Peace

I further certify that I the writer named Justice of the peace am not interested in any shape or manner in this case
Dated Mohawk October 1854
John Eusebius Justice of the peace

State of New York Fulton County } I
Personally appeared before the Undersigned John M Swabe aged fifty seven years a President of the Town of Franklin  North  Fulton County & State of our said, deposes & saith that he personally well knew George Walter over fifty years who was a pensioner of the United States, & had frequent conversacion with the aforesaid George Walter about the services in the war of the Revolution had him say he was in the of Battle of Bunker Hill & was wounded there in his neck & hip that the storm of his services & healing of wounds after Bunker Hill Battle was about six months that he was in the Bunker Hill Battle when Capt. William was killed, I told deponent he was a soldier under Capt. William Green's Comp. Dillenback Under Col. William  Deponent further saith that the aforesaid George Walter said he  that he was in the Battle of Bunker Hill  that it was Hard work getting wet & ice freezing to his clothes a sitting pile & his shoulders were sore of the setting poles sitting up the river & it was the labour of the most hardest kind getting in the water lifting the boats up to his hips in the water & has heard the aforesaid George Walter repeated the above a great many times deponent further saith that in 1832 when the soldier met in Johnstown to get the pension papers made out George Walter stayed over night with Deponent when Deponent advised him get the pension for his services he did not know it would cost him so much and he was now see if they got any thing made he would try & get it
John M Swabe
Subscribed and sworn to the 30th day of September 1854 before me John M Swabe Justice of the Peace

I John Frothingham the juror of the said cause before whom the above affidavit was taken do certify that I am personally acquainted with the said John M. Swope and that he is a credible witness and a man of truth for as such Given Johnstown Fulton County September 30 1854 John Frothingham juror of the said cause
State of New-York, } Fulton County Clerk's Office, } 88.
I, A. Anderson, Clerk of the said County, do hereby CERTIFY, that John Frothingham Esq. , whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgment of the an- nexed instrument in writing, and endorsed thereon, was, at the time of taking such Proof or Acknowledgment, a John of the Place in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, and duly author- ized to take the same: That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said juror and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgment is genuine: And that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New-York.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, this 30th day of September 185 4  A. Anderson Clerk

To whom it may concern, be it Known,
That the pension heretofore granted to George Walter a pensioner of the United States has been increased by an act of Congress bearing date the 25 th day of April 1808 to the sum of Two Dollars & Fifty cents pr. month the increase to commence on the 24 th day of February 1808, and to continue during his disability.
Given under my hand and the seal of the War Office this 8 th day of August 1808.
In the absence of a for the Secretary of War.
H. Rogers

INCREASE OF PENSION.
IT is hereby certified that George Watten formerly a Private of captain Andrew Dillimbach's company, in the Infantry Regiment of Colonel Jacob Klocks  Newyork State who it appears by the accompanying certificate was placed on the pension roll at the rate of two dollars & fifty cents per month, on account, as he states, of having received two musket Balls the one in his left hip and the other in his neck
while in the line of his duty, and in the said service, on or about the twentieth day of August — in the year 1776 at a place called the Oriskany in the state or territory of Newyork , is not only still disabled in consequence of the said injury, but, in my opinion is entitled to more than he already receives as a pensioner, being disabled to a degree amounting to three-fourths, from obtaining his subsistence by manual labor.
Subscribed & sworn to this 3rd day of April in the year 1820
James W. Miller M.D. Samuel Masswell M.D.
Before me Aaron Haring First Judge of Montgomery County Common Pleas Newyork State

State of New York, Montgomery County Clerks office
I George D. Ferguson Clerk of the County of Montgomery do hereby That Aaron Haring whose signature appears to the within affidavit, was at the time of taking the same First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, Commissioned, sworn and duly authorized by law to act as such: And further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe that the signature of "Aaron Haring" to the within affidavit is the proper hand writing of the said Judge.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid this third day of April Eighteen hundred and twenty six.
Geo: D. Ferguson

United States.
Northern District of New York p.
To Doctors James W. Miller & Samuel Maxwell of the town of Johnstown & county of Montgomery in the District aforesaid.
In virtue of an act of Congress of the United States, passed the 14th of February, 1822 entitled, "An act to revive and continue in force, an act entitled an act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary War;" you are hereby appointed & authorized to examine George Walter an invalid Pensioner, & a claimant for an increase of Pension, conformably to the 5th. Section of the act of the 10th of April, 1806, revived as aforesaid; & you are to report, in writing, and on oath or affirmation, your opinion of the nature of his disability & in what degree it prevents him from obtaining a subsistence by manual labor; and in your proceedings in the premises you are to be regulated & governed by said act.
Given under my hand & the Seal of the Court of the United States for the said District, at Albany this twelfth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty six.
Alfred Conkling Judge of said Court.

State of New York } Montgomery County } ss.
We James W Miller and Samuel Maxwell of Johnstown in said County being severally duly sworn & severally say that we respectively are practising Physicians and Surgeons in said Town. That we have severally pursuant to the Commission of the Honorable Alfred Conkling District Judge of the United States for the Northern District of said State examined George Walter of said Town an invalid Pensioner of the United States and find that the nature of his disability is two wounds from musket balls. The one in his left hip and the other in his neck, and that the degree of disability which prevents him from obtaining a subsistence by manual labor is three-fourths
Subscribed and sworn to this 20th day of January 1826 }
James W. Miller M.D.
Before me Aaron Haring First Judge Samuel Maxwell M.D. of Montgomery County Common Pleas New York State
I the Judge aforesaid Do certify that James W Miller & Samuel Maxwell are reputable within their professions as Practicing Physicians & Surgeons & that they are credible witnesses.
Aaron Haring
State of New York } Montgomery County } ss.
J. George D. Ferguson Clerk of said County Do certify that Aaron Haring whose name is subscribed to the above is duly commissioned & sworn First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County in said State.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of my office and subscribed hereto my name this twenty sixth day of January in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six.
Geo: D. Ferguson " " "

We the subscribers Abraham Ten Broeck and Peter Gansevoort Junr do certify, that upon an reexamination in pursuance of the Law entitled an Act making provision for Officers, Soldiers, and seamen who have been disabled in the service of the United States passed the 22 d of April 1786 we do find the George Walter residing in the State of New York a great twenty five years late a private in Capt Dillebagt's Company in the Regiment of Militia Com- manded by Colo. Klock and claiming relief under the Act of Congress recited in the law as an invalid in fact, and that he became disabled in the service of the United States in consequence of a wound in his neck on the 6th day of August 1777 and do further certify that upon the prin- ciples of the Act of Congress the said George Walter is entitled to the pay of one dollar per month. Given under our hands in the City of Albany on the thirteenth day of December in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty six. Abm Ten Broeck Peter Gansevoort Junr.
George Walter came before me one of the Justices of the County of Montgomery and State of New York and made oath that he was reexamined by Abraham Ten Broeck &

Peter Gansevoort Esqr. Appointed by the said State for that purpose obtained a Certificate or had his certificate exam- ined and countersigned setting forth that he had served in Capt. Dillenback Company in Colo. Klock Reg t of Militia that he was disabled by a wound in his neck and that he now lives in the District of Palatine and in the county of Montgomery
Sworn before me in the } County of Montgomery and } State of New York }
his George X Walter Mark
Andrew Frick
Justice
George Walter Invalid Pension from } 6 th August 1777 to 1 June 1787 is 117 months } and 24 days at 8/- per month $47, 2, 4 Audited 29 th May 1787
State of New York }
Comptroller's Office }
Albany Sep. 8. 1854. I certify that the foregoing is a true copy from Book B. of Invalid Pensions pages 114, 115 & 116 of Record in this office that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original Record relating to the Invalid George Walter
W. D. Haswell } Clerk }
J. M. Wood Comptroller

Yarde Decr 9 th 1854
Hon L. O. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions
My Dear Sir I wrote George Walter to come & see me about his pension he came down of some time to see me I showed him the letter I received from you & read it to him he declared he never knew his Father drew a pension for his services rendered in the Revolutionary War That Thomas, Yarmouth, the Merchant with whom his Father was his trading always drew his Father's pension money & gave him credit for it on his account & that Thomas & Benedict Esq made out the papers after his Father's death & Hiram Yarmouth drew the last pension & applied it on his Father's account & he never knew J. D. Badgely the attorney never knew or heard of the same I told him I had never heard of the same About eight or ten days ago George Walter called on me again & told me he had received a letter from the Commissioner of Pensions It had stayed at Johnstown a long time I believe he told me It had been advertised his letter was of the same date you wrote me & a copy of my letter with his, he then again told me as before & I recited & stated he never knew his father drew a pension for his services only for his wounds & that he did not know a Subot a man as J. D. Badgely I told him the only way to find out who this J. D. Badgely was, to examine at the pension agent office at Albany for paying Pensions I told him I would examine there for him my son went to Albany this week he found just as you wrote me that on the 20 th day of October 1846 the pension under the act of 7 th June 1832 & the pension enrolled were drawn by J. D. Badgely Hiram Yarmouth was a merchant trading at Johnstown & George Walter was his trading with Yarmouth & had drawn the pension for some years & Yarmouth was trading with a firm at Albany that J. D. Badgely was one of the partners in the firm & drew the money & credited Yarmouth with the amount & Yarmouth credited George Walter that is statement of the loss as near as I can get hold of it At the time I took up the case of George Walter I did it in good faith I had never heard that George

Walter had drawn a pension Under the act of 7 th June 1832 I have a Book contain the names of all the Invalid pensioners & the Soldiers & officers of the Revolution Under act 18 March 1818 & the act of 7 th June 1832 and all subsequent acts but Never see George Walter Name on the Rolls under act of 7 th 1832 Nor can I find his Name on them now I have examined Since I had your letter George Walter has the Letter from the Ohio pension agent stating his Father him was entitled to a pension for his services I suppose that missed George Walter the son; my son did not take the time George Walter was pensioned Under act of 7 th June 1832 he told me It could not have been many years there was But of few lines George Walter is poor & Undedicated I am much Disappointed In the matter as It has turned out common Some would reach a person that If a pension has Been allowed Under act of 7 th June 1832 there must be a Record of It at the pension office, the above is all the light I can give you on the subject you can make enquiries as to my character & standing In Society In Montgomery County Respectfully Yours Abner A. Ware

State of New York Herkimer County
On this 19 th day of April 1839 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County William Fester who being duly sworn doth depose and swear that he was well acquainted with George Walter during the whole of the Revolutionary War. That in the Spring of the year 1779 the said George Walter enlisted into the Company of Batteauban under the Command of Captain Samuel Gray and served therein during the full term of nine months and that again in the Spring of 1780 the said George Walter again enlisted into the said Company of Captain Samuel Gray and served therein another term of nine months . And this deponent further swears that that said George Walter served the two terms in said Batteauban Service in Company with this deponent and were discharged in both the said years at the same time, and he further swears that he the deponent is a pensioner of the United States and that his pension been increased on account of his Service in the said Company of Captain Samuel Gray and further he says not.
Wm. Fester
Sworn and subscribed this 19 th day of April 1839 before me William Brooks Justice of the Peace
I Certify that I am well acquainted with William Fester who has made the above affidavit and that he is a creditable person and his statement entitled to the fullest confidence. Wm Brooks J.P.
The above interlineation of the word "said" on the 14 th line from the top also the words "this depo- nent" interlined on the 18 th line were all made before the execution of the affidavit William Brooks J.P.

State of New York Herkimer County
Clerks Office for I John Dyer Clerk said County do hereby certify that William Brooks Esq whose signature appears to the within Affidavit was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace duly Elected and qualified in and for said -ty and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verify believe the signature to be genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 19 th day of April 1839 Dyer Clerk

State of New York Fulton County } ss
Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the said County Peter N. Kirt- who being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is Seventy five years of age and is a pensioner of the United States. That he is well acquainted with George Walter, and that the said George Walter was a Batteauman in the Company of Captain Samuel Gray that he enlisted into the said Company with this deponent in the Spring of 1785 and served in said Company together with this deponent for the full term of nine months and were together discharged. That the said tour of duty was performed on the Mohawk river from Schenectady to Fort Stanwix and for further service of the said George Walter this deponent says not
Sworn and subscribed before me this 3rd day of April 1839 Henry M Livingston J. P.
Peter N Kirt
I Certify that the above named Peter N Kirt is a man of truth and veracity and that his statement is entitled to full credit
Henry M Livingston J. P.

Affidavit by Henry Smith on behalf of George Walter
Admitted
Private Batesman
18 Mo—
Private of Infantry
9 months & 28 days
2 years Private $80-
Thos. R. Ruedid Esq. Ohratah N.Y.

State of New York
Montgomery County } ss
On the 15 th day of June One Thousand Eight Hundred & Thirty Five, Personally Appeared Before me Henry Livingston a Justice of the peace in and for the Town of Ephratah and County aforesaid — Henry Smith of the said Town and County aforesaid, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that he has been personally acquainted with George Walter, then a resident in the Town of Palatine County aforesaid from the commencement of the Revolutionary War to the close of the same, and ever since knowing and Verily believing that said Walter is aged at least Seventy five years —
This deponent further depose and says, that the said George Walter has been a true and faithful Soldier in the said Revolutionary War, first in the Regiment of Militia, commanded by Col Jacob Kloch, and Lieut Col Peter Waggouer, and always understood and Verily believes, first did belong to the Company of Militia commanded by Capt. Andrew Dillenbach, Until the 6 th day of August 1777. When his Capt. was Slain at Oriskawa Battle, When after the said Battle, Severenus Cook, succeeded to the command of said Company as Capt. and continued to the close of said War.
deponent further saith, that some time in March 1781, both deponent and said George Walter, hath Enlisted in a Company of Levis, Under the Command of Capt. Lawrence Grop. Lieut Jacob Sammons, and Peter Krooman 2 Lieut, for Nine months, — and that the said Walter has duly and faithfully served for and during the said period of Nine Months, to the Expiration thereof, deponent further saith, that during the time or Period of his Enlistment himself, and said Walter have been, in three different Battles and Engagements, Against the British Incendiaries from Canada viz first in what is called Furlough Battle Under the Command of Col Willett, forepart of July, Second, in what is called Landmans Battle, latter part of July, the last on the 25 th Oct. against again under the Command of Col Willett, in Johnston Battle, next in pursuit of the Enemy by Maj c Rops & Butlers with their Incendiaries from Canada to the West Canada Creek, where Maj c Butlers were killed & others and a Number of Prisoners taken, deponent further says that they were considered Under the chief Command of Col Willett during his Nine Months Service — and deponent further says not —
Subscribed and sworn to before me
This 15 th day of June 1835
Henry M Livingston J. Peace
his Henry X Smith mark

I certify that the within named deponent, Henry Smith, makes his mark as his signature by reason of now having learned to write, as he has frequently testified before me. Dated June 15 th 1835 Henry M c Livingston J.P.
I certify that Henry Smith the within named deponent is a resident of the town of Ephrata Montgomery County - & that I have been acquainted with him for several years, & know him to be a man of truth & veracity - Dated June 15 th 1835 Henry M c Livingston J.P.

July 28.
M. att. N.Y.
FREE
Free to Mr. Vane
James L. Edwards Esq. 600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington City

Johnstown N. Y. July 21. 1855
Dear Sir :
Inclosed I send you by his request the papers of George Walter in relation to his claims under the act of June 1832. and he has desired me to act as his agent in that matter.
The same messenger who took the affidavit of Colonel Lucas Shaw neglected to certify to his character &c - He lives 20 miles from here and I advised that it was unnecessary as his respectability and credibility have been certified to over and over again in your department. He is a man of wealth and has been within my recollection a member of the Legislature of this state and is a very respectable man - I suppose that you will be able to attend to that immediately I am very Respectfully Yours most obedt Servt
C. N. V. Ellis J. L. Edwards Esqr

State of New York } Montgomery County }
On this 30th day of July 1839 personally appeared before the Undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County George Walter who being duly sworn according to Law took an oath before me and swear, That in the month of March 1779 he enlisted into the Company of Batteauxmen under the Command of Captain Samuel Gray and served under him a full term of Nine Months and that he again in the Spring of 1780 enlisted into the same Company of Captain Samuel Gray and served as a Batteauxman the further term of Nine Months , both which tours were performed on the Mohawk River from Schenectady to Fort Stanwix and in both which this deponent was constantly employed in the service of the United States, as will more fully appear by the annexed proof hereto annexed, and for which he claims an additional allowance by way of pension for services rendered and that he herewith surrenders his original certificate with a view to such increase
Subscribed and sworn to before me } his George Walter this 30th day of July 1839 } mark
Laurence Marcellus, J.P.
I hereby certify that the above named George Walter is a man of truth and veracity and that his statement is entitled to Credit, and I further certify that he makes a mark as his signature (as he declares) by reason of never having learned to write
Laurence Marcellus, J.P.
State of New York Montgomery County
Clerk's office } I do certify that Laurence Marcellus whose name is subscribed to the proof of the foregoing affidavit is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and duly authorized by the Laws of said State to administer Oaths, and that his signature subscribed to the same is genuine. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my office the 1 st August 1839 A. L. Comrie Clerk