Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,190, Joseph Walker, Mass

SERVICE
Mass
Walker, Joseph
NUMBER
S 30.190
CONTENTS

1890 July 29. Hon J H Walker history Pa or
74
Muddlen,
Boston 21393 Massachusetts
Joseph Walker of Middlesex in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Ferry of the Detachment commanded by Col. How in the Mass line for 19 months & 6 days
Mid.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 14 Dollars 50 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Sept 1833 and sent to Fiske East Cambridge Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833, $100.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending Sept 1834 32.00 $132.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. A. Folsom Clerk Book E Vol. 2 Page 93

17390 Joseph Walker Massachusetts
P 418
14-16 06
June 13 1893
Private 19 Mrs & 6 days
63. 33 67 64 00 2 128 00 32 160
Isaac Y Tuske Middlesex Co Mass

BRIEF in the case of of
Joseph Walker in the State of  Massachusetts (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Vol In 1776 " 6 — private Genl Sullivan   " 1778 " 3 " — Sergeon Buck   " 1779 " 7 6 — Col Burbank   Oct 1780 " 3 — — Capt Perry Colborne   19 6 Capt Cyprian Colborne  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? At Rhode Island  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hopkinton Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? documentary & 3 witnesses.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not properly attached 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
M. L. Ager Examining Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency LEVI LINCOLN , Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
To all whom it may concern:
Know Ye, That Isaac Whitney and Matthew Metcalf Esquires, are Justices of the Peace, for the County of Middlesex; - and that Ebenezer Gay Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth; -
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to their Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this twenty third day of July A. D. 1833, and in the Fifty eighth Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
Edward D. Bangs
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex ss.
On this Twentieth
day of October
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Probate Court — now sitting at in and for said County, Joseph Walker — a resident of Hopkinton in said County, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Sherburne in said County on the twenty sixth day of December A. D. 1760, and that there is a record of his birth in his family bible in Hopkinton : that he was in the United States service from the first day of April A. D. 1776, to the first day of October A. D. 1776 ( 6 m ) as a private in the Massachusetts State Troops : that he was residing at said Hopkinton when he entered the service; that he entered the service as a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Sergeant Breck , commanding a guard for the protection of the Continental Stores at said Sherburne : that he marched from Hopkinton to Sherburne
: that he served with none
of the regular troops; and
no regular officers
were known to him: that he was in no battle
but not in writing and at the end of his service received a discharge but not in writing : that he left the service on said first of Octo and that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at Hopkinton where he now lives . He has no documentary evidence of this service.
1-1780 3 ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the first day of January A. D. 1778, to the first day of April A. D. 1779 ( 3 m ) as a private in the Massachusetts militia that he was residing at said Hopkinton when he entered the service; that he entered the service as a substitute , Solomon Walker and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt Samuel Burbank
: that he marched from said Hopkinton to Providence & thence to Quonquasset Point below East Greenwich Rhode Island : that he served with a considerable number of Militia but none of the regular troops; and
no regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle
that at the end of his service he received a discharge but not in writing and left the service on said first of April . He has no documentary evidence of this service.
8-1778 4 ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the twenty sixth day of August A. D. 1778, to the first day of April A. D. 1779 ( 7 m. 6 d ) as a private in the Massachusetts Militia that he was residing at said Hopkinton when he entered the service; that he entered the service as a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt Perry in Col Howes' Regiment
: that he marched from said Hopkinton thro Mendon Pawtucket & Warren to Bristol Rhode Island thence over Bristol Ferry to Newport Island : that he served with none that he particularly recollects of the militia or of the regular troops; and
General Sullivan regular officers was known to him; that he was in the battle of Rhode Island
that at the end of his service he received a discharge but not in writing and left the service on said first day of April . He has no documentary evidence; and knows none whose testimony he can procure, who can testify, of this service.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss: August 15 th 1832
I John Twitchell of Sherburne in the county and State aforesaid of lawful age testify & say that Mr Joseph Walker of Hopkinton County & State aforesaid was according to the best of my remembrance a soldier in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy five and stationed in the town of Sherburne as a guard over the Continental Stores in that town for the space of six months during all which time he performed his duty as a good and faithful soldier
John Twitchell
John Twitchell subscriber to the above after being cautioned to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth made solemn oath that the deposition by him subscribed above is true before me _____ Isaac Whitney Jus: of the Peace Sherburne August 15 th 1832
July 23 d 1833 I hereby certify that the above named John Twitchell is a creditable witness and that his statement is entitled to full credit
Isaac Whitney Jus: of the Peace

I Barak Leland of Sherburn in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Yeoman, aged seventy six years , testify and say that I was knowing that Mr. Joseph Walker served as a guard in the Revolutionary War to guard some public stores which were then kept in Sherburn, that I then lived in Sherburn and frequently saw Mr. Walker there and I cannot certainly tell the year but I think it was in 1776 and I cannot state exactly the time that Mr. Walker served on the guard in Sherburn, but according to the best of my recollection it was six months.
And I do further testify and say that in the beginning of the year 1778 I served three months in a Company commanded by Capt. Samuel Burbank of Holliston and was stationed at a place called Quidnisset Point in the state of Rhode Island and that Joseph Walker who now resides in Hopkinton served as a private in said Company during the whole of said term of three months.
Barak Leland
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Middlesex ss. August 30th. A.D. 1832. Then the above named Barak Leland personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the county of Middlesex, aforesaid and made solemn Oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true according to the best of his recollection and belief.
Matthew Metcalf Justice of the Peace.
July 4th. 1833. I hereby certify that the above named Barak Leland is a credible witness and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Matthew Metcalf Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Oct 5 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that
the name of Solomon Walker is found on a Roll of Capt Walter McFarland's Company Col Cyprian Howe's Regiment, and he is therein stated to have served three months in the year seventeen hundred eighty and to have received for said service the sum of $4.56
I further Certify, that previous to the issuing of this Certificate the claimant had made his declaration under oath agreeably to the rules established by the War Department, and had exhibited his Declaration to me.
Edward D Bangs Secy

deposition by him subscribed is true. And I hereby certify that the said John Ware is personally known to me, that he is a man of truth & that his testimony is entitled to full credit
Allen Gary Esq: Prave

ALSO : that he was in the United States service from about the first day of Sept r A. D. 1780, to the first day of Dec r A. D. 1780 as a private in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at said Hopkinton
when he entered the service ; that he went as a substitute for s d Sol Walker and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt M c Farland in Col Cyprian Howe's Regiment
: that he marched from Hopkinton to
Providence, from to from to
with : that he served at s d Providence none of the regular troops ; and
no regular officers were known to him : that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge. and left the service on or about said first of December.

The general circumstances of my service were as follows: viz: The British having destroyed the stores of the Americans at Concord, it was thought necessary to move them farther into the interior and to organize guards for their protection - In 1778 the enemy were making continual descents all about the bays of Rhode Island & along the coast to the westward. They were in pursuit of provisions tho they burned some houses as happened at Bristol. Our company joined the troops only on the evening before the battle of Rhode Island, and we were so soon separated and detached in different directions that I had no opportunity to know any of the regular troops or of the regular officers except the commander in Chief, Gen. Sullivan. But I do well recollect a negro regiment, which fought well in the engagement and was universally praised. The night before the battle a traitor, who had attempted to go over to the enemy, but had mistaken one of our pickets for the enemy's and under that mistake had disclosed (as he thought to the British) our situation, was brought in, tried and hung. On the day of the battle a deserter for attempting to desert in the battle was shot. After the battle I jumped
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Joseph Walker
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
J. P. P. Gay Clerk
We Nathaniel Howe a clergyman residing in the town of Hopkinton and Matthew Metcalf residing in Hopkinton hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Walker who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
Nathaniel Howe
Matthew Metcalf
J. P. P. Gay Clerk
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Nathaniel Howe who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the town of Hopkinton; and that Matthew Metcalf who has also signed the same is a resident in Hopkinton & a magistrate a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. P. Gay Clerk
I Isaac T. Austin of the County of Bristol in said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Joseph Walker for a pension. I also certify that Nathaniel Howe and Matthew Metcalf whose names are subscribed to the foregoing are justly of the Peace within said County of Bristol.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Isaac T. Austin Clerk of the Court

January 16, 1914.
Hon. Wesley L. Jones. United States Senate.
My dear Senator:
In response to your personal inquiry of the fifteenth instant. I have the honor to advise you that the papers on file in this Bureau show that Joseph Walker was allowed pension (Sup. File No. 30.190) on his application executed October 30, 1832, while a resident of Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
He stated that he was born December 26, 1760, at Sherburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and was a resident of Hopkinton, when he served as a Private in the Massachusetts troops as follows:
Put this in → Volunteered April 1, 1776, under Sergeant Breck and served as " " out → a guard for the Continental Stores at Sherburn until October 1, 1776.
Enlisted January 1, 1778, under Captain Samuel Burbank, and served at Quidnesset Point, Rhode Island, until April 1, 1778. Volunteered August 26, 1778, under Captain Perry, in Colonel How's regiment, was in the battle of Rhode Island and was discharged April 1, 1779.

There is no family data on file.
For the date of soldier's death and name of the person to whom the arrears of his pension were paid, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, giving him all of the following data: "Joseph Walker Certificate No. 21,393. issued September 19, 1833. for $64.00 per annum from March 4, 1831. under the Act of June 7, 1832. at the Boston, Mass., Agency."
Very truly yours,
G. M. Saltzgaber.
Commissioner.
Joseph Walker - 2.

30190 INVALID. Ray
File No. 30790
Joseph Walker Rev War
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 137
[Arrangement of 1870.]
apl. 14, 1905 History to Mrs. Geo. W. Mansur Lowell, Mass.
1914 Jan. 16. History to Hon. Malley L. Jones U.S.S. Q
Hist. to R. A. Wescott, Aug. 15, 1918 aw.
1852 v. Stephen of Middle
Shelburne 6 A. 26

17390
Joseph Walker
The omissions have been supplied this application is again forwarded for further proceedings. Isaac Fiske
Isaac Fiske Esq East Cambridge Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Joseph  John Walker further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? documentary 3 witnesses + lost XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? 1 witness Only 2 Not Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? on not XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? ✓
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

J. 30, 190
Joseph Walker.
Oct. 30, 1832 Hopkinton Mass
b. Sherborn Mass Dec 26, 1760
no Hopkinton at all.
Apl. 1. 76 p. Sgt. Breck guarding Continental store at Sherburn 6m
Jany 1. 78 p. Capt. Saul Burbank Sub for 3m
Solomon Walker who is capt. by 2ndly Mass Capt. Walker McFarland Col Cyprian Stone 1780. 3m
Aug 26, 78 p. Capt. Perry Col. Stone Sullivan. bat R. S. 7m 6 d.
Sept 1 1780 p Capt. Walker McFarland Sub. for Solomon Col. Cyprian Stone Walker 3m
No claim for Solomon of Mass —

Senator W. L. Jones of Washington wants record of Joseph Walker Mass. S30190
inquiry by telephone June 1st. 14

Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions Mass. no. 42245
Will you please give me statements of the military history of Solomon Walker and his son Joseph Walker. Both of Hopkinton, Mass. and soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
(Mrs.) George W. Mansur, 61 Bellevue Street, Lowell, Mass.

90 1. R. B. S.
Sumner Iowa August 7th 1918
Bureau of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Gentlemen -
Will you kindly send me a copy of the pension record and any family data you may have of Joseph Walker who was born in Sherburn Mass in 1760, and served as a guard over Continental stores in 1776 at Sherburn Mass and substituted for Solomon Walker in 1778.
He was pensioned in 1837.
Would also like the record of James Lee Stuart Walker who served in the war of 1812 and if possible the name of and military record of his father, a Joseph Walker if the above mentioned Joseph was not his father.
Thanking you for this information.
I remain Yours Truly
R. A. Wood Sumner Ia

House of Representatives U. S.,
Washington, D. C.,
July 24, 1890.
Hon. Green B. Raum,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
My grandfather, Joseph Walker, is the one "on file No. 30190, was born in Sherburn in the county of Middlesex, Massachusetts in 1760 and enlisted from Hopkinton in the same county, where he then resided" , as mentioned in your letter of July 22nd, 1890. He died about 1847 or 1848. I have not the family records here. I am very sure he drew a pension up to the date of his death, which was paid to my father, Joseph Walker, as trustee or guardian. I am very anxious to have his soldier in the Continental service and record made up, from the date he began to draw a pension to the time said pension stopped.
Respectfully yours,
J. A. Walker M.C. 10th Mass. Dist.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Joseph Walker , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
L. 30190
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1. 1776. 6 mos. Private Sergeant Beck ✓ Mass.   Jany 1. 1778 3 mos. " Samuel Burbank ✓   Aug. 26. 1778 7 mos 6 ds Perry How   Oct. 1. 1780 6 mos. " Nathan McFarland Agassiz  
Battles engaged in, Rhode Island.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hopkinton, Middlesex Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Oct 30, 1832. This claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Hopkinton, Mass.
Age at date of application, born Dec. 26. 1760 Sherburne, Mass.
Remarks: There is no data as to family on file.
* Office note: This service was performed by Solomon Walker as shown by the report of Scty. of Mass. & the published records of that state.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.