Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 953, Samuel Vial, Navy

SERVICE
NUMBER
Navy (?)
Vial, Samuel.
R. 953
CONTENTS

No. 953.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received _____, 187
Navy
Heirs of
Samuel Vial
U S Navy
Revolution

Samuel Vial Seaman
Also Gearly for children of same Vial to ansd. 28. Oct. 1837
The Honorable Mr. Dickerson Secretary of the Navy
Washington
Cambridge
914 Oct. 25 Mass

To the Honble Mr. Dickerson Sec y of the Navy
Baltimore Oct 24. 1837
Samuel Vial died in the Naval Service of the United States early in the War of the Revolution. He left a Widow and several Children - His Widow died about the 1822 without having ever intermarried. Her Children and Heirs wish to know, if, under the Naval Pension act of March 1837, they are entitled to the half pay of said Vial, from the time of his death in the Naval Service, until her decease, in or about the year 1822?
Your answer will oblige
Your Friend & Servt.
Alex Yearley