Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30771, John Walters, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Walters, John
L. 30771
CONTENTS

22377 Kentucky
John Walters of Wayne Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the comd - commanded by Captain Johnson of the regiment commanded by Col Hanes in the line line line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 20 Dollars 0 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of October 1833 and Hades South Mouticello
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 52 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 10
$60
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by David Boyd Clerk
Book 6 Vol. 1 Page 33

13.485.
John Walters
15.10.16.97 gro - print 6mths $20
Roder Garth. William Simpson Monticello Kents.

BRIEF in the case of John Walters ,  County of Wayne in the State of Kentucky (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? 70.  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.     Sub. In 17 — — 3 — Private Gen. Capt. S. Johnson, Col. S. Isaacs, Genl. Pasgley   Vol. — Septs. not stated " Capt. S. Beverly, Col. B. Bevin, Gen. C. M. Dowell  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wilks City N. C.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The Clerk has no public seal of office, & his official character is not certified as required.  I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. W. Vaughn Examining Clerk. Feb. 18. 1833.

13685 L. H. Hall Pennsylv

We Dudley Moreland  clergymen residing in the county of Wayne & State of Kentucky and Jesse Bane Residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Walter, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 70 years the 24 th day of next march of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Rev- olution & that we concur in that opinion sworn to the subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
Dudley Moreland Jesse Bane
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the no Walter, no investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed 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 Dudley Moreland who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergymen , Resid- ing in the county aforesaid and that Jesse Bane who has also signed the same is a Resident in the said county of Wayne & is a credible person and that their statements is entitled to credit, no minutes of the court or a clergymen convenient to testify. Arch Wood providing justice of Wayne County Court

Indians and we then marched to, now Buncombe county and were discharged in vite on the banks of French Broad near Swan-y-low River. Our cols. were
Miller. Joseph McDevitt a Brother to the General. & Col. Herring. The
Regiments all rendezvoused at the Pleasant-Garden, and remained there two or three days, forming and preparing to march.
But I have lost my discharge Having served 6 months for which I claim compensation of this tower likewise.
born in Wilkes county was Raised in North Carolina and lived
there about 30 years, I then moved to east-Tennessee in Carter County on Roans Creek and lived there about five years, I then removed to Kentucky in Knox County and then in Wayne
county Ky where I now live. I the said John Walters have no documentary evidence & I know of no person whose testimony I can produce, who can testify to my service in this country.
I claim a compensation for six months as a private. I John Walters hereby relinquish every claim what ever to a pension or annuity except the Present and declare that my name is
not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
That he is personally known by John Hearn & David Gibbs of Wayne County his neighbors who can testify to his veracity
John Walters his mark

State of Kentucky Wayne County } ss
In this 25 th day of September 1832
personally appeared In open court Before the Justices of
the court of Wayne County now sitting John Walters a Resident of Wayne County in the County of Wayne and State of Kentucky aged 70 years the 24 th day of next March, 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 the 7 th 1832. that he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and Served as here in stated
was born on the 24 th day of March 1763. I the said John Walters will be Seventy years old the 24 th day of next March. that I lived in Wilkes County North Carolina, until I was about 30 years old that in my 16 th year I think (in 1779 or 1780) I went as a Substitute for James Shepherd under Captain David Johnson one Tour of three months Upon a Draft our led was Samuel

Isaac of Wilks County & I think under General Pasely his christian name not recollected, There was with us con- tinental Troops But cannot Describe them, we Marched thro Wilks county surry Chatham county Randolph County & on Deep River we took four and Twenty Tories and sent them to Salisbury Jail we marched & counterm- arched against the British & Tories untill the expiration of our tour & was discharged in writing at the Moravian Town But have lost my discharge, not thinking it would be of any service
I do further state to the Best of my recollection is about 18 months after my first tour I think in September I again volunteered for thru months as a private against the Cherokees & some other towns, of Indians under Capt John Beverly at Wilks court House & served under him, and I think under Benjamin Herrin our Col. We had three Regiments and all under General Charles McDowell We marched to the Indian towns burnt and destroyed several towns with their corn, we killed a number of Indians & took a number of Prisoners but how many not recollected. I lost my Horse with a number of others, see that stolen by the

Indians and we then Marched to, now Buncombe county and were discharged in vite on the Banks of French Broad near Swanglow River. Our Col. were
Miller. Joseph McDevitt a Brother to the General. & Col. Herring. The
Regiments all rendezvoused at the Pleasant Gardens, and remained there two or three days, forming and preparing to march. But I have lost my
discharge Having served 6 months for which I claim compensation of this time  born in Wilkes county  I have no record of my age likewise.
was Raised in North Carolina and lived there about 30 years, I then moved to east-Tennessee in Carter County on Roans Creek and lived there about four years, I then removed to Kentucky in Knox County and then in Wayne county Ky where I now live. I the said John Walters have no Documentary evidence & I know of no person whose testimony I can procure, who can testify to my service in this country I claim a compensation for six months as a private. I John Walters hereby relinquish every claim what ever to a pension or annuity except the Present and declare that my name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
That he is personally known by John Herring & David Gibbs of Wayne County his neighbors who can testify to his veracity
John Walters his mark

The Dudley Moreland clergymen residing in the county of Wayne & State of Kentucky and Jesse Leane Residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Walter, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 70 years the 26 th day of next march of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Rev- olution & that we concur in that opinion sworn to the subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
Dudley Moreland Jesse Leane
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the on Walter's mat. investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed 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 Dudley Moreland who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergymen , Resid- ing in the county of ap. and that Jesse Leane who has also signed the same is a Resident in the said county of Wayne & is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit, no minister of the Gospel or clergymen convenient to testify. Richd. Wood providing justice of Wayne County Court

State of Kentucky 355 County of Wayne
I William Simpson Clerk of the County Court of Wayne County Kentucky Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of John Walter for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal having no seal of office as yet provided this 27th day of September 1832
W. Simpson Clk
State of Kentucky Wayne County Court
William Simpson
Clerk of the County Court of Wayne County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the Application of John Walter for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 27th day of Sept 1832
W. Simpson Clk

30771 Rev INVALID.
File No. 30,771  cur
John Walters Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 n 39 n
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 557
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Walters which require 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? No 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? 5 c No 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? No official seal

 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? Citizens  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes  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? yes  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? No 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? — Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? —  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? —  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? 2. 7. 
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.

Monticello Wayne County Ky
The Declaratory of 8 persons are sent Back with the county Seal &c with the envelope of note &c except. William Carpenter which has gotten misplaced during the time we were reciting for the County Seal viz. James Peacy John Watts Dudley Moreland, Reubin Coffey William Keith, Frederick Miller George Branton William carpenter
Reuben Garth
John L Edwards Esq } commissioner of Pensions }

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Walters, John GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10614 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 9, 1789 to not shown
also, B.L.W. 21-60-55
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.