Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11034, Elijah Walker, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Walker, Elijah
R. No 34
CONTENTS

19. 104 Elijah Walker range 6° Verm t
1103H
S. Short Esq. Sturtevant R

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoued notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Elijah Walker
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Fall 1779 3 Waiter Smith Heard at Albany 80 years Belcher- By living witnesses   June 1780 6 officer none recollect March to White Point town to Meffert a Clergyman   Transferred to Col. John company of Light Infantry Capt. Soper Col. Frenchman   Sept 1781 3 " 2nd Lt. Life guard Heard at Saratoga  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 the day and year aforesaid,
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons, one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 or for four months, 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Walker
John
State
19104
No 4 July '80
9 Dec. 80 (illegible)
Marshall's agt
he made
- Plant
Ivory
Vermont

Elijah Walker Application
Return to Simon Root Bay County Vt.
Yours truly, Deposition

State of Vermont } On this 28 th day of August Probate District of Bradford } A.D. 1832 personally appeared in the County of Range } in open Court before the Probate Court within for the district of Bradford aforesaid now sitting. Elijah Walker a resident of Northins in the County of Range & State of Vermont aged 70 years last May, 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 7. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers hereinafter mentioned. Viz. In the fall of the year 1777, the month he does not recollect but he knows for must he got to have fresh potatoes, he engaged or enlisted to go as waiter for Lieut Edward Smith of Belchertown in the State of Massachussetts for the term of three months in a company & Regiment of State Troops as he understood raised in the said State of Massachussetts for the purpose of opposing an army on Hudson River, that he marched directly to Albany in the State of New York, where he joined the regiment & company to which he belonged & was stationed at said Albany during said term of three months or nearly that time & was regularly dismissed & returned home to said Bel- chertown where he then lived. He states that his employ- ment while at Albany was cooking for the officers of the company & that the waiter of the other officers of the com-

pany were also employed with him in the same duty; that as he was young at this time & not personally acquainted with any of the officers of the company or Regt. he is not able to tell the names of any except his Regiment; he thinks there was no other Regiment, except the one to which he belonged, was stationed at Albany that summer - He also declares, that at said Belchertown, in the month of June 1780, the last of the month as he believes he again enlisted into the service for the term of six months, & went directly to West Point on a dragoon train & joined a company of Regt. of Massachusetts State Troops as he believes, but he does not now recollect the names of any of the company or Regimental officers which he first joined. That after he had been at West Point about three or four weeks a Corps of Light Infantry was formed to be led under the command of  Selected by Genl. Stark. That this applicant was chosen & transferred to a company of Light Infantry selected as above, under the command of Capt. Soper if he recollects the name, & Lieut. Taylor - Their Christian names he does not recollect; the Col.'s name he does not recollect, but believes he was a French man - That immediately after joining this company of Lt. Infantry he left West Point & marched with this corps of Lt. Infantry into New Jersey where then Genl. Arnold surrendered up West Point to them. Major Andrus was there, though he was not at the place of execution - That late in the fall he returned to West Point he thinks it was as late as December - he recollects the road fell the night after he got there - That about two or three weeks after he arrived at West Point he was dismissed from service, having heard that the full term of his enlistment. He does not recollect the names

of any regular officer, except Col. Shepherd, who, he thinks was Col. of a regiment of Continental soldiers - He also declares, that in the fall of the year 1781, in the month of Augt or Sept as he believes, he again enlisted into a company & kept of Massa Charities State Troops as he supposed, for the term of three months, at which Belchertown, where he had been to Albany when he joined the army. That the next morning after he arrived at Albany, he was selected as one of Genl. Stark's life Guard (as it was called) Served in that Corps during the period of his enlistment. That soon after joining the life guard he marched to Saratoga where he staid until the expiration of his engagement. That while he was at Saratoga, five men were taken as spies, who were Tories & were in Burgoyne's army at the capitulation. & had forfeited their lives according to the terms of capitulation. One of these, the leading one, was by order of Genl. Stark, hung at Saratoga. & this applicant was present at the execution. That he read out his term of three months soon declining at Saratoga. He recollects, the name of the Sergeant of the guard was Blanchard the first part of the time the latter part one Walker was the Sergeant. In answer to the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, propounded by the Court, the applicant answers -
That he was born in Belchertown, in the County of Hampshire State of Massa Charities in May 1762. That he has no record of his age in his possession but

Suppose his age is recorded in the said Town of Belcher- town - That he was living in said Belcher town when called into service - That he continued to live in said Bel- cher town until the year 1785 when he moved into the Town of Vinton where he has ever since - still resides at present - That he lived in Tunkidget & Topsham in said Kennebec County - That he entered the service voluntarily as before stated - That he is now old & his memory much impaired & that he cannot recollect more particularly respecting the names of officers, regim- ents - other circumstances than he has stated above That he never had any written discharge when he left the army - That he served the whole 12 months that he was out as a private - & he refers the war depart- ment to the Court Stephen Peabody Esq., Richard Smith Esq. David M c Intosh Esq. whom he is known in his neighborhood, who can testify as to his character for truth & veracity their belief of his services as a soldier in the revolution - That he has no documentary testimony of his services & that he knows of no person now living ex- cept Enos Smith of Chelsea Vinton, who knows & can testify of his services as a soldier - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or allowance except the present - He claims that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State
Elizah Walker

We Timothy Spalding Clergymen resident in Thetford in the County of Orange State of Vermont & Enoch Colton of Voshes in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elijah Walker who has sworn to be subscribed the above declaration that we believe him to be 70 years of age; that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion learn to be subscribed Timothy Spalding the day & year aforesaid Enoch Colton
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interroga- tories prescribed by the war department & attending to the deposition of Enos Smith herewith transmitted, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier served as he states. And the Court further certify, that it appears to them, that Timothy Spalding who has signed the pre- ceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Thetford & that Enoch Colton who has also signed the same is a resident in the said Town of Voshes his residence is entitled to endow credible person. The Court also certify that John W. Smith before whom the enclosed deposition of Enos Smith was taken thereby is a justice of the peace in said Orange County, & the said Enos Smith is well known to the Court as a credible person. I Simon Root Clerk of Records of the said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of Elijah Walker for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand Seal of Office this 28th day of August A.D. 1832 Simon Root Clerk

I Enas Smith of Chilton in the County of Orange - State of Vermonts and hereby am yours respect to tify and say that I am personally acquainted with Elijah Walker of Bennington in the County of Or- ange and State of Vermonts an Applicant for a pen- sion - and believe him to be about seventy years of age - that in the year 1780 the said Elijah Walker & myself both resided in Peterstown in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts and were brought up in the same town. — that about the last of June 1780. the said Elijah Walker & myself enlisted in the service of the United States for the term of six months — It is my impression that the said Walker enlisted about the same time and from the same period of service that I did. and we both joined the recruits at Springfield about the first of July — following. and marched with them to West Point in the State of New York — When we arrived at West Point we joined different Companies & different regiments but both continued there three or four weeks — and then both left there with the main army & — marched towards New Jersey — I cannot recollect the Officer of the Company to which the said Walker was attached. I understood at that time & even since that he continued for the War term in the Ser- vice —
Enas Smith
State of Vermont } at Chilton in S. County August 18 th 1832 Orange County } Then personally appeared Enas Smith personally known to me and a good credible witness and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the whole truth & nothing but the truth — before me — John W. Smith, Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont Probate District of Bradford in the County of Orange
On this 8 th day of July A D 1833 Elijah Walker of Northfield in the County of Orange State of
Vermont who made & subscribed the preceding declaration on the 28 th day of August A D 1832
Personally appeared before the Probate Court within said District was sitting & being duly sworn make the following additional declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed Jan. 7. 1832 Namely - That he has become satisfied by conversation with others & upon further reflection, that the first Colonel's name under whom he served the term of three months as volunteer was Chapin & lived in Chickopee in the State of Mass. Chapin - That the French Colonel's name under whom he performed the gratuitous service of 6 months service was Jermont - That by reason of old age the consequent loss of memory he cannot know positively as to the precise length of service in every case, but according to the best of his recollection - he served 3 months in Col. Chapin's Regt. & five months in Col. Jermont's Regiment & 3 months in General Harks Life Guard & as to the months' service that he rendered before he was transferred to Col. Jermont's Regt. he cannot after the most careful reflection recollect the names of his company or Regimental Officers & can only repeat what he has stated in his declaration that his whole period of service at that time was six months, the last five months of which was performed under Col. Jermont & that he was a private the whole time
Elijah Walker
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 28 th day of Augt. 1833
Simon Root Clerk of said Probate Court.

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P.11034 I.Rej.11034:Rev.War.
March 22, 1905.
Sir:
I have the honor to advise you, in response to your letter of the 18th instant, that Elijah Walker applied for pension as a soldier of the Revolutionary War August 28, 1832, at which time he resided in Vershire, Orange Co., Vt.
He stated that he was born in May, 1764 2 at Belchertown, Hampshire Co., Mass., and served in the Massachusetts troops as follows:
Enlisted in the fall of 1779 as waiter and cook under Lieut. Edward Smith and Col. Chapin, for three months.
June, 1780, officers not recollected, served one month and was transferred to the Light Infantry under Capt. Soper and Col. Johannet; five months.
August or September, 1781, served as one of Gen. Stark's Life Guard; three months.
His claim was rejected October 5, 1833, on the ground that the rolls covering his second service showed that he deserted December 9, 1780, and that he failed to furnish satisfactory proof of his other services as alleged.
There is no further data.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Hon. Addison G. Foster, U. S. Senate.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Mch. 22, 1905 History to Hon. A. G. Foster, U.S. Senate, D.C.
No. 034.
P. O.
Elijah Walker
Service:
REJECTED
Enlisted: Printed , 18
Discharged: 1852 Rejected , 18
and suspended
Pensions Book
Application filed: _____, 18
gives reasons for rejection - "He was
Alleges: a deserter.
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized.
_____ Contract.

Rev. Vermont Elijah Walker
Rejected act 7 June '32 see letter to
J. Short Esq Whitford Vt
5 Oct. 1833

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss. I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Mason  Slaw Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this Seventeenth day of August A. D. 1832.
Sam d F. Lyman Register of Probate.

I Caleb Hays of Springfield in the county of Hampden & the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy one years testify and say that I moved into the town of Belchertown in the county of Hampshire in said Commonwealth of Massachusetts in April Fall of the year 1777. That I well know Elijah Walker the of said Belchertown, and who I believe now lives in Vershire in the State of Vermont, and that he went as a soldier in the service of said Massachusetts for the term of three months, his absence I will remember because he urged me to go with him that was in the year 1779 - also that the latter part of June or first of July in the year 1780, said Walker and myself listed at Belchertown aforesaid into the service of the United States and we were enrolled in the company commanded by Capt. Josiah Smith of South Hadley in said county of Hampshire, and soon after were transferred to the company commanded by Capt. Soper in the Regiment commanded by Col. Jessmont (a Frenchman) in General Poor's Brigade in the Division commanded by Gen. LaFayette. We were first stationed at West Point. Then marched down the river Hudson and crossed at King's ferry: Then marched to Orange town in New Jersey; then to English Neighborhood, west of Fort Lee. Then to Orange town at which place I was taken sick - was carried to the Hospital and after I recovered I returned to Belchertown, soon after my return said Elijah Walker returned also - and I further say that I have no doubt that he completed his term of six months service - having been with him most of the time, and all the time till my sickness aforesaid.
Also that he was in a short campaign of 3 months in the year 1781 as I will remember his absence at that time, for the same reason, that he urged me to go with him. The two

terms of three months each was in the service of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for and in account of the United States, I further say that I lived about half a mile from said Walker.
Caleb Stacy
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Heemskirk ss. Belchertown August 13 th 1832 Personally appeared the above named Caleb Stacy and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true.
Before me Mason Shaw Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the said Caleb Stacy is a credible witness, Mason Shaw Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont Probate District of Bradford in the county of Orange
On this 31 st day of Sept. A.D. 1882 personally ap- peared the within named Elyon Walker who made his declaration before this Court on the 28 th day of Aug t instant for a pension, who being first duly sworn, made oath that since he made his declaration, he has obtained the following deposition, which he did not then know he could procure & which he now wishes may be forwarded with his paper to the hearing at war.
Elyon Walker
I Simon Root Clerk or Dep. of the Probate Court within for the District of Bradford State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the above named Elyon Walker being the official in the declaration herewith transmitted appeared in said Court now for Hitting Stock & subs. on the the above oath.
For testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the 31 st day of Aug t A.D. 1882
Simon Root Clerk

Oct 5, 1833.
The papers in support of the claim of Elijah Walker have been again examined and placed on our files.
It appears by the rolls concerning his second term of service that he deserted on the 9 th of December 1780. As his last term of service, were it abundantly proved, could not from its shortness entitle him a pension, his claim is rejected.
S. Short Esq.

I: Rej. 11034
Elijah Walker
Aug. 28, 1832 reo Vershire
Orange Co. Vt. to Belcherstown
Hampshire Co. Mass May 1764
there at end.
Mass
End Fall 79, waiters Lt. Sdm Smith Cook Col Chapin
3m
June 80 train 1m Capt. Soper Col. Johannet Lt Inf 56m
Aug or Sept 81.
Lt Blanchard waiter Newarks Life Gds. 3m
Rej. Oct 5, 1833

FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. ADDISON G. FOSTER, CHAIRMAN. S. B. ELKINS, H. D. MONEY, C. W. FAIRBANKS, F. M. COCKRELL, W. B. HEYBURN, F. G. NEWLANDS, THOMAS SAMMONS, CLERK.
11034 COMMITTEE ON THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Senate of the United States. WASHINGTON.
March 18, 1905.
Hon. V. Warner,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir:
I wish you would kindly cause a search to be made and ascertain for me if the name of Elijah Walker was enrolled as a Revolutionary War pensioner. He was a soldier from Massachusetts but resided at Vershire, Vermont, afterward, where he had a family. I shall be very glad to receive all information concerning him and his family that the records of your office may disclose.
Thanking you for any courtesies you may extend to me, I am
Very truly yours,
A. G. Foster,