Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 18768, Edward Waller, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Waller, Edward,
R. 18768.
Va. Half Pay.
CONTENTS

May. Ed. Waller
Aff. of Aaron Kendall
as to death of the effem.
says 1787. but
See will

State of Virg a Stafford County To wit
This day personally came before me a justice of the peace in & for the County afores d . Aaron Kenaske a citizen of s d County, aged 70 yrs. in March next - since being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth & saith, that he was well acquainted with Major Edward Waller of the County afores d and who was an officer in the war of the Revolution, and he is at this time under impression that the s d Waller returned home some time in 1782 - that the 1 st affiant has always heard that s d Waller was an officer in the Artillery & that he lost an eye by some accident that occurred in the management of a gun, tho' it has been so long that aff t does not distinctly recollect - Affiant is under the impression that s d Waller died some where between 1785 & 90 - he believes in the year 1787 - And further deponent saith not - Given under my hand this 12 th day of May 1834 - M c H. Hoge J.P.
And the s d justice further certifies that the above named aff t is a man of Respectability & that his statement is entitled to full faith & credit in given under my hand this day & year above written - M c H. Hoge J.P.

In The name of God, Amen. I Edward Waller of The County of Stafford being perfectly sensible do make and ordain this my last will Testament hereby revoking & disannulling all former wills by me made, & what worldly goods it hath pleased God to bless me with I bequeath as follows (Vizt) — Imprimis I give and bequeath to my loving Cousin John Horson Peyton all my Lands on Muntown in Fauquier County as well the land I hold in possession as the land now in dispute between Guthbert Bullet & myself. Also Negroes James, Betty, Lydia, John & Dinah, together with all my stock of Cattle Horses — after my just debts are paid — Lastly I do appoint & nominate my loving friend John R. Peyton & Anne Peyton whole & sole Ex rs of this my last Will & Testament as witness my hand this fifth day of March seventeen hundred & eighty four witness — J. Hove, Joseph Buchanan Edward Waller John Tuttle, M c Peyton
Stafford Set — July Court 1785.
The above Will of Edward Waller being then proved by two of the evidences thereto was on motion of John Rousee Peyton, the Executor therein named, ordered to be recorded.
Attest. J. S. Tyler C. S. C.
But at a Court held for the said County the 10 th day of October, then next following, John Waller, heir at Law of said Edward, appeared in Court, contested the validity of said will, and produced sundry evidences to prove the Testator to have been from several causes of unsound mind, incapable of disposing, & also as prevailed upon to make the same — who being heard by the Court, they thereupon decreed that it be rescinded from their records for these reasons aforesaid. Attest. J. S. Tyler C. S. C. Virginia — Stafford County To wit:
I John M c Conway clerk of the County Court of Stafford, in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is truly copied from the records of my office
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of my said office, at the Court house this 7 th day of August 1835, in the 60 th year of our foundation
J. M c Conway

I know all men by these presents that I. Mc W Power of Paton Marion County Mo administrator on the estate of Major Edward Waller a Revolutionary Officer of the Virginia line do hereby irrevocably consti- tute and appoint Charles B Bellements of Georgetown Ill my true and lawful attorney with power of substitution for me and in my name to investigate with the proper department of the United States Government at Washington what ever sum or sums of money may be due the estate of Major Edward Waller, and to do all things as fully and freely as I could do myself except to receive and to receipt for said amount I hereby ratifying and confirming every act my said ATT may perform in virtue of the powers herein granted. Witness my hand and seal this 10 th day of May A D 1857 Mc W Power (Seal)
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of
Test Thos Thompson: Wm Leighton.
State of Missouri
County of Marion
SS Be it known that on this 10 th day of May A D 1857 before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County of Marion and State aforesaid personally appeared Mc W Power and took the following oath that he has made the above power of ATT for the purpose of enabling Charles B Bellements as his ATT to investigate his claim as Administrator of the estate Major Edward Waller and that he is directly interested as one of the claimants to said estate and that he acknowledges the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned. In testimony whereof he has set his hand the day and date above written.
Mc W Power administrator of the estate of Major Edward Waller
Subscribed and sworn to before me
the day and date above written
Wm B. Phillips J P M C
State of Missouri
County of Marion
SS.
J Thomas E. Statcher, Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of

Marion aforesaid, do hereby certify that Wm. B. Phillips whose name appears to the above and foregoing certificate as having executed the same is now and was at the time of doing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Marion duly commissioned and qualified according to law and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts as such, and the signature annexed thereto is genu- ine.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and annex my official seal. Done at office in Palmyra in said County and State this 10 th day of May 1837.
Thos. E. Statcher, C. Per Jos. L. Hart, D.C.
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Washington City, D.C. June 25, 1858.
Sir,
As attorneys for the administrator of Edward Waller, and of John Waller, his eldest son heir-at-law and administrator, as well as of all the heirs, we beg leave, respectfully, to call your attention to the claim for back pay and depreciation, due Edward Waller, deceased, late a Major in the Virginia State Line, in the Revolution, with interest, and to request the payment of the same.
It appears from the records that Edward Waller entered the military service in the beginning of the Revolutionary War, and was in service at its close; that he was a Major of Marines, and in the Virginia State Line; that, after being severely wounded, loosing one eye, and his mind becoming considerably affected, in consequence of his wounds, he, it is alleged, resigned in 1779, and subsequently made an assignment and a will: we aver, however, that he did not and could not resign, owing to the state of his mind, and in this we are sustained by the evidence, by the Court at Stafford, and by the High Court of Chancery at Richmond, where it was decided that he was incapable of executing any valid contract or any  doing any binding act whatsoever, and his assignment and will were

both set aside; moreover, we find no one appointed to supply his place during the further continuance of the war, on the contrary, we find him again in service, at a period subsequent to his alleged resignation, and at one time placed in command of the marines on board of Commodore Barron's ship, where he was afterwards found to be still unfit for duty, by reason of unsound mind, and, finally, he was taken prisoner and carried to New York, where he remained till the close of the war. It is therefore evident that he did not and could not resign, but remained in service to the end of the war, and is clearly entitled to commutation as well as back pay and depreciation, and interest.
Enclosed are duly authenticated copies of the certificates for back pay and depreciation and interest, issued by the Auditor of Public accounts at Richmond, which still remain due and unpaid. The originals were delivered to William Reynolds as assignee, and were, as we verily believe and aver, lost or destroyed, as was the original of one of the Military Land warrants issued to the said William Reynolds, about the same time, and for which the Department of the Interior has subsequently issued scrip in our favor.
The will of Edward Waller, and the assignment made by him near about

the same time having been set aside by the highest highest tribunal, in the country, and declared to be null and void, any act done by virtue of, or under said will or assignment, or either of them, and any payment made in consequence thereof must necessarily fail and be of no effect. If a payment was made it was made to a wrong party and is therefore no bar to the rightful claimant. But, payment is not even alleged to have been made in this case to anyone. It is not only necessary to make the allegation but to produce the proof. We shew the indebtedness, it behooves the other side to prove the payment, if any, or pay the amount. But there is not the slightest particle of evidence to shew any payment, either in Washington, or at Richmond, as there undoubtedly would be, had any payment been made. — We are bound to conclude no payment was ever made in this case to any one.
The proof of heirship and administration together with our powers of attorney, both from the heirs and administrator, also, the will, assignment, records of the courts and other papers proving the insanity and setting aside the will and assignment are on file in the general

land Office. The evidence of service is in the Department. These are all the papers and proof upon which the Department of the Interior issued and delivered the Scrip to us. The only additional papers we think proper, or at all necessary to file, are the authenticated copies of certificates of back pay and depreciation and interest due Edward Waller, deceased.
Very respectfully,
Yours, &c.,
Thos Alex Sams
Attorneys for Claimant
To,
B. J. Atkinson, Esq.
Third Auditor of the Treasury.
P.S. Please address to the care of James P. Dickinson Washington
TH
TH
John W. Foster Secy of War

Nº 18768
ACT OF FEBRUARY 14, 1871.
WAR OF 1812.
3346
Q
Edward Waller Walker
May
Va Line
Revolution
Discharged _____, 18
6046
REJECTED
Nº Pay _____ act-32
Received _____, 18
Attorne

A. B. Stuart.
James E. Heath Esq.
Irving House

Material Evidence

Edward Wallen
Half Pay
Brief note
See letter rejecting claim (Sometime in Augt 1851) addressed to J. Francis Clements Rev. Thomas D. Phelps (Rev book) June 29/51

Treasury Department,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
OFFICIAL BUSINESS.
Pension Office
Auditor.

THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That it appears from a list in this office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia State Line as settled their accounts and received certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an act of assembly, passed the November session 1781, directing the Auditors of Public Accounts to settle and adjust the pay and accounts of the said Officers and Soldiers from the 1st January 1777 to 31st December 1781, (see Hening's Statutes at Large, vol. 10, p. 462,) that a settlement was made on the 4 th day of April 1785 in the name of Edward Waller as Maj r of Infantry and evidence of the indebtedness of the State to him for £ 283. 16. 7 delivered to W m Reynolds — but as the original settlements or copies thereof are not to be found in this office, the term of service embraced therein cannot be stated.
Given under my hand at the First Auditor's Office, Richmond, this 29 th day of Novem r 18 50
[No Seal of Office.]
Ro Johnston First Auditor

6 Feb Dear Mr Mason Yrs Truly Enquiry concerning Edward Waller
Mr Allison
Way

Major Edwards will be so good as to ascertain as far as the records in his office will show - The partim- :lars relative to the service a return from any officer from Virginia whose name was Edward Waller He went from Stafford County in Virginia - and it is believed he served to the end of the War and that his rank was that of Major in the line -
But it is not yet ascertained whether he belonged to the Virginia line? - or the continental line? or in what Regiment he served? - nor with certainty, what rank he had? or to what time his service extended? or whether he became a supernumerary before the end of the War G. H. Thomas

"G"
Major Edw. Waller
Va State Line -

I hereby certify that it does not appear from a "Roll of the Resigned & Supernumerary Officers of the Virginia Continental and State Troops" or from A List of the Officers of the Virginia Line who have been killed, Invalided, Resigned, Superseded &c &c Since the Chesterfield Arrangement in Feb y 1781 and not included in the late arrange at this place in May last. Cumberland Old Court House 2 nd Sept r 1782." That Edward Waller formerly a Major in the Virginia State Line. Resigned.
Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office Richmond this 15 th day of Decem r 1834.
Jas H. Heath and

Pension Office
August 11 th 1851
Sir;
I have examined the claim of Edmund Waller for half pay as Major in the State Line of Virginia in the Revolutionary War, presented under the Act of Congress 5 th July 1832, and after a careful examination, I am of the opinion that the claim is not well founded. Major Waller settled his account and received a certificate of depreciation for services in the Virginia Line. He also received Land Bounty for three years service, but on what evidence does not appear. These facts of themselves do not establish the claimant's right to half pay - his case not falling within the enumeration of either of the particular regiments or Corps named in the Act of Congress. One of the witnesses states, that Major Waller belonged to the Artillery, but this is contradicted by the certificate of depreciation which assigns him a rank in the Infantry. Another witness states, that he lost an eye at Charleston South Carolina. It appears by the

Revolutionary history of Virginia, that a Legion-ary Corps commanded by Col Porterfield, consisting of a State Regiment of Artillery, the State Garrison Regiment and Nelson's Corps of Cavalry marched in 1778 to the South but before they reached Charleston that City had surrendered to the enemy and Porterfield was afterwards killed at Camden. If Major Waller was in Porterfield's Corps and belonged to the State Garrison Regiment he or those who represent him ought to be enabled to shew it. There is no evidence however that he belonged to that service.
To be entitled to half pay, it must appear, to what regiment or Corps he belonged and it must moreover be shewn either that he served to the end of the war or became supernumerary.
Very Respectfully,
Your Obt Servt.
James E. Heath,
Commr of Pensions.
(Signed)
Charles B. Clements Esq
Georgetown
D.C.

Georgetown D.C. February 15 th 1857.
Sir, I hereby respectfully make application for half pay or commutation and interest in the case of Major Edward Waller of the Virginia State troops, and in support of the claim, enclose the letters of administration granted to Michael R. Bowes, whose agent I am in the case. I also enclose a letter of R. Johnson Auditor of V a with a certificate of settlement made with Major Waller, on the 4 th April 1785 and which, in the absence of proof to the contrary ought, and I imagine will, be deemed ample proof of his having served to the end of the war.
I would also beg leave to state that a land warrant for 2,333 \frac{1}{2} acres was issued 12 th March 1784 on the services of Major Edward Waller, which fact the Records of your Office will perhaps show, but if not may be obtained at Richmond if necessary to establish the fact of his service to the end of the war.
Hoping for an early report in the case.
I am very respectfully
Your obedt Servt
Chas D. Clements
J. E. Heath Esq Comm ee Pensions

Washington. D.C.
June 25. 1858.
Thos. & Alex. D. Sanger
Recd. June 28. 1858.
Ans. 29 th June 1858
Major Edward Waller Virginia Line _____
Respectfully referred to the Commissioners of Pensions & Appointments so informed
at Pension Office
June 29 th 1858.
Robt. D. Minor
Acting.
Mr. Rind.

Saturday 29 March 1788 Mil y Interest Warrant to Edward Waller, Major. 198. 4ap. 85 State £17. 0. 7
Friday 20. Feb 89 Int t on Army Debts 310 Warr t to Edward Waller Major to 198. 4ap. 85 State £17. 0. 7
Monday 22 nd Feby 1790 316 Int t on Army Debts W t to Ed d Waller Major 198. 4ap. 85 State £17. - 7
I Jonathan M. Bennett, Auditor of Public Accounts hereby certify that the foregoing extracts are true copies from the Day Books of this office of the above dates respectively given under my hand at the Auditor's Office in the City of Richmond V a the 16 th day of January 1858.
My seal Office
J. M. Bennett

Hann of Delegates Richmond Pa January 16 th 1858
Dear Sir
Your letter, inclosing one from Tho & A J Sanger to the Auditor, was duly recd & promptly laid before the proper Officers; But owing to the great pressure of business in the Auditor's Office I have not been able to obtain, until this morning, the information your letter called for - Inclosed you will find copies from the Auditor's books in relation to the matter - which I hope may be satisfactory -
Please present my regards to Mrs S. - and yr Sister
Very Resp y &c John H Cassin

Council Chamber, March 10 th 1785.
I do certify that Edward Waller is entitled to the proportion of Land allowed a Major of the State Line, for three years service
P. Henry
Thos. Meriwether
N o . 3804. 2500 Acres Two Warrants for 5333 2 / 3 Acres Issued to Mr. Reynolds assignee of Edward Valentine who was assignee of Edward Waller, April 12 th 1785.
A copy from the Records of the Virginia Land Office Teste,
J. H. Parker Reg. L. Office

State of Virg a Augusta County To wit
This day personally came before me a justice of the peace in & of the County aforesaid. Seth Thompson a citizen of the County aged 85 years upwards - and being sworn according to law - deposeth & saith that he was a regular soldier in the U. States Army during the American Revolution I am acquainted with many of the officers, in consequence of the circumstance of being a barber by trade I having to attend on them frequently - Affiant states that he was acquainted with Maj. Genl. McAllister in the Southern war & that he S d Genl. McAllister was taken prisoner at Charleston in the state of S. Carolina - He had lost the sight of one eye =
And further affiant states that he was also himself taken prisoner at the same place, but made his escape & returned to Richmonds Virg a - Aff t with great satisfaction states the following circumstance that he was taken prisoner by Lord Cornwallis at Charleston the time that he Lord Cornwallis was taken prisoner himself - And further he saith not -
Given under my hand & seal this 28 th day of May.
1834 -
M y Young

And the P. Justice further certifies that he has long known the within named official & that he is a man of respectability - that his statement is entitled to full faith & credit - Given under my hand & seal this 28th day of May 1834
Myers
Virginia to wit:
I Jefferson Kinney Clerk of the County Court of Augusta in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Wm. Young Esq., whose name appears to the preceding certificate (2), is a Justice of the Peace in the County aforesaid, commissioned and qualified according to law, and that the said signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of my office and subscribed my name this 8th day of August 1835 and in the 60th year of the Commonwealth.
Jefferson Kinney Clerk
May 28th 1834
off of Augusta County

Successor of Va recd Dec 4 th 1850,
Miss C. A. Clements Esqr New York Town P. O.

Dec r 4 th 1850, recd
Land Office
Richmond Nov 29 50
Sir
In answer to yours of the 26 th of this month you will find a certificate of settlement in the name of May Edward Waller, on the 12 th of March 1784, he received land for 3 Yrs Service. 5-333 1 / 3 acres. I do not find that he ever received Commutation or half pay. There may be other & further evidence of his service here but it is not now discovered
Yours &c Chas P Clements Esq. Georgetown @ 83 R o Johnston

Georgetown D.C. Augch 6 th 1867 J. Francis Clements is hereby fully authorized and empowered to attend to, and prosecute the claim of Edward Waller, now on the file of the Department
Thos J. Francis Clements

12 August 1857
Half Day
J. Francis Clements
ans d. 14 August
Wallus case rejected 13. August parties notified.

Washington City D.C. Augst 12 th 1854
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I most earnestly solicit a Report on the case of Solomon Waller. Your early attention to this will much oblige
Your obed Servt J. Francis Clements

Awaiting Certificate for Back pay & Deprivation

This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia State Line as settled their Accounts and received Certificates for the balance of their full pay, according to An Act of Assembly, passed the November Session 1781, directing the Auditors of Public Accounts to settle and adjust the pay and accounts of the said Officers and Soldiers from the 1st January 1777 to 31st December 1781, (See Hening's Statutes at Large, Vol. 10, p. 462,) that a settlement was made on the 4 th day of April 1785 in the name of Edward Waller as Major Inf and evidence of the indebtedness of the State to him for £ 283. 16. 7 — delivered to W m Reynolds but as the original settlements or copies thereof are not to be found in this Office, the term of service embraced therein cannot be stated.
Given under my hand, at the Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts, Richmond, Virginia, this 15 th day of January 1858
{ NO SEAL OF OFFICE. }
J. M. Bennett Auditor of Public Accounts.

Edward Waller
Brief

Pension Office July 14 th
Edward Waller
Half Pay for services as Major of Infantry in Va State Line
Papers filed in case
"A" - Statement of Depreciation as Major of Infantry in April 1785 - £ 283, 16.7
"B" Certificate of Bounty Land to said Waller from Va as Major for 3 years in State Line -
"C" - Copy of Certificate of Dr. Meriwether that said Waller was entitled to said Bounty Land for said services -
"D" - Affidavit of Gallekorn that said Waller was an Officer of Revolution - has often heard him speak of his services - sufferings & that said Waller had lost one of his eyes - had heard it arose from bursting of a Cannon - said Waller was a prisoner - Does not know the time nor ship -

"D" — Affidavit of James Wickeno a Soldier in Colo n — that he was at the engagement near Charleston & knows perfectly well that said Waller was taken prisoner then & taken off to the enemy — the period alluded to was at the time of the siege of that place —
"E" — Affidavit of S r Thompson that said Waller was taken prisoner at Charleston & —
"F" — Affidavit of Aaron Wendall that said Waller was an Officer in Revolution thinks he returned home in 1782 — has always heard he was in the artillery & that he lost an eye & — died between 1785 & 90
"G" — Certificate from Auctis Off Va that it does not appear from rolls & that said Waller resigned —
"H" "I" "K" — Letters of Administration — Power of Atty to Clements — & Will of Waller —
Letters from Atty —
The Letters of Administration were taken out in Missouri —

I certify that Edward Waller is entitled to the proportion of Land allowed a Major of the Militia Line for three years service.
P. Henry
Mr. Meriwether
Two warrants no: 3804 & 3805 for 2500 & 283 2 / 3 acres of Land were issued to Will: Reynolds ap ee to Edward Valentine who was ap ee of Edward Waller on 12 1785
A copy from the records of the Land office of Virginia: as witness my hand & seal of office hereby affixed at Lexington this 10 July 1835
Will. Johnson Atty at Law

Bickins
W. A. Borchardt Sept 17 th 1850
One
H. Pa Aug 20.
To the Hon. J. G. Farnsworth
Washington Sept 4 th We bring you
231 H. Pa Edgwater Not ill 1 Sept. 1850. letter to Mr. Ford.

Genl. J. S. Edwards
Sir
I perceive that under that part of the act of 1832 providing for the settlement of the half pay claims of Virg a State Line Battery officers, that according to your notice to your notice, that duty has devolved on you - I therefore enclose to you the papers in the case of Maj r Edward Waller who was an officer of the Virg a State Line - He died some months after the date of his will, and before the offering of it in Court. The ex- act date of his decease can be ascertained after the case has been acted on - At the same time our proof of the his will be exhibited - When the case has been acted on please inform by letter to Walnut Branch Post office - and I am respectfully
Yrs &c
Thos. Hood

Account
"D."
filed by V Ellis
Jan. 18th 1874

No 1.
The Commonwealth of Virg a To James Harper D r & D m
5 years pay at $11.18 p r month $714.00 v. v
Interest at 6 p r C t p r annum from 22 d Ap r 1783 to January 1790 7 years 8 months & 8 days } 329-6. 3
3 f r B m. 300.00 ----- 29. 6. 3. 329-6. 3
Rec d the Cont a of above and principle & interest as above stated
James Harper
Auditors Office 25 May 1791
No 2.
I have no doubt but that this decree comprehends the case of all the officers of Dubreys Legion who served like the 22 d of Ap r 1783
J. Marshall
This is to certify that the above paper marked No 1. is a true copy of a voucher on file in this office, and that, marked No 2. is a true copy of a writing on the back of a copy of an agreement of the District court, of 7 Ap r 1791, in favor of William Slaughter late a lieutenant in the Legion commanded by Col d Dubrey for five years full pay in compensation for half pay during life -
Rev d Johnston First Auditor
Auditors Office 26 June 1830

76
M. R. Bowers, admr.
of Letters of Administration
Est: Edward Waller, decd.
Filed for record May 27 th , 1887.
Recorded in book C. on pages 112 & 113
Teste,
Thos. E. Hatcher, Clerk.
Rev Jos. L. Hart, D.C.

County of Marion, ss.
Clerk of the Marion County Court, in vacation.
The State of Missouri to all persons to whom these presents shall come, greeting: Know ye, that whereas Edward Waller, late of the County of Strafford in the State of Virginia, died intestate as it is said, having, at the time of his death, certain claims against the United States as a pensioner of the "Revolution" which may be lost, destroyed or diminished in value, if speedy care be not taken of the same; To the end, therefore, (that) said property may be collected, preserved and disposed of according to law, We do hereby appoint Michael R. Bane, administrator of all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits which were of the said Edward Waller at the time of his death, with full power and authority to secure and dispose of said property according to law, and collect all moneys due said deceased, and in general to do and perform all other acts and things which are or hereafter may be required of him by law.
In testimony whereof, I, Thomas E. Hatcher, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Marion, aforesaid, have hereunto signed my name, and affixed the seal of said Court at office this 27 th day of Aug., 1851. Thos. E. Hatcher, Clerk. Per Jas. S. Hart, Deputy.

State of Michigan, County of Macomb, ss.
Office of the County Clerk.
I, Thomas E. Hatcher, Clerk of the County Clerk, within and for the County of Macomb, aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above letters of administration to Michael R. Bono as the estate of Edward Waller, deceased, were filed in my said office for record on the 27 day of January, 1851. That the same has been duly recorded in said office in Vol. 3 d for recording letters &c. on pages 112 & 113.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and annex my official seal. Done in my said office in Pontiac, this 27 th day of January, A.D. 1851.
Thomas E. Hatcher, Clerk.
By Jas. L. Hart, D. Clerk.

"D" Major E. d. Waller taken prisoner at Siege of Charleston Ass't of Gen. Mendenhall

May 2 nd 1880 Allen
off. of Solomon Gallehorn

State of Virg a Stafford County To wit
This day personally came before me a jus- tice of the peace in & for the County of Virg a Solomon Galle- horn (or Gallehorn) a resident of the County of Virg a aged 90 years & upwards, and being duly sworn according to law, deposith & saith - That he knew Major Edward Wallen late of Stafford County - and that he was an officer in the Revolutionary War - That affiant enterta d not long before the close of the war, & is fully aware the im- -pression that Maj r Wallen was at that time in the Army. That after the close of the war affiant frequently heard M r Wallen speak of his revolutionary services & sufferings and about his being severely whipped by the enemy & officers is confident that this was whilst M r Wallen was a pri- -soner, tho' he does not recollect the precise period - nor the name of ship he was confined in - Affiant states that M r Wallen had lost one of his eyes, and always understood, much especially from Doct r Valentine Peyton that it arose from the bursting of a cannon - and further he saith not - Sworn to on this 29 th day of March 1834
W m P. Conway

And the S d Justice truly for the certifies that he has long known the above named affiant Solomon Gollehorn That he is a respectable man, and that his statement is worthy of full faith & credit - Given under my hand this day - I have above written - J. P. Conway
Virgin Stafford County to wit
James Nickens a respectable inhabitant of the County aforesaid, and who has been known to the subscriber for many years as a man of truth, this day personally came before the sub- -scriber a justice of the peace in and for the S d - County, and made oath according to law that whilst he was a regular soldier in the B d - Cont d Line he was in S. Carolina and was at the engagement near Charlestown and that he remembers perfectly well that Maj. Edward Waller from Stafford Co. Va. was taken prisoner at that place, and sent off by the enemy, he don't to what place. This affiant states that it was after the close of the war that said Waller returned home to this county - The affair above alluded to, of the engagement near Charlestown, was at the period of the siege of that place - Given under my hand this 30 th June 1835 - J. D. R. Britton

Virginia, Stafford County, to wit:
I John Moncure, clerk of the county court of Stafford, in the state aforesaid, do hereby certify that W. P. Conway & John R. Fitzhugh, whose certificates are hereto annexed, are Justices of the court of the said county of Stafford, in the state of Virginia, duly commissioned & qualified to the said offices according to the constitution & laws of the said state.
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand & affix the seal of my said office, at the courthouse, this 21 st day of July 1835. In the 60 th year of our foundation,
W. P. Conway Clerk