Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,953, for Walter Hunt, Connecticut

SERVICE
SERVICE 1000000000
NUMBER _____
NUMBER D. 44,953
Hunt, Walter
CONTENTS

15,131
New York R
Walter Hunt
of Lendon in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded Colonel Durkee of the Connch line, for the term of One Year
Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 of Sep r 1818 and sent to John R Drake Esq Dwego New York
  Arrears to 4th of  Sep r 1819.  132.00    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Mar. 1820.  48.00    10 Mo. 18      30   $180.00  
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notified that every 4th Sept to Mr. Walter Hunt Dwego, N.Y.

State of New York } On this 17th day of April 1818. Chenango County } Before me the subscriber one of the Judges of Chenango common pleas in the State aforesaid personally appears Walter Hunt aged 61. Years Resident of the town of Conesville in the county of Tioga and State of New York who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following deposition in order to obtain the provision of the late act of congress, entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war That he the said Walter Hunt enlisted in the State of Connecticut in the year 1776 in the month of Janua- ry in the company commenced by Capt. Thomas Dyer in Col. John Durkys Regiment of the continental line and continued to serve in the said corps one year from the time of his enlistment and was discharged in New- town in the State of Pennsylvania on the 2nd Jan 1777. That about the first of April 1777 he again enlisted into Capt Henrys Com. attached to Col. John Ely's Regt. of the same line and served at New London seven months. That in Jan 1778 he again enlisted as a Marine on board the Ship Oliver Cromwell commenced by Timothy Parker Seaman from Boston the 1st of March on a cruise and about the 1st May was engaged in a severe action with the Admiral Keppel a ship of 20 guns and after three glances the ship was lost in the said action the Capt of Marines Capt James Key on the same day took the Cyren a ship of 18. guns. and into Charleston S.C. and continued the cruise during which took an enemy Brig- arrived at New London the last of September under Long Masts - and there discharged and that he is in pecuniary circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other means now to his power of his said service.

most of the assistance of his country for support once that he has no other assistance more in his power of his said services.
I swear to a true and correct declaration before me the every one year upon oath Charles Joseph Gage Chenango common pleas
Walter Hurd
I Charles Joseph one of the Judges of Chenango com. pleas do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Walter Hurd since June in the revolutionary war against the common enemy as stated in the preceding declaration and I now transmit the pro- ceedings and testimony as taken and heard before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress.
and that I know him to be the undoubted circumstances Charles Joseph one of the Judges of Chenango court of common pleas
Clerk's Office Chenango County
June 12th 1818. I hereby certify that Charles
Joseph Gage was a Judge of Chenango common pleas in and for the said county and duly authorized to act as such by taking the oaths prescribed by law on the day of the seal of the within declaration on oath and that the above signature is his hand writing
Michael S. Briggs Deputy

Declaration of Walter Hume a Soldier and Marine in the Revolutionary war
That the Secretary of war Private Col (Durkee's Regiment) Connecticut Line 1776-1781
of further evidence of services and the Judges certificate of indigent circumstan- ces wanting
Ezra Sprague
1819

On the 10th day of September 1820
Macawell Black of the land of
Leinster, Ireland for the county of
Diya
Walter Hunt
(15.731)
Clanahore
Can

Chase 538 York Niagara County
(Copy)
On this fifth day of December one thousand eight hundred and twenty. Personally appeared in open court of the Court of Common Pleas being a court of record in and for the said County of Niaga. Walter Hunt aged sixty three years the twenty ninth day of March last resident in the Town of Candor in said County who being first duly sworn according to Law, took an oath that he had not been recorded in the military service as follows. He the said Walter Hunt enlisted for the term of one year and on about the first day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty six in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain Thomas Dyer in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Dickey Continental Establishment, that he continued to serve in the said Company until the second day of January 1827 when he was discharged from the said service at Brattleboro in the State of Vermont. That soon after his discharge he joined the Army at Cambridge and continued there until the Enemy evacuated Boston. That he then marched to New York at which place he arrived on the 11th of April 1826 and there to New York City in New Jersey, and continued there until the Enemy took New York, and then he retreated in New Jersey from that place to Washington's Creek near Trenton. He then crossed into Pennsylvania and was first assigned to what was called Colonel Biddle's or Biddle's Legion and continued there until discharged. That he again enlisted for the term of nine months in the month of April 1827 in Hudson and State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain John Dyer in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Dickey Continental Establishment, that he continued to serve in the said Company until about the 24th December 1827 when he was discharged in the State of Connecticut. That during said service he was first stationed at Fort Trumbull until the surrender of Burgoyne and after that marched for the purpose of taking New York under General Howe when he was discharged. That he again enlisted for the term of nine months on the 1st of January 1828 in the State of Connecticut as a Marine in the Company commanded by Captain Timothy Parker, that he

Continued to serve in the same capacity until about the 4 th October 1778 when he was discharged at New London in the State of Connecticut. That during this service he first sailed from Boston in the month of March in company with the ship Defence & 2000 men under the command of Capt. M'Nicholas, and in the month of April captured two of the enemy's ships The Admiral Copley & The Lyra, after a severe contest both enemy's ships surrendered and were sent into Boston & sailed to Charleston South Carolina where we arrived the last of May same year. And there remained until the ensuing night of August 24th when the British between the Wassaw Banks & Savannah, then got up from anchor & captured a British brig that was driven out of St. Augustine by a stormy sea, and sent her into Savannah & then sailed to New London where he was discharged.
That under the classification of 1779 he with the others kind of or three years man so called - and that in the year 1780, he was drafted but unable to go into service, he hired a man and paid him forty dollars besides his rations to take his place. That he Walter Newton applied under the act of 1818 and was inscribed on the pension list under the name of a different year given him from the War Department on the 7 th day of September 1819 November 15, 1819.
And I do hereby declare that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18 th March 1818. And I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.  That estate I have none.
The following is all my personal estate excepting necessary household & clothing. One Note of hand of $60. payable June 9 th 1823. signed Mrs. Mason.
one cow and calf, value $
1 sheep and 6 lambs
2 swine & 3 pigs
10 bush of hay
1 horse saddle
Walter Newton man.
one old saddle & bridle value $
one old harness for an old wagon
200. Window Springs
1 Table
1 set of chairs

Hebrew Words
 1 Shekel Temp value  1 Pst  1 Shekel value  1 Tea no  1 Sauce no  3 Tea cups & saucers  1 Coffin no  2 Other Platters  10 Plates  7 Saucers 
 1 Tea Pot value 7/6  1 Kaak  1 Pisher  1 Treemus  6 Table Spoons  6 Tea no  4 Milk Pans  2 Pails  7 Chairs  1 Park bench  1 Lock no  2 Meal Boxes  2 Chests  2 Beds  1 Looking glass 
(Signed) Nathan Hirsch
Debts that I owe, in the following manner by State of 86, to Benjamin Durban of Lenoir, Province County note of $1.10 and Kaak note of $3.39 to the Ely. Shalom Kaak note of $5.24 to Charles Krumhilly Shalom Judgment in favor of John Maynard value of $9.48 No in hand of office in favor of Thomas & Elijah Nathan $7.30 No in favor of Mrs Ely of Lenoir $9.00 due bill of $2.75 to Walter Linn Shalom Kaak note of $1.50 to the same Shalom
(Signed) Nathan Hirsch
The following are the names, ages & circumstances of my family.
 1 Myself aged 63. A weaver by trade which I am unable to pursue in consequence of receiving a fall from a building in August 1806. In addition to the fall I have the Rheumatism.  2 Mary my wife aged 59 years declining with age, and afflicted with Rheumatism and very corpulent weighing 239 pounds.  3 A son Lucius B. aged 18 years who lives in my family.  4 One grand daughter Judith Augusta Filer aged 8 years. born 

the parents are deceased and the residue of property residing in my family.
(Signed) Walter Hunt
Sworn to and subscribed on the fifth day of September 1820 in open court before me
(Signed)
Gamaliel H. Barstow First Judge
I Thomas Maxwell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Niagara do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court, and do further certify that it is the opinion of the Court that the total sum and value of the property of the said Walter Hunt exhibited in the foregoing schedule is Eighty four — dollars and Seventyfive cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court on this 7 th day of September 1820.
Thomas Maxwell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Niagara
[Large stylized signature or mark]
Walter Hunt
1701
Walter Hunt
Copy Walter Hunt's oath
to schedule marked A
Sept. Term 1820 of Niagara
Common Pleas. Meigs & Co.
15.131
Chas. 1820
The Bank of Commerce of the County of Niagara within mentioned before which the said Walter Hunt did cause to be made in a Court of record by the laws of the state of New York with power to try all actions real personal & mixed arising in the said County & also all tortious acts although they may not have arisen in said County with other powers —
Sept. 7 th 1820
Thos. Maxwell Clerk
of said Court
for the County of Niagara New York

44953 INVALID. Reog
File No. 44953
Walter Hunt
Prim. Rev. Was
Act: 12 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 244
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Walter Hunt Private 46 — 1st Dunfee Connec. Reg't
Admitted

State of New York Maddox County ss Knowland Swift of the town of Washington in said county Being fully sworn Deposes and saith that he is personally acquainted with Waller Hunt of the town of Goshen in the County of Ulster State of New York and knows that the said Waller enlisted in the Month of January 1776 into the Continental Army for one year under Capt Thomas Dyer in Colonel John Durkee Regiment in the Connecticut Line and knows that the said Waller did serve at the time which he enlisted for and that he the Deponent served in the same Company with him the whole time except a short time of ten days and then the Deponent was discharged on the account of ill health and left the said Waller in said Company and that the said Waller returned home with his discharge in a short time of ten days after the Deponent was discharged and further the Deponent saith that
Knowland Swift
Sworn and Subscribed Before me this 12 Day of July 1814
I certify that the above named Knowland Swift is a credible witness and entitled to full Belief
Wm Phillips Judge Maddox Commissioner

State of New York Broome County
I certify that John R. Drake Esquire is a Judge of the Court of Com. Pleas in and for the County of Broome
Broome C. Ks. Office July 15 th AD 1819
A. D. D. Clerk
M. S. D. D. Clerk Dep. Ck.

State of New York Broome County } -----
I certify that I have been personally acquainted with Walter Hunt an applicant for a pension under the late law of Congress passed in March 1818 and know him to be in very reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his Country for support
John O Drake Judge
Walter Hunt Private 46 — 191 Santee Fenwick Regt
Adm. H. H. H.