Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35036, for Walter Lane Price, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Navy U.S. Sea Service
Price, Walter Lane
S. 35-036
CONTENTS

7362
Maryland
Mathew Lane Price
Annapolis in the state of Maryland who was a Quartermaster the regiment commanded by Colonel  Commo. of the Navy for the term of 2 Years Penn
scribed on the Roll of Maryland at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 12 th of October 1838.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of Mar. 1839 and sent to J. Chase Judge, Annapolis Md.
arrears to 4th of Mar 1839  4 \frac{24}{35} 95 " 48 semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1839 136 "
Continued $215 48
2 yrs 16 79
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Annapolis Md
Dead. See letter to G.G. Brewer, May 1. 1837
Died 13 April 1824. See letter to Hon. B. C. Howard H. R. March 5. 1838.
Application sent to Genl. G. 1820 to
William S. Green, Annapolis, Maryland Duplicate certificate found and sent to J. Chase. Annapolis Md. June 1823

State of Maryland } Walter Lane Pine of the City Anne Arundel County } of Annapolis in the said State October 1818 } and County appeared before me the Subscribed Chief Judge of the third Judicial District, in the said State, and being duly sworn on the Holy Evangel of Almighty God, deposed said and declared as follows, to wit:
That the the said Walter Lane Pine served in the war of the Revolution, for a Period longer than nine months, in the Naval Service of the United States, to wit on Board the Alliance Frigate Commanded by Commodore Barry from the Month of May in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy eight till the Month of November in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Nine - That the entered as a Martin Mate, and after so serving about five months received on Board the Frigate from Commodore Barry a Commission as Lieutenant therein which has been long since lost - That during the time aforesaid the said Frigate was employed in cruising against the British in different Latitudes in the course of which she frequently returned and put into Boston, and that in November Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Nine being in bad Health she was permitted by Commodore Barry to leave the Service, and went to his Residence in Philadelphia where he remained Sick a long time and did not afterwards join

the said Frigate - and further, that by the lapse of time and the death or Removal of Persons who knew of his Service he has been unable to procure the Testimony of Witnesses to those facts.
That the the said Walter Lane Price also served during the said war in several Armed Vessels from the State of Virginia, but has no means of ascertaining with certainty whether they were employed by or considered in the service of the United States.
The said Walter Lane Price further deposed, said and declared himself to be yet a Resident Citizen of the United States to wit then Residing in the City of Annapolis in Anne Arundel County aforesaid, and by reason of his reduced circumstances in life in need of Assistance from his Country for support
Sworn to before
Jeremiah Townley Chan the 12 th October 1818.
I am satisfied Walter Lane Price the Deponent, served in the revolutionary war against the Common Enemy in the Manner set forth in the foregoing Deposition and Declaration; and I know he is in indigent circumstances and stands in need of support from his Country.
Jeremiah Townley Chan

State of Maryland, Anne Arundel County to wit
I hereby certify that the honorable General Timothy Oliver Esquire who appears to have taken and signed the foregoing deposition was at the time of taking and signing the same blaspheme of the Third Judicial District of the State of Maryland comprehending the Counties of Calvert, Anne Arundel and Montgomery duly commissioned and qualified and to all his acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere
In Testimony whereof I have set my name and affixed the seal of Anne Arundel County Court this twelfth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Wm. H. Green Clerk

State of Maryland Anne Arundel County to wit On this twenty ninth day of September Eighteen hundred and Twenty personally appeared in open Court in the County Court of Anne Arundel County the same being a court of record Walter L Price aged Sixty seven years resident in the City of Annapolis in the said County, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows. On board the Frigate Alliance Commanded by Commodore James Berry according to the statement contained in his Original declaration made on the 12 th day of October One thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen and transmitted to the War department and that he has heretofore received a pension. Certificate signed by the Secretary of War dated the eighth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen and numbered 7362. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the Eighteenth day of March one thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen.
And that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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" passed on the Eighteenth day of March one thousand (Eight)

Eight hundred and Eighteen. And that I have not now 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.
Two Pine Tables 2 Iron Potts 1 Looking Glass 1 (Prying) Pan 1 Wooden stool & 3 Chairs 1 Iron Griddle 4 Knives & three forks 3 And irons 5 plates & 4 Cups & saucers 2 Flat irons 6 Pewter Spoons 1 Axe & 1 hatchet 1 Candle stick & Dinner Plate 1 Tea Pot & 1 Coffee Pot 2 Trunks 1 Wash tub 2 Spint Bowles 1 Water Pail
Valued by the Court at Twenty dollars
My occupation was formerly that of a Tailor but I am now too old and infirm to pursue a laboring life. And besides the usual weakness & disease incident to my advanced period of life, I am frequently confined to my room and experience much suffering from a wound which I received in fighting for the liberties of my Country. My only means of support except what the charity of my neighbours affords, are derived from a small pension allowance which I received for acting as messenger to the Court of Chancery. And even this small pittance for which I am indebted to the Generosity of the Chancellor must I fear soon be withdrawn from me for my infirmities are so (rapidly)

rapidly increasing that there is little probability of my being able much longer to discharge the duties required of me. One hundred and twenty nine dollars was the sum paid me for acting as Messenger during the last year, but as the allowance depends on the number of days the Court is in session it is uncertain whether it will ever again be as much even if I retain the place. Forty dollars a year I am obliged to pay for the rent of a house scarcely large enough to contain my family.
My family consists of a wife and four small children all residing with me. My wife's health is so delicate that during the greater part of the year she is incapable of taking in work or even of attending to her household affairs. The names of the children are Margaret aged eleven years James Madison aged nine years Eliza Ann aged three years and Mary Jane aged about two years.
Walter L Price
Sworn to and declared on the 29 th day of September in the year 1820 before the judges of the Third Judicial District of Maryland sitting in Open Court in and for Anne Arundel County.
Wm S. Green Clk
I William S. Green Clerk of Anne Arundel County Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath

Oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property specified in the aforesaid schedule is twenty Dollars.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 29 th day of September 1820.
Wm. J. Green Clerk of said Circuit Court
EM
Sept 1820
7362
Walter L. Price

Rev Invalid XXXXXXXXXX
File No. 35036
Walter Lane Grice Sient H.S.S. "Alliance" Rev War
Act March 18 - 1818
Index: Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

May 18 th
J. L. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City, D. C.
Politeness of Mr. Coulter,

Annapolis, April 28 th 1837.
Sir,
By a printed statement sent me from Washington, showing the names, rank, &c, of persons residing in Anne Arundel County, who have been inscribed on the pension-roll under the act of Congress passed 18 th March 1818, I find the name of Walter Lane Price, a Lieutenant in the navy, and is stated to have died on the 13 th of April 1832, to which time his pension has been paid, — I was well acquainted with Price, as he resided and died in Annapolis, and know that he has been dead some fourteen or fifteen years, — and should like to know, (if not too much trouble), by whom his pension was drawn, — if his pension has been drawn as appears by the printed statement sent me, up to 1832, there can be no doubt that a fraud has been practised on the Government, and the person if living should be brought to justice, —
In haste, I am respectfully, Y r Obed t Serv t , Geo g Brewer
J. L. Edwards, Esq r ,

To what time was Walter Lane Price, of Maryland, act 1818, last paid?
Died 13 th April 1824 p to that period
J L Edward 1 May 1837
I 14

Walter L. Bruce must make an affidavit agreeably to the within form, and trans- mit it to the War Depart- ment, properly authenticated before a new certificate can be issued. —
21 Dec r 1822.

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
State of Maryland County of Anne Arundel, ss.
On this 27 day of Dec r 1822; before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Anne Arundel personally appeared Walter Lane Price who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Frigate Alliance  company commanded by Captain James Barry  in the regiment commanded by Colonel in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Maryland ; that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the seventh day of December 1822, at his his dwelling near house in the city of Annapolis, was, to the best of his knowledge and belief, taken by by his children out of a trunk in which it had been placed, and by them destroyed. That the said trunk is generally kept locked, but by accident it was on that day left unlocked .
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid. }
Henry H. M. Mohr
NOTES. The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.

Anne Arundel County to wit
I hereby certify that Henry Hammond gentleman who appears to have taken and signed the within affidavit was at the time of so doing one of the State of Maryland Justices of the peace in and for Anne Arundel County duly Commissioned and sworn and to all whom acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere. In Testimony whereof I have set my name and affixed the seal of Anne Arundel County this twenty seventh day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four.
W. Grevillean Coyle

Annapolis Dec. 27. 1822
Sir
Inclosed you have the necessary affidavits in order to procure a new certificate of pension - you will please enclose the new certificate to the Honorable Jeremiah T Chase of this place.
Your obedient
Walter L Price