Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 2106, Walter Harris, Continental (Conn.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Conn.) Harris, Walter Jane A.
N 2106 B.L.H. 30.787-160-55-
CONTENTS

776
New Hampshire
Walter Harris
of Dunbarton in the State of N H who was a Fifer & P t in the Company commanded by Captain Alden of the reg t commanded by Col Webb in the Conn line for 18 (May Fifer 10 Mch 21 st P t ) from 1777.
Inscribed on the Roll of N Hampshire at the rate of 84 Dollars 66 Cents per to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of October 1832 and sent to Joseph West Concord N H
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 32 $126.99 Pemi=ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 33. 42.33 169.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H S te Clerk. Book 2 Vol. 1 st Page 160
en list 22 Jan 1833
to the same Will
Paid at Treasury, under act 6 April 1838, from 4 Sept r 1843 to 25 Dec r 43. Agent notified 25 Apr r 46.
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447 New Hampshire Jane A. Harris widow of Walter Harris
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a wife and private Connecticut line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 84 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1818.
3 rd February 1853 Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of May 1853 and sent to
L. A. Stevens Concord
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under July 29, 1848, Page 16, Vol. 0
1852
1857. July 18 - Transferred to Concord N.H. from 3 rd Feb, 1857. V Nat l to L. A. Stevens

182.800
Ad. B. ... July 2/50
June 10 ... Water ...
Ms. B. 1. 6 v. 8, p. 18
Rev. War
Revolutionary Pensions
Certificate dated 20 May 1853
Reg. Vol. "A" page 16
July 53- 447
AD: 160 AC, June 13/56
[Signature]
Ms. B. 1. 6 v. 8, p. 18
Louis F. Harris Manchester
Vol 76 1-31

State of New Hampshire
County of Rockingham ss. On this twenty sixth day of February in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me, Matthew Harry Judge of the United States District Court in and for the District of New Hampshire Jane A. Harris a resident of Derry in said County, aged seventy seven years who, being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed February 3 d 1853: that she is the widow of Walter Harris who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and served as a Fifer and at the time of his death was in receipt of a Pension from the United States at the rate of Eighty Four Dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum under the Act of June 7 th 1832: that her husband aforesaid was paid at the Concord N.H. Pension Agency: that she was married to the said Walter Harris on the eleventh day of April in the year 1831 at the residence of Jonathan Aiken in the town of Goffstown in said State by Rev. Henry Wood then Pastor of the Congregational Church in said town: that her name before her said marriage was Jane Aiken: that her husband aforesaid died in the town of Dunbarton in the County of Hillsborough and State aforesaid on the twenty fifth day of December in the year 1843:
She further declares that her said marriage took

place since January in the year 1800, to wit: at the time before stated and that she still remains the widow of the said Walter Harris and has never applied for a Pension
Jane A Harris
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Matthew Harvey Dist. Judge U.S. Dist. New Hampshire
And I certify that by reason of bodily infirmity the said Jane A. Harris is unable to appear in Court which is the reason for taking the foregoing declaration at her place of residence
Matthew Harvey D. S.
I, Albert R. Hatch clerk of the District Court of the United States for the District of New Hampshire do certify that Matthew Harvey is the Judge of said Court and that his signature above written is genuine
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court. This Twenty Sixth day of February A.D. 1853
Albert R. Hatch
clerk

I Henry Wood of Hanover in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire testify and say that I am the Editor of the "Congregational Journal" a religious Newspaper printed in Concord in said State: that I was formerly Pastor of the Congregational Church in the town of Goffstown in the County of Hillsborough in said State: That I am well acquainted with Mrs Jane A. Harris widow of the late Rev Walter Harris deceased and have been for the last twenty five years: that I was also well acquainted with the said Walter Harris in his life time: that the name of the said Jane A Harris before her said marriage was Jane Aiken: that the said Walter Harris and Jane Aiken were lawfully joined in marriage by me at the residence of Jonathan Aiken Esq. late of said Goffstown deceased: that according to my best recollection and belief said marriage took place on the eleventh day of April in the year 1831: that I made no record of said marriage in my books and made no return of the same to the Town Clerk of said Goffstown and that I do not know or believe that any record of said marriage exists
I further testify and say that Nancy P. Aiken widow of the said Jonathan Aiken and others were present and witnessed said marriage I further testify and say that according to

To my best recollection and belief the said Walter Harris died in the town of Dumbarton in said county of Dumbarton on the twenty fifth day of December in the year 1843.
Henry Wood
Subscribed and sworn to on this twenty third day of February in the year 1853
Before me Sylvester Dana Justice of the Peace

State of New-Hampshire.
MERRIMACK, ss.
I, Nehemiah Butler , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, hereby certify that
Sylvester Lane Esq., before whom the annexed Affidavit made, and who has thereunto
subscribed his name, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgment of deeds, &c., and that his signature thereunto is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name, and affixed the seal of said Court, this Twenty eighth day of February A. D. 1853.
N. Butler Clerk.

State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office, Concord.
March 18, 1838.
I hereby certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation William Choate was a Justice of the Peace for the county of Rockingham
in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the State, the date above written.
John G. Mauley Secretary of State.

I Nancy P. Aiken of Derry in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged sixty two years depose and say that I am well acquainted with Mrs Jane A. Harris of said Derry and have been for the last fifty years and have lived during most of that time lived in the same family with her: that I was also well acquainted with her husband in his life time, the Rev. Walter Harris: that I knew the said Walter Harris well for thirty years and more: that the name of Jane A. Harris before her said marriage was Jane Aiken: that I was present when the said Walter Harris and Jane Aiken were married: they were married at my house in the Town of Goffstown in the County of Hillsborough in said State on the eleventh day of April in the year eighteen hundred and thirty one by the Rev. Henry Wood a Congregational Clergy man: that they lived together as man and wife for about fifteen years before his death: that the said Walter Harris was a Pensioner of the United States and received a pension until his death:
Nancy P. Aiken
Subscribed and sworn to before me this fifteenth day of February 1853
Before me William G. South Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, } Merrimack ss. }
I, William P. Foster
Register of Probate for the County of Merrimack, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Walter Harris was a pensioner of the United States, at the rate of Eighty four dollars & \frac{66}{100} per
annum & was a resident of the County of Merrimack, in the State of New-Hampshire, and died in the town of Dunbarton in the State aforesaid, in the year 1843
on the 25th day of December that he left a Widow whose name is Jane A.
Harris — who is still living & that she still remains his widow
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, at
Concord, this Eighteenth day of March
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred &
fiftythree W. P. Foster REGISTER OF PROBATE.

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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State of New-Hampshire, } ss. County of Merrimack }
On this Twenty-fourth day of July 1832 personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Probate for the County aforesaid Rev Walter Harris a resident of Lebanon in the County of Merrimack and State of New-Hampshire, aged Seventy one 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 1777 with Capt Isaac Alden and served in the Col: David B. Webb's regiment of the continental line, under the following named officers:
That he enlisted as a Piper at Lebanon Nov. the last of April or the first of May 1777 in the company commanded by Capt Isaac Alden. Lt unknown. Ensign Nottingham a part of the time. Col: David B. Webb. Lt Col: Livingston. Maj: Eben: Huntington in the continental line. after the death of Capt Alden. Capt Whiting Gen: Warner's Brigade - called the 9th Conn. Regt. was in these several engagements in and near Rhode Island. at the time of Gen: Sullivan's retreat. was up and down the north River when the British Gen: Clinton went up to attempt to join Burgoyne. He was at West Point when the first grand was broken for that fortification. He was at Long Island when the disaster took place under Gen: Parsons. He was with Gen: Washington's Army in the eastern sufferings near Morristown in the Winter of 1780 where he took his discharge. which is lost, the last of April in the year 1780 signed by Maj: Eben: Huntington having served three full years
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Walter Harris
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
Bowen Stevens Judge of Probate
I Henry B. Chase Register of the Court above mentioned do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Walter Harris for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office; this twenty-fourth day of July. Anno Domini 1832
H. B. Chase, Register of Probate

State of New Hampshire { County of Hillsborough } ss
On the twenty fifth day of June A.D. One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty five Personally appeared before me, Andrew J. Dorr a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Jane A. Harris aged seventy nine years, a resident of the City of Manchester in the State of New Hampshire, who being sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Walter Harris, deceased, who was a Sergeant and Private in the Revolutionary War, also a pensioner. She further states that she was married to the said Walter Harris in Goffstown New Hampshire, on the Eleventh day of April A.D. One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty one by one Henry Wood a Minister of the gospel, and that her name before her said marriage was Jane Aikin, that her said husband died at Dunbarton New Hampshire on the twenty fifth day of December A.D. One Thousand Eight hundred and forty three, and that she is now a widow, and is a pensioner inscribed on the pension list on the 20th day of May 1853 and registered in No. 4. A. page 16.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3. 1855"
Jane A Harris

We, Lewis F. Harris and Mary P. Harris residents of the City of Manchester in the State of New Hampshire upon our Oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Jane A. Harris in our presence, and that we believe her to be the identical person she represents herself to be, our knowledge is derived from the fact that she has resided most of the time in our family for the past eight years, and have been intimately acquainted with her for more than twenty-five years, and the said Lewis F. Harris further declares on oath that he believes that Walter Harris late of Dunbarton N.H. died in December 1843, my knowledge is derived from the fact, that I was duly commissioned Es executor of the last will and testament of the said Walter Harris on the 25th day of June A.D. 1844.
Lewis F. Harris Mary P. Harris
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Andrew J. Dow, Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE—COUNTY OF HILLSBOROUGH, ss.
I D. E. Potter Clerk of the Police Court of the City of Manchester in the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Andrew J. Dow whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified: that his Commission is dated on the eighteenth day of June A. D. 1853 and will expire in five years from date; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid Police Court is a Court of Record.
Given under my hand and seal of office at Manchester this 29th day of June A. D. 1855
D. E. Potter CLERK.

This certifies that I have examined the records now in my possession under the head of marriages and I find therein contained the following record
1831 Rev Walter Harris to Mrs Jane Atkins Solemnized by Henry Wood
Robert Craig Town Clerk
Goffstown June 26 th 1852
A true Copy of Record Attest Daniel Pattee Town Clerk
I Daniel Pattee above named certify that I am Town Clerk of the Town of Goffstown and that I have examined the Records of said Town of Goffstown and cannot perceive that there is any other Record of the above Marriage than the above to which I have attested Daniel Pattee
State of Vermont ss Then Daniel Pattee above named personally appeared and made oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is true
Before Me Daniel Steele Justice of the Peace

AMT. 76.2106
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Walter Harris a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 28, 1777 to Apr. 28, 1780 Fifer { Judah Alden Whiting Samuel B. Webb Conn  
Battles engaged in, Gen Sullivan R.I. Expedition Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Lebanon, Conn. Date of application for pension, July 24, 1832. His claim was allowed Residence at date of application, Dunbarton, Merrimack Co. N.H. Age at date of application, 71 years
Remarks: He died Dec. 25-1843. Soldier married Apr. 11, 1831 in Goffstown, N.H. Jane Ciken, she was allowed pension on her application executed Feb. 26, 1853 while living in Derry, Rockingham Co., N.H., aged 77 years. There is no further data on file as to family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

July 2/55
100
Hon. J. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Inland Revenue
Washington
D.C.
FREE

✓ 30.1876
J Mrs. Alvey

Manchester New Hampshire June 30th 1855
Hon J. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Herewith I enclose you the application of Sam A. Harris for bounty land under the Act of March 3. 1855. The Warrant when issued, you will please enclose to me or Mrs. Harris
Respectfully Yours
Lewis F. Harris

Drawn By C. D. Vanderman Mar. 18 1872
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
922 Nov. 27 History to Frederic V. Smith, Aug.
File No. 2106 Jane A. Harris Widow Watten Harris Daughter Rev. Wm. Act. Feb. 3. 1853.
Index:—Vol. a , Page 301
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev Sec
Smith & Slingerland Counsellors at Law Prudential Building, 765 Broad St. Newark, N.J.
FREDERIC W. SMITH ARCHIBALD F. SLINGERLAND HAROLD D. RUTAN
United States Pension Office, Washington, D.C.
Oct. 28, 1922.
Dear Sirs:-
I am desirous of obtaining record of pension granted to Walter Harris who served in the Revolution in Captain Jude Allen's Company, Colonel Samuel B. Webb, called the "Ninth Connecticut Regiment." He was mustered out in the spring of 1780. Ebenezer Huntington signed his discharge. He received pension from Congress. After his death, the pension was paid to his widow who lived in Manchester, New Hampshire. This information is requested in connection with application to membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution of one of his lineal descendants, Grace Harris Smith of this city.
Yours very truly,
Frederic W. Smith J.F.P.
FWS

No 555 App d of Jane A.
Harris widow of Walter Harris
N. H. 776
Act 3 d Feb y : 1853. $84. 66 / 100 Per Annum. Commencing 3 rd Feb. 1853. Rev d :
L. D. Stevens Concord not.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Register

Brief in the case of Jane A. Harris, widow of Walter, Rockingham County and State of New Hampshire, act 3 rd February 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner, under Act of 7 th June. 1832. Marriage proven by parole evidence, of persons who witnessed the same & that of the Clergyman who performed the rites of marriage.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
S. D. Stevens, Esq m , Concord, N.H.
Name and residence of Agent
E. C. Boynton.
Examining Clerk.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
March 24 th . 1846.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Walter Harris, decd., a Pensioner on the Roll of the Concord, New Hamp. Agency, at the rate of Eighty four — Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1843, to the 25 th Dec. 1843.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. G. [Signature] Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Mrs Jane A Harris Wid of Walter Harris — Revolutionary Care Manchester N.H.
E. Hodges E 2 Audubon
Offn Wants to know Why name is dropped from

Rolls - If such is the fact -
All Pension probably payable in N Hampshire
All a B mail over ans

July 18. 1853 for transfer -
Not Considered necessary to Enquire for last payment

Concord N.H. July 12 1853.
Sir
I forward you the application of Mrs Jane A. Harris for a transfer of her name from the Roll of the Portsmouth N.H. to that of the Concord N.H. Agency for the reason that she has removed her abode to the vicinity of the Concord Agency. Her name is on the Roll under the 2 d Section of the Act of Feb 3 d 1853
Very Respectfully Your O bt Servt L. D. Stevens
Hon L P Waldo Concord & C Washington D.C.

State of New Hampshire Hillsborough County ss. On this ninth day of July in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty three. Before me, the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the State and county aforesaid. Personally ap- peared Jane A. Harris, who, on her oath declares that she is the identical person whose name is now on the Roll of the Portsmouth Pension Agency in the State aforesaid under the Act of Feb 3 d 1853 at the rate of Eighty Four Dollars and sixty six cents per annum. that she has lately removed from the County of Rockingham in state and now resides in the vicinity of the Concord N.H. Pension Agency where she now resides and intends to remain and wishes her pension to be payable at the Concord Agency aforesaid in future. Her reason for this request is that she can obtain her pension with much less trouble & expense at the Concord Agency than

at the Portsmouth Juez
Jane A Harris
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year afore said
Andrew J. Dorr, Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office, Concord.
July 12. 1853.
I hereby certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Andrew D. Dorr was a Justice of the Peace for the county of Millsborough in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the State, the date above written.
John L. Badley Secretary of State.

I William P. Riddle of Bedford in the County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire testify and say that I am well ac- quainted with Mrs. Sarah A. Hanis described in the foregoing Affidavit signed by her. and that she is the identical person who took the foregoing oaths and is the same person she represents herself to be in the foregoing Affidavit William P. Riddle
Subscribed and sworn to on this ninth day of July A.D. 1853 before me. And I certify that the said William P. Riddle is personally known to me and is a person of respectability and veracity.
Andrew J. Dow Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that Walter Harris enlisted a time for three years in the war of the revo- lution, vis on the 28 th of April March 1777, and was discharged by me on the 28 th of April 1780, having faithfully & honorably served the time for which he enlisted — the said service was performed in a regiment commanded by Col Samuel B. Webb, and afterwards called the 9 th Conn t Reg t — The above facts I find from my record of men discharged.
Dated at Norwich Conn August 23 1819
Edw: Huntington Lieut Colonel of S t B. Webb, or 9 th Conn t Reg t in the war of the revolution

Rev Walter Harris
Norwich 23 August 1819
Sir I have received your favor of the 19 th on the subject of a Pension, & by adverting to the record I still retain of those I discharged from the army in the war of the revolution, I find that the name of Walter Harris is entered as a Sige r enlisted on the 28 th of April 1777 & was honorably discharged by me on the 28 th of April 1780, having faithfully served the term of three years for which he enlisted, & have inclosed a certificate to that effect.
In reply to your first inquiry, whether you could fairly & honorably obtain a pension was you living in Connecticut, I can only say, that I am unable to inform you, how the law has been construed by the gentlemen whose duty it is to make out the papers — But believe, where the service has been clearly proven, they have judged favorably

favorably to the applicants in life, they have been considered wealthy — considering the spirit of the law as making provision for the aged and infirm, rather than for the subject of the Abner house.
A man of your years with your family living on a farm of one hundred acres, would find himself unable from personal labour to support a family; & the continuance of your salary must depend on your ability to perform the duties of your office.
From the contents of your statement, I apprehend many will receive the pension; who did not perform the length of service which you performed, & are now blessed with none of the good things of this life — I hope the district Judge will find no scruples in notifying his opinion that you are intitled to the pension.
I am your friend & hospitable servant
Ebenezer D. Dyer
Having lost my discharge I wrote to my commanding officer for this statement for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of March 18.
- 1815
Rev Walter Harris
Walter Harris