| TIFFANY, Walter & Osee Continental
B.L. T. -78-60-55 W 2976 Enlisted in Conn. at
Hebron in a company of horse commanded by Capt.
THOS. SEYMOUR as a regular soldier. Conn. line
2nd regiment. On 23 June 1778. Served 3 years.
Then again enlisted in the same company and was
honorably discharge 23 June 1783. Was 16 years
old when he first enlisted. Was wounded by a
sword cut under his left eye. Was in the Battle
of Norfork, Poundridge, Valentin's Hill, Stoney
Point, and also the Siege of York.
After the said war he again enlisted at Boston
for 3 years and served the full time after which
as he was then returning to Conn, he stopped in
Va. and was married and returned to Ga. then
moved to Tenn. where has resided 12 years. Has a
wife and eight children, the youngest 4 years
old. Has no property except a little household
furniture, a little corn growing and a little old
horse. About two years ago a tree fell on him and
bruised him badly in his back and body. Sworn
before THOS. STUART, Judge of Circuit Court, 3
Aug.1810.
ROBERT CALVERT made oath the same day to being
acquainted with WALTER TIFFANY about 25 years and
that he first knew him in Virginia after he was
married and he(CALVERT) married a sister of the
wife of said TIFFANY. That he has often heard him
tell of his service for his country. He has been
a sober man for about 15 years and is industrious
and saving and has always been considered a man
of truth but during the time he was addicted to
drinking less regard was paid to his statements.
ALLEN LESSEN of Bedford County,Tenn.,
testifies in 1800 or 1801 he first knew WALTER
TIFFANY in Ga., and has known him to be a man of
truth.
ROBERT GUTHRIE gives a similar testimony. Also
WM. ORR. Sworn before THOS. STUART, Judge
Ct.(Circuit)
27 Oct. 1825, WALTER TIFFANY applies
for a transfer of his pension from the Rolls of
West Tenn. to Ky.
Allen County, 17 June 1839. OSEE
TIFFANY aged 64 made oath that she is the widow
of WALTER TIFFANY. She married him 1 Jan. 1792 in
Bartly Co., Va., and he died 1 April 1826.
Marriage Bond is Berkley County, Va.
WALTER TIFFANY and OSEE DUNN, 28 Dec. 1792 of
Allen Co., Ky. MARY MARTIN deposes that she has
been acquainted with OSEE TIFFANY ever since she
was born and that in 1792 OSEE TIFFANY was
married to WALTER TIFFANY in the latter part of
the fall of 1792 and that WALTER TIFFANY has been
dead 12 or 13 years. Sworn 12 August 1839.
July 11, 1817(?). O.M.HINTON, Room 219,
1 Broadway, New York City writes to the Pension
Bureau to ask for the military record of WALTER
TIFFANY "to be used in my application for
membership in the Sons of the Revolution".
WALTER TIFFANY died 1 April 1826.
Covering Jacket: Walter Tiffany,
private Conn. Line for 3 yrs. War. Inscribed on
roll of West Tenn. at $8 per month to begin 1
August 1819 and certificate of Pension issued
Oct. 2, 1819. Transferred to Ky. 29 December1825.
Osee Tiffany, wife and widow of Walter Tiffany
inscribed on Roll at $100 per year to begin March
4, 1836. Certificate of pension issued 16 Dec.
1839. On 6th April, 1855, when Osee Tiffany
applies for bounty land she appointed her son
Walter C.Tiffany, her agent to receive her
warrant.
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