Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11048, Mathias Walker, S.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S.C.

[dark star above name]
Walker, Mathias

NUMBER
R. 11048

Born in N.C.
CONTENTS
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
11048
Mathias Walker
P.O.  [blank]
Service:  [blank]
Enlisted:  [blank date]
Discharged:  [blank date]
Application filed:  [blank date]
Alleges:  [blank]
Re-enlisted:  [blank]
Attorney:  [blank]
P.O.  [blank]
[blank]  Recognized.    [blank]  Contract.
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Suspended
see letter 17th
June 1838 [5?] to
D. C. Smith, Canton
11048
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Canton Ala
May 31                           Free

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.


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June 13
[illegible]
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33.124
Mathias Walker
Alabama
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Declaration of Mathias Walker
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress
passed 7th June A.D. 1832 - 

The State of Alabama
Wilcox County ss.

On this seventeenth day 
May A.D. 1834 personally
appeared before me Samuel Pitts a Justice of the 
Peace in and for the county and state aforesaid.
Mathias Walker a resident of the county
and State aforesaid; he being unable to attend
Court by reason of bodily infirmity, and being 
nearly blind; aged seventy five 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. (says)
That he entered the service
sometime in year A.D. 1777 or 1778 as a volunteer.
And he served as aforesaid under 
the command of Capt. Benjamin Odum in 
Col. Leroy Hamond's regiment, and afterwards 
under the command of Capt.  James
Roberts under the command of Capt. Odum
he was present at the Seige of Augusta 
on the Savannah river and before the surrender 
of Augusta he was marched under 
the command of Col. Leroy Hammond
and General Lee to Golfins [Galphin} Fort which 
surrendered in a few days after his arrival.
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He returned to Augusta and was present at 
the surrender of General Brown the commander
of the British.  He was afterwards employed in 
watching the movements of the Tories and defending
the frontiers.  While in this employment he
was at an engagement with the Tories on Windy
Hill Creek a branch of South Edisto - The 
Tories attacked them before daybreak and killed
sixteen men.  He served at various periods
in the years 1778, 1779 and was principally
employed in protecting the settlements
from the ravages & depredations of the Tories -
He received no written discharge & has no documentary 
evidence of his services.  When 
called into service he lived in Barnwell District
in the State of South Carolina.  He 
hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a 
pension or annuity except the present and 
declares that his name is not on the pension roll 
of the agency in any state - 

Interrogatories proposed by the Court to 
Mathias Walker and answers thereto - 
Question 1st.  Where and in what year were you born
A.  I was born in the State of North Carolina March 15, 1759
2nd.  Have you any record of your age and if 
so where is it?
A.  I have no record of my age -
3th.  Where were you living when called into service
where have you lived since the revolutionary
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War and where do you now live?
A.  When called into service I was living in 
Barnwell District in the State of South Carolina after
the revolution - shortly after the war I moved to 
Buncombe County North Carolina, thence to the 
barrens of Kentucky, then to Duck river and 
from thence I moved to Bassits [Bassett] Creek in Clark
County in the state of Alabama and from that 
place I removed to Wilcox County where I now 
live
4th.  How were you called into service were you 
drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute
& if a substitute for whom?
A.  I volunteered in the militia - and acted as 
such when occasion required - the whole term of 
my service was six months & upwards as I believe
5.  State the names of some of the regular officers
who were with the troops where you served such 
Continental & militia regiments as you can 
recollect & the general circumstances of your service.
Ans.   I recollect General Lee of the regular service
and Capts. Odum & Roberts and Col. Hammonds
of the Militia - I was at the siege of Augusta
at the surrender at Golfins fort and at the 
surrender of Genl. Brown at Augusta and
at an engagement at Windy Hill Creek - and 
for further particulars I refer to the preceding 
declaration -
6th.  Did you ever receive a discharge from service
& if so by whom was it given & what has become 
of it?
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A.  I never received a discharge from service.
7th.  State the names of persons to whom you 
are known in your present neighborhood and who 
can testify as to your character for veracity & 
their belief of your services as a soldier of the 
revolution?
A.  I know Robert C. Dunnam a minister of 
the Gospel and James A. Edins & 
Martin Pruit who reside in my immediate
neighborhood in this County. 

Sworn & subscribed 
May 17. 1834
Sam Pitts J.P.


The State of Alabama
Wilcox County ss.

Personally appeared before me the undersigned
a Justice of the Peace in and for the County 
aforesaid Mathias Walker who being duly sworn 
deposes & says that by reason old age and 
consequent loss of memory he cannot swear
positively to the precise length of his service
but according to the best of knowledge &
recollection he served not less than the periods 
mentioned below. viz:  For the period of six 
months I served as a volunteer in the militia
and for such service I claim a pension

Mathias Walker  X  his mark

Sworn & subscribed
May 17, 1834
Sam Pitts J.P.
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The State of Alabama
Wilcox County

We Robert C. Dunnam
a clergyman residing in the 
County aforesaid and James A. Edins and 
Martin Pruit (residing in the same) hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with Mathias
Walker who has subscribed and sworn to the 
preceding declaration - that we believe him 
to be seventy five years of age - that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood
where he resides to have been a soldier of the 
revolution and that we concur in that opinion

Robert C. Dunnam
James A. Edins
Martin Pruit  X

Sworn & subscribed
May 17. AD 1834
Sam Pitts J.P.

And the said Justice of the peace does hereby
declare his opinion that the said Mathias Walker
is unable to appear before a Court of Record as the 
law requires by reason of his infirmity and blindness 
and also the said Justice of the peace does 
hereby declare his opinion that the said Mathias Walker
is unable to appear at Court as the law requires by 
reason of his bodily infirmity & blindness - and also 
the said Justice after the investigation of the claim 
of the said Mathias Walker for a pension and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war 
department is fully convinced that the said Mathias
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Walker was a revolutionary soldier and served
as he states - and the said Justice further
certifies that it appears to him that Robert C. 
Dunnam who has signed the preceding certificate is 
a clergyman resident in Wilcox County & State of 
Alabama - and the said James A Edins & Martin 
Pruit who have also signed the same are residents
of Wilcox County & state aforesaid and that they are
credible persons and their statement is entitled to 
credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand & seal May 17. A.D. 1834

Sam Pitts J.P.  Seal


The State of Alabama
Wilcox County 

I Duncan C Smith
Clerk of the County Court
of the County of Wilcox aforesaid hereby
certify that Samuel Pitts Esqr. whose signature
appears to the above certificate is & was on the 
17th day of May 1834 an acting Justice
of the Peace in & for the County of Wilcox
aforesaid and as such Justice faith 
and credit are due to his official acts
of that date 
Given under my hand and seal 
of office at office at Wilcox
C.H. this 26th day of May
A.D. 1835

D. C. Smith Clk

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