Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 8979, Alexander Walker, S.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
S.C. | Walker, Alexander | W 8979
Eleanor

CONTENTS
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[illegible] Walker was 
born July 22 1776
___
John Walker was born 
[illegible] 1777
Robert Walker was 
born October [illegible] 30-1779
William Walker was 
born Febry 20 1782
Phillip Walker was 
born Janry. [illegible] 22-1784
Agness Cunningham [illegible]
was born May 4 [illegible] 1786
Adam Walker ws born 
April [illegible] 7th 1788
James Walker was 
born March [illegible] 16th 1791
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John walker 

John Walker ws 
board Nov. [illegible] 6 1777

John walker his 
book

John Walker 
This book god give 
him grace thereon 
to look
1794
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B D Culp
Magistrate for 
C. D
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4835
South Carolina
Eleanor Walker decd.
widow of Alex Walker
SC
who died on the 4th August 1799
of Chester of the State of S.C. 
who was a Pri & St. in the Compy commanded
by Captain - of the Regt commanded
by Col. Lacy in the Revolution
for 6 Mo. Priv
2 "[Mo.] St.

Inscribed on the Roll of Charleston
at the rate of 48 Dollars 33 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1831 and ending 10th Oct.
1839, when she died.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of
June, 1849, and sent to Hon
D. Wallace

Arrears to the 4th of 
Unionville SC

Semiannual allowance ending


{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act July 4, 1836,}
{Section the 3rd}
Lumpkin
Book C Vol 1 Page 188

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Reported
Payable to
John Walker
Wm Walker
Philip Walker
Nancy Love
Sam Walker
James Walker
Ann Walker
only children
surviving
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Apl 20 1848
heirs of Eleanor Walker decd
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State of South Carolina )
Chester District )

On this 4th day of April 1848
personally appeared in open Court, and before the Court
and before the Court of General Sessions & Common Pleas
now opened & held in Chesterville for the District of Chester
& State aforesaid Adam Walker, a resident of the said
District & State of Lawful age, 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 July 4th 1836, granting 
pensions to widows of Revolutionary soldiers.
That this declarant the aforesaid Adam Walker in
the behalf of himself and the other heirs of the late
Alexander & Eleanor Walker both deceased, states that the
said Alexander Walker was an officer and Soldier in
the Army of the Revolution as the heirs do understand
and as such he served the United States against the
Common Enemy. That during the Revolution the aforesaid
Alexander Walker resided in Camden but now Chester
District S.C. and served under Capt. McClure
Steel & others, in a Regiment commanded by Col Edward
Lacey of the So Ca Militia during which time he was
slightly wounded in an engagement with the enemy-
This declarant further states on his oath that the
said Alexander Walker was married in the year
1775. to Eleanor White and as husband & wife they lived
together till the death of the said Alexander Walker which
took place on the 4th August 1799 and that his widow
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the aforesaid Eleanor departed this life on the 10th day 
of October, Eighteen hundred & thirty nine (1839) not having 
intermarried after the death of her said husband, leaving 
surviving the following children viz: John Walker, William 
Walker, Philip Walker, Nancy Love, Adam Walker, James 
Walker & Ann Walker, who are the only surviving children 
of the said Eleanor Walker dec'd. and all of lawful ages.
     This declarant further makes oath that the family 
Register showing the ages of the children of the aforesaid, Alexander 
& Eleanor Walker submitted with other papers in this 
claim he verily believes to be correct & true, also that he has 
no record or documentary evidence of his fathers service 
other than that found in the Comptroller Generals office 
of this state, and that he feels assured the account from that 
office submitted is that of his father.
     Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first 
above written before the Court.
     J. Rosborough
            ccpls                    Adam Walker (Seal)

And the Court doth hereby certify, that it has been 
proven to the satisfaction of the Court, that Adam 
Walker the above declarant is a person of Intelligence 
and respectably, and that to his statement is due full 
faith and credit where upon the same is certified.
                           J S Richardson
                            Associate Judge
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The State of South Carolina
I John Rosborough Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas for Chester District in the State aforesaid do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
procedings of the Court in the Matter of Elleanor
Walker heirs for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed my seal of office
at Chester Court house this Eighth day of
April Anno Domini 1842
J. Rosborough
ccpls
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State of South Carolina )
Chester District )ss
On this 19th day of January 1848,
personally appeared before the Court of Ordinary in
and for the District & State aforesaid, Adam Walker
a resident of the said District aged 59 years, son of
the late Alexander Walker decd, 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 July
4th 1836, granting pensions to widows of Revolutionary
Soldiers. That this declarant the aforesaid Adam Walker
in the behalf of himself & the other heirs of the aforesaid
Alexander Walker decd, States that the said Alexander
Walker was an officer and soldier in the Army of the
Revolution the heirs understand and as such he served
the United States against the common enemy. That during the
Revolution as well as since the aforesaid Alexander
Walker resided on the waters of Sandy River, Camden
but now Chester District South Carolina and served under
Capt Jno McClure, Jno Steel, Jno Mills of the South Carolina
Militia in a Regiment commanded by Col Edward Lacey
and was generally in service from the fall of Charleston
in May 1780, till the end of the war, during which service
he was slightly wounded in an engagement with the
enemy at Hanging Rock or Rocky Mount, also that on the
account of the said Alexander Walker adherence to the
cause of Liberty he was forced, by the Tories, to remove his
family from his neighborhood for a while which he did
to Charlotte N.C. when they were protected from the Tories,
who infested his neighborhood.
This declarant further states on his oath, that the
said Alexander Walker was married in the year
Seventeen hundred & seventy five (1775) to Eleanor White and as
husband and wife they lived together till the death of the
said Alexander Walker which took place on the 4th day
of August 1779 and that his widow the aforesaid
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Eleanor departed this life on the 10th day of October, Eighteen
hundred and thirty nine (1839) not having intermarried after
the death of her said husband -
This declarant also states on oath, that he has in
his possession his parents, the parties aforesaid, old Bible
containing a Registry of the births of their children, from
which it will appear that the first child, named Charles
was born in July 1776, John in November 1777 & Robert in
October 1779 together with several subsequent births all
of which he verily believes to be correct and true, and the
original Record is hereunto appended.

Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year first
above written before,
Adam Walker
Peter Wylie [illegible]

And the court doth hereby certify that it has been satisfactorily 
proven that Alexander Walker above named died
on the 4th August 1799 and that his widow Elenor departed
this life on the 10th October 1839 leaving surviving the fowling
Seven children viz: John Walker, William Walker, Philip
Walker, Nancey Love, Adam Walker, James Walker
and Ann Walker who are the only surviving children 
of the said Elinor Walker decd. and all of lawful
ages.
The Court further certifies that the declarant Adam
Walker is a person of inteligence & respectability and
to his statements is due full faith & credit.
In witness of all which I have hereunto
affixed the Seal of said Court and subscribed
my name this 19 January AD 1848
Peter Wylie [illegible]

[physical seal affixed]
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No 7046
Eleanor Walker dcd
wid. of Alexander
S C 
Act 4 July 1836
Married before 1777

admitted
Pr. 6 1/2 mo.            $21.66
St. 2 mo.                    26.66
[total]                       $48.33

Com 4 March 1831
terminating 10 Oct. 1839
children

Hon. D. Wallace
Unionville, S. C.
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State of South Carolina )
Chester District )

Personally appeared before 
me, Abraham Gibson, one of the acting Magistrates in and 
for the District aforesaid John Bishop one of the 
surviving soldiers of the Army of the Revolution 
a resident of the State & District aforesaid, and made 
oath, in due form of law, That he was during the 
days of the Revolution as well as since well and 
intimately acquainted with Alexander Walker dec'd. 
of Chester District, also with a number of his brothers 
viz: John, Adam, Robert, and Charles Walker, all of whom 
were soldiers in the Army of the Revolution, that lived on 
the waters of Sandy River Camden, but now Chester District 
South Carolina.  This deponent further makes oath 
that the said family of Walkers belonged to and served 
in a Regiment of Militia commanded by Col. Edward 
Lacey and that from deponents knowledge of the 
Revolutionary services of the aforesaid Walker he is of 
the opinion and believes that after the fall of Charleston 
in May 1780 till the end of the war, that they were generally 
in service.  That during the above time deponent 
was on different occasions in the service with the 
aforesaid Walkers but cannot now at this late day 
identify any particular service rendered individually 
by the said Walkers further than above stated.
     This deponent also states on his said oath, that 
Alexander Walker above named lived in time of the 
Revolution in Capts. John McClures, Mills, & Steels, 
that and served as he believes under the said officers 
in Laceys Regiment of Militia.  Deponent first here
makes oath that in the year 1780, this country was 
overrun by the Brittish  & Tories and that many of the 
Whigs who had Families to protect removed them 
up into N. Carolina at and about Charlotte, and that 
the said Alexander Walker having a family, it was said, 
was one amongst the number that removed their families
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[families] to N. C. for protection from the Brittish and Tories, 
that such was the Enmity Existing between the two parties 
in the Cuntry that those persons who had taken up arms 
in defence  of their cuntry were called rebels and their houses 
were plundered indiscriminately by the Tories at every opportunity.
     This deponent further states that the aforesaid 
Family of Walkers, all of whom he believes are now dead, were 
bold daring men and done good and important service 
during their Revolutionary struggles which is and ever 
has been duly appreciated by the friends of Liberty in this 
country.  Sworn to and subscribed this 25 January 1848.

Before me                                  
Abraham Gibson Magst )        John ^his X mark^ Bishop
Test S. A. Belles )                            

And I the said Magistrate do hereby certify that I 
am well and intimately acquainted with John Bishop 
the above affiant and that he is in the possession of his 
natural faculties, a person of intelligence and respectability 
and to his statements is due full faith & credit.

                                Abraham Gibson, Magtr.

South Carolina )
Chester District )
Personally appeared before me, John Charles, 
one of the Magistrates in and for the said District, 
Priscilla Terry a resident of the State and District aforesaid 
aged about 84 years, and made oath in due form of law, to the 
following statement, related to the Revolutionary services of 
Alexander Walker deceased of Chester District and State aforesaid.  
That the deponent the said Priscilla Terry resided 
during the days of the Revolution, on a plantation joining 
that on which the said, Alexander Walker lived and that 
she was well & intimately acquainted with both him & his wife 
Elleanor whose maiden name was White when the said
Alexander was married at or before the commencement 
of the Revolution.
     This deponent further states, that the said Alexander 
Walker was a soldier in the American Army during a
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part of the war; and rendered at the then understood and
believed good services to his County. That she now well
and distinctly recollects of it being said that the said
Alexander Walker. was slightly wounded in an engagement
with their enemy and also that he recd ball through
his hat while in an engagement. That deponent saw the
said hat with a hole in it which was said to have been
made by a ball from the enemy's gun. Also that the said
Alexander Walker, served in Col Edward Lacy's [illegible] and
said Col Lacy commanded a regiment of Militia
& was she believes generally in service during the war &
that there was Captains McLure, Mills, Bond. Frost, & others
belonging to said said Regiment and that she believes
that the said Alexander Walker, served under some of
the aforesaid officers in Col. Lacy's Regiment of Militia.
This deponent also states that the said Alexander
Walker did, in time of their worst [illegible], remove his family
up into the Edge of N. Carolina to get away from the Tories
who had over the County and that during his absence
the Tories killed of his stock, in account of his act
in the cause of freedom
Sworn to Subscribed this 31st day of Jany 1848
Before me
John Charles
Magistrate

Priscilla ^her X mark^ Terry

And I the said Magistrate do hereby certify that Priscilla
Terry the affiant is a person of Intelligence & respectability
and that to her statement is due full faith & credit.
Jany 31. 1848.
John Charles
Magistrate
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State of South Carolina )
Chester District )

Personally appeared before me John Rosborough Clerk 
of the Court of Common Pleas for Chester District 
Major John Walker, a Resident of the District and 
State aforesaid, and declared on oath, Relative 
to the application of the heirs of the late Elleanor 
Walker deceased of the District of Chester, widow 
of Alexander Walker for a pension, namely that 
he is the second child of the parties aforesaid, 
and that from the best information he could 
obtain he was born in the month of November 
in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred 
and seventy seven (1777) and that has now, and 
has had for the last fifty years, a record of his 
age shewing that his birth took place at the 
time above stated.
     This deponant further states on oath that 
he distinctly recollects the Revolutionary War, 
also recollects that on about the year one thousand 
seven hundred and Eighty one (1781) known as 
the running summer, that his father the aforesaid 
Alexander Walker with his family left his plantation 
in Chester District and went up into the Edge 
of North Carolina to get away from the British 
and Tories who were overunning the country 
and that after making one crop in North Carolina they 
returned back to the plantation in Chester District.
     This deponant further states on oath that in 
relation to the Revolutionary Services of his father 
the aforesaid Alexander Walker, his knowledge is 
traditional, that he has often heard his father speak 
of his revolutionary services, of his having been wounded 
in an engagement with the enemy of his being under 
Col. Lacey & Captain John McClure & others of the 
South Carolina malitia; that he with Captain John 
McClue at the Battle of the Hanging Rock, which
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he thinks took place in 1780 in which battle the
said Capt John McClure received his death wound
from which he soon after died, that on said occasion
he has often heard his father say that if Capt
John McClure had taken his advice together with
that of the Gastons & others, in regard to his
movemens against the enemy, his life might
have been saved in said engagement.
That he recollects hearing his father say he
was at Sumpters defeat near fishing creek at the
Catawba River, that he has heard him speak of
Captain Steele as being in the service, and he has
often heard him relate many circumstances
which occurred during his revolutionary service
that he heard him speak of being at the battle of Rockey
Mount
John Walker
Sworn to & signed April 11th 1848
Before me
J Rosborough
clerk ccpls

State of South Carolina )
Chester District )
I John Rosborough Clerk
of the Court of Common
Pleas for Chester District & State aforesaid do
hereby certify that Major John Walker who has
this day sworn to & subscribed the above affidavit
before me is a person of intelligence and Respectability
and that full faith and credit are due to his statements
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed my seal this Eleventh
day of April Anno Domini 1844
J Rosborough
Clerk ccpls

[physical seal affixed]
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MCS:MLB

Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MCS:LB
June 26, 1930
Mr. S. T. Lipsey
820 Habersham Street
Savannah, Georgia

Dear Sir:

I advise you that in the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim,
W. 8979, it is stated that Alexander Walker, with his brothers, John,
Adam, Robert and Charles, resided on the waters of the Sandy River,
Camden District ( afterwards Chester District), South Carolina, in Colonel
Lacey's beat, and all of them were soldiers in the Revolution.

From the fall of Charleston in May, 1780, to the end of the war,
Alexander Walker served as a soldier and officer (rank not stated) under
Captains John McClure, John Steel and John Mills, in Colonel Edward
Lacey's Regiment of South Carolina Militia; and he was at the battles
of Hanging Rock and Rocky Mount, in one of which he was slightly wounded,
and he was in Sumter's Defeat at Fishing Creek.

Alexander Walker married in 1775 Eleanor White who was born in County
Antrim, Ireland. The date and place of his birth are not stated.
He died August 4, 1799, in the fifty-fifth year of his age and she died
October 10, 1839, aged about eighty years.

In 1848 their son Adam applied for the pension due on account of the
services of his father and the same was allowed for the benefit of the
surviving children: John, William, Philip, Adam, James and Ann Walker
and Nancy Love.
Additional data as to children:

Charles   Walker   born  July 22,1776
John   "[Walker   born]   November 6,1777
Robert    "[Walker   born] October 30,1779
William   "[Walker   born] February 20,1782
Phillip   "[Walker   born] January 22, 1784
Agness Cunningham   "[Walker   born]  May 20, 1786
Adam   "[Walker   born] April 7, 1788
James    "[Walker   born] March 16,1791
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The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any
information in regard to Anthony Lipsey and said records do not show
that any claim for pension was made to the United States on account
of the Revolutionary War services of a Robert Walker who served from
Pennsylvania.

In order to identify the record of a particular soldier named
John White, it is necessary for you to furnish as much as possible of
the following data pertaining to him:- approximate dates of birth and
death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given
name of widow.
Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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[left side]
1919 Sept. 22. Hist to Hon. W.F. Stevenson & 
1919 Dec. 23. Hist to Hon. James F. Byrnes
1930  June 26. hist to
[illegible] S. T. Lipsey  W.C.S.

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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8979
Eleanor Walker
Wid. of 
Alexancer Walker
Lieut.-Rev. War

Act: July 4th/36 Sec. 3d.
Index: Vol. M. Page 307

(Arrangement of 1870.)
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No. 7046
Eleanor Walker wid
SC
Let to Hon J.A. Black
March 8. '48
Let. to S.A. Bettis
Oct. 11th  '48

Act 4 July 1836
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No. 7046
Eleanor Walker wid
SC
Let to Hon J.A. Black )
March 8. 1848 )
" " [Let. to] S.A. Bettis Oct. 11 '48
Hon. D. Wallace Apl 23  49

Act 4 July 1836
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John Walker, William Walker, Philip Walker
Nancy Love, Adam Walker, James Walker,
Ann Walker, children

admitted
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J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC
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Chester C. House S.Ca.
Oct the 1st 1848
Sir
On or about the 1st April last I mailed
from this place to your department the declaration 
of Mrs. Nancy Black made under the
act of 2d February 1848. Also about the same
time the declaration of the him of Mrs. Elizabeth 
McDaniel, and evidence in support
of the claim of Mrs Eleanor Walker under the
act of 4 July 1836, to be reported to me at this
place. Some five months has passed and those
several claims remain unreported and it is
presumed that they have been overlooked.
The object of this communication is to call
your attention to these claims and request
that you favor us with a report as early as
practable and oblige.

I am yours very respectfully
S.A. Bettis
No 2210 attended to by Cole

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pension
Washington City
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Chester C. House So Ca
February 12th 1848.
Sir
Inclosed you will receive the aplication
of the heirs of Eleanor Walker decd under the
act of 4 July 1836 which you will please
to Examine & report the same to me & oblige.

I am your obedient Servant
S. A. Bettis

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC
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           Unionville May 28 1849

Sir
     In the report which you forwarded 
to me under date of the 23rd April 1849 on 
the pension claim of Eleanor Walker 
you remark that the marriage is satisfactorily 
proven, but that the witnesses who 
prove the services of Alexander Walker 
are all females, and their ^testimony is not 
deemed sufficient, as they could have 
no personal knowledge of the services 
in regard to which they testify - & that 
the proofs presented are not deemed 
sufficient to identify Alexander 
Walker with the officer & soldier to 
whom the indents as exhibited by the 
certificate of the Comptroller Genl of 
SC were issued.
    The enclosed testimony is 
intended to meet the difficulty then presented 
by you, - and in addition to this I beg 
to refer you to the Testimony of Judge 
Wiley now on file in this case - whose 
age & position entitle his Testimony to 
your most respectful consideration.
     I have the Honor to be &c
                                          D Wallace

J L Edwards Esq
                        &c
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Chester C. House So. Ca.
April the  1848
Sir
Inclosed you will receive further
evidence in support of the claim of the heirs
of the late Eleanor Walker decd. under the act
of 4 July 1836, which is the best attainable evidence
that can be made in the premises-- I also inclose
you the Letter of the Hon. J. A. Black now decd.
to show you the Character & standing of this
family who have set up a claim to a pension
I hope in this claim that the evidence
may be satisfactory and that you will grant
us a certificate.
I have the honor to be
Very Respectfully
Your obdent servant
S. A. Bettis
J.
J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC
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Washington
15th Mar. 1848

Dear Sir
A few days since I recd. the
within answer in the case of the
heirs of Elenore Walker, which
will show you the many objections 
made to the claim. I hope
you can meet them successfully
and I will take pleasure in
aiding you in so doing as I
know the Walker family and the
standing of the father too well
to doubt the justice of this
claim although we may not
at this late hour be able to prove
it.
At the same time I got an
answer in the case of Mrs McDaniel 
and the only objection made
is that the application is made
before the Clerk of the Court
of Common pleas. I have
returned this case for recon[sideration]
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[recon]sideration accompanied by a
Certificate of a good Lawyer
that our Court of Common pleas
was "a Court of Record". As the
commissioner had objected to
that fact. As soon as I get an
answer I will send it on.
The Pension office is over-run
with business having to grant
the Bounty Land Warrants or
give certificates for money in
lieu thereof.
Your Obt Sert
James A Black

S. A Bettis Esq
Chester C.H.
S.C.
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Union Court House, SC
April 10th 1849

Sir
You will receive herewith some
additional evidence in the case of
Eleanor Walker, Widow of Alexander
Walker. The papers first sent
in this case was forwarded to the
department by S.A. Bettis. The
Testimony inclosed is of unimpeachable
Credibility. Please report the
case to me at your earliest
convenience. 
I have the honor to be
Your Obt Sert
D. Wallace
Hon J L Edwards
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Washington Feb 24 1848.
Sir
I enclose you the declaration of the Heirs of
Elenor Walker, deceased of Chester Dist So. Ca.
claiming pension due their mother before her
death, together with the evidence on which
the claim is founded.

The Walker family is a
most respectable one and one with whom
I am well acquainted, and the Father has
always had the reputation of having been a
gallant Whig in the Revolution & of having
done much service to his country.

Let me ask you to give
this your attention as soon as you can.

With great respect
Your Obt Servt
James A Black

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commr Pensions
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Comptroller General's office
Columbia S. C. Feby 9th 1848

Indent Book L. )
No 492 )
Issued the 3d November 1784 to Mr Alexander
Walker for Thirty four pounds two shillings
and ten pence farthing sterling for 214 days
Militia duty as pr account audited.
Rinl £34: 2: 10[illegible] Ann int £2:7.9D.
---
Book L. )
Account 492 )
Mr Alexander Walker (Lieutenant) of Capt John
Steels company, his account of 194 days
duty as horseman under Capt John
McClure 20 days horseman @ £2:8:5 per
day in ^Col. Edward Lacey's Regiment.
---
Indent Book Z )
No. 494 )
Issued 10th April 1788 to Alexander Walker
for £12:17:1½ D sterling for Military
duty per account from the Commissioners 
£12:17:1½ D. Sterling
---
Book Z)
Account 494)
State of South Carolina
to Alexander Walker Dr
To 40 days duty in Camp in Col Edward
Lacey's Regiment @45 S. pr day is sterling
£12:17:1½ D.
---
The following Memorandum in the hand writing 
of the Commissioner "This person has an
account No. 12 for Militia duty 214 days amounting 
to £34:2:10½ D." of which the above
Account Book L. No 492 is a copy.

I do hereby certify that the above is a true copy
the Records in this office and I further
certify that in the same book I find filed the accounts of
Adam Walker, John Walker, Robert Walker & Phillip
Walker for Military duty
Ben. Hart
for
W.C. Black
Comtr. Genl.
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South Carolina )
Chester District )

Before me personally appeared 
Anna Wyley a Resident of said District aged 
57 years and oath in due form of law 
that she was raised in the neighborhood 
of Alexander Walker Revolutionary soldier 
late of Chester District dec'd and has been intimately 
acquainted with his wife and said saw
Eleanor and family since her first recollection
and always understood and believes 
Alexander Walker was a soldier of the Revolution 
and done his country good, part of 
time in Capt. McClures company Scouting 
Brigade But cannot say what rank he 
held in said war or give the particulars 
of said service.  Deponents Father was 
in service with Alexander and 
Brothers and has often heard her Father speak 
of their service together as above stated.
     Deponent further says that the said 
Alexander and his wife & widow Eleanor 
Walker were married as deponent has 
always understood and had a family in 
times of the war and from her personal 
knowledge of the children of the above 
parties she is satisfied they were as Maj 
John Walker the Eldest son now living 
is upwards of seventy years of age.
     Sworn to and subscribed this 20th day 
February 1849 before me.
Anna Wyley

    Peter Wylie                      
               Magst.
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South Carolina )
Chester District )
 I Peter Wylie Judge & Clerk
of the Court of Ordinary of said District do hereby
certify that the within named deponant who was
Sworn before me (as acting Magistrate is a credible
Witness
Given under my hand & seal
of Office this 23 day February 1849
Peter Wylie J&CCOCP

South Carolina
Chester District 
Personally appeared before me Peter Wylie who
being duly Sworn Saith upon oath that he was acquainted with
Alexander Walker Sandy River in State & District aforesaid and always
understood that he was a soldier of the Army of the Revolution
and would think that he Walkedr [illegible] serve under Capt McClure
Steele, Col Lacy & Genl Sumter as he this deponant Knows from
formation the said officers commanded that region of country in
the War of Revolution that Alexander Walker must have had a farm
in the revolutionary war from the age of Maj John Walker  his
oldest son alive is Seventy two or three years of age & further saith
he is and for the term of fifty years past has been in acquainted with
the family of said Alexander Walker who are all indisputable
[illegible].
Peter Wylie

Sworn to & signed this 23 Feby 1849 )
before me J Rosborough )
Clerk Court chester District
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State of South Carolina )
Chester District )
 Personally appeared before
me John Rosborough Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas for the District and State aforesaid
Abraham McCullough a resident of the said
District aged 58 years, and made oath, in due form
of Law, to the following Traditional statements
relative to the Revolutionary service of Alexander 
Walker decd. of Chester District husband of
the late Eleanor Walker decd. of the said District
viz: That this deponent had an uncle by the
name of Robert Kelsey who was one of the brave
men that rendered good & important service
during the war of the Revolution, and that for
some years prior to his death which took place
in Chester District in 1824, he lived in the family
of deponent and that deponent has on many occasions 
herd him speak of the many trials and
hardships during said war, also of the officers
he was under, together with many of his mess
males amoungst whom was the above named
Alexander Walker whom he ever represented as a
brave and faithful Soldier. That the following
occurrence deponent has often herd him state
That at one time in Camps the soldiers had
amused themselves with plaiting hat bands
of hair, and that the said Alexander Walker
had one that was quite broad and that in
an Engagement with the enemy a ball struck
said Walkers hat, cut the brim, and struck
his head band which knocked him down, that
he immediately jumped to his feet saying Robert
I am not killed yet, and to the best of deponents
knowledge & recollection this was at a place called
Fullifining near the sea board, also that his said
uncle Robert Kelsey has often told him that himself
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and the said Alexander Walker served in 
the Militia of South Carolina, in the Companies 
of Capt. John McClure, John Steel & others in Col. 
Edward Laceys Regiment.  Deponent also says that 
his uncle has often told him that the said Alexander 
Walker was with him under Capt. McClure at 
the battle of the Hanging Rock in 1780, at which 
place the said Capt. received his death wound 
and at several other places which deponent 
does not now recollect.
     Sworn to and subscribed this 10th April 
1848, before me.
Abraham McCullough

J Rosborough )        
Clerk cc pls )

South Carolina )
Chester District )

I John Rosborough Clerk of 
the Court of Common Pleas for Chester District 
& state aforesaid do hereby certify that Abraham 
McCullough who hath this day sworn to and subscribed 
the above affidavit before me, is a person 
of intelligence and Respectability and that to 
his signature is due full faith and credit.
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and affix my seal of 
office at Chester Court house 
the tenth day of April 1848.
                       J Rosborough
                               Clerk cc pleas
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South Carolina
Chester District ⎬ 
Before the Personally appeared Maj. John Walker a resident of said District aged 71 years who being first duly sworn according to law says that the record of his own age hereunto attached was entered by deponents Grand Mother as he has always understood shortly after his deponents birth as the book (pocket bible) was presented to deponent when named and the entry made as above stated and believes the same to be correct this has always been my parents understanding from his parents. Alexander & Eleanor Walker now dead
[signed] John Walker
Sworn to and subscribed this 21th day of February 1849
Before me B D  Culp
Magistrate C.D.

South Carolina
Chester District
I hereby certify John Walker the person whose signature appears to the foregoing affidavit is a credible witness and that his statement it is entitled to full faith and credit.
B D Culp magistrate for Chester District

State of South Carolina
Chester District
Personally appeared before me the undersigned magistrate in and for the District and State
aforesaid Mary Morrow a resident of Chester District aged verily two years past who being duly sworn according to law deposes & says that she was personally & intimately acquainted with Alexander Walker Revolutionary
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soldier late of Chester District now deceased and also with the wife and consort of said Alexander now deceased and also with their family since her first recollection having been raised within three
miles of the aforesaid parties and worshiped with him at the same church deponent further states
that she has been credibly informed and verily believes and has always believed that said
Alexander Walker was an officer and soldier of the revolution of Capt. John McLure's Company SC
militia and continued a member of his company  until McLure's death at Hanging Rock Sumter's
Brigade, and he afterwards served in the same Brigade until the close of the war in Col Lacy's
Regt who commanded the militia of the neighborhood. Deponent distinctly recollects to have been informed very early in life that said Alexander Walker and wife were married during the war and had a family of children the oldest of whom Charles by name was about the age of Deponent. Deponent further says that she has been credibly informed and verily believes that in a certain engagement with the enemy said Alexander Walker was struck with a ball in the head which prostrated him on the earth but that he said Alexander immediately sprang up and exclaimed and I am not killed yet. Sworn to and subscribed before me this twenty first day of February 1849
B D Culp Magistrate C.D. S.C.
[signed] Mary Morrow

I hereby certify that Mary Morrow whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit is a lady entitled
to full faith and credit and appears to be the age she has represented and is a disinterested
witness B Phelps magistrate for Chester District
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The State of South Carolina
I John Rosborough Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Chester District do hereby certify that B D Culp & Peter Wylie before whom the foregoing depositions were respectively taken were at the time of certifying the same lawful acting Magistrates for Chester District and that the signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine

I further certify that the foregoing deponent to wit Peter Wylie, Ann Wylie John Walker and Mary Morrow are credible witnesses and are entitled be believed, I have resided within about three miles of John Walker and others of the family for the last forty nine years and they are Respectable people and from the neighborhood report Alexander Walker was a solder in the Revolutionary War

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this Second day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty nine
J. Rosborough Clerk of the Court of Common Chester District 

The witnesses in the case are of undoubted credibility
D Wallace
MC

Hon J L Edwards
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Robert Morrow
for Eleanor Walker
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South Carolina
York District  
Before me personally appeared Robert Wilson a resident of said District and Pensioner at the rate
of Eighty Dollars per annum and made oath in due form of law that he was well acquainted with Alexander Walker of Chester District S.C. Then Camden in time of the Revolutionary war and also with his four brothers who were also soldiers of the Revolution and were called the five Walkers and
were the terror of the Sandy river Tories among whom they lived

Deponent knows of his own personal knowledge that Alexander Walker Reputed Father of the present claimants and Husband of Eleanor Walker late of Chester District Dec'd served a tour of duty in 1780 Capt. John McLures company Sumters Brigade S.C. Militia and served in said company until Capt. John
McLure was killed at Hanging Rock in August 1780. Col Lacey's Regiment deponent was in the same service but cannot say how long the said Alexander continued to serve at that time but always understood from the said Alexander Walker that he was generally in service until the close of the war
and understood that the said Alexander Walker was an officer part of his service in Col Lacy's Regiment but cannot say what rank he held in the Militia

Deponent further says that the said Alexander Walker and himself
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have talked over the war, and their sufferings during its continuance and the [illegible] committed on his wife during his absence in camp her privations and sufferings with the children and knows
that the said Alexander was well acquainted with the history of the times and was a man of very Respectable character of to the time of his Death Many years past
[signed] Robert Wilson
Sworn to and subscribed this 2nd day of April 1849 Before me
A.S. Wallace Magt.

I the said Magt certify that Capt Robert lot Wilson who has sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit is a very Respectable witness and his statements entitled to full credence
A. S.  Wallace Magt.

South Carolina
York District
I Ja Kuykendall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions do Certify that A. S. Wallace whose name appears to the foregoing Affidavit as subscribing magistrate is & was at the time of his subscribing the same an acting Magistrate for York District & that full faith & credit are due to all his official Acts & that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine I further certify that I have long known Robert Wilson & his statements are entitled to implicit belief

Given under my hand & Seal of Office at York Court House this 18th day of May A.D. 1847
J. Kuykendall
C. C. Pls
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                              Copy

Sacred to the memory of Alexander Walker who depart this life August 4th,1799, in the 55 year of his age.

Sacred to the memory or Elleanor Walker, wife of Alexande Walker who departed this life Oct 10, 1839, about 80 years was born in the County Antrim, Ireland.

South Carolina]
Chester District]

I John Charles a Magistrate in and for the District aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and perfect copy of the Inscriptions on two headstones erected to the memory of Alexander Walker and Elleanor Walker deceased of Chester District.  Erected in the public burying ground.
                                  John Charles.    
                                   Magistrate

July 4, 1847]
State of South Carolina

     I John Rosborough Clerk of the Court of General Sessions & Common Pleas for Chester District & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Peter Wyllie Esquire before whom the foregoing Declaration was made is Judge of the Court of ordinary and that their signatures & seal purporting to be theirs are genuine.
  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of office at Chester Court House this fourth day of February 1848
                   J Rosborough
                   Clerk of pleas
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W. F. STEVENSON
5TH DIST. SOUTH CAROLINA
A. E. HUTCHISON
SECRETARY
COMMITTEES:
BANKING AND CURRENCY
RAILWAYS AND CANALS
EXPENDITURES IN THE INTERIOR
DEPARTMENT

                  House of Representatives. U. S. 
                         Washington, D. C.
     
                                   September 18th, 1919.

Pension Bureau,
   Washington,
           D. C.

Gentlemen:
     
     The enclosed letter from Mrs. J. H. McClure, Chester*, South Carolina, is self explanatory.  If you can furnish any information along this line, the same will be duly appreciated.
     I will ask you to kindly return Mrs. McClure's letter with your reply.

                               Yours Very Truly,
                   (signed) W. F. Stevenson

S/H.
    
*Asked for hist. of 
Alexander Walker who served in
the S. C. Mil. & married Eleanor
White.
                      (stamped) U. S. Pension Office
                                        Sep 20 1919
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SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
        ____________
JAMES W. GOOD, IOWA, CHAIRMAN.
CHARLES R. DAVIS, MINN.
WILLIAM S. VARE. PA.
JOSEPH G. CANNON, ILL
C. BASCOM SLEMP, VA.
WILLIAM R. WOOD, INC.
LOUIS C. CRAMTON, MICH.
EDWARD H. WASON, N. J.
WALTER W. MAGEE, N. Y.
GEORGE HOLDEN TINKHAM, MASS.
BURTON L. FRENCH, IDAHO.
MILTON W. SHREVE, PA.
CHARLES F. OGDEN, KY.
JOSEPH W. BYRNS, TENN.
THOMAS UPTON SISSON, MISS.
JAMES MC ANDREWS, ILL.
JOHN M. EVANS, MONT.
JOHN J. EAGAN, N. J.
JAMES P. PUCHANAN, TEX.
JAMES A. GALLIVAN, MASS.
JAMES F. BYRNES, S. C.

MARCELLUS C. SHEILD, CLERK.

          Committee on Appropriations
              House of Representatives
                    Washington, D. C.

                               December 19, 1919.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir: 
     I am in receipt of a letter from Mrs. J. J. Gall, of Johnston, S. C., in which she asks for information concerning her great-great-grandfather, Alexander Walker, who is said to have served in the Revolutionary War.  He is said to have been born in Ireland in 1744.
     If you can furnish me any information concerning this man, I will appreciate your doing so.
                                Very truly yours,
                  (signed) James F. Byrnes

H/M

The adjutant General gave me some information and suggested that you might be able to supplement it.
                                          JFB
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Savannah, Ga.
820 Habersham st.,
June 7, 1???

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C. Attention of Mr. P. W. Morgan,

Gentlemen:

In reply to your favor of June 5th relative to war records of the Revolution and acting on your suggestion I beg to ask that you please kindly supply me with all the data possible on the following soldiers of the Revolution, viz,
Anthony Lipsey who was according to advise that I have from Mr. H. H. Shank, Archivist of Penn was a private in Captain Jonathan McClure's Company of the Tenth Battalion of Pennsylvania, commanded by Col. Robert Elder, April 11, 1781 and also in 1782. a man of the same name as taxed in Derry Township, Cumberland County, in 1778, since he evidently lived in Cumberland County, this county is adjoining to York County and in the same section of the state from which my ancestors migrated to South Carolina, it is evident that he was my Great Grandfather, he married a Stokes, I don' remember her given name. He must have died about the first of 1800 or thereabout.

I would also be very grateful to know of the records of Robert Walker, and Alexander Walker, their names appear on the rolls of Pennsylvania many times (this is from the report of the Penn records of the Archivist of that state) Alexander Walker married Eleanor White in 1775, she was the daughter of John White.

Robert Walker (a brother of Alexander) married Victoria White, who was also a daughter of John White, they were married about 1780. John white came from Ireland on the ship "Earl of Donegal" landing in Penn. Tuesday, December 22, 1767. John White was 47 years of age as given by the ships register.

I will be most grateful to you and your staff if you will supply me with all the data in regard to the war service of all four of the above mentioned, viz, Anthony Lipsey of Cumberland & Lancaster Counties
Robert Walker,
Alexander Walter
John White
Anthony Lipsey.

Kindness in this matter, I am,
Yours very truly
[signed] S.T. Linney
S.T. Linney

[stamp]
US PENSION OFFICE
JUN 11 1930
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IN REPLY REFER TO
Rev. War Section. 2 - 1864
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington   December 23, 1919.

Hon James F. Byrnes,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Byrnes:

In reply to your letter of the nineteenth instant, requesting the history of Alexander Walker, a soldier of the Revolution, for Mrs. J. J. Gall, of Johnston, South Carolina, I have the honor to advise you that in the papers in the pension claim, W. File No. 8,979, it is stated that Alexander Walker, with his brothers John, Adam, Robert and Charles, resided on the waters of Sandy River, Camden District ( afterwards Chester District) South Carolina, in Colonel Lacey's beat, and all of them were soldiers in the Revolution.

From the fall of Charleston in May 1780 to the end of the war, Alexander Walker served as a soldier and officer (rank not stated) under Captains John McClure, John Steel and John Mills, in Colonel Edward Lacey's regiment of South Carolina Militia; that he was at the battles of Hanging Rock and Rocky Mount, in one of which he was slightly wounded, and he was in Sumter's Defeat at Fishing Creek,

Alexander Walker married in 1775 Eleanor White who was born in County Antrim, Ireland. The date and place of his birth are not stated. He died August 4, 1799, in the fifty-fifth year of his age and she died October 10, 1839, aged about eighty
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years.

In 1848 their son Adam applied for the pension due on account of the services of his father and the same was allowed for the benefit of the surviving children; John, William, Philip, Adam, James and Ann Walker and Nancy Love.
Additional data as to children.

Charles Walker born July 22, 1776.
John Walker " November 6, 1777.
Robert Walker " October 30, 1799.
William Walker " February 20, 1783.
Philip Walker " January 22, 1784.
Agness Cunningham Walker " May 20, 1786.
Adam Walker " April 7, 1788.
James Walker " March 16, 1791.

Very truly yours,
E. C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner.
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Rev. War Section.
NT
September 22, 1919.

Hon. William F. Stevenson,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Stevenson:

In response to your letter dated the eighteenth instant, requesting information for Mrs. J. H. McClure of Chester, South Carolina, I have the honor to advise you that in the papers in the claim W. File No. 8,979 Rev. War, it is stated that Alexander Walker with his brothers John, Adam, Robert and Charles, resided on the waters of Sandy River, Camden District (afterwards Chester District ) South Carolina, in Colonel Lacey's beat, and were all soldiers in the Revolution,

From the fall of Charleston in May, 1780, to the end of the War, Alexander Walker served as a soldier and an officer (rank not recollected ) under Captains John McClure, John Steel and John Mills, in Colonel Edward Lacey's regiment of South Carolina Militia; that he was in the battles of Hanging Rock
and Rocky Mount, in one of which he was slightly wounded, and in Sumter's Defeat at Fishing Creek.

Alexander Walker married in 1775, Eleanor White who was born in County Antrim, Ireland. He died
August 4, 1799 in the fifty-fifth year of his age, and she died October 10, 1839 aged about eighty years.
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In 1848, their son Adam Walker applied for the pension which would have been due his mother
on account of her husband's services, and the same was allowed for the benefit of their only surviving children, viz: John Walker, William Walker, Philip Walker, Nancy Love, Adam Walker, James Walker and Ann Walker.

Additional Family data as to children. [as to children handwritten with note] This was corrected Dec 23,1919 by AW.  It distinctly notes they were children
Charles Walker born July 22, 1776.
John Walker " November 6, 1777.
Robert Walker " October 30, 1799.
William Walker " February 20, 1783.
Philip Walker " January 22, 1784.
Agness Cunningham Walker " May 20, 1786.
Adam Walker " April 7, 1788.
James Walker " March 16, 1791.

Very truly yours,
E. C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner.