Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 3444, Robert Walker, Md.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Md.
CONTENTS
Walker, Robert
NUMBER
S 3444.
Carded
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1904
West Tennessee
Robert Walker of Bedford in the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the Compy [company] commanded by Captain Read of the Regt commanded by Col. Jones in the Maryland line for 2 ½ years from 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee (West ) at the rate of 80 - Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Nov. 1832 - and sent to Charles
Ready: Murfreesboro, Ten
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 120 -
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4- 40
March 1833  $160-
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk
Book D Vol. 9 Page 163
Date of death [illegible] AB
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4745.
Charles Ready
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Agent
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State of Tennessee} County Court
Bedford County} August term 1832.
On this 15th day of August 1832, personally appeared in open court, before Samuel Phillips, John B. Armstrong & John L. Neill Esquires, Justices of said court, now sitting, Robert Walker, a resident of the County of Bedford and State of Tennessee aged Seventy -
five years one month & thirteen days, 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 act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States about two years & a half before the close of the war, but cannot remember the year, he remember however that it was in the month of May. He enlisted under a man
by the name of Stack, whose given name he does not remember, or what commission he bore; but he knows but he knows he he was a recruiting officer in the regular service. He served in the 16 Regiment of the Maryland line, under the following named officers. He was a private soldier in Capt [Captain] Ezekiel Reads company, according to the best his recollection, for he cannot be perfectly certain as to the given name of his Captain. - The said 16th Regiment in which he served, was commanded by Colonel Jones, his given name he cannot remember He recollects Majr [Major] Lytle of said Regiment, and he thinks then was also a Majr [Major]  Cannon belonging to, and commanding in the same Regiment, but his memory does not sufficiently serve him to enable him to speak with certainty about Majr [Major] Cannon. He does not remember the names of any of the other officers of his Regiment, except the Lieutenant of the company to with he belonged, whose name was Daniel Casey, who was killed at York, and his ensign whose name was Howel. Declarant lived in Dorset County upon the eastern shore in Maryland, at the time he enlisted in the service of the United States; and he rendezvoused at
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the town of Cambridge, the then seat of Justice in said
Dorset County, and was then musterid into to service. Col.
Jones was then present at the time, and at the same
time Captn. Read took command of the company
to which he was attached. The regiment to which declarant
belonged, crossed over the Chesapeak Bay, and
marched up past Baltimore, and joined as speedily
as they could, the army under the immediate command
of General Washington; but he cannot remember at
what point they joined the main army as above stated,
or the course which they marched, and the country through
they passed, after they left Baltimore, before joining
the main army. After joining the main body of the
army, the whole moved on as well as declarant recollects
towards Brandywine; and in their march in
that direction they had a smart engagement at a place
which he thinks was called Fair Hill. As to the Fair 
in the name of the place, he cannot be certain; but is
very confident the balance of the name of the place was
Hill. In this engagement, the American troops was compeled
to give ground; but there was nothing like
a general defeat of our army. There was a considerable
number of the Americans killed in this engagement
and the next day after the engagement or
perhaps the same evening Gen. Washington sent a 
a flag in to the Brittish Commander for permission
to bury our dead, and the permission being granted,
they were accordingly buried by us the next day. After
this engagement declarant remembers that then there were 
several little skirmishes, before our troops reached Brandywine;
but there was no one of them of much consequence; 
nor can he undertake to state the number 
of them, but they were frequent. At Stony Point, he
was in a small engagement and assisted in taking
a fort in which there was as he things five or six hundred
Hessians, all of whom were taken prisoners.
In taking this fort declarant received a slight
wound in his right leg. The time of taking this fort,
he does not know that he remembers with accuracy;
but upon reflection, and from the best calculation
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he can make from his frail memory, he believes it was before the battle of Brandywine. Declarant was in the battle of Brandywine, when the American troops were successful. After this engagement he marched with the army in pursuit of the Brittish [British] troops and remembers that he was in several skirmishes with them, they occasionally making a stand a firing a few rounds, but declarant cannot undertake to state any of the particulars of these skirmishes; nor can he state with a certain knowledge, the course which the Brittish [British] troops took, or our troops followed in the pursuit. At this distance of time when the memory of declarant has greatly failed him, he cannot well remember any thing more than prominent facts which occurred during his term of service. The next, and the last important transaction in which declarant was engaged, was at Little York when & when Lord Cornwallis surrendered. He bore an active part as a private Soldier in that engagement. He was upon the ground at that place, he thinks two or three weeks before the surrender, during which time there was a firing kept up by the artillery of the two opposing armies, more or less every day. He learned when the  troops to which he belonged, reached there, that previous to the arrival Generals Greene & Lafayette had him engaged in a warmly contested battle with the enemy, but
after his arrival then the firing was entirely with the artillery, and there was no engagement with small arms. After the surrender of Cornwallis declarant together with all his Regiment was furloughed and permited [permitted] to return home, until they should be again called on to enter into active service, which was expressed in the the written furlough they received. He cannot state from whom he directly received his furlough, but he well remembers the name of Gen. Washington was to it. Declarant never was called on after this time to enter into service, and therefore never received any regular discharge from
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the service, or any other dismission except the furlough as already stated. The furlough which he received, has been lost many years since, or destroyed; for he did
not suppose it would ever be of any service to him and was not as careful of it as he might and would have been, had he anticipated that it could to be of any service to him. The statement of the occurrences as herein set forth in which declarant was
concerned & bore a part, he cannot say; in stated precisely in the order in which they took place, for he cannot pretend that the correctly remembers. Never having supposed it would be material for him to give a history of his services, he has not
through the course of a tolerably long life, endeavored to keep fresh in his remembrance, the incidents of his military services. The time declarant served in the army as above stated was about two and a half years, and he was never out of
active service from the time he entered into it, until he was furloughed as above stated.
Since the termination of the war, declarant has resided in Maryland, North Carolina & Tennessee. He resided about a year & a half at his former resided after he left the army when he removed to Rockingham County North Carolina where he resided about thirty years, where he removed to Bedford County Tennessee, where he has ever since resided. Declarant has no documentary evidence, and he knows of no
person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
his
Robert  X Walker
mark
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Jas McKisick Clk
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We William Lemons and John Warner, residing in Bedford County Tennessee, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robert Walker who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be about seventy six years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion
Subscribed & sworn to
John Warner
Wm Lemmons
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid
[illegible]  clk [clerk] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court farther certifies, that it appears to them that John Warner and Wm Lemmons, who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents in the County of Bedford Tennessee, are credible persons, and their statement is entitled to credit
L S Neill
Samuel Phillips
John B. Armstrong
I James McKisick Clerk of the County Court of Bedford, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Robert Walker for a pension. In [writing obscured by white paper]
whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and [writing obscured by white paper] office this 17th day of August 1832.
Jas McKisick Clk [clerk]
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section
ILL

July 28,. 1930.

Mrs. R. Wayne Gill
404 North Oakland Avenue
Decatur, Illinois.

Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 3444, that Robert Walker, while
a resident of Dorchester County, Maryland, enlisted, rendezvoused
at Cambridge, in said county, joined Captain Read's Company, Colonel
Jones' Regiment, marched towards Brandywine and on the way was in
an engagement at some "Hill", was in the battle of Brandywine, in
the battle of Stony Point, in which he received a slight wound in the
right leg, and continued in active service until after the siege of
Yorktown, in which siege he was engaged.
After the war, soldier resided in Maryland for about
one and one-half years, then moved to Rockingham County, North Carolina, 
where he remained about thirty years, after which he moved to
Bedford County, Tennessee.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August
15, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Bedford County, Tennessee, 
aged seventy-five years.
There are not family data.
Very truly yours,

E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.
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1930 June 7 - History to Miss Una Winters- ILL
1930. July 28. Hist. to Mrs. R. W. Gill ILL. Her lett. W. 365 - Ezekiel Billington
1933 - July 11. Mrs. R. W. Gill adv. leow to get date of last payment of pension etc. EiF

Rev War
3444.
INVALID.
3444
File No.
Robert Walker Pvt, Md. line

Act: June 7, 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 390
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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LAND OFFICE,
Annapolis, November 6th 1882
I Certify, that it appears by the Muster Rolls remaining in the Office, that Robert Walker enlisted as a private in the 3rd Maryland
Regiment, on the 14th day of April 1777, and was present on the 1st day of November 1780,
George G. Brewer
Register Land Office, W. S. M.
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LAND OFFICE.
Annapolis, November 6th 1832,
I Certify, that it appears by a Pay Roll remaining in the Office, that Robert
Walker, a private received of John Hamilton, Agent of the Maryland Line, $80"00cts arrears of pay from the 1st August, 1780, to the 1st of January, 1782 also $80"00cts pay from the 1st January, 1782, to the 1st January, 1783-also $43"30cts. from the 1st January, 1783, to the 15th of November, 1783.
Gratuity, $80"00cts. Total received $283"30 cents,
George G. Brewer
Register office W. S. M.
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Tennessee
Nos.
4745
&
4746.
Hon Lewis Cass
Washington City
Secretary of of War
[round stamp with AUG 18 & other illegible characters]
[illegible] 32
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Murfreesboro Tenn August the 18th 1832.
Hon. Lewis Cass, Secretary of War,
Sir - I enclose the declarations of two Revolutionary soldiers, made in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832.
It is desired that the department should communicate with me on the subject, and if their applications are favourably [favorably] disposed of, that such testimonials as may be necessary to authorize the pension Agent of this State to pay them such sums as they may be entitled to receive, should be forward to me at this place.
Very respectfully &c.
Charles Ready
+Charles Brandon
&
Robert Walker
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Land Office; Annapolis, Novr [November] 6th 1832
Sir,
Your letter of the 1st Inst. with the declaration of Robert Walker enclosed, was received. In reply, I have to inform you, that it appears by the Muster rolls in this office, that Robert Walker belonged to the 3rd Maryland Regiment, he states however, in his declaration, that he served in the 16th Maryland Regt. - as there was no such Regiment as the 16th he of course must be mistaken; - I have noticed that many of the old Soldiers, who served
in the Maryland line, on applying at this office, for certificate from the rolls of their service, could not recollect the regiment to which they belonged, - I therefore think it
probable that Robert Walker, who has made his declaration, is the same person whose name appears upon the pension pay and muster rolls in this office, - I herewith send you enclosed certificates from the rolls, and also return you his declaration
I am very respectfully,
yr. obt. st. [obedient servant] 
George G. Brewer

J. L. Edwards Esqr [Esquire]
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Flora, Illinois
March 31, 1930
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: I would like very much to
have the Military Record of Robert
History
since 9-1930
S-3444.
Walker during the Revolutionary War.
Also the Military Record of Ezekiel
Billington during the same war.
These men enlisted from North
Carolina and after the war moved
to Marshall County Tennessee. While
living in Tennessee they received a 
pension.
If there is any other information
you have regarding marriages, birth
of children etc, I'd be very glad to
get that also. I wish to get information
and proof to enable me to
become a D.A.R., and any information
will be appreciated.
Yours respectfully,
(Miss) Una Winters
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Decatur, Illinois.
June, 26, 1933.

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen,
I would appreciate your help in tracing the War Records of two ancestors of the war of 1812. SInce I wish the records for D.A.R. proof, any record of service or any family data would be useful. The following is the only information I have of my ancestors, John Young and James BIllington:
[underlined] John Young [/underlined] was born in Kentucky in 1789. He married Susan Lock of Kentucky in 1808 and in 1818 moved to Wayne County Illinois, then known as the Big Mound Settlement. After the death of Susan Lock in 1835, he married in 1836 Sarah Reed of Tennessee. John Young died in 1878. The pension claims would probably come from Wayne County, Illinois.
[underlined] James Billington [/underlined], son of
[added note] Rev. War Walker on either side [/added note]
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Ezekiel Billington was born in North Carolina in 1792, and died in Bedford or Marshall County Tennessee about 1860 or 1864. He married about 1815, Sarah Walker who was born in North Carolina about 1793 and who died in Bedford or Marshall County Tennessee about 1864. The pension claim would probably come from Bedford or Marshall County Tennessee. [added note] Old War Rev - Res. 12463 [/added note]
I wish also to inquire if there is any record of a pension claim to Ancil Penny Walker, widow of Robert Walker Revolutionary war soldier. The claim should have come from Bedford County Tennessee. I am trying to find some family data of Robert Walker.
I shall be very grateful for any information you can give me.
Most Sincerely,
Mrs. R. Wayne Gill.
402 N. Oakland Ave,
Decatur, Illinois.
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section
ILL

June 7, 1930.

Miss Una Winters
Flora, Illinois.

Dear Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary 
War pension claim, S. 3444, it appears Robert Walker, while a
resident of Dorchester County, Maryland, enlisted, rendezvoused
at Cambridge, in said county, joined Captain Road's Company,
Colonel Jones' Regiment, marched toward Brandywine and on the
way was in an engagement at some "Hill", was in the battle of
Brandywine, in the battle of Stony Point, in which he received
asslight wound in the right leg, and continued in active service
until after the siege of Yorktown, in which siege he was engaged.
After the war, soldier resided in Maryland for about
one and one half years, then moved to Rockingham County, North Carolina
where he remained about thirty years, after which he
moved to Bedford County, Tennessee.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
August 15, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Bedford
County, Tennessee, aged seventy-five years.
There are no family data.
Very truly yours,

E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.

Soldier stated "Fair Hill" - not
identified.
Names of officers not in Heitman
W-8365- Ezekiel Billington - same letter.
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July 11, 1933
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Robert Walker-S.3444
BA-J/AWF
Mrs. R. Wayne Gill
402 N. Oakland Avenue
Decatur, Illinois

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request information in regard to James Billington and
John Young, soldiers of the War of 1812, also if there
were a claim for pension on file for Ancil Penny
Walker, widow of Robert Walker, pinoioner from Bedford
County, Tennessee, a soldier of the War of the
Revolution.
The War of 1812 records of this office fail
to afford any information in regard to a claim for
pension on file on account of the services of James
Billington and John Young as described by you.
You were furnished, July 28, 1930, the Revolutionary
War record of Robert Walker, pension claim,
S. 3444, which pension was allowed on his application
executed, August 15, 1832, then a resident of
Bedford County, Tennessee.
You were advised at that time that there were
no data in the claim in regard to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of
pension, the name and address to whom sent, and possibly
the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, 
Robert Walker, you should apply to the Comptroller
General, General Accounting Office, Records
Division, Washington, D.C., citing all of the following
data-Robert Walker, Certificate No. 1004,
issued November 13, 1832, rate $80.00 per annum, to
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commence March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, West
Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator