Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11033, David Walker, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Walker, David
R. No 33
CONTENTS

REJECTED
11 033
P. O. _____
David Walker
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized.
_____ Contract
Cost of Dis. Searched for
18

David Walker Va.
11033
Rejected - see let: to Wm Miller blk: Gooceland b o Va.

Rejected - up there side mostly -
Rejected - see the Mr Miller, clerk 6. Goshland Co Ga

BRIEF in the case of David Walker  County of Goochland in the State of Virginia  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 81 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17 year of the Siege of York " " 2 - 28 21 4 Private Gen. Capt Williamson Col. Goode Col. Hough Woodson Col. Morris Genl Lafayette  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Powhatan  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? own declaration  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Batts Examining Clerk.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Levi A. Walker  Goodland  Be which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

9631 David Walker's declaration
Ms. A. 1. 6 v. 11 p. 11 (cont.) 20th March 1832.

Virginia: At about hills for Goochland County 20 th August 1832. — On this 20 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of the county of Goochland now sitting David Walker a resident of the said county in the State of Virginia aged eighty 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 act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered into the army of the Revolution as as the State line in the Militia in the year of the Siege at York, being drafted, that when first called out he was to have marched to the South under the command of Capt. Richard Crump but being taken sick, was unable to march: — was then placed under the command of Capt. Williamson at Petersburg where he was and had an engagement near Petersburg while attached to the Regiment of Col. Gooch, & retreated from there, then followed the enemy from Williamsburg up to old James Town from thence we went to Williamsburg from Williamsburg to York that York was under the command of Capt. Hughes Woodson. In that year he served three times, the first four weeks, the second three weeks & the last 64 days at the siege of York. — He had been called out at sundry times before that year & served short terms of duty, but cannot now charge his memory the length of time he was in service or the date, and he cannot now recollect the names of any of the Officers except the Capt. Jack Harris. — At the time he was drafted in the Militia he resided in the County of Powhatan, & had a regular discharge at York after the Surrender of Cornwallis at York, but don't recollect who signed the discharge, but recollect he was under the general command of the Marquis Lafayette at York: has lost his discharge. after being discharged he returned to the County of Powhatan & remained there thirty  twenty odd years then moved to the County of Goochland where he has resided ever since to this day: that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person now alive except Littlebury Stovall of the County of Henrico Powhatan who can testify to his service & he is not certain that he can procure the evidence of the said Stovall. That he has never received any pay or compensation for his services from any source whatever. 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 of any state
Sworn to & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid. David (Walker)
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.
I William Miller Clerk of the Court of Goochland County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original

proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Walker for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 29 th day of August 1832.
W m Miller C.C.