Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,261, Jesse Walker, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Walker, Jesse
S.18,261
Born in Va
carded
CONTENTS

Letter to Hon. J. Miller - For 5th June 1838. - G. F. Au do 63 1/2 June 6. 1838.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1836 to 4 Sept 1837. Age notified 15 June 1838.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838, from 4 Sept 1837 to 4 March 1838. Age Notified 21. March 1839.
Letter to Hon. John Patten Esq. and 14 Decr 1839
Paid as above from 4 March 1838 to 4 March 1839. Age noti- = fied 30 Decr 1839.
Paid as above from 4 March 1839 to 4 March 1840. Age notified 10. Decr 1840
Paid as above from 4 March to 4 Sept 1840. Agent Notified 28 July 1841
Letter to Rev. Asa A. Phelps 1848.
Date of death not on AB.
Missouri 25.942 Jeffrey Walker of Harnett Co. in the State of N. Carolina who was a Pvt in the Co. of N. Carolina by Captain Haden of the Regt commanded by Col. Mc Donald in the N. Carolina infy -
2 C. Jr. $ 80.00. Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri - at the rate of $ Dollars Cents per ann. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Jan and sent to 1832, Mrs. J. B. Walker No of Dep Arrears to the 4th of Apr 1833 200.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Oct '34 40.00 240.00
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832 Recorded by J. J. H. Clerk Book 6 Vol. 5 Page 90

29. 319
Leona Walker Missouri
Return
Adm 2 years
$80.
Hon John Bull House of Rep
Fayette Missouri

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
27 th Aug 1834
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Joseph Walker
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1776 Priv Capt. Gardin 85 years Traditionary   77 Col. McDevitt North   78 H. H. H. Carolina   79   80   81.  
Whole Service in different tours — 2 years and 6 Months
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of Missouri, County of Howard, } set.
On this 26 th day of November, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty three, personally appeared before the judge of the Howard Circuit Court (the Honorable David Todd) Jesse Walker, a resident of the County of Howard and State of Missouri aforesaid, aged between 85 and 86 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 7, 1832. That he entered the army of the United States in the year 1776, in the County of Burke, and State of North Carolina, of an age of 17 years, as a private in Captain John Haradin's Company of Rangers, under Col. Charles McDowell, and ranged over the the Counties of Burke, Rutherford, Lincoln and Wilkes for the space of three or four weeks, in search of Tories, from whom they were apprehended. During the latter part of the summer and first of the fall of 1777, he performed a three months tour under the officers aforesaid - the Company to which he was attached ranging from the head waters of Broad River to the head waters of Catawba River, over a mountainous country, along the frontiers of Rutherford, Burke and Wilkes Counties, in the State of North Carolina aforesaid.
During the year 1778, he served two tours of three months each, under the officers aforesaid, ranging in the same direction as aforesaid to the distance, as he recollects it of about 80 miles) from the head waters of Broad River to the head of Catawba.
In the year 1779, he served two tours, of three months each, under Captain Matthew Kirkendoll, along the frontiers of Rutherford, Burke & Wilkes, as aforesaid.
In the year 1780, he served three tours, of three months each

under Captain George Walker, and ranged, as aforesaid, along the frontiers of Rutherford, Burke & Wilkes.
In the year 1781, he remembers to have served a term of three months under Captain Thomas Canady, and to have marched from Burke County, N.C. across to Gilbert Town, on Broad River, in Rutherford County - thence down said river, about 20 miles to the Fish-dam ford, - thence to Prince's Fort on the Pacolet - thence to the State line between North and South Carolina - thence along said line east, and thence across to the Catawba, in the Dutch Settlement, where he was discharged, about 30 miles from home.
In the same year (1781) he served a three months term under Captain Joseph McDowell - & this he remembers, commenced on the 15 th day of September (1781) and terminated on the 15 th day of December, 1781. During this service, he marched from Burke County, (N.C.) through Rowan Co. (N.C.) leaving Salisbury on the left, and crossed Atkins River at Mofers ferry - marched thence down & crossed the Cape Fear - thence across the Black River - thence across the Brown marsh - thence to Drowning Creek - thence to the salt swamp - thence to Swan's Pluff - thence down the river Cape Fear to Wilmington, where he was discharged, being about 300 miles from home.
He was born in the County of Prince William, in the State of Virginia, on the 26 th day of June, 1748 - and was living in Burke County, North Carolina when he was called into service as aforesaid. He knows of no living children by whom

he was placed his Service as aforesaid - and has lost all his original discharges. His great age and consequent loss of memory is the reason why he cannot render the narrative of his Services more ample and minute without incurring the risk of mistaking dates, and thus confusing instead of aiding the Commissioner of Pensions in the investigation of his claim. He left the Bible wherein his age is recorded, in the County of Wayne and State of Kentucky, several years since with Mrs. Rachael Walker, his daughter-in-law. The manner in which he was called into Service was this: All persons able to bear arms in his county were numbered 1, 2, 3 &c - and when ever a requisition was made, it was filled according to numbers. Sometimes the requisition were small and sometimes large, according to the danger apprehended from the British and Indians. He remembers that, in the last town he served, nearly every man in Pike County had to turn out.
The Court then propounded to the applicant the following interrogatories, and received the answers annexed thereto:
Question by the Court: When & in what year was you born? Answer: I was born in the County of Prince William, Virginia, on the 26th day of June 1748
Question by the Court: Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? Answer: I have no record of my age. I left the Bible containing it with my daughter-in-law, in the state of Kentucky, about 15 years ago.
Question by the Court: Where were you living when called into Service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer:

I was living in the County of Burke State of S.C. when I was called into Service. After the close of the war I removed to Green County, Georgia, and from there to Wayne County, in Kentucky, and from there to Howard County, Missouri, where I now reside.
Question by the Comt: How were you called into Service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a Substitute. Answer: I have stated the manner in which I was called into Service in the body of My Declaration. It was called clapping in that day. In addition to the Officers named in the foregoing Declaration, I recollect that Genl Butler, with a large command, & Col. Cleveland with a smaller one joined the command under Genl Rutherford (in one of whose companies my last term of duty I was serving) a few miles below Salisbury, and that they all proceeded together to Wilmington, then occupied by the British, but which they evacuated as the American troops approached.
Question by the Comt: Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service. Answer: I received a discharge from my Colonel, Charles McDowell, for even term of Service detailed in my Declaration - but neglected to take care of them, deeming them of little or no use.
He states that he is known in his present neighborhood to David Todd and Thomas Turner who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his Services as a Soldier of the Revolution. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Yours Walker

Sworn and Subscribed to the day and year aforesaid David C. Reeves etc.
We Thomas Turner, a Clergyman, residing in Howard County, Missouri, and David Todd residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jesse Walker, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 85 or 86 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. Thomas Turner David Todd Sworn & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid. D. C. Reeves etc.
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 further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas Turner who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the County of Howard and that David Todd who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Howard aforesaid, and is a credible person, and that their Statement is entitled to credit.
David Todd Judge of 1st Judicial Circuit
J. Gray Pynard, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Howard County, Missouri, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original pro-

ceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jesse Walker for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 27 th day of November, eighteen hundred and thirty three.
Gray Dymann clerk
Davis C. Reaves dc

April 20, 1938
Jesse Walker S. 18261 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. A. A. Walker 316 East 9th Street Wewoka, Oklahoma
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Jesse Walker, born in Virginia, and died in Howard County, Missouri.
The record of Jesse Walker which follows was obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 18261, based on his military service in the War of the Revolution.
Jesse Walker was born June 26, 1748 in Prince William County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not stated.
While a resident of Burke County, North Carolina, Jesse Walker enlisted and served as a private with the North Carolina troops, as follows:
In 1776, three or four weeks in Captain John Hardin's company of Rangers under Colonel Charles McDowell; in the summer and fall of 1777, three months under same officers; in 1778, two tours of three months each under same officers; in 1779, two tours of three months each in Captain Matthew Kirkendall's company; in 1780, three tours of three months each in Captain George Walker's company; in 1781, three months in Captain Thomas Kennedy's company; from September 15, 1781, three months in Captain Joseph McDowell's company.
After the close of the Revolution, Jesse Walker

moved from Burke County, North Carolina to Greene County, Georgia, from there to Wayne County, Kentucky, and from there to Howard County, Missouri.
The soldier, Jesse Walker, was allowed pension on his application executed November 26, 1833, then a resident of said Howard County.
He stated in 1833 that he left the Bible in which his age was recorded with his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Rachel Walker in Wayne County, Kentucky.
The name of soldier's wife is not given, there are no further data relative to children, and it is not shown that the Captain George Walker under whom he served was a relative.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:
Jesse Walker Certificate # 25942 Issued January 29, 1834 Rate $80.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Missouri Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

7
18261
INVALID.
File No. 18261
Jesse Walker
Ph. Nov 1882
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 396
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1929- April 4- Hish to Mrs. S.P. Lamb Accts. 1931- Sept. 12- " Miss Allene Jones Accts. 1936- Oct. 20- " Mrs. Arthur L. McCreight 1938- Apr. 20- " Mrs. A.A. Walker Accts.

I certify that, the papers now de- purporting to be declaration of Jesse Walker - are the same as originally prepared and certified by the Clerk — John Bell
July 27 th 1834 —
Member of Congress from Missouri

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
February 5 th , 1839—
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Jesse Walker, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri Agency, at the rate of eighty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept., 1837. to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson K. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 13. 1838.
Sir.
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States;" Jesse Walker a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri Agency, at the rate of eighty Dollars and -- -- Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1834 to the 4 th of September 1837
Respectfully, &c.
William K. Parrish Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Dec. 18 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Jesse Walker, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1838, to the 4 th March, 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
Simon B. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 23 d 1841.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Jesse Walker — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri Agency, at the rate of Eighty — Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1840, to the 4 th Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
William B. Lewis
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 8 th 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Jesse Walker, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri Agency, at the rate of Eighty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1839, to the 4 th March 1840.
Respectfully yours,
William B. Tarris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present

Sir
Pension Agency, St. Louis, Mo June 30. 1848
I enclose for your decision the pension report of Jesse Walker, a Revolutionary pensioner on the Roll of this Agency last paid by March '47 at the rate of $80. a year. Replied to return them, with your instructions as to whether or not payment shall be made on them.
I am very respectfully your ob. serv. Wm. B. Anderson Agent

Princeton, Mo.
Sept. 17-1936
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir. I am trying to trace relation for D.A.R. records, - and would like to know if you have record of date & Jesse (or perhaps Asaph) Walker , of place of birth & death, and name of wife - presumably from North Carolina.
Report has him - a soldier with General Marion, of the Revolution.
I will - greatly appreciate your help - and prompt reply.
Nancy Moss M c bay
Address
Mrs. Arthur L. M c bay 312 College St.,
Princeton, Missouri.

Mobridge S.D.
Aug. 23 rd '28.
Dear friend.
Will you please send me the Pension Record of Jesse Walker . He received a Revolution- ary war Pension. He proba- bly applied for Pension while living in Kentucky. I think he died in Howard Co. Missouri. He lived to be about 104 years old. Sincerely — Mrs S. D. Lamb.

Aug. 22, 1931
2533 Cepts av.
Jennings, Mo.
St. Louis County, Mo.
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I would like very much to receive data concerning the war record of Jesse Walker — a Revolutionary War soldier! This is the data I have:
Jesse Walker (1748-1849) — from Carolinas (think Salina Co., South Carolina)
(1). Served under Francis Marion as captain ??? (2). Came to Howard County Mo. to live with his son Johnson Walker about 1830 or 40. (3). His last address was Fayette, Howard County, Mo. He would go there to receive his money. (4) Buried in Howard County Mo. and has marker at grave Lived to be 100 yrs old.
Any information received would be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours,
(Miss) Allene Jones

316 East 9th Street, Wewoka, Oklahoma, April 1, 1938.
Bureau of War Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Cant Ident 4/6/38 yo
Gentlemen:
We are trying very hard to trace the Walker family history for our three young sons. We have gotten all the possible information that we could, and are writing to you in desperation. If you can help us, we would be very glad to pay any charge there might be for this work.
Confederate service
My husband's great-grandfather was James Greene Walker , born in Illinois Territory in 1811. He was both a medical doctor and a Methodist preacher. He died at Uvalde, Texas, January 6, 1890. The newspaper clipping at the time of his death says that he served as both a surgeon and chaplain in the Civil War under Gen. Price of the Confederate Army. His only living son says that his father was in the Battle of Pea Ridge, and that he thought a great deal of an officer named Forrest. We have been unable to find this war record, but surely there must be one some place, and we would so very much like to have it.
rw Either the father, or the grandfather, of J. G. Walker was Jesse Walker , and he was supposed to have been in the Revolution. We find that there was a Jesse Walker who had served in the Revolutionary War who died at the age of 101 in Howard County, Missouri. We are unable to find the names of any of his family.
Send to Mrs. Finch Mary R 1851
We also find that there was another Jesse Walker, a Methodist preacher, who was in both Illinois and Missouri at the right time to have been the father of our J.G.Walker. He was born in Rockingham Co., Va., in 1766, and died in Illinois in 1835. If he was in the Revolution he would have been a very young boy at the time.
We have a great many church records on both Rev. James G. Walker, and Rev. Jesse Walker, but they do not any place give the names of their parents, their wives, or their children, or their war records. We will be so very, very grateful to you if you can possibly give us any of this information.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. A. A. Walker
Mrs. A. A. Walker

April 8, 1938.
BAHB 801
Mrs. A. A. Walker, 316 East 9th Street, Wewoka, Oklahoma.
WALKER, James Greene
Dear Madam:
In reply to your communication of April 1, 1938, you are informed that the Veterans Administration does not handle claims based on service in the Confederate Army. Therefore it is impossible to furnish information concerning James Greene Walker from the records in this office. A copy of your letter is being referred to the Adjutant General's Office, War Department, Washington, D. C., for reply to your inquiry concerning him.
Your inquiry concerning the records of certain Revolutionary War veterans will be answered under separate cover.
By direction,
W. C. BLACK, Chief Clerk.

WASHINGTON
September 12, 1931
BA-J/AWF
Miss Allene Jones 2533 Oepts Avenue Jennings, Missouri.
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.18261, that Jesse Walker was born, June 26, 1748 in Prince William County, Virginia.
While residing in Burke County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served as a private with the North Carolina troops, as follows-- in 1776, three or four weeks in Captain John Hardin's company of Rangers under Colonel Charles McDowell; in 1777, three months under the same officers; in 1778, two tours of three months each under same officers; in 1779, two tours of three months each in Captain Matthew Kirkendall's company; in 1780, three tours of three months each in Captain George Walker's company; in 1781, three months in Captain Thomas Kennedy's company; from September 15, 1781, three months in Captain Joseph McDowell's company.
After the Revolution, he moved to Greene County, Georgia, from there to Wayne County, Kentucky, and from there to Howard County, Missouri, where he was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed November 26, 1833.
In 1833, he stated that he left the Bible in which his age was recorded with his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Rachel Walker in Wayne County, Kentucky.
The name of soldier's wife is not shown, nor are there any further data as to children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid, and possibly the date

of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Jesse Walker, S.18261, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing allof the following data-
Jesse Walker Certificate number 25942 Issued January 29, 1834 Rate $80.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Missouri Agency.
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

April 4, 1929
Mrs. S.D.Lamb Mobridge South Dakota
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.18261, it appears that Jesse Walker was born, June 26, 1748, in Prince William County, Virginia.
While residing in Burke County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served as a private with the North Carolina Troops as follows:
In 1776, three or four weeks in Captain John Hardin's Company of Rangers under Colonel Charles McDowell; in 1777, three months under same officers; in 1778, two tours of three months each under same officers; in 1779, two tours of three months each in Captain Matthew Kirken-dall's Company; in 1780, three tours of three months each in Captain George Walker's Company; in 1781, three months in Captain Thomas Kennedy's Company; from September 15, 1781, three months in Captain Joseph McDowell's Company.

After the Revolution, he moved to Greene County, Georgia, from there to Wayne County, Kentucky, and from there to Howard County, Missouri, where he was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed November 26, 1833.
In 1833, he stated that he left the Bible in which his age was recorded with his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Rachel Walker, in Wayne County, Kentucky.
The name of soldier's wife is not given nor are there any further data as to children.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

October 20, 1936
Jesse Walker-S.18261 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Arthur L. McCoy 312 College Street Princeton, Missouri
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Jesse or Asaph Walker, who served from North Carolina.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land, which have been made to the United States, based upon service in that war. A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of Asaph Walker.
The record of Jesse Walker which follows was obtained from pension claim, S. 18261, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Jesse Walker was born June 26, 1748 in Prince William County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Burke County, North Carolina, Jesse Walker enlisted and served as a private with the North Carolina troops, as follows:
In 1776, three or four weeks in Captain John Hardin's company of Rangers under Colonel Charles McDowell; in the summer and fall of 1777, three months under the same officers; in 1778, two tours of three months each under same officers; in 1779, two tours of three months each in Captain Matthew Kirkendall's company; in 1780, three tours of three months each in Captain George Walker's company; in 1781, three months

in Captain Thomas Kennedy's company; from September 15, 1781, three months in Captain Joseph McDowell's company.
After the close of the Revolution, Jesse Walker moved from Burke County, North Carolina to Greene County, Georgia, from there to Wayne County, Kentucky, and from there to Howard County, Missouri. He was allowed pension on his application executed, November 26, 1833, then a resident of said Howard County.
He stated in 1833 that he left the Bible in which his age was recorded with his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Rachel Walker in Wayne County, Kentucky.
The name of soldier's wife is not shown, there are no further data relative to children, and it is not stated that the Captain George Walker under whom he served was a relative.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and give the following:
Jesse Walker Certificate #25942 Issued January 29, 1834 Rate $80.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Missouri Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator