Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7803, Green Walker, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Walker Green
S 7803
Born in N.C.
CONTENTS
carded

North Carolina 16.500
Green Walker of Franklin the State of NC who was a Pvt in the by Captain of the Regt commanded by Col Sevell on the NC line for 8 1/2 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 25 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Aug 1833 and Sub Joint Patterson Louisville - No. Ca
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 50- Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 12.50 $ 62.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book C Vol. 6 Page 59.

Green Walker N.C. N o 24112.
Red. Admit as a private 8½ months. $25.00
f.i.v. not authenticated
Smith Patterson eloisburg elo Franklin Co N.C.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
April 29 1833
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 Green 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.     15 July 1779 drafted 3 Pri. Col. Benj. Seaville & Wm. Brickell about 72 years Traditionary Witness -   3 "   drafted 2 15 "  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. 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 enquiry 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 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 [j] 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.
[t] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of North Carolina } Franklin County }
I Smith Patterson clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for the County of Franklin, aforesaid do hereby certify that Wilson D Webb Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits were made is and was at that time an acting justice of the Peace in the aforesaid County of Franklin and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
Given under my hand & seal of the County, at office the 22 nd July 1833
S. Patterson Clk

State of N. Carolina On the 15 th day A.D. 1832. Franklin County } This day personally appeared before me William D Webb of the county & State aforesaid Green Walker aged about about seventy two years, who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1779 on the 15 th July as a drafted militia man and served in the regiment of militia under the following officers, that he was drafted as a three months militia man under Capt Solomon Carter commanded by Col Benjamin Seawell & William Brinkley that he marched from Louisburg Franklin County N. Carolina to Col. Bridge South Carolina from Thence to Matthews Bluff on the Pedee River from Thence back to Col. Bridge from Thence to Salisbury from Thence to Charlotte Town in N. Carolina from Thence back to Salisbury near the Yadkin River where he was discharged in the County of State of when he returned home, he further states that he entered the the service of the Revolutionary War leaving home his then residence Wake County, where he went to the Town of Halifax commanded by Capt Benjamin Coleman a Northern Officer from Thence we marched by the way of Tarborough to Kingston from Thence to New River Chapel on New River from Thence to Deep River & Roads from Thence back to Kingston expecting to be engaged in battle every day but was in no battle in these two first tours and at Kingston was discharged had written discharges but do recollect the officers names, and have lost the discharges since

Ever the 3 rd ... after returning home from the 2 nd tour to the County of York I was drafted as a three months militia man before I reached home, and was remained under the command of Capt. at York to rendezvous at Harrodsburg in Pulaski County. From there we marched to Kingston in Lenoir County, from there to Newbern & Cape Fear endeavouring to go into Wilmington but was prevented by the Enemy. our army being too small to compete, with the enemy, and after remaining there, he then returned to Kingston where he was discharged having in this tour two months, and one half making in the aggregate. Eight months, & one half actual service the revolutionary war. Neither this document said not -
Sworn to & subscribed to this 12 th day Decr 1832. his Grant Walker mark
H. Smith Sp
Q did you ever receive a discharge from the service
A. I have
Q by whom was it given
A I do not recollect the officers name
Q what has become of your discharge
A lost or mislaid
I refer you to Mr Webb & John Brown to prove my veracity & good standing as a soldier of the revolution sworn to & subscribed this year & date above written this Grant Walker mark
H. Smith Sp

personally appeared before me Jno Webb & John Brown & maketh oath that the above declaration of the said Green Walker they have all reason to believe, & do give full faith & credit as such Sworn to & subscribe to the day & year above written
W. D. Webb J.P.
Jno Webb John Brown mark
I Gideon Bap Clergyman residing in Nash Co. do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Green Walker who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration & that I believe him to be seventy two years of age that he is now I believe in the neighborhood where he resides, 60 have been a soldier of the Revolution & that I concur in that opinion from to & subscribe the year & date aforesaid
Gideon Bap. C.
State of North Carolina Franklin County
I Wilson D Webb justice of the court for the county of Franklin certify that I believe the said Green Walker was a soldier of the Revolution & served as he states. I do further certify that Gideon Bap who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident of the county of Nash

State of N o Carolina } This day personally appeared Jesse Franklin County } Webb at the House of Green Walker before me Wilson S.
Webb after being duly sworn.
deponeth and saith that Green Walker
that he believes, in the year 1779. he entered the United State Service in the revolutionary War under the command of Col d Benjamin Hawkins & William Brickell, (Solomon Carter being the Capt) and marched under Capt Carter from Louisburg of the County of Franklin & State aforesaid. to Coler Bridge, Drowning Creek South Carolina from thence to Matthews Bluff on Pee dee River from thence back to Coler Bridge thence to Salisbury from thence to Charlotte thence to the Yadkin a Tour of Three months. when I suppose he was discharged.
Further this deponent saith not Sworn & subscribed to
before me.
Jesse Webb
Franklin County } Jesse Webb N o 6 4 th day } Dec r 1832 }
State of North- Carolina  Carolina Franklin County } ss
I Wilson S. Webb the Justice before whom the above deposition was taken, do hereby certify that the deponent Jesse Webb is a credible person and that his statements are entitled to credit. given un- der my hand seal this 20 th day of June 1833
W. S. Webb
Resident of the County of Nash

and that Ipe Webb & John Brown who has also signed the same are residents of the County of Franklin & Nash and is credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit
W. D. Webb JP
State of North Carolina
Franklin County
I Wilson C Webb one of the justices for the court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the county of Franklin do certify that Green Walker who declared herein was made before me in so informed that he can not attend in person before any of the Courts of Record for the County of Franklin aforesaid.
W. D. Webb JP
State of North Carolina Franklin County
I Frank Patterson Clerk of the court of pleas & quarters Sessions for the County of Franklin, aforesaid do hereby certify that Wilson DeWitt Egan before whom the aforesaid papers were sworn to & executed is an acting justice of the for the County aforesaid & that the signature hereto by him is his as genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my office the 5 th day of December 1832 / Patterson Clerk

State of North Carolina Nash County 18 th Oct 1832 This day we William Bunton & William Bryant met the house of William Bunton & proceeded to take the disposition of William Bunton who after being duly sworn deposeth as follows and saith that same time in the year 1781 he entered the united States service in the Revolutionary war under the command of Capt Benjamin Colalmon in Halifax County where he met with Green Walker of Granville Nash County who was under the command of P. Colalmon we then marched together from there to Richland Chapel on new river, from there to Duplin Cross Roads & from there to Kingston where he was discharged; he further states that he does not know whether P. Walker was discharged then or not. Sworn to and the above was sworn & subscribed to before us William Bunton Wm Bunton J.P. Wm Bryant J.P.
State of North Carolina Nash County
I Benjamin H Blount Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that William Bunton & Wm Bryant Esqrs whose signatures appear to the above affidavit are and were at the time therein specified, Acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid and that due Credit should be given to their official Acts as such -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office in Nashville the 6 th day of December A.D. 1832 Benj. H. Blount. C.C.C.

State of North Carolina { Wake County } ss
We William Bunting & William B. Bryant the two Justices for the County of Wake aforesaid, before whom the within deposition was taken, do hereby certify that William Bunting Jnr. the deponent is a credible person and that his statements are entitled to credit given under our hands & seals. This 10 th day of July
1833
Wm Bunting J r Seal Wm B Bryant Seal
William Bunting Deposition

State of North Carolina } Franklin County } ss
This 20 day of June 1833 personally appeared before me Wilson D. Webb an acting Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid Green Walder (who from age and infirmity is unable to attend before a court of record) who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration as a supplement to his former declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
He further declares the answers subjoined to the following interrogatories are true to the best of his recollection & belief -
Question 1 st - Where & in what year were you born?
Ans. in the year 1751. I was born in Nash County. -
Question 2 nd Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
Ans. It is in my Bible.
Question 3 rd Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Ans. In Nash County when called into service and since the Revolutionary war I have lived partly in Nash & partly in Franklin County. and I now live in Franklin County. -

Question 4 th How were you called into service; were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute? and if a substitute for whom?
Ans r I was Drafted the first 6 times. I was substituted the 2 nd time. for Migajah Thomas and I was Drafted the 3 rd time. —
Question 5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops where you served; such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Ans r I served under Col s Searville & Prickell & under Gen l Sumner part of the time. The Regiment was commanded as principle by Col l Benjamin Searville. The General circumstances I refer you to my former declarations.
Question 6 th Did you ever receive a Discharge from the service; and if so by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
Ans r I did receive a discharge but who signed I do not recollect, and it is lost or mislaid
Question 7 th 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 good behavior in your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Ans r I refer you to S r M c Nabb & John Brown my neighbours who has testified to my veracity & good behaviour. and I also refer you to S r M c Nabb & William Bunton as to my services in the Revolution —
Sworn & subscribed to this 20 th day of June A D 1833. —
(M c Nabb)
Gran t  his Walker Mark

March 18, 1939.
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BA-J/CC Green Walker S.7803
Mrs. John C. Lesher 1107 Fourteenth Street Modesto, California.
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim S.7803, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Green Walker.
Green Walker was born in 1761, in Nash County, North Carolina. Names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Nash County, North Carolina, Green Walker enlisted July 15, 1779, served eight and one half months as private in Captains Solomon Carter's, Benjamin Coleman's, and Forbes' companies, Colonels Benjamin Seawell's and William Brickell's North Carolina regiments.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed December 4, 1832, then a resident of Franklin County, North Carolina.
There are no family data of record.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date

of death of Green Walker, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Green Walker, Certificate #16500 Issued August 28, 1833 Rate $25.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 North Carolina Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Rev. War
7803
1939 - Mar 18 visit to Mrs. John C. Lesh (Grace's) co
✓ INVALID.
File No. 7803
Green Walker
Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: — Vol. 185 , Page 392
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1107-14 St.
Modesto, California
Jan. 21, 1939-
Fed. Office Knoxville, Tenn.,
Dear Sirs:- I see in "King Mountain Men" by White that John Walker, Blount Co. a pension was paid to his children 6 Aug. 1837. Who were those children? I am trying to find a John Walker who served in the Revolution - The first I know is in 1825 - a grand daughter was born in Jacksonville, Ala. I think they came from North C. thru Tennessee.
Yours Truly,
Mrs. John P. Fisher.
Grace T. Fisher
P.S. My great great grandfather, John Walker's children were Reeves, Green, Mahala, Mary, Hulda, and Sarah. I am also looking for a Hughes father of Wm., a weatherly father of Joseph; an Anderson, father of Fozina.
E. T. L.

1107 Fourteenth Street, Modesto, California Jan. 23, 1939.
Veteran's Administration War Dept. Washington D.C.
My dear Sir:- I see where Green Walker , Halifax Co. N.C. was a Revolutionary War Pensioner. where was he born ? I am not looking for him but for his father, John Walker. I don't know whether John Walker father of Green was a pensioner or not. If he was it was in Tenn. or Alabama. Do you know ? Other children were Reeves, Mahala, Mary Hughes, Sarah wife Huldah.
Mrs. John C. Lesher.
I thank you, Grace T. Lesher.

March 18, 1939.
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BA-J/GC Green Walker S.7803
John Walker W-64
Mrs. John C. Leasher 1107 Fourteenth Street Modesto, California.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Green Walker of Halifax, North Carolina, that of his father, John Walker, also Revolutionary War records of soldiers with the surname, Hughes, Weatherly, and Anderson. You cite a John Walker recorded in "King Mountain Men" whose children received a pension August 6, 1837.
The record has been found of one Green Walker only, who received a pension for service in the Revolutionary War. The record has been found also of a John Walker of North Carolina. These two records are furnished you herewith. Your citation in regard to the pension which was paid to John Walker's children in 1837, may pertain to a pension paid by the state of North Carolina or to some special Act of Congress in which instances this office would have no record of the transaction.
No records can be identified of the Anderson, Hughes, and Weatherly in whom you are interested, without their full names and some data by which to identify their records.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.