Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6403, William T Walker, Va

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Walker, William T.
W 6403
Mary
BL 27t 51,765-160-55
CONTENTS

12.073
Virginia
William T. Walker of R t Edward in the State of Virginia who was a Pr t : D r : C a in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Walker - in the Va: line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 32 - Dollars 70 - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of March 1833 and sent to B. D. D. Wortham. R t : Edward. C a 18
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 65.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept - 16.25 81.25
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 Page 30
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252,027 acc Mar 3/55 July 18/56.
57.766 Mary Walker  Wife of William J. Walker Priv.
Private Va mil a
Rev War. Va Line 32- 12073 Dis July 53 Ad. 160 acc Dec 30/55 Dodge J. D. Watkins Petersburg Va.
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304108- 160
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Vol W=1-31

5.985 Virginia R. Mary Walker, widow of Va William V. Walker who served in the Revolutionary war, as a priv. of Inf. + Cav.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 32. dollars 50 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 9 th day of Dec r 1856 and sent to
V. D. Watkins Petersburg Va.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 157, Vol. 26.
Death not shown on A.B.
(51765-160)

State of Virginia County of Prince Edward ss to all
On this 26 th day of November 1856 personally appeared before me Horrell E Warren a justice of the peace in and for said county and state aforesaid John Dufey and made oath in due form of law, that he was present when Mrs Mary Walker the widow of Wm T. Walker dec. signed her name to a declaration or perhaps two declarations one for the Arrearage of pension due to her dec d husband up to the time of his death, and the other was for a pension on her own behalf as the widow of said Wm T. Walker who it seems was a Revolutionary pensioner & that he saw her sign her name to it and was present and witnessed the proceedings in Court at the August term 1856 that the said Mary Walker is my sister and I know that the said Wm T. Walker and my said sister lived together as man and wife peaceably and quietly for a number of years before and up to the time of his death. And I have every reason to know and do know that she is the identical person she has represented herself to be in said declaration.
Witness
Wm Davidson
Robt. C. Warren
John Dufey
Sworn to and subscribed before me a justice of the peace in and for the County first above mentioned on this 26 th day of November 1856. I know John Dufey to be a credible person & a justice in this County. Horrell E Warren
I Branch J. Worsham clerk of the County Court of Prince Edward, in the State of Virginia, do certify that Horrell E. Warren whose genuine signature is above, is a justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned & qualified.
Given under my hand with the seal of the court of said county annexed, this 26 th day of November 1856.
B. Worsham Clerk

City of Petersburg } State of Virginia } set.
On this 19 th day of November 1856 personally appeared before me W m H. Lemoinde a justice of the Peace in and for said City and State aforesaid Stephen D. Watkins and made oath in due form of law that he prepared the papers or declarations aluded to in the affidavit of John Dusey first above mentioned, saw Mrs. (Mary) Walker sign her name to them and witness d the proceedings in Court (August 1856) - that I believe, may am fully satisfied that she is the identical person who has represented herself to be in said declarations for the arrear of pension due to her said dec d . husband, and for a pension for herself as the widow of said W m T. Walker a Revolutionary pensioner under the Act of 7 th June 1832 - and I know too that the said W m T. Walker & the said Mary Walker lived together as man and wife and were so recognized to be by all the neighbors & relations -
Witness W. L. Watkins A. M. Watkins.
J. D. Watkins
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 19 th day of November 1856 - and I know J. D. Watkins to be a credible person & this City. - W m H. Lemoinde J. P. State of Virginia City of Petersburg to wit.
I David M c Bernard Clerk of the Court of Hustings for the said City in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that W m H. Lemoinde whose genuine signature appears to the above certificate is now and was at the time of his signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said City, duly elected and qualified as such: the same appearing from the records of the said Court. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this 27 th day of December 1856 D. M c Bernard, CC

6781
Wm J. Walker
Adm't 6 mo per Dec 20.
3-600. 12 50
5.12.13-32 50
Capt Walker of the
7 th Militia per Dec 37
1778.
See let Nov 10 th 32
Genl. Worsham
P. Edwards
10-
Branch J. Worsham

6781  BRIEF in the case of  William T. Walker  County of Prince Edward  in the State of  Virginia  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75  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.     Summer 1778 Draft? about 1 3 private Gen. Earl Cornwallis   1779 vol. three 3 " E. Walker.   1780 " about two 3 lead. " M c Leod (cavalry)   7  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Amelia County Va.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  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.
Shaughnessy
Examining Clerk.

not for me FREE E.T.
Mary Walker
To the President Abraham  Lincoln Washington City

J. P.
Petersburg V a 6. Octo: 1856
Perhaps Mr. Mary Walker papers had better be returned to me that I may have the declaration attested - I can myself qualify to the signature myself as I was present when she signed her name, and was present in Court when the proceedings was transacted. As it was done in Court I presumed it was unnecessary to be attested - Upon the whole suppose you enclose me the papers back again at once that new steps be taken - to one of the claims either for land bounty or a pension the clerk's certificate of her marriage was attached and by reference to it you will see it. I expect to be on towards the last of this month with a Gentleman Mr. Walker son in law who was also present and can qualify to her signature proceedings in Court etc. - Yr Mo. Ob t
J. D. Walker

252.027.
Mrs Mary Walker's Claim for bounty land

State of Virginia } Prince Edward County } ss.
On this 10 th day of July 1855, personally appeared before me D. H. Lee mark , a justice of the peace within and for the county and state aforesaid. Mary Walker aged Sixty Three — years, a resident of the said County of Prince Edward in the state aforesaid, who being sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of William T. Walker, deceased, who was a Private in the Infantry and Cavalry, as she has been informed by those who have had some knowledge of the circumstances and seen some acts of the services rendered by him during the time of the Revolutionary war. She is aware that he was a pensioner of the United States and would respectfully refer the Commissioner of Pensions to the Declaration and evidence of his claims set up by him for the pension before alluded to, as the basis of her present claim to said bounty — the length of his service, under what Officers, and the particular time that he rendered the service are not within her knowledge as it was full before her birth.
She further states that she was married to the said William T. Walker in the County of Prince Edward on the 17 th day of June 1815 by the Rev. Moses Hoge a Presbyterian minister, and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Dupuy; that her said husband died at Prince Edward City on the 28 th day of September A.D. 1833, and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 rd 1855. She further states that she has not heretofore made application for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress on account of her said deceased husband's services.
Witness
John Dillon
Mary Walker
Spotswood H. Gherst

We John Dillon and Spottswood Greenhaw residents in the County of Prince Edward in State of Virginia, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Walker, in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearances and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. indeed we know that she is now the widow of William T. Walker who died at or about the time the declaration specifies.
John Dillon Spottswood H. Greenhaw
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the 10 th day of July 1856 and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. -
Given under my hand 10 th July 1856
D. F. Womack J.P.
Virginia, County of Prince Edward to wit:
I Francis D. Worsham Clerk of the County Court of the County aforesaid in the State aforesaid, do certify that D. F. Womack before whom the foregoing declaration is made and affidavit was also made was on the day of the date of his certificate a Justice of the peace in and for said County & that the signature thereto, purporting to be his is genuine.
Given under my hand, with the seal of the Court for said County annexed this 12 th day of July 1856.
F. D. Worsham Clk

I Branch J. Worsham Clerk of the County Court in the County of Prince Edward and State of Virginia, do hereby certify that it appears by the records and files in my office that a marriage was had and solemnized between William Walker and Polly Dufour on the 7 th day of June 1815 by the Rev d Moses Hoge.
Given under my hand with the Seal of the Court annexed this 30 th day of June 1836
W. B. Worsham Clk
When the warrant is made out enclose it to me
J. D. Mathews Pittsylvania Virginia

M rs Mary Watkins Declaration for Pension from 28 th September 1833. —
If these claims are allowed suit the Pension Papers to M rs Watkins of Pittsburg Jan 29. Aug. 1856

State of Virginia } Prince Edward County } ss.
On this 18 th day of August AD 1856, personally appeared before the Court of Prince Edward County of the State of Virginia, Mary Walker, a resident of said County and State aforesaid, aged sixty three years last birth day, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oaths make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 rd February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war; That she is the widow of William J Walker, who she is credibly informed and so believes was a private in the infantry and Cavalry in the Virginia Militia in the war of the revolution.
That her said late husband W m J Walker was a pensioner of the United States, in the application and her reason to believe the act of Congress, passed on the 7 th June 1832 and was for support I think paid at the Virginia Agency at Richmond; The Commission of Pensions is however refused to said William J Walker's declaration and proof of service filed in the pension office, or of the War Office at Washington. The acts of Congress of the 4 th July 1836, of the 21. July 1848, of the 22 nd Feb y . 1849 - and of 3 rd Feb y . 1853 are acts in succession as she is informed granting pensions to the widows of revolutionary soldiers at the same or the half pay that their husbands was receiving at the time of their death, and commencing from the time of their death. -
She further declares that she was married to the said William J Walker on the 7 th day of June 1815; and that her name previous to her marriage was Mary Daprey that her said husband died in the County of

Prince Edward on the 28 th September 1833-; That she was not married to him prior to the second of January 1800, but at the time above stated. She further declared that she is now and have remained a widow ever since his death. — Mary Walker
Witnesses J. D. Watkins
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before. — Thos E. Harkins P.S.
State of Virginia, County of Prince Edward to wit:
I Branch I. Worsham clerk of the county court of the county aforesaid, in the State aforesaid, do certify that Thomas E. Harkins before whom the foregoing declaration is sworn to, was on the day of the date of his certificate an Justice of the peace for said county, and that the signature above purporting to be his is genuine.
Given under my hand with the seal of the court of said county affixed this 29 th day of August 1856.
B. Worsham C. C.

Yrs T. Walker. —

State of Virginia, Prince Edward County to wit. On the 21 st day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the peace for the County of Prince Edward, now sitting William T. Walker a resident of said County and state in the twenty fifth year of his age, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States in the Virginia Militia under the following officers, and served as herein after stated, I recollect the name of no field officer except Col. Skewin who commanded at Williamsburg and Hampton. In the summer of 1778, I marched as a soldier under Captain Edmund Walker to Richmond thence to Williamsburg, where I with the company to which I belonged was stationed several weeks thence we marched to Hampton where I remained as a soldier in the same company, under the same Captain until, I with the company was regularly discharged, during the time above set forth while we were at Hampton an alarm was given that the British were advancing down the R river, and because of the scarcity of lead the soldiers went to the Church and took the lead from the windows and made bullets. The foregoing tour was a tour of three months which I served as a soldier, and was regularly discharged. I do not remember if I had any written discharge, if I had I have long since lost it. In the next year 1779. I entered a volunteer soldier under Capt. Edmund Walker of Amelia, in the Militia of Virginia, in the service of the United States, I marched from Amelia Court House, Virginia, to Petersburg of same state, thence to Cabin Point where I with the company to which I belonged was stationed, and where we remained in the service until we were regularly discharged, this last was also a tour of three months, which I regularly served out, and was discharged. I do not remember whether the discharge was in writing; if it was it is lost. In the next year 1780. I entered as a volunteer trooper in Capt. Hill & Col. Coombs troops of Cavalry in Prince Edward County, marched to Petersburg, attached to the Virginia Militia in the service of the United States, & thus took possession of, and used as Barracks the Mason's Hall of that place, where we remained in the service until regularly discharged, This last was a three months tour. I served it out and was discharged by the proper officer, and if I had a written discharge I have lost it. This was performed as a trooper or soldier of Cavalry, At that time there was a law of Virginia making provision that if any two men would furnish a man by hiring, for two years, they should be exempt from service for that time, under the provisions of that

law, and another man furnished the necessary man for the same regiment by law, and I was then exempt from further duty. Now that set forth in this declaration, I have no documentary evidence of my service, nor of my discharge, nor do I know of any living witness, within this state by whom, I can prove the said service. I believe Capt Phil Holcomb is living, but I do not know where he lives, he has removed from this state several years ago, into some of the Western States, where, I know not, I could prove whether I had to be under him, if I could procure his testimony, by him, I know of no other living witness. —
1 st When and in what year were you born? Answer. I was born in the County of Amelia and state of Virginia, in the year 1757. 2 nd Question: Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it? Answer. I have the record of my age in my pocket book. 3 rd Question: When were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer. When I was first called into service and also the second time I lived in Amelia County, state of Virginia, and at the time of my third term I lived in the County of Prince Edward where I have lived ever since. 4 th Question: When were you called into the service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? Answer. In my first term, I was drafted, and in the second and third I volunteered, I was not a substitute at any time. 5 th Question: State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service? — Answer. While I was in the service at Petersburg, in the Cavalry, General Lawson was in command, further, I do not recollect any of the regular officers, nor do I recollect that there was any other Continental Regiment where I was, or that there was any other militia Regiments, but the one to which I was attached, I do not know that I recollect any circumstances more than those set forth in my declaration. 6 th Question: Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it? Answer. My discharges were regularly given, as I think verbally, by the officer in command, but if in writing, I have lost them. 7 th State some of the names of persons, to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to

your character for veracity, and their belief of your services, as a soldier of the revolution? Answer, I would name Depe Michaux, Philip Adams, William Barkley, Richard Brooker, Samuel Allen & Robert Morgan, I further certify that I know of no person living, who can testify positively to the truth of the foregoing declaration. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State nor never was. signed this the day and year before written. Subscribed & sworn to in Court. — William T. Walker.
We James D. Wood and Isaac Cochran residing in Prince Edward County, do hereby certify we are well acquainted with William T. Walker who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in the opinion. sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Isaac Cochran James D. Wood.
Subscribed & sworn to in Court. —
And the court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the court further certify that James D. Wood and Isaac Cochran who have signed the foregoing certificate are residents in the county of Prince Edward aforesaid, and that the said Isaac Cochran is an ordained clergyman of the presbyterian church, and are credible persons; and that their statements are entitled to credit. —
I Branch J. Worsham clerk of the court of Prince Edward County, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of William T. Walker for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 24 th day of January 1833.
B. J. Worsham Clk,

June 14, 1939.
Mrs. P. M. McDonald 1020 Euclid Avenue Laurel, Mississippi.
BA-J/ILL aw William T. Walker W. 6403
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Thomas Wrenn and William T. Walker, the latter a pensioner in 1833.
A search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of a Thomas Wrenn (Wren). The record of William T. Walker is furnished herein; the data were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 6403, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
William T. Walker was born in the year 1757, in Amelia County, Virginia; the day of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown. He resided there at the time he entered service in the Revolutionary War. Captain Edmund Walker resided in that same county at that time, but no relationship between him and William T. Walker was stated.
William T. Walker enlisted in the summer of 1778 and served a tour of three months as private in Captain Edmund Walker's company, Colonel Sherwin's Virginia regiment, engaged in the vicinity of Richmond, Williamsburg and Petersburg. He enlisted in 1779, and served three months in Captain Edmund Walker's Virginia company, during which he marched from Amelia Court House to Petersburg, thence to Cabin Point. William T. Walker moved to Prince Edward County, Virginia, enlisted there in 1780 and served three months as private in Captain Phil Holcomb's troop of Virginia cavalry.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 21, 1833, at which time he resided in Prince Edward County, Virginia; he had continued to reside there ever since 1780. He died there September 28, 1833.

William T. Walker married June 7, 1815, in Prince Edward County, Virginia, Mary or Polly Dupuy; the ceremony was performed by a Presbyterian minister.
Mary Walker, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed July 10, 1856, at which time she was a resident of Prince Edward County, Virginia. She was aged then sixty-three years; the date and place of her birth and the names of her parents are not shown. She was allowed one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on warrant #51765 under the Act of March 3, 1855, on account of her husband's service in the Revolutionary War.
In 1856, John Dupuy, Mary's brother, was a resident of Prince Edward County, Virginia. One Joseph Dupuy was present when Mary Walker made application for her pension, but his relationship to her was not stated.
In 1856, reference was made to the son-in-law of this widow, Mary Walker, but his name was not stated, nor the name of his wife.
If you desire information in regard to the location of the land which was granted on account of service of William T. Walker in the Revolutionary War, you should address the Commissioner, General Land Office, this city, and furnish that official the following data: bounty land warrant #51765-160 acres, Act of March 3, 1855.
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 address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and cite the following:
Mary Walker, widow of William T. Walker, Certificate #5985 Issued December 9, 1856 Rate $32.50 per annum Commenced February 3, 1853 Act of February 3, 1853 Virginia Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1909. Feb. 10. History to Manda M. Walker, Lynchburg Va.
1914. Apr. 27. History to Eric Helwig. F.R.
1936 - May 27 - Hist. to Miss F. B. Robertson - I.L.L.
1937 - Mar. 31 - Miss F. Robertson advised no further information - I.L.L.
1939 - June 14 - Hist. to Mrs. T. M. Donald - I.L.L.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6403
Mary Walker Wid
William J. Walker Inf. Coy. Rev War
Act: Feb. 3 rd  1863
Index: — Vol. 14 , Page 306
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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W. C. C.

No 6461
Mary Walker, widow of William T. Walker Virginia —
Let. S. G. Watkins, Oct. 2/56.
Act. Feb. 3. 1853.
Let. S. G. Watkins
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Mary Walker, widow of William D. Walker Prince Edward Co - Virginia - Admitted, Act February 3/53 at rate of $32.50 c per annum commencing at date of said Act.
Husband was private of Inf and Cav. 9 months
Say widow -
Certificate to
A. D. Watkins, Petersburg, Virginia

3 rd Auditor's Office Sept. 23. 1836
Sir:
W m T. Walker, V a . Act 1834, at $32. 50 per annum, died 28 Sept. 1833. His pension has been paid in full to that date to Mary Walker his widow.
Very Resp y
D. Cole Esq. Act g Commr.
W m Taylor Act g Auditor
Pension Office, Sept. 20. 1836.
The Third Auditor will please certify the date to which the within named pensioner was paid, and the name of the his widow, if she received the arrear.
Very respectfully,
B. Hooe.
for Commissioner

Virginia: County of Prince Edward to wit:
I Branch J. Worsham clerk of the county court of the county aforesaid in the State aforesaid, do certify that it appears by the records of said county court that a marriage was solemnized by Moses Hoge a minister of the gospel, on the 7 th day of June 1875, between William Walker and Polly Dupuy.
Given under my hand with the seal of the court of said county annexed this 26 th day of November 1886.
B. J. Worsham 66,

Petersburg 30 th Augt. 1886
Dear Sir,
I enclose you the Pension Claims of Mr. May Walker. If they be allowed please send his pension Certificates to me at this place & Oblige Yr. Mo. At
J. D. Watkins
To The Comm t . of Pensions Washington City D.C.

20) The commissioners of Pensions
Washington City
DC

Petersburg Va 27. Nov. 1856
Yrs
I prepared the papers in the case of Mrs. Mary Walker widow of Wm. L. Walker decd. a Revolutionary pensioner of the U. States under the act of June 1832 and was present at the proceedings in Prince Edward County Court when the proof of her widowhood was established &c. &c. It seems from a letter received by me from you of the 2 o October that record evidence of their marriage is wanted - which I now enclose - and two affidavits in the name of the J. D. Dugay and my own, as to the signature of her application of her for pension &c and our witnessing the proceedings in Court at the time they were submitted for investigation &c.
Mrs. Mary Walker papers were forwarded to you about the last of August past -
I think now there will be no obstacle to her pension claim being allowed -
Send it to me as soon as prepared & oblige Yrs. Mo. A. B.
J. A. Watkins
To J. Miroir Comm r of Pensions Washington City DC

Virginia: At a court held for Prince Edward County the 18 th day of August 1856. On the application of Mary Walker, the court doth certify that it is proven to their satisfaction that the said Mary Walker who is now in court is the identical person, who is the widow of William T. Walker, and that the said William T. Walker married her about the year 1815: That said William T. Walker was a prisoner of the United States as a revolutionary soldier, as set forth in her declaration this day sworn to before T. E. Haskins a justice of the peace now sitting in court: That said William T. Walker died about 1833 & that the said Mary T. Walker was his executrix: That the said Mary Walker is and has been a widow ever since the death of William T. Walker, and that Thomas E. Haskins before whom the said Mary Walker has made oath to her declaration aforesaid, is a justice of the peace now sitting in court.
I certify the foregoing is a True Copy, from the records of said Court. Given under my hand with the seal of the Court annexed this 25 th day of August 1856.
J. P. Marshall Clerk

Brief in the case of Mary Walker, widow of William J. Walker Prince Edward County and State of Virginia act February 3. 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband of Claimant was a pensioner under Act of June 7. 1832, at rate of $32.50 c per annum and died September 28. 1833 as per Auditor's Certificate and payroll.
Marriage (7th June 1815) proved by Certificate of Clerk of County Court
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Identity of Claimant as the widow of the pensioner above named proved by two credible witnesses
S. D. Watkins Esq
Petersburg,
Name and residence of Agent
VA
A. Geddes Examining Clerk.

Petersburg 24. Nov: 1857
Yrs
In September 1856 I forwarded a pension claim for Mrs. Mary Walker for the balance due to her due to her husband Wm. T. Walker of Prince Edward County Va. up to the 28 th Sep: 1833 the date of his death from the time he had then last drawn his pension - altho she has rec d her pension papers under the act of 3 d Feb. 1850 - she has not rec d a dft or any reply to that portion - I see the Court of Claims says widows of her class of claims are entitled to a pension from 4. March 1848. if so, please send me suitable forms &c to have made out for her -
Mrs. Martha Howard widow of Joseph Howard a Revolutionary pensioner - has the same back & other claims as named in that of Mr. Walker's will you let me hear from him also - I oblige Yrs. Mrs. Ab t
J. D. Watkins

M rs Mary Walker Application for the Arrears of Pension due to W m J. Walker dec d . from 28 Septem r . 1833.

State of Virginia County of Prince Edward ss.
Be it known, That before me Tho s E. Harkins a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Prince Edward and state of Virginia, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Mary Walker and made oath in due form of law, that she is the widow of William J. Walker, the identical person who of the United States, as she is informed, have right to claim for a pension, and who is now dead - and to whom a certificate of pension was issued - which certificate would now be surrendered, but after a diligent search for it - it cannot be found; supposed to have been destroyed or mislaid - that she now lives in the County of Prince Edward where she has always lived & makes this application for the Arrears of Pension due to her said husband up to the time of his death which occured on the 28 th September 1833. Of the truth of which statement I am fully satisfied to be correct. - Witness my hand and seal this 18 th day of August 1855 Tho s E. Harkins, P.J. Witness my hand and seal this 18 th day of August 1855 Mary Walker Subscribed to and acknowledged this 18 th day of August 1855 before me J. D. Watkins
State of Virginia, County of Prince Edward to wit: I Branch J. Worsham clerk of the county court of the county aforesaid in the

State aforesaid, do certify that Thomas E. Haskins, before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, was on the day of the date of the same a justice of the peace for said county, and that the signature thereto, purporting to be his, is genuine.
Given under my hand with the seal of the court of said county annexed this 29 th day of August 1856
B. F. Washburn Clerk,

L. D. Watkins, Oct 2.

Pension Office, October 2, 1856.
Sir,
In the case of Mary Walker, alleged widow of William T. Walker, who was a pensioner of the United States, record evidence of her marriage is required.
I enclose printed instructions by which it will be seen that the principal facts, alleged in the declaration must be established by the evidence of two credible witnesses.
Very resp y
3C
L. S. Watkins, Esq. Petersburg Virginia

252,027
By the Commission of Delegates
Washington City
A.G.
FREE

Petersburg Va. 15. July 1855
Gov
I enclose the declaration of Mrs. Mary Walker for Land bounty under the act of 3 rd March 1855. The length of time of the services of her late husband William J. Walker she is not aware of but reference is made to his declaration and widows pension under the act of 7 June 1832 and was placed on the pension roll in March 1833 -
You will probably be called upon for the balance of the pension due her up to the time of her death unless it has heretofore been paid to her - which she says has not been. will you be pleased to inform me what amt. is due her her husband W. J. Walker died 28 th Sep. 1833 - and I suppose no pay to March 1833.
You will please inform whether she under any existing law is entitled to annual pension since the death of her husband - Be so good as to enclose me the requisite forms for the pay that may be coming to her to the time of her husband's death - and if she be entitled afterwards, please inform me and give me the proper forms instructions so that I may proceed properly to obtain it for her. - You are in possession of all the facts, and I hope will not feel inclined to advise by the forms etc. - When the warrant is made out be pleased to enclose it to me -
Your compliance will oblige Yrs &c. etc.
S. D. Watkins
W. J. Walker lived, was pensioned and died in Prince Edward County Va.

1812 Grace St. Synchburg Va Jan. 25 '09
Gentlemen;
Please send me the records of William T. Walker, of Prince Edward Co. Va, for the years 1765 to 1782; and also the names of his parents.
Respectfully, Maudie M. Walker
1812 Grace St Synchburg Va

Laurel, Mississippi. April 19, 1939.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I am requesting the record of Thomas Wrenn, who served in the Revolutionary War, first as an Ensign in a Company of Militia commanded by Cap. Chas. Fulgham; was promoted later to a first Lieutenant when serving in a Company commanded by Capt. Wm. Gay.
I also would like any information you can give me of William T. Walker, born 1756 and died in Prince Edward County, Virginia, September 28, 1833. He was a Cavalryman during the war and was granted a pension for such service on March 2, 1833.
Thanking you for any information you can furnish, I am
Yours very truly,
Mr. P. M. McDonald Mrs. P. M. McDonald, 1020 Euclid Avenue, Laurel, Mississippi.
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1016 Wise Street Lynchburg, Virginia. March 12, 1937.
Veterans Administration Arlington Building "Revolutionary and 1812 War Section" Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Can you furnish me any information concerning the Revolutionary War and 1812 War record of one, WILLIAM TOWNES WALKER, born in Amelia Co. 1757 and died in Prince Edward County, Virginia, in 1833.
Yours truly,
Frances Robertson
(Miss) Frances Robertson.

Plamp gone when rec in P. 1812 Mars Sect X
1016 Wise Street, Lynchburg, Va. May 18, 1936.
Veterans Administration, (Revolutionary & 1812 War Section) Arlington Building, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Can you furnish me with the Revolutionary records of the following:
✓ Captain Edmund Walker of Amelia County, Va. ✓ William Towns Walker of Amelia County, Va. OK (died in Prince Edward County, Va., September 28, 1833.)
Yours truly,
(Miss) F. B. Robertson
Miss F. B. Robertson.

March 31, 1937.
BA-J/ILL
Miss Frances Robertson 1016 Wise Street Lynchburg, Virginia.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 record of William Townes Walker, born in 1757 in Amelia County, Virginia, and died in 1833, in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
The records of this office show that May 27, 1936, you were furnished a report on William T. Walker, W. 6403, the soldier cited above. This office has no further data in regard to to that soldier.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

May 27, 1936.
Miss F. B. Robertson 1016 Wise Street Lynchburg, Virginia.
BA-J/ILL William T. Walker W. 6403
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Captain Edmund Walker of Amelia County, Virginia, and William Towns Walker who died September 28, 1833, in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of an Edmund Walker. The claim of William T. Walker has been found; the data given herein were found in said claim, W. 6403, based upon his service in that war. His name is not shown William Towns Walker, only the initial T. given.
William T. Walker was born in the year 1757, in Amelia County, Virginia; the exact day of his birth, and the names of his parents were not given. He resided there at the time he entered service in the Revolutionary War. Capt. Edmund Walker resided in said county also, but no relationship between these two was stated.
William T. Walker enlisted in the summer of 1778, and served a tour of three months as private in Captain Edmund Walker's company, Colonel Sherwin's Virginia regiment, engaged in the vicinity of Richmond, Williamsburg and Petersburg. He enlisted in 1779, and served three months in Captain Edmund Walker's Virginia company, during which he marched from Amelia Court House to Petersburg, thence to Cabin Point. William T. Walker moved to Prince Edward County, Virginia, enlisted there in 1780 and served three months as private in Captain Phil Holcomb's troop of Virginia cavalry.
William T. Walker was allowed pension on his application

executed January 21, 1833, at which time he resided in Prince Edward County, Virginia, in which county he had continued to reside since his service in 1780. The soldier died there September 28, 1833.
William T. Walker married June 7, 1815 in Prince Edward County, Virginia, Mary or Polly Dupuy; the ceremony was performed by a Presbyterian Minister.
Mary Walker, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed July 10, 1856, at which time she was a resident of Prince Edward County, Virginia. She was then aged sixty-three years; the date and place of her birth and names of her parents were not given.
In November 1856, John Dupuy, a brother of Mary Walker, the soldier's widow, was a resident of Prince Edward County, Virginia.
Reference was made to a son-in-law of Mary Walker, said widow, in 1856, but his name was not stated, nor the name of his wife given.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and , possibly, the date of death of Mary Walker, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
Mary Walker, widow of William T. Walker Certificate #5985 Issued December 9, 1856 Rate $32.50 per annum Commenced February 3, 1853 Act of February 3, 1853. Virginia Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William T. Walker a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (or his widow's) applications for pension on file in this Bureau. Wid. F. 6403,
over
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Summer 1778. 3 mos. Priv. Edmund Walker Sherwin Va.   1779. 3 " " Edmund Walker ✓   1780. 3 " " Phil Holcombe ✓  
Battles engaged in, _____ ✓ _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Amelia Co. Va. at first two enls.; Prince Edward
Date of application for pension, Jan. 21. 1833. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Prince Edward Co., Va.
Age at date of application, Born in 1757, in Amelia Co. Va., names of parents not stated.
Remarks: {Died Sept. 28, 1833, in Prince Edward Co. Va.
Soldier mar. June 7, 1815, in Prince Edward Co., Va. Mary or Polly Dupuy. She was allowed pension on an application executed Aug. 18, 1856 while 63 yrs. old and a resident of Prince Edward Co. Va.
Very respectfully,
Manda M. Walker
Co. Va. at last enl. not stated.

Orril Helwig, 535 N. 3 rd St.,
Mayville, Mo.
{ sent to Mayville, Mo. + writer's letter returned noting correct address. May 22, 1914. }
{ Office note.