Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11054, John Walker, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Walker, John Rachel
R. 11054
Born in Pa
CONTENTS

Ohio 19. 7026 Pittsburgh John Walker of Portage Co in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain McClure of the Reg t commanded by Col Clarke in the Virginia for 8 Months
5766
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio - Pittsburgh at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of August 1833 and sent to Cyrus Prentiss Ravenna
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 53. 32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th Sep " 13. 33 $ 66 65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by T. S. Evans Clerk Book E Vol. 8. Page 132

Bedford Ohio
Aug 22 d 1856
Sir
In yours of the 18 th inst in relation to the claim of the Rachel Walker widow of John Walker has been rec d in it you ask "When did she die" The date given me from memory by her daughter was Oct 29 1847 making as I am informed some six years pension which she may have been entitled to
Respectfully yours
Wm O Scyler
Commissioner of Pensions
By Washington D.C.

Bedford Ohio June 4 1886
Sir
Some time about two years since the heirs of John Walker, a deceased pensioner of the Revolution whose name was probably on the Rolls of the Pittsburgh agency & resided & died in Hudson Summit Co Ohio,
applied for arrears of pay or pension due, or supposed to be due said heirs, through one Michael Stewart of Ravenna Portage Co Ohio, who was as is believed authorized to draw the money and hold it for the heirs aforesaid, & who acted as agent for one Knight of Washington who probably filed the pension papers in Washington.
The heirs can learn nothing about the matter & wished me to address you to learn if the papers had been filed, acted on or money paid on the same & what amount,
Respectfully yours
Wm O. Taylor for heirs of John Walker
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

The State of Ohio ss. Portage County ss.
In the Court of Common Pleas October Term A.D. 1832.
On this twentieth day of October in the year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting, John Walker, a resident of Hudson, in the County of Portage and State of Ohio, aged sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th , 1832.
That he was born in Carlisle in the County of Cumberland in the State of Pennsylvania, on the first day of October, A.D. 1764, where (he believes) his age is now recorded in the records of that town, as it also now in his father's family bible. From that place he removed to the "Spring Station" or "Garrison" (so called in Kentucky) about six miles south east of the Falls of Ohio River; that on the first day of August A.D. 1780, as a volunteer he entered the service of the United States, and served the two next succeeding months with eight others, selected by his Captain William McClure to furnish provisions and protection to the women and children left at & about the Spring Garrison, while that part of the army which belonged there, were gone to attack the Indian towns on the Little Miami; and the six months thereafter he was employed in and about the erection of the Fort at the head of the Rapids of the Ohio River. That he thus served for the period of eight months, in Captain William McClure's company, although a part of this period he was under the command of Captain William Chinneth - George Roger Clark being the Colonel, and the number of volunteers there about forty. That on the last day of March, or first day of April 1781, he left the service. That his father Robert Walker, during the above-mentioned period, received two written discharges one signed by Capt. W m McClure, and another by

Capt n . John Dickinson, both of which are now in his possession, and this day exhibit here, and that his father informed him he obtained a discharge for this applicant also, but if procured it is not now in the possession of this applicant, nor does he know where it is. That for about 18 or 19 years next succeeding the time he left said service, he resided in Hampshire County, Virginia, from whence he removed in the year 1800 to Hudson, Portage County, Ohio, where he has since lived and now resides. That he has no written evidence to prove that he performed the service as above specified, and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service as aforesaid, unless it be the evidence of William Walker of Stow, in said County of Portage, who is not now present at this Court. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the army of any State, and that there is no clergyman whose attendance he can procure at this Court.
John Walker
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
We Van R. Humphrey residing in the township of Hudson in said County of Portage, and Joseph G. Bishop residing in said Hudson hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Walker who has subscribed the above declaration and sworn to the same, that we believe him to be sixty eight 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, and that he is a credible person. —
Van R. Humphrey Joseph G. Bishop
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Geo. Kirker Clerk.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the

interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Van R. Humphrey and Joseph G. Bishop who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents of Hudson aforesaid and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Geo. Kirkum Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Portage, in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application John Walker for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this twentieth day of October A.D. 1832 Geo. Kirkum Clerk
John Walker Application for Pension
493
25799

No 8392
Rachel Walker widow of John Q
Act March 1843
Maria 1789
Married also Sept 1841.
8392 8392

Robert Walker of the Township of Han- in the County of Summit and State of Ohio of Lawful age after being first duly sworn according to Law depaseth and saith that I am a brothe r of the said John Walker deceased and that he formally resided in Green Spring Valley Hampshire County Virginia wher e my Brother was a pentioner and died in Hudson Township County an State aforesaid on the third day of Sept AD 1841 that the said John Walker was married to the said Rachel Cochran May AD 1789 at Green Spring Valley Hampshire County Virginia and that she now resides in said Hudson Township and that the said Rachel Walker has not been married since the death of her said Husband John Walker and I recollect the date of the marriage from my own age which is now seventy two years and I also present at the marriage and further the Deiant saith not
Robert Walker
State of Ohio } Summit County } ss
On this 14 th day of Nov AD 1845 personally appeared the above named Robert Walker a person well known to me to be a person of truth and veracity who subscrib- ed and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the above affidavit
Before me
M. D. Gail Justice of Peace for said County

Virginia to wit
I certify that it appears from the records in my office that John Walker and Rachel Cockran were married by the Rev. John J. Jones on the 29 th day of May 1789
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of the County Court of Hampshire this 17 day of December 1845
John B. White Clerk of the County Court of Hampshire County in the State of Virginia
Seal 18. City 18 offing Sec 27. -73 cts

State of Ohio } On this 14 th day of Nov. A.D. 1845 Summit County } personally appeared before me M c D - Call a justice of the peace in and for said County of Summit Rachel Walker a resident of the Township of Hudson in the county and State aforesaid aged 77 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her said oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress passed on the third of March A.D. 1843 and 17 th June A.D. 1844 granting pensions to widows of Revolutionary Soldiers that She is the widow of John Walker a Revolutionary pensioner who died in Hudson on the third day of September A.D. 1841 that She was married to said John Walker May 27 th A.D. 1789 at Green- Spring Valley Hampshire County and State of Virginia By a Minister his name She does not recollect that her name before marriage was Rachel Broehm and that She also refers to the annexed Deposition and further declares that she has not married since the death of the said John Walker her husband and prays that a Certificate may be granted her to draw said pension. Rachel her Walker mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year before- written and I hereby certify that the declarant is a person of truth and veracity and from bodily infirmity is unable to
The State of Ohio, SUMMIT COUNTY, ss.
I Lucius Root Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the county of Summit, and State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that Moses D. Call Esquire, before whom the foregoing and annexed Declaration was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a justice of the peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit are due, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine as I believe.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Akron, this fifth day of January A.D. 1846.
Lucius Root Clerk.

N o 25799
John Walker Portage County Ohio
Adm 8 Months private
Cyrus Prentiss Ravenna Portage County Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjjoined 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 John Walker Portage County Ohio
   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.     Vol Aug 4 1780 apl. 1781 - 8 - private Capt M c Clure, Col Clark - 68 years Spring Station on Garrison Kentucky Traditionary evidence, paper Correct  
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 } ss.
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) _____, who has 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 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 [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.
[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.

December 1, 1938
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Mabel Bronson 915 Harvard Boulevard Dayton, Ohio
JOHN WALKER R. 11054 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
The data which follow in regard to John Walker were obtained from the papers in the claims for pension on file under R. 11054, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
John Walker, son of Robert, was born October 1, 1764, in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The name of his mother was not stated.
John Walker moved from Pennsylvania to the "Spring Station" or "Garrison" in the State of Kentucky about six miles southeast of the Falls of the Ohio River, and while living there, volunteered August 1, 1780, served in Captains William McClure's and William Chinneth's companies, in Colonel George Rogers Clark's Virginia regiment engaged in protection of the women and children and in building a fort at the Rapids of the Ohio River, and was discharged the last day of March or April 1, 1781.
After the Revolution, the soldier lived in Hampshire County, Virginia, for eighteen or nineteen years, and about 1800 moved to Hudson, Portage County, Ohio.
John Walker was allowed pension on his application executed October 20, 1832, while a resident of Hudson, Ohio. He died there September 3, 1841.
The soldier married May 29, 1789, at Green Spring Valley, Hampshire County, Virginia, Rachel Cochran (Crochren or Cockron). The date and place of her birth and names of parents are not shown. In 1845, she was living in Hudson Township, Ohio, aged seventy-seven years. She died October 29, 1847.
Reference was made to children of John and Rachel Walker, a daughter being designated in 1856, but no names of children were stated.

In 1832, the soldier referred to one William Walker living in Stow, Portage County, Ohio, but did not state his relationship to the family. In 1845, soldier's brother, Robert Walker, age not given, was living in Stow, then in Summit County, Ohio.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension and name of the person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: John Walker, certificate #19702, issued August 20, 1833, rate $26.66 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, Ohio (Pittsburg) Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
1908, July 24. Hist. to C. L. Walker, A. C. D.
1929 - Oct 19 - Hist. to Mabel Bronson - 8 Eok
1938 Dec. 1 - Hist (more complete) again to Mabel Bronson (Str. in clm. of John Mallon, B.W. 3710-164-20) [00] (B)
11.054.
P. O. Rachel Walker
Service: mil - John
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

8392 Jan 16. 1846
Rachel Walker.
March 5 1843
Ohio

Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio. January 10 th 1846.
Dear Sir
herewith enclosed is the Declaration and proofs of Rachel Walker, claiming a pension to be due her under the acts of March 3 rd 1843, & June 17 th 1844. on account of the Revolutionary service of her husband the late John Walker deceased.
Respectfully Yours C.S. Servants.
Elliott J. Hathaway
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Ravenna Portage county Ohio Dear Sir,
Enclosed I send you the application of John Walker it has remained some time in the clerks office through the neglect of the person who made it out you will please direct your answer to me at this place and very much oblige
Yours, Cyrus P. Hunt
L. L. Edwards Esq.

Racine Aug. 7 1856.
Hon. Com. of Pensions
Will you please inform me what disposition has been made of the application of John Walker heirs - Said Application was filed about two years ago and Samuel M. Knight a lawyer at Washington was attorney - From reports about said Knight the heirs of said John Walker have been led to believe there has been dishonesty practised by him - Will you inform me what has been done with the application - It was for back pay - I believe - said John Walker was a revolutionary soldier & received a pension at the time of his death
Yours Respectfully
Michael Stuart
P.S. I am not certain whether the application was filed in your

office in the Treasury Department but think in Yours

V No 8392
Rachel Walker
Q
Elliot & Hathaway
July 17-1846
act March 1843

No. 8,175.
Jane Walker
Widow of John Fear.
Refused.
Let L. Barry Nov 17/58
110 H 2 July 4. 1836.

8392.
Rachel Walker widow John Ohio
Elliott H Hathaway Feb'y 17 1846 - Mr O. Taylor Michael Stuart Aug 15 1856 - Mr O Taylor Sept 3 1856 -
11057
3 March 1843

Rachel Walker, Ohio. 43'44 admitted wid. of John — Jan 1842. — W.H. —
Aug. 15, 1861

These three pieces, John B. Walker's appl- for pen. Nov. 3, 1856, Letter of rejection dated Nov. 17, 1856 & the little brown jacket no. 8175, were removed from John Walker (R. 11042, which now has that soldier's own file no. 48765 on it) They do not belong in that case. See report from Gen. Acct. office in each one, this John Ctf. 3623 & that John Ctf. 15243. Use the data in John B. Walker's appl. when writing this history. M. V. B. Learn under this clip

318 Pension Office February 17 1846
Exeter, N.H.
The application of Rachel Walker widow of John Walker under the acts of March 1843 and 17 June 1844 has been examined and filed. I repeat as has often been done before that original declarations made before a Justice of the Peace are not admissible, and will hereafter be returned. No further action in this case can be had until Mrs Walker shall have filed her declaration made before a court of record in open session, or before a judge of such court, who must certify that particular disability which prevents her from attending court.
Claimant's husband was claimed upon his own statement, without any proof whatever, for 2 months in 1780 under lease of McClure at Spring Garrison! where he lived, and 6 months, employed about the erection of the Fort at the head of the Rapids of the Ohio River. This service if rendered at all is believed to be merely a guard to protect the neighborhood, which affords no ground for a pension. It will therefore be necessary before Mrs Walker can receive the benefit of that service to show  claim can be allowed that it must be clearly shown

that Capt. McClure was a regularly Commissioned officer Militia Officer and that her husband performed as much as 6 months actual service in field or garrison in a regularly authorized Corps.
The date of the marriage is admitted
W. H. H. & Wallen July 19 '46
Mrs. Elliott & Daughters Chardon Geauga Co O.

12 Pioneer Office Nov. 17, 1856,
Sir:
I have filed the application John B. Walker one of the children of John & Jane Walker, claiming an award of pension due to the latter and refused you are that there was at the date no law which entitled her to one. She was not then receiving for her services rendered pension at the time of the death as the act of July 4, 1836 (July 24, 1836) was the act of July 4, 1836, but that act provided, for those widows, only who were married prior to the ap- pearance of their husbands' service. John Walker left the same, according to his own statements and the proof before this office at the time his claim under the act of March 18, 1818, was admitted, on the 11 th of August 1850. He did not make any claimants

in the order Nov 12, 1882. There is then to be stated, no claim under the act of July 4, 1836, or any other act, and the application is rejected.
J. Barry Esq. Nov 17. 1885.
J. Barry Esq. Gallatin, Tenn.

Gen. Acc. Off. reported by telephone (Thoms) in July 1939 that this John Walker, 3d. Major,  (Mrs. Harrison) ct. 3623 issued Oct. 14, 1818, died Feb. 7, 1829 (which is shown by our agency book) was a resident of Davidson Co., & had resided there 24 yrs. prior to which, in Mecklenburg Co., N.C. Last payment of pension was to Granville Moore June 29, 1829, who was atty. for soldier's widow, Jane.
MVH July 19 '39.

Sept. 3/36
Wm C. Taylor

Pension Office
Sep 3 1836
(M3) Sir
Mrs Rachel Walker of Ohio was not entitled to a pension at the time of her death. She was not a widow at the date of the passage of the Act of July 7 1835 - the only Act under which she could assert a claim - and she died before 3 March 1837 when Congress passed an Act for the relief of such widows of such Revolutionary soldiers as were deprived of the benefits of the Act of 1835 in consequence of their husbands having exceeded the provisions of said Act,
Of course her children can have no claim except in her right,
William C. Taylor Esq
Bedford Ohio

Aug 15/56
M rs O. Taylor

1823 Sir
Pension Office Aug 15 1836
No additional evidence has been filed in the case of Rachel Walker widow of John of Ohio since the papers were presented in 1846 when the condi- tion of the claim was reported to Messrs Elliott & Hathaway of Cleveland Ohio. When did she die?
William O Taylor Esq Bedford Ohio

Aug 15/56
Michael Stuart

Pension Off ce Aug 13 78.56
1843
Sir
No additional evidence has been filed in the case of Mrs Rachel Walker of Ohio by Mr Knight or any one else since 1846 -
Michael Stuart Esq
Ravenna Ohio

Pension Office
Sept. 3, 1856.
Sir:
Mrs. Rachel Walker of Ohio was not entitled to a pension at the time of her death. She was not a widow at the date of the passage of the act of July 7, 1838, the only act under which she could present a claim and she died before 3 March 1851 when Congress passed an act for the relief of such widows of Revolutionary soldiers as were deprived of the benefits of the act of 1838 in consequence of their husbands having survived the passage of said act.
Of course her children can have no claim except in her right.
William O. Taylor Esq.
Bedford, Ohio

G. M. CANNON, JR., PROP.
DALTON, GA.
Feb. 27. 1919
Rev. Van M...
Pension Office Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I understand a person can ask for their old Revolutionary soldiers pension affidavits. Will you kindly send me at your earliest convenience affidavits of the four following names soldiers. I am preparing a genealogy of the family, and wish to include their relation at their own so will greatly appreciate your sending them in full.
The following page will be found the true I want.

G. M. CANNON, JR., PROP.
DALTON, GA.
Dickson Co. Tenn -
John Walker , Serg. Major. S.C. Continental line.
Roan Co. Tenn -
Samuel Walker, Captain.
John Walker , Private
Henry Co. Tenn - Should be Henry Co. Tenn.
James Walker Private - Old War Inv. File 206
Thanking you in advance I am
Very Truly
Mrs. G. M. Cannon Jr. 37 Crawford St. Dalton, Ga.

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Cuyahoga Falls O. 7/15, 1908 Commissioner Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Can you give me any information regarding John Walker? He was a Revolutionary soldier and drew a pension in Hudson, Summit Co., O. but have nothing further.
8/11/05-4
Thanking you in advance for the trouble of his soldier record I am
Respectfully Edward L. Walker
P. I. D. 8 10/58

Ex 4
Kipton, Ohio
Aug. 15, 1929
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I wish to join the Daughters of the American Revolution.
According to the account in "Revolutionary Soldiers of Summit Co., Ohio" by Mrs. Minnie W. Franz, John Walker served for eight months, beginning Aug. 1, 1780, as private under Col. George Rogers Clark and Capts. Wm. McClure and Wm. Chinneth of Virginia! John Walker was my great-great-grandfather. Will you please tell me whether he received a pension and any other information that might help.
Yours truly,
Mabel Bronson!

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section EEL
October 19, 1929
Mabel Bronson Box 14 Kipton, Ohio
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R.11054, it appears that John Walker, the son of Robert, was born October 1, 1764, in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
He moved from Pennsylvania to the "Spring Station" or "Garrison" in the State of Kentucky about six miles southeast of the Falls of the Ohio River, and enlisted August 1, 1780, served in Captains William McClure's and William Chinneth's Companies in Colonel George Rogers Clark's Virginia Regiment and was discharged on the last day of March or first day of April, 1781. He did guard duty at the "Spring Station" or "Garrison" and assisted in the building of the fort at the head of the rapids of the Ohio River.
After the Revolution, he lived in Hampshire County, Virginia, for eighteen or nineteen years and in 1800  then in 1801 moved to Hudson, Portage County, Ohio.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 20, 1832, while residing in Hudson, Ohio. He died there September 3, 1841.
The soldier married May 29, 1789, at Green Spring Valley, Hampshire County, Virginia, Rachel Crochren, Cochran or Cockren.
In 1845, she was a resident of Hudson Township, Ohio, and was aged seventy- per m two years. She died October 29, 1847.
22-1 Ridd A daughter is referred to in 1856, her name not shown and there are no further family data.
29 J 1845, 54 - 9 V 3 - 1 C 2 was Rd. P + 1. W Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

December 1, 1938
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Mabel Bronson 915 Harvard Boulevard Dayton, Ohio
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you furnish further information in regard to Robert Walker who, you state, was from Virginia, and about 1801 moved to Hudson, Summit County, Ohio; his son, John Walker, who was born October 1, 1764, in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, married Rachel Cochran, May 29, 1789, at Green Spring Valley, Hampshire County, Virginia, served from Virginia and moved with his father and three brothers to Hudson, Ohio, where he died September 3, 1841, and was buried in Stow, Summit County, Ohio, and his wife, Rachel, died October 29, 1847; Seba Bronson, a recruiting officer of the Revolution, also the record of Rachel Cochran's father, all of whom were soldiers of the Revolutionary War whose records you desire, also the War of 1812 records of John Williams who, you state, served in Captain John Campbell's company from Portage County, Ohio, married in 1815 in Hudson, Ohio, Sarah or Sally Walker, and they lived in Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio, for some time, and that he died in Camden Township, Lorain County, Ohio, in 1865. You wish to know, also, whether Seba Bronson, Sr., who was born in 1740 in Waterbury, Connecticut, moved in 1808 to Columbia Township, Lorain County, Ohio, and he and his wife, Mary, both died in 1816, served in the War of 1812.
The pension records of both the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 have been searched in your behalf. No claim for pension was found based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Robert Walker described by you, or of any Seba Bronson, and without the full name of the father of Rachel Cochran, no search could be made for his record. The War of 1812 records of this office do not show a claim for pension on file based upon service in that war of a Seba Bronson, under any spelling of that surname.
The records of John Walker and John Williams are furnished you herewith.
RE.11054 Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Walker a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 15 mos. Pvt. Wm Richardson Isaac Hager Pa.   1781 10 mos. Sgt. Mtn James Giles Wm Hill        
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, May 6, 1818. Filed in Pa.
Residence at date of application, Davidson County Tenn.
Age at date of application, 60 years. Paid Feb 7, 1819. From A.B. {
Remarks: In 1818 he returned to his aged and helpless wife but her name is not stated
Add to this list. The data in John B. Walker's appl. for pension, herein.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Ref. L. 11054 John Walker.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug. 1, 1780 8 mos. Private William McCloud Va.   William Chinneth George Rogers Clarke "  
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, Oct 20 1832. His clm. was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Hendson Portage Co., Ohio.
Age at date of application, Oct. 1, 1764 Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pa.
Remarks: Sol. mor. at Green Spring Valley, Hampshire Co., Va. May 29, 1789. Rachel Cochran, Cochren or Cochran. He died in Hendson, Dummit Co., Ohio, Sept. 3, 1841. She was a resident of Hendson Township, Ohio in 1845 aged 77 years and died Oct. 29, 1847. A daughter alive in 1856. Creditor's brother and father were both named Robert. Very respectfully, no further data as to family.