Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16017, John Walker, Penn.

SERVICE
Penn-
Walker, John
NUMBER _____
NUMBER 8. 16017
CONTENTS
carded

Mr. B. M. Hall
John Walker this
103382
27.661
Mr. A. Hall
Com. of Pensions Dept. of Interior

31,576
John Walker A Revolutionary Soldier
Ohio
from 1778 for 4 yrs $23 \frac{33}{100}
The proper certificate & county seal is added showing that John Walker was a justice etc.
Woods
23.33
33
70.00
11.66
81.66
23.33
4
93.15 \frac{4}{100}
John Woods, Nashville Ohio

Deposition of Benjamin Walker
Born in April 1766

Ohio
27. 661.
John Walker
of Butler Co in the State of Ohio who was a Pvt in the Company commanded by Captain Geo L of the Regt commanded by Col Andrew - in the Penna line for Philadelphia
Yr No 17 p 23. 33.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of October and Paul Co John Woods, Hamilton, Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept '34 p 31. 66 Fem-ant. allowance ending Oct '35 11. 66
$ 93. 32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. V. Sprague, Clerk Book C Vol. 8 Page 61
1872 June 15 Let J. H. Johnson referred to 3 d Auditor to answer & be informed so
Letter
Hon Wm A Hall
April 7. 1862.

The State of Ohio Butler County Court of Common Pleas of the Term of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four
Butler County ss
On this twenty eighth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared before the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Butler in the State of Ohio John Walker aged sixty eight years a resident of said County of Butler who being first duly sworn according to said oath, upon his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the "Act of Congress" passed June seventh eighteen hundred and thirty two
That on or about the first of December in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight he volunteered in the County of Northumberland in the State of Pennsylvania and served one month in a Company of Militia commanded by Captain Cook in Colonel Antic's Regiment in Genl Potter's Brigade during which service Deponent was marched under the command of said Officers about sixty miles up the Susquehanna river to Pine Creek - After which tour Deponent returned home and remained until about the first of May in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine when Deponent again entered the service and was stationed at Jenkins Mills on the Susquehanna in Northumberland County in a Company of Militia commanded by Captain Young at which place Deponent served during the summer at least three months during which time Deponent was employed in guarding the frontier Settlements from the attacks of the Indians. About the first of June in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty Deponent was called out and served three months in a Company of

of Militia Comonanded by Captain Bratty in the Regiment of Colonel Antice and during this service De- ponent was employed in guarding the frontiers - Deponent was engaged in several scouting parties and in frequent skirmishes with the Indians - in one of which De- ponent with the Company to which he was attached was attacked and defeated by a party of Indians - in which defeat deponent's father was killed and sever- al of the families on the frontiers were taken prisoners Deponent was engaged in several other smaller & less important services, which from his old age and the conse- quent loss of memory he does not now distinctly re- collect - But deponent says he was in actual services at least seven months - Deponent received no written discharge or certificate of his services as aforesaid - Deponent removed from the State of Penn- sylvania in seventeen hundred and ninety one, and has lived in now Butler County for thirty eight years last past, where he still continues to reside - De- ponent knows no person by whom he can prove his ac- tual services, but is well acquainted with William Ruth and his Brother Benjamin Walker, whose dep- ositions taken before John Rush Esq r residents of said County of Butler, by whom he can as he believes, prove his character for truth and veracity and general reputation as a soldier of the Revolution - He here- by relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an- nuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Role of the agency of any State - Deponent had a record of his age but it has been lost or misplaced the possession of his Brother B. W. Walker by which it appeared that he was born in April A.D. 1766 in Lancaster County in the state of Pennsylvania - John X Walker mark sworn subscribed in open court John Reilly Clerk

William Ruth and Benjamin Walker residents of Butler County in the State of Ohio, hereby certify that I have been well acquainted with John Walker, who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration for several years and said John Walker has always sustained the character of having been a soldier of the Revolution and is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution and I concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed in open court 20th March 1834 John Reily Clerk Wm Ruth
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 William Ruth, who hath signed the preceding certificate, resides in the said County of Butler, and is a credible person, and that Benjamin Walker, whose deposition is hereunto attached, is likewise a creditable person, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I John Reily Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Butler aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Walker for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this twenty eighth day of March, One thousand eight hundred and thirty four. John Reily

The State of Ohio } Butler County - } B -
Before me a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Butler aforesaid came personally Benjamin Walker (now of the State of Indiana) who being duly sworn deponeth that he was acquainted with John Walker of Butler County Ohio during the war of the Revolution said John Walker being a brother of deponent, and he knows that said John Walker did serve in the army of the Revolution in the Militia of Pennsylvania. Said John Walker then resided in Northumberland County in the State of Pennsylvania He served one tour as deponent believes under Captain Cook in the Regiment commanded by Col. Antice This tour said John Walker served as deponent believes in the year 1779. The said Benjamin Walker further states that said John Walker served a tour under Captain Young and also a tour under Captain John Beatty. The last tour which said John Walker served was in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one as deponent believes. He cannot say how long said John Walker served on any of the

hours above mentioned - This deponent was in the service du- ring part of the time of the Revolu- tion and well knows that said John Walker did serve as a soldier in the army of the Revolution as a private in the companies before stated. And further this deponent saith not - Benj Walker
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Benjamin Walker before me this twenty first day of December - A.D. 1833, and I hereby Certify that said Benjamin Walker is a respectable citizen and that his is en- titled to credit his char- acter for truth & veracity being good -
John Burke J. Pease
The State of Ohio Butler County ss I John Reily Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid certify that John Reuk Esq above named before whom the deposition of Ben- jamin Walker was within the above stated was taken was at the taking thereof a justice duly sworn to keep the peace in the said County of Butler Inter testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of our said Court of Common Pleas the Thirteenth day of September 1834 at Hamilton John Reily

16.017 INVALID.
File No. 16.017
John Walker Pre Rev War
Act: June 7 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 395
[Arrangement of 1870.]