Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 8979, Alexander Walker, S.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
S. b.
Walker, Alexander Eleanor
W 8979
CONTENTS

John Walker was born June 22 1798 John Walker was born Dec 10 1799
Robert Walker was Born Oct 17 30 1779 William Walker was Born Feby 4 20 1782 Phillip Walker was
Born Jan'y 4 22 1704 Agnes Cunningham was Born May 4 20 1706 Adam Walker was Born April 4 7th 1707
James Walker was Born March 4 16 1791

John Walker John Walker was Born Nov. 4. 6 1771
John Walker his book John Walker His book got gives him grace thereon to Book 1794

B D Culp magistrate J.P. 6.28

South Carolina Eleanor Walker, a.e. widow of Alex Walker who died on the 4th August 1799, of Chester Dist the State of S.C. who was a Dist St. in the Comp y commanded by Captain [blank] of the Reg t commanded by Col. Dacy in the Pensylvania line for 6. m th Mo Prior
Inscribed on the Roll of Charleston at the rate of 48 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 and ending 10th Oct. 1839, when she died
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of June, 1849, and sent to Hon. D. Wallace
Arrears to the 4th of November, Semi-annual allowance ending S.C.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3rd }
Recorded by H. Rankin Clerk Book Vol. 1 Page 188
Reported Payable to John Walker Wm Walker, Philip Walker, Nancy Dore Joan Walker, James Walker Ann Walker only children surviving

Apr 20 182180 hus of Eleanor Walker deed

State of South Carolina
Chester District, ss. On this 4 th day of April, 1848. personally appeared in open Court, and before the Court and before the Court of General Sessions & Common Pleas now opened & held in Chesterville for the District of Chester & State aforesaid Adam Walker, a resident of the said District & State, of Lawful Age, 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 July 4 th 1836, granting Pensions to widows of Revolutionary Soldiers.
That this declarant the aforesaid Adam Walker in the behalf of himself and the other heirs of the late Alexander & Eleanor Walker both deceased, States That the said Alexander Walker was an Officer and Soldier in the Army of the Revolution as the heirs do understand and as such he served the United States against the common Enemy. That during the Revolution the aforesaid Alexander Walker resided in Camden but now Chester District S.C. and served under Capt. M c Clure Steel & others, in a Regiment Commanded by Col. Edward Lacey of the S.C. Militia, during which time he was slightly wounded in an Engagement with the Enemy.
This declarant further states on his oath that the said Alexander Walker was married in the year 1775. to Eleanor White, and as husband & wife they lived together till the death of the said Alexander Walker which took place on the 4 th August 1799. and that his widow

the aforesaid Eleanor departed this life on the 10 th day of October, Eighteen hundred & thirty nine (1839) not having intermarried after the death of her said husband, leaving surviving the following seven Children viz: John Walker, William Walker, Philip Walker, Nancy Love, Adam Walker, James Walker, & Ann Walker, who are the only surviving Children of the said Eleanor Walker dec d and all of lawful ages
This declarant further maketh oath, that the family Register showing the ages of the Children of the aforesaid Alexander & Eleanor Walker submitted with other papers in this claim he truly believes to be correct & true, Also that he has no record or documentary Evidence of his father's service other than that found in the Comptroller General's Office of this State, and that he feels assured the account from that Office submitted is that of his father.
Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year first above written before the Court
J. R. Osbornough ex p lo
John WALKER Real
And the Court doth hereby Certify, That it has been proven to the satisfaction of the Court, that Adam Walker the above declarant is a person of Intelligence and respectability, and that to his statements is due full faith and Credit, Where upon the same is Certified
J. S. Richardson Associate Judge

The State of South Carolina
I John Rosborough Clerk of the court of common Pleas for Chester District in the State of our said do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the Matter of Ellianor Walker for a pension for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & affixed My Seal of Office at Chester Court house this Eighth day of April Anno Domini 1848
Rosborough Clerk

State of South Carolina, Chester District 3 ss
On this 19 th day of January, 1848, personally appeared before the Court of Ordinary in and for the District & State aforesaid, Adam Walker, a resident of the said District aged 59 years, son of the late Alexander Walker dec d , 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 July 4 th 1836, granting Pensions to widows of Revolutionary Soldiers. That this declarant the aforesaid Adam Walker in the behalf of himself & the other heirs of the aforesaid Alexander Walker dec d States, that the said Alexander Walker was an Officer and Soldier in the Army of the Revolution the heirs understand and as such he served the United States against the Common Enemy. That during the Revolution as well as since the aforesaid Alexander Walker resided on the waters of Sandy River, Camden but now Chester District South Carolina and served under Capt s M c Clure, M c Steel, M c Mills, of the South Carolina Militia in a Regiment Commanded by Col d Edward Lacey and was generally in service from the fall of Charleston in May 1780 till the end of the war, during which service he was slightly wounded in an engagement with the enemy at Hanging Rock or Rocky Mount, also that on the account of the said Alexander Walker's adherence to the cause of Liberty, he was forced, by the Tories, to remove his family from his neighborhood for a while which he did to Charlotte N C . Ca, where they were protected from the Tories, who infested his neighborhood.
This declarant further states on his oath, that the said Alexander Walker was married in the year nineteen hundred & seventy five (1775) to Eleanor White and as husband and wife they lived together till the death of the said Alexander Walker which took place on the 4 th day of August 1799, and that his widow the aforesaid

Eleanor departed this life on the 10 th day of October, Eighteen hundred and thirty nine (1839) not having intermarried after the death of her said husband —
This declarant also states on oath, that he has in his possession his parents, the parties aforesaid, old Bible containing a Registry of the births of their Children, from which it will appear that their first child, named Charles was born in July 1776, John in November 1777 & Robert in October 1779 together with several subsequent births, all of which he truly believes to be correct and true, and the original Record is herunto appended
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before,
A. WALKER
Peter Wyllie I & C COB
And the court doth hereby certify that it has been Satisfactorily proven that Alexander Walker above named died on the 4 th August 1799 and that his widow Eleanor departed this life on the 10 th October 1839 leaving surviving her the following Seven Children viz: John Walker, William Walker, Philip Walker, Nancy Doss, Adam Walker, James Walker, and Ann Walker, who are the only surviving children of the said Eleanor Walker and all of lawful age.
The Court further certifies that the declarant Adam Walker is a person of Intelligence & Respectability, and to his statements is due full faith & credit.
In witness of all which I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and subscribed my name this 19 January AD 1848
Peter Wyllie I & C COB

No 7046 Eleanor Walker and hus. of. Alexander J C
act 4 July 1836
Mumma before 1777
admitted
Pr. 6 1/2 mo. = $21.66 2/3 St. 2 mo. = 26.66 2/3 $48.33
Com. 4 March 1836 terminating 10 Oct. 1839 children
Hon. Dr. Wallace Unionville J C

State of South Carolina
Chester District
Personally appeared before me, Abraham Gibson, one of the acting Magistrates in and for the District aforesaid. John Bishop one of the surviving Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution a resident of the State & District aforesaid, and made oath, in due form of law, That he was during the days of the Revolution as well as since well and intimately acquainted with Alexander Walker dec d of Chester District, also with a number of his brothers viz: John, Adam, Robert, and Charles Walker, all of whom were Soldiers in the Army of the Revolution, that lived on the waters of Sandy River Camden, but now Chester District South Carolina. This deponent further makes oath that the said family of Walkers belonged to, and served in a Regiment of Militia commanded by Col d Edward Lacey, and that from deponents knowledge of the Revolutionary services of the aforesaid Walkers he is of the opinion and believes, that after the fall of Charleston in May 1780, till the end of the war, that they were generally in service. That during the above time deponent was on different occasions in the service with the aforesaid Walkers but cannot now at this late day identify any particular service rendered individually by the said Walkers further than above stated.
This deponent also states in his said oath, that Alexander Walker above named lived in time of the Revolution in Capt n John McClellans, Mills, & Stuks, brat and served as he believes under the said Officers in Laceys Regiment of Militia. Deponent further makes oath, that in the year 1780, their Country was overrun by the British & Tories, and that many of the Whigs who had Families to protect removed themselves up into N. Carolina at and about Charlotte, and that the said Alexander Walker having a family, it was said, was one amongst the number that removed their fami-

also to N.C for protection from the British and Tories, that such was the enmity existing between the two parties in the Country that those persons who had taken up arms in defence of their Country were called rebels and their houses were plundered indiscriminately by the Tories at every opportunity. This deponent further states that the aforesaid Family of Walkers, all of whom he believes are now dead, were bold daring men and done good and important service during their Revolutionary struggles which is and ever has been duly appreciated by the friends of Liberty in this Country. — Sworn to, and Subscribed this 25 January 1848, Before me
Abraham Gilson Magt 3 John X Bishop Test S. A. Bettes 3 mark
And I the said Magistrate do hereby Certify that I am well and intimately acquainted with John Bishop the above affiant, and that he is in the possession of his natural faculties, a person of intelligence and respectability and to his statements is due full faith & credit
Abraham Gilson Magt 3
South Carolina } Personally appeared before me, John Charles Charles District } one of the Magistrates in and for the said District, Priscilla Terry a Resident of the State and District aforesaid aged about 84 years, and made oath in due form of law, to the following statement, relative to the Revolutionary services of Alexander Walker deceased of Chester District and State aforesaid, That this deponent the said Priscilla Terry resided during the days of the Revolution, on a plantation joining lands that on which the said Alexander Walker lived, and that she was well & intimately acquainted with both him & his wife Eleanor, whose maiden name was White, to whom the said Alexander was married, at or before the commencement of the Revolution.
This deponent further states, that the said Alexander Walker was a Soldier in the American Army, during a

part of the war, and rendered, as she then understood and believed, good service to his country. That she now well and distinctly recollects, of it being said that the said Alexander Walker, was slightly wounded, in an engagement with their enemy, and also that he rec d a ball through his hat, while in an engagement. That deponent saw the said hat with a hole in it, which was said to have been made by a ball from the enemy's gun. Also that the said Alexander Walker, lived in Col Edward Sneyd's boat, and said Col Sneyd commanded a regiment of Militia & was she believes generally in service during the war, & that there was Captains McLean, Mills, Bent, Frost, & others belonging to said Sneyd's Regiment, and that she believes that the said Alexander Walker, served under some of the aforesaid officers in Col Sneyd's Regiment of Militia.
This deponent also states that the said Alexander Walker, did, in time of their worst troubles, remove his family up into the edge of N. Carolina, to get away from the Tories who had overrun the country and that during his absence the Tories killed, of his stock, in account of his act in the cause of freedom.
Sworn to Subscribed this 31 st day of Jany 1848.
Before me John Charles Magistrate
Priscilla + Mary Mark
And I the said Magistrate do hereby certify that Priscilla Mary, the Affiant, is a person of Intelligence Respectability and that to her statement, is due full faith & credit.
Jany 31. 1848.
John Charles Magistrate

State of South Carolina } Personally appeared before Chester District } me John Rosborough Clerk of the court of Common Pleas for Chester District Major John Walker, a Resident of the District and State at oaths, and declared on oath, Relative to the application of the heirs of the late Eleanor Walker deceased of the District of Chester, Widow of Alexander Walker for a pension, namely that he is the second child of the parties aforesaid, and that from the best information he could obtain he was born in the Month of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven (1777) and that he has now, and has had for the last fifty years, a record of his age, showing that his birth took place at the time above stated.
This deponent further states on oath that he distinctly recollects the Revolutionary War, also recollects that on about the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one (1781) known as the running summer, that his father the aforesaid Alexander Walker with his family left his plantation in Chester District, and went up into the edge of North Carolina to get away from the British and Tories who were overrunning the country and that after making one crop in North Carolina they returned back to their plantation in Chester District.
This deponent further states on oath that in relation to the Revolutionary Services of his father the aforesaid Alexander Walker, his knowledge is traditional, that he has often heard his father speak of his revolutionary services, of his having been wounded in an engagement with the enemy, of his being under Col Larry & Captain John McClure & others of the South Carolina Militia; that he with Captain John McClure at the Battle of the Hanging Rock, which

he thinks took place in 1780 in which battle the said Capt John M c Clure received his death wound from which he soon after died, that on said occa- sion he has often heard his father say that if Capt John M c Clure had taken his advice together with that of the Gastons & others, in regard to his movements against the enemy, his life might have been saved in said engagement
That he recollects hearing his father say he was at Humphreys defeat, near Fishing Creek & the Catawba River, that he has heard him speak of Captain Steele as being in the Service, and he has often heard him relate many circumstances which occurred during his revolutionary services that he heard him speak of being at the battle of Rocky Mount
Sworn to & Signed April 11 th 1824
Reference
J. Rosborough. Clerk C. P. S.
State of South Carolina } I John Rosborough Clerk Chester District } of the Court of Common
Pleas for Chester District & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Major John Walker who has this day sworn to & subscribed the above affidavit before me is a person of intelligence and respectability and that full faith and credit are due to his statements
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this Eleventh day of April Anno Domine 1824
J. Rosborough Clerk C. P. S.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
MCS:MLB
June 26, 1930
Mr. S. T. Lipsey 820 Habersham Street Savannah, Georgia
Dear Sir:
I advise you that in the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 8979, it is stated that Alexander Walker, with his brothers, John, Adam, Robert and Charles, resided on the waters of the Sandy River, Camden District (afterwards Chester District), South Carolina, in Colonel Lacey's beat, and all of them were soldiers in the Revolution.
From the fall of Charleston in May, 1780, to the end of the war, Alexander Walker served as a soldier and officer (rank not stated) under Captains John Mc Clure, John Steel and John Mills, in Colonel Edward Lacey's Regiment of South Carolina Militia; and he was at the battles of Hanging Rock and Rocky Mount, in one of which he was slightly wounded, and he was in Sumter's Defeat at Fishing Creek.
Alexander Walker married in 1775 Eleanor White who was born in County Antrim, Ireland. The date and place of his birth are not stated. He died August 4, 1799, in the fifty-fifth year of his age and she died October 10, 1839, aged about eighty years.
In 1848 their son Adam applied for the pension due on account of the services of his father and the same was allowed for the benefit of the surviving children:- John, William, Philip, Adam, James and Ann Walker and Nancy Love.
Additional data as to children:
Charles Walker born July 22, 1776 John " " November 6, 1777 Robert " " October 30, 1779 William " " February 20, 1782 Philip " " January 22, 1784 Agness Cunningham " " May 20, 1786 Adam " " April 7, 1788 James " " March 16, 1791

The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Anthony Lipsey and said records do not show that any claim for pension was made to the United States on account of the Revolutionary War services of a Robert Walker who served from Pennsylvania.
In order to identify the records of a particular soldier named John White, it is necessary for you to furnish as much as possible of the following data pertaining to him:- approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

1919 Sept. 22. Hist. to Hon. W. F. Stevenson & 1919 Dec. 23. Hist. to Hon James & Byrnes aw 1930 June 26. Hist. to Mr. D. T. Lipsey. M.C.O.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8979
Eleanor Walker Wid. of Alexander Walker Lieut. Res. War
Act: July 4 th 36. Sec. 3d
Index:—Vol. 16 Page 307
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 7046
Eleanor Walker co
se
Set to H. A. Black
March 8. 48
Set to S. A. Belliz
Aug 11th 48.
ad 4 July 1836

N 7046 Eleanor Walker a m S:C
Seth Hon J. A. Black } March 8, 1848 } " " S. A. Bellis Oct 11. 48 Hon. D. Wallace Apr. 23 rd 49
act 4 July 1836

John Walker, William Walker, Philip Walker Nancy Love, Adam Walker, James Walker, Ann Walker, children
admits

Mr Cole Ames, Ia 4624.16 Dear Father J. J. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City DC
17

Chester C. Hovey, Esq. Oct: the 1 st 1848.
Sir
On or about the 1 st April, last I mailed from this place to your department the declaration of Mrs. Nancy Black made under the act of 2 d February 1848. - Also about the same time the declaration of the heirs of Mrs. Elizabeth M c Daniel, and evidence in support of the claim of Mrs. Eleanor Walker under the act of 4 July, 1836. to be reported to me at this place - Some five Months has passed and those several claims remain unreported and it is presumed that they have been overlooked.
The object of this communication is to call your attention to these claims and request that you favor us with a report as early as practicable and oblige
I am yours, very respectfully, S. H. Beman
# No 2210 attended to by Cole
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

1 Chester C. Housh S.C. February 12 th 1848.
Sir
Inclosed you will receive the application of the heirs of Eleanor Walker dec. under the act of 4 July 1836 which you will please to examine & report the same to me & oblige
I am your obedient servant S. A. Bellus
J. L. Edwards Esqr Commrship of Pensions Washington City DC

Unionville May 28 1849
Sir In the Report which you forwarded to me under date of the 23 rd April 1849 on the Pension Claim of Eleanor Walker you remark that the Marriage is satisfactorily proven, but that the witnesses who prove the services of Alexander Walker are all females, and their Testimony is not deemed sufficient, as they could have no personal knowledge of the services in regard to which they testify - that the proofs presented are not deemed sufficient to identify Alexander Walker with the officer holding to him the inents as exhibited by the Certificate of the Comptroller Genl of SC were issued
The inclosed Testimony is intended to meet the difficulty thus presented by you, - and in addition to this I beg to refer you to the Testimony of George Wiley now on file in his case - whose age & position entitle his Testimony to your most respectful consideration.
I have the Honor to be
J. L. Edwards Esq
D. M. Wallace

Chester C. Houn J. Ca April the 1848
Sir,
Inclosed you will receive further Evidence in support of the claim of the heirs of the late Eleanor Walker dec d under the act of 4 July 1836, which is the best attainable evidence that can be made in the premises. I also enclose you the Letter of the Hon. J. A. Black rec d to show you the character & standing of this family who have set up a claim to a pension. I hope in this claim that the evidence may be satisfactory and that you will grant us a fair appeal.
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Your obedient servant S. A. Bellis
J. L. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions Washington City DC

Washington 15 th Mar. 1848
Dear Sir
A Few days since I rec d the within answer in the Case of the heirs of Elenore Walker, which will show you the many Objections made to the claim. I hope you can meet them successfully and I will take pleasure in aiding you in so doing. as I know the Walker family and the standing of the father too well to doubt the justice of this claim although we may not at this late hour be able to prove it.
At the same time I got an answer in the Case of Chas McDaniel and the only objection made is that the application is made before the Clerk of the Court of Common pleas. I have returned this case for recourt

consideration accompanied by a Certificate of a good Lawyer that our Court of Common Pleas was "a Court of Record". As the Common Pleas had objected to that fact. As soon as I get an answer I will send it on.
The Pension Office is over-run with business having to grant the Bounties Land Warrants or give Certificate for money in lieu thereof.
Yours obedt James A Black
J. A. Butler Esq. Chester C.H. P.C.

Union Court House S C April 1 st 1849
Sir
You will receive herewith some additional Evidence in the Case of Eleanor Walker, Widow of Alexander Walker. The Papers first sent in this Case was forwarded to the Department by S. A. Bettis. The Testimony inclosed is of unimpeachable Credibility — Please Report the Case to me at your earliest convenience
I have the honor to be Your O bt Servt J. Wallace
Hon. J. L. Cawood

Washington Feb. 24-1848.
Sir
I enclose you the declaration of the Heirs of Eleanor Walker, deceased, of Chester Dis. Yo. Co. claiming pension due their mother before her death, together with the evidence on which the claim is founded.
The Walker family is a most respectable one, and one with whom I am well acquainted, and the Father has always had the reputation of having been a gallant Whig in the Revolution & of having done much service to his country.
Let me ask you to give this your attention as soon as you can.
With great respect
Your obed t Servt.
James A Black
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comm ee on Pensions.

Comptroller General's Office Columbia S.C. Feby 9 th 1848
Indent Book L No 492
Issued the 3 rd November 1784 to Mr Alexander Walker for Thirty four pounds two shillings and ten pence farthing sterling for 214 days Militia duty as per Account audited. Pm d £34: 2: 10 3/4 Ann int. £2: 7: 9 D.
Book L Account 492
Mr Alexander Walker (Lieutenant) of Capt John Stubbs Company, his account of 194 days duty as horseman under Capt John W. Ely 20 days horseman @ £2: 8: 6 per day in Col d Edward Lacey's Regiment.
Indent Book L No 494
Issued 10 th April 1788 to Alexander Walker for £12: 17: 1 1/2 D sterling for Military duty per account from the Commissioners £12: 17: 1 1/2 D. Sterling
Book L Account 494
State of South Carolina
To Alexander Walker Dr To 40 days duty in Camp in Col d Edward Lacey's Regiment @ 48 S p day in sterling £12: 17: 1 1/2 D.
The following Memorandum in the handwriting of the Commissioner This person has an account no. 12 for Militia duty 214 days amounting to £34: 2: 10 3/4 D s of which the above Account, Book L, No 492 is a copy.
I do hereby certify that the above is a true Copy from the Records in this office and I further certify that in the same book I find filed the accounts of Adam Walker, John Walker, Robert Walker, & Phillip Walker for Military duty.
BEN: HART for W. G. BLACK Comt. Genl
Auth of sum Ryan - 194 3250 Lent - 60 1500

South Carolina Chester District 3 Before me personally appeared Anna Wyley a Resident of said District aged 57 years and oath in due form of law that she was raised in the neighborhood of Alexander Walker Revolutionary soldier late of Chester District dec'd and has been in intimately acquainted with his wife and wid- ow Eleanor and family since her first re- collection and always understood and believes Alexander Walker was a soldier of the Revolu- tion and done his country good part of time in Capt Mclures Company Santee Brigade but cannot say what rank he held in said war or give the particu- lars of said service Deponents Father was in service with the said Alexander and Brothers and has often heard her Father speak of their service together as above stated
Deponent further says that the said Alexander and his wife & widow Eleanor Walker were married as deponent has always understood and had a family in time of the war and from her personal knowledge of the children of the above parties she is satisfied the wife as May- John Walker the Eldest son now living is upwards of seventy years of age.
Sworn to and subscribed this 20th day February 1849 before me
Peter Wyley Majr
Anna Wyley

South Carolina }
Chester District } I Peter Wylic Judge & Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of Said District do hereby Certify that the within named deponent who was Sworn before me (as a acting Magistrate) is a credible Witness
Given under my hand & Seal of Office this 23 day February 1849
Peter Wylic J.A. 66662
South Carolina
Chester District Personally appeared before me Peter Wylic who being duly Sworn Saith upon oath that he was acquainted with Alexander Walker Sandy Run in State District upon said this always understood that he was a Soldier of the Army of the Revolution and would think that he rather would have under Capt. M'Clain & Steele Col. Lacey & Genl. Sumter as he this deponent knows from Information the said Officer Commanded that Legion of Country in the War of Revolution that Alexander Walker must have had a Farm in the Revolutionary War from the age of 18 till 24 John Walker his oldest Son alive is Seventy two or Three years of age & further Saith he is now for the term of Fifty Years past has been acquainted with the Family of said Alexander Walker who are all Respectable persons
Sworn to & Signed this 23 Febry 1849 before me J.P. Osborrough clerk court Chester District
Peter Wylic

State of South Carolina
Chester District 3 Personally appeared before me John Rosborough Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the District and State aforesaid Abraham McCullough a resident of the said District aged 88 years, and made oath, in due form of law, to the following Traditional Statements relative to the Revolutionary services of Alexander Walker dec. of Chester District husband of the late Eleanor Walker dec. of the said District viz: That this deponent had an uncle by the name of Robert Kelsey who was one of the brave men that rendered good & important service during the war of the Revolution, and that for some years prior to his death, which took place in Chester District in 1824, he lived in the family of deponent and that deponent has on many occ- asions heard him speak of the many trials and hardships during said war, also of the officers he was under, together with many of his mess- mates, amongst whom was the above named Alexander Walker whom he ever represented as a brave and faithful soldier. That the following occurrence deponent has often heard him relate That at one time in camp the soldiers had amused themselves with planting hat bands of hair, and that the said Alexander Walker had one that was quite broad and that in an engagement with the enemy a ball struck said Walker hat, cut the brim, and struck his hat band which knocked him down, that he immediately jumped to his feet saying Robert I am not killed yet, and to the best of deponent's knowledge & recollection this was at a place called Falling Spring near the sea board, also that his said uncle Robert Kelsey has often told him that himself

and the said Alexander Walker served in the Militia of South Carolina, in the companies of Capt: John McClure, John Steel & others in Col Edward Soccys Regiment. Deponent also says that his uncle has often told him that the said Alexander Walker was with him under Capt McClure at the battle of the Hanging Rock in 1780, at which place the said Capt received his death wound and at several other places which deponent does not now recollect.
Sworn to and subscribed this 10 th April 1848. before me
John Rosborough Clerk C.C.Pls
Abraham M c Callough
South Carolina Chester District } I John Rosborough Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Chester District do hereby certify, that Abraham M c Callough who hath this day sworn to and sub- scribed the above affidavit before me, is a person of intelligence and respectability and that to his statements is due full faith and credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Chester South Carolina the tenth day of April 1848
John Rosborough Clerk C.C.Pls

South Carolina } Chester District } Before Me Personally appeared Maj John Walker a Resident of said District aged 71 years who being first duly sworn accor- ding to law says that the record of his own age herunto attached was entered by defornts Granda Moth- er as he has always understood shortly after his defornts birth as the book (pocket bible) was presented to defornt when named and the entry made as above stated and believes the same to be correct this has always been defornts understanding from his parents Alexander & Eleanor Walker now decd. Sworn to and subscribed this 21 st day of February 1849 Before the B D Culp } magistrate B D } John Walker
South Carolina } Chester District } I hereby certify that John Walker the person whose signature appears to the foregoing affidavit is a credible witness and that his statemen- t is entitled to full faith and credit.
B D Culp magistrate } for Chester District }
State of South Carolina } Chester District } Personally appeared before me the undersigned magistrate in and for the District and state aforesaid Mary Morrow a resident of Chester District aged seventy two years past who being duly sworn according to law deposes & says that she was personally & intimately acquainted with Alexander Walker a revolutionary

soldier late of Chester District now deceased and also with the wife and consort of said Alexander now deceased and also with their family since her first recollection having been raised within three miles of the aforesaid parties and worshiped with him at the same church. Deponent further states that she has been credibly informed and really believes and has always believed that said Alexander Walker was an officer and soldier of the resolution of Capt John McSunes company SC militia and continued a member of his company until McSunes death at Hanging Rock Sumter Brigade and he afterwards served in the same Brigade until the close of the war in Col Jacobs Regt who commanded the militia of the neighborhood. Deponent distinctly recollects to have been informed very early in life that said Alexander Walker and wife were married during the war and had a family of children the oldest of whom Charles by name was about the age of Deponent. Deponent further says that she has been credibly informed and really believes that in a certain engagement with the enemy said Alexander Walker was struck with a ball on the head which prostrated him on the earth but that he said Alexander immediately sprang up and exclaimed I am not killed yet swim to and subsided before me this twenty first day of February 1849
B D Gulp Magistrate C.D. S:to
Mary Mason
I hereby certify that Mary Mason whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit is a lady entitled to full faith and credit and appears to be the age she has represented and is a disinterested witness B D Gulp Magistrate for Chester District

The State of South Carolina
I John Roborough Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Chester District do hereby certify that B. H. Culp & Peter Wylie before whom the foregoing depositions were respectively taken, were at the time of certifying the same lawful acting Magistrates for Chester District and that their signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine.
I further certify that the foregoing deponents Peter Wylie, Simon Wylie, John Walker and Mary Morrow are credible witnesses and are intitled to be believed. I have resided within about three Miles of John Walker and others of the family for the last forty nine years and they are respectable people and from the neighbourhood. Richard Alexander Walker was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
I
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this Second day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine.
J Roborough Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Chester District
The witnesses in this case are of undoubted Credibility
D Wallace M c
Hon J. L. Edwards

Robert Wilson for Eleanor Walker

South Carolina
York District } Before me personally appeared Robert Wilson a Resident of said District and Pensioner at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum and Made oath in due form of law that he was well acquainted with Alexander Walker of Chester District S.C. then Camden in time of the Revolutionary war and also with his four brothers who were also soldiers of the Revolution and were called the five walkers and were the terror of the sanguinary Tories among whom they lived
Deponent knows of his own personal knowledge that Alexander Walker Reputed Father of the present claimants and Husband of Eleanor Walker late of Chester District S.C. served a tour of duty in 1780 Capt John McLures com- pany Sumter's Brigade S.C. Militia and served in said company until Capt John McLure was killed at Hanging Rock in August 1780 Col Lacey's Regiment de- ponent was in the same service but can- not say how long the said Alex- ander continued to serve at that time but always understood from the said Alexander Walker that he was gener- ally in service until the close of the war and understood that the said Alexander Walker was an officer part of his service in Col Lacey's Regiment but cannot say what rank he held in the Militia
Deponent further says that the said Alexander Walker and himself

have talked over the war, and their sufferings during its continuance and the robberies committed on his wife during his absence in camp, her privations and sufferings with their children and knows that the said Alexander was well acquainted with the history and of the times and was a man of very respectable character up to the time of his death many years past
Sworn to and subscribed this 3rd day of April 1849 Before Me, Robt. Wilson A.S. Wallac.
(Magt)
I the said Magt certify that Capt Robert Wilson who has sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit is a very respectable witness and his statements entitled to full credence
A.S. Wallac.
South Carolina
Magt.
York District & I the undersigned Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions do certify that A.S. Wallac who appears to the foregoing Affidavit as subscribing Magistrate is & was at the time of his subscribing the same an acting Magistrate for York District & that full faith & credit are due to all his official acts & that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine. I further certify that I have long known Robert Wilson & his statements are entitled to implicit belief.
Given under my hand & seal of office at York Court House this 18 th day of May A.D. 1849
J. Kuykendall K.K. Kels

Copy.
"Sacred to the memory of Alexander Walker, who departed this life, August 4 th 1799, in the 55 th year of his age."
"Sacred to the memory of Eleanor Walker, wife of Alexander Walker, who departed this life Oct 10. 1839. aged about 80 years. — was born in the County Antrim, Ireland."
South Carolina }
Chester District }
I John Charles a Magistrate in and for the District aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing, is a true and perfect copy of the Inscriptions on two headstones erected to the memory of Alexander Walker, and Eleanor Walker: deceased of Chester District, Erected in the public burying ground.
John Charles.
Feby. 4. 1847 }
Magistrate
Seal of South Carolina
I John Rosborough Clerk of the Court of General Sessions & Common Pleas for Chester District & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Peter Wyles Esquire before whom the foregoing Dedication was made is Judge of the Court of ordinary and that the Signa- tures & Seal purporting to be his are genuine
I also certify that John Charles and Abraham Gibson before whom the subjoined Affidavits were made and sworn are acting Magistrates in for the District aforesaid, and that the Signa- tures purporting to be theirs are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of Office at Chester corral Averse this fourth day of February 1848
John Rosborough Clerk & ex h

W. F. STEVENSON 5TH DIST. SOUTH CAROLINA
A. E. HUTCHISON SECRETARY
COMMITTEES: BANKING AND CURRENCY RAILWAYS AND CANALS EXPENDITURES IN THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
House of Representatives U. S.
Washington, D. C.
September 18th, 1919.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen;
The enclosed letter from Mrs. J. H. McClure, Chester, * South Carolina, is self explanatory. If you can furnish any information along this line, the same will be duly appreciated.
I will ask you to kindly return Mrs. McClure's letter with your reply.
Yours Very Truly,
W. F. Stevenson
S/H.
* Asked for hist. of Alexander Walker who served in the S. C. Mil. & married Eleanor White.

JAMES W. GOOD, IOWA, CHAIRMAN. CHARLES R. DAVIS, MINN. WILLIAM S. VARE, PA. JOSEPH G. CANNON, ILL. C. BASCOM SLEMP, VA. WILLIAM R. WOOD, IND. LOUIS C. CRAMTON, MICH. EDWARD H. WASON, N. H. WALTER W. MAGEE, N. Y. GEORGE HOLDEN TINKHAM, MASS. BURTON L. FRENCH, IDAHO. MILTON W. SHREVE, PA. CHARLES F. OGDEN, KY.  JOSEPH W. BYRNS, TENN. THOMAS UPTON SISSON, MISS. JAMES MCANDREWS, ILL. JOHN M. EVANS, MONT. JOHN J. EAGAN, N. J. JAMES P. BUCHANAN, TEX. JAMES A. GALLIVAN, MASS. JAMES F. BYRNES, S. C.
MARCELLUS C. SHEILD, CLERK.
Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
December 19, 1919.
Commissioner of Pensions, Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am in receipt of a letter from Mrs. J. J. Gall, of Johnston, S. C., in which she asks for information concerning her great-great-grandfather, Alexander Walker, who is said to have served in the Revolutionary War. He is said to have been born in Ireland in 1744.
If you can furnish me any information concerning this man, I will appreciate your doing so.
Very truly yours,
H/M
James H. Byrnes
The adjutant General gave me some information and suggested that you might be able to supplement it.
JHB

Savannah, Ga. 820 Habersham St., June 7, '30
Bureau Of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Attention of Mr E. W. Moran,
Gentlemen:
In reply to your favor of June 5th relative to war records of the Revolution and acting on your suggestion I beg to ask that you please kindly supply me with all the data possible on the following Soldiers of the Revolution, viz, O Anthony Lipsey (who was according to advise that I have from Mr. H. H. Shenk, Archivist of Penn.) " 'was a private in Captain Jonathan McClure's Company of the Tenth Battalion of Pennsylvania, commanded by Col. Robert Elder, April 11, 1781 and also in 1782. A man of the same name was taxed in Derry Township, Cumberland County, in 1778". Since he evidently lived in Cumberland County, this County is adjoining to York County and in the same section of the state from which my ancestors migrated to South Carolina, it is evident that he was my Great Grandfather, he married a Stokes, I dont remember her given name. He must have died about the first of 1800 or thereabout. I would also be very grateful to know of the records of Robert Walker, and Alexander Walker, thier names appear on the rolls of Pennsylvania many times (this is from the report of the Penn. records of the Archivist of that state) Alexander Walker married Eleanor White in 1775, she was the daughter of John White. Robert Walker ( a brother of Alexander) married Victoria White, who was also a daughter of John White, they were married about 1780.
John White came from Ireland on the ship "Earl of Denigal" landing in Penn. Tuesday, December 22, 1767. John White was 47 years of age as given by the ships register.
I will be most grateful to you and your staff if you will supply me with all the data in regard to the war service of all four of the above mentioned, viz, Anthony Lipsey of Cumberland & Lancaster Counties,
✓ Robert Walker, ✓ Alexander Walker more John White O Anthony Lipsey.
Kindness in this matter, I am,
Yours very truly,
S. T. Lipsey
S. T. Lipsey.

Rev. War Section.
3-1864
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
December 23, 1919.
Hon James F. Byrnes, House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Byrnes:
In reply to your letter of the nineteenth instant, requesting the history of Alexander Walker, a soldier of the Revolution, for Mrs. J. J. Gall, of Johnston, South Carolina, I have the honor to advise you that in the papers in the pension claim, W. File No. 8,979, it is stated that Alexander Walker, with his brothers John, Adam, Robert and Charles, resided on the waters of Sandy River, Camden District (afterwards Chester District) South Carolina, in Colonel Lacey's beat, and all of them were soldiers in the Revolution.
From the fall of Charleston in May 1780 to the end of the war, Alexander Walker served as a soldier and officer (rank not stated) under Captains John McClure, John Steel and John Mills, in Colonel Edward Lacey's regiment of South Carolina Militia; that he was at the battles of Hanging Rock and Rocky Mount, in one of which he was slightly wounded, and he was in Sumter's Defeat at Fishing Creek.
Alexander Walker married in 1775 Eleanor White who was born in County Antrim, Ireland. The date and place of his birth are not stated. He died August 4, 1799, in the fifty-fifth year of his age and she died October 10, 1839, aged about eighty

years.
In 1848 their son Adam applied for the pension due on account of the services of his father and the same was allowed for the benefit of the surviving children; John, William, Philip, Adam, James and Ann Walker and Nancy Love.
Additional data as to children.
Charles Walker born July 22, 1776. John " " November 6, 1777. Robert " " October 30, 1779. William " " February 20, 1782. Philip " " January 22, 1784. Agness Cunningham " " May 20, 1786. Adam " " April 7, 1788. James " " March 16, 1791.
Very truly yours,
Acting Commissioner.

Rev. War Section.
TNT
September 22, 1919.
Hon. William F. Stevenson, House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Stevenson:
In response to your letter dated the eighteenth instant, requesting information for Mrs. J. H. McClure of Chester, South Carolina, I have the honor to advise you that in the papers in the claim W. File No. 8,979 Rev. War, it is stated that Alexander Walker with his brothers John, Adam, Robert and Charles, resided on the waters of Sandy River, Camden District (afterwards Chester District) South Carolina, in Colonel Lacey's beat, and were all soldiers in the Revolution.
From the fall of Charleston in May, 1780, to the end of the War, Alexander Walker served as a soldier and an officer (rank not recollected) under Captains John McClure, John Steel and John Mills, in Colonel Edward Lacey's regiment of South Carolina Militia; that he was in the battles of Hanging Rock and Rocky Mount, in one of which he was slightly wounded, and in Sumter's Defeat at Fishing Creek.
Alexander Walker married in 1775, Eleanor White who was born in County Antrim, Ireland. He died August 4, 1799 in the fifty-fifth year of his age, and she died October 10, 1839 aged about eighty years.

In 1848, their son Adam Walker applied for the pension which would have been due his mother on account of her husband's services, and the same was allowed for the benefit of their only surviving children, viz: John Walker, William Walker, Philip Walker, Nancy Love, Adam Walker, James Walker and Ann Walker.
Additional Family Data as to children -
   Charles Walker  born  July 22, 1776.    John Walker  "  November 6, 1777.    Robert Walker  "  October 30, 1779.    William Walker  "  February 20, 1782.    Philip Walker  "  January 22, 1784.    Agness Cunningham Walker  "  May 20, 1786.    Adam Walker  "  April 7, 1788.    James Walker  "  March 16, 1791.   
This was corrected Dec 23, 1919 by A.W. it distinctly states they were children
Very truly yours,
E. C. Tieman Acting Commissioner.