Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31459, Henry Walker, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Walker, Henry
S. 31459
CONTENTS

Illinois. 7829.
Henry Walker
of Cayo the in the State of Illinois who was a Spy. in the Comp y commanded by Captain Barry. of the Reg t commanded by Col. Preston in the Virginia line for 17 months & 23 days.
$59 21 / 100
Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois. at the rate of 59. Dollars 21. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of April 1833 and sent to W.H. Brown. Vandalia, Ill s
Arrears to the 4th of March. 1833. 118. 42 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. Sept r 1833 29. 60.
$148.02
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W.H. Palmer Clerk, Book 6, Vol. 8, Page 64

Henry Walker Illinois
7.82
Admitted for 17 Mo & 23 days from 1778
12. 40. 4. 13.33 17 1. 3.33 20 2.22 3 3.33 23 3.33 $59.24 59 \frac{21}{100}
W H Brown Agent Wandalia Nagog R.

BRIEF in the case of Conny of Payette
Henry Walker in the State of Illinois (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     about 2 years before the battle at   In 17 Hings Mountain a Spv Gen. Preston   a Spv volunteered from y. of March to late in Nov. about 1/2 Col. Preston   followed year as well as in recruits hunted Feb. Col. Preston   next Feb. died in May of same year  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? a battle at Gauley River. battle of White Sulph. Mills  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Montgomery Co. Virginia  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The periods are not given nor the length of service 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

In the matter of Henry Walker } application for a pension
1353.

State of Illinois Fayette County ss
He it remembered that on this third day of September Eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared before the County Commissioners Court of the County of Fayette, now sitting, the same being a Court of Record. Henry Walker Senior, a resident of the County of Fayette, and State of Illinois, aged Seventy four years on the Eighth day of October next, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he was born according to the best of his knowledge at Prince Edward County in the State of Virginia, on the Eighth day of October 1758, but has no record of his age - That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated - About two years before the battle of Kings Mountain, on the Seventh of March, but cannot remember the year. He then living in Montgomery County Virginia, he volunteered as a spy in Capt. George Parrish's company of Militia, in Col. Wm. Prestons regiment, which company was raised in Wythe or Montgomery County in the State of Virginia. The Company was that year employed in the spy service, on the waters of New River in the State of Virginia, and between that river, and Clinch river in said State, and also upon the waters of Guyandotte - that he continued in said Company in the service aforesaid, for the from the time aforesaid, (by the March) to October or November of the same year. The next year, in February or March, he was employed in the same service and upon pretty much the same ground, as a member of Capt. Frederick Edwards Company, in Col. Prestons regiment, and continued in the same service, until some time in the month of October following. In the following year, as near as this deponent can recollect, in August or September, he joined Capt. George Parrish's Company, in the regiment aforesaid, and rendezvoused at Chissels Mines Mines on New River in said State - and then moved to Wallings Bottoms up New River, and from that place to or near the Mulberry Fields in North Carolina, where, on hearing that Ferguson was embodied on Kings Mountain, the regiment was divided, and a part sent against Ferguson, and the other to go against the Tories embodied at the Moravian Towns - among the latter, was this Deponent - That he met the Tories at the Shallow Ford of the Yadkin river, and had a battle in which the Tories were defeated, and made their escape - In the battle, Capt. Parrish was wounded, and carried to Hoozer Town, where this Deponent staid until December,

detailed to guard and take care of the wounded. The next February or March, he volunteered in Capt Henry Pattons company, under the command of Col. Preston, and marched immediately to the Morairan Towns, and from thence down to the Reedy Fork of Haw River, where he had a battle with the British, which battle was called the battle of White Sells Mills, on the Reedy Fork of Haw River; our troops being beaten, he retreated and rendezvoused at Guilford C. House N.C. and from thence marched and joined Gen. Greene at the Iron Works, which was in May or June of the same year, when he was discharged and returned home. He never obtained a written discharge. He knows of no one living, by whom he can prove any of the services enumerated, unless some of his old friends may yet be living in the State of Virginia, from whom he has not heard for five and twenty or thirty years, and unless a brother which ten or eleven years ago resided in Kentucky, (but whether now living, or where, this Deponent cannot say) may have some remembrance of some of said services. That the Rev. Charles Radcliffe and Robert R. McLaughlin have known him for many years, and can testify to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. 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 agency of any State.
And this deponent further says that since his services aforesaid, he has resided in the State of Virginia, about seven or eight years in Kentucky, and for the last twenty eight or twenty nine years in the State of Illinois. And further saith not.
Sworn to & subscribed this 3 d day of September 1852 in open Court James W. Berry Clk
We Charles Radcliffe a preacher of the Gospel residing in the County of Fayette, and Robert R. McLaughlin residing in the Town of Vandalia in the same County, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Walker, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be seventy four years of age, that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood in which resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed this 3 d day of September 1852 in open Court Signed Charles Radcliffe R. R. McLaughlin James W. Berry Clk

Where upon, upon filing the affidavit of the said Henry Walker, it is ordered by the Court, that it be certified to the Secretary of War, that this the opinion of this Court, 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 Charles Radcliffe who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a preacher of the Gospel, resident in the County of Fayette, and that Robert H. McLaughlin who has also signed the same, are residents of the County of Fayette, and are credible persons, and that their statements is entitled to credit.
I James W. Berry Clerk of the County Commissioners Court of the County of Fayette, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Henry Walker for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Vandalia in the County aforesaid, this Seventh day of September one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
J. W. Berry Clerk

August 23, 1933.
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Mrs. Eldo B. Lane 1334 Cypress Street Pueblo, Colorado
BA-J/ADY Henry Walker S.31459
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter, addressed to the General Accounting Office and which is referred to this office for reply, relative to Henry Walker and Mellington Crouch, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
A careful search of the records fails to show a claim for pension or bounty land on file on account of the services of Mellington or Wellington Crouch, all spellings of the surname searched.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.31459, based upon the military service of Henry Walker in that war.
Henry Walker was born October 8, 1758 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not stated.
While a resident of Montgomery County, Virginia, he enlisted March 7, 1778 and served as a spy in Captain George Parriss' Company, Colonel William Preston's Virginia Regiment to October or November 1778. He enlisted in February or March 1779 and served as a spy in Captain Frederick Edward's Company, Colonel Preston's Virginia Regiment until sometime in October 1779. He enlisted in August or September 1780 and served in Captain George Parriss' Company, Colonel Preston's Virginia Regiment to December 1780. He enlisted about February 1781, served in Captain Henry Patton's Company, Colonel Preston's Virginia Regiment; was in the battles of Shallow Ford and Whitesall's Mills and was discharged in May or June 1781.
Soldier lived seven or eight years in Kentucky, place not given.
Pension was allowed on his application executed September 3, 1832 while a resident of Fayette County, Illinois, in which state he had resided about twenty-nine years. In 1832 he

was called Henry Walker, Senior.
Soldier died September 30, 1832, place not stated. on a B,
No reference is made to wife or children.
A Revolutionary War soldier who could establish his claim for pension, even though he had been granted bounty land, was entitled to his pension, also.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

31459
Rev INVALID.
1918 Dec 13 Hist. to Rev G. H. Beals 1933 Aug 23. Hist. to Mrs. Eldo B. Lane. A.W.Y.
File No. 31459
Henry Walker Sp. Rev War
Act: June 7 th 39"
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 438
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

Vandalia Sept. 14. 1832
Hon. Louis McLane
Sir
I have the honor to enclose you the proceedings of the County Commissioners Court of this County in the cases of John Diamond & Henry Walker who are applicants for pensions under the late act of Congress. Since a copy has been made. I have been fearful you would require the original depositions which are on file in that Court. Should this be necessary. (as it only would be upon a favorable consideration of their cases,) they can after the next term, in December, be withdrawn from the files of the Court and forwarded.
Last winter requested Gen. Robinson, one of our Senators to comply with the requisition of your Department, in relation to agents acting for pensioners. He wrote me that he had attended to my request - but am fearful his attestation of my character, may have been filed with the Secretary of War.
Will you please inform me of the action upon the enclosed, and if you deem it necessary, the original deposition shall be forwarded.
I have the honor to be Sir
Your most obedt Servant
W. H. Brown
(over)

P.S. As I shall probably have occasion to forward other applications, in case Gen. R. & representations have not been satisfactory, or may not have been made at all to your department, you will do me a favor to advise me upon this fact.
W. A. R.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Henry Walker which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? no V. * Has he mentioned 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? no no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yy

 XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes  XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?  If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?  Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?    XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes at 2 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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."

Tedstrom Furniture Co. (INCORPORATED) COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHERS.
for Dec 11 20
Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Pine Bluff, Ark., Dec 4, 1918
Gentlemen
Kindly send me what records you may have of the Revolutionary Pensions of Col. Henry Walter of
Virginia - and Ohio, years 1791
(Mrs) Alice G. H. Scales,
1705 Chestnut St.
Pine Bluff, Ark.

1334 Cypress St., Pueblo, Colo., July 29, 1933. Chief
Old Records Division, Gen'l Accts Office Washington, D. C.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
1933 AUG - 3 - AM
RECEIVED MAIL ROOM B
RECORDS DIVISION
Rec. One
Claim
No Claim H594/33
DEBT RECORD
My dear Sir:
Kindly send me any information available in your files, including family data, on Henry Walker of Va. who died in Ill., probably Fayette Co. in 1832. He might have resided in Peoria or Tazewell Co.
Also the same data on
Mellington Crouch who was in the last battle before Cornwallis' surrender. He lived for a time in Marion Co. Ill. but probably died in Randolph Co. Ill. - for he is buried at Preston near Sparta.
I shall appreciate any data on the above soldiers.
Respectfully
Mrs. Elda B. Lane
Kindly tell me in your reply whether any Rev. soldier recd a pension if he had previously been given a land grant.

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON
RECORDS DIVISION
IN REPLY PLEASE QUOTE
R-23655 & 23656-RMB.
August 15, 1933.
Veterans Administration, Revolutionary & 1812 Wars Section, Washington, D. C.
Sirs:
The attached communication dated July 29, 1933, from Mrs. Eldo B. Lane, 1334 Cypress Street, Pueblo, Colorado, requesting information concerning Henry Walker of Virginia, who died in Illinois about 1832, and Mellington Crouch, who was in the last battle before Cornwallis' surrender, and died in Randolph County, Illinois, is referred for your consideration and direct reply.
The writer has been advised of this reference.
Respectfully,
1 and B W. M. Richardson Chief, Records Division.

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 Henry 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.     78 Feb. 7. 1778 798 mos Spy George Parriss Wm Preston Va.   79 Feb. 7. 1779 Feb. 1779 Frederick Edward Preston   80 Aug. 7. 1780 Dec. 1780 George Parriss Preston   81 Feb. 7. 1781 May 7. 1781 Henry Patten Preston  
Battles engaged in, Shallow Ford of Yadkin Whiteoak Mills
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Montgomery Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 8. 1832 His d. was ab.
Residence at date of application, Laurel County, Ill.
Age at date of application, b. Oct. 8. 1758 in Prince Edward Co. Va.
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family
The only soldier that name in troops, found on the Rev. War records.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Walker, Isaac GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 5216 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Dec. 2, 1791
and Wt. No. 5032
to Martin Kingsley
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.