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Sarah Walker, widow of
William Walker Revolutionary Pension Application
Washington, DC Dec. 27, 1852 Jas. E. Heath, Esq. Respectfully yours, Jas. G. Austin Atty Present Georgia John A. Fambrough of the county of Clarke and State of Georgia, being duly
sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that he is sixty six years of age, that he is
the duly appointed administrator of the Estate of Sarah Walker, deceased, widow of William
Walker also deceased. That some time in the year 1845 the said Sarah made an application
to the Pension Office & filed her papers in support of her claim to a pension as widow
of her late husband the said William, and that for some cause her application was
suspended & she died on the first day of April 1850 without having received her
pension. And that as her administrator & in behalf of the only surviving children
hereinafter mentioned he makes this deposition & declaration in order to obtain the
amount of pension due the said Sarah under the Act of July 7th 1838 up to the
time of her death aforesaid. That at the time of the death of the said Sarah she left
seven children only [of] her & her said late husband surviving and whose names and
places of residence are as follows: Viz, Rachel Dusnston residing in Troup County, Georgia
~ Jemmima Scott residing in Newton County, Georgia ~ Margaret Megahee residing in Walton
County, Georgia ~ Sarah Allen residing in Jasper County, Georgia ~ Martha Durham residing
in Clarke County, Georgia ~ Abi Fambrough residing in the County & State last
aforesaid & Nancy Sorrell residing in Madison County, State of Mississippi. All of
them are above the age of twenty one years and he respectfully refers to the papers on
files as well as the annexed depositions in support of this application. That the said
Sarah Walker and her late husband during the time of their lifetime were highly
respectable people. And especially Mrs. Sarah Walker up to the time of her death enjoyed
the confidence of her neighbors and numerous acquaintances. And that her statement made by
her in her application for a pension is established to the highest credit. John A. Fambrough, Admn. of Sarah Walker, dec’d Subscribed & sworn to this 13th day of December 1852 before me
by the above named John A. Fambrough, who is personally known to me and further that the
said John A. Fambrough is a credible person & his statements are entitled to credit. Declaration State of Georgia On this 8th day of May 1845 personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a justice of the Inferior court in & for said county and State, the same being a court of record, Mrs. Sally Walker, a resident of the county & State aforesaid aged eighty years past, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress of the 7 July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of William Walker who was a private soldier and served in the war of the Revolution in the United States Artilery two years or upwards. The Troop and Regiment in which he served not know. That she knows nothing of her own knowledge of the said William Walker’s services as aforesaid and knows of no person now living who can testify of their own knowledge other than Mathew Varner whose affidavit she has in possession. But that she has frequently heard her late husband William Walker say in his lifetime that he resided in Anson County State of North Carolina and enlisted in the services of the United States for the term of 2 years about the commencement of the war of the Revolution and enlisted the services at Salisbury State of North Carolina as a private and marched from thence to Charles Town State of South Carolina where he was forted or stationed to guard the city until his term of service expired. And he was legally and honorably discharged in the year 1778, which discharge she had in her possession several years after her said husband’s death and handed the said discharge to her neighbor John A. Fambrough who agreed to investigate & obtain the Bounty land due her said husband for Revolutionary services, which said discharge she has never seen [since] she handed it to the said Fambrough. That she is not certain that her said husband was in the Artilery service but believes so from the fact of his being engaged in attending to the cannon. That he frequently related to her that standing so near in priming and setting the match of the cannon that its report created a deafness which lasted him to his death. Deponent further states that the said William Walker died on the day of January eighteen hundred and twenty two in Oglethorpe County Georgia. And this deponent further declares that she was legally married to the said William Walker on the day of seventeen hundred and eighty eight or nine in Rowan County State of North Carolina. That she knows of no person living who could testify to the fact. That she has no documentary evidence of the fact further than her family registry which contains a true registry of her children’s ages in the order of their births, registered in the handwriting of her said husband. That she removed from North Carolina to the State of Georgia Oglethorpe County where her husband died on the day aforesaid. That she has remained a widow ever since the period of her husband’s death. That she was not married prior to her husband’s last service but was married prior to the 1st day of January 1794, viz, about the year above stated, all of which will moore fully appear by refference to proof. Sally (x) Walker Elizabeth Walker dau-ter of William Walker and Sarah Walker his wife was born
Aug 3, 17— Rev. and 1812 October 20, 1930 Hon. M. C. Tarver My dear Mr. Tarver, Reference is made to your letter of October 13, requesting information pertaining to William Walker, a soldier of the Revolution. You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W.6401, that William Walker, while a resident of Anson County, North Carolina, enlisted and served as a private in Captain O. Roberts’ South Carolina company of artillery, and was discharged January 3, 1778, having served at least eighteen months. He also served five months as a private in Captain Drury Ledbetter’s North Carolina company, and was discharged April 10, 1779. He married 1778 or 1779, in Rowan County North Carolina, Sarah Lambert. He died January 24, 1822 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. His widow, Sarah Walker, applied for pension May 8, 1845, at which time she was eighty years of age and a resident of Oglethorpe County, Georgia. The claim was allowed. Sarah Walker died April 1, 1850 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. The family record shows the following children of William and Sarah Walker: Elizabeth born August 3 ------- (year
torn from record) The children who survived their mother, Sarah Walker, were as follows: Rachel Dunston, a resident of Troup County, Georgia Very truly yours, E. W. Morgan
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