Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements

 

Pension Application of John Walker: S48765

                        Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris

 

State of Tennesee [sic] Roan [sic] County April 27th 1818

This Day personly appeared before me Robert White one of the Judges of the Supram Court of [word illegible] and Appeals of the State of Tenesee John Walker and being Duly Sworn on the Holy Evangelical of Almighty God Deposeth and Sayeth that he Inlisted a Solder in Capt’n Mathew Arbuckels [sic: Arbuckle’s] Company of Regulars Raised in Botetourt County Virginia for the Term of one year and was stationed at the mouth of the Great Kenaway [sic: Kanawha River at Point Pleasant in present West Virginia] and served the Term of Inlistment and was discharged by said Capt’n Arbuckel the 16th of October 1776 and the August following the 11th Day he Inlisted in a Reagement of horse Commanded by Colo. George Bailer [sic: Baylor] in Capt’n Cadader Jen’s[sic: Cadwallader Jones’s] Company  Colo Bailer got wounded and Colo William Washington took command of the Reagement and he the said Walker served in said Reagement to the end of August 1780 when he was Discharged [Several words illegible] in Indigent circumstances and needs help from his Country and Deposited[?] his Discharge[?] with the Register of the land office of Virginia

April 27th 1818            [signed] John Walker

 

State of Tennessee  Roane County

On this 25th day of October 1821 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of record in said County John Walker aged 66 years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows  he enlisted as a regular soldier in the third Regiment of Dragoons commanded by George Bailor in the fourth troop of sd Reg’t. commanded by Cadwaller Jones on the 11th of August 1777 for the term of three years  was in the battle of Monmouth and frequent skirmishes during the Siege of Charlstown [sic: Charleston SC] and many other incident to said Regiment during said term of enlistment  [word illegible] was put on the pension list the 27th of April 1818. No14243 [sic: 15243]  And do solemnly swear that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th of March 1818 and that he has not since that time by gift sale or any other manner disposed of his property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring himself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18th March 1818 and that he has not nor has any person for him any property or securities contracts or debts due to him nor has he any income whatever. His family being all grown and out of his jurisdiction having no real estate, his personal estate consisting of his bed & bed cloths & no occupation formerly a planter

Sworn to in open court 25th Oct’r 1821         [signed] John Walker]

 

NOTE: Compare the pension application of Samuel Walker S39117. See the pension application of George Hight (W19769), who served with John Walker, for further details.