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.