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John Walker
b.25 Oct 1755 Augusta (now Rockbridge) County, Virginia
d.2 Feb 1830 Roane County, Tennessee
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m. 5 Dec 1740
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m. 1 Aug 1782
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[edit] OverviewThis article concerns John Walker, son of Samuel Walker and Jane Patterson. Samuel's family is well documented in Source:White, 1902 [2] John was born 5 Oct 1755, and married Margaret Paul, August 1 1782 (White, 1902:180). The couple had 12 children
"... John Walker ... Sayeth that he Inlisted a Solder in Capt’n Mathew Arbuckels Company of Regulars Raised in Botetourt County Virginia for the Term of one year and was stationed at the mouth of the Great Kenaway 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 [Baylor] in Capt’n Cadader Jen’s [Jones] 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
[edit] Revolutionary War Pension InformationInformation from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 6, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :
[edit] NotesFrom: Source:White, 1992B See: Notebook:Walker Family Tapistry Person:John Walker (221), Continental and Virginia Line, BLW# 2230-100, soldier had enlisted in Botetourt Co VA, he applied April 27, 1818 in Roane Co.,TN in September 1819, soldier gave his age as 64, in 1821 soldier referred to his family as all grown up, one Samuel Walker made affidavit in 1819 in Knoxville TN that he saw soldier's discharge when he returned from Rev service, the jacket cover stated soldier's wife was Margaret ( no data on her). [edit] Footnotes
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