Person:John Walker (403)

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Person:John_Walker_(284) Unrelated John Walker, similar age in Cumberland, PA. Also had a spouse named Mary.

John Walker was born in the 1740s in Northern Ireland and later moved to Blount County, Tennessee. His YDNA matches Walker Group 5 in the FTDNA Walker DNA Project. Many researchers believe his father to be Person:Robert_Walker_(53). However, his YDNA matches an unrelated line of Walkers, Group 33. More confusingly, there was another, unrelated John Walker in Cumberland, Pennsylvania who also had a wife named Mary. It is likely that the John Walker who died in Blount County, Tennessee is related to the Derry Walkers (Person:James Walker (161), Person:Henry Walker (43), also see The_Early_Walker_Settlers_of_Central_Pennsylvania) who lived around Hershey, Pennsylvania just across the border of Cumberland.

Description from FindaGrave (similar wording can also be found in SAR Application 84247):

"They were of Scotch-Irish descent. He was born in County Antrim, Ireland. John came to North Carolina from Ireland. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War (01 May 1776 - 01 January 1778). John was a Private in Captain John Morrow's Company of Pennsylvania Riflesm 2nd Bat. of Col. Miles and later Col. Bulls and then by Col. Walter Stewart and took part in the battles of Long Island, Trenton, Brandywine. and Germantown. Afterwards he served as a recruiting officer for the Revolutionary Army. After the colonies had attained their independence he settled in the Susquehanna Valley, Pennsylvania.

About the year 1800 they moved to Tennessee.

"25 June 1818 - John Walker made oath in Blount County, Tennessee that he was 68 or 69 years of age; that he enlisted in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania about May 1, 1776 as a private in the Regular Army of the U.S. for a period of Twenty Months in the Co. of Riflemen commanded by Cap't John Morrow and Reg. of Col. Miles and later by Col. Bull and then by Col. Walter Stewart. That he was in the Battles of Long Island, Trenton, Brandywine and Germantown and was discharged at Valley Forge Jan. 1, 1778.

22 November 1843, Mary Walker, age 86 yrs., made oath in Blount County, Tennessee that she was the widow of John Walker, a Revolutionary Soldier whom she had married in March 1779 and who died Aug. 6, 1837.

Family tradition states the John Walker had five brothers who also served in the American Revolution: David and Elijah who were taken prisoners and died aboard a British Prison ship; James who settled in Ala. and Cap't Robert and Houston who settled in North Carolina. There is a marker erected in the Eusebia Cemetery 12 miles East of Maryville, Tenn. to the memory of Cap't Robert Walker b. 1/251740, d 4/6/1824." Source: National Archives and Record Services, File #6400. Used as documentation for Application for Membership for the National Society Sons of the American Revolution (No. 84248) by David Richardson Walker, 03 December 1958."

Findagrave record can be found here