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Facts and Events
Source
- Transcript:Joshua Walker Pension Application, Hawkins County TN, 1834
Related
- Person:Joshua Walker (6)
- Person:John Walker (286)
- Ancestry Lineages for Joshua Walker b 1757
- Joshua Walker, US Census, Hawkins County TN, 1830
Overview
 Key: Red--Loudon County; Green--Washington County; Blue--Grayson County | According to Joshua's pension application he was born in 1757 in Loudon County Virginia. By 1776 he was in Washington County, where he served in the militia during the Revolution. His pension application notes that he was at the Battle of Long Island Flats on the Holston River. Marriage records cited by some researchers show that he was married to Elizabeth Bunde in 1786 by Baptist minister Thomas Woolsey. Woolsey served at the Baptist Church in St. Clair's bottom, a few miles south of Chilhowie, Va. From this we presume that this is the area where Joshua was living at the time.[2]
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Elizabeth apparently died by 1800, as in that year Joshua remarried Amy Williams. His pension application documents this marriage as occurring in Grayson County. [3]
The child lists for Joshua by his two wives are somewhat confused. There are relatively few researchers working on this family, and the child lists provided by the different researchers are not in agreement. In particular, DOB's for different persons believed to be the children of Joshua, vary considerably, such that they could be the children of either Elizabeth or Amy. Additional work is needed to resolve these discrepancies.
Sometime after their marriage Joshua and Amy settled near Bull's Gap, in Hawkins County Tn, where they remained for the remainder of their lives. Joshua's pension records indicate that he died in 1840.
- American Revolutionary War Veteran
Revolution
Information 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. :
Walker, Joshua - born 15 February 1757 in Loudoun County, Virginia; entered service 1776 in Washington County, Virginia regiment against Cherokee indians; granted Pension 1834 in Hawkins County, Tennessee; died there 1/16/1840; married 9/17/1800 to Amy Williams, Grayson County, Virginia, by Baptist minister George Keith, soldier then known as Samuel Jones alias Joshua Walker, per certificate 1856 by that County court clerk John Dickenson, & County Justice of the Peace Creed Nuckolls; widow granted Pension age 76 in Hawkins County, Tennessee, 1856; had 11 children of which eldest would now be abt. age 55, if living & youngest now age 32, Henry Williams made affidavit then in Hawkins County, Tennessee, he attended soldier's wedding; Claiborne Walker age 56 & John Walker age 48 (both no kinship given) made affidavit 1856 in Hawkins County, Tennessee, that they were at house of soldier & wife on day they moved to there & they were neighbors to them; widow's Pension restored at age 90 where she had resided since 1861; her attorney in 1848 was James H. Walker (no Kinship Given) of Bulls Gap, Tennessee; query letter in file 1918 from Clara Walker, Morristown, Tennessee; query letter in file 1918 from Thomas S. Walker, Greenville, Tennessee. F-W8301, R24758.
Personal Data
| Personal Data
| | Vita | Datum | Source/Basis/Comment
| | DOB: | 15 Feb 1757 | Pension Application
| | POB: | Loudoun Co., VA | Pension Application
| | DOD: | 16 Jan 1840 | Pension Application; wife Amy is listed as HOH in 1840 census Hawkins County
| | POD: | Hawkins Co., TN | Pension Application
| | Father: | John Walker, d. 1818 Hawkins Co., TN | John Walker's Will, Hawkins Co., TN 1818
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| | Spouse 1: | Elizabeth Bunde | Source:Fleet, 1961:75 (Abstracts of Washington County marriages)
| | DOM: | 25 Jan 1786 | See Ephemeral Notes
| | POM: | St. Clair’s Bottom, Smythe County, VA | POM based on the fact that the minister was Baptist Thomas Woolsey, who was associated with St. Clair's Bottom.
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| | Spouse 2: | Amy Williams | Pension Application
| | DOM: | September 17 1800 | Pension Application
| | POM: | Grayson County, VA | Pension Application, wed by Baptist minister George Keith
| | Children by Elizabeth Bunde (note:child lists shown here are very uncertain. Few researchers, many differences)
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| Name | DOB | POB | DOD | POD | Spouse | DOM | POM | Dispersion and Notes
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| Jessee Walker
| 10 Oct 1792
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| John Walker
| 24 Jul 1794
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| Nancy Walker
| 24 Jul 1796 in
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| Moody Creech.
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| Alt DOB 1806
| | Children by Amy Williams (note:child lists shown here are very uncertain. Few researchers, many differences)
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| Name | DOB | POB | DOD | POD | Spouse | DOM | POM | Dispersion and Notes
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| Mary Walker
| c1801
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| John William Berry
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| Elizabeth Walker
| 14 Sep 1802
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| Eli Davis
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| William Walker
| Jul 1805
| Hawkins County, TN
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| James H. Walker
| 12 Jul 1808
| Hawkins County, TN
| 1870
| White Horn, Hawkins County, TN
| Elizabeth Gulley
| 20 May 1830
| Hawkins County, TN
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| Allen Walker
| 16 Dec 1813
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| Louise "Westy" Walker
| Nov 1815 in
| Persia, TN
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| Charles Walker
| 2 Sep 1817
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Bibliography
See Walker Family in Southwest Virginia
Footnotes
- ↑ Based on Rev. War Pension Application: SeeTranscript:Joshua Walker Pension Application, Hawkins County TN, 1834
- ↑ The surname "Bunde" suggests that Elizabeth was of German ethnicity; a substantial number of German families settled in this area. It would be useful to see if there were any "Bunde's" in the area.
- ↑ Grayson is immediately east of Washington County, but on the east side of the Blue Ridge. Details of how Joshua might have met Amy after the death of his first wife, would be useful. Possibly Joshua had moved across the Blue Ridge after his first marriage, settling in Grayson County.
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