Bute County, NC - John Walker Revolutionary War Pension, 1832

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October 12, 1939

Mrs. John C. Lesher
Modesto, California

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary
War record of John Walker, a pensioner, residing in Wake County, North 
Carolina in 1835.

The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim
for pension S.7796 based upon the military service of John Walker in
the Revolutionary War.

John Walker was born in the month of December, 1755, in Bute (which
later became Warren) County, North Carolina. The names of his parents
are not given.

While a resident of said Bute County, John Walker was in the battle
of Guilford Court House, no further details of this service given.
He enlisted sometime in April, 1781, served one year under Captains
Pink Eaton and William Lytle in the North Carolina Troops.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 22, 1832
at which time he was a resident of Wake County, North Carolina, where
he had lived since the close of the Revolution.

The papers on file in this claim contain no discernable family data
other than a reference to a brother of the soldier, John Walker.

John Walker
Certificate 12896
Issued June 15, 1833
Rate $39.22 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Acto of June 7, 1832
North Carolina Agency

Very truly yours,

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

Source: HeritageQuest Online

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