John H. Walker

• General Notes
  • MILITARY SERVICE -- OUR JOHN OR NOT OUR JOHN?
    
    According to the book WALKER, EAKIN, PRESTON AND ALLIED FAMILIES OF BOTETOURT AND BEDFORD COUNTIES, VIRGINIA, by Mrs. Daniel J. Manton, available in the DAR Library, (page 25) "There is also Revolutionary service in the name of John Walker in the Cherokee Expedition - 1776 - under Col. William Christian.  This is attributed to John Walker, born about 1755, son of William Walker."  Also, "In 1819 a John Walker, aged 64, a resident of Roane Co., TN, stated that he entered the service in 1777 from Botetourt Co., VA.  (He had left Botetourt before 1810 census.)"
    The information in the Walker-Eakin-Preston book sounds good for our John until one puts it together with the second quotation, which shows that there were two John Walkers in Botetourt Co., either of whom could have been the one on the Cherokee Expedition.  We need to see the full pension application for the John in Roane Co., TN, which should describe the service in complete detail.
    
    SURVEYS IN BOTETOURT CO., VIRGINIA
    
    Botetourt Co., VA, Surveyors Records, 1799-1822:
    "Surveyed for John Walker Two hundred acres of land, 50 acres thereof by virtue of an entrie made the 12th day of Decem'r 1798 by part of a land office treasury warrant of 1000 acres No. 16809 Issued the 12th day of Jun 1783 to Malcolm Hart who assigned the same to Nath'l Gray who assigned sd. 50 acres part of said warrant to the said John Walker, and 150 acres thereof by virtue of an entrie made the 12th March 1799 by part of a land office treasure warrant of 1993 acres No. 9306 Issued the 24th day of Novem'r 1787 to Thomas Conway who assigned the same to John Conway who assigned the same to John Heath and George Hanesch (agent to John Heath) assigned 170 acres thereof to the said John Walker  The land lying in Botetourt County Joining the tract called Lees Meadow, the land of William Walker, & the land of James Gray, and bounded as followeth, to wit, Beginning at 3 white oaks by a branch corner to Lees said...
    [we need the second page of this]
    
    Another survey for John Walker is also recorded in the survey books in Botetourt Co., VA:
    "Surveyed for John Walker four hundred & Seventy acres of land, 50 acres thereof by virtue of an entrie of 50 acres made the 12th day of april 1784 in the name of Thomas Harmon by part of a land office treasury warrant of 2906 acres No. 10629 Issued the 5th day of January 1782 to John Miller who assigned the Same to Samuel Walker who assigned 50 acres thereof to Thomas Harmon who assigned said entrie to Said John Walker...and 144 acres thereof by virtue of an entrie of 144 acres made the 26th day of September 1799 by part of a land office treasury warrant of 1000 acres no. 2619 Issued the 29th day of December 1798 to James Breckenridge who assigned the same to John McCreary who assigned 200 acres thereof to Henry Walker who assigned 144 acres thereof to Said John Walker, & 100 acres thereof by an entrie of 100 acres made the 27th day of april 1799 & 176 acres the residue thereof by virtue of an entrie of 176 acres made the 11th of October 1799 the two last entries are by part of an exchanged land office treasury warrant of 1000 acres No. 893 Issued the 10th of May 1799 to McCreadie [?] and MacMillan who assigned the same to William Anderson who assigned 276 acres thereof to the said John Walker; the land lying in Botetourt County on Crages Creek a branch of James River & Bounded as followeth to wit
    Beginning at a Double & Single white oak on the bank of the Creek corner to the land of Nathan Eakins & Runeth thence down the Creek with the Several courses thereof 113 poles to 3 black oaks & a white oak on the bank of the Creek, thence leaving the same
    S 88 W 80 poles to 3 pines 2 white oaks & a black oak saplings on a Ridge,
    S 5 W 56 po. crossing barbers Creek to a poplar walnut ash & hickory on the bank of said Creek thence
    N 69 1/2 W 147 po. to a pine & two white oaks Corner to the land formerly Millers
    N 48 W 8 W
    
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