This document was misfiled in the application
of an Edward Walker of Virginia, S.41302. It clearly,
however, relates to Edward B. because of the references
to Claiborne County, Joseph and Mary Walker, and their
son Jacob, who was the justice of the peace for these
documents.
Mary (Tussey) Walker, wife of Edward's oldest son Joseph, had become
the legal representative for the estates of both Edward B. and Jane (Horn)
Walker, so clearly Jane had died. Given the apparently lack of will especially,
the only satisfactory explanation for this state of affairs is that Joseph
have been the executor of both estates, with Mary inheriting that role.
In other words, in all probability, Jane (Horn) Walker died before her
son Joseph; otherwise, one would expect that Edward Jr. or at least one
of her children would have represented the estate.
Mary signed a power of attorney to a Washington, D.C.,
lawyer named Charles C. Tucker in an attempt to claim
Jane's pension; quite possibly, Mary, and not Jane,
may have been responsible for McAnnally's
attempt. There are no records of any correspondence
from or to Tucker within the pension files, and, in
fact, no more records whatsoever until 1877.
Tucker's name appears in a number of pension applications transcribed
on the Internet as a D.C. attorney working with pensions. Although only
pure speculation, he perhaps stopped in at the War Department, asked about
Edward's pension and, finding that the time had expired as explained to
J. K. McAnnally, thought it pointless to pursue the matter further.
Much of the information in this document is preprinted;
only the italicized portions were written in by hand.
Also note that text is written in a rather scattered
manner in the first portion of the power of attorney
and has been deciphered as best as possible into the
intended meaning.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
That I, Mary WalkerWiddow
[sic] ofJoseph Walker (Dec),
of the County of Claiborn [sic] and State
of Tennessee, the legal representative of
["Jane Walker" crossed
out] and the ["widow of"
crossed out] Edward Walker(deceased)who is the identical manEdward Walker
and heir at law of Edward and Jane Walker
who was engaged in the Army of the Revolutionary
War and that she made application for a pension
from the County of Claiborn State of Tennessee
in an act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 due
on account of the services of the her said husband
as aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint
Charles C. Tucker of Washington,
D. C. my true and lawful Attorney and Agent for
me and in my name, to prepare and prosecute claim
for a Revolutionary pension by reason of the services
of her ["said" crossed
out] husband the aforesaid - Edward
Walker (decsd) in the Revolution and I
hereby empower my said Attorney for me and in
my name to prepart and prosecute against the Government
of the United States, before any Department or
the Archives thereof, any and all claim or claims,
have arrears of pay or pension money under any
Act or Acts, Resolution or Resolutions or Congress
of the United States, and especially the Acts
of 4th July, 1836, 7th July, 1838, 3d March, 1843,
17th June, 1844, 21 February, 1848, 29th July,
1848, 3rd Feb., 1853, as well as the more ancient
Acts of 18th March, 1818, 15th May, 1828, 7th
June, 1832, 5th July, 1832, and all other Acts
bearing upon interest of said claim, we hereby
seek the investigation of by [sic]
Said Attorney is moreover authorized in my name, to examine all
records and documents in reference to said claim on file in the
Department at Washington, D.C., to file additional evidence and
argument, and to do all lawful Acts and things whatsoever touching
the premises, with full power of substitution. Hereby revoking and
countermanding all former powers of Attorney that may have been
given in the premises interlined before assigned
Witness my hand and seal, this 28 day of August 1854
Mary Walker [her mark]
State of Tennessee
County of Claiborne
Be it known that on the 24 day of August 1854,
before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the
county and State aforesaid, personally appeared Mary Walker
the subscriber of the foregoing Power of Attorney, and acknowledged
the signing, sealing and delivering the same to be her own
Voluntary Act and deed for the uses and purposes therein set forth,
and I hereby certify that I believe her to be directly interested
in said claim as set forth, and is known to me to be a reputable
resident citizen of the county and State aforesaid; and I have no
interest in the result of this claim, nor concerned in its prosecution.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand. and seal Jacob Walker J P for C Cty
State of Tennessee
Claiborne County
I Thos J Johnson Clerk of the county court of said County
do hereby certify that the above named Jacob Walker whose
name appears to the above is an acting Justice of the Peace in and
for said county Duly commissioned and qualified as the law Directs
and that full faith and credit and [sic] ought to be given to all
of his official acts as such
Given under my hand at office in Tazewell the 28th of Sept 1854
