This document is a two-sided sheet with the basics
of Sarah's application including approval information.
Text in italics was handwritten. The service that Sarah
reported was not quite correct.
Included is a calculation of service which may appear
odd at first, as Edward's service is calculated as only
97 days, specifically to 17 February 1815; Edward did
not leave the militia at that point. Instead, 17 February
1815 was the date that the ratifications of the peace
treaty, The Treaty of Ghent, were exchanged, and President
James Madison declared an end to the war. The service
period and pension law applied only to service before
the war officially ended, not total service.
Claim No. 32556
Act of Mch 9, 1848
Cert No. 367949
[Written in the margin nearby is Knoxville]
Original Case,
Reopened from [last two words crossed out]
Act of ___
Sarah Walker, widow of Edward
Walker, Rank: Private, Captain
Jno Statton, Regiment: Mil,
State: Tenn
Post Office: Mulberry Gap, County of Hancock,
State of Tenn Attorney: J. S. Kellogg
P.O.: Washington City, D.C County, State
of Apl pay no, Fee __,__ Contract ____
Application filed Oct 4, 1878.
Alleged service. As a private in Capt Clicks
Co. of Tenn Mil and served 6 months and 22 days
Record evidence of service. Nov 12, 1851.
Auditor reports Edward Walker served under Capt
Jn Slatten from Nov 13" 1814 to June
2, 1815
Parol evidence of service.
Length of service. 97 days to Feby.
17. 1815 [a column of numbers adding each
month is at left]
Proof of identify. By identifying witnesses
and the claimant gving name of an attorney in
B L case. General correspondence with B. L. case
of the soldier.
Proof of loyalty.
Admitted August 12, 1879, to a
pension of Eight Dollars per month from March
9, 1878 the date of the act
No pension previously applied for
L. D. Stone
Pension Searcher
Bounty Land Claim No 7467-80-55 issued N E Robinson
Bounty Land Searcher.
D R Bell
Examiner.
Approved August 20, 1879. M. C. Fosnes,
Reviewer.
(over.)
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Summary of Proof.
Marriage. Date June 25, 1848, of Edward
Walker to Sarah Crumleyas shown by the affidavit of officiating magistrate
Proof as to capacity to marry. Death of former
wife alleged by claimant in 1842
Death of soldier. Date April 9, 1860 alleged
and show by testimony of David N. Louthen
and Francis J. Luthen [sic]
Widowhood. Shown by testimony of the last
named witnesses.
Incidental matter.
[on fold:]
Service Pension,
War of 1812
Widow's Brief
Claim No. 32556
Certificate No.
Act of March 9, 1878
Claimant Sarah Walker
Soldier Edward Walker
Action, Admitted
Examiner, D R Bell
