[On letterhead for the Automobile Department
of the State of Kentucky in Frankfort with a picture
of the seal. On the back are the handwritten initials
"RW", probably meaning the Revolutionary
War section and used for routing the letter.]
[handwritten across:] 5¢ Stamp returned
January 30-1929.
Pension Department.
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I am desirous of joining the "Daughters
of 1812 Society", and I wish to secure the
data pertaining to the service of one "Edward
Walker" who I am advised enlisted in
Hancock County, Tennessee, in about the year 1814
or 1815. His widow's name was "Salley
Cromley", or "Crumley",
and did draw a pension while she was living. I
dont [sic] know her address while she was drawing
a pension.
Thanking you in advance for any information you
can give me regarding this data, I am
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Annie Walker Burns.
[stamped, reformatted:] U. S. Pension Office,
A, Feb 1 1929
20 March 1929
[Same letterhead. On the back is handwritten
"Rev & 1812", presumably a routing
code to the correct department. Some of the information
she relates is confusing and unrelated to Edward,
but the widow's name was correct.]
Pension Department,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I am desirous of obtaining copy of Pension papers
for the following named person:
(Mrs) Edward Walker, her maiden name,
"Salley Cromley,Walker.] [all
sic]
The records in the State House at Nashville,
Tennessee shows the following:
"War records of 1812 Nashville, Tenn: Edward
Walker, Farrier, September 28th, 1814, under
Colonel Dyer, Captain Allen. Edward
Walker private, November 13th, 1814, under
Colonel Booth, Captain Slatton.
He enlisted in Smith County, Carthage, Tennessee."
I wrote you more than a month ago concerning
this data, but, to date, I have heard nothing
from you.
I want this data so that I can become a member
of the National Society, U. S. Daughters 1812.
Yours very truly Annie W. Burns [original signature] Mrs. Annie Walker Burns.
[stamped, reformatted:] U. S. Pension Office,
L, Mar 21 1929
28 March 1929
[On same letterhead.]
[handwritten:] Hist furn
March 28-1929.
Pension Department,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I am enclosing copy of a letter received from
the Adjutant General, of Washington, in which
he gives record of two Edward Walkers,
and as these two Tennessee counties are so close
together, I cannot tell exactly which one of them
is my grandfather. However, I know that my grandfather's
second wide received a pension, and I wish to
secure a copy of the pension, so that I can join
the National Society of the Daughters of 1812.
The Mrs. Edward Walker's name, was Sallie
Crumley Walker. I wrote you several weeks
ago regarding this, but have had no reply.
Yours very truly, Mrs. Annie Walker Burns
[stamped, reformatted:] U. S. Pension Office,
O, Mar 30 1929
29 March 1929
[The summary presented in this letter is generally
correct, although Edward himself said that he
enlisted in Hawkins County. The extra wording
seemingly on copies and scans is bleed-through
from the second page, which is stapled to the
first in the record.]
Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
W.C. 26949
MEE/ell
[handwritten across is:] no Old War M E E
March 29, 1929
Mrs. Annie Walker Burns
Automobile Department
State of Kentucky
Frankfort, Kentucky
Madam:
I advise you from the War of 1812 records of
this bureau, it appears that Edward Walker
enlisted in Hawkins County, Tennessee, or at Blountville,
Sullivan County, Tennessee, and served from November
13, 1814, to June 2, 1815, as a private in Captain
John Slatten's Company of Tennessee Militia.
In 1851, he was residing in Hancock County, Tennessee,
and was then aged 55 years.
He died, April 9, 1860, near Mulberry Gap, in
Hancock County, Tennessee.
The soldier married, June 25, 1848, in said Mulberry
Gap, Sarah Crumley. The ceremony was performed
by one John Crumley, no relationship stated.
The soldier had been previously married, the name
of his first wife is not shown, she died, December
28, 1842, near Mullberry Gap. Tennessee.
Said Sarah Walker was allowed pension
on her application executed October 7, 1878, while
residing in Mulberry Gap, Tennessee, then aged
sixty-two years.
There are no further family data.
Due to the very large number of inquiries similar
to yours and the lack of a clerical force available
for the purpose, the bureau is unable to make
immediate reply to each request pertaining to
soldiers of the Revolution and War of 1812.
Letters are being answered as rapidly as possible
in order of receipt.
Respectfully,
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner.
10 April 1930
[On letterhead for the Automobile Department
of the State of Kentucky in Frankfort with a picture
of the seal. The follow-up letter is stapled to
this one.]
April 10th 1930.
Mr. E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner,
United States Dept of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions.
Dear Sir: Refer Rev. and 1812 Wars Section, W.
C. 24949
Please refer to the attached letter which is
a copy of your letter of the 29th of March, 1929.
I would like to obtain a Photostat copy of the
records in this pension of said Sarach [sic]
Walker, widow of Edward Walker, of
Mulberry Gap, Tenn.
Please quote me the price, so that I may send
a money order.
Yours very truly,
Annie Walker Burns. [typed]
29 May 1930
[The reply to the 10 April 1930 letter. Although
the scan and copies will show other text and a
stamp, these are actually on the original letter
and are bleeding through.]
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
MMHF
May 29, 1930.
Annie Walker Burns,
Automobile Department,
State of Kentucky,
Frankfort, Kentucky.
Dear Madam:
I advise you that photostatic copies of original
papers on file in the War of 1812 claim of Edward
Walker, W.C. 26949, will be furnished you
at the rate of fifteen cents a page.
The number of pages to be copied is nine.
Should you desire to have them certified, allow
twenty-five cents additional for the set.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this
bureau by money order drawn to the order of the
Secretary of the Interior.
Very truly yours,
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner.
[stamped, commas added:] Deputy Commissioner,
s, April 12, 1930, Bureau of Pensions
