Display Patriot - P-111151 - Walker BAYLOR

Walker BAYLOR

SAR Patriot #: P-111151

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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Captain / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A007690

Birth: 04 Oct 1760 Newmarket / Caroline / VA
Death: 02 Nov 1822 Paris / Bourbon / KY

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Captian, also Lieutenant: 3rd Continental Dragoons
  2. Wounded at the Battle of Germantown with the colors in his hands - his foot shattered by a cannon ball
  3. Paid Land Tax, Caroline Co, VA, 1782

Additional References:
  1. Genealogical, Burial, and Service Data for Rev War Patriots Buried in Virginia (M.E. Lyman, 2016)
  2. Francis,Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution, April 1775, to December, 1783,Washington, D. C.: The Rare Book Shop Publishing Company, pg 93.
  3. Caroline County, Virginia LandTax List, 1782, pg 1

Spouse: Jane Bledsoe
Children: Cyrus Alexander; John Walker; Frances Morton; William Miller; Robert B; Joseph Addison; Patrick Henry Nelson; Betsy;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1961-06-23 NY Unassigned Grafton Mason Stewart (87461)   
1976-12-30 AL Unassigned Alan G Raffalovich (111614) John   
1982-02-04 KY Unassigned John Reece Guenther (119746) Cyrus   
1986-12-08 GA 226021 Victor Alan Raffalovich (128630) John   
1988-12-09 VA 221858 John F Wall (132152) George   
2018-02-09 TX 79079 Charles Colhoun Stewart (206340) Frances   
2024-09-13 TX 113082 Kyle Michael Ehrlich (231005)   
2024-09-13 TX 113092 Noah Michael Ehrlich (231006)   
2024-09-13 TX 113136 Timothy Carl Baylor (231008)   
Burial:
Frankfort Cemetery (C-0070424)
Location:
Frankfort / Franklin / KY / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
169757
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
38.192280 / -84.865030
Find A Grave Memorial #:
19818269
Marker Type:
horizontal stone
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Alternate Find-a-Grave:104352053
  • Gravestone photos used with permission of Compatriot Mitchell Anderson, 229001, KYSSAR


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Mitchell Brandon Anderson

Walker Baylor was born on 4 October 1760 in Newmarket, Caroline County, Virginia.1 He was the son of John Baylor and Frances Walker.2

Walker served with the 3rd Continental Dragoons as a Lieutenant beginning on 28 June 17771 under his brother Colonel George Baylor in “Baylor’s Dragoons.” The Regiment was with the Continental Army under George Washington and sometimes made up part of his Life Guard Unit. Men were recruited for the Life Guard unit from Baylor’s Dragoons. NSSAR Application 49166 cites John Park Curtis’ Writings of Washington, “Baylor’s Regiment which was called ‘Lady Washington’s Dragoons’ - uniforms white, with blue facings, etc. was one of the finest in the army.” (NSSAR Application 49166)2 Walker would be promoted to Captain in February 1780, but resigned on 10 July 1780.3

During the Battle of Germantown on 04 October 1777 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, Walker had his foot shattered by a cannonball while carrying his Regiment’s colors1 8,000 Continental troops and 3,000 Militiamen under George Washington faced British soldiers commanded by British General Sir William Howe and Hessians under General Wilhelm von Kynphausen, numbering 9,000. The Americans suffered a frustrating defeat while outnumbering the enemy. The estimated casualty count would be 1,644 deaths, with 1,111 Americans and 533 British and Hessians.4

In 1822, Walker stated in a document that he could not perform duty for about 15 months while his foot healed from injury. He returned to his unit in late 1778 at Fredericktown, Maryland. His unit traveled to the Siege of Charleston, South Carolina, in 1780, and he stated that his health had become such an issue that he could not perform duty. Walker states, “Col. Washington, who then commanded the regiment, sent [me] home as supernumerary and was never after called into service but never resigned my commission.”5

Walker received 4,000 acres of land for his three years of service in the Revolutionary War.6 Walker moved to Lincoln County, Kentucky, and is listed on the 1787 Tax List.7 He was a Justice of the county and a member of Kentucky’s First Constitutional Convention.2 He married Jane Bledsoe (1765-about 1821), and they had the following children:1,8

  • John Walker was born in 1782 and married Sophia Mary Weidner.
  • William Miller was born in 1791 and married Letitia Coleman.
  • Cyrus Alexander was born in 1788 and married Martha Ann Baere.
  • Frances/Fannie Norton was born in 1795 and married John Metcalfe.
  • George Wythe was born in 1785 and married Betsy Davis Timberlake.

Walker’s last will, written on 3 February 1821 in Bourbon County, Kentucky Will Book, Volume G, mentions the following additional children:9

  • Robert B.
  • Joseph Addison
  • Patrick Henry Nelson
  • Betsy

Walker died in Paris in Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1822.10 He is buried in Frankfort Cemetery in Franklin, Kentucky.11 Baylor’s obituary published on 14 October 1822 in the Kentucky Reporter states that Walker “died in Bourbon County a few weeks ago.” The obituary states that he was an active, zealous, and brave young officer during the Revolutionary War. He revered the principles of justice and liberty in his children’s minds, distinguishing the Patriots of ‘76. He possessed excellent manners, a generous and warm heart, and elevated sentiments.10

Sources:

  1. NSSAR Patriot #: P-111151.
  2. NSSAR Application of Harry Diedrich Baylor, National Number 49166, State Number 682, 1930.
  3. Heitman, Francis, Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution, April 1775, to December, 1783, Washington, D. C.: The Rare Book Shop Publishing Company, page 93.
  4. American Battlefield Trust, Revolutionary War, Germantown.
  5. Library of Virginia Archives, Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, reels 1-29, Baylor, Walker.
  6. Kentucky Secretary of State Land Office Index, Revolutionary War Warrants, Numbers 628, 629, 23 May 1783.
  7. Lincoln County, Kentucky 1787 Tax List.
  8. NSDAR Ancestor #: A007690.
  9. Bourbon County, Kentucky Will Book G, page 78-79.
  10. Kentucky Reporter Newspaper Obituary of Walker Baylor, Lexington, KY, 14 October 1822, page 3.
  11. Find-a-Grave Memorial ID: 19818269, Cemetery ID: 169757.

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