John Walters

1757 - 1846  (89 years)

• Name	John Walters
  Birth	20 Jan 1757	Berks, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
  Gender	Male
  FSID	K4YJ-6BK
  Death	27 Jun 1846	Alabama, United States
  Person ID	I8816	footsteps | Byrd, GuyBuckman
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Casper Joseph Walters,   b. 1715, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States d. 8 Aug 1756, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hanna Barbara Baer,   b. 4 May 1714, Rhine-Westphalia, Germany d. 1766, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 51 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1735	Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States
  Family ID	F4985	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Hannah Cawthorne,   b. 1760, Virginia, United States d. 10 Oct 1836, Alabama, United States (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	31 Oct 1768	Pennsylvania, United States
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Walters,   b. 1774, Virginia, United States d. Bef 1850, Guilford, North Carolina, United States (Age < 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F13198	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

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• Notes

  SAR Patriot #: P-312887 State of Service: PA Qualifying Service: Private DAR #: A120159 Qualifying Service Description: Private, Capt Joseph Irwin's Company, Colonel Brodhead's Regiment, PA Line Additional References: SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004 Rev War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File Number *S23053 On Sunday morning, July 8, 1756, the farm in Cumberland (now Franklin) County was attacked by a small band of Indians. John's father, who had been sitting on the porch, reading his Bible, was instantly killed. His wife, Barbara, was tortured but survived. The three younger Walter children were murdered by the Indians, but the four eldest, including John Walters, were spared and carried off by them.