Indexed works
Works about or by John Walker. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.
Session of November-December 1789: Joint Standing Committees: Committee of Propositions and Grievances, Nov. 30 -- Dec. 9
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1789
Committee of Propositions and Grievances papers from the joint standing committees of the General Assembly, 30 November to 9 December 1789. Reports on petitions from John Smallwood, Andrew Greer, Cosimo Medici and others touch on loyalists, prisoners of war, militia supplies, people who escaped slavery and sheriffs. Orange County is among the counties involved. 138 images.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Walker, John, 1741-1813.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Joint Standing Committees: Committee of Propositions and Grievances, Nov. 25 - Dec. 3
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1788
Late November 1788 papers of the Committee of Propositions and Grievances, running to 3 December, in 90 images. Petitions came from people settled on Cherokee lands and from Nathan Hambrick, David Johnston and Samuel Marley. Other business involves disabled veterans, fines, fires, salt, sheriffs, enslaved people, and Hillsborough and Orange County.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Walker, John, 1741-1813.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Apr.- May: Joint Select Committees Reports and Papers (petitions, messages, etc.): Apr. 29 - May 4
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1782
Reports of the General Assembly's joint select committees from 29 April to 4 May 1782, during the Hillsborough session, with petitions and messages. Matters include a petition of John Crawford of Richmond County, a report favoring John Ward and others, a petition of Martha Thompson and a representation from Secretary of State James Glasgow. Governor Thomas Burke, justices of the peace, oaths and enslaved people also figure. 91 pages.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Walker, John, 1728-1796.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Apr.-May, 1782: Propositions and Grievances - report and papers
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1782
Report and papers of the Committee of Propositions and Grievances at the April and May 1782 session of the General Assembly in Hillsborough. Petitions come from the District of Salisbury, Isaac Newton, William Lansdell and Rutherford County officers on behalf of George Russell's wife. Other matters include bribery, prisoners of war, courts martial, the ship Prince of Wales, William Blount and Peter Mallett. 154 pages.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Walker, John, 1728-1796.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
House Joint Resolutions, May 10 - May 17
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1782
House joint resolutions of May 10 to 17, 1782, with petitions and committee reports, from the General Assembly session at Hillsborough. Subjects run from loyalists, treason and disabled veterans to land grants and public finance; Nathanael Greene, Waightstill Avery and Joseph Dickson are among the names. 89 images.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Walker, John, 1728-1796.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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