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Patriot Legacies: John Walker an early settler at Big Springs
John Walker was born in 1747 in County Antrim, Ireland. At age 29, in 1776, he enlisted as a Private in Capt. John Morrow’s Company of Pennsylvania Riflemen of the 2nd Battalion. He took part in the battles of Long Island, New York; Trenton, New Jersey; and Brandywine and Germantown in Pennsylvania. John’s service coincided with a bleak time in our country’s fight for independence. The Continental Army only narrowly got away after its defeat at Long Island. Trenton was a morale booster as Washington...
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