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Birth: Dec. 25, 1714, Ireland Death: Feb. 7, 1793 Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
SAMUEL Walker; purchased land and established a home in Virginia about 1740, leaving Chester County, Pa., whither he had come with his father about 1735 from Newry, Ireland, where Samuel was born Dec. 25, 1714. He was m. to Jane Patterson Dec. 5, 1740, in Virginia. In tracing the Patterson name intermarriages occur frequently with the Walker family. The old Rutherford Bible shows both names recorded therein soon after the emigration to America. He d. Feb., 1793. She d. Jan. 10, 1800, aged 80 years. Mrs. James E. Gray of Atlanta, sends the following in regard to land granted to Samuel Walker : "Samuel Walker obtained a grant of land in Bedford County, Va., July 20, 1768, also one April 6, 1769, in Augusta County, Va., and another in Botetourt County, Va., March 1, 1773. See records kept at Richmond, Va., Land Office."
These grants were no doubt given on account of service in the Colonial Wars, as Samuel Walker's name appears in a list of Colonial Militia under Capt. John Buchanan. This company was from Augusta County, Va., and was in service in 1742. — See Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. Till, No. 3.:
Parents:
John Walker (1680 - 1734)
Katherine Jane Rutherford Walker (1682 - 1738)
Spouse: married about 1740 Jane Lynn Patterson Walker (1720 - 1800)*
Partial list of Children:
i.Barbara Walker McClellan (1741 - 1811)B. 1741, Rockbridge/Augusta County, Virginia; D. Roane County, Tn.
ii.Katherine Walker, B, 1743/44, Rockbridge/Augusta County, Virginia; D. 1815, Tenn.
iii.Jane Walker, B. 1746, Rockbridge/Augusta County, Virginia; D., Adair, Ky. Graveyard, Roane County, Tn.
iv.Elizabeth Walker, B. 1750, Rockbridge/Augusta County, Virginia; D. 1825, Knoxville, Tenn.
v.Samuel Walker (1748 - 1830)James Patterson Walker (1752 - 1791)
vi.John Walker (1755 - 1829)
vii.Joseph Walker (1758 - 1810) B., 1758, Rockbridge/Augusta County, Virginia; D. 1816, Roane Co., Tenn.
viii.Joel Walker, B. 1764, Rockbridge County, Virginia; D. Fayette County, Ill. Or Ohio.
Burial: Post Oak Springs Cemetery Postoak, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
According to the "Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots" taken from the US Senate Record both father and sons are buried here.
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Daughter Barbara of Walker-5733 is listed as daughter in text of Walker-177.
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