William Walker Walton (abt. 1770 - 1853)

Born about 1770 in North Carolina

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Died 6 Jul 1853 at about age 83 in Noxubee Co., MS

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Biography

William was born about 1770. He was the son of Jesse Walton and Mary Walker. He passed away in 1853.

It's currently unknown where William Walker was born. Colonial Virginia is possible but it is far more likely to have been that part of North Carolina that was Rowan Co. in 1770 and became Surry County then Wilkes County. Certainly his youth would have been spent in North Carolina and very possibly that area known as the District of Washington (which became Tennessee.)

Interactive Map of North Carolina county formation

1785 - William's father, Jesse, began to take out land grants on the Tugaloo River in north Georgia on the border of South Carolina^[1]

1786 - cont'd Indian troubles, mainly with horse stealing: 2 horses from Wm. WALTON, 6 horses from Jesse WALTON, "that same year John CLEVELAND, son of Col. Benjamin CLEVELAND, reported a loss of 9 horses by the Indians."

1789-Jun - William's father, Jesse, was ambushed and wounded by Creek indians^[1] while tending to his crop on the Tugaloo River. He died three weeks later.

1790 - father Jesse's will lists "my son Walker Walton" ^[1]

1792 - A 640 acre tract was granted, Feb 22 1876 [?], to Major Jesse Walton on north side of Tugaloo River (located in South Carolina at that time). Sold by his son, William Walker Walton, Jan 3 1792.

179X - William married Elizabeth "Betsy" Cleveland ^[2]

1798 - the earliest tax list for Franklin Co., Georgia
(which, at that time, included all of Barrow and Jackson counties,
significant portions of Oconee, Clarke, Madison, Banks, Hart, Stephens counties,
parts of Gwinnett, Hall, and Habersham counties,
and the northwestern corner of South Carolina (present-day Pickens, Oconee and Anderson counties))
records "six Waltons [the same mentioned in Jesse's will] owning a couple of thousand acres of land. Several Waltons owned houses — William Walker owned two.
All these were valued at under $100, except one of Walker's,
which had three outbuildings and was valued at $150.
Larkin Cleveland's $350 dwelling was the most expensive." ^[1]

1800 - the will of Mary Walton (widow of Jesse) lists "my son William Walker Walton's son Jesse" ^[1]

William W. Walton is listed in an index of a tax record in 1805 in Franklin County, GA.^[3]

1807 - William sold land to John Hooper originally granted to [father in law] Larkin Cleveland

1810 - William Walker Walton sold his tracts near Walton's Ford on the Tugaloo to John Hooper and moved to Giles County, Tennessee ^[1]

Wm was in a tax record in 1812 in Giles, Tennessee, United States.^[4]

In the 1840 census William Walton, slave owner, was in Noxubee, Mississippi.^[5]

William was in a legal land record on 27 February 1841 in Noxubee, Mississippi, United States.^[6]

In the 1841 census, William Walton was in Noxubee, Mississippi.^[7]

William died on 6 July 1853 in MS.^[8]

William is mentioned on a memorial in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Booneville, Logan County, Arkansas, United States with a death date of 6 July 1853.^[9]

Why Booneville, AR? (His son, Larkin Cleveland Walton, did end up there.)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} https://archive.org/stream/travelersresttug00bouw/travelersresttug00bouw_djvu.txt| Bouwman, Robert Eldridge "Traveler's Rest and the Tugaloo Crossroads"
2. ↑ DAR Member: Getha Gina Bell Thompson, Nat'l #: 567327, Ancestor #: A120276-Jesse Walton http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_descendants/?action=list&MyPrimary_Seqn=486921&MyLineageCount=1
3. ↑ Tax Record: "Georgia, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890"
   Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Georgia Census, 1790-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes; Page: 021
   Ancestry Record 3542 #3520744 (accessed 12 October 2023)
   Name: William W. Walton; State: GA; County: Franklin County; Township: Tax List 1805; Year: 1805; Record Type: Tax List; Database: GA 1792-1819 Tax Lists Index.
4. ↑ Tax Record: "Tennessee, U.S., Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895"
   The Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tax Lists of Tennessee
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2883 #19188 (accessed 24 April 2023)
   Name: Wm W Walton; Residence Date: 1812; Residence Place: Giles, Tennessee, USA.
5. ↑ 1840 Census: "1840 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1840; Census Place: Noxubee, Mississippi; Roll: 218; Page: 98; Family History Library Film: 0014842
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8057 #3244023 (accessed 12 October 2023)
   William Walton in Noxubee, Mississippi.
6. ↑ 1841 Legal Record: "U.S., General Land Office Records, 1776-2015"
   Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records; Washington D.C., USA; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1246 #1458497 (accessed 12 October 2023)
   Name: William W Walton; Issue Date: 27 Feb 1841; Place: Noxubee, Mississippi, USA; Land Office: Columbus; Meridian: Choctaw; Township: 13-N; Range: 19-E; Section: 5; Accession Number: MS1070__.074; Document Number: 11655; Original URL: http://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=MS1070__.074&docClass=STA&sid=n0amupmo.td1.
7. ↑ 1841 Census: "Mississippi, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1805-1890"
   Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Mississippi Census, 1805-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes; Line Number: 2704249
   Ancestry Record 3556 #15914598 (accessed 12 October 2023)
   William Walton in Noxubee, Mississippi.
8. ↑ Death: "Family Data Collection - Deaths"
   Ancestry Record 5771 #2747280 (accessed 12 October 2023)
   William Walker Walton death 6 Jul 1853 in MS.
9. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #67740632 (accessed 12 October 2023)
   Memorial page for William Walker Walton (1770-6 Jul 1853), citing Hickory Grove Cemetery, Booneville, Logan County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by Thomas E. Scott (contributor 48847401).

• Bouwman, Robert Eldridge "Traveler's Rest and the Tugaloo Crossroads"

• Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 31 July 2017), memorial #67740632 for William Walker Walton (1770 - 1853) - Find A Grave Memorial.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 23 July 2017, 17:39), entry for William Walker Walton(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L7XT-MFF); contributed by various users.: Accessed 24 Jul 2017

• Historical Collections of the Georgia Chapters Daughters of the American Revolution