dear celia, i have notes from a kim Joyce concerning the walkers of bledsoe co, tenn. she mentions an Ephraim Walker, b. abt 1774. a steve walker wrote of an ephriam walker b. dec 28, 1770 in rowan co, nc. he was son of capt george walker who also lived in bledsoe co and is buried there. this ephriam did name a son john walker who he believed married eliz hunter. does this ring a bell anywhere? Ray Walker has this info as this is his field. Ray said in one email i kept that this ephraim was father of john b. 1798 tenn and left bledsoe and moved to MO. his wife refused to leave. their ch were millie, melissa, matilda, wiklliam, malcom, elinor, fesse, george, ephraim, daniel, west, and anderson jackson walker. i have that info on an alexander of guilford. would be nice if we could prove he was the same alexander who married mary. thanks for the help.roberta (butler)> From: celia.lfsbecker@sbcglobal.net> To: ncorange@rootsweb.com> Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:46:43 -0700> Subject: Re: [NCORANGE] WALKER, PIKE: James Walkers of Caswell County--and a lot of the rest of the family.> > Dear Lin;> > Caswell County has a pretty extensive on-line collection of will and estate> administration records on "ancestry.co" Here's what I found:> > Samuel Walker will, Book C, page 320 July Court, 1798: will written 28> October 1797; proved July, 1798. To wife Eleanor. To two grandsons: Samuel> and James Walker the plantation I now live on. To my five children:> Elizabeth Cob (Cobb); Jane King; JAMES WALKER; Muriel Orr; Elinor Walker> (single). Witnesses Robert King (son-in-law) and son James Walker.> Witnesses: John Watt, Margaret Watt (his wife) and Henry Cob (Cobb)> (son-in-law).> > According to the Caswell County marriages: the two grandsons married two> sisters on exactly the same day: James Walker to ANN Mason 16 December 1820> and Samuel Walker to Jean Mason 16 December, 1820. They were probably born> somewhere between 1790 and 1795.> > John Johnston will: Book A, 1781-82 page 140 will written 16 August, 1778,> proved 1781. To wife Mary. To son Daniel. To daughters, Isabel wife to> James Walker; Jane, wife to James Christie; Rachel wife to Joseph Walker.> To sons William and James Johnston. Executors: son James Johnston and> friend John Robertson. Witnesses Jere (short for Jeremiah) Poston, John> Walker and John Herron.> > Marriage record in Caswell: James Walker to Elizabeth Elliott, 21 November> 1781. Apparently his wife, Isabella Johnston Walker died shortly after her> father (she may have contracted a fatal illness from him).> > Samuel may have had a brother, Alexander Walker. Here is another> interesting will.> Ephraim Logue, Will Book A, page 116. Will written 30 April, 1780, proved> in 1780. He is a young man. To wife Mary, plantation purchased of James> Bracken on Owens Creek until her demise and then to go to Alexander Walker's> eldest son, Ephraim Walker. To Daughter Ellinor and if she die without> issue to be divided by Ephraim Thompson and first male heir of brother John> Logue naming him (heir) Ephraim. To James Linsey, son of sister Mary. To> Samuel Thompson, son of sister Margaret (and brother of Ephraim Thompson).> Executors: Alexander Walker of Guilford County and Thomas Thompson (husband> of Margaret) of Orange County.> > Apparently Alexander Walker did inherit because he moved to Caswell County.> In 1810 Alexander Walker died in Caswell County and his estate sale was> conducted February, 1811. His widow was named Mary. (he may have remarried> after 1780 also). And the buyers of items included Mary Walker, John Walker> and William Berry.> > William Berry may have been the brother of Mary Walker. He's connected to a> number of Walker estates (usually a buyer). Here is his estate> administration record:> > Book L, 1827 page 160> Elisha Berry administers estate of William Berry deceased. Sales to: Elisha> Paschal, Robert A. Brown, Mary Walker and John R. Griffith.> > An interesting item that indicates some kind of relationship but not what is> the estate administration of David Poyner Sr..> > Book L, 1827, page 159> William J. Nash administers estate of David Poyner Sr., deceased in account> with estate: payments to: John Walker, John Dill, Jere Jones, Elisha Berry,> Jo Anna Poyner, James Walker and David Walker.> > Book G, 1816 had two Walker estate administrations almost back to back:> George Walker and William Walker. Both involved Hugh Walker. He> administered the first and was named guardian of the two children in the> second. He was probably a brother of both George and William.> > 1816 Joseph McCullock and Deborah Walker, administrators of William Walker> deceased, account with legatees. Equal shares of sales, etc. to 4 legatees:> paid account of Elizabeth, Deborah and George Walker, Hugh Walker guardian.> > William Walker's estate sale was conducted on July 8, 1816: Joseph McCullock> and Deborah Walker administrators for sale of part of estate: Sales to:> Deborah Walker, George Walker, Hugh Walker, John Walker, Thomas McCullock,> George McCullock, Andrew McCullock Sr. and Jr., and Joseph McCullock. (It> looks like everything pretty much remained the family. I'd wager that> Deborah was a McCullock before she married William Walker.)> > Now the George Walker in July, 1816 is probably a son of George Walker Sr.> who died in late 1815 or early 1816. The sale of his property was conducted> at the late dwelling house of George Walker by Hugh Walker. Sales to: Abner> Walker, James Walker, John Walker, Job Walker, William Walker of Orange> County (not the one who died only a few months later), George Walker and> Joshua Walker, others (it was a large sale)-and Joseph McCullock.> > Last item: Remember Abner and George of the George Walker Sr. estate sale,> immediately above? In 1830, Abner Walker was named guardian to William R.> Walker and James C. Walker, heirs of George Walker, deceased.> > Apparently it took awhile for the court to approve the sale of part of the> estate of George, because the estate sale didn't occur until 1 November,> 1833 (Book M 1833-1834). Sales of property (apparently administered by> Abner Walker--that's not stated very clearly but he also later gives an> account to the court of the sale) to: Abner Walker (himself), Lemuel Dobbs,> Joseph Massey (the Masseys were from Orange County by the way), William> Kimborough, John Smith, Mary Walker, Deborah Walker, Hugh Walker, James> Walker, William Walker; etc.--another large sale. Also "Mary Walker to keep> Jenny and her children for one year for $25 (Jenny and her children were> slaves)."> > I think this answers a lot of questions, but of course it raises some> questions also. I'll have to dig more to figure out who Samuel and> Alexander's parents were--and just how many children Alexander had. It> looks like he had more than Samuel did. It looks like there was a son John,> besides Ephraim, and whomever else.> > Sincerely,> > Cecilia L. Fabos-Becker> San Jose, CA> > > > > -----Original Message-----> From: ncorange-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ncorange-bounces@rootsweb.com]> On Behalf Of veeb.veeb> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:16 PM> To: ncorange@rootsweb.com> Subject: [NCORANGE] WALKER, PIKE> > > Last but not least, my elusive WALKER family! They lived in the part of> Orange Co NC that in 1777 became Caswell Co NC, and their home was on Moon's> Creek.> > Looking for a James WALKER who had a wife named Ann and who died intestate> in 1802 in Caswell Co NC, whilst in the middle of a lawsuit to eject one> Lewis PIKE from some land that straddled the border between Caswell Co NC> and Rockingham Co NC. This James WALKER may have been a brother of a Samuel> WALKER who had a wife named Eleanor and who died testate in 1798 in Caswell> Co NC.> > James WALKER owned this Moon's Creek land before 1777, when it was in Orange> Co NC. He is probably the father of the Revolutionary War pensioner James> WALKER (1755-c1837), a nomad who ended up in Adams Co OH.> > Would love to "place" this patriarch James WALKER!> > Lin> London, England> > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to> NCORANGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes> in the subject and the body of the message> > > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCORANGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message