Thanks, Linda. I too have seen people connect Richard to Thomas Walton who settled in Eastern North Carolina. But I have never seen anything that links Richard to them, and I have looked. Thomas and Sarah did have a son Richard, apparently, but there are records in Chatham Co for a Richard Walton at/during the time the Salisbury Richard is recorded as being in Salisbury. That makes me assume these are 2 Richard Waltons, not just one. If I've seen the Henderson and Henry Walton on the tax list before, I'd forgotten it. So, I will go back and look at the list again and perhaps look for more information on them - wills, etc, to see if either are connected to Richard. Thanks again, Phyllis Walton On Jan 20, 2008, at 8:59 PM, Linda Monticelli wrote: > Phyllis, > > I'm sorry but I did not find any marriage records for Susanna > Schmidt/Smith in PA. Since Susanna was born 8 April 1739, she would > have just turned 16 years of age when Peter Smith and his family > arrived in Rowan County, NC in May 1755 as per the following record: > > Rowan County, North Carolina, RECORD OF DEEDS, VOL. 6, 1764-1768, > page 542: In an indenture dated 29 May 1755 the trustees for the > township of Salisbury sell to John Adam a potter of Rowan County > lot number 28 in the southeast square of Salisbury containing 144 > perches for "Twenty Shillings Prov. money." > > The first record that I find for Richard Walton is when he shows > up on the 1761 Early Census or Tax List in Rowan County, NC. He is > mentioned in the will of Peter Smith, father of Susanna Smith, > which was written 19 Sept. 1767 and is referred to as " my beloved > sons George Smith and Richard Walton". > > As you probably already know Peter Smith was the Elder of the > Dunkers Church or Church of the Brethren there in Rowan County > probably soon after his arrival in Rowan. It is my understanding > that the people who belonged to the Dunkers Church kept to > themselves and there aren't any or very little records available of > any marriages that took place within this religious group. > > I think it would be a fairly good possibility that Richard Walton > and Susanna Smith were married sometime between 1756 and 1760, when > Susanna Smith would have been between 17 and 21 years of age. > > There is a Henderson WALTON on the 1755 and 1760 and a Henry > WALTON on the 1758, 1760 and 1761 Early Census/Tax List of Rowan > County, NC. It's possible that one or both of these Walton men > could have been somehow related to your Richard Walton. > > There are some folks who say that Richard Walton, husband of > Susanna Smith, came from Virginia and his parents were Thomas > Walton and Sarah Rountree. Whether this information is correct or > not, I can't say. > > Linda Monticelli > > > > --------------------------------- > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROWANROOTS- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message