Most information on the Walker Family comes from the book Genealogy of the Descendants of John Walker, of Wigton, Scotland, by Emma Siggins White, 1902. "Genealogy of the Descendants of John Walker of Wigton, Scotland with records of a few Allied Families. Also war records and some fragmentary notes pertaining to the History of Virginia. 1600 - 1902". by Emma Siggins White. Kansas City, MO. 1902 The following notes are on a sibling line of my Walker family: Genealogical data found in the account of Mary Moore in "Sketches of Virginia, Historical and Biographical" by the Rev. William Henry Foote, D.D., Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Romney, Virginia, published in Philadelphia by William S. Martien in 1850: James Moore, of Scottish ancestry, was born in Ireland. He immigrated to America with his brother Joseph about 1726. Joseph died in Pennsylvania about two years later. James married Jane Walker, daughter of John Walker of Wigton, Scotland. John Walker immigrated from Scotland to Ireland to America. He was the father of seven children of which Jane was the fourth. James and Jane Walker Moore resided in Pennsylvania and were in the Nottingham congregation for a number of years. John Walker moved his family to Rockbridge County, VA and settled on a creek which bore the family name. After the birth of their fourth child, James and Jane joined the Walkers in Virginia. Here six more children were added to the family. The sixth child, named after James Moore became the father of Mary Moore the wife of Rev. Samuel Brown. The eldest daughter of James and Jane Walker Moore, Mary, married Major Stuart who lived near Brownsburg. They were the parents of "the late" Judge Alexander Stuart. James Moore, the sixth child of James and Jane Walker Moore, married Martha Poage. They had five sons and four daughters. Their first four children were born at Newell's Tavern: John, James b. 1770, Jane, and Joseph. The other five were born at Abbs Valley-- named for Absolom Looney, a hunter, supposed to be the first white man in the valley. Mary, the fifth child and second daughter born 1777, was named for her aunt Mary Moore Stuart. Other named children: Rebecca, William and Margaret. This Moore family was attacked by Indians 14 July 1786. All were killed except three: Joseph was at school; Mary was captured; James had been captured by Indians 7 Sep 1784. Before attacking the Moore's, the Indians murdered a Mr. and Mrs. Davison and burned their dwelling. Samuel Walker was a cousin to James Moore (son of James and Jane Walker Moore). John Poage lived two and quarter miles from the Moore family in Abbs Valley. The Moore's had an English servant named John Simpson who was also killed in the Indian attack. Martha Ivans, a sister of Thomas Ivans, is noted as a member of the family. She was living with the Moore family in Abb's Valley. She was also captured on 14 July 1786. The Indians sold Mary Moore and Martha Ivans in the fall of 1788. A man named Stogwell purchased Mary. He lived at Frenchtown, near the western end of Lake Erie. Martha Ivans was purchased and freed by a man near Detriot. She found work with a wealthy English family named Donaldson. James Moore was purchased and freed by a French trader from Detroit named Baptiste Ariome. In 1789, all were retrieved by Mr. Thomas Ivans. William McPheeters was an uncle of James and Mary Moore the surviving children of James and Martha Poage Moore. Shortly after her return, Mary Moore went to live with her uncle Joseph Walker in Rockbridge County. At the age of 12, she was baptized by Rev. Samuel Houston, pastor of High Bridge and Falling Spring. She later became the wife of Rev. Samuel Brown, pastor of New Providence. They were the parents of eleven children. Martha Ivans married a man by the name of Hummer, moved to Indiana, and reared a large family. Two of her sons became Presbyterian ministers. James Moore married and raised a large family in Tazewell. He died in 1848. ----- This book contains a personal narrative of James Moore's captivity and redemption. He gave the narrative to Rev. James Morrison, son-in-law of Samuel and Mary Moore Brown in 1839. >From the same source as above; Emma White: My John Walker, II, b. 1667 Scotland: C. 1680-1705 John Walker Rutherford m. Katherine Rutherford and they migrate from Wigton, (now Wigtown) Scotland to Ireland, probably settling around Newrey, but perhaps further north in Londoderry. Record here is very limited. In 1726 (perhaps as late as 1728) John II and family, plus nephews, nieces, inlaws and outlaws, migrate fro Ireland to America, leaving Strangford Bay in May and making landfall 2 August, in Maryland, (may have been Chester) on a ship commanded by Richard Walker. (Relationship unknown.) They settled in Chester County, MD. John II died in 1734, Katherine in 1738, both buried in the cemetary of the Nottingham Meeting House - they were Presbyterian not Quaker, the term meeting house was used by several nonconformist sects. The loction of the Nottingham MH is in some question. It was somewhere along the modern PA?MD border, but it is not clear that it was in PA or MD. Most say PA, since that's what the oral tradition has, but the area in question was part of the MD/PA border dispute settled by the Mason Dixon, and what was in PA became MD in 1755. Their children, inlaws, cousins, etc. moved to Rockbridge Co., VA (modern name) settling in Borden's Grant on what is now called Walker's Creek, probably at the confluence of Hays Creek. During the French and Indian War, John III, migated to NC, settling in the general area of MOON's Creek in modern Caswell Co., NC. There was a major outflux of settlers from Borden's grant and surrounding lands at this time, fleeing Indian attacks from the French and Indians. The area was pretty well decimated - estimates say 30% or more. Cont'd on John Walker, III b. 1704/05 notes: About 1770 some or all of the family again moved, this time making settlement in the vicinity of Castle's Woods - then the fartherst westward settlement in Virginia. John II by this time was getting on in years, and Ann was probably dead. He took up a bit of property on Sinking Creek south of Castle's Woods, and just west of Fall Creek (Where Patrick Porter, husband of daughter Susannah, established a mill). Supposedly he called his 'plantation' "Broad Meadows." The DOD of John III, is commonly given as 1778, but you should be aware that's the date his will entered the legal process. Most seem to accep 1778, but it may have been earlier. Cont'd on John Walker, IV, b. abt 1734 (not my direct line) notes: About 1770 some or all of the family again moved, this time making settlement in the vicinity of Castle's Woods - then the fartherst westward settlement in Virginia. John II by this time was getting on in years, and Ann was probably dead. He took up a bit of property on Sinking Creek south of Castle's Woods, and just west of Fall Creek (Where Patrick Porter, husband of daughter Susannah, established a mill). Supposedly he called his 'plantation' "Broad Meadows." The DOD of John III, is commonly given as 1778, but you should be aware that's the date his will entered the legal process. Most seem to accep 1778, but it may have been earlier. Hope these notes will be useful to someone. Nancy S