Person:Alexander Walker (52)

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Documentation

MySource:Quolla6/Walker-Waynick Papers

Document. Will of William Walker, Orange County, NC, 1769

MySource:Walke434/Lenox Castle Walker Land Grants

Overview

Often Confused With:

Alexander Walker d. 1804 (His Nephew)

This Alexander Walker is often confused with his uncle Alexander who died in 1804.

Mark B. Walker's Notes:

1. ALEXANDER1 WALKER1,2,3 died 1794 in Rockingham County, NC, USA4. He married ELIZABETH5. The earliest reference in public records to Alexander Walker was in 1778, the year he applied for a colonial land grant. That application came to fruition in October 1783 when the State of North Carolina sold him a 340-acre lot on Hogans Creek in Guilford County. The property eventually fell under the jurisdiction of Rockingham County when it was created by an act of the State Assembly in December 1785. It was in the southeastern corner of the county near the sources of Hogans Creek, Jiles Creek and Country Line Creek. A landmark of the region that existed in that era was Lennox Castle, a popular resort.

We know of Alexander Walker's wife Eliza(beth) and sons William E. and James from a 1794 court record and the division of his land by his two sons in 1835. An entry in the 1790 U.S. Census for Rockingham County suggests he may have had daughters, but there are no further references in that regard. Data from other census entries suggest that Elizabeth was born probably between 1750 and 1755. The partition of the land in 1835 may signal that she died in that year. Given these conclusions, Alexander was born probably in the late 1740's to early 1750's and died in 1794.

Minutes, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Rockingham County, North Carolina, Book 2, p. 341, November Term 1794

"Eliza. Walker widow and relict of Alexander Walker decd and James Walker son came into court no will to be found and admd on said estate gave William Walker son in the sum of 500 pounds."

Rockingham County, NC, Deeds, Book 2G, p. 167, No. 5576, August Term 1836

James Walker & William Walker from Alexander Walker "Whereas Alexander Walker late of Rockingham County State of North Carolina Intestate (1 word garbled) and possessed of a tract of land on both sides of Hogan's Creek in said county and whereas the existing laws of the county at the time of death of the said Alexander Walker caused or prescribed that lands of intestates should dec... to heirs male, the said Alexander leaving two sons him surviving, to wit William Walker and James Walker.... the said William and James Walker mutually agree to divide the said tract of land as follows:"

Court appointed surveyor to divide the property equitably. William Walker received the western half of the property, which contained 162 acres. Dimensions: 139 poles from northwestern corner to northeastern corner, 180 poles from northeastern corner to southeastern corner, 149 poles from southeastern corner to southwestern corner, 182 poles from southwestern corner to northwestern corner. The lot was almost square, except that the eastern border was about 4 degrees off the perpendicular. Lot was adjoined on the west by property owned by Pierson, on the south by Pierson and Dellarce and on the east by his brother James.

James Walker's portion contained about 162 acres and was bordered on the east by Robert H. Scales and by a another property James already owned, on the south by Hill's and Dellarce's lines and on the west by his brother William. It was an oddly shaped lot, as if some land had been shaved off the eastern end. It measured 139 poles from northwestern corner to northeastern corner, "south 8 degrees east 139 to his corner" from the northeastern corner, 3 poles east, 45 poles to the southeastern corner and 149.5 poles from the southeastern corner to the southwestern corner. Hogan's Creek flowed through the boundary between James property and that of Robert Scales.

The deed is dated 12 December 1835 and was signed by William E. Walker and James Walker.

Compare the overall dimensions of the lot described in the 1835 deed with the description in the land grant that Alexander Walker received in 1783:

Guilford County, NC, Deed Book 2, p. 408 State of North Carolina Alexander Walker, 340 acres on both sides of Hogan's Creek at a cost of 50 shillings per hundred acres. Lot measured 299 poles east-to-west and 182 poles north-to-south.

Alexander Walker was a brother of James Walker (died 1803). James gave a small property to Alexander's son James in 1803. The deed is clear that the younger James was the son of Alexander, who was already deceased. A summary of the deed follows:

Rockingham County, NC, Deed Book O, pp. 176, 177, No. 1781, August Term 1811

Walker James, son of Alexr decd, from Walker James, Deed 49 acres of land

"This indenture made this 22nd day of May in the year eighteen hundred and three between James Walker in the County of Rockingham and State of North Carolina of the first part and James Walker son of Alexander Walker deceased in the same county and state aforesaid of the other part, Witnesseth that the said James Walker for and in consideration to him of the natural love and affection which he beareth unto his brother Alexander Walker's son James Walker, as also the consideration of the sum of ten pounds current and lawful money in hand paid, at and before the signing and sealing of these presents the receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowledge, hath given...unto the said James Walker, his heirs and assigns, forty-nine acres of land situate and lying on the waters of Hogans Creek in the County of Rockingham...."

A rectangular lot measuring 132 poles east-to-west by 60 poles north- to-south, bordered on the east and north by Nathaniel Scales, on the west by Alexander Walker and on the south by William Kellor.

[Witnesses] Francis Hodge, Samuel Herron Walker, Robert Walker

<Court Validation> Proved in open court by the oath of Robert Walker.

More About ALEXANDER WALKER: Residence: October 14, 1783, Received grant of 340 acres on Hogans Creek in Guilford County, NC.

Notes for ELIZABETH: Although Alexander Walker's widow is identified as Eliza in the 1794 court record, there is reason to believe that it is an abbreviation for Elizabeth. There appears to be a period at the end of the name in the court record. Additionally, the name Elizabeth Walker first appears in U.S. Census records for Rockingham County in 1800, and continues in census data through 1820.

In the 1800 record, the oldest female in the household is in the 45 years and older bracket. If this individual is indeed the widow of Alexander Walker, she could have been born no later than 1755. Her name is near William E. Walker in 1810 (hers is on page 231, his on page 232) and immediately preceeds his in 1820 (page 622). In this last reference, there is a single male person in the 26 to 44 year age bracket - James would have been 26 in 1820. Elizabeth's name does not appear in the 1830 Census, but the household of James Walker has a female member in the 70-79 age bracket, consistent with the earlier proposed date of birth. If this member of James' family were indeed his mother, this record would establish the earliest year of birth at 1750. One might assume that she died in 1835, the year that her sons divided their father's property.

Children of ALEXANDER WALKER and ELIZABETH are: 2. i. WILLIAM E.2 WALKER, b. 1783, Rockingham County, NC, USA; d. 1862, Rockingham County, NC, USA. 3. ii. JAMES WALKER, b. February 18, 1794, Rockingham County, NC, USA; d. March 06, 1864, Rockingham County, NC, USA.