Person:Charles Walker (73)

Watchers
Charles Walker
m. Abt 1734/35
  1. Thomas WalkerAbt 1735 - 1783
  2. James WalkerAbt 1738 - Bef 1767
  3. Charles WalkerAbt 1740 - 1810
m. Abt 1774
  1. William Walker1774 - 1834
  2. Charles C. Walker1775 - 1837
  3. John WakerAbt 1777 - 1850
  4. Sally "Salley" WalkerAbt 1777 - Bef 1807
  5. Crispi Anos Walker1784 - 1877
  6. Julius Walker1791 - 1814
Facts and Events
Name Charles Walker
Gender Male
Birth[2] Abt 1740 Orange County, Virginia[Walker-digest V2 #89]
Marriage Abt 1774 Orange County, Virginiato Margaret Elizabeth Peters
Death? 1810 Giles County, Virginia
Burial? 1810 Fairview Cemetery, Narrows, Giles County, Virginia

Records in Virginia

  • Marriage Record: Smith, Nimrod and Sally Walker, dau. [of] Charles Walker, surety. Mar. by Alex. Ross - Jan. 6, 1795. [Source: Worrell, Anne Lowry. A Brief of Wills and Marriages in Montgomery and Fincastle counties, Virginia, 1773-1831. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1957), pg. 37].
References
  1.   .

    At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War in 1776, John Peters was 21. He became captain of the Militia of District 13 in 1776. In 1776, Virginia authorized the organization of Military Companies in the counties. Each company to consist of 60 men and each member to attend muster each month or pay a fine of $1.00. In 1788, according to Waylands History there were 14 Military Companies in Rockingham and it seems that the captain who was appointed by the court was required as part of his duties, to make a list of all the tithables, in his district, and make a report of the same to the Court. John Peters was assigned to District No. 13. In this district his father, Jacob and his brother Christian lived. John's list contains 58 names including his father and brother, Christian.
    Charles Walker, John and Christian Peters, with their families, in the spring of 1782, left their valley homes, crossed the Alleghenies and located in the New River Valley. They had been soldiers in the American Army. In 1789, John Peters and his wife Francis Simms Peters moved to Pearisburg, VA. They bought two tracts of land that were deeded to their sons in 1808. One tract was 50 acres on the south side of New River and the other was 30 acres on Laurel Creek.

    http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/u/n/Emer-Gunter-SAINT-LOUIS/PDFGENE6.pdf

  2. Johnston, David E. (David Emmons). A history of middle New River settlements and contiguous territory. (Huntington).

    "The Peters Family. John and Christian Peters were of a family of a German family of that name, who had located in the Valley of Virginia shortly after 1732. The place of the settlement was in the now County of Rockingham.
    The inscription on the tombstone of Christian Peters shows that he was born October 16th, 1760 and died October 1837; it is possible that John was older. In 1781 the British Army under Lord Cornwallis invaded Virginia, finally fixing its base of operations at Yorktown. In May of the year mentioned, the Governor of Virginia called out the Militia of the state, placing them under the command of General Nelson, who joined and became part of General LaFayette's corps, then operating against the army of Cornwallis. John and Christian obeyed the call of the
    governor and served through the campaign, and were at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, on October 19th; the militia was then disbanded and returned to their homes. The war, now regarded as ended, and the services of the militia no longer needed, John and Christian Peters , with their families, together with their brother-in law, Charles Walker, in the spring of 1782, left their Valley homes, crossed the Alleghenies, and located in the New River Valley; John, on the farm which Mr Charles D. French now resides, and Christian where the village of Peterstown, named from him, is now situated. The two or three years immediately following the surrender of Cornwallis brought over swarms of people, and while many of them went to Kentucky, a goodly number halted in the New River Valley. John Peters married Miss Simms, of that part of Rockingham that afterwards became Madison County. Christian married Miss Katharine Belcher, of Rockingham, who spoke the German language, and kept in her house her German Bible. The following are the names of the children of John Peters and wife: Elijah, William, John, Philip, Chrisitan; and Frances, who married Captain Christianos H. A. Walker, son of Charles, heretofore mentioned. The families of Conrad Peters, Captain John Peters, of Peterstown, and that of the late James M. Byrnside are descendants of Christian Peters. John Peters , Jr., the son of the settler, and who married Sallie Clay, daughter of the elder Mitchell, was the Captain of a company in the war with Great Britain of 1812; was long a Magistrate, and represented Giles County in the legislature. The names of the sons of Captain John Peters and his wife Sallie Clay Peters, are as follows: Oliver C. Peters, long an honored citizen of Giles County, dying at a ripe old age; Andrew J. Peters, Thompson H. Peters, William P. Peters, Jacob Peters, Augustus C. Peters; and two daughters by the second marriage, one of whom married Andrew Johnston, and Miss Jane, who never married. The grandsons and descendants of Captain John Peters were among the best, truest and bravest Confederate soldiers that fought for the South, among them James M. Peters, William D. Peters, John D. Peters and William H. Peters."

  3.   Find A Grave.

    Charles Walker

    Birth: 1750
    Death: unknown

    Charles Walker, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Walker, of Orange county, Virginia.
    Thomas was born in England, and emigrated to Orange county, Virginia in 1734 and naturalized in 1754.
    He died circa 1770 in Virginia.
    The will of Thomas was produced in the court, signed, sealed, published, and declared on 21 Jan 1767, witnessed by Richard Waugh, Charles Beale, John Isbell, and Benoni Hansford.* It was proven three years later, with Charles being executor and receiving close to five hundred acres.
    Surety was given for Charles by Jonathan Cowherd and Joseph Eddem(?), George Taylor was the Clerk of Court.

    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=walker&GSfn=charles&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=48&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=108326827&df=all&