James Walker (son of Francis Walker and Rebecca Laird) was born May 16, 1778 in Ireland, and died August 26, 1832 in Virginia.He married Judith Moseley on June 26, 1806 in Virginia.
Notes from Walker Family Bible:
"James, son of Francis Walker, was born in Ireland the 16th day of May 1778; and in the year 1796 he followed his brother William to America; he found him at Scott's Ferry, Virginia.In the year 1799 he returned to Ireland for his father and family, and returned with them in the year 1800 to Albemarle, Virginia.On the 26th day of June 1806 he was married to Judith Moseley, with whom he lived about 5 years, when she left and forsook him forever.He lived 21 years in that way, on the 26th day of August 1832 he yielded to deaths impartial stroke, leaving a wife and 2 daughters behind him.It may well be said of him that "his days were few and full of trouble."
From the Master's Thesis of Don Swofford of(University of VA.):
"The builder of (William) Walker's house would be his brother, James, who was a millwright and carpenter, employed by Thomas Jefferson.James entered into contract with Jefferson in September of 1802 to construct his mill works.In a letter of 1802, Jefferson refers to the first meeting of the two at "Mr. Cocke's."The eventual contract drawn was for the direction of the excavation of what Jefferson called his "power canal."At the completion of the canal excavations James Walker was to have personally seen to the design and construction of the gear and machinery for the mill and of the mill house.James Dinsmore, the master craftsman who Jefferson had brought from Philadelphia, assisted Walker in the construction of the mill house.In 1803, James Walker wrote to President Jefferson with the news that he would not be able to complete the canal and mill as agreed because of "work load and extraordinary circumstances."The circumstances we find in the same letter were related to domestic problems, but the "work load" could have been other building projects, specifically, his brother's house in Warren."
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