Person:Walter Eakin (1)

Walter Eakin was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley's: [unless otherwise stated]

• 1742 Petition to Gov. Gooch: Petition of the frontier inhabitants for appointment of proper officers, etc. for their defense, July 30, 1742.

To the Honorable William Gooch, Esq., His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor, ect.

Sir, We your petitioners, humbly showeth, that we, your Honor's loyal and dutiful subjects, have ventured our lives and all that we have in settling the back parts of Virginia, which was a very great hazard, and dangerous, for it is the Heathen's road to war, which has proved hurtful to several of us that were the first settlers of these back woods, and we, your honorable petitioners, some time ago petitioned your Honor for to have commissioned men amongst us, which we, your Honor's must dutiful subject, thought properest men, and men that had heart and courage, to head us in time of peril and to defend your country, and your poor subjects' interest from the violence of the Heathen. But yet again we humbly presume to put your Honor in mind of our great want of them in hopes that your Honor will grant a Captain's commission to John McDowell, with following officers, and your Honor's compliance in this will be great satisfaction to your most dutiful and humble petitioners, and we, as in duty bound, shall ever pray.

So please your Honor, we your humble petitioners, understand that your Honor has left John McDowell out of your Commission of the Peace, for which we, your humble petitioners, are very much troubled, for he has been very good and useful to the poor and loved to oppress all vice, therefore, we humbly pray that your Honor will afford us the same blessing, and we, as in duty bound, shall ever pray.

[Signed]: Andrew Moore, David Moore, James Eakin, William Candless, David Moore, Jr., Alexr. Moore, William Mitchell, George Henderson, William Lockridge, Samuel Dunlap, James Eakin, Walter Eakin, Robert dunlap, Solomon Moffett, Charles Dunlap, John Moore, George Moffett, John Goof, James Sutherland, Matthew Paxton, James Milo, James Greenlee, James McDowell, John Mitchell, Ephraim McDowell, William Moore, William Humphreys, Edward Boyd, John Anderson, Joab Anderson, Matthew Lyle, Robert Houston, John Gray, William Armstrong, Batis Armstrong, William McClure, Alexr. McClure. Names on back of petition: Moses McClure, Michael Dougherty, Moses Whiteside, ____ McCleary, Charles Quell, Samuel M. Roberts, Michael Milo, Andrew Boyd, Arthur Donnelly.

• Page 39.--24th April, 1748-9. John Huston's will--Wife (to act with advice of John Moore); sons, Samuel and Mathew (infant); rest of children; Mary Blair to have a share with the rest (of the children). Executors, wife and John Moore. Teste: James Eakin, Joseph Kennedy, Walter Eakin. Proved, 15th May, 1755, by the witnesses; wife Margaret and John Moore qualify, with sureties Mathew Lyle and Wm. Lockridge.

• Vol. 1 - ORIGINAL PETITIONS AND PAPERS FILED IN THE COUNTY COURT. - 1750 -Petition for road from Joseph Kennedy's Mill to John Huston's, and from John Huston's to the great road from Timber Grove to Woods Gap: James Hill, Joseph Kenedy, John Wilson, James Eakin, John Handly, William Wardlaw, William Lockridge, John Edenston, William McConnell, Walter Eakin, Robert Stewart, Robert Dunlap, Andrew Duncan, John Huston, Samuel Huston, Robert Alexander, Patrick Hays, John Mountgomery, Andrew Steel, John Stewart.

• Page 176.--17th June, 1762. John Lowney's estate appraised by Wm. Moore, Wm. McCanless, Walter Eakin: 1 Bible and other sermon books, 6 chairs, 1 table linings.

• Vol. 2 - [page 127]. James YOUNG vs. EAKIN–O.S. 148; N.S. 51–Bill, 23d February, 1808. Complainant was son-in-law of Andrew KENNEDY (of Rockbridge?). James AIKEN bought land from BORDEN, Sr. (died in Orange), devised (will in Augusta) it to son John 30 acres which his uncle Walter [Eakin] formerly lived on, to son James, to sons, Andrew and Samuel. John and James (before Andrew and Samuel came of age) conveyed to a distant relation, Anne AIKEN. Ann sold to George WEIR, father of Thomas WEIR, who conveyed to orator. Andrew AIKEN is dead, also James AIKEN. Thomas WEIR lives in Tennessee. Ann EAKIN was widow of Walter. Margaret POLLAX deposes: Was daughter of John AIKEN. Thomas BEARD was father-in-law of George WEIR. James HOUSTON deposes: he was born in 1751. William ALEXANDER deposes in 1769 he heard his grandfather Thomas BEARD say. George WEIR’s will of Rockbridge, dated 8th August, 1781. Wife, Jean; sons, Thomas; children. Recorded in Rockbridge, 6th November, 1781.

Notes

Walter Eakin (B: abt 1706) was the brother of James Eakin. He came with his brother from Co Down, Northern Ireland ~1730-35. They settled in Pennsylvania for several years before coming to Borden Tract. Walter appears to have lived on the same property as his brother and his family. According to records, Walter had one child - Mathew Eakin B: Abt 1750 in Augusta County. When Walter dies in 1768, he places Mathew into the guardian ship of John Lyle and not the Eakin family.

As to his wife(s). I believe that Walter may have married a Lyle female based on the name of his son AND placing that son into the guardianship of a Lyle. I believe that she may have died soon after Mathew's birth and Walter remarried a woman name "Anne". There are some unsourced trees that show this Anne as Ann Dixon, but I see no evidence presented for this conclusion. If anything, I believe that this Anne would have been from one of the Augusta county families.There is a Thomas Dixon in Rockbridge County, but I find no mention of a sister or daughter named Ann.

Of note, "Anne Eakin" is termed "the widow of Walter Eakin" in a land dispute from 1808. This would indicate that she was alive when Walter died which lends more credence to the fact that she was NOT the mother of Mathew since he was declared an "orphan" when Walter died.

More research is needed on a possible Lyle wife of Walter.

1.   Chalkley, in Walter Eakin part of petition for new road
   1750.

   Vol. 1 - ORIGINAL PETITIONS AND PAPERS FILED IN THE COUNTY COURT. - 1750 -Petition for road from Joseph Kennedy's Mill to John Huston's, and from John Huston's to the great road from Timber Grove to Woods Gap: James Hill, Joseph Kenedy, John Wilson, James Eakin, John Handly, William Wardlaw, William Lockridge, John Edenston, William McConnell, Walter Eakin, Robert Stewart, Robert Dunlap, Andrew Duncan, John Huston, Samuel Huston, Robert Alexander, Patrick Hays, John Mountgomery, Andrew Steel, John Stewart.

2.   Chalkley, in James Young vs. Eakin
   Vol 2, 23 Feb 1808.

   Vol. 2 - James Young vs. Eakin--O. S. 148; N. S. 51--Bill, 23d February, 1808. Complainant was son-in-law of Andrew Kennedy (of Rockbridge?). James Aiken bought land from Borden, Sr. (died in Orange), devised (will in Augusta) it to son John 30 acres which his uncle Walter formerly lived on, to son James, to sons, Andrew and Samuel. John and James (before Andrew and Samuel came of age)conveyed to a distant relation, Anne Aiken. Ann sold to George Weir, father of Thomas Weir, who conveyed to orator. Andrew Aiken is dead, also James Aiken. Thomas Weir lives in Tennessee. Ann Eakin was widow of Walter. Margaret Pollax deposes: Was daughter of John Aiken. Thomas Beard was father-in-law of George Weir. James Houston deposes: He was born in 1751. William Alexander deposes in 1769 he heard his grandfather Thomas Beard say. George Weir's will of Rockbridge, dated 8th August, 1781. Wife, Jean; sons, Thomas; children. Recorded in Rockbridge, 6th November, 1781.

3.   Chalkley, in Mathew Eaken orphan is given to John Lyle in guardianship.
   18 Mar 1768.

   Probate record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
   
   John Lyle's bond as guardian to Mathew Eaken, orphan of Walter Eaken.

4.   Church Records, in Communicants at Timber Ridge Church
   1753.

   James and Walter Eakin signed the call for Rev John Brown.

5.   Walter does not appear in the Drumbo Presbyterian Church baptismal records. However, there is a significant gap nearly four years between John and Margaret. I believe Walter may have been born and baptized in another Presbyterian church. His mother may have been visiting somewhere else during his birth.
6.   There are no birth records for Walter in Drumbo, however, WALTER is an Aitken family name from Dumfries-shire, Scotland. I believe the birth was not registered and believe him to be the younger brother of James.