Person:William Walker (186)

Source:Egles Notes and Queries

Source:Weiser, 1898

Related

Notebook:Walker Land Records in Lancaster County

The Early Walker Settlers of Central Pennsylvania

Analysis:Is the William Walker who died at McCormicks Fort William 186?

Pexton Manor, Cumberland, PA

McCormicks Fort, Huntingdon County, PA

List of Records for William Walker in Chalkley's Chronicles

Often Confused With:

William Walker of Lurgan (Lived more than 20 miles away)

William Walker of Hogan's Creek (Migrated to North Carolina)

Cumberland County, Pennsylvania ][2]

Key YDNA Group 6 1. Alexander Walker of Malin Lurgan Walkers 2. William Walker of Lurgan YDNA Group 33 (Letterkenny Walkers) 3. William Walker of Hogan's Creek 4. James Walker of Newville 5. Robert Walker of Yellow Breeches YDNA Group 14 6. William Walker of East Pennsboro Derry Walkers (Likely YDNA Group 5) 7. James Walker of Derry 8. Henry Walker of Derry

Overview

William Walker is believed to have been born about 1691 in Ireland, and to have immigrated to America with his father James Walker sometime before 1734. ^[3] Unsourced materials suggest that William married Elizabeth Curry in Philadelphia, prior to 1715. This implies that the date of immigration could have been no later than 1715. If correct, this raises the question of where William was living prior to his appearance in what is now Cumberland County in 1734. Direct documentation of this marriage has not so far been located. Examining early records for other members of this family may give insight into the timing, and whereabouts of their settlement in early years. It was long assumed this was the William Walker who was killed by Indians at McCormick's Fort, but this was another William Walker who lived over 20 miles away in Lurgan Township.

In 1734 William entered a survey for a parcel on Conodoguinet Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna.[4] This area would later become East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, PA. Williams land lay a few miles northeast of Silver's Spring Presbyterian Church.
March 18, 1733/34. William Walker, 400 acres, on the south side of the Conodoguinet, three miles above Pexton Mannor, [5] "where he had liberty from the honorable Proprietor to settle October last". From A history of Cumberland Valley, citing the Blunston licenses.

Footnotes

1. ↑ See Analysis:Is the William Walker who died at McCormicks Fort William 186?
2. ↑ Compiled from Land Warrants and Surveys. See also maps from "First Families of Cumberland County", Hayes R. Eschenmann and Paul Barner, Cumberland County Historical Society. They can be obtained from the society here:
3. ↑ Source:Egles Notes and Queries.
4. ↑ See Index to the Blunston Licenses, and Notebook:Walker Land Records in Lancaster County. Lancaster County Deed Abstracts by Mayhill, 1973, lists several deeds involving William Walker, for land on Conodoguinet Creek, beginning 1744. See [http://books.google.com/books?um=1&q=%22McCormick%27s+fort%22+%22Conodoguinet%22+Walker&btnG=Search+Books Indians, Indians, by Hayes R. Eschenmann, 1992.
5. ↑ Pexton Manor was a 7000 acre tract reserved for the use of the Indians. It lay in the general area between modern Camp Hill, Lemoye, and New Cumberland. See:Google Maps