The Four John Walkers of Early Augusta

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List of Records for John Walker in Chalkley's Chronicles

Discussion

In February of 1749 Robert Breckinridge, Sheriff of Old Augusta was directed to "execute a process" on John Walker, pursuant to a lawsuit by Andrew Campbell. Breckinridge told the court

Being four of same name, I knew not which to execute process on, Robert Breckinridge.

Genealogist can perhaps sympathize with Breckinridge's predicament as we frequently encounter records for people we are searching, but are left unsure of whether they pertain to the person sought or "some other John Walker". In the specific case of John Walker in Old Augusta during this time period we find numerous records for "John Walker". Some can be clearly associated with specific individuals, most can not...at least no easily.

The following is a list of John Walkers known, or at least commonly believed to be in Old Augusta between 1738 and shortly after 1800.

Most of these John Walkers are associated with The Wigton Walkers as described by Source:White, 1902, but there is at least one John Walker in the area about the time of Breckinridge's comment, namely Person:John Walker (315) who lived on the South Branch of the Potomac. Court actions subsequent to Breckinridge's statement show that it is John (315) who was being sued by Andrew Campbell. Who then, are the other three John Walkers?

Given their DOB's we have only a few choices for these other John Walker's:

Person:John Walker (81) AKA John III 1705-1778

Person:John Walker (217) AKA Gunstocker John 1714-1797

Person:John Walker (315) AKA JOhn of South Branch <1720->1752

Person:John Walker (149) AKA John IV >1734-

Person:John Walker (211) >1737-<td>

Person:John Walker (249) >1740-c1812