William Walker died during the winter of 1789/1790 at which time only one of his eight children, John, was of age. In 1795, his widow, Elizabeth Walker, married Pleasant Point veteran and widower John Crank (also Crunk). [30] According to “Annals of Southwest Virginia” (Summers, 1929; p.1295), the couple was wed by Edward Crawford, the third minister at Glade Spring Presbyterian Church, which was originally named Ebbing Spring Presbyterian Church and located near the confluence of Bakers Creek and the Middle Fork of the Holston River. A different source, “The Marriages of Washington County, Virginia, 1781-1853” (Brown, 1993) states that the wedding was performed by Andrew Baker, the second minister of St. Clair’s Bottom Baptist Church, located on the South Fork of the Holston River.
The latter location seems unlikely since Crank lived in Russell County whereas Old Glad Spring, site of Stuart’s emporium, was in close proximity to the Keywood-Clinchburg area as well as, perhaps coincidentally, to Dicey and Spicy Walker whose husbands lived on nearby Bakers Creek. Suffice that this writer believes that Elizabeth Walker, widow of (1) William Walker of Laurel Fork, married (2) John Crank, July 23, 1795 at Glade Spring Presbyterian Church. Again, the church was originally located near a small tributary of Bakers Creek near Capt. James Thompson 1,200 acre Kilmachroan tract which was adjacent to the Meek’s Big Spring tract and the Kirk-Meek Old Stone House.
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