Person:Alexander Walker (31)

Often Confused With:

Alexander Walker d. 1794 (His Uncle)

This Alexander Walker is often confused with his uncle Alexander who died in 1794.

Notes from Mark B. Walker:

2. ALEXANDER2 WALKER (JAMES1)9,10 died 1804 in Rockingham County, NC, USA11. He married JANE BARR12,13,14, daughter of ROBERT BARR and ISABELLA. We know of Alexander from the will of his father James (Old Wills Discovered in Office Dated Prior to 1804, p. 226). One may assume that he is the one Alexander Walker listed in the U.S. Census 1800 for Rockingham County, a record that gives the impression he was married but childless. From James Walker's will, dated May, 1803, we know that Alexander had a son named James, undoubtedly born between 1800 and 1803.

The year of his death and information about his wife come from the following county court record: Minutes, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Rockingham County, NC, Book 4, p. 1, May Term, 1804

Order of the court that Jiney Walker and Robert Barr administer upon Alexander Walker's estate and gave William Jones and John Winder security in the sum of eight hundred pounds.

According to the book History of Buffalo Presbyterian Church and Her People (Greensboro, NC: Jos. J. Stone and Co. [no date]) by the Rev. S.M. Rankin, Robert Barr had a sister, Jean, who married a Mr. Walker and subsequently married Adam Scott following the death of her first husband. However, Robert Barr's 1832 will names, as legatees, grandson Robert Walker and several other children with the surname Scott. A Rockingham County marriage bond issued in 1811 bears the names Adam Scott and Jane Walker as groom and bride.

It would seem that Jane "Jiney" Barr was Robert's daughter, not his sister. It is not clear from Rankin's book how he concluded that the woman who married "Mr. Walker" was Barr's sister. Barr apparently did have a sister named Jean (a variant spelling of Jane in that era).

The linkage of the Alexander Walker of this court record with the son of James Walker is bolstered by a comment from an 1805 letter to James' widow Ann from Jean and Daniel McDannell: "We can inform with pleasure that we Recd aleatter from you bearing date May the 13 1804 which give us great satisfaction to hear of your health and well fair tho we Sympathise with you with the lose of your husband and son." For the entire text of the letter, see the Notes for James Walker (died 1803).

That Alexander also had a son named Robert is suggested by the will of Robert Barr, which names one Robert Walker as Barr's grandson. A county court entry in 1818 confirms the identification:

Minutes, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Rockingham County, NC, May 1813 to November 1819, p. 313, February Session 1818

It is ordered by the court that Samuel Young, John Reed and William Donnal Esqs or any two or them be a committee to settle with Robert Barr guardian for Robert Walker son of Alexander Walker decd and that report thereof be made at next court.

Notes for JANE BARR: Rockingham Co. court appointed Jiney Walker and Robert Barr to administer Alexander's estate (Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Book 4, p. 1, May Term, 1804). Acc. to History of Buffalo Presbyterian Church and Her People by Rev. S.M. Rankin, Jean Barr, dau. of James & Agnes, 2 settlers of the Nottingham Colony, married a Mr. Walker, then married Adam Scott after Walker's death. Robert Barr, Jean's brother, also lived in Rockingham Co. However, Robert Barr's will names Robert Walker as grandson.

Children of ALEXANDER WALKER and JANE BARR are: i. JAMES3 WALKER15, b. Abt. 1801, Rockingham County, NC, USA16. 7. ii. ROBERT WALKER, b. January 04, 1804, Rockingham County, NC, USA; d. August 28, 1862, Rockingham County, NC, USA.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).