Person:John Walton (27)

Records

Greenbrier County, Virginia Tax List - 1786: James Walton, John Walton, Jr., John Walton, Sr.

Notes

WALTON FAMILY data Before 1 Jan 1778, one John Walton had taken 200 acres of land in Greenbrier County (Surveyor's Record Book, No. 1, p. 314; Lewisburg, VA)

The Tax Records of VA show John Walton Sr. and John Walton, Jr. in Greenbrier County in 1784 and 1786; and in the latter year also James Walton.

In 1782 John, James and William Gilkison were there (cf. the marriages of Job Walton's children)

John Walton, Sr. or Jr., signed his will on 17 Aug 1807, and it was probated 26 April 1808. He mentioned his wife, Anne, and the following children: William, George, James, John, Elijah, Elisha, Jane, Nancy, Elizabeth and Eleanor. (Will Book 1, p. 231; Lewisburg, VA) (Note: this is likely John Walton, Jr.)

On 12 Nov 1810, James Walton signed his will and it was probated in December of the same year. In it he mentioned his wife Nancy1, and the following children: Samuel, William, Solomon, Joseph, James, Charles Abigail, Petty, Nancy and Polly.

(1Possibly the daughter of Joseph McClung, according to a letter from Miss Eva L. Christensen of Sacramento, CA, dated 13 July 1963 - James Walton m. Nancy McClung, dau of Joseph and Margaret Bell McClung. Their daughter Nancy was the third wife of James McClung, son of John and Jane Bollar McClung and had Virginia, Hester, and General Davis McClung. Polly married 15 Aug 1833 John McClung, son of James and Mary Alderson McClung, and died 1850. Their children were James, Mary, Agnes, Charles, William, Minerva, Margaret, Louisa Jane, Abigail, Amos, Virginia, Catherine, Sara and Martha) Source: http://genealogytrails.com/wva/greenbrier/bios.html

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 International Genealogical Index. ( The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 1999-2008).