Person:Joseph Walker (55)

Joseph Walker was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Source:White, 1902

Source:White, 1913

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Notebook:Joseph Walker (55)

Document:War Record of Joseph Walker

List of Records for Joseph Walker in Chalkley's Chronicles

Family Relations

Overview

From Source:White, 1913

Joseph Walker b. near Londonderry, Ireland, July 15, 1722; came with his parents to America when a small child, lived first in Pennsylvania, then in Virginia; m. (1) Mar. 10, 1749, Nancy McClung; she d. in Kentucky May, 1789. He m. (2) Feb. 22, 1791, Griselda McCrosky. He d. July, 1806. He had served in the 9th Virginia Regiment, ^[3] and ever been a devoted member of the church.

From: Source:White, 1902

Joseph Walker...the youngest son of John and Katherine Rutherford Walker; b. July 15, 1722, near Londonderry, Ireland, where his family had come from Scotland ^[4]He was a Revolutionary soldier; enlisted Feb. 2, 1776. He was a very devout church member; m. Nancy McClung March 10, 1749. She d. in Kentucky in May, 1789, aged 60 years. He then m. Grizelda McCrosky Feb. 22, 1791, Rev. John Brown of the New Providence Church officiating. ^[5] He d. 1806.

Rev. William McPheeters, in a record of his family, writes thus of

Joseph Walker, one of the brothers of my grandmother Jane, and my mother's uncle, was born July 15, 1733, and lived to a great age. The last years of his life were spent in Ken- tucky, where I saw him several times, and visited him once or twice in his own home. When I last visited that state, in the year 1805, this aged and venerable man was, I think, still living. He was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church, a sensible and influential man, pious and much gifted in prayer. From him chiefly has been obtained the data for my records relating to my grandfather's family (James Moore) ; also respecting the Scotch ancestry of my grandmother, Jane Walker. I know nothing of his children except that his daughter Sarah married John Paxton. Their son, Rev. John D. Paxton, was pastor of a church in Norfolk, Va., and now resides in Kentucky. Since writing the above particulars concerning Joseph Walker, I have found an old letter, addressed to me, while living in Augusta, written by Rev. John P. Campbell of Kentucky and dated August 1, 1806. In this letter he notices the death of Joseph Walker, and furnishes the following particulars:

Our venerable uncle, Joseph Walker, died about two weeks ago. The company around him had sung, at his request, the 38th Hymn, 3nd Book, Dr. Watt's, as follows:

Stoop down, my thoughts, that used to rise,

Converse awhile with death;

Think how a gasping mortal lies

And pants away his breath.

When they had sung the whole hymn through, he asked them to sing the last verse over again. They did so, and he joined with them.

Jesus, to thy dear faithful hand,

My naked soul I trust ;

And my flesh waits for thy command,

To drop into my dust.

Then saying, 'It is enough,' he turned upon his side, and in a short time expired. Thus died that good man. 'Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.' Probably born in Ireland, near Londonderry. He was born in 1773, and died about the middle of July, making him 84 years old.

The 11 children of Joseph and Nancy Walker were:

3533. Sarah Walker; b. Jan. 20, 1750. In June 1773, she m. John Paxton, a nephew of John Paxton, grandfather of General Sam Houston +.

3534. William Walker; d. young.

3535. John Walker ; d. young.

3536. Mary Campbell Walker ; b. Nov. 18, 1754 ; d. March, 1811 ; m. Charles John Hays. He was a Colonial soldier, probably a son of John Hays of Augusta +.

3537. Jane Walker; m. William Walker. For children, see No.

1942. He was a son of Alexander and Jane Hammer.

3538. Elizabeth Walker; b. Sept. 7, 1757; d. 1787.

3539. Joseph Walker; b. Jan. 10, 1761. He m. Mary Hays, a sister of Dr. Hays, who m. Ophelia Polk +.

3540. Susan Walker; b. Aug. 30, 1763; m. James McCrosky May, 1789. 10 children +.

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Footnotes

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 White, Emma Siggins. Genealogy of the descendants of John Walker of Wigton, Scotland: with records of a few allied families, also war records and some fragmentary notes pertaining to the history of Virginia, 1600-1902. (Kansas City, Missouri: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1902)
   p. 492.
2. ↑ White, Almira Larkin. Ancestry of John Barber White and his descendants. (Kansas City, Mo.: J.B. White, 1913, 1913)
   p 293.
3. ↑ See Document:War Record of Joseph Walker for possible confusion.
4. ↑ . This conflicts with White's overall discussion that places Joseph's family in Newry, County Down, and has them leaving for America from Strangford Bay. Both locations are well to the south of Londonderry. It seems unlikely that his family would have departed from Strangford Bay if they lived in Londonderry, and conversely, that if they lived in Newry that they would have departed from Londonderry.
5. ↑ . According to this, Nancy died in Kentucky. The McPheeters quote given by White confirms that Joseph continued to live in Kentucky, dying there in 1806. However, The Reverend John Brown was the minister at the New Providence Church in Rockbridge County, VA. If you take this at face value, you might assume that Joseph returned to Virginia long enough to remarry, and then returned to Kentucky. An alternative view would be that the Joseph who married Grizelda in Virginia was a different Joseph.