Virginia Family Group Sheet for William Walton Family *********************************************** Copyright © by the submitter All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Kerma (Neal) Breedlove Email address: kermaja@centurytel.net Husband: William WALTON Birthdate: about 1742 Birthplace: Orange or Prince Edward County, Virginia Death Date: April 7, 1826 Place of Death: Bridgeton, St. Louis, Missouri Burial Place: Fee Fee Baptist Cemetery, Bridgeton, St. Louis, Missouri Father: John Walton born about 1715 in Virginia Mother: Ann Marriage Date: about 1770 Marriage Place: Wife: Mary Birthdate: 1750 Birthplace: Bedford County, Virginia Death Date: November 21, 1838 Place of Death: Bridgeton, St. Louis, Missouri Father: Mother: Children Child No. 1 Meshack Walton Sex: M Birthdate: 1771 Birth Place: Virginia Death Date: March 1816 Place of Death: St. Louis, Missouri Marriage Date: Marriage Place: Spouse’s Name: Elizabeth (after death of Meshack married John Brown) Child No. 2 John Taylor Walton Sex: M Birthdate: 1773 Birth Place: Virginia Death Date: 1848 Place of Death: St. Louis, Missouri Marriage Date: Marriage Place: Spouse’s Name: Sylvia Child No. 3 William Russell Walton Sex: M Birthdate: 1775 Birth Place: Virginia Death Date: 1809 Place of Death: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: Spouse’s Name: Nancy Griffith Child No. 4 George Walton Sex: M Birthdate: 1777 Birth Place: Virginia Death Date: after March 24, 1843 Place of Death: Cole County, Missouri Marriage Date: Marriage Place: Spouse’s Name: Elizabeth Clary Child No. 5 Jacob Walton Sex: M Birthdate: 1779 Birth Place: Virginia Death Date: 1848 Place of Death: Barry County, Missouri Marriage Date: 1805 Marriage Place: North Carolina Spouse’s Name: Jane Goode Child No. 6 Nancy Walton Sex: F Birthdate: 1781 Birth Place: Rutherford County, North Carolina Death Date: August 2, 1851 Place of Death: St. Louis, Missouri Marriage Date: March 20, 1802 Marriage Place: Rutherford County, North Carolina Spouse’s Name: William Hawkins Child No. 7 Elizabeth Walton Sex: F Birthdate: 1782 Birth Place: Rutherford County, North Carolina Death Date: before December 3, 1823 Place of Death: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: Spouse’s Name: Edward Lunsford Child No. 8 Henry Walton Sex: M Birthdate: October 18, 1784 Birth Place: Franklin County, Virginia Death Date: before April 25, 1850 Place of Death: St. Louis, Missouri Marriage Date: 1807 Marriage Place: North Carolina Spouse’s Name: Rebecca Forsythe Child No. 9 James B. Walton Sex: M Birthdate: December 27, 1787 Birth Place: Augusta County, Virginia Death Date: June 16, 1851 Place of Death: St. Louis, Missouri Marriage Date: March 12, 1808 Marriage Place: St. Louis, Missouri Spouse’s Name: Isabella Musick Child No. 10 Joseph Walton Sex: M Birthdate: 1783 Birth Place: North Carolina Death Date: after 1860 Place of Death: Texas County, Missouri Marriage Date: Marriage Place: Spouse’s Name: Drusilla Musick Child No. 11 Rebecca Walton Sex: F Birthdate: 1789 Birth Place: Franklin County, Virginia Death Date: before 1817 Place of Death: Marriage Date: about 1804 Marriage Place: Franklin County, Virginia Spouse’s Name: Absalom Chapman Documentation: As appeared in the Missouri Republican Newspaper April 27th 1826: DIED - In this county, on the 7th instant, in the 84th year of his age, Mr WILLIAM WALTON. Mr Walton was one of the remaining few of those who fought the battles of the Revolution. For several years previous to his death, he had been an inhabitant of this county. Will of Mary Walton (Wife of William Walton) In the name of God AMen; I Mary Walton of the County of St Louis and the State of Missouri being old and well stricken in years, and knowing that it is appointed once for all men to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament. (First) I give my soul to God who gave it; and my body I resign to the grave; (Secondly) I give to John Walton and Nancy Hawkins over and above the rest of my children (to wit) To John Walton Two Hundred Dollars; and to Nancy Hawkins, Eighty Dollars; (Thirdly) I give to William Walton son of Weshack Walton, Two cows one with young calf and two year old cattle; (Fourthly) It is my will and desire that the remaining part of my estate after all my just debts are paid should be equally divided between my children: John Walton George Walton Jacob Walton Nancy Hawkins James Walton Joseph Walton Three Hundred Dollars to be deducted out of Joseph Walton's part for A note I held against him, having give him said note. (Fifthly) I reserve Ten Dollars of my estate and do and do give it to my son Henry Walton; as I believe he has had his equal share therefore; In testimony I have hereunto set my hand and fixed my seal this 20th day of June in the year of our lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Eight. Her Mark & Seal Mary Walton Signed, sealed and acknowledged - in junison C G Link Malin da Link Campbell E Link Will of William Walton provided by Ray Shoemaker descendent of. In the name of God, Amen, I William Walton of the County of St Louis and State of Missouri being in perfect mind and memory do make and ordain and constitute this my last will and testament (hereby revolking all others that may have been heretofore, made by me). First: Insign my Soul into the hands of Almighty God and my body to the earth, and my worldly estate I dispose on in the manner following. Secondly: After the payment of my just debts, my Wife Mary Walton is to have such portion of the reside of my estate as the I one - would have given her had I died intestate, to enjoy the same for and during her natural life. Thirdly: I hereby devise and bequeath the residue of my Estate after payment of debts and deducting the dower as aforesaid, unto the following persons in eight equal portions as follows to wit: One eight there of unto Nancy Walton, Widow of my son William, and to her three children, to go to said Nancy and her three children in Equal Parts; and one eight thereof unto each of my children now surviving to wit, John Walton, George Walton, Jacob Walton, Henry Walton, James Walton, Joseph Walton and Nancy Hawkins. Forthly: Thereby give and bequeath to William, John T Polly, Rhoda, beign Children of my deceased Son Meshack Walton, the sum of four hundred dollars to be divided equally between them, it being in full of said Son's portion. Fifthly: I hereby give and bequeath into Narcepa. Polly M., J Malinda, C Chitesen of my deceased daughter Elizabeth Lukeford the sum of three hundred dollars to be divided equally between them. Sixthly: I also give and beq ueath until Marcipa, George W Thomas and James, the children of my deceased daughter Rebecca Chapman the sum of ten dollars to be divided equally among them (my said deceased children mentioned in the forth-fifth and sixth articles above having received in their lifetime either the whole or a portion of their equal part of my estate). Seventhly: On the decease of my said wife Mary, I hereby devise said third article. Eightly: It is my will that my Executros herein after named in settle with the legatees mentioned in the third article above, shall charge against any of said legatees and devises as a part of their portion already received, any account that I may have in writing against such persons, whether it be for money loaned or property given or for any other thing; or in the case of the widow of the children of my deceased Son mentioned in said third article, any account which I may have in writing against my son William. Ninthly: Also it is my will that any account which I may have in writing against any of my deceased children's children mentioned in the fourth, fifth, and sixth articles above shall be deducted from the portion that such Grandchild would otherwise have received under the will as his part; and shall also be deducted from the amount herein before enjoined in the same articles to be paid over to the children of the father or mother of such grandchildren. Lastly: I hereby appoint my sons Jacob Walton, Henry Walton and James Walton, executors of this my last Will and Testament; making them trustees to the purposes of "this". Hereby devising and bequeathing to them all my estate, for the uses here in mentioned and vesting in them the title to all my lands and personal property. And give conveyances therefore the proceeds thereof to be held to the uses of this will as declared above. And I hereby give full authority and power to my said Executors, as far as regards the above mentioned devisees and legatees to act in a discontionary manner and exonerate them from all recourse that such legatees and devisees might otherwise have had against them. Signed Sealed and Published and delivered by the testator as his last will and testament in our personace who have hereunto subscribed our names a Witness in his presence and in the presence of each other a ad at his request the words this will before Execution December the 3, 1823. William Walton Seal Attest: Alexander Clark - John Brown Jr - Thomas Clark State of Missouri, County of St Louis. Be it remembered that on this 12th day of April 1826 before me Mony Philip, xxx Judge of the Probate Court within and for the County of aforesaid personally appeared Thomas Clark one of the subscribing Witness to the forgoing instrument of writing duly proven to be the same person by Joseph Walton and William Hawkins and the said Thomas Clark being by one duly sworn upon his oath declareth and saith that the above and written named William Walton signed and published the or this instrument in writing as his last will and testament and that at the time he signed and sealed the said instrument he the said testor was of sound and disposing mind and that he this said deponent and the above named Alexander Clark and John Brown subscribed their names thereto in presence of the said testor and in the presence of each other as witness to the same at the request of the said testor - Thomas Clark - sworn and subscribed before one the day and year above written. M P Ledue I. Prob: recorded Booklet A Page 149 (hard to read could be 249) And following this 12th day of April 1826 of which I certify M P Ladue I. Prob. - Note the words "this will" 11th line from bottom per 506 to line xx the original - Recorded 24th August 1827 Arch Tamble Recorder