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- From: Lin
Subject: WALKER: Alexander c1766-c1811 of Locust Hill
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2002 14:10:11 +0000
In-Reply-To:
Hello, Roberta and any others out there interested in these WALKERs of
Caswell Co NC!
I too would love to determine who the father of this Alexander WALKER was,
and also who his mother was, and what the maiden surname of his wife was.
The second Alexander WALKER whom you mention is Alexander J. WALKER,
a grandson of the first Alexander WALKER whom you mention. Alex J. WALKER
was born in about 1815 in Caswell Co NC and was still alive in the 1880 US
Census in Locust Hill, Caswell Co NC; I don't know when or where he died; do any of
you know? He married Mary Ann DILL under a Caswell Co NC Marriage Bond
dated 26 December 1832. Who were her parents? The father of Alex J. WALKER
was John WALKER (c1794-1860s), who was the eldest son of the first
Alexander WALKER. The mother of Alex J. WALKER was Elizabeth BEAVER,
a daughter of the Revolutionary War soldier and pensioner Jeremiah BEAVER.
There were at least two Lewis PIKEs that I know of. One of them was involved
in deeds with these WALKERs for land which lay on the boundary line between
Caswell Co NC and Rockingham Co NC. In about 1802, a James WALKER filed suit
in the Superior Court of Caswell Co NC to eject Lewis PIKE from some land.
Before
this lawsuit could come to trial in 1802, the name of the plaintiff changed
to "Richard
SMITH on demise of James WALKER". Does this mean that James WALKER
DIED after filing suit but before this court record in which the plaintiff
was now
named as Richard Smith "ON DEMISE OF" James WALKER? In other words,
in law, is there any other meaning for the phrase "demise of" besides
"death of"?
I can find no other meaning in quite a few dictionaries. The court ruled in
favour of the defendant, Lewis PIKE, in the ejectment suit. However, in the
same session of the same court, Alexander WALKER sued Lewis PIKE for
slander, and won.
If "demise of" in this court record does mean "death of", then this is
proof that
the James WALKER who resided at Lennox Castle in the extreme eastern part
of Rockingham Co NC, who also had a son named Alexander WALKER of
very similar age to ours, cannot be the same James WALKER, because the
Lennox Castle one was alive in 1803 to write his last will, and this one in
the WALKER v PIKE lawsuit was dead by 1802. There is an incredible
similarity of forenames between that Lennox Castle family of WALKERs
and our WALKERs of Moon's Creek, western Caswell Co NC.
But so far I haven't been able to find a link.
One James WALKER in 1801 GAVE some land to a David WALKER, and
at the same time he SOLD some land to Alexander WALKER; neither of
these deeds states the relationship between grantor and grantee.
What ever became of William WALKER (born ca 1800), the third son of
Alexander and Mary WALKER of Moon's Creek / Locust Hill, Caswell
Co NC?
I have what I think might be a complete list of the grandchildren of the
Alexander WALKER who died in December 1810 or January 1811. You
mentioned in another email that you have all his children and grandchildren,
too. Shall we compare our lists and see if they are the same?
I'm pleased to have a fellow researcher to work with on these WALKERs.
Thanks for writing, Roberta. If any of the rest of you are searching for
these WALKERs, please feel free to jump into this conversation at any
time -- we need all the help we can get!
Lin
At 15:30 04/01/2002 -0700, butlerfrw@email.msn.com wrote:
>This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
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>http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RSB.2ACE/49.1159
>
>Message Board Post:
>you are the first person i have even remotely ccame into contact with
>about this set of walkers. i wrote a book on walkers of caswell co. nc. i
>started with alexander, this one????????i am familiar with lewis pike, and
>this james walker who might have been alex brother, uncle or father. i am
>desperately trying to go back further with this alexander. there is
>another alexander who married mary ann dill about 40 years after my ales
>died in l8ll. i feel there is connection. please email me. roberta walker
>butler
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