George Walton (abt. 1680 - aft. 1764)

Born about 1680 in St. Andrews Parish, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Rowe) Walton — married 1705 in King William County, Virginia

Descendants

Died after 7 Jul 1764 after about age 84 in St Andrews Parish, Brunswick County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

George Walton, son of George and Catherine Walton, was christened 18 March 1682/83, St. Andrews parish...

• Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England.^[1][2]
• Brunswick County, Virginia^[3]

He married Elizabeth S. (Rowe) Walton in 1704, King William, Brunswick, Virginia.^[4]

Public Records at Richmond, Virginia

George Walton was one of the gentlemen named in the Commission of the Peace as "Kings Justice Gentlemen," and he qualified as such at the first Court held in Brunswick Co VA, 11 May 1732.

At a court held the 7th of November 1734, he had the oath of High Sheriff administered to him. At a court held June 5th, 1746, he had the oath of Judge of the County Court in Chancery administered to him and took his seat upon the bench. At a court held August, 1748, he qualified as Captain of Infantry.

In Book II, pages 511 and 512, land grants in Brunswick county, Virginia, I find three grants made in the year 1726 to George Walton, for 365 acres. 318 acres and 190 acres. In Bishop Meade's Churches, page 487, I find the names of Thomas Lanier and George Walton, Vestrymen in Cumberland Parish, Lunenburg County (cut off from Brunswick County in 1745). This clearly identifies George Walton, the father of Catherine Walton, who married Nathan Harris.^[5]

Timeline

• Christening: 18 Mar 1684 St. Andrews parish, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England^[2]
• Emigration: bet 1726 and 1732 from King William County, Virginia to Prince George, which became Brunswick County^{[citation needed]}
• Military: Aug 1748, Brunswick County, Va. (Captain of Infantry in Virginia Colonial Militia)^{[citation needed]}
• Property: 1726 Land Grants, Brunswick County, Va.^[6]
• Event:
  • Kings Justice Gentlemen Elected 11 May 1732, Brunswick County , Va.
  • High Sheriffs Elected 7 Nov 1734, Brunswick county , Va.
  • Judge of Chancery Elected 5 Jun 1746, Brunswick County, Va.
• Died: before January 26, 1767 in St Andrews Parish, Brunswick, VA.^[7] (or died on that date^[8])
• Probate: 26 Jan 1767, Brunswick County, Virginia^{[citation needed]}

Family

George James Walton married Elizabeth Rowe in King William County, Virginia in 1705.^[2] Elizabeth Scott Rowe was born 15 February 1685 in Middlesex County, Virginia.^[9]

Their children: John Walton, Mary Ledbetter, Catherine Harris, and Isaac Rowe Walton.^[10]

In 1737 George Walton gave land to his daughters Catherine and her husband Nathan Harris, Mary and her husband Richard Ledbetter II, Brunswick county order Book 2, p. 50

In 1763 (23 May) Adam Sims, Jr. was granted 400 acres of land lying in the County of Brunswick and bounded as follows Beginning at a hickory on Walton’s line.^[11]

Death

Capt. George Walton died in 1767^[12] or on 31 October 1766 in St. Andrews Parish, Brunswick County, Virginia.^[13] His will was dated July 7, 1764 and probated January 26, 1767.

Burial

The Walton Family Graveyard is presently located just off Route 670 (Western Mill Rd.)about 1/4 mile from the intersection with Route 611(Dry Bread Rd.)in Brunswick Co.Va.The cemetery sits adjacent the George Walton house site, once a grand brick mansion, the graves located just beyond the homes back entrance. I have an original brick piece from the house (Dennis Stewart 16676). Coming from Poplar Mount Cross Roads the cemetery is on the right and off the road, maybe 200 yards or less. ^{[14] [15] [16]}

Will

George Walton’s will, probated in Brunswick County, Virginia on 26 Jan 1767, mentioned his wife Elizabeth and children John Walton, Mary Ledbetter, Catherine Harris, and Isaac Rowe Walton.^[17]

GEORGE WALTON, Gent.^[18]
Brunswick County, Virginia.
Dated July 7, 1764.
Probated January 26, 1767.
Will Book 3 1751 - 1769, pages 462 - 463.

IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN:
I, GEORGE WALTON, of Brunswick County, in Virginia, knowing the uncertainty of human life and being now in perfect mind and memory do make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament in manner and form following:
IMPRIMIS: - I give and bequeath unto my son John Walton and his heirs or assigns forever, all that upper part of the Tract of land whereon I now live, that belongs to me; that lies on both sides of Quarrel Swamp, above that line made in presence of Burrel Cato, George Walton, Jun'r, and Thomas Walton, Beginning at a red oak tree just by Ledbetter's old path, afore & aff tree of my outside line, and so along a line of marked trees to a small red oak on the swamp side, and up the various courses of the said swamp, to the mouth of While Oak Swamp, and so up the various courses of said White Oak Swamp to Richard Ledbetter's line. Also one Negro man named Cuff, and one Negro woman named Mary, and all the children of the said Negro Mary; to him, his heirs or assigns forever.
ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Ledbetter, One Hundred Pounds cash, to be paid to her after the death of my loving wife, Elizabeth Walton, by my Executor.
ITEM: I give and bequeath unto Adam Simms, Jun'r, One Shilling Sterling, to be paid by my Executor.
ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Catherine Harris, one Negro named Isaac, to her and her heirs or assigns forever.
ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my son Isaac Row Walton, two Negro men; one named Matt, and the other named James; and after the Death of my loving wife Elizabeth Walton, the residue of my lands not heretofore given, to him and his heirs or assigns forever.
ITEM: I lend unto my loving wife Elizabeth Walton, the residue of my estate not heretofore given; and I give and bequeath unto her the profits of the same to her to dispose of as she shall think fit, during her life, and after her death it is my desire that all my lent estate, be it of what kind or quality soever, be sold and equatable divided between my two sons, John and Isaac Row Walton; and I appoint my two sons aforesaid my Executors of this my last Will and Testament; revoking all other wills heretofore made or intended to be made by me; and it is my desire that my Executors give no security, nor no part of my estate be appraised, but disposed of as I have ordered.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF: I have set my hand and affixed my Seal, this 7th Day of July, 1764.

(Signed) George Walton L.S.

SIGNED & SEALED
In Presence of: William Ledbetter, Henry Britt, William Gwaltney.
AT A COURT Held for Brunswick County, Virginia, This 26th Day of January, 1767. THIS Will was presented in Court by John Walton, and Isaac Row Walton, Executors therein named, and was proved by the oaths of William Ledbetter, and William Gwaltney, two of the witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded, and the motion of the said Executors who made oath thereto. Certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate thereof in due form; the Will directing that no security to be taken of the Executors therein named.
Exam'd. Teste. N. Edwards, Jr., C.B.C.
Legatees of George Walton, Gent.
Wife, Elizabeth Order of children as indicated in this will, viz:
Children: 1. John Walton, 2. Mary Ledbetter, 3. Elizabeth Simms, 4. Catherine Harris, 5. Isaac Row Walton
Son in law: Adam Simms, Jr. (husband of Elizabeth Walton, deceased. R.W.B.)
Executors: Sons, John, and Isaac Row Walton.^[19] LAND According to the book, "Royal Land Patents and Commonwealth Land Grants of Brunswick County, Virginia", by Sasser, George Walton, Sr. owned at least 4,562 acres in Brunswick Co. VA. on Meherrin River, Rattle Snake Creek, and Quarrel Swamp, acquired between 1726 and 1761(Dennis Stewart 16676).

Research Notes

Disputed children: This George Walton and his wife Elizabeth Rowe had four known children, as named in his will: John Walton, Mary Ledbetter, Catherine Harris, and Isaac Rowe Walton. In his itemized will, between Mary and Catherine, George Walton leaves to Adam Simms, Jr. one shilling sterling. This is the husband of their deceased daughter Elizabeth, according to a note by R.W.B. They are not known to have had a daughter named Martha. However, Elizabeth (Rowe) Walton's will names Simms grandchildren, which could be explained by either George not naming his grandchildren in his will or he did not name another daughter who married a Simms, neither likely. It appears that George Sims married Martha (1710-1772) - daughter, maybe of another George Walton (maybe Walton-3804). Their son Adam Sims married Elizabeth Walton, daughter of this George Walton & his wife Elizabeth.^[20]

Detached profiles:

• Martha Walton-2410
• Martha (Walton-71) Sims

Brunswick History

The first English settlers in Brunswick county swarmed into the lands near Fort Christanna during its 4 years of operation (1714–1718). Brunswick County was established in 1720 from Prince George County. In 1732 the county received more land from parts of Surry and Isle of Wight counties. The county is named for the former Duchy of Brunswick-Lunenburg in Germany, because one of the titles also carried by Britain's Hanoverian kings was Duke of Brunswick-Lunenburg. Brunswick County is bisected by Interstate 85, U.S. 1 and U.S. Highway 58, and is mostly rural with an economy based on lumber, tobacco, and other farm crops. Cotton is grown in the far south. The county contains the small Saint Paul's College, Virginia, as well as a campus of Southside Virginia Community College. Fort Pickett Army National Guard base is partly in the County.^[21]

Isaac Rowe Walton SR was Burgess for Brunswick in 1761-1765 as well as being listed in the book "Virginia's Colonial Soldiers”: By, Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck. On page 9 for Brunswick County, Virginia, conflict dates of: 23 Mar 1756 & 22 May 1759 & 25 Jun 1759; in each he is listed as Captain. However, there are listings for a Lieutenant Isaac Rowe Walton, 06 Apr 1749 & 28 Aug 1753; so I am assuming that he was promoted sometime between 1753 & 1756 from Lieutenant to Captain. (I do not know my military ranking very well.) Also listed are his father, Captain George James Walton 04 Sep 1746 and his involvement in a conflict as well. The name of Rowe which was Elizabeth Scott ROWE WALTON 1685 – 1775, his mother's maiden name, is often spelled simply "Row".

Emma Leah Chitty Walton^[22]

To be attended to

Merged profile (Walton-2411)

another merged profile? George was born in 1680. George Walton ... He passed away in 1769. ^[23]

born: 26 Jan 1767 - certain

George Walton Sr. ^{[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]}

Born 1680, Brunswick, Virginia, United States. ^[32][33]

Died 26 Jan 1767, St Andrews Parish, Brunswick, Virginia, USA. ^[34][35][36]

Residence Wythe County, Virginia;^[37] Virginia^[38]

Military Service: Virginia^[39]

Event: Arrival in Virginia in 1719^[40]

Buried: Brunswick County, Virginia, United States of America. ^[41]

File: DNA Match (Format: jpg)

Sources

1. ↑ no source; England per Tobler
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Rootsweb post by Paul Tobler, “Harris of VA,” 18 Dec 2001. (No sources given.)
   • Note: It seems that this was nearly the same URL that archive.org's Wayback Machine captured in 2016 (click here) and updated elsewhere on this page in 2018. However, a search today finds that it is no longer available (having been removed by Ancestry) and the only Wayback Machine capture found was from 2018, showing Ancestry's explanation about what happened to Rootsweb in 2017/2018: here (accessed 8 June 2023).

   The difference? The URL with ".ancestry" between rootsweb and .com found the 2016 content. The URL without it found nothing earlier than the capture of Ancestry's explanation.

3. ↑ same date but different location from Walton-976 created by Remmel Family Tree.ged (no sources uploaded)
4. ↑ from Walton-2586 (April 13, 2015), created by Michael Finn through the import of Finn_s of Hamilton County Ohio.ged on Jan 5, 2015, citing Ancestry Family Trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members).
5. ↑ Ancestry link
6. ↑ see above
7. ↑ from Walton-976
8. ↑ according to info from a gedcom import, citing Ancestry records that included FindAGrave, U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, and Christ Church Parish, Virginia Records, 1653-1812 (Ancestry Online Publications)
9. ↑ Ancestry link
10. ↑ George's 1767 will
11. ↑ Book 35 pg. 130—Virginia Land Office, Richmond. Land Grant in Brunswick County, Va.: Adam Sims, Jr., 400 acres in 1762. From "Adam Symes and His Descenants," page 106 of 238 in this pdf (accessed 13 April 2021).
12. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #152749912 shows his death as 1767.
13. ↑ Rootsweb post by Paul Tobler, “Harris of VA,” 18 Dec 2001. (No sources given.) Rootsweb page no longer online; see archive.org copy (accessed 7 July 2018). Tobler's entry for George (no "James") includes his birth 18 March 1682/83 in England, marriage to Elizabeth Rowe 1705 in King William County, Virginia, and death 31 October 1766 in St. Andrews Parish, Brunswick County, Virginia.
14. ↑ Source, book, "The Walltons of Brunswick County, Virginia Descendants of George and Elizabeth(Rowe)Walton", by Tinney, Waco, TX., a great book.site
15. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #152749912 (likely the Walton Family Cemetery in Brunswick County, Virginia).
16. ↑ Walton Cemetery photographs of grave markers
17. ↑ Roy C. Ledbetter, William R. Ledbetter, Justus R. Moll, and James D. Tillman, Jr. "Ledbetters from Virginia," Wilkinson Printing Co, Dallas, TX, 1964, p 45.), [1]
18. ↑ Identity: Ancestry unknown Will
19. ↑ Heathcock Genealogy and Ancestry tree
20. ↑ "Adam Symes and His Descenants," pp 77-78 of 238 in this pdf (accessed 13 April 2021).
21. ↑ Ancestry link
22. ↑ Ancestry link
23. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Jewell Parker, Friday, September 19, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
24. ↑ Source: #S1166902482
25. ↑ Source: #S1167207522
26. ↑ Source: #S1167230526
27. ↑ Source: #S1166983729 Place: Virginia; Year: 1719; Page Number: 220
28. ↑ Source: #S1167207926
29. ↑ Source: #S1167183527
30. ↑ Source: #S1167206616 Volume: 294
31. ↑ Source: #S1167070243 Source number: 271.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: HAM
32. ↑ Source: #S1166902482
33. ↑ Source: #S1167070243 Source number: 271.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: HAM
34. ↑ Source: #S1166902482
35. ↑ Source: #S1167207522
36. ↑ Source: #S1167206616 Volume: 294
37. ↑ Source: #S1167207926
38. ↑ Source: #S1167207522
39. ↑ Source: #S1167207926
40. ↑ Source: #S1166983729 Place: Virginia; Year: 1719; Page Number: 220
41. ↑ Source: #S1166902482

• Tinney, Joe Clifford. The Wallton's of Brunswick County Virginia: Descendants of George and Elizabeth Walton (1983). See WorldCat, Google Books.
• Book - Ledbetters from Virginia Author: Roy C. Ledbetter, William R. Ledbetter, Justus R. Moll and James D. Tillman, Jr.
• Biography of George Walton (c1690-1764), "In Grateful Remembrance - Biographies of Our Ancestors" (The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Alabama: 2008), submitted by descendant Mrs. James Wallace Tidmore, Jr. (Anne Branch Henry), page 234 of 261, accessed 19 March 2021.
• Rootsweb tree
• Rootsweb tree
• Heathcock Genealogy
• Marriage - Paul & Dorothy Tobler, “Harris of VA,” Rootsweb post (2016 Wayback Machine capture), 18 Dec 2001, 17 Oct 2011.
• Find a Grave memorial #152749912 created 2015.

• Source: S1166902475 Repository: #R1151000561 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=18269855&pid=1315
• Repository: R1151000561 Ancestry.com
• Source: S1166902482 Repository: #R1151000561 U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Source: S1166983729 Repository: #R1151000561 U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc
• Source: S1167070243 Repository: #R1151000561 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
• Source: S1167183527 Repository: #R1151000561 England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Source: S1167206616 Repository: #R1151000561 U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Source: S1167207522 Repository: #R1151000561 Christ Church Parish, Virginia Records, 1653-1812 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
• Source: S1167207926 Repository: #R1151000561 U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 Historical Data Systems, comp Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
• Source: S1167230526 Repository: #R1151000561 Caribbean, Select Births and Baptisms, 1590-1928 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc

Acknowledgments

• The WikiTree profile Walton-976 was created through the import of Remmel Family Tree.ged on Aug 20, 2012 by Pam Remmel.
• The WikiTree profile Walkton-1033 was created by Kay Carter. The profile was originally for the George Walton who married Sarah Roper, who is a different George Walton than Captain Walton, husband of Elizabeth Rowe. The profile had only George's name, wife Sarah Roper, and 1734 death date (no location), with the source citation Deeds, Wills, Inventories - Book 1 restored by Virginia State DAR). George (d 1734) married Sarah on "February ye — , 1710-11" parish register of Saint Peter's, New Kent county, Virginia from 1680 to 1787.
• The WikiTree profile Walton-1527 was created by Scott Ledbetter through the import of 3112910.ged on Jun 7, 2013. Birth: England, about 1682; Death: after October 31, 1766 in Brunswick, Virginia.
• Walton-2252 was created by Diane Kuykendall through the import of Kuykendall Family Tree 10 June 2014.ged on Jun 10, 2014.