Rutherfordiana/Source Material Extracts/Margaret Walker

Margaret Walker, the daughter of James Alexander Walker, apparently corresponded with White. White, 1902:282 states "Margaret, who lives on the old home at Jump P.O., Rockbridge County, Va. gives some interesting incedents connectived with the family history. She says:...." That phasing implies that White had correspondance with Margaret.


 * Squire Joseph Walker, grandson of Alexander (called Sandy), was a fine marksman; always used on those old guns made by the John Walkers....There is an old fort about one-half mile from our home that our Walker ancestors helpfed to build about the year 1734, and I think that James, son of John and Katherine, lived there.  He lies buried on teh hill near this fort which is now owned by Mr. Stuart.  It has been in the Stuart family for years.


 * I have an old Bible that belong to my grandfather, John Walker. Mother thinks it is the one that Alecxander, who married Jane Hammer, used, and left here when he went to Highbridge to live.  It has recoded in it the death of Alexander, also some other dates.  The grave of John Walker is not marked;  that of his wife, Margaret, who is buried by his side, is marked by a limestone rock placed there by my father.


 * John and Katherine emigrated to America in 1726 or 1728; my father and grandfather always said it was 1726, other settlers thought it was 1728.  John, in company with other emigrants, visited the Valley of Virginia where a Mr. Hays had settled a few years before, all this section of country at that time being a forest.  ....