ORANGE COUNTY, NC - FAMILY RECORDS - Walker Family
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HISTORY AND FAMILY LORE OF OUR WALKER FAMILY
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HILLSBOROUGH, LITTLE RIVER, ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA:
In June 1965, Hugh Conway Browning, held a long conversation with Mr. George
Walker, born 1888, a son of Thomas Walker, grandson of Phillip Walker, great
grandson of Robert Walker, and great-great grandson of William Walker Sr.
Mr. George Walker related that as a youngster his grandfather had told him a
great number of items relating to his family history. Among them being that
William Walker Sr, the first of his family in this area, came to
Hillsborough, Little River, Orange County, North Carolina around 1767, from
Canada. William returned to Canada taking with him all members of his family
except his son, Robert, who on April 18, 1791, married Eleanor Latta, a
daughter of John Latta, Sr. The residence of Mr. George Walker is located in
the Schley-Caldwell area of Orange County, north of the present day road
which runs by New Sharon Church and continues to the intersection of this
road and the Guess Road at Hopkins Cross Roads. This was the home place of
his great grand father, Robert Walker. The house was built for Robert by a
man named Hanks about the time that Phillip Walker, (his grandfather) was
four years of age, which indicates that the house was built about 1814.
Land Transaction Records
1. In a deed dated November 15, 1784, Barney Grimes and Mary his wife,
conveyed to William Walker 100 acres of land located on the south branch of
Little River, it being part of a 360 acre tract of land granted to Thomas
Perkins by John, Earl of Granville, December 6, 1761.
2. In a deed dated July 3, 1787, Thomas Riggs conveyed to William Walker 100
acres of land located on the waters of Little River.
3. In a deed dated April 7, 1788, Alexander Hunter and Susannah his wife,
conveyed to William Walker 200 acres located on the south side of the North
Fork of Little River.
4. In a deed dated December 30, 1789, James Riggs conveyed to William Walker
100 acres of land located on the waters of Little River.
5. In a deed dated December 14, 1791, John Mitchell and Elizabeth his wife,
conveyed to William Walker 213 acres of land located on the waters of Eno
River.
6. In a deed dated August 30, 1793, William Walker conveyed this tract of
land to Levi Whitehead (Whitted?).
7. In a deed dated November 28, 1793, William Walker conveyed this tract of
land to William Dunnegan.
8. In a deed dated April 22, 1794, William Walker conveyed this tract of
land to Robert Walker.
9. In a deed dated April 22, 1794, William Walker conveyed this tract of
land to Robert Walker.
10. In a deed dated February 17, 1794, William Walker conveyed this tract of
land to William Roark.
The aforementioned land transactions indicates that William Walker Sr's
earliest known land purchases in Orange County were in November 1784. Also,
that he purchased other tracts of land in the years that followed. This
indicates the probability that William came into Orange County about 1767,
his eldest son, Robert, was born in 1767 in North Carolina, and that William
disposed of his real estate holdings not later the April 1794. It is also
noted that the two April 1794 land transactions were to his eldest son
Robert. This was about the time William left Orange County, North Carolina
for his return to Canada.