Capt. William Walton

Born in Bertie Co. N. C. William Walton fought in the Rev. for that state. He settled in the Cumberland country in 1784 and came to Smith Co in 1786. William Walton served in the legislatures of N. C. and Tenn. and as a Smith Co. magis­trate.

Land for Carthage and Geneva Academy Smith County’s first school were given by him from his 3 806 acre land grant. He cleared farm land operated a ferry and in 1801 opened the Walton Road from Carthage to Kingston,

[Hensley Cemetery] is located near where his old homestead once stood. Said to be one of the first cemeteries opened in Smith Co. it contains the graves of a number of his family and descendants, old pioneer associates and other early day citizens of Carthage and vicinity. In 1978 the Caney Fork Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution restored this long neglected cemetery. On July 22, 1979 a re‑dedication of this cemetery was held and a DAR marker was placed on the grave of Captain William Walton.

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