John Rutherford Walker, III

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John Walker III

• (son of John Walker II and Katherine Rutherford)
• was born March 1704/05 in County Down, Ireland, and
• died 1774 in Washington County, Virginia.
• He married Ann Houston on March 20, 1733/34 in Chester County, Pennsylvania,
  • daughter of Christopher Houston and Martha.
• Children of John Walker III and Ann Houston are:
  • i. +Susanna Walker, b. February 21, 1738/39, Va., d. Abt. 1814.
  • ii. +John Walker IV, b. Abt. 1734, d. February 18, 1796, Meadow Hill, Green Co., Tennessee.
  • iii. Margaret Walker, b. Abt. 1742.
  • iv. Samuel Walker, b. Abt. 1744, d. 1778, Washington County, Virginia.
  • v. +Ann Walker.
  • vi. +Hetty Walker, d., North Carolina.
  • vii. +Martha Walker.
  • viii. JaneWalker.
  • ix. Mary Walker.

Notes for John Walker III:

• This John's will probated Nov. 17, 1778 in Washington Co., Va.
• John and his brothers, James, Samuel, Alexander, and Joseph; along with 2 cousins, John Walker and Alexander Walker; and 2 brothers-in -law John Campbell and James Moore, all moved to VA between Lexington and Staunton.
  • A place called the Creek settlement (named by the Walkers, because of Walker Creek) below Jump Mountain. Along the way they picked up other Ulster families: the Toomys, Pattersons, Poages, McClellans, and Houstons, who, if they were not already, would shortly become relatives.
• The Walkers, being always among the most western of the settlers, were heavily engaged in the border wars.
  • From the 1750s onward there is no record of any able Walker man who did not take part in them, and fifteen members of the family were to be killed or captured by the Indians.
  • During the first stages of the conflict the most famous Indian fighter of the clan was John.
  • By 1755 John was listed in the records as a ranger, that is, a man detailed to stay more or less permanently in the woods to wait for and deal with Indian raiders.
  • In addition to ranging, John Walker, along with two of his brothers, Samuel and James, fought at Point Pleasant, one of the most crucial pitched battles of the border wars.
    • Samuel was killed in 1778 while hunting along the Clinch River.
• This John was known as Gunmaker John and
  • his nephew was known as gunstocker John to distinguish them from each other.
• This John and his wife, Ann, sold their land in Augusta Co., Va., to Andrew Duncan, on 11-19-1756. (Chalkley's Chronicles of Augusta County, Va., Vol. 3, page 345.)
• John had gone to N.C. in 1750. Had he made an advance trip to find the land he wanted? (Chalkley's Chronicles of Augusta Co., Va., Vol. 2,

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John Walker III of the Wigton line was born in Wigton Scotland, in 1705.

• He moved, with his parents, John Walker II (c1682-1734) and Katherine Rutherford (c1681-1738), about 1710 from Wigton to Newry, Ireland.
• About 1726 the family emigrated to America, settling near Rising Sun, Cecil County MD.
  • (considered at the time to be within Chester County, PA).
  • Here John III married Ann Houston in 1734, and
  • migrated to the Valley of Virginia, probably between 1734 and 1738.
• During the French and Indian War (1754-1763) he, along with many others, left the area for North Carolina, settling in Orange County about 1756.
• Toward the end of his life John III made one final relocation, this time moving to southwest Virginia about 1771.
  • Here he settled "at the Sinks" between Castles Woods, and Dungannon, in modern Scott County, Virginia.
  • He died there between 1773 and 1778. Children of John Walker III & Ann Houston:
• 1) Susanna Walker (1736-c 1815) m. Patrick Porter (1731-1806)
• 2) Mary Walker (c1737-aft 1803){Date of death is simply a guess} m. Andrew Cowan (?-?)
• 3) Catherine Walker (c 1739-c1772) m. Robert Bell (1736-1816)
  • White 1902 identifies her as “Hetty”.
  • Research by the late Jerry Penley (?-2006) and Dan Welch, suggests strongly that she was the Catherine Walker who married Robert Bell in Orange Co., NC, c. 1759.
• 4) John Walker IV (c1740-c1817)-aka “Indian Killer” m. Miss Long
• 5) Samuel Walker (c1741-1776) - never married, killed by Indians on Clinch River in May 1778
• 6) Margaret Walker (c1742-?) m. John Snoddy (?-?)
• 7) Ann Walker (c1743-?) m. Samuel Cowan (?-?)
• 8) Martha Walker (c1744-?) m. Alexander Montgomery (?-?)
• 9) Jane Walker (1755 VA-1806 Tenn) m. William Cowan (1750-1809)

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'''From:'''  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varussel/indian/34.html   

John Walker, Jr.,

• born 1705,
• married Ann Houston in 1734.
• He first settled in Augusta Co., and
• later with the Hays family moved to Rockbridge Co. and settled on a stream still known today as Walker’s Creek.
• From Walker’s Creek he moved to Clinch River in present Russell Co., VA, where he settled in 1773 at the "sink" of Sinking Creek on a 300 acre tract of land which he named "Broadmeadows".
  • This land was surveyed and entered for him in old Fincastle Co., April 2, 1774.
  • At this time he was a man of some 68 years and surely must have followed his children in their wanderings to the Virginia frontier.
  • In spite of his advanced age he still lived to see a son and son-in-law killed by Indians, and a daughter and grandson carried away into captivity, dying in 1778 before their return.

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From: http://scotsirish.blogspot.com/2007/10/john-walker-iii-1705-1778.html

John Walker III (1705-1778)

• John Walker, the son of an immigrant of the same name came first to Augusta County [Virginia] and later to Rockbridge, where they settled and lived on a creek named for them and which still carries the name of Walker's Creek.
• 
Leaving Rockbridge County, this John Walker arrived on the Clinch in the year 1773, and settled on a 300 acre tract of land at the "sink" of Sinking Creek between Castlewood [Castle's Woods] and Dungannon.
  • This tract of land he named "Broad Meadows."
• He was born in 1705 in Ireland and
• had married, about 1734, Ann Houston,
  • who may have been a sister of William who built Houston's Fort on Big Moccasin Creek in Scott County.
• Upon arrival on the Virginia frontier, John Walker was some 68 years old and had undoubtedly followed his children in their westward wanderings.
  • Despite his advanced age, when he arrived on the Clinch he lived to see his son and daughter-in-law slain by the Indians, and his daughter and grandson carried into captivity and who had not returned at the time of his death.
• He died sometime between Sept 23rd and Nov. 17, 1778. His will bearing date of Sept 23rd, (no year given, but presumed) was probated Nov. 17, 1778.

• The known children of John and Ann Houston Walker were:
  • Susanna, Mary, Jane, Hetty, Ann, Martha, Margaret, John, and Samuel. (from: Pioneer Settlers of The Clinch, by Emory L. Hamilton, Clinch Valley Times, St. Paul, Virginia, Oct. 10, 1967)

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From: http://www.oocities.org/terrijqt/Harold/Quinn/pafn09.htm#46880

John WALKER III

From an unpublished manuscript "Indian Atrocities Along the Clint, Powell and Holston Rivers" 
Walker Family 
Indian Tragedies Against the Walker Family By Emory L. Hamilton...


• John Walker, Jr., born 1705, married Ann Houston in 1734.
• He first settled in Augusta Co., and later with the Hays family moved to Rockbridge Co. and settled on a stream still known today as Walker's Creek.
• From Walker's Creek he moved to Clinch River in recent Russell Co., VA, where he settled in 1773 at the "sink" of Sinking Creek on a 300 acre tract of land which he named "Broadmeadows". This land was surveyed and entered for him in old Fincastle Co., April 2, 1774. 

• At this time he was a man of some 68 years and surely must have followed his children in their wanderings to the Virginia frontier. In spite of his advanced age he still lived to see a son and son-in- law killed by Indians and a daughter and grandson carried away into captivity, dying in 1778 before their return...
• The will of John Walker, Jr., was probated in Washington Co., VA, November 17, 1778, and
  • in this will he mentions his grandson William Walker, who was perhaps the same who was captured by the Indians. The will perhaps having been written before the capture occurred...

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From: http://www.angelfire.com/tn/digginroots/page10.html

• John WALKER III was born March 1704/05 in Wigton, Scotland and died abt 1778.
• He married Ann HOUSTON March 20, 1733/34 in Marsh, Pennsylvania.
• Children of John WALKER and Ann HOUSTON:
• # Susanna; married Patrick PORTER
• # Mary; married Andrew COWAN
• # Jane; married William COWAN
• # Hetty; married Robert BELL
• # John, b-September 20, 1734, d-abt 1796 in Greene County, Tennessee {n.b.:original date 1789, but clearly impossible, as both parents were dead by that time}
• # Samuel, d-May 1778 in Tennessee
• # Margaret; married John JUDY
• # Ann; married Samuel COWAN
• # Martha; married Alexander MONTGOMERY

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From: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/WALKER/1997-03/085983...

COWANS AND ALLIED FAMILIES WHO SETTLED THE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA FRONTIER PIONEER SETTLERS OF THE CLINCH by Emory L. Hamilton, Clinch Valley Times, St. Paul, Virginia - Oct. 10, 1967

• In the very first settlements made in the Clinch River Valley there were pockets of inter-related families.
  • One such settlement was made up of the Walkers, Cowans, Houstons, Porters, Montgomerys and Snoddys, and perhaps others.
  • The forbears of these families emigrated from Ireland, landing in Philadelphia about 1726.
  • Children of these immigrant parents filtered south through the valley of Virginia, westward to the Clinch. and some came the round about way of first settling in North Carolina and then westward to the Clinch.
  • Some of these spent the remainder of their lives on the Clinch, while others moved on to western lands.
• John Walker, the son * of an immigrant of the same name came first to Augusta County and
  • later to Rockbridge where they settled and lived on a creek named for them and which still carries the name of Walkers Creek.
• Leaving Rockbridge County, this John Walker arrived on the Clinch in the year 1773, and
  • settled on a 300 acre tract of land at the "sink" of Sinking Creek between Castlewood and Dungannon.
    • This tract of land he named "Broadmeadows."
• He was born in 1705 in Ireland and
• had married about 1734, Ann Houston,
  • who may have been a sister of William who built Houston's Fort on Big Moccasin Creek in Scott County.
• Upon arrival on the Virginia frontier John Walker was some 68 years old and had undoubtedly followed his children in their westward wanderings.
  • Despite his advanced age when he arrived on the Clinch he lived to see his son and daughter-in-law, slain by the Indians, and his daughter and grandson carried into captivity and who had not returned at the time of his death.
• He died sometime between Sept. 23rd and Nov. 17, 1778.
  • His will bearing date of Sept 23rd, (no year given, but presumed) was probated Nov. 17, 1778.
• The known children of John and Ann Houston Walker were:
  • Susanna, Mary, Jane, Hetty, Ann, Martha, Margaret, John, and Samuel.
  • I do not know the order of the birth of the children, but the succeeding articles I shall try to tell what I know of each child.
• Extra note on John Walker: This is referring to John Walker, the son of John, Sr., who died on the Clinch in 1778. After his father's death in 1778 he became John, Sr. and he also had a son who is John, Jr.

In a land suit over lands of John Sr. (died 1778) John Donnell vs. Robert Campbell - 20 Aug 1788:

• "In 1782, bond from John Walker to Robert Campbell referenced land on Clinch, now Lee County. Walker assigned land to John Donnell. Donnell then returned to home in New Jersey.;
• About 14 years ago, Robert Preston went to see Walker at his residence on Little River in Tennessee. John Walker, Jr. (son of 2nd John) and his sister Mary Snider, state that John Walker, Sr. (son of John who died in 1778) their father paid Robert Campbell by sending a horse by William Cowan to Campbell."
  • Mary Snider was in Blount County, Tennessee in 1821.

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John Rutherford Walker III

• Born March 17, 1704 in Wigtown, Scotland
• Son of John Alexander McNight Walker II and Katherine Jane (Rutherford) Walker
• Brother of Samuel Rutherford Walker, George Walker, Catherine Walker, Elizabeth (Walker) Campbell, James Walker, David Walker, James Walker, Thomas Walker, William Walker, Martha (Walker) Emmerson, William Walker, Jane (Walker) Moore, Samuel Walker, Alexander Walker, Esther Walker, Margaret (Walker) McCoun, Joseph Walker, Mary (Walker) Humphreys and Mary Jane (Walker) Adams
• Husband of Ann (Houston) Walker — married March 20, 1733 in Chester County, PA
• Father of John Walker IV, James Walker, Joseph Walker, William Walker, Susannah (Walker) Porter, Ann B (Walker) Cowan, Catherine (Walker) Bell, Martha (Walker) Montgomery, Mary (Walker) Cowan, Samuel Walker, Margaret Walker and Jane (Walker) Cowan
• Died November 17, 1778 in Walker's Creek, Fincastle, Washington, Virginia, USA

Biography

• John Walker III was born in Wigton Scotland, in 1705.
• He moved, with his parents, John Walker II (c1682-1734) and Katherine Rutherford (c1681-1738), about 1710 from Wigton to Newry Ireland.
• About 1726 the family emigrated to America, settling near Rising Sun, Cecil County Maryland. [1,2,3]
• He married Ann Houston in 1734, and migrated to the Valley of Virginia, probably between 1734 and 1738.
• During the French and Indian War (1754-1763) he left the area for North Carolina, settling in Orange County about 1756. [1,2,3]
• John III moved to southwest Virginia about 1771 settling "at the Sinks" between Castles Woods, and Dungannon, in modern Scott County, Virginia.
• He died there between 1773 and 1778.[1] Smith, 2004 says he was "killed by Indians".
• Additional biography for him at Preserving FamilyHistory
• A tombstone memorial for him was erected in Hancock County, Illinois by his descendants. See John Walker, Findagrave.com.

References

• 1 ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 John Walker III (1705-c1776)
• 2 ↑ 2.0 2.1 Patrick Porter = Susannah Walker
• 3 ↑ 3.0 3.1 HOUSTON-L Archives

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