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Mildred Walker (Thornton)

Also Known As: "Meriwether"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Albemarle County, Virginia
Death: November 16, 1778 (58)
Castle HIll, Ablemarle County, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: Cismont, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States of America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Col. Francis Thornton, Jr. and Mary Thornton, of Powhatan
Wife of Nicholas Meriwether and Dr. Thomas Walker, II
Mother of Mildred Meriwether; Mary Walker; John Walker, U.S. Senator; Susannah Thornton Fry; Thomas Walker, II and 13 others
Sister of Jane Champe; Col. John Thornton; Alice Taylor; Mary Battaile; Colonel Francis Thornton, of Fall Hill and 6 others

Occupation: ALSO married to Nicholas Meriwether; she was cousin to George Washington, whose elder brother, Samuel married one of her relatives. lived in Piedmont VA
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About Mildred Walker

Widow to Nicolas Meriwether

2nd cousin of George Washington

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Mildred Walker's Timeline

1720
September 21, 1720
Albemarle County, Virginia
1739
May 19, 1739
Hanover Co, VA
1742
July 24, 1742
Goochland County, Virginia
1744
February 13, 1744
Castle Hill, Albemarle, Virginia, United States
1746
December 14, 1746
Castle Hill Plantation, Cismont, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States
1748
1748
North Carolina, United States
1749
March 17, 1749
Indian Fields, near Castle Hill, Virginia
1751
May 16, 1751
Cismont, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States