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Thomas Walker, Jr.

Also Known As: "Thundering /Tom/"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Orange, Virginia, USA
Death: 1832 (89-98)
Rockingham, Virginia, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas "Thundering Tom" Walker and Elizabeth Walker
Husband of Elizabeth Betty Walker
Father of Jeremiah Walker; Thomas Walker; Andrew Sanders Walker; Francis Walker and James Francis Walker, Sr.
Brother of James Walker and Charles Walker

Managed by: Kathryn Jean Smith
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About Thomas Walker, Jr.

"Thomas enlisted April 1780 in Orange County for military service in the Revolutionary War as a private in Captain Robert Daniels' Company of Colonel George Stubblefield's Reginment of Virginia Troops."

"On Aug. 16, 1780 Thomas was severly wounded by musket ball, the bone was fractured in his left arm and wrist, requiring a long process of recovery. Thomas' wound occured during the battle of Camden, South Carolina, ..."

"The History of the Walker Family 1734-1990 & Their Kindred with Related Incidents,” Glennis R. Walker, March 15, 1991, pg 10.



Thomas Walker (2), second son of the immigrant Thomas Walker, was a soldier in the American Revolution, serving in Captain Hogg's Rangers. 'According to Scott's History of Orange County VA'.

Thomas was receiving a pension in 1832 for his service in the Revolutionary War.Thomas was a successful farmer as well as a large land and slave holder.

He had two sons James and Thomas (3) who were mentiond in the will of there Grandfather Thomas Walker(1). There may have been other children but nothing more is known by this compiler


References

  1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108326827/charles-walker
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Thomas Walker, Jr.'s Timeline

1738
1738
Orange, Virginia, USA
1755
December 13, 1755
Orange County, Virginia, Colonial America
1763
December 18, 1763
Orange, Virginia, United States
December 18, 1763
1772
July 24, 1772
Orange Co., VA
1776
1776
1832
1832
Age 94
Rockingham, Virginia, USA