WALKER

Surfing and found something I think might be of help to some of us with the surname WALKER

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.

http://home.attbi.com/~walkerwrw/MYWALKERFAMILY.html

Robert Walker was the one son that remained in NC with all his children. Two of his daughters were willed 150 acres of land each on the Flatt River. One daughter ,Elizabeth was completely cut out of will if I am reading it correctly.Wonder why? Some of the surnames mentioned I have heard from this forum.

It is a very long page and looks like a lot of research.

Hope it helps somebody.

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