PATRIOT John Walton^[1]

Abt 1746 - Abt 1781  (~ 35 years)

• Name	John Walton
  Title	PATRIOT
  Born	Abt 1746	Cumberland Co., Colonial Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 1781	Augusta, Georgia   [2]
  Person ID	I17079	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Robert Walton, II,   b. 7 Jan 1717, New Kent County, Virginia Colony ,   d. 25 Jan 1750, Cumberland County, Virginia Colony  (Age 33 years)
  Mother	Mary Hughes,   b. Abt 1672, Cumberland County, Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F518495473	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Children of Robert and Mary Hughes Walton children of robert walton and mary hughes.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  This John is the infant orphan of his father, Robert Walton and Mary Hughes; Guardians of the minor children of Robert Walton and Mary Hughes; Robert Hughes appointed guardian to Robert Walton orphan of Robert Walton, deceased. George Walton appointed guardian to Sally Walton and George Walton infants, orphans of Robert Walton decd Tucker Woodson appointed guardian to John Walton, infant, orphan of Robert Walton, deceased. October Court 1763, Page 219. Court was held for H on Thursday, Oct 20, 1763. Present, Justices James Roberts Jr , Nath Terry , Theophilus Lacy, & John Donaldson, Gent. A deed from John Walton to Theodorick Carter was proved by the oath of John Bates, James Legrand, and Theodorick Carter Jr, 3 of the witnesses, & OR.

  
  

• Sources

  [S107] Family Histories, http://reynoldspatova.org/showmedia.php?mediaID=4206&medialinkID=12310. children of robert walton and mary hughes.jpg [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9527579. Inscription: Died in Pensacola Sept. 12, 1832 Aged 73 Mrs. Dorothy Walton A native of The State of Georgia A Matron of the Revolution Consort and Relicit of Geo. Walton a signer of The Declaration of American Independence. Dorothy Camber Walton's life contained a cast of real-life characters who helped form the United States. She was introduced to them through her husband, George Walton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. George Walton was a politician who was once charged with writing the preamble and constitution for the new state of Georgia, according to "The Walton House," by Leora M. Sutton. His friends and acquaintances included John Adams, Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson. George Walton and Dorothy Camber were courting during this time, according to Sutton's book. "When George Walton returned from the historic signing, he quietly slipped a small package from his pocket and could hardly wait to pay his respects to the widow, Mrs. Thomas Camber and see her daughters. (George's favorite daughter was the eldest daughter, Dorothy.) "Dorothy could not hide her joy at being loved by a very popular, promising young lawyer and congressman." Not long after their marriage, the Waltons became prisoners during the Revolutionary War at Sunbury, 40 miles south of Savannah, Ga. George Walton used his connections to have his wife and their slaves sent to sea, arriving at the port of Charles Town. Their ship was captured by a British frigate and sent instead to the West Indies. Dorothy Walton was exchanged for two British colonels and sent back to join her family, according to "The Walton House." Her husband, the book says, was exchanged for a British general. "While Dorothy was on the Island of St. Eustatia, she was repeatedly taunted with offers to return to England, the land of her loyal British father, but she showed her remarkable firmness in her decision to remain by the side of her rebel husband." After the war, the couple lived in Augusta, GA until her husband's death in 1804. She then moved to Pensacola with her son and his family.