John Henley WALKER, Jr.

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John married Letitia Gregory Jones. Letitia was born 27 Sep 1917, Norfolk, VA; died 19 Mar 2001, Locust Grove, King & Queen Co. VA; was buried , St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Essex Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

1. Letitia Gregory WALKER
2. Virginia Henley WALKER
3. Mary Travis WALKER
4. John Henley WALKER, III

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John married Ida Virginia Fretwell. Ida was born 19 Nov 1883, Augusta Co. VA; died 11 Mar 1967, Richmond, VA; was buried , Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond VA. [Group Sheet]

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He was from Locust Grove, and was her cousin.

CIVIL WAR SERVICE

Company E, 5th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, CSA

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Melville married Virginia Thomas HENLEY. Virginia (daughter of Joseph Temple HENLEY and Elizabeth Todd (Betsy) WALKER) was born 20 Aug 1846, Hillsborough, King & Queen Co. VA; died 25 Mar 1928, Richmond, VA; was buried , Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond VA. [Group Sheet]

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John Walker born August 15th 1785

In old Virginia: slavery, farming, and society in the journal of John Walker By Claudia L. Bushman, John Walker

John was a solitary, serious, careful man who married when he was 44 years old, and was devoted to the Methodist church. His journal reflects the change from the planter society to a farmer society. Unlike his father, John accepted modest civil assignments.

He abandoned gentility and the social life of fox hunting and balls. He was an industrious farmer who saw tobacco being replaced by a wide variety of marketable crops. John grew wheat and corn and worked steadily to improve farming methods.

His diary covered 43 years and covers the changes that were happening as the last generation before the Civil War. His life was different from that of his father and grandfather. John planted wheat, not tobacco; he didn't belong to the Anglican (Church of England) but in 1818 joined a small Methodist congregation at Shepherd's Chapel;and he was a hard-working farmer, not a gentleman. He was often at odds with his family and old friends.

He spurned politics and civic involvement, accepting only positions as overseer of the poor and overseer of the roads. The latter he resigned in disgust at having to deal with rich neighbors who unduly influenced the courts. He never joined the county militia.

His education was lackluster for his spelling, grammar, and punctuation were utilitarian. He mentions attending only the school operated by Richard Hill, most likely at nearby Hillsborough. These were temporary schools, always in a flux from having several different schoolmasters, with several of the planters funding the schools fr their children. His father had the money for college, but John, nor any other of his brothers, were prepared to further education. Other King and Queen families, such as the Fauntleroys and Henleys, sent their sons to William and Mary.

John attended music and dancing parties in Aylett when he has a teenager, he didn't like the "wanton interaction" between genders and would "stop his ears to prevent hearing the musick" So with John becoming a strict Methodist, such gentry pastimes of dancing were considered even more unsuitable. He wrote "A dancing party in the Sight of God was no better than a Whoring party" and dancers were "entirely under the direction of the devil." While Frances Hill, his grandmother, danced to the harpsichord, did reels to a fiddle, and sang songs, John would consider her actions a sin.

John married Margaret Watkins SHEPHERD. Margaret was born 16 Oct 1804; died 03 Mar 1886, Locust Grove, King and Queen Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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He was from Hillsboro and her cousin.

Joseph married Elizabeth Todd (Betsy) WALKER 11 Nov 1843, King and Queen Co. VA. Elizabeth (daughter of Temple WALKER and Elizabeth Waring (Betsy) Todd) was born 25 Mar 1825, Mt. Elba, King & Queen Co. VA; died 02 Jun 1900, Danville, VA; was buried , Hillsborough, King & Queen Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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Walker Family Bible

Jos T. Henley son of T.M.H. & Betty T. Walker daughter of T & Eliz. W. Walker were married the 11 Nov 1843

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Walker Family Bible

Jos T. Henley son of T.M.H. & Betty T. Walker daughter of T & Eliz. W. Walker were married the 11 Nov 1843