Dr. Bernard Humphrey WALKER

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Bernard H. Walker & Dorothea F. Bagby were married by Elder R.H. Bagby at Society Hill, King & Queen Co. on the 12th day of February 1851

Died in Norfolk Va. on Jany 1st 1917 Dr. Bernard Humphrey Walker at the home of his son Dr. Rowland H. Walker. A good man has gone after a long life (nearly 91 yrs) spent usefully in administering to the sick in body & endeavoring by precept & example to emmulate Jesus Christ to promote His Kingdom-A rich hereafter awaited him on the other shore.

Bernard married Dorothea Fleet BAGBY 12 Feb 1851, Society Hill, King and Queen Co. VA. Dorothea (daughter of Richard BAGBY, II and Dorothy Ann FLEET) was born 7 Aug 1832, Society Hill, King and Queen Co. VA; died 20 Mar 1904, Norfolk, VA. [Group Sheet]

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Bernard H. Walker & Dorothea F. Bagby were married by Elder R.H. Bagby at Society Hill, King & Queen Co. on the 12th day of February 1851

1. Dr. Richard Temple WALKER was born 10 Nov 1851, Society Hill, King and Queen Co. VA; died 26 Jun 1910, Cedar Key, Levy Co. FL.
2. Dora Deane WALKER was born 18 Feb 1857, Society Hill, King and Queen Co. VA; died 16 Dec 1904, Richmond, VA; was buried , Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, VA.
3. Betsy Todd WALKER was born 31 Oct 1859, Society Hill, King and Queen Co. VA; died Oct 25 1930,.
4. Lucy Gray WALKER was born 16 Sep 1861, King and Queen Co. VA.
5. Bernard H. WALKER, Jr. was born 12 Jul 1864, Society Hill, King and Queen Co. VA; died 27 May 1940, Edge Hill, King & Queen Co. VA; was buried , Smyrna Christian Church Cemetery, Bruington, King & Queen Co. VA.
6. Louisa Brooke WALKER was born 22 May 1867, King and Queen Co. VA; died 07 Jul 1873, King and Queen Co. VA.
7. Dr. Roland H. WALKER was born 10 Sep 1868, Society Hill, King and Queen Co. VA; died 19 Jul 1935, Norfolk, VA.
8. Sue Fleet WALKER was born 20 Sep 1874, Society Hill, King and Queen Co. VA.

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WALKER FAMILY BIBLE RECORDS 1709-1930

Temple Walker son of Humphrey & Fanny Walker was born the 5th day of Decm 1790

Died, December 30th, 1868, at his residence, Mt. Elba, King & Queen, Virginia, Temple Walker, aged 78 years. He lived and died in sight of the place of his birth and through a long and useful life was beloved and honored by all who knew
him. He was a man of sterling integrity, modest and unobtrusive, generous and social in his feelings, and of uns__ted hospitality. He in early life made a profession of religion, and united himself with the Baptist church at Bruington, then u___ ___ pastoral care of the eminent R. B. Semple. In the year 1833, being fully convinced that the cause, as plead by the feeble band of Disciples, was in accordance, with the word of God, he identified himself with them, knowing the odium and suffering which such a step would bring upon him. This step he never regretted. Dr. Jno. Duvall, himself and others, organized the
chuch of Smyrna in the year 1833 (nearly all of them have passed away). At its organization he was chosen one of its elders, and remained in that position until his death. Through a long period of thirty-five years, ___ official duty he retained the love and ___ence of his brethren, faithfully discharging this duty, and on every Lord's day at his post, if health and weather would permit,
deeply sympathising with the church and the cause, in all its sufferings and triumphs. For the last year or two, from debility he was unable to meet with the church, still his zeal did not abate. He kept his lamp burning and daily
awaited his Master's summons. He retired in his usual health on the night of the 29th. A little after midnight he awoke, laboring under distressing symptoms, and in a few minutes, before all his family could reach his bedside,
he passed quietly away. He was consious of his situation, and calmly met his
last ____.

Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume V
Temple Walker, father of Lucy Taliaferro (Walker) Mooklar, was born in 1790, died in 1868. His ancestors came from England in 1652, located at Walkerton, King and Queen county, Virginia, and one of the descendants, Atwood Cluverius Walker, uncle of Foushee O. Mooklar, now resides on the original tract (Locust Grove) granted to the family by the King in 1652, the same never having passed out of the possession of the family. Temple Walker also resided on the ancestral estate, which he cultivated and improved. He was presiding magistrate for a number of years before the war, also was high sheriff and county surveyor, having made a plat of King and Queen county which was burned when the northerners set fire to the Court House.

Temple married Elizabeth Waring (Betsy) Todd 03 Jun 1824. Elizabeth was born , Charlotte Co VA; died 26 Aug 1827, Mt. Elba, King and Queen Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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sister of Reverend William Todd of Shiloh

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Temple Walker was married to Elizabeth (Betsey) Waring Todd daughter of Bernard Todd & sister of Rev Wm Todd-Col. B.R. Todd Jr. on June 3d 1824

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He was from Locust Grove, and died in Richmond while attending the state legislature (General Assembly)



WALKER FAMILY BIBLE RECORDS 1709-1930

Humphrey Walker born Jany 13th 1762
Humphrey F_ill Jos Temple god Fathers
Mary Temple Hester Cowne god Mother

Humphrey Walker died the 26th December 1820 in Richmond a member of VA Assembly
aged 58 yrs 11 mo & 13 days

In old Virginia: slavery, farming, and society in the journal of John Walker By Claudia L. Bushman, John Walker
p. 12

Humphrey was a major in the state militia and sheriff of King and Queen Co. He was regularly elected to the General Assembly for 9 sessions, and was a planter and gentleman who moved easily in society. His lineage was from Tidewater society that had intermarried for generations. He owned a carriage and entertained frequently. It was not unusual for there to be 18 people for dinner with seven dishes of meat, four vegetables, pickles, a fine pudding, pie, tarts, cheese, wine and cider.

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Frances Temple was his first cousin.

Humphrey also inherited Locust Grove, building the present house, after the second house burned down around 1816. The new house had fewer, but larger rooms, allowing the river breezes on both sides of the structure. An alley of locust trees framed the entrance.

In 1820 he owned 745 acres, only 19 more landowners in King and Queen had more than he did, and only ten claimed more a thousand acres. On a tax list of 1800 Humphrey owned 6 horses, 4 wheeled vehicles, 18 adult and 6 teen-aged slaves.

Humphrey married Frances (Fannie) TEMPLE. Frances (daughter of Joseph TEMPLE, II and Mary (Mollie) HILL) was born 13 Jan 1765, Chatham Hill, King and Queen Co. VA; died 09 Feb 1824, Rye Field (Locust Grove) King and Queen Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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WALKER FAMILY BIBLE RECORDS 1709-1930

Frances Walker died 9th Feby 1824 aged, she lived 3 yrs 1 mth & 13 days after the death of her beloved husband

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Baylor Walker born January 28th 1737
Baylor Walker died April the 7 1773 aged 26 (unreadable)

Old New Kent County [Virginia]: Some Account of the Planters ..., Volume 1 By MALCOLM HART HARRIS, MD, p452-453

confirms the dates of birth, death, and marriage to Frances Hill, daughter of Co. Humphrey Hill.

Also notes Baylor built a brick house, now known as Locust Grove, near the Mattaponi River. The earlier Walker home had stood on high ground, near the walled in cemetery.

Virginia County Records SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY 1721-1800
DEEDS, DEED BOOK E 1751-1761, page 221

July 29, 1760. Joseph Temple and Mary, his wife, of St. Stephen's Par., King and Queen Co., to Robert Baylor and John Semple of Par. and Co. afsd. £80 curr. 400 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., part of a tract granted Joseph Temple of King William Co., Gent., Decd., and by him devised to the sd. Joseph Temple, his son, etc. Witnesses, Lark. Chew, John Smith, Rd. Tunstall, Humphrey Hill, Baylor Walker. June 1, 1761.

In Old Virginia by Claudia L. Bushman (from the Journal of John Walker);p.14

Baylor was the scion of a closely related, complicated, and ingrown family with members being Walkers, Temples, Fleets, Hills, Baylors, and Semples.

Life described by an English visitor in 1732 likened the plantations and gentry as similar to the Thames from London to Richmond with manor houses and pleasant gardens. He also noted the Stratton Major Parish of the Church of England as having extreme class differentiation where the most noble families sat in the front of the church, and the lesser gentry behind them.

Baylor married Frances HILL 25 May 1759, King and Queen Co. VA. Frances (daughter of Colonel Humphrey HILL and Frances BAYLOR) was born 25 May 1759, Hillsborough, King and Queen Co. VA; died 1795, Rye Field (Locust Grove), King and Queen Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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They were cousins.

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Virginia County Records SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY 1721-1800
DEEDS, DEED BOOK E 1751-1761, page 221

July 29, 1760. Joseph Temple and Mary, his wife, of St. Stephen's Par., King and Queen Co., to Robert Baylor and John Semple of Par. and Co. afsd. £80 curr. 400 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., part of a tract granted Joseph Temple of King William Co., Gent., Decd., and by him devised to the sd. Joseph Temple, his son, etc. Witnesses, Lark. Chew, John Smith, Rd. Tunstall, Humphrey Hill, Baylor Walker. June 1, 1761.

Joseph married Mary (Mollie) HILL. Mary (daughter of Colonel Humphrey HILL and Frances BAYLOR) was born 1732, Hillsborough, King and Queen Co. VA; died 1820. [Group Sheet]

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Her ancestral home was named Hillsboro. They had six other children who either died young or never married.