When William Leftwich Walton was born on 28 December 1794, in Salem, Virginia, United States, his father, William S. Walton, was 45 and his mother, Mary Leftwich, was 36. He married Nancy L. White on 14 October 1817, in Campbell, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Big Lick, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Roanoke County, Virginia, United States in 1861. He died in 1862, in Roanoke, Virginia, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in West Hill Cemetery, Wabun, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States.
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While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
English: habitational name from any of numerous places called Walton, which are named with Old English walh ‘foreigner, Briton, serf’ (genitive plural wala), wald ‘woodland’, wall ‘wall’, or wælla ‘well, spring, stream’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
History: George Walton (1741–1804) signed the Declaration of Independence. He was born in Prince Edward County, VA, whither his grandfather had emigrated from England in 1682. He moved to Savannah, GA, and became governor of GA and a prominent jurist.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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