When Martin Walk was born on 13 April 1777, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States, his father, Rev Anthony Walke, was 22 and his mother, Anne McColley McClanahan, was 21. He married Elizabeth Goss Nelson about 1797, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Grayson, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. He died in Carroll, Virginia, United States.
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On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
German: from the personal name Walko.
German: occupational name, a variant of Walke .
English (Devon): apparently from Middle English walk ‘path, footway, place for walking’, perhaps a topographic name denoting someone who lived near or by a footpath. In some cases this may be a variant of Walkey, mainly found in Devon and Cornwall, which is unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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