Hanover County Walker Research

Compiled 16 June 2026 · Source-verified findings beyond Liz Castro's morning indenture discovery

Anchor record: On 4 May 1786, William Walker & Kesiah his wife, of King William County, sold 100 acres on Stone Horse branch to Moses Harris of Hanover. The land was willed to me by Wm Walker, decd, of Hanover. Kesiah relinquished dower rights 6 July 1786.

FamilySearch deed image (Liz's link)

Critical Corrections for the Tree

NEW Two Different Mary Ann Winstons

Lucy Cochran's sister Mary Ann married Francis Irwin (Essex Winston branch). Dr. John Walker's wife was a different Mary Ann Winston from the Langaloo / Isaac Winston I branch. Do not merge.

Full Winston–Cochran–Walker analysis →

NEW James Walker Pension Correction

Pension R.11036: Mother is not "Elizabeth Lensy" — that was a misread of wife Elizabeth Lemay (daughter of Samuel Lemay). Father William Walker named; mother unnamed. No children. No Kesiah in pension file.

Full pension analysis → · Pension PDF

VERIFIED Two Distinct Walker Lines

William Walker dec'd (Stone Horse Creek devise) ≠ Dr. John Walker (physician, Licking Hole, d. March 1774). Do not merge without proof.

Dr. John Walker → · All Walker deeds →

NEW Neighbor Name Discrepancy

Published William & Mary Quarterly abstract names adjoining owner Julian Lacy, not Ellett/Elliott. Liz's FamilySearch image may have fuller metes-and-bounds — compare originals.

1786 deed details → · Ellett vs Elliott geography →

What Liz Does Not Yet Have on HT Sr's Page

FindingStatusPage
William Walker will text / probate Not found online — Cocke Chancery Wills ~10 pp. Will search
William Walker 1783 King William tax (Mordecai Abraham dist.) Verified Kesiah
Solomon Walker same district 1783 Verified — probable kinsman Kesiah
Moses Harris Alvis purchase 1787; Anderson 1788 Verified Harris FAN
Robert Elliott + Jane Walker processioning 1771 & 1779 Verified Harris FAN
Witness IDs: Thomson, Austin, Winn FS full-text OCR 1786 deed
Moses Clash + Kesiah Walker (ward) Henrico bond ~1810 FS lead Kesiah
KEZIAH (WIDOW) Hanover court index 1785–87 Index only Kesiah
Isaac Winston I will — £80 to Dr. John Walker, 1760 Verified Dr. John
Essex Winston will 1781 — Mary Ann heir, David Cochran executor Verified Winston
Glasgow lawsuit — Sibbald v. David Walker, 1832 (not 1766) Corrected Glasgow
Stone Horse Creek = western Hanover, Chickahominy watershed Verified Geography

Research Topics

Quick Citation

William Walker, deceased, of Hanover County, Virginia, devised 100 acres on Stone Horse branch to William Walker (who with wife Kesiah of King William County sold the land to Moses Harris of Hanover County, 4 May 1786). Will text not extant in online sources searched; existence proved by deed recital. Adjacent Julian Lacy (per abstract).

William and Mary College Quarterly, 2nd ser., 23 (1914): 123; USGenWeb hanover5.txt; Internet Archive WMQ Vol. 23