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Kentucky (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): entry walker-thomas
Walker, Thomas 1715-1794
Patriot; born in Gloucester county, Va., Jan. 25, 1715; educated at William and Mary College; studied medicine and practised in Fredericksburg, Va. In 1750 he travelled west and was probably the first white man to pass the present boundaries of Kentucky.
He was commissary-general under Washington in General Braddock's army, and was present at the latter's defeat.
In 1775 he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses, where he served on the second committee of safety; in 1777 was appointed with his son, Col. John Walker, to visit the Indians in Pittsburg, Pa., for the purpose of gaining their friendship for the Americans; and in 1778 was made president of the commission to settle the boundary between Virginia and North Carolina. Walker Mountains in southwestern Virginia were named after him. He died in Albemarle county, Va., Nov. 9, 1794.
His son, John, legislator; born in Albemarle county, Va., Feb. 13, 1744, was an aide to Washington during the R
Albemarle (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry walker-thomas
Patrick Henry (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry walker-thomas
Fredericksburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry walker-thomas
Walker, Thomas 1715-1794
Patriot; born in Gloucester county, Va., Jan. 25, 1715; educated at William and Mary College; studied medicine and practised in Fredericksburg, Va. In 1750 he travelled west and was probably the first white man to pass the present boundaries of Kentucky.
He was commissary-general under Washington in General Braddock's army, and was present at the latter's defeat.
In 1775 he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses, where he served on the second committee of safety; in 1777 was appointed with his son, Col. John Walker, to visit the Indians in Pittsburg, Pa., for the purpose of gaining their friendship for the Americans; and in 1778 was made president of the commission to settle the boundary between Virginia and North Carolina. Walker Mountains in southwestern Virginia were named after him. He died in Albemarle county, Va., Nov. 9, 1794.
His son, John, legislator; born in Albemarle county, Va., Feb. 13, 1744, was an aide to Washington during the
Orange County (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry walker-thomas
Virginia (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry walker-thomas
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry walker-thomas
Gloucester county (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry walker-thomas
Walker, Thomas 1715-1794
Patriot; born in Gloucester county, Va., Jan. 25, 1715; educated at William and Mary College; studied medicine and practised in Fredericksburg, Va. In 1750 he travelled west and was probably the first white man to pass the present boundaries of Kentucky.
He was commissary-general under Washington in General Braddock's army, and was present at the latter's defeat.
In 1775 he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses, where he served on the second committee of safety; in 1777 was appointed with his son, Col. John Walker, to visit the Indians in Pittsburg, Pa., for the purpose of gaining their friendship for the Americans; and in 1778 was made president of the commission to settle the boundary between Virginia and North Carolina. Walker Mountains in southwestern Virginia were named after him. He died in Albemarle county, Va., Nov. 9, 1794.
His son, John, legislator; born in Albemarle county, Va., Feb. 13, 1744, was an aide to Washington during the R
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry walker-thomas
George Washington (search for this): entry walker-thomas