Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
MemoBath County, VA?
Census1830, Bath County, VA21838,21817
Census1840, Bath County, VA21837,21843
Land Purchase18 May 1847, Cedar Creek, Bath County, VA1996
Memofrom his half sister, Agatha Ann and her husband interest in her father, Edmond P Walton estate
Census1850, Bath County, VA21810,21844,21829
MemoDistrict 8
Census1860, Bath County, VA21816,21818
MemoCleeks Mills P.O.
Will Filed1862, Bath County, VA21845,21846
MemoWill dated
Death8 Jun 1862, Bath County, VA21813,1862,21847,21819,21821,21822,21848,21849,21850,21846
Memo11 Jun? Staunton Hospital, Gun Shot Wound, Bath Co Death Reg 1853-70 pg 12 # 90 VA State Library microfilm 18
Burialaft 8 Jun 1862, Bath County, VA
Will FiledSep 1862, Bath County, VA21846
MemoWill Probated
Will Filedaft Sep 1862, Bath County, VA21851,21852
MemoMargaret C. Walton Executor of Benjamin T. Walton
Will Filed1863, Bath County, VA21853
MemoInventory
OccupationFarmer; comr of revenue21814,21818,21829,21854,21855,21835
FatherEdmond Pendleton Walton (1780-<1844)
MotherLutitia "Lettice" Watson (1787-1871)
Military
Vol 34 No3 VA Bath County Militia Members Found Exempt From Military Service Mar 1862 Image25of86 Pg 204 Cedar Creek Company:2746
Benjamin T. Walton, Not Exempt

American Civil War Soldiers2423
Benjamin Walton
Residence: Bath Co VA
Occupation: Farmer
Enlistment Date: 9 Apr 1862
Enlistment Place: Shenandoah Mountain, VA
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: VA
Service Record: Enlisted in Company Davis’, 81st Militia Regiment VA; Enlisted as a Captain on 9 Apr 1862 at the age of 40; Comission in on 9 Apr 1862; Died from wounds on 11 Jun 1862 at Staunton, VA Hospl
Sources: 21

US Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles 1861-65945
Benjamin T. Walton
Resid: Shenandoah Mountain, VA
Occ: Farmer
Age at enlistment: 40
Rank at Enlistment: Captain
Enlistment Place: Shenandoah Mountain, VA
State Served: VA
Survived the War?: No
Service Record: Enlisted in. Commissioned an officer in Company K, VA 52nd Infantry Regiment on 9 Apr 1862. Mustered out on 11 Jun 1862 at Staunton, VA Hospl
Birth Date: abt 1822
Sources: The VA Regiment Histories Series

War of 1812 Service Record2010
Walton, Benjamin, 1 Reg’t (Byrne’s), VA Militia, War of 1812, Private, Private
Walton, Benjamin, 42 Regiment (Smith’s) MD Militia, War of 1812, Private, Private (probably not him but could be)

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of VA4058
Walton, Benjamin T, Co K, 52 VA Inf’y, Captain, Captain
W, 52 VA, Confederate, Benjamin T. Walton, Capt, Co K, 52 Reg’t VA Infantry, Company Muster Roll for Apr 9 to 30, 1862, not dated; Enlisted Apr 9, 186_ at Shenandoah Mt by Col. M. G. Harman for 3 years or war; Last Paid: Never; Present or Absent not stated; *Signs Roll as commanding the Company
W, 52, VA, Benj T. Walton, Captaincies Co K 52 VA Inf, Register of Claims of Deceased Officers and Soldiers from VA which were filed for settlement in the Office of the Confederate States Auditor for the War Department; By whom: Margrette C. Walton, Wid on Dec 1, 1863
W, 52nd VA, Confederate B. F. Walton, Capt, 52nd VA Reg, Appears on a List of casualties of the 3d Division in action near Port Republic VA Jun 9, 1862; Remarks Killed; Casualties, VA, 273
Several More Cards Not copied here - a lot of requisitions for the Company K, 52 VA Reg’t

Bath Will Bk Vol 6 Image199of371 Benjamin T Walton of Bath Co VA being called out in the defense of my Country by the Governor of this state and being appraised of the dangers of a Soldiers life do make this my Last Will and Testament dtd 24 Mar 1862 probated Court Sep 186221762
Research
Gleanings from Bath Co. VA Deed Book 11 p.102 Moses Walton & Sally his wife - he is an heir of Edmund P. Walton, who was one of 11 heirs of Benj. T. Walton per ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/bath/deeds/d-bk11p.txt 5/15/2000
(Moses could be son of Benj T. Walton?) (VA/WV Folder, Bath, VA Deeds/Deaths)

Benjamin T. Walton Married 10 Dec 1844 Bath County, VA, Margaret Mustoe, b.abt 1825, Father:Anthony Mustoe, Jr, Mother:Anna Nancy Given (could be same Margaret, perhaps married before to Hoover?)
per http://www.ezl.com/~pfrazier/fam02341.htm 4/3/2001 Ancestors and Cousins: Paul Frazier's Family History Paul D. Frazier; 711 West Main Street; Hardin, Illinois 62047-0532 pfrazier@ezl.com (VA/WV Folder, Frazier Family)

ALLEGHANY COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Emory Chapel Cemetery, Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection, Fleming Keyser and wife Nancy, grant and convey to the Trustees of the Methodist Church: William H. Keyser, Benjamin T. Walton, James B. Clark, Frederick Butler, and James L. Lockhart, and their successors, one acre of land on Jackson River, (Natural Well) with church thereon known as Emory Chapel on the north bank of the road. (Deed Book 5, p. 346) (File:Genealogy Data, Gum/Wade/Walton, Emory Chapel Cem) (Same Benjamin T. Walton?)

Pg 32 Will Bk 5 p. 174 Inventory of estate of Jacob Hoover 18 Dec 18452005 (B. T. Walton-Him? Relationship to Jacob Hoover?)
Administrator: James Freeman
Appraised byHenry Miller, Henry Grose, Crofford Jackson
Pg 32 p. 17 Sale of estate of Jacob Hoover - 19 Dec 1845
Buyers: M. McElwee, Crof Jackson, William Keyser, A. Milhollin, J. Freeman, F. Butler, J. Lindsay, widow, J. Hamner, J. Tyree, B. T. Walton, H. Stinespring, Leroy Griffin, A. Reynolds, J. Williams, H. Miller, J. Clark, Ballard Rucker, James Freeman
Spouses
Birth1825, Bath County, VA21856,21813,21857,21858,21859,21819,21821,21822,21865,21860
Census1850, Bath County, VA21856,21857,21860
Census7 Jun 1860, Bath County, VA21858,21859
MemoCleeks Mills P.O.
Deathaft 15 Nov 186421813,21851
Memoaft 4 Nov 1846
Research
Benjamin T. Walton Married 10 Dec 1844 Bath County, VA, Margaret Mustoe, b.abt 1825, Father:Anthony Mustoe, Jr, Mother:Anna Nancy Given
(could be same Margaret, perhaps married before to Hoover?)
per http://www.ezl.com/~pfrazier/fam02341.htm 4/3/2001 Ancestors and Cousins: Paul Frazier's Family History Paul D. Frazier; 711 West Main Street; Hardin, Illinois 62047-0532 pfrazier@ezl.com (VA/WV Folder, Frazier Family)

Benjamin T. Walton b: bet 1821-22 Alleghany Co VA d: 1862 in Civil War, son of Andrew Walton & Catherine Hoover, marr: Margaret C. Mustoe 10 Dec 1844 Bath Co VA. She was b: bet 1824-2521866 (Also listed as son of Edmund P. Walton & Lutitia Watson w/same b:) (Could this be same Margaret?)

7 Benjamin T. Walton b: bet 1821-22 d: 1862 + Margaret C. Mustoe b: bet 1824-252016 Same Margaret?)

Walton, Benjamin T. & Mustoe, Margaret C; Marr: 10 Dec 18443804 (Mustoe or Hoover surname? Prev marriage?)

1850VABath8D113B Dwg 63 Fam 63 Margaret Walton 24 F b: Bath VA2580 (Next house to Jane Hoover Freeman & her husband James Freeman, Relationship to Jane Hoover?)

William A. Walton, White, Male, d: 15 Nov 1864 Bath Co VA; age 15 yrs 3 mos; Parents: Benj T. & M.C. Walton, Farmer, Unmarried; Informant: M.C. Keyser, Mother2088 (Mother M. C. Keyser?)
Marriage10 Dec 1844, Bath County, VA21819,21823,21834
Marr Memobet 1840-1850 (Marr in 1850 Census)
ChildrenMary Jane (1846-)
 Lutitia (1847-)
 William A. (1849-1864)
 Anne N. (1851-)
 Sarah H. Sally (1854-)
 Margaret A. R. (1857-)
 Elizabeth J. (1860-)
 Francis V. (1862-)
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