Husband Joseph Walton
Born: 13 Apr 1777 - Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
Christened:
Died: - St. Louis, Missouri 1
Buried: 21 Nov 1856 - Bellefontaine Cem., St. Louis, Missouri
Father: Samuel Walton (1741-1805)
Mother: Elizabeth Willis ( -1780)
Marriage: Abt 1810 - (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Wife Anne Delaney
Born: Abt 1781 - Delaware
Christened:
Died: - St. Louis, Missouri 2
Buried: 31 Oct 1862 - Bellefontaine Cem., St. Louis, Missouri
Children
1 U child Walton 3
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried: 17 Sep 1812 - St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia, Pa
2 M Samuel D. Walton
Born: Abt 1809 - Pennsylvania
Christened:
Died: Aug 1880 - Cuba, Crawford Co., Missouri
Buried:
Spouse: Elizabeth Piant (1816-1867)
Marr: 28 Dec 1833 - St. Louis, Missouri 4 5
Spouse: Harriett Matilda (1842-1899)
Marr: Abt 1872
3 M George Walton
Born: Abt 1811 - Pennsylvania
Christened:
Died: Apr 1856 - St. Louis, Missouri
Buried: - Christ Church Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo
Spouse: Nancy E. Wilson (1825-1905)
Marr: 30 Jan 1840 - Madison Co., Illinois 6
4 M Charles D. Walton
Born: Abt 1814 - Pennsylvania
Christened:
Died: 30 Aug 1855 - St. Louis, Missouri
Buried: - Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo
Spouse: Mary Ann (Abt 1920- )
5 F Eliza Walton
Born: Abt 1816 - Pennsylvania
Christened:
Died: 2 Oct 1858 7
Buried: - Grand Pass Meth. Ch. Cem., Grand Pass, Saline Co., Missouri
Spouse: George Crutsinger (1809-1876)
Marr: 22 May 1834 - St. Louis, Missouri 8
6 M William Walton
Born: Abt 1818 - Illinois (St. Clair Co.)
Christened:
Died: Nov 1850 - St. Louis, Missouri
Buried: - Christ Church Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo
Spouse: Eliza Watts (Abt 1823- )
Marr: 7 Feb 1839 - St. Louis, Missouri 9
7 F Clarissa Walton
Born: Abt 1822 - Missouri or Illinois
Christened:
Died: 10 Jun 1896 - Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10 11
Buried: 13 Jun 1896 - Bellefontaine Cem., St. Louis, Missouri
Spouse: Joseph G. Shands (Abt 1813-1864)
Marr: 3 Jan 1839 - St. Louis, Missouri 8
8 M Joseph D. Walton
Born: Abt 1827 - St. Louis, Missouri
Christened:
Died: 19 Jul 1851 - San Francisco, California
Buried: - Yerba Buena Cemetery, San Francisco, Ca
General Notes: Husband - Joseph Walton
CENSUS:
<pre>1810 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, South Ward
Joseph Walton 10100 -- 00100
male female
1 <10
10-15
1 16-25 1
26-44
>45 </pre>
<pre>1820 St. Clair Co., Illinois, Belleville Township
Joseph Walton 310101 -- 00010; 1 in manufactures
male female
3 <10
1 10-16
16-18
1 16-26
26-45 1
1 >45 </pre>
<pre>1830 St. Louis Co., Missouri, Middle Ward City of St. Louis
Joseph Walton 0122101 -- 0110001; 2 slaves
male female
< 5
5-10 1
1 10-15 1
2 15-20
2 20-30
1 30-40
40-50 1
1 50-60 </pre>
<pre>1840 St. Louis Township and City, Missouri; pg 51
Joseph Walton 00100001 -- 00010001; 2 slaves; no occupation given
male female
< 5
5-10
1 10-15
15-20 1
20-30
30-40
40-50
1 50-60 1 </pre>
<pre>1850 City of St. Louis, Missouri, 4th Ward; Sept 27; pg 157
656/829
Joseph Walton 64 MW Mo? $20000 none
Ann " 66 FW Pa?
Barbara Kuntz 18 FW Pa? </pre>
In the Slave Schedule he is the owner of one slave (black male, 30).
I believe that the preceding 5 census entries belong to the same person although the matching is not as good as I would like for it to be.
<pre>1860 City of St. Louis, Mo, Eighth Ward, p.o. Saint Louis; July 11, pg 13
70/109
Anna Walton 73 FW De $30000/$250 </pre>
Her neighbors are coopers, brass finishers, tailors, carpenters, cigar makers, stone cutters, etc. with far less in net assets. In the Slave Schedule she is the owner of one slave (mulatto female, 40).
CENSUS COMPARISON:
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1810 1820 1830 1840
male:
10-15 (10) Joseph
<10 (2) 10-15 (12) William, b 1818, m. 1839
<10 (6) 15-20 (16) Charles D., b 1814
<10 (9) 15-20 (19) George, b. 1811, m. 1839
<10 (1) 10-16 (11) 20-30 (21) Samuel D., b. 1809, m. 1833
16-26
20-30
30-40
16-25 (24) >45 (34) 50-60 (44) 50-60 (54) Joseph, b. 1786
female:
5-10 (6) 15-20 (16) Clarissa, b. 1824, m. 1839
10-15 (14) Eliza, b. 1816, m. 1834
16-25 (23) 26-45 (33) 40-50 (43) 50-60 (53) Anne, b. 1787
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The numbers in parentheses are estimated ages based on the 1850 census and other sources. Problems:
Eliza missing in 1820;
Clarissa in the 1840 census with her husband;
Joseph's age wrong in 1820 and in 1830.
MIGRATION:
In the census in 1850 and later people say in what state they were born. In 1880 and later they say where their parents were born. Death certificates generally provide the same information. The census and death certificate information that I have for the children and grandchildren of Joseph Walton suggest that the 4 older children were born in Pennsylvania and that the family left Pennsylvania between the births of Eliza and William, that is, about 1817. The 1820 census indicates that they stopped in Illinois before continuing onward to Missouri. William says once that he was born in Illinois; Clarissa says once that she was born in Illinois and 3 times that she was born in Missouri. Eliza says once that she was born in Pennsylvania and the eldest child Samuel and his descendants say 9 times that he was born in Pennsylvania and 9 times in Missouri. Because he left Pennsylvania as a child and spent the rest of his life in Missouri, a statement that he was born in Pennsylvania is more significant that a statement that he was born in Missouri. George says once that he was born in Pennsylvania and his son Joseph says once that his father was born in Pennsylvania. Charles says twice that he was born in Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA:
The following, slightly reformatted to improve readability, is from Byberry Waltons (Norman Walton Swayne, 1958), pg 74:
146 JOSEPH WALTON (5), alive 1830, son of 51 Samuel Walton & Elizabeth Willis of Phila., probably married Ann, alive 1816. Dec. 9, 1830 Joseph acknowledged his signature to a receipt for one fifth of the principal of a mortgage from Paul Freno. This receipt was dated June 30, 1830, two days after proving of the will of Joseph's father's 2nd wife Sarah, who with Isaac Walter had sold a lot to Paul Freno July 24, 1812 in administering Samuel's estate. From directory listings below, this appears to be the Joseph who with wife Ann, Joshua Sharpless & wife Philadelphia deeded Dec. 20, 1816 for $2250, subject to mortgage of $1087 1/2, a lot and brick house 17' wide on the E side of Delaware 12th St. 51' N from the N side of Filbert St., which had been rec'd 1813 by Joseph Walton and John Harford, who later deeded his share to Sharpless.
Phila. directories have these listings for Joseph, perhaps all for 146: 1801 dry goods 83 New St., 1802 thru 1805 grocer at same, also the same four years Joseph Walton & Co. grocers 23 High, 1806 grocer 142 N 2nd St., 1809 bricklayer 134 S 4th St., 1810 same 304 S Front St., 1811 same 227 Walnut St., 1814 same 12th ab. Filbert St., 1829 & 1830 upholsterer 102 Walnut, 1831 & 1833 same 111 Walnut, 1835 & 1836 com mer over 37 High.
The only evidence of a child is from St. Paul's Church, which says Joseph, 12th ab. Filbert, had:
410 Child buried Sep. 17, 1812 NFM (no further mention)
PAUL FRENO:
I have not been able to find either of the documents that Swayne mentions relative to Paul Freno. There are 2 documents: the receipt signed June 30, 1830 and the acknowledgement signed December 9, 1830. It may be that Swayne has seen both or it may be that he has seen only the December document and that it mentions the date on which the previous document was signed. It is not obvious why Paul Freno paid money to Joseph Walton. At the time of Sarah Walton's death did Paul Freno still owe part of the purchase price of the house he bought in 1812 from Samuel Walton's estate? Why is there no mention of an analogous payment to Samuel Walton's other children?
PHILADELPHIA CITY DIRECTORIES:
Joseph Walton, bricklayer, is in the city directories from 1809 to 1817. He is absent in 1813 and in 1816; in 1811 there are 2 directories.
<pre>
1809 Walton Joseph bricklayer 134 south 4th
1810 Walton Joseph bricklayer 304 south Front
1811 Walton Joseph bricklayer back 227 Walnut Robinson
1811 Walton Joseph bricklayer 227 Walnut Census
1813
1814 Walton Joseph bricklayer Twelfth ab. Filbert
1816
1817 Walton Joseph bricklayer 369 Arch
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The birth places of the children of the Joseph Walton who leaves Pennsylvania and goes to St. Louis, Missouri suggest that he left Pennsylvania about 1817, which is consistent with the above directory entries.
Joseph, upholsterer (1829-1832), and Joseph, merchant (1835, 1839, 1840), both mentioned by Swayne, are different people. The focus of Swayne's study is Pennsylvania and especially Philadelphia; he had no way to know that a Joseph Walton from Pennsylvania showed up in St. Louis in the 1820's. If Joseph was born in 1777, as his death record indicates, he was certainly old enough to be working by 1801. The following directory entries are probably our Joseph, although the transition from grocer to brick layer seems a little unusual and he is absent in 1807 and in 1808.
<pre>
1802 Walton Joseph & Co. grocers 23 High
1803 Walton Joseph & Co. grocers 23 High
1804 Walton Joseph & Co. grocers 23 High
1805 Walton Joseph & Co. grocers 23 High
1801 Walton Joseph dry good store 85 New Street pg 85
1802 Walton Joseph grocer 83 New
1803 Walton Joseph grocer 83 New
1804 Walton Joseph grocer 83 New
1805 Walton Joseph grocer 83 New
1806 Walton Joseph grocer 142 north Second
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There is another Joseph Walton who from 1813 to 1832 is a bookseller. He is a great great grandson of the immigrant Thomas and thus a third cousin once removed of Joseph Walton the bricklayer. In Swayne he is 437 Joseph Walton on page 163.
LAND in PHILADELPHIA:
On March 10, 1813 John D. Sheaff of the City of Philadelphia, merchant, sells to Joseph Walton and John Harford of the same place, bricklayers, a lot in Philadelphia on the east side of Delaware Twelfth St. at a distance of 51' north from the north side of Filbert St. having 17' of frontage on Twelfth St. and a depth eastward of 72'. The yearly ground rent to be paid twice each year forever is $63.75, lawful silver money of the United States each dollar weighing at least 17 pennyweights and 6 grains. The first payment is to be made July 1, 1813. (IC23/456)
On December 20, 1816 Joseph Walton of the City of Philadelphia, bricklayer, and Ann, his wife, and Joshua Sharpless, Junior of Blockley Township in the County of Philadelphia, house carpenter, and Philadelphia, his wife, sell to Robert Smith and John B. Dickinson of the said city, ironmongers, for $2250 in cash and the assumption of an existing mortgage in the amount of $1087.50 a certain brick messuage and tenement and lot on the east side of Delaware Twelfth St. 51' north from the north side of Filbert St. with 17' of frontage on Twelfth St. and 72' in depth. It is bounded on the north, east and south sides by ground now or late of John D. Shaeff. It is the lot purchased by Joseph Walton and John Hierford in fee on March 10, 1813. On March 26, 1813 they mortgaged their recent purchase to Lydia Cross to secure the payment of $1087.50 with interest (IC__/22), and on December 3, 1813 John Hierford and Mary, his wife, conveyed their undivided half interest to Joshua Sharpless (IC32/58). (MR11/272-75) Since Walton and Hierford were bricklayers and Sharpless was a carpenter, it seems likely that they constructed a building on the lot. On April 14, 1813 Sharpless had purchased another lot from John D. Shaeff with 17' of frontage on Twelfth St. and 17' north of Filbert St. for $1 and a yearly rent of $51 forever. It was bounded on the south by ground granted or intended to be granted to Sharpless. (MR21/34) On July 30, 1813 Sharpless sold the property he purchased on April 14, described as a 3-story brick messuage or tenement and lot, for $3000 to a merchant. (MR21/36) On November 18, 1813 Sharpless sold a brick messuage or tenement and lot at the corner of Twelfth St. and Filbert St. with 17' of frontage on Twelfth St. to Edward Parker of Philadelphia for $3500. (MR4/619)
LAND in ST. LOUIS:
On June 17, 1834 John B. C. Lucas and Joseph Walton, both of the City of St. Louis and St. Louis Co., enter into the following lease agreement concerning a lot in St. Louis with 120 feet of frontage on Fourth Street and extending in the rear to the line of the Common Field lots, and being the SW corner of block 89 on the plat of the city, and bounded on the east by land of the heirs of John M. Murphy, on the west by Fourth Street, on the south by Locust Street, and on the north by land conveyed by the said Lucas to Edward Harrington. Lucas leases the lot to Walton for 10 years ending June 16, 1844. The yearly rent is $125 payable in semi-annual installments of $62.50 to be paid before June 17 and December 17 of each year. The first payment has been made. Joseph Walton is allowed to fence the lot, to erect thereon a stable or such other buildings as he may think proper and to take down and carry them away at any time during the lease. He may dig a well. At the end of the lease the surface is to be as it is now, and the well is to be left undisturbed. (Bk D2, pgs 280-81)
On September 24, 1836 Samuel D. Walton and Charles D. Walton of St. Louis execute a mortgage to Joseph Walton of St. Louis for and in consideration of $4000 received by them from Joseph Walton relative to a lot in St. Louis having 120 feet of frontage on Fourth Street and standing in the rear to the line of the Common Field lots. It is the SW corner of block 89 and is bounded on the west by Fourth Street, on the south by Locust Street, on the east by the heirs of John M. Murphy, and on the north by land conveyed by John B. C. Lucas to Edward Harrington. On the same day Joseph Walton conveys this lot, on which there is a livery stable and other improvements, to Samuel D. Walton and Charles D. Walton. They are indebted to Joseph Walton in the sum of $3000 payable before June 16, 1844 with 8% interest per annum. They agree to pay all debts due by Joseph Walton on account of the livery stable and the business carried on there, and they agree to pay to John B. C. Lucas "the rent as it becomes due on his lease of said lot to said Joseph", to wit: $62.50 before the 16th days of January and December. See Bk D2, pgs 280-81. A note in the margin indicates that the debt to Joseph Walton was paid in full by March 3, 1842. (Bk C2, pgs 209-11)
In the 1836-37 city directory Joseph is operating a livery stable on the lot at the corner of 4th & Locust. He later has a livery stable in other locations. See notes under his son Charles D. Walton for details.
On February 3, 1827 Joseph Walton purchased a lot on the north side of Chesnut Street 50' deep with 53' of frontage for $275 (O/81). In 1836 he sold the eastmost 16'8" for $2500 (Y/286, Y/285). In 1844 he borrowed $1000 and used the part he still owned as security (F3/362), and on March 1, 1846 he leased it for 10 years at $450/year (D4/398).
On June 15, 1836 Joseph Walton purchased a lot on the north side of St. Charles Street 75' deep with 30' of frontage for $1200 (Y/207). In 1838 he bought another lot next to it with 23'2" of frontage for $1500 (F2/320), and on June 5, 1853 he sold both lots for $5650 (L6/522).
In 1840 Joseph Walton bought two lots on the south side of Morgan Street between 9th and 10th in Christy's Addition (N2/48, N2/49, O2/236, O2/237). In 1853 he bought a third lot contiguous with the other two (Q6/248), and in June 1856 he sold a portion of the third lot (174/326), thus retaining the first two and part of the third.
In 1842 Joseph Walton paid $2500 for another lot in Christy's Addition also on the south side of Morgan Street but between 7th and 8th (V2/321). In 1846 he used it as security to borrow $2000 (A4/90), and in 1851 he sold it for $4000 (Y5/15).
In 1852 Joseph Walton purchased at a sheriff's sale a leasehold estate to run for 99 years from March 17, 1838 in a tract of 35.09 arpents south of the River des Peres in the town of Carondelet (K6/286, L6/171).
In 1864 the administrator of the estate of Joseph Walton presented an inventory to the court. The tract in Carondelet and the lot on Chestnut Street were still owned by the estate. The lots in Christy's Addition were not, and two other properties were mentioned for which I have found no record of purchase in the deed records.
DEATH:
St. Louis, Missouri REGISTRY OF DEATHS FOR THE WEEK ENDING November 24, 1856 ("Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910", ancestry.com):
Joseph Walton, white male, age: 79 years 7 months 6 days
Born: Pennsylvania
Locality where death occurred: St. Charles Road
Cause: dysentery
Bellefontaine Cemetery records have 21 Nov 1856 as the burial date. I will use 19 Nov as the death date to estimate the birth date.
WILL:
Item 4892, pages 28-29, book F, Record of Wills, Probate Court, City of St. Louis:
I Joseph Walton of the County of St Louis and State of Missouri do hereby make this my last will and testament as follows -- First -- I desire that all of my Just debts be paid out of my personal property -- Second -- I give and bequeath to the widow of my son George Walton deceased twenty dollars per month for twenty years, if she remains a widow: but if she should marry before the expiration of said twenty years she is to receive nothing more from and after her marriage. -- Third -- I give and bequeath unto my son Samuel D. Walton twenty dollars per month for ten years: -- Fourth -- I give and bequeath to Robert Walton son of my deceased son George Walton one thousand dollars to be paid to him when he arrives at the age of twenty one years and not before that time. -- Fifth -- I give and bequeath unto the remainder of the children of my said son George Walton (not including said Robert Walton) one thousand dollars to be divided equally among them when they arrive at the age of twenty one years respectively -- Sixth -- I desire a lot to purchased in the Bellefontaine Cemetry[sic] to be festooned with chains. -- Seventh -- I give and bequeath to my daughter Eliza One thousand dollars -- Eighth -- I give and bequeath to my daughter in law Eliza Walton widow of my son William Walton two thousand dollars, and I give to the children of my said son William one dollar each: -- Ninth -- the remainder of my property both real, personal and mixed I give and bequeath unto my wife Anne Walton during her natural life and no longer and after her death to my daughter Clarissa and to her heirs and assigns forever. -- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this seventeenth day of November Eighteen hundred and fifty six Joseph Walton Attested in the presence of the testator by Evans Casselberry, Francis James Baumgartner
On November 24, 1856 Evans Casselberry appeared before the judge of the Probate Court and testified under oath that he witnessed the signing of the will and expressed the opinion that the maker was of sound and disposing mind. On November 25, 1856 Francis James Baumgartner appeared before the clerk of the Probate Court and gave the same testimony. The judge of the Probate Court declared the will to be duly proved. (item 4892, page 29, book F)
On December 1, 1856 letters of administration were granted to Ann Walton. (item 4892, page 31, book F)
PROBATE:
Documents, including the above will, for case 04892, estate of Joseph Walton, dec'd, can be seen at
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/mojudicial/images.asp?id=4587&party=Walton,%20Joseph&case=04892&date=1856&County=St.%20Louis&courtType=Probate%20Court&reel=C%2030951
On December 1, 1856 Anne Walton, as principal, and Ezra O. English, William O. Shands, William ________, and John O'Fallon, as securities, are bound unto the State of Missouri in the amount of $75,000 for the faithful administration of the estate of Joseph Walton, dec'd, by Anne Walton, administratrix with the will annexed.
On November 18, 1856, one day after he signed his will, Joseph Walton wrote, "I, Joseph Walton, do hereby request my wife, Ann Walton, to emmancipate liberate and set free my negro slave called and known by the name of "Silas" over fity years of age, at the time of my death." On the same sheet of paper she wrote that she agreed to comply with his request.
On December 17, 1856 an inventory and appraisement of the estate was made. The value of personal property was $521.30, including "one old Negro woman" worth $150.
In March 1858 Anne Walton presented her first settlement to the judge of the Probate Court. She has paid debts and taxes and has been making monthly payments of $20 to her son Samuel and to her daughter-in-law Nancy Walton in accordance with the stipulations of the will. Her assets include the appraised value of personal property ($521.30), cash as per inventory ($961.65), and notes as per inventory ($143.91). She has been paid $2540.00 in rent on a building on Chestnut Street between 2nd & 3rd, $480.00 in rent on 4 houses on 11th between Franklin Avenue and Wash Street at $8 per month each from Nov 24, 1856 to March 1858, and $225.00 in rent on one other house at the same location for the same period at $15/month. She has received about $4872, has paid out about $1487, and has a balance of $3384.91.
As of September 1858 Eliza Walton, widow of William Walton, has not received her legacy of $2000, and she submits a petition to the September term of the Probate Court to force Anne Walton, the administratrix of the estate, to pay it to her. She states that all debts have been paid and that the estate is free of encumbrances. She points out that monthly payments of $20 have been made to Samuel Walton and to Nancy Walton, and she says that $600 of the $1000 legacy due to Joseph Walton's daughter Eliza has been paid. She describes in detail the difficulties of her financial position and says that she has requested that the executrix pay her one half of her legacy, which would be sufficient to meet her immediate necessities, but that she has been constantly refused. Specifically she asks the court to compel the executrix to pay her $1000 at this time.
In March 1859 Anne Walton presented her second settlement to the Probate Court. She has rental income from the same properties as before, and she lists the same amounts as before, although this time they cover 12 months whereas previously they covered 15 months. She continues to pay $20/month to her son Samuel and to her daughter-in-law Nancy Walton. She has paid $1000 to her daughter Eliza (August 1858) and $1000 to her daughter-in-law Eliza Walton (November 1858). She has a balance of $3991.84.
In March 1860 Anne Walton presented her third and final settlement to the Probate Court. Her income from rental properties is the same as reported in 1859. She has continued to pay $20/month to Samuel and to Nancy, and she has paid the remaining $1000 of her daughter-in-law's legacy. She has a balance of $5772.39.
In September 1863 the following notice was published:
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION DE BONIS NON. -- Notice is hereby given that the letters of administration upon the estate of Joseph Walton, granted by the St. Louis Probate Court to Ann Walton, ceased on or about the seventh day of November, 1862, by reason of the death of said Ann Walton, and that letters of administration, with the will annexed, upon the said estate of Joseph Walton, were granted by the said Probate Court to the undersigned, bearing date September 16, 1863.
All persons having claims against said estate are required to exhibit them to me for allowance within one year after date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate, and if said claims be not exhibited within three years from the date of said letters, they will be forever barred.
W. H. LACKLAND, Adm'r. d. b. n. with the will annexed, of Jos. Walton, dec'd.
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In March 1864 W. H. Lackland presented an inventory of the estate. Since the last settlement $6990.75 has been collected in rent. Real property in the estate consists of 1) a lot on the north side of Chestnut bought February 3, 1827, 2) a leasehold purchased at a sheriff's sale June 25, 1852 of a tract of 35.09 arpents south of the River Des Peres, lot 139 in the plat of the subdivision, 3) a lot bought December 5, 1851 fronting 35 feet on the east side of 11th Street, 132'6" deep, and bounded on the north by Franklin Ave., 4) 8 contiguous lots on the south side of Boston Street in D. D. Page's Second Western Addition.
In 1866 W. H. Lackland reports that a suit has been initiated in the St. Louis Circuit Court to enforce the payment of certain legacies in the amount of $6381.47. In a petition submitted to the December 1867 term of the St. Louis Probate Court, he says that he was induced to take charge of the estate for the purpose of enforcing certain legacies due Nancy, Robert, Samuel, Julia, Eliza, Joseph, and George Walton. He says that he was informed that there was $12,761.05 in the hands of the executrix of the estate of Ann Walton, and he filed a claim for that amount in the Probate Court, but his claim was refused. He asks to be relieved.
ANOTHER JOSEPH WALTON:
There was another Walton family in St. Louis Co. William Walton was a large landowner who died in 1826 and who had several sons, including Joseph, who married Drusilla Musick. See
https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/b/r/e/Kerma-C-Breedlove-MO/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0003.html
On June 7, 2003 a question was posed about Drusilla Musick married to Joseph Walton on the Musick Family Genealogy Forum. See
http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/musick/1053/
Two days later Donald G. Musick, Secretary of the Musick Family Association posted a reply which included the following excerpt between asterisks:
*****
We have a manuscript collection of letters entitled "Descendants of the Marchetau Family," by Annie Bruce Fuller. It is principally about old St. Louis Families. There, Annie Bruce talks of many Musicks, but not Drusilla. She does describe Joseph Walton, son of "old Grandma" Walton, who was a Mrs. Delaney, but whose husband's name she does not recall. It is not certain this is the Joseph you seek, but we know he had brothers Sam, Chas. Delaney Walton, & William Walton, and sisters Eliza Walton Crutsinger and Clarice Walton Shands. She states that Joseph "lived over in Illinois. He and his wife had two sons as well as I remember and one daughter Lyda Walton mar. a Mr. Gill." The Walton and Gill families lived somewhere around Edwardsville or Bunker Hill [Illinois]. She says one or two sons of Joseph Walton were killed in the Civil War.
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The list of siblings makes it clear that Annie Bruce is talking about our Walton family, not the "other" Walton family. Notably absent among the siblings is George. The facts about George's life are very similar to what she says about Joseph. Two of George's sons were in the Union army and one was killed. In 1840 George was living in Edwardsville, and in 1862 his widow inherited a farm near Bunker Hill from her mother-in-law. Already in 1860 she was living there with her children. In 1880 she was still living near Bunker Hill.
Annie Bruce says that she cannot remember the name of old Grandma Walton's husband, but it appears that she did remember his name, although she was confused and thought that 'Joseph' was the son rather than the father. The name she did not remember was 'George'. Old Grandma Walton could not have been a Mrs. Delaney; she was Mrs. Walton, but it seems very likely that she was Miss Delaney before she married Joseph Walton.
In 1870 James and Eliza Gill have 2 children and are living near Dorchester in Macoupin Co. next to his father. Dorchester is very close to Bunker Hill. Although I was unable to find a marriage record for them in either Macoupin Co. or Madison Co., I think it is likely that James Gill's wife Eliza is Eliza Walton.
Joseph Walton and Anne Delaney did have a son Joseph, Jr., but the details of his life are completely different from those of George.
General Notes: Wife - Anne Delaney
SURNAME:
See notes under her husband concerning the letters of Annie Bruce Fuller. The maiden name of Joseph Walton's wife may or may not have been 'Delaney'.
DEATH:
St. Louis, Missouri REGISTRY OF DEATHS FOR THE WEEK ENDING November 1, 1862 ("Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910", ancestry.com):
Anna Walton, white female, age: 81 years
Locality where death occurred: 11th St n F Ave
Cause: old age
Bellefontaine Cemetery records have 31 Oct 1862 as the burial date. I will use 29 Oct as the death date.
WILL:
I, Anne Walton, of the City and County of St. Louis, State of Missouri, do make this my last will and testament.
1. I desire that all my just debts if any, and the expenses of my funeral be paid out of my personal estate.
2. I give and devise to my daughter-in-law, Mrs. Nancy Walton, widow of my son George Waltin my Bunker Hill farm, situate in Macoupin County in the State of Illinois, and all my lands in said County, with the stock and property which may be on said farm at the time of my decease, but in trust for the following purposes, to wit: 1. To hold, use and occupy until her youngest child by her said husband shall attain the age of twenty one years, faithfully using and applying the rents, profits and income of said farm and property towards and for the support and education of her four children Julia, Eliza, Elverton and Joseph Walton during their minority. 2. When said youngest child shall attain the age of twenty one years, or when the youngest of said children then in life shall attain that age, the title to said lands and property shall pass to and vest in such of said children as shall then be living, in fee-simple absolute in equal parts as tenants in common. Robert Walton, another child of said Nancy is excluded from the benefits of this provision of my will, because of the bequest to him in the will of my late husband.
3. I exclude from the benefits of this will and from any participation in my estate the following persons, to wit: my son Samuel D. Walten for whom I have already made liberal advances; each of the children of my son William Walton, namely, [line left blank] each of the children of my deceased daughter, Mrs. Eliza Crutzinger, namely, Anna, Josephine, Robert, Charles, Lewis & Clara Crutzinger
4. I give, devise and bequeath all the rest and residue of my estate, real, personal or mixed, in trust to my executors hereinafter named for the following purposes, to wit: --
1. To hold, take care of and invest on interest with ample security so as to preserve the principal fund, until until [sic] the youngest child of my daughter Mrs. Clara Shands, wife of Joseph Shands, who shall at the time be living, shall attain the age of legal majority, using and applying the interest and income of said property for the support, maintenance and and [sic] education of the children of my said daughter, Mrs. Clara Shands, during their minority; said children being named respectively Anna, Clara, Caroline, Mary & Effie.
2. When the youngest of said children last named, who shall at the time be living, shall attain the age of legal majority, the whole of said property mentioned in this clause of my will shall pass to and vest in such of said children last mentioned as shall then be living in equal shares and proportions, share and share alike. And it shall be the duty of my said executors to make execute and deliver all needful conveyances to that end; and a like duty is also hereby imposed upon Mrs. Nancy Walton in respect to the estate which may be held by her under the second clause of this will and so as to carry into full effect the purposes of said clause.
5. I hereby revoke all former wills and declare this to be my last will and testament.
And I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my friends Ezra Mundy and Septimus Levering, both of the city & county of St. Louis, State of Missouri, to be executors of this my last will and testament, giving to the survivor of them the same power and authority herein granted to them jointly.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this 28th day of October in the year eighteen hundred sixty two.
Anne Walton
Signed and declared by the above named Anne Walton to be her last will and testament in the presence of us who at her request and in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witness thereto
Septimus Levering Jas. R. McCausland
Oliver W. Bacon W. Currier
Ezra Mundy
On November 7, 1862 Oliver W. Bacon and Warren Currier swore before the Judge of the Probate Court that they saw Anne Walton sign the above document and that she was then of sound and disposing mind.
PROBATE:
Documents, including the above will, for case 06276, estate of Anne Walton, dec'd, can be seen at
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/mojudicial/images.asp?id=6060&party=Walton,%20Anne&case=06276&date=1862&County=St.%20Louis&courtType=Probate%20Court&reel=C%2031046
Note that in the will she names the daughters of her daughter Clara but not the sons, and an undated note suggests that at the end of the day $2120.69 was available to be paid to the following 5 daughters: Anna Theophania, Clara Walton, Caroline Virginia, Mary Eliza, and Effie May Shands.
On November 11, 1862 Septimus Levering, as principal, and John Maltheus, Jr. and Laurasen Levering, as securities, are bound unto the State of Missouri in the amount of $6500 for the faithful administration of the estate of Anne Walton by Septimus Levering, executor.
An inventory and appraisement were made November 17. The farm in Macoupin Co., Illinois, which in accordance with the will will be conveyed to Anne's daughter-in-law Nancy Walton, consists of 52 acres. A large part of Anne's assets consists of notes, all but one of which is overdue. The principal value is $2752.30 and the accumulated interest is $584.79. Her nephew Robert Crutsinger owes her $300 plus interest on 2 notes due in 1860 and another nephew Robert M. Walton owes her $100 plus interest on a note due in September 1862. Two notes from Ezra Mundy total $2100 in principal, but the largest note for $1500 is not overdue and is secured by a deed of trust. The value of household items is $147.25.
In December 1863 the administrator says that the estate has a balance of $4062.93. Notes and accounts amount to $3288.17; cash on hand = $338.28 and amounts on deposit = $91.30. All or most of the household items were taken by Clarissa in accordance with her father's will. The undertaker charged $72.
In December 1864 the administrator reports a balance of $3835.39. It appears that many of the notes have been paid since cash on hand = $2509.37 and notes and accounts amount to $980.84.
In December 1865 the balance is $3287.34. Cash on hand = $1969.65; notes and accounts amount to $972.57, almost the same as a year earlier. $149.72 was paid to Samuel D. Walton and $150.53 was paid to Nancy Walton. It is not clear whether the $20/month legacy from the will of Joseph Walton is being regularly paid to them. Probably not.
In March 1868 the balance is $3363.58 and the notes and accounts portion has been slightly reduced to $849.90.
In the administrators's final settlement in December 1869 there is a list of unpaid notes and accounts. It appears that they are being written off, and the balance is $2120.69. R. Crutsinger's unpaid principal and interest is $353.45.
The administrator of the estate of Joseph Walton sued the estate of his wife Anne Walton for funds to pay various legacies in the will of Joseph Walton. It appears that that suit was unsuccessful, but some money was paid to Samuel D. Walton and to Nancy Walton by the administrator of Anne Walton's estate ($134.12 paid to SDW March 1863 for settlement up to August 21, 1862; $50 paid to NW September 1862, $200 paid June 1863, and $150.53 paid March 1865 for the period March 1861 to October 1862).
DEPOSITION:
On May 30, 1853 Ann D. Walton gives a deposition in an interesting case involving Fielding Williams, a free black man born in St. Louis after his mother, a former slave named Anny, had obtained her freedom as a consequence of the will of her former owner, Nancy Arnold. The will stated that she was to be free 6 years after the date of the will. The will was dated October 25, 1827, and Fielding Williams was born after October 25, 1833. The executor of the estate sold Anny to a Capt. Newman for the remainder of the period of time during which she was still to be a slave. Ann Walton says that Capt. Newman lived "next door to me in one of my houses on Chesnut Street" and that the birth took place on Chesnut Street in widow Riley's house. Fielding Williams fears that Socrates Newman may make a claim on him and that people who know the facts are getting old and may soon die. He wants to get a legally valid record of their recollections now in case he needs it later. (St. Louis Co. Deed Records Q6/370)
