Samuel D. Walton
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: Abt 1809 - Pennsylvania
Christening:
Death: Aug 1880 - Cuba, Crawford Co., Missouri
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joseph Walton (1777-1856)
Mother: Anne Delaney (Abt 1781-1862)
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Piant (20 Sep 1816 - 3 Nov 1867)
Marriage: 28 Dec 1833 - St. Louis, Missouri 1 2
Children:
1. George G. Walton (1834-Bef 1840)
2. Mary A. C. Walton (1836-1927)
3. Lewis Walton (Abt 1839-1844)
4. Frederick P. Walton (1841-1914)
5. Lucinda Walton (1843-1924)
6. Peter Elverton Walton (1848-1924)
2. Harriett Matilda (28 Mar 1842 - 12 Apr 1899)
Marriage: Abt 1872
Children:
1. Edward Benjamin "Ed" Walton (1874-1949)
2. Sadie Walton (1876-1945)
Notes
General:
CENSUS:
<pre>1840 St. Louis Township and City, Missouri
Samuel D. Walton 100001 -- 10011; no slaves
male female
1 < 5 1
5-10
10-15
15-20 1
20-30 1
1 30-40 </pre>
<pre>1850 Sacramento Co., California, Sac City; Oct 11
265/277
Joseph Walton 25 M Mo $-- Soda Manuf
Sam'l Walton 43 M Mo $-- Soda Manuf'ters </pre>
They are among 7 men from various places (R. I., Mass, Mo, England) all with the same occupation.
<pre>1860 Crawford Co., Mo, Meramec Town., p.o. Steelville; July 3; pg 30
197/197
Samuel D. Walton 51 MW Pa $1600/$352 Brickmason
Elizabeth " 44 FW Mo
Frederick " 18 MW Mo
Lucinda " 16 FW Mo
Peter " 12 MW Mo </pre>
He is not in the Slave Schedule.
<pre>1880 Crawford Co., Missouri, Cuba, ED 52; June 15; pg 16
32/35
Samuel Walton 71 M Pa Pa Pa Carpenter
Harriett " wife 37 M Mo Mo Tn Keeping House
Eddie " son 6 S Mo Pa Mo
Sallie " dau 3 S Mo Pa Mo
Elizabeth Schinkle 41 W Mo Mo Mo Keeping House
George " son 20 S Mo Mo Mo Laborer </pre>
Also in their household is a 65 year old boarder born in Switzerland, who is a clock and watch repairman. Samuel Walton is marked as being insane.
WORK in ST. LOUIS:
From 1836 to 1844 Samuel D. Walton and his brother Charles D. Walton operated a livery stable at the corner of Locust and 3rd streets in St. Louis. For details see notes under Charles D. Walton. The stable was located on a lot which their father had leased in 1834 for 10 years and it is probable that they lived on the same lot. Samuel is absent from Green's 1845 St. Louis Directory, but in 1847 he has a game depot and lives at 166 S 5th. In 1848 he is a riverman and lives on 11th north of Franklin. He is not present in any subsequent St. Louis directory.
DEED RECORDS in ST. LOUIS CO.:
On September 3, 1842 Alexander Monroe owes $150 to Samuel D. Walton for the rent of a farm now occupied by Monroe. He gives a deed of trust to Peter Piant, trustee, for certain items of personal property (8 horses, 10 head of cattle, 1 wagon harness). (A3/178) This farm is presumably the 90 arpent tract once owned by James Withinton. For the complicated relationship of Samuel Walton with this tract see notes under James Withinton.
In 1843 Samuel D. Walton and his brother Charles D. Walton acquired a lot on Second Street, which they had taken as security for a loan which was not repaid. See notes under Charles D. Walton for details. (O/2, D5/325, F6/492)
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From June 1843 to August 1848 Samuel D. Walton was involved in a complicated sequence of transactions in block 88 in the City of St. Louis. Block 88 is at the southeast corner of Locust and Fourth. The livery stable operated by Samuel and his brother Charles D. Walton from 1836 to 1844 was at the northeast corner of Locust and Fourth.
The transactions in block 88 involve two distinct lots. Prominently involved in these transactions are Julie De Sersie, Lewis Graham, and Thomas Pratte. The latter two were sons of Genevieve Latouche and were known as Louis Latouche and Sylvester Latouche before they changed their names to Lewis Graham and Thomas Pratte, respectively. Julie's surname is spelled several different ways. On April 17, 1843 Julie De Sersie and Lewis Graham sell their interest in a lot with 35 feet of frontage on the west side of Third Street to Charles D. Walton acting as a trustee for his brother Samuel D. Walton (B3/57). Samuel pays $200 to the sellers, who agree to give him a warranty deed provided that within the next 3 months Sylvester Pratte sells his interest in the lot to Samuel for another $200. Otherwise the property will revert to the sellers and the $200 will be repaid to Samuel with interest. It appears that Sylvester did not agree to sell his part, because on July 8, 1844, Charles D. Walton, trustee of Samuel Walton, and Samuel Walton quitclaim to Julie De Sersie and Lewis Graham their interest in the lot on Third Street (K3/247).
On June 13, 1843, before the end of the 3 month period, Samuel D. Walton buys another lot in block 88 from Lewis Graham, Thomas Pratte, and Julie De Sersie for $400 (C3/145). This lot on the south side of Locust Street has an irregular shape. It has 4 1/2 feet of frontage on Locust Street and is about 65 feet deep on the east side. Loosely speaking it is a rectangle 50 feet by 40 feet in the interior of the block with a corridor 4 1/2 feet wide and 25 feet long to the street. The east boundary is an old line (the east line of the St. Louis Common Fields) which is not perpendicular to the south line of Locust Street. This lot may have been contiguous with the other lot that Samuel was trying to buy, but probably not.
On December 27, 1845 Pierre Piant sells to Samuel D. Walton for $1 a lot with about 30 feet of frontage on Locust Street (W3/254). This lot is contiguous with the irregularly shaped lot and together they more or less form a rectangle with about 35 feet of frontage on Locust Street. Remember that the east side is not perpendicular to the street.
There may have been some title problems. On June 30, 1847 Samuel D. Walton pays $20 to Francis and Mary Ann Robideaux for the lots already conveyed to him by Lewis Graham, Thomas Pratte, and Julie De Sersie and by Pierre Piant (J4/466).
Because Louis Latouche and Sylvester Latouche had purchased their interest in the lot from Julie De Sersie (S/8 & 9) and since someone might doubt that they are the same persons as Louis Graham and Thomas Pratte, on July 1, 1847 Samuel D. Walton is given another deed to the same property from "Louis Latouche now known by the name of Louis Graham", "Sylvester Latouche, now known by the name of Thomas Pratte", and "Julia Deserey" (E5/89). This deed provides a precise metes and bounds description of the lot.
These last two deeds are presumably preparatory to a deed of trust given two weeks later on July 15, 1847 by Samuel D. Walton and his wife Elizabeth to secure a promissory note for $1500 payable in 1 year with 6% interest (P4/53). A note in the margin indicates that the debt was fully paid.
On August 15, 1848 Samuel D. Walton and an adjacent property owner exchange small triangular tracts in order to create a boundary line perpendicular to Locust Street (V4/237, I5/117).
Two days later on August 17, 1848 Samuel D. Walton and his wife Elizabeth sell their lot for $2000 (V4/238). This deed contains a precise metes and bounds description
We don't know whether Samuel D. Walton ever used this lot for business purposes or whether it had some kind of building on it. He bought the main part for $400 in 1843, was given the smaller part by his father-in-law Pierre Piant in 1845, and sold the two parts together for $2000 in 1848.
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On February 1, 1848 Samuel D. Walton owes $500 to James A. Little due 12 months from date and he gives a deed of trust to George R. Taylor for a Negro man of dark mulatto colour named Silas aged about 40 years & about 5'11'' in height now in the possession of James A. Little. (P4/367)
On February 22, 1848 Ephraim H. Dickson and Catharine Dickson, his wife, of St. Louis Co. sell to Samuel D. Walton of the same county for $300 and other consideration survey 1251 in the common fields of Village a Robert. The survey was made in 1818 by Joseph C. Brown and contains 90 arpents = 76.56 acres in T46NR6E. The same land was confirmed to Joseph Glover October 1, 1811. (X4/313) On November 16, 1848 Samuel D. Walton and Elizabeth Walton, his wife, of St. Louis Co. sell to Pascal Piant of the same place for $1200 survey number 1251. (X4/314)
On March 3, 1848 William Edds and Samuel D. Walton, having given Stephen S. Phelps a promissory note for $800 due in 50 days with interest at 6%, give a deed of trust to Benjamin I. Gillman, trustee, for all their interest in 1/2 of the steamboat Eliza Stewart. They own 15/16 of the steamboat. (S4/21) Later, on November 15, 1848 Samuel D. Walton, having given Samuel Wood and Benjamin L. Shaw two promissory notes, each for $667.42 with interest at 6%, one payable 4 months after date and the other payable 6 months after date, gives a deed of trust to C. S. Rannells, trustee, for his 6/16 interest in the steamboat Eliza Stewart. (W4/253)
On June 28, 1849 Samuel D. Walton and George Walton gave 3 promissory notes to Joseph Walton, one for $500 payable 6 months after date, one for $1000 payable 12 months after date, and a third for $1000 payable 24 months after date. No interest is mentioned. On that date they leased a livery stable from Joseph Walton and they gave a deed of trust to William A. Lynch, trustee, for certain personal property located on the premises of the livery stable (15 horses, 5 carriages, 1 hearse, 4 buggs, 1 beroche, 1 saddle, 1 bridle, 6 lots of double harnesses, 5 sets of single harnesses, and all the apparatuses belonging to or pertaining to the livery stable). (E5/582)
LAND in CRAWFORD CO.:
On March 1, 1860 120 acres in Crawford Co., Missouri were patented to Samuel D. Walton. They are in Section 35 T39N R4W.
DEATH:
I have a copy of a letter postmarked "Aug 16, 1880 Cuba, Crawford Co., Mo." and addressed to "F. P. Walton, Liberty Grove, Hillsbeoro, Tex.". The envelope is 2.5 inches by 4.75 inches and has a black border. The letter is as follows:
Cuba Aug 15, 1880
Dear Brother
I seat myself to inform you of our Fathe Deth We got here Friday an I found no pa here Pet promesed to send us word he never I want you to come in a hurrey while I am here. What I can find out Pet will get all is a coming I want you to get your monney o Fred do come an be with us he fell out of the loft on his head you no how that is all is well poor sin has to go on crutches Pet took our portrates a way before pa was gon you know tha was sin an mine he done a dog trick I am goigen to have mine We care for nothing els he sold the stables for $600 an paid all the dets be sure an come in hast an see about things this is all the knews such as tha are
Good by for a few days
your sister
Mary A C Smith
Come in hast
Clarification: 'Pet' is Pete Walton, her youngest brother. 'Sin' is probably her sister Lucinda. August 15, 1880 was Sunday.
