Lt. Joseph Stuart WALKUP

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• FamilySearch ID: LZJK-QH4
• MilitaryService: ; Lt.
• Name: VACHUB
• Owned property: 15 May 1754, Augusta, Virginia, British Colonial America; 378 acres in Calfpasture, head of Meeting Branch
• Owned property: 1761, Virginia, British Colonial America; 276 acres, head of Grassy Lick Run, Calfpasture, purchased from John Ward
• Will: 6 Feb 1787, Rockbridge, Virginia

Notes:

Joseph Walkup (Vachub) 1719-1787 purchased 378 acres on the Calfpasture River for five shillings, the equivelancy to about 83 cents at today's money. Who would not wish to purchase this fertile valley land, now, at such a price? Joseph lived most of his life in Augusta County. But, when his will was written, he lived in Rockbridge, due to boundary changes.

During Joseph's life, on the Calfpasture, important historical events occurred. He lived through the French and Indian Wars, in which much of the western frontier was violently assaulted. He must have endured having neighbors and, perhaps family, killed and carried away by marauding Indians. When Joseph was about 49, the Ottawa Chief, Pontiac, led a spring uprising against the frontier in which hundreds of colonists along the western frontier were killed. Joseph's valley was no exception to these incursions. In 1765 Joseph turned in a report for provisions and impressed horses for the use of the militia. This indicates that he aided those frontiersmen who protectyed the borders of western Virginia from Indian invasions. A niece to Joseph's sister, Margaret (Walkup) Gay, declared that there was a stockade on the Calfpasture during the French and Indian War. Such a fortification would have made for close ineraction among all Calfpasture residents.

Before Joseph and his family had time to recuperate from war, disruption began anew. According to one source, Walkups were born soldiers and their names were found on the Virginia rolls in all her struggles. All the Walkups participated in the American Revolution. A 1783 record credits to Joseph; 22 horses hire, 5 bushels oats, 5 buschels corn, all as aid to the war. Joseph's son, John, fought with Francis Marion who took from the Bristish much of South Carolina. Joseph's brother, James Alexander became a Captain.

Joseph's will was written in 1784. Money that he left was both actual and due debts, equaling around 700 dollars. He left personal items to his daughters, granddaughters and grandsons. He left his large Bible to his daughter Rebecka. Joseph left 300 acres of land to his son, Robert, and 48 acres with the dwelling house, meadow and orchard to grandson, Nathaniel Walkup 1777-1850. Relatives, James Steavenson and Joh Gay were appointed Executors. Witesses included Brasten Castham, Samuel Corrick and Matthew Vachub. It is not what Joseph left that is so important, but the simple fact that he left it in written form. His will helps to identify relationships between early Rockbridge families as well as to identify those family members that relocated to other parts.

Following the death of their father, Robert (1748-1824) and Christopher (1744-1818) moved to the Greenbrier Valley. It is said they visited that area before the Revolution. Apparently, they liked what they found. Robert sold his land, or a portion of it, to John Sterrit, according to Rockbridge records. Robert moved his family to Greenbrier County, West Virginia and lived, eventually, in the Meadow Bluff area. His son Nathaniel married Margaret Moore and raised his family in Greenbrier and Nicholas Counties in West Virginia.

Subitted and written by: Priscilla P. Walkup

From: Rockbridge County, Virginia Heritage Book 1778-1997

Joseph married Rebecca Jane GRAHAM in 1738 in Augusta, Virginia. Rebecca (daughter of Christopher GRAHAM and Margaret Florence RISK) was born on 1 Jul 1716 in Rockbridge, Augusta, Virginia, British Colonial America; died on 18 Apr 1780 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Matthew WALKUP was born in 1738 in Rockbridge, Virginia; died before 1785.
2. Ann Jean WALKUP was born in 1742 in Augusta Parish, Augusta, Virginia, British Colonial America; died on 21 Mar 1769 in Augusta, Virginia, British Colonial America.
3. Margaret WAUCHOPE was born about 1746 in Virginia; and died.
4. Ann Jean WAUCHOPE was born in 1749 in Augusta, Virginia, British Colonial America; died after 1792 in Augusta, Virginia.
5. Margaret Mary WALKUP was born before 1753 in Augusta County, Virginia, British Colonial America; died before 19 Dec 1827 in Boone County, Missouri.
6. Annie WALKUP was born about 1760 in of, , N.C.; and died.

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• FamilySearch ID: LTL8-C4K
• Name: Samuel Vachub WALKUP
• Name: Samuel WALKUP
• Relocated: 1724, From Northern Ireland/Virginia

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Nickname: The Immigrater

Samuel married Nancy Agnes ALEXANDER in Fergus, 5298, Ireland. Nancy (daughter of John George ALEXANDER and Anne Elizabeth AXTELL) was born about 1702 in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland; died in 1740 in Anson, North Carolina, British Colonial America; was buried in 1740 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Joseph married Rebecca GRAHAM. Rebecca was born in 1676 in Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland; died in Dec 1741 in Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: G772-SJM

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• Land: ; Mocason Plantation
• Arrival: 1687, South Carolina

John married Anne Elizabeth AXTELL in 1690 in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland. Anne (daughter of Landgrave Daniel AXTELL and Rebecca HOLLAND) was born in 1672 in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland; died in Oct 1751 in Chowan County, North Carolina, British Colonial America; was buried in 1751 in Mount Boone Cemetery, Summerville, Dorchester, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LZTL-L1N
• Name: Ann Araminta Axtell
• _UID: 5023FF62CFFC4825A7DD681C3FF8B8D4D705
• MilitaryService: 4 May 1692, United States

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• _UID: 7A842FF99C6A43D0B7630308CEA656B4E290
• Other: 20 Jul 1659, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England

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From 1704 to 1706, Daniel Axtell and others operated a tar kiln in which at least four slaves tended the fire, made and carted barrels, and occasionally received cash for their work.

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In 1678 Axtell's son, also named Daniel Axtell, fled to Carolina after his house in Stoke Newington was searched for seditious libels. He died in 1687.[12]

Wikipedia

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In the early 1680s, London merchant Daniel Axtell began promoting migration
from the British Isles to Carolina and planned on migrating there with his family. He was
most likely the son of an officer in Oliver Cromwell's army who oversaw the trial of
Charles I and was later executed in 1660 after the restoration of the Crown. Axtell and
another Londoner, Joseph Morton, were instrumental in convincing hundreds of colonists
to migrate to Carolina and were each rewarded with the feudal title of Landgrave. Morton
took up lands to the south of Charles Town along the Edisto River and quickly became
the governor of the colony. "Daniell Axtell of London Marcht" received a warrant for
three thousand acres on December 13, 1680. He did not spend much time in Carolina
before his death in 1684. Daniel Axtell's son, Holland, took his father's title of
Landgrave, but his widow, Rebecca Axtell, lived on and oversaw their main plantation,
named Newington. The plantation was located on the upper reaches of the Ashley River,
near the present city of Summerville. Newington was probably the result of Axtell's
original 1680 grant of three thousand acres, and this plantation has the only surviving
account book from the early years of the colony.25

From:Enslaved Native Americans and the Making of South Carolina, 1659? 1739. by Andrew Johnson

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In I 678, another Daniel Axtell, probably a son of Col.
Daniel, left England in company with many others of
Puritanic tende::cies on account of the oppression and
indignities to which they were subjected by the law and
government of the country. August 13, 1678, before
leaving England, he made a will in which he remembers
his children: Sibella, Sibyl, Daniel, Mary, Holland,
Rebecca, Elizabeth and Ann. Of these, only ont: of age, he
made his ,vife, "Rebeckah" "his full and whole executrix,"
Henry Danvers, Esq. and \\Villiam Pennington, his friends,
were to assist his wife "in gathering in the esta:,,~ from
abroad and advising and helping her disposing of it when
at home." (N. E. His. & Gen. Rec. Vol. 44, p58.) A grant
of 3,000 acres in South Carolina was made to him Decem-
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ber 13, 1680. His son started for South Carolina about
that time, but died on the way over and ,vas buried at sea.
The father appears at that date to have been in England,
but later was again in South Carolina in the movement to
establish a colony of which he was one of the leaders.

from:

Axtell Geneology, 1945
CARSON A. AXTELL

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Merchant in London, Came to South Carolina ca 1680, received land grant for 3000 acres 1680, made Landgrave in 1681, married Lady Rebecca Holland who came to South Carolina in 1683 and she received grants of about 3,780 acres in 1696, 1704, 1707 and 1711. [Comp. of Am Gen.] Daniel and his son Holland were "landgraves" near modern Summerville, South Carolina on the Ashley River (inland from Charles Town--now Charleston). Holland died childless in 1692. The name died with him, but the daughters married well

Daniel married Rebecca HOLLAND on 29 Jul 1659 in Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England. Rebecca (daughter of Cornelius HOLLAND and Sibyl Sybell FORTH) was born on 20 Jul 1640 in London, England, United Kingdom; died on 5 Apr 1720 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LR8X-PQ5
• Name: Rebeckah "Rebecca" Holland
• Name: Rebeckah Axtell
• _UID: C7BD19AF82674CD386002A0DF7CB902A8DA0
• Arrival: Between 1670 and 1684, South Carolina

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Other: Family: Her brother, Cornelius, was born a servant in a large householdin England and eventualy enlisted in the army ( this came from the Chronicles of Cromwell's Army).He was indeed one of the regicides, who were asked to vote on whether or not King Charles was to be put to death. He appears to be one of the ten who abstained from the vote which carried nevertheless and the King wasput to death.Cornelius was given many lands in Ireland when Cromwell's forces rampaged through the country ( apparently there are records listing a fraction of these lands in the National Archives in Ireland). When Charles' son came to power around 1650, he wanted to avenge his father's death and confiscated theseand his other properties. Cornelius escaped to Lausanne, Switzerland where hespent the rest of his life

Her father (and father-in-law is similar):

Cornelius Holland (1599 ? c. 1671[1])

Born London, England; died possibly at Lausanne, Switzerland about 1671, after he was wanted for his part in the regicide of Charles I of England.[2]

Holland is alleged to have been the chief hand in drawing up the charges against King Charles I, although he was not present when the sentence of death was pronounced, nor does his name appear on the warrant of execution. In February 1649, he was appointed to Council of State[3][4] and was reappointed the next years.[5][6]

Holland lived for a time at Creslow Manor House which he remodelled ca. 1646.[7] This manor house is mentioned in Chambers Book of Days under June 23:[8]

While Creslow pastures continued in possession of the Crown, they were committed to the custody of a keeper. In 1596, James Quarles, Esq. Chief Clerk of the Royal Kitchen, was keeper of Creslow pastures. He was succeeded by Benett Mayne, a relative of the regicide, who was succeeded in 1634 by the regicide Cornelius Holland. This Cornelius Holland, whose father died insolvent in the Fleet, was 'a Poore boy in court waiting on Sir Henry Vane,' by whose interest he was appointed by Charles I keeper of Creslow pastures. He subsequently deserted the cause of his royal patron, and was rewarded by the Parliament with many lucrative posts. He entered the House of Commons in 1642, and after taking a very prominent part against the king, signed his death-warrant. He became so wealthy that, though he had ten children, he gave a daughter on her marriage ?5,000, equal to ten times that sum at the present day. He is traditionally accused of having destroyed or dismantled many of the churches in the neighbourhood of Creslow, [including the churches of Creslow, Granborough and East Claydon[9]]. At the Restoration, being absolutely excepted from the royal amnesty [(the Indemnity and Oblivion Act)], he escaped execution only by fleeing to Lausanne, where, says Noble, 'he ended his days in universal contempt.'

from Wikipedia

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