Carleton Walker

(1777-1840)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Carleton Walker was born on January 5, 1777, in Wooler, Northumberland, England. He died on October 12, 1840, and was buried in St. Matthew's Churchyard in Hillsborough, NC.

Relatives

• Parents: James Walker [1] and Jane Woodhouse [1].
• Spouses:
  • Maria(h) Moseley, married from December 24, 1801 to October, 1802. Maria(h) Moseley and Carleton Walker were married in Wilmington [1]. They had one son, John 1 Moseley Walker (1802-1824) [1].
  • Sabina T. Legare, married on March 20, 1804. Sabina T. Legare and Carleton Walker were married in Charleston [1].
  • Caroline Mary Mallett (1789-1862), married on June 11, 1807. Caroline Mary Mallett married Carleton Walker in Wilmington [1].
    Children:
    
    • four sons, Carleton Walker, [Jr.] [1], James Woodhouse Walker [1], Peter Mallett Walker [1] and John 2 Moseley Walker (1824-1894) [1].
    • seven daughters, Mary Pearson Walker [1], Caroline De Berniere Walker (1820-1900) [1], Margaret Isabella Walker (1824-1904)  [1], Catherine Burke Walker [1], Sophia Woodhouse Walker [1], Sarah Jane Walker [1] and Eliza Henrietta Walker [1].

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).