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1760 - 1832 (72 years)
1740 - 1804 (64 years)
Nickname |
PATRIOT |
Birth |
1740 |
Prince Edward, Virginia |
Died |
2 Feb 1804 |
Meadow Gardens, his home in Augusta, Georgia |
Buried |
Meadow Gardens, Augusta, Georgia |
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Father |
Robert Walton, II, b. 7 Jan 1717, New Kent County, Virginia Colony |
Mother |
Mary Hughes, b. Abt 1672, Cumberland County, Virginia |
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Family 1 |
Margaret Tabb, b. 4 Apr 1744, York County, Virginia |
Married |
25 Jun 1759 |
Cumberland County, Virginia |
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Family 2 |
Dorothy Camber, b. 1760, England [3] |
Married |
1775 |
Children |
| 1. Thomas Camber Walton, b. 1776, Georgia |
+ | 2. George Walton, Jr., b. 15 Aug 1786, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia |
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1776 - 1803 (27 years)
Birth |
1776 |
Georgia |
Died |
13 Dec 1803 |
Meadow Garden, his father's home in Augusta, Georgia |
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Father |
George [signer] Walton, b. 1740, Prince Edward, Virginia |
Mother |
Dorothy Camber, b. 1760, England |
Married |
1775 |
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1786 - 1863 (76 years)
Birth |
15 Aug 1786 |
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia |
Died |
3 Jan 1863 |
Dinwiddie County, Virginia |
Buried |
Blandford Cemetery Petersburg, Virginia |
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Father |
George [signer] Walton, b. 1740, Prince Edward, Virginia |
Mother |
Dorothy Camber, b. 1760, England |
Married |
1775 |
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Family |
'Sally' Sarah Minge Walker, b. 19 Jul 1792, Washington County, Georgia |
Married |
10 Jan 1809 |
Belleview, near Augusta Georgia |
Children |
+ | 1. Octavia Celeste Valentine Walton, b. 11 Aug 1811, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 2. Robert Watkins Walton, b. 1812, Augusta, Georgia |
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Name |
Dorothy Camber |
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Born |
1760 |
England |
Gender |
Female |
Died |
12 Sep 1832 |
Pensacola, Florida |
Buried |
St. Michael's Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida [2] |
Person ID |
I547451364 |
My Reynolds Line |
Last Modified |
9 Apr 2018 |
Family |
George [signer] Walton, b. 1740, Prince Edward, Virginia , d. 2 Feb 1804, Meadow Gardens, his home in Augusta, Georgia (Age 64 years) |
Married |
1775 |
Children |
| 1. Thomas Camber Walton, b. 1776, Georgia , d. 13 Dec 1803, Meadow Garden, his father's home in Augusta, Georgia (Age 27 years) |
+ | 2. George Walton, Jr., b. 15 Aug 1786, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia , d. 3 Jan 1863, Dinwiddie County, Virginia (Age 76 years) |
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Last Modified |
30 Jan 2022 |
Family ID |
F518495474 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- After the death of her husband, Mrs. Walton went to Florida to live with her son and his family.
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Sources |
- [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9527579.
Dorothy Camber Walton
Birth 1760
England
Death 12 Sep 1832 (aged 71?72)
Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, USA
Burial
Saint Michael's Cemetery
Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida
- [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9527579.
Birth: 1760, England
Death: Sep. 12, 1832, Pensacola, Escambia Co., Florida
Dorothy Camber Walton's life contained a cast of real-life characters who helped form the United States. She was introduced to them through her husband, George Walton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
George Walton was a politician who was once charged with writing the preamble and constitution for the new state of Georgia, according to "The Walton House," by Leora M. Sutton. His friends and acquaintances included John Adams, Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson.
George Walton and Dorothy Camber were courting during this time, according to Sutton's book.
"When George Walton returned from the historic signing, he quietly slipped a small package from his pocket and could hardly wait to pay his respects to the widow, Mrs. Thomas Camber and see her daughters. (George's favorite daughter was the eldest daughter, Dorothy.)
"Dorothy could not hide her joy at being loved by a very popular, promising young lawyer and congressman."
Not long after their marriage, the Waltons became prisoners during the Revolutionary War at Sunbury, 40 miles south of Savannah, Ga. George Walton used his connections to have his wife and their slaves sent to sea, arriving at the port of Charles Town. Their ship was captured by a British frigate and sent instead to the West Indies. Dorothy Walton was exchanged for two British colonels and sent back to join her family, according to "The Walton House." Her husband, the book says, was exchanged for a British general.
"While Dorothy was on the Island of St. Eustatia, she was repeatedly taunted with offers to return to England, the land of her loyal British father, but she she showed her remarkable firmness in her decision to remain by the side of her rebel husband."
After the war, the couple lived in Augusta, GA until her husband's death in 1804. She then moved to Pensacola with her son and his family.
- [S107] Family Histories, Descendants of George Walton (See Docs).
George Walton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence
Descendants of George Walton
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