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Dorothy Camber

Dorothy Camber[1]

Female 1760 - 1832  (72 years)

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  • Name Dorothy Camber 
    • Widow of Thomas Camber
    Born 1760  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 12 Sep 1832  Pensacola, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried St. Michael's Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I547451364  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 9 Apr 2018 

    Family George [signer] Walton,   b. 1740, Prince Edward, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1804, Meadow Gardens, his home in Augusta, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 1775 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Camber Walton,   b. 1776, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Dec 1803, Meadow Garden, his father's home in Augusta, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)
    +2. George Walton, Jr.,   b. 15 Aug 1786, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 1863, Dinwiddie County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    Last Modified 30 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F518495474  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Headstones
    Dorothy C. Walton
    Dorothy C. Walton
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    Histories
    Dorothy Camber Walton
    Dorothy Camber Walton
    dorothy camber walton.jpg

  • Notes 
    • After the death of her husband, Mrs. Walton went to Florida to live with her son and his family.

  • Sources 
    1. [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

    2. [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.

    3. [S107] Family Histories, Descendants of George Walton (See Docs).
      George Walton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence
      Descendants of George Walton