Genealogy Wylie » Robert Walker [FishingCrkBu] (± 1736-1793)

Personal data Robert Walker [FishingCrkBu] 

• He was born about 1736 in Augusta County, Virginia.Source 1
• He died June 1793 in Chester District, South Carolina.Source 1
• He is buried in the year 1793 in Fishing Creek Presbyterian Churchyard, Chester County, South Carolina.Source 1
• He has been adopted by Fishing Creek Presbyterian Churchyard
• A child of Alexander Walker and Esther Gray
• This information was last updated on March 8, 2012.

Household of Robert Walker [FishingCrkBu]

He has/had a relationship with Jane Ferguson.

Child(ren):

1. Esther Walker  ± 1761-???? 
2. Agnes Walker  1763-1815 
3. Elizabeth Walker  1765-> 1804
4. Alexander Walker  1768-> 1810
5. James Henry Walker  1770-1803 
6. Jane Walker  1773-????
7. Joanna Walker  1776-????
8. Robert Walker  1778-± 1847

Notes about Robert Walker [FishingCrkBu]

The Walkers of Rocky Creek:

"Robert Walker, son of Alexander and Esther, was born about 1736; went on Governor William Henry Lyttelton's expedition against Cherokee Indians to Fort Prince George under Capt. James Leslie in Col. Richard Richardson's regiment, 1759-60. He is reputed to have been a captain in King George III's royal militia before the Revolutionary War, but resigned his commission and entered the patriot army as a private, and was at the fall of Charleston, South Carolina, in May, 1780.

At the Battle of Charleston, British General Howe left New York City by sea with 8,000 troops, laid siege to the city, and forced surrender of 5,000 American troops.

On July 1, he joined Capt. Alexander Campbell's company of Col. Edward Lacey 's regiment as a lieutenant and served until Gen. Thomas Sumter's defeat at Fishing Creek on August 18, 1780, and during this period evidently was at Huck's Defeat, Rocky Mount (July 30 to August 1, 1780), and Hanging Rock (July 30 to August 6, 1780).

He then joined Capt. John Mills' company (formerly commanded by Capt Alexander Pagan who was killed at Fishing Creek), Colonel Lacey's regiment, and at the Battle of King's Mountain was shot through the body near the heart, but having his gun loaded at the time and seeing the British provincial who had shot him, he took deliberate aim and killed his antagonist.

The Battle of King's Mountain was a pivotal and significant victory by the American Patriots over the American Loyalists during the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War. The Battle fought on October 7, 1780, destroyed the left wing of Cornwallis' army and effectively ended loyalist ascendance in the Carolinas. The victory halted the British advance into North Carolina, forced Lord Cornwallis to retreat from Charlotte into South Carolina, and gave General Nathaniel Greene the opportunity to reorganize the American Army.

Robert was sufficiently recovered by January 1783, to act as assistant commissary of Lacey 's regiment at Orangeburgh.

Because of his disabling wound the State paid him an annuity as long as he lived.
He was one of the first elders of Fishing Creek Presbyterian Chruch. He and his wife Jane (believed to have been a Ferguson) lived a short distance east of present Knox's Station on the north side of the road leading from Chester to Richburg on lands granted to his father in 1763.

Jane died and daughter Esther remained at home and cared for her father while her younger sisters grew up and married. In failing health, Robert got his brother Squire Philip to write his last will and testament for him in December 1792, and by June 1793, he was dead. It is likely that he and his wife are buried at Fishing Creek Church in graves that were either unmarked, or the stones have disappeared.

Robert and Jane were the parents of the following children: Esther, Agnes, Elizabeth, James Henry and Jane."

Do you have supplementary information, corrections or questions with regards to Robert Walker [FishingCrkBu]?
The author of this publication would love to hear from you!

Timeline Robert Walker [FishingCrkBu]

Click on the names for more info. Symbols used:  grandparents    parents    brothers/sisters    children