367:
525:
647:. It is located one mile east of the town of Ewing, and three miles west of the town of Rose Hill. Thomas Walker High School was built in 1940. It was built to combine Rose Hill High School and Ewing High School. The high school was remodeled and enlarged in 1959. The last addition was added to Thomas Walker High School in 1971. The Rose Hill District is made up of two towns, Rose Hill and Ewing.
567:, then a frontier. On the return of the chiefs home, Dr. Walker, a gentleman of distinction, and my father, Joseph Martin, accompanied them. The Indians being guides, they passed through the place now called Cumberland Gap, where they discovered a fine spring. They still had a little rum remaining, and they drank to the health of the
583:
At age 64, Walker again traveled to the western areas of what is now
Kentucky and Tennessee; he had been commissioned to survey the border between westward of the Virginia and North Carolina. (At that time each state claimed the land to the west of their boundaries for ultimate settlement by the
584:
right of discovery.) Because the border was mapped and surveyed, rather than created along the natural boundary of a river, it was considered controversial. It was called the "Walker Line" and still constitutes the border between
Kentucky and Tennessee from east to west terminating at the
433:
Walker married
Mildred Thornton (widow of Nicholas Meriwether) in 1741, and acquired land and owned enslaved people in the soon-to be formed Albemarle County from her late husband's estate. The couple built a home known as
551:, as some of the first colonialists to travel in this area. Martin's son, Revolutionary War officer Colonel William Martin, described the naming of the area and river in a letter to historian
775:
Williams, Samuel Cole, "Beginnings of West
Tennessee, In the Land of the Chickasaws, 1541-1841", Chapter XIV, pp. 105; Watuaga Press, Johnson City, Tennessee, 1930
684:
Cynthia Miller
Leonard, The General Assembly of Virginia 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) pp. 84, 86, 88, 91, 94, 97, 99, 106, 110, 112, 145
887:
509:, as well as many investors. After receiving a royal grant of 800,000 acres (320,000 ha) in what is now southeastern Kentucky (which was occupied by
521:
in
Albemarle County, in part to pay sums due him for his surveying services. Fellow stockholders elected Walker head of the Loyal Land Company in 1752.
892:
897:
882:
912:
366:
877:
862:
513:), the company appointed Walker to lead an expedition to explore and survey the region in 1750, so he set out, probably along the
640:
510:
447:
347:
907:
639:
Kentucky built a replica of the cabin which his expedition put up in present-day
Kentucky; it has been designated as the
564:
474:
in the
Appalachian region, and finally from Albemarle County. Walker also became a trustee of the newly formed town of
462:
at his church, a position he held for more than forty years, until 1785. He also served
Virginia as a delegate to the
902:
696:
443:
343:
180:
543:
During some of his expeditions, Walker explored with fellow
Virginian, Indian agent, legislator, surveyor and later
471:
415:
258:
91:
394:, and whose descendants also had political careers. Walker explored the Western Colony of Virginia (present-day
624:
20:
592:
423:
867:
714:
450:, became U.S. Congressmen. After the death of his first wife, in 1781 Walker married Elizabeth Thornton.
188:
153:
133:
87:
41:
872:
544:
540:
build his home on the westernmost point in colonial Virginia. Walker kept a daily journal of the trip.
282:
192:
137:
591:
Walker was influential in dealing with Indian affairs. He was appointed to represent Virginia at the
498:
475:
391:
600:
784:
615:
560:
548:
467:
45:
603:. In 1775, Walker served as a Virginia commissioner in negotiations with representatives of the
536:. His party built the first non-Indian house (a cabin) in Kentucky, and helped Virginia pioneer
618:. Because of his broad knowledge of the areas and their resources, Walker became an adviser to
435:
278:
762:
857:
852:
644:
572:
8:
411:
254:
596:
568:
532:
During the expedition, Walker gave names to many topographical features, including the
489:, which the Keswick Hunt Club describes as the beginning of fox-hunting in the region.
463:
427:
419:
387:
486:
619:
576:
537:
482:
439:
157:
834:
746:
731:
700:
585:
514:
506:
533:
518:
825:
846:
664:
383:
829:
552:
399:
693:
501:
was founded with Walker as a leading member, along with fellow surveyors
422:. Walker's first profession was that of a physician; he had attended the
837:
First Explorations of Kentucky: The Journals of Dr. Thomas Walker, 1750.
751:
Louisville, KY: John P. Morton & Co. Filson Club Publications, 1898.
749:
First Explorations of Kentucky: The Journals of Dr. Thomas Walker, 1750.
608:
502:
611:, as the colonies tried to engage them as allies against the British.
524:
459:
636:
Thomas Walker died on November 9, 1794, at his home of Castle Hill.
398:) in 1750, a full 19 years before the arrival of famed frontiersman
604:
395:
438:
and had 12 children. They in turn would later become prominent
643:. Thomas Walker High School is one of two high schools in
797:
599:(1770), and dealt with the peace negotiations after the
382:(January 25, 1715 – November 9, 1794) was a physician,
517:. Walker also bought a plantation from Frye along the
622:
from 1780 to 1783 as the future president wrote his
442:citizens in their own right. Two of Walker's sons,
712:
732:Branch, Edward Douglas, Wakefield, Lucina Smith.
844:
614:He is credited as the first to discover and use
734:Westward; the Romance of the American Frontier.
528:Replica of the first house built in Kentucky
888:People from King and Queen County, Virginia
631:
19:For other people with the same name, see
559:A treaty with the Cherokees was held at
523:
418:. He was raised as an Englishman in the
715:"Cumberland Gap National Historic Park"
492:
410:Thomas Walker was born at "Rye Field",
893:People from Albemarle County, Virginia
845:
453:
641:Dr. Thomas Walker State Historic Site
458:In April 1744, Walker was elected as
426:and studied under his brother-in-law
207:Serving with Thomas Jefferson
883:College of William & Mary alumni
713:William W. Luckett (December 1964),
60:Serving with Abraham Venable
898:People from pre-statehood Tennessee
763:"Walker's Line and Winchester Line"
13:
106:Serving with Gabriel Jones
14:
924:
913:18th-century American politicians
819:
390:who served multiple terms in the
878:18th-century American physicians
571:. This gave rise to the name of
365:
152:Serving with Henry Fry,
863:18th-century American explorers
790:
736:United Kingdom: Appleton, 1930.
416:King and Queen County, Virginia
327:
307:
259:King and Queen County, Virginia
16:American physician and explorer
778:
769:
755:
740:
725:
721:, vol. XXXIII, no. 4
719:Tennessee Historical Quarterly
706:
687:
678:
657:
625:Notes on the State of Virginia
21:Thomas Walker (disambiguation)
1:
424:College of William & Mary
405:
481:Around 1742, Walker several
420:Tidewater region of Virginia
205:May 1782 – May 1783
7:
189:Virginia House of Delegates
134:Virginia House of Burgesses
88:Virginia House of Burgesses
42:Virginia House of Burgesses
10:
929:
908:House of Burgesses members
283:Albemarle County, Virginia
18:
392:Virginia General Assembly
373:
361:
353:
338:
289:
264:
241:
236:
232:
222:
212:
198:
186:
174:
164:
143:
131:
121:
111:
97:
85:
75:
65:
51:
39:
35:
28:
903:Physicians from Virginia
787:, Coal Education Website
650:
632:Death, legacy and honors
601:Battle of Point Pleasant
466:many times, first from
835:J. Stoddard Johnston,
747:J. Stoddard Johnston,
593:Treaty of Fort Stanwix
581:
529:
497:On July 12, 1749, the
557:
527:
798:"Lee County Schools"
645:Lee County, Virginia
605:Iroquois Six Nations
493:Pioneer and explorer
470:, then newly formed
357:politician, explorer
665:"Dr. Thomas Walker"
573:Cumberland Mountain
454:Planter and burgess
868:American explorers
699:2017-12-01 at the
597:Treaty of Lochaber
569:Duke of Cumberland
530:
499:Loyal Land Company
464:House of Burgesses
320:Elizabeth Thornton
873:Kentucky pioneers
694:Keswick Hunt Club
545:Revolutionary War
483:English Foxhounds
428:Dr. George Gilmer
388:colonial Virginia
377:
376:
920:
813:
812:
810:
808:
794:
788:
782:
776:
773:
767:
766:
759:
753:
744:
738:
729:
723:
722:
710:
704:
691:
685:
682:
676:
675:
673:
671:
661:
620:Thomas Jefferson
616:coal in Kentucky
577:Cumberland River
538:Samuel Stalnaker
511:Native Americans
472:Hampshire County
440:Albemarle County
386:and explorer in
369:
331:
329:
311:
309:
300:Mildred Thornton
275:
273:
268:November 9, 1794
252:
250:
245:January 25, 1715
237:Personal details
225:
215:
203:
193:Albemarle County
177:
167:
158:Thomas Jefferson
148:
138:Albemarle County
124:
114:
102:
92:Hampshire County
78:
68:
56:
26:
25:
928:
927:
923:
922:
921:
919:
918:
917:
843:
842:
822:
817:
816:
806:
804:
796:
795:
791:
785:History of Coal
783:
779:
774:
770:
761:
760:
756:
745:
741:
730:
726:
711:
707:
701:Wayback Machine
692:
688:
683:
679:
669:
667:
663:
662:
658:
653:
634:
586:Tennessee River
515:Wilderness Road
507:Peter Jefferson
495:
476:Charlottesville
456:
408:
334:
333:
330: 1781)
325:
321:
313:
310: 1741)
305:
301:
277:
271:
269:
253:
248:
246:
228:George Nicholas
223:
213:
208:
204:
199:
175:
165:
160:
149:
144:
122:
112:
107:
103:
98:
81:Robert Anderson
76:
71:Charles Barrett
66:
61:
57:
52:
31:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
926:
916:
915:
910:
905:
900:
895:
890:
885:
880:
875:
870:
865:
860:
855:
841:
840:
832:
821:
820:External links
818:
815:
814:
789:
777:
768:
754:
739:
724:
705:
686:
677:
655:
654:
652:
649:
633:
630:
534:Cumberland Gap
519:Hardware River
494:
491:
455:
452:
448:Francis Walker
407:
404:
375:
374:
371:
370:
363:
359:
358:
355:
351:
350:
342:12, including
340:
336:
335:
323:
319:
318:
317:
316:
303:
299:
298:
297:
296:
293:
291:
287:
286:
266:
262:
261:
243:
239:
238:
234:
233:
230:
229:
226:
220:
219:
216:
210:
209:
206:
196:
195:
187:Member of the
184:
183:
178:
172:
171:
168:
162:
161:
151:
141:
140:
132:Member of the
129:
128:
125:
119:
118:
115:
109:
108:
105:
95:
94:
86:Member of the
83:
82:
79:
73:
72:
69:
63:
62:
59:
49:
48:
40:Member of the
37:
36:
33:
32:
29:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
925:
914:
911:
909:
906:
904:
901:
899:
896:
894:
891:
889:
886:
884:
881:
879:
876:
874:
871:
869:
866:
864:
861:
859:
856:
854:
851:
850:
848:
839:
838:
833:
831:
827:
826:Thomas Walker
824:
823:
803:
802:leectysch.com
799:
793:
786:
781:
772:
764:
758:
752:
750:
743:
737:
735:
728:
720:
716:
709:
702:
698:
695:
690:
681:
666:
660:
656:
648:
646:
642:
637:
629:
627:
626:
621:
617:
612:
610:
606:
602:
598:
594:
589:
587:
580:
578:
574:
570:
566:
562:
561:Fort Chiswell
556:
554:
550:
549:Joseph Martin
546:
541:
539:
535:
526:
522:
520:
516:
512:
508:
504:
500:
490:
488:
484:
479:
477:
473:
469:
468:Louisa County
465:
461:
451:
449:
445:
441:
437:
431:
429:
425:
421:
417:
413:
403:
401:
397:
393:
389:
385:
381:
380:Thomas Walker
372:
368:
364:
360:
356:
352:
349:
345:
341:
337:
315:
314:
295:
294:
292:
288:
284:
280:
267:
263:
260:
256:
244:
240:
235:
231:
227:
221:
217:
211:
202:
197:
194:
191:representing
190:
185:
182:
179:
173:
169:
163:
159:
155:
154:Edward Carter
147:
142:
139:
136:representing
135:
130:
126:
120:
117:Gabriel Jones
116:
110:
101:
96:
93:
90:representing
89:
84:
80:
74:
70:
64:
55:
50:
47:
46:Louisa County
44:representing
43:
38:
34:
30:Thomas Walker
27:
22:
836:
830:Find a Grave
805:. Retrieved
801:
792:
780:
771:
757:
748:
742:
733:
727:
718:
708:
689:
680:
668:. Retrieved
659:
638:
635:
623:
613:
590:
582:
558:
553:Lyman Draper
542:
531:
496:
480:
457:
432:
409:
400:Daniel Boone
379:
378:
224:Succeeded by
200:
176:Succeeded by
170:Allen Howard
145:
123:Succeeded by
99:
77:Succeeded by
53:
858:1794 deaths
853:1715 births
436:Castle Hill
279:Castle Hill
218:Isaac Davis
214:Preceded by
181:John Walker
166:Preceded by
127:James Keith
113:Preceded by
67:Preceded by
847:Categories
609:Pittsburgh
503:Joshua Fry
406:Early life
272:1794-11-10
249:1715-01-25
565:New River
547:general,
460:vestryman
412:Walkerton
362:Signature
354:Known for
255:Walkerton
201:In office
150:1761–1772
146:In office
104:1756–1761
100:In office
58:1752–1755
54:In office
807:22 April
697:Archived
670:22 April
628:(1785).
396:Kentucky
339:Children
276:(age 79)
487:Keswick
384:planter
348:Francis
332:
324:
312:
304:
290:Spouses
270: (
247: (
285:, U.S.
651:Notes
326:(
322:
306:(
302:
809:2018
672:2018
595:and
575:and
505:and
446:and
444:John
346:and
344:John
265:Died
242:Born
828:at
607:in
563:on
485:to
849::
800:.
717:,
588:.
555:,
478:.
430:.
414:,
402:.
328:m.
308:m.
281:,
257:,
156:,
811:.
765:.
703:.
674:.
579:.
274:)
251:)
23:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
_Signature.png){kind=small}