Individual Details
John Walling
(Abt, 1772 - March 10, 1841)
John Walling was the fourth child born to James Walling and Mary [Pugh]. He was born in Montgomery Co., Virginia about 1775 and apparently grew up there. He was about 10 years old when his father died in Montgomery Co. in 1785 and it is not known whether or not his mother remarried. It is likely that John Walling remained in Montgomery Co. until after his marriage.
John Walling and Anna Chisum were probably married about 1792 in Montgomery Co., VA although no record of this marriage has yet been found. They apparently moved to Hawkins Co., TN where their oldest son Jesse was born in 1794 and lived there for a short time before moving to Barren Co., KY about 1795. It is possible that they may also have moved to Ohio for a short time since their oldest daughter Elizabeth is shown on the 1850 Census to be born in Ohio about 1799. In any event, the family moved back to Tennessee (probably Hawkins Co.) about 1806 before settling in White Co., TN about 1810. The family then moved to Covington Co., Mississippi in 1818 and stayed there about 7 years. They have not been located, however, on the 1820 Census as yet. It is believed that Anna Chisum died sometime after 1818 in either Covington or Pike Co., MS. In 1825, John Walling moved to Fayette Co., TN and remained there about 10 years. A John Walden and family are shown on the 1830 Census of Fayette Co. It is likely that John Walling married Judy Cargill in Fayette Co., TN about 1832, but no record of this marriage has yet been found. The Fayette Co. tax list of 1836 shows that John Walling paid taxes there on 207 acres of land.
In 1836, John Walling came to Texas (following most of his children) and settled near the small community of Melrose about 10 miles east of Nacogdoches. He was granted 4925 acres of land in what is now Van Zandt and Smith Counties for settling in Texas and in 1837 paid taxes on 320 acres of land in Nacogdoches Co. It is unclear if he ever lived on the land in Van Zandt Co. and the account of his son T. J. Walling in 1875 suggests that he may have lived near Melrose just east of Nacogdoches. During the next few years of his life, he operated a grist mill in Milville (near Henderson in Rusk Co., TX where his sons Jesse and Thomas Jefferson had settled) with the help of his son James and his grandson Vance. John Walling and his children were involved in establishing the Republic of Texas and his son Jesse was one of the heroes of the Battle of San Jacinto, being given Santa Anna's silver snuff container which has remained in the family to this day. In 1838, in a dispute over local government matters in Nacogdoches, Thomas J. Rusk along with 200 Texans including several Walling family members were victorious over a band of hostile Indians and their Mexican allies.
John Walling died on 10 Mar. 1841 and probably at his home near Melrose. In his will (given below) he left 140 acres of land (including his home) to his wife Judy and youngest sons William and Richard. To his other children Jesse, James (who was also given power of attorney over John's affairs), Elizabeth (wife of John Simpson), John, Jr., Nancy (wife of B.H. Simpson), Thomas Jefferson, Alfred G. and Sentha (wife of James Bell), he left 320 acres of land each. He also left 320 acres of land to his grandson Howard Keys (son of daughter Mary). The rest of his land he left to raise his sons William and Richard. Some of his land included what any years later became the Van oil field in Van Zandt Co. Discovered in 1928, this was one of therichest oil fields in the state of Texas and was bitterly contested by Walling descendants in court trials in the early 1930's without success. John Walling's wife Judy apparently died in Sept. 1842 since a voucher for her coffin is dated then.
Will of John Walling, Sr.:
This twentieth day of August, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fourty, in the name of God, Amen! I John Walling, Sr., being of sound mind but infirm in body and apprehensive of death which is appointed to all living, availing myself of the rights to do so under the law of the Country in which I live, do make, ordain, establish all others.
Item first: I bequeath and leave my soul to God who gave it, and request that my body be decently buried.
Item 2: To my wife Judy, and to my two youngest sons, William and Richard, I give and bequeath all and severally the whole of my tract of land where I now live, containing one hundred and fourty acres, with all my household property, all my stock of cattle, horses and hogs, and all debts due me out of which my debts are to be paid by my wife or her Agent and Attorney, of which she is to appoint my son James, so long as it is his power to act, who shall have full power to collect or pay as I myself would if living.
Item 3rd: To my other children, Jesse Walling, James Walling, Elizabeth wife of John Simpson, John Walling, Jr., Nancy wife of B. H. Simpson, Thomas Jefferson Walling, A. G. (Alfred) Walling, Sentha the wife of James Bell. To these eight I bequeath three hundred and twenty acres of land each, and to my grandson Howard Keys, the son of my daughter Mary Keys whose husband is dead, she having married Moses L. Bingham, who has another wife living, I give to this grandson three hundred and twenty acres of land equal to the balance of my children, all of which is to be divided by my two sons, James and John, agreeable to quantity and quality.
The balance of my lands I leave to my two youngest sons, William and Richard, out of which they are to be raised and educated, the mother to be guardian her life time.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and fixed my seal, day and date first written.
(signed) John Walling (SEAL)
Attest: Isham R. Chisum and Elijah Chisum. (His will was executed by his sons James and John, Jr. after the death of their father in 1841 on March 10.)
John Walling and Anna Chisum were probably married about 1792 in Montgomery Co., VA although no record of this marriage has yet been found. They apparently moved to Hawkins Co., TN where their oldest son Jesse was born in 1794 and lived there for a short time before moving to Barren Co., KY about 1795. It is possible that they may also have moved to Ohio for a short time since their oldest daughter Elizabeth is shown on the 1850 Census to be born in Ohio about 1799. In any event, the family moved back to Tennessee (probably Hawkins Co.) about 1806 before settling in White Co., TN about 1810. The family then moved to Covington Co., Mississippi in 1818 and stayed there about 7 years. They have not been located, however, on the 1820 Census as yet. It is believed that Anna Chisum died sometime after 1818 in either Covington or Pike Co., MS. In 1825, John Walling moved to Fayette Co., TN and remained there about 10 years. A John Walden and family are shown on the 1830 Census of Fayette Co. It is likely that John Walling married Judy Cargill in Fayette Co., TN about 1832, but no record of this marriage has yet been found. The Fayette Co. tax list of 1836 shows that John Walling paid taxes there on 207 acres of land.
In 1836, John Walling came to Texas (following most of his children) and settled near the small community of Melrose about 10 miles east of Nacogdoches. He was granted 4925 acres of land in what is now Van Zandt and Smith Counties for settling in Texas and in 1837 paid taxes on 320 acres of land in Nacogdoches Co. It is unclear if he ever lived on the land in Van Zandt Co. and the account of his son T. J. Walling in 1875 suggests that he may have lived near Melrose just east of Nacogdoches. During the next few years of his life, he operated a grist mill in Milville (near Henderson in Rusk Co., TX where his sons Jesse and Thomas Jefferson had settled) with the help of his son James and his grandson Vance. John Walling and his children were involved in establishing the Republic of Texas and his son Jesse was one of the heroes of the Battle of San Jacinto, being given Santa Anna's silver snuff container which has remained in the family to this day. In 1838, in a dispute over local government matters in Nacogdoches, Thomas J. Rusk along with 200 Texans including several Walling family members were victorious over a band of hostile Indians and their Mexican allies.
John Walling died on 10 Mar. 1841 and probably at his home near Melrose. In his will (given below) he left 140 acres of land (including his home) to his wife Judy and youngest sons William and Richard. To his other children Jesse, James (who was also given power of attorney over John's affairs), Elizabeth (wife of John Simpson), John, Jr., Nancy (wife of B.H. Simpson), Thomas Jefferson, Alfred G. and Sentha (wife of James Bell), he left 320 acres of land each. He also left 320 acres of land to his grandson Howard Keys (son of daughter Mary). The rest of his land he left to raise his sons William and Richard. Some of his land included what any years later became the Van oil field in Van Zandt Co. Discovered in 1928, this was one of therichest oil fields in the state of Texas and was bitterly contested by Walling descendants in court trials in the early 1930's without success. John Walling's wife Judy apparently died in Sept. 1842 since a voucher for her coffin is dated then.
Will of John Walling, Sr.:
This twentieth day of August, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fourty, in the name of God, Amen! I John Walling, Sr., being of sound mind but infirm in body and apprehensive of death which is appointed to all living, availing myself of the rights to do so under the law of the Country in which I live, do make, ordain, establish all others.
Item first: I bequeath and leave my soul to God who gave it, and request that my body be decently buried.
Item 2: To my wife Judy, and to my two youngest sons, William and Richard, I give and bequeath all and severally the whole of my tract of land where I now live, containing one hundred and fourty acres, with all my household property, all my stock of cattle, horses and hogs, and all debts due me out of which my debts are to be paid by my wife or her Agent and Attorney, of which she is to appoint my son James, so long as it is his power to act, who shall have full power to collect or pay as I myself would if living.
Item 3rd: To my other children, Jesse Walling, James Walling, Elizabeth wife of John Simpson, John Walling, Jr., Nancy wife of B. H. Simpson, Thomas Jefferson Walling, A. G. (Alfred) Walling, Sentha the wife of James Bell. To these eight I bequeath three hundred and twenty acres of land each, and to my grandson Howard Keys, the son of my daughter Mary Keys whose husband is dead, she having married Moses L. Bingham, who has another wife living, I give to this grandson three hundred and twenty acres of land equal to the balance of my children, all of which is to be divided by my two sons, James and John, agreeable to quantity and quality.
The balance of my lands I leave to my two youngest sons, William and Richard, out of which they are to be raised and educated, the mother to be guardian her life time.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and fixed my seal, day and date first written.
(signed) John Walling (SEAL)
Attest: Isham R. Chisum and Elijah Chisum. (His will was executed by his sons James and John, Jr. after the death of their father in 1841 on March 10.)
Events
| Birth | Abt, 1772 | Virginia | |||
| Birth | 1772 | Montgomery County, Virginia | |||
| Marriage | Abt, 1793 | Anna Chism | |||
| Marriage | Abt, 1832 | Fayette County, Tennessee - Judy Cargill | |||
| Death | March 10, 1841 | Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas | |||
| Death | 1867 |
Families
| Spouse | Anna Chism (1777 - 1832) |
| Child | Col. Jesse Walling (1794 - 1867) |
| Child | James Walling (1795 - 1867) |
| Child | Elizabeth Walling (1799 - ) |
| Child | John Walling Jr. (1804 - 1887) |
| Child | Mary Walling (1808 - ) |
| Child | Nancy Walling (1809 - ) |
| Child | Thomas Jefferson Walling (1811 - 1902) |
| Child | Cynthia Ann "Sentha" Walling (1816 - 1884) |
| Child | Alfred Gaines Walling (1818 - 1853) |
| Spouse | Judy Cargill ( - ) |
| Child | William Walling (1835 - 1860) |
| Child | Richard Walling (1833 - 1864) |
| Father | James Walling Sr. (1746 - 1786) |
| Mother | Mary White or Pugh ( - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth "Betsy" Walling (1768 - 1841) |
| Sibling | Morning Walling (1772 - ) |
| Sibling | James Walling Jr. (1773 - 1849) |
| Sibling | Catherine Walling (1775 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Thomas Daniel Walling (1778 - 1855) |
| Sibling | Jesse Walling (1780 - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph Walling (1782 - 1840) |
| Sibling | Nancy Walling (1786 - ) |
| Sibling | Elisha Walling (1786 - ) |