Generation No. 1

1.  ABRAHAM WALTON  (WILLIAM) was born 09 May 1777 in Maine, USA, and died 20 Sep 1859 in Jefferson, Indiana, USA.  He married MARY "POLLY" HUTCHINSON 01 Jan 1799, daughter of EBENEZER HUTCHINSON and HANNAH LITTLEFIELD.  She was born 29 Aug 1776 in Amherst, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA, and died 25 Sep 1847 in Deputy, Jefferson, Indiana, USA.

                                                                        A PIONEER SETTLER OF GRAHAM TOWNSHIP

Abraham Walton Emigrates from Maine to Jefferson County Indiana

Editor Madison Courier

As the people are constantly changing and moving around it is soon forgotten who first settled and cleared the forest years ago.
In the year 1777 my grandfather, Abraham Walton was born in New Hampshire and afterwards lived in Cumberland County, Mass. I hold a deed for 80 acres of land, which he owned. He also lived in Knox County, Maine and raised a family of boys and girls there.
People there in Maine that were going west; would say go to Indiana territory and that seemed to be the talk among people.
Between the years 1810 and 1815 my grand father Walton with his family started from Knox County, Maine with a wagon and team and went as far west as Pittsburgh, Pa.
When he arrived at Pittsburgh he bought a flat boat and floated down the Ohio River to Hanover Landing.
From there he made his way through the dense forest in the western part of Jefferson County in Graham Township and entered a quarter section of land. I hold the old deed, dated May 10, 1815, with James Madison's signature on it.
Abraham Walton, with his three sone, Abraham, Dudley, and Isiah, went to work with only the ax, and cut and felled the trees with tops together as much as they could, and when dry set fire to them.
When spring came they went through the charred limbs with corn and stick and in the mellow fertile soil they planted corn.
It was not cultivated and they raised plenty of corn. There on the land they built their house and barn and as a creek flows through the corner of the land it took its name after my grandfather, Walton's Creek.
Later on grandfather built a saw mill on the creek. I am not able to say what year it was built but it was one of the first saw mills built in the township.  Signs of the millrace are still there yet.
Grandfather died about the year 1858. I am not sure but I think that is about the date of his death. He was buried on the farm he entered.

Hiram Hall

Deputy, Indiana.  March 14, 1922

More About ABRAHAM WALTON:
Politics: 05 Jan 1835, Neil's Creek Anti-Slavery Society Original Member
Residence: 1860, Montgomery, Jennings, Indiana

More About ABRAHAM WALTON and MARY HUTCHINSON:
Marriage: 01 Jan 1799
 
Children of ABRAHAM WALTON and MARY HUTCHINSON are:
 i. ABRAHAM JR.3 WALTON, b. 25 Apr 1799, Maine; d. 28 Jan 1868, Montgomery Township, Jennings County, Indiana; m. NANCY HAYS, 23 Dec 1828, Jefferson County, Indiana; b. 25 Oct 1802, Ohio; d. 02 Feb 1872, Montgomery Township, Jennings County, Indiana.

More About ABRAHAM JR. WALTON:
Burial: 1868, Hall-Walton Cemetery, Montgomery Township, Jennings County, Indiana
Politics: 05 Jan 1839, Neil's Creek Anti-Slavery Society Original Member
Residence: 1850, Montgomery, Jennings, Indiana

More About NANCY HAYS:
Burial: 1872, Hall-Walton Cemetery, Montgomery Township, Jennings County, Indiana
Census: 1870, Living with her son Abram in Paris, Jennings County

More About ABRAHAM WALTON and NANCY HAYS:
Marriage: 23 Dec 1828, Jefferson County, Indiana

 ii. SARAH WALTON, b. Abt. 1809, Woodstock, Maine, USA; d. Jefferson County, Indiana; m. JAMES HAYES, 18 Jan 1829, Jefferson County, Indiana; b. Abt. 1801; d. Jefferson County, Indiana.

More About JAMES HAYES and SARAH WALTON:
Marriage: 18 Jan 1829, Jefferson County, Indiana

 iii. ELLEN WALTON, b. 1802, Woodstock, Maine, USA; d. 1805.
 iv. DUDLEY WALTON, b. 03 Jan 1804, Woodstock, Maine, USA; d. 1879; m. PERMELIA ROBINSON, 02 Dec 1860.

More About DUDLEY WALTON:
Politics: 05 Jan 1835, Neil's Creek Anti-Slavery Society Original Member
Residence: 1870, Graham, Jefferson, Indiana

More About DUDLEY WALTON and PERMELIA ROBINSON:
Marriage: 02 Dec 1860

 v. MARY "POLLY" WALTON, b. 01 Jan 1807, Woodstock, ME, USA; d. 05 May 1881, Jennings, IN, USA; m. LEMUEL WELLS; b. 09 Sep 1801, Jefferson, Indiana, USA; d. 07 Apr 1870, Jennings, Indiana, USA.

More About MARY "POLLY" WALTON:
Politics: 05 Jan 1839, Neil's Creek Anti-Slavery Society Original Member

 vi. ISAIAH WALTON, b. 18 Feb 1812, Woodstock, Maine, USA; d. 25 Apr 1894, Clay Center, Clay, Nebraska, USA; m. (1) ELIZA JANE HALL; b. 11 Mar 1817, Bear Creek, Jennings, Indiana, USA; d. 27 Oct 1864, Jefferson, Indiana, USA; m. (2) MARY A MCCLAIN, 25 Aug 1868.

More About ISAIAH WALTON and MARY MCCLAIN:
Marriage: 25 Aug 1868

 vii. IRENE WALTON, b. 14 Mar 1815, Indiana; d. 22 Feb 1858; m. PLEASANT SHEPHERD, 11 Nov 1832, Jefferson County, Indiana; b. 14 May 1809, Kentucky; d. 25 Mar 1883.

More About PLEASANT SHEPHERD and IRENE WALTON:
Marriage: 11 Nov 1832, Jefferson County, Indiana

 viii. MELINDA WALTON, b. 15 Aug 1823, Deputy, Jefferson, Indiana, USA; d. 12 Jul 1900, Deputy, Jefferson, Indiana, USA; m. ABNER HALL, Oct 1842, Jefferson Co; b. 13 Nov 1820, Deputy, Jefferson, Indiana, USA; d. 15 Mar 1912, Deputy, Jefferson, Indiana, USA.

More About MELINDA WALTON:
Residence: 1880, Graham, Jefferson, Indiana, United States

More About ABNER HALL:
Politics: 05 Jan 1839, Neil's Creek Anti-Slavery Society Original Member
Residence: 1850, Graham, Jefferson, Indiana

More About ABNER HALL and MELINDA WALTON:
Marriage: Oct 1842, Jefferson Co

 ix. MARIAH WALTON, b. 1821, Deputy, Jefferson, Indiana, USA; d. 1823, Jefferson County, Indiana.



                                           
                                           Abraham Walton Jr.

1.  ABRAHAM JR. WALTON  (ABRAHAM) was born 25 Apr 1799 in Maine, and died 28 Jan 1868 in Montgomery Township, Jennings County, Indiana. 



























He married NANCY HAYS 23 Dec 1828 in Jefferson County, Indiana.  She was born 25 Oct 1802 in Ohio, and died 02 Feb 1872 in Montgomery Township, Jennings County, Indiana.

More About ABRAHAM JR. WALTON:
Burial: 1868, Hall-Walton Cemetery, Montgomery Township, Jennings County, Indiana
Politics: 05 Jan 1839, Neil's Creek Anti-Slavery Society Original Member
Residence: 1850, Montgomery, Jennings, Indiana

More About NANCY HAYS:
Burial: 1872, Hall-Walton Cemetery, Montgomery Township, Jennings County, Indiana
Census: 1870, Living with her son Abram in Paris, Jennings County

More About ABRAHAM WALTON and NANCY HAYS:
Marriage: 23 Dec 1828, Jefferson County, Indiana
 
   Children of ABRAHAM WALTON and NANCY HAYS are:
      i. GIDEON4 WALTON, b. 21 Jan 1837; d. 30 Nov 1862.
      ii. MARIA S. WALTON, b. 17 Sep 1845; d. 02 May 1917, Jennings County, Indiana; m. THOMAS S. JAMES, 27 Sep 
      Jennings County, Indiana; b. 19 Mar 1837, Jennings, Indiana, USA; d. 26 Jun 1916, Jennings, Indiana, USA.

      More About MARIA S. WALTON:
      Burial: 1917, Graham Pres. Church, Jennings County Indiana, from Dodd's Funeral Home Records

      More About THOMAS S. JAMES:
      Burial: 1916, Graham Pres. Church, Jennings County Indiana, from Dodd's Funeral Home Records

      More About THOMAS JAMES and MARIA WALTON:
      Marriage: 27 Sep 1861, Jennings County, Indiana

      iii. MIRANDA WALTON.
      iv. ELIZABETH WALTON, b. 23 Sep 1831; d. 1915; m. JOSEPH W. MILLER, 09 Oct 1850.

      More About JOSEPH MILLER and ELIZABETH WALTON: Marriage: 09 Oct 1850

      v. ABRAHAM III WALTON, b. 03 Apr 1835, Indiana; d. 15 May 1906, Commiskey, Jennings County, Indiana; m.
      MARY HARGIS; m. (2) JANE ANN WILLIAMS; b. 06 Sep 1833, Indiana; d. 14 Feb 1881,
      Commiskey, Jennings County,Indiana.

      More About ABRAHAM III WALTON:
      Burial: 1906, Hall-Walton Cemetery, Montgomery Township, Jennings County, Indiana
      Residence: 01 Jun 1840, Jennings, Indiana, USA

      More About JANE ANN WILLIAMS:
      Residence: 1880, Montgomery, Jennings, Indiana, United States

      vi. NANCY WALTON, b. Jennings County, Indiana; d. 25 Nov 1835, Commiskey, Jennings County, Indiana.

      Notes for NANCY WALTON:
      Nancy was the daughter of Abraham Walton II and Nancy Hays Walton. Nancy's grave was the first burial at the Hall-
      Walton Cemetery.