Lt. Joseph Stuart WALKUP^[1]

1719 - 1787  (~ 67 years)

• Name	Joseph Stuart WALKUP  [2]
  Prefix	Lt.
  Born	Apr 1719	Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland   [2]
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	LZJK-QH4
  MilitaryService	[3]
  	Lt.
  Owned property	15 May 1754	Augusta, Virginia, British Colonial America   [3]
  	378 acres in Calfpasture, head of Meeting Branch
  Owned property	1761	Virginia, British Colonial America   [3]
  	276 acres, head of Grassy Lick Run, Calfpasture, purchased from John Ward
  Name	VACHUB  [3]
  Will	6 Feb 1787	Rockbridge, Virginia   [3]
  Died	6 Feb 1787	Staton, Rockbridge, Virginia   [2]
  Person ID	I594766224	Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Samuel WAUCHOPE, Walkup,   b. Abt 1695, Carrick Fergus, Antrim, Ireland ,   d. Abt 1782, Staunton, Augusta, Virginia  (Age ~ 87 years)
  Mother	Nancy Agnes ALEXANDER,   b. Abt 1702, Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland ,   d. 1740, Anson, North Carolina, British Colonial America  (Age ~ 38 years)
  Married	Fergus, 5298, Ireland   [4]
  Family ID	F536728638	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Jane GRAHAM,   b. 1 Jul 1716, Rockbridge, Augusta, Virginia, British Colonial America ,   d. 18 Apr 1780, Virginia  (Age 63 years)
  Married	1738	Augusta, Virginia   [3]
  Children	1. Matthew WALKUP,   b. 1738, Rockbridge, Virginia ,   d. Bef 1785  (Age 46 years)   2. Ann Jean WALKUP,   b. 1742, Augusta Parish, Augusta, Virginia, British Colonial America ,   d. 21 Mar 1769, Augusta, Virginia, British Colonial America  (Age 27 years)   3. Margaret WAUCHOPE,   b. Abt 1746, Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Ann Jean WAUCHOPE,   b. 1749, Augusta, Virginia, British Colonial America ,   d. Aft 1792, Augusta, Virginia  (Age 44 years)   5. Margaret Mary WALKUP,   b. Bef 1753, Augusta County, Virginia, British Colonial America ,   d. Bef 19 Dec 1827, Boone County, Missouri  (Age ~ 75 years)   6. Annie WALKUP,   b. Abt 1760, of, , N.C. ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2022
  Family ID	F536728637	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Joseph Walkup (Vachub) 1719-1787 purchased 378 acres on the Calfpasture River for five shillings, the equivelancy to about 83 cents at today's money. Who would not wish to purchase this fertile valley land, now, at such a price? Joseph lived most of his life in Augusta County. But, when his will was written, he lived in Rockbridge, due to boundary changes. During Joseph's life, on the Calfpasture, important historical events occurred. He lived through the French and Indian Wars, in which much of the western frontier was violently assaulted. He must have endured having neighbors and, perhaps family, killed and carried away by marauding Indians. When Joseph was about 49, the Ottawa Chief, Pontiac, led a spring uprising against the frontier in which hundreds of colonists along the western frontier were killed. Joseph's valley was no exception to these incursions. In 1765 Joseph turned in a report for provisions and impressed horses for the use of the militia. This indicates that he aided those frontiersmen who protectyed the borders of western Virginia from Indian invasions. A niece to Joseph's sister, Margaret (Walkup) Gay, declared that there was a stockade on the Calfpasture during the French and Indian War. Such a fortification would have made for close ineraction among all Calfpasture residents. Before Joseph and his family had time to recuperate from war, disruption began anew. According to one source, Walkups were born soldiers and their names were found on the Virginia rolls in all her struggles. All the Walkups participated in the American Revolution. A 1783 record credits to Joseph; 22 horses hire, 5 bushels oats, 5 buschels corn, all as aid to the war. Joseph's son, John, fought with Francis Marion who took from the Bristish much of South Carolina. Joseph's brother, James Alexander became a Captain. Joseph's will was written in 1784. Money that he left was both actual and due debts, equaling around 700 dollars. He left personal items to his daughters, granddaughters and grandsons. He left his large Bible to his daughter Rebecka. Joseph left 300 acres of land to his son, Robert, and 48 acres with the dwelling house, meadow and orchard to grandson, Nathaniel Walkup 1777-1850. Relatives, James Steavenson and Joh Gay were appointed Executors. Witesses included Brasten Castham, Samuel Corrick and Matthew Vachub. It is not what Joseph left that is so important, but the simple fact that he left it in written form. His will helps to identify relationships between early Rockbridge families as well as to identify those family members that relocated to other parts. Following the death of their father, Robert (1748-1824) and Christopher (1744-1818) moved to the Greenbrier Valley. It is said they visited that area before the Revolution. Apparently, they liked what they found. Robert sold his land, or a portion of it, to John Sterrit, according to Rockbridge records. Robert moved his family to Greenbrier County, West Virginia and lived, eventually, in the Meadow Bluff area. His son Nathaniel married Margaret Moore and raised his family in Greenbrier and Nicholas Counties in West Virginia. Subitted and written by: Priscilla P. Walkup From: Rockbridge County, Virginia Heritage Book 1778-1997

  
  

• Sources

  [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 22 Dec 2022), entry for Margaret M. WALKUP, person ID LVPZ-ND1. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 22 Dec 2022), entry for Joseph Stuart Walkup, person ID LZJK-QH4. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 22 Dec 2022), entry for Samuel Wauchope, person ID LTL8-C4K. (Reliability: 3).