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 Abt 1775 - 1841 (~ 66 years)
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| Name |
John Walling |
| Birth |
Abt 1775 |
Montgomery County, Virginia  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
10 Mar 1841 |
Nacogdoches County, Texas [1] |
| Person ID |
I35885 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
16 Jun 2013 |
| Father |
James Walling, I, b. 27 Jul 1746, Lunenburg County, Virginia, British Colonies of North America d. 28 Mar 1786, Montgomery County, Virginia (Age 39 years) |
| Mother |
Mary White, b. (CIRCA 1750), (Virginia) |
| Marriage |
~ 1766 |
(Colony of Virginia) [2, 3, 4] |
| Family ID |
F8851 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- John Walling was the fourth child born to James Walling and Mary [White]. 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 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.
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