Walter Maxey

5/2020, the DAR stated that "Future applicants must provide maiden name of Walter Maxey, Sr.'s wife
and that she was the mother of his children".

The book "Maxey's of Virginia" by Edith Clark shows that Walter Maxey, Sr. was married to a "Mary" unknown. Also noted in the family line of Walter Maxey, Sr. there is no listing for a middle name.

The DAR number listed below is listed with the DAR warning notice of 5/2020. Click on that number and you can see the official page for Walter Maxey, Sr.

DAR Patriot Number A075793. Wife's name shown as Mary Radford.

WALTER MAXEY, a son of Edward and Susannah (Gaites) Maxey had no original patent land of his own but, by the terms of his father's will, received after the death of his mother of the Virginia plantation on which they lived in Goochland County (later Cumberland County). In 1748 his brother Sylvanus, who had moved to Albermarle County, Virginia deeded the remaining 200 acres of the patent to Walter. He lived on this land until December 10, 1762 when it was sold to Creed Haskins for 390 pounds.

Walter then moved with his family to that part of Bedford County, Virginia which in 1785 became the county of Franklin. The terrain in this area of Virginia is quite different from the original Maxey settlement on relatively flat country west of Richmond, the former being rocky and mountainous and quite verdant, reminding one of the Welsh countryside. Walter purchased from Samuel and Grizel Smith 528 acres on the west side fo the Staunton River and the north side of the Blackwater River for 420 pounds in two separate transactions on August 20, 1763.

Walter was the last surviving child of Edward and Susannah and without question left the largest number of descendants, many of whom still reside in the area. On May 8, 1798, seven years after the death of Walter and right after the death of his wife, Mary, a suit was brought into court by the children and heirs of Walter in order that a commissioner be appointed to dispose of 130 acres on the Staunton River owned by Walter at his death.

Second marriage to Bedford is not mentioned in Maxey's of Virginia

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Served in the Revolutionary War.

Cheryl Deatherage

ID: I24

Name: Walter MAXEY, SR.

Sex: M

Birth: Abt 1719 in Goochland Co.,Virginia

Death: 5 MAR 1791 in Franklin Co.,Virginia

Burial: Maxey Cemetery on the Old Maxey Plantation

Note:

Walter Maxey, a son of Edward and Susannah (?Gates) Maxey, was first located in 1738 as a tithable on Major Mayo's list of those living above Flat Creek in Amelia County, Va. He had no original patent land of his own, but by the terms of his father's will he received after the death of his mother one-half of the Virginia plantation on which they lived in Goochland County (later Cumberland County). In 1748 his brother Sylvanus, who had moved over to Albemarle County, Virginia, deeded the remaining 200 acres of the patent to Walter. His name has been found in incomplete tithe lists for 1758 and 1759 in Thomas Wooldridge's Precinct in Cumberland County. Walter lived on his land until 10 December 1762 when it was sold to Creed Haskins for ?390.

Walter then moved with his family to that part of Bedford County, Virginia, which in 1785 became Franklin County. The terrain in that area of Virginia is quite different from the original Maxey settlement on relatively flat country west of Richmond, it being rocky and mountainous and quite verdant, reminding the compiler of the Welsh countryside. Walter purchased from Samuel and Grizel Smith 528 acres on the west side of the Staunton River and the north side of the Blackwater River for which he paid ?420 in two separate transactions on 20 August 1763.

His move from Cumberland County may have been occasioned by his rancor at county court findings bringing his honor into question. A trial that had begun on 28 June 1762, when a grand jury examined a register in Walter's family Bible showing that his son Walter, Jr., was born 6 July 1745, concluded at the August court when he was fined 50 pounds of tobacco for the use of Southam Parish for concealing a tithable---namely his son who was beyond the taxable age of 16. Present at the court was an attorney for the King, and although Walter protested the charges, he was unwilling to contend with his Majesty, thus putting himself at the mercy of the court. He also had to pay the court costs. Peter Bondurant and his wife Amy appeared as witnesses for the King in August 1762, and they were paid for traveling 25 miles from their residence.

Walter was the last surviving child of Edward and Susannah and without question left the largest number of descendants, many of whom still reside in the area. The original copy of his will as well as other records relating to the probate of his estate are still on file at the courthouse in Rocky Mount. The children named were

• Josiah,
• Jesse,
• Walter,
• Jeremiah,
• Lucy Cowden,
• Mary Adde,
• Susannah Syllivan(t),
• Jane Craghead(deceased) and
• Ester Camp [Kemp].

On 8 May 1798, seven years after the death of Walter, and perhaps right after his widow's decease, a suit was brought into court by the children and heirs of Walter for the purpose of appointing commissioners to dispose of 130 acres on the Staunton River owned by Walter at his death. A settlement of Walter's estate was further complicated by the fact that Josiah, a son, had died two years after his father, leaving a large family. In 1799 commissioners appointed by the court---Jeremiah Maxey, John Craghead (husband of Jane Maxey), and Thomas Kemp (husband of EsterMaxey)---sold the above 130 acres to Thomas Leftwich for ?400, and the proceeds were then distributed to the heirs.

We have found nothing to corroborate some earlier genealogists' claims that Walter had more than one wife. We note that the name of his wife in1763 (when she relinquished her right of dower to the land in CumberlandCounty) was Mary; that was also the name of his wife when he wrote his will in 1791.

The following letter by the late Mae A. Maxey of Vinton, Virginia,appeared in the Maxey Family Reunion Bulletin in 1961:

"The Maxey Cemetery containing the [unmarked] graves of Walter Maxey, Sr., who died in 1791 and near kin . . .is located on the old Maxey plantation on a sloping hillside overlooking Blackwater River in Franklin County,Virginia. Their remains are to be removed and reinterred on a plot at Mt. Ivy Baptist Church* which is a very fitting location as it is in the general vicinity in which they lived and died and also more accessible to travel. Their peaceful slumbers are being interrupted by the rising waters of Smith Mountain Lake formed by a dam that is being constructed a few miles below by Appalachian Power Company. All expense of plot removal and reinterment is being taken care of by the Power Company. Descendants of this brave and courageous tribe of Maxeys are scattered in many states now and a few in foreign countries."

• Note: The grave site is actually behind Mt. Ivy Christian Church across the road from Mt. Ivy Baptist on Highway 616, plot #1002.

Franklin Co., Va., Wills, Bk. 1, pp. 69-70, proved in September of 1791, produced in Court by Josiah Maxey & Jeremiah Maxey the Exors. therein names & proved by the oaths of John Maxey, Barnabas Maxey & Jonathan Bernard. Witnesses there to Subscribed and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of Walter [sic] Maxey one of the Executors therein named who made oath thereto Certificate is granted him for obtaining Probate there of in due form the other Exor. refusing to join in the Probate hereof. Teste James Calloway

Source:

The Maxey's of Virginia, by Edythe Maxey Clark, A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Edward and Susannah Maxey.

Change Date: 24 AUG 2007 at 07:01:11

Father: Edward MAXEY b: in Wales

Mother: Susannah GATES

Marriage 1 Mary UNKNOWN b: Abt 1719

Married: Abt 1744 in Virginia

Children

Walter MAXEY, JR. b: 9 JUL 1745 in Goochland Co.,Virginia

Esther MAXEY b: 14 NOV 1761 in Cumberland Co.,Va
Jane MAXEY
Josiah MAXEY b: 1793 in Franklin Co.,Virginia
Jeremiah MAXEY
Jesse MAXEY
Mary MAXEY
Lucy MAXEY
Susannah MAXEY

Walter Maxey, son of Edward and Susannah, was born in Virginia. By his
father's will he received, after his mother's death, half of the land on which they lived in Goochland County, Virginia. This part of Goochland later became part of Cumberland County. There is a deed dated 12 April 1748 in Goochland County, Book 5/400-401 by which his brother, Silvanus, conveyed to Walter the remaining 200 acres of land. It reads as follows: "This indenture maid this twelvth day of April one Thousand Seven hundred and forty eight Between Silvanus Maxey of the County of Albermall of the one part and Walter Maxey of the County of Goochland of the other part Witnesseth that the sd Silvanus Maxey for divers goods causes and Considerations him theirunto moving but more Especially for the Valliable Concideration of thirty two pounds Currant Money of virginia to him in hand paid the Recept whereof he doth hereby acknowledge and himself therewith fully Sattisfied Contented and paid hath given granted Bargained Sold aliend Enfeoffd and Confirmd and by these presents doth give grant bargin Sell alien Enfeoff and Confirm unto the said Walter Maxey his heirs Executors administrators or asigns one Certain Trect of Land Statute lying and being in the County aforesaid which sd Trect or percell of Land lying and being South side James River and on both sides Jones' Creek Containing two hundred Acres more or less it being part of a Trect of Land Patent in the name of Edward Maxey deceased bearing date the Seventeenth Day of August one thousand Seven hundred twenty five it being the East most part of the said Tract and devided from the Residue by a line of new markt Trees deviding between he the sd Walter Maxey and the Silvanus Maxey and from thence Wm Blackburns line from thence to Nathanil Bassits line thence to Edward Maxeys Junr Line thence along the sd Line to John Radfords line thence along John Radfords line to the deviding line TO HAVE AND TO HOLD porsess and Enjoy the said Trackt or passel of Land with all the appertenances therunto Belonging unto the said Walter Maxey his and asigns for ever to the onley proper use of him and his hairs for Ever and the said Silunus Maxey Doeth fourthe agree with the said Walter Maxey that he will for Ever herafter Warrant and for ever Defend the aforesaid Land premisseis from himself his Hairs Executors administrators and from aney other person or persons whatsoever Lawfully haveing Claining or Rightfully pertening to have aney Right Title or Intruest Clame or Demand into or out of the said Tract or parsall of Land IN WITNESS whereof the aforesaid Silvanus Maxey haeth hereunto Set his hand fixed his Seal the Day and year above written "Signed Seal and Delivered Silvanus Maxey "In presences of us Elizabet Maxey "Test John Radford William Maxey Nath Maxey Walter sells part of this land as shown in a deed in Cumberland County Virginia, Book 3/350-351, on 7 December 1762 (record is stained). "This Indenture made this seventh Day of December in the Year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven and sixty two Between Walter Maxey ____ the County of Cumberland of the one part and Creed Haskins of the s___ County of the other part Witnesseth That the said Walter Maxey for and ___ consideration of the Sum of three hundred and ninety Pounds ___ Shilling Current Money of Virginia to him in hand paid by the said Creed Haskins the receipt hereof the said Walter Maxey doth hereby acknowledge Hath given granted bargained and sold and by these Presents doth give grant bargain and sell unto the said Creed Haskins his Heirs & Assigns forever on certain Tract or Parcel of Land containing by Estimation

More About Walter Justinian Maxey: Burial: Unknown, Maxey Cemetery, Franklin Co., Virginias. Military service: American Revolutionary War. Walter Maxey Served in the Revolutionary War. correct dates are b: 7/9/1719 d: 5/5/1791 ref: headstone in cemetery, "Maxey's of Virginia". Walter was born in 1716. Walter Maxey ... He passed away in 1791. Walter was born in 1719. He is the son of Edward Maxey and Susannah Gates. He passed away in 1791. Burial Mt. Ivy Baptist, Franklin Co VA

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Have not been able to find definite info related to "Justinian" for Walter.

Notes for Walter "Justinian" Maxey: [cmusa47.ged Maxey's History.ged]

WALTER MAXEY, a son of Edward and Susannah (Gaites) Maxey had no original patent land of his own but, by the terms of his father's will, received after the death of his mother of the Virginia plantation on which they lived in Goochland County (later Cumberland County). In 1748 his brother Sylvanus, who had moved to Albermarle County, Virginia deeded the remaining 200 acres of the patent to Walter.He lived on this land until December 10, 1762 when it was sold to Creed Haskins for 390 pounds.

Walter then moved with his family to that part of Bedford County, Virginia which in 1785 became the county of Franklin. The terrain in this area of Virginia is quite different from the original Maxey settlement on relatively flat country west of Richmond, the former being rocky and mountainous and quite verdant, reminding one of the Welsh countryside. Walter purchased from Samuel and Grizel Smith 528 acres on the west side fo the Staunton River and the north side of the Blackwater River for 420 pounds in two separate transactions on August 20, 1763.

Walter was the last surviving child of Edward and Susannah and without question left the largest number of descendants, many of whom still reside in the area. On May 8, 1798, seven years after the death of Walter and right after the death of his wife, Mary, a suit was brought into court by the children and heirs of Walter in order that a commissioner be appointed to dispose of 130 acres on the Staunton River owned by Walter at his death.

Second marriage is not mentioned in Maxey's of Virginia

Walter Maxey's grave was moved during the Smith Mountain Lake Cemetery relocation project along with 8 other graves. The nine graves were moved to My Ivy Union Church, Union Hall, Franklin County, VA Reinterment Site #.1002 "Smith Mountain Lake Cemetery Relocation Project" by Beverly Merritt Copyright by Jane Zarn Feb. 1, 2012, (permission can be copied for genealogy research) 0

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MAXEY, WALTER SR Ancestor #: A075793 Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE Birth: CIRCA 1724 HENRICO CO VIRGINIA Death: ANTE 9- -1791 FRANKLIN CO VIRGINIA Service Source: ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 1, PP 102-104, 116, 117 Service Description: 1) BEDFORD CO, PAID FOR FURNISHING 2) PROVISIONS & SUPPLIES

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• Walter Maxey Sr.
• BIRTH 1720, Goochland County, Virginia, USA
• DEATH, Sep 1791 (aged 70–71), Franklin County, Virginia, USA
• BURIAL, Mount Ivy Christian Church Cemetery, Scruggs, Franklin County, Virginia, USA
• Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 44435676 · View Source
• Walter Maxey, son of Edward and Susannah, the last surviving child, left a will which a copy and other records related to the probate of his estate, are still on file at Rocky Mount Courthouse. Mae A. Maxey indicated in a letter that the grave of Walter Maxey, Sr. who died 1791 and his 'near kin' were located on the old Maxey plantation. Their remains were removed and reinterred on a plot at Mt. Ivy Baptist Church, many having no headstone. Facing the headstone of William H. Maxey, about five degrees to the left, the back corner of the cemetery is the plot in which the plantation graves were reinterred. Children of Walter and Mary: Jane, Josiah, Jeremiah, Jesse, Walter, Jr., Mary, Lucy, Susannah and Esther. Source: The Maxeys Of Virginia by Edythe Maxey Clark, Third Ed., 2000.
• Note to MAXEY RESEARCHERS--if you send me a correction request to add the middle name of 'Justinian' or the mother's maiden name of 'Gates', please provide proof of same.

Gravesite Details
Original memorial to the cemetery.

Family Members
Parents
Edward Maxey
Edward T. Maxey
1674–1740

Susannah Gates Maxey
1677–1743

Spouse
Mary Ann Netherland Maxey
1720–1798

Siblings
Edward Maxey
Edward Maxey
1696–1726

Children
Josiah Maxey
1739–1793

Jane Craghead
Jane Elizabeth Leodicea Maxey Craghead
1747–1785

Jesse Maxey
Jesse Maxey
1750–1808