Walker, William, 1751-1831

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Dates:
Birth 1751
Death 1831

Biographical notes:

Army officer.

From the description of Papers of William Walker, 1775. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132139

A resident of Lenox, of Massachusetts, Walker served as an officer in the Continental Army and resided ca. 1788-1790 in Canandaigua, New York, employed as a surveyor and land agent for Gorham, Phelps & Co., proprietors of the Phelps and Gorham purchase (or "Massachusetts Tract") in western New York, including lands located today in Monroe and Ontario County, New York. Walker died in Lenox, Massachusetts in 1831.

From the description of William Walker papers, 1788-1837, 1889-1890. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58780263

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Subjects:

  • Iroquois Indians
  • Iroquois Indians
  • Land companies
  • Land settlement
  • Land speculation
  • Real property
  • Real property
  • Real estate investment
  • Roads

Occupations:

  • Army officers
  • Land agents

Places:

  • Perinton (N.Y. : Town) (as recorded)
  • Ontario County (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Canandaigua Lake (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Canandaigua (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Cambridge (Mass.) (as recorded)
  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • Ontario County (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Monroe County (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts (as recorded)
  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • Charlestown (Boston, Mass.) (as recorded)
  • Canandaigua (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--Ontario County (as recorded)
  • Lenox (Mass.) (as recorded)