Walton, Thomas George, 1815-1905

Thomas George Walton (1815-1905) was the son of Thomas Walton, a Morganton, N.C., merchant. He married Eliza Murphy (1820-1886), daughter of John Hugh Murphy and Margaret Avery Murphy of Willow Hill Plantation, Burke County, N.C. For several years, he also served as the guardian of his wife's younger siblings, the grandchildren of Captain James Murphy.

Thomas George Walton was appointed president of the board of directors of the Morganton Branch of the Bank of North Carolina in 1859. During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate Army in Virginia and Tennessee. Hw was appointed vice president of the North Carolina Agricultural Society in 1871, director for the Eastern Division of the Western North Carolina Rail Road in 1873, and trustee of the State Hospital for the Insane in 1897.

Lucy Walton, daughter of Thomas George and Eliza Murphy Walton, married Rev. Neilson Falls.

From the guide to the Thomas George Walton Papers, ., 1779-1897, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)