William Henry Walton*

An enslaved boy in the household of Dorothy Camber Walton in Pensacola, Florida.

Race is recorded as Negro.

Appears in Dorothy’s 1828 will among the property bequeathed to Dorothy’s grandson, Robert Watkins Walton. The bequest included his mother, Sylvia, and his three siblings.

Dorothy named her son, Florida Territorial Governor George Walton, Jr., and her friend, John H. Walker of Alabama, as guardians of her grandchildren and their inherited property.

FAMILY:

Mother: Sylvia Walton*

Siblings: Mary Ann Walton*, Julia Walton*, and Robert Walton*


SOURCES:

Will of Dorothy Walton, 6 JAN 1828, Ancestry.com. Florida, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1827-1950 [accessed 23 APR 2021]