Upper Walker Settlement
Having
looked at how the roads existed in the 1860's as compared with today,
we now will take a tour along the roads which make up the upper portion
of Walker Settlement.
Looking at the above map, we will start at the
intersection of the
present Long Settlement Road with the Walker Settlement Road, where the
schoolhouse still stands today. The only family living along this steep
section, to the right of the road as you look at it, was the Neeley
family (# 1 on the map).
Where the road divides and goes east and west, we want to take the westerly fork first. Just beyond this fork, on the southerly side of the road, lived the William and Thomas Forsythe families (#'s 2 and 3). Just beyond them, lived William Marshall (# 4). The road then heads west to the Parlee Brook and just before the brook on the southern side lived John Donaldson (# 5). The road, after crossing the brook, goes a bit further west and then turns southerly. Just before its southern turn lived Thomas Wilkins (# 6) and further south lived then Robert Wilkins (# 7). Just beyond them, on the opposite side of the road (now the eastern side), lived George Crow (# 8).
As the road now turns due east, and before it branches off to go towards Londonderry, there are two more houses, one on the southern side belonging to John Crow (# 9) and one on the northern side just before meeting the road from Long Settlement to Londonderry belonging to John Wright (# 10).
Going back to our original point just south of the Neeley's farm where the two roads divide, we now want to take the easterly or main road. Just beyond the intersection, and before the second road which goes off to the north, on the southerly side was the homestead belonging to Samuel Walker Jr. (# 11), the son of Samuel Walker, after whom Walker Settlement is named. Further along the road, and just about where the second road goes north, lived the James Jones family (# 12) in 1862. This house appears on the opposite side of the road from his property, the road going between his property and that of Samuel Porter. Beyond this, along the road to Long Settlement, there were no more houses in 1862 until just before you get to the intersection at Long Settlement.
The road leading to the north had no houses on it in 1862 either, but land there was originally granted to the Arnolds on the southern side and to the Bowland family on the northern side. In later years, this road apparently went further east to the properties of John Crawford (# 13), Willian McEwen (#14), George Robinson (# 15) and Wiliam Loughery (# 16), who all appear in the 1861 census as neighbours. This road may have, at one time, met the road from Walton Lake to Lower Walker Settlement (by the bridge) and on to Waterford, staying on the western side of Trout Creek rather then the present route hugging that waterway (see Madden Flats).
Where the road divides and goes east and west, we want to take the westerly fork first. Just beyond this fork, on the southerly side of the road, lived the William and Thomas Forsythe families (#'s 2 and 3). Just beyond them, lived William Marshall (# 4). The road then heads west to the Parlee Brook and just before the brook on the southern side lived John Donaldson (# 5). The road, after crossing the brook, goes a bit further west and then turns southerly. Just before its southern turn lived Thomas Wilkins (# 6) and further south lived then Robert Wilkins (# 7). Just beyond them, on the opposite side of the road (now the eastern side), lived George Crow (# 8).
As the road now turns due east, and before it branches off to go towards Londonderry, there are two more houses, one on the southern side belonging to John Crow (# 9) and one on the northern side just before meeting the road from Long Settlement to Londonderry belonging to John Wright (# 10).
Going back to our original point just south of the Neeley's farm where the two roads divide, we now want to take the easterly or main road. Just beyond the intersection, and before the second road which goes off to the north, on the southerly side was the homestead belonging to Samuel Walker Jr. (# 11), the son of Samuel Walker, after whom Walker Settlement is named. Further along the road, and just about where the second road goes north, lived the James Jones family (# 12) in 1862. This house appears on the opposite side of the road from his property, the road going between his property and that of Samuel Porter. Beyond this, along the road to Long Settlement, there were no more houses in 1862 until just before you get to the intersection at Long Settlement.
The road leading to the north had no houses on it in 1862 either, but land there was originally granted to the Arnolds on the southern side and to the Bowland family on the northern side. In later years, this road apparently went further east to the properties of John Crawford (# 13), Willian McEwen (#14), George Robinson (# 15) and Wiliam Loughery (# 16), who all appear in the 1861 census as neighbours. This road may have, at one time, met the road from Walton Lake to Lower Walker Settlement (by the bridge) and on to Waterford, staying on the western side of Trout Creek rather then the present route hugging that waterway (see Madden Flats).