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Walker, Thomas
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Walker, Thomas (1715–94) physician, explorer, legislator; born in King and Queen County, Va. After practicing as a doctor he became interested in seeking out new land for speculation. As chief agent for the Loyal Land Company, he led explorers into present-day Kentucky (1750–51). He served numerous terms in the Virginia House of Burgesses and represented Virginia at the Fort Stanwix Indian treaty (1768). He was a guardian for Thomas Jefferson and, as a member of the Virginia Committee of Safety (1776), took an active role in advancing the American Revolution.
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Beloved wife of the late Thomas Walker Wallace, Jr.
Mayaline Jamerson Wallace September 22, 1910 July 31, 2009 by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
Bruce Harper, 21, and Thomas Walker, 29, both of Dundee, gave their carers the slip at Murray Royal Hospital in Perth.
Psychiatric pair on run by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
Administrators have been called in at Thomas Walker PLC, which supplies metal fastenings to the clothing industry and dates back to 1867.
Old city firm goes under; INDUSTRY: 60 jobs in jeopardy at fastenings ... by Birmingham Mail (England)
 
 
 
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