Henderson Walker

Henderson Walker was the President of the Council and acting deputy governor of the Province of Carolina between 1699 and 1703. He is better known for his contribution in the founding of the Church of England in the Albemarle Sound region.

Henderson Walker was born in North Carolina in 1659 and died in 1704. He arrived in Albemarle County around 1682. There he owned land, and raised livestock for selling. He began his legal career serving as a clerk of the county courts, and later was appointed to many other public offices. He served at different times as attorney general , judge of the supreme court, and President of the Council, making many judicial reforms. He was also a judge of the General Court, Court of Chancery, and Admiralty Court, assemblyman, and customs collector. He participated in the Colonial Council in 1694, under Governor Thomas Harvey. He was appointed as boundary commissioner in March 1699 to help settle the boundary dispute with Virginia.

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