A 4May1756 plat by William Parry, Surveyor for King William County, for John Waller [Jr.], located Walkerton Town between Walker Mill Creek and Mattaponi River, directly across the River (north), on Walker land in King & Queen County. The current VDOT map of King & Queen County locates Walkerton a mile and a half further upriver from the 1756 identification. Has the site of the town been moved during the intervening two and a half centuries, or has the town shrunk northwestward, or did Parry take license in laying out the King & Queen side "over against" the John Waller King William plantation and enterprises? Parry's survey showed a Waller Ferry to Walkerton, a wharf, two warehouses (presumably tobacco), "a little house for use of the Inspectors," and "Tom Adams' house" in a cluster on the South bank of the Mattaponi. Adams and John Waller, Jr. [III], carried the chains for the survey. Adams appears to have been the Ferry man and a Waller employee. John Scott Davenport Holmdel, NJ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html