28-572: John Waller may refer to: Politicians [ edit ] John Waller (Virginia politician) (1673–1754), American politician in Virginia John Gough Waller , Australian politician John L. Waller (1850–1907), African-American lawyer, politician, journalist, publisher, businessman, military leader and diplomat John Waller (Wycombe MP) , British Member of Parliament for Wycombe John Waller (County Limerick MP) , Member of
56-751: A ferry across the Mattaponi River that had previously been operated by the Graves family of York County, and then a man named John Willis, and would later by operated by the Dudley family (hence references before 1700 to Graves' ferry and during the Revolutionary War to Dudley's Ferry. Waller had a house named Brookshire in King and Queen County at that Landing. Two decades passed before further development warranted creation of Spotsylvania County from
84-417: A household in the county was $ 49,876, and the median income for a family was $ 54,037. Males had a median income of $ 34,616 versus $ 25,578 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 21,928. About 4.40% of families and 5.50% of the population were below the poverty line , including 6.00% of those under age 18 and 9.00% of those age 65 or over. Two Indian reservations exist in the county. They are
112-595: A noted Baptist preacher and was repeatedly jailed in various Virginia counties for his contempt of the authorities during his preaching. He died in Abbeville, South Carolina on July 4, 1802. His cousin Rev. Absalom Waller (1772-1823), son of Benjamin Waller (1749-1835) also became a noted Baptist preacher. King William County, Virginia King William County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia . As of
140-617: The 2020 census , the population was 17,810. Its county seat is King William . King William County is located in the Middle Peninsula and is included in the Greater Richmond Region . For thousands of years before European contact, indigenous peoples of North America lived in the Tidewater area of present-day Virginia. At the time of the founding of Jamestown , 30 Virginia Native American tribes comprised
168-543: The Powhatan paramountcy , numbering 14,000-21,000 people. The Algonquian -speaking Mattaponi Indian Tribe and Upper Mattaponi tribe , among the 11 tribes recognized by the state of Virginia, are located in the county. The Mattaponi are one of two Virginia Indian tribes who still occupy reservation land first allocated by the English under treaty in the 17th century. One prominent family during Colonial Virginia times
196-616: The Virginia House of Delegates : one from Bourbon County before creation of the state of Kentucky, and the other represented York County in the assembly of 1800 while his cousin Benjamin C. Waller represented Williamsburg , which had become the colony's capital city during this man's lifetime, and was split between York and James City Counties, but during the American Revolutionary War, Richmond had become
224-486: The census of 2000, there were 13,146 people, 4,846 households, and 3,784 families living in the county. The population density was 48 people per square mile (19 people/km ). There were 5,189 housing units at an average density of 19 units per square mile (7.3 units/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 73.81% White , 22.81% Black or African American , 1.54% Native American , 0.37% Asian , 0.33% from other races , and 1.15% from two or more races. 0.91% of
252-564: The Central Intelligence Agency John H. Waller (judge) (born 1937), South Carolina judge John Waller (cricketer) (1824–1886), English cricketer John Waller (fight director) (1940-2018), English historical European martial arts (HEMA) revival pioneer and fight director [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
280-618: The English Civil War parliamentarians William and Hardress Waller , Waller had a brother called William who became a Church of England clergyman and another brother, Edmund, who was a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge . Whether this John Waller was born in the Virginia Colony or England, shortly after reaching legal age, he bought 1039 acres of land in the Pamunkey Neck of then vast New Kent County , on
308-950: The UK Parliament County Limerick and Parliament of Ireland for Limerick County John Waller (Doneraile MP) , Member of the Parliament of Ireland for Doneraile Others [ edit ] John Waller (perjurer) (died 1732), stoned to death in pillory John Francis Waller (1809–1894), Irish poet and editor Red Waller (1883–1915), Major League Baseball pitcher Sir John Waller, 7th Baronet (1917–1995), English author, poet and journalist John Waller (Baptist) (1741–1802), Virginia preacher (a/k/a "Swearing Jack" Waller), see Elijah Craig John Waller (bishop) (1924–2015), bishop of Stafford John Waller (musician) (born 1970), American Contemporary Christian musician and singer-songwriter John H. Waller (CIA official) (1923–2004), Inspector General of
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#1732787025556336-647: The United States . According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 286 square miles (740 km ), of which 274 square miles (710 km ) is land and 12 square miles (31 km ) (4.1%) is water. King William County is bounded by the Mattaponi River to the north and the Pamunkey River to the south. The two rivers combine to form the York River , at West Point ,
364-424: The capital of the new Commonwealth of Virginia. Waller was the fifth child (and third son) born to Dr. John Waller of Newport Pagnell. His father had married Mary Key and either visited or emigrated to the Virginia Colony in 1635. However, she died and Dr. Waller remarried, to Mary Pomfrett on January 13, 1669, who gave birth to this boy four years later. Baptized at Newport Pagnell on January 23, 1673. A cousin of
392-403: The county's largest town. As of the 2010 United States Census , there were 15,935 people living in the county. 77.2% were White , 17.7% Black or African American , 1.4% Native American , 0.7% Asian , 0.6% of some other race and 2.3% of two or more races . 2.0% were Hispanic or Latino (of any race). 18.6% were of English , 16.5% American , 8.7% German and 7.6% Irish ancestry. As of
420-580: The first of four men of that name to serve in Virginia's legislature. This John Waller's militia service under Captain John West (whom he may have succeeded as burgess) earned him the title "Captain". He served at various times as sheriff in both King and Queen (1699–1701) and King William (1701–1702) counties of Virginia (on both sides of the Mattaponi River). This John Waller
448-476: The legislature's second session and was succeeded by Orlando Jones, and Waller did not win re-election in 1715, but was instead succeeded by Thomas Johnson. He again won election in the 1720-1722 session, in which legislators authorized creation of Spotsylvania County, but represented neither county in the Assembly of 1723-1726. His son William Waller would first represent Spotsylvania County in 1742, and would be
476-447: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Waller&oldid=1069154990 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John Waller (Virginia politician) John Waller (January 23, 1673 – August 2, 1754)
504-728: The only ones in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Source: Stacey Davenport serves as the County Administrator for King William, having been appointed in September 2024.> King William is represented by Republican Thomas K. "Tommy" Norment, Jr . in the Virginia Senate, Republicans Scott A. Wyatt and M. Keith Hodges in the Virginia House of Delegates, and Republican Robert J. 'Rob" Wittman in
532-441: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 4,846 households, out of which 36.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.90% were married couples living together, 10.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.90% were non-families. 18.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
560-538: The premise for the groundbreaking 1977 miniseries Roots , as well as the History Channel remake in 2016 . One of the grandsons named John Waller (1741-1802) was a lawyer who became known as "Swearing Jack Waller" and the "Devil's Adjutant". However, upon hearing Rev. Lewis Craig preach while sitting on a grand jury investigating unlicensed preachers, that John Waller converted to the Baptist faith and became
588-408: The south side of the Mattaponi River on May 1, 1696. He established a plantation which he named "Endfield", which he operated at least in part using enslaved labor and which still exists today as Enfield Sod, Inc. Virginia's legislature would establish King and Queen County from New Kent County in 1701, and King William County was split from King and Queen County in 1702. Around 1705, he operated
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#1732787025556616-623: The western part of King William County, where this man also invested in land. Between 1723 and 1726, Waller established another plantation in Spotsylvania County, which he named "Newport" for his birthplace in England. Waller was considered a "gentleman" and in 1710 King William voters elected him and Henry Fox as their representatives in the House of Burgesses (a part time position). He was re-elected in 1712, but Henry Fox died before
644-401: Was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.06. In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.10% under the age of 18, 5.90% from 18 to 24, 31.50% from 25 to 44, 24.80% from 45 to 64, and 11.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.90 males. The median income for
672-676: Was a justice of the peace and the first sheriff of King William County in 1701. A small building that still exists today at Endfield is said to have acted as the county's first jail. He was the first Clerk of the Spotsylvania County in 1722. His son Edmund succeeded him in 1742. In 1747 he (or his son John) was made a Trustee of the newly established town of Fredericksburg. John Waller married Dorothy King circa 1697. They had six children: Mary, Edmund, John, Thomas, William, and Benjamin (the father of Judge Benjamin Waller). The eldest son Edmund Waller succeeded his father as Spotsylvania clerk in 1742, and
700-825: Was a planter, military officer and politician in the Colony of Virginia who was the effective progenitor of one of the First Families of Virginia , and who represented King William County in the House of Burgesses, and helped secure creation of Spotsylvania County , then served as its first clerk for two decades. Complicating matters, the name was common in the family and not only did this man serve as Spotsylvania's clerk, so did his sons Edmund and William and two grandsons named John (sons of different sons), so that family members served as Spotsylvania's clerk for 64 years. Moreover, two descendants named John Waller also would serve in
728-463: Was a senator and Governor of Virginia. As Waller is recorded as having died on August 2, 1754, there is no way to know if he was the John Waller who bought an African named Kunta Kinte after Kinte was kidnapped and transported to America about 1767. The story of Kunta Kinte is included in the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley . Haley's book served, in part, as
756-640: Was succeeded by his brother William in 1751 (the third clerk, until 1759), then their nephew John became clerk, and finally their brother John's son John became the county's fifth clerk (1774-1780). Mary Waller (1699–1781) married Zachary Lewis (1702–1765), and their daughter Ann Lewis married George Wythe , who signed the Declaration of Independence and taught Thomas Jefferson. His grandson Benjamin Waller married Martha Hall, and their daughter Dorothy Elizabeth Waller married Henry Tazewell in 1774. Their son Littleton Waller Tazewell (1774–1860)
784-424: Was that of William Aylett . The Tobacco Inspection Act of 1730 established a tobacco inspection warehouse at Aylett's. Aylett's daughters intermarried with other Northern Neck families. English colonists formed King William County in 1702 out of King and Queen County . The county is named for William of Orange , King of England . The courthouse, built in 1725, is the oldest courthouse in continuous use in
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