Moses Walton (lawyer)

The son of Reuben Moore Walton and his wife, the former Mary Ann Harrison, Moses was named for his paternal grandfather, Moses Walton, who had been sheriff of Shenandoah County, as well as serving in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly.

However, Moses Walton's initial involvement was signing a "memorial" to the Confederate President and Virginia's governor on August 12, 1861, complaining about the hardship caused by excessive conscription from Shenandoah County, since 12,829 persons would be required to furnish 1269 men, and actually furnished 900 men, to the great disadvantage of their families who needed to plant the fall crop, since the county only had 443 slaves older than 12 years and 150 free negroes.

[2] In 1863, Shenandoah County voters elected Moses Walton and Philip Pittman to represent them in the Virginia House of Delegates.

Shenandoah and Page County voters elected Moses Walton and Dr. George W. Rust their delegates to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868.

[4] A Conservative as was Dr. George Rust, Walton opposed various penalties that the majority proposed to impose upon former Confederates.