The information included on this site was gathered from several sources. I  have included all the data that I have as of July 2015.

Most of the Frost family information was obtained through a copy of a  genealogy search done by Ralph and Naomi (Owens) McCormick in 1970. Some of  the information on earlier descendants was obtained by a copy of a search that  was given to me by William Bryan "Sonny" Smith. I have also collected new  information at family reunions.

Most of the Walker family genealogy comes from family Bibles and tombstones in  the East Texas area. I have also obtained information from websites.

I have traced the Frost family back to Johnson Frost (who was my great-great- great grandfather).  He was born in North or South Carolina in 1787, was a  verteran of the War of 1812 and was also a Methodist preacher. He married  Rebecca Hogue. I have traced her ancestors back 30 generations to Naill Haigh  who was born near the year 800 probably in Scotland.

The following on the Frost family is an excerpt taken from the genealogy done  by Ralph and Naomi on August 23,1970.

We know little about the Frost family prior to Hilliard. May (Frost) Owens  recalls that she had always been told that Hilliard's father was a Georgia  Circuit Rider Methodist Preacher, and that Jane's father was from England. She  also remembers that her Aunt Bell Frost had told her that one of her great  grand-mother's maiden name was Hogue and the other was a Hodges. Our research  has led us to suspect that Hilliard's mother was the Hodges and Hogue was the  maiden name of Jane's mother. (Note: As you will notice in the genealogy here  on this site, this assumption was backwards.)

We know that Hilliard and Jane were both born in Georgia, and that they were  living in Troupe County of that state in 1840. We believe that they owned a  considerable amount of land and several slaves there.

Hilliard moved his family from Georgia to Claiborne Parish, Louisiana in 1847  when William Asbury Frost was only two years old. There, he acquired a  plantation which was valued at $2,800.00 in the 1850 census report. On an  adjoining plantation of the same value lived a Thomas Frost who was 5 years  younger than Hilliard and was married to a Rachel. Thomas was also born in  Georgia. Perhaps he and Hilliard were brothers and made the trek from Georgia  at about the same time. To substantuate this, was conversation of the old  timers about an Aunt Rachel of whom they were not fond. Hilliard also had a  brother named Samuel who married a Mary who was better liked. Sam moved to  Texas early. We are not sure if he has descendants living today.

In our tracing, we have learned that the Frost name is still prominent in the  regions of Northern Louisiana and Southern Arkansas. This would indicate there  were brothers and/or cousins who moved from Georgia to Louisiana prior to the  Civil War. Naomi and I (Ralph) are now in the process of contacting some of  the Frosts living in that area.

Jane (Lyons) Frost had a sister named Mary who married a Mr. Allen who had  several drug stores in Dallas. Recently we have evidence that Jane also had a  sister named Nancy who married an Asa Rowell and now has descendants living in  the Texas Panhandle.

A note of interest to us is to learn that Hilliard Frost's children each had  three given names. W. A. Frost's full name was William Wesley Asbury Frost. He  chose to drop "Wesley".

In June, we attended the John Thomas Frost family reunion at the Brady City  Park. There, we had a long visit with Mattie Lou Matlock, John Frost's  youngest daughter. She told us that her father often told of the move from  Georgia to Louisiana and that at the age of 10 he drove one of the wagon teams  the whole distance.

According to May (Frost) Owens and her brother "Mack", Hilliard enlisted in  the Confederate Army. In about 1862 he fell ill with pnuemonia, returned home  and soon died. His oldest son, John, was a teamster in Co. E., 2 Reg't.  Louisiana Infantry throughout the War. He was in battle after battle in which  his comrades fell all around him, but he remained unscratched. He was in  General Stonewall Jackson's scouting party and was little more than an arm's  length from the famous general when he was mortally wounded. At the war's end,  John was mustered out, without pay, in Virginia and had to make his way back  to Louisiana on foot, begging for food and living off the land.

During the war, Jane (Lyons) Frost moved across the state line into Nevada  County Arkansas, perhaps to be near relatives. She died there in about 1886  and is buried in Shiloh Cemetery beside her daughter, Amanda. The marker to  her grave is gone, the casualty of a tornado which passed through the cemetery  several years ago.

According to our count, Hilliard and Jane Frost had 8 children, 28  grandchildren, 94 great grandchildren and at least 120 great-great  grandchildren.

William Asbury and Margaret Cornelia (Teague) Frost had 13 children, 54  grandchildren, 115 great grandchildren to date and about 100 great-great  grandchildren and no stemming the tide. Already there are several great-great- great grandchildren.

The following items are interesting bits of Frost Family History. Most of them  were related to us by May (Frost) Owens. We welcome such accounts from anyone  who may know of either facts or legends that are worthy of being recorded.

In about 1886, the Frost family moved from Nevada County to Hempstead County,  Arkansas. William Asbury Frost, then about 45 years old, was driving their  cattle to the new location. The day was hot when they swam their horses and  cattle across a stream. Their clothing became soaked. Riding in the wet  garments was refreshing but, suddenly an unexpected blizzard struck. The  temperature dropped to freezing in only a matter of minutes. Before the new  home was reached that evening William's clothing was frozen. He had to be  helped from his horse and into the house. As a consequence, from the ordeal  W.A. was almost deaf for the remainder of his life.

In an account by Dorothy Frost Gunn written in 1982 she writes:

My fondest memory of him (W.A.) was knowing that I would see him each Sunday  sitting near the pulpit in church.  His cane-bottomed chair was leaned against  the wall in the very same spot for many years.  When asked why he went to  church so faithfully when we all knew he couldn't hear a word the preacher  said, he would say "Jesus knows I'm here."

William Asbury Frost owned land in Hempstead County, Arkansas which he sold  when he decided to move to Texas. He carried the money received from the sale  as they made their trek to Navarro County, Texas.

The amount was not enough to purchase the kind of spread he wanted, so while  waiting to accumulate more, he worked as farm manager for a wealthy farmer.  The "big house" where the Frosts lived was a large one-story colonial type  dwelling on "Pisgah Ridge" in soutwest Navarro County, Texas. It had a 12' x  40' hallway running the entire length of the house and a large front door with  an ornate transom. There were two fireplaces, one built of brick and the other  made of stone.

Due to his justified feeling that the banks of that time were unsafe, W. A.  and Margaret Cornelia had to devise a good hiding place for the cash they  owned.

High on a wall in a back room of the house, hung a sock. To satisfy the  curiosity of the youngsters. Margaret assured them that the sock contained  only some of her prize bean seed she had brought with them from Arkansas. Each  year she would plant some of the beans from the sock and replenish them from  the new crop. The children did not know that down in the toe of that sock,  well covered with the treasured Arkansas beans, was the life savings of the  Frost family.

At one time there was a small fire on the back porch of the home. The first  impulse of the mother, fearing the house might be destroyed, was to grab the  sock and get the children to safety. Fortunately the blaze was contained and  little damage was done, but Margaret was laughed at by the children for her  seemingly over-concern for her beloved Arkansas beans. It was necessary for  her to take the light riducule in stride and keep her secret as to the total  content of the sock which she carefully hung back high on the wall.

Each of the next few years the ritual of removing the beans, planting them and  replenishing seed from the new crop, was repeated. Too, each year savings were  added to the toe of the sock until one day the Frost family found the farm  they liked and bought it. Then, but not until then, was revealed to the  children, the whole truth about the sock of Arkansas beans.

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On Walker family history, I have traced back to Daniel Crane (who was my great- great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather). He was  born in 1672 and was living in Elizabeth, New Jersey when his son Johnathan  was born on April 19, 1705.

John Thomas Caffey (who was my great-great-great-great-great-great  grandfather) was born about 1760 in Scotland and died in Kentucky.

Richard Pierceall (who was my great-great-great-great-great grandfather) was  born in 1744 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. Richard and his family migrated  to Kentucky in 1795, eventually settling in Washington County. He was a  Revolutionary War hero. On Veteran's Day, 1978, a plaque was dedicated at the  Taylor County Courthouse in Cambellsville, Kentucky to honor county residents  who served in the Revolution. Richard then lived in a section of Green County  that became part of Taylor County and his name is thus among the forty-three  veterans inscribed on the memorial. Richard's daughter Rebecca married William  Caffey in Kentucky in 1812 and came to Upshur County, Texas by way of Daviess  County, Indiana.

Benjamin Gage (who was my great-great grandfather) came to Texas in about 1839 from  Indiana. He traveled through Kentucky, on to Tennessee and from Tennessee to Texas  camping and scouting about. He was one of the old "Trail Blazers", help build  bridges, etc. He camped around a few days and located on Little White Oak  Creek about 12 miles northwest of the springs. There he established a  gristmill and tan yard. He built a 2-story log cabin in 1845 which was still standing  as of 2002. Benjamin was on the Commisioner's Court of Upshur County when the county  seat of Gilmer was established.

Upshur County was organized at that time. The Govenor of Texas appointed  Benjamin Gage, Benjamin Fuller and (N.N.?) Robertson commissioners (confirmed  by the legislature in 1849) to select a site for the county seat of the newly  created county. Tey selected and bought the present site of Gilmer from  Matthew Cartwright, famed trader and early Texas land owner.

When the Gage home was built along White Oak Creek, his nearest neighbors were  several miles away. The area rapidly filled with settlers in the first few  years after Texas became a state.

Two men were paid $1.00 in gold for each log they hand hewed for the Gage  home. They were Alec Marsh and Billy Green whose descendants reside in and  around Upshur County today.

When the men had finished hewing the logs which were hauled from Jefferson,  the neighbors joined in a house raising. They used wooden pegs to fasten the  logs together and constructed a two story house 17 1-2 feet by 30 feet. It had  a large fireplace at one end and one large porch on the front with another on  the back.

This house is still standing and in the 115 years old structure (as of a 1960  account) are members of the same family, William Alton Gage, a great grandson  of the builder and his daughter Mrs. Judy Holden, the fifth generation to  reside in the house. This is probably the oldest house in Upshur County still  being used by the same family. Since the house was originally built, four more  rooms have been added. One of the porches has been rebuilt, electricity and  gas have been installed and the house now has an imitation brick siding.

I am in the process of trying to locate this residence and any information on  this matter will be greatly appreciated.
  
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I will be adding new data as I acquire it. I hope to be able to keep this site  updated with the assistance of other Frost / Walker decendants. I would like  to include any additions, corrections, stories or pictures you may have. If  you have anything to include or questions about this site, please e-mail me.

Pam (Walker) Frost