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Walton descendant describes land loss after highway expansion and later sale
Summary
Charles D. Walton recounted the Walton family's farm ownership from the 1939–1941 period through the 1980s, said I‑40 expansion made the property 'inoperable,' and that part of the land was later sold to Martin Marietta around 2010.
Charles D. Walton, who identified himself as the grandson of Hiram and Lucy Walton, said the family acquired property around 1939–1941 and retained it until the early 1980s when changes tied to Interstate 40 made the parcel difficult to farm. He said some of the land later was sold to Martin Marietta around 2010.
Walton connected land loss to broader family decisions about education and migration: he described how his grandfather insisted that children stay in school and not remain trapped in sharecropping. “I want you to go to school,” Walton said, recounting his grandfather's advice and his own path to Shaw University.
