Genealogy Trails Presents Old Homes of Robertson County, Tennessee Lycurgus Walton Home Contributed by, Sharon Smith Lycurgus Bartlett Walton Home L.B. Walton is the son of Thomas J. Walton. The home is located off Owens Chapel Road. "Lycurgus Walton, followed in his father's footsteps and upon graduation from medical college he returned to Robertson County to establish his practice to Cross Plains. On December 18, 1854, he married Mildred Hardin French, the daughter of Thomas J. French, a wealthy Montgomery County resident. Shortly before Lycurgus' marriage, he bought from Edward Simmons his share of his father's (Voluntine Simmons) estate. On a portion of this land he built a substantial one and one-half story brick house. In the front yard, he constructed a small one-room doctor's office where he treated patients and dispensed medicine. This type of separate office space was typical of the physicians of that period. Dr. Walton served a large rural community. He sometimes rode houseback as far as Franklin, Kentucky and Goodlettsville, Tennessee to see patients. Dr. Walton has been described as a short man who wore tall bee gum hats ordered from England to add height to his appearance. He pursued his medical career from 1848 until his death in 1918. He owned approximately 500 acres, was president of the Cross Plains Bank for one year, and was a Mason for sixty years. He and his wife had four sons and two daughters. One of his sons, Martin Atkinson Walton, also became a doctor and assisted his father in his medical prectice. Martin A. Walton was graduated from the Vanderbilt Schood of Medicine and was the recipient of the Founder's Medal. Shortly before Lycurgus Walton's death, extensive remodelling of the house was begun: the roof line was raised to allow for two full stories, the frame ell was also redesigned to incorporate two levels, and the front porch was extended the full length of the house. Today, the house is basically the same as it was in 1915 when it was renovated. It has a central hall with the original yellow poplar flooring, a staircase and one large room to each side of the hall on each floor. The porches on the frame ell have been enclosed and the exterior has been painted white." (book, Robertson County's Heritage of Homes by Deborah Kelley Henderson)