Thomas Newell "Tom" Walker: Our Family History

Generation: 1

Thomas Newell "Tom" Walker was born on 29 Jan 1858 in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA (son of Helton Rutherford Walker and Esther Elizabeth Thornton); died on 5 Sep 1942 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 7 Sep 1942 in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA.

Other Events:

Anecdote:
"Ash hoe. Ash hopper. Ash bank." Really sneezing, but finishing with the word.
Anecdote:
"Lord bless these table comforts to the nourishment of our bodies and our bodies to thy service. Amen."
Anecdote:
Tom's grandson, William D. Walker tells about his (Tom's) sneezes, which were always in threes:
"It was "sneeze...ASH HOE...sneeze...ASH HOPPER...sneeze...ASH BANK...This was usually followed by a "nose blow" one nostril at a time, using only his finger. Then a final blow or two of both nostrils to make sure the passages were open. These are good things to know. I'd like to see you demonstrate the process except that he often ended the process by wiping his fingers on the cuff of his overalls!"
Anecdote: Tom usually slept with one or two of the boys. In the morning Tom would pull on his overalls just far enough to get a plug of chewing tobacco out of his pocket. Before the need to spit he would go outside--his spitting wasn't allowed in the house. He grew his own tobacco in a little tobacco patch.
Anecdote: Tom Walker's usual mealtime prayer: "Lord bless these table comforts to the nourishment of our bodies, and our lives to thy service. Amen."
Land: Jan 1851, Howell County, Missouri, USA; In January 1881 Thomas N. Walker filed a homestead patent, the NW 1/4 of Sec 12, Twp 26N, Rg 8W, 40 acres. This is probably where they lived in an older log cabin, and where the bobcat got in and tore up the cabin while they were away (see the stories of Della (Walker) Warren Lonnem.
Census: 9 Jul 1860, Danielsville, Middle Division, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA
Census: 13 Jun 1870, Pine Wood (post office), 6th Civil District, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: After March 1879, Crowder homestead, Howell County, Missouri, USA;
Tom Walker and his wife Tennie Crowder assumed responsibility for the Crowder homestead (his wife's family place) after the death in March 1879 of his father-in-law, Bluford A. Crowder, and his brother-in-law Joshua Crowder. The present-day Walker farm is a portion of the original Crowder homestead. The original house, which was located closer to hwy 17, and around the corner from the present farm, burned.
Anecdote: 30 Dec 1879, Howell County, Missouri, USA;
Della Evaline Walker: "My dad [Thomas Newell Walker] had taken a homestead where I was born in a log cabin and while they went to care for sickness at Grand Pa's and Uncle Josh Crowder, the wildcats tore the chinks out of a crack and went in and tore a piece cloth out of the loom."
Census: 17 Jun 1880, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
Newspaper Article: 5 Jul 1888, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; From The Pulaski Citizen: \"Under Richardson\'s 4th of July claims bill which passed the houseSaturday and went to the senate, Giles county gets $2,875.87. Following is a list of claims from Giles county mentioned in the bill: . . . Thomas N. Walker, adm\'r of Bluford Crowder dec\'d, $520 . . . .\"
Newspaper Article: 5 Jul 1888, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; From The Pulaski Citizen: \"Under Richardson\'s 4th of July claims bill which passed the houseSaturday and went to the senate, Giles county gets $2,875.87. Following is a list of claims from Giles county mentioned in the bill: . . . Thomas N. Walker, adm\'r of Bluford Crowder dec\'d, $520 . . . .\"
Newspaper Article: 5 Jul 1888, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; From The Pulaski Citizen: \"Under Richardson\'s 4th of July claims bill which passed the houseSaturday and went to the senate, Giles county gets $2,875.87. Following is a list of claims from Giles county mentioned in the bill: . . . Thomas N. Walker, adm\'r of Bluford Crowder dec\'d, $520 . . . .\"
Deed: 13 Oct 1888, Howell County, Missouri, USA;
Thomas E. Newell purchased the Crowder homestead from Jane E. Crowder, his widowed mother in law. Described as "the SW1/4 of Sec 31, Twp 27, Rg 7W." Subject to "the support of the said Jane E. Crowder during her natural life time and all her right and title to vest in the said Thomas N. Walker."
Census: 14 Jun 1900, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
Census: 28 Apr 1910, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
NEWS: Apr 1914, Howell County, Missouri, USA;
Item in West Plains (Missouri) Journal, 16 April 1914
"Mr. T.N. Walker and daughter Lena left Tuesday evening for California. We are sorry to lose them." This may have been when Tom Walker went to California and worked in San Diego for a while. Lena probably kept house for him.
Residence: Mar 1917, Mountain View, Howell County, MIssouri, USA;
References in the letters of Earl Walker to Grace Campbell in the spring of 1917 indicate that he and his younger sister Lena were both at home with their father, Tom.
Note: Jan 1919;
Crowder place burned January 1919, when Donald was a baby. Tom was away. Afterward, Earl and Grace and baby lived in a shed on the place for a while. "Mama carried Don out & Dad carried out the organ [on his back]." Also: "The old Crowder house, located across the fields from the present-day Bill Walker farm (which was once a part of the original Crowder homestead), caught fire one winter. Grace and Earl and baby Donald were living there with Earl's father, Thomas N. Walker. It was a very cold winter; the ponds had frozen over, and they couldn't get water from the cistern to fight the blaze. Grace Walker described it: "And all we did was walk out of there with the clothes on our back and little Donald, except that Daddy went in and brought out the organ on his back." Tom Walker was, at the time, somewhere out of state; there is some dispute about where, but Donald Walker (the baby at the time) says that Tom Walker was in California."
Census: 20 Jan 1920, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
Missing Census: 1930;
Tom has not been located in the 1930 census.
Residence: Before 1935;
If the 1940 census is right, Tom was living with his son Earl's family by 1935.
Census: 25 Apr 1940, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
Obituary: 10 Sep 1942, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA;
Obituary, Mountain View Standard
"Thomas Newell Walker was born in Hickman county, Tenn January 29, 1858. He came to Missouri with his parents at the age of 14 years. They took up their home near Walker?s Chapel, where he grew into manhood. They were among the pioneer families who settled this part of the country. He was married to Phoebe Tennessee Crowder in the year 1877. To this union 11 children were born, four of whom died in infancy. The seven surviving children are Mrs. Della Lonnem of Lincoln, California; Mrs. Ida Johnson of Mountain View; Neal Walker of Lawton, Okla., Luther Walker of Lawton, Okla.; Roay Walker of Gainesville, Florida; Earl Walker of Mountain View; Mrs. Lena Yocky of Long Beach, california. Uncle Tom Walker as he was known throughout the country, was converted and joined the Methodist Church in early life, in which faith he remained throughout his life until God called him to his eternal home September 5, 1942, at the age of 84 years, seven months and seven days. He will be greatly missed by his children and other relatives and many friends as he had spent most of his life in this community and was known the country over."
Email: 19 Feb 2013;
Email from Angela McGhie:
Janis, I was able to go to the BLM office in Virginia last week and read the tract books for Howell County, Missouri. I had just made a note for my tract book lecture to remind people to not only read the name column, but also the pencil notations in all the columns -- then one of those tiny little pencil notations read "NW4 SE 3,033 Thomas N. Walker Jan. 10 & 14, 1881 offd." I believe it is referencing land offered that Thomas N. Walker filed a claim for, but it never went to patent. I was not in a regular row in the volume, so does not give a date of cancellation or relinquishment, but I hope to be able to follow the 3,033 number to an application or other documentation in the land entry papers at NARA. I will let you know when I am able to get there or get someone to search for the file. This pencil notation was on page 114 in volume 6 of the "Missouri Ironton N & W" Tract Book. It was written along the entry for Section 12, Township 26 North, Range 8 West. The only two other Walker entries in T 26 & 27 N, R 8 & 9 W were the one for William E. Walker in Sec. 20, T 27 N, R 8 W for 80 acres, and one for William J. Walker, a homestead in Sec. 21, T 27 N, R 8 W for 160 acres. I will get back to you as soon as I find more... Angela

Notes:

See attached sources.

Tom's brother William

He must have been a hard worker. In the twenty years between their move from Tennessee to his death in 1893, he did quite a lot.

He homesteaded his own place in Hutton Valley. Due to illness, he was absent for all of one spring planting, early in his homesteading process. As soon as he got better he went away and worked hauling dirt for the railroad for two months, presumably to make up for the lack of income that year. By 1888 he had a "box house" which was "comfortable to live in" year-round, and had a stone fireplace and chimney. It was furnished with two bedsteads, a cupboard, a sewing machine, a clock, table and chairs, and a cookstove. He had planted 167 fruit trees and cultivated 25 acres in corn, wheat, oats, and vegetables. They had 2 mules, 1 cow, 21 hogs, 4 sheep, and some chickens. Part of the place was "too rough and stony to be cultivated."

He was just 37 when he died. We don't know his cause of death, but we do know that he had the earlier illness that didn't allow him to plant. When the Civil War started he was age 5 and when it ended he was 9, and he was the oldest boy in the family, with his father away from home. Privations of the war years may have left him with poor health.

William was just two years older than your granddad Tom. They suffered the Civil War together as boys, made the move to Missouri together as adolescents, and married about the same time as young men. Their first children were born just six months apart, Della in December 1878 and Henderson in June 1879.

Tom's next closest brother was Bob, 13 years younger. (Five girls between Tom and Bob.)

Anecdote:
Always returned thanks at lunch, but not dinner.

Census:

1. Walker, R., 31, male, school teacher, [no real estate value], personal $200, Tennessee
2. _____, Easter E., 22, female, Tennessee
3. _____, E. J. [Eudocia J.], 5, female, Tennessee
4. _____, Wm, 4, male, Tennessee
5. _____, "Ann T." [see note below], 2, female, Tennessee
6. _____, Mary C., 5 months, female, Tennessee

[Living next door to Esther's mother, Bedie (Clark) Thornton. "Ann T." listed in census was doubtless a misinterpretation. Son Thomas Newell was the right age for this position in the family, all of the other children are correctly named. It is possible that the initials "T. N." were reversed to "N. T." which sounds very like "Ann T."]

Census:

1. Walker, H. R., 42, male, white, work on farm, real estate value $250, personal $800, Tennessee
2. _____, Elizabeth, 32, female, white, keeping house, Tennessee
3. _____, Docia, 15, female, white, work in cotton mill, Tennessee
4. _____, William, 14, male, white, work on farm, Tennessee, [can read, implied], cannot write
5. _____, Thos. N., 12, male, white, work in cotton mill, Tennessee, cannot write
6. _____, Mary C., 10, female, white, work in cotton mill, Tennessee, cannot write
7. _____, Sarah A., 8, female, white, Tennessee
8. _____, Beeda E., 4, female, white, Tennessee
9, _____, Coantha L., white, female, white, Tennessee
10. _____, Martha J., white, female, 5 months, Tennessee, born in January
11. Thornton, Beeda, 54, female, white, Tennessee

Census:

1. Walker, N. Thomas, white, male, 22, married farming, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
2. _____, F. Tennissee [Phoebe Tennessee], white, female, 22, wife, married, keeping house, Tennessee, Alabama, Tennessee
3. _____, D. Eveline, white, female, 1, daughter, at home, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee
4. Crowder, J. Eveline, white, female, 47, mother in law, widowed, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina

Census:

1. Walker, Thomas N., head, white, male, born January 1858, 42, married 22 years, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 145
2. _____, Tennessee, wife, white, female, January 1858, 42, married 22 years, 10 children 7 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write
3. _____, Neal, son, white, male, March 1883, 17, single, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farm laborer, can read and write
4. _____, Luther, son, white, male, May 1886, 14, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farm laborer, can read and write
5. _____, Roy, son, white, male, September 1891, 8, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, attended school 5 months
6. _____, Earl, son, white, male, March 1894, 6, Missouri, Tennessee, Missouri, attended school 5 months
7. _____, Lena A., daughter, white, female, November 1897, 2, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee

Census:

1. Walker, Thomas N., head, white, male, born January 1858, 52, first marriage, married 32 years, Tennessee, Mississippi, Tennessee, farmer, home farm, own account, can read and write, owns farm with mortgage, farm schedule no. 84
2. _____, Phoeba T., wife, female, white, 52, first marriage, married 32 years, 11 children 7 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write
3. _____, Earl, son, male, white, 16, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farm laborer, home farm, can read and write, attending school
4. _____, Lena, daughter, female, white, 12, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write, attending school

Note:
Note found in Dad's handwriting in a book of genealogy notes, says that his mother (Grace) told him that the old home place burned 10 December 1919. Mary was born in the shed 13 Msy 1919.

Census:

1. Walker, T. N., head, owns, mortgaged, male, white, 62, widowed, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, own account, farm schedule no. 205
2. _____, Earl, son, male, white, 25, married, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, own account, farm schedule no. 205
3. _____, Grace, daughter [daughter in law], female, white, 22, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
4. _____, Lenah [Lena], daughter, female, white, 22, single, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee
5. _____, Donald, grandson, male, white, 1 year [8] months, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri

Census:

1. Walker, Earl, owns, value $1000, farm, head, male, white, 46, married, completed 8th grade, born Missouri, lived in same house in 1935, worked for pay this year, worked 60 hours the week of March 24-30, farmer, farm, own account, made $250, has other income, farm schedule no. 155
2. _____, Grace, wife, female, white, 42, married, completed grade 8, Missouri, same house, worked for pay, at home, 60 hours
3. _____, Phyllis, daughter, female, white, 18, single, attended school this year, completed 4 years of high school, Missouri, same house, did not work for pay
4. _____, Doyne, daughter, female, white, 15, single, attending school, completed 1 year high school, Missouri, same house, did not work for pay
5. _____, Newell, son, male, white, 13, attending school, completed grade 7, Missouri, same house, did not work for pay
6. _____, William son, male, white, 9, attending school, completed grade 5, Missouri, same house
7. _____, Irene, daughter, female, white, 7, attending school, completed grade 1, Missouri, same house
8. _____, Maxwell, son, male, white, 5, not attending school, Missouri
9. _____, Leon, son, male, white, 3, Missouri
10. _____, Norman, son, male, white, 1, Missouri
11. _____, Tom N., father, male, white, 82, widowed, completed grade 8, Tennessee, same house, not working for pay, retired farmer, income $180

Thomas married Phoebe Tennessee "Tennie" Crowder on 30 Dec 1877 in T. C. Bolerjack's home, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA. Phoebe (daughter of Bluford Azeri Crowder and Jane Eveline Tidwell) was born on 11 Jan 1858 in Giles County, Tennessee, USA; died on 7 Apr 1913 in Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 9 Apr 1913 in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:
Married:
Aunt Della's story of Tom and Tennie's marriage: "Phoebe Tennessee Crowder and Thomas Newell Walker were married Dec 31 of 1877 near Mt. View Missouri. They were married at their home by Grandpa Walker (he lived on a farm two miles west of them). They got on horseback and went to Jimmy Durnell's and Bud Hope and Mary Durnell were married the same day. They were a witness at this wedding."

Children:

Della Eveline Walker was born on 4 Dec 1878 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 18 Feb 1970 in Auburn, Placer County, California, USA; was buried in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA.

Ida Elizabeth Walker was born on 27 Nov 1880 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 15 Jul 1966 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA.

Thomas Neal "Neal" Walker was born on 19 Mar 1882 in Liberal, Barton County, Missouri; died on 8 Nov 1970 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma; was buried in Lawton-Sunset Memorial Gardens, Comanche County, Oklahoma.

William Luther "Lute" Walker was born on 30 May 1886 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 15 May 1960 in Houston Memorial Hospital, Houston, Texas County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA.

Bluford L. Walker was born on 24 Feb 1889 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 26 Mar 1889 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA.

Norah M. Walker was born on 3 Feb 1890 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 21 Sep 1890 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA.

Roy Helton Walker was born on 9 Sep 1891 in Hutton Valley, Howell County, Missouri; died on 21 Sep 1969 in Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA.

Troy Melton Walker was born on 9 Sep 1891 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died about 1893 in Howell County, Missouri, USA.

Earl Theodore Walker was born on 31 Mar 1894 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 21 Sep 1983 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA.

Lena Ann Walker was born on 11 Nov 1897 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 19 Dec 1989 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA.

Paul Walker was born on 22 Sep 1902 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died about 1904 in Howell County, Missouri, USA.

Generation: 2

Helton Rutherford Walker was born on 21 Oct 1828 in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA (son of Elijah Walker and Matilda King); died on 29 Aug 1901 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA.

Other Events:

Land Patent: Walker, H. R., land patent, Howell County, Missouri, USA
Census: 1830, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA
Census: 1840, Dyer County, Tennessee, USA
Negative evidence: 1848, Marshall County, Mississippi, USA;
A line by line search of the 1848 personal property tax rolls for Marshall County does not locate Helton Rutherford Walker (or variants).
Possible Census: 25 Sep 1850, Southern Division, Marshall County, Mississippi, USA
Tax Record: 1851, Marshall County, Mississippi, USA;
Taxed only for 1 white poll.
Tax Record: 1851, Marshall County, Mississippi, USA; 1 white poll tax Two enumerations "Rutherford H." on p. 122 and "Helton R." on p. 124.
Religion: 1853;
"Professed faith in Christ and joined the M. E. Church South."
Negative evidence: 1856, Marshall County, Mississippi, USA;
Helton Rutherford Walker was not located in the 1856 Marshall County, Mississippi, personal tax assessments.
Census, Agriculture: 4 Jul 1860, Danielsville (post office), Dickson County, Tennessee, USA; 12 acres improved [blank] acres unimproved [blank] cash value of farm 10 value of farming implements and machinery 1 horses [blank] [? and mules] 2 milch cow [blank] working oxen 2 other cattle 4 sheep - not everyone had, but wasn't that unusual 1 swine 150 value of livestock wheat rye 300 Indian corn, bushels of - more than most [blank] oats - others in neighborhood did [blank] rice - none in neighborhood [blank] tobacco ? others in neighborhood [blank] ginned cotton, bushels of [blank] wool, lbs of 1 peas and beans, bushels of 8 bushels Irish potatoes 20 sweet potatoes [blank] barley, bushels of [blank] Ruckwheat? Huckwheat? [blank] value of orchard products, in dollars [blank] wine [blank] market gardens 40 butter, lbs of [blank] molasses, gallons of and from what made [blank] [blank] 20 value of home-made manufactures 60 value of animals slaughtered
Census: 9 Jul 1860, Danielsville (post office), Middle Division, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA
Census: 13 Jun 1870, Pine Wood (post office), 6th Civil District, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA
Deed: 24 Dec 1879, Walker from Morgan, Howell County, Missouri, USA;
On this date H. R. bought about 11 acres from George Morgan.
Census: 19 Jun 1880, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
Court: 7 Feb 1881, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA;
"H. R. Walker was allowed $235.07 for his service as County Assessor." For more info on duties of assessor and compensation: The Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri, 1879, vol. 2 (Jefferson City: Carter & Regan, State Printers and Binders, 1879), 1309-1320, Article II, "Assessors and the Assessment of Property," particularly Sec. 6685, "Time of making assessment and what the lists shall contain," and Sec. 6725 "Compensation of assessor."
Census: 15 Jun 1900, Hutton Valley township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
Obituary: 1901, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Obituary of Helton Rutherford Walker [unidentified newspaper]
NEWS: 30 Aug 1901, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; The Journal-Gazette (West Plains): "T. W. Walker left today for Mtn. View, where he was summoned to the bedside of his father, H. R. Walker, who is very low. The elder Mr. Walker is well and favorably known all over this section, having at one time been assessor of this county."

Notes:

(Research):GOSSETT connection?
Lafayette GOSSETT in the same CSA unit as HR WALKER. There was a John W. GOSSETT living in the home of Josiah THORNTON at the time of the 1850 Hickman Co TN census. Possibly indicative of some relationship?

Marriage of Philip Walker to Susannah Hilton, 26 Sept 1759, Goochland, VA; found on WorldVitalRecords.com

Name:

Also known as "Rutherford," but probably not ever called "Helton."

Census:

Elijah Walker household
1 male under 5 [Helton Rutherford Walker, abt 2]
1 male 5-10 [J. M. Walker, abt 6]
1 male 20-30 [Elijah Walker, abt 28]
1 female under 5 [Elizabeth M. Walker, abt 4]
1 female 20-30 [Matilda (???) Walker
No slaves

Census:

Elijah Walker
2 males 0-5 [James abt 2 & Levi abt 4]
1 male 5 - 10 [William K., abt 6]
1 male 10-15 [Helton Rutherford Walker, abt 12]
1 male 15-20 [John M. Walker, abt 16]
1 male 30-40 [Elijah Walker, abt 38]
1 female 0 -5 [Matilda J, b in June]
1 female 5-10 [Sarah C., abt 9 ]
1 female 10-15 [Elizabeth M., about 14]
1 female 20-30 [wife, Mary Polly (McMillan) Walker, abt 27]
0 slaves
3 engaged in agriculture
0 engaged in other occupations
10 total

Possible Census:

[R. Walker seems to be a good candidate to be Helton Rutherford Walker, who was often called "Rutherford." In support of this possibility:

Birthplace of Tennessee, is correct

On the following page is George H. Walker, HR's uncle, just a year or so older than HR's father Elijah. It is likely that "R. Walker" and "Geo H. Walker" were quite close in proximity.

Also on the page following "R. Walker" is "Jno M. Walker," a likely candidate to be HR's oldest brother "J. M. Walker." While the eldest brother is often named as "James Monroe Walker," the Bible data refers to him only as "J. M. Walker." Additionally, when this John M. Walker of Marshall County, Mississippi, is followed in census to his subsequent home in White County, Arkansas, his burial at Center Hill Baptist Cemetery, states his birth date as 18 September 1824--the exact date given for the birth of Elijah's eldest son "J. M. Walker."

HR was not married in 1850 and may have been trying out the possibility of moving to Marshall County, near his family.

HR is not found in his parents' household in Tennessee in this census, nor elsewhere in Humphreys or Dickson County

HR was enumerated in the next (1860) census as "R. Walker."

HR was commonly known later in life as "Rutherford Walker," lending further strength to the references to him as "R. Walker."

In conflict with the above, "R. Rutherford" is enumerated as age 20, calculating to a birth year of 1830. However, in terms of census age errors, that is minimal, particularly considering that William Pace may have guessed at his age for the enumerator.

Census:

1. Walker, R., 31, male, school teacher, [no real estate value], personal $200, Tennessee
2. _____, Easter E., 22, female, Tennessee
3. _____, E. J. [Eudocia J.], 5, female, Tennessee
4. _____, Wm, 4, male, Tennessee
5. _____, "Ann T." [see note below], 2, female, Tennessee
6. _____, Mary C., 5 months, female, Tennessee

[Living next door to Esther's mother, Bedie (Clark) Thornton. "Ann T." listed in census was doubtless a misinterpretation. Son Thomas Newell was the right age for this position in the family, all of the other children are correctly named. It is possible that the initials "T. N." were reversed to "N. T." which sounds very like "Ann T."]

Census:

1. Walker, H. R., 42, male, white, work on farm, real estate value $250, personal $800, Tennessee
2. _____, Elizabeth, 32, female, white, keeping house, Tennessee
3. _____, Docia, 15, female, white, work in cotton mill, Tennessee
4. _____, William, 14, male, white, work on farm, Tennessee, [can read, implied], cannot write
5. _____, Thos. N., 12, male, white, work in cotton mill, Tennessee, cannot write
6. _____, Mary C., 10, female, white, work in cotton mill, Tennessee, cannot write
7. _____, Sarah A., 8, female, white, Tennessee
8. _____, Beeda E., 4, female, white, Tennessee
9, _____, Coantha L., 2, white, female, white, Tennessee
10. _____, Martha J., 5 months, white, female, Tennessee, born in January
11. Thornton, Beeda, 54, female, white, Tennessee

Deed:

"SW 1/4 of Section No. 35 Township No 27 N Range No 8 West. Runing thence East on the Township line 20 chains thence North 5o 50' West 711 links thence South 77[deg] 43' West 20 chains thence South 5[deg] 50' East 464 links to the place of beginning. Containing eleven acres and sixty four hundredth [sic] of an acres, Being a part of the south west 1/4 of the South East 1/4 of Section 35 T.27 R.8."

Census:

1. Walker, R. Helton, white, male, 51, married, farmer, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
2. _____, E. Easter, white, female, 42, wife, married, keeping house, Alabama, North Carolina, North Carolina
3. _____, B. Etta, white, female, 14, daughter, at home, attending school, Tennessee, Tennessee, Alabama
4. _____, C. Lenora, white, female, 12, daughter, at home, attending school, cannot write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Alabama
5. _____, J. Martha, white, female, 10, daughter, at home, attending school, cannot write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Alabama
6. _____, R. More, white, male, 9, son, at home, attending school, cannot read or write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Alabama
7. _____, A. Helton, white, male, 6, son, at home, cannot read or write, Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama
8. _____, T. W. Theodore, white, male, 4, son, at home, Missouri, Tennessee, Missouri

Census:

1. Walker, Rutherford, head, white, male, October 1829, 71, married, married 46 years, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 142
2. _____, Elizabeth, wife, white, female, October 1837, 64, married, 46 years, 12 children 10 living, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, can read and write
3. _____, Minnie, daughter, white, female, October 1880, 19, single, Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama, farm labor, can read and write
4. _____, Claude, grandson, whtie, male, February 1887, 13, Missouri, Tennessee, Missouri, farm labor, can read, cannot write

Obituary:

The Reverend H. R. Walker was born October 21, 1828; professed faith in Christ and joined the M. E. Church South in 1853. He was married to Elizabeth Thornton on January 26, 1854, and died at his home near Trask, Aug 29 1901 after an illness of ten months during which time his suffering was constant.
He was perfectly resigned to God's will. For forty years he had stood as a watch-man on the walls of Zion and in his last illness he said he had reviewed his ministerial life over and not one word would he change if he had it to preach over. He was faithful in all his official relations. The writer has known him as trustee, steward, and preacher. He was S. S. Supt. for many years. He performed the duties of each office with conscientious care.
In his family relations as a husband he was true and affectionate; as a father he was provident and kind. His pure Christian life, his noble character, his high sense of honor and his Godly council is a heritage greater and richer to his children than any amount of gold. The writer can remember forty years acquaintance with him and never knew him to step aside or do a willful wrong. The writer has known him when so afflicted with rheumatism that he could not stand alone, sit and preach lengthy sermons.
He was laid to rest in Chapple graveyard amidst weeping wife and children and sympathising friends, but his sainted spirit had taken its flight, swept through the gates of the New Jerusalem [illegible] triumphant. He leaves a faithful, loving wife, ten devoted children and a host of grand-children and friends to mourn his loss. But we mourn not as those who have no hope.

We shall sleep but not forever
There will be a glorious dawn;
We shall meet to part, no never
On the Resurrection morn.
- His Daughter

Helton married Esther Elizabeth Thornton on 26 Jan 1854 in Hickman County, Tennessee, USA. Esther (daughter of Ewin K. Thornton and Obedience "Bedie" Clark) was born on 1 Oct 1837 in Alabama, USA; died on 22 Apr 1908 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 23 Apr 1908 in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Esther Elizabeth Thornton was born on 1 Oct 1837 in Alabama, USA (daughter of Ewin K. Thornton and Obedience "Bedie" Clark); died on 22 Apr 1908 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 23 Apr 1908 in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA.

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Census: 1840, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA
Census: 29 Oct 1850, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Census:

Ewin Thornton household
1 male under 5 [??]
1 male of 20 and under 30 [Ewin Thornton]
1 female under 5 [Esther Elizabeth, about 2 or 3
1 female of 20 and under 30 [Obedience "Bedie" Clark]

Census:

1. Thornton, Beda, 36, female, N. Carolina, cannot read or write
2. _____, Elizabeth, 13, female, Alabama, attending school
3. _____, Benjamin, 9, male, Tennessee, attending school
4. _____, Howell, 7, male, Tennessee
5. _____, Polena, female, Tennessee

Children:

Eudocia Josephine "Docia" Walker was born on 15 Dec 1854 in Hickman County, Tennessee, USA; died on 4 Sep 1945 in Glencoe, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA; was buried on 7 Sep 1945 in Glencoe-I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA.

William E. "Bud" Walker was born on 31 Jan 1856 in Tennessee, USA; died on 15 Feb 1893 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Moffitt Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri.

1. Thomas Newell "Tom" Walker was born on 29 Jan 1858 in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA; died on 5 Sep 1942 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 7 Sep 1942 in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA.

Mary Carolina "Molly" Walker was born on 29 Jan 1860 in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA; died on 26 Feb 1920 in Liberal, Barton County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 27 Feb 1920 in I. O. O. F. Cemetery, Liberal, Barton County, Missouri.

Sarah A. Walker was born on 24 May 1862 in Tennessee, USA; died on 24 Jul 1881 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Howell County, Missouri, USA.

Bedy Etta Walker was born on 22 Feb 1866 in Tennessee, USA; died on 4 Feb 1941 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico; was buried in Albuquerque-Sunset Memorial Park, Bernalillo County, New Mexico.

Coantha Lenora "Nora" Walker was born on 25 Jan 1868 in Tennessee, USA; died on 24 Nov 1957 in Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in New Zion Cemetery, Davenport, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA.

Martha Jane "Matt" Walker was born on 2 Jan 1870 in Pine Wood [Pinewood], Hickman County, Tennessee; died on 16 Mar 1947 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 18 Mar 1947 in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA.

Robert Moore "Bob" Walker was born on 6 Mar 1871 in Hickman County, Tennessee, USA; died on 8 Nov 1954 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 12 Nov 1954 in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA.

Helton Alanson "Lance" Walker was born on 10 Aug 1874 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 25 Nov 1957 in Liberal, Barton County, Missouri; was buried in Liberal City Cemetery, Liberal, Barton County, Missouri, USA.

Theodore Hardman "The" Whitfield Walker was born on 3 Mar 1876 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 23 Apr 1962; was buried in Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA.

Minnie Bertrude Walker was born on 22 Oct 1880 in Trask, Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 14 Aug 1941 in Simla, Elbert County, Colorado, USA; was buried in Simla Cemetery, Simla, Elbert County, Colorado, USA.

Generation: 3

Elijah Walker was born on 14 Sep 1802 in Georgia, USA (son of (Progenitor) Walker and Elizabeth (--?--)); died on 26 Jul 1872 in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA; was buried after 26 Jul 1872 in Fielder Cemetery, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA.

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DNA note:
Our DNA sample (kit no. 16043, Elijah Walker, b 1802 GA) shares a mutation in common with two other kits known to be descended from Elijah Walker. Additionally, the mutation is shared by:
- Kit no. N41013, William T. Walker, b 1837, Carroll Co., AR
- Kit no. 141100, John S WALKER, b 1832, New Albany, Floyd Co., IN
- Kit no. 178056, Joseph Harmon Walker (1796) and Mary Gage (1799). Joseph H. Walker is a possible full sibling to Elijah Walker.
RESEARCH:
James Walker and Fanny Cannon married in Goochland co in 1774 FTDNA match of Joyce Nanette Gay to: Lee Lallier (Samuel)?1 segment, 16.93 cMs, suggesting a little higher than average 4C, or a little lower 3C1R; might share a great-great? This, however, would be Samuel. Lee only shares one segment, though it is substantial. More likely a random chunk from Samuel?s great grandfather? Henry Brazzell (Polly) - 1 segment, 11.58 cMs, suggesting closest to 4C/3C2R, and high for 4C Mary Ann Wilson (George H) ?1 segment, 11.58, chromosome 5, suggesting 4C/3C2R, and high for 4C Josephine Jones (George H) Jerrold Joseph Walker (Elijah) - many small segments, on large one, almost 20 cMs, indicating somewhere between 3C2R/4C and 3C2R Joyce?s line of descent: John Walker James Walker and Frances Cannon (VA)?POSSIBLE BROTHER OF PROGEN? William Cannon Walker (b 1796, Jefferson Co TN) and Rebecca Ann Coffman Elizabeth Walker (b. May 15, 1833, Limestone Co AL) and Jeremiah M. Stout Samuel Baxter Stout and Mary Amanda Wheeler Boyd Esther (Stout) Gay?mother of Joyce In 1840 Dyer Co, Tennessee, Elijah Walker appears just one page after James Walker, Samuel Walker, and Cannon Walker Ancestry trees indicate that Cannon Walker of Dyer Co was William Cannon Walker, who married Rebecca Ann Coffman; so of James and Fanny, etc. John Porter McMeans' email telling me about a father/son pair of Archilus Walkers in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Another brother to Progenitor? David Walker and Elizabeth Gilbert married in Goochland Co VA, 13 October 1770?possibility for Progenitor and Elizabeth? Probably not, since their first known child was born 1783. They could have had earlier, unknown children, but then her childbearing years would have spanned 1770-1803. If she was 16 when married, that would make her 48 at the birth of Elijah?a stretch but possible. Boyd Esther Stout-Gay, Her parents were Samuel Baxter Stout and Mary Amanda Wheeler-Stout, Baxter's parents were Jeremiah M. Stout and Elizabeth Walker. Elizabeth Walker was born on May 15, 1833 in Limestone County Alabama and died on 27 Sept 1877 in Locksbury Arkansas. Her parents were William Cannon Walker (born 1796 in Jefferson county, Tennessee), married Rebecca Ann Coffman. William Walker's parents were James Walker of Virginia and wife Fanny. Father of James was John Walker.
RESEARCH: Elijah Walker, born 1795, NC, living in Knox Co TN. Children named Archibald, Elizabeth, Catherine, Elijah. Internet research shows him married to a Sarah Pearson. The name "Rutherford" appears in the family. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8054/4206044_00451
Court: 27 Nov 1815, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA;
"[082] 27 Nov 1815 - William Shelby of Humphreys Co Tn and Jonathan King of Dickson Co Tn to John Alison Sr of Sullivan County, for $108 dollars, supposed to be 18 acres. Jonathan King acting in behalf of his mother and the said William Shelby and Jonathan King acting jointly in behalf of John King son and heir oflsaac King dec'd. [083] A part of the remaining moiety pertaining to the heirs oflsaac King dec'd, being in Sullivan County, belonging to the original tract where the said John Alison now lives. Begin S40 El 14 poles to a comer of Millhorns survey, N16 poles to William Hughes comer, W15 poles to Hughes comer, SI20 poles to Hughes comer, N83 W28 poles, N22 W86 poles, N55 W100 poles, then to the beginning. Containing 100 acres. William Shelby (seal) Jonathan (x) King (seal) Test: Isaac McKinly, Robert Alison May Session 1816 proved by Isaac McKinly and Robert Alison. M Rhea DClk for M Rhea Clk. Reg Auq 14 1816"
Emigration: Abt 1819, Madison County, Illinois, USA;
Elijah's brother Archalus moves from Dickson County to Madison County, Illinois, probably with the Prior/Pryor Scroggins family.
Census: 1820, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA
Note: Abt 1823, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
Elijah's marriage to Matilda King.
Deed: 29 Jan 1823, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
Deed of gifts from Elizabeth Walker to her "beloved son" Elijah Walker, giving him a slave girl named Ailee.
Court: 16 Jan 1824, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA;
"Elijah Walker and Matilda Walker, formerly Matilda King of Dickson Co Tn. appoint William Shelby, of the county and state aforesaid, our lawful Attorney for us and in our name to ask, demand, sue for, recover and receive of all and every person or persons now or formerly of Sullivan County and Washington County both or either in the said state of Tenn. Elijah (x) Walker (seal) Matilda (x) Walker (seal) Dickson County Tenn Jan 16 1824}ack by Elijah Walker. A Coldwell (JP) Matilda Walker ack the above Jan 16 1824. A Coldwell (JP) Dickson County Tenn} Field Farrar clerk for said county certify that Abraham Coldwell Esqr was one ofthe acting Justices of the Peace for said county."
Deed: 7 Aug 1824, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
Elijah Walker of Dickson County purchased forty (40) acres from John Hunter of Humphreys County, for $320.
SON: 18 Sep 1824, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
"J. M." Walker born. Often seen named as "James Monroe Walker," but evidence shows that he was probably John M. Walker. See data on John M. Walker.
Note: Bef 4 Oct 1824, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
Death of Elijah's mother, Elizabeth Walker.
Deed: 1 Jan 1825, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA; George H. Walker and Jacob Walker, as administrators of the estate of Elizabeth Walker, sell 56 acres (in two tracts, one of 48 and one of 8 acres) that belonged to her to Wm. B. Dobson, for $114.27.
Note: Apr 1826, Donegan Crossing, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA
DAUGHTER: 23 Dec 1826, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
Elizabeth M. Walker born
Court: 1 Jan 1827, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
Elijah Walker appointed for jury duty, next term of court, along with a number of others, including James Walker and "Samuel King (Piney)"
Court: 3 Apr 1827, Charlotte, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
Elijah seated on grand jury.
Court: 3 Apr 1827, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
Elijah Walker served on a grand jury.
NOTE_RESEARCH: Jul 1827, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
In court, it is ordered that Thomas Hunter will recover $158.60 debt from the estate of Elizabeth Walker. (Thomas Hunter vs. Jacob & George H. Walker).
Court: 6 Jul 1827, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
Elijah Walker serving jury duty.
SON: 21 Oct 1828, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
Helton Rutherford Walker born
Census: 1830, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA
Emigration: Abt 1831, Bond County, Illinois, USA;
Elijah's sister, Elizabeth (Walker) and husband James Hartley move from Dickson County to Bond County, Illinois.
Emigration: Abt 1831, Madison County, Illinois, USA;
Elijah's brother Jacob Walker moves from Dickson County to Madison County, Illinois, where brother Archalus lives.
- Jacob is not found in 1831 Dickson County tax lists
- Jacob's son, James A. Walker, was born in Illinois in 1832.
- Tax Record: 1831, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
  Elijah Walker
  - Levi McCollum's Company
  - 40 acres of deeded land
  - 1 white poll
- DAUGHTER: 3 Jan 1831, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
  Sarah Cassandra "Cassie" Walker born
- Land Patent: 7 Mar 1831, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
  Elijah Walker filed a land entry for 160 acres.
- Tax Record: 1832, Levi McCollum's district, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
  Elijah Walker
  - 40 acres of old deeded land
  - 60 acres of school land
  - 1 white poll
  - paid $1.37
  - Tax Record: 1833, Levi McCollum's district, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah Walker
    40 acres old deeded land
    no school acres
    1 white poll
    paid 75 cents
    
    Note: Abt 1834;
    Elijah's brother, George H. Walker, moved from Dickson County to Marshall County, Mississippi.
    George H. Walker is last seen on Dickson County tax rolls in 1833.
    George's 1850 census enumeration in Marshall County, Mississippi, reflects the birth of sixteen-year-old Hannah in Tennessee, and of thirteen-year-old Matilda in Mississippi, placing the date between 1834 and 1837.
    The Elijah M. Walker (son of George H. Walker) diaries support a date of 1834 for the family move.
    
    Tax Record: 1834, Levi McCollum's district, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah Walker
    65 deeded acres
    1 white poll [Name was first entered as "Joseph Walker," then ?Joseph? was lined out and replaced with "Elijah"] Where did the extra 25 acres come from?
    
    SON: 15 Oct 1834, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    William K. Walker born.
    
    Tax Record: 1835, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah Walker
    65 old deeded acres
    1 white poll
    
    Note: 2 Apr 1835, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah, with 5 children under the age of 10, married a second time to Mary "Polly" McMillan. It was her first marriage.
    
    HISTORICAL: 2 Feb 1836, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    Humphreys County gained a good bit of land from Dickson and Hickman by act of legislature.
    
    SON: 11 Apr 1836, Tennessee, USA;
    Birth of Levi Walker, Elijah's first child with Mary "Polly" McMillan, in Dickson or Humphreys county. He was probably born on the same farm as the previous children, but boundary changes around this time moved the farm from Dickson into Humphreys county. Elijah paid taxes in 1835 Dickson and in 1837 Humphreys. 1836 taxes are not extant for either county.
    
    Tax Record: 1837, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah Walker
    District 10
    104 acres
    160 school acres
    1 white poll
    
    Jury duty: 1838, Waverly, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA;
    Appears on list of jurors.
    
    Tax Record: 1838, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah Walker
    District 10
    104 deeded acres
    160 school acres
    1 white poll
    
    SON: 3 May 1838, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA;
    Birth of James L. Walker, probably in Humphreys County, Tennessee.
    
    Land: 5 Nov 1838, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah sells 40 acres in Humphreys County to James E. Taylor, for $450.
    
    Emigration: 1839, Dyer County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah moved to Dyer County around this time.
    
    Land: 8 Oct 1839, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah Walker sells 160 acres to James E. Taylor, for $10.
    
    Land: 12 Dec 1839, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah's original 160-acre land patent is recorded in the Register of West Tennessee.
    
    Census: 1840, Dyer County, Tennessee, USA
    
    DAUGHTER: 7 Jun 1840, Dyer County, Tennessee, USA; Birth of Matilda J. Walker, probably in Dyer County, Tennessee.
    
    Tax Record: 1841, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah Walker
    District 2
    1 white poll
    no acres
    Elijah appears to own no land in Humphreys County
    
    Jury duty: 1842, Waverly, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA;
    Appears on list of jurors.
    
    Tax Record: 1842, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah Walker
    District 2
    1 white poll
    no acres
    
    Tax Record: 1843;
    Elijah does not appear in Humphreys County tax records. [1843 is the last extant year; they resume in 1877.]
    
    DAUGHTER: 9 Jan 1843, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA;
    Birth of Retha/Ritha Salina Walker, probably in Humphreys County.
    Elijah appears on the 1841 and 1842 Humphreys County tax lists, in District 2
    Elijah does not appear on the 1843 tax list, but he appears in 1850 Humphreys County census.
    Collins Bible: "R. S. Walker born November 9th, 1843." McMillan Gaelic Bible: "Ritha S. Walker born January 9, 1843."
    
    DAUGHTER: 10 Aug 1844, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA;
    Birth of Margaret M. Walker, probably in Humphreys County, Tennessee.
    
    Elijah appears on the 1841 and 1842 Humphreys County tax lists, in District 2
    Elijah does not appear on the 1843 tax list, but he appears in 1850 Humphreys County census.
    Collins Walker Bible: "M. M. Walker born August 10th, 1844." McMillan Gaelic Bible: "Margaret M. Walker born August 10, 1844."
    
    SON: 30 Apr 1846, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA;
    Birth of George N. Walker, probably in Humphreys County.
    Elijah appears on the 1841 and 1842 Humphreys County tax lists, in District 2
    Elijah does not appear on the 1843 tax list, but he appears in 1850 Humphreys County census.
    Collins Bible: "G. N. Walker born April 30th, 1846." Also "G. N. Walker died January 8th, 1867." McMillan Gaelic Bible: "G. N. Walker born April 30, 1846."
    
    Jury duty: 1847, Waverly, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA;
    Appears on list of jurors.
    
    Jury duty: 1848, Waverly, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA;
    Appears on list of jurors.
    
    SON: 22 Mar 1848, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA;
    Birth of Calvin Monroe Walker, probably in Humphreys County.
    Elijah appears on the 1841 and 1842 Humphreys County tax lists, in District 2
    Elijah does not appear on the 1843 tax list, but he appears in 1850 Humphreys County census.
    Collins Bible: Calvin is missing from the list, which skips from "G. N." [George Neal] to "A. M." [Archibald McMillan] McMillan Gaelic Bible: "Calvin M. Walker born 22 March 1848."
    
    SON: 16 Jun 1850, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA;
    Birth of Archalas "Arch" McMillan Walker, in Humphreys County.
    Elijah appears in 1850 Humphreys County census.
    Collins Walker Bible: "A. M. Walker born June 16th, 1850." McMillan Gaelic Bible: "A. M. McMillan born June 16, 1850." [The name was given as McMillan in error, probably because his middle name is "McMillan." He is listed in the right spot in a list of the children of Elijah Walker, and the birth date is the one given in the Collins Walker Bible for Arch.]
    
    Census: 1 Nov 1850, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA
    
    Court: 1852, Waverly, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah Walker, "Court Order," $5.56.
    
    SON: 7 Apr 1852, Tennessee, USA;
    Birth of Jacob R. Walker, probably in Humphreys or Dickson County.
    
    Elijah appears in 1850 Humphreys County census.
    Elijah appears on 1854 Dickson County tax list, in District 2
    Collins Walker Bible: "J. R. Walker born April 7, 1852." McMillan Gaelic Bible: "J. R. Walker born April 7, 1852."
    
    Land: 22 Oct 1852, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah bought from Lewis Evans 115 acres in two parcels, one 80 and one 35.
    
    Tax Record: 1854, Waverly, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah Walker paid back taxes for the years 1851 and 1852. For each year, he paid 1 poll, nothing for real estate.
    
    Tax Record: 1854, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah Walker
    District 2
    118 acres
    no white poll [was over 50]
    
    Note: 26 Feb 1854, Tennessee, USA;
    Marriage of son Helton Rutherford Walker to Esther Elizabeth Thornton, probably in Hickman County, Tennessee.
    
    SON: 6 Mar 1854, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    Birth of Alonzo Denson Walker, in Dickson County.
    Elijah appears on the 1854 Dickson County tax list, in District 2
    Elijah appears in the 1860 Dickson County census.
    Collins Walker Bible: "A. D. Walker born March 6, 1854." McMillan Gaelic Bible: "A. D. Walker born March 6, 1856 ." [Final "6" is blotted.]
    
    Tax Record: 1855, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah Walker
    District 2
    118 acres, value $300
    
    Tax Record: 1856, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    "Elisha" Walker
    District 2
    118 acres, value $300
    William Walker (just turned 21) paid one white poll in the same district. "Ruthford" Walker [Helton Rutherford Walker] also paid taxes in Dickson County, this year, but in District 1.
    
    Emigration: Abt 1857, California, USA;
    Son William K. Walker migrates to California for the Gold Rush.
    
    SON: 30 Mary 1857, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    Birth of H. W. Walker in Dickson County.
    Elijah appears on the 1856 and 1858 Dickson County tax lists, in District 2 [records for 1857 are missing]. census.
    Collins Walker Bible: "H. W. Walker born March 30 _____." Also "H. W. Walker died August 23rd, 1859." McMillan Gaelic Bible: "H. W. Walker born May 30 1857."
    
    Note: 30 Dec 1857, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    Marriage of son Levi Walker to Mary A. Cockram, in Dickson County.
    
    Tax Record: 1858, District 2, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah Walker
    District 2
    114 acres, $300 value
    Helton Rutherford also paid taxes in Dickson County in district 1. Levi Walker, who just turned 21, paid 1 white poll in district 1.
    Emigration: Abt 1859, Hamilton County, Illinois, USA;
    Elijah's son Levi Walker moves from Dickson County to Hamilton County, Illinois.
    Levi appears in 1858 Dickson County tax records
    Levi appears in 1860 Hamilton County, Illinois, census.
    
    Note: 27 Jan 1859, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah's and Polly's daughter, Matilda J. Walker, marries William Smith Crowell, in Dickson County. Matilda's brother, James L., was witness.
    
    Census: 11 Jul 1860, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA
    
    Census, Agriculture: 12 Jul 1860, Danielsville (post office), Dickson County, Tennessee, USA; [Although this census entry is identified only as E. Walker, the total acres, 115, is compatible with his tax on 114 acres, as are the neighbors' names] 40 acres improved 75 acres unimproved 600 cash value of farm 75 value of farming implements and machinery 3 horses [blank] [? and mules] 1 milch cow 2 working oxen 2 other cattle 24 sheep - not everyone had, but wasn't that unusual 9 swine 550 value of livestock 37 wheat, bushels of - more than most [blank] rye, bushels of 375 Indian corn, bushels of - avg amt [blank] oats - others in neighborhood did [blank] rice - none in neighborhood [blank] tobacco ? others in neighborhood 1 ginned cotton, bushels of 20 wool, lbs of 5 peas and beans, bushels of [blank] Irish potatoes 25 sweet potatoes [blank] barley, bushels of [blank] Ruckwheat? Huckwheat? 20 value of orchard products, in dollars [blank] wine [blank] market gardens 200 butter, lbs of [illegible word] 575 molasses, gallons of and from what made [blank] [blank] 50 value of home-made manufactures 100 value of animals slaughtered
    
    Tax Record: 1861, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah Walker
    District 2
    114 acres, value $400
    "J. L. Walker" also appears in district 2, one white poll. This is Elijah's son, James L. Walker, who had recently turned 21. "R. H. Walker" [Helton Rutherford Walker] paid in district 1 on his 56 acres, but no white poll, possibly indicating that he had already moved to Hickman County, but was still paying taxes on the land in Dickson County.
    
    Military: 16 Feb 1862, Fort Donelson, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah's son, Helton Rutherford Walker, is taken prisoner after the Battle of Fort Donelson.
    
    Probate Settlement: 3 Nov 1862, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah Walker and W. H. Horner bound and appointed to administer the estate of James L. Walker.
    
    Note: 28 Dec 1862, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah's daughter, Ritha Salina Walker, married Alexander Woollums in Dickson County.
    
    Note: 21 Jan 1863, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah's daughter Margaret M. Walker marries W. C. Tull in Dickson County.
    
    Tax Record: 1865, District 2, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah Walker
    District 2
    114 acres, value $400
    
    Tax Record: 1866, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    E. Walker [Elijah Walker]
    District 2
    114 acres, value $350
    
    Note: 17 Jun 1866, Clinton County, Illinois, USA;
    Second marriage of Elijah's daughter Ritha Salina (Walker) Woollums to John M. Journey in Clinton County, Illinois.
    
    Note: 3 Sep 1867, San Joaquin County, California, USA;
    Elijah's son William K. Walker marries Bridget Dolan in San Joaquin County, California.
    
    Tax Record: 1868, District 2, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    "E. Walker" [Elijah Walker]
    District 2
    114 acres, value $350 No other Walkers in district 2.
    
    Tax Record: 1869, District 2, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    "E. Walker" [Elijah Walker]
    District 2
    114 acres, value $350. No other Walkers in the district.
    
    Tax Record: 1870, District 2, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah Walker
    District 2
    114 acres [Check headings; entry shows that he owned "30" of something, but cannot read what.] Other Walkers in district 2:
    Cal M. Walker (son, turned 21 the previous year)
    Joseph Walker (?)
    
    Note: 13 Juy 1871, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    Elijah's son Calvin M. Walker marries Martha A. Baker in Dickson County.
    
    Note: 15 Aug 1871, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    Marriage of Elijah's son Archalus to Francis June Davis in Dickson County.
    
    Probate Settlement: 25 Nov 1874, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
    Stephen Fielder, administrator for the estate of Elijah Walker, presented the settlement on this date. It was filed on 6 January 1875.
    
    Notes:
    
    Judge Elijah Walker of the Hickman County Walkers was born in Rockingham, NC. His family moved to Hickman County about 3 years later. About 1849 he was made a judge of his circuit and moved to Savannah, Hardin county, to be more central. He was married to a woman named "Mary E.", who survived him and moved to Maury County. He died on 31 December 1873.
    
    The parallels with "our" Elijah are obvious:
    
    Our Elijah was born abt 1802 GA; he was born abt 1809 NC.
    
    Our Elijah married (second) a woman named Mary ("Polly"); the other married a woman named Mary
    
    Our Elijah died in 1872 leaving a widow, Mary Walker; the other died in 1873 leaving a widow, Mary Walker.
    
    The differences are equally striking:
    
    Our Elijah was not a learned man, while the other was a judge
    
    Our Elijah bore about 16 children; the other was childless
    
    Our Elijah was not a wealthy man; the other was probably quite comfortable. Regardless of these differences, the similarities are enough to confuse their identities in some cases.
    A biography of Judge Elijah Walker can be found on GoogleBooks, in Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Bar Association of Tennessee held at Four Seasons Hotel, Harrowgate, Tennessee(Nashville, Tn.: Marshall & Bruce, Stationers and Printers, 1892), 113-121.
    
    [Research notes]
    
    Early Walkers in Dickson and Hickman Counties
    
    Two early Walkers mentioned are in Goodspeed's History of Hickman county. The first is Samuel Walker, cited as an early settler, arriving in the winter of 1806, just prior to the creation of Hickman county in 1807. The second was Joel Walker, appointed as one of the four first commissioners of the county, who were to "run the boundary lines, establish the county and select a county seat site." Establishing the lineage of these two could be helpful.
    
    Jerome Spence and Davd Spence, _History of Hickman Co Tennessee_ (Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 1990). Indicates that Allan Walker established Walker's Ferry, one mile above Centerville. "He reared a large family, which became prominent in the development of the county. His sons were: Joel, William, Allan, James, Pleasant, and Elijah. Dr. Joel Walker went to Williamson County, where he became prominent in business and political circles. Pleasant Walker represented Hickman County several terms in the legislature, and was sheriff of the county four years. Elijah Walker became one of the best judges that ever presided in a Tennessee courthouse. He was a good judge of law - not an eloquent speaker, but a profound thinker. He was honest in his decisions and would refuse a fee when his would-be client was in the wrong."
    
    A direct descendant of Allen Walker to participate in the Walker DNA study?
    
    Land Records Dyer County
    
    No Elijah Walker land records have been located in Dyer Co TN. Christie Fillerup checked Dyer County land records, 1835-1850, FHL film no. 833,235. [Report, 21 Feb 2009]
    
    On the LSU library website:
    
    Walker, Zachariah. Papers, 1805-1859. 177 items. Location: C:18. Resident of Woodville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Personal papers include correspondence, accounts, and legal documents. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 275.
    
    Baker family in Dickson County, from Elbert County, Georgia
    
    John A. Baker, born about 1770, Elbert County, GA; wife "Jane"
    
    His 1820 Dickson County will was witnessed by George Brazzell
    
    He had a daughters Margaret Evans and Jane Evans, mentioned in the will.
    
    John A. Baker bought 153 acres "on the West side of Piney river" in Dickson County on 30 Dec 1808
    
    Land sold from Elizabeth Walker's estate after her 1823 death was described as having been surveyed in 1808.
    
    A note that is not clear indicates that John A. Baker was a witness for land conveyed by Stephen Tatom and Lewis Evans in 1814.
    
    It was Lewis Evans who sold Elijah land in 1852, on the Piney
    
    Four of the children of George Brazzell and Polly Walker married the Evans family: Richmond to Ancy Evans (1838), Rachel to Lewis Evans (1839), Wilson to Martha Jane Evans (1853), and Lucinda to George Evans (1845).
    
    Eldest son Allen Brazzell married Nancy Baker (1842)
    
    Of interest from "War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815," digital images Ancestry.com
    
    Benjamin Walker (Jemima O. Walker, widow), Capt. William Walker Ga Militia (alleged)
    
    Charles H. Walker (Martha Walker, widow), Capt. Kendrick's Co Ga Mil
    
    "Walker, Elizabeth - Died before 7 April 1823 when Jacob Walker and George H. Walker were appointed administrators. (Dic TN, Co Ct Min, 2/no#) A suit was brought by Archibald Walker and others versus Elijah Walker. A jury found that Elizabeth Walker was not of sound mind on 29 January 1823 when she made a deed of gift to Elijah Walker. (Ibid, Cir Ct Min, 3/no#)"
    
    [Marjorie Hood Fisher, Tennessee Tidbits 1778-1914, 4 vols. (Easley, SC : Southern Historical Press, 1986), 1: 386, for Elizabeth Walker, Elijah Walker, Archibald Walker.]
    
    http://www.tngenweb.org/cemeteries/index.php?table_name=DT_Burial&function=details&where_field=bur_id&where_value=273665
    
    Canon Rutherford Cemetery, Rutherford County. Surnames Hunter, Canon, Walker, Sharp, Holland, Garner, Fergason
    
    Birth:
    Both the McMillan Gaelic Bible and the Collins Walker Bible agree on the birth date of Elijah Walker. This birth date is supported by the 1850 Humphreys County, Tennessee, census [age 48, born in Georgia] and the 1860 Dickson County, Tennessee, census [age 57, born in Georgia].
    
    Census:
    
    Elizabeth Walker household
    2 males 16 - 26 [Elijah, abt 18, George H. abt 19]
    1 female 26 - 45 [Elizabeth Walker]
    2 engaged in agriculture
    Slaves:
    1 male under 14
    1 female under 14 [Ailee?]
    
    Deed:
    
    The deed specifies that offspring of the slave are to be given to his sisters, Elizabeth Heartly, Polly Bazzell [Brazzell], and Ritha Turner. The deed is witnessed by George H. Walker.
    
    This deed is important evidence of relationships, specifying that Elijah is the son of Elizabeth Walker, that Elizabeth, Polly, and Ritha, are his sisters, and that George H., also her "beloved son" is his brother.
    
    It is also evidence of who the three named girls married.
    
    On the same date, Elizabeth Walker also made a Deed of gifts to her son, George H., leaving him a slave boy. Elijah Walker witnessed this deed.
    
    Subsequently, Archalaus Walker came from Illinois an filed an objection in circuit court, ultimately prevailing. The Fisher abstraction:
    
    "Walker, Elizabeth - Died before 7 April 1823 when Jacob Walker and George H. Walker were appointed administrators. (Dic TN, Co Ct Min, 2/no#) A suit was brought by Archibald Walker and others versus Elijah Walker. A jury found that Elizabeth Walker was not of sound mind on 29 January 1823 when she made a deed of gift to Elijah Walker. (Ibid, Cir Ct Min, 3/no#)"
    
    Deed:
    
    ". . . on hurricane Creek of Duck River it being a part of Hunter's Land Beginning on a White Oak the south east corner of a hundred acre tract that said Hunter sold to Heirs of James King turning south with said line one hundred and twenty [four] poles to a beach [sic] on the south side of said Creek then with the bluff of said Creek fifty two poles to James Morgan's north West corner a white oak Then south to Martha King south west corner one hundred and twenty four poles then with said Kings line to the beginning. . ."
    Drawn 7 August 1824, Witnessed by William Shelby and William King.
    Proved the same date.
    Filed 29 August 1827, Book D: 221
    
    Note:
    
    George H. Walker and Jacob Walker were appointed administrators for her estate on this date.
    
    Deed:
    
    ". . . on the head Waters of Yellow Creek Containing Forty eight
    Acres lying in Dickson County in the first district Beginning at [an]
    Oak on the south side of Yellow Creek about Ten poles south of a spring
    branch of Yellow Creek Turning North Crossing the Trap shoal Branch at 36
    poles and in all 64 poles to a small Hickory. Thence West Crossing the Trap
    shoal Branch at 26 poles Thence to a Stake Corner Thence North
    Crossing Yellow Creek to a turkey oak Thence West to Tatoms fence Thence South a
    long said fence a Conditional line Crossing the Creek to William Gates?
    fence thence a long said fence a Conditional line. Thence to a dry Hollow that
    Turns down by Tatoms house Thence up the hollow to Hickory Corner a boundary
    Corner of the south boundary Corner line. Thence to the Beginning Corner
    surveyed May the [10th or 16th] 1808. likewise Eight Acres beginning at a White
    Oak the beginning Corner of said Gates forty eight Acre Tract Runing [sic] South
    23 ½ poles to a Hickory and White Oak Thence East 50 poles to a White Oak
    Thence north crossing the Trap Shoal branch at 222 poles and in all 25 ½ poles
    to an Elm and a Hickory Thence West Crossing a branch at Twenty One
    poles and in all fifty poles to the Beginning surveyed May the 16th 1808"
    Drawn 1 January 1825
    Witnessed by Wm. Dunnagan and [Given name?] A. [Meek]
    Proved Oct Term 1825
    Registered 27 January 1826
    
    Note:
    
    Jacob Walker, George Brazeal [Brazzell], James Hartley, William Roy, and William Dunnigan appointed, under the direction of William B. Dodson, to oversee the road from Dodson's house to Contrary Pond.
    
    Court:
    
    Also serving were Wm Tatom (foreman), Redic Myatt, Moses Street, Moses White, Robert Vanhook, Wm Wood, William Hickerson, Robt Nesbitt Jr, Archibald Skelton, Daniel Nall, Joseph Shouse, Archibald Pullin.
    
    NOTE_RESEARCH:
    
    This could be a good avenue for research. That was a significant amount of money in that day and time. Who was Thomas Hunter, and why did Elizabeth Walker's estate owe it to him? Thomas Hunter appears in the 1820 Dickson County census, age 26-45 (born between 1775 and 1794), on page 10; Elizabeth Walker was on page 16. Elijah purchased 40 acres from a John Hunter in 1824.
    
    Census:
    
    Elijah Walker household
    1 male under 5 [Helton Rutherford Walker, abt 2]
    1 male 5-10 [J. M. Walker, abt 6]
    1 male 20-30 [Elijah Walker, abt 28]
    1 female under 5 [Elizabeth M. Walker, abt 4]
    1 female 20-30 [Matilda (???) Walker
    No slaves
    
    Land Patent:
    
    ". . . on the north side of Hurricane Creek beginning at a white oak about three or four poles from said Walker's house running North and west south and East for complement."
    The deed was not proven and filed until 1839, by which time it was in Humphreys County (boundary change), and was registered there.
    
    HISTORICAL:
    
    This explains why Elijah paid taxes in 1835 Dickson County, but in 1837 Humphreys County. He didn't move--the county line did.
    
    From Dickson the following area moved to Humphreys:
    
    ". . . all that portion of Dickson County lying in the following boundaries shall hereafter be attached to and belong to the county of Humphreys: -- Beginning at the southwest corner of Dickson County, and thence running east with the south boundary line of said county o Dickson, to where the said line intersects the ridge that divides the waters of Hurricane creek from the waters of Garner's creek; thence with said ridge, to where said ridge intersects with the ridge that divides the waters of Hurricane creek from the waters of Garner's creek; thence with said ridge, to where said ridge intersects with the ridge that divides the waters of Cumberland and Duck rivers; thence north westwardly with said ridge, to the line that divides the counties of Dickson and Humphreys; thence south with said line to beginning."
    
    And from Hickman to Humphreys:
    
    ". . . all that territory and county now lying in the county of Hickman, within the following boundaries, shall hereafter belong and (be) attached to the county of Humphreys, to wit:--Beginning in the line dividing the counties of Hickman and Humphreys, where the same first strikes Duck River, running south from the north west corner of Hickman; running thence up with the meanders of Duck river, with the main channel, to where the middle of the main ridge dividing the waters of Sugar and Tumbling creeks strikes the river; thence a north easterly course, along the summit of said ridge, between the waters of said creeks, to the main ridge dividing the waters of Garner's and Little Hurricane creek; thence along the summit of the same to the north boundary line of Hickman county; thence west with said line to the north west corner of said county; thence south with the line dividing the counties of Hickman and Humphreys to the beginning."
    
    Land:
    
    This is the original 40 acres that he bought in August 1824, and is where their home was.
    Drawn 5 November 1838
    Proved 3 December 1838
    Filed 7 December 1838
    Legal description:
    
    ". . .on Hurrican [sic] Creek of Duck River it being a part of John Hunters land. Beginning on a white oak the south east Corner of a hundred acre tract that said Hunter sold to the heirs of James King running south with said line One hundred and twenty poles to a beach on the south side of said Creek, thence with the bluff of said Creek fifty nine poles to James Morgans north west corner a white oak, thence north to Martha Kings south west corner one hundred and thirty four poles thence with said Kings line to the Beginning. . . ."
    
    Emigration:
    
    Since he sold his land on the Humphreys/Dickson County border it seems likely that he intended the move to be permanent.
    
    The reason for this move remains unknown. Other familiar surnames appear near Elijah's, including two Sawyer families that appear to be related to the Sawyers with whom Archalaus was closely affiliated in Macoupin County, Illinois.
    
    Additionally, a canal was cut shortening by 25 miles the path of the Forked Deer River of Dyer County to the Mississippi. This increased connection to major river traffic caused a boom in the town of Dyersburg and in 1836 the first steamship, The Grey Eagle, began regular trips. This history was gleaned from various places on the internet and a more serious look should be taken at contemporary newspapers or historical accounts to better understand if this might have been a motivator for Elijah's move.
    [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyersburg,_Tennessee
    http://mossisland.com/story_1.htm]
    
    Land:
    
    Drawn 8 October 1839
    Proved 25 November 1847
    Filed 27 November 1847
    
    Why $10?
    
    Land:
    
    Possibly to clear the title for Hunter, to whom he had sold both it and his 40-acre tract?
    
    Census:
    
    Elijah Walker
    2 males 0-5 [James abt 2 & Levi abt 4]
    1 male 5 - 10 [William K., abt 6]
    1 male 10-15 [Helton Rutherford Walker, abt 12]
    1 male 15-20 [James Monroe Walker, abt 16]
    1 male 30-40 [Elijah Walker, abt 38]
    1 female 0 -5 [Matilda J, b in June]
    1 female 5-10 [Sarah C., abt 9 ]
    1 female 10-15 [Elizabeth M., about 14]
    1 female 20-30 [wife, Mary Polly (McMillan) Walker, abt 27]
    0 slaves
    3 engaged in agriculture
    0 engaged in other occupations
    10 total
    
    Census:
    
    1. Elijah Walker, 48, male, farmer, Georgia, cannot read or write
    2. Mary Walker, 37, female, Tennessee, cannot read or write
    3. Sarah Walker, 19, female, Tennessee
    4. William Walker, 16, male, farmer, Tennessee
    5. Levi Walker, 14, male, Tennessee
    6. James, 12, male, Tennessee
    7. Matilda, 10, female, Tennessee
    8. Ritha, 9, female, Tennessee
    9. Margaret, 7, female, Tennessee
    10. George, 5, male, Tennessee
    11. Calvin, 3, male, Tennessee
    12. Archalus, 1, male, Tennessee
    
    Census:
    
    1. Elijah Walker, 57, male, farmer, real estate $600, personal $800, Georgia
    2. Mary Walker, 47, female, Tennessee, cannot read or write
    3. James Walker, 22, male, farmer, personal $400, Tennessee, cannot read or write
    4. Ritha S. Walker, 17, female, Tennessee
    5. Margret M. Walker, 15, female, Tennessee
    6. Geo. R. Walker, 14, male, Tennessee
    7. Calvin M. Walker, 12, male, Tennessee
    8. R.M. Walker, 10, male, Tennessee
    9. Jacob R. Walker, 8, male, Tennessee
    10. L.D. [Alonzo Denson] Walker, 6, male, Tennessee
    
    Probate Settlement:
    
    Why, when Elijah had so many children, was the estate administered by Stephen Fielder? It would have been unusual for a daughter to administer.
    
    Of his sons, Helton Rutherford had moved to Missouri a few months earlier; William K. lived in San Joaquin County, California; Levi lived in Illinois, James L. had died in the Civil War, George Neal died in 1867; Calvin M. and Arch were living in the area, but were age 24 and 22, possibly a little young to be expected to administer the estate; Jacob had probably already left home due to mysterious trouble and may have been in Arkansas; Alonzo Denson was underage. Elijah's eldest son, often believe by many to be "James Monroe Walker" was actually John M. Walker--and living out of the state in White Co ARK (he died just a year later).
    
    Elijah married Matilda King about 1823 in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA. Matilda (daughter of Isaac King and Martha Crouch) was born about 1803 in Tennessee, USA; died on 16 Oct 1834 in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matilda King was born about 1803 in Tennessee, USA (daughter of Isaac King and Martha Crouch); died on 16 Oct 1834 in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events:

RESEARCH: Dickson County, Tenneslse; Tennessee Probate Court Files, 1795-1955 Dickson County Court, Estate settlements 1800-1885 Jordan, John P. - Northam, Samual KING surname King, Garrison (1856), image 309, Isaiah King administrator; Anderson King, Anderson King (1858), image 337 Samuel King (1875), image 339, Sarah King, Rebecca King, M. J. King, Alford King, Fanny King, Peggy King, Henry King
RESEARCH: Dickson County, Tenneslse; Tennessee Probate Court Files, 1795-1955 Dickson County Court, Estate settlements 1800-1885 Jordan, John P. - Northam, Samual KING surname King, Garrison (1856), image 309, Isaiah King administrator; Anderson King, Anderson King (1858), image 337 Samuel King (1875), image 339, Sarah King, Rebecca King, M. J. King, Alford King, Fanny King, Peggy King, Henry King
Court: 27 Nov 1815, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA;
"[082] 27 Nov 1815 - William Shelby of Humphreys Co Tn and Jonathan King of Dickson Co Tn to John Alison Sr of Sullivan County, for $108 dollars, supposed to be 18 acres. Jonathan King acting in behalf of his mother and the said William Shelby and Jonathan King acting jointly in behalf of John King son and heir oflsaac King dec'd. [083] A part of the remaining moiety pertaining to the heirs oflsaac King dec'd, being in Sullivan County, belonging to the original tract where the said John Alison now lives. Begin S40 El 14 poles to a comer of Millhorns survey, N16 poles to William Hughes comer, W15 poles to Hughes comer, SI20 poles to Hughes comer, N83 W28 poles, N22 W86 poles, N55 W100 poles, then to the beginning. Containing 100 acres. William Shelby (seal) Jonathan (x) King (seal) Test: Isaac McKinly, Robert Alison May Session 1816 proved by Isaac McKinly and Robert Alison. M Rhea DClk for M Rhea Clk. Reg Auq 14 1816"
Court: 16 Sep 1818, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA;
"[369] 16 Sep 1818 - Jonathan King of Washington Co Tn to Robert Alison of Sullivan Co, for $79.70 cents, [370] part of a tract of land formerly belonging to George Engle and by him conveyed to John Dyer and by John Dyer to Isaac King, formerly Washington County now in Sullivan County. Begin on the north bank of Wataugah River then with the meanders of the river to a hickory sapling, then N45 W10 poles to a comer of Francis Hodges survey, with said land the same course 106 poles to the river, up the meanders of the river to a hickory, S3 degrs 20 minutes east 86 Deed Book 7 / Jun 10 1815 - Jan 27 1819 to the beginning. Containing 90 3/4 acres and 7 poles. One eight undivided part of the aforesaid tract of land sold to the said Isaac King dec'd by John Dyer, 111/4 acres and 22 poles. The said Jonathan King being of full age and one of the heirs oflsaac King dec'd. Martha relict of Isaac King, Jonathan, Sarah, Cassandra, John, Elizabeth, Matilda, William heirs of said King dec'd. [371] Jonathan (x) King (seal) Wit: William Deery, Thomas Rockhold Nov Session 1818 proved by William Deery and Thomas Rockhold. Wm Anderson DClk for M Rhea Clk. Reg Jan 21 1819"
Census: 1820, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA; 1 male of 10 and under 16 [??] 1 female under 10 [??] 1 female of 16 and under 26 [Matilda King?] 1 female of 26 and under 45 [Martha King] 0 engaged in agriculture 0 slaves
Court: 16 Jan 1824, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA;
"Elijah Walker and Matilda Walker, formerly Matilda King of Dickson Co Tn. appoint William Shelby, of the county and state aforesaid, our lawful Attorney for us and in our name to ask, demand, sue for, recover and receive of all and every person or persons now or formerly of Sullivan County and Washington County both or either in the said state of Tenn. Elijah (x) Walker (seal) Matilda (x) Walker (seal) Dickson County Tenn Jan 16 1824}ack by Elijah Walker. A Coldwell (JP) Matilda Walker ack the above Jan 16 1824. A Coldwell (JP) Dickson County Tenn} Field Farrar clerk for said county certify that Abraham Coldwell Esqr was one ofthe acting Justices of the Peace for said county."
Court: Feb 1824, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA;
"Sullivan County Feb Session 1824} the above power of attorney was exhibited in open court. G W Netherland DClk for R Netherland Clk. Reg Jun 28 1824."
Court: 5 Feb 1824, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA;
"05 Feb 1824 - William Shelby of Dickson Co Tn to John Alison of Sullivan Co, for $12.50 cents, by a power of attorney from Elijah Walker and Matilda Walker his wife, formerly Matilda King, all their claim, interest and demand in and to a tract of land in Sullivan County. Begin N82 degrs 183 poles, S40 El35 poles, SI 5 E35 poles to Robert Alisons line, then to the beginning. Containing 59 acres. [018] William Shelby (seal) by power of Attorney Wit: John aKing, Joseph Torbett Feb Session 1824 proved by John King and Joseph Torbett. G W Netherland DClk for R Netherland Clk. Reg Jun 28 1824"
Court: 5 Feb 1824, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA;
"05 Feb 1824 - William Shelby of Dickson Co Tn to Robert Alison of Sullivan Co, for $88 dollars, by a power of attorney by Elijah Walker and Matilda Walker his wife, formerly Matilda King, the one eight undivided part of a tract of land formerly belonging to George Ingle and my him conveyed to John Dyer and by said Dyer to Isaac King now dec'd and the father of said Matilda Walker, situate in Sullivan County on the north bank of Watauga River. Begin on the bank ofthe river then up the river with its meanders to near some rocks, N45 Wl 0 poles to a corner of Francis Hodges survey, with his line the same course 106 poles on the bank of said river, then up the river with its meanders to a hickory on the bank, S3 and 20 minutes east to the beginning. Containing 90 3/4 acres and 7 poles. Willaim Shelby (seal) by Power of Attorney Wit: Abraham Gregg, Joseph McCorkle, Joseph Torbet Feb Session 1824 proved by Abraham Gregg and Joseph McCorkle G W Netherland DClk for R Netherland Clk. Reg Jun 28 1824 "

Notes:

Matilda's last name is often given as McMurry/McMurray. I have never found any documentation for this, other than the presence of others by that name in the county.

However, a Sullivan County, Tennessee, document (series of documents) makes it clear that her name was Matilda King.

About the King Farm where Matilda was born. http://www.tncenturyfarms.org/sullivan_county/#King_Farms

Matilda's first cousin once removed, Oliver Caswell King. His Civil War correspondence with Katherine Rebecca Rutledge (later his wife) are online at the Tennessee State Library and Archives site.
http://tn.gov/tsla/TeVAsites/KingPapersCollection/index.htm

Matilda's father was Isaac King. Oliver was the son of Isaac's brother David and wife Elizabeth Sharp. This parentage for Oliver is from the TSLA site, and a subsequent website. However, the King descendancy book cited on my Martha King page states that Isaac's brother William was married to Elizabeth Sharp.

He was QUITE literate.

Birth:
1830 Dickson Co census shows the only adult female in the household of Elijah WALKER to be in the 20 - 30 age category. This would place her birth roughly between 1800 - 1810. Her son, Helton Rutherford WALKER, in the 1880 Howell Co MO census and the 1900 Howell Co MO census indicated that his parents were both born in Tennessee. Jessie Fondy believed that she was born 1800 - 1808 (I don't know where this came from.) LDS records indicate her birth ca 1804 (again, no source documentation). I have chosen to use the only dates that I am able to document - those from the 1830 census.

Notes:
Married:

No record of Elijah's first marriage has been located. Although Dickson County marriage records begin in 1817, a tornado on 30 May 1830 decimated the county seat of Charlotte, severely damaging the courthouse, and resulting in record loss.

Elijah's first child,"J. M." (John M.), was born on 18 September 1824

Elijah is probably one of the two males found in the 1820 census household of Elizabeth Walker

In January 1824 Elijah Walker and wife, the "former Matilda King" appointed William Shelby as their representative in legal actions in Sullivan County, where Matilda's father died about 1814.

.
The marriage probably occurred about 1823 in Dickson County.

Children:

John M. Walker was born on 18 Sep 1824 in Tennessee, USA; died on 3 Apr 1873 in White County, Arkansas, USA; was buried in Center Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Center Hill, White County, Arkansas, USA.

Elizabeth M. Walker was born on 23 Dec 1826 in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA; died on 3 Oct 1856.

2. Helton Rutherford Walker was born on 21 Oct 1828 in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA; died on 29 Aug 1901 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA.

Sarah Cassandra "Cassie" Walker was born on 3 Jan 1831 in Tennessee, USA; died on 9 Oct 1911 in Center Township, Dade County, Missouri; was buried after 9 Oct 1911 in Collins Cemetery, Lockwood, Dade County, Missouri, USA.

William King Walker was born on 15 Oct 1834 in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA; died on 5 Nov 1888 in San Joaquin County, California, USA; was buried in Stockton Rural Cemetery, San Joaquin County, California, USA.

Ewin K. Thornton was born between 1810 and 1815 in North Carolina, USA (son of Josiah Thornton and Esther Ferguson); died between 1846 and 1850.

Other Events:

Census: 1820, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA
Census: 1830, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA
Census: 1840, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Census:

Josiah Thornton household
3 males under 10
1 male of 10 and under 16
1 male between 16 and 18 [Moses, 18]
1 male of 16 and under 26 [Moses, 18]
1 male of 26 and under 45 [Josiah Thornton]
1 female under 10
1 female of 26 and under 45 [Esther Ferguson]
9 total

Census:

Josiah Thornton household
2 males of 5 and under 10,
1 male of 10 and under 15
1 male of 15 and under 20
1 male of 20 and under 30
1 male of 50 and under 60 [Josiah Thornton]
1 female of 10 and under 15
1 female of 40 and under 50 [Esther (nee Ferguson) Thornton]

Census:

Ewin Thornton household
1 male under 5 [??]
1 male of 20 and under 30 [Ewin Thornton]
1 female under 5 [Esther Elizabeth, about 2 or 3
1 female of 20 and under 30 [Obedience "Bedie" Clark]

Ewin married Obedience "Bedie" Clark before 1836 in Hickman County, Tennessee, USA. Obedience (daughter of Alexander Clark and Elizabeth Robertson) was born on 9 Aug 1816 in North Carolina, USA; died on 7 Aug 1895 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Obedience "Bedie" Clark was born on 9 Aug 1816 in North Carolina, USA (daughter of Alexander Clark and Elizabeth Robertson); died on 7 Aug 1895 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA.

Other Events:

Census: 1830, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA
Census: 1840, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA
Census: 29 Oct 1850, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA
Census: 9 Jul 1860, Danielsville (post office), Dickson County, Tennessee, USA
Land: 8 Jan 1872, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA; Beda Thornton sells to her son Howell J. Thornton, 56 acres jointly owned by her and HR Walker. States that she is "of" Dickson County.

Notes:

Della: "She was of Irish descent."

Benjamin, Howell, and Reeves Adams, brothers. Reeves Adams appears in 1840 Humphreys Co tax records. Coincidental names? Bedie named sons Howell and Benjamin and her daughter Polina married a Reeves.

Census:

Alexr [Alexander] Clark household
1 male of 10 and under 15
1 male of 20 and under 30
1 male of 50 and under 60
3 females under 5
4 females of 5 and under 10
1 female of 10 and under 15 [Bedie Clark, age 13]
1 female of 15 and under 20
1 female of 20 and under 30
1 female of 30 and under 40 [Charlotte Chappel]

Census:

Ewin Thornton household
1 male under 5 [??]
1 male of 20 and under 30 [Ewin Thornton]
1 female under 5 [Esther Elizabeth, about 2 or 3
1 female of 20 and under 30 [Obedience "Bedie" Clark]
0 slaves
4 total
0 engaged in agriculture
1 engaged in manufacture or trades
1 cannot read or write

Census:

1. Thornton, Beda, 36, female, N. Carolina, cannot read or write
2. _____, Elizabeth, 13, female, Alabama, attending school
3. _____, Benjamin, 9, male, Tennessee, attending school
4. _____, Howell, 7, male, Tennessee
5. _____, Polena, 3, female, Tennessee

Census:

1. Thorenton, Beady [Bedie Thornton], 44, female, Domestic Lady, real estate $500, personal $400, North Carolina, cannot read or write
2. _____, B. F., 18, male, farmer, Tennessee, attending school
3. _____, H. J., 15, male, farmer, Tennessee, attending school
4. _____, Polina J., 14, female, Tennessee, attending school

Died:
.

Children:

3. Esther Elizabeth Thornton was born on 1 Oct 1837 in Alabama, USA; died on 22 Apr 1908 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 23 Apr 1908 in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA.

Benjamin F. Thornton was born about 1841 in Tennessee, USA; died after 24 October 1863.

Howell Jackson Thornton was born on 28 Jan 1844 in Tennessee, USA; died on 5 Feb 1923 in Hartshorne, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Hartshorne, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, USA.

Polena "Lena" Thornton was born on 26 Feb 1846 in Tennessee, USA; died on 21 Mar 1886; was buried after 21 Mar 1886 in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA.

Generation: 4

(Progenitor) Walker was born between 1750 and 1765; died in in Tennessee, USA.

Other Events:

Emigration:
The England family of Dickson County, TN, came from Goochland VA, and some of them were in Elbert County, GA, at the same time that the Prognitor Walker family was in Georgia. This data is unclear and unsourced but worth noting simply because they were from the same area and settled in Dickson County. The Walker family may have moved with the England and Evans families from Elbert Co GA. And possibly the Bakers. See citation at the end of this passage. ---------------------------------- (14) Patty Martha ENGLAND, (William ENGLAND, William) was born Jun 15, 1775 in Of, Goochland Co., Va., and on Sep 2, 1795 in Amherst Co., Virginia, married Robert EVANS SR., son of William EVANS and JOYCE, who was born in 1767 in Of, Amherst, Virginia. Patty Martha died about 1806 in Elbert Co, Georgia. Robert died on Jun 8, 1855 in Hall, Georgia. Robert was married to Mahala GRANGER. This family of Evans came from the LDS Registry and Robert of Amherst was married to Martha England. The dates matched exactly. I will see in Amherst and Goochland are one and the same. Children: 1 Elizabeth EVANS was born about 1796 in Amherst Co, Virginia. 2 Anderson (Andrew) EVANS was born about 1798 in Elbert, Georgia. Anderson (Andrew) died on Nov 3, 1823 in Hall, Georgia. 3 Joseph EVANS was born about 1800 in Elbert Co, Georgia. died on Oct 3, 1826 in Hall Co, Georgia. 4 Thomas Carter EVANS was born about 1802 in Elbert Co, Georgia. 5 Robert EVANS JR. was born in 1805 in Elbert Co, Georgia. Robert died in 1885 in Of Milton Co., Georgia. 6 Sarah EVANS was born about 1806 in Elbert Co, Georgia. From Joe Payne's page regarding the England and Payne families: http://www.joepayne.org/aol/england.htm#William : accessed 19 December 2012 Joe Payne (joe@joepayne.org)
Note:
Dana Sue Tilley, atDNA tested, is in common with William E. Walker, Sandra Pippin, Jerrold Joseph Walker, and Lanelle Boyd. Her line of descent includes a Bull family that has surnames McMurry and Herman. Requires investigation. John Porter McMeans says that her Nail/Neil family came from Franklin Co GA around the same time as Joseph H. Walker.
NOTE_RESEARCH:
John Porter McMeans, DNA-tested descendant of Joseph H. Walker, believed to be Joseph Harmon or Herman Walker. Email from John dated 4 August 2014:
"Good morning Janis, Logged on as William E Walker this AM and noticed that Dana Sue Tilley, who claims lineage to Joseph H Walker matches Mayville and Pippin very closely. I believe that she descends from Joseph's eldest, but little known daughter Amanda, who married into the Nails that came from Franklin Co, Ga about the same time as Joseph. Has any common surname cropped up that may the spouse of our Walker progenitor?"
NOTE_RESEARCH: William Walker's will, Nottaway County, VA, 1789-1802. Had a son named Richard. The weird Dickson County deed for the land that Elizabeth Walker got was to Richard [no surname]--could this have been Walker? Northern Nottaway County is on the waters of the James River. Samuel Allen Walker said he was raised near or on the James River.
RESEARCH:
Early militia officers in Hickman County: 1809: John Walker 1812: Elisha Walker 1813: Richard Walker 1814: Elisha Walker 1817: Elias R. Walker From Spence's History of Hickman County, Chapter XXI, pp. 400-442. Other names listed with are not necessarily any red flags. Available Google Books. Same book indicates that Dr. Joel Walker of Williamson Co was brother to Pleasant Walker of Hickman Co.
RESEARCH: Peter Walker married Elenor Clarke on 8 April 1783; security was Thomas Hodges. Goochland County, Virginia. About right for Arch\'s birth 17 December that year? https://books.google.com/books?id=qjhDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA93&lpg=PA93&dq=%22Peter+Walker%22+%22Elenor+Clarke%22+Goochland+VA&source=bl&ots=WnCsJXJCuM&sig=7KBnLnxhTtLDwQ-lSo5bK9jI2BA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjRt5elloDaAhXIm-AKHQSwBhkQ6AEIKzAB#v=onepage&q=%22Peter%20Walker%22%20%22Elenor%20Clarke%22%20Goochland%20VA&f=false
RESEARCH: The lack of a birth state or close date of birth, as well as no given name for the father or surname for the mother presents research problems. The research path is further complicated by early record losses in Dickson County, Tennessee, their last known place of residence. The county was created in 1803; its 1810 federal census is not extant, few marriage records pre-date 1830, tax lists begin in 1831, and chancery court records begin in 1836. Fortunately, land records and county court records are available from 1804 and early state militia records are also helpful. SOURCE: "Problems With Genealogical Research in Tennessee," The Tennessee Genealogical Magazine Ansearchin' News, vol. 38, no. 4 (Winter 1991), 161; online archives, Tennessee Genealogical Society (www.tngs.org : accessed 27 January 2014). Also, "Lost Records: Courthouse Fires and Disasters in Tennessee," article, Tennessee State Library and Archives (http://www.tn.gov/tsla : accessed 27 January 2014), entry for Dickson County. Also, "Earliest County Records," database, Tennessee State Library and Archives (http://www.tn.gov/tsla : accessed 27 January 2014), entry for Dickson County. Although the earliest marriage records for the county date to 1817, few marriage records survived an 1830 tornado.
RESEARCH: 3 Dec 2014;
Email from Jon P. Ward (Greenville and Ridgeway, SC), who manages the atDNA (FTDNA) acct of Edgar Richard Parker. Email address jmpward46913@bellsouth.net
"Janis, Thank you for your inquiry. Edgar Richard Parker is my cousin and I am keeper of family research. However, I am new to FTDNA and learning to "read" test results. The genealogy lineage of our Walker line is as follows: Andrew Walker - b. 1745- Va., d. 1845 SC; son- Drury Walker- b. 1766 Va., d. 1846 SC; m. Margaret Bailey - b. 1776 SC., d. 1858 -SC.; their son - James Bailey Walker - b. 1818 - SC, d. 1910 - SC; m. Martha Neeley, b. 1817 - SC, d. 1885 -SC. Their daughter Emma Walker - b. 1843, SC, d. 1898 - SC married Eli Wood Parker - b. 1837 - SC, d.1924 - SC. Their son Edgar William Parker b. 1877 - SC, d. 1963 - SC; m. Sarah Hogan, b 1876 - SC, d. 1935 - SC. Their youngest child was James Walker Parker - b. 1914 SC, d. 1971 SC was the father of Edgar Richard Parker. Another cousin is awaiting results of Family Finder and he is also related to the Walker line but one generation after ERParker. None of the names you listed appear in my Walker genealogy. The sons of Drury Walker were Robert B. Walker b. 1804; James Bailey Walker; John B. Walker b. 1817, d. in Ala.; Thomas B. Walker, b. 1819 d. 1904 SC; Drury Walker Jr., b. 1823, d. 1844 - SC; Andrew B. Walker (dates unkn.). There were four daughters. Drury Walker b. 1766 Va. may have had a brother who migrated into Georgia. Elijah Walker b. 1802 Ga., may have been his son. This is speculation, of course. Researchers interested in Fairfield County, SC are awaiting acceptance from FTDNA for a Project site. This should be a very interesting site as many people in the county are inter-related by marriage. I research the Boulware, Crumpton, Hogan, McCants, Parker, Wilson, and Walker lines and find many double relationships within the family. My own grandparents were 2nd cousins through the Hogan line. Maybe some of this info will assist you. Watch for the Fairfield County, SC Project on FTDNA as there are many Walkers living in the county and hopefully will be tested. I will keep your info and should I come across any of the names I will certainly let you know. Best of luck in your research. Jon Jon P. Ward Greenville and Ridgeway, SC."

Notes:

Samuel Allen Walker's daughter's bio (see his entries for sourcing and full text) indicate his birth in Amherst County, Virginia. A search of the FHL's two index volumes for Amherst marriages did not discover a Walker male married to an Elizabeth:
Amherst County, Virginia marriages 1763-1800, 975.5496 V2am
Amherst County, Virginia, marriage bonds 1753-1853, 975.5496 V2sw

Both volumes contained only these marriages:
Joel Walker to Mary Penn (1775)

Robert Walker to Nancy Powell (1792)

The 1775 marriage is early enough for the birth of earliest-known child Archalaus in 1785, and could have been a first marriage for Progenitor?

Possible parent? George Walker of Goochland County, son of William Walker and his first wife (second wife Jane Burton). George Walker married Eliza Green in 1787 Goochland Co VA, William Walker also mentioned.

Could this be a second marriage of our Progen to Elizabeth? Possibly Samuel A., Archalaus were from the first marriage? Timing is right for Elizabeth, Polly, etc to begin being born 1790 GA. Married and moved to GA?

Older brother Patton Walker.

See:
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/VAALBEMA/1999-02/0918738101

and

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/WALKER/2006-02/1140034214

and

http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/goochland/vitals/marriages/marr0002.txt

Patton Walker, who was early in Madison/Macoupin IL area, would have been the uncle of Samuel and Arch.

Rufus Ray Clark, Jr., has an autosomal DNA match to James R. Walker, Sr. and Gerald Hartley. Rufus is from the Jacob/Agnes line, Gerald from the Elizabeth/James Hartley line, and James R. Walker descends from the Patton Walker who was in Macoupin Co IL.

HOWEVER, Patton Walker's Y-DNA placed him in Group 26, not Group 2, of the Walker DNA study.

Most people seem to feel that additional children were James and Matilda.

Birth:
Evidence would indicate that Archalaus was the older brother or half-brother of Elijah Walker (1802). Arch's obit indicates that he was born 1783 Virginia. If we assume that progenitor Walker was at least 18 years old, that puts his birth at prior to 1765. Since he was still having children in 1802, it is unlikely, though possible, that he was born prior to 1750.

(Progenitor) married Elizabeth (--?--) before 1790. Elizabeth was born in 1775-1785; died before 7 Apr 1823 in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth (--?--) was born in 1775-1785; died before 7 Apr 1823 in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events:

RESEARCH: Hypothesis: Could Elizabeth's surname have been Allen? Hence she named her son after a brother Samuel Allen? There was a Richard Allen--and the name on her same property, earlier, was Richard, with no last name.
Possible Residence: 1783, Virginia, USA;
If Elizabeth Walker was also the mother of Archalus, she probably lived in Virginia in 1783.
Residence: 1790-aft 1802, Georgia, USA;
Elizabeth Walker resided in Georgia as early as the birth of daughters Elizabeth and Polly in 1790 and as late as the birth of Elijah in 1802.
Census: 1820, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
Elizabeth Walker household 2 males 16 - 26 [Elijah, abt 18, George H. abt 19] 1 female 26 - 45 [Elizabeth Walker] 2 engaged in agriculture Slaves: 1 male under 14 1 female under 14 [Ailee?]
Court: 29 Jan 1823, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
Deed of gifts from Elizabeth Walker her "beloved son" Elijah Walker, giving him a slave girl named Ailee. The deed specifies that offspring of the slave are to be given to his sisters, Elizabeth "Heartly" [Hartley], Polly "Bazzell" [Brazzell], and Ritha Turner. The deed is witnessed by George H. Brazzell. This deed is important evidence of relationships, specifying that Elijah is the son of Elizabeth Walker, that Elizabeth, Polly, and Ritha, are his sisters, and that George H., also her "beloved son" is Elijah's brother. It is also evidence of who the three named girls married. On the same date, Elizabeth Walker also made a Deed of Gifts to her "beloved son" George H. Walker, leaving him a slave boy. Elijah Walker witnessed this deed.
Court: 7 Apr 1823, Charlotte, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA; George H. Walker and Jacob Walker are made administrators for Elizabeth Walker, deceased.
Probate: 1 Jan 1825, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

See attached sources.

1853 Dickson Co will of Alexander Wilkins mentions in a land description "Elizabeth Walker's spring" and the will is witnessed by Robert A. Reaves.

Birth:
We don't know if Elizabeth was the mother of all of "Progenitor's" children.

1820 census places her age between 26-45, calculating to 1775-1794.

Birth of "beloved son" George in 1801 (if she was not mother of the older children) suggests that she was at least 14 by that time--probably older--and was therefore likely born between 1775-1786.

The one census is the only direct evidence we have of Elizabeth's age. If it is right, she could not have been the mother of Archalaus or Samuel. She might, however, have been the mother of Elizabeth, Polly, Jacob, Joseph, Ritha, George H., and Elijah.

Probate:

George H. Walker and Jacob Walker, administrators of the estate of Elizabeth Walker deceased sold 56 acres to William B. Dodson, drawn 1 January 1825, acknowledged Court of Pleas October Term 1825, filed 27 January 1826.

Described as:
A Certain Tract or parcel of Land situate lying and being in the County of Dickson state and County aforesaid on the head Waters of Yellow Creek Containing Forty eight Acres lying in Dickson County in the first district Beginning at [an] Oak on the south side of Yellow Creek about Ten poles south of a spring branch of Yellow Creek Turning North Crossing the Trap shoal Branch at 36 poles and in all 64 poles to a small Hickory. Thence West Crossing the Trap shoal Branch at 26 poles Thence to a Stake Corner Thence North Crossing Yellow Creek to a turkey oak Thence West to Tatoms fence Thence South along said fence a Conditional line Crossing the Creek to William Gates? fence thence a long said fence a Conditional line. Thence to a dry Hollow that Turns down by Tatoms house Thence up the hollow to Hickory Corner a boundary Corner of the south boundary Corner line. Thence to the Beginning Corner surveyed May the [10th or 16th] 1808. likewise Eight Acres beginning at a White Oak the beginning Corner of said Gates forty eight Acre Tract Runing [sic] South 23 ½ poles to a Hickory and White Oak Thence East 50 poles to a White Oak Thence north crossing the Trap Shoal branch at 222 poles and in all 25 ½ poles to an Elm and a Hickory Thence West Crossing a branch at Twenty One poles and in all fifty poles to the Beginning surveyed May the 16th 1808

Notes:
Married:
Deduced from birthdates of children.

Children:

Archalaus Walker was born on 17 Dec 1783 in Virginia, USA; died on 11 Dec 1866 in Macoupin County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Wayne Cemetery, Dorchester, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA.

Samuel Allen Walker was born about 1785 in Amherst County, Virginia, USA; died after 1860.

Elizabeth Walker was born about 1790; died on 23 Oct 1834 in Bond County, Illinois, USA.

Mary "Polly" Walker was born about 1790 in Georgia, USA; died between 1861 and 1870 in Tennessee, USA.

Jacob Walker was born about 1793 in Georgia, USA; died on 3 Mar 1855 in Staunton, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA.

Joseph Harmon Walker was born about 1796 in Georgia, USA; died after 1870.

Retha Walker was born about 1799 in Georgia, USA; died after 1850.

George H. Walker was born in 1801 in Georgia, USA; died after 1870.

4. Elijah Walker was born on 14 Sep 1802 in Georgia, USA; died on 26 Jul 1872 in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA; was buried after 26 Jul 1872 in Fielder Cemetery, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA.

10.

Isaac King was born about 1768 in Lancaster/Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (son of Edward King and Elizabeth Nichols); died before November 1815 in Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA.

Isaac married Martha Crouch about 1792. Martha (daughter of Jesse Crouch and Mary Nance) was born about 1770. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Martha Crouch was born about 1770 (daughter of Jesse Crouch and Mary Nance).

Other Events:

Census: 1820, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA; 1 male of 10 and under 16 [William?] 1 female under 10 [??] 1 female of 16 and under 26 [Matilda King?] 1 female of 26 and under 45 [Martha (Crouch) King?] 0 engaged in agriculture 0 slaves

Children:

Jonathan King was born about 1794 in Tennessee, USA.
Cassandra King was born about 1796 in Tennessee, USA.
Sarah King was born about 1798 in Tennessee, USA; died in 1844 in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA.
John Wesley King was born in 1800 in Tennessee, USA; died before April 1846 in Johnson County, Arkansas, USA.
Elizabeth King
5. Matilda King was born about 1803 in Tennessee, USA; died on 16 Oct 1834 in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA.
William Harrison King was born about 1806 in Tennessee, USA; died in 1861 in Johnson County, Arkansas, USA.

12.

Josiah Thornton was born about 1779 in South Carolina, USA (son of Thomas Thornton and Martha [Inknown]); died after 1850 in Tennessee, USA.

Other Events:

RESEARCH: AGE 1820 Born between 1775-1794 1830 Born between 1770-1780 1840 Born between 1770-1780 1850 Age 71, born abt 1779
Census: 1820, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA; Josiah Thornton household 3 males under 10 1 male of 10 and under 16 1 male between 16 and 18 1 make of 16 and under 26 1 white male of 26 and under 45 1 white female under 10 1 white female of 26 and under 45 9 total
Census: 1830, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA; Josiah Thornton household 2 males of 5 and under 10 1 male of 10 and under 15 1 male of 15 and under 20 1 male of 20 and under 30 1 male of 50 and under 60 [Josiah] 1 female of 10 and under 15 [Sarah] 1 female of 40 and under 50 [Esther] 8 total white inhabitants 0 slaves
Witness: 1835, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
Josiah Thornton was a witness to the will of David Wiley.
Witness: 21 May 1839, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;
"J. Thornton" witnessed the will of William Wiley on this date.
Census: 1840, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA; Josiah Thornton household 1 male of 10 and under 15 1 male of 15 and under 20 1 male of 20 and under 30 1 male of 60 and under 70 [Josiah] 1 female of 5 and under 10 1 female of 20 and under 30 [Sarah, abt 25] 1 female of 60 and under 70 [Esther] 0 slaves 7 total white 2 engaged in agriculture [hard to count the lines across so far, but appears that there are no adults over 21 who cannot read and write]
Census: 29 Oct 1850, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA; 1. Thornton, Josiah, 71, male, farmer, real estate $500, S. Carolina 2. _____, Esther, 66, female, South Carolina 3. _____, Sarah, 35, female, Tennessee 4. Hudson, Lucy, 18, female, Virginia 5. Gossett, James W., 10, male, Tennessee, attending school

Notes:

Magistrate 5th Civil District, Hickman County, TN

Died:
Present in 1850 census; 1860 census shows his wife Esther as a widow.

Josiah married Esther Ferguson in 1798 in South Carolina, USA. Esther was born on 24 Feb 1784 in South Carolina, USA; died on 15 Oct 1865 in Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Esther Ferguson was born on 24 Feb 1784 in South Carolina, USA; died on 15 Oct 1865 in Tennessee, USA.

Notes:

Children:

Moses Thornton was born about 1802 in South Carolina, USA; died on 28 Apr 1874 in Tennessee, USA.
Reuben Thornton was born about 1808 in South Carolina, USA; died on 2 Aug 1869.
Josiah Thornton was born about 1808; and died.
6. Ewin K. Thornton was born between 1810 and 1815 in North Carolina, USA; died between 1846 and 1850.
John C. Thornton was born about 1811; and died.
Sarah Thornton was born about 1813 in Tennessee, USA; died about 1860.
James Thornton was born about 1818 in Tennessee, USA; and died.

14.

Alexander Clark was born about 1780 in North Carolina, USA (son of Benjamin Clark, son of Alexander Clark and Phoebe Jefferson); died in 1852 in Hickman County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events:

RESEARCH: Research comparing "our" Alexander Clark with the Alexander Clark, son of Alexander Clark and Phoebe Jefferson: Born abt 1780 (granted family land in Oct 1801, presumably upon attaining his majority) 1800 Alexander II (son of Alexander and Phoebe) is found in 1800 Chatham Co census, apparently married with a son under 5. 1805-1806--disposed of his family holdings in Chatham Co 1810- not found in Chatham Co census
Bastardy Bond: 21 Aug 1807, Wake County, North Carolina, USA; Child on the body of Julia Kilgo. [Kilgrow]. Bondsmen Benjamin Clark and John Holloway.
Census: 1830, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA
Tax Lists: 1837, District 6, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA; Alexander Clark, 600 acres, value $1500, no whtie poll tax [age exemption]. Just below is his son Howell Clark, with only a poll tax [age 21].
Census: 1840, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA
Slave Schedule: 1850, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA; Alexander Clark, 2 slaves black male, age 45 black female, age 37 [ancestry index states her age as 33, but although faded, I believe it is "37."
Census: 28 Oct 1850, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

(Research):1800 NC Census
A Benjamin CLARK, Sr, and Alexander CLARK appear in the Burke county, NC, census. Possibly them? They do not appear in Wake county, NC.
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James Robertson, the "father of Tenessee" was from Wake Co NC. Could he have been the father of Elizabeth Robertson? "Of such adeventurous spirit was James Robertson, a Virginian born of Ulster Scot parentage, and a resident of (the present) Wake County, North Carolina, since his boyhood."
- Constance Lindsey Skinner, «i»Pioneers of the Old Southwest: A Chronicle of the Dark and Bloody Ground «/i»(New Haven: Yale University Press, 1920), p. 165; digital image, accessed via «i»Digital Book Index «/i»(http://www.digitalbookindex.com/_search/search011t-rev.asp : accessed 25 April 2009), sub-category Local-Regional: South: Tennessee.

Census:

Alexr [Alexander] Clark household
1 male of 10 and under 15 [Thomas S. William abt 12]
1 male of 20 and under 30 [
1 male of 50 and under 60 [Alexander Clark]
3 females under 5
4 females of 5 and under 10
1 female of 10 and under 15 [Bedie Clark, age 13]
1 female of 15 and under 20
1 female of 20 and under 30
1 female of 30 and under 40 [Charlotte Chappel]

Census:
Alexander Clark household
1 male of 20 and under 30 [probably Howell, age 22]
1 male of 60 and under 70 [Alexander Clark]
3 females of 5 and under 10 [Narcissa abt 5, Martha abt 6, Sarah?]
3 females of 10 and under 15 [Mary Jane abt 11, Susan abt 12, Amanda abt 14]
1 female of 15 and under 20 [Adeline abt 16]
1 female of 40 and under 50 [Charlotte Chappel]
1 male slave, age 10-24
11 total
2 engaged in agriculture
1 engaged in manufactures and trades
1 person who cannot read or write

Census:

1. Clark, Alexander, 70, male, farmer, real estate value $1500, North Carolina
2. _____, Charlotte, 58, female, North Carolina
3. _____, Martha, 16, female, Tennessee
4. _____, Narcissa, 15, female, Tennessee, attending school
5. Stanfil, Margarett, 13, female, Tennessee, attending school

Alexander married Elizabeth Robertson on 23 Apr 1808 in Wake County, North Carolina, USA. Elizabeth died between 26 Sep 1818 and Jan 1820 in North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

15.

Elizabeth Robertson died between 26 Sep 1818 and Jan 1820 in North Carolina, USA.

Notes:

Died:
Based on age of youngest child prior to Alexander's second marriage, to Charlotte CHAPPELL.

Notes:

Married:

Name: Alexander Clark
Gender: Male
Spouse: Elizabeth Robertson
Spouse Gender: Female
Bond Date: 23 Apr 1808
Bond #: 000152281
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 006832
County: Wake
Record #: 01 093
Bondsman: Abraham Dodd
Witness: Wm Hill

Children:

Alexander M. Clark was born about 1809; and died.

Joseph R. Clark was born about 1810; and died.

Obediah Clark was born about 1811; and died.

William A. Clark was born about 1812 in North Carolina, USA; and died.

Howell Clark was born about 1815; and died.

7. Obedience "Bedie" Clark was born on 9 Aug 1816 in North Carolina, USA; died on 7 Aug 1895 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA.

Thomas Samuel William Clark was born on 26 Sep 1818 in Wake County, North Carolina, USA; died on 11 Apr 1882 in Hickman County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Clark Cemetery, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA.