Jesse Johnson

Zachariah married Melissa E. Walker between 1850-1855. Melissa (daughter of Joseph Harmon Walker and Mary Gage) was born on 8 Nov 1835 in Alabama, USA; died on 4 Mar 1901 in New Harp, Montague County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 25 Jul 1860, Lexington, District 1, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
• Census: 25 Jul 1870, Rogersville, Township 1 Range 8, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
• Census: 15 Jun 1880, Precinct 6, Wise County, Texas, USA
• Census: 5 Jun 1900, Dan Precinct, Wise County, Texas, USA

Notes:

Name:

Also seen as "Malicia."

Census:

1. Johnson, Z. C., 40, male, farmer, real estate $400, personal $458, Alabama
2. _____, Malissa E., 25, female, Alabama
3. _____, Randolp [Randolph], 5, male, Alabama
4. _____, Mary, 4, female, Alabama
5. _____, Benjamin, 1, male, Alabama

Census:

1. Johnson, Zach, 50, male, white, farmer, real estate $500, personal $300, Alabama, voter
2. _____, Melissy, 35, female, white, keeps house, Alabama
3. _____, Randal [Randolph], 16, male, white, works on farm, Alabama
4. _____, Mary, 14, female, white, at home, Alabama

[Zach and Melissa had at this point five additional children who could reasonably be expected to appear on the next page. However, the next page begins with a different family and the additional children are not found. This may have been an error on the part of the enumerator when he copied the census.]

Census:

1. Johnson, Zachariah, white, male, 60, married, farmer, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia
2. _____, Melissa E., white, female, 45, wife, married, keeping house, cannot write, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
3. _____, Randolph, white, male, 24, son, single, farmer, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
4. _____, Mary E., white, female, 23, daughter, single, at home, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
5. _____, Louis F., white, male, 19, son, single, works on farm, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
6. _____, Jesse [D.], white, male, 16, son, single, works on farm, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
7. _____, Nancy L, white, female, 13, daughter, at home, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama, cannot write
8. _____, Eliza C., white, female, 11, daughter, at home, attending school, cannot read or write
9. _____, Sarah M., white, female, 9, daughter, at home, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama

Census:

1. Johnson, Zachariah, head, white, male, March 1819, 81, married 45 years, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 55
2. _____, Melissa, wife, white, female, November 1835, 64, married 45 years, 9 children 8 living, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, can read, cannot write
3. _____, Sarah M., daughter, white, female, May 1871, 30, single, Alabama, Tennessee, Alabama, home maker, can read and write
4. _____, Clarence H., grandson, white, male, July 1886, 14, single, Texas, Alabama, Texas, farm labor, attending school 6 months, can read and write

Notes:

Married:

Probably married in Alabama.

Children: Randolph Johnson was born in 1855 in Alabama, USA; died on 23 Dec 1930 in Alvord, Wise County, Texas, USA. Mary E. Johnson was born about 1856 in Alabama, USA. Benjamin F. Johnson was born about 1859 in Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA; died after 1880. Louis F. Johnson was born about 1861 in Alabama, USA. 1. Jesse Johnson was born about 1864 in Alabama, USA. Nancy Lee Johnson was born about 1867 in Alabama, USA; died on 1 Feb 1936 in Precinct 6, Wise County, Texas, USA. Martha Eliza C. Johnson was born on 3 Feb 1869 in Lexington, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA; died on 26 Oct 1953 in Greenwood, Wise County, Texas, USA; was buried in Cottonwood Cemetery, Decatur, Wise County, Texas, USA. Sarah M. "Sallie" Johnson was born on 6 May 1871 in Alabama, USA; died on 8 Apr 1936 in Bagwell, Red River County, Texas, USA.

Other Events:

• Note:

  From John Porter McMeans, quoting his grandfather Jasper Newton Walker, regarding Jasper's grandfather, Joseph H. Walker:

  "In 1964 I had to do a genealogy project for school. I interviewed my gandfather Jasper Newton Walker, b. 1875 and grandson of Joseph H. Walker. Grandad told me that Joseph Walker came from Georgia. He also said his middle name was Harmon and that his mother was a Harmon. About 8 years ago I asked my Uncle Reeder Walker about the Harmon name. Reeder (now deceased) stated that 'legend' was that Joseph's mother was a Harmon or a Herman. There is a Herman family that married into the Walker's and they are buried in Harmon Cemetery. The legend is that Joseph is buried under a rock in Harmon Cemetery."

• Census: 1830, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA;

  Joseph [M.?] Walker household 1 male of 5 and under 10 [James, abt 5] 1 male of 30 and under 40 [Joseph, abt 34] 3 females under 5 [Elizabeth, abt 1; Mary A., abt 4-5; unknown third?] 1 female of 5 and under 10 [Sarah Jane, abt 7] 1 female of 10 and under 15 [unknown] 1 female of 30 and under 40 [Mary Gage, abt 31]

• Census: 1840, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
• Census: 4 Nov 1850, 2nd division East of Military Road, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
• Census: 11 Jul 1860, District 1 (Lexington post office), Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA

Notes:

16. Joseph H. Walker, born Bet. 1794 - 1800 in Georgia. He was the son of 32. ? Walker. He married 17. Mary Gage January 25, 1819 in Lauderdale Co, Alabama.

17. Mary Gage, born Abt. 1799 in North Carolina.

More About Joseph H. Walker:
Census: 1850, Lauderdale Co, Ala

Children of Joseph Walker and Mary Gage are:
i. Sarah Jane Walker, born November 08, 1823; died March 15, 1900; married Jesse William Littrell May 24, 1843 in Lauderdale Co, Ala; born December 25, 1821 in Lauderdale Co, Ala.
More About Sarah Jane Walker:
Burial: Lauderdale Co, Ala

More About Jesse William Littrell:
Burial: Lauderdale Co, Ala

ii. Mary A. Walker, born 1825.
More About Mary A. Walker:
Census: 1860, Living with sister, Sarah Jane and Jessie Littrell

iii. James Walker, born 1826 in Ala.
iv. Elizabeth Walker, born 1829 in Ala; married (1) William Prichett October 14, 1845 in Lauderdale Co, Ala; married (2) James Bentley December 18, 1850.
v. John W. Walker, born March 05, 1833; died November 19, 1879 in Lauderdale Co, Ala; married Mary F. Harmon; born October 24, 1833; died October 18, 1871 in Lauderdale Co, Ala.
More About John W. Walker:
Burial: Harmon Cemetery, Lauderdale Co, Ala

More About Mary F. Harmon:
Burial: Harmon Cemetery, Lauderdale Co, Ala

vi. Malicia Walker, born 1835 in Ala.
8 vii. George Franklin Walker, born June 25, 1838 in Lauderdale Co, Ala; died March 11, 1905 in Hopkins Co, Tx; married Martha Melvina Lucretia * Herman November 04, 1858 in Lexington, Lauderdale, Ala.


Census:

J. H. Walker household
1 male under 5 [George, abt 3]
1 male 5-10 [John, abt 8]
1 male 15-20 [James, abt 14/15]
1 male 40-50 [Joseph H. Walker]
1 female under 5 [Mary, abt 5]
3 females 10-15 [Elizabeth, age 11; and ??]
1 female 15-20 [??]
1 female 40-50 [Mahaley, abt 41]

Census:

1. Walker, Joseph H., head, 54, male, carpenter, value of real estate $60, Georgia
2. _____, Mary, 51, female, North Carolina, cannot read or write
3. _____, James, 24, male, laborer, Alabama, attended school this year
4. _____, John, 18, male, laborer, Alabama, attended school this year
5. _____, Malicia, 15, female, Alabama, attended school this year
6. _____, George, 13, male, Alabama, attending school, [literacy nt stated]
7. _____, Elizabeth, 21, female, Alabama, [school and literacy not stated]

Census:

1. Walker, Joseph H., 64, male, carpenter, [no real estate value], personal $200, Georgia
2. _____, Elisa C., 48, female, Virginia
3. _____, Green [initial?], 11, male, Tennessee, attending school
4. _____, Virginia L., 9, female, Tennessee, attending school

Joseph married Mary Gage on 25 Jan 1819 in Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA. Mary was born about 1799 in North Carolina, USA; died after 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

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. 6. 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. 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.