Thelma Henson

Thomas married Agnes Catherine Best about 1881. Agnes (daughter of Asberry Best and Mary M. Walker) was born in Jun 1864 in Illinois, USA; died after 1940 in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 23 Jun 1900, Precinct 6, Navarro County, Texas, USA;

  1. Henson, Thomas W., head, white, male, October 1861, 38, married 19 years, Illinois, Tennessee, Virginia, farmer, can read and write, rents farm, farm schedule 352 2. _____, Agnes C., wife, white, female, June 1864, 35, married 19 years, 4 children 4 living, Illinois, Illinois, Tennessee, can read and write 3. _____, Claude W., son, white, male, October 1883, 16, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, farm laborer, attended school 2 months, can read and write 4. _____, Elsbert, son, white, male, November 1885, 14, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, at school, attended school 6 months, can read and write 5. _____, Chester W., son, white, male, October 1891, 8 Texas, Illinois, Illinois, at school, attended school 6 months, can read and write 6. _____, Lula D., daughter, white, female, June 1895, 4, Texas, Illinois, Illinois 7. Best, Mary M., mother in law, white, female, November 1824, 75, widowed, 10 children 3 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee

• Census: 29 Apr 1910, Adair township, Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA;

  1. Henson, T. W., head, male, white, 48, married, married 28 years, Illinois, Virginia, Virginia, farmer, own account, can read and write, rents farm 2. _____, Agness [Agnes], wife, female, white, 46, married 28 years, 5 children 5 living, Illinois, Illinois, Virginia, can read and write 3. _____, Lula, daughter, female, white, 15, single, Texas, Illinois, Illinois, can read and write, attending school 4. _____, Thema, daughter, female, white, 5, Texas, Illinois, Illinois, attending school

• Census: 3 Jan 1920, Blue Mount township, Wagoner County, Oklahoma, USA;

  1. Henson, Wayford, head, renting, male, white, 58, married, can read and write, Illinois, Tennessee, West Virginia, laborer, oil mill, worker 2. _____, Agness [Agnes], wife, female, white, 54, married, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Tennessee 3. _____, Thelma, daughter, female, white, 14, attending school, can read and write, Texas, Illinois, Illinois 4. _____, Claud, son, male, white, 37, widowed, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, driller, oil rig 5. _____, Lester, grandson, male, white, 16, single, can read and write, Texas, Illinois, Texas, laborer, oil mill 6. _____, Winfred [Winifred?], grandson, male, white, 14, attending school, can read and write, Texas, Illinois, Texas 7. _____, Garland, grandson, male, white, 11, attending school, can read and write, Texas, Illinois, Texas 8. _____, [Anita?], granddaughter, female, white, 8, attending school, can read and write, Oklahoma, Illinois, Texas 9. _____, Glen, grandson, male, white, 4, Oklahoma, Illinois, Texas

• Census: 1930, 190 E. Walnut, Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma, USA;

  1. Henson, Thomas W., head, owns, value $2700, not a farm, male, white, 68, married, first married age 20, can read and write, Illinois, U.S., U.S., laborer, ice plant, not a veteran 2. _____, Agness [Agnes] C., wife, female, white, 65, married, first married age 17, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Tennessee 3. Humphrey, Thelma, daughter, female, white, 26, married, first married age 18, can read and write, Texas, Illinois, Illinois 4. _____, Robert L., grandson, 6, attending school, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas 5. _____, Billy Gene, grandson, 3 months, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas

Notes:

Died:

Ancestry tree offers her date of death as 8 October 1949, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. No source citation.

Children: Claude W. Henson was born in Oct 1883 in Illinois, USA. Elsbert [?] Henson was born in Nov 1885 in Illinois, USA. Chester W. Henson was born in Oct 1891 in Texas, USA. Lula D. Henson was born in Jun 1895 in Texas, USA. 1. Thelma Henson was born about 1905 in Texas, USA.

Other Events:

• Census: 15 Oct 1850, Placerville (and vicinity), El Dorado County, California, USA;

  1. Best, Michael, 21, male, miner, Illinois, $1.50 produced each day 2. _____, Asberry, 23, male, miner, Illinois 3. Walker, Elijah, 43, male, miner, Illinois, cannot read or write

Asberry married Mary M. Walker on 21 May 1846 in Macoupin County, Illinois, USA. Mary (daughter of Jehu's father Walker, daughter of Jacob Walker and Agnes McLean) was born in Nov 1824 in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA; died after 1910 in Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 25 Oct 1850, Township 3N Range 7W, Madison County, Illinois, USA;

  1. Walker, Archiib[all?], 67, farmer, real estate $2000, SC 2. Walker, Jacob, 57, farmer, SC 3. _____, Agnes, 55, NC 4. Best, Mary, 23, TN 5. _____, Charles, 1, IL 6. Walker, Agnes, 20, TN 7. _____, James A., 18, IL

• Census: 2 Aug 1860, Lamb's Point, Township 6 Range 7, Madison County, Illinois, USA;

  1. Best, Berry, 35, male, farmer, real estate $720, personal $725, Illinois 2. _____, Mary, 36, female, Illinois 3. _____, Charles, 11, male, Illinois, attending school 4. _____, Josh, 9, male, Illinois, attending school 5. _____, Wm., 6, male, Illinois, attending school 6. _____, James, 4, male, Illinois, attending school 7. _____, Dempsy, 2, male, Illinois, attending school

• Census: 23 Jun 1900, Justice Precinct 6, Navarro County, Texas, USA;

  1. Henson, Thomas W., head, white, male, October 1861, 38, married 19 years, Illinois, Tennessee, Virginia, farmer, can read and write, rents farm, farm schedule 352 2. _____, Agnes C., wife, white, female, June 1864, 35, married 19 years, 4 children 4 living, Illinois, Illinois, Tennessee, can read and write 3. _____, Claude W., son, white, male, October 1883, 16, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, farm laborer, attended school 2 months, can read and write 4. _____, Elsbert, son, white, male, November 1885, 14, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, at school, attended school 6 months, can read and write 5. _____, Chester W., son, white, male, October 1891, 8 Texas, Illinois, Illinois, at school, attended school 6 months, can read and write 6. _____, Lula D., daughter, white, female, June 1895, 4, Texas, Illinois, Illinois 7. Best, Mary M., mother in law, white, female, November 1824, 75, widowed, 10 children 3 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee

• Census: 9 May 1910, Justice Precinct 2, Freestone County, Texas, USA;

  1. Best, Dempsy, head, male, white, 52, second marriage, married 18 years, Illinois, Illinois, Tennessee, farmer, general farm, own account, can read and write, owns farm with mortgage, farm schedule 236 2. _____, Susie L., wife, female, white, 44, first marriage, married 18 years, 1 child 0 living, Texas, Ohio, England, no occupation, can read and write 3. _____, Mary M., mother, female, white, 84, widowed, 10 children 3 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, no occupation, can read and write

Notes:

Descendant Myra Best believes (as I suspected) that Asberry and Mary may have divorced. Women often listed themselves as widows when that was the case.

Other Events:

• DNA - Walker Surname Study:

  Group 2, Walker Surname Study FamilyTreeDNA.com Kit no. 23376 Debbie Walker Hawk weezer@hughes.net Her line of descent:

  • Elijah Walker d ca 1802 and Mary Elizabeth (Piney) McGill d Dickson Co., TN
  • Jacob Walker b ca 1793 SC d 1855 Bunker Hill, Macoupin Co., IL m 1811 Agnes McLean b ca 1795 d 1870 Bunker Hill, IL
  • Jacob Walker b 1823 TN m 1850 Martha Ann Spence b 1831 Tyrrell, NC d 1874 Macoupin Co., IL
  • Edwin Mitchell Walker b 1858 Macoupin Co., IL d 1948 Navarro Co., TX m ca 1884 Rebecca A. Cope b 1865 AR d 1934 Navarro Co., TX
  • Roy Edward Walker b 19 Apr 1898 Navarro Co., TX d Jan 1976 Navarro Co., TX m 1922 Emma Lea Walker in Navarro Co., TX
  • DNA - Walker Surname Study:

    Group 2, Walker Surname Study FamilyTreeDNA.com N16751 (Anonymous) descended from: Philip V. Walker. married to Francis Best in Macoupin County, IL, in the mid to early 1800's.

  • Military: Nov 1811, Charlotte, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;

    Drafted for service in Charlotte, for a period of 15 months.

  • Military: Mar 1814, Alexander City, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, USA;

    Jacob's bounty land warrant file confirms that he participated in the Battle of Horseshoe, in central Alabama. It was the decisive battle against the Creek Indians, a result of Andrew Jackson's desire to "clear" Alabama for settlement.

  • Census: 1820, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;

    Jacob Walker household 5 white males under 10 [John McLean Walker, abt 6, and Archalaus C. Walker abt 2, plus 3 unidentified] 1 white male 26-45 [Jacob Walker] 1 white female 16-26 [Agnes McLean, age 25?]

  • Court: 7 Apr 1823, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;

    "Ordered that Jacob Walker and George H. Walker be admited [sic] to administer on all and singlar the goods and chattles rights and credits of Elizabeth Walker decd the said Jacob Walker comes and gives a sepaerate with William Hudson and John Evins in the sum of two thousand Dollars and qualified accordingly, Then came the said George H. Walker and gave also a seperate [sic] Bond with John [A.?] King, Absolam Tribble, Nehemiah Scott and Samuel King in the sum of two thousand Dollars and qualified accordingly that they proceed to [deal] according to Law."

  • Court: 7 Apr 1823, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;

    "Ordered that William Tatom be appointed overseer of the road in the place of Jacob Walker and that he have the ame [illegible word] for hands heretofore allotted to said Walker."

  • Court: 9 Jan 1824, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;

    Jacob Walker appeared on a list of insolvents presented in Circuit Court. His insolvency was for the years 1819, 1820, and 1821, with 1.75 due.

  • Court: 4 Oct 1824, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;

    George H. and Jacob Walker, administrators for Elizabeth Walker, to sell real estate.

  • Court: 3 Oct 1825, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;

    Sale of 56 acres from the estate of Elizabeth Walker to William Dobson, by administrators George H. Walker and Jacob Walker.

  • Court: 2 Jan 1826, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;

    Quoting directly from the Carol Wells abstraction:

    "Samuel Turner, Jno May, & Jos Williams apptd to settle with Jacob Walker an administrator of estate of Elizabeth Walker decd."

  • Court: Apr 1826, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;

    Jacob Walker was assigned to work the road from "Dobson's place" to "Contrary Pond" (later known as "Pond Switch" or "Pond"), along with his brother-in-law George Brazzell, brother-in-law James Hartley, William Dunnagan, and William Roy; under the supervision of William Dobson.

    "Ordered by the court William B. Dodson be appointed overseer of the Road and that he work from his house to what is called the Contrary Bond [Pond] and that he have the following hands to work under him, Viz, George Brazeal [Brazzell], James Hartly [Hartley], Jacob Walker, William Dunigan, William Roy --"

  • Court: 6 Apr 1827, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;

    Quoting Wells' abstraction:

    "Thomas S. Hunter vs Jacob Walker & George H. Walker admrs of Elizabeth Walker decd. Pltf by atty, Defts made default. Pltff to recover of deft [default] $158.60 debt and damages, also costs, to be levied on the estate of Eliz Walker decd if so much there be in the hands of admrs, then on goods, chattels, lands of said defendants."

  • Court: Jul 1827, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;

    Quoted from Wells: "George H. Walker & Jacob Walker, admrs of estate of Elizabeth Walker decd, to appear at next Term and give other & further security for purpose of release of present securities."

  • Census: 1830, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;

    Jacob Walker household 1 male under 5 [unidentified] 2 males 5-10 [Jacob, abt 8, Joseph abt 7] 3 males 10-15 [Archalus C., abt 10, 2 unidentified] 1 male 15-20 [John McLean Walker, abt 16] 1 male 30-40 [Jacob Walker] 3 females under 5 [Mary M., abt 6, and Agnes, infant, one unidentified] 1 female 30-40 [Agnes?]

  • Land: 7 Nov 1836, Madison County, Illinois, USA;

    On this date Jacob entered for 37.84 acres in Section 31, Township 5 North, Range 7 West, $1.25 per acre, totalling $47.30. Sold on 18 February 1837 to William Shoemake, also of Madison County. Certificate issued on 1 January 1840.

  • Land: 18 Feb 1837, Madison County, Illinois, USA;

    Sold his patented land to William Shoemake of Madison County, though the final certificate wasn't issued until 1840.

  • Census: 1840, Ridge Prairie, Madison County, Illinois, USA;

    Jacob Walker household 1 male 5-10 [James, abt 8] 3 males 15-20 [Archalaus abt 20, Jacob abt 18, Joseph abt 17] 1 male 20-30 [unidentified] 1 male 40-50 [Jacob, abt 47] 2 females 5-10 [Agnes abt 8, and ??] 1 female 10-15 [Mary, abt 16] 1 female 40-50 [Agnes McLean] [next door is a probable son, John M. Walker, between 20-30, with one daughter under 5, and a wife between 20-30]

  • Land Patent: 1 Jan 1840, Madison County, Illinois, USA;

    Patent no. 18201 issued for 38.74 acres filed on 7 Nov 1836.

  • Census: 1845, Madison County, Illinois, USA;

    Jacob Walker household 2 males under 10 2 males 10-20 3 males 20-30 1 male 50-60 [Jacob, about age 52] 3 females 10-20 1 female 50-60 [Agnes (McLean) Walker] 12 total 3 [in militia or of militia age]

  • Census: 25 Oct 1850, Township 3 N Range 7 W, Madison County, Illinois;

    1. Walker, Archiib[all?], 67, farmer, real estate $2000, SC 2. Walker, Jacob, 57, farmer, SC 3. _____, Agnes, 55, NC 4. Best, Mary, 23, TN 5. _____, Charles, 1, IL 6. Walker, Agnes, 20, TN 7. _____, James A., 18, IL [James A. is probably really Samuel A. Walker. No James or James A. Walker of this age appears later, and Jacob and Agnes have an older James. This is probably a census enumeration error.]

  • Census: 1855, Monroe township, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA;

    Jacob Walker household 1 male under 10 2 males 30-40 1 male 50-60 2 females under 10 1 female 10-20 1 female 30-40 8 total 2 males eligible for militia duty [cooper?] shop value of merchandise [illegible]

  Notes:
  

  Could Jacob have had two sons named James?
  
  In the 1850 census, James A. Walker appears in the household. Archalus Walker is the head, but all children are listed after Jacob, implying that they were his children. James A. Walker was born about 1832 in Illinois.
  
  Archalus C. Walker is another son of Jacob Walker, and he is found in the 1850 Macoupin Co census, living in the home of a James Walker, born about 1818 in Tennessee. James Walker is married to Mary, and they have children Agnes and Jacob, strong evidence that James was the son of Jacob. Additionally, internet sources name him as the son of Jacob and Agnes.
  
  Either Jacob named two sons James, or possibly one of them was the son of another brother, who lived with Jacob's family? Other postulated brothers included a James and a Joseph.
  
  

  To Do:
  
  Obtain Black Hawk War records for:

  • Phillip V. Walker (pvt, S. Pruitt Co., Regt. 1, Whiteside Brigade; enrolled in Edwardsville.[Black Hawk War veterans database. Illinois Archives online]
    
  • John L. Walker (married Elizabeth Scroggins)
    
    Both listed on the Macoupin County GenWeb archives as Black Hawk War veterans.
    
    Possibly both children of Jacob?
    
    Transcribe Jacob's bounty land file
    
    
    May have additional children Philip V. Walker and James Walker (b abt 1818 TN)
    
    

    1815 will of David McAdow, Dickson County, mentions his daughter "Jean McClean." Jean may have married a brother of Agnes McLean? Or be the mother of Agnes? Image no. 798-799, Tennessee, Probate Court Books, 1795-1927, DicksonWills, 1800-1899, FamilySearch.
    
    Birth:
    

    The only direct evidence of Jacob's birthplace is his 1850 census enumeration in Madison County, Illinois, stating his age as 57, and his brithplace as South Carolina.
    
    Indirect evidence, however, would suggest a birthplace of Georgia:

    • His probable sister, Mary "Polly" (Wallker) Brazzell was born in Georgia about 1790.
      
    • His probable younger siblings, George H., Elijah, and Retha, were born in Georgia in 1801 and 1802, respectively.
      
    • The of obituary his likely brother Archalaus Walker, ten years older, stated that he (Archalaus) was born in Virginia, raised in Georgia and lived in Tennessee for many years. Archalaus was born about 1783; if he was "raised" in Georgia, the family was probably in Georgia when he was age 10, 1793, the year of Jacob's birth.
      
    • Jacob's sons John M., Archalaus C., and Joseph Walker were enumerated in 1880 in various places (see citations under individuals), and all enumerations agreed that their father was born in Georgia.
      
    • In conflict with this is the census enumeration of younger daughter Mary M. (Walker) Best in 1900 and 1910; her enumerations indicate that her father was born in Tennessee. However, this is the only suggestion of his birth in Tennessee, and no other evidence indicates the family's arrival in Tennessee prior to at least 1806.

    Jacob married Agnes McLean in Feb 1811 in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA. Agnes was born about 1795 in North Carolina, USA; died after 1858. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jacob's bounty land warrant file (the portion after Agnes was applying as widow) states that Jacob and Agnes had ten children together and near;y 50 years of marriage.

Children: Jehu Walker, Possible Son was born on 24 Feb 1916 in Tennessee, USA; died on 1 Aug 1895 in Logan County, Illinois, USA. John McLean Walker was born on 1 Nov 1814 in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA; died on 13 Mar 1884 in Macoupin County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Wayne Cemetery, Dorchester, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA. James Walker was born about 1818 in Tennessee, USA; died in 1872 in Macoupin County, Illinois, USA. Archalaus Cleveland Walker was born on 9 Dec 1818 in Kentucky, USA; died on 10 Jun 1887 in Milford, Barton County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Howell Cemetery, Milford, Barton County, Missouri, USA. Aaron Walker, [Possible Son] was born about 1819 in Kentucky, USA; died in Mar 1880 in Macoupin County, Illinois, USA. Jacob Walker was born about 1822 in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA; died after 1870. Joseph Walker was born about 1823 in Tennessee, USA; died after 1880. 7. Mary M. Walker was born in Nov 1824 in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA; died after 1910 in Texas, USA. Elizabeth Walker was born about 1828 in Tennessee, USA. Agnes Walker was born about 1830 in Tennessee, USA; and died. Samuel A. Walker was born in Apr 1832 in Illinois, USA; died after 1910.