Charles Ledbetter

Other Events:

• Census: 21 Jun 1900, Kingsland township, Cleveland County, Arkansas, USA;

  1. Ledbetter, Charley, head, white, male, February 1867, 33, married 13 years, Arkansas, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 139 2. _____, Cornelia, wife, white, female, December 1868, 31, married 13 years, 6 children 5 living, Arkansas, Alabama, Alabama, can read and write 3. _____, May, daughter, white, female, July 1887, 12, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas, at school, attended school 6 months, can read and write 4. _____, Maude, daughter, white, female, May 1890, 10, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas, at school, attended school 6 months, can read and write 5. _____, Johnie, son, white, male, August 1891, 8, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas, at school, attended school 6 months, can read and write 6. _____, Polk, son, white, male, June 1895, 4, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas 7. _____, Mertie, daughter, white, female, March 1899, 1, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas, 8. Wilson, John R., servant, black, male, April 1865, 35, single, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas, day laborer, cannot read or write

• Census: 27 Apr 1910, Kingland township, Cleveland County, Arkansas, USA;

  1. Ledbetter, Charles E., head, male, white, 42, first marriage, married 22 years, Arkansas, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 56 2. _____, Cornelia C., wife, female, white, 41, first marriage, married 22 years, 7 children 6 living, Arkansas, Alabama, North Carolina 3. _____, Maud, daughter, female, white, 20, single, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas, can read and write 4. _____, Johnie [Johnnie], son, male, white, 19, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas, farm labor, can read and write, attending school 5. _____, Polk, son, male, white, 13, single, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas, farm labor, can read and write, attending school 6. _____, Myrtle, daughter, female, white, 12, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas, farm labor, can read and write, attending school 7. _____, Lesli, son, male, white, 9, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas, attending school 8. Allen, Joward, farm hand, male, black, 32, [single? divorced?], Arkansas, Arkansas Arkansas, farm labor, cannot read or write

• Census: 21 Jan 1920, Kingsland township, Cleveland County, Arkansas, USA;

  1. Ledbetter, Charles E., head, owns farm, male, white, 53, married, can read and write, Arkansas, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, general farm, own account, farm schedule 31 2. _____, Cornelia K., wife, female, white, 50, married, can read and write, Arkansas, Alabama, North Carolina 3. _____, Pope C., son, male, white, 23, single, can read and write, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas, laborer, farm 4. _____, Horace L., son, male, white, 18, single, can read and write, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas, laborer, farm

• Residence: Feb 1930, Kingsland, Cleveland County, Arkansas, USA;

  His half-sister Bettie's obituary places his residence at that date in "Kingland, Arkansas," probably "Kingsland."

• Census: 2 Apr 1930, Kingsland, Kingsland township, Cleveland County, Arkansas, USA;

  1. Ledbetter, Charley E, head, owns, [no value stated], farm, male, white, 63, married, first married age 19, can read and write, Arkansas, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, truck farm, not a veteran, farm schedule no. 3 2. _____, Cornelia J, wife, female, white, 62, married, first married age 18, can read and write, Arkansas, Alabama, North Carolina 3. _____, Horace L., son, male, white, 28, single, can read and write, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas, farmer, own farm, not a veteran

John married Mary J. Adams on 18 Jan 1866 in Bradley County, Arkansas, USA. Mary (daughter of Thomas Adams and Retha Walker) was born in Nov 1838 in Tennessee, USA; died on 21 Oct 1901 in near Kingsland, Cleveland County, Arkansas, USA; was buried in Watson Gum Grove Cemetery, Kingsland, Cleveland County, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• RESEARCH:

  Some researchers seem to believe that the M. J. Atkinson buried at Curry Family Cemetery in Curry County, Arkansas, is the subject individual. However, this seems unlikely. The woman buried in Curry Family Cemetery was born in 1855 and died in 1879. The subject Mary J. (Adams) Atkinson Ledbetter was born around 1838, according to other sources and all indications are that she lived longer than 1879. Additionally, there is a Mary J. Atkinson Ledbetter buried at Watson Gum Grove Cemetery in Cleveland County, Arkansas, whose birth date matches that of Mary J. Adams. And John R. Ledbetter is buried in the same cemetery.

• Note: 1850, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA;

  Mary J. Adams married Thomas Atkinson, who appears on the same page of 1850 census, in Saline township, Dallas County, with his father Thomas Atkinson. The 1850 slave schedules reflects that Thomas Atkinson owned 20 slaves, ages 37 down to 6 months.

• Census (State): 28 Jul 1870, Red Land township, Bradley County, Arkansas, USA;

  1. Ledbeter [Ledbetter], John, 36, male, white, farmer, real estate $200, personal $350, tennessee 2. _____, Mary, 32, female, white, keeping house, Tennessee 3. _____, Charles, 3, male, white, Arkansas 4. Atkinson, Bettie, 13, female, white, Arkansas, cannot write 5. _____, Henry, 10, male, white, Arkansas

• Census: 7 Jun 1880, Prairie township, Dorsey County, Arkansas, USA;

  1. Ledbetter, John, white, male, 46, married, farmer, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 2. _____, Mary, white, female, 42, wife, married, keeping house, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 3. _____, Charles, white, male, 13, son, farm hand, attending school, [can read, implied], cannot write, Arkansas, Tennessee, Tennessee 4. Atkinson, Hal, white, male, 19, stepson, single, farm hand, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee

• Census: 21 Jun 1900, Kingsland township, Cleveland County, Arkansas, USA;

  1. Ledbetter, John, head, white, male, November 1835, 64, married, 34 years, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 141 2. _____, Mary, wife, white, female, November 1838, 61, married 34 years, 6 children 3 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write [Son Charles appear just above them on the same page, Some people think that Mary died earlier and this is a different wife. However: 1. Her name is Mary 2. She was born in TN 3. She is born Nov 1838, calculating to about the right birth year to be the same person as Mary (Adams) Atkinson. 4. They have been married 34 years, calculating to 1866--the year that Mary (Adams) Atkinson married John Ledbetter. 5. The death certificate of Bettie Atkinson, Mary's daughter, names her mother as "Tom Adkinson" and "Mary Adams." Bettie's obituary names among her brothers "Mr. C. E. Ledbetter" of "Kingland, Arkansas." (Charley actually lived in Kingsland, Cleveland County, Arkansas.) Conflicts: 1. Her mother was born in GA, while the census record states her mother was born in TN. We don't know who supplied the info--and her mother was _from_ Tennessee. It seems likely that this is Mary J. (Adams) Atkinson Ledbetter.

• Obituary: 24 Oct 1901, Rison, Cleveland County, Arkansas, USA;

  Appearing in the Cleveland County Herald

  "Mrs J. R. Ledbetter We are sorry to learn that Mrs J. R. Ledbetter died at her home near Kingsland Monday. Mr. Ledbetter an his family have our sympathy in this, their sad bereavement."

Notes:

Birth:

Age 17 at the time of her March 1854 marriage to Thomas Atkinson.

Info from descendant Mary Lee Shelton gives her birth in July 1838. The 1900 census gives her birth as November 1838.

Died:

This death date was established from the 24 October 1901 notice in the Cleveland County Herald stating that Mrs J. R. Ledbetter had died on Monday. The previous Monday would be 21 October 1901.

Children: 1. Charles Ledbetter was born about 1867 in Arkansas, USA.

Thomas married Retha Walker between 1823-1850. Retha (daughter of (Progenitor) Walker and Elizabeth (--?--)) was born about 1799 in Georgia, USA; died after 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• DNA - Walker Surname Study:

  John Porter McMeans (descenand of Joseph H. Walker) matches a Mrs. Mary Lee Shelton, who appears to be a descendant of Ritha Walker and Thomas Adams through daughter Mary J. Adams, who married Thomas A. Atkinson. See FTDNA.

• Possible Census: 1820, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA;

  George Turner household 1 male under 10 1 male of 10 and under 16 1 male of 26 and under 45 1 female under 10 1 female of 10 and under 16 1 female of 26 and under 45 2 persons engaged in agriculture 0 slaves, etc. George Turner was enumerated next to Samuel A. Walker in 1820--possible indication that George was Ritha Walker's Turner husband (named as "Retha Turner" in 1823 deed of gifts from Elizabeth Walker to Elijah Walker. Conflict: Ritha, according to 1850 census, was born in 1799. Might she have been born earlier? Wrong husband?

• Deed: 29 Jan 1823, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA;

  Deed of Gifts from Elizabeth Walker to 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, 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 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.

• Possible Census: 1840, Hardeman County, Tennessee, USA;

  Thomas Adams household 1 male under 5 [William T., abt 6?] 1 male of 10 and under 15 1 male of 30 and under 40 [possibly Thomas, abt 37] 1 female under 5 1 female of 5 and under 10 [Susan Adams, abt 7] 1 female of 10 and under 15 2 females of 15 and under 20 1 female of 40 and under 50 [possibly Ritha, about 41]

• HISTORICAL: 1845;

  Dallas County created from Clark County

• Note: 1823-1850;

  Nothing is known of Ritha in this period. She is probably the Ritha Adams located in the 1850 Dallas County, Arkansas, census enumeration (see below). From it, we can infer that her first husband (Turner) probably died prior to 1833, and it is even possible that he was not living in 1823 when she was named as "Ritha Turner" in the gift of deeds. If the children in the 1850 household are Ritha's children, then she probably married Thomas Adams in Tennessee, before 1833 (the year of Susan's birth). It is possible that Thomas and Ritha had older children, and the marriage was earlier. It is also possible that these are the children of Thomas Adams from a first marriage.

• Census: 15 Oct 1850, Saline township, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA;

  1. Thos. Adams, 47, male, farmer, Virginia 2. _____, Ritha, 51, female, Georgia 3. _____, Susan [J.?], 17, female, Tennessee 4._____, William T., 16, male, Tennessee 5. _____, Martha E., 9, female, Tennessee While the evidence is slim, these factors support the possibility that this is Ritha (Walker) Turner:

  • Her age, 51 (born about 1799)
  • Birthplace of Georgia, consistent with Walker siblings
  • Children's birth in Tennessee, indicating previous residence in that state
  • Arkansas was a common migrational path from Tennessee
  • "Ritha," while not totally unique as a name, is at list reasonably uncommon (as opposed, for instance, to "Mary"

  All of these factors taken together tend to support the likelihood that this is, indeed, the Ritha (Walker) Turner from Dickson County, Tennessee.

Notes:

A search of Tennessee marriages (Ancestry.com) has failed to locate the marriage of a Thomas Adams to a "Turner" or "R*th*" or to any name that might appear to be "Ritha" --excepting Ruth. None of the locations and dates seemed likely to be the right person.

Arkansas marriage databases on FamilySearch were also search with varying search terms, with no success.

William T. Adams (son of the 1850 household) is still in Dallas County in 1880.

Ritha and Thomas Adams are both absent from the 1860 Dallas County census, nor have they been located elsewhere. They may have both died between 1850 and 1860.

FamilySearch has Arkansas county probate books. Am searching Dallas Co, Probate Records 1845-1860, vol A-B, got up to page p 311, image 187, searching for Thomas Adams (Jan Term 1853). No Adams yet.

Notes:

Married:
Ritha was "Ritha Turner" in 1823. She could have married Thomas Adams any time after that date and prior to the enumeration in 1850 Dallas County, Arkansas.

If Thomas's children in the 1850 census were also Ritha's children, they were probably married prior to 1833, and they could have had an older child, as well.

The family group sheet prepared by Esther Pratt has a notation that appears to indicate Retha's marriage to Thomas Adams in Humphreys County, in 1843. If this is the case, the children were Thomas's by a previous marriage.

Children: Susan Adams was born about 1833 in Tennessee, USA; and died. William T. Adams was born on 10 Aug 1834 in Tennessee, USA; died on 19 Dec 1882; was buried in Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA. 3. Mary J. Adams was born in Nov 1838 in Tennessee, USA; died on 21 Oct 1901 in near Kingsland, Cleveland County, Arkansas, USA; was buried in Watson Gum Grove Cemetery, Kingsland, Cleveland County, Arkansas, USA. Martha E. Adams was born about 1841 in Tennessee, USA; and died.

Sylvester married Rebecca Boyd on 19 Feb 1792 in Halifax County, Virginia, USA. Rebecca was born about 1772 in Halifax County, Virginia, USA; died on 19 Jan 1839 in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA. [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. Joseph Harmon Walker was born about 1796 in Georgia, USA; died after 1870. 7. 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.