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George H. Walker

George H. Walker

Male 1801 - Aft 1870  (70 years)

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  • Name George H. Walker  [1
    Born 1801  Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Census 1820  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Deed of gifts from Elizabeth Walker to "her beloved son," George Walker, conveying to him a young male slave. On the same day, Elizabeth Walker gave her "beloved son" Elijah Walker 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. Walker.

    These deeds are important evidence of relationships, specifying that Elijah and George H. are sons of Elizabeth Walker and that Elizabeth, Polly, and Ritha, are their sisters.

    It is also evidence of who the three named girls married. 
    Court 7 Apr 1823  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    "Ordered that George H. Walker be appointed overseer of the roads heading up and out of the head of Yellow Creek to [illegible] and that all the hands from the mouth of the [dam?] near Elijah Dodson's to the head of Yellow Creek including Elijah [illegible marks] and George Gullage be appointed to work under said Walker to keep up said Road as far as [two illegible words] place. 
    Court 7 Apr 1823  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    George H. Walker posted a bastardy bond for fathering a child; name of mother not stated. 
    Court 7 Apr 1823  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    On the same date that he posted a bastardy bond, George H. Walker was appointed along with his apparent brother Jacob Walker to administer the estate of Elizabeth Walker deceased.
    "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 separate 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 4 Oct 1824  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    George H. and Jacob Walker, administrators for Elizabeth Walker, to sell real estate. 
    Land 4 Dec 1824  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    50 acres from Samuel King to George H. Walker, his "son in law," "for and in consideration of the natural love and affection which he . . . hath . . . unto the said George Walker . . . also for the better support, maintenance, and lively hood [sic]. . . ."
    ". . . all that tract on parcel of land lying in Dickson County in the first district on the Hurricane Creek and bounded as follows Beginning at a Chinkapin oak turning North forty seven poles to a White Oak Thence East ten degrees south on hundred and sixty nine poles to a Chinkapin oak Thence south forty seven poles to a post oak its being William Johnson's north east corner of a sixty acre tract Thence west ten degrees north one hundred and thirty poles to a Sugar tree Thence near south eight poles to a Chinkapin oak Thence west twenty three degrees north thirty nine poles to the Beginning containing fifty acres. . . ." 
    Court 3 Oct 1825  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    From West's abstraction:
    "George H. Walker to take possession of Elizabeth McDann, poor person of Dickson Co who agrees to keep her for her services." 
    Court 3 Apr 1826  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Wells abstraction: "Absolam Tribble to Wm Lomax 34 acres proven by George H. Walker and James King." 
    Court Jul 1826  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    George H. served jury duty, along with James Walker. 
    Court 3 Jul 1826  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    George H. Walker appointed for jury duty, for the following term. 
    Court 4 Jul 1826  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    The estate of Elizabeth Walker was settled and recorded, with George H. Walker administrator. [Jacob Walker not mentioned.] 
    Court 2 Oct 1826  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    Deed from Samuel King to George H. Walker, for fifty acres, acknowledged in court. 
    Court 1 Jan 1827  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17, 18
    George H. Walker, William Saunders, and William Shelby to settle with William Johnson, administrator of the estate of Moses Easley, deceased.

    [Note that the 50 acres George was given in 1824 by Samuel King cornered on the property of William Johnson.] 
    Court 3 Apr 1827  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [19
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [20
    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." 
    Court Jul 1827  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [21
    Thomas Hunter vs Jacob & George H. Walker, adminstrators of Elizabeth Walker, deceased. Plaintiff (Hunter) was to recover of defendants $158.60 debt and damages, also costs, to be levied on the estate of Elizabeth Walker. 
    Court Oct 1827  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [22
    Quoting Wells' abstraction:
    "George H. Walker, an adm of estate of Elizabeth Walker decd, entered into new bond in discharge of his former security." 
    Court 1 Oct 1827  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [23
    George H. Walker, Saunders, and Shelby to settle with William Johnson, administrator of estate of Reuben Comer, esq.

    [Note: "R. C. Comer" was a witness to the 1824 deed for 50 acres from Samuel King to George H. Walker] 
    Census 1830  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [24
    George H. Walker
    1 male 5 to 10 [Elijah M. abt 6]
    1 male 20 - 30 [George Helton Walker abt 29]
    2 females under 5 [Elizabeth Carolina, abt 4; Sally Viena, abt 1]
    1 female 20 to 30 [Celina King, abt 25]
    0 slaves 
    Tax Record 1831  Levi McCollum's district, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [25
    George H. Walker
    • 172 deeded acres
    • 50 school acres
    • 1 white poll
    • $3.10  
    Tax Record 1832  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [26
    George H. Walker
    • 172 deeded acres
    • 100 school acres
    • 1 white poll
    • $2.67 
    Note 21 Aug 1832  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [27
    George H. Walker was a buyer at the estate sale of William Shelby, deceased. 
    Tax Record 1833  Levi McCollum's district, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [28
    George H. Walker
    • 172 deeded acres
    • 100 school acres
    • 1 white poll
    • $2.22 
    Emigration Abt 1834  Marshall County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [29
    From the diary of George H.'s son, Elijah Millington Walker:
    "In the year 1834 my father left the State of Tennessee and moved to the Chickasaw Nation of Indians, which was at that time a wild wilderness, embraced in the boundries [sic] of the State of Mississippi, inhabited only by red savages and the various wild beasts of the forrests[.]" 
    Tax Lists 1836  Marshall County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [30
    1 white poll, "G. H. Walker"

    Other Walkers listed:
    John Walker, 1 white poll
    David Walker, 4 slaves, 1 white poll
    E. D. Walker, 1 white poll
    James Walker, 1 white poll 
    Tax Record 1837  Marshall County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [31
    "Walker, G. & Co"? $9,134.38 merchandise.

    Was he temporarily in business? 
    Tax Record 1838  Marshall County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [32
    1 white poll

    Next to him another Walker "J. Y.?" 
    Tax Record 1839  Marshall County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [33
    Geo H. Walker, 1 white poll 
    Census 1840  Southern Division, Marshall County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [34
    G.H. Walker
    1 male under 5 [Galveston abt 1]
    1 male 15 - 20 [Elijah M. abt 16]
    1 male 30 to 40 [George H., abt 39]
    1 female under 5 [Matilda C. abt 2]
    2 females 5 to 10 [Mary Anastasia, abt 9; Hannah V., abt 6]
    1 female 10 to 15 [Elizabeth Carolina, abt 14]
    1 female 30 to 40 [Celina (King) Walker, abt 35] 
    Tax Record 1841  Marshall County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [35
    80 acres, value $240
    1 clock, value $10
    1 white poll
    3 slaves 
    Census 1842  Marshall County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [36
    George H. Walker, 3 males, 7 females 
    Tax Record 1842  Marshall County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [37
    E1/2 of NW1/4, Sec 3, Twp 4, Rg 5, 80 acres, date of purchase of taxable land 20 Oct 1836, value $560

    [Same page with Zimri H. Barnett] 
    Tax Record 1846  Marshall County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [38
    1 clock, value $5, 1 white poll 
    Tax Record 1848  Marshall County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [39
    1 clock, value $5
    1 white poll
    state tax 55 cents 
    Census 26 Sep 1850  Southern Division, Marshall County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [40
    1. Walker, Geo. H., 49, farmer, real estate $1800, Georgia
    2. _____, Selinda, 45, female, Tennessee
    3. _____, Mary A.S., 19, female, Tennessee
    4._____, Hannah V. , 16, female, Tennessee
    5. _____, Matilda C., 13, female, Mississippi, attended school within the year
    6. _____, Galveston A., 10, male, Mississippi, attended school within the year
    7. _____, [Louisa M.?], 8, female, Mississippi, attended school within the year
    8._____, [Susanna?] J., 6, female, Mississippi, attended school within the year 
    Tax Record 1856  Marshall County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [41
    1 watch, value 10 (dollars?)
    60 cents 
    Tax Record 1856  Marshall County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [42
    George H. Walker, 1 watch, value $10

    This tax asks a lot of questions--number of Arkansas toothpicks, number of carriages, number of cattle over 20, etc. 
    Census 14 Jul 1860  Wall Hill township, Marshall County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [43
    1. Walker, G. H., 59, male, planter, real estate $4800, personal $1000, Georgia, [can read and write, implied]
    2. _____, Sarah H., 54, female, Tennessee [can read and write, implied]
    3. _____, Elijah M., 36, male, farmer, Tennessee
    4. _____, Anastasia M., 24, female, Tennessee
    5. _____, Anna V., 23, female, Tennessee
    6. _____, Matilda C., 22, female, Mississippi
    7. _____, Galveston A., 21, male, Mississippi
    8. _____, Maria L., 17, female, Mississippi, attended school this year
    9. _____, Josephine S., 15, female, Mississippi, attended school this year  
    Census 5 Aug 1870  Chulahoma, Marshall County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [44
    1. Walker, G. H., 69, male, white, farmer, real estate $2400, personal $100, Georgia
    2. _____, S. H., [63?], female, white, housekeeper, Tennessee
    3. _____, H. V., 30, female, white, at home, Tennessee
    4. _____, M. C., 26, female, white, at home, Mississippi
    5. Marion, Francis, 13, male, white, Mississippi, attended school this year 
    Died Aft 1870  [44
    • Internet source states his date of death as 28 February 1878.
      [One World Tree, Ancestry.com, for George H. Walker
    Person ID I112  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2018 

    Father (Progenitor) Walker,   b. Between 1750 and 1765,   d. Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Elizabeth (--?--),   b. 1775-1785,   d. Bef 7 Apr 1823, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years) 
    Married Bef 1790 
    • Deduced from birthdates of children.
    Family ID F1130  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Celina Huntington King,   b. 20 May 1806, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1873, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married Bef 1824  Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [45, 46
    • Pratt and Fondy both listed George's wife as "Polly Adams." If he was married to a Polly Adams, it was prior to this marriage, and must have ended in her early death. Could Polly Adams have been the object of the bastardy bond in 1824?
    • Descendant Josephine H. Jones offers a marriage date of 9 September 1823, but no place of marriage.
    Children 
    +1. Elijah Millington Walker,   b. 17 Nov 1824, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 1868, Gonzales County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
    +2. Elizabeth Carolina Walker,   b. 23 Dec 1826, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1920, Wrightsboro, Gonzales County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     3. Sally Viena Walker,   b. 23 Mar 1829, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1836  (Age 7 years)
     4. Mary Anastasia Walker,   b. 8 May 1831, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1877  (Age 45 years)
     5. Hannah Vadalia Walker,   b. 1830-1836, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1929, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     6. Matilda Catherine Walker,   b. 26 Jul 1836, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 4 January 1893  (Age 56 years)
     7. Galveston A. Walker,   b. 9 Dec 1838, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1862?, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Maria Louisa Walker,   b. 10 Oct 1841, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1860  (Age 18 years)
    +9. Josephine S. Walker,   b. 2 Apr 1844, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1916  (Age 71 years)
    Last Modified 1 Aug 2014 
    Family ID F50  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Elizabeth Walker, 1820 Dickson County, Tennessee, census
    Elizabeth Walker, 1820 Dickson County, Tennessee, census
    1820 U. S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, population schedule, p.16 (stamped, recto), line 34, Elizabeth Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http:www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 Oct 2008); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M33, roll 123.
    George H. Walker and Jacob Walker, administrators for Elizabeth Walker, sale of 56 acres to William B. Dobson, 1825
    George H. Walker and Jacob Walker, administrators for Elizabeth Walker, sale of 56 acres to William B. Dobson, 1825
    Dickson County, Tennessee, deeds D: 113, George H. Walker and Jacob Walker, administrators for the deceased Elizabeth Walker, to William B. Dodson (1825).
    Archalaus Walker, lawsuit 1826, charging that Elizabeth Walker was not in her right mind when she deeded two slaves to Elijah and George H. Walker in 1823
    Archalaus Walker, lawsuit 1826, charging that Elizabeth Walker was not in her right mind when she deeded two slaves to Elijah and George H. Walker in 1823
    Dickson County, Tennessee, Court Minute Book 3: 10-11 March 1826, Archalaus Walker and others versus George H. & Elijah Walker; TSLA microfilm Dickson County 1, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

  • Sources 
    1. [S99] Esther Pratt (6408 Worchester Drive; Nashville, Tennessee) to Sandra Johnston (Oklahoma), letter, 13 May 1997, regarding the Elijah Walker family of Dickson County, Tennessee. Privately held by Ms. Johnston. The author has lost contact with Ms. Johnston and no longer knows her whereabouts.

    2. [S1406] 1850 U.S. census, Marshall County, Mississippi, population schedule, Southern Division, Marshall County, Mississippi, Page 228 (stamped), Dwelling 279, Family 279, Geo. H. Walker household, jpeg image. digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 May 2008); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 377. .

    3. [S1324] 1820 U. S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, population schedule, p.16 (stamped, recto), line 34, Elizabeth Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http:www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 Oct 2008); citing NARA microfilm publication M33, roll 123.

    4. [S1409] Dickson County, Tennessee, Deed Book C: 452, deed of gifts, Elizabeth Walker to Elijah Walker (1823); FHL microfilm no. 497,422.

    5. [S3088] Dickson County, Tennessee, Circuit Court, v. 1 (1810-1815), April Term 1823, for George H. Walker appointed to oversee road; TSLA microfilm Dickson County 1, TSLA, Nashville.

    6. [S1408] Marjorie Hood Fisher, comp, Tennessee Tidbits 1778-1914 (Easley, SC : Southern Historical Press, 1986), 386, entry for George H. Walker, Dickson County (1823) ; citing Dickson County Circuit Court Minutes, book 2.

    7. [S3091] Dickson County, Tennessee, Circuit Court Minutes, Book 1 (1810-1815), April Term 1823, for George H. Walker and Jacob Walker, appointed administrators for estate of Elizabeth Walker deceased; TSLA microfilm Dickson County no. 1, Nashville.

    8. [S1640] Carol Wells, Dickson County, Tennessee, County and Circuit Court Minutes, 1816-1828 and Witness Dockett (Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 1993); CD-Rom edition (Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 2005).

    9. [S1410] Dickson County, Tennessee, deed book D: 171-172, King to Walker (1824); Archives Annex, Charlotte.

    10. [S1642] Dickson County, Tennessee, deeds D: 113, George H. Walker and Jacob Walker, administrators for the deceased Elizabeth Walker, to William B. Dodson (1825).

    11. [S1640] Carol Wells, Dickson County, Tennessee, County and Circuit Court Minutes, 1816-1828 and Witness Dockett (Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 1993); CD-Rom edition (Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 2005)., 109.

    12. [S1640] Carol Wells, Dickson County, Tennessee, County and Circuit Court Minutes, 1816-1828 and Witness Dockett (Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 1993); CD-Rom edition (Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 2005)., 116.

    13. [S1329] Carol Wells, Heritage Book Archives: Tennessee, CD-ROM (Bowie, Md. : Heritage Books, 2000)., 123.

    14. [S1640] Carol Wells, Dickson County, Tennessee, County and Circuit Court Minutes, 1816-1828 and Witness Dockett (Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 1993); CD-Rom edition (Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 2005)., 123.

    15. [S1640] Carol Wells, Dickson County, Tennessee, County and Circuit Court Minutes, 1816-1828 and Witness Dockett (Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 1993); CD-Rom edition (Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 2005)., 124.

    16. [S1640] Carol Wells, Dickson County, Tennessee, County and Circuit Court Minutes, 1816-1828 and Witness Dockett (Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 1993); CD-Rom edition (Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 2005)., 129.

    17. [S1187] Jill Knight Garret, Dickson County Handbook (Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press,1984) , 135.

    18. [S1640] Carol Wells, Dickson County, Tennessee, County and Circuit Court Minutes, 1816-1828 and Witness Dockett (Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 1993); CD-Rom edition (Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 2005)., 135.

    19. [S1645] Carol Wells, Dickson County, Tennessee, County and Circuit Court Minutes, 1816-1828 and Witness Dockett (Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 1993), 150, Jacob Walker and George H. Walker, 1827; CD-Rom edition (Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 2005). Thomas S. Hunter vs. Jacob Walker and George H. Walker, administrators of the estate of Elizabeth Walker. 6 April 1827.

    20. [S1640] Carol Wells, Dickson County, Tennessee, County and Circuit Court Minutes, 1816-1828 and Witness Dockett (Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 1993); CD-Rom edition (Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 2005)., 155.

    21. [S1329] Carol Wells, Heritage Book Archives: Tennessee, CD-ROM (Bowie, Md. : Heritage Books, 2000)., 2: 150.

    22. [S1640] Carol Wells, Dickson County, Tennessee, County and Circuit Court Minutes, 1816-1828 and Witness Dockett (Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 1993); CD-Rom edition (Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 2005)., 158.

    23. [S1329] Carol Wells, Heritage Book Archives: Tennessee, CD-ROM (Bowie, Md. : Heritage Books, 2000)., 157.

    24. [S4157] 1830 U.S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, [no township stated], p. 315 (penned, top left), p. 315 (stamped, top right), line 7, George H. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 February 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 174.

    25. [S1412] Dickson County, Tennessee, 1831 Tax Book, Levi McCollum’s Company, unpaginated, entry for George H. Walker; FHL microfilm 497,683.

    26. [S1413] Dickson County, Tennessee, 1832 Tax Book, Levi McCollum’s Company, unpaginated, entry for George H. Walker; FHL microfilm 497,683.

    27. [S1187] Jill Knight Garret, Dickson County Handbook (Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press,1984) , 87.

    28. [S1414] Dickson County, Tennessee, 1833 Tax Book, Levi McCollum’s Company, unpaginated, entry for George H. Walker; FHL microfilm 497,683.

    29. [S1415] Lynette Boney Wrenn, editor, A Bachelor's Life in Antebellum Mississippi: The Diary of Dr. Elijah Millington Walker, 1849-1852 (Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press, 2004), 4.

    30. [S5119] Mississippi Department of Archives and History (http://www.mdah.ms.gov/ : accessed 3 May 2017) > Research > Digital Archives > Tax Rolls (Mississippi), 1818-1902 > Browse Records by County > Marshall > 1836 - Combined > image 15 of 15, line 7, for G. H. Walker, one white pole; Series 1202, County Tax Rolls, 1818-1902, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson. http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Marshall/1836/Combined/15.

    31. [S5120] Mississippi Department of Archives and History (http://www.mdah.ms.gov/ : accessed 3 May 2017) > Research > Digital Archives > Tax Rolls (Mississippi), 1818-1902 > Browse Records by County > Marshall > 1837 - Combined > image 31 of 32, line 10, for "Walker, G & Co.,"; Series 1202, County Tax Rolls, 1818-1902, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson. http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Marshall/1837/Combined/31.

    32. [S5121] Mississippi Department of Archives and History (http://www.mdah.ms.gov/ : accessed 3 May 2017) > Research > Digital Archives > Tax Rolls (Mississippi), 1818-1902 > Browse Records by County > Marshall > 1838 - Combined > image 25 of 28, line 25, for G.H. Walker, 1 white poll; Series 1202, County Tax Rolls, 1818-1902, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson. http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Marshall/1838/Combined/25.

    33. [S5122] Mississippi Department of Archives and History (http://www.mdah.ms.gov/ : accessed 3 May 2017) > Research > Digital Archives > Tax Rolls (Mississippi), 1818-1902 > Browse Records by County > Marshall > 1839 - Combined > image 29 of 32, line 26, for Geo H. Walker, 1 white poll; Series 1202, County Tax Rolls, 1818-1902, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson. http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Marshall/1839/Combined/29.

    34. [S1416] 1840 U.S. census, Marshall County, Mississippi, Southern Division, p. 1 (penned), line 8, G. H. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 Sep 2009); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 218. .

    35. [S5123] Mississippi Department of Archives and History (http://www.mdah.ms.gov/ : accessed 3 May 2017) > Research > Digital Archives > Tax Rolls (Mississippi), 1818-1902 > Browse Records by County > Marshall > 1841 - Combined > image 53 of 85, line 15, for George H. Walker; Series 1202, County Tax Rolls, 1818-1902, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson. http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Marshall/1841/Combined/53.

    36. [S5446] Mississippi Department of Archives and History (http://www.mdah.ms.gov/ : accessed 3 May 2017) > Research > Digital Archives > Series 100 - State Census Returns, 1818-1880; n.d. > Marshall County > 1845 > image/page 4, for George H. Walker.

    37. [S5124] Mississippi Department of Archives and History (http://www.mdah.ms.gov/ : accessed 3 May 2017) > Research > Digital Archives > Tax Rolls (Mississippi), 1818-1902 > Browse Records by County > Marshall > 1842 - Land > image 53 of 69, line 31, for Geo. H. Walker; Series 1202, County Tax Rolls, 1818-1902, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson. http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Marshall/1842/Land/53.

    38. [S5126] Mississippi Department of Archives and History (http://www.mdah.ms.gov/ : accessed 3 May 2017) > Research > Digital Archives > Tax Rolls (Mississippi), 1818-1902 > Browse Records by County > Marshall > 1846 - Personal > image 73 of 97, line 23, for George H. Walker; Series 1202, County Tax Rolls, 1818-1902, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson. http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Marshall/1846/Personal/73.

    39. [S2630] "Mississippi, State Archives, Various Records, 1820-1951," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 23 Sept 2012), Marshall County taxes, 1848, George H. Walker; Mississippi State Archives, Jackson.

    40. [S1336] 1850 U. S. census, Marshall county, Mississippi, population schedule, Southern Division, p. 228 (stamped), dwelling 279, family 279, Geo H. Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 Sept 2009; citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 377. .

    41. [S2632] "Mississippi, State Archives, Various Records, 1820-1951," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 23 Sept 2012), Marshall County taxes, 1856, George H. Walker; Mississippi State Archives, Jackson.

    42. [S5127] Mississippi Department of Archives and History (http://www.mdah.ms.gov/ : accessed 3 May 2017) > Research > Digital Archives > Tax Rolls (Mississippi), 1818-1902 > Browse Records by County > Marshall > 1856 - Personal > image 109 of 125, line 24, for George H. Walker; Series 1202, County Tax Rolls, 1818-1902, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson. http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Marshall/1856/Personal/109.

    43. [S1418] 1860 U.S. census, Marshall County, Mississippi, population schedule, Wall Hill, p. 16 (penned), dwelling 112, family 117, G. H. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 Sep 2009); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 587.

    44. [S1419] 1870 U.S. census, Marshall County, Mississippi, population schedule, Township 5 Range 5 (Chulahoma post office), p. 85 (penned), p. 447 (stamped, verso), dwelling 642, family 646, G. H. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 Sep 2009); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 740.

    45. [S1183] Walker, Elijah M., Dr. (edited diaries), Lynette Boney Wrenn, editor, (Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press, 2004.).
      "According to an old record kept by my father, I was born on the 17th day of November Ano Domini 1824, of parentage low and humble. my [sic] father was a farmer of the State of Tennessee where he married my mother, the daughter of Samuel King. "

    46. [S4381] Josephine H. Jones (P.O. Box 95, Byhalia, MS 38611), "Descendants of Celina Huntington King I," family group sheet; copies in possession of Janis Walker Gilmore (Pawleys Island, SC). No source citations, no date. Mrs. Jones is a descendant of George H. Walker and wife Celina Huntington King through their son Elijah Huntington Walker, his son James Charles Wilson Walker, and his daughter Josephine Kaufman (Walker) Stanback.