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John M. Walker

John M. Walker

Male 1824 - 1873  (48 years)

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  • Name John M. Walker  [1, 2] 
    Born 18 Sep 1824  Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5] 
    • Despite the fact that so many databases name him as "James M. Walker," it begins to appear that the John M. Walker found in the 1850 Marshall County, Mississippi, census, who married Rachel D. Barnett, and who is later found in White County, Arkansas--could be the same man as the "J. M. Walker" listed as the eldest son of Elijah Walker and his first wife, Matilda.

      The name "James M. Walker" may have come from the Charles Bowen typescript, which contains many errors (as well as much good information) and is not sourced.

      In favor of this:

      • Both the Collins Walker and the McMillan Gaelic Bible list him only as "J. M. Walker," with a birthdate of 18 September 1824.
      • Marshall County, Mississippi, where he was found in 1850, was the county where Elijah's elder brother George H. resided from abt 1834 until his death after 1870. The two were enumerated on the same page. On the previous page of the same census was "R. Walker," an apparent laborer--possibly Helton Rutherford Walker, who is not found in Tennessee in 1850
      • John M. and Rachel D. (Barnett) Walker are found in the 1870 White County, Ark, census. Rachel's parents, Zimmer and Emeline Barnett are found there as well. All four are buried in the Center Hill Baptist Church cemetery.
      • The birth date given on John M. Walker's stone in the Center Hill Baptist Church is 18 September 1824--the same as the birthdate given for J. M. Walker in the Walker Bibles


      This would seem to be a strong indication that the identities of James Monroe Walker from the Walker Bibles and John M. Walker who married Rachel D. Barnett can be merged.
    Gender Male 
    Military Service 30 Oct 1847  DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Pvt., Co. C., Anderson's Rifles, Battalion Mississippi Rifles
    Joined 30 Oct
    Mustered in 19 Nov
    Carded record Vicksburg 8 Dec
    Period "During the War"
    March-April 1948 "Sick in Military Hospital Tampico"

    Reasons I believe this is the right John M. Walker:

    • Enlisted at Hernando, DeSoto County, right next to Marshall Co, where he is found in 1850 census and was married the same year.
    • Although there are a number of John Walker's in Marshall Co in 1850, there is only one John M. Marshall--the one married to Rachel Barnett.
    • There are no John Walkers in DeSoto Co in 1850.
    • Age is about right--22 on the card dated Nov and Dec of 1847, calculating to a birth year of 1825--just one year off. 
    Tax Record 1848  Marshall County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    John M. Walker does not appear on the 1848 tax list. 
    Possible Census 26 Sep 1850  Southern District, Marshall County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • 1. Walker, Jno. [possibly Jms?] M., 25, male, farmer, Tennessee
      2. _____, Rachel D., 16, female, Tennessee
      [Next door to the Zimri Barnett household]

      Though this person's name appears to be "Jno M." or probably "John M. Walker," it could be interpreted as Jms--remotely. [See digital image of census.]
    RESEARCH 10 Apr 1851  [9] 
    John M. Walker assigned his military land patent to James Hadley (assignee), Union County. Champagnolle land office. (See BLM site.) 
    Note 1858  White County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    John M. Walker appears as Justice of the Peace on a deed involving a Joseph H. Walker. 
    Land 28 Jul 1859  White County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    John M. Walker sold 190 acres to Marcus Stewart, legal description not clear. 
    Census 1860  Clay township, White County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • 1. Walker, J. M., 36, male, farmer, real estate $1500, personal $400, Tennessee, [attended school 2 months?]
      2. _____, R. D., 36, female, Tennessee
      3. _____, C. T., 9, female, Mississippi
      4. _____, S., 6, female, Mississippi
      5. _____, V. M., 5, female, Arkansas
      6. B[ele? Bell?], S., 30, male, farm labor, Kentucky
      7. West, S., 7, m, Arkansas
      [The apparent 2 months that J. M. Walker attended school probably actually represents 2 children attending school, an error by the census taker in executing census instructions.]

      [Day and month not stated for this township.]
    Possible Census 18 Aug 1870  Searcy (post office), Marion township, White County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    • 1. Walker, J. M., 45, male, white, farmer, real estate value $280, personal $600, Tennessee
      2. _____, Racheal, 37, female, white, keeping house, Mississippi
      3. _____, [Oley O.], 21, female, white, at home, Mississippi
      4. _____, Clara A., 18, female, white, at home, Mississippi
      5. _____, [Voley] E., 16, female, white, at home, Arkansas
      6. _____, Elizabeth, 10, female, white, Arkansas, attending school
      7. _____, [Theodotio] C., 8, female, white, Arkansas
      8. _____, Johana, [3? 5?], female, white, Arkansas
      9. _____, George B., 6 months, male, white, Arkansas, born in February
      10. Harrison, Jessey, 16, male, white, at school, Arkansas, attending school
    RESEARCH 1857-1872  White County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    White Co ARK, deed book F:774, John M. Walker to Marcus Stewart.

    Entered in index, page missing? Have asked Rick to doublecheck. Year uncertain, but that vol. covers 1857-1872, probably toward the latter end of that spread.

    Rick thought perhaps it was just a microfilming problem at the end of the roll. Have contact APG list to find researcher, and have contacted White Co Hist Soc to see if they know of someone who can check the original deed. 
    Died 3 Apr 1873  White County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    DAUGHTER 1920  Denton, Denton County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Clara's death certificate names her parents as "Jno. M. Walker" and "Patty" Barnett." 
    DAUGHTER 18 Oct 1928  Coryell County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Theodocia's death certificate named her parents as "Jno Walker" and "Miss Barnett." 
    SON 19 Feb 1937  Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    George B.'s death certificate names his parents as "John Walker" and "Miss Rachel Barnett." 
    DAUGHTER 27 Oct 1945  Brownwood, Brown County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Daughter Della's death certificate states that her parents were "John M. Walker" and "Rachel Barnett." 
    RESEARCH Probate or letters of administration not found. Online images at FamilySearch, Arkansas Probate Records, 1817-1979 > White > Administration bonds and ... 1857-1889 vol E, B and 2. Checked for a year before and after date of death.

    Not found in index of Arkansas Probate Records, 1817-1979 White Executor and guardian bonds and letters, 1854-1940 vol B, F and A.

     
    Buried Center Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Center Hill, White County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I1902  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2017 

    Father Elijah Walker,   b. 14 Sep 1802, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1872, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Matilda King,   b. Abt 1803, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1834, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 31 years) 
    Married Abt 1823  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [18, 19] 
    • No record of Elijah's first marriage has been located. Although Dickson County marriage records begin in 1817, a tornado on 30 May 1830 decimated the county seat of Charlotte, severely damaging the courthouse, and resulting in record loss.

      • Elijah's first child,"J. M." (John M.), was born on 18 September 1824
      • Elijah is probably one of the two males found in the 1820 census household of Elizabeth Walker
      • In January 1824 Elijah Walker and wife, the "former Matilda King" appointed William Shelby as their representative in legal actions in Sullivan County, where Matilda's father died about 1814.
      .
      The marriage probably occurred about 1823 in Dickson County.
    Family ID F632  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rachel D. Barnett,   b. 25 Jul 1833, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 May 1887, White County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 18 Jun 1850  Marshall County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 21] 
    Children 
    +1. Olive Tepa "Ollie" Walker,   b. 17 Jul 1851, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1908, White County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     2. Clara A. Walker,   b. 2 Feb 1854, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1920, Normal Street, Denton, Denton County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     3. Voley E. Walker,   b. Abt 1854, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. After 1870  (Age ~ 17 years)
     4. Mary Elizabeth Walker,   b. 1 Jun 1861, White County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 1905, Erath County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
    +5. Theodosia C. Walker,   b. 23 Sep 1863, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1928, Coryell County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
    +6. Allie Della Walker,   b. 9 Apr 1866, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1945, Brownwood, Brown County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +7. Joanna Walker,   b. 19 Jan 1867, White County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1940  (Age 73 years)
    +8. George Barnett Walker,   b. 8 Feb 1870, White County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1937, Milton Powell Memorial Hospital, Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     9. Emma Walker,   b. 3 Jan 1872, White County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1873, White County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
    Last Modified 9 May 2015 
    Family ID F1715  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Elijah Walker, 1830 Dickson County, Tennessee, census (p. 1)    		Elijah Walker, 1830 Dickson County, Tennessee, census (p. 1)
    1830 U.S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, [no township stated], p. 338 (penned), [no stamped no.], line 24, Elijah Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 February 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 174.
    James/John M. Walker (Elijah, progenitor), 1850 Marshall, Mississippi, census    		James/John M. Walker (Elijah, progenitor), 1850 Marshall, Mississippi, census
    1850 U.S. census, Marshall County, Mississippi, population schedule, Southern Division, p. 455 (penned), p. no. 228 (stamped, recto), dwelling 274, family 274, Jno. M. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 June 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 337.
    James/John M. Walker (Elijah, Progenitor), 1870 White County, Arkansas, census    		James/John M. Walker (Elijah, Progenitor), 1870 White County, Arkansas, census
    1870 U.S. census, White County, Arkansas, population schedule, Searcy (post office), Marion township, p. 1 (penned), p. 382 (stamped, recto), dwelling 5, family 5, J. M. Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 June 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 67.
    Death certificate, Clara A. (Walker) Yerby, 1920, Denton Co TX    		Death certificate, Clara A. (Walker) Yerby, 1920, Denton Co TX
    Denton County, Texas, death certificate no. 1087 (1920), Mrs. C. A. Yerby; "Texas, Deaths 1890–1976," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 3 June 2012); citing Bureau of Vital Statistics, Texas Death Records, State Registrar's Office, Austin.
    George B. Walker, death certificate, 1937, Coryell County, Texas    		George B. Walker, death certificate, 1937, Coryell County, Texas
    Coryell County, Texas, death certificate no. 7349 (1937), George Barnett Walker; "Texas, Deaths 1890–1976," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 3 June 2012); citing Bureau of Vital Statistics, Texas Death Records, State Registrar's Office, Austin.
    1850 Marshall County, Mississippi, census, John M. Walker    		1850 Marshall County, Mississippi, census, John M. Walker
    1850 U.S. census, Marshall County, Mississippi, population schedule, Southern Division, p. 455 (penned), p. no. 228 (stamped, recto), dwelling 274, family 274, Jno. M. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 June 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 337.
    Marriage John M. Walker-Rachel D. Barnett    		Marriage John M. Walker-Rachel D. Barnett
    White County, Arkansas, Marriages, E:90, John M. Walker-Rachel D. Barnett (1850); FHL film no. 894,365.

  • Notes 
    • A Theodosia E. Walker is found marrying Stephen B. Byrd in White County, Arkansas on 23 September 1880. An Ancestry record also records Theodosia Cassandra Walker as marrying Steve Burtis Byrd, and states that her parents were John Manley Walker and Rachel Barnett.

      Cassandra is the middle name of J. M. Walker's younger sister (Sarah Cassandra "Cassie" Walker Lasater).

  • Sources 
    1. [S3159] "Center Hill Baptist Cemetery, Center Hill, Arkansas," database, White County Historical Society, White County, Arkansas (http://www.argenweb.net/white/ : accessed 2 June 2012), entry for John M. Walker (1824-1873), plot no. 189. .

    2. [S5118] Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com), memorial 408800022, digital image of John M. Walker gravestone, Center Hill Cemetery, Center Hill, White County, Arkansas, 12 July 2012, by Lindsay McMannis.

    3. [S65] Virginia Dare (Walker) Sawyer to Janis Walker Gilmore, letter, 1998; regarding the Elijah Walker family of Dickson County, Tennessee.

    4. [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.

    5. [S1129] Louise Gillespie Lynch, Bible Records Williamson County, Tennessee (Nashville, Tennessee: Lynch, 1970), 35, for the Collins Walker Bible.
      "A. M. Walker married F. J. Davis August 15th, 1871.
      James Davis was born September 28th, in the year of our Lord, 1828.
      Louetta Davis was born 20th of January in the year of our Lord, 1828."

    6. [S5092] Compiled service record, John M. Walker (Pvt., Co. C, Battalion Mississippi Rifles (Anderson's), Miss., Mexican War); Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the Mexican War in Organizations From the State of Mississippi; Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917, RG 94, NARA microfilm publication M863, roll 9; digital image, Fold3 (http://www.fold3.com : accessed 31 March 2016).

    7. [S2631] "Mississippi, State Archives, Various Records, 1820-1951," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 23 Sept 2012), Marshall County taxes, 1848, line-by-line search for John M. Walker; Mississippi State Archives, Jackson. Not found.

    8. [S2421] 1850 U.S. census, Marshall County, Mississippi, population schedule, Southern Division, p. 455 (penned), p. no. 228 (stamped, recto), dwelling 274, family 274, Jno. M. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 June 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 377.

    9. [S5151] John M. Walker (Pvt., Capt. Dorsey's Co., First Battalion, Mississippi Rifles, Mexican-American War), bounty land warrant no. 26.015, assignee James Hadley; "Land Patent Search," images, General Land Office Records (https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/ : accessed 9 June 2017).

    10. [S4837] White County, Arkansas, Deed Book F:395-396 (1858), Joseph H. Walker; FHL microfilm 1,025,667. John M. Walker, justice of the peace.

    11. [S5139] White County, Arkansas, deed book F:774, John M. Walker to Marcus Stewart (1859); County Clerk, Search County, Arkansas.

    12. [S3158] 1860 U.S. census, White County, Arkansas, population schedule, Clay township, p. 5 (penned, recto), p. 995 (stamped, recto), dwelling 1180, family 1230, J. M. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 February 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 52.

    13. [S2422] 1870 U.S. census, White County, Arkansas, population schedule, Searcy (post office), Marion township, p. 1 (penned), p. 382 (stamped, recto), dwelling 5, family 5, J. M. Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 June 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 67. .

    14. [S2448] Denton County, Texas, death certificate no. 1087 (1920), Mrs. C. A. Yerby; "Texas, Deaths 1890–1976," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 3 June 2012); citing Bureau of Vital Statistics, Texas Death Records, State Registrar's Office, Austin.

    15. [S3161] "Texas, Deaths 1890–1976," digital images, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 28 February 2013), death certificate image, Theodocia Byrn, certificate no. 42771, 18 October 1928, Coryell County, Texas Bureau of Statistics; digital image from FHL microfilm 2,114,624.

    16. [S2449] Coryell County, Texas, death certificate no. 7349 (1937), George Barnett Walker; "Texas, Deaths 1890–1976," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 3 June 2012); citing Bureau of Vital Statistics, Texas Death Records, State Registrar's Office, Austin.

    17. [S3165] "Texas, Deaths 1890–1976," digital images, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 2 March 2013), death certificate image, "Mrs. T. E. Byrd," certificate no. 42630, 27 October 1945, Brown County, Texas Bureau of Statistics; digital image from FHL microfilm 2,218,184.

    18. [S1131] Louise Gillespie Lynch, Bible Records Williamson County, Tennessee (Nashville, Tennessee: Lynch, 1970), 40, for the McMillan Gaelic Bible.

    19. [S1129] Louise Gillespie Lynch, Bible Records Williamson County, Tennessee (Nashville, Tennessee: Lynch, 1970), 35, for the Collins Walker Bible.

    20. [S2423] "Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 2 June 2012), John M. Walker-Rachel. D. Barnett (1850), Marshall County, Mississippi; citing FHL film no. 894,365.

    21. [S4838] White County, Arkansas, Marriages, E:90, John M. Walker-Rachel D. Barnett (1850); FHL film no. 894,365.


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