Elizabeth M. Walker

1826 - 1856  (29 years)

• Name	Elizabeth M. Walker
  Born	23 Dec 1826	Dickson County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Died	3 Oct 1856  [1, 3]
  Person ID	I2004	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	23 Sep 2009

  
  

  Father	Elijah Walker,   b. 14 Sep 1802, Georgia, USA ,   d. 26 Jul 1872, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Matilda King,   b. Abt 1803, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 16 Oct 1834, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA  (Age ~ 31 years)
  Married	Abt 1823	Dickson County, Tennessee, USA   [4, 5]
  	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

  
  

  Married	Between 1840 and 1850	Tennessee, USA
  	Elizabeth M. WALKER is found in 1840 in the home of her father, Elijah WALKER, age 16. She is no longer in the home at the time of the 1850 census. It is more than likely that she married in this period.
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2009
  Family ID	F756	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S65] Virginia Dare (Walker) Sawyer to Janis Walker Gilmore, letter, 1998; regarding the Elijah Walker family of Dickson County, Tennessee. [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. [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." [S1131] Louise Gillespie Lynch, Bible Records Williamson County, Tennessee (Nashville, Tennessee: Lynch, 1970), 40, for the McMillan Gaelic Bible. [S1129] Louise Gillespie Lynch, Bible Records Williamson County, Tennessee (Nashville, Tennessee: Lynch, 1970), 35, for the Collins Walker Bible.