Helton Rutherford Walker b. 21 Oct 1828 Dickson County, Tennessee, USA d. 29 Aug 1901 Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA: Our Family History

1828 - 1901 (72 years)

Name	Helton Rutherford Walker
	Also known as "Rutherford," but probably not ever called "Helton."
Born	21 Oct 1828	Dickson County, Tennessee, USA [1, 2, 3, 4]
Gender	Male
Census	1830	Dickson County, Tennessee, USA [5]
	Elijah Walker household 1 male under 5 [Helton Rutherford Walker, abt 2] 1 male 5-10 [J. M. Walker, abt 6] 1 male 20-30 [Elijah Walker, abt 28] 1 female under 5 [Elizabeth M. Walker, abt 4] 1 female 20-30 [Matilda (???) Walker No slaves
Census	1840	Dyer County, Tennessee, USA [6]
	Elijah Walker 2 males 0-5 [James abt 2 & Levi abt 4] 1 male 5 - 10 [William K., abt 6] 1 male 10-15 [Helton Rutherford Walker, abt 12] 1 male 15-20 [John M. Walker, abt 16] 1 male 30-40 [Elijah Walker, abt 38] 1 female 0 -5 [Matilda J, b in June] 1 female 5-10 [Sarah C., abt 9 ] 1 female 10-15 [Elizabeth M., about 14] 1 female 20-30 [wife, Mary Polly (McMillan) Walker, abt 27] 0 slaves 3 engaged in agriculture 0 engaged in other occupations 10 total
Negative evidence	1848	Marshall County, Mississippi, USA
	A line by line search of the 1848 personal property tax rolls for Marshall County does not locate Helton Rutherford Walker (or variants).
Possible Census	25 Sep 1850	Southern Division, Marshall County, Mississippi, USA [7]
	[R. Walker seems to be a good candidate to be Helton Rutherford Walker, who was often called "Rutherford." In support of this possibility: Birthplace of Tennessee, is correct On the following page is George H. Walker, HR's uncle, just a year or so older than HR's father Elijah. It is likely that "R. Walker" and "Geo H. Walker" were quite close in proximity. Also on the page following "R. Walker" is "Jno M. Walker," a likely candidate to be HR's oldest brother "J. M. Walker." While the eldest brother is often named as "James Monroe Walker," the Bible data refers to him only as "J. M. Walker." Additionally, when this John M. Walker of Marshall County, Mississippi, is followed in census to his subsequent home in White County, Arkansas, his burial at Center Hill Baptist Cemetery, states his birth date as 18 September 1824--the exact date given for the birth of Elijah's eldest son "J. M. Walker." HR was not married in 1850 and may have been trying out the possibility of moving to Marshall County, near his family. HR is not found in his parents' household in Tennessee in this census, nor elsewhere in Humphreys or Dickson County HR was enumerated in the next (1860) census as "R. Walker." HR was commonly known later in life as "Rutherford Walker," lending further strength to the references to him as "R. Walker." In conflict with the above, "R. Rutherford" is enumerated as age 20, calculating to a birth year of 1830. However, in terms of census age errors, that is minimal, particularly considering that William Pace may have guessed at his age for the enumerator.
Tax Record	1851	Marshall County, Mississippi, USA [8, 9]
	Taxed only for 1 white poll.
Tax Record	1851	Marshall County, Mississippi, USA [10]
	1 white poll tax Two enumerations "Rutherford H." on p. 122 and "Helton R." on p. 124.
Religion	1853 [2]
	"Professed faith in Christ and joined the M. E. Church South."
Negative evidence	1856	Marshall County, Mississippi, USA [11]
	Helton Rutherford Walker was not located in the 1856 Marshall County, Mississippi, personal tax assessments.
Census, Agriculture	4 Jul 1860	Danielsville (post office), Dickson County, Tennessee, USA [12]
	12 acres improved [blank] acres unimproved [blank] cash value of farm 10 value of farming implements and machinery 1 horses [blank] [? and mules] 2 milch cow [blank] working oxen 2 other cattle 4 sheep - not everyone had, but wasn't that unusual 1 swine 150 value of livestock wheat rye 300 Indian corn, bushels of - more than most [blank] oats - others in neighborhood did [blank] rice - none in neighborhood [blank] tobacco ? others in neighborhood [blank] ginned cotton, bushels of [blank] wool, lbs of 1 peas and beans, bushels of 8 bushels Irish potatoes 20 sweet potatoes [blank] barley, bushels of [blank] Ruckwheat? Huckwheat? [blank] value of orchard products, in dollars [blank] wine [blank] market gardens 40 butter, lbs of [blank] molasses, gallons of and from what made [blank] [blank] 20 value of home-made manufactures 60 value of animals slaughtered
Census	9 Jul 1860	Danielsville (post office), Middle Division, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA [13]
	1. Walker, R., 31, male, school teacher, [no real estate value], personal $200, Tennessee 2. _____, Easter E., 22, female, Tennessee 3. _____, E. J. [Eudocia J.], 5, female, Tennessee 4. _____, Wm, 4, male, Tennessee 5. _____, "Ann T." [see note below], 2, female, Tennessee 6. _____, Mary C., 5 months, female, Tennessee [Living next door to Esther's mother, Bedie (Clark) Thornton. "Ann T." listed in census was doubtless a misinterpretation. Son Thomas Newell was the right age for this position in the family, all of the other children are correctly named. It is possible that the initials "T. N." were reversed to "N. T." which sounds very like "Ann T."]
Census	13 Jun 1870	Pine Wood (post office), 6th Civil District, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA [4]
	1. Walker, H. R., 42, male, white, work on farm, real estate value $250, personal $800, Tennessee 2. _____, Elizabeth, 32, female, white, keeping house, Tennessee 3. _____, Docia, 15, female, white, work in cotton mill, Tennessee 4. _____, William, 14, male, white, work on farm, Tennessee, [can read, implied], cannot write 5. _____, Thos. N., 12, male, white, work in cotton mill, Tennessee, cannot write 6. _____, Mary C., 10, female, white, work in cotton mill, Tennessee, cannot write 7. _____, Sarah A., 8, female, white, Tennessee 8. _____, Beeda E., 4, female, white, Tennessee 9, _____, Coantha L., 2, white, female, white, Tennessee 10. _____, Martha J., 5 months, white, female, Tennessee, born in January 11. Thornton, Beeda, 54, female, white, Tennessee
Deed	24 Dec 1879	Walker from Morgan, Howell County, Missouri, USA [14]
	On this date H. R. bought about 11 acres from George Morgan.
	"SW 1/4 of Section No. 35 Township No 27 N Range No 8 West. Runing thence East on the Township line 20 chains thence North 5o 50' West 711 links thence South 77[deg] 43' West 20 chains thence South 5[deg] 50' East 464 links to the place of beginning. Containing eleven acres and sixty four hundredth [sic] of an acres, Being a part of the south west 1/4 of the South East 1/4 of Section 35 T.27 R.8."
Census	19 Jun 1880	Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA [15]
	1. Walker, R. Helton, white, male, 51, married, farmer, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 2. _____, E. Easter, white, female, 42, wife, married, keeping house, Alabama, North Carolina, North Carolina 3. _____, B. Etta, white, female, 14, daughter, at home, attending school, Tennessee, Tennessee, Alabama 4. _____, C. Lenora, white, female, 12, daughter, at home, attending school, cannot write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Alabama 5. _____, J. Martha, white, female, 10, daughter, at home, attending school, cannot write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Alabama 6. _____, R. More, white, male, 9, son, at home, attending school, cannot read or write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Alabama 7. _____, A. Helton, white, male, 6, son, at home, cannot read or write, Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama 8. _____, T. W. Theodore, white, male, 4, son, at home, Missouri, Tennessee, Missouri
Court	7 Feb 1881	West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA [16]
	"H. R. Walker was allowed $235.07 for his service as County Assessor." For more info on duties of assessor and compensation: The Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri, 1879, vol. 2 (Jefferson City: Carter & Regan, State Printers and Binders, 1879), 1309-1320, Article II, "Assessors and the Assessment of Property," particularly Sec. 6685, "Time of making assessment and what the lists shall contain," and Sec. 6725 "Compensation of assessor."
Census	15 Jun 1900	Hutton Valley township, Howell County, Missouri, USA [17]
	1. Walker, Rutherford, head, white, male, October 1829, 71, married, married 46 years, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 142 2. _____, Elizabeth, wife, white, female, October 1837, 64, married, 46 years, 12 children 10 living, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, can read and write 3. _____, Minnie, daughter, white, female, October 1880, 19, single, Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama, farm labor, can read and write 4. _____, Claude, grandson, whtie, male, February 1887, 13, Missouri, Tennessee, Missouri, farm labor, can read, cannot write
Land Patent	Walker, H. R., land patent, Howell County, Missouri, USA
Obituary	1901	Howell County, Missouri, USA [2]
	Obituary of Helton Rutherford Walker [unidentified newspaper]
	The Reverend H. R. Walker was born October 21, 1828; professed faith in Christ and joined the M. E. Church South in 1853. He was married to Elizabeth Thornton on January 26, 1854, and died at his home near Trask, Aug 29 1901 after an illness of ten months during which time his suffering was constant. He was perfectly resigned to God's will. For forty years he had stood as a watch-man on the walls of Zion and in his last illness he said he had reviewed his ministerial life over and not one word would he change if he had it to preach over. He was faithful in all his official relations. The writer has known him as trustee, steward, and preacher. He was S. S. Supt. for many years. He performed the duties of each office with conscientious care. In his family relations as a husband he was true and affectionate; as a father he was provident and kind. His pure Christian life, his noble character, his high sense of honor and his Godly council is a heritage greater and richer to his children than any amount of gold. The writer can remember forty years acquaintance with him and never knew him to step aside or do a willful wrong. The writer has known him when so afflicted with rheumatism that he could not stand alone, sit and preach lengthy sermons. He was laid to rest in Chapple graveyard amidst weeping wife and children and sympathising friends, but his sainted spirit had taken its flight, swept through the gates of the New Jerusalem [illegible] triumphant. He leaves a faithful, loving wife, ten devoted children and a host of grand-children and friends to mourn his loss. But we mourn not as those who have no hope. We shall sleep but not forever There will be a glorious dawn; We shall meet to part, no never On the Resurrection morn. - His Daughter
Died	29 Aug 1901	Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA [18]
NEWS	30 Aug 1901	West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA [19]
	The Journal-Gazette (West Plains): "T. W. Walker left today for Mtn. View, where he was summoned to the bedside of his father, H. R. Walker, who is very low. The elder Mr. Walker is well and favorably known all over this section, having at one time been assessor of this county."
Buried	Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA [18]
Person ID	I3136	Full \| ProgenitorWalker
Last Modified	26 Mar 2020

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 [20, 21]
	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 Esther Elizabeth Thornton, b. 1 Oct 1837, Alabama, USA , d. 22 Apr 1908, Howell County, Missouri, USA (Age 70 years)

Married 26 Jan 1854 Hickman County, Tennessee, USA [2, 22]

Children

+	1. Eudocia Josephine "Docia" Walker, b. 15 Dec 1854, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA , d. 4 Sep 1945, Glencoe, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA (Age 90 years)
+	2. William E. "Bud" Walker, b. 31 Jan 1856, Tennessee, USA , d. 15 Feb 1893, Howell County, Missouri, USA (Age 37 years)
+	3. Thomas Newell "Tom" Walker, b. 29 Jan 1858, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA , d. 5 Sep 1942, Howell County, Missouri, USA (Age 84 years)
+	4. Mary Carolina "Molly" Walker, b. 29 Jan 1860, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA , d. 26 Feb 1920, Liberal, Barton County, Missouri, USA (Age 60 years)
	5. Sarah A. Walker, b. 24 May 1862, Tennessee, USA , d. 24 Jul 1881, Howell County, Missouri, USA (Age 19 years)
+	6. Bedy Etta Walker, b. 22 Feb 1866, Tennessee, USA , d. 4 Feb 1941, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (Age 74 years)
+	7. Coantha Lenora "Nora" Walker, b. 25 Jan 1868, Tennessee, USA , d. 24 Nov 1957, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA (Age 89 years)
+	8. Martha Jane "Matt" Walker, b. 2 Jan 1870, Pine Wood [Pinewood], Hickman County, Tennessee , d. 16 Mar 1947, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA (Age 77 years)
+	9. Robert Moore "Bob" Walker, b. 6 Mar 1871, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA , d. 8 Nov 1954, Howell County, Missouri, USA (Age 83 years)
+	10. Helton Alanson "Lance" Walker, b. 10 Aug 1874, Howell County, Missouri, USA , d. 25 Nov 1957, Liberal, Barton County, Missouri (Age 83 years)
+	11. Theodore Hardman "The" Whitfield Walker, b. 3 Mar 1876, Howell County, Missouri, USA , d. 23 Apr 1962 (Age 86 years)
+	12. Minnie Bertrude Walker, b. 22 Oct 1880, Trask, Howell County, Missouri, USA , d. 14 Aug 1941, Simla, Elbert County, Colorado, USA (Age 60 years)

Last Modified 17 Jul 2013

Family ID F1072 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Photos

Helton Rutherford Walker, younger
Helton Rutherford Walker, born 21 October 1828, Dickson County, Tennessee

Documents » Slide Show		H. R. Walker, from George Morgan, 1878, 11 acres, Howell County, Missouri Howell County, Missouri, Deeds, H:605, Morgan to Walker, 1878; FHL film no. 931,684.
		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.
		Civil Districts, Hickman County, Tennessee, 1890 "Map of Hickman County, Tennessee, Showing the Civil Districts approximately 1890" (Printing Unlimited: Centerville, Tenn., n.d.), digital image, Hickman County, Tennessee, GenWeb (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnhickma : accessed 17 July 2013); bearing a stamp from the Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville. Attached notes indicate…

Notes

(Research):GOSSETT connection?
Lafayette GOSSETT in the same CSA unit as HR WALKER. There was a John W. GOSSETT living in the home of Josiah THORNTON at the time of the 1850 Hickman Co TN census. Possibly indicative of some relationship?

Marriage of Philip Walker to Susannah Hilton, 26 Sept 1759, Goochland, VA; found on WorldVitalRecords.com

Sources

[S940] Helton Rutherford Walker Family Bible Records, Holy Bible (publication data unavailable), loose page of family data, held by Pat Simmons [address and phone number for private use] and the Bible from which they were removed privately held by her sister, Mona; the Bible was left to Rutherford's eldest daughter, Eudocia (Walker) Stokes; from Eudocia it passed to her son, William Earnest Stokes; from William Earnest to his daughter, Clarice Marie (Stokes), who left it to her daughters, Pat and Mona (continued in their possession Jan 2008).
[S311] Helton Rutherford Walker obituary, photo copy of undated clipping from unidentified newspaper, sent to the author by Harold Reeves (Riverton, Wyoming), about 1990. Mr. Reeves is now deceased. The State Historical Society of Missouri has searched their microfilm collection of West Plains and Mountain View (Howell County) newspapers for the obituary without success.
[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."
[S2561] 1870 U.S. census, Hickman County, Tennessee, population schedule, Pine Wood (post office), 6th Civil District, pp. 18-19 (penned), p. 531B-532A (stamped), dwelling 135, family 133, H. R. Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Sept 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1538. .
[S2148] 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.
[S1347] 1840 U. S. census, Dyer County, Tennessee, [no township stated], p. 94 (stamped), line 27, Elijah Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http;//www.ancestry.com : 26 Aug 2007); citing National Archives microfilm publication M704, roll 521.
[S2538] 1850 U.S. census, Marshall County, Mississippi, population schedule, Southern Division, [no penned p. no.] , p. 227 (stamped, verso), dwelling 271, family 271, Wm. J. Pace household, detail for R. Walker; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 June 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 377.
[S3527] “Mississippi, State Archives, Various Records, 1820–1951,” digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 11 June 2013), Madison County Tax Rolls 1851, Box 3719, for H. Rutherford Walker, 1 white poll; Box 3719, Mississippi State Archives, Jackson. [image 267].
[S5128] 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 > 1851 - Personal > image 122 of 140, line 6, for H. Rutherford 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/1851/Personal/122.
[S5129] 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 > 1851 - Personal > image 124 of 140, line 19, for Helton R. 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/1851/Personal/124.
[S3643] "Mississippi, State Archives, Various Records, 1820-1951," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 16 July 2013), subfolder "Marshall County: County Tax Rolls 1856." Alphabetical by first letter of surname. A line by line reading of the 1856 taxes failed to locate Helton Rutherford Walker or variants.
[S4935] 1860 U.S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, agriculture schedule, Danielsville (post office), p. 12, line 38, R. Walker; "Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules," [Tennessee > Agriculture > 1860 > Anderson-Fayette], digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 December 2015); citing U.S. federal non-population schedules [no roll stated].
[S2560] 1860 U.S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, population schedule, Danielsville (post office), Middle Division, p. 42 (penned), p. 222 (stamped, verso), dwelling 290, family 290, R. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Sept 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1247.
[S2114] Howell County, Missouri, Deeds, H:605, Morgan to Walker, 1878; FHL film no. 931,684.
[S2562] 1880 U. S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Goldsberry township, enumeration district (ED) 52, p. 25 (penned), p. 469 (stamped, recto), dwelling 199, family 199, R. Helton Walker [Helton R. Walker] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Sept 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 691; FHL film no. 1,254,691.
[S998] Gerald and Charlotte Groves, Howell County, Missouri, Post Offices, Postmasters, and their Communities: Volume 5 (n.p. : Gerald and Charlotte Groves, 1998), 104; citing court proceedings, 7 August 1881.
[S2563] 1900 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Hutton Valley township, enumeration district (ED) 56, sheet 8B, p. 129 (stamped, verso), dwelling 147, family 147, Rutherford Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 Sept 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 860.
[S2396] Walker Chapel Cemetery (Howell County, Missouri; Section 35, Township 27N, Range 8W), Helton Rutherford Walker marker, personally read.
[S6048] "Saturday," The Journal-Gazette (West Plains, Mo.), .30 August 1901, p. 1, col. 6, item for T. W. Walker and H. R. Walker; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 26 March 2020). .
[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.
[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.