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  • Name (Progenitor) Walker 
    Born Between 1750 and 1765  [1
    • 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.
    Gender Male 
    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.
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    (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  [2
    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." 
    Died Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3338  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2018 

    Family 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.
    Children 
     1. Archalaus Walker,   b. 17 Dec 1783, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1866, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    +2. Samuel Allen Walker,   b. Abt 1785, Amherst County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. After 1860  (Age ~ 76 years)
    +3. Elizabeth Walker,   b. Abt 1790,   d. 23 Oct 1834, Bond County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 44 years)
    +4. Mary "Polly" Walker,   b. Abt 1790, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1861 and 1870, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years)
    +5. Jacob Walker,   b. Abt 1793, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1855, Staunton, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 62 years)
    +6. Joseph Harmon Walker,   b. Abt 1796, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1870  (Age ~ 75 years)
    +7. Retha Walker,   b. Abt 1799, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1850  (Age ~ 52 years)
    +8. George H. Walker,   b. 1801, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1870  (Age 70 years)
    +9. 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)
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2014 
    Family ID F1130  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents

    George Brazzell, witness to deed conveying slave, 1811, Dickson County, Tennessee
    George Brazzell, witness to deed conveying slave, 1811, Dickson County, Tennessee
    Dickson County, Tennessee, Deed Book A: 451, Thomas Patton to William Stone and John Moody, conveyance of a slave named Monday (age 17), witnesses Andrew Elliot, John Hanna, George Brazzell; Dickson County Archives, Charlotte.

  • Notes 
    • Esther Pratt "I think our Walkers have some kind of connection to Isaac Walker (Rev. War Soldier). He had a son named John Ike Walker but have not found a full list of all his children. Our Elijah could be a grandson?! This Isaac lived in GA and KY before coming to Tenn." ? [3]
    • (Research):Augusta Chronicle, 28 March 179:5
      "The express also informs, that on the 5th instant Elijah Walker, one of the mounted infantry on duty for the defence of Mero district, acting as a spy on the frontiers, was killed by the Indians, 12 miles to the southward of Nashville."

      If our Elijah Walker was indeed born in 1802, or even 1801, this clearly could not have been his father.>

      Augusta Chronicle,15 October 1808, repeated 12 Nov 1808, 26 Nov 1808, 3 December 1808
      "15 Dollars Reward
      Runaway from the subscriber living in Burke county, on the 15th of July last, a Negro boy named Moses, about 5 feet 2 or 3 inches, [high?] country born, Seventeen years of age, dark complexion, pleasing countenance, is [sure?] to show his teeth when spoken to; wore a white homespun shirt and Nankeen knee breeches; and carried no other clothes with him, he wore an old [fur?] hat with several patches, it is thought he will make for the creek nation as he made an attempt about a year ago and got as far as the [O- ? er] river. Any person that will approach and confine him in any jail in this state so that I get him again, or bringing him to me on [M'Bess?] Burke county, as above, shall receive the above reward and all reasonable expenses paid by Elijah Walker. October 8."

      This is clearly not our Elijah, but may help us to keep the Burke county Elijah separate.

      Augusta Chronicle, 1 July 1809, 22 July 1809, repeated 15 July 1809
      Elijah Walker, listed as having unclaimed mail.

      Augusta Chronicle 1 April 1809
      "Sherrif's Sale
      On the first Tuesday in May next at the Court-house in the town of Waynesboro, between the usual hours.
      WILL BE SOLD
      225 acres of land more or less, in Burke county on the waters of [M-Bean?] creek, adjoining lands of James Todd and Elijah Walker, taken as the property of , at the instance of Wm. Jones."

      Augusta Chronicle, 20 March 1812, repeated 27 March 1812, repeated 3 April 1812
      "NOTICE
      All persons having demands against Thomas Walker, late of Richmond county, dec. are desired to render the properly attested to the subscriber for payment; and those indebted to make payments without delay to
      ELIJAH WALKER
      Qualified Executor
      January 24"

      Augusta Chronicle, 18 December 1812
      "NOTICE
      On Saturday the 23rd day of January next, at the plantation of Thomas Walker, dec., in Richmond County.
      Will Be Let
      To the highest bidder for the ensuing year all the CLEARED LANDS belonging to the estate of said deceased, - Also the NEGROES belonging to the said estate will be hired - Also will be sold on the same day, a quantity of corn and fodder - plantation tools, household and kitchen furniture, too tedious to mention - Terms made known on the day.
      ELIJAH WALKER, Qual. Ex'r
      Dec. 18"

      Augusta Chronicle, 29 Jan 1813, repeated 26 Feb 1813
      "NOTICE
      Nine months after the date hereof application will be made to the Honorable the Inferior court for the county of Richmond, whilst fitting for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell part of the real estate of Thomas Walker, deceased, consisting of the following tracts or parcels of land (to wit:) - One tract of oak and hickory land containing 150 acres, lying in the county of Burke, on the waters of Rockey Creek, adjoining Dixson and others; Also [300? 800?] acres pine land in Jefferson county, on Ready creek, adjoining Parker's land; 500 acres of pine land in the county of Richmond, on the waters of Little [Sophie?] creek, adjoining Boyd and others; 100 ditto lying in ditto, on Little Spirit creek, adjoining George Allen's land, to be sold for the benefit of the heirs of said deceased.
      ELIJAH WALKER, Ex'r
      September 24, 1812"

      Augusta Chronicle
      1818 Burke County Superior court petition signed by Elijah Walker
    • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1317] Obituary of Archeleous Walker, undated clipping, no publication data, reporting death on 11 December [1866]; citing Bunker Hill Union Gazette, p. 3, 21 Dec 1866, Macoupin County, Illinois.

    2. [S4603] Jon P. Ward (Greenville and Ridgeway, SC; email jmpward46913@bellsouth.net) to Janis Walker Gilmore, email, 3 December 2014, subject “Walker Genealogy Y-dna”; regarding his descent from Andrew Walker, b. 1745, VA, and an atDNA match with Jerrold Joseph Walker and others.

    3. [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.