John S. Walker

Abt 1800 - 1870  (~ 70 years)

• Name	John S. Walker  [1]
  Born	Abt 1800	Dover, Kent County, Delaware, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	20 Aug 1850	Jeffersonville township, Clark County, Indiana, USA   [3]
  	1. Walker, John, 54, male, farmer, Delaware, cannot read or write 2. _____, [Lovina], 33, female, Kentucky, cannot read or write 3. _____, Elizabeth, 13, female, Maryland, attending school 4. _____, William, 12, male, Maryland, attending school 5. _____, John, 7, male, Indiana
  Census	30 Aug 1860	Township 7 Range 7, Staunton (post office), Macoupin County, Illinois, USA   [4]
  	1. Walker, John L., 60, male, farmer, [no real estate value], personal $600, [Delaware?], cannot read or write 2. _____, Lavinia, 49, female, Kentucky, cannot read or write 3. _____, William, 22, male, Maryland 4. _____, John, 17, male, Indiana 5. _____, Lusetta, 11, female, Indiana
  RESEARCH	Could this John S. Walker be related to the John S. Walker who shares our mutation in Group 2 of the Walker DNA study? His dates don't match up, nor do those of his son John, but the connection could be elsewhere. There is an Indiana connection, the precise name, and his proximity to known Group 2 Walkers in 1860 Macoupin County.
  Died	Jan 1870	West Prairie, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA   [2, 5, 6]
  	Son's bio states he died in 1868.
  Person ID	I4457	Full
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2016

  
  

  Family 1	Harriet Eliza French,   d. About 1849, Indiana, USA
  Married	Before 1849  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Eliza Ann Walker,   b. Abt 1827, Kent County, Delaware, USA ,   d. 1885, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA  (Age ~ 58 years)   2. Elizabeth Francis Walker,   b. Abt 1837, Maryland, USA   3. William C. Walker,   b. Abt 1838, Maryland, USA   4. John H. Walker,   b. Abt 1843, Indiana, USA
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2016
  Family ID	F1833	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Lavina Davis,   b. Abt 1812, Kentucky, USA ,   d. Aft 1880  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Married	4 Sep 1849	Clark County, Indiana, USA   [1, 7]
  Children	1. Lusetta Walker,   b. Abt 1849, Indiana, USA
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2013
  Family ID	F1562	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Death notice, John S. Walker, 1870, Bunker Hill, Illinois. Bunker Hill (Illinois) Union Gazette, 27 Jan 1870, p.3, col. 3, item for John S. Smith.
  		John S. Walker, proof of will, 1870, Macoupin County, Illinois Macoupin County, Illinois, Will Record, vol. B: 26, will of John S.Walker, wife Levina Walker, executrix (1870); "Illinois, Probate Records, 1772-1999," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 March 2016); Illinois, Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999 > Macoupin > Will Records > A-C, 1835-1890 > image 252. [Page number…

  
  

• Sources

  [S3117] Clark County, Indiana, Marriage Book F: 72, John S. Walker-Lovina Davis (1849); "Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 2 February 2013). [S4966] Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Macoupin County, Illinois (Chicago, Ill.: Richmond & Arnold, 1904), 395-97, for John H. Walker; digital image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/ : accessed 8 March 2016). [S3119] 1850 U.S. census, Clark County, Illinois, population schedule, Jeffersonville township, [no penned p. no. recto], p 297 (penned), p. 149 (stamped, recto), dwelling 124, family 125, John Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 February 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 138. [S3118] 1860 U.S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Staunton, township 7 range 7, p. 5 (penned, verso), p. 535 (penned, verso), dwelling 36, family 37, John S. Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 May 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 206. [S3116] Macoupin County, Illinois, Marriage Book 5: 104, license no. 8275, John L. Walker-(Mrs.) Lavina Walker (1874); Illinois Secretary of State, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html : accessed 2 February 2013). [S4239] Bunker Hill Union Gazette (Bunker Hill, Macoupin County, Ill), 27 Jan 1870, p.3, col. 3, item for John S. Smith. Provided by Jan Perrone, research librarian, Abraham Lincoln Library, Springfield. [S1768] Illinois Secretary of State, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html : accessed 20 November 2011), entry for John L. Walker-Mrs. LavinaWalker, Macoupin County (1874); citing marriage book 5: 104, license no. 8275.