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Cynthy A. Walker

Cynthy A. Walker

Female Abt 1826 - Yes, date unknown

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  • Name Cynthy A. Walker  [1
    Born Abt 1826  [2
    Gender Female 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I1493  Full
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 

    Father Nelson Walker,   d. Aft 1850 
    Mother Elizabeth West,   d. Aft 1850 
    Married 1808  Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    • Nelson WALKER is said to have divorced Elizabeth WALKER. He loaded all of her belongings into a wagon, drove her to Dickson County, got out of the wagon and paid someone to drive her into town, deserting her and her children with no means of support. He was a drunk, and abusive. [3]
    Divorced 17 Jun 1840 
    Family ID F622  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James W. Cook,   b. Abt 1827,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 23 Jul 1844  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 
    Family ID F607  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S108] Sherry J. Kilgore, comp., Dickson County, Tennessee: Marriages 1817-1856 (Nashville, Tn.: Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc., 1987).

    2. [S107] Tennessee, Dickson - census 1880, (1880 U.S. census, Dickson County, population schedule), District 6, Dickson County, Tennessee, ED 35, Pg 24, Dwelling 179, Family 196, James W. Cook household, jpeg image (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S186] Walker, Nelson (of Dickson Co TN) - email Maurine Atkins (2000), (Maurine Atkins [email for private use] to Janis Walker Gilmore, e-mail, 22 March 2000; regarding Nelson Walker of Dickson County, Tennessee.).

    4. [S188] Walker, Nelson - Walker List posting (1998), (Walker mailing list archives (http://www.usroots.com/~sueowens/walker/), posting by Jim and Lou James (loujim@satx.net), 15 Dec 1998).

    5. [S187] Marjorie Hood Fisher, comp, Tennessee Tidbits 1778-1914 (Easley, SC : Southern Historical Press, 1986), entry for Elizabeth Walker, divorce petition, p. 386 (Dickson County, Tennessee, 1839); citing Dickson County Circuit Court Minutes, Book A, p. 112. (Reliability: 3).
      Walker, Elizabeth - Divorce petition was made 2 May 1839 from Nelson Walker. They were married in 1808 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. About 1826 he became a drunkard and abused Elizabeth. About 1837 he deserted her and lived in adultry [sic] with Rebecca Boland. He now lives in Smith County, Tennessee. The divorce was granted 17 June 1840.

    6. [S108] Sherry J. Kilgore, comp., Dickson County, Tennessee: Marriages 1817-1856 (Nashville, Tn.: Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc., 1987), entry for Enythy A. Walker and James W. Cook, p. 31 (1844). (Reliability: 3).