Palitha N. Walker

Abt 1830 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Palitha N. Walker  [1]
  Born	Abt 1830	Tennessee, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I1511	Full
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	Nelson Walker,   d. Aft 1850
  Mother	Elizabeth West,   d. Aft 1850
  Married	1808	Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA   [4, 5, 6]
  	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. [4]
  Divorced	17 Jun 1840
  Family ID	F622	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James James,   b. Abt 1827, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 1863, Louisiana, USA  (Age ~ 36 years)
  Married	24 Aug 1848	Dickson County, Tennessee, USA   [7]
  Children	1. Thomas Jefferson James,   b. 15 Jul 1849, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 9 Aug 1903, Fulton, Fulton County, Kentucky, USA  (Age 54 years)   2. Frank James,   b. Abt 1851, Tennessee, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2009
  Family ID	F615	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Remarried? I found this listing for a Palitha married to an older man named Thomas J. Palinen: 1880 United States Census Henderson, Illinois FHL Film 1254212; National Archives Film T9-0212; Page 113A PALINEN Thomas F., 63, hotel keeper, MD PA PA Palitha, wife, 48, TN TN TN MOORE Margret, other, 17, cook at hotel, IL -- OH This Palitha was born in TN, parents born in TN, right age. Rather unusual circumstance, if this is not her.

  
  

• Sources

  [S108] Sherry J. Kilgore, comp., Dickson County, Tennessee: Marriages 1817-1856 (Nashville, Tn.: Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc., 1987). [S190] Gedcom on Walker Website. [S180] Tennessee, Dickson - 1870 U.S. Census, Tennessee, Dickson County, Charlotte, District 6, Dickson County, Tennessee, Page 32, Dwelling 205, Family 214, Polithy James household, jpeg image (Reliability: 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.). [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). [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. [S108] Sherry J. Kilgore, comp., Dickson County, Tennessee: Marriages 1817-1856 (Nashville, Tn.: Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc., 1987), entry for Palitha N. Walker to James James, 24 August 1848, p 31; citing loose records discovered in the Dickson County, Tennessee, courthouse. (Reliability: 3).