"Elisha Walker, R.S."

• Title	"Elisha Walker, R.S."
  Short Title	Walker, Elisha - Rev. War soldier - article about
  Publisher	webpage <http://members.aol.com/galinahist/richmond/charts/walker/elisha1.htm> citing an article about Elisha Walker, Revolutionary War Soldier. Originally published in the Wrightsville Headlight, Wrightsville, GA, 8 May 1958
  Source ID	S1020
  Text	Text of article: «b»Elisha Walker, R.S. ELISHA WALKER, REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER, HONORED IN DEATH BY SEVEN GENERATIONS IN GRAVESIDE RITES; FITTING UNITED STATES MARKER UNVEILED.«/b» - by Mrs. J. L. Walker Mrs Walker, now deceased, wrote the following article in February 1930. The article appeared in The Wrightsville Headlight. Several months ago a notable gathering took place in the Stokes- Walker family burial ground located on the estate of Miss Martha Stokes. The Daughters of the American Revolution, ably assisted by Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Flanders unveiled a United States Marker on the grave of Elisha Walker, a soldier of the War of the American Revolution. Seven generations of this distinguished soldier were present and took part in the unveiling exercises, among thos were Mrs. Amelia Stokes Walker and Miss Martha Stokes, great granddaughters of the Honorable Elisha Walker. At the noon hour dinner was served by the descendants of the soldier in a beautiful grove not far from the "Silent Home" of him in whose honor this celebration was given. In the afternoon appropriate services were held and prayer offered by the Rev. Reese Griffin and the Rev. Chester Olliff. Dr. W. J. Flanders was master of ceremonies and opened the exercises, briefly reviewing the life of the American patriot. He said in part: "No ordinary occasion calls us together today. We are assembled to remember the fact in the worthy life of Elisha Walker who lived in the perilous time of British invasion and Indian massacre. The span of Mr. Walker's life extended over a period of years without any record or legendary word of evile or aspersion thereon: surely that life was so lived as to need no other epitaph, for virtue alone outbuilds and is more endurable than stone, marble or burnished brass." Elisha Walker was married to Elizabeth Bowers in the year of our Lord 1787. They had the following children: Noah, Jerymiah, Henry, Jordy, Milly, Ann, and Lott. All of the seven children grew to manhood and womanhood and reared large families of their own, many of whom are among some of the best children in Georgia. Some of the earliest settlers of Richmond County were related to the Johnson and Washington County families of Walker. There is an old church yard in Richmond County known as the Walker burial ground and only members of this family are allowed to be buried there. The first record that we have of Elisha Walker is that he joined No. 47 Richmond County's first Battalion and on his military record is the following: "This is to certify that Elisha Walker hath steadfastly done his duty from the time of pasing (sic) an act at Augusta to wit: On the 20th of August 1781, until the total expulsion of the British from the State and the said Elisha Walker can not to my knowledge or belief, be convicted of blundering or distressing the country: and therefore under the said act, entitled to a bounty of two hundred and fifty acres of good land free from taxes fourteen years. Given under My Hand and Seal and Savannah, the 24th day of February in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Four (signed) J. Houston. Attest D. Reese, Sect. (On the back of the certificate) to the Honorable, The President and the members of the Land Court, your petitioners prays a warrant for the within certificates in Washington County, (signed) Elisha Walker. The two hundred and fifty acres of land that was drawn by Elisha Walker in Washington County for services in the Revolutionary War is still owned by the descendants of the Walker-Stokes families. Elisha Walker signed the "Oath of Allegiance" and did his part most heroically, assisting in banishing the British Yoke fo Autocracy from our American soil. «i»Article copied from The Wrightsville Headlight, Wrightsville, GA, May 8, 1958. «/i»