----- Original Message ----- From: "Faye Yager" <[email protected]> To: "Thelma Shields" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 9:17 AM Subject: Re: DANIEL GRANT & GRANT'S MEETING HOUSE > Thelma, the information I have on the WALKER line is from the History of > Upson County, page 262. This is the will of James WALKER. > > Wife: Charity WALKER > Sons: Nathaniel F., Allen M., William W., and Benjamin. > Daughters: Sarah J. GRANT, Mary PERRYMAN, Lucretia STAMPER, and Ann M. > WOMBLE. > Witnesses: Edward Holloway, Elberry Robinson, John Bustin, Robert Collier. > Executors: Nathaniel F., and Allen M. Walker. > Dated Sept. 26, 1829. Probated June 27, 1849. > > Page 314, Martin W. STAMPER, guardian of James S., Nathaniel Freeman, and > Francis C. WALKER, orphans of William W. WALKER. > > Jan. 16, 1856 - William V. BURNEY of Morgan Co., GA made deed to Daniel L. > WILSON in town, William V. BURNEY married the daughter of Thomas GRANT, > deceased of Jasper Co., GA. > > Page 1009 - WALKER FAMILY HISTORY IN UPSON CO., GA > > James WALKER (b. 1753, d. June 24, 1849), who came from Putnam County was > the pioneer of the WALKER Family in Upson County. He married Charity SMITH > (d. April 6, 1850) on August 15, 1784. In his will dated September 26, > 1829, probated January 1851, he bequeathed to his wife nine slaves, his > livestock, household and kitchen furniture, farming tools, and more than one > thousand acres of land. This land consisted of lots numbers 52, 53, and 85 > in the 10th District, and numbers 3 and 47 in the 16th District. The real > estate at her death was to be divided between his sons, Nathaniel F. and > Allen Mc WALKER. > > The children of James and Charity WALKER were: > William W.., Nathaniel F., Sarah J., Benjamin, Mary W., Lucretia J., Allen > Mc., and Nancy Ann Milledge WALKER. > > 1. William W. WALKER, b. May 12, 1785, d. Jan. 29, 1834 m. Mary C. SMITH on > Nov. 2, 1828. > > 2. Nathaniel F. WALKER, b. Feb. 4, 1787, d. Feb. 26, 1879 m. Susan M. > PALMER, Oct. 29, 1835. They were the parents of six children: James P., > William A., Benjamin Freeman, Nathaniel Milton, Martus B., and David > Kendall. > > 3. Sarah J. WALKER, b. Dec. 25, 1788, m. Daniel GRANT on March 26, 1826. > She was 11 years older than Daniel. They had one son, John J. GRANT b. 1828 > in Upson Co., GA. She d. July 31, 1860 in Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA. > > 4. Benjamin WALKER, b. Dec. 4, 1790, d. 1868, m. Elizabeth SWINNEY of > Putnam Co., August 2, 1819. > > 5. Mary W. WALKER, b. Sept. 30, 1792, d. 1847, m. Elisha PERRYMAN in 1813. > > 6. Lucretia J. WALKER, b. Aug. 15, 1799, m. Martin W. STAMPER in 1816. > > 7. Allen Mc., b. June 22, 1803, d. June 22, 1849, m. Elizabeth Amanda M. > OWEN, June 17, 1832. > > 8. Nancy A. Milledge WALKER, b. Oct. 22, 1805, m. Enoch M. WOMBLE. > > James Palmer WALKER, b. Aug. 22, 1836 moved to Weston, Webster Co., GA. He > was a man of prominence in his community, for several terms representing his > county in the state legislature. > > William Allen WALKER, b. Dec. 31, 1838, d. Jan. 28, 1879 read law with James > M. SMITH and was admitted to the bar in 1861. He m. Miss Mina E. LOWE, > daughter of Jacob and Keziah LOWE on June 12, 1861. He enlisted in the Army > of the Confederacy in 1862 serving until the close of the war. In 1867 he > moved to Crawford Co. where he resided for the remainder of his life. > > Benjamin Freeman WALKER, b. March 13, 1840, d. 1929 did not marry. He lived > in Crawford Co. near Roberta. > > Nathaniel Milton WALKER b. March 13, 1843, d. April 22, 1880. > > Martus Berrien WALKER b. Jan. 24, 1847, d. Oct. 11, 1903, m. Clara E. GIBSON > on April 30, 1890. He died at Hot Springs, Arkansas. > > David Kendall WALKER, b. Oct. 1, 1841, d. Feb. 1930, was one of the oldest > masons in the state, having joined the order at Hickory Grove in Crawford > Co., in 1862. He married Mary E. WARD of Flovilla, Butts Co., GA on Feb. > 20, 1867. They were the parents of six children: Norman, Ella Pauline, > Benjamin Freeman, Maggie Susan, Nathaniel Felton, and James Ernest. > > Benjamin Freeman WALKER m. Zada Dozier, daughter of W. B. and Sarah DOZIER > of Flovilla, Butts Co., GA. They have one son, Dozier Kendall. > > Maggie Susan WALKER m. Col. Kingman P. LOWE of Roberta, GA. Their children > are: > > Marie who m. John T. CLARK. They have five children: John, Margaret, > Melvin, Mary, and Eugenia. > > Kingman P. LOWE, Jr. m. Annie Belle EARLY of Macon. > > James E. WALKER m. Mrs. Fannie REID of Milledgeville, GA. > > I hope you can find your WALKER line in this information. > > Faye Jones Yager - Alexandria, MN > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thelma Shields <[email protected]> > To: Faye Yager <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, February 27, 2000 10:52 PM > Subject: Re: DANIEL GRANT & GRANT'S MEETING HOUSE > > > Faye, do u know which Walker family u r working with? My gggggm was > Elizabeth Walker Horton, she was a half sister to Jeremiah and Sanders > Walker, all three being children of James Walker, Sr. Jeremiah and Sanders > were two very popular ministers in Wilkes County and surrounding areas. > > Thanks, Thelma > > >