OK, while I'm at it as far as children of Edward B. Walker and Jane Horn in the Little Sycamore/Mulberry Creek area: Elizabeth Walker, the youngest, married Henry George Clouse, and moved to Harrison County, Missouri, apparently between 1850 and 1852; anyone researching this family or the Clouse family in general? I don't have independent evidence on Henry's parents, but various Internet sources attribute him to being the son of Christian Clouse and Charlotte Tapp. Susanna Walker married Thomas F. Jones and moved to Greene County, Indiana, probably between 1832 and 1834; I'm working with a Jones researcher to figure out for sure whether this Thomas F. Jones is the Thomas Fitgerald Jones mentioned in the Revolutionary War pension of John Jones; anyone else researching the Jones family? Martha Walker still remains unproven, but I have a strong candidate for her, and she may have married a John Crawford and lived in Sullivan County; Samuel Crawford, who married Mary Walker (-->Edward Jr.-->Edward Sr.) may be their son. Finally, two children remain complete mysteries, to me anyway: William, born in 1792, and John, born in 1801. Neither has definitively shown up in tax or census records, and, of course, they have common names. There is a John in 1840 in Claiborne County, but I'm not sure whether he is this John or quite possibly the son of James Walker, who ran the iron works on Davis Creek. Any hints, mentions in deeds, or anything else about Walkers, especially prior to 1850, are always appreciated. Just FYI, I've identified at least 5 apparently unrelated lines up to 1850: Edward Walker from Duplin County, North Carolina, and Jane Horn are responsible for most of the Walkers in Claiborne and Hancock Counties and many in Union. James Walker was an early settler possibly from Virginia who owned the iron works at Davis Creek and did a little land speculation; he had a wife Mary (Polly). I have a little evidence but mostly suspicions about at least two sons, John and William, and a daughter Sarah, but cannot definitely prove any of the children. I think, though, that the children left the area, possibly for Knoxville, sometime around when James died in 1836. Thomas L. Walker was the "first doctor remembered" in the city of Tazewell; he and his wife died young, and their two children left the area, leaving no descendants in the area to my knowledge. Thomas B. Walker is considered by some as the first doctor in all of Claiborne County and apparently lived near Clear Fork for a while but mostly in Lee County and later in Missouri. He left a number of descendants, including one in Union County, but not any that I know in Claiborne/Hancock. Two brothers, John and Henry, I think, came from North Carolina in 1850 and pop up in the Census then and then only. I think they were only in the area a short time. -- Phillip A. Walker [email protected]