Karen, As you probably know, Stan (Yelowstone) is my brother. Our grandfather was Willie Wayne Walker, son of James Joshua, son of Joshua, and possibly the son of John (I haven't documented Joshua's father's name). "Ol' Josh" was born in 1833 and married Judith Rorie in Stewart Co. in 1853. I stopped working on this line with "Ol' Josh" and things Granddaddy told me. It's my understanding that Stan has much more information on the Walker line and might be able to help you with it. The Fitzgerald family is my husband's line. His g-grandfather was James Columbus "Lum" Fitzgerald and is a brick wall for me. I don't have that information in front of me right now---it's in the box of things I've moved for the time being---but Lum and Francis Pressley Fitzgerald moved to Stewart County in the early 1900s from Clay County, TN. There were a lot of Fitzgeralds in Clay, Jackson, and Overton Counties in TN and in Monroe Co. KY but I've not been able to connect Lum to any of them. I've shared photos of him with other Fitzgerald researchers and they say they see a family resemblance but none of us have been able to find his name on any documents. One story is that Francis or her mother worked for the Hull family and baby-sat Cordell Hull. After Francis married Lum, they continued to live on the Hull family farm with Mrs. Hull (Cordell's mother) until they moved to Stewart Co. (There might be some truth to the story because my father-in-law's middle name was Cordell and it doesn't show up in his Ellis line anywhere.) Wish I could be of more help to you--but I wonder if your Jesse Walker and my John Walker might be brothers! Sandy Ellis

Sandy, A couple of years ago when I first got on the computer I got an e-mail from your brother. At the time he didn't have anything on a Jesse Walker. Maybe things have changed since then. Maybe he could give me a holler. My Caroline Fitsgerald was born in South Carolina. Now I am assuming her maiden name was Fitsgerald. On the 1850 census there was a Ann Fitsgerald living in the same household as Jesse and Caroline and I'm figuring that was the mother in law . She was also from South Carolina. It is so strange that there is no record of Jesse Walker in Tennessee in the 1840 census. Oops, it's storming here and the lights are blinking. I'm going to close before the electricity goes out. Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: Sandra Ellis <sjellis@mindspring.com> To: <TNDICKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 4:06 PM Subject: [TNDICKSO] Re: Walker/Fitzgerald--Karen > Karen, > > As you probably know, Stan (Yelowstone) is my brother. Our grandfather was > Willie Wayne Walker, son of James Joshua, son of Joshua, and possibly the > son of John (I haven't documented Joshua's father's name). "Ol' Josh" was > born in 1833 and married Judith Rorie in Stewart Co. in 1853. I stopped > working on this line with "Ol' Josh" and things Granddaddy told me. It's my > understanding that Stan has much more information on the Walker line and > might be able to help you with it. > > The Fitzgerald family is my husband's line. His g-grandfather was James > Columbus "Lum" Fitzgerald and is a brick wall for me. I don't have that > information in front of me right now---it's in the box of things I've moved > for the time being---but Lum and Francis Pressley Fitzgerald moved to > Stewart County in the early 1900s from Clay County, TN. There were a lot of > Fitzgeralds in Clay, Jackson, and Overton Counties in TN and in Monroe Co. > KY but I've not been able to connect Lum to any of them. I've shared photos > of him with other Fitzgerald researchers and they say they see a family > resemblance but none of us have been able to find his name on any documents. > One story is that Francis or her mother worked for the Hull family and > baby-sat Cordell Hull. After Francis married Lum, they continued to live on > the Hull family farm with Mrs. Hull (Cordell's mother) until they moved to > Stewart Co. (There might be some truth to the story because my > father-in-law's middle name was Cordell and it doesn't show up in his Ellis > line anywhere.) > > Wish I could be of more help to you--but I wonder if your Jesse Walker and > my John Walker might be brothers! > > Sandy Ellis > > > ==== TNDICKSO Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/index.htm > Join our sister list DICKSONDIGGERS@topica.com > To submit your SURNAMES go to this site and fill out the form: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/sursubmit.htm > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >