---------- > From: Allan Patrick <aeptcp@preferred.com> > To: TNMAURY@rootsweb.com > Subject: Fw: Tandy WALKERs > Date: Monday, November 23, 1998 3:23 PM > > If any one has any knowledge of these early WALKERs in Mid-TN, I wish they > would correct, add to/ or elaborate upon them, for me. > Thanks, > Tania > > ---------- > > > Subject: Tandy WALKERs > > > Date: Friday, August 14, 1998 1:24 PM > > > > > > > > > Found your Tandy info very interesting! There were Tandy WALKERs in > > > mid-TN. One Tandy WALKER in Humphreys Co. about 1815, rescued a woman > > who > > > had been kidnapped by the Creek Indians and was paid $300 by the County > > for > > > his great personal peril and expense in so doing. There were other > Tandy WALKERs in > > TN > > > as well as in VA, S.C., GA and later in OK or Indian Territory. Not > sure > > > at just which generation after the WALKER/TANDY marriage/marriages in > VA > > > (there were several that I have seen) that a portion of the family > > married > > > into the Indians. Some of Sylvanus WALKER's (who md. Ann Tandy) > > > descendants did. His descendants are among the Cherokees and Creeks, > as > > > are descendants of a John WALKER (md. Nancy Ward, beloved Woman of the > > > Cherokees) whose half breed son md. Emilie Meigs, grdau of Return > > Johnathan > > > Meigs, US Agent to the Cherokees. (MEIGS/WALKER descendants have a very > > > extensive, aristocratic ancestry.). I think there were some Tandys > there > > > too, need to get back and study it out more. Also one of John WALKER > of > > > Wigton's grsons, Samuel md. Rebecca GRADOS and lived in the Cherokee > > > Nation. There were Chickasaw and Choctaw chiefs named Tandy WALKER > later > > > in Indian Territory, who may have been descendants of one of the > earlier > > > halfbreed branches. > > > > > > Searching early records of Mid-TN, nearly all the names of Sylvanus > > > WALKER's children are represented..Sylvanus, Joel, Elijah, Tandy, > Larkin, > > > Allen, Joseph, Wm. and Thomas and many more common but mutual names. > > Also > > > found a Vann WALKER (from the Cherokee district in S.C.) living there. > > > Chief Joseph Vann was another famous chief (the WALKER's probably > married > > > into them also). Add to the name similarity the fact that they were > > living > > > on Indian land in Mid-TN.. EARLY, BEFORE treaties with the Chickasaws > and > > > Cherokees (for that part of the state), had been signed, giving over > that > > > land to the US; and they had lived there in relative safety from Indian > > > raids(?). These families were very white, and by the time removal time > > > came it was easy for them to remain, by then they were married into the > > > local white white families even more. Also lots of the more > influential > > > mixed breeds were given grants by the US to remain on the land where > they > > > had their homes. They were in many cases, just as "white" as their > > > neighbors, also sometimes richer and better educated than many of their > neighbors. > > > There were similar cross breed marriages across most of the south > > > (GA/MS/KY/TN), families such as the BOWLES, STARRs, DOWNINGs and many > > > other. At one time, one halfbreed McIntosh was a chief of the Creeks, > > > while his full-white, first cousin McIntosh was Governor of the state > of > > > Georgia! I find all this very interesting, mainly because I know I am > a > > > descendant of the halfbreed COLBERTs who were Chickasaw chiefs for over > > two > > > hundred years. They were there on one side of the Tennessee River > > > attacking my MACK ancestors near Maury County, who were possibly on > Chickasaw land > > > before treaties were signed, (as were my CROSTHWAITEs and WALKERs). > > MACKs > > > and CROSTHWAITEs have been traced back to Virginia and they were most > > > likely non-Indian. Our WALKERs we can't seem to trace back, except my > > > Thomas.. on the census it says he was born in S.C... quite likely in > > > Laurens Co, SC, which is where the old Cherokee lands were and where > > > Sylvanus' descendants came to TN from!! > > > > > > Don't know how interesting you find this, but hope you will! > > > There are numerous pages > > on > > > the WALKERs in Don Martini's book "Who Was Who Among the Southern > > Indians". > > > > > > At present all I know about my gr-grma is that she, Rebecca Alice > WALKER > > > was b. 1848/9 in TN to Thomas WALKER. She married W.M.Y. CROSSTHWAITE > > and > > > they had my grpa Thomas Newton CROSSTHWAITE in 1869 in Lawrence Co., > TN, > > he > > > was named for his two grpas: John Newton CROSSTHWAITE and we assume > > > "Thomas" WALKER. There is only one Thomas WALKER in the 1850 census > with > > > infant dau Rebecca A., and he is md. to Margaret (CURRY according to > > Maury > > > Co., marriages) and has one older son and about seven daughters. > > Margaret > > > was dead by 1860 and our Rebecca died at 29; which is the reason we > don't > > > know much about our WALKERs, I'm sure. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >