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JOHN WALKER FAMILY

John Walker was born 1796 the year Tennessee became separated from North Carolina. He was the oldest son of William and Susannah Graham Walker. He married Lucretia Martin November 24, 1824. Lucretia "Treasy or Creasy" as she was called died February 12, 1863. John lived after Lucretia and may have died just before 1870 or sometime between 1863 and 1869. Is it possible that John and Lucretia are buried in the Walker-Galloway Cemetery where they lived? John and Lucretia became Charter members of the Limestone Baptist Church, Sulphur Springs on June 30, 1842. John acquired a lot of land and there may have been a dispute over the land owned by John


We believe this may be John Walker found in a Walker album belonging to Amy Walker Bowman


  • 1. William Walker born May 17, 1827 married Matilda Rogers. No issue

  • 2. Chloe Ann Walker born July 31, 1829 married John Sylvester. Children: Lucrecia A. Sylvester, James M. Sylvester, John W. Sylvester, William H. Sylvester, Gabriel Fillmore Sylvester, Lou Sylvester, Mary E. Sylvester

  • 3. Susannah Walker born May 07, 1831 married Jessie Madison Bayless. Children: John W. Bayless, Lucretia Bayless, Henry M. Bayless, Elizabeth Bayless, William Newton Bayless, Sarah Jane Bayless, Mary Matilda Bayless

  • 4. Henry Martin Walker born September 04, 1833 married (1)Elmira Galloway (2)Amanda Jane Bacon. Children of Henry & Amanda Jane: Laura E. Walker, John Thomas Walker, William Martin Walker, Florria Belle Walker, Ida Walker, Henry Andrew Walker, Richard Carr Walker, James Arthur Walker, Sarah Lucretia Walker, Etta Walker, Elmer Guy Walker

  • 5. Sarah Jane Walker born September 10, 1839 married Henry Lee Keefauver. Henry Lee Keefauver married (1) Mary E. Hunt daughter of Uriah Huston Lyons Johnson Hunt & Sarah Kincheloe Hunt; July 06, 1890. No issue. Children of Sarah Jane and Henry: Mary Ann Keefauver, Robert Lee Keefauver I, Laura Alverta Keefauver, John Walker Keefauver

  • 6. Anna Walker born 1843 died September 1859 of Consumption being ill only 2 days. She was living with her brother William and wife Matilda

  • 7. John Walker born 1845 and never married as far as we know. John was age 15 and living at home with his parents in the 1860 census. They were living next door to son William and Matilda also Benjamin Sherfey and wife Barbara and daughter Susannah & John Wilcox. The story is told that John got drunk and rode a horse through a house and was shot at. This happened sometime during the Civil War. John may have died when shot? This would put him at about age 18 when he died


    • Sadie Bayless Squibb, daughter of Susannah Walker Bayless, granddaughter of John and Lucretia Martin Walker. The picture is from Mary Madeline Squibb May


    Elizabeth Bayless Crookshanks, another daughter of Susannah Walker Bayless and granddaughter of John and Lucretia Martin Walker. This delightful picture is from Ann Cross Goss daughter of Ruth Walker Cross. Standing is Elizabeth and sitting are Bess Crookshanks Walker, Nancy Ruth Walker Cross and Nannie Sue Hunt Walker


    Homer Hunt house. On the back of picture it says "Jesse Hunt" The man and the woman to the right are Henry Keefauver and his second wife Mary E. Hunt. The handsome man to the left must be William H. Hunt and wife Mary A. Keefauver Hunt. Maybe Jesse Hunt brother to William H and 2nd son of Henry and Sarah J Walker Keefauver made the picture?


    William Henry Hunt son of James Madison and Sarah Jane Martin Hunt. The little girl with him is Mary Beth Hunt Barker, granddaughter


    East Tennessee State Normal Baseball team ; Homer E. Hunt is the second player on the left. The first man on the left looks like R A N Walker. Was he baseball coach at the Normal School?
    The above Hunt pictures are from Mary B Hunt Barker


    Herbert Walker grandson of Henry Martin Walker and Tenna Sue Bayless "Toots" ; Tenna was the granddaughter of Susannah Walker Bayless and a classmate of Jessie Diehl Walker. The photo was in Jessie's collection


    Henry Andrew Walker, son of Henry Martin Walker and grandson of John Walker, with his family: Herbert, Maynard, Lois, Amy, Robert "Bob" Henry "Shim" and Ann and wife Mary Adelaide Hunt Walker


    The sons of Henry Martin Walker and grandsons of John and Lucretia Martin Walker; Richard C. "Doc", Henry A., Elmer G., and Will Martin Walker


    Oma & Lloyd Walker daughter & son of Andrew Jacob Winton & Mary "Babe" Bayless Walker. Jacob Winton is grandson of Andrew and Babe granddaughter of John Walker


    Monte Sylvester Anderson daughter of William H and Sarah C. Walker Sylvester and granddaughter of Chloe Walker Sylvester and great granddaughter of John Walker; also the granddaughter of Zachariah Walker and great granddaughter of Andrew Walker


    Fred Walker son of John Thomas Walker and grandson of Henry Martin Walker & great grandson of John Walker. Fred visiting with Herbert and Lucille Walker with unknown cousin


    Mary Walker Hunt sister to Fred Walker and great granddaughter to John & Lucretia Martin Walker. Behind the house in the wooded area is I-26 highway. Marilyn Hunt Chambers is the only surviving descendant of this family


    Babe and Sadie Bayless daughters of Susannah Walker Bayless and granddaughters of John & Lucretia Martin Walker


    1950's Walker reunion with great grandchildren of Henry Martin and Amanda Jane Bacon Walker ; Phyllis Bowman Powell, Peggy Walker, Carol Walker and Mary Etta Mitchell


    Anyone know which Washington Co., Tennessee school this is? Most likely some Walkers attending or teaching


    In Aunt Amy Walker Bowman collection of Sulphur Springs boys. Any idea who they are? The two boys on the right look like Herbert C. Walker sitting on the shoulders of Eddie Range? The boys on the right may be Bowsers?

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    Family photos

    John & Lucretia Martin Walker family photos


    Sure wish I had a picture of Anna and John Walker the other siblings of the ones pictured below. Anna died at age 16 of consumption, John probably lived a long life as a single man and William married Matilda Rogers and I have his tombstone picture
    Photos of family members came from Mary Elizabeth Hunt Barker, Janis Anderson, Mary Madeline Squibb May and Dorothy Hyder Sherfey. A great big THANKS! to them for helping us see our kin as real live people

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     William Walker was the first born of John % Lucretia Martin Walker. He was born May 14, 1827 and died before 1900. He was married to Matilda Rogers, they had no children

     

     Janelle Morrow Walker Warden

     

     CHLOE WALKER married JOHN SYLVESTER abt 1849

     Chloe Ann oldest daughter of John & Lucretia born July 31, 1829 died Nov 16, 1885

     Janelle Morrow Walker Warden

     

     JOHN SYLVESTER, husband of CHLOE ANN WALKER

     John Sylvester born April 20, 1818 died January 19, 1868 ; burial at Fairview Cemetery

     Janelle Morrow Walker Warden

     

     SUSANNAH married JESSIE M. BAYLESS October 25, 1853

     Susannah second daughter of John & Lucretia born May 7, 1831 died March 16, 1897 ; burial at Sulphur Springs Cemetery

     Janelle Morrow Walker Warden

     

     Bess Crookshanks Walker

     Bess was the daughter of Elizabeth Bayless & Crookshanks. She married Onnie Duncan Walker and lived in Virginia

     Janelle Morrow Walker Warden

     

     SARAH JANE WALKER married HENRY LEE KEEFAUVER February 20, 1862

     SARAH JANE third daughter of John & Lucretia born September 10, 1839 died January 16, 1885 ; burial at old Hunt-Sulphur Springs Cemetery

     Janelle Morrow Walker Warden

     

     HENRY MARTIN WALKER married (1st)Elmira Galloway April 07, 1859. She died April 10, 1860 and he joined the Union army. Elmira and a baby are buried at Walker-Galloway Cemetery

     HENRY MARTIN second son of John & Lucretia born September 4, 1833 died February 17, 1918 ; burial at Walker-Galloway Cemetery

     Janelle Morrow Walker Warden

     

     

     John Thomas does seem to look more like his mother Amanda Jane Bacon Walker

     Janelle Morrow Walker Warden

     

     HENRY MARTIN AND AMANDA JANE BACON WALKER married March 22, 1866

     Amanda Jane died of cancer January 22, 1908

     Janelle Morrow Walker Warden

     

     John Thomas Walker first son of Henry Martin & Amanda Jane Bacon Walker. John born March 21, 1866 and died June 26, 1900

     The frame is just like the frames that Henry M % Amanda Jane have for their matching photos. Those frames must have been purchased by Henry % Jane because Barbara Walker DeVault has two framed pictures while Marilyn Hunt Chambers has the other framed picture

     Janelle Morrow Walker Warden

     

     Robbie and Mike Chambers are the grandsons of Mary Walker Hunt & the great grandsons of John Thomas Walker. Mike looks so much like John Thomas Walker

     If we could see a picture of Thomas Bacon and see if John Thomas resembles him ; John Thomas does seem to look more like his mother Amanda Jane Bacon Walker

     Janelle Morrow Walker Warden

     

     John Thomas Walker first son of Henry Martin & Amanda Jane Bacon Walker. John born March 21, 1866 and died June 26, 1900

     

     Janelle Morrow Walker Warden

     

     MARY ANN KEEFAUVER born May 1863 died 1922 ; burial Old Hunt Sulphur Springs Cemetery

     Mary Ann Keefauver was the daughter of Henry Lee and Sarah Jane Walker Keefauver. She married William Henry Hunt August 25, 1885. The mother of Bruce Walker and Nell M. Hunt

     Janelle Morrow Walker Warden

     

     MARY ANN KEEFAUVER HUNT or NELL HUNT, daughter of Mary Ann?

     I, Janelle, thinks this is Nell M. Hunt born July 3, 1891 died December 8, 1969 ; burial Sulphur Springs Cemetery

     Janelle Morrow Walker Warden

     

     BRUCE WALKER HUNT (brother to Nell ; children of Mary Ann Keefauver and William Henry Hunt

     Bruce was born August 25, 1889 ; he married Viola and had one daughter Nelle Hunt. They lived in Walterboro, SC. Bruce had an advanced education degree from Columbia in New York City

     Janelle Morrow Walker Warden