From: Marcia Shelton [sheltonm@mail.uinta6.k12.wy.us] Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 1:35 PM To: MarlanWalker Cc: AnnetteWalker(EdwardRobertsonWalker) Subject: 14 years of work !!! Marlan, I have found so much information I don't know where to begin. First of all, the big break in this research came from a person I had corresponded with several years ago who lives in California. About a year ago I heard back from him because he had acquired something that he thought I might be interested in. Michael's line is through John Walker and Charity Palmer. His grand mother or great grandmother was Dora who was the only Mormon in his family. She did family history. When she died the family members just came in and grab everything without anyone knowing who had what. Michael's sister somehow had passed down to her a piece of paper written by hand that said something to the affect that John Walker born 1783 father was Red Banks John Walker and that besides our John he had a son James who had a son Jeptha whose wife's name was Sarah Ann and a daughter named Larena. Also John and James had a brother Jesse. Well when I read that email I knew we had something concrete now because living by our John Walker born 1783 on the 1850, 1860 and even the 1870 census by Elizabeth is Jeptha Walker, wife Sarah Ann, and in 1850 a daughter Larena. Now the problem became where was Red Banks? Since our John Walker born 1783 is first found in Hopkins Co. KY on the 1810 census I felt like it might be a location in Kentucky. After much looking and research I finally hit the jackpot. I found out that Red Banks was the former name of Henderson Co., KY. I then was able to get a copy of a list of 1792 inhabitants of Red Banks, Logan Co. KY (It was part of Logan Co. in 1792) petitioning for a magistrate to be appointed for them as they had about 30 families living there and needed some semblance of governance. This land was part of the Richard Henderson military grant. On the list is John Walker. Once I found a specific location to look for him, everything started to fall together. Annette Walker, living in California, had been working for quite a while on a John Walker living in Henderson Co. KY with daughters Mary who had married a Joseph Barnett. This Joseph Barnett was also on the 1792 Red Banks, Ky list with John Walker. There is another daughter, Nancy, who married James Martin Mathis (he went by Martin Mathis or Mathews), and another daughter Elizabeth. Annette didn't have any sons connected yet to this family, but on the 1799 Henderson Co. KY tax list there is Mary Barnett and Joesph Barnett's heirs (Joseph had died and Mary has his baby Joseph Barnett Jr. after his death). Also there is Martin Mathis listed, and John Walker with a male age 16. Our John Walker would be 16 turning 17 at this time. They are on the 1801 tax records also but all but Martin Mathis are gone by 1802 and from then on. I then went through all the old reports your family had hired done which Dean had given me. Low and behold your genealogist had concluded that there was only one person who could fit the age etc. of the father of our John Walker born 1783 and that was the John Walker on the 1800 Henderson Co. KY census. She also says he disappears and thinks maybe he died shortly after this. However, she inadvertently puts the Robertson family that is also in Henderson Co. KY as our Robertsons, but they are not our Robertsons. Annette Walker then found the Walker bunch across the Mississippi River in 1803 living in St. Charles Co. in which would later become Missouri. John Walker is there, his daughter Mary Walker married Samuel Harding Lewis after the death of her first husband, Joseph Barnett, John's daughter, Elizabeth Walker, married Samuel's brother Mottrom Lewis, daughter Nancy stays in KY with her husband Martin Mathis and she dies in 1809. Living in this same area is Daniel Boone. Daniel's son, Daniel Morgan Boone married Sarah Griffin Lewis, the neice of Samuel and Mottrom Lewis. In 1804 the Lewis and Clark expedition leaves for their expedition from St. Charles Co. MO John Walker is listed as one of the inhabitants of St. Charles' nearly 100 inhabitants at that time. Red Banks John Walker owns land in Dardenne Twp. and on and 1810 map of the area there is a Walker's ferry that crosses the river where the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers met (which is right near Alton, ILL.) I believe this is our Red Banks John Walker's ferry because of a land claim in 1813 that states he was there prior to that date to caulk boats. This Red Banks John Walker on 16 Aug. 1814 files a land claim at the land office the same day as our John Walker born 1783 files one on Silver Creek, St. Clair Co. ILL. Geographically the Mississippi River is what separates them but the two locations are very close. I know this is the Red Banks John Walker because his son-in-law William Obannon, second husband of Elizabeth Walker Lewis Obannon is he witness. Red Banks John Walker on a land deal in 1812 has a wife Hannah. I don't know if this is our John's mother or if it is a second or third wife, however, Ann is a shortened version of Hannah and Ann M. was our John's (born 1783) youngest sister. I have the probate for a John Walker in St. Louis, MO 1815 administered by William Obannon so I believe Red Banks John dies before 1 April 1815. I also have the estate sale of Mottrom Lewis ( he was killed by Indians) at which both John Walker and Daniel Boone buy things. So then I had Red Banks John Walker and wife Hannah, daughters Mary, Elizabeth, Nancy and John. Now I had to try and find the father of Jeptha, who was James. On the 1799 Henderson Co. KY tax rolls there was only the 16 year old male listed. However on the 1810, 1820, 1830 and 1840 Henderson Co. KY census there is a James Walker. He would have been born in 1781. Jeptha is born in KY about 1827 and then is found on the 1850 Greene Co. ILL census. On the 1830 Henderson Co. KY census there is a male that is the age Jeptha would be. This makes sense to be our John's (born 1783) brother because Martin Mathis is also on the 1810 Henderson Co. KY census with his new wife, Mina Hooper and the Hooper family. Henderson is bordering Hopkins Co. and our John born 1783 is probably in Hopkins Co. KY rather than Henderson Co. KY because of his marriage to Charity Palmer. They are listed next to her father. Hopkins Co. KY was formed from Henderson Co. in 1807. So when Red Banks John left KY he went with his daughters and sons in law to MO but his sons, James and John stayed in KY with another sister, Nancy Walker Mathis. I have all the children for Mary, Elizabeth, and Nancy. I have corresponded with a descendant of Elizabeth. Elizabeth and her second husband William B. Obannon go to Louisianna. They had two sons together and Elizabeth had one son with Mottrom Lewis. Elizabeth dies in LA in St. Landry's Parish. The descendant owns the plantation today of Elizabeth's and the old house is still standing (unless hurricane Katrina got it). I have pictures. I noticed a few things that needed corrected on the web page. Green Co. ILL is spelled Greene. John Walker was born in 1783 in Hampshire Co. VA. He died 1867 in Greene Co. ILL. Our Edward Robertson Walker joined the church in 1841 and was baptized by Daniel Tyler. He came across the plains in a wagon train in 1852. Prior to that he was a bishop in Council Bluffs helping the Saints get outfitted. I have the company he traveled in. They first went to Lehi, UT as that is where his father in law, Daniel Cox was living. They then went to Huntsville UT. They joined the RLDS church in 1864. Susan Easton Black has the date wrong in her publication. I saw the actual record of the RLDS church in Independence, MO last summer. Alexander Smith ( the prophets brother) went on a mission and set up a branch in Malad, ID. Our Walkers happened to be in that area at that time and were converted to their teachings. The Saints Hearld RLDS Newspaper has Edward's death announcement. Hampshire Co. VA has a personal property tax list for 1782 and both our Red Banks John Walker and John Lewis IV (father of Samuel and Mottrom) are listed there along with an entire group that goes to St. Clair Co. ILL in the late 1790's. I believe I also have Red Banks father and grandfather found. I am looking at the films tonight at the Stake family history library and will let you know for sure. I thought I would share this much with you for now. I will send the children's names for Mary, Elizabeth, and Nancy in another email. Mary and Samuel Harding Lewis end up in Pike Co. ILL just across the border from Greene co. ILL. Mary was a 90 pound red head who swam across a river in the winter to warn the whites of an Indian party coming. More later, Marcia