Person:Abraham Walker (11)

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Abraham Walker
b.1773 Chester, South Carolina, United States
d.Aft 1840 Fayette County, Tennessee
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1765
  1. Alexander Walker1766 - 1840
  2. Jane Walker1768 -
  3. William Walker1769 -
  4. Abraham Walker1773 - Aft 1840
  5. Joseph Walker1775 - Est 1812
  6. John Barnett Walker1777 - Aft 1850
  7. James Walker1779 - Aft 1860
  8. Ann Walker1782 - 1829
  9. Matthew Patton Walker1787 - 1849
  10. Rebecca Walker1791 - Aft 1850
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Abraham Walker1773 - Aft 1840
  • W.  Martha Patton (add)
m. 1798
  1. Ann Walker1800 - 1876
  2. Rebecca Jane Walker1801 - 1880
  3. Mary Walker1804 - 1850
  4. Martha Patton Walker1806 - 1847
  5. William Brown Walker1811 - 1890
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Abraham Walker1773 - Aft 1840
  • W.  Jane Birdwell (add)
m. Abt 1831
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Facts and Events
Name Abraham Walker
Gender Male
Birth? 1773 Chester, South Carolina, United States
Marriage 1798 Davidson County, Tennesseeto Martha Patton (add)
Marriage Abt 1831 Fayette County, Tennesseeto Jane Birdwell (add)
Death? Aft 1840 Fayette County, Tennessee
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YDNA Walker Group 33
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Often Confused With:

Abraham Walker of Clarke County, Alabama. (Unrelated. Also had a wife named Martha. Different YDNA Group 37. Also born in Chester, South Carolina but never lived in Tennessee)
Abraham Walker (Abraham S. Walker. Unrelated. From Kentucky. Also married in Davidson County, Tennessee. Died in Macoupin County, Illinois)

Abraham Walker is often confused with two other, unrelated Abraham Walkers. He is most commonly confused with Abraham Walker of Clarke County, Alabama. However, records indicate that the Abraham Walker of this page never lived in Alabama. He lived his life in Williamson and Davidson Counties of Tennessee. He later moved to Fayette County, Tennessee with some of his children and remarried. He married Martha Patton in Davidson County, Tennessee in 1798 and subsequently moved to Williamson County where he had multiple land grants on Murphee's Fork of West Harpeth River[1][2][3][4]. Tax records[5] indicate he had moved to the region as early as 1805. The 1820 census in Williamson County[6] suggests that he had 10 children. His wife Martha had passed by this year as well. In the late 1820's he sold his land to his son in law Benjamin Love[7] and was in Davidson County in the 1830 census[8]. By 1840 hewas in Fayette County, Tennessee not too far away from some of his children[9]. By this point he had also married his second wife, Jane Birdwell[10]. He died by 1850[11]; unfortunately, his probate record was likely lost in a 1925 fire in the county courthouse.[12]. Caution must thus be taken to identify Abraham's children. These are the list of likely children based on surviving records and genetic evidence:

First born son, likely named John Walker. This is not the John Walker of Williamsport, Tennessee as recent YDNA evidence he is the grandson of the related James Walker
Ann Walker.
Born 1800. Married Abraham's neighbor William Patton in 1820[13]
Rebecca Jane Walker.
Born 1801. Married Abraham's neighbor Benjamin Love in 1825. Later moved to Fayette County, Tennessee.[14]
Mary Walker.
Born after 1804. Married Abraham's neighbor William Patterson in 1828. Later moved to Davidson County, Tennessee.[15]
Martha Patton Walker.
Born 1806. Married William Dodson in 1828. Later moved to Fayette County, Tennessee.[16]
William Brown Walker.
Born 1811. Direct neighbor to son in law Benjamin Love in Fayette County, Tennessee.[17]

Note that many of the names and birthdates of the children are consistent with the 1820 census as well as traditional Scottish naming conventions. John is named after Abraham's father John Walker. Ann Walker after his mother Ann Barnett. Rebecca Jane Walker is named after Martha Patton's mother Rebecca Barnett. Martha Patton Walker is clearly named after the mother.

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References
  1. ↑ Page 844. Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records; Roll: 35; Book: L Accessible here
  2. ↑ Page 784. Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records; Roll: 35; Book: L Accessible here
  3. ↑ Page 32. Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records; Roll: 30; Book: F. Accessible here
  4. ↑ Page 340. Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records; Roll: 31; Book: G here
  5. ↑ 1805. Williamson County. Early Tax Lists of Tennessee. Microfilm, 12 rolls. The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee. here
  6. ↑ 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee; Page: 114; NARA Roll: M33_125; Image: 128. Accessible here
  7. ↑ Book J Page 423 of Williamson County Deeds
  8. ↑ Year: 1830; Census Place: Davidson, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 174; Page: 237; Family History Library Film: 0024532. Accessible here
  9. ↑ Year: 1840; Census Place: Fayette, Tennessee; Roll: 521; Page: 161; Family History Library Film: 0024544 Accessible here
  10. ↑ Fayette Deed Book F Page 169. Accessible here
  11. ↑ Wife Jane Walker. Year: 1850; Census Place: District 14, Fayette, Tennessee; Roll: 877; Page: 363a. Accessible here
  12. ↑ Lost Records: Courthouse Fires and Disasters in Tennessee here
  13. ↑ Williamson County Marriage Records. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.here
  14. ↑ Williamson County Marriage Records. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.here
  15. ↑ Williamson County Marriage Records. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.here
  16. ↑ Williamson County Marriage Records. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.here
  17. ↑ Year: 1840; Census Place: Fayette, Tennessee; Roll: 521; Page: 115; Family History Library Film: 0024544 here
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