Person:John Walker (271)

Walker DNA Surname Project

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DNA Participant descended from:

John Walker Sr., b 1750 Hampshire Co., VA d Feb 2, 1829 Cape Girardeau Co., MO, buried Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Pocahontas, MO, m Elizabeth McCampbell (??) in NC. He & Elizabeth are said to have had 11 children, some in Lincoln Co., NC, and the oldest William Henry b 1775 NC, the youngest James b Mar 1807 in Mecklenburg Co., NC. John Jr. b 1780 NC was the 2nd child.

John Walker Jr b 1780 NC d 1862 Cape Girardeau Co., MO m1 1798, Lincoln Co., NC, Mary Garner b 1785? (11 children); m2 1816 Susan Seitz b 1790 NC (2 children); m3 1833, a younger Mary M. Garner b 1815 (6 children)

John W. Walker b 1815, NC d 1841 Cape Girardeau, MO, m Dec 6, 1832 Cape Girardeau, MO., Sarah Hill b NC d Bollinger Co., MO. Children Eli Ephraim b 1838 Cape Girardeau, MO & Henry Franklin b 1836 Bollinger Co., MO.

Henry Franklin Walker b Cape Girardeau Co., MO d after 1880 m 1859 Martha Amanda Smith b Bollinger Co., MO 1841d before 1868.

Columbus Marion Walker b 1860 Cape Girardeau Co., MO d 1941 Elvins, MO m 1878 Emma Margaret Cobb b1858 d1934

Note: John Walker, Sr.'s wife Elizabeth is listed as Elizabeth McCampbell, but this may be doubtful. More information is necessary.

Information on John Walker

From "1881 History of Marion & Clinton Counties, Illinois", Biography of William Hill:

The ancestors of Mr. Hill came from North Carolina, and were among the early settlers of Missouri. His grandfather, Thomas Hill, was born in North Carolina, of Irish parentage. When he was seventeen years old, he became a soldier in the colonial army, in the Revolutionary war, took part in several battles, and served till the independence of the thirteen colonies was acknowledged by Great Britain. For some years he carried on a store in Lincoln county, North Carolina. He married Elizabeth WALKER, who was born in Lincoln county, North Carolina. She was the daughter of John Walker, who was also an old Revolutionary soldier. He was a patriotic man, who fought bravely against the British. The story is told of him that he one time secured permission to go home and see his family. On reaching his house, before he could dismount, the firing of guns was heard at Beatty’s Ford, on the Catawba river and, merely speaking a word to his family without getting down from his horse, he hurried back to take part in the battle. Thomas Hill lived in North Carolina until an old man, and then removed to Cape Girardeau county, Missouri, where he died.

Source: http://clinton.ilgenweb.net/bios/clintbio060.htm