My Walker Family
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Second Generation
2. Jeremiah WALKER (Unknown1) was born about 1750 in Virginia and died about 1834 in Bayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana about age 84.
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1820 Opelousas Parish, Louisiana Census
Name:
Parish:
State:
Age
one male
one female age
one female age
wife
one female slave 26-44
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Mrs. Jeremiah Walker is listed as head of household in the 1830 St. Landry Census. Jeremiah was living somewhere else at this time because he appeared at the St. Landry Courthouse in 1834 to give his deposition for a Rev. War pension.
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Jeremiah Walker fought with the North Carolina Continental Army as a Sergeant. He applied for a pension (see website narrative of pension at http://bryantsweb.com/ancestors/walker/docs/jwsoldier.htm) in 1834 and received approval on March 14, 1834 for $60 per year commencing on March 4, 1831. I suspect that Jeremiah was still alive in early 1834 and died sometime that year. His pension request indicated that he was living in Bute County, North Carolina when he enlisted. Bute is no longer a county in NC. His military activity was conducted mostly in South Carolina with some activity in North Carolina. (see Pension Request with Battles)
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Jeremiah Walker's succession (see website narrative of pension at http://bryantsweb.com/ancestors/walker/docs/doc19a.htm) was probated in St. Landry Parish in 1835 and his properties were sold. John Walker was the administrator of his succession. There are no children mentioned in the succession.
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It appears that a Jeremiah Walker from Louisiana filed a land claim before 1829 which was approved by the U. S. Congress in 1830, probably from Rev. War land claims. If this is our Jeremiah, it may explain why he was not at home in the 1830 St. Landry Census.
Search Terms: JEREMIAH (92), WALKER (183)
Database: U.S. House of Representative Private Claims, Vol. 3
Combined Matches: 4
Name Nature of Claim Congress Session Manner Brought Journal Page Referred to Committee Date Report Bill House Disposed Senate Disposed Congress Date Comments
Jeremiah Walker, (La.) Confirmation of title to land 19 2 Petition 65 Priv. Land Claims Discharged Leave to withdraw
Jeremiah Walker, (La.) Confirmation of title to land 20 1 Petition 40 Priv. Land Claims 211 Favorable 241 Referred to Committee Whole House
Jeremiah Walker, (La.) Confirmation of title to land 20 2 House bill 269 Whole House 09 Feb 1829 241 Passed Ref'd to Public Lands
Jeremiah Walker, (La.) Confirmation of title to land 21 1 Petition 173 Priv. Land Claims 161 Favorable 205 Passed Passed 29 May 1830 App'd
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Jeremiah married Mrs. Jeremiah WALKER [MRIN: 20] between 1775 and 1781 in North Carolina. Jeremiah was born about 1750 and died about 1835 in Bayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana about age 85. Another name for Jeremiah was Mrs Jeremiah WALKER.
General Notes: Living with Jeremiah in 1820 Census
St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Jeremiah Walker Head of household (age 70-79?) (b. between 1841 and 1850)
1 Male 26-44 (b. between 1776 and 1794)
1 Male 45 & over (Jeremiah)
1 Female Under 10 (b. between 1810 and 1820)
1 Female 16-25 (b. between 1795 and 1804)
1 Female 45 & over (Mrs. Jeremiah Walker 70-79?) (b. between 1841 and 1850)
1 Female slave 26-44
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Mrs. Jeremiah Walker listed as Head of Household in 1830 Census in Bayou Leche, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana [I believe this was Bayou Teche. There is a Bayou Leche in New Orleans]
1 Female 15-19 (Probably a granddaughter) (b. between 1811 and 1815)
1 Female 80-89 (Mrs. Jeremiah Walker) (b. between 1841 and 1850)
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Children from this marriage were:
+ 6 M i. John WALKER was born about 1780 in North Carolina and died about 1840 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana about age 60.
John married Unknown UNKNOWN [MRIN: 17]. (b. Between 1791 and 1800)
+ 7 M ii. Daniel WALKER .
+ 8 M iii. Robert WALKER .
3. John WALKER (Unknown1) was born about 1755.
General Notes: Rev. War. Pension Request #W7796, Wake County, NC ( same County that Hannah Daniels (married a Jeremiah Walker (15) in 1776) and her father Woodson Daniel were from )
State of North Carolina
Wake County Nov [?] - 1832
John Walker personally appeared in open Court, it being a Court of record (aged 75 years [b. 1757]) and being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th June 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as hereinafter stated to wit - that he entered the service under Capt. Pink Eaton of Warren [see note below] - then called Bute [County] - thinks about 12 months before the capture of Lord Cornwallis [on 19 Oct 1781] - marched out to South Carolina & took Thompson Fort on the Santee, then marched to Augusta there captured two forts [illegible] & Grasan [sic: Fort Grierson near Augusta GA, 23 May 1781] then marched to ninety six & joined Gen'l. Green [sic: Nathanael Greene at Siege of Ninety-Six SC, 22 May - 19 June 1781] - then came back to Headquarters at the High Hills of Santee & continued with Gen'l. Green until discharged - that his whole term of service was 12 months - having left home in April & returned in May - that his first officer Eaton was killed at Augusta - that after he got to ninety six he was put under the command of Capt. William Lightle [sic: Lytle ] - with whom he served untill his discharge - that he received a discharge but has lost it - was born in December 1755 in Warren or Bute [Warren formed in 1799 from Bute, which was formed in 1764 from Granville] -that he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present & declares his name is not on the pension roll of any State - John [mark] Walker
State of North Carolina
Wake County
John Walker personally appeared in open Court & after being duly sworn according to law - makes the following amendatory declaration in order to obtain a pension &c -
1. Where & in what year were you born?
North Caro in Bute now Warren County in the year 1755.
2. Has no record of my age - my Brother having taken it off with him.
3. was living in Bute when called into service - has lived in Wake County ever since the revolution - where he now lives-
4. Answer - was drafted as a militia man. Thomas Eaton General - was at the battle of Guilford [Guilford Courthouse, 15 March 1781] - that after battle of Guilford he served twelve months under Capt. & afterwards Maj'r. Pink Eaton - that they marched & served as heretofore stated in former declaration.
5. answer - was under command of Gen. Green - after the death of Capt. Eaton served under Capt. William Lightle - also knew Maj'r. Thomas Donaho of the regular service.
6. answer - If he ever received a discharge is now lost & he cannot at this time give any account of it - recollects being discharged after battle of Eutaw Springs [in South Carolina, 8 Sep 1781] at Bacon Bridge about forty miles from Charleston [near Old Dorchester on Ashley River] - had served full twelve months before discharged - Entered the service in 1781. & left service in 1782
7. answer - That he lives in the neighbourhood of William Rakes [?] esq - that he is also known to John Duram [ Durham ?] - John Wall & others - as hereafter appears - [signed] John Wall
NOTE: This is probably our Jeremiah's brother since they both served at the same time and in the same battles and are near the same age. He also states that he entered service in April, 1781 and went home in May, 1782, the exact same time that Jeremiah joined and left the 10th Regiment of the North Carolina Line.
4. Elizabeth WALKER (Unknown1) was born before 1775.
General Notes: This is not a comfirmed connection to John of St. Landry Parish, but has a lot of promise that she was his sister or close cousin.
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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 10:50:57 -0600
From: "Elaine B.Favre" <efavre@home.com>
Subject: Re: WALKER: Louisiana Walkers
Donna,
You spoke of "the two groups of Walkers" in LA. Did either group come from MO? I have been searching for the parents of my GGG-Grandmother, Elizabeth WALKER, who was probably (?) born in VA in the last quarter of the 18th century. She married a LEWIS from VA and they lived in St. Charles Co., MO. She was there until after 1812, but married again to an O'Bannon and died in LA ca 1840-50. I found her here in Opelousas in 1819 and in Rapides Parish in 1830. After that she was in St. Landry Parish and probably died there. Does any of this sound familiar to you?
Elaine
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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 12:00:50 -0600 (CST)
From: efavre@linknet.net
To: WALKER-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: [WALKER-L] WALKER RE_POST.
Re request of Sue Owens, 20 Jan, 1998, for new submisssion of WALKER line:
EARLIEST WALKER:
1- Elizabeth WALKER (b prob ca 1770-80) m. (1) Mottrom LEWIS
2-* William Hardin(g) LEWIS m. Sophia WEST
Elizabeth M (2) William O'Bannion
a-William Bryant O'BANNION
b-Lorenzo Dow O'BANNION
Elizabeth WALKER, probably of VA ( possibly Hampshire CO in the Northern Neck, later a part of WVA) married Mottrom LEWIS (John IV and Hannah HARDING; John IV died 1802 Henderson Co., KY, & Hannah d. only a few years later), originally of Northumberland CO., VA. Mottrom b ca 1774. His parents had left Cherry Point in N'land Co by 1773 and were in Hampshire County(still considered the Northern Neck of VA), so I must assume that he was born there.
Elizabeth WALKER was probably born sometime in the 1770's. I have no marriage date for Elizabeth. But then, I don't have ANY information for Elizabeth prior to 1805. I know that she married Mottrom and they were in St. Charles Co., MO, by 1805, when they claimed land on the Peruke River next door to Mottrom's brother, Samuel Harding Lewis. Samuel's wife was reputed to be Elizabeth's sister, Mary WALKER. Mary had married a BARNETT, had one son, Joseph (became an attorney, practicing in St. Charles CO.). After the death of husband BARNETT, she married Samuel Harding LEWIS.
Elizabeth WALKER and Mottrom LEWIS had one child, William Hardin(g) Lewis, b, 1804, St. Charles Co., MO. Mottrom was killed in 1806. Elizabeth next married William B. O'BANNION, and bore him two sons, William Bryant and Lorenzo Dow. She next appears in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, in 1819, where she is named in the succession of her second husband, O'BANNION, and is made the legal guardian of her three minor sons, William Hardin(g) LEWIS, William Bryant O'BANNION and Lorenzo Dow O'Bannion. She is still in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, in the census of 1820. I have found no trace of her after that time. I do know that William Hardin(g) Lewis settled in and remained in St. Landry Parish the rest of his life. Lorenzo Dow O'BANNION live next door to his half-brother until his death in the 40's or 50's. I have no trace of William Bryant O'BANNION.
At the sale settling Mottrom LEWIS'estate in St. Charles Co., there were three WALKER males, Daniel, Robert, and John. These may have been relatives of Elizabeth, but I only suppose this because of the frequent migration of family groups.
Elaine B. Favre
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Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 09:27:10 -0600 (CST)
From: efavre@linknet.net
To: WALKER-D@rootsweb.com
Subject: [WALKER-L] ELIZABETH WALKER/VA?>KY?>MO>LA
Researching: Elizabeth WALKER who m. (1) Mottrom /Mottram LEWIS, son of John Lewis IV and Hannah HARDING.
They went to St. Charles CO., MO, where Mottrom claimed land on the Peruque River in 1805, next to that of his brother Samuel Harding LEWIS. In 1804 their only child, William Harding LEWIS was born; and in 1806 Mottrom was killed by a bear or by Indians. Elizabeth later married William B. O'BANNION, and bore him two sons, Bryant O'BANNION and Lorenzo Lorenzo Dow O'BANNION. The last traces I have found of Elizabeth are 1819, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, LA, when she is in the succession of her deceased husband WM. B. O'BANNION, and is made guardian of her minor sons Wm. Harding LEWIS, and Bryant and Lorenzo Dow O'BANNION. She is listed there in the 1820 census, but I find no farther record of her in St. Landry Parish. There is a succession for Lorenzo Dow O'Bannion, who died in St.Landry Parish some years later.
Elaine Favre
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1820 Opelousas/St. Landry Parish Census
Page 0108
Elizabeth (Walker) OBannon (on same page as Jeremiah Walker)
2 male 10-16 (b. between 1804 and 1810)
1 male 16-18 (b. between 1802 and 1804)
(The census enumeration in 1820 counted males twice between ages 16 and 26 considering them eligible for work.)
1 male 16-26 (b. between 1794 and 1804)
1 female 45 and older (probably Elizabeth b. before 1775)
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Elizabeth married Mottrom LEWIS [MRIN: 58]. Mottrom was born about 1774 in Hampshire County, Virginia and died in 1806 about age 32.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 9 M i. William Harding LEWIS was born in 1804 in St. Charles County, Missouri and died in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
William married Sophia UNKNOWN [MRIN: 730]. (b. Abt 1817)
Elizabeth next married William B. O'BANNION [MRIN: 59]. William died about 1819 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 10 M i. Lorenzo Dow O'BANNION died in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
+ 11 M ii. William Bryant O'BANNION .
5. Mary WALKER (Unknown1).
General Notes: Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 12:00:50 -0600 (CST)
From: efavre@linknet.net
To: WALKER-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: [WALKER-L] WALKER RE_POST.
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" Elizabeth WALKER was probably born sometime in the 1770's. I have no marriage date for Elizabeth. But then, I don't have ANY information for Elizabeth prior to 1805. I know that she married Mottrom and they were in St. Charles Co., MO, by 1805, when they claimed land on the Peruke River next door to Mottrom's brother, Samuel Harding Lewis. Samuel's wife was reputed to be Elizabeth's sister, Mary WALKER. Mary had married a BARNETT, had one son, Joseph (became an attorney, practicing in St. Charles CO.). After the death of husband BARNETT, she married Samuel Harding LEWIS."...
Elaine B. Favre
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Mary married Samuel Harding LEWIS [MRIN: 119].
Mary next married Unknown BARNETT [MRIN: 120].
The child from this marriage was:
+ 12 M i. Joseph BARNETT