James Howard Walker

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Personal and Family Information

James was born in 1800 in North Carolina, the son of Allen Walker and Esther McCrory.

He died in 1844 in Wilkinson County, Mississippi.

His wife was Mary Bell Newell, who he married on 28 MAY 1835 in Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Their five known children were George A (1836-1904), James Howard (1839-1915), Douglas Newell (1841-1870), Edward Howard (1845-1888) and Mary Jane (1842-1925).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

James Howard Walker
(1800-1844)

 

Allen Walker
(1758-1816)

   
 
   
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
   
 
 
     
 
 
   

Esther McCrory
(1768-1845)

 

Thomas Ira McCrory
(1735-1788)

   
 
 
     
 
 
   

Hannah Crawford
(1735-1788)

   
 
 
     
 
 

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth1800
Place: North Carolina
Death1844
Place: Wilkinson County, Mississippi
Census1837
Place: Hickman County, Tennessee
Address: Tax List, HIckman Couny Walker John, 110 acres, school acres 100 Walker William, 68 acres, school acres 400 Walker James, 0 acres, school acres 205

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Notes

Note 1

from Meredith Walker family tree; ancestry.com

Allen and Esther Walker had 8 children

William 1785-1865, Sarah, Joel, Hannah C, Allen Jr, James Howard, Pleasant B and Judge Elijah 1809-1873

But findagrave 54271856

DNA ThruLines only 6 of the 8. Sarah and Elijah do not have DNA thruline.

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/68532785/person/150121183874/facts

also:

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/7334405/person/372119446016/facts?_phsrc=TPY303&_phstart=successSource

also:

Walkers in Hickman County, Tennessee

"Historical Sketches of Hickman County, Tennessee", by Jill K. Garrett Research of Mrs. Lydia Walker Coon, filed in Archives, Jackson, Mississippi

https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/153697445/person/132165871804/media/353f9e06-3d77-47e4-9914-c75aeb17d40e?_phsrc=uZK45&usePUBJs=true

Note 2

Non paternity event. FamilyTreeDNA Kit 926600 Y-DNA-111 in Jan 2020 in Haplogroup I-M253 and has two matches at Genetic Distance 2, two at Gen Dist 3, three at Gen Dist 4, and another twenty one matches from Genetic Distance 5 to 10, most with Walker name, all in group 2 of the Walker Project.

I1-Z138 S2293+ Z2541+ S19185+ S23519+ S20030+ BY1482+ BY1330+ BY34667+ A7116+ A7115+ Branches

Ancestry DNA shows many matches with Allan Walker and Esther McCory family, strongest in Joel Walker and Mary Motheral descendents.