Jeff Ross Papers--Charles Walker III

The Jeff Ross (1849-1929) papers are a collection of materials that include family histories  and other information collected during Mr. Ross’s lifetime. Specifically he includes a section called the Walker Family Connection that is important to the descendents of Charles Walker (b. 1727 Prince George County, MD. d.?). This section was transcribed by Charles Brashear who maintains a website at

http://www.charlesbrashear.com. It is available to the public at the Tennessee State Archives in Nashville.

The Walker Connection ---Microfilm #2

(only family relationships will be presented in this posting and information is verbatim)

Jeff Ross is the great-grandson of Charles Walker III.

Family of Rev. Charles Walker and Elena Prater:

1. Elijah Walker

2. Nathaniel Walker

3. Jacob Walker

4. Isaac Walker

5. Zachariah Walker: m. Sarah Banks, half-sister of Elizabeth Daley

1. Vann Walker, m. Elizabeth Ross, c/o John McCullugh Ross I. Vann died c. 1805, Elizabeth in c. 1828. See Dickson Co. land records and family mentioned in Elizabeth’s will, above.

6. Molly Walker: m. John Pain

 Family of Rev. Walker and Elizabeth Daley:

7. Samuel Walker: m. Patsy Walker

8. Charles Walker: m. Molly Walker

1. Charles Wright Walker: m. Elizabeth Honor Brown

1. Malissa Walker: m. Alfred Skeleton

2. Martha Walker: m. 1. Andrew Jackson “Jack” Pickens; m.2. Martin Moore. See below.

3. Jess Walker m. 1. Emily Montague; m.2. Mandy Montague

4. Marge Walker: m. Samuel Rickets

2. Hannah Walker m. Jessie Brown

9. Isaac Walker: m Rachel (or Rhoda) Greer

10. Delilah Walker: m. _______ Smith

11. Simeon Walker: m. Ruth Elage

12. Martha Walker: m. Thomas Basket

13. Elenor Walker; m. Morgan Hood. “Morgan Hood had only one child: Johnathon Hood, who married, but his wife’s name is unknown.

14. Molly Walker: m. Partick Sloan (grandparents of George Sloan Ross, who owned the John McCullough Ross I Bible near the turn of the century.)

x. Elizabeth Sloan, m. her cousin, John McCullough Ross II

x. George Sloan Ross

15. Edna Elizabeth Walker, b. 1772, m. George Ross

16. Sarah Walker: m. Larkin Ferly

17. Jenny or Jane Walker: m. Jesse Taylor

George Sloan Ross reported that the Bible listed half-brothers and sisters of Charles: Mary, m. Henry Bagsley: Jermiah, m. Hannah Daniel: Joseph, m. Elizabeth Riddle: Jesse, no record. Also Elizabeth Daley Walker’s half brothers and sisters: Samuel Banks; John Banks; Dorcus Banks m. ____ Squires and had one son Levi Squires; Elizabeth Banks married Timothy Gauny; Sarah Banks m. Zachariah Walker.

END OF THIS SECTION OF ROSS PAPERS

Known Errors: Researchers have not been able to determine that Charles Walker was actually a reverend, so this may or may not be correct. Number 10. should read Daly Walker m Hannah Smith. Number 16. should be Sarah Walker m. Larkin Kerley.

Other comments:

1. Descendents of this line have participated in DNA testing and are in the Walker Surname Project—Group 20.

2. Some members of this family were in Burke County, North Carolina by the mid-late 1770’s.

3. Some members of this family travel to the Pendleton District, SC in the 1790’s. Zachariah Walker, Vann Walker, and Morgan Hood are living next to each other. There is a Charles Walker, Samuel Walker, and George Ross on the 1790 Census, also.

4. Daly Walker’s family eventually moves to Knoxville, TN area. Isaac’s, Charles, Jr.’s, and Zachariah’s families move to or near Hardin County, TN.

5a. Two of the children, Isaac and Molly, also appear in the second list. The thought has occurred to me that perhaps the first list of people are actually Charles Walker’s brothers and sisters. If that is the case then Nathaniel would be the brother of Charles. There is a Nathaniel Walker with a son Renelder Walker. Renelder Walker and Daly Walker are known to be cousins.

5b. Researchers of Zachariah Walker estimate his birth c. 1747 and have tied him to the sale of property in Maryland in 1770. If his father were Charles b. 1727 then his father would have been 20 years old. At this time in history most men did not marry until they were in their mid-twenties. (Reference: Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America by David Fischer.) The sale of the Maryland property would have occurred when he was 23 years old which is unlikely. We also know Charles Walker’s (1727) father was Charles Walker (1698) and that Charles Walker(1698) was married twice.

5c. Maybe, these are clues to who Charles Walker’s (1727) parents and siblings actually were—at this point it is speculation but nonetheless a possibility.