WALKER FAMILY
Updated January 2001
Our ancestor, Jeremiah Jackson Walker, born in 1821 probably in Chester County, SC. In the early 1840s he moved to Henry County, GA and married Amelia Elizabeth Smith in 1845. Many of the descendants of this family still remain in the Henry/Spalding County area.A book published about this family in 1960 has been found to contain errors concerning this Walker ancestry. The father, Jeremiah Walker (b. c1780) lived in the Chester/Fairfield SC area and moved to Sumter County, GA in the 1830s. It is now believed that this may have been a different Jeremiah than the one referred to in the 1960 book.
Four Generation Ahentafel Chart
1. Jeremiah Jackson WALKER b. 9 Jul 1858, HENRY CO., GA, m. 6 Nov 1881, in GRIFFIN, GA, Mamie MATHEWS, b. 1 Oct 1863, GRIFFIN, GA, d. 2 Aug 1926. Jeremiah died 19 Jan 1924, Spalding Co., GA.
Parents
2. Jeremiah Jackson WALKER b. 19 Sep 1821, prob Chester, SC, m. 28 Dec 1845, in HENRY CO., GA, Amelia Elizabeth SMITH, b. 14 Mar 1831, d. 6 Apr 1888, Henry County, GA. Jeremiah died 1 Jun 1883, LOCUST GROVE, GA.
3. Amelia Elizabeth SMITH b. 14 Mar 1831, d. 6 Apr 1888, Henry County, GA.
Grand Parents
4. Jeremiah WALKER b. C. 1780, m. (1) 1799, in prob Fairfield Co., SC, Elizabeth Lucinda DELASHMET, b. 1780, prob Fairfield Co., SC, d. 16 Jun 1842, m. (2) Olive (WALKER). Jeremiah died 29 Oct 1852, SUMTER CO., GA.
5. Elizabeth Lucinda DELASHMET b. 1780, prob Fairfield Co., SC, d. 16 Jun 1842.
6. Parks Washington SMITH b. 28 Dec 1798, N.C. or Oglethorpe, GA, m. 23 Nov 1822, in Oglethorpe Co., GA, Caroline GARRETT, b. 21 Mar 1804, VA, d. 26 Jun 1877, LOCUST GROVE, GA. Parks died 16 Aug 1835, HENRY CO., GA.
7. Caroline GARRETT b. 21 Mar 1804, VA, m. (1) 23 Nov 1822, in Oglethorpe Co., GA, Parks Washington SMITH, b. 28 Dec 1798, N.C. or Oglethorpe, GA, d. 16 Aug 1835, HENRY CO., GA, m. (2) 16 Sep 1836, George Pierce COMBS, b. 6 Aug 1794, d. 3 Sep 1875, buried: Locust Grove. Caroline died 26 Jun 1877, LOCUST GROVE, GA.
Great Grand Parents
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10. Selah Delashmet b. ABT. 1742, Frederick Co, MD, m. ABT. 1773, in Probably Fairfield Co, SC, _____ Catherine_____-, b. ABT. 1755, d. AFT. 1811, Fairfield Co, SC. Selah died BEF. MAY 1783, the Loyalist SC Militia in Revolution.
11. _____ Catherine_____- b. ABT. 1755, d. AFT. 1811, Fairfield Co, SC.
12. John Bailey SMITH b. C 1760, Va or N.C., m. 23 Nov 1792, Elizabeth POWELL, b. 1775. John died C 1862, HENRY CO., GA, buried: Off Locust Grove - Griffin Rd.
13. Elizabeth POWELL b. 1775.
14. James GARRETT b. 1780, Colony of VA, m. Amelia CHEATHAM, b. 1780. James died 1811.
15. Amelia CHEATHAM b. 1780, m. (1) James GARRETT, b. 1780, Colony of VA, d. 1811, m. (2) 14 Jul 1814, in Oglethorpe Co., GA, William ELKINS.