CHATHAM COUNTY, GA - BIOS Charles Walker

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Charles Walker

I was told that the WALKER family came from the West
Indies in the 1840s. Supposedly, the young boy named
Charles WALKER arrived in Savannah, GA with his parents
and sister on a "big ship". Young Charles supposedly
said that his father was suddenly not there with them,
but he does not remember what exactly happened to his
dad. 

He and his family eventually ended up in Clay County,
KY. Charles grew up and supposedly married a Harriet
GIBSON from Maryland. Harriet and Charles were both
slaves.

Charles later fought in the Civil War. 

When he returned, the family moved to Barbourville in
Knox Co., KY. They raised a large family. One of his
many sons, Samuel WALKER, married and had three
children. The only daughter they had was my great-
grandmother, Cordelia. Cordelia and her brother,
Richard WALKER, were both born in Knox County, KY. Her
other brother, John Kelly WALKER, was born in GA in
1872. Why that happened, I do not know. Maybe they were
visiting relatives in GA at the time of his birth. That
is the only reason that I can come up with.

I began digging for info. on them, e.g., names, dates,
birthplaces. 

I had been told that Charles' wife was from MD. I found
three separate places that stated that Charles was born
in MD. Harriet was supposedly born in KY. The ancestor
that passed along this info. is dead. Her niece that
still lives in Barbourville swears by the info. that
'Aunt Carrie' also had published in their Historical
Societies Newsletter. She stated that her grandmother
told her about the family's history. 

The article had no dates to research. On Richard and
John Kelly's death certificates, it said that they BOTH
were born in 1872. "Kelly" was killed in a coal mine in
Knox County, KY in 1921. I have tried to find
documentation about the accident, but have been
unsuccessful.

I have researched Chatham County, GA., ship passenger
lists (if they weren't brought in as slaves), etc. I
have looked for a will from Charles' owner, William
Howard, "W. H. ", WALKER with no luck so far.