Jessamine County KyArchives Biographies.....Walker, George 1763 - 1819
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Author: Bennett H. Young

George Walker.

   Gen. George Walker was one of the most distinguished gifts of Virginia to
Jessamine county. He was the second man to open a law office in the town of
Nicholasville, which he did in 1799, Samuel H. Woodson having been the first man
to open such an office. George Walker owned the land upon which Mr. Melanchthon
Young now resides, and was buried in the orchard about one hundred yards from
the residence.

   He was a man of great learning and great enterprise, as well as great
courage. Born in Culpeper county, Va., in 1763, he settled in Jessamine county,
in 1794. He married Miss Rachel Coffee, of Nashville, Tenn., who was a daughter
of Gen. John Coffee, who bore a distinguished part with Gen. Andrew Jackson in
the Indian wars in the South and West, as well as the war of 1812. He was a mere
lad when he entered the ranks of the Revolutionary army under Generals Green and
Morgan, in the campaigns of 1780-81, and was at the battle of Cowpens, January
17, 1781, and Guilford Court House. He was also at the siege of Yorktown.

   He was a man of noble physique and his appearance indicated his intelligence
as well as his high character. His devotion to his country and its cause knew no
bounds. He was appointed to a seat in the United States Senate by Gov. Isaac
Shelby, to fill a vacancy.

   David Meade was an uncle of Colonel Walker, his father having married Colonel
Meade's sister. He was in the battle~ of New Orleans with the Kentucky troops,
where he attracted the attention of General Jackson by his superb bravery and
his splendid heroism. He was also in the battles of the Northwest and was aide
to Governor Shelby at the battle of the Thames.

   He died in Nicholasville in 1819, at the house now owned by Lewis C. Drake.
Two of his sons emigrated to Texas and held distinguished positions. One of his
sons, Andrew Walker, was a great friend of Quantrell, the celebrated Missouri
soldier.

   The exact location of the grave of Colonel Walker is now unknown, but in his
day he was one of the most prominent and respected citizens. His youngest son,
Courtney Meade Walker, removed to Oregon, where he led the life of a hunter. He
died in 1886, at an advanced age.

   The first public service rendered by George Walker was as one of the
commissioners to run the lines between Kentucky and Tennessee, and the boundary
was known as Walkers Line. Some extracts from Courtney Meade Walkers letters
will be interesting as showing the condition of affairs in olden times. He says:
"I was in Nicholasville in August, 1826. Harrison Daniels was a candidate for
the legislature at that time. It was on the last day of the election. There were
some five or six fist fights in the streets, but no one was injured or seriously
hurt. I had come up from Louisville, where I had been at school. I was at the
burial of Samuel H. Woodson, in 1827, at the residence near David Meade's."


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

A HISTORY OF JESSAMINE COUNTY, KENTUCKY,
FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO 1898.
By BENNETT H. YOUNG,
PRESIDENT POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; MEMBER FILSON CLUB; MEMBER CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION, 1890; AUTHOR HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF KENTUCKY, OF "BATTLE OF
BLUE LICKS, ETC, ETC.

S. M. DUNCAN, ASSOCIATE AUTHOR.

Every brave and good life out of the past is a treasure which cannot  be
measured in money, and should be preserved with faithfullest care.

LOUISVILLE, KY.: COURIER-JOURNAL JOB PRINTING CO., 1898.


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