Amelia County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Biographies.....Walker, John Williams August 12, 1783 - April 13, 1823 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Golowka http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00012.html#0002972 June 21, 2006, 4:43 pm Author: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress WALKER, John Williams, (father of Percy Walker and great-great-grandfather of Richard Walker Bolling), a Senator from Alabama; born in Amelia County, Va., August 12, 1783; attended a private school; graduated from The College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1806; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1810 and commenced practice in Huntsville, Ala.; member, Territorial house of representatives 1817, and served as speaker; president of the State constitutional convention in 1819; upon the admission of Alabama as a State into the Union was elected as a Democratic Republican to the United States Senate and served from December 14, 1819, to December 12, 1822, when he resigned; died in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., April 23, 1823; interment in Maple Hill Cemetery. Additional Comments: This information found at: http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000061 John Williams Walker was married to Matilda Pope, daughter of Leroy Pope and Judith Sale in 1810. Their children included Percy Walker, Leroy Pope Walker and Richard Wilde Walker. John was the first senator from Alabama. See biographies of these children at: Percy Walker http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/mobile/bios/walker35nbs.txt Leroy Pope Walker http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/madison/bios/walker31nbs.txt Richard Wilde Walker http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/madison/bios/walker32nbs.txt Richard Wilde Walker had a son, Richard Wilde Walker, Jr. who became an Alabama Supreme Court Judge and later was appointed a judge in the United States 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. You can see a biogrphy for him at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/madison/bios/walker32nbs.txt File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/madison/bios/walker36nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/vafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb