Orangeburgh District Migrations
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Migration of Thomas WALKER
1. Thomas WALKER. He married Sophia Elizabeth WILCHER.
Notes for Thomas WALKER: This Walker family settled in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
Children of Thomas WALKER and Sophia Elizabeth WILCHER were as follows:
a. Lafayette Sanders2 WALKER, born 25 Mar 1807 in Georgia; died 23 Feb 1879 in Chatham, Louisiana. He married in 1838 in Pike County, Alabama Elizabeth (YAWN) Walker , born 5 Aug 1821, daughter of Nicholas YAWN and Selvester [unknown].
Notes for Lafayette Sanders WALKER: This Walker family settled in Jackson Parish, Louisiana. Siblings include Elizabeth who married Willis Clark and William Walker, who married Charlotta Clark both children of Moses Clark II and wife Elizabeth Miller. To Louisiana 1851 (See Jackson Parish History for Sanders Walker). Sanders and Elizabeth with six children and a niece, Lucy Walker, left Mississippi in an ox wagon in 1851 on their way to Texas. They camped in the Wyatt Community (LA) and stayed. Sanders was a school teacher. Sanders Walker was heir to Solomon Walker (wife Nancy) Abbeville District, South Carolina will 29 Jan 1847 settled 12 Feb 1858. Heirs Sanders m. Elizabeth Yawn; Elizabeth m. William Dellishaw; Lucinda m. Gallant Hardy; Samuel; Margaret m. James F. Martin; Barton.
Notes for Elizabeth YAWN: Lafayette Sanders Walker is listed as son-in-law (wife, Mary Yawn).
b. Elizabeth2 WALKER. She married Willis CLARK, son of Moses CLARK and Elizabeth MILLER.
c. William2 WALKER. He married Charlotta CLARK, daughter of Moses CLARK and Elizabeth MILLER.
Information provided by Gene Jeffries 22 Feb 2000.
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