Robert
Wesley
Walker
Born in North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Robert K. Walker
and Sophia Biggs
Brother of
Elizabeth Walker, William Clay Walker Sr. [half], Henry Haywood Walker [half], Nancy Ellen (Walker) Redmond [half], Lafayette Walker [half] and Caroline Walker [half]
Husband of
Minerva Jane Taylor
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Ellen Isabel (Walker) Abbott and James Lee Walker
Died
at age 83
in Flint District, Cherokee Nation, Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States
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| Created 15 Apr 2020
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Biography
Robert Wesley Walker. Born 3 FEB 1815 North Carolina, USA. Died 21 MAY 1898 Flint District, Cherokee Nation West, Indian Territory [now Oklahoma], USA. He was the son of Robert K. Walker and Sophia Biggs.
He married Minerva Jane Taylor. Born 24 MAY 1820 . Died 18 OCT 1885 Cherokee Nation West, Indian Territory, USA.
Robert Wesley, b. 1825, d. after 1907, m. Minerva Jane Taylor, a cousin and daughter of Andrew Taylor and Jane Bigby. He and his family moved to the Oklahoma Indian territory before the Civil War. Robert became prominent in the civic life of the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokees, known as one of the "five civilized tribes" had a written language, newspapers, schools and colleges. They also had a constitution, adopted in 1827, patterned after the U.S. constitution, and a body of laws relating to crimes and civil matters such as property rights. In 1892, Robert Wesley Walker was elected Attorney General, and a few years later he became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee legal system ended as Oklahoma became a state in 1907.[1]
Records of the Cherokee Nation
More about Robert Wesley Walker I:
- 1851 Drennan roll: Going Snake, 410.
- 1880 Census [CN]: Flint Dist, 1398.
- 1890 Census [CN]: Tahlequah, 304.
- Blood: Adopted White.
- Emigration: Bef. 1873, LR-OIA, file# I96-1873.
- Occupation 1: 1880, Farmer.
- Occupation 2: 1890, Atty at Law [Circuit Judge; Chief Justice].
- Parents (Facts Pg): Robert W Walker Sr & Elizabeth Cole.
More about Minerva Jane Taylor:
- 1851 Drennan roll: Going Snake, 410 as Minerva J Walker.
- 1880 Census [CN]: Flint Dist, 1399 as M J Walker.
- Emigration: Bef. 1873, LR-OIA, file# I96-1873 as M J Walker "dau of A & J Taylor".
Sources
- ↑ "A Genealogy of the Walker and Ray Families: Remembering Times Forgotten", Lynn Walker, 1999), page 6.
- FindAGrave memorial of his wife, Minerva J. Walker, Find A Grave: Memorial #6928104.
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DNA Connections
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- Jacob Walker
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FT453744, FTDNA kit #433084, MitoYDNA ID T14560 [compare]
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~1.56%
Carol (Gilstrap) Scott :
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~0.78%
Robert Styles :
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~0.78%
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