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Ruth Walker (abt. 1771 - abt. 1845)

Ruth Walker aka Linn
Born about in Prince George's, Colony of Maryland, Americamap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , , , and
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants descendants
Mother of and
Died about at about age 74 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Biography

Was married to a young John Linn b. 1769 d. age about 23, son of Captain Andrew Linn. His Uncles Lewis and xxx famous indian sighters and scouts and spies lived with Indians for years learned their languages participated in French and Indian War. John stationed in Wheeling sent up river to Virginia to spy on Indian village with a few others, asleep and ambushed and shot in breast and scalped, others escaped. She used her maiden name for her kids since her husband died so young. Moved to Kentucky, had a Gideon Walker (unknown father). Had four girls with unknown father until father gave all his wealth to these girls upon his death as shown in court in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky.

Research Notes

Some sources that may help to fill out Ruth Walker's biography and provide information about her and her descendants are referred to in the "Object" section of this biography, but did not transfer in full from the source gedcom. Some may have come from a book, The Legacy of Gideon Walker & Priscilla Duvall by Sheila Rusher Best, [1] that includes a genealogy of some of Ruth's descendants and a letter dated 9 Feb 1923 from Ruth's great-granddaughter, Alice B. Camp, to Mrs. Cora E. Behrends that fills in Mrs. Camp's personal memories of her relatives.

Some concern the following children:

  • Hannah Walker. On October 14, 1814, Ruth signed an authorization for the clerk of Nelson County, Virginia, to issue a license for her daughter Hannah to marry William H. Birkhead. The bond for the marriage is signed by the groom and Richard Walker, and identifies Ruth as the widowed mother of Hannah.[2]

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Gideon Walker (Ruth's father) and Andrew Lynn Jr. lived in Menallen Township.
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Diagram of Relationships--pdf
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Kentucky Settlement Area
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John Linn
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Walkers moved from Maryland to Kentucky
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Map of Menallin Township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
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DNA--Putting It Together
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Ruth Walker
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Jane Walker and Eli Birkhead marriage bond.
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Marriages of Ruth's daughters.
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Amanda Burnett's letter to Ella Talbot in Texas.
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Richard Mareen Walker, Jr Heritage
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Descendents of Gideon and Isaac Walker Marry-2
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Cora Behrends--Edith Walker original
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Service in the American Revolution
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Page 1) Alice B. Camp letter.
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Letter from Georgia Speed to Cora Behrends about her interview with Felix Grundy Walker.
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Ruth Walker
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1810 KY CENSUS
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Descendents of Gideon and Isaac Walker Marry-1
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Page 4) Alice B. Camp letter.
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Gideon Walker and Isaac Walker of Toaping Castle--Brothers
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Page 2) Alice B. Camp letter.
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Amanda Burnette states Gideon was from the Highlands of Scotland.
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Gideon Walker Legatees
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Page 3) Alice B. Camp letter
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Letter from Georgia Speed to Cora Behrends about her interview with Felix Grundy Walker.
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Behrends-Bergin Letter
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Marriage Bonds in Nelson County, Kentucky.
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Sources

  • Source: S155 Abbreviation: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived Reference: 1,7836::0 Repository: #R3 Paranthetical: Y
  • Repository: R3 Name: Ancestry.com Address: Ancestry.com CONT http://www.Ancestry.com Name: Ancestry.com Address 1: http://www.Ancestry.com
  • Source: S234 Abbreviation: Ancestry Family Trees Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Repository: #R3 Paranthetical: Y Page: Ancestry Family Trees Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=7539891&pid=6730
  1. ↑ Sheila Rusher Best, The Legacy of Gideon Walker & Priscilla Duvall (Utica, Ky: McDowell Publication, 2009; www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/251866
  2. ↑ Handwritten authorization by Ruth Walker to the Clerk of Nelson County, Kentucky, to grant a license for her daughter, Hannah Walker, to marry William H. Birkhead, and bond by Richard Walker and William H. Birkhead for marriage of "Hannah Walker, daughter of the widow Ruth Walker;""Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-Y637-VZ?cc=1804888&wc=QD3Q-WWJ%3A148165601 : 17 May 2018), 004705517 > image 425 of 1207; citing multiple county clerks, county courts, and historical societies, Kentucky.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Donald Marlowe for creating WikiTree profile Walker-9602 through the import of Don_Direct.ged on May 29, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Donald and others.






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