Vincent Barnett Walker (1827 - 1891)

Born 21 Mar 1827 in Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Louisa Jane (Kendall) Walker — married 12 Dec 1854 in Henry, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Apr 1891 at age 64 in Henry County, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

From Goodspeed's Henry County Biographies^[1]
"V. B. Walker, a prominent citizen and farmer of the Sixteenth District, was born in North Carolina, March 21, 1827, and is one of a family of twelve children, born to the union of James and Elizabeth (Edwards) Walker, natives, respectively, of North Carolina and Virginia. The father was a teacher and a farmer by profession. Our subject was reared by his uncle, John S. Walker of Decatur County, and received his education in that county. December 12, 1854, he married Louisa Kendall, a native of Henry County, born October 1, 1838, and the daughter of Eli Kendall. Mrs. Walker died October 12, 1878, leaving a family of nine children, seven of whom lived to be grown, and six of whom are now living: Robert J. (deceased), Elizabeth (Mrs. R. M. Blackemore), Jarratt, Kate (Mrs. Ed. Wynns), Joe, Lola P. and Alexander C. In 1849 Mr. Walker went to Kentucky, where he remained till 1852, engaged in the tobacco business. He then came to Henry County, located where he now resides and was engaged in the tobacco business until 1869. He manufactured plug tobacco and of such quality that many times he won the prize for its excellence. Mr. Walker is now an extensive farmer, owning as much as 800 acres in Henry County, and besides has two sections of land in Mississippi. He is well known and much esteemed by all his acquaintances both as a citizen and neighbor. He was postmaster at Mt. Vista from 1852 to 1857, and at the present time is deputy county surveyor. He is a Democrat in politics and took a great interest in his State and county affairs during the late war. He is a man who has read a great deal and has made a careful study of all the great subjects both of political and religious ethics. In religion, he is liberal to the fullest extent, being a humanitarian."

Vincent B. Walker married Louisa J. Kendall on 12 December 1854 in Henry County, Tennessee.^[2]

Letters/Bible Records from Edwards Heirs

The Edwards Heirs was an organization of Edwards who all tried to prove descendancy from the Robert Edwards who held the land where Trinity Church in New York is now located. Many families sent copies of letters and bible records to support their claim. There were three separate published claims from the family of Thomas Edwards.

Published in Volume 1, #10 issue (October 1925) as sent by Nola P. Walker^[3]

......Thomas Edwards was the son of Joseph Edwards, and Thomas Edwards settled and married three times in Amherst County, Virginia, eight miles from the city of Lynchburg, Va., and raised six sons and six daughters, of whom all are dead but two, Caroline and Minerva.
The sons of Thomas Edwards were:
Dr. William Edwards, who died without issue
John M. Edwards, married Mary S. Rucker, of whom Elizabeth Burnet is a granddaughter.
James B. Edwards went to St. Louis, from where we had no tidings.
Barnette Edwards died without issue.
Dr. Vincent A. Edwards died in South Carolina leaving four children, one of whom is James B. Edwards, of Lynchburg (now deceased).
Dr. Gustavus A. Edwards resided in Lynchburg, Va., and died in 1865, leaving four boys and four girls, all of who lived in Lynchburg, Va., except John Edwards, who lived in Tennessee, now dead, and his brother Joseph Edwards, who died in St. Louis.
The names of the daughters of Thomas Edwards are:
Lucy, who married a Jones and moved to Ohio;
Rhodea married and lived in Lynchburg, Va., and died leaving one daughter.
Caroline married and lived in Lynchburg;
Elizabeth married James Smith Walker, died and left eight living children. James B. Edwards married one of them, Elizabeth, her daughter. Vincent Barnette Walker is a son of Elizabeth and James Smith Walker, and married Louisa J. Kendall, of Paris, Tenn.

Census/Residence

1850 Census ^[4]
District 2, Calloway, Kentucky, United States

1860 Census^[5]
District 15, Henry, Tennessee, United States

1870 Census^[6]
District 16, Henry, Tennessee, United States

1880 Census^[7]
District 16, Henry, Tennessee, United States

Date: 1891

Place: Henry, Tennessee, USA^[8]

Death

Date: 22 Apr 1891

Place: Henry County, Tennessee, USA^[9]

Burial

Place: Kendall Cemetery, Henry, Tennessee, United States^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1887. History of Tennessee from the earliest time to the present: together with an historical and biographical sketch of Carroll, Henry and Benton counties. Nashville: The Goodspeed Pub.
2. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHM-219N : 4 November 2017), Vincent B Walker and Louisa J Kendall, 12 Dec 1854; citing Henry, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,031,503.
3. ↑ Leonard, F. Elwood. 1982. Edwards heirs. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M651-DBC : 4 April 2020), V V Walker in household of R C Stubblefield, Calloway county, Calloway, Kentucky, United States; citing family 276, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TX-CVZ : 18 March 2020), Vincent B Walker, 1860.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDW-5Z4 : 19 March 2020), V B Walker, 1870.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD7N-25J : 15 July 2017), Vinson Walker, District 16, Henry, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 79, sheet 213D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,263.
8. ↑ Source: #S462
9. ↑ Source: #S458
10. ↑ Source: #S458

• Source: S458 U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012
• Source: S462 Tennessee, Enumeration of Male Voters, 1891 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012