Lucretia (Walker) Gilpin (1789-1850) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Lucretia Gilpin formerly Walker aka Bell

Born 23 Dec 1789 in Walker, Knox, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of James Walker Sr. and Catherine Barbara (Miller) Walker

Sister of Gideon Walker, Susannah (Walker) Singleton and James Francis Walker Jr.

Wife of Silas Bell — married before 31 Aug 1811 (to before 1826) in Wayne, Kentucky, United States

Wife of Elias Gilpin — married 13 Jul 1833 in Wayne, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Mother of Phasuelus Silas Bell, Loruhama Lavina (Bell) Givens, Zoilus Adokus Bell, Ozzias J Bell, Robert Isaac Bell, Mary Louisianna (Bell) Thomasson and James Carrel Bell

Died 1850 at about age 60 in Fayette, Texas, United States

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1 Biography
2 Research Progress
3 Sources
4 Acknowledgements

Biography

Lucretia was born in 1789. She passed away after 1830.

Second Marriage: 13 July 1833 in Wayne County, Kentucky to Elias GILPIN^[1]

Listed as Lucrecy [Lucretia] GILPIN; formally Lucrecy BELL in her father's land transfer to his heirs in 1836.

FamilySearch tree stated she was married 4 times. Further research is needed.

1st: 31 August 1811 in Wayne County, Kentucky to Silas BELL [who the tree says she divorced]

2nd: 13 July 1833 in Wayne County, Kentucky to Elias GILPIN^[1]

3rd: John D. McALLISTER

4th: 19 April 1844 in Fayette County, Texas to William S. BROOKS

Research Progress

In The Daughters of Republic of Texas book^[2] the following is listed in the article submitted by Mildred Bostick BRINEGAR on James Walker, Sr.:

On 5 January 1836, James WALKER, Sr. and his wife, Catherine MILLER deeded their land to their children before James' death. [Washington County, Texas Deed Abstracts 1834 - 1841, Republic of Texas and State of Coahuila and Texas, abstracted by Joyce Murray, pages 29. 30, 31 and 32 show Deeds of Gift dated 5 January 1836]

"Statement attached saying he has divided land himself to avoid difficulty in administration"

Heirs:

James WALKER, Jr.
Sarah TOWNSEND (wife of William TOWNSEND)
John Miller WALKER
Gideon WALKER
Lucrecy [Lucretia] GILPIN; formally Lucrecy BELL
Lucinda GARY (wife of Cory D. GARY)

Sources

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ3-MTJK : 17 May 2018), Elen S Gelpin and Lucretia Bell, 13 Jul 1833; citing Marriage, Wayne, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 591,550.
↑ Dorothy Burns Peterson and Herbert C. Banks, III, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Patriot Ancestor Album, (Paducah, Kentucky : Turner Publishing, 1995), Two articles on James Walker, Sr. located on p. 282; preview available on google books : accessed 12 January 2020. Unable to determine if more information is available on page 283 as only 282 is included in the preview.

Acknowledgements

Research made by Langley Howse entered Thursday, August 7, 2014.
Census 1790--1830

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lucretia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lucretia: