Jacob was born to John and Elizabeth Walker in Arkansas around 1865, around the time the Civil War was coming to an end; he was the eldest of 11 children. In 1870 his family lived on a farm in Mine Creek, Arkansas, likely on the same land they worked when they were enslaved. Jacob married Parthena Gamble, who was also born and raised in Mine Creek. Parthena gave birth to 14 children and 8 of them survived. All of their children were born in Arkansas but when the youngest child was still a toddler the family relocated west to McCurtain County, Oklahoma shortly after statehood. Previously the land was considered Indian Territory. Land not owned by Indians become available to settlers to purchase. No record of Jake has been found beyond the 1910 census.
"US Census,1870". online database. Mine Creek, Hempstead, Arkansas; Enumeration District: 109, pg. 438A, dwelling 261, family 270, lines 27-38; June 24th, 1880, Roll: 46.
"US Census,1910". online database. Township 3, McCurtain, Oklahoma, Enumeration District: 0180; pg. 11B, dwellings 37, family 37, lines 90-97; May 4, 1910; FHL microfilm: 1375274, (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29.
"Arkansas County Marriages, 1838–1957." online database. Hempstead County, Arkansas, October 7, 1889. Jacob Walker, age 24 and Pothina Gamble, age 20.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jacob by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jacob: