Jefferson
County, Alabama Biographies
ALABAMA, HER HISTORY, RESOURCES, WAR RECORD, AND
PUBLIC MEN
FROM 1540 TO 1872, by W. BREWER.
B
WALKER KEITH BAYLOR
came to this county about the year 1820, and opened a law
office in Elyton. He was a Kentuckian by birth and the younger brother of
the Hon. R. E. B. Baylor of Tuskaloosa. In 1825 he entered the public
service as a member of the legislature from the county. He showed a
preference for professional and literary rather than political life; and only
re-appeared in the legislature as a senator in 1838, having previously served
for several years as judge of the county court. In 1843 he became a judge
of the circuit court, succeeding Hon. Peter Martin of Tuskaloosa, and was
holding that office--presiding with dignity and ability--when his death occurred
in 1845. He was killed by the accidental discharge of a gun while on a
visit to his brother in Texas. Judge Baylor was prepossessing in
appearance; and his cultivated mind, diversified talents, manly character, and
genial nature rendered him justly estimable. He was a
bachelor.
JOHN
BROWN was one of the earliest white settlers of the
county. He came from South Carolina about the year 1818, and represented
Blount in the legislature before Jefferson was cut off from it. He was a
member of both houses of the general assembly, and judge of the county court
about the year 1832. In 1834 he removed to Tuskaloosa, and was there
steward of the University till his removal to Texas two or three years
later. He was a popular man in the county, and his character was
irreproachable. His wife was a Miss Brooks, and Mr. Waldo W. Shearer, for
many years a citizen of Sumter county, is his nephew.
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