Welcome
ToWalker County Alabama Genealogy and
History
Volunteers Dedicated to
Free Genealogy
My
name is Veneta McKinney and I will be your
Walker County host. Unfortunately I am not from
Walker County - I am from the Marion/ Lamar area
so my primary resources are very limited.
If you have a love of Walker County
history and would like to host this site, please
let me
know and I can turn it over to you.
I hope to transcribe as
much data and get it online as quickly as I can.
If you have anything you wish to share,
please don't hesitate to send it in. Our
goal is to help you track your ancestors through
time by transcribing genealogical and historical
data for the free use of all researchers.
We hope you will
consider contributing your Obits, Biographies
and Pioneer Family History. Send your
contributions to Veneta
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Walker
County was established on December 26, 1823,
formed from sections of Marion and Tuscaloosa
counties. It was named after Senator John
Walker, who represented the state of Alabama in
the U.S. Senate from 1819 until 1822. Jasper is
the county seat, named after Sgt. William
Jasper, a Revolutionary War hero.
Soldiers who died
at 1st, 2nd, 3rd AL Hospitals in Richmond, VA in
1861-1863; Effects of
Soldiers who died at 2nd and 3rd AL Hospitals in
Richmond Va in 1862; Poem by
George Haney - 1897 - from Eldridge - "Why I
have no Home" ; 1835 -
Minutes from Buttahatcha Baptist Association;
1896 - Minutes from
Harmony Grove Baptist Association; 1898 - Minutes from Harmony Grove Baptist
Assocation; Biographies for
CARR, SHIELDS, GUTTERY; 1883
List of War of 1812 Pensioners ; 1830 US Census Index;
1840 US Census Index;
Poem by George Haney - 1897
- from Eldridge - "Sweetheart Lament";
Southern Claims Commission
Applicants - 1871 - 1888; Walker County Mining Fatalities -
1898 - 1936; AL Historic
Weather Timeline - 1711 - 1900 ; 1895 Minutes from Harmony Grove Baptist
Association; 1899 Minutes
from Harmony Grove Baptist Association;
1900 Minutes from Harmony
Grove Baptist Association; World War 2 Army Casualties, 1850 Slave Census; Civil War Pension Application for MUSE,
KELLY, COOK, TAYLOR; Supreme
Court case: Jasper Mercantile vs. O'Rear;
1922 Census for Confederate
Pensioners ; 1925 Census of
Confederate Pensioners; 1870
Listing of Walker County Post Offices;
1832 Minutes from North
River Baptist Association; Deaths: LONG, OWEN;
WWI Draft
Cards:ALLCORN
.
FEBRUARY - MAY 2011 :
News: Misc.
HENDON; Pleasant Hill Cemetery: Corrections
to C. A. Woods/WOOD & Pheba
Cronford/CRANFORD;
Burial records
for BOSHELL; Bios for APPLING, COLEMAN, SOWELL,
CRANFORD, GAMBLE,
GRAVLEE, KING, LAMAR, LONG, SHEPHERD,
ROSAMOND, WHITFIELD - Various news stories,
"Jasper in ashes - 1893"
Walker county local news sent to
Marion county paper from 1887 - 1889,
1907 Civil War
Census, Vietnam War Casualties, Korean War
Casualties, Revolutionary War
Soldiers, WWI Gold Stars. Miller
death, maps, County Officers. Photos:
Lewis, Abbott, Odom
Newspaper items
for marriages, crimes, community, misc.,
deaths.
.
2008 -
2010:
Bio: LOLLAR -
discrepancy to biography; PLEASANT HILL Cemetery Records;
QUERIES: CASHMAN;
COUNTY
History
CEMETERY Index; News
about SPECK, biographies:LAMAR,
LEITH, LOLLAR,
LONG biographies
THANKS TO OUR CONTRIBUTORS
Angela Ray
Nancy Anderson
INTERESTING LINKS FOR WALKER
COUNTY
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