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Some Revolutionary Heroes of Rutherford
Clarence Griffin narrates the Rutherford county lineage of Col. John Walker's six sons, detailing Felix Walker and others who served in the Revolution. The piece traces births, movements across Virginia North Carolina and Tennessee, roles in militias and contingents, and later lives including pension claims, with notes from Walker autobiographies and Heitman’s registry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Walker
Col
John Walker
Potomac River
Rampshire County
West Virginia
Congaree River
Columbia
N. C
Burke County
Lincoln County
Rutherford County
Charleston
S. C
Henderson
Boone
Boonsboro
Washington
Tennessee
Washington County
Capt. Richardson
State House of Commons
Haywood County
United States Congress
Mississippi
Clinton
Hinds County
Walker
Arthur
North Carolina
Missouri
Buncombe
Heitman
Felix
Kings Mountain
Hersays
Battle of
Ferguson
Scotland
John Walker, Jr
Virginia
Salisbury
Schenck
Wheeler
James Reuben Walker
Lincoln
Sarah McHerd
South Carolina
Cane Creek
Brittain Church
Ruther
John Hardin
Col. Bateman
Cross Creek
Thorytle
McFarland
Charles McDowell
Knox County
Pattons
Foxes
Dorseys
Cleveland
Rutherford
Coopers
Bettis
Hennessees
Erwins
McDowell
Burke
Ireland
Robert Walton Walker
Fort Worth
Texas
William Walker
Tryon County
3. C
Blount
Thomas Walker
Sesson
Rutherford County Court of Pleas
Joseph Walker
Congress