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Reminiscences of Hon. Felix Walker Reminiscences
This transcript from 1826 presents Felix Walker as he recalls family ancestry and early life. He recounts his Irish-born grandfather John Walker, settlements in Delaware and North Carolina, Braddock’s defeat, and frontier life on Crowder Creek. He describes his father’s role in the Revolution and his own youth in Charleston and Kentucky voyage with Henderson ahead of settling in Rutherford and Lincoln counties.
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Felix Walker
Estelle Tribhelle Oltrogge
Jacksonville
Fla
Cona
Gressman Walker
George Walker
James
Ireland
Derry
William Smart
Rutherford County
North Carolina
John Walker
Delaware
Appaquinimey
Back Creek Church
Bohemia River
Thomas
Humphreys
Ralph Humphreys
Natchez
Geo. Humphreys
Benjamin Grubb
Grubb
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Joseph Curry
Columbia
Congaree River
Granby
Potomac
Hampshire County
Virginia
General Washington
Braddock
Elizabeth Watson
John
Joseph
George
Jacob
William
Lincoln County
Lee Creek
Lincolnton
Grant
Estiton
Tennessee River
Jwar
Crowder’s Creek
Kings Mountain
Charlestown
Crowder Creek
Moses Moore
Cane Creek
Second Broad River
Betsie Watson
Elvira
Felix Hampton
Jefferson
Isabella
Green River
Green and Broad River
Jacob Walker
Rutherford
Hillsborough
Charlesstown
George Parker
Noy Milly
Atlard Belin
Joseph Dobson
Burke County
Kentucky
Louvity
Richard Henderson
lWatauga
Henderson
Atticullaculla
England
George the
Weem
Marion
Jucian E
Mr. Twitty
Desi