Amos B. WALKER

1826 - 1864  (38 years)

• Name	Amos B. WALKER  [1, 2]
  Birth	1826	Walker County, AL   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	Between 7 Oct and 25 Nov 1863  [1]
  	Rock Island, Ill
  Burial	Mar 1864	Rock Island, Illinois (grave # 812)   [1]
  Death	14 Mar 1864	Federal Prison Rock Island, Illinois   [1]
  	Cause: possibly smallpox
  Person ID	I8300	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Samuel WALKER,   b. 1790, County Durham, England d. Alabama
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Nancy Taylor BRACKETT,   b. 2 Oct 1796, Georgia d. 16 Aug 1870, near Dora, AL (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1824	Georgia   [1]
  Family ID	F3181	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eliza (Elizabeth) J. MORGAN,   b. 28 Jan 1832, Blount County, AL d. 24 Oct 1886, Dora, Walker County, AL (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	1850	Jefferson County, AL   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Samuel E. WALKER,   b. Jan 1852, Walker County, AL d. 24 Feb 1916, Jefferson County, AL (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural] + 2. Samantha J. WALKER,   b. 20 Feb 1855, Walker County, AL d. 25 Dec 1892, Walker County, AL (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]   3. Elisabeth WALKER,   b. 20 Apr 1858   d. 12 Jan 1892, Dora, Walker County, AL (Age 33 years)  [Father: natural]   4. George WALKER,   b. 18 Apr 1859, Alabama d. 11 Jun 1934, Jefferson County, AL (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]   5. Walter T. WALKER,   b. 6 Sep 1862, Alabama d. 19 Oct 1865, Walker County, AL (Age 3 years)  [Father: natural] + 6. Sarah Frances WALKER,   b. 7 Jan 1863, Dora, Walker County, AL d. 8 Jun 1957, Jasper, Walker County, AL (Age 94 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F3161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Amos enlisted in the Confederate Army on 7 Oct 1863. He was captured at Missionary Ridge on Nov 25, 1863, taken to Louisville and later sent to Rock Island, Illinois, where he died on Mar 14, 1864. This family was originally from Horse Creek, now known as Dora in Walker County, AL This information given to me by Dal Wayne Caradine from AL (1-205-791-9122) and found the dates in the Walker County GenForum submitted by Helen Hackett Sposa on May 4, 2000. Information found in "The History of Walker County Its Towns and Its People" book. Pages 203, 204, & 205. He enlisted in the Confederate Army on October 7, 1863. He was captured at Missionary Ridge on Nov 25, 1863, taken to Louisville and later sent to Rock Island, Illinois, where he died on March 14, 1864 possibly of small pox. Listed in the prisoner list at Rock Island: WALKER, Amos B. - PVT- company & regiment - L- 28AL - DOD 28 March 1864 - Grave # 812. Also, Amos B. Walker's wife Eliza married his brother William F. Walker after he died in 1864. (Research):1850 Census: STATE: AL COUNTY: Jefferson DIVISION: Five Mile Beat Dist. 31 REEL NO: 432-7 PAGE NO:178-B REFERENCE: Dated Dec. 25, 1850, by L. G. McMillion; Penciled in pg. 356. 36-57 57 Walker, Amos B. 24 M Laborer AL 37-57 57 Walker, Eliza 20 F AL (They were neighbors to Ezekial MORGAN and his family.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S163] Joyce Wood's research. [S159] Jefferson County, AL, pg0171A.txt. QUAY 3