Ignatius WALKER

• Death Notes
  • birth date not certain.
    

• General Notes
  • enumerated as Ignatious in 1840, 1860 census
    
    b. St. Mary's Cty, MD (gravestone)
    m. Daviess Cty, IN 8 Nov 1832 to Mary Ann (Molly) MASTERS (Molly age 16)
    purchases parcel of land in sections 13 & 24 T1N R6W from Elijah/Nancy MASTERS 7 Apr 1834
    sells same parcel of land to nbr Thomas SCALES 19 Feb 1836
    purchases land patent T3N R6W 36 NE 1/4 of SW 1/4 1 Aug 1837
    purchases 4 acres from T3N R6W 36 SW 1/4 of NE 1/4 from (brother) Zachariah 3 Jun 1838 (Z. bequeathed these 4 acres by father Joseph Sr. 1836)
    residing in Daviess Cty, IN 1840
    purchases land patent T3N R6W 36 SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 1 Oct 1840
    residing in Barr Twp, Daviess Cty, IN on 26 Oct 1850
    residing in Barr Twp (post office Black Oak Ridge), Daviess Cty, IN on 5 Jun 1860
    residing in Barr Twp (post office Washington), Daviess Cty, IN on 25 Jun 1870
    d. (Daviess Cty, IN)
    buried St. Peter's Cemetery, Montgomery, IN
    
    burial record:
    Walker, Ignatius, Nov. 8, 1809 - Oct. 16, 1870, Born St. Mary Co. Md., [Section] C; tombstone inscription"Ignatius Walker / born St Mary's Co Maryland Nov 8, 1809 / died Oct 16, 1870 / aged 60 yrs 11 mos 8 ds."
    
    source:  Cemeteries of Daviess County, Indiana compiled 1988-1990, vol. III, pp. 170 (St. Peter's), accessed 7/06 at Carnegie Public Library, 300 W. Main St., Washington, IN; transcription by CMB 7/06
    
    1870 US Census (Jun 25), post office Washington, living in Barr Twp, Daviess Cty, IN, head of h/hold is Ignatius WALKER, farmer, val of real/pers estate 2400/400, age 60 (est b yr 1810), b. MD, living with (wife) Mary A. 54 KY, and four (children), all b. IN:  Rebecca J. 20, Susan 17, Laura E. 14, Milton 12.  H/hold includes (brother-in-law?) Horrace MASTERS 14 IN.  No other WALKER h/holds among immediate neighbors.
    
    record citation:
    Roll:    M593_306 
    Page:    169 
    Image:    341
    
    1860 US Census (Jun 5), post office Black Oak Ridge, living in Barr Twp, Daviess Cty, IN, head of h/hold is Ignatious WALKER, farmer, val of real/pers estate 1800/400, age 50 (est b yr 1810), b. MD, living with (wife) Maryan 44 KY, and five (children), all b. IN:  Joseph D. 19 farmer, Rebeca Jane 13, Susan 11, Lory 7 female, Milton 2.
    
    record citation:
    Roll:    M653_251  Page:    748
    
    cf. Ignatius' nbrs in 1850:
    Morgan Cemetery
    (Barr Twp.) Daviess Co., Indiana
    Sec. 31, twp. 3N R. 5W
    **Located on Highway 800E by Church**
    
    Mt. Olive Mennonite Cemetery
    (Barr Township), Daviess County, IN
    Section 31, Township 3N, Range 5W
    **On County Road 800E**
    Right north of the fence which encloses the Morgan Cemetery
    
    source:  http://www.indaviess.freeservers.com/cemetery.htm
    
    1850 US Census (26 Oct), residing in Barr, Daviess, IN, dw/fam 1175/1175, head of h/hold is Ignatius WALKER, age 40 (1810), male, white, val of real est 500, b. MD, living with Mary 32 IN, William 17 IN, John 14 IN, Franklin 13 IN, Joseph 10 IN, Rebecca 4 IN.  Immed nbrs (mother) Rebecca WALKER 71 MD (indexed as WATHER) at 1174/1174 and HOPKINS at 1176/1176.  Also note George BREWER 49 MD at 1163, Susan MASTERS 28 PA at 1170,(Jasper?) MORGAN 74 PA 1169/1169 and Lewis C. MORGAN 32 IN at 1173/1173, cf. Morgan Cemetery in T3N R5W sec 31 of Barr Twp, on other side of county road 800 from Rebecca and Ignatius.
    
    Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Barr, Daviess, Indiana; Roll: M432_140; Page: 169; Image: 170.
    
    Ignatius Walker
    Daviess County, IN (Barr Township, south of Montgomery)
    land patent #2 issued: 1 Oct 1840
    location:  T3N, R6W, section/block 36, SE 1/4 of SW 1/4
    
    source:  BLM GLO records, online
    
    1840 US Census, residing in Daviess Cty, IN, head of h/hold is Ignatious WALKER, 120001-10001, thus:
    1 male 30-40 (1800-1810)  (Ignatius)
    2 males age 5-10 (1830-1835) (William 1833, John 1836)
    1 male age 0-5 (1835-1840) (Franklin 1837)
    1 female age 20-30 (1810-1820) (Mary Ann 1816)
    1 female age 0-5 (1835-1840) (unknown)
    Living next door to (mother) Rebecca WALKER.
    (NB Tom Doyle gives names of children as Thomas b est 1831-1858, William B. 1834, John 1835, Franklin 1837, and (dtr) 1838.)
    6 persons total, 1 person engaged in agricultrue, 1 white person over age (18?) who cannot read/write
    
    record citation:
    Roll:    77  Page:    4
    
    land transaction:
    3 Jun 1838, Zachariah Walker & wife Louisa sell to Ignatius Walker, for $100 "within the term four years from date the receipt" of land," four acres lying south of where the state road now runs" from SW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of section 36 of T3N R6W "and bounded as follows to wit by Joseph [Miller to the] South by Rebecca Walker on the east."  (source:  Deed Book (Grantor) Jan 1817  Aug 1852, Daviess County Courthouse Land Records, Book D, pp. 221-222.
    
    Ignatius Walker
    Daviess County, IN (Barr Township, south of Montgomery)
    two contiguous land patents
    land patent #1 issued:  1 Aug 1837
    location:  T3N, R6W, section/block 36, NE 1/4 of SW 1/4
    
    source:  BLM GLO records, online
    
    land transaction:
    researcher W. R. WALKER:
    Ignatius Walker and wife Molly Ann, deed to Tom Scales N1/4 Sec 13 and Sec 24 T1 R6W on East White River witness Joseph Walker Jr. and James D. Walker 19 February 1836. 
    
    (Note:  This deed postdates Joseph Sr.'s Dec 1835 will but predates the Mar 1836 filing of that will.  Original document, photocopy obtained 7/06 from Daviess County Courthouse, Washington, IN, notes land is on East White River fork, T1N R6W.and is "a part of the same land conveyed by Andrew Davis to Joseph Warner from Warner to John G. McGowen.")
    
    purchases land on 7 Apr 1834 from "Elijah Masters and Nancy his wife of Daviess County and State of Indiana" for $80, "being part of the same tract conveyed by Andrew Davis to Joseph Warner, and from Warner to John G. McGowen, being part of north fractional section thirteen and twenty four [in] township one north and range six west...lying on the East White river beginning at Thomas Scales lower line and extending down the river eighty [poles], as as far back as will contain [no number inserted] and two thirds acres."
    
    marriage record citations (2):
    (1) Indiana Marriages to 1850:
    Masters, Molly A. Walker, Ignatius 08 Nov 1832 Indiana
    Daviess County
    
    (2) Indiana Marriages 1802-1892:
    Name:    Ignatius Walker
    Spouse:    Molly A. Masters
    Date:    8 Nov 1832
    County:    Daviess 
    State:    Indiana 
    Source:    Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT 
    Microfilm:    1433573

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