Walker family papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS-401

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of personal correspondence, photographs, and financial records documenting the prominent Walker family of Augusta, Georgia.

Dates

Created: 1844-1982
Other: Date acquired: 06/09/2009

Conditions Governing Access

The Walker family will have unconditional access to the material and will be allowed to make copies in accordance with best practice and at the individual requester's expense.

Conditions Governing Use

Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17)

Biographical or Historical Information

Freeman Walker (1780-1827) was a U.S. senator and lawyer who moved to Augusta, Georgia in 1797. He was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1807 to 1811 and was mayor of August in 1818, 1819, and again in 1823. He's buried in the Walker family cemetary which is on the grounds of the old Augusta arsenal, now the campus of Augusta University. Freeman Walker's son, William H.T. Walker, served in the Civil War as a confederate major general. W.H.T. Walker was killed in action during the 1864 Atlanta campaign. The bulk of the collection consists of records from Walker descendents, particularly H.M. Walker, Lieutenant Commander of the U.S. Navy (1882-1962), the grandson of William H.T. Walker. Hugh McLean Walker was born to William Henry Talbot Walker and Caroline Fowle Walker on October 24th, 1882. He married Elsie Dodge in 1906. Upon his first wife's death in 1925, he remarried to Margie Belle Shackleford. H.M. Walker died on June 6th, 1962, at the age of 79, and was buried in the Walker family cemetery.

Note written by

Extent

8 boxes

Language

English

Additional Description

Arrangement Note

This collection has been arranged into the following series: Series I-Publications, Series II-Correspondence, Series III: Photographs, Series IV: Legal Documents, and Series V: Miscellaneous

Source of Acquisition

Beverley "Karen" Mitchell Hill

Method of Acquisition

The collection was donated to Reese Library Special Collections on June 9th, 2009 by Beverly Mitchell Hill, of Montrose, Colorado, who is a direct Walker descendent. Accession # 2018.03