Person

Gideon Walker (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1798?

Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza Watson Walker in Nelson County, Kentucky, on March 17, 1824. Father of Hercules Walker, Amanda Walker Burnett, Gabriella Walker Dodge, John Walker, William Walker, Laura Walker, James Walker, and Mortimer Walker. Farmer in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1861.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 233A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000009667.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994040, Jefferson County Marriages.

Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Jefferson County Administrators Bonds, 1862-1872, p. 31.

Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 254.

Citation

Walker, Gideon. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210880 (November 12, 2026).

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