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Welcome to Walker County, Georgia

 
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  Important Information about Walker County    
 
 
         

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    "Walker County was formed in 1833 from Murray County, at this time the territory of Walker included not only it's present area, but all of Dade and a large part of Whitfield, Catoosa and Chattooga counties. In 1837 all of Walker's territory west of the top of Lookout Mountain was cut off and the county of Dade was established as the most northwestern county in the State. In 1838 another portion was cut off and the county of Chattooga was established. Then again in 1853, more territory was extracted and the county of Catoosa was formed. In 1853 and later in 1859 other portions of Walker County were used to make Whitfield County."

    "Walker County was named for Major Freeman Walker of Augusta, who was one of the leading members of the Bar in his day and for some years a Senator from Georgia. The early settlements of Walker County included, Armurchee (East and West); Cane Creek; Cedar Grove; Chestnut Flat; Chickamauga; Chattanooga Valley; Kensington; LaFayette; Lisbon; Lookout Mountain; Pond Spring; Rock Springs; Rossville; Wilson and Duck Creek."

-- from "The History of Walker County, Georgia" by James Alfred Sartain. Published by A.J. Showalter Company, Dalton, Georgia, 1932


Adjacent Counties

   African-American Resources

Cane Creek History

Cemetery Names, Transcriptions, and Driving Directions

Census Records
Census On Line
The Soundex Machine

Death Index

Family Stories

Illnesses

Look-ups

Marriages 1882-1920

Native American Resources
Native American Resources

Obituaries
Occupations

Photos from Walker
Probate Docket Index

Archived Queries
RootsWeb Current Queries
Mail-In Queries
    Unknown County-Queries

Surname Registry A - H
Surname Registry I - O
Surname Registry P - Z

Wallis-Wilbanks Funeral Home


Civil War Resources

1893 Reunion at The Frank Little Camp

Company D
Company E
Company E - "Walker Light Guards"
Company G - "LaFayette Volunteers"
Company H - "Bartow Invincibles or Walker - Bartow Invincibles"
Company I
Company K - "Walker County Volunteers"

Civil War Pension Index - transcribed by Benton Fletcher
Civil War Pension Index - transcribed by Sherman Gibbs
Union Sympathizers - transcribed by Sherman Gibbs

Battle of Chickamauga
Ninth Georgia Infantry
Georgia Military Records
GA Civil War Queries
The Civil War in Georgia
Sons of Confederate Veterans
United Daughters of the Confederacy
The E-Voice of the Old South
Nursing and Medicine during the Civil War


Links

Genealogy Charts/Forms

History at Home: A Guide to Genealogy
Bill's Resource Page - Tools for Genealogists
Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library
Cherokee Regional Library
Cherokee Regional Library's Georgia Room
Chamber of Commerce
Delta Genealogical Society
Federation Genealogical Soc.
Northwest Georgia Historical and Genealogical Society
Walker County Historical Society


Books

Genealogy Books
Acadian Genealogy Homepage


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This page was last modified 21 Jan 2020

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