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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. William Lafayette "Fate" Walker: Birth: 4 FEB 1850 in Edgefield, South Carolina. Death: 7 MAY 1929 in Pelzer, Anderson County, South Carolina

  2. Mary Etta Walker: Birth: 18 SEP 1856 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. Death: 23 JUN 1945

  3. Estelle Julia Walker: Birth: 9 APR 1858 in Lincoln County, Georgia. Death: 12 JAN 1945 in Greenwood County, South Carolina

  4. Chesley Burton "C.B." Walker: Birth: 23 JUL 1863 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. Death: 7 AUG 1928 in Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina

  5. Henry Sterling Walker: Birth: 2 JAN 1866 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. Death: BEF 1910

  6. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Walker: Birth: 1868 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. Death: 13 AUG 1889 in South Carolina

  7. Anna Vieva Walker: Birth: 21 APR 1873 in Edgefield County, South Carolina.


Sources
1. Title:   WALKER FAMILY.FTW
2. Title:   THOMPSON FAMILY.FTW

Notes
a. Note:   1850 Census:
 Savannah River Regiment, Page #17b, Enumerated 5 August 1850, Dwelling/Family #270/270
 WALKER, BURTON, age 28, male, white, farmer, born in S.C.
 WALKER, ADALINE M., age 20, female, white, born in S.C.! (1830)
 LAFAYETTE, age 4/12 month old, male, white, born in S.C.
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 Could not find Burton on the 1860 census of Abbeville or Edgefield
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 1870 Census Edgefield, Ryan's Township
 13/13
 Burton Walker, age 47, M., W., Farmer, $1,600/645, b. SC
 Adalene, age 42, Keeping House, b. SC (1828)
 William, age 19, at school, b. SC
 Mary, age 15, at school, b. SC
 Julia, age 12, at school, b. SC
 Chesley, age 7, at home, b. SC (1863)
 Henry, age 5, at home, b. SC
 Elizabeth, age 2, at home, b. SC
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 1880 Edgefield Census, Ryan's Township
 27/27
 Burton C. Walker, age 54
 Chesley, age 16, Son
 Mary E., age 14, Dau.
 Henry, age 14, Son
 McKinney, Kelly, age 18 - son in law
 McKinney, Estell, age 21, dau., housekeeper (Julia)
 Tolbert, Richard, 21, Servant, Farm Laborer
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 MILITARY NOTE: WALKER, BURTON C. Company K, 15th Regiment, Kershaw's Brigade, South Carolina, Inf. Vol. Pvt 30. Captured at Charleston, held until after surrender.
  Enlistment Date: March 1, 1864 in Greenville, S.C.
 Sworn in: March 20, 1864 at Greenville, Tennessee.
 Parole Date: May 2, 1865.
  He appeared on a List of passports furnished to furloughed and transferred men in General Hospital, Camp Winder, Richmond, Virginia for the week ending September 3, 1864 to his destination of New Market, South Carolina.
  From March 1, 1864 to June 30, 1864 he was paid $49.13 from 15th Regiment.
  About April 9, 1865, the 15th Regiment South Carolina Infantry was consolidated with the 7th Regiment South Carolina Infantry and a part of Blanchard's South Carolina Reserves and formed the (New) 7th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, which was paroled at Greensboro, N. C., May 2, 1865.
  He was transferred from Company K 15th Regiment, Kershaw's Brigade, to the 7th Regiment , Co. A, South Carolina Volunteers. He was paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina on May 2, 1865, in accordance with the terms of a Military Convention entered into on the 26th day of April, 1865, between General Joseph E. Johnston, Commanding Confederate Army, and Major General W. T. Sherman, Commanding United States Army in North Carolina.
  We have been told that he is buried at McCormick City Cemetery, however, we have not been able to find his grave.


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