Our Resource Collection
Through the years, many contributors have worked very hard to transcribe and submit information for researchers. Many of these collections of data have been preserved and passed from one County Coordinator to another within the GAGenWeb Project. We are always pleased to receive new information, and we assure the contributors that they will always be properly credited, as these are.
Census Records
Census files for 1870 and 1900 on the original Walker County GAGenWeb page were made possible thru the generosity of Benton Fletcher, who transcribed the members of each household with their ages. Originally contributed to former CC Sherry Osburn for posting. While this was a monumental work for the time, now actual records are on Ancestry and other websites. On those various repositories, one can view the actual page, as well as transcriptions. Thus, we will not be putting the old records on the Walker County site.
Newspapers
Captain Augustus McHan, with the aid of his sixteen year old son E. A. McHan, established Lafayette’s first newspaper, the Walker County Messenger, on July 27th, 1877. E. A. McHan was the youngest publisher in the South at that time. In its first year, the Messenger was a six column, four page Democratic paper that sold for a yearly subscription of one dollar. The paper would serve as the legal organ for not only Walker County but also Chattooga, Catoosa, and Dade counties until those regions founded their own newspapers. Some of these papers are published on the Georgia Historic Newspapers website.
Cemetery Records
See a listing of known cemeteries in Walker County. Old transcriptions of these burial grounds have been made obsolete by websites like FindAGrave, with photos, family links, bios, etc. We think the listing, however, may help you find a direction in your search.
Go to: Cemetery Listings
Civil War
Civil War Claims – A listing of Walker Countians who made claims before the Southern Claims Commission. From a thesis shared with us by Sherman Gibbs.
Go to: Civil War Claims
Confederate Muster Rolls were abstracted from Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865 compiled for the State of Georgia by Lillian Henderson, Director Confederate Pension and Record Department; originally provided to former CC Sherry Osburn for posting.
Go to: Confederate Muster Rolls
Pension Applications – This is an Index to some old papers Nita Henry who works in the Probate Office found last year. Benton Fletcher did the extract and this file. He has given his permission for this work to be placed on the Walker County page.
Go to: Applications/Claims | Page 2 | Page 3
Reunion – The Frank Little Camp – From origional information given to Walker County GAGenWeb. A listing of Civil War Veterans who were present at a reunion in 1893.
Go to: Reunion of Frank Little Camp
Probate Dockets 1883-1940
This Index to the Probate Dockets of Walker County, Georgia has been made possible by the generosity of Foye L. Johnson, Judge of the Walker County Probate Court and Benton Fletcher. Provided to former CC Sherry Osburn for posting.
Go to: Probate Dockets Index
Wallis-Wilbanks Funeral Home
These records copied by Benton Fletcher with permission of Wallis-Wilbanks Funeral Home, Inc. Typing by: Charlotte Middleton Fletcher; uploaded to Walker County GAGenWeb by former CC Sherry Crabtree Osburn.
Go to: Files Index Page