James Francis Walker, Sr.

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Daughters_of_Republic_of_Texas...:
Son of Thomas Walker, Jr. Husband of Catherine Miller, the daughter of Jacob and a (?) Sullivan.
(http://www.millerreunion.com/files/Miller%20Genealogy.pdf says her mother is Elizabeth Fudge and this appears to be more correct)
Married on Sept. 9, 1783 in Greenbrier, VA.
They migrated to Wayne County, KY, and were the parents of 12 children:

1. Gideon
2. John M
3. James Walker, Jr
4. Charles
5. Thomas
6. William H
7. Sanders
8. Catherine
9. Susanna
10. Lucretia
11. Sarah and
12. Lucinda

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James Walker, one of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred colonists, was born in 1756. During the American Revolution he served in Orange County, Virginia, and Virginia Continental line units. He married Catherine Miller on September 9, 1783, and they had fourteen children, including Susanna, who later married Phillip Singleton. They lived in Virginia and Kentucky before moving to Texas in 1824. Walker received a Spanish land grant of one league in what is now Washington County on July 21, 1824. The 1826 census lists him as a farmer and stock raiser over fifty years of age, with a wife over fifty, three children, and four slaves. Walker suffered loses in property and health during the Runaway Scrape and died in 1837 in Washington County, TX. The 1826 census lists him as a farmer and stock raiser over fifty years of age, with a wife over fifty, three children, and four slaves. Walker suffered loses in property and health during the Runaway Scrape and died in 1837 in Washington County. he is buried in Peach Creek Cemetery in Brazos County, Texas. There is no tombstone.
From the Texas State Historical Society

Also if you go to this link there are lengthy biosketches of the Walkers both Sr and JR

Daughters of Republic of Texas - - Volume 1 - Page 282

https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1563112140

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Apr 13 2023, 20:36:38 UTC
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130552263/james-francis-walker

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• Military service: Rev. War Orange County, VA Continental units.
• Census: 1826 - Texas
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Apr 14 2023, 15:59:02 UTC