Oliver Perry Walker

Oliver and Martha lived in Rutherford Co. NC until after 1850 as indicated by the 1850 U.S. Federal Census: High Shoal District, County of Rutherford, North Carolina. Household: O.P. Walker and Martha Walker, McKinney, male, age 3, Mary, female, age 1 , Drusilla Walls, female, age 20. They moved to Whitfield County, GA sometime after the 1850 census. Their son George was born in November of 1851.

Oliver served in the Civil War in Company C. 2ND Battalion Kentucky Cavalry Captain Dortch's Unit. He was captured and died in Camp Chase, Ohio on the 29th of March 1865. He was buried in Row: 37 # 1 Grave# 1781. Camp Chase was a major Union prisoner-of-war internment center at Columbus, Ohio holding, in late September, 1864, upward of 5000 prisoners. As the war progressed, the conditions became worse. Shoddy barracks, low swampy ground, open latrines, above-ground open cisterns, and a brief smallpox outbreak. Original facilities for 3,500-4,000 men were jammed with close to 7,000 toward the end of the war. The surrender of the Confederacy was on the 9th of April 1865, nine days after the death of Oliver.

Martha stayed in Georgia as shown on the 1870 and 1880 U.S. Federal Census, for Whitfield County, Georgia: Martha applied for and was granted a pension. CIVIL WAR - INDEX - WALKER COUNTY PENSION CLAIMS Walker Martha M. & O.P. Index #456

• Residence: Sandy Run, Rutherford, North Carolina - 1850
• Military service: CSA 2nd Battalion Kentucky Capt. Dortch's Cavalry - Between 1861 and 1865
• Military service: Captured - Dec 3 1864 - Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
• Military service: Listed on POW list forwarded from Louisville, Ky to Camp Chase, Ohio - Jan 14 1865 - Camp Chase Federal Prison
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