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Walker County, TX site has moved.
The new link to the site is: WALKER
Welcome to Walker Co., TX. My name is Cheryl Burks and
am the new CC for Walker Co., TX.
I am a native Texan, born in Houston, Harris Co., TX and living in Leon Co., TX
This site is undergoing some changes so please be patient with me. If
something is not here
that was before,
let me know and I will get it back up as soon as I possibly can.
This site will be updated each week on Thursday
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Walker County, Texas was organized 6 Aug 1846 by an act of the State of Texas Legislature. The area was originally named for Robert J. Walker of Mississippi, who introduced into the United States Congress the resolution for the annexation of Texas; because he was a Unionist during the Civil War, however, in 1863 the state legislature changed the honoree to Samuel H. Walker
| Were your ancestors early settlers of Walker county?
Were they here in 1850 or 1900? The Walker Co. Genealogical
Society has a new program to recognize descendents of those Pioneers. Click to learn about the Pioneer Registry Certificate Program |
Volunteers needed!! If you can do lookups or can help other reseachers
please let me
know
Now you
can enter your Family Group Sheets directly to
this site
Walker Co. Genealogical Society
http://www.wcgen.com Email address:
info@wcgen.com
Johnnie Jo Dickenson --
President
You can find lots of information on this site. Check it out!
Just published ~ Walker County Cemeteries - Volume 2 - North
Walker County.
Information about this and other publications can be found
at the WCGS site.
"Cemeteries in South Walker Co."--this
is a .pdf index file of surnames of people interred in Cemeteries in South
Walker Co. For more information contact the Walker Co.Genealogical
Society at
address above.
Also "Waverly Emigration Society" Polish Pioneer Registry Project which is a new
project to recognize the Polish emigrants who came to
Walker County in 1867 on the ship Antwerp can be found at WCGS
Neighboring Counties
| Madison | Houston | |
| Grimes | WALKER | Trinity |
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Questions, suggestions, comments, contributions should be
directed to Cheryl Burks
State Coordinator is Shirley Cullum
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