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Robert J. Walker
- Initially, Walker County was named for Robert J. Walker, a legislator from Mississippi who introduced into the United States Congress the resolution to annex Texas. Walker later supported the U.S. during its Civil War and earned some enmity for it.
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The original center of Walker County government was shared by two communities, Benton and Chattooga. By 1835, these settlements had nearly grown together. So, in 1836 the town was renamed, LaFayette, in honor of the Marquis de LaFayette who assisted George Washington during the Revolutionary War.
Apr 1, 2021 · 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.
The county was created on December 18, 1833, from land formerly belonging to the Cherokee Indian Nation. Walker County is part of the Chattanooga TN/GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Initially, Walker County was named for Robert J. Walker, a legislator from Mississippi who introduced into the United States Congress the resolution to annex Texas. Walker later supported the U.S. during its Civil War and earned some enmity for it.
History of Walker county, its towns and its people, by John Martin Dombhart
Walker County was named for Major Freeman Walker of Augusta. He was one of the leading members of the bar in his day and was for some years a Senator from Georgia. Organized in 1831, the Legislature of Georgia organized all the territory of Northwest Georgia into one large county, called Cherokee, because of the Cherokee Indians in that part of ...
Walker County has the distinction among counties spun off of Washington Municipality of being named twice, but for different Walkers. The first to have the honor was Robert J. Walker of Mississippi who introduced into the United States Congress the resolution to annex Texas to the Union.
