WALKER
BROTHERS - DONATION LAND CLAIMERS: 1855
DONATION LAND CLAIMERS
On September 27, 1850, the United States Congress passed
the Donation Land Act.1
By 1855 Wesley and Augustus Walker had both settled their
claims.
- Augustus L. Walker - Donation Land Claim
- Certificate Number:
861
- Notification Number:
700
- Claimant’s Name:
Augustus
L. Walker
- County in Oregon:
Josephine County
- Date & Place Birth:
1829,
Henderson County, Kentucky
- Arrival In Oregon:
October 12, 1852
- Date Claim Settled:
March
1, 1855
Patent by President Andrew Johnson, August 7, 1866
- Wesley R. Walker - Donation Land Claim
- Certificate Number:
778
- Notification Number:
699
- Claimant’s Name:
Wesley R. Walker
- County in Oregon:
Josephine County
- Date & Place Birth:
1824,
Henderson County, Kentucky
- Arrival In Oregon:
October 12, 1852
- Date Claim Settled:
March
1, 1855
Patent by President Andrew Johnson, July 26, 1866
WESLEY & AUGUSTUS WALKER
Augustus L. and Wesley R. Walker were white native
citizens of the United States both born in Henderson County, Kentucky. They were single men when they arrived in Oregon
October 12, 1852. Each brother ended up with
a patent to 160 acres on Jumpoff Joe Creek in northern Josephine County.
MORE INFORMATION
The three disinterested witnesses required by the land law
to prove settlement for Augustus were:
- 1. Wesley
Walker
- 2. George
Densmore
- 3. James
T. Frizzell
The three disinterested witnesses for Wesley were:
- 1. Augustus
L. Walker
- 2. George
Robinson
- 3. James
T. Frizzell
The brother were mining at Galice when the Indian War
began October 1855. They enlisted as Privates
and fought in the “Siege of Galice Creek”. 2
The 1860 census for Josephine County identified that the
brothers were in the Walker’s Mill Precinct named after them and their sawmill and
that Augustus was part of Wesley Walker’s household along with several other men
(i.e. Taylor, Lane, Moore, Land, and Youck). Wesley
and Augustus were farmers. The other men,
except for Youck, were farm laborers. Youck
was a miner from China. Wesley married
Harrietta Peterson September 15, 1861. Much
later Walker Mountain was named after Augustus and Wesley.
- Hugo Neighborhood. 2005. Donation Land Claimers, Hugo, Oregon: 1850 –
1855. Hugo, OR.
- Claudette Morning Pruitt 2004, Come Take a Historic Journey Along
the Galice Trail. Morning Creek Enterprises. Grants Pass, OR.
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