Descendants of John Locker MD?>VA>WV
FIRST GENERATION
1.John Locker (Locher?).According to Frances Howe Johnson, John was born in Scotland.I question this since John and his son, Walter are both listed in the 1787 tax census of Virginia in Loudoun Co. which is just across and up the Potomac River from Prince Georges Co., Maryland.The Locker family goes back three or four generations in Prince Georges Co., Maryland.Though I have not been able to make a connection, William Locker, Walter Locker's brother according to Frances Howe Johnson, was born in Maryland according to the 1850 Wood Co., Virginia Census.There is also an Alexander Locker listed in the 1787 tax census in Loudoun Co.He shows up in Louisa Co., Virginia in 1810, 1820, and 1830.Alexander may have been a son of John Locker.
John Locker (Locher?) had the following children:
+2 i. Walter Locker (born about 1765).
+3 ii. William Locker (born about 1772).
SECOND GENERATION
2.Walter Locker was born about 1765 in Virginia.He was living in 1787 in Loudoun Co., Virginia.Was still residing in Loudoun Co., Virginia in 1794 according to Frances Howe Johnson.He was living in 1810 in Fairfax Co., Virginia.He was living in 1820 in Wood County, Virginia (now WV).According to Hardesty's Biographical Atlas of Wood Co., WV (1882) the family arrived in the county in 1818.He died before 1830 in Wood County, Virginia (now WV).
He was married to -?- Barton or Barden.-?- Barton or Barden was born in Virginia.Supposedly this person was the niece of Aaron Burr according to Frances Howe Johnson.Walter Locker and -?- Barton or Barden had the following children:
+4 i. Jeptha B. Locker (born in 1784).
+5 ii. John H. Locker (born on November 28, 1789).
6 iii. Thomas Locker was born in 1789 in Virginia.According to Frances Howe Johnson, "Thomas, who never married, made his home with Sally Johnson.When he drank occasionally, he talked about the family, saying that Locker and Lockhart were the same family."
7 iv. George Locker was born in 1790 in Virginia.
8 v. William Locker was born in 1792."William the youngest son, was never heard from after leaving for the Mexican War."-Frances Howe Johnson
+9 vi. Sarah "Sally" Locker (born on July 13, 1794).
10 vii. James Locker was born about 1795 in Virginia.Fought in the War of 1812 according to Frances Howe Johnson.She also states that he lived near Big Run near Marietta, Ohio.He is listed as living alone in the 1830 and 1840 Wood Co. census.He is listed in the household of Obadiah Hiatt in 1850.
+11 viii. Mary Locker (born about 1796).
12 ix. Elizabeth Locker was born in 1798 in Virginia.
3.William Locker was born about 1772 in Maryland.He was living in 1820 in Marietta Twp., Washington Co., Ohio.He immigrated about 1824 to Wood County, Virginia (now WV).I have concluded this from the fact that his son, George, was born in Ohio about 1823 and in 1825, 75 acres of land was deeded by Thomas Hawkins to his son, John Hawkins, husband of Mary Locker Hawkins (William's niece).It was noted as the "land on which William Locker now lives."
He was married to Eleanor "Ellen" Jenkins.Eleanor "Ellen" Jenkins was born about 1785 in Virginia.William Locker and Eleanor "Ellen" Jenkins had the following children:
13 i. Elizabeth Locker was born about 1805 in Virginia.
+14 ii. Thomas Wesley Locker (born on February 8, 1810).
15 iii. Nancy Locker was born about 1814 in Virginia.
+16 iv. William Locker (born on February 5, 1816).
17 v. George Locker was born about 1823 in Ohio.
18 vi. Eliza Locker was born about 1826 in Wood County, Virginia (now WV).
19 vii. Lloyd Locker was born about 1828 in Wood County, Virginia (now WV).
20 viii. Alvin Locker was born about 1829 in Wood County, Virginia (now WV).
21 ix. Alvina Locker was born about 1840 in Wood County, Virginia (now WV).
THIRD GENERATION
4.Jeptha B. Locker was born in 1784 in Virginia.He died before 1850 in Wood County, Virginia (now WV).Jeptha was a veteran of the War of 1812.He served as a private in the Virginia companys of Capt. Charles Ford and Capt. John Debell.His pension file number is WC11804.
He was married to Frances -?-.Frances -?- was born about 1794 in Virginia.Jeptha B. Locker and Frances -?- had the following children:
22 i. Mary Locker was born about 1820 in Virginia.
23 ii. George Locker was born about 1822 in Virginia.
24 iii. Susanna Locker was born about 1825 in Virginia.
25 iv. Catherine Locker was born about 1828 in Virginia.
26 v. Ellen Locker was born about 1830 in Virginia.
5.John H. Locker was born on November 28, 1789 in Virginia."John, the second son, lived near Big Run near Marietta."-Frances Howe JohnsonHe , according to federal census records, was a farmer in 1850 in Wood County, Virginia (now WV).He died on March 25, 1859.John H. Locker, "After hearing that his son had been drowned, said to his wife, "It seems my heart would break," and died a few minutes later."-Frances Howe Johnson
He was married to Sarah "Sally" Ann -?- on August 9, 1819.Sarah "Sally" Ann -?- was born on October 3, 1801 in Virginia.According to the 1870 census she was born in Maryland.John H. Locker and Sarah "Sally" Ann -?- had the following children:
27 i. Rebecca Locker was born on June 22, 1820 in Virginia.She died in 1860.
28 ii. Sarah Ann Locker was born on June 21, 1821 in Virginia.She was living in 1870 in Williams District, Wood Co., West Virginia.She is listed as head of household.Family members include her mother, her sister Mary, and her brother Walter.She died on July 23, 1899.She never married.She and her sister Mary Ann reared their nephews: David McClure and Thomas Kelly Grow.
29 iii. Elizabeth Ellen Locker was born on June 6, 1822.She died on October 11, 1838.
30 iv. John W. Locker was born on June 13, 1824 in Virginia.He married a wealthy southern lady according to Frances Howe Johnson.
31 v. Mary Ann Locker was born on January 15, 1826 in Virginia.She died in June 1902.She never married.She and her sister Sarah Ann reared their nephews: David McClure and Thomas Kelly Grow.
32 vi. Thomas W. Locker was born on November 1, 1827 in Virginia.
+33 vii. Talitha Locker (born on October 1, 1829).
34 viii. Julia Locker was born on June 12, 1831 in Virginia.She was married a Williamson.
+35 ix. Nancy Locker (born on March 11, 1833).
36 x. David Locker was born on November 11, 1834 in Virginia.He died on November 25, 1853.
+37 xi. Samantha Locker (born in October 1836).
38 xii. William L. Locker was born on June 16, 1838 in Virginia.He died on March 15, 1859.This would be the son that drowned causing his father to die of grief ten days later.
+39 xiii. Jerusha Locker (born on November 24, 1840).
+40 xiv. Walter S. Locker (born in 1842).
9.Sarah "Sally" Locker was born on July 13, 1794 in Alexandria, Fairfax Co., Virginia.She died on March 21, 1886 in Washington County, Ohio.She was buried in Warren Chapel Cemetery, Warren Twp., Washington Co., Ohio.
She was married to Jacob Johnson (son of Joseph Johnson) in December 1821 in Wood County, Virginia (now WV).They were married by a Rev. Wolfe.Jacob Johnson was born on December 26, 1793 in Fairfax Co., Virginia.Frances Howe Johnson says he was born in Marshall County, Virginia."After his father's(he) was reared by his grandfather Watson near Brownsville, Pa. on a branch of the Monongahela River.One granddaughter said he was raised in the Panhandle of West Virginia by his uncle David Watson.(He may have been taken there after his grandparent's.)"- Frances Howe Johnson
He died on June 18, 1864 in Washington County, Ohio.Died "from injuries received from being kicked in the stomach by a horse while visiting his son William." - Frances Howe JohnsonHe immigrated aboy 1828 to Washington Co., Ohio.He was buried in Warren Chapel Cemetery, Warren Twp., Washington Co., Ohio.He was a farmer in the 1850 and 1860 censuses in Warren Twp., Washington Co., Ohio.Sarah "Sally" Locker and Jacob Johnson had the following children:
41 i. George Johnson was born on May 9, 1823 in Wood County, Virginia (now WV).He died before 1851.
+42 ii. William Johnson (born on May 14, 1825).
43 iii. Walter Johnson was born on July 15, 1826.
+44 iv. Roena Johnson (born on November 26, 1827).
+45 v. Elizabeth Johnson (born on April 22, 1829).
+46 vi. Samaria Johnson (born on April 21, 1831).
+47 vii. Bloomfield Johnson (born on June 21, 1833).
+48 viii. Joseph F. Johnson (born on March 17, 1837).
+49 ix. Jacob Johnson (born on August 31, 1839).
11.Mary Locker was born about 1796 in Virginia.According to census records her age was 48 in 1850, 72 in 1860, and 73 in 1870.
She was married to John Hawkins (son of Thomas Hawkins and Sarah - ? -) on January 11, 1820 in Virginia (now WV).John Hawkins was born about 1788 in Virginia.He was living in 1830 in Union Twp., Washington Co., Ohio.He , according to federal census records, was a farmer in 1850 in Warren Twp., Washington Co., Ohio.He died before 1860.Mary Locker and John Hawkins had the following children:
50 i. James Hawkins was born about 1825 in Virginia.He was enlisted in Co. H, 77th Ohio Volunteer Infantry on October 21, 1862 in Warren Twp., Washington Co., Ohio.He died on January 14, 1864 in Alton, Illinois.He died of Small Pox while serving in the Civil War
+51 ii. Thomas Hawkins (born about 1827).
52 iii. Mary A. Hawkins was born about 1832 in Ohio.
+53 iv. John Hawkins (born on August 28, 1832).
+54 v. Amarissa Hawkins (born about 1835).
+55 vi. Grandville Hawkins (born in 1839).
56 vii. Maria Hawkins was born about 1842 in Ohio.
+57 viii. Robert H. Hawkins (born about 1842).
14.Thomas Wesley Locker was born on February 8, 1810 in Loudoun Co., Virginia.He , according to federal census records, was a farmer in 1850 in Wood County, Virginia (now WV).He died after 1882.
He was married to Margaret Cadwell (daughter of Peter Cadwell and Mary Harmer) on December 14, 1843 in Wood County, Virginia (now WV).Margaret Cadwell was born on April 29, 1823 in Morgan County, Ohio.Thomas Wesley Locker and Margaret Cadwell had the following children:
58 i. Mary Ellen Locker was born on September 21, 1844 in Wood County, Virginia (now WV).
+59 ii. Charles Jefferson Locker (born on April 5, 1847).
60 iii. Arenal Locker was born about 1849 in Wood County, Virginia (now WV).She died before 1860.
61 iv. John David Locker was born on February 18, 1859 in Wood County, Virginia (now WV).
62 v. Margaret Emma Locker was born on May 3, 1862 in Wood County, Virginia (now WV).
63 vi. Ida May Locker was born on January 29, 1865 in Wood County, West Virginia.
16.William Locker was born on February 5, 1816 in Virginia.He , according to federal census records, was a farmer in 1870 in Williams District, Wood Co., West Virginia.He died on December 16, 1908.He was buried in Barrett Cemetery, Wood Co., West Virginia.
He was married to Elizabeth McKenzie.Elizabeth McKenzie was born on February 7, 1827 in Ohio.She died on August 2, 1902.William Locker and Elizabeth McKenzie had the following children:
64 i. Sophia Locker was born about 1852 in Wood County, Virginia (now WV).
65 ii. Margaret "Maggie" Locker was born about 1853 in Wood County, Virginia (now WV).
66 iii. Laura Locker was born aby 1855 in Wood County, Virginia (now WV).
67 iv. Alma Locker was born about 1856 in Wood County, Virginia (now WV).
68 v. John W. Locker was born aby 1858 in Wood County, Virginia (now WV).
69 vi. Alexander Locker was born about 1859 in Wood County, Virginia (now WV).
70 vii. Charles Locker was born about 1861 in Wood County, Virginia (now WV).
71 viii. Frank Locker was born about 1863 in Wood County, West Virginia.
72 ix. Carrie Locker was born about 1865 in Wood County, West Virginia.
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