Crider - McDowell Family Tree

Source: The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume XV

Felix Walker joined Col. Daniel Boone's Pioneer party in Kentucky, and after a few months' visit at his old home he settled in the Watauga district, and served four years as the first clerk of the first court of Washington county, of which he was a founder, and after serving as a lieutentant in Colonel Huger's North Carolina rifle regiment and in warfare against the Cherokees, returned to Rutherford county and was appointed clerk of the county in October,1789. He took part in the battle of the King's Mountain; was a representative in North Carolina legislature. 1792-93, 1800-02 and 1806, and was a representative from the western distict of North Carolina in the 15th-17th congresses, 1811-23. He recieved an equal number of votes for re-election in 1822, with Robert B. Vance, his opponent, who was elected by the sheriffs of the four counties in the [pg285] district. Mr. Walker subsequently removed to Mississippi. He wrote an autobiography, up to about 1800, published by his grandson. He died in Clinton, Miss. about 1828-30.

Pierce's Register{pg49}

Lt.-Col. N.C. militia, at King's Mtn. Oct.1780