Walker's Manzanita Ranch

1834 7-31: Ranch Arroyo de las Nueces y Bolbones (Creek of the Walnuts and Bolbones Indians) or ‘Rancho Miguel’ 17,782 acres were granted to Don Juana Sanchez de Pacheco including Pine Canyon, Little Pine Canyon and the North Gate Road area, Diablo and Turtle Rock Ranche inholdings. Approximately ¼ of the land grant is within the State Park today.

 

1841: The first travel account of Mt Diablo was recorded by the French attaché to California; Eugene Duflot du Mofras. By 1846 American immigration to the area began.

 

1851: Mt Diablo meridian and survey. Colonel Leander Ransom, Deputy-Surveyor General, established the initial point of the Mt Diablo meridian at the mountain’s summit, beginning the survey of public lands in California. The hills north of the Clayton area became known as the meridian Hills (the ridge between Concord and Pittsburg). The largest and closest ranch to this point was owned by the Walker family.

 

1851: James Toomey Walker (1825-1902) and his family were early settlers in the Walnut Creek area. James married Mary Caroline Vaughan Walker (1840-1922) in 1861. They had three children, a son and two daughters. In 1868, he built a home on his 1,400-acre ranch (acquired in 1851). The home remains today on North Gate Road in Walnut Creek at the foot of Mount Diablo State Park. James' famous uncle, Joseph R. Walker (1798-1876), moved into the new house with his nephew and lived there until his death at the age of 77. Joseph R. Walker was a trapper, trailblazer, guide, and stock buyer of the 1830s and 1840s. Walker Pass in the Sierra Nevada is named for him. He is buried in Alhambra Cemetery in Martinez, where his headstone recounts the highlights of his career. James' son, John "Johnnie" Walker (1862-1942), remained on the ranch after his father¹s death, and continued in the cattle business for almost three decades. His herd numbered over 1,500 cattle. John married Margaret McDonald Walker in 1886. They had seven children, all born on the ranch created by James.

1853: The Pacheco family used its land for grazing cattle, but did not settle on the rancho. The Pacheco’s Mexican land grant was confirmed in 1853, and shortly thereafter, Dona Sanchez' nephew sold 6,774 acres to James Walker (nephew of Captain Joseph R. Walker), who operated a large cattle ranch in the Little Pine Creek drainage until the mid-1880s, Records from the mission period suggest that sheep were also grazed in the vicinity of Mount Diablo.



"The State Park"

Manzanita ranch circa 1890-94 is best guess based on other photos. Ranch house is still in existence, just off North Main Gate of Mt. Diablo, California.

"Photo courtesy of Jeff Forestier who wrote the following"

I am a direct descendant of Samuel Walker, who was the oldest brother that died at the Humbolt in 1850-52. His wife Barbara Toomey is the woman (Bil) Gilbert wrote as being the tough old woman sitting on the porch of Manzanita Ranch. She and Joe were extremely close friends later in life.

The above photo is taken from an area known as Heather Farms, which became the northern portion of the ranch about 1895. It is St.Ignacio Blvd today. It is the ranch my grandmother lived on as a child. The photo is toward the south with the entire undeveloped northern area of Mt Diablo. This covered the area of the ranch known as Pine Creek, Sulphur Springs, and the original Manzanita. In total the ranch covered about 13,000 acres.


  • James Toomey Walker, aka Jeemes. Father of Johnie, son of Samuel, nephew of Joe and Joel. Owned Manzanita Ranch.

Courtesy of Jefforestier

  • Cemetery

Photo by Titan Brammer

Shown are several Walker family members located in Martinez.(photo by Titan Brammer)

The Captain Himself (photo by Titan Brammer)

  • Captain Walker's 6 shooter

Courtesy of Jefforestier

  • Captain Walker's pipes

Courtesy of Jefforestier

  • John Monroe Walker, aka Johnie son of Jeemes was about 14 years old when Joseph Walker died.

Courtsey of Jefforestier

  • John Monroe Walker

Courtesy of Jefforestier

 

Painted by James Walker (unrelated)

  • Plaque

The Greater Mountain Man

  • The Old Man

Redeford is incorrect

 

 

 

Walker Creek

Photo by Pat Taylor

 

Jump Mountain

Photo by Pat Taylor

 

Sam Houston Schoolhouse

Photo by Pat Taylor

 

 

 

Descendants of Samuel Walker

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  SAMUEL4 WALKER  (JOHN3, JOHN ALEXANDER2, GEORGE1) was born December 25, 1714 in Newry Down, Ireland, and died February 07, 1793 in Walker Creek, Rockbridge/Augusta County, Va.  He married JANE PATTERSON December 05, 1740 in Rockbridge/Augusta County, Va.

 

More About SAMUEL WALKER:

Fact 1: 1742, Augusta Militia under Capt John Buchanan

 

        Children of SAMUEL WALKER and JANE PATTERSON are:

2.                i.    BARBARA5 WALKER, b. September 27, 1741, Rockbridge/Augusta County, Va; d. March 27, 1814, Roane County, Tn.

3.               ii.    KATHERINE WALKER, b. February 12, 1743/44, Rockbridge/Augusta County, Va; d. May 31, 1815, Tenn.

4.              iii.    JANE WALKER, b. April 15, 1746, Rockbridge/Augusta County, Va; d. December 1822, Adair, Ky.

5.              iv.    SAMUEL WALKER, b. August 23, 1748; d. July 06, 1830, Post Oak Graveyard, Roane County, Tn.

                  v.    ELIZABETH WALKER, b. December 08, 1750, Rockbridge/Augusta County, Va; d. February 22, 1825, Knoxville, Tenn.

6.              vi.    JAMES WALKER, b. May 15, 1752, Rockbridge/Augusta County, Va; d. May 1791, Rockbridge/Augusta County, Va.

7.             vii.    JOHN WALKER, b. October 05, 1755, Rockbridge/Augusta County, Va; d. July 07, 1829, Post Oak Graveyard, Roane County, Tn.

8.            viii.    JOSEPH WALKER (SR), b. October 21, 1758, Rockbridge/Augusta County, Va; d. 1810, Roane Co.,Tenn.

9.               ix.    JOEL WALKER, b. March 01, 1764, Rockbridge County, Va; d. May 1834, Fayette County, Ill.or OH.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  BARBARA5 WALKER (SAMUEL4, JOHN3, JOHN ALEXANDER2, GEORGE1) was born September 27, 1741 in Rockbridge/Augusta County, Va, and died March 27, 1814 in Roane County, Tn.  She married WILLIAM MCCLELLAN December 22, 1766 in Virginia.

 

 

        Children of BARBARA WALKER and WILLIAM MCCLELLAN are:

10.              i.    ANNA "ANNIS"6 MCCLELLAN, b. October 26, 1767.

11.             ii.    JOHN MCCLELLAN, b. December 23, 1768, Washington County, NC; d. November 15, 1842, Boonsboro, Washington Co, AR.

                 iii.    JANE MCCLELLAN, b. October 26, 1770; m. JAMES TOOMEY.

                 iv.    SAMUEL MCCLELLAN, b. February 12, 1773; m. (1) RACHEL MCCAMPBELL; m. (2) ANN TWITTY.

12.             v.    ABRAHAM MCCLELLAN, b. November 01, 1776, Virginia; d. September 18, 1851, Sibley Graveyard, Fort Osage Missouri.

                 vi.    ELIZABETH MCCLELLAN, b. November 01, 1776; m. JAMES WEIR.

13.           vii.    WILLIAM L. MCCLELLAN, b. April 13, 1779, Loudon Co, VA; d. May 24, 1829, Pebble Spring, OK.

               viii.    JAMES MCCLELLAN, b. June 28, 1781; m. JANE PATTERSON TAYLOR.

                  ix.    DAVID MCCLELLAN, b. April 18, 1783.

 

3.  KATHERINE5 WALKER (SAMUEL4, JOHN3, JOHN ALEXANDER2, GEORGE1) was born February 12, 1743/44 in Rockbridge/Augusta County, Va, and died May 31, 1815 in Tenn.  She married DAVID SCOTT May 29, 1766.

 

 

        Children of KATHERINE WALKER and DAVID SCOTT are:

                   i.    JAMES6 SCOTT, b. January 16, 1768; m. MISS JOHNSON.

                  ii.    JANE SCOTT, b. January 15, 1771; m. JOHN LOWRY.

                 iii.    SAMUEL SCOTT, b. February 14, 1775; d. December 13, 1787.

                 iv.    ISABELLA SCOTT, b. September 17, 1777; m. WILLIAM RAMSEY.

                  v.    WILLIAM SCOTT, b. March 13, 1782.

 

4.  JANE5 WALKER (SAMUEL4, JOHN3, JOHN ALEXANDER2, GEORGE1) was born April 15, 1746 in Rockbridge/Augusta County, Va, and died December 1822 in Adair, Ky.  She married WILLIAM TAYLOR March 16, 1775.

 

 

        Children of JANE WALKER and WILLIAM TAYLOR are:

                   i.    NANCY6 TAYLOR, b. January 17, 1776; m. WILLIAM SMITH.

14.             ii.    BARBARA TAYLOR, b. December 09, 1777; d. Abb's Valley on Clinch River, Va..

                 iii.    JOHN TAYLOR, b. May 06, 1780; m. (1) AMELIA RAMSEY; m. (2) ELIZABETH HEMANS.

                 iv.    SAMUEL TAYLOR, b. May 06, 1780; m. MISS GALLAHER.

                  v.    MARGARET TAYLOR, b. July 12, 1782.

                 vi.    JANE PATTERSON TAYLOR, b. January 04, 1785; m. JAMES MCCLELLAN.

                vii.    SARAH TAYLOR, b. December 28, 1787; m. WILLIAM TAYLOR.

 

5.  SAMUEL5 WALKER (SAMUEL4, JOHN3, JOHN ALEXANDER2, GEORGE1) was born August 23, 1748, and died July 06, 1830 in Post Oak Graveyard, Roane County, Tn.  He married SUSAN MCDONALD October 26, 1786 in Montogomery Co.,Va, daughter of BRYAN MCDONALD and SUSAN OGLE.

 

 

        Children of SAMUEL WALKER and SUSAN MCDONALD are:

                   i.    ZACHARIAH6 WALKER.

                  ii.    JOHN MILTON WALKER, m. (1) ANGELINA PICKERELL; m. (2) MARTHA CAMPBELL.

                 iii.    THEOPHOLUS ALEXANDER WALKER, d. Tn.

                 iv.    ELIZABETH WALKER, d. died young.

                  v.    JANE P. WALKER, b. September 17, 1787; d. February 28, 1856, Camp Creek, Ill.; m. JOHN MCKAMEY.

                 vi.    JAMES M. WALKER, b. May 19, 1789; d. July 28, 1790.

                vii.    MARY A. WALKER, b. March 06, 1791; d. Abt. 1822.

               viii.    SAMUEL R.WALKER, b. October 03, 1793; d. 1819, Nickey Junction in Tn..

 

6.  JAMES5 WALKER (SAMUEL4, JOHN3, JOHN ALEXANDER2, GEORGE1) was born May 15, 1752 in Rockbridge/Augusta County, Va, and died May 1791 in Rockbridge/Augusta County, Va.  He married JANE THOMPSON September 1786 in Rockbridge/Augusta County, Va.

 

 

        Children of JAMES WALKER and JANE THOMPSON are:

                   i.    ELIZABETH LYLE6 WALKER, b. March 17, 1789; m. THOMAS MCSPADDEN, Abt. 1809.

15.             ii.    JANE WALKER, b. March 17, 1791.

 

7.  JOHN5 WALKER (SAMUEL4, JOHN3, JOHN ALEXANDER2, GEORGE1) was born October 05, 1755 in Rockbridge/Augusta County, Va, and died July 07, 1829 in Post Oak Graveyard, Roane County, Tn.  He married MARGARET PAUL August 01, 1782 in Rockbridge/Augusta County, Va, daughter of AUDLEY PAUL and JANE MATTHEWS.

 

 

        Children of JOHN WALKER and MARGARET PAUL are:

                   i.    ELIZABETH6 WALKER, b. January 30, 1789.

                  ii.    JAMES P. WALKER, d. died young.

                 iii.    BARBARA M. WALKER.

                 iv.    JOHN K. WALKER, m. (1) SAHAH M. SURRATT; m. (2) SARAH ANN DUCKER.

                  v.    NANCY WALKER, m. PETER STARNS.

                 vi.    REBECCA WALKER, b. December 1781; d. died young.

                vii.    AUDLEY PAUL WALKER, b. November 17, 1783; m. (1) ELIZABETH MCKAMEY; m. (2) MARY POLLY NOEL/NEAL, May 23, 1821, Roane County, Tn.

               viii.    JANE WALKER, b. June 23, 1785.

                  ix.    SAMUEL R. WALKER, b. January 30, 1787; m. (1) ELIZABETH MCKAMEY; m. (2) ELIZABETH MCKAMEY, October 10, 1815, Roane County, Tn.

                   x.    ELIZABETH M. WALKER, b. January 30, 1789; d. died young.

                  xi.    MARGARET L. WALKER, b. December 09, 1790.

                 xii.    KATHERINE P. WALKER, b. April 04, 1793; m. JAMES GALLOWAY, April 17, 1823, Roane County, Tn.

                xiii.    BARBARA ELLEN WALKER, b. 1797, Virginia; d. Morgan, Tn; m. GEORGE MCKNIGHT PAUL.

 

8.  JOSEPH WALKER5 (SR) (SAMUEL4 WALKER, JOHN3, JOHN ALEXANDER2, GEORGE1) was born October 21, 1758 in Rockbridge/Augusta County, Va, and died 1810 in Roane Co.,Tenn.  He married SUSANNAH (SUSAN) WILLIS July 22, 1789 in Goochland County, Va, daughter of ROBERT JR and ELLENDER NALINE.

 

 

        Children of JOSEPH (SR) and SUSANNAH WILLIS are:

16.              i.    SAMUEL S.6 WALKER, b. Abt. 1802, Roane County, Tn; d. 1852, Humbolt Sink.

17.             ii.    JOEL PICKENS WALKER, b. November 20, 1797, Goochland County, Va; d. June 23, 1879, Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co, California Oak Mound Cemetery.

18.            iii.    JOSEPH RUTHERFORD WALKER, b. December 13, 1798, Knox/Roane County, Tn; d. October 27, 1876, Manzanita Ranch, Contra Costa Co. California.

                 iv.    JOHN MONROE WALKER, b. Aft. 1800, Roane County, Tn; d. March 08, 1844, Sibley Graveyard, Fort Osage Missouri.

                  v.    SUSAN WALKER, b. Abt. 1804, Roane County, Tn; d. Abt. 1860; m. LUCIAN AILSTOCK.

                 vi.    LUCINDA(LUCY) WALKER, b. February 1790, Goochland County, Va; d. 1845; m. AMBROSE TOOMEY, January 13, 1808, Knoxville, Tenn.

19.           vii.    JANE P. WALKER, b. December 02, 1791, Goochland County, Va; d. 1824, Sibley Graveyard, Fort Osage Missouri.

 

9.  JOEL5 WALKER (SAMUEL4, JOHN3, JOHN ALEXANDER2, GEORGE1) was born March 01, 1764 in Rockbridge County, Va, and died May 1834 in Fayette County, Ill.or OH.  He married MARGARET ANN ARMSTRONG September 20, 1792 in Greenbrier County, Va, daughter of ROBERT ARMSTRONG.

 

 

        Children of JOEL WALKER and MARGARET ARMSTRONG are:

                   i.    ELIZABETH GRAHAM6 WALKER, b. June 14, 1793, Rockbridge County, Va; d. August 14, 1875, Fort Madison, Ia.; m. JOSEPH STEVENSON, November 1843.

                  ii.    GEORGE WHITFIELD WALKER, b. 1795, Greenbrier County, Va; d. 1820, Natchez.

20.            iii.    JANE PATTERSON WALKER, b. September 27, 1795, Greenbrier County, Va; d. January 14, 1880, Libertyville, Iowa.

21.            iv.    MARGARET ARMSTRONG WALKER, b. November 03, 1797, Virginia; d. April 22, 1889, Des Moines, Ia.

                  v.    ROBERT ARMSTRONG WALKER, b. 1798; d. died young.

                 vi.    KATHERINE RUTHERFORD WALKER, b. October 06, 1800, Virginia; d. August 02, 1876, Iowa.

                vii.    SAMUEL ALLEN WALKER, b. August 03, 1803, Virginia; d. July 28, 1879, Oneco, Ill..

22.          viii.    SARAH BEARD WALKER, b. October 02, 1806, Springfield, Ohio; d. February 07, 1888, Beatrice, Nebraska.

23.             ix.    THOMAS ARMSTRONG WALKER, b. October 02, 1806, Springfield, Ohio; d. May 26, 1888, Howard, Kansas.

24.              x.    MARY ANN PRINGLE WALKER, b. March 22, 1810, Springfield, Ohio; d. March 15, 1865.

25.             xi.    "DR" JOEL CALVIN WALKER, b. February 07, 1812, Springfield, Ohio; d. October 17, 1888, Fort Madison, Iowa.

26.            xii.    JOHN GRAHAM WALKER, b. July 03, 1813, Springfield, Ohio; d. February 04, 1896, Kendrick, Idaho.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

10.  ANNA "ANNIS"6 MCCLELLAN (BARBARA5 WALKER, SAMUEL4, JOHN3, JOHN ALEXANDER2, GEORGE1) was born October 26, 1767.  She married SAMUEL CZAR CARRICK January 1794 in Knoxville, Tn, son of JOHN SR. and MARY "POLLY".

 

 

        Children of ANNA MCCLELLAN and SAMUEL CARRICK are:

                   i.    MARY M."POLLY"7 CARRICK, b. 1798.

                  ii.    JOHN NEWTON CARRICK, b. 1800.

                 iii.    BARBARA CARRICK.

                 iv.    WILLIAM MCCLELLAN CARRICK, b. 1805.

 

11.  JOHN6 MCCLELLAN (BARBARA5 WALKER, SAMUEL4, JOHN3, JOHN ALEXANDER2, GEORGE1) was born December 23, 1768 in Washington County, NC, and died November 15, 1842 in Boonsboro, Washington Co, AR.  He married MARY WALLACE April 01, 1793 in Knoxville, Tn, daughter of WILLIAM WALLACE and MARY WALLIS.

 

 

        Children of JOHN MCCLELLAN and MARY WALLACE are:

27.              i.    MATHEW WALLACE7 MCCLELLAN, b. July 17, 1795, Knoxville, Tn; d. August 02, 1872, Boonsboro, AR.

                  ii.    WILLIAM BLOUNT MCCLELLAN, b. January 22, 1798, Knoxville, TN; d. October 11, 1881, Taladega, AL; m. MARTHA THOMPSON ROBY, June 30, 1825, Somerville, Morgan Co. AL.

                 iii.    BARBARA WALKER MCCLELLAN, b. September 03, 1800, Knoxville, Tn; d. October 26, 1826, Tuscumbia, AL; m. JOHN TAYLOR RATHER.

                 iv.    CHARLES MCCLUNG MCCLELLAN, b. August 03, 1802, Knoxville, Tn; d. June 22, 1844, Boonsboro, AR.

                  v.    ELIZABETH PRICE MCCLELLAN, b. August 23, 1804.

                 vi.    SARAH WALKER MCCLELLAN, b. December 04, 1806.

                vii.    OLIVA MCCLELLAN