Old Plantation Ruins Above Twenty Mile Creek

The Walker House built by John Walker, which was built well before the Civil War was a combination plantation home, grocery and ordinary that was operated by the Widow Walker until well past Reconstruction days. The ruins of the old home are still standing less than a mile west of Walker Levee Bridge. John Walker, who was born June 19, 1799, died on his plantation in Itawamba County on March 15, 1860, and Catherine, his widow, died on August 18, 1885. Both are buried in the old nearby Gilmore Chapel Cemetery. For further information about the Walker Plantation, visit the earlier post, The Old Walker Plantation Above Twenty Mile.