Jermiah Walker, son of Jeremiah and Nancy Dowling Walker was born in Ware Co, GA. Sometime prior to 1858 he moved to New River Co., FL. He married Martha M. Tumblin, daughter of James and Jane Tumblin on September 22, 1858 in Baker Co., FL. Martha Tumblin was born in GA. Jeremiah Walker enlisted in Captain John Harvey's Company D, 1st FL Cavalry, Confederate Army on October 18, 1861. He served in Tennessee and was discharged December 22, 1864. During the middle of the 1870's Jeremiah Walker moved his family to Brevard Co., now Osceola Co. He died at Basinger FL in 1913.