Joseph Walker was born in the 1798 into three generations of Scotch-Irish Appalachian Settlers. His great-grandfather and great-grandmother, John and Katerine Walker, arrived in America and settled in the Great Valley in the Appalachians, naming their family settlement "Creek Nation".
Situated under Jump Mountain, all the Walker family and relatives lived in the same area as pioneers tended to do. The climate was good and the land was fertile. The Walkers planted corn in the clearing of the dense forests. Corn was relatively easy to grow and could be used for a variety of uses from corn whiskey to sell, corn husks as animals fodder, to parching kernels for storage.
Note: Jump Mountain was so named for a Cherokee maiden who leaped off the mountain in an effort to save her Shawnee lover from her family's vengeance. It is not known whether it changed any opinions or feelings...
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