Walker, Samuel Hamilton, 1817-1847
Samuel Hamilton Walker was born at Toaping Castle, Prince Georges County, Maryland, on February 24, 1817. In May 1836 he joined the Washington City Volunteers and served in the Florida and Seminole wars. Following the war he and his brother Charles started a business in Iola, Florida. In 1840 Walker returned to Washington where he published a pamphlet critical of the conduct of the Army and certain officers during the Seminole wars.
Walker then left Washington and came to Texas in January 1842. He fought against the Mexican invasion of Texas in 1842 and joined the Somervell expedition. He was captured at Mier in December 1842, imprisoned in Mexico, and was a participant in the black bean episode. After his release, he served as a Texas Ranger with John Coffee Hays, becoming a captain of a company in the First Texas Mounted Rifles.
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