Walker, Henry Pinckney, 1816-approximately 1890

British consul at Charleston, S.C. An English attorney, in 1839 he moved to Charleston, where he practiced law (until 1862) and entered the consular service, serving from 1856 to 1886. He was the son of Rev. Henry Walker (1887-1848) and Jane Pinckney Walker, daughter of Hopson Pinckney (d. 1794). Hopson Pinckney, a native of England, owned Cypress Pond Plantation in Berkeley County, S.C. After his death his daughter Jane returned to England to live with relatives there, and his other daughter Mary Elizabeth remained in South Carolina, marrying Samuel Ashe, and second, Daniel C. Edwards. In 1844 Mary E. Edwards conveyed ownership of Cypress Pond Plantation to her nephew Henry P. Walker, who subsequently acquired the neighboring Mt. Pleasant and Dog Swamp plantations and in 1858 sold all these properties. Henry P. Walker married Dorothy Modd Box in 1841; they owned a home in Summerville, S.C., where he died.

From the description of Henry Pinckney Walker family papers, 1836-1957. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36793994

Commissioner in the State of South Carolina.

From the description of Letter, 1847 February 16, Charleston, S.C., to William Hemingway, Jackson, Miss. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 53452674