Albert S. Chalker was born on August 9, 1843 in Harney County, South Carolina. In 1850, he moved to Clay County, Florida. He was mustered in the Confederate Army at Callahan on May 16, 1863 under Capt. Robert Harrison in Company K of the Second Florida Cavalry Regiment. He served under General Joseph Finegan as a courier between Middle Florida and the mouth of the St. Johns River. On May 17, 1865, Chalker was honorably paroled on account of surrender. He returned to Clay County and married Martha S. Bardin. A prominent citizen in the town of Middleburg, he served as tax collector there until about 1890. At this time, he went West looking for an opportunity in which he might make back the property which he once possessed. While in New Mexico, he learned he had Bright's disease, which would be fatal. His son George retrieved him from out West and brought him home to Middleburg, where he died on January 26, 1906.
From the description of Letters, 1864-1865. (Florida State Archive). WorldCat record id: 32413780
