Roland Landon Walker was born September 9, 1875 into the union of James M. ands Mary Jane Walker. 1890 Teachers Certificate of Roland Landon Walker 1891 Teachers Certificate of Roland Landon Walker 1894 Teachers Certificate of Roland Landon Walker Roland Landon Walker is shown in Pike County’s Annual Teachers Settlement

The people in the photograph were: [Far Left]  BENJAMIN FRANKLIN JOHNSON, better known as B.F., was a storekeeper who lived on Long Fork of Shelby Creek.  He was chosen by the businessmen in the party for his detailed knowledge of the region’s topography and its people. [Second from Left]  Probably

The Harman family is widely known in Tazewell County, Virginia, but did you know that old Mathias has a Pike County connection?  Mathias Harman built the first settlement in Pike County in 1789.  He informs us of that settlement in a legal deposition of his own words.  The most current information comes in