Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802–1844)
Thomas Walker Gilmer was born on 6 April 1802 in Gilmerton, Albemarle County, Virginia. Following admission to the Albemarle County bar, he practiced law in Charlottesville and briefly acted as editor of the Virginia Advocate. In 1826 he married Anne Elizabeth Baker (1809–1874), daughter of the late Congressman John Baker. Gilmer’s political career began with election to the Virginia legislature, where he would sit intermittently from 1829 to 1840.
"Letters to Thomas Walker Gilmer," The William and Mary Quarterly, Volume 15, Number 4 (April 1907), 225–34.
A Guide to the Executive Papers of Governor Thomas W. Gilmer, 1840–1841, Library of Virginia, Richmond (Archival Resources of the Virginias).
"To James Madison from Thomas W. Gilmer and Horace W. Bramham, 1 November 1824," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/04-03-02-0414. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Retirement Series, vol. 3, 1 March 1823 – 24 February 1826, ed. David B. Mattern, J.C.A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, p. 422.]
Thomas Walker Gilmer at Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Gov. Thomas Walker Gilmer at National Governors Association.
Thomas Walker Gilmer at House History.
Thomas Walker Gilmer at Find a Grave.
Thomas Walker Gilmer at FamilySearch.