Several entries provide information on slaves holding skilled positions outside the household or fields. Entries also provide many examples of slave resistance. Another topic receiving considerable attention is Samuel Thomson's method of Botanic Family Medicine, which Walker adopted in the 1830s. Only a few entries appear on the public offices Walker held in King and Queen County or on his family life. Family information is limited to some discussion of disputes between relatives and occasional mentions of his attendance at camp meetings with his wife and children and of household tasks his wife completed.
Originals appear for the first two volumes only.
Typed transcriptions appear for the first two and one-half volumes. All seven volumes appear on microfilm. Also included is a family tree that documents the Walker family of King and Queen County from the mid-1660s through the 1950s. Original Volumes 2 items. Originals of the first two of seven volumes of a journal kept by John Walker for his Chatham Hill plantation in King and Queen County, Virginia.