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William Wallace Walters 1797 – 1877 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1797

Birth Location: Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 29 MAY 1877

Death Location: Rockcastle County, Kentucky, USA Add MyTreeTags™

Father: John Walters

Mother: Nancy Ellet

Spouse(s): Anna McHargue

Children(s): Parks Walters, James Sr.., Patton Walters

William Wallace Walters was born in 1797 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA, the child of John Philip Walters and Nancy "Smiling Bird" Ellet. William Wallace Walters married Anna Eliza McHargue, and had children including Parks B. Walters, James D. Walters, Sr.., Patton Walters. William Wallace Walters passed away in 1877 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, USA Add MyTreeTags™.

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Biography

  • William Wallace Walters was born in 1797 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA, the child of John Philip Walters and Nancy "Smiling Bird" Ellet.
  • William Wallace Walters married Anna Eliza McHargue, and had children including Parks B. Walters, James D. Walters, Sr.., Patton Walters.
  • William Wallace Walters passed away in 1877 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, USA Add MyTreeTags™.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Walters
1763 – 1836
Birth Location: Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
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Nancy Ellet
1773 – 1830
Birth Location: Calaba River, Cleveland, NC
NE

Spouses(s)

Anna McHargue
1800 – 1894
Birth Location: Gallatin, Kentucky, United States
AM

Children(s)

Parks Walters
1843 – 1898
Birth Location: Kentucky
PW
James Sr..
1824 – 1880
Birth Location: Wayne County, Kentucky, USA
JS
Patton Walters
1828 – 1870
Birth Location: Kentucky, United States
PW

William Walters's Ancestors

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William Walters
1797 – 1877
Birth Place: Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Parents
John Philip Walters
1763 – 1836
Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Nancy ("Smiling Bird") Ellet
1773 – 1830
Calaba River, Cleveland, NC
Grandparents
John (Philip) Walters
1730 – 1775
Nash, North Carolina, United States
Rachel (D Bliss) (Waters)
1743 – 1813
New London, Connecticut,
Stands (Tall Ellet (Catawba) Indian)
1742 – 1818
Catawba, Catawba, North Carolina, United States
Little (Stream) River
1748 –
Catawba, Catawba, North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Jacob Walters
1699 – 1729
Elizabeth Oliver
1710 – 1747
Grey Ellet
1719 – 1789
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Walters's Descendants

1.
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William (Wallace) Walters (1797 – 29 MAY 1877) m. Anna (Eliza) McHargue (abt 1800 – 6 Jun 1894)
  1. 1. Parks (B.) Walters (abt 1843 – 27 Apr 1898)
    1. 1. Annie Walters (8 December 1889 – September 1938)
      1. 1. Clara (Jeanne) Pigg (6 Feb 1926 – 12 Apr 1960)
  2. 2. James (D. Walters,) Sr.. (1824 – 1880)
  3. 3. Patton Walters (1828 – 1870)

William Walters's Timeline

2 Records

1797
1797
Birth of William Wallace Walters in Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
1877
29 MAY 1877
Age 80
Death of William Wallace Walters in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, USA Add MyTreeTags™
Rockcastle County, Kentucky, USA Add MyTreeTags™

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1797
    Event Place: Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 MAY 1877
    Event Place: Rockcastle County, Kentucky, USA Add MyTreeTags™
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