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Obadiah to Tennessee Walters[1, 2]

Male Abt 1765 - Abt 1836  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name Obadiah to Tennessee Walters 
    Born Abt 1765  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Abt 1836  Grainger Co., Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7688  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of William Walters
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2017 

    Father Thomas Walters, Sr.,   b. 16 Jan 1727, Prince George Co., Colonial Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 1796, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Lucy Clement,   b. 1734, Colonial Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married
    • Lucy Clement's Children of Thomas Walters
      Children
      Robert C. Walters b: 1747 in Halifax Co Va.
      Wilmoth Walters b: 1750
      John Walters b: 1753 in Lunenburg Co. VA
      Thomas Jr Walters b: Feb 1757 in Halifax Co Va.
      Clement Walters b: 1760 in Pittsylvania Co. VA.
      Agatha Walters b: 1760 in Pittsylvania Co. VA.
      William Walters b: Jan 1763 in Pittsylvania Co. VA.
      Lucy Walters b: 1764
      Obediah Walters b: 1765 in Halifax Co Va.
      Margaret Walters b: 1765 in Halifax Co Va.
      Archibald Walters b: 1770 in Pittsylvania Co. VA.
      Abraham Walters b: 1771 in Pittsylvania Co. VA.
    Family ID F5924  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Abigail McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee/McGeeh,   b. 1769, Birches Creek, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1825  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 20 Dec 1790  Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Children named in his Will;
      Isaac Walters
      Israel Walters
      Lemuel Walters
      Daughter, Mary [no married name]
      Lute Jane Walters (granddaughter)
      Wife (no name)
    Children 
     1. Lemuel Walters,   b. Est 1788, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 24 Apr 2019 
    Family ID F6333  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Will of Obadiah Walters 1836
    Will of Obadiah Walters 1836
    Will of Obadiah Walters 1836.jpg
    Zimmerman Research on the Walters Family
Descendants of William Walters
    Zimmerman Research on the Walters Family Descendants of William Walters
    Walters_Zimmerman.pdf
    Ancestral Chart for John Owen Vernon
Lineage of Robert Vernon
    Ancestral Chart for John Owen Vernon Lineage of Robert Vernon
    anc19905 JohnOwenVernon.pdf

  • Sources 
    1. [S84] Rootsweb, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lostclans&id=I3462.
      Will of Thomas Walters Sr.
      Will: Will of Thomas Walters
      D&W 10, Page 366-368 Pittsylvania County, Virginia
      Will: To my beloved wife Lucy Walters the landand plantation whereon I now live and negroes: Hector, Sam, Bett and Fillis, and half the furniture and stock except that which will hereinafterbe given during her natural life or widowhood.
      Will: To my son Clement Walters negro Cate. To my son William Walters the land and plantation that joins Charles Cooley, and negro Anthony. To my son Abraham Walters negro Daniel, horse, saddle and after the decease of my wife the land and plantation where I now live. To my grandson, John Walters, son and heir of my son Thomas Walters, deceased, 200 acres and the plantation that joins McMurrey,it being the land where the said Thomas, dec'd, formerly lived and a horse. Also the bond that is against me for his fathers effects. To my daughter Margaret Walters a negro Pat, also a horse and saddle and one third part of the pewter, a bed, furniture, cow and calf, and a ten pound note on Walter Gooding.
      Will: After the decease of my wife all my personal estate remaining to be divided between my children: John, Robert, Archer, Obediah, William, Abraham, Wilmoth Scott, Agatha Matthis, Lucy Walker and Margaret Walters.
      Will: Appoint my sons John and Robert Walters executors. Signed 25th day of August 1795.
      Will: Thomas (X) Walters
      Wit: George Dodson, Jackson Walters, John Mading
      Will: Codicil:
      It appears that negro Daniel, bequested to my son Abraham Walters is at the point of death, should this happen, Abraham isto have the first child of either Betty or Fillis. 18 Feb. 1796

    2. [S40] Will, Obadiah Walters.

    3. [S46] Marriage Record/Certificate, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=WorldMarr_ga&h=796982&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=qDi804&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&rhSource=3002.
      Name: Abigail Mcbee [Magby]
      Gender: Female
      Birth Place: VA
      Birth Year: 1769
      Spouse Name: Obadiah Walters
      Spouse
      Birth Place: VA
      Spouse Birth Year: 1765
      Marriage
      Year: 1790
      Marriage State: VA

    4. [S46] Marriage Record/Certificate, http://sites.rootsweb.com/~vapittsy/marriage.htm.
      20 Dec 1790 Obediah Walters and Aby Magby