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The Walters of Jones County, Mississippi
There were quite a few Walters in Jones County, but I have never been able to connect any of them to my ancestress Margarette Walters, who married Daniel Pitts, Sr. in Perry County in the early 1820s. There were three other Walters in the area: Willoughby Walters, Asa Walters, and Herring Walters. These are thought to have been brothers, and Margarette may have been their sister. We know that Herrin Walters came from South Carolina.
An interesting sidelight to the Walters history in Jones County is that several Walters received Union (yes, Union!) Civil War pensions in Jones County. Jones County was known as a hotbed of anti-Confederate sentiment during the Civil War. For example, the brother (Henry Landrum) of Margarette's son-in-law, Linson Landrum, named a son Ulysses Grant Landrum during the War.
My Walters Line
- M. Lee Murrah
- Earvin Elroy Murrah m. Ina Gertrude Johnson
- Hester Ann Laura Forsyte m. Samuel Virgil Murrah
- Sarah Alice Darenda Landrum M. William David Forsythe
- Maston Lee Landrum m. Mary Jane Johnson
- Linson Landrum m. Elizabeth Ann Pitts
- Daniel Pitts, Sr. m. Margarette Walters
Published Genealogies and Other Sources
None known.
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