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In the papers of Mervin Walters is a very confusing statement regarding Judith. First of all, Mervin claimed that there was a recorded marriage 21 Feb 1803, in Pittsylvania Co for the marriage of a Polly Thomas to Abraham Walters. There is no such marriage now in the marriage book of Pittsylvania Co VA - the only recorded marriage for Abraham is the first one to Polly Mann. He goes on to state that she was evidently the daughter of Phillip Thomas as Abraham Walters & wife Judith were listed as heirs of Phillip, whose wife was Mary, in a record dated in 1804. This is a rather astounding statement since Phillip Thomas of Pittsylvania Co VA never had a wife Mary, and never had a daughter, and lived until 1837 - much is well documented about Phillip. Phillip had a son also named Phillip and the younger Phillip did have a wife Mary, but he was not born until about 1836 and no other man of this name appears to have lived in Pittsylvania Co, although there were at least two unrelated Thomas families living in the area. Phillip Thomas could possibly have been administering someone else's estate in 1804 and the record was misinterpreted. Mr. Walters does state that he had not seen the record.

As it turns out, the marriage to a Thomas lady was in Halifax Co. The record did say Abraham Walters married Polly Thomas, 21 Feb 1803. Polly Thomas, was mother of the bride, Wm Thomas, security. I believe it very likely the clerk made an error in entering the marriage because in all other records, the lady is Judith, or some form of that name. She could have been Mary Judith, or Judith Mary, but middle names were not common and I think simple error more likely.

The probate record mentioned is also in Halifax County, not Pittsylvania. In Halifax County, November of 1803 which mentions James Woody & Lucy his wife, Samuel Peu [Pugh? Pew?] and wife Elizabeth, Mary Thomas, Charles Thomas, Tabitha Thomas, David Field and Nancy, William Thomas, and Abraham Walters and wife Judy. Lucy, Elizabeth, Mary, Charles, Tabitha, Nancy, William and Judith were children and distributees of the estate of Philip Thomas, Dec'd. Mary Thomas, widow, and Administratrix.

Abraham's nephew Jackson Walters married Tabitha Thomas, 11 Apr 1809. Again, Mary Thomas was listed as mother of the bride; Abraham Walters, surety.

Spouse	Abraham Walters (1781 - 1847)
Child	Mary Walters (1804 - )
Child	William Walters (1806 - )
Child	Sally Walters (1808 - )
Child	Thomas Walters (1810 - )
Child	John Walters (1812 - 1889)
Child	James Walters (1815 - )
Child	Joel Walters (1818 - 1850)
Child	Samuel Walters (1821 - )

Father	Philip Thomas ( - 1803)
Mother	Mary [Thomas] ( - )
Sibling	Lucy Thomas (1760 - 1832)
Sibling	Elizabeth Thomas ( - )
Sibling	Mary Thomas ( - )
Sibling	Charles Thomas ( - )
Sibling	William Thomas (1768 - 1848)
Sibling	Tabitha Thomas (1771 - 1849)
Sibling	Living