Individual Details

1830 Grainger Co TN
Thomas Walters, 1m -5, 1m 20-30 [Thomas age 26], 1f -5, 1f 20-30

1840 Grainger Co TN
Thomas Walters. 1m 15-20, 1m 30-40. 2f -5, 1f 10-15, 1f 30-40

Thomas married Sarah Smith Yadon 18 Oct 1826 in Grainger Co TN. She was b. 25 Jan 1808 and d. 23 Jan 1880. They are said to be buried in the Yadon Cemetery in Union Co TN.
Family of William Walters of Tucson, AZ.

1850 Census. Grainger Co TN, p.116b; Household 1043. Thos. Walters age 45, b. Virg. Sarah age 42, b. TN. All children b. TN: Elender J. age 20, Esther S. age 16, Rachel age 10, John age 6, Rhoda A. age 4.

Union Co TN Deed Book A, p.426 #8320494, img 219
10 Sep 1857. Thomas S. Walters Mortgage Deed to William L. Waggoner. For $2000. Secured to be paid by two notes. Parcel of land on the bank of the SE prong of Dotson Creek below where the siad Thomas S. Waters now lives, John Waters lin, with the turnpike road, in the division line, up the creek, Thomas L. Bransons line, conditional line between James Davis and Thomas Watters; line between Thomas S. Walters and William Davis. 200 acres. signed: Thomas S. Waters
Wit: John A. Blackburn, Rachel Walters. Thomas S. Walters acknowled 31 May 1858.

1860 Union Co TN, Dist 3, Hh 289, next to his father
Thomas Walters, age 55, b. VA. Sarah 52, b. TN. John 16, Roda A. 13, and Thomas B. age 9.

Union Co TN Deed Book B, p.375-376 #8320494, img 531-532
23 Jan 1861 John Watters to Thomas Watters for $236 all my right title and claim I have in an undivided share of a tract of land in Union Co, District No. 3 on the south side of Clinch River at the mouth of Dotson's Creek; John Powell's coren, Powell's line, course of the river. Tract conveyed by John Willi, Martin Cook and E. W. McBee to John Walters, Senr. signed: John (X) Walters. Wit: Isaac Davis, William Davis. Acknowledged by John Watters, 20 Dec 1861.

Union County Probate Records LDS #4776381, img120-121
Court, 3 Feb 1862. Thomas S. Walters takes upon himslef the administrratorship of John Walters, dec'd, in plce of A. J. Brock. John A Smith was security. Lists account made 4 Sep 1865 and 23 Apr 1870.

Deed Book B, p.266 #8320494, img 477 Also in Court Minutes, p.207. #8264697, img 321 & 324
10 Jan 1861 Rebecca Watters vs. Thomas Watters & others – Petition for Dower
Dower to Rebecca “Watters” from estate of John Watters, dec’d, her husband. Tract on Eastern Bank of Clinch River, NE of mouth of Dotsons Creek. 50 acres. Includes meanders of the River. Also free access to the Spring. Commissioners: William Beeler, John Linch, Gideon Cheney. Includes plat – tract was 172 acres. Recorded 8 Feb 1861.

In 1868, son Thomas S. Walters sued his siblings for title to his share in the land division of his father - names the heirs:
Deed Book C, p.319 #8320495, img 165 & 166
Thomas Walters vs. John Walters & others
In the cause the Clerk & Master filed his report of the sale of the lands, mentioned in the decree 10 Feb 1862, no exceptions having ever been filed. After giving notice required the lands were sold on 31 Jan 1862 to Thomas S. Walters for $2010.00. Order that title in said tract including reversionary interest in the widows dower be and the same is divested out of the said Braxton Walters, James Walters and Pleasant and other children and heirs at law of Joel Walters, deceased whose names are unknown, and William Walters, Abner Walters, Lewis Walters, Pleasant Walters, Nancy Walters, and William Kean and wife Eleanor Kean and John Walters – and be vested in the said Thomas S. Walters. Deed issued 5 Oct 1868.

Birth	17 Oct 1804	Virginia
Death	23 Oct 1888	Union County, Tennessee

Father	John Walters (1779 - 1860)
Mother	Rhoda Walters (1780 - 1839)
Sibling	Braxton Walters (1800 - 1875)
Sibling	Nancy Walters (1803 - )
Sibling	John Walters (1807 - 1876)
Sibling	Eleanor Walters (1809 - 1872)
Sibling	Joel Walters (1812 - 1858)
Sibling	Pleasant Walters (1813 - 1880)
Sibling	Abner Walters (1815 - 1883)
Sibling	William Walters (1817 - 1875)
Sibling	James Walters (1819 - )
Sibling	Lewis Walters (1822 - 1860)