Individual Details

1850, Cherokee Co TX. A. C. Walters age 45, Farmer, b. GA. Mary age 42 b. TN. Moses age 80, b. VA. [this would be his father] Elizabeth 21, Anna 19, A. C. 18, Carrol 16 [m] - all b. in MS. Born in Texas: Minerva age 14 [b. 1836], Ritha 12, Moses 10, Sarah 8, Rachel 6, Eleanor 4, California age 2. They lived next door to Andrew's first cousin, Obadiah C. Prestridge.

Andrew married Mary Angeline Armstrong in 1826. She was b. 28 Jan 1808 in KY and d. 21 Dec, 1883 in Trickham, Coleman Co TX. They lived in Hood Co TX, then Coleman Co.

Andrew first came to Texas in Jan of 1836 from Mississippi after which time his records appear in Nacogdoches Co. He was the Grantee of 979.47 acres in Van Zandt Co TX on 15 Dec 1852.

Andrew was a veteran of the War for Texas Independence and applied for Pension on 10 Nov 1871; it was approved in Aug of 1874. He enlisted in Capt. Bryant's Co. of Col. Cleveland's Regt in Mar of 1836 and in Jul of 1836, joined Capt Collin's group. He was at the battle of the Sabine and the fight at Ft. Houston. Geo. L. Ramsdale and George T. Walters, his brother, of Hood Co TX affirmed his service.

In 1850, Andrew & wife Mary are listed with 11 of their children. A son George Taylor Walters was born after the census was taken.

1880 Census:
Precinct 4, Coleman, Texas
Andrew C. Waters, age 76, b. GA, Farmer, father & mother both born in Virginia.
Mary Waters, wife, age 73, b. KY, father & mother born in Tennessee

Andrew & Mary are buried in Trickham Cemetery, Trickham, Coleman Co TX

Birth	15 Jan 1805	Franklin County, Georgia
Marriage	1826	Mary Angelina Armstrong
Death	18 Feb 1886	Coleman County, Texas

Spouse	Mary Angelina Armstrong (1808 - 1883)
Child	Elizabeth Walters (1829 - )
Child	Ann M. Walters (1831 - 1894)
Child	Andrew Cook Walters (1832 - )
Child	William Carroll Walters (1835 - )
Child	Minerva Walters (1837 - )
Child	Ritha Walters (1839 - 1917)
Child	Moses Walters (1840 - )
Child	Sarah T. Walters (1842 - )
Child	Rachel Walters (1844 - )
Child	Eleanor Walters (1846 - )
Child	California Walters (1848 - )
Child	George Taylor Walters (1850 - )

Father	Moses Walters (1770 - 1850)
Mother	Elizabeth Cawthon (1773 - 1840)
Sibling	Tillman Walters (1790 - 1869)
Sibling	George T. Walters (1794 - 1875)
Sibling	Robert S. Walters (1799 - 1865)
Sibling	Boley Conner Walters (1802 - 1856)
Sibling	Charles Mote Walters (1807 - 1846)
Sibling	Wade Hampton Walters (1809 - 1877)