Individual Details

Charles married Mary Medford about 1828. She was b. 19 Dec 1813 in Rutherford Co TN and d. 30 Apr 1873, Walters Bluff, Smith County, TX

Charles was on the 1835 tax list in Attala Co MS and emigrated to TX soon after. By 1837 he was on the Tax List for Nacogdoches Co TX.

Petition for Administration of his estate was filed on 27 Sep 1847 in Smith County TX. He had great quantities of land, over 5000 acres, to include 1/2 interest in 1100 acres in the Robert Walters Survey in Smith County.

The 1850 Census for Smith Co TX lists Mary Walters as 40 years of age; 6 slaves were listed on the slave schedule. Children on this census: George T.; 20, b. MS, Whitson H., 19, b. MS; Lucinda 17, b. MS; Moses 15, b. MS. Then the rest born in TX: Robert 13, Margaret 11, Milley 9, Leah E. 7, and Cynthia 5. [Other older children were Isham and Dock.]

The Walters Family Cemetery is on the homestead of Charles Walters and member of his family are buried here - there are no markers. This site is also know as Walters Bluff.

Birth	Abt 1807
Death	1846	Smith County, Texas

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	Andrew Chisum Walters (1805 - 1886)
Sibling	Wade Hampton Walters (1809 - 1877)