Individual Details

William married Jerusha Lay on 1 Jan 1835 in Tennessee.

1840 Grainger Co TN
William Walters listed next to his father John. 1m -5, 1m 20-30. 1f -5, 1f 20-30.

1850 Adair Co MO, District 1
p.24b, Hh 335
William Watters, age 35. Jerusia 32, both born in TN
Lewis 14, Martha 12, born in TN. John 9, Elizabeth 5, & Nelly 2, all born in MO.
William's brother Lewis was two doors away.

Possible family for Jerusha. It appears the two families may have gone from Tennessee to Missouri together.
p.24b, Hh 334. Lewis Lay, age 52, b. NC. Martha, 47, b. VA.
William 20, Rebecca 18, Susan 16, Martha 15, Lewis 13 and Isaac 11 all born in TN. Amanda, age 8, born in MO. Polly Lay, age 83, born unknown.
Hh 335 was William Walters and his family.
Hh 336. Nathan Lay, age 22, b. TN. Permelia 19, b. IL Jerusia E.age 6 months, b. MO
Hh 337 was Lewis Walters.

1860 Census. Morrow Twp, Adair, MO, Hh 459
William Walters, 42, Farmer, b. TN
Jerutia, 41, b. TN
John, 18, b. MO as were the rest of the children
Elizabeth, 15
Nelly, 12
Jerutia, 6
Amanda, 3

9 Jan 1868, Adair Co, MO
Mr. William Waters to Mary Jackson
Shibleys Point, Adair, MO, Jany the Ninth 1868
I solmized a marriage between William Waters and Mary Jackson as a Minister of the Gospel
J. B. Shibley
Filed for Record Feby 25th, 1968. E. O. Gates, Recorder

1870 Census. Spring Valley P.O., Morrow Twp, Adair, MO, Hh 54
William Walters, 52, b. TN, Farmer
Mary E., 36, b. Ohio (2nd wife)
Jerusia, 15, b. MO as were the rest
Amanda, 13
William, 9 (last child of Jerusha)
Isaac W., 1
Joseph J., 9 months
In Hh 53 was (they are marked as being in the same residence)
John Walters, 29, b. MO
Lydia L, 26
Edgar, 6
Alford, 1

William is buried Megrew Cemetery, Adair Co, MO. with both wives.
William Walters, b. 26 Aug 1817, Claiborne Co, TN, died 12 Jan 1873, Adair Co, MO (his stone is not pictured)
Jerusha wife of W. M. Walters, b. Nov 8, 1818, died Dec 5, 1867, Aged 49 yrs (unreadable)
Mary E. Walters, died 24 Sep 1870.

Marriage for Isaac W. Walters, 18 Jul 1900, Volney Creek, Carbon, Montana. He was age 31 - father listed as Williams Walters, mother as "White". Born Adair Co, MO. Bride was Eliza J. McLean, age 16, born Scott Co, Kansas to Hector McLean and Jessie F. Combs. Consent of her parents was on file.

William married a 3rd time, to Mary Ann Whitworth, 13 Nov 1870, Putnam MO. They had a single son - Jesse, b. 3 Sep 1872. After William died, Mary Ann married Nathan Lay, an older brother of William's first wife - he had many children by his first wife who died prior to 1875.


THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS 1879-1979
Novinger, Missouri, page 566
---William and Lewis Walters (brothers and sons of John Walters, a Virginian) came to Adair County in 1841, from Grainger County, Tennessee. The Walters' settled on the Spring Creek north of Novinger, in Morrow Township. They married sisters, William married Jerusha Lay in 1835 and Lewis married Elizabeth Lay after coming to Missouri. Children of William and Jerusha Walters were: Lewis, Martha J., John, Nancy, Elizabeth, Nellie, Dorah, Jerusha, Amanda M., William, Isaac, and Jesse. Children of Lewis and Elizabeth Walters were: Nathan, William, Martha, John, Joseph, Sarah, Nancy and Nellie.
NOTE: Adair County, Mo. marriage records give the marriage of Lewis Walters (last name spelled Waters in the marriage records) and Elizabeth Lay as being on March 3, 1844 in Book 1, page 23.

Birth	25 Aug 1817	Grainger County, Tennessee
Death	12 Jan 1875	Adair County, Missouri

Father	John Walters (1779 - 1860)
Mother	Rhoda Walters (1780 - 1839)
Sibling	Braxton Walters (1800 - 1875)
Sibling	Nancy Walters (1803 - )
Sibling	Thomas Spiers Walters (1804 - 1888)
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	James Walters (1819 - )
Sibling	Lewis Walters (1822 - 1860)