Anna Maria (Munch) Walter (1793 - abt. 1860)

Born 14 Mar 1793 in Powell's Fort, Shenandoah County, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Walter — married 14 May 1821 in Shenandoah County, Virginia

Died about 4 Feb 1860 at about age 66 in Powell's Fort Shenandoah County, Virginia

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Biography

Anna Maria (Ann) Munch was born in Powell's Fort Valley, Shenandoah County, Virginia, in 1793, daughter of Philip Munch and Magdalena. She is called Mary in her mother's will and in her marriage record, but in the 1850 census and 1860 mortality census she is "Ann M." On December 10, 1810 "Anna Mary Munch, orphan of Philip Munch, over the age of 14, chose David McInturff as her guardian" and in the 1811 deed naming all the surviving children of Philip Munch she is "Anna Mary." The name on her tombstone is "Ann Mariah," She married Daniel Walter in 1821, lived in the "Fort" all her life and was mother of four children. Her tombstone has her birth year as 1795, but gives her age as 65 years, 10 months and 21 day, which would mean a birth year of 1794, but both dates are incorrect. She is listed as 57 years old in the 1850 census and 67 years old in the Mortality Schedule of the 1860 census. She is also listed as the next to the last child, and her sister "Betsy," as last one (ie. youngest) in her mother's will and in the deeds involving the Munch children.

Sources

• Will of Magdalena Munch (1807), Shenandoah County, Virginia Will Book "G," p. 20. Shenandoah County Court House, Woodstock, Virginia.
• Shenandoah County, Virginia Minute Book 1810-1816, Court of December 1810. Shenandoah County Court House, Woodstock, Virginia.
• Heirs of Philip Munch, deed dated March 11, 1811, Shenandoah County, Virginia Deed Book "S," pp. 105-6.
• Vogt and Kethley, Virginia Historic Marriage Register, Shenandoah County Marriage Bonds, 1772-1850, Athens, GA (1983), p. 302.
• United States Census, 1850, Virginia, Shenandoah County, Dist. 58 (Fort Valley area), p. 135B, family #1892.
• United States Census, 1860 Mortality Schedule, Virginia, Shenandoah County, p. 568.
• Tombstone inscription, Clem - Golladay Cemetery, Powell's Fort Valley, Shenandoah County, VA. Find A Grave: Memorial #13210970.