Elijah Walters (1791 - 1868)

Born 1791 in Clay, Kentucky Territory

Husband of Elizabeth (Skidmore) Waters — married 9 Mar 1815 in Clay, Kentucky, United States

Husband of Elizabeth (Bullock) Walters — married 11 Oct 1827 in Owen, Indiana, United States

Died 23 Nov 1868 at about age 77 in Morgan, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Elijah Walters was born in the Kentucky Territory of Virginia 1791. He was married four times during his lifetime. He married his 2nd wife, Elizabeth Abbett in Owen Co. On October 11, 1827, he married his third wife, Elizabeth (Bullock) Abbett. His 4th wife was Elizabeth Pascal, whom he married 19 Mar 1862 in Morgan Co, IN. Elijah died in Morgan County, Indiana on November 23, 1868. He is buried in Stierwalt Cemetery in Morgan County.

He gave land to the Samania Baptist Church in Morgan Co, IN.

Sources

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVT-D847 : 13 December 2015), Elijah Walters, 1868; Burial, Paragon, Morgan, Indiana, United States of America, Stierwalt Cemetery; citing record ID 24192259, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV99-7KFP : 10 December 2017), Elijah Walters and Elizabeth Pascal, 19 Mar 1862; citing Morgan, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 007578354.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4N9-H32 : 13 December 2017), Elijah Walters, 1860.

• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV99-7CGW : 10 December 2017), Elijah Walters and Elizabeth Newton, 12 Apr 1857; citing Morgan, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 007578353.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJB-1FF : 12 April 2016), Elijah Walters, Ray, Morgan, Indiana, United States; citing family 868, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYP-8PG : 15 August 2017), Elijah Walters, Morgan, Indiana, United States; citing p. 169, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 100; FHL microfilm 7,732.

• Elijah Walters of Owen County, Indiana appeared at the land office in Crawfordsville, Indiana on November 1, 1830 and purchased 80 acres of land in Morgan County - IN Certificate #: 8715. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015.

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH53-DYQ : 24 August 2017), Elijah Waters, Morgan, Indiana, United States; citing 269, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 30; FHL microfilm 7,719.

• Elizabeth Abbett and Elijah Walters - Marriage Date: 11 October 1827 - Marriage County: Owen. Ancestry.com. Indiana, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Indiana Marriages to 1850. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Indiana.

Warren Skidmore, "Thomas Skidmore (Scudamore), 1605-1684, of Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, and Fairfield, Connecticut: His Ancestors and Descendants to the Ninth Generation," 6th ed. (Akron, OH, 2010), republished on line with a preface by Linda Moffatt (2015), p. 266-267.