Elizabeth "Lizzie" R Walters

Notes for WINFREY S. WALTERS: Winfrey S. Walters married Lizzie R. Harris (or Harrison) on December 15, 1886. At the time of marriage he gave his middle initial as “H.” but all other records give it as “S.” At the time of marriage Winfrey was 22 years old (Born 1864) and Lizzie (Elizabeth) R. Harris (or Harrison) was 16 (born 1870). The groom gave his birthplace as Johnson County and the bride gave her birthplace as Carter County. They were married at the residence of Elder Henry Mavity. IS THE ABOVE WRONG IF SO THE BIRTHDATE OF LIZZE MAY BE WRONG? More About WINFREY S. WALTERS: Alternate/Nickname: Wince Burial: 1916, Laurel Point Cemetery, Laurel, Vanceburg, Lewis Co., KY Occupation: Stock Trader/Timberman

This is a story published in the Vanceburg Paper about Lizzy Harris Walters, who was Ester Walters Hamilton's Mother The Vanceburg Times, of October 13, 1888, gives this account of some incidents that took place on Septem- ber 28, 1888: "HORRIBLE OUTRAGE: Com- mitted on the family of W.S. Walters, of Head of Grassy, on 28th ult. W.S. Walters, the husband,had gone to Big Sandy on business, and before leaving gave his Lizzy $35 in the presence of others. That night after Windfrey Walters left for Big Sandy, five men knocked on the door of their home and told Mrs. Walters they wanted money. She refused to open the door or give them any money. They left, and shortly afterwards came back, making further demands. In the encounter with them, Mrs. Walters managed to cut one of them with an ax through a crack in the wall. After the man was cut, the men left but they came back a third time and Mrs. Walters opened the door and when the men saw the shotgun. They fled. Then she fired but doesn't know if she hit anyone. "The next Sunday when she started to the garden, carrying a butcher knife to use in cutting vegetables, a man with a sheep skin over his head jumped out of some bushes. (He even had sheep skin on his hands.) The man demanded money and Mrs. Walters's butcher knife. During their argument, she cut him with the knife. They fought for some time and his sheepskin started to come loose, so he ran away. Afterwards, Mrs. Walters discovered that the man in sheep's clothing had cut her dress in several places with a pocket knife. Mrs. Walters said she was certain that there were two other men in the bushes. After she got away from the assailant, she ran some distance to a neighbor's house and was so badly out of breath when she arrived that all she could say was 'sorghum' which referred to the patch of cane where she had been attacked. The neighbors rushed to the scene and saw three men running. "After this matter was brought to the attention of the court, Judge Thomas stated.that during the Regulatotary reign [in the 1880s] he took a mortgage on the Walters' land for defending certain parties who had been accused of taking part in the violence of the time. They left the country and he foreclosed and sold the land to the Walters. The parties have returned and maybe trying to run off the Walters family. The Walters family just lost a child recently. ." [The family name in this article is spelled both , Walter and Walters.] A search of the land transactions in the Clerk's Office shows that Winfrey S. Walters purchased sev- eral tracts oflandon Tar Fork, Grassy Fork of Laurel, and Laurel Fork of Kinniconickfrom the late 1880s until 1919. We believe the farm spoken of in the newspaper article is a tract of 80 acres which Judge George M. Tho- mas conveyed to Winfrey S. Walters. Previously, Reuben Bloomfield had signed a mortgage on the land to Judge George M. Thomas. When Bloomfield was unable to repay the loan, the land was offered at public auction and was purchased by Winfrey S.Walters. Although the deed for the land was not made until November 21, 1889, Judge Thomas had put the Walters family in possession of it as early as September 1888. The previ- ous owners, the Bloomfields, had purchased the land from J.W. Staggs in 1881 =============================== 9 Nov 1871 as possible birthdate for Lizzie as per her tombstone being blurry.

United States Census, 1880 for Lizzie Walters

Name: Lizzie Walters Residence: Hodgensville, Larue, Kentucky Birthdate: 1871 Birthplace: Kentucky, United States Relationship to Head: Daughter Spouse's Name: Spouse's Birthplace: Father's Name: Amos Walters Father's Birthplace: Kentucky, United States Mother's Name: Susan Walters Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky, United States Race or Color (Expanded): White Ethnicity (Standardized): American Gender: Female Martial Status: Single Age (Expanded): 9 years Occupation: NARA Film Number: T9-0427 Page: 113 Page Character: B Entry Number: 296 Film number: 1254427

	Household	Gender	Age Parent 	Amos Walters 	M 	39 Parent 	Susan Walters 	F 	37

 	Lizzie Walters 	F 	9 	Jacob Walters 	M 	7 	Willie Walters 	M 	5 	Miller Walters 	M 	3 	Charles Walters 	M 	10M 	Pet Hanback 	M 	25 	John Lafollit 	M 	28