Walls of Fayette County
Research completed on 1/3/2008. My research in Fayette
County discloses an administrator’s
bond of Ellis Walls along with John A. Walls and William Walls on 1/10/1839 on
the estate of Joseph Walls, late of Fayette
County.
John A. Walls must
have died later that year because on 11/4/1839 John A. Walls and William Walls
gave a bond on the estate of John Walls, deceased. The estate of John Walls paid out to heirs on
12/31/1841 to:
W.
A. Worsham, John Peaves, G. A. Walls, William Walls, William Jacobs, Williamson
Walls and John A. Walls.
Since Rebecca Ann
was married in Fayette
County, it is logical to
assume that she was related to one of the above. Joseph’s estate did not name her, however, his generation qualifies to be her
grandfather, not father. We don’t have much to go on. Nothing was found in Twiggs County
to match Rebecca to Samuel (records burned). There is an Ellis and William
Walls in Heard County in 1850. Heard County bears
searching. The thing to do is to try and
locate, G. A., William, Williamson and John A. Walls. Were any of them in Chambers County, Alabama? I do not have any access to Alabama records; they are so disappointing,
but the deeds need searching there.
Jeannette Austin
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More contradictory information on the father of Rebecca Ann Walls. Some believe he
was Joseph from MD, and some believe he was William Samuel Walls.
Joseph
supposedly had a 1st wife named Rebecca, then he
married Anna.
This
line has the most contradictory information that any of my lines. Everyone
has a different idea.
Any
help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Phyllis
Porter
PmpGenie@aol.com
Rebecca Ann Walls married Wyatt C. Lett on June 30, 1831 in
Fayette County, Ga.
They moved to Chambers County,
AL by 1840. I have been told that
Rebecca's parents were Samuel and Anna Walls. Rebecca was born 1813 in SC.
Samuel and Anna supposedly lived in Twiggs Co., GA where Samuel, Jr. was born
in 1815, Caroline was born in ---, and Elizabeth was
born 1825. On the 1850 census of Chambers
County, AL Anna is
living with Caroline (m. Wagner) next door to Samuel Jr. Elizabeth married Hiram Sims,
and they are living in Chambers
County. Rebecca and Wyatt
Lett were living in Chambers Co, AL
However, there is no Samuel Sr. Samuel supposedly lived in Twiggs, Henry, Gwinnett and Fayette Counties. However, I can't find
him in Fayette County. The only Walls in Fayette County was John
Walls, who might have been Rebecca's father or uncle. I have a list of children
of John, which does not include Rebecca, but there is a space where her birth
would fit. There was also a Charles Walls, brother (?) of Samuel, who had a
wife named Rebecca. If you could shed any light on this mess, I would
appreciate it. This really is a brick WALL. :-) I know this is rather sketchy,
so let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Phyllis Porter