William V. Waters "War of 1812"

William V. Waters was born 5 October 1788 in South Carolina and died 9 February 1853 in Macon County, Georgia. He married Rebecca Jackson in Marion District, South Carolina, on 26 January 1819. They were the parents of sons including William M. Waters and Warren Franklin Waters.

William V. Waters was born on 5 October 1788 in South Carolina. On 26 January 1819, he married Rebecca Jackson in Marion District, South Carolina. Rebecca was born in South Carolina on 3 November 1802.

William V. Waters died on 9 February 1853 in Macon County, Georgia. Rebecca died on 13 February 1880 and was buried in Bethel Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Taylor County, Georgia.

Their sons included William M. Waters, born 4 November 1833 in Marion County, South Carolina, and Warren Franklin Waters, born 16 July 1839 in Macon County, Georgia.

William M. Waters married Mary Ann Cox, daughter of Simon Cox and Lucy Adams, on 3 July 1856 in Taylor County, Georgia. He enlisted as a private in Company E, 45th Regiment Georgia Infantry, on 4 March 1862. He was wounded at Cedar Run, Virginia, on 9 August 1862, and was transferred to Company F, 27th Regiment Georgia Infantry, on 23 October 1864. After the Civil War, William and Mary lived mostly in Taylor County, Georgia. They moved to Mitchell County, Georgia, around 1870, returned to Taylor County by 1880, and moved with their children to Henry County, Alabama, now Houston County, in the mid-1880s. William died on 15 November 1915, and Mary died on 5 December 1923. Both were buried in marked graves at Poplar Springs Cemetery near Webb in Houston County, Alabama.

Warren Franklin Waters married Caroline Bynum, daughter of Claudius David Bynum and Ally Williams Bynum. He enlisted as a private in Company F, 27th Regiment, on 9 September 1861. He was elected Junior Second Lieutenant on 23 February 1862, became Second Lieutenant on 27 June 1863, and became First Lieutenant on 11 August 1864. He was paroled at Goldsboro, North Carolina, on 1 May 1865. Warren died on 14 November 1914 and was buried in Howard Cemetery in Taylor County, Georgia.

Historical context

The supplied family notes state that the 27th Infantry Regiment served from Williamsburg to Chancellorsville, later moved to Charleston, South Carolina, and Florida, and returned to Virginia after the Battle of Olustee. The notes further describe action at Drewry's Bluff, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and Bentonville, followed by the regiment's surrender with General Joseph E. Johnston on 26 April 1865.

Sources & research

History of Bethel Primitive Baptist Church by John and Janice Adams.