Walter Bell
Walter Bell was born around 1802 in Tennessee. He married a woman named Elizabeth, and they had at least four children: Cornelius, born on June 30, 1832; John, born around 1834; Thomas, born around 1837; and William, born around 1840. They lived in Robertson County, Tennessee, and Bell worked as a farmer. By 1850, he owned $1,250 of real estate. A decade later, he owned $3,300 of real estate and $17,500 of personal property, and he enslaved at least eleven people. He died in 1876.
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(3650)Bell, Walter18021876
  • Conflict Side: Confederacy
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 3

  • (10215) [recipient] ~ Thomas Bell to Family, 1 January 1862
  • (10217) [recipient] ~ Thomas Bell to Cornelius Bell et al., 11 June 1862
  • (10228) [recipient] ~ Thomas Bell to Walter Bell, 16 July 1864

People - Records: 3

  • (3650) Bell, Walter is the [parent of] (3648) Bell, Thomas
  • (3650) Bell, Walter is the [parent of] (3649) Bell, Cornelius
  • (3650) Bell, Walter is the [husband of] (3651) Bell, Elizabeth

Places - Records: 2

  • (174) [birth] ~ Tennessee
  • (3669) [residence in 1860, residence in 1870] ~ Springfield, Robertson County, Tennessee

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, and 1870 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com.