Walter Waightstill Lenoir

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CENSUS RECORDS

1860 Census
Name: W W Lenoir
Age: 37
Birth Year: abt 1823
Gender: Male
Birth Place: South Carolina
Home in 1860: Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina
Post Office: Lenoir
Family Number: 1171
Household Members:
W W Lenoir 37

1870 Census
Name: W W Lenoir
Age in 1870: 47
Birth Year: abt 1823
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1870: East Fork, Haywood, North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Forks of Pigeon
Household Members:
J R Anderson 45
Lavina Anderson 49
Mary L Anderson 39
Sarah Anderson 29
Laura Gaddy 11
W W Lenoir 47

1880 Census
Name: Walter W. Lenoir
Age: 57
Birth Year: abt 1823
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1880: Watauga, Watauga, North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widower (Widowed)
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Retired Lawyer
Household Members:
Walter W. Lenoir 57

MILITARY SERVICE

Civil War Soldier Records
Name: Walter Waightstill Lenoir
Residence: Caldwell County, North Carolina
Occupation: Lawyer
Age at Enlistment: 39
Enlistment Date: 23 May 1862
Rank at enlistment: 1st Lieut
Enlistment Place: Caldwell County, NC
State Served: North Carolina
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Promoted to Full Captain on 18 Jul 1862. Commissioned an officer in Company H, North Carolina 58th Infantry Regiment on 23 May 1862.
Mustered out on 18 Jul 1862.
Commissioned an officer in on 18 Jul 1862. Birth Date: abt 1823
Sources: North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27912356

Walter married Cornelia Isabell Christian 10 Jun 1856, Augusta Co. VA. Cornelia (daughter of John Brownlee Christian and Jane Tate FINLEY) was born 15 Jan 1827, Augusta Co. VA; died 07 Feb 1859, Caldwell Co. NC; was buried , Fort Defiance Cemetery, Lenoir, Caldwell Co. NC. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
Name: Cornelia J. Christian
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Age: 29
Birth Date: 1827
Birth Place: Augusta Co., VA.
Marriage Date: 10 Jun 1856
Marriage Place: Augusta, Virginia
Father: John B. Christian
Mother: June T. Finley
Spouse: Walter Weightsell Lenoir
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 23
Birth Date: 1833
Birth Place: Caldwell Co., N.C.
Father: Thos. Lenoir
Mother: Salina L. Avery
FHL Film Number: 30416

1. Anna Tate Lenoir was born 27 Nov 1857, Caldwell Co. NC; died 27 May 1858, Caldwell Co. NC; was buried , Fort Defiance Cemetery, Lenoir, Caldwell Co. NC.