Walter Lovelace

  General Notes:

Birth and death dates for Walter and Mary Ann came from data collected at ancestry.com from Gary Lovelace (lovelace22@juno.com ... inactive email as of July 2005)
Walter Lovelace can be found in the 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. Federal Census records although the 1860 and 1870 census records Walter's wife as Martha while Gary Lovelace records Mary.


The 1840 Federal Census for Rockingham Co., NC records W. Lovelace and family.

The 1850 Federal Census for Rockingham Co., NC Western District, page 107B records Walter Loveless (50) and wife Ann (40) with children Mary A. (16), John H. (14), Sarah (12), Elizabeth (10), and Pinkney M. (2). Living with another family next door is William Loveless (18).

The 1860 Federal Census for Northen Division, Rockingham Co., NC, Elm Grove P. O., page 121A records Walter (60) and Martha (55) Lovelace with son Madison (14). Next door is son John W. Lovelace (24 - NC) and wife Martha (24) and their son George (1). Walter is a Farmer.

The 1870 Federal Census for Mayo Township, Rockingham Co., NC page 294B (Stoneville Post Office) records Watson (74) and Martha (56) Loveless [Lovelace].

The 1880 Federal Census for Mayo Township, Rockingham Co., NC page 48A records W. (87) and M. (70) Lovelace. Both Walter and Martha continue to state they can not read nor write.

Walter married Martha Ann Fields. (Martha Ann Fields was born circa 1800 in North Carolina and died after 1880 in Mayo Township, Rockingham Co., N.C..)