Wilcox County AlArchives Biographies.....Ross, Walter Raleigh 
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Author: Willis Brewer

Walter R. Ross was one of the first settlers of Wilcox.  He came to Alabama in 
the territorial time, and was in the expedition to the Cahaba towns.  HE was a 
planter here, and amassed wealth.  He represented the county in one house or 
the other of the legislature for eleven years, closing his official services in 
1844.  He died several years later.  Captain Ross was highly respected for 
integrity, energy, and practical sense, and was a very useful legislator.  He 
left a daughter, who married the late Dr. Isaac F. Dortch of thss county, and 
his descendants are in the county.

Additional Comments:
This biography is from the book, "Alabama, Her HIstory, Resources, War Record, 
and Public Men From 1540 to 1872," published in Montgomery, AL, 1872, page 579.

Per marriage records, Walter R. Ross married Ann S. McKerall on Sep 5, 1823 in 
Wilcox County. (1)  She was Ann Shaw Spencer McKerrall, widow of William 
McKerral who had died before Sep 23, 1821. (2)

Walter's daugher, Mary Ann, married Isacc Z. Dortch on June 7, 1843 when she 
was about 23.  So, the marriage of Walter R. Ross was a second (or more) 
marriage. (3)

Along with Isaac Dortch, Walter R. Ross was appointed administrator of the 
Estate of William Primm on Mary 1, 1848.  They also posted a secruity. (4)

(1)  Marilyn Davis Barefield, "Records of Wilcox County, Alabama" (Southern 
Historical Press, Easley, SC, 1988) 3.
(2) Barefield, 88-89.
(3) Barefield, 112; 1850 US Census, Wilcox County, Alabama, page 386, family 
#615.
(4) Barefield, 76.

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