Military: David Nashville Walters Pension Info, Ouachita Parish LA Submitter: Jean Rowell Pennr@aol.com ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Details on David Nashville Walters from his confederate pension application. David Nashville Walters, b. April 15, 1844 in Scott County, MS, and died Oct. 16, 1913 in Eros, LA. He was the son of Daniel Walters, b. 1800 SC and d. August 1887 in Ouachita Parish, LA. David married Emily Dickerson, b. 1853, daughter of John Dickerson and Mary Ann Cloud. Most of the following on David N. Walters comes from his Application for Confederate Pension, as well as the application his wife Emily filled out upon his death. There are two records of him filing for this application while a resident of Eros, LA. One dated June 26, 1906, and another is dated January 24, 1907. One application lists Ouachita Parish, the other Jackson Parish. The facts on both are consistent. He enlisted in the Confederate Army May, 1864 at Marksville, LA, in the 28th Louisiana Infantry Regiment, known as Gray's Command, with the division commanded by Gen. Camille de Polignac after the death of Mouton. He was listed as a resident of Bossier Parish at the time of the surrender. He testifies that he was not wounded, and was discharged at the surrender at Natchitoches, LA at the close of the war. He was a private in Co. C, and on the LA Infantry Roll of Prisoners of War, paroled at Shreveport At the time of the pension application, he says he had been a resident of Louisiana for about 55 years, "since 1853," that his wife was 51 years old, and they still had a 15 year old daughter living at home. He lists his eldest son as 32 years old, his eldest daughter as 28 years old, and the next son as 24 years old. His children were Hardy Chapel Walters, b. 1874; Julia Walters, b. 1877, Iva Abner Walters, b. 1882, Nellie Inez Walters, b. 1891, and Beula Walters, who died as a child. He states his business as, "Only farming, I earn a decent living." However, on the later application he says, "I am farming and earn a very scant living." To the question, "What prevents you from earning a living now?" he answers, "Old age, am unable to work hard like I once did." On the later application, he simply says, "Old and infirm." He lists the following comrades: John Barr, Vernon, Jackson Parish, LA and Zacharia Killingsworth, Eros, Jackson Parish, LA. Witnesses to the information are listed as W.A.Wingate and John Dewith, Okaloosa, Ouachita Parish, LA. John Dewith signed with his mark (X). Witnesses to the later application are listed as WD Phillips, Eros, LA and RH Leigh, Munroe, LA. His place of burial, listed on the application as "Frantom's Chapel" is the Beulah Cemetery, where several of the Walters are buried. There was a David Walters in MS, enlisted in the MS cavalry, who should not be confused with David Nashville Walters.