On May 6, 1813 Adam married in St. Charles Co. MO., Nancy Elizabeth Caton, born Fayette County, Kentucky, daughter of Jesse and Esther Sparks Caton.
An affidavit made by Green DeWitt, Jan.28,1830, stated that on May 29,1829 Adam and Nancy and their seven children arrived at what became Gonzales. On Aug. 10, 1831 he petitioned the Mexican Commissioner Jose Antonio Navarro for a labor of land, 177 acres, as a member of DwWitt Colony, plus the land necessary to complete the league of land,4428 acres.
Adam and his family came from Missouri down the Mississippi River by boat and landed at Matagorda Bay. While the men were unloading the boat,the women and children walked along the beach gathering luscious dewberries which they found under a bluff bank. The looked up and saw several Indians in war paint and feathers watching them. They ran back to the boat but up on arriving, Nancy was not with them. She had fainted and the men had to carry her back to the boat.
Adam died March 9, 1853 and was buried in the Zumwalt Cemetery on his original land that was granted to him. Later the cemetery was including in a four acre tract of land given by his widow Nancy for a Baptist Church and cemetery located near the old Slayden community.
On May 6, 1813 Adam married in St. Charles Co. MO., Nancy Elizabeth Caton, born Fayette County, Kentucky, daughter of Jesse and Esther Sparks Caton.
An affidavit made by Green DeWitt, Jan.28,1830, stated that on May 29,1829 Adam and Nancy and their seven children arrived at what became Gonzales. On Aug. 10, 1831 he petitioned the Mexican Commissioner Jose Antonio Navarro for a labor of land, 177 acres, as a member of DwWitt Colony, plus the land necessary to complete the league of land,4428 acres.
Adam and his family came from Missouri down the Mississippi River by boat and landed at Matagorda Bay. While the men were unloading the boat,the women and children walked along the beach gathering luscious dewberries which they found under a bluff bank. The looked up and saw several Indians in war paint and feathers watching them. They ran back to the boat but up on arriving, Nancy was not with them. She had fainted and the men had to carry her back to the boat.
Adam died March 9, 1853 and was buried in the Zumwalt Cemetery on his original land that was granted to him. Later the cemetery was including in a four acre tract of land given by his widow Nancy for a Baptist Church and cemetery located near the old Slayden community.
Family Members
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Mahala Zumwalt McCoy
1814–1845
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Elizabeth Zumwalt Mitchell
1816–1889
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Caroline Caton Zumwalt Burnam
1818–1895
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Emeline Caton Zumwalt Darst
1820–1902
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Jessie Caton Zumwalt
1824–1899
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John Henry Zumwalt
1828–1849
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William Christopher Zumwalt
1833–1884
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Harvey Griswood Zumwalt
1835–1906
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Nancy C. Zumwalt
1839–1853
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