Household #80: Wooten, Walter

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In the 1900 Barney census, Walter Wooten headed a 2-person household. The table below preserves the exact names, relationships, ages, birthplaces, and occupations recorded for the household.

Household Snapshot

Walter Wooten headed a 2-person household in the 1900 Barney census with 1 spouse or marital partner.

Walter Wooten's listed occupation was Farmer.

All listed household members were reported as born in North Carolina.

1900 Census Household

Children and Later Trails

No child-tracking items are open for this page because the 1900 table lists no children in the household.

Family Narrative

Walter and Alice Wooten are securely documented in the 1900 census at Barney, Brooks County, Georgia. That record shows Walter as a Black farmer born in North Carolina in April 1869, with both parents also reported as born in North Carolina. Alice, his wife, was likewise born in North Carolina. The census states that the couple had been married sixteen years and were renting their farm. No children were present in the household.

Alice is documented again through her 4 January 1926 death certificate from Nashville, Berrien County, Georgia. That record identifies her as Alice Wooten, a Black married woman age fifty-seven, born in Sampson County, North Carolina, with parents named as Toney McDuffie and Claresy McDuffie. The certificate also gives her spouse as W. H. Wooten. Taken together, the 1900 census and the 1926 death record provide a reliable core profile for the household and establish Alice's maiden family as McDuffie.

The surviving evidence is useful but still limited. The present record set supports the Brooks County household in 1900 and Alice's later identification in Berrien County in 1926. It does not yet establish when Walter died, whether the couple remained together continuously after 1900, or whether any children were born to them and lived elsewhere.

Connections to Other Barney Families

• HH#83 Amos Radford includes Missouri Wootin, whose surname may point to a Wooten family connection, but no direct evidence has yet been found proving a relationship to Walter Wooten.

Open Research Questions

• Parentage audit: Keep head-of-household and spouse parentage as unresolved unless a cited direct record names the parents or the entry explains the census chain supporting the identification.
• A marriage record for Walter Wooten and Alice McDuffie has not yet been found.
• No secure 1910 or 1920 census follow-up has yet been confirmed for Walter and Alice Wooten.
• No death, burial, or probate record has yet been found for Walter Wooten or W. H. Wooten.
• No burial location has yet been confirmed for Alice Wooten.
• The possible Wooten connection to HH#83 remains unproved.

Research Status

Moderately documented household. The 1900 census and Alice's 1926 death certificate give a solid foundation and identify Alice's maiden family, but the household still needs marriage, later census, and burial evidence before it can be treated as fully developed.

Sources

• 1900 U.S. census, Barney, Brooks County, Georgia, household of Walter Wooten.
• Census image and indexed detail review for Walter Wooten, with Wallie Wooten noted as an index variant, in the 1900 Barney, Brooks County, Georgia census.
• Georgia death certificate, Alice Wooten, 4 Jan 1926, Nashville, Berrien County, Georgia.
• Georgia death index entry for Alice Wooten, Georgia, U.S., Death Records, 1914-1940.
• FamilySearch death record entry for Alice Wooten, corresponding to the 1926 Berrien County death record.
• Find a Grave search for Walter Wooten and Alice Wooten in Brooks County and Berrien County, Georgia cemeteries, negative as of May 2026.

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