The death date of 9 July 1855 for his brother William is often erroneously attached to Walter. Walter probably died before 1850, since he does not appear in the 1950 census.

The Virginia records spell her surname as Reigns, but death records for their children spell it as Ranze, which is the way the name became spelled in Kentucky.

She is probably a sister of Susannah Ranze/Reigns who married William W. Cannon Elam.

Montgomery Co., Virginia marriage records list the marriage of Walter Elam and Nancy Reigns on 15 Dec 1795.