1887 - Yes, date unknown
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
2. | Charles Alexander Nethery, Sr. was born in Apr 1860 in Texas; died on 21 Apr 1942 in Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
The Sabine County Reporter
October 22, 2014
Pages 1 and 2
"Milam Cemetery receives marker"
The Texas Historic Cemetery Dedication Ceremony for Milam Cemetery took place on Saturday, October 11, following the annual Nethery reunion...local historian Weldon McDaniel....gave a presentation outlining some of the significant historical events that took place in Milam and the importance of preserving the history of Milam Cemetery. He said as many as 85 percent of all early settlers coming into Texas put their boots in red dirt. Although San Augustine and Nacogdoches counties have a friendly battle over which is older, Milam is just as old as either of them....
Dorothy Nethery Spain had the honor of reading the script engraved on the marker:
"Milam, the first County Seat of Sabine County, has a history of travelers and visitors stretching back centuries. Native Americans and Spanish exploreres, soldiers and missionaries passed through and often camped on Las Boregas Creek. Texian settlers encountering the natural abundance echoed the words of Stephen F. Austin, who recorded in his diary entry of July 16, 1821: "We then suddenly came to an open rolling country thinly timbered soil about the color of Spanish browne, and in some places redder. This Red Land is very productive and is covered with the most luxuriant growth of grass I ever beheld in any country." The settlment first called Red Mound (Red Mount) was the seat of Government for the Sabine District since 1822, and was surveyed as a town site in 1828.
Milam Cemetery is on a high hill overlooking the historic community. The exact dated of the first burial will never be known Spanish Explorers were passing through present-day Milam as early as 1539 and camped on Las Boregas Creek a few hundred yards west of the cemetery. Local hisorians believed Anglo burials occurred here probably as early as 1775, since travelers used the campsite down the hill on the Las Boregas. The land on which the cemetery is located was granted to JOHN SMITH on Feb. 26, 1835. The first marked burial is dated 1864, although more than 100 unmarked graves are suspected. The numerous military Veterans dating back to the Creek War are interred here, as well as prominent early citizens from the CAUSEY, WEATHERRED. McGREW, and NETHERY families. Milam Cemetery may be the oldest organized cemetery in Sabine County, and cherished chronicle of generations of visitors and residents."
(Research):
Census Listings:
Texas, Sabine County, Milam Pr 4
Enumerated 1 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 71 Sheet 1A
Stamped 129
5-5
Nethery, Charles Head W M Apr 1860 40 M 15 Tx Tx Tx Merchant & Farmer
Nethery, Amanda Wf W F Oct 1867 32 M 15 7/6 Tx Miss Tx
Nethery, Clyde S Son W M Mch 1886 14 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Nethery, Drayton I Son M S Dec 1887 12 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Nethery, Carrie A Dtr W F Jany 1891 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Nethery, Eva A Dtr W F Jun 1893 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Nethery, Charles I Son W M Mar 1896 4 S Tx Tx Tx
Nethery, William O Son W M Jan 1899 1 S Tx Tx Tx
Arnold, Frank Boarder W M Sept 1875 24 S Tx Tx
Charles married Amanda Fitzellen Speights on 14 Nov 1884 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Amanda (daughter of Jonathan "Johnse" M. Hopkins Speights and Rebecca Frances Halbert) was born on 18 Oct 1866 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Nov 1931 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Amanda Fitzellen Speights was born on 18 Oct 1866 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas (daughter of Jonathan "Johnse" M. Hopkins Speights and Rebecca Frances Halbert); died on 14 Nov 1931 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
Name: Amanda Nethery
Death Date: 14 Nov 1931
Death Place: Milam, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age:
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 19 Oct 1866
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: J. Speights
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Name: Rebecca Halbert
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2135733
Digital Film Number: 4166746
Image Number: 2951
Reference Number: RN 53248-20
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Notes:
Married:
The June 13, 2006 issue of the Sabine County Reporter featured the "All Things Historical" column by Bob Bowman titled "Nethery's Store." The oldest continually operated business in Sabine County, Nethery's was begun by C. A. Nethery, who came to Milam from Patroon as a young man. He and is wife, Amanda built a home on Main street and later opened a general store and saloon. The first store was burned during a snowstorm in 1913, but a new store was quickly built. The "new" store is still standing. After his father's death in 1942, C.A. "Buddy" Nethery, Jr. operated the store until his death. His nephew's, Gene and Doule Nethery kept the store open until 2000, selling hardware and providing a place for local dominoe players to meet. It is currently operated by Ellen Melton, Laura Tichnell, and Susan Nethery as an antique store.
Children:
- Clyde Swann Nethery was born on 22 Mar 1886 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; and died.
- 1. Drayton Clarence Nethery was born in Dec 1887 in Texas; and died.
- Dollie Helena Nethery was born on 2 Feb 1890 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died before 1900 in Sabine County, Texas.
- Carrie A. Nethery was born in Jan 1891 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
- Era Amanda Nethery was born on 22 Jun 1893 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 26 Oct 1974 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- Charles O'Neil Nethery was born on 1 Mar 1896 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 18 Sep 1990 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
- William Oliver Nethery was born on 19 Jan 1899 in Texas; and died.
- Addie Oryl Nethery was born on 21 Aug 1901 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 25 Jul 1973 in Center, Shelby County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- Loy Speights Nethery was born on 16 Nov 1904 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Mar 1997 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas.
- Marguerite Syble Nethery was born on 25 Oct 1907 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 4 Apr 2003 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
- Charles Alexander "C. A." "Buddy" Nethery, Jr. was born on 14 Dec 1910 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 7 Jun 1996 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- Wendell Edward Nethery was born on 19 May 1914 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 6 Apr 2007 in Sabine County, Texas.
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Generation: 3
6. | Jonathan "Johnse" M. Hopkins Speights was born on 20 Jun 1828 in Mississippi (son of William Myrick Speights and Rebecca Hopkins); died on 2 Dec 1912 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
Sharon Speights Varney quotes Virgie Collier Speights as writing "John was a small child when the family moved to the Mississippi Delta along with his brothers and sisters. John married Emily Scott. To this union were born Tom, John "Doc" and Dora. His wife died and her amrried a Miss (Rebecca) Holbert. To this union were born Mandie in 1866, an infant that died, and Robert Joel on September 11, 1870. The second wife died and he married Lizzie Davis. To this union were born Exa in 187, Mattie, Minnie, and an infant that died. Johns third wife died and he lived a widower approximately 35 years. John hired a man to take his palce in the confederate army, however after one year he was assigned to making salt. John joined the Campbellite Church during his old age. He died in 1912 and was buried in Lowe Cemetery in Sabine County, Texas."
Jonathan married Rebecca Frances Halbert on 29 Aug 1865 in Sabine County, Texas. Rebecca (daughter of Joel Halbert and Tabitha Elizabeth Cox) was born on 27 Jul 1846; died on 16 Sep 1870 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Rebecca Frances Halbert was born on 27 Jul 1846 (daughter of Joel Halbert and Tabitha Elizabeth Cox); died on 16 Sep 1870 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
Sometimes shown as Rebecca Washburn Halbert.
Notes:
Married:
"They had one son and two daughters." (White and Toole)
Children:
- 3. Amanda Fitzellen Speights was born on 18 Oct 1866 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Nov 1931 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
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12. | William Myrick Speights was born on 23 Jan 1787 in Virginia (son of William Speights and Ann Phelps); died on 23 Oct 1842 in Mississippi. Notes:
Might instead have been born in South Carolina.
From FindAGrave:
"William and a brother, probably Asa, signed on a note for yet another brother, when he could not pay the note, William and Asa were unwilling to pay the note so to protect their assets, they left the state in the middle of the night, crossing the Mississippi River family and slaves.
William was suffering from yellow fever, and died in the river crossing and was buried on the banks of the river. His new widow, Rebecca Hopkins Speights continued the journey to Texas and settled in Sabine County in 1843...
William married Rebecca Hopkins on 17 Dec 1817 in Virginia. Rebecca was born about 1796 in South Carolina; died on 4 Oct 1857 in Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | Rebecca Hopkins was born about 1796 in South Carolina; died on 4 Oct 1857 in Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
Per "1850 Census Sabine County, Texas with added Family Information and Corrections", Rebecca Hopkins Speights owned 20 slaves. She might instead have been born in North Carolina, or Virginia.
On April 27, 2013, a Historic Marker was dedicated at the Speights-Pratt Cemetery in Sabine County and reads "Rebecca Hopkins Speights (b. 1796) arrived in Sabine County in 1842 as a widow with four sons and a daughter*. She owned about 250 acres including this site, which became a cemetery with her burial in 1857. Sited near the Speights' home, the cemetery was actually on land granted to Mathew Arnold Parker, a Texas Revolutionary veteran and First Chief Justice (County Judge) of Sabine County. Joshua M. Hopkins Speights, buried here, was a State Legislator and County Judge. he and Hampton Pratt were among the first merchants in Hemphill. Of fifty-one marked graves, more than half bear the Speights surname. An unknown number of unmarked graves include Speights family slaves. The Speights-Pratt Cemetery Association manages this historic burial ground. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2010."
*Most family descendants instead have attributed four daugthers to Rebecca, the eldest Susan, dying as an infant. The other daughters generally are shown as Susan Green Speights Low, the wife of Dr. James Low; Amands Melvina Speights, who died at age 14; and Mary A. F. C. Speights Caraway, wife of Nathaniel Caraway. More work should be done to verify the exact family makeup, and ensure which children commonly attributed to William Speights and Rebecca Hopkins were actually born to them. It may also be possible that the historical marker is incorrect, though that seems less likely.
Children:
- Susan Speights was born on 3 Nov 1818; died on 28 Jul 1819.
- Joshua Hopkins Speights was born on 7 Dec 1819 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia; died on 25 Aug 1889 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
- Thomas Green Speights was born on 9 Oct 1822 in Mississippi; and died.
- Susan A. Green Speights was born on 7 Aug 1826; and died.
- 6. Jonathan "Johnse" M. Hopkins Speights was born on 20 Jun 1828 in Mississippi; died on 2 Dec 1912 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
- Amanda Malvina Speights was born on 20 Jul 1832 in Mississippi; died on 16 Sep 1846 in Sabine County, Texas.
- Mary A. F. C. Speights was born on 6 Dec 1835 in Mississippi; and died.
- Green William Speights was born on 11 Jul 1839 in Mississippi; died on 23 Oct 1922 in Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
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14. | Joel Halbert was born about 1807 in Tennessee; died in Feb 1887. Notes:
He was the son of John Halbert and Susannah Higgins.
"Came to Texas about 1838, and settled at Milam. Joel rec'd a 2nd Class Headright for establishing citizenship in the Republic of Texas." (White and Toole)
(Research):
Census Listings:
1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 8 Nov 1850
Stamped 324
208-208
Joel Halbert 40 M Farmer 3000 Tenn
Tabitha Halbert 36 F Tenn
Louisa Halbert 16 F Ala
Martha Halbert 14 F Ala
Washington Halbert 11 M Tx
Amanda Halbert 9 F Tx
Susan Halbert 6 F Tx
Rebecca Halbert 4 F Tx
Joel married Tabitha Elizabeth Cox on 25 Feb 1828. Tabitha was born about 1814 in Tennessee; died about 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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15. | Tabitha Elizabeth Cox was born about 1814 in Tennessee; died about 1851. Children:
- Eliza Louise Halbert was born about 1834 in Alabama; and died.
- Martha Ann Halbert was born about 1836 in Alabama; and died.
- William Washington "Dick" Halbert, Sr. was born on 17 Jul 1837 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Jan 1926 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- Amanda Halbert was born about 1841 in Texas; and died.
- Susannah "Susan" Halbert was born on 5 Dec 1844 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 20 Nov 1924 in Texas; was buried in Mason Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- 7. Rebecca Frances Halbert was born on 27 Jul 1846; died on 16 Sep 1870 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
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