Solomon Causey

Notes:

Per the "1850 Census Sabine Co, Texas with added family information and corrections" Solomon Causey owned 2 slaves and his mother Nancy owned 3.

Was shown on the muster roll of Captain J.M. Burroughs Company of the Sabine County Volunteer Infantry, CSA, and was enlisted at Hemphill, Texas by Drury Field for 3 months duty on January 15, 1863.

Virgie Speights writes that they were an early pioneer family, "the Causeys being in Sabine County nearly as long as anybody. Early deeds writtn about 1830 or earlier mention them living at Pendleton or thereabouts, they came to Texas from South Carolina."

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:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 6 and 7 Nov 1850
199-199
Solomon W. Causey 34 M Farmer 1000 Miss
Martha Ann Causey 12 F Miss
Alphia E Causey 10 F Tx
William E Causey 4 M Tx
Mary V. Causey 6/12 F Tx
Nancy Causey 67 F SC

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Milam Beat, PO Milam
Enumerated 12 Jun 1860
Page 2, Stamped 318
7-7
Solomon Cawsey 44 M Farmer 1000 2625 Miss
Harriet L. Cawsey 34 F $--- $1320 La
William M. Fullen 16 M Tx
John W. Fullen 12 M Tx
William E Cawsey 12 M Tx
Sebern J. Cawsey 2 M Tx
Geo W Cawsey 1/12 M Tx

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Beat No. 2, PO Sabine Town
Enumerated 23 July 1870
Pages 1 and 2 Stamped 7
320-320
Causey S 50 M W Farmer 300 600 Miss
Harriet L 43 F Keeping House La
Solomon J 13 M Tx
George W 10 M W Tx
Margeret 4 F W Tx
Alfred D 1 M W Tx
Williams Harriet 30 F B Domestic Servant Ga
Robert H 5 M B Tx
Virginia 1 F B Txs

Solomon married Elizabeth Ann Pace before 1836 in Mississippi. Elizabeth was born about 1821 in Mississippi; died in Aug 1849 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
MARRIAGE: To Elizabeth Ann Pace - Deed Book C, p. 178 (31 AUG 1839), Carroll Parish, LA, Lake Providence, LA identifies Elizabeth Ann Pace as wife of Solomon Causey late of Holmes Co., MS.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:614654&id=I361

1. Martha Ann Causey was born about 1838 in Mississippi; and died.
2. Alphia E. Causey was born about 1840 in Republic Of Texas; died between 1879 and 1880 in Sabine County, Texas.
3. William E. Causey was born about 1846 in Texas; and died.
4. Mary E. Causey was born about 1850 in Sabine County, Texas; died before 1860 in Sabine County, Texas.

Solomon married Rebecca Bal(L)\(Dwin) after 1850 in Sabine County, Texas. Rebecca was born about 1826 in Pennsylvania; died after 1850 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Solomon married Margaret Oliphant before 1858 in Sabine County, Texas. Margaret was born before 1838; died before 1859. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Seborn James Causey was born about 1858 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.

Solomon married Harriet Louisa Harvey before 1860. Harriet (daughter of Seth Harvey and Zelotus Margaret Ann Boyd) was born about 1828 in Louisiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George Washington Causey was born on 12 May 1860 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 18 Jun 1922 in Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
2. Margaretta Louise Causey was born on 27 Apr 1866 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 26 Oct 1935 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
3. Alfred D. Causey was born on 1 Sep 1869 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 16 Apr 1912 in Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.