1887 - 1945 (57 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Horace Burnard Halbert was born on 11 May 1887 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas (son of Joel Pickens Halbert and Eva Susan McGown); died on 2 May 1945 in Anderson County, Texas; was buried in Resthaven Cemetery, Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas. Notes:
At the time of his death, he was a Ford Dealer. The informant on his death certificate was Eddie Halbert.
Obituary, copied from the FindAGrave memorial created by Joseph Lilly.
From the Athens Weekly Review Newspaper dated May 10, 1945
H.B. Halbert Dies: Funeral Held Thursday --- H.B. Halbert, well known business man and a former partner of Jess Miller of Athens in the tomato and cotton business, died Wednesday at his home in Frankston. He had been in ill health for two years.
Mr. Halbert was a farmer and cotton buyer and shipper of the Frankston Community, and has held the Ford agency for the last twenty-two years. He was a member of the school board, and was instruemental in the construction of the Baptist Church of Frankston.
He was fifty seven years of age.
Surviving are his wife: three sons, Eddie Halbert of Jacksonville, H.B. Halbert Jr. of Frankston, and Pfc. Gaylon Halbert somewhere in the Pacific; four daughters, Mrs. J.H. Roberts of Thomasville, Alabama, Mrs. James M. Saunders of Frankston, and Miss Jean Halbert and Miss Lynn Halbert of Frankston; four grandchildren, and one brother, C. B. Halbert of Zwolle of Louisiana.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the Baptist Church in Frankston. The services were conducted by the Rev. Wade O. Skinner, pastor of the church, and the Rev. A.G. Hollonquist of Rusk.
Burial was in the Resthaven Cemetery, Jacksonville with Masons in charge at the grave.
(Research):
Census Listings:
1920 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP One, San Augustine Town
14 and 15 day of January 1920
SD 326 ED 176 Sheet 12B
San Augustine and Nacogdoches Road
248-277
Halbert, Horace B Head M W 32 M Tx Tx Tx Dealer LiveStock
Halbert, Ada Wf F W 32 M Tx Tx Tx
Halbert, Eddie Son M W 11 S Tx Tx Tx
Halbert, Irene Dtr F W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Halbert, Galan Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
1930 Census
Texas, Anderson County, Frankston Town, JP 4
Enumerated April 4, 1930
ED 1-18 SD 18 Sheet 6B
137-146
Halbert, Horace B Head M W 42 M 20 Tx Tx Tx Properietor Auto Agency
Halbert, Mattie Wf F W 26 M 23 Tx Germany Austria
Halbert. Eddie L Son AB M W 21 M 20 Tx Tx Tx Ball Player League Ball
Halbert, Irene S Dtr AB F W 20 S Tx Tx Tx Student
Halbert, Mary Dtr-in-Law F W 18 M 17 Tx Ala Miss
Halbert, Gaylon J. Son M W 16 S Tx Tx Tx
Halbert, Virginia O Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Devety, Morgie Boarder F W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Freeman, Nicy Servant F Neb 20 S Tx Tx Tx
Horace married Ada Lee McCall before 1909. Ada was born on 6 Oct 1885 in Texas; died on 22 Jul 1924 in Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Eddie L. Halbert was born about 1909 in Texas; and died.
- Irene S. Halbert was born about 1911 in Texas; and died.
- Gaylon J. Halbert was born about 1916 in Texas; and died.
- Virginia O. Halbert was born about 1922 in Texas; and died.
Horace married Mattie Rose Petri about 1927. Mattie was born on 24 Jun 1903 in Texas; died in May 1973 in Resthaven Cemetery, Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Horace Burnard "H. B." Halbert, Jr., M. D. was born on 25 Apr 1933 in Frankston, Anderson County, Texas; died on 11 Mar 2011 in Texas; was buried in Frankston City Cemetery, Frankston, Anderson County, Texas.
- Mary Jean Halbert was born on 13 Jan 1935 in Frankston, Anderson County, Texas; died on 11 Jun 2001 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Earthman Resthaven Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas.
- Living
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Generation: 2
2. | Joel Pickens Halbert was born on 24 Jan 1860 in Sabine County, Texas (son of William Washington "Dick" Halbert, Sr. and Mary Frances Allen); died on 2 Dec 1941 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
On Kay Parker McCary's annotated transcription of the Halbert Cemetery she notes that he is buried with a triple marker, with wife 1 Susie Evie Halbert and wife 2 Mary Wessie Halbert.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JFGM-4LN
Name: J. P. Halbert
Event Date: 02 Dec 1941
Event Place: Milam, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race (Original):
Age (Formatted): 84 years 10 months 8 days
Birth Year (Estimated): 1857
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: G. H. Halbert
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mary Allen
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Residence Place:
Cemetery (Original):
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Informant's Name (Original):
GS Film number: 2138817
Digital Folder Number: 4168710
Image Number: 1913
Reference ID: 57436
Collection: J. P. Halbert, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
(Research):
Census Listings:
1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Milam Pr. No. 4
Enumerated 2 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 71 Sheet 1B
12-12
Washington and Mary Halbert and family
13-13
Halbert Joel P Head W M Jan 1860 40 M 16 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Halbert Eva S Wf W F Dec 1866 33 M 16 3/2 Tx Tx Tx
Halbert, Burton H Son W M Feb 1885 15 S Tx Tx Tx Farm laborer
Halbert, Horace B Son W M May 1887 13 S Tx Tx Tx Farm laborer
Joel married Eva Susan McGown on 20 Dec 1883. Eva (daughter of Andrew Henderson "A. H." McGown and Elizabeth Burton Stovall) was born on 21 May 1866 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Dec 1906 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Eva Susan McGown was born on 21 May 1866 in Sabine County, Texas (daughter of Andrew Henderson "A. H." McGown and Elizabeth Burton Stovall); died on 14 Dec 1906 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
On Kay Parker McCary's annotated transcription of the Halbert Cemetery she is shown as a daughter of Alexander Andrew Henderson McGown and Elizabeth Burton Stovall.
Middle name shown by some as Eva, and other instead show her middle initial as B.
Children:
- Clarence Burton Halbert was born on 25 Feb 1885 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 15 Aug 1951 in Zwolle, Sabine Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- 1. Horace Burnard Halbert was born on 11 May 1887 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 2 May 1945 in Anderson County, Texas; was buried in Resthaven Cemetery, Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas.
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Generation: 3
4. | William Washington "Dick" Halbert, Sr. was born on 17 Jul 1837 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas (son of Joel Halbert and Tabitha Elizabeth Cox); 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. Notes:
Name: W. W. Halbert Sr.
Death Date: 12 Jan 1926
Death Place: Milam, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 88 years 5 months 25 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 17 Jul 1837
[Other sources show DOB as 25 Sep 1838; or 23 Sept 1839]
Birthplace: Milam, Sabine County, Tex.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Joel Halbert
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Milam, Tex.
Burial Date: 13 Jan 1926
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2114060
Digital Film Number: 4165757
Image Number: 3150
Reference Number: cn 3239
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
In 1924 he served as a witness to the confederate pension application for Susannah Halbert Mason, along with witnesse W M Fullen. Both signed with their marks.
William married Mary Frances Allen on 9 Sep 1857 in Sabine County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Thompson Allen and Elizabeth Wooldridge) was born on 28 Feb 1843 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 30 Jun 1900 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Mary Frances Allen was born on 28 Feb 1843 in Sabine County, Texas (daughter of Thompson Allen and Elizabeth Wooldridge); died on 30 Jun 1900 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
Enrolled in the District 10 School in Sabine County in 1854.
Children:
- Alfred Arva Halbert was born about 1859 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
- 2. Joel Pickens Halbert was born on 24 Jan 1860 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 2 Dec 1941 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- William Washington "W. W." Halbert, Jr. was born on 7 Dec 1862 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 7 Feb 1937 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- James Clyde Halbert was born in Dec 1865 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
- Dianna Halbert was born about 1870 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
- Flora Halbert was born about 1872 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
- Levi Thompson Halbert was born on 1 Mar 1874 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Dec 1967 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- John W. Halbert was born on 17 Apr 1876 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 27 Mar 1967 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; was buried in Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.
- Sam Houston Halbert was born on 2 Jun 1879 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 2 Mar 1970 in Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- Susan A. "Sudie" Halbert was born on 4 Nov 1882 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Dec 1970 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- Grover Cleveland Halbert was born on 19 Dec 1882 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 24 Sep 1961 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- Clyde Burnett Halbert was born on 24 May 1886 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 26 Mar 1973 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
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6. | Andrew Henderson "A. H." McGown was born on 9 Mar 1824 in Tennessee (son of George W. McGown and Margaret "Peggy" Sartain); died on 14 Aug 1904 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
Listed as Alexander on the 1850 census; as A. H. in 1860 and 1870, and as Andrew in 1880 and 1900. Steve McCalip emailed, in August 2015, that his name "...should be "Andrew Henderson McGown" This is what is on the Bible page of his birth, his father's bible (George W. McGown). I have many other documents supporting this...."
"Received a land grant from the Republic of Texas (bro. of John Franklin McGown). Alex H. McGown was sherriff of Sabine County for many years. All these McGowns are buried in the Browning Cemetery on the Camino Real near Milam." (White and Toole, p 52).
(Research):
Census Data:
The 1850 U. S. Census for Sabine, Sabine Co., TX taken on October 11, 1850, lists residing in household 86
Alexander H. McGown-Head Age 25 (Farmer), Tenn
Elizabeth-Wife Age 22, Tenn
George W.-Son Age 5 months. Tx
The 1860 U. S. Census for Redland, Sabine Co., TX taken on June 30, 1860, lists residing in household 181
A. H. McGown-Head Age 34 (Farmer),
Elizabeth B.-Wife Age 30,
George W.-Son Age 10,
John T.-Son Age 7,
Andrew J.-Son Age 5,
S. H.-Son Age 2.
The 1870 U. S. Census for Hemphill, Sabine Co., TX taken on June 28, 1870, lists residing in household 34
A. H. McGown-Head Age 46 (Farmer),
Elizabeth-Wife Age 42,
George W.-Son Age 20,
John T.-Son Age 17,
Andrew J.-Son Age 14,
Sam H.-Son Age 11,
Sarah E.-Daughter Age 9,
Jefferson H.-Son Age 7,
Susan B.-Daughter Age 3.
The 1880 U. S. Census for Sabine Co., TX taken on June 23, 1880, lists residing in household 107
Andrew H. McGown-Head Age 56 (Farmer),
Elizabeth B.-Wife Age 51,
Jeff H.-Son Age 18 (Farm Laborer),
Susan B.-Daughter Age 14,
William C.-Son Age 10 (Farm Laborer).
The 1900 U. S. Census for Milam, Sabine Co., TX taken on Junel 4, 1900, lists residing in household 33
Andrew McGown-Head Age 76,
Elizabeth-Wife Age 72,
Peyton-Grand Son Age 13.
Transcribed by Larry Sidebottom, and copied from his tree at WorldConnect
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=larrymelkel
Andrew married Elizabeth Burton Stovall in 1849. Elizabeth was born on 30 May 1830 in Tennessee; died on 12 Oct 1906 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Elizabeth Burton Stovall was born on 30 May 1830 in Tennessee; died on 12 Oct 1906 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
Her FindAGrave memorial page, created by Ray and Peggy Holbrooks Pace, show her as a daughter of Thomas S. Stovall (FAG #82232361) and Sarah Day (FAG #82231992).
Notes:
Married:
White and Toole also show that they had a son named John Franklin McGown.
Children:
- George Washington McGown was born on 14 Mar 1850 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died after 1883 in Sabine County, Texas.
- John Thomas McGown was born on 4 Apr 1853 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 22 Jun 1934 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- Andrew Jackson McGown was born on 17 Oct 1855 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Mar 1886; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- Samuel Houston "House" McGown was born on 22 Mar 1858 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 15 Jul 1896 in Texas; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" McGown was born on 23 Aug 1860 in Texas; and died.
- Jefferson H. McGown was born on 5 Oct 1862 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Mar 1917; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- 3. Eva Susan McGown was born on 21 May 1866 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Dec 1906 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- William C. McGown was born on 28 Jun 1870 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
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Generation: 4
8. | 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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9. | 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.
- 4. 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.
- 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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10. | Thompson Allen was born on 22 Dec 1802 in Abbeville County, South Carolina (son of Arva Allen and Polly Clarke); died on 17 Dec 1870 in Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
In a Family Group Sheet prepared by Eva Mae Halbert Hackney, whose father was a grandson of Thompson Allen, she lists Thompson's birth as occuring on 22 Dec 1802, Elbert County, Georgia. His parents are not listed, though the parents of his wife, Elizabeth Wooldridge, are shown. No sources are cited by Eva. This handwritten group sheet was provided to me by Blanche Finley Toole in January, 1995. Blanche said she helped Eva prepare her DAR and DRT records applications. Blanche and Eva were connected through the Burton family. Neither Blanche nor Eva knew who Thompson Allen's parents were.
In a history of the W. W. Allen family, prepared by Thompson Allen's granddaughter, Kate Allen Tirado, she also writes that "Thompson Allen (Father of W. W. Allen, Levi T. and John Allen) was born December 22, 1802 in Albert (sic) County, Georgia. Thompson Allen departed this life at the age of 67 years, 10 months, and 5 days at his residence in Sabine County, Texas on October 17, 1870." Again, Thompson's parents are not mentioned by Kate. Kate prepared this four page, typewritten manuscript sometime after 1955, but before her death in October 1964
The "1850 Census Sabine County, Texas with added family information and corrections" by Helen Gomer Schluter and Blanche Finley Toole, shows that Thompson Allen in Household number 277 was the owner of 9 slaves. On this census, he is shown as age 48, and born in South Carolina. The 1860 census lists his place of birth instead as Georgia. Kate Allen Tirado, a granddaughter, writes that Thompson lived first in Houston, Texas ca 1840, later moving to Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
Sally Clark, a niece of Kate Allen Tirado, emailed that a Thos WG Allen was listed in the "First Settlers of the Republic of Texas Vol I." He was given a second class land grant as a resident of Harris County. He rec'd 1280 acres, and listed as Thos WG Allen - 3-16-1839. He woud have needed to be here prior to 10-1-1837 to be first class." It is possible this land grant in Harris county was for our Thompson Allen as Kate Tirado wrote that he lived in Houston, which is in Harris County, before moving to Milam, Sabine County in January, 1841. However it is also possible that this is another Thompson Allen, as the extract of a voters registration list from 1867 (shown in full below) for Thompson Allen shows "Yrs in State: 26, Yrs in County: 26, Yrs in Pct.: 12." This would seem to indicate that he settled directly in Sabine County around 1841, as the years in the state and county match.
According to a list of Sabine County Voter's registrations appearing in YELLOWED PAGES, Winter 1993, Page 27, "Aug 6, 1867 #322 Thompson Allen Prct 5, Yrs in State: 26, Yrs in County: 26, Yrs in Pct.: 12, Native of Georgia."
Gifford White's book, "The First Settlers of Sabine County, Texas" has the following listing: 19 Thompson Allen 1840, 640 acres, Dec 1843, noting further that a Wm D Fry and Bede Johnson are listed with the same dates.
According to an Affidavit of Mrs. C.D. Gooch, dated 25 May 1910, and on file in Sabine County, "Thompson Allen was married twice, that his first wife, whose name was Elizabeth Wooldrige before marriage; died about the year 1848, that she left surviving her, her husband, Thompson Allen and six children as follows: (1) John Allen, who died eight or nine years ago, and left a widow and children; (2) Connilia L. Allen, who married Annanias Oliver about the year 1840, and died 1909, leaving children; (3) Levi Allen who now resides in Lampasas County, Texas; (4) W.W. Allen who now resides in Lampasas, Texas; (5) Mary F. Allen who married W.W. Halbert in 1858 and died about 1900 in Sabine County, Texas leaving her husband and children; (6) Jerusha Allen, who married G.W. Speights in November 1865, and died in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas in 1888 leaving husband and children; That the said Thompson Allen and his first wife, Elizabeth, had four other children, namely Marion, Martha, Elizabeth and Augustus, all of whom died without marrying and leaving no children; that the above mentioned ten children, were all and the only children of the said Thompson Allen and his first wife, Elizabeth Wooldridge, that reached maturity."
After the death of his first wife, Thompson married second Jane Russell, the widow of Epperson Duke Payne.
On the 1854 Sabine County Scholastic Census, Thompson Allen was shown as having five children and stepchildren enrolled in District 10: William, J.P. Pain, J.D. Pain, Mary, and Jerusha.
Blanche Toole, a Sabine County Genealogist and historian stated that, "Thompson and Elizabeth Wooldridge Allen are buried in the Oliphant Chapel Memorial Garden cemetery, and Thompson was a veteran of the Mexican War. " His name has not be located in the index of Mexican War veterans, however. Blanche also indicates that Thompson Allen's sister was Jemima Allen, the first wife of A.D. Oliphint. [Note: This is not proven and may be in error]. Blanche also said that Thompson "came to Texas with his wife, Elizabeth Wooldridge, and with the Oliphints. He settled just south of the Oliphint Chapel Community, on the Palo Gacho Bayou, where he had a grist mill and lumber mill. He lived near the Oliver family. He and his wife had a large family. Elizabeth died 7 March 1847, and was buried in the Oliphint Chapel Cemetery. They were parents of seven children. Three died young. When Thompson Allen died, after 1870, family tradition says that he was buried by his first wife, Elizabeth. It is presumed the three young children were also buried nearby." [Note: presumably Blanche means Thompson and Elizabeth had a total of TEN children, three of whom died young, and seven who lived into maturity]
In the family group sheet given to me by Mrs. Toole, one that was prepared and/or extracted from the notes Edna Mae Hackney, a total of twelve children are shown. It appears that two of these twelve children died before 1836, before the families move to Texas circa 1841. This may account for the discrepency in the number of children. Mrs. Hackney listed detailed birth and death dates for the parents and children, but no support was provided for these dates. Or Mrs. Hackney may have been in error about the two children who died young.
All twelve are shown in this file, however.
In an article entitled "Mrs Etta Nichols Speeks on History of Low's Chapel" published in the August 26, 1965 issue of the SABINE COUNTY REPORTER, "John Morris gave land for church, school and Cemetery about 1890...the school was named for Thomas Allen, and called Allen's Old Mill. Thompson Allen owned a mill that sawed logs into lumber as well as ground corn for meal. It was located about 1/2 mile north of Tuckers Bridge on Palo Gacho. A dam of boards, which was called a tumbling dam, produced the power. The saw worked vertically. Thomas Allen married Glendy McLanahan's mother, who was my great grandmother. Curtis Jackson owned the mill first."
(Research):Timeline (Courtesy of Tuck Wilson)
1802 - Dec 22, Thompson born in Abbeville District, SC (Arva Allen Bible notes). Other family records show location of birth as Elbert County, GA. 1850 census shows him as age 48, born SC. 1860 census shows him as age 58, born GA.
1820 - Thompson a minor, not found in Census in Alabama or SC
1828 - dau Ruthie Ann Allen b 13 Nov 1828 in SC
1830 - dau Minerva Jenkins Allen b. in Alabama
1830- should be living in Selma, Alabama Dallas County (birth of Minerva Jenkins Allen 23 Nov 1830) but not found in census SC, Ala, Mississippi
1832 - son Thomas Bannister Allen b. 29 Sept 1832 in Alabama
1833 - son Thomas Bannister Allen d. 4 Aug 1833 in Alabama
1834 - dau Caroline Woolridge Allen b. June 1834 in Mississippi
1836 - son Levi Thompson Allen b. 3 May 1836 in Noxubee County Mississippi
1836 - dau Caroline Woolridge Allen d. 26 Oct 1836 in Mississippi
1839 - son William Washington Allen b. 12 Sep 1839 in Noxubee County Mississippi
1840 - should be living in Noxubee County Mississippi. He is not shown there but there is a "T. Allen one county over in Winston County, Mississippi with 9 people that looks good. There is an Alfred E. Oliphint in Holmes County, 1 county west of Winston.
1840-43 Thompson Allen has moved to Texas by 28 Feb 1843 when dau Mary Frances is born.
Census Listings:
1850 Census
Texas, Sabine District in the County of Sabine
Enumerated 27 28 and 29 of Nov 1850
277-277
Thompson Allen 48 M Farmer $2000 South Carolina
Jane C --- 39 F
David R Payne 16 M Alabama
Margaret E --- 15 F Alabama
Jane E ---13 F Texas
J. Peckins 11 M Texas
Caroline D --- 9 F Texas
Tery Allin 13 M Mississippi
William --- 11 M Mississippi
Mary --- 9 F Texas
Jerusha --- 5 F Texas
Alfred A --- 2/12 M Texas
Alexander Bains 21 M Farmer Alabama
1860 Census
Texas, Redland Beat No. 4 in the County of Sabine, P.O. Milam
Enumerated 30 Jun 1860
Page 23
167-167
W.A. Payne 36 F Farmer $7500 $15782 La
Margaret A Payne 15 F Texas
Sarah A Payne 10 F Texas
Benjamin R Payne 6 M Texas
William E Payne 5 M Texas
Mary R Payne 2 F Texas
H.B. Bachtlor 18 M Overseer Ga
168-168
Thompson Allen 58 M Farmer $3000 $8451 Ga
Jane C. Allen 49 F S.S.
Caroline D. Payne 19 F Texas
J.C. Allen 15 F Texas
169-169
unoccupied
170-170
Levi and Telitha Allen family
(Medical):
yDNA results
A direct male descendant of Thompson Allen's (through his son William Washington Allen), born with the Allen surname, volunteered to submit a yDNA sample to FamilyTreeDNA.com.
His kit number, in the name of William Allen, is 237184.
The results showed that he was in the R1b1a2a1a1b haplogroup.
He was a 37 marker match to the following :
Samual Doyle Allen Jr (Ancestor Ephraim P. Allen, b. 1820 North Carolina)
Ronald Lee Allen (Ancestor Edmond Allen)
Henry Walton Allen (Ancestor not indicated)
Jerome Brady (Ancestor Richard Brady b. ca. 1805 Co. Caven or Claire, Ireland)
Williams Adams (Ancestor William Adams b. 1816)
Bill Adams emailed the following about his "Adams" lineage: "I can trace my lineage back to William Adams born in Mecklenburg, VA in 1816 or 1820. I know his mother was Sarah/Sally "Adams". (And I think he may have had brothers Alfred and James). I cannot determine who his father was. His grandfather appears to be James Adams who fought in the Revolution. Sarah/Sally having a last name of "Adams" is weird.
Due to the exact match between us, I am wondering whether Sarah/Sally actually had a husband named "Allen" who died or something. Maybe Sarah/Sally went to live with her "Adams" dad for this or some other reason and the kids were raised with an Adams last name. I sayy this because it seems weird to me that Sarah/Sally's husband would also be the same last name of "Adams".
You show your earliest ancestor being 1820, but I do know that the "Adams" in Mecklenburg lived on "Allen's" creek. Also, one of them married an "Allen" (maybe it was William, I can't remember for sure.) I know there were "Allens" living in close proximity to the "Adams" in Mecklenburg, VA."
Thompson married Elizabeth Wooldridge on 8 Feb 1821 in South Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of John Wooldridge and Martha "Patsy" Ellington) was born on 7 Mar 1804 in Abbeville County, South Carolina; died on 25 Nov 1847 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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11. | Elizabeth Wooldridge was born on 7 Mar 1804 in Abbeville County, South Carolina (daughter of John Wooldridge and Martha "Patsy" Ellington); died on 25 Nov 1847 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
Said to be the sister of ex Mayor A. P. Wooldridge of Austin, Texas. He lived at 3122 Wheeler Street, Austin. If she is related, she is more likely an Aunt or Cousin, as Alexander Penn Wooldridge, mayor of Austin, was born on 1847 in New Orleans, and therefore would be much younger than Elizabeth.
Children:
- Ludeshia Cornelia "Cassie" Allen was born on 10 Sep 1824 in South Carolina; died in 1909.
- John Wooldridge Allen was born on 24 Apr 1823 in South Carolina; died on 10 Jan 1896 in Patroon, Shelby County, Texas; was buried in Allen Family Cemetery, Patroon, Shelby County, Texas.
- Martha Ellender Allen was born on 20 Aug 1826 in South Carolina; died on 27 Aug 1847 in Texas.
- Ruthie Ann Allen was born on 13 Nov 1828 in South Carolina; died on 20 Nov 1840 in Mississippi.
- Minerva Jenkins Allen was born on 20 Nov 1830 in Alabama; died on 14 Feb 1849 in Texas.
- Thomas Bannister Allen was born on 29 Sep 1832 in Alabama; died on 4 Aug 1833 in Alabama.
- Caroline Wooldridge Allen was born in Jun 1834 in Mississippi; died on 26 Oct 1836 in Mississippi.
- Levi Thompson Allen was born on 3 May 1836 in Noxubee County, Mississippi; died on 28 Apr 1924 in Texas; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas.
- William Washington Allen was born on 12 Sep 1839 in Noxubee County, Mississippi; died on 9 Jun 1914 in Lampasas County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lampasas County, Texas.
- 5. Mary Frances Allen was born on 28 Feb 1843 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 30 Jun 1900 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- Jerusha Caroline Allen was born on 16 May 1845 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Jul 1888 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
- Augustus L. Allen was born on 3 Aug 1847 in Texas; died on 18 Jan 1859 in Texas.
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12. | George W. McGown was born on 26 Nov 1799 in Kentucky; died on 25 Jan 1859 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
"Received a Land Grant from the Republic of Texas." (White and Toole, p 52). White and Toole also show he was born in Georgia. However, he is shown as born in Kentucky on the 1850 census. Larry Sidebottom also shows his location of birth as in Kentucky--Hart, Kentucky.
His FindAGrave memorial page, created by Ray and Peggy Holbrooks Pace, notes that he was the second person, and first of his family, to be buried in the McGown Cemetery. They also noted that he was a Sabine County Justice of the Peace during the Republic of Texas.
(Research):
Census Listings:
1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 11 Oct 1850
Stamped 316
85-85
George W. McGown 49 M Farmer 25 Ky
Margerett McGown 47 F Ga
Margaret McGown 23 F Tenn
Evaline McGown 17 F Tenn
James J McGown 14 M Tenn
John F McGown 12 m Miss
Frances R McGown 7 F Tx
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Alexander H McGown 25 M Tenn
Elizabeth McGown 22 F Tenn
George W McGown 5/12 M Tx
George married Margaret "Peggy" Sartain in 1822. Margaret was born on 28 Feb 1801 in Georgia; died on 20 Jul 1873 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | Margaret "Peggy" Sartain was born on 28 Feb 1801 in Georgia; died on 20 Jul 1873 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
Shown by White and Toole as Margaret WILLIAMS. Larry Sidebottom instead has her as
Margaret SARTAIN, born 28 Feb 1801 in Georgia.
(Research):
Census Listings:
1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Redland Beat No 4, P O Milam
Enumerated 30 Jun 1860
Page 23
166-166
Margaret McGown 60 F Farmer 1500 294 Ga
Jefferson McGown 23 M $--- $125 Tenn
R A Jones 27 M Stage Driver Penn
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