Ollie Mae Whitehead

Family/Spouse: John Henry Worthy. John was born on 8 Feb 1885 in Tyler County, Texas; died on 14 Oct 1966. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Bernice Worthy was born on 5 Jan 1912; died on 30 Jul 1939 in Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, SubDiv 84
Enumerated 16 and 17 Jun 1880
Pages 5A and 6B SD 1 ED 84
45-49
Whitehead, John W M 24 Farmer Tx La Miss
Whitehead, Mathilder W F 25 Wf Keeping House La Miss Tx
Whitehead, Ella W F 6 Dau Tx Tx La
Whitehead, Wm W M 5 Son Tx Tx La
Whitehead, Ann W F 4 Dau Tx Tx La
Whitehead, Norry W M 2 Son Tx Tx La
Whitehead, Lula W F 1/12 Apr Dau Tx Tx La
46-50
Whitehead, Martin W M 49 Farmer La --- ---
Whitehead, Jane W F 47 Wf Keeping House Miss --- Ga
Whitehead, Wm. W M 19 Son Farmer Tx La Miss
Whitehead, Cornelius W M 14 Son Farmer Tx La Miss
Whitehead, Eveline W F 13 D Tx La Miss

John married Matilda Ellis Goodman. Matilda was born on 26 Dec 1852 in Louisiana; died on 25 Oct 1940. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1850 Federal census, 26 year old Martin Whitehead, and 20 year old John Whitehead, were both listed as Farmers, and living in the household of William and Nancy ESTUS of Sabine County, Texas.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Bare Creek Beat No. 6
Enumerated 10 July 1860
Page 33
245-245
Thomas and Rebecca Martin and family
246-246
Martin Whitehead 26 M Farmer $--- $ 435 La
Mary J Whitehead 27 F Miss
George W Whitehead 7 M Tx
John F Whitehead 5 M Tx

1870 Census
not located

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, SubDiv 84
Enumerated 16 and 17 Jun 1880
Pages 5A and 6B SD 1 ED 84
45-49
Whitehead, John W M 24 Farmer Tx La Miss
Whitehead, Mathilder W F 25 Wf Keeping House La Miss Tx
Whitehead, Ella W F 6 Dau Tx Tx La
Whitehead, Wm W M 5 Son Tx Tx La
Whitehead, Ann W F 4 Dau Tx Tx La
Whitehead, Norry W M 2 Son Tx Tx La
Whitehead, Lula W F 1/12 Apr Dau Tx Tx La
46-50
Whitehead, Martin W M 49 Farmer La --- ---
Whitehead, Jane W F 47 Wf Keeping House Miss --- Ga
Whitehead, Wm. W M 19 Son Farmer Tx La Miss
Whitehead, Cornelius W M 14 Son Farmer Tx La Miss
Whitehead, Eveline W F 13 D Tx La Miss

Martin married Mary Jane Martin on 5 Feb 1851 in Sabine County, Texas. Mary (daughter of William Martin and Harriett ???) was born between 1831 and 1833 in Pike County, Mississippi; died on 20 Jan 1918 in Texas; was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery (aka Whitehead Cemetery or Martin-Whitehead Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

US Confederate Pension

Name Mrs Mary J Whitehead
Application Date 15 Jan 1914
Application Place Sabine, Texas
Birth Year abt 1833
Birth Place Pike, Mississippi
Age 81
Spouse Martin Whitehead
Marriage Date 5 Feb 1851
Marriage Place Sabine, Texas
Spouse Death Date 29 Dec 1913
Spouse Death Place Sabine, Texas
Pension File Number 25935
Application Type Widow

Notes:

"William Martin and his son, Thomas Jefferson, received Bounty Land for their service in the Texas Revolution. William bought land in Sabine County from Lavina Popino (dau. of William Melton) in 1834. The Whitehead Cemetery is on this land." (White and Toole, p 88).

They may have been from Pike County, Mississippi, as this is the location of birth listed on the confederate widows pension application of their daughter, Mary Jane Martin Whitehead.

William married Harriett ??? about 1818. Harriett was born about 1805 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
William and Harriett Martin moved their family from Mississippi to the Republic of Texas. (White and Toole, p 88). After William Martin's death--sometime after youngest son George was born ca 1838 and before the 1850 census---Harriett was said to have married second William Slaughter. At the time of the 1850 Sabine County, Texas, census, Harriett Slaughter, age 45, can be found with children Jane, Harriett and George B.

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 1 Nov 1850
Stamped 321
157-157
Harriett Slaughter 45 F $150 Mississippi
Jane Martin 19 F Mississippi
Harriett ____ 16 F Mississippi
George B. ____ 12 M Mississippi
158-158
Simeon Slaughter 24 M farmer $400 Miss
Harriett L Slaughter 22 F La [nee Harvey, married second Solomon Causey]
John S 1 M Tx
Rubin Slaughter 25 M Miss