Amberson Jefferson Martin

Notes:

When he registered for the draft during the First World War, he was a resident of Remling, Texas, and working for Alex Gilmber Lumber Co in sawmilling. His closet relative was Mrs. Dora Martin, he was of medium heighth and build, with blue eyes and light hair, and was described as having "one finger off."

Notes:

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 3
Enumerated 1 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 70 Sheet 1
4-6
Martin, Lipscomb Head W M Oct 1859 40 m 16 (???) Tx Miss La Farmer
Martin, Mary Wf W F May 1872 28 m 16 (???) 7/7 Tx Miss Tx
Martin, Amberson Son W M July 1885 13 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer (born to first wife)
Martin, William E Son W M Oct 1886 13 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer (born to first wife)
Martin, James L Son M M Sept 1891 8 S Tx Tx Tx (child 1 of 7 born to second wife, Mary)
Martin, Walter A Son M W Sept 1893 7 S Tx Tx Tx (child 2 of 7 born to second wife, Mary)
Martin, Martha A Dau W F Oct 1893 6 S Tx Tx Tx (child 3 of 7 born to second wife, Mary)
Martin, Charles A Son W M Dec 1894 5 S Tx Tx Tx (child 4 of 7 born to second wife, Mary)
Martin, Robert A Son W M Jun 1896 3 S Tx Tx Tx (child 5 of 7 born to second wife, Mary)
Martin, Bertha I Dau W F Jan 1898 2 S Tx Tx Tx (child 6 of 7 born to second wife, Mary)
Martin, Mary M Dau W F Mar 1899 1 S Tx Tx Tx (child 7 of 7 born to second wife, Mary)

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 3
Enumerated 15 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 133 Sheet 1A Stamped 117
2-2
Martin, L N Head M W 50 m2 20 Tx Miss La Farmer
Martin, Mary A Wf F W 37 M 20 13/10 Tx Miss Tx
Martin, Walter A Son M W 17 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer Farm
Martin, Alice Dtr F W 16 S Tx Tx Tx
Martin, Charles Son M W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Martin, Mary M Dtr F W 11 S Tx Tx Tx
Martin, Teddy R Son M W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Martin, Pinkie Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Martin, Thomas S Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Martin, Lipscomb N Son M W 3 S Tx Tx Tx
Martin, Nora C Dtr F W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
Martin, Baby Son M W 1/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Lipscomb married Martha Alice Cooper. Martha (daughter of James Amberson Cooper and Amelia Elizabeth Jacks) was born about 1868 in Sabine County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On Jim Cooper's "Trails to Texas" blog, http://www.trailstotexas.com/

Shown as Martha Alice Cooper is shown as living 1868-1888. Married Lipscomb Norville Martin (1859-1916). They had 3 sons. One died at birth along with Martha.

Notes:

Shown by some as having the middle name Franklin, versus Jefferson.

Said to have received Bounty Land, as did his father William Martin, for service in the Texas Revolution. (White and Toole, p 88).

The annotated transcription of the Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Sabine County indictates that T. J. Martin, 1819-1904, had a Military Marker reading Pvt Capt. Burroughs Co. CSA


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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 20 and 21 Nov 1850
Stamped 327
256-256
Thomas J Martin 30 M Farmer $500 Miss
Rebecca Martin 20 F La
William F Martin 2 M Tx
Mary S Martin 8/12 F Tx

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Bare Creek Beat
Enumerated 10 July 1860
Page 33
245-245
Thomas Martin 41 M Farmer 747* 747 Miss
Rebecca Martin 30 F La
William F Martin 12 M La
Harriet A Martin 8 F Tx
Clinton Martin 5 M Tx
Lewis C (???) Martin 4 M Tx
Lipscomb Martin 8/12 M Tx
Jane Evans 10 F Ts
George Martin 22 M Farmer --- $181 Miss
*The 747 value of real estate was crossed through

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Beat No 3 PO Brookland
Page 5, Stamped 21
Enumerated 7 Aug 1870
532-532
Martin, T J 57 M W Farmer 500 500 Miss
Martin, Rebecca 34 F W Keeping House La
Martin, Wiliam F 33 M W Tx
Martin, Lewis R 13 M W Tx
Martin, Lipscomb 10 M W Tx
Martin, Margaret 6 F W Tx
Martin, Infant 3/4 M W Tx Sept
Hudson, Jane 12 F W Tx

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP No 3, Sub. Div. 84
Enumerated 14 Jun 1880
Page 2 SD 1 ED 84
9-12
Martin, T. J. W M 61 Farmer Miss ---- Geo.
Martin, Rebecca W F 50 Wife La Geo La
Martin, Lipscomb W M 20 S Farmer Tx Miss La
Martin, T. M. W M 10 Son Tx Miss La
Martin, T. E. W M 3 Son Tx Miss La
10-13
Martin, Casey W M 23 Farmer Tx Miss La
Martin, Elisabeth W F 26 Wife Tx NotKnown NotKnown
Martin, Wm. W M 2 Son Tx
Martin, Mary W F 10/12 July Dtr Tx
11-14
Brooke, Sealy B F 72 Farmert Tx Miss Miss

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. No. 1
Enumerated 9 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheet 4B
70-72
Martin, Thomas Head M W Jan 1819 81 m 54 Miss Ga Ga Farmer
Martin, Rebecca Wf W F Feb 1830 70 M 54 5/4 La Ga La
Martin, Edward Son M W Sep 1876 W 24 S Tx Miss La At School
Williams, Oliver B M May 1881 19 S Tx Tx Tx Farmer

Thomas married Rebecca "Becky" Richardson. Rebecca was born in Feb 1832 in Louisiana; died about 1907 in Texas; was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery (aka Whitehead Cemetery or Martin-Whitehead Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Virgie Collier Speights, in OLD TIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS, lists her last name both as Richardson (p. 46) and as Watkins (p. 54).

Notes:

Married:
In Virgie Collier Speights June 11, 1964 column about Rev. and Mrs. Bob Strickland, it is noted that Bob's maternal grandparents were "Tom and Beckie (Watkins--sic) MARTIN, and they have five sons and two daughters, Frank, Case, Lip, Jimmy, Ed, Marge and Harriet Ann, his mother" (Old Timer of Sabine County, Texas, p. 54).

The 1900 census showed that Rebecca had five children, four of whom were still living. Based on both the column referenced above, and the various census enumerations from 1850 through 1880, it appears she had at least the seven children listed above, and possibly one other son that may have died relatively young, Clinton (b. 1855). Perhaps the census information could be interpreted as Rebecca had a total of nine children....five deceased and four still living (or vice versa).

Notes:

Virgie Speights shows his middle name as Anderson, but all other researchers indicate it was actually Amberson. This is supported by the Widow's Application for a Confederate Pension application completed by Amelia Cooper, listing the full name of her husband as James Amberson Cooper. She also referenced that he had previously drawn a pension, citing file number 33200. Ancestry.com shows in their Civil War Service Records database that J. A. Cooper served in the Eleventh Texas Infantry, entering as a private and being discharged as a Corporal.

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Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, SubDiv 84
Enumerated 16 and 17 Jun 1880
Page 6B SD 1 ED 84
47-51
Cooper, James W M 22 Farmer Miss Miss Miss
Cooper, Emelia W F 32 Wf Keeps House La
Cooper, Alice W F 12 Dtr Tx Miss La
Cooper, Mathilde W F 10 Dtr Tx Miss La
Cooper, Eugene W M 6 Son Tx Miss La
Cooper, Louis W M 4 Son Tx Miss La

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 3
Enumerated 17 June 1900
SD 8 ED 70 Sheet 10 A Stamped 127
Cooper, James head W M Nov 1843 56 M 30 Miss Miss Miss Farmer
Cooper, Amelia Wf W F Feb 1847 53 m 30 11/7 La La La
Cooper, James S Son W M Jan 1883 17 S Tx Miss La
Cooper, Leona Dau W F Jan 1885 15 S Tx Miss La
Cooper, Emory Son W M Mar 1887 13 S Tx Miss La
Cooper, Ernest Son W M Mar 18871 13 S Tx Miss La
Jacks, Taylor Lodger W M Aug 1880 20 - Tx La La


1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 3
Enumerated 29 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 133 Sheet 17B
325-330
Cooper, J. Scott and Alpha and children
327-332
Cooper, James A Head M W 66 m1 43 Miss Miss Miss farmer
Cooper, Amelia Wf F W 63 m1 43 11/7 La La La
Cooper, Ernest Son M W 23 S Tx Miss Laborer Lumber Mill
Cooper, Emory Son M W 23 S Tx Miss La Laborer Lumber Mill
Jacks, Taylor Boarder m W 35 S Tx La Miss Laborer Farm

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 2
Enumerated 21 and 22 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 169 Sheet 17A
Pineland and Brookeland Road
331-331
Cooper, James A Head m W 76 M Miss Tn Miss Farmer
Cooper, Amelia Wf F W 72 m La La La
332-332
Cooper, D Earnest Head M W 33 M Tx Miss La
Cooper, Hettie Wf F W 27 M Tx Tx Tx
Jacks, Taylor Lodger m W 48 S Tx La Miss Farm laborer
330-332
Cooper, Scott Head M W 37 m Tx Miss La farmer
Cooper, Alpha Wf F W 32 m Tx Tx Tx
Cooper, Jewel Dtr F W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Cooper, Adrian Son M W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Cooper, Oda Son M W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Cooper, Ruby Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Cooper, Elton Son M W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Cooper, Floy M Dtr F W 1 2/12 S Tx Tx Tx

James married Amelia Elizabeth Jacks on 14 Mar 1867 in Sabine County, Texas. Amelia (daughter of Nicholas Jacks, Jr. and Caroline Matilda Kemp) was born on 22 Feb 1847 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died on 7 Jan 1939 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3MN-319
name: Amelia Elizabeth Cooper
event: Death
event date: 07 Jan 1939
event place: Pineland, Sabine, Texas, United States
gender: Female
marital status: Widowed
name of spouse James Ambson Cooper
birth date: 22 Feb 1837
birthplace: Sabine, Louisiana
father's name: Nicalos Jacks
mother's name: Matilda C Kemp
Informant ME Cooper
Cemetery Pineland
certificate number: 4476
film number: 2117863
digital folder number: 005144953
image number: 00559
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Amelia Elizabeth Cooper, 1939

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Census Listings:


1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 2
Enumerated 16 Apr 1930
ED 202-4 SD 19 Sheet 4A Stamped 43
66-75
Cooper, Amelia Head F W 83 Wd la La Miss
---76
Cooper, Eugene M Son M W 56 m 28 Tx Miss La Farmer
Cooper, Lela v Wf F W 53 m 21 Tx Mo Tx
---77
Cooper, Louis W Head M W 54 m 24 Tx Miss La Farmer
Cooper, Huelan Son M W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Cooper, Hollie L Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx

Notes:

Married:
Jim Cooper writes on his blog, "Trails to Texas," http://www.trailstotexas.com/

"On the 1900 census, Amelia reports that she has had 11 children, 7 of whom were alive at that time. Only the 10 children below have been identified. Apparently one child whose name is now not known died at birth or very soon thereafter. If anyone has any information about this child, please contact me at mailto: jimcooper@austin.rr.com."

http://www.trailstotexas.com/2012/05/james-amberson-coopoer-and-amelia.html

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

Notes:

FindAGrave shows that Jonathan and Obedience "moved to Pineland, Sabine County, Texas in 1854 from Mississippi. They built their first home, a log house, a short distance from Pineland, and later build a larger house north of the present town site on the east side of Highway 87. He went into the mercantile business and owned a store and a sawmill at Yellowpine, Texas. He was also a farmer and a breeder of livestock. His hobbies were fishing and hunting and he was said to have been one of the best in his community. He was elected Commissioner of the Sabine County Board of Supervisors, and as Commissioner, he ordered the County to buy in 1870 the first iron safe for the records of the County Clerk. Later the courthouse burned and all the records were destroyed."

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Mississippi, Hinds County
Enumerated 5 and 6 Dec 1850
Stamped 222
1618-1618
Jonathan H Cooper 32 M Farmer 300 Miss
Obedience 30 F Miss
Martha J Cooper 10 F Miss
Eliza A Cooper 9 F Miss
James A Cooper 7 M Miss
Jonathan H Cooper 4 M Miss
Lucy B Cooper 6 F Miss
Lewis Cooper 9/12 m Miss
1619-1619
John O and Lydia Cooper
1620-1620
CR and Sarah Clark

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Housan Bayou Beat 3, PO Hemphill
Enumerated 22 Jun 1860
Page 64 Stamped 325
107-107
J H Cooper 41 M Farmer $--- $162 Miss
Obediance Cooper 39 F Miss
Martha Cooper 19 F Miss
Adline 18 F Miss
James Cooper 16 M Miss
Lucy Cooper 12 F Miss
Lewis Cooper 10 M Tx
Robert Cooper 4 M Tx
Julian Cooper 2 F Tx

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Beat 2, PO Sabine Town
Enumerated 2 Aug 1870
Page 24
500-500
DM Cooper (Physician) and Grace B Cooper and family
501-501
Cooper J H 52 M W Farmer $500 Miss
Cooper Obediener 50 F W Keeping House Miss
Cooper Lucy 21 F W Miss
Cooper Robert 14 M W Tx
Cooper Julia 12 F W Tx
Cooper John 10 M W Tx

Jonathan married Obediance "Obediah" ???. Obediance was born on 6 Jul 1820 in Mississippi; died on 3 Sep 1877 in Yellowpine Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kay Parker McCary shows her last name as CHANCE. This is supported by the Texas Death Certificate of her son, John Daniel Cooper, on which his parents are shown as Jonathan Henry Cooper and Abedia Chance. The informant was J. E. Cooper, presumably Johnnie Elisha Cooper, a grandson of Jonathan and Obediah. Other researchers, including Barbara Yancey Dore and Jim Cooper, instead list her maiden name as BRENT. She is also shown as BRENT on FindAGrave.

Notes:

Kathy Casagranda writes that this family moved to Sabine County, Texas where Nicholas died February 23, 1889. Caroline Matilda Kemp died February 28, 1865. The family can be located in the 1860 Census for Sabine County, Texas. Nicholas is no longer listed with his wife.

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Census Information:

1850 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish
Enumerate 2 Oct 1850 by J.H. Gallion
HH 561-563
Nicolas Jacks 35 M Farmer LA
Matilda Jacks 35 F La
Andrew Jacks 7 M La
Martha Jacks 5 F La
Amelia Jacks 3 F La
Mary Jacks 2 F La
HH 562-564
Andrew and Loucille Jacks
HH 563-565
Nicholas and Amelia Jacks

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, SubDiv 84
Enumerated 16 and 17 Jun 1880
Page 6B SD 1 ED 84
47-52
James and Amelia (nee Jacks) COOPER
48-52
J. W. and Phoebe JORDAN and family
49-50
Jacks, N. W M 63 Farmer La Ten SC
JORDAN, Andrew W M 22 Farmer Tx Tx Tx
Jordan, Mary W F 31 Wife Tx La La
Jordan, Minnie W F 1 D Tx Tx Tx
Jacks, Mary W F 20 Niece la La Ohio
50-54
Martin, W. F. W M 32 Farmer Tx Miss La
Martin, Mary W F 24 Wf Keep House Tx Tx Tx
Martin, Elvy W F 5 Dau Tx Tx Tx
Martin, Mary A W F 4 Dau Tx Tx Tx
Martin, Wm W M 3 Son Tx Tx Tx
Martin, Wallace W M 1 Son Tx Tx Tx
Richard Raymond W M 11 Adopted Son Q Tx Tx Tx

Nicholas married Caroline Matilda Kemp about 1840. Caroline was born about 1817 in Louisiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kathy Casagranda lists her as the daughter of John Bradford KEMP and Druscilla CAMPBELL.Jim Cooper also shows them as her parents. Kay Parker McCary shows her as Matilda G Kemp vs. Caroline Matilda.