Cora Nevada Griffin

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 1
Enumerated 6 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheet 3A
38-39
Welch, Jenkins Head W M Feb 1857 49 m 30 Ark Miss Ala Farmer
Welch, Louisa F (nee Griffen) Wf W F Jun 1844 55 M 30 9/4 Tx Tenn Tx
Welch, Hannah E Dtr W F Sept 1884 15 S Tx Ark Tx
Griffin, Cora N Niece W F Oct 1892 7 S Tx Tx Tx

Cora married Benjamin Harrison "Harry" White on 1 Sep 1910. Benjamin (son of Amazia Vardeman "A. V." White and Ary Adney "Addy" Davidson) was born on 19 Nov 1888 in Texas; died on 25 Mar 1963; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lillie Ara White was born on 2 Sep 1911 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
2. William "Bill" Eldridge White was born on 5 May 1914 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 16 Aug 1976 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas.
3. Irene Ivadell "Tid" White was born on 3 Dec 1921 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 6 Oct 1988 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.

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At the time of the 1930 Federal census, he was boarding in the home of Buford Speights and his wife, Abbie Conn Speights.

Wiley married Mary Elizabeth "Lillie" Cartwright on 2 Dec 1891 in Sabine County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Sanford Holman Cartwright and Sarah "Sallie" Catherine Click) was born on 7 Mar 1871 in Texas; died on 19 Apr 1893 in Texas; was buried in Griffin Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Her gravestone was inscribed: "Wife of Wiley Griffin - She was the sunshine of our home."

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In a 1966 article about the Golden Wedding anniversary of Onie Griffin and Imboden Boyd, Virgie Speights wrote that Onie's great grandfather was W. H. Griffin, who came as a boy of 17 years with the Boyd family to Texas (circa 1835).

Thomas married Rebecca Clark in 1844. Rebecca (daughter of William Clark and Elizabeth Isaacs) was born about 1826 in Texas; died before 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, San Augustine
Enumerated 6 Sept 1850
17-17
Richard H. Cartwright 22 M Farmer 2000 Tx
Ann E Cartwright 16 F Tenn
Sandford Carwright 5 M Tx

1860 Census
not located

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Beat No. 3, P O Brookeland
Enumerated 13 Aug 1870
Page 11 Stamped 24
380-380
Wm. and Nancy Click and children
381-381
Cartwright, S H 25 M W Farmer 500 100 Tx
Sarah Cartwright 18 F W Keeping House Tx
Martha Cartwright 1 F W Tx

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County
Page 4D SD 1 ED 85
Enumerated 16 Jun 1880
37-38
Cartright, Sanford W M 35 Farmer Tx Tenn Tenn
Cartright, Sara C W F 29 Wf Keeping House Arkansas
Cartright, Martha A W F 10 Dtr At School Tx
Cartright, Mary E W F 9 Dtr At School Tx
Cartright, Edner O W F 7 Dtr Tx
Cartright, Emma A W F 2 Dtr Tx
Cartright, George W W M 1 Son Tx

Sanford married Sarah "Sallie" Catherine Click about 1868. Sarah (daughter of William M. Click and Elizabeth Merchant) was born in Dec 1850 in Arkansas; died on 2 Oct 1902 in Texas; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Shown on FindAGrave to be a daughter of William M. Click and Elizabeth Merchant.

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 6
Enumearated 14 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 79 Sheet 9B
156-156
Cartwright, Sarah Head W F Dec 1850 W F 49 Wd 8/6 Ark Ark Ark Farmer
Cartwright, Edna Dau W F Mar 1873 27 S Tx Tx Ark
Cartwright, George W Son W M Apr 1879 21 S Tx Tx Ark Farmer
Cartwright, Sanford Son W M Sep 1881 18 S Tx Tx Ark
Cartwright, Richard Son W M Jan 1884 14 S Tx Tx Ark

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One of his descendants, Elaine Wells, emailed in November 2012 that "I have visited the Dickey-Clark Cemetery in Sabine County Texas. I do not personally have a photo of the headstone for William Clark, but there is a photo on Ancestry.Com which shows the exact date of birth as May 1, 1790. Date of death July 4, 1856. It also showed that William Clark served as a Pvt. in the Mississippi Militia in the war of 1812. I was present at the ceremony when the Historical Marker was dedicated. " In January 2020, Elaine emailed "I have submitted my DNA to Ancestry and it shows my DNA directly related to William Clark. It shows his father was William Barnett Clark, born 09Oct1966 in Orange Co., Virginia, died in 1835 in Amite Co., MS. His wife was Frances Ragsdale. Born 1764 in Lunenburg Co., VA. His father was John James Clark, born 19Fe1741 in Clark's Mountain, Orange Co., VA and died 28Oct1831 in Bedfore, Orange Co., VA. Ancestry shows his wife was Mary Towles, but there was no other information about her. It shows that I have shared DNA with all those listed, except Mary Towles."

When John William Clark of Oklahoma City published his 1971 book, SOME DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM CLARK OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS he was conducting research to prove a theory that William Clark born about 1790 in South Carolina was related to or descended from Elijah Clark, father of John Clark, Governor of Georgia 1819-1823. He wrote in the preface to his book that "Several clues have pointed the way to research this angle as follows: Elijah Clark went from South Carolina to Georgia in early days following the Revolutionary War as a General. His son John became Governor of Georgia. John's sons went to Miss., such as Elijah, Gibson, Etc. One of John's grandsons became a political figure in Texas. A William Barnett Clark was granted a Georgia passport by the governor, signed by the Solictor General Elijah Clark to proceed across the western country to Miss. in search of land. Our William names a son William Barnett in later years after he was in Sabine Co., Texas."

The author, also noted that there were three William Clarks in Sabine County, Texas at the same time, "however our William Clark was the only one that remained there until he died."

He listed the following facts about our William Clark in the preface of his book:
a) Born ca 1790 in South Carolina
b) Fought in the War of 1812
c) he was married in Mississippi, Amite County, to Elizabeth Isaacs 16 Mar 1812 and again to Mahala Graham ca 1836 in Sabine County
d) Received a land grant from the Mexican Government in Zavalla's Colony in June 1835
d) has a total of about 21 children by two wives, many of these descendants still living in East Texas
f) the only one of the three William Clarks living in Sabine county before 1850 that remained in that county and died there
g) the only land owned by William Clark south of Hemphill, TX was land bought by William and not granted to him as original owner
h)All paper of William Clark were signed by an "X" and witnessed by someone else
i) William was listed on the census records of Sabine County in 1835 and 1850, and second wife Mahala was listed in 1860, 1870 and 1880. This and the wills indicate he died prior to 1860.

The author also stated that other two William Clark's who were associated with Sabine County were:

---William F Clark (William Fain Clark). This William F. Clark received a land grant from the Mexican Government south of Hemphill on the Sandy Creek. This was later conveyed to Joseph Sullivan, and he evidently moved away since he is not shown in subsequent census records. Obediah S. Smith bought this land later and lived on it for years.


---William Clark Jr., a political leader in the Sabine District, born in either Va, Ga, or N.C. on 14 April 1798, and a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and a representative from the Sabine and Nacogdoches District who married Martha Wall. They were the parents of Margaret, Francis, Sarah Jane and William, and this family moved from Hemphill to Nacogdoches County prior to 1860. There he ran a hotel and land business, and on the 1870 census of Nacogdoches, he can be found with his daughter, Sara Jane GRIFFITH, the wife of Dr. L. E. GRIFFITH, who one practiced medicine in Hemphill. William Clark Jr died 3 Jun 1871 in Nacogdoches and has a monument erected in his honor in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Nacogdoches.

On page 1 of his book, John Clark writes that "The first record found of him (William) shows him as a private in Captain John Lowry's Company of Militia, Mississippi Territory Regiment of Infantry, commanded by Lieut. Col. George H. Nixon. He served in the war from 19 October 1813 to 28 Feb 1814. he was given travel pay to travel 300 miles from Tom Bigby River or Camp in northeastern Mississippi to Amite County, Miss."

White and Toole, in SABINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SKETCHES AND GENEALOGICAL RECORDS wrote of William:

"He served in the War of 1812, from Mississippi, and married Elizabeth Isaacs of Amite County, Mississippi March 16, 1812. They moved to Coahuila, Texas long before the days of the Republic and received a land grant from Lorenzo de Zavala on the waters of the Palo Gacho consisting of one league. His wife died in childbirth in the Run-away-scrape in 1836. According to legend, while William Clark's ox wagon was stuck in the mud at Sandy Creek, and he was trying to extricate it, he met his second wife, Mahala Graham. They were married in 1837, and settled on Big Sandy, and with the children of his first wife there were 21 children." SABINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SKETCHES AND GENEALOGICAL RECORDS

On April 16, 2009, Dr. Gary Clark (drgclarke@msn.com) emailed that "There is a record of probated wills of Edgefield County, Vol. II, p. 98. David Clark and wife Amy willed their plantation to their children: William, Sarah, Edward, David, James and Mary; May 3, 1813. He requested that they all live on the plantation, if possible.

The list of children in this list is limited to six. I would like to know should anyone else determine that David and Amy are William's parents. Another volume on Edgefield County references William purchased property there in April,1783; and David served on a petite jury in 1788."

Land Grant recorded in the General Land Office in Austin as JAV11, Title Jul 2, 1835, Book 22, p. 653. Signed by George Antonio Nixon, Comisionad

Joel Clark emailed, in November 2012, that "Someone posted info about a census in Amite county Mississippi that suggested that this William Clark (my 4th great grandfather) was a Junior. They mentioned 2 separate households and 1 William Clark was married to an Elizabeth. This would lend thought to William Clark's dad being William Clark Senior."

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 28 and 29 Apr 1850
135-135
William Clark 61 M Farmer 1000 SC
Mahala Clark 38 F Ky
Nelson Clark 17 M Tx
Mariah Clark 12 F Tx
Andrew Clark 10 M Tx
Harison Clark 9 M Tx
Margaret Clark 7 F Tx
William Clark 4 m Tx
136-136
Powell and Sarah Fullen (born SC and Va, with dtr born in KY)
137-137
Elijah Clark 37 M Farmer 600 Miss
Jane Clark 28 F SC
Louis Clark 11 M Tx
Elias Clark 7 M Tx
Paschal Clark 5 M Tx
John Clark 4 M Tx

William married Elizabeth Isaacs on 16 Mar 1812 in Amite County, Mississippi. Elizabeth (daughter of Elijah Isaacks and Esther Donaho) was born on 9 Aug 1798 in South Carolina; died about 1836 in Coahuila and Texas, Republic of Mexico. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was the daughter of Elijah Isaacs and H. Esther Donoho. Could her age of 36 on the 1835 Sabine County census be in error? She would have been 13 at the time of her marriage, and 14 when Elijah was born.

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Noble writes that he "Lived in Sabine County and was a charter member of the Jackson Masonic Lodge of Milam. He was a land speculator like his father and brother, Matthew. In 1881, he sold 20 A. to Wm. M Reese and S.E. Collier for the Sabine Valley University in Hemphill."

Henson and Parmalee indicate he was a blacksmith (p. 42). The authors also speculate that "George Cartwright may have taken his wife and small daughter Mary to California [during the Gold Rush]. The tax assessor in Sabine County listed him as a nonresident, and his name appears nowhere in Texas in the 1850 and 1860 censuses. George's five-year-old son Sanford lived with Uncle Richard Cartwright in San Augustine in 1850 and went to school in Shelby County for the next two years. George was back in Sabine County on June 5, 1860, when his steam mill exploded, damaging the machinery. He told a friend that he was "not dispirited" and thought he could repair it. (ibid, p 165). In a footnote, the authors also cite the "Diary of C. C. Cox," 49, [which] mentions a company of families from eastern Texas, including a blacksmith.

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Census Listings:

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill Beat No. 1, PO Hemphill
Enumerated 30 Jun 1870
Pages 11 and 12 Stamped 6
86-86
Cartright, G W 58 M W Farmer 2000 1000 Tenn
Ann Cortright 40 F W Keeping House Ireland
Mary V Kay 24 F W Widow Tx
Unice P Kay 2 f W Tx

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County
Page 4D SD 1 ED 85
Enumerated 16 Jun 1880
36-37
Cartright, George W M 67 Farmer Tenn NS Va
Cartright, Ann W F 50 Wf Keeping Houst Ireland Ireland Ireland
Kay, William W M 11 Grandson Farm Laborer Tx
Kay, George W M 9 Grandson At School Tx

George married Ann Oliver on 14 Feb 1844 in San Augustine County, Texas. Ann was born before 1830 in Ireland; died on 2 Jun 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Census Listings:

1860 Census
Arkansas, Lafayette County, Walker Creek Twp, Post Office Forrest Grove
Enumerated 26 Jun 1860
Pages 31 and 32
225-225
Wm M Click 40 M farmer 2500 615 Ala
Elizabeth Click 32 F Tenn
Thos. Click 13 M Ala
Nancy Click 11 F Ark
Sarah Click 9 F Ark
Mary Click 3 F Akr
Albert Click 5/12 M Ark
Prudence Merchant 49 F Tenn
Catherine B. Merchant 26 F Ala
Nancy E. Merchant 22 F Tenn
Geniva P Merchant 17 F Miss
Wm C Merchant 16 m Miss
Miles W Merchan 11 M Ala
George W. Weldon 23 m Farm Laborer Georgia
226-226
A H and E J Freeman
227-227
James Click 33 M Farmer 1000 502 Ala
Sophronia Click 23 F Ala
Nancy Click 3 F Ark
Rufus Click 2 m Ark
Rufus Click 29 M Farmer 1000 500 Ala
M B Click 69 M farmer Tenn

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Beat 3, PO Brookeland
Enumerated 13 Aug 1870
Page 12
583-583
Click, William M 50 M W Farmer 1000 300 Ala
Click Mary W 13 F W Ark
Click, Albert G 10 m W Ark
Click, Ellen E 7 F W Ark

1880 Census
not located

1900 Census
Oklahoma Territory, Canadian County, Union Township
Enumerated 27 and 28 Jun 1900
SD 219 ED 22 Sheet 19A
372-372
Click, Albert Head W M Jan 1860 40 m 20 Ark Ala Tenn Farmer
Click, Ella Wf W F Sep 1862 37 M 20 10/9 Tx Va Ala
Click, Walter Son W M Sep 1880 19 S Tx Ark Tx
Click, Maud Dtr W F Jan 1882 18 Tx Ark Tx
Click, Beulah Dtr W F Aug 1885 14 S Tx Ark Tx At School
Click, Creed Son W M Apr 1888 12 12 S Tx Ark Tx At School
Click, Clara Dtr W F Apr 1890 10 S Okl Ark Tx At School
Click, Albert Son W M July 1891 8 S Okl Ark Tx At School
Click, George A Son M M Sept 1894 5 S Okl Ark Tx
Click, Tera Dtr W F Nov 1896 3 S Okl Ark Tx
Click, Gladys Dtr W F Mar 1899 1 S Okl Ark Tx
Click, William Father W M Apr 1820 80 Wd Alr Va Tenn

William married Elizabeth Merchant about 1846. Elizabeth was born about 1828 in Tennessee; died after 1863. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
An unreferenced, unsourced tree on RootsWeb WorldConnect shows that they married on 31 Mar 1844 in Tishamingo County, Mississippi. This same tree shows that Elizabeth was a daughter of Richard Y. MERCHANT and Prudence WALDRIP.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:ag6108a&id=I0495

Orene Moore, on her "Davis, Folsom, Merchant, Sparks, Nelson, Vickery, Crain and others" tree on WorldConnect shows the same.