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Eunice "Una" Carter Clark

Female 1868 - Aft 1910  (~ 42 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Eunice "Una" Carter Clark was born in Feb 1868 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (daughter of Lewis F. Clark and Mary Eliza White); died after 1910.

    Notes:

    Trudy Cox believes she died in Texas or Mexico. She had listed her probable DOD as in 1908, but it must have actually been after 1910, as she can be found on the 1910 Reeves County, Texas census with her second husband and children.

    Eunice married Ward Keller Stewart on 21 Oct 1883 in Mason County, Texas. Ward was born between 1858 and 1859 in Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas; died in 1896 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Mary Alice Stewart was born in May 1883 in Texas; died after 1950.
    2. John Ward Stewart was born on 2 Jul 1887 in Texas; died on 10 Jun 1957.
    3. Gertrude Wiley Stewart was born on 18 Jun 1892 in Texas; died on 20 Jan 1919 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California.
    4. Georgia Florence Stewart was born on 29 Jun 1896 in Snyder, Scurry County, Texas; died on 4 Nov 1977.

    Eunice married Willard Hendrie Denis on 20 May 1897 in Pecos City, Reeves County, Texas. Willard (son of Adelaide Schafer) was born on 19 Jul 1856 in New York City, New York County, New York; died on 20 Mar 1931 in Pecos City, Reeves County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Edna Denis was born in Aug 1898 in Texas.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lewis F. Clark was born about 1839 in Sabine County, Texas (son of Elijah Clark and Unknown First Wife Of Elijah Clark); and died.

    Notes:

    Lewis Clark joined the First Baptist Church of Hemphill by certificate of Baptism in March 1864. He was excluded in August 1871 "for conduct to base to be mentioned in the minutes of the church", He was restored in July 1872 after he "Came forward Confessed his Rongs. beged forgiveness on Motion said Brother was restorde to fellowship in the Church." He was again Excluded in March 1873, because he had "bin so bad in Gambling Swaring and other unchristian Conduct known to Seviral of the Members."


    MINUTES 1858-1890 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HEMPHILL, TEXAS transcribed by Di Ann Vick

    (Research):
    Census Listings:

    1870 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill Beat 1, PO Hemphill
    Enumerated 20 Jun 1870
    Page 9
    68-68
    Clark, R. Lewis 31 M W Farmer 310 200 Tx
    Clark, Mary D F W Keeping House Tx
    Clark, Eliza F. 11 F W Tx
    Clark, Elizabeth A 8 F W Tx
    Clark, Lewis N. 4 M W TX
    Clark Unice C 2 F W Tx
    69-69
    Clark, PP 25 m W Farmer $--- $200 Tx
    Clark, Elizabeth 32 F W Keeping House Miss
    Clark, Mary L 3 F W Tx
    Clark, Sam H. 1 M W Tx

    1880 Census
    Texas, Nacogdoches County, Prec. No. 2
    Enumerated 5 Jun 1880
    Page 1 SD 1 ED 48 Stamped 201
    133-133
    Clark, Lewis M W 45 Laborer Tx
    Clark, Mary E W F 40 Wf Keeping House Tx Tx Miss
    Clark, Betsy A W F 17 Dtr Keeping House Tx Tx
    Clark, Lewis N W M 14 Son Laborer Tx Tx
    Clark, Uney C W F 12 Dtr Keeping House Tx Tx
    Clark, Wm. H W M 4 Son Tx Tx

    Lewis married Mary Eliza White about 1857 in Sabine County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Henry Strickland White, Sr and Eliza Jones) was born about 1839 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Eliza White was born about 1839 in Mississippi (daughter of Henry Strickland White, Sr and Eliza Jones); and died.

    Notes:

    Enrolled in the District 6 School in Sabine County in 1854.

    Children:
    1. Eliza F. Clark was born about 1859 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
    2. Elizabeth "Betsy" A. Clark was born about 1862 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
    3. Lewis N. Clark, Jr. was born about 1866 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
    4. 1. Eunice "Una" Carter Clark was born in Feb 1868 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died after 1910.
    5. William Hannibal Clark was born on 13 Feb 1877 in Texas; died on 9 Sep 1961 in Tulare County, California.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Elijah Clark was born about 1813 in Amite County, Mississippi (son of William Clark and Elizabeth Isaacs); died on 10 Nov 1853 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Griffin Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    According to 1850 CENSUS SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS WITH ADDED FAMILY INFORMATION AND CORRECTIONS by Helen Gomer Schluter and Blanche Finley Toole, Elijah Clark was the son of William Clark and Elizabeth Isaacks. Elizabeth would only have been about 14 when he was born, so it could be that William Clark had been previously married.

    Elijah was married twice. His first wife is unknown, and his second wife was Jane Lagrone.

    In a commerative ceremony dated 2 Jun 2001, a marker reading "Texas Revolutionary War-Sabine Volunteers-Captain Collins Company-Defenders of the Republic of Texas Marker" was installed for him in Griffin Cemetery in Sabine County.

    (Research):

    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

    Elijah married Unknown First Wife Of Elijah Clark about 1836 in Sabine County, Texas. Unknown was born before 1818; died before 1842. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Unknown First Wife Of Elijah Clark was born before 1818; died before 1842.

    Notes:

    Barbara Yancey Dore shows that his first wife may have been an ASHMORE.

    Children:
    1. Martha Clark was born about 1837 in Republic Of Texas; and died.
    2. 2. Lewis F. Clark was born about 1839 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.

  3. 6.  Henry Strickland White, Sr was born about 1812 in Georgia (son of Edward White and Elizabeth Strickland); died on 10 Feb 1886 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    On the Sabine County 1854 Scholastic Census, H.S. White was shown as of household with five (5) children between the ages of 6 and 16 enrolled at School District No. 6. They were: Edward, Vardamenn, Mary, Hanibal, and Arrilla. Who was Arrilla, and who was her mother? Could this have been Hanzel, his daughter by Eliza Jones?

    Henry S and Mary E White (third wife) were among the 11 founding members of the First Baptist Church of Hemphill, all of whom gathered on the banks of the Housen Bayou, drawing up 12 articles of Faith and 24 articles of Decorum. Henry served as the clerk to the church, recording all church proceedings for a period of some 12 years (from 1858 to 1870), as a delegate to church conferences, and as the moderator of church proceedings. In November, 1868, he was ordained as a Deacon of the Church. The MINUTES 1858-1890 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HEMPHILL, TEXAS were transcribed and indexed by Di Ann Vick in 1982, and are available for purchase from both Ingmire Publications, 10166 Clairmont Dr St. Louis MO 63136 and Ericson Books 1614 Redbud St Nacogdoches, Texas 75961.

    In 1876, H S and Mary E White left the First Baptist Church and were among the founding members of the Antioch Baptist Church in the Gravel Hill Community of Sabine County. According to a plaque on the front of the Antioch Church, J. S. Lambert and J J Roundtree were the organizers. Other founding members included: George Conn, John Anderson, T.D. Burkhalter, John De Weese, L.W. Hoard, Hosie Baldree, Ann Mason, Sophie H. Wallace, Mrs. C.A. Hoard, C. Baldree

    Per the book "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" by White and Toole, "Henry S. White Sr. was Judge of Sabine County from 1869-1875, serving with Solomon Arthur. (They were called Chief Magistrates until the new State Constitution went into effect at the end of their term). Henry S. White was also a member of the Littleton Fowler Masonic Lodge. As the White Plantation lay just west of Hemphill, he was one of the last of the "Paderos" for the return of run-a-way slaves."

    I have been unable to locate a CSA service record for Henry. It is probable that he was considered too old for service, he was almost 50 at the outbreak of the war.

    His tombstone indicates he was a Mason.

    Note in the 1920 Sabine County, Texas federal census, there was a 50 year old mulatto farmer named Jesse White (#594-616). He noted that his father was born in Mississippi and his mother in Georgia. What is his relationship, if any, to the other White's in Sabine County, Texas?

    (Research):
    Census Listings:

    1850 Census
    Louisiana, Sabine Parish
    13 Sept 1850
    305-307
    Henry White 37 M Farmer 900 Ga
    Anne White 26 F Miss
    H J 13 M Miss
    Mary White 11 F Miss
    Will White 8 M Miss
    A. V. White 6 La
    Edward White 3 M La
    Jno. White 3/12 M La

    1880 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, Pr. No 1
    Page 15C and 16D SD 1 ED 85 Stemped 231\\
    Enumerated 26 and 28 Jun 1880
    155-156
    White, Henry S. W M 68 Farmer Ga Va Ga
    White, Mary E W F 59 Wf Keeping House Miss Tn NC
    Wallace, Sophia W F 30 StpDtr Farm laborer Miss --- ---
    White, Eunice W F 28 Dtr Farm Laborer Tx --- ---
    White, Ann E W F 25 Dtr Farm Laborer Tx --- ---
    White, Ruth T W F 19 Dtr Farm Laborer Tx --- ---

    Henry married Eliza Jones on 8 Jul 1836 in Amite County, Mississippi. Eliza was born before 1820 in Mississippi; died after 1840 in Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Eliza Jones was born before 1820 in Mississippi; died after 1840 in Mississippi.
    Children:
    1. Hannibal J. White was born about 1837 in Mississippi; died before 1864 in Virginia.
    2. Hanzel White was born in 1838 in Mississippi; died before 1854.
    3. 3. Mary Eliza White was born about 1839 in Mississippi; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William Clark was born on 1 May 1790 in South Carolina; died on 4 Jul 1856 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Clark-Dickey Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    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."

    (Research):


    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]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Isaacs was born on 9 Aug 1798 in South Carolina (daughter of Elijah Isaacks and Esther Donaho); died about 1836 in Coahuila and Texas, Republic of Mexico.

    Notes:

    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.

    Children:
    1. 4. Elijah Clark was born about 1813 in Amite County, Mississippi; died on 10 Nov 1853 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Griffin Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
    2. Isaac Clark was born about 1814 in Amite County, Mississippi; and died.
    3. James Clark was born about 1815 in Amite County, Mississippi; and died.
    4. John Clark was born about 1817 in Amite County, Mississippi; and died.
    5. Henry Clark was born on 18 Apr 1819 in Mississippi; and died.
    6. Mary Clark was born about 1820 in Amite County, Mississippi; and died.
    7. Rachel Clark was born about 1823 in Coahuila and Texas, Republic of Mexico; and died.
    8. Rebecca Clark was born about 1826 in Texas; died before 1880.
    9. Franklin Joel Clark was born on 11 Dec 1827 in Coahuila and Texas, Republic of Mexico; died on 4 Jun 1900 in Lingleville, Erath County, Texas.
    10. Elizabeth Clark was born about 1830 in Coahuila and Texas, Republic of Mexico; died about 1860 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Clark-Dickey Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
    11. Amanda Clark was born about 1832 in Coahuila and Texas, Republic of Mexico; and died.
    12. William Wilson Clark was born about 1834 in Coahuila and Texas, Republic of Mexico; and died.
    13. Frances Clark was born about 1836 in Republic Of Texas; died on 7 Apr 1912 in Lea County, New Mexico.

  3. 12.  Edward White was born about 1781 in Virginia; died on 13 Jan 1871 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Travis Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    There is an Ed White in Pike County, Mississippi in 1820. This may or may not be the same Edward White that is located in Amite County, Mississippi 10 years later. The family composition is 3 males under the age of 10, 1 male between 10-16, two males between 26 and 45, two females under the age of 10, and one female age 26 to 45.

    On the 1830 Amite County, Mississippi census, Edward White and wife had 3 boys & 3 girls, 0-9, 1 boy and 1 girl 10-19. He was between the ages of 40 to 60 and his wife was between 20 and 40.

    He was still in Amite County in 1840, on page 52. The microfilm at the San Antonio Public Library was faded and difficult to read. It appeared to show the following, however< Edward White Males 1-0-2-0-0-0-0-1 Females0-2-0-2-0-0-1-0 He appears to have held at least two female slaves, one under the age of five, and the other between five and ten. The number of male slaves is difficult to read. It is probably just one.

    Edward White, his wife Elizabeth, and several of his children can be found in Amite County, Mississippi on the 1850 census as well. Sometime after this enumeration, they moved to Sabine County, Texas.

    In White and Toole's book, Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records it was noted hat "Later that year (ca. 1843-sic), the Edward White family...and many of their friends and relatives came to Sabine County. Some forty or fifty covered wagons, some of them drawn by oxen, travelled together." From "Sabine County Historical Sketches And Genealogical Records."

    Edward White is shown on various internet trees, most unsourced, as either the son of William White and Mary Matilda Mason of Mecklenberg, Virginia or as the son of Edward White and Pembrook Singleton of Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia. In neither case has documentary evidence been shown. Mildred Bell Landers emailed that she had "heard from a ggg grandson of Edward White (through his daughter who married Cannon Travis), and he asked if I had ever heard that Edward was an Indian named Whitecloud or Whitefeather, like his father, William. I had never heard this, and in Sabine County the past is closer than elsewhere. Nor had I heard that Edward White's father was William. One of my other gg grandfathers was part Indian, and this seems to be known in Sabine County, at least by descendants. Ever heard of any of this? There was a picture of an Edward White, Civil War veteran, in an issue of the Sabine County Reporter (maybe a son or grandson) and he did not appear to be part Indian. In my mother's family, some of them had characteristics that could be considered Indian."

    Jack Hutchins White emailed, in August 2013, that his White ancestor was "Cajabeth White, who was living in Bute Co, NC with his brother, William, as early as 1766. He had two sons, John and Robert. John White inherited land from a man named John Seagrove, whose will names John White as his nephew. It seems likely that Cajabeth's wife, Frances, was a Seagrove, but this is not proven. The 1771 tax list for Bute Co shows that Young McLemore....had an overseer named John Seagrove, who appears on a number of documents with members of the McLemore family before they migrated out of Bute (later Warren) Co. I have been trying for a couple of years to piece together precisely how the Seagrove, McLemore and White families may have interacted with one another, but the Seagrove family history is as complicated as that of the Whites.

    The thing that interests me about your website is that Cajabeth White was frequently referred to in court documents as Cade, and I see in your website that two sons of Edward White (b. 1781 in Mecklenburg Co, VA) each had sons they named Cade.

    I believe it is likely that the Edward White in your website is the son of William White Sr. of Mecklenburg Co, VA. The personal property tax lists for that county show a son of William named Edward who is first listed as a taxable adult in the household of his father in 1797 and as head of his own household in 1800. He is gone from the county by 1801.




    I am researching the possibility that William White Sr. was the brother of Cajabeth "Cade" White named in the 1766 tax rolls for Bute Co. The fact that the name Cade appears twice among the grandchildren of Edward White seems to support this theory.

    I am still a bit fuzzy on when this White line intermarries with the Strong and McLemore families. I am hoping one of your family researchers would be willing to collaborate with me on the foregoing topics. I have copied Lisa Lisson, a White family descendant, who is assisting in this research."

    (Research):
    Census Listings:

    CENSUS YR: 1850
    STATE or TERRITORY: MS
    COUNTY: Amite REEL NO: M432-368
    PAGE NO: 93A
    REFERENCE: Enumerated 12 Dec 1850 by Henry Flowe
    23 615 615 White Edward 69 M Farmer 750 Va
    24 615 615 White Elizabeth 55 F Geo 25
    615 615 White Jane E. 25 F Amite Co Miss (Widow of J.H. Wente---I believe she is actually listed as Went on the microfilm)
    26 615 615 White S. P. 17 F Amite Co Miss
    27 615 615 White Wm. T. 12 M Amite Co Miss
    28 615 615 Went Elizabeth 7 F Amite Co Miss
    29 615 615 Went John E. 6 M Amite Co Miss
    30 615 615 Went Jane E. 4 F Amite Co Miss
    31 615 615 Went James T. 1 M Amite Co Miss

    On the 1860 Sabine County, Texas census, Edward and Elizabeth (age 79 and 66) were living with 11 year old L.E. White, a female born in Texas. Edward's real property was valued at $500 and he had personal property valued at $7,943. I speculate that L.E. White might actually be M.E. White, Mary Elizabeth Sophronia White, the oldest daughter of James and Drucilla White. James died prior to 1860, and his wife remarried John C. Partin. James and Drucilla's two younger daughters are listed with Drucilla and her new husband, but their oldest daughter, born circa 1848/1849, has disappeared. It could be that this oldest daughter died. Or it could be that the oldest daughter went to live with and/or care for her elderly grandparents. Additionally, the 11 year old L.E. White does not seem to fit into any other of the White families shown on the 1850 census, nor can she be found after 1860.

    Edward married Elizabeth Strickland after 1809 in Elbert County, Georgia. Elizabeth (daughter of Henry Strickland and Ruth Thompson) was born about 1795 in Elbert County, Georgia; died on 25 Dec 1864 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Travis Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Elizabeth Strickland was born about 1795 in Elbert County, Georgia (daughter of Henry Strickland and Ruth Thompson); died on 25 Dec 1864 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Travis Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    From the JERUSALEM CHURCH CHURCH BOOK, Mississippi Territory of Amite, 29 Feb 1812

    This church was located near the present town of Gillsburg. Organized 29 Feb 1812, when Mississippi was Indian Territory. The transcription is courtesy of Mrs. Alva McEwen, McComb, Mississippi.

    Nov 1836: Received by experience, Elizabeth White Oct 1837: Elizabeth White, Pernecia Travis baptized Apr 1842: Members included: Elizabeth White, Emily and Patsy Strickland, Rutha White, Henry Strickland, Elizabeth White (dec'd), Polly (Mary) Travis, William Travis, Nancy Travis, John Travis, John Travis, Sr., Nancy Travis, Mary Travis

    Elizabeth Strickland White and 10 others founded the regular Baptist Church of Jesus Christ on the banks of the Housen Bayou on May 29, 1858. This later became known as the First Baptist Church of Hemphill. Elizabeth joined by letter from the Jerusalem Church in Amite County, Mississippi. The other founding members were Richard and Ruth Travis, Henry S and Mary Etta White, Simon and Mary Ann Beckcom, John and Sophronia Everett, and Cannon and Sophronia Travis.

    Elizabeth's husband, Edward, did not become a member of this church, founded by his wife and several of his children, until over six years had passed. He then joined on a profession of faith and Baptism in June 1864. According to the minutes of June 25, 1864, "Confarence was adjorned for the Church to meete at Father E Whites at 4 oclock for the purpos of hearing what the Lord had don for his precious sole, after hearing of his Experiance it was moved that Father E White be Received in Christian fellowship."

    This experience must have caused him to evangelize, because on July 23d, 1865, "after preching, the privelege of the Church was Extended when too Servint Girls came forward, Amy belongin to Edward White & Charitee also belonging to Edward White. after hearing ther Experience was Received the church and then adjorned to the water" By September, 1865, Father E. White was Moderator of the Conference, though it appears he gave up this reponsibility quickly. He was replaced by Pastor John L Mills in October of 1865. His faith apparently never wavered as it was noted that he "Dyed Jan 13th 1871 in the Faith."

    Notes:

    Married:
    Bears and Panthers and Sabine County Women

    This story from the 1800s, as told by the master storyteller, J.Frank Dobie, gives another reason not to mess with Sabine County women:

    "One winter day the White family on Bear Creek in Sabine County killed a hog, cut it up, put the meat in a wooden tub, and set it in a corner of the cabin, to be salted down and smoked on the morrow.

    Then the man went off with his dogs to join the neighbor on a hunt.

    That night while Mrs. White was chunking up the fire in the fireplace, the children covered up in bed and a quilt wrapped around herself to shut out the cold norther blowing through the chinks in the log walls, she heard a panther scream.

    She knew it had smelled the fresh meat. It prowled under the puncheon floor and then leaped up on the roof, every once in a while letting out a scream. Then it went to clawing on the logs and finally got a paw through a crack near the tub of meat and took out a piece.

    At this, Mrs. White threw her quilt over the tub, seized an axe standing just inside the door, and waited.

    In a little while the panther put its paw back through the crack for another piece of meat. She had the axe raised and now she came down with it, cutting the paw clean off.
    That panther did not bother around the cabin any more that night."

    ----- J. Frank Dobie, "Tales of Old-Time Texas"

    Posted by Ronad Barlow on his Facebook group, Farm Road 1 - From one end to the other. It is not known which Mrs. White this story relates to.

    Children:
    1. 6. Henry Strickland White, Sr was born about 1812 in Georgia; died on 10 Feb 1886 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
    2. Mary White was born about 1815 in Madison County, Georgia; died about 1842 in Mississippi.
    3. Nancy White was born before 1818 in Amite County, Mississippi; died in Oct 1848 in Amite County, Mississippi.
    4. John Ragan White was born on 9 Mar 1819 in Mississippi; died on 12 Jun 1894.
    5. Rutha Caroline White was born about 1822 in Mississippi; was buried in Travis Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
    6. Elizabeth Jane White was born on 1 May 1825 in Amite County, Mississippi; died on 19 May 1899 in Sabine County, Texas.
    7. James White was born on 1 Mar 1826 in Mississippi; died before 1858.
    8. Theodosia S. White was born on 8 Nov 1830 in Mississippi; died on 13 Apr 1901 in Pike County, Mississippi.
    9. Sophronia Pauline White was born in Nov 1833 in Amite County, Mississippi; died on 15 Jun 1915 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
    10. William Thompson White was born on 15 Jun 1838 in Amite County, Mississippi; died on 9 Dec 1927 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Hollywood Cemetery, McComb, Pike County, Mississippi.