Alfred Davenport Oliphint

1799 - 1880  (81 years)

• Name	Alfred Davenport Oliphint  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	10 Mar 1799	Kentucky   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Sep 1880	Sabine County, Texas
  Notes	He is included on the List of Slave Owners on the 1850 Sabine County, Texas Census, with 17 slaves. (Schluter & Toole, p I). First of all, I saw in the 1840 Holmes County, Mississippi index that Robert Oliphint (may be your Robert), Bluford A. Oliphint and Alfred D. Oliphint were on page 259. Also, on this page were Silas S. Cause, Green B. Causey and Solimon Causey. On page 251 were Isaac C. Olipohint and Wilford Oliphant. On the 1850 Holmes County, Mississippi, Lexington census index on page 286 were Robert B. Oliphint and S.R. Olipints on page 288. I found that on December 18, 1839, Alfred D. Oliphint obtained a conditional certificate for 320 acres of land in Sabine county, "he having brought with him his negroes, but his having not brought with him his white family but in the summer of 1840 said Oliphint returned to U.S. and removed his family to the Republic of Texas and his continued to reside in Sabine..." He is found on the 1850 Sabine County census with his family and Solomon Causey and then Green B. Causey are living next door. There is also a Robert J. Oliphint living with Louisa Jane Oliphint Noble (daughter of Alfred and Jemima) living several doors from Alfred. A Joseph B. Oliphint and Wilford D. Oliphint (says son of Robert Oliphint & Abigail Davenport) are also living in Sabine County nearby. Alfred is shown as A. D. on the 1860 Sabine County census. He is also on the 1880 Sabine County census. I looked at an index to the Sabine County, Texas cemeteries. They had Alford and Martha listed and several other Oliphants but not Robert and Abigail. I wonder if the Robert shown on the 1850 Mississippi is Alfred's father? If Alfred was 41 in 1840, his father was 69 and that seems a little old to be moving, but not unheard of." Here is the response to my email with some additional information: "My ggg grandfather, Robert Oliphant, also had a son named Robert Bedford Oliphant who stayed behind in MS and never went to TX with his older brothers and parents. My gg grandfather, Dr. Samuel Rutherford Oliphant, Sr. M.D., was the youngest child, and traveled to MS with his parents and older brothers when they came back to MS to fetch the women and children, etc. and to take them to TX in 1840....Alfred and some of his male family and negroes having gone there in 1839 to secure the land. I'll never know whether Robert and Abigail went to TX with the intention of returning to Holmes Co or not. I suspect that at their advanced age, they felt they needed to go with their older and more established sons, leaving behind their younger married son, Robert B. whose children may have been too young to make such a trip, as well as 2 daughters that I know of: Mary Oliphant Stigler(w/o Wm Stigler) stayed behind in MS and Eliza Ann Oliphant Wells (w/o Lindsey S. Wells) stayed behind as well. My Samuel returned to MS as a teenager to study medicine and marry his sweetheart back in Holmes Co...Laura Lovisa King. Since Robert and Abigail owned at least 19 slaves, I am still trying to find their estate sale. I believe they died intestate, but the Holmes Co courthouse had a fire and the records are incomplete, so I may never know. I do know that somewhere I saw a record of one of the sons in law being appointed administrator in Holmes around 1845 or so. (When I sent money for a record, nothing ever was returned, so I shall have to go back in person, I guess. It is frustrating.)Wilford D. Oliphant was married to Martha Ann "Patsy" Stigler and Bluford A. Oliphant was married to Lenora Lehr. There was a younger Wilford who, I believe, was a teenager when they all removed to the Republic of TX in 1840. Martha Oliphant Wiltshire(w/o Benj. Wiltshire) also went to TX with her family at some point, and I am thinking that it was her husband who was appointed administrator of the senior Oliphant's estate." Connie in Texas clperdue@swbell.net
  Person ID	I1607	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Robert Oliphint,   b. 19 Feb 1771,   d. 17 Aug 1841, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Abigail Davenport,   b. 1 Jul 1783, South Carolina ,   d. 12 Jul 1841, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas  (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F1055	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jemima Allen,   b. Bef 1803,   d. Bef 1836  (Age ~ 33 years)
  Married	Abt 1821
  Children	1. Louisa Jane Oliphint,   b. Abt 1821, Mississippi ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Beuly F. Oliphint,   b. Abt 1823,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Mahala Ann Oliphint,   b. Abt 1825,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Sarah M. Oliphint,   b. Abt 1826,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Robert J. Oliphint,   b. Abt 1826,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Joseph B. Oliphint,   b. Abt 1829,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Alfred David Oliphint,   b. Abt 1833,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006
  Family ID	F1113	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Martha Ann Causey,   b. 12 Dec 1817, Mississippi ,   d. 3 Jul 1897, Sabine County, Texas  (Age 79 years)
  Married	20 Oct 1836
  Children	1. Abigail Oliphint,   b. 1837,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Frances Virginia Oliphint,   b. Abt 1842, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Mary E Oliphint,   b. 1843,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Alfred Jackson Oliphint,   b. Abt 1845,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Emily E.K. Oliphint,   b. Abt 1847,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Sam Houston Oliphint,   b. Abt 1858,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006
  Family ID	F153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 10 Mar 1799 - Kentucky Died - 26 Sep 1880 - Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S349] Schluter & Toole, "1850 Sabine County, Texas Census with Added Family Information and Corrections" c. 1979, p 17, 29, 30 (Reliability: 3). [S352] Schluter, Helen Gomer "1860 Census of Sabine County Texas with Civil War Records", p 4 (Reliability: 3). [S855] FamilyTreeMaker.com "Descendants of Robert Oliphant", (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/o/l/i/Scott--Oliphint/ODT1-0001.html). [S349] Schluter & Toole, "1850 Sabine County, Texas Census with Added Family Information and Corrections" c. 1979, p 30 (Reliability: 3).