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Elizabeth Strickland

Female Abt 1795 - 1864  (~ 69 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Strickland  [1, 2, 3
    Born Abt 1795  Elbert County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Died 25 Dec 1864  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Buried Travis Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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."
    Person ID I64  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 9 May 2020 

    Father Henry Strickland,   b. Abt 1766, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1817, Madison County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 51 years) 
    Mother Ruth Thompson,   b. Abt 1763,   d. Abt 1860, Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 97 years) 
    Married Abt 1787  Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F71  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edward White,   b. Abt 1781, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1871, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 90 years) 
    Married Aft 1809  Elbert County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • 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. Henry Strickland White, Sr,   b. Abt 1812, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Feb 1886, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)
     2. Mary White,   b. Abt 1815, Madison County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1842, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 27 years)
     3. Nancy White,   b. Bef 1818, Amite County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1848, Amite County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 30 years)
     4. John Ragan White,   b. 9 Mar 1819, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 1894  (Age 75 years)
     5. Rutha Caroline White,   b. Abt 1822, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. Travis Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Elizabeth Jane White,   b. 1 May 1825, Amite County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1899, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     7. James White,   b. 1 Mar 1826, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1858  (Age 31 years)
     8. Theodosia S. White,   b. 8 Nov 1830, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1901, Pike County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     9. Sophronia Pauline White,   b. Nov 1833, Amite County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1915, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years)
     10. William Thompson White,   b. 15 Jun 1838, Amite County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1927, Rapides Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    Last Modified 9 May 2020 
    Family ID F68  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1795 - Elbert County, Georgia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Aft 1809 - Elbert County, Georgia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 25 Dec 1864 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Travis Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 41, 58, 61 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S144] 1850 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census.).

    3. [S416] Casagranda, Kathy "Sabine Parish The 1850 Census with added Family Information" (May, 1999: P.O. Box 2195, Palmer, Alaska 99645), p 95 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 58 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S220] Minutes 1858-1890 First Baptist Church Hemphill, Texas Transcribed by Di Ann Vick, Ericson Books, 1982.