William Roberts

Notes:

(Research):Possibly from this line?

GEORGE SR. ROBERTS (GEORGE1) was born Abt. 1745 in North Carolina?, and died 1809 in Washington Parish, Louisiana. He married "RHODA" PAYNE, daughter of JOHN PAYNE. (family lore says she is the sister of [Payne-1949 | Dolly Todd- Madison]) She was born Bet. 1749 - 1768 in Pittsylvannia County, Virginia, and died Bet. 1780 - 1781 in Pittsylvannia County, Virginia.[1] His family settle on the Bogue Chitto River north of Franklinton LA.[2]

Head rights on the Bogue Chitto River North of Franklinton ? James Gwin ? Isaac and William Roberts ? Jacob Alford ? Elisha Roberts ? Woody Jones ? Tom Bickham ? Edmund Hunt ? Jonathan Magee ? William Carter.[3]

The children of George Roberts Sr. and Rhoda, his wife as named in the will of 19 November 1805 and apparently in the order of their birth were:

Anned Roberts Lee
George Roberts,(land grant in wife's name in St Tammany)
John Roberts
William Roberts (land grant in St Tammany)
Elisha Roberts (land grant in St Tammany)
Samuel Roberts
Milla (Amelia) Roberts Shim (Chisum?)
Isaac Roberts (land grant in St Tammany)
Thomas Roberts
Abasolom Roberts
James Roberts
George Roberts Sr. did not die in Tennessee, or enroute to Spanish West Florida. The fact that the will was deposited with the Commandant of the district is evidence that he did die in the Florida Parishes

American State Papers Public Lands Vol. III, page 72

Abstract containing a list of the actual settlers on land in that part of Louisiana which lies east of the Mississippi River and Island of New Orleans and west of the Pearl River, who bore no claims thereto derived from the French, British, or Spanish governments. Parish of St. Tammany

Thomas Roberts Dec. 1810 (1) Thomas Roberts was the eldest son of George Roberts, Junior, deceased, and of his wife Susanna Roberts. Thomas Roberts was born ca. 1792 and would have been age 18 in 1810 and therefore able to settle land in his own name.
Susannah Roberts Oct. 1807 (2) Susannah Roberts was the widow of George Roberts, Junior, deceased, and mother of the above Thomas Roberts.
Elisha Roberts Sep. 1810 (3) Elisha Roberts was a brother of the above George Roberts, Junior, deceased
Isaac Roberts May 1809 (4) Isaac Roberts was another brother of the above George Roberts, deceased
Wm. Roberts Dec. 1809 (5)Wm. Roberts was a brother of George, Elisha, and Isaac Roberts.
Succession records of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, 1804-1854

St. Helena Parish, Louisiana Successions, Drawer R-4

Will of George Roberts, Senior

In the name of God a men I George Roberts of Hawkins county State of Tennice Being in perfect health and memory at present thanks be to god for it calling unto mind and mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed once for man to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say

principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hand of the almighty god and give it and my Body I recommend to the earth to be Buried in a decent christian manner at the discretion of my Executors hoping at the general resurection I shall receive the same again By the almighty power of ---------p

And as touching such worldy estate where with it hath pleased God to blefs me with I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form- first I give to my dearly Beloved wife Rhoda Roberts the land and plantation where I now live with all the moveables there to and stock of horse s cattle hogs and sheep during her widowhood and if she should mary then let her be put to her thirds and if the children Should mary then I give them some things to Begin to keep house with and keep accopmt of such things

my daughter Anned Lee I give to her one dollar
my son George Roberts I give him also one dollar
my son John Roberts I give him likewise one dollar
my son William Roberts I give him one dollar
my son Elisha Roberts I give him one dollar
my son Samuel Roberts I give him one dollar
my daughter Milla Schim one dollar
I give to my son Isaac Roberts one hundred and twenty five acres of land it being the place where he now lives and the rest of the land to be devided between Thomas Roberts and Absolom Roberts and James Roberts an Equal division Between them three so the same and Equal division of the whole at their mothers death and as for my negro woman lettis and her child Catherine to Belong to my wife as long as she lives and at her death Both to be free

If my wife should dy before the child is twenty seven years of age she may give it to one of the children to have tel she is of that age and to be free. I have not left the other children one dollar for anything I have against them I have given to them their part Before

ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament in witness whereof I set my hand and seal this nineteenth day of november in the year of our lord one thousand Eight hundred and five.

Samuel Smith George Roberts (Seal) Wm. Paine

On back Estate of George Roberts Last Will of George Roberts Bogue Chitto Will of George Roberts

The following two documents were folded within the will:

Whereas William Roberts left a will in the Hands of the Comandant that George Roberts Snr. made in his lifetime, we have By our Consent agreed to Recawl the sd. will Back in to our pofeesion as we have Come on the termes, and agreed to Settle in Regard to the Estate amongst our Selves

Given under our hand this 29th day of Septembr 1809 Thomas Roberts James Roberts Isaac Roberts her Milla Chisum mark

This compilation will refute many of the assertions found in a book by Emily Griffin Roberts of Terrell, Texas - "Ancestral Study of Four Families, Roberts, Griffin, Cartwright & Simpson". (1937) Mrs. Roberts believed that one, William Roberts was the father of the brothers who settled in Spanish West Florida before 1810 which is incorrect as George Roberts Sr. who made his will in 1805, was their father. Her list of brothers and sisters is also found to be incorrect. The above will had not been discovered at the time she made these assertions.[4]

Family/Spouse: Sarah. Sarah was born before 1795; died before 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown on Family Search as Tabitha Cumi Roberts.

Talitha married Rev. James Porter Stevenson on 6 Dec 1837 in San Augustine Land District, Texas. James was born on 2 May 1808 in Smith County, Tennessee; died on 10 Jul 1885 in Stephens County, Texas; was buried in Breckenridge Cemetery, Breckenridge, Stephens County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The daughter of William Roberts. Shown as Henrietta on the 1870 census? Or had Dr. Goodloe remarried?

Neuriza married Dr. Robert Kemp Goodloe about 1838. Robert was born on 18 Jun 1813 in Virginia; died on 20 Oct 1879 in Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Sabinetown Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Gravestone inscribed with "Remember youth as you pass by. As you are now so once was I, As I am now so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me, Come to see Mammy."

On the annotated transcription of the Payne-Williams cemetery she is shown as a daughter of Willam and Sarah Roberts. It was also shown that she had been married three times, first to Benjamin William Payne, second to Judson M. Meador, and last to John N. Lowery.

Sabine County, Texas Affidavit of B. R. Payne, sworn on August 25, 1927 and witnessed by Edna Whitehead, Notary Public. B. R. Payne was age 74 at that time, and a livelong resident of Sabine County, living about two miles south of Geneva. He was also a grandson of William Roberts, and son of Ursa Ann. He also indicated that his mother later married J. N. Lowery by whom she had no children. He added that Lowery survived his mother by several years, and he did not know who his heirs were. B. R. Payne did not report the marriage to Judson M. Meador noted on the Payne-Williams Cemetery transcription.

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Census Listings:

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Redland Beat, PO Milam
Enumerated 30 Jun 1860
Page 23
167-167
UA Payne 36 F Farmer 7500 15782 La
Margaret A Payne 15 F Tx
Sarah A Payne 10 F Tx
Benjamin R Payne 6 M Tx
William E Payne 5 M Tx
Mary R Payne 2 F Tx
G B Batchtlor 18 M Overseer Ga

Family/Spouse: Benjamin William Payne. Benjamin (son of John M. Payne and Margaret Rush Williams) was born about 1817 in Georgia; died in Jul 1859 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John N. "J. N." Lowery. John was born on 12 May 1843; died on 14 Feb 1895; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1850, he was living with his wife Katherine in Sabine County. In 1860, he and his only son, Albert Roberts were living with three of his nephews, sons of Talitha Roberts and James Stevenson, in Rusk County, Texas. An affidavit of another nephew, B. R. Payne, stated that "W. P. Roberts was only married one time. I think he died about 1870 leaving only one child."

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1860 Census
Texas, Rusk County, Beat No 8, PO Peatown
Enumerated 21 July 1860
page 142

Wm R. Stevenson
James D. Stevenson
W. C. Stevenson
W P Roberts 34
A J Roberts 9

Family/Spouse: Katherine J. Watson. Katherine (daughter of Michael Watson and Pensy Elizabeth Raiford) was born about 1826 in Georgia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1860, he was living in Rusk County, Texas, with two of his younger brothers, and his Uncle, W P Roberts. His occupation was farmer.

In 1870, he was living in Kaufman County, Texas, and listed as a Grocer.

in 1880, he was still living in Kaufman County, a widower, and working as a dentist. (Indexed as Stephenson, with parents born in Ark and Ga?)

Notes:

His FindAGrave memorial page has a phone of his military marker, and also notes that "John Emory Stevenson served in the Confederacy during the United States Civil War as a Private in Company F of the Eighth Regiment of the Mississippi Infantry."

His page is linked to wife Mildred (1844-1918) and three children, Summer, Winter and Stella. Notes on the memorial pages for the family indicate: John Emory Stevenson who came from Louisianaa to Texas and married Mildred M. Their children were Winter Stevenson who married Sarah Ida Hunt; Stella Stevenson who married Dee Jones; Summer Stevenson who died in California and had his cremains scattered over his parents' and brother's graves in Long Cove Cemetery; and John Edward Stevenson, who may have died young. - Information from "Long Cove Cemetery, A Historic Texas Cemetery", compiled by Ruth Godwin Gadbury, 2002; and "One Hundred Years in Long Cove" by Ruth Godwin Gadbury, 1976, reprinted at Lulu.com and available there.

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Census Listings:

1870 Census
Texas, Kaufman County, PO Kaufman
Enumerated 2 Aug 1870
Page 102
657-675
Stevenson, John E. 33 M W Merchant $600 $1000 Tex
Stevenson, Milly M 24 M W Keeping House Tennessee
Stevenson, Walker 24 M W La
Stevenson, Turner 15 M W La
658-676
Stevenson, James 31 M W Farmer $--- $400 La
Stevenson, Jane 25 F W Keeping House Tennessee
Stevenson, Rose 4 F W Tx
Stevenson, Williamd W M W Tx
Stevenson, Mary 14 F B Domestic Servant Tx

Family/Spouse: Millie M. Hendricks. Millie was born on 8 Nov 1844 in North Carolina; died on 15 Jun 1918 in Lometa, Lampasas County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Middle name may instead be Dyer, as two of his father's sisters were married to DYER's.

In 1860, he was living in Rusk County, Texas, with two of his brothers, and his Uncle, W P Roberts. His occupation was farmer.

In 1870, he was living in Kaufman County, Texas, next door to his older brother John. He was listed as a farmer, married to a Jane, age 25, and they shared their home with their children, Rose and William, and also with a 14 year old domestic servant, names Mary Stevenson, who was black and likely born into slavery.

His headstone, viewable on FindAGrave, is engraved J. D. Stevenson, with his dates, and his wife's name, Jane Fisher 13 Nov 1843 - 10 Mar 1916. The are linked to memorial pages for five children, William E, Harry F, Ruth Esther Stevenson Patton, Clinton, and James Porter.

James married Jane Fisher on 12 Apr 1866 in Kaufman County, Texas. Jane was born on 13 Nov 1843 in Tennessee; died on 10 Mar 1916; was buried in Oakland Memorial Park Cemetery, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per the affadavit of B. R. Payne, a cousin, "W. O. Stevenson, who died in 1895, leaving six children, [namely]
a) May (Stevenson) Shelton
b) Walter H. Stevenson
c) Margaret Elizabethe (Stevenson) Worsham
d) Richard E. Stevenson
e) Condie Stevenson
f) Genie Stevenson

Notes:

Not referenced in the Affadavit of B. R. Payne, a first cousin through the Roberts family, in his 1927 Affidavit of the Heirs of Talitha Roberts Stevensons parents. Perhaps Merritt died young? Not listed on the 1850 Claiborne parish census with the remainder of his family, so likely died before 1850.

Notes:

In 1860, he was living in Rusk County, Texas, with two of his older brothers, and his Uncle, W P Roberts

His FindAGrave Memorial page links him to his wife, Mary Virginia McNutt (b. 1852 m. 1873 d. 1932), and four children, Mark, Benjamin Porter, Carl Morton, and William Walker Stevenson).

Walker married Mary V. McNutt on 24 Sep 1873 in Kaufman County, Texas. Mary was born on 1 Aug 1852 in Tennessee; died on 24 Oct 1932 in Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas; was buried in Camp Ground Cemetery, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not referenced in the Affadavit of B. R. Payne, a first cousin through the Roberts family, in his 1927 Affidavit of the Heirs of Talitha Roberts Stevensons parents. Perhaps Robert died young?

Notes:

Not referenced in the Affadavit of B. R. Payne, a first cousin through the Roberts family, in his 1927 Affidavit of the Heirs of Talitha Roberts Stevensons parents. Perhaps Henry died young?

Notes:

Not referenced in the Affadavit of B. R. Payne, a first cousin through the Roberts family, in his 1927 Affidavit of the Heirs of Talitha Roberts Stevensons parents. Perhaps Ellington died young?

Notes:

He shares a double marker with his wife, Laura Steen Stevenson.

Family/Spouse: Laura E. Steen. Laura was born about 1873 in Arkansas; died about 1935 in Merced County, California; was buried in Winton Cemetery, Winton, Merced County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not referenced in the Affadavit of B. R. Payne, a first cousin through the Roberts family, in his 1927 Affidavit of the Heirs of Talitha Roberts Stevensons parents. Perhaps Charles died young?

Notes:

The Affidavit of B.R. Payne, a cousin, shows her as Fannie (Goodloe) Windberg, wife of S. Windberg.

Notes:

Obituary, copied from FindAGrave:

Aunt Pattie Maund

Pattie Emma Maund was the daughter of Dr. R. K.(Robert Kemp) and Neriza Ann Goodloe of Sabinetown, Texas. She was born April 15, 1851, and departed this life at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. E. King, Hemphill, February 23, 1933, at the age of 81 years, 10 months and 8 days.

She married Henry Clay Maund, June 24, 1869, at Sabinetown, Texas. He preceded her in death, August 16, 1920.

To this union were born ten children, namely: Gordon Lee Maund, Harry Mellon Maund, Mrs. Vernon Gladys King, Twin boys, Rev. L.V. Maund of Thomas, Okla; Looman Goodloe Maund, Oklahoma City, Okla; Mrs. Mabel Kelly Iles wife of Dr. John Iles, who departed this life in the year of 1915: Rob Maund, who died in infancy; Mrs. Bertha Annie Felts of League City, Texas and Leo Bascom Maund of Houston.
She is survived by the above named children, 31 grandchildren, 12 great grand children and one sister, Mrs. Mollie Plunket of Keine, Texas and 14 nieces and nephews.
(Several lines are crumpled )
?.at Sabinetown, south, in which?loyal and devoted member until God called her home.

"Miss Pattie" as she was fondly called lived a life of love and service exemplifying the life of our Lord. "Who went about doing good, ministering to the sick and needy---obeying the injunctions of scripture where we are told, that pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in time of their afflictions and to keep ones self unspotted from the world and her entire life was lived in harmony with this scripture and its teachings. All her life was thusly lived in Sabine County.

The above named relatives and a host of life long friends mourn her going.
"Servant of God, well done, Thy glorious warfare is past, The battle is fought, the victory won ___And thou are crowned at last."

The funeral was conducted from the First Methodist Church, the pastor officiating. Interment was made in the Hemphill cemetery.

Sons and sons-in-law were pallbearers. Grand daughters---Grace, Thelma and Wilhemina Maund and Gladys Iles were flower girls.

Pattie married Judge Henry Clay Maund on 24 Jun 1869 in Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas. Henry (son of William Wallace Maund and Caroline Young) was born on 21 Apr 1844 in Georgia; died on 16 Aug 1920 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown as G.G., Male, age 6 in 1860 and Janet? B, age 16, Male in 1870. His full name appears to have been Garrett Benjamin Goodloe.

Garrett Benjamion Goodloe murdered his brother in law, Dr. Evans, in 1877.

Galveston Daily News (Newspaper) - April 25, 1877, Galveston, Texas
Subscription - Galveston Daily News - Newspaper Archives - Apr 25, 1877
Sabine Co

Some six weeks since Dr. Evans married the daughter of R. K. Goodloe, of Sabine town, Texas, and she now mourns the loss of an affectionate and loving husband, called from earth and its busy scenes by the hand of her own brother, G. B. Goodloe. On the 14th inst. Dr. H. W. Evans was arrested on a charge of bigamy, by G. B. Goodloe and Porter Brown, without warrant or authority, as is stated. They took him some eight or ten miles, to near or at the Sabine River, and there shot him to death. Evans had $25 in money, of which he was robbed; And some native gold in his possession, with his hat and valuables, to the amount of $100, were taken from his body by these parties, Goodloe and Brown. The charge of bigamy was totally unfounded, and the arrest was in fact made by the two parties without warrant and they were, furthermore, not officials one, Goodloe, living in Texas, and the other, Brown, living in Sabine Parish, Louisiana.

The citizens of Texas and Louisiana residing near this occurrence are very much excited and highly incensed at this murder, and have subscribed a large sum, some $1200 or $1400, as a reward for the capture of Goodloe and Brown.

Kay Brown Simon, a descendant of William Porterwine Brown, writes that her great-great-grandfather, was a friend of Garrett Benjamin Goodloe, and that this association "got Porterwine the gallows." However, Carolyn Brown-Heitzman, in subsequent research with others, has concluded that this is incorrect, based on the age of the Porter Brown hung in Many, Louisiana (age 23 and unmarried) compared to that of William Porterwine Brown of E. Feliciana Parish. These other reasearchers have concluded that the two Porter Brown's were two different men.

Notes:

Josella Goodloe, a daughter of Dr. R. K. Goodloe of Sabinetown was married first to Dr. H.W. Evans, who was killed by her brother soon after their marriage.

On May 10, 1878, Porter Brown was hanged here for aiding Ben Goodloe to murder Dr. H. W. Evans.

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/sabine/history/hsit.txt (History of Sabine Parish, Louisiana)

The affadavit of B. R. Payne, a cousin, notes she later married a man by the name of Genius.

Josella married Dr. H. W. Evans about 1877. H. was born before 1856; died about 1877. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not found on 1870 census. Did she die young?

Robert married Martha E. "Mattie" Salter on 17 Jul 1884 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Martha was born about 1867; died about 1941; was buried in Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery, Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sabine County, Texas Affidavit of B. R. Payne, sworn on August 25, 1927 and witnessed by Edna Whitehead, Notary Public. B. R. Payne was age 74 at that time, and a livelong resident of Sabine County, living about two miles south of Geneva. He was also a grandson of William Roberts, He showed Amanda (Payne) Borders as the eldest child of Ursa and B. W. Payne, and as the wife of Dr. S. E. Borders, married only once, and leaving eight children:

a) Anna (Borders) Moore, wife of Houston Moore
b) Emma (Borders) Thompson, who married Austin Thompson.
c) Eugene Borders, near Corsicana, Texas.
d) Eva (Borders) Callaham, wife of D. E. Callaham.
e) Mattie Anderson, wife of J. W. Anderson, Dallas, Texas.
f) Maude Walling, wife of J. L. Walling.
g) Burt Borders, near Port Arthur.
h) Mack Borders (don't know whether living or dead)

Family/Spouse: Mary Virginia Scurlock. Mary was born on 9 Jul 1856; died on 18 Jul 1907; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sabine County, Texas Affidavit of B. R. Payne, sworn on August 25, 1927 and witnessed by Edna Whitehead, Notary Public. B. R. Payne was age 74 at that time, and a livelong resident of Sabine County, living about two miles south of Geneva. He was also a grandson of William Roberts, He showed his younger brother, W. E. Payne, as a resident of Rusk, Texas in 1927.

Notes:

Middle name shown as both Emma or Elizabeth. She appears to have married second a McGown, as she is listed as Mollie McGown, widowed and age 60, at the time of the 1920 Census enumeration. She was living with her son William Benjamin Cordray in JP 8, Sabine County at the time.

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Census Listings:


1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. 8
Enumerated 5 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 5B
Cordray, Mollie Head Hd W F Nov 1859 41 Wd 7/7 Tx --- ---
Cordray, William E Son W M Nov 1876 23 S Tx Ga Tx Farm Laborer
Cordray, John R Son W M Mar 1883 16 3 Tx Ga Tx
Cordray, Florence Dtr W F Mar 1882 18 S Tx Ga Tx
Cordray, Emma M Dtr W F Dec 1885 14 S Tx Ga Tx
Cordray, Annie E Dtr W F Dec 1889 10 S Tx Ga Tx
Cordray, Lowrey Son W M Dec 1891 8 S Tx Ga Tx

Family/Spouse: John Lawrence "J. L." Cordray. John was born on 13 Jan 1854 in Georgia; died on 1 Mar 1896; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1860, nine year old A. J. Roberts was living with his father, W P Roberts, and three of his cousins, sons of Talitha Roberts and James Stevenson, in Rusk County, Texas. A 1927 affidavit of another cousin, B. R. Payne, stated Albert was the only child of W.P., and that "Albert moved out about Lampasas and I understood his heirs were later somewhere near Brownwood. If living, he would be abut 76 or 77 years old."

Notes:

Winter Emry Stevenson is the son of John E. and Mildred M. Stevenson. He married Sarah Ida Hunt; they had no children. "Mr. Winter" and "Miss Ida" were faithful Baptists. he farmed, ran a community thresher, and for a time, transported cream to a creamery. - "Long Cove Cemetery, A Historic Texas Cemetery", compiled by Ruth Godwin Gadbury, 2002.

Mary married Dee S. Jones about 1906 in Brown County, Texas. Dee was born on 7 Nov 1883 in Texas; died on 28 Jun 1966 in Texas; was buried in Long Cove Cemetery, Lometa, Lampasas County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not shown on the Sabine County, Texas Affidavit of B. R. Payne, 25 Aug 1927 (a cousin). Perhaps she died young?

Notes:

He shares a double headstone with his wife, Mollie J. born 17 Jun 1870 and died 20 Jun 1938.

Notes:

His Texas Death certifcate shows he was single and his occupation was farmer. His death was due to a "pistol shot of a 41 colt pistol. He was shot Twice in the Left Breast." (The certificate shows Winnsboro Franklin County TX vs Wood county?

Family/Spouse: Conrad Kinchen Patton. Conrad was born on 30 Sep 1877 in Louisiana; died on 30 Dec 1961 in Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas; was buried in Oakland Memorial Park Cemetery, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Sadie Katherine Limberger on 24 Aug 1911 in Riga, Lenawee County, Michigan. Sadie was born on 8 Jan 1885 in Michigan; died on 10 Apr 1978 in Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma; was buried in Greenhill Cemetery, Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lillian Fry. Lillian was born on 16 Sep 1893 in Wills Point, Van Zandt County, Texas; died on 5 Aug 1980 in Irving, Dallas County, Texas; was buried in Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 1
Enumerated 26 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheet 11B
189-191
Maund, Henry Head W M Apr 1845 55 M 32 Ga Fl Fl Farmer
Maund, Pattie E Wf W F Apr 1851 49 M 32 10/9 Tx Va Miss
Maund, Harry Son W M Aug 1876 23 S Tx Ga Tx Day Laborer
Maund, Lumon Son W M Sept 1880 19 S Tx Ga Tx Wagoner
Maund, Mable Dtr W F Feb 1882 17 S Tx Ga Tx At School
Maund, Annie Dtr W F Sept 1887 12 S Tx Ga Tx At School
Maund, Vernon G Dtr W F Jan 1892 S Tx Ga Tx At School
Maund, Leo Son W M Jan 1894 6 S Tx Ga Tx
188-192
Maund, Gordo Head W M Apr 1868 31 M Tx Ga Tx Farmer
Maund, Maranda Wf W F Jun 1874 25 M 6 2/2 Akr Tx Tx
Maund, Corable Son W M July 1894 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Maund, Leon Son W M Aug 1898 1 S Tx (sic) Tx Tx

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 22 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 6A
87-87
Henry and Laura CROWELL and family
88-90
Maund, Gardy L head m W 40 M1 15 Tx Fl Tx Farmer
Maund, Miranda Wf F W 36 m1 15 6/5 Ark La La
Maund, Mattie C Dtr F W S Tx Tx Ark
Maund, Robert L Son M W S La Tx Ark laborer home farm
Maund, Nellie L Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Ark
Maund, Henry C Son m W 3 S Tx Tx Ark
Maund, Gladys J Dtr F W 6/12 S Tx Tx Ark
89-91
Cleveland and Lily B CORDRAY and family

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 11 and 12 Feb 1920
SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 33B
661-684
Maund, Gordie L Head M W 50 M Tx Ga Tx Farmer
Maund, Maranda H Wf F W 42 M Ark Ark Ark
Maund, Robert L Son m W 20 S La Tx Ark Farm Laborer
Maund, Nellie L Dtr F W 15 S Tx Ark La Farm Laborer
Maund, Henry C Son m W11 S Tx Ark La
Maund, Gladys J Dtr F W 8 S Tx Ark La
Maund, Syble Dtr F W 5 S Tx Ark La

Family/Spouse: Miranda "Randy" Crowell. Miranda (daughter of Henry Crowell and Mary Jane Smith) was born in Jun 1874 in Arkansas; was buried in Low's Chapel Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"They made their home in Hemphill where he was engaged in the lumber business" (White and Toole)

A copy of his actual Texas Death Certificate can be viewed online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. He was shown as a log contractor, and lifelong resident of Sabine County. He was widowed, and shown as the son of Henry Clay Maund and Patty Emma Goodloe. The informant was Thelma Maund Felts.

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Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 21 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 5A
72-74
Maund, Harry M Head M W M2 3 Tx Tx Tx Logging Hauling logs
Maund, Annie E Wf F W m1 3 2/1 Tx Tx Ga
Maund, Pattie L Dtr F W 13/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP One
Enumerated 15 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 16B
333-351
Maund, Harry M Head M W 47 M Tx Ga Tx Manufacturer Pine Lumber
Maund, Anne E Wf F W 31 M Tx Tx Ga
Maund, Lillian P Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Maund, William B Son M W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Maund, Thelma W Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Maund, Wilhelmina Dtr F W 2 3/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Boyed [Boyd], Judge R[obert] Cousin-by-law M W 26 S Tx Tx Ga Laborer Lumber Mill

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP #1 Hemphill Town
Enumerated April 15, 1930
ED 202-2 SD 19 Sheet 7A Stamped 21
143-173
Maund, Harry Head $800 M W 52 Wd Tx Ga Tx Manager Sawmill
Maund, Thelma Dtr F W 18 S Tx Tx Tx
Maund, Wilhelmina Dtr F W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Maund, Mabel Dtr F W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Maund, Dorothy Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Maund, Dascum Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Maund, Belmont Son M W 4 3/12 S Tx Tx Tx [Either the age is wrong, or the family had two sons using the name Belmont, and elder William Belmont Maund was born ca 1912, and would have been 18 at the time of the 1930 census---probably this was Dascum, not Belmont...Dascum was closer to this age]
Maund, Annie E Dtr F W 9/12 S Tx Tx Tx


(Medical):See attached sources.

Harry married Anna Eltona Bennett on 13 Nov 1906. Anna (daughter of Adam Jackson "Tony" Bennett, Jr and Nancy Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jones) was born on 15 Jun 1888 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Aug 1929 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

When he registered for the draft during World War I, he was a resident of Nacogdoches, Texas, working as a Salesman for C. W. Butt of Nacogdoches. His nearest relative was Lizzien Maund (presumably his wife). He was described as being of medium heighth and stout, with brown eyes and black hair.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. 1
Enumerated 25 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheet 10B
167-171
Gooch, Philander Head M W Spet 1838 61 M 39 Tenn NC Tenn Farmer
Gooch, Caroline Wf W F Oct 1840 59 M 38 9/7 Tx Ga Sc
Gooch, Wm. Son W M Apr 1871 30 M 0 Tx Tenn Tx Farmer
Gooch, Amanda Dtr-in-law W F May 1878 22 m 0 0/0 Tx Tx Tx
Gooch, Louisa Dtr W F July 1878 21 S Tx Tenn Tx
Gooch, Abbie E Dtr W F Sept 1881 18 S Tx Tenn Tex
Maund, Louis Boarder W M Sept 1880 19 S Tx Tenn Tx

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Goodloe. Elizabeth was born on 14 Feb 1887 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died in Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John T. Iles. John (son of Howell Iles, Sr. and Rebecca Low) was born on 15 Aug 1877 in Texas; died on 15 Oct 1940; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She married a FELTS. At the time of her death, she was widowed and a resident of League City, Texas. Informant was Mrs. Jeanette Robinson.

Family/Spouse: Virgil Delon Felts, Sr.. Virgil (son of Thomas Jefferson Felts and Martha "Mattie" Bell Burkett) was born on 22 Apr 1893 in Mississippi; died on 20 Apr 1954 in La Marque, Galveston County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Vernon married James E. King, Sr. before 1914. James was born about 1892 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

When he registered for the World War I draft, he was a saw mill laborer in Hemphill, Texas, reporting that this was also where he was born, on 31 Jan 1895. This is the closest date to the 1900 census (which reported Jan 1894), and was filled out by Leo himself, so is assumed to be accurate. Both his tombstone and death certificate show him as being born later, 1897 and 1899 respectively. He was married and supporting his wife, and described as tall, slender, and with brown eyes and black hair. His Texas Death certificate showed that he worked as a collector at a loan company. He was married at the time of his death, the informant being Mrs. Hazel Maund.

Family/Spouse: Hazel Simmons. Hazel was born on 5 Oct 1906; died on 20 Mar 1987; was buried in Knupple Cemetery, Silsbee, Hardin County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDJ5-3XG
Name: John W. Payne
Death Date: 20 Nov 1944
Death Place: San Augustine Co., Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 68 years 2 months 4 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 16 Sep 1876
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: B. R. Payne
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Mnary V. Scurlack
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Retired
Place of Residence: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Cemetery:
Burial Place: San Augustine, Texas
Burial Date: 21 Nov 1944
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137864
Digital Film Number: 4029653
Image Number: 1382
Reference Number: CN53519
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):

Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Geneva Pr. 8
Enumerated 22 and 23 April 1910
SD 2 ED 135 Sheet 5A
44-79
Payne, John W Head m W 33 m1 14 2/2 Tx Tx Tx Farm Manager
Payne, Maggie Wf F W 30 m1 14 2/2 Tx Ga Ala
Payne, Fatie Dtr F W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Payne, Rodney E Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx

John married Maggie Cobb about 1896. Maggie (daughter of Dr. John Lafayette Cobb and Lydia Ann Dent) was born on 18 Mar 1880 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 18 Feb 1969 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried on 19 Feb 1969 in San Augustine City Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Geneva Pr. 8
Enumerated 21 and 22 April 1910
SD 2 ED 135 Sheet 4B
70-75
Payne, Willie W. Head M W 28 m1 6 Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborers Share Farmer
Payne, Buela L Wf F W 27 m1 6 3/3 Tx Tx Tx
Payne, Willie O Son M W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
Payne, Floyd Son (sci) F W 3 S Tx Tx Tx
Payne, Thos. R Son MW W 4/12 S Tx Tx Tx

William married Beulah Cousins about 1903. Beulah (daughter of James Clark Cousins and Susan Serena "Renie" Woods) was born on 22 Nov 1882 in Newton County, Mississippi; died on 6 May 1964 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Little Flock Baptist Church Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On Kay Parker McCary's annotated transcription of the Halbert Cemetery she is shown as a daughter of Benjamin Payne and Mary V. Scurlock.

Essie married Clarence Burton Halbert on 23 Apr 1905 in Sabine County, Texas. Clarence (son of Joel Pickens Halbert and Eva Susan McGown) was born on 25 Feb 1885 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 15 Aug 1951 in Zwolle, Sabine Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The annotated transcription of the Payne-Williams cemetery in Sabine County indicates that her headstone is inscribed "Dau of B. R. and Mary V Payne-In Sweet Rememberance of-Lord she was Thine and not my own. Thou hast not done me wrong."

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDFP-SXQ
name: William Emmett Cordray
death date: 22 Sep 1962
death place: Beaumont, Texas
gender: Male
race: w
death age: 85 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 22 Nov 1876
birthplace: Sabine County, Texas
marital status: Widowed
spouse's name:
father's name: John Cordray
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Mary Emma Payne
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Farming
place of residence: Beaumont, Texas
cemetery: McMahah's Chapel Cemetery
burial place: San Augustine, Texas
burial date: 22 Sep 1962
additional relatives: X
film number: 2117116
digital film number: 4028546
image number: 1385
reference number: 56744
Collection: William Emmett Cordray, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

(Research):

Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP 1
Enumerated 26 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 137 Sheet 10 B
157-154
Cordray, Emmett W Head M W 32 m1 5 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Cordray, Della Wf F W 31 m2 5/4 Tx Ala Ala
Cordray, Mary L Dtr F W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
Cordray, Ruth Dtr F W 1 S Tx Tx Tx
Baldree, Fannie Mother-in-law F W 55 Wd 7/5 Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
not located

1930 Census
Texas, San Augustine, JP 1
Enumerated April 26, 1930
ED 203-2 SD 19 Sheet 17A Stamped 163
317-317
Cordray, Emmet Head M W 52 M 27 Tx Ga Tx Farmer
Cordray, Della Wf F W 51 M 26 Tx Ark Ark
Cordray, Mary Lou Dtr F W 21 S Tx Tx Tx Teacher Public School
Cordray, Ruth Dtr F W 19 S Tx Tx Tx Teacher Public School
Cordray, Truman Son M W 17 S Tx Tx Tx Mechanic Garage
Baldree, Fannie Mother-in-law F W 83 Wd Tx Tx Tx

William married Della Baldree about 1905. Della (daughter of John H. Baldree and Frances "Fannie" Rebecca Burns) was born on 18 Apr 1879 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 18 Aug 1945 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in San Augustine City Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His tombstone was inscribed with "In Gad We Trust."

(Research):

Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 8
Enumerated 2 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 172 Sheet 1A Stamped 184
1-1
Albert and Fannie McGown family
2-2
Ben R. Payne
3-3
L. L. and Dollie Cordray
4-4
BW Cordray Head M W 40 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Bertie Cordray Wf F W 30 M Tx Al La
Clara Cordray Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Ramsdel Cordray Son M W 4 5/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Thee Cordray Son M W 3 2/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Liddie Cordray Dtr F W 1 10/12 S Tx Tx Tx
LaFayette Cordray Dtr F W 6/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Mollie McGown Mother F W 60 Wd Tx Ga La

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JXHF-73X
name: Sallie Florence Gray
death date: 13 May 1956
death place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
gender: Female
race: White
death age: 76 years 1 month 21 days
estimated birth date:
birth date: 22 Mar 1880
birthplace: Texas
marital status: Married
spouse's name:
father's name: John Cordray
father's birthplace: Ala.
mother's name: Mary Elizabeth Payne
mother's birthplace: Texas
occupation: Housewife & Mother
place of residence: Milam, Sabine, Texas
cemetery: Cordray Cemetery [actually Payne-Williams]
burial place: Milam, Texas
burial date: 15 May 1956
additional relatives:
informant Mrs. Buna McNaughten
film number: 2114670
digital film number: 4165424
image number: 3396
reference number: cn 27421
Collection: Sallie Florence Gray, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

Gravestone inscribed with "Not my will but Thy will be done."

Family/Spouse: Lewis Corbin Gray. Lewis was born on 29 May 1881 in Louisiana; died about 1959; was buried in Payne-Williams (Payne-Cordray-Williams-Gray) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JFNZ-9VL
name: John Randolph Cordray
death date: 09 Jan 1968
death place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
gender: Male
race: White
death age: 83 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 26 Mar 1884
birthplace: Sabine Co., Texas
marital status: Married
spouse's name: Estella Cordray
father's name: John Cordray
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Mary Payne
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Farmer, Ret.
place of residence: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
cemetery: City
burial place: San Augustine, Texas
burial date: 10 Jan 1968
additional relatives:
film number: 2138887
digital film number: 4027197
image number: 2982
reference number: cn 06334
Collection: John Randolph Cordray, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

John married Estella Baldree before 1910. Estella (daughter of James David "Jim" Baldree and Florence Drawhorn) was born on 25 Dec 1893 in Texas; died on 9 Mar 1972 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in San Augustine City Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3DC-9JQ
name: Mary Emma Mcgown
event: Death
event date: 15 Oct 1973
event place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
gender: Female
marital status: Widowed
birth date: 07 Dec 1885
birthplace: Geneva, Texas
father's name: John L Cordray
mother's name: Mary Payne
certificate number: 78696
film number: 2242914
digital folder number: 005145841
image number: 03277
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Mary Emma Mcgown, 1973

On the Williams-McNaughten Tree at Ancestry.com, she is shown as a niece of Daniel C. Cordray (1834-1905), also of Sabine County, her father John Lawrence Cordray also being a son of Jonathan Cordray and Elizabeth Tomlinson. The transcription of the San Augustine City Cemetery also shows that John Randolph Cordray (1884-1968) was a son of John Cordray and Mary Payne, therefore a brother of Mary Cordray McGown.

Family/Spouse: Houston Everett McGown. Houston (son of Samuel Houston "House" McGown and Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Conn) was born on 15 Jul 1881 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 5 Jan 1958 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married first to a Mr. FORD?

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KH3D-YZX
name: Annie Elizabeth Honeycutt
titles & terms:
event: Death
event date: 21 May 1978
event place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, United States
gender: Female
age: 89
estimated birth year: 1889
father: John Cordray
father's titles & terms:
mother: Mollie Payne
mother's titles & terms:
informant Laurie FORD (son)
certificate number: 56164
digital folder number: 004934670
image number: 00174
Collection: Annie Elizabeth Honeycutt, "Texas, Deaths, 1977-1986"

Family/Spouse: Laurie L. Ford. Laurie was born on 28 Sep 1892; died on 21 Feb 1954; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J69V-8WL
name: Lowry Lawrence Cordray
death date: 16 May 1973
death place: Houston, Harris, Texas
gender: Male
race:
death age: 80 years
estimated birth date: 1893
birth date:
birthplace:
marital status:
spouse's name:
father's name: John Lawrence Cordray
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Mary Emma Payne
mother's birthplace:
occupation:
place of residence:
cemetery:
burial place:
burial date:
additional relatives:
informant Mrs. R J Cassidy
film number: 2242782
digital film number: 4167877
image number: 2770
reference number: 2793
Collection: Lowry Lawrence Cordray, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

(Research):

Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 8
Enumerated 2 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 172 Sheet 1A Stamped 184
1-1
Albert and Fannie McGown family
2-2
Ben R. Payne
3-3
L. L. Cordray Head M W 29 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Dollie Cordray Wf F W 24 M Tx Tx Tx
Bertie Cordray M W 2 5/12 S Tx Tx Tx
4-4
BW and Bertie Cordray and family