Lawrence McGuire

Abt 1794 - 1853  (~ 59 years)

• Name	Lawrence McGuire  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	Abt 1794	Virginia   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Sep 1853	Sabine County, Texas   [3]
  Burial	McGuire Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas   [3]
  Notes	The State of TEXAS, County of Sabine Statement of Mrs. Sarah A. Harvey, made at her home in Sabine County, TEXAS on the 24 day of Jan.A. D. 1913. My name is Sarah A. Harvey. I was born on the 16th day of January A.D. 1826, near the town of Florence, in the State of Alabama. I am the daughter of Jesse T.Scruggs and Susan Thornton Scruggs. My father and mother moved from the State of Alabama, to Sabine County, Texas, about the year 1836, and settled when we first came to Texas, near Milam, and resided there about one year. We then moved to Hamilton on the Sabine River, and lived there not quite one year, and moved fron there and settled on the McAdams tract or land in Sabine county, and lived there a great many years. I was married while living on that tract of land to Robert Harvey on August, 10th 1854, and after my marriage; my husband and I moved to the place I now reside on, where I have lived ever since then, and this place I now reside is about two and one half miles from the John McAdams tract of land. I knew Lawrence McGuire and his family for many years. When my father and mother came to Texas about 1836, Lawrence McGuire, and his family came with them, and all settled in Sabine County. Hambleton McGuire, so I was told by Lawrence McGuire, came to Texas about one year before we did, and we found him in Sabine County when we arrived there. Lawrence McGuire's family when we moved to Texas consisted of his wife, a son named Hambleton B. McGuire, and two daughters: one named Mary, the other named Arabella. Lawrence McGuire was married one time, and by his said wife he had the above children. My mother was Susan Thornton Scruggs, died after we came to Texas, and my father, Jesse T.Scruggs, married Mary McGuire one of the two sisters of Hambleton McGuire. My husband, Robert Harvey, had been married once before I married him, and his first wife was Arabella McGuire, a sister of Hambleton McGuire, and a daughter of Lawrence McGuire, as above stated. Lawrence McGuire died in Sabine County, Texas, about year A.D. 1855, and he was buried in the McGuire burial ground on the John McAdams survey in Sabine County.; his first wife died prior to his death, and is buried in the same burial ground near him. At the time of his death, Lawrence McGurie left surviving him; his son, Hambleton B. NcGuire, who was a practicing physician; and his daughter Mary McGuire, who married my father; and the children of Arabella, who was my husbands first wife, who was the daughter of Lawrence McGuire as above stated. Hy husband, Robert Harvey, as the guardian of his children by Arabella McGuire, his first wife. Lawrence McGuire, at the time of his death was the Owner of a one-half interest in a tract of about twelve hundred and eighty acres (128O), a part of the John McAdams survey, in Sabine County, which he purchased, together with his son, Hambleton McGuire; from John McAdams about the year 1848. He also owned some negroes, and had some money. After his death, a division was made of his estate among his heirs, and Hambleton McGuire was given as his part of the estate the interest owned by Lawrence McGuire in the John McAdams survey in Sabine County, Texas; Mary Scruggs, nee McGuire, my step-mother, received two negroes as her portion of the estate, and the children of Arabella Harvey, nee McGuire, received cash as their portion of the estate, and this money was paid to my husband Robert Harvey, who was guardian of said children, and their father. Hambleton McGuire after he received as his portion of the estate owned by his father in the John McAdams survey, sold the land about the year 1861 to J. H. Burroughs. Hambleton B. McGuire was frequently at our house, and was there just prior to the time he sold his land to J.M. Burroughs, and was talking with my father, and he stated to him that he was going to sell the land to said Burroughs. He was there a short while after this, and stated that he had sold all the John McAdams survey to J. M. Borroughs, and that he had also sold said Borroughs a Negro woman named Hannah. J. M. Burroughs at that time was living on a tract of land adjoining the John McAdams survey, and after the purchase of the John McAdams tract from Hambleton McGuire, as stated above, he cultivated a large portion of the said McAdams survey, and had it cultivated for about forty years, and at all times claimed it as his own. J.M. Burroughs was an attorney at law, and Was ummarried. This statement is made in the prescence of T. G. Minton, who signs my name hereto at my request for the reason that on account of extreme age, 1 am unable to write, and also in the presence of Docia Harvey, wife of Perkins Harvey, and in the presence of W.C.Ramsey. Witness my hand at home, on this day 24th of June A.D. 1913. (signed) Sarah A. Harvey Sworn to and SUbSCribed before me at the home of Sarah A. Harvey in Sabine County, Texas on this the 24th day of January, A.D. 1913. T.G. Minton, J.P. TX official Notary Public in and for Sabine Co., Texas (LS) Docia Harvey W.C. Ramsey Filed for record Jan.27, 1913 Recorded in Deed Book no. 5, at pages 678 and 679. (Sent via email by Irene Walton on 23 March 2006. Irene's email address at the time was: walt@netdot.com. The email attachment was a word document titled BOBBYEMC@earthlink.net) Irene also forwarded to me a transcription of the Jesse Thomas Scruggs family Bible. The bible was transcribed in April, 1970 by Blanche Toole. This transcription was forwarded to Irene by Leatha Betts, a descendant of Manuel Walton Loving. Manuel Loving was the father of Jesse Thomas Scruggs third wife, Mary Ann Loving. In this transcription, it is also shown that Dr. L. McGuire has a son who died prior to the move to Texas. His listing in the Death section of the Bible follows: "James M. McGuire, son of Dr. L. McGuire departed this life on the 9th day of April at his residence in Haywood Co. Tenn. A.D. 1839." (Research): Census Listings: 1850 Census Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District Enumerated 2 Nov 1850 167-167 Lawrence McGuire 56 M Physician 2000 Va William G. Frazer 17 M Tenn John Frazer 14 M Tenn Salita Daughthet 14 F Tenn Lucretia Daughthet 14 F Tenn
  Person ID	I23991	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2014

  
  

  Family	Margaret Tolan,   b. Abt 1795   d. 9 Apr 1839, Sabine County, Texas (Age ~ 44 years)
  Children	1. Hambleton B. McGuire,   b. Abt 1809, Kentucky d. Yes, date unknown   2. Mary Ann Tolan McGuire,   b. 28 Jun 1818, Kentucky d. 4 Mar 1856, Sabine County, Texas (Age 37 years)   3. Arabella McGuire,   b. Abt 1826, Tennessee d. 16 Mar 1852, Sabine County, Texas (Age ~ 26 years)
  Family ID	F8024	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2014

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1794 - Virginia Death - 16 Sep 1853 - Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S485] Walton, Irene Email Transcription of Affadavit of Sarah A. HARVEY dated 24 Jan 1913. [S349] Schluter & Toole, "1850 Sabine County, Texas Census with Added Family Information and Corrections" c. 1979. [S1775] Conn, Grant, McCary and McDaniel "McGuire Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" (Taken from Jesse Thomas Scruggs, Sr. Family Bible); http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials. [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.), Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District Enumerated 2 Nov 1850 167-167 (Reliability: 3).