James White

1826 - Bef 1858  (31 years)

• Name	James White  [1, 2]
  Birth	1 Mar 1826	Mississippi   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 1858
  Notes	Presumably the trailblazer in the family. He was the only family member living in Sabine County in 1850. All the other family members migrated from Mississippi at a later date. His two oldest daughters were born in Louisiana circa 1848 and 1849, so he had not been in Texas long. His middle initial is sometimes shown as C and other times as E. (Research): Census Listings: 1850 Census Texas, Sabine County Enumerated 20 Nov 1850 Stamped 327 257-257 Morris, Amon P 25 M Farmer Miss Morris, Mary A 21 F La Morris, Mary C. F. 3 F La Morris, Alfred W 1 m La Watkins, Mary 45 F NC* 258-258 White, John C 24 M Farmer Miss White, Drucilla C 21 F Tx White, Mary E 2 F La White, Theodotia 1 F La White, Drucilla 1/12 F Tx (Courtesy of Scott Watkins) *Schluter and Toole, in their annotated transcription of the 1850 Sabine County, Texas census, show her as "dau of John and Mary Smith and widow of ---- Watkins." Scott Watkins points out that she is actually Mary Kemp Watkins, mother of Mary Morris and Drucilla White. A daughter of John and Mary Smith, namely Elizabeth, was married to Green Berry Watkins, thus causing the confusion.
  Person ID	I452	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Edward White,   b. Abt 1781, Virginia d. 13 Jan 1871, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age ~ 90 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Strickland,   b. Abt 1795, Elbert County, Georgia d. 25 Dec 1864, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age ~ 69 years)
  Marriage	Aft 1809	Elbert County, Georgia   [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.
  Family ID	F68	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Drucilla C. Watkins,   b. 30 Jul 1829, Ayish Bayou, Texas And Coahuila, Mexico d. Aft Jun 1860 (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	29 Oct 1846	Sabine Parish, Louisiana   [1, 3]
  Children	1. Mary Elizabeth Sophronie White,   b. Between 1848 and 1854, Louisiana d. 27 Aug 1921, Sabine County, Texas (Age ~ 73 years)   2. Theodocia J. White,   b. Apr 1849, Louisiana bur. Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas   3. Drucilla Cordelia White,   b. 8 Jul 1850, Sabine County, Texas d. 12 Apr 1909, Sabine County, Texas (Age 58 years)   4. James E. White,   b. Abt 1852   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Florence White,   b. Abt 1856   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F367	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1 Mar 1826 - Mississippi Marriage - 29 Oct 1846 - Sabine Parish, Louisiana  = 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. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 67 (Reliability: 3). [S282] Pickett, Tony--Family Researcher (abpickett@aol.com). [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 58 (Reliability: 3).