Merritt Sinclair Johnson Stevenson

1843 - Bef 1850  (6 years)

• Name	Merritt Sinclair Johnson Stevenson  [1]
  Birth	9 Dec 1843	Louisiana   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 1850	Louisiana
  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.
  Person ID	I47610	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Rev. James Porter Stevenson,   b. 2 May 1808, Smith County, Tennessee d. 10 Jul 1885, Stephens County, Texas (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Talitha C. Roberts,   b. 15 Feb 1815, Louisiana d. 13 Jul 1860, Rusk County, Texas (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	6 Dec 1837	San Augustine Land District, Texas   [2, 3]
  	FamilySearch.com marriage records show date of marriage as 6 Dec 1837, after the birth of their twin sons in March 1837. A transcription of family bible records on FindAGrave instead has the marriage as June 21, 1836. 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 that the eldest of four children born to William and Sarah Roberts was "Talitha Stevenson, who married James Stevenson." This couple was not located in the 1850 Sabine County, Texas census, and I have not yet located them on a search via Ancestry.com. They may have both died relatively young, as in 1860, three of their sons were living in Rusk County, Texas, with their uncle W. P. Roberts and his young son sharing their household. Per the Payne affidavit, Talitha was married only once, and at her death [in 1860] left seven children as follows: 1) W. R. Stevenson, now dead. 2) J. E. Stevenson who died in 1904 or 1905, leaving four children: a) S.A. Stevenson b) Winter E. Stevenson c) J.E. Stevenson, Jr. d) Stella Stevenson 3) J. D. Stevenson, who died in 1908, leaving five children: a) Wm. E. Stevenson b) H. F. Stevenson c) C. C. Stevenson d) R. E. Stevenson...wife of Conrad PATTON. e) J. P. Stevenson, Muskogee, Okla. 4) W. O. Stevenson, who died in 1895, leaving six children. a) May (Stevenson) Shelton b) Walter H. Stevenson c) Margaret Elizabethe (Stevenson) Worsham d) Richard E. Stevenson e) Condie Stevenson f) Genie Stevenson 5) W. C. Stevenson, who died in 1890, leaving the following children a) Carl M. Stevenson b) Walker W. Stevenson 6) T. T. Stevenson, Mountain View, California 7) J.B. Stevenson, Strattford, Calif. The above constitute the only heirs of Talitha Stevenson, who died in 1860. However, on the FindAGrave memorial page for Talitha's husban, Rev. James Porter Stevenson, a listing of 12 children is instead shown, based on pages copied from the Stevenson family Bible and the Baird family bible, contributed to FindAGrave by Cameron-Ashley Heath. It is likely several of these children died young, as not found on the 1850 or 1860 census. The list from the Bible was transcribed as follows: Rev. James Porter Stevenson had a total of 15 children. Tabitha Cumi Roberts, born Feb. 15, 1815. They married on June 21, 1836. Rev. James P. and Tabitha Cumi Roberts had 12 Children. Tabitha Stevenson died July 13, 1860. Twins: #1.John Emory & #2. William Roberts - March 15, 1837. #3. James Dryer - June 13, 1839. #4. Walter Overton - August 6, 1841. #5. Meritt (?) Sinclair Johnson - Dec. 9, 1863. #6. Walker (not sure middle name) - Feb. 8, 1846. #7. Robert Payne - May 11 or 14 (?), 1848. #8. Henry Bascom -Nov. 15, 1850. #9. Ellington Bedford - Jan. 21, 1852. #10. Thomas Turner - June 2, 1854. #11. Jessie Buckhannan - Nov. 16, 1857. #12. Charles Wesley - Born April 13, 1860. ********************************************* Rev. James Porter Stevenson married 2nd Lokey (Lochie) Sanders - Baird-Neely in Hunt County (?) Texas on December 29, 1862. Lokey already had several children from her 2 previous marriages. However, she and James had 3 additional children. #13. Lee Marshal Willison Stevenson - Nov. 15, 1863. #14. Hugh Madison Ellis Stevenson - April (?), 1865. #15. Sara Jane (Jennie) Stevenson - Dec. 4, 1867
  Family ID	F14269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 9 Dec 1843 - Louisiana Death - Bef 1850 - Louisiana  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), Memorial ID 33609786, Memorial for Rev. James Porter Stevenson, per transcription by Cameron-Ashley Heath of copied pages from the Stevenson and Baird family bibles. Shown as Merritt (?) Sinclair Johnson-Dec 9, 1863(sic) s/b 1843? (Reliability: 3). [S1985] . [S1721] FamilySearch.org, Texas County Marriage Index, 1837-1977.