Henry Strickland White, Sr

Abt 1812 - 1886  (~ 74 years)

• Name	Henry Strickland White  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	Abt 1812	Georgia   [2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Feb 1886	Sabine County, Texas   [5, 6, 10]
  Burial	Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas   [5]
  Notes	On the Sabine County 1854 Scholastic Census, H.S. White was shown as of household with five (5) children between the ages of 6 and 16 enrolled at School District No. 6. They were: Edward, Vardamenn, Mary, Hanibal, and Arrilla. Who was Arrilla, and who was her mother? Could this have been Hanzel, his daughter by Eliza Jones? Henry S and Mary E White (third wife) were among the 11 founding members of the First Baptist Church of Hemphill, all of whom gathered on the banks of the Housen Bayou, drawing up 12 articles of Faith and 24 articles of Decorum. Henry served as the clerk to the church, recording all church proceedings for a period of some 12 years (from 1858 to 1870), as a delegate to church conferences, and as the moderator of church proceedings. In November, 1868, he was ordained as a Deacon of the Church. The MINUTES 1858-1890 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HEMPHILL, TEXAS were transcribed and indexed by Di Ann Vick in 1982, and are available for purchase from both Ingmire Publications, 10166 Clairmont Dr St. Louis MO 63136 and Ericson Books 1614 Redbud St Nacogdoches, Texas 75961. In 1876, H S and Mary E White left the First Baptist Church and were among the founding members of the Antioch Baptist Church in the Gravel Hill Community of Sabine County. According to a plaque on the front of the Antioch Church, J. S. Lambert and J J Roundtree were the organizers. Other founding members included: George Conn, John Anderson, T.D. Burkhalter, John De Weese, L.W. Hoard, Hosie Baldree, Ann Mason, Sophie H. Wallace, Mrs. C.A. Hoard, C. Baldree Per the book "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" by White and Toole, "Henry S. White Sr. was Judge of Sabine County from 1869-1875, serving with Solomon Arthur. (They were called Chief Magistrates until the new State Constitution went into effect at the end of their term). Henry S. White was also a member of the Littleton Fowler Masonic Lodge. As the White Plantation lay just west of Hemphill, he was one of the last of the "Paderos" for the return of run-a-way slaves." I have been unable to locate a CSA service record for Henry. It is probable that he was considered too old for service, he was almost 50 at the outbreak of the war. His tombstone indicates he was a Mason. Note in the 1920 Sabine County, Texas federal census, there was a 50 year old mulatto farmer named Jesse White (#594-616). He noted that his father was born in Mississippi and his mother in Georgia. What is his relationship, if any, to the other White's in Sabine County, Texas? (Research): Census Listings: 1850 Census Louisiana, Sabine Parish 13 Sept 1850 305-307 Henry White 37 M Farmer 900 Ga Anne White 26 F Miss H J 13 M Miss Mary White 11 F Miss Will White 8 M Miss A. V. White 6 La Edward White 3 M La Jno. White 3/12 M La 1880 Census Texas, Sabine County, Pr. No 1 Page 15C and 16D SD 1 ED 85 Stemped 231\\ Enumerated 26 and 28 Jun 1880 155-156 White, Henry S. W M 68 Farmer Ga Va Ga White, Mary E W F 59 Wf Keeping House Miss Tn NC Wallace, Sophia W F 30 StpDtr Farm laborer Miss --- --- White, Eunice W F 28 Dtr Farm Laborer Tx --- --- White, Ann E W F 25 Dtr Farm Laborer Tx --- --- White, Ruth T W F 19 Dtr Farm Laborer Tx --- ---
  Person ID	I61	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2024

  
  

  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   [11]
  	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 1	Eliza Jones,   b. Bef 1820, Mississippi d. Aft 1840, Mississippi (Age ~ 21 years)
  Marriage	8 Jul 1836	Amite County, Mississippi   [2, 12]
  Children	1. Hannibal J. White,   b. Abt 1837, Mississippi d. Bef 1864, Virginia (Age ~ 26 years)   2. Hanzel White,   b. 1838, Mississippi d. Bef 1854 (Age 15 years)   3. Mary Eliza White,   b. Abt 1839, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F66	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

  Family 2	Ann Vardeman,   b. Abt 1824, Mississippi d. Aft 1852 (Age ~ 29 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1842	Mississippi   [12, 13]
  Children	1. William T White,   b. Abt 1842, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown   2. Amazia Vardeman "A. V." White,   b. 19 Jan 1845, Mississippi d. 22 Mar 1889, Sabine County, Texas (Age 44 years)   3. Edward James White,   b. Abt 1847, Louisiana d. Abt 1916, Texas (Age ~ 69 years)   4. John Henderson White,   b. Abt 1850, Louisiana d. Yes, date unknown   5. Eunice "Una" Carter White,   b. 7 Jun 1852, Texas d. 16 Jul 1925 (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F67	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

  Family 3	Mary Etta "Polly" Vardeman,   b. 22 Sep 1820, Mississippi d. 9 Nov 1898, Sabine County, Texas (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	Aft 1852	Sabine County, Texas   [3, 6, 14, 15, 16]
  Children	1. Ann Elizabeth White,   b. Aug 1854, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   2. Henry Strickland White, Jr,   b. 15 Apr 1857, Sabine County, Texas d. 2 Jul 1901, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age 44 years)   3. Rutha Triphene White,   b. 27 Dec 1859, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas d. 11 Jun 1939, Sabine County, Texas (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F65	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1812 - Georgia Marriage - 8 Jul 1836 - Amite County, Mississippi Marriage - Bef 1842 - Mississippi Marriage - Aft 1852 - Sabine County, Texas Death - 10 Feb 1886 - Sabine County, Texas Burial - - Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 61 (Reliability: 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). [S352] Schluter, Helen Gomer "1860 Census of Sabine County Texas with Civil War Records". [S431] Toole, Blanche "1870 Census Sabine County, Texas". [S65] McCary, Kay P. "Spring Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/. [S1305] Clark, John W. "Some Descendants of William Clark of Sabine County, Texas" (American Reference Publishing Co., Ste. 262-250, Ridgleas Bank Building, Fort Worth, Texas 76116, c. 1971), (This book was complied by John William Clark, 1023 Harris Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73107 in honor of William Clark...information was obtained from family records and interviews with relatives having first hand knowledge of the facts; census records of South Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas; cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions; library books in Oklahoma City, Dallas, Austin, Hemphill, Lufkin and Nacogdoches, and letters from many interested people all over the country willing to help and be helped. A copy of this book was found by Trudy Cox at the Abilene Christina Unversity Brown Library and xeroxed by her, and a copy sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas.), p. 45 (Reliability: 3). [S352] Schluter, Helen Gomer "1860 Census of Sabine County Texas with Civil War Records", He is listed as age 48, born in Mississippi (sic). (Reliability: 3). [S431] Toole, Blanche "1870 Census Sabine County, Texas", He is listed as age 57, born in Georgia. (Reliability: 3). [S430] Toole & Speights "1880 Population Census Sabine County, Texas", He is listed as age 68, born in Georgia. (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). [S540] Cox, Trudy-Family Researcher, San Jose, CA (Family Group Sheets submitted to STRICKLAND SCENE). [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972. [S220] Minutes 1858-1890 First Baptist Church Hemphill, Texas Transcribed by Di Ann Vick, Ericson Books, 1982. [S349] Schluter & Toole, "1850 Sabine County, Texas Census with Added Family Information and Corrections" c. 1979. [S430] Toole & Speights "1880 Population Census Sabine County, Texas".