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James White

Male 1826 - Bef 1858  (31 years)


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  • Name James White  [1, 2
    Birth 1 Mar 1826  Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1871, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 90 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Strickland,   b. Abt 1795, Elbert County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1864, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Marriage Aft 1809  Elbert County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft Jun 1860 (Age 30 years) 
    Marriage 29 Oct 1846  Sabine Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Children 
     1. Mary Elizabeth Sophronie White,   b. Between 1848 and 1854, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Aug 1921, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 73 years)
     2. Theodocia J. White,   b. Apr 1849, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Drucilla Cordelia White,   b. 8 Jul 1850, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1909, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (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
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1 Mar 1826 - Mississippi Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 29 Oct 1846 - Sabine Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S349] Schluter & Toole, "1850 Sabine County, Texas Census with Added Family Information and Corrections" c. 1979.

    2. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 67 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S282] Pickett, Tony--Family Researcher (abpickett@aol.com).

    4. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 58 (Reliability: 3).