Elizabeth Strickland

Abt 1795 - 1864  (~ 69 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Strickland  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	Abt 1795	Elbert County, Georgia   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	25 Dec 1864	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas   [5]
  Burial	Travis Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas
  Notes	From the JERUSALEM CHURCH CHURCH BOOK, Mississippi Territory of Amite, 29 Feb 1812 This church was located near the present town of Gillsburg. Organized 29 Feb 1812, when Mississippi was Indian Territory. The transcription is courtesy of Mrs. Alva McEwen, McComb, Mississippi. Nov 1836: Received by experience, Elizabeth White Oct 1837: Elizabeth White, Pernecia Travis baptized Apr 1842: Members included: Elizabeth White, Emily and Patsy Strickland, Rutha White, Henry Strickland, Elizabeth White (dec'd), Polly (Mary) Travis, William Travis, Nancy Travis, John Travis, John Travis, Sr., Nancy Travis, Mary Travis Elizabeth Strickland White and 10 others founded the regular Baptist Church of Jesus Christ on the banks of the Housen Bayou on May 29, 1858. This later became known as the First Baptist Church of Hemphill. Elizabeth joined by letter from the Jerusalem Church in Amite County, Mississippi. The other founding members were Richard and Ruth Travis, Henry S and Mary Etta White, Simon and Mary Ann Beckcom, John and Sophronia Everett, and Cannon and Sophronia Travis. Elizabeth's husband, Edward, did not become a member of this church, founded by his wife and several of his children, until over six years had passed. He then joined on a profession of faith and Baptism in June 1864. According to the minutes of June 25, 1864, "Confarence was adjorned for the Church to meete at Father E Whites at 4 oclock for the purpos of hearing what the Lord had don for his precious sole, after hearing of his Experiance it was moved that Father E White be Received in Christian fellowship." This experience must have caused him to evangelize, because on July 23d, 1865, "after preching, the privelege of the Church was Extended when too Servint Girls came forward, Amy belongin to Edward White & Charitee also belonging to Edward White. after hearing ther Experience was Received the church and then adjorned to the water" By September, 1865, Father E. White was Moderator of the Conference, though it appears he gave up this reponsibility quickly. He was replaced by Pastor John L Mills in October of 1865. His faith apparently never wavered as it was noted that he "Dyed Jan 13th 1871 in the Faith."
  Person ID	I64	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	9 May 2020

  
  

  Father	Henry Strickland,   b. Abt 1766, North Carolina d. 6 Feb 1817, Madison County, Georgia (Age ~ 51 years)
  Mother	Ruth Thompson,   b. Abt 1763   d. Abt 1860, Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana (Age ~ 97 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1787	Georgia   [4]
  Family ID	F71	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edward White,   b. Abt 1781, Virginia d. 13 Jan 1871, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age ~ 90 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.
  Children	1. Henry Strickland White, Sr,   b. Abt 1812, Georgia d. 10 Feb 1886, Sabine County, Texas (Age ~ 74 years)   2. Mary White,   b. Abt 1815, Madison County, Georgia d. Abt 1842, Mississippi (Age ~ 27 years)   3. Nancy White,   b. Bef 1818, Amite County, Mississippi d. Oct 1848, Amite County, Mississippi (Age ~ 30 years)   4. John Ragan White,   b. 9 Mar 1819, Mississippi d. 12 Jun 1894 (Age 75 years)   5. Rutha Caroline White,   b. Abt 1822, Mississippi bur. Travis Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas   6. Elizabeth Jane White,   b. 1 May 1825, Amite County, Mississippi d. 19 May 1899, Sabine County, Texas (Age 74 years)   7. James White,   b. 1 Mar 1826, Mississippi d. Bef 1858 (Age 31 years)   8. Theodosia S. White,   b. 8 Nov 1830, Mississippi d. 13 Apr 1901, Pike County, Mississippi (Age 70 years)   9. Sophronia Pauline White,   b. Nov 1833, Amite County, Mississippi d. 15 Jun 1915, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age ~ 81 years)   10. William Thompson White,   b. 15 Jun 1838, Amite County, Mississippi d. 9 Dec 1927, Rapides Parish, Louisiana (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F68	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 May 2020

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1795 - Elbert County, Georgia Marriage - Aft 1809 - Elbert County, Georgia Death - 25 Dec 1864 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Burial - - Travis Cemetery, 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 41, 58, 61 (Reliability: 3). [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.). [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). [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 58 (Reliability: 3). [S220] Minutes 1858-1890 First Baptist Church Hemphill, Texas Transcribed by Di Ann Vick, Ericson Books, 1982.