James Jackson Trawick

1835 - 1899  (63 years)

• Name	James Jackson Trawick  [1, 2]
  Birth	2 Jun 1835	Carroll County, Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Apr 1899	Alma, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory   [1, 2]
  Burial	Alma Cemetery, Alma, Stephens County, Oklahoma   [2]
  Notes	Lynell Gentry notes that his headstone lists him as being age 64 at the time of the death in 1899, which would make his year of birth as 1835 instead of 1838. Ken Harvey writes that they lived in Searcy, Arkansas when their their two oldest children were born. Sometime before 1871, when daughter Elzada was born, they moved to Coffeyville, Kansas; perhaps as a result of railroad advertisements promoting Coffeyville and Independence as two large towns on the Border of the United States and the Indian Territory. The Homestead Act, enacted during the Civil War in 1862, provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land. Claimants were required to "improve" the plot by building a dwelling and cultivating the land. After 5 years on the land, the original filer was entitled to the property, free and clear, except for a small registration fee. Title could also be acquired after only a 6-month residency and trivial improvements, provided the claimant paid the government $1.25 per acre. After the Civil War, Union soldiers could deduct the time they had served from the residency requirements. This served to opened western lands to qualified citizens, the Indian Territory of Kansas and Oklahoma-home to more than three dozen tribes-was subject to a series of legal measures that reduced its extent. A new philosophy of assimilation favored bringing Native Americans into the United States as individual citizens, rather than allowing them lands and tribal sovereignty-a philosophy that conveniently left many acres open for settlement. However, these unassigned lands were not opened unitl 1889, and during the decades after the Homestead Act, settlers acting illegally forced the government's hand by squatting on Indian land. The Ingalls family, of Little House on the Prairie fame, was one of a group of white settlers who set up house on Osage lands in Kansas in the 1860s, before that tribe was removed (again) to Oklahoma. The Trawick family did not stay long in Coffeyville. Kenn Harvey noted that "after the Jayhawkers became active they moved back to Searcy, Arkansas." In the late 1870's the family moved westward again, this time to Texas. http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2014/11/25/history_of_western_settlement_railroad_advertisements_for_settlers_to_move.html Wise County, Texas Deeds (researched by Charles Strong, 1998) Vol 33, Page 192-July 1890 JJ and Elizabeth Trawick sold land to R.Z. Dunwiddie Vol 30, Page 446?-1894 Makes reference to Vol 33, Page 192 Initiated in Indian Territory Sounds as though the Trawicks moved to IT after the sale in 1890 but that the note wasn't paid and the deed file in Wise County until 1894 (Research): Census Listings: 1880 Census Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace J. J. TRAWICK Self M Male W 45 TN Farm L. E. TRAWICK Wife M Female W 34 MS Keeping House MS MS M. C. TRAWICK Dau S Female W 17 AR At Home W. H. TRAWICK Dau S Female W 13 AR At Home TN MS Elzadi TRAWICK Dau S Female W 9 KS At School George TRAWICK Son S Male W 7 AR At School TN MS Ida TRAWICK Dau S Female W 3 TX At Home S. M. TRAWICK Dau S Female W 1 TX At Home TN MS Tom AUTRY Son S Male W 28 TN Farmer TN TN Source Information: Census Place Precinct 6, Wise, Texas Family History Library Film 1255333 NA Film Number T9-1333 Page Number 224D
  Person ID	I6434	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2014

  
  

  Father	John Traywick, II,   b. Abt 1795, Wake County, North Carolina d. Abt 1848, Carroll County, Tennessee (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Diana Cook,   b. Abt 1803, North Carolina d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1832  [1]
  	Beverly Hudock says that from census information and from the History of Carroll County, TN she was able to conclude that John Traywick married Diana Cook (shown as Diannah on the 1850 census)
  Family ID	F3224	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Lucinda Adams,   b. 8 Feb 1845, Tishomingo County, Mississippi d. 7 Feb 1933, Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1863	Arkansas
  Children	1. Mary C. Trawick,   b. Jun 1862, Arkansas d. Abt 1960 (Age 97 years)   2. William Henry Trawick,   b. 8 Oct 1867, Arkansas d. 27 Jan 1934, Oklahoma (Age 66 years)   3. Elzada Trawick,   b. 6 Jan 1871, Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas d. 23 Jan 1951, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 80 years)   4. George Alford Trawick,   b. 20 Mar 1872, Searcy, White County, Arkansas d. 30 Jan 1959, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 86 years)   5. Ida Trawick,   b. Feb 1878, Texas d. 12 Oct 1948, Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma (Age 70 years)   6. Susan Marguerite Trawick,   b. 28 Apr 1879, Wise County, Texas d. 21 Mar 1963, Merkel, Taylor County, Texas (Age 83 years)   7. Thomas Andrew Trawick,   b. 1882, Texas d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F168	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Jun 1835 - Carroll County, Tennessee Marriage - Bef 1863 - Arkansas Death - 8 Apr 1899 - Alma, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Burial - - Alma Cemetery, Alma, Stephens County, Oklahoma  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Trawick, James Jackson

  
  

• Sources

  [S532] Cordell, Lynell Gentry-Family Researcher P.O. Box 1992 Duncan OK 73534-1992 Correspondence, Gedcom, Family Group Sheets, Email. [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.), # 17925421 (Reliability: 3).