Ancestors of Donald Louis Giddens

First Generation

1. Donald Louis Giddens [21985],¹ son of Pfc. Elmer Daulton Giddens "Blue" of Odessa [20560] and Louis Savonne Cox "Bay" [13415], was born on 23 Feb 1941 in Lamesa, Dawson, Texas and was christened on 10 Mar 1950 in First Baptist, Denver City, Yoakum, TX. Another name for Donald is Don.

Biography: 1941, TX Dawson County, Lamesa. We lived in a shack on the D. L. Adcock place near O'Donnell. D. L. Adcock was my father's first cousin.

Second Generation (Parents)

2. Pfc. Elmer Daulton Giddens "Blue" of Odessa [20560],² son of Mayes Elmer Giddens "M. E." [20559] and Maude Nevada Gilliam Tx Grayson [20558], was born on 1 Feb 1916 in TX Coleman County, Goldsboro, died on 25 Aug 1981 in TX Ector County, Odessa at age 65, and was buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Another name for Elmer was Blue Giddens.

Biography.¹ WWII Co B 138th Engineer C Bn

Was awarded two Bronze stars and a Good Conduct Medal

for service in Germany.

Crossed the ocean in the "Queen Mary"

Elmer married Louis Savonne Cox "Bay" [13415]² [MRIN: 5515] on 7 Nov 1937 in O'brien, Haskell, TX by Rev. Woodrow Adcock, cousin. The marriage ended in divorce on 11 Jun 1970.

Children from this marriage were:

i. Samuel Daulton Giddens "Sam" [22210] was born on 12 Nov 1938 in Rochester, Haskell, Texas.

1 ii. Donald Louis Giddens [21985]

iii. Glenda Jane Giddens "Janie" [13411] was born on 11 Jul 1943 in TX Knox County, Knox City.

iv. Leonard Lee Giddens "Doc" [13412] was born on 12 Jul 1944 in TX Jones County, Stamford.

v. Michael Lynn Giddens "Mike" [22211] was born on 3 Oct 1946 in NM Roosevelt County, Portales.

vi. Dorothy Jean Giddens [22911] was born on 22 May 1950 in Denver City, Yoakum, TX.

Elmer next married May Dean Goodner [3917] [MRIN: 73] on 3 Feb 1971 in TX Ector County, Odessa.³

3. Louis Savonne Cox "Bay" [13415],² daughter of Thomas Samuel Cox "Sam" [2] and Mary Mobeetie Lindsey "Beetie" [23], was born on 26 Jul 1919 in TX Mills County, Goldthwaite and was christened in 1928 in TX Jones County, Stamford- By Sam Morris, Famous Preacher.

Religion: : Baptist.

FYI.⁴ Mills County (H-15) is in central Texas, bordered on the north by Comanche County, on the east by Hamilton County, on the south by San Saba and Lampasas counties, and on the west by Brown County. In 1887 the Texas state legislature carved Mills County from lands formerly assigned to Brown, Comanche, Hamilton, and Lampasas counties. Goldthwaite (1990 population: 1,658), the county seat, contains the county's hospital, light manufacturing businesses, and serves as a livestock center.

Autobiographical note.⁵ The Great Depression- by Savonne Giddens, 5/23/1992

The Depression was when you only had clabbered milk for supper, and you got out early in the morning to gather lamb's quarters

for dinner. Dinner was the noon meal- lamb's quarter is a weed. You cook it like turnip greens. Most of the time this was eaten wtih water cornbread. Depression was when the whole family pulled bowls cotton for 35 cents a hundred pounds of cotton. You coasted down all hills to save gas. It was having a coal oil lamp, and buying the oil in you own tin can, putting a potato in the spout for a stopper, cooking on an old wood stove that was missing one leg and waas propped up with bricks. Making all the bed sheets, shirts, and underwear for the entire family out of feed sacks. Little boys pants out of the backs of their dad's old worn-out pants legs. Making towels out of worn-out cotton sacks, and ironing on those old sad irons. Boy, that was sure a good name for them.

Men wore bib overhauls to church and ties. Woman rolled their hair on rags. Lye soap was shampoo.

And everyone has heard about out houses and Sears-Roebuck catalogs. Syrup buckets for lunch boxes, cold biscuits, walk three miles to school...Well, it happened. Then, after that came stupidity. Ask me about that.

Chronological Memories:

I asked Mom in 2002 to tell me what she remembered about each year of her life:

Here's what she said-

1919

1920 age 1

1921 age 2

1922 age 3- Carline born. Papa worked for a Mr. Crow.

1923 age 4-

1924 age 5 Lived on the Nail Ranch near Albany, TX

1925 age 6 pulled cotton boles. Papa paid a nickle a 100 lbs.

1926 age 7 Momma locked Glen in the toilet

1927 age 8 Papa and Lindsey bedridden with rheumatism

People from the church brought groceries.

Lindsey broke into the church and drew a picture of his girlfriend on the board.

Started to school at Big Springs Community a little town near Waco, TX. Had a teacher named Green.

1928 age 9 Lived at Post Community. Papa led the singing at the church. Momma did too, when she was a kid. Mr. West wore a white shirt and overalls to church. When he prayed he said, "Dear Lord, bless them that tis here, and them that ta'int."

Mrs. Coker locked her husband in the cellar for getting drunk. Fed him through the door. When she lt him out he left home.

1929 age 10 Lived at Berryhill Community, east of Leuders, across the street from the Cokers. Played in a two room house with Morgan and Eulla. The boys would scare us.

1930 age 11 Lived at Berryhill. The mail man came to the house and told Momma to stop reusing postage stamps. They cost a nickle.

1931 age 12

1932 age 13 Birthday on the farm between Stamford and Albany.

Papa raised cotton. We went to O'Brien, TX to pick cotton.

1933 age 14 Met Blue (Elmer Daulton Giddens) in Post Community. I was in a play at school with R. B. I was "Jane" in a three act play. Blue and James Adcock, his cousin, both said, "That's the woman I'm going to marry! James Adcock gave me a diamond. We sat down to eat and I blushed all the time.

I dated Pennys Stanford. He had a sister named Odessa.

She played the piano at the show. He married Freddie Lee's cousin.

1934 age 15 Brother (Lindsey Cox) and Audies Coker went to Detroit, Mich to buy new cars. The Cokers were- Tommy, Morgan, Thelma, Julia (married Lindsey Cox,), Mary Alice and Audie.

1935 age 16 Started to get married to Blue. We lived at Post near Paint Creek by Stamford. We rode the school bus to Paint Creek. One boy played with the neck of a balloon that was blowing in his nose. Jim "Hog" Faucett. 6'7"

1936 age 17 They made '36 Fords. We lived on a farm half way between Paint Creek and Stamford, TX.

1937 age 18. Got married at O'Brien November 7.

1938 age 19 Snowstorm in July. Snow was on the ground for 3 weeks. Lived at Rochester, TX

Fact: Two Little Children. TWO LITTLE CHILDREN Sung by: Mrs. Russell Vaughan Recorded in Memphis, TN Click here to listen to the original recording <vaughantwo1252.mp3> (Mrs. Vaughan: “This is one of my favorites. It's kind of sad, but my children always liked it, and I liked it too. The name of it is, 'Two Little Children'.”) Two little children, a boy and a girl, Sat by an old church door. The girl's little hands were as brown as the curls That played on the dress that she wore. The boy's coat was faded, and hatless his head, And the tears shone in each little eye. “Why don't you run home to your Mama?” I said, And this was the maiden's reply: “Mama's in Heaven; they took her away, Left Jim and I alone. We came here to sleep at the close of the day, For we have no Mama nor home. “Papa got lost out at sea long ago, And we waited all night on the shore, But he was the lifesaving captain, you know, And he never came back anymore. “Mama got sick; angels took her away. She's gone to that home of delight. 'The angels are coming, my darlings,' she said, 'Perhaps they will be here tonight.' “Mama's in heaven; they took her away, Left Jim and I alone. We came here to sleep at the close of the day, For we have no Mama nor home.” The sexton came early to ring the church bell, And he found them beneath the snow white. Together they died in the cold there alone, But their souls were with Mama that night. Also found in Brown, Vol. II, #150.

All Songs Recorded by John Quincy Wolf, Jr., unless otherwise noted The John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection Lyon College <http://www.lyon.edu>, Batesville, Arkansas Back to the Song Index <songs.html> Back to the Wolf Collection Homepage <../index.html> ©Copyright 2002 Lyon College

Louis married Pfc. Elmer Daulton Giddens "Blue" of Odessa [20560]² [MRIN: 5515] on 7 Nov 1937 in O'brien, Haskell, TX by Rev. Woodrow Adcock, cousin. The marriage ended in divorce on 11 Jun 1970.

Louis next married Burton Cleburn Anderson [168] [MRIN: 10017], son of George Cleburne Anderson [1028] and Lena Barnes [1029], on 1 Mar 1971 in Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas. The marriage ended in divorce on 10 Nov 1986.

Third Generation (Grandparents)

4. Mayes Elmer Giddens "M. E." [20559],² son of Ms Tx Thomas Solitaire Giddens "Toby" "Bud Tommie" [12240] and Ada Elizabeth Mayes of Al Greene County [12243], was born on 7 Sep 1886 in MS Madison County, Decatur, died on 28 Mar 1950 in TX Hockley County, Levelland at age 63, and was buried in Price Cemetery, Levelland, TX.

Biographical note.⁶ M. E. and Maude Giddens always had a couple of homeless people living with them. Note the 1930 census.

Mayes married Maude Nevada Gilliam Tx Grayson [20558]² [MRIN: 8669] on 15 Oct 1911 in Brownwood (Brown) TX.

Children from this marriage were:

i. Ada Harriet Giddens of House NM [3884] was born on 15 Jul 1912 in Brownwood, Brown, TX, died on 14 Aug 1980 in Clovis, NM at age 68, and was buried in House, NM.

2 ii. Pfc. Elmer Daulton Giddens "Blue" of Odessa [20560]

iii. Minnie Eargle Giddens "M. E." of Abilene/Dimmitt [3885] was born on 7 May 1914 in Brownwood, Brown, TX, died on 17 Feb 1999 in Dimmitt, Castro, TX at age 84, and was buried in Abilene, Taylor, TX.

iv. Sgt Wilmer Thomas Giddens WWII [3889] was born on 28 Mar 1918 in Laredo, Webb, TX, died on 5 Jul 1997 in Littlefield, Lamb, TX at age 79, and was buried in Price Cemetery, Levelland, TX.

v. Arthur Edwin Giddens WWII [3888] was born on 28 Jun 1920 in Haskell, Haskell, TX, died on 26 Sep 2004 in Abilene, Taylor, TX at age 84, and was buried in Knox, City, TX.

vi. George Ray Giddens of Odessa [3891] was born on 22 Feb 1922 in Haskell, Haskell, TX, died on 27 Apr 1993 in Odessa (Ector) TX at age 71, and was buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens.

vii. Beryl Laverne Giddens [3890] was born on 1 Jan 1925 in Haskell, Haskell, TX, died on 22 Jan 2004 in TX Shackelford County, Albany at age 79, and was buried in Breckenridge TX Cemetery.

viii. Bobby O'Neal Giddens of Odessa [3887] was born on 17 Jan 1927 in Rochester, Haskell, TX, died on 7 Nov 2003 in Odessa, Ector, TX at age 76, and was buried in Sundown Cemetery.

ix. Teddy Egan Giddens [3892] was born on 24 Sep 1928 and died on 23 Nov 1929 in Rochester, TX maybe at age 1.

x. Ella Mae Giddens of Sundown [3886] was born on 11 Feb 1932 in Haskell, Haskell, TX.

5. Maude Nevada Gilliam Tx Grayson [20558],² daughter of George Rufus Gilliam of Tn Rhea County [20149] and Harriet Didymus Holloway of Tn Rhea County [20150], was born on 26 Sep 1892 in TX Fannin County, (Grayson) Savoy, died on 30 Mar 1979 in Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas⁷ at age 86, and was buried in Price Cemetery, Levelland, TX.

Biographical note: 2003, Greenville, TX.¹ Our grandmother, whom the "Blue" Giddens' kids called, "Ma",

was a sweet-dispositioned person. I never heard her raise her voice.

"Ma' gave all her grandchildren a Christmas present, even though she would be called "low-income" nowadays. The boys got a sack of marbles, the girls, "paper-dolls", I think. That was a good Christmas in those days.

I have since lost all my marbles, but hope to find them all eventually.

Every once in a while I find one in the yard, and think of my grandmother.

They say she was red-headed and freckle-faced when she was young.

She weighed around 90 pounds when she was married, but grew to about twice that; and so have we all.

I loved going to her house when we lived in Sundown because she would always take time to talk to me. She was also a blessing to me when I was a teenager, and she lived with us briefly in Odessa.

Religion. Methodist.

FYI.⁴ In 1873 a post office opened; also in the 1870s the Savoy Male and Female College began operations and the Texas and Pacific Railway extended its tracks through the community. By that time Savoy had twenty-five businesses, including several cotton gins, four dry-goods stores, two steam gristmills, two hotels, and a hardware store. On the eve of World War Iqv Savoy had some twenty-seven businesses, including a bank and a weekly newspaper; by the end of World War IIqv it had thirteen businesses...

Maude married Mayes Elmer Giddens "M. E." [20559]² [MRIN: 8669] on 15 Oct 1911 in Brownwood (Brown) TX.

6. Thomas Samuel Cox "Sam" [2], son of Jesse Thomas Cox "Tom" [1] and Amanda Theresa Sanders of Albany, TX [19], was born on 22 May 1883 in TX Llano County, Tow Valley, died on 19 Dec 1960 in TX Taylor County, Abilene⁸ at age 77, and was buried on 21 Dec 1960 in TX Shackelford County, Albany.

General Notes: Letter from Papa Cox to us Giddenses when my dad was in WWII.

As he wrote it...

Addressed to Mrs. E. D. Giddens

General delivery

Hereford, Texas 5/25/1944

Stamford, Satday 20 at night 1944 Texas

Dear Bay Sambous Donn and little

sister don't gess you think I

ever think of you all but I do and hope

that God will take care of my children

more than maby you think because

they was all good kids one as thottur

We are all well at this time wheat will

make 10 or 15 to the akres 100/.50 akers maze

up will start planting cotton Monday

well Sam ole Joe came back and 6 or 7

days but he is in Stamford now when

come back we will go and get him and

take (...?)

Do you ever see that Knetth. gess

he is mad at me he won't write any more

Send me Blue's address I want to write to him

I hope you take care of yourself, Bay

and don't weary too much this will

soon be over befor long

Love to all your dad

T. S. Cox

Medical Notes: Parkinson's disease

Illness. When Papa Cox was about 55 he was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. This caused his right hand to tremble, but did not progress worse than that.

FYI. Tow is on Farm Road 2241 and the western shore of Lake Buchanan, twenty miles northeast of Llano in northeastern Llano County. When William Tow arrived with his family in 1853, he named the nearby area in which he settled Tow Valley. The Handbook of Texas Online is a joint project of The General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas State Historical Association.

Llano County (I-15), in Central Texas, is bounded on the north by San Saba County, on the east by Burnet County, on the south by Gillespie County, and on the west by Mason County. Llano County was organized in 1856 after the Texas legislature formed the county from the Bexar District and Gillespie County. Communities in the county include Llano, the county seat (1990 population, 2,962), Kingsland (2,725), Horseshoe Bay (1,222 in Llano County, partly in Burnet County), and Sunrise Beach (497).

Occupation: : Stamford/Haskell, TX.¹ Sam and Beetie Cox were sharecroppers. He also worked on the Swenson Ranch or SMS as a cowboy in his earlier years, I think.

Fact.¹ "Papa" and "Grandmother" were 18th cousins because each had the same 19th great-grandparents, Alexander Fitzwalter, High Steward of Scotland who lived 1214-1283 in Scotland.

Census: 1890.

Census: 1900.

Census: 1910.

Census: 1920, TX MIlls, Goldthwaite.

Census: 1930, TX Shackelford County, Albany.

Memories of Sam COX: 2002, TX. Papa Cox, my grandfather, was a member of the First Baptist Church of Albany, TX, where he served as Sunday School Superintendent. My grandmother "Beetie" Cox served as Adult Sunday School teacher there for many years. They were strong Christians. Both of them prayed for me personally before they died, as I'm sure they prayed for all their grandchildren.

My best memory of Papa Cox is hearing him pray in church. He wept when he cried out to God.

Papa and Grandmother were share-croppers between Stamford and Haskell.

"Papa"'s dream was to build a rescure mission in Albany, a dream he was never able to realize.

Don Giddens, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Blanding, UT, 2002.

Kinship report: 2004, Greenville, TX.¹ T. S. "Papa" Cox probably heard how many Kings and Queens his in-law Lindsays were kin to: but he probably never knew those to whom he could claim some kin-

Namely-

President Zachary Taylor* was his 3rd cousin twice removed,

CSA President Jefferson Davis was the husband of his 4th cousin,

Dr. Daniel Cocke, Physician to the Queen MAYBE his 5th great-grandfather -or- MAYBE the cousin of his 5th great-gandfather sent out ships that claimed much of the future America for the Queen.

Papa's sister-in-law was the granddaughter of the founder of Dallas, TX. ,John Neely Bryan; (this was the only tidbit of information we always bragged about when we were kids)

other than we were kin to Buck Jones (which we were not)

His 7th great-grandparents, William Armistead and Ann (Ellis) Armistead were the grandparents of TWO United States Presidents- the Harrisons, Benjamin and William Henry,

President William Henry Harrison was his 4th cousin,

President Benjamin Harrison was his 6th cousin.

Most importantly, the Coxes were strong, enthusiastic Christians.

*Zachary Taylor was his cousin as follows:

Thomas Samuel Cox (1883-1960) was the grandson of Josias Hardin Sanders (1829-ca 1865) son of Abby Robbins who married

Rev. John Sa(u)nders , a pioneer Baptist preacher of Georgia;

Josias Hardin Sa(u)nders was the great- grandson of

the Smothers-Dabneys who were the great-grandparents of Zachary Taylor who was the father-in-law of Jefferson Davis.

Fact: 2005, Greenville, TX.¹ Thomas Samuel Cox, in particular through the COX lines, was kin to the following:

President Zachary Taylor- 2nd cousin 3 times removed

President William Henry Harrison- 4th cousin 3 times removed

President Benjamin Harrison- 6th cousin once removed

President Jefferson Davis, CSA- husband of 3rd cousin twice removed

Grandfather- Josias HARDIN Sanders, KIA, Civil War

Great-grandfather- Pastor John Sanders, Baptist

2nd great-grandfather- Pastor Moses Saunders RWS, Baptist

2nd great-grandfather- Captain John Hudgins RWS

2nd great-grandfather- Jesse Ellis, RWS

3rd great-grandfather- Howell Freeman, RWS

4th great-grandfather- Daniel Cox, Esquire- owned all of NJ and most of NC

4th great-grandfather- Captain John Robbins

5th great-grandfather- Dr. Daniel Cox, Physician to the Queen- financed the exploration of America from NJ to NM- claiming it all for the Queen

5th great-grandfather- Colonel William Byrd

5th great-grandfather- Captain Thomas Massie, House of Burgesses

5th great grandmother- Catherine Armistead

5th great-grandfather- Colonel Robert Beverly

5th great-grandfather- Matthew Rushing, a persecuted Protestant

6th great-grandfather- William Armistead- ancestor of two US Presidents- the Harrisons

6th great-grandfather- LT. Simon Dolor Davis

6th great-grandmother- Ann E. Ellis, grandmother of two US Presidents- Harrison

6th great-grandfather- Colonel Warham Horsemandin

6th great-grand uncle- General Edward Massie

6th great-grandfather- Rev. David Saunders, Baptist

7th great-grandfather- Captain Thomas Stegge

7th great-grandfather- Captain Dolor Davis

7th great-grandfather- Earl Anthony Ashley Cooper

7th great-grandfather- Anthony Armistead

7th great-grandfather- Major William Hancock

7th great-grandfather- Randall Holt of Hogg Island

7th great-grandfather- Rev. Horsemandin, D. D. - Rector of Kent

7th great-grandfather- Esquire John Massie of Coddington

1st cousin 6 times removed- General Nathaniel Massie

8th great-grandfather- Roger Armistead

8th great-grandfather- Ichabod Davis

8th great-grandfather- Esquire Richard Grovesnor of Eaton

8th great-grandfather- Rev. Richard Horsemandin

9th great-grandfather- Sir Richard Brooke, Bart of Norton

9th great-grandfather- Sir John Cox, Royal Navy

9th great-grandfather- Colonel Bridges Freeman

9th great-grandfather- Sir John Saunders

10th great-grandfather- Henry Hudson, the Navigator

10th great-grandfather- Rev. Joseph Josias Hull, Puritan

10th great-grandmother- Annabel Buchanan

11th great-grandfather -Patrick Buchanan

11th great-grandfather- Esquire Edward Massie of Larton

13th great-grandfather- Sir Knight Walter Stewart

14th great-grandffather- Duke Murdoch Stewart

15th great-grandfather- Sir Maurice Buchanan

15th great-grandfather Prince Robert Stewart

16th great-grandfather- Sir Maurice Buchanan, Sr.

16th great-grandfather- King Robert II Stewart

17th great-grandmother- Princess Margaret Bruce

17th great-grandfather Sir Knight Walter Stewart III

18th great-grandmother- Queen Isabel Matilda de Mar of Scotland

18th great-grandfather- King Robert VIII de Bruce

18th great-grandfather- Lord James Stewart

19th great-grandfather- Earl Robert VII de Bruce

19th great-grandfather- Alexander Fitzwalter, High Stewart of Scotland

20th great-grandfather- Neil, Earl of Carrick, Regent of Scotland

20th great- grandfather-Baron Robert de Bruce "The Competitor"

20th great grandfather- Walter Fitzalan, High Stewart

21st great-grandfather- Alan de Heslin- 2nd Great Stewart

21st great-grandfather- Earl Duncan de Carrick

22nd great-grandfather- Walter Fitzalan 1, First Great Stewart

22nd great-grandfather- Walter de Heslin, Great Stewart

22nd great-grandfather- Baron William de Bruce

22nd great grandfather- Earl Gilbride de Angus

23rd great-grandfather- Baron Alan de Heslin

23rd great-grandfather- Lord Wm. Fitzalan

23rd great-grandfather- Earl Dufugan de Angus

24th great-grandfather- Sheriff Alan Fitzlaad

24th great-grandmother- Queen Matilda , Countess of Flanders

25th great-grandfather- Baudoin, Count of Flanders

25th great-grandfather- Robert, Duke of Normandy

26th great-grandfather- Baudoin the Bearded, Count of Flanders

26th great-grandfather- Count Alan de Dol

26th great-grandfather- Richard, Duke of Normandy

27th great-grandfather- Duke Eudo de Bretagne

27th great-grandfather- Richard the Fearless, Duke of Normandy

27th great-grandfather- Arnold the Young, Count of Flanders

28th great-grandfather- Baudoin the Third, Count of Flanders

28th great-grandfather- William the First, "Longsword" Duke of Normandy,

29th great-grandfather- Arnold the First, Count of Flanders

29th great-grandfather- Rollo, Duke of Normandy

31st great-grandfather- Baudoin , "Iron Arm" Count of Flanders

31st great-grandmother- Judith, Princess of the West Franks

32nd great-grandfather- Odoscer, Count of Harlbec

32nd great-grandfather- Charles the Bald, Roman Emperor

33rd great-grandmother- Ermigard, Queen of France

33rd great-grandfather- Engleran, Count of Harlbec

33rd great-grandfather- Louis I, Roman Emperor

34th great-gradnfather- Liderie, Count of Harlbec

34th great-grandfather- Charlemagne, Roman Emperor

35th great-grandfather- Pepin the Short, King of the Franks

36th great-grandfather- Charles Martel

39th great-grandfather- Saint Arnulfus

42nd great-grandfather- Munderic, Lord of Vitrey

43rd great-grandfather- Cloderic, King of Cologne

44th great-grandfather- Siegburt, King of Cologne

Compiled by Don Giddens- 2005.

Thomas married Mary Mobeetie Lindsey "Beetie" [23] [MRIN: 25] on 24 Mar 1907 in TX Mills County, Goldthwaite- by Rev. Templin.

Children from this marriage were:

i. "Lindsey" Thomas Lindsey Cox [34] was born on 16 Feb 1908 in TX Mills County, Goldthwaite, died on 24 Jul 1969 in TX Haskell, Haskell⁷ at age 61, and was buried in TX Haskell, Haskell.

ii. Sammye Walter Elizabeth Cox "Sammye" [38] was born on 28 May 1909 in TX Mills County, Goldthwaite, died on 3 Oct 1997 in TX Shackelford County, Albany at age 88, and was buried in TX Shackelford County, Albany.

iii. "Imogene" Mary Imogene Cox of Abilene [35] was born on 20 Apr 1911 in TX Mills County, Goldthwaite, died on 8 Dec 1997 in TX Taylor County, Abilene at age 86, and was buried in TX Shackelford County, Albany.

3 iv. Louis Savonne Cox "Bay" [13415]

v. Minnie Carline Cox "Carline" [36] was born on 13 Nov 1922 in TX Shackelford County, Albany.

vi. Glenn Watson Cox WWII [37] was born on 2 Oct 1924 in TX Dawson, Patricia, died on 9 Feb 2001 in TX Haskell, Haskell at age 76, and was buried in Haskell, Haskell, TX.

7. Mary Mobeetie Lindsey "Beetie" [23], daughter of Charles William Lindsey of TX Parker County [298] and Harriet Elizabeth Lewis of San Saba Texas [299], was born on 5 Sep 1887 in TX San Saba County, San Saba, died on 23 Sep 1954 in Stamford, Jones, Texas at age 67, and was buried in TX Shackelford County, Albany.

Religion: : First Baptist Church Of Albany.

Biographical note.¹ Grandmother Cox loved to make dolls to give away. She prayed for, and also corresponded with missionaries all over the world. She also wrote poems. I can remember her singing "Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown?"

FYI.⁴ San Saba, the county seat of San Saba County, is on U.S. Highway 190 eighty-seven miles northwest of Austin in eastern San Saba County. When the county was organized a year later, San Saba won election as the county seat. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Alma Ward Hamrick, The Call of the San Saba: A History of San Saba County (San Antonio: Naylor, 1941; 2d ed., Austin: Jenkins, 1969).

Name. Grandmother Cox was named after the town Mobeetie, TX that burned the day she was born.

Illness: 1949.⁸ adenocarcinoma rt breast grade 3

Mary married Thomas Samuel Cox "Sam" [2] [MRIN: 25] on 24 Mar 1907 in TX Mills County, Goldthwaite- by Rev. Templin.

Fourth Generation (Great-Grandparents)

8. Ms Tx Thomas Solitaire Giddens "Toby" "Bud Tommie" [12240],² son of Ga Ms James Thomas Giddens Rr Engineer [12943] and Martha Jane Paul of Ga Henry County [13895], was born on 9 Jun 1857 in GA (NC According To 1860-70 Census MS), was christened in 1890 in 105 S. 4Th Waco, TX Shoemaker,⁹ died on 30 Apr 1935 in TX Harris County, Houston at age 77, and was buried in TX Lavaca County, Yoakum.

note of Jms T Giddens: 10 Jul 1855, GA Atlanta. so, Thomas S. 's dad was in Atlanta then.

Census records say Thomas S. was born in 1857 in NC.

Then, James T. died in Canton MS 1858.

Perhaps he was in NC in 1857 as a RR engineer.

Fact: 1858, MS Madison County, Canton. Thomas Solitaire Giddens was sixteen months old when his father died of yellow fever.

Health. T. S. Giddens was born with a club foot. He walked with a cane or crutches.

According to a letter written to his half-sister in 1938, he also had trouble with his ears. His son, M. E. Giddens was almost deaf.

Severall of M. E. Giddens' children have been almost deaf or totally deaf when they reached their old age.

Census: 1860, MS Madison County, Canton. with Deputy Sheriff William J.Taylor and Martha J. (Paul) Giddens Taylor

Census: 1870, MS Madison County, Canton. By The 1870 CENSUS Thomas Solitaire Giddens, thirteen, was on his own. He said that he raised himself on the Mississippi.

Census: 1880, MS Newton County, Decatur. Giddens, T. S. 23 M W Farming SC (all other censuses say NC)

parents GA GA

Giddens, Ada (wife) 23 F W AL

parents AL AL

Census: 1890.

Census: 1900.

Census: 1910.

Census: 1920, TX Jones, Stamford.

Census: 1930.

Thomas married Ada Elizabeth Mayes of Al Greene County [12243]² [MRIN: 5216] on 20 Feb 1880 in MS Newton County, Decatur.

Children from this marriage were:

i. Martha Ella Giddens Schoolteacher [5050] was born on 16 Jan 1881 in Decatur, Madison, MS, died on 2 Aug 1959 in Houston, Harris, TX at age 78, and was buried in Yoakum, Lavaca, TX Yoakum Cemetery.

ii. Jessie Ada Giddens [5051] was born on 13 Oct 1882 in Decatur, Madison, MS and died in 1973 in TX Dawson County, Lamesa at age 91.

iii. Minnie Coit Giddens [5052] was born in 1885 in MS, died in 1969 in TX Ector County, Odessa at age 84, and was buried in Laredo Cemetery, Laredo Texas.

4 iv. Mayes Elmer Giddens "M. E." [20559]

v. Grady McNiel Giddens boilermaker RR [5053] was born on 21 Mar 1889 in MS Newton County, died on 25 Oct 1918 in Yoakum, DeWitt, TX at age 29, and was buried in Yoakum, Lavaca, TX. Another name for Grady was Grady McNeal.

vi. Thomas Egan Giddens RR mechanic [5054] was born on 23 Feb 1892 in Waco, McLennan, TX and died on 6 Sep 1937 at age 45.

vii. Mary Lou Giddens [5055] was born circa 1898.

viii. Byron Andrew Giddens Dairyman [5056] was born on 3 Dec 1898 in Seymore, Baylor, TX and died on 15 Sep 1984 in TX Washington County at age 85.

ix. Samuel King Giddens RR fireman [5057] was born on 8 Jun 1902 in Glen Rose, Somerville, TX, died on 24 Apr 1961 in TX Tarrant, Ft. Worth at age 58, and was buried in Emerald Hills, Kennedale.

Thomas next married someone.

His child was:

i. Tx Samuel King Giddens [12309]

9. Ada Elizabeth Mayes of Al Greene County [12243],² daughter of Samuel Otis (Otterson) Mayes of Al Greene County [3595] and Mary S. Bouchillon of Al Greene County [3596], was born on 15 Aug 1857 in AL Greene County, Boligee,, died on 2 Dec 1932 in TX Laredo, Webb at age 75, and was buried in TX Lavaca County, Yoakum.

Ada married Ms Tx Thomas Solitaire Giddens "Toby" "Bud Tommie" [12240]² [MRIN: 5216] on 20 Feb 1880 in MS Newton County, Decatur.

10. George Rufus Gilliam of Tn Rhea County [20149],² son of James Dudley Gilliam [20416] and Sophronia Adeline Paul of Tn Rhea County [3594], was born on 26 Apr 1859 in TN Rhea County, Spring City,¹⁰ died on 2 Jan 1941 in TX Brownwood⁸ at age 81, and was buried on 3 Jan 1941 in Hamlin, TX.

Biographical note. Schoolteacher.

Devout Christian. His family had family devotions out of the Bible every day.

Biographical note. Aunt Ella Mae Giddens said George Rufus and wife were sweet Christians.

Fact. George Rufus Gilliam was a short man with a large handle-bar mustache.

Census: 1900, TX Fannin County.

Census: 1940, TX.

George married Harriet Didymus Holloway of Tn Rhea County [20150]² [MRIN: 8469] on 1 Sep 1881 in TN Rhea County, Spring City.

Children from this marriage were:

i. Harriet Adaline Gilliam [20151] was born on 5 Jan 1884 in TN Rhea County¹⁰ and died on 24 Aug 1969 in Perry, Houston, GA¹¹ at age 85.

ii. Allie Bessie Gilliam [3503] was born on 28 Aug 1887 and died on 22 Aug 1964 in Brownwood, Brown, Texas at age 76.

5 iii. Maude Nevada Gilliam Tx Grayson [20558]

iv. Ora Belle Gilliam [5724] was born on 15 Jan 1891 in TX Fannin County, died on 30 Oct 1969 in TX Jones County⁷ at age 78, and was buried in Hamlin, Texas.¹²

v. Rosa Araminta Gilliam [3504] was born on 24 Jul 1895 in TX Fannin, now Grayson, Savoy, died on 4 Feb 1961 in TX Brownwood¹² at age 65, and was buried in Hamlin Cemetery.¹² Another name for Rosa was Minnie S.

vi. William Bailey Gilliam [3507] was born on 3 Jan 1901 in TX Fannin County and died on 12 Oct 1918 at age 17.

11. Harriet Didymus Holloway of Tn Rhea County [20150],² daughter of Pleasant Monday Holloway of Tn Rhea County [20200] and Harriet Davis of TN Rhea County [20201], was born on 27 Apr 1859 in TN Rhea County, Spring City,¹⁰ died on 31 Dec 1941 in TX Brownwood⁸ at age 82, and was buried in TX Jones County, Hamlin.

Biographical note. twin

Census: 1880, TN Rhea County. censused with her parents

Harriet married George Rufus Gilliam of Tn Rhea County [20149]² [MRIN: 8469] on 1 Sep 1881 in TN Rhea County, Spring City.

12. Jesse Thomas Cox "Tom" [1],¹³ son of Israel Cox of TX Wood County [17] and Sarah Elizabeth Hudgins of TX Wood County [20], was born on 14 Jun 1849 in MS Tishomingo, (Parents MS MS),¹⁴ was christened in 1880 in TX Llano County, died on 16 Dec 1932 in TX Shackelford, Albany, Nail Ranch at age 83, and was buried in TX Haskell, Rockdale Cemetery.

General Notes: Uncle Louis said (when he as 100)- "My dad was a woodchopper. He raised wood. I was there when Jesus took him. Brother Sam was a good hand.

Jim a fiddler. Bessie and Bertha were sweeties. Never had scraps with brothers.

Thomas Jesse and Amanda were the sweetest Christians I knew- Savonne Giddens

Thomas Jesse was trail boss on the Chishom Trail

Thomas Jesse tried to go to NM, but the Colorado River as too deep, so they went to Llano County. Uncle Glen said it was 1865.

Another family story says that the Sanders brothers (James Lafayette, and Jefferson) did not want Amanda to marry T. J., so they chased them until they came to the Colorado River and had to turn back because the Colorado River was too high. If so, Amanda and T. J. were nice about it, because they named their first son James Lafayette Jefferson Cox "Uncle Jim" after Amanda's brothers.

Church membership: : First Baptist Church Of Albany. Tom and Mandy went to camp meetings in a wagon.

FYI: : Tishomingo County, MS. Iuka, county seat

Tishomingo County, was formed from the Chickasaw

cessions of 1832. It was amongst the largest counties

to be formed in the State of Mississippi and has in its

history been referred to as, The State of Tishomingo.

At that time it consisted of present day Alcorn and

Prentiss counties, until they were divided

in 1870. Tishomingo was named after a leading

Chickasaw chief TISH-O-MINGO meaning;

" Warrior Chief "

Fact. We went to see Thomas Jesse and Mandy. Grandma had hidden raisins from Uncle Louis, and she made us a raisin pie.

Physical note. Savonne (Cox) Giddens said Thomas Jesse Cox was short and slightly stooped.

Census: 1860, TX.

Census: 1870, TX.

Census: 1880, TX Llano County. Tom Cox farmer 30

Mandy

James 6

Isreal 4

Marthy

Nora

Census: 1890, TX Llano County. Tom Cox and Mandy

Census: 1900, TX Llano County. Probably since Bertha was born there in 1899.

Census: 1910, TX.

Census: 1920, TX.

Census: 1930, TX Shackelford County, Albany.

Biographical note: 1992, TX Shackelford County, Albany.¹ Uncle Louis Cox, youngest son of Thomas Jesse and Amanda, said that his father was

a trail driver on the Chisolm trail. He also said that he rounded up buffalo in Shackleford County.

Uncle Lewis told of the following conversation of his father, Thomas Jesse Cox, and mother, Amanda, as follows:

"Tom, I wish you would stop that cold air in that crack."

Tom replied, "I'll have to go to Uncle Rube Miller's and sharpen my ax!"

Uncle Lewis said his father daubed it with mud and stopped it up.

Thomas Jesse was a wood chopper. He raised wood. He would get up in the middle of the night and chop a load of wood and take it to Lampasas. A stranger offered him

$2.50 for a load. Thomas Jesse said, "By grab, I didn't charge anyone else that much, and I'm not going to charge you any more."

He was always fairer to the other man than he was himself.

He signed his name with an "X". Amanda said, "Let me teach you how to sign your name (to vote for Roosevelt). He said, "They know my "X".

He would whip you pretty dad-gum quick.

We lived on the Gooch place. The Indians had killed the entire family of Gooches.

We had to pull broomweed to make brooms.

Jesse married Amanda Theresa Sanders of Albany, TX [19]¹³ [MRIN: 19] on 4 Jun 1872 in TX Erath.¹⁵

Children from this marriage were:

i. "Uncle Jim" James Lafayette Jefferson Cox Pro Fiddler [49] was born in 1874 in TX Llano County, Tow Valley,¹⁶ died in 1960 in TX Llano County, Tow Valley age 86 at age 86, and was buried in Tow Cemetery, Llano TX. Another name for James was James Lafette Jefferson Cox.

ii. Israel Alfred Cox "Bud" [50] was born in 1875 in TX Bosque County,¹² died in 1955 in Haskell, Haskell, TX¹² at age 80, and was buried in Red Springs/Henson Cemetery, Seymore, Baylor, TX.¹⁷

iii. Nora Dell Cox [51] was born in 1878 in TX Llano County, Llano, died in 1960 in TX Burnet, Burnet¹⁸ at age 82, and was buried in Tow.

iv. Martha Ann Cox [52] was born in 1879 in TX Llano County, Tow Valley and died in 1896 in TX Llano County, Llano at age 17.

v. William "Will" Richardson Cox [253] was born on 18 Jun 1881 in Tow (Llano) TX, died on 3 Nov 1968 in Seymore, TX¹⁹ at age 87, and was buried in TX Baylor County, Red Springs Henson Cemetery.

6 vi. Thomas Samuel Cox "Sam" [2]

vii. Brooks Monroe Cox Cowboy [39] was born on 12 Sep 1886 in TX Llano County, Llano and died in Nov 1979 in TX Archer County, Archer City²⁰ at age 93. Another name for Brooks was Brooks Cox.

viii. Elmer Edgar Cox Dairyman [40] was born on 8 Jan 1888 in TX Llano County, Llano and died in Sep 1986 in TX Jones County, Stamford²¹ at age 98. Another name for Elmer was Elmer Cox.

ix. "Lewis" Louis L Cox 102 Yrs cowboy [41] was born on 12 Apr 1890 in TX Llano County, Llano, died on 4 Oct 1992 in TX Shackelford County, Albany²² at age 102, and was buried in TX Shackelford County, Albany.

x. "Aunt Bessie" Rosa Elizabeth Cox 92 Yrs [43] was born on 27 Aug 1895 in TX Llano County, Llano, died in 1987 in TX Haskell County at age 92, and was buried in Albany City Cemetery.

xi. Bertha May Cox [42] was born on 8 May 1899 in TX Llano County, Llano, died in Apr 1988 in TX Mills County, Goldthwaite²³ at age 88, and was buried in TX Mills County, Mullin.

13. Amanda Theresa Sanders of Albany, TX [19],¹³ daughter of Josiah Hardin Sanders CSA + [128] and Sarah Elizabeth Rushing of Tn Madison [121], was born on 3 Apr 1855 in TX Wood Maybe, was christened in 1880 in TX Llano County, died on 30 May 1930 in Luvern, Haskell, Texas at age 75, and was buried on 31 May 1930 in TX Haskell, Leuders, Rockdale Cemetery. Another name for Amanda was Mandy.

Alt. Death: 1930, TX Albany, Nail Ranch. Cancer Of The Stomach-

Savonne (Cox) Giddens always thought it was because she ate spoiled canned sweet potatoes.

Religion: : First Baptist Church Of Albany.

Biographical note: Cir 1925, Nail Ranch, Albany, TX.¹ Amanda and Tom lived in a house with a dirt floor. Amanda swept the floor and kept it

clean. She ironed all of the clothes (on a Sad iron of course), even the sheets.

They were sweet Christians. Tom Cox had a long beard.

From Don Giddens' Bible leafs-

"We search the world for truth ,

We cull the good, the pure, the beautiful,

And weary seekers of the best,

We come back laden from the quest-

To find that all the sages said

Is in the Book our mothers read."

-Unknown

Family Tales: 1871, TX. Savonne Giddens said Amanda Theresa Sanders had a daughter named Amanda Theresa Sanders before she married Tom Cox in 1872.

Amanda married Jesse Thomas Cox "Tom" [1]¹³ [MRIN: 19] on 4 Jun 1872 in TX Erath.¹⁵

14. Charles William Lindsey of TX Parker County [298],²⁴ son of Adam Linn Lindsey of Springtown, TX [302] and Mary Jane Wormington of Springtown, TX [303], was born on 16 Sep 1849 in MO Newton County, Neosho, died on 19 Apr 1918 in TX Parker County, Veal Station at age 68, and was buried in TX Parker County, Veal Station.

Occupation: : Goldthwaite TX.²⁵ City Marshall,

twelve years as tax collector

Occupation: : Tax Collector, Goldthwaite, Mills, TX.

Residence: 1853, Came To TX Fr Neosho, MO.

Census: 1880, TX Parker County.

Immigrated: 1882, San Saba County.²⁵

Owned: After 1882, Four Or Five Sections.¹ according to the courthouse records at San Saba.

Census: 1900, San Saba, San Saba, Texas. Widower

Charles married Harriet Elizabeth Lewis of San Saba Texas [299] [MRIN: 232] on 11 Jan 1872 in Thorp Springs, Hood County TX.

Children from this marriage were:

i. Herschell Hale Lindsey [584] was born on 26 Aug 1873 in Parker Co., TX, died on 22 Aug 1925 in Pear Valley, McCulloch, TX at age 51, and was buried in Pear Valley, TX (ghosttown) (age 52).

ii. Walter Grey Lindsey [585] was born on 26 Jan 1875 in TX Parker County, Veal Station, died on 24 Jun 1952 in TX San Saba County, San Saba at age 77, and was buried in Richland Springs City Cemetery.

iii. Samuel J. Tilden Lindsey [586] was born on 31 Mar 1877 in Shady Grove, Parker Co., TX, died on 7 Jun 1957 in China Creek, San Saba, TX at age 80, and was buried in China Creek Cemetery, San Saba TX.

iv. Morgan Conrad Lindsey [587] was born on 31 May 1878 in Weatherford (Parker Co.) TX, died on 17 Mar 1957 in TX Andrews County, Andrews⁸ at age 78, and was buried in Andrews Cemetery. Another name for Morgan was Coonie.

v. Dora Caldonia Lindsey [588] was born on 14 Sep 1879 in Parker Co., TX, died in 1944 in Altus, Okla at age 65, and was buried in Duke, Okla.

vi. Lansing Monroe Lindsey [589] was born on 6 Mar 1881 in TX Parker County, Veal Station, died on 4 Jan 1939 in Stamford, Jones, TX⁸ at age 57, and was buried in Spring Creek Cemetery, Avoca.

vii. Clay Miller Lindsey [590] was born on 23 Sep 1883 in TX San Saba County, San Saba, died on 20 Dec 1956 in Fw, TX at age 73, and was buried in TX San Saba County, San Saba.

viii. Linnie Lee Lindsey [591] was born on 13 Jul 1885 in Cat Claw, San Saba, TX, died on 23 Jun 1955 in TX San Saba County, San Saba⁸ at age 69, and was buried in Mullin, Oak View Cemetery.

7 ix. Mary Mobeetie Lindsey "Beetie" [23]

x. Robert Russell Lindsey [592] was born on 31 Oct 1890 in TX San Saba County, San Saba, died in Jun 1942 in TX Taylor County, Abilene at age 51, and was buried in Goldthwaite TX.

xi. Adam Lynn Lindsey Tx San Saba [593] was born on 17 Aug 1891 in TX San Saba County, San Saba, died on 8 Jan 1974 in Brownwood, Brown, TX at age 82, and was buried in China Creek Cemetery, Near San Saba.

xii. Minnie Elizabeth Lindsey [594] was born on 21 May 1894 in TX San Saba County, San Saba, died in Apr 1967 in Lamesa, Dawson, TX at age 72, and was buried in Lamesa, Dawson, TX.

Charles next married Annie Mckendree Cook [598] [MRIN: 233], daughter of Octavius? Cook Land Certificate [7084] and DALTON? [7085], on 28 Jun 1901 in Goldthwaite, Mills, TX By Judge Dalton, a cousin.

Children from this marriage were:

i. Ward Louis Lindsey Driller [595] was born on 21 Mar 1904 in TX San Saba County, San Saba, died on 15 Oct 1962 in TX Tarrant County, Azle at age 58, and was buried in TX Parker County, Veal Station.

ii. Joe Wheeler Lindsey Ranchhand [596] was born on 20 Aug 1905 in Goldthwaite, TX, died on 16 Apr 1962 in Aspermont, Stonewall, Texas at age 56, and was buried in Stamford, Jones, Texas Highland Cemetery.

iii. Glenn Dalton "John" Lindsey The Rodeo Clown [597] was born on 18 Dec 1906 in TX Mills County, died on 28 Apr 1974 in Fw, TX at age 67, and was buried in TX Parker County, Veal Station.

15. Harriet Elizabeth Lewis of San Saba Texas [299], daughter of Our Stephen William Lewis KIA CSA [730] and SARAH Sidney Letha Stennett of Ms Jasper [1232], was born on 28 Mar 1853 in MS Jasper, Claiborne maybe, died on 23 Mar 1899 in China Creek, San Saba TX at age 45, and was buried in China Creek Cemetery, San Saba TX.

General Notes: Alice, Fannie, Charles, and Thomas were adopted by a John Matheny.

His wife, Massie Matheny b 8/22/1806

d. 1/22/1874

Wife of J. D. Matheny. "She died a Christian."

Medical Notes: blue eyes, black hair

Alt. Birth: 1859, MS.²⁶

Adoption: Abt 1865. By a Mr. John Matheny. It is possible he might have been some kin.

Census: 1870, TX Hood County. Harriet (11) and Charles (15) were censused with John Matheny who adopted them. In 1870, Hood County, TX they lived next door to a John D. Lewis b 1838 GA, wife, Sarah b 1839 AL, and son, Willy b 1853 AL.

Census: 1870, MS Scott census. pg0177a.txt 179b 25 Levy Sallomon 8 France pg0177a.txt 192b 32

Lewis Abby 20 Mississippi pg0189a.txt 170a 2

Lewis Babe 5 Mississippi pg0165a.txt 251b 14

Lewis C. W. 58 Tennessee pg0246a.txt 192b 31

Lewis Easter 13 Mississippi pg0189a.txt 251b 13

Lewis Filding 62 Tennessee pg0246a.txt 192b 29

Lewis Frank 30 Mississippi pg0189a.txt 192b 34

Lewis Grimes 30 Mississippi pg0189a.txt 177b 15

Lewis H. F. 35 North Carolina pg0177a.txt 251b 18

Lewis I. E. 9 Tennessee pg0246a.txt 169b 40

Lewis James 11 Mississippi pg0165a.txt 243a 26

Lewis Jas. 52 Georgia pg0239b.txt 256b 27

Lewis Jerry 20 Mississippi pg0252a.txt 243a 27

Lewis Lou 50 Georgia pg0239b.txt 177b 18

Lewis M. E. L. 8 Mississippi pg0177a.txt 177b 20

Lewis M. F. L. 3 Mississippi pg0177a.txt 177b 19

Lewis M. J. L. 6 Mississippi pg0177a.txt 251b 15

Lewis M. K. 28 Mississippi pg0246a.txt 177b 16

Lewis M. L. 26 Mississippi pg0177a.txt 169b 39

Lewis Mariah 38 Alabama pg0165a.txt 240a 6

Lewis Mary 37 Mississippi pg0239b.txt 170a 3

Lewis Mary 3 Mississippi pg0165a.txt 251b 20

Lewis O. W. 5 Louisiana pg0246a.txt 249a 19

Lewis P. 12 Virginia pg0246a.txt 251b 19

Lewis R. M. 7 Louisiana pg0246a.txt 251b 17

Lewis S. A. 18 Mississippi pg0246a.txt 251b 16

Lewis S. E. 25 Mississippi pg0246a.txt 192b 30

Lewis Sam 15 Mississippi pg0189a.txt 170a 4

Lewis Tom 6/12 Mississippi pg0165a.txt 177b 17

Lewis W. E. L. 10 Mississippi pg0177a.txt 240a 5

Lewis Wm. 27 Alabama pg0239b.txt 192b 33

Lewis Wright 6/12 Mississippi pg0189a.txt

Harriet married Charles William Lindsey of TX Parker County [298]²⁴ [MRIN: 232] on 11 Jan 1872 in Thorp Springs, Hood County TX.

Fifth Generation (Great Great-Grandparents)

16. Ga Ms James Thomas Giddens Rr Engineer [12943],²⁷ son of Our James 1800 Giddens Unproven F/O Jms T [13376] and Sarah J. [13377], was born in 1827 in GA DE Kalb, Atlanta,²⁸ died before 12 Oct 1858 in MS Madison County, Canton,²⁹ and was buried in maybe Rose Hill, Macon, Bibb, GA.³⁰ Another name for James was Giddings.

Census: 1820.

Census: 1830, GA Hancock. if same son censused with George and Sarah

Census: 1840.

Newspaper: 1848, GA Bibb, Macon. letter unclaimed at the postoffice at Macon.

Could be 1818? Abstracts has 1818

Census: 1850, GA Dekalb.³¹ James Gittons b 1800 NC, farmer

Sarah J. b 1814 GA

no children

This might be James Thomas Giddens' parents, if our family history is correct. I. E. that James Thomas Giddens was born in Atlanta.

Rimmer, next door to

James Gillings engineer 1827 GA THIS IS JAMES T GIDDENS!!!!!!

Lucy 19 GA

William 1 GA

William L. Giddens born: 1850, GA Bibb County, Macon. I can find no Giddenses in the Bibb 1850 census however.

note of Jms T Giddens: Jul 1855, Atlanta, GA. Atlanta, GA 7/10/1855

On the 21st of January I promise

to pay Lemuel Kindrick

Two hundred dollars for value received with interest from date.

James T. Giddens

Note: He sighned it GIDDENS.

Thomas S. Giddens: 9 Jun 1857, NC According To Census Info.

Letter: 13 Sep 1857, Atlanta, GA. Letter from James T. Giddens to his wife, Martha J. (Paul) Giddens

Atlanta, September 13, 1857

Dear wife, (in Athens, Clarke GA)

I received your letter this morning and it gave me very great pleasure to hear from you and the children, and particularly to hear that LURA was getting better.

I am well but rather low-spirited.

BALDWIN says that he has more men at present than he wants but that he will give me work soon. I want to go to MACON tomorrow morning, and then I will come back to Atlanta Tuesday morning, and if Mr. Baldwin has not given me work by that time I thought I would go west to Nashville; and if I do not get work on that word ,I will go and see HANK HOBBS and PETER JAMMERREE and see if I can't get some money out of them. It won't cost me anything hardly to go out there. And while I am doing nothing, I thought I had better go. The house is rented until Christmas. WALLACE got the check. Mrs. CANNON had a baby ( a boy) about a month old. Mrs. CALLAHAN had one while she was gone north, and she has been back since the middle of July. It is a girl, I think. I'm boarding

at SMITH's now and when I got here I found GILLON and family and THOLLIN

and family here. I shall write this by hand and if you get it by Monday evening

and if you want to write to me again before I go to Nashville you must mail it by Tuesday morning or if you send it Wednesday you must send it by hand as where you mail a letter there by morning I can't get it until the next morning

before I go to Nashville. I want to go to Chattanooga Wednesday night and then to Nashville. Tell my FATHER not to be mad at me, and I will try not to offend him the same way next time.

Tell MA FULLER and Mrs. WELCH howdy for me. Kiss LU for me. Tell WILLY

that he must be a good boy. And kiss DORA and TOBY for me. And next my love for you, dear wife. JAMES HASKELL has gone to Rushing, LA. Mrs. PRICHARD has gone to Griffin to live. HASSY REESE is married to a man by the name of BOOKER, a train hand on the road. Nothing more, but remain,

Your affectionate husband,

J. T. Giddens

JAMES HASKELL's I. O. U. the cow for $13. THACKLEPORT has not had an offer for the lot yet.

Occupation: 1858. Railroad engineer from Canton, MS to New Orleans. Thomas Giddings (according to the Canton paper) caught yellow fever in New Orleans, and died in Canton.

Evergreen Oddfellows Lodge: 12 Oct 1858, MS Canton. Whereas- by an afflicting dispensation of an Almighty Providens, Evergreen Lodge, N-39, IOOF, has been called upon to mourn the loss of Brother J. T. GIDDENS therfore:

Resolved- that in the death of Brother Giddens this Lodge has been bereaved of one who had won the esteem and admiration of all who knew him, and who though....this Lodge but for a short time period....have become one of its most useful and...members.

Resolved- that these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of the Lodge and that the secretary be directed to transmit a copy of the same signed by the officers of the Lodge under seal to the family of our deceased brother, J. T. Giddens.

James W. Anderson,NG

Joseph Jeffrie, VG

R. W. Gould, secretary

from Notes of D. L. Adcock, Lamesa, TX

Census: 1860, MS Madison County, Canton. William J. Taylor NC 28 Saddler and Jailer $6000

Martha J. (Giddens-Paul) Taylor 22 GA b 1838

Thomas Giddens 3 NC

Facts: 2003.³¹ James Thomas Giddens' descendants have found few clues for his ancestors to positively identify them.

Suffice it to say there are several conjectures:

4. FRANCIS GIDEON Macon, Bibb County, GA Giddenses-

Our great-grandfather wrote a letter to his wife, Martha, in 1858 saying "Tell my father not to be mad at me..." The only Giddens there in 1860 was a Francis Giddens. We have no clues which one or who his father was.

James Thomas was married in Macon in 1846 to Lucy Hobbs, his first wife by whom he had a son, WIlliam L. Giddens. William L. Giddens, a railroad engineer, moved to Laredo. Later on ca 1920 our Thomas Solitaire Giddens moved to Laredo also, knowing his half-brother lived there.

The first Gideon in Bibb county was a Francis Gideon who sold land to a Needham Mims. A Mims Gideon is found later on in Bibb County, as is a Gideon Mims. Perhaps there is a relationship to these two families. (I think Gene Mims is a Needham Mims descendant.)

Anyway, James Thomas wrote a letter to his wife, Martha Paul Giddens, in Athens, Ga 1858 telling her to "tell my father not to be mad at me". The only Giddens censused in Athens in 1860 was a Francis Gideon b 1790. The several Francis Gideons were also descendants of James 1711.

George Giddens 1787 also has ties to Bibb County. His wife, Sarah Powell, had a uncle or father who moved to Macon also. Was he a son of Francis? Was James Thomas a son of Francis? Did James who was born in 1711 once live in Maryland?

5. Aunt Ella Mae Burnett thinks that James Thomas' father was the George b 1787, and that they were from CT as were the Gillons who were in-laws of James Thomas...or maybe they were descendants of George b 1609 and Jane antrobus Lawrence.

The same note that says George was a descendant of the John of Maryland says that they were from St. Albans, Herefordshire, England as were George born 1609 and Jane Antrobus Giddings. (Their descendants continue to spell their name Giddings).

1. GERMAN GIDEONS/Guithins

My grandfather, Mayes Elmer Giddens, and father both said they were Germans.

This does not mean they came from Germany, but probably came from Germany or England or Ireland to Maryland, then NC then GA. If so, they are among the Germans who fled from Europe from severe religious persecution to Maryland, NC, or SC. Among them were a Rev. George Adam Guithins (Giddens), pastor. These Germans were thrifty, industrious, and Loyalists. There is a Peter Gideon line who came to VA, but their George Gideon does not appear to be our's.

2. JAMES Giddens b 1711 Ireland d 1820 TN age 109

Many Giddens are his descendants. It is possible we may be also; and if so, probably through his son Richard or Roger of Jackson County, GA. My grandmother, Mrs. Mayes "Maude" Giddens, said that a Word Giddens came to see my grandfather from time to time, and that they were kin. Word was a grandchild of Richard Giddens who married Margaret Word. Could the James who was born in 1711 in Ireland be of German descent? Yes. The religious persecuted fled from one country to another.

3. George Giddens b 1787 NC of Sparta GA and Baltimore, Maryland. was censused in Canton, Madison, MS with Rimmers two years after James T. died. According to the 1830 GA Hancock census, he had one son James Thomas' age, and one daughter, Eliza's age. Our James Thomas Giddens was censused in 1850 Atlanta next door to a Rimmer. George was also in Atlanta that census. A Thomas Giddens left Hancock county and went to Alabama. George won land in GA Jackson county in a lottery. Roger, Francis, and WIlliam Giddens lived in Jackson County, GA, and were decendants of James 1711. The George Giddings of Sparta, Hancock, GA was a descendant of John Giddens of Maryland, who was a member of the House of Burgesses, a man of no small consequence in the history of Maryland. Some of John's descendants say he was Welsh or English.

And yes, he could have been Welsh and English.

The Maryland Guithins (Gittins, Gittings, Giddens) were named Basel, and Morris, and Benjamin through the generations. No other Giddens' lines have these names.

The Morris Giddens' go back many generations both in England and Wales. A Basel, Benjamin, and Morris Giddens all eventually moved to GA. Basel moved on to AL, and had a James Thomas. These lines can be traced back to the John of Maryland through Basel and Morris. Their descendants spell the name many ways including: Guithins, Gittings, Giddeons, Gethins, and Gathings. (Wallace Gideons of Odessa and LA was a descendant of the Gathings. They are all the same as they are descendants of Basel, Phillip, Morris, or John. Suffice it to say that the Maryland Giddens are either Germans or descendants of John and the long line of Morris (Maurice) Giddenses.

James married Lucy S. Hobbs of GA [12244]² [MRIN: 5215], daughter of Elam Hobbs Of Ga Monroe County [12245] and Martha Mary Chapell Heath [12981], on 29 Aug 1846 in Bibbs County, GA.³²

Children from this marriage were:

i. William Lawrence Giddens RR Engineer [88] was born in 1850 in Macon, Bibb, GA³³ and died on 10 Aug 1911 in Laredo, Webb, TX at age 61. Another name for William was William Laurence.

ii. Lura Giddens [12248] was born circa 1848 and died in 1859 in MS⁶ at age 11.

iii. Dora Giddens [12249] was born circa 1849 in GA.

James next married Martha Jane Paul of Ga Henry County [13895]² [MRIN: 5664] Est 1855.

Children from this marriage were:

8 i. Ms Tx Thomas Solitaire Giddens "Toby" "Bud Tommie" [12240]

ii. Associates Of James Thomas Giddens [13667]

James next married Martha Paul [22915] [MRIN: 9878], daughter of James Kennard Paul [22916] and Abigail Libbey [22917].

17. Martha Jane Paul of Ga Henry County [13895],² daughter of Archibald Young Paul War of 1812 [13893] and Martha P Russell [13894], was born on 31 Jul 1836 in GA³⁴ and died on 28 Nov 1893 in MS Leflore County, Greenwood⁶ at age 57.

Census: 1860, MS Madison County, Canton. Martha was born 1838 in GA per this census

Census: 1870, MS Madison County, Canton. Martha was born 1838 GA per this census.

Thomas Giddens 13 was born in NC again per this census.

Census: 1880, MS Issaquena. W. J. Taylor 47 farmer NC, NC NC

M. J. Taylor 42 Housekeeper GA GA GA

Lucy Taylor 15 School MS NC GA

Jessie Taylor 13 School MS NC NC

Sarah Taylor 11 School MS NC NC

Ella Taylor 9 School MS NC NC

Fleta Taylor 7 School MS NC GA

Census: 1890, MS Leflore Maybe.

Biographical note: 1938, MS Greenwood. "Mother had two children before she married William J. Taylor," Jessie Bacon- 1938.

Who was the other child- Lura, Dora? or someone else?

Was Martha J. married before she married James Thomas Giddens? Was she Martha (Hobbs) Paul?

Martha married Ga Ms James Thomas Giddens Rr Engineer [12943]²⁷ [MRIN: 5664] Est 1855.

Martha next married William J. Taylor Deputy Sheriff [13132]³⁵ [MRIN: 5616], son of Allen Taylor [11401] and Emily [11402], on 31 Oct 1859 in MS Canton, Madison.

Children from this marriage were:

8 i. Ms Tx Thomas Solitaire Giddens "Toby" "Bud Tommie" [12240]

ii. Lucy Taylor [13683] was born in 1865 in MS.³⁶

iii. William J Taylor [13133] was born in 1872 in MS.

iv. Jessie Lee C. Taylor [13684] was born in 1867 in MS³⁷ and died after 1938 in MS Greenwood Resident.

v. Sarah Taylor "Sadie" [13685] was born in 1869 in MS³⁷ and was christened in 1904 in MO St. Louis Resident.³⁸

vi. Ella Taylor [13686] was born in 1871 in MS.³⁷

vii. Fleta A. Taylor [13687] was born in 1873 in MS³⁷ and was christened in 1904 in MS Greenwood Resident.

viii. Edna Taylor [13690] was born Est 1875 in MS, was christened from 1910 to 1935 in New York City Teacher, and died after 1938 in TN Memphis Maybe.

18. Samuel Otis (Otterson) Mayes of Al Greene County [3595], son of Anthony Mayes of AL Greene County [3627] and Cynthia Otterson of AL Greene County [3628], was born in 1824 in AL Greene County, Eutaw and died in 1882 in MS Newton County, Decatur at age 58.

Occupation. Plantation owner

Census: 1880, MS Newton County. S. O. Mays 56 AL farmer SC SC

Julia Mays 18 dau AL

Samuel N Mays son 15 AL AL AL

Samuel married Mary S. Bouchillon of Al Greene County [3596] [MRIN: 1406] on 10 Apr 1854 in AL Greene County, Eutaw.

Children from this marriage were:

9 i. Ada Elizabeth Mayes of Al Greene County [12243]

ii. Julia Mayes [22073] was born in 1862 and died after 1880 in MS Newton census.

iii. Samuel Noah Mayes [22074] was born in 1884 in AL and died in 1957 at age 73.

19. Mary S. Bouchillon of Al Greene County [3596], daughter of John T. Bouchillon Elder [3597] and Elizabeth or Betsey Doolittle of TX Falls County [3598], was born in 1834 in AL Greene County, Eutaw, died in 1873 in MS Newton County, Decatur at age 39, and was buried in Doolittle Cemetery.

CSA: 1863, Doolittle Cemetery. In 1863, more than 1000 soldiers were brought to Newton for medical attention. Of these, 100 died. There was no public cemetery in the community. The Doolittle family gave permission for the Confederate soldiers to be buried in their family plot. 100 wooden crosses were erected bearing the names of the soldiers buried beneath. After 31 years, the wooden crosses had rotted, erasing the identity of the soldiers buried there. Today, on these graves, small stone markers reading "UNKNOWN CONFEDERATE", honor their lives and beliefs in a cause they found worth dying for. Phone:(601)683-2201.

Mary married Samuel Otis (Otterson) Mayes of Al Greene County [3595] [MRIN: 1406] on 10 Apr 1854 in AL Greene County, Eutaw.

20. James Dudley Gilliam [20416],² son of Nathaniel 1790 Mason Gilliam Nc Tn [20148] and Sarah L Davis Sally [20160], was born on 29 Aug 1824 in TN Rhea County, Spring City TN VA NC,³⁹ died on 7 Nov 1907 in TN Rhea County, Spring City at age 83, and was buried in Gilliam Cemetery Near Spring City. Ancestral File Number: Dist 2 222D 1880.

Biographical note: Cir 1865, Civil War. James D. Gilliam served in the 1st Reg TN Cal

TN Csa TN Cal 6Th (Wheeler's) Or 1St Reg TN Cal

Our James D. Gilliam "suffered severely" in the CSA.

Biographical note.¹ Selected as an elder of the Old Friendship Church, Rhea County, TN. An elder in those days was the pastor (in some churches).

Fact. James Dudley Gilliam hid their money in a tree. After the Civil War, he got it out and they moved to TX in an ox cart.

Census: 1880, TN Rhea County. James 55 TN farmer

Sophronia 39 TN

George 21 TN laborer, my grandfather

William 19 TN

James 17 TN

Jesse 14 TN

Nora F 11 TN

Miranvin M 8 TN

Sydna M 2 TN

James married Sophronia Adeline Paul of Tn Rhea County [3594] [MRIN: 1403] on 7 Nov 1858 in TN Rhea County, Spring City.

Children from this marriage were:

10 i. George Rufus Gilliam of Tn Rhea County [20149]

ii. Harriet J Gilliam [3485] was born in 1860 in Spring City, Rhea, TN.

iii. William V Gilliam [6716] was born in 1861 in TN Rhea County, Spring City.

iv. James Dudley Gilliam Jr [6717] was born in 1863.

v. Nathaniel 1863 B Gilliam [3486] was born in 1863 in Spring City, Rhea, TN.

vi. Jesse Floyd Gilliam [3492] was born in 1867 in TN Rhea County, Spring City, died in 1941 in TN Rhea County probably at age 74, and was buried in Old Friendship Cemetery Tow Springs Rd Rhea TN.

vii. Sarah M Gilliam [6719] was born in 1869.

viii. Miravin Gilliam [6720] was born in 1871.

ix. Richard Waterhouse Gilliam [4765] was born on 10 Jan 1874 in Spring City, Rhea, TN,⁴⁰ died on 18 Mar 1958 in Spring City, Rhea, TN⁴¹ at age 84, and was buried in Old Spring City Cemetery.

x. Jewel Alice Gilliam Alice [3509] was born on 5 Dec 1875 in TN Rhea County, Spring City and died after 1930 in Spring City, Rhea, TN.

xi. Sidney H. Gilliam [3378] was born on 27 Oct 1877 in Spring City, Rhea, TN¹⁹ and died on 12 Jan 1923 in Spring City, Rhea, TN¹⁹ at age 45.

xii. Nora Gilliam [17161] was born in 1878 in TN Rhea County.⁴²

James next married Sophronia Adeline Paul of Tn Rhea County [3594] [MRIN: 1369] on 13 Oct 1858 in Spring City, Rhea, TN.

Children from this marriage were:

i. Harriet J Gilliam [3485] was born in 1860 in Spring City, Rhea, TN.

ii. Nathaniel 1863 B Gilliam [3486] was born in 1863 in Spring City, Rhea, TN.

iii. John C Gilliam [3487] was born on 25 Dec 1864 in Spring City, Rhea, TN and died on 21 Nov 1884 at age 19.

iv. Acoline Gilliam [3488] was born in 1868 in Spring City, Rhea, TN.

v. Elizabeth 1873 Gilliam [3489] was born in 1873 in Spring City, Rhea, TN.

vi. Richard Waterhouse Gilliam [4765] was born on 10 Jan 1874 in Spring City, Rhea, TN,⁴⁰ died on 18 Mar 1958 in Spring City, Rhea, TN⁴¹ at age 84, and was buried in Old Spring City Cemetery.

vii. Sarah Gilliam [3490] was born in 1875 in Spring City, Rhea, TN.

viii. Phebe C Gilliam [2581] was born on 13 Nov 1880 in Rhea County, TN.⁴³

10 ix. George Rufus Gilliam of Tn Rhea County [20149]

x. Sidney H. Gilliam [3378] was born on 27 Oct 1877 in Spring City, Rhea, TN¹⁹ and died on 12 Jan 1923 in Spring City, Rhea, TN¹⁹ at age 45.

xi. William V Gilliam [6716] was born in 1861 in TN Rhea County, Spring City.

xii. Jesse Floyd Gilliam [3492] was born in 1867 in TN Rhea County, Spring City, died in 1941 in TN Rhea County probably at age 74, and was buried in Old Friendship Cemetery Tow Springs Rd Rhea TN.

xiii. Jewel Alice Gilliam Alice [3509] was born on 5 Dec 1875 in TN Rhea County, Spring City and died after 1930 in Spring City, Rhea, TN.

21. Sophronia Adeline Paul of Tn Rhea County [3594], daughter of Archibald Duncan Paul of Tn Rhea County [2588] and Cynthia Breeding of Tn Rhea County [2587], was born on 24 Feb 1841 in TN Rhea County, Spring City, died on 16 Jan 1884 in TN Rhea County, Spring City at age 42, and was buried in Gilliam Cemetery Near Spring City.

Sophronia married James Dudley Gilliam [20416]² [MRIN: 1403] on 7 Nov 1858 in TN Rhea County, Spring City.

Sophronia next married James Dudley Gilliam [20416]² [MRIN: 1369] on 13 Oct 1858 in Spring City, Rhea, TN.

22. Pleasant Monday Holloway of Tn Rhea County [20200],⁴⁴ son of Samuel Holloway of TN Putnam County [3644] and Frances Davisson or Davidson Nc [3645], was born in 1825 in TN Rhea County, Spring City, died in 1885 in TN Rhea County, Spring City at age 60, and was buried in TN Putnam County.

Census: 1800, TN Rhea Census. 119 119 HALLOWAY Pleasant M 47 M W Farmer 400 TN Harriette 50 F W k-h VA

Eliza A 20 F W k-h TN

John S 17 M W Farm Laborer TN

Nancy E 14 F W TN

Harriette 12 F W TN

Manerva 8 F W TN

Elmira? 8 F W TN 120 120

Census: 1870, TN Rhea County, Sulphur Springs.

Namesake. "Pleasant Monday" was a Methodist church social night.

He must have been born on a "Pleasant Monday".

Occupation. Farmer

Census: 1880, TN Rhea. Pleasant Holloway 56 TN farmer NC NC

Harriet 60 VA VA VA

Eliza F 30 TN TN VA

Nancy 24 TN TN VA

Harriet 21 TN TN VA

Minerva 17 TN TN VA

Almina 17 TN TN VA

District 1, Page 208 D

Pleasant married Harriet Davis of TN Rhea County [20201]⁴⁵ [MRIN: 8490] on 2 Mar 1845 in TN Rhea County, Spring City.

Children from this marriage were:

11 i. Harriet Didymus Holloway of Tn Rhea County [20150]

ii. Sarah Holloway [4708] was born in 1845.⁴⁰

iii. Mary E Holloway [4709] was born in 1848.⁴⁰

iv. Eliza Ann Holloway [4710] was born in 1850⁴⁰ and died after 1880 in TN Rhea County census.

v. John Holloway [4712] was born in 1852.⁴⁰

vi. Nancy Holloway [4713] was born in 1857.⁴⁰

vii. Elmira Holloway [4714] was born in Apr 1862 in TN Rhea County⁴⁰ and was christened in 1880 in TN Rhea County census.

viii. Minerva J Holloway [4716] was born in 1862.⁴⁰

ix. Emily Holloway [6762] was born in 1852.

x. Eliva Holloway [6763] was born in 1857.⁴⁶

Pleasant next married Jane Crews [4670] [MRIN: 1935] on 26 Feb 1843 in TN Rhea.

23. Harriet Davis of TN Rhea County [20201],⁴⁵ daughter of William Davis [4368] and Harriet Goodridge [4369], was born on 5 Jun 1818 in VA VA VA⁴⁷ and died after 1880 in TN Rhea County, Spring City.

General Notes: probably a granddaughter of Samuel

Harriet married Pleasant Monday Holloway of Tn Rhea County [20200]⁴⁴ [MRIN: 8490] on 2 Mar 1845 in TN Rhea County, Spring City.

Harriet next married William Hawkins [5585]⁴⁸ [MRIN: 2371] on 4 Jan 1837 in VA Orange County.

24. Israel Cox of TX Wood County [17], son of John Cox Sawmill owner [22343] and Sarah Smith [4373], was born on 13 Apr 1810 in SC Pendleton District, was christened in 1860 in TX Wood County, census, died before 1870 in TX Tarrant Maybe, and was buried in TX Tarrant, Minter's Chapel Cemetery On D/Fw Airport Property.⁴⁹

General Notes: Owned land in Tarrant County near Haslett.

Reportedly died on a land buying trip and buried there. So, that must have been the land at or near Haslett. 320 acres. DLG

Migration. One reason people some people moved often was because you could make enough on your land to buy MORE land out West, and land was free for the claiming.

Census: 1830, SC Pendleton District.

Biographical note: 1836. Israel Cox is listed in the history of the Methodist church in Alabama as an early Methodist.

He may have been a pastor or missionary.

Al Land Records: 1839, AL Jackson County.

COX, ISRAEL

Land Office: HUNTSVILLE Sequence #:

Document Number: 10378 Total Acres: 39.81

Misc. Doc. Nr.: Signature: Yes

Canceled Document: No Issue Date: August 01, 1839

Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No

Survey Date: Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566

Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820

Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries

Legal Land Description:

# Aliquot Parts Block # Base Line Fractional Section Township Range Section #

1 NESE HUNTSVILLE No 3S 5E 22

Census: 1840, AL Dekalb.¹ 10001 12001

Censused "down the road"...

Isaac Little , J. Johnson, L. McPherson, Geo, McPherson, Jn Briggs, J. G. Winston, W. YCammie?, W. M. Bimmon?, B. H. Berry, J. Berry, J. Busket, D. Malone, H. Lovelady, W. M. Byown, M. H. Stuart, T. Pitts, D. McDaniel, W. M. Griffin, ISRAEL COX

Census: 1850, MS Tishomingo County. Down the road

John Scruggs TN, C. Mcbride TN, Israel COX SC, J. C. Combs VA, Joseph Lester SC

Residence: Apr 1853, TX Tarrant.⁵⁰ 1853-1854: They migrate to Texas...From the notes of Mrs. Maurine Milson: "In the spring of 1854 Israel and Elizabeth traveled to Texas with her brother, El Nathan Hudgins and his family. They stopped in Birdville, (Tarrant County) Texas. After Israel Cox rented a house and settled his family, he registered in Tarrant Co. In the school census it shows that he registered his school age children: 1. Delila E. Cox; 2. Martha J. Cox; 3. Mary A. Cox; 4. Harriet E. Cox."

Estate Sale: 1856, TX Tarrant. Estate Records- Tarrant Co., TX, Vol. 18, p.3 Estate of D. Woodward, deceased,

ISRAEL COX among many who owed the doctor money. 7/5/1856.

Poll tax: Jul 1856, TX Tarrant.⁵¹ Israel Cox paid poll tax-

1856-50 cents, a state tax of 50 cents, and a county tax of 25 cents. No real property listed.

1857-1857: Israel Cox reported as having paid a poll tax of 75 cents, a state tax of 50 cents, and a county tax of 25 cents. No real property listed.

1858- First ownership of real property appears: 111 (?) acres, Israel COX original grantee; 22 cattle.

Texas Land Abstracts: 1859, TX Tarrant. District: Robertson

County: Tarrant

Grantee: Liberty J. Teeter

Patentee: Israel Cox

Patent Date: 05 Jul 1859

Patent #: 422

Patent Volume: 24

Acres: 320

Class: Rob. 3rd.

File: 2826

Census: 1860, TX Wood, Springville. COX

Israel 51 M Farmer SC

Elizabeth 41 Fe Tn

John B. 21 M Laborer Al

Delilah 20 Fe Al

Mary A. 17 Fe Ms

Harriett E. 13 Fe Ms

Thomas 10 M Ar

James 8 M Tx

Samuel 2 M Tx

Elizabeth 17 Fe Il

Emory, the county seat and largest town of Rains County, is at the junction of U.S. Highway 69 and State Highway 19, at the center of the county. When Rains County was organized in 1870 Springville became the county seat, and the name was changed to Emory in honor of Rains, who had played an important role in the authorization of the county. BIBLIOGRAPHY: William Oscar Hebison and Ambrose Fitzgerald, Early Days in Texas and Rains County (Emory, Texas: Leader Print, 1917; rpt., Garland, Texas:...

Civil War: 1861, TX.⁵¹ 1861 - According to his son, Jim Cox, Israel was alive at the beginning of the war, because he gave the family's best horses to his daughters' husbands (or husband's-to-be) when they went off to war. I found some of these men listed on the Wood County Gen Web site under the listings of men who'd mustered into the CSA from Wood County.

However, Dee Flacy wrote me that at the end of the war, Jim took his younger brother Samuel, and they "wandered the countryside, surviving as best they could." I do not know why this would have been, with grown siblings living nearby (if they'd stayed in Wood County) or Elizabeth's family nearby (if they'd returned to Tarrant County, where Dee says Israel & Elizabeth are buried). M y dad often told me that his grandfather Jim Cox had been raised by an uncle, El Nathan Hudgins, who was the founder of the First Methodist Church of Grapevine. In 1870, Israel's youngest child, Samuel, is found in the census in the household of Thomas Hudgins, one of El Nathan's sons, but Jim Cox is not found in El Nathan's home or in Thomas' home

Biographical note: Cir 1870, TX. Israel Cox is said to have died on a land-buying trip.

Israel married Sarah Elizabeth Hudgins of TX Wood County [20] [MRIN: 21] on 6 Mar 1836 in AL Jackson County.⁵²

Children from this marriage were:

i. John B. Cox [256] was born on 19 Feb 1837 in Bellafonte (Jackson) AL/Jackson Co., AL and died after 1870 in TX Wood County, Point/Emory.

ii. Delila E. Cox [257] was born on 23 Nov 1838 in AL Jackson County, Bellafonte, died on 10 Feb 1904 in Goldthwaite, TX at age 65, and was buried in Rocksprings Cemetery.

iii. Martha Jane Cox [263] was born on 26 Sep 1843 in Bellafonte, Jackson, LA⁵³ and died after 1880 in TX Kaufman County census.

iv. Mary Ann Cox [33] was born on 10 Jun 1845 in MS Tishomingo County, died in 1914 in OK Love County, Orr⁵⁴ at age 69, and was buried in OK Orr Cemetery.

v. Elizabeth Frances Cox [47] was born on 13 Oct 1846 in MS Tishomingo County and died before 1860.⁵⁵

vi. Harriet Elizabeth Cox [48] was born on 23 Jul 1848 in MS Tishomingo County, was christened in 1850 in MS Tishomingo County, and died after 1880 in TX Tarrant census.

vii. Alabama Eveline Cox [44] was born on 10 Jan 1852 in TX and died in 1853 at age 1.

viii. James William Cox Lawyer [262] was born on 4 Jan 1854 in Grapevine, Tarrant, TX, died on 12 Jun 1952 in San Angelo, Tom Green, TX⁴⁹ at age 98, and was buried in Emory, Rains, TX Emory Cemetery.

ix. Samuel Israel Cox [264] was born on 6 May 1859 in TX Tarrant County, Birdville, died on 26 Apr 1941 in TX Tarrant, Tate Springs at age 81, and was buried in Hawkins, Kennedale Cemetery, Tarrant, TX.

12 x. Jesse Thomas Cox "Tom" [1]

25. Sarah Elizabeth Hudgins of TX Wood County [20], daughter of Benjamin J Hudgins Sc Pendleton [265] and Martha Ellis [266], was born on 6 May 1819 in TN Franklin, Winchester Maybe, was christened in 1860 in TX Wood County census, died before 1870 in TX Tarrant Maybe, and was buried in TX Tarrant Minor's Cemetery On D/Fw Airport Property.

Census: 1870. I can't find her, so she may have died before the census as did he.

Sarah married Israel Cox of TX Wood County [17] [MRIN: 21] on 6 Mar 1836 in AL Jackson County.⁵²

26. Josiah Hardin Sanders CSA + [128],⁵⁶ son of Rev. John Sanders Baptist War of 1812 [3701] and Alexandria Richardson Robins [4032], was born in 1829 in TN McNairy Maybe and died in Nov 1863 in CSA Civil War, "Round Mountain Battle" maybe⁵⁷ at age 34. Another name for Josiah was Hardin Sanders, or Saunders.

General Notes: J. H. Sanders

Regiment Name Baird's Reg't Texas Cavalry (Showalter's)

4th Cal AZ Brigade Confederate

Company D

Soldier's Rank_In Private

Soldier's Rank_Out Private

No I do not have much on the Sanders, I found Martha and her family in the 1860 census, her father was listed as J. H. Sanders 28yrs, TN and mother L. E.(Elizabeth Rushing), children M. J. (f) 6yrs, A. T. (f) 5yr, J. M.(m) 3yrs. 1870 census, Elizabeth is now married to a E.C. Hicks,

Children, Sanders, Martha 16, Amanda 14, James 12, Lafayett 9, Jefferson 7,.

My thought on J. H. is he may have died in the Civil War but have not proof, I have not been able to find any thing on him. I do know where Elizabeth's family lived in Van Zandt Co. and a family cemetery is. I also have found a Jefferson and Lafayett Sanders in the 1900 census in OK, I do know they lived in OK, Elizabeth is living with one of them and is quite old, she also divorced E. C. Hicks in Rains Co. TX in the 1880's.

My dads sister Vada is still living and is 87 yrs old and has a wonderful memory she has help me so much, she remembers Jefferson and Lafayette coming to visit them but can't remember where in Ok they lived their wife's or children.

I remember Martha I was about 8yrs old when she died and I remember her as a mean old woman that would not let us come in the room where the fire place was she would chase us out with the poker, some memory !!

I have a picture of her I will send you and also a picture of her, James and all the kids. I will send them separate. I will also send you the info I have on both families. It will take me awhile to send that I have a little info that I need to add.

How are you related to the Rabe's. Are you close to Salt Lake City?

----- Original Message -----

From: Helen Skaggs

To: donlgiddens@hubwest.com

Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 8:49 PM

Subject: Rabe's

Hi Rev. Don, I saw you gen. info. you added to the World Connect Project(Ancestry.Com).

I would be interested in knowing more about your family and how you connect to mine.

James Rabe/ Martha Sanders.

And I would like to sent you the correct info on Richard Rabe/Josie Allen, you see that is my grandparents and their son Claude was my dad.

I have quite a bit of info on Robert W/ Mary Polly Stockton and James/Martha, I would be glad to exchange info.

I live in Van Alstyne, TX, where do you live?

Helen

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A Francis Sanders 1776-1826 is buried in Jackson, Madison, TN where some of the Rushing girls were born.

Aletha Sanders d 10/12/1837 bd next to him.

In 1850, A Mary L Sanders 65 is censused b NC.

Companies of Van Zandt County

[Mr. Roberts notes that pages 17 through 20 of the original archive papers were missing.]

12th Brigade TX Miltia

V A N Z A N D T C O U N T Y T E X A S

The first Company organized in this County was a Volunteer

Company, organized by Capt. Whetstone and heretofore forwarded

to your office asking immediate service in the State or out of it.

C O M P A N Y N O . 2 ( R E S E R V E )

1. Casper McBride, Capt. 6. W. R. White, 2d Sargt.

2. B. W. Anderson, 1st Lt. 7. J. Bruton, 3d "

3. P. J. Hill, 2nd " 8. G. Y. Ellis, 4th "

4. J. W. Reeves, 3d " 9. J. P. Williams, 1st Corp.

5. H. B. Anderson, O.S. 10. C. Burnett, 2nd "

12. Matthew Johnson, 4th Corp. 11. Wm. A. James, 3rd "

P R I V A T E S

13. Jacob Humble 14. M. L. Parsons 15. J. M. Thompson

16. N. G. Meek 17. E. W. Bridges 18. (skipped)

19. S. J. Sanders 20. J. Kellana 21. C. H. Ellis

22. Jno. McBride 23. Wm. Murray 24. John Howell

25. R. J. Hick 26. Wm. White 27. J. W. Greggory

28. S. L. Minor 29. H. Braden 30. Neal Martin

31. James Mills 32. Moses James 33. David Furguson

34. Sam'l Mills 35. A. B. Myric 36. Sam'l Jones

37. J. G. Norris 38. Jno. Painter 39. H. W. Whisenhunt

40. A. V. Smith 41. And. Barnett 42. J. M. Jones

43. H. B. Cartwright 44. Jno. Richardson 45. Wm. Freeman

46. Silas Meadows 47. Wade Blasingame 48. Wm. Wilson

49. Jno. McMillan 50. C. B. Owen 51. Jno. A. Jones

52. L. M. Barker 53. D. Cartwright 54. Wm. Flatt

Post Office: Mustang, Van Zandt Co., Tex.

THE STATE OF TEXAS )

VAN ZANDT COUNTY )

I hereby certify that the above names have been enrolled by me

as an a_a (active) Company of Reserve(s) under the authority of the

Brigadier General, S. M. Flournoy, and in accordance to the suggestions

of the Adjutant General of the State and that on the 22d of July at

Gray Bluff in Van Zandt County, and after due.... at a regulat

meeting of the Company the above named officers were elected.

Isaac Anderson, Enrolling Officer

July 29th, 1861.

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Military: : NM, LA, TX. Julius Giesecke joined a company of young Texas German volunteers, entered the Confederate service with the

Fourth Texas Calvary

under the command of Captain Marinus Van der Heuvel. Upon the death of Capt. Van der Heuvel during the New Mexico campaign, Julius was promoted to Captain and continued to serve with distinction elsewhere during the war. He and some of his men even endured capture and imprisonment at the hands of the Union Army, escaping into the swamps of Virginia after a revolt on board a ship. He later returned to Louisiana and Texas to fight in the war west of the Mississippi until Robert E. Lee's surrender in 1865.

Immigrated: 1837, MS. from McNairy TN

Census: 1840, MS Tishomingo.¹ Sa(u)nderses censused:

Alfred p21 1840-45

Alfred p221

Isaac p009 1845

S.A. p002

John p20

John p230 1837-1840

David p024 (1845)

Census: 1850, MS Tishomingo.¹ in the home of Joseph and Louisa Jane (Sanders) Carter

Census: 1850, MS Tishomingo.¹ Down the road

Whitehursts

J. Burton

J Carter 1810 GA

Nancy 1824 TN

J. M. Sanders 1819 TN (must be Nancy's brother)

Harden 1829 TN (must be J. M.'s brother)

Caroline 1843 MS

Nancy 1845 MS

Thursday? 1847 MS

Amanda 1849 MS- Could this be Amanda Theresa Sanders??

Hughes

Census: 1850, MS Tishomingo.¹ Possibly kin to our Thos Jesse Cox clan:: surnames

Household 37 Christopher Cox (later in Wood County, TX)

Household 51 RUSHING

Household 61 COX

Household 85 our ISRAEL COX (later in Wood County, TX)

Household 92 Frazier

Household 103 Frazier

Household 105 Frazier

Household 111 Calvery

Household 120 Calvery

Household 120 RIAL COX (Israel's twin) md a Frazier, then a Calvary

or vice-a-reversa

Household 121 WM COX

Household 128 Hutchens (maybe Hudgins)

Household 131 Calvary

Household 137 HUDGINS

Household 142 RUSHING

Census- Sa(u)nders: 1850, MS Tishomingo.¹ Delany 032 s/o M. desc of Abraham Sanders (moved to Tish in 1848)

J. M. 009 1819 TN, Hardin 1829 TN, Caroline 1841, Mary 1843, David 1845

J. W. 013 and Nancy cn Jms 1825 TN, Josias 1827 TN WM 1829 TN Susan 1833 TN Avoline 1835 TN, Nancy 1833 AL, JN 1839 AL, Geo. 1838 AL, Jacob 1840 AL, Amanda 1843 AL, Isaac 1845 AL

J. M. 024

M 031

Jn 042

Robert 156

Births: 1855, TX.³¹ Amanda Theresa and Martha Jane both supposedly born same year. Twins?

Birth of child: 1857, TX. James Marion Sa(U)nders

Census: 1860, TX Ellis County.⁵⁸ 1860 Census: Ellis Co Co., TX pg 38, sheet 39

J.H. Saunders 28M Farmer Tenn.

L.E. 23F Miss.

M.J.(maybe Martha Jane) 6F Texas

A.T.(maybe Amanda Theresa) 5F Texas

J.M.(maybe James Marion) 3M Texas

Aunt Bessie (Cox) Martin said the Sanders had slaves.

This may be them in TEXAS in 1860, if they had a farm in Ellis County.

One J. H. Sanders owned a plantation located between Wills Point, Texas and the communities of Flats and Lynch. He also owned slaves. Martha's father had fought in the Civil War.

Marcus Lafayette was born in 1860 in Wood reportedly.

Child born: 1860, TX Wood or Ellis County. Marcus Lafayette Sa(u)nders

Civil War: Mar 1861, TX Calvary, 4Th Reg (Showalters).⁵⁹ Ellis County

Baird's Regiment TX Calvary CSA

M227 roll 32 and roll 33 for Dan Showalter

Military: 1 Sep 1861, TX Ellis County.⁶⁰ The "Ellis County Rangers" unit was formed.

Child born: 1862, TX Wood or Ellis. Jefferson Monroe Sa(u)nders born.

Residence: 1862, TX Wood County or Ellis. if he was still there when his son was born.

Military: 11 Aug 1862, Des Arc, Arkansas.⁶⁰ T. J. Sanders of the "Ellis County Rangers" died of fever.

Fact: 1863, RootsWeb.⁶¹ Moses Marion Sanders of Alcorn County, Mississippi, was a son of John Sanders and Aby Robins and a grandson of the Reverend Moses Sanders and Mary Hamilton. In a memoir written for his family about 1880 he stated:

"Our grandfather Moses Sanders was born in the early part of the 18th century. His life was spent in agriculture as a pursuit and theology as a profession being a Baptist preacher. Our grandfather John Robins was a merchant in Virginia. John Sanders, our father, was born in North Carolina March 2nd A.D. 1787. Our mother, Aby Richardson Sanders, daughter of John Robins, was born in Virginia August 18th 1796."

He then talks about his brothers and sisters and adds,

"Josiah Hardin lived in Texas, engaged in farming and stock raising, was a brave soldier and lost his life in defense of his country 1863."

Before John and Aby moved to Tishomingo County, Mississippi, they lived in McNairy County, Tennessee. Josiah Hardin married Elizabeth Rushing and they had five children, all born between before 1862 in Texas.

For these reasons, I believe Josiah Hardin was a son of John Sanders and Aby Robins, not James Sanders and Sarah Sell.

Death: 1863/1861?, CSA.⁶² "Josiah Hardin lived in Texas, engaged in farming and stock raising, was a brave soldier and lost his life in defense of his country 1863."

1861 is more likely. We need to look up the muster rolls on microfilm at one of the large libraries. DLG 2006

Battle of Round Mountain

On November 19, 1861, the Confederate troops pursued the Unionist Indians to Round Mountain, but they ran headlong into a line of resistance that was nearly twelve hundred men long; the volley from the Creek soldiers cut down several of the unwary Confederates who then retreated. The Creek forces, led by Creek war chiefs Billy Bowlegs, John Chupco, Halleck Tuskenugge and Little Captain, had formed a defensive line to protect the women, children, the elderly and the livestock of Opothle Yahola's band. [144] Cooper reinforced his troops and again attacked the renegades with the full force of the combined armies of the Confederacy. Drew's forces had not yet decided commit to this action. The battle became quite heavy until darkness fell upon the combatants, forcing both sides to break off the engagement. [145] Cooper's force was defeated in the battle, losing nearly twenty men in the engagement; in his inflated reports to military authorities, he reported the loyal Indians losses to be 110 killed and wounded. [146] Keetoowah Society notes Avocation of Religious ...

Military: 1863, Ft. Washita 2 OK Indian Territory.⁵⁹ The place he may have died if he was the J. H. Sanders.

Late 1863 Indian Territory

Little is known about the activities of the two battalions prior to December, 1863. In September 1863, while stationed in the Indian Territory, Lt. Colonel Showalter's Battalion apparently engaged hostile Indians in north Texas....

DG' notes

If Josiah died in 1863 as said and he was in the 4th Calvary as stated then, he did not participate in other battles of Baird's AZ where they

..massacred a USA Negro battalion against orders ( they were to take as many prisoners as possible but took only a handful.

...then some of the Showalter's men left destitute without supplies wandered in Cooke County living off the land, and scavenging what they could. These men has to be rounded up by another regiment.

, and 30 November 1863 the battalion was ordered to report to Brigadier General H. E. McCullouch at Bonham, Texas.

On December 15, 1863, the regiment was ordered to consolidate once again in the region of San Antonio, in response to the threat of a Union sea-borne invasion. The regiment was to serve in a command called "The Cavalry of the West," under the command of Colonel John Salmon Ford (popularly known as "R.I.P." Ford due to his habit, when filling out death certificates, of adding the abbreviation "R.I.P."...for "Rest in Peace"... after the names of those men under his command who had "gone to meet their maker"). However, this consolidation did not apparently happen at that time, because although Baird's Battalion was apparently with Ford at San Antonio as of February 5, Showalter's Battalion apparently did not join the rest of the regiment until March 31, 1864.31

CSA: 1863, Ft. Washita, Indian Territory 1.¹ The J. H. Sanders censused in Ellis County in 1860 well might be our Josiah Hardin Sanders.

The following soldier appears to be the same person ESPECIALLY since

Baird's AZ Regiment did recruit in Ellis County. A picture is attached of the AZ unit in Ellis County in 1864 along with new recruits. So, they had already been in battle in North Texas and the Indian Territory. Josiah must have been killed before the picture if he died in 1863.

Sanders, J. H.

Confederate

Cavalry

Baird's Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Showalter's) (4th Regiment, Arizona Brigade) 980 soldeirs

The 4th Regiment, AZ Brigade was never in Arizona! It fought from along the Red River, to San Antonio, to Brownsville.

Its founder, Spruce Baird, wanted to reatke AZ territory but never made it out of Texas and the Oklahoma Territory.

Don Giddens 2006.

Josiah Hardins Sanders' brother reported that he died in the CSA in 1863. If that be the case, then he died before the picture was taken on previous excursions. Note the brief descriptions of the outfit in 1863.

The FOURTH TEXAS CAVALRY REGIMENT, ARIZONA BRIGADE was the brainchild of Spruce McCoy Baird, former attorney general of New Mexico Territory (U.S.) and an ardent secessionist who had accompanied the Confederate Army of New Mexico when it retreated back to Texas. Baird began to recruit troops for the recapture of Arizona, at first independently of the larger effort which John R. Baylor was organizing at Eagle Lake, Texas. However, by the end of 1862 Baird had moved his recruiting efforts to Eagle Lake, and his embryonic regiment became part of the Arizona Brigade.26

1863

The Fourth Regiment was organized in February 1863, with Spruce Baird himself commissioned as Colonel and placed in command of the regiment. Other field officers were Major Edward Riordan and Lt. Colonel Daniel Showalter.27

Lt. Colonel Showalter, who would later command the Fourth Regiment after Baird resigned in early 1864, was a California politician and ardent Southern sympathizer who had been captured and imprisoned by Union authorities in November 1861 while attempting to leave California on his way to join the Confederate army in Texas. Released from his enforced confinement at Fort Yuma after five months, Showalter made a second attempt to defect, this time successfully. Slipping through the Mexican state of Chihuahua, Showalter made his way to Texas, where he took a commission in the Fourth Regiment.28

Baird's recruiting efforts were never as successful as those of Baylor, and Baird was forced to move his recruiting efforts yet again in early 1863. He set up headquarters near the Pecos River, in far west Texas, and his recruiters (Josiah could have been a recruiter) signed up draft evaders, deserters, and other riff-raff who had drifted into the no-man's-land between Confederate Texas and Union-held New Mexico. Naturally, the discipline and quality of the regiment suffered as a result.29

The Fourth Regiment only took to the field in late 1863, due to the slowness with which its ranks were filled. The regiment was not assigned to a specific brigade or division for most of the war, but rather was used as a sort of "mobile reserve" force, to be moved wherever it was needed. And shortly after it took the field, it was apparently divided into two Battalions of five companies each.

Late 1863

One of these, under Lt. Colonel Showalter, was ordered to Fort Washita, Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), and the other, under Colonel Baird, was sent to Brazoria County, on the Texas Gulf Coast.30

The J. H Sanders was under Colonel Showalter, so he must have died when they had their battle(s) in or near Ft. Washita in late 1863 in Indian skirmishes -or- as happened to many CSA troops died of disease. An epidemic of measles hit Ft. Washita about then, and many died.

Ft. Washita 2

Battle: 1863, OK.⁶³ 30. 1863 - Skirmish, Tahlequah, Indian Territory.

Maybe this is where Hardin was killed.

Military: 1863, TX CSA.⁶⁴ The following battles took place in late 1863 in TX.

Sept. 8 Action, Sabine Pass NEW YORK--75th and 161st Infantry. Union loss, 30 killed and wounded, 200 missing. Total, 230.

Nov. 2 Occupation of Brazos de Santiago Island.. IOWA--19th Infantry. Nov. 6 Occupation of Point Isabel IOWA--20th Infantry.

Nov. 6 Occupation of Brownsville IOWA--19th Infantry. MAINE--13th Infantry. MISSOURI-Battery "B," 1st Light Artillery. WISCONSIN--20th Infantry.

Nov. 17 Capture of Aransas IOWA--26th Infantry. MAINE--13th and 15th Infantry.

Nov. 17 Capture of Mustang Island, Aransas Pass.. IOWA--26th and 34th Infantry. MAINE--13th and 15th Infantry. MISSOURI--Battery "F," 1st Light Artillery.

Nov. 23 Skirmish, Cedar Bayou MAINE--15th Infantry (Detachment). Nov. 23-Dec. 2... Expedition to Rio Grande City ILLINOIS--37th Infantry (7 Cos.).

Nov. 27-30 Action and capture, Fort Esperanza ILLINOIS--33d and 99th Infantry. INDIANA--8th and 18th Infantry. IOWA--23d, 26th and 34th Infantry. MAINE--13th and 15th Infantry. MICHIGAN--Battery "G," 1st Light Artillery. MISSOURI--Battery "F," 1st Light A rtillery. Union loss, 1 killed, 2 wounded. Total, 3. Dec. 29 Action, Matagorda Peninsula MAINE--13th Infantry (Cos. "C," "H" and "K"). U.S. Gunboat "Sciota." 1864.

Military: 1863, TX.⁶⁵ During the war Between the States and immediately following, the Comanches, now joined by their fierce kinsmen, the Kiowa, took captive many white women and children, killed large numbers of frontier people and drove the settlers back into Northern Texas.

Josiah Hardin lived in Texas engaged in farming and stock raising was a brave soldier and lost his life in defense of his country 1863.

Military: 1864, Camp San Fernando.⁶⁶ Military post on San Fernando Creek, near this site. Guarded the lifeline of the Confederacy, the cotton road, export-import route that ran from the Sabine River in East Texas to the Rio Grande. Manned 1862 by 32nd Texas Calvary flying Bonnie Blue flag; in 1863, a banner lettered: "We fight for our rights". Temporarily occupied, November 1863, by Gen. H. P. Bee. In February 1864 a strong complement arrived under Col. J. S. (RIP) Ford. Col. Matt Nolan reported to Ford a victory over Federals under Capt. C. Balerio 50 miles southwest on Banquete. Winning troops were under Capt. Thomas Cater, Wm. Tate, Taylor, and A. J. Ware, plus home guard under Capt. Santiago Richardson. (Capt. Richard King, of King Ranch, also served in the home guard.) Col. Ford's "Cavalry of the West" included Maj. Felix A. Von Blucher, chief of staff; capts. H. C. Merritt and J. Littleton, commissaries; Col. Albert Walthersdorff, technician; Capt. W. G. M. Samuels, ordnance. On March 30, 1864, the Arizona companies of Lt. Col. Daniel Showalter reached Camp San Fernando. In April Col. Ford and Col. Santos Benavides attacked the Federals in the Rio Grande Valley. Cols. Nolan and B. F. Fry continued to watch over the cotton road and "keep an eye" on Corpus Christi.

*addendum Captain Cockerel of Showalter's 4th was killed in this battle. from (Rip Ford's book). DLG 2006

Kinship: 2002, Blanding, UT.¹ The reason I "connected" our Hardin Sanders to John and Abby

was because the descendants of Louisa "Jency" Sanders

who married Joseph Carter, have her as daughter of a John and Abby Sanders. The only John and Abby I have found as of 2003 were the ones censused in Tishomingo MS.

Censused

IN THE household of Louisa and Joseph Carter is a J. M. Sanders. Below him is a Hardin, evidently a SANDERS not a Carter since he is listed below J. M. Sanders.

Microfilm: 2006. Microfilms of the rosters of Baird's Calvary may be seen at some major libraries.

M323 - 180 Baird's Cavalry (4th Regiment, Arizona Brigade; Showalter's Regiment) A--L

M323 - 181 Baird's Cavalry (4th Regiment, Arizona Brigade; Showalter's Regiment) M--Y

I have not had an opportunity to see them.

Don Giddens -2006

Josiah married Sarah Elizabeth Rushing of Tn Madison [121] [MRIN: 134] circa 1853 in TX maybe.

Children from this marriage were:

13 i. Amanda Theresa Sanders of Albany, TX [19]

ii. Martha Jane Sanders [147] was born in 1855 in TX Wood County, died on 22 Jan 1944 at age 89, and was buried in Lynch Cem, Point, Rains, TX.⁶⁷

iii. James Marion Sanders [149] was born in 1857 in TX, Parents MS MS and died in 1913 in Caprock, Lea, NM (Chavez or Eddy) at age 56.

iv. Marcus Lafayette Sanders [150] was born in Jul 1860 in TX Wood or Ellis, died in 1940 in OK Oklahoma City at age 80, and was buried in Sweat Cemetery, Deep Fork Township, OK. Another name for Marcus was Fate.

v. Jefferson Monroe Sanders [155] was born in 1862 in TX Ellis probably and died in 1952 in OK Verden County, Grady at age 90.

27. Sarah Elizabeth Rushing of Tn Madison [121], daughter of Mark Rushing Tn [153] and Elizabeth Freeman Tn [154], was born in Jan 1836 in TN Madison Maybe, died circa 1906 in OK Elk City or OK City or CLovis NM 1928 at age 70, and was buried in Lea County NM. Another name for Sarah was E. Rushing.

Census: 1880, TX Jack Censused. with sons but none of the daughters-in-law were listed.

Census: 1870, TX Wood County. E. C. Hicks 44 Farmer AL

Elizabeth 31 MS

Sanders, Martha 16 TX

Sanders, Amanda 14 TX

Sanders, James 12 TX

Sanders, Lafayette 9 TX

Sanders, Jefferson 7 TX

Census: 6 Jun 1900, OK Elk Township. -1900 Census, OK County, OK, Elk Township, 6th June, 1900, ED 165, pag e 147A

55-35 Sanders, Marcus F Head m-w-July 1860-m-5 TX-MS-MS

" Rosita A Wife f--w-Dec-1869-m-5-3-3 ILL-IN-IN

" Dellia M Daughter f-w-Dec-1895-s OK-TX-IN

Stella Daughter f-w-Mar-1897-s OK-TX-IN

Hardin R Son m-w-N ov-1898-s OK-TX-IN

" Elizabeth Mother f--w-June-1836 MS-TN-TN

Sarah married Josiah Hardin Sanders CSA + [128]⁵⁶ [MRIN: 134] circa 1853 in TX maybe.

Sarah next married E. C. Hicks [211] [MRIN: 136] aft Civil War.

28. Adam Linn Lindsey of Springtown, TX [302],²⁴ son of John William Lindsey Judge [304] and Margaret Peggy Linn Tn Davidson [79], was born on 8 Apr 1831 in KY Trigg County, Cadiz, died on 15 Feb 1903 in Springtown, Parker, TX⁶⁸ at age 71, and was buried in TX Parker County, Veal Station Cemetery.

General Notes: Left Benton County MO 1857 or 1858, and moved to Parker County, TX.

He first lived in Decatur, Wise, TX then moved to Veal Station, Parker, TX. (Carolyn, GenForum)

He names one daughter Mary Atlantic after the Old World, and another, Caledonia, after the New World.

Adam Linn Lindsey joined the Texas Rangers under Capt. Thomasson in October, 1859, and served

until 1862. In July, 1895 he was living in Springtown, Parker, TX.

Related Lindseys still live there. 2001...Don Giddens

From the Bible of Mary Atlanta Lindsey

Adam Linn Lindsey....

I am of Scotch descent. My mother was Irish, Peggy Linn. I was born in Trigg County, KY 4/8/1831.

My father moved to Lafayett County, MO in March of 1833. He settled in Benton County, near the county seat Warsaw

(which he named) on the Osage River. He was elected county judge of that county in 1835. He died (on the bench) in 1840.

Two years after his death, mother married Dr. John Morris and moved to Newton County, MO in the year 1843.

There I was principally raised. My mother died in Newton County, MO just ten years after my father's death.

My mother's people were of some prominence. Her cousin, Linn Boyd, was a representative in Congress, and once Speaker of the House.

Rev. Finis Ewing, another cousin, was one of the founder's of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.One of his brothers was a candidate for Governor of Missouri on the Know Nothing ticket. Bill Lindsey, one of my cousins, is a Representative in Congress at this time.

All of the Lindseys are Democrats and most of them are Baptists.

Both of my grandfathers were in the Revolutionary War. Grandfather Linn was wounded at the Battle of Cowpens. (So was his grandfather Lindsey.) I moved to Texas in the last days of 1858. Stopped at Decatur in Wise County, 3 January 1859. Served (in the Texas Rangers) until the War of 1862. Was at Flanangan's Ranch on the headwaters of the Leon River when I heard Lee had surrendered.

Came home and found Mary and the children in a destitute condition.

Going back to 1848. I was married to Mary Wormington, October 26, 1848, and settled down on a little farm of 80 acres, went to work, and accumulated property fast until 1852. In partnership with my brother, Felix, I engaged in the Mercantile business. Sold goods two years, quit the goods business, and went on a gold hunt in 1855. Spent all I had, traveled four long months. Came home a poorer and wiser man.

I am now living July 6th, 1895 in Springtown, Texas situated on the north side of Parker County, TX on the west fork of the great Trinity River in a belt of timber called the lower cross timbers of Texas.

A. L. Lindsey 7/6/1895

Occupation: 1848-1852. Farmer

Occupation: 1852-1854. Mercantile business

Occupation: 1855.⁶⁹ Went on a gold hunt, traveled four long months, spent all I had, and came back a poorer but wiser man.

Land Certificate: 15 May 1857, Springfield, MO. #18780

Whereas Adam L Lindsey of Newton County, Missouri

has deposited in the GENERAL LAND OFFICE of the United States, a certificate of the REGISTER OF THE LAND OFFICE, at Springfield wherby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Adam L Lindsey according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands", for

THE WEST HALF OF THE SOUTH WEST QUARTER OF SECTION ELEVEN, IN TOWNSHIP, TWENTY-FIVE, OF RANGE THIRTY, IN THE DISTRICT OF LANDS SUBJECT TO SALE AT SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, CONTAINING EIGHTY ACRES.

.........

In testimony whereof, I, James Buchanan, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of the GENERAL LAND OFFICE,

to be hereunto affixed.

Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the 15th day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven

and of the Independence of the the United States the eighty-first

by the President

James Buchanan

G. H. Jones, Secretary

J. W. Granger, Recorder of the General land Office

Biographical note: 1858, Camp Verde, Kerr County, TX. The U.S. Army post of Camp Verde was established in 1855 and the town of Camp Verde followed shortly thereafter. The military post was one of many situated to protect the Texas frontier. A post office for the Camp Verde community opened in 1858 and is still operating as part of the Camp Verde store. The community was subject to Indian attacks until after the Civil War as were other small towns along the frontier. Today the Camp Verde community consists of the Camp Verde store, the cemetery and the remains of the military post. The town is located in Kerr County. SUBMITTED BY: Henry Chenoweth

Camp Verde has a special historical significance. It was the site of the U. S. Army's research into the feasibility of using camels in the U. S. It seems that the experiment showed that camels would not be used and the animals were released. Stories are told of great beasts roaming thru the country frightening the residents. It seems that some of the camels were the great beasts and when released became wild. There may be some question concerning the truth of this but it makes a good story. H. H Colvin

It is now a ghost town.

Military: 1859-1862.⁶⁹ Minuteman or "Texas Rangers"

Military Service: 21 Jul 1862-Feb 1863, Camp Verde, TX. I certify that the within named A. Lindsey, Pvt. of Captain Ch. de Montels company D of Frontier Regiment of Texas born in (Cadiz, Trigg County)*...in the State of (KY*)....aged.31.*.years....feet....inches....high...complexion...(he was dark complected with dark eyes*- Don Giddens 2002)...and by profession a (Baptist*) was mustered into the service by Ch. de Montel at Camp Verde on the 21st of July 1862 to serve for one year, and is now entitled to a discharge by reason of order from Adj. Gen. Jeparks.

For pay from 21st of July 1862 to 9th of February 1863 being six months 20 days at $12 per month.....

For use of horse from 21st of July 1862 to 9th of February 1863 being 204 days @ 40 cents a day...$81.60

For use of Arms from 21st of July 1862 to 9th of February 1863 being six months 20 days at one dollar per month..$6.66

For pay for traveling from place of discharge to place of mustering into service being 15

(scratched out) miles, twenty miles a day equal to one day (scratched out) at 24 per month $80 (scratched out)

For six months 20 days clothing @ $25 for six months $27.77

He is indebted to the State of Texas