Levi Wiley White 1818
- 1868
Research Web Page & History Timeline
Currently in the
Research Box:
1. Attempting to contact
IOOF
however, their records start at 1873, Levi died 1868?
2. At some point will check for an Obit. for Levi's daughter
Alice died in Madison Co
TX 1932. |
| Goal:
Substantiate our Levi's history and military service in the Army of
the Texas Republic, 1836. |
Last updated:
June 16, 2014
Email: mike3113@hotmail.com with
Comments/Addition/Corrections.
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Below are "4" Links to Levi
Patents that have Original Document Copies
Section #2 |
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Jul 1853 -
Pat #715 |
Aug 1861 - Pat #433 |
Jan 1878 - Pat #348 |
Heirs 1906 - Pat #606 |
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Below are the same as
Section #1 above, in LIST Form - Click the 'Year'
Section #3 |
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Survey
Blk Grantee Patent#
Leag Section Abs
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LEVI W WHITE
L.W. WHITE Headright Cert #8
(Feb 03, 1838,
1/3 League of land abt 1156 acres HouCo)
LEVI W WHITE
L.W. WHITE Bounty Cert #3500
(May 22, 1838 640
acres for svr Army Mar to Dec 1836)
LEVI W WHITE
L.W. WHITE 715
1050 1064 (Patent date: 22
Jul 1853
Hou 1st - 320 acres)
LEVI W WHITE
L.W. WHITE Donation Cert #697
(May 14, 1855 640 acres, svr Army Battle San Jacinto)
LEVI W WHITE
L.W. WHITE 515
1077 1090 (Patent date: 26
Jul 1861
Hou Bnty - 320 acres)
LEVI W WHITE
L.W. WHITE 433
942 (Patent date 05 Aug
1861 Robt.1st Hill Co - 139.51
acres)
LEVI W WHITE
L.W. WHITE 541
1118 (Patent date 05 May
1862 Robt.1st Ellis Co - 638 acres)
LEVI W WHITE
L.W. WHITE 348
1054 1068 (Patent date: 07
Jan 1878
Hou1st HouCo 254.89 acres)
LEVI W WHITE
L.W. WHITE 501
891 (Patent date: 06 May
1887 Milam1st McLenCo 72.79 acres)
LEVI W WHITE
L.W. WHITE 083
1210 (Patent date: 14 May
1890 Robt1st McLenCo 51 acres)
LEVI W WHITE
L.W. WHITE 606
1080 1093 (Patent date: 13
Jan 1906
Hou Bnty 320 acres.)
http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/houston/land/houston.txt |
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Land Transactions;
Headrights/Grants/etc of Levi's, Father, Brother's and
Brother-in-Law's |
Three Important Facts/Discussions on Levi W White of Houston Co TX:
1. At no time during Levi, son of Stephen's, stay in Houston Co TX, were there
more that '1' Levi White on the Census Records.
(Levi had lands in Houston, Ellis and
McLennan Co TX, that ref to Darius Edens the Patentee, also in the
same 3 counties.)
2. At no time during Levi's stay in Houston Co TX, were there
ever more
that '1' Levi White on Poll Tax Records,
at the same time. Levi is recorded every year on the poll
tax, of Houston Co TX between 1839 to 1865, twice
during this time, his father Stephen paid
his poll taxes, he was absent from Poll Taxes 1864, being away at war.
3. Our Levi W White is, in my opinion, being confused with
another Levi from Florida then Conecuh Co AL.
in my opinion this researcher may be
incorrect in her conclusions, that researcher ignores, the Census,
and Poll Tax, of Houston Co, and the
relationship between our Levi and his father Stephen White and siblings,
who appear next door to him in Houston Co
TX. The fact that there was never MORE THAN '1' Levi W
White
living in Houston County TX from 1836 to 1870's. What complicates all the research, is this
researcher has included
the same research I have into her records, and
in my opinion, ignores any facts that counter her conclusions.
Levi W White of Florida, was recorded in
Conecuh Co AL in 1850 and 1860, not Houston Co TX, at any recorded time.
Further this researcher ignores, the
relationship of Levi White and William H Pate, a family friend and neighbor in
Houston Co TX, Capt Clapp was also a
neighbor for a time, before becoming a Captain, all three served 1st at San
Jacinto,
then the Houston Co Texas Rangers, and at
least, Levi at 44yrs, served during the Civil War, from Houston Co TX.
but I realize this is a two-way-street... I hope to prove
otherwise.
Lets also remember that Levi was 18yrs old
in 1836, and single, that is why he received 1/3 League of land,
being the Levi W White of Florida was much
older, and had a family in 1836, would NOT BE THE LEVI that
received 1/3 League of land. In 1838
our Levi was 20 years old, to young to pay POLL TAX, that is why he
is not on the 1838 Poll Tax, in 1838,
Stephen, his father, is legally authorized to take care of Levi's, pay and land
audit/bounty grant transactions, in 1839,
Levi is on his 1st Poll Tax, (Now 21yrs) and father Stephen, pays his taxes.
From the common sense 'FACTS', alone, there
is NO DOUBT, in my mind that this is our Levi W White, that served in
the Texas Revolutions under Capt Bryant,
under Capt Clapp, in the Texas Rangers, and Civil War, in 1863, Jones Regt.
Now, could the
Florida Levi be correct, and we are wrong? Levi of Florida was born
between 1798/1808, and since he
was married, and had children, he would
have received the full allotment of '1 Leagues & 1 Labor of land not 1/3', as
non-head of households and single persons,
received in 1836, pre-signing of the Declaration of Texas Independence.
The other Levi was recorded in Conecuh Co
AL, in 1840, 1850, 1860, and never is he recorded in Houston County Tex,
Poll tax or census. This is a repeat of the
above, but, needs to be emphasized, she also claims the Florida Levi, was the
one who served, in 1836 with Capt Clapp,
Stephen White, William H Pate, in the Texas Rangers, after the War. Yet we
can see that our Levi, received land for,
that service in Houston Co TX. There is more, as you'll see, in the facts below.
Web Site for the Other, Florida Levi W White
Family Tree of the Other, Levi W White 1798 version
Web Site referencing the Florida alleged descendants of Levi White
Rootsweb Posting: Discussion about Levi W White
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Levi W White's known Biography :
Note: Levi's
first name has mistakenly been spelled or transcribed, on some documents as
Lewis, common for the name Levi.
1. Levi Wiley White
Born: 20 Jul 1818 Morgan Co GA
Died: 1 Feb 1868 TX
Married: bef 1848 Houston Co TX
Sarah J Young Born: abt 1829 VA Died: Unkn.
(confimred by daughter Alice's death certificate)
(Sarah's mother Ann Young was their next door neighbor
on 1850 Hou Co Census)
Levi Wiley White's parents
Stephen White: (son of Robert White Sr & Mildred
"Milly-Milla" Whitehead)
born: 28 Apr 1786 Caswell Co NC (raised in Union Co SC
from 1788...)
died: bet 1860 and 1870 Houston Co TX (Last known
residence)
Married:; abt 17 Jan 1807 Union Co SC.
Nancy Betterton (dau of Thomas Betterton & Palatia [Palatiah]
Bailey)
born: 27 Jan 1782 Spartanburg Co SC
died: bet 1860/1870 Houston Co TX (Last known
residence)
Levi's grandparents, Robert Sr & Mildred [Whitehead]
White, arrived in Cross Keys
Union Co SC in 1788, they are recorded in the minutes
of the Padgett's Creek Baptist
Church. Stephen White, Levi's father, born in
North Carolina & was raised, in Union
Co. He married Nancy Betterton there about 1807. The
couple then moved just across
the border into Spartanburg SC, to join her parents,
Thos & Palatia Betterton. Stephen
White appears on several deed transactions with his
father-in-law, between 1807-1810.
Nancy's father purchased land in Morgan Co
GA in 1810, they all then migrated with
the Betterton's
to Georgia, abt 1810/1811. Levi's parents appear on the 1813 Putnam
Co GA Tax Polls, along with Spartanburg, friend &
neighbors, Warner Sherburth
and Jason Greer. That same year, Stephen White,
moves next door to Morgan Co GA,
where he meets up with his wife's parents, Thomas
& Palatia Betterton, he also appears
on Morgan Counties Tax List. Levi is born July
20th, 1818, in Morgan Co GA, his fam-
ily remains in Morgan Co until about 1819,
Stephen and the Betterton's sell off their land.
The Betterton's move to Fayette Co GA, Levi W
White and his family move west, into
Alabama, where Stephen White shows on the 1830
census of Lowndes Co AL This Co.
formed in 1830, formerly, Montgomery Co AL, thus,
Levi's family, may have arrived in
this area prior to 1830, four of Levi's older
siblings marry in Lowndes Co. Nathan Bett-
erton, Levi's uncle, on his mothers side, arrived
in Lowndes 1831, received a land Patent.
That same year Levi's father Stephen also
receives a land patent for 156.55 acres of land.
Nancy Betterton White's brother, Nathan, remains
in Lowndes, late into the 1840's, Levi,
and his family migrate to Mustang Prairie TX, in
January 1836, formerly part of Nacog-
doches Co and in 1837 became Houston County
Texas. Levi is 18yrs old (from bdate)
in 1836. He is married to Sarah J Young about
1847 in Houston Co TX, they have six
known children, and take in two children from his
deceased sister's family, Mildred. The
young man enlist into the military, and fought at
San Jacinto. Also, later in 1836, he enlist
into the Houston Co Texas Rangers, to protect
part of east Texas against Indian and
bandit raids. In 1863, Levi joins the State
Troops to protect East Texas in the Civil War.
It is unfortunate that we do not know what happed
to Levi, and father, in 1868. By
1870, there are no surnamed White's from this
family, living in Houston Co TX. Levi had
land in Ellis & McLennan Co TX... the search
continues. Stephen White's children and
descendants were living in Walker, Madison,
Trinity, McLennan Co TX, and others..
Levi's grandfather Robert White Sr 1743-1843, was
born near the Roanoke River VA
an area then in old Brunswick Co VA, he served
six years in the American Revolution as
a patriot, he moved to Caswell Co NC, at least by
1781 (poll tax), and was living by his
father-in-law, William Whitehead. Both moved to
South Carolina by 1788.
Levi W White, son of
Stephen White, a true patriot of his Country then State of Texas.
Levi had lands in Houston, McLennan, Ellis & Hill
County Texas, these were probably,
lands from his headright in
1838, appears he paid taxes from Houston Co Texas. LW
White was also a member of the
IOOF Lodge, and Mason's of
Houston County Texas.
*Stephen White's
birth recorded in 'South Carolina Bible Records page 268.
*1st cousin Isaac Murphy
wrote in a 1886 letter, "Stephen White moved to Texas..."
*Stephen White married Nancy Nanie Betterton, abt 17
Jan 1807 Union or Spartanburg SC. (1st child born Oct 1807)
(South Carolina did not require
Marriage, Birth or Death records until after 1900, sometimes found in
newspapers...)
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2. 1809 - Stephen White was on 4 Deeds with his
father in law, Thomas Betterton, father to his wife Nancy,
starting in 1808, short after his marriage to Nancy. I will post only one deed
here to show relationship.
Note that Warner Shearbutt/Shurbert etc, was with Stephen in Morgan Co GA.
Spartanburg Deed Book 'M'
P. 130-131 (book page 405)
Oct. 24, 1809 Thomas Betterton (Spartanburgh)
to Stephen
White (same); for $150 sold 233 ac on the waters of Thickety
Cr. Witness William Dewberry and Warner Shearbutt. Signed Thomas
Betterton. Wit. oath Oct. 24, 1809 William Dewberry to Henry
Turner. Rec. Oct. 1809.
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3. 1810 - Stephen and wife living in Spartanburg Co SC next to Union Co
SC
where Stephen was born, living with Father-in-laws family, Thomas
Betterton. In 1810, Thomas purchased land in Morgan Co GA.
1810 Census Spartanburg
1810 Spartanburg Co SC Census Page 203
ancestry image page 44 - Stamped page 404
Stephen White 2 1 0 1 0 - 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 (2
males 10yr & younger, 1 to old to be theirs?)
3a. 1810 -
TAX LIST
Morgan Co GA Tax Rolls, Stephen White's father in law, Thomas
Betterton p.98
also Warner Shurbert (was Stephen's neighbor in Spartanburg SC) also on p. 98.
3b. 1810 - Deed Book C - Thomas Betterton buys land Morgan Co GA: p.
128 Ga.: 6 Nov. 1810,
John Keener of Twiggs Co., to Thomas Betterton of Morgan Co., for
$300, in 20th
Dist. Baldwin now Morgan Co., Lot 148, adj. Lots 147, 163, 149, & 127, in fee
simple.
/s/ John Keener. Wit: Wilson Navey, W. Hall, J.P. Recorded 1 Apr. 1811.
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4. 1811 /1813; Stephen White migrates to Putnam Co
GA, next to Morgan Co GA,
where father-in-laws family is living.
5. 1813 -
TAX LIST
Poll Tax Putnam Co GA - Stephen White and associated families
from
Spartanburg and Union Co SC; Jason Greer and Warner Sherburth.
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/putnam/taxlists/1813taxd.txt
1813 - Some time between
1813/1816 Levi's father Stephen moved next door
to Morgan Co GA, and joins up with his wife's parents, the Betterton's.
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5a.1816 -
Deed Book E -
(Levi's father in deed transaction Morgan Co GA with father in law,
Thomas Betterton.)
p. 234 30 Jan. 1816,
Hezekiah
Blankinship
to
Stephen White,
both of Morgan Co.,
for $400, in Morgan Co. formerly Baldwin, 20th Dist.
Lot 57, drawn by Josiah Shields
of Hitchcock’s Dist., Clark Co., 202 1/2
acres, in fee simple. /s/ Hezekiah (x) Blankinship.
Wit:
John Betterson,
Thomas
Betterson.
Proved by
Thomas Betterson,
8 June 1816. E. Duke, J.P.
Recorded 14 Aug. 1816.
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6. 1817 -
TAX LIST
Tax Rolls Morgan Co GA; Stephen White, father in law, Thomas
Betterton & John Betterton.
(Morgan Co GA 1817 Tax Digest Index)
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/morgan/taxlists/1817.txt
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7. 1818 -
TAX LIST
July 20th, 1818 Levi W White is born, father Stephen,
and his father in law Thomas Betterton
are on the
1818 Morgan Co Tax Rolls.
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/morgan/taxlists/1818.txt
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8. 1819 - Stephen White starts selling his lands in 1818 and until May
1819, in Morgan Co GA.
(displaying 2 deeds just to show connection, and last deed in Morgan Co)
Deed Book E
p. 234 30 Jan. 1816, Hezekiah
Blankinship to
Stephen White,
both of Morgan Co.,
for $400, in Morgan Co. formerly Baldwin, 20th Dist. Lot 57, drawn by Josiah
Shields
of Hitchcock’s Dist., Clark Co., 202 1/2 acres, in fee simple. /s/ Hezekiah (x)
Blankinship.
Wit: John Betterson,
Thomas Betterson.
Proved by Thomas Betterson,
8 June 1816.
E. Duke, J.P. Recorded 14 Aug. 1816.'
Deed Book G
P. 91 Morgan Co., Ga.: 1 March 1819,
Levi (Levy) Betterton
from Stephen White,
both
of said co., for $1000, 101 1/4 acres, in Baldwin now Morgan Co., 20th Dist.,
Lot 90, granted
to same 29 July 1808, adj. N.W. by Lot 89, SE. by Lot 79, S.E. By Lot 91,
N.E. by Lot 113, lot
is line 9.50 ch. from S.E. cor., N. 90 W., including S.W. part of lot where
White
now lives, in
fee simple. /s/ Stephen
White. Wit: Simeon (x)
Corely, Fredk. Hilsabeck. J.P. Recorded 4 March 1819.
P. 91 Morgan Co., Ga.: 1 March 1819,
Levi (Levy) Betterton
from Stephen White,
both of said
co., for $1000, 101 1/4 acres, in Baldwin now Morgan Co., 20th Dist., Lot 90,
granted to same
29 July 1808, adj. N.W. by Lot 89, SE. by Lot 79, S.E. By Lot 91, N.E. by
Lot 113, lot is line 9.50
ch. from S.E. cor., N. 90 W., including S.W. part of lot where
White
now lives, in fee simple.
/s/ Stephen White.
Wit: Simeon (x) Corely, Fredk. Hilsabeck. J.P. Recorded 4 March 1819.
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9. 1820 - It Appears Stephen's family has left Morgan Co GA, Betterton's
also absent.
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10. 1830-
CENSUS
See Complete 1830 Census Lowndes Co AL
Census: Stephen White and family are on the Lowndes Co AL census,
this county
formed in 1830, thus, it is possibly Stephen was already living in what use
to be, Montgomery Co AL, 1830 and prior to 1830. (Levi 12 yrs old)
1830 Lowndes Co AL Census Page 279
Stephen White:
Males: 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Femal: 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MALES Only: (to show Levi)
1st digit - number in household age under 05 yrs.
2nd digit - number in household age 05 & under 10 yrs.
3rd digit - number in household age 10 & under 15 yrs. - Levi
b.1818 (for sure)
4th digit - number in household age 15 & under 20 yrs. - Stephen b.1814 or
Tilman B b.1813*
5th digit - number in household age 20 & under 30 yrs. -
6th digit - number in household age 30 & under 40 yrs.
7th digit - number in household age 40 & under 50 yrs. - Father - Stephen b.1786
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~auburnfan37/1830%20Lowndes%20Co.,%20AL/
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11. 1831-
LAND PATENT
Oct 1st: Land Patent Lowndes Co AL: Patentee: Stephen White
156.55
Acres:
Accession/Serial # AL0270___.251 BLM Serial # AL NO S/N
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
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12. 1836-
MIGRATION TO TEXAS
Source: Texas General Land Office - Clerks Returns of
Board of Land Commissioners Houston County Texas
Stephen and family, along with Levi W White, migrate to Mustang
Prairie TX,
January 1836, formerly, Nacogdoches Co TX, and by 1837 Houston Co TX.
"Clerk's Return's of the Board of Land
Commissioners of Houston County Texas
Application Quantum of Land
Time of Emigration
Name
League Labor
No. 2. Clerk's Return from 23rd Jany to 22nd Feby 1838
Stephen White
1
1
January 1836
Levi W. White 1/3
January 1836 "
Note: 1836 Stephen White, son Levi and son-in-law Sion Pritchard,
and also William H Pate, arrive in Houston Co TX, this is
significant because Levi & Wm Pate served together at San Jacinto,
under Capt Bryant's Company. Sion Pritchard (married Milly White),
also served during the war, Stephen, Levi, Wm Pate all served under
Capt Clapp in 1836, after San Jacinto to protect locals against Indian attacks.
Wm Pate moved to Anderson Co TX and the to Earth Co TX where he died 1879.
Note: Nathan Betterton, brother of Stephen White's Wife Nancy, was
in Lowndes Co AL
1831, this is important also, as it implies a connection to Levi's
grandmother's, Betterton's.
However, Nathan remained in Lowndes Co until after 1845, his 1st wife died, and
Nathan remarried in Lowndes Co, eventually, settling in Union Parish LA.
Nathan
migrated with his father and brother-in-law, from Spartanburg SC, to Morgan Co
GA, where
Nathan was born, 1813, and to Fayette Co GA, where he married his 1st wife, and
by 1830/1831
arrived in Lowndes. Nathan did not migrate to Texas in 1836 with his sisters
family, Stephen &
Nancy White's family. His 2 marriages are recorded in Fayette Co GA and
Lowndes Co AL.
13. 1836-
TEXAS WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
March 31, Levi enlist - discharged May 2, 1836, File No.
7534, $56, filed
May 19, 1838. Granted Head right certificate for 1/3 league of land, by the
Houston Board of Commissioners 1838.
Levi W White enlist into; 2nd Regt Volunteers 7th Infantry Company.
Officers: Benjamin Franklin Bryant,
captain John C. Hale, first lieutenant, Archibald S.
Lewis, second lieutenant
Privates: James Clark, William Clark, Adam Coble, William
Earl, John Floyd Gilbert, Rev. James Thomas Patton Irvine,
Josephus Somerville Irvine, John R. Johnson, Benjamin Franklin Lindsay Jr.,
Robert S. Love, Alexander McKenzie,
Joseph Belton Park, William H. Pate, Hardy W.B.
Price, David Roberts, Sion Roberts, Chester B. Rockwell,
Robert Benedict Russell, Levi W. White sdct [http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/sjvetsunit.htm]
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14. 1836-
TEXAS WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
April 21, Battle and Victory at San Jacinto. Levi at battle.
15. 1836- April 29, Head Quarters, San Jacinto, Lynchburg
This is to certify that Levy W. White entered the Volunteer Army on the
29th March and has, since that time, discharged his duty as a private
and is honorably discharged, by order of the Commander in Chief.
(Signed by) James L. Bennett, Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Regiment &
Benjamin Bryant, Captain [Neighbor & friend W Pate also on list]
View Levi White's - Audited Claim File
http://www.txgenweb.org/tx/muster.html
16. 1836-
TEXAS WAR OF INDEPENDENCE (appears Levi is injured or sick)
May 10th: Headquarters, May 10th, 1836} I hereby certify that Levi
W. White, of
Captain Bryant's Company, is at present unable to travel with the army.
I, therefore, recommend that he be permitted to remain with the sick.
J_a Jones, Apt Surgeon, 2nd Regiment. The bearer has leave of 20 days
and _____ to head quarters. May 10, 1836, signed by James L. Bennett,
Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Regiment, Texas Volunteer Company.
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17. 1836- 
Levi joins HOUSTON COUNTY TEXAS RANGERS
in the protection against Indian's & Bandits
September 10th: I certify that Levy W. White joined my company of
Rangers on the 10th
September 1836 and furnished his own horse, provisions, ammunition, and
discharged the duties of a soldier faithfully till the 10th December,
marking three months, and is this day honorably discharged. Dec 12th 1836.
(Signed by) Elisha Clapp, Captain Company Rangers.
"""Click
here to Read 2 pages in Book 'Savage Frontier' - Levi & Stephen listed"""
View Levi White's - Audited Claim File
About Capt Clapp and the Rangers
Sept 10th, 1836 - Levi and father Stephen White enlisted in
Company of Mounted Rangers, under commander Capt Elisha Clapp, and
under Gen Sam Houston, this was most likely in respond to the Indian Wars.
"Muster roll of Captain Clapp's Company Pursuant to an order from the Commander
in Chief,
the following men assembled themselves at the house of Elisha Clapp in Mustang
Prairie on
Saturday the 10th of September and proceeded to the Election of Officers"
December 10th: Levi W White Discharged from the Sept 10th enlistment, with Capt
Clapp.
http://www.txgenweb.org/tx/muster.html
About Capt Clapp and the Rangers
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Houston Co at bottom shows Fort Brown on the San Pedro
Creek
Levi and Stephen White had land in this area, their 1836 enlistment
may have stationed them at Fort Brown. Anderson Co North was
formed from Houston Co, note Ft Houston and Fort Duty, and the
Kickapoo Indian Village. Stephen & Levi may have fought against
this Indian Tribe during their stint with Houston Co Texas Rangers.
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18. 1837-
PETITION
TO FORM A COUNTY NAMED AFTER GEN SAM HOUSTON
April 22nd, Levi's father, Stephen, & son Wm White?, son-in-law Sion Pritchard are
on a
petition to form Houston Co TX, at a meeting in Mustang Prairie.
19. 1837- PETITION
AGAINST TAXATION
September 4th, Levi W White on with his father Stephen, brother
William,
and son-in-law, Sion Pritchard, on Petition Against Taxation.
**See
Texas Taxation Laws for 1837-1839
20. 1837- September - Levi's father Stephen White Clerk of the District Court of Houston Co TX.
(Source: Domestic Correspondence Archives TX State Lib)
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txhousto/Books/History.of.Houston.County.Texas.by.Aldrich/Chap2.pg17.21.pdf
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21. 1838-
Headrights & Bounty received by Levi W White for immigration & Texas
Independence service:
Levi W. White and father Stephen, son Wm and son-in-law Sion
Pritchard
receive land from the Houston Co TX
Land Commissioners.
Return No. 1 from 4th Jany 1838.
Sion Pritchard 1 League of land and 1 labor of land, time of migration January
1836. (brother-in-law of Levi W White)
William White received 1 Labor of land migration date Jan 1834.
(maybe the brother of Levi W White)
Greenberry Pate Received 1/3 League of land mirgration date 1836
(Greenberry
was the brother of Wm H Pate, were
neighbors, Levi & Wm H Pate at San Jacinto - same unit)
Return No, 2 from 23 Jany to 22nd Feby 1838
Stephen White received 1 league of land (*4605.5
acres,
head of household) and 1 labor of land (177.1 acres)
his migration date Jany 1836. (father of Levi White)
Levi W. White received 1/3 league of land
(*1476.1
acres for single male) his migration date Jany 1836.
[Sam G Wells Clerk of the Board of Land Commissioners of Houston County TX]
Headright -
Levi W White received headright certificate No. 8 [Feb 3, 1838]
Issued by Houston County Board, for 1/3 League of land.
Bounty Certificate -
Levi W White, Bounty No. 3500 for 640 acres of land May 22,
1838.
for serving in the army from March 10, 1836, honorably discharged after May 10, 1836.
as of May 10th, Levi was sick or wounded & granted 20 day's leave at hdq San
Jacinto.
He Enlisted with Capt Clapp Sep 10, 1836 & discharged Dec 10, 1836.
Donation Certificate - Levi W White received a
Donation Certificate No. 697 for
640 acres, May 14, 1855,
this was land for serving under Benjamin F Bryant's Company at San Jacinto
battle.
Levi was living in Houston Co at the time he received the Donation Cert.
Sold Donation Certificate - Levi W White was living in Houston Co TX June 2,
1855,
when he sold this land to A. T. Moore for $500.00.
NOTE: Since Stephen and Levi arrived in Houston Co TX, before the
signing of the Texas Independence (January 1836)
NOTE: Before
Independence was signed: First-class headrights
were issued to those who
arrived before the
signing of the Texas Independence on March 2, 1836. Heads of families were
eligible for one league
and one labor of land (4605.5 acres) and single men were eligible for 1/3 of
a league (1476.1 acres).
1 League & 1 Labor: = 4605.5 acres (heads of households)
1/3 League:
= 1476.1 acres (single males)
After Independence was signed: ( Mar
2, 1836)
The basic unit of measure for surveying in Texas is the vara, which is equal to
33 1/3 inches;
League: = 4428.4 acres
Labor: = 177.1 acres
**See
Texas Taxation Laws for 1837-1839
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22. 1838-
FATHER OF LEVI AUTHORIZED TO
HANDLE PAY & LAND TRANSACTIONS
May 12th:
Republic of Texas,
Houston County} I authorize Stephen White to call on the paymaster
general and muster of accounts and
have my discharge audited and receive for me my monthly pay
and bounty land scrip in testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand this 12th
day of May 1838.
Signed (and in the handwriting of) Levi W. White [Note; this is
Stephen White father of Levi]
**See
Texas Taxation Laws for 1837-1839
- Levi is 20yrs old had to be 21 to pay
taxes!
Note: The Florida Levi W White was born 1808 or earlier, he was over 21, in
1836 !
this alone should not be ignored in that persons research, Stephen White pays
and
takes care of Levi's account because he is still under-aged...
22a. 1838-
POLL TAX
""Click
here to See Complete 1838 Tax List""
Tax List - Levi not on list (20yrs old to
young to pay taxes)
Levi's father Stephen, son's Tilman, William & son-in-law Sion Pritchard pay
their Taxes.
23.1838-
CERTIFICATION OF LEVI'S SERVICE UNDER
GEN. BRYANT AT SAN JACINTO
May 16:
Montgomery} I do certify that Levy W. White was discharged by Captain Bryant for
the term of one month. The said White remained in the Army and done
duty until the 10 May 1836 and was furloughed by a surgeon's
certificate. The said White continued in battle but the surgeon said
he was not fit for duty until the term of three months. Given under my
hand the above day and date. James L. Bennett, Lieutenant, 2nd
Regiment, Texas Army. (Note: to the left of this signature is L.
Sherman, Late Colonel, 2nd Regiment)
[Montgomery is : Montgomery county Texas, Gen Bryant either lived there or
headquartered]
24. 1838 -
BONUS FOR SERVICE AT SAN
JACINTO
May 19: Levi Wiley White granted $56 bonus & headright certificate
for 1/3 league of land
(1,476.1 acres by Houston County Board.
25. 1838- May 22: Levi W White receives bounty grant for 650 acres.
(service in Army of the Republic)
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26. 1839-
""Click here to See Complete 1839 Tax List""
POLL TAX - LEVI'S 1ST TAX, NOW
21YRS OLD - ON WITH FATHER WHO PAYS HIS TAX
Tax List - L. W. White no. 238, tax 16.43 Paid by Levi's
father Stephen White.
On the original microfilm only, Stephen and Levi are listed, but Stephen paying
taxes, Levi not on Online list.
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881) [see 1840 tax list below]
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27. 1839- Jun 22 - Steven White selected as Justice of Peace on Beat No.4 of
Houston Co TX.
(Source: Domestic Correspondence Archives TX State Lib)
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txhousto/Books/History.of.Houston.County.Texas.by.Aldrich/Chap2.pg17.21.pdf
28. 1839-1865 - Levi W White on Houston Co TAX polls until 1865, then in 1878
the following was entered on the poll tax:
"Assessment roll of Unrendered Property Real & Personal) 200 acres state tax
1.20 Poll tax .90."
Levi was probably deceased by this time not sure.
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29. 1840-
POLL TAX
Tax list - Levi W White, acres
1476, value 1476, Tax 8.39. also on Tax list;
father Stephen, brother's Wm and Tilman B White, brother in law Sion Pritchard..
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txhousto/census/1840taxroll.htm
29a.1840-
LEVI FROM FLORIDA/ CONECUH CO AL: (Not
ours)
Census for Levi W White of Conecuh Co AL, (not ours), from Santa Rosa Florida.
Living 2 door from Levi of Conecuh is a Drury White? probably related to this
Levi?.
Note:
This Levi had 6 children in 1840, born between 1830 and 1840, thus, this cannot
be
the Levi at San Jacinto, by this researchers "Own Words", quote: 'My Levi
received
1/3 League of Land in Jan 1836'. Note here: Only a SINGLE
MALE, not married
and NON-HEAD of HOUSEHOLD, received 1/3 League of land in Jan 1836. Compare
this with our Stephen White, married/head of household, received, 1 League and 1
Labor
of land...
1840 > 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
males:
1 - under 5yrs / 2 - 5 & under 10 / 0 - blank / 0 -
blank, / 0 - blank / 1 - 40 & under 50 / 7 thru 13 blank
females:
2 - under 5yrs / 1 - 5 & under 10 / 0 - blank / 0 - blank, / 1
- 30 & under 40 / 6 thru 13 blank
**Note: In 1840 this Levi from Florida/Conecuh had 1 boy under 5, 2 boys between
5 and 10, and himself
between 40 & 50 years old. Had 2 girls under 5, and 1 between 5 & 10yrs old,
wife between 30 & 40yrs old.
This is NOT our Levi White, this other Levi was born between 1798 and 1808.
Note Lined up
Click here to see this COMPLETE 1840 CENSUS
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30. 1841-
POLL TAX
Tax List - Levi W White, acres 1476, value 738, tax 1.73. Also on
Tax list are;
Father Stephen, brother John S White, brother in l;aw Sion Pritchard.
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
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31. 1842-
POLL TAX
Tax List - Levi W White blank, blank, tax 1.73. Also on tax list;
father Stephen, and brother Tilman B White, brother in law Sion Pritchard.
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
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32. 1843-
POLL TAX
Tax List - for some reason Levi nor father Stephen are on this
Poll, only brother Tilman.
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
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33. 1844-
POLL TAX
Tax List - Levi W White, and brother in law Sion Pritchard on list
but not details.
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
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34. 1845-
POLL TAX
Tax List - Levi W White tax .61, father Stephen & Bro-in-law Sion
Pritchard on list.
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
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35. 1846-
POLL TAX
Tax List - Levi W White, couldn't find him on this list, father
Stephen & BroInLaw Sion Pritchard are.
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
1846- Feb 17th:
Stephen White's brother * Levi's uncle, Elias White arrives in Bowie Co TX, from
Union Co SC.
in this group, is Levi's 1st cousin Lewis N Bobo, his mother Elizabeth Bobo was
Levi's fathers, sister.
Lewis Bobo, moved from Bowie Co TX, to Crockett Houston Co TX by 1850, died in
the Civil War.
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36. 1847-
POLL TAX
Tax List - Levi W White arces blank and Value blank, state tax
1.48, co tax .74.
father Stephen and brother Tilman B White, and BroInLaw Sion Pritard, on tax
list.
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
37 .1847- Levi W White marries Sarah J Young, Houston Co TX. Mother's
surname,
confirmed by daughter Alice Louvina (Laura) death
certificate.
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38. 1848-
POLL TAX
Tax List - Levi W White acres 1676, value 735, state tax 2.72, co
tax .91.
Brother Tilman B White and Bro-In-Law Sion Pritchard also on this tax list.
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
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39. 1849-
POLL TAX
Tax List - Levi W White pays tax for his father, state tax .80 and
co tax .40.
Father moved to Walker Co TX, with son Wm White and Tilman B White.
Brother in law Sion Pritchard now deceased.
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
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40. 1850-
POLL TAX
Tax List - Levi W White pays state tax of .50, co tax .25.
Father Stephen White operating as a Ferryman on Trinity River Walker Co TX.
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
41. 1850- Census Houston Co TX 1850, Levi W White, next door is sister, Lavina
White Luckie,
& 2 doors from his mother-in-law, Ann Young 46yrs born VA, and about
8 doors from his brother Tilman B White.
1850 Houston Co Tx Census Page Ancestry image 37
Page 185a ED 29th Nov 1850 R J C Wortham
612 - 612
Levi W White 31 M Farmer GA
Sarah J 21 F
VA
Louvina A 01 F Born Houston Co TX
[Original Census first name smudged over, should be Alice Louvina/Laura White?]
Nancy A 2/12 F Born Houston Co TX [daughter
who appears to have died before the 1860 census.]
Note: Levi's 1st cousin from South Carolina, Lewis N Bobo, on 1850
census, Crockett Houston Co TX, (See #35 above)
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41a. 1850- Census Conecuh Co AL
(Not our Levi)
FILE# REEL# PAGE ST CTY
DIV LINE DW FM LASTNAME FIRST NAME
AGE SX OCCU. VLU
BORN
54 659
331
AL CONECUH 12
84 84 WHITE
LEVI*
52 M FARMER 100 SC
55 659
331
AL CONECUH 13
84 84 WHITE
ELIZA
38 F
SC
56 659
331
AL CONECUH 14
84 84 WHITE
PRECILLA 14 F
AL
57 659
331
AL CONECUH 15
84 84 WHITE
MARTHA
12 F
AL
58 659
331
AL CONECUH 16
84 84 WHITE
ELIZABETH 12 F
AL
59 659
331
AL CONECUH 17
84 84 WHITE
AMANTHA 06 F
AL
60 659
331
AL CONECUH 18
84 84 WHITE
ELIZA
05 F
AL
61 659
331
AL CONECUH 19
84 84 WHITE
JOHN D
19 M FARMER
AL
62 659
331
AL CONECUH 20
84 84 WHITE
WM. D
16 M FARMER
AL
63 659
331
AL CONECUH 21
84 84 WHITE
JOSEPH J
13 M
AL
64 659
331
AL CONECUH 22
84 84 WHITE
ANDREW
09 M
AL
65 659
331
AL CONECUH 23
84 84 WHITE
DRUERY*
05 M
AL
To View complete 1850 census:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~alconecu/1850cone.txt
41b.1850- Levi W White Recorded on 1850 Houston Co TX
Agricultural Census;
(Source: Texas 1850 Agricultural Census Vol1, by
Linda L Green - only 5 field transcribed)
1. Levy W White,
2. Improved land - 30 acres,
3. Unimproved land - 300 acres,
4. Cash Value of Farm - 320,
5. Val. Of Farm equip - 10,
13. Val. Of Live Stock-210 (40).
**Living next door is sister Lavina B Luckey
(transcribers spell it Lackey), and brother
Tilman B White a couple doors
away.
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42. 1851-
POLL TAX
Tax List - Levi W White pays state tax of.50, co tax .25.
Father moved to Walker Co TX, with son Wm White, Tilman B White, in Trinity Co
TX.
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
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43. 1852-
POLL TAX
Tax List - Levi W White state tax .18, co tax .49.
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
44. 1852- September 8th: Levi W. White transferred 320 acres of headright
land to Lodowick E. Downes in Houston County.
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45. 1853-
POLL TAX
Tax List - Levi W White state tax .79, co tax .39.
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
46. 1853- July 22 -
Click
Here to View the 10 pages, Original Documents, for this transaction
Patent Houston Co Abstract #1064, File #000227 Pat.#715 Pat.Vol#9 Certificate 67,
Original Grantee Levi W White, District/Class: Houston 1st, Patentee: Ludovick E
Dawnes,
Pat.date 22 Jul 1853, survey/blm/tsp: 1050, Acres: 320.
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47. 1854-
POLL TAX
Tax List - did not find Levi on this years tax list...
(may have been working lands in Ellis or McLennan Co TX?)
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
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48. 1855-
POLL TAX
Tax List - Levi W White state tax .1.37, co tax .65.
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
49. 1855- Feb 12th: Texas: Levi issued certificate for
1156 acres in Houston County.
A certificate was issued 12 Feb 1855 for unlocated balance of Certificate
3850/3951 of 1156 acres
being the balance from Certificate 67. A transfer is shown to Darius H. Edens on
23 Oct 1858.
50. 1855- May 14th: Texas: Levi White granted 640 acres in Houston
County. (see below)
51. 1855 - June 2nd: Levi White sold the 640 acres in Houston Co. to F. S. Bodenhamer and A. T. Monroe.
June 2nd - Copy of Original Transcript on Levi W. White, compiled
by L. W. Kemp:
Sold his donation of land certificate to A. T. Monroe for $500.00. (rec for svc
at SJ)
(San Jacinto Museum of History & the Herzstein Library)
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52. 1856-
POLL TAX
Tax List - Levi W White state tax 1.19, co tax .59.
father Stephen White is back living in Houston Co and on tax list.
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
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53. 1857-
POLL TAX
Tax List - Levi W White state tax .50, co tax .25.
father Stephen White also on tax list.
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
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54. 1858-
POLL TAX
Tax List - Levi W White paid state tax .50 and co tax .25.
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
55. 1858- Oct 2nd: Levi White sold land to Darius H. Edens. Houston Co TX.
(See #48 above)
56. 1858- Court of Claims - Levi (Levy) W White, I have no info on this case
or where it was?
Noting here an 1858 Patent for Stephen White Grantee to Stephen White Patentee
Levi White's father...
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57. 1859-
POLL TAX
Tax List - Levi W White paid state tax .50, co tax .25.
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
58. 1859- May 2nd: Levi issued Bounty certificate for 320 acres in Houston
County.
Levi was issued Bounty Certificate No. 3500 for 320 acres in Houston County on 2
May 1859,
which was patented on 26 July 1861
SEE 1859 HOUSTON COUNTY
TEXAS GLO MAP BELOW.
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59. 1860-
POLL TAX
Tax List - Levi W White paid state tax .50, co tax .25.
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
60. 1860- Prior to 1860 there is Levi W White, list as one of the oldest land
owners
in McLennan Co TX, this is important, as Levi's sister and husband,
Middleton Woods Luckie and wife Lavina Bailey White Luckie, were
living in McLennan Co TX, Levi was close to this sister, they were
next door neighbors in Houston Co TX, I have not gotten any copies
of these Deed Transactions at this time.
McLennan County Land Records:
Survey Blk Grantee Leag Section Abs
============================
LEVI W WHITE L. WHITE
891
LEVI W WHITE L. WHITE
1210
Note:
Levi may have owned land in McLennan Co TX.
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61. 1860-
Census Houston
Co TX: Levi White living next door to his Parents:
1860 Houston County Census Page 102 beat #9
PO Augusta Ed date 20 Jul 1860 Page 258
714 - 668
White, Stephen 74 M Miller 3650 2920 NC (father of Levi)
White, Nancy 78 F kephse
SC (Mother of Levi)
715 - 669
White, Levi 42 m Laborer
GA
Sarah
31 f Housewife
VA
Allice
12 f
TX
Wm
08 m
TX
Ellen
06 f
TX
Benj
04 m
TX
Therston 01 m
TX
Living in same household:
Pritcher, Munroe 15 m
TX [child of Levi's sister Mildred White Pritchard deceased]
Sarah
13 f
TX [child of Levi's sister Mildred White Pritchard deceased]
Living in same household:
Moore Wm 24 m Laborer
MO
62. 1860-
LW White
member of IOOF - Newspaper
Posting: "Crockett Printer" - Nov 14, 1860:
"SAN PEDRO LODGE NO. 86, I. O. O. F.
[Click here for HISTORY
OF IOOF TX ]
meets at its hall
in Augusta every Saturday night."
Source:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txhousto/Books/History.of.Houston.County.Texas.by.Aldrich/Chap6.pg92.98.pdf
61a. 1860- Census 1860 - the other Levi White from Florida
(Not our Levi)
Conecuh Co AL Page 1017 Nathansville PO
Household# 445 - 425
Levi White 57 M Farmer 800 - 1000 MS
(born abt 1803)
Eliza 46 F
SC
Joseph 23 M Farm lab
AL (born about 1836/37)
Andw 19 M
all children born AL
Armintha 17 F
Denny 15 M
Eliza 13 F
Levi 09 M
Nancy 06 F
Amanda 04 F
Georgiana 00 F
This census on FamilySearch.org:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHD6-MLZ
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63. 1861-
POLL TAX
Tax List - Levi W White state tax .50, co tx .25.
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
64.1861- Levi W White becomes a member of the Masonic Lodge #93, Augusta
Houston Co TX.
Passed: Jan 1, 1861, Raised Mar 2, 1861. Died: Feb 1, 1868.
He also served as the lodges Tiler (Tyler), or Tiler 62. Sort of a Sergeant of
Arms.
Grand Lodge of Texas Record:
Click here to
Read more about Levi's Lodge History
65. 1861- July 26th: Land Patent: Levi W White Listed as Original Grantee &
Patentee: Houston Co TX
Levi W. White received Grant of 320 acres in Houston County were patented to him
on
26 July 1861. Patent 515, Vol. 12, Abstract 1090 GLO File Houston Bounty 272;
and 320 acres
in Houston County were patented to his heirs on 19 Jan 1906.
Below is another Patent in Ellis/Hill Co TX:
Click Here to View the 11 pages, Original Documents, for this transaction
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66. 1862-
POLL TAX
Tax List - Levi White state tax 1.00, co tax .50.
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
67. 1862- Land Patent: Levi W White Listed as Original Grantee
owner: Ellis Co TX
2 transactions below.
Darius H. Edens - (May 20, 1815 -- September 14, 1883) A native of
Illinois,
Darius H. Edens moved to Texas in 1831. He served in a Texas army infantry
unit commanded by Thomas J. Rusk in 1936. A surveyor by trade, he worked
in present Houston and Anderson Counties. He and partner James E. Box platted
the town of Palestine, where he later owned a store and was elected Anderson
County's
first Chief Justice. After a brief foray to California during the 1849 gold
rush, he returned
to Texas and settled at Augusta. He and his wife, Nancy Rice, operated the
Augusta stagecoach
station and inn on the road between Rusk and Crockett.
http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5225010988
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68. 1863-
POLL TAX
Tax List - Levi White state tax 1.00, co tax .50.
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
69. 1863-
Civil War Service - Levi W White
age 44 (perfect):
Response from Texas Archive query May 15, 2014:
SEARCH #1:
White, Levi (Levy, Lewis)
W.
Name Located: White, Levi W.
Rank: Private
Comm. Off: Warren, Thomas W., Captain
Organ: Company C, Volunteers, Houston County, Texas State Troops.
Enlist: January 8, 1863 at Crockett for 3 months
Descrip: Age 44 years
Remarks:
R&F 77; Enr. & Mus. off. L. W. Cooper; Arms [ ]; Company stationed at Camp
Shiloh,
Houston County, January 8, 1863; Caption of roll states for state service,
Endorsement
for Confederate service; 1 MR dated January 8, 1863.
End of Archive Reply.
Commet on Archive findings:
We know Levi served at least until Feb 3, 1864, for further records, will have
to contact National Archives.
We now know Levi was stationed at Camp Shiloh for at least 3 months,
Houston County Texas, from January to April.1863.
Was a Private in Co C, under Capt Thomas W Warren.
Military record for Private L. W. White age 44 for Co. C,
Volunteers, Houston Cty, Texas (enlisted Jan 8, 1863).
We also, now know Levi served longer, will have to contact National Archives.
Pvt L. W. White age 45 for Co Houston Cty: Jone's Regt, 11th Inf.
Brig. Gen W. H. Farrish, Cmdg. (date Feb 3, 1864.)
Notes: http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123770/m1/24/
State Troops - Co C, Jones Regiment, 11th Brigade District, commanded by Brigadier Gen. W. H. Farrish, TST.
The Brigade Districts were the same as the Senatorial Districts.
Misc. Notes:
Solomon Albright -- Pvt., Comm. Off.: William White, Capt., Enlisted Feb. 3, 64, Co. for Houston Cty; Jone's Regt., 11th Brig.,
Gen. W.H. Farrish, Cmdg. TST. Age 47 years. Remarks: R&F 27; Enro. Off. W.P. Leaverton; Co. enrolled under GO Nov. 2, 1864.
1 March dtd. Feb. 3, 64 Sworn into service.
These state Units were formed in anticipation of an evasion from the Union Army. The Civil War Governor of Texas
called for 10,000 State Troopers to be called up, drafted and volunteers.
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Below is information I'll need for finding Levi's Texas Civil War records
[Future Project]
Texas Archives info:
1. Texas Confederate Pension Files
2. Texas Confederate Widows' Pension Files
3. List of Confederate Indigent Families, 1863-1865
4. Texas Confederate Soldiers' Home, 1836-1891, 1891-1963, 1963-present
5. Texas Confederate Widows' Home, 1908-1964
6. Texas Graves of Confederate Soldiers
7. Texas Regiments Muster Roll Abstracts
Texas State Library and Archive
P.O. Box 12927, Austin, TX 78711, (512) 463-5455
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/agency/contact/contactaris.html
Will perform limited searches of indexed materials. One question per inquiry.
Will accept inquiries by mail, phone, or e-mail.
E-mail: reference.desk@tsl.state.tx.us
Source of the above: http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/libsrc/stateconfed.htm
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70. 1864- Military record (see attch) for Private L.W. White age 45 for Co.for Houston Cty:
Jone's Reg. 11th Brig. Gen W.H Farrish, Cmdg. (date: Feb 3, 1864)
71. 1864- POLL TAX
Tax List - Levi W White not on tax list, possibly away in Civil War?
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
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72. 1865- POLL TAX
Tax List - Levi W White paid state tax 1.03, co tax .53. Father still on tax list.
note; no mention of Levi on Houston co TX Tax list until 1877. wording seems to indicate
he is an absent land owner? Appears Levi father Stephen last Tax list was 1865, it appears
his father died between 1866 and 1868, as in 1868 an Estate of Stephen White mentioned
1868 tax list.
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
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73. 1866-
Click here to view the 1866 Census, for the Other Levi W White (not ours), of Conecuh Co AL.
74. 1868- Levi W White's Death is recorded in the Augusta Lodge #93, Houston County Texas.
Death Date: Feb 1, 1868.
Grand Lodge of Texas Card Record:
Click here to Read more about Levi's Lodge History
74a. 1868- Levi's father, Stephen White, appears have died in January 1868, on Feb 7th, son Tilman B White
files to become Administrator of his fathers Estate, granted Feb 24, 1868, by Walker Co TX Probate court.
75. 1870- Census - No related White surnames living Houston Co TX. Father Stephen deceased, Levi, Unknown.
(was not on the Ellis Co TX or McLennan Co TX census, where is had lands in the past, also checked
Madison Co TX where is daughter Alice was born, county touches Houston and Walker Counties.)
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76. 1877-
POLL TAX - last mention of Levi & father Stephen in Houston Co TX
Tax List - Levi W White - acres 364, value 546 state tax .80, poll tax .90, following entry:
"Levi W White (Assessment roll of Unrendered Property Real & Personal)".
Not sure but appears Levi is either deceased, or living in another county?
Note: I have not found Levi after 1865, no idea of his fate, at this time.
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77. 1878-
Click Here to View the 8 pages, Original Documents, for this transaction
Land Patent: Levi W White Listed as Original Grantee owner: Houston Co TX
Darius H. Edens - (May 20, 1815 -- September 14, 1883) A native of Illinois,
Darius H. Edens moved to Texas in 1831. He served in a Texas army infantry
unit commanded by Thomas J. Rusk in 1936. A surveyor by trade, he worked
in present Houston and Anderson Counties. He and partner James E. Box platted
the town of Palestine, where he later owned a store and was elected Anderson County's
first Chief Justice. After a brief foray to California during the 1849 gold rush, he returned
to Texas and settled at Augusta. He and his wife, Nancy Rice, operated the Augusta stagecoach
station and inn on the road between Rusk and Crockett.
http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5225010988
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78. 1887- Land Patent: Levi W White Listed as Original Grantee owner: McLennan Co TX (formerly Milam)
Darius H. Edens - (May 20, 1815 -- September 14, 1883) A native of Illinois,
Darius H. Edens moved to Texas in 1831. He served in a Texas army infantry
unit commanded by Thomas J. Rusk in 1936. A surveyor by trade, he worked
in present Houston and Anderson Counties. He and partner James E. Box platted
the town of Palestine, where he later owned a store and was elected Anderson County's
first Chief Justice. After a brief foray to California during the 1849 gold rush, he returned
to Texas and settled at Augusta. He and his wife, Nancy Rice, operated the Augusta stagecoach
station and inn on the road between Rusk and Crockett.
http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5225010988
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79. 1890- Land Patent: Levi W White Listed as Original Grantee owner: McLennan Co TX (formerly Milam)
Darius H. Edens - (May 20, 1815 -- September 14, 1883) A native of Illinois,
Darius H. Edens moved to Texas in 1831. He served in a Texas army infantry
unit commanded by Thomas J. Rusk in 1936. A surveyor by trade, he worked
in present Houston and Anderson Counties. He and partner James E. Box platted
the town of Palestine, where he later owned a store and was elected Anderson County's
first Chief Justice. After a brief foray to California during the 1849 gold rush, he returned
to Texas and settled at Augusta. He and his wife, Nancy Rice, operated the Augusta stagecoach
station and inn on the road between Rusk and Crockett.
http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5225010988
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80. 1906- Click Here to View the 13 pages, Original Documents, for this transaction
Land Patent: Levi W White Listed as Original Grantee to Heirs of Levy: Houston Co TX
(we need to find out who the Heirs of Levy White were?)
""From Deborah C. Biesbrock: The heirs receiving this patent settlement were those living in
Century, Escambia County, Florida. The heirs living across the river in Jay,
Santa Rosa County, were not contacted regarding this settlement.""
Note from Mike White: If indeed the FL Levi White's received compensation, 'MIstake in my opinion'.
I have not seen a list of Heir's, thus I reserve my opinion.
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81. 1983- Article - Mentions Levi W White and migration info:
U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s about
Levi W. White Name: Levi W. White Arrival Year: 1836 Arrival Place: Texas Source
Publication Code: 9728.7 Primary Immigrant: White, Levi W Source Bibliography:
WHITE, GIFFORD. The First Settlers of Houston County, Texas. St. Louis, Mo.:
Ingmire Pub., 1983. 35p. Page: 8
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END OF Levi White's TIMELINE
(son of Stephen White)
Compiled by Mike White
White family Researcher
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Sources:
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Research from the Florida Researcher, matches some of ours.
They had her research on Levi placed into the local heritage
book of Santa Rosa FL.
This Levi White born: 1809 SC and died: 1869 DeWitt Co TX.?
married an Elizabeth Bruster 1812-1903.
Web site for this Alabama/Florida Levi White family
PENSION AND BOUNTY LAND RECORD OF LEVI WILEY WHITE
http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/santarosa/military/pensions/w3000001.txt
Republic of Texas, File No. 7534, $56, filed 19 May 1838; enlisted 31
March 1836 and discharged 2 May 1835. He was granted a headright
certificate for one-third of a league of land by the Houston County
Board in 1838.
Republic of Texas, Houston County} Personally appeared before me, E.
Garrett, an acting Justice of the Peace for said county, Levi W. White,
who, after being duly sworn, deposeth and sayeth that he does not owe
this government one cent on his own account or that of any other person
and that the _____ discharge is true and original. Sworn to and
subscribed before me this 12th day of May 1838. Signed by Levi W. White
and E. Garrett
Republic of Texas, Houston County} I authorize Stephen White to call
on the paymaster general and muster of accounts and have my discharge
audited and receive for me my monthly pay and bounty land scrip in
testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of May 1838.
Signed (and in the handwriting of)
Levi W. White
Montgomery} May the 16th, 1838.
I do certify that Levy W. White was discharged by Captain Bryant for
the term of one month. The said White remained in the Army and done
duty until the 10 May 1836 and was furloughed by a surgeon's
certificate. The said White continued in battle but the surgeon said
he was not fit for duty until the term of three months. Given under my
hand the above day and date. James L. Bennett, Lieutenant, 2nd
Regiment, Texas Army. (Note: to the left of this signature is L.
Sherman, Late Colonel, 2nd Regiment)
Head Quarters, San Jacinto, Lynchburg
April 29th, 1836}
This is to certify that Levy W. White entered the Volunteer Army on the
29th March and has, since that time, discharged his duty as a private
and is honorably discharged, by order of the Commander in Chief.
(Signed by) James L. Bennett, Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Regiment &
Benjamin Bryant, Captain
I certify that Levy W. White joined my company of Rangers on the 10th
September 1836 and furnished his own horse, provisions, ammunition, and
discharged the duties of a soldier faithfully till the 10th December,
marking three months, and is this day honorably discharged. Dec 12th
1836.
(Signed by) Elisha Clapp, Captain Company Rangers.
Headquarters, May 10th, 1836} I hereby certify that Levi W. White, of
Captain Bryan's Company, is at present unable to travel with the army.
I, therefore, recommend that he be permitted to remain with the sick.
J_a Jones, Apt Surgeon, 2nd Regiment. The bearer has leave of 20 days
and _____ to head quarters. May 10, 1836, signed by James L. Bennett,
Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Regiment, Texas Volunteer Company.
Included in this file, which I ordered from the Texas Archives, were
copies of the original roster of the following companies, with the
names of volunteers, some of whom I recognize as being from Santa Rosa
County, Florida. [Mike: note also there were confirmed folks
from Houston Co TX!]
Colonel Sherman's Command, 2nd Regiment, Texas Volunteers
_________________________________________________________
B. Bryant
Captain
John C. Hale
1st Lieutenant
A. S. Lewis
2nd Lieutenant
Wm B. Scates
Private
Wm Earle
J. S. P. Irvin
Dean Roberts
Joseph P. Parks
C. Rockwell
R. B. Russell
L. W. White
A. McKenzie
A. Cobb(le)
John F. Gilbert
D. Roberts
J. R. Johnson
William Pate
B. Lindsey
James Clarke
Robert Love
Wm Kimbro
Captain
James Rowe
1st Lieutenant
John Harrison 1st
Sergeant
Wm Fisher
2nd Sergeant
Harry Reid
3rd Sergeant
D. Brown
Private
Wm Bateman
J. A. Chaffin
H. Corzine
Joel Crane
R. F. Crane
John J. Clelland
Wm C. Davis
H. Hill
G. D. Hancock
E. O. Legrand
D. Love
D. H. McGary
Thomas Maxwell
A. G. McGowen
John W. Procter
Ben Thomas
D. Watson
Lewis Wilmouth
Captain Kimbro's Co. cont'd
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R. Stevenson
G. W. Jones
W. B. Bennett
B. Green
J. Kent
Caddell
R. Hotchkis
A.E. Manuel
Thomas M. Hughes
A.A. Buffington
James Burch
Robert Burch
J N. (or H) Pegrim (?) Captain
_______________________________
Manuel Flores 1st
Sergeant
Antonio Manchara 2nd Sergeant
Neph Flores
1st Corporal
Ambro (?) Rodrigues 2nd Corporal
Antonio Cruze
Private
Et Al (All Hispanic)
Muster Roll of Captain Clapp's Company. Pursuant to an order from the
Command in Chief, the following men assembled themselves at the house
of Elisha Clapp in Mustang Prairie on Saturday, the 10th of September,
and proceeded to the Election of Officers.
Elisha Clapp
Captain
George Aldrich
1st Lieut. Discharged 10 Dec 1836
Henry G. Hudson 2nd Lieut.
Ditto
Samuel Lawrence Private
Never mustered or done any duty
Henry Jeffrey
Private Ditto
Robert Williams
Private Ditto
M. G. Sandifer
Private Discharged 10 Dec 1836
Thomas R. Townsend Private Ditto
W. R. Powell
Private Never mustered or done any duty
Anthony Rivers
Private Discharged 10 Dec 1836
Dolers Arido
Private Ditto
Marsiria Arido
Private Ditto
Juan Arido
Private Ditto
Edward Arido
Private Ditto
W. C. Kennedy Private
Ditto
John F. Chain
Private Ditto
Francisco Arido Private
Ditto
Thomas Boatright Private
Ditto
Martin Copeland Private
Ditto
Daniel Christ
Private Never mustered or done any duty
John Christ
Private Ditto
Reiseio Christ
Private Ditto
Richard Duty
Private Ditto
Adnario Anglen Private
Ditto
Nathaniel Robbins Private
Discharged 10 Dec 1836
James L. Garrett Private
Ditto
Elijah Garrett
Private Ditto
Alford Berry
Private Ditto
Robert Rogers, Jr. Private
Never mustered or done any duty
Fines (?) G. Robertson Private Discharged 10 Dec 1836
Stephen White Private
Ditto
Reasin Jones
Private Never mustered or done any duty
Levi W. White Private
Discharged 10 Dec 1836
Isaac Parker
Private Ditto
A. E. Garrett
Private Ditto
Thomas Snowden Private
Ditto
Stephen Rogers Private
Never mustered or done any duty
Samuel Long
Private Ditto
Daniel Milligan Private
Ditto
Burrell Morris Private
Discharged 10 Dec 1836
The continuation of the roster was not provided to me in the pension
file of Levi W. White. However, a page from "The Heroes of San
Jacinto" provided the Second Regiment Texas Volunteers, Eighth Company
Infantry, as follows:
Officers:
William Kimbro, Captain
James Rowe, 1st Lieut.
John Harmon, 1st Sergeant
William Fisher, 2nd Serge.
Henry Reed, 3rd Sergeant
Privates:
Bateman, William Crain, Joel B.
Legrand, Edward Oswald
Bennett, W. B. Crain,
Robert T.
Love, David Hall
Brown, David
Davis, William R.
Manuel, A. E.
Buffington, Anderson Green, Benjamin
Maxwell, Thomas
Burch, James
Hancock, George
McGary, Daniel H.
Burch, Valentine Hill, Hardy
McGown, Andrew Jackson
Burditt, Jesse F. Holman, Wm
Sanford Proctor, J. W.
Caddell, Andrew Hotchkiss, Richard
Stevenson, R.
Chaffin, James A. Hughes, Thomas M.
Thomas, Benjamin
Clelland, John J. Jones, George
Washington Watson, Dexter
Corzine, Hershel Kent, Joseph
Wilmouth, Louis
Levi W. White received Bounty Warrant 3500 for 650 acres Secretary of
War on 22 May 1838 for service from 29 Mar to 10 Dec 1836. 320 acres
in Houston County were patented to him on 26 July 1861. Patent 515,
Vol. 12, Abstract 1090 GLO File Houston Bounty 272; and 320 acres in
Houston County were patented to his heirs on 19 Jan 1906. (1)
From the Archives and Records Division, Texas General Land Office, Levi
W. White received a certificated dated 3 Feb 1838 from Houston County
Board of Land Commissions which stated that he immigrated in January
1836, and was granted one-third of a league (1,476.1 acres). He
transferred 320 acres of this First Class Head right to Lodowick E.
Downes on 8 September 1852. Levi was issued Certificate No. 697 on 14
May 1855 by the Adjutant General for "having fought in the Battle of
San Jacinto" a grant of 640 acres, which he transferred to F. S.
Bodenhamer and A. T. Monroe on 2 June 1855. Levi was issued Bounty
Certificate No. 3500 for 320 acres in Houston County on 2 May 1859,
which was patented on 26 July 1861. A certificate was issued 12 Feb
1855 for unlocated balance of Certificate 3850/3951 of 1156 acres being
the balance from Certificate 67. A transfer is shown to Darius H.
Edens on 23 Oct 1858.
I submitted a portion of my genealogical research on the family of Levi
W. White, born circa 1798, South Carolina, to the Heritage Book of
Santa Rosa County. Levi married Elizabeth S. Bruster, born December
1812 in South Carolina, who is buried in Mt. Carmel Cemetery near Jay.
She was the daughter of James M. Bruster, veteran of War of 1812, and
Mary (Polly) Smith. James M. Bruster was the son of Henry Bruster,
born circa 1758 in Augusta County, Virginia, and Margaret Louisa Bowen,
born about 1760 in Georgia. Henry died after 1816 in Clarke County,
Alabama. Margaret died about 1817 in Sumter County, Alabama.
Submitted by Deborah C. Biesbrock, Post Office Box 330175, Atlantic
Beach, Florida.
(1) The heirs receiving this patent settlement were those living in
Century, Escambia County, Florida. The heirs living across the river
in Jay, Santa Rosa County, were not contacted regarding this settlement.
[note from Mike: Could it be that the reason the Santa Rosa Co FL,
folks didn't received info the Settlement, because this was NOT THEIR
Levi W White, who was living in and next to his father, Stephen White,
in Houston Co TX. Why does this Florida researcher ignore the 1860
and 1850 census and other data that clearly show the relationship be-
tween, Stephen White and Levi?]
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Death Certiciate of Levi's daughter
Alice Louvina (Laura) White White, who married her 1st
cousin, Tilman B White Jr. Show's father and Mother Sarah Young born in
VA.
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Robert White Sr / Jr Bible Records
(from the 'South Carolina Bible Records' - does have errors)
Levi White father Stephen listed under Robert White Sr. (Left bottom)
"South Caroline Bible Records, by Dorothy Harris Phifer,
Pinckney District Chapter, SC Genealogical Society, 1994".
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The Isaac P. Murphy Letter (Part)
Isaac is a grandson of Robert White Sr.
Dad; Sion Murphy, Mother Susan White
Daughter of Robert White Sr. Isaac was
Born 20 Aug 1798, died 2 July 1886, note
letter is dated Feb 25, 1886 before his death
White's and Murphy's lived in the same area
Cross Keys Union Co SC.
Look about 1/4 way down, he spelled Nancy's name as Nanie Bedington (should be
Betterton)
"Stephen White born Apr 28th 1786. He married Nanie Bedington of
Spartanburg Co SC, All gone away to Texas"
(Nancy Betterton - Bedington, is one of the recognized common mis spellings of
the name Betterton)
I also have a copy of the Original Letter, written by Mr. Murphy in
1886. Below in a typed copy.
This is also printed in the, "Union Co SC Heritage Book, 1981, Mamie Lee
Mabry,
Editor. Published by 'Union County Heritage Committee, In cooperation with
Hunter Publishing Company Winston-Salem North Carolina."
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Petition to Form Houston County Texas
(Included are Stephen White & other White's)
1837 Petition to Create Houston County, Texas
Petition dated April 22, 1837 to the Congress of the Republic
of Texas requesting the creation of a county (Houston County)
Signed: 22 April 1837
Approved: 12 June 1837
The Republic of Texas
Creation of Houston County
By 1837, leaders of this area, a part of Nacogdoches, felt
strong and secure enough to petition the First Congress assembled to make them a
county. Their petition was written from Mustang Prairie and dates April 22,
1837. It reads:
“To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives when in
Congress Assembled: We, the undersigned, your petitioners, citizens of said
republic do most respectfully pray that your honorable body make for us a county
on the East side of Trinity River, beginning at Robbins ferry on said Trinity;
Thence running fifteen miles each side of the old San Antonio Road and East far
enough to make a constitutional county, and we further pray that your Honorable
Body appoint three disinterested commissioners out of the bounds of said county
to locate the aforesaid county to locate the seat of justice for said county in
granting the aforesaid petition, we, your petitioners as duty bound will ever
pray, etc.”
Signers included: [alpha order]
| John B. (iIllegible) |
John F. Cheairs |
William L. Gossett |
Benjamin Parker |
| John Adams |
William Cheairs |
J. Haley |
Daniel Parker, Jr. |
| Collin Aldrich |
Elisha Clapp |
John L. Hall |
Dickerson Parker |
| Albert Allbright |
John E. Clapp |
Alfred M. Hallmark |
Isaac Parker |
| George Allbright |
Jowell Clapp |
George Hallmark |
J. D. Parker |
| Jacob Allbright |
Barton Clark |
George W. Hallmark |
William H. Pate |
| John Allbright |
Samuel Clerlosky |
George Hallmark |
Samuel Phillips |
| John Allbright |
Samuel G. Collison |
James M. Hallmark |
Leon Pritchard |
| Solomon Allbright |
Reason Crist |
John Hallmark |
George W. Reding |
| Elish Anglin |
Stephen Crist |
John B. Hallmark |
Iredell Reding |
| William Anglin |
Henry P. Crowson |
John C. Hayne |
John B. Reding |
| James Barns |
John Denson |
John H. Holder |
William Riley |
| H. Barrett |
Shedrick Denson |
H. C. Johnson |
George W. Robinson |
| Miles Bennett |
Thomas Denson |
William Johnson |
Ira C. Shute |
| Stephen Bennett |
William Dillard |
Joseph Jorden |
Ballin Snelles |
| Frances Bettict |
Stephen Dunston |
Enaske Lapus |
Williard Standley |
| John Box |
G. E. Dwight |
Joseph Lapus |
Peterson Tate |
| Nelson Box |
Richard Eaton |
William Leagon |
Thomas R. Townsend |
| Robin Brown |
Charles Erwin |
P. O. Lumpkin |
H. P. Walker |
| Stephen Box |
John Erwin |
R. O. Lusk |
R. A. Walker |
| Stilwell Box |
Peter Gallahery |
Henry Masters |
Stephen White |
| Thomas G. Box |
Thomas Garner |
Jacob Masters |
W.
M. White |
| Alfred Buge |
A. E. Gossett |
Joseph M. Masters |
John Wortham |
| Joseph Cason |
E. Gossett |
Joseph Masterson |
Joseph R. Yarbrough |
| Elijah Cheairs |
James L. Gossett |
John C. Moore |
Swanson Yarbrough |
| Frances Cheairs |
James L. Gossett |
Martin Murchison |
|
| John Cheairs |
John V. D. Gosett |
James Neville |
|
Order as listed on petition:
| Iredell Reding |
Stephen
White |
John C. Hayne |
Ballin Snelles |
| John B. Reding |
Alfred Buge |
John B. (illegible) |
R. O. Lusk |
| George W. Reding |
Leon Pritchard |
James Neville |
Joseph Masterson |
| James L. Gossett |
Thomas G. Box |
Stephen Dunston |
G. E. Dwight |
| William L. Gossett |
Samuel C. Collison |
Swanson Yarbrough |
Samuel Clerlosky |
|
Elisha Clapp |
R. A.
Walker |
Stilwell
Box |
Stephen
Bennett |
| John Wortham |
Henry Masters |
James M. Halmark |
Elish Anglin |
| John Hallmark |
John Erwin |
Alfred M. Hallmark |
Miles Bennett
|
| William Dillard |
Charles Erwin |
George W. Hallmark |
Joseph Jorden |
| John V. D. Gossett |
H. C. Johnson |
John B. Hallmark |
Stephen Box |
| Jacob Masters |
Willard Standley |
George Hallmark |
Collin Aldrich |
| John Box |
William Cheairs |
Thomas R. Townsend |
Henry P. Crowson |
| Stephen Crist |
John Cheairs* |
Jowell Clapp |
Isaac Parker |
| Reasoon Crist |
John F. Cheairs* |
John E. Clapp |
Thomas Garner |
| William Anglin |
Elijah Cheairs* |
John Adams |
Dickerson Parker |
| Robin Brown |
Frances Cheairs* |
Samuel Phillips |
J. Haley |
| Richard Eaton |
John Denson |
Joseph Cason |
Benjamin Parker |
| Thomas Denson |
Joseph M. Masters |
George Allbright |
H. Barrett |
| Nelson Box |
William Leagon |
Joseph R. Yarbrough |
Peterson Tate |
| P. O. Lumpkin |
John H. Holder |
Frances Bettict** |
J. D. Parker |
| John C. Moore |
Enaske Lapus |
Shedrick Denson |
George W. Robinson |
| John Allbright |
Albert Allbright |
William Riley |
A. E. Gossett |
| Jacob Allbright |
Ira C. Shute |
John Allbright |
George Hallmark |
| Barton Clark |
James Barns |
Solomon Allbright |
Daniel Parker, Jr. |
| James L. Gossett |
William Johnson |
Joseph Lapus |
H. P. Walker |
| E. Gossett |
William H.
Pate |
W. M.
White |
|
| John L. Hall |
Peter Gallahery |
Martin Murchison |
|
**Petitions from Houston County may be found in the Texas
State Archives under Memorials and Petitions.
One asking for the formation
of a new county is under Location 2-9/113, Box 38, NO.15. Another
complaining
about the new tax laws of 1837 is Location 2-9/113, Box 38, No.
14. Both will be presented for the names appended to each.
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Petition Against Taxation
Petition #2 - Against Taxation
September 4th 1837
To the Senate and House of Representatives, when in Congress assembled
at the
City of Houston at the Second Session of the Congress of the Republic of
Texas.
We the undersigned citizens of the County of Houston
feeling ourselves agreaved
and injured by some of the Acts of our last Congress take this method...
First the Tariff is unsufferable ... [then follows a
litany of complaints against the Ad
Valorem tax law that seems remarkably current in tenor].
James L. Gossett
Swanzan Yarborough
Levi W. White
Elijah Gossett
W. M. White
Sion Prichard
Steven White
Andrew E. Gossett
Geo. W. Browning
Partial list...
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1850 Census Houston Co TX Levi at bottom:
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1860 Census Houston Co TX Levi W White
Return
to Levi Capt Bryant
Return
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Texas War of Independence 1836
Levi W White Audited Claim - 8 Pages
Return to Levi Capt Bryant
Return
to Levi Capt Clapp
END of Claim
About Capt
Clapp and his Texas Rangers:
http://www.dsloan.com/Auctions/A22/item-tx_ranger_roll-1836.html
Another web site:
http://steveclapp.com/Gen/Thomas%20Clapp/b11436.htm
(history and genealogy)
530. [TEXAS RANGERS]. MUSTER ROLL. Contemporary secretarial
manuscript Texas Ranger muster roll, probably in the hand of George Aldrich,
commencing: “The following Men compose my company which I am Ordered to report
to you by the commander in chief,” followed by two columns giving the names of
fifty-six Rangers in the Company, concluding: “The above is a True copy from my
Roll Book. To the Actg. Acalda [sic] of Nacogdoches. Elisha Clapp. Capt. of Compy.
of Rangers.” Addressed on verso: “To the Actg. Alcalda [sic] Nacogdoches, Texas”
and docketed “Official Report Capt. Elisha Clapp Recd. Novr. 2.
1836.” Folio (35.6 x 24.7 cm) on wove paper. Creased where formerly folded, one
small hole in blank area where red wax seal was broken, verso slightly stained,
otherwise in fine condition. This muster roll was found with privately-held
family papers, some of which relate to the Isaac Parker family, including a
legal document on sealed paper signed by Isaac Parker in Nacogdoches in 1835
(see below).
Very rare and early documentation on the Texas
Rangers, apparently the only known contemporary copy of this roll. The story
of Texas Republic-era ranger rolls, and indeed all such muster rolls, is a
somewhat tragic one. The original rolls were deposited in the Adjutant General’s
Office shortly after their creation. Other rolls were reconstructed from memory
where no originals existed. In the late 1830s, all the existing rolls were
copied out into an omnibus document that was given to the Texas General Land
Office (GLO) to assist that agency with processing veterans’ land claims. That
document was itself copied again and then made into a typescript in the 1920s.
In the meantime, the Adjutant General’s Office burned to the ground in 1855,
taking with it the entire corpus of original and reconstructed rolls. Thus, the
primary source for almost all Republic-era muster rolls are the copies in the
GLO. The GLO, the Texas State Library, and the University of Texas also hold a
few original copies and other nearly contemporary copies of Republic-era rolls.
The Texas Ranger Museum holds none of that vintage.
The members of this company have been preserved in
one such transcribed roll in the General Land Office, a copy of which is printed
in Muster Rolls of the Texas Revolution (Austin: Daughters of the
Republic of Texas, 1986, pp. 199-201). Although the content of that version is
basically the same as that of the present roll, that document seems to be a
mustering-out roll rather than an original enrollment form, as is the case here.
It was prepared, apparently also by Aldrich (see below), after December 10,
1836, on which date the enlistments were up. In any case, by the time the later
roll was accomplished, it is clear that the Company had been disbanded. See also
Mike Cox, The Texas Rangers: Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821-1900 (New York:
Tom Doherty Associates, 2008).
The captain of the Company documented in the
muster roll was Elisha Clapp (ca. 1803-1856), soldier and farmer, who immigrated
to Texas in 1822 and settled at Nacogdoches. He served in Captain Henry W.
Karnes’ Cavalry Company beginning April 7, 1836, participated in the Battle of
San Jacinto, guarded Mexican prisoners during its aftermath, and held a variety
of military appointments. Clapp was elected captain of a Company of Texas
Rangers on September 10, 1836, and this muster roll is apparently an initial
accounting of that first Company, which enlisted for three months. “Sam Houston,
as commander in chief of the Republic of Texas Army, ordered his Company to
‘range from any point on the Brazos to Mr. Hall’s Trading House on the Trinity’
to intercept parties of raiding Indians” (Handbook of Texas Online:
Elisha Clapp). Clapp could not read or write, according to Houston: “Captain
Clapp cannot write his name and care will be required to prevent imposition on
the government” (Writings, Vol. II, p. 242). In the Texas State Library
Republic Claims files there is an 1841 document Clapp signed with an “x”, which
is noted as “his mark.” These files also document the fact that Isaac Parker
(see below), a member of the Ranger Company shown on this roll, assisted Elisha
Clapp with his Ranger claims. But the handwriting of the present muster roll is
apparently not Parker’s, but rather that of Lieutenant George Aldrich, first
County Surveyor of Houston County (1839-1843) and the brother of San Jacinto
veteran Collin Aldrich, first Chief Justice of Houston County. The brothers came
to Red River County, Texas in 1828. For a short time, around 1834, George
Aldrich lived in Nacogdoches and was associated with Robert Anderson Irion as a
trader and surveyor. George Aldrich was granted 320 acres for the service
documented here.
Other members of this Company went on to serve Texas
in various capacities. Of the fifty-six men listed, at least twenty-two, in
addition to Clapp himself, are documented veterans of the Texas Revolution. Five
of the men, including Clapp, were San Jacinto veterans. The other four were
Samuel J. Lawrence (arrived in Texas in February of 1836, died in 1879; Dixon &
Kemp, The Heroes of San Jacinto, p. 242), George Washington Browning
(1806-1879, emigrated to Texas in 1835, enlisted in Hart’s Company in January of
1836; Dixon & Kemp, The Heroes of San Jacinto, p. 111 & Handbook of
Texas Online); Lewis W. White (enlisted March 31, 1836, and discharged May 2
of the same year; Dixon & Kemp, The Heroes of San Jacinto, p. 422); and
William H. Pate (arrived in Texas in January 1836 and enlisted in McFarland’s
Company; Dixon & Kemp, The Heroes of San Jacinto, p. 419). As might be
expected, the Company is populated chiefly by men from the Nacogdoches area.
A number of other noteworthy names can be found on
this muster roll, including five members of the Ariola family, Tejanos who
supported the Texas cause. Francisco Ariola, listed here, was a dedicated
soldier of the Republic of Texas Army and received a land grant from the
Republic of Texas. Also represented on the roll is his brother, Edward Ariola,
one of Stephen F. Austin’s colonists, who settled in Grimes County in 1836.
Edward served as a spy in Captain Greer’s Montgomery County Minutemen in 1841.
The town of Ariola, founded on the grants, is named in honor of the family, and
the town of Iola is named for Edward.
Also notable is Isaac Parker (1793-1883). Parker was
something of a Paul Revere figure for the Texas Revolution. On October 5, 1835,
he made a mad dash across the southern United States spreading word of the
coming war and enrolling volunteers in the Texas Army (see Sam Houston’s rousing
October 5, 1835, letter to Parker, Writings, Vol. I, pp. 302-305). Parker
came to Texas in 1833 as part of the pioneer family that built Fort Parker in
Limestone County. He fought in the Texas Revolution and served in the Republic
of Texas Congress, representing part of East Texas. He participated in the 1845
Statehood Convention and later represented Tarrant and Ellis Counties in the
State Legislature. In the 1850s, Parker introduced a bill that created Parker
County, which was named in his honor. Parker’s accomplishments have perhaps been
eclipsed by the fact that he was the uncle of captives Cynthia Ann and John
Parker and the person who identified Cynthia when she was “rescued.”
The document dates from the early days when “Texas
Rangers” first became known by that name. “Nomenclature varied but function did
not” (Cox, p. 67). Clapp’s Company seems to have pursued the classic mission of
blunting Native American threats, since one of their sallies was against the
Ionies (a branch of the Caddoes), who did not sign peace treaties until 1843 and
again in 1844. At this point, the “Rangers” had been in official existence for
only a year, having been established by the Republic’s Convention on November
24, 1835. They passed an “Ordinance Establishing a Provisional Government,”
Article 9 of which called for “a corps of rangers,” with an authorized strength
of three companies of fifty-six men each (as here), all of whom had to supply
their own equipment. According to Muster Rolls of the Texas Revolution,
the other two companies were captained by Silas M. Parker (1802-1836) and Eli
Seal, but neither of those companies was anywhere near authorized strength (pp.
198-199). Thus, this is an extremely early Texas Ranger roll, a reflection of
one of the several permutations the Rangers would take before they became the
law enforcement organization that we know today.
Mounted and/or armed contingents known as “rangers”
date to early times in this country’s history. The presence of such groups in
Texas dates back to the earliest days of Anglo settlement, the oldest two having
been founded in Texas by Stephen F. Austin and Moses Morrison in 1823. No matter
what they were called, formally or informally, their duties were basically the
same—to roam and to search for and eliminate threats to the settlers and towns
of the Texas frontier. In the early days, those efforts were aimed almost
exclusively at marauding Native Americans, although as the threats shifted, the
Rangers’ duties shifted as well. For example, Rangers were present at the Battle
of San Jacinto, helped defend the Republic and state against Mexican bandits,
accompanied the U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War as regularly enlisted
troops (during which they acquired a reputation for ferocity and prowess), and
fought in the Civil War.
Included with the muster roll are two documents with which the roll was
found:
PARKER, Isaac. Manuscript bond in ink on
Coahuilatecan sealed paper for 1834 and 1835 (Sello Tercero), signed by Parker
and three witnesses at Nacogdoches on May 18, 1835. Small folio, one page, in
English. Stained and split at some folds (no losses). Parker agrees to pay John
H. Cummins $10,000 contingent upon his obtaining good title to two leagues of
land.
[CHARLES MARTIN ESTATE]. Manuscript signed by Elijah
Simmons Collard and witnessed by Gwyn Morrison, at Republic of Texas, Grimes
County, docketed August 26, 1839. 4to, 4 pp. Probate accounting by Collard as
administrator of an estate whose only asset was a $326 headright. Docketed and
with filing notes. Collard (1778-1846), arrived in Texas in 1833, received a
league of land, and was a member of the Consultation from Washington County as
well as the General Council.
“As strange as it may seem in some quarters, the
Texas Ranger has been throughout the century a human being, and never a mere
automaton animating a pair of swaggering boots, a big hat, and a six-shooter all
moving across the prairies under a cloud of pistol smoke. Surely enough has been
written about men who swagger, fan hammers, and make hip shots. No Texas Ranger
ever fanned a hammer when he was serious, or made a hip shot if he had time to
catch a sight. The real Ranger has been a very quiet, deliberate person who
could gaze calmly into the eye of a murderer, divine his thoughts, and
anticipate his action, a man who could ride straight up to death. In fatal
encounter—the last resort of a good officer—the Ranger has had the unhurried
courage to take the extra fraction of a second essential to accuracy which was
at a premium in the art and science of Western pistology. The smoke from such a
man’s hand was a vagrant wisp and never the clouds read of in books written for
those who love to smell powder smoke vicariously” (Walter Prescott Webb, The
Texas Rangers: A Century of Frontier Defense. Boston & New York, Houghton
Mifflin Company & The Riverside Press, 1935, pp. ix-x).
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about William
Harrison Pate
(served with Levi White at San Jacinto)
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/PATE/2006-12/1166562185
William Harrison Pate (1813-1879)
Lived a time in Erath Co TX.
William Harrison Pate born 31 Oct 1813, probably in Putnam Co. GA died 29
Aug 1879 in Erath Co. TX. William Harrison Pate married Jane C Nix. They
married about 1845 perhaps in Anderson Co. TX. Jane C Nix was born 10 mar
1827 in KY and died 18 Mar 1906 in Erath Co TX. Both William Harrison Pate
and his wife Jane C Nix are buried in Victor Cemetery in Erath Co. TX.
William Harrison Pate (1813-1879) was the son of Peterson Pate and Rebecca
Heath. William Harrison Pate came to Texas, with his father and siblings in
1836 in the latter stages of the Republic of Texas Revolution. He was part
of a group of Texans who fought the Mexicans at the Battle of San Jacinto.
He received a head right grant of land for his service.
His father, Peterson Pate was born abt 1785 in Sussex Co VA and died in TX
abt 1848.
Peterson Pate was one of several surnamed Pate men, from the
Sussex-Southampton Co VA area who moved to GA and then westward.
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1838 Tax Poll Houston Co TX
Wm H Pate and father Peterson Pate next door to William White (possible
son of Stephen White).
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txhousto/census/1838taxlist.htm
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
1839 Tax Poll Houston Co TX
William H Pate, Peterson Pate (father), Stephen White next door to
William H Pate,
in addition, neighbors include, Elisha Clapp, Iredell Reding,
William White... the
tax list is not in alpha order. Levi was just about 21yrs
old, so his father paid his taxes.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txhousto/census/1839taxroll.htm
(Microfilm 1113.01 Tax Rolls 1838-1881)
Wm H Page was on his last Poll Tax in 1840, by 1846 it appears he had left
Houston Co, no Pate's on 1850 census in this county.
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Darius H Edens
Levi sold a lot of land to Darius H Edens, and where
Levi was the Original Grantee
Darius became the Patentee, even on Levi's Ellis Co TX property.
Darius H. Edens - (May 20, 1815 -- September 14, 1883) A native of
Illinois,
Darius H. Edens moved to Texas in 1831. He served in a Texas army infantry
unit commanded by Thomas J. Rusk in 1936. A surveyor by trade, he worked
in present Houston and Anderson Counties. He and partner James E. Box platted
the town of Palestine, where he later owned a store and was elected Anderson
County's
first Chief Justice. After a brief foray to California during the 1849 gold
rush, he returned
to Texas and settled at Augusta. He and his wife, Nancy Rice, operated the
Augusta stagecoach
station and inn on the road between Rusk and Crockett.
http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5225010988
Edens Family Links:
John Edens (father
of Darius)
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/r/e/Phillip-Grey-TX/BOOK-0001/0008-0004.html
Note: John Eden may have known Stephen White before arriving in Alabama?
Eden Massacre Augusta Houston Co TX (near San Padro Creek)
http://edensfamilyassociation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9:another-look-at-the-edens-madden-massacre&catid=3:family-history&Itemid=12
Note: At some point Levi owned land and lived near Augusta San Pedro Crk,
Houston Co TX. His mason lodge was here.
In Response to my inquiry about Darius Edens, as
he appears on so many of Levi's land transactions,
received this excellent explanation:
There
were
a
number
of
accounts
written
shortly
after
the
Indian
massacre
at
the
home
of
John
Edens
in
1838
and
none
of
them
mention
any
of
your
White
ancestors.
I
have
done
a
good
bit
of
research
concerning
the
massacre,
and
also
have
not
found
any
mention
of
your
White
ancestors.
It
is
doubtful,
therefore,
that
they
were
close
neighbors
of
the
Edens
family
or
they
would
probably
have
gathered
with
the
other
neighbors
on
that
fateful
night
at
John
Edens'
cabin.
Darius
H.
Edens
was
one
of
John's
younger
sons
and
he
joined
his
father
and
siblings
on
the
move
to
Texas
in
1831.
He
was
only
16
years
old
during
the
Texas
Revolution
of
1836
but
he
did
join
Capt.
Cleveland's
company
of
Texas
volunteers
later
in
1836.
He
also
participated
in
the
battle
of
Kickapoo
Village
in
1838
along
with
his
brother,
John
Silas
Edens.
They
were,
therefore,
away
from
home
when
the
massacre
occurred
and
did
not
return
home
until
the
morning
after
the
massacre.
He
also
served
nine
months
during
the
Mexican
War
of
1845.
He
became
a
surveyor
and
is
credited
with
surveying
the
county
line
between
Houston
and
Anderson
County
when
Anderson
was
created
in
1848.
He
is
also
credited
with
laying
out
the
town
of
Palestine.
During
his
surveying
years,
he
is
shown
in
many
land
transactions,
many
of
which
were
for
land
he
received
as
payment
for
surveying
bounty
grants
of
others.
This
may
explain
his
being
a
patentee
of
certain
of
your
ancestor's
lands.
During
the
gold
rush
in
1849,
Darius
traveled
to
California
to
try
his
luck
with
gold
mining.
However,
he
did
not
mine
for
gold,
but
instead
opened
a
store
and
sold
supplies
to
the
miners.
He
seems
to
have
been
pretty
successful
and
returned
to
Texas
a
fairly
wealthy
man.
He
made
his
home
in
Palestine
for
a
while
later.
Among
other
accomplishments,
Darius
served
as
the
first
Chief
Justice
of
Anderson
County
(equivalent
to
todays
County
Judge)
and
was
a
school
teacher
for
a
time.
After his father's death in 1857, Darius acquired the old home place on San Pedro Creek and lived the remainder of his life in Augusta where he and his wife ran a stage coach inn on the Rusk to Crockett stage coach line. He died in 1883 and is buried in the Augusta Cemetery. The Texas Historical Commission erected a historical marker at his grave a number of years ago outlining his many accomplishments.
Hope this helps a little.
Art Hall
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Texas Taxation Laws 1837-1839 - "You started paying taxes at age '21'.
http://www.texasslaveryproject.org/sources/LawsOfTexas/
Below just covers a
key period of Levi and Stephen, in Houston Co TX:
NOTE:
The age requirement to pay Texas Taxes,
Levi was 18yrs old in 1836,
in 1838 when he received his headright, he was 20 yrs old, 1838.
(Levi W White born July 20th, 1818 -
had to be 17 & older to receive headrights)
Question: 1839 - Stephen White was authorized to handle Levi accounts, was he
still underaged?
- "An Act," June 12, 1837
This act set out the procedures used by the government to
levy taxes. Allowed the government to appoint assessors to take
an inventory of all land and property within Texas and required
all family heads to take an inventory of their own property for
the purpose of taxation. Also required that every property owner
swear an oath to the correctness of their inventory or face
prosecution. Other sections of the law stipulated taxes for
merchandise and warehouse licenses, especially those providing
alcohol and gaming.
Section 8 required all white males between the ages of 21 and 55
to pay a direct tax of 1 dollar per year.
- "An Act," December 21, 1837
The Texas Congress updated the tax laws. County court clerks
needed to issue licenses to retailers and collect taxes from
them. Sheriffs in each county were required to alert their
constituents to pay their taxes and anyone who did not would
have their property confiscated and sold at public auction. The
last two sections called on the sheriffs and clerks to pay the
taxes collected in their counties and take a certain percentage
for their fees.
- "An Act," May 24, 1838
The Texas Congress added amendments to the tax law. The first
few sections decreed that assessors should be appointed to
collect lists of taxable property from the citizens in their
counties. Each citizen would take an oath swearing to the
accuracy of the lists or face a fine. After a month county
clerks would post the taxes owed by everyone; the sheriffs would
collect the taxes and punish anyone who refused. Some of the
later sections ordered that all taxes be collected in Texas
dollars and that a direct tax be put on land, slaves, horses and
mules.
- "An Act," December 21, 1838
This law exempted citizens from six different counties from
direct taxation if they had been captured or had their lands
overrun by the Mexican army. Stressed that the exemption was
limited to such citizens and only to one league of land per
person.
- "An Act," January 26, 1839
The Texas Congress further amended provisions to the tax
laws. Ordered all heads of families to put together inventories
of both their own property and any property they held on behalf
of others, swearing an oath to the accuracy of each. Sheriffs
would then collect the taxes based on these inventories and
punish anyone who refused with a double tax and/or confiscation
of the land, which would then be sold at public auction. Section
6 listed in detail the amount of tax owed on different
certificates of land based on the acreage. Section 8 stipulated
that all other laws contrary to the preceding one were null and
void.
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...The Republic of Texas made many
headright grants, that is, grants
given on the condition that specified
requirements be met by the grantees.
Under the Constitution of 1836 all heads
of families living in Texas on March 4,
1836, except Africans and Indians, were
granted "first class" headrights of one
league and one labor (4,605.5 acres),
and single men
aged seventeen years
or older,
one-third of a league (1,476.1 acres).
By later laws "second class" headrights
of 1,280 acres to heads of families and
640 acres to single men were granted to
those who immigrated to Texas after the
Texas Declaration of Independence and
before October 1, 1837, and who remained
in the republic for three years and
performed the duties of citizenship.
"Third class" headrights of 640 acres
for heads of families and 320 acres for
single men went to recipients who
immigrated to Texas after October 1,
1837, and before January 1, 1840. In
1841 "fourth class" headright
certificates of 640 acres for family
heads and 320 acres for single men were
granted conditionally to residents who
immigrated to Texas between January 1,
1840, and January 1, 1842.
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A Little Helpful history:
http://www.glo.texas.gov/what-we-do/history-and-archives/_documents/history-of-texas-public-lands.pdf
The Republic of Texas
In 1835, a provisional government set up by the Anglo
inhabitants of Texas ordered all the land offices within Texas
closed, and all land commissioners, empresarios and surveyors to
cease operations. Land titles issued after November 13, 1835
would be invalid; there would be no more Mexican land grants in
Texas. The Convention of 1836 met in March to declare Texas
independence and write a constitution for the Republic of Texas.
The Constitution suspended the land grant system until soldiers
could have an equal chance to locate their homes. It also called
for the creation of a general land office to collect all land
records and determine which lands were vacant and had valid
titles issued by Spain and Mexico.
After Texas gained independence, the first Congress of the
Republic met at Columbia and, in December 1836, passed an act
defining the boundaries of the Republic. With this act, Texas
claimed 216,000,000 acres (about 350,000 square miles) of
unappropriated land-much of which was actually part of Mexico.
The western boundary of the claim followed the Rio Grande to its
source and due north to the 42nd parallel, so that it included
eastern New Mexico and parts of Colorado and Wyoming. Although
neither Spain nor Mexico had considered any land below the
Nueces River as part of Texas, the Republic claimed its southern
boundary extended to the Rio Grande.
On December 22, 1836, the Congress of the Republic passed an
act establishing a general land office under the direction of a
land commissioner who was to take charge of all land records. In
June 1837, the Congress passed an act consolidating previous
land legislation. It called for the General Land Office to open
on October 1. All vacant land was the property of the Republic,
and all land titles, surveys and documents were now public
property and were to be given to the Land Commissioner.
The Republic of Texas had neither money nor population enough
to defend itself against the Mexicans and the Indians. When the
government was organized in 1836, it had only $55.68 in the
treasury. Land was the only resource Texas had, and it was used
to reward soldiers, to promote settlement and to finance the
operation of the government.
Following the example of other countries, such as the United
States, the Republic encouraged and rewarded military service.
Because Texas lacked the funds to provide pensions, however, it
resorted to its public land.
Bounty grants were issued to
soldiers according to the length of their service in the Army of
the Republic. The first bounty act was passed by the provisional
government of Texas in November 1835; it promised 640 acres to
those who served in the regular army for two years or throughout
the war. In December the amount was increased by 160 acres, for
a total of 800 acres. A volunteer corps was also organized in
December, and 640 acres was promised to men who served for the
course of the war, and 320 acres to those who served only three
months. If the volunteer died in service, the land would be
given to his heirs, as would an additional 640 acres. In
December 1837, Congress passed a new bounty act providing
soldiers with 320 acres for every three months of service (up to
one year), for a limit of 1,280 acres per person.
After winning independence, Texas still needed defense
against Indians. A bounty act was passed in 1840 to give men who
served in a frontier regiment 160 acres of land to be located
near military posts on the frontier. Because there wasn't enough
vacant land available near the forts, the men were instead
granted 240 acres of vacant public domain anywhere within the
Republic.
While a bounty as a recruiting device promised land as
compensation for service, granting land to veterans as a reward
for military service rendered was a donation. In 1837, donation
grants of 640 acres were issued to soldiers (or their heirs) who
fought at the Alamo, Goliad, San Jacinto or the Siege of Bexar,
or who had guarded the baggage train at Harrisburg. Men who
participated in more than one of these engagements were entitled
to only one allotment of 640 acres. Recipients of the donations
were prohibited from selling the land (a provision which was
later repealed).
Bounty warrants and donation certificates were issued by the
Secretary of War. To receive land, an applicant presented a
certificate verifying service and signed by his company
commander and at least one field officer. The applicant also
submitted an affidavit that he had not already received land for
his service. The donation certificates issued under the 1837 act
were not made transferable until 1848. An 1840 bounty act for
frontier soldiers prohibited the sale of the warrants during the
lifetime of the recipient.
All other bounty warrants and donation certificates were
transferable; the transfer of ownership was recorded on the back
of the certificate and witnessed by the chief justice of the
county where the sale or exchange was made. The owner of the
certificate then presented it to a surveyor, who made the survey
and prepared field notes.
The warrant, field notes and a plat of the survey were
forwarded to the General Land Office, which checked for
conflicts with other surveys. If there were no conflicts, a
patent was issued and sent to the owner after a copy had been
made for Land Office records.
Fraudulent grants were not uncommon under this system.
Sometimes, after receiving one bounty warrant, individuals
applied for and were given another one. Duplicate certificates
were occasionally issued for "lost" warrants; then, both
originals and duplicates were used to obtain patents.
Not all the fraud was committed by soldiers. Land
certificates were often stolen and the transfers forged.
Possibly one-tenth of the military grants were fraudulent or in
excess of the amount owed the soldiers or their heirs.
A total of 5,354,250 acres of land was granted through bounty
warrants, and 1,162,240 acres through battle donation grants
issued by the Republic and, later, the state of Texas. Many
Tejanos, Texans of Hispanic descent, who had fought in the Texas
Revolution received military
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to 1838
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txhousto/census.htm
Partial 1838 Tax List Houston co TX:
in order taken.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txhousto/census/1838taxlist.htm |
Edens, Darias
(is Patentee on 3 of Levi White's
Patents where Levi is listed as original
Grantee.
these land were in Houston Co, McLennan
Co & Ellis Co TX.
Pate, Wm. H
(served with Levi at
San Jacinto)
Pate,
Peterson
(father of Wm Pate)
White, Wm.
(not sure this is our Wm W White?)
Walker, Jno.
Hallmark, Geo. W.
Aldrich, Geo.
McLean, Geo.
Clapp, ?
(probably Elisha Clapp, was at San
Jacinto)
Adams, Wm.
Adams, Stephen
Hatten, Stephen
Sharp, G. W.
Masters, Henry
Gossett, Jno.
Adams, W. D. W.
Adams, Thos. W.
Rice, Joseph
Parker, Isaac
White, Rob’t.
( no known relationship)
Britt, Nimrod
Yarborough, Mathew
Hallmark, David
Bhous?, Mobley
Clapp,
Joseph
Crowson, Wm. T.
Chins (?), Jno.
Moncrief, Jno.
Armstrong, Jno.
Armstrong, Geo.
Gossett, Junius
Ligon, Wm.
Crowson, Henry P.
Bose (?), Thos. G.
Davis, Benj.
Callison, Sam’l
Davis, ?
Edens,
Jno.
Eaton, Rich’d
Thiriden, Lucinda
Parker, Dickison
Rice, Lemuel
Rice, Clinton
Harrison, Wm. D.
Teague, Joseph C.
Foster, Rufus
McLaine, Jas.
Goodwin, Shirley
Chapman, Rob’t D.
?usel, Rheuben R. (Rusel or Husel or
Busel)
Leak, Geo. W.
Hodges, Abie
Parmer, Thos.
Wilson, Geo. W.
Ward, Jas. S.
Carroll, Jno.
Miller, Samuel
Martin, Jacob, Sr.
Earl (?), Rob’t
Denson, Thos.
Denson, Jno.
Denson, O.
Wilson, Dan’l
Martin, Jacob, Jr.
Allbright, Solomon
Kenneda, Stephen
McKniver, Neall
Walker, Philip
Nelson, Albert A.
Nelson, Chas. N.
Alrich, Collin
Riley, Wm.
Riding, Jno. B.
Gossett, Prutty
Allbright, Jno.
Lyles, A. N.?
Johnson, Francis
Night, J. E.
Thompson, Jesse G.
Gossett, Andrew E.
Prichard, Leon
(Should be Sion not Leon - served in
Texas Revolution 1836, son in law of
Stephen White)
White, Stephen
(Served in the Houston County Texas
Rangers, may have served in the Texas
revolution?
father of Levi White.)
Walker, Martin A.
Allbright, Jacob
Bose, Jno.
Hallmark, Jno. B.
Bose, Stilwell
Hallmark, Rich’d
Casenove, J. B.
Tylor, Edw.
Pinson, Jno. D.
Roberts, E. D.
Bernet, Isaac
Smith, Sam’l E.
Jones, L. B.
Goldman, Henry |
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to 1839
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txhousto/census.htm
|
1839 Houston
County Tax Roll
Note who is
are Neighbors |
|
TAXPAYER |
ACRES |
TAX DUE |
|
Boston Clark |
4059 |
$ 14.19 |
|
John Richards |
|
1.00 |
|
Garrison Greenwood |
4928 |
16.22 |
|
T. Tomkins |
|
1.27 |
|
Henry Golman |
|
1.50 |
|
B.F. Wright |
|
5.02 |
|
Edward D. Roberts |
4428 |
11.32 |
|
James S. Ward/Word |
2214 |
7.32 |
|
Mathew Roberts |
|
1.00 |
|
C.T. Roberts |
|
1.00 |
|
Ju. Bt. Caznare |
4428 |
19.34 |
|
George ? (tear in page) |
4428 |
14.55 |
|
Edward Tyler |
|
1.00 |
|
Henry Masters |
4428 |
20.47 |
|
Stillwell Box |
|
3.27 |
|
Andrew E. Gossett |
|
3.69 |
|
Jacob Allbright |
|
4.56 |
|
John W. Barrett |
|
1.67 |
|
Sion
Pritchard |
|
2.89 |
|
George Aldrich |
2214 |
7.58 |
|
Collin Aldrich |
1200 |
11.27 |
|
E. Gossett |
3428 |
16.83 |
|
John Hall |
24354 |
63.88 |
|
Swanson Yarbrough |
|
1.13 |
|
Randolph Yarbrough |
|
1.22 |
|
James Neville |
4428 |
21.70 |
|
John B. Trenary |
|
2.66 |
|
John C. Hagan |
4428 |
14.69 |
|
Thomas R. Townsend |
1428 |
11.84 |
|
John Cheirs |
|
2.58 |
|
Samuel Cheirs |
|
2.12 |
|
Mary Lawrence |
|
tear, illegible |
|
Joseph Masterson (tear
in page) |
|
|
|
George Hallmark |
1136 |
|
|
James M. Hallmark |
|
1.25 |
|
Stephen Box |
5835 |
19.68 |
|
Samuel C.? Gallion |
|
2.81 |
|
Nelson Box |
1267 |
5.11 |
|
William G. Hallmark |
|
3.27 |
|
John B. Hallmark |
|
3.22 |
|
William ? (inkspot) |
|
illegible |
|
John H. Hallmark |
640 |
|
|
John B. Colman |
|
1.84 |
|
Joel Clapp |
|
2.15 |
|
Mary Lopes |
4428 |
14.?? |
|
Robertia Billenweller? |
|
1.00 |
|
Jane Sezer |
|
3.20 |
|
John Albright |
|
8.21 |
|
Isaac Parker |
4428 |
18.84 |
|
Elisha Clapp |
8856 |
27.64 |
|
Iredell Reding |
|
8.14 |
|
William H.
Pate |
|
1.00 |
|
Stephen
White |
|
7.41 |
|
James Gossett |
1117 |
6.32 |
|
William
White |
2214 |
7.37 |
|
Alphred Benge |
|
2.42 |
|
Phillip Walker |
1564 |
5.93 |
|
John Wortham |
|
2.70 |
|
Paterson
Pate |
|
1.20 |
|
Isaac H.
Pate |
|
torn |
|
Armita Bennet |
|
covered |
|
The surnames to these
were covered with another piece of paper: |
|
|
|
Stephen |
|
|
|
Miles |
|
|
|
Thomas |
|
|
|
Thomas |
|
|
|
Ocon? |
|
|
|
John |
|
|
|
Phinnes |
|
|
|
Daniel P.... |
|
|
| |
|
|
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John Barker |
3100 |
9.70 |
|
Dickerson Parker |
1303 |
5.73 |
|
Daniel Parker Jr.
|
1476 |
5.61 |
|
Ruben Brown
|
1600 |
6.11 |
|
Page torn |
|
|
|
Washing Lewis |
|
29.36 |
|
William Davis |
4428 |
26.57 |
|
James Madden |
2767 |
10.88 |
|
Martin Murchison |
12213 |
43.50 |
|
George E. Dwight |
|
1.36 |
|
William ??isemon (page
torn) |
|
illegible |
|
John Smith |
|
illegible |
|
Wm T. McDonald |
4004 |
21.84 |
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William Frost |
1300 |
6.24 |
|
Samuel Wells |
2214 |
12.90 |
|
John Christ |
100 |
2.60 |
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James Mitchell |
|
1.00 |
|
Jacob Mickler |
|
1.12 |
|
Geo. W. Browning |
1 1/4 |
11.80 |
|
Joseph Jourdan |
5721 |
18.45 |
|
Nancy Fonthenbery |
|
10.80 |
|
Elizabeth Frost |
|
10.12 |
|
James Daughthat? (Tear
in page) |
|
1.80 |
|
William Roberts |
676 |
4.94 |
|
William Smith |
|
.55 |
|
Daniel Christ |
|
1.55 |
|
Adren Anglin |
|
4.50 |
|
Stephen Crist |
6442 |
23.40 |
|
Renson Crist |
|
5.50 |
|
William T. Saddler |
15 |
6.60 |
|
Darias Edens |
|
2.51 |
|
George W. Robison |
25 |
1.97 |
|
George W. ?? |
4378 |
14.29 |
|
Benjamin Cannon |
|
1.79 |
|
John Basques |
|
1.00 |
|
Hannah McClain |
13264 |
57.90 |
|
Hardy Ware |
|
3.65 |
|
Elijah Wheeler |
|
1.43 |
|
Jacob Prewitt |
4428 |
11.69 |
|
Levi Prewitt |
|
6.65 |
|
W. H. Hunter |
½ |
torn |
|
Martin Prewitt |
|
1.70 |
|
John Patton |
|
1.12 |
|
George Isaacks |
|
1.00 |
|
William F. C. Butler |
|
1.29 |
|
Lenard Williams |
3321 |
15.42 |
|
Francis Connor |
2214 |
11.13 |
|
Ephraim Hill |
|
1.12 |
|
Robert S. Patton |
|
6.27 |
|
John Gregg |
|
1.32 |
|
James Patton |
|
2.62 |
|
William M. Connor |
|
2.35 |
|
William McBride |
|
2.32 |
|
Thomas Parmer |
|
1.17 |
|
William Parmer |
|
1.00 |
|
Micorn Main (tape on
torn paper) |
2214 |
6.72 |
|
Ruben R. Russel |
4428 |
16.12 |
|
Jeremiah Blackwell |
|
1.67 |
|
Clinton Rice |
|
2.73 |
|
James McClain |
|
1.78 |
|
Ruphus Foster |
|
1.00 |
|
William McClain |
|
1.12 |
|
Joseph C. Teague |
4428 |
15.32 |
|
William Sherman |
|
2.62 |
|
Robert D. Chapman |
|
1.16 |
|
Jacob Masters Sr.
|
4428 |
27.52 |
|
John Gossett |
|
1.67 |
|
Wide Black Line |
|
|
|
Robert Earls |
|
1.75 |
|
John Edens |
2256 |
40.74 |
|
Henry Orender |
|
1.75 |
|
P. O. Lumpkins |
(notation HE-8) |
4.30 |
|
John Wilson |
|
1.00 |
|
John M. Carroll |
2214 |
6.78 |
|
Pleasant Alexander |
|
1.00 |
|
Sarah Erven |
|
.97 |
|
John More |
4428 |
11.69 |
|
John Box |
8856 |
24.95 |
|
W. Calmise |
|
1.75 |
|
Jonas Hill |
1428 |
11.10 |
|
Raling? Box (tear in
page) |
9914 |
32.85 |
|
James Box
|
1107 |
5.39 |
|
David Roberts |
|
1.75 |
|
John Grigsby Sr. |
|
3.92 |
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Land Map
Levi
W White Houston County Lands on 1859 Map
found 3 plots of land for Levi, 2 east of Crockett, and one
south toward bottom.
found 2 plots of land for Wm White (possible brother of
Levi).
found 1 plots for the L Pritchard, remember the L & F in
those days looked like a S= for Sion.
In 1860, Stephen appears on Poll Tax for Pritchard Children
that his wife Nancy was
guardian for, and paid their Poll Tax. I believe that land is
in the upper right section of
this map, says L Pritchard, but should be S Pritchard, for
Sion their father.
Levi's father is not on this map, in 1865 Houston Co TX Poll
Tax, his father shows as
having 2302 acres of land next to his name in Kaufman Co TX,
and he pays the tax.
this indicates to me that his father sold some of his land in
Houston Co TX, spent time
on the Trinity in Walker Co TX as a 'Ferryman', then bought
land in Kaufman, where
a son of his John Stephen White was living by at least 1870.
Stephen died by about 1868,
his last poll tax in Houston co stated; "Estate of Stephen
White (return of unrendered
property real and personal), 160 acres, value 300, .45 state
tax, Co tax .45. This tells me
the John S White may have moved to Kaufman to take over his
fathers lands, John was
the old son, who usually inherited the lions share, not sure
that tradition was still in play?
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I.O.O.F. - Independent Order of Odd Fellows
http://www.iooftx.org/reb_lodges.php
L. W. White - Was a member of the I.O.O.F San Pedro Lodge
#86, whose meeting Hall was in Augusta Houston County TX.
We know from a Newspaper article, in the 'Crockett
Printer', Nov 14, 1860, that Levi was a member, when he
joined or died is still unknown, we need his death date for them
to do a search.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txhousto/Books/History.of.Houston.County.Texas.by.Aldrich/Chap6.pg92.98.pdf
Note: Texas IOOF records are searchable back to 1925, after that
they are in books, and go back to 1873.
They need the DEATH
DATE, and Lodge if possible, if they are to have any success in
their search.
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These
histories include those of: the
Lothrop
Masonic Lodge No. 21 of A.F.A.M., Trinity
Chapter No. 4 of R.A.M., Randolph Lodge No. 229
F.A.M.,
Independent Order Of Odd Fellows,
Friendship Lodge No. 41 I.O.O.F.,
San
Pedro Lodge No. 86 I.O.O.F., Ella Lodge
No. 81 I.O.O.F., Knights Of Pythias Davy
Crockett
Lodge No. 193, Crockett Lions Club,
Crockett Rotary Club, Crockett Chamber of
Commerce, |
Some History of the IOOF of Texas:
Odd Fellows & Rebekahs in Texas
The origins of Odd Fellowship are lost in ancient history.
The signs and symbols used by Odd Fellowship over the past
200 plus years have been found in Egyptian Tombs and in
Roman Temples in the same arrangements that we use them
today. However, the earliest documented record of an
organization called “Odd Fellows” are the minutes of
Aristarchus Odd Fellow Lodge Number 9 in England dated March
12, 1748. By being number 9, there must have been others
before this date, but we do not have documented evidence.
The first lodge of Odd Fellows in Texas was instituted
in Houston, as
Lone Star Odd Fellow Lodge Number One
on July 25, 1838 by Jacob DeCordova, Grand Master
of Louisiana.
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About:
(Levi met at this location for I.O.O.F. Lodge meeting 1860, for
which he was a member)
AUGUSTA, Houston County TEXAS
Augusta is on Farm Road 227 sixteen miles
northeast of Crockett in northeastern Houston County. The town
was reportedly named for Augusta Smith, daughter of a pioneer
settler. Daniel McLean, a member of the Gutiérrez-Magee
expedition, established what is thought to be the first home
there in 1821.
Other early settlers included the Kyle and
Aldrich families, Col. W. W. Davis, and G. W. Wilson, on whose
headright the townsite was located. Before the Civil Warqv
Augusta was a trading point for plantations in the area.
W. M. Waddell taught at Augusta Male and
Female Academy in 1860. An Augusta post office was established
in 1882, and by 1885 the town had a Union church, a district
school, steam cotton gins, grist and corn mills, three general
stores, and a population of 200. The post office was later
discontinued, but the community continued to prosper until the
1940s. As late as 1936 Augusta reported 250 residents and three
businesses. In the 1940s, however, the population fell to 120,
and by 1952 it had dwindled to twenty. It was still reported as
twenty in 1990, when a community center and cemetery remained.
The population remained at twenty in 2000.
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The San Pedro Lodge of
the I.O.O.F met at an Augusta meeting hall
I do not know if the lodges name is related to San Pedro area of
Houston Co but, note worthy to post info on San Pedro below:
SAN PEDRO, TEXAS Houston County.
San Pedro, a farming
community on San Pedro Creek at the junction of Farm roads 2022
and 2423, eight miles northeast of Crockett in east central
Houston County, was first settled in the late 1840s. A post
office operated there from 1848 to 1857 and again from 1858 to
1905. A school was established at San Pedro in 1889, and around
that same time a Presbyterian church was organized. The school
closed sometime after 1900, and by the mid-1930s San Pedro
consisted of a church, a cemetery, and a number of houses. After
World War IIqv many of its
residents moved away, but in the early 1990s the church, the
cemetery, and a few scattered houses still remained.
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Masonic Lodge Houston County Texas
http://www.grandlodgeoftexas.org/
Note: May 2014 - Currently, waiting to hear back from the
Grand Lodge in response to a letter, of request, I sent to
search for our Levi
L. W. White - Member of the Masonic Lodge #93 Augusta Houston County TX.
Notes 1:
Definition of :
Tyler (or
Tiler) is the name of the office of
outer guard of a
Masonic Lodge.
Early speculative Masonic lodges met in rooms in
taverns and other
public meeting places, and
all Lodges appoint a Tyler to guard
the door from unqualified, malicious or simply curious
people. He is also responsible for ensuring that
candidates for ceremonies in the lodge have been
properly prepared. Although an Officer of the Lodge and
often a highly experienced Past Master,
he may be considered akin to a sergeant: In some cases
the Tyler may not even be a member of
the lodge, but a
mason from another lodge employed for the purpose. Other duties
often involve
preparing the room for meetings, supplying
regalia, and acting as permanent caretaker of the
furniture and premises.
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Notes 2:
Old Town of Augusta, Houston Co TX: (formation of
Lodge #93)
Settled 1821 by frontiersman
Daniel McLean and brother-in-law John Sheridan. Aldrich, Davis,
Edens, Kyle, Maden and Wilson families soon located
here also. Indian troubles included Edens-Madden
Massacre and killings of McLean and Sheridan during the
1830s. Ioni (later Augusta) Lodge No. 93, A.F.&A.M.,
was organized in 1852. Community was Boston until post
office, established in 1857, was named for the daughter
of Capt. John T. Smith. The town had a male and female
academy and about 24 stores and shops. Ranching and
forestry replaced the original cotton economy.
Below is the official
Grand Lodge Letter validating the above Lodge Card:
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These
histories include those of: the
Lothrop Masonic Lodge No. 21 of
A.F.A.M., Trinity Chapter No. 4 of R.A.M.,
Randolph Lodge No. 229 F.A.M.,
Independent Order Of Odd Fellows,
Friendship Lodge No. 41 I.O.O.F.,
San
Pedro Lodge No. 86 I.O.O.F., Ella
Lodge No. 81 I.O.O.F., Knights Of Pythias
Davy
Crockett Lodge No. 193, Crockett
Lions Club, Crockett Rotary Club, Crockett
Chamber of Commerce, |
Houston County Texas - 1st Masonic Lodge was
organized in Crockett in 1845:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txhousto/CivicClubs_Lodges_Fraternities/CivicClubs_Lodges_Fraternities2.pdf
Trinity Lodge No.21 was changed to Lothrop Lodge
No.21 - June 24, 1845 p.180, formed at Crockett.
Some History of the Masonic Lodges
of Texas:
Grand Lodge of the Republic of Texas
The Masonic Convention of December
1837: By the end of 1837, three
lodges had been chartered in Texas by
the Grand Lodge of Louisiana: Holland
Lodge No. 1 which had moved to the city
of Houston, Milam Lodge No. 40 at
Nacogdoches, and McFarland Lodge No. 41
at St. Augustine. On 20 December 1837,
Sam Houston, President of the Republic
of Texas, presided over a convention
meeting in the city of Houston
consisting of the representatives of
these three lodges. The representatives
were: From Holland Lodge: Sam Houston,
Anson Jones, Jeff Wright, and Thomas G.
Western; from Milam Lodge: Thomas J.
Rusk, I. W. Burton, Charles S. Taylor,
Adolphus Sterne, and K. H. Douglas; and
from McFarland Lodge: G. H. Winchell was
delegated to represent McFarland Lodge.
The representatives there assembled
resolved to form a "Grand Lodge of the
Republic of Texas," and to that end they
elected Anson Jones as the first Grand
Master of Masons in Texas, and other
officers. After approving a resolution
that the first meeting of the Grand
Lodge should be held "on the third
Monday of April next," the convention
was then adjourned. It is clear from the
minutes of this convention that,
although a Grand Master was elected, he
was not yet installed, and although a
resolution to form a Grand Lodge was
approved by the convention, it had not
yet done so. The birthdate of the new
Grand Lodge was still four months away.
The Grand Lodge is Born - 16 April
1838: As the delegates to the
previous convention had agreed, they met
again on the third Monday, the 16th of
April 1838 in the city of Houston,
although only three of the six elective
grand officers were in attendance: the
Grand Master-elect, the Senior Grand
Warden-elect, and the Grand
Treasurer-elect. Nevertheless, the
minutes state that the "Grand Lodge was
opened in ample form," and, according to
Texas historian James D. Carter, "the
jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of
Louisiana was ended," making 16 April
1838 the birthdate of the Grand Lodge of
the Republic of Texas. It may be of some
historical interest to note that three
and one-half weeks later, on 11 May
1838, the Grand Lodge met again and
installed the Grand Master and his
officers. As a result, this latter date,
11 May 1838, is the birthdate of the
Grand Lodge given in Coil's Masonic
Encyclopedia.
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Immigration Dates from Houston Co TX Clerk
Returns
Also listed are all the Lands Levi W White had on his
headright/patents
Immigration to Texas Dates
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Stephen and Levi in Capt. Clapps
Houston Texas Rangers
(list
on Page 189)
Book: "Savage Frontier" Vol1, 1835-1837
Rangers, Riflemen,
and Indian Wars in Texas
Stephen L
Moore
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1840 Census Conecuh County Alabama
- Levi White from Florida - not ours:
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This is
the Other Levi W White of Conecuh County Alabama (not ours)
1866
Census Conecuh Co AL:
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