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Mike White's
Genetic DNA
Test indicates
our heritage came from Celtic origin, and mostly English, from male
Y-Chromosome Test. |
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Mike White's Genetic DNA test
match with other surnames Pre-Rev War have the following
in common
New
Kent & later Hanover Counties Virginia. |
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1743 - Robert White Sr Born: Nov 21:,
old Brunswick Co VA - possibly around
Pittsylvania, Halifax,
Mecklenburg VA. (old Brunswick Co VA in 1743). |
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1763? bef: Mildred "Milly-Milla"
Whitehead is Born NC, according to Isaac Murphy
letter
of 1886, she died "between summers of 1807 and
1808". |
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1788 Oct 25th: Elias's Family
arrives in old 96th District 1788,
later Union District.
Robt & Milly are received at
Padgett's Crk Bapt Church. |
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Elias White's
Union County South Carolina Records Begin: |
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1797 - Elias
White is born Dec 20: Cross Keys Union Co SC,
1871
Letter,
1886
letter. |
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1800 Census |
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1801 - Anne [Gibbs] White is born:
Union Co SC.
Rev John Gibbs Bible
1850 Census
(49yrs)
1860 Census
(59yrs)
Gibbs Family |
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1820 Census |
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1814/1815 (abt) - Anne Gibbs marries Elias
White in Union Co SC - Calculated
from
2 unknown daughters, and 1 unkn male,
&
1886
letter. |
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1814/1815 Mar
10th: Jerusha White is born, possible
unknown daughter of Elias & Anne White. |
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1815-1817: Sarah
Ann White is born, possible unkn.
daughter of Elias & Anne White. 1st married Jerry Bobo,
died, sister Hester, 2nd marries J Bobo. |
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1818 (abt): S L (LL-JL) White is
born, possible son of Elias & Anne
White. believed to be buried at
Creed Cemetery. |
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1820 - Benjamin White son of Elias
& Anne is born, Union County SC. |
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1822 - Susan
White daughter of Elias & Anne is born,
Union County SC. |
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1824 - Grantee Deed - Robert White
(father) to Elias White 120 acres of
land as a Gift...on Bailey Branch, corner of Wm
White...(brother). |
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1824 - Hester
White daughter of Elias & Anne is born,
Union County SC. |
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1827 (abt) Robert White son of
Elias & Anne is born, Union County
SC. |
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1828 Sep: John G White son of
Elias & Anne is born, Union County
SC. |
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1829 Oct 17th: Grantee Deed Elias
White witness on Nephew's deed
James White. Bicey Bullington to James White. (father Wm
White died Dec 1829.) |
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1830 Census Union County South
Carolina, Elias White Census. |
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1830 - Grantor Deed - Elias
mentioned on Nice's (Jane White d/o Wm)
husband's Deed, Johnson Coggins to Jason Boatman. |
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1832 Aug 25: Elias, Anne, and
Russia White Received by
Experience at Lower Fairforest Baptist Church Union
Co SC. |
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I
believe Russia (Jerusha) White Wilbanks, was the oldest
daughter of Elias & Anne.
Jerusha's Web
Page. |
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1832 May 13th:
Mary Caroline White daughter of Elias & Anne is born,
Union County SC. |
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1833 (abt):
William M White son of Elias & Anne is born,
Union County SC. (16 yrs old 1850) had to at least 9
months after Martha was born. |
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1834 Jan 25:
Russia Wilanks--formerly Russia White,
granted letter of dismission. [m. Cooper Wilbanks]
Possible oldest daughter of Elias & Anne. |
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1834 Jun 25th: Church duty; Elias
White, John White... assigned
to handle problem between Susan Holcomb & Dicey Holcombs,
Tony (slave). |
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1834 Sep 14th: Martha Ann White
daughter of Elias & Anne is born,
Union County SC. (15 yrs old 1850) |
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1834 Dec 27th: Church
duty: Elias White, Benj Holcomb,
appointed to build a new pulpit for the church. |
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1835 Mar 21st: Church duty:
Elias White & Bro Holcomb paid
$15.00 for building the pulpit. |
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1835 Sep 6th:
Church duty: Elias White & others
appointed to settle matter between Br Holcomb & negro
Barbary. |
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1835 Dec 26:
Church duty: Elias White & others
appointed to look into an old subscription. |
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1836 Mar 26th: Church duty:
Elias White & others to handle the
nomination of Brethren J W Hay & John Gibbs as deacon's. |
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1836 Mar 26th: Church duty:
Elias White & others to committee
to examine having rock blasted that obstructs the
Spring. |
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1836 Mar 26th: Church duty:
Elias White & other pitch a plane
to to fence the Graveyard & build a Stand... |
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1836/1838: - Nathan White son of
Elias & Anne is born, Union County
SC. (died before 1850 census - 1840 census under 5 yrs
old) |
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1837 Mar 23rd: Church duty:
Elias White - Called Brother Elias
White to the office of Deacon by ballot. |
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1837 Aug 14th: Grantee Deed -
William R Wilbourn to Elias White,
120 acres, Sugar Crk, Mills Crk, next to McBeth, H
Gibbs, Peaks & Brownings. |
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1837 Mar 23rd: Church duty:
Elias White -
Presented
Ordination of deacon Bro E. White by help of Bro Elders
T. Ray, C. Duncan a presbytery. |
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1838 Mar 24th: Church duty:
Elias White - Br. White & J. Gibbs
to labor with Br. Anthony... |
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1838 Mar 24th: Church duty:
Elias White - Br.Thomas Woodson
disorderly, appointed E. White & others to cite him to
the church. |
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1839/1840 (abt): - Monroe White
son of Elias & Anne is born, Union
County SC. (9 yrs old 1850) |
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1840 Census Union County South
Carolina, Elias White Census |
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1840 Mar 21th: Church duty:
Elias White - Br. White, Gibbs, HB
Gibbs, Jas Hay, appointed repair the church roof. |
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1840 Jun 27th:
Church duty: Elias White -
Br. White & others appointed to superintend the said
work... |
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1841 Oct 15th: Laura Jane White
daughter of Elias & Anne is born,
Union County SC. |
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1841 Jan 23rd: Church
duty: Elias White - Br Roberts
request from Padgett Crk Church request help, Br E
White, others sent to help... |
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1841 Oct 25th: Church
duty: John White? -this may be the
unknown male son of Elias?
(LL/JL/SL),
...Paid for work at the church in Nov. |
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1841 Dec ??:
Church duty Benj White son of Elias-
The work was let to our Benj. White $5.00.
Ben's Web Page. |
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1842 Jun 25th:
Church duty Elias White [Deacon] -
E. White & others addr letter from Padgett Crk, why
Fairforest Ch, rec. a person, excluded. |
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1844/1845: Sarah White Bobo, possibly one of
the unknown daughters of Elias & Anne, departs this
life. |
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1845/1850:
Nathan White son of Elias & Anne,
departs this life. |
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1845 Mar 24th - Grantor Deed -
Elias White to Levi Bailey - 92
acres Bailey's Branch, Wm White's decd. (Elias getting
ready to leave for Texas.) |
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1845 Mar 24th - Grantor Deed -
Elias White to David Johnson - 28
acres by Elias & Wm White's, decd. (Elias getting ready
to leave for Texas.) |
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1845 Dec 18th - Grantee Deed
- Robert Macbeth to Elias White,
100 Acres of land, on Suger Crk waters of the Fairforest. |
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1846 Feb 17th: 13 Wagons leave
Union Co SC, fall of 1845, arrive
in the Texarkana area Feb 17, 1846.
Pioneer
Story - Sarah A Nix |
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1846 Spring Months: Benjamin &
Polly [Nix] White: Arrive in Bowie
Co Texas, in time to appear on the 1846 Tax Polls. |
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As Ben
had no property to sell in SC, note that Elias sells
most of his lands in Mar 1845, lastly, in Dec 1845, he
may have given
Ben money to buy land in TX, in preparation for the
rest of the families migration to Texas in 1846.
The Arrival In Texas, an educated?
guess.
Ben's mother in law,
Sarah Nix,
mother of Polly, is also on the 1846 Tax Polls, others
arrived with Ben.
Possible Migration Route. |
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1846 Oct 2nd -
Grantor Deed - Elias White to R M Robinson
- 100 acres by Jas Hays, Macbeth, Jas Browning, Eliza &
John Murrell. |
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This is
important and proves Elias
arrived in TX 1847, Ben his son, in 1846, 2
separate wagon trains. We are related to
Browning &
Murrell's. |
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1846 Oct 24th: Church duty Elias
White [Deacon] - Granted letter of
dismission to Elias White and Ann White his wife &
Samuel Harlin (Harlan). |
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This is
the last record we have of Elias & Anne in Union County
SC, arrived in Bowie County TX, Spring of 1847.
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Elias White's
Bowie County Texas Records Begin: |
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1846 Poll Tax List Bowie Co TX - list our SC to TX
arrivals in 1846: Ben White, Lewis &
Samuel Bobo, Sarah Nix. |
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1846 Poll Tax - Son Benjamin White
son of Elias & Anne, appears on his 1st Tax Poll.
(arrived in Bowie Co TX before his father.) |
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1846 - Poll Tax - SL or LL White,
possibly unknown son of Elias & Anne,
appears on his 1st Tax Poll. (would have migrated with
Ben's group). |
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1847 - 1st Land Purchase - J C
Moore to Elias White 682 Acres, Deed
Book C, Page 94, 1847, Elias paid $340, Deed filed 1847,
Block#2. |
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1847-1851: JS & EG Herring to
Elias White - 125 acres
Deed Deed Book C Page 145, filed date unkn. Block #4. |
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1847 Poll Tax- Elias White,
appears on his first Bowie County TX Tax Poll. |
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1848 - SL/LL a possible unknown
son of Elias & Anne - 1st Poll Tax
1846, last 1848, may have departed this life. |
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1848 Poll Tax- Elias White, |
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1849 Poll Tax- Elias White, |
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1850 Census Bowie Co TX.
Elias White Family.
1850 Census
showing Neighborhood. |
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1850 Bowie County Agriculture
Schedule:
Original Copy --
Transcribed Copy |
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1850/1860 - Monroe White son of
Elias & Anne, departs this life. |
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1850 Poll Tax- Elias White, |
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1851 - JS & Eliza Herring to Elias
White - 1000 acres, Deed Book A,
Page 117, Year of Inst. 1851. |
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1851 Poll Tax- Elias White, |
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1852 Poll Tax- Elias White, |
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1853 Poll Tax- Elias White, |
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1854 Poll Tax- Elias White, |
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1855 Poll Tax- Elias White, |
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1856 Poll Tax- Elias White, |
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1857 Poll Tax- Elias White, |
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1856/1857 -
Hester White Bobo daughter of Elias & Anne
wife of Jeremiah Bobo,
departs this life. |
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1858 Poll Tax- Elias White, |
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1858 - Benjamin White son of Elias
& Anne, departs this life.
Children are
orphaned out to relatives. |
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1859 Poll Tax- Elias White, |
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1860 Census Bowie Co TX.
Elias White Family. |
| 90 |
1860 Bowie County Agriculture
Schedule:
Original Copy --
Transcribed Copy |
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1860 Poll Tax- Elias White, |
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1860/1870 - Robert White son of
Elias & Anne, departs this life. |
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1861 Poll Tax- Elias White, |
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1862 Poll Tax- Elias White, |
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1863 Poll Tax- Elias White, |
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1864 Poll Tax- Elias White, |
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1864 (abt) - Anne Gibbs White wife of Elias,
departs this life.
Daughter of Zachariah & Sarah
[Howard] Gibbs. |
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1864 aft Feb 4th: John G White son
of Elias & Anne, departs this
life. |
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1865 Jul:
William M White son of Elias & Anne,
departs this life. |
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1866 Poll Tax- Elias White, |
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1867 Poll Tax- Elias White, |
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1868 - Elias White to Susan White
Creed - 286 acres, Filed 1873
Block #5, Deed Book J, Page 380, Yr of Inst. 1868. (Gift
for Care) |
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1868 Poll Tax- Elias White, |
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1869 Poll Tax- Elias White, |
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1870 Census Bowie Co TX.
Elias White Family.
Page 2 of 1870
Census |
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1870 Poll Tax- Elias White, |
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1870 Jul 24th: Letter from Jason
Wiley & Nancy Newton White Murphy,
Elias's Niece, daughter of Robt Jr. to Mrs. E D [Murphy]
Jackson, |
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This
letter verifies that our Elias White is in Texas living
with Daughter Susan in 1870, Benj White was still
living, Jason said he "SAW A LETTER", |
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from Benj
White, had to be an old letter prior to, or about 1858,
as Ben died that year. Talks about other connections in
Texas. P.2 towards bottom. |
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1871 Poll Tax- Elias White, |
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1872 Poll Tax- Elias White, |
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1873 Poll Tax- Elias White,
Last Poll Tax for Elias White. |
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1873 - Elias White to Susan White
Creed - 100 acres and donated
another 110 acres from Elias White to Susan Creed his
daughter. |
| 114 |
1873 - Elias White to W H Tilson
(his attorney) - 140 acres Deed
Book J, Page 431, Inst. 1873. (this may be for services
provided by attorney?) |
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1873 Aug 2nd: Elias White departs
this life. -
Death Recorded by Nephew
Isaac Murphy Letter of 1886. |
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1878 Nov 1st: Elias White Estate
Partition Agreement filed by
daughter Susan White Creed. (original filing date
unknown) |
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1878 Apr 29th?: Susan White Harlan Creed, daughter of
Elias & Anne - wife of Patrick Creed & Samuel
Harlan, departs this life. |
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1881 Oct 18th: Mary Caroline White Tapp Smith, daughter
of Elias & Anne, wife of Charles Y Tapp,
departs this life. |
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1889 Jul 10th: Laura Jane White
Landrum daughter of Elias & Anne is born,
departs this life. Wife of Lozen Landrum. |
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1903 Feb 3rd: Martha Ann White
Alford daughter of Elias & Anne,
wife of Leroy Alford, departs this life. |
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1904 Feb 18th:
Jerusha White Wilbanks possible daughter of Elias &
Anne, wife of Cooper Wilbanks, departs
this life. |
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1904 Mar: All of the children of Elias & Anne, including
the Spouses, are now deceased. |
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Records and Resources: |
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Agricultural Census 1850 and 1860, originals. |
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Arrival -
1st Wagon train from Union Co SC to Bowie Co TX -
Arrived in the Texarkana area Feb 14, 1846, Article.
Wagon Trains 1 &
2. |
| 125 |
Birth of Elias White.
1871
Letter,
1886
letter. |
| 126 |
Birth of Anne Gibbs White. |
| 127 |
Bowie County Texas -
Short History of Redwater Texas - Home of Elias & Anne
White. |
| 128 |
Bowie County Timeline History. |
| 129 |
Census Records Bowie Co TX |
| 130 |
Census Records
Union Co SC |
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Church Minutes - Lowerfairforest - Union Co SC - Elias
Only. |
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Church Minutes -
Lowerfairforest - Union Co SC - Showing all Members. |
| 133 |
Creed Cemetery Arial Photo's and of Elias's Lands. |
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Creed Cemetery Burial Site of most of Elias's family and
connections. |
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Creed Cemetery
Directions. |
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Creed Cemetery - List of Burials. |
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Creed Cemetery Tour. |
| 138 |
Elias White's Lands - Drive through area of his former
lands. |
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Elias
White's Lands & Homestead - Topo Maps. |
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Elias White - Why did
the White's leave Union County SC - Theory. |
| 141 |
Estate Partition -
Elias White's - initiated by daughter Susan White Harlan
Creed. |
| 142 |
Estate Partition - Property Dispute - Heirs of Elias
White & Susan Creed vs EF Balthrop Jr,. & A. Fannie
Balthrop. |
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Deeds - Bowie
Co Texas - Elias White's. |
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Deeds - Bowie Co Texas - Elias White's Family Members
and Family Connections. Page 1. |
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Deeds - Bowie Co Texas -
Elias White's Family Members and Family Connections.
Page 2. |
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Deeds - Bowie Co Texas - Elias White's - Surviving
Copies made from Original Copies by a Title Company. |
| 147 |
Deeds - Bowie Co Texas -
Index Page - made from Original Index Book. Listed are
Elias & Related Family. |
| 148 |
Deeds - Union
Co South Carolina - Elias White's. |
| 149 |
Deeds
- Union Co South Carolina - List of White Surnames -
Grantee and Grantor. |
| 150 |
Deeds - Union Co South
Carolina - Deeds Transcribed Versions. |
| 151 |
Gibbs - Anne - listed in Family Record of her brother
Rev John Gibbs. |
| 152 |
Gibbs - Family - Anne Gibbs White's family. |
| 153 |
Gibbs - Photo of
Anne's brother Rev John Gibbs. |
| 154 |
Gibbs - Family Record
of Ann's brother Churchwell Gibbs. |
| 155 |
Gibbs -
Thomas & Sanford Gibbs - 1st cousins of Anne Gibbs
White, Businessmen. Huntsville TX. Book: A Frontier TX
Mercantile... |
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Grants
- Family Land Grants in Bowie Co TX - BLM. |
| 157 |
Howard Family - Anne Gibbs White's, mother Sarah's, side
of the family. |
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Letter
1870 - Mentions Elias and Benjamin in Texas. |
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Migration
- Elias White's Family Migration to Texas,
Ben arrives in
Feb 14, 1846, and Elias arrives by early
1847.
Trammel's Trace |
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Migration
- Wagon Train #1 and Wagon Train #2.
Families arrive in Bowie Co TX from Union Co SC. |
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Migration - Possibly migration path and trails used to
get to Texas. |
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Tax List Navigator
- Bowie County Texas. |
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Tax - Poll Tax
- A Short History - Texas. |
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Texarkana Texas 1874 - Pictures. |
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Texas County Formation
Maps. |