Grave Marker believed to be marked SL or LL
Creed Cemetery Redwater Bowie Co TX

There was a Jefferson White who sold land in 1846
to Nancy Weeks, I am still working on this lead...

**The 1830 & 1840 Union County Census indicates 3 additional children**

UNION DIST. SOUTH CAROLINA 1830 CENSUS Page: 193 Elias White Males:  3010010000000   Femls:  1210100000000 Read as follows: Free White Males,    3 under 5, 1=10-15, 1=30-40    3 - under 5 = Robert, John G, 1 unknown son, (possibly S L White)    1 - 10-15    =  Benjamin    1 - 30-40    =  Elias Free White Females, 1 under 5, 2= 5-10, 1=10-15, 1=20-30    1 - under 5 = Hester    2  - 05 - 10    = Susan,  1 Unknown dau. (Possibly Sarah Ann White Bobo)    1 - 10-15    = this would have to be Jerusha White Wilbanks.    1 - 20-30    = Anne 1 deaf under 14 =     This is son Robert White

In 1840, it appears Juruha and Sarah & LL/JL have left home. UNION DIST. SOUTH CAROLINA 1840 CENSUS Page: 198 Elias White  Males: 2110201000000 Femls: 1121001000000 Read as follows: Free White Males,     2 under 5, 1  5-10, 1  10-15, 2  20-30, 1  40-50 2 - under   5   = Nathan, Monroe 1 - bet 5 - 10 =  William 1 - bet 10-15 =  Robert, John G 2 - bet 20-30 =  Benjamin (he married 1840 so could be S L) 1 - bet 40-50 =  Elias Free White Females,  1 under 5, 1  5-10, 2  10-15, 1  15-20, 1  40-50,  1 under     5 =  Laura 1 bet   5-10 =  Martha 2 bet 10-15 =  Mary, Hester 1 bet 15-20 =  Susan 1 bet 40-50 =  Anne * 1 deaf under 14, with 4 engaged in agriculture.

NOTES:  From these two census records above, we know there had to be two or more unknown children. We speculate at least two other children were born between 1810 & 1825. One possible name is Russia White, who was received at the Lower Fairforest Baptist Church, exactly the same day as  Elias and Anne White, 25 August 1832. Russia was dismissed 25 Jan 1834, now named Russia Wilbanks.  Another unknown could be Sarah White, who married Jeremiah Bobo before Elias's dau, Hester.  The other child (male) could have had the initials of L. L. or J. L. and may be buried at Creed Cemetery.

 

L L or S L White? A review of the Original Poll Tax of 1846, 1848, shows "S L", easily mistaken to be L, in the old style of writing, S can look like L, except, the S doesn't loop to the right bottom: 1846 Poll Tax   "looks like an L but is an S" 1848 Poll Tax   "looks like an L but is an S" 1846 - "S's" Same Poll Tax Taker in the S Column - for comparision: "S can easily be mistaken for an L" S L White was involved in appraising a STRAY Horse: Northern Standard and the Red River District January 27, 1849 Strays notice by S H McFarland, clerk, that a stray horse found by E Runnels and appraised by R M Glover and S L White at hearing before Jesse Daniel, Justice of the Peace of Bowie Co. What's important here is S H McFarland, who's family Jacob McFarland owned land near L L or S L White, in Bowie Co, couple years later, Wm White had land just south of Jacob McFarland's land.   ========================================== In a search of online records for Bowie Co he is listed as S L White: Bowie Co TX 1846 Poll Tax White, Ben White, S. L. =============================================== In a search of FamilySearch.com he is also listed as: S L White 1848 Poll Tax for Bowie Co TX 1896 Tax List Bowie Co TX list: S L White (not sure if he is the same man)

L L White is probably S L, a review of original Poll Tax 1846,1849, show S L White, but looks like L L...

Land Ownership Photo's from Glenn Thrapp Below shows our myterious L. L. (SL) White suspected of being the Unknown Son of Elias White buried at Creed Cemetery Now the question is, is the LL on this map, the same person on the 1846 and 1848 Tax List? if so, then it appears the map transcribers may have made a mistake...? as well as us...

S L White's Bowie County Poll Tax Records 1846 - 1848

L L is S L, a review of original Poll Tax, makes it obvious he is S L White,
In old writings, S look like L, however, if it loops to the right bottom of the L it is an L, if not L. 

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1846 - Tax List - Benjamin White - 1 Horse $40, -10 cows $50. (son of Elias)

1846 -Tax List - S L White, 1 Poll paid $1.00, co tax. .50 (Possibly son of Elias & Anne White)

1847 - Tax List - Elias bought 697 acres from Wm Hale HRS, had 2 Slaves, total value $500.

1847 - Tax List - Benjamin White on Poll Tax list. (son of Elias)

1847 - Tax List - S L White on Poll Tax list. (possible son of Elias & Anne)

1848 - Tax List - Elias White - 697 acres $176 - Nancy Hale HRS, 2 slaves $600.
          Tax List - Elias White - 161 acres $45 - Nancy Hale HRS, 1 Horse $34.
          Tax List - Elias White - 819 acres $209 - J S Herring HRS.

1848 - Tax List - Benj White for 1847 - 1 poll.

1848 - S L White - land not listed, 1 negro $550, 1 horse $75, Total value $625,
                             1 poll, state tax $2.25, co tax $1.12.

 **S L or L L White is not found on the Tax List after 1848.

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Married: 28 Oct 1841 Union Co SC
Jeremiah "Jerry" Bobo

Go to Sarah's & Jerry's Web Page

The 1830 census indicates 2 unknown females

The 2nd Female could very well have been Sarah White, 
who married Jeremiah Bobo, and after her death in SC
married Hester White, Sarah's sister.  If this theory is 
correct then the sisters married their first cousin, as 
Jeremiah was the son of Elizabeth White Bobo, who
married Solomon Bobo Jr., Eliza was Hester's Aunt.
Jeremiah married Sarah Oct 28, 1841 had 2 children

1. Married Jerry 28 Oct 1841 Union Co SC.

2. 1st born child, Laura Jane Bobo 23 Feb 1843 Union Co SC.

3. Jeremiah & Sarah Bobo's SC Deed Sale Feb 1844
read the deed and Notes on their web page.

4. Sarah's Last Born Child:
Her last born child was James William Bobo, born: 29 Dec 1844.

5. Jeremiah Released from his church:

November 15, 1845, Jeremiah Bobo, 'was granted a letter of dismission' from the Padgett's Creek Baptist Church in Cross Keys Union Co SC, without 'Sarah', obviously, she died before this date.

6. Sarah Death:
Died between Dec 29, 1844 and Nov 15, 1845.

7. Jeremiah Left for TX 1846 with Elias White
Jerry left with his 2 children Laura & James, along with his brothers,
Samuel, Green and Lewis.

8. Proof of marriages: Two Lots were left to "Jeremiah Bobo & Heirs"
in Elias White's Estate Partition - 1 for Hester's, 1 for Sarah's children???
No other children of Elias recieved '2' lots was meant for Hester and her Unknown Sister Sarah White. It appears this Estate document is the only actual proof of marriage of the two sisters to Jerry.

NOTES: the Case for Sarah Ann Bobo White;

From the 1830 census I have estimated her birth year as abt 1816, between the other two unknown children, of Elias, and her death about 1845, as on November 15, 1845, Jeremiah Bobo, 'was granted a letter of dismission' from the Padgett's Creek Baptist Church in Cross Keys Union Co SC, obviously, in preparation, for his journey to Texas, normally, it is Husband & Wife, named in a letter of dismission, which leads me to believe, Sarah had died before Nov 15, 1845. Note also, they married 1841, her last child, James Bobo was born Dec 29, 1844. Her death may have been related to child birth. Vital records were not required in SC until after 1900. She could be buried in on of the many unmarked grave stones, at Padgett's Crk Bapt. Church Cemetery.

Sarah was still alive Feb 9th, 1844, when she released her dower on a Deed of her husband, Jeremiah Bobo, read the Deed.

Also see the Estate Partition of Elias White, giving 'Jeremiah Bobo & Heir's 2 lots of land', where all his other children
and heirs only received '1' lot each, I believe the 2 lots assigned to Jerry were meant to cover Hester White and her
Unknown Sister Sarah White's children.  This document would also serve a proof of marriage to Hester & Sarah.
as all of the marriage records of Bowie Co TX were destroyed in the 1889 Court House Fire.

 Robert White

Born: abt 1827 Union Co SC
  Died: bet 1860/1870 Bowie Co TX

Buried: Creed Cemetery Redwater TX

**Listed in 1850 & 1860 Census Bowie Co TX, making death date suspect
Was also listed as Deaf/Dumb, lived with Elias until his death
Listed on Census as Deaf. On Tax Poll from 1847-1858
 

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