About Jesse Tom White:

     JT's grandfather was Robert White Sr. 1743-1843, he brought the family into South
Carolina in 1788, settling just north of the Tigar River, in what was then, Old 96th district,
later this section became Union County SC. 

     The family began attending the Padgett's Creek Baptist Church when they arrived in 1788,
and are recorded in those Church minutes. They later moved up a tad closer to Fairforest Creek,
and began attending the Lower Fairforest Baptist Church, it was a branch of the Padgett's, is
considered the oldest church in the up country of SC (1762). Robert White Jr. married Mary
Polly Cooper in Union Co. Then in 1818, moved to Spartanburg Co SC, and began a long
and wonderful history, in that county. 

     Robt Jr. 1784-1880, and his wife, Mary, began to attend the Cedar Springs Baptist Church in Spartanburg Co SC, in 1819. Robt. saw to it that all of his children were received and Baptized, before
migrating away from SC.  This I am sure brought great satisfaction and sense of accomplishment
to Robt. Jr.  Mary Polly Cooper White, died in 1840, Robert Jr. remarried a couple of years later
to Susan Norman, from Union Co SC, her family was in attendance at the Padgett's Crk. Church.

     The reason the family moved to Spartanburg, was, his wife's mother and step father and family were in that county, it is assumed Robert made to move to be close to Mary's relatives and his life long friend, Mary's brother, James W. Cooper.

     Jesse was born in Spartanburg County SC in 1821.    

     In 1840 Jesse is dismissed from his church, in Spartanburg, and is not recorded in county
records thereafter, may have initially, moved with either his brother Warren or Uncle BF White
to GA, quite possibly, Richmond Co GA, where he had family, or Harris Co GA, where BF
White moved in 1842.

     JT wrote several songs for his Uncles Book 'The Sacred Harp', published in 1844. At 
some point between 1840 and 1845 he moved to MS, and married Caroline Ethridge, in 1845.
In the 1850 Census he is County Clerk for Winston Co MS, is raising a family, is involved
in many Deed transactions, some of his own, as well as part of his Job as County Clerk.
It is also possible that Jesse moved from SC to MS, without a stop in GA, though the book
was published in 1844, the songs may have been written prior to Jesse's departure from SC.

     The last Deed that Jesse served as Agent, in Winston Co MS was 1857, however, Jesse
could have already moved, by the time this transaction was complete, I have estimated that
Jesse left MS between 1856/57.  It is also possible Jesse stopped along the trial to grow a
crop for the family, I would surmise, that he may have lived as a boarder in Smith Co TX
until he obtained property and a home.  In 1859 Jesse T White is received at the Carmel
Baptist Church, in Smith County, the first record we have of the families arrival in Smith Co.

     By 1860, Jesse and wife, are in Smith County TX, a daughter Ida is born in 1860 in
this county. The two older children; Susan and Uriah were born in Mississippi.

     Descendants say Jesse was running a Mill in Lindale Smith County TX, before moving
to Tyler Smith Co TX, where he and his wife were Owner/Operators of a local Hotel. 
He is recorded in the 1860/70/80 Census for Smith County TX.  We find that Jesse
died in Mt. Pleasant Titus Co TX, at the home of his daughter Ella Black. Caroline died
in the same county in 1903. 

     In the 1870 census, (see below) Jesse is recorded in both Smith and Cherokee Counties, which,
were already formed by 1846.  We surmise that the Cherokee Co Census taker strayed
north a bit and re-counted Jesse's family.  We suspect they are living on the border area between
the two counties.  In 1870 Jesse's 1st cousin, David P. White, son of BF White, was living in
Polk County TX, however, by 1880, DP White is living in Cherokee County TX, Prec. #4,
beat #4, where Jesse was recorded in 1870.   I would bet Jesse and DP were so close to each
other, they got together and had there own Sacred Harp convention at each others home places.

     The 1880 Census was a surprise, to find L. R. White living with Jesse and family. The age
matches perfectly with his brother Lewis (Louis) R. White, Lewis was dismissed in 1858 from
the Cedar Springs Baptist in Spartanburg SC, he is listed in the 1880 census as a Cotton Buyer.
In 1860 and 1870, Louis R White is found in Richmond County GA, he is married to a Sarah
E, in 1870, obviously, she has died by 1880. Louis is not found in Richmond Co after 1870.
Jesse and Louis had family in Richmond Co GA, their sister Susan White Rhodes, and Aunt
Mary White Rhodes, along with numerous first cousins. Brother Warren White also lived in
Richmond Co GA a time before moving to Bartow Co GA.

     SC Bible Records shows Jesse T and born 27 May 1821, Jesse's grave stone verifies
the birth date, 27 May 1821.

From the book "White Spirituals in the Southern Uplands", 
by George Pullen Jackson, he writes: (page79)

     "Jesse Tom White or J T White as is mentioned as the Nephew of BF White, and contributed
to the songs in the Sacred Harp Book, and also appears in other sacred hard books written years
after BF White's, it is to be remembered that BF White lived with his older Brother Robert Jr, who
was also a music clerk and tutored BF.  In the book he is listed as J T White, I got the Tom from
page 79 of Mr Jackson's book."

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1821 - Birth: SC Bible Records shows Jesse T  White born 27 May 1821.
                  Jesse's grave stone verifies birth date as "27 May 1821".
                  (Bible record listed as 'Source Unknown").
---------------
1839-1840
  Cedar Springs Baptist Church Minutes:
  Spartanburg County South Carolina

  Jun 22, 1839 (Page xx) ...Received Jesse T White by Experience & Baptism. 
  Jun 28, 1840 (Page xx) ...Request letter of Dismissing. 
  **Transcribed from original church minutes 
      (Furman University, Special Collections, Columbia SC).
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1842 - 1846 ??  Did Jesse move with Uncle BF White to GA, in 1842?
                                         The reason I speculate on this, Jesse wrote several songs
                                         for BF's, book "Sacred Harp, published 1844, and the 
                                         Dismissal date at Cedar Springs is in the range the BF is 
                                         known to have left SC. 
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1850 Winston Co MS Census Page 341 image 53 (ancestry) 
               ED 16 Sept 1850 by William B Smith - 22nd Div.
364 - 370
J. T. White 29 M Circuit Clerk SC
Caroline       21 F                      SC?
Susan          03 F                      MS
Uriah           01 M                     MS
Living in same household 
A. K. Hyte   31 M Mechanic     TN
J. M. Dickinson 35 M Lawyer   KY
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1852 - 1854 Deed Records Winston County MS - Jesse T White

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1855 - Study being performed to determine if Jesse was the person who
                 organized the 1st Lone Star Convention in Smith County Texas in 1855,
                 being conducted by Robert Vaughn, (2004).  Determining when Jesse 
                 Departed or Arrived from Winston Co MS to Smith Co is essential... 
                 Robert's email:  rl_vaughn@yahoo.com  
---------------
1859 - 1862
                  About this time period Jesse and Wife are recorded as living
                  at 6704 Old Jacksonville Road - Chronicles of Smith County.
                  As mentioned below, Vol III, No. #2, p 17 Chronicles - Baptist
                  Beginnings Carmel Baptist Church NW of Lindales, Nov 15, 1962
                  church was reconstructing history as a result of fire. Recognized as
                  deacons in 1859 - JT White Jany 20, 1863, members also include
                  Caroline P White.     " Recognized as deacons implies that Jesse was
                  already an ordained deacon from another church.
                  **Provided by: Jim Peterson jpemmert@bellsouth.net
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1859 - "Chronicles of Smith County, Texas"
                 Vol. #3, No. 2, p. 17, Fall 1964 - Gives information 
                 about the "Carmel Baptist Church (somewhere northwest
                 of Lindale). In 1859 a "Jesse T. White" was recognized 
                 as a deacon... Continued below 1863...
                 **Provided by Robert Vaughn rl_vaughn@yahoo.com
---------------

1870 Smith Co TX Census Page 259 - Etna Beat  
               ED date 9 Jul 1870 by J M Taylor
127 - 127
White, Jesse 49 M W Farmer 1768 469 SC
Caroline         40  F W kephse               AL
Urich?            21 M W Farm lab            MS
Martha           17  F W At home            MS
Theodocia?    14  F W                          MS
Josephine       12  F W                          MS
Ida                 10  F W                          TX
Ella                02  F W                          TX

**NOTE: Jesse's family is recorded in Cherokee Co TX 1870 'also'
               did they take part of Smith Co to form Cherokee Co? or
               did the Census taker of Cherokee Co wonder to far over
               a disputed border?
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1870 - Cherokee Co TX Beat No. 4 Sheet Page 43 (p.267)
                 PO Rusk Texas - ED 30 Nov 1870 by C F Jay, ass't Marshal.

321 - 321
White, Jesse T 49 M W Farmer 400 SC
Caroline P       41 F  W kep hse       AL
Uriah V           21 M W wk Farm    MS
Martha C        16  F W do              MS
Theodocia L   14  F  W do              MS
Josephene       12 F  W do              TX
Nancy J          08 F  W                   TX
Ellen M           02 F  W                  TX
---------------
1873 - aft. 1880?
Church Records:  Smith County Texas 1848 - 1948
CENTENNIAL STORY, FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 
TYLER SMITH CO TEXAS 1848-1948

DEACONS AND TIME OF SERVICE
-----------------------------------------------------

A. J. Swan . . . . . . . . . . ...1873-
J. T. White . . . . . . . . . . ...1873-
R. H. Brown . . . . . . . . . . 1873-1924
J. C. Cox . . . . . . . . . . . ..........-1904

**Note:  This is most likely, Jesse Tom White, deacon beginning in 1873,
              his daughter Josie married a J. H. Cox, in Smith Co., JC maybe
              JH's father... Jesse descends from a long line of deacons...

HISTORY:
...While Rev. Reddin Andrews was pastor, the church received its first 
charter, June, 1882. The trustees were J. T. White, George Yarbrough,
F. H. Wells, A. J. Swann, R. H. Brown, and J. M; Roberts. Early in 
1882 the second church burned but the members found a temporary 
location, renting the Albertson Opera House, which was located on the 
present site of the Peoples Nation­al Bank....
---------------
1876 - "Chronicles of Smith County, Texas"
                   Vol. 15, No. 1, p. 27, Summer 1976
                   gives records from the Cherokee Baptist Association 
                   from 1876, while meeting with the First Baptist Church 
                   in Tyler. In the list of members of the Executive Board is a "J. T. White".
                   **Provided by Robert Vaughn rl_vaughn@yahoo.com
---------------
1879 -
                      Butler - Judgement of 24 Nov 1879 sold at auction for $137 to JT White.
                  **Provided by: Jim Peterson jpemmert@bellsouth.net
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1880 Smith Co TX Census Page 111 - Tyler
               ED 3rd June 1880. ED Dist. 94
46 - 53
White, J. T. W M 59 head Hotel Keeper    SC NC SC
C. P.           W F  50 wife kephse              AL SC SC
E. M.          W F  17 dau at home              TX SC AL
White, L R  W M 45 brother cotton buyer SC NC SC [Lewis R White]
Note:
In the same household is a Servant, 8 boarders of 
different trades, no relation. 
---------------
1880 -
                      Deed Book 27, p 111, 15 Nov 1880; Thomas J Coates by Sheriff Thomas JW.
                  **Provided by: Jim Peterson jpemmert@bellsouth.net
---------------
1881 -
                      Keeper of Records - United Order of the Golden Cross, Notary Public
                 gave donation to First Baptist Church Oct 23, 1881.
                  **Provided by: Jim Peterson jpemmert@bellsouth.net
---------------
1881 -
                      Deed Book 27 p 143, 10 Feb 1881; Charles Moore for $250 to JT White.
                  **Provided by: Jim Peterson jpemmert@bellsouth.net
---------------
1881 -
                      Deed Book 27, p 267, 26 Feb 1881; Samuel Goven to Jesse T White for $300.
                  **Provided by: Jim Peterson jpemmert@bellsouth.net
---------------
1882 - "Chronicles of Smith County, Texas
                   Vol. #2, No. 1, p. 12, Spring 1963" 
                    in a record of the Tyler Business Directory for 1882 there 
                    is a "J. T. White" who is a notary public.
                   **Provided by Robert Vaughn rl_vaughn@yahoo.com
---------------
1882 -
                      City Directory for Tyler Texas - J. P. proprietor of the "Commercial Hotel".
                  **Provided by: Jim Peterson jpemmert@bellsouth.net
---------------
1885 -
                      Moderator of Session of First Baptist Church 31 Aug 1885.
                  **Provided by: Jim Peterson jpemmert@bellsouth.net
---------------
1886 -
                      First Baptist Church Session Book - December 12, 1886 - Dismissed by
                  Letter (also Dismissed were C. P. White, Mrs. Thodosia L. Arnold, and
                  Mary Rives (Rines). On same page a Miss M. White is shown as dead
                  1888 one of the founding members of Calvary Baptist Church which
                  completed organization in Jun 1890.
                  **Provided by: Jim Peterson jpemmert@bellsouth.net
---------------
1894 -
           Titus County Cemetery Book
                  Page 189:  (Masonic Cemetery Mt Pleasant Titus Co TX)

                  Entry: "J. T. White - Died: 28 July 1894  -  Born: 27 May 1821" 

---------------

1896 -
            T Warren White, Jesse's brother, deceased.
            Probate notification, names the grand children of Jesse & Caroline                     

Jesse T & Caroline White

1850 Winston Co MS Census Page 341 image 53 (ancestry) 
               ED 16 Sept 1850 by William B Smith - 22nd Div.
364 - 370
J. T. White 29 M Circuit Clerk SC
Caroline       21 F                      SC?
Susan          03 F                      MS
Uriah           01 M                     MS
Living in same household 
A. K. Hyte   31 M Mechanic     TN
J. M. Dickinson 35 M Lawyer   KY

1870 - Cherokee Co TX Beat No. 4 Sheet Page 43 (p.267)
                 PO Rusk Texas - ED 30 Nov 1870 by C F Jay, ass't Marshal.

321 - 321
White, Jesse T 49 M W Farmer 400 SC
Caroline P       41 F  W kep hse       AL
Uriah V           21 M W wk Farm    MS
Martha C        16  F W do              MS
Theodocia L   14  F  W do              MS
Josephene       12 F  W do              TX
Nancy J          08 F  W                   TX
Ellen M           02 F  W                  TX

1880 Smith Co TX Census Page 111 - Tyler
               ED 3rd June 1880. ED Dist. 94
46 - 53
White, J. T. W M 59 head Hotel Keeper    SC NC SC
C. P.           W F  50 wife kephse              AL SC SC
E. M.          W F  17 dau at home              TX SC AL
White, L R  W M 45 brother cotton buyer SC NC SC [Lewis R White brother of Jesse]
Note:
In the same household is a Servant, 8 boarders of 
different trades, no relation. 

1900 Census for Jesse's wife Caroline has not been located,
though she is buried in Titus Co TX with her husband, the
only relation living there, at the time of her death, was their
daughter Ella Mae White Black, but Caroline is not on the
1900 census with them, though she may have moved in with
them between 1900 and 1903, or living with another child.

This 1900 census would tell us how many children were still living...
 

Susan Elaine White

1880 Census
Precinct 6, Smith, TX, T9-1326, Page 262A

Pool, Henry, Married, Male, White,    age 37, AL, SC, SC, Farmer
Susan E.,                   Female, White, age 34, MS, SC, SC, Keeps House
Thomas,                    Son,                age 14, TX, AL, MS, Works Farm
Henrietta,                   Dau,               age 09, TX, AL, MS
Ola May,                    Dau,               age 07, TX, AL, MS
Mattie,                       Dau,                age 05, TX, AL, MS
Artissa,                       Dau,               age 04, TX, AL, MS
Gracy,                        Dau,               age 02, TX, AL, MS
Blanche,                     Dau,               age 01, TX, AL, MS
Horace,                      Son,                age 01, TX, AL, MS

Uriah Vernon (Bud) White

1880 Census - Ellis Texas, District 47, FHL Film 1255301
           National Archives Film T9-1301  Page 416C

G. L. Crum,  Head, M. W,  48 AL,  SC, NC Farmer
A.A. Crum,    Wife, F, ,W, 41, MS, TN, TN, Keeps House
Helen,             Dau, F, W, 19, TX,  AL, MS
George,           Son, M, W, 17,  Laborer
May,               Dau, F, W, 14, At School
Ida,                 Dau, F, W, 12, At School
Jettie,              Dau, F, W, 10, At School
Eliza,               Dau, F, W, 07, At School
Lena,               Dau, F, W, 04,
Maude,            Dau, F, W, 02,
Scott Lewis,  Other, M, W, 24, Single,  PA,  Laborer
U.V. White,  Other, M, W, 30, Single,  MS, School Teaching

Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) White

1880 Census
Precinct 6, Smith, Texas, T9-1326, Page 255D

Pool, Jefferson, Married, Male,   White, age 32,  AL, SC, SC  ;
Mollie,              Wife,     Female,           age 28, GA, GA, GA Keeps House
Cora,                Dau,      Female,           age 09, TX
Frank,               Son,      Male,              age 08, TX
Virgil,                Son,      Male,              age 07, TX
Odus,                Son,      Male,              age 04, TX
Merta,               Dau,      Female,          age 03, TX
Pool,                 Son,      Male,              age 01, TX

**Notes:
Jefferson Pool is Thomas Jefferson Pool.  Mollie is Mary Elizabeth
White, daughter of Jesse Tom White.  Mollie White was born in MS not GA.

Mattie (Martha) White

1880 Census
Precinct 6, Smith, Texas, T9-1326, p 256B

Thomas STAPLES,  Self,  M,  Male,    W,  34, AL,  TN, AL Farmer
Martha   STAPLES, Wife, M,  Female, W,  26, MS, GA, GA Keeps House
Beulah   STAPLES, Dau,   S,   Female, W, 06, TX,  AL, MS
May      STAPLES, Dau,   S,   Female,  W, 04, TX, AL, MS
Bernice  STAPLES, Son,   S,   Male,     W, 03, TX, AL, MS
Ina        STAPLES, Dau,   S,   Female,  W, 05, TX, AL, MS
David    STAPLES, Other, W,  Male,     W, 30, AL, TN, AL Farming

**Note:
Martha is Martha White daughter of Jesse Tom White.

Theodosia L White

1870 - Cherokee Co TX Beat No. 4 Sheet Page 43 (p.267)
                 PO Rusk Texas - ED 30 Nov 1870 by C F Jay, ass't Marshal.

321 - 321
White, Jesse T 49 M W Farmer 400 SC
Caroline P       41 F  W kep hse       AL
Uriah V           21 M W wk Farm    MS
Martha C        16  F W do              MS
Theodocia L   14  F  W do              MS
Josephene       12 F  W do              TX
Nancy J          08 F  W                   TX
Ellen M           02 F  W                  TX

Josie M White
(Josephine Margaret White)

1880 Census
Tyler, Smith, Texas, t9-1326, p 114D

J. H. COX,  Self,  M, Male,    W, 30, MS, SC, MS Printer
J. M. COX, Wife, M, Female, W, 21, TX, SC, SC

**Note:
J. M. COX is Josephine Margaret White daughter of Jesse Tom White.
Josie is deceased 1883.

===================================================
(Census from Jim Peterson)
Husband James and his son Roy Cox (1900-1910-1920)
J H Cox listed as being married 3 times 1910 census:
1. Unkn prior to 1879, 2. Josie 1879 to 1883, 3. Sallie J. aft 1883.

1900 Census McLennan Co TX
Cox, James H  W  M  Nov 1849  50yrs M 15yrs  MS MS MS  Compositor
        Sallie J    W   F   Aug 1867  33yrs M           VA VA VA   (4 children; 3 living)
        Eray H    W  M  Dec  1887 12yrs                TX MS VA
        James H  W  M  Dec  1893 06yrs                TX MS VA
        Morris A  W  M  Feb  1896 04yrs                TX MS VA
        Roy V      W M  Jan   1881 19yrs                TX MS TX  RR Mail Clerk

1910 Census McLennan Co TX
 Cox, James H         W M  60yrs M3  25yrs          MS NC TX   Printer
         Sallie       wife W F   41yrs                          VA VA  VA
         Morris A   son W M  14yrs                          TX MS VA

1910  Census McLennan Co TX
 Cox,  Roy      head  W M 29 M 7                        TX MS TX  Clerk Gvmt Svc
          Frances wife   W F 24                               TN VA VA
          Lucy     dau    W F 03                               TX TX TN

**Appears JH Cox is now deceased (1920)
1920 Census McLennan Co TX
Cox,   Sallie J.           W  F 53  VA VA VA
          Morris A   son W M 23  TX MS VA  dry goods sales
          Mary H           W F 28   TX TX TX  Dau-in-law of Sallie's child Daul.       

Ella May White
(living at home)

1880 Smith Co TX Census Page 111 - Tyler
           ED 3rd June 1880. ED Dist. 94

46 - 53
White, J. T. W M 59 head Hotel Keeper     SC NC SC
C. P.           W F  50 wife kephse               AL SC SC
E. M.          W F  17 dau at home             TX SC AL
White, L R  W M 45 brother cotton buyer SC NC SC [Lewis R White brother of Jesse]

**Note:
In the same household is a Servant, 8 boarders of 
different trades, no relation. 

1900 Census Titus Co TX Justice Precinct #1
           Roll T623 1672; Page 17a ED 117
314 - 317
William T Black head W M 42 born Sept 1858 M 12 0 0 PA VA MS
Ella M                 wife W F 32  born June 1868 M 12 0 0 TX SC MS
Parsons, Marcelle? hse kep W  F Dec  1875 24 W AL AL AL
Benny                           son W M Aug  1895 04  S TX KY AL
Ara                               dau W  F May 1897 02  S TX KY AL

Note here: Caroline wife of Jesse is not in the Black Household
CP died 1903, I cannot find her in Titus Co TX. might she be with
another of her children, came to live with Ella after
the Census?

1910 Census Mt Pleasant Titus Co TX

W T Black head M 52 PA
Ella May    wife  F  41 TX

1920 Titus Co TX Census Prec # Mt Pleasant City
             Justice Prec #1 Institution: County Jail 1-12 inclusive
             ED Dist 165 ED date: 12 & 15 Jan 1920 ny Mrs G A Cook
             Sheet #15a Ancestry image page 29
332 - 436
Black, William head M W 62 M VA NC NC mechanic car
Ella                   wife F  W 51 M TX  SC MS saleslady dry goods

1930 Titus Co TX Census Prec #1 Mt Pleasant City
             West of Jefferson Avenue Institution: County Jail 64-71
             ED Dist 22502 Sheet #10b ED date Apr 9 1930,
             by Mrs Grissil McKay Ancestry page 20
218 - 328
Black, William T head M W 72 M 29 no yes PA VA MA merchant grocery store
Ella M                 wife  F  W 61 M 18 no yes TX SC MS saleswomen grocery store

Note: 2 daughters Ida and Nancy

Both appear on earlier census, and most likely deceased
by 1880, or much earlier, but just in case, am listing as a foot note.

Titus County Texas 
Burial Place of Jesse T & Penelope White:

     Titus County is located in northeastern Texas, one county removed from the state's northern boundary and two counties removed from the state's eastern boundary. Mount Pleasant, the county seat and the county's largest town, is located sixty miles southwest of Texarkana and 105 miles northeast of Dallas. The center of the county lies at approximately 33°14' north latitude and 94°57' west longitude. Two major highways, U.S. Highway 67 and U.S. Highway 30, cross the county from east to west. U.S. Highway 271 crosses the county from north to south. The county is also crossed by two railroads, the St. Louis Southwestern and the Texas Utilities. Titus County comprises 412 square miles of the East Texas timberlands, an area that is heavily forested with a great variety of softwoods and hardwoods, especially pine, cypress, and oak.

Titus County Cemetery Book
Page 189:  (Masonic Cemetery Mt Pleasant Titus Co TX)

 Entry: "J. T. White - Died: 28 July 1894  -  Born: 27 May 1821" 

History of the Masonic Cemetery - Titus Co TX

Located in the Northwest part of the city of Mt. Pleasant, the Masonic cemetery has provided the burial needs for the city and county since 1888. It was started then by Thompson Morris and wife giving 5 acres to the Masonic Lodge to be used for cemetery purposes. The original deed states “The citizens of Mt. Pleasant concluded in a mass meeting that the Old Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is in such condition that the dead buried there is in such irregular manner that it is impossible to put the Cemetery in such condition as becomes Christian people---have selected a tract of land for a New Cemetery to be used for the burial of White People ONLY to be known as the Masonic Cemetery.”

Records show that those interred in the old Christian Cemetery were reinterred in the Masonic Cemetery and the Christian Cemetery closed. No trace of the Christian cemetery now exists.

All the lots in the Masonic Cemetery have been sold and currently there are no plans for expansion.

During the course of this inventory, the following anomalies were encountered: there were 6 unreadable funeral home markers (FHM); a marker that was found on the Lazarus plot which has only “Rose” engraved on it; a marker found on the Pittman plot that has “Selina” engraved on it; 4 small granite stones that say Bryan, Onie & Otis, Martha, Baby; 3 native stones, a marker that has only “Ann Margaret Sep ₁₈¹² 1927; 2 broken and missing monuments; 4 concrete encased graves with no identification; a petrified wood marker; a monument base with the monument missing; a footstone with the inscription T. W. P. but no monument; and a brick vault with no identifying information.

To reach the Masonic Cemetery from the Titus County court house take Jefferson Avenue north for 0.6 mile to the intersection with West 12th Street. Turn left onto West 12th Street and proceed about 0.3 mile to the intersection from the right with Branch Street. Turn right onto Branch street. The entrance to the cemetery is about 0.1 mile. Coordinates: 33^o 10.035' 094^o 58.440'.

Due to the size of the Masonic Cemetery I have broken the listing into several pages for faster loading time.  Please click on the alphabet letter for the surname you are looking for.

Web Site:   
http://www.rootsweb.com/~txtitus/cemeteries/masonic_cem.htm

Cemetery List for 'W's
http://www.rootsweb.com/~txtitus/cemeteries/masonic-w_cem.htm?

Notes from Robert Vaughn:
rl_vaughn@yahoo.com

     While continuing my research on Sacred Harp in East 
Texas, I have found some tidbits of information on a 
"J. T. White" of Smith County, which appears to be the 
nephew of B. F. White. It is possible, I suppose, that 
it could be someone else of the same name. Thought I'd 
pass it along to you. All of these references, except 
one, come from a genealogical/historical periodical 
called "Chronicles of Smith County, Texas". Here they 
are in chronological order: 

Volume 2, No. 1, p. 12, Spring 1963 - in a record of 
the Tyler Business Directory for 1882 there is a "J. 
T. White" who is a notary public. 

Volume 3, No. 2, p. 17, Fall 1964 - gives information 
about the Carmel Baptist Church (somewhere northwest 
of Lindale). In 1859 a "Jesse T. White" was recognized 
as a deacon. For 1863, it says "R. B. Hubbard, W. P. 
Allen and J. T. White are the deacons of the church at 
the present." A "Caroline P. White" is listed as a 
member in 1863. 

Volume 15, No. 1, p. 27, Summer 1976 - gives records 
from the Cherokee Baptist Association from 1876, while 
meeting with the First Baptist Church in Tyler. In the 
list of members of the Executive Board is a "J. T. White". 

That J. T. White was "recognized" as a deacon probably 
means he had already been ordained a deacon by another 
church previously, and that the Carmel Church was 
recognizing that fact. If this is the same J. T. White, 
then it appears maybe he settled north of Tyler and later 
moved into Tyler. 

Also from "Some Biographies of Old Settlers, Vol. I", 
by Sid S. Johnson, Tyler, Texas, comes the following. 
When the Tyler Baptist Church (which was organized in 1848) 
was chartered in 1882, a "J. T. White" is listed on the application 
for charter as one of the trustees [which would be consistent with 
being a deacon, I think]. Thought you might find this interesting. 
Have a great week. Robert Vaughn

Sun, 9 Dec 2001 

Virgil "Tillman" POOL was the father of Harold O. POOL, s/o Thomas Jefferson POOL and Mary Elizabeth WHITE, d/o Jesse T. WHITE. I guess I am now wondering in V. T. POOL was named for Tillman WHITE...?

While going over the Bible record and notes from Harold this evening, I see that most of these family members were school teachers. None of the notes say Jesse's family went to AL, but to MS, then TX.

"Notes for Jesse T. WHITE and Caroline (Penelope) ETHRIDGE
(The following information obtained from *F. E. POOL and Family Bible in his possession) *This is Franklin Edgar POOL and uncle of Harold O. POOL. Lindale, TX city park is named for Uncle Frank, and it is so beautiful there! Have you been to that part of TX? (aep)

J. T. WHITE was born May 27, 1821, born in Spartenburg (sic), SC
Caroline ETHRIDGE, his wife, was born June 28, 1829, born in Mississippi, in or near a town called Kosciusko.

J. T. WHITE moved from South Carolina to Mississippi, where he married Caroline ETHRIDGE. J. T. WHITE was a school teacher, as was his wife Caroline. During the Civil War he ran a flour mill near Lindale, TX. He later moved to Tyler and owned and operated the Commercial Hotel and later the City Hotel there

His children were as follows:
1. Mary Elizabeth WHITE, who married Thomas Jefferson POOL (*)
2. Susan (Elaine I think, but not in Bible) WHITE, who married Henry POOL
3. Mattie WHITE, who married Tom STAPLES
4. Dosia, who married a Mr. ARNOLD
5. Josie WHITE, who married a Mr COX
6. Ella WHITE, who married a Mr. BLACK

He had a son, Bud WHITE, who died in 1925 in Waxahachie, Texas. Bud WHITE was a school teacher until he retired. [Note from Mike White: There was a Uriah or Urich who may be Bud? see census]

The above named daughters all taught school prior to their marriages.

J. T. WHITE died in Mt Pleasant, Texas, at the home of his daughter Ella on July 28, 1894.

Caroline (ETHERIDGE) WHITE died in Mt Pleasant on December 26, 1903.

Note from Harold: I understand that Ivy SHOTWELL, of Center, Texas, who is a daughter of Dosia WHITE, has a great deal of information regarding the WHITES.

From Audrey Poole  

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     Jim Writes about a Gibbs family of Burnswick NC, this lineage from which his wife
Sandy is related to, could have connections, to our South Caroline Gibbs family, remember that Elias White's ,(uncle of Jesse T), wife was Anne Gibbs, the daughter of Zachariah Gibbs, and so on... It is worthy to note these connections.  the Gibbs family dates back to the earliest day of our ancestry.  Jim also talks of the Gause family connection. When the White's arrived in 1836, Houston Co, the Gibbs from Union Co SC were also in the area, in Walker Co TX, formed from parts of Houston Co TX. 

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By Jim Peterson

     One of Sandy's other relatives was the Gause family.  They settled in
both Brunswick, NC and Craven County SC (the current Horry, SC) area.  
The most famous nearby town is now Myrtle Beach, SC.  Gause' Landing is
on the mainland side of the current Ocean Isle Beach, Brunswick Cty, NC
just north of Myrtle Beach.  Other places the Gause family lived
included Marion, SC.

     Charles Gause (Sandy's 6g) settled in the Town Creek, Brunswick Cty, NC
area and had a child Mary Gause who married William Gibbs - possibly the
child of a Charles Gibbs who was from England and died in Haywood
County, TN.  The lack of family member names prior to the 1850 census
makes it difficult to determine if this Charles Gibbs is related.

     However, another fairly reliable source has indicated that William Gibbs
may have been the son of John Gibbs and Sarah Robertson.  I have been
unable to document which is the correct lineage.  Since Charles and John
are used in both families, I cannot determine using that method.

     William Gibbs' son John Gibbs married a woman Margaret M (either Mary or
Massey) Fitzgerald who was from Wilmington, Hanover Cty, NC. Margaret
traces back to Ireland in the 1500s thru her father, and to Scotland
(royalty no less) thru her mother.

     John and Margaret Gibbs' daughter (Magdalene Walker Gibbs- born in NC
in 1817) married a Rev William C Payne (his parents are unknown).  They
settled with John and Margaret Gibbs in Yalobusha Cty, MS.  John and
Margaret's son (Julius Gause Gibbs- born in Paris, TN in 1822) married
Mary Temperance Pulliam (parents from Granville NC-northern NC).  They
also followed John Gibbs and Margaret from NC to TN to Yalobusha, MS.

     The Payne's had a girl named Margaret Fitzgerald Payne who married Rev
George P Richardson (who traces back to Pasquotank Cty, NC).  Their
daughter was May Vernon White.

     The Gibbs had a girl named Margaret Elizabeth Gibbs who married Dr.
Jabez Melville Smith.  Their son was Frank Pulliam Smith who married May
Vernon White (second cousins/once removed).

     The Smith family also traces back to British royalty thru maternal lines
of the Jeffreys to the Cotten family and also the Duke family (Sandy's
connection to the Dukes is long before the James B Duke (5th cousin/5
removed) of Duke University made his fortune in tobacco).

     The point is, if you have Gibbs in SC and I have Gibbs in Brunswick, NC
- that is only 25 miles from the Horry Cty, (then Craven Cty), SC
border.  I am back into the 1750-1770 birth date with either Charles
Gibbs or John Gibbs/Sarah Robertson.
Jim

Notes about Jesse & Caroline
by Jim Peterson

     I also noticed that Audrey Poole placed Caroline Penelope Ethridge's
birth near Kosciusko, MS.  Kosciusko is in Attala County.  The next county
east is Winston Co. (county seat Louisville) where Jesse and Carolyn made there
home by 1849 when Uriah was born.  Yazoo Co. (where they got married) is just
SW of Attala County.

     Finally, I noted the confusion whether Jesse lived in Georgia, or went
directly west from SC.  In looking at the census data, some of his
children say father was from SC, some say GA.  So even his children were
not sure.  I would speculate that he spent some brief time in Georgia -
he talked about it - and some of the kids picked up on the "fact" he was
from Georgia.  Or perhaps not...

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