This is being forwarded from the message board. If you can help, please reply to kwykoff@sbcglobal.net http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HS.2ADE/604 and, of course, the list. Thanks, Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: <kwykoff@sbcglobal.net> To: <ALLAUDER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 11:18 PM Subject: Savage & Middletons in Lauderdale Co > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Middleton, Simpson, Pruitt > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HS.2ADE/604 > > Message Board Post: > > Texas land records have been found connecting a William H Middleton to the > Samuel Savage family. According to depositions, Wm H was the half > brother of William F Savage, Behethland Savage Delahunty (Mrs. Harvey), > Francis Savage Rucker (Mrs.W.T.), George M Savage and Sally Savage > Delahunty (Mrs. John). Wm F Savage was killed in the masacre of Fannin's > men at Goliad during the Texas Revolution- March 6, 1836. These records > pertain to land grants earned by Wm F Savage for his service to The > Republic of Texas and his heirs are being identified. > > The Savage siblings were the children of Samuel & Mildred (Martin) Savage. > William H Middleton was the son of Mildred and her first husband, Hugh > Teares Middleton. There may have been another son of the first > marriage--Martin Middleton, but I don't know what happened to him or if he > in fact existed. The Savage family may have been from Edgefield County SC > or Lauderdale Co Alabama (maybe one then the other). > > I am trying to prove that this William H Middleton is the same WHM as my > ggg grandfather. My WHM was born in 1803(5) in SC and by 1846 was in > Cherokee Co Texas. In the Smith Co TX 1850 census married to Lydia --?-- > and several of their children had the same names as the Savage > half-siblings and his mother. There was Frances, Behetheland, Mildred and > George. There was also Milla, Mary A., Julia Ann, Asbury, and Margaret > McK. The oldest child was born in Georgia, the next 4 in Alabama and the > last 4 in Texas. By 1860 census of Trinity Co TX, WHM was married to > Harriett --?--. > > We have several pieces of circumstantial evidence that lead us to believe > these Wm H Middleton's are the same. Does anyone have knowledge of these > families? I am cross posting this to the Savage and Middleton message > boards and any of the location boards that may pertain. Thank you for > your help. > > K in Texas > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.17 - Release Date: 5/25/2005 > >