-------- Forwarded Message: Subj: Fwd: Owens-Arledge-Weeks-Bird Date: 4/28/00 8:46:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time From: BGAllred To: GWJCAL Grant, Here is some more information you may not have. Gail ----------------- Forwarded Message: Subj: Owens-Arledge-Weeks-Bird Date: 4/28/00 5:35:18 AM Pacific Daylight Time From: wilsonpam@mindspring.com (Pam Wilson) Sender: owner-arledge@glock.tx3.com To: arledge@tx3.com (Arledge list) CC: glouer@webtv.net (Graham Louer) More from Debra Tucker <keepontuckin@aol.com>. Isn't this amazing? Note that Stephen BIRD/Byrd married Isaac and Rachel H. Arledge's daughter Sarah "Sally" Arledge. This material also has led me to realize that Rachel's last name was probably spelled HERRINGTON rather than HARRINGTON, and that it is probably what the "H" in John H. Arledge stands for (the one who married Milly Rowell). I haven't entered any of this information into my database yet. Lots of new stuff! Jack--here's a BUCKALU..... Pam > OWENS FAMILY DOCUMENTATION > > > I found a copy of Lucy Owens's will. Here it is: > > In the name of God Amen -- > I lucy owens being well stricken in years but of Disposing mind and memory and understanding and knowing the uncertainty of life Do make and ordain this my last will and testament and as touching on such worldly state wherewith God has pleased to bless me with in this life i give and Bequeath unto my two sons philip owens and my son lewis owens my whole estate both real and personal -- also five shillings to Elizabeth porter and to Claye strobal and John Daniel my two sister and Brother It is further my Request that my Estate will not be Divided untill my son lewis comes of age and then the property both Real and personal to be equally Divided between my two sons philip owens and lewis owens and I do hereby nominate and constitute and appoint my son philip owens and Alexr J scott as Executrix of this my last will and testament hereby Revoking all former wills and wills by me made at any time made and Declaring this as my last will and testament ( hereby Revoking all forme! ! r will and wills by me at any time made and Declaring this as my last will and testament) in testimony -- I the said Lucy owens have hereunto set my hand and seal this 3 Day May 1812 -- > signed sealed and Delivered in the presence of > Delany Miller -- Susanna herrington and A J Scott > > Recorded in Will Book A, page 110 > Recorded 23rd day of December 1812 > David McClary Ordinary Williamsburgh District. > > ************************************************************************ > > BOOK: GATEWAY TO TEXAS -- A Biographical Directory, VOL. II, 1850-1880 > by Carolyn Reeves Ericson, published 1987, Nacogdoches, TX > > Page 186: > ISBELL, RICHARD J. -- B. c1855 TX, married SARAH FRANCES OWENS Sept. 14, 1878. 1880 Census, farm laborer. Children: JAMES, B. c1879 TX. > > Page 235: Matlocks and Mattesons listed. If you need them I will copy. > > Page 285: ( this is the page I couldn't find last night and thought wasn't copied. It was and here is the missing Owens listings.) > > OWENS, ALBERT -- B. c1825 AL, married MARTHA, possibly s/o JOHN P. OWENS. 1857 Tax List, 1860 Census, farmer, 1861 Tax List, 1862 Tax List, CSA Co. B, 3rd Brigade, Texas State Troops, 1864 Relief List, 1867 Voter Registration (in County 10 years), 1870 Census. Children: Milly, b. c1852 AL, Betty, B. c1853 AL, > Albert, B. c1858 TX, Georgean, B. c1859 TX, Andrew P., B. c1860 TX, Martha Z., c1861, Randolph C., B. c1863, William A., B. c1865, Mary A., B. c1869. > > OWENS, ALBERT C. -- B. Dec. 1, 1848 MS, D. May 7, 1871, buried: Brister Cem.; s/o Jacob L. and Sarah Owens. 1870 Census. > > OWENS, B. -- married M. M. Buckalu July 30, 1868. Marriage Records. > > Pages 306-307: Pirtles listed here. If you need this info I will copy it. > > ************************************************************************ > > BOOK: NACOGDOCHES COUNTY FAMILIES, VOL. I > > Page 500, F757: > > PHILLIP OWENS > > Phillip Owens was born about 1787 in South Carolina or Georgia. The Owens Family was in South Carolina in the early 1700s, and it is possible that they came from England by way of Barbados Island. Phillip Owens married Martha Bird in South Carolina. They came to Monroe Co., AL when this was still part of the Mississippi Territory. The children of Phillip Owens were: Thomas Owens, Walter Owens, Elizabeth Owens, James Owens, John Owens, Samuel Owens, Phillip Owens, Jr., Malichi Owens, Stephen Owens, Lucy Owens, Mary Owens. About 1857 Phillip Owens and some of his children came to Linn Flat, Nacogcoches Co., TX. > Malichi Owens born Aug. 1832 in Monroe Co., AL. He married Veramellia Weeks in AL. They came to TX with the other parts of the Owens families. They are buried at the Owens #1 Cemetery, near Cushing, TX. Their children were William (Pat) Owens, James Owens, Martha Owens, Judge Owens, Phillip Owens, Samuel Owens, Missouri Owens Nelson and Hretine Owens Maze. > Phillip Owens was born Mar. 5, 1864, died Feb. 26, 1946. He married Martha Louisa Matteson, d/o Phelps Matteson and Celestia Gardiner Matteson. Phillip and Martha are buried at the Pirtle Cemetery, near Cushing, TX. The children were: Biddie Owens Morris Barnhart, Ofa Owens Wilkerson Priece, Beulah Owens Locke, Ollie Owens Boddie, Monnie Owens, Metta Lene Owens Benison, L. P. Owens, Ester Owens Owens, Lavada Owens Strickland, Maudie Owens Barnhart. > Metta Lene Owens was born Jan. 7, 1904, died July 6, 1984, married Marshal Abner Benison, d/o Thomas Jefferson and Mary Ann Reynolds Benison. Metta and Marshal are both buried at McKnight Cemetery near Cushing, TX. Their children are: Marcelene Benison Roddy born Nov. 18, 1928. Nell Marie Benison Baker born July 27, 1931. Novilee Benison Gathright born Aug. 29, 1933. Kenneth Brooks Benison born Feb. 16, 1937. by MARCELENE RODDY > Page 500, F758: > > PHILLIP OWENS FAMILY > > Although Phillip Owens was born in GA, his name appears in the 1800 Census record in Marion District, Williamsburg Co., SC along with his mother, Lucy Daniel Owens. > Phillip Owens married Martha Byrd (Bird) who was born in 1798 in SC. She was the d/o Arthur and Elizabeth Bird. In the will of Arthur Bird in SC, he left Martha a slave named Becky. > Phillip and Martha Owens's children were: 1. Walter, born in SC in 1815 who married Elizabeth ___?; 2. Jane Weeks who died in Nacogdoches Co. in 1869; 3. James, born June 2, 1918 in AL who married Sarah Alice East, Oct. 14, 1847; James died June 2, 1898; 4. infant son; 5. Phillip Owens, Jr. born 1829 in AL; 6. John Owens, born 1825 in AL; 7. Samuel Owens I, born 1828 AL; 8. Malachi, born 1832 AL, married Amelia Weeks; 9. Mary Owens was born 1834 in AL, married Patrick Byrd; 10. Stephen, born 1836, married Mary J. Riley on Dec. 7, 1855, died in 1880; 11. Lucy Owens born 1838, married Leonard Byrd on Nov. 4, 1855, died 1907 in LA. > During the family's exodus from SC to Linn Flat in Nacogdoches Co., we find that they spent several years in AL. They appear on the census in Monroe Co., AL in 1830 and on the Nacogdoches Co. census, Beat V Linn Flat in 1860. > Following my line through Walter Owens, I find that his first marriage was to Elizabeth ___? born in SC on Oct. 21, 1819. Walter and Elizabeth married Feb. 17, 1836. To this marriage the following children were born: Martha, born Nov. 7, 1836, died Nov. 20, 1836; Rachel, born Dec. 15, 1837, married May 24, 1857; Caroline, born Apr. 12, 1840, died Jan. 20, 1841; John H., born Nov. 7, 1841; Lewis, born May 12, 1843, married Mary Jane Borden on Aug. 8, 1861; Isaac, born Nov. 20, 1846, married Mary Ann Campbell on May 27, 1867 in Rusk Co., died Mar. 9, 1929 at Laneville, TX, buried at Isabel Chapel Cem. near Mt. Enterprise; Bernard, born 1848; Phillip II, born Feb. 3, 1851, came to TX but returned to AL to live; Walter Owens, Jr., born Apr. 26, 1855, married Maggie Crossland on Mar. 22, 1874, went to Limestone Co. to raise his family; Thomas Franklin, born Aug. 17, 1856, married Oct. 8, 1879 to Josephine Jenkins, went to Streetman in Ellis Co., died Mar. 1919! ! ; Mary Isabella, born Mar. 6, 1857, married R. F. Nelson, died Aug. 22, 1915; James D., born Dec. 12, 1860, married Frances Delilah Nelson, Jacceus and Forest, who died as an infant, buried at Bogg Cemetery in Nacogdoches Co. > Isaac Owens, s/o Walter and Elizabeth Owens, married Mary Ann Campbell on May 27, 1867 in Rusk Co., TX. Their children were: Minerva Alice, born Jan. 29, 1869, married Charles Simon Montgomery, died Oct. 30, 1954, buried Bethel Cem., at Appleby; Isaac Luther, born June 14, 1871, married Fannie Adel Morris, great great granddaughter of Rev. Isaac Reed, died Dec. 24, 1942, buried Isabel Chapel Cem. in Rusk Co.; Walter Columbus, born Nov. 6, 1872, married Lillian Madden first, Rosa Hodges second, died Jan. 23, 1959 at Jacksonville, buried Bethel Cem., in Appleby; William Goliad, born Nov. 29, 1874, married Susan Stephens, died Apr. 20, 1903, buried Isabel Chapel Cem., Rusk Co.; Elizabeth, born Jan. 27, 1876, married John A. Smelley, died June 10, 1915, buried Lone Star Cem., Nacogdoches Co., TX; Thomas Jefferson, born Jan. 6, 1877, married Fannie McNeil (1), Ara Bell Morris (2), Susan Lollar (3), and Gerthie Johnson (4), died Mar. 21, 1952, buried Isabel Chapel Cem;! ! Louisa, born 1879, married John Stephens Mar. 28, 1904, buried Union Springs Cem; Martha, born June 16, 1885, buried Isabel Chapel; Lonnie Burton, born Aug. 28, 1887, married Allie Vrnryya ( that's how it is spelled !) Rains on Feb. 23, 1907 at Sand Hill, Rusk Co., died Sept. 9, 1969, buried San Jacinto Memorial Cem., Highlands, TX. > Isaac Luther Owens, s/o Isaac and Mary Ann Campbell, married Fannie Adell Morris on Jan. 10, 1899. She was the d/o David Lafayette Morris and Safronia Catherine Garner. > Luther and Dell's children were: Annie, born Nov. 13, 1899, died Feb. 11, 1904, buried Isabel Chapel; Walter Columbus, born Aug. 13, 1901, married Catherine Miller, died June 7, 1969, buried City Cem., Ennis, TX; Marvin Luther, born Nov. 4, 1903, married Lena Morris, died Apr. 29, 1973, buried Isabel Chapel; William Goliad, born Oct. 14, 1905, married Johnnie Odell Barrett, died June 23, 1976, buried Shiloh Cem., Rusk Co., TX; Velma Agnes, born Dec. 10, 1907, married Hubert Allen Sanders, died Feb. 9, 1976, buried Lyles-Sanders Cem.; Oscar, born Feb. 3, 1910, died Sept. 21, 1914, buried Isabel Chapel; Virgie Mae, born May 16, 1912, married Grady Campbell; Vassie Elizabeth, born Sept. 18, 1914, married John Parker Johns, died July 13, 1982, buried Shiloh Cem., Rusk Co.; Verna Valentine, born Feb. 14, 1917, married Graham Edwin Hudman; Josie Myrleene, born Nov. 25, 1919, married Clarence Edwards; Mary Christene, born Sept. 27, 1923, married Selva Marcellus Hudman. > All children except the last two were born in Nacogdoches. The last two were born in Rusk Co. > The Owens that I know are stable people who worked hard, took the best of care of their families. They were the kind of people who always went "beyond the second mile" for a friend, family member or neighbor. My grandparents helped to raise several grandchildren whose parents died and left them. > The only doctors I remember hearing my parents talk about in Nacogdoches County were Dr. Chavers, Dr. Brown and Dr. Cariker. Dr. Brown was in attendance at my birth. > by VERNA V. OWENS HUDMAN > > Page 528-529, #F811 is about the Pirtle Family. > > **************************************************************** > > > BOOK: MARION CO., SC PROBATE RECORDS > > Page53: > > Roll # 68 Arthur Bird Jas. Bird and E. B. Wheeler, Exors. > > Will: Wife ELIZABETH BIRD lend use of plantation now lives, one negro named Rachel and other personal property. After she marry or die the negro to be sold and other personal property to be sold and money divided as in latter part of this will, and the land to my son HUGH G. BIRD. Daughter MARTHA OWENS, wife of PHILIP OWENS give negro. Son JOSEPH BIRD tract of land lying on East side of Tobys Creek, supposed to contain 233 acres whereon Joseph now resides: also all land lying on west side of Tobys Creek adjoining the Great PeeDee River and negroes. Daughter ANNA BIRD certain negroes. Son HUGH G. BIRD land east side of Tobys Creek including land whereon I now live and negroes. Daughter MARY BIRD or MARY M. BIRD sometimes called, give negroes. Grandchildren a son and daughter of my decd son PETER BIRD 7,150.00 to be paid by my sons JOSEPH and HUGH G. BIRD when children reach 21. Daughter MARIA HERRING wife of WILSON HERRING one dollar. Daughter CHARLOTTE HERRING,! ! wife of EDMUND HERRING one dollar. All residue to be sold by executors and equally divided among Joseph, Ann, Hugh G., Mary M., and ALAFAIR BIRD. Daughter ALAFAIR give negroes. > Exors: Edward B. Wheeler and Joseph Bird. > Dated: Aug. 10, 1835 > Wit: C. Crawford and Stephen White. Also Brian Jones. > Proved: Oct. 3, 1835 by Gadi Crawford. > Joseph Bird qualified as Exor Oct. 14, 1835 before A. P. Butler, one of the associate judges. > Recorded Book A, page 381. > > Appraisement Oct. 3, 1835. Negroes: 30 Notes: Hugh Godbold, R. B. Wiggins, Jas. G. Crawford, Willis Crawford and Jordan Gibson. Appraisers: Saml Gibson, G. Crawford and Stephen White sworn Oct. 3, 1835 before Edwd. B. Wheeler. > > Sales recorded in Sales Book A, page 97-99. Sales Oct. 30, 1835. Purchasers: H. G. Bird, S. White, John Gibson, H. G. Smith, Captl Jno. Gibson, Wm. T. Wright, S. F. Gibson, Joseph Bird, Elijah Foxworth, Jos. Bird, Ann Bird, A. Thomas, Henry Anderson, David Munro, Jno. Fore, Stephen White and Lewis Wiggins. > > Sales Oct. 30, 1835. Purchasers: Hugh G. Bird, John Gibson, Stephen White, Joseph Bird, Anna Bird, Mayen Bird, Hugh G. Smith, Saml. F. Gibson, Wm. T. Wright, Gadi Crawford, Alexr. Thomas, David Munro, Henry Anderson, John Fore, Thos. Evans, Wm. Haselden, James Lambert and David Godbold. Recorded in Sales Book A, pages 94-97. > > Deed: We JOSEPH BIRD, HUGH BIRD, ANNA BIRD and MAYEM BIRD legatees of the last will and testament of ARTHUR BIRD consisting of three negroes etc. to WILSON BIRD and wife and EDMUND HERRING and wife, in consideration that WILSON HERRING and EDMUND HERRING shall do or cause to be done as follows this is yearly to support and maintain ALAFAIR BIRD by allowing fifteen dollars each of said WILSON and EDMUND HERRING and paying same of money to Mrs. Bird the mother of ALAFAIR BIRD with whom she will stay, and it is further agreed by all the _____? that a negro girl by name of Hannah and her future increase to wait and tend on ALAFAIR BIRD, shall at the death of ALAFAIR, belong to her mother ELIZABETH BIRD to dispose of as she pleases. > Dec. 3, 1835. Joseph Bird, Hugh Bird, Anna Bird and Mayem Bird. > Wit: G. Crawford. > We agree and bind ourselves to stand and abide by the above covenant. > Edmund Herren and Wilson Herren. > Wit: G. Crawford. Recorded in Return Book 1, page 54. > > For the support and maintenance of ALAFAIR BIRD, to be paid annually. > Dec. 3, 1835. Signed: Hugh Bird, ten dollars; Joseph Bird, ten dollars; Anna Bird, ten dollars; Mayen Bird, ten dollars. > Wit: G. Crawford. > Recd. Dec. 1835 of Edward B. Wheeler and Joseph Bird exors of Arthur Bird $1.00 each in full for legacies, debts or demands or claims whatsoever. Wilson Herren and Edmund Herren. Wit: G. Crawford. > > Receipt of the heirs of Arthur Bird to Ed. B. Wheeler and Jos. Bird, Exors. > Recorded in Return Book 1, page 54. Recd Feb. 25, 1837 $199.92 Being each of our shares arising from sales of personal property under will of A. Bird. > Signed: Hugh G. Bird, Ann Bird, Edmun Heren, Wilson Herren for Alafair Bird, Mary Owens and Thomie Owens. Est. of A. Bird settlement recorded in Return Book 1, page 53. Shares: Jos. Bird, Hugh Bird, Anna Bird, Mayem Bird and Alafair Bird. I promise to pay George Cannish, Jr. $20.00 signed: Anna Bird. > Anna Bird near Mars Bluff her father is to pay the money by promise before his daughters and son that is a witness. $20.00 to be given to Philip Owens and Stephen Bird signed Hugh G. Bird. Arthur Bird Acct with Bostick and Gregg. > 1834 and 1835. > ************************************* Pam Wilson wilsonpam@mindspring.com Marietta, GA List Administrator, EFSS-L (Early Families in Southern States), HOLBERT-L and LAWLER-L through Rootsweb.com Associate list administrator, Arledge/Aldridge list (arledge@tx3.com) Coordinator, Arledge Family History Project http://www.geocities.com/heartland/prairie/8208