>To: Gentry-L@rootsweb.com >From: "Mary A. Old" <maold@direct.ca> >Subject: Gentry sisters: Ellen Elizabeth and Sarah > >Have not posted in a while, and I have some new info. Can anyone help? > >I am trying to see if my husband's line is Cherokee. >The Gentry's I have are from Bastrop Co. TX and came from AL or GA or on >the Chattahoochee River. >The other line is Jones, and the family story is they lived on opposite >sides of the river working in the cotton fields. >I am having trouble tracing them back as they are female Gentry's, and I >can not locate marriages. Any help you >could be would be greatly appreciated. I have details after they were in >Bastrop, and they were in Karnes co. TX. > >Andrew or Aaron J. Jones m. two Gentry sisters. Do not know if Gentry was >their married name or if they were married to Gentry's. One was Elizabeth >Gentry (See below), and the other was supposed to be his wife's sister, >Ellen Elizabeth. Not >sure how this ties to the material below. > >Descendants of ? Gentry > > >Generation No. 1 > > 1. ?1 Gentry was born Abt. 1826. He married Ellen Elizabeth > ?1. She was born January 1826 in GA,Enfield Dist.?, GA, and died 23 > March 1904 in Karnes, TX2. > >More About Ellen Elizabeth ?: >Burial: Chaote Cem., Karnes, TX3 >Residence: 1880, Bastrop,TX4 > >Children of ? Gentry and Ellen ? are: > 2 i. Joseph2 Gentry, born 1854 in AL. > 3 ii. Cornelius Gentry, born 1861 in AL. He married > Louisa Wardell 24 December 1888 in Bastrop,TX5. > 4 iii. Malone Gentry, born 1865. > > > > > > > > > > > >Endnotes > >1. Letter from Dora Dendy, Andrew's wife's name is listed as >Gentry. Dora (Dendy) says Mr. Jones' first wife was the mother of all his >children. All but Bert b. GA. Mr. Jones M. his wife's sister and she >raised the children. She d. 30 Mar. 1904. >2. Death Certificate,Karnes Co,TX #36546, No. 2 Mrs. A. J. >Jones white female 74 yrs; American Citizen 23 Mar 1904 at about 9 >a.m. Couch, TX residence, Couch Tex. Cause of death: Congestion of the >brain due to Acute Indigestion. 15 hrs. #36545 1st day of April >1904. R.L. Hornnnock, Choate TX. >3. SL #897 235, Choats Cemetery, Karnes,Texas, Jones,Ellen Elizabeth age >76 of SC d. 23 Mar 1904. >4. 1880 Census,Bastrop,TX, Census Place:E.D. 12, Bastrop, Texas; >Source:FHL Film 1255290 National Archives Film T9-1290 Page >140C ; Ellen GENTRYSelfFWW55GA Occ:Keeping HouseFa: SCMo: SC; Joseph >GENTRYSonMSW26AL Occ:Works On FarmFa: ---Mo: GA; Cornelius >GENTRYSonMSW19AL; Occ:Works On FarmFa: ---Mo: GA; Malone GENTRYSonMSW15AL >Occ:Works On FarmFa: ---Mo: GA. >5. Bastrop Co. Marriage Records, V.II, Gentry, Cornelius Wardell >Louisa 24 Dec 1888. > > >

I have one Gentry marriage in Bastrop Co., TX but I have no idea whether it fits into your Gentry family. On 10 Nov. 1858 W.A. Gentry was married to Amanda F. Johnson, by George G. Rucker, J.P. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary A. Old" <maold@direct.ca> To: <GENTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 11:19 PM Subject: [Gentry] Fwd: Gentry sisters: Ellen Elizabeth and Sarah > > >To: Gentry-L@rootsweb.com > >From: "Mary A. Old" <maold@direct.ca> > >Subject: Gentry sisters: Ellen Elizabeth and Sarah > > > >Have not posted in a while, and I have some new info. Can anyone help? > > > >I am trying to see if my husband's line is Cherokee. > >The Gentry's I have are from Bastrop Co. TX and came from AL or GA or on > >the Chattahoochee River. > >The other line is Jones, and the family story is they lived on opposite > >sides of the river working in the cotton fields. > >I am having trouble tracing them back as they are female Gentry's, and I > >can not locate marriages. Any help you > >could be would be greatly appreciated. I have details after they were in > >Bastrop, and they were in Karnes co. TX. > > > >Andrew or Aaron J. Jones m. two Gentry sisters. Do not know if Gentry was > >their married name or if they were married to Gentry's. One was Elizabeth > >Gentry (See below), and the other was supposed to be his wife's sister, > >Ellen Elizabeth. Not > >sure how this ties to the material below. > > > >Descendants of ? Gentry > > > > > >Generation No. 1 > > > > 1. ?1 Gentry was born Abt. 1826. He married Ellen Elizabeth > > ?1. She was born January 1826 in GA,Enfield Dist.?, GA, and died 23 > > March 1904 in Karnes, TX2. > > > >More About Ellen Elizabeth ?: > >Burial: Chaote Cem., Karnes, TX3 > >Residence: 1880, Bastrop,TX4 > > > >Children of ? Gentry and Ellen ? are: > > 2 i. Joseph2 Gentry, born 1854 in AL. > > 3 ii. Cornelius Gentry, born 1861 in AL. He married > > Louisa Wardell 24 December 1888 in Bastrop,TX5. > > 4 iii. Malone Gentry, born 1865. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Endnotes > > > >1. Letter from Dora Dendy, Andrew's wife's name is listed as > >Gentry. Dora (Dendy) says Mr. Jones' first wife was the mother of all his > >children. All but Bert b. GA. Mr. Jones M. his wife's sister and she > >raised the children. She d. 30 Mar. 1904. > >2. Death Certificate,Karnes Co,TX #36546, No. 2 Mrs. A. J. > >Jones white female 74 yrs; American Citizen 23 Mar 1904 at about 9 > >a.m. Couch, TX residence, Couch Tex. Cause of death: Congestion of the > >brain due to Acute Indigestion. 15 hrs. #36545 1st day of April > >1904. R.L. Hornnnock, Choate TX. > >3. SL #897 235, Choats Cemetery, Karnes,Texas, Jones,Ellen Elizabeth age > >76 of SC d. 23 Mar 1904. > >4. 1880 Census,Bastrop,TX, Census Place:E.D. 12, Bastrop, Texas; > >Source:FHL Film 1255290 National Archives Film T9-1290 Page > >140C ; Ellen GENTRYSelfFWW55GA Occ:Keeping HouseFa: SCMo: SC; Joseph > >GENTRYSonMSW26AL Occ:Works On FarmFa: ---Mo: GA; Cornelius > >GENTRYSonMSW19AL; Occ:Works On FarmFa: ---Mo: GA; Malone GENTRYSonMSW15AL > >Occ:Works On FarmFa: ---Mo: GA. > >5. Bastrop Co. Marriage Records, V.II, Gentry, Cornelius Wardell > >Louisa 24 Dec 1888. > > > > > > > > > > ==== GENTRY Mailing List ==== > The GENTRY-L list sends a separate e-mail message for each message that is posted to the MailList. The GENTRY-D list (Digest) sends one e-mail daily with all the days messages in it. >