Jim. Would you please contact me directly? The last I hear of the Moir sisters, Mary and Betty, was several years ago. Sue Davis johnsued@houston.rr.com Sue Note new address: johnsued@houston.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "James White" <jw1328@sbcglobal.net> To: <white@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 1:23 PM Subject: Re: [WHITE] Charles Edward White born abt 1932 in Florida Sue, I maintain concact with severa members of the Anahuac James Taylor White group. He was my great-grand uncle. I descend from his older brother WilliamWhite/Amy Comstock and through son George Wallace to James Taylor White, Sr., to James Taylor White, Jr., to Garvice Clayton White, Sr. to Me. Let me know if I can be of help. Jim --- Sue Davis <johnsued@hal-pc.org> wrote: > My high school friend, Betty Moir, is related to > this White family in > Anahuac. I would love to get in touch with her. > Sue > Note new address: johnsued@houston.rr.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James White" <jw1328@sbcglobal.net> > To: <white@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 8:44 AM > Subject: Re: [WHITE] Charles Edward White born abt > 1932 in Florida > > > John, > Your assumptions are not correct.. > White's Lake near Highlands was named for Jesse > White, > It was on his original grant as part of the "Old > 300". > He was the son of William and Amy White, born in St. > Martinville area of LA. After Williams death in > 1805, > Amy moved with the "old 300" group in 1824 to TX > with > some of her children to the Highlands area > (initially > called White's Settlement) the name was changed to > Highlands when they opened a Post Office there and > found that another town was using the White > Settlement > name.. They claimed lands on both sides of the San > Jacinto River from slightly below what is now I-10 > to > above Crosby, TX Some of her children were Reuben > White, Jesse White, George White, William White, > Mary/William Whitlock, Rebecca/Presley Gill, Henry > White and others. > James Taylor White of present day Chambers County > was > her brother-in-law. Many other members of the White > and related families moved to Texas a little later > and > claimed lands in east and central Texas. Reuben's > Rifle in on display at the San Jacinto Battleground > Museum. > I descend from the union of George and Rebecca > Morris > Phipps White (son of William White and Amy Comstock > White. > I have hundreds of pages of documentation on this > family group prior to TX dates and to current time > on > George White Group. Henry Calhoun White was one of > four sons from George and Rebecca marriage. > Jim White > > --- John Adams <jadams@mba1976.hbs.edu> wrote: > > > Anita: > > Herry Calhoun White is not a name that I have ever > > heard of in the > > family. Interesting how things happen though. I > > grew up in Highlands > > and am writing this from there right now. I am > > guessing that White's > > Lake on the San Jacinto River is named after Henry > > C. White. > > > > My GG grandfather, John Cary White was born in GA > > around 1818 and came > > to Texas before 1836. On April 21, 1836 he fought > > in the Battle of San > > Jacinto ( which is only about 2 miles from > > Highlands) and was granted > > 640 Ac. of land in Millican, Grimes county Texas. > > His son was named > > James C White and his grandson ( my grandfather) > was > > also named James C. > > White. They all lived around Navasota in Grimes > > County. My > > grandfather married Elizabeth Keefer from around > > North Zulch in Madison > > County and after moving around throughout Texas > > retired back in North > > Zulch. > > > > James White wrote: > > > > >John, > > > > > >Was there a Henry Calhoun White in your group. He > > >would have been my great grandfather's brother. > > Born > > >about 1837 near Highlands, TX,but moved to Falls, > > San > > >Saba and a couple of other counties in TX before > > >moving to the Pensacola, FL area. A great > > grandfather > > >was the last to hear from him about 1890. He was > a > > >constable at that time. > > >Does any of this sound familiar > > > > > >--- John Adams <jadams@mba1976.hbs.edu> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >>Hi Anita: > > >>Most of my White family is from Madison and > Grimes > > >>county Texas. The > > >>White side of our family is very small (I am the > > >>only survivor for 3 > > >>generations back) > > >>Madison county is one of the less populated > > counties > > >>in central Texas -- > > >>it only has about 15,000 people currently-- and > > >>there has not been much > > >>construction or industry- mostly ranching. The > > only > > >>real construction > > >>that was going on in the mid 1950's would have > > been > > >>pipeline and oil > > >>field construction. That probably will not > help > > >>much because most > > >>workers were very mobile and moved with the jobs > > and > > >>were probably just > > >>passing through Madison county. > > >> > > >>The male Whites in my family were named J. C. > > White. > > >> -- either James > > >>Cobb or John Cary. That naming goes back to > > before > > >>the Texas > > >>revolution in 1836. > > >> > > >>John White Adams > > >> > > >>MissAnitaWhite@aol.com wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>>Looking for biological father, I am ill and > would > > >>> > > >>> > > >>like to meet him > > >> > > >> > > >>>Have put other queries out there, still hoping; > > >>> > > >>>This is all the info I know about him; > > >>> > > >>>>From my birth certificate, says he was born in > > >>> > > >>> > > >>Florida abt 1932 > > >> > > >> > > >>>Worked in construction in Madison County, Texas > > abt > > >>> > > >>> > > >>1955 > > >> > > >> > > >>>Met my mother and moved to California > > >>>Worked at Cecchini Trucking Co. in Bridgehead, > > >>> > > >>> > > >>California Sep 1956 > > >> > > >> > > >>>Ran a Shell Service Station at 21 H Street in > > >>> > > >>> > > >>Fresno, CA 1956-1958 > > >> > > >> > > >>>Lived at 4321 Gearhart, Fresno, Fresno Co., > > >>> > > >>> > > >>California > > >> > > >> > > >>>4288 W Shields Ave, Fresno, Fresno Co., > > California > > >>>No contact after this > > >>> > > >>>Have 2 pictures of him, one at age 2yrs old, > and > > >>> > > >>> > === message truncated === PLEASE CHECK EACH OF YOUR SUBJECT LINES! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WHITE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. 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