Abt. 1836, William and Susan (Walling) came to Missouri up the Missouri River by boat and lived in the northwest part until 1840 and settled on a farm near Luray, Clark County, Missouri where their five younger children were born.
A Wm G. Gordon, wife and children found in 1840 census of Boone Co., MO. William's Uncle David Gordon and sons also in Boone County. May explain why William and Susan moved to Missouri.
From "A History of Oklahoma," p 297 regarding William George's son George Washington Gordon," : "William Gordon was reared in Tennessee, but became a pioneer in Missouri, one of the old pioneer landmarks of Clark County, a large land owner and a prominent farmer. Although his home was near the Iowa line, his slaves never attempted to escape for they were well and kindly treated, and Mr. Gordon remained there contented and successful until the war cloud arose. He was a Union man, strictly opposed to secession, and to keep from trouble he refuged in Iowa for three years, returning to Missouri at the close of the war to settle up his business. Selling his possessions there, he moved to Texas in 1867, purchasing land in Lamar County and again becoming an influential farmer, there spending thirty years of his remaining life and dying on the 4th of April, 1897, aged eight-seven years. ----- "
From Charles Larry Gordon:
Clark County is located in the northeast corner of Missouri, at the confluence of the Des Moines and Mississippi Rivers. The Gordons may have settled near the town of Luray, located on the road that ran west from the river crossing. Mark Twain, the author of Tom Saywer and Huckleberry Finn, grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, 60 miles downriver.
Missouri became bitterly divided over slavery and other issues during the years leading to the Civil War. By the time Fort Sumter was attacked in South Carolina, fighting had already become bloody in parts of Missouri and Kansas. When the war became “official” in the spring of 1861, William’s sons James, 20, and William, 18, would have been of prime age for military service. Their younger brother, Charles Henry, is known to have served in the Confederate Army at the age of 17, during the last year of the war.
By the time the war concluded in 1865, Missouri had been ravaged, and life had become very difficult for those who had supported the Confederacy. Some, like Jesse James, became outlaws and continued the fight in their own way. The Gordons, however, moved to Texas, which had emerged from the war relatively unscathed. William G. Gordon’s sister, Patsy Walling, reportedly moved to Grapeland, located in Houston County, in the “Piney Woods” of East Texas. Their brother David is said to have died in Houston County in 1911.
William and Susan Gordon, with several children and grandchildren, arrived in the Northeast Texas town of Paris around 1866. William’s oldest daughter, Sarah, had moved with her husband, Francis McEldowney and four children. His other daughter, Susan, soon married John Wheeler Dickey, a former sergeant (he claimed to have been a captain) in the 15th Texas Cavalry, CSA, on February 21, 1868. The 1870 Census for Lamar County shows the Gordon household consisting of William, 60; Susan, 63; Charles, 23; George, 21; and Julia, 14. (Julia may have been the daughter of William’s late son, Stokley. William became her legal guardian on January 10, 1874.)
Located on the divide between the Red and Sulphur Rivers, Paris was settled by a diverse frontier society, including Sam Bell Maxey, a West Point graduate, attorney, and Confederate General. Paris was also the home of John Chisum, who became one of the West’s foremost cattle barons. Retired outlaw Frank James (brother of Jesse) clerked in a local dry goods store, and Belle Starr, the notorious frontier outlaw queen, once tended a farm near town. The frontiersman Davy Crockett, who had hoped to get a land headright in the Red River Valley, passed through the area in 1836, on his way to immortality at the Alamo.
On an uneasy border with Indian Territory, Lamar County was a military transport center during the Civil War. A rich farming area, the county gave much food to the Confederacy, despite unrest over rumors of Federal invasion from the North. The county’s delegation to the 1861 Texas Secession Convention was the only one to vote unanimously against secession. Once war came, however, the county raised at least nine combat companies. The 9th Texas Infantry Regiment fought at Bloody Shiloh in 1862 and many of its soldiers were later in General John B. Hood’s famous Texas Brigade.
Many land purchases and sales by the Gordons were recorded in Lamar County in the 1870s and 1880s. On June 19, 1869, William G. Gordon and his son-in-law, Francis McEldowney, jointly purchased 204.5 acres about 5-1/2 miles west of Paris for $1,144.30. On April 4, 1873, William’s youngest son, George, purchased two parcels of land 4 miles and 7-1/2 miles west of Paris, respectively, for $685.00. However, George and his wife Mary sold the land back to the seller for $600.00 just three months later.
On October 10, 1873, William and his wife Susan sold 27 acres of land from their 1869 purchase to their son George for $300.00. George then sold it for $500.00 several months later, on July 27, 1874. Yet by 1875, his father had somehow gotten the 27 acres back. George apparently left Lamar County afterward, since he does not appear in the 1880 Census. On December 18, 1875, William G. Gordon and Francis McEldowney divided their land, leaving William with 69.5 acres, which he and his son Charles continued to farm.
Susan Gordon died on August 5, 1881. Within four months, on December 15, 1881, William remarried again. The bride was Finette Ribble Rush, a woman recently widowed.
By 1884, William and his son Charles were in debt. William’s original 69.5 acres of land were sold at Sheriff’s Auction to cover a judgment against them. Fortunately, William’s new wife owned land. In 1885, William sold 150 acres of it for about $2,600.00, and apparently got his 69.5 acres back--at least for the time being.
Finette soon died, and on September 9, 1886, William G. Gordon was married once again--this time to Elitha M. Carr. On March 7, 1888, William and Elitha sold William’s 69.5 acres for $1,100.00, only to inexplicably buy it back three days later for $1,050.00. (Perhaps the title was not clear.) On June 25, William and Elitha sold the 69.5 acres to his son, Charles, only to buy it back from him a few months later, on October 10, 1888. Charles and Maranda Gordon then packed up their five children and moved to Indian Territory, where the famous Oklahoma land rushes began in 1889. On November 5, 1889, William G. Gordon finally lost his land, signing the 69.5 acres over to B. F. Fuller for attorney fees.
William G. Gordon died in Lamar County on April 4, 1894, at the age of 83. The location of his grave is unknown, but a good possibility is the Dickey family cemetery, located about 7 miles southeast of Paris, near the land he had worked so long. William’s daughters Sarah McEldowney and Susan Dickey are buried there, as are Susan’s husband, Wheeler Dickey, and four of their infant children.1880 United States Federal Census Record about W. G. Gordon
Name: W. G. Gordon
Age: 69
Estimated birth year: abt 1811
Birthplace: Kentucky
Occupation: Farmer
Relationship to head-of-household: Self
Home in 1880: Precinct 1, Lamar, Texas
Marital status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Spouse's name: Susan Gordon
Father's birthplace: SC
Mother's birthplace: KYWilliam George GORDON (1810-1896) married Susan (Sukey) LITTLE (nee WALLING) (1810-1881) in 1835 in Tennessee. He next married Finette RIBBLE (nee PHILIPS) (c. 1820-c.1886) on December 15, 1881, in Lamar County, Texas. He next married Mrs. Elithe M. CARR on December 9, 1886, in Lamar County, Texas.
Susan Walling married Josiah Little about 1823 and they had six children in Tennessee. Josiah died, and Susan then married William George Gordon in 1835. They had one or two children in Tennessee and then moved to Clark County, Missouri, where they had the rest of their children.
1850 CENSUS, CLARK COUNTY, MISSOURI, District No. 19, enumerated 15 October 1850
William GORDON, 40, M, Farmer, Tennessee
Susan Gordon, 42, F, Tennessee, illiterate
Stokely Gordon, 15, M, Tennessee, school
Sarah A. Gordon, 12, F, Tennessee, school
James Gordon, 10, M, MO, school
Susan Gordon, 8, F, MO, school
William Gordon, 6, M, MO, school
Robert (sic) Gordon, 4, M, MO
George Gordon, 2, M, MO
Andrew Little, 22, M, Laborer, Tennessee, illiterate
John Little, 19, Laborer, Tennessee
Richard Sorrell, 50, M, Farmer, $800, Virginia
Joseph Sorrell, 21, M, KY
Richard Sorrell, 21, M, KY1860 CENSUS, CLARK COUNTY, MISSOURI, Wyaconda Township, emumerated 23 July 1860, p. 167
W. G. GORDON, 48, M, Farmer, $2000/$5000, KY
Susan Gordon, 50, F, KY
Jas. Gordon, 20, M, MO
Susan Gordon, 15 (sic), F, MO
Wm. Gordon, 15, M, MO, school
Chas Gordon, 13, M, school
Geo. Gordon, 11, M, MO, school1870 CENSUS, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS, Beat No. 1, enumerated 15 September 1870
GORDON, Wm., 60, M, W, Farmer, $1750/$500, KY
Gordon, Susan, 63, F, W, Keeping House, Tennessee
Gordon, Chas., 23, M, W, Works on Farm, MO
Gordon, Geo., 21, M, W, Works on Farm, MO
Gordon, Julia, 14, F, W, MO1880 CENSUS, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS, Precinct No. 1, enumerated 3 June 1880
GORDON, W. G., W, M, 69, Farmer, TN, VA, TN
Gordon, Susan, W, F, 73, Wife, Keeping House, cannot write, TN, VA, TN
Gordon, Charley, W, M, 32, Son, Farmer, MO, KY, TN
Gordon, Maranda, W, F, 21, Wife, Asst. Keeping House, MS, GA, GA
Gordon, Alice C., W, F, 2, Daughter, TX, MO, MS
Gordon, Infant, W, F, 3/12 (Feb.), TX, MO, MS
From " A History of Oklahoma" regarding Harvey's son-in-law George Washingtom Gordon:
--- "Harvey Mobley, a prominent planter and slave owner --- "
Mississippi Land Records Record about HARVEY MOBLEY
Name: HARVEY MOBLEY
Land Office: AUGUSTA
Document Number: 7739
Total Acres: 40
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: September 01, 1848
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Land Description: 1 SWNW ST STEPHENS No 9N 21W 22
Martha Ann was just a little over five feet tall with a dainty, slender figure that she retained all her life. She had coal black hair and grey eyes.
She told of the formal calls made by ladies in the afternoon. The homes had their shutters closed in thje afternoon until three o'clock when they were opened and the ladies began paying their calls. They donned their hoop skirted dresses, sent for their carriages and were driven to the homes where they were going to call. If no one was home, a calling card was left. Otherwise, tea or shrub (made from blackberry juice) was served with a variety of cakes and cookies.
Husband Harvey Mobley died from pneumonia after they had been married fourteen years, and Martha Ann was only thirty-two.
Her older boys begged to go to Texas following the death of her husband Harvey Mobley. She moved to Houston Co., Texas prior to the Civil War. She sold their farm near Corinth on the Pearl River in Mississippi, freighted their household goods by wagons to Natchez, traveled down the Mississippi River by flatboat to New Orleans, then by boat to Galveston, traveled up the Trinity River by steamboat to Hall's Bluff Landing and located in Houston Co. between Grapeland and Crockett where she bought land and, with her children's help, made a home near Gordon Springs in the Daly 's community. The children went to the Linwood School walking or riding horseback a distance of about 3 miles. Martha Ann told of having to climb a tree to get out of the way of large herds of cattle being driven down the road from southeastern Texas to the Sedalia or Chisholm Trail. The family attended a small Missionary Baptist Church.
When she was 45, after having lived a widow for fourteen years, she married Davidson Gordon in 1870, an uncle to our ancestor George Washington Gordon and a brother of our ancestor William George Gordon, son of our Robert Gordon. He had lived in TN, moved to MO abt 1859, and then to Texas. They built a fine two-story home on another farm tract that David owned. For the remaining 35 years of her life, Martha Ann Thames Mobley was a Gordon and her children considered David Gordon their father.
Martha's son, Thomas Jefferson Mobley (born 1848, killed 1864), was a Confederate soldier in the Tennessee Regiment under command of General Hood and was killed near Franklin Tennessee in one of the last battles of the Civil War.
Martha Ann was member of the Missionary Baptist Church.
1860 United States Federal Census Record about Martha Mobley
Name: Martha Mobley
Age in 1860: 35
Birth Year: abt 1825
Birthplace: Mississippi
Home in 1860: Not Stated, Lawrence, Mississippi
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Monticello
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
Martha Mobley 35
Thos Mobley 15
James Mobley 13
Monroe Mobley 12
Andrew Mobley 10
Washington Mobley8
Mary Mobley 6
Laura Mobley 3Davidson Gordon moved to Missouri from Tennessee with his brother, James Madison Gordon, in the late 1850s. He eventually settled in Houston County, Texas. Married Martha Ann Thames Mobley (1825-1905) about fourteen years after Martha Ann's husband Harvey Thornton Mobley died. Martha had a number of children by her former husband, but none from David. 1880 CENSUS, HOUSTON COUNTY, TEXAS GORDAN, Davidson, 52, Farmer, TN-KY-KY Martha, 54, Wife, MS-NC-NC Larinda, 9, Grandaughter, TX-MS-MS Mattie, 2, Grandaughter, TX-MS-MS According to Laura Gordon Coker ("Laura's Story"), who visited as a young girl in the mid 1880s, "Uncle Dave" and "Aunt Martha" Gordon had a large house. They had fireplaces upstairs and down, with two chimneys and four rooms, and a fireplace in the old part of the house. There was a big hall between the four rooms---all were painted white on the outside, with a blue trim. A wide porch ran across the south side, which was two full stories high inside. The front had eight rooms all together, with four rooms on the first floor and four on the second and a twelve foot hall between each room. There was a wide, long porch west of the back part of the house. The well was on that porch and they drew water from it for the plowing teams that came to water at noon. Every mule was driven by a Negro man who plowed with a little "Georgie stock" plow. There was a garden on the west, next to the house, and an orchard to the northwest. There were beehives to supply honey. David did his own work in his blacksmith shop by the smoke house. Everyone worked. David fed twenty Negro men at noon every work day during the week. Martha and a Negro woman and two colored girls did the work, the milking, churning, etc. The working men came in mostly together and ate at one long table in the back hall. There was good food and lots of it.
Typed copy of Church document “A Broken Home,” by Rev. Silas Campbell, Believed to have been preacher of the Daley Baptist Church, Daley TX.
3rd Sabbath in Feb. Service at usual by J.Y. Paston after Service church met in conference and Pastor read a document prepared by him as last tribute to the departed Sisters and adopted by the church and is herewith enclosed in minutes.A Broken Home
Grand Mothers, Mother and Brothers
On July 27th 1905 Old Sister Gordon was visited by the great Monster Death, who said Come and she answered the call. She was a member of Daly Baptist Church. She bore all the troubles of life with a Christian Spirit and at about the age of Eighty years she
went to her rest from her labors and her works will follow her. She left two children to mourn her death - Bro Geo Mobley, and Sister Frank Meriwether.
On Oct 8th 1905 F.L. Meriwether, the grand son of Sister Gordon and son of Sister Meriwether; he too answered the call. He was a bright young man. His Mother, Sisters, and friends expected great things of F.L. But Someone will have to take his place, and last but not least the two sisters had to tell dear mother good by for the Same Monster on Jan 19th 1906 Said to Sister Meriwether, “you have lived long enough on earth, So come and live forever with God, where Sorrow, pain, Sickness nor death ever enters.” She was also a faithful member of Daly Baptist Church. Their lives are missed so much but their influence will live on until God Shall say that times up over on the other shore and call them blessed. Daley’s Church has lost two of it’s ‘best’ members; the community, friends and neighbors that can not be replaced.
Misses Jessie and Gertrude while finding the dark lonesome home now, I am thinking of the days when they all were around Mothers knees and listened to her advice which will cheer them along lifes pathway.
Be it resolved that a copy of this be sent to Misses Jessie and Gertrude with a card for the church and love toward them.
It was hard to say the last farewell and be parted from them evermore, For they have gone to heaven to dwell and we must meet them on the other shore. Now dear ones don’t weep anymore. But it is hard to say goodbye. We must all meet on the other shore for one must all suffer and die.Rev. Silas Campbill
Cc: M C Lasiter
68. James M. Thomas
James M.'s grandfather reportedly fought in the early days of the Revolutionary War. James moved from Tennessee and settled near Dennison, Texas, where the census listed him as a farmer.
Republic of Texas Army records show that James M. Thomas served from 10 February 1836 through May 30 1837.
The Texas Congress voted liberal land laws in 1836. Under the constitution, the heads of families (blacks and Indians excepted) living in Texas on March 2, 1836, could apply for a square league (4,428 acres) and a labor (177.1 acres) of land.
1870 U.S. Census shows J.M. in Precinct 1, Grayson Co., P.O. Sherman, TX , $2,700 land, $200.00 personal property. Shows TN as birthplace. Wife?? Elizabeth 34 (second wife?), b. Missouri.
Marriage record shows James M. Thomas to Elizabeth J. Daniels 18 Feb 1865 Cooke Co. TX which is near Grayson Co. Younger children Minerva, Robert and Melanie could have been products of this marriage.The death certificate of his son Gerge Calvert Thomas indicates James M. was born in KY rather than TN as indicated in censuses and other documents. Most documents affirm TN.
Texas Census, 1820-90 Record about J.M. THOMAS
Name: J.M. THOMAS
State: TX
County: Grayson County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1846
Record Type: Tax list
Page: NPN
Database: TX Tax List Index, 1840-1849From Grayson County Texas Miscellaneous Wills and Probates 1833-1923, "McENTYRE (McINTYRE, Richard R., deceased. Letter of application dted 23 February 1857. Petitionere was James M. Thomas. He states the said deceased died in 1857 intestate and that he is the husband of the only child and heir of the deceased.
James M. Thomas Civil War Pension #11923 Grayson Co. TX.
Mother of older children Richard, James, Daniel, George and Mary E.
Listed as the only surviving heir of Richard R. McIntire in 1857.
Found in 1860 Grayson Co. TX, P.O. Sherman, indexed as "Fanny," but looks like "Tamy." Thomas. $8,200 real property, $300.00 personal property, age 30, born TN. page # 24. Husband and oldest son Richard not shown.
70. P. Bowman
Probably married in Missouri, as older child age 3, was b. Missouri 1857.
1860 Census listed as a farmer in Tyler Co., TX, page 52.
$240.00 personal property.1860 United States Federal Census Record about P Bowman
Name: P Bowman
Age in 1860: 40
Birth Year: abt 1820
Birthplace: Missouri
Home in 1860: Not Stated, Tyler, Texas
Gender: Male
Post Office: Woodville
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
P Bowman 40
M A Bowman 35
L A Bowman 3
A Bowman 1
72. William Bailey Stewart Sr.
Shown in Talbot Co., GA in 1860 Census, Real Estate $1,600.00, Personal Estate $8,470.00
1860 United States Federal Census about William B Stewart
Name: William B Stewart
Age in 1860: 32
Birth Year: abt 1828
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1860: Geneva, Talbot, Georgia
Gender: Male
Post Office: Center
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
William B Stewart 32
Eliza E Stewart 27
Nancy Stewart 14
William B Stewart 12
Martha Stewart 7
John Stewart 5
Wesley Stewart 3
Caroline Stewart 4.121860 Slave Schedule shows William Bailey owning 12 slaves.
William Bailey served in Company D, 20th Regiment Georgia Infantry of the Confederate Army from July 25th 1861 until 1865. His name appears on a list of Prisoners of War belonging to the Army of Northern Virginia who on April 9,1865 were surrendered by General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A. commanding said Army, to Lieut. Genl. U.S. Grant, commanding the Armies of the United States. He was held at City Point, VA until released on June 8, 1865 on taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States. Detailed records are available from the National Archives. I have copies in my files. Larry Gordon
William Bailey's CSA service explains the gap in begetting children between 1859 and 1866.
Had moved to Texas by 1866 when son Epaminodas was born.
Henderson Co., TX in 1870 Census, Stwart Wm B 47 M W Farmer $600 property, $400 personal property;
1870 United States Federal Census about Wm B Stewart
Name: Wm B Stewart
Estimated birth year: abt 1823
Age in 1870: 47
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1870: Precinct 1, Henderson, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: View image
Post Office: Athens
Precinct 1 Parker Co.,TX 1880 Census.1880 United States Federal Census about W B Stewart
Name: W B Stewart
Home in 1880: Precinct 1, Parker, Texas
Age: 53
Estimated birth year: abt 1827
Birthplace: Georgia
Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: E. R.
Father's birthplace: GA
Mother's birthplace: GA
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
W B Stewart 53
E. R. Stewart 48
E. P. Stewart 14
Rob L Stewart 8
Laura B Tidwell 6
John F Stewart 3
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Talbot Co. GA 1860 Census; Precinct 1, Parker Co., TX 1880 census.
74. John W. Killen
Texas voter registration list of Henderson Co. 1867-1869 indicates John W. Killen had been living in TX 20 years, so John W. apparently arrived from MS abt. 1847.
1860 U. S. Census shows J. Killen as a farmer, $400.00 value of personal property, Beat 4, Parker, TX. , P.O. Gamma, TX
1860 United States Federal Census about J Killen
Name: J Killen
Age in 1860: 32
Birth Year: abt 1828
Birthplace: Mississippi
Home in 1860: Beat 4, Parker, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Gamma
Household Members: Name Age
J Killen 32
E Killen 28
J Killen 7
J Killen 31970 Census Henderson Co., TX
Civil War Service Records Record about John W. Killen
Name: John W. Killen
Company: C
Unit: 37 Texas Cavalry.
Rank - Induction: Private
Rank - Discharge: Private
Allegiance: ConfederateTexas Land Title Abstracts Record about J. W. Killen
Grantee: F. A. Coward
Patentee: J. W. Killen
Patent Date: 28 Oct 1875
Acres: 160
District: Milam
County: Bell
File: 1351
Patent #: 295
Patent Volume: 3
Class: Mil. Pre.
75. Elizabeth Choate
U. S. Census shows Elizabeth living in Beat 4, Parker, TX in 1860, and born in Arkansas 1831/32.
1860 United States Federal Census about E Killen
Name: E Killen
Age in 1860: 28
Birth Year: abt 1832
Birthplace: Arkansas
Home in 1860: Beat 4, Parker, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Gamma
Household Members: Name Age
J Killen 32
E Killen 28
J Killen 7
J Killen 3Elizabeth was a mixed blood Cherokee through her father Champion Choate, and possibly through her mother Anne Burke.
Arrest and Capture of William B. Coupland
from notes by Adelia Sallee"William B. Coupland, son of Elizabeth Bell and husband, Andrew Corbin Coupland, was living in Knoxville when the Civil War began. He was a blacksmith and had his blacksmith shop near his home in Knoxville. When the Civil War began, William B. Coupland enlisted as a spy for the Confederacy.
"He would go into the Federal Lines dressed in plain clothes of a civilian, as if he were a supplier of some type of needed commodity for the army; but his real purpose was to gather information about the maneuvers of the Federal Army to take back into the lines of the Confederacy to the officers.
"After a few months of his acting in this capacity for the Confederacy, some officers of the Federal Army became suspicious of this purpose. These Officers kept close tab on him and, at last, when they felt their suspicions were justified, they followed him to his home in Knoxville, found him sleeping, after his long hours of gathering information. These Officers galloped their horses into the yard of his home in Knoxville, dismounted from their horses and pushed their ways, abruptly, into the home jerked him from his sleep, removed a heel from one of his boots where they found the incriminating materials secreted; then the Officers made him get on his horse, at the point of bayonets, and left the yard of the home headed toward the Federal War lines. Grandmother Nancy realized the true turn of events. So, when the Officers began the trek with grandfather, William B. Coupland, back to the Federal Lines, Grandmother Nancy, and all of the children old enough to follow on foot hurried along, crying and begging the Officers to let grandfather go; but the Federal Officers did not even reply. When grandmother, Nancy, and her children became too exhausted with grief and the long trek to go no further, they slowly returned home. They never saw grandfather, William B. Coupland again. They never knew his fate, for sure, but they felt he had been shot as a spy, since that was the punishment meted out to any spy, caught with the goods, on both sides of the Civil War.
"My grandmother, Alice Adelia Coupland, who married Thomas Jefferson Little, was eleven years of age at the time this happened. She remembered well all that happened and this is the way she told the events to me." Adelia Stewart Sallee
What the family didn't know, was that after his arrest on Oct. 31, 1863, he was first sent to Nashville, Tennessee under the charge of murder. The List of Prisoners dated Jan. 24, 1864 gives his name as being confined as of November 12, 1863 at the McLean Barracks, in Cincinnati, Ohio."McLean Barracks Dec. 29, 1863
Brig. Gen'l W.C. McLeanSir:
"I was sent here from Knoxville Tenn. With four others of my Company. By some unacountable means the rest have been sent on to Camp Chase. And I am left behind with my name on the Citizens list. I would have written to you before, but I have been so low with the Consumption that I was unable to do so.I belong to Company C, First, East, Tenn. Cavalry and am desirous of being sent with the rest of my Company, who are at Camp Chase. When I was captured, I was taken before a Provost Marshall, at Morristown, Tenn., during my examination before him I forgot to mention to him that I was a Conscript, and mustered into the Confederate service by Col. Blake, Commandant of Conscripts, fearing that this omission might be the cause of my detention is my reason for writing to you, the accuracy of my statement may be tested by writing to: Jefferson Grills, Allexander Miller, Alexander Seymore, and James Anders, at Camp Chase.
I am Yours with Respect.
William B. Coupland"
Further searching of the Provost Marshalls files show that William Coupland continued to suffer the effects of consumption during the month of January, 1864.Edward B. Sturns, Acting Assistant Surgeon, recommended that he be transferred to a hospital as in all probability, never will be any better. Jan. 13, 1864.
A little more than a week later, J.G. White, Acting Surgeon USA, wrote the following on Jan. 21, 1864:
"I hereby certify that Copeland, an inmate of this prison since November last is in the last stages of Pulmonary Consumption, and needs the comfort of a Hospital.
"It appears that the order was given to transfer William Coupland to a hospital but, it came to late as is evidenced by the following:
McLean Barracks
Cinciti O. Jan. 23, 1864
"SirW. B. Coupland, whom you ordered to Nashville yesterday, is dead.
I am at a loss how to proceed in this matter of burial, etc.
We have nothing either in the way of precedent or written instructions to direct us.
Please send instructions by bearer of this note.
Very Respectfully
Your Obd't Servant
Nelson E. Prentice
Lieut. I.O.U.H.A.
Camp BarracksCapt. Kemper
A.A. Gen.An inventory of William's possessions at the time of his death showed one note calling for $150, small pocket book and $3.50 in notes.
Capt. H.P. Goodrich, QuarterMaster, was given the responsibility for seeing that the remains of William B. Coupland were laid to rest in the barracks cemetery.
After their father died in a Northern prison Camp, someone looking after the prisoners met Uncle (Thomas) Calvin (Coupland) after the War and asked if he knew (Calvin's father). And when Uncle Cal told him he (William) was his father, he gave Uncle Cal some small personal effects. He told him that he saw to his funeral. I remember my grandmother was so appreciative. Delight Conaway Smart, Apr. 16. 1991
Perhaps this was Lt. Prentice or Capt. Goodrich in a chance meeting to fulfill a promise to a dying soldier?
It is intereresting that more soldiers died from disease than from battle in the Civil War.
Summary Note: I have been unable to find records showing that William B. Copeland was, in fact, a Confederate soldier. It is my opinion that he was really a spy pretending to be a soldier hoping to be released from the Union prison in Cincinnati.
Larry Gordon
79. Nancy Mae Hall
Nancy M. HALL b. about 1818 m. 09 Jan 1840 William B. COPELAND b. about 1820. Hall family book states that Nancy and her husband, William, moved to Texas.
82. Alexander Newby
Notes for Alexander Newby:
Alexander was the administrator of his father will and inherited the farm known as Rock House in Buchanon Co. MO. He bought land from R.T. Buller in Cedar Co. MO.
He enlisted in the Confederate Army 12/28/1861, Green Co. MO. at the age of 43. Was a member of Co. F 1st Mo. Cavalry, (Gate's Regiment) Transferred to Co. A May 14, 1862. He is listed "on detached service" and "on extra duty" 1862-1864. Engaged in battle at Ratimore House, Kennison MT., Atlanta, Lovejoy, Altoona and wounded at Franklin.
1860 Census showed Francis had land worth $12,500 and personal property worth $2,500, which was substantial at that time. Also showed one laborer and one domestic in home.
Note: According to "Old Cambridge: 1788-1988," page 251, Francis H. Arnott built the brick granary in Cambridge in 1853. It was mouse and rat proof, used to store wool and fresh pork.Excerpts from a short piece titled "As I Recall", written by Wilma Arnott Journay to her nephew Harold Arnott comes the following::
"In the years before the Civil Was, the Underground Railroad was active throughout the northern states and your great gandfather (Francis Hamilton Arnott) played an important part in the work. Father (John Rea Arnott) said he could not remember when there weren't colored people in the home and around the buildings. Two of them, Tom the stableman and Mammy who helped in the kitchen, were always there and stayed with the family until the stock market crash, whcih followed the Civil War, caused the loss of many family fortunes. Your great grandfather (Francis Hamilton Arnott), a wealthy man and a gentleman, was one of many who found it necessary to adjust to a new way of life.
" ----- Grandfather (Francis Hamilton Arnott) had a cousin living at Payton, Illinois, who wrote that he should come to that part of the country. Freight rates were very high so grandmother (Margaret Rea Arnott) left their beautiful mahogany furniture which is extremely heavy, with different members of the family and selected only what she thought would be needed. This section of Illinois is so flat that it can readily be recognized as described by Abraham Lincoln stories. Cousin Fannie Carson told me that grandfather (Francis Hamilton Arnott) grew so homesick for the rolling hills of New York State that two years later he moved to Idavill, Indiana where there was not only virgin timber and rolling hills along the Wabash, but a strong United Presbyterian Church in which he could worship and sing the Psalms of David.
"He always wore a tall silk hat to church, carefully placing his white linen handkerchief in its top before placing it on his head. Grandfather (Francis Hamilton Arnott) was a handsome old gentleman with thick wavy hair, a well trained beard, a fine bearing, and weighing well over two hundred pounds. I remember mother (Margaret Jane Magee Arnott) telling of grandfather (Francis Hamilton Arnott) entering the church on Sabbath morning, removing his hat, and walking with all his dignity to the Arnott pew well to the front, his gray locks covered with his neatly folded square. As he stood waiting for his family to file in, one of them whispered that his hanky was no longer in his hat.
"Speaking of your grandfather's (Francis Hamilton Arnott) church, the father led the way followed by the mother who entered the pew first, then the children in order that the youngest would be by the mother. Of course, if there happened to be a couple of mischief makers, they would be kept apart. Regardless of age, s aon of daughter sat between the parents as long as they remained unmarried. And, this is still done in our currches to the east.
"Not too long after this move to Indiana, Grandmother Arnott (Margaret Rea) died. She was taken back to New York for burial and Father (John Rea Arnott) took over care of his father (Francis Hamilton Arnott), continuing to maintain a home.
"A few years later, grandfather (Francis Hamilton Arnott) suffered a stroke, recovering the use of his limbs to te extent that he managed to walk with a cane but never regained his speech. This was followed by a second stroke which caused him to be bedfast. He never rallied from the third stroke and he, too, was taken back to his beloved New York State."
86. John Magee
Farmer in 1870 census, Grant Co., Richland IN
87. Jane
1870 federal census Grant Co., Richland Township, IN
1850 Brooklyn, Susquehanna, PA census
1860 Dimock, Susquehanna, PA census ith son John E. and family and parents John C. and Elizabeth WrightFarmer and carpenter Tama, Otter Creek, Iowa 1870 and1880 censuses.
89. Emma Ann Newcomb
1860 Dimock, Susquehanna, PA census
1870 Tama, Tama, Iowa census
1880 Otter Creek, Tama, Iowa
92. George Hanson
Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900 Record about MARY LISLE
Name: HANSON, GEORGE
Spouse: LISLE, MARY
Marriage Date: 19 Nov 1840
County: Belmont
State: OH1850 United States Federal Census Record about George Hanson
Name: George Hanson
Age: 30
Estimated birth year: abt 1820
Birth place: Ohio
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Wayne, Belmont, Ohio
Farmer.He apparently went to CA during the Gold Rush, as he did not appear with his family .
1860 United States Federal Census Record about Geo Hanson
Name: Geo Hanson
Age in 1860: 41
Birth Year: abt 1819
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1860: Township 9, Calaveras, California
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Vallecito
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1870 United States Federal Census Record about George Henson
Name: George Henson
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1818
Age in 1870: 52
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1870: Chetopa, Richland, Labette, Kansas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Chetopa
94. Captain William Henry Acridge
William Henry Acridge was born in 1823 in Tennessee. He lived in Tennessee until about 1860 when he moved to Arkansas. Fayetteville (Arkansas) Land Office records show that he purchased 160 acres of land on February 1, 1860. In 1860 he lived in Saline District, Cherokee Nation and worked as a stone mason. Birth records of William Henry and Julitha’s children help track the family’s movements.
Marriage records from Eastern Tennessee indicate that William H. Acridge was married to Julitha Pressley on January 20, 1848 in Monroe County, by John Carson J.P. Children born to this marriage were Agnes A., born December 8, 1848, in Monroe County, Tennessee; William Robert, born January 6, 1853, at Memphis, Tennessee; Sarah J., born December 30, 1857, in Arkansas; Margaret E., born September 7, 1860 in Benton County, Arkansas; and Henry Leonard, born August 30, 1864, at Grayson, Texas.
In 1861, the Civil War broke out, and on July 12, 1862, William Henry Acridge enlisted for two years in the Confederate Army at Caries Ferry, located within the Creek Nation (Oklahoma). He was Captain of the Acridge Company, named after himself, in the 1st Regiment of the Cherokee Mounted Rifle Volunteers beginning September 30, 1862. On February 3, 1863, the Company was renamed Company G, and reattached to the 2nd Regiment. Stand Waite headed the Cherokee Mounted Rifles composed of mixed blood Cherokees, and was the only American Indian to attain the rank of Brigadier General during the Civil War. In the battle of Cabin Creek, the Confederates routed the Federals and captured about three hundred wagons loaded with supplies, enabling the destitute Indian Confederates to continue in the war. Stand Watie surrendered his command near Fort Towson on June 23, 1865, the last Confederate General to surrender.
During his service in the military 1862-1864, Captain Acridge and his company were always stationed in the Creek Nation around Muskogee, Oklahoma: July 12, 1862 finds him stationed at Spavinaw Creek, Delaware District, Cherokee Nation; 1862-1863 he was stationed at Carey’s Ferry, Cherokee Nation; and February 1863 he was stationed as Prairie Springs, Creek Nation. This may be an indication that he had strong ties to the Creek Nation, and it was possible that either he or his wife may have been of partial Creek descent."According to family tradition, Once when Captain Acridge was home visiting his family during the war, the Union Soldiers heard he was home and 3 of them rode to his house demanding his whereabouts. He was hiding under floorboards of his house and they never found that out. When they asked his wife, Juletty, she refused to tell them and they took her out into the yard and tied a rope around her neck. They threatened to hang her unless she told them and she still refused. Agnes, his daughter, who was only 15 years old got mad. She ran out of the house and punched one of the soldiers in the stomach and took the rope off of her mothers neck and they both ran for the house. The Union soldiers just left it at that. William was known as "Cap", and his records show he elisted at Caries Ferry within the Creek Nation, Indian Territory for 2 years and was Capt of Acridges Co.attached to Stand Waties 1st Cherokee Mounted Vol later reorganized into the 2nd and the Co. was renamed Co. G."
“Cap” Acridge was evidently quite a character, and most likely did not take trouble from other people. He was accused of aggravated assault in Arkansas, on December 29, 1883. On January 29, 1884 he was tried in court and found not guilty.
By the time Julietty died on July 3, 1888, they had moved, as her death notice states that she was a former resident of Neosho. Records show that he purchased the Central Hotel in Edna, Labette County, Kansas in August of 1898.
William Henry Acridge died on February 4, 1900, at the age of 78 (according to his obituary).1870 Census, Neosho Township, Cherokee Co., Kansas, White male farmer.
1880 United States Federal Census about William Acridge
Name: William Acridge
Home in 1880: Neosho, Cherokee, Kansas
Age: 53
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relation to head-of-household: Head
Spouse's name: Letty
Father's birthplace: ---
Mother's birthplace: ---
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
William Acridge 53
Letty Acridge 53
Henry Acridge 15
Henry Iceling 46William H. Acridge became commander of Co. G 2nd Regiment of the 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers on February 3, 1863. Source: Lars Gjertveit, "A Guide to Cherokee Confederate Military Units, 1861-1865" <http://www.thepeoplespaths.net/special/IndiansInTheCivilWar.htm>
Confederate Ancestor Information
Acridge, William Branch of Service: Army-Other Company/Regiment: 1st and 2nd Reg Cherokee Mtd Vols/also Capt Acridges Co. Date of Service: Jul 12 1862 Discharge Rank: Captain
1870 Census, Neosha Township, Cherokee Co., Kansas, Letty Acridge, keeping house.
1880 United States Federal Census about Letty Acridge
Name: Letty Acridge
Home in 1880: Neosho, Cherokee, Kansas
Age: 53
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relation to head-of-household: Wife
Spouse's name: William
Father's birthplace: NC
Mother's birthplace: NC
Occupation: Keeping House
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members: Name Age
William Acridge 53
Letty Acridge 53
Henry Acridge 15
Henry Iceling 46