James M. Sherman: Our Family History

Generation: 1

1. James M. Sherman was born in Apr 1868 in Harris Co, Texas (son of Walter L. Sherman and Christian Ann (Christina) White); died after 1900 in of, Erath Co, Texas.

Generation: 2

Walter L. Sherman was born in 1841 in Harris Co, Texas (son of (..) Sherman and Mrs. Mary Ann (..) Sherman-Ricketts); died before 1900 in of, Harris or Erath Co, Texas.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 14 Jun 1880, Harris Co (Precinct 3, District 78), Texas

Notes:

Census:
Walter L. Sherman 37 1843 farmer TX KY KY
Christian A. Sherman wife 33 TX KY PA
James M. Sherman 12 son TX
John Barkhard 39 TX white laborer
William Gregery 13 TX black laborer
Handy Lamb 20 TX black laborer
Sam Smith 22 TX black laborer
Henry Swan 27 TX black laborer

Walter married Christian Ann (Christina) White about 1867 in Harris Co, Texas. Christian (daughter of Leonard White and Charlotte Smith) was born in Jun 1846 in Texas; died after 1900 in of, Erath Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christian Ann (Christina) White was born in Jun 1846 in Texas (daughter of Leonard White and Charlotte Smith); died after 1900 in of, Erath Co, Texas.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 15 Jun 1900, Erath Co (Precinct 8), Texas

Notes:

Year: 1870; Census Place: Subdivision 35, Harris, Texas; Roll: M593_1589; Page: 495; Image: 286.
Living in the home of Jeremiah Proctor. Her siblings are living nearby in the home of James Tompkins, farmer.

Census:
Sherman, J.M. head Apr 1868 32 single TX TX TX farmer
Sherman, C.A. mother Jun 1846 53 widow TX KY NJ

Children:

1. James M. Sherman was born in Apr 1868 in Harris Co, Texas; died after 1900 in of, Erath Co, Texas.

Generation: 3

4.	(..) Sherman was born about 1820; died before 1850 in Texas. (..) married Mrs. Mary Ann (..) Sherman-Ricketts about 1838 in Harris Co, Texas. Mary was born in 1820 in Kentucky/Mississippi; died after 1870 in of, Harris Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mrs. Mary Ann (..) Sherman-Ricketts was born in 1820 in Kentucky/Mississippi; died after 1870 in of, Harris Co, Texas.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 20 Nov 1850, Harris Co, Texas

Notes:

Census:
Harris County
20 Nov 1850

508 White, Jesse 52 1798 Louisiana farmer 1500
Sarah White 51 1799 Louisiana
Josephine Fitzhenry 18 1832 Louisiana
James Strange 64 1786 South Carolina stockraider 500

509 White Henry 36 1814 Louisiana farmer 700
Mary Ann 36 1814 Louisiana
Mary 13 1837 Texas
John 8 1842 Texas
Oliver 6 1844 Texas
Rachel 4 1846 Texas
Henry 0 1850 Texas

510 Macomb Thomas 31 1819 Ohio farmer 500
Elizabeth (White) 23 1827 Texas
Rufus King 6 1844 Texas

511 White William 1817 (Jr. 1815) Louisiana farmer 1250
Martha 30 1820 Pennsylvania
Mary Anne 8 1842 Texas
Catherine 6 1844 Texas
Joseph 1845 Texas
Albert 3 1847 Texas
Ainnie 0 1850 Texas
Swale Aime 76 1774 New York

512 White, William 19 1831 Texas farmer 500
Robert 18 1832 Texas farmer
James 15 1835 Texas farmer
Henry 10 1840 Texas

513 White Leonard 27 1823 Louisiana farmer
Charlotte 22 1828 Alabama
John 0 1850 Texas
Christianne 2 1848 Texas

514 White Christianne (Christina Faulk wid of Reuben White -1795) 47 1803 Louisiana farmer 2500
Alfred 26 1824 Louisiana farmer
Reuben 11 1839 Texas
Sami 8 1842 Texas
Andrew J. 3 1847 Texas

515 Rickits (Ricketts) John F. 50 1800 Virginia farmer 500
Mary Anne (Mrs. Sherman) 30 1820 KY <<<< (maiden name unk)
Onesia 1/12 Texas
Sherman, Walter 9 1841 Texas (TX KY KY)
Sherman Elizabeth 11 1839 Texas
Sherman Mary Anne 7 1843 Texas
Sherman, John Stewart 4 1846 Texas
Sherman, Angenora Jane 3 1847 Texas
note: living next door to Christina (Faulk) White,
whose grandaughter, Mary McCracken would marry his son
John.
Christianne White, dau of Leonard White, would marry
Walter Sherman.

516 George W. Clark 40 1810 Louisiana stockraiser 250
Lucy 37 1813 Louisiana
Anne Liza 15 1835 Louisiana
Ellen 12 1838 Louisiana
Jasper 11 1839 Louisiana
Texana 7 1843 Louisiana
Archibald 4 1846 Louisiana

517 Clark, Abijah 63 1787 Mississippi stockraiser
Anne 60 1790 Mississippi
Curtis, Juliann 19 1831 Louisiana
Mary Anne 17 1833 Louisiana
Drusilla 12 1838 Louisiana
Elizabeth 10 1840 Louisiana
Robert 8 1842 Louisiana
Isaac 4 1846 Louisiana

518 how this family ties in not yet determined:
Simins (Simms) John M 38 1812 Maryland stockraiser
Susan 28 1822 Louisiana (nee Clark? White? Curtis?)
Elizabeth 10 1840 Louisiana
Amelia 9 1841 Louisiana
Sophia 6 1844 Louisiana
Adeline 5 1845 Louisiana
1860 Harris Co Precinct 9 office of Lynchburg
Jno M 48 MD; Su; E. 33; 17; Ann 16; Sophia 13; A.D.;
Martin D. 50 physician born in unk
prev pg ricketts/shermans;

519 Clark, Archibald F. 34 1816 Mississippi stockraiser
Anne 3 1818 Louisiana
Matilda 13 1837 Louisiana
Thos H. 12 1838 Louisiana
Feliciana 10 1840 Louisiana
Thos Franklin 6 1844 Texas
Alex Lafayette 4 1846 Texas
Valentine C 2 1848 Texas

Children:

Elizabeth Sherman was born in 1839 in Harris Co, Texas; died after 1850 in of, Harris Co, Texas.
2. Walter L. Sherman was born in 1841 in Harris Co, Texas; died before 1900 in of, Harris or Erath Co, Texas.
Mary Anne Sherman was born in 1843 in Harris Co, Texas; died after 1880 in of, Harris Co, Texas.
John Stewart Sherman, M.D. was born in 1846 in Harris Co, Texas; died after 1870 in of, Harris Co, Texas.
Angenora Jane Sherman was born in 1847 in Harris Co, Texas; died after 1870 in of, Harris Co, Texas.

Leonard White was born in 1823 in Louisiana (son of Reuben White and Christine Faulk); died before 1860 in Harris Co, Texas.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 20 Nov 1850, Harris Co, Texas

Notes:

Census:
Harris County
20 Nov 1850

508 White, Jesse 52 1798 Louisiana farmer 1500
Sarah White 51 1799 Louisiana
Josephine Fitzhenry 18 1832 Louisiana
James Strange 64 1786 South Carolina stockraider 500

509 White Henry 36 1814 Louisiana farmer 700
Mary Ann 36 1814 Louisiana
Mary 13 1837 Texas
John 8 1842 Texas
Oliver 6 1844 Texas
Rachel 4 1846 Texas
Henry 0 1850 Texas

510 Macomb Thomas 31 1819 Ohio farmer 500
Elizabeth (White) 23 1827 Texas
Rufus King 6 1844 Texas

511 White William 1817 (Jr. 1815) Louisiana farmer 1250
Martha 30 1820 Pennsylvania
Mary Anne 8 1842 Texas
Catherine 6 1844 Texas
Joseph 1845 Texas
Albert 3 1847 Texas
Ainnie 0 1850 Texas
Swale Aime 76 1774 New York

512 White, William 19 1831 Texas farmer 500
Robert 18 1832 Texas farmer
James 15 1835 Texas farmer
Henry 10 1840 Texas

513 White Leonard 27 1823 Louisiana farmer <<<<
Charlotte 22 1828 Alabama
John 0 1850 Texas
Christianne 2 1848 Texas

514 White Christianne (Christina Faulk wid of Reuben White -1795) 47 1803 Louisiana farmer 2500
Alfred 26 1824 Louisiana farmer
Reuben 11 1839 Texas
Sami 8 1842 Texas
Andrew J. 3 1847 Texas

515 Rickits (Ricketts) John F. 50 1800 Virginia farmer 500
Mary Anne 30 1820 KY
Onesia 1/12 Texas
Sherman, Walter 9 1841 Texas (TX KY KY)
Sherman Elizabeth 11 1839 Texas
Sherman Mary Anne 7 1843 Texas
Sherman, John Stewart 4 1846 Texas
Sherman, Angenora Jane 3 1847 Texas
note: living next door to Christina (Faulk) White,
whose grandaughter, Mary McCracken would marry his son
John.
Christianne White, dau of Leonard White, would marry
Walter Sherman.

516 George W. Clark 40 1810 Louisiana stockraiser 250
Lucy 37 1813 Louisiana
Anne Liza 15 1835 Louisiana
Ellen 12 1838 Louisiana
Jasper 11 1839 Louisiana
Texana 7 1843 Louisiana
Archibald 4 1846 Louisiana

517 Clark, Abijah 63 1787 Mississippi stockraiser
Anne 60 1790 Mississippi
Curtis, Juliann 19 1831 Louisiana
Mary Anne 17 1833 Louisiana
Drusilla 12 1838 Louisiana
Elizabeth 10 1840 Louisiana
Robert 8 1842 Louisiana
Isaac 4 1846 Louisiana

518 how this family ties in not yet determined:
Simins (Simms) John M 38 1812 Maryland stockraiser
Susan 28 1822 Louisiana (nee Clark? White? Curtis?)
Elizabeth 10 1840 Louisiana
Amelia 9 1841 Louisiana
Sophia 6 1844 Louisiana
Adeline 5 1845 Louisiana
1860 Harris Co Precinct 9 office of Lynchburg
Jno M 48 MD; Su; E. 33; 17; Ann 16; Sophia 13; A.D.;
Martin D. 50 physician born in unk
prev pg ricketts/shermans;

519 Clark, Archibald F. 34 1816 Mississippi stockraiser
Anne 3 1818 Louisiana
Matilda 13 1837 Louisiana
Thos H. 12 1838 Louisiana
Feliciana 10 1840 Louisiana
Thos Franklin 6 1844 Texas
Alex Lafayette 4 1846 Texas
Valentine C 2 1848 Texas

Leonard married Charlotte Smith about 1846 in Harris Co, Texas. Charlotte was born about 1828 in Alabama; died before 1860 in Harris Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charlotte Smith was born about 1828 in Alabama; died before 1860 in Harris Co, Texas.

Children:

3. Christian Ann (Christina) White was born in Jun 1846 in Texas; died after 1900 in of, Erath Co, Texas.
John White was born in Dec 1849 in Harris Co, Texas; died in 1905 in Wills Point, Van Zandt Co, Texas.
Elizabeth J. White was born in Jan 1852 in Texas; died after 1930 in of, Van Zandt, Texas.

Generation: 4

12.

Reuben White was born on 28 Oct 1795 in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana (son of William "Guillaum" White and Amanda (or Amelia) "Amiee" Comstock); died in Sep 1848 in Lynchburg, Harris Co, Texas.

Notes:

White, Ruben (Guillaume of N. Carolina & Amiee Comstock) b. 28 Oct. 1795 (SM Ch: v.6, 1024)
White, Ruben (William of North Carolina, residing at Bayou Vermillion & Aimie Comstock) b 28 Oct 1795, bt 13 Nov 1810 Pats: John White & Sarah Gambel, natives of Virginia; Mats: William Comstock & Rachel Allredge of Rhode Island; Spons: Jacques Taleur & Marie White. Fr. Gabriel Isabey (SM Ch: v. 6 #1024)

White, Ruben, native of this parish (minor son of William - of North Carolina & Aimee Cumstock - of Massachusetts, and for many years in this parish) m 14 Jun 1818 Christine Folk, of this parish (minor daughter of John, native of Virginia, & Rebecca Bohanen, of Carolina, and for many years of this parish) Wits: William White, groom's father, Jean Folk, bride's father, James McLaughlin, Major Shadrach Porter, Timothy Wales, Joseph Bourk, all of lower Vermillion.
Fr. Michel Bernard Barriere (SM Ch.: Folio F)
White, Ruben m 1818 Christine Falk *entered in the St. Martin church registers (NI Ch: OA#62)

They came to Texas with his mother Amy as members of Austin's "Old 300". Source: Books written by Gifford White, TX Land Records

WHITE, REUBEN (1795-ca. 1848). Reuben White, one of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred, was the son of William and Amy White and was born in 1795 in what is now Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. In the War of 1812 he served in Capt. Shadrack Porter's Company, Baker's Regiment, Louisiana Militia. He married Christina Faulk on June 15, 1818. They had at least eight children. The family was Catholic. He moved to Texas in 1824 with his widowed mother and received his grant of one league on the east bank of the San Jacinto River. He was listed with his family in the Atascosito Census in 1826 as a farmer and stock raiser. Reuben and his brother Henry White were on the grand jury of Harris County in 1837. In 1838 he appeared before the Board of Land Commissioners of Harris County to petition for one labor of land due him as a colonist. He appeared on the Ad Valorem Tax Rolls of the Republic of Texas in 1837 and in subsequent years. His taxable property (after considerable exemptions) was 2,214 acres of land, two pleasure horses, 150 cattle, and one clock. He was a successful farmer-rancher of the period. Reuben White died before October 1848, as proven by a probate court record of his estate in Harris County in 1848. After White died, his widow married Hervey Whiting. In 1854 she married Isaac Curtis, and in the 1860 census she and her two youngest sons were living with a son-in-law, Thomas W. McComb, at Lynchburg.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Lester G. Bugbee, "The Old Three Hundred: A List of Settlers in Austin's First Colony," Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association 1 (October 1897). Gifford E. White, Amy White of the Old 300 (Austin: Nortex, 1986). Gifford E. White, James Taylor White of Virginia (Austin, 1982).

Gifford E. White

Reuben married Christine Faulk on 14 Jun 1818 in St.Martin Parish, Louisiana. Christine (daughter of John Ripley Faulk, Jr and Rebecca Bohannan) was born in 1801 in St.Martin Parish, Louisiana; died in Aug 1864 in Harris Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Christine Faulk was born in 1801 in St.Martin Parish, Louisiana (daughter of John Ripley Faulk, Jr and Rebecca Bohannan); died in Aug 1864 in Harris Co, Texas.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 20 Nov 1850, Harris Co, Texas
Census: 1860, Harris Co, Texas

Notes:

minor daughter of John Folk, native of Virginia and Rebecca Bohanen, native of Carolina, inhabitants of this parish of St. Martin for many years.

other entries (identity not determined):
White, Elizabeth m Ruben Boham (SM Ch)
White, Isabelle m Robert Bohon (SM Ch.)

Census:
Harris County
20 Nov 1850

508 White, Jesse 52 1798 Louisiana farmer 1500
Sarah White 51 1799 Louisiana
Josephine Fitzhenry 18 1832 Louisiana
James Strange 64 1786 South Carolina stockraider 500

509 White Henry 36 1814 Louisiana farmer 700
Mary Ann 36 1814 Louisiana
Mary 13 1837 Texas
John 8 1842 Texas
Oliver 6 1844 Texas
Rachel 4 1846 Texas
Henry 0 1850 Texas

510 Macomb Thomas 31 1819 Ohio farmer 500
Elizabeth (White) 23 1827 Texas
Rufus King 6 1844 Texas

511 White William 1817 (Jr. 1815) Louisiana farmer 1250
Martha 30 1820 Pennsylvania
Mary Anne 8 1842 Texas
Catherine 6 1844 Texas
Joseph 1845 Texas
Albert 3 1847 Texas
Ainnie 0 1850 Texas
Swale Aime 76 1774 New York

512 White, William 19 1831 Texas farmer 500
Robert 18 1832 Texas farmer
James 15 1835 Texas farmer
Henry 10 1840 Texas

513 White Leonard 27 1823 Louisiana farmer
Charlotte 22 1828 Alabama
John 0 1850 Texas
Christianne 2 1848 Texas

514 White Christianne (Christina Faulk wid of Reuben <<<<
White -1795) 47 1803 Louisiana farmer 2500
Alfred 26 1824 Louisiana farmer
Reuben 11 1839 Texas
Sami 8 1842 Texas
Andrew J. 3 1847 Texas

515 Rickits (Ricketts) John F. 50 1800 Virginia farmer 500
Mary Anne 30 1820 KY
Onesia 1/12 Texas
Sherman, Walter 9 1841 Texas (TX KY KY)
Sherman Elizabeth 11 1839 Texas
Sherman Mary Anne 7 1843 Texas
Sherman, John Stewart 4 1846 Texas
Sherman, Angenora Jane 3 1847 Texas
note: living next door to Christina (Faulk) White,
whose grandaughter, Mary McCracken would marry his son
John.
Christianne White, dau of Leonard White, would marry
Walter Sherman.

516 George W. Clark 40 1810 Louisiana stockraiser 250
Lucy 37 1813 Louisiana
Anne Liza 15 1835 Louisiana
Ellen 12 1838 Louisiana
Jasper 11 1839 Louisiana
Texana 7 1843 Louisiana
Archibald 4 1846 Louisiana

517 Clark, Abijah 63 1787 Mississippi stockraiser
Anne 60 1790 Mississippi
Curtis, Juliann 19 1831 Louisiana
Mary Anne 17 1833 Louisiana
Drusilla 12 1838 Louisiana
Elizabeth 10 1840 Louisiana
Robert 8 1842 Louisiana
Isaac 4 1846 Louisiana

518 how this family ties in not yet determined:
Simins (Simms) John M 38 1812 Maryland stockraiser
Susan 28 1822 Louisiana (nee Clark? White? Curtis?)
Elizabeth 10 1840 Louisiana
Amelia 9 1841 Louisiana
Sophia 6 1844 Louisiana
Adeline 5 1845 Louisiana
1860 Harris Co Precinct 9 office of Lynchburg
Jno M 48 MD; Su; E. 33; 17; Ann 16; Sophia 13; A.D.;
Martin D. 50 physician born in unk
prev pg ricketts/shermans;

519 Clark, Archibald F. 34 1816 Mississippi stockraiser
Anne 3 1818 Louisiana
Matilda 13 1837 Louisiana
Thos H. 12 1838 Louisiana
Feliciana 10 1840 Louisiana
Thos Franklin 6 1844 Texas
Alex Lafayette 4 1846 Texas
Valentine C 2 1848 Texas

Census:
Year: 1860; Census Place: Beat 6, Harris, Texas; Roll: M653_1296; Page: 355; Image: 151:

Tho. W McComb, b.c. 1820 in OH, farmer, R.E. worth $18,000
Elizabeth McComb, b.c. 1827 in TX
R K McComb, b.c. 1844 in TX
D M Carlos, b.c. 1847 in KY
C Curtis, b.c. 1802 in LA
A J White, b.c. 1845 in TX
Sam H White, b.c. 1843 in TX

Note: C Curtis is Rufus's grandmother, Christina Faulk

Children:

Serena White was born about 1819 in Louisiana; died after 1841 in Harris Co, Texas.
6. Leonard White was born in 1823 in Louisiana; died before 1860 in Harris Co, Texas.
Alfred White was born in 1824 in Louisiana; died after 1850 in of, Harris Co, Texas.
Elizabeth White was born in 1827 in Texas; died before 1874 in of, Harris Co, Texas.
Susan White was born about 1828 in Texas; died after 1860 in of, Harris Co, Texas.
Sarah White was born about 1831 in Texas; died after 1872 in Texas.
Reuben White was born about 1839 in Louisiana; died after 1870.
Samuel Houston White was born about 1842; died after 1843.
Andrew Jackson White was born about 1845; died after 1846.
John White was born about 1847; died in 1905 in Van Zant Co, Texas.