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John Jett

Male 1836 - Aft 1875  (40 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Jett was born in 1836 in Texas (son of Absalom B. Jett and Mary Ann Arthur); died after 1875 in of, Orange Co, Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1870, Orange Co, Texas
    • Other-Begin: 8 Apr 1875, Orange Co, Texas; Galveston News
    • Census: 1880, Orange Co, Texas

    Notes:

    Census:
    1870 Orange Co, Texas
    John Lions (Lyons) 1810 Louisiana
    Amanda 57 1813 Louisiana
    Albert 21 1849
    Elbana 20 1850
    Mary 14 1856 Louisiana
    Lebytha 10 1860 Louisiana
    Augusta 8 1862 Texas

    2 residences away
    John Jett 34 1836 Louisiana
    Sarah J. 24 1846 Texas
    Mary 11 1859 Texas
    (note: Mary Jett last entry on page 4 and last of the transcription in Ancestry. Did page 5 (not found) give the names of the two young children who were murdered in 1874?)


    Other-Begin:
    Outrage and Triple Murder
    published Galveston News 8 Apr 1874



    Census:
    1880 Orange Co, Texas
    John Jett 43
    Adaline Jett 24 wife Texas Georgia --
    Susan Jett 3 Texas
    Absolem Jett 66 father

    John married Sarah Elizabeth Teal on 16 Feb 1857 in Orange Co, Texas. Sarah (daughter of Christopher Peter Teal and Catherine Priscilla McAdams) was born in 1841 in Alabama; died after 1860 in Orange Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Mary Jane (or Ann) Jett was born on 16 Jan 1859 in Orange Co, Texas; died on 28 Dec 1907 in Wiergate, Newton Co, Texas; was buried in Trout Creek Cem, Trout Creek, Newton Co, Texas.

    John married Sarah E. Hannah on 18 Jan 1868 in Orange Co, Texas. Sarah was born in 1846 in Louisiana; died before 8 Apr 1874 in Orange Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. (2 children) Jett died before 8 Apr 1874 in Orange Co, Texas.

    John married Mary Susan Bean on 12 Nov 1874 in Orange Co, Texas. Mary (daughter of Robertson Bean and Jerusha Jane Wilmoth Reese) was born in 1844 in Louisiana; died after 1877 in of, Jasper Co or Orange Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Susan Jett was born in 1877 in Orange Co, Texas; died after 1880 in of, Orange Co, Texas.

    John married Adaline E. Bochman on 6 Mar 1879 in Orange Co, Texas. Adaline was born in 1856 in Texas; died after 1880 in of, Orange Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Absalom B. Jett was born in 1812 in Plaquemine Burlee Settlement, St.Landry Prish, Louisiana (son of Stephen Jett and Sarah Cole); died after 1880 in Adams Bayou, Orange Co, Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1880, Orange Co, Texas

    Notes:

    Census:
    1880 Orange Co, Texas
    John Jett 43
    Adaline Jett 24
    Susan Jett 3
    Absolem Jett 66

    Absalom married Mary Ann Arthur on 15 Apr 1838 in Orange Co, Texas. Mary (daughter of Barnabas C. Arthur and Lucinda Bond) was born in 1819 in Pike Co, Mississippi; died after 1860 in Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Ann Arthur was born in 1819 in Pike Co, Mississippi (daughter of Barnabas C. Arthur and Lucinda Bond); died after 1860 in Jefferson Co, Texas.
    Children:
    1. 1. John Jett was born in 1836 in Texas; died after 1875 in of, Orange Co, Texas.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Stephen Jett was born in 1782 in Coles Creek Settlement, Natchez, Mississippi; died on 17 May 1837 in Orange Co, Texas; was buried in Jett Cem, Orange Co, Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 26 Apr 1783, Natchez District, Mississippi; gave deposition

    Notes:

    From "Lingering Shadows" Vol II by Jack Curtis:
    Sarah Cole, dau of James Cole, III & Jemimah Curtis, m. ca 1802 to Stephen Jett, son of Stephen Jett, Sr. & Phoebe Crawford; Stephen & Sara moved with James & Jemima in 1804 to St. Landry Par. LA. In 1830 they moved to Texas & received an original land grant on18 Feb 1835 on Adams Bayou, Jefferson Co. TX. They were entitled to a league (4,428 acres) and a labor (177 acres) given by the Mexican Government to a married man with a family. Stephen died at their homestead 1 May 1837. Sarah died 29 Dec 1851.
    http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3088994&id=I0782

    Residence:
    Nachez, Stephen Minor presents a list of the property old to John Wood and it totals $500. // Natchez, 26 Apr 783, Memorandum of what he had spen on the plantation, $37 for a well, etc., $74 fences made by his negroes, total $988. This by Woods. // Deposition by Stephen Jett that he heard Woods say that he had offered Minor all sorts of propositions to keep him from foreclosing.
    Natchez Court Records 1767-1806 by May Wilson McBee;

    Natchez, This is to certify that I heard John Wood say that a certain negro woman named "Rebecca" was the property of his wife, Margaret, that he gave her to his wife at the time of their marriage. 4 Oct 1784
    Signed Stephen Jett.

    The Commandant of the Post called those making depositions to appear. John Pickens ack. his statement and changed it in no way; Archibld Rea the same; the affidavit of Stephen Jett could not be taken, Jett being absent from the District.

    Natchez Court Records 1767-1806 by May Wilson McBee;
    Page 167

    Stephen married Sarah Cole about 1803. Sarah (daughter of James Cole (Coale) and Jemimah Curtis) was born on 17 Jan 1786 in Coles Creek Settlement, Natchez, Mississippi; died on 29 Dec 1851 in Adams Bayou, Orange Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Sarah Cole was born on 17 Jan 1786 in Coles Creek Settlement, Natchez, Mississippi (daughter of James Cole (Coale) and Jemimah Curtis); died on 29 Dec 1851 in Adams Bayou, Orange Co, Texas.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Jett was born about 1806 in Louisiana; died after 1810.
    2. James Jett was born on 12 Feb 1807 in Plaquemine Brulee, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died on 07 Dec 1864 in Tarkington Prairie, Liberty Co, Texas.
    3. Jemima Jett was born about 1808 in Plaquemine Brulee, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died after 1849 in Jefferson Co, Texas.
    4. John Jett was born on 03 Nov 1811 in Plaquemine Brulee, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died on 18 May 1849 in Orange Co, Texas.
    5. Susannah Jett was born in 1815 in Plaquemine Brulee, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died after 1870 in of, Houston, Harris Co, Texas.
    6. 2. Absalom B. Jett was born in 1812 in Plaquemine Burlee Settlement, St.Landry Prish, Louisiana; died after 1880 in Adams Bayou, Orange Co, Texas.

  3. 6.  Barnabas C. Arthur was born about 1793 (son of Thomas J. Arthur and Elizabeth Courtney); died on 28 Aug 1847 in Orange, Orange Co, Texas.

    Barnabas married Lucinda Bond about 1818 in Mississippi. Lucinda was born in 1801 in Georgia; died after 1830 in of, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Lucinda Bond was born in 1801 in Georgia; died after 1830 in of, Mississippi.
    Children:
    1. 3. Mary Ann Arthur was born in 1819 in Pike Co, Mississippi; died after 1860 in Jefferson Co, Texas.
    2. Susan Peveto Arthur was born on 13 Apr 1821 in Pike Co, Mississippi; died on 13 Mar 1886 in Tarkington Prairie, Liberty Co, Texas.
    3. Caroline Milberry Arthur was born on 21 Jun 1827 in Mississippi; died on 1 Jan 1911 in Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
    4. Elizabeth Arthur was born in Jul 1832 in Louisiana; died after 1880.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  James Cole (Coale) was born in 1762 in Ashpole Swamp, Bladen Co, North Carolina (son of James* Cole and Mary* Rentfroe); died in Feb 1838 in Cow Bayou, Orange Co, Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Possessions: Abt 1790, Coles Creek, Natchez, Mississippi

    Notes:

    1810 Opelousas Census
    132 COLE, James ?-1765 1762 NC
    female 1766-84 Jemima CURTIS 1764? SC
    male 1785-94 Richard 1795 MS
    male 1795-1800 James Rentfroe 1797 MS
    male 1795-1800 Jacob Stampley 1799 MS
    male 1801-10 Stephen 1802 MS
    male 1801-10 Jonathan 1805 LA
    male 1801-10 William 1808 LA

    Fought in the Battle of San Jacinto.

    Possessions:
    Natchez Records 1767-1805 by May Wilson McBee
    Page 357 (no preview available)
    William Ferguson to Thos Marston Green, 348 acres on Cole's Creek, b. by lands of John Smith, James Cole, Ben Stanley, and Benj. Roberts, for $350. ...no preview available for this page

    page 80
    1790. William Ferguson to Thomas Marston Green, 348 arpents b. by John Smith, James Cole, Benj. Stampley, Benj. Roberts, for $350 paid. Wit: Eben Rees. ...no preview available for this page

    James married Jemimah Curtis in 1785 in Coles Creek Settlement, Natchez, Mississippi. Jemimah (daughter of Richard Curtis, Sr. and Phoebe Courtney) was born in 1764 in Craven Co, South Carolina; died in 1837 in Orange Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Jemimah Curtis was born in 1764 in Craven Co, South Carolina (daughter of Richard Curtis, Sr. and Phoebe Courtney); died in 1837 in Orange Co, Texas.
    Children:
    1. 5. Sarah Cole was born on 17 Jan 1786 in Coles Creek Settlement, Natchez, Mississippi; died on 29 Dec 1851 in Adams Bayou, Orange Co, Texas.
    2. Absalom Benjamin Cole was born on 26 Nov 1787 in Coles Creek, Natchez District, Amite Co, Mississippi; died on 22 Aug 1859 in Hickory Flats, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
    3. Susanne Cole was born on 16 Dec 1789 in Natchez District, Mississippi; died in 1881.
    4. Mary Ann Cole was born on 16 Jan 1792 in Natchez District, Mississippi; died in 1826 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
    5. Richard Cole was born on 12 Jul 1795 in Mississippi; died in 1865.
    6. James Rentfroe Cole was born in 1797 in Mississippi; died after 1830 in of, Bayou D'arbonne, St Landry Parish, Louisiana.
    7. Jacob Stampley Cole was born on 1 Sep 1799 in Mississippi; died in 1838.
    8. Stephen Cole was born on 5 Apr 1802 in Coles Creek, Natchez Co, Mississippi; died in 1869 in Hickory Flats, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
    9. John (Jonathan) Cole (Coale) was born on 24 Mar 1805 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died on 20 Apr 1875 in Orange Co, Texas.
    10. William Cole was born on 22 Apr 1808 in Louisiana; died on 14 May 1880.
    11. Phoebe Cole was born on 20 Mar 1811 in Louisiana; died after 1880 in of Jasper Co, Texas.

  3. 12.  Thomas J. Arthur was born on 11 Apr 1767 in Lynchburg, Bedford Co, Virginia; died in Jul 1847 in Negreet, Louisiana.

    Thomas married Elizabeth Courtney about 1790 in South Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of John Courtney and Hannah Curtis) was born in 1775; died in 1855 in of, Holmesville, Pike Co, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Elizabeth Courtney was born in 1775 (daughter of John Courtney and Hannah Curtis); died in 1855 in of, Holmesville, Pike Co, Mississippi.
    Children:
    1. Hiram Arthur was born in 1791 in South Carolina; died on 20 Dec 1863 in Madison Co, Illinois.
    2. Milly Arthur was born on 30 Mar 1805 in Knox Co, Kentucky; died on 3 Aug 1858 in Huffman, Harris Co, Texas.
    3. 6. Barnabas C. Arthur was born about 1793; died on 28 Aug 1847 in Orange, Orange Co, Texas.


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