Doris Ray Clark

Doris married Durwood H Allen about 1943. Durwood was born on 16 Aug 1925 in Memphis, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Drucilla Gene Allen
2. Wanda Gail Allen

Notes:

Son of James Harvey Clark and Sophronia Cox. He was first married to Etta Shaw, daughter of John Virgil Shaw and Emma Frances Frasure. Etta and her baby died in childbirth 9 Dec 1908.

Cornelius married Violet Sherman on 26 Jul 1911 in Anahuac, Chambers Co, Texas. Violet (daughter of Edward Haven "Eddie" Sherman and Nellie Shelton) was born on 24 Jan 1892 in Lake Charlotte, Chambers Co, Texas; died on 20 Aug 1986 in Harris Co, Texas; was buried in Sherman Cem, Lake Charlotte, Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Edward had brown hair and blue eyes. On Nov 30, 1885, Edward purchased 113.3 acres of land on the N.D. Labadie survey at Lake Charlotte, where he built a home for Nellie, his bride to be. Two months later on 6 Jan 1886 he purchased lot 10 of block 3 in the town of Wallisville. Later that month on 25 Jan 1886 he purchased land located in Wallisville from his sister Emma Scales for $125. Edward sold the Wallisville land on 9 Jan 1889. 31 May 1886 he also purchassed 30 acres on the M.A. Carroll survey, located on Turtle Bay, from his Uncle John T. Sherman for $300. 12 Jul 1890; 40 acres of James McFaddin survey for $225, to pay in charcoal and cordwood and $175 note at 10% interest. 1 Oct 1903, 640 acres of the N.D. Labadie survey for $960. Total Lake Charlotte holdings, approx 825 acres. They did not keep all the land. Some was purchased by Volney McManus in 1891 and Nellie's sister Mary Ann bought some in Feb 1893. Other acreage was also sold after the timber had been cleared.
Edward was a coal burner by trade, needed a lot of land for the timber. To produce the coal, hardwood trees were cut into 6-foot lengths then split like cordwood. The bottom layer of the wood would be stacked in a crisscrossed pattern to alw for good airflow. The sides would be stacked like a teepee. A fire would be built inside the wood teepee on top of the crisscrossed floor. Dirt would be put on the fire to make sure it burned slowly. The fire would have to be watched continuously to keep it from becoming too hot and burning up the wood. After 72 hours of slow burning, the end product would be coke, or charcoal, which was then packed into burlap bags, shipped to Galveston, and sold for 30 cents a bag. It was used in stoves for heating. It was reported ear year there were over 22,000 bags of charcoal shipped out of Turtle Bayou on the charcoal boats.

Edward married Nellie Shelton on 29 Dec 1886 in Chambers Co, Texas. Nellie (daughter of Amos Clinton Shelton and Caroline Wiggins) was born on 16 Dec 1867 in Eminence, Chambers Co, Texas; died on 16 Jul 1930 in Lake Charlotte, Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Sherman Cem, Lake Charlotte, Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Nellie had brown eyes and black hair.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 17 Sep 1850, St. Louis (District 82), Missouri
• Census: 1859, Chambers Co, Texas; tax roll
• Census: 23 Jul 1860, Chambers Co, Texas

Notes:

On 27 Oct 1855 Jacob purchased the first of his land in present-day Chambers Co. On30 Apr 1860 he purchased 3/4 of an acre in the town of Wallisville, on the east fork of the Trinity River, for $125. On 19 Jul 1863 he paid $250 for land also in Wallisville.
On 8 Aug 1863 Jacob left Sarah and children and enlisted in Captain Thomas A Wooten's Company B of the Texas State Troops Cavalry. He was 43 years old at the time and entered the company as a private. Records in the Texas State Library inde he was stationed at Camp Wood near Liberty five days after his enlistment.
He returned safely home from the war and began to expand his land holdings. In addition to purchasing land, he built and owned one of the two cotton gins in Wallisville, ginning cotton in 400-pound bales. It would then be shipped to Galvn to be sold. Disaster struck Jacob on 17 Sep 1875 when a hurricane devastated Wallisville. The cotton gin survived, although the lint room, engine room, and the lower part of the gin were all carried away. Other buildings, outhouses, and family furniture were also lost. His home was severely damaged, but survived. Jacob appears to have rebuilt the gin because the note for a new Tanney screw press for packing cotton was paid off 14 Oct 1876.
In the 1864 election year Jacob Hamilton Sherman won the position of county treasurer.
Source: (Chambers County, Texas in the War Between the States, by Kevin Ladd, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 1994)
Listed on 1867 Voters Registration List, Chambers Co. Date of registry Aug 5, 1867. States birth 1820 NY, in the state, county, precinct 15 years.
His wife Sarah was the sister to Rachel Summers, who married his brother, John T. Sherman.
He is listed residing with Paul Sherman on the 1880 census at age 60, from NY and parents from NH; however it has been scratched through.

Census:
resident 1509
Jacob Shearman 64 1786 farmer New Hampshire
Rebeca 64 1786 Massachusetts
Jacob 30 farmer 1820 New York
Lotrel 26 1824 male New York
Hammilton 23 1827 New York
Mary 19 1831 New York

resident 1508
Wellis Barnes 30 teamster Connecticut
Rebecca 37 New Hampshire
William 10 Iowa
Jacob 7 Iowa
Esther 3 Missouri

Census:
Sherman Jacob H. 40 1820 sailor 200 1200 New York
Sarah 30 1830 KY
Paul 5 1855 TX
Andrew 3 1857 TX
Virginia 1 1859 TX

Jacob married Sarah Magdelena Summers on 15 Dec 1853 in St.Louis, St.Louis Co, Missouri. Sarah (daughter of Walter Scott Summers and Mary Eleanor Shuttleworth) was born on 4 Jan 1828 in Leabnon, Washington Co, Kentucky; died on 13 Sep 1867 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 23 Jul 1860, Chambers Co, Texas

Notes:

She was the dau of Walter Scott Summers and Mary Eleanor Shuttleworth. She was divorced from her first husband, Marquis T. Combs, 28 Apr 1852 in St. Louis, because Marquis had abandoned Sarah. Jacob's brother, John T. Sherman, represented Sarah at her divorce trial.

Census:
Sherman Jacob H. 40 1820 sailor 200 1200 New York
Sarah 30 1830 KY
Paul 5 1855 TX
Andrew 3 1857 TX
Virginia 1 1859 TX

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Civil War
• Census: 28 Aug 1850, Liberty Co, Texas
• Census: 1859, Chambers Co, Texas; tax roll
• Census: 20 Jul 1860, Chambers Co, Texas
• Census: 1880, Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas

Notes:

1850 Chambers Co Census, age 25, born TN, m to Carolyn Wiggins age 19, b in Louisiana - living w/ sister Martha Shelton & Hartwell.
1860 Chambers Co Census, carpenter, also living with him and his family was Amos Shelton
(probably his brother Washington's son) age 14 and John Owens, age 27 from Virginia.
1865 listed in Confederate Indigent Families Lists of Texas 1863-1865.
1870 Tax Rolls, Chambers Co:
Amos Shelton, 45, carpenter TN; Caroline 38, keeping house, LA; Winfield 20, farmer, Susan 13, Mary 11, Fannie 7, Margret 5, Nellie 2, all born in Texas.
1880 census shows his parents born in Virginia. Living at home were Fannie, 17; Margaret, 14; Nellie, 11; and Clara, 9.
(Temple also shows his burial place as Godfrey Cem, Wallisville.)
Texas 1st Lt. Co. F. 11 Regt. Texas Cav CSA 3-15-8125 - 1-18-1881 (Barnes Cem, Hwy 563 Wallisville Rd & I-10)

Letter found in file at Heritage Park.
"Your father and my grandfather (2nd husband of Susan Shelton Kirk) both fought for the Republic of Texas and through the Mexican War. Was in the Battle of San Jacinto and a great many others both the Mexicans and Indians and when Mexico wantd to take back a part of the territory from the Rio Grande to Gaudelupe. General Zachery Taylor got a regiment and fought them clear back into Mexico. But he told his men when they were ready to cross the Rio Grande all that had families could go back, so grandfather returned. But your father went right on and fought in the battle of Monterey and wanted to go straight on, but the government took part of General Taylors men and sent them around by boat to General Scott. So General Taylor and his men turned north, conquered New Mexico and lower California and on their return buried the bones of some of the American soldiers who had been way laid and killed. Then there was a lull in fighting until the war between the States.
"When the Federals slipped in and took Galveston everything was aroused. A.C. Shelton was on the job and was made a leiutenant under Capt. Richard Dowling. General magruda in Charge. They recaptured Galveston and had to hold if for monthst the Federals went around and thought they would come in through Sabine Pass. A.C. Shelton was sent to hld the Pass with 40 men, and they sank and captured their boats as fast as they entered and the Federals gave that up. That was considered the most brilliant defeat of any battle of the army and Jefferson Davis awarded the company a gold in honor of the occasion. Then A.C. Shelton was in the battle of Pleasant Hill and Mansfield La.
"Now I hope this will be as much consolation to you as it has been a pleasure to me to write it. You and your daughters can all go in the Daughters of the Republic, also the U.D.C. if you are not already members. I am a member of both. Wenn on your father's record in U.D.C. (United Daughters of theConfederacy) and my grandfather's D.R.T." (Daughters of the Republic of Texas)

He was a veteran of the Mexican War. Listed his occupation as a carpenter, mustered into Confederate Army on Apr 21, 1862 as 2nd Lieutenant in Company F of Spaight's Battalion. Records maintained by Capt William B. Duncan of Liberts lists height as 5 ft, 10 1/4 in, described him of florid complexion, blue eyes, sandy hair. Promoted to 1st Lt in Aug of that year. He became ill in Mar 1864 and was hospitalized in Liberty until March 1865. Returned to Chambers Co after the war and died in Wallisville on Jan 18, 1881.

Census:
T. Hartwell 47 1803 MA farmer 400
Martha W. Hartwell 34 1816 TN
William K. Gibbons 10 1850 TX
Francis M. Wallis 6 1844 TX
Hansell R. Wallis 4 1846 TX
Albert H Hartwell 1 1849 TX
Shelton Hartwell 0 1850 TX

Amos Shelton 25 1825 farmer 320 TN
Caroline Shelton 19 1831 Louisiana
Winfield Shelton 1/12 Jul 1850 Texas
George W. Shelton 45 1805 farmer 320 TN
Cordelia Shelton 18 1832 TN
Thomas Shelton 18 farmer 1834 TN
Maria Shelton 18 1832 Texas
Amos Shelton 6 1844 Texas

next door:
C.M. Carraway 27 TN
Thomas J. Carraway 6 TX
Patrick H. Carraway 4 TX
Martha J.L. Carraway 2 TX
John W. Shelton 10 TX

Census:
Shelton A.C. 35 1825 TN carpenter 2,000 300
Caroline 29 1831 LA
Winfield 10 1850 TX
Susan S. 4 1856 TX
Mary A. 3 1857 TX
Owens, John 27 1833 farmer VA
Amos Shelton 14 1846 TX

Census:
residence 12/14
Shelton A. C. 55 1825 Tennessee Virginia Virginia carpenter
Caroline 49 1831 Louisiana, --, Georgia
Fannie 17 1863 Texas Tennessee Louisiana
Margaret N. 14 1866 Texas Tennessee Louisiana
Nellie 11 1869 Texas Tennessee Louisiana
Clara P. 9 1871 Texas Tennessee Louisiana
Linklaten, John 17 1863 Texas Schleswig Holsten Louisiana

Amos married Caroline Wiggins on 10 May 1849. Caroline (daughter of Daniel Prairie Wiggins and Lucy Elizabeth Whatley) was born on 15 Jul 1831 in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana; died in 1893 in Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 13 Jun 1863; letter

Notes:

Daughter of Daniel P and Lucy (Whatley) Wiggins of Georgia.

Sherry,

Saw your post on the Chambers County Rootsweb site and don't know how Caroline Wiggins/Amos Clinton Shelton are related to my maternal Wiggins of Chambers County.

My Mother was Ruth Wiggins b 20 Apr 1906 DeRidder, LA d 17 Jan 1977 Houston, Harris Co., TX buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Houston the twin of Freddie Wiggins d 2 Jun 1906 buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, DeRidder, LA. The parent's were William Arthur Wiggins & Amedella "Della" Bailey.

William Arthur "Will" Wiggins, Sr b 24 May 1880 LA d 27 Dec 1964 Houston, Harris Co., TX buried Woodlawn Cemetery. He was the son of Arthur H (Hopkins?) Wiggins and Mary Minerva "Puss" Dowden.

Arthur H Wiggins b ca 1842 LA d on or around 14 Sep 1906 in a fight at a saloon in or around DeRidder, LA. after being hit over the head with a plank/board after being involved in a fight which included his step-son Preston "Press" Burge, Henry Boyd & Bob Slaydon. It is believed that Preston Burge was the person responsible for the death of my great-grandfather after Bob Slaydon was charged and went to trial but after testimony from Preston Burge's sister, Bob Slaydon was found not guilty.

John Wiggins, son of Daniel Prairie and Lucy (Whatley) Wiggins was born 27 May 1817, Catahoula Pa., LA., and married Jan 1840 in Catahoula, LA to Elizabeth Griffin b about 1842 LA. John d 30 Jul 1859 Chambers Co., TX.

Children of John Wiggins & Elizabeth Griffin:

Arthur H Wiggins b ca 1842
Uriah Wiggins b ca 1846 d ca 1870
Sarah E Wiggins b ca 1850
Daniel Wiggins b ca 1852 d ca 1870
Lucy Ann Wiggins b ca 1855
John Riley Wiggins b ca 1858

Most of my data was given to me by Houston Tracy, Jr. of Alexandria, LA., a Wiggins descendant.

Love,
Ruth

Other-Begin:
Letter from her husband while in Civil War.