Caroline Hillebrandt

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 24 Oct 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 13 Jul 1860, Grigsby Bluff, Port Neches, Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

In 1857, Eurasie Hillebrandt died, leaving no will, and because of inheritance and other family quarrels with his two older children over her estate, the old rancher disinherited his oldest son Levi and his daughter, Caroline Brewer. In 1857, at the time of their mother's death, Levi had moved to West Texas, perhaps as a result of a quarrel with his father, and Caroline Brewer had eloped and moved to Sabine Pass. Whatever the quarrels were, Hillebrandt cut them off without a cent, even though legally, he could not cut them out of one-half of his wife's community estate, and left his second son, Christian Espar, as the sole executor and major beneficiary of his will.

However, A year later, the father died as well, and a series of suits and countersuits in the district court in Beaumont left the Hillebrandt estate in limbo for two years. In their suit, Levi and Caroline alleged in their petition that their father "was mentally incapable of making a will." Finally, all of the children reached a family agreement out of court in June, 1860, which broke the will and settled the estate share and share alike.


Census:
24 Oct 1850 Sabine Pass

residence 215:
Milton H Bloodworth 25 1825 Louisiana
Nancy (Holt) Bloodworth 18 1832 Texas
Benjamin P Bloodworth 2 1848 Louisiana
William Bloodworth 1 1849 Louisiana
Benjamin Holt 55 1795 Mississippi
Thomas C Holt 50 1800 Mississippi
Thomas D Holt 4 1846 Louisiana
William Holt 53 1797 Mississippi
Mary Ann Holt 17 1833 Texas
Thomas R Holt 26 1824 Louisiana
Charles Holt 28 1822 Louisiana
William C Holt 15 1835 Louisiana
Richard Holt 13 1837 Louisiana

Residence 216
Stockholm, Peter D. 31 1819 New York carpenter
Mary 17 1833 Louisiana
William 2 1848 Texas
Elizabeth 0 1850 Texas

Residence 217
Brewer, William 23 1827 Louisiana
Brewer, Caroline 22 1828 Louisiana

Residence 218
Solomon Sparks 30 1820 Tennessee
Martha C Sparks 30 1829 South Carolina
Lucy Ann Sparks 8 1842 Tennessee
John L Sparks 6 1844 Tennessee
James E Sparks 3 1847 Louisiana
Mary Susan Sparks 1 1849 Texas
Jacob Sparks 22 1828 Tennessee

Residence 219
John S. Sparks 39 1811 North Carolina
Melinda Sparks 29 1821 Tennessee
Albert Sparks 9 1841 Texas
Eliza J. Sparks 7 1843 Texas
John F. Sparks 4 1846 Texas
Sarah C. Sparks 1 1849 Texas
James Court 22 1828 Louisiana
Julia Ann (Sparks) Courts 14 1836 Tennessee



Census:
388/88 William Brewer 32 farmer LA
Caroline 32 house 8,670 5,000 TX
Erastus 10 TX
Elisha 8 TX
Elias 7 TX
Erasmus A 5 TX
James B 3 TX
A Jackson Brewer 8 mos TX

387/387 living next door to Caroline's brother Levi Hillebrandt
Levi Hillibrandt 38 Stock raiser La
Sebrina 23 TX
Rohamia L 12 TX
Oliver C 11 TX
Oliver J 1 TX
Martha Hurd (or Hard?) 6 TX
Julia Hurd 4 } twins (as noted in the census record) TX
Mary Hurd 4} TX
Charles Sand 15 student TX

Caroline married William Erastus Brewer on 3 Jan 1850 in Jefferson Co, Texas. William was born on 4 Sep 1826 in Louisiana; died on 30 May 1886 in Menard Co, Texas; was buried in Little Saline Cem, Menard, Menard Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Erastus William Brewer was born on 2 Nov 1850 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 21 Feb 1932 in Kimble Co, Texas; was buried in London Cem, Kimble Co, Texas.
2. Elisha O. Brewer was born on 02 Feb 1852 in Port Neches, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 05 Aug 1882 in Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 07 Aug 1882 in Stanolind property, north of Nederland, Jefferson Co, Texas.
3. Elias L. Brewer was born in 1853 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 7 May 1917 in Dallas, Texas.
4. Erasmus Andrew Brewer was born in Jan 1855 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 8 May 1940 in Klamath Co, Oregon; was buried in Fort Klamath Cem, Klamath Co, Oregon.
5. James Benjamin Brewer was born in Apr 1857 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 14 Jul 1927.
6. Albert Jackson Brewer was born in Nov 1859 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 19 Jul 1929 in Kimble Co, Texas; was buried in London Cem, Kimble Co, Texas.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1820, Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
• Emigration: 1831, Sour Lake, Hardin Co, Texas
• Residence: 1831, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Property: Bef 1 May 1838, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 16 Oct 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

First Settlers of Jefferson Co., TX by Gifford White from the originals in the GLO & TX State Archives. #119 Christian Hillebrandt - whose oath was taken in accordance with the land law, and proved by Joseph Grigsby and Stephen Jackson on the oath that he emigrated to TX in 1831, that he was a citizen and head of a family at the date of the Declaration of Independence and since.

by W.T. Block
"Hillebrandt was a an energetic accumulator of land and personal property, and in the last year of his life, he bought 3,000 steers from the estate of a neighbor and 1,500 acres of land in the north end of Beaumont.. Hillebrandt died in Aug 1858, and the inventory of his estate indicated that he owned 9,000 cattle, worth $60,000, that roamed over parts of Liberty, Orange, and Jefferson counties, and 1,000 horses worth $20,000, which along with his vast accumulation of land, made him the wealthiest residet in antebellum Jefferson County."


Property:
Christian Hildebrandt one labor immigrated to Texas 1831


Census:
1850 Christian Hildebrandt
Christian Hildebrandt 57 $3080 Europe
Eurasue 50 Louisiana
Christian E. 18 Louisiana stock raiser
Alzena 17 Texas
Lastie 14 Texas
Robert 12 Texas
Samuel Lee 27 laborer Europe

Christian married Marie Eurasie Blanchet on 18 Jun 1821 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. Marie was born on 21 Nov 1802 in Louisiana; died in 1857 in Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]