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1. | Mayes White, (MU) was born on 07 Jul 1879 in Turtle Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas (son of Robert White and Mary Etta Mayes, (Mulatto)); died on 28 Jan 1946 in Anahuac, Chambers Co, Texas; was buried on 29 Jan 1946 in Anahuac, Chambers Co, Texas. Notes: Died: Mayes married Rainey Branch, (B) on 17 Jan 2010 in Chambers Co, Texas. Rainey (daughter of Jacob Branch, (B) and Betty Baker, (b)) was born on 29 Jan 1884 in Texas; died on 28 Dec 1961 in Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Martha Godfrey Cem, Double Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
Mayes married Ella Robey about 1924 in Texas. Ella was born about 1879; died after 1946 in of, Anahuac, Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
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2. | Robert White was born on 18 Nov 1823 in Louisiana (son of James Taylor White and Sarah Cade); died on 14 Oct 1903 in Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in White's Cem, Chambers Co, Texas. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Census: Robert married Mary Etta Mayes, (Mulatto) about 1866 (not married) in Turtle Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas. Mary (daughter of Joshua Jackson Mayes, (white) and Martha Mayes-Godfrey, (B)) was born in Jun 1846 in Texas; died on 30 Dec 1943 in Eagle, Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Mary Etta Mayes, (Mulatto) was born in Jun 1846 in Texas (daughter of Joshua Jackson Mayes, (white) and Martha Mayes-Godfrey, (B)); died on 30 Dec 1943 in Eagle, Chambers Co, Texas. Notes: Died: Notes: Married:
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4. | James Taylor White was born on 28 Jul 1789 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana (son of John* White and Sarah Davenport "Sally"* Gambill); died on 5 Mar 1852 in Turtle Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in White's Cem, Chambers Co, Texas. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: White, Jacques Telleur (Jean of N.Carolina & Sara Gambil of N. Carolina) b 28 Jul (SM Ch.: v.5, #371) James married Sarah Cade on 26 Jan 1813 in St.Martin Parish, Louisiana. Sarah (daughter of James Cade and Polly Nichols) was born in 1795 in St.Martin Parish, Louisiana; died on 14 Mar 1852 in Turtle Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in White's Cem, Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Sarah Cade was born in 1795 in St.Martin Parish, Louisiana (daughter of James Cade and Polly Nichols); died on 14 Mar 1852 in Turtle Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in White's Cem, Chambers Co, Texas. Notes: She was the daughter of James Cade and Polly Nichols. Notes: Married:
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6. | Joshua Jackson Mayes, (white) was born on 07 Feb 1823 in Franklin, Williamson Co, Tennessee (son of Garner Mayes and Elizabeth Jackson); died on 10 Jan 1912 in Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Wallisville Cem, Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Joshua Jackson Mayes, one of the largest cattle ranchers of the county during his lifetime, was born in 1823 in Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee, a son of Garner and Elizabeth (Jackson) Mayes. He came to Texas with his parents and siblings sometime around 1837. They traveled by flatboat down the Mississippi and on into Galveston Bay, but the boat sank at the mouth of Double Bayou. Under such inauspicious circumstances, the Mayes family established themselves on the banks of Double Bayou. Joshua married Martha Mayes-Godfrey, (B) about 1841 (slave) in Chambers Co, Texas. Martha was born in 1822 in Tennessee; died in 1905 in Double Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Martha Godfrey Cem, Double Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Martha Mayes-Godfrey, (B) was born in 1822 in Tennessee; died in 1905 in Double Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Martha Godfrey Cem, Double Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas. Notes: Martha came to Texas as a slave to the Mayes family. Many years late she donated land to build St. Paul's United Methodist church and a cemetery that bears her name., the Martha Godfrey Cemetery. Her grave stone indicates she was born c1812. However, all the census records indicate she was born about 10 years later. Besides, she would have been too old, were she born 1812, to have had many of the children attributed to her.
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8. | John* White was born in 1744 in Orange Co, Virginia (son of James* Taylor White and Elizabeth* Powe (Poe) (Pou)); died on 8 Jan 1807 in Attakapas Co, Orleans Territory, Louisiana. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Said to have descended from emigrants from the Isle of Wight on the southern coast of England. Registered a cattle brand for himself and son William in 1790. John* married Sarah Davenport "Sally"* Gambill about 1765 in Virginia or South Carolina . Sarah (daughter of Henry* (John) Gambill and Mary* (Sarah) Davenport) was born about 1748 in Culpeper Co, or Hanover Co, Virginia; died on 20 Feb 1828 in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Sarah Davenport "Sally"* Gambill was born about 1748 in Culpeper Co, or Hanover Co, Virginia (daughter of Henry* (John) Gambill and Mary* (Sarah) Davenport); died on 20 Feb 1828 in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. Notes: Sarah was a midwife. According to article, there were nine children.
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10. | James Cade was born about 1770; died before 1813 in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. James married Polly Nichols about 1790. Polly was born about 1770 in of, Louisiana; died after 1813 in of, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Polly Nichols was born about 1770 in of, Louisiana; died after 1813 in of, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.
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12. | Garner Mayes was born about 1775 in Franklin, Williamson Co, Tennessee; died before 1860 in Double Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas. Garner married Elizabeth Jackson about 1806 in of, Tennessee. Elizabeth was born in 1786 in Virginia; died after 1860 in of, Double Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Elizabeth Jackson was born in 1786 in Virginia; died after 1860 in of, Double Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas.
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