John O White

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 27 Jun 1870, Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas

Notes:

Census:
White John 28 1842 Texas
White Sue 18 1852 Texas
White Daisie 6/12 Texas
Warren Amanda 43 1827 Mississippi (assuming she is Sue's mother)

John married Sue Warren in 1869 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas, and was divorced. Sue (daughter of (..) Warren and Amanda (..) Warren) was born in 1852 in Texas; died after 1875 in of Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Divorced:
Sue is listed in 1880 census, in Alto, Cherokee County; living with widower uncle. Name looks like Kohen, Elias (1824) MS Germany PA. She lists herself divorced, and has children with her, Daisey, 10; Oliver O, 1872; and Lou (female, 1874)


Sue is listed in 1880 census, in Alto, Cherokee County; living with widower uncle. Name looks like Kohen, Elias (1824) MS Germany PA. She lists herself divorced, and has children with her, Daisey, 10; Oliver O, 1872; and Lou (female, 1874)

1. Daisey White was born in Jan 1870 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas; died after 1880 in of, Alto, Cherokee Co, Texas.
2. Oliver O. White was born in 1872 in Chambers or Cherokee Co, Texas; died after 1880 in of, Alto, Cherokee Co, Texas.
3. Lou White was born in 1874 in Chambers or Cherokee Co, Texas; died after 1880 in of, Alto, Cherokee Co, Texas.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 24 Sep 1850, Liberty Co, Texas

Notes:

Census:
White, J. (James) Taylor 65 1785 Louisiana
Sarah 55 1795 North Carolina
Robert 27 1823 Louisiana farmer
Joseph 24 1826 Louisiana farmer
James 21 1829 Texas farmer
Brashear, Norvelle, 21 1829 Louisiana Teacher

next door: James' son
White John 33 1817 Louisiana farmer
Martha (Willis) 30 1820 Louisiana
Sarah 10 140 Texas
John 9 1841 Texas
Elizabeth 8 1842 Texas
Robert 6 1844 Texas
James 4 1846 Texas
Joseph 2 1848 Texas
Mary Ann 0 1850 Texas

John married Martha Wallis, (DNA Circle-g) in 1835 in Liberty Co (Chambers), Texas. Martha (daughter of Elisha Henry Roberts "E.H.R." Wallis and Sarah "Sally" Barrow) was born on 22 Nov 1817 in Louisiana; died on 27 Dec 1863 in White Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Turtle Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 17 Jul 1860, Chambers Co, Texas

Notes:

Her parents were Elisha Henry Roberts Wallis, born 1781 in Georgia and died July 3, 1846 in Wallisville; and Sarah "Sally" Barron, born 1795 in Louisiana, died November 15, 1841. Elisha's parents were Frederick Wallis and Gilleny Roberts. Sah's parents ere Reuben Barrow, Sr., and Mary Jane Johnson.

Census:
residence 385 (widow of John White, bro of James Robert & Parmelia)
White, Martha 43 head 1817 Louisiana 10,000 41,000
John O. 19 1841 Texas farmer
Robert D. 16 1844 Texas farmer
James C. 14 1856 Texas Farmer
Joseph C. 12 1858 Texas
Mary Ann 10 1850
Martha W. 8 1852 Texas

next door:
(Assuming David is her brother - not verified he is child of Elisha.)
residence 386:
Wallis, David 38 1822 LA
Susannah Wallis 37 1823 Ireland
David 18 1842 LA
Caroline Wallis 16 1844 LA
Francis 14 1846 female LA
Emily 11 1849 LA
Altha 8 1852 LA
William 7 1853 LA
Anna 8/12 1859 TX
Henry 3 1857 TX
Ann M. Barrow 61 1799 Ireland

residence: 387 vacant

next door:
Residence 388
White Jas T. 31 1829 farmer 3,000 20,000 Texas
Amanda 33 1827 Mississippi
Jas T. 6 1854 Texas
Robert M. 3 1857 Texas
Amanda 2 1858 Texas

Residence 389
Robert White 36 1824 Louisiana farmer 3,000 19,000

Residence: 390
Barrow John S. 24 1836 farmer 3,000 600 Texas

Residence: 391
Barrow, Benjamin (Ben Franklin,
"Ben the Bearhunter" 52 1808
farmer 11,290 26,000 Louisiana
Pamila (Permelia Jane White) 40 1820 Texas
Benjamin F. 21 1839 Texas
Sarah 17 1833 Texas
Mary Ann 15 1835 Texas
Josephine 12 1838 TX
Solomon 10 1850 TX
Robert C. 7 1853 TX
Pamila J. (Permelia Jane) 4 1856 TX
LaGrange, Z 21 1839 Laborer Louisiana

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 23 Sep 1950, Liberty Co, Texas

Notes:

White, Jacques Telleur (Jean of N.Carolina & Sara Gambil of N. Carolina) b 28 Jul (SM Ch.: v.5, #371)
White, James Taylor (John of North Carolina & Sara Gambil of North Carolina) bt 5 May 1801 at age 12 yrs old on 28 Jul 1801. Pats: James Taylor White & Elizabeth Pou; Mats: John Gambil & Sara Dempot all of Virginia; Spons: Jessie White & Mary White. Fr. Michel Bernard Barriere (SM Ch v.5, #371)

White, James T - native of this parish (major son of dec. John Whyte, inhabitant of lower Vermillion & Sally Gambell) m 26 Jan 1813 Sally Cade, native of this parish (minor daughter of dec James, inhabitant of Vermillion and Polly Michols) Wits: Shadrach Porter, Henry Jackson, Emanuel D'Asperemont. Fr. Gabriel Isabey (SM Ch: v.5 #281)
There was a James Taylor (Jacques Taleur) who spons bt of Ruben, James Taylor White's nephew (child of William & Aimie Comstock).

James Taylor White was in Chambers Co. before the TX Revolution and it was at his ranch that the Turtle Bayou resolutions were drawn up, an early confrontation of Texans and Mexicans.

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James Taylor White, who settled at Turtle Bayou near Anahuac in 1818, was the first significant cattleman along the upper Texas coast.15 An early, anonymous writer credited White?s herd as numbering 3,000 head in 1831,16 whereas another writer quoted the herd?s size at 10,000 head in 1840. This writer claimed that when White died in 1851, he had $150,000 banked in New Orleans, the proceeds of his cattle sales there.17
W.T. Block - History of Jefferson County, Chapter XI
http://hans.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/History%20of%20Jefferson%20County/Chapter%2011.htm
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Handbook of Texas
WHITE, JAMES TAYLOR (1789-1852). James Taylor White (known as Taylor White), cattleman and rancher, son of John and Sarah (Gambel) White, was born on July 28, 1789, in Louisiana. During the 1780s his family probably moved to Louisiana from the Carolinas, where his grandfather had received a land grant in 1757. Taylor White married Sarah Cade, daughter of James and Polly (Nichols) Cade, on January 26, 1813, at St. Martin of Tours Church in St. Martinville, Louisiana.

In 1828 White drove his small herd of Spanish, or longhorn, cattle along the old Opelousas Road to Texas; he settled near Turtle Bayou. His cattle grazed on land bordered on the west by Galveston Bay and on the south by the Gulf of Mexico. The Turtle Bayou Resolutions were signed near his home. By 1840 White had acquired 4,605 acres of land in Liberty (now Chambers) County and paid taxes on 1,775 head of cattle and forty-five horses.

During the late 1830s or early 1840s, White began driving cattle to New Orleans. He deposited money from the sales of these cattle at banks in New Orleans and eventually put much of it back into the business of raising cattle. He attributed his success to his hard work and single-mindedness. He was also known to be innovative in his techniques. For example, he burned the land periodically to make way for new grass for his animals, a practice unheard of in his time.

White came to be known as the Cattle King of Southeast Texas. Two cattle brands, the JTW and the Crossed W, have been associated with White's Texas ranching operation. The Crossed W was reportedly willed to White by his father, also a cattleman, who died in 1806. Some sources claim that as of the late 1930s, both were among the oldest continuously used cattle brands in the state.

James Taylor White and his wife had seven children. He died, probably of cholera, in March 1852 at his home. In a nearby family plot he is buried with his wife, who died nine days later.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Frontier Times, March 1936. Jewel Horace Harry, A History of Chambers County (M.A. thesis, University of Texas, 1940; rpt., Dallas: Taylor, 1981). Gifford E. White, James Taylor White of Virginia (Austin, 1982).

-Handbook of Texas online
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http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=juuledwards&id=I33

Census:
White, J. Taylor 65 1785 Louisiana
Sarah 55 1795 North Carolina
Robert 27 1823 Louisiana farmer
Joseph 24 1826 Louisiana farmer
James 21 1829 Texas farmer
Brashear, Norvelle, 21 1829 Louisiana Teacher

next door:
White John 33 1817 Louisiana farmer
Martha 30 1820 Louisiana
Sarah 10 140 Texas
John 9 1841 Texas
Elizabeth 8 1842 Texas
Robert 6 1844 Texas
James 4 1846 Texas
Joseph 2 1848 Texas
Mary Ann 0 1850 Texas

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]

Notes:

She was the daughter of James Cade and Polly Nichols.

Daughter Sarah's d.c. states she was born in South Carolina.

Notes:

Married:
St Martin's Church,

The Records of this Church certify, under date of 26 jan 1816 to the marriage of James T Whyte, legitimate son of the late John Whyte and Sally Gambell to Sally Cade, legitmate daughter of the late James Cade and Polly Nichols. Said record is signed by Rev Gabriel?. Witnesses, Shadrack Porter, Henry Jackson*, Emmanuel D'Aspermont

Transcript made 22 Mar 1972, and reproduced in James Taylor White of Virginia

(note by Adam Edwards
* I believe this Henry Jackson might have been the brother of Humphrey Jackson, who married James Taylor White's sister, and who's son, by his second wife, married the youngest daughter of J T White and Sarah Cade

St Martin's Church,

The Records of this Church certify, under date of 26 jan 1816 to the marriage of James T Whyte, legitimate son of the late John Whyte and Sally Gambell to Sally Cade, legitmate daughter of the late James Cade and Polly Nichols. Said record is signed by Rev Gabriel?. Witnesses, Shadrack Porter, Henry Jackson*, Emmanuel D'Aspermont

Transcript made 22 Mar 1972, and reproduced in James Taylor White of Virginia

(note by Adam Edwards
* I believe this Henry Jackson might have been the brother of Humphrey Jackson, who married James Taylor White's sister, and who's son, by his second wife, married the youngest daughter of J T White and Sarah Cade

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 25 Dec 1824, Liberty, Chambers Co, Texas

Elisha married Sarah "Sally" Barrow about 1815. Sarah (daughter of Reuben (or Robert) Barrow, Sr. and Mary Jane Johnson-Barrow, (dau?)) was born in 1795 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died on 15 Nov 1841 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Wallisville Cem, Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Abt 1766, Cheraws Dist, South Carolina
• Other-Begin: Between 1772 and 1778, Burke Co, North Carolina
• Residence: Between 1780 and 1781, Washington Co, North Carolina; tax rolls
• Residence: May 1782, Natchez, Mississippi
• Possessions: 17 May 1782, Natchez, Mississippi

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.

White, Jean (Jacques & Elizabeth Pou) m Sara Gambel (SM Ch.)
Possibly sons George (1801) & Henry (1805) but Sarah would be too old if b 1745.
The family moved from North Carolina to Natchez, Mississippi, somewhere between 1780 and 1784. They then moved to Louisiana, probably St.Martinville, before 1787.

living on Bayou Vermillion in 1810

Other-Begin:
1772-78 - John White and James White received land grants in Burke Co., NC but they did not stay long. [Gifford White]


Residence:
1780-81 - John White and James White appeared on the property tax rolls of Washington Co., NC, now part of Tenneessee.
White, James 5 horses, 8 neat cattle 447.10.0
White, John 3 horses, 5 cattle 107.10.0"



Residence:
1782, May - John White and James White arrived with their families in Natchez Terr. on the lower Mississippi River. James dies here c1783. The Spanish record here lists the families that arrived in May, 1782 in Natchez. [Natchez Court Records 1767-1805]

Relacion de familias americanas, signed Carlos de Grand-Pré, Natchez, July 6, 1782 AGI, PC, leg. 193-b.
13 familias como sigue:
Individuos Esclavos (slaves)
Thomas Green, wife & children 11 32
Thomas Marston Green, wife & son 11 3
Cato West, wife and son 8 3
Guillaume Duelt, wife and children 3 23
David Smith, wife & children 5 7 Guillermo David & wife & children 4 2
Juan White, wife & children 8 1
Tiago White, wife & children 11 1
Ricardo Gooden, wife & children 5 2
Thomas Ethridge, wife & children 4 -
Xphal Ryer & wife 2 -
Guillermo Barland 1 -
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Pasageros y enganchados: 7 72 88
Total: 79

note: Guillame Duelt is probably William Dewitt who had married Catherine White, the daughter of William White, just before the voyage.
Juan White is John White.
Guillaume White is William White brother to both Juan and Tiago (James) White.


Possessions:
17 May 1782
... appeared John White, who sells to Widow Anne McIntosh, here present and accepting, a negro woman named Jane, aged 18, native of Virginia, for $440 which seller acknowledges to have recived in cattle from purchaser, in the presence of Daveid Smith and Richard Gooding, who signed with seller.
1 June 1782
... appeared James White who sold to Widow Anne McIntosh, resident of the post, a negro woman "Bretha", native fo Barbadoes, aged 40; consideration $300, which sd. purchaser has paid in cows and horses. Witnesses: Francois Farrell and Silas Crane. Signed James White." [Mc Bee]
http://www.next1000.com/family/EC/white.jt.html

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]

Notes:

Sarah was a midwife. According to article, there were nine children.
Sarah Gambil - parents listed as John Gambil & Sarah Dempot, all of Virginia, as mats in bt. of grandson James White in 1801.

Gary Barr (gbarr@compuserve.com)
Davenport, Gambill, White, Comstock

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]

Frederick married Gilleny Roberts about 1780 in of, Burke Co, Georgia. Gilleny was born about 1760 in of, Burke Co, Georgia; died after 1788 in of, Burke Co, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1787, Mobile, Alabama
• Residence: 1795, Louisiana

Notes:

Old Reuben

Any snap course in Chambers County genealogy almost always has to begin with a gentleman named Reuben Barrow, Sr., who probably never came to Texas. A brace of family genealogists have studied the Barrow family for decades, but no one has ever determined when Old Reuben was born nor when he died. The fact that he lived, however, has never been in question. A man by that name appears on the 1787 census of Mobile, Alabama, aged some 28 years, which would place his birth in the vicinity of 1759. The late Villamae Williams, a longtime researcher and a former chairman of the Chambers County Historical Commission, placed the elder Barrow in Louisiana by 1795.

Reuben was married first, possibly about 1783, to Fannie Kennedy, by whom he had two sons, Levi and Vincent.

His second marriage, to Mary Jane Johnson, took place around 1790. The 1810 census of Opelousas shows two Barrow households, one headed by Reuben and the other by his son Vincent. His other son, Levi, can be found on the census of Rapides Parish that same year. By that time, however, Reuben's household was fairly swarming with young children from his second marriage. These included their daughters Rachel, Elizabeth, Sarah, Julia and Amelia. Over the years each of these girls would marry and most of these families made their way into what would become Chambers County. Elizabeth married Samuel Barber. They would settle on Old River. Sarah married Elisha Henry Roberts Wallis (known in legal documents usually as "E. H. R. Wallis). They would settle at Wallisville. Julia married Alexander Stephens and lived briefly on Turtle Bayou. Amelia would marry Henry Griffith and settle also on Old River. Their eldest daughter, Rachel, married John Foreman, but no one has ever figured out where they settled or what became of them. Four of Reuben and Mary Jane's children (William, Marie, Victoria and Richard Barrow) died young. The legends that developed around the Barrow family most often surround the three sons of Reuben and Mary Jane. Solomon, who was born in 1801, was the oldest of the three. Reuben, Jr. followed in 1806, and Benjamin was born in 1808. Old Reuben settled just below Vermillionville, Louisiana on the lyrically named Bayou Que de Tortue, which meant the Tail of the Turtle. He had some extensive holdings along the bayou, where he farmed and raised cattle. Before we cover the lives of the three Barrow brothers, we should also address one of the major problems confronting any casual student of that family's history. Most of the Barrow families tended to name their children for other members of the family. Since most of them settled in Chambers and Liberty counties, this creates a confusing minefield for the uninitiated. Old Reuben's two sons by his first wife were also involved in the mix. His son Levi died in Louisiana in 1818 and never settled in Texas, but his son Aaron Leonard Barrow and his wife came and stayed for awhile. Levi's brother, Vincent Barrow came here after the death of his first (missing text)

such manner did the first part of the Barrow clan find their way here. wife, Gertrude Thibodeaux and received a land grant near Hankamer. His sons were Levi Oliver, who married Tabitha Isabel Weed; Reuben "Dutch Reuben," who first married Elizabeth Weaver and second to Susan Benton Albritton Courtney (who had been widowed twice); Benjamin Anatoile "French Ben," who married Eliza Weed; Louisa, who married Lucien Abshier; Adaline, who married John Dunman; and Zilphia, who married Robert Dunman.

The pivotal event in the Barrow exodus from Louisiana to Texas is a lengthy journey conducted in the late fall or winter of 1824, when Elisha Henry Robert Wallis and his wife Sarah Barrow loaded their four children and all of their possessions into wagons and set out for the Trinity River. It was not a particularly perilous journey, but it was arduous. There were lots of streams, bayous and rivers to cross. Mr. Wallis came with his three young brothers-in-law. This was a practical way for a family to travel. All of the men helped in fording the streams and driving their combined livestock. They arrived in Liberty on Christmas Day in 1824 and then headed south into present-day Chambers County. Old legends say that skirted the woods to the east, camped along Turtle Bayou, and kept huge fires burning at night to keep away the alligators. In such manner did the first part of the Barrow clan find their way here.

- THE BARROW BROTHERS OF CHAMBERS COUNTY
By Kevin Ladd, Director Wallisville Heritage Park
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http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=juuledwards&id=I1123

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from Opelousas Post
ROBERT BARROW - native of North America; son of Richard Barrow and Maria Godenne (?); MARIA JOHNSON - daughter of Daniel Johnson and Susana Daly
Julia - baptized January 7, 1802; five years old; Godparents, Estevan deville and his wife
Richard - baptized January 7, 1802; three years old; Godparents, Clark Barton and Carlota Reed
Solomon - baptized January 7, 1802; one year old; Godparents, Thomas Hofpower and Clarisa Mils

RUBEN BARRORD (BARROW) - son of Richard Barrord and Maria Godenne; MARIA JOHNSON - daughter of Daniel Johnson and Susana Daly.
Emilia - baptized August 17, 1803; one year old; Godparents,
Guillermo Perry and Anna Robert
(Ed. Note: Are the two above couples the same, or were two
brothers married to the same woman?)

Reuben married Mary Jane Johnson-Barrow, (dau?) in 1789 in Mobile, Spanish West Florida. Mary (daughter of Daniel Johnson, (son of who?) and Susanne Daley) was born about 1771 in North Carolina; died after Apr 1807 in of, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]