| 9. | Mary* Sophronia Kirk was born on 18 Oct 1835 in Tennessee (daughter of William Tolbert* (or John?) Kirk and Susannah* Payne (or G.) Shelton); died on 30 Sep 1889 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Eminence Cem, Eminence, Chambers Co, Texas. Other Events and Attributes:
- Property: 28 Oct 1856, Shadrach Burney Survey, Chambers Co, Texas
- Census: 24 Jul 1860, Chambers Co, Texas
- Property: 26 Mar 1861, Hardin Co, Texas
- Census: 1 Jun 1870, Wallisville (Subdivision No. 17), Chambers Co, Texas
- Other-Begin: 17 Sep 1875, Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas
- Census: 9 Jun 1880, Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas
Notes:
She was 1st married to a Mr. Ferris who precedeased her. She married Lothrop in 1855. Since she had been a widow, she had separate funds. On 28 October 1856, Mary paid $300 for the purchase of 1/4 of a league of the Shadrack Burney survey from Tabitha Jane Shelton Jones.
"The Descendents of Jacob Haven Sherman, Jr. & Rebecca Stebbins Sherman" by Linda Clark Stewart
NOTE: Could she have been born in Nacogdoches? See note of her mother.
Headstone reads: "Wife of L.B. Sherman. Born October 18, 1835. Died September 30, 1889. I shall know the loved who have gone before and joyfully sweet will the meeting be whenever the river, the peaceful..." (remaining of verse is worn awa)
(letter in files at Heritage Park)
War Record of A.C. Shelton.
Your father and my grandfather 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 wanted to take back a part of the tery form the Rio Grande to Geudelupe. General Zaichery 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 months he Federals went around and thought they would come in through Sabine Pass. A.C. Shelton was sent to hold 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. Wn on your Father's record in U.D.C. and my Grandfather's D.R.T. so come on.
Family Tree
Washington Shelton, Son and Wife,
Annie, Payne, Shelton settled in Murry Co, Tenn. Shelton is Scotch. Payne is Irish and Wilson is Welch. I presume that is the Great Grand parents. Grandfather Shelton settled in Tenn. Had born to them 8 children in all they were all d in that state. Two of the daughters married and remained there. Aunt Kiziah and Aunt Polly. My Grandmother Susan came to Texas with the family also Uncle Washington. Father of Tom, Amos, George, and others. Uncle Amos your father. Aunt Maria Carraway, Aunt Tibitha Jones mother of Barton, Lura, Annie, and Irene. Aunt Marha who married a Wallis reared 3 sons. Dan, Frank, and Robert. Then a Mr. Hartwell reared 2 sons and one daugher. Will, Albert, Roxie.
The Sheltons first settled in San Augustine lived there about 3 years moved to Nacogdoches. Was there at the time of the Battle of San Jacinto, remained there 3 or 4 years and moved to Chambers Co. All but my Grandmother first married a Kirk. He was killed at the Battle of San Jacinto. She was left with 2 babies one just an infant, died at 2 or 3 months of age. Kirk was Aunt Mary Sherman's father.
Aunt Maria Carraway and her husband settled at Neches. Reared 2 sons and one daughter. Jeff is the only name I know. He died and she married a Mr. Nelson, they reared 8 boys and 2 girls but I don't know but 2 names among them. Dwight n Houston two years ago. Cousin Robert Willis told the other name. Clinton a Doctor. That was in 1910. Cousin Robert told me if I could get in touch with you I could add something to what he told me, and also referred me to Uncle Washing's older daughter Mrs. C.F. Jones who he said lived near Stephensville, Earth Co. But he could not give her rural no. so I never did write to her. He said she was older than he so I don't suppose there is any use trying now. I have Cousin Roberts old letter here by me copying what I can from it. And I did the same for him. He has forgotten all he wrote to me. He also referred me to Irene Fulks, but she is another one I never did get in touch with as well as your own dear self. So now dear, I hope you get something out of this anyway. Now I am going to take a clear sheet of paper and write your Father's war record on a clean page.
So bye.
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Posted: 9 Oct 2006 5:46PM
Patsy Bradley
Sherry, I sent some things to your personal e-mail. I did not know Susanna had a child with William Kirk, so I would love to have the descendants of this marriage. I do not know who the Sherman family is. Can you explain their connection? There may be children in the second marriage of Susanna and John James Farrir, but I do not have that either. I have mostly concentrated on Martha Wilson Shelton, my direct ancestor, but I am interested in anything I can get on her siblings also.
I hope I have given you something to carry your research forward. Check your personal e-mail when you get this.
Patsy
http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tex
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Property:
On 28 October 1856, Mary paid $300 for the purchase of 1/4 of a league of the Shadrack Burney survey from Tabitha Jane Shelton Jones.
Note: re: Shadrach Burney
Taken from Volume II (1782-1801) Index and Abstracts of Deeds of Record of Pitt County, North Carolina, Compiled by Judith DuPree Ellison
Deed Bk O (1797-1801/Pg O 507-519
Pg: 514
Date: 1-1-1801
Grantor: Lewis Cannon
Grantee: George Smith
Additional Information: 100 A; £100. Former owner: Matthew Pollard. Wit.: Lewis Bryan Cox, Shadrach Burney
Original Land Grants in Chambers County:
Shadrack Burney 1831
Shadrack Burney (by Kevin Ladd http://www.sfasu.edu/heritagecenter/8482.asp)
Shadrack Burney was born about 1789 in North Carolina and is usually referred to as one of the earliest settlers of this area. A Shadrack Bur-ney appears in 1792 as the grandson of a Simon Burney, whose will was probated in Greene County, Georgia Most sources give his date of arrival as 1823. When the family of E. H. R. and Sarah (Barrow) Wallis settled at Wallis Hill in the winter of 1824-1825, they found only two bachelors living in that section. Family tradition holds that one of the two was Burney. The other was a Mr. Arnold, although no records have ever provided any more information about him. The 1826 census of the Atascosito District lists him as a farmer and stockraiser and also indicates he had previously resided in Louisiana before coming to Texas. His survey, located on the north side of Turtle Bay (Lake Anahuac) was bordered on the west by the E.H.R. Wallis Survey and on the north and east by the M. A. Carroll Survey. His title was dated April 24, 1831. His name does not appear in any local records after that date. One record refers to Burney as a former associate of the pirate/privateer Jean Laffite. The only landmark that links this early settler to the land is Burney Gully.
Census:
24 Jul 1860 Chambers Co, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
residence 425
Sherman R.H. 30 1830 New York farmer 2000, 250
Mary A. 24 1836 Texas
Austin 5 1855 Texas
William 4 1846
Martha 2 1858
Johns Orlando 19 1841 Texas
residence 432/426
Barnes Willis 40 1820 Connecticut farmer 300 200
Rebecca (Sherman) 46 1814 New York
William 20 1840 Iowa
Jacob 17 1843 Illinois
Rebecca 13 1847 Missouri
John 9 1851 Missouri
Mary 5 1855 Texas
Lynus 3 1857 Texas
Rebecca 74 1786 Massachusetts
residene 427
Sherman L.B. (Lothrop) 35 1825 New York farmer 600 400
Mary S. 24 1836 Tennessee
William K. 4 1856 Texas
Devilla E. 1 1859 Texas
Property:
Texas Land Title Abstracts
Grantee: William Kirk
Certificate: 4/64
Patentee: Mary K. Sherman
Patent Date: 26 Mar 1861
Acres: 1244
District: Jefferson; Liberty
County: Hardin
File: 110
Patent #: 264
Patent Volume: 7
Class: Lib. 2nd
Census:
residence 10
Loth Sherman 44 1826 Farmer 1,000 New York
Mary Sherman 34 1836 Tennessee
William Sherman 14 1856 Texas
Esther Sherman 12 1858 Texas
Petronele Sherman 7 1863 Texas
Mary Sherman 9 1861 Texas
Leverett Sherman 3 1867 Texas (grew to marry Mary Hill, 4 yr old from next door)
residence 11
Hill Coleman 30 1840 Georgia farmer
Sarah 24 1846 Texas
Mary 4 1866 Texas (grew to marry Leverett Sherman, 3 yr old from next door)
Virginia 1 1869 Texas
Hill Epsy 69 1801 Female North Carolina
Other-Begin:
major hurricane hit Wallisville in 17 Sep 1875 when several building were destroyed.
Census:
3rd Precinct or Wallisville, Chambers County 9th June 1880
residence 31/33 (page 4)
Sherman Lotrop B. 55 1825 Self Married New York New Hampshire New Hampshire farmer
Sherman Mary S. 44 1836 wife Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Sherman Amanda 14 1866 Daughter Texas New York Tennessee
Sherman Lotrop L. 12 1868 Son Single Texas New York Tennessee
Jones Mrs. Devilla E. 22 1858 Daughter Widowed Texas New York Tennessee
Jones Oscar 3 1877 Grandson Single Texas New York Tennessee
Jones Abbie A. 3m Feb 1880 Granddaughter Single Texas New York Tennessee
residence 32/34
Wm. A. Smith 48 1832 Alabama
Emily Smith 46 1834 Georgia
Lena Smith 5 1875 Texas
Wm. H. Miller 23 1857 stepson Texas
Geo. C. Miller 18 1862 stepson Texas
Emily V. Merritt 14 1866 stepdau Texas
Joseph Hill 9 1871 nephew Texas
Hattie Hill 7 1873 niece Texas
Ben Hill 5 1875 nephew Texas
Ettie Hill 14 1866 niece Texas
P. C. Hill 38 1842 Texas Georgia SC widower
residence 33/35
Miller, James A. 26 TX Florida Georgia
Sophronia 18 1862 Texas NY TN
residence 34/35
Barnes Willis 63 1817 Self Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut farmer
Barnes Rebecca 66 1814 wife New Hampshire New Hampshire Massachusetts
Barnes Jacob 37 1843 Son Single Illinois Connecticut New Hampshire laborer
Barnes Lannis 23 1857 Son Single Texas Connecticut New Hampshire
Doebner Willie 10 1870 Grandson Texas Prussia Missouri
residence 35/37
Sherman Richd. H. 50 1830 Self Widower New York New Hampshire New Hampshire farmer
Sherman Martha 21 1859 Daughter Single Texas New York Texas
Sherman Richard 17 1863 Son Texas New York Texas
Sherman Edgar 15 1865 Son Texas New York Texas
Sherman Oliver 11 1869 Son Texas New York Texas
Sherman Annie 5 1875 Daughter Texas New York Texas
residence 37/36
Sherman R. H. 27 1853 Self Missouri New York Missouri
Sherman Susan S 24 1856 wife Texas Tennessee Louisiana
Sherman Boyd O. 7m 1879 Son Texas Missouri Texas
(next page, page 5)
residence 38/40
Sherman, John T. 55 widowed New York New Hampshire Connecticut
Sherman, Chas 23 son married farmer Texas New York Kentucky
Sherman, Mary A 20 daughter-in-law married Texas Tennessee Tennessee
Sherman, Leonard 1 grandson Texas Texas Texasexas Texas
Notes:
Married:
"Lothrop Blockmon Sherman was ... married on August 9, 1855 to Mrs. Mary Sophronia (Kirk) Farris, the daughter of John Kirk."
"Chambers County, Texas, in the War Between the States,"
by Kevin Ladd
"He (Lothrop Blookway Sherman) married Mrs. Mary Sophronia Kirk Fairas on 9 Aug 1855. May was born 18 1835 in Tennessee and died 30 September 1889 in Chambers County, Texas. She is buried in Eminence Cemetery at Eminence, Chambers County, Texas. Mary is the daughter of John Kirk and wife Susan Shelton. May was married previously to [?] Fairas. (possibly P.J. Fairas who died 29 Jul 1851)."
"The Descendents of Jacob Haven Sherman, Sr. & Rebecca Stebbins Sherman" by Linda Clark Stewart
(note if married to P.J. Fairas, would have been widowed at age 15.)
Children:
- 4. William Kirk Sherman was born on 18 Oct 1856 in Chambers Co, Texas; died on 18 Nov 1917 in Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Sherman Cem, Lake Charlotte, Chambers Co, Texas.
- Devilla Esther "Het" Sherman was born on 27 Dec 1858 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas; died after 1886 in of Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas.
- Mary Sophronia Sherman was born on 23 Aug 1861 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas; died on 13 Oct 1881 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Eminence Cem, Eminence, Chambers Co, Texas.
- Amanda* Petronile Sherman was born on 15 Oct 1863 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas; died on 14 Dec 1918 in 2050 Magnolia St, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 15 Dec 1918 in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
- Leverett Lothrop Sherman was born on 26 May 1867 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas; died on 8 Mar 1923 in China, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in China City Cem, China, Jefferson Co, Texas.
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1906 - 1967 (60 years)
William Kirk Sherman was born on 18 Oct 1856 in Chambers Co, Texas (son of Lothrop* Brockway Sherman and Mary* Sophronia Kirk); died on 18 Nov 1917 in Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Sherman Cem, Lake Charlotte, Chambers Co, Texas. 