Thomas* Gambill

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: Bef 1701, Middlesex Co, Virginia (possibly)
• Immigration: Bef 1701

Notes:

Information from Helen Roche (correspondence secretary, Wilkes Co. NC Genealogical Society, 1997)

The simplest explanations would be that a Thomas Gambrell arrived on the coast of Virginia in 1701, then possibly worked for someone to pay his passage for three years. Then in 1704, he rented 450 acres of land from Major L in King and Queen County, Virginia. However, another Thomas Gambrell was also transported on 24 Oct 1701, to New Kent County, Virginia, by John Saxon who had received a Virginia Land Grant for 1,024 acres. Furthermore, a William Gambrell was also transferred there in 1704, and a Mary and Margaret Gambrell were cared for in the same area. Records indicate that some members of all of these families may be connected through the use of common family names, residing in the same counties during the same time frames, similar occupations, etc. Hence, additional research needs to be conducted in the early history of this Gambrell line.

Thomas and Ann Gambrell first appeared in the Middlesex County, Virginia records in 1701. Then, they were in St. Margaret's Parrish in King William County, Virginia by 1729, because court records show that they sold land in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. A John Gambrell also appeared as a legal witness in 1724, and in 1729, in the same county. If one analyzes land records, Thomas and Ann owned land in Spotsylvania County, Virginia on the north side of the North Anna River. Across the river in the same vicinity, Martin Davenport owned property in Hanover County, Virginia. Hence, some believe that Thomas and Ann were the parents of Henry Gambrell.

Thomas* married Ann* (..) Gambill before 1701 in of, Middlesex Co, Virginia. Ann* was born about 1680; died after 1729. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information provided by Helen Roche, Correspondence Secretary for Wilkes Co. NC Genealogy Society, 1997

Henry Gambrell (Ca 1700 - By 1768) married Mary Davenport around 1735. Legal records indicate that Henry resided in Louisa, Spotsylvania, Albemarle, Hanover, and Culpeper Counties in Virginia. He was a legal witness for Martin Davenport, his wife's father, in Hanover County, Virginia, in 1735, and purchased 175 acres of land on Little Rocky Creek in Hanover County, Virginia during the same year.
In 1753, Henry purchased 900 acres of land in Culpeper County from Thomas Kennerly of South Carolina. John Minor of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, in his will executed in 1754, even refers to "land lately bough of Henry Gambrell in Culpeper".
Henry and Mary had at least seven children - six sons and a daughter. Their children were: William, Benjamin, Henry, John, Thomas, Martin, and Sarah.
This family probably lived in an area known as Gambrell's Mountain in Culpeper County, Virginia. Various court and service-connected records were recorded for Gambrells in the Culpeper region during the 1750-1780's era.
Benjamin, Henry, John, and William are listed as witnesses in the 1764 Culpeper Court minutes, which was the only book preserved before 1798. Henry and John were sergeants in the Culpeper Militia under Colonel Thomas Slaugher. This group orgaed in August, 1755. For their service of approximately one year, Henry and John were each paid 1,710 pounds of tobacco in April, 1756. A David Gambrell also received pay on 5 Oct 1775,for service under Lord Dunmore. A payment was made to Thomas Gambrell, aninfantry soldier, on 24 July 1786. James and William were listed as Virginians in the Revolution. Matthew and Henry were noted living adjacent to the Albemarle Barracks in 1781. In fact, there were numerous Gambrells in Albemarle County, Virginia, in the mid to late 1700's. The Gambrells in the Albemarle County, Virginia area were even listed in the historical aspect when the county was formed in 1745. Richard was a long time Tobacco Inspector at the Henderson's Tobacco Warehouse. John was listed as a member of the Orthodox Reformed Presbyterian Church Congregation who hired Rev. Samuel Black on 29 March 1747. Henry (maybe Jr.) built the second jail in the county around 1783, and was on the 1785 Virginia Taxpayer List as a head of a family of 10. As late as 1796, Matthew Gambrell received a land grant of 25,798 acres of land in Albemarle, Orange, and Rockingham Counties. Hence, the Gambrells appeared to migrate to western Virginia or to western Carolina during the late 1700's.
(Researched by Karen Paramore, November 1, 1995 in Claiborne County Library, Tazewell, Tennessee.)

Henry* married Mary* (Sarah) Davenport in Oct 1735 in Hanover Co, Virginia (probably). Mary* (daughter of Martin* Davenport, Sr and Mrs. (1st wife of Martin)* Davenport) was born about 1706 in King William Co, Virginia; died before 1775 in Wilkes Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Caterine Gross "Caty" Wash in 1770 in Louisa, Louisa Co, Virginia. Caterine was born in 1752 in Culpeper Co, Virginia; died in 1800 in Wilkes Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Excerpt from "Pioneer Lewis Families, rev July 5, 1992"
WILLIAM GAMBILL b ca 1740 in then Hanover, now Louisa County, Virginia. d 1779, Wilkes County, North Carolina, m. 1758-60 in Virginia, Mary Washington. He moved at age 13, ca 1753, with his parents to Brumfield Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia and in 1775 moved to Wilkes County, North Carolina. One of their daughters was Mary Gambill (who married Fielding Lewis).
Witness in the 1764 Culpeper Court minutes

Provided by Hazel Roche, Correspondence Secretary, Wilkes Co., NC Historical Society, 1997
Henry and Mary's son, William, Sr. (1740 - 1779), was one of several brothers who were pioneers of Wilkes County, North Carolina around 1772. William received three land grants totaling 937 acres of land near what is presently known as the west fork of Roaring River. He married Mary Johnson Washington, probably in Louisa County, Virginia. Mary may have been married before; however, her father's name was Thomas Washington, and William did not seem to make any distinction in their seven children. It is believed that William, Sr.'s gravesite in the Walnut Grove Community in Wilkes County, North Carolina may have been washed away by the 1916 flood.

William married Mary Johnson Washington about 1758 in Culpeper Co, Virginia. Mary was born about 1740; died after 1761. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A payment was made to Thomas Gambrell, aninfantry soldier, on 24 July 1786.

Martin married Nancy Nall on 23 Sep 1777 in Wilkes Co, North Carolina. Nancy was born about 1757; died on 6 Apr 1855 in Ashe Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Charlotte Jouette on 21 Jun 1761 in Albemarle Co, Virginia. Charlotte was born about 1745; died after 1780. [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

Sarah married John* White about 1765 in Virginia or South Carolina . John* (son of James* Taylor White and Elizabeth* Powe (Poe) (Pou)) was born in 1744 in Orange Co, Virginia; died on 8 Jan 1807 in Attakapas Co, Orleans Territory, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sarah Elizabeth Alexander about 1795. Sarah was born in 1771 in Virginia; died after 1820 in Wilkes Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married John Nall on 21 Mar 1785 in Culpeper Co, Virginia. John was born in 1763 in Orange Co, Virginia; died on 20 Dec 1840 in Red River Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Charity Johnson Morgan in 1778. Charity (daughter of Squire John Morgan and Martha A. Settle) was born in 1762 in Virginia; died after 1780. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Alice Morgan on 26 Jul 1785 in Wilkes Co, North Carolina. Alice (daughter of Squire John Morgan and Martha A. Settle) was born in 1768 in Fauquier Co, Virginia; died after 1790 in of, Wilkes Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Fielding Lewis in 1790 in North Carolina. Fielding was born about 1765; died after 1786. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jesse married Nancy Johnson in 1805. Nancy was born on 2 Oct 1785 in Dehart, Wilkes Co, North Carolina; died in 1860 in Lower Division, Wilkes Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

shown as son of John Gambill and Cathy in tree posted to Family Finder by Ervin Stephen Pruitt. John Gabill and Cathy are the end of this line in his tree.

William married Chloe Johnson in 1805. Chloe (daughter of Samuel Johnson and Mary Hammons) was born on 3 Sep 1788 in Henry Co, Virginia; died on 9 Jan 1877 in Wilkes Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susannah married Vincent Tapp about 1784. Vincent was born on 2 Apr 1757 in Frederick Co, Virginia; died on 20 Mar 1824 in Staunton, Augusta Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: 8 Oct 1821, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

Notes:

Cattle brand registered for him by his father in 1790.

White, William of Virginia in America (John & Sara Gembell) m 31 Jan 1791 Amanda Cumstock of Rhode Island (Claude & Rachel Aldrich). Wit John White, Thomas Dear, David Yarmon, Loisel. Fr. de Deva (SM Ch. v. 4, #51)
White, Guillaume (Jean & Sara Gambel) m Amiee Comstock (SM Ch)
White, William (Jean & Sara Gembell of Virginia) m 31 Jan 1791 Amada Cumstock (SM Ch: v. 4, #51)

per Adam Edwards: William born in Old Cheraws District, SC
and died in Vermillion Parish. Dates match my records.

William White, son of John White and Sarah Gambill, moves to Layfayette Parish, Louisiana where he dies about Sept. of 1824 leaving his wife, Ama (Amanda) Compstock and nine children: Mary White, wife of Wm Whitlock; Reuben White; Jesse White; George White; Rachel White, wife of Mark Lee (all over the age of majority); Henry White; Rebecca White; William White; Julie White (all minors). [Gibbons p 89]

Died:
"Anna" in Succession of William White, dated 14 Sep 1824 [Lafayette Court House: Succ. #51]

William married Amanda (or Amelia) "Amiee" Comstock on 31 Jan 1791 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. Amanda (daughter of William* "Guilermo" Comstock and Rachel* Aldrich) was born on 10 Mar 1775 in Smithfield, Providence Co, Rhode Island; was christened on 25 Jul 1789 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died in 1853 in Harris Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Catholic

Notes:

White Ana of N. Carolina (Jean & Sara Gambie of Virginia) m David Armand of SM (SM Ch)

Car, Guillaume (Joseph of Jamaca (Hugo & Marguerite Halfan) m 24 Feb 1794 Ane Wit, a widow. Fr. Carolina (SM ct hse OA - 15-75)
White, Ana, wid of Carolina (Jean & Sara Gambel) m 24 Feb 1794 Joseph Car of Jamaica (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-15-75)
White, Ane a widow; from Carolina (Jean & Sara Gambel) m 24 Feb 1794 Joseph Car of Jamaica (SM Ct. Hse: OA-15-75)

(NOTE: Widow of David Harmon? He was in TX in 1829)

White, Ana of N Carolina (Jean & Sara Gambie of Virginia) m Joseph Car of Jamaica (SM Ch)
White, Nancy, wid of Joseph Carr m George Burrell, In Succ. of Joseph Carr dated 16 Aug 1816 (SM Ct. Hse.: Succ #242)

White, Ana of N.Carolina (Jean & Sara Gambil of Virginia) m George Borel of England (SM Ch)
White, Anna, widow of Joseph Car; from North Carolina; a Catholic (John & Sarah Gambil) m 1 Apr 1801 Georges Borrel, English, born in Hardfordshire; an Anglican (Robert & Elizabeth Tompkins from Ireland) * not entered in SM registers (NI Ch.: OA-#8)

White, Anne of North Carolina, widow of Joseph Carr (John & Sara Gambil, natives of North Carolina) "Informacione de Solteria Producida" - (Marriage Investigation regarding the freedom to marry) dated 1 Apr 1801 George Borrel, Church of England, of Harfondchire, England and in this parish for 18 years (Robert & Elizabeth Tomkins native of Ireland and England) Signed: Frederic Tenholt, Louis Chemin, Peter O'Reilly, James Dunman. Fr. Michel Bernard Barriere (SM Ch: Marriage Investigation: Folio D, #33)
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NANCY WHITE'S LEGACY LIVES by Gwendolyn Wingate, staff correspondent. (Top of page is cut off but believe it appeared in an Orange, TX newspaper. (Sent by Barbara Vernon)

Lusty, lovely Nancy White was four times married, and her offspring were among Texas' first settlers. Today's descendants may number in the thousands.
There is no known picture of the enigmatic Nancy, but even from the dry, precise legal documents that record her actions, she emerges full-bodied and alluring. Desiring and desirable, strong-willed and physically hardy, she steps out faded pages and takes possession of the imagination.
Nancy, or Ann, as her name is often recorded, was born to John White and Sarah Gambel a few years before the Am. Revolution. White is said to have descended from emigrants from the Isle of Wight on the southern coast of England. The ear in early records as householders in Virginia, but in the 1770's they were involved in the Regulator troubles in Burke Co., NC that preceded the revolution. Planters in the Carolina uplands rebelled against extortionate tax collectors of Gov. William Tyron, and two of the White brothers were beaten nearly to death during a riot. One was shot in the arm during the foray and lost the use of that arm, says an old court record. Six Regulators were hung and others killed by the governor's militia.
Nancy could barely have remembered these bloody troubles, but it may have been because of them that the Whites moved on for a brief stay in Mississippi and then in the 1780's to the Attakapas dist. of Louisiana. That district, then undh rule, was made up of scattered settlements of Arcadians who had been expelled from Nova Scotia; Spanish from the Canary Islands who settled near present day New Iberia; a few Indians, some of the Attakapas tribe from which the district took its name; and trappers, traders and ranchers, some from the United States.
Life was not easy in that pioneer land, Nancy's mother was a midwife assisting at the birthing of children. She bore nine of her own. John White was probably a farmer and cattleman, perhaps branding his own wild cattle of the coastal p, remnants of stock introduced by the Avoyelles Indians trading with the Spanish in Mexico. John White registered brands for himself and his son William in 1790.
It was here in 1787 that the young Nancy fell in love with David Harmon and was married. The 1792 Spanish militia census for that post shows that Harmon, then 35, was a fusilier or infantryman. He was one of the few Americans listed amoles, Acadians and Europeans.
Nancy and David Harmon had three children, Ann, John and Sarah. Their youngest daughter was born in 1792, the same year St. Martin's Parish records list an inventory of David Harmon's estate after his death. Those precisely written documents voice neither joy nor pain, but Nancy must have remembered her first love throughout her long life. She named a later son David.
The young widow may have returned to her father's home with her children. She must have had some education, uncommon in that day for a woman, and she must have given her children some schooling, for both she and they signed their name on nts rather than making a mark. In 1804 she or her father registered brands for her children at St. Martinville.
But by that time Nancy was no longer the widow Harmon. A marriage contract penned carefully in Spanish proclaims the union on Feb 24 1794, at the Attakapas Post of "the Widow Ane Wit, elder and ligitimate daughter of Jean Wit and Sara Gamative of Carolina…and, Joseph Carr of Jamaica, elder and legitimate son of Hugo Carr and Mrs. Marguerite Halfair of Jamaica." Officiating officer was the post commandant, Francisco Cago y Luongo, and the bride's brothers, William and Jesse White were witnesses.
According to the contract the groom, who was probably of Scottish descent, brought to his marriage 1000 piastres (worth about $1 each) in notes, belongings consisting of 275 piastres, and other property commensurate with Nancy's half of thunity division from her marriage to Harmon.
Nancy bore a son, William, and a daughter, Lucy, to Joseph Carr. But perhaps it was too soon after the loss of her first love, or maybe Carr had an insatiable wanderlust. He disappeared from the scene, and subsequent documents never ro Nancy as the widow Carr. Stories passed down through the generation's hint that Carr was a freebooter and adventurer. A man by that name took part in the 1812 Gutierrez expedition that attempted to wrest Texas from Spain. The expedition failed and if indeed Carr was with them, there is no clue to what happened to him.
A few years later Nancy married George Burrell, or Borel as he sometimes appears. He and his family had been in the district as early as 1782 and were probably neighbors of the Whites. He and Maria Dunman were baptismal sponsors of Nancnger sister Sarah in 1801.
Nancy's life with George Burrell may have lacked the ecstasy she knew with David Harman, but in maturity they must have brought warmth and understanding to the marriage that lasted nearly 20 years. She named her oldest son Robert, and the younger, David.
The children of Nancy White's three marriages would play an important part of the history of Jefferson, Orange and Chambers counties. In 1830 John Harmon veteran of the War of 1812 and son of her first love David, settled near Adams Bayouat is now Orange. John's son David had come to Texas a year earlier, and Nancy's daughter Sarah, who married Absalom Gray came in 1833.
One of John Harmon's son Joshua, was the ancestor of the Harmon saddlemakers of Hankamer. His other children married Pevitos, Patillos, Blands, Coles and Means most of who were also early settlers.
William Carr was a part of Stephen F. Austin's third colony, claiming the William Carr League along Taylor's Bayou near LaBelle. He may have gotten additional land for furnishing horses to the TX. Revolutionists.
David Burrell settled near Taylors Bayou in 1828, claiming the league of land that bears his name. His nephew, George, his brother Robert's son, married Nancy French, daughter of John J. French of the trading post. Their son, J.J. Burrelrried a cousin, Alzena Carr, daughter of Nancy White's son, William Carr.
Probably all of Nancy's brothers and sisters except Jesse also settled in Texas. Her brother, 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 earlyfrontation of Texans and Mexicans. Nancy White Burrell herself claimed land in McLennan Co. which was later lost by her heirs in a lawsuit.
By 1824 when Nancy made a settlement with her dau. Sarah Harmon for her share of her father's estate, Nancy was again a widow. But her love life was not over. Opelousas marriage records reveal that on June 8 1828, she married Jacob Hamshire
Nancy was now past childbearing age, but Hamshire's descendants from an earlier marriage would also leave their mark on area history. His son John was one of High Island's early settlers and the town of Hamshire would take its name from the surname of his grandson, Lovan. An early Jefferson co. sheriff, David Garner married a Matilda Hamshire in 1839, who was a granddaughter of Jacob's.
Other descendants of Nancy's, to name a few, are Clubbs, Moors, Dugars (Dugats), Jetts, Abshiers, Walles, Norwoods, Harrises, Pruetts, Wilcoxes, Gatlins, Hayes, Aubeys, Hargraves, Wingates, Alexanders, Van Wormers, Hoffpauirs, Heimans, Boused many others.
When did Nancy die? And where is she buried? Some say in a half-forgotten cemetry near Duncan Woods in Orange Co. No one knows for sure.

Died:
The date of her death, or the place seems to be only conjecture, no actual records of her death appear to have been found. However, if her husband died in 1850 in St. Landry it doesn't seem likely she would be in Orange, unless his date/place of death is not accurate. Her son James Harmon settled in Orange, but have not been able to find her in his household.

Nancy* married David (Levy) Harmon on 21 May 1787 in Louisiana. David (son of John Harmon and Mrs. Mary (..) Harmon) was born in 1757 in St.Martin Parish, Louisiana; died in 1792. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy* married Joseph Carr on 24 Feb 1794 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. Joseph (son of Hugh (Hugo) Carr and Marguerite Halfan) was born on 6 Aug 1752 in Kingston, Jamaica; died before 16 Aug 1816 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy* married George* Burrell, (immigrant) on 1 Apr 1801 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. George* (son of Robert* Borrel (Burrell), (Immigrant) and Elizabeth* Tomkins, (immigrant)) was born before 1765 in Hartfordshire, England; died before 1824. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy* married Jacob Hamshire on 8 Jun 1828 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Jacob was born about 1775; died in 1850 in of, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

White, Luce (Jean & Sara Gambel) m Wales Witention (SM Ch)
White, Luce (Jean & Sara Gambel) m Jusue Artlay (SM Ch)
Note: Could Timothy be Jusue Artlay's child?
White, Lucie of Virginia (Jean & Sara Gambel) m 2 Jan 1795 Whitington Wallace of Baltimore, Maryland (SM Ct. Hse: OA-16-128)

(per Temple)
After Wallace died, Lucy entered into a housekeeping contract with Reuben Barrow (Richard Barrow & Mary Godienne (Goodwin) . Reuben was widower of Mary Jane Johnson (bt 7 Jan 1802 Opel); both had small children. The contract stipulated that she while she would care for the children, she and Reuben would rear all the children together. This arrangement ended in 1815 when Reuben married the widow Green. Lucy married John Clark. Later Reuben married Fannie Kennedy in Georgia.

Note: Which Mary Jane Johnson? Which John Clark? Which Green?

Lucy married Jusue Artlay about 1794. Jusue was born about 1776; died after 1795. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucy married Whitington Wallace on 2 Jan 1795 in St.Martin Parish, Louisiana. Whitington (son of Thomas Wallace and Rebecca Machain) was born about 1776 in Baltimore Co, Maryland; died after 1806 in of, Bayou Vermillion, St.Martin Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucy married Joseph Hartley about 1806 in Post of Atakapas, Louisiana. Joseph was born about 1775; died before 1818 in Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucy married John Clark in 1820. John was born about 1770; died after 1820 in Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

White, Jean Jesse (Jean of Virginia & Sara Gambel of Virginia) bt 27 May 1800 at age 22 yrs (SM Ch. v. 5, 263)

White, Jean Jesse of Virginia (Jean & Sara Gambel of Virginia) m 27 May 1800 Jeanne Durman (SM Ch: v. 4, #197)

White, John Jesse of Virginia (John & Sarah Gambel of Virginia, living in this parish) m 27 May 1800 Jeanne Dunman (John of Virginia & Jane Kilkris (Gilchrist) of South Carolina, all living in this parish) Wits: McLee, James Drake, James Dunman, brother to the bride, John Darcy, Louis Chemin. Fr. Michel Bernard Barriere (SM Ch. v.4, #197)

White, John Jesse, born in South Carolina (John of Virginia & Sarah Gambel of Virginia) b will be 22 years old on 15 Sep 1800, bt 27 May 1800. Pats: James Taylor White & Elizabeth Pou; Mats: John Gambel & Sarah Dempot all of Virginia; Spons: Joseph Primo & Marguerite Albert his wife. Fr. Michel Bernard Barriere (SM ch v.5, #263)

White, Jesse m Jane Dunman - children: John & Joseph Succ dated 3 Apr 1813 (SM Ct. Hse: Succ #206-A)

John married Jeanne Dunman on 27 May 1800 in St.Martin Parish, Louisiana. Jeanne (daughter of John Dunman and Jane (Jeanne) Gilchrist) was born about 1780 in St.Martin Parish, Louisiana; died after 1811. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

White, Marie of Carolina (Jean & Sara Gambie of Virginia) m Alexandre Graer of Pennsylvania (SM Ch)
White, Marie (Jean & Sara Gambel of Virginia) m Alexandre Graer b 9 Sep 1780 (SM Ch. v. 6 #1030)
White, Marie, wife of Alexandre Graer (John, living on Bayou Vermillion & Sara Gambel of Virginia) b 9 Sept 1780, bt 13 Nov 1810. Pats: James Tailor White & Elizabeth Spars of Virginia; Mats: Henry Gambel & Mary Davenport of Virtinia; Spns: Antoine Dronet & Marguerite, wife of Donat Primo. Fr. Gabriel Isabey (SM Ch: v. 6 # 1030)
White, Polly - a Protestant, of this parish, widow of Eie Grayer (major daughter of dec John Whyte of Vermillion & Celeste Gambel) m 5 Apr 1815 James Young, a Protestant, of Vermillion and a native of Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania (major son of Nathaniel & Mary Waker) Wits: Quincy Dunman, Hugh Hamston, Louis chemin, John Greig. Fr. Gabriel Isabey (SM Ch.: Folio F)
White, Polly, widow of dec Elick Grayer; a Protestant (dec. John & Celeste Gambel) m 5 April 1815 James Young, of Pennsylvania, a Protestant (Nathuel [sometimes Nathaniel or Notley] & Marie Walker) * not entered in the St. Martin church registers (NI Ch: OA-#44)

Mary married Alexander Greer about 1796 in St.Martin Parish, Louisiana. Alexander (son of John Greer and Anne MacPherson) was born about 1783 in Pennsylvania; died before 1815 in St.Martin Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married James Young on 5 Apr 1815 in St.Martin Parish, Louisiana. James (son of Nathaniel Young and Marie Walker) was born about 1780 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania; died after 1816. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Catholic

Notes:

White, Sara (Jean of N.Carolina & Sara Gambie of N.Carolina) bt. 5 May 1801 at age 17 yrs (SM Ch: v. 5, #372)

White, Sara (Jean & Sara Gambel m Jacques Donman (SM Ch)

White, Sarah (John of North Carolina & Sarah Gambil of North Carolina) bt 5 May 1801 at age 17 yrs old. Pats: James Taylor White & Elizabeth Pou; Mats: John Gambil & Sarah Dempot all of Virginia; Spons: George Borrel & Marie Donman. Fr. Michel Bernard Barriere (SM Ch: v. 5 #372)

White, Sara born in Natches, a Catholic (John & Sara Gambil) m 5 May 1801 Jacques Dowman, a Protestant (dec John from Ireland & Jeanne Kilkrist from North Carolina) not entered in SM church registers (NI Ch: OA #9)

White, Sara of Natchez (John Whait & Sara Gambil of North Carolina and living in this parish) "Informacion de Solteria Producida" - (Marriage Investigation regarding the freedom to marry) dated 5 May 1801 James Dunman, a Protestant, from Pansacola (Pensacola) and living in this parish for many years (dec John Dunmon of Ireland & Jane Kilkris of North Carolina and living in this parish) Signed: Frederic Tenhold, Thomas Fletcher, John White, John Gretion, all of this parish. Fr. Michel Bernard Barriere (SM Ch: Marriage Investigation: Folio D, #30)

Sarah married James Dunman on 5 May 1801 in St.Martin Parish, Louisiana. James (son of John Dunman and Jane (Jeanne) Gilchrist) was born about 1778 in Pensacola, Florida; died after 1810 in of, St.Martin Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Humphrey Jackson on 13 Oct 1809 in Louisiana. Humphrey (son of Hugh Jackson and Letitia Thompson) was born on 24 Nov 1784 in Ballynure, Co Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland; died on 18 Jan 1833 in Harris Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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).

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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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Protestant

Notes:

White, Susanne (Jean & Sara Gambel of Virginia) b 2 Nov 1791 (SM Ch. v. 6, 1029)
White, Suanne (John & Sarah Gambel of Virginia) b 2 Nov 1791m bt 13 Nov 1810. Pats: James Tailor White & Elizabeth Spars of Virginia; Mats: Henry Gambel & Mary Davenport of Virginia; spons: Antoine Dronet & Christine Hartgrave, wife of Charles Hares. Fr. Gabriel Isabey (SM Ch: v. 6, #1029)
White, Susanne - a Protestant, of this parish (minor daughter of dec John of lower Vermillion & Celeste Gambell) m 27 Feb 1811 John Lee a Protestant, of Virginia, residing here (major son of Peter & Isabelle Taylor) Wits: Joseph Dunman, James Dunman, William Harris. Fr. Gabriel Isabey (SM Ch: Folio F) * not entered in the St. Martin church registers (NI Ch: OA-#35)

Susanna married John Lee on 27 Feb 1811 in St.Martin Parish, Louisiana. John (son of Peter Lee and Rebecca Taylor) was born about 1791 in Virginia; died after 1812 in of, St.Martin Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]