Gorgia Hillebrandt

Notes:

Oliver C. Hillebrandt. On December 2, 1915, death removed a striking figure from among the veteran stockmen of Texas. 0. C. Hillebrandt had begun following the cattle trails of the Southwest as early as 1869, and consequently he was in every way qualified for membership in the "Old-Time Cattle Trail Men's Association," which was organized in San Antonio in May, 1913. Familiarly known as "Bud" Hillebrandt, he was one of the most widely known and best beloved of the Texas cattle men. While his home was at 1012 Howard Street in San Antonio, his business headquarters for the past ten years had been in Brownsville. He had spent the Thanksgiving holidays with his family and was making arrangements to return to Brownsville when stricken with pneumonia.

A native son of Texas, spending his entire lifetime within its borders, he identified himself when little more than a boy of fourteen years of age with the Confederate cause as a cadet and served only a few months before the close of the war. Afterward he was associated with various business enterprises, from which he won a gratifying success. With the eye of a proprietor he had watched and participated in the great development of the state and had contributed generously of his abilities in positions of public importance.

Oliver C. Hillebrandt was born July 14, 1851, on Mulberry Creek on the line of Lavaca and Fayette counties, Texas, a son of Oliver Levi and Clarinda (Patterson) Hillebrandt. The Hillebrandts were among the earliest settlers of Texas. His grandfather, Christian Hillebrandt, was born in Denmark but came to the United States when a boy. When the War of 1812 broke out he enlisted for service in the American iorces and was with General Jackson at New Orleans and in several other campaigns. He moved into the borders of the Mexican province of Texas as early as 1818. Dr. James P. Patterson, maternal grandfather of Mr. Hillebrandt, was likewise an early settler of Texas, and for many years followed his profession as a physician and surgeon. Oliver Levi Hillebrandt was a Texas patriot in the war for independence, having joined General Sam Houston's army in 1836. Afterwards he became a stockman and devoted the greater part of his life to the handling of cattle. He earned his success through the display of good business judgment and perseverance and was known in his community as a public spirited citizen.

Oliver C. Hillebrandt was two years of age when his parents removed from the vicinity of his birth to Victoria County, and there he grew up, receiving his education in the pioneer schools. Under the capable direction of his father he was brought up in the cattle business, and to that vocation he devoted his active lifetime. Much of his career was spent on the frontier and in the great border districts of Southern Texas. During the long period of years when all the country south of San Antonio to the Rio Grande was the scene of recurring depredations and outlawry, he was a participant in dangerous experiences and a witness to many sterling episodes. Through his years of contact with the Mexicans he spoke the Spanish language fluently. This accomplishment assisted him greatly in his work as deputy United States customs inspector on the Rio Grande, a position he held two years. He was subsequently deputy United states marshal at San Antonio.

The late Mr. Hillebrandt was a man of wide experience in business affairs in Southwest Texas, where no man bore a better name in stock circles. While the greater part of his attention was given to the cattle business, he also had some successful experience in the land business. The straightforward nature of his dealings won the confidence and esteem of all with whom he was associated.

Mr. Hillebrandt was married in Dewitt County, Texas, to Miss Carrie Youngblood, who survives him together with five children, namely: L. F. Hillebrandt of Center Point; L. B. Hillebrandt of San Antonio; Mrs. F. 0. Noessel of San Angelo; Mrs. H. S. Fairbank of Carrizo, New Mexico; and Miss Sallie Hillebrandt of San Antonio.

A history of Texas and Texans, Volume 4 By Frank White Johnson
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Oliver married Caroline M. "Carrie" Youngblood about 1872 in Dewitt Co, Texas. Caroline (daughter of Alvira (or Almira) J. (..) Youngblood) was born in 1854 in Georgia; died after 1915. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1848, Fayette Co, Texas
• Census: 3 Oct 1850, Fayette 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:
Hellibrandt O 28 1822 Louisiana laborer
Clorinda 22 1828 Alabama
Roheama 1 1849 Texas


Census:
387/387
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

next door to Levi's sister Caroline
388/88 William Brewer 32 farmer LA
Caroline (Hillebrandt) 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

Olivier married Clarenda Cassandra Patterson on 28 Dec 1848 in Jefferson Co, Texas. Clarenda was born about 1822; died about 1857. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]