Arthur James Burrell

Notes:

Buried:
Headstone:
Uncle
Arthur Burrell
Mar 16 1876 - Apr 26 1939
Rest in Peace

Arthur married Florence Rollins about 1896, and was divorced before 1939. Florence was born about 1876; died after 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 27 Apr 1841, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 8 Oct 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

1880 Jasper Co Census. Also living with him was James Cole 35, divorced from Frederick's sister, Hester A. Burrell.

Census:
8 oct 1850 Sabine Pass
(census pages does not say "Sabine Pass" but the census taker was Worth Patridge, who was a prominent citizen of Sabine Pass)

residence 99
Anna Court 40 1810 Louisiana
Lucretia 10 1840 Texas
Paul P. 6 1846 Texas

residence 100
Francis Gallier (Sr) 50 farmer 1800 Louisiana
Mary 52 1798 Louisiana
Eliza Myers 14 1836 Louisiana
Melissa Ann 6 1844 Louisiana

(Eliza and Melissa Myers, Mary's orphaned granddaughters, children of her daughter Amelia Hayes and Benjamin Myers.)

residence 101
Francis Gallier, Jr. 30 1820 farmer Louisiana
Mary (Peveto) 35 1815 Louisiana
Amelia 9 1841 Louisiana
Adelia 7 1843 Louisiana
Mary E 2 1848 Louisiana
Quinton 1/12 1850 Texas
John Acres 19 1831 Louisiana

residence 102
Robert Burrell 47 1803 farmer Louisiana
Susannah 46 1804 Louisiana
David 15 1835 Texas
Hester 12 1838 Texas
Frederick 7 1843 Texas

Frederick married Rachel Cole about 1869. Rachel (daughter of David Cole and Louisa Stephenson (or Stephen)) was born on 27 Jan 1853 in Jasper Co, Texas; died on 24 Jul 1913 in Buna, Jasper Co, Texas; was buried on 25 Jul 1913 in Williamson Cem, Orange Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Civil War
• Birth: 18 Apr 1802, St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
• Residence: Abt 1830, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: Between 1836 and 1845, Taylor Bayou, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 08 Oct 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Death: 08 Feb 1858, Orange, Orange Co, Texas
• Residence: Between 1861 and 1865, Orange, Orange Co, Texas; Confederate States
• Census: 1946, Jefferson Co, Texas; tax list

Notes:

Borel, Robert (George - of England & Anne Waith (White) - of North Carolina)
b 31 October 1801, bt 18 April 1802; pats: Robert Borrel - of Ireland & Elizabeth Tomquins (Thomkins) of England; Mats: John Waith or White & Sarah Gabil of Virginia; Spons: Edouard Almure & Anastasie Broussard. Fr. Michel Bernard Barriere (SM Ch.: v.5, #437)

Burrell, Robert (George & Anne Burrell) m 28 Feb 1822 Suzan Clark
(SM ct hse mar v B p 5)

Taken from Yellowed Pages Vol ?, p 197: Beaumont in the Early Days, Articles by Late Judge Russell Given to Moffett DAR Chapter:
Burrells First 30
It is believe the first settlers (under Mexican government then) in this area were the Burrell brothers, David and Robert, who lived on the tract of land at Taylor's bayou, which the Mexican government titled to David. That was in the third dade of the 1800s. Other families in that section in the early 1800 were W.H. Smiths, Joseph Roberts at a place now known as Hampshire, Tap Ashworth who lived south of the bayou, John Jap French who settled on the north side of the bayou.
Joseph Gallier, James Taylor, Bennett Blackman, William Carr, Lovan Hamshire, Joshuah Harmon, Michael Pevito (a Frenchman from New Orleans) David Garner, David C. Lawhon, Taylor White, are all the settlers of the 1830-1850 era. They settledn the section of the waters known as Bayou Las Flores, Rosebud bayou, Mayhaw bayou, and Turtle bayou. Taylor's bayou was named for Taylor White.

1850 Jefferson Co Census: Farmer, can't read/write
Robert Burrell - 47 LA
Susannah 46 LA
David 15 TX (1835)
Hester 12 TX
Frederick 7 TX


Burrel, Robert (George & Anne Burrel) m 28 Feb 1822 Suzan Clark (SM Cthse Mar. v B, p 5.)


Quite possibly this Robert:
A complete roster of Captain O'Brien's company cannot now be located. There are two men still residents of Beaumont who were members of that company, Jacob Gallier and H. W. Potter. From Mr. Gallier it is learned that Andy McFaddin , a member of Captain O'Brien's company, was killed in a Louisiana battle in a sugar field near Fordoche and that Robert Burrell, another Beaumonter, had a leg shot off
http://mykindred.com/wiess/st-o-b/16-Beaumont-in-the-Wars.html#457176


Military:
Name: Robert Burrell
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Texas
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private.
Enlisted in Company C, 11th Battn Cavalry Regiment Texas.

Sources: 425


Residence:
Burrells First 30
It is believe the first settlers (under Mexican government then) in this area were the Burrell brothers, David and Robert, who lived on the tract of land at Taylor's bayou, which the Mexican government titled to David. That was in the third decade of the 1800s.

Census:
8 oct 1850 Sabine Pass
(census pages does not say "Sabine Pass" but the census taker was Worth Patridge, who was a prominent citizen of Sabine Pass)

residence 99
Anna Court 40 1810 Louisiana
Lucretia 10 1840 Texas
Paul P. 6 1846 Texas

residence 100
Francis Gallier (Sr) 50 farmer 1800 Louisiana
Mary 52 1798 Louisiana
Eliza Myers 14 1836 Louisiana
Melissa Ann 6 1844 Louisiana

(Eliza and Melissa Myers, Mary's orphaned granddaughters, children of her daughter Amelia Hayes and Benjamin Myers.)

residence 101
Francis Gallier, Jr. 30 1820 farmer Louisiana
Mary (Peveto) 35 1815 Louisiana
Amelia 9 1841 Louisiana
Adelia 7 1843 Louisiana
Mary E 2 1848 Louisiana
Quinton 1/12 1850 Texas
John Acres 19 1831 Louisiana

residence 102
Robert Burrell 47 1803 farmer Louisiana
Susannah 46 1804 Louisiana
David 15 1835 Texas
Hester 12 1838 Texas
Frederick 7 1843 Texas



Census:
Name: Robert Burrell
State: TX
County: Jefferson County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1846
Record Type: Tax list
Page: NPN
Database: TX Tax List Index, 1840-1849

Robert* married Susanne* Clark on 28 Feb 1822 in Attakapas Dist, St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. Susanne* (daughter of James* (Jacques) William Clark and Esther* "Hester" Comstock) was born before 20 Mar 1803 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana; died in Jan 1860 in Adams Bayou, Orange Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 25 Apr 1805, St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
• Residence: Abt 1830, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 8 Oct 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

Clark, Susanne (William & Esther Comestock) of lower Bayou Teyh) b 20 Mar 1803, bt 25 April 1805; pats not listed; mats not listed; Spons Alexandre Verdun & Felicite Robinet. Fr. Gabriel Isabey (SM Ch. v. 6 # 257)

Clark, Suzan ( James & Esther Clark) m 28 Feb 1822 Robert Burrel (SM cthse mar v B, p 5)

Census:
8 oct 1850 Sabine Pass
(census pages does not say "Sabine Pass" but the census taker was Worth Patridge, who was a prominent citizen of Sabine Pass)

residence 99
Anna Court 40 1810 Louisiana
Lucretia 10 1840 Texas
Paul P. 6 1846 Texas

residence 100
Francis Gallier (Sr) 50 farmer 1800 Louisiana
Mary 52 1798 Louisiana
Eliza Myers 14 1836 Louisiana
Melissa Ann 6 1844 Louisiana

(Eliza and Melissa Myers, Mary's orphaned granddaughters, children of her daughter Amelia Hayes and Benjamin Myers.)

residence 101
Francis Gallier, Jr. 30 1820 farmer Louisiana
Mary (Peveto) 35 1815 Louisiana
Amelia 9 1841 Louisiana
Adelia 7 1843 Louisiana
Mary E 2 1848 Louisiana
Quinton 1/12 1850 Texas
John Acres 19 1831 Louisiana

residence 102
Robert Burrell 47 1803 farmer Louisiana
Susannah 46 1804 Louisiana
David 15 1835 Texas
Hester 12 1838 Texas
Frederick 7 1843 Texas



Died:
U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedule
Surname: Susan Burrel
Year: 1860
County: Orange CO.
State: TX
Age: 65
Gender: F (Female)
Month of Death: Jan
State of Birth: LA
ID#: MRT197_44774
Occupation: NONE LISTED
Cause Of Death: MEASLES

Notes:

Married:
US and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Robert Burrell
Gender: male
Birth Year: 1801
Spouse Name: Susan Clark
Marriage
Year: 1822


US and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Robert Burrell
Gender: male
Birth Year: 1801
Spouse Name: Susan Clark
Marriage
Year: 1822

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 23 Oct 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

1850 Jeff Co Census, residence 89, age 25 farmer, born LA, wife Louisa, age 21, born LA.
1880 census: pg 163b - Precinct 4, Jasper Co, Texas

Census:
89 Cole David 25 1825 Louisiana
Louisa 21 1829 Louisiana

178 Cole John 1805 Louisiana
Rachel 1805 Louisiana
Clark 19 181 Texas
Mark 16 1834 Texas
Sally Ann 13 1837 Texas
Elizabeth 10 1840 Texas
Absalom 8 1842 Texas
James 6 1844 Texas
Huldah 4 1846 Texas

181 Cole, Joshua 21 1829 Louisiana
Elizabeth 18 1832 Texas
Mar 11 1839 Texas

lives between John (1779) and Elizabeth (1788) Harmon
and Joshua (1826 and Cleoneze (1831) Harmon

David married Louisa Stephenson (or Stephen) on 31 Mar 1847. Louisa was born in 1829 in Louisiana; died in 1907. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Church of England/Anglican
• Emigration: Bef 1782, Hartfordshire, England

Notes:

also spelled Burrel; Borrel.
Came to Louisiana in abt 1783
1810 LA census shows a George Borrells, Attapapas - age 45+, wife 26-45;
two boys < 10: Robert & David
boy and girl 10-16: William & Marie Carr

SLR Borrel, George - ~~Church of England, of Hartfordshire, England, and in this parish for 18 years (Robert and Elizabeth Tomkins - native of Ireland and England) "Informacion de Solteria Producida" - {Marriage Investigation regarding the freedom to marry): 1 April 1801 Anne White - of North Carolina, widow of Joseph Carr (John & Sara Gambil - natives of North Carolina) singed: Frederic Tenholt, Louis Chemin, Peter O'Reilly, James Dunman. Fr. Michel Bernard Barriere (SM Ch.: Marriage Investigation: Folio D. # 33)

Borrel, Georges - English, born in Hardfordshire; Anglican (Robert & Elizabeth Tompkins from Ireland) m 1 April 1801 Anna White - widow of Joseph Car; from North Carolina; a Catholic (John & Sara Gambil) *not entered in the SM registers (NI Ch.: OA-#8)

Burrel, George m Nancy White, widow of Joseph Carr. In succ of Joseph Carr dated 16 August 1816 (SM Cthse, succ #242)
parents of Robert Burrel (Southwest Louisiana Records, V2)

Nov 1801, spons bt. of Sarah White (John & Sarah Gambil), Nancy's sister.
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(Sapphire on the Neches by Block) "By 1840, three, perhaps four, families were living on Grigsby property and perhaps eight families were living at Sabine. West of Hillebrrande Bayou, there lived perhaps 6 or 7 families, including Christian Hilledebrandt, William Carr, John J. French, and George Burrell."

George* married Nancy* Ann White on 1 Apr 1801 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. Nancy* (daughter of John* White and Sarah Davenport "Sally"* Gambill) was born about 1770 in North Carolina; died about 1834 in Duncan Woods, Orange Co, Texas (maybe). [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.

Notes:

SLR Clark, Jacques (Francois Clarg of Maryland in American & Rachuel Milone) m 8 July 1790 Esther Constaq of Hosac in Province of Neuva Yorca (in the State of New York) (William & Rachel Auldbridge). Wits: Joseph Nickson, Loisel, David Harmon, William White. Fr. de Deva (SM Ch.: v.4 # 42)

Clark, Jacques ( Francois & Raquel Milone of Maryland) m 8 Jul 1790 Ester Comstaq or Comstock (SM ch v 4, #42/StMartin of Tours Church)
Clark, James of Maryland (Patrick of Ireland & Rachel Melony) m Ester Cumstok of New England (SM Ch/St.Martin of Tours Church, St.Martinville, LA)
Attakapas Gazette
James married (1) Esther Comstock on 8 Jul 1790 in St. Martinville, St.Martin, LA. Esther was b about 1768 in RI/MA.

Residences:
Prairie James, the English Coast - 1790, 1797
of Lower Bayou Teych - 1805
Living on Bayou Vermillion, 1810
Vermillion, 1813

Died:
some places give a death date of 15 NOV 1804 in Opelousas. Others give no date but say he died in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish. Children born to him later than that date are documented by SWLA Father Hebert's books. He clearly died later.

James* married Esther* "Hester" Comstock on 8 Jul 1790 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. Esther* (daughter of William* "Guilermo" Comstock and Rachel* Aldrich) was born in 1772 in Smithfield, Providence Co, Rhode Island; was christened on 11 Jun 1786 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died in Jan 1850 in Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Last name also Constaq, Comstok, Cumstok)
Possibly born in (Hosac?) New York, (Norfolk Co) Massachusetts, Rhode Island or Maryland.

SWR 1: Esther Comstock (Guilermo & Rachel AULD BRIDGE) m 8 July 1790 Jacques Clark SM Ch.: v. 4 # 42)
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From: algravois@mobiletel.com (Albert Gravois)
Reply-to: algravois@mobiletel.com
To: Lumoto@aol.com

Hi Sherry,
I am not good at all on the internet, so you can be assured that the reason you couldn't find the JOHNLYONS-L group was because I did something wrong in sending you the address. Sorry! Try USGenWeb.com then go to their archives, select Louina, and type in "Merriman" or
"Lyons." They'll have things about the Lyons group in there.
I found a "Grandinego" (I think is how it's spelled), which is the name of a witness on one of your group's documents, who was given an English land grant in a DeVille book about English land grants in Louisiana. I also found an "Aldridge Plation" mentioned in an
abstract of newspaper articles from Assumption Parish. That may be why the Comstocks came to Louisiana, through Rachel and whoever this Aldridge Plantation belonged to. I'm going to have to do some searching to find out who owned it.
I also found a William Comstock who served in the Confederate Navy and who was buried in Donaldsonville. He listed his next of kin as a daughter named "Gussie." Have you ever run across a "Gussie" or anyone whose name would transpose itself o the nickname "Gussie"?
By the way, the wife of one of the guys in our local genealogy group in Terrebonne Parish is a descendant of Hester (Ester) Comstock in your group. He says he has a folder on the Comstocks and we are trying to get copies of everything he . I'll let you know if anything pops up.
Sorry about the wrong address! I'll get the hang of this one day.
Patty.


Died:
Surname: Hester Clark (This Hester?)
Year: 1850
County: Jefferson CO.
State: TX
Age: 80
Gender: F (Female)
Month of Death: Jan
State of Birth: CT
ID#: MRT197_58280
Occupation: NONE LISTED
Cause of Death: DROPSY

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 23 Oct 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 21 Jun 1860, Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas

Notes:

The John Coale (Cole) Family
Appendix, pg 231

John Coale (1805-1875) was born in St. Landry Parish. His parents were James Coale and Jemima Curtis, who were married in Natchez Territory in Mississippi in 1785. John Coale married Rachel Hayes in Opelousas, Louisiana, on Jul 27, 1823. Both were eighteen years old at the time. Ultimately, they had nine children.
It is believed that he migrated to Texas in 1823 to receive a Mexican Land grand. However, some problem occurred and he never received the final title.
It is known that he lived in the Cow Bayou Settlement. He was mentioned in several documents, although there is no record that he owned land. He was listed with Richard Ballew, John Harmon, and Thomas Hart ona committee to select a suitable place for the seat of justice of the new municipality of Jefferson. George Patillo mentioned him as one of the early citizens that he remembered. Also, he was mentioned by Captain George W. Hargraves as one of the men who served during the Texas Revolution. He therefore turned his interests to cattle and cattle-raising, along with his brother and his children. His older son, David, married Louisa Stephen. His son Joshua died in Apri 1903, and was buried in Orange County. John's other children married Stephensons, Burrells, Mills, and Williamsons. The elder Coale Died on April 20, 1875, and was buried in the John Coale Cem in Orange. His wife, Rachel, died on November 21, 1890, and is buried at the Abshire Ranch Cemetery in Liberty, Texas.



listed 1850 Jefferson County Census. James not listed, nor the oldest two.

Census:
89 Cole David 25 1825 Louisiana
Louisa 21 1829 Louisiana

178 Cole John 1805 Louisiana
Rachel 1805 Louisiana
Clark 19 181 Texas
Mark 16 1834 Texas
Sally Ann 13 1837 Texas
Elizabeth 10 1840 Texas
Absalom 8 1842 Texas
James 6 1844 Texas
Huldah 4 1846 Texas

181 Cole, Joshua 21 1829 Louisiana
Elizabeth 18 1832 Texas
Mar 11 1839 Texas

lives between John (1779) and Elizabeth (1788) Harmon
and Joshua (1826 and Cleoneze (1831) Harmon


Census:
21 Jun 1860 Orange Co, Texas Precinct 2, PO Duncans Wood


178 John Harmon 22 1838 TX
Mary (Means) 19 1841 LA
Martha 3 1857 TX
Milley 1 1859 TX

180 Harmon John 70 1790 LA
Elizabeth 1793 LA
Green, Manda 20 1840 TX

res 192 Solomon Sparks 40 1820 Alabama
Martha C Sparks 40 1820 S.C
John L 16 1844 TN
James E 14 1846 LA
William E 9 1851 TX
Mary S 11 1849 TX
Joseph M 7 1853 TX
Oscah 4 1856 TX

res 193 John Railah 1798 62
Malinda Railah 1816 44
Christian W Railah 1848 12 TX
Isaac P Railah 8 1852 TX
Rachel D Railah 5 1855 TX
Mary C Railah 3 1857 TX
Julia C 2 1858


201 Burrell James 35 1825 LA
Elizabeth 25 1835 LA
William 12 1848 TX
Robert 10 1850
Emoly 8 1852
David 3 1857
Lucy 2 1858
Frederick Burrell 19 1841 TX

207 Gallier Jane 23 1837 MS
Rufus 6 1854 TX
Andrew 4 1856 TX
Willis 3 1857 TX

229 Jemima (Allen) Morgan 54 1806 LA ??
wid of William Charles Morgan b abt 1803 TN
d bef 1860 Jeff Co.
Allen 20 1840 TX
William 17 1843
Sarah 1 1847

238 Myers James 31 1829 LA
Sarah E 27 1833 TX
James Orin 1 1859 TX
Mary Myers 70 1790 LA

240 John Cole 55 1805 farmer LA <<<<
Rachel 55 1805 LA
Absalome 20 1840 stock keeper TX
James 16 1844 stock keeper TX
Hulda 13 1847 TX
Clark 20 1830 stock keeper TX

241 Mark Cole 25 1835 TX
Hester A. 21 1839 TX
Hulda 1 1859 TX

John married Rachael Hayes on 27 Jul 1823 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Rachael (daughter of John "Jean" Hayes and Anne Clark) was born on 18 Dec 1805 in Plaquemine Brulee, Acadia Parish, Louisiana; died on 21 Nov 1889 in Hardin, Liberty Co, Texas; was buried in Abshire Ranch Cem, Liberty, Liberty Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hayes, Rachel (John & Anna Clarke) m 27 July 1823 John Cole
(Opel Ct.Hse.: Mar. #7.)