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Dewitt Co, Texas



 


Latitude: 29.1235194, Longitude: -97.3516558


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1860 Texas, Dewitt County, Census		1860 Texas, Dewitt County, Census
Mabra and Sarah Lovelady Jones and children, George, Mary, Susan, Cyrus, Stephen, Andrew, and Henry; and James and Nancy Lovelady, Sarah's parents.
Letter - 1856 06/18		Letter - 1856 06/18
Letter from Nancy Lovelady, in her handwriting, to Jackson and Susan Bounds Butts telling of camp meetings and encouraging them "to attend to Christianity." The Loveladys are living in Manahula, Dewitt County Texas, and the Butts are living in Lavaca County.
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Dewitt Co, Texas
Susan Evaline Bounds, (foster?) (I8850)
Andrew Jackson Butts, Sr (I1463)
Nancy* Linville (maybe), (dau?) (I1031)
James* Lovelady (I1020)
Letter - 1860, 07/11		Letter - 1860, 07/11
from Mary to Aunt Susan Bounds Butts, referencing her new bro, Andrew (my g-gf), and other family news. Written in Dewitt Co, mailed from Helena, Texas.

"Mr. Bean" referred to in this letter was Russell Bean, a 30 yr-old gentleman from Alabama, with a wife and two small children. She states Mr. Bean had bought Uncle "Alec's property and had a wonderful well, sustaining 4 families thru a drought. She states that he had been hurt in an explosion while blasting a well for George Jacobs who was son of Andrew Jacobs.
A.J. Jacobs and Bean were neighbors with only one residence between them. George Jacobs was connected to the Jones family by marriage as his sister-in-law Julie Wilcox was 2nd wife of Alfred Allee, who was widower of Ann Lovelady, daughter of James and Nancy Lovelady. George was living next door to the Loveladys.

Thanks to Geneva Garrett's voluntary search, she found the transaction where Russell Bean bought 252 acres from A. Allee, etux (Book J pg 239)
A. Allee must be Alfred Allee, who was indeed Mary's uncle, but odd that he would be referred to as "Uncle Alec."

She also states "Pap and Grandma talks of going to the mountains they have sold their cattle." (Pap=James Lovelady; Grandma=Nancy)

She also mentions of Ann Bosworth's marriage: "I was surprised to hear of Ann’s wedding. I think she is quite young."

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Dewitt Co, Texas
Hallettsville, Texas
Alfred Alonzo Lee Allee (I1539)
Eliza Ann Bosworth (I32832)
Susan Evaline Bounds, (foster?) (I8850)
Andrew Jackson Butts, Jr (I1371)
John William Butts (I1415)
George W. Jacobs (I32535)
Andrew* Prather Jones (I1209)
Cyrus Young Jones, Sr. (I637)

Russell Bean "Findagrave Memorial #11364534"
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Texas, Dewitt Colony Land Grants map 1 of 2 (d)		Texas, Dewitt Colony Land Grants map 1 of 2 (d)
Lavaca and Dewitt County maps

Albums
Mabra Madden Jones and James Lovelady Families		Mabra Madden Jones and James Lovelady Families (70)
Mabra Jones and wife Sarah Lovelady, daughter of Rev James Lovelady and Nancy Linville (maiden name unproven) - this family settled in Dewitt and Lavaca counties area of Texas before 1850, eventually spreading out to places like Waco and Beaumont and Palestine. This album is dedicated to that family unit. Letters written by some of these family members, mostly Mary Jones, are included. These letters span a time from 1855 on through in the 1920s. They were transcribed and supplied to me by Leonard Meyer in the late 1990s. He was from Halletsville and a descendent of the Butts, Bounds, Coolie families. James Lovelady's daughter Jane died with a young family of her own. Her husband, Andrew Butts, stayed a "son" to the family, even after he remarried Susan Bounds. Susan became the beloved Aunt to the Jones children who most of these letters were written to. While the Jones children were still young, Sarah Lovelady, daughter of James, and sister to Jane, died at an early age. Mabra remarried Martha Ponton and had several more children. But it's through these letters that we get a good view of the whole family and indeed brings them all to life and allows us to share their memories.

Birth

Matches 1 to 24 of 24

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
1 Allee, Texas Ranger Alfred Young  31 May 1855Dewitt Co, Texas I32502
2 Allee, Sheriff (Goliad Co) Alonzo Rolland  28 Sep 1857DeWitt Co, Texas I32503
3 Bounds, Andrew Franklin  14 Aug 1868Dewitt Co, Texas I41227
4 Butts, Andrew Jackson Jr  29 Sep 1844Dewitt Co, Texas I1371
5 Dreier, Wilhelmine  24 Sep 1850Dewitt Co, Texas I47839
6 Franke, Aurel  17 Sep 1849Dewitt Co, Texas I47838
7 Franke, Leona  1905Dewitt Co, Texas I47830
8 Franke, Louisa  1875Dewitt Co, Texas I47843
9 Franke, Luella  1907Dewitt Co, Texas I47829
10 Franke, Natalia  1874Dewitt Co, Texas I47842
11 Franke, Sima  1876Dewitt Co, Texas I47844
12 Houston, Cynthia Anne   I26110
13 Houston, James Dunn III   I26113
14 Jones, Andrew* Prather  14 Apr 1857Dewitt Co, Texas I1209
15 Jones, Henry M.  22 Feb 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I660
16 Jones, Stephen Lovelady  14 Nov 1855Dewitt Co, Texas I648
17 Kellogg, Sidney Ann Rebecca  10 Dec 1859Dewitt Co, Texas I79343
18 Middleton, Maggie Alma  1872DeWitt Co, Texas I42142
19 Middleton, Walter Franklin  Sep 1869DeWitt Co, Texas I42141
20 Rabb, Deputy Sheriff Paul M.  1859Dewitt Co, Texas I94433
21 Stapp, Blanche  1861Dewitt Co, Texas I59612
22 Stapp, Darwin  1858Dewitt Co, Texas I59611
23 Stapp, Laura Bell  30 Dec 1853Dewitt Co, Texas I59609
24 Stapp, William Lee  Jan 1868Dewitt Co, Texas I59613

Death

Matches 1 to 9 of 9

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Death    Person ID 
1 Beeding, Alcinda Elizabeth  30 Jun 1922Dewitt Co, Texas I79352
2 Butts, Cyrus Lagardo  27 Mar 1919Dewitt Co, Texas I32437
3 Dufner, Nancy Ann Elizabeth "Lizzie"  25 May 1954Dewitt Co, Texas I60337
4 Poland, Catherine  Abt 1853Dewitt Co, Texas I8826
5 Ragsdale, Elizabeth Ann  4 Jun 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I94699
6 Scarborough, Noah Victor  4 Jul 1899Dewitt Co, Texas I84456
7 Stapp, Dora Margaret  16 Jun 1932Dewitt Co, Texas I59610
8 Terry, Robert Lee  30 Sep 1954Dewitt Co, Texas I32908
9 Wilson, Andrew Jackson  22 Apr 1927Dewitt Co, Texas I64036

Census

Matches 1 to 27 of 27

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Census    Person ID 
1 Allee, Alfred Alonzo Lee  1860Dewitt Co, Texas I1539
2 Bonham, Margaret  1900Dewitt Co, Texas I59605
3 Franke, Richard A.  1910Dewitt Co, Texas I47827
4 Jacobs, Sheriff Andrew Jackson  1860Dewitt Co, Texas I32520
5 Jacobs, George W.  1860Dewitt Co, Texas I32535
6 Jones, Andrew* Prather  13 Jul 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I1209
7 Jones, Cyrus Young Sr.  13 Jul 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I637
8 Jones, Enoch  1860Dewitt Co, Texas I94435
9 Jones, George Washington Dr  13 Jul 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I604
10 Jones, Henry M.  13 Jul 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I660
11 Jones, Lula  1900Dewitt Co, Texas I79365
12 Jones, Mabra* Madden Rev  13 Jul 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I583
13 Jones, Mary Madden  13 Jul 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I615
14 Jones, Stephen Lovelady  13 Jul 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I648
15 Jones, Susan Maria (or Mariah)  13 Jul 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I626
16 Kellogg, Elizabeth Inomae "Ina"  1900Dewitt Co, Texas I79354
17 Kellogg, Thomas Benjamin "Tom"  1900Dewitt Co, Texas I79357
18 Linville (maybe), Nancy* (dau?)  13 Jul 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I1031
19 Lovelady, Rev. James*  13 Jul 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I1020
20 Lovelady, Sarah*  13 Jul 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I594
21 Parker, Amanda Eunice  1860Dewitt Co, Texas I41859
22 Parker, Mary Samantha "Molly"  1860Dewitt Co, Texas I40976
23 Parker, Matthew Arnold  1860Dewitt Co, Texas I40969
24 Parker, Susan  1860Dewitt Co, Texas I40968
25 Rabb, Sheriff Ulysses  1860Dewitt Co, Texas I94432
26 Scarborough, Rev. James S.  1860Dewitt Co, Texas I84440
27 Scarborough, Noah Victor  1860Dewitt Co, Texas I84456

Military

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Military    Person ID 
1 Small, Charles Caswell  05 Jan 1917Dewitt Co, Texas I26023

Occupation

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Occupation    Person ID 
1 Jones, Mabra* Madden Rev  1860Dewitt Co, Texas I583

Property

Matches 1 to 3 of 3

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Property    Person ID 
1 Allee, Alfred Alonzo Lee  Bef 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I1539
2 Jones, Mabra* Madden Rev  9 May 1855Dewitt Co, Texas I583
3 Ragsdale, Peter Chapple  9 May 1855Dewitt Co, Texas I94703

Residence

Matches 1 to 22 of 22

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Residence    Person ID 
1 Jacobs, George W.  11 Jul 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I32535
2 Jones, Andrew* Prather  11 Jul 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I1209
3 Jones, Cyrus Young Sr.  11 Jul 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I637
4 Jones, George Washington Dr  11 Jul 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I604
5 Jones, George Washington Dr  Jul 1867Dewitt Co, Texas I604
6 Jones, George Washington Dr  2 Aug 1867Dewitt Co, Texas I604
7 Jones, Henry M.  11 Jul 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I660
8 Jones, Mabra* Madden Rev  6 Feb 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I583
9 Jones, Mabra* Madden Rev  11 Jul 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I583
10 Jones, Mary Madden  6 Feb 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I615
11 Jones, Mary Madden  11 Jul 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I615
12 Jones, Stephen Lovelady  11 Jul 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I648
13 Jones, Susan Maria (or Mariah)  11 Jul 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I626
14 Linville (maybe), Nancy* (dau?)  28 Jun 1856Dewitt Co, Texas I1031
15 Linville (maybe), Nancy* (dau?)  11 Jul 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I1031
16 Lovelady, Rev. James*  28 Jun 1856Dewitt Co, Texas I1020
17 Lovelady, Rev. James*  11 Jul 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I1020
18 Lovelady, Rev. James*  Jan 1867Dewitt Co, Texas I1020
19 Lovelady, Rev. James*  2 Aug 1867Dewitt Co, Texas I1020
20 Lovelady, Sarah*  11 Jul 1860Dewitt Co, Texas I594
21 Middleton, Samuel Porter  1829Dewitt Co, Texas I40965
22 Patrick, James Blair  17 Dec 1829Dewitt Co, Texas I63253

Marriage

Matches 1 to 16 of 16

   Family    Marriage    Family ID 
1 Bounds / Jacobs  15 May 1865Dewitt Co, Texas F11409
2 Burkett / Leazer  17 Aug 1852Dewitt Co, Texas F22171
3 Davis / Jones  6 May 1851Dewitt Co, Texas F25830
4 Ford / Coburn  4 Jun 1859Dewitt Co, Texas F14056
5 Franke / Dreier  Abt 1870Dewitt Co, Texas F15797
6 Hillebrandt / Youngblood  Abt 1872Dewitt Co, Texas F11116
7 Houston / Connally  Abt 1935Dewitt Co, Texas F9261
8 Houston / Wofford  Abt 1937Dewitt Co, Texas F9262
9 Jones / Kellogg  10 Jan 1883Dewitt Co, Texas F25823
10 Lyons / Jacobs  15 Oct 1874Dewitt Co, Texas F11383
11 Middleton / Coburn  23 Dec 1855Dewitt Co, Texas F14055
12 Middleton / Parker  26 Nov 1865Dewitt Co, Texas F13759
13 Middleton / Parker  28 Feb 1867Dewitt Co, Texas F13757
14 Newman / Baker  18 Jul 1852Dewitt Co, Texas F31812
15 Parr / West   F27218
16 Peace / Sparks  28 Aug 1877Dewitt Co, Texas F14611

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