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Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ============================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ============================================================================= Texas Coastal Pioneers of Chambers County As Compliled in 1952 by Varuna Hartmann Lawrence Royal Pub. Co., Dallas, TX The Gulf Coast Pioneers of Texas Authentic Reports Gathered from Many Reliable Sources. (Many things cannot be verified as the old Record Book burned in the fire that destroyed the old Court House at Wallisville, then County seat of Chambers county 1875 or '76) Have talked with many of those who had lived in these bygone days, and in whose word there was no question, concerning the things given here. Varua Hartmann (Mrs. A. B.) Lawrence ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [p. 105-] AMANDA M. SMITH, AFFIANT AFFIDAVIT DATED: September 5, 1936 IN RE: FILED: November 10, 1936 RECORDED IN VOL. 55, HEIRS OF JAMES TAYLOR PAGE 222, DEED RECORDS WHITE CHAMBERS COUNTY No. 2260 THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF CHAMBERS BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority in and for said County and State, on this day personally appeared AMANDA M. SMITH, known to me to be a credible person, and who, after being by me first duly sworn upon her oath, deposes and says as follows: My name is AMANDA M. SMITH. I am 78 years of age and I am the daughter of JAMES TAYLOR WHITE, II, and AMANDA SPEIGHTS WHITE, his wife. I am well acquainted with the history of the WHITE Family, who have resided in Chambers County for more than one hundred years. This family are the descendants of JAMES TAYLOR WHITE, who was born on the Isle of Wight about the year of 1779. He migrated to America when he was a young man, landing in New York, and shortly thereafter came to Louisiana and settled near the present town of New Iberia. He married SARAH CADE, who was a sister to BOB CADE, and they moved to Texas in the territory ae is now Chambers County, about the year of 1819. His wife, SARAH CADE, was born in the year 1795, and died March 14, 1852. JAMES TAYLOR WHITE died March 5, 1852. He was married once and only once, and they had only seven children, as follows, to-wit: I. ELIZABETH WHITE II. JOHN WHITE III. PERMELIA WHITE IV. ROBERT WHITE V. JOSEPH WHITE VI. JAMES TAYLOR WHITE, II, and VII. SARAH WHITE I. ELIZABETH WHITE, a daughter of JAMES TAYLOR WHITE and SARAH CADE WHITE, who was called ‘BETSY’, was born February 8th, 1814, and died in the month of December, 1890. She first married ROBERT BOOTH, on February 5th, 1828. ROBERT BOOTH was born January 11th, 1806, and died April 5th, 1848. They had seven children, to-wit: (A) REUBEN M. BOOTH (B) ROBERT FRANKLIN BOOTH (C) SARAH ELMIRA BOOTH (d) MARY ANN BOOTH (MOLLIE) (E) JOHN ANDERSON BOOTH (F) JAMES TAYLOR BOOTH and (G) JOSEPHINE CADE BOOTH Her husband, ROBERT E. BOOTH, died and she later married a man by the name of Cotton and there were no children born of this marriage. II. JOHN WHITE, a son of JAMES TAYLOR WHITE and SARAH CADE WHITE, was born in the year of 1817, and died on February 15th, 1859. He was married: once and only once, marrying a woman named MARTHA WALLIS. They had only eight children, to-wit: (A) SARAH WHITE (B) ELIZABETH (LIZZIE) WHITE (C) JOHN OLIVER WHITE (D) ROBERT D. WHITE (E) JAMES E. WHITE (F) JOSEPH CADE WHITE (G) MARY WHITE and (H) MARTHA WHITE III. PERMELIA WHITE, a daughter of JAMES TAYLOR WHITE and SARAH CADE WHITE, was born in the year of 1820, and died September 11th, 1861. She was married once and only once, and then to BON BARROW. They had only nine children as follows, to-wit: (A) J. SHADRACK BARROW (who was nicknamed "Shake") (B) SARAH BARROW (C) MARY ANN BARROW (D) BENJAMIN BARROW (E) SOLOMON BARROW (F) ROBERT CADE BARROW (G) JOSEPHINE BARROW (H) PERMELIA JANE BARROW and (I) EUGENIA BARROW IV. ROBERT WHITE, a son of JAMES TAYLOR WHITE and SARAH CADE WHITE, was born November 18th, 1823, and died October 14th, 1903, having never married. V. JOSEPH (JOE) WHITE, a son of JAMES TAYLOR WHITE and SARAH CADE WHITE, was born August 15th, 1826, and was married once and only once, and then to CLARA THOMPSON. They had only two children as follows, to-wit: (A) ELLEN WHITE, who died as a small child, and (B) GEORGE WHITE VI. JAMES TAYLOR WHITE, II, a son of JAMES TAYLOR WHITE and SARAH CADE WHITE, was born on June 13th, 1829, and died December 24th, 1905. He was married once and only once and then to AMANDA SPEIGHTS on December 7th, 1852, and AMANDA died De- cember 25th, 1892. They had only seven children, to-wit: (A) JAMES TAYLOR WHITE, III (B) ROBERT MUNROE WHITE (C) AMANDA MELVINA WHITE (D) SARAH BENETTA WHITE (E) JOSEPH WHITE (F) NANCY JOSEPHINE WHITE, and (G) FORREST E. WHITE VII. SARAH WHITE, a daughter of JAMES TAYLOR WHITE and SARAH CADE WHITE, was born July 13th, 1832, and died April 27th 1917. She was married once and only once and then to JAMES JACKSON, on December 23rd, 1847, and to this union the following eleven children were born: (A) SARAH ELLEN JACKSON (B) HUMPHREY TAYLOR JACKSON (C) MARY PERMELIA JACKSON (D) ALICE LETITIA JACKSON (E) ROBERT THURSTON JACKSON (F) JAMES EDWARD JACKSON (G) HUMPHREY HUGH JACKSON (H) JOHN CLAUDE JACKSON (I) RALPH SEMMES JACKSON (J) GUY CADE JACKSON, and (K) ULA JEAN JACKSON I. (A) REUBEN M. BOOTH, a son of ELIZABETH BOOTH and ROBERT BOOTH, was born March 3rd, 1829, and he was killed on August 17th, 1851. He married a woman whose name I do not remember, but they had no children. I. (B) ROBERT FRANKLIN BOOTH, a son of ELIZABETH BOOTH and. ROBERT BOOTH, was born in the year of 1832. He was killed on August 17th, 1851 having never married and leaving no issue. I. (C) SARAH ELMIRA BOOTH, a daughter of ROBERT BOOTH and ELIZABETH BOOTH, was born December 2nd, 1885, and died January 28th, 1877. She was married once and only once and then to ERASTUS MOSS, and to this union the following eleven children were born: 1. MARY ELLEN MOSS, who married DAVID MIDDLETON 2. ROBERT MOSS, who never married 3. JOSEPHINE ELIZABETH MOSS, who married JOE WATSON 4. ANNIE LAURIE MOSS, who married FRED SARGENT 5. JOHN ERASTUS MOSS, who never married and is now living at Anahuac, Texas 6. SARAH ELMIRA MOSS, who married JAMES TAYLOR WHITE, III 7. JAMES TAYLOR MOSS, who married HATTIE THOMAS 8. MAY IOLA MOSS, who married MUNROE SHELTON 9. BLANCHE MOSS, who married FORREST E. WHITE 10. FANNIE DAISY MOSS, a girl, who died very young, and 11. EDWARD ANDREWS MOSS, a boy, who died very young. I. (D) MARY ANN BOOTH, a daughter of ROBERT BOOTH and ELIZABETH BOOTH, whom we called "MOLLIE", first married a man by the name of GIDREY. He died and she then married a man named FRANK RHODES and later married PHIL SHARDOIN. There were no children born to any of these marriages, and she died without leaving any issue.. I. (E)JOHN ANDERSON BOOTH a son of ELIZABETH and ROBERT BOOTH, was born December 2nd, 1833, first married SARAH BARROW and to this union no children were born. He later married a widow named CAWTHORNE, and to this union three children were born as follows: 1. MOLLIE BOOTH 2. LOLA BOOTH, and 3. As near as I can remember, a boy named ROBERT BOOTH. His second wife died, and he married a third time, but I do not know his third wife’s name. I. (F) JAMES TAYLOR BOOTH, a son of ELIZABETH and ROBERT BOOTH, was born February 19th, 1841, and died at the age of about 19 years, having never been married and leaving no issue. I. (G) JOSEPHINE CADE BOOTH, a daughter of ELIZABETH and ROBERT BOOTH, was born April 6th, 1846, and married a man named WELSH, but they never had any children. II. (A) SARAH WHITE, a daughter of JOHN and MARTHA WHITE, first married a man named ALBERT LEE, and they had the following listed children, to-wit: (1) MATTIE LEE, who married ROBERT HANKAMER (2) MOLLIE LEE, who married FRED HANKAMER, and (3) ALFRED LEE ALBERT LEE died and SARAH later married CHARLES WILLCOX, who was a brother of W. D. WILLCOX. As near as I remember they had the following children, to-wit: (1) DIGBY WILCOX (2) DORBY WILCOX (3) HUGH WILCOX (4) DOZRA WILCOX, and (5) CAPTOLA WILCOX SARAH is still living and her home is in Hankamer, Texas. II. (B) ELIZABETH WHITE, a daughter of JOHN and MARTHA WHITE, first married TOM SHELTON and to this union the following. listed children were born: 1. HAYWOOD SHELTON 2. MONROE SHELTON, who married OLA MOSS 3. MATTIE SHELTON, who married a man named DICK 4. LURA SHELTON, who married W. D. GORDON 5. JOHNNIE SHELTON, who never married 6. FRANK SHELTON, a boy who died young, and 7. ANNIE SHELTON, who married a man named BARROW TOM SHELTON died and ELIZABETH then married a man named ALFRED BARROW who was commonly called "TOT", and they had two children as follows: 1. JOSEPHINE BARROW, who married a man named BARROW 2. CLAUDE, who first married EMMA RUCKER and later married CHRISTINE JONNY. II (C) JOHN OLIVER WHITE, a son attain and MARTHA WHITE, married a woman named SUE WARRON, and they had two children: 1. DAISY WHITE, and 2. JOHN OLIVER WHITE JOHN and SUE separated but I do not know whether they ever obtained a divorce or not. II. (D) ROBERT D. WHITE, a son of JOHN and MARTHA WHITE, who never married. II. (E) JAMES E. WHITE, a son of JOHN and MARTHA WHITE, married a woman named ZILLIAHANN LEE, who was a sister of ALBERT LEE, and they had several children. I do not remember the names of all of them, but some of their names are as follows: 1. ADELIA WHITE 2. CECILIA WHITE 3. SUE WHITE 4. EUGENE WHITE 5. JIM WHITE and I believe some others. II. (F) JOSEPH CADE WHITE, a son of JOHN and MARTHA WHITE, married EMMA VAN PRADELLES. They had only one child, a girl which was named DELL, and I do not know what became of this child. II. (G) MARY WHITE, a daughter of JOHN and MARTHA WHITE, was born January 24th, 1850, and died December 20th, 1867. She was married once and only once, and then to JOHN SHERMAN. They had only one child, who was named LELA, and she married a man: named DICK. MARY died at the birth of this child. Her husband, JOHN SHERMAN, later married a woman named MARY WALLACE. II. (H) MARTHA WHITE, a daughter of JOHN and MARTHA WHITE, first married a man named FRANK WHITTINGTON, and they had three children as follows: 1. ORA WHITTINGTON 2. OSCAR WHITTINGTON, and 3. GEORGE WHITTINGTON FRANK WHITTINGTON died and she later married a man named EDWARDS, and they are still living now in Beaumont, Texas. III. (A) J. SHADROCK BARROW, a son of PERMELIA WHITE and BEN BARROW, married a woman named ELIZA JANE WHITTINGTON, and to the best of my memory they had the following listed children: 1. SNOW BARROW 2. MAGGIE BARROW 3. OLLIE BARROW 4. GEORGE BARROW 5. URDLEY BARROW, and 6. LEE BARROW They had more children, as near as I remember, but I do not remember their names. III. (B) SARAH BARROW, a daughter of PERMELIA and BEN BARROW, married JOHN BOOTH, who was a son of ROBERT BOOTH, and they never had any children. She died a few atthe after marrying. III. (C) MARY ANN BARROW, a daughter of PERMELIA and BEN BARROW, was born in the year of 1845, and died October 13th, 1864. She was married once and only once and then to W. JETT NORMAN. They had one child, W. JETT NORMAN, JR., who lived about ten days. MARY ANN died at the birth of this child. III. (D) BEN BARROW, a son of PERMELIA and BEN BARROW, first married SARAH MIDDLETON, and they had five children as follows: 1. JETT BARROW 2. EVIE BARROW 3. ELTON BARROW 4. MAMIE BARROW, and 5. OVIE BARROW SARAH died and BEN then married CORA STERLING and to this marriage several children were born, only three of which I remember as follows: 1. SADIE BARROW 2. BENNIE CORINE BARROW, and 3. ERWIN BARROW III. (E) SOLOMON BARROW, a son of DANIELA and BEN BARROW, | married once and only once and then to DECANDIA JACKSON, and as near as I remember, there were five children born to this union, as follows: 1. ALICE BARROW 2. RALPH BARROW 3. EDNA BARROW 4. LOLLIE BARROW, and 5. EZMA BARROW III. (F) ROBERT CADE BARROW, a son of PERMELIA and BEN BARROW, died July 18th, 1864, at about the age of 13 years, having never married, and leaving no issue. III. (G) JOSEPHINE BARROW, a daughter of PERMELIA and BEN BARROW, married once and only once and then to BRUCE PIPKIN, and they had the following listed children, to-wit: 1. MARY PIPKIN 2. BENNY PIPKIN 3. MUNROE PIPKIN 4. CAREY PIPKIN, and 5. LENORA PIPKIN III. (H) PERMELIA JANE BARROW, a daughter of PERMELIA and BEN BARROW, was born on February 10th, 1856. She was married once and only once and then to S. S. SCHERER, and they had the following listed children, to-wit: 1. CLINTON L. SCHERER, who married ROBERT FOURQUAN 2. WALTER A. SCHERER, who married ANNIE L. WILLCOX 3. BENJAMIN GIDEON SCHERER, who married LOLA RAY ELEY 4. S. S. SCHERER, JR., who married EDNA RAY BROUSSARD 5. OCTAVIA P. SCHERER, who married G. H. FAHRING 6. PHILLIP H. SCHERER, who first married ANNA BELLE STOVALL, and later married ULA PAGE, and 7. SARAH INEZ SCHERER, who married E. K. SMITH. PERMELIA JANE is now living at Beaumont, Texas. III. (I) EUGENIA BARROW, a daughter of PERMELIA and BEN BARROW, was married once and only once and then to STEVE PIPKIN, and they had the following children, to-wit: 1. EUGENE PIPKIN, and 2. JOHNNIE PIPKIN V. (A) ELLEN WHITE, a daughter of JOSEPH WHITE and CLARA THOMPSON WHITE, died as a small child. V..(B) GEORGE WHITE, a son of JOSEPH WHITE and CLARA WHITE, first married a woman named ELLA KULENTHAL, and later married a widow named JEANETTE STEWART. No children were born of either marriage. VI. (A) JAMES TAYLOR WHITE, III, a son of JAMES TAYLOR WHITE, II, and AMANDA WHITE, was born July 24th, 1854, and died December 30th, 1927. He was first married to ANNIE GORDON on December 23rd, 1885, and they had one child, BERTHA WHITE, who was born October 7th, 1886, and who married JOHN WOOTEN on October 16th, 1907. ANNIE GORDON WHITE died January Ist, 1889 and JAMES TAYLOR. WHITE, III, later married SARAH ELMIRA MOSS, on December 29th, 1890, and had three children, to-wit: 1. KYLE ERASTUS WHITE, who was born January 7 th, 1892, married MYRTLE WILLCOX, and is now living at Anahuac, Texas. 2. JAMES TAYLOR WHITE, IV, who was born February 19th, 1895, first married VIRGINIA HOLMES, and later married Mrs. ALICE RAY and is now living at Stowell, Texas. 3. SAMUEL ROY WHITE, was born March 17th, 1902. He married ETHEL HARMAN and now lives at Anahuac, Texas. SARAH ELMIRA WHITE died June 18th, 1936. VI. (B) ROBERT MUNROE WHITE, a son of JAMES TAYLOR WHITE, II, and AMANDA WHITE, was born on December 15th, 1856, and died August 24th, 1935. He was married once and only once and then to MATTIE E. SMITH, on January 19th, 1887, and to this union were born only four children, to-wit: 1. JAMES CADE WHITE, who was born June 29th, 1889, who married JEANETTE McFARLIN, and later married DORIS SOUTHERN and he now lives at Winnie, Texas. 2. FORREST MUNROE WHITE, who was born July 2nd, 1892, married IDA HUNTER and is now living at Stowell, Texas. 3. ANNA WHITE, who married Bill EDWARDS, and is living at Beaumont, Texas, and 4. LILLY MAE WHITE, who aviied GEORGE B. HAMILTON, and is living at Stowell, Texas. VI. (C) AMANDA MELVINA WHITE, a daughter of JAMES TAYLOR WHITE, II, and AMANDA WHITE, being this affiant, was born July 2nd, 1858. I was married to DR. H. W. SMITH on November 18th, 1879, and he died April 28th, 1917, and to this union there were born the following children: 1. ROWEL SMITH, who was born April 23rd, 1881, and died August 17th, 1888. 2. LUCILLE SMITH, who was born February 20th, 1888, and died August 19th, 1888. 3. MILDRED SMITH, who was born May 8th, 1885, first married LEWIS WESTBROOK and later married P. C. COVINGTON. 4. JAMES WHITE SMITH, who was born January Ist, 1890, and died November 16th, 1893. 5. HENRY W. SMITH, JR., who was born July 1st, 1893 and married JEANETTE BUSCH. 6. KENDALL S. SMITH, who was born September 5th, 1895 and who married VELMA HALL,,and 7. POLLY SMITH, who was born February 4th, 1899 and who married GALEN MEYER. I have never married since DR. SMITH'S death. VI. (D) SARA BONETTA WHITE, a daughter of JAMES TAYLOR WHITE, II, and AMANDA WHITE, was born September 23rd, 1860, and died May 23rd, 1899. She was married once and only once on October 25th, 1881, to D. L. BROUSSARD, and to this union the following children were born: 1. JAMES EARL BROUSSARD, who first married LULA NELSON and later married DIMMIE SHERMAN, and now lives at Anahuac, Texas. 2. EDNA MAY BROUSSARD, who married S. S. SCHERER, JR., and is now living at Anahuac, Texas. 3, CECIL BROUSSARD, who married HARRY WARNER, and now lives in the state of Kansas. 4. D. L. BROUSSARD, JR., who married EFFIE RUSH, and they had several children, and he died a few years ago. 5. SAMPSON BROUSSARD, a boy, who died in infancy, and 6. DORIS BROUSSARD, who first married DONALD WARNER and later married BUNCE LaCOFF, and they are now living in Beaumont, Texas. VI. (E) JOSEPH WHITE, a son of JAMES TAYLOR WHITE, II, and AMANDA, was born February 27th, 1863, and died June 15th, 1864. VI. (F) NANCY JOSEPHINE WHITE, a daughter of JAMES TAYLOR WHITE, II, and AMANDA WHITE, was born on March 38rd, 1865. She first married BEN McNULTY, on September 21st, 1887, and to this union one child was born, HAZEL McNULTY, who was born October 16th, 1888. She is now married to HARRY FISHER and living in Dallas, Texas. BEN and JOSEPHINE separated, and she later married FRED CONNERLY and to this union no children were born. FRED died about a year ago and JOSEPHINE is now living in Austin, Texas. VI. (G) FORREST E. WHITE, a son of JAMES TAYLOR WHITE, II, and AMANDA WHITE, was born August 29th, 1867. He first married BLANCHE MOSS,:on July 15th, 1891, and to this union were born two children: 1. LUCILLE WHITE, who was born June 16th, 1892, and is now mar- ried to ALVIN LANGE and living in Galveston, Texas, and 2. RUTH WHITE, who was born June 16th, 1898, and died a few years ago without leaving any issue. BLANCHES died several years ago and FORREST married a woman named NONA ALEXANDER and they are now living in Dallas, Texas. Affiant states that some of the dates given herein were taken from the WHITE family Bibles, which have been kept for many years. AMANDA M. SMITH Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 5th day of September, A. D. 1936. GUY C. JACKSON, JR. County Judge in and for (SEAL) Chambers County, Texas THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF CHAMBERS BEFORE MB, the undersigned authority, in and for said County and State, on this day personally appeared AMANDA M. SMITH, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that she executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this the 5th day of September, A. D. 1936. GUY C. JACKSON, JR. 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