Our family's historical journey through time.
Matches 901 to 950 of 1,113
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| 901 | she resided as a widow in Rogers, Bell Co., Tex | Punchard, Eudora Munger (I9000)
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| 902 | She was baptized on 12 April 1541 in All Saints, Trusley, Derbyshire. | Brownlow, Dorothy (I10446)
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| 903 | She was baptized on 16 April 1544 in All Saints, Trusley, Derbyshire. | Brownlow, Elizabeth (I10448)
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| 904 | She was baptized on 24 June 1550 in All Saints, Trusley, Derbyshire. | Brownlow, Isabell (I10449)
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| 905 | She was buried in Cross Creek Cemetery, Cumberland County, North Carolina. John Brownlow and Rebecca Evans were married about 1771. Rebecca Evans was born on 23 September 1752. She died on 19 May 1824 at the age of 71. | Council, Sarah (I1344)
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| 906 | She was buried on 6 December 1586 in Holy Trinity Church, Kirk Ireton, Derbyshire. She married Roger Storer. | Brownlow, Margaret (I10445)
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| 907 | Sir John Pulteney lived at Misterton, Leicestershire, England.1 Citations [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 545. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition. | Pulteney, Sir John (I3360)
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| 908 | Sir John Sherard, 1st Bt. is the son of Richard Sherard and Margaret Dewe.1 Sir John Sherard, 1st Bt. was created 1st Baronet Sherard in 1674. Citations [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 545. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition. | Sherard, Sir, 1st Bt John (I3363)
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| 909 | Sir John Shirley lived at Ifield, Sussex, England.1 Citations [S15] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume II, page 112. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage. | Shirley, Sir John (I3362)
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| 910 | Sir Pury Cust was born circa 1655.3 He was the son of Sir Richard Cust, 1st Bt. and Beatrice Pury.2 He married, firstly, Ursula Woodcock, daughter of Edward Woodcock, on 21 August 1678.1 He married, secondly, Alice Savile, daughter of William Savile, before 1698.1 He died on 21 February 1698/99.1 Sir Pury Cust was invested as a Knight circa 1660.3 Citations [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 543. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition. [S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume1, page 543. [S15] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume IV, page 91. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage. | Cust, Sir Percy (I1621)
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| 911 | Sir Thomas Bennet held the office of Lord Mayor of London from 1603 to 1604.1 | Bennet, Sir Thomas (I3357)
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| 912 | Sir William Brownlow, 1st Bt. was born circa 1595.1 He was the son of Richard Brownlow and Katharine Page.1 He married Elizabeth Duncombe, daughter of William Duncombe and Agnes Bennet, before 1624.1 He died in 1666.1 Sir William Brownlow, 1st Bt. matriculated at St. Mary Hall, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, on 26 June 1607.2 He graduated from University College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, on 28 January 1610/11 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).3 He was admitted to Inner Temple in 1617 entitled to practice as a Barrister.3 He was created 1st Baronet Brownlow, of Humby, co. Lincoln [England] on 27 July 1641.1 He was a Parliamentarian during the Civil War.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Lincolnshire in 1653.1 | Brownlow, Sir William (I1422)
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| 913 | Sir William Brownlow, son of John Brownlow and Duglas Robarts, was born in 1591 in St. Andrew’s, Epworth, Lincolnshire. He was baptized on 16 October 1591 in St. Andrew’s, Epworth, Lincolnshire. On 15 December 1622, he was knighted by Sir Henry Cary, Viscount Falkland. He also served as Sheriff of County Armagh in 1623 and represented the county in Parliament of Ireland in 1639. He died on 2 January 1660/1 at the age of 70 in County Armagh, Ireland. Having no sons, he left the bulk of his estate to his grandson Arthur Chamberlain with the stipulation that he assume the name and arms of Brownlow. Sir William Brownlow married Elinor O’Doherty. | Brownlow, William (I10496)
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| 914 | Social Security Death Index Name: Stanley Merrick SSN: 478-44-1059 Last Residence: 63845 East Prairie, Mississippi, Missouri, United States of America Born: 4 Oct 1891 Died: Aug 1980 State (Year) SSN issued: Iowa (1955) | Mirick, Stanley (I2889)
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| 915 | Soldier of San Jacinto 12-5-1836 The storming and Capture of Bexar | Tumlinson, John Henry (I10751)
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| 916 | Son of Drayton McAdams and Ann Caroline Wright. Married 1st in 1868 to Mary Martin, and 2nd 1873 to Hannah Francis Ballard, and 3rd on November 8, 1881 in Henderson County, Texas to Martha Ann McIntyre. | McAdams, James Lewis Dyer (I11147)
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| 917 | Son of James Buchanon "Buck" Carter and Sarah Jane Kerby The following came from a contributor in an email. Lawrence Monroe Carter's real name was Selled Ione Carter. Not difficult to see one reason he changed his name. His wife was Lillie Maud Acrey. His father Buck Carter was my ancestor's brother. | Carter, Lawrence Monroe (I9852)
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| 918 | Son of Jesse Washington Harbin and Catherine Medora Strain Harbin. Veteran of Co E, 2 US Inf, Spanish American War | Habin, Nathaniel P (I6936)
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| 919 | Soundex from 1900 stated that he was a farmer married 18 years and rented the land. At this time there were six childern at home including Susie, Emma, Johnny, Eddie, Rurie, and Stephen. 1910 Census Name: E M Mirick Birthplace: Kentucky Relationship to Head of Household: Self Residence: Justice Precinct 6, McLennan, Texas Marital Status: Married Race : White Gender: Male Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace: Kentucky Mother's Birthplace: Indiana Family Number: 1 Page Number: 1 Household Gender Age E M Mirick M 49y Spouse Jennie Mirick F 44y Child J D Mirick M 19y Child Ed Mirick M 17y Child Rurie Mirick M 15y Child Steeve Mirick M 13y Child Enna Mirick F 11y Child Eugene Mirick M 8y Child Willard Mirick M 4y Cemetery Bruceville Moore Everett Miriam Mirick 31°19'24.20"N 97°13'49.71"W | Mirick, Everett Miriam (I27)
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| 920 | SPOUSES: First wife: Tinnie Crouch Second wife: Georgia Ette (Gillium) Bennett CHILDREN: 7 children by Tinnie Crouch no chiildren by Georgia, married later in life. Luther was first a farmer, then later a carpenter and painter. TENNESSEE MARRIAGE RECORDS 1780-2002 Name: Luther Owen Marriage Date: 19 Jul 1896 Marriage Place: Cannon, Tennessee, USA Spouse: Tinnie Crouch The 1910 U.S. Census show Luther and wife, Tinie living in Civil District 14, Giles, Tennessee, with their six children: Clara 12, Elby 10, Jim 9, Herbert 5, Vera 4, and Sally May, 1 year old. The 1920 U.S. Census shows Luther married to Tinie, and living in McLennan, Texas. Household members: Luther Owen 44; Tinie Owen 44; Clara Owen 22; L B Owen 21; Herbert Owen 16; Vera Owen 13; Sally May Owen 11; Charlie J Owen 8; Garnett Owen 5 The 1930 U.S.Census Shows as being married to Georgia Owen, he was a painter, and living on Southerland Street in Dallas, Texas. Living with them were 2 of his sons and one of her sons (by Silas Bennett): Charlie Owen 18; Barnett Owen 16; Tom Bennett 16. His Death Certificate shows him living in Dallas, wife is Georgia. | Owen, Luther Bowden (I11203)
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| 921 | ssn - 463-86-0476 | Brownlow, Lillie (I1294)
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| 922 | ssn 463-42-2490 | Brownlow, Eddie (I1301)
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| 923 | ssn 464-84-2258 | Brownlow, Annie (I1300)
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| 924 | Submitted On: 7 Sep 2004 - Submitted By: Sandra Brownlow - keisanb1@consolidated.net Eli Williams, who was living in NC, received a land grant in Florida from U.S. Congress in 1798 for revolutionary services. This documentation is easy to find, but I have not tied him into our line yet. But, I think he will be there. ca. 1790 a John Williams and wife, Amelia were living around the Waccasassa Marina and Levy County Boat Landing in Florida. In 1843, Amelia Williams, b. 1822 Florida, married William Monroe Brownlow. William and Amelia Williams Brownlow married in Early County, GA. in 1843. They moved immediately to Nachitoches Parrish, Louisana where their first four children (James Monroe Brownlow, Elias Albert Brownlow, Rebecca Brownlow and Mary E. Brownlow) were born. They moved on to Victoria County, Texas about 1857/8. In the 1860 Victoria County, Texas Census, there is an "N. Williams, age 18, born Florida" living with William and Amelia Brownlow and their children. In 1861/2 another baby, Amelia Brownlow II, was born. Amelia I died in 1862. William was killed in the Civil War before 1864. He had married 2nd. Malinda. Malinda changed the baby's name from Amelia II to Malinda Brownlow II according to the 1870 Census. A brother, (Benjamin Brownlow, b. Chatham County, NC) to our line moved from Guillford County, NC, to Levy County, FL. Our Brownlow's came out of VA to NC before GA, LA and Texas. (Note: It seems more likely that William Monroe Brownlow was born in SC as that is what he documented in the 1850 La Census, Gene Brownlow) Somehow, it seems logical that our Williams line migrated mostly through the same areas with the addition of Florida which was mostly populated by Native Americans at the time. If anyone has information that would help me tie any of this together, it would be appreciated. William and Amelia Williams Brownlow married in Early County, GA. in 1843. J.C. Weaver married William and Amelia, Marriage book II 1834 - 1854, Page 075 William’s brother stayed in Calhoun Co. Ga. See 1850 Georgia Census. Calhoun County is adjacent to Early County and originally was the same county. William and George probably left South Carolina together, traveling to the southern part of Georgia. George married a local girl, while William married Amelia whose family was likely on a wagon train from Florida to Texas. They moved immediately to Natchitoches Parrish, Louisiana where their first four children (James Monroe Brownlow, Elias Albert Brownlow, Jura Brownlow and Mary E. Brownlow) were born. 1850 Census BROWNLOW W. M. Natchitoches County LA 064 No Township Listed LAS5a221302 1171 W. M. BROWNLOW 35 M W Farmer . SC . Amelia 28 F W . . Fld. . Jura 5 F W . . La. . Mary 4 F W . . La. They moved on to Victoria County, Texas about 1857/8. In the 1860 Victoria County, Texas Census, there is an "N. Williams, age 18, born Florida" living with William and Amelia Brownlow and their children. 1860 Census Victoria County, Texas Page 70 Name: Wm M Brownlow Residence: , Victoria, Texas Ward: Victoria City Age: 38 years Estimated Birth Year: 1822 Birthplace: South Carolina Gender: Male Page: 38 Family Number: 297 Film Number: 805307 DGS Number: 4297449 Image Number: 00146 NARA Number: M653 Wm M. Brownlow M W 38 SC Farming $7000 (Personal) Amelia Brownlow F W 33 FL Mary E. Brownlow F W 13 FL Attending School Jas. M. Brownlow M W 10 LA Attending School Eli A. Brownlow M W 3 LA N. Williams M W 13 FL Laborer In 1860 another baby, Amelia Brownlow II, was born 5 Aug 1860. Williams' wife Amelia died 1860, i beleive in child birth. Victoria County, Texas - Court Cases 1861-02-22 State of Texas vs. William M Brownlow Brownlow William M. 393 District Court Playing a game of pool HC-83-A & B, HC-84-A http://genealogytrails.com/tex/gulfcoast/victoria/history.html Texas Genealogy Trails Victoria County, Texas History (The next three statements were extracted from the above website. Gene Brownlow) The principal planters, many of whom included, to a less or greater extent, stock raising, were: Dr. Joseph Weisiger, Otto Von Roeder, Archie Clark, St. George Lee, J. O. Wheeler, in Mission Valley; Weisiger and Sanford, Dr. E. H. Smith, W. P. McLean, Marshal Spell, Judge Ragland, Dr. J. B. Ragland, Brownlow, N. M. Ragland, Jordan Williams, Rod Clay, Murphy, Felix Daughtery, Quincey Davidson, south of the valley, and adjacent to the town track. Among the farmers about town are the Schafer families, the Fishers, Mr. Fred Deigle, whose good lady is not surpassed on earth for Christian virtues, Peter Weldon, A. F. Hall, C. L. Thurmond, Charley Johns, Peter Wagner, Dr. E. H. Smith, C. C. Rosell, Alfred Rosell, Jake Grier, Ob White, Mr. Brownlow, John Newcomb, Robert Newcomb, Capt. Gwinn, Max Lender, H. Hauschild, Mr. Thomas Nevins, S. T. Stafford, George Josstym, and many more. November 17, 1863 ." The name of citizens of Victoria captured on Mustang island are: Lieuts. A. Clark, M. L. Stoner, Skrugg, H. Devine, Otto Von Rhoeder, P. D. Newcomb, J. D. Cabler, Bobett, Robert Willoughby, who died in prison at New Orleans; Dr. J. B. Throop, Dr. Robert Bell, Daniel Weisiger, Bill McDonnald, John Hunt, James Webb, Thomas Smith, George Emison, Bob Hogan, - Clayton, John A Emison, - and a Mexican Ines, sur-name not now remembered. (Note: because Otto Von Rhoeder (SIC Roeder) was the Captian of the Texas State Troops that William Monroe Brownlow was assigned, I beleive he may have been involved in the Battle of Mustang Island. Gene Brownlow(Note additioanl informatinshow that William married again in 1864 so that would mean he wasn't involved in this action. Gene Brownlow)) September 25, 1861 Victoria Blues Muster Roll shows PRIVATE W.W. Brownlow under Capt. Jas. E. FURGUSON Then, no date, W. M. Brownlow was listed on the Muster Roll as a Sergeant in Company A 24th Brigade, Victoria Blues, Texas Troops, under Capitan Otto Von Roeder. There were 9 individuals listed on both rolls. Due to the date of record I believe he was active as a Texas Ranger before they became Texas State Troops. This would have been in Capt G.J. Hampton's Company A In Von Roeder's Biography it states; While Nassau Plantation was tied up in litigation, Otto moved south and developed a “princely plantation” on the banks of the Guadalupe River in Victoria County’s Mission Valley. His family grew to eight children, and he was listed on the 1860 census, as one of the area’s most prominent and prosperous citizens. A year later at 54, when the civil War began, the well-known patriot joined Company A of Victoria’s reserves, the “Blues” as an officer. On November 24, 1863, Col. von Roeder was captured while the company was defending Mustang Island. Praised for his kindness to other prisoners, he was released at New Orleans in June 1864 following the Louisiana Red River Campaign in which his eldest son served as an officer. The Story of Georgia and Georgia People, 1732 to 1860. By George Gillman Smith, published by George G Smith, Macon Georgia, 1900. This book list Wm Brownlow in the section List Soldiers of the Line. In 1864 William remarried to Melinda Bray. They were married on January 21, 1864, in Victoria County, Texas. Groom's Name: W. N. Brownlow Groom's Birth Date: Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: Bride's Name: Malinda Bray Bride's Birth Date: Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: Marriage Date: 21 Jan 1864 Marriage Place: , Victoria, Texas Groom's Father's Name: Groom's Mother's Name: Bride's Father's Name: Bride's Mother's Name: Groom's Race: Groom's Marital Status: Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: Bride's Marital Status: Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M59292-1 System Origin: Texas-ODM Source Film Number: 1010590 I believe it is possible that sometime after William married Malinda he was called upon to join the fight in Louisiana. It is possible that he was killed in one of several battles near the end of the war. Two possibilites are the Battle of Mansfield or Pleasant Hill. While stationed in Louisiana, the Victoria company performed numerous guerrilla raids against the federal army. By far the most significant Louisiana engagements Company A participated in were the Battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. In the early spring of 1864, Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, commander of the Union forces in Louisiana, began his Red River Campaign that was designed to invade Texas. On April 8, at Sabine Cross-Roads, near Mansfield, Confederate Gen. Richard Taylor’s forces engaged the advancing federal army. During the battle, Waller’s Battalion was attached to Gen. James P. Major’s Brigade and fought as dismounted cavalry. Following the struggle at Mansfield, the fighting continued at Pleasant Hill. Both engagements resulted in Banks aborting his attempt to invade Texas. With the conclusion of the Red River Campaign, Company A resumed its customary small encounters with the enemy until the latter part of November when it returned to Texas. In May 2018 we visited the Mansfield Battle Field Meorial. We were told that that were 100's of unmarked civil war graves in La. However in Minden La there are 21 unmarked graves of Texas Civil War soilders. Williams' children were raised by their stepmother, Melinda Bray Brownlow. She was born about 1825 in North Carolina. She also change Amelia's name to Amanda. William's youngest son Elias moved to the Mayfield boarding house in Karnes County to farm and James stayed to help his stepmother in Victoria County. __________________________________________________________ Consolidated notes that I have been able to find on William Monroe Brownlow as of Aust 2023. Gene Brownlow William Monroe Brownlow born 1815 - died 1864 William Brownlow was born in Pendleton District, South Carolina in 1815 according to the multiple US Census and several military documents. His father was James Brownlow born 1787 in North Carolina and his mother was Rebecca Cross born about 1789 in South Carolina. In the 1800 Pendleton South Carolina Census there is a James Brownlow and wife with two young boys and two young girls listed. Then in 1820 there is a James Brownlow and wife showing four boys and one girl. I believe two of the boys are William Monroe and George Washington Brownlow both under ten years of age. In the 1830 Census there is a James Brownlow and wife with two boys under ten and two boys between ten and twenty years of age. Also, there are 4 young girls under five and one under ten and one under twenty years of age. I believe the two boys between ten and twenty are William Monroe and George Washington Brownlow. William moved from Pendleton, South Carolina to Rome Georgia sometime after 1835 according to the birth of Nassisa, William’s sister, with his father, James, mother Rebecca, and brother George Washington Brownlow and sisters, Sarah, Eliza, Malinda, Nancy and Nassissa. In the 1850 Census it shows James. Rebecca and three daughters, Amanda 18, Emily 16, and NaLisa 12. Both William Monroe and George Washington Brownlow had moved out and started their own families. He married Amelia Williams in Earley County Georgia the 5th day of August 1843 according to their marriage license. William married Amelia whose family was likely on a wagon train from Florida to Texas. William’s brother stayed in Calhoun County Georgia, according to the 1850 Georgia Census. Calhoun County is adjacent to Early County and originally was the same county. William and George probably left South Carolina together, traveling to the southern part of Georgia. George married a local girl, while According to their Georgia marriage license, in 1843, William Monroe Brownlow and Amelia Williams were married in Early County Georgia. They soon moved to Campti, Natchitoches Parish, La. In the 1850 Census it shows W M Brownlow, Amelia, Jura 5, and Mary 4, farming in La. Both girls show to be born in La so they must have been in La. By 1845. William and his family farmed in Natchitoches, Louisiana until 1857/58 when they moved to Texas. In 1845 Jura Narcissus Brownlow was born in Campti, Natchitoches Parish, La. In 1846 Mary Elizabeth Brownlow born in Campti, Natchitoches Parish, La. In 1850 The US Census show William and his family in Natchitoches Parish, La. May 6th, 1851, James Monroe Brownlow was born in Campti, Natchitoches Parish, La. In September 1856 Elias Albert Brownlow born in Campti, Natchitoches Parish, La A little about Amelia Williams. A Sandra Brownlow who had married into the Brownlow family in the James Monroe Brownlow line submitted this info online Submitted On: 7 Sep 2004 - Submitted By: Sandra Brownlow - keisanb1@consolidated.net Eli Williams, who was living in NC, received a land grant in Florida from U.S. Congress in 1798 for revolutionary services. This documentation is easy to find, but I have not tied him into our line yet. But I think he will be there. ca. 1790 a John Williams and wife, Amelia were living around the Waccasassa Marina and Levy County Boat Landing in Florida. In 1843, Amelia Williams, b. 1822 Florida, married William Monroe Brownlow. William and Amelia Williams Brownlow married in Early County, GA. in 1843. They moved immediately to Natchitoches Parrish, Louisiana where their first four children (James Monroe Brownlow, Elias Albert Brownlow, Rebecca Brownlow and Mary E. Brownlow) were born. They moved on to Victoria County, Texas about 1857/8. In the 1860 Victoria County, Texas Census, there is an "N. Williams, age 18, born Florida" living with William and Amelia Brownlow and their children. In 1861/2 another baby, Amelia Brownlow II, was born. Amelia I died in 1862. By 1860 the US Census shows William M Brownlow, Amelia, Mary13, James M 10, Eli A 3, and N Williams 18 (a relative of Amelia) living in Victoria Texas. Both boys, James and Eli show to have been born in Louisiana. and N Williams was born in Florida where Amelia was born. The family farmed in Victoria County and William also In the document “Victoria County, Texas – Victoria County Texas History – Section 2, Victor M. Morn of the Daily Times Print, Laredo, Texas wrote the following. The principal planters, many of whom included, to a less or greater extent, stock raising, were: Dr. Joseph Weisiger, Otto Von Roeder, Archie Clark, St. George Lee, J. O. Wheeler, in Mission Valley; Weisiger and Sanford, Dr. E. H. Smith, W. P. McLean, Marshal Spell, Judge Ragland, Dr. J. B. Ragland, Brownlow, N. M. Ragland, Jordan Williams, Rod Clay, Murphy, Felix Daughtery, Quincey Davidson, south of the valley, and adjacent to the town track. Lower down on the west side of the river were the farms of J. J. Linn, A. Bass, McDonough, John and Wm Hunt; and on the San Antonio river those of Capt Harvey, Green Clay, A. H. Cromwell, and Holliday. East of the Guadalupe, and north of town, were those of S. McCall Fenner, R. N. and S. P. Weisiger, J. W. Rose, J. E. Ferguson, Judge Barton, W. L. Callander, C. Beck. B. Tippett, Wagner; and south of town those of Rupley, Dr. Cocke, M. L. Stoner, Venable, Taylor, Scott. The principal stock men, commencing at Mission Valley, were R. Power, James George, John A., and David Emison, Daniel Weisiger, Sr., A. Clark, J. O. Wheeler; on the San Antonio, Mr. Teel, Fagan, and De la Garza. In other portions of the county Patricio, Santiago, and Frank De. Leon; Benevides, Traylor, Mat Alexander, Tho's Sterne, A Borland, R. Clarke. Of course there were many more engaged in stock raising, and farming, as the various biographical sketches will show. In the year 1860 the largest stocks of cattle were those owned by A. Borland - 8,000 head, (the numbers are approximate) Matt Alexander - 6,000 head, Archie Clark - 5000 head, Preston R. Rose - 5,000 head, R. Clark - 4000 head, Winn Traylor 3,000 head, Thomas Sterne - 2,500. 1858 Victoria County, Texas History The principal planters, many of whom included, to a less or greater extent, stock raising, were: Dr. Joseph Weisiger, Otto Von Roeder, Archie Clark, St. George Lee, J. O. Wheeler, in Mission Valley; Weisiger and Sanford, Dr. E. H. Smith, W. P. McLean, Marshal Spell, Judge Ragland, Dr. J. B. Ragland, Brownlow, N. M. Ragland, Jordan Williams, Rod Clay, Murphy, Felix Daughtery, Quincey Davidson, south of the valley, and adjacent to the town track. Among the farmers about town are the Schafer families, the Fishers, Mr. Fred Deigle, whose good lady is not surpassed on earth for Christian virtues, Peter Weldon, A. F. Hall, C. L. Thurmond, Charley Johns, Peter Wagner, Dr. E. H. Smith, C. C. Rosell, Alfred Rosell, Jake Grier, Ob White, Mr. Brownlow, John Newcomb, Robert Newcomb, Capt. Gwinn, Max Lender, H. Hauschild, Mr. Thomas Nevins, S. T. Stafford, George Josstym, and many more. Victoria County, Texas - Court Cases 1861-02-22 State of Texas vs. William M Brownlow Brownlow William M. 393 District Court Playing a game of pool HC-83-A & B, HC-84-A http://genealogytrails.com/tex/gulfcoast/victoria/history.html Texas Genealogy Trails Victoria County, Texas History (The next three statements were extracted from the above website. Gene Brownlow) The principal planters, many of whom included, to a less or greater extent, stock raising, were: Dr. Joseph Weisiger, Otto Von Roeder, Archie Clark, St. George Lee, J. O. Wheeler, in Mission Valley; Weisiger and Sanford, Dr. E. H. Smith, W. P. McLean, Marshal Spell, Judge Ragland, Dr. J. B. Ragland, Brownlow, N. M. Ragland, Jordan Williams, Rod Clay, Murphy, Felix Daughtery, Quincey Davidson, south of the valley, and adjacent to the town track. Among the farmers about town are the Schafer families, the Fishers, Mr. Fred Deigle, whose good lady is not surpassed on earth for Christian virtues, Peter Weldon, A. F. Hall, C. L. Thurmond, Charley Johns, Peter Wagner, Dr. E. H. Smith, C. C. Rosell, Alfred Rosell, Jake Grier, Ob White, Mr. Brownlow, John Newcomb, Robert Newcomb, Capt. Gwinn, Max Lender, H. Hauschild, Mr. Thomas Nevins, S. T. Stafford, George Josstym, and many more. William joined the Victoria Blues, Company A, 24th Regiment sometime after May 1861. This document was found online at http://www.txcivwarconf.org/papers/spurlin.pdf Victoria, Texas, Units that Served in the Civil War Charles D. Spurlin On the eve of the Civil War, Victoria was a prosperous, thriving commercial center with visions of becoming even more affluent. Since the 1840s steamboats laden with goods for the western trade plied the Guadalupe River and made regular visits to the town. By 1861, the San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railway was established between Victoria and Port Lavaca, the first link in a commercial chain that the owners of the railroad intended to link the Alamo City with the coastal shipping trade. Politically, Victoria was an avid supporter of the States’ rights doctrine. Victorians who saw commercial opportunities were reluctant to accept any protective trade laws emanating out of the central government. Furthermore, the county’s slave owners firmly stood against any northern opposition restricting bondsmen from the territories. However, most disturbing at the moment was the belief the newly elected president Abraham Lincoln, considered to be a Black Republican, would push for the abolishment of slavery. Consequently, local residents, be they slave owners or not, strongly supported the States’ rights doctrine. Many present day Victorians find little difficulty in relating to their predecessors views on States’ rights. As the war clouds began to thicken after South Carolina seceded from the Union in late 1860, Victorians assumed considerable interest in the national news and speculated as to how the community would be affected. Some of the citizens quickly concluded that should Texas secede they would be prepared to defend their country. As the political events unfolded, a Secession Convention convened, and on February 1, 1861, the delegates voted 174 to 7 to secede. The Victoria district representatives, State District Judge Fielding Jones of Victoria and William R. Scurry from DeWitt County, cast their ballots with the majority. Afterwards, Victoria County with about a forty percent voter turnout accepted the Ordinance of Secession 313 to 88. Victor Rose, a Victoria County resident, newspaperman, and historian, in an assessment of the community’s attitude wrote in his History of Victoria County that Victorians were as enthusiastic for war. . .”as if years of oppression had driven them to the stern necessity.” He added that if the residents were asked why they were so zealous for war, the reply was “To whip the Yankees.” Rose pointed out that resistance in the county to war, where it could be found, came from the older naturalized residents who possessed strong feelings for their oath of allegiance to the United States. In a personal assessment of the unfolding event he stated, “Folly was toppling a great State into needless, ruinous, rebellion. We repudiated the counsels of Sam Houston, Jack Hamilton, J. W. Throckmorton; John Hancock, and other Texans, to follow the magpie chattering of South Carolina’s pigmy so-called statesmen. . . .There was never a more causeless war,—and a fearful responsibility for its consequences rests on the Yankee abolitionists. It seemed that some devil,—he must have been a South Carolina devil,— concealed from view, manipulated events upon the Southern chess board to suit his own malign purpose.” Despite Rose’s misgivings to the war, he served with distinction in Ross’ Texas Brigade. Soon after Texas entered the Confederacy on March 2, 1861, the Victoria Cavalry Company, Twenty-fourth Texas Cavalry Brigade, was organized for local defense purposes. The commander of the unit was James E. Ferguson, a Methodist minister who had lived in the county since 1857. He was the father of future governor James E. “Farmer Jim” Ferguson. Composed primarily of married men who claimed regular service would interfere with their personal affairs, the company drilled four times a week so as to be prepared to defend the area from federal forces. By the end of May, a second company was formed under the guidance of Victoria County Sheriff George J. Hampton. Originally the unit was known as the “Victoria Blues,” probably because some of men possessed blue uniforms acquired from the federal government. After Gen. Henry H. Sibley, a former U. S. Army officer now serving in the Confederate service, arrived at San Antonio in the summer of 1861 and began organizing a brigade, Hampton and his comrades officially joined Sibley’s unit on September 11, 1861, as Company C, Fourth Regiment Texas Mounted Volunteers. Meanwhile, the Victorians renamed the company “Victoria Invincible.” In October 1861, Company C left San Antonio and marched to New Mexico. The first significant engagement the Victorians experienced was at Valverde, New Mexico, in February 1862. Lt. Col. William Scurry, regimental commander in the absence of Col. James Reily who was on a diplomatic mission in Mexico, encouraged the men, as reported by Lt. Charles C. Linn, a member of Company C and the son of Victoria’s first mayor John. J. “Juan” Linn, by yelling “Come on, My Boys. Come On, My Ragged Texians.” Although they were intensely involved in the fight, only eight Victorians, Hampton included, were wounded, none mortally. After the Battle of Valverde, the Texans moved northward to Albuquerque and Santa Fe. On March 26, 1862, at Apache Canyon, the opposing forces collided in combat. The next day, the Victorians arrived at the scene of action as reinforcements. By March 28, the fighting shifted to Glorieta Pass. After a fierce struggle in which a high percentage of officers of the Fourth Texas Cavalry Regiment were killed or wounded, the Confederates retreated. The Victoria Company’s losses were three killed and three wounded. Because of his heroic deeds at the battles of Valverde and Glorieta, Hampton was promoted to major. Before the war ended, the former Victoria County sheriff became a colonel and commanded the Fourth Texas Cavalry Regiment. Having failed to conquer New Mexico, Sibley ordered the brigade to return to Texas. During the summer of 1862, the men staggered into San Antonio. The journey from El Paso to the Alamo City was extremely hard, even for the toughest Victorian. When the Texans commenced the trek, their food supplies and clothing were inadequate for a long journey as they were to embark upon. Pete Fagan, a member of the “Victoria Invincible,” remarked, “The men were suffering terribly from the heat, very many of are a-foot, and scarcely able to travel from blistered feet. They were subsisting on bread and water, both officers and men; many of them sick, many ragged, and all hungry; but we did not see a gloomy face—not one.” By the middle of July, the company reached San Antonio, and a couple of weeks later arrived in Victoria to await assignment. In the fall of 1862, Company C was ordered to the Trans-Mississippi Department and became a part of Gen. Thomas Green’s Cavalry Brigade. As an element in Green’s Brigade, the Victorians actively served in the battlefield operations of western Louisiana. Occasionally, however, the brigade, or portions of it, spent time in eastern Texas. When news reached the Fourth Texas Cavalry Regiment that the military structure east of the Mississippi was collapsing, its members, Victorians included, defiantly adopted on April 27, 1865, at Independence, Texas, a resolution vowing to fight to the end and invited all Confederate troops outside the state to join with them. But, whether the Texans liked it or not, there was to be no further fighting for the Fourth Texas Cavalry Regiment. Also organized for Confederate service at Victoria in 1861 was Company B, Sixth Texas Infantry Regiment, commanded by Capt. Jacob A. Rupley, a local businessman and a former resident of Pennsylvania. Company B was the only Victoria unit to serve east of the Mississippi River. Before leaving the state, the regiment trained for eight months at Camp Henry E. McCulloch, four miles north of Victoria. During its encampment in the community, the Male Academy was paid fifty dollars a month by the city to serve as the regimental hospital. One of the recruits who trained at Camp McCulloch was R. R. Gilbert, a former newspaperman. Under the name of “High Private”, he applied his journalistic abilities by writing a series of satirical letters to the Victoria Advocate describing camp life. In a January 16, 1862, article, Gilbert gave the location of the encampment as a central one where “you can start from it and go to any part of the world—with a furlough.” His version of the Confederate oath was, “Do you solemnly swear that you will stay in the army as long as the war lasts, and fight to the best of your ability; that you will not growl at your rations, and be content with eleven dollars a month, whether you get them or not, so help you God?” The “High Private” also had a few choice comments about army regulations. He wrote, “army regulations require that every soldier shall keep his hair cut short. This cost 25 cents a month. Again, every one who acts irreverently, while the chaplain is officiating, has a Yankee shilling, or 16 2/3 cents, deducted from his pay, and he who swears an oath is mulcted in the sum of 16 2/3 cents for each swear. During the first month, I smiled once in meeting, and my liver being out or order, the number of swears for that month aggregated two each day. “The result: High Private to the Southern Confederacy…: “For Barber’s Bill, one month, 25 cents. “For one ‘irreverently,’ 16 2/3 cents. “For 62 swears at 16 2/3 cents each, $10.34. “For Laundress, 50 cents per week, $2.00. “For Company Cook, 25 cents. “The total is $13.00 2/3 cents. Less one month’s pay, $11, leaving balance due the Confederate States of America, $2.00 2/3 cents. “As eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, I immediately commenced reforming and engaged an enterprising individual to do my swearing at an enormous discount, left off going to church, and made arrangements to do my own cooking and washing.” While training progressed at Camp McCulloch, Col. Garland asked a group of Victoria ladies to design and make an appropriate flag for the regiment. The women on the grounds they lacked the necessary materials declined, but Mrs. Richard Owens, the wife of a local merchant, with the help of her daughters assumed the challenge. The finished product was made of red merino with a border of white silk fringe. A blue shield, 28 by 36 inches, containing thirteen white stars was situated in the middle. Twelve of the stars were arranged along the border of the shield, six on each side, and a large star, to symbolize the Lone Star State, dominated the center. Stitched at the bottom of the flag with white silk was “Sixth Texas Infantry Regiment. Before Mrs. Owens completed the flag, the regiment broke camp and marched to Arkansas. It was delivered to Garland while the regiment was at Arkansas Post. Unfortunately, the flag was taken as war booty by federal troops when the Confederates surrendered the fort in January 1863. After the capitulation of Arkansas Post, the Confederate prisoners of war were transferred up the Mississippi by steamboat to military prisons at Camp Butler, Illinois, Camp Chase, Ohio, and Camp Douglas, Illinois. During the spring of 1863, a prisoner exchange was made. In May 1863, The Sixth, Tenth, and Fifteenth Texas Regiments were consolidated. However, later in the war the Tenth Texas Infantry Regiment again became an independent unit. During the following month, the consolidated unit was assigned to Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne’s Division in the Army of Tennessee. As a part of the division, the consolidated regiment participated in the engagements at Chickamauga in September 1863. After Chickamauga, the regiment was assigned to Col. Hiram B. Granbury’s Brigade and fought in the Chattanooga Campaign. Although the fighting ended in a defeat for the Southern forces, the one bright spot for the Confederates was the manner in which the Texans held its position at Missionary Ridge under intense Union pressure. The unit was eventually forced to retreat when the federals broke through other Confederate entrenchments and left the Texans’ flanks exposed. The Army of Tennessee withdrew to Georgia. In the spring and summer of 1864, it engaged in the Battle of Atlanta. In this campaign, the Sixth Texas, now known as the “Bloody Sixth,” was a vital cog in the Confederate defenses around the city. Despite heavy casualties to the regiment, the men fought stubbornly to halt the federal advance. Fighting was so intense at times; the unit was commanded by five different men in a two day period. On May 29, Capt. B. R. Tyus was wounded and Capt. Rhodes Fisher assumed command. The next day Fisher was wounded and forced to relinquish command to Capt. M. M. Houston who lasted only ten minutes before being killed. Capt. R. R. Rice took charge and shortly afterwards became a casualty whereupon 1st Lieut. T. S. Flynt became the regimental commander. During the fighting in Georgia and Tennessee, Victorian Jacob Fox won the distinction of being the most wounded soldier in Company B. On July 21, he either received shrapnel or a bullet but remained on active duty. On September 1, Fox was hit again. He, nevertheless, continued to be an effective member of the company. Later, on November 30, he lost a forefinger at Franklin, Tennessee, but shortly afterwards returned to duty. After the Georgia Campaign, the Army of Tennessee moved into Tennessee and fought at Franklin and Nashville. At Nashville, the Confederate army was routed and retreated to Mississippi where Gen. Joseph E. Johnston assumed command from Gen. John B. Hood. Afterwards, the army intermittently marched to North Carolina. In the Carolina Campaign of 1865, Johnston’s strategy was essentially one of retreat, hold, and retreat. Because the ranks of the Army of Tennessee were continually depleted from its encounters with the federals, it was restructured. Under the reorganization setup, the Sixth, Seventh, Tenth, and Fifteenth Texas Infantry Regiments were consolidated with the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Twenty-fourth, and Twenty-fifth Texas Dismounted Cavalry Regiments. The new command was designated the First Texas Infantry Regiment and assigned to Gen. D. C. Govan’s Brigade, Gen. John C. Brown’s Division. On April 26, 1865, Johnston, his army in rags with little food and military supplies, formally surrendered to Gen. William T. Sherman. Confederate officer Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, an 1860 Democratic presidential candidate, was present at the meeting between Johnston and Sherman. All three men were old acquaintances. A bottle of liquor was acquired for social drinks. The more the men drank the more elegant Breckinridge’s comments became on the surrender terms. Finally, Sherman stated, “Hold on Breckinridge. If you get one more drink inside you, you’ll talk me into surrendering to Johnston.” In the spring of 1862 on the Garcitas Creek east of Victoria, a third Victoria company was formed to serve in the Confederate army under the command of Dr. James B. P. January, a local physician. Within a year, he resigned and Reed N. Weisiger, a member of a prominent Victoria family, became the company commander. When the unit entered Confederate service on April 18, its members affectionately referred to it as the “Jim Scott Rangers,” but officially it was Company A, Thirteenth Texas Cavalry Battalion. Maj. Edwin Waller Jr., the son of the first mayor of Austin, was the battalion commander. After the company was organized, it moved to Hempstead and united with the other companies in the battalion. In July, the unit broke camp and moved toward western Louisiana, reaching its destination in the latter part of August. Except for two companies of Louisiana infantry, Waller’s Battalion was the only Confederate force in the western sector of the state in the closing months of 1862. In the early part of 1863, Green’s Brigade, after the ill-fated New Mexico campaign, arrived in Louisiana. Waller’s Battalion was attached to it and remained, except for occasional detached duty, as an integral part of the brigade until shortly before the war ended. While stationed in Louisiana, the Victoria company performed numerous guerrilla raids against the federal army. By far the most significant Louisiana engagements Company A participated in were the Battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. In the early spring of 1864, Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, commander of the Union forces in Louisiana, began his Red River Campaign that was designed to invade Texas. On April 8, at Sabine Cross-Roads, near Mansfield, Confederate Gen. Richard Taylor’s forces engaged the advancing federal army. During the battle, Waller’s Battalion was attached to Gen. James P. Major’s Brigade and fought as dismounted cavalry. Following the struggle at Mansfield, the fighting continued at Pleasant Hill. Both engagements resulted in Banks aborting his attempt to invade Texas. With the conclusion of the Red River Campaign, Company A resumed its customary small encounters with the enemy until the latter part of November when it returned to Texas. In the final stages of the war, the company traversed the eastern part of the state without experiencing any action. In early 1865, the battalion was elevated to regimental status. On March 30, it was integrated into Gen. Walter P. Lane’s Brigade, Gen. William Steele’s Division. Two months later, on May 20, Waller’s Regiment was disbanded. Sources Alberts, Don E., ed. Rebels on the Rio Grande: The Civil War Journal of A. B. Peticolas. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1984. Grimes, Roy, ed. 300 Years in Victoria County. Victoria, Texas: The Victoria Advocate Publishing Co., 1968. Hall, Martin Hardwick. Sibley’s New Mexico Campaign. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1960. Petty, Joe Jr., ed. Victor Rose’s History of Victoria County. Victoria, Texas: Book Mart, 1961. Spurlin, Charles D., ed. The Civil War Diary of Charles A. Leuschner. Austin: Nortex Press, 1992. Spurlin, Charles. West of the Mississippi with Waller’s 13th Texas Cavalry Battalion CSA. Hillsboro, Texas: Hill Junior College Press, 1971. The War of Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. 128 vols. Washington, D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1880-1901. September 25, 1861 Victoria Blues Muster Roll shows PRIVATE W.W. Brownlow under Capt. Jas. E. FURGUSON . The Story of Georgia and Georgia People, 1732 to 1860. By George Gillman Smith, published by George G Smith, Macon Georgia, 1900. This book list Wm Brownlow in the section List Soldiers of the Line. The military muster card of 1861 show W M Brownlow as a Sargent under the command of Captain Otto Von Roeder, Company A Victoria City, 24th Brigade, Texas State Troops. There are pay records showing W M Brownlow in the 4th Qtr of 1861 and January through March of 1862 providing cords of wood. During my research I learned that most of the men in these years in Texas served in the Texas Rangers. They would sign up for a short period of time to protect the people from Mexican raiders and hostile Indians. When the Civil war started these Rangers converted over to Texas State Troops. I believe that is what William did as he was shown as a Sergeant in the Texas State Troops on one of his Muster cards. When not serving h farmed the land. PVT Brownlow September 25, 1861, Janes E Ferguson Victoria Calv Company, 24th Brigade. Independent Company for Coast Defense. Capt. J.E. FURGESON Thos. SMITH 1st Lt. S.W. WALTON C.L. STADTLER 2nd Lt. J.T. STAFFORD W.M. VARNELL 3rd Lt. Jas. P. KEAN M. SPELL Ord. Sgt. J.G. COLLOR R.H. HUNTER 2nd Ord. Sgt. J.L CUNNINGHAM W.G. THORNTON 3rd Ord. Sgt. U.N. ATKINSON Jas. J. NUNER 4th Ord. Sgt. S. DE LEON Geo. JOSLIN lst Cop�l. W.J. STAFFORD L.F. WHEELER 2nd Cop�l. Thos. W. PEARSON W.T. HARRIS 3rd Cop�l. F.R. DOUGHTERY A. DEICHART 4th Cop'l. J.J. MURPHRY Thos. JENKINS John C. WARDEN MUSICIAN M.F. RUNDELL Chas. REISNER Jas. HEPPERON Alex BORLAND PRIVATES S.D. DE LEON F. SHULTER Wm. HUNT J.B. WALKER M.M. BREWSTER H WEAKA J.G. ROWLAND MILLER J.R. JANUARY W.S. GLASS Jas. C. SCOTT SOL HALFIN E.H. GAYLORD John E. MOODY E. MORGAN M. BARTLETTS C.C. SMOTHERS Sam�l JANUARY Julius SCHNEIDER Frank DE LEON Frank COLLER James SAMPSON Rudolph HAYS Daniel WEISIGER Jr. E. PICKERING Duncan WILLIAM A. BARTLETTS Rarl SASA C.L. THURMOND W.J. WHITEHEAD L.F. GANT E.R. WELLS Sam�l HARRIS Wm. GRAVETT C.C. ROSELL L.D. EASTERBROOK W.W. BROWNLOW Henry NELSON R.N. WEISIGAR Samuel P. WEISIGER W.J. MC DONALD Nicholas WILLIAMS David BUNCE Jas. N. RAGLAND E.H. SMITH Wm. RUPLEY Rob. WILLOUPHY B.N. JOSLIN W.J. CRAIG J.D.STAPLES J.H.MULLINS 4th Quarter 1861 - Nov 12th, 1861, William Brownlow was paid for 16 cords of wood Sgt Brownlow 1861 Cap Otto Von Roeder Company A, 24th Brigade Texas State Troops 1st Qtr 1862 - Jan 20 to Feb 22 1862 12 cords of wood - Mar 31 1862 !2 cords of wood 2nd Qtr 1862 Military Roll Amielia died in 1862. I assume it was during childbirth of Amelia II Brownlow August 5th, 1862. Then, (no date shown), W. M. Brownlow was listed on the Muster Roll as a Sergeant in Company A 24th Brigade, Victoria Blues, Texas Troops, under Capitan Otto Von Roeder. There were 9 individuals listed on both rolls. Due to the date of record, I believe he was active as a Texas Ranger before they became Texas State Troops. This would have been in Capt G.J. Hampton's Company A In Von Roeder's Biography it states; While Nassau Plantation was tied up in litigation, Otto moved south and developed a “princely plantation” on the banks of the Guadalupe River in Victoria County’s Mission Valley. His family grew to eight children, and he was listed on the 1860 census, as one of the area’s most prominent and prosperous citizens. A year later at 54, when the civil War began, the well-known patriot joined Company A of Victoria’s reserves, the “Blues” as an officer. On November 24, 1863, Col. von Roeder was captured while the company was defending Mustang Island. Praised for his kindness to other prisoners, he was released at New Orleans in June 1864 following the Louisiana Red River Campaign in which his eldest son served as an officer In 1862 Amelia gave birth to a daughter. Amelia died in 1862 so it can be assumed that she died giving birth. William named the girl Amelia after her mother. November 17, 1863 Sgt William Brownlow was involved in the Battle of Mustang Island. The names of citizens of Victoria captured on Mustang Island are: Lieuts. A. Clark, M. L. Stoner, Skrugg, H. Devine, Otto Von Rhoeder, P. D. Newcomb, J. D. Cabler, Bobett, Robert Willoughby, who died in prison at New Orleans; Dr. J. B. Throop, Dr. Robert Bell, Daniel Weisiger, Bill McDonnald, John Hunt, James Webb, Thomas Smith, George Emison, Bob Hogan, - Clayton, John A Emison, - and a Mexican Ines, sur-name not now remembered. It shows Brownlow was wounded on November 17th, 1863. The following is a roll Call report without any date. Capt. Otto Von ROEDER Prussia 54 Victoria 1st Lt. A.E. CLARK Miss. 46 " 2nd Lt. C.L. THURMOND Tenn. 29 " 2nd ? B.F. PONNDS Ala. 39 " O.S. ? Montgomery Miss. 32 Meyersville, DeWitt Co. Sergeants W.J. MC DONALD W.M. BROWNLOW S. C. 39 Victoria Thomas SMITH Virginia 43 " C.C. WHITTINGTON N.C. 46 " Corporals M.W. ALEXANDER Tenn. 45 " F.B.H. KING Miss. 37 " B.F. DAVIS Virginia 39 " Henry BAKER Privates ANSURALDO, RAMON Mexico 40 " ALLNOCH, F. " BORLAND, A. absent BUCKART, Louis BURNHURST, F. absent CLEMENTS, Geo. absent DILLIMAN, John absent FERGERSON, Henry Germany 36 " GRAFT, Antonio Germany 41 " GOLLA, John absent HOWARD, Thomas absent HOHENDON, William absent HERZOG, Heny Germany 19 Victoria HEPWORTH, John absent HALFIN, Henry absent HELLERBRANT, O.L. absent JOHN, Chas. Germany 44 Victoria KENNER, J.P. KIBBE, R.P. sub for BARTLETT, A. Louisiana 17 Victoria KOHEN, William absent KERSEY, G.W. absent LEVI, Henry absent LEVI, Gregoria absent LETTS, Jacob New York 25 Victoria LUBE, Louis absent MALTITZ,C.C. absent MUSGA, John absent MILLER, Geo. absent MILLER, Falwine absent MISE, Fred absent NEIMAN, Geo. absent O�REAGAN, M. absent ORTZ, Romaldo absent O�KEIFE, Thomas absent PICKERING, E.E. absent PISGA, Thos. absent PILGRIM, Mat absent ROWLAND, J.G. Virginia 41 Victoria REUFF, E. absent ROBINS, Edwin Maine 35 Victoria RANDALL, W.D. absent RANDALL, Thomas sub for RANDALL, Jas. Texas 16 Lavaca ROBINSON, William SHONDOW, Gotlieb absent SIMONS, George absent STRAUS, Charles absent STERNE, Phillip Holland 22 Victoria STERNE, Levi absent SINGLETON, W.W. absent (marked out) WASCHER, Henry absent WEBBER, Paul absent WUCHESER, Fred sub for WEISIGER. D. Germany 51 Victoria WHEELER, J.0. absent HILL, B.F. N. C. 46 Victoria GABLER (CABLER),J.D. Tenn. 48 Mission Valley Battle of Mustang Island Following the battle of Brownsville, the Union army consolidated a garrison there under Major General Napoleon J. T. Dana. Major General Nathaniel P. Banks then planned to move against Corpus Christi. Banks directed Brigadier General Thomas E. G. Ransom on an expedition against a Confederate earthen fortification on Mustang Island known as Fort Semmes. The Confederate garrison, of less than 100 men, was composed of detachments from the 3rd Texas State Militia under Major George O. Dunaway and the 8th Texas Infantry under Captain William N. Maltby. Ransom’s men made a forced march against Fort Semmes which was occupied by men from the 8th Texas Infantry and 3rd Texas State Militia. The Union advance encountered Confederate skirmishers on November 17. Ransom’s men fired one volley causing the Texas skirmishers to retreat back into Fort Semmes. Ransom deployed the 13th Maine and 15th Maine infantry regiments in line of battle while the USS Monongahela fired into the fort from offshore. Fort Semmes’ small garrison was not prepared for open battle and the fighting was over shortly after the attack commenced. Major Dunaway decided upon an unconditional surrender of the entire garrison rather than making an attempt to fight their way back to the mainland.[5] Major General Cadwallader C. Washburn arrived at the head of the Union expedition on the Texas Coast. Washburn next led Union forces to capture Fort Esperanza on November 30, 1863. References • Howell, Kenneth Wayne, ed. The Seventh Star of the Confederacy: Texas During the Civil War, University of North Texas Press, 2011 • Townsend, Stephen A., The Yankee Invasion of Texas, Texas A&M University Press, 2006 November 17, 1863 ." The name of citizens of Victoria captured on Mustang island are: Lieuts. A. Clark, M. L. Stoner, Skrugg, H. Devine, Otto Von Rhoeder, P. D. Newcomb, J. D. Cabler, Bobett, Robert Willoughby, who died in prison at New Orleans; Dr. J. B. Throop, Dr. Robert Bell, Daniel Weisiger, Bill McDonnald, John Hunt, James Webb, Thomas Smith, George Emison, Bob Hogan, - Clayton, John A Emison, - and a Mexican Ines, sur-name not now remembered. (Note: because Otto Von Rhoeder (SIC Roeder) was the Captain of the Texas State Troops that William Monroe Brownlow was assigned, I believe he may have been involved in the Battle of Mustang Island. (Note additional information shows that William married again in 1864 so that would mean he wasn't killed in this action.) In 1864 William married Melinda Bray on January 21, 1864, in Victoria County, Texas. I believe it is possible that sometime after William married Malinda he was called upon to join the fight in Louisiana. It is possible that he was killed in one of several battles near the end of the war. Two possibilities are the Battle of Mansfield or Pleasant Hill. While stationed in Louisiana, the Victoria company performed numerous guerrilla raids against the federal army. By far the most significant Louisiana engagements Company A participated in were the Battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. In the early spring of 1864, Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, commander of the Union forces in Louisiana, began his Red River Campaign that was designed to invade Texas. On April 8, at Sabine Cross-Roads, near Mansfield, Confederate Gen. Richard Taylor’s forces engaged the advancing federal army. During the battle, Waller’s Battalion was attached to Gen. James P. Major’s Brigade and fought as dismounted cavalry. Following the struggle at Mansfield, the fighting continued at Pleasant Hill. Both engagements resulted in Banks aborting his attempt to invade Texas. With the conclusion of the Red River Campaign, Company A resumed its customary small encounters with the enemy until the latter part of November when it returned to Texas. In the document Victoria, Texas, Units that served in the Civil War by Charles D, Spurlin, he states the following, In the early part of 1863, Green’s Brigade, after the ill-fated New Mexico campaign, arrived in Louisiana. Waller’s Battalion was attached to it and remained, except for occasional detached duty, as an integral part of the brigade until shortly before the war ended. As a side note Mary E Brownlow married James Sheppard Feb 4th 1864. Soon after William married, he was sent to Louisiana with the Victoria Blues. While stationed in Louisiana, the Victoria company performed numerous guerrilla raids against the federal army. By far the most significant Louisiana engagements Company A participated in were the Battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. In the early spring of 1864, Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, commander of the Union forces in Louisiana, began his Red River Campaign that was designed to invade Texas. On April 8, at Sabine Cross-Roads, near Mansfield, Confederate Gen. Richard Taylor’s forces engaged the advancing federal army. During the battle, Waller’s Battalion was attached to Gen. James P. Major’s Brigade and fought as dismounted cavalry. Following the struggle at Mansfield, the fighting continued at Pleasant Hill. Both engagements resulted in Banks aborting his attempt to invade Texas. With the conclusion of the Red River Campaign, Company A resumed its customary small encounters with the enemy until the latter part of November when it returned to Texas. In the final stages of the war, the company traversed the eastern part of the state without experiencing any action. In early 1865, the battalion was elevated to regimental status. On March 30, it was integrated into Gen. Walter P. Lane’s Brigade, Gen. William Steele’s Division. Two months later, on May 20, Waller’s Regiment was disbanded. I visited the battle fields of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill in La. There I learned that there were hundreds of unmarked graves from the civil war. One location was in Minden La. There in the cemetery are 10 graves that indicate the men were from Texas and had fought in the Mansfield/Pleasant Hill battles. Here I believe is the grave of William Monroe Brownlow. Williams' children were raised by their stepmother, Melinda {Bray} Brownlow. She was born about 1825 in North Carolina. She also changed Amelia's name to Amanda. William's youngest son Elias moved to the Mayfield boarding house in Karnes County to farm and James stayed to help his stepmother in Victoria County. According to multiple news papers Malinda became an Administratrix for a law office when she provided personal Will services. | Brownlow, Sgt William Monroe (I956)
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| 925 | SUSAN ALICE SUDBURY ("Alice") was born in Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, on April 29, 1885. She married EDWARD PARKS McCAMEY, who had been born on April 23, 1880, in Troy, Mississippi. Alice died on July 16, 1958, while Edward passed away on December 24, 1944. | Sudbury, Susan Alice (I4010)
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| 926 | Susan Annette (Kurz) Mirick, 68, passed away on December 7, 2020. Graveside services will be held Saturday, December 12, 2020 at 10 A.M. at Lorena Cemetery, 846 S. Front Road, Lorena, TX. Susan was born on May 24, 1952 to Frank James Kurz and Fredna Mae (Williams) Kurz. She later married her childhood sweetheart, John E. Mirick, Jr. on February 12, 1971. Susan worked as a nurse in Waco for over 30 years. Her passions were her family and friends, pets, gardening, crochet, and antiques. She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank James Kurz and Fredna Mae (Williams) Kurz, brothers, Ronald Kurz and James Kurz, husband, John E. Mirick, Jr., parents-in-law, John E. Mirick, Sr. and Frances Ann (Copeland) Mirick. Survivors include her son, Bryan Mirick and wife, Melissa of Eddy, TX, daughter, Katie Baldwin and husband, Joshua of San Antonio, TX, brother and sister-in-law, Bryan and Sharon Montgomery of Kaufman, TX, sisters-in-law, Linda Kurz of Lamarque, TX and Linda Kurz of Corpus Christi, TX, grandchildren, Lauren Baldwin of San Antonio, TX, John and Zane Mirick of Eddy, TX, as well as many beloved nephews and nieces. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you donate to the charity of your choice or to the Lorena Cemetery Association at P.O. Box 51 Lorena, TX 76655-0051. | Kurz, Susan Annette (I104)
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| 927 | Taken from, The Descendants of John Porter of Pittstown, Rensselaer County, NY John Porter, b-Nov 25, 1732, m abt 1754, Ruth, Daughter of Ebenezer and Mehitable (Moore) Merrick. This marriage took place probably at Oblong, now Quaker Hill, Dutchess County, NY. as Ebenezer after marrying Mehitable Moore of Northfieldm Mass., in 1725, settled at Canaan, Con., and was at Palmer, Mass for some years, moved to the Oblong in New York. | Porter, John (I3162)
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| 928 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I3)
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| 929 | Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 Name: Kenneth Lee Boen Birth Date: 29 Aug 1930 Gender: Male Birth Place: Comanche, Comanche, Texas, USA Father: Otho Elmo Boen Father Birth Place: Comanche Mother: Velma Lee Davis Mother Birth Place: Comanche Mother Residence: Comanche Comanche, Texas Texas Death Index 1903-2000 Name: Kenneth Boen Sr Death: 12 Jun 1995 - McLennan | Boen, Kennth Lee (I8261)
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| 930 | Texico Cemetary, Texico, Curry County, New Mexico | Bell, Charles Clinton (I999)
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| 931 | The 1850 Census showed Emily 16 indicating she was born in 1834 | Brownlow, Emily (I1054)
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| 932 | The 1850 Census showed NaLusa 13 indicating she was born in 1837 | Brownlow, Nassisa (I1057)
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| 933 | The 35th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (35th Infantry) (1st Mountain Rifle Regiment, Company 1A) was organized during September, 1861, at Camp Smartt, near McMinnville, Tennessee. At Chickamauga on April 26, 1865, it surrendered. Isaiah Died of the measles on Jan 4, 1862. He came home from the war dying at home. | Rogers, Isaiah Alonzo (I1675)
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| 934 | The Beekman Patent @ New England Ancestors.org Vol 1 Dutchess Co NY - 170 – William Allen of the Oblong m. Hannah, b. ca. 1736, dau. of Ebenezer and Mehetabel (Moore) Merrick. [Merrick 2]. | Allen, William (I3164)
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| 935 | The Brownlow Family and the Rise of Lurgan from Review - Journal of Craigavon Historical Society Vol. 1 No. 1 by K. Clendinning Arthur Chamberlain, the eldest son of Lettice Brownlow, was born at Ardee Co. Louth, in 1645, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and qualified in law at Lincoln's Inn. In 1660 when he became of age, he assumed the name of Brownlow and inherited his grandfather's estate. Under his supervision Lurgan began to grow and prosper; building was encouraged by giving tenants renewable leases and stipulating that one or more houses of 20 to 30 feet in length, 18 to 20 feet high were to be erected on the front of their own tenements. From this stipulation Lurgan began to grow and to take the shape which its main street retains today. He took a deep interest in the welfare of his tenants by introducing linen weaving to them and buying their produce at a loss to himself. Thus he laid the foundation of the linen industry in this district and by 1675 there was a market house established around which linen was sold. In 1708, Lurgan was described by Thomas Molyneux as a town which has the greatest mart of Linen Manufacture in the North, being almost entirely peopled by linen weavers. Besides being a man of business, Arthur was a man of culture. He spoke fluent Irish and he saved the Book of Armagh from destruction. This book was sold for a small sum of money by the infamous Florence McMoyne. Shortly after this it was discovered by Arthur Brownlow who purchased it and kept it in his own library. This Book of Armagh was written in 807 A.D. and contains the New Testament, together with the Confessions of St. Patrick, two early Lives of the Saint, and a Life of Saint Martin of Tours. Arthur was High Sheriff of Co. Armagh 1668, and 1669 and M.P. for County Armagh 1692-1710. In 1689 during the Williamite wars he sat in the Parliament summoned by James II, and is believed to have been the only member of this Parliament to sit in the Williamite Parliament of 1692. As early as 1699, along with several others, he had the idea of building a canal between Lough Neagh and Newry. On 6th December 1697, Arthur married Jane, the daughter of Sir Standish Hartstronge, Bart of Bruff, Co. Limerick, who survived him and died March 1720. Arthur died 22nd February 1712, and was buried in Shankill Graveyard, leaving two daughters, Lettice and Anne and five sons, William, Standish, John, Philemon and Arthur. The eldest, William, was baptised 31st December, 1638, educated Trinity College, Dublin graduated B.A. 1703, M.P. for Armagh 1711-1715 and 1729-1739. _________________________________________________________ Arthur Chamberlain/Brownlow With the restoration of peace, the existing Brownlow estate was not only consolidating and prospering but also being extended, for on the death of Sir William Brownlow in 1660, he was succeeded by his grandson, Arthur Chamberlain, eldest son of Lettice Brownlow who had married Patrick Chamberlain of Niselrath near Ardee, Co. Louth. This marriage and the subsequent succession of her son brought the Chamberlain estate in the parish of Philiptown, barony of Ardee, Co. Louth into the possession of the Brownlows. Arthur Chamberlain assumed the surname of Brownlow as directed in the will of his grandfather Sir William Brownlow and resided in Brownlowsderry. A succession of in-laws, related to his through some of his mother's four marriages, lived on the Co. Louth lands. For further details, see the County Louth Archaeological Journal, Vol. XI, pp 175-85: 'Notes on the Allied Families of Clinton, Aston, O'Doherty and Brownlow' by T.G.F. Patterson. The Co. Louth estate eventually passed out of Brownlow possession in c.1753 when William Brownlow, grandson of Arthur Brownlow, alias Chamberlain, sold it to Alderman Richard Dawson. The property contained 923 Irish acres with tenements in Ardee and Louth towns; no information is given for the purchase price though from a Brownlow rental/account book we know the half-yearly rent in 1753 was £260:12:4 and one farthing. For further information about the sale and the estate, see PRONI, D/3053/9/3/1-12. Arthur Brownlow, alias Chamberlain, was a prudent manager and accumulated a considerable amount of money which he invested in other lands, chiefly in Co. Armagh where he acquired the manor of Richmount and thus became one of the largest property owners in the county. This land, originally known as Aghavellan, was granted by James I to John Heron in 1610. He sold it to John Waldron who received a re-grant for it from Charles I in 1629. John Waldron's grandson, Francis Stonard Waldron, conveyed the lands to Thomas Coke, Robert Burditt and Rowland Cotton in 1705, and in the following year by deeds of lease and release, by way of conveyance, the whole manor to Arthur Brownlow and John Hoope, merchant, for £13,000. Arthur Brownlow later bought out John Hoope, thus securing complete control of the manor. The Monaghan estate He also acquired land in Co. Monaghan. This was the Coolderry estate, near Carrickmacross, in the parish of Magheracloone and barony of Farney, and it had been part of a grant in 1576 by Elizabeth I to Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, which later descended to the Shirley family of Lough Fea (see PRONI, D/3531) and the Marquesses of Bath. In c.1618 the 3rd Earl of Essex granted John Hadsor of Keppock, Co. Monaghan, gentleman, '... the manor of Moymuck and nineteen tates of land, afterwards well known as Hadsor's fee-farm in the parish of Magheracloone in this barony [of Farney], on a fee farm rent of £40 per annum.' We know of some 17 townlands which were part of Hadsor's fee fram grant - Carrickashedoge, Carricknagoan, Derry, Drumboory, Feahoe, Killark, Leons-beg, Liscarnan, Maghernacloy, Mookeeran, Moylough, Mullaghrafferty, Mullyore, Mulllusty, Toiniska, Tullyallen and Tulleallin or Drumbore. The Brownlow family ' ... were in possession probably by purchase, previous to the year 1692 ..., but the actual date and means of how it passed through to them from Hadsor is as yet still unclear. We do know however that John Hadsor was implicated in the Great Rebellion in 1641 and ' ... was seized of 19 tates of land which he forfeited as a rebel: at that time Colonel Thomas Sadler received from the usurping powers, a grant of the same in lieu of the arrears of his pay, due to him for service in England, extending to the sum of £513.10.0 the 10 tates of land were subject to a rent charge of £40 per annum.' This perhaps accounts for the change in ownership which left the way open for the Brownlows later to purchase. Under the terms of the will, 1791, of the Rt Hon. William Brownlow, who died 1794, the land in Co. Monaghan was left to his second son Charles, with remainder to his other younger children, while his eldest son, William, was to inherit the Co. Armagh estates; the will further specified that the two properties were not to be united unless the cadet lines became extinct. Accordingly, when Charles Brownlow succeeded his elder brother, William, at Lurgan in 1815, the Co. Monaghan estate passed to the next brother James, and subsequently to the next, the Rev. Francis Brownlow. It remained in the possession of Francis Brownlow's branch of the family until Land Purchase. For documentation of the separate Monaghan estate, see PRONI D/4176 and, on the web-site, the Bath and Brownlow estates. The Co. Armagh estate Meanwhile through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the Co. Armagh Brownlow estate in the manors of Brownlowsderry and Richmount continued to prosper and with it the Brownlows, while Lurgan continued to grow as a town. Charles Brownlow was raised to the peerage as Lord Lurgan in 1839 'for services to the Whig Party'. In 1833 he had engaged W.H. Playfair, the Edinburgh architect, to design what became Brownlow House, alias 'Lurgan Castle'. It was finished by c.1840. Visiting it in 1863, John Ynyr Burges of Parkanaur, Castlecaulfield, Co. Tyrone, recorded in his diary (PRONI, T/1282/2, p. 140), '... The interior of this beautiful mansion is wonderfully arranged. The furniture and fitting-up is most costly, the dinner exquisite and the whole establishment in excellent order'. By 1883, the Brownlow estate, of 15,276 acres, was worth £20,589 a year. This consisted of the manors of Brownlowsderry and Richmount, the component townlands of which are listed in the table below: Master McGrath The Dubliners Em / D Em Eighteen sixty nine being the date anf the year, G Em D Em Those Waterloo sportsmen and more did appear, G Em D Em For to gain the great prizes and bear them awa', Em / D Em Never counting on Ireland and Master McGrath. On the twelfth of November, that day of renown, McGrath and his keeper they left Lurgan town, A gale in the Channel, it soon drove them o'er, On the thirteenth they landed on England's fair shore. Oh well when they arrived there in big London Town, Those great English sportsmen all gathered around, And one of those gentlemen standing nearby said, 'Is that the great dog you call Master McGrath?' Oh well one of the gentlemen standing around, Says, 'I don't care a damn for your Irish greyhound!' And another he sneered with a scornful 'Ha! Ha! We'll soon humble the pride of your Master McGrath.' Then Lord Lurgan came forward and said, 'Gentlemen, If there's any amongst you has money to spend. For your grand English nobles I don't care a straw, Here's five thousand to one upon Master McGrath.' Oh, McGrath he looked up and he wagged his old tail. Informing his lordship, 'Sure I know what you mane, Don't fear, noble Brownlow, don't fear them agra, We'll soon tarnish their laurels', says Master McGrath. Oh well Rose stood uncovered, the great English pride, Her master and keeper were close by her side; They let them away and the crowd cried, 'Hurrah!' For the pride of all England and Master McGrath. Oh well Rose and the Master they both ran along. 'I wonder', says Rose, 'what took you from your home. You should have stayed there in your Irish domain, And not come to gain laurels on Albion's plain.' 'Well, I know', says the Master, 'we have wild heather bogs but, bedad, in old Ireland there's good men and dogs. Lead on, bold Britannia, give none of your jaw, Stuff that up your nostrils', says Master McGrath. Well the hare she led on just as swift as the wind He was sometimes before her and sometimes behind, He jumped on her back and held up his ould paw - 'Long live the Republic', says Master McGrath. Notes for ARTHUR BROWNLOW: Surname: Brownlow Given Name: Arthur Sex: Male Birth: Birthplace: Baptism: Baptism Place: Father's Surname: Father's Given Name: Mother's Surname: Mother's Given Name: Marriage: Marriage Place: Spouse's Surname: Spouse's Given Name: Death: 1711 Death Place: Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland Burial: Burial Place: Miscellaneous: SOG, London alias Chamberlain Source: Civil Registration 16 | Brownlow, Arthur (Chamberlian) (I1325)
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| 936 | The Brownlow Family and the Rise of Lurgan from Review - Journal of Craigavon Historical Society Vol. 1 No. 1 by K. Clendinning Charles, Second Baron Lurgan, was born 10th April 1831, K.P. 76th Regiment, Lord Lieut. Co. Armagh 1864/82. Lord in waiting Queen Victoria 1869/74. He married 20th June, Emily Ann, daughter of John Brown the 3rd Lord Kilmaine. When his father died, Charles was a minor and the estate was managed by the Agent, John Handcock. Between 1845-49 the greatest disaster ever to hit Ireland was the potato famine People of this district are inclined to think that the famine was in the South and West but that is not so. Here are some extracts from a letter by a Church of England clergyman to the Relief Committee of the Society of Friends about conditions in North Armagh, dated Feb. 23rd 1847. "The weaver at present can only earn by weaving a web of sixty yards; two shillings and six-pence to four shillings and sixpence which employs him nearly a whole week in preparation, while at present such wages will not support the mere weaver without a family Even at such wages I can state as a fact having come under my own immediate observation that weavers are sitting up three nights per week in order by any means to procure food One of the poorhouses in the district of Lurgan is shut for ingress or egress; seventy-five died in one day. We are in short rapidly approaching, and if unassisted, must arrive at the worst picture that has been presented to the public from Co. Cork." In 1351 the population of Lurgan was 4,651 and ten years later it had risen to 8,500. This was probably due to power loom weaving introduced by James Malcolm in 1855. In 1861, owing to the American Civil War, there was a great upsurge in the linen trade. Old mills were enlarged and power looms built and powered by steam. Lurgan began to extend its boundaries. To keep factories supplied with coal, a new Cut was made in 1863, 300 yards longs from Lough Neagh to Kinnego. This meant that lighters of 60 to 100 tons could come into the new quay, towed by a steam tug from Ellis Cut which was where the Lagan Canal met Lough Neagh. In 1863 the Town Hall was built at the cost of £2,300 and the Town Commission did Lord Lurgan the honour of appropriating his family coat of arms and crest, and impaled it with a coat of their own design which was: Vert, on a chevron ermine, charged with three bezants, between a pile of linen in chief, and in the base a beehive with bee, all proper supported with flax plants and the motto: "Be Just and Fear Not." This coat of arms is termed. bogus or unauthorised arms. No person can give or sell this coat of arms. The legal right to the use of a coat of arms can only be obtained on the payment of certain fees and stamps. This coat of arms was used by Lurgan Town Council until it became a Borough. ____________________________________________ More About FIRST BARON LURGAN CHARLES BROWNLOW: Political office: Bet. 1818 - 1832, MP for Armagh Title (Facts Page): 1839, 1st Lord Lurgan Charles Brownlow, 1st Baron Lurgan was born on 17 April 1795.1 He was the son of Lt.-Col. Charles Brownlow and Caroline Ashe.1 He married, firstly, Lady Mary Bligh, daughter of John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley and Elizabeth Brownlow, on 1 June 1822.2 He married, secondly, Jane Macneill, daughter of Roderick Macneill of Barra, on 15 July 1828.2 He died on 2 September 1877 at age 82.1 Charles Brownlow, 1st Baron Lurgan was created 1st Baron Lurgan, of Lurgon, co. Armagh [U.K.] on 14 May 1839.1 Citations [S34] Peter Townend, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 105th edition (London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1970), page 1675. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage, 105th ed.. [S34] Peter Townend, Burke's Peerage, 105th ed., page 1676. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1417. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition. | Brownlow, First Baron Lurgan Charles (I1606)
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| 937 | The Brownlow Family and the Rise of Lurgan from Review - Journal of Craigavon Historical Society Vol. 1 No. 1 by K. Clendinning The eldest, Lettice, married firstly, Patrick Chamberlain, a member of an old Anglo-Norman family of Nizelrath, Co. Louth. He came to County Louth about 1312 and from this marriage there were three of a family, Arthur, Philemon, and Eleanor Lettice married secondly to Christopher Clinton of Clintonstown Co. Louth and from this union there were three more of a family William, Arthur and Christopher. She married thirdly to Capt. Alenandra of Williston, Co. Louth, and fourthly to a Mr. Beversham. Arthur Chamberlain, the eldest son of Lettice Brownlow, was born at Ardee Co. Louth, in 1645, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and qualified in law at Lincoln's Inn. ________________________________________________ More About LETTICE BROWNLOW: Burial Site: Shankill, Lurgan, Armagh Graveyard Name: Shankill Old Parish: Shankill Town/Townland: Shankill County: Armagh Surname: ASTON, BROWNLOW Inscription: [Here lyeth the body of Lettica Aston alias Brownlow eldest daughter of Sr William Brownlow Knt Who after she had seen a numerous progency [sic] descended from her own body even [sic] grandchildren children [sic] dyed in the 87th year of her age on the 16th day of January 1669 . | Brownlow, Lettice (I10498)
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| 938 | The Brownlow Family and the Rise of Lurgan from Review - Journal of Craigavon Historical Society Vol. 1 No. 1 by K. Clendinning The eldest, William, was baptised 31st December, 1638, educated Trinity College, Dublin graduated B.A. 1703, M.P. for Armagh 1711-1715 and 1729-1739. It was during William's lifetime that the Church of Ireland left the old Church in Shankill and began to build the Parish Church on the Fair Green of Lurgan. Commenced in 1722 and opened for worship in 1724, this building was in Georgian style and in 1837 a tower of 80 feet was added and a spire built on this tower in 1756. This was 36 feet from the battlements of the tower and was of oak and red fir, shingled with oak and topped with a weather vane of copper and gilt. This spire was destroyed by fire in 1792. During that occasion, Henry Monro, who later became the leader of the Down Insurgents at the Battle of Ballynahinch, was in Lurgan and exerted himself heroically to save the nave of the church. An account of his efforts are to be found in the Belfast News Letter which states "several times he exposed himself that the beholders turned their eyes away expecting to see him topple from his giddy heights amongst the burning ruins, and though the bell fell hissing from the belfry this brave man continued his efforts till the fire was reduced and the church safe." After the fire the tower was raised by 20 feet and a new spire was added, this was completed by 1801.. The nave was improved in 1832 at the cost of £1,000. In the Ordinance survey memoirs of 1834 the church is described as a large whinstone building corniced with cut stone. It is 96ft long, 49ft across with a square tower about 27ft square and a wooden spire which was coppered. The interior of the Church was rather plain, the ceiling was corniced with oak. There was a small gallery at the south-east end and. a pulpit neatly carved. The Big Wind In 1839 disaster struck the spire again for it was blown down on the night of the big wind. This spire was replaced but in 1861 the church was taken down and re-built in the pointed Gothic style with a new freestone spire at a cost of £8,000. The only remaining parts of the Georgian Church are the window at the right of the East end and part of the tower, and the iron railing which encloses the church. William Brownlow married, 2nd January 1711, to Jane, the daughter of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn, who brought with her a dowry of £22,859. She outlived her husband and later married Martin Count de Kearney in France. She died in Dublin 1760. William died 27th August 1739, leaving a son William who was baptised 25th April 1826. He was M.P. for Armagh in six Parliaments 1753/60, 1761/8, 1769/76, 1776/83, 1785/90 and 1790/94. ___________________________________________________ Christened: 13 Dec 1683 Place: Shankill, Armagh, Ire. William BROWNLOW M.P of LURGAN Master McGrath Ireland’s Famous Coursing Greyhound by Joan Dillon Whelped in County Waterford, Ireland, Master McGrath (or M’Grath as it sometimes appears) was sired by Lord Lurgan’s great coursing greyhound, Dervock, out of a bitch of James Galway’s named Lady Sarah. Black with white markings, Master McGrath was small as greyhounds go - only fifty-four pounds when full-grown. Yet, although his career as a great coursing greyhound is well-documented, there are a number of contradicting stories about his early life. According to one account, an Irish tenant who was suffering the effects of too much imbibing, heard a strange sound on his way home. It was coming from a bag caught on the root of a tree, half in and half out of the water. Opening the bag he discovered a nearly drowned greyhound pup. Somehow, this pup then came under the care of Lord Lurgan and rewarded his benefactor by excelling against all comers on the coursing field. Another account claims that this undersized pup was going to be put down as he lacked potential. Due to a plea by the orphan boy who exercised him, a young lad by the name of Master McGrath, the dog’s life was spared. Named after the boy, Master McGrath then went on to best the most famous coursing greyhounds of his day both in Ireland and England. Whatever his early history, Master McGrath became a top coursing greyhound and was entered in England’s prestigious Waterloo Cup in 1868. At just two years of age, he surprised his detractors by bringing the blue riband home to Ireland. The next year, more than 12,000 people gathered at Altcar to see if this Irish interloper could repeat. In his final course, Master McGrath drew in against Bab-at-the-Bowster, a Scottish bitch who was also considered unbeatable. In what many consider to be history’s greatest coursing match, the two ran neck and neck until Master McGrath proved he wasn’t a fluke and pulled ahead to record his second Waterloo Cup win. In 1870, when trying to win the Waterloo Cup for a third consecutive year, Master McGrath suffered the only defeat of his coursing career. The event was held despite a controversy over course conditions. Many felt that a February freeze had caused the course to be unfit. This was indeed the case as Master McGrath fell through some ice and almost drowned in the River Alt. As he struggled in the icy water, an Irish slipper by the name of Wilson jumped in and saved him. After this mishap, Lord Lurgan vowed never to course Master McGrath again and took him home to Ireland to recover from his ordeal. The following year, with Master McGrath back in racing condition, Lord Lurgan just could not resist the challenge of trying for a third Waterloo Cup victory. To the utter disbelief of some, this amazing greyhound came through and won the event for a third time. Following this victory, Master McGrath received a summons to appear before Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle. (The queen and her husband Prince Albert had once owned a black and white pet greyhound by the name of Eos.) Just two short years after his presentation to the Queen, Master McGrath died of heart failure. So great was Master McGrath’s fame in Ireland that, after his death, a monument was erected near his birthplace in County Waterford. He was later memorialized on the Irish sixpence coin and was the subject of several paintings. A poem commemorating his triumph in his second and most famous Waterloo Cup victory, was later put to music and became a popular Irish ballad. Notes for WILLIAM BROWNLOW: Surname: Brownlow Given Name: William Sex: Male Birth: Birthplace: Baptism: Baptism Place: Father's Surname: Father's Given Name: Mother's Surname: Mother's Given Name: Marriage: Marriage Place: Spouse's Surname: Spouse's Given Name: Death: 1739 Death Place: Ballywilly, County Armagh, Northern Ireland Burial: Burial Place: Miscellaneous: SOG, London Source: Civil Registration 16 More About WILLIAM BROWNLOW: Baptism: December 31, 1683, Shankill, Armagh Burial Site: Shankill, Armagh Education: 1702, Trinity College Dublin Political office: 1711, High Sheriff, County Armagh | Brownlow, William (I1326)
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| 939 | The Brownlow Family and the Rise of Lurgan from Review - Journal of Craigavon Historical Society Vol. 1 No. 1 by K. Clendinning William Brownlow died July 1815, leaving no family. His brother Charles, succeeded him. Charles Brownlow, born 30th April, 1757, Lieut. Col. 57th Regt., married 5th March 1785, Caroline, daughter of Benjamin Ash of Bath who outlived him. She died 5th Sept. 1838. Charles died 11th Sept., 1822, leaving three sons, William, who was killed in Spain in 1813, Charles, who later became Lord Lurgan and Rev. John Bligh, incumbent of Sandgate, Kent. Charles Brownlow born 17th April, 1795, was M.P. for Armagh 1818 to 1832 He married firstly, June 1st, 1822, Lady Mary Bligh daughter of John the 4th Earl of Dornley. She died 20th June 1823 having had a daughter Mary Elizabeth. He married secondly, 15th July 1828, Jane the daughter of Roderick McNeill of Barra, Inverness. She died 6th January, 1878. In 1826 the Methodist Church situated in High Street was built and in 1827 the First Presbyterian Church was opened in High Street. This meeting House was originally at the opposite side of the street. Click on image for enlarged view In 1829, the year of the Catholic Emancipation, Charles Brownlow gave the Rev. W.O. O'Brien, V.G. the site of the present church in the townland of Derry on which a church was built and in 1833, it was dedicated by the Most Rev. Dr. Blake, Bishop of Dromore. This church was enlarged in 1871 and a tower and spire added in 1901 and finally, consecrated, 18th May 1927. In 1931 the population was 3,760 and in 1836 Charles replaced Lurgan House, as it was called with an Elizabethan type manor. This building was designed by William Playfair, the celebrated Victorian architect, and consists of three main reception rooms and a staircase with two wings taken off to the north. The main building is faced with Sandstone imported from Scotland with sandstone quoins and mullions. In May 1839, Charles Brownlow was raised to the peerage of the United Kingdom and was created Baron Lurgan of Lurgan, Co. Armagh and was granted a Coat of Arms with supports and reads or Blazens thus: THE FIELD. Quartly of four. First and fourth. Per Pale or and argent, and escutcheon of between an oriel of eight martlets sable. (Brownlow) 2nd. Argent) a stag current proper on the chief vert. 3 Mullets of the first order. (0'Dougherty). 3rd. Glues on a chevron argent between 3 escallops of Chamberlain. CREST. On a cap of Maintenance azure turned up in ermine, a greyhound glues collar or. Motto: Esse Quam Vider. SUPPORTERS. On the Dexter side a Greyhound Argent, charged with a wreath of Shamrock vert. On the sinister a Highland Soldier in his uniform with his flintlock all proper. Charles Brownlow died 30th April 1847 leaving by his second marriage, a daughter Clora and two sons, Charles and Edward. Charles, Second Baron Lurgan, was born 10th April 1831, K.P. 76th Regiment, Lord Lieut. Co. Armagh 1864/82. Lord in waiting Queen Victoria 1869/74. He married 20th June, Emily Ann, daughter of John Brown the 3rd Lord Kilmaine. When his father died, Charles was a minor and the estate was managed by the Agent, John Handcock. Between 1845-49 the greatest disaster ever to hit Ireland was the potato famine People of this district are inclined to think that the famine was in the South and West but that is not so. Here are some extracts from a letter by a Church of England clergyman to the Relief Committee of the Society of Friends about conditions in North Armagh, dated Feb. 23rd 1847. "The weaver at present can only earn by weaving a web of sixty yards; two shillings and six-pence to four shillings and sixpence which employs him nearly a whole week in preparation, while at present such wages will not support the mere weaver without a family Even at such wages I can state as a fact having come under my own immediate observation that weavers are sitting up three nights per week in order by any means to procure food One of the poorhouses in the district of Lurgan is shut for ingress or egress; seventy-five died in one day. We are in short rapidly approaching, and if unassisted, must arrive at the worst picture that has been presented to the public from Co. Cork." In 1351 the population of Lurgan was 4,651 and ten years later it had risen to 8,500. This was probably due to power loom weaving introduced by James Malcolm in 1855. In 1861, owing to the American Civil War, there was a great upsurge in the linen trade. Old mills were enlarged and power looms built and powered by steam. Lurgan began to extend its boundaries. To keep factories supplied with coal, a new Cut was made in 1863, 300 yards longs from Lough Neagh to Kinnego. This meant that lighters of 60 to 100 tons could come into the new quay, towed by a steam tug from Ellis Cut which was where the Lagan Canal met Lough Neagh. In 1863 the Town Hall was built at the cost of £2,300 and the Town Commission did Lord Lurgan the honour of appropriating his family coat of arms and crest, and impaled it with a coat of their own design which was: Vert, on a chevron ermine, charged with three bezants, between a pile of linen in chief, and in the base a beehive with bee, all proper supported with flax plants and the motto: "Be Just and Fear Not." This coat of arms is termed. bogus or unauthorised arms. No person can give or sell this coat of arms. The legal right to the use of a coat of arms can only be obtained on the payment of certain fees and stamps. This coat of arms was used by Lurgan Town Council until it became a Borough. _________________________________________ Lt.-Col. Charles Brownlow was born on 30 April 1757.1 He was the son of Rt. Hon. William Brownlow and Judith Letitia Meredyth.1 He married Caroline Ashe, daughter of Benjamin Ashe, in 1785.1 He died on 11 September 1822 at age 65.1 Citations [S34] Peter Townend, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 105th edition (London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1970), page 1675. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage, 105th ed.. | Brownlow, Lt. Col. Charles (I1335)
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| 940 | The Brownlow Family and the Rise of Lurgan from Review - Journal of Craigavon Historical Society Vol. 1 No. 1 by K. Clendinning William died 27th August 1739, leaving a son William who was baptised 25th April 1826. He was M.P. for Armagh in six Parliaments 1753/60, 1761/8, 1769/76, 1776/83, 1785/90 and 1790/94. When his mother remarried, William and his sisters went to live on the continent. On 24th May 1744, he married firstly, Judith, the daughter of Rev. Charles Meredyth, Dean of Ardfert , and returned to live in Lurgan 1748. Judith died at Lyons, October 1763, leaving two sons, William and Charles. William remarried secondly, in 1765 to Catherine, daughter of Roger Hall of Mount Hall, Co. Down. She died leaving a son Francis who became Rector of Upper Comber, Co. Derry. In the Hibernian magazine of March 1777, Lurgan was described as a town consisting of wide streets half a mile long with several lanes, consisting of 400 to 500 houses. The greatest number being thatched or shingled, very few being slated. During the Volunteer Movement 1778, a corps was formed with William Brownlow as their captain. We read in the Belfast News, January 1780, that on January 1st, the Corps of 83 privates paraded in uniform and carried out their evolutions on the field, afterwards dined at the Blackbull Inn. In the latter part of the 18th century, even though there was prosperous linen industry, poverty was common amongst the unskilled people of the town and district. William Brownlow set about to enlarge and improve his demesne after the current fashion of his day. One of the improvements was the making of the artificial and it was at the digging of this lake that the term "Lurgan Spade" came into use. According to residents of the town, the work-men who were digging the lake worked for 1 1/2d to 3d a day less than ordinary rate of wages. This fact is also borne out by Sir Charles Coote in his survey of 1803 which states "throughout the environs of Lurgan, Labour is high. In summer the pay is 16d. a day Very few labourers are employed by the year in the fields except those who are employed in Mr. Brownlow's demesne who have constant employment and receive 10 pence in winter and I3 pence in summer." William died October 1794 and was buried in the vault in Shankill Graveyard. He was succeeded by his eldest son William, born 1st September 1755. William was High Sheriff of County Armagh 1787, M.P. 1795/97, 1807/12 and 1812/15. He married Charity, daughter of Matthew Ford of Seaford, in 1803. William Brownlow, opened a private Bank called William Brownlow Esq.,& Co., his partners being Joseph Malcolmson, Henry McVeigh, John Cuppage and John Waite. At one time it had notes to the value of £170,000 in circulation. These were issued, payable at Wilcocks and John Philps, Caple Street, Dublin, and there alone they were redeemable. By 1815, William Brownlow, John Cuppage and John Waite had retired from the business and the bank was called Malcolmson & Co., and the partners were Joseph Malcolmson, Henry McVeigh and Alexander Cuppage. ____________________________________ Christened: 25 Apr 1726 Place: Lurgan, Armagh, Ire. Miscellaneous: William Brownlow, Esquire Source: D. A. Chart. Marriage Entries from the Registers of the Parishes of St. Andrew, St. Anne, St. Audoen, & St. Bride (Dublin), 1632-1800. Exeter and London: William Pollard & Co. Ltd., 1913. 185 pages. The periods covered by the four parishes are: St. Andrew, 1672-1800; St. Anne, 1719-1800; St. Audoen, 1672-1800, and St. Bride, 1632-1800. The computerization for first two parishes contain a record almost from the beginning of the parishes in question. The last two parishes are of an earlier origin, but their registers contain no date earlier than 1632, in the case of St. Bride, and for St. Audoen, the registers are not very complete for the seventeenth century. The parish of St. Bride is remarkable for the inclusion of many French names, pointing to the settlement of Huguenot refugees in that vicinity. Frequent reference is made to military personnel from the 5th Dragoons, 6th Dragoon Guards, 7th Dragoons; 11th, 19th, 40th, 42nd, 55th, and 69 Foot; Longford, Warwickshire, and Worcester Militia; the Inverness Fencibles, and Prince of Wales Fencible Infantry THE ARMAGH BYE-ELECTION OF 1753 by Kieran Clendinning From Review - Journal of the Craigavon Historical Society Vol. 2 No. 1 Perhaps one of the bitterest election campaigns ever fought in Armagh was the bye-election of 1753, between Francis Caulfield, brother of Viscount Charlemont and William Brownlow of Lurgan. This contest, for the representation of the country in the old Irish House of Parliament in Dublin, was a test to halt the Brownlow's influence in Armagh. The main party of the Irish House derived their control from patronage, and the family connections. Their business was to maintain the English interest, ensure passage of money bills, and stifle complaints about expenditure; they were nicknamed the Undertakers. The opposition were called the Patriots because they insisted on the constitutional rights of the Irish Parliament, but up to 1750 they had neither regular leaders nor a fixed policy. Francis Caulfield supported the Patriots, which because of its strong Protestant tendencies, had the support of some of the landed gentry in the county. Mr. Samuel Blacker of Carrickblacker, Portadown threw his whole-hearted support behind him stating that "His wishes were for Caulfield who shall always be a friend of the late revolution the time our constitution was begot". Brownlow supported the English interest (Undertakers) and was endorsed by the Primate Archbishop Stone. Stone, a protégé of Dorset (Lord Lieutenant 1730), was barely forty years of age when he attained the Primacy and it was he who ruled Ireland for George II. William Brownlow, baptised Shankill 25th April 1726 was the son of William Brownlow (MP 1711-1715. 1729-1739.) and Lady Elizabeth the eldest daughter of the Earl of Abercorn. Shortly after his father's death in 1739, his mother took William, who suffered from a weak chest, with his two sisters to live in France. Lady Eliz abeth became a member of the Roman Catholic Church and later married secondly Martin Count de Kernic. William was only twenty-seven when he fought the bye-election. Because of his mother's conversion to the Catholic Faith and his early days living in France and Italy his opponents directed a vicious and libellous attack against him in the hope of fixing the label of Jacobite on him. Not only did they attack him personally buy they vented their spite on the Brownlow Family including his grandfather Arthur (Chamberlin) Brownlow, who had taken his seat in the parliament of James II in Dublin 1689, and who encouraged various religious groups to settle in Lurgan. When other landlords were denying Civil Rights to those who were not of the Established Church, Arthur Brownlow granted leases to Catholics, Presbyterians and Quakers. (The first Presbyterian congregations was founded in High Street in 1684, the Quaker settlement flourished and the Meeting House was extended in 1697). To counter act these charges William Brownlow's party had pamphlets published. One of these was called `Seasonable Advice to the Freeholders of the County Armagh. By a Brother Freeholder', print ed in 1753. Copy of this is in the R.I.A. Library. Halliday Pamphlets. Box 212. Seasonal advice to the Freeholders of the County Armagh From this source we learn why the writer took up his pen. The election campaign had not been carried in a fair and open manner and the methods used by Caulfield's supporters were mean and low. The chief slanders on Brownlow had been published in print in the form of memorials and letter. Caulfield had not a single freehold in the country and was a mere youth, not twenty years of age, lately taken from school and just entered college. Brownlow had a "goodly residence" in the county whilst his opponents had not a house to live in nor an acre of grounds or authority. This pamphlet then sets out to repair the Brownlow's reputation by describing Arthur Brownlow as an honest Patriot who - chose to stay in his country rather than flee from it as many others were doing. - The same Arthur Brownlow sat in William's Parliament and was there called to account for his setting in that of James, by a certain gentleman who looked with greedy eyes upon his fair estate. He was, however, acquitted of the charges brought against him. William's father was described as a pious and sincere member of the Established Church who lived in imitation of his father's virtue, with a true Christian spirit, who showed great kindness to Protestant Dissenters who surely ought never to be forgotten by them. In answer to Caulfield's supporters, who had tried to blast the reputation of the candidate about his youthful day in France and Italy -"About that time his mother began to discover an affection for Popery with the result that his sisters took alarm, - His sisters immediately returned to Ireland, but on medical advice he was sent to Italy, to which country he proceeded without his mother. There he was in the charge of a young gentleman, the son of a pious clergyman of family and of fortune who attended him until he returned home". This particular election was one of the most exciting that ever took place in the county. There were dinners and entertainments of all kinds, not to speak of fighting and rioting. Another interesting pamphlet has just been published by the Public Records Office, Belfast in their Education Facsimile on Election, Dated November, 10th 1753, is called, An important account of the whole proceedings at Armagh during the Election with its causes of the late disturbance at that place. I do not doubt, but you have the Curiosity to be well informed of what passed at the Armagh Election, and as you know I am at present on the Spot , you probably expect an Account from me, of those Riots and Tumults, which are so much spoken of. All which are in two or three printed Papers which I have seen, charged to the Account of Mr. Brownlow and his Friends, and therefore must be supposed to have been published by the Partisans of the opposite Side, You know, I interest myself very little in this Election, and I am sure you are fully satisfied I should tell no lies for either of the Candidates; the Public will also be convinced of the Falsehood of those printed Accounts, as soon as the Affidavits are published, which were taken on that Occasion. The Election began on Friday the 26th of October, on which Day as Mr. Whaley's Servant was going with his Master's Great coat to wait on him Home, he was knocked down in the public street, by Mr. Caulfield's Party, without even the Pretence of any other Provocation, that his Master appeared for Mr. Brownlow; as Mr. Whaley thought fit to overlook this Affront, it was attended with no ill Consequences. Next Day Mr. Brownlow's Servant had his Head broke by a young Jakanaper, who asked him, who he was for; and on his saying he was for his Master, t he young Gentleman instantly struck him on the Head with a Cudgel; an this also in Consideration of his Age and Insignificance was winked at, and the Blow not returned. In the Evening of that Day, after the Court was over, Mr. Caulfield's Drums beat round the Town, the Mob gathered and fell on those of the other Side, who appeared in the Streets, which produced a pretty sharp Conflict, in which Mr. Caulfield's Party were worsted and forced to retire, though headed by two eminent Champions of that Side in Arms, who fairly animated them to, and forlook them in the Fray. On Monday Morning Mr. Brownlow's Friends complained in the Court of the Riot on Saturday, and imputed it to Mr. Caulfield's Party, who by Beat of Drum had brought the Mob together with-out any imaginable Reason for their assembling, but to do Mischief; and it was' insisted that the Drums should be discharged, which was refused, unless Mr. Brownlow would also send away his Band of Music; but this he thought very unreasonable, as no Complaint could be possibly alleged against them, who were never made use of to draw the Rabble together. On that Evening Most Mischief happened; when the Gentlemen on both Sides had retired to Dinner with Friends, the Drums were beat round the Town, the Mob of 114r. Caulfield's Side assembled, broke the Windows of such Houses as were open for Mr. Brownlow, assaulted the People, who were obliged to defend themselves, and gather such a Boday as were able to repel Force with Force, which was eventually done, the Windows of Mr. Caulfield's Houses were broke in their turn, and his People dispersed, notwithstanding the Encouragement given them in the very (louse where he and his Friends then were, by sending out to them large Quantities of Drink, and some other less warrantable Methods; it must be owned their Drums were then taken from them, but that signified nothing, they got another Drum and beat a second and a third Time, their Forces were rallied in the Church-yard, and they marched in a body to the house where Mr. Brownlow and his Friends were sitting, though a private one, broke the Windows with such great Stones, as seemed intended for more than breaking Glass; Mr. Richards on very narrowly escaped being hurt, by one of more than three Pounds Weight; and it is hard to say, what might have happened if Mr. Brownlow's People had not come to his Defence and beat them off, after which, they in return broke the Windows of Mr. Caulfield's House. Next Morning there was a great Altercation in Court, on-Occasion of the Riot, each Party endeavouring to throw the Odium of it on the other; but as the Drums were no longer defensible, they were Silenced, and we have been quiet ever since. It was indeed apprehended that we should have some Disturbances on Monday last, but none happened till Friday on the 9th inst. The Poll being equal the Day before, Mr. Caulfield began polling with ten such Freeholders as the Sheriff had admitted all along before, after which Mr. Brownlow was told he might proceed. A Gentleman on Mr. Brownlow's Side then asked whether they had any more Votes to offer, to which it was answered they had, but as they were not present, they would not delay the Court; Mr. Brownlow then went on with a Number equal to theirs, and they not having any more, he proceeded with 97 Ten Pounders out of his own Estate alone, after which he told the Sheriff he would trouble him no farther, and agreed to the Motion made by the other Side twice before, the count the Poll and conclude the Election; while this was doing, Mr. Caulfield 's James Caulfield James Caulfield, 1st Earl of Charlemont Drums were beat about the Town, the Streets were instantly filled with a Rabble, a Chair was carried into Court by Mr. Caulfield's People, who brought for him, he was carried by his People to his own Lodgings with still louder Acclamations. When both the Gentlemen retired to Dinner, the Drums still continued Beating, and as they had always been the Prelude to a Battle before, Mr. Brownlow's People stood together. On the most careful Enquiry, I cannot learn who began the Fray, as each Side charged it on the other; the Drums however give to much Reason to impute it as a design'd Thing by that Party to which they be-longed; the Quarrel at first was only among a few, who began it with their Sticks, and in the whole I do not find that Mr. Brownlow's People used any other Weapons; Triumph and Insolence on one Side, Rage, Disappointment, and Despair on the other, with such a Profusion of Drink on both, soon brought on a more general Battle, in which Mr. Brownlow's Mob we reVictorious; the other Party had recourse to more effective Arms, some Gentlemen, as appears by the Examinations taken, appear-ed among them, many Shots were fired: one Tenant of Mr. Brownlow's who has a wife and five Children was Shot, and His Life is despaired of. Another who was only looking out at a Window, was Shot in the Face, and as I am informed has lost an Eye; I cannot learn that any of Mr. Caulfield's People are dangerously Hurt. The two Competitors are gone off this Morning, and we have peace at last. The actual Poll Books of the election passed into Lord Gosford's hands. Copies made Lieut - Col. G. H. Johnston of Kilmore in 1898 are preserved in Armagh Library. From these Poll Books we learn that - The election began on Friday October 26th, 1753, at a County Court held for electing a knight for the shire for the said county. The writ being read, beginning at one o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. Blacker objects to proceeding to poll this day it being past eleven o'clock in the morning, at which time he alleged the sheriff ought to have begun the poll. Thomas Verner, agent for Mr. Caulfield, objects against the sheriff's tossing up in point of place between the candidates - and stormed up. The candidates to change places each day by agreement. The candidates tossed up who should poll first. Mr. Caulfield won the toss. Before any Freeman were polled Mr. Brownlow objected against Mr. Caulfield being under age. Sir Archibald Acheson on behalf of the freeholders, objected to the hour of opening the poll, it being after eleven o'clock, now a quarter after one o'clock. Sir Archibald objected that the sheriff proceeded to poll without opening the court, after this the poll began, but Mr. Caulfield having polled a freeholder previous to the objections the court proceeded. The election continued daily, Sunday excepted from Friday, October 26th, until November 9 th, on which evening the court adjourned until the next morning Saturday November 10 th at eight o'clock we are told that "after the sheriff had declared Mr. Brownlow duly elected Mr. Caulfield demanded a scrutiny. The sheriff thereupon told Mr. Caulfield that he would attend at eight o'clock the following morning which he accordingly did and sat until ten o'clock and then sent word to Mr. Caulfield to know would he attend. The said Mr. Caulfield sent a messenger who told the sheriff he would not". This was signed Meredith Workman as sheriff. The White Thorn Inn or Byrne's Inn on site now occupied by Shankill Buildings. The most striking feature of this election was not the animosities between the rivals, but the enormous expenses that the candidates incurred. Francis Caulfield's brother the Earl of Charlemont reckoned that it cost him £1,000 The personal expense that William Brownlow incurred is recorded in an illuminating manuscript kept by his cousin the Rev. Arthur Forde, Rector of Shankill, who acted as his agent at that time. It contains 125 entries filling 4 pages and is a most interesting document, for the wealth of information that is given on the extravagant expenditure necessary for Brownlow when he first sought the suffrage of the electors of Armagh. Accounts to Innkeepers Armagh According to this document Brownlow must have been an excellent host for the amount of food and wine consumed was enormous. Entered in the ledger are 7 accounts paid to Innkeepers in Armagh for entertainment. APRIL 15 the Paid Cash - Mr. Ogle bill for entertainment of Freeholders - (£679. 12. 10 ); Paid Cash - Robert McKinstry (£467. 0. 11 ); APRIL 16 the Paid Cash - William Halls - (£205. 3. 3.); APRIL 17 the Paid Cash - George Burleigh (£310. 3. 9'/2) Tim Coyn (£115. 0. 6), James Gillespie (£272 . 0. 0.), Daniel Canavan (£200. 14. 9); JUNE 10 the Paid Cash - John Clendinning, Mr. Nicholson's bill Richill (£60. 0. 0.), Mr. William Nicholson, the sitting member for the constituency warmly espoused the Brownlow cause. Other entries give an interesting insight to elementary matters concerning the election. Paid: Christopher Byrne expense to Newry with letter (10 s. 0d.) Paid :- C. Hasty for Ale to ye populance (£3. 2. 0), Paid:- John Scott Clerk of the Peace for registering Freeholders (£l l . 10 . 4 ), Paid:- Henry and Robert Joy for Advertising you offering your-self as a Candidate. ( £3. 10. 11 ). The Joys established the Belfast Newsletter in September 1737 and at that time was the third newspaper in the country. The name Joy or Joyeuse is of Huguenot origin. Paid:- For five places on Belfast Stage (£2. 11. 0 ). This is a most interesting entry, for during the eighteenth century, stage -coaches were not very common in Ireland, even though the Lisburn - Armagh road was under the Turnpike Trust from 17 32 , the surface was in a deplorable condition. A regular coach service between Belfast and Armagh did not come into service until 1807. This ran on Monday, Wednesday and Friday returning alternate days, the fare 14s. 1d inside and 7s. 7d. outside. Brownlow's rivals were of the opinion that he was high and haughty. I wonder have the next items anything to do with this charge. Paid:- A. Wisdom (barber) for attendance at Armagh (£1. 2. 9). Paid:-- John McCann for hire of horse to A. Wisdom to Dublin (11 s. 4 1/2d.) Accounts to Lurgan Innkeepers Some of Lurgan's famous Innkeepers appear in the entries Paid:- Susie Gardner (widow) was the proprietress of the Hand and Hammer Inn which stood near the site of McNabb's Chemist Shop. Paid:- David Malcomson (£23.10. 11). David Malcomson was the owner of the Cross-Keys Inn. This hostel had 13 beds with stabling for 18 horses. Paid:- John Shaw of Lurgan (£2 3. 10. 3). John Shaw was the Innkeeper of the famous Black Bull Inn which stood at the head of Windsor Avenue and figured prominently in the social life of the town until it was removed to make room for the new entrance gates to the castle. When all these and other entries are totalled up, they come to the staggering total of £5,456. 18s. 9½ d. One of the least recorded facts about William Brownlow, was his patronage of the Gaelic poet, Peadar ODoirnin (1704 -1769 "The Bard of Louth". How long the bard lived in Lurgan no one can tell but he must have been in Lurgan, or Armagh during the electioneering, for it is during this time that he composed his only known work in the English language "The Independent Man" as an advice to Brownlow and his friend. These stanzas were what O'Doirnin as a mere observer hoped would one day come to pass. The Independent Man by Peadar O'Doirnin Here's a health to all those that at liberty goe That travel the road without a command, That drink and that sport, that sit in their clothes Whilst taking repose with a glass in their hand. I am one of their sort, the track of their sole, I love it by Jove, while e'er I stand, I'll keep my own `Vote', I'll give it to none I value no more a Parliament Man. What do I care for Holland or Hague, Or trouble my brains with packets or news From Germany' states to Lobquid's retreat, Their taking of Prague, or Spaniards confuse. But what if they break their masts upon sea, Or bother to death each other by course; They will give no more share of profit or gains, Pox on them if e'er they beg for a truce. For kings or their guards I care not a straw No colour at all shall make me stand, To Dukes or to Lords or to Ladys at ball I never will crawl with cap in my hand; Their states and their claws, prelates and its laws, The Minister's cause to me is all one. I am not a Novel or Barron Claw, I don't value Bashaw or great Coly Can A Whig or a Tory, High Church or Low Church, Protestant, Roman, Quaker or Clan Shall ne'er controul me to any other notion But the same motive I have in hand; I'll travel the road, I'll meddle with none, I'll let them alone by sea and by land, For Providence store me want of their board, I'm covered with clothes and that's my demand. What makes me say so in viewing the motions Of several folks of strife and command, The General's trophy, the Cabinet's glory, The Minister's cloak, the Lawyer his fan, The Mariner's rows in hazard for more, The Craftsman in Co. with courage takes on, But I'll wager my hose along with my shoes That they'll braek other's noses before they'll have done. But when powers agree and join as you will see A turrent carrier to Britain will come, They'll pellmell all three, not sparing degrees, The gray and the green with bullet and drum, They'll stale and they'll pierce each other most fierce, I'll laugh in my slieve and drink of rum, And I'll sit like Peer, being void of all fear With a bottle of beer under my thumb. In Heaven's great name, how can they blame The poor man, or shame him, in the long run Ambition's their game, what else do they mean, But purchase high fame, great power and fun They may swear a big oath that never they'll loath The poor dupe that votes for them, 'tis their plan; But I'll keep my own vote, I'll give it to none, Then what need I care for a Parliament man More About WILLIAM BROWNLOW: Burial Site: Shankill, Armagh Military: Bet. 1778 - 1793, Captain of Lurgan Volunteers Political office: 1750, High Sheriff, County Armagh Notes for JUDITH LETICIA MEREDITH: Surname: Brownlow Given Name: William Sex: Male Birth: Birthplace: Baptism: Baptism Place: Father's Surname: Father's Given Name: Mother's Surname: Mother's Given Name: Marriage: 25 May 1754 Marriage Place: St. Anne, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland Spouse's Surname: Merydeth Spouse's Given Name: Judith Letitia Death: Death Place: Burial: Burial Place: Miscellaneous: William Brownlow, Esquire Source: D. A. Chart. Marriage Entries from the Registers of the Parish es of St. Andrew, St. Anne, St. Audoen, & St. Bride (Dublin), 1632-1800. E xeter and London: William Pollard & Co. Ltd., 1913. 185 pages. The periods covered by the four parishes are: St. Andrew, 1672-1800; St. A nne, 1719-1800; St. Audoen, 1672-1800, and St. Bride, 1632-1800. The compu terization for first two parishes contain a record almost from the beginni ng of the parishes in question. The last two parishes are of an earlier or igin, but their registers contain no date earlier than 1632, in the ca se of St. Bride, and for St. Audoen, the registers are not very complete f or the seventeenth century. The parish of St. Bride is remarkable for t he inclusion of many French names, pointing to the settlement of Huguen ot refugees in that vicinity. Frequent reference is made to military personnel from the 5th Dragoons, 6 th Dragoon Guards, 7th Dragoons; 11th, 19th, 40th, 42nd, 55th, and 69 Foo t; Longford, Warwickshire, and Worcester Militia; the Inverness Fencible s, and Prince of Wales Fencible Infantry. | Brownlow, William (I1327)
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| 941 | The Brownlow Family and the Rise of Lurgan from Review - Journal of Craigavon Historical Society Vol. 1 No. 1 by K. Clendinning William died October 1794 and was buried in the vault in Shankill Graveyard. He was succeeded by his eldest son William, born 1st September 1755. William was High Sheriff of County Armagh 1787, M.P. 1795/97, 1807/12 and 1812/15. He married Charity, daughter of Matthew Ford of Seaford, in 1803. William Brownlow, opened a private Bank called William Brownlow Esq.,& Co., his partners being Joseph Malcolmson, Henry McVeigh, John Cuppage and John Waite. At one time it had notes to the value of £170,000 in circulation. These were issued, payable at Wilcocks and John Philps, Caple Street, Dublin, and there alone they were redeemable. By 1815, William Brownlow, John Cuppage and John Waite had retired from the business and the bank was called Malcolmson & Co., and the partners were Joseph Malcolmson, Henry McVeigh and Alexander Cuppage. A description of the Brownlow Estate is contained in a Survey of County Armagh by Sir Charles Coote for the Dublin Society 1803: This manor is all leased in so small divisions as to average less than five acres and a great number so low as three acres. All these are leased except the town of Lurgan, where there is a perpetuity on the whole. The town of Lurgan has been called Little England and is composed of one very long street, which is in one place near the church greatly disfigured with .a number of very miserable houses, which are strangely built in its centre, and quite spoil the effect it otherwise has. There is an excellent house which if any, is the only building that should be suffered in the centre of that street; the entrance to this building has been ornamented with iron railings, and in the apartments overhead the sessions have been held, but a neat court house and bridewell have been newly built and now newly finished. Many of the houses in the town are covered with shingles and it is surprising to see this made adaptable even in some handsome modern houses. There is a poor school supported by an annual charity sermon and liberal subscriptions in which seldom less than 200 children are educated. Mr. Brownlow's demesne, which consists of 300 acres, adjoins the town of Lurgan and is very much improved and enclosed with a capital stone wall. The mansion is a very antique castle, and has received many additions since the original walls were built in 1609. The demesne though very beautiful, corresponds with the antiquity of the castle, and the many enclosures in which it is divided. It is highly ornamented with a fine sheet of water, which is covered with swans, Cape Geese, wild duck and a beautiful variety of water-fowl. Around the lake is a pleasant and neat gravel walk decorated with elegant plantations. The park is well stocked with deer and numerous hares sport, through every part of the demesne. In 1808 a coach service was started between Belfast and Dublin. This service ran through Newry, via Lurgan and Waringstown, on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and returned on alternate days. This journey took roughly 20 hours and the fare from Belfast was £1.14.11 inside and £1.0.7 outside. By 1836 three coaches ran between Lurgan and Belfast daily, and were named the Phoenix, the Day Fly, and McCann's Portadown Coach. But this mode of transport was short lived for the railway reached Lurgan on the 18th November, 1841. William Brownlow died July 1815, leaving no family. His brother Charles, succeeded him. | Brownlow, William (I1336)
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| 942 | The Cooley Genealogy Page 207 Obadiah Cooley died in 1690, at the early age of 44. In the settlement of his father's estate in 1697, John Warner and his wife Rebecca (Williams) Cooley-Warner, represented the estate of Obadiah Cooley, deceased.7 Children3, b. Springfield: i REBECCA, Aug. 23, 1671; m. John Weller; he was admitted as an inhabitant of Springfield May 17, 1694; of them nothing more is known. ii SARAH, Aug. 3, 1673; m. Sept. 6, 1694, Tilley Merrick, s. Thomas and Elizabeth (Tilley), b. Oct. 20, 1667;they had 5 children4: MERRICK: 1, Sarah, Dec. 12, 1695; 2, Rebecca, Nov. 16, 1697; 3, Tilley II, Mar. 28, 17(00)/I; 4, Esther, May 24, 1703; 5, Tamer, Mar. 7, 1708/9. (For additional in-formation, see the Merrick genealogical circular.). | Cooley, Obadiah (I3242)
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| 943 | The following death registration was provided by Dennis McCrea: Name: Aurelia C. Muir Titles: Death date: 03 Aug 1909 Estimated death year: Age at death: 82 years Death place: Merrickville, Grenville, Ontario Birth date: 23 Aug 1827 Estimated birth year: Birth place: Merrickville Gender: Female Marital status: Widowed Race or color (expanded): White Race: White Ethnicity: Canadian Spouse name: Spouse titles: Father name: William Merrick Father titles: Mother name: Judith Roche Mother titles: GSU film number: 1854490 Digital GS number: 4175312 Image number: 1459 Reference number: certificate # 17310 Collection: Ontario Deaths 1869-1947 | Merrick, Aurelia Comstock (I3101)
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| 944 | The following found: MERRICK-DAVIES in Ontario Canada By m sapienza August 18, 2009 at 11:33:58 https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/merrick/792/ WALTER DAVIES of Wolford, Ontario, Canada Walter Davies was the son of John Davies and his second wife, Mary Powell, who were married in 1744 in England. Walter was born in England on 22 June 1747died November 1817 in Ontario and is buried in the Ripley Cemetery, now abandoned.He came to America at age 15 with his brother, Rev. Thomas Davies, although his father and several siblings were already in Davies Hollow, CT. In December of 1779, Walter was married and had a family in Litchfield, CT.His father, John, had given him land in Davies Hollow, a grant of about 16 acres which included a house, barn, sawmill and gristmill. (Source: ProbateCt CT) Walter was a member of St. John's Church, (Presbyterian) founded by his father, which had existed for some time but was formally organized in 1794.A charter for the church included Walter's name and several other family members.Land for the church was donated by Walter Davies, originally about 200 acres. (Source: Church histories of CT) On 4 March 1805, a receipt dated at Washington, CT, with Walter's signature, acknowledged payment of his legacy. (Source: Davies Memorial published privately 1895 by Henry Eugene Davies) 20 Feb 1817 a petition to Probate Court of Litchfield County, CT regarding Walter: At his decease, Walter was a resident of South Crosby, Ontario, Canada, and died intestate; he left lands owned in Litchfield, CT.Named survivors were: JEMIMA DAVIS - his widow children (not named) of his deceased daughter, JEMIMA MERRICK 2 married daughters: ANNE BISSELL MARY RIPLEY son, WALTER DAVIS The estate was probated by PETER POWELL, who was connected by marriage to the family and he ordered the sale and distribution of the property.(Source:Probate Court, Litchfield, CT) Walter Davis is listed in Reid's Son's and Daughters of the Loyalists: WALTER DAVIES of Elizabethtown and Wolford ANNA m BISSELL MARY JOHN H WALTER JEMIMA m 1)Hall 2)Merrick of South Crosby(provided by M. Hunter) Davies children in Canada: 1.ANNA DAVIS, daughter, bc 1781 d 30 Oct 1809 Augusta Canada, married 31 October 1799 in Augusta to JEHIEL BISSELL b 13 October 1767 Litchfield, CT, d 23 October 1848 in Augusta.He was the son of David Bissell and Anna Goodrich. Ch: MARY ANN BISSELL b 20 Aug 1802 in Augusta Township d 7 Dec. 1876 S. Crosby, Ontario age 74 yrs 4 mos 8 days URI BISSELL b May 1803 HENRY BISSELL b 1 May 1807 Augusta After Anna's death, Jehiel married for his second wife on 10 October 1814 to: ELEANOR DERICK WICKWIRE b 22 Sept 1773 d 9 Feb 1854 ch: LYDIA ELIZA BISSELL bc June 1826 2.MARY DAVIS (1783-1861) married THOMAS RIPLEY (1789 - 1870) There is a suggestion that Walter Davies adopted Thomas Ripley; however his name does not appear in the probation proceedings as being an heir, whereas Walter's daughter, Mary is included. Thomas Ripley had brothers and a sister: JOEL RIPLEY (1784 - 1872) MARY RIPLEY married CALVIN THROOP SAMUEL b 1772 STEPHEN b 1774 JOHN b 1782 3. WALTER DAVIS JR. (1789 - 1830) married LYDIA SWEET (bc 1793) of JOHN and A. SWEET 4. JEMIMA DAVIS deceased by 1806 married probably JOHN MERRICK ch: In 1806, grandfather, Walter, swore he was heir at law of JEMIMA HALL, then deceased. In January of 1807, Walter claimed Lot 8, 4th Concession of South Crosby for 200 acres for his grandson, DORCHESTER HEDGER MERRICK, as a United Empire Loyalist.(Source: Surrogate Ct of Ontario) (NOTE: In 1806, Walter states he is an heir of Jemima Hall, then deceased.However, his estate refers to widow, Jemima Davis and daughter Jemima Merrick.) Walter Davis, Sr. had a brother WILLIAM DAVIES, who died about 1815, and had also come to Wolford, (Easton's Corners) Ontario.The Memorial stated that he had one daughter and three sons; however the daughter died shortly after arriving in Canada.The surviving children are William, Powell b 1770 and John Henry.In the Probate Court at Litchfield, CT, 7 Dec. 1779, the estate of WILLIAM DAVIES was forfeited to Connecticut, as a Loyalist sympathizer, and at that time he was of Washington, Litchfield County, CTThe 1802 census of Wolford listed: DAVIS , William age 62 (born c 1740) DAVIS, William Jr. age 33 DAVIS, Margaret 50 (bc 1752) DAVIS, Powell30 DAVIS, John Henderson 10 Walter Davis, Sr. had another brother,REV. THOMAS DAVIES b Herefordshire, England on 21 December 1736 who came to America with his father; he attended Yale and in Sept. 1758 returned to England for ordination and returned to America where he married on 1 April 1762 MARY HARVEY of Sharon, CT.They had two children:William Davies Esq. At Poughkeepsie, New York and a daughter who married Jonathan Burrell, Esq. Of Canaan, CT. Thomas died suddenly at New Milford 12 May 1766 at age 30 and is buried in New Milford, CT.Several Davies family members are buried at Romford Station, CT which was once called Davies Hollow and encompassed 1,000 acres.(Source:History of Sharon, CT) NOTE: John Davies (father of Walter and siblings listed) married 1st, Elizabeth Brown, in England.Their children were John, Thomas, William.She died and he married 2nd Mary Powell and the children born in England were William, Mary, James, Walter; those born in America were Catherine, Elizabeth, Ann, James John, David, Rachel, George, Thomas.Although the family left England for America, it is noted that they were one of the First Welsh families of Wales, with a family crest and long lineage that has been thoroughly traced. In 1757 John Davies bought a large tract of land, during the French and Indian Wars, in Saratoga, NY.He journeyed there, leaving his family in Connecticut,to take possession but was repulsed by Indian attacksand so returned in 1758 to Connecticut and his family. (Sources:Davies Memorial, History of CT, Ontario Census Records, Loyalist Lineages) | Davies, Walter (I9412)
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| 945 | The following is a partial extract from Deed Book L, page 105, of Chatham Co., NC. Dated: Sept. 15, 1800. "James Brownlow, son of William Brownlow, dec'd; Willis Dillard and Sarah, his wife; Ambrose Petty and Mary, his wife, all of Chatham County, and Samuel Perviance(?) and Mary, his wife of Cumberland Co., NC to: Bartholomew Lightfoot and Zachariah Harmon, of Chatham Co., NC Lot #30 in the town of Pittsboro, which descended to James Brownlow, Sarah Dillard, Mary Petty, as heirs of Jane Patterson, dec'd wife of James Patterson, dec'd with all houses, etc." | Brownlow, James (I1338)
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| 946 | The information I have on James S Riley came from sites.rootsweb.com/~oknowata/riley1.htm 1/8 Cherokee Indian All Children were born in Nowata Co., Oklahoma. All 1/16 Cherokee Indian. Beatrus died when only 7 mos. old. James S. and Jennie Mae Riley lived on his allotment north east Nowata except for a short time they lived in Nowata, Oklahoma. He worked his team in the oil field. When the Indians got their land allotments, James S. Riley, his 5 oldest children, and some of James S. cousins took their allotments north-east of Nowata, Oklahoma, on the Verdigris River where there is a big bend in the river. The Three acres already set aside for the Riley Cemetery just happened to be in part of James S. Rileys allotment. This area later became known as the RILEY BEND COMMUNITY. The children all went to school in Nowata Co.. They went to the Franklin School, a country school close to their home. When the country school was consolidated into the Nowata School they rode the school bus into Nowata School. Raymond was in World War One. Thomas M. was called, he got as far as Muskogee, Oklahoma when the war was over. The children all got married and left home except John the youngest son. John was in the army for a while in 1942 and 1943. He was at camp Roberts, California and Camp Carson, Colorado. James S. and Jennie Mae lived the rest of their lives on his Indian allotment. They are buried in the Riley Cemetery north east of Nowata, Oklahoma in Nowata County, Oklahoma. | Riley, James Stewart (I3612)
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| 947 | The Rev. W.A. Criswell passed away from life into death at the community out in the Panhandle. Criswell had always wanted to be a Pastor of some church ever since he was a little boy. Rev. Criswell was converted at an early age and when he got out of high school, he attended Baylor in Waco. He also went to the Fort Worth Seminary. Pecan Grove Baptist was about the first church he preached when going to Baylor in Waco. He also had the Mound Baptist Church part time.Bro. Criswell preached at Pecan Grove Church which was called a quarter time church back in those days. At the time W.A. did not have a car and had to ride with other people to get to Pecan Grove near Gatesville.Times were hard back then and not many had money. Bro. Criswell was paid $10.00 every Sunday he preached. Pecan Grove only had a tabernacle to have Sunday service in and old wood bleachers to sit on and an alter made out of rock. J.T. Davidson who was living at the time said people came in their wagons, buggies and on horse back to hear Criswell preach. The revival at Pecan Grove was a week or so and many camped out by the tabernacle on the Coryall Creek and had a service every morning and night and did their cooking over a camp fire. When the weather was cold or bad, the members of the church had service in the Pecan Grove School building.Rev. Criswell baptized many people in the Coryall Creek. A few years later, the members of Pecan Grove gave what they had in money and helped build a new church on the banks of the Coryall Creek. The work was done by the church members. Bro. Criswell helped also and where the church stands today. Pecan Grove Church also got Rev. Criswell a car so he would have a way to come to church. The church has been remodeled since those days. It still has a church bell on the top of the church like Criswell wanted.Rev. Criswell is survived by his wife Betty and daughter Mable Ann and grandsons Cris Criswell and Paul Daniel Jackson. He also was the president of the Southern Baptist Convention for 2 terms. His funeral service was at the First Baptist Church in Dallas where he preached for 50 yrs. PROVIDED BY WICHITAFALLS #47544561. ******************************************************************** (Houston Chronicle (TX) - Sunday, January 13, 2002) DR. W.A. CRISWELL went home to be with the Lord Thursday, January 10th at 4:40 a.m. The celebration of his home-going brings to the multitudes around the world memories and reflections of a great pulpiteer, leader, pastor and friend. He is survived by his wife and helpmate, Betty, of 66 years, his daughter, Mable Ann, 2 grandsons and their wives, Cris Criswell and Rachel, Paul Jackson and Krestense, and 5 great grandchildren. It was October 6, 1944, that Dr. Criswell preached his first sermon in the world-famous pulpit as pastor of the First Baptist Church. The world renowned Dr. George W. Truett preceded him as pastor from 1897-1944. No one ever dreamed that Dr. Truett's longevity as pastor could be surpassed until they met this young man, full of boundless energy with his eyes on the needs of his flock and the lost around the world. The thirty-four year old pastor was bewildered that God's providence should lead him to the pastorate of this great church and congregation. In his sermon on that first Sunday, W.A. Criswell revealed his dreams for the church. Serving as pastor of First Baptist Church for over fifty years and Pastor Emeritus for the past seven, God has used His servant mightily. His leadership was sought by Presidents and they came to hear him preach. His preaching brought to fruition what his dreams were for the church. The pulpit was the center of his ministry. One of his greatest achievements was preaching through the Bible over seventeen years. He began to chart a course toward creation of a family-centered, multi-faceted program that would appeal to every age and every family. Adequate facilities were a priority for age-group Bible study, to recreational facilities, to adequate parking. The church grew, and from his vision, blessed and empowered by the Lord, came a ministry to all people not yet seen among other churches. This included providing week-day care for pre-school children, which eventually led to the establishing of the First Baptist Academy, and in 1971, the dedication of Criswell Bible Institute, which was the beginning of what is now The Criswell College, a fully-accredited Bible College for young men preparing for the ministry. Dr. Criswell served as president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1968-1970. He authored over 50 books. His influence went far beyond his church with opportunities to preach to thousands around the world. He was a popular speaker at conventions, camps, revivals and the mission field. Because of his love for missions, the church program included 31 missions in the City of Dallas. In addition to the missions, one of the greatest accomplishments of the church was the fulfilled dream of the purchase and establishment of the Dallas Life Foundation which will minister to the needy until eternity. A dream dear to his heart was fulfilled when KCBI became a reality in 1976, and today ministers to literally thousands of people by radio 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Dr. Criswell's dream was literally decades ahead of other churches and helped build the mightiest church of his generation. There was never a congregation that loved their pastor more than the people of the First Baptist Church. His favorite verse of the Bible served as a beacon for his entire ministry. The Grass Withereth, The flower fadeth: but the Word of our God shall Stand for ever. Isaiah 40:8 He once said if he could write his epitaph he would like it to be, "Here lie the mortal remains of W.A. Criswell, who sought and found the Shepherd's heart - who loved his people and sought to be a good and godly pastor." And all the people said, "Amen." Dr. Criswell will lie in state on Monday, January 14th from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. in the Rotunda of The Criswell College, and on Tuesday, January 15th in the First Baptist Church sanctuary from 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. The funeral services will be in the Sanctuary of First Baptist Church Wednesday, January 16th at High Noon. Memorials may be given to the First Baptist Church of Dallas, 1707 San Jacinto at Ervay, Dallas, Texas 75201 or The W.A. Criswell Foundation, 4010 Gaston Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75246. Arrangements are being made for adequate seating and visibility of the service for everyone.Services will be under the personal direction of Kenneth Howe, Lebanon, Missouri in cooperation with Thompson's Harveson & Cole Funeral Home, 702 8th Avenue, Fort Worth, Texas. Entombment to follow at Hillcrest Mausoleum and Memorial Park. Thompson's Harveson & Cole Funeral Home 702 Eighth Ave. PROVIDED BY WICHITAFALLS 47544561#. Links and the above added by Maredia Haddock. | Criswell, Walllie Amos (I10636)
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| 948 | The United States federal era began in 1776. Events such as civil strife, wars, disease, the introduction of cotton, and the development of roads influenced people to move into or out of South Carolina. South Carolina's cotton economy depended heavily upon slave labor. Census records from 1790 to 1840 list only the head of each household by name. Records, including military, court, and land records, were created during this time. 1790 Census Name: James Brownlow Event Place: Edgecombe, Halifax, North Carolina Page Number: 447 Line Number: 14339 NARA Publication Number: M637 NARA Roll Number: 7 Film Number: 0568147 Digital Folder Number: 004440913 Image Number: 00262 In the1840 & 1830 Anderson County, SC Census James Brownlow - the only Brownlow in the 1830 or 1840 SC Census in any Dist. or County in SC. (This could be William's father because he is from the right state and William named his first son James.) I copied these Censuses, but it does not give the names of anyone else, just the numbers, one of which is a male between the ages of 15 - 20. That seems too young. However, in the 1830 Anderson Co., SC Census, James Brownlow list 2 sons ages10 - 15 and 2 sons ages 15 - 20. One of these ages would fit William M. Brownlow. ________________________________________________________ (Gene Brownlow 2013) There are 2 Census, 1820 and 1830 that seem to show that William could be one of James and Rebecca's children. In 1820 the report shows 2 males under 10 and 1 under 45. At this time George W was 6 and William would have been 5 and James would have been 33. The same report shows 1 female under 10 and 1 under 26. Sarah would have been 1 and because we don't have a birth year for Rebecca this could be her. In 1830 the report shows 2 male between 10 and 15 and 2 between 15 and 20. George wouuld have been 16 and William would have been 15. It would be possible to have two other males, maybe twins at 10 that wouldn't have been on the 1820 Census. Also there was 1 male between 40 and 50 with James being 43 at that time. The report shows 4 females less than 5, 1 female betwen 5 and 10 and 1 female between 10 and 15. Sarah would have been 11, Eliza would have been 5 and Melinda would have been 3. It also show 1 female between 30 and 40 with Rebecca about 36. in 1840 the Census report show only 1 male between 50 and 60 and at this time James would have been 53. For females the report shows 4 under age 5, 2 between 5 and 10 and 2 between 10 and 15. Emily would have been less than 1, Narcissa would have been 5, Nancy would have been 8, Melinda would have been 13 and Eliza would have been 15. This accounts for 1 below 4, 2 between 5 and 10 and 2 between 10 and 15. It also shows 1 female 40 to 50 and Rebecca would have been around 46 Next James' grandfather was William Brownlow and his Great grandfather was James Brownlow James named his first son George Washington and his second William Monroe. William Monroe named his first son James Monroe and his second Elias Albert. __________________________________ James Brownlow was among the buyers of the estate sale of Samuel Cherry in Anderson County 9 April, 1840. Also, James was a buyer at the estate sale of John Robinson on 15 Oct. 1841. Both of the estate sales were in Anderson Co., SC. Anderson County is a part of Pendleton District. James served as Deputy Sheriff for 40 years in Floyd County. He fought in the War of 1812 and the Creek War, moving to Calhoun Co., Georgia in 1838, and on to Floyd C., Georgia where he resided for many years before his death. Myrtle Hill Cemetary Book, pg 51, Floyd Co., Georgia. War of 1812: James Brownlow recieved a pension, SC-4655, served under Alexander Morehead's SC Militia, lived Floyd City Georgia. (War of 1812 Pensionets, pg 217) ___________________________________________________________________________________ Jason Edwards James "Jimmy" Brownlow was born about 1788, in Chatham County, Georgia. He was the son of John Brownlow, the Revolutionary Soldier. He moved, along with his family, to Pendleton District, South Carolina, in 1801. There he married Rebecca Cross sometime around 1810. He served in the war of 1812 and in the Creek War. In 1838 he moved his family to Floyd County, Georgia, where he was a deputy sheriff for many years. He lived there until his death on February 15, 1876. He is buried in Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Rome, Floyd County, Georgia. His obituary stated that he was the father of thirteen children. All but two of them were daughters and very little is know about them. Floyd County, GEORGIA: 1850 Census Index ____________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright 1992 by S-K Publications, genie@skpub.com This file was contributed for non-commercial, non-exclusive use in the USGenWeb Archives. ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ This file is a surname index to the original, handwritten records on the census microfilm. The handwritten census is also available in book form from S-K Publications http://www.skpub.com/genie/ Page numbers are stamped in upper right corners of the microfilmed pages. Every other page is unnumbered. The "A" page is always the numbered page, and the "B" page is the unnumbered page following it on the film (it was the backside of the paper that was microfilmed). NOTE: Page 125B does not appear on the microfilm, although it apparently contained names. BROWNLOW 119B-141B-142A Notes for JAMES BROWNLOW: More About JAMES BROWNLOW: Burial: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia Occupation: Deputy Sheriff-Rome, Georgia ________________________________________________________________________________________ From Find a Grave Birth: unknown Death: Feb. 16, 1876 James "Jimmy" Brownlow was born about 1788, in Chatham County, Georgia. He was the son of John Brownlow, the Revolutionary Soldier. He moved, along with his family, to Pendleton District, South Carolina, in 1801. There he married Rebecca Cross Oct. 22, 1833. He served in the war of 1812 and in the Creek War. In 1838 he moved his family to Floyd County, Georgia, where he was a deputy sheriff for many years. He lived there until his death on February 15, 1876. He is buried in Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Rome, Floyd County, Georgia. His obituary stated that he was the father of thirteen children. All but two of them were daughters and very little is know about them. (From the Rome Tri-Weekly issue of Feb. 17, 1876) Obituaries of James Brownlow James Brownlow - It becomes our duty to cronicle the death of old Uncle Jimmie Brownlow, one of our oldest and most respected citizens who died about 9oclock yesterday morning (The next few words are unreadable but it looks like at 88 years) of age. He served in the war, of 1812 and then again in the Creek war, and was a Pensioner. Although he could not write his name he served about 40 years as a Deputy Sheriff and constable, and was never ruled in any case nor. was he ever required to give reason for not obeying an order or serving a paper. He had been a consistent member of the Baptist church some 28 years in short, He was an honest man, a good man, and lived and died without an enemy. His remains will be buried this evening. Peace be to his ashes. (From the Feb. 23, 1876 issue of the Rome Weekly Commercial) James Brownlow - The Honest, familiar face of the good old man will be seen no more in thi(s) world. Wednesday morning he departed this life, full of years and with a record of honesty, frugality and purity of life and purpose, that the best and the greatest would not be ashamed of. For forty years he has gone in and out before our people, always in quest of duty, and always avoiding offence. Nearly half of his long life has been spent in official duty, either as sheriff or bailiff. He was a constable in South Carolina when the war of 1812 began. He served as a private soldier in that war. From the best information that can be obtained he died in his 90th year. He was the father of thirteen children, only three of whom survive him. He has seventy-four grand children. He has lived(been?) a consistent exemplary member of the Baptist church for over 30 years. His last hours illustrated his earnest faith in his Redeemer, his humble trust in the goodness and mercy of God. His last prayers were full of touching, yea, eloquent pathos and caused those near him to breathe the prayer of David Oh, that I might die the death if the righteous. Mr. Brownlow was born in Pendleton District, South Carolina. He removed to Georgia in the year 1838, and has been a resident of this county for 37 years. His children were, George Washington Brownlow, William Monroe Brownlow, Sarah (Brownlow) Johnston, Eliza (Brownlow) Smith, Melinda (Brownlow) Pogue, Nancy Amanda (Brownlow) Bean, Narcissa (Brownlow) Dunn, Emily(Brownlow) Beard. Note: Age: 88 - Born: SC Burial: Myrtle Hill Cemetery Rome Floyd County Georgia, USA | Brownlow, James (I963)
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| 949 | The widow Sarah McClain Hodges, her children, & parents migrated to the Republic of Texas (Houston County). Went to The Republic of Texas by 1837 with her parents and siblings and eventually migrated to Leon and Limestone Co., Texas. The last account of Sarah McClain Hodges was when she was listed as a War of 1812 widow in Limestone County, Texas in the 1883 SENATE EX. DOCUMENT #84. Sarah McClain Hodges, received a 2nd Class land grant for 1,280 acres issued to those who arrived in the republic after March 2, 1836 but prior to October 1, 1837. Sarah's father, William McClain, her son Abel, and son-in-law Robert Chapman also received land grants. | McClain, Sarah (I5273)
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| 950 | They lived at Newkirk, Oklahoma. | Little, Griff (I3656)
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