Trace Chapman

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John married Ina May Mae Terry. Ina (daughter of Sanford Warren Terry and Elizabeth Cornelia Cochran) was born on 5 Jun 1880 in Chita, Trinity, Texas; died on 7 Jun 1957 in Bryan, Brazo County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Daniel married Alice Gertrude Parker. Alice was born in 1854; died in 1892. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sanford married Elizabeth Cornelia Cochran. Elizabeth was born in 1853; died in 1931. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _MILT: Aug 1861, Civil War; 12th Regiment, Texas Calvary, Company F, (Parson's Mounted Volunteers)

Notes:

Robert D. Chapman is one of my DRT (Daughters of the Republic of Texas) proven ancestors.

Note: According to First Settlers of Houston Co., TX, land grants were apportioned by the Republic of Texas according to the following criteria: (1) Anyone arriving in Texas prior to March 2, 1836 was designated “First Class” status and entitled to a league and a labor of land.

(2) Those arriving between March 2, 1836 and Oct. 1, 1837, were designated “Second Class” and entitled to 1280 and 640 acres.

(3) Those arriving Texas after Oct. 1, 1837 up to Jan. 1, 1840 were given “Third Class” status and entitled to grants of 640 and 320 acres.

p. 12 of FS of HC, TX - ROBERT D. CHAPMAN 1280 Pre 4/1/1837

(Note: this means he would have arrived in Texas after March 2, 1836 and before Apr. 1, 1837. Since Robert and Rebecca were married in Hardeman Co., TN Oct. 6, 1836, the window of time on their arrival in Texas is further narrowed to between Oct. 1836 and the end of March, 1837.)

Martha was the oldest child of Robert Doak Chapman and Rebecca Hodges who came to Texas from Hardeman Co., Tennessee after their marriage on October 6, 1836. They settled just outside of Crockett in a town called Randolph which no longer exists.

Robert is last seen on the census of 1850 and it is thought that he died during the Civil War as Rebecca collected "Indigent Family" funds after the war was over but have not found any pension or enlistment information. I have gone back a number of generations on the Chapman and Hodges sides too.

CONFEDERATE TEXAS TROOPS

Regiment Name: 12th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Parson's Mounted Volunteers)

Side: Confederate
Company: F
Soldier's Rank In: Private
Soldier's Rank Out: Private
Alternate name:
Film Number: M227 roll 6
Overview: 12th Cavalry Regiment was organized with about 940 men in August, 1861, by Colonel W.H. Parsons. Most of the men were from Hempstead, Fairfield, Georgetown, and Waxahachie, and Ellis and Hill counties. This unit served in Hawes' and Steele's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department and skirmished the Federals in Arkansas and Louisiana. During 1865 it was in Northern Texas guarding approaches from the Indian Territory. The regiment was included in the surrender on June 2. Its commanders were Colonel William H. Parsans, Lieutenant Colonels Andrew B. Burleson and John W. Mullen, and Majors Locklin J. Farrar and E. W. Rogers.

Texas 12th Cavalry Regiment
Also Known as: 4t Texas Mounted Dragoons
Organization: Organized for 12 months at Rocket Springs, near Waxahachie on Sept 11, 1861. Mustered into Confederate service at Camp Hebert, near Hempstead on Oct 28, 1861. Reorganized for war on May 24, 1862. Surrendered by General E.K. Smith, commanding Trans-Mississippi Department, on May 26, 1865.
First Commander: William H. Parson Colonel
Field Officers: Andrew B. Burleson Lieutenant Colonel
Lochlin Johnson Farrar Major
John W. Mullen Lieutenant Colonel
E.W. Rogers Major

Assignments: Department of Texas (Sept 1861 - Feb 1862)
Eastern District of Texas, Department of Texas (Feb - Mar 1862)
Rust's-Parsons' Cavalry Brigade, Trans-Mississippi District, Department #2 (Mar -May 1862)
Trans-Mississippi Department (May-June 1862)
W. H. Parson' Cavalry Brigade, Unattached, Trans-Mississippi Department (July - Aug 1862)
W. H. Parson' Cavalry Brigade, Unattached, District of Arkansas, Trans-Mississippi Department (Aug - Sept 1862)
W. H. Parson' Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Corps, Army of the West, Trans-Mississippi Department (Sept - Oct 1862)
Hawes' Brigade, Churchill's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the West, Trans-Mississippi Department (Dec 1862 - Jan 1863)
Unattached, Frost's Division, District of Arkansas, Tran-Mississippi Department (April - Jun 1863)
Unassigned, District of West Louisiana, Trans-Mississippi Department (Jun July 1863)
Carter's Brigade, Walker's Division, Dristict of Arkansas, Trans-Mississippi (Jul-Sept 1863)
Carter's-Parsons' Cavalry Brigade, District of Arkansas, Trans-Mississippi (Sept 1863 - Mar 1864)
Carter's-Parsons' Cavalry Brigade, Steele's Cavalry Division, District of West Louisiana, Trans-Mississippi Department (Mar-Sept1864)
1st (Steele's) Texas Cavalry Brigade, 1st (Wharton's) Cavalry Corps, Tarn-Mississippi Department (Feb - May 1865)
Battles: Near Searcy (3 companies) (May 19, 1862)
Round Hill, on Cache River (Jul 7, 1862)
Hughes' Ferry, L'Angulle River (Aug 3, 1862)
Little Rock Campagign (Aug -Sept 1863)
Red River Campaign (Mar - May 1864)

Robert married Rebecca Hodges on 6 Oct 1836 in Hardeman County, Tennessee. Rebecca (daughter of Edmund Hodges and Sarah McClain) was born in 1816 in Franklin County, Tennessee; died in 1870 in Houston, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

While conducting an ancestry search at my local library, I ran across a publication that listed transcriptions of some articles of interest found among the newspapers published in Crockett, Texas between 1853 and 1896.

The complete title is Houston County Collection Volume I, Crockett Newspapers, 1853 - 1896, published by Bebe Beasley Ulrich.

According to Ms. Ulrich, in Volume 1, Number 2, published February 7, 1890 under the section "Local News - Nevel's Prairie" appears this announcement:

Mrs. Rebecca Chapman, of McClellan [sic] County is visiting relatives on the prairie. She lived near Old Randolph for 35 years, moving away from there in 1865. Her old friends will be glad to know that she is still sprightly and bids fair to live a good while yet...

While there are not many words printed, it speaks volumes to this researcher. From three sentences I either learned or confirmed that Rebecca Chapman, my fourth great grandmother:

•came to Houston County, Texas about 1830
•moved to McLennan County, Texas between 1865 and 1890
•was still alive and in good health in 1890.
I already knew that she and her husband, Robert Chapman arrived in Texas shortly after they married in 1836 and settled in Houston County. So the writer was a little off on that one. I have never been able to determine much beyond the 1860 census when Rebecca appeared as a widow with several children in Houston County. I have never found their graves and I have never found Rebecca on a subsequent census report. After reading this article, I did locate a Rebecca Chapman in McLennan County but some details leave doubts as to the whether or not it is her. One daughter, Martha Frances Chapman Smith, did move to that area by 1880 so I am still hopeful that it is her.

Even the earliest newspapers carried snippets of community news items that may prove essential to your ancestry search.

I do know that Rebecca was living in McLennan Co. in 1890 as there was a newspaper notation about her visiting in Houston Co. in February of that year. After that I have no record of her. I believe she was living with either Martha or her son Isaac who was also a resident of McLennan Co. I do know that Rebecca's mother Sarah Hodges was living in McLennan Co. next door to Mary Alice in the 1880 census. Robert is last seen on the census of 1850 and it is thought that he died during the Civil War as Rebecca collected "Indigent Family" funds after the war was over but have not found any pension or enlistment information. I have gone back a number of generations on the Chapman and Hodges sides too.

From Crockett Newpapers, the Gazette, Vol 1, No. 2, February 7, 1890:

"Nevel's Prairie

Mrs. Rebecca Chapman of McClellan (sic) County is visiting relatives on the Prairie. She lived near Old Randolph for 35 years, moving away from there in 1865. Her old friends will be glad to know that she is still sprightly and bids fair to live a good while yet...We should all love these old pioneers who settled this county in dangerous times when the red man periled the wood with his tomahawk. We should do them honor, and try to make their declining days as happy as possible. We are now reaping the fruits of their labor..."

Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Application 21510 page 356