Pierre Sallee

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• Reference Number: 7126

Family/Spouse: Charity Van Winkle. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 6884

Family/Spouse: William Vannoy. William (son of Francis Vannoy and Milicent Henderson) was born in 1771; died in Jan 1846. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 4937

Notes:

Birth:
Morgan, Wilkes County, North Carolina

Mary married John Yancy Criswell in Oct 1812 in Knox County, Kentucky. John (son of John Criswell and Elizabeth Yancy) was born in 1786 in Knox County, Kentucky; died on 30 Sep 1839 in Knox County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 7119

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• Reference Number: 7120

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• Reference Number: 7121

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• Reference Number: 7122

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• Reference Number: 7123

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• Reference Number: 7124

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• Reference Number: 7125

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• Reference Number: 4920
• _EMPLOY: 5 Apr 1848, Blackjack Spring, Fayette County, Texas; Post Master
• Census: 4 Oct 1850, Fayette County, Texas
• Census: 13 Jul 1860, Fayette County, Texas

Notes:

• ID: I02598
• Name: Leroy Vannoy CRISWELL
• Sex: M
• Birth: 1813 in Barboursville, Knox Co., KY
• Death: 1866 in Praha, Fayette Co., TX
• Note:
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1850 DeWitt Co., TX Census. #178.
Criswell, Christian 16 1834 Germany
In Albert Von Roeder household.
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1870 Fayette Co., TX Census. 831-831, p. 455.
Criswell, James 48 1822 Farmer KY (250)
- Millie 40 1830 Wife MS
- Thomas 14 1856 Son TX
- Mary 9 1861 Dau TX
- Emily 7 1863 Dau TX
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Decendants Chart of John Yancy Criswell, Sr. Stanley McMicken File.

DECENDANTS OF JOHN YANCY CRISWELL, SR. & ELEANOR ANNOY, a sketch by Sue Ragland Diggle. Stanley McMicken File.
...DOD given as 1868. POD given as Coldwater Creek, Oso, Fayette Co., TX.

CRISWELL FAMILY AMONG EARLY SETTLERS AND HEROES OF TEXAS HISTORY, documented by R.R. Criswell & Martha Criswell Bailey.
...Leroy Vannoy & Elizabeth Criswell were buried at Criswell Cemetery (also known as Duff Cem.) about one half mile southeast of the village of Praha.

Leroy V Criswell was one of the original Texas Rangers as he joined with Captain Robert M. Williamson as a part of Williamson’s Mounted Riflemen in July 25 - September 13, 1835.

FTM Marriage Index, CD #227, 1728-1850.
...Leroy V. Criswell m. Elizabeth Micken 24 Feb 1842 Fayette Co., TX

Fayette Co., TX Marriage Records. #32535, Bk A, p. 51
...Leroy V. Criswell m. Elizabeth McMicken 24 Feb 1842, license applied for on 19 Feb 1842.

Early Texas County Marriage Records, Fayette Co., TX.
...Leroy V. Criswell m. Elizabeth MCMicken 19 Feb 1842.

CRONICLES OF FAYETTE COUNTY, p. 58. Leroy V. Criswell - member of first district court jury in Fayette County, 22 Oct 1838.

Leroy V. and Elizabeth (McMicken) Criswell sold their BJS home in 1853 to Johannes Romberg, first German to settle at BJS, and moved to near Oso a few miles northeast of present Flatonia. William V., Leroy' s younger brother, had moved to near Praha the year before.
AN EARLY HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY, p. 97. John Yancy Criswell and Leroy Vannoy Criswell - among a list of freeholders in Fayette County during the time of the Republic.
Leroy fought Mexican regiments in "Come and Take It" Battle at Gonzales and Leroy was wounded at Bexar during the Battle of Bexar at San Antonio against General Cos (Santa Ana's brother-in-law).
FAYETTE COUNTY - PAST AND PRESENT, p. 115. April 1846, eight election precincts established...#7 house of Leroy T. (sic) Criswell.

CRISWELL FAMILY AMONG EARLY SETTLERS AND HEROES OF TEXAS HISTORY, documented by R.R. Criswell & Martha Criswell Bailey.
...Leroy Vannoy & Elizabeth Criswell were buried at Criswell/Duff (also known as Mulberry Cem.) about one half or one mile southeast of the village of Praha.

Gene Brownlow
This cemetery is located on S. Knezek Road .6 miles from FM 1295 at 29°40'6.21"N and 97° 3'25.19"W. There is a gate with a sign, Wm V. Criswell Cemetery, on the left side of the road usually covered with undergrowth. If you go at a 25 degree angle to the right upon entering the gate you should find the headstones.

•Event: Fact witnessed the killing of Ben Milam
•Will: 29 JAN 1866 probated in Fayette Co., TX

Packet dated 13 Oct 1997. Rowena Calhoun File.
WILLIAM JOSEPH BOYKIN, by William B. Bennett. See William Joseph Boykin for content.

Packet dated 13 Oct 1997. Rowena Calhoun File.
BOYKIN
...William Joseph Boykin, son of Sion Lee Boykin, married Elizabeth Jane Criswell, daughter of Leroy Criswell who recieved an honorable discharge from the Texas Army signed by Stephen F. Austin. He was discharged in order to return to Gonzales County to plant his crops (a copy of the discharge is enclosed).

L&D 216-2: Packet dated 13 Oct 1977. Rowena Calhoun File.
GREAT, GREAT GRANDFATHERS OF SONS OF RUTH BOYKIN CALHOUN / SAMUEL DANIEL CALHOUN.
...was in McNeill's Artillery Co. which participated in the capture of San Antonio by Texas Army in 1835.

L&D 216-3: Packet dated 13 Oct 1977. Rowena Calhoun File.
BOYKIN.

L&D 216-4: Packet dated 13 Oct 1977. Rowena Calhoun File.
WILLIAM JOSEPH BOYKIN, by William B. Bennett

L&D 216-13, p. 5: Packet dated 13 Oct 1997. Rowena Calhoun File.
CRISWELL

Packet received 4 Feb 1999. Norman Krischke File.
Criswell-Boykin Descendant Chart (William J. & Eliza J. CRISWELL Boykin).

Letter, Notes, Family Group Sheet & Ancestor Chart dated 21 May 1999. Theresa Mitchell File.
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Criswell Family, Among Early Settlers and Heroes of Texas History
LEROY VANNOY CRISWELL
(1st child of John Yancy Criswell, Sr.)
Leroy Vannoy Criswell, b. 1813, Barboursville, Knox Co., Kentucky,
emigrated to Texas 1829-30 at age 16 with parents and brothers and
sisters. Settled at Matagorda, Matagorda Co., Texas and moved with
family in 1835 to Woods Prairie (West Point, Tx.). Participated in
opening battle of the Texas Revolution at Gonzales, Tx., Oct. 2, 1835
as member of J. C. Neill's Artillery Co., protecting a little cannon
from being surrendered to a Mexican militia. Fought at the Battle of
Bexar (San Antonio, Tx.) in J. C. Neill's Artillery Co.; discharged
Nov. 24, 1835 and joined Col. Ben R. Milam's Battalion and witnessed
the death of Col. Milam during the hardest fought battle of the
revolution, Dec. 5-10, 1835. Accompanied his father and younger
members of the family while "moving out of the way of the advancing
Mexican Army" in March and April 1836. Served as an "Indian fighter"
in Col. J. H. Moore's Mounted Rifle for fifty days through Oct. 23,
1838. Served in Somervell Expedition to repel the invasion of Texas by
Mexico led by Gen. Aderian Woll, 1842-43. Married Elizabeth A.
McMicken on Feb. 24, 1842. (His brothers, William V. and Joseph Eve,
also married daughters of Andrew and Eliza McMicken who had emigrated
from Tennessee after the Texas War for Independence.) Leroy was 29 at
the time of marriage, she was 17. Immediately after the marriage, they
took into the household 15 year old Joseph Eve and 13 year old Andrew
Jackson (his younger brothers whose parents were dead at this time).
Also, part of the household was a "Negro" girl owned by the John Y.
Criswell, Sr. Estate. As administrator of his father's estate, he
farmed the family land in addition to his own. Leroy and his family
first settled at Black Jack Springs (near Muldoon) and his children
attended the Black Jack Springs School taught by Mr. William Gorham,
whose wife was a close friend to Candace Criswell Cottle. The Cottles
also lived in the same area. Later, Leroy's family moved and settled
near "old Flatonia" (Oso) and Praha. In his will, dated August 5,
1862, Leroy states he owns "land, Negroes, cattle, horses and
tenements" to be shared equally among his children for their education.
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CRISWELL FAMILY
It is believed that Elizabeth A. Criswell died after giving birth to
Milam, who was born March 18, 1866 and that Leroy V. Criswell also died
soon after. "The Honorable Court of Fayette County, having been
solicited by the Relatives of Leroy V. Criswell to take charge of the
State. I hereby make application for letters of administration of
estate of Leroy V. Criswell & wife deceased at the next term of said
court on this 29th day of June 1866." Wm. Boykin, husband of the
eldest daughter and oldest child Eliza Jane, was appointed one of the
administrators of the estate. The younger children were taken into the
Boykin household. Leroy Vannoy Criswell and Elizabeth A. Criswell were
buried at Duff Cemetery (also known as Mulberry Cemetery) about
one-half or one mile southeast of the village of Praha. The property
adjoining the cemetery was sold to a Chec or Bohemian farmer who, not
realizing his actions, removed grave markers and planted grain in their
place. He later replaced some markers, but many locations were lost.
Leroy and Elizabeth (along with son, Larkin) had no markers on their
graves.


Buried:
1/2 to 1 mile south east from Praha which is south east of Flatonia, Texas

Died:
William V Criswell Cemetery, Praha, Texas. Site not located.

Leroy married Elizabeth Ann McMicken on 24 Feb 1842 in Fayette County, Republic of Texas. Elizabeth (daughter of Andrew John McMicken and Elizabeth A Faires) was born in 1825 in Tennessee; died on 18 Mar 1866 in Oso, Fayette County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FSID: 2W3D-LYW
• Reference Number: 4926

Notes:

Born in Kentucky, April 16, 1815. He came to Texas in February, 1830, as is stated in the Headright Certificate issued to him January 5, 1838 for one-third of a league of land by the Fayette County Board. He was a member of Captain Jesse Billingsley's company of "Mina Volunteers" at San Jacinto and on February 7, 1840 was issued Donation Certificate No. 1019 for 640 acres of land for having participated in the battle. He received Bounty Certificate No. 9818 for 3250 acres of land for having served in the army from September 28 to December 13, 1835, and Bounty Certificate No. 3408 for 320 acres of land for his services from March 27 to June 27, 1836.

Mr. Criswell was married to Mary E. Michin (McMicken)at La Grange, February 3, 1842. Mr. Criswell died January 19, 1858 and was buried on the Kubena farm one mile southeast of Praha, Fayette County, in a marked grave. In 1936, Mr. Criswell's body was removed and reintered in the State Cemetery at Austin. It was noted at time of exhumation, that his bones were still intact, due to the fact that his wife had his original grave lined with limestone. It's probably well and good that William was moved to Austin, as the rest of the Criswell Cemetery on the Kubena farm, has all but been distroyed.

Children of Mr. and Mrs. Criswell were: Bettie, who married Calvin Jones; Sallie E., who married Simmie Lee; Mollie, who married James Lyons; John H., who married Josie Jones; James Yancy, who married Aedelie Burks and Lillie Criswell, who married John Waddell.

Member Lyons (Masonic) Lodge No. 195.

One of William Vanoy Criswell's descendants, Mrs. Billie Beth Moore was instrumental in helping to create the "San Jacinto Descendants", a heriditary organization set up to perpetuate the memory of all San Jacinto Veterans .

William Vannoy Criswell, a San Jacinto hero serving in Captain Jesse Billingsley's Company under Colonel Edward Burleson's 1st Regiment know as the Mina Volunteers, later as Company C. His name appears on the bronze plaque inside the San Jacinto Monument at the Battlefield. He was buried in the Criswell Cemetery located on his land 1/2 mile east of his home, on the north side of Mulberry Creek. At one time this was a large cemetery. About 1935, the man who owned the land where the cemetery was located broke down all the stones except two and hauled them away. Houston Wade found out about it and the man was fined a large sum of money.

The Criswell Cemetery has been plowed under now and William Criswell's remains were moved to the State Cemetery in Austin. Williams tombstone was a double stone with one side inscribed: "An old Texas Veteran. The Cross is my Ancor". The opposite side is inscribed "Sarah E. Lee, nee Criswell, Asleep in Jesus" along with her dates.

William V.'s body was then removed to Austin and placed in the "Republic of Texas" part of the State Cemetery. A number of relatives and descendants attended this reburial ceremony in 1936, including a ggggrandson, Leon Harlan Ivy, who received special mention. William V. is bried opposite the grave of another Fayette County man, Joel W. Robison, one of the five men who captured Santa Anna. Next to Joel's grave is a marker telling of the capture. The other 4 captors were James A. Sylvester, Joseph D. Vermillion, Alfred H. Miles and David Cole. Captain Jesse Billingsley and Rev. Z.N. Morrell are buried nearby.

William Vannoy Criswell is buried in the State Cemetery at Austin, Harris County, Texas, in

Section: Republic Hill Section 1, Row U, Number 7.

William V. Criswell served on the 2nd Grand Jury of Fayette County, Tx. Fall 1839

Bounty and Donation Grants

William Criswell (Battle of San Jacinto, 1836), 640 acres in Uvalde County, Bexar Land District. (C1019, F472)

Willaim Criswell (Siege of Bexar, 1835), 320 acres in Blanco, Bexar Land District. (C9818, F571)

William Criswell (Battle of San Jacinto, 1836), 320 acres in Gonzales Land District (C2408, F72).

"Texas 1840-49 Vol. 1" Census living in Fayette Co. 1850 Census Fayette County, Texas
#410 Farmer ($1650)
Wm. V. Chriswell 35 m Ky
Mary 21 f Tenn
Elizabeth 4 f Tex
Sarah 3 f Tex

LIST -------------------------------------------------------------------

Billingsley, Jesse Company C
1st Regt. Texan Volunteers
San Jacinto List
Col. Edward Burleson Command
* (Apr 21, 1836) [A3; T1 p212]
* Wm. Gorham list
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COMPANY NAMES [1]

Anderson, Washington
Andrews, M. (1 Lt)
Avery, Willis
Bain, W.(V.)M.
Barton (Bartow), Jefferson
Barton, Wayn
Berry, Jackson
Billingsly, Jesse (Capt)
Blakey, Lemuel
Boom, Gerrett E.
Bunton, John W.
Burleson, Aaron
Chriswell, Wm.
Conlee, Preston
Connell, Sampson
Craft, James A. (2 Lt)
Craft, R.B. (1 Sgt)
Cravens, R.M.
Cunningham, L.C.
Curtis, James
Davey, Thomas
Dennis, Thomas M.
Erath, George B.
Gage, Calvin
Garwood, Joseph
Goodwin, Lewis
Graves, Thomas A.
Green, George
Halderman (Holderman), Jessee
Herron, John H.
Highsmith, A.M.
Holder, Prior
Hood, Robert
Hopson, John
Mayes, Thomas H.
McClelland, Saml.
McGill, Wm H. (2 Sgt)
McLean, Dugald
Motly (Motley), _____ (Dr.)
Pace, Demcy
Pace, James R.(K.)
Self, George
Simmons, Wm.
Standerford, Jacob
Standerford, Wm.
Taylor, Cambell (3 Sgt)
Vandervere (Vandevere), Logan
Walker, Martin
Williams, Charles
Willson (Wilson), Walker

[1] Names on transcribed roll. For dates of enrollment, service, death,
or other remarks, see transcribed roll in MUSTER ROLLS OF THE TEXAS
REVOLUTION, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Austin, 1986 [T1].
"In parentheses will be noted any difference of initials or spell-
ing of surnames that appeared on the Muster Roll Indexes" (of the
Texas General Land Office).[T1]

***** Index to Military Rolls of the Republic of Texas 1835-1845 *****
//www page H. David Maxey 12/28/98
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Alternate spelling for index
Bain, V.M.
Bartow, Jefferson
Holderman, Jessee
Motley, _____ (Dr.)
Pace, James K.
Vandevere, Logan
Wilson, Walker

William married Mary E Polly McMicken on 12 Aug 1844 in Fayette County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Andrew John McMicken and Elizabeth A Faires) was born on 24 Aug 1829 in Tennessee, United States; died on 23 Jan 1899 in Praham Fayette County, Texas; was buried on 26 Jan 1899 in Praha, Fayette, Texas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Dacy
• Reference Number: 5241

Notes:

Candace correct pronunciation is Can-da'-ce. She was called Da'-cy.

Candace married 3 times. She m.(1) abt. 1835, in Matagorda or Fayette Co. (then the Municipality of Mina) a Mr. Underwood who was dead by late March 1836 when she went on the Runaway Scrape with her father's family and their neighbors, as she was then a young widow named Underwood. Candace and Mr. Underwood had no children.

Candace married (2) by Contract or Bond abt. 1836, Plum Grove, Leander Frederic Trent Cottle, b. 1786 Vermont; d. 8-8-1845 Black Jack Springs. He is buried in another area of Pin Oak Cemetery.

Candace married (3) on 5-13-1846, Obadiah Fitzgerald b. 1819 Virginia; d. 01 Feb 1896.

Candace and Lee Cottle had 4 children:

Ellender (Ellen) Azubah b.18 May 1837
Henry b. 27 Sep 1839
Leander Jr. b. 1841
Cordelia b. 12 Oct 1844

Candace and Obadiah had three children:

William 'Billy' David - 13 Sep 1857
Nancy Ann - Abt 1847
Amanda Jane - 13 Oct 1848

Notes for Candace (Candacy) Ann Criswell:

Candace correct pronunciation is Can-da'-ce. She was called Da'-cy and Aunt Da'-cy hence the y on the tombstone: Candacy.

Her name on the tombstone is Candacy Fitzgerald in the Pin Oak Cemetery. Her stone and O.T.'s are on the far east side.

Candace married 3 times. She m.(1) abt. 1835, in Matagorda or Fayette Co. (then the Municipality of Mina) a Mr. Underwood who was dead by late March 1836 when she went on the Runaway Scrape with her father's family and their neighbors, as she was then a young widow named Underwood. I am inclined to think that Candace and Mr. Underwood were married in Fayette Co. because I know there were at least two Underwood men there, one of whom was the first husband of my great-grandmother, Sarah Ann Ellis, who came to Texas from Wilcox Co., Ala., about 1838 with her husband James S. Underwood. He died l839 in Fayette Co., and in 1841 she married (2) my great-grandfather Wm. Marshall Robinson, formerly of Henry Co., Ky. I think it highly probable that Candace married James Underwood's brother, or other kin. Sarah and Candace lived as neighbors in the Black Jack area from the early 1840s until 1900 when they both died. Candace and Mr. Underwood had no children.

Fayette County was created from Bastrop (formerly Mina) and Colorado Counties, all a part of Austin's Colony, by the Republic of Texas Dec. 1837, and organized Jan. 1, 1838. While Texas was under Mexican rule, all marriage ceremonies had to be performed by a Catholic priest. If no priest lived nearby, it was customary to be married by Contract or Bond. The boy and the girl signed this legal and binding contract, as well as both of her parents. In May 1836 this procedure, no doubt, was still in effect.

Candace married (2) by Contract or Bond abt. 1836, Plum Grove, in what is now Fayette Co., Texas, Leander Frederic Trent Cottle, b. 1786 Vermont; d. 8-8-1845 Black Jack Springs. He is thought to be buried on one side of Candace in an unmarked grave in the Black Jack [now Pin Oak] Cemetery.

0n 5-13-1846 Candace end Obadiah Fitzgerald who had recently married asked to be made joint Administrators of Lee's Estate. Their $1200 Bond was dated 5-25-1846. Sureties were James S. Mayfield (Sec. of State in President Lamar's Cabinet) and James Robinson.

On 1-31-1848 Candace and Obadiah asked that James Robinson be appointed Guardian of the 4 minor Cottle children. Obadiah and Wm. Primm were Sureties on the $2000 Bond.

J. S. Black, S. P. Birt and James Moore were early teachers in the Black Jack Springs and Pin Oak community church-house school. My grandma, Susan Prentiss Robinson (b. 1844 Fayette Co;, niece of James), went to school there with all 7 of Candace's children.

Candace and Lee Cottle had 4 children. One was Ellender (Ellen) Azubah Cottle, born 5-18-1837 near Lyons Station (later Lyonsville, then Schulenburg), Fayette Co., Texas; died 5-8-1923 San Angelo, Texas, and is buried there; married 2-1-1855 Black Jack Springs, Texas, William (Will) Shank, C.S.A., born 9-17-1833 in Germany, as were both of his parents; died about 1910 Abilene, Texas, and is buried there.

Some of the Black Jack springs were located on her property and some on J. C. C. Smith's land.

Black Jack Springs Cemetery is located at the end of County Road 373 and is about 0.6 mile southwest of the FM-609 and FM-2237 intersection in SW Fayette Co., TX. According to Joe Cole the first burials were 2 unknown soldiers who were returning from the Battle of Salado which occured 18 Sept 1842. They died of measles at Bledsoe's house.

"Memories of By-Gone Days" by Rosa Berry Cole pg 22-23

After San Jacinto, Candace married Lee Cottle. While at Lucinda Berry's house he was playing a fiddle and he was setting on the end of a bench, she noticed he kept inching down toward her. When he got close to her, he said "Candacy, here is my heart and hand. Will you be my wife?" He had never missed a note on his fiddle.

She said, "No, I am bespoke."

Mary married Unk Underwood about 1835. Unk died in Mar 1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Leander Frederic Trent Cottle on 29 Jan 1838 in LaGrange, Fayette County, Texas. Leander (son of Joseph Cottle and Azubah Power) was born in 1786 in South Woodstock, Windsor County, Vermont; died on 8 Aug 1845 in Black Jack Springs. Pin Oak Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Obadiah Thomas Fitzgerald on 13 May 1846 in Lyonsville, Fayetteville County, Texas. Obadiah (son of Samuel Fitzgerald and Nancy Ann Anderson) was born in 1819 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died on 1 Feb 1896 in Flatonia, Fayette County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6187

Notes:

Notes for Mary Jane Criswell:

On 12-6-1841, Mary Jane wrote a letter to her brothers in Fayette County. The letter, which was written from both of them to the Criswell brothers was clearly signed "William Haddon" and "Mary Haddon."

The letter reads, "Dear Brothers after my respects to you I wish to inform you that we are well Excep Liza. She Has the Chils and feefor lite ly. I hope my lines will find you all in good Health We are now living out at the prarie plantation again I wish one of you to come and live with us this Season if you are not going to School and if you Cant stay all the Season with us Come and Stay a while for Company as you could make it your Home as longe as you pleas for it Sertainly wold bee a grat satisfaction for one of you to live with us and mak it your Home, any one of you that Comes Down in this County be Shore to Call on us and you will beestow a favour on a frend and Sister and brother

Yours with as Steem William Haddon to all the Criswells Sones Mary Haddon

In 1962, the letter was in the possession of Sally Jones Hart (Mrs. C. M.) of Mathis, Texas, a great-granddaughter of William V. Criswell, an older brother of Mary Jane Criswell Haddon.

There is no probate record in Wharton County of Mary?sestate, although the 553 1/2 acre tract of her father?sland in Matagorda County which she inherited was not sold until 1876.

On 6-22-1876, Eliza and her sister, Virginia sold their deceased mother?sinterest in John Criswell?sleague to Fletcher Layton of Matagorda County.

She possibly died due to the Yellow Fever that was in the town of LaGrange and surrounding areas.

Mary married William E Haddon on 16 Sep 1838 in Woods Prairie, Fayette County, Texas. William (son of John B Haddon and Anna) was born on 7 Nov 1811 in Vriginia; died on 15 Jan 1867 in Wilson Creek, Matagorda County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6188

Notes:

*1870 U.S. CENSUS*
Fayette, Texas
23 November 1870
James Criswell b:1822 KY - Head
Millie Criswell b:1830 MS - wife
Thos Criswell b:1856 TX - son
Mary Criswell b:1861 TX - dau.
Emily Criswell b:1863 TX - dau.

Notes for James Henry Criswell:

C.S.A. Jim enlisted 6-29-1861 in Capt. Geo. W. Tuttle's Company, Wigfall Mounted Infantry Reserve Company, Fayette County State Troops (Beat No. 7).

About 1875 Jim went out to cut down a tree in the woods on Criswell Hill. Tom went with him. The tree was half cut through when Jim said he was sick. Tom took him home where he died in a short while, most likely from a heart attack. The old tree is still standing in 1959, and is probably still standing today.

James married Cary Millie Harkins on 20 Oct 1856 in Fayette County, Texas. Cary was born in 1830 in Tennessee; died in Sep 1902 in Lometa, Lampasas, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6189
• _MILT: 25 Jan 1862, Bastop, Texas; Private in the Bastrop Lubbock Guards
• Occupation: 14 Jul 1862, Fayette County, Texas; JKustic of the Peace

Notes:

Notes for John Yancy Criswell Jr.:

At age 18 in late 1842, John Y., Jr., joined an independent company of Texas rangers and engaged in desultory Indian fighting. In 1842-43 he served in the Somervell Expedition led by General Adrian Woll to repel the invasion of Texas by Mexico. In 1845, John, entered the service of the Republic of Texas, along with his brother Joe. At the breaking out of the war between the US and Mexico, he joined the com pany of M.L. Gray of the Texas Rangers, served throughout the war and mustered out 17 Jul 1847. John and his brother Joe served in the Ranger Company under the immediate command of Peter Hansborough Bell.

Mexican War Reference:

In 1852, Gov. Bell gave a character reference for Joe by saying, "Among his fellow soldiers he was in the main a good one. He was fond of trading and running horses, or trafficking, etc., and participated in all the little amusements legitimate in camp. He was considered a wild young man, but generally esteemed a fit associate by his fellow soldiers. He was under my immediate command, and subject daily to my inspection of the manner in which he performed his duties as such."

After the war John was often called, "Captain Criswell".

John enlisted in the Texas Rangers for the Mexican War on July 21, 1846, Capt Gray's Texas Mounted volunteers. Discharged July 17, 1847.

In 1852, John was given a character reference by then Governor Peter H. Bell: "Among his fellow soldiers he was in the main a good one. He was fond of trading and running horses, or trafficking, etc., and participated in all the little amusements legitimate in Camp. He was considered a wild young man, but generally esteemed a fit associate by this fellow soldier. He was under my immediate command, and subject daily to my inspection of the manner in whch he performed his duties as such".

JOHN Y. CRISWELL

Dallas Morning News
13 Oct 1896

Mortuary

Criswell--Flatonia, Fayette Co., Tex., Oct. 8--

John Y. Criswell, an old resident of this county, a Texas veteran and ex president of the Texas Veterans' association, died yesterday at Waco, where he had gone for his health. He was said to be 84 years old. The funeral took place today.

Contributed by Debbie Hanson

In 1888 Candace's brother, John Y. Criswell, Jr., wrote a most interesting story for the LaGrange Journal about the Runaway Scrape. This was a Flight toward the Sabine River which started around San Patricio, Refugio and San Antonio about the middle of February 1836 when the Mexicans invaded. Sam Houston arrived in Gonzales March 11 and decided to retreat to the Colorado. His retreat, coupled with the news of the fall of the Alamo, set off the Runaway Scrape in a large way. Many Fayette County families joined the Flight the last of March. Some went in wagons, some on horseback. Those who had no ready transportation went on foot. At times they waded in mud up to their knees. Larger children helped carry smaller children. There was much suffering and disease. A number of them died, and there was at least one birth during the trip. A child of Col. John H. Moore and Eliza Cummins (dau. of James) either fell from a horse and died during the Runaway Scrape, or died somehow, and a child of Norman Woods and Jane Boyd died during the Flight. When news of the San Jacinto victory reached them, they returned to their homes. (Also, John and Mary Rabb lost a baby son.)

John Y., Jr., says in his article that his father's family joined the Flight. He should have stated that all were along except his brother William V. who was in the Army at the time, and who was at San Jacinto. John Y. also says that one of my kinsmen, John Wesley Scallorn, was along--which I seriously doubt. Wesley enlisted 3-4-1836 and was not discharged until 6-12-1836. (Military Records, Archives, #6105). He, too, was at San Jacinto. There is a remote possibility that Wm. V. and Wesley were ordered to assist with the Flight when the Fayette Co. families started out, then were ordered to join the Forces before they reached the San Jacinto battlefields, although it does not seem likely. After all, it was over 52 years before John Y. wrote his recollections of the Flight, and he was only 11 1/2 years old at the time. Wesley certainly could have been one of the soldiers at the start.

In his story John Y., Jr., referred to Candace as "Mrs. Fitzgerald" although she was the widow Underwood at the time of the Flight, and did not marry Obediah Fitzgerald till 1846, with another marriage and 4 children intervening, He states that Lee F. T. Cottle was on the Flight, and I think this is where they really got to know each other, as they married soon after they returned home. He also mentions Candace's closest friend, Lucinda Kenner Berry, as "Mrs. Gorham" although she was Mrs. T. O. Berry at the time of the Flight. Her 18 month old son, Wm. Thomas Berry, was with her. After T. O. Berry died in 1837, Lucinda married (2) 1839 Josiah O'Daniel, father of Mary Rebecca O'Daniel who married John Y., Jr., in 1847 at Lucinda's home. After Josiah died in 1845 Lucinda married (3) 1848 William Gorham.

John Y., Jr., also mentions some of my Faires and Karnes kin as being on the Flight. Noah Karnes, husband of my g.g.grandma's sister, Elizabeth McClure, was accidentally killed during the Flight by Wayne Barton near Round Top, Fayette County. In 1848 Lucinda and Wm. Gorham moved to Black Jack Springs from Plum Grove where she had been a close neighbor to John Y., Sr., and his family when they moved there abt. l839. Candace and Lucinda were the closest of friends, as well as neighbors, from then until Candace died in 1900.

1850 Census Fayette County, Texas

#412 Farmer ($600)
John Criswell 26 m Ky

Mary 19 f Ala
Leander 2 m Tex
Frances 1 f Tex
D. O. Daniels 15 m Ala
H. White 16 m Ala
Edwd Hallough 10 m Tex

Jan 25 1862, Private in the Bastrop Lubbock Guards
In 1862 John Yancy Criswell was a Justic of the Peace.

John married Mary Rebecca O'Daniel on 2 Dec 1847. Mary (daughter of Josiah O'Daniel and Druscilia Millie Maxwell) was born on 22 Jul 1831 in Picken County, Alabama; died on 15 Apr 1892 in Waco, Mclennan, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6190

Notes:

Notes for Joseph Eve Criswell:

The story of the three Criswell boys asking Andrew McMicken for his daughters hand in marriage.

"When Leroy Vannoy Criswell asked for Elizabeth's hand, Mr. McMicken said, Yes. When William Vannoy Criswell asked for Polly, he hemmed and hawed, but finally said "Yes". When Joe Criswell asked for Sarah Ann, he said, "No, three stalks of corn in one hill will not make anything but nubbins", but they were married anyway."

Joe was probably named for Joseph Eve who lived on Richland Creek, near Barbourville, KY in 1820. He was the very first person listed in the Know Co., KY, 1820 census. Since JY Criswell was also living there in 1820, on State Rd, and named a son Joseph Eve Criswell 7 years later, the two men both of whom were 26 to 45, must have been at least good friends, if not related by blood or marriage. Mexican War Reference:

In 1852, Gov. Bell gave a character reference for Joe by saying, "Among his fellow soldiers he was in the main a good one. He was fond of trading and running horses, or trafficking, etc., and participated in all the little amusements legitimate in camp. He was considered a wild young man, but generally esteemed a fit associate by his fellow soldiers. He was under my immediate command, and subject daily to my inspection of the manner in which he performed his duties as such."

Civil War:

Private enlisted 7-1-1861, in Capt. Robert J. Carr's Fayette State Rights Guard, Mounted Infantry, Texas State Troops . Rank and file shows 53 men with headquarters at Oso, Fayette Co., Texas.

1850 Census Fayette County, Texas

#413
Joseph Criswell 23 m Ky
Sarah 19 f Tenn
Anderson 1 m Tex

Died:
Buried in Lampassas, Texas

Joseph married Sarah Ann McMicken on 31 May 1848. Sarah (daughter of Andrew John McMicken and Elizabeth A Faires) was born on 8 Aug 1831 in Tennessee; died on 14 Oct 1883 in Pine Springs, Fayette County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2471

Andrew married Sarah Trimble on 20 May 1847 in Plum Grove, Fayette County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]