Phillip R Goodbread & Family

Phillip R Goodbread was the son of John Goodbread and Mary Ledbetter. The latter is our direct ancestor, 5 X great-grandmother. Mary's first husband was John Bradley (our direct line) who died on 24 June 1778 in North Carolina. 36-year-old Mary was left with 4 sons below 10 years of age (Johnson, James, Isaac, and Edward), 1 girl, Polly, age 13, 3 sons age about 15/16 (George Walton, John, and Thomas) and another son, John Jr..

⚭ On 23 April 1779, Mary Ledbetter Bradley married Mr. John Goodbread (1) in Rutherford Township, Rutherford, North Carolina. The second spouse was about 11 years junior to Mary. He was born in about 1753 in Orange, NC, to Mr. Philippus Gutbrodt and his wife Mary Catherine Braun.

John and Mary's children were born:
Sarah - in abt 1780
Catherine Wharton - 1780
John Jr. - 1781
Thomas - 1782
🏠 The family lived in Rutheford, NC (2,3).

Phillip R Goodbread, born in about 1786,  was the youngest child of John and Mary's.

On ⚭ 19 December 1812 (4, 4.1), Phillip married Nancy Webb, his second wife, in Burke, NC.  

 

marriage license

 

Phillip R. had a son by the name of Joseph, who was born in about 1809 by Phillip's first wife (whose name is unknown). Later, Phillip and Nancy's children came to this world:

• Thomas - 1813
• Minerva Eliza - born in abt. 1815
• John - born in abt. 1818,
• Nancy Mathilda - 1820
• Sarah - 1821.

Nancy Webb Goodbread, Phillip's wife, died in 1823.

 

Phillip and children had moved to Alabama by 30 March 1830. On that day, Phillip's daughter Mary Louisa was born in Marengo, Alabama. Her mother was Mary (Polly) Hanson.

⚭ 4 July 1830, Phillip married Polly (5). I do not know why the lady's surname mentioned in the marriage record is given as Goodbread. An error, or perhaps, she had been married to another Goodbread man before? 

⚭ 26 January 1831 - Minerva Elisabeth, age about 16,  married Mr. Daniel Bird in Marengo, Alabama (6). Daniel was the son of Mr. Abraham Bird and Ms.  Sarah Gaines. He was about 6 years older than Miverva, and was born on 23 January 1809 in Telfair, Laurens County, Georgia.

marriage bond - Daniel Bird

marriage record - Minerva and Daniel

⚭ 27-year-old Thomas married Malinda Brewer on 27 May 1833 (7). Malinda was born in Marengo, Alabama, in abt 1810, to Matthew H Brerwer and Mary Hammond.

👉 Phillip, Polly and their child came to Texas in 1834. According to the records, at first, they most likely settled in Gonzales County.

His elder children came to Texas in later years.

⚭ Nancy Mathilda was married in abt 1840 to Creed Taylor (born 10 April 1820 in Giles Town, Shelby, Tennessee), the son of Josiah Taylor and  Hephzibeth Luker.

⚭ Sarah was married in abt 1838, in NC to Martin C West, born in 1814, in Walton, Georgia.

Joseph, the eldest son of Phillip's, married Susan Johanna E Todd (born in abt 1822 in Georgia). She was the daughter of William Henry Todd, Sr. and Martha "Patsey" Holder. Joseph met his tragic end in abt. 1840 in Shelby County, TX when he was shot to death in broad daylight. At the moment of his death, Joseph was unarmed. I will come back to it in another post as his death ignited a lethal conflict due to which other family members suffered as well.

👉 1840 - Phillip R Goodbread was listed among the land owners who did not pay taxes  to the Republic of Texas for the land in Gonzales County (8).

👉 Minerva Elizabeth had came with her family to Wilson County, TX by 25 Dec 1842. On that day, she gave birth to her son George Washington Bird.

👉 1845 - a piece of land granted to Phillip in Montgomery County.
👉 18 Nov 1845 the land patent of the land piece in Montgomery, originally granted to Phillip, was in the General Land Office "ready for delivery". It was announced in the Texas national Register from November until December (**) Did Phillip Goodbread collect the grant? I am not sure about what had occured as there are no records regarding his stay/taxes collected in Montgomery county. On the other hand, (among others) Phillip Goodbread was mentioned in the tax records in Grimes county.

👉 1846 - Phillip rendered 4428 acres in Grimes County. The land was worth $2, 214 (9).

👉 1847 - He still had 4428 acres of land in Grimes County, Texas (10).

👉 - Phillip Goodbread paid taxes in Addison, Dallas, TX, for 2 horses and 140 head of cattle. (11)

👉 1848 - Grimes County, TX  - Phillip had 4428 acres worth $2214 (12).

In the same year, John Goodbread, Phillip's son died. I do not know any details regarding John's departure.

More tax records in which Phillip Goodbread was listed:

👉 1849 - taxes calculated in Bexar, Bexar, TX - no land or property was mentioned (13).
👉 1849 - Gonzales, Gonzales - taxes for 1476 acres of land worth $370 (14),

👉 1849 - Bexar, Bexar County - Phillip paid $1 for poll tax (15).

👉 1849 - Phillip Goodbread paid taxes for 4428 acres in Grimes County, TX (16). At that time the land he had was only worth $1107.

🏡 4 September 1850 - Phillip (age 65), Polly (age 57),  Eliza (age 18), and Phillip West (age 9) lived in Walker County, Texas (17).

⚭ 27 July 1851 Louisa married Mr. John Douglas Gillespie in Bexar, Bexar County, TX (18). John was born in 1822, in Alabama, to George Gillespie and Mary Elizabeth McAdams.

👉 1852 - Phillip paid taxes for 5 horses and 100 head of cattle, 1 wagon and 50 hogs, in Bexar County, TX. John Gillespie, his son-in-law - in the same county - had 7 horses and 40 head of cattle (19).

👉 1853 - Phillip Goobread owned 4428 acres (value = $2200) Grimes County
Phillip Goodbread Jr (?) had 1476 acres (value = $740) in Gonzales County (20).
 

Later tax records regarding Phillip Goodbread:

👉 1855 - He had 1478 acres in Bexar (the land value was $2000) (21),

In 1856, Phillip Goodbread paid taxes for 1476 acres (worth $1500) in Guadalupe County, TX. He also had 18 horses, 610 head of cattle, 1 wagon, 125 hogs (22, 23).
1857 - the tax record mentioned 1428 acres in Grimes County owned by Phillip. The land estaimated value was $300 (24).
👉 1858 - 4498 acres of land, worth $3000, in Grimes County  (25),
👉 1858 - 400 acres of land (on Cibolo Stream) worth $600, originally granted to Morris May (26). In that year, Phillip' tax expenses also covered 400 acres in Bexar County. The land was originally granted to Morris May. He also ownedd 10 horses, 100 head of cattle (27).

 

 

⚭ 5 July 1859, Louisa remarried - her second spouse was Oliver Lightfoot (28).

🏡 12 July 1860 - Phillip (age 73) lived with the family of Oliver (age 32) and Mary S Lightfoot (age 27), and Cebillie (age 9) Gillespie in Wilson, Bexar, TX (29).


Thomas Goodbread had come to Texas by 1860. he settled in Guadalupe County (30)

👉 1861 - Phillip still had 4428 acres (worth $4428) in Grimes (31)

♦ 15 June 1867 - Nancy Matilda Goodbread Taylor, Phillip's daughter, passed at the age of 47 in Wilson, TX. She had came to Texas with her family in  about 1839.

♦ 22 Sept 1867 - another child of Phillip's - Minerva Elizabeth Goodbread Bird died in Montgomery/Wilson County, TX (32).


♦ Phillip R Goodbread passed in 1870, in Wilson, Bexar, TX.

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Texas National Register. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 47, Ed. 1, Saturday, November 29, 1845, newspaper, November 29, 1845; Washington, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth80141/: accessed April 23, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.

Texas National Register. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 49, Ed. 1, Wednesday, December 17, 1845, newspaper, December 17, 1845; Washington, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth80143/: accessed April 23, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.

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1."North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-2011 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21B-XX6Q : Sat Mar 09 10:30:02 UTC 2024), Entry for John Goodbread and Mary Bradly, 23 Apr 1779.
2. "United States, Census, 1820", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGS-HQX : Sat Jul 20 03:23:44 UTC 2024), Entry for Mary Goodbread, 1820.
3. "United States, Census, 1810", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL9-N3M : Fri Oct 04 20:09:31 UTC 2024), Entry for Mary Goodbread, 1810.
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4.1 "North Carolina, Marriages, 1759-1979", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29D-1H14 : 14 February 2020), Phillip Goodbread, 1812.
5. "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ69-2XL : 13 February 2020), Polly Goodbread in entry for Philip Goodbread, 1830
6. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZS-LMPQ : Tue Mar 05 04:46:03 UTC 2024), Entry for Daniel Bird and Minerva Goodbread, 26 Jan 1831.
7. "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ69-LZB : 13 February 2020), Thomas Goodbread, 1833.
8.  Texas Centinel. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 28, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 17, 1841, newspaper, June 17, 1841; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth80053/: accessed April 4, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
9. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QG-ZP7H : Wed Mar 06 09:36:34 UTC 2024), Entry for Philip Goodbread, 1846.
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11. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8P-VHY5 : Sun Mar 10 17:16:58 UTC 2024), Entry for Phillip R Goodbread, 1847.
12. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QG-ZPN1 : Sun Mar 10 09:09:53 UTC 2024), Entry for Phillip Goodbread, 1848.
13. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBMK-5JD : Sun Mar 10 22:31:23 UTC 2024), Entry for Philip R Goodbread, 1849.
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15. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBMK-5JD : Sun Mar 10 22:31:23 UTC 2024), Entry for Philip R Goodbread, 1849.
16. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QG-ZT7Z : Sun Mar 10 02:45:50 UTC 2024), Entry for Phillip Goodbread, 1849.
17. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLP-4H3 : Sun Jan 12 19:44:56 UTC 2025), Entry for Phillip Goodbread and Polly Goodbread, 1850.
18. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL83-LY6 : Sat Mar 09 21:04:59 UTC 2024), Entry for John Gillespie and Louisa Goodbread, 22 Jul 1851.
19. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBMK-B7H : Sun Mar 10 12:15:11 UTC 2024), Entry for Philip Goodbread, 1852.
20. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBM2-92Q : Wed Jan 15 21:53:27 UTC 2025), Entry for Phillip Goodbread, 1853.
21. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBM2-CGQ : Sun Mar 10 04:04:05 UTC 2024), Entry for Philip ? Goodbread, 1855.
22. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QG-D1N3 : Sun Mar 10 16:01:16 UTC 2024), Entry for P R Goodbread, 185
23. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QG-DB32 : Sat Mar 09 19:59:21 UTC 2024), Entry for P R Goodbread, 1856.
24. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBM2-VJ1 : Mon Jan 20 06:05:17 UTC 2025), Entry for Phillip Goodbread, 1857.
25. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBM2-ZG6 : Mon Jul 08 16:01:17 UTC 2024), Entry for Phillip Goodbread, 1858.
26. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBM2-CXY : Thu Mar 07 12:21:02 UTC 2024), Entry for Philip Goodbread, 1858.
27. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBM2-CXY : Thu Mar 07 12:21:02 UTC 2024), Entry for Philip Goodbread, 1858.
28. "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6BH-1M6 : 22 January 2020), Mary Louise Gillespie in entry for Oliver Lightfoot, 1859.
29. "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXF1-WTC : Mon Jul 08 22:29:17 UTC 2024), Entry for Olivar Lightfoot and Mary S Lightfoot, 1860."United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLP-4H3 : Sun Jan 12 19:44:56 UTC 2025), Entry for Phillip Goodbread and Polly Goodbread, 1850.
30. "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFL-7W2 : Mon Jul 08 22:51:30 UTC 2024), Entry for Tho Goodbread and Melinda Goodbread, 1860.
31. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QG-8H2M : Fri Mar 08 13:39:31 UTC 2024), Entry for Philip Goodbread, 1861.
32. "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKN-SJG7 : Thu Apr 03 08:16:42 UTC 2025), Entry for Minerva Elizabeth Goodbread Bird, 1867.

Photos: August 2020

Lockhart Brothers & Family

Initially, I was planning to write about John W Lockhart only. Reading about the man, I came across some info regarding his brothers as well.

John W Lockhart was born in Alabama on 16 February 1834. He was the son of Samuel Webster Lockhart (born on 15 January 1806 in Tennessee) and Harriet Jane Riley (born on 16 January 1916 in North Carolina). 

Samuel and Harriet were married on 13 May 1833. It happened in Morgan, Alabama (0).

John W was the eldest child in his family. He had 8 siblings. By 1853, the parents and children had relocated to Polk County, Texas. 

♦ John's mother Harriet passed at the age of 37, on 23 August 1853. John was 8 years old then.

Three years later, John's father married again. His second wife was Josephina Christena Graham (born on 11 October 1833 in Mississippi). 

In about 1857, 23-year-old John W Lockhart married Miss Eveline Melissa Loper (born on 19 February 1840 in Alabama). They had a daughter, Harriet Elizabeth, born on 11 November 1857.

🏠 In 1860, John lived with his wife and daughter in Justice Precinct #9, post office Morganville, Polk, TX. He worked as a turner. His brother Charles W (age 21) lived with John's family. The brothers' father, Samuel W, a farmer (age 44), lived with their stepmother Josephine (age 26)
in the nearby household (1) with their other siblings Wesley W (age 14), Samuel W (age 16), Josiah I (age 9), Harriet (age 7), Marilda (age 5), Nancy L. (age 3), and baby Thomas (6 months).

On 8 March 1862, John was recruited into the CA Company K, 5th Texas Infantry, Hood's Brigade (2).

A few months later, Private John W Lockhart got sick and passed on ♦ 31 May 1862 in Virginia. He was buried in the Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA.

More about:

• 5th Texas Infantry: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/fifth-texas-infantry 
• Hood's Texas Brigade:  https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hoods-texas-brigade

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George Webster Lockhart (born on 5 August 1835, Alabama) married Nancy L Loper on ⚭ 25 November 1857, in Polk, TX (3). Nancy was Eveline's sister, mentioned above. George and Nancy had one son (4) John W (born on 18 January 1859 in Polk, TX). 

According to the info given on findagrave.com, George W Lockhart died prematurely at the age of 24, on ♦ 31 January 1860, while rolling a log of wood.

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Charles H Lockhart (born on 27 December 1837, Alabama) married Melissa Liza (Elizabeth) Pace on ⚭ 6 May 1861 (5) in Tyler, TX. Melissa was born on 6 March 1842, she was the daughter of Milliner E Pace and Martha E. Herrin.

Like his elder brother John, Charles worked as a turner. And together with John, on 8 March 1862, the man was enlisted into the CA Company K, 5th Texas Infantry, Hood's Brigade. 

On ➕ 7 May, Charles was wounded at Eltham Landing, in Virginia. 

The soldier was given a 20-day furlough, which he spent at home. Later, in August 1862, Charles was treated at the Winder Hospital in Richmond, as he had some fingers cut off in an accident. 

The man came back home to Texas in December of the same year and he did not return to his unit on time. Later, he was recorded on Capt. B F Lilley's Cavalry Company list of pardoned deserters. 

 

Subsequently, on 1 January 1864, Private Charles W Lockhart was attached to Company K, Morgan's Cavalry, Texas Transportation Corps (6,7).

 

 

The soldier was back home on furlough in October 1864 (from Anderson, Magnolia, TX). The company was disbanded by the order of Gen. Magruder in May 1865 and surrendered in Galveston by E Kirby Smith, on 2 June 1865.

 

🏠 In August 1870, Charles, a farmer (age 29), his wife Melissa (age 26), and their children were registered during the census in Polk County, TX. The children mentioned in the record were: Charles W (born in March 1862), Nancy Elizabeth (born on 7 March 1864), Mary (born in 1866), and Josephine (born on 30 September 1868).

At that time, Charles' father Samuel W lived with his second wife, and children (Jackson, age 20; Nancy, age 12; Thomas, age 10; Jane, age 5; Martha, age 2) lived next to Charles's household. His brother Samuel Jr. (age 24) had his house on the other side. Samuel Jr. was also a farmer. He lived there with his wife Sarah (age 23), and their one-year-old daughter Matilda (8).

 

By the day of the 1870 census, in the same year, the brothers' younger half-sister ♦ Marilda had passed at the age of about 13. After the census, Charles and Mellisa's daughter ♦ Mary left this world as well.

In later years, Charles moved with his family to 🏠 Justice Precinct #3, Pennington, Tyler, TX (9). More children had been born to Charles and Mellisa: John Wesley (on 2 May 1871), Elmer - Emma Jane (on 3 January 1873), Sam W (14 November 1876), and Mattie (8 March 1882).

🏘 In 1900, Charles' son John Wesley (age 29) lived nearby with his wife Willie (age 20, born 20 November 1871 in TX) and their 3 children: Edgar (born 2 August 1896), Hattie (born 12 November 1898), and Abie (born 22 November 1899).

Charles H Lockhart died at the age of 63, on ♦ 23 May 1901.

More about:

• The Battle of Eltham's Landing: https://www.mycivilwar.com/battles/620507.html
• Winder Hospital: https://www.civilwarrichmond.com/hospitals/winder-hospital 
• Morgan's Texas Cavalry Battalion: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/morgans-texas-cavalry-battalion 
•  E Kirby Smith: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/smith-edmund-kirby 
  

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Wesley W Lockhart (born on 7 March 1844), was enlisted into the CA on 28 March 1862 in Polk County, TX. He was a Private at Company K, 5th Texas Infantry, Hood's Brigade (10). The young man got sick during the service and died as a result of it on ♦ 6 June 1862. He was buried in the Hollywood cemetery in Richmond, VA.

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Samuel Webster Lockhart Jr. (born 7 May 1846, Morgan, Alabama). On 25 April 1864, Sam joined Company K, Morgan's Texas Cavalry Regiment. The man contracted typhoid fever during the service and on 3 June of the same year was sent on sick furlough which lasted till the end of the war.

In about ⚭ 1868, Sam married Miss Sarah C Harrison (born in 1846, Mississippi). She was the daughter of Albert Jeremiah Harrison and Matilda Caroline Guines.

 

🏠 By 23 June 1880, he had relocated to Beat #4, Larissa, Cherokee, TX, where he farmed and settled with his family: wife Sarah, and their children Mary Matilda (age 10), John (age 8), Thomas (age 6), Sarah (age 4), and Martha (age 1). The family had a boarder by the name of Alexander Cole (age 28), who was a miller (11).

Sam W Jr. died on ♦ 23 September 1887 in Cleveland, Liberty, TX. According to the info on findagrave.com, the man was robbed and killed after the sale of his crops.

Sources:

"There never were such men before: the Civil War soldiers and veterans of Polk County, Texas, 1861-1865" by Ruth Peebles, Polk County Historical Commission, Livingstone, TX, 1987.

0. "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRVC-3G8 : Fri Oct 20 03:00:30 UTC 2023), Entry for Saml W Lockhart and Harriet J Raley, 13 May 1833.

1. ."United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFG-LLS : Thu Oct 05 18:56:43 UTC 2023), Entry for John W Lockhart and Evelina Lockhart, 1860.

2. https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=1AAEEDB3-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A

3. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6B4-3LX : Sat Dec 09 08:08:05 UTC 2023), Entry for George W. Lockhart and Nancy Loper, 25 Nov 1857.

4. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3W9-PHC : Tue Nov 28 02:03:52 UTC 2023), Entry for John W Lockhart and George Lockhart, 7 Mar 1913.

5. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MK-HSX : 22 January 2020), C. C. Lockhart, 1861.

6. https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=15AEEDB3-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A

7. https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=0AAEEDB3-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A

8. "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGC-D9J : Thu Oct 05 21:08:39 UTC 2023), Entry for Charles Lockhart and Melissa Lockhart, 1870.

9. "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M35L-ZDQ : Fri Oct 06 09:39:04 UTC 2023), Entry for Charley Lockhart and Malissa L Lockhart, 1900.

10. https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=1AAEEDB3-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A

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Photos taken during our walk 05/08 August 2020

    

One Man of Polk County, TX

 A note dedicated to one Polk County man (a non-relative of ours) to help him be remembered.

George W Goodwin was born on 15 November 1826 in Georgia. Who his parents were, I do not know.
George moved to Alabama, where he married 17-year-old Nacy J Bigham Shropshire (born on 26 March 1830 in Alabama). The marriage ceremony took place on 5 November 1847. in Tallapoosa (1). 

Marriage bond issued for George

Marriage record

About a year later, on ♦ 3 December, George and Nancy's first son James Thaddeus was born (2). 

17 October 1850 - Census clerk recorded George W, a 22-year-old carpenter, Nancy - age 20, their son - age 1, and a 25-year-old lodger by the name of Thomas Heard, born in Scotland. The latter was a carpenter as well. They lived in Coosa District, Alabama (3). 

Next month on the ♦ 15th day of November, the second son Joseph E. was born to George.

♦ 28 November 1852 - daughter Mary Elisabeth Missouri was born to the young couple. 

By 16 August 1860, George Goodwin and his family had relocated to Justice Precinct#1, Polk County, Texas. The census of that year recorded a new family member, a baby girl by the name of Francis M Taylor, who was born 9 months earlier (4).

Soon, in November 1860, in Moscow, TX, George was enlisted in the Confederate Army. Private Goodwin served with the Moscow Guards Cavalry, Texas State Troops. The company was drilled under the agreement to join the active service when needed. 

Sadly, on ♦ 12 February 1861, George died (5) after a few months in the cavalry.

George W Goodwin's life was cut short at the age of 34. He was born, lived, and died, and he was someone special to the people who loved him. 🌸

PS
I have also found a record of George W Goodwin, Private, who served in Texas (6) with Company  H, 1st Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Yager's) (1st Mounted Rifles) and Company E, 8th Battalion, Texas Cavalry (Taylor's Battalion, Mounted Rifles).       

       
Source:
1. "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29F2-K31 : 19 February 2021), George W Goodwin and Nancy J B Shropshire, 05 Oct 1847; citing Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,302,444.
2. familysearch.org
3. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHPB-SVX : 19 December 2020), George W Goodwin, Coosa, Alabama, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFG-JH7 : 18 February 2021), George W Goodwin, 1860.
5. "There never were such men before: the Civil War soldiers and veterans of Polk County, Texas, 1861-1865" by Ruth Peebles, Polk County Historical Commission, Livingstone, TX, 1987.
6. Soldiers and Sailors Database - National Park

Mr. Kin Davis' Family Photo Mystery Solved!

Some time ago, I posted a photo that I had found in Aunt Lula's album. The picture seemed to be taken in the 1850s or 60s (possibly in Texas as all the other photos in the album) and it was labeled by the aunt in two ways: Mr. Kin Davis family and Mr. Ben Davis family. Since the first one was written with ink and the latter one with a pencil, I assumed, the ink version was the right one. However, I had no idea who  Mr. Kin Davis could be. Besides, Kin could have been a short form of a first or a middle name. The person had to have some connection to Texas. It was important - aunt Lula + family lived in the state and all other photos of Lula's album were taken in Texas too. Quite a puzzle it was, anyway.

The name Davis appears in the family tree many times, but I had not come across any man of such first name: Kin. I tried to trace that given name and surname on the Internet. There was the Kincheloe surname in a distant family tree branch, so at first, I thought 'Kin' could stand for a short form of 'Kincheloe'. On the other hand, most Kincheloe and Davis persons in the family tree which I had found were from Virginia. To make the story short, going gradually from a person to a person in that distant branch + searching the net, I discovered Jesse Kincheloe Davis. He moved with his parents (Warren Davis and Mary Kincheloe) from Alabama to Texas. However, it could not be "our" Mr. Kin Davis. Jesse Kincheloe Davis (1802-1869) had quite a few sons but not a surviving daughter. In the picture you can see clearly there are at least two girls (the baby might be a boy or a girl) and a few-year-old boy.

So I kept on searching. And........... finally, I found something! Jesse's wife Eliza (1819-1875) - her maiden name was Davis too. Her brother was William Kinchen Davis. According to my discoveries, Eliza Davis and William Kinchen Davis were children of Mr. Kincheon William Davis and Miss Frances Pleasants.

I studied the information on Mr. William Kinchen Davis life story (which I found on the Internet), the number of children which he had, how old they all would have been when the picture was taken and all matched! I found our Mr. Kin! Strange but I felt peace then. The unknown and forgotten was no longer an anonymous person whose name had faded away.

William Kinchen Davis was born on November 11, 1822, in Morgan, Alabama. When he was 8, (in February 1830), he came with his family to Texas. The Davis family settled in the area of the nowadays Fort Bend County. At the age of 14, William Kinchen helped to build the fort by the Brazos River. Except for other campaigns, William Kinchen took part in the Somervell expedition in 1842 and was badly wounded at Ciudad Mier (Mier expedition). He was one of the Texans captured by the Mexican troops and one of the prisoners who marched to Salado. At some point, he managed to escape. Unfortunately, then was captured again. When in Salado, Mr. Kin and other Texan prisoners were forced to draw beans - their lives were at stake. Luckily, William Kinchen drew a white bean - so he was not shot. Together with other men who happened to draw a white bean, he was made to march to Mexico City. Then they were put in Perote Prison. Mr. Kin worked in a chain gang there till the day when he was released - it was on September 16, 1844. William Kinchen (and all other Texans who managed to survive the imprisonment) was given a dollar that was supposed to help him get back home (1500 miles from the place where the prison was). I do not know how he did that, but he finally arrived in Richmond in Texas.

On July 19,1848, Mr. Kin married Miss Eloniza (?) Jane Pickens (born in Kentucky around 1838). She was a daughter of John Harris Pickens and Eleanor Elizabeth Cooper. The marriage took place in Fort Bend, Texas.

Kin and Jane had five children.

• Frances 'Fannie' - born circa 1849 - passed away at the age of three.
• John Harris Pickens - born on February 11, 1851,
• Eleanor (called Nola) - born in 1852,
• Kinchen William - born in (circa) 1855,
• Archietta - born on June 15, 1857.

The first from the left possibly is John, then Kinchen, Mr. Kin (William Kinchen) Davis - the father, Miss Jane Davis (the mother), baby Archietta, and the oldest daughter Nola.

It seems that (in the photo) Nola is older than John, and in somebody's online records it was stated that her year of birth was 1846. Considering the year given on Nola's gravestone (1852) and the date of marriage of Mr. Kin and Jane's, 1846 seems doubtful.  The picture was taken at the end of 1857 or the beginning of 1858.

Mrs. Jane Davis died in 1960.  Five years later, on March 5, 1865, Mr. Kinchen married S. Jane Green. The Census record of 1960 shows that Miss S. Jane Green lived in Kinchen and Jane's household then. However, I have not come across any other information on that lady.

Kinchen William Davis (captain) passed away at his home in Richmond on August 2, 1891. In the obituary (sources-link no.6) he was described as a good and noble husband, father and citizen, a kind, generous and quiet man. According to that magazine piece, Mr. Kinchen was also a successful, respected, and trusted businessman.

What about the children?

John Harris Pickens was involved in cattle endeavors and banking. He became a judge - a most prominent citizen of Fort Bend. John married Susan Elizabeth Ryon (born December 10, 1855, in Texas)  on February 10, 1875.

They had three children:

• Daisy Belle (Nov. 22, 1875 - June 15, 1878).
• Mary Elizabeth (Sept. 13, 1877 - d. May 27, 1971, in Richmond, Fort Bend, Texas) - she married Albert Payton George (b. Oct.7, 1873 Hungerford, Wharton, Texas - d. April 5, 1955, Houston, Harris, Texas). They had a son Davis who died when he was little (b. Sept.19, 1897- d. July 19, 1899).
• Thomas Walter (Sept. 7, 1879 - May 31, 1922)  - born and died in Fort Bend, TX.

John's first wife Elizabeth died on October 30, 1844. After a few years, he remarried. The second wife was Belle Ryon. The marriage ceremony took place on  Nov. 22, 1888.

Eleanora married Bartlet Abner Hinson (born in Georgia 1845, d.1909) on October 8, 1879. In a newspaper article extract (obituary of John's), I have found some information on their sons, Walter and Gus. Eleanora passed away in 1921.

Kinchen William married Rachel Eliza Glassock (b. Sept. 18. 1854 in Texas, died in October 1944) in 1875. Rachel's father was Benjamin Glassock of Louisiana. Kinchen was also in the cattle business.

On Saturday, July 17, he left his cattle at Rosenberg to visit family in town. Kinchen missed the last train and was not able to get back to his cattle. The man tried to stop the train, when it did not work, he made an attempt to get on the running train. Unfortunately, Kinchen William missed it and the train dragged him under a carriage, on the railway track. Both of his legs were crushed, his head was badly wounded. Next day, on Sunday, August 18, 1888, around three o'clock, Mr. Kinchen William Davis passed away.

Kinchen William and Rachel had one daughter (Edna) and four sons William Harris, Thomas McGee, Eugene Wheat, and John Mitchell).

Archietta (Archetto ?) married Walter Little Jones (b. Jan. 12, 1850, Texas-d. Nov. 20, 1885, Fort Bend, TX). The couple had three daughters (Jennie Ryon, Hattie E., Abbie) and four sons (Thomas Harris Little, William Eugene, Joe A., and Walter Little Jr.).

P.S.
Although Mr. Kinchen William Davis was a distant relative of our family, he and aunt Lula's folks must have been in touch (since she had that photograph in her family album). Well, they all lived in Texas. I am glad she kept the photograph. Quite a person Mr. Kin was. I have not only learned about a relative and his life story but also something else I had not known either. Meaning, interesting facts connected with the history of Texas.

UPDATE:

A note on Mr. Davis' horse was published in a local newspaper.

Clipping source: The Fort Bend Flag. (Richmond, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 11, 1877, newspaper, August 11, 1877; Richmond, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth181150/: accessed January 31, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. 

The same paper announces Mr. Davis cattle mark and brand

Clipping source: The Fort Bend Flag. (Richmond, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 11, 1877, newspaper, August 11, 1877; Richmond, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth181150/: accessed January 31, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
 

In the Archives, I came across some photographs of Mr. Kin Davis

 

Source: [William Kinchen Davis], photograph, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1008/: accessed January 29, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fort Bend Museum. 

 

1884 - Mr. Davis new house was built

 

 

Clipping source: Walford, J. H. The Nation. (Richmond, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, August 22, 1884, newspaper, August 22, 1884; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth181503/: accessed January 31, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.

 

Mr W. K. Davis in his later years 

Source: [William Kinchen Davis holding a cane], photograph, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth8276/: accessed January 29, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting George Ranch Historical Park.

 

Source: [Portrait of William Kinchen Davis], photograph, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1352/: accessed January 29, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fort Bend Museum. 

 

According to the Archives. the two photos were taken at a possible reunion of the Mier Expedition participants (or the American Legion of Honor) - Mr. Davis is sitting - front row, the first from the right.

Source: [William Kinchen Davis and fifteen other men], photograph, [1878..1882]; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth8272/: accessed January 29, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting George Ranch Historical Park. 

Mr. Kin Davis is third from the left, bottom row - The Veterans of the Mier Expedition (?) or of the Legion of Honor.

Source:  A possible reunion of the survivors of the Mier Expedition., photograph, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth488/: accessed January 29, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fort Bend Museum. 

Perhaps, the occasion was not a reunion? I came across a note that reported a shooting tournament - a match and rematch - between teams chosen by W. L. Jones and  Capt. Goss.

W. L. Jones was  Mr. Davis' son-in-law, the husband of Archietta Davis.

 

Clipping source: Walford, J. H. The Nation. (Richmond, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, February 13, 1885, newspaper, February 13, 1885; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth181507/: accessed January 31, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.

 

K. W. Davis in Jones' team was Kinchen William Davis, the son of William Kinchen Davis who was a participant of Capt. W. R. Goss side. The tournament took place in February 1885. 

 

W. L. Jones passed away a few months after the shooting contest, on 20 November 1885.

 

Mr. Davis' second wife - this portrait created by myself from the copy of the copperplate image of Mrs. Jane Green.

Source: [Copperplate image of Mrs. Jane Green], physical object, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth8334/: accessed January 29, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting George Ranch Historical Park.
 

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According to Mr. Kin Davis' funeral card, the man passed away on the 3rd August, not the 2nd.

Source: [Mourning card of Capt. W. K. Davis], text, August 3, 1891; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth8546/: accessed January 29, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting George Ranch Historical Park.

Sources:
1. Find A Grave
2. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MJ-SN5 : 5 December 2014), William K. Davis and E. Jane Pickens, 19 Jul 1848; citing , Fort Bend, Texas, , reference ; FHL microfilm 1,007,996.
3. United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLK-WQL : 12 April 2016), William Danis, Fort Bend county, part of, Fort Bend, Texas, United States; citing family 89, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFB-WPG : 26 July 2017), S J Green in entry for Wm R Davis, 1860.
5. United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGY-BJF : 12 April 2016), William K Davis, Texas, United States; citing p. 16, family 115, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,084.
6. http://genealogytrails.com/tex/gulfcoast/fortbend/obituaries/surnamesdtof.html
7. Texas State Historical Association
8. History of Fort Bend Count