1850 Census, Marion County, MS:
Thos Lee 30 M Farming SC
J. Lee 24 F MS
Jas J. Lee 4 M MS
G. Lee 3 F MS
E. Lee 1 M MS
Living 8 houses down from Elam Byrd.1860 Census, Tarkington Prairie, Liberty County, TX:
Elam Byrd 58 M Farmer 1000 SC
Elizabeth Byrd 55 F SC
Geo W. Byrd 26 M MS
Jos. C. Byrd 22 M MS
Susan Byrd 16 F MS
Thomas Lee 30 M SC
Jas. E. Lee 13 M MS
G. Lee 11 F MS
Elam W. Lee 7 M TX
George W. Lee 3 M TX
H. A. F. Lee 1 F TXLiving 6 houses down from Andrew J. Isaacks and his daughter, Nancy M. Isaacks who married James Alva Lee).
1870 Census, Meridian, Bosque County, TX
Lee Thomas 58 M W Farmer 350 SC
Lee Emily 24 F W Keeps H Ark
Lee James 23 M W Farm Laborer MS
Lee Eli 15 M W TX
Lee George 14 M W TX
Lee Hester A. 11 F W TXThomas was obviously not 58 in the 1870 census, it must be an error. He would have been around 38 to 40.
1880 Census, E. D. 9, Bosque County, TX:
Thomas LEE Self W Male W 46 SC Farming NC NC
Note: LDS transcription lists him as Thomas LUE but on the handwritten page it's obvious the surname is LEE.
1900 Census, 4-J Pct, Comanche County, TX:
Lee Thomas Head W M 1838 62 M 16 SC illegible illegible Farmer
Lee Mollie Wife W F 1864 36 M 16 2 2 AL illegible illegible
Lee Elsie Dau W F Aug 1886 13 S TX SC AL
Lee Ivey Dau W F Feb 1898 2 S TX SC ALLiving near Jesse C. Phillips and Annie and family
I have no idea when Thomas was actually born. He gives inconsistent ages in the censuses.
Thomas' great grandaughter Ola Lee Purswell stated that her grandfather James Alva Lee was of American Indian descent.
"Mollie" may have been Mollie Mitchell
1860 Census, Ellisville, Jones County, MS:
Robt Walters 46 M Farmer 250 406 SC
Quilly B. Walters 26 MS
Richard M. Walters 19 MS
Luvice A. Walters 17 F MS
Robt S. Walters 15 M MS
James W. Walters 13 M MS
Collins W. Walters 11 M MS
A. J. Walters 10 F MS
Henry R. Walters 7 M MS
Sarah A. Walters 5 F MS
Ransom Walters 1 M MS1880 Census, Jones County, MS:
Robert WALTERS Self M Male W 66 SC Farmer SC SC
Sarah WALTERS Wife M Female W 50 MS Keeping House SC SC
Harret J. WALTERS Dau S Female W 25 MS Without Occuption SC MS
Drucilla WALTERS Dau S Female W 24 MS Without Occuption SC MS
Francis E. WALTERS Dau S Female W 22 MS Without Occuption SC MS
Sarah WALTERS Dau S Female W 20 MS Without Occuption SC MS
Ranson WALTERS Son S Male W 19 MS Laborer SC MS
Parchania WALTERS Dau S Female W 11 MS SC MS
1860 Census, Ellisville, Jones County, MS:
Robt Walters 46 M Farmer 250 406 SC
Quilly B. Walters 26 MS
Richard M. Walters 19 MS
Luvice A. Walters 17 F MS
Robt S. Walters 15 M MS
James W. Walters 13 M MS
Collins W. Walters 11 M MS
A. J. Walters 10 F MS
Henry R. Walters 7 M MS
Sarah A. Walters 5 F MS
Ransom Walters 1 M MS1880 Census, Jones County, MS:
Robert WALTERS Self M Male W 66 SC Farmer SC SC
Sarah WALTERS Wife M Female W 50 MS Keeping House SC SC
Harret J. WALTERS Dau S Female W 25 MS Without Occuption SC MS
Drucilla WALTERS Dau S Female W 24 MS Without Occuption SC MS
Francis E. WALTERS Dau S Female W 22 MS Without Occuption SC MS
Sarah WALTERS Dau S Female W 20 MS Without Occuption SC MS
Ranson WALTERS Son S Male W 19 MS Laborer SC MS
Parchania WALTERS Dau S Female W 11 MS SC MS
1860 Census, Ellisville, Jones County, MS:
Robt Walters 46 M Farmer 250 406 SC
Quilly B. Walters 26 MS
Richard M. Walters 19 MS
Luvice A. Walters 17 F MS
Robt S. Walters 15 M MS
James W. Walters 13 M MS
Collins W. Walters 11 M MS
A. J. Walters 10 F MS
Henry R. Walters 7 M MS
Sarah A. Walters 5 F MS
Ransom Walters 1 M MS1880 Census, Jones County, MS:
Robert WALTERS Self M Male W 66 SC Farmer SC SC
Sarah WALTERS Wife M Female W 50 MS Keeping House SC SC
Harret J. WALTERS Dau S Female W 25 MS Without Occuption SC MS
Drucilla WALTERS Dau S Female W 24 MS Without Occuption SC MS
Francis E. WALTERS Dau S Female W 22 MS Without Occuption SC MS
Sarah WALTERS Dau S Female W 20 MS Without Occuption SC MS
Ranson WALTERS Son S Male W 19 MS Laborer SC MS
Parchania WALTERS Dau S Female W 11 MS SC MS
1850 Census, Jones County, MS:
WALTERS Herrin 67 M Farmer SC
WALTERS Ann 61 F SC
WALTERS Henry 22 M Farmer MS
WALTERS Isaac 20 M Farmer MS
WALTERS Archibald 18 M Farmer MS
WALTERS Irina 16 F MS
Birth and death dates from Social Security Death Index.
1910 Census, 3 J-Pct, Nacogdoches County, TX:
Haltom James H. Jr. Head M W 49 M1 24 TX TN TN TN Farmer General Farm
Haltom Mary C. Wife F W 41 M1 24 10 9 TX AL AL None
Haltom Ben Son M W 21 S TX TX TX Farmer General Farm
Haltom Lena Daughter F W 19? S TX TX TX
Haltom Allen Son M W 18? S TX TX TX Farm Labor Home Farm
Haltom Eugene Son M W 12 S TX TX TX Farm Labor Home Farm
Haltom Jewell Son M W 7 S TX TX TX None
Haltom Lilly B. Daughter 1 S TX TX TX None1920 Census, 3 J-Pct, Liberty County, TX:
Haltom James H. Head M W 58 M TX TX TX Farm Gen.
Haltom Mary C Wife F W 61 (or 64) M TX TX TX Housewife
Haltom Jamey B. Son 22 S TX TX TX Helper
Haltom Jewel Son 17 S TX TX TX Pupil
Haltom Lilly B. Daughter 11 S TX TX TX Pupil
Haltom Elva Daughter 8 S TX TX TX Pupil
Haltom Samuel P. Son 23 S TX TX TX (Looks like Genl Farm)
Haltom Eugene Son 21 S TX TX TX Home1930 Census, 3-J Pct, Liberty County, TX:
Holtom Jewel Head M W 27 M 23 TX TX TX Farmer General Farm
Holtom Luby Wife-H F W 29 M 25 TX TX TX None
Holtom Raymon Son M W 3 3/12 S TX TX TX None
Holtom Dorothy Daughter F W 2 1/12 S TX TX TX None
Holtom Doris Daughter F W 2 1/12 S TX TX TX None
Birth and death dates from Social Security Death Index.
Her name was spelled Lubye on her Social Security Application.
1910 Census, 3-Pct, Liberty County, TX:
Lee I. L. Head M W 37 M1 16 TX MS TX Teamster
Lee Carrie Wife F W 36 M1 16 9 5 TX AL
Lee Virgie Daughter F W 15 S TX TX TX
Lee Vernon Son M W 13 S TX TX TX
Lee Lubie Daughter F W 9 S TX TX TX
Lee Rufus Son M W 6 S TX TX TX
Lee Eddie Daughter F W 1 8/12? S TX TX TX1920 Census, 3-J Pct, Liberty County, TX:
Lee Virgie Head F W 25 S TX TX TX House Keeping
Lee Lubie Sister F W 18 S TX TX TX Helper
Lee Rufus Broth. M W 16 S TX TX TX Helper1930 Census, 3-J Pct, Liberty County, TX:
Holtom Jewel Head M W 27 M 23 TX TX TX Farmer General Farm
Holtom Luby Wife-H F W 29 M 25 TX TX TX None
Holtom Raymon Son M W 3 3/12 S TX TX TX None
Holtom Dorothy Daughter F W 2 1/12 S TX TX TX None
Holtom Doris Daughter F W 2 1/12 S TX TX TX None
From Libert County Texas birth records:
Haltom, Terry Wayne 1-23-1944 M Lubye Lee Jewel Ramon Haltom Liberty
I have other records that show this Jewel's middle name as Remum instead of Haltom and other records that show Terry's father was Jewel Raymond Haltom, son of Jewel Remus Haltom. I'm very confused and not sure which is correct.
Birth and death dates from Social Security Index.
Daniel is in the 1910 census of Nacogdoches County TX, listed as Oxsher, Dan 21 single Labor Saw Mill.
Living in the home of Mattie Oxsher, 78, listed as her nephew.1930 Census, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, TX:
Oxsheer Dan Head M W 41 M 39 TX TN AL Laborer Ice Plant
Oxsheer Virgie Wife-H F W 35 M 33 TX TX TX None
Information from Virgie's Social Security Application:
Name: Virgie Lee Oxsheer
Name at Birth: Virgie Lee
Place of Birth: Shepherd, San Jacinto, TX
Date of Birth: 6 27 1894
Present Age: 71
Mother's Full Name: Carrie Adelia Hues
Father's Full Name: Ira Levi Lee
Address: 117 Stone, Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
Today's date: 2-25-19661900 Census, 2-Pct, San Jacinto County, TX:
Lee Iry Head W M Mar 1873 27 M 7 TX MS TX Farm Laborer
Lee Cary A Wife W F Aug 1874 25 M 7 3 2 TX AL MS
Lee Virgie Daughter W F June 1894 6 S TX TX TX
Lee Vernen Son W M Aug 1896 3 S TX TX TX1910 Census, 3-Pct, Liberty County, TX:
Lee I. L. Head M W 37 M1 16 TX MS TX Teamster
Lee Carrie Wife F W 36 M1 16 9 5 TX AL
Lee Virgie Daughter F W 15 S TX TX TX
Lee Vernon Son M W 13 S TX TX TX
Lee Lubie Daughter F W 9 S TX TX TX
Lee Rufus Son M W 6 S TX TX TX
Lee Eddie Daughter F W 1 8/12? S TX TX TX1920 Census, 3-J Pct, Liberty County, TX:
Lee Vergie Head F W 25 S TX TX TX House Keeping
Lee Lubie Sister F W 18 S TX TX TX Helper
Lee Rufus Broth. M W 16 S TX TX TX Helper1930 Census, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, TX:
Oxsheer Dan Head M W 41 M 39 TX TN AL Laborer Ice Plant
Oxsheer Virgie Wife-H F W 35 M 33 TX TX TX None
From the book A Texas Family the Barclays
from Rowan County North Carolina in 1756 to Tyler County Texas in 2000:James Walter Barclay b. 1816 in TN, d. was the son of Walter Barclay
b.1774 Rowan County, North Carolina d. Tyler County Texas and Elizabeth
McQueen Barclay b.Feb 11, 1790 Madison County, Kentucky d. Tyler County
Texas. His brothers and sisters and their spouses were Robert b. 1805 d.
who married Sarah McKinsey, Anderson who married Sarah Prathar, John b.
1814 Tn who marriedLouisa Jane Priutt b. 1829 Tn d. 1881, David, Jerimiah
-Todd, Milton, Mary b.1818 Ala who married James Beven b.1816 Ky and
Louisa J. b.1828 Ala who married Humley Jennings b. 1828 Md.Barclay and his wife, Virginia America Foster, made their home in the
Harmony area of Tyler County, near Woodville, Texas. Their home stands
today, having had continuous occupancy by descendants. His children and
their spouses were:Jane Elizabeth b. 1841 who married Charles W Bullock, whose first wife was Isabella Scott,
Arvarilla b. 1843 d. 1932 who married Landon Risinger (casulty of the Civil War), and,
Mary Lewis b. 1845 d. 1933 who married Thomas Boston Beaty,
Sara Anderson b. 1847 d.1936 who married James Lindsay,
James Walter Jr. b. 1850 d.1907 who married Katherine Kincaid, Tennessee
Ann b. 1851 da. 1935 who married William Allison,
John M. b. 1851 da. 1905,
Napolean Bonaparte b. 1856 d. 1936 who married Marta Estell ,
America b. 1858 d. 1884 married ,
Phoebe Arizona b. 1859 d. 194? Thomas Beaty Bevel,
William F b. 1861 d. 1904 married Ida Phillips,
Charles B. b. 1866 d. married Durham.James W Barclay is conceded to be the first white man to step foot in Tyler County. He was the agent to the Alabama, Chautaha, and Muskagee Indians, and considered by them to be their white father. He supported his family with the earnings from his farm. He was a pioneer settler in Tyler County and a founding father of Woodville, Texas. His attainments in public service included; tax assessor and collector, sheriff, county judge and congressman. He introduced the legislation that established the
reservation for the Alabama Indians on the property that they called the Jim Barclay village in Polk County near Wood Creek and Bear Creek, half way between the east Texas cities of Woodville in Tyler County and Livingston in Polk County. Barclay served in congress during the session when the vote came for sessession, which led to the war between the states, called the Civil War. He and only a handful of others voted against sessission, because it would be a war against the united states which texas could not win, and it would cost Texas lives. He would not sign the oath to the confederacy
and resigned his office.that day. Later he was re-elected by his constituency. James Barclay and the Alabama Indiansfrom The Sunday Enterprise, Beaumont December 15, 1935 ( edited by TLBPope 1/1/1999)Dr. W.W. Anderson of Kountze told the story of the Alabama Indians as his grandfather James Barclay told it. The story is told by Dr.W.W. Anderson of Kountze as told by his grandfather, James Barclay, who was among the first few white men in what is now Tyler County. James Barclay, veteran of San Jacinto and Indian agent for the Alabamas, and appointed by the Republic and Texas gave details to J.R. Bevil of Kountze before his death in the seventies.
It sheds light on the Alabamas when they were seeking a permanent home. They settled in Polk County, were granted ownership by Texas. Today they number about 250. One of the first white men to see the Alabamas in Texas was James Barclay. A young man, he came from Hoover^Òs Gap, Tennessee to seek a new home and got in the scrap with Mexico. He and his father were warm
friends and distant kin of Sam Houston in Tennessee. Barclay first found the Indians at Peach Tree Village. They became friends. Barclay followed the cause of the Texas Republic in 1836.Fascinating is the picture of James Barclay stumbling across the Alabamas at Peach Tree village in the early days of 1835. Few white men had penetrated east Texas. He was accompanied on his lonesome westward trek by Josiah and John Wheat, prominent figures in pioneer Tyler county.
At Peach tree village the trio met a Mr. Hanks, who settled near Emilee on the Neches below Rockland.By 1837, the floodgates of immigration opened from the United States, and covered wagons poured in from Louisiana, for every part of Texas, but mostly along the Sabine, Neches, the Angelina and the Trinity. In 1837 the Alabamas moved from Peach Tree village. White men made it uncomfortable for them and they moved south and east to the forks of Big and Little Cypress Creeks in what became Tyler County. That location was home of the earliest Texas Indians on record, and camping place of theCherokees.
Barclay himself had to do with the selection of the camp site, because the government of Texas appointed him Indian agent to the Alabamas. Barclay, who returned to Tennessee for his family, moved to the Cypress Creek forks with the Indians.He was regarded by the red men as their
foremost white friend. While building his log cabin on the creek bank he lived with them.Dr. Anderson did not know his famous grandfather. He was friends with so many men who knew him well that it seems as if he got the story from Barclay. The Kountze physician lived for a time in the log house which James Barclay built in 1847 above the Cypress forks. The house remains today in one of the most beautiful natural settings in all of east Texas..... the sturdy dwelling , one of the finest remaining relics, in the east Texas pines, is where some of Texas^Ò most famous figuresvisited.
One day while working at home, several braves approached Barclay. They were running, and excited. He picked up his rifle and followed while they told their story. A severe fever beset the tribe. Dr. Anderson believes it was malaria, which attacked the white man and Indian alike in the
history of east Texas. Indians were dying. Malaria alone did not kill them as fast as their own methods of cures, however.
"Often", my grandfather told it, said Dr. Anderson, "the Alabamas, hot with fever, would submerge their entire bodies in the nearest stream, leaving only their noses out of water. They would leave the stream, and chill. Often pneumonia would follow". Charley Thompson, the chief who died in the tribal village on "Bear Creek" was probably the last man who could have given some of the original Alabama words.The Indians were highly excited, " he said. " In those days they wore feathers and put war paint on their faces." They were in full war regalia that day the group of bucks visited my grandfather. There was almost a state of civil war at the Indian village The divisions became hostile with each other. They went for Barclay. The Indians had not lived in teepees for years but in wooden huts.
Superstition cost human life.The Alabamas did not occupy the Cypress Creek land more than five or six years. In 1852, they moved. Barclay had much to do with this. They marched into one of the densest parts of the piney woods, on the edge of the Big thicket. They became peaceful, and were not heard from again for
five years.In 1859, when Texas had been a state about 14 years, the American government began its greatest push to remove Indians to the Indian territory. The tale is well known. They were promised the state to become Oklahoma. The Alabamas chief was Antone - one of the most stalwart figures in the Alabama story. Antone was against immigrating. Texas ordered Barclay to take representative members of the tribe to the territory to select a new home.
In an overland march, James Barclay and Charles Bullock, later distinguished in the war between the states, Dave Lindsey, Tyler county's first school teacher, Ben Ross and others went with Chief
Antone and one or two men from each of the principal Alabama families.They set out horseback and were gone several weeks. The party returned. For sure the Alabamas would not go to Indian territory of their own volition. Dr. Anderson thinks the peaceful Alabamas were frightened of the Apaches, Comanches, Sioux and other warlike tribes there.
They told Barclay and his friends, "No want to live here". Back they came.Dr. Anderson gave account of how the Alabamas come into legal possession of their tribal lands. Houston had long been Barclay's friend from Tennessee, before Houston was governor there. After his arrival in Texas,
Houston visited Barclay. Through visits which followed, Houston, always a friend of the Indian, came to know the Alabamas. Through Houston's influence, the state gave the Indians their land.The bill was introduced in the Texas legislature, in either 1858 or 1859 by James Barclay. He had been elected to the legislature, but retained his Indian agency--as the white father of the Alabamas. "It was passed by a substantial majority" and the Alabamas remained in east Texas. Their name means "Here We Rest."
A startling statement of Dr. Anderson's was the Alabamas may have been among the Indians first seen by Christopher Columbus in the West Indies in 1492. James Barclay, as he told and retold it, said Chief Antone told him how the Indians came to the United State from "Somewhere in the West
Indies". It is a version of their migration probably not before brought to light, but Barclay believed it, and accepted it as fact. They fought with Jackson, Chief Antone said, in the Seminole wars.The tribe was split in half near New Orleans. Its wanderings are left to meager notes, and the story as told. It is certain they lived in Alabama. Some of them from Mississippi, driven westward, settled in Louisiana, known as the Coushattas--a remnant which has not retained its Indian bloodlines. The Alabamas are virtually pure.
Chief Antone died in Texas followed by Chief John Scott, whose grave is in the cemetery of the Alabamas on Bear creek. Chief Antone lived to be 108, and John Scott was104 when he died. Two Indians ruled the Alabamas for almost two centuries.
The story of James Barclay grows in the folklore tale of east Texas. He fathered the Alabamas, and it is difficult to imagine what they would have done without his generous and friendly aid. Barclay was laid to rest in 1873 and. Enoch Rowe was appointed the Alabama agent, and then James
Dendy, serving until the eighties.1850 Census, Tyler County, TX:
BARCLAY James 34 m TN farmer $1000 b. 11 Feb 1816
Virginia 22 f GA
Jane E. 9 f TX
Avarilla 7 f TX
Mary L. 5 f TX
Sarah A. 3 f TX
James W. 1 m TX
1880 Census, District 106, Precinct 7, Milam County, Texas:
James BIVINS Self W Male W 63 KY Farm Hand --- ---
J. M. BARKLEY Other S Male W 28 TX Farm Hand AL GAJames Bivins (Bevins?) is John's uncle by marriage to Mary Barclay.
1910 Census, 3 J-Pct, Nacogdoches County, TX:
Haltom James H. Jr. Head M W 49 M1 24 TX TN TN TN Farmer General Farm
Haltom Mary C. Wife F W 41 M1 24 10 9 TX AL AL None
Haltom Ben Son M W 21 S TX TX TX Farmer General Farm
Haltom Lena Daughter F W 19? S TX TX TX
Haltom Allen Son M W 18? S TX TX TX Farm Labor Home Farm
Haltom Eugene Son M W 12 S TX TX TX Farm Labor Home Farm
Haltom Jewell Son M W 7 S TX TX TX None
Haltom Lilly B. Daughter 1 S TX TX TX NoneLiving next door to James H. Haltom Sr. and family.
1920 Census, 3 J-Pct, Liberty County, TX:
Haltom James H. Head M W 58 M TX TX TX Farm Gen.
Haltom Mary C Wife F W 51 M TX TX TX Housewife
Haltom Jamey B. Son 22 S TX TX TX Helper
Haltom Jewel Son 17 S TX TX TX Pupil
Haltom Lilly B. Daughter 11 S TX TX TX Pupil
Haltom Elva Daughter 8 S TX TX TX Pupil
Haltom Samuel P. Son 23 S TX TX TX (Looks like Genl Farm)
Haltom Eugene Son 21 S TX TX TX HomeI'm not sure why James is listed as "Jr." since his middle name is not the same as his father's.