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Published by The Yarbrough National Genealogical & Historical Association, Inc. © Yarbrough National Genealogical & Historical Association, Inc. 2015. Old Blandford Church, Petersburg, Virginia {Richard Yarborough’s grave marker is bottom center, above.} Volume 136 Zachariah Yarbrough & Elizabeth Dowd Manoah Yarbrough & Mary Cunningham (1) Manoah Yarbrough & Martha E. Hobbs (2) Littleton Yarbrough & Nancy Ashcraft Harvey Yarbrough Leonard Yarbrough, Editor June 2015

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  • Published by The Yarbrough National Genealogical & Historical Association, Inc.

    © Yarbrough National Genealogical & Historical Association, Inc. 2015.

    Old Blandford Church, Petersburg, Virginia

    {Richard Yarborough’s grave marker is bottom center, above.}

    Volume 136 Zachariah Yarbrough & Elizabeth Dowd

    Manoah Yarbrough & Mary Cunningham (1) Manoah Yarbrough & Martha E. Hobbs (2)

    Littleton Yarbrough & Nancy Ashcraft

    Harvey Yarbrough

    Leonard Yarbrough, Editor

    June 2015

  • Dedication Whether we wish to admit it or not, we are the future of our ancestors, as our

    descendants are our future. We owe our descendants our dreams and bequeath to them the legacy of our collective accomplishments – nothing more and nothing less. To our descendants, we charge you with the honoring of your heritage. Your ancestors were hardy folk, god-fearing and plain spoken, and who recognized that nothing was due them except that which they themselves earned. They were not ashamed to profess their belief in God, their country and the American ideal. Of course, there were a few rapscallions in our collective history, but neither more nor less than in any other family.

    We too easily forget what it took to forge a life in a new world, one rife with peril and with little at hand but a steadfast determination to not only survive but to thrive. Our ancestors bequeathed us with their genes, aspirations and talents. It is therefore fitting that the Blandford Series of Yarbrough Family Records be dedicated to them for making it possible for us to be who we are.

    To paraphrase Robert Kincaid1, “The dreams they had were good ones. They didn’t all come true, but they were worth having, all the same.”

    Acknowledgement The Yarbrough Association is greatly indebted to the vision and efforts of Cathy Y.

    Walker and William A. (Bill) Yarbrough, the late president and vice-president of the YNGHA, respectively, for beginning the project to digitize the 150+ volumes of records accumulated over the life of the Association. Fulfilment of the project was through the efforts of a number of officers and members, including Bill’s son Mark, Rachel and Don Yarbrough, Hal Yarbrough, Jan and Jim Yarbrough, Ann and Al Bush, Elaine and Lyle Wolf, Joan Y. Singlaub, and Joanne and Bill Augspurger.

    It was my privilege to be a part of this dedicated team.

    Leonard Yarbrough, Editor Blountsville, AL June 14, 2015

    1 The Bridges of Madison County, Robert James Waller, Warner Books, Inc., New York, 1992

  • Preface These records are the legacy of our Yarbrough family researchers, to whom much is owed. The

    known family researchers include Jean Baker, Ann Y. Broadbent, Mary Y. Daniel, Frances (Rea) Donohue, Betty Humrighouse, Pauline Gray, Evelyn Goble, Nelle Morris Jenkins, Ophelia Kessler, Frances Lockwood, Karen Mazock Renee Smelley, Dorothy Svec, Jeanette Wilson, Cleveland “Cy” Yarborough, Edna Yarbrough, George A. Yarbrough, and Robert Price Yarbrough.

    The originals of these volumes are being kept for the benefit of future generations by the Williamson County Library, Franklin, Tennessee.

    No claims of accuracy or authentication of the material herein are made or may be assumed. Many of these records have been superseded by subsequent research. Hence, there are records which are erroneous and unreliable; it would have been a Herculean task to attempt to correct all of them. Fortunately, there are only a few critical genealogical facts that are involved, and which are correctly stated here:

    Richard (the Immigrant) Yarborough was never married to Frances Proctor; Ambrose Yarbrough did not immigrant from Yorkshire; he is now believed to be a

    descendant of Richard the Immigrant; There are so far only two proven sons of Old Richard – John and Richard II; There is so far no evidence proving Joshua Yarborough I to be a descendant of Old

    Richard. The “Old Country” referred to in old documents and letters is the Colony of Virginia,

    not England or the Old World. There were not seven brothers who immigrated from “the old country”; in fact, it now

    appears there were three brothers and four sons of the brothers. Which were the fathers and which were the sons are so far unknown.

    In spite of these inaccuracies, these records comprise much of our history and some of our accomplishments. There are pages whose print quality is so poor that word recognition was not possible. In spite of that, at least partial capability for searching these volumes is provided, as well as an index to each volume. Nonetheless, the viewer is cautioned to perform his/her own due diligence in connection with any use of this material.

    The various spellings of the Yarbrough surname have never been applied consistently, even

    within a given family. To the extent possible, the names in the index reflect the names used on the source pages; where it wasn’t clear as to which might be the proper spelling, the spelling used is “Yarbrough”.

    The material contained herein is subject to the copyright laws of the United States. Material may

    be freely used by Yarbrough family researchers so long as proper attribution to the Yarbrough National Genealogical & Historical Association, Inc. is given. This material, in whole or in part, may not be used for any other purposes without the express written permission of the Yarbrough National Genealogical & Historical Association.

    We welcome the submission of any Yarbrough family information that can be added to our

    growing data base. More information about the extended Yarbrough families can be found at our website, http://www.yarbroughfamiy.org. If you are a Yarbrough or a member of one of our allied families, we invite you to join our family association.

    mailto:[email protected]?subject=Request%20to%20use%20YNGHA%20Copyright%20PRotected%20Materialmailto:[email protected]?subject=Request%20to%20use%20YNGHA%20Copyright%20PRotected%20Materialmailto:[email protected]?subject=Submittal%20of%20Materialhttp://www.yarbroughfamiy.org/http://www.yarbroughfamiy.org/oneform.pdf

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  • 716 Sutherland Drive Tyler, TX 75703-4649

    Rea Donohue RR 2 Box 111 Breckenridge, TX 76424

    Re: YARBROUGH NGHA INC.

    Dear Rea,

    October 20, 1993

    ~enjoyed talking to you today and am sorry we got cut off. When I tried to call back AT&T said all circuits were busy.

    I have enclosed my membership application.

    Will look forward to meeting you at an early date.

    Sincerely yours~

    Br~l~ Fedder 903 534 5588

    FILE:genealogy\bruce\yarbrough\ngha

    •,'

  • MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FOR YARBROUGH NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL & HISTORICAL

    ASSOCIATION, INC.

    Bruce YARBROUGH Fedder 716 Sutherland Drive Tyler, TX 75703-4649

    october 20 1993

    Telephone 903 534 5588

    Name of earliest proven ancestor: Littleton YARBROUGH, b. Jul 27 1802 NC, d. Oct. 1 1879, Ashville AL. (see attached Ancestor chart)

    Hembership Category: Regular: $15.00- Voting

    1. Suggestions: Pictures, Stories of early family life, copies of bible records, handwriting, and deed records.

    2. Area of interest: meetings, computer research and record keeping especially how to separate direct and ancillary lines.

    3. I would be happy to serve in any capacity that will contribute to the association.

    4. & 5. Just the chance to learn about the family and help preserve the record.

    '.' '

  • I

    Ancestors of Burk YARBROUGH printed October 20, 1993 ====================:===================================================================================================

    12 +--

    24 +--

    1

    I

    I Burl< YARBROUGH

    48 +--1

    I

    I Littleton YARBROUGH

    96 +--

    1 Manoah YARBROUGH b c 1777, NC I

    Zachariah YARBROUGH b c 1757 m c 1776

    m 16 Aug 1799, Ashville, StClair, AL d 27 Sep 1836, Ashville, St Cleir, AL

    I 97 +-- Elizabeth DO~

    b c 1759

    b 27 Jul 1802, NC, USA m 17 Apr 1825, St Clair Co, AL d 1 Oct 1879, ASHVILLE AL, USA

    I

    I 98 +-- No Record -------+ I 49 +-- Mary CUNNINGHAM

    b c 1781, Ashville, St Clair, AL d 24 Jut 1840, Ashville, StClair, AL

    I 99 +-- ~lo Record -------+

    b 9 Nov 1836, ST CLAIR, ALABAMA, USA m Lucy Caroline Yimberly, 8 Mar 1865, Tyler, d 20 Jul 1873, TYLER, SMITH, TEXAS, USA

    Smith

    I

    I I

    I I

    25 +--

    50 +--

    ' I Nancy ASHCRAFT

    100 +--

    1

    John ASHCRAFT b c 1737, England m c 1754, Orange Co, ~JC d c 1833, Chester Co SC

    Drury I ASHCRAFT b 1 Dec 1773, ORANGE, N C m pr 1800, Ashville, AL d 18 Nov 1843, ASHVILLE, ST CLAIR, AL

    I 101 +-- Mary BRO\.Itl

    b c 1754 d c 1791, Anson Co

    b 14 Jan 1807, York Co, SC d 14 Jut 1883, St Clair Co, AL

    102 +-- ~illiam II BAKER

    I b m un I

    51 +-- Elizabeth "Betsy" BAKER b 8 Nov 1782, NC I d 9 Apr 1873, Smith Co, Tx

    , I 103 +-- Sarah ARNETT

    b

    ======================================================================================================================== by BRUCE YARBROUGH FEDDER, 716 SUTHERLAND DRIVE, TYLER TX 75703-4649

  • Ancestors of Bruce Yarbrough FEDDER printed October 20, 1993

    8 +-- No Record

    4 +-- Samuel FEDER b m 0 1871, LA

    9 +-- KO Record +

    2 +-- Milton FEDER b 16 Oct 1878, SAN FRANCISCO, SAN FRANCISCO, CA m 1 Jan 1920

    10 +-- No Record 5 +-- Matilda GIESLER

    b c 1871, LA

    11 +-- No Record

    1 +-- Bruce Yarbrough FEDDER b 20 Sep 1921, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA m Marcia Frances Mc Coimis Moneysmith, 3 Sep 1943, NEOSHO, NEWTON, MISSOURI, USA lives, 15 Jul 1991, 716 Sutherland Drive Tyler TX 75703-4649

    12 +-- Burk YARBROUGH b 9 Nov 1836, ST CLAIR, ALABAMA, USA m 8 Mar 1865, Tyler, Smith d 20 Jul 1873, TYLER, SMITH, TEXAS, USA

    6 :+- Clyde YARBROUGH b 11 Nov 1868, Tyler, Smith, TX m 22 Nov 1891, Tyler, Smith, TX d 2 Feb 1932, San Antonio, Bexar, TX

    I

    13

    3 +-- Klyde(Clyde) YARBROUGH b 3 Oct 1892, Tyler, Smith, TX d 1 Nov 1978, Houston, Harris, TX

    Lucy Caroline WIMBERLY b 1846 d 1928, TYLER, SMITH, TEXAS, USA

    14 +-- Joseph Etienne MARTINO b 1846 m d 1925, TYLER, SMITH, TEXAS, USA

    7 +-- Edith Octavia MARTINO b 1872, NEW ORLEANS, JEFFERSON, LOUSIANA, USA d 1945, TYLER, SMITH, TEXAS, USA

    I

    \5 +-- Elizabeth Jane COFFMAN b 1851 d 1920, TYLER, SMITH, TEXAS, USA

    by BRUCE YARBROUGH FEDDER, 716 SUTHERLAND DRIVE, TYLER TX 75703-4649

  • F A M I L Y GROUP NO. _ This Intormatlon Obtained From: D o r o t h y S v e c - P l o n e e r s

    o f S u m t e r Co., A l a b y

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  • Old

    Fori

    Parker

    When

    the

    Cnmanrhea ramn,

    th«

    gatfl was

    open.

    contacted by

    Bob £cit

    that tim

    or I'juuu w,. i

    , . . repair

    or

    recut, and

    the

    people a

    t th

    e city

    would

    no

    t agree

    to rem

    oval of the

    ston

    e and

    replacem

    ent

    with

    a replica.

    Th

    ere

    fore

    , Bob

    and th

    e City

    worked

    out an agreem

    ent w

    hereby a plaque

    bearing the

    correct inscription

    and perhaps

    an exp

    lanatio

    n can

    be instal-

    led near

    the

    old sto

    ne.

    More

    details w

    ill be

    given in the

    next

    Issue.

    Contributions

    A sincere "thank

    you" to

    the

    following

    con

    tribu

    tors,

    who

    have recently

    sent

    do

    natio

    ns

    to help

    cover

    printing costs:

    Dolores

    Lee o

    f Ch

    amp

    aign

    , Illinois;

    Mrs.

    Boyd

    P. E

    chols of

    Lamesa, Texas;

    Marg

    aret D

    avis of Ab

    ilene,

    Texas; H

    ugh L. Y

    arbro

    of Jackson, Tennessee;

    Jeanie N

    ewell o

    f Fayette, Alab

    ama;

    Ch

    arles H

    ill Y

    arborough, Jr. o

    f Lo

    ulsb

    urg

    , No

    rth Carolina;

    Shirley

    Forrest of

    Birm

    ingham;

    Bob Y

    arbrough o

    f C

    harlo

    tte; V.

    Nan Y

    arbrough of

    Sh

    awn

    ee, Oklah

    om

    a; C.

    Leroy Y

    arbrough o

    f E

    vant, Texas;

    Bern

    lce Y

    arborough o

    f N

    apa, C

    alifornia; M

    arineal

    Nlcko

    laus

    of

    Houston;

    Paul Y

    arbrough, Jr. o

    f Arlington,

    Texas; Lloyd

    Yarbrough o

    f Jack-

    sonville, Florida;

    Joe C

    ooper o

    f H

    untsville, A

    labam

    a; Ivan

    Yarborough

    of

    Asperm

    ount, Texas;

    Exa C

    udd of W

    elling

    ton

    , Texas;

    Edwin

    T. -Yarborough of

    Hartsville,

    South

    Carolina;

    Mary

    Satter-

    field of M

    ilton, No

    rth Carolina;

    Em

    ma Y

    arbrough o

    f Denton,

    Texas; V

    ermelle

    Socky

    of

    Goldenrod,

    Florida; Judge

    Jack Y

    arbrough of

    Naco

    gd

    och

    es and G

    arrison

    , Texas;

    and (M

    r.) Kay

    C. Y

    arborough of

    Dallas.

    Your

    interest and

    help ia

    appreciated.

    Mo

    re on D

    avis, Joel, R

    ichard

    , Sam

    uel & W

    illiam

    One of

    the reasons

    for m

    y visit

    to the Tennessee

    State

    Library and

    Arch

    ives in N

    ovem

    ber

    was

    to do

    additional research

    on these

    illusive S

    tewart

    Co., Tennessee

    Yarboroughs.

    (William

    Y. o

    f S

    tewart

    Co. w

    as m

    y g.g.

    gran

    dfath

    er.) U

    nfo

    rtun

    ately, th

    e m

    ore research I do

    on them

    , th

    e m

    ore co

    nfu

    sing

    the

    mystery

    of their

    relationship becom

    es. I

    kno

    w

    that D

    avis cam

    e to

    Stew

    art Co.

    from

    Anson

    Co., N.C.,

    and I'm

    pretty

    sure

    that Joel

    and R

    ichard cam

    e from

    there,

    too

    . B

    ut w

    hen I

    just about

    con

    vince

    myself^ that

    Sam

    uel and

    William

    also cam

    e from

    there,

    I usually

    disco

    ver an

    oth

    er record

    which

    casts a doU

    bt on

    their origin,

    and adds m

    ore confusion

    to the

    overall picture.

    An exam

    ple of

    what

    I am

    talking

    about follow

    s:

    In the Tennessee

    archives I sp

    ent

    several hours

    reading m

    icrofilm

    of early S

    tuart Co.

    court records.

    On page

    127 of

    tho B

    onda and S

    ettlemen

    ts book w

    hich includes

    record

    s fo

    r the year

    1812 appears th

    e Adm

    inistration Borxl of the estate of Rich

    ard Sm

    ith,

    which w

    as made by h

    is wid

    ow

    , Han

    na, and

    names Jam

    es Lee and

    Sam

    uel Y

    arbrough as sureties.

    The b

    otto

    m of th

    e bond, w

    here i

    t is sign

    ed by

    the

    sureties, has

    the signature

    of Jam

    es (n

    ot

    Sam

    uel)

    Yar-

    bro

    ug

    h.

    When

    I saw this

    discrep

    ancy I d

    id a~double take.

    Soroc-

    -17-

    492522Sticky Note

  • found h

    is last

    name

    spelled w

    ith the

    Lvio 'u ' M " - ' wi i h jruuy h '--

    from

    the

    first record

    where

    I can definitely

    identify him

    , dated

    Wed

    nesd

    ay, May

    9, 1811,

    in a S

    tewart

    County

    Co

    urt

    minute

    book entry

    which

    reads: Ordered

    by the C

    ourt that Jo

    siah A

    skew, B

    artholemew

    Murphy,

    Reuben

    Elliott,

    Drury M

    athews and

    William

    Yarborough

    mark a R

    oad from

    Cham

    ber's M

    ill o

    r near the m

    ou

    th of H

    urrican

    e C

    reek on Tennessee,

    to the

    record o

    f the

    final disposition

    of h

    is estate

    in S

    umter

    Co., A

    labama

    in the

    IBiO

    's. And

    every record

    I have ever

    seen of

    William

    Y. in

    Stew

    art Co.

    has used

    the tw

    o "o"

    spelling, and

    from

    the v

    ario

    us deeds given and

    oth

    er legal transactions

    con

    du

    ct-ed

    by W

    illiam in S

    tewart

    Co., T

    enn

    essee and in G

    reene and

    Sum

    ter C

    ou

    nties, A

    labam

    a, i

    t is apparent that

    he was

    a literate

    man

    and could

    sign h

    is name.

    How

    ever, in ray Tennessee

    archives research

    I came

    across a

    record on

    p. 103

    of the

    Stew

    art Co.

    Bonds

    and S

    ettlemen

    ts bo

    ok

    which

    includes the

    record

    s fo

    r the year

    1815. It

    was

    made

    on A

    ugust 5,

    1816 in

    the probate

    of the

    will

    of W

    illiam W

    illiams,

    which

    was proved

    on the o

    ath of M

    ann P

    hillips and

    William

    Yarborough.

    Executors

    named

    in the

    will

    were

    Lemuel

    William

    s and

    Peg

    gy W

    illiaras. In the w

    ill William W

    illiams m

    entions his

    land in W

    arren Co., N

    orth Carolina,

    and th

    e will

    is witnessed

    •William

    X Y

    arbrough". m

    ark

    Do you

    see w

    hy this

    research is so

    con

    fusin

    g?

    If this

    is th

    e William

    for w

    hom I am

    search

    ing (w

    ho I know

    cou

    ld actually

    sign h

    is name and

    who alw

    ays spelled

    it w

    ith tw

    o "o's"),

    why d

    id he

    sign this

    will

    with

    an "X,"

    his m

    ark, and

    let h

    is nam

    e be

    spelled w

    ith one

    "o"7 I

    noted that

    there are

    oth

    er W

    illiam Y.

    transactions in

    Stew

    art Co.,

    Tennessee involving

    persons nam

    ed P

    hillips. W

    as this

    William

    (possibly from

    Warren

    Co., N.C.)

    the

    same person

    as the

    two

    "o" William

    ? W

    hat do

    you think?

    YA

    RB

    RO

    UG

    HS

    IN THE N

    EW

    S

    Paul

    Yarbrough,

    Jr., an

    Arlington,

    Texas businessm

    an, w

    as interview

    ed on the Decem

    ber 7 , 1980 "60

    Minutes" CBS

    television sh

    ow

    in a program

    segm

    ant on self-m

    otivation. Paul

    is well

    known

    in the

    Dallas/F

    ort

    Worth

    area fo

    r his

    success in b

    usin

    ess, and

    "60 M

    inutes" asked him

    fo

    r his form

    ula for becom

    ming a

    millionaire.

    Interesting, Indeed.

    Maybe

    the rest

    of us

    "ordinary" Y

    arbroughs can

    take a hint from

    P

    aul.

    17 13

    August

    Court

    Friday M

    orning 27th A

    ugust 1779

    The C

    ourt Met

    accord

    ing to

    adjournment.

    The G

    rand Ju

    ry B

    rought in a

    True B

    ill ag

    ainst C

    lement

    Yar-brough,

    John W

    atkins,

    William

    Crutchfield,

    John Y

    oung c

    Edm

    ond D

    owney fo

    r

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  • MARRIAGE RECORDS

    OF

    GREENE COUNTY, ALABAMA

    1823 - 1860

    Being t r a n s c r i b e d and indexed from the o r i g i n a l marriage books

    by

    Paul ine Jones Gandrud

    Publ ished by

    The Milestone Press

    1969

    NEWOAlTLEflX 76372

  • - 129 -

    Scarborough, J i l l i a m and Miss Sarah Ann Spence, 14 Apr. 1831; by James Monett , L^P. Of age. ( I n 1850, he was 45, b. S.C; she was 36, b. B.C.) B- 15

    S c a r f f , M i l l i a m D.C. and Mary Coats, 17 Apr. 1827; 19 Apr. by W i l l i a m S. Chap-man, J.P. Consent o f her p a r e n t s . ( I n 1850, he was 54, b. Va.; she was 4 1 , b. Ky, He was 1812 pens ioner , d. 20 J u l y 1872, D a l l a s Co., A l a . ) A- 61

    Schafer, Peter J . and Miss Mary E l i z a Robuck, 1 Mar. 1860; 1 Mar. by S.F. Craw-f o r d , J,P., a t house o f Mr. B l a n t o n near Union, Greene Co. C-288

    S c o t t , Adam C. and Miss Lucinda Brown, 15-Feb. 1847; 15 Feb. by James R. Evans, J.P. B-417

    S c o t t , F r a n c i s T. and M a r g a r e t t B. Jack, 14 Jan . 1828. Both o f age. Return not shovKi. A- 77

    S c o t t , Jas. B. and Lou isa Bohannon, 6 Jan. 1827. Return n o t shown. He was 2 1 . Consent o f her p a r e n t s . A- 55

    S c o t t , James P. and Miss Mary D.A. Logan, 22 May 1848; 23 May by R.B. A l l e n , J.P. ( I n 1850, he was 35, b. Tenn.; she was 31 , b. A l a . ; n e x t door was Jas. Bar tee who m. Agnes J , Logan. Mary was dau. o f Martha Logan. See Gandrud V o l . 20.) B-441

    S c o t t , John and Mary Hanna, 14 Sept. 1830. Over age per oa th o f Charles H.Moore, Bk. B-2 says Miss Mary Hanna. By consent . Return not shown. A-219 & B-2

    S c o t t , John Baytop and Miss Mary S c o t t Grey, 14 Dec. 1852; 15 Dec. by E.V. L e v e r t , V.D.M. C- 93

    S c o t t , Robert F. and Miss Mar ia J u l i a W i l l s , 13 Oct .̂ 1845; 15 Oct. by R.G. H a m l l l , M.G. B-380

    S c o t t , Samuel D. and Miss Mary B. K i t t r e l l , 13 Dec. 1837. Re turn n o t shown. (See Gandrud V o l s . 17 and 218. She was dau. o f Bryant K i t t r e l l . ) B-192

    S c o t t , Samuel M. and Miss Leah M. Love, 28 Apr. 1847; 6 May by Robert H i t t Chapman, P a s t o r , Pres. Ch., Greensboro, A l a . ( I n 1850, P e r r y Co., A l a . , he was 37, b. S.C.; she was 3 1 , b. Va.) B-421

    S c o t t , W i l l i a m A. and Miss Jane K. Reese, 30 May 1845; 1 J u l y by Rev, F. Bradshaw. B-373

    Screws, A l l e n and Mrs, Nancy F inney , 7 May 1832; 8 May by Robert H i l l , J.P. B- 33

    Seabrook, Bowen and Miss F.C. M i l e s , 6 Dec. 1851; 7 Dec. by G.L. P a t t o n . C- 66

    Sea l , Jesse and Ann Midd lebrook , 24 Jan. 1827; 1 Feb. Both o f age. (She was

    dau. o f Joseph.) A- 57

    Sea l , Jonah and Frances Lyon, 4 Jan . 1827; 7 Jan. by John McGa,J.P. Both o f age. A-61

    Seale, Benton and Miss Jane Chandler , 18 Dec. 1830; 21 Dec, by E.C. F i e l d , J,P. By consent , ( I n 1850, he was 47, b. Ga., son o f A l e x . ; she was 42, b.S.C.) B~ 8

    Seale, E l i and Sarah Seale, 3 Dec. 1838; 4 Dec. by E.V. L e v e r t . Of age. (She was dau. o f A l e x . ) B-216

    Seale, Hezekiah and Miss Amanda M ( i n e r v a ) Jackson, 1 Feb. 1842. Re turn no t shown. ( I n 1850, he was 30, b. A l a . , 20 Sept. 1820, d. 29 Mar. 189_, son o f A l e x . I n 1850, she was 23, b. A l a , , 7 J u l y 1823, d. 3 Aug. 1888. The tombstones are near Grenada, Miss . Anc. o f Mrs. Laura S t r u t h e r s o f Tusca-loosa , A l a . , i n 1969. See Gandrud V o l . 210.) B-295

    Seale, J a r v i s and Mrs. Crecy Seale , 17 May 1833; 19 May by C.H. Stephens, J.P. (He was Rev. pensioner , m-1 Nancy Ann Yarborough. Crecy was L u c r e t i a O'Neal, v7idox7 o f J a r v i s ' c o u s i n , Thomas Seale.) B- 55

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    YAHBROUQH HBIDFUAN . 80X281

    NEWCASTLE, TX 76372

  • ALABAMA RECORDS VOLUME X V I I

    Compiled by

    KATHLEEN PAUL JONES AND PAULINE JONES GANDRUD

    March, 1934

    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    GREENE COUNTY

    W i l l s and E s t a t e s

    M a r r i a g e s

    Tombstones I n s c r i p t i o n s

    Index to Names

    PAGE

    1-41

    41-95

    95-101

    OPHELIA KESSLER YARBROUGH HISTORIAN

    BOX 261 NEWCASTLE, TX 76372

  • Page 12.

    HYATT, W I L L I A M and ELIZABETH DAVITT - 24 F e b r u a r y 1824 *5

    WREN, SANDFORD and DEL IL A CARTER - F e b r u a r y 2 8 , 1 8 2 4

    Page 13.

    LAKE, JOSEPH a n d MARGARETT G. SCALES - 2 M a r c h 1 8 2 4

    DUFF, ABRAM and HENRIETTE D. MCCONNICO - 4 M a r c h 1 8 2 4

    Page 14.

    SAUNDERS, W I L L I S a n d MATILDA CALLOWAY - 15 M a r c h 1824 --'6

    HUNTER, GEORGE E. a n d TAMER STEVENS - 20 M a r c h 1 8 2 4

    Page 15.

    MEADORS, JOHN B. a n d MARY BRAZILE - 3 A p r i l - 1 8 2 4

    YARBROUGH, RICHARD a n d LEANNAH BRAZILE - 6 A p r i l 1824

    Page 16.

    HUES, RILEY and ELIZABETH MANAKER - 7 A p r i l 1824

    MCMILLION, W I L L I A M a n d CATHRINE CAMPBELL - 9 A p r i l 1 8 2 4

    Page 17.

    BRAZILE, JAMES a n d ELIZABETH COOPER - 20 F e b r u a r y 1 8 2 4

    GIBBS, THOMAS a n d RENDA SAUNDERS - 4 May 1824

    ""See Addendum

    raRouai i HiSTORiAr: BO;, 2e

  • CALOWAY, LEMUEL and MAHALA E . SHIVERS - 23 Octobe r 1826; bo th o f

    *CSee V o l . 242, page 5 7 . ) *

    LAY, JAMES and SUSAN TRUSSELL - 23 Octobe r 1826; bo th o f age.

    HIGGINBOTHAM, JNO. S. and MARTHA RICKS - 5 November 1826; both o f

    Page 56.

    THOMPSON, JOHN and MRY INGRAM - 9 November 1826; bo th o f age.

    MAY, JOHN and SUSAN YARBROUGH - 18 November 1826; e x e c u t e d by JAME

    MONETT, J . P.; both o f age.

    DAVIS, JOSEPH H. and MARTHA WILLIAMS - 28 December 1826; both o f ai

    KERR, JOHN W. and MARGARETT DIAL - 19 December 1826; bo th o f age. 4

    MUNN, DANIEL and MARGARETT MUNN - 27 December 1826; both o f age. f r

    TOWNSEND, HENRY J . and SARAH CASTLES - 27 December 1826; both o f age*.

    CALOWAY, ALFORD and SARAH STEVENS - 9 December 1826; he i s 21; consent

    o f he r p a r e n t s .

    LIPSCOMB, DANIEL and AMANDA A. SADLER - 6 December 1826; both o f age.

    OPHELIA KESSLER YARBROUGH HISTORIAN

    58 BOX 261 NEWCASTLE, TX 76372

  • A L A B A M A R E C O R D S

    Volume 34

    Greene County

    Marriages, 1835-1836 Deeds Wills

    "The Halcyon, " published at Greens-

    borough, 1823 1812 Pensions, Bibles

    Rev. Pensions Cemeteris (Old Greens›

    boro) Bible Rec . Notes

    C o m p i l e d B y

    P A U L I N E J O N E S G A N D R U D

    ABILENE PUBLIC LIBRARY iiRii f̂ ME, TEXAS

    3 1 2 8 7 1

  • 1300k C, page 323 . GEORGE GOODRUM t o JAMES LAJONIE a n d ANTHONY FOUGHNIT.

    19 F e b r u a r y 1829 .

    3ook C, page 3 2 6 . W I L L I A M VANCE t o MOSES LEWIS. 14 F e b r u a r y 1828.

    Book C, p a g e 327 . ALLEN HOBSON t o W I L L I A M S. BOWLING. 18 A u g u s t 1828 . i I iSook C, page 328 . JAMES DERDEN a n d W i f e TEMPERANCE x ( h e r m a r k ) t o i

    IeDGERLY & BETTNER. 18 F e b r u a r y 1 8 2 9 .

    !iook C, page 330 . ABRAHAM LIVINGSTON, SR. d e e d o f g i f t t o BETSEY ANN

    iand SARAH JANE LIVINGSTON, C h i l d r e n o f my Son JOHN LIVINGSTON, d e c e a s e d .

    i V i c n e s s e s : PLEASANT MAY, JR., ABRAHAM LIVINGSTON. 9 F e b r u a r y 1826.

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    igook C, page 3 3 1 . JAMES DERDEN a n d W i f e TEMPERANCE x ( h e r m a r k ) t o

    pAVID JACKSON. 5 F e b r u a r y 1829 .

    j i o p k C, p a g e 332 . WILLIAMs-mRBROUGH* and-M^li fe BETHSHEBA YARBROUGi t o

    % V I D JACKSON. 5 F e b r u a r y 1829 .

    l o o l ^ C , page 334 . JOHN ESTIS and W i f e SARAH ESTIS t o THOMAS RIDDLE

    *nd ALVIS RIDDLE. W i t n e s s e s : LARKIN CHILES, SAMUEL SCEARS, EVANS ESTIS .

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    BOX 261

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    B r i g . - G e n e r a l M a r c u s J . W r i g h t . C . S . A .

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    CAPT. GEORGE T. TODD Commander, Co. A

    1st Texas Inf. Regt.

    CAPT. VVM. P. TOWNSEND Commander, Co. C

    4th Texas Inf. Regt.

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    CAPT. TACITUS T. CLAY Commander, Co. I

    5lh Toxa.s Inf. Regt.

    CAPT. HARVEY YARBOROUGH Commander, Smith County

    Light I n f a n t r y

    TEXAS CONFEDERATE INFANTRY COMMANDERS

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  • [Smith County Light Infantry (Captain Harvey YarljorouRh's

    Company, Texas Volunteers).] (See note number 529.)

    Sons of the South (Company , Texas ).

    South Kansas-Texas Cavalry (.3rd Texas Cavalry).

    South Kansas-Texas Rangers (3rd Texas Cavalry).

    Spy Company (Captain Alt Johnson's Independent Company,

    Texas Cavalry).

    (Spy Company (Captain Henry Splllman's Company, Texas Vol-

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    Star Rifles (Company A [ D ] , 1st Texas Infantry). [Also Com-

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    rstephans' Cavalry (Company D, 22nd Texn.s Cavalry).]

    [Tcrry'.s Texas Rangers (8th Texas Cavalry).]

    [Texas Aids (Company I , 5th Texas Infantry).]

    Texas Guards (Company H, 1st Texas Infantry).

    Texas Guaixls (Captain W. B. Krumbhnar's Company ot Texas

    Artillery).

    Texas Invindbles (Company K, 1st Texas Infantry).

    ^ Texas Invindbles (Company A, 27th Texas Cavalry).

    Texas Legion, First (Whitfield's Legion).

    Texas Mounted Men (Captain William Kelly's Company, Texas

    Cavalry).

    Texas Mounted Riflemen (1st Texas Cavalry).

    Texas Mounted Riflemen (Company H, 2nd Texas Cavalry).

    Texas Mounted Riflemen (Texas Mounted Rifles, Company F,

    2nd Texas Cavalry).

    [Texas Polk Rifles (Company H, 5th Texas Infantry).]

    Texas Rangers (Company E, Texas Cavalry).

    Texas Rangers (Company K, 8th Texas Cavalry).

    Texas Rangers (Company K, 10th Virginia Cavalry).""

    Texas Rangers (Company F, 59th Virginia Infantry).'"

    [Texas Volunteers (also called Marion Rifle.s—Company A, 1st

    Texas Infantry).]

    Titus Rangers (Company I , 27th Texas Cavalry).

    (Tom Green Rifles (Company B, 4th Texas Infantry).]

    Tom Lubbock Guards (Company K, 8th Texas Cavalry).

    Travis Rifles (Company G, 6th Texas Infantry).

    Travis Rifles (Company C, 44th Virginia Infantry).'"

    Valverde Bnttery (Captain Jcseph D. Snyers' Company of Texas

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    [Van D o m Guards (Company A, Shea's Texas Artillery Bat-

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    Van D o m Guards (Company A, 8th Texas Infantry).

    X 6 5 X

  • a Inndinjf pnrty bent on cnpturinfr the suit works. After BhcUinff the few ilwollitiK's in the men itn.l HciilteriiiK tlui uiilnt-kers, u I'Vileiul force of oi^ht tiiuii cominuivittiit by ti LieuleniLiit Kittredg'u laiittcd to tiseault the HUU works. As the I'ViierniH udvanted up Point IViiascal towiml their lics-tinalion, Captain Ireland and Ids detuchmoiit closed in hcliind them and captured the Kederal lundinj; force without a shot beiiifj fired at 11 o'clock on the mominK of the 14th. The Runboats then proceeded to shell the victors und viinquishcii alike but no daniaRc was ilone.

    Cardtdn John Jrelurid sen-ed as tlie Rovcrnor of Tcxna after tho war (188:i-1887).

    »uTho Smith. County XiRlit Infantry was orRanized in early 1861 by Unrvey YurborouRb .Mdio served iia captain of the company. Captain Yar-borough had JOrviStil .ilt th« ItZojUCan War (1846-47) us a 1st lieutenant in thtt voluniAaf Abbawft oonipany of Captain Gibbs.

    ' In late 1861 about half of the men from the Smith County Light In-fantry left with Lieutomtnt DouRlas (see notu number 326) to go to Dallas to Jfitlp CApUln Good um) his Dallas County nrtillcry contingent. Thus WM ifonncd Uie fiimous Qood-DouRlas Texas Bnttery (aeo note number 8 ^ ) , tliei only-Texas'artillery unit to serve east oC the MiHsissiiipi River.

    Jlarvoy .'Yarborough was thft praiul/uther of the Honorable ilalph Yar-borouRh, United States Senator from Texas.

    '••'"'Klijuh SlorlliiR CInck ltolH>rtiton, son of the famous Texas cmpresnrlo, Storliue Clack Robertson, was born at Nashville, Tennessee on AuRust 2, 1820.

    Elijah Rolwrtaon came to Texas with his parents in 1832. In 1835-36 he fought with the Texas Rangers iigoinst the Indians and during the Texas Revolution he fouRht in his father's company at Hariisburg in East Texas. Robertson completed his edueotion in Tennessee during 18.38 und 1839 and returned to Texas the Intlor year to serve as acting postmaster

    |general of tho Republic of Texas. In 1840-41 he was elected secretary of tho flcmito and the following year served in a company of volunteers who pursued Rafael Vdsqucz. Sum Houston appointed itubertsoii a colonel of militia in 1844.

    In 1845 ho pnssod tho Texas bar and was e?nploycd as a tranHlator of .Spanish deed.'* in tho Land Office. Kobeitsim moved to Bell County (near Salado) in 1862, and-two years later con.stiucted hi.s plantation mansion that hlill Htarids today ii nliort dlHlniiro fnun Saladn.

    Elijah Uohertsun was a member of Iho Texas Secesshm Coiivehllon of January, IBCl, and served during the eorly part of the war as a CBptain and voluntary aide do camp and purchoaing agent on the staff of General Henry E. McCulloch. Ho used much of his personal fortune to help finance the Texas Confederate cause,

    Following the war Robertson returned to Salado and was largely re-sponsible for reviving Salndn CnlloRe which he had helped to e.st.nhlish just prior to the war. During the Reconfltructlon Era this was one of tlia most succesHful colleges In Texas. A serious drop in enrollment und the lack of financial backing caused the institution to close its doors in 1885. Rob-ertson was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1875—his last prominent role as a public seivnnt.

    Elijah .Sterling Clack Rohrrtsnn died on October 8, 1879 at Salado and was buried In Ibo family cemetery on his estate.

    X 165 X

  • OOITUARY OF MARGARET A. YARBROUGH8

    Mrs. Margaret A. Yarbrough departed this life October

    19, 1907, and entered the portals of eternal bliss and felicity.

    She was born in the State of North Carolina March 1st,

    1827, being aged 80 years, 7 months and 18 days. Her husband,

    Harvey Yarbrough, prededed her to the glory land several years.

    Col. Yarbrough was born in Tennessee- August 11, 1812, and did

    July 7, 1879, aged 66 years, 10 months and a6 days.

    The subject of this notice was married to Col. Yarbrough

    in the State of Mississippi in 1848. The following year she and

    her husband came to Texas and settled at Starrville, Smith county,

    in the spring of 1849, They were pioneer ~ettlers of this sec-

    tion of Texas and did much to advance the civilization of this new

    country. Shortly after settling at Starrville, they moved and

    permanently located in the Hopewell community, and here they

    lived a peaceful life on their farm and reared a large family. These good people were noted for their acts of kindness and deeds

    o£ charity in the early settlement of the country. He and his

    noble wife deeded ten acres of land for Hopewell. Baptist Church

    and Cemetery, this church being one of the leading Baptist chur-

    ches in Smith county now and has been for many years. They were

    both earnest, active and consistent Christians and workers in the

    Master's vinyard while they remained on earth.

    'l'here.were born to 'them ten children. Three of them

    died in infancy. The seven that lived to manhood and womanhood's estate became useful citizens as they entered their majority.

    Of the seven that lived to be grown, four have preceded

    them to the Great Beyond. Only three remain, viz: Mrs. Laura

    Minchew and C.R. Yarbrough, both living at chandler, Texas, and

    Mrs. v.s. Smith, who lives at Aus~tin, Te.xas.

    This noble woman U~ed in Smith county until about 21 years ago, when she went to live with her son, Wil~iam Yarbrough,

    who lived near Chandler, and lived with him until his death. For

    the past 18 years she has lived with her son, C.R. Yarbrough, at

    Chandler, Texas.

    -61-

  • 'lbis excellent woman possessed some remarkable traits

    of Christian character. She was aLways bright and hopeful and

    cheerful and sunny disposition. Her home was noted for hospital-

    ity and she knew how to make her guests feel at ease. She loved

    to have her friends with her and share the can fort of her home.

    She had also the gift of knowing how to dispense comfort and

    cheer to sad and troubled hearts and exercise this gift to the

    glory of God in ministering to others._ In her h~me life with her

    children she was the personification of patience itself.

    Mrs. McCrary, who with her husband, Dr. E. R. McCrary,

    boarded with Col. Yarbrough and wife for four years in the early

    days of this country, says of her that she never ,saw her lose

    patience with her children and those around her, but was always

    loving and affectionate and always spoke words of tenderness and

    gentleness no matter how many vexations and. worries there might

    come into her life. In her patience had her perfect work. Her

    love and devotion to her family was that of an ideal Christian

    mother, always self-sacrificing and living to make others happy.

    Mrs. Yarbrough grew old beautifully, always wearing a

    serene countenance which bore evidence that she was at peace with

    God and all mankind. The scripture applies which says: "A

    hoary head is a crown of glory if it abound in the way of right-

    eousness.• She served her day and generation faithfully and "her

    children rise up and c_all her blessed." She kne11 well the minis-

    tery of helpfulness and many deeds of her noble life will live

    through the coming years to bespeak the nobility of her character.

    Her home-going was the fading of an evening shadow.

    She went out quietly and peacefully to her eternal home of bliss

    and rest.

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  • BAPTIST Im

    ORGANIZED .J85

  • 65

    BIOGRAPHICAL

    SKETCHES

    WILLIAM

    H.

    YARBROUGH

    •WILLIAM

    H.

    YARBROUGH.--Our

    subject.

    «

    citizen

    of

    Chandler,

    Henderson

    county,

    Texas,

    1s

    one

    of

    the

    oldest

    settlers

    and

    most

    prominent

    men

    of.

    the,,.county.

    Hc,jKa

    ^,.^orJ

    i.,1n

    Smith

    county.

    Texas.

    March

    27.

    1849.

    t^he^'son

    of

    Harvey'"'and

    Margaret

    A.

    (Miller)

    Yarbrough.

    natives

    of

    Alabama,,

    the,

    parents

    emigrating

    to

    Smith

    county,

    Texas,

    In

    1848,

    where

    the

    father

    engaged

    In

    farming

    and

    stock-raising,

    until

    1885;

    then

    came

    to

    this

    county.

    In

    which

    he

    died

    the

    same

    year.

    The

    latter

    was

    known

    as

    Colonel

    Yarbrough,

    being

    commissioned

    with

    that

    rank

    In

    the

    volunteer

    service

    during

    the

    war

    with

    Mexico;

    but

    his

    regiment

    did

    not

    get

    Into

    active

    service.

    His

    superior

    ed-

    ucation

    gave

    him

    prominence

    In

    Texas,

    where

    he

    took

    quite

    an

    active

    part

    In

    politics,

    although

    he

    was

    not

    In

    any

    sense

    an

    office-seeker.

    His

    Influence

    was

    great,

    and

    was

    eagerly

    asked

    for

    by

    those

    who

    sought

    to

    secure

    official

    positions.

    During

    the

    war

    between

    the

    States

    of

    the

    Union

    he

    served

    two

    years

    In

    the

    Confederate

    army,

    chiefly

    In

    the

    defense

    of

    the

    coast

    of

    Texas.

    His

    money,

    as

    well

    as

    his

    services,

    were

    given

    to

    the

    cause

    that

    was

    lost.

    His

    large

    body

    of

    slaves

    were

    taken

    from

    him,

    and

    other

    serious

    losses

    were

    sustained

    by

    him;

    yet

    he

    put

    the

    best

    face

    possible

    upon

    the

    state

    of

    things

    and

    went

    to

    work

    after

    the

    war

    as

    a

    farmer

    and

    a

    stock-raiser.

    In

    which

    he

    succeeded

    fairly

    well.

    "When

    Colonel

    Yarbrough

    first

    settled

    1n

    Smith

    county,

    Tyler

    was

    a

    village

    of

    three

    or

    four

    houses

    and

    about

    fifty

    Inhabitants.

    Court

    was

    held

    In

    a

    small

    log

    house;

    mills

    were

    scarce

    1n

    the

    county

    and

    farmers

    had

    to

    g'o

    long

    distances

    for

    their

    grist.

    Game,

    with

    the

    exception

    of

    buffalo

    and

    antelope,

    abounded;

    and

    It

    was

    possible

    for

    one

    to

    enjoy

    life,

    even

    If

    his

    pocket-book

    was

    empty.

    The

    colonel

    owned

    quite

    a

    large

    tract

    of

    land,

    which

    he

    divided

    among

    his

    children.

    He

    was

    a

    member

    of Tyler

    Lodge,

    A.F.

    and

    A.M.

    and

    the

    I.O.O.F.,

    of

    the

    66

    same

    place.

    Colonel

    Yarbrough

    was

    a

    member

    of

    the

    Missionary

    Baptist

    Church,

    as

    also

    Is

    his

    wife,

    who

    survives

    at

    the

    age

    of

    sixty-seven,

    making

    her

    home

    with

    her

    son,

    our

    subject.

    They

    were

    the

    parents

    of

    ten

    children,

    seven

    of

    whom

    lived

    to

    the

    age

    of

    maturity,

    our

    subject

    being

    the

    eldest.

    Their

    names

    were

    as

    follows:

    Mattle,

    deceased,

    wife

    of

    Robert

    Jackson;

    Temple,

    wife

    of

    V.S.

    Smith,

    of

    Austin;

    Harvey,

    deceased;

    Columbus,

    deceased:

    Laura,

    wife

    of

    James

    Minchin,

    of

    this

    county;

    Richard,

    of

    this

    county.

    "Our

    subject

    was

    reared

    upon

    the

    farm

    and

    received

    only

    the

    very

    limited

    Instruction

    then

    afforded

    In

    Texas

    frontier

    schools.

    He

    went

    to

    work

    for

    himself

    at

    the

    age

    of

    twenty-one,

    although

    he

    remained

    upon

    his

    father's

    farm

    until

    his

    twenty-

    third

    year;

    then

    went

    to

    farming

    and

    stock-raising

    upon

    a

    farm

    eight

    and

    one-half

    miles

    north

    of

    Tyler,

    property

    of

    his

    father.

    The

    father

    then

    purchased

    a

    farm

    north

    of

    this

    place,

    and

    our

    subject

    tilled

    the

    old

    home

    farm

    for

    a

    number

    of

    years.

    In

    the

    year

    1877

    he

    purchased

    for

    himself

    a

    farm

    of

    600

    acres.

    Improved,

    for

    which

    paid

    $5

    an

    acre,

    and

    upon

    which

    he

    now

    lives.

    But

    he

    has

    since

    added

    to

    It

    until

    he

    has

    1,638

    acres,

    with

    350

    of

    It

    In

    a

    fine

    state

    of

    cultivation.

    He

    also

    owns

    a farm

    of

    338

    acres,

    with

    130

    under

    cultivations

    with

    a

    store

    and

    another

    lot

    of

    land

    (350

    acres),

    unimproved.

    All

    of

    this

    property

    he

    has

    made

    by

    his

    own

    exertions,

    after

    having

    lost

    several'

    thousand

    dollars

    by

    bank

    failures

    In

    Tyler,

    In

    1892.

    Mr.

    Yarbrough

    raises

    horses,

    mules

    and

    cattle;

    the

    horses

    being

    graded

    with

    Norman-Hambletonian

    blood,

    the

    cattle

    Improved

    by

    crosses

    with

    Durham,

    Jersey

    and

    Holstein

    stock.

    Our

    subject

    has

    never

    married,

    and

    cares

    for

    his

    aged

    mother."^

    A M

    emorial

    and Biographical

    Siatory of N

    avarro, B

    en-derton,

    Andereon,

    Limestone,

    Freeetone and

    Leon C

    ountiee, Texae

    (Chlcngo,

    Tho

    Lewis

    Publishing

    Company,

    1893),

    pp.777-76.

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  • married Ann McJimsey of Arlingtou, Virginia. Her forebea'rs, the McJimsey and Buchanan's, are pioneer families of Texas. Richard is now chairman of the United States Foreign Claims Commission and lives in Arlington, Virginia. They have two daughters: Clare and Elizabeth.

    After Frank Warren's death in 1963 at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Jonnie lived with her daughter in Washington, D.C., while Ralph served as a United States Senator from Texas, and later in Austin, where she died in April 1980, at the age of ninety-eight years. She is buried beside her husband in the Chandler Cemetery. Thus the Warren-Yarborough ties are intertwined with Chandler and Henderson County.

    THE YARBOROUGH FAMILY

    The Chandler branch of the Yarborough family came from Alabama, originating with the Harvey Yarboroughs. Harvey and Margaret Ann migrated to Texas in 1848 with a dozen families in some twenty wagons, containing about one hundred people counting the children and servants, bound for Smith County, Texas. Harvey and Margaret brought house and field servants and had a horse team, a mule team, two wagons, two yoke of oxen, and one buggy. The column was on the road six weeks. It rained every day or night of the migration; at times, the wagons bog-ged down so deeply that the teams could not pull them out, and the downpour forced the column to tie up for days at a time. Most of the men in the train rode horse or mule back, heavily armed, each with a rifle across the horse and two pistols on them. Though there were bandits and out-laws in the country, this column was not molested.

    The Yarborough family name has been spelled in various ways since the family was first recorded in the counties of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire,

    . England, about a millennium ago. The first Yarboroughs recorded in America were Richard Yarborough and wife, Frances Procter, who arrived in Virginia about 1650-52.

    William Yarborough and wife, Bathsheba, grandparents of Charles Richard Yarborough, founder of the Chandler Yarborough line, were born in North Carolina, moved West to Stewart County, Tennessee, (starting the westward migration that ultimately led to Chandler) where their son, Harvey Yarborough, Charles Richard Yarborough's father, was born in 1816. The William Yarboroughs then mig-rated southward to Sumter County, Alabama, on the Tombigbee River. Here William Yarborough died in 1840. Harvey Yarborough was chosen County Coroner of Sumter County, Alabama, in May of 1845, volunteered and was 1st Lieutenant in the Alabama Volunteers in the Mexican War in May, 1846, and married Margaret Ann Miller on December 24, 1846.

    Margaret and Harvey settled in Smith County at Hopewell, near present day Swan. They were parents of 10 children, seven of whom lived to adulthood. Harvey Yarborough took a leadership role in Smith County. In 1858 he donated ten acres of land near his home to the Hopewell Baptist Church, which he helped organize and in which he served as clerk for a decade. In March of 1861, he organized at Tyler and was Captain of a company of Smith County Light Infantry for the Confederacy. He was one of the 18 71 legislative incorporaters of Tyler Tap Railroad, Tyler's first railroad, which opened Tyler to the transportation world.

    Harvey Yarborough was a member

    of Masonic St. John Lodge No. 53 at Tyler, and also an Odd Fellow. Mar-garet Ann Yarborough was a member of the Eastern Star, the Odd Fellows Auxiliary, and in 1869, with two other women, were the first women to demand admission and be seated in the Texas Baptist State General Con-vention.

    Harvey Yarborough died in 1879. His adult children had already begun their movement across the Neches River into Henderson County, settling at Chandler. W. M. Yarborough, the oldest son, acquired a large acreage of land south of Chandler, adjacent to the new railroad. He died without ever having married, in 1900. Laura Yarborough married V. M. Minchew and settled in the eastern edge of Chandler, across the road from the Charles Richard Yarboroughs, rearing two sons in Chandler: Virgil and Charles Yarborough Minchew.

    Temperance Yarborough, daughter of Harvey, marrie Smith, County Clerk of Smith They moved to Austin, ·whe Smith was Chief Clerk in the Land Office. Their two d were Maud and May. May Will Ballew of whom the several children; Cousin Mat librarian, writer, and teachet University of Texas at Austi1

    Columbus Yarborough, a Harvey, married Eva McFa Chandler, and their two sons, Robert Yarborough, both ma1 raised families in Chandlet married Lena Bryant, dau Doctor A. T. Bryant; Yarborough married clyde C granddaughter of A. H. Char. founder of Chandler. E deceased, but have s descendants.

    Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Yarborough

  • Date o f b i r t h : r i h a r l P R R, V f l r h r n i i g h Date o f dea th :

    1850 - County: S t a t e ; Pos t office:

    mm

    I860 - County: S t a t e : Post office:

  • c 3>

    Ssuna of each person whose place of eihode

    on Juna J , 1870 was in this family I

    o

    YaJue of

    &> S\ X -rt V) •) - 0 0) !" 4) '-4 ID u 0) to .c to 0 C 4)

    0)

    0 0 AJ AJ to 'H A4 N-l •*-(

    § AJ « AJ

    «L| 0

  • " t -*

  • Tuesday, Novembei- 2U. 1966

    (tilt Bollaa Ifloriiiiig Kriua

    8 1)

    Ya

    rbo

    rou

    gh

    Birtlip

    lace D

    ue H

    istorical Marker i

    bom in the hotm in is«

    *, ^

    muriier will

    honor him

    ^ .

    M hu parcirii.

    j Mr.

    and

    Ma. Y.rhorm,.

    \

    «rvcd their

    (oUen

    * .

    niverwry in the hom

    tZd^ I

    Yarborough

    .d«mat«^ ^

    <«*[h J«. 1. 1»M.

    in ihe^

    I irfwrt

    llm aenacor

    waa

    UaiT

    Mr. Yarboruugh

    d.«l . . 1

    ywrs ago

    at Uw age

    of la, a,

    '

    Yacboiwigh pracmled

    him

    ATHENS, Texas (Sp.)

    -

    The

    hoine whcrb

    Sen.

    Ralph

    Yar-

    borough w&j

    bom

    In Oianller,

    Henderwn

    CouiUy, hai brcn

    ilcwgnaled

    lor a

    htitorical marker.

    It

    was the

    home

    of Sen.

    Yai-

    borough'a late

    parents.

    Charles

    Richard

    and

    Naiuiie

    Jane

    Spear

    YaKw

    rough.

    _ Krank

    LaRue

    Jr., chairman

    of the Heoderaon

    County

    Hii-

    torical Survey

    Committee,

    taid

    the maker

    will

    be dedicalcd

    Saturday at the

    Chandler

    High

    School

    gj'iiuwwum.

    Hie cere-

    mony will

    be uiKnnl

    by liie

    AUkiis High

    School

    band

    at

    10:30 a.m.

    and

    tlte

    dljon

    uill

    begin al

    11 a.m.

    Sen.

    Yarituruugh

    and

    his

    brothers and

    sisterl. aoine

    of

    them rciklenU

    of Chandler,

    will

    altend the

    ceremony.

    LaRue

    said

    he hud

    appointed

    R. T. Craig

    chairman

    of a sub-

    committee on historical

    appre-

    ciation fur HcmWison

    County

    (or the

    day

    and

    that

    he will

    be

    assisted by a cummiliec

    of

    County Judge

    R- H. Lee,

    AUy.

    Jack

    Hardee,

    a Mphew

    of Sen.

    Yartwfoi^h, Mrs.

    Qyde Eads.

    a

    county historiao.

    U.S.

    Aitonicy

    Wayne Jli^ke of Athena

    and

    Tyler

    and

    Mn. Justice,

    Mrs.

    Hardee, and

    biat Aty. Madi

    Wallace.

    TI

    K

    home was

    occupied

    by

    Mr. and

    Mrt. VarboroUih

    l«r

    a yeara

    aad

    waa

    the

    Urthfilacc U

    thrvt

    generaiiwia of deaccnd-

    ants. Sen. Yarborvugh

    waa

    Monday,

    December

    S, 1966

    Tlie AuHtin Am

    erican^

    MA

    RK

    ER

    : O

    ld Y

    arb

    oro

    ug

    h H

    om

    e AmcHcan.l>(aleuilu Service

    ClIANDLEn — A T

    eiu

    SU(«

    IliJorical

    Survey marker wvu

    unreilerl

    Sundiy at the house

    where

    Sen.

    Ualph Yarborough

    was bom

    and

    reared.

    Former Ally. Gen.

    John

    Beo

    SheppanI gave the dedlcaUon

    addreas

    at the unveiling and Sen.

    lUilph

    Yarborough made

    a re-

    sponding speech

    on bchall oI

    (he Yarborough family.

    Tl*

    home was

    first

    occupied

    by Charles

    lUchard Yarborough

    and Nannie

    Jane

    Spear

    Yartwr-

    ougb, parents

    of the senator,

    in

    1903.

    Sen. Yaiborough wag bom

    In

    •Ml.

    shonly after Wl.pucMO

    moved Into

    (he

    hMw. T

    W Odef

    Ysrhoraugli waa

    a JuiUec

    •( Uw

    I'cace. bi i

    ni he odadnlalered

    10 his

    soa

    the oath

    of «flw« ««

    Senator of the

    United

    SUIInt.

    C. 11.

    YarboraKh dltd «i U*

    houM la UM •(

    lb» *f U >M.

    At the

    ceheoMnleg.

    Urg. Gtjdg

    Eads

    of Ifurehtiso prgacMgd

    history of (I

    K houag

    and

    the

    Yarborough family. S

    at. Yar.

    borough has

    eight Mtrrtvlnit

    bfoUiergand uslerg

    lleoden»n County

    Judgg

    Keu- (

    ad U

    /H,m

    mt Md Hayar

    jaaWdOwStCkudkrwd.

    «tM4ttt-iCiiMd«(«l>*dtdl.

    calMo. M

    m L. C

    liit

    Mnduoed

    luaM.

    A dMMMd df Alihuaa-

    OagaMIU WhM (Noi Uw xea-

    HMU

    W ii FMk

    Caunly

    alao

    at-

    R. f. .Cndg,

    odilor

    of Uw

    awadM'IViMi.iidndiiced

    Seii.1teM«nWli. Yarborough

    «ni W«a Mlliloycd

    by Craig on

    (no naeispatwr.

    CuetU al Uw dedkalion in-

    Itdad US DMrtct Judges

    Joe

    Sheehy of Tyler, jo, y ,1

    beaumont and

    James

    s«|

    Woodrow Seal, of llom.,^'*')

    US UanduU Bob

    No,:

    , j

    Dallas and

    Fort Worth

    us,

    ly

    Heynoids of Tyler

    rT S

    Stalea Dlj«rlct AUorne)

    I Justice

    of Athens.

    Ten. jjf-

    Land Commissioner

    Jenjr

    ler of AosUn.

    Congreu..^

    Undley Bedmorth of vi *

    I

    ton. Debs

    Ilemley « ,"-s

    ias Regional

    Post Offk,^ '"̂

    several

    olher govenuun,**

    •icials.

    «

    PR

    OG

    RA

    M

    Dedication ot the Texas Slate

    Marker (or the

    Charlei R

    ichard Yarhoroii

  • MAfecH, 1991

    PAGE 333

    x a s F a m i l y ' s 1 0 0 Y e a r O l d F a t h e r

    Saturday, October 24, 1964

    ty Book ^

    Charles Richard Yarborough, father of U .S . Senator Ralph Yarborough, died at 6 Ahl

    Saturday at his family home at Chandler, 11 days after his 100th birthday.

    / Last October 13, the nine surviving children of Mr. Yarborough had gathered at the

    Chandler home In observance of his 100th birthday.

    Charles Richard Yarborough was born October 13, 1864 at Hopewell, near Swan,

    Smith County Texas, the seventh child of Harvey Yarborough and Margaret Miller

    Yarborough. He was bom under the Stars and Bars while Jefferson Davis was President

    of the Confederacy and Abraham Lincoln was President, while Grant was besieging

    Richmond, and while Sherman was at A.tlanta preparing for his march to the sea,

    Charles Richard Yarborough married Nannie Jane Spear at Chandler, Henderson

    County on June 13, 1899. Rleven children were bom to them, nine of whom survive

    today. The surviving children are:

    Mrs . J . K. Bryan, Pleasanton; Mrs . H. B. Harrison, LaPorte; Mrs . 3 . B, Hardee

    and Mrs . S. B. Mallett, both of Chandler; Harvey Jackson Yarborough and Donald V .

    Yarborough, both of Dallas; Senator Ralph 7/. Yarborough of Austin and ’Vashington;

    Mrs . C A. Pickett of Houston; Mrs. Oren Murphy, Tyler .

    In addition to the nine children, Charles Richard Yarborough is survived by 25

    grandchildren, 45 great grandchildren, and seven great-great grandchildren.

    Charles Richard Yarborough served at various times as Justice of the Peace, Mayor

    and Alderman and President of the School Board at Chandler. He was a member of the

    Firs t Btqjtist Church at Chandler, where he served as a deacon- He was a member and

    served as .Vorshipful Master of Chandler Masonic Lodge.

    In a ceremony at Chandler a few years ago, attended by the Grand Master of Texas

    Masons, he was awarded a 50-year Masonic pin.

    Charles Richard Yarborough farmed In his early life, was a merchant and cotton

    buyer for a time in Chandler and was vice president and later president of Qtizens

    Guaranty Bond Bank. He was one of the Incorporators and later general manager of

    Chandler Drill ing Company.

    Mr . Yarborough was always interested In government and progress, and particularly

    in schools and education. It was a matter of pride that his three sons, at his urging,

    became lawyers. A nephew, reared at Chandler, Jack Y . Hardee, now of Athens, Is

    District Judge of the Third Judicial District. A son-tn-law, Neal Pickett, served as mayor

    of Houston, and a son, Ralph Yarborough, is U .S . Senator.

    Burial wil l be Sunday afternoon at 2 PM In the family plot at Chandler Cemetery.

    Funeral arrangements are under direction of Burks- .Yalker-Tlppltt Fiineral Home

    In Ty ler . ^ ^ ^ ^ FROM CDY’S YFM F I L E S

    N l K t t t ANNUAL NATIONAL YARBROUGH CONFEHLNCE VAttBRODGH N AtlONAL dENEAlOGlcAL AND HlstOkicAL AssbClAtiON, I N C .

    ) t J tY26-28 , i99 i Hbildiy Ihh Atiihki-becihir toiiferehcle I’lazi

    becahip, Georgia aaJsd iUtti) 37i-o2oi

    PAGE 333 tAXlitii)377-2726

  • PEDIGREE m?J ot!

    BILL HARRAL YARBOROUGH

    Person Record: 1

    Prepared: 02-05-19BB

    At, (time): 14:11:56

    16 YARBOROUGH, WILLIAM.

    YARBOROUGH, HARVEY.

    IW: 4 YARBOROUGH, CHARLES RICHARDrr:

    IB: 13 OCT 1864

    IW: HOPEWELL, TEXAS

    IMarr: 12 JUN 1889 9

    ID: 24 OCT 1964 B

    IW: CHANDLER, TEXAS W

    2 YARBOROUGH, DONALD VICTOR D

    B: 14 FEB 1912 I W

    W: CHANDLER, TEXAS

    Marr:

    D:

    W:

    17

    18

    YARBOROUGH, BETHSHEBA.

    YARBOROUGH, MARGARET ANN MILLER 191

    1

    YARBOROUGH, BILL HARRAL

    B 04 MAR 1945

    W DALLAS, TEXAS

    Married: 30 DEC 19B3

    D

    W

    HROUDA, KAREN DEBORAH_

    5

    20

    10

    IW:

    YARBOROUGH, NANNIE JANE SPEAR:

    21

    22

    STILLWATER, TEXAS IW: 1

    JAN 1950 H I 1

    LA PORTE, TEXAS B: 231

    W:

    D:

    W: 24

    ~~~~---/I2)HCCLA1N, UlUk^ ZEDEKIAH M B : mi (i tjOt), (-JftSI

    IW: T E , ^ 7 K / E 5 3 G G

    6 MCCLAIN, GREEN DAVID SRIHarr: /[ AP^- iflGH B: ID: 1B99.AW a c , ^^4> I^Si

    5 ; O k - 3d, W3

  • CHARLES

    RICHARD

    YARBOROUGH

    FAMILY

    REUNION

    The

    Charles

    Richard

    Yarborough

    Family

    Reunion

    was

    held

    under

    the

    Sylvan

    Beach

    Pavillion

    at

    LaPorte,

    Texas

    on

    Saturday,

    June

    nt

    h, 1966, with

    65

    in

    attendance.

    There

    was

    the

    usual

    table

    full

    of

    food

    and the

    buffet

    lunch. Sh

    ortly

    after

    lunch,

    the

    governing

    council,

    a

    council

    composed

    of

    the

    nine

    living

    children

    of

    Charles

    Richard

    Yar-

    borough

    and

    their

    spouses,

    met

    to

    discuss

    family

    business.

    Among

    other

    business,

    it

    was

    decided

    that

    the 1967

    reunion

    would

    be

    held

    at

    the

    same

    place

    in

    early

    June.

    Also,

    a

    measure

    was

    passed

    which

    would

    expand

    the

    governing

    council

    to

    include

    one

    son or

    daughter

    of

    each

    of

    the

    nine

    direct

    descendants

    on

    the

    council.

    Donald

    V.

    Yarborough

    of

    Dallas,

    Tex.

    was

    elected

    as

    family

    chairman;

    J.

    Chester

    Bryant

    of

    Angleton,

    Tex.

    as

    family

    historian;

    and Charles

    D.

    Yarborough

    of

    Austin,

    Tex.

    as

    family

    genealogist.

    The

    adoption

    of

    a

    family

    motto

    was

    dis-

    cussed.

    Considered

    were

    "WHO DARES,

    WINS"

    [early

    English

    Yar-

    borough

    motto],

    "NON EST

    SINE

    PULVERA

    PALMA"

    [recent

    English

    Yarborough

    motto,

    meaning

    the

    palm

    is

    not

    obtained

    without

    toil],

    and "PRO

    FAMILIA

    ET PRO

    PATRIA"

    [an

    original

    motto

    recently

    considered

    by

    this

    family,

    meaning

    for

    family

    and for

    country].

    Mr. and Mrs. S.

    Branch

    Mallet,

    who now

    live

    in the

    C.R.

    Yarborough

    homeplace,

    stated

    that

    they

    plan

    to

    preserve

    the

    home

    so

    that

    it

    may

    someday

    be

    a

    Yarborough

    museum

    and

    library.

    Charles

    Yarborough,

    one

    of

    your

    editors,

    distributed

    copies

    of

    his

    booklet,

    compliments

    of

    H.J. Yarborough,

    entitled

    "The

    Yarborough

    Family

    in

    the

    United

    States"

    to

    the

    nine

    des-

    cendants

    for

    distribution

    to

    their

    families.

    As

    soon

    as

    the

    governing

    council

    had

    adjourned

    a

    general

    assembly

    was

    called.

    Here

    there

    was a

    family

    report

    from

    each

    34

    OPHELIA KESSLER

    BOX 261 NEW

    CASTLE, TX 76372

    Sea Donohue I20W

    . W. ,4th

    Breckenrldge, TX 76024

    (

    of

    the

    eight

    children

    of

    Charles

    Richard

    Yarborou<|h

    present.

    (One,

    Harvey

    Jackson

    Yarborough

    of

    Dallas,-Tex.

    was

    unable

    to

    attend.)

    The

    first

    was

    given

    by

    the

    eldest,

    Mrs.

    Sunshine

    (Yarborough)

    Bryant

    of

    Pleasanton,

    Tex.,

    who was

    followed

    by

    her

    sister,

    Mrs. Grace

    (Yarborough)

    Harrison

    of

    LaPorte,

    Tex.

    Next

    came

    a

    report

    by

    Mrs. Orelia

    (Yarborough)

    Hardee

    of

    Chandler,

    Tex.,

    and

    then

    one

    by

    Mrs.

    Nell

    (Yarborouoh)

    Mallet,

    also

    of

    Chandler,

    Tex.

    She was

    followed

    by

    U.S.

    Senator

    Ralph

    y.

    Yarborough

    of

    Washington,

    D.C.

    and Austin,

    Tex.

    Mrs.

    Margaret

    (Yarborough)

    Pickett

    of

    Houston,

    Tex.

    was

    next,

    and

    then

    Donald

    V.

    Yarborough

    of

    Dallas,

    Tex.,

    followed

    by his

    sister,

    Mrs. Jeanette

    (Yarborough)

    Murpliy

    of

    Tyler,

    Tex.

    Next

    on

    the

    agenda

    were

    two

    talks.

    Senator

    Ralph

    Yar-

    borough

    gave

    an

    educational

    address

    entitled

    "Flora

    and

    Fauna

    of

    Australia."

    He

    had

    just

    returned

    from

    tlie

    SSth

    Interpar-

    liamentary

    Union

    Conference,

    which

    had

    been

    held

    in

    Canberra,

    Australia,

    and

    therefore,

    had many

    props

    foi- the

    talk.

    Mis.

    Claire

    Slusher,

    Mrs. Grace

    (Yarborough)

    Harrison's

    sister

    -in

    -

    law,

    92

    years

    old,

    reviewed

    how her

    family

    came

    from

    Illinois

    to

    Texas .

    In

    closing

    several

    recognitions

    were

    made.

    Russell

    Henry

    Harrison,

    1

    year

    old, was

    recognized

    as

    tho

    youngest

    Yarborougti

    descendant.

    His

    grandfather,

    H.B.

    Harrison

    (Claire

    Sluslier's

    brother)

    was

    reco^ized

    as

    the

    oldest

    membe

    r

    of

    t iie

    f aiM

    i 1

    y

    present.

    When

    Sen.

    Yarborough,

    who had

    corne

    from

    Washington,

    O.C.,

    and Lt.

    Victor

    Driscoll,

    who had come

    from

    Ft.

    Beninng

    Ga.,

    yielded,

    Mrs. Margaret

    Taliaferro

    of

    Commerce.

    Tex., who

    pad

    come

    303

    miles,

    was

    recognized

    as

    the one

    traveling

    the

    farthest

    to

    the

    reunion.

    .Mrs. Charles

    1).

    Yarborough

    was

    recog-

    nized

    as

    the

    newest

    member

    of

    the

    clan.

    The

    reunion

    was

    concluded

    wit