Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Robert J. HIGGINS Self M Male W 56 SC
Gun Smith SC SC Sarah HIGGINS Wife M Female W 53 GA
Keeping House --- --- Emma HIGGINS Dau S Female W 20 TX
At Home SC GA Frank HIGGINS Dau S Female
W 18 TX
At Home SC GA Patillo HIGGINS
Son S Male W 17 TX
Works At Sawmill SC GA Gillie HIGGINS Dau S Female
W 12 TX
At Home
SC GA
Source Information:
Census Place Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas Family History Library Film 1255313
NA Film Number T9-1313 Page Number 182C
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Texas Adjutant General Service Records
1836-1935
Name Organization Call Number
Higgins, David M. TVG 401-197
Higgins, Elijah P. FB 401-155
Higgins, Pat SR
401-83
Higgins, Polk M. USV 401-234
Higgins, William TST 401-35
Republic Claims Search Results
Claimant Name Type Claim Number Name Mentioned Reel
Higgins, Ignatius UN N/A 252 96 102
Higgins, Jacob C. PD 279 161 297 299
Higgins, James AU 2844 44 472 475
Higgins, James PE N/A 220 420 434
Higgins, James PE N/A
Higgins, James A. 220 427 427
Higgins, James PE
N/A Higgins, W. E. 220 427 427
Higgins, James UN N/A 252 103 106
Higgins, Thompson PD 3412
Higgins, Narcissa C. 161 303 305
Higgins, Thompson PD 3412 161 300 308
Higgins, Thompson PD 3412
Higgins, W. A. 161 301 308
Higgins, William AU 1330 44 476 480
Higgins, William AU 4086 44 481 483
Higgins, William AU 4684 44 484 486
Higgins, William A. PD 1823 161 309 314
Higgins, William A. PD 1863 161 315 327
Higgins, William A. PD 1864 161 328 341
Higgins, William A. PD 1865 161 342 353
Higgins, William A. PD 1975 161 354 363
Higgins, William A. PD 1976 161 364 373
Higgins, William A. PD 1977 161 374 389
Higgins, William A. PD 1978 161 390 401
Higgins, William A. PD 1979 161 402 405
Higgins, William A. PD 2137 161 406 413
Higgins, William A. PD 2202 161 414 417
Higgins, William A. PD 2203 161 418 426
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Republic Claims of others that have Higgins' mentioned
Name Mentioned Type Claim Number Claimant Name Reel
Higgins (Capt.) PE N/A De Morse, Charles 212 74 75
Higgins (Capt.) PE N/A Hoskins, Edward 221 298 298
Higgins (Master) UN N/A Mills, Catherine S. 254 334334
Higgins, Henry PD 1862 Estes, John 152 50 50
Higgins, Henry PD 1867 McIntyre, Hugh C. 172 260 362
Higgins, Henry PD 2129 Tom, Charles 191 367 367
Higgins, J. AU Unnumbered 03 Cruger & Moore 127 676676
Higgins, J. C. PE N/A Highsmith, Benjamin F. 220 440441
Higgins, Jacob C. PD 924 Allen, Isaac 132 50 50
Higgins, Jacob C. PE N/A Bissell, Theodore 203 248 252
Higgins, James AU Unnumbered 01 Parmalee, Richard 80 667 667
Higgins, M. C. PD 1867 McIntyre, Hugh C. 172 315 357
Higgins, M. W. PD 2206 Clemons, Lewis C. 144 199 202
Higgins, Thompson PD 3414 Harrell, John 159 426 426
Higgins, W. A. PD 1286 Kiger, Daniel J. 166 91 201
Higgins, W. A. PD 1287 Billingsley, Jesse 137 281 434
Higgins, W. A. PD 1457 Coe, Philip H. 144 443 487
Higgins, W. A. PD 1687 Tom, Charles 191 362 363
Higgins, W. A. PD 1859 Owens, M. T. 177 561 567
Higgins, W. A. PD 1860 Hood, Thomas 162 362 366
Higgins, W. A. PD 1861 Fuller, Ralph W. 154 358 363
Higgins, W. A. PD 1862 Estes, John 152 52 56
Higgins, W. A. PD 1866 Allen, James M. 132 64 114
Higgins, W. A. PD 1867 McIntyre, Hugh C. 172 260 376
Higgins, W. A. PD 1868 Crenshaw, John C. 146 613 616
Higgins, W. A. PD 1915 Swords, A. 190 179 182
Higgins, W. A. PD 1980 Giddings, J. D. 155 552 554
Higgins, W. A. PD 1982 Benson, Ellis 137 182 184
Higgins, W. A. PD 2068 Price, James M. 180 211 211
Higgins, W. A. PD 2125 McCaleb, Alson 171 292 297
Higgins, W. A. PD 2126 Webb, Thomas H. 195 142 146
Higgins, W. A. PD 2127 Wilkinson, Hardin G. 196 494 499
Higgins, W. A. PD 2129 Tom, Charles 191 366 371
Higgins, W. A. PD 2134 Lee, Vardeman 168 60 66
Higgins, W. A. PD 2204 Carothers, S. D. 142 619 625
Higgins, W. A. PD 2205 Carothers, Robert J. 142 613 618
Higgins, W. A. PD 2207 Watson, John 194 703 708
Higgins, W. A. PD 2209 Rucker, Benjamin F. 183 366 371
Higgins, W. A. PD 2210 Buchanan, Gilbert M. 141 158 163
Higgins, W. A. PD 2776 Hensley, William 161 137 144
Higgins, W. A. PD 2777 Buster, Claudius 141 557 562
Higgins, W. A. PD 2778 Dodd, John 149 592 596
Higgins, W. A. PD 2780 Layne, Robert 167 477 483
Higgins, W. A. PD 2834 Erath, George B. 151 646 648
Higgins, W. A. PD 2842 Puckett, R. R. 180 622 622
Higgins, W. A. PD 3048 Edney, Newton J. 23 236 241
Higgins, W. A. PD 3048 Edney, Newton J. 151 236 241
Higgins, W. A. PD 3103 Irvin, Thomas 164 172 177
Higgins, W. A. PD 3105 Lusk, P. H. 169 519 530
Higgins, W. A. PD 3106 Graham, Joshua 157 20 24
Higgins, W. A. PD 3107 Wills, Reuben 197 635 638
Higgins, W. A. PD 3391 Veazey, Wiley G. 193 10 15
Higgins, W. A. PD 3410 Williams, Allen B. 196 629 633
Higgins, W. A. PD 3411 Williams, Allen B. Jr. 196 635 639
Higgins, W. A. PD 3413 Winfield, E. H. 198 159 168
Higgins, W. A. PD 3414 Harrell, John 159 426 428
Higgins, W. A. PD 347 Smith, Jesse 186 459 461
Higgins, W. A. PD 982 Dallas, James L. 147 455 457
Higgins, W. A. UN N/A Hardeman, John M. 251 599 599
Higgins, W. C. PD 1119 Gentry, James R. 155 206 206
Higgins, W. H. PD 2049 Bailey, Thomas 134 693 706
Higgins, W. T. PD 1515 Lubbock, Francis Richard 169 408 415
Higgins, W. T. UN N/A Rodgers, Magnus T. 256 25 28
Higgins, William AU 1343 Odell, Henry 79 93 93
Higgins, William AU 2147 Wilson, William F. 116 690 690
Higgins, William PD 1393 Adams, James M. 131 56 117
Higgins, William A. PD 548 West, George W. 195 474 489
Higgins, William T. AU 5760 Winfield, E. H. 117 137 141
Higgins, William T. PD 1607 Moore, John W. 175 155 155
Higgins, William T. PD 3341 Lowery, James P. 169 376 376
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Headstone Text
J. S. Higgins 1849-1930 Co. A. 3. Ala. Inf. Tenn. Army C. S. A.
Full Name: J. R. Higgins
Location:
Section: Confederate Field, Section 1
Row: V Number:10
Reason for Eligibility: Confederate Veteran
Birth Date: 1849
Died: July 9, 1930
Buried: July 10, 1930
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Higgins references from
the Texas State Historical Association
at the University of Texas
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/HH/fhi7.html
HIGGINS, PATTILLO (1863-1955). Pattillo Higgins,
called by some the "prophet of Spindletop," was born
on December 5, 1863, in Sabine Pass, Texas, the son of Robert James and Sarah (Raye) Higgins. [1880
Census]
(see website for a lengthy biography)
Using search function of same website, do search on HIGGINS
also
Source: A HISTORY
OF TEXAS & TEXANS
BY FRANK W. JOHNSON :A LEADER IN THE TEXAS REVOLUTION
Edited and Brought to Date by EUGENE C. BARKER, Ph. D.
PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN HISTORY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
With the Assistance of ERNEST WILLIAM WINKLER, M. A. TEXAS STATE
LIBRARIAN
PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
- 1914
Pattillo Higgins. It will hardly be disputed that no industry
in recent years has wrought so munificently In the best interests of
the great state of Texas along lines of development as has the oil
industry of the different proven oil fields of the state.
Developments in such fields as have thus far been exploited
successfully have brought millions of dollars into the state,
created a multitude of new industries and attracted the attention of
the world at large to this hitherto scarce known portion of the
country. When new industries are brought into being, among those men
who gain prominence and fortune in the enterprise one man will
usually be found who, by reason of the nature of his activities and
of his relation to the enterprise, will inevitably stand forth as
the human agency most responsible for the success of the project. It
is here that Pattillo Higgins enters as the original locator and
discoverer of the great Beaumont oil field, the
development of which soon led to the exploiting of other petroleum
fields in the state, and he stands today as the accredited pioneer
in the industry and as one whose word is indisputable authority when
the merits and demerits of any particular suspected oil field is up
for consideration.
Mr. Higgins might well be termed the Wizard of the Wells, for he
has, according to all accredited reports, never yet failed in his
prognostication concerning the success or failure of any projected
oil enterprise whereon his opinion has been given, despite the
unhappy fact that his endeavors to open the Beaumont field was for
years retarded by the opinions of geological experts who brought to
bear there scientific knowledge in contradiction to the less
accredited but more accurate knowledge of a student of signs in
Nature. For Mr. Higgins for years devoted his time to the study of
surface conditions of the Beaumont field and when he attempted to
open the field he knew to a certainty what would be found as a
result of his work.
In a most interesting and altogether comprehensive little brochure
published, under the title, "History of Oil in the Gulf Coast
Country of Texas and Louisiana," Mr. Higgins has stated facts that
are incontrovertible in the light of the miraculous developments in
oil In recent years. He may with all propriety be quoted briefly
from this little booklet, and the following sentences are offered as
giving some light upon the methods and ideas of the man in his
capacity as developer and exploiter. He says in part: "With me the
oil business has been second nature by reason of my close
association with it for many years, or since the opening of the
Great Gusher pool at Beaumont. For that reason I feel competent to
advance any theory I may have relative to the location of oil pools
in undeveloped sections. I began at the bottom, picking up stray
indications of nature here and there, and having seen them
demonstrated time and again, I believe I am in a position to know,
and that is the reason why I have the hardihood to submit to the
public this history of oil development in the Gulf Coast Country.
"I have been one of the closest observers of this development. In
fact, I have always been with the advance guard of pioneers and I
know that no element of chance need enter into the development of
the future great oil fields.
"This story of the oil discoveries is not intended to show the
statistical side of the production, but is intended to prove that
every field brought in or every condition encountered in past years
only went to substantiate my theory�the theory that has since become
a science�that there are surface indications of all great pools of
oil. This I have contended for years. The theories I have advanced
have not been received with open arms and I have been forced to
prove them, at my own expense, but they have been proved,
nevertheless. I have surmounted every obstacle and made it patent to
men who know something of the oil business that there is a real,
true science in locating oil fields. My record in the greatest
fields in the Gulf Coast Country is incontrovertible evidence in
support of my theories as to surface indications."
And indeed, Mr. Higgins' record has been one of which he may well be
proud. For the movements he has set in in the development of the
Gulf Coast Oil Country of Texas and Louisiana have been productive
of enormous wealth and revived all classes of industry in the entire
southwest. Prior to the discovery of oil in the Gulf Coast Country
practically all manner of business was at a standstill. The
discoveries attendant upon Mr. Higgins' activities have so
advertised this section that millions of dollars have poured into
the state for investment in all spheres of legitimate business
activity. Many of these millions have been spent in the excellent
work of building, equipping and standardizing railroads, as well as
in erecting for them suitable and necessary depots, stations, office
buildings and shops. New banks and trust companies have entered the
field, well organized and with splendid backing, and those already
existing have so far increased their capitalization as to permit
them to keep pace with the tremendous financial progress of the day.
Building and construction companies of every order have made rapid
strides forward and the many substantial skyscrapers of both Houston
and Beaumont bear eloquent testimony to the profits made in oil in
the past ten years. All classes of lands have increased in value as
the various oil fields have been developed and agriculture has
received such an impetus as was never before known in this section.
The coming of oil brought in the day of the million dollar concern
in Texas, where prior to that time the company that had a capital of
a hundred thousand dollars was indeed a rarity. Millions have been
expended in the oil fields in the building of oil refineries and
pipe lines and the capital of even the smaller oil companies will
aggregate millions. Enormous civic improvements, county roads and
immense drainage projects that have been successfully consummated in
recent years may all be attributed directly to the advancement and
activity subsequent to the development of the oil fields of Texas.
And it is the belief and opinion of such men as Pattillo Higgins
that the industry in this state is yet in its infancy.
In his booklet, "The History of Oil," Mr. Higgins sets forth his
reasons for carrying his investigations into any specified field in
search of oil. He claims that there are ever existent on the surface
of any productive field four infallible signs that will warrant any
expenditure in the opening up of that field, for the results will be
sure and unfailing. He claims that these signs have been present in
every Texas oil field thus far, and that he has detected them in
many tracts of land as yet unsuspected, but destined to yield up
their wealth when the time comes. The presence of these infallible
signs induced his untiring efforts to open up the Beaumont fields,
with what results the whole world is today more or less cognizant.
It was on August 24, 1892, that Mr. Higgins definitely engaged in
the oil business, though he had devoted much of his time to the
study of conditions in the Beaumont field before he made any open
move along lines of development. At that time he organized the
Gladys City Oil, Gas and Manufacturing Company at Beaumont,
under the laws of the state, with an authorized capital stock of
$200,000. This was the first oil company incorporated in the state
of Texas�a fact worthy of mention in the light of subsequent
developments. It was the intention of Mr. Higgins to interest a
goodly number of responsible Beaumont men in the enterprise in order
to raise ample funds for the purpose of purchasing- Inga desirable
lands and making needed improvements. He met with the usual
disappointment of the man who, without capital of his own, endeavors
to enlist the sympathies of men of means in an enterprise that has
not yet been proven, and the result was that only a comparative
few of those solicited could be induced to come in with him. It is
significant of the lack of doubt that was in Mr. Higgins' mind as to
the ultimate success of the enterprise that he was in no wise
discouraged at the lack of enthusiasm he met, but went ahead with
the work with the means he was able to command. Much of the failure
he experienced in gaining the ear of the investing public resulted
from the interference of the State Geological Department, who on
hearing of the enterprise sent one of its experts to investigate the
field. His report was distinctly adverse and newspaper articles over
his signature did not tend to stimulate faith in Mr. Higgins and his
work. The first well contractor he secured threw up the work after
failure to encounter oil at three hundred feet, but Mr. Higgins
finally succeeded in making a contract with Captain A. F. Lucas to
enter the field, and the work was begun in genuine earnest in 1900,
and on January 10, 1901, the
first of the Texas oil gushers, later known as the Lucas well, was
brought in.
In 1901 Mr. Higgins organized the Higgins Oil and Fuel Company,
operating at Beaumont, and in 1911 he organized the Gulf Coast
Oil Company of Houston, of which he is president and general
manager. This company is now developing new fields in Texas and
controls lands that have hitherto been unsuspected of hidden wealth
of this nature but which will, if Mr. Higgins' prophecy does not
fail, produce many more millions to the people of Texas. In the
light of past and present successes, it would seem that there is no
great danger that his promises of profitable development of these
lands should not materialize.
Mr. Higgins is an undoubted authority on the subject of oil. and in
his History of Oil a number of pages are devoted to an intensely
interesting article entitled "The Great Basin, and How Oil Was
Formed in the Gulf Coast Country of Texas and Louisiana." In this
article he has combined a knowledge of what he terms "text-book
science" with the observations of a naturally scientific mind after
years of close and careful study of surface and other indications,
and the result is most interesting and convincing. Certain it is
that he has employed his knowledge to excellent purpose and to the
undying good of the state in the last decade, with promise of much
more to follow along similar lines.
Concerning the birth and parentage of Mr. Higgins, it may be said
that he was born in Beaumont, Texas, in 1863, and he is the son of
Richard J. and Sarah (Ray) Higgins. His father was a
mechanic by trade, who came to Texas from Georgia in the year 1858
and settled at Sabine Pass. Later he moved to Beaumont, and there he
died in 1891. The mother of Mr. Higgins lived until 1905, and
witnessed the first years of her son's phenomenal success.
As a boy Mr. Higgins enjoyed but a meager season of schooling and
when a mere youth went to work for a sawmill company. In 1884 he
engaged independently in the timber business, and it was while thus
engaged that he began to develop an interest in geology as applied
to conditions in his district. For some years he devoted his every
spare moment to the study of petroleum, oil and gas and all surface
indications thereof, so that when he entered definitely into the oil
enterprise he did so well equipped as a result of his study of the
subject, bringing to bear the wisdom of a scientist with the skill
of a mechanic upon Ms activities in development work.
The development work now under way by Mr. Higgins and his company is
highly endorsed by men of unimpeachable standing in Beaumont and
Houston, and he has in his possession a number of letters bearing
testimony to his standing and responsibility as an oil expert by men
who are of most excellent standing in financial and industrial
circles in the south. Among them might be mentioned J. S. Rice,
president Union National Bank of Houston; 8. F. Carter, president
Lumberman's National Bank of Houston; Sam Park, president American
Lumber Company of Houston; H. P. Attwater, industrial agent, the
Sunset Route, of Houston; Daniel E. Garrett, Congressman at large
for Texas, of Houston; B. B. Gilmer, president of the Chamber of
Commerce of Houston; W. G. Van Vleck, vice president and general
manager Sunset-Central Lines, of Houston; W. S. Davidson, president
First National Bank of Beaumont; B. R. Xorvell, president American
National Bank of Beaumont; and E. A. Fletcher, mayor of Beaumont.
The press of Texas has not withheld its need of recognition and
appreciation of the activities of Mr. Higgins in the oil fields and
be is everywhere accredited by the press as the originator and
founder of the present enterprise in oil.
Mr. Higgins has compiled an interesting little assortment of press
clippings relative to the oil enterprise in Texas and Louisiana,
with dates under which they appeared in the various publications of
Houston, Beaumont and other representative cities and many of them
are of especial interest in their mention of him and his work. One
of them appears under the heading of "Pattillo Higgins Views" in the
February 2nd issue of the Beaumont Daily Journal, and is here
offered in part as a comprehensive and pertinent commentary upon the
standing of the man in oil circles of the state: "Pattillo Higgins,
the well known oil man of Houston, spent yesterday in the city. Mr.
Higgins states that his drilling operations in the Hockley field are
progressing satisfactorily, and he is arranging to sink two new
wells in the field. Mr. Higgins has the utmost confidence in his
ability to bring in a good field at Hockley and he proposes to stay
with the drilling until he has accomplished this result.
"Mr. Higgins differs from the opinion of Mr. C. H. Markham, general
manager of the J. M. Guffey Petroleum Company, contained in an
interview recently given out by Mr. Markham at San Antonio, that the
oil fields of Texas were gradually playing out, and that a durable
production was no longer expected. In combating this opinion Mr.
Higgins said: 'Texas is only in its infancy in the oil business.
Many large gushers will be developed in the coast country of Texas,
and some of the new fields will surpass any that have so far been
developed, and will surprise the world. In my opinion, other
sections of the state will be developed into great paying oil fields
at some future day.
" 'There is no reason for consumers of crude oil to fear the fuel
problem. Nature has put great quantities of fuel right at our doors
and the supply will not be exhausted. This will insure a perennial
supply of oil at much lower prices than are now being paid.'
"Mr. Higgins, it will be remembered, was the first to forecast the
existence of the great oil pools in the coast country of Texas, and
his predictions were ridiculed at the time by wise men and oil
experts, the latter making positive statements that oil could not
exist in the deposits and formation of the coast country of Texas.
Mr. Higgins has devoted his life to the quest of oil fields and in
the face of conditions and obstacles which would have discouraged
the average man, he has continued to test his theories. He says that
Texas is peculiarly favored and that enormous wealth exists in the
bowels of the earth in the form of oil fields, which time and
enterprise will bring to light."
It is worthy of mention, in the light of the foregoing statements
appearing in the press as long ago as the year 1907, that since the
appearance of this article five enormously rich and productive oil
fields have been brought in, four of them being in Texas and one in
Louisiana, and most of which Mr. Higgins foretold the existence of
and aided in their development. In the face of such a record, it is
small wonder that Mr. Higgins enjoys so solid a reputation in
reputable circles of his native state, and the state is distinctly
to be congratulated on the possession of a man who had the foresight
and knowledge of nature to bring into being the present industrial
conditions that have resulted from his activities in his chosen
field.
Mr. Higgins, who resides at 2208 Crawford street, was married in
1906 to Miss Annie Higgins, of Houston, and to them have been
born two children�Gladys Higgins and Pattillo Higgins, Jr.
He and his wife are members of the Baptist church.
HIGGINS, MICHAEL FRANCIS (1909-1969). Michael Francis
(Pinky) Higgins, baseball player, was born on May 27, 1909, in Red Oak, Texas, to
Michael Francis and Mattie
(Orr) Higgins.
14 Apr 2005
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7287734&pt=Michael%20Higgins
Michael Franklin Higgins
Birth: May. 27, 1909 Dallas County, Texas,
Death: Mar. 21, 1969, Dallas Dallas County Texas,
Baseball player and manager. "Pinky" Higgins played 3rd base for 14 seasons in the American League, for
Philadelphia, Boston, and Detroit.
Burial: Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park
Dallas Dallas County
Texas, USA
HORRELL-HIGGINS FEUD. The Horrell and Higgins families
were ranchers who settled in Lampasas County before
the Civil War and were friends and neighbors until
the 1870s. The five Horrell brothers-Mart, Tom,
Merritt, Ben, and Sam-first got into trouble with the
State Police in 1873, when Capt. Thomas Williams and seven men went to Lampasas to put a stop to the
general lawlessness prevalent there. Williams fought
with the Horrell boys and their brother-in-law, Bill
Bowen, in Jerry Scott's saloon. When the fight was
over, four state policemen were dead. Mart Horrell, badly wounded, was confined in the Georgetown jail,
but as soon as he was well enough his brothers helped
him to break out. The Horrells remained in the Lampasas area for several more months, gathered a herd
of cattle, and then headed for New Mexico.
(see website for more info)
.............
IZORO, TEXAS. Izoro is on Farm Road 1690 five miles
east of the Lampasas River and 3� miles northwest of
Franklin Mountain in northern Lampasas County. It was
established in the early 1880s and was originally
called Higgins Gap after John Higgins, one of the early settlers in the area. During the early years the
town was a rough place, subject to Indian raids and
feuds among the settlers. In 1885 C. J. Dumas built a
cotton gin in the community, and that same year E. J. Healer opened a general store. A post office was
established in 1888 in nearby Coryell County with Thomas J. Upton as postmaster, and the town was
renamed Izoro after Izoro Gillam, the daughter of a
prominent settler. (see website for more info)
TULSA, TEXAS. Tulsa was southeast of Wink in southern Winkler County. Though the settlement was a product of
the oil discovery of July 16, 1926, in the Hendricks
oilfield, it never boomed. A town site was laid out,
and several buildings were erected. A Tulsa post
office opened on August 20, 1927, with CORA HIGGINS as postmistress and closed in 1929, when the building
was moved to Wink. Tulsa reported two businesses in
1931 and one in 1933, when the population was twenty-five. After 1948 the store closed, and the
community, which was named for the Oklahoma boomtown, vanished.
.........
ALEY, TEXAS. Aley is on Farm Road 85 twenty-seven miles northwest of Athens in far northwestern
Henderson County. The settlement was evidently founded soon after the Civil War. A post office operated
there from 1894 to 1907. In the early 1900s J. O. Hall
and W. C. Higgins operated a local general store, and
by 1910 the settlement had a combination church and
school, a store operated by James Burns, and a population of twenty-five. In the mid-1930s it had a
population of sixty-five, two churches, a store, and a
school. After World War IIqv the population dropped to fifty and the school closed. In the early 1990s a
cemetery and two stores remained
...........
SCOTT, JAMES (?-?). James Scott, one of Stephen F
Austin's Old Three Hundred colonists, received
title to a site of land in what is now Fort Bend
County on August 7, 1824. The census of 1826
classified him as a stock raiser and farmer, aged
between twenty-five and forty. He had a wife, two
sons, and a daughter. Half of his league on the San
Bernard River was bought by John R. Harrisqv at a sheriff's sale before May 1830.
Another James Scott arrived in Texas from New York and signed his character certificate at San Augustine on
September 22, 1834. He may have been the individual who appeared in an 1858 list of deceased persons whose
heirs were "entitled to claims for land." The Scott in
that list was reported to have been wounded in the
Texas army and to have died in New York City in 1836.
His wife was said to have returned to New York from
Texas in 1838 with a Captain Higgins.
Confederate Indigent Families Index
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this site. Linda Mearse has transcribed the records on
file in the State Archives in her book, Confederate Indigent Families Lists of Texas 1863-1865. In order
to help preserve the original records, please request the Mearse transcription through interlibrary loan.
Please contact your local library for further details.
INDEX NAME | COUNTY
Higgins, Calhoun | Panola
Higgins, Elizabeth | Parker
Higgins, James | Ellis
Higgins, John | Montague
Higgins, John | Navarro
Higgins, Robert | Hill
Higgins, T
| Panola
Higgins, W | Parker
Higgins,
| Bell
Higgins,
| Cherokee
